mac hello, this is breakfast, with steph mcgovern and charlie stayt. a ban on plastic straws, cotton buds and drink stirrers. the government's latest plan to cut plastic waste but campaign groups say it doesn't go far enough. good morning, it's thursday the 19th of april. also this morning: thank you, thank you so much. dale winton, who became a household name as host of the game show supermarket sweep, has died at the age of 62. good morning. can you trademark a shape? nestle, the maker of kit kat, says you can. its big rival, who owns cadbury, has spent millions trying to prove you can't. today we get the view of the highest court in europe. i'll be finding out why they've spent years fighting over four fingers. in sport, manchester united make up for their lacklustre loss to west brom on sunday by outplaying bournemouth on the sunny south coast last night. liftoff, the spacex baulk nine carrying tests. -- falk and nine.

and a new frontier in space exploration as a mission to find thousands of new worlds beyond our solar system blasts off from florida. and it's shaping up to be a beautifuly morning here. carol is cooling off poolside with the weather. good morning from hampton pool in south—west london, where currently there are 11 swimmers. not surprisingly the temperature is 28, the air temperature could well hit that number as well, but for most it will be a sunny, dry day with a fair bit of sunshine. more in 15 minutes. carol, thank you. theresa may will announce she wants to ban the sale of billions of throw—away plastic items in england and will urge other commonwealth leaders who've gathered in london to do the same. ministers are intending to target the 13 billion plastic cotton buds and 44 billion drink stirrers which we use in britain every year as well as drinking straws. the prime minister will say plastic waste is clogging up the oceans

and threatening future generations. our science correspondent, victoria gill, has more a site that's transformed our view of plastic. this cheap ubiquitous throwaway material has become a visible scourge on our marine environment. the bbc series blue planet shocked viewers with heartbreaking scenes showing how ocean wildlife now has to share its world with this debris. and among the floating later, more than 8 billion plastic drinking straws thrown away every year in the uk. now the government plans to ban those straws, as well as drinks terrors and plastic cotton buds. the consultation on this proposed ban will begin later this year and any new measures will only apply in england, but the announcement has been kind to coincide with the commonwealth summit which, over the next two days, will discuss what's called a blue charter, an

international effort to safeguard the oceans. samples mud from a uk riverbed i saw for myself how plastic litter breaks down into thousands of microscopic pieces small enough to enter the food chain. evidence of what harm that plastic causes in the environment is still emerging, but this proposal willaim to still emerging, but this proposal will aim to stop it being thrown away in such high volumes and prevent it from floating into our rivers and oceans. victoria gill, bbc news. and we'll speak to the environment secretary, michael gove, about this in more detail at 8:30am this morning. later today, the queen will formally open the commonwealth heads of government meeting, during a ceremony which will highlight her own contribution to the organisation. our royal correspondent, jonny dymond, joins us now from buckingham palace. a big day for the queen? yes, a big day for the green. over the last three days we've seen heads of

governments and foreign ministers from the 52 other commonwealth countries coming to london and starting the meetings —— the queen. todayis starting the meetings —— the queen. today is the formal opening of the commonwealth heads of government meeting at buckingham palace, that will happen this morning and we will hear from the will happen this morning and we will hearfrom the prime minister, theresa may, and the outgoing head of the commonwealth... chair of the commonwealth, malta, and we'll hear from the queen as she formally opens it. it could be quite emotional, this is almost certainly the last commonwealth heads of government meeting the queen will attend, she doesn't travel far these days and this is the last time for many years that it will be in london. the organisation which she has really poured a lot of her life into, nurturing and caring for, will be opened by her today probably for the last time. there will be an awful lot of trumpets and ceremony and probably some rather moist eyes. certainly looks sunny, johnny, thanks very much, we will talk to you later. a former head of the civil service, lord kerslake, has called for an investigation into the destruction

of thousands of documents, which could have helped commonwealth citizens prove their right to remain in the uk. it's thought dozens of people from the caribbean who've lived here for decades were threatened with deportation. our political correspondent, alex forsyth, joins us now from westminster. this play very large for theresa may and jeremy corbyn, but so many questions have arisen almost as we speak, more questions are being asked? —— played. speak, more questions are being asked? -- played. constant questions about how this has been allowed to come to pass, the impact on the so—called windrush generation, and there's been lots of questions about specific issues. for example, the question about who authorised the destruction of landing registration documents and when that happened but behind all of this there a bigger question, and that's about the overall government approach to immigration. when david cameron was prime minister and when theresa may was the home secretary, there was a big push to reduce and part of that

was a crackdown on illegal immigrants, so there were lots of new policies which meant people had to show their documents, it was a so—called hostile environment policy, and that's how this impact on the so—called windrush generation has happened, some people have been asked to produce documents they don't have. last night on the bbc newsnight programme sir bob herzlich, who is now a crossbench peerin herzlich, who is now a crossbench peer in the house of lords, but he has done work for the labour party, he was the former head of the civil service and he was asked whether anyone raised concerns about this policy and he says they absolutely did. it was notjust did. it was not just a question of the home secretary being told it was a challenging policy, the prime minister was as well and this was a very contested piece of legislation across government departments. i can't say and shouldn't say as a former head of the civil service precisely who gave advice to whom, but what i can tell you is it was highly contested and there were some who saw it, i shan't name it, it was

almost reminiscent of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe almost reminiscent of nazanin zaghari— ratcliffe germany and almost reminiscent of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe germany and the way it's working. some in the civil service? some of the ministers were deeply unhappy. -- nazi germany. it was right that the government did tackle illegal immigration, theresa may said, even though the windrush generation shouldn't have been caught up in this but after the legal debacle in they will be very careful about how they deal with this in the future. thank you, alex. the radio and tv presenter, dale winton, who became a household name in the 19905 as the host of the daytime game show, supermarket sweep has died. he was 62. winton also hosted several other hit shows, including bbc radio 2's pick of the pops, the national lottery and the saturday night programme hole in the wall. andy moore reports. and here's the star of the show, dale winton! thank you so much! supermarket sweep is the show that made dale winton. but with his trademark tan and flamboyant style,

he presented many other programmes for itv and the bbc, including pets win prizes. this is ringo, john and paul. paul is a flying beatle, obviously, because he has wings. the stars have been paying : thank you, thank you! dale winton's agent said he died at home, no further details were given. two years ago, he said he had had a bad break up, depression and health issues. dale winton hadn't been

on our screens so much lately, but he'll be remembered as a consummate entertainer and game—show host. dale winton, who's died at the age of 62. president trump and the prime minister of japan have said that maximum pressure must be maintained on north korea until it agrees to complete nuclear disarmament. the two leaders were speaking at the president's mar—a—lago resort in florida. mr trump said he hoped his planned summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, would be a success but if it was not, he would respectfully leave the meeting. if i think that it's a meeting that is not going to be fruitful, we're not going to go. if the meeting, when i'm there, is not fruitful, i will respectfully leave the meeting, and we'll continue what we're doing, or whatever it is that will continue, but something will happen. the number of people living with two or more serious health

problems is increasing and healthcare systems are struggling to manage, according to a new report. the academy of medicine sciences say doctors are seeing groups of conditions previously never seen before in the same patient, such as heart disease, osteoarthritis and depression. they are calling for more research to be done. almost certainly in a system where there is a specific focus on individual diseases and individual specialties, we are going to have to move to a structure and a system where there is more focus on multiple conditions and management of patients, the very large number of patients, the very large number of patients, the very large number of patients who have two, three, four, five diseases. a woman has died after a car crashed into a house she was in. the vehicle caused significant damage to the property it's lift—off for a new era in planet—hunting. the us space agency's tess satellite has launched from cape canaveral in florida on a mission to find thousands of new worlds beyond our solar system. the mission will survey a great swathe of stars, hoping to catch the dips

in brightness that occur when orbiting planets traverse their faces. here's our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. all said and ready to go. nasa's new mission to discover whether the stars we see at night have planets around them. on board this baulk nine rocket is a space telescope that will study the stars closest to the earth and find out whether in orbit around them are planets capable of supporting life. liftoff, the spacex falcon 9 carrying tests. once in space, these best test spacecraft will start scanning nearly the entire sky. as it looks for stars it will also detect any tiny decrease in the light that comes from them. that small it is assigned there is a planet in orbit. the big question is whether there are any like ourown the big question is whether there are any like our own earth and support life. 25 years ago we looked ata support life. 25 years ago we looked at a star in the sky and wondered if it had won its rounded, today we look at a star in the sky, it would

be crazy if it didn't have a planet around it and we're wondering whether indeed life even exist on this planet. the space telescope will spend the next two years of searching for stars to find thousands of new worlds and when we looked out at the night sky will know which ones have planets around them and those that might be home to life. pallab ghosh, bbc news, at the kennedy space centre in florida. those are this morning's main stories. shall we talk about sport, anything lifting of there? i don't know, nice! i don't know if the manchester united season can be described as lifting off but the champions league spot cemented last night and the fa cup semi—final on saturday, their only chance of a trophy. maybe wait until saturday until the wee decide if their season has lifted off! —— until we decide. manchester united all but cemented their place in next season's champions league last night with a 2—0 premier league win away at bournemouth. chris smalling and romelu lukaku scored the goals to leave second

placed united 1a points ahead of fifth placed chelsea with only a handful of games to go. joey barton's return to football in the summer will be as manager of fleetwood town. the former burnley midfielder is currently banned from all football activity for placing bets on more than 1,000 matches over a ten—year period, but will return to take on his first managerial role. the premier league could finally get a winter break! there are plans to introduce a two—week hiatus in late january and early february from 2020. talks are at an advanced stage after an agreement was reached between the fa, the premier league and the efl. and organisers of the london marathon say they are well prepared to deal with any medical issues that arise at this year's race. temperatures are expected to reach 2a celsius, which would be the hottest on record. we saw callum hawkins abba commonwealth games in the marathon collapsing in those distressing scenes “— collapsing in those distressing scenes —— at the commonwealth games.

it was hotter at the gold coast than it will be a london but it's that acclimatisation, people running on sunday won't be used to those conditions. it is really tough. it is. not only contesting with the distance, the fitness and the aches and pains in your body but the dehydration and the disorientation in your brain. plenty of sun cream needed i would imagine. let's look at some of the papers. let's look at the front page of the times, the main story is about one of britain's biggest housebuilders misleading buyers and deliberately delaying essential repairs according to their report. meghan there arriving to one of the events to do with the commonwealth and she and prince harry focusing on a number of issues yesterday. a few of the papers this morning have a picture of dale winton, the television presenter, who has died at 62. lots of the papers talking about his career.

