excellent! moment, a new song! excellent! headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast, with ben thompson and steph mcgovern. alfie evans, the toddler at the centre of a legal battle over his care has died. writing on social media, his father described his son as a "gladiator who has laid down his shield and gained his wings." good morning, it's saturday, 28th april. also this morning.

amber rudd admits she should have known about targets for deporting illegal immigrants but denies reading a memo sent to her office telling her about them. victims of crime will be able to challenge parole board decisions under measures being introduced following the case ofjohn worboys, the black—cab rapist. in sport, the race to the premier league will go down to the wire after fulham beat sunderland to move to second in the championship. premier league relegations could also be confirmed today with west bromich albion and stoke on the brink. everybody in this boat except you is paddling at the same time as everybody else. it's not all plain sailing as i try my hand at dragon racing — one of the fastest growing participation sports in the world and matt has the weather.

good morning. across central and eastern england it stays damp and cool throughout the weekend. back to the north and west there will be some sunshine at times. the forecast is coming up. good morning. first, our main story. the father of alfie evans, the seriously toddler who was at the centre of a life—support treatment battle, has said his 23—month—old son has died. in a facebook post, alfie's father said his son had "lay down his shield and gained his wings". alfie had a degenerative neurological condition and had been in a semi—vegetative state for more than a year. following a series of court cases, alder hey children's hospital in liverpool removed his life support on monday, against his parent's wishes. earlier the hospital released a statement. the wish to express their condolences to alfie's family and

asked that their privacy and the privacy of staff at alder hey is respected. judith moritz reports. for the first weeks of alfie evans‘ life, he seemed healthy, happy and well, but he soon started to develop problems and he was admitted to hospital, where scans showed his brain was being destroyed. the little boy spent a year in intensive care before doctors said they felt his late support should be stopped. alfie's parents, kate and tom, strongly disagreed with the medical view that their son could not be helped. they began a long legal battle, taking their case through all the available courts — several times in the uk, and twice to europe. they changed their lawyers more than six times. alfie's father tom, 21, even representing himself on this occasion. we have no legal team today, i'm here on my own today. release alfie evans! and throughout it all, the family have had vocal support, initially from a group of mums and children, but increasingly from

a growing social media campaign. the self—styled alfie's army has more than 400,000 followers, and crowds have turned up to campaign outside alder hey. it has not always been peaceful. on one evening protesters tried to force their way inside. hospital management published an open letter which said... alfie's plight has made international headlines, especially in italy. alfie's parents wanted to airlift him to a hospital in rome with connections to the vatican. tom evans was granted an audience with the pope, who backed his case, and alfie was granted italian citizenship. outside the hospital,

campaigners have kept vigil, united behind their common cause. inside, after his ventilation was switched off, alfie hung on for days. his family clung to hope as he held to life until until eventually there was no more fight. with his parents by his side, the little boy slipped away. alfie evans, who died at 23 months this morning. let us have a look at the other stories this morning. the home secretary amber rudd has apologised for being unaware of "specific" targets to remove illegal migrants. amid mounting pressure from labour for her to quit, amber rudd issued a series of tweets. she said she hadn't seen a memo detailing figures for the number of deportations but accepted that she should have. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. days of damning headlines about the treatment

of caribbean migrants who lived and worked in britain for decades. and increasing pressure for amber rudd to quit over her handling of the saga. but on wednesday, mps quizzed the home secretary on the government's wider approach to immigration. it was then that amber rudd said this. targets for removals, when were they set? we don't have targets for removals. she later clarified in the house of commons that targets were set ata local level. there are some officers which are working with them, unfortunately i was not aware of them and i want to be aware of them, which is why our now putting in place different measures to ensure that that happens. then yesterday the guardian obtained a memo dated last year, copied to the home secretary and her senior team referring directly to national

target. in a series of tweets last night, amber rudd said she was not aware of removal target accepted that she should have been, and said that she was sorry. the home secretary said she had not seen the leaked documents, although it was copied to her office as, she said, many documents were. she also promised to make a statement in the house of commons on monday. downing street said the prime minister had full confidence in the home secretary, and conservative mps have rallied around her with statements of support. labour are keeping up pressure on amber rudd to resign, saying that she is hanging by a thread to shield the prime minister. victims of crime will be given more power to contest parole board decisions under an overhaul unveiled by the ministry ofjustice today. the proposals, which come after a judge blocked the release of taxi rapistjohn worboys, could allow members of the public to challenge decisions to free serious offenders. plans include allowing victims to see a summary of the reasons parole has been granted. these are welcome changes as far as they go, and do what i and the parole board have been calling for since before the warboys case.

