hello this is breakfast, with ben thompson and rachel burden. dozens of people are reported to have been killed in a toxic gas attack in syria. reports and videos from volunteer rescue workers suggest that women and children were among those affected. the us state department have described the claims as "horrifying". good morning, it's sunday the 8th of april. also this morning: the home secretary, amber rudd, rejects claims that a spike in violent crime is due to falling police numbers. an attack in germany has left two people dead and around 20 injured. authorities say there's no indiation of any islamist links. good morning from the gold coast in the commonwealth games. scotland have pictures till you mac to a gold medal in the men's bowls.

—— scotland have pipped australia. manchester city's title party has been halted by nosey neighbours united. making the journey from britain to bollywood. we'll meet the film star from south wales. and simon has the weather. it was like spring yesterday. not as warm today, some rain is forecast. we will have all the details in 15 minutes. we will see you then. thanks. good morning. first, our main story. dozens of people are reported to have been killed in what activists say was a chemical attack on the city of douma, a rebel—held area close to the syrian capital, damascus. the us state department have described the reports as "horrifying". lebo diseko‘s report contains disturbing images from the start. the victims of an alleged chemical attack, according to volunteer rescue workers in douma. this footage, supplied to the reuters news agency, and not independently verified by the bbc, apparently shows medics desperately trying to help children and families.

syria's government says the allegations are a fabrication, and staff from a medical relief organisation on the front line say they are worried about what could have been used. we have received many patients who suffered from symptoms compatible with the exposure to high concentration chlorine gas. also, their symptoms were deteriorating in a fashion that is not compatible with pure chlorine gas exposure. and that is why our physicians are concerned about exposure to nerve gas in low concentration. what is not disputed is the ongoing bombardment of douma, the last remaining rebel stronghold on the outskirts of damascus. weeks of assaults from the air and the ground as the president's troops, backed by russia, try and reclaim control of the town, and that is perhaps why the us has been quick to blame both, saying the regime of president assad and its backers must

be held accountable, and any further attacks prevented immediately. it says russia ultimately bears responsibility for the targeting of civilians. it is civilians who suffer most is this conflict continues, more than seven years in and no end in sight. rising violence on britain's streets is not caused by falling police numbers, according to the home secretary. writing in the daily telegraph, amber rudd said evidence did not back up claims that cuts to resources were the cause of increased crime. the government has outlined a new strategy to tackle serious violence, including a new task force, and tougher controls on the purchase of knives and corrosive substances in england and wales. andy moore reports. amber rudd said the spate of recent attacks in london reflected a wider pattern of violence in major cities across the uk. she said she'd be launching what she called a serious violence strategy tomorrow, and chair a task force that would bring together key

representatives to tackle the problem. she also rejected claims they were not enough police officers on the streets. she said in the early 20005, when serious violent crimes were at their highest, police numbers were also rising. the government has announced that a new offensive weapons bill will be introduced next week. further restrictions will be placed on the sale of knives online, preventing them from being posted to residential addresses. while certain other weapons, like zombie knives and knuckledusters, will become illegal to possess in private. the planned legislation also includes a ban on the sale of corrosive substances to under 18s. carrying acid in a public place will be a criminal offence. this is a really essential piece of legislation for the policing and for public and communities. it will allow us to control the purchase by people under the age of 18 and it will allow us to have much more control as to who carries it in a public place and whether they have good reason

to or not. labour said tough talking by the government was not enough. it needed to give the police the resources they needed to keep people safe. andy moore, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent susana mendonca joins us from our london newsroom. good morning. an interesting intervention from amber rudd. how will that go down? what is most significant about it is that amber ruddis significant about it is that amber rudd is sticking to the government line that the increase in violence that we've seen in london over the past we can certainly the increase in violent deaths is not down to a reduction in police numbers. we have seen a big reduction in police numbers across the whole country over the past ten years or so, and there are many, certainly within the labour party, who have paid the increase in violence we have seen in london in the past week down to that reduction in police numbers in the metropolitan police. amber rudd

sticking to the lane that that is not the case as far as she's concerned. also this intervention, saying there is going to be new legislation coming through. this is about being seen to take action when people have been critical, not only about the middle of london but the home secretary for not speaking out last week. thank you. one man has died and four firefighters have been injured in a fire at trump tower in new york. the victim was a male resident of the building who was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital, fire officials said. us president donald trump has a home and an office in the building, but is currently in washington. the british foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has stepped up his criticism of russia in the wake of the poisoning of a former russian spy living in the uk. writing in the sunday times mr johnson accuses moscow of peddling what he called "an avalanche of lies and disinformation" about the attack. on saturday, russia's ambassador to london asked for a meeting with mrjohnson to discuss the poisoning which moscow has denied carrying out. german authorities say a man

who drove a van into people outside a restaurant in the city of muenster was a german citizen with no apparent links to terrorism. two people were killed and the driver shot himself dead at the scene. 0ur europe correspondent, bethany bell, is in muenster for us this morning. what more do we know? as we discussed there, overnight, we were told there were no links to islamist extremists, but nonetheless a serious attack in the heart of the big city? yes, the incident took place just buying me. the driver, who has not been officially identified yet, but to pelissier is a 48—year—old man, they think from the city of muenster itself, he drove across the square and intoa itself, he drove across the square and into a group of people who were sitting outside a restaurant, on what was a very sunny afternoon. the