that's on the front page of the daily star. also on the front page of the sun. he was much widely loved and those tv shows... we will talk more about it later, some of the shows he was in, there was innocence and charm to the way he presented, that's what lots of people are saying today. the daily telegraph this morning has a story... four borisjohnson, the this morning has a story... four boris johnson, the foreign secretary, we must take a hard line on knife crime and that picture is of theresa may, the prime minister, with justin trudeau of theresa may, the prime minister, withjustin trudeau of canada in the garden at number 10. i was looking at this story on the front page of the financial times. the bottom section. netflix is spending about! the bottom section. netflix is spending about 1 billion the bottom section. netflix is spending about! billion us dollars on europe, contentjust spending about! billion us dollars on europe, content just for spending about! billion us dollars on europe, contentjust for europe. this is stuff they will put out in

england, the uk, but also spain, germany, italy, france, poland, turkey, and the netherlands. that will cause a sharp intake of breath for broadcasters around the world. interesting. this is extraordinary. the daily telegraph. it is a story of something going on injapan. office smokers are forced to wait 45 minutes before using the lift to get back into their office. a decontamination period between using a cigarette and elevators within city halls. they do stink, don't they? if you get on the left after someone they? if you get on the left after someone has had one, it stinks. you can see the sense of it. i do not know if you saw some of the comments from elon musk, the guy behind spacex and tesla, he was giving tips and pointers on how to deal with

office politics and getting things going. he says if you are in a boring meeting, just walk out. going. he says if you are in a boring meeting, just walk outm going. he says if you are in a boring meeting, just walk out. it is a 6—point guide. going through a number of things. as you said, if you are in a large meeting and it is getting boring and you are not contributing, the right thing to do, according to his mantra, is to walk out. just say i am leaving. it is not rude, it not rude, it is good business. how would anyone get anything done? the papers are looking at the london marathon. they are going to try and break paula radcliffe's record which has stood for 15 years. radcliffe's record which has stood for15 years. incredible. radcliffe's record which has stood for 15 years. incredible. the radcliffe's record which has stood for15 years. incredible. the key is male pacemakers. paula radcliffe set her record with male pacemakers all the way. they will go for it with that. what about the weather

conditions you were talking about earlier? is that good for top—class runners? do they like the warmer conditions? they run all over the world. singapore, humidity, boston, all kinds of conditions. for ellies athletes, it will not be a problem. but we saw a caleb struggling. and we are talking to the net bowlers of england. —— netballers. a great interview with tracey neville in the times. she said funding will stop no matter the results after the world cup in 2019. the governing body are trying to figure out how to be sustainable stopping the programme now would be detrimental to the sport. whether or not after all the support and success and that incredible achievement, some money

will be found somewhere... but how disruptive and destructive. everyone is talking about netball. my taxi driver, there was an australian i met the other day. it would be madness to take money away from that sport now. thank you. carol is at hampton pool in south—west london with a look at this morning's weather. it looks gorgeous. good morning. it certainly is. there are 20 swimmers. there is no mike bushell yet. it is all happening. the temperature is 28 degrees in the pool. for some parts of the country, especially london, we could see 28 for the air temperature today. yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far. 25 in london. weaker topic today. —— we

could top it. it will be dry and warm with plenty of sunshine today. the first thing this morning. a weak weather front in the west of the country producing a fair bit of cloud and mist and showers in north—west scotland. through the day, cloud thinning and breaking. you can see across scotland, a lot of dry weather. the west, cloud and showers. further south, the west of england and wales and the east of northern ireland with the cloud. most of it will go. some could cling to the coastline through the day, especially in the south—west. you do not have to go inland to see sunshine. that is the story for the day. dry weather and sunshine and high uv levels. the temperature range, roughly looking

at the high teens and low 20s across the northern half of the uk, and in the northern half of the uk, and in the south, low 20s and mid—20s. that isa the south, low 20s and mid—20s. that is a very good temperature for april. heading on through the evening and overnight, once again, a front in the west, it is producing a lot of bad. mist and fog. —— cloud. rain in the north—west. some clear skies. not a cold night. tomorrow, starting off with a weather front in the west. mist and fog lapping onshore in western areas. a sea breeze in the channel coast. it will feel cold with the sea breeze. a largely dry day. sunshine.

temperatures are down a notch for what we are expecting. but fairly healthy for april. at the weekend. dry weather. showers coming our way. the london marathon, this is what we are thinking. it keeps changing. yesterday, a maximum temperature of 24. that is not outside the realm of possibility. this is what we are thinking today. the reason it is changing is because of the weather front from the west bringing showers. if it moves across us, later in the day, showers for the london marathon. if it does not, it will be up there into the low 20s. whichever way, take preparation is, as we were hearing. —— preparations. stay hydrated. you are looking very nautical, very fab. thank you

an inquiry into the support provided for children and young and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in england has been launched by a group of mps. it's a subject this programme has been investigating for more than six months. we've heard from many families who say they are struggling to get the help they need. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin is here. good morning. interesting timing. there will be and enquiry. why now? absolutely in response to growing concerns we have had. we bring out graphics all the time. this education committee enquiry wants to shine a light on these problems. it is about the reforms that came through for better support for children with educational needs. things are getting worse instead of better. the reforms were meant to do two things, give parents more choice and easy access to the support their child needs, and also make support available to children much better and more rounded and available for

longer, up until 25. we have been hearing things are not doing well. before the nitty—gritty, we will remind ourselves of the strength of feeling that is out there and what people are saying. it has taken every fibre in my body to fight, and i will never, ever, give upfor to fight, and i will never, ever, give up for what my daughter need and is legally entitled to.|j give up for what my daughter need and is legally entitled to. i am just ultimately exhausted from years of caring for a child without adequate support, really. i was completely... you had a breakdown? i had a complete breakdown, yeah, absolutely. i do not think there are things in place, no budget to put things in place, no budget to put things in place, no budget to put things in place. there is no political will. there has been a 3496 increase in the number of children requiring this, but funding is still froze n requiring this, but funding is still frozen at levels going back to 2011. it is not right. everyone deserves a fairand it is not right. everyone deserves a fair and proper education. that is

what should be underlying the principle of our society. at the moment, they are not getting it. the announcement of an enquiry is a good thing. ultimately, what matters is that... especially for the families you have spoken to... it is what could change, what could be the result? that is key. many parents are saying this is brilliant. we wa nt to are saying this is brilliant. we want to engage with this and will get him right away. equally, there are parents and support groups and charities saying hang on a second, there is a lot of reports out there already from the local ombudsman. they have highlighted what the problems are here. the problems need fixing, not more discussion. however, this committee is going to look at all of these issues. let me tell you the key issues. they want people to write about these issues to them so they can report about it. they want assessments to help, they

wa nt they want assessments to help, they want people to talk about the tra nsfer to want people to talk about the transfer to the new system of education plans, they want to look at the level and distribution of funding. they want to look at health services in schools and how they are all looking at each other and talking to each other. they want to look specifically at the provision of support for people between the age of 19 and 25, which is a new thing. i have got to tell you what the department for education is saying about this. they want all children to have the opportunity to succeed in the future and tackle inequalities to make sure britain is a country that works for everyone. we welcome the enquiry and their focus is to make sure policies are delivering and supporting for children. i expect they will get a tsunami of responses to this response for information, but does thatis response for information, but does that is what happens every time we do this story. —— because. june the 14th is the key deadline for you to

get in your submissions. bank is. it is time to get the news and travel and weather wherever you are waking up and weather wherever you are waking up this morning. —— thank you. good morning. almost two out of five people stay late at work, and managers are encouraging employees to do it. that is according to research from a jobs website. they found workers in london were among the worst for feeling obliged to do overtime. standsted airport says it isa overtime. standsted airport says it is a challenge filling hundreds of job vacancies. the airport has expanded and is recruiting 750 workers ahead of the summer. they say they want staff to work flexible hours. patients in essex could get to get treatment thanks to a new project the first of its kind in the country. a stroke ambulance is in

based outside of the hospital for three months and will respond to 999 calls. what we plan to do is to do the ct scan and blood test at the house of the patient and give them immediate treatment. we are trying to save as much brain as possible. hopefully this improves the outcomes of patients and give them less disability. the travel. major problems on the tube on the circle line, no services anticlockwise. buses are replacing trains on the london north—west and services between watford junction and st albans abby. the m25. central london.

and now it is time for a check on the weather. hello. good morning. yesterday we saw highs of 25 celsius, making it the warmest day of the year so far. and today, it will be even warmer. lots of blue sky and sunshine to come. a bit of a tasty start to the morning. temperatures have not dropped below 15 all night. not a lot going on the map. blue skies and sunshine all they. fair weather cloud. along with the high temperatures, we also have high uv levels and high pollen levels. 26— 27 degrees as a top in central london. overnight, clear skies. temperatures are down to 12— 13

degrees. mist is developing in western areas possibly tomorrow morning. tomorrow it will feel more cool morning. tomorrow it will feel more cool. highs of 25— 26 degrees. there will be more blue skies and sunshine to come. temperatures will take a little bit of a dip over the course of the weekend. show is at times. but plenty more for the london marathon on sunday. —— showers. that will be an absolutely beautiful day. back to the breakfast sofa. hello, this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and charlie stayt. coming up: we'll speak to alex, a survivor of domestic abuse who says he was days away from death after being abused physically and psychologically by his partner. can you trademark a shape? nestle, the makers of kit kat, have gone to the european court ofjustice to find out in a bid to protect the iconic four fingered snack. x—men star, ben hardy, and olivia vinall will be

on the sofa to tell us about the tv adaptation of the wilkie collins‘ classic novel the woman in white. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. theresa may will announce she wants to ban the sale of billions of throw—away plastic items in england. ministers are intending to target an estimated 13 billion plastic cotton buds and 44 billion stirrers used in britain every year as well as drinking straws. the prime minster said plastic waste was one of the greatest environmental challenges facing the world. the queen will formally open the commonwealth heads of government meeting during a ceremony at buckingham palace which will highlight her own contribution to the organisation. theresa may will praise the queen's service, dedication and constancy and say she's been the commonwealth's most steadfast champion. a former head of the civil service, lord kerslake, has called for an investigation into the destruction of thousands of documents which could have helped commonwealth citizens prove their right to remain in the uk.

(tx 00v) it's thought dozens of people from the caribbean who've lived here for decades were threatened with deportation. dale winton, the television and radio presenter who shot to fame in the 19905 as the host of the daytime game show supermarket sweep, has died at the age of 62. he went on to become a fixture of saturday night television, fronting the national lottery show, in it to win it and pets win prizes. his agent said he'd died at his home yesterday. president trump and the prime minister of japan have said that maximum pressure must be maintained on north korea until it agrees to complete nuclear disarmament. the two leaders were speaking at the president's mar—a—lago resort in florida. mr trump said he hoped his planned summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, would be a success but if it was not, he would respectfully leave the meeting. if i think that it's a meeting that is not going to be fruitful,

we're not going to go. if the meeting, when i'm there, is not fruitful, i will respectfully leave the meeting, and we'll continue what we're doing, or whatever it is that will continue, but something will happen. raul castro's right—hand man, miguel diaz—canel, has been nominated to succeed him as the leader of cuba. it marks the end of nearly six decades of rule by the family. mr castro will remain a powerful influence in the country, staying on as head of the communist party until its next congress in 2021. a planet—hunting space telescope has been successfully launched by the american space agency nasa to look for new worlds beyond our solar system. after a delay of two days, the tess satellite rode skywards on a spacex falcon rocket, developed by billionaire entrepreneur elon musk from cape canaveral in florida. no matter how many times you see

rockets taking off, it works every time. you could never get bored of that, that's my reflection. a fair point, we don't see them that often. i was doing 5 live yesterday or the day before and they had a big programme, outside broadcast, from behind the scenes at nasa and it was brilliant. the astronaut had a picture of when she was a kid to now. amazing. space is so amazing. sport is good too! it isn't that interesting today, though, but we have the netball players on at 8:20am! manchester united, they handed manchester city the league title by losing to west brom and then they beat bournemouth and now it's likely they will be in the champions league, which looked set a nyway champions league, which looked set anyway because they are in second place so they would have done badly to lose that and then they have the

fa cup semi—final on saturday, that's when it will be exciting because lots is at stake. manchester united are all but guaranteed a place in next season's champions league after a 2—0 premier league win at bournemouth. following on from their lacklustre loss at home to west brom on sunday, united were more impressive on the south coast. chris smalling and romelu lukaku with the goals. united are now 14 points ahead of fifth placed chelsea with only a handful of games to go. i will not play these 11, but all of them, they told me they wanted to play, and that's good. obviously i will play antonio valencia, matic, lukaku, i'm not going to start with these 11 but these 11, they told me clearly, "i want to be there, i'm ready". two more games in the premier league this evening too. burnley take on chelsea, whilst it's a crucial one for relegation—threatened southampton. they travel to leicester. the saints are currently five points from safety with only four matches remaining after tonight. we have to get them in a positive

frame of mind and focused on what they need to do. i have to say, last two performances have been really good. we've made mistakes, clearly, and that's been prevalent, not only in my time but previous to me coming here. but, for the most part, the intention and the application of the group has been really good. fleetwood town will have a well—known face as their manager from this summer onwards whenjoey barton takes over one day after his ban for betting ends. the ex—burnley and manchester city midfielder was suspended for 18 months by the football association last year after he was found to have placed more than 1,000 bets on matches over a decade. he'll take over fleetwood onjune 2nd and the move has come as a surprise to some. he isa he is a complex character. he's a very intelligent chap as well. he's also very madly involved in football. he's done his badges. that's one thing, your coaching

badges, people get very excited about that, it's as if honestly someone says to lewis hamilton, i've passed my driving test and i'll tell you what to do, that's what a new coachis you what to do, that's what a new coach is like trying to tell eve ryo ne coach is like trying to tell everyone what to do. it's been talked about for a long time, but plans for a winter break in the premier league could soon be announced. discussions over introducing a two—week winter break have been taking place. the downtime would be across late january and early february in 2020, and staggered to ensure games could be televised each weekend. the break would only be for premier league clubs, and wouldn't affect christmas or new year schedules. london marathon organisers say they'll be as prepared as possible, despite early indications suggesting this weekend's race could be the hottest on record. expected temperatures of up to 24 celsius would surpass previous marks, and officials say they will send advice to runners this week. it comes after medical officials took too long to reach scottish runner callum hawkins at last week's commonwealth games, despite him suffering in the heat.