and it's a tribute to the success of the victims in this case as well. these are improvements. i'm concerned about what the changes are not doing. they haven't said anything about how it's going to be resourced, and if the mo] mean what they say that they are going to put their money where their mouth is, it doesn't say anything about correcting the mistakes that the ministry ofjustice itself got wrong in the warboys case, and it doesn't say anything about the independence of the parole board. that is crucial if parole board members are going to be named and accountable for what they've done. president trump has said he'll continue to apply pressure on north korea to try and rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons. following friday's summit between north and south korea, mr trump said he would forge a deal with the north if it were possible when he meets kimjong—un, in the coming weeks. state media in north korea has hailed yesterday's meeting as "historic" and said it paved the way for peace and prosperity. state media in north korea has hailed yesterday's meeting with the south as "historic" and said it paved the way for peace and prosperity.

a pilot scheme designed to make people prove their identity at polling stations before they vote is "deeply flawed" — that's according to the the electoral reform society. the campaign group expressed concern that some legitimate voters could be put off. the measures, which are intended to reduce voterfraud, are being tested in five council areas in next week's local elections. a former policeman suspected of committing dozens of rapes and murders has appeared in court in the united states. joseph deangelo is alleged to be the so—called golden state killer, whose crimes terrorised california in the 19705 and ‘80s. prosecutors say they tracked him down with the help of genetic information from websites used to trace family ancestry. the nhs in england is spending £150 million on cyber security in an attempt to avoid a repeat of last year's wannacry attack. hackers left the service in meltdown causing the cancellation of thousands of operations and appoinments.

the move was announced by health and social care secretaryjeremy hunt, who described cyber attacks as a "growing threat". at 9:10, those are the main news stories this morning. pregnant women in wales are to become the first in the uk to receive a new noninvasive test for down's syndrome. the blood test available on the nhs from monday is said to be more accurate, safer and less stressful than existing screenings. but there are concerns it could lead to more terminations, as the dad of a 12—year—old boy who has downs told us. i think it is a very dangerous direction of travel, because obviously that is one of a number of similar types of illness you can... from our experience, with games, he has something to offer society. let's discuss this in more detail

wirh the gp, farhat ahmad. this will be available from monday. can we compare what is currently available and what will change? currently all pregnant women are referred for a screening test for down's and other abnormalities in pregnancy, which involves usually a blood test and ultrasound scan, and looking at the thickness of the ba by‘s looking at the thickness of the baby's neck, and from that they can give you an idea of what your risk is of getting down's, so you are either low risk or high—risk. this test, if you were high—risk, to know for sure people would go one to have a test, they would put a needle into the fluid around the baby or some of the fluid around the baby or some of the tissue around the baby and analyse that and that would give you analyse that and that would give you a more accurate results. the problem with that is that you have a chance

of miscarrying and losing the baby. so, this test is a blood test and it is supposed to increase the pick—up for people who have down's, so it is more accurate, and you will still have to have the invasive test, but they think there will be less people going through that test? —— going through that test. so, this test is safer? it is safer for the baby and should help parents make the decision. we do not have a test that says yes or no. this will give you —— they all give you an idea of the risk. there is the suggestion this could lead to more terminations, but there are many people with down's syndrome who lead happy and healthy lives. yes, and i understand those concerns. this is about giving

pa rents concerns. this is about giving parents the information they need. is is parents the information they need. isisa parents the information they need. is is a difficult parents the information they need. isis a difficult decision one way oi’ isis a difficult decision one way or another. but having the information and understanding what the consequences will be one way or another is really important, and being supportive to the parents. in the end it is the decision. it is not easy. there are a lot of mixed feelings about it. the comedy actress sally phillips, her son has down's syndrome, and it is distressing to talk about terminating children who might potentially have this, isn't it? and thatis potentially have this, isn't it? and that is completely understandable. there are lots of issues about how things can be, whichever decision you make, but in the end it is a decision, and the only people that can make it are those parents, and they know their life, they know what they know their life, they know what they are able to do, and they know there are circumstances. and it is being supportive and being there to help them make the decision. thank

you for explaining that, it is interesting to hear all sides of that. thank you very much. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning! good morning! many of you will start with sunshine like here in northern ireland, but for others it is rain all the way. it has been raining all morning from the south—east through to wales. this is moving north and east and will continue to do so, which will allow some southern counties to brighten up. we will see a few showers break—out with light winds, and we will see them in scotla nd winds, and we will see them in scotland and northern ireland being slow—moving, with some hail and thunder as well. temperatures up to 13, but in lincoln, seven or eight.