police say they are continuing their investigations. last night, the area where i am standing was cordoned off. residents were evacuated and many of them spent the night in a theatre close to win i am now. today, police have eased the cord on, people are coming back into the area, and police say they are looking into what caused this man to drive across the square, into this group of people and then shoot himself afterwards. reports in the german media say this man appears to have had a history of mental health problems. there is shock and dismay in germany that something like this could have happened. thanks very much for now. brazil's former president lula da silva has surrendered to police to begin serving a 12—year sentence for corruption. he has handed himself in after spending two nights at the metalworkers‘ union headquarters in sao paulo in defiance of an arrest warrant. lula was the frontrunner for 0ctober‘s presidential election but his imprisonment leaves the race open.

canadian prime minister justin trudeau says "an entire country is in shock and mourning" after 15 people were killed in a road accident involving a canadianjunior ice hockey team. two other people are said to be in a critical condition. the humboldt broncos had been on their way to a play—off match in the province of saskatchewan. tributes have been paid across the country. we'll take that time to recognise all of our young men and our coaching staff, and everyone who's been involved in this tragedy. hungary will elect a new parliament today, with the prime minister, viktor 0rban, hoping to win a third consecutive term in office. in his campaign, he presented himself as the defender of europe and hungary from muslim migrants, but critics attack him

as a racist and an authoritarian. peter kay has appeared on stage for the first time since cancelling all future work projects, including his stand—up tour, for family reasons. the comedian greeted almost 3,000 fans at blackpool opera house during the last of three charity screenings of his bbc comedy car share. he thanked them for coming to see the special finale of the sitcom, which was filmed before his announcement last december. good morning. on thursday, seven people were stabbed in five separate incidents in london. as a surge of violent attacks continues, including more than 50 murders in the capital this year, the met police insist the force has "not lost control" of london's streets. in response, the government has outlined a new strategy to tackle serious violence, including a new task force, and tougher controls on the purchase of knives and corrosive substances in england and wales.

criminologist simon harding joins us from our london newsroom. good morning. thank you for your time. we know that trying to solve this terrible problem will take many, this terrible problem will take any this terrible problem will take many, many different strategies. but looking at the law and this new offensive weapons bill, how effective do you think this might potentially be? i think the government have set out their intentions and their commitment to tackle the rise in crime, and the issue of offensive weapons, knives, acid, etc. the proposals are definitely a step in the right direction, however, the devil will be in the detail, and we will see that over the coming weeks. they are, for example, proposing to ban sales of acid to young people under the age of 18, a curious number. perhaps i would have chosen 21 or 25

instead. they are also proposing to make itan instead. they are also proposing to make it an offence to carry acid in a public place. again, ithink make it an offence to carry acid in a public place. again, i think this will be helpful, however, there will be challenges involved, particularly around stop and search, police training, how are the police going to determine if somebody is carrying acid? will they be carrying ph paper, for example, can contest the liquids? so there will be a range of challenges coming down the line. as ever with these things, you can go so ever with these things, you can go so far in trying to prevent people purchasing these things, physically and shops, but there will always be other methods, online sales of things like acid and knives is a real problem? indeed, that is true. 0ne real problem? indeed, that is true. one of the provisions within the proposed new legislation will be to prevent online retailers sending

knives to the residential homes of people who have purchased online. i think that will perhaps have some effect, because people move away from retailers very quickly, and can purchase these items online, as he identified. another aspect of the proposed legislation changes will be to address the issue of zombie knives, which you showed some images of those a few seconds ago. these are very ugly, very threatening and offensive weapons. the police have been quite... they have found it very difficult to address this issue. they have been quite frustrated by ridding people'shomes, crack cases except, and they have found these knives in situ but they have not been able to do anything about it other than take note of it. now with the new legislation they will be able to remove these, even

if it is ina will be able to remove these, even if it is in a private home. none of this addresses the root causes of why young people feel the need to carry weapons like this. they are also looking at a review of stop and search powers involving a public consultation and that will be key to this, because all the criticism of stop and searches that it alienates the community from the police, it increases the tension felt between the authorities and young people in these particular hotspots as well. they have to do it with public support? very much so, policing by consent. we hear a lot about police numbers, whether they have fallen, which they have, and whether that has an impact on the current surge in violent crime. the one thing that is missing that perhaps has had an impact is the reduction of neighbourhood policing. these are police officers who are not strictly therefore enforcement purposes but they are working in communities and

with communities, they can identify the young people who are getting involved in gangs, or getting close to gangs, falling within their orbit. they can measure tensions in the community, and they can link into local churches, local volu nteers into local churches, local volunteers and parents. that is a very important aspect of policing. and one which has been overlooked. it may be valuable to try and get back to that. amber rudd is said today that a reduction in police numbers is not the cause behind this entry points to previous figures we re entry points to previous figures were there have been high levels of gang—related violence, and yet we have also had high numbers of police out there on the streets. she also says the police have access to resources . says the police have access to resources. she says the met has a reserve of £2110 million, so who do we believe in terms of whether we have adequate policing? policing is one factor. we saw a

