hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and mega munchetty. a new tax on sugary drinks comes into force across the uk. the sweetest drinks will be taxed at up to 24p a litre in an attempt to tackle obesity and tooth decay. but how much will it cost us? some companies have already changed their recipes to avoid the charge. i'll look at what difference it could make to prices. good morning, it's friday the 6th of april. also this morning: russia accuses the uk of playing with fire over the salisbury spy poisoning in a bad—tempered meeting at the un security council. five more teenagers are stabbed in london game, setand

game, set and the third leg, eric bristow! farewell to the crafty cockney. five—time world darts champion eric bristow has died at the age of 60. good morning from the gold coast, australia, where the second day of competition is under way at the, world games and in a sport on the other side of the world, the start of the masters golf, the defending champion sergio garcia has had a nightmare first round, finding the water five times on the same hole, it took him 13 shots to sink the ball on that hole and jordan speith leads. and did the birds wake you up this morning? sarah keith—lucas has the weather. good morning. i'm at rainham marshes this morning, a nature reserve in essex, i'm listening to the beautiful dawn chorus, the songbirds getting going now. a dry, fine start to the day and for many parts, i'll update you with a full uk forecast

in about 15 minutes. we will see you and hear them very soon, thank you, sarah. good morning. first, our main story. a ground—breaking sugar tax on soft drinks comes into force in the uk today. the government hopes it will reduce childhood obesity and tooth decay. many manufacturers have pre—empted the law by cutting the sugar content in their drinks. our health correspondent james gallagher reports. some of our favourite drinks have either been changed or are now more expensive. this morning the sugar tax has come into force. it's an attempt to curb obesity rates and protect our teeth. so how big is the tax? drinks that are more than 5% sugar will be taxed at 18p per litre. those that are more than 8% sugar will be taxed at 24p per litre. the amount the treasury expects to raise has already fallen from £500 million a year to £275 million as so many soft drinks are being redesigned. changes to irn—bru led to an online

campaign and even people stockpiling scotland's other national drink. this tax is not universally popular. rather than addressing the cause of the problem it's taxing people that can probably afford to pay it anyway. i, i want can probably afford to pay it anyway. i, iwant to can probably afford to pay it anyway. i, i want to discourage my children from buying fizzy drinks so all the better. not making a difference, making it more expensive for us. as long as it is all the more healthierfor for us. as long as it is all the more healthier for children and grown—ups i think that makes a difference. we have no proof the sugar tax will work but what we do know is low and no sugar drinks in the uk are the highest proportion of sales of any major country in the world. so two thirds of soft drinks sold in the uk are now low and no sugar, that's a good thing, whether it's anything to do with the sugar tax, who knows? it will still take some time to see how the sugar tax affects businesses, our shopping has its and even our health. james

gallagher, bbc news. —— habits. after 7am, we'll be discussing the new meaures with public health england. we will find out what it means for manufacturers and also consumers. russia has accused the uk of inventing a fake story and playing with fire over the salisbury spy poisoning. speaking at a un security council meeting, moscow's un ambassador said britain's main goal had been to discredit russia with unsubstantiated accusations. test results on samples taken from the crime scene will be published by chemical weapons experts next week. here's our washington correspondent, chris buckler. the discovery of two people lying unconscious on a bench in an english town has resulted in an international investigation and an increasingly bitter diplomatic dispute. the uk continues to claim russia poison sergei skripal and yulia using the nerve agent, nor the jock, an allegation moscow denies with increasing anger

we've told our british colleagues you're playing with fire and you'll be sorry. russia called for this meeting of the un security council to create a global spotlight for it to create a global spotlight for it to make threats and to try to plant doubts about what the uk has said. translation: the main goal is clear, it is to discredit and even delegitimise russia. moscow has been frustrated not just by delegitimise russia. moscow has been frustrated notjust by the international outrage and backing the uk has been given by many other nations but also a refusal to allow its officials to be involved in tests of the substance used in the attack. i think the metaphor that i find most apt is that of an arsonist turned firefighter, but in this particular instance, the arsonist wishes to investigate his own fire. amid what has become a propaganda battle, russian television played a recording of a telephone call alleged to be between spy girl and

her cousin. both she and her father, the former spy, sergei skripal, are still recovering in hospital in salisbury. work to try to decontaminate parts of this city is due to get under way, but this attack will leave lasting damage to russia's relationship with the uk and much of the rest of the world. chris buckler, bbc news. five more young people have been injured in knife attacks in london overnight, including two 15—year old boys. more than 50 people have now been violently killed in the capital since january, as allison freeman reports. some of those who've lost their lives this week. all teenagers, all victims of ongoing violence in the capital. tanesha's brother well aware of the growing problems. tanisha was just at the wrong place

at the wrong time. i don't have a clue, man... every day there's a stabbing or shooting them is happening. and it is always just this, that, tit—for—tat. just this year, there have been more than 50 violent deaths in london. more than half of those killed were under 30 and 11 were teenagers. last night in hackney, where18—year—old israel was stabbed to death, people gathered to call an end to the violence. but with five more teenagers injured in stabbings in london yesterday, this year's continuing spate of violent crime shows no sign of easing. alison freeman, bbc news. alison is outside the headquarters of the metropolitan police for us now. lots of people talking about what needs to be done about these deaths we are seeing in the capital. yes, that's right. the met has told us

what it plans to do. it says it's going to set up a task force of around 120 officers, those officers are going to focus on the london boroughs where these kinds of crimes have been most prevalent and they're also going to look at social media. you have to remember that cressida dick, the head of the met, said earlier this week that social media was allowing relatively minor disputes to escalate into violence very quickly so officers will look at social media and work with the platforms to get any kind of inflammatory posts that might provoke people taken down. they also say by looking at social media they'll be able to identify the people behind the crimes and work out what arrests, if any, need to be made. allison, thank you very much. the amount former students earn before they have to start paying back their tuition fee loan has risen. english and welsh students who took out loans from september 2012 onwards, when fees in england rose to up to £9,000 a year, will now start to pay back when they earn £25,000 a year instead of £21,000.

the national union of students said the change is a welcome relief for many. about nine million people will pay more towards their pensions from today. the minimum contribution is going up from 1% of their income to 3%. 0ne accountancy firm is warning pay packets will suffer as a result, but other experts say it is easily affordable and will mean higher incomes in retirement. one of the best loved and most successful darts players, eric bristow, has died at the age of 60 after a heart attack during an event in liverpool last night. known by his nickname, the crafty cockney, he also worked as a pundit for the game and was awarded an mbe for his services to sport in 1989. 0ur sports correspondent 0lly foster reports. there's only one eric bristow! thousands of dance fans chanted his name last night, many of them had met eric bristow just name last night, many of them had met eric bristowjust a few hours

earlier in liverpool at a hospitality event before he was suddenly taken ill. the crafty cockney was king of the oche, a poster boy who helped drag the sport out of the pubs and gave it public recognition. the first of his five world titles came in 1980, rivalries with bobby george, john lowe, jocky wilson marked his dynasty. a boom time for darts. he was the ringleaderfrom the time for darts. he was the ringleader from the beginning. time for darts. he was the ringleaderfrom the beginning. his name is synonymous with darts. eric bristow epitomise where the game came from but had the star quality to ta ke came from but had the star quality to take it to the next level. for that every player playing today should be grateful because he blazed the trail. bristow was also one of the founding members of the breakaway world darts counsel, now the pdc, in 1993. another was bill taylor, who would become the greatest player of all

time. bristow was his mentor. his influence on the sport was huge. you lost hisjob as influence on the sport was huge. you lost his job as a television pundit 18 months ago following social media comments about the victims of barry bennell and the football abuse scandal, something he apologised for. the darts family were always going to forgive him, one of their legends and still such a popular figure on the circuit. there were tea rs last figure on the circuit. there were tears last night and tributes. there will be many more. 0lly foster, bbc news. fond memories of watching eric bristow as a child. amazing response in liverpool last night. we're going to cross to mike bushell, who's on the gold coast with the latest from the commonwealth games. we are well into the commonwealth games, lots of medals coming to fruition, mike, good morning. good morning. much clearer and brighter

and warmer today, this is broadbeach, the venues for the common world games are scattered around the city. the water is perfect for the bathers and the surfers this morning on broadbeach and it's all about the water, we mentioned sergio garcia, the defending champion at the masters, finding the water five times on one hole, he took 13 shots on one hole in the end, a nightmare first round, we'll tell you who's leading a moment but someone who found the water to their liking 20 miles north is england swimmer adam peaty. adam peaty was quickest in qualifying in the heats for the 100m breaststroke, some way off his world record, but he looked very comfortable and has been saving himself for this distance. his finalfor that is his final for that is tomorrow. 20 miles to the south of here at coolengata, the beach volleyball is under way, making its debut at the commonwealth games and scotland's men and women are in action against sri lanka and grenada. away from the games, the former champion jordan spieth leads the masters after the first round, he's six under par. rory mcilroy is three shots back

as he chases his first greenjacket. arsenal manager arsenal wenger said they'd done half a job after beating cska moscow 4—1 in the first leg of their europa league quarter—final. aaron ramsey and alexander lacazette scored two apiece. plenty to come here later, no medals handed out as yet today but in all there will be 17 leyton and wanstead and we'll see plenty of battles between australia and the home teams in the velodrome, watch out for scotla nd in the velodrome, watch out for scotland star katie archibald, and the pool and the gymnastics hall. i often the pool and the gymnastics hall. i ofte n ta ke the pool and the gymnastics hall. i often take 13 shots on one hole, going back to the golf, i think some people call it an opta—bogey. going back to the golf, i think some people call it an opta-bogey. i'm sure i've had it but i don't think it matters to me as much as it did to the former winner and masters

champion sergio garcia. it was his face, that face, something anyone could relate to when you're, like, no, what's going on, it can't be happening! it is like a pack of dominoes, you start getting frustrated, getting angry with the ball and the club and it goes to pieces. i'm so excited about the golf, i'm almost notjealous about you being on the gold coast... almost! i you being on the gold coast... almost! lam! you being on the gold coast... almost! i am! we are watching it here too! i can hardly watch! what a gig. here too! i can hardly watch! what a gig, great stuff, lovely sport reporting as well! this time of year, the mornings are getting a bit brighter. there is a familiar sound. it's not the paris. sarah is at rainham marshes rspb nature reserve in essex for us this morning. good morning.