very low for this time of year. the rain will gradually fizzle out in the midlands. it will be a chilly night with temperatures close enough to some frost for some of you, but you will start the day with some morning sunshine, mist and fog patches, but they will clear way. a lot of dry weather to come, with showers cropping up between the sunny spells in the north and west. still lots of cloud across the midlands, east anglia and the south—east. drier than today generally, but it will turn wet and windy in the south—east corner. temperatures not the best, some areas in single figures. will pressure is going to move up. on monday, we have very heavy rain, causing minorflooding, with strong to gale force winds, causing rough

seas and it is not going to be a great day by and large. the rest of the week there will be some sunshine. that is a day for doing a jigsaw. after their landmark summit, the leaders of north and south korea have promised to bring "lasting peace" to the peninsula and an end to decades of hostilities. so, are the two countries writing a new history in north—south relations as mr kim has suggested? let's talk to jihyun park, who grew up in north korea but fled to china when her brother was almost beaten to death for leaving the army. dr sojin lim, is from the south and is a lecturer in korean studies at the university of central lancashire. your story goes back so many years

and you have been on the programme, and you have been on the programme, and have told us your story in the past. but if you see the pictures yesterday, on the front of all the newspapers, that handshake, what does it make you think? personally yesterday i was very angry, two presidents, this is not the first time they have met,, and they made a declaration yesterday, but always the same, always mention the peace and unification, but teenagers today will watch... yesterday we saw the

declarations and they mentioned it that they stop hostile actions, but north korea stopped in south korea, so north korea stopped in south korea, so they have not mentioned people. it isa so they have not mentioned people. it is a piece unification, we need people and person unification, but they have not mentioned this. more important,... there are so many points, let me bring you in on this because as someone points, let me bring you in on this because as someone who has lived there, both of you grew up there, we

have seen these pictures before of the leaders of north and south korea meeting, so do you think this really is the road to prosperity, as is written up today? for me, the baseline is sceptical, but at the same time this meeting is a little different than before, kim jong—un has been the first leader who stepped into the south soil and he has tried to open, i would like to put this as a healing e? is 7, only 7, to —7777 m ee is 7, only 7, to 7 “te“ and ,,, m south not be easy, so we need process will not be easy, so we need to be careful to see what is coming. some points are still a big issue. what do you think will be the

biggest hurdles to overcome here?“ the plans are successful, for example it is the age policy,... both north and south korea have opportunities to mingle around and have more prospective, but we have to think about the security issue the denuclearisation process, all these different areas. there is so much to sort out. and

you started by saying you felt anger yesterday when you saw the footage. what would give you hope? yesterday when you saw the footage. what would give you hope ?“ yesterday when you saw the footage. what would give you hope? it is a lwa ys what would give you hope? it is always about kim jong—un's smiling face, but it said he is smart, meets the people, but inside he tortures the people, but inside he tortures the people. so, you think it is fake? the many journalists yesterday were reporting positive things, but journalists do not show the other side, the always mention the good and positive things. many people still do not know that inside north

korea, the only watch the news and read the newspapers, so the only know about the positive side. i usually state, do not forget our people because it is a turning point... i need the peace and unification because my family members still live in north korea, but we must think about these people, not kim jong—un, but we must think about these people, not kimjong—un, not politics. yes, bring it back to the people. really nice to see you both, thank you for telling us your stories. i am sure we will speak again as we get more on this. thank developments you. —— as we get more

developments you. —— as we get more developments on this. thank you. now, time for a newspapers. you can see the picture here, in the guardian, amber rudd under pressure. ina guardian, amber rudd under pressure. in a series of tweets this morning she says she did not know about the specific targets, admitting she had received the memo, but had not been aware of what was in in the memo that was sent to the home office. in the times, a story we were discussing just now, the meeting between the leaders of north and south korea. the reader is holding up south korea. the reader is holding up their hands, raising hopes of ties in the future. the sun links two stories, two bombshell reunions. discussing the news that abba are back together, and saw our north and

south korea. the daily mail has a story about car—makers who fail to warn drivers of a major securities flaw. the new four years that they were a security risk. that is what the daily mail say. we have david davis with us. we spoke about wembley earlier, so let us look into that. there is a lot to get through today. you have chosen this story by your namesake, oi’ today. you have chosen this story by your namesake, or about your namesake, actually. there is something very unusual in the newspapers today. on the front page of one paper there is a story saying my namesake is fed up and on the brink of resignation in his role as secretary of state for brexit, in another paper, the daily mail, we have a double page spread which is