surge of violence similar to this in 2007, 2000 eight. a number of things have changed significantly since then. what we've seen is an evolution in terms of urban street gangs, certainly here in london. that includes younger people coming into the gang aged perhaps 12, 13, 14. and into the gang aged perhaps 12, 13, 1a. and then older people at the other end not maturing out. so people get very much stuck in the gang itself. this makes it much more competitive, there are more people involved. in addition, we've seen changes to drug supply and drug dealing. it used to be that if you wish to obtain drugs you would find your way to a local council estate, perhaps, hang around, and somebody would deliver the drugs to you. now, with 24—hour dial a dealer, you can have the drugs delivered to your home. this makes a big change. the

third issue is social media. there's a lot of provocative stuff on social media. videos that posted by gangs, except this is the effect of pulling other young people who are not gang affiliated into the orbit of the gang. they make commentary on what they've seen and this commentary can anger people and annoy people and lead to further retaliation, so i think all these three things together have had an impact. you illustrate very well just how complicated it all this. thank you for your time and thoughts this morning. what is the weather doing outside? simon has the details. yesterday was a pretty decent day across the south—east of england. 19.4 across the south—east of england. 19.1; degrees. the warmest day of 2018 and the warmest day since 0ctober 2018 and the warmest day since october last year. today we've got a

reversal of fortu nes. october last year. today we've got a reversal of fortunes. north—western areas are where we have clear spells. this is the scene at the moment in northumberland. a bit of blue sky. quite a bit of mist and fog out there, particularly the north—west of england, down towards the south—west. this is the scene at the south—west. this is the scene at the moment in devon. quite quiet conditions. that's because we have fairly settled weather towards north and western parts, but it's down towards the south—east this morning where we have this weather front. that will produce some outbreaks of rain. it won't be quite as warm as it was yesterday. however, still some decent sunny spells, especially the further north and west you are. that rain will be with you for much of the day towards the south—east of england. this morning, pretty heavily towards kent, towards east and west sussex, into east anglia. rain edging its way north and westwards. elsewhere, one or two

mist and fog patches, they should mostly clear away and we're looking at sunny spells developing. a few showers this afternoon for scotland, northern ireland, into north—west england. some could be heavy and thundery. if you managed to dodge those showers with some sunshine not feeling bad. those temperatures nowhere near as high as they were yesterday. at best about 12 to 1a degrees. 0vernight tonight, there won't be a great deal of change. we'll stea cy won't be a great deal of change. we'll steacy season rain affecting east anglia towards the south—east of england. further north and west, fairly quiet. light winds. that means we could see a return of mist and fog into the early part of monday morning and temperatures no lower than four to 9 degrees. how does the start of the new working week look? pretty similar. we left this week with rain. further north and west some showers developing into the afternoon but some lengthy sunny spells. temperatures around ten to 13 or 1a celsius. going into the rest of the week, low pressure

is going to dominate things and everything just rotates around this area of low pressure and it will throw up some weather front as we go through tuesday, but we have an easterly wind. it isn't coming from siberia, but more from a southerly direction. heating eastern areas, it will stay relatively mild through the rest of this week, except perhaps if you live on the eastern coast of england and eastern scotland, where it will stay cooler with temperatures 15 or 16 celsius. through the rest of the week, it will be fairly unsettled. same old story! thanks, simon. not many bollywood stars can claim they got the acting bug by watching coronation street with them on in south wales. but it was the first step on the road to fame for banita sandhu. she's a rising star of bollywood — the indian movie industry — despite growing up 5,000 miles away in newport, where her love of acting was sparked by soap operas. 0ur entertainment reporter haroon rashid went to meet her. this is one of the most talked—about

bollywood movies of the year. 0ctober stars one of the highest grossing actress in bollywood, varun dhawan. but it's a fresh face on the screen that got everyone talking, and she lives 5,000 miles away from mumbai. hello. how are you? well, thank you. banita sandhu is born and raised in the uk and i've come to her home near newport to find out more about her and her transformation into a bollywood star. i grew up in wales in a small village and when i was 18 i moved to london for university and it was a strategic move on my part, i have to say, because obviously i was studying but i knew at the same time, london being the hub of all film and television in britain, it was a great place to do castings at the same time. banita would fly around the world to shoot commercials

during her holidays from studying english literature at university, hoping eventually it would lead to her big break. it was during the making of this advert that she first met the director of october, shoojit sircar. unbeknown to me, shoojit, that ad we did together, it was kind of his way of auditioning me for october. mum, i'm on the tv! banita has dreamt of being on screen since she was ten and her mother was more than happy to help her achieve her ambition. banita first showed interest as an actor when we were watching coronation street together. she was watching with me and said, mum, that's what i want to become an actress topped yellow shoojit sircar has come to meet her drama coaches for the first time did she went to india. she looks good on camera and has a natural ability. that's the

