hello — this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. the home secretary has quit over claims she misled parliament. amber rudd has been under pressure over what she knew about deportation targets for illegal immigrants and her handling of the windrush scandal. cabinet colleagues have tweeted about their sadness over the resignation, but labour say the prime minister now has questions to answer. good morning — it's monday 30 april. also this morning: sainsbury‘s and asda are expected to announce details of their plans to merge this morning in a deal that could be worth 10 billion pounds. the deal would create britain's biggest retailer but what could it mean for prices, competition and jobs? in sport, it's a magnificent seven for celtic. they're champions of scotland

again after thrashing rangers to win yet another league title. and carol has the weather. good morning. we have some heavy rain and strong, gusty winds which could lead to some disruption. anywhere from lincolnshire to the isle of wight and all points east of that. for the rest of the uk, its sunshine and just a few showers. good morning. first, our main story. the home secretary has resigned, saying she inadvertently misled parliament. amber rudd came under fire for her part in the windrush scandal. pressure grew when she was questioned by mps, and appeared not to know whether her department had targets for removing illegal immigrants. our political correspondent, iain watson, has more. morning, home secretary! morning. for most of the past week, amber rudd has been under pressure. home secretary, will you resign over windrush? late last night, she did just that.

in a letter to the prime minister, she says she: . and that's why she's going. it was the windrush scandal that marked the beginning of the end for the home secretary. days of damning headlines about the treatment of legal migrants. but on wednesday, mps on the home affairs committee asked amber rudd about targets for removing illegal migrants. these words would end her cabinet career. we don't have targets for removals. she later said there had been local operational targets that she had not known about, and apologised. then on friday, the guardian obtained a memo, copied to the home secretary, referring directly to national targets. she said she had not seen it but in her resignation letter, she admitted she: . in response, the prime minister said she was sorry that amber rudd was resigning and that when you addressed the house in response, the prime minister said she was sorry that amber rudd

was resigning and that when you addressed the house of commons on the issue of illegal immigration, you answered questions put to you in good faith. but critics say the resignation should have come sooner, and labour now wants theresa may herself to address mps and answer questions on immigration. iain watson, bbc news. our political correspondent chris mason is in westminster this morning. amber rudd has gone, but what does this mean for theresa may? political weather the amber rudd is even worse. inevitability around what happened late last night, even though the prime minister and many senior conservatives were very, very keen to see her stay. why? two big

reasons. the home secretary is is one big office of state. add it into that, the very, very delicate mix that, the very, very delicate mix that theresa may faces in trying to concoct around the top table on that board issue of bragg said. amber rudd was seen as a vociferous former remain campaigner, somebody who is in the government was pushing for what is seen as a softer breaks it in terms of our relationship with the eu in little under a year ‘s time and in trying to select a replacement, theresa may has to try and keep that balance as it was and thatis and keep that balance as it was and that is very difficult because you tend to include home secretary is from within the top team already so she takes one for an existing cabinet minister, she creates another vacancy. within the next

couple of hours, we will hear to the new home secretary is. trying to work out who that big new name around the table will be. more on that throughout the morning. diane abbott, vince cable, will all be speaking. we might get the name of the new home secretary before the end of the programme. more details about a possible 10 billion pound merger deal between sainsbury‘s and asda are expected at 7 o'clock. the two supermarket giants have confirmed that talks are at an advance stage. ben's here with more. a huge announcement. the biggest shakeup of the retail sector in more thana shakeup of the retail sector in more than a decade if it happens and the reason we get that information at seven o'clock is the two companies are forced to do that before the stock market opens. we are expecting to hear confirmation these two firms have agreed on a deal. that would

see the two firms come together. currently owned by walmart but sainsbury's says it wants a bit of it and this map tells you all you need to know about why the deal might get the go—ahead. asda is pretty dominant in the north of england, sainsbury's in the south and a lot of people were expecting it to get referred to the competition authorities, but they say you would hold too much sway in the market. 29% of the grocery market. tesco has about 27%. it's not a big difference but it would make it the biggest. lots of questions about the future of the firm. if they have got a couple of stores together, but the other question is, whether there is a difference in that term of sainsbury's has those high street convenience stores, asda relies on most big out—of—town warehouses.

150,000 most big out—of—town warehouses. 150 , 000 staff at most big out—of—town warehouses. 150,000 staff at sainsbury's, 165,000 at asda. a huge coming together at this is confirmed and we will talk to the boss at 7:50am and get a few more details. people having fun with what they might be called. they said they will keep the two distinct brands. but how do you do that? asda is a bit cheaper than sainsbury's. you would go with the one that is cheaper, surely. very interesting. thank you very much. eight people are being treated in hospital after a bus crash in glasgow. the single decker bus overturned at about seven o'clock last night, on a slip road near the clyde tunnel. police scotland says one person is in a critical condition, two others are seriously hurt and five are stable. a vigil has been held for the 10 people killed when a van ran into pedestrians on a busy street in toronto last week. before the event, thousands of people took part in a walk of ‘healing and solidarity‘ following the route of the attack.

prime ministerjustin trudeau attended alongside political and religious leaders. myanmar leader aung san suu kyi will meet with representatives from the united nations security council later today to discuss the treatment of the country's rohingya muslims. around 700,000 people have fled to neighbouring bangladesh since violence broke out in rakhine state last august. 0ur correspondent nick beake is in yangon in myanmar. nick, what are the hopes for this meeting? the reality is, this is the biggest refugee crisis in the world. we heard from the british diplomat on the strip yesterday and she said it is very sad but there is nothing they can do to stop the immediate suffering of these people. we also heard from the russian diplomat who said there is no magic wand and another diplomat said they were not

here to apportion blame. that begs the question, what are they going to do with this visit? some human rights groups want the delegation to put real pressure on the burmese authorities however the international community needs to try and win some sort of guarantee from the burn these that they will guarantee the rights of any rohingya who do come back to this country, that they will be safe, given citizenship, and won't face further persecution. a nationwide campaign calling for victims of any unwanted sexual behaviour to report offences to police launches today. the every report builds a picture highlights how multiple statements from different people can help british transport police gather information on perpetrators. a previous campaign three years ago led to a 36 per cent increase in arrests recorded by transport for london. specialist cancer nurses are being run ragged due to high vacancy rates, according to a new report from the charity macmillan cancer support.

one in 10 posts are unfilled in some parts of england, but the government says it aims to reverse this by increasing nurse training places. fran woodard, from macmillan, said the shortage was impacting patient care. this means that patients is that they are not receiving this specialist care from nurses that they are requiring during their cancer treatment and what we are seeing is a huge level of variation in the number of cancer patients these nurses have to look after and some, only having, say, 60, looking after lung patients, but in other parts of the 200 and this shows us that certain patients will not be receiving the critical expert specialist care that this —— that these nurses have trained many years to deliver. street parties will be able to show next month's royal wedding live, without having to pay for a tv licence. a premises must be covered by a tv licence if it wants to show

live tv or use the iplayer, but this can be waived in exceptional circumstances. the bbc has decided to do just that for prince harry and meghan markle's nuptials on the 19th of may. a brazilian surfer has broken the world record for the biggest wave ever ridden. you canjust about see rodrigo koxa surfing the 24.4 metre wave in portugal last november, but his record has only now been confirmed. he said winning official recognition for his achievement was the best day of his life. this is a particular place in

portugal under all those people standing. that was intense. did you attempt to stand up? no, i nearly caused an incident. white is that not surprise me? as i was gliding m, not surprise me? as i was gliding in, i nearly took someone out.|j not surprise me? as i was gliding in, i nearly took someone out. i bet you can surf as well. they can. of course. the rest of us humans have to get a life. surfing is really, really ha rd. to get a life. surfing is really, really hard. if you are a rangers fan or you really hard. if you are a rangers fan oryou are really hard. if you are a rangers fan or you are steven gerrard,

perhaps thinking of being the next rangers manager, a pretty poor day. celtic have won the scottish premiership title for the seventh year in a row they sealed it with a 5—nil thrashing over their city rivals rangers — manager brendan rodgers said the achievement was even better than last season. manchester city have been knocked out the women's champions league by an england player — lucy bronze scored the winning goal for lyon in their semifinal. chelsea are also out. lewis hamilton is top of formula 0ne's drivers championship this morning after his first win of the season in azerbajan. he got lucky when his mercedes team mate valteri bottas got a puncture whilst leading in the closing stages. and after winning gold at the commonwealth games, chris and gabby adcock are european badminton champions again — they're the first british pair to succesfully defend a european title for 32 years. we haven't got the latest version of

the guardian. but it is their investigation, the reaction to that and other things of course, that amber rudd has now resigned. this is of course before it. the news came out. ten o'clock, but she resigned. it went to her not having resigned. quite impressive. you this is the story which dominates all the front pages. we will talk to diane abbott

a bit later on. urged not to rush recovery after leaving rehab clinic, ant. also a story about roadworks and potholes which is a pet subject of most of our viewers. questions are coming to me. slightly awkward hand position there. did you see the

story on the weekend, a pothole someone story on the weekend, a pothole someone had been complaining about for a year someone had been complaining about fora yearand it someone had been complaining about for a year and it hadn't been touched? there it is, a cake and various different people... they are having a bath in it, a paul party, someone having a bath in it, a paul party, someone going diving in the pothole. it wasn't planned, said that and you managed to unveil it —— pool party. the front page of the ft? the biggest story in town! you will notice a recurring theme, no one knows how much it will be, the figures range from £10 billion, £12 billion and £15 billion, the merger between sainsbury's and asda, and there's different numbers about the market share, we're talking about tesco having about 28%, sainsbury's and asda having about 30%, that is dominating all the business pages and other headlines, opposition to the £15 billion grosser deal,

questions about who will run it, expected to be mike cooper, the boss of sainsbury's, i'll talk to him later and looking at the history and how they have become dominant in the south and the north and what that means for business. the sun has the numbers, the turnover, how many employees and stores they will have, and the concern is the number of stores that may be forced to close under the terms of the merger.l great story in the guardian today about the women's rugby final yesterday, saracens beat quins, fantastic game, very tense, but it was great to watch, brilliant performance from both teams, and i love the quote from maver, who said yesterday how do you become the best athlete you can be and hold down a full time job, athlete you can be and hold down a full timejob, i athlete you can be and hold down a full time job, i wanted athlete you can be and hold down a full timejob, iwanted professional or semiprofessional rather than earning money to live at this level of sport. a good piece in the mail

today, if you could assist, thank you very much. a depressing warning ahead of liverpool's champions league second semi—final against rome on wednesday. they are talking about the level of violence that can exist at these matches, they are warning liverpool fans to be careful and i'm sure anyone going to rome knows of the dangers and those of the history and that is one of them. they have got a history of this, roma, uefa haven't done anything about it. a scary place to go and anyone who goes has to be careful, such a shame, it's going to be an incredible match. an update on claire foy, we mentioned this on brea kfast a claire foy, we mentioned this on breakfast a while back when it was revealed she didn't get the same as her co—star for the queen, and

revealed she didn't get the same as her co—starfor the queen, and she has £200,000 of back pay. two pictures to show you, the first one isa pictures to show you, the first one is a cloud formation, which was spotted to be... the shape of the united kingdom. i'm not sure that comes out very well on the tv.l little bit there. talking about the royal wedding, mike tindall is famous for having a broken nose, nine times in his career he has broken his nose, a quick before and after, here he is before, quite small, sorry about this, here he is with his broken nose and wait for it... wait for it... wait for it! he does look different. he has had its straight for the royal wedding. which is the before? what do you mean? maybe it is the way the paper is folded. he looks really different. there you go. i can't