very unusual to hear my namesake talking about his family and his life and things like that. it is very revealing and a well—written article. he says, when i go home, there is no talk of politics, that his family time, and he quotes his wife is saying it is for madmen and women i presume. what do you think dinner parties are like at their house? you do wonder. i have been to dinner parties with a great friend of his also in politics, and they are hugely entertaining, as david is. over the years i used to field calls from media organisations that will remain nameless inviting me to appear with my views on home affairs when david was shadow home secretary. i wanted to go on! and i flatter myself, he occasionally was known to field calls asking him to appear talking about football at

wembley. and it happened with startling regularity. but this is all a sign of the times and is there going to be another general election in 2018? some papers suggest there might. there was the question, if theresa may went under a bus, which you stand ? theresa may went under a bus, which you stand? the bus wouldn't they are, he said. there is an article in the times about first—time buyers. as we mentioned, for differing reasons if there were to be a general election in 2018, the obscene house prices in london in particular would for sure be an issue. the times has an issue here,

you need a salary of £100,000 to buy a house in london, and those who have not got the help of mum and dad cannot do that. that is why house ownership in london, a number of —— the number of first—time buyers in london has fallen by 20% since 2015. but house prices in london went down in february for the first time for a very long time, so, the city is running out of people who have that kind of income or who are able to get help from the bank of mum and dad. it is supposed to be the gentleman's game, golf. apparently not if these gentlemen are anything to go by? some of us are very concerned about golf clubs and the drop in participation in golf of men and women, and it seems that this

manor house golf club in wiltshire, they decided to do something about it. and that upsets some of the old codgers barred from the golf club after an invasion of white van men. would you say that the way of getting more young people involved in the sport is to do away with some of the etiquette? of course. and the contrast in cultures is a real problem. the same is true in tennis clu bs, problem. the same is true in tennis clubs, and the tradition of the older generation playing tennis and golf, when younger people want to come and be there. but of course, how was this battle going to work out? in the case of these five guys, they have moved on to a nearby golf clu b they have moved on to a nearby golf club just they have moved on to a nearby golf clubjust ten they have moved on to a nearby golf club just ten miles down the road, where the tea is just the way they

like it. i wanted to talk about the man still hitting the gym at 100, but we do not have time. he's 100 but we do not have time. he's100 today. i will show a picture of him. we don't have time, but tough. this is veteran john, who we don't have time, but tough. this is veteranjohn, who is 100 today, and is still hitting the gym. what a brilliant picture of him. he looks no different. keys from wilts as well. lovely to see you, thank you very much. we are on bbc one until ten o'clock, 31 more minutes of us this morning! but then it is saturday kitchen. what have you got for us this morning? our special guest is emilia fox. what is your idea of heaven? my heaven is

aubergine parmagiana. i love all mediterranean food, but today aubergine parmagiana. what about hell? anything that is creamy and too rich, like a trifle, it is unnecessary at the end of a meal. too rich, like a trifle, it is unnecessary at the end of a meallj do not believe that! we also have two gu ests do not believe that! we also have two guests who happen to be married. what are you cooking for us? green i am going to make a dish from my childhood, chicken liver pasta sauce which happens to be the first thing i could for my husband. what are you making? it is very simple, toast with butter. and some seafood! we

also have drinks. this, everything from bagan to blow out. you guys are in charge of whether emilia fox gets herfood in charge of whether emilia fox gets her food heaven or food in charge of whether emilia fox gets herfood heaven orfood hell. in charge of whether emilia fox gets her food heaven or food hell. what is your favourite abba song? voulez vous, obviously! with the back come from? stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and steph mcgovern. time now for a summary of this morning's main news. the father of alfie evans, the seriously ill toddler who was at the centre of a life—support treatment battle, has said his 23—month—old son has died. in a facebook post, alfie's father said his son had "lay down his shield and gained his wings". alfie had a degenerative neurological condition and had been in a semi—vegetative state for more than a year. following a series of court cases,

alder hey children's hospital in liverpool removed his life support on monday, against his parent's wishes. earlier the hospital released a statement, in it they wished to express their "heartfelt sympathy and condolences to alfie's family" and they asked that their privacy and the privacy of staff at alder hey be respected. the home secretary amber rudd has apologised for not being aware of "specific" illegal migrant removal targets. her comments came in a series of tweets in which she said that she hadn't seen a memo detailing figures for the number of deportations but accepted that she should have. it follows mounting pressure from labourfor her to stand down. earlier, the chair of the home affairs select committe told this programme change was needed. when you have a system where so many