good morning to you. a beautiful dawn chorus here at rainham marshes this morning. the morning sent the getting going. the early—morning songbirds are vocal out there. at this time of year through spring and early summer that we start to hear the dawn chorus. the birds are trying to defend their territory and attract a mate as well. a real mix of different types of birds throughout the course of the morning. blue skies, a lovely start of the day here. the sun is rising, but what about the rest of the country? a mixed picture through this morning. an east—west split to the weather across the country. you are going to be keeping the dry and mild weather the many eastern parts rose further west, weather fronts are moving in. 0utbreaks rose further west, weather fronts are moving in. outbreaks of rain at times and a bit of hillslope. if you

look around the country, that band of rain and a bit of hillslope cross the western half of scotland. eastern scotland largely dry. there is also some outbreaks of rain. it's a dry start. further south across the country, more sunshine. clear skies, sunny conditions across many central and southern parts of england and into wales as well. that band of cloud and rain edges further eastwards but many of us should keep the sunshine per central and eastern parts of england. a few spells of rain pushing into the far west later on in the afternoon. northern ireland season rain clearing. temperatures around 7— 17 celsius, could be the warmest day of the year

so could be the warmest day of the year so far. into this evening and tonight, largely dry conditions. a few spots of rain to the far north of scotla nd few spots of rain to the far north of scotland and during the night, we will see the cloud increasing from the south which will bring with it some showery outbreaks of rain pushing from the channel up across southern parts of the uk has led to go into the early hours of saturday morning, quite a shower restart and perhaps even the odd rumble of thunder. further north, largely dry and frost free as well. still mild through saturday. a southerly blow about. quite a lot of cloud. further bursts of showery rain pushing northwards across central and southern england. further north, scotla nd southern england. further north, scotland and northern ireland, largely dry. temperatures doing fairly well. staying pretty mild out there. a mixed story through the

weekend. enjoy the clear blue skies, particularly for eastern parts of the country. a beautiful start in the country. a beautiful start in the songbirds are continuing with their beautiful dawn chorus. iam very i am very impressed with a you were able to make that almost look as good as the gold coast. the sx sunshine, not quite as strong but it's a decent day here as well.|j can see why you would almost be lost for words, compared to the gold coast. let's take a look at today's papers. that is with us. looking very tanned. back from my little break, it wasn't in essex. not on the gold coast? the front page of the daily star, this story broke overnight, eric bristow, darts

player supreme has died. appealed the front pages looking at the story we covered yesterday. the burglar who was killed after attending to steal from the home of a pensioner. the daily mirror is saying he picked the wrong 0ap. henry vincent was pictured here, wanted by police when he broke into the home of 7080 roald richard osborne brooks. the daily express taking a similar line. —— 78 rolled. 78—year—old. and the uk's aid budget has soared to £14 billion and mps are demanding fruit to be curbed. following on from that burglary story, the daily

telegraph's front page. the justice secretary saying he has made a statement suggesting it is right to ta ke statement suggesting it is right to take on burglars. early days of that investigation. a fantastic picture. it's from stanton beach in norfolk. spring has sprung. sorry, has spring finally sprung? it's going to be warm. but sprung, that suggests some sort of permanence. i believe sarah. we have been talking about the sugar tax but there are a whole range of changes coming. hearing express, we will want to all of them. state pension increases by 3%. fuel duty

was frozen to the eighth successive year. inside changes to the national living wage. in some good news the drinkers. in these attacks on the pa rt drinkers. in these attacks on the part of the remains of 54p. and also changes to the tax—free personal allowa nce changes to the tax—free personal allowance depending on what you earn. pretty serious headline, are you ready to the pension shop changes to the automatic enrolment, the joining a pension scheme coming into force today, many contributions could triple the some people that are working. the question, whether people will have enough spare money. yes, significant changes. a lovely holiday snap here of prince charles and camilla. basically he was asked

by an australian reporter whether it was true that he takes his own toilet seat with him on royal tours and he put them in no doubt that it was incorrect. there was some speculation that he took his own loo seat. what nonsense, prince charles replied. next month will mark the first anniversary of the manchester terror attack. one of the 22 people killed at the ariana grande concert was martyn hett. since martyn‘s death, his brother daniel has been reflecting on the experience of dealing with grief, and has created a video game about what it's like to lose a sibling. breakfast‘s tim muffett has more. exploring grief through a game. he

was two years younger than me and we we re was two years younger than me and we were worlds apart, completely different people. i'm a lot quieter than he was. just larger than life, the life of the party guy and we miss him. i created this game in response to everything i went through last year. it does loosely tell the story of what happened but it doesn't mention any people or places, it's more about the experience i went through. the loss levels consists of many stages. they address the most difficult circumstances imaginable. i was taken into the room at the time and i knew i had to be sit down and given the news. my parents house the next day, we were quite literally swamped with flowers and cards from strangers. i revisited the arena and

saw the roses that were scattered over the floor that marked the victims. you are dealing with grief, with loss. that's quite unusual for a videogame to deal with those issues. there is, but there is an untapped strength in video games. they are often dismissed, i think, asa medium. they are often dismissed, i think, as a medium. the game will only as an exhibition called now play this at somerset house in london. the theme this year is whether gaming can make sense of the world around us. but gaming, i produced the game for this exhibition and when it's finished, i will put it online and eve ryo ne finished, i will put it online and everyone can experience it in exactly the same way. how cathartic has this been? very cathartic. there isa has this been? very cathartic. there is a enormous scope for therapy and catharsis and i don't think videogames are any different. you can use games, even simplistic one,

to explore themes. the anniversary of martyn's death is coming up. how have you coped over the last year? it's been a difficult year of course but everyone is dealing in —— dealing with it in different ways. to me, making things and doing things that are productive. it's difficult and sure it's going to continue to be difficult but being active in this kind of way is a great help for me. a videogame like no other. almost a beer after his death, martyn hett‘s ability to inspire others can still be seen and heard. —— almost a year after his death. and the loss levels will be shown at a games festival called now play this at somerset house in london until sunday. you're watching breakfast. still to come this morning: we'll be on the gold coast with mike, who will have a round up on last night's action at the commonwealth games.

it is about 3:30 p.m.. you are shaking your head with pure jealousy. people on the beach, enjoying a bit of surfing and swimming on friday afternoon. mike busheu swimming on friday afternoon. mike bushell is also on the beach. you can see him going into the water. it is also going to be lovely around here so keep this going to keep us up here so keep this going to keep us up to date with that. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. the government has reiterated that a homeowner or tenant has the right to defend their family from intruders if they believe their lives are in danger. it follows the arrest of a 78—year—old man on suspicion of murdering a suspected burglar during a struggle at his house in hither green on tuesday night. richard osborn—brooks has since been released on bail. bbc london can reveal that more

than 150 data breaches were reported by foster families in the capital last year. 0ne couple say they received death threats after their details were accidentally released by a hospital. they had their names, address and mobile phone numbers disclosed to the birth family of a child they were caring for, forcing them to leave their home. they protected the child in an insta nt. they protected the child in an instant. they know where she lives, she is gone. but let us.|j instant. they know where she lives, she is gone. but let us. i think we we re left she is gone. but let us. i think we were left vulnerable for a long time, were to be? and tell something happened. and it did. they kept saying nothing will happen, you will be ok but to get death threats and telephone calls and text messages was quite worrying and frightening, really. rail passengers who've been issued with penalty fines will have greater protection under new rules, which come into force today. customers who have made an honest mistake or have a genuine reason for not having a valid ticket will now be able to challenge a fine

through an independent group. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there are minor delays on tfl rail this morning and severe delays on the overground between enfield town and liverpool street. 0n the trains, greater anglia are running with delays of 20 minutes on services via liverpool street. and north—bound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from blackwall lane. let's have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning. temperatures are on the up and we have some more sunshine on the way as well. not quite wall—to—wall as it was the some of those yesterday but certainly bright with sunny spells and feeling warm up after a bit of a chilly start. the temperatures dropped a little lower last night but there is enough warmth better together is up to possibly 17 celsius today. now it's together is up to possibly 17 celsius today. now its bright as opposed to sunny because we have some high—level cloud. that sunshine will be a touch on the hazy site.

some breaks to give as a sunny spell and a bit of a south—easterly breeze which may take the edge of those temperatures somewhat. clear skies to start off the night. cloud builds ahead of this rain which joins to start off the night. cloud builds ahead of this rain whichjoins us, perhaps with a rumble of thunder. temperatures down to 78 celsius. we start the weekend off on a bit of a wet note but it is an improving picture on saturday, that rain clearing away in the clouds starting to get out and break up the little to get out and break up the little to give us more brightness to end the day. temperatures getting up to 15, possibly 16 celsius. the day. temperatures getting up to 15, possibly16 celsius. sunday the day. temperatures getting up to 15, possibly 16 celsius. sunday is looking fairly cloudy with some outbreaks of brain as well and in fa ct, outbreaks of brain as well and in fact, after today, showers are never too far away. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to naga and jon. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. it's friday the 6th of april.

coming up on breakfast today: with russia accusing britain of playing with fire, we'll ask the former uk ambassador to the un where the diplomatic war of words will end. also this morning: we'll investigate a mysterious substance in our universe known as dark matter as new research casts doubt on what scientists thought they knew about it. and... they knew about it. have they knew about it. you become more british? has emily have you become more british? has emily become more hollywood or more american? more hollywood! we'll hear more from actor emily blunt and her husband john krasinski, hopefully without more eye rolls, later in the programme. i like the rolling! interviewed by charlie, of course you're going to have eye—rolls! good morning,

here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: a ground—breaking sugar tax on soft drinks comes into force in the uk today. the government hopes it will reduce childhood obesity and tooth decay. many manufacturers have pre—empted the law by cutting the sugar content in their drinks. 0ur health correspondent james gallagher reports. some of our favourite drinks have either been changed or are now more expensive. this morning, the sugar tax has come into force. it's an attempt to curb obesity rates and protect our teeth. so how big is the tax? drinks that are more than 5% sugar will be taxed at 18p per litre. those that are more than 8% sugar will be taxed at 24p per litre. the amount the treasury expects to raise has already fallen from £500 million a year to £275 million as so many soft drinks are being redesigned. changes to irn—bru led to an online campaign and even people stockpiling scotland's other national drink. this tax is not universally popular. rather than addressing the cause of the problem it's just taxing

people that can probably afford to pay more for it anyway. i want to discourage my children from being able to go out and buy fizzy drinks, so all the better as far as i'm concerned. i don't think it will make a difference really, they're just making it more expensive for us. as long as it's going to be more healthier to children or even grown—ups, i think that makes a difference. we have no proof the sugar tax will work but what we do know is low and no sugar drinks in the uk are the highest proportion of sales of any major country in the world. so two thirds of soft drinks sold in the uk are now low and no sugar, that's a good thing, whether it's anything to do with the sugar tax, who knows? it will still take some time to see how the sugar tax affects businesses, our shopping habits and even our health. james gallagher, bbc news. after 7am we'll be discussing the new meaures with public health england. will find out what it's hoping the

new tax or the higher prices will mean in terms of impacting us —— we'll find out. russia has accused the uk of inventing a fake story and playing with fire over the salisbury spy poisoning. speaking at a un security council meeting, moscow's un ambassador said britain's main goal had been to discredit russia with unsubstantiated accusations. test results on samples taken from the crime scene will be published by chemical weapons experts next week. six people were injured in knife attacks in london yesterday, including a 13—year—old boy. more than 50 people have now been killed in the capital since january. last night, anti—gang protestors held a rally in hackney to call for an end to the violence. a new income tax system begins in scotland today. it will mean many people pay less tax, but some will be charged more. until now, holyrood had matched the tax arrangements in the rest of the uk, with three bands. under the new system, there are four bands ranging from a low income rate, at 19% percent, to a top rate, at 46%.

the amount graduates earn before they have to start paying back their tuition fees has risen. english and welsh students who've ta ken out loans in the last six years will now start paying off their debts when they earn £25,000 a year, instead of £21,000. the national union of students said the change is a welcome relief for many. about nine million people will pay more towards their pensions from today. the minimum contribution is going up from 1% of their income to 3%. 0ne accountancy firm is warning pay packets will suffer as a result, but other experts say it is easily affordable, and will also mean higher incomes in retirement. the five—time world darts champion eric bristow has died after suffering a heart attack at a darts contest in liverpool. known by his nickname, the crafty cockney, he also worked as a pundit and was awarded an mbe for his services to sport in 1989.