ticket, quite honestly. this one, my sister and ticket, quite honestly. this one, my sisterand i... ticket, quite honestly. this one, my sister and i... banita shows me some of the bollywood films she grew up watching, and says being home keeps her grounded. i still don't feel like i'm famous. i'm so outside of that world. even if i do get papped, i hate that word, i come back here and it's nice to lead to macrolides. with the office already flooding in ahead of 0ctober‘s release, and papped on course to graduate this summer, it looks like should be swapping newport for mumbai more often. it's a really lovely story. a great story. the andrew marr programme is on bbc one at 9 o'clock. andrew, what's coming up this morning? we're going to be talking about the gun crime and the knife crime crisis with the community secretary and

also angela rayner from the labour party. they've been following this very important cambridge analytic vote par the story. i have the whistle—blower at the heart of that life on the programme. i'll also be talking 20 years on after the good friday agreement to the irish ambassador and adrian dunbar, the actor. he is the slightly scary one from line of duty. and some americana music. this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one, thank you first being with us. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. —— breakfast. time for a look at the papers. the former

conservative mp and health minister edwina currie is here to tell us what has caught her eye. we are going straight into the papers. andrew marr mentioned the story about gang violence which has been dominating the papers for the last week. lots of coverage in the papers as well today. this is the one that caught my eye, in the mail on sunday. the pictures are horrifying and they're sunday. the pictures are horrifying and they‘ re taking sunday. the pictures are horrifying and they're taking straight from youtube. what is astonishing, on youtube, davies rap music, and all sorts of videos which are pushing kids tojoin in. they sorts of videos which are pushing kids to join in. they feel that if they do notjoin in, they are missing out, and they will get hurt so they might as welljoin a gang. they are brandishing knives, talking about slashing people and so on. they are brandishing knives, talking about slashing people and so on. the quy about slashing people and so on. the guy at the bottom of that, he has been convicted twice, and he has a quarter of a million followers. you

have to say to yourself, there is something wrong about this. this is horrendous. ways of schooling. this is suggesting that rival gangs will gain point. murder, a machete attack. more points if you put the knife in which it will leave a scar, like the face. it is horrendous. what worries me, when the police as for the day is to be taken down, the police as for the day is to be ta ken down, they the police as for the day is to be taken down, they do not always do it. about a third of all requests are refused. that has got to be dealt with. snapchat didn't even a nswer dealt with. snapchat didn't even answer the request from the mail on sunday. as to what is going on. you would suggest it would be difficult for the likes of youtube to deal with this. it is not difficult. it is difficult because there are so many of them. youtube are working with the police, but they say that every time one gets taken down, another is put up. you're talking

about billion pound businesses, they can about billion pound businesses, they ca n afford about billion pound businesses, they can afford the people to do this. it can afford the people to do this. it can be done. for over 30 years my husband was a senior metropolitan police detective. he used down the gangs. you have to do it all the time, to be on top of it, to be with information. there are lots of things in the papers about stop and search, new legislation that might be brought in. old to the good, it seems to me, but the police need to be on top of whatever is the latest way of recruiting gangs.“ this any different, aside for the social media and the video element, this is just gang warfare that has been around for decades?m this is just gang warfare that has been around for decades? it has been around for a long time. some of the stories in the press unnecessarily alarmist, for example, the paper said london is more dangerous than new york. that is not true, new york has a higher level of madars and we record murder in a much broader way

than they do. london is safer than new york, but what they have done in new york, but what they have done in new york, but what they have done in new york, they have brought the figures down sharply, and errors have been coasting so we need to think about how we can get our figures down further. dealing with what is on social media is part of it. no two are completely different subject. i feel like we should issue are warning to viewers because we're talking about prince charles and budgie smugglers. thankfully no pictures. he is my page the boy today. this is in the mail on sunday. when he was a young man, on a previous occasion, there is a photo at the top left, he was almost in budgie smugglers. bless, turning into a sweet old man these days, he is coming up to 70 and he says bits of him are falling off. the idea is actually, the mail on sunday says that you could put a whole aviary and that, never mind budgie

smugglers. it is rather sweet. he has matured into a kind of elderly gent. of all the things i thought we would be talking about this morning, it is not bad. i have another royal story. i will let you explain. this is in the sand. you can see the headline. russia is meeting the queen, of all people, as a problem drinker. apparently one of president putin's best pals has been on state—run television saying that the monarchy is drinking too much. i am quoting, before dinner, she drinks a cocktail made from jane and another based on wine from eyes and lemon. then she has a glass of wine with a bar of chocolate, she also drinks martini. at the end of the day she likes to drink champagne. she is about to celebrate her 92nd

birthday, so if that is the regime she is doing quite well on it. but it is not. i think we have got the wrong queen. it was her mother who like to. if you go to buckingham palace, you probably have to take a hip flask. you will not get much. thank you, we will get you back in about one hour. have a breakthrough moment. stay with us, the headlines are next. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. dozens of people are reported to have been killed in what activists say was a chemical attack on the city of douma, a rebel—held area close to the syrian capital, damascus. the us state department has described the reports as "horrifying". we should say that some of these pictures are distressing. syria's government has called the allegations of a chemical attack a "fabrication". rising violence on britain's streets is not caused by falling police numbers, according to the home secretary.