believe he's had it done for the royal wedding. it's believe he's had it done for the royalwedding. it's a picture believe he's had it done for the royal wedding. it's a picture that lasts a long time. he didn't have it done for his own wedding! good point, sally! thank goodness you are here! let's find out what's going in, con in the weather. is it two hands—on the brolly? it is for some, torrential rain and also very strong winds across parts of eastern and south—eastern england and if you were to take a line from lincolnshire to the isle of wight and all points to the east, that's where we're looking at the potential for some disruption. of course, young trees are now in bud, we've got some leaves out with the saturated soil, that won't help with the strong winds, so not a brilliant combination, especially if you're travelling. the culprit is this low pressure from france. bringing heavy and persistent rain, especially in east anglia and the south—east, a

wee bit of a? —— wee bit of a question about how far this will travel. coastal gales inland, very windy, big strong gusts but moving out to the west and we are into something more quiet in south—west england, wales and the west midlands and northern england. in scotland and northern england. in scotland and northern ireland it is a quiet start with patchy mist and fog, that won't last too much longer and a cold start with frost in scotland. through the day the best of the sunshine will be in the north and west. persistent rain and gusty winds and temperatures as a result fairly depressed, weren't we all be? maximum of seven, should be 15 or 16 at this time of year but in the sunshine, double figures 1a for example in edinburgh. heading on through the evening and overnight, we will still have the rain but it is starting to pull away slowly in

the direction of the north sea, clearing east anglia and also kent last. a ridge of high pressure coming in behind, a cold night, and then later we also have another front coming in from the atlantic and that will introduce some more rain with the cloud building all the time ahead of it. tomorrow morning we lose the rain, it clears into the north sea, a lot of dry weather comes in behind it, fairly settled conditions, but as the atlantic weather front comes in conditions, but as the atlantic weatherfront comes in introducing rain to western parts, notice the cloud will build ahead of it but something else you will notice, look at the temperature in london, about 12. still below par for the time of year but better than today and further north, temperatures still holding on but in the rain of course it will feel that bit cooler. that rain eventually crosses the country, into the south—east during wednesday and as it continues its journey to the near continent, behind it, sunshine and showers and some of the

showers could be heavy and thundery with hail and some will merge to give longer spells of rain. temperatures, nine in the north to about 12 or 13 going to the south. good news on the horizon, if this is a bit chilly for you, it will get a bit milder as we get to the end of the week. magnificent news. it's going to be may! about time we had some nice weather. we had one day, that was some! fewer professionals are coming to the uk to fill job vacancies, that's according to analysis by the work—based social media site linkedin. the research shows a 26% fall in professional migration from the eu over the last year. separate figures from the office for national statistics show net migration from the eu, the difference between those coming and those leaving, is at its lowest for five years. linkedin say there's also been a decline in people seeking work here from the rest of the world, down 20% since last year. let's speak to the managing

director of linked in's uk operation, josh graff. good morning, thanks forjoining us. tell us, first of all, where does this data come from, who are you looking at? this is based on the analysis of our 24 million members in the uk and half a billion around the globe and what we have seen is britain has been losing talent since the referendum. 0ver britain has been losing talent since the referendum. over the last two years, although some people expected an exodus immediately after brexit, the reality is migration patterns ta ke the reality is migration patterns take time to materialise and come to fruition. what we've seen is a gradual decline in the number of professionals moving from the eu to the uk over the last two years and in the last year alone it is down 26% and it's now become so acute that in the last quarter we've seen a net loss, more people leaving the country for the eu than coming to it. the latest net migration figures show an increase in the number of people coming to the uk, what's the

disparity, how do you explain that? this is based on our analysis of the labour market today. we look at people's profiles, when they update their profile. for example, today i'm linked as the country manager for linkedln uk, i am listed as in london, if i moved to france for a newjob it would count as someone moving from one location to another. that is supposing it is correct? people are thoughtful about what they put on their linkedln profile because it reflects their professional identity but the key challenge is not only are there less people moving from the eu to the uk and the rest of the world, there are certain industries really impacted. if we did a survey of hr professionals and recruiters, 44%, almost half, said the uk is less attractive since brexit and significantly, if you work in construction, healthcare or education, or manufacturing, these industries are finding it difficult

to attract workers. you are putting political spin on it, its data analysis, why are you doing that? 0ur long—term vision is to create economic opportunity for every memberof the economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce and to do that we think it's important to do that we think it's important to identify the trends in the labour market today, increasingly linkedln has become a great barometer for domestic and international talent trends and we feel by surfacing these trends we can help our members make the most informed decision, our customers and importantly policymakers as well. the real question is if you are a ceo of a british business, what do you do with this information? firstly it's about working with the head of your hr to see if these trends are impacting your business. they have seen impacting your business. they have seen the same trends? they should look at them and see if it is impacting them specifically. secondly and importantly it's about investing in your own team,

upscaling and preparing your team for the jobs of the future versus the jobs of the past and importantly it's about voicing your needs and concerns to business associations, government and policymakers so they can understand what the needs are of british business. josh graph of linkedin, thanks very much. —— joshua graff. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm tolu adeoye. an antiques dealer from south—west london is due to be sentenced later for killing his daughter. robert peters from raynes park strangled 7—year—old sophia with a dressing gown cord. it happened just over a month after a child protection team deemed him not to be a risk. the wife of a police officer killed in a crash in berkshire has spoken for the first time following the birth of their child. pcjames dixon died last december

when his unmarked police motorbike collided with a car on the a4. his wife samantha who is a family liaison officer with thames valley police says she first heard about the crash at work. asi as i started to read through it it was quite obvious it was dixy involved and i read a part where it says he was in traumatic cardiac arrest. well, my experience as a police officer tells me that he's not been declared dead but he's unlikely to survive it. a rare postcard sent by jack the ripper sent to ealing police station in 1888 is being auctioned off today. the card had been in police files until they decided the case was finally closed. it was then given to a constable as a memento for his retirement. it's thought it may go for around £1,000. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes there are minor delays on the metropolitan line.

otherwise it's a good service. 0n the railway, nothing reported yet but disruption and cancellations are expected this morning due to the weather conditions, so check before you travel. we can on the camera there, traffic is building up on the a2 london—bound on the approach to the kidbrooke interchange. west end, there will be delays on shaftesbury avenue for emergency drainage repairs east—bound at the junction with wardour street. in marylebone, devonshire street is blocked in both directions at the junction with portland place due to a burst water main. and finally in canning town, one lane is closed on the a13 east—bound between the canning town flyover and new barn street for emergency gas works. let's have a check on the weather now with rich davis. good morning. a very soggy start to things today, very rainy and quite windy out there as well. we have a yellow a weather warning in—place issued by the met office for heavy rain and some strong winds as well. as we had our way through this morning, you can see we've got this sea of blue in some parts, that rain could edge through the west through

this morning and through this afternoon it's looking like it's going to stay pretty wet and quite windy out there as well. temperatures not getting much higher than 7s, so quite a chilly day, and you can see the wind gusts up to 30, 40 mph. that rain will clear away overnight, we should see cloudy conditions becoming fairly dry first thing tomorrow morning and clear spells first thing with temperatures overnight pretty low, down to three, so overnight pretty low, down to three, soa overnight pretty low, down to three, so a chilly night ahead. as we go through to the rest of the week, you can see temperatures are steadily going to pick up, especially as we head to the bank holiday weekend. a few sunny intervals mixed in, the chance of one or two showers but on the whole thing is looking fairly wet today with things gradually improving through the rest of the week. i'm back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello — this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. coming up on breakfast this morning — we have reaction from across the political spectrum

to amber rudd's resignation, with shadow home secretary diane abbott and lib dem leader vince cable, as well as her former cabinet colleague chris grayling. sainsbury's is due to announce whether an expected merger with asda will go ahead. ben will speak to chief executive mike coupe. and after 9:00, we'll chat to legendary fashion photographer ellen von unwerth who launched the careers of kate moss, claudia schiffer and naomi campbell, to name a few. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the home secretary has resigned, saying she inadvertently misled parliament. amber rudd came under fire for her part in the windrush scandal. pressure grew when she was questioned by mps, and appeared not to know whether her department had targets for removing illegal immigrants. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, has more. morning, home secretary! morning. for most of the past week, amber rudd has been under pressure. home secretary, will you resign over windrush?

late last night, she did just that. and in a letter to the prime minister, she says she: . and that's why she's going. it was the windrush scandal that marked the beginning of the end for the home secretary. days of damning headlines about the treatment of legal migrants. but on wednesday, mps on the home affairs committee asked amber rudd about targets for removing illegal migrants. these words would end her cabinet career. we don't have targets for removals. she later said there had been local operational targets that she had not known about, and apologised. then on friday, the guardian obtained a memo, copied to the home secretary, referring directly to national targets. she said she had not seen it but in her resignation letter, in response, the prime minister said

she was sorry that amber rudd was resigning and that when you addressed the house of commons on the issue of illegal immigration, you answered questions put to you in good faith. but critics say the resignation should have come sooner, and labour now wants theresa may herself to address mps and answer questions on immigration. sainsbury's and asda are due to outline their plans for a possible 10 billion pound merger shortly, the biggest shake—up of the retail sector in decades. the supermarket chains confirmed over the weekend that they were in advanced talks about merging. the combined business — in its current form would be made up of more than 2,500 stores, representing almost a third of the uk grocery market. then has the boss of sainsbury's

later this morning. —— ben. eight people are being treated in hospital after a bus crash in glasgow. the single decker bus overturned at about seven o'clock last night, on a slip road near the clyde tunnel. police scotland says one person is in a critical condition, two others are seriously hurt and five are stable. a vigil has been held for the 10 people killed when a van ran into pedestrians on a busy street in toronto last week. before the event, thousands of people took part in a walk of ‘healing and solidarity‘ following the route of the attack. prime ministerjustin trudeau attended alongside political and religious leaders. representatives from the united nations‘ security council will travel to myanmar today to meet with the country‘s de—facto leader aung san suu kyi. they have been sent to investigate the treatment of the country‘s rohingya muslim population. over the weekend, they visited refugee camps in neighbouring bangladesh, which is now home

to more than 700,000 refugees. a nationwide campaign calling for victims of any unwanted sexual behaviour to report offences to police launches today. the every report builds a picture highlights how multiple statements from different people can help british transport police gather information on perpetrators. a previous campaign three years ago led to a 36% increase in arrests recorded by transport for london. specialist cancer nurses are being run ragged due to high vacancy rates, according to a new report from the charity macmillan cancer support. one in 10 posts are unfilled in some parts of england, but the government says it aims to reverse this by increasing nurse training places. fran woodard, from macmillan, said the shortage was impacting patient care. what this means for patients is they could not, in some areas,

receive this specialist care from nurses that they are requiring during their cancer treatment and what we are seeing is a huge level of variation in the number of cancer patients these nurses have to look after so some, only having, say, 60, in some parts of the country, looking after lung patients, up to over 200. this again shows us that certain patients will not be receiving the critical expert specialist care that this that these nurses have trained many years to deliver. street parties will be able to show next month‘s royal wedding live, without having to pay for a tv licence. a premises must be covered by a tv licence if it wants to show live tv or use the iplayer, but this can be waived in exceptional circumstances. the bbc has decided to do just that for prince harry and meghan markle‘s nuptials on the 19th of may. you were saying earlier that you are a surfer. not like this. the biggest

wave i have surfed his 1.5 metres. that is sizeable. a brazilian surfer has broken the world record for the biggest wave ever ridden. you canjust about see rodrigo koxa surfing the 24.4 metre wave in portugal last november, but his record has only now been confirmed. he said winning official recognition for his achievement was the best day of his life. that is in there. when the big sort of, what is it called, whitewater, it seems he is merging. he is still there. that‘s just pointing at him. he has called it the greatest achievement in the best day in his entire life. surviving is the big

one. so the jet ski drops off the top? they pull him in the jet ski. you can't have a limb. he is not sitting on his board. they are so big, you can‘t catch them like that. what's your favourite football dance? what's your favourite football dance ? you what's your favourite football dance? you like the robot. i love the way football is celebrating any kind of big win all kind of centre telepathically know what dunce to do. it's coming, any minute now. celtic have won the scottish premiership title for the seventh year in a row. they beat their city rivals rangers 5—nil and they‘re now just two short of the record of nine titles, which they already share with rangers. celtic can also win back—to—back trebles, if they beat motherwell in the scottish cup final. we wa nt we want to win the league, that‘s important, and you are playing against one of your big rivals, you wa nt to against one of your big rivals, you want to go and show that you can

play. i think what was really pleasing, they were very emotional games, unsettled games, so i was very pleased with that, the calmness and controlling the game is worth that intensity. we will improve again next year, we have two. but this group of players have been absolutely outstanding over the last couple of seasons but there is still a lot of work for us to do. come on, celtic. it's a dream come true. i sought last night, i always get nervous these games but no need to be nervous, it was magical. absolutely incredible, i loved it. come on, silks. brendan rodgers, he's done a marvellousjob. hopefully he gets ten in a row, do you know what i mean? fantastic. the premier league champions manchester city have history in their sights, after winning 4—1 at west ham. that took their total for the season so far to 102 goals — just one short of chelsea‘s record.