the professional darts corporation chairman barry hearn said eric would live on as a legend in the world of british sport. the entire contents of heathrow airport's terminal 0ne are being auctioned off, everything from baggage carousels to check—in desks. what would you use a check—in desk for? how about one of those, security scanner, madame? it was closed down in 2015, are also going under the hammer later this month. other things up for grabs include 15 escalators, 19505 artwork and more than 2,000 security cameras. if anyone has an idea what you would do with a a check—in desk in your office then let me know. you konoplyanka ports at home. you just

need a big garden for a runway that you can play airports. —— you can play airports. he must have been grinning from ear to ear when he was on that flight going to the gold coast! getting your shorts ready and watching all that sport and being on the beach! the sun is beating down, i've got fa ct of the sun is beating down, i've got fact of 50 on but it feels pretty hot, the sun is in my eyes. get the violins out! of course it is gorgeous! there is some sport to watch as well. baggage carousel is from an airport, they could make a good extreme sport, riding on those —— baggage carousel is. it is gorgeous today, lots of

entertainment for the fans and the main thing is not, south and inland from here you have 13 sports under way today. —— north, south and inland. lots of heat is going on, group matches in things like the squash and 20 miles south, the beach body ball —— lots of hits going on. —— volleyball. adam peaty has sent out a big warning to his rivals. it's all in the technique, some are just better than others and in adam peaty‘s case, quite a lot better. no one has beaten him in the past four yea rs over one has beaten him in the past four years over 100 and is and he wasn't going to start letting his opponents get close on the coast, even if the pace was a little slower than he is used to. a bit difficult this morning, we'll see what i got tonight, looking forward to swim

outdoors, can't see anything, can't even see you without these. scotland's ross murdoch will be part of the pack chasing him down and later today while paramedic medallist allison tighe is looking for backstroke success on her, mould debut. another new face to the games is beach volleyball and the gold coast is no better place to start. scotla nd coast is no better place to start. scotland getting their campaign off with a win. that's a really important win for scotland in their place for a quarter—final. important win for scotland in their place for a quarter-final. the welsh fa ns were place for a quarter-final. the welsh fans were celebrating too. how about that? their 11-year-old table tennis star anna hursley lost her singles match but the team qualified for the quarter—finals. in the boxing ring, though, wales came up short, a great battle between two home nations. northern ireland's stephen donnelly just edging out kieronjones. katie archibald will be hoping for the same later on today, she set a new games record en route to the

individual pursuit gold medal race and now has the title in her sights. the other bad thing about being here is staying up for the golf. exciting day. we will get to sergio garcia in a moment. remember tony finau, who dislocated his ankle celebrating a hole in one two days ago? well he's tied for second place, he said his recovery was nothing short of a miracle. he's two shots behind jordan spieth, the champion at augusta three years ago. an eagle helped him to six under par. but what a way for sergio garcia to begin his title defence. his approach at the 15th found the water five times! he scored 13, the worst in masters history for that hole. arsenal have taken a big step towards the semi—finals of the europa league after beating cska moscow 4—1 in the first leg of their quarter—final at the emirates. winning this trophy is arsenal's only realistic route back into the champions league. scotland's hopes of

quallifying for next year's women's world cup have taken a blow after they were beatern1—0 by switzerland last night. scotland are now in third place in their group, with two wins from three outings. england's women take on wales tonight with a crowd of more than 25,000 expected in southampton. they are currently a point behind wales who top group 1, but phil neville's side have a game in hand. 0ne one of the great things about the commonwealth games, it's notjust about the medals on the gold coast, the islands get to compete, the small teams like the isle of man, jersey and guernsey. jersey in the bowls beat australia. they are heading their group, which nobody foresaw. another wonderful story, mark morrell, a police officer on

the isle of man, he plays in the doubles with his dad, and guess who their coach is? their mum. they have beaten jamaica this morning their coach is? their mum. they have beatenjamaica this morning so the family ties are working, she is ruling the roost! never underestimate the importance of family. it leads you nicely into this, you talked about sergio garcia and the disaster at the masters, not and the disaster at the masters, not a disaster but it was pretty painful to watch and i'm sure to experience, he has had some support, mike? he picked up a 13 on a single hole after hitting the ball into the water five times. so how's this for support from yourfamily? his wife tweeted to congratulate him after he recovered by scoring a birdie on the 16th hole. this is what golfers look like when awful things like that happen, the pain. what do you need? as mike was

saying, family matters. he got some support from his family. his wife tweeted to congratulate him. she said: this was his reply. he has not forgotten about that as he thumps his pillow in the bedroom! he will fight on! if you're struggling to get up this morning, it might be that you need a new alarm clock, but there's a new alarm clock, nature's. it isn't new but it feels new because it has been so long since it has been like in the morning, the dawn chorus, it's piping up the morning, the dawn chorus, it's piping up again and sarah, you get to enjoy it this morning. where are you? good morning, naga and john.

i'm here at rainham marshes in essex and i'm on the banks of the thames. this area is home to a huge variety of wildlife, including reptiles, water voles and a huge variety of birds. we all listening to the dawn chorus this morning, a beautiful morning to get out and listen to the birds and to talk us through some of the different types we have at rainham marshes, i am joined by andrew goldstone from the rspb. andrew, what kind of birds are we listening to in the dawn chorus this morning? this morning we've been hearing song thrushes and blackbirds, birds people will be familiar with from their back garden or local park, but in the marshes we have a huge variety of birds, lapwing have a huge variety of birds, la pwing and redshank have a huge variety of birds, lapwing and redshank on the marshes, lots of birds this morning. what are they singing and what are they trying to achieve? for birds it is all about establishing a territory and attracting a mate so they can

have a successful breeding season, and of course the breeding season is nearly upon us, so especially at this time of year birdsong is evident and early in the morning, so the dawn chorus we will all be familiar with. for us it's a great backdrop to our lives, birdsong in riches our lives, it's fantastic for our health and well—being and we would miss it if it wasn't their —— in riches. it has been a cold end winter and start to spring so has that affected their activities this year? i think so, we had a cold period in march, we are seeing some of our resident birds aren't as far advanced in their breeding season as they might be so a delayed start for some species. some of the migrants that visit in the summer, birds migrating from africa to breed in the uk, they are a bit delayed getting here. they're starting to arrive but they aren't quite here yet. thanks very much and we will talk to you later. thanks, andrew. a

glorious start to the day at rainham marshes. blue skies and now the sun is up. in many parts of the country it isa is up. in many parts of the country it is a good start to the day. as we have further south, we have that rain across northern ireland for much of northern england. more sunshine further south. yet to be listening to the birdsong this morning. through the day. through many central and eastern parts of

england and wales. across northern ireland for a time, the west of scotla nd ireland for a time, the west of scotland and later into the far west of england and wales as well. northern ireland should clear up this afternoon would return to sunny skies. perhaps 17 to london. making a problem the warmest day of the year so far. the rain in the north and he easing the way through this evening into night. as we head towards the second half of the night, we will see more rain. a saturday morning, fairly cloudy start of the day. quite a lot of dry and mild weather with a few spells of sunshine. showery bursts of brain. things are drying up for

scotla nd brain. things are drying up for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures will range between 11 and 17, possibly 18 degrees. that is how it is looking through the second half of the weekend. that mix of relatively mild weather. also the chance of a few heavy showers around. things are eventually starting to feel a bit more springlike. it is a glorious morning. now, it's back to you. as we've been hearing this morning, sugary drinks are going to be hit with a new tax today. what does it mean for the industry. ben's here to tell us. in case you didn't know what a fizzy drink was. we will explain why certain drinks are at getting taxed. we are calling it the sugar tax. it

applies to different drinks. it's all based on the amount of sugar thatis all based on the amount of sugar that is in a drink per 100 millilitres. up to 500g, you will not waste any tax. it is five or above. you will face a lower level. so the three different bands that fall into it. ultimately, it will be paid by the manufacturers. if we are facing this tax from the government, we will pass it on to you. the price of soft drinks goes up will stop all this was announced in 2016 is part of the chancellor's to reduce obesity and cut the amount of sugar in drinks. that effectively has given manufacturers three options. change the recipe to reduce the amount of sugar. the bottle gets

smaller. the manufacturers have to content with it. what is that going to mean in terms of how it affects people? these ones on the table, coca—cola and pepsi, they haven't changed their recipe. they said they are going to stick with it. the blue label and the red label. they will be hit with tax. they will pass it onto as consumers. we will see the price in the shops go up. about 8p percan. a bit price in the shops go up. about 8p per can. a bit more per bottle because it's based on the amount in the bottle. the diet versions of those, they have no sugar already. their price will stay the same. banter is an interesting one, made by coca—cola. they said they change their recipe back in 2006. again, we

will face no tax. slightly more interesting when you talk about ribena, lucozade, irnbru, the sugar tax falls below the threshold. there will be no tax on them. ijust want to pick out irn—bru. about 50,000 people in scotland signed a position not to change the recipe of irn—bru. they asked the company to change the recipe back. so where better to go than glasgow. —— ? it's got a unique people —— unique flavour and i can understand people ‘s panic if you are taking back an integral part of such iconic drink. ican integral part of such iconic drink. i can understand people romanticising that but i think this isa romanticising that but i think this is a good step forward to reducing

sugar. if people didn't enjoy it the way it was then they wouldn't go out and buy it. i am an irn-bru extra kind of guy and its sugar free a nyway kind of guy and its sugar free anyway and it has that extra kick. you just have to teach them, take someone who is big in fat and this is what happens when you eat too much sugar, it's as simple as that. kids are easily influenced by what they see and if they see that, it might help but just they see and if they see that, it might help butjust pushing a price on sugar is not enough. irn-bru is pretty bad. the taste should hopefully be still the same. so does this apply to every drink? this is specifically the soft drinks industry levy. you might imagine that it would also encompass things like fruitjuice, that it would also encompass things like fruit juice, stuff like that. they are not applicable here. what

about sweet milkshakes? that doesn't apply. that could change. this is one way they could do it. it doesn't apply to things like alcohol or any booze, things like fruitjuice, vegetable juice, milk —based drinks. but of course, as always, we can see how this goes. if they are bringing in this plastic bottle deposit scheme, that has a knock—on affect the whole industry. it's cheaper to buy a bottle of wine. not at this time the morning. actor emily blunt‘s been in some brilliant films from the devil wears prada to the girl on the train but now she's starring in a horror movie alongside her husband. john krasinski also directed the film called a quiet place. charlie went to meet them. we are so happy. are you really? is

that a statement about everything all right now? no, just in this particular fabulous all right now? no, just in this particularfabulous moment. all right now? no, just in this particular fabulous momentlj all right now? no, just in this particular fabulous moment. i got changed, i'm quite unhappy. you are, what did it? i don't know. this slippery check? i was scared most of the time. you are like that, then it's like that. that's what it's like. and you are like that, and then that. it's a visual review, really, but it's true, isn't it? yeah, yeah, yeah. directing your own wife in the film. talk us through the dynamic. the dynamic, i've got to say, but i could make a joke, it is are that —— with that we are sitting right here. we are divorced. it went poorly price. it was without a doubt the best collaboration i have had in my

life. it's been really incredible. we were really nervous about it because in some ways, you are a different person when you are at work and you to embrace that side of each other and allow for it and we just loved it. like, we would do it again and it was just awesome. so can! so can i ask you, which do you think of the two of you has gone furthest towards... had he become more british? 0r towards... had he become more british? or has family become more hollywood? or more american? hollywood? or more american? hollywood ? 0h, hollywood? or more american? hollywood? oh, look at that face. hollywood? or more american? hollywood? oh, look at that facelj said the wrong thing. exactly. rather than... you know what i'm saying. has there been a drift? oh, god. i think it's a blend. john is from boston so he's quite british a nyway from boston so he's quite british anyway in many ways in the sense of humour is aligned. i don't mean to private that translate into bringing up private that translate into bringing up the kids. we are out of here.

well, i feel like my up the kids. we are out of here. well, ifeel like my children up the kids. we are out of here. well, i feel like my children are probably a bit of a lost cause when it comes to the accent. they will be fully american. though, don't fist pump. it's a victory. the little one quite likes marmite, the older one is starting to reject it which is deeply upsetting. so you are fighting the brit corner in the household. sometimes, yeah. how would that play out? she has a union jack towel that she comes down in everyday, things like that which i find our aggressive. yeah. everyday, things like that which i find ouraggressive. yeah. i everyday, things like that which i find our aggressive. yeah. i think it grades her great pleasure when she was shooting mary poppins overhear our daughter was two and was going to school here at coming home with all sorts of delightful words and phrases and accents. now she hates all that. she says, use a water and i say wahter, and i say, which sounds better? a quiet place is in cinemas today.