i have no idea at this stage what went on at the gold coast. i do know that it was disturbing to watch. what i also know is we have an amazing team of doctors, of medics, who, as you say, have been doing this for a long period of time and i have absolute confidence in them that they will do an amazing job on sunday. and finally, premier league news conferences are usually pretty serious business and managers can get rather annoyed when someone's phone goes off. in the past, jose mourinho has even made a great show of answering a of thejournalists' phone! but this is what happened when a phone went off in yesterday's chelsea press room. i think tonight we have the possibility to respond... my wife! always in the worst moment. laughter

yeah, you can put me a fine! he says he would have find journalists if the phone had gone off mike in his press conference. jose mourinho famously answers journalists' phones —— gone off. very charmingly handled! good on antonio conte! thanks, see you later on! the number of people living with two or more serious health problems is increasing and healthcare systems throughout the world are struggling to cope, that's according to a new report. the academy of medical sciences says ineffective treatment is leading to early deaths. nhs leaders say they're moving towards more integrated care with better monitoring of patients who are at risk. let's speak to professor stephen macmahon, chair of the academy of medical sciences multimorbidity working group. good morning and thank you for joining us. explain more about what multi— morbidity is. joining us. explain more about what

multi- morbidity is. it's the coexistence of two or more long—term chronic diseases. what kind of combinations are we talking about? well, i guess the first thing to say is although we know this is an enormous problem, we really don't have good enough evidence to describe what really is an enormous epidemic. but, from the data we have, there are two sort of sets of combinations, diseases which are related, such as heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and then there are a range of diseases not related, for example, depression, osteoarthritis and lung disease. and previously we really haven't known much about these diseases we didn't otherwise think were related. does this make treatment difficult? yes, it does make treatment difficult. our health systems, both hospitals and general practice, were designed ata time

and general practice, were designed at a time where the focus was on the treatment of individual diseases. now patients have multiple diseases we have to switch the focus away from treating the disease to treating the patients, but we also have to have a system and structure that facilitates management of multiple diseases, notjust one. do you think this is something new? or is it just you think this is something new? or is itjust that you think this is something new? or is it just that we are you think this is something new? or is itjust that we are better at detecting multimorbidity now? no, i think it is something new. i think if we have a look at patients who have heart disease, over the last 15 yea rs, have heart disease, over the last 15 years, the proportion of those patients that are suffering other diseases like depression, like osteoarthritis, has increased between 50 and 100% so there is something going on here which really can't just be explained something going on here which really can'tjust be explained by ageing or by changes in lifestyle, or indeed by changes in lifestyle, or indeed by better detection of disease. what do you think this means for patients in terms of their healthcare at the moment? well, it's a huge burden on

patients. something like 10% of patients. something like 10% of patients have six diseases or more and being a patient is becoming a full—timejob. when you have and being a patient is becoming a full—time job. when you have that many diseases you often have that many diseases you often have that many specialists, you have to see your general practitioner multiple times, you have to take ten or more tablets... this is a really big burden on patients and quality of life is suffering as a consequence. i guess obviously given we talk so much about the pressures on the nhs, this is another pressure on the system in dealing with this?” this is another pressure on the system in dealing with this? i think it's one of the biggest pressures on the nhs. when you consider the rate, just in the last ten years or so, the number of people with multiple diseases attending the nhs has gone from about 30% to 40%. these are complicated patients to manage and, yeah, it's a huge burden on the health system. thank you so much for talking to us, professor. my

pleasure. the weather is warming up, we know that. what would be a lovely thing to do is to go for a dip, early morning dip in a warm pool enjoying the early sunshine, and that is where is this morning. hampton pool in south—west london, with a look at this morning's weather. hampton pool, heated to 28 degrees, that could be the air temperature in london this afternoon. when the pool is heated by the sun to that level they turn off the boiler and they might do that today because it is expected to be a warm day. the other thing i want to say is if you are outdoors today, the pollen levels are high. across the uk. except for the fire north of scotland, so bear that in mind. also the uv levels are high. the weather today, it's going to be sunny and dry for most and it will be warm.

however, we do have a weak weather front straddling the west currently, producing cloud, most of which will burn away but mr younis around the coasts and also producing the odd shower in north—west scotland —— mistiness. to the east and south of that, plenty of sunshine, many starting with blue skies and some have held onto temperatures that are quite high overnight, kinloss at 4am was still sitting at 16. that sets us was still sitting at 16. that sets us upfor was still sitting at 16. that sets us up for today. today, you can see how some of the cloud in the west temperatures to burn away. still some coastal mist at times right on the coast, especially in the west, and around the south—west of england too but you don't have to move to far inland to see sunshine and we hang on to showers in north—west scotland. for the rest of the country, glorious if you like it dry, sunny and warm. looking at temperatures from the mid—teens in the north to the low to mid 20s in the north to the low to mid 20s in the south. under could hit 26, 27 or

28 locally somewhere —— london could. this evening and overnight once again we have a front in the west producing more cloud. again, a bit more mist around and fog than in the nightjust gone, some clear skies and showery outbreaks of rain in the north—west so as a result, despite the clear skies, not going to bea despite the clear skies, not going to be a cold night. tomorrow we start once again with the cloud in the west, again some mistiness, there will be sea breezes developing around our coast so any sea fog at times could lap inshore. the other thing is, moving inland, back into some sunshine again. temperatures not quite as high as we're expecting today but nonetheless, pretty good for this stage in april, we're looking at a potential high tomorrow of 24 or 25. as for the london marathon, yesterday if you were watching you would have heard me say it potentially could be the warmest on record with highs of 23 or 24. what we think is happening now, and

this could change, is we have a weather front coming in from the west, introducing showery outbreaks of rain so late in the day we could see showers in london. depending on the speed of that will set the temperatures, if it is slower we could see temperatures still towards the mid—20s, but if it's faster we could see the odd shower and temperatures in the low twenties. either way it will still be pretty warm for running. looking a little bit magical behind you. is the steam catching the sun? i think it is. it is gorgeous and there are so many swimmers in here, ifeel quite ashamed of myself i'm not in but i'm not going in! you got that in very quickly! she is not having any of it. you will sort something out. we will get someone to push you in, love. time to talk about chocolate.

victoria's looking at chocolate this morning, and the latest in decade—long legal battle over kit kats. it is all about shapes this morning. what is it that makes you choose one chocolate bar over another? taste, yes, obviously. but what about shape? the european court ofjustice will be considering kit kats today. it's looking at whether the company that makes them should be able to trademark their distinctive four—fingered shape. it might surprise you to learn this isn't the first time europe's top court has talked about chocolate. do you recognise this? the makers of this chocolate bar, mondalez, has got law courts to agree that the zigzag prism of toblerone is sufficiently distinctive that rivals shouldn't be allowed to use a similar shape. so far, so good, for kitkat, right? but back in 2004, cadbury tried and ultimately failed to trademark a dairy milk purple. the reason it failed? because its rival, nestle, overturned the decision. no surprises, then, given the history, that the owner of cadbury, mondalez, the same company that makes toblerone, now wants to prevent nestle from trademarking the shape of its kitkats. let's talk to sally britton.

sally is an intellectual property lawyer. morning, sally. thank you very much for coming in. these two have been fighting it out over this for years. they must have spent millions on legalfees alone. why does it matter so much to them? there is a commercial advantage. how do consumers by chocolate bars? kit kats are iconic. there are a number of elements to the brand and they wa nt to of elements to the brand and they want to protect them. every time we talk about this, they have been fighting since 2010, it comes up in the news and we cover it. is there a case to say when it comes to this, all publicity is good?|j case to say when it comes to this, all publicity is good? i bought many asa all publicity is good? i bought many as a result of this case to look

into it. you can see the press that has come out around it. the iconic kit kat, the most loved chocolate of the nation. that is good advertising. if kit kat does not win this, what will be the result for consumers? will the suddenly be flooded with chocolate bars that look the same? not so much?|j flooded with chocolate bars that look the same? not so much? i do not think so. nestle is sending out the message to people copying them that they will spend money to defend their rights. if the decision does not go their way, we can expect them to continue to fight. it took them 30 years to have have a break registered. they are prepared to invest in it. surely the judge registered. they are prepared to invest in it. surely thejudge has other things to worry about. a sugar tax in britain, for example, is something nestle would also be

wanting to spend more time on. something nestle would also be wanting to spend more time onm something nestle would also be wanting to spend more time on. it is more important than ever before. what goes through the minds of people when they make a spontaneous decision to get a chocolate? they have a whole row. what is unique to a particular brand? a variety of things. shape is one of those things. shape is one of those things. you have mentioned a few of the shapes, toblerone, and many others that are favourites of the nation. kit kat has a good position having been in the market since 1987. many people have tried it and engaged with it. we have three here.

do you like them? i do. that is yours. i have one left. you will have to share. luckily there is four fingers. not a good enough deal for me. i have touched them now. you can now experience differing levels of pollution from five different cities all under one roof. it is part of a new art installation that has been unveiled in london. visitors can wander through the pods that re—create the fumes and smells of cities including new delhi and beijing. our arts correspondent, david sillito, has been finding out more about the air that we breathe. this is my artwork. it does not feel

good at all. for me it's not as good. does it? the error they are breathing has been created by chemists and perfume making people. -- air. it chemists and perfume making people. —— air. it is called living diesel, a careful written reconstruction of the error in britain. —— air. a careful written reconstruction of the error in britain. -- air. it is a combination of combusted and uncombusted diesel. two different types. people will not buy buy it for christmas. there are five pods

beginning with... this is clean air. really clean. but as you walk around it gets polluted. a recreation of a bad day in beijing, delhi, and london. he has had to take all of the unpleasant things out, even for london. why notjust have proper london. why notjust have proper london air out there in here? because... could you do that? i cannot do that. you are not allowed to have the air out there in here? this is the problem. if you say you will actively go out and pollute people, that kind of statement of intent means that you will be prevented from doing that.” intent means that you will be prevented from doing that. i am actually lost for words. this one does not smell nice. it's not like

fumes. the smell of diesel. it seems the moment you turn the air we breathed into artwork, it is a safety risk. it is to get you thinking. as well as making you smell. this is what is coming up later on. carl fogarty, superbike legend, is joining coming up later on. carl fogarty, superbike legend, isjoining us later on the sofa. he is very competitive and is one of those motorcycle riders who always has the worst accidents, doesn't he? he has so many broken bones and injuries. he will talk us through his list of injuries, which is shocking. and he isa man injuries, which is shocking. and he is a man full of personality as well. time for the news, travel, and

weather, wherever you are waking up this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alpa patel. almost two out of five people stay late at work, and managers are encouraging employees to do it. that's according to research by a jobs website. it also found that workers in london were among the worst for feeling obliged to do overtime. stansted airport say it's a challenge trying to fill hundreds ofjob vacancies. the airport has expanded and is now recruiting 750 workers ahead of the summer. bosses say they want staff to be able to work flexible hours, as it's an attractive to prospective employees. stroke patients in essex could get quicker treatment thanks to a new project, which is the first of its kind in the uk. a specialist stroke ambulance is being based out of southend hospital for three months. it'll respond to 999 calls along with a normal ambulance. what we plan to do with the project is to do the ct scan and blood test

at the patient's house and give them immediate treatment. when time is brain, we are trying to save as much brain as possible. hopefully this improves the outcomes of patients and give them less disability. let's have a look at the travel situation now. on the tube, major problems on the circle line, where there no service anti—clockwise. the district line is suspended between earls court to ealing broadway and richmond, that's eastbound following a signalfailure. let's take a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini.

