" locked and loaded". america tells syria it's ready to strike again. the warning comes just hours after the us, uk and france destroy three sites thought to be connected to last week's suspected chemical attack meanwhile, the debate continues around the uk's decision to join the strikes — some mps say they're angry about parliament not being consulted. good morning. it's sunday the 15th of april. also this morning, a pedestrian fights for their life after a car ploughed into six people in essex. opponents of brexit launch a campaign calling for a people's referendum on the final deal. here on the gold coast england's netball team has made history,

winning gold in the very last second against australia. england have done it! they came from behind to beat the home nation here on the gold coast in an absolutely pulsating final. and nick has the weather. good morning. after such a lovely start to the weekend, we take a step backwards. cooler for many but as the week goes on, we are still expecting the warmest weather of the spring so far. i have your forecast for today and the week ahead coming a lot. good morning. first, our main story. president donald trump has warned syria the us is "locked and loaded" and prepared to strike again if there are any further gas

attacks in the country. britain, france and the united states have called on the un to hold an independent investigation into last week's suspected chemical attack in douma, however russia is expected to veto the call. our correspondent chris buckler reports. the british, french and american forces were deployed to send a message to president asaad, and there was no way they wouldn't have noticed in damascus. one hour of strikes and explosions were, despite the sights and sounds, limited in their scope and very deliberate in their targeting of facilities connected to chemical weapons. the united states and our allies will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons against innocent men, women and children. and we are prepared to deter any further use. this was one of the sites where the missiles landed. the syrian government says this building in damascus was home to science labs and training facilities. the western allies claim it was a place where technology for chemical and biological warfare was being developed.

after the alleged attack in douma, there are still concerns about chemical weapons, and that means there is still a threat of further action. the united states is locked and loaded. straight talking has replaced diplomatic language at the un security council. here, there are proposals for a new resolution that would call for a full investigation into the alleged attacks. butjudging by recent clashes, that is likely to be vetoed by syria's ally russia. theresa may has now published her government's legal case for approving the air strikes but she knows she will face questions at westminster this week about why parliament was not given a say. trump says "more war". we say "no more!" after the briefest of bombing campaigns, some are asking what has been achieved by these air strikes and whether the west really has a strategy for syria. chris buckler, bbc news, washington.

our political correspondent mark lobel is in westminster for us this morning. we are building up to theresa may presenting arguments in parliament tomorrow. that's right. justifying her case to send those jets into syria to strike at a suspected chemical weapons factory. theresa may didn't say she had the consent of the public but said it was the right thing to do and said she wa nted right thing to do and said she wanted to stop people using chemical weapons and this was a reason to deter them. in not consulting mps before the strikes took place, it's controversial. in 2013 david cameron asa zimmer controversial. in 2013 david cameron as a zimmer question and got a note from parliament. there has been the convention since the iraq war that mps were consulted' take place.

although that is not a rule just a convention. billy geller to your what she has done was questioned by labour leaderjeremy corbyn. he didn't think there was an immediate threat. he didn't think it had necessarily saved lives. theresa may should have brought the un in, he said. the government's legal advisers had said it was legal on he met terry and grounds. we only know that the cabinet is behind her so far. dorisjohnson writing in the sunday telegraph that it was the right thing to do to deter other people from doing the same thing. sending a clear message that this was not an attack against russia and not wanting to escalate things. good to talk to you. thanks very much. sir martin sorrell, the highest paid boss of a british public company, has resigned after being investigated for personal misconduct. sir martin announced he had stepped

down as chief executive of wpp with immediate effect, saying it was in the "best interests of the business" for him to go. last year wpp, the world's largest advertising agency, cut sir martin's salary by nearly a third — to 48.1 million pounds. one person is fighting for their life in hospital, and another has potentially life—changing injuries, after a car ploughed into six pedestrians in essex. two of the group had to be air—lifted to hospital after the incident in canvey island. ben ando has more. crash investigators at the scene, marking down the track of a car that veered off the road and struck six people on the pavementjust yards north of the seafront at ca nvey island. it is unclear what happened or why, but five of those hit were hurt, one critically, another with life—changing injuries, and a major incident was declared. three helicopters and four land ambulances were scrambled to the scene. it is quite quiet along

the seafront and, yeah, i've not seen anything round here at all like this. i was quite shocked when i saw it. as soon as i saw the helicopters fly over, and i thought something has been serious. in a tweet, essex police urged people to avoid the area but so far have not commented on suggestions from some eyewitnesses that the driver involved was being chased by a patrol car at the time of the crash. the two most seriously hurt victims are now being treated in hospitals in london. so far, no—one has been arrested. ben ando, bbc news. opponents of brexit are launching a campaign to push for a referendum on the final deal. around 1,000 campaigners are expected to attend an event in london later today to demand what they call a "people's vote" on the agreement, which the government and the eu hope to reach by october. 65 million people will be affected by brexit and it affects everybody of whatever generation so it is absolutely critical that we get this right and i think people are becoming uneasy and they are becoming worried about the deal because they know,