they‘re also closing in on the most points in a season, amongs other things. manager pep guardiola said the numbers were "incredible". i have spoken about these two men fears. these two men don't get on at all. the welcome was unusually warm for arsene wenger as he took his arsenal side to old trafford for the last time, former united boss sir alex ferguson putting old rivalries aside. but there was no room for sentiment on the pitch, as marouaine fellaini scored in stoppage time to give united a 2—1victory. manchester city women are out of the champions league after being outclassed by lyon in the second leg of their semi—final. and it was the former city player, england‘s lucy bronze, who scored the winner for the french side, who‘re going for their

third straight title. chelsea are also out, after losing to wolfsburg. lewis hamilton came through a dramatic azerbaijan grand prix to win his first race of the formula one season. he was down in third when the two red bull drivers crashed into eachother. that brought out the safety car and he got another slice of luck when his team—mate valteri bottas got a puncture in the closing stages. hamilton is now top of the drivers‘ championship. they got to apologise to the whole team. walking with your head down. i might need my helmet on to that apology. engand‘s chris and gabby adcock are european badminton champions for the second year in a row.

after winning gold at the commonwealth games, they beat the danish pair of christiansen and pedersen by two sets to one. the adcocks are the first english duo in 32 years to retain a european title. well done to them. thank you very much. the pressure had been building for days. and last night, amber rudd finally relented and resigned as home secretary. the first reaction from westminster came via social media. let‘s take a quick look at some. the environment secretary michael gove praised amber rudd‘s bravery and humanity, saying he hoped she‘d be "back soon" because "we need her". labour‘s deputy leader tom watson said amber rudd was "carrying the can for the person originally responsible for the scandal — theresa may". and the former ukip leader nigel farage referenced ms rudd‘s credentials as a remainer, saying her replacement as home secretary must support brexit. "no excuses". let‘s speak to professor andrew russell, head of politics at the university of liverpool. good morning to you. they you for

joining us. did she have to go in the end? i think the buildup of pressure was just relentless and after the attempt on saturday to try to hold the position which was basically to say, yes, i have been briefed, but i haven‘t quite got to it, putting in a very different position. from there, you need a watertight defence. yet to be clear there are no e—mails, no of communication. i think from there on m, communication. i think from there on in, it was always a very weak defence. we are now back to the home secretary with the job we have a lwa ys secretary with the job we have always anticipated before, which is always anticipated before, which is a very precariousjob. always anticipated before, which is a very precarious job. the always anticipated before, which is a very precariousjob. the person that rewrote that assessment was theresa may who had hung on to six

yea rs theresa may who had hung on to six years as home secretary. was amber rudd displaced by that, the person she replaced was essentially her boss and even if she wanted to change some of those policies, she couldn‘t. change some of those policies, she couldn't. it is key, and are all sorts of reasons, not least after brexit and how immigration was going to be front and centre of the political landscape, not just in to be front and centre of the political landscape, notjust in the eu but everywhere, the home secretary was going to be high—profile anyway but when the predecessor is in number ten, it was doubly clear that she was almost a kind of lightning rod or human shield for people who want to get retrospectively at the prime minister‘s record as home secretary. a lot of people using that analogy ofa human a lot of people using that analogy of a human shield. now she is gone, what position does that leave the prime minister in? we don‘t know how long the fuse is

and what other communications might be unearthed as the weeks go on, of course. but i do think it is now two yea rs course. but i do think it is now two years since the prime minister became prime minister, so there‘s that distance there, but it‘s almost with theresa may the pressure is just almost relentless and we‘ll just almost relentless and we‘ll just move onto the next set of pressures . just move onto the next set of pressures. this is another reminder of how a government with a very... a government in a precarious position, minority government, will face pressure from all sides and now the next task is who replaces her. another difficult position, another balancing act. what about amber rudd potentially coming back into government, you saw from those m essa g es government, you saw from those messages and maybe one of the reasons why they tried hard to hold onto her, she is well liked and respected and potentially a future

leader of the tory party, is there a route back in for her? she was held in high regard, not only in the role she played in the remain campaign during the year referendum, but looking back to the general election last year, she stood in for theresa may at the leadership debate so she was thought of as a very safe pair of hands. in those circumstances you think this is the profile of someone who could come back but she does have a wafer thin majority in her own constituency and she‘s only been an mpforsix own constituency and she‘s only been an mp for six years and normally ministers who resigned have to take a while before they come back and the next general election might be too soon. could she be damaging on the backbenches? that is up to her. it's the backbenches? that is up to her. it‘s clear ministers who resigned and are replaced often become a rallying point for dissent and the focal point for criticism —— resigned. she may know interesting things about government policy,

especially on immigration, it could be embarrassing for the government as time plays out so it is up for her the role she wants to play as a backbencher. we don't know her replacement, where would you put your money? in terms of predictions, who can tell, it‘s hard to say. i would say this is a very important post and it might be worth shuffling somebody who is already in a big post into an even bigger post. thanks for your time this morning. we will speak to chris grayling, liberal democrat leader vince cable and shadow home secretary diane abbott later in the programme. you‘re watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: the home secretary, amber rudd, has quit saying she inadvertently misled mps over targets for removing illegal immigrants. plans for a proposed £10 billion merger of sainsbury‘s and asda are due be announced later this morning. ben will have more for us. it has gone all cold again.

here‘s carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. not quite 24 metre waves in the background? absolutely not, i‘m glad to say, but there could be large waves crashing on shore and the risk of coastal flooding because we have potentially disruptive weather on the way. heavy rain, strong, gusty winds coming in across parts of eastern and south—eastern england. take a line from lincolnshire to the isle of wight, all points in east are likely to see that combination and some disruption possible. courtesy of this area of low pressure which will move through the day further west, the exact western extent of the rainfall is open to a bit of doubt but what we think at the moment is this. this morning we have the rain coming in across east anglia and the south—east of england. that will be heavy and persistent, especially in east anglia were locally we could have as much as a team in the metres. that is just over three

inches but widely between 30—40 millimetres. further west, inches but widely between 30—40 millimetres. furtherwest, much drier with sunshine, but a chilly start in scotland and northern ireland and northern england and we‘ve got patchy mist and fog but that will lift and most areas in the west and north will see sunshine and light breezes. through the day the rain continues across the south—east, so lots of surface water around, a bit of spray on some of the roads, leading to nasty travelling conditions and under all of this the maximum temperature todayis of this the maximum temperature today is only going to be seven. it should be around 15 or 16. in the sunshine, quite a different story, we‘re looking easily at double figures. as we head on through the evening and overnight, the rain very slowly starts to push back towards the north sea. again, still moving through east anglia, in through kent, for example, and a ridge of high pressure builds in behind so quiet night with clear skies. again

tonight we could see frost, especially in the north, notjust in rural areas, we could see it in some towns, but meanwhile we‘ve got another weather front coming in from the atlantic introducing thicker cloud and rain. tomorrow that will advance eastwards but before it does, after a chilly start, lot of dry weather with a fair bit of sunshine around but ahead of this weather front producing this rain the cloud will start to build so the sunshine will turn hazier before the rain moves in. the other thing about tomorrow is the wind will not be as strong in the south—east, so as a result, with no rain, the temperature will be back up to 14 or 15. by wednesday, that rain will have crossed the uk overnight, getting into the far south—east, where it will slowly clear during the day. behind it, brighterspells, sunshine and showers but some of those showers could be heavy and thundery with some hail and some will merge to give stronger rain spells. temperatures, nine in the

north and 14 in the south. getting a bit milder by the end of the week, dan and lou. thank you, carol. lots of rain down the page! an announcement on an expected merger between sainsbury‘s and asda is due shortly. here‘s ben with the details. nine minutes to wait until we get more information. they will release it before the stock market begins trading, they have to get a move on as far as information is concerned. we‘ll get an update in the next ten minutes and it‘s expected to say that sainsbury‘s and asda have agreed to merge the biggest shake—up of the retail sector in decades. but why and what could it mean for staff and customers? retail analyst catherine shuttleworth is with me. good morning. good morning stoppila sunzu start with what we heard on

friday, able out of the blue that they were in advanced talks to merge. we will get the details this morning but why? there needs to be consolidation in this sector. we‘ve seen consolidation in this sector. we‘ve seen huge changes notjust in the way the market works but in the way we shop and it means to move forward and have any success and any growth, these two businesses have to do something radically different and this is probably the most radically different thing they could have done. it is adapt or die, we think of the retail market being sainsbury‘s, asda, waitrose, aldi, lidl, but now amazon delivering groceries! we have many others as well and as shoppers we are spreading our basket everywhere, the days of the big shop are gone, we wa nt days of the big shop are gone, we want convenience sometimes and then we wa nt want convenience sometimes and then we want to shop around other times. what that means for the big retailers is they are losing share in lots of categories and they need to consolidate and they need lots of

power to buy the best possible price stoppila sunzu about the stores, there‘s a lot of question about whether there will be too many or whether there will be too many or whether some will have to shut, so when we look at the impact on shoppers, what will that be? sainsbury‘s is stronger in the south, asda is stronger in the north, sainsbury‘s are stronger in northern ireland, asda in scotland so northern ireland, asda in scotland so there‘s crossover, interesting to see that this morning but neither business will divest of any stores and it will be up to the competitions and markets authorities to look at this. in the tesco book deal that went through recently, no one expected that to go through, that‘s the change and that‘s why this has moved forward, with aldi and lidl in the mix. what about the small ones in towns and villages, surely they will say we don‘t need more. the analysis by the cma will be ata more. the analysis by the cma will be at a postcode level, it will be about customer choice and that‘s