time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. scotland yard has let another police force take over one of its murder investigations after it acknowledged the high demand placed on its detectives following more than fifty violent deaths since the start of the year. the city of london police have offered to take up the case of a 53—year—old man who died during a fight outside a betting shop in hackney on wednesday. over the last 24 hours, seven more people have been injured in stabbings across london. rail passengers who've been issued with penalty fines will have greater protection under new rules which come into force today. customers who have made an honest mistake or have a genuine reason for not having a valid ticket will now be able to challenge a fine through an independent group. bbc london can reveal that more than 150 data breaches

were reported by fosterfamilies in the capital last year. 0ne couple say they received death threats after their details were accidentally released by a hospital to the birth family of a child they were caring for, which forced them to leave their home. they protected the child in an instant. yeah. they know where she lives — poof, she's gone. but left us. i think we were left vulnerable for a long time, weren't we? yeah, until something happened. which it did. and they kept saying, "nothing will happen, "you'll be ok. " but it did. but to get death threats and telephone calls and text messages was quite worrying and frightening, really. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there are minor delays on tfl rail this morning. 0n the trains, there are residual delays on greater anglia services. northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is queuing back to the sun in sands at blackheath. and traffic on the a13 is building westbound from dagenham into barking. now the weather with

georgina burnett. temperatures are on the up and we have some more sunshine on the way as well. not quite wall—to—wall, as it was for some of us yesterday, but certainly bright with sunny spells and feeling warmer after a bit of a chilly start. the temperatures dropped a little lower last night but there is enough warmth there to get us up to possibly 17 degrees celsius today. now, its bright as opposed to sunny because we have some high—level cloud. so that sunshine is going to be a touch on the hazy site. some breaks, though, to give as the odd sunny spell and a bit of a south—easterly breeze today so that mayjust take the edge off those temperatures somewhat. now, we'll have clear skies to start off the night. but cloud builds through the early hours of the morning ahead of this rain whichjoins us, perhaps with a rumble of thunder. temperatures down to 7 or 8 degrees celsius. so we start the weekend off on a bit of a wet note but it's an improving picture through the day on saturday, that rain clearing away

and the cloud starting to thin out and break up a little to give us some more brightness to end the day. temperatures getting up to 15, possibly 16 degrees celsius and less of a wind tomorrow. sunday is looking fairly cloudy with some outbreaks of rain as well. in fact, after today, a shower‘s never too far away. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it's back to naga and jon. hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and naga munchetty. a new tax on sugary drinks comes into force across the uk. the sweetest drinks will be taxed at up to 24p a litre in an attempt to tackle obesity and tooth decay. but how much will it cost us? i'll be speaking to the boss of the co—op about what supermarkets are doing. good morning. it's friday the 6th of april. also this morning:

russia accuses the uk of playing with fire over the salisbury spy poisoning during a bad—tempered meeting at the un security council. six more teenagers are stabbed in london hours after a rally against gang violence. commentator: game, set and the third leg, eric bristow! farewell to the crafty cockney. five—time world darts champion eric bristow has died at the age of 60. the second day of action at the commonwealth games is well under way and on the other side of the world the defending masters champion sergio garcia has had a nightmare first round, finding the 15th hole water five times, it took him 13 shots to sing the ball. jordan speith leads. and did the birds wake you up this morning? sarah keith—lucas has the weather.

good morning. i'm at rainham marshes nature reserve in essex this morning. clear blue skies and we're listening to the beautiful melody, the background to your early—morning is, the dawn chorus. i'll bring you a full forecast across the country in about 15 minutes. we will see you then. thank you. —— early mornings. good morning. first, our main story. a ground—breaking sugar tax on soft drinks comes into force in the uk today. the government hopes it will reduce childhood obesity and tooth decay. many manufacturers have pre—empted the law by cutting the sugar content in their drinks. 0ur health correspondent james gallagher reports. some of our favourite drinks have either been changed or are now more expensive. this morning, the sugar tax has come into force. it's an attempt to curb obesity rates and protect our teeth. so how big is the tax? drinks that are more than 5% sugar will be taxed at 18p per litre. those that are more than 8% sugar

will be taxed at 24p per litre. the amount the treasury expects to raise has already fallen from £500 million a year to £275 million as so many soft drinks are being redesigned. changes to irn—bru led to an online campaign and even people stockpiling scotland's other national drink. this tax is not universally popular. rather than addressing the cause of the problem it's just taxing people that can probably afford to pay more for it anyway. i want to discourage my children from being able to go out and buy fizzy drinks, so all the better as far as i'm concerned. i don't think it will make a difference really, they're just making it more expensive for us. i don't think it will make a difference really, they're just making it more expensive for us. as long as it's going to be more healthier to children or even grown—ups, i think that makes a difference. we have no proof the sugar tax will work but what we do know is low and no sugar drinks in the uk are the highest proportion of sales of any major country in the world. so two thirds of soft drinks sold in the uk are now low and no sugar,

that's a good thing, whether it's anything to do with the sugar tax, who knows? it will still take some time to see how the sugar tax affects businesses, our shopping habits and even our health. james gallagher, bbc news. in 10 minutes we'll be discussing the new meaures with public health england. that's at 7:10am. russia has accused the uk of inventing a fake story and playing with fire over the salisbury spy poisoning. speaking at a un security council meeting, moscow's un ambassador said britain's main goal had been to discredit russia with unsubstantiated accusations. test results on samples taken from the crime scene will be published by chemical weapons experts next week. here's our washington correspondent, chris buckler. correspondent, chris buckler. the discovery of two people lying unconscious on a bench in an english town has resulted in an international investigation

and an increasingly bitter diplomatic dispute. the uk continues to claim russia poisoned sergei and yulia skripal using the nerve agent novichok, an allegation moscow denies with increasing anger. translation: we've told our british colleagues you're playing with fire and you'll be sorry. moscow has been frustrated notjust by the international outrage, and backing the uk has been given by many other nations, but also a refusal to allow its officials to be involved in tests of the substance used in the attack. i think the metaphor i find most apt is that of an arsonist turned firefighter. but in this particular instance, the arsonist wishes to investigate his own fire. amid what has become a propaganda battle, russian television played a recording of a telephone call alleged to be between yulia skripal and her cousin. both she and her father, the former

spyr both she and her father, the former spy, sergei skripal, are still recovering at hospital in salisbury. work to try to decontaminate some parts of this city is due to get under way, but this attack will leave lasting damage to russia's relationship with the uk and much of the rest of the world. chris buckler, bbc news. six people were injured in knife attacks in london yesterday, including a 13—year—old boy. more than 50 people have now been violently killed in the capital since january, as alison freeman reports. some of those who've lost their lives this week. israel 0gunsola, amaan shakoor and tanesha melbourne. all teenagers, all victims of ongoing violence in the capital. tanesha's brother well aware of the growing problems. tanesha was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. i don't have a clue, man... every other day, if there's not a stabbing there's a shooting, or something's happening. you know when something

happens, you tie the issue, and it's always just this, that, tit—for—tat. just this year, there have been more than 50 violent deaths in london. more than half of those killed were under 30 and 11 were teenagers. last night in hackney, where18—year—old israel was stabbed to death, people gathered to call an end to the violence. but with five more teenagers injured in stabbings in london yesterday, this year's continuing spate of violent crime shows no sign of easing. alison freeman, bbc news. the amount graduates earn before they have to start paying back their tuition fees has risen. english and welsh students who've taken out loans in the last six years will now start paying off their debts when they earn £25,000 a year instead of £21,000. the national union of students said the change is a welcome relief for many.

lots of changes this morning, the beginning of the new financial year. about nine million people will pay more towards their pensions from today. the minimum contribution is going up from 1% of their income to 3%. 0ne accountancy firm is warning pay packets will suffer as a result, but other experts say it is easily affordable, and will mean higher incomes in retirement. one of the best loved and most successful darts players, eric bristow, has died at the age of 60 after a heart attack during an event in liverpool last night. known by his nickname, the crafty cockney, he also worked as a pundit for the game and was awarded an mbe for his services to sport in 1989. 0ur sports correspondent 0lly foster reports. all chant: there's only one eric bristow! thousands of darts fans chanted his name last night, many of them had met eric bristow just a few hours earlier in liverpool at a hospitality event before he was suddenly taken ill. the crafty cockney was king of the oche, a poster boy who helped drag the sport out of the pubs

and gave it public recognition. the first of his five world titles came in 1980, rivalries with bobby george, john lowe, jocky wilson marked his dynasty. a boom time for darts. he was the ringleader from the beginning. his name is synonymous with darts. eric bristow epitomised where the game came from but had the star quality to take it to the next level. for that every player playing today should be grateful because he blazed the trail. bristow was also one of the founding members of the breakaway world darts council, now the pdc, in 1993. another was phil taylor, who would become the greatest player of all time. bristow was his mentor. his influence on the sport was huge. he lost his job as a television pundit 18 months ago following social media comments

about the victims of barry bennell and the football abuse scandal, something he apologised for. the darts family were always going to forgive him, one of their legends and still such a popular figure on the circuit. there were tears last night and tributes. there will be many more. 0lly foster, bbc news. lots of people hearing the news this morning will be remembering him, when i was a child watching the dance, always on. it was a ritual with your parents watching the dance. eric bristow, who has died at the age of 60 —— darts. let's return to our top story, and a tax on sugary drinks comes in to force across the uk today. here's how it will work. if you buy a drink this size, that's two litres, and it contains more than 5% sugar, about 25 sugar cubes, you'll pay an extra 18p per litre for it.

if the sugar content is more than 8%, that's 42 cubes, it's an extra 24p. we can now speak to doctor sandra white from public health england, she joins us from northampton. thanks for talking to us this morning. how quickly will be important be made in terms of the way we buy sugary drinks or soft drinks? well, research and impact studies from other countries who have tried this have been really positive, places like mexico. we're hoping this will have an impact, especially on dental health, which is what i'm here to talk about. we've had figures we published today around the number of children that

will be having to go to hospital, to have to go to sleep to have decayed teeth taken out, it works out at every ten minutes in england a child has to have their teeth out through to the gate so anything like this that can reduce children's sugar to give them a good start in life has to bea give them a good start in life has to be a good thing —— through to the decay. children in mexico having their milk teeth removed, that's your example, but what are the expectations in terms of numbers and seeing a change? the change... we can see the change in the survey figures of our children and we can look at the dental decay rates and the proportion of children with dental decay, at the moment a quarter of our children at five have dental decay in this country and we'll be able to monitor that over the ears to see whether it reduces. what is the target? we haven't got a target for that, we just want to reduce that, we haven't got a target

for dental decay. the sugar taxes only one of a number of measures obviously to reduce dental decay. we have the reformulation work about reducing 20% of the sugar in food by 2020. and obviously families and pa rents 2020. and obviously families and pa re nts ca n 2020. and obviously families and parents can help themselves around dental decay by reducing their sugar, sugary drinks, brushing with fluoride toothpaste twice a day and visiting their dentist to get preventative advice. you talk about brushing twice a day, dental advice, doesn't this come down to personal choice? you're talking about a wider education, you can't blame all these dental care problems on sugary drinks, we should have the personal choice and perhaps more education rather than being forced to drink something that perhaps we wouldn't choose. a lot of public health measures feel like this, people's choices are being taken away, but it's for the greater good. we want

to give children the best start in life. things like seatbelt laws, taxes on cigarettes, it's to try to help improve health and if people go around the supermarkets, there's all sorts of advertising and things that will try to help them to buy the wrong choices, so we're trying to make it easier for people to choose the right choices, healthier choices. it seems there is no control over the manufacturers who are refusing to change their recipes. some are simply reducing bottles size and change the recipe. if you talk about the greater good, it doesn't seem like the manufacturers are all buying into that? the sugar levy was to try and reduce the amount of sugar that children are having. most children get their high sugar content from the drinks that they take, and actually it is sometimes quite hidden. people are aware sweets and chocolates and biscuits have sugar in and they try to avoid those with

children, but sometimes drinks get missed, so this is really important. actually if they're having less sugar, whether it be through a smaller amount or a smaller amount physically, or a smaller amount of sugar per millilitre, it's all going to help in terms of reducing both dental decay and of the city and we know obesity can go on... sorry. dental decay and of the city and we know obesity can go on... sorrylj apologise for interrupting. you said it all helps but milk based drinks which have been proven to often have high—level is of sugar, fruitjuices as well, they haven't been tackled in the same weight. this is a soft drink levy, isn't it? —— the same way. not everything has been addressed. what's to stop people from buying those sweeter alternatives? fruit juices, fruitjuices, we talk about having 150 millilitres with a meal as part of five a day. it's a natural fruit juice, that is the way to have fruit