even on the government's own admission, it's not going to be as good, we are not going to be as prosperous, as we currently are in the eu. ukip has confirmed gerard batten as its new leader — but he has said he will resign in 12 months. the mep, who had been interim leader since february, said that as he was elected unopposed he would step down so a full contest can take place. he's the fourth person to lead the party in less than two years. henry bolton was ousted in february following a racism row. two men who robbed a travel agent in manchester got their comeuppance when their ill—gotten gains blew away. the two thieves had stuffed the stolen cash down their trousers, but as they left a gust of wind blew a lot of it down the street. greater manchester police are appealing for information on the robbers. better fitting clothes. just don't

rob a shop. let's hope greater manchester police get their hands on them. let's get more on the reaction in the wider region to the strikes on syria with our middle east correspondent lina sinjab, who is in beirut. lina, what impact is this military action having? basically, for the syrian government and the russians, they are continuing with the same message that this is an aggression against the country by the coalition. they wa nted the country by the coalition. they wanted the un to condemn it. on the ground, this has not changed the course of the war. president assad is still in a strong position, winning this war. the message came from the coalition in these air strikes because of the use of chemical weapons and although the united states said they are willing to launch another attack only if the

president uses chemical weapons again. we know from the course of the war that the vast majority of civilians are killed from conventional weapons, barrel bombs, scud missiles, cluster bombs. none of these are listed in the prevented weapons that the strikes are targeted for. president assad can continue the aggression against civilians and there are no prospects of any political or peaceful end to this war. thank you very much for that. borisjohnson has defended the uk government's decision to take military action in syria. writing in the sunday telegraph, the foreign secretary says it was necessary in order to deter other countries from copying president assad's behaviour. let's speak now to james cleverly mp, the deputy chairman of the conservative party. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much for talking to us. the prime minister speaking to

parliament tomorrow. how is she going to justify this action? the position that she set out in her statement really lays down the explanation for why france, the united states and great britain took this action. it was to prevent a humanitarian stashed rafiq. we have seen “— humanitarian stashed rafiq. we have seen —— humanitarian catastrophe. there is an international consensus against the use of chemical weapons and mr has made the position clear. this was a punitive action against the use of chemical weapons and an attempt to prevent assad's rage even using them again in the future. in international law there are two insta nces international law there are two instances where you can use force. in self defence and when the un security council authorises. which of those is she going to use? your question is wrong, there is also a

well—established legal framework in international law about the prevention of a humanitarian crisis and this is exactly what the legal guidance, the outline of which has already been put in the legal domain, which is being used in this instance. we have seen the assad regime use chemical weapons against its own people. the 0pcw have made its own people. the 0pcw have made it clear that they believe the assad regime has used chemical weapons in the past and we have credible intelligence that they have the ability and willingness to do it in the future. this was about preventing a humanitarian catastrophe which is an established principle in international law. catastrophe which is an established principle in international lawn it was based on that principle, why not recall parliament? you have the evidence and the argument, why not get parliament's go—ahead rather than go it alone? because this decision was underpinned with information that cannot be put into the public domain. it cannot be circulated widely. the cabinet

papers that informed the decision needed to be left in the cabinet room. you are justifying it now without that information being out there now. yes. and i absolutely trust the prime minister's judgment and the judgment of the cabinet and more importantly does nato, so does the european union, international voices both in canada, australia, from across europe, have supported the prime minister in this decision. what about having the mps that we voted for, what about trusting them to allow them to represent the people to lead us? they absolutely will have the opportunity to do that in parliament on monday when the prime minister will make a statement and face questions from members of parliament. thejob and face questions from members of parliament. the job of parliament and thejob parliament. the job of parliament and the job of government are separate and different and parliament will have the opportunity

to scrutinise the actions of government. that is the appropriate relationship between the two bodies. there are concerns also that the uk government has fallen in line with what donald trump wants to do. if donald trump escalates this further, are we automatically in line to follow suit? this international action was a coalition of the united states of america, also france, no one is suggesting that president makra is being led around by presidentjohn. —— macron —— by presidentjohn. —— macron —— by president from. —— trumper. the message was clear from the international community that you cannot use chemical weapons with impunity. that position has been supported international leaders,

both national leaders and the leaders of international bodies all across the world. it is absolutely the right thing to do. it is militarily, morally, legally absolutely the right thing to do. thank you for your time is morning. here's nick with a look at this morning's weather. it was beautiful yesterday. much of this same today? yesterday we had some lovely sunshine. we have all—weather system putting in some cloud and outbreaks of ring northwards the day with the breeze picking up. as a result, it will not be as warm for most of us compared to yesterday. let's look at the swirl of cloud out in the atlantic. ahead of it, it is feeding this area of cloud. already reeling and parts of northern ireland, wales