hello. good morning. yesterday we saw highs of 25 degrees celsius, making it the warmest day of the year so far. and today, well, it's going to be even warmer. lots of blue sky and sunshine to come. and it's a bit of a tasty start to the morning. temperatures have not dropped below 15—16 in some spots all night. not a lot going on with the map. blue skies and sunshine all day. a bit of fairweather cloud in the afternoon. along with the high temperatures, we also have high uv levels and high pollen levels. 26—27 degrees as a top in central london. overnight, tonight, lots of clear skies. temperatures are down to 12—13 degrees. mist is developing in western areas possibly tomorrow morning. tomorrow it will feel every so slightly more cool.

highs of 25—26 degrees. again, there will be more blue skies and sunshine to come. temperatures will take a little bit of a dip over the course of the weekend. maybe some showers at times. but still pretty warm for the london marathon on sunday. that's it for now. if you want more, head to our website. hello, this is breakfast, with steph mcgovern and charlie stayt. a ban on plastic straws, cotton buds and drink stirrers. the government's latest plan to cut plastic waste but campaign groups say it doesn't go far enough. good morning, it's thursday 19th april. also this morning: dale winton, who became a household name as host of the game show supermarket sweep, has died at the age of 62. morning!

debenhams is about to update us on what's going on with its business. it had a terrible christmas, a difficult time of march with snow may get an. we're going to find out all the latest in a few moments. in sport manchester united make up for their lacklustre loss to west brom on sunday by outplaying bournemouth on the sunny south coast last night. mission control: liftoff, the spacex falcon 9 carrying tests. and a new frontier in space exploration as a mission to find thousands of new worlds beyond our solar system blasts off from florida. and it's looking beautiful outside our studio this morning but after the hottest day of the year so far it's very nice. good morning from hampton pool in south—west london. the pool temperature is 28, today in london it is quite possible we could

have an air temperature of 28. the weather mostly today dry, sunny and warm with a bit of cloud in the west at the moment, most of that will fade and showers in north—west scotla nd fade and showers in north—west scotland but highs generally in the high teens to the mid—twenties. i will have more in 15. carol, thank you. good morning. first our main story. theresa may will announce plans to ban the sale of billions of throw—away plastic items in england. the move is intending to target the 13 billion plastic cotton buds and 44 billion drink stirrers which we use in britain every year as well as drinking straws. the prime minister will say plastic waste is clogging up the oceans and threatening future generations. our science correspondent, victoria gill, has more. a site that's transformed our view of plastic. this cheap ubiquitous throwaway material has become a visible scourge on our marine environment. the bbc series blue planet shocked viewers with heartbreaking scenes

showing how ocean wildlife now has to share its world with this debris. and among the floating litter, more than 8 billion plastic drinking straws thrown away every year in the uk. now the government plans to ban those straws, as well as drink stirrers and plastic cotton buds. the consultation on this proposed ban will begin later this year and any new measures will only apply in england, but the announcement has been timed to coincide with the commonwealth summit which, over the next two days, will discuss what's called a blue charter, an international effort to safeguard the oceans. with these samples mud from a uk riverbed i saw for myself how plastic litter breaks down into thousands of microscopic pieces small enough to enter the food chain. evidence of what harm that plastic causes in the environment is still emerging, but this proposal will aim to stop it being thrown away in such high volumes and prevent it from floating into our rivers and oceans.

victoria gill, bbc news. and we'll speak to the environment secretary, michael gove, about this in more detail at 8:30am this morning. later today, the queen will formally open the commonwealth heads of government meeting during a ceremony which will highlight her own contribution to the organisation. our royal correspondent, jonny dymond, joins us now from buckingham palace rather beautiful morning for a pretty special occasion? yeah, you haveit pretty special occasion? yeah, you have it beautiful in salford and it is gorgeous here just outside buckingham palace, the sun will be shining down when the heads of government of the 53 different countries of the commonwealth make their way down the mall into the roundabout behind me, the victoria monument glinting in the sunshine, then into buckingham palace. this is almost certainly the last commonwealth heads of government meeting the queen will open, she's

the head of the commonwealth and it's an organisation she has poured a lot of time and love into. but because she doesn't travel that far any more and because heads of government meetings aren't likely to be in london many years to come, this is probably almost certainly the last one she will open. there will be a few moist eyes among the audience of heads of government. sometimes it doesn't attract the most senior members of government from countries but now the most senior heads of government are here and they will be in buckingham palace in a couple of hours to see the queen formally open this, and she will hear a tribute from theresa may for the time, effort and affection she has poured into the commonwealth. a former head of the civil service, lord kerslake, has called for an investigation into the destruction of thousands of documents, which could have helped commonwealth citizens prove their right to remain in the uk. it's thought dozens of people from the caribbean who've lived here for decades were threatened with deportation. our political correspondent, alex forsyth, joins us now from westminster. still no one has taken any

responsibility for this? there are still lots of questions about how this has come to pass. there are questions about some of the detail, like who authorised the destruction of those documents, but there are big questions and that's about the government approach to immigration. when david cameron was the prime minister, theresa may at that time was the home secretary and there was a big push to reduce immigration and pa rt a big push to reduce immigration and part of that was a crackdown on illegal immigrants, things like making sure documents were checked. now, last night, sir bob kerslake, who at the time was the head of the civil service, he was asked what people thought about the policy and he said people did have concerns. it was notjust he said people did have concerns. it was not just a question of the home secretary being told it was policy, the prime minister was as well and this was a very contested piece of legislation across government departments. now, i can't say and shouldn't say as a former

head of the civil service precisely who gave advice to whom, but what i can tell you is it was highly contested and there are some who saw it, i shan't name them, as almost reminiscent of nazi germany. some in the civil service? some of the ministers were deeply unhappy. lord kerslake lord kersla ke is lord kerslake is an independent member of the house of lords and he's been an adviser of the labour party and there are some who would say his comments are exaggerated and the policy was in response to public concerns, and theresa may herself said yesterday there is a difference between those who have a right to be in the uk and those who don't and the government should be cracking down on illegal immigration but i think they will look very carefully about how they do that in future. alex, very interesting. thanks very much. dale winton, the television and radio presenter has died at the age of 62. he shot to fame in the 19905 as the host of the daytime game show supermarket sweep and went on to become a fixture of saturday night television, fronting the national lottery show,

in it to win it and pets win prizes. his agent said he'd died at his home yesterday. and we'll be getting all the latest reaction from our entertainment corespondent, colin paterson, in about 15 minutes. the number of people living with two or more serious health problems is increasing and healthcare systems throughout the world are struggling to cope, that's according to a new report. the academy of medical sciences says ineffective treatment is leading to early death5. nhs leaders say they're moving towards more integrated care with better monitoring of patients who are at risk. it's lift—off for a new era in planet—hunting. the us space agency's tess satellite has launched from cape canaveral in florida on a mission to find thousands of new worlds beyond our solar system. here's our 5cience correspondent, pallab ghosh. all set and ready to go. nasa's new mission to discover whether the stars we see at night have planets around them.

on board this falcon 9 rocket is a space telescope that will study the stars closest to the earth and find out whether in orbit around them are planets capable of supporting life. mission control: liftoff, the spacex falcon 9 carrying tests. once in space, the test spacecraft will start scanning nearly the entire 5ky. as it looks for stars, it'll also detect any tiny decrease in the light that comes from them. that small dip is a sign there is a planet in orbit. the big question is whether there are any like our own earth and support life. 25 years ago we looked at a star in the sky and wondered if it had planets around it, today we look at a star in the sky, it would be crazy if it didn't have a planet around it and we're wondering whether indeed life exists on this planet. the space telescope will spend the next two years searching for stars to find thousands of new worlds, and when we look up at the night sky we'll know

which ones have planets around them and those that might be home to life. pallab gho5h, bbc news, at the kennedy space center in florida. the department store debenhams has results this morning. victoria's here to tell us more. i was just looking through. we were expecting bad news, we weren't expecting bad news, we weren't expecting it to be this bad? underlying profit before tax has fallen by 50% down to £42.2 million for one half of the year. things like clothing sales, but they aren't the only ones suffering from falling clothing sales, we aren't buying as much as we used to, we are spending more on restaurants and things like that instead. beauty and food doing better for debenhams but it's a retailer to keep its head above

water, we had a profit warning, they we re water, we had a profit warning, they were warning investors injanuary things would be tough, they had a bad time over christmas and snow may get in, one of the hottest days of the year today, but only a month ago we had the beast from the east and that closed 100 stores for them during a key period. there is a boss who has been in charge since 2016 and he's trying to turn things around and he's trying to make it more than experience and you go and have a coffee and your nails done instead and maybe you might go and spend more money. it's difficult when people are spending more online and less in places like department stores, people are wondering whether department stores have had their day. victoria, thanks very much, appreciate that. those are this morning's main stories. type 1 and type 2 diabetes is costing the nhs more than six billion every year and the health service is increasingly concerned about the number of black and ethnic minority people living with the condition. breakfast‘s regular technology

expert, dan sodergren, discovered he had type 2 diabetes last year. he was shocked to discover that his race made him significantly more susceptible. he's been finding out why. my my name's dan sodergren and i'm 42. that was delicious. give me some chicken, my friend! iwas that was delicious. give me some chicken, my friend! i was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the end of last year. with type 2 diabetes at the end of last yea r. love with type 2 diabetes at the end of last year. love this food! love it! look at this! it looks amazing. this chicken is healthy but i used to eat far too much of this. and far too much of other things like take aways, donna kebabs and burgers and loads of other unhealthy things. it was a real shock for me getting diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. i know i hadn't been eating particularly well but in reality i wasn't really that old, was quite young, i knew the convocations that would come with it so it was a real

shock. i was really worried. so the body doesn't produce enough insulin to break down sugar in the blood. too much sugar leads to heart disease, stroke, blindness and even leg amputations. it's horrible, really horrible. there are two types of diabetes, type 1 diabetes normally starts in childhood. it's all to do with the pancreas not working properly and not producing enough insulin. type 2 diabetes, which is the one i was diagnosed with, that normally starts in anna wood and is brought on by bad lifestyle and poor lifestyle choices. but the thing i was shocked about is that ethnic minorities are up about is that ethnic minorities are up to six times more likely to get type 2 diabetes and white europeans. hi, i'm dan. hello. a lie why is it that people from ethnic minorities are more affected by this disease and condition as blue people from an ethnic minority tend to store fat roar more around their middles and when it's you have that more around your organs, your liver, pancreas and gut it tends to be a change in

the way the fat is processed in ethnic minorities compare to white europeans. that was really interesting what she told me about how if bing minorities store fat in a different way, but i didn't realise that i could be not that overweight at all but because i'm from a certain background, much more likely to get type 2 diabetes. pushed all the way forward with your back leg... i'm a bit nervous because i'm about to do something i've never done before. so, pretty stylish, wish me luck! this class is for people at risk of getting type 2 diabetes or who have already got it. i've now got type 2 diabetes, how could i have prevented it? most importantly it's looking at what you're eating and how much activity you're eating and how much activity you're doing. but the important thing is it is preventable? yes, being physically active, trying to reduce your physical body weight and trying to do more activity in the