writing in the daily telegraph, amber rudd said evidence did not back up claims that reduced resources were the cause of increased crime. the governement has outlined a new strategy to tackle serious violence, including a new task force, and tougher controls on the purchase of knives and corrosive substances in england and wales. one man has died and four firefighters have been injured in a fire at trump tower in new york. the victim was a male resident of the building who was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital, fire officials said. us president donald trump has a home and an office in the building, but is currently in washington. the german authorities say a man who drove a van into people outside a restaurant in the city of muenster was a german citizen with no apparent links to terrorism. two people were killed and the driver shot himself dead. he hasn't yet been officially identified but german media reports say he had a history of mental health problems. the british foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has stepped up his criticism

of russia in the wake of the poisoning of a former russian spy living in the uk. writing in the sunday times, mrjohnson accuses moscow of peddling what he called "an avalanche of lies and disinformation" about the attack. on saturday, russia's ambassador to london asked for a meeting with mrjohnson to discuss the poisoning which moscow has denied carrying out. well, those are the main news stories this morning. we have been enjoying catching up with the commonwealth games from the gold coast. northern ireland havejust won theirfirst gold coast. northern ireland havejust won their first gold medal. mike busheu won their first gold medal. mike bushell is an australia with the latest and all the sport as well. yes, that is the big news in the last hour, rhys mcclenaghan winning the gold medal. this was in the pommel horse. 0n the gold medal. this was in the pommel horse. on wednesday we featured his mum on breakfast, saying that she holds his breath throughout his routine. his deep

dashes family must feel fantastic. can you hear the sound of a didgeridoo. some of our athletes, our medlars, jack 0liver didgeridoo. some of our athletes, our medlars, jack oliver and zoe smith and sarah davies, they are having a little bit of a lesson. tom bosworth as well. it is all happening on the beach on sunday morning, your time sunday morning. it is the afternoon here. first, to the main football story back home. manchester city's title celebrations are going have to wait. in a dramatic manchester derby, city threw away a 2—0 lead against manchester united and went on to lose 3—2. david 0rnstein was at the etihad. rarely has a manchester derby been played with so much at stake. glory within city's grasp, united desperate to deny them. the champions—elect couldn't have wished for a better start, captain vincent kompany leading from the front. jubilation for the hosts, a hand on the trophy. united were on the ropes and soon came another devastating blow, ilkay gundogan slotting city into dreamland, the party now in full swing.

a standing ovation for the home side at the break, but they should have been further ahead, and how costly that would prove, because shortly after half—time united hit back. their world record signing paul pogba breathing new life into the contest. and just two minutes later, the frenchman again showed his worth to draw the visitors level in a game that was living up to the hype. still, though, there was time for more drama. defender chris smalling showing a striker‘s instinct to complete an extraordinary comeback for united and leave their arch rivals shellshocked. we made a good performance. in the second half, 0k, obviously there's ten or 15 minutes when the opponent is good, but in that situation we conceded three goals and that's tough against a good team. now we need six points to finish top four, and now we need three less to finish second, which is our target after finishing top four and to win here

against the best team of the premier league is a fantastic result for us. these city fans arrived here with high expectations and they leave dejected. they'll need to refocus for tuesday's crucial european game against liverpool. as for the title celebrations, well, they're on hold. david 0rnstein, bbc news, at the etihad stadium. the merseyside derby ended goalless which allowed tottenham to draw level on points with liverpool in third place. spurs beat stoke 2—1, thanks to two goals from christian erikssen. it has started raining here but it means we have got a rainbow. i wonder who will strike the pot of gold at the end of the masters. there's just one round to go at the masters golf, and patrick reed is still the man to catch, but rory mcilroy is really giving him a run for his money at augusta. this eagle at the 8th one of the highlights of his round, he's 11 under.

but the american reed responded in style, two eagles on the back nine. he's three shots clear of mcilroy. padraig's got a three—shot lead so i feel like all the pressure is on him. he's got to go out and protect that and he's got a few guys chasing him who are pretty big—time players and, you know, he's got that to deal with and sleep on tonight. so i feel like i can go out there and play like i've got nothing to lose. the big news in the commonwealth games. northern ireland have won their first medal of the games. 18—year—old mcclenaghan claimed pommel horse gold ahead of england's olympic gold medallist max whitlock. and you can just see how much it means to him. her mum holds her breath throughout his routine. meanwhile scotland's dan purvis took bronze on the floor, but there was disappointment for england's nile wilson and max whitlock who both missed out on the podium. elsewhere 0livia breen has claimed wales' third gold medal in the t38 long jump.