decisions go wrong, where nearly half of appeals in cases are overturned because the home office is getting things wrong, then something has to be sorted out. you can't have a situation where a woman in her 60s who's been here for decades ends up being locked up in ya rl‘s decades ends up being locked up in yarl‘s wood without anybody actually even yarl‘s wood without anybody actually even interviewing her before that happens to discover that her case has gone wrong. victims of crime will be given more power to contest parole board decisions under an overhaul unveiled by the ministry ofjustice today. the proposals come after a high court overturned the release of the black cab rapistjohn worboys and could allow members of the public to challenge decisions to free serious offenders. president trump has said he'll continue to apply pressure on north korea to try and rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons. following friday's summit between north and south korea, mr trump said he would forge a deal with the north if it were possible when he meets kimjong—un, in the coming weeks. state media in north korea has hailed yesterday's meeting as "historic" and said it paved

the way for peace and prosperity. more than 35,000 people a day are fleeing venezuela into neighbouring countries to escape the economic crisis. the world food programme has warned that the number of people leaving the south american country could reach the levels seen in syria. venezuela is facing shortages of food and medicine. the nhs in england is spending £150 million on cyber security in an attempt to avoid a repeat of last year's wannacry attack. hackers left the service in meltdown causing the cancellation of thousands of operations and appoinments. the move was announced by health and social care secretaryjeremy hunt, who described cyber attacks as a "growing threat". those are the main stories this morning. mike is here with all the sport and

it's crunch time when it comes to football. such a nerve-racking time for fans and teams trying to avoid relegation and those teams trying to make thejump into relegation and those teams trying to make the jump into the premier league, like middlesbrough. make the jump into the premier league, like middlesbroughlj make the jump into the premier league, like middlesbrough. ifeel nervous about middlesbrough trying to make its way up. we're talking about the ups and downs at the business end of the football season, and the fate of some clubs could be sealed this weekend. west brom and stoke city could both be relegated from the premier league by monday. and the charge is on in the championship, to replace them. with wolves already promoted, fulham are now in pole position, to take the second automatic promotion spot. they came from behind to beat sunderland 2—1 at craven cottage. it's between them and cardiff now, as to who goes up, and it'll go down to the final day of the season next weekend. so, will they be replacing stoke? they've not won in 11 matches, and they could be relegated today, if they lose to liverpool in today's early kick off and results, elsewhere go against them. west brom must beat newcastle, otherwise they're definately down. they have given me absolutely everything that's

in their bodies, the guys. they've played well, i've asked them to do things and they've done it. if we'd had a little bit more care in the top end of the pitch, we wouldn't be in this position. that's the crux of the matter. a lot of individual things have probably come back and hurt us. but we're still in the fight. former liverpool captain steven gerrard is the number one candidate to become the new manager of rangers. bbc sport understands that the job is his, should he want it. well, rangers' chances of finishing second in the scottish premiership took a hit last night as aberdeen beat hearts 2—0 to go three points clear of rangers. they took the lead midway through the first half through anthony o'connor, and victory was sealed before the half—time break thanks to gary mackay—steven. rangers though will have the opportunity to move back into second, if they win the old firm derby tomorrow. there was late drama in rugby union's premiership last night, as newcastle falcons beat leicester tigers with the final play of the match. 80 minutes on the clock when ally hogg went over. the referee had to check

with his video assistant but was happy to award the try, and sonatane takulua knocked over the conversation. newcastle have now pretty much secured a play—off spot for the first time in their history. ronnie o'sullivan produced a late flourish to keep himself in his second round tie at the world snooker championship. the five time champion struggled in the evening session against world number 15 ali carter, but won four of the last five frames to reduce the deficit. carter still leads 9—7, first to 13 goes through. on the other table, northern ireland's mark allen beatjoe perry. he finished with a break of 122 to progress to the quarter finals at the crucible, winning by 13 frames to eight. and some big racing news as jockey katie walsh announces she's retiring. the 33—year—old broke the news after a narrow win riding antey at punchestown yesterday. walsh says "i've had a marvellous career and i have unbelievable memories. the next chapter in life begins now," among those achievements, she's the best placed female jockey in grand national history,