day can make a serious difference. try and rememberto day can make a serious difference. try and remember to breathe, dan. i'm not very good at yobo but there are things i can do and things we can all do to prevent getting type 2 diabetes and for me personally i know there are things i can do to be free of type 2 diabetes and that's really encouraging. really interesting seeing dan's journey, a lot of learning going on there. we can talk now to professor jonathan valabhji. interesting watching dan's journey and finding out about his own type ii dear beatties, tell us more about who is more susceptible —— type ii diabetes. good morning. there are a number of risk factors for type 2 diabetes. some are more that we can do something about, some less so. ethnicity, as you've mentioned, is an important risk factor that we can't modify, as is family history, type 2 diabetes can run in families

and age is an important determinant but the major order fireball risk factor is our body weight. being overweight or obese is the major modifiable factor for diabetes and the last 40 years has shown that we have expanded our west slide as a society and as more of the population have become overweight or obese, so we seeing more cases of type 2 diabetes —— waistline. we're now at the situation where around two thirds of the adult population are overweight or obese, which is translating to a large burden of type 2 diabetes. around 3.5 million people across england have type 2 diabetes now. i think the important point, which you've already alluded to, is that we are... people are empowered to do something about this if they are not identified as being at high risk. if we can catch people

before they've developed the condition, we can empower them to modify their risk factors so they're less likely to develop it. you mentioned those ethnic minorities at a higher risk of developing it. what efforts are being made with that? the actions we are taking is we are rolling out across the country a national type 2 diabetes prevention programme. it is exciting. in england, we will be the first country in the world to have universal coverage across the country. within two months, we will have achieved 100% geographical coverage of england, coinciding with the 70th birthday of the nhs. we will be the first in the world to do that. we will help prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes. the programme has been running for a few years. we hit 50% coverage in the first year and 75 in the second. we nearly have hit full coverage. we are

encouraging the local areas to specifically target those at the highest risk. the early data suggests that is working quite well. for example, we are seeing around 35%, one in four of every person, being referred to the programme being referred to the programme being from caribbean, middle eastern, backgrounds, and so on. —— 2596. eastern, backgrounds, and so on. —— 25%. we know they have a greater risk. it is successfully targeting those at greater risk. we also know that men are at a higher risk for type 2 diabetes, but attendance for weight loss programmes typically is 80- 90% weight loss programmes typically is 80— 90% women. weight loss programmes typically is 80- 9096 women. that is interesting. it was interesting to hear dan

looking at his own health, not especially overweight. clarify the significant factor of carrying too much weight, obesity. that is a huge could you beat him factor to the possibility of having type 2 diabetes. —— contributing. possibility of having type 2 diabetes. -- contributing. it is a major risk factor. what we see is that in the community is at high risk, african, caribbean, south asian communities, the onset of type 2 diabetes can occur at lower weights and bmis than the rest of the population. we need to be mindful that while weight gain is a quantifiable risk factor, it can happen at lower weight, and onset can happen at younger ages too. it would not be uncommon for me to look after a grandfather in my clinic diagnosed at 98, and then a grandchild at 32. we are seeing a

younger and younger age of onset. that factor is playing 12 years ahead in the high risk and i mentioned. —— high risk communities. it affects the whole population and we need to be the best we can to modify the risks across the board, but we need to focus in particular on high risk groups. thank you for your time. and we should say thank your time. and we should say thank you to dan as well for sharing his story with us this morning. and now for the weather. carol is making the most of the sunshine. she's at hampton pool in south—west london. what you are not in the pool! i am not going in it! a lovely start to the day across the board, almost. 15 degrees. london, 12. set to rise. the pool

temperature is 28. in london, 27, or perhaps 28. the first time we have seen temperatures in the 805 in fahrenheit. the forecast today is sunny and warm for the bulk of the uk. pollen and uv levels are high as well across the whole of the country except the far north of scotland. we have a weather front in the west producing cloud. cloudy in western scotland, if you showers in the north—west. cloudy in the east of northern ireland. cloudy in the north—west of england. cloudy in west wales in south—west england. some of the cloud is low cloud. most of the day, breaking away. east of all of the cloud, a glorious start. dry and sunny. the temperature is continuing decline. through the day,

you can see the cloud melting away. the coastline of devon and cornwall, pembrokeshire, we could hold onto some mixed. but not far inland and you will see sunshine. —— mist. temperatures today are way above where they should be at this stage. the north, looking at the high teens. it could hit 20. the south, mid—teens. the south—east, it could be 27— mid—teens. the south—east, it could be 27 - 28. mid—teens. the south—east, it could be 27 — 28. through the evening and overnight, once again, a weather front coming in from the west reducing more cloud. patchy mist and fog around. by the end of the night, showery outbreaks of rain from scotland. clear skies, but showery outbreaks of rain from scotland. clearskies, but despite that fact, high temperatures during the day. not a cold night. through the day. not a cold night. through the course of tomorrow, a sea breeze is developing. mist and fog in the

irish sea could go on shore at times. a bit more cloud generally. showers on and off in the north—west. away from those areas, largely dry and sunny and warm. was as warm as today, but still pretty warm. “— as warm as today, but still pretty warm. —— not quite as warm. sunny with showers from the west. sunday, further showers and outbreaks of rain from the west going south. you can see what we have for the marathon, the london marathon, on sunday. yesterday i said temperatures could get up to 23— 24. they still might. i say that because we have a weather front from the west producing outbreaks of rain. if it comes across faster, the temperature will be down and we could have the odd shower. if it comes down slow, it will be dry and sunny and warm. either way, temperatures are topping out into

the low 205 at least. back to you. lovely. thank you. the tv presenter, dale winton, has died at the age of 62. he was best known for presenting the shows supermarket sweep, the national lottery game show in it to win it. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, interviewed him a number of times over the years and hejoins us now. he died at home at 62. the statement will say many will share this terrible loss but we ask for respect. the show that turned him into a household name, supermarket sweep, the mid— 19905. into a household name, supermarket sweep, the mid—19905. it was camp and silly and fun. it was just the warmth. he had a perma—tan, running

around the market in a suit. his catchphrases. i cannot see an inflata ble catchphrases. i cannot see an inflatable piece of fruit without thinking of that massive show. lots of tributes. graham norton said dale winton gave me the best bit of showbiz advice ever, don't quit the hit. he did pick of the pops for almost a decade. and we have more m essa g es almost a decade. and we have more messages as well. a touch of the naughty, though very loving. touching and what made him such a great presenter. ta ken touching and what made him such a great presenter. taken from us far too soon. dale winton said in recent

yea rs too soon. dale winton said in recent years when he had depression, david was one of those who helped him through it. supermarket sweep, such a cult show, danny boyle persuaded him to play himself in trainspotting. it is funny seeing clips of that. you talk about warmth. there was something natural about his on—screen persona. very extreme in a way, but so natural. almost like he was the same on and off of the screen. he was showbiz. i went to one of the strangest events in my career, bbc three decided they would create events that would never happen and filmed them like documentary. i was at a fake wedding

with dale winton but they store got the big names. his best man was graeme swiss, the football manager. i was sitting beside a eurovision entry with graeme too nervous to give the speech so they had to get cilla black up. and he was on the dancefloor for most the night. lovely. thank you. you're watching breakfast. time for the news and travel and weather wherever you are waking up this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alpa patel. the boss of camden market has admitted he knew realfur was being mis—sold as fake fur. two months ago bbc london secretly filmed products that were labelled as synthetic fur, which was later revealed to be real. the sale of fur has now been banned there. the evidence is being used as part

of an inquiry by the environment, food and rural affairs committee. it was something that we had already started to address to the bbc report. we looked at being socially responsible around the sale of actual selling genuine fur, we did not want to be known for selling real fur not want to be known for selling realfur in the not want to be known for selling real fur in the market. almost two out of five people stay late at work and managers are encouraging employees to do it, that's according to research by a jobs website. it also found that workers in london were among the worst for feeling obliged to do overtime. stroke patients in essex could get quicker treatment thanks to a new project which is the first of its kind in the uk. a specialist stroke ambulance is being based out of southend hospital for three months. let's have a look at the travel situation now. on the tube, severe

delays on the circle line anticlockwise due to an earlier signal failure. and severe delays on the district line between earls court, ealing broadway and richmond. on the trains, there's a bus replacament service on london northwestern services between watford junction and st albans abbey due to a faulty train. on the roads, this is the approach to the blackwall tunnel northbound traffic building from the woolwich roadd flyover. in northfleet, there are london—bound delays on the a2 following a collision at the hall road interchange, delays are back towards the m2. in central london, roads around st james's park are closed with disruption southbound on park lane because of the commonwealth heads of government event. let's take a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. yesterday we saw highs of 25 degrees celsius, making it the warmest day of the year so far. and today, well, it's going to be even warmer. lots of blue sky and sunshine to come. and it's a bit of a tasty start to the morning. temperatures have not dropped below 15—16 in some spots all night. not a lot going on with the map.

blue skies and sunshine all day. a bit of fairweather cloud in the afternoon. along with the high temperatures, we also have high uv levels and high pollen levels. 26—27 degrees as a top later on in central london. overnight, tonight, lots of clear skies. temperatures are down to 12—13 degrees. mist is developing in western areas possibly tomorrow morning. tomorrow it will feel every so slightly more cool. highs of 25—26 degrees. again, there will be more blue skies and sunshine to come. temperatures will take a little bit of a dip over the course of the weekend. maybe some showers at times. but still pretty warm for the london marathon on sunday. that's it for now. if you want more, head to our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to charlie and steph. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast

with charlie stayt and steph mcgovern. theresa may will announce she wants to ban the sale of billions of throw—away plastic items in england. ministers are intending to target an estimated 13 billion plastic cotton buds and 44 billion stirrers used in britain every year as well as drinking straws. the prime minster said plastic waste was one of the greatest environmental challenges facing the world. the queen will formally open the commonwealth heads of government meeting, during a ceremony at buckingham palace which will highlight her own contribution to the organisation. theresa may will praise the queen's service, dedication and constancy, and say she's been the commonwealth's most steadfast champion. a former head of the civil service, lord kerslake, has called for an investigation into the destruction of thousands of documents, which could have helped commonwealth citizens prove their right to remain in the uk.

it's thought dozens of people from the caribbean who've lived here for decades were threatened with deportation. dale winton, the television and radio presenter has died at the age of 62. he shot to fame in the 19905 as the host of the daytime game show supermarket sweep and went on to become a fixture of saturday night television, fronting the national lottery show in it to win it and pets win prizes. his agent said he'd died at his home yesterday. president trump and the prime minister of japan have said that maximum pressure must be maintained on north korea until it agrees to complete nuclear disarmament. the two leaders were speaking at the president's mar—a—lago resort in florida. mr trump said he hoped his planned summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, would be a success but if it was not, he would respectfully leave the meeting. if i think that it's a meeting that is not going to be fruitful, we're not going to go.