that is the third gold medal of these games for wales. she produced a commonwealth record to add the commonwealth title to the world title she won last summer. much excitement early on at the bowls. australia were taking on scotla nd bowls. australia were taking on scotland in the final of the men's triples and it went right down to the last. sunday mornings down under don't get much better. a packed house and gold—medals on the line. scotland against australia and an epic lawn bowls final was building up nicely. commentator: has he got it? what a bowl! picked the bones out of that one! scotland taking charge of proceedings, but with home pride and the top prize at stake, the aussies came fighting back. an enthralling encounter continued, both sides moving in front of each other until scotland skip darren burnnet put some

distance between the two. commentator: close, he thinks he's got it, he has! what a bowl! tremendous stuff! with one more end to go, could australia fight back? it's all over! a fourth gold of these games for team scotland. tom bosworth was looking to add to england's impressive haul of treasure in the race walk. the first athletics event of this games and it was a tussle between england and australia. dane bird—smith would have enough to hold off his friend and rival. bosworth delighted with silver. there was a lot of emotion in the last lap, i wanted a medal badly, i didn't think i'd be in it to the end and that's awesome. it's my first major championships medal, you know. so a really, really good day. not such a good day for claire tallent, leading the women's race walk she was disqualified with just two kilometres to go. commentator: her chance of a medal of any colour has gone and she is inconsolable now.

that meant bethan davies of wales could sneak up to third to claim bronze. nick miller went even better in the hammer throw, winning the gold medal. it was a games record. amazing. the highlight for me is the commonwealth record. i have beaten my coach's personal best. that was a big thing for me. everything went well. it was almost a perfect sunday in the weightlifting as the home teams went looking for more prizes. sarah davies was eyeing up gold. commentator: davies hoists! she'll make do with a silver medal, just like her boyfriend jack 0liver picked up yesterday. and there was a meeting of minds in the boxing, scottish teenager megan gordon up against five—time world champion and politician mary kom of india. experience told true in that encounter as began is continue to deliver interesting matchups. alex gulrajani, bbc news. and delighted to say we have some of

those medallist from alex's report live with me now. congratulations to sarah davies and jack 0liver, who area sarah davies and jack 0liver, who are a couple. to have matching silver medals from weightlifting is pretty special. it's certainly going to make our holiday after was much more enjoyable. if one had a medal and the other didn't it would be a sour holiday. how do you top that? how can you have a holiday that matches with both those silvers? we have a big holiday planned. we have a tour around australia. we are stopping at singapore on the way home. we're definitely going to enjoy it a little bit more now that we've got matching medals. yours is extra special because you had a horrendous time with injuries at comeback from that and be there picking up the silver today. even getting here was harder than anything. i competed in two games before and not meddle. this is the

one where i shouldn't have meddled because it was hard to get here. i tore a ligament in my elbow and then got appendicitis and has my appendix taken got appendicitis and has my appendix ta ken out got appendicitis and has my appendix taken out and then i had a reconstruction of my elbow than i had knee surgery, then i tore my hamstring before the final qualifying competition. it's a bit ofa qualifying competition. it's a bit of a miracle i'm qualifying competition. it's a bit ofa miracle i'm here. after putting that much work in just to get here in the first place, i need to make sure it was worth it. you can't go through two years of that work and paying for nothing. i made sure i got my medal for it. absolutely. you can see how much it meant to use. yeah. to see jack get his medal, there was no chance i was leaving empty—handed. i left everything out on that platform so i can't complain. does it help when your partner does the same thing because at home you can help each other and maybe do a bit of weightlifting in the kitchen? may be, pros and cons.

there's a lot of weightlifting taught in our house but prepping for something like this they know what you're going through. just seeing what you went through at the end with two years, we were all in tea rs! with two years, we were all in tears! i was in tears yesterday, as well, watching jack and even afterwards... apparently there was an english girl crying when one of the boys won a medal, yes, that was me! emotional roller—coaster the last two days. go and chill out, enjoy the beach and enjoy your trip well and the pacific islands and australia. you deserve it with those medals. i'm going to talk to zoe smith, another weightlifting medalfor england's. medal for england's. and medalfor england's. and tom bosworth, the race walker. zoe, you are still here. in the face of adversity. you have the injury, funding cut. tell us work you were working, full—time. funding cut. tell us work you were working, full-time. the funding cut happened. i had the injury first which kept me out of rio 2016 which

was disappointing. and then following that there was the funding cut. i was working as a very stuck for a little while in said polls. —— barista. my training, it wasn't for my training. i essentially packed up and moved to loughborough, where i now work in a bubble tea kiosk. yeah... will people be to come and see your metal? i actually will bring it into work and b, hey, what would you like? also, would you like see my medal? it's crazy. a lot of work must have gone in outside work i was. absolutely. i've grafted a bit recently. just really tried to make the best of a bad situation, really. nobody wants to lose their funding and nobody wants to have to not be able to train full—time. i've made the best of it. i'm back in couege made the best of it. i'm back in college now. will this help you get the funding back? will you use this

to try and see if you don't have to work? i'm not sure. commonwealth isn't representative of the whole world which our ability to medal would be based on. we'll see. many congratulations, it's would be based on. we'll see. many congratulations, its superb. tom bosworth, we did a feature together on breakfast a couple of years ago andi on breakfast a couple of years ago and i know what it means due to win this silver. last year in the world championships you were disqualified, now you're on the podium. congratulations. thanks very much. careers are defined by medal winning moments. after breaking records and other races but this is what really mattered. i'm just relieved. we showing pictures of how you beating me around the track when i was running and you are walking, people don't realise how fast you can walk. 0ne don't realise how fast you can walk. one hour don't realise how fast you can walk. 0ne hour19 don't realise how fast you can walk. one hour 19 minutes or half marathon. just short. about one hour 23 for a half marathon. it puts it into perspective. we go to local