and parts of northern ireland, wales and south—west england. many places start the day dry with some chamber cloud will increase. northern scotla nd cloud will increase. northern scotland hold on fine and sunny weather later. wheels, south—west england and northern ireland will brighten up before the end of the afternoon. some heavy showers following behind. temperatures lower than yesterday. 17 or 18 is possible. some rain around and still some showers as we go through tonight. eventually some outbreaks of rain reached into northern scotland. quite windy into northern ireland today and tonight. some quite gusty winds. 0vernight temperatures holding up to 6—9d. monday, active plenty of dry weather with the exception of some earlier showery weather for scotland. temperatures edging up again a few

degrees. you will have noticed this which is coming in. it will head our way on monday night and into tuesday. particularly for northern ireland and scotland. another weather front comes our way. before weather front comes our way. before we get to the widespread warming later in the week, it will be wet frat time for scotland and northern ireland. we could see some of that over wales and western england. 20 celsius as possible in eastern england. elsewhere, temperatures are held down by wind, cloud and rain. the spring warm up is on it's way more widely. that starts during the second half of the week. high—pressure building, allowing warmerairto high—pressure building, allowing warmer air to head our away from the co nsta nt. warmer air to head our away from the constant. these are some of the temperatures we are expecting on thursday. widely into the high teens

and low 20s. somewhere, you might see 25 degrees. back to you. we are loving having you this morning. it is amazing what the sunshine does! some big name politicians may not have made it onto the guest list, but prince harry and meghan markle have invited some very special people along to celebrate their big day with them. earlier, i spoke to two of them — reuben and his mumjacinta — who will be among 1,200 members of the public celebrating in the grounds of windsor castle. we'll hearfrom them in a minute, but first let's take a look at what we know about the wedding so far. music: 2 become 1 by the spice girls. well, one person who has been invited tojoin in the celebrations is reuben who opened a deaf lunch club. he is here with his mum, jacinta. we are alsojoined by interpreter ray. good morning to you all.

reuben, how did you feel when you received that invitation? when i got the letter, it said on the top, urgent, first—class. in my mind, i never thought it was the royal wedding. it was something different, something else. when i opened it and read it, i couldn't believe it. i was so excited. i was dancing around the room. dancing around the room. who did you tell first, that you had received this invitation? well, at the time, i was in my dad's house. actually, i think my dad knew it already because he got the camera out. i thought, something suspicious is going on. so my dad knows, so i told my sister first. she can't believe it. she was like, what? she can't believe it. then later on i told my mum. did you believe it? couldn't believe it, no.

total shock. and jacinta, you are reuben's plus one, so to speak. it must‘ve been quite a tricky decision, reuben, to decide who to take? it was a difficult decision because i want my dad with me as well, but i had to choose my mum because i need an interpreter with me and my mum is hearing and also she can sign. she can interpret what people are saying to me or her. let's talk about, jacinta, why reuben has been invited to this wedding. reuben has been invited because he has a lunchtime bsl, british sign language, club. and he teaches his peers how to sign. he set the club up a year ago and it isjust getting bigger and bigger and the lord lieutenant's secretary nominated him, which we had no idea about at all. have you been given any indication about how much of the couple

you will see on the day, how much of the ceremony you will see? from what i know, we will be in the grounds of windsor castle and we will be able to see the celebrities and people arriving for the wedding and we should be able to see the happy couple as they leave the church. we have no guidelines or rules of what to wear or... but we will be on our best behaviour, don't worry. i think it's important that you do. we used a bit of spice girls music there. there is a hint perhaps that the spice girls may play. reuben, does that excite you that they may perform? not really! not really your kind of music. what do you think of the couple, though? harry and meghan as a couple? i think they will be a happy couple. these seem like they are a perfect fit.

in this picture over there, they seem happy. and i'm really happy for them to be together for the future. well, it's a celebration of love, and the invitation is obviously a celebration of the work you are doing. congratulations. i'm sure you will have a fantastic time. thank you both very much for coming on to talk to us, jacinta and reuben. and ray, of course, thank you very much. thank you. they are so excited. i'm sure they will have a wonderful time. and of course we wish the happy couple all the best. the andrew marr programme is on bbc one this morning at 9am. andrew, what have you got coming up? we're looking back at the missile strikes in syria. is this the end of something or the start of something? the legality and all of this. i will bejoined by boris

the legality and all of this. i will be joined by boris johnson the legality and all of this. i will be joined by borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn. also, we will look at the people's vote —— people's move vote movement and their request for another vote on brexit. thank you. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. the columnist and broadcaster robert meakin is here to tell us what's caught his eye. earlier, we were talking about the royal wedding. meghan markle, was starring in suits, the drama series. she is now having to leave that series. she gets married on the show. she will be seen getting