if the meeting, when i'm there, is not fruitful, i will respectfully leave the meeting, and we'll continue what we're doing, or whatever it is that will continue, but something will happen. united nations officials say time is of the essence in syria, that's because a team sent to investigate the suspected chemical weapons attack in douma has again been delayed. the team's security detail came under fire in the town on tuesday. the us defence secretary has suggested the syrian regime may have brought about the delays on purpose. the number of people living with two or more serious health problems is increasing and healthcare systems throughout the world are struggling to cope, that's according to a new report. the academy of medical sciences says ineffective treatment is leading to early deaths. nhs leaders say they're moving towards more integrated care with better monitoring of patients who are at risk. a planet—hunting space telescope has been successfully launched by the american space agency nasa to look for new worlds

beyond our solar system. after a delay of two days, the tess satellite rode skywards on a spacex falcon rocket, developed by billionaire entrepreneur, elon musk, from cape canaveral in florida. i'm glad it went skywards. always best! are not an expert in... you're not a rocket scientist. always best if they go up! a good theory! —— i'm not an expert in. what have you got today? talking about manchester united, the big one is saturday and the fa cup semi—final but champions league pretty much in the bag and that's pretty much in the bag and that's pretty much in the bag and that's pretty much it. we're speaking to the netball players soon by the way in the sunshine. we will talk to being players in about 40 minutes. not that counting down! —— to the

england players. manchester united are all but guaranteed a place in next season's champions league, after a 2—0 premier league win at bournemouth. following on from their lacklustre loss at home to west brom on sunday, united were more impressive on the south coast. chris smalling and romelu lukaku with the goals. united are now 14 points ahead of fifth placed chelsea with only a handful of games to go. i will not play these 11, but all of them, they told me they wanted to play, and that's good. obviously i will play antonio valencia, matic, lukaku, i'm not going to start with these 11 but these 11, they told me clearly, "i want to be there, i'm ready." two more games in the premier league this evening too. burnley take on chelsea, whilst it's a crucial one for relegation—threatened southampton. they travel to leicester. the saints are currently five points from safety with only four matches remaining after tonight. we have to get them in a positive frame of mind and focused on what they need to do. i have to say, last two performances have been really good. we've made mistakes, clearly, and that's been prevalent, not only in my time but previous to me coming here.

but, for the most part, the intention and the application of the group has been really good. fleetwood town will have a well—known face as their manager from this summer onwards whenjoey barton takes over one day after his ban for betting ends. the ex—burnley and manchester city midfielder was suspended for 18 months by the football association last year after he was found to have placed more than 1,000 bets on matches over a decade. he'll take over fleetwood onjune 2nd and the move has come as a surprise to some. he is a complex character. it's been talked about for a long time, but plans for a winter break in the premier league could soon be announced. discussions over introducing a two—week winter break have been taking place. the downtime would be across late january and early february in 2020, and staggered to ensure games could be televised each weekend. the break would only be for premier league clubs,

and wouldn't affect christmas or new year schedules. london marathon organisers say they'll be as prepared as possible, despite early indications suggesting this weekend's race could be the hottest on record. expected temperatures of up to 24 celsius would surpass previous marks, and officials say they will send advice to runners this week. it comes after medical officials took too long to reach scottish runner callum hawkins at last week's commonwealth games despite him suffering in the heat. i have no idea at this stage what went on at the gold coast. i do know that it was disturbing to watch. what i also know is we have an amazing team of doctors, of medics, who, as you say, have been doing this for a long period of time and i have absolute confidence in them that they will do an amazing job on sunday. and finally, premier league news conferences are usually pretty serious business and managers can get rather annoyed when someone's phone goes off. in the past, jose mourinho has even made a great show of answering the journalists' phone!

but this is what happened when a phone went off in yesterday's chelsea press room. who did it belong to? take a look for yourself. i think tonight we have the possibility to respond... my wife! always in the worst moment. laughter yeah, i'm sorry. you can put me a fine! he said in the past he would find journalists whose phones rang so thatis journalists whose phones rang so that is pretty appropriate! -- fine. a p pa re ntly that is pretty appropriate! -- fine. apparently he —— she wanted to get to badminton practice, get home, what are you doing! you've been listening to their phone conversations! not really, i promise! almost half of all primary school children in the uk are at risk of under—performing in the classroom because they have a limited vocabulary, that's according to new research

from oxford university press. it suggests being lost for words doesn't just affect a child's academic progress, but can also cause problems with behaviour and self esteem. let's talk about this withjenny ambrose, who is a primary school teacher, and jane harley from oxford university press. thank you forjoining us. jane, start us on this research and what you found from it? at oxford university press we're obviously committed to language and literacy and what we were hearing from many teachers was that there was a growing concern around the amount of limited vocabulary many children we re limited vocabulary many children were arriving at school with, and what we really wanted to do was investigate the scale of the problem and also how far it reached through the school years. we ran a major research peace, we talked to over 1300 teachers, and what was really quite shocking actually was how many teachers felt this was a really serious problem. 49% said children

in year1 were arriving with a lower vocabulary, which impacts on how they learn, and in year 7, vocabulary, which impacts on how they learn, and in year7, into secondary school, this remains over 40% of children are struggling with their vocabulary. jenny, give us your own experience, presumably you will be in front of the classes later today? what are you seeing? we we re later today? what are you seeing? we were finding that children's limited vocabulary was putting a barrier in front of their learning and their ability to articulate and communicate thoughts, feelings and emotions so we had to think as a school about how we could overcome those barriers and create a word rich environment in the school. give us an idea, what language are we talking about? it is difficult to be specific but the words that are missing, we talk about the word gap, what are we talking about? we are a junior school, children from year 3, 7-11, in junior school, children from year 3, 7—11, in our school we found it was

more of the sophisticated language children were lacking, words and phrases out of their everyday context that they weren't seeing and weren't used to at all. it was the language in the text children were looking at all so in questions they we re looking at all so in questions they were being asked... they could understand the questions and answer them if we'd reworded them but they couldn't approach the questions because of the way they were asked. you could see how this would impacts of this team in children and academic progress? absolutely, that again was one of the findings of this research, how many impacts that lack of vocabulary has on children going through school and beyond. if you imagine when you are for you arrive with a limited vocabulary, you then can't access learning and you then can't access learning and you struggle with tests and you don't get such good test results. children aren't stupid, they note if they're struggling with their learning, it affects self—esteem and they go through secondary school and are less motivated, behaviour could

suffer so it's a rolling impact and it impacts on future life chances. it's easy, jenny, isn't it? you can look at the schools and say what are they doing wrong, but language is everywhere and if a child doesn't know the word, there's only one reason, they haven't come across it, it hasn't routinely been said to them either at school or elsewhere, them either at school or elsewhere, the responsibility isn'tjust the schools loop is, is it? it is anyone around children at all times. language has to pervade all aspects of schools, through the conversations we have with children, exposing them to challenging language, as we talk in conversations and ask questions. and by introducing them to a range of books and texts they would choose to read and would excite and engage them but also texts they wouldn't otherwise choose, for example classic literature and things they wouldn't choose themselves. and as we read and come across new words,

addressing the new vocabulary and showing the children ways to either work out what the words mean or explicitly teaching the vocabulary. so at schools we teach the vocabulary but we also create an environment whereby children can absorb and learn through what's around them through what they see in schools and what they hear and read and what they listen to. jane, are their geographical differences when it comes to the word gap? we researched across a wide range of schools, particularly... most of the schools, particularly... most of the schools were in england but the responses were very schools were in england but the responses were very uniform and it wasn't particular groups of children necessarily, you might expect certain groups might have certain problems, but what we were finding reprising the was the scale of the issue across all children and i think it is that sense of how can... we asked what could parents and teachers do, what kind of tips were

there, what was good practice? jenny's school is a fantastic example of a language rich environment. with language you are a lwa ys environment. with language you are always learning, in this job almost every day you hear a word you haven't heard before, a name or whatever, it isn't something to be ashamed of two not know the meaning ofa ashamed of two not know the meaning of a word but the problem is you aren't curious and you remain not knowing —— ashamed of not knowing. as adults we still come across new words and what do we do about it? we look it up and find out. have we got a word for the day? surreptitious lee. good word. a word for the day? —— surreptitious league. stimulating. ok, two ss. discombobulated is my favourite! theyis discombobulated is my favourite! they is a joy in long words! when i was young i always thought the word tret was a real word because in middlesbrough you would

say she tretted really badly and at university i learned it wasn't real, it is treated. it was in an essay! we are all on a learning curve. we are, it is a good point! it's looking rather beautiful outside our studio but will the warm weather last? yesterday, today and the next couple of days the weather is looking rather wonderful. temperatures are rising, even at 4am this morning. you are at a swimming pool you will enjoy later on, i understand. yes. it is lovely. scorchers here this morning. temperatures are slowly rising. the day it will be a beautiful day for most of us. the pool temperature

here at hampden is 28. london could reach 28, way above average for this stage in april. the weather, sunny and warm. that is the forecast for most of the uk today. the pollen level will be high across the board, except northern scotland. uv levels will be high as well. you can see we have cloud. some of it is quite low. most of it will go away. showers in north—west scotland. some on and off through the day. fairly isolated. east of that, back into the sunshine. blue skies from the word go. beautiful. you would not believe it is only the 19th of april. as we

had gone through the course of the day generally, looking at cloud melt away. some mixed on the coastline of premature, devon and cornwall. —— mist. inland, sunny and dry and warm. 20 around the murray firth. scotla nd warm. 20 around the murray firth. scotland and northern england and northern ireland, high teens and low 205. south of that, looking at the low 205 into the mid—205. in the south—east, getting to 26, 27, locally, 28. overnight and this evening, another weather front introducing low cloud from the west. more warm compared to the nightjust gone. outbreaks of rain in north—west scotland overnight. temperatures will not fall very low. not a cold one. no problems with frost. tomorrow, cloud in the west. low cloud. a sea breeze is

developing as well. if there is any mist or sea fog in the irish sea, some of it could come onshore for a time. away from that, once again, looking at dry and sunny weather. temperatures are down a touch today. very good for this stage in april. through the weekend, saturday starts off on through the weekend, saturday starts offona through the weekend, saturday starts off on a dry note with showers from the west. more showers from a weather front on sunday. the marathon graphic you can see shows temperatures lower than we thought yesterday. if the front comes south bringing showers with it, the london marathon could see some in the afternoon. temperatures as a result will be lower. slower, dry weather on sunday in the south. temperatures will be higher. something to keep watching for. i often wonder if people swim faster when they know they are on camera. have you noticed that? you know what, ijust got it

big splash on the back of my legs. just the start of things to come. thank you. that was quite a sinister laugh. it was. it sounded quite evil. she she knows i love her. an inquiry into the support provided for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in england has been launched by a group of mp5. it's a subject this programme has been investigating for more than six months. we've heard from many families who say they are struggling to get the help they need. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin is here. why is the education committee launching this inquiry? it is in response to the problems we have been shining a light on in the last six months. they want to shine a light on it. it is a cross—party education committee who says this. there are concerns we want to explore. it is important to examine

whether the stated ambitions of the government are simple and improved for children with special needs and to make sure they are met. we have been telling you how the system is looking worse when it is meant to be better. before the nitty—gritty of the enquiry, we will look and remind ourselves of some of the problems people are facing. it has taken every fibre in my body to fight, and i will never, ever, give up fighting for what my daughter needs and is legally entitled to. i am just ultimately exhausted from years of caring for a child without adequate support, really. i was completely... you had a breakdown? i had a complete breakdown, yeah, absolutely. i do not think there are things in place, no budget to put things in place. there is no political will. there has been a 34% increase in the number of children requiring this, but funding is still frozen at levels going back to 2011.