juice. there is no place in the child's daily diet or sugar sweetened drinks. around five teaspoons of sugar in a squash. nine teaspoons of sugar in a squash. nine teaspoons of sugar in a cola drink. there is no place for a child to be drinking this and we advise that water and milk are the staple alternatives. anything that will help. all of this is baby steps. if we get the sugar tax to make a difference to the manufacturers, they are starting to take some of they are starting to take some of the sugar out of their products, which has got to be a good thing. hopefully people will think about what they buy, and try and pick the healthier options. and on our website, we have lots of things that can help with that, how we can swap. there are all sorts of things that tells the amount of sugar in saturated fats the sorts of ways that families can be helped in this way. doctor sandra white, thank you

that talking to us. it will be interesting to see how shops react as to how customers behave. lots getting in touch this morning, thank you for all your comments. not everybody convinced it is going to work. keep this saying, it won't do anything to prevent obesity because there are doughnuts, burgers, chocolate bars so people will get a sugar hit in a different way. john says it will be great but collins says it will be great but collins says it will be great but collins says it will be misguided. gemma makes an interesting point, she is type one diabetic and says she sometimes needs sugar to save a life. she thinks that means she might have to pay extra money. she is being taxed to have to have a sugary drink. she says there should be exceptions. andy says it won't stop people buying sugary drinks. and collins says tax is a waste of

time and misguided. we need to educate people. the government says that we have tried that already. lots of comments, keep them coming. how did you wake up this morning? it's dawn chorus time again. sarah is at a nature reserve in essex for us this morning. she is taking a look at the weather and it looks lovely there. so nice to be able to talk to out on location with the sun beating down on you. it is lovely, starting to warm up a bit. it was a chilly start of the day. a beautiful morning to getting out and really listening to the dawn chorus. a huge variety of birds singing here this morning, both resident birds that live here year—round and the migrant birds. the weather is warming up. they are

flocking back to some of these wetla nd flocking back to some of these wetland habitats. we have robins, blackbirds, and great tipsjoining in the morning sympathy. what they are trying to achieve this time of year as the weather warms up a bit, they are trying to mark out their territory. male birds are trying to attract their mates for the breeding season. here we have blue skies and spring sunshine around this morning. across the rest of the country, a fairly similar picture of the many central and eastern parts, largely dry and wild. but an east—west split. further west across the country, more cloud and outbreaks of rain around. so to start off, cloud and rain across parts of northern ireland and the west of scotland. for scotland, some of that is falling as snow. mostly above around 300 metres or so. it's rained down

at lower levels. for the east of scotland, largely dry start of the day. that cloud continues down into parts of northern england as well we re parts of northern england as well were it should be dry through the morning. northern ireland, seeing a few outbreaks of rain but it should clear later on. further south across the country, plenty of sunshine on offer across the midlands, wales, down into southern england as well and that is the way it's going to stay through much of day. the breeze bringing usa stay through much of day. the breeze bringing us a fairly mild scene but fairly breezy later on. today, we will continue to see that cloud moving in from the west lickey more outbreaks of rain across western scotla nd outbreaks of rain across western scotland and northern ireland. some of that rain edging into the west of wales in the far west of england. central and eastern england saying —— staying sunny and dry. making it probably the warmest day of the year so far. not quite as warm further north. 0vernight tonight, most of that showery rain tending to ease

away. becoming drive to most parts of the country that are in the second half of tonight, more thundery rain moving in from the channel, heading in across parts of southern england. 0ne channel, heading in across parts of southern england. one to heavy showers but largely frost free for saturday. saturday, a bit of a mixed day. heavy showers moving in from the south, pushing in from central and northern parts of england. the thunderstorm. scotland and northern ireland, looking largely dry. a few showers to the far north of scotland. temperatures around 11, 17 degrees also and it will be similar into the second half of the weekend. relatively mild through the weekend. we have got that mix of spring sunshine but a few heavy showers although they are going to be pretty hit and miss. we should see a fairly decent weekend. if he can dodge those showers are getting out and enjoying the springlike weather. next month will mark the first anniversary

of the manchester terror attack. one of the 22 people killed at the ariana grande concert was martyn hett. since martyn's death, his brother daniel has been reflecting on the experience of dealing with grief, and has created a video game about what it's like to lose a sibling. breakfast‘s tim muffett has more. exploring grief through a game. he was two years younger than me and we were worlds apart, completely different as people. i'm a lot quieter than he was. just larger than life, life of the party guy, and yeah, we miss him. i created this game in response to everything that i went through last year. it does loosely tell the story of what happened, but it doesn't mention any people or any places, it's more about the experience that i went through. the loss levels consists of many stages. they address the most difficult circumstances imaginable. i was taken into the room at the time

and i knew that ijust had to be sit down and be given the news. my parents‘ house the next day, we were quite literally swamped with flowers and cards from strangers. i revisited the arena and saw the roses that were scattered over the floor that marked the victims. you're dealing with grief, with loss. that's quite unusual, it seems, for a videogame to deal with those issues. it is, but there is sort of an untapped strength in video games, and i think as a medium, they are often dismissed, the game premiere at an exhibition called now play this at somerset house in london. the theme this year is whether gaming can help make sense of the world around us. for my games, i give them away for nothing,

so i've produced this game for this exhibition and when it's finished, i will put it online and everyone can experience it in exactly the same way. how cathartic has this been? yeah, very, very cathartic. i think there's enormous scope for therapy and catharsis in creative work and i don't think videogames are any different. you can use games, even very simplistic one, to explore themes that are notjust shooting and killing. the anniversary of martyn's death is coming up. how have you coped over the past year? it's been a difficult sort of year, of course, but i think everybody is dealing with it in different ways, certainly. to me, keeping busy and making things and doing things that are productive, dealing with stuff is how i've dealt. it's difficult, i'm sure it's going to continue to be difficult but being active in this kind of way is a great help for me.

a videogame like no other. almost a year after his death, martyn hett‘s ability to inspire others can still be seen and heard. and the loss levels will be shown at a games festival called now play this at somerset house in london until sunday. still to come this morning: charlie's been catching up with actor emily blunt and her husband john krasinski ahead of their new horror film a quiet place. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. scotland yard has let another police force take over one of its murder cases after acknowledging the high demand placed

on its detectives, who are investigating more than 50 violent deaths this year. the city of london police have offered to take up the case of a 53—year—old man who died during a fight outside a betting shop in hackney on wednesday. over the last 24 hours seven more people have been injured in stabbings across london. bbc london can reveal that more than 150 data breaches were reported by fosterfamilies in the capital last year. 0ne couple say they received death threats after their details were accidentally released by a hospital to the birth family of a child they were caring for, which forced them to leave their home. they protected the child in an instant. yeah. they know where she lives — poof, she's gone. but left us. i think we were left vulnerable for a long time, weren't we? yeah, until something happened. which it did. and they kept saying, "nothing will happen, "you'll be ok. " but it did.

but to get death threats and telephone calls and text messages was quite worrying and frightening, really. rail passengers who've been issued with penalty fines will have greater protection under new rules which come into force today. customers who have made an honest mistake or have a genuine reason for not having a valid ticket will now be able to challenge a fine through an independent group. travel, and on the tube, there's a good service on all lines this morning. 0n the trains, there are delays on greater anglia services following engineering works. northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is queuing back to the sun in sands at blackheath. and on the m25, the outside lane remains closed betweenjunctions 24 and j25 for barrier repairs. now the weather with georgina burnett. good morning. temperatures are on the up and we have some more sunshine on the way as well. not quite wall—to—wall, as it was for some of us yesterday, but certainly bright with sunny spells and feeling warmer after a bit of a chilly start. the temperatures dropped a little

lower last night but there is enough warmth there to get us up to possibly 17 degrees celsius today. now, its bright as opposed to sunny because we have some high—level cloud. so that sunshine is going to be a touch on the hazy site. some breaks, though, to give as the odd sunny spell and a bit of a south—easterly breeze today so that mayjust take the edge off those temperatures somewhat. now, we'll have clear skies to start off the night. but cloud builds through the early hours of the morning ahead of this rain whichjoins us, perhaps with a rumble of thunder. so we start the weekend off on a bit

of a wet note but it's an improving picture through the day on saturday, that rain clearing away sunday is looking fairly cloudy with some outbreaks of rain as well. in fact, after today, a shower‘s never too far away. hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and naga munchetty. a new tax on sugary drinks comes into force across the uk. the sweetest drinks will be taxed at up to 24p a litre in an attempt to tackle obesity and tooth decay. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. soft drinks with a high sugar content will be taxed up to 24p a litre from today. the government hopes it will tackle childhood obesity and tooth decay. many drinks companies have already reduced the amount of sugar in their products. the money raised will be spent on children's health programmes. russia has accused the uk of inventing a fake story and playing with fire over the salisbury spy poisoning. speaking at a un security council meeting, moscow's un ambassador said britain's main goal had been to discredit russia with unsubstantiated accusations. test results on samples taken from the crime scene will be published by chemical weapons experts next week. six people were injured in knife

attacks in london yesterday, including a 13—year—old boy. more than 50 people have now been killed in the capital since january. last night, anti—gang protestors held a rally in hackney to call for an end to the violence. a new income tax system begins in scotland today. it will mean many people pay less tax, but some will be charged more. until now, holyrood had matched the tax arrangements in the rest of the uk, with three bands. under the new system, there are four bands ranging from a low income rate at 19% to a top rate at 46%. the amount graduates earn before they have to start paying back their tuition fees has risen. students in england and wales who've ta ken out loans in the last six years will now start paying off their debts when they earn £25,000 a year instead of £21,000.

the national union of students said the change is a welcome relief for many. about nine million people will pay more towards their pensions from today. the minimum contribution is going up from 1% of their income to 3%. 0ne accountancy firm is warning pay packets will suffer as a result, but other experts say it is easily affordable and will mean higher incomes in retirement. the five—time world darts champion, eric bristow, has died, after suffering a heart attack at a darts contest in liverpool. known by his nickname, the crafty cockney, he also worked as a pundit and was awarded an mbe for his services to sport in 1989. the professional darts corporation chairman barry hearn said eric would live on as a legend in the world of british sport. if in the world of british sport. you love that feeling (

the if you love that feeling of going to the airport, holiday beginning, the excitement of foreign travel, now you can do it all at home if you wa nt you can do it all at home if you want to! the entire contents of heathrow airport's terminal 0ne is being auctioned off, everything from baggage carousels to check—in desks. i hope you got a big house! you could cram it in, sofa at the back! security scanners from the terminal, which was closed down in 2015, are also going under the hammer later this month. do you think an escalator is a good idea if you could cut it in half? other things up for grabs include 15 escalators, 19505 artwork and more than 2,000 security cameras. fire extinguishers, seats, that's great! don't knock a fire extinguisher! that's the security you could have at your front door! intrigued, i think we should go! you could have at your front door! intrigued, i think we should gum

will probably end up in some airport ina will probably end up in some airport in a far—flung part of the world. mike is on the gold coast, from where we can get the latest on the all the overnight commonwealth games action. good morning! good morning. yes, it is our breakfast studio for the next nine or ten days, the sea is coming in quite fast so if i run into the junes you will know why. this is broadbeach on the centre of the gold coast. north, south and inland you have 14 sports going on right now. no medals being handed out today, there's the heats and qualifying in there's the heats and qualifying in the squash and beach volleyball for example, the main talking point in is in the pool, world and olympic champion adam peaty sending out a message to all his rivals, as alex gulrajani reports. it's all in the technique, some are just better than others and in adam peaty‘s case, quite a lot better.

no—one has beaten him in the past four years over 100m, and he wasn't going to start letting his opponents get close on the coast, even if the pace was a little slower than he's used to. it's true, didn't feel all together there this morning, so we'll see what we've got tonight, but, yeah, i'm looking forward to it. yeah, it's swim outdoors. can't see anything, literally can't even see you without these. scotland's ross murdoch will be part of the pack chasing down the 100m breastroke king later today. while pa ralympic medallist allison tai is looking for backstroke success on her commonwealth debut. another new face to the games is beach volleyball and the gold coast is no better place to start. scotland getting their campaign off with a win. commentator: that's a really important win for scotland in their place for a quarter—final. the welsh fans were celebrating too. commentator: oh, how about that? their 11—year—old table tennis star anna hursey lost her singles match but the team qualified for the quarter—finals. in the boxing ring, though, wales came up short,

a great battle between two home nations. northern ireland's steven donnelly just edging out kyranjones. katie archibald will be hoping for the same later on today. she set a new games record en route to the individual pursuit gold medal race and now has the title in her sights. alex gulrajani, bbc news. an update for you from the velodrome, katie's brother, john archibald, has broken the commonwealth record in the men's individual pursuit qualifying. away from events here on the gold coast, the first golf major of the year, the masters, is underway. tiger woods had a lacklustre round and is one over par. rory mcllroy is three shots off the pace. remember tony finau, who dislocated his ankle celebrating a hole in one two days ago? well, he's tied for second place. he said his recovery was nothing short of a miracle. he's two shots behind jordan spieth, the champion at augusta three years ago.