married. you have spoiled that form the! sorry, but it is in the national press. the address is budget and will be stuck together with sellotape. not quite windsor castle. the story of course everybody is talking about is syria. and the political fallout of that. in the sunday times, it is labour's eyes on victory in the battle of the burbs. the local elections will be next for labour and jeremy corbyn. people winnebago in london. but the challenges can he win big in the tory suburbs. critics will say jeremy corbyn will always be popular

in the metropolitan areas, but this will be a test of other areas. his party is also very divided. there is a huge part of the parliamentary party which has never come to terms with him being leader. a lot of them did not expect him to perform so well at the general election last year. over the last year, they now run the party internally as well. syria will also have a big impact on that. jeremy corbyn is taking a fine line on that. he has been opposed to what happened this weekend. some of his mps will be very uncomfortable about his stance on syria. sir martin sorrell has quit wpp after

being in thejob martin sorrell has quit wpp after being in the job for three decades. this news broke late yesterday evening so many front pages did not pick this up. he has meant an incredible amount to this company. it was a small company before he got involved. it has been an incredible success story. he is one of the big beasts of industry but it has not ended well. fat cats, shareholder dissatisfaction. his pay has been reduced. we need to be interested because of our pension funds. of course. it is interesting when someone as course. it is interesting when someone as big as that is held to account. what are the knock—on effects ? account. what are the knock—on effects? 15 years ago you would consider someone like that to be untouchable. and not in the moderate

climate. bbc back in the headlines again for equal pay. hopefully it will be a bit of a pay rise first shirley ballas, the head judge of strictly come dancing. when she took over from strictly come dancing. when she took overfrom len strictly come dancing. when she took over from len goodman, strictly come dancing. when she took overfrom len goodman, she was on £70,000 less. according to the mirror, that is being rectified and she will come back for a second series but will have parity with len goodman in terms of her salary. and bruno, according to this report. yes, it seems ridiculous that she is head judge but would be getting less. thank you. more on the papers later. we're here on the bbc news channel until 9am this morning, and coming up before the end of the programme... the click team are asking if the future of farming will see driverless tractors and fruit—picking robots? we'll catch up with mike on the gold coast, as the commonwealth games draws to a close with that triumphant gold for england's netball team.

all that to come on the bbc news channel. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. hello, this is breakfast with babita sharma and naga munchetty. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. president donald trump has warned syria he is prepared to strike again if there are any further chemical attacks in the country. the warning that the united states is "locked and loaded" comes after more than 100 missiles were launched at three sites in damascus and homs. the uk, france and the us have called on the un to hold an independent investigation into last week's suspected chemical attack in syria. however, russia is expected to veto the call. borisjohnson has defended the uk's involvement in military action against syria, saying strikes were necessary. writing in the sunday telegraph, the foreign secretary warned of "moral contamination" if the use of chemical weapons went unchecked. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has called the strikes "legally questionable", and the prime minister is expected to face

questions from mps when they return to westminster tomorrow. one person is fighting for their life in hospital after a car ploughed into six pedestrians in essex. two of them had to be airlifted to hospital after the incident in ca nvey island. one is said to be in a critical condition and the other is said to have a potentially life—changing leg injury. sir martin sorrell, the highest paid boss of a british public company, has resigned after being investigated for personal misconduct. sir martin announced he had stepped down as chief executive of wpp with immediate effect, saying it was in the "best interests of the business" for him to go. last year, wpp, the world's largest advertising agency, cut sir martin's salary by nearly a third to £48.1 million. opponents of brexit are launching a campaign to push for a referendum on the final deal. around 1,000 campaigners are expected to attend an event in london later today to demand what they call a ‘people's vote' on the agreement, which the government and the eu hope to reach by october.

police are investigating threatening text messages sent to the wife of a premier league referee after he gave out a red card. michael 0liver issued the penalty as real madrid knocked juventus out of the champions league last wednesday. the move was criticised by the italian goalkeeper and some of the country's media. the bbc understands 0liver‘s wife, who is also a referee, had her mobile phone number posted on social media after the game, which led to the abusive texts. ukip has confirmed gerard batten as its new leader, but he has said he will resign in 12 months. the mep, who had been interim leader since february, said that as he was elected unopposed, he would step down so a full contest can take place. he's the fourth person to lead the party in less than two years. henry bolton was ousted in february following a racism row. time now is 7:32. it is rare that we

come into the morning and there are cheers in the newsroom, not for us, but for the women's net all team. mike, i know you are loving it, but you are missing out, the atmosphere here was pretty electric!|j you are missing out, the atmosphere here was pretty electric! i was having some lunch because it was lunchtime here in an australian cafe and it was rather sombre there because of what happened to the australians, there were actually gasps when england snatched it in the last second. but look at this, i am joined by two sprinting relay gold medal winning teams, men and what's more, the women as well. look at them all with their fantastic gold medals. we will talk to them all shortly. at first, let reflect on the ball roof of the netballers because there they were against the world champion australia who expected to win but what a shock they got in those last few moments. never before had england reached a commonwealth games netball final. never before have they won any more than a bronze. but, with another last gasp basket,