important. asda and sainsbury's wouldn‘t do this without putting the customer first because no one will pay more over the next few years and they want to deliver great value and that‘s what this deal will be about today. that is from a shopper's point of view, what about the staff, there‘s 150,000 in each roughly, big questions for them because the stores will stay open, great news, but there must be lots of consolidation behind—the—scenes as far as distribution and warehouses are concerned. and head office functions as well, there will be some changes but if they don‘t do this and they carry on the rate of loss of jobs this and they carry on the rate of loss ofjobs will be higher. this and they carry on the rate of loss of jobs will be higher. they will lose morejobs if they loss of jobs will be higher. they will lose more jobs if they don‘t consolidate? they can't continue in the same way so moving forward isn‘t an option for walmart or sainsbury‘s so an option for walmart or sainsbury‘s so moving forward will protect more jobs in the long run but there will be huge changes in terms of the kind ofjobs be huge changes in terms of the kind of jobs they be huge changes in terms of the kind ofjobs they do. be huge changes in terms of the kind of jobs they do. a word be huge changes in terms of the kind ofjobs they do. a word on the be huge changes in terms of the kind of jobs they do. a word on the boss, asda owned by the big american giant

walmart, they want to get rid of it and sainsbury‘s will take on asda? walmart will have mixed feelings about that this morning, there will be great emotion about this business, they bought it in 1999 and it‘s been very successful for them but the last couple of years in the uk have been tricky and they‘re looking at changing their international business. they have judith mckenna, a new bosman is of the international business, she comes from the asda stable, she is very talented and she wants to build up very talented and she wants to build up that strategy. —— a new boss, is from. we will speak to mike coupe in the next hour. i know you will stay with us so thank you for now. i will have that news for you just after 7am when we get it. more from me a little bit later. you're going to be busy this morning! thanks very much indeed! time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. we will have the national headlines for you at 7am. see you them. —— then. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m tolu adeoye. an antiques dealer from south—west london is due to be sentenced later for killing his daughter. robert peters from raynes park strangled sophia with a dressing gown cord. it happened just over a month after a child protection team deemed him not to be a risk. the wife of a police officer killed in a crash in barkshire has spoken for the first time following the birth of their child. pcjames dixon died last december when his unmarked police motorbike collided with a car on the a4. his wife samantha who is a family liaison officer with thames valley police says she first heard about the crash at work. as i started to read through it it was quite obvious it was dixy involved and i read a part where it says

he was in traumatic cardiac arrest. well, my experience as a police officer tells me that he‘s not been declared dead but he‘s unlikely to survive it. a rare postcard sent by jack the ripper sent to ealing police station in 1888 eight is being auctioned off today. the card had been in police files until they decided the case was finally closed. it was then given to a constable as a memento for his retirement. it‘s thought it may go for around £1,000. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, it‘s a good service on all lines. 0n the railway, nothing reported yet but disruption and cancellations are expected this morning due to the weather conditions, so check before you travel. 0n the roads, it‘s getting busy on the m25 anti—clockwise from junction 21 for the m1 as far as junction 19 watford. in chingford, the a406 north circular road is closed eastbound at the crooked billet interchange due to an accident. there is a lot of surface water in the underpass. in marylebone, devonshire street is blocked in both directions

at the junction with portland place due to a burst water main. and finally in canning town, one lane is closed on eastbound between the flyover and new barn street. that‘s for emergency gas works. let‘s have a check on the weather now with rich davis. good morning. well, it‘s a very soggy start to things today, very rainy and quite windy out there as well. we have a yellow a weather warning in place issued by the met office for heavy rain and some strong winds as well. as we head our way through this morning then, you can see we‘ve got this sea of blue in some parts, that rain could edge towards the west through this morning and through this afternoon, it‘s looking like it‘s going to stay pretty wet and quite windy out there as well. temperatures not really getting much higher than seven, so quite a chilly day too, and you can see the wind gusts to 30 or maybe 40mph. that rain will clear away overnight, we should see cloudy conditions becoming fairly dry first thing tomorrow morning, some clear spells first thing with temperatures

overnight pretty low, down to three, so a chilly night ahead. as we go through to the rest of the week, you can see temperatures are steadily going to pick up, especially as we head towards the bank holiday weekend. a few sunny intervals mixed in there as well, the chance of one or two showers but on the whole thing is looking fairly wet today with things gradually improving through the rest of the week. i‘m back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it‘s back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello — this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. the home secretary has quit over claims she misled parliament. amber rudd has been under pressure over what she knew about deportation targets for illegal immigrants and her handling of the windrush scandal. cabinet colleagues have tweeted about their sadness over the resignation — but labour say the prime minister now has questions to answer herself. good morning — it‘s monday the 30th of april. also this morning. in the next few minutes sainsbury‘s

and asda are expected to announce details of their plans to merge this morning — in a deal that could be worth 10 billion pounds. the deal would create britain‘s biggest retailer — but what could it mean for prices, competition and jobs? in sport, it‘s a magnificent seven for celtic. they‘re champions of scotland again after thrashing rangers to win yet another league title. carol as the weather. some potentially disruptive weather. some heavy rain accompanied by strong winds, the risk of flooding. move away from that of the west of the

uk, it's away from that of the west of the uk, it‘sa away from that of the west of the uk, it‘s a cold start. we will see you at a quarter past seven. the home secretary has resigned, saying she inadvertently misled parliament. amber rudd came under fire for her part in the windrush scandal. pressure grew when she was questioned by mps, and appeared not to know whether her department had targets for removing illegal immigrants. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, has more. morning, home secretary! morning. for most of the past week, amber rudd has been under pressure. home secretary, will you resign over windrush? late last night, she did just that. in a letter to the prime minister, she says she: . and that‘s why she‘s going. it was the windrush scandal that marked the beginning of the end for the home secretary. days of damning headlines about the treatment of legal migrants. but on wednesday, mps on the home affairs committee asked amber rudd about targets

for removing illegal migrants. 1974 these words would end her cabinet career. we don‘t have targets for removals. she later said there had been local operational targets that she had not known about, and apologised. then on friday, the guardian obtained a memo, copied to the home secretary, referring directly to national targets. she said she had not seen it but in her resignation letter, she admitted she: . in response, the prime minister said she was sorry that amber rudd was resigning and that when you addressed the house of commons on the issue of illegal immigration, you answered questions put to you in good faith. but critics say the resignation should have come sooner, and labour now wants theresa may herself to address mps and answer questions on immigration. iain watson, bbc news.

0ur political correspondent chris mason is in westminster this morning. amber rudd has gone — but what does this mean for theresa may? the home secretary, one of the key offices of state, particularly trick in the current context. as theresa may scans the political horizon for a replacement because of the balancing act around brexit that she has to strive for around the top table. there is a saying in politics that when you are explaining you are losing. amber rudd has been doing explaining to the best part of the last fortnight. it means she would run out of road as home secretary. having to suggest that government

targets were merely ambitions. when you spell ambition" target", you realise how much trouble as seen in ministers in. we are told the prime minister is likely to make that announcement within the coming hours, clearly keen to have a new occupier of the seat of the home secretary, sorted as quickly as possible. we can hardly see you any more because of the rain. then has sprinted in to tell us about the merger between sainsbury is an asda. —— sainsbury‘s and asda. this £10 billion merger. it‘sjust happened. then has sprinted in to tell us. the

give me if ijust read a little bit. they say that clearly, there is a big change. some of the confirmation that we have got. they are going to try and react to that. growing competition from the likes of amazon who are delivering groceries. also from the discount stores like aldi and lidl. it will be delivered through multichannels. that is a reflection of asda and sainsbury‘s delivering online. about 42 pages.

they have said that walmart, that owns asda, is getting rid of parts of the business. combined revenues of the business. combined revenues of £51 billion. we might let you go read it, and analyse it. up until now, we have talked about tesco being the biggest retailer. about 28% of the market. sainsbury is an asda combined, about 30%. expect the regulators to get involved. asda is dominant in the north of the country and sainsbury is dominant in the south. they say it is a complementary network of more than

2800 sainsbury‘s asda and argus, remember them? they say that they don‘t think there will be anyjob losses. thank you very much. if you fa ncy losses. thank you very much. if you fancy yourjob losses. thank you very much. if you fancy your job as losses. thank you very much. if you fancy yourjob as a journalist, that isa fancy yourjob as a journalist, that is a good test. give as the headlines. more details lieu, i promise. this bring you some other news this morning. eight people are being treated in hospital after a bus crash in glasgow. the single decker bus overturned at about seven o‘clock last night, on a slip road near the clyde tunnel. police scotland says one person is in a critical condition, two others are seriously hurt and five are stable. a vigil has been held for the 10 people killed when a van ran into pedestrians on a busy street in toronto last week. before the event, thousands of people took part in a walk of healing and solidarity following the route of the attack.

prime ministerjustin trudeau attended alongside political and religious leaders. myanmar leader, aung san suu kyi, will meet with representatives from the united nations security council later today to discuss the treatment of the country‘s rohingya muslims. around 700,000 people have fled to neighbouring bangladesh since violence broke out in rakhine state last august. 0ur correspondent nick beake is in yangon in myanmar. nick, what are the hopes for this meeting? what is the hope to come out of this meeting? this is the biggest refugee crisis in the world. the diplomats have acknowledged they have no short—term fixes to it however human rights groups are raging these diplomats to really a private boat -- apply diplomats to really a private boat —— apply pressure to the bernie ‘s authorities to get them to

acknowledge the scale of the problem and get the military to acknowledge that they were behind the persecution that drove out so many hunters of rohingya people last year however the un security council representatives have a difficult task you because they need the cooperation of the burmese authorities because if any rohingya do want to come back from the camps in bangladesh, there needs to be a guarantee that in the future, they will be safely received and given citizenship and crucially, they won‘t face further persecution in the future. a nationwide campaign calling for victims of any unwanted sexual behaviour to report offences to police launches today. the every report builds a picture highlights how multiple statements from different people can help british transport police gather information on perpetrators. a previous campaign three years ago led to a 36% increase in arrests recorded by transport for london. specialist cancer nurses are being run ragged due to high

vacancy rates, according to a new report from the charity macmillan cancer support. one in 10 posts are unfilled in some parts of england, but the government says it aims to reverse this by increasing nurse training places. fran woodard, from macmillan, said the shortage was impacting patient care. what this means for patients is they could not, in some areas, be receiving the specialist care from these nurses that they are requiring during their cancer treatment. what we are also seeing is a huge level of variation in the number of cancer patients these nurses have to look after so some, only having, say, 60, in some parts of the country, looking after lung patients, up to over 200. this again shows us that certain patients will not be receiving the critical expert specialist care that these nurses have trained many years to deliver. street parties will be able to show next month‘s royal wedding live, without having

to pay for a tv licence. a premises must be covered by a tv licence if it wants to show live tv or use the iplayer, but this can be waived in exceptional circumstances. the bbc has decided to do just that for prince harry and meghan markle‘s nuptials on the 19th of may. if you are planning a party, now you know that you can watch the telly. amber rudd‘s replacement as home secretary is expected to be announced this morning. but the liberal democrat leader sir vince cable says the problems at the home office go beyond the man or woman in charge. he says that recent events prove it‘s not fit for purpose. and sir vince cablejoins us now from westminster. was she right to go? she didn‘t have any alternative. i was expecting to hear a statement today. there are

obviously more documents which establish to she did actually know quite a lot about these so—called quotas and i‘m sure that pertinently she was misleading part —— parliament so it was inevitable but ina way, parliament so it was inevitable but in a way, the trouble is onlyjust beginning because the prime minister owns a lot of this. we have one of the departments of government is in terrible trouble and in a way, that is where the story begins. they have the windrush problem, the issues around the culture of the home 0ffice, around the culture of the home office, this hostile environment which is driven in part by these targets and the much bigger issue of competence. enormous numbers of files that get lost, massive delays you are dealing with problems. it is a mammoth task. first of all, the home office specifically. i use saying it is not fit for purpose? indeed. ten years ago, john reid,

the labour home secretary said the same. putting on one side is very, very difficult issue, windrush victims very terribly badly treated, how do you sort that out, it‘s a big issue. you‘ve got a department that doesn‘t function. i am an mp and every friday night, i get people coming because documents that were supposed to have been sorted out over six months ago, they have taken 18 months, they are losing their jobs and homes because of inefficiencies yet we are told under the brexit negotiations next year, the brexit negotiations next year, the home office is going to have to read your —— registered 3 million people? after their track record, it‘s impossible to see how they with this. a massive administrative incompetence associated with this.