an eagle helped him to six under par. but what a way for sergio garcia to begin his title defence. his approach at the 15th found the water five times! he scored 13, the worst in masters history for that hole. arsenal have taken a big step towards the semi—finals of the europa league after beating cska moscow 4—1 in the first leg of their quarter—final at the emirates. winning this trophy is arsenal's only realistic route back into the champions league. we scored some great goals in the first half, and at half—time we were 4-1 first half, and at half—time we were 4—1 and then the target was not to concede any more. we no, it's not over. we have to go there with the right focus and try to win the game. scotland's hopes of quallifying for next year's womens world cup have taken a blow after they were beatern1—0 by switzerland last night.

scotland are now in third place in their group, women's world cup have taken a blow after they were beatern1—0 with two wins from three outings. england's women take on wales tonight with a crowd of more than 25,000 expected in southampton. they are currently a point behind wales who top group 1, but phil neville's side have a game in hand. iamjoined i am joined now by two gold winners. swimmers ellie robinson and tom hamer. thank you so much forjoining us, so much to ask. congratulations, ellie, fantastic performance and we saw how emotional you were at the end, what went through your mind and what made you so emotional? in the lead up to the games, i had a few doubts because i hadn't pb—ed in a while and lots of things happened with school and exams so my focus was taken school and exams so my focus was ta ke n off school and exams so my focus was taken off swimming. it was all about

getting back into it. when i finished there was so much relief and there wasn't a focus on winning the medal, commonwealth champion or anything like that, it was proving to myself i have the ability and it was amazing. it felt like the weight of the world had been lifted. you're only 16, you talked about school, this was the 750 metre butterfly, what reaction have you had from school friends at home? amazing, everytime i achieve something, everytime i achieve something, everytime i achieve something, everytime i swim, and even if i don't achieve, i get so much support and i'm so grateful. show the new gold up. let's bring in tom. silver four years ago in the sporting 200 freestyle, now it is gold, you were told when you were ten that you wouldn't amount to much, then use one the channel and now you have a gold. i don't know what to say to that because i am still shocked at

having the gold, i'm over the moon, so happy. what have the last 24 hours been like since you won? i'm still trying to get over it, i didn't sleep much, was on my phone sorting everything out but it's been really good. prince charles was watching as well. i touched the wall, came in and the first person in an interview someone said prince charles was watching. then he was on the podium presenting the medal. i thought it was insane. brilliant achievement. ellie simmonds was your role model, now you're going to inspire so many others to do the same, what made you take up the sport in what you saw in her? there's the similarity in the name and the fact we have brought his and would be in the same class. it's fantastic that she has inspired me andl fantastic that she has inspired me and i want to inspire more people —— we have dwarfism. it's great when young people recognise you and you

know you've played a part in their life and you have helped them to achieve what they camp attention the achieve. absolutely, i'm sure you will inspire so many others. —— what they can potentially achieve. you went to a koala century? there were kangaroos as well but it was pretty cool kangaroos as well but it was pretty cool. you have helped england go to the top of the medal table —— koala century. the australians have been hurting about this and they are promising a backlash in the pool and the velodrome tonight —— koala sanctuary. we are hoping northern ireland will soon be on the board as well. hold those golds up. it's not just the sand that is gold here, england have got gold as well. just brilliant! mike, thanks so much. they can't hear us but wish them all the best, fantastic to see. they are wishing you all the best,

congratulations from everyone back at home. thank you. big smile. deservedly so! russia has mocked the uk's response to the salisbury nerve agent attack at a tense meeting of the united nations security council. the russian ambasador quoted from midsummer murders and alice in wonderland, and warned britain was playing with fire in accusing the kremlin of any involvement. let's speak now to former uk ambassador to the un, sir mark lyall—grant, who's in our london newsroom. thank you very much indeed for joining us. what did you make of the exchanges last night at the un security council, it was quite extraordinary to watch? it was pretty extraordinary and the performance of the russian ambassador shows the russians have been seriously rattled by the international reaction. they would have expected the uk to respond but i don't think they expected 28 other countries to expel a total of more than 150 russian diplomats around

the world, so they're lashing out in all directions and what we saw from the russian ambassador i've seen many times in the security council in the past, on issues like the shooting down of the malaysian civilian airline, and the annexation of crimea, this making jokes, obfuscation, quoting from the daily —— daily mailand obfuscation, quoting from the daily —— daily mail and the times, anything they can do to undermine the evidence britain has laid out —— times. we're seeing the russian ambassador and uk ambassador pictures now, you used to be in that seat, what would have been in her mind? is it all scripted, does she know what she's going to say, is it brief from number 10 and the foreign 0ffice brief from number 10 and the foreign office or do you have leeway to react? you have some leeway, the set speech she made at the beginning would have been agreed on and cleared with london, although probably written by one of her people in new york. but as you saw

at the end of the meeting, the russians came back and disputed some of the things she said and she came back again to rebut what she had said. that's obviously not scripted and you need to think on your feet. as you say, she quoted lewis carol back at the russian ambassador. what would you have said when they started talking about midsummer murders? i tried to get out of talking about that, i'm a big fan of midsummer murders, but he's trivialising things by talking about that. i'd be surprised if the guinea or equatorial guinea ambassador would have heard of midsummer murders. it shows the theatre at all sides, it is a chance to grandstand and get your point to as big an audience as possible and the russians seem to have successfully done that last night regardless of the punishments and what people might think of their involvement or otherwise in the salisbury attack.|j don't think actually they were

successful. what they were trying to do at the meeting, as they tried to do at the meeting, as they tried to do the day before at the 0pcw, the 0rganisation do the day before at the 0pcw, the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons in the hague, is get a platform to undermine the british case. i don't think they sixth seeded in that, i watched the debate last night in the security council and all the european members, the americans and the kuwaitis, all those who supported the uka kuwaitis, all those who supported the uk a month ago at a similar meeting of the council supported them again —— they succeeded. the countries that were more cautious and sat on the fence where the usual suspects. china, kazakhstan, bolivia, these countries were very cautious. the russians didn't achieve what they wanted, which was to undermine the international coalition that's come to the conclusion it was the russians who tried to poison the skripal is. where does this leave russia now and looking further ahead, we've seen

headlines predicting a new cold war, how does this go from here? we shouldn't pretend the relations between the two countries were in perfect shape anyway, the reality is it hasn't been business as usual between the two countries since the assassination of alexander litvinenko 11 years ago. we've had sanctions on russia and a limited engagement with russia because of bad and the annexation of crimea and the destabilisation of ukraine —— because of that. we have suddenly fallen off a cliff from a perfect position to one where there is no relations. it's worth noting that neither country has expelled the other ambassador, diplomatic relations have not been broken off, and it's important there are still lines of communication. there are areas when we need to co—operate with russia, whether that's on counterterrorism or maintaining the safety of the caterers at the world

cup this summer except, so that it's important there are still some channels of cooperation —— et cetera. it's not a new cold war, it's a low in the relationship, but the russians won't want to escalate it much further knowing britain has a lot of international support. thank you very much indeed for sharing your experiences on brea kfast. let's take a look at the weather. sarah's at a nature reserve in essex this morning. some wonderful wildlife around that you can enjoy and we are getting a big yellow blob in the sky making an appearance. that unidentified object. the sunshine is breaking through the many of us out there this morning and quitea many of us out there this morning and quite a lot of dry and fine weather. this morning, i am of the thames estuary and this area is a habitat to many, many species of birds as will its different types of

wildlife. we have been listening to the dawn chorus. and across the rest of the country, generally dry and fine conditions but it is an east—west split. more cloud moving in from the west. we have got that rangers start of this morning across the west of scotland, and northern ireland but over the ills of scotland, some of that is falling as sleet and snow. the eastern half of scotland, largely dry and cloudy. northern ireland continuing to see a few outbreaks this morning but in improving picture later on in the day. further south across england and wales, a fine day. hazy sunshine. a bit of a southerly breeze. a fine day. as we had through the day, to see the cloud

and outbreaks of rain across the north and west of the uk. rain to western scotland and northern ireland. edging into the far west of england and wales but the central and eastern parts of england. fine and eastern parts of england. fine and dry through the day. it should feel quite pleasant towards the central and eastern parts of england in particular. 0nly central and eastern parts of england in particular. only to this —— on into this evening tonight, the rain will be easing. a lot of dry weather but later in the night, more heady bursts of brain working from the channel in england and pushing slowly northwards. temperatures will remain as they are. not a bad day. still pretty mild without southerly flow. a few spells of sunshine around but also some heavy showers. moving from southern england further northwards, into northern england later on in

the day. scotland and northern ireland should dry up tomorrow so in improving picture here and temperatures not doing too badly for the time of year, between 11 and 17 degrees and similar for sunday as well. still mild, some spells of sunshine but do watch out for those showers. could be heavy at times. a bit of a mixed bag into the weekend but the many, central and eastern parts, should bring is a bit of spring sunshine. it feels right to say spring now, doesn't it? at last. it's overdue. we are so unused to the sunshine at the movement that the word sunshine was trending on twitter. the co—op has results out this morning, ben's speaking to the boss. we'll talk about that in just a

second. the co—op runs the uk's sixth biggest supermarket and this morning it has reported a £72 million pre—tax profit. but at what cost? it's had a run in with regulators over its treatment of suppliers. steve murrells is the boss. hejoins me now. it's quite a turnaround, isn't it? we are it's quite a turnaround, isn't it? we a re really it's quite a turnaround, isn't it? we are really pleased. the shining set of numbers. we've done it by focusing on the basics. we keep on bringing our prices down our food business and funeral business. we are focused on listening to what customers need and want and we are being a lot more efficient in the way we run ourselves and it sets us up way we run ourselves and it sets us up well for the next phase of our plan which we are launching today acquiring new legal business and the number of academy schools that we

sponsor today. you have an involvement in schools and it's about taking over failing schools and spending money and time and turning them around and it shows the reach. i don't think people know our involvement in schools. we take failing schools were attendances low and we make a significant difference. people start coming back to school. that is good to them. off the streets, and we see their results get much better and in the north, that is particularly important. there is a thread here we re we important. there is a thread here were we can take those pupils and bring them into full—time employment through our apprenticeship scheme. something weeping is worthwhile and if you want to understand the difference of the co—op, academy schools is one example where we are doing this for local economies. let's go back to the food bit. he talked about reducing cost as well. but you have been told off by the regulator. it's because you were squeezing suppliers too much. i'm

glad you asked me the question. in a couple of areas, we have let ourselves down. we are in the process of sorting that out in working with the regulator. it's a really important thing not to overs ha d ow really important thing not to overshadow the good work the co—op does with fair trade suppliers or british farmers that in these two areas, we need to get better, we need to be a force again in this place and reach the high standards we want. so you can place and reach the high standards we want. so you can reassure place and reach the high standards we want. so you can reassure your suppliers it won't happen again? yes. let's talk about sugar. the sugar tax coming into force on soft drinks. what have you done to cut sugar? it's all well and good talking about drinks. the legislation says there will be an extra tax for drinks. what about food? that extra tax for drinks. what about food ? that is extra tax for drinks. what about food? that is the next big thing. 0ne food? that is the next big thing. one of the things we are quite right about is being ahead of these

changes. sugar on drinks, we have been doing that for three years. i'm pleased to say, prices won't go up on own brand drinks. as a consequence of our work. are you absorbing the cost or cutting sugar? we've been cutting sugar, 240,000 teaspoons of sugar over this period of time and that means we are below the levy and we won't be needing to pass on any price rises. that goes to the theme of affordability. in other areas, all of our research tells us that people want sugar out of bed diets. in our ready meals, we will be formulating differently and write the way across the co—op, so i think you will see more of this coming to the fore in the mid—term. steve, it's good to hear from you. 240,000 teaspoons of sugar. an incredible amount. we will look at

what that sugar tax means to some of our popular drinksjust what that sugar tax means to some of our popular drinks just after eight o'clock. actor emily blunt‘s been in some brilliant films from the devil wears prada to the girl on the train but now she's starring in a horror movie alongside her husband. john krasinski also directed the film called a quiet place. charlie went to meet them. we're so happy. are you really? is that a statement about everything or itjust all right now? no, just in this particular fabulous moment. i think i've already changed, i'm quite unhappy. you are, what did it? i don't know, just... this slippery chair? i was scared most of the time. you're like that, and then it's like that. yeah. that's what it was like. and you are like that, and then that.