england's roses blossomed at the buzzer. commentator: england have done it! they have made history! they have snatched the gold medal from australia! the greatest result in their history, a win to rewrite the records. it is my dream come true. the girls worked so hard over the last international phase. they put in there. they're against the world number one who, you know, they're renowned, we've not beaten once in the whole cycle i've been in, and to beat them at that time was just stupendous and i think the preparation yesterday really put us up for them tight games and yeah, i'm just so really proud, i'm really, really proud. they say teamwork makes the dream work, and so it proved for husband—and—wife combination of chris and gabby adcock, the defending champions smashing their way to gold in the mixed badminton, beating teammates marcus ellis and lauren smith. marathons are gruelling at the best of times but these are the toughest of conditions.

scotland's callum hawkins, leading with only a mile to go, cruelly collapsing with exhaustion. the medical staff making a much—needed intervention in the near 30—degree temperatures. countryman robbie simpson was able to medal. he battled through to bronze in the searing heat. the gold coast may be more than 10,000 miles away but it has been a commonwealth games brimming with british success. james burford, bbc news. tea m scotla nd team scotland to update you have tweeted after the marathon race that callu m tweeted after the marathon race that callum hawkins ‘s 0k, tweeted after the marathon race that callum hawkins ‘s ok, no major concerns they are saying at this stage but he is in hospitalfor tests a nd stage but he is in hospitalfor tests and just as a precaution. back home, there was a dramatic end to the grand national at aintree, as tiger roll won courtesy of a photo finish after holding off a late surge by plesant company. he was 10:1 at the start of the race, and it's a first grand national win for the experienced jockey davy russell and a second for trainer

gordon elliott. pep guardiola will be playing golf this afternoon, even though his manchester city team will win the premier league title if manchester united lose to west brom. city took a step closer with a 3—1 win over spurs at wembley yesterday, raheem sterling with their third goal, but guardiola insists he won't be watching the game at old trafford. iam sure i am sure he will have his phone on, though. tottenham's defeat allowed liverpool to open up a 3—point gap in third place. mo salah scored his 30th premier league goal of the season — his 40th in all competitions — as they beat bournemouth 3—0 at anfield. southampton are in real trouble, though — they threw away a two—goal lead to lose 3—2 at home to chelsea. substitute 0livier giroud with the winner. saints are now five points from safety after the sides around them all picked up points. somejubilation now. these are some of the wolves players you can see celebrating here, and with good reason — they won promotion to the premier league without

even kicking a ball. brentford's late equaliser against fulham confirmed wolves‘ return to the top flight after six years. they'll have a spring in their step when they play birmingham city later today. motherwell are into the scottish cup final after beating aberdeen 3—0 and will face either celtic rangers who played today. elsewhere kalanick beat hamilton in the day's only premiership match. —— dalmarnock. and the chinese grand prix is underway in shanghai. sebastian vettel started from pole. lewis hamilton starting from fourth after struggling once again in his mercedes in qualifying. vettel is hoping for a third consecutive win of the season and no driver has failed to go on to win the championship after doing that so it bodes well for sebastian vettel. back here on the last day of the commonwealth games, the last action has indeed finished the people are getting ready for the closing ceremony and handing over the button

to birmingham. let's look at the medals table now, four years ago in glasgow it was england who picked australia but with home advantage australia but with home advantage australia put a lot of effort into this, determined to turn it around and they promised at the start to get more gold medals than all of the home teams put together and they have done that with 80. england have 45 gold. while in seventh ahead of scotla nd 45 gold. while in seventh ahead of scotland in eighth but wales and scotla nd scotland in eighth but wales and scotland have their best away commonwealth games ever and northern ireland in the top 20, thanks to the gold medalfrom ireland in the top 20, thanks to the gold medal from reece ireland in the top 20, thanks to the gold medalfrom reece mckenzie ireland in the top 20, thanks to the gold medal from reece mckenzie can. the action may be over, we head towards the carrara stadium for the closing ceremony but before that we are toasting more gold medal success for england in the sprint relay. here they are, congratulations to everybody. you have quite a story because you were only told about taking part because of the injury to koreans are not before and you competed in the long jump and hadn't done a relay race since university and there you were collecting the