in deportations, you are dealing with life or death matters. it‘s absolutely crucial that a fair assessment is made of somebody who is seeking asylum was alleged to have gotte n is seeking asylum was alleged to have gotten here illegally but the documents got lost. it needs careful consideration. if the officials are under pressure to deliver more and more numbers, then clearly, individuals are not going to be properly dealt with. that is what was happening in the case of windrush, people under pressure to get people out of the country so people i hear legally but were shortchanged with disastrous consequences. let's talk about wider defence implications, priti patel has gone, now amber rudd, damian

green, how significant are those losses ? green, how significant are those losses? there are others, justine greening left a few weeks ago, nicky morgan, on an individual level, very competent people, and the government is barely functioning in many respects. i think this is deeply worrying for the future. we‘re in the middle of this biggest challenge we are going to face for decades around the brexit negotiations, yet in key areas of government it simply isn‘t working properly and the government is, of course, having to balance the different factions in the party, which is proving highly unstable. will already be useful to you as a remain ally on the backbenches? -- will amber rudd. i‘m not thinking of it in those terms, no one knows how she will react, she might prove to be ultra— loyal to the prime minister. maybe she‘s been somewhat embittered by this experience, i don‘t know but

the political reality is there are very large numbers of conservative backbenchers who are now deeply disturbed by the direction of government policy, a feeling the negotiations have been badly handled. how are they going to deal with it? hopefully by working across party, i‘m trying to work with people in the conservative party and labour party in the wider national interest, hopefully they will deal with it that way. vince cable, you‘ve been in government, what is it like? 0bviously you‘ve been in government, what is it like? obviously you have so much to look at, to be a cross, give us an idea about the kind of pressure you are under. there is enormous pressure. i happened to be head of a very big department, we had seven or eight ministers at anyone point in time, enormous numbers of quangos that you‘re theoretically responsible for, but the crucial thing is you have to get your department on side, they have to believe in what you‘re doing, you have to stick up for them when they

make mistakes and they‘ll stick up for you. what‘s happened in this case is the ministers, the home secretary, lost the confidence of their own department because they blamed them for the things that were going wrong and that‘s something you should never never do as a minister. thanks for your time this morning, vince cable, liberal democrat minister. here‘s carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. a bit miserable in places this morning? not everywhere but in a few places, namely eastern parts of england and the south—east and this is where we have some potentially destructive weather. you can seejust have some potentially destructive weather. you can see just what i‘m talking about here. some could have 20-40 talking about here. some could have 20—40 millimetres in these areas, and locally in east anglia we could have as much as 70 or 80 millimetres, getting on for three inches or just millimetres, getting on for three inches orjust a bit more. it‘s

courtesy of this low pressure from france, taking a swipe at the south—eastern quarter, anywhere from lincolnshire to the isle of wight and all points east. this is where we will have the heavy, persistent rain and very windy conditions. inland gusts easily 34 mph plus, coastal gales, looking at large waves crashing on shore and possibly some small trees being uprooted for example. to the west, a wholly different story. a cold start to the day but a sunny one for many. patchy mist and fog around lifting quite readily, as will the frost in parts of northern ireland and scotland, and for many northern and western areas, some sunshine with fairweather cloud bubbling up through the day, not much more than that. meanwhile, we hang on the rain and also the gusty winds across the south—east and with that combination, not only will it lead to tricky travelling conditions, it‘s going to feel cold,

temperatures only seven. yesterday in high wycombe, the temperature got just above six. at this time of year it should be 15 or 16. however, if you‘re in the sunshine, we‘re looking at double figures, feeling pleasa nt looking at double figures, feeling pleasant at the time of year in lighter winds. as we head through the evening and overnight the low pressure producing all of this will continue to pull away moving off towards scandinavia, leaving a ridge of high pressure behind and under clear skies, a cold night with some frost, even in towns and cities in scotland, but in rural areas in other parts of the uk and at the same time the next weather front is coming in introducing thicker cloud and rain. before that moves across other western parts of the uk you can see lots of dry weather to start the day, a fair bit of sunshine, cloud developing and in comes the rain and ahead of this rain the cloud will be that bit thicker. temperature wise, up to double figures again in the south—east, different to what we‘re looking at today, drier, brighter and different to what we‘re looking at today, drier, brighterand milder. in the rain, it will feel pretty

chilly. as we head on into wednesday, the rain eventually gets down to the south—east and clears away, leaving us with sunshine and showers more notably in the north where some of those will be heavy and thundery with hail, some merging together and temperatures, 9—14. still a bit below where they should be but, dan and lou, they will pick up be but, dan and lou, they will pick up towards the of the week. that‘s nice to hear, thank you very much! let‘s have a look at today‘s papers. about 10pm last night the news of amber rudd came through, it has made most of the papers. the front page of the mail and they talk about the implications of it, they say her loss is a huge blow to theresa may. the times, they have the ready news on the right—hand side, if you‘ve... a picture from outside the national army museum, all in tears in trafalgar square for the seat new year. —— sikh. and britain‘s pothole

problem. the front page of the mirror, a man who police talked to after taking his partner to dignitaries, james howley, he‘s been talking about it inside the paper. cash biglia tass. —— dignitas. ben sprinted into the studio to tell us that the merger between sainsbury‘s and asda is on. there will be more detail from ben through the morning. no one is entirely sure of the amount of money involved, some say $10 billion, some say $15 billion, the boss will be here in half an hourfor more detail. there we go, amber rudd on the front page of the times bra and we have a story about mosquitoes, saying that tiger mosquitoes that

can carry things like zika and dengue fever have spread through half of france with authorities telling holidaymakers to use insect repellent. 0ne telling holidaymakers to use insect repellent. one little picture as well, mike tindall, he has had his nose straightened for the royal wedding. he broke it nine times playing rugby and he‘s going to the royal wedding and it has been straightened out. everyone is preparing, another story in the mail that prince harry is on a diet eating kale ahead of the royal wedding. lovely stuff, kale! good morning. the shortage of nurses in the uk has been the subject of lots of discussion recently. macmillan cancer support says specialist cancer nurses are being run ragged due to the increasing number of unfilled vacancies. the charity also says that those gaps are putting patients lives at risk. we‘re joined now by its chief nursing 0fficer, karen roberts. thank you very much for coming on and talking to us this morning. from

your perspective, what does this census highlight? good morning. i think the census is very clear, we are seeing difficulty in recruitment and retention of our cancer nursing workforce, but also a variation amongst our nurses in terms of how many new cancer patients they are actually being asked to look after on their caseload. we‘ve seen a growth in the workforce, but we‘ve actually seen a drop in the numbers of specialist nurses paid in the higher pay bands that have the more enhanced skills. you've worked as a nurse, i‘m sure you‘re regularly in contact with those on the front line in these roles, what‘s your experience and what are they telling you? my experience is telling me that the more patients who are on a nurse‘s specialist caseload with a

growing propensity and need due to changes in cancer treatment, but also the growing number of cancer patients, will make access to specialist nurses more difficult and that‘s particularly important from a point of diagnosis. patients really need access to somebody who can help guide them through the next steps on what to expect. also to be there and present to provide support and information. i wanted a bit more detail if possible, karen, on the practicalities of the shift. what is it like in that situation, can you hear me 0k? sorry, it'sjust a bit difficult at the minute. in terms of what it‘s like on the front line, what it‘s like on the front line, what nurses are telling me and what my experience is that where we‘ve got vacancies, clearly other nurses are having to pick up those

additional patients on their caseload. where it‘s very worrying particularly is around, for example, chemotherapy. chemotherapy administration is a highly specialist role and a highly specialist role and a highly specialist task for nurses to deliver. again, the pressure in order to get patients safely administered cancer treatment and safely through their treatment regime is causing a lot of pressure at the frontline. the government has said in their response the department of health and social care are committed to increasing nurse trading places and skills for specialist cancer nurses. are you confident in that, does it make a difference, is it sufficient?” think the planning is there and in place and clearly macmillan cancer support are working with government to develop the cancer nursing strategy. however, we do want to make sure that it‘s also adequately

resourced. again, i do think that the longer term is that the strategy will be developed, it is in progress, but again, we need adequate resources to deliver that cancer ca re adequate resources to deliver that cancer care to patients. thanks for talking to us. the chief nursing 0fficer karen roberts talking to us on breakfast this morning. coming up, carol will be talking to us coming up, carol will be talking to us about the weather because it is really chilly this morning.” us about the weather because it is really chilly this morning. i was really chilly this morning. i was really caught out this morning. i had to head back in for a slightly larger coat! lucky i listen to other broadcasters for the weather! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. see you in a couple of minutes. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m tolu adeoye. an antiques dealer from south west london is due to be sentenced laterfor killing his 7—year—old daughter. robert peters from raynes park strangled sophia with a dressing gown cord. it happened just over a month

after a child protection team deemed him not to be a risk. the wife of a police officer killed in a crash in barkshire has spoken for the first time following the birth of their child. pcjames dixon died last december when his unmarked police motorbike collided with a car. his wife samantha who is a family liaison officer with thames valley police, says she first heard about the crash at work. as i started to read through it it was quite obvious it was dixy involved and i read a part where it says he was in traumatic cardiac arrest. well, my experience as a police officer tells me that he‘s not been declared dead but he‘s unlikely to survive it. a rare postcard sent by jack the ripper to ealing police station in 1888 is being auctioned off today. the card had been in police files until they decided the case was finally closed. it was then given to a constable as a memento for his retirement. it‘s thought it may

go for around £1,000. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes, it‘s a good service on all lines. 0n the railway, nothing reported yet but disruption and cancellations are expected this morning due to the weather conditions, so check before you travel. let‘s take a look at the camera, in chingford the a406 north circular road closed eastbound at the crooked billet interchange due to an accident. there is a lot of surface water in the underpass. 0n the m25, there are queues anti—clockwise from junction 6 godstone to junction 5 for the m26 due to an accident. in marylebone, devonshire street is blocked in both directions at the junction with portland place due to a burst water main. and finally in canning town, one lane is closed on eastbound between the flyover and new barn street. that‘s for emergency gas works. let‘s have a check on the weather now with rich davis. good morning. well, it‘s a very soggy start to things today, very rainy and quite windy out there as well. we have a yellow a weather warning in place issued by the met office for heavy rain and some strong winds as well.

as we head our way through this morning then, you can see we‘ve got this sea of blue in some parts, that rain could edge towards the west through this morning and through this afternoon, it‘s looking like it‘s going to stay pretty wet and quite windy out there as well. temperatures not really getting much higher than seven, so quite a chilly day too, and you can see the wind gusts up to 30 or maybe 40mph. that rain will clear away overnight, we should see cloudy conditions becoming fairly dry first thing tomorrow morning, some clear spells first thing with temperatures overnight pretty low, down to three, so a chilly night ahead. as we go through to the rest of the week, you can see temperatures are steadily going to pick up, especially as we head towards the bank holiday weekend. a few sunny intervals mixed in there as well, the chance of one or two showers but on the whole thing is looking fairly wet today with things gradually improving through the rest of the week. i‘m back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it‘s back to dan and louise. bye for now.

hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. here‘s a summary of this morning‘s main stories from bbc news. theresa may is expected to appoint a new home secretary this morning, following the resignation of amber rudd. already under scrutiny for her part in the windrush scandal, ms rudd came underfurtherfire for appearing not to know about targets within her own department for removing illegal immigrants. earlier the liberal democrat leader sir vince cable said ministers must always retain good relationships with their senior civil servants. i think the crucial thing is, you have to get your department on side. they have to believe in what they are doing, you have to stick up to them when they make mistakes and they will stick up for you and what has happened in this case is the

minister, the home secretary, lost the confidence of their own department because they blamed them for the things that were going wrong and that‘s something you should never do if you are a minister. in the last hour, sainsbury‘s has confirmed plans to merge with asda. the supermarket chains confirmed over the weekend that they were in advanced talks. the combination represents almost a third of the uk grocery market. because of the size of the two supermarkets, the merger will have to be approved by the competition and markets authority. eight people are being treated in hospital after a bus crash in glasgow. the single decker bus overturned at about seven o‘clock last night, on a slip road near the clyde tunnel. police scotland says one person is in a critical condition, two others are seriously hurt and five are stable. a vigil has been held for the 10 people killed when a van ran into pedestrians on a busy street in toronto last week. before the event, thousands of people took part in a walk of ‘healing and solidarity‘ following the route

of the attack. prime ministerjustin trudeau attended alongside political and religious leaders. representatives from the united nations security council will travel to myanmar today to meet with the country‘s de—facto leader aung san suu kyi. they have been sent to investigate the treatment of the country‘s rohingya muslim population. over the weekend, they visited refugee camps in neighbouring bangladesh, which is now home to more than 700,000 refugees. a nationwide campaign calling for victims of any unwanted sexual behaviour to report offences to police launches today. the every report builds a picture highlights how multiple statements from different people can help british transport police gather information on perpetrators. a previous campaign three years ago led to a 36% increase in arrests recorded by transport for london. street parties will be able to show next month‘s royal wedding live,

without having to pay for a tv licence. a premises must be covered by a tv licence if it wants to show live tv or use the iplayer, but this can be waived in exceptional circumstances. the bbc has decided to do just that for prince harry and meghan markle‘s nuptials on the 19th of may. there is of course a football match as well that day. as you mentioned a few times before. we have confirmed timings for football folks. there few times before. we have confirmed timings forfootball folks. there is one at two o‘clock. timings forfootball folks. there is one at two o'clock. because they finish and i think we are the programme that picks up directly from the royal wedding. 20 programme that picks up directly from the royalwedding. 20 million people will be watching football focus. for the first minute or so. i will be coming straight from the

service, obviously. you should do that. you should be presenting in your top and tails. it is already in order. you will have to wait and see. we will have to watch. 24.4 metres, this, get that in your head. we have got a circle around the surfer who was on this wave. absolutely unbelievable. this is november last year, this is a record for the biggest wave ever surfed. brazilian rodrigo koxa, and it‘s taken a while for it to be confirmed, but it‘s about 80 feet to help you work it out but don‘t be confused by the jet ski on the top of the wave, he is the one just in the wash. at the end, he just sort of emerges. whoever did the round circle, thank you very much indeed. you‘ve got to be slightly mad. very

brave, nerves of steel. i loved the way you closed your eyes lightly when you said nerves of steel. slightly mad, i am with you. what can we predict about scottish foot ball can we predict about scottish football normally? celtic will win? who knows what will happen when rangers get a new manager. celtic have won the scottish premiership title for the seventh year in a row. they beat their city rivals rangers 5—nil and they‘re now just two short of the record of nine titles, which they already share with rangers. celtic can also win back—to—back trebles, if they beat motherwell in the scottish cup final. the fans clearly delighted.. come on, celtic! it's a dream come true. i saw it last night, i always get nervous with these games but no need to be nervous, it was magical. absolutely incredible, my third one, i loved it. come on, celts. fantastic! brendan rodgers, he's done a marvellousjob.

hopefully he gets ten in a row, do you know what i mean? fantastic. the premier league champions manchester city have history in their sights, after winning 4—1 at west ham. that took their total for the season so far to 102 goals — just one short of chelsea‘s record. they‘re also closing in on the most points in a season, amongs other things. manager pep guardiola said the numbers were "incredible". the welcome was unusually warm for arsene wenger as he took his arsenal side to old trafford for the last time — former united boss sir alex ferguson putting old rivalries aside. the amount of times i've said these two were a bit frosty with each other. they were mates all along. there was no room for sentiment on the pitch, as marouaine fellaini scored in stoppage time to give united a 2—1victory — but wenger enjoyed the occasion. that was a very nice gesture and i

would like to thank them, you know? it's would like to thank them, you know? it‘s very nice, very classy and there are big buckets here but the good thing is, in life, sometimes it finishes well. manchester city women are out of the champions league after being outclassed by lyon in the second leg of their semi—final. and it was the former city player, england‘s lucy bronze, who scored the winner for the french side, who‘re going for their third straight title. chelsea are also out, after losing to wolfsburg. lewis hamilton came through a dramatic azerbaijan grand prix to win his first race of the formula one season. he was down in third when the two red bull drivers crashed into eachother. then sebastian vettel made a mistake and valteri bottas got a puncture in the closing stages.

hamilton is now top of the drivers‘ championship. really quite an emotional race, to be honest. such an exceptionaljob today and he really deserved to have the wind. also sebastien did a great job. it was really fortunate. it‘s a little bit odd to be up here but i got to take it. i didn‘t give up, i kept pushing but a very untidy race for me. engand‘s chris and gabby adcock are european badminton champions for the second year in a row. after winning gold at the commonwealth games, they beat the danish pair of christiansen and pedersen by two sets to one. the adcocks are the first english duo in 32 years to retain a european title. they live together, train together, they never get sick of each other. they say it makes their game that are being together. one of them picks up the other one when they are

not so well, the other one is down and picks them up. it's a perfect relationship. it is, congratulations to them. at the world snooker championship, john higgins has booked his place in the quarterfinals. it could hardly have been easierfor him, cruising through against jack lisowski 13 frames to 1. higgins made three centuries including a break of 146 — the highest of this year‘s competition. the harder i thinkjack was trying, the worse it was getting for him and i was basically picking up the pieces but i said at the end, listen, everybody i think that has beena listen, everybody i think that has been a professional has been through essentially that did come back stronger, it makes you stronger sol am sure he will be back, he is such am sure he will be back, he is such a talented player, is one of best in the game. the jockey club has reported record annual turnover for last year. 1.9 million people went racing last year and two million people went to events at racecourses.

ican i can probably confirm that will not happen. why? miserable. we can do an unofficial one and we will go. the home secretary has said the main stories this morning. has said the home secretary, amber rudd, has quit saying she "inadvertently misled" mps over targets for removing illegal immigrants. plans for a proposed £10 billion merger of sainsbury‘s and asda are due be announced later this morning. ben was live on the sofa before. luckily i didn‘t forget that happened. it's a busy programme,

that be understandable. shall we catch up on the weather? some of us, it isa catch up on the weather? some of us, it is a cold start to the day before others, potentially disruptive weather the cards. i‘m talking especially about parts of eastern and south—eastern england. heavy rain accompanied by strong winds and coastal gales. a lot of spray on the roads. some large waves crashing on shore. all courtesy of this area of low pressure. being that combination. under that, it low pressure. being that combination. underthat, it does feel cold. the heaviest rain will be from the wash down to the isle of wight and all points to the east. you‘ll still see some rain from lincolnshire to the isle of wight. the heaviest will be in the areas that i mentioned. up to 60 millilitres of rainfall. without

towards the west, a chilly start. we have clear skies, a bit of sunshine around from the word go. just some patchy mist and fog. through the day for you, some cloud developing and it will feel pleasant. not so in the south—eastern quarter when we hang on to the heavy rain and also this strong, gusty wind. temperatures peaking at seven celsius. around about 15 or 16 at this stage. move away from that and into the sunshine, we are looking at double figures. as we had through the evening and overnight, the low pressure producing this rain will drift off in the direction of the north sea allowing a ridge of high pressure to develop across most of the uk, meaning clear skies, a cold night, some frost in rural areas and in scotland, we will even see some of that in the towns and cities but you can see the next atlantic front

coming our way. we start tomorrow on a chilly note. the rain romping in across northern ireland. into western fringes of the uk as we get through the course of the day, continuing its journey eastwards with more cloud building ahead of it as it does so and it‘s not going to be as windy in the south—east tomorrow. neither will it be so wet so tomorrow. neither will it be so wet so temperatures will be back up into double figures but if you are in stornoway under this rain, it will feel pretty chilly. you will see the rain cross us all, getting into the south—east before eventually pushing away. a lot of dry weather, and some showers. across the northern half of the country, some of those will be heavy and thundery. some will merge to give some longer spells of rain. we will see you later on,

particularly cold in some places this morning. rainy as well! just after 10pm last night, downing street confirmed that amber rudd had resigned as home secretary. the first reactions from westminster came via social media. the environment secretary michael gove praised her bravery and humanity, saying he hoped she‘d be back soon because we need her. labour‘s deputy leader tom watson said amber rudd was carrying the can for the person originally responsible for the scandal, theresa may. and the former ukip leader nigel farage referenced ms rudd‘s credentials as a remainer, saying her replacement as home secretary must support brexit. let‘s speak to a pair of politicaljournalists now. andrew pierce and kevin maguire are from the daily mail and the daily mirror, theyjoin us from westminster. good morning to you both and thanks for joining good morning to you both and thanks forjoining us on this windy, rainy day. andrew, there were people yesterday out there doing the rounds, supporting her, did she eventually did it become obviously

had to go? when we saw the latest lea k to had to go? when we saw the latest leak to the guardian, a letter she signed to the prime minister, a 4—page letter, not only revealing she was wanting to increase a target for illegal migrants, it was game over, not a matter of if but when. it's over, not a matter of if but when. it‘s ironic, if she answered the question in a straightforward way before the select committee last week, when did you introduce targets to re m ove week, when did you introduce targets to remove illegal migrants, i‘m not sure, orfudged it, she would be still home secretary. she hasn‘t gone because of the windrush scandal, she‘s gone because she couldn‘t tell the truth about targeting illegal migrants. what‘s wrong with the government having targets to remove illegal migrants, it is quite right, labour had them so it is quite right, labour had them so why shouldn‘t the tories? it is quite right, labour had them so why shouldn't the tories? let's go to targets, it became inevitable she had to go, kevin, would you

agree? it did when she claimed there weren't any targets and then we find a signed letter from her two theresa may discussing making those targets tougher and spending more money on them. she said inadvertently, other people would say how have you been so people would say how have you been so stupid. she denied them jobs and health treatment and in one case a mother claims her son died as a result. give us your point of view, do you think they will stay? targets are fine, we have them in the nhs, missed by this government. if you're

spending money on an immigration service you are setting targets, that's not the problem, one, she denied they were there when everybody knew, and secondly it was the context of the targets when her predecessor, theresa may, when theresa may wanted the hostile environment that began to persecute people living here legally in britain for decades, paying their taxes, pillars of the community and they got caught up in this frenzy of antimicrobial rhetoric and that's why amber rudd should have gone and theresa may has questions too. he seems to have forgotten the expression about hostile environment wasn‘t created by a conservative home secretary, but alanjohnston, the last labour home secretary, so theresa may as home secretary was merely carrying on that policy and its entirely right... it was a labour policy, kevin. the go home

vans. hang on. she was sticking to a policy first articulated in a speech bya policy first articulated in a speech by a labour home secretary, however, the per meditation was disastrous because it impacts on the windrush generation and it shouldn‘t have. they were british citizens invited here and it was shameful how they we re here and it was shameful how they were targeted. i want to ask you about the context and the future because andrew, she has been described, amber rudd, as theresa may‘s human shield, what does it mean for theresa may? of course she was enforcing a migration policy that was the brainchild of theresa may, the home secretary. that‘s why a lot of people said they would keep her there as long as possible. i suspect a lot of the poison has been drained from the swamp because the real problem wasn‘t the emotive stuff about the windrush generation, it was a home secretary incapable of telling it as it was before a select