it's a visual review, really, that one, but it's true, isn't it? yeah, yeah, yeah. directing your own wife in the film, talk us through the dynamic. the dynamic, i've got to say, i could make a joke, but the dynamic, it's weird that she's sitting right here. we're divorced. it went poorly for us. it was without a doubt the best collaboration i have had in my life. it's been really incredible. we were really nervous about it because in some ways, you are a different person when you're at work and you to embrace that side to each other and allow for it and we just loved it. like, we'd do it again and it was just awesome. so can i ask you, which do you think of the two of you has gone furthest towards... have you become more british? or has emily become more hollywood, or more american? hollywood? oh, look at that face. i've said the wrong thing. she's kept british.

exactly. rather than... you know what i'm saying. whatever. has there been a drift in your eye— rolling ? oh, god. i think it's a blend. john is from boston so he's quite british anyway, in many ways, and the sense of humour is very aligned. i don't mean to pry but how does that translate into bringing up the kids? we are out of here. get out of here. well, ifeel like my children are probably a bit of a lost cause when it comes to the accent. i think they will be fully american. no, don't fist pump. it's not victory, you're right. the little one quite likes marmite, the older one is starting to reject it which is deeply upsetting. so you are fighting the brit corner in the household? oh, yeah. ifeel sometimes, yeah. how would that play out? she has a union jack towel that she comes down in everyday, things like that which i find are aggressive. yeah.

because i don't do the same. no, i think it gave her great pleasure when she was shooting mary poppins over here, our daughter was two and she was going to school here and coming home with all sorts of delightful words and phrases and accents. but now hazel, she does say to me, "you say water and i say ‘wahter‘," and i say, "which sounds better?" which sounds better? c is available for marriage guidance if you need it. -- for marriage guidance if you need it. —— charlie. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. scotland yard has let another police force take over one of its murder cases after acknowledging the high demand placed on its detectives who

are investigating more than 50 violent deaths this year. the city of london police have offered to take up the case of a 53—year—old man who died during a fight outside a betting shop in hackney on wednesday. over the last 24 hours seven more people have been injured in stabbings across london. bbc london can reveal that more than 150 data breaches were reported by fosterfamilies in the capital last year. 0ne couple say they received death threats after their details were accidentally released by a hospital to the birth family of a child they were caring for which forced them to leave their home. they protected the child in an instant. yeah. they know where she lives — poof, she's gone. but left us. i think we were left vulnerable for a long time, weren't we? yeah, until something happened. which it did. and they kept saying, "nothing will happen, "you'll be ok. " but it did. but to get death threats and telephone calls and text messages was quite worrying and frightening, really.

rail passengers who've been issued with penalty fines will have greater protection under new rules which come into force today. customers who have made an honest mistake or have a genuine reason for not having a valid ticket will now be able to challenge a fine through an independent group. 0n the tube — there's a good service on all lines this morning. 0n the trains, there are delays on greater anglia services following engineering works. northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is queuing back to the sun in sands at blackheath. and on the m25, the outside lane remains closed betweenjunctions 24 and j25 for barrier repairs. temperatures are on the up and we have some more sunshine on the way as well. not quite wall—to—wall, as it was for some of us yesterday, but certainly bright with sunny spells and feeling warmer after a bit of a chilly start. temperatures dropped a little lower last night but there is enough warmth there to get us up to possibly 17 degrees today.

it's bright as opposed to sunny because we have some high—level cloud. that sunshine is going to be a touch on the hazy site. some breaks, though, to give as the odd sunny spell and a bit of a south—easterly breeze today so that mayjust take the edge off those temperatures somewhat. now, we'll have clear skies to start off the night. but cloud builds through the early hours of the morning ahead of this rain whichjoins us, perhaps with a rumble of thunder. temperatures down to 7 or 8 degrees celsius. we start the weekend off on a bit of a wet note but it's an improving picture through the day on saturday, that rain clearing away and the cloud starting to thin out and break up a little to give us some more brightness to end the day. temperatures getting up to 15, possibly 16 degrees celsius and less of a wind tomorrow. sunday is looking fairly cloudy with some outbreaks of rain as well. after today, a shower‘s never too far away. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to naga and jon. hello, this is breakfast,

withjon kay and naga munchetty. a new tax on sugary drinks comes into force across the uk. the sweetest drinks will be taxed at up to 24p a litre in an attempt to tackle obesity and tooth decay. but how much will it cost us? some companies have already changed their recipes to avoid the charge — i'll look at what difference it could make to prices. good morning, it's friday the 6th of april. also this morning... russia accuses the uk of playing with fire over the salisbury spy poisoning during a bad—tempered meeting at the un security council. six more teenagers are stabbed in london hours after a rally against gang violence. eric bristow! farewell to the capcom

will crafty cockney. —— farewell to the crafty cockney. five—time world darts champion eric bristow has died at the age of 60. in sport, wales have their first gold at the commonwealth games. and it's come in the last hour for gareth evans in the 69 kilogram weightlifting competition. i think he will win over many fans with his wild celebrations. we see your gold coast and we race you, sarah keith lucas has the essex coast! iam in coast! i am in rainham coast! iam in rainham marshes coast! i am in rainham marshes nature reserve , i am in rainham marshes nature reserve, it is a glorious morning. the weather will vary across the country with central and eastern parts keeping the sunshine. further north and west, whether friends bring cloud and a fewer outbreaks of rain. i will bring you all the details in around 15 minutes. good morning. a ground—breaking sugar tax on soft drinks comes into force in the uk today.

the government hopes it will reduce childhood obesity and tooth decay. many manufacturers have pre—empted the law by cutting the sugar content in their drinks. 0ur health correspondent james gallagher reports. some of our favourite drinks have either been changed or are now more expensive. this morning, the sugar tax has come into force. it's an attempt to curb obesity rates and protect our teeth. so how big is the tax? drinks that are more than 5% sugar will be taxed at 18p per litre. those that are more than 8% sugar will be taxed at 24p per litre. the amount the treasury expects to raise has already fallen from £500 million a year to £275 million as so many soft drinks are being redesigned. changes to irn—bru led to an online campaign and even people stockpiling scotland's other national drink. this tax is not universally popular. rather than addressing the cause of the problem it's just taxing people that probably can't afford to pay more for it anyway.

i want to discourage my children from being able to go out and buy fizzy drinks, so all the better as far as i'm concerned. i don't think it will make a difference really, they're just making it more expensive for us. as long as it's going to be more healthier to children or even grown—ups, i think that makes a difference. we have no proof the sugar tax will work but what we do know is low and no sugar drinks in the uk are the highest proportion of sales of any major country in the world. so two thirds of soft drinks sold in the uk are now low and no sugar, that's a good thing, whether it's anything to do with the sugar tax, who knows? it will still take some time to see how the sugar tax affects businesses, our shopping habits and even our health. james gallagher, bbc news. russia has accused the uk of inventing a fake story and playing with fire over the salisbury spy poisoning. speaking at a un security council meeting, moscow's un ambassador said britain's main goal had

been to discredit russia with unsubstantiated accusations. test results on samples taken from the crime scene will be published by chemical weapons experts next week. here's our washington correspondent, chris buckler. the discovery of two people lying unconscious on a bench in an english town has resulted in an international investigation and an increasingly bitter diplomatic dispute. the uk continues to claim russia poisoned sergei and yulia skripal using the nerve agent novichok, an allegation moscow denies with increasing anger. translation: we've told our british colleagues you're playing with fire and you'll be sorry. moscow has been frustrated notjust by the international outrage and backing the uk has been given by many other nations, but also a refusal to allow its officials to be involved in tests of the substance used in the attack. i think the metaphor i find most apt is that

of an arsonist turned firefighter. but in this particular instance, the arsonist wishes to investigate his own fire. amid what has become a propaganda battle, russian television played a recording of a telephone call alleged to be between yulia skripal and her cousin. both she and her father, the former spy, sergei skripal, are still recovering at hospital in salisbury. work to try to decontaminate some parts of this city is due to get under way, but this attack will leave lasting damage to russia's relationship with the uk and much of the rest of the world. chris buckler, bbc news. six people were injured in knife attacks in london yesterday — including a 13—year—old boy. more than 50 people have now been violently killed in the capital since january, as alison freeman reports. some of those who've

lost their lives this week. israel 0gunsola, amaan shakoor and tanesha melbourne. all teenagers, all victims of ongoing violence in the capital. tanesha's brother well aware of the growing problems. tanesha was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. i don't have a clue, man... every other day, if there's not a stabbing there's a shooting, or something's happening. you know when something happens, you tie the issue, and it's always just this, that, tit—for—tat. —— you know, when something happens, retaliation. just this year, there have been more than 50 violent deaths in london. more than half of those killed were under 30 and 11 were teenagers. last night in hackney, where18—year—old israel was stabbed to death, people gathered to call an end to the violence. but with five more teenagers injured in stabbings in london yesterday, this year's continuing spate of violent crime shows no sign of easing.

alison freeman, bbc news. alison is outside the headquarters of the metropolitan police for us now. it is all about the response. these are awful events, but something needs to be done, that is what people are saying? that's right. we are at scotland yard because the met police have told is what they are planning on doing, which is setting up planning on doing, which is setting upa task planning on doing, which is setting up a task force of around 120 officers who will focus on the london boroughs where this violence has been the most prevalent. they will also be looking at social media, against the backdrop of cressida dick, the head of the met saying that she thinks social media is inflaming the situation, causing minor disputes to inflame into violence in a very short space of time. 0fficers violence in a very short space of time. officers will work with social media platforms to take down any

inflammatory posts, anything i can arise as violence and might provoke other gangs to want to get involved. —— anything that glamorises violence. they say they will work out who the perpetrators are and arrest them if necessary. we have heard that city of london police have offered to help with one of the murder investigations because at this point in time the met are so severely stressed. —— stretched. thank you, alison. the amount graduates earn before they have to start paying back their tuition fees has risen. students in england and wales who've ta ken out loans in the last six years will now start paying off their debts when they earn £25,000 a year, instead of £21,000. the national union of students said the change is a welcome relief for many. one of the best loved — and most successful — darts players, eric bristow, has died at the age of 60 after a heart attack during an event in liverpool last night. known by his nickname the ‘crafty cockney‘ he also worked as a pundit for the game and was awarded an mbe for his services to sport in 1989. our sports correspondent