park runs and i go under 20 minutes sometimes and beat most of the runners! it shows how quickly we go and how technically strong we have to be what with london last year. we must mention bethan davies getting a bronze in the women's race. let's assign off. if you canjudge, zoe. tom, give me a head start, is that all right? i can't walk on this! so i'm going to run and tom will catch me, watch, walking. he's passed me already. tom is weighed down by his medal, as well, but he still beat mike! those little legs trying to catch up. so sweet. from the glorious gold coast to... well... the less than glorious! this is the scene at the moment. it's improved quite a bit.

mr fogg around north and western of the uk. yes, not a great scene for some of us. the mist and fog. it is clearing fairly quickly so if you have fog around this morning it will clear and we have a glorious start here from one of our weather watchers in umbria. look at the sunrise there, a beautiful start to the day. northern and western areas fairly settled this morning. down to the south—east, this weather front is producing outbreaks of rain across east anglia and the south—east of england. that rain will continue for much of the day. elsewhere, some lengthy spells of sunshine. not as warm as it was yesterday and yesterday we got to 19.4 degrees in the south—east. today it's significantly chillier. especially in the south—east where that rain will continue well into the afternoon, edging its way north and westwards into the east midlands into central and southern areas. further north than what some are..., some lengthy sunny spells. a few

showers developing this afternoon and those showers could be on the heavy side. could be the odd rumble of thunder. in some sunshine and light winds, temperatures 12 to 14 degrees. certainly for the northern areas where it was pretty wet yesterday, that will be an improvement today. 0vernight, not a great change. we continue with the rain across southern and eastern parts into the early hours of monday morning. further north and west, quieter weather, some light winds. mist and fog developing for the early pa rt mist and fog developing for the early part of monday morning. temperature no lower than about four to maybe nine degrees in the south—east. start of the working week, apache mist and fog around, that's clear swiftly. lengthy sunny spells across north and western areas. a few showers developing into the afternoon. across south—eastern parts of england, it's wet through the day on monday and temperatures tomorrow about ten to 12 or 13 celsius. as we go into the rest of the week, low pressure dominating the week, low pressure dominating the weather. you can see these

weather fronts just rotating around this area of low pressure, so it will stay fairly unsettled. an easterly wind, though. that easterly wind isn't coming from siberia. instead, from the mediterranean. it's not going to be too cold. we'll keep temperatures up into double figures. relatively mild, except the far eastern coast of england and eastern scotland, where with an onshore wind and relatively cold north sea, it will feel chillier. temperatures 15, 16 degrees across the south—east and it will stay quite cloudy and quite unsettled as we go through the rest of the week. thanks, simon. you tried! did he, really? we'll be back with the headlines at 8am. we can't promise any better weather. but first it's time for click. welcome to bournemouth on the south coast of the united kingdom,

famous for sandy beaches, seaside amusements... and having the worst 4g mobile reception in the uk. i hate it. it's not good in anywhere, really. it's very, very temperamental and really, it's really not good. well, there's some good news. 5g, the next generation of mobile network, is coming. but it's notjust about your phone. 5g promises to enable self—driving cars, smart cities and the whole internet of things as every machine starts talking to every other machine. this week, the first stage of bidding to become a 5g operator in the uk ended with ee, 3, 02 and vodafone splashing out more than £1.3 billion for the privilege.

now, to date, no standards have been agreed, but we do have a rough idea of what 5g should look like. so, let's get you 5g—ready. five things you need to know about 5g. 0ne — yes, 5g will be much, much faster than 4g. hd movies can be downloaded in seconds rather than minutes with speeds 10 to 100 times faster than 4g. two — unlike 4g masts, which broadcast in all directions, 5g antennas will send concentrated beams directly to your device. three — 5g is all about superquick response times and that's crucial for things like self—driving cars, which will use the tech to communicate with each other at high speeds. four — it's a new wave. 5g will use a part of the radio frequency spectrum that's never been used before, meaning it will broadcast

on shorter millimetre waves. that means more data for all those devices. but there is a problem. these waves can't travel through buildings or even rain. five — the solution is new masts and lots of them, but the good news is that they only need to be tiny. these mini—masts will need to be much closer together and they'll act like a relay team transmitting signals around buildings. 5g projects are still being trialled, and the kinks in the technology are still being worked out. but lara lewington has been to see what is claimed to be the world's first public 5g testbed. the trial taking place here in bristol's millennium square aims to give the public an idea of what 5g could make possible. this communal virtual reality experience shows streaming of high—bandwidth content on many devices all at once, all on one network

with no time lag or drop out. dancing in unison, we played a game involving chasing moving stars. these demos couldn't be in full 5g because current smart phones can't oblige, but every other element is there, with these 5g new radios throughout the area transmitting signal. the team here anticipate 5g to be a network of networks, combining the best elements of conductivity we have now with millimetre or extremely high frequency waves, plus the potential to tap into wi—fi networks and li—fi connections, particularly when we're on the move. we've talked a lot on this programme about the possibilities for smart homes, connected transport and, of course, smart cities, and 5g could provide the catalyst for more of them to actually come into play.