baton for the final leg. talk of the writ. coming into it, the girls gave mea writ. coming into it, the girls gave me a lot of confidence, they were calm and collected and said they believed i could get it done so that made me stay, sell. coming into it, i don't know, ifelt a lane coming, i could see her in the corner of my eye and i was thinking please, just keep coming, hold your form and keep running —— elaine. iwas happy keep coming, hold your form and keep running —— elaine. i was happy i was able to hold it for them. you only practice the handover like ten minutes or so before? in the warmup before we went out there, me and bianca practised. it went well gave mea bianca practised. it went well gave me a little more confidence that we can do it again out there. just a case of keeping the speed and keeping going, holding off the jamaicans? they put me so far ahead ifi jamaicans? they put me so far ahead if i hadn't have held it for them it would have been a disgrace. you must have had your heart is in your mouth when you were watching lorraine. have had your heart is in your mouth when you were watching lorrainelj when you were watching lorraine.” was screaming, and when she gave me the baton i was, you give it to the

brain in the first and to carry it on was a delight. to medals for you. bronze in the 200 metres and then the fantastic gold in the relay. thank you, obviously super happy to have one to make medals but the star performer has to be definitely lorraine to have the mental strength to come into the anchor leg of the relay and stand next to the olympic medal and hold your own and anchor asked to gold, i can only admire that because i know i would've freaked out. she is the real star. with a team event like this obviously how much pressure is better not let the team down? there must be that feeling of doing it for the team. the fear of dropping the baton, we were thrilled, even though lorraine did it, we were all drilling and knew what to expect so it was, what is the word? second nature? yes, for us. could you

breathing down your leg in the second leg? you did the successful changeover. it was one of the things that you have to focus and get on with the job that you do. i could lorraine said, just run, run your life. it was odd for me being the rabbit in the sense of the cake —— race that everybody chasing me. i had to get my big chest over the line. it was a great start, you gave them an lead thanks to richard and them an lead thanks to richard and the rest of you. from first to second to third leg, we all ran really great legs and since i took the baton i turned my legs as fast asi the baton i turned my legs as fast as i could and whipped around the top end and gave us the lead and get rot at home after a solid first three legs. how nerve racking is that with the changeover is because you don't look, do you? it is instinctive but we have seen it dropped. the 80,000 people in a stadium and someone is coming to 30 miles an hourand stadium and someone is coming to 30 miles an hour and the checkmark is smaller than this microphone and you are upside down and you have to run

blind without seeing and listen your call. with all of the noise, without hearing nothing and staying in the lane which is less than one metre wide. it is all... it is all nerve racking but we are experts at it now. someone you racking but we are experts at it 110w. someone you were racking but we are experts at it now. someone you were really chuffed and —— chuffed for. is these make up to it, missing out in the relay? the fellows have been so supportive after the 200 final so what richard says, redemption time. really happy to come out and get the gold medal. in the 200 you showed what you could do, you showed you could do it, it is just unfortunate. do, you showed you could do it, it isjust unfortunate. exactly, the job was done, i came out, got through the rounds and go to the final and showcased what was capable of doing and at the end of the day i walk with my head high because at the end of the day i know what came

you to do and got the job done. what was your feeling when you were on the podium with the gold medal around your neck? i didn't actually stand on the podium for the 200 but at the end of the day i said i am going back up there tonight! with the help of these sellers and the composure of the team, and the support behind from the team staff and everyone back home, i have been motivated and came back out and i am truly grateful to have a gold medal —— these fellas. truly grateful to have a gold medal -- these fellas. wonderful as a team sport to get this medal. tell us what it is like to win a commonwealth gold. this being my debut at a senior level i have learned how to win and it is an important lesson and something we have in trying to do and trying to continue the trend. i have to let you sprint off to the closing ceremony and before the tide comes in the congratulations team england, the 4x100 teams there. we are building up to the closing ceremony as the baton gets passed on to

birmingham. iwill see as the baton gets passed on to birmingham. i will see you in one hour. like, can we do a quick 100 metres now and you take them on. you can do it! has anybody got an injury because they want us to do a quick 100 metres up the each. was anybody it -- is 100 metres up the each. was anybody it —— is anybody noticing an injury? how we and richard. shell account you down? —— shall we count you down? brilliant. you know how hard it is to run on sand? i remember doing it in the rio olympics, we did this sort of programming where we we re this sort of programming where we were filming out there and it is really ha rd! really were filming out there and it is really hard! really good exercise. nick, how would you compete with that? you've got a beach behind you, run in the sand? do you think they we re run in the sand? do you think they were really trying? nick, that's main! i think mike is better at

swimming —— mean. main! i think mike is better at swimming -- mean. he has been this week, especially in the pool! nice to see the good weather but pretty windy, the wind is picking up today because after the glorious weather yesterday a step backwards today, more cloud around and windy and some rain too. already some of that out for some, low pressure in the atlantic, you can see the swirl of cloud, this area of cloud as a weather front comes our way and already raining in south—west england, south wales, northern ireland and all of this is moving its way slowly north today so even if you start with sunshine, northern england into southern scotland, you're going to get increasing cloud and outbreaks of rain moving in. in northern scotland, the rain doesn't reach you, sunny spells even into the afternoon and the sun returns to south—west england, wales and northern ireland later but heavy showers could be around and temperatures lower today. gusty winds in northern ireland and the