it is not right. everyone deserves a fair and proper education. that is what should be underlying the principle of our society. at the moment, they are not getting it. when you hear those voices, those are people who want things now. they wa nt are people who want things now. they want change. what confidence can people have in this making a difference? iveagh confident? people are enthusiastic about this. —— are they. are they confident it will lead to anything? i could not go that far to be some people are saying there is already a plethora of evidence out there. do we really need more investigation instead of just fixing the problems? can i tell you exactly what they want to do? they want written evidence from people out there in the five key areas. sand assessments. too many

people are waiting too long for assessment. —— the transfer from the old system to the new one. we know there are record numbers of these new plans being formed right now. record numbers in the tribunal system. they want to look at the level and distribution of funding into provisions. we know a third of local authorities in england have written to the government to say we cannot afford to pay for these children. it is a problem. the cooperation between schools, health, and social care sectors, are people speaking to each other? five finally, the provision of support for people between 19 and 25. it is so important. i had an e—mailfive minutes ago from someone saying her support plan was four up at age 21 because there was nothing for her 21—year—old daughter to access. —— torn up. they need to refer this to government. you will keep an eye on

any progress. the statement from the department for education says they welcome this and want to create a system that is tackling inequalities in education to make sure britain is a country that works for everyone. the deadline you need to be aware of, june 14, if you want to contribute to this investigation. thank you very much. thank you. we are talking about plastics and a ban on things like stirrers and so on. we will be speaking to michael gove at 830. theresa may will suggest there are plans being looked at to ban certain plastics, like straws. the numbers are astronomical in terms of how many we use. 13 billion. comments from people. a

move in the right direction in terms ofa move in the right direction in terms of a message to use. many people have been in touch with us. we will speak to michael gove later. if you have specific questions for us to ask him on your behalf, we can do that. victoria. debenhams has reported its half year financial results this morning. we knew it would be bad. the company told us as much back in january after poor trading over christmas. but today's results are worse than even the most pessimistic of forecasts. profits have more than halved. the company is warning again that profits for the rest of the year will be lower. they've also had to announce this morning that chief financial officer, the man in charge of the numbers, is off to selfridges. and those people that own shares in the company will see their income or dividend halved. the retail expert kate hardcastle is here with me. thank you for coming in. we knew

trading conditions on the high street have been difficult not eve ryo ne street have been difficult not everyone is saying profits are halving. what is going on with them? they are having a tough time and have built this situation where they are almost in discount. they removed staff from the shopfloor and service levels are dipping in a brand that has always had prime customer service. more than anything there is a situation with a very antiquated brand not offering modern products and not in the niche area of life, not in the discount area, and not developing for today's consumer. the man in charge of the numbers, the cfo, he's off. can management turn this around? they have given clarity. they have the repurposed the retail space and put in

franchises in gyms etc. a similar plan to others. but they are not moving fast enough. we heard about these plans and there are only two new concept stores. they have long—term leases. new concept stores. they have long-term leases. that is interesting, the property portfolio. more than 150 stores. how will they get out of this problem with a long leases? they will need lower rents. they have to do everything they can. they have to do everything they can. they need to bring back footfall. beauty is doing well, but the big flaws of fashion are not. and people wa nt to flaws of fashion are not. and people want to buy experiences, not products. what if you want the latest cocktail or a meal instead of fashion? they have a similar turnaround plan to others and others are getting their quicker. speaking

of that, sports direct has been buying more and more shares incrementally in this business and at just below the incrementally in this business and atjust below the threshold at which they would have to say something to they would have to say something to the market. they have prime sites and in demands stores. we know they have healthy high street figures. this is a challenge. a big challenge. the high streets will change forever. one word. wheeled department stores have their day? pretty much. there you go. that is the verdict. a tough one, isn't it? thank you. it is time to get the news, travel, and weather, wherever you are waking up this morning. good morning from bbc london news.

i'm alpa patel. the boss of camden market has admitted he knew realfur was being mis—sold as fake fur. two months ago bbc london secretly filmed products that were labelled as ‘synthetic fur‘ — which was later revealed to be real. the sale of fur has now been banned there. the evidence is being used as part of a government inquiry (sot next) almost two out of five people stay late at work and managers are encouraging employees to do it. that's according to research by a jobs website. it also found that workers in london were among the worst for feeling obliged to do overtime. stroke patients in essex could get quicker treatment thanks to a new project which is the first of its kind in the uk. a specialist stroke ambulance is being based out of southend hospital for three months. what we plan to do with the project is to do the ct scan and blood test at the patient's house and give them immediate treatment. when time is brain, we are trying to save as much brain as possible.

hopefully this improves the outcomes of patients and leave them with less disability. let's have a look at the travel situation now. on the tube, severe delays on the circle line, anticlockwise due to an earlier signal failure. and severe delays on the district line between earls court, ealing broadway, and richmond. on the trains, buses are still replacing trains on london northwestern services between watford junction and st albans abbey. on the roads, delays on the north circular that's westbound with congestion back to the a1 and finchley high road. in northfleet, there are londonbound delays on the a2, at the hall road interchange, delays are back towards the m2 in central london, roads around st james's park are closed, with disruption southbound on park lane, because of the commonwealth heads of government event let's take a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. yesterday we saw highs of 25 degrees celsius, making it the warmest day of the year so far. and today, well, it's going to be even warmer. lots of blue sky and sunshine to come. and it's a bit of a tasty start to the morning. temperatures have not dropped below

15—16 in some spots all night. not a lot going on with the map. blue skies and sunshine all day. a bit of fairweather cloud in the afternoon. along with the high temperatures, we also have high uv levels and high pollen levels. 26—27 degrees as a top later on in central london. overnight, tonight, lots of clear skies. temperatures are down to 12—13 degrees. mist is developing in western areas possibly tomorrow morning. tomorrow it will feel every so slightly more cool. highs of 25—26 degrees. again, there will be more blue skies and sunshine to come. temperatures will take a little bit of a dip over the course of the weekend. maybe some showers at times. but still pretty warm for the london marathon on sunday. that's it for now. if you want more, head to our website at the usual address. now though it's back to charley and steph. bye for now. hello this is breakfast,

with steph mcgovern and charlie stayt. a ban on plastic straws, cotton buds and drink stirrers. the government's latest plan to cut plastic waste but campaign groups say it doesn't go far enough. good morning it's thursday 19th april. also this morning: dale winton — who became a household name as host of the game show supermarket sweep — has died at the age of 62. morning! debenhams is in the spotlight this morning. results are out. profits have more than halved. the beast from the east closed almost 100 of its department stores last month. but has the chill set in for good at this retailer? i'll have more in a moment. they provided the moment ever, most

games, beating australia in the last second to win england's first—ever gold medal. studio: we have lost kat. beautiful outside, you can see the view from the camera on rooftops. carol also in a very glorious place. good morning. good morning from hampton swimming pool in south—west london. all a sum and warm asunn and warm a sum and warm for most be a sunny and warm day for most of the uk. losing the cloud in the west, shower the north—west scotland but a high possibly of 2728 in london. more in 15 minutes. thank you, see you in a bit, carol. theresa may will announce plans to throw away lots of plastic in

england. the move is intending to target the 13 billion plastic cotton buds and 44 billion drink stirrers which we use in britain every year, as well as drinking straws. showing how ocean wildlife now has to share its world with this debris. and among the floating litter, more than eight billion plastic drinking straws thrown away every year in the uk. now, the government plans to ban those straws, as well as drink stirrers and plastic cotton buds. the consultation on this proposed ban will begin later this year and any new measures would only apply in england,

but the announcement has been timed to coincide with the commonwealth summit, which, over the next two days, will discuss what's called a blue charter, an international effort to safeguard the oceans. in samples of mud from a uk riverbed i saw for myself how plastic litter breaks down into thousands of microscopic pieces — small enough to enter the food chain. evidence of what harm that plastic causes in the environment is still emerging, but this proposal will aim to stop it from being thrown away in such high volumes and prevent it from floating into our rivers and oceans. and we'll speak to the environment secretary, michael gove, about this in more detail at 8.30 this morning. let's have a look at the other headlines for you. the queen will formally open the commonwealth heads of government meeting, during a ceremony at buckingham palace, which will highlight her own contribution to the organisation. theresa may will praise the queen's "service, dedication and constancy" and say she's been the commonwealth's most steadfast champion.

a former head of the civil service, lord kersla ke, has called for an investigation into the destruction of thousands of documents, which could have helped commonwealth citizens prove their right to remain in the uk. it's thought dozens of people from the caribbean who've lived here for decades were threatened with deportation. our political correspondent alex forsyth joins us now from westminster. alex, this has reached a very important stage, hasn't it? yesterday in the commons things became pretty fractious and there are people whose lives have been so dramatically affected ? are people whose lives have been so dramatically affected? and there are enormous questions about how this came to pass, because, as you say, of the human side of all of this. there are questions about some of the detail, who authorised the destruction of landing documents from some of these people who came over as part of the windrush generation but bigger question is

also on the governmentimmigration policy. think back to when david cameron was prime minister, theresa may at that time as home secretary. there was a big push to reduce the number of immigrants coming to the uk and part of that was a crackdown on illegal in. last night, lord kerslake, was at the time the head of the civil service, was asked what people in whitehall thought about that policy and he said that there we re that policy and he said that there were concerns. it was notjust a question of the home secretary being told it was a challenging policy, the prime minister was as well. this was a very the prime minister was as well. this was a very contested piece of legislation across government departments. i shouldn't say precisely who gave advice to whom, but what i can tell you is it was highly contested and some who saw it, i shan't name them, as almost reminiscent of nazi germany in the way it was working. is a mini civil

service? know, some of the ministers we re service? know, some of the ministers were deeply unhappy. lord kerslake is an independent member of the house of lords that has done some work as an adviser for the labour party. theresa may said yesterday it is right there with the difference between those who have a right to be in the uk and those who don't and is the government'sjob to in the uk and those who don't and is the government's job to crack down on illegal immigration. but i think because of a personal and political damage this is done, the way the government does that in future will be considered very carefully. alex, thank you. the tv presenter, dale winton, has died at the age of 62. he was best known for presenting the shows supermarket sweep and the national lottery game show in it to win it. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson interviewed him a number of times over the years and hejoins us now. what do we know? just had a statement from his agent who said, i know many of you will share this terrible loss but we ask you respect the family's privacy at this time agree. but as you say, supermarket

sweet, that so many people will remember him for, it was funny and camp and silly and he was wearing a suit with a constant tan in the aisles. we can see a bit of him in action now. welcome to supermarket sweep. one of our teams today could be going home with £2000. what they have to do is prove their shopping skills and knowledge by building up valuable minutes and seconds on their clocks which they will then ta ke their clocks which they will then take with them on the market to go wild through the aisles. the more time they have, the more shopping they can do! so many catchphrases, wild in the aisles one of them. so many tributes. graham norton said he gave the best bit of showbiz advice he got, don't quit the hit. dale winton presented these shows for so long, did supermarket sweep for about eight years in the national

lottery for about a decade. davina mccall said very sad to hear about dale winton. a lovely, kind, warm and generous soul with a touch of naughty. getting to the heart of what made him so popular with audiences. and on radio as well, did pick of the pops. michael ball said so sad to hear the true gentleman and trying dale winton has been taken from us far too soon. rip you lovely man. who said there was a real kind of warmth. he clearly was enjoying himself when he was doing these shows. that is so infectious, isn't it? david walliams has said today exactly that, about how much he loved being in show business. david walliams points out how happy dale winton made other people. he said he wished he'd been happier himself but that is so often the case with these stars from light entertainment. evenjust case with these stars from light entertainment. even just saying the names of these shows, touched the

track, pets win prizes, the very name of it will bring smiles to peoples faces. thank you very much. the number of people living with two or more serious health problems is increasing and healthcare systems throughout the world are struggling to cope, that's according to a new report. the academy of medical sciences says ineffective treatment is leading to early deaths. nhs leaders say they're moving towards more integrated care with better monitoring of patients who are at risk. a planet—hunting space telescope has been successfully launched by the american space agency, nasa to look for new worlds beyond our solar system. it sounds like a movie or tv series. it sounds like a movie or tv series. it looks like it! after a delay of two days, the tess satellite rode skywards on a space x falcon rocket, developed by billionaire entrepreneur elon musk, from cape canaveral in florida. the time is 8.0 nine. domestic violence is often thought of as a crime

committed by men, but the problem of female abusers has been brought into the spotlight with the first conviction of a woman for coercive control. jordan worth subjected herformer partner, alex skeel to multiple physical injuries, denied him food and isolated him from his family. alex has decided to speak out about his ordeal, in the hope that it will encourage other men affected by such abuse to do the same. alex joins us now. good morning, alex. thank you so much forjoining us this morning. can you just tell us a bit about what life has been like for you? since when, when it started? yes, when this all started for you. 2012 we got together. very early on she is showed signs of not being

com pletely is showed signs of not being completely normal. it was things like she would go and hide when we we re like she would go and hide when we were on holiday and it would play games with my head, basically. so i would come out the swimming pool and she wouldn't be on the sunbed abroad and it was very strange. i think that was maybe a plan for her to sort of get me more attached to her sort of get me more attached to her so then she could control me. so it started off with the kind of psychological control and then developed into physical abuse? yes. yes. when we moved into our own place, she got worse with the control. she didn't let me have access to a phone. i didn't have any means of contacting anybody. she took me away from my family, so i didn't see them for two years in the end. and then it developed into