committee of mps. if you mislead parliament, you have to go, she clearly wasn‘t on top of her brief and friends say she was more preoccupied with fighting terror and making the streets safer from terrorist attacks, but this story had been rumbling along for at least a week and she should have read into it and had all the facts at her fingertips. kevin, you were raising your eyebrows? he always does that. if misleading parliament was a capital offence there wouldn't be many mps left. amber rudd didn't believe the policy she was implementing because it was theresa may's policy and theresa may will hope because rudd has gone she will ta ke hope because rudd has gone she will take the heat out of it, but the questions have to come back to theresa may, and they should, because she's started this. it was handy to have the human shield, but the human shield has gone now and she has to answer questions about the policy she implemented because if she hadn't had those hostile

environments and sending the go home vans around, demanding people show their papers for housing and jobs, none of this wouldn't happen. andrew, don‘t interrupt, please! before you go, kevin,... thanks, andrew, but we understand first the prime minister right now is deciding who will be the next home secretary, who will be the next home secretary, who is your money on, kevin? she has to do it quickly because she is in charge of the police and security, she might go for sajid javid, the son of a pakistani bus driver, a safe pair of hands or someone like michael gove, but he is incredibly unpopular. she wants someone who is competent, so that would rule out borisjohnson. competent, so that would rule out boris johnson. sajid javid would be a masterstroke, the son of a pakistani immigrant, the man to clea n pakistani immigrant, the man to clean up the windrush mess, and someone clean up the windrush mess, and someone in the home office from an ethnic minority, the conservatives

again leading the way after two female prime ministers! thanks very much, i‘m sure you will go and have a cup of coffee! but i always have to pay! upskilled by the raindrops there. —— upskilled. sainsbury‘s has confirmed that it has agreed terms to merge with rivals asda. ben has more. the biggest shakeup in more than a decade in the retail sector, it could change how and where we shop. sainsbury‘s and asda are going to merge. the chief executive of sainsbury‘s, mike coupe, joins me now from the london stock exchange. good morning. good morning. why are you doing this now? this is a very competitive market and customers have more choice than ever and this isa have more choice than ever and this is a response to that and we‘re creating a dynamic new player and that will mean we can bring the

business days together and we can offer lower prices, we would aim to reduce prices by 10% on everyday items, and it is great news for our colleague —— the businesses. we create an organisation that will employ 330,000. it gives great opportunities for our colleagues in the future and the last point to make is it will be a uk company paying taxes to the uk exchequer and one of the top five taxpayers in the uk economy, so an important contributor to the great british public. absolutely, first about customers, staff and profits later, you talked about reducing prices by 10%, at sainsbury‘s or asda, asda is cheaper? both businesses have plans to invest in price over the next period in time but 10% cheaper in both businesses on those key items because we think we can make those

investments as a result of improving buying terms with large suppliers. in the end we can compare prices between the businesses and where the prices are different we can pass those benefits on to our customers, that‘s a big part of the rationale for the deal. you could put pressure on suppliers to reduce prices, that‘s a separate argument, but let‘s talk about your market share. tesco has 28%, what will be the, and share of the market you have, sainsbury‘s and asda will have how much —— combined share. sainsbury‘s and asda will have how much -- combined share. around 26% of the total market but that is a force for good for us because that means we can give customers lower prices, better ranges, we can share learnings across the two businesses and both businesses are investing lots of money in flexible ways of shopping and that‘s good for customers we think. far from increasing competition it is reducing competition, it takes an

independent player out of the market and you control a significant proportion. you and tesco will have over half the market. we think that is good for our customers. we can lower prices and improve ranges and quality for the customers, and with the walmart parent being a shareholder in the combined group, we can bring their scale to bear on the uk market and enjoy lower prices for general merchandise and clothing as well. this is a good thing we think for the british customer. and, of course, as i say, it enables a dynamic player to employ 330,000 people. we also protect the future pension liabilities of both companies, which is another important part of the deal. it means our pensioners for both companies are better our pensioners for both companies a re better protected our pensioners for both companies are better protected in the future. 0verall are better protected in the future. overall we think this is great for everyone. i've been looking through your statement this morning and you‘re guaranteeing no store closures. i really wonder how you‘re going to manage to do that because

if you‘ve got a town with a big asda on one side and a big sainsbury‘s on the other and you have sainsbury‘s locals in the high street, we don‘t need that, tesco are reducing their big stores and their floor space, why do you need that?” big stores and their floor space, why do you need that? i stand by our statement, we won‘t close any stores asa statement, we won‘t close any stores as a result of this transaction. the nature of the uk market is very competitive and customers have huge choice and they exercise that choice. we believe by bringing these businesses together we can lower prices and offer better ranges for our customers, as well as making sure we do a greatjob of creating opportunities for colleagues in both businesses. we think it‘s a great deal all—round. businesses. we think it‘s a great deal all-round. you are guaranteeing you will not close any stores and cutjobs even after the dust has settled on this, when the attention has gone away from the deal you won‘t start closing stores? has gone away from the deal you won't start closing stores? we won't close stores as a result of this deal and the vast majority of collea g u es deal and the vast majority of colleagues are employed in store. it isa

colleagues are employed in store. it is a dynamic and changing market but we have said categorically we will not close any stores as a result of this deal, and that‘s an important reassurance for colleagues in both businesses. mike coupe, chief executive of sainsbury‘s, talking to us executive of sainsbury‘s, talking to us this morning on the announcement of the merger with asda. this isn‘t yet a done deal. shareholders and sainsbury‘s need to approve it but also the competition authority is likely to get involved to make sure there is no abuse of competition in there is no abuse of competition in the market. more after 8am. interesting to hear what he said about the reduction in everyday items. 10% across both, interesting to see how that plays out and the eternal argument about putting more pressure on suppliers as well! we will speak to the shadow home secretary diane abbott in about ten minutes on the resignation of amber rudd from the government. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. main headlines at 8am. see you then. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m tolu adeoye. an antiques dealer from south—west

london is due to be sentenced laterfor killing his 7—year—old daughter. robert peters from raynes park strangled sophia with a dressing gown cord. it happened just over a month after a child protection team deemed him not to be a risk. the wife of a police officer killed in a crash in berkshire has spoken for the first time following the birth of their child. pcjames dixon died last december when his unmarked police motorbike collided with a car. his wife samantha who is a family liaison officer with thames valley police, says she first heard about the crash at work. as i started to read through it it was quite obvious it was dixy involved and i read a part where it says he was in traumatic cardiac arrest. well, my experience as a police officer tells me that he‘s not been declared dead but he‘s unlikely to survive it. a private tenant in london would have to work 165 days to earn enough to cover the rent on a two—bed property.

that‘s compared to 66 days for a worker in the north east. for a worker in the north—east. the bbc has analysed figures which show on average a year‘s rent takes up every penny earned by full—time workers until the first week of may. a rare postcard sent by jack the ripper to ealing police station in 1888 is being auctioned off today. the card had been in police files until they decided the case was finally closed. it was then given to a constable as a memento for his retirement. it‘s thought it may go for around £1,000. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, it‘s a good service on all lines. let‘s take a look at the camera. in chingford, the a406 north circular road closed eastbound at the crooked billet interchange due to an accident. there is a lot of surface water in the underpass. 0n the m25, lane one is closed clockwise betweenjunction 23 for south mimms and junction 24 for potters bar due to barrier repairs. in marylebone, devonshire street is blocked in both directions at the junction with portland place due to a burst water main.

let‘s have a check on the weather now with rich davis. good morning. well, it‘s a very soggy start to things today, very rainy and quite windy out there as well. we have a yellow a weather warning in place issued by the met office for heavy rain and some strong winds as well. as we head our way through this morning then, you can see we‘ve got this sea of blue in some parts, that rain could edge towards the west through this morning and through this afternoon, it‘s looking like it‘s going to stay pretty wet and quite windy out there as well. temperatures not really getting much higher than seven, so quite a chilly day too, and you can see the wind gusts up to 30 or maybe 40mph. that rain will clear away overnight, we should see cloudy conditions becoming fairly dry first thing tomorrow morning, some clear spells first thing with temperatures overnight pretty low, down to three, so a chilly night ahead. as we go through to the rest of the week, you can see temperatures are steadily going to pick up, especially as we head towards the bank holiday weekend. a few sunny intervals mixed in there as well,

the chance of one or two showers but on the whole thing is looking fairly wet today with things gradually improving through the rest of the week. i‘m back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it‘s back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. the home secretary has quit over claims she misled parliament. amber rudd has been under pressure over what she knew about deportation targets for illegal immigrants and her handling of the windrush scandal. cabinet colleagues have tweeted their sadness over the resignation, but labour say the prime minister now has questions to answer herself. good morning, it‘s monday 30th april. also this morning... sainsbury‘s and asda have confirmed that they will merge —

combining the supermarkets to create a retail giant. the deal would create britain‘s biggest retailer — its chief executive tells me they will not close stores, or cutjobs. i‘ll have the details shortly. in sport, it‘s a magnificent seven for celtic. they‘re champions of scotland again after thrashing rangers to win yet another league title. and carol has the weather for us. good morning, some potentially disruptive weather this morning across the south—eastern port of england, with some heavy rain, gusty winds, coastal gales, but move away from that and we are looking at sunshine, one or two showers, and higher temperatures. more in 15 minutes. thank you, carol, see you then. good morning. first, our main story... the home secretary has resigned, saying she inadvertently misled parliament. amber rudd came underfire for her part in the windrush scandal. pressure grew when she was questioned by mps, and appeared not to know

whether her department had targets for removing illegal immigrants. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has more. morning, home secretary! morning. for most of the past week, amber rudd has been under pressure. home secretary, will you resign over windrush? late last night, she did just that. in a letter to the prime minister, she says... and that‘s why she‘s going. it was the windrush scandal that marked the beginning of the end for the home secretary. days of damning headlines about the treatment of legal migrants. but on wednesday, mps on the home affairs committee asked amber rudd about targets for removing illegal migrants. these words would end her cabinet career. we don‘t have targets for removals. she later said there had been local operational targets that she had not known about, and apologised. then on friday, the guardian obtained a memo, copied to the home secretary, referring directly to national targets.