warmest weather likely in northern scotla nd warmest weather likely in northern scotland where we could see 17 or 18 somewhere helped by the sunshine. tonight eventually rain will get into northern scotland with a few showers around elsewhere, clear spells too and temperatures holding up spells too and temperatures holding up around 6—9. still quite breezy and quite windy in northern ireland and quite windy in northern ireland and western scotland into monday. tomorrow, the picture is going to be mainly dry. we're going to see any early rain in scotland easing away and temperatures are going to be a bit higher because most places will be dry with variable cloud and sunshine and temperatures reaching into the mid—teens. we're expecting a warmup into this week but it still isn't there for many on tuesday and the reason why it is we still have low pressure to the west and this weather front will turn things much wetter for a weather front will turn things much wetterfor a time monday weather front will turn things much wetter for a time monday night into tuesday into northern ireland, parts of scotland, especially in the west, and rain in western fringes of england and wales and quite blustery

across the uk. the best of the sunshine on tuesday will be eased in parts of england where we will seem dull max 20 maybe for the first time —— said maybe 20. the low teens in scotla nd —— said maybe 20. the low teens in scotland and northern ireland —— see. once that system has moved away for the rest of the week, wednesday, thursday, friday, here comes the warmest weather of the spring so far, probably peaking on thursday, these are some of the temperatures we can expect, some spots getting into the mid—20s. it's been a while but the warmth is on its way. that's how it's looking, warming up this week. certainly is, thanks, nick. we'll be back with the headlines at 8am. first on breakfast it's time for click. if i'm honest, i'm as comfortable on a real farm as a cow would be

in a data farm, but i'm here to see a world first. as farming gets more automated, it might not come as a surprise to know that many modern tractors will drive autonomously in a straight line. will drive autonomously nearly all of them, though, need a human operator to turn the corners and generally be the brains of the operation. what's interesting is that in this one field in shropshire in the heart of england, every single stage of the farming cycle, from preparing the soil to harvesting the crops, is automated. welcome to the hands free hectare. the researchers at harper adams university,

along with agricultural engineers, have already completed a whole year of sowing, growing and harvesting springbarley, all using autonomous machinery and without a single human touching the crops. and how have you made them autonomous? it looks like you've had a go yourself. so everything we've used is off the shelf, you could buy yourself, and it revolves around the open source autopilot from a drone, and then we've had to adapt our tractors' manual controls with motors and actuators. and we'll come back to the hands free hectare in a few minutes. these machines have an advantage for farmers because you don't need as many people operating or supervising them and, of course, farming automation is happening across the board. last week, we saw a pepper—picking robot in australia. and as brexit threatens to cut down the number of people available to work on the land, this could become increasingly important. jen copestake has been to the netherlands to see some more developments in automated picking. selective harvesting of delicate

crops like strawberries, mushrooms and flowers is physical and repetitive work. the crops are easily damaged, resulting in financial losses for farmers. traditionally, these industries have attracted migrant workers. but with standards of living rising across the globe, the work is not as attractive as it once was, leading some farmers to consider how robots could fill in the gaps. many countries around the world are facing a labour shortage for harvesting crops, including here in the netherlands, which has the world's second largest value of agricultural exports. it's the world's largest exporter of cut flowers. but are robots really ready to pick up the slack from human workers? at wageningen university, researchers certainly think so, and are working on all kinds of problems in the fruit and vegetable supply chain, from testing firmness of fruit to manual handling. firmness is usually tested by hand —

by physically cutting the fruit and sticking a probe in it. it's a labour—intensive process and the fruit is left damaged and can't be sold. researchers think robots will provide a more accurate and hygienic solution that doesn't damage the fruit. it is a funny robot, right? yeah. so what's it doing? it's a prototype forfruit inspection. how does it do that? with near—infrared microscopy. oh, wow. so he's happy with that apple. yeah, he is happy with the apple — look how happy he is. do you think he's going to go for a pear next? we don't know. he decides. it's an autonomous robot, yeah, so, yeah. a key breakthrough will be getting these machines to work faster than humans and in a commercial setting. robots are already at work in the greenhouses here at florensis. and these machines can autonomously plant 2,400 to 2,600 cuttings an hour, compare to a human working at a still impressive 1,400 an hour. it recognises the

top and bottom of the cutting and even shakes the conveyor belt to free them if the camera can't get a good look. it recognises the top and bottom of the cutting and even shakes the conveyor belt to free them if the camera can't get a good look. the onlyjobs left for the workers here are scattering the cuttings on the machine and quality control of the finished product. so before, how many human workers would be on this line? on a line like this, with this capacity, about 10—12 people needs to be sticking manually. 10-12? yeah. and now you have how many? two. fewer people does not mean less work can be done. at the end of the game, you can work 24 hours of the day, you could save, let's say, 60% of your labour cost. there are many aspects, which is going to help the total process. i believe, and i'm convinced,