physical violence. she started off hitting me with bottles and then i managed to get rid of that, then it turned into a hammer, i got rid of a hammer, throwing it in the field opposite. it developed into more and more things and ended up being turning into stabbings and she started to boil kettle water and throw it over me. she did that on three separate occasions. it sounds horrific. how did it come about but he finally did get some help? well, on the 3rd ofjune, i got stabbed on the wrist. so the police got called out by the neighbours, and the police came round. my wrist was cut wide open, i could see the bone. if you put it in front of the tap, it was the same colour as water, transparent, you wouldn't have known

the difference it was coming up fast. i was light—headed. the police came but it was another ten minutes before fire runs came entreated me, because they are paramedic betrayed. they said if it was a centimetre in either direction it would've probably hit my artery and i would have died in eight minutes. i went to addenbrooke's hospital from there. i was going to have an operation on the tendons she previously cut on my knuckles here, and she ended up walking the out the hospital just before i and she ended up walking the out the hospitaljust before i was about to go into theatre. i still had the cannula in my hand. i remember the co nsulta nt cannula in my hand. i remember the consultant saying, are you sure you are safe to go home question i said yes, i'm fine. then directly a week later on the saturday, we were arguing in the house and i think she tried to attack me something, but then the neighbours started circling round the house and i said, look, we need to calm down because the police

are going to come. they did turn up and it was a saints policeman again, ed flynn. he opened the door and he was like, hello, mate. looking back now, was when... i know that was the time when i was going to get out, but it took a lot more for me to then go and tell him. what was stopping you? there might be some people who think, why didn't he get out earlier? it sounds awful, everything you have been through. you can't explain it. you don't have any way of contacting anyone. yes, i look back and there are moments where i could have but when she tells you she will ruin your life or even kill me, you can't think of that. you have to be in defence mode andi that. you have to be in defence mode and i was in defensive mode for nine months. i wasn't thinking of anything else. i was thinking about, how can i stop myself from being in the most pain? and obviously she has

been sentenced now. how do you feel? it isa it is a relief, i am pleased. i have to thank beds police for everything they have done. lyn evans, the team that came out that night, the first response. so many people i need to thank. i feel very relieved and i am pleased it is finished with and now i want to focus on helping others. just use speaking out will help loads of people, what advice would you have for someone in your situation who might be watching? talk, because if you don't, it will get worse. i was getting worse because i wasn't talking. as soon as i spoke, i got better, better and better. the next person that speaks will get better and then the next one and hopefully there will be many

more and that is what i want to try and do. thank you so much, it is amazing to talk to you, i really appreciate it. if you, or someone you know, has been affected by domestic abuse or violence, a list of organisations that offer help can be found on the bbc actionline bbc.co.uk/actionline. if you are in immediate danger, you should dial 999. carol is at hampton pool in south west london, with a look at this morning's weather. this morning, it is a glorious morning across many parts of the uk. behind me, the pool temperature is 28 celsius. later we could hit that somewhere around london. if you are just stepping out, the pollen level is high pretty much across the uk. the exception is across the north of

scotla nd the exception is across the north of scotland where it is low and uv levels are high. if you are in the sunshine, do bear it in mine, but the sunshine is there to be enjoyed. it is beautiful. the forecast is warm and sunny. first thing we do have a weather front in the west, it is fairly weak but it is producing cloud and also some showers. showers across north—west scotland. further east, we have the sunshine. coming south across western scotland, east of northern ireland, the north—west of northern ireland, the north—west of england, west wales and the south—west is where we have the cloud. some of it is low cloud and it is misty around the coastlines, pembrokeshire is cloudy at the moment but most of it will burn away through the morning. at times we can see mist clinging over devon, cornwall and pembrokeshire but you won't have to move too far inland to see the sunshine. there will be a lot of sunshine. temperatures, around the murray first we could hit

20 celsius but across northern ireland, scotland and northern england, high teens into the low 205. come south of that for the rest of england and wales, we're looking at the low 205 to the mid—205 but the south—east could hit 26, maybe 27 or even 28 celsius today. this evening and overnight, a lot of dry weather around. another weather front coming in from the west bringing more cloud. more mist and fog around, especially in the west. by fog around, especially in the west. by the end of the night there will be showery outbreaks of rain across north—west scotland. not a cold night and no problems with frost. cloud in the west, showers of rain across north—west scotland and through the day, we will see some of the cloud breaking up but it won't break up as readily as today. there will be sea breezes developing so if there is any mist the irish sea you mightfind there is any mist the irish sea you might find that lapping onshore as well. temperatures down a touch on

today but still high for this stage in april. saturday morning is dry with showers developing through the day and on sunday there is a weather fronts with showery outbreaks of rain. the marathon forecast, yesterday i was telling it could be the warmest london marathon on record but if the weather front comes in it will bring showers through the day and the temperatures will be as high. if the weather front is slow coming in temperatures could get to 23, 20 with some sunshine. if you are running the marathon please stay tuned for the weather forecast. those brave runners are warned. the high street department store, debenhams has just published its half year results. victoria's here with the details. it is not a great time to be working at debenhams, it is struggling? it is not a great time to be working at debenhams, it is struggling7m is struggling and it has been struck down by the beast from the east and

two thirds of its store portfolio close because of the bad weather. they call if their spring spectacular and the whole idea is they discount everything and get loads of people into the shops and sell loads of things. that didn't happen. now they have this vicious cycle of discounting. it means they are not able to make as much from the sales if they get enough people into the stores. clothing sales are particularly poor. tough trading environments. but compare them to john lewis, even though profit margins are squeezed and it is costly to have these big department stores, john lewis are increasing their sales. debenhams' continued to fall. they do have a boss in trying to do fall. they do have a boss in trying todoa fall. they do have a boss in trying to do a turnaround plan. but the man in charge of the numbers, he is leaving to go to selfridge's. there isa leaving to go to selfridge's. there is a big shock for the management because they said they had this big

and strong management team. they have been preparing these numbers for weeks. so tough time ahead when it comes to debenhams. we will see if they can perform better. they have warned that profits for the rest of the year will continue to fall. if you do own shares in debenhams they are at the lowest level since before the financial crisis. your dividend on those shares have also been halved. thank very much. where you and netball player? i did, back in the day. i was very player? i did, back in the day. i was very tall as a kid so i was a very good goal defence. then eve ryo ne very good goal defence. then everyone in my year grew and then i was moved to the wing.” everyone in my year grew and then i was moved to the wing. i was goal attack for a while. it was so much fun playing netball. i think we are going to meet several

of the england ladies. what a great day to be out at the media city netball purge. these young girls i've had a look at the commonwealth gold medal, the first england have ever won. the final where england's netball team beat australia, the defending world champions with the last throw of the game. i am joined by two of the team who won that historic gold medal. jade clarke and natalie haythornthwaite. your home, finally, what has it been like since you got back? it has been incredible to win in that way and then come home and so many people have watched it and it seems like it has captured england, we are on cloud nine. all these girls crowding round the moment you arrive than wanting to

see the muddle, it has hit home, that result and the manner in which she want it? winning by one goal in the semifinals and then again in the finals. it is great to speak to these girls today who are loving it. it feels a bit surreal, to be honest. you were on the court in the final quarter, when we were watching, heart pounding, palms sweating, where you just in the moment, as a team, were you watching the time? ijust saw moment, as a team, were you watching the time? i just saw the moment, as a team, were you watching the time? ijust saw the semifinal was our final. we could make the time? ijust saw the semifinal was ourfinal. we could make history and book a place in the finally get and book a place in the finally get a guaranteed medal or go home and risk not getting anything. it was a real pressure cooker for us when we got in the final we thought we have nothing to lose, the whole country was proud of us. so wejust nothing to lose, the whole country was proud of us. so we just went for it. our hearts were racing at the end when helen took that last shot, but it was a great way to go into the final. no fear, a great

experience. notjust how you want it, but who you beat to win it, australia who have had a stranglehold, world champions as well. you are 34, if you don't mind be saying, one of the veterans of the team. what have you seen from england netball throughout the years you have played, give us a context of what an achievement it is and how far the game has come in this country to pull off a gold medal on home soil against world champions?” cannot explain how dominant australia have they have been in every final. they have a professional league, all of their players are employed athletes. when i first players are employed athletes. when ifirst got in players are employed athletes. when i first got in the squad we were getting beaten by 30, 40 goals by australia. it is all the captains who have urged us to do it and believe we can do it. what has been the secret, what has been the turnaround? the secret, what has been the turnaround ? we the secret, what has been the turnaround? we have seen england cricketers winning the world cup,

hockey and the olympic gold, there is something going on in women's sport in england that is pushing you towards these incredible achievements. has there been any secret? just hard work and determination. fouryears secret? just hard work and determination. four years ago we lost the semifinal by one goal so we just kept going. it is women on the rise and we want to be role models and we want these girls to turn on the tv, see every super league game and think, i am going to grow up and bea and think, i am going to grow up and be a professional netball player. we wa nt be a professional netball player. we want it to be a reality for these girls. nat, you are one of the younger girls in the team, the world cup in liverpool next year, are we looking at future world champions here? i hope so, it sounds good. it would be the ultimate dream. to win gold at the commonwealth games is incredible but hopefully back it up next year, it would be amazing. we

wouldn't be able to do it without the support of sport england and the funding to the national lottery so we are fortunate we are in this position and we can train as full—time athlete. position and we can train as full-time athlete. hopefully we can keep working hard this next 12 months. you are helen housby, one second on the clock in the commonwealth games final against australia, we need to see it go home, let's get it in. it is gold for england! bay are the commonwealth champions, they have made history here again at media city. that is all from us down at the netball pitch at media city, brilliant to talk to the netball girls as they go forward to the home world cup in liverpool next year. book your tickets now because it will be a good one to watch. from the sunshine out here, it is time to go to the news, travel and weather where you are. hello. good morning. yesterday was

the warmest day of the year but today we are going to beat the record again. temperatures up to 2728 degrees in the south—east today. a very warm day and there will be lots of sunshine. from the word go, really. there will be some cloud in the forecast today across scotland, through northern ireland and down these western areas but down towards the south and east, plenty of sunshine. that is where the temperatures will be highest. further north and west, maybe a bit fresher right on the coast, 17—19 degrees generally speaking for scotla nd degrees generally speaking for scotland and northern ireland. this evening and overnight, clear skies for many, some cloud in scotland, perhaps northern island in these coastal areas on friday morning. temperatures down to about 7—10 or

13 celsius, so a fairly mild start for some of us into friday morning. this is how friday looks. patchy mr fogg first thing which should generally clear away. lots of sunshine expected across much of the uk. always more cloud for western scotland, maybe a few showers. temperatures not quite as high in northern areas. temperatures down a little bit in the south—east of england but generally still those temperatures in the high teens to low to mid 205. still feeling pretty warm. going into the weekend, quite a bit more cloud, particularly towards western areas, where there isa towards western areas, where there is a risk of heavy and thundery showers developing later in the day on saturday. temperatures still on the warm side. further north, 12-17dc. the warm side. further north, 12—17dc. sunday, a weatherfront the warm side. further north, 12—17dc. sunday, a weather front is moving its way east. that will complicate things a little, spreading showers as it spread eastwards. more prolonged spells of rain later in the day coming into

western parts as well. as a result, feeling pretty cool as we go through sunday. more details can be found on our website. bye—bye. hello, this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock and ben thompson. a bumpy road ahead: the international monteary fund warns against complacency that could derail the global economy. live from london, that's our top story on thursday 19th april. trade tenions and rising debts are of mounting concern to one of the most influental body's in globalfinance. the imf. we will look at what they are saying and what it means for you. also in the programme... no more sunshine and sand. we'll be live on one of the philippines most popular tourist spots, as the president order a sudden closure.