this prototype aims to display one way that 5g could be used within a smart city. now, what you can see on top of this cycle helmet is a 360 camera, a raspberry pi, which is doing the work, and a battery pack right here. the idea is someone cycling throughout the city would be constantly picking up pictures and they would be fed through a 5g network, so if there was any problem, that could be found immediately and dealt with without delay. and if we can rely on that low latency, then its game changing. when it comes to robotic surgery, a split second could mean the difference between life and death. or it could be used to create realities that seem almost impossible, like anyone being able to shoot a goal like messi via a 5g connected robot leg, of course. using 5g ultra low latency technology, i'm able to transmit action and reaction. i'm able to transmit touch. so, for the first time,

we will be able to transmit engineering skills, musical skills, football skills, medical skills, and suddenly, we will build an internet, which would allow us to democratise labour the very same way as the internet has democratised knowledge and information. for most of us, though, we just want better connection, and the networks seem keen to manage our expectations beyond that. the average person on the street will see 5g as a way to give them a much better smartphone experience, it will give them faster data connections, lower latency. but it's important to remember that we're right at the start of the 5g journey and we need to look ahead over the next decade to understand what new applications beyond smart phones will start to appear as the technology matures and becomes more widespread. south korea, the us, the uae and china seem to be leading the way

with commercial launches expected later this year. but in the meantime, smart phone manufacturers will be working on bringing us the 5g compatible devices that we need for whenever the time comes. that was lara in bristol. well, here in bournemouth, 4g is somewhat underwhelming to say the least. so we've been asking people what they think of the arrival of 5g. perhaps there are lots of exciting things that we don't know about, in which case i say bring it on, bring it to bournemouth first. it doesn't light any fires for me! i can see it being useful for me in about ten years when i catch up with the rest of society. i still think about...is it 36? 3g for me soon, and i'll be pleased with that. so, a bit of a mixed reception for 5g so far here. nevertheless, the local authority is aiming to make bournemouth one of the first places globally to deploy 5g and become the first smart city, technically smart town, in the uk. heading up the implementation

of 5g is ruth spencer, who took me on a tour to show me some of the new cabling and potential antennae sites that will underpin what will be a radical new infrastructure. 4g to 5g is going to be a massive step change in infrastructure. so, for example, in 4g, what you would've had before is big masts, quite a long distance apart... covering a large area? covering a large area. whereas with 5g, particularly in urban areas like this, you'll need lots of small cells very close together. that's a massive infrastructure challenge, isn't it, if you need lots and lots of masts to cover a city? i think what we're trying to do at the moment is understand how cost—effective it is going to be to deploy at this kind of level. it sounds like a massive ask. is it realistic? it is a big undertaking. but the potential that

5g is going to unlock is going to be completely tra nsformative. now, the problem is the 5g signal is very fragile, easily blocked by trees and buildings and that means that ruth's team has had to produce really detailed surveys of where the antennae need to be. whenever you put a new building up, it interferes with the 5g array of signals that you've got. so that's a problem. yes, yeah, it's a challenge that definitely needs to be looked at. so with the map and planning software that we've been developing, we need to start considering how do we update those tools and how do we update the maps that we're looking at in order to plan those networks. but it's the potential that may make the investment worth it, as 5g will be the backbone of all those futuristic technologies that we've been long promised. so 5g isn't necessarily about getting a better signal on your phone or faster data speeds on your phone. it's about machine—to—machine communication. in machines, in advanced

manufacturing, in robotics. so it becomes much more about the opportunity 5g will bring around productivity, as well as the ability to deliver services. for 5g to work, serious investment and new infrastructure is needed, so could it be that some cities will be flush with transformative technology, while other places will be left behind? i get the sense we might be about to see the beginnings of a new digital divide where some areas have 5g and some areas don't. for example, rural areas where there's a small population, so itjust might not be worth it. but does that mean they miss out? whilst 5g is likely to be rolled out at a millimetre wave level in cities, there's still the opportunity for rural areas to really benefit from 5g in other areas, like farming, connected autonomous tractors, for example, and you would need some 5g infrastructure to support that, but you would need something different in a city. it's about understanding what's needed for users in which locations and what's needed for infrastructure in which locations.

we're talking about autonomous vehicles being able to take you anywhere. but if it turns out they need a 5g network, and you roll into a city which doesn't have a 5g network, what will that mean for your autonomous vehicle? would it not be able to operate in that city? so one of the areas that connected autonomous vehicles are looking at is where they will be deployed and what their use will be. so, for example, in the early stages, maybe you'd be looking at connected autonomous vehicles across motorways, for example, for covering long distances, with freight or that sort of thing, and then it will evolve. and that's it for the shortcut of click in bournemouth. don't forget, the full—length version is waiting for you right now on iplayer.