that this is just the start. and absolutely, this will replace the human being. bringing autonomous picking robots beyond prototypes to actually working in the field has been an immense challenge. but dutch company cerescon is ready to sell its white asparagus harvesting robots. it has sold one to a farmer in france and are building more in its headquarters near eindhoven. white asparagus are more expensive than the green variety. it grows under the ground. to stay white, they need to be picked before seeing any sunlight. we actually inject an electrical signal into the ground and we have these sensors, which dig through the soil and when they approach the asparagus, they actually pick up the signal and the closer you get to the asparagus, the stronger the signal gets, and when it is above

a certain threshold we know, "oh, now we're very close," so we immediately pull back this sensor and then we know where it is. the asparagus is actually conducting electrically the signal cerescon says the 3—row version of the machine can replace up to 70 manual hand workers. is this machine more efficient than a human? yes, yes, enormous, much more. and also, you have better quality asparagus because we detect them sub—surface, they do not become violet and they don't flower, and we have less sub—surface damage. with the current way of manual harvesting, they lose 30% of the crops with sub—surface damage, and with our machine, we think we bring it back to 10% or 15%. here in the uk, farmers are experimenting with the technology too. there are fears about the availability of migrant workers post brexit. i understand how an indigenous population in a country like britain may be reluctant to have a career in hand—picking strawberries. and so it tends to be done by migrant labour. there are access issues with that with brexit and the like.

we're keen to maintain, as a farming industry, good access to that labour pool at the moment, but we can see that in 5,10, 15 years' time, we may have technology whereby this work can be done by robots. a lot of work is being done to try and solve the labour crisis in selective harvesting with robots. perhaps one day, farms will look more like car plant assembly lines and humans picking fruits, vegeta bles a nd flowers will become a distant memory. well, over the years we've looked at some incredible technologies that help people with disabilities to gain more independence and a better quality of life. well up next, kate russell has had first—hand experience of the impacts of a simple app on a family devastated by a chromosome disorder that has robbed a young boy of his voice. most children start speaking their first words in the second year of life.

people take it for granted — until it doesn't happen. i travelled to the south of england to meet bastian pond... hello! hello. ..and find out more about the impact this can have on a family. you're making the train track! bastian has phelan—mcdermid syndrome. it affects only 1,500 people worldwide and is the result of a missing or mutated chromosome which results in global development delay. in bastian's case this includes the absence of speech. although bastian can't talk, he does understand some of what's said. would you like a drink? he is using chatable to express basic needs and wants in reply. i want blackcurrant. all right, b. i want blackcurrant. therapy box is the company behind the app. so what was the inspiration behind it? i'm a speech and language therapist by trade and have worked in the nhs and worked with lots of young people and seen how if they don't

have the right tools to communicate that they're really restricted and not able to reach their potential. in our app, it's using photos, for example, of the child's environment, to support their communication. it might be a picture of their classroom or at home or pages that are more like grids, so they've got an arrangement of symbols that they can press in order to make a sentence. although bastian's condition is incredibly rare, over 300,000 people in the uk have speech disabilities that could benefit from augmentative and alternative communication techniques. the chatable app itself is so versatile for the technology. if you see here, that's an old pecs communication book. it's cards and stickers with the symbols on them. right. but this is so limited... so this is what he used to use. yeah. and then he shows it to me. ok, well, what does that say?

can i see that? can you show it to kate? ca rs. and he's signing cars to you as well. right. so to move on from that, to do it on the ipad is absolutely brilliant, because it's unlimited, you can have as many symbols as you like. right. what's been the effect on him of having a little bit more independence and also on the rest of the family? well, i described it as being a miracle, the chatable. because that's really what it feels like. it has given him a voice. and, um... without me getting really upsets... something that upsets me is that i will never hear him say "i love something that upsets me is that i will never hear him say, "i love you, mummy" orjust call me mummy. sorry, i'm just getting really emotional. but maybe with the app he might be able to. it's clear this technology is making a huge difference for bastian at home. and it will grow with him with educational tools and analytics to help develop language, reading, and writing. there's also a visual timetable so he might one day be able to take

more control over his daily life. at £99 per user, it's a lot of money, but the app will evolve they also told as they are dropping the price to just £1 soon, which will make a great difference to many families. what do you think it would have been like dealing with his condition without the technology? oh my gosh, it doesn't even bear thinking about. it is his communication, enjoyment for him, downtime, he watches tv when he goes to bed, the shows help him wind down. it's everything to him. highfive! yeah. brilliant. that's kate russell and bastions pond. don't forget we live on facebook and twitter @bbcclick so you can check in with us any time you can check in with us any time you fancy. thanks for watching and

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