finishing third on sea bass in 2013. and there was a big win for great britain, who are on the brink of promotion to world ice hockey‘s top tier, thanks to a win over italy last night. have a look at ben o'connor at the bottom of the screen, he's got the puck, 2—2 all at this point, and he scored from way out. that doesn't normally happen in ice hockey. that goal put britain ahead and they eventually went on to win it 11—3 in budapest, a first win over italy in 66 years. i can't see the puck, i've watched that four times now! you should be able to see this, though. the uk's dragon boat racing season begins this weekend. it is one of the fastest—growing participation sports in the world, often because able—bodied paddlers and para—athletes can be in the same team, on the same boat. this week ijoined the hurricanes club at wraysbury, who teamed up with the national purple warriors

team, and junior members of the british team. when people work with one mind, they can even move a mountain. an old chinese proverb, which explains why 85 million people around the world now draw on the power of togetherness, racing in dragon boats. drum beats. it's a team sport that people of any age, any gender, any impairment, can participate in. so this sport has been going since it started in china 2,000 years ago.

it came to the uk via hong kong in the 19705 and it's all about teamwork and getting your paddles in sync. everybody in this boat, except you, bushell, is paddling at the same time as everybody else. and that is a sense of purpose, where you're all in this together. and this is why the sport is helping ex—service men and women on the purple warriors team to recover from injuries and rehabilitate. in a nutshell, it saved my life. i was really in a dark place, came up here and itjust sorted me out. it's like getting back in a team sport, the mentality of doing things together. working well as a team. which i loved when i was in the military. and finding a team sport that i can do with ms, it'sjust transformed me, really. the warriors have competed in international events as well, including one of the most famous, the racing carnival in hong kong. while atjunior level, great britain came home last year with world championship gold and silver medals. when you win a medal,

it's notjust your medal, it belongs to everybody. you really push each other on. so obviously, the technique takes quite a while to get used to. i'm still getting used to it. i didn't start that long ago. but everyone is different out there and everyone can do it. two! four! seven! most races are 200 metres or 500 metres, and you're flat out at times like this. that is some feeling, when you've got 18 people at the same time, all paddling in synchronisation. oh, heck. by far the most precarious position on the boat is the drummer's seat, where you have to follow the paddle of the lead stroke and try and keep everyone in time at the back by drumming. and to end with another chinese proverb, a good drum does not have to be beaten hard.

ican i can understand why nigel, the steersman shouting instructions, was getting a bit frustrated with me. you gave it a good go, it's really fast! how far do they race? 200, 500 metres or there is a two kilometre tea m metres or there is a two kilometre team pursuit race. it's worth going to see in liverpool. there's over 20 clu bs to to see in liverpool. there's over 20 clubs tojoin to see in liverpool. there's over 20 clubs to join around the country, it's a fantastic sport to get into. plenty of clubs to go and join. looks like good fun. concerns have been raised about the drop in the number of people getting the vaccination for shingles, just five years after it was first introduced. public health england say around 200,000 eligible people didn't take up the free vaccine

in the last year. let's get more details from mary ramsay, head of immunisation at public health england. good morning. how worried are you buy these figures? we aren't that worried because there is still time for people to get the vaccine. it doesn't have to be at a particular time of year. we are trying to encourage people to get vaccinated if they are in the right age group. people aged 70 and 78 are eligible. if they've been eligible over the last five years they can still get it up to the age of 80. what is shingles? it is caused by the virus that causes chickenpox. as you get older, if you're immune system drops you can get a painful rash usually on one side of the body. it can be the chest or the face and can have some quite nasty complications. one of the most worrying is prolonged pain which can go on for weeks and

months afterwards. it's particularly common as people get older. that's why we target people aged 70. are we getting a bit complacent? we think it's gone away so we don't really hear the headlines or see people with it so we think we don't need it after all? shingles isn't a disease that come in epidemics but it's something you can get at any point. it's not something that will ever really go away. people who have had chickenpox will always be at risk. this is a vaccine for older people and most people think immunisation is about children. in childhood are vaccine coverage is very high and vaccination is seen as a normal part of growing up. we want to make it also something about staying healthy as your older as well. are there any side effects? very occasionally it can cause a mild rash around the site. there are a small number of people who can't have the vaccine if