0lly foster reports. thousands of darts fans chanted his name last night, many of them had met eric bristow just a few hours earlier in liverpool at a hospitality event before he was suddenly taken ill. the crafty cockney was king of the oche, a poster boy who helped drag the sport out of the pubs and gave it public recognition. the first of his five world titles came in 1980, rivalries with bobby george, john lowe, jocky wilson marked his dynasty. a boom time for darts. he was the ringleader from the beginning. his name is synonymous with darts. eric bristow epitomised where the game came from but had the star quality to take it to the next level. for that every player playing today should be grateful because he blazed the trail. bristow was also one of the founding members of the breakaway

world darts council, now the pdc, in 1993. another was phil taylor, who would become the greatest player of all time. bristow was his mentor. his influence on the sport was huge. he lost his job as a television pundit 18 months ago following social media comments about the victims of barry bennell and the football abuse scandal, something he apologised for. the darts family were always going to forgive him, one of their legends and still such a popular figure on the circuit. there were tears last night and tributes. there will be many more. 0lly foster, bbc news. as many as one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage, but unless it happens after 24 weeks there is no formal process for pa rents to legally register the loss. the health secretaryjeremy hunt has announced a review

which will look at improving the care women receive, and consider whether the miscarriage should be registered in some way. that has not been the case until now. midwife sam collinge and zoe clark—coates, the founder of mariposa trust — a baby loss charity — will co—chair the review. they join us now. good morning. tell us what angle are you going to bring to this committee? the idea of this review is to look at care across—the—board, across the whole of the nhs. as you say, at the moment there is not really regulation therefore any loss before 24 weeks, which brings an inconsistency of care. so the aim of the review is to look at what is missing and see how we can benefit pa rents to missing and see how we can benefit parents to help them through this terrible bereavement. you are experts, you understand this, but you also bring personal experience to the table? it is why we set up

the mariposa trust, we have sadly lost five babies ourselves, we have been there and seen the lack of care and the lack of compassion, sadly, which is what led us to start the charity. this is before the 24 weeks where miscarriages reported or recognised? absolutely, sadly it is still often treated like a medical incident rather than the loss of life, and that is what we feel needs to be changed because it adds to the trauma of the situation. if you are having to defend the right to say i have lost a child, you should be able to just focus on the death of your baby, your child. that helps your baby, your child. that helps you through the bereavement process if that loss is a knowledge. sam, how do you explain to a family when they have lost, they feel, a child before the 24 weeks, that it is not registered at the moment? child before the 24 weeks, that it is not registered at the moment7m is not registered at the moment7m isa very is not registered at the moment7m is a very difficult conversation to

have. for some parents itjust adds to their distress. 0ther have. for some parents itjust adds to their distress. other parents would probably find having to register a baby pre—24 weeks difficult, so we are not saying that we are going to introduce a compulsory system, it is about giving parents a choice. we know from hearing from parents that they would value being able to have some kind of certificate to recognise their loss, to be able to name their baby. what is the reason now that it is not registered ? baby. what is the reason now that it is not registered? as the law currently stands, there is a 24 weeks gestation threshold. babies that are born without signs of life after that date of gestation, the parents are able to register their babies and receive a stillbirth certificate or a certificate of neonatal death if the baby lived and then died. it isjust another tree ruling, really. it is really

important that we listen to parents and make recommendations to government —— it isjust an arbitrary ruling. we will speak with stakeholders, charities, parents and clinicians and look at whether we could introduce some kind of system where we could give parents choice. into the arbitrary 24 weeks, as you call it, was chosen, medicine has changed and so has society and culture, the way we talk about death and child death? it so has. only pa rt and child death? it so has. only part of the review was to look at certification, the rest is compassionate care and how to better pa rents a re compassionate care and how to better parents are being taken care of. what would have made a difference for you? a certificate would have made a lot of difference, butjust being heard, having the acknowledgement that our child existed at all would have made a difference. in terms of the support you get? absolutely. only 20% of loss goes through a hospital

setting, the rest is in the community, gps, your local nurse etc, it is having the care offered to you wherever you go for help. is there a feeling, the arbitrary number of 24 weeks, do you think there is a feeling that if it is five or six weeks, there wasn't really a baby? i think baby losses really a baby? i think baby losses really misunderstood anyway. death is in our society it's a taboo subject and people find it difficult to talk about the death of an adult, let alone a child or a baby. as we said before, ithink let alone a child or a baby. as we said before, i think sometimes when a baby is lost before 24 weeks, i think it's really misunderstood. even the close friends of the family sometimes think that it's a blood loss rather than a baby. it's all

about education, not just for medical staff, but for the general public, really, around, you know, the fact that it causes so much heartbreak and painter parents because they think of it as a baby. the fact that health secretary jeremy hunt has called this session and is asking you to chair it jointly, do you get the sense there isa jointly, do you get the sense there is a will within government at the top level to make changes, whether it is legislation? absolutely, and there is an all—party parliamentary group, chaired by people who have had their own experience of loss. the aim is to raise awareness and to campaign, really, for improved care. is the idea that there willjust be no number? that just is the idea that there willjust be no number? thatjust a loss is a lost? that is the ideal in terms of treatment, for sure. in terms of

certification, it should be down to the joys of parents to have that acknowledgement, and we are all for choice, aren't we? absolutely. everybody react in a very different, personal way, but what we want is, where people do want that, that is an option for them. thank you, both. sarah is at a nature reserve in essex this morning. there is a faint promise that that thing that we haven't seen for a long time in the sky, that celestial object, almost, isn't it? that it might make an appearance this weekend. for some of us, the sun will peak out at times over this weekend. temperatures will be on the rise as well, but it will be on the rise as well, but it will bea be on the rise as well, but it will be a mixed picture. although there will be sunshine and it will be less

cold than it's been, its not going to be dry everywhere. this morning, i'm a rain marshes, just to the east of london, on the banks of the thames estuary. this wetland habitat is home to a huge variety of birds, both residential birds that live here all year, and migrant birds as well. it has been delayed start to the nesting season due to the weather we had, but the birds are now arriving as the weather is warming up that little bit. across the country today, an east— west split. there will be dry and mild weather across eastern parts, further west, weather fronts moving m, further west, weather fronts moving in, bringing cloud and outbreaks of rain. rain this morning across northern ireland, into the west of scotland, even a little bit of sleet and snow over the highest ground to the west of scotland, but eastern scotla nd the west of scotland, but eastern scotland is dry and cloudy this morning. cloud into northern parts

of england this morning, though it looks dry. further south, across england and wales, more sunshine on offer. it will not be wall—to—wall blue skies, because there will be cloud moving into the day, so the sunshine will be hazy. eventually, we will lose the wet weather from northern ireland as it clears to the east, but we will see some rain in the western half of scotland, and later in the day, a little rain edging into the far west of england and wales. central and eastern parts of england having a fine day, temperatures peaking today at seven celsius in aberdeen, 17 celsius in london, making it the warmest day of the year so far. in the evening, the rain in the north and west eases away, so dry weather and clear skies for a time overnight. some missed in this forming. —— some missed forming. there will be outbreaks of

rain in the south tomorrow morning. edging further north through the day on saturday. certainly not going to bea on saturday. certainly not going to be a wash—out. there will be spells of sunshine, and with that southerly breeze around, it will be relatively mild, temperatures of 11—17dc. a mixed bag out there through the weekend. we have some spells of sunshine, but also some showers pushing north. temperatures doing reasonably well. central and eastern parts of the country will see the best of the sunshine today. that's how it is looking. back to you both. thank you, sarah. looking lovely there. this guy is going a bit dark year, though. it makes up around a quarter of our universe, but exactly what ‘dark matter‘ is, and why it's there, has puzzled scientists for decades. now a new study has cast doubt

on some of the things astronomers thought they knew. let‘s break this down with doctor richard massey. what is the confusion? it is more of a frustration than anything else. we have no idea what this stuff is. it is the most common stuff in the universe. a quarter of the universe? even more than that, actually. all of the stuff that we can see — air, water — there is about five times as much as that in this duck that we cannot see. it is heavy but invisible, which makes life difficult when you‘re trying to find it. it is so dark that light does not recognise it? i cannot grasp that concept in my simple mind. can you? it does not shine and is invisible, but we‘re there are

plenty of things in the world that we know are there but we cannot see. you cannot see the win, but you can see the leaves on the trees blowing. we thought we knew a bit more about dark matter, but that turns out not to be the case? we thought we had spotted dark matter doing something a few years ago, which would be exciting, because we know lots of things it does not do. what did we think it was doing? we thought we had seen it slow down, as if it cared about the world around us, our world will stop it doesn‘t seem to interact with others, but we thought we had seen it doing something, slowing down of it. what you're talking about this fascinating but difficult to visualise, so we have some graphics from nasa. can you talk us through this animation? this isa talk us through this animation? this is a simulation of what the universe

looks like if you could step back from it a long way. if an alien came to visit our universe, they would look around and they would see all these landscape, hills and valleys of dark matter, loads of the stuff. but there are lights. sprinkled on top of the dark matter. there is lots and jets, all of the stars, planets and people in the universe, but if this alien came to visit us, the first thing they would notice is the first thing they would notice is the dark matter, the most common stuff there. they might not even notice us. but our heads see as the background. it is a question of perspective. you see the background —— you see as the background to the stars and planets, but it is done. what you thought you had discovered a couple of years ago turns out not

to be the case? this is the thing about scientific method, that you had to go with the latest data. we had to go with the latest data. we had really good day to a couple of yea rs had really good day to a couple of years ago saying, this is what dark matter is doing about science doesn‘t stop with the headline. we don‘t keep banging on with something because we think it is right, we keep testing the theory. in this case, we got more data, and it turns out that the conclusion is change. the best data says that dark matter seems to be frustratingly doing almost nothing. at one point in time, we thought the earth was flat, but now we believe it to be run. what is the next stage of thinking in relation to dark matter? where is science going? the good things that came out of this thought we had a couple of years ago was that we got loads of people to come together to think about is, if dark matter does this and behaves in a particular way, how would we see that? we have loads of theoretical calculations and we work through what the

universe would look like if the universe would look like if the universe behaved in different ways. we now know what to look for. we have built a new telescope to go out and look for that, so we‘re really hopeful that we will be able to start studying dark matter. hopeful, but optimistic? will it happen? we have this really exciting telescope. justify the telescope! it'sjust cool justify the telescope! it'sjust cool. you want a clear view of the night sky. the hubble space telescope is brilliant, gives us these visceral images of what this quy these visceral images of what this guy looks like with this crystal clear view about the‘s atmosphere, but it won‘t be around forever, and we have to find a way of carrying on. we have built a telescope that can get not quite into space but can get 99% of the way into space. how do you do that? with austerity astronomy, you put it on a helium

balloon, floated up to the top of the atmosphere, and there you go, a crystal clear view and you can start studying loads of dark matter. so, we have a cool telescope, some questions about dark matter — lows. you will do they facebook live with this in about 15 minutes, so thank you so much. that is on the bbc brea kfast you so much. that is on the bbc breakfast facebook site. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. yesterday‘s spring sunshine was fairly short lived. temperatures perhaps reaching 17 celsius in london today, possibly

the warmest day of the year. low pressure is moving in from the west, the associated fronts bringing outbreaks of rain, some heavy. 0utbreaks outbreaks of rain, some heavy. outbreaks of rain for northern and western scotland, some of the northern ireland to begin with. try right into the afternoon of the northern ireland with a mixture of sunny spells and showers. —— drier and break into the afternoon for northern ireland. hazy sunshine, turning cloutier in the west wales and the west of england. temperatures at a maximum of 17 celsius. the rain will push north, perhaps lingering in the far north, perhaps lingering in the far north of scotland. lots of dry weather for a north of scotland. lots of dry weatherfor a time north of scotland. lots of dry weather for a time but we will see more rain pushing into the south into the early hours. a mile to make than over the last few nights and an overnight low of around four celsius. 0utbreaks overnight low of around four celsius. 0utbrea ks of overnight low of around four celsius. outbreaks of rain for central and northern parts of england, either side the potential for brightness and we could see one of two showers in the south and

east. dry breaks in the north with a risk of a show of the northern scotla nd risk of a show of the northern scotland and northern ireland, temperatures reaching a maximum of 17, perhaps 18 in the south. into sunday, the cold front works over towards the east, some uncertainty of the exact positioning but it looks like sunday will be fairly cloudy, some outbreaks of rain, one of two showers in the north and temperatures will be a touchdown on saturday, a maximum of 14 celsius. —— temperatures will be a touch down. this is business live from bbc news with susannah streeter and maryam moshiri. as the us proposes a further $100 billion worth of tariffs on china, beijing say its prepared to pay any price to defend the country‘s interests. live from london, that‘s our top story on friday 6th april. as the rhetoric ramps up

between china and the us, we‘ll look atjust how damaging this could be for the world‘s two biggest economies. also in the programme.... the electronics giant samsung posts another bumper set of results. we will be