they have a immune problem, for example if they are on steroids or cancer treatments. if they've had leukaemia they shouldn't get the vaccine. 2—3% of the population shouldn't get the vaccine. is it something you're told you need to get, or should you proactively be going and getting it? it's a bit of both. that age group are generally going to the doctor quite a lot and when we started the programme it was given alongside flu which is given to every over 65. you do get called in to that —— in for that. at the moment we are trying to encourage people not to wait until the flu season, to go in at any point. as soon as their birthday they can make the appointment. who can get it and where? how do they ask for it? it's the legal gp. people who turned 70 this year or 78 this year and then

anyone who was in those age groups for the last five years since it came in. almost everyone between 70 and 79 can get it but there is a two year age group who will have to wait. if you go to the gpu can make an appointment and the practice nurse will usually give it to you —— if you go to the gp you can make an appointment. thank you. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. it's going to get worse before it gets better, is that right? yes, for some of you there is some pretty nasty weather on the way particularly across central and eastern england. you can't argue with a start like this in the highlanders. blue skies overhead. northern and western areas with the sunshine at times. once again that area through the midlands and east anglia and parts of lincolnshire, outbreaks of rain. be prepared for

that. it is moving northwards and eastwards at the moment. around it we've got some sunny spells but within that will see some showers developing. as that zone of wet weather moves north it means some south—eastern counties may brighten up south—eastern counties may brighten upa bit. south—eastern counties may brighten up a bit. across devon and cornwall and into west wales there is a chance of a fuchsia hours. if you show was breaking out across northern england but still some sunny spells. the showers that we see in northern ireland and scotland could be heavy with hail and thunder. temperatures up to 13, pleasa nt thunder. temperatures up to 13, pleasant enough with the sun on your back. in parts of lincolnshire and yorkshire it may be only 7—8d at times. overnight the rain turns

patchy. showers in the north and west will fade. a bit chilly as well. waking up to a frost, temperatures of “i! last night in the highlands. again, sunny spells with mist and fog clearing. a few showers here and there but many of you will stay dry. the breeze will be picking up stay dry. the breeze will be picking up later which will keep the chill in place. later in the day the rain arrives in the south—east corner. this area of low pressure bringing very wet and windy weather. if you're outdoors on monday, stay tuned to the forecast because we are likely to see very heavy rain at times. strong winds as well with travel disruption. lots of water on the roads. heavy and persistent rain moving towards the midlands, edging further west through the day. at the moment the far west of england will stay predominantly dry but

increasingly breezy. the northern pa rt increasingly breezy. the northern part of england could stay dry too. temperatures this weekend around 13 but through the midlands and way easier bit of sleet on the hills only 11—5 degrees in the afternoon. yes it's called but the first week of may sees warmer weather and by the end of the week back up to the mid and high teens across eastern areas. enjoy your saturday. he always ends on a high note, doesn't he? litter on the streets and rubbish left to rot in soaring summer temperatures, unpleasant scenes which the people of birmingham would rather forget after strikes by bin collectors last year. but now the issue is dominating campaigning in the run up to next week's local elections. in the latest in our reports ahead of polling day, kathryn stanczyszyn has been to see how important bin collections are to voters. the hottest topic of this

conversation last summit in birmingham was rubbish. the labour run city council announced a revamp of its way service, changes some workers weren't happy with that led to the sort of publicity a city doesn't want. we can see the scale of the problem. good morning... the resulting strike led to weeks of misery, with bin bags piled high across the city. it was resolved when the council gave in to some of their demands. although the bin bags have gone, the memory lingers. now the question is, how much will it affect this year's local election? does this bring back memories? yeah! what of? oh, crows pecking at the man's rubbish everywhere. how big an issue or the bins for people in this election? it will be a clear memory

to people so will probably have a big impact. said the council not to respond in a better way than they did is really, you know, unacceptable, in a way. but... will it affect the way you vote in the local election? of course. does this remind you of anything? does it bring back memories? rubbish. yeah. flies, birds, rats, mice, everything. how are you feeling about the way the council handled it at the time? i think they did the bestjob at the time? i think they did the best job they at the time? i think they did the bestjob they can. at the time? i think they did the best job they can. it's notjust residents putting waste at the top of the agenda. for the opposition parties 90% of the campaigning has been an bins, waste, recycling. the city council under labour hasn't cove red city council under labour hasn't covered itself in glory in this area and it's obviously an area they are looking to exploit. labour says it is creating a waste service that the zist is creating a waste service that the 21st century while keeping weekly bin collections. conservative

opposition says labour wasted £7 million on the strike and they would scrap the strategy and come up with a better one. the liberal democrats say they have fresh ideas to tackle fly—tipping and improve street cleaning and the green party say they would be better and sorting out recycling. this year the council elections in birmingham are a bit different. all seats are up for grabs different. all seats are up for gra bs after different. all seats are up for grabs after some fairly substantial boundary changes and a reduction in the number of councillors. labour has a large majority and it would be a big upset if they lost control. the way a council handles its bins might bea the way a council handles its bins might be a mark of its success but some don't believe last year's rubbishes this year's problem. people have short memories. rubbishes this year's problem. people have short memorieslj rubbishes this year's problem. people have short memories. i think initially they blamed it on the council but then i think the banks when it came to the bin men themselves, as it was being collected people forget and move on. most people have forgotten about it probably by now, unless you remind them about it. sorry about that. you can find out more

about the local elections in england on the bbc news website. 250 years ago captainjames cook set sail from plymouth on the hms endeavour. he discovered the coasts of new zealand and australia and was the first to cross the antarctic circle. now, the story of one of the greatest explorers of all time is being told through documents and maps in a new exhibition. laura walker has curated cook's voyages at the british library, shejoins us now. good morning. this is a fantastic exhibition and brings together all of these different elements that maybe we haven't seen before. what have you put together? the exhibition mainly contains the original artwork, exhibition mainly contains the originalartwork, charts exhibition mainly contains the original artwork, charts and handwritten journals from the voyages. handwritten journals from the voyages. that's why it's quite special, because so much of the material was done on the voyages. there's a range different artists

from the first to the third voyage and there's also really special loa ns and there's also really special loans of artefacts and specimens as well. we can see some of the images because we've got the map of new zealand. this is really significant because captain kirk charted new zealand for the first time. one of his main skills was as a cartographer. the his main skills was as a ca rtographer. the charts his main skills was as a cartographer. the charts he made was so accurate. it was thought at the time that new zealand might be the tip ofa time that new zealand might be the tip of a great southern continent. at the time they thought there should be a great landmass at the southern hemisphere to balance what is that the north. so they thought the tip of that might be new zealand. then when they got there and circumnavigated they discovered that wasn't the case. this next image is one of your favourites. explain what's going on. this image showsjoseph

explain what's going on. this image shows joseph banks the explain what's going on. this image showsjoseph banks the naturalist on the voyage exchanging a crayfish with a maori. it's by a polynesian artist and shows him drawing in a european style which was incredibly unique. what sort of age are we talking about and where have these things come from? where have they been since the voyage? different collections have come down in different ways but the majority of our collection has come through joseph banks. he was one of the founding fathers of the british museum collection which has ended up now museum collection which has ended up now in the british library and the natural history museum. we've got this post a image byjohn webber. this is from the third voyage. the aim was to find a northwest passage and it's a beautiful depiction of vancouver island. it shows the ship

the resolution. it shows people approaching the ships to trade, particularly for metals in exchange for provisions. we've got icebergs as well, this is another really impressive beautiful drawings. one of the things people don't really know about captain cook is he was the first across the antarctic circle. we've got for images of icebergs on display for the first time in london and these are the first images of icebergs. people hadn't heard about them in europe before so it was really exciting. they discovered they were made of fresh water so they could drink them. such different styles. each of them. such different styles. each of them give us such an insight into what went on. some of the really tough conditions. looking at the icebergs you realise how difficult it was. it must have been incredibly

dangerous and frightening, especially sailing into the antarctic. they were and tiny ships without radar or communications. they were literally on their own. a lot of previous explorations people hadn't come back. there is also the matter of eating and there's an interesting image of a squid beak. yes. this is a really amazing item which we borrowed from the royal couege which we borrowed from the royal college of surgeons. the squid was found floating in the ocean by joseph banks. he collected it, had most of its dinner and the beak was brought back and is now available from research. it's amazing the impact he's had. i always tried to mention middlesbrough and breakfast but i have a legitimate reason, he was from middlesbrough and everything is named after him. there's all kinds of elements. he's made a big impact, notjust in

middlesbrough! laughter he really did. it were his skills at charting which opened up the pacific and also had some negative effects with the imperial legacy there. it meant that before captain cook nobody knew what was there in the pacific. you've got gulliver ‘s travels where people imagine things but he really brought that knowledge back. thank you for coming in. that is all we've got time for this morning. we'll be back here on bbc one tomorrow from 6:00. until then, whatever you do, have a good day. bye— bye. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 10am. alfie evans, the toddler at the centre of a legal battle over his treatment, has died. his father said in a tweet ‘my gladiator lay down his shield and gained his wings. absolutely heartbroken.‘ cabinet colleagues rally

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