she said she had not seen it but in her resignation letter, she admitted she... in response, the prime minister said she was sorry that amber rudd was resigning and that, "when you addressed the house of commons on the issue of illegal immigration, you answered questions put to you in good faith." but critics say the resignation should have come sooner, and labour now wants theresa may herself to address mps and answer questions on immigration. iain watson, bbc news. as amber rudd was losing grip on her job, it chris mason this morning has both hands on the bbc umbrella! hold on tight, carol is telling of the rain and wind. how much pressure

does this transferred to theresa may and what sort of questions will she be answering? yes, it is mary poppins runner and chris mason as your correspondent this morning! huge questions for the prime minister, both around the specifics relating to amber rudd‘s resignation and the home 0ffice‘s policy on illegal immigration, the so—called hostile environment that the government was so keen on. and they point out though were previous governments as well. but then also the tricky political decision that the tricky political decision that the prime ministerfaces right now over who replaces amber rudd. always a difficult decision, finding the new home secretary, it being one of the big great offices of state, but particularly tricky and awkward in the context of brexit, because it is a delicate ecosystem at the top of the government, balancing the competing instincts of those for remain and those for leave as we reach crucial point in the brexit negotiations. so the big challenge

for the prime minister, trying to maintain the balance in finding a successor to amber rudd, conscious as she will be that it is likely to be another minister that gets the job as home secretary and so in filling one gap could create another. very good point, chris, thank you very much for that. our two guest early on, andrew pierce and kevin maguire, suggested sajid javid is frontrunner to become new home secretary, hopefully we will get confirmation of that at some point this morning. sainsbury‘s has this morning confirmed plans to merge with its rival, asda. this is not exactly been a secret, has it? no, good morning. it broke on friday, a busy weekend with speculation as to whether this would get the go—ahead, we have had confirmation this morning, i have been speaking to the boss about it. the two firms will merge, combined network of 2800 stores, 330,000 staff u p network of 2800 stores, 330,000 staff up and down the country. they have been clear they think there is

a decent split, as do particularly dominant in asda, —— in scotland, northern ireland, the north of england, sainsbury‘s more dominant in the south of the south—east. those big out—of—town stores that asda tends to have versus the smaller convenience stores. but lots of questions on whether they need the space because shopping habits are changing, that was a question i put to the boss of sainsbury‘s who said they guarantee they will close no stores and there will be no job cuts either. we will not close any stores as a result of transaction, the and the nature of the uk market is incredibly competitive and customers have a huge amount of choice, and they exercise that choice, and we believe by bringing these businesses together we can lower prices and offer better ranges for our customers as well as making sure we doa customers as well as making sure we do a greatjob of creating opportunities for colleagues in both businesses, so we think it is a

great deal all round. he talks about it being a great deal but it is not com pletely it being a great deal but it is not completely done? no, sainsbury's' shareholders need to approve this, and the regulators because there is worried that combined they will have so worried that combined they will have so much market power and i put it to the boss that they will have so much power they can exert big influence on their suppliers, and they have already talked about cutting prices by about 10% on average, but that will come from squeezing suppliers on cost, so with such power the regulator will get involved about whether there is enough competition in the market because tesco has about 20% of the market, the boss of sainsbury‘s telling me they have about 25% of the market so between them more than half of the market dominated by these big players so the regulator will get involved but he will be keeping a close eye on the market, it is notjust about the likes of tesco, asda and sainsbury‘s these days, it is about lidl and holding on their competitors like amazon now delivering groceries as well. then, thank you. eight people are being treated in hospital after a bus crash in glasgow. the single decker bus overturned at about 7pm last night on a slip road near the clyde tunnel.

police scotland say one person is in a critical condition, two others are seriously hurt, and five are stable. a vigil has been held for the 10 people killed when a van ran into pedestrians on a busy street in toronto last week. before the event, thousands of people took part in a walk of healing and solidarity, following the route of the attack. prime ministerjustin trudeau attended alongside political and religious leaders. specialist cancer nurses are being run ragged due to high vacancy rates, according to a new report from the charity macmillan cancer support. one in 10 posts are unfilled in some parts of england, but the government says it aims to reverse this by increasing nurse training places. myanmar leader aung san suu kyi will meet with representatives from the united nations security council later today to discuss the treatment of the country‘s rohingya muslims. around 700,000 people have fled to neighbouring bangladesh since violence broke out in rakhine state last august.

0ur correspondent nick beake is in yangon in myanmar. this is a desperate story, what is the latest? this is the biggest refugee crisis in the world, but the diplomats visiting today said that they have no short—term fixes to it. some human rights groups are urging them to data apply pressure to the burmese authorities, particularly the military, to get an acknowledgement of the scale of the problem, and also the fact it was the myanmar military which caused so many ranger people to flee for their lives last year. however, i think these diplomats face quite a difficult balance here, because they need the crucial support of the burmese authorities if indeed any of the many refugees in bangladesh are able to come back to myanmar, they need a guarantee that people

returning will be given access to education, access to other sorts of facilities, and, crucially, that they will not face persecution in they will not face persecution in the future. 0k, thank you. a nationwide campaign calling for victims of any unwanted sexual behaviour to report offences to police launches today. the every report builds a picture campaign highlights how multiple statements from different people can help british transport police gather information on perpetrators. a previous campaign three years ago led to a 36% increase in arrests recorded by transport for london. if you are planning a street party for the royal wedding, good news committee will be able to show though wedding live next month without having to pay for a tv licence. a premises must be covered by a tv licence if it wants to show live tv or use the iplayer, but this can be waived in exceptional circumstances. the bbc has decided to do just that for prince harry and meghan markle‘s nuptials on 19th may. it will be bunting bonanza for some

people, won‘t it? it will be, definitely. have a look at this. a brazilian surfer has broken the world record for the biggest wave ever ridden. he is there in the red circle, the jet ski is at the top of the wave, having dropped him off. you canjust about see rodrigo koxa surfing the 24.4 metre wave in portugal last november, but his record has only now been confirmed. he said winning official recognition for his achievement was the best day of his life. that is about 80 feet of water there. thankfully he was able to tell the tale and have some incredible memories and pictures to look at. utterly, utterly unbelievable. very, very brave man, and skilled as well. let‘s talk more about our main story.

pressure had been mounting on amber rudd for days to resign. first, it was her handling of the windrush scandal. then what she knew about her own department‘s deportation targets for illegal immigrants. last night, she called the prime minister to say she was quitting. one of those who had repeatedly called for her to go was shadow home secretary diane abbott. she joins us from westminster. thank you very much for coming on the programme to talk to us this morning. you said amber rudd needed to resign as a matter of not, do you think she has gone because of that or is it politics at work? it may be politics at work, but i have always found, since the windrush scandal broke, that somebody had to take responsibility, and, as home secretary, it seems only right that amber rudd takes responsibility, and i think she has done the right thing. she has not resigned over windrush, she has resigned over windrush, she has resigned over windrush, she has resigned over not being aware of the targets for illegal immigrants.” know she has not ostensibly resigned

over windrush, but the truth is that is why she should have resigned, and iam glad is why she should have resigned, and i am glad she has finally resigned, whatever the ostensible trigger for the resignation. if amber rudd had questions to answer, do you now think theresa may should answer questions as well, and if you have called for amber rudd to resign, would you do the same for the prime minister? i think all roads lead back to theresa may and her tenure as home secretary. many of the elements of this hostile environment originated under theresa may, and most important of all it was in 2014 that she passed legislation which removed the protection from deportation which, up until then, had applied to commonwealth citizens. it is important to work

out what policy actually is, that is why, i know you mentioned the windrush scandal, but amber rudd has had to resign because of those targets and the letter that was printed in the guardian, the four page printed in the guardian, the four pa g e letter printed in the guardian, the four page letter which showed that she did actually know about those targets for illegal immigration. what is labour policy on illegal immigrants? well, we believe that any ministry should have targets or performance indicators. the problem with the home office targets was that they were too broad and too general. there are many performance issues in the home office, for insta nce to issues in the home office, for instance to many people who are in prison who thejudge instance to many people who are in prison who the judge has said should be deported at the end of their sentence don‘t get deported. the home office should certainly have a target for performance figures like that. but a general targets such as the one they had, you can‘t escape the one they had, you can‘t escape the suspicion that one of the reasons that they acted as they did

in the windrush scandal was to meet a target. if there is a problem with general targets, there's up to a million illegal immigrants in the uk, what is the labour policy on those people being deported? we can't know how many illegal immigrants there are because they are illegal and often they are coming in under the radar. we believe first and foremost you have to have an immigration department which is properly staffed and fit for purpose. we note the staff work very hard but they are under resourced and there are too many pressures. you just said the government have a general policy and not specifics and then when i ask you about specifics you say you can‘t have a specific target because you don‘t know how many illegal immigrants there are.” you don‘t know how many illegal immigrants there are. i wasn't going to say that, what i was saying is we need to focus on the way the immigration nationality department functions, we need to make sure it‘s properly resourced, we need to make

it much more efficient and then we need to bear down on migrants who are here illegally but remember, some of the people who are now deemed illegal are people who came m, deemed illegal are people who came in, students, visitors to overstate, that‘s why having a much more efficient immigration department as pa rt efficient immigration department as part of the answer. what do you think should happen next to the windrush generation? we still need a nswe rs windrush generation? we still need a nswers to windrush generation? we still need answers to questions, we need to know exactly how the compensation scheme will work, we need to know exactly what criteria the immigration department is now using against them and we need to know what will happen to those windrush generation members who still don‘t meet particular arbitrate targets for paperwork. there are many detailed questions that still need answering and it‘s notjust me saying that, it‘s the wider community and of course it‘s those windrush generation people who have been detained, lost theirjobs,

housing, not god medical treatment they needed, they are desperate to hear the answers to. one of the things amber rudd has been criticised for us not understanding her brief, i know you have spoken in the past how it‘s difficult times to be across everything, do you think with your own experience in buying some of that is unfair? we are talking about a process which went on for years. we are talking about a pattern of bearing down on commonwealth citizens which ignored the fact that they were here legally and ended up of people being refused treatment for cancer, people who went on for a funeral and someone being unable to come back to this country and being trapped overseas for years. but again... she didn't resign over windrush.” for years. but again... she didn't resign over windrush. i think most people think she should have but... it doesn‘t matter if you think she

should have... but it does matter, as politicians we need to listen to what the public things and what i am saying about windrush is because it was a pattern over years and four amber rudd to say she didn‘t pick up the pattern, she didn‘t understand it was a pattern, that‘s very sad and we have to remember that hundreds maybe thousands of peoples lives have been ruined because of what has happened. so as i said, i‘m glad she has resigned, obviously she resigned on a technicality about knowing whether there were targets are not bound i brought it to the house of commons last week and would have challenged her had she made the statement today so i‘m glad she‘s resigned but for most people fundamentally, the reason amber road had to resign was because of the windrush scandal. who is going to get thejob? windrush scandal. who is going to get the job? i have no idea, but as a matter for theresa may. get the job? i have no idea, but as

a matterfor theresa may. do you care? well, you hope that we can get a home secretary who will look at some of the underlying problems in the home office, wejust have some of the underlying problems in the home office, we just have to wait and see. really appreciate your time, thank you very much. diane abbott, the shadow home secretary. we‘ll be speaking to chris grayling, the transport secretary shortly. you may have noticed in all our guests from westminster it‘s been called, rainy, i think that‘s going to be echoed in other places, carol. good morning, that is certainly the case, we are looking at some disrupt weather today, from lincolnshire down to the isle of wight, moving to all points east of that. heavy rain coupled with strong winds, coastal girls, some large waves crashing on shore and its courtesy of this area of low pressure. —— coastal gales. spray on the roads, risk of

localised flooding, those gusty winds. bubble continued through the cause of much of the day, the heaviest rain will be from the washer heading down towards the isle of wight and all points east but we expect some rain across lincolnshire, parts of the midlands, down towards the isle of wight, just not as heavy. west of that, south—west england, wales, northern ireland, scotland, a different story, chilly start, temperatures falling in the highlands 2—6 last night, the temperature is picking up the sunshine, patchy mist and fog all but gone, in for a sunny day with fairweather cloud developing. in places it will feel quite pleasant. in the south—east, in contrast we hang on to the rain and wind, going to feel cold, average is getting to 7 degrees. elsewhere, still in double figures. this evening and overnight this area of low pressure 15 into the north sea.

behind it, a ridge of high pressure building, cold night under clear skies, some frost around, even in towns and cities in parts of scotland, the next atlantic front coming our way, introducing yet more rain. we start tomorrow on a mostly dry day, a lot of sunshine around, chilly, the weather front coming from the west, introducing rain with thick cloud building all the time ahead of that. temperature is recovering, not as windy in the south—east, but feeling cold under the rain. the rain crossing is overnight, getting into the south—east first thing on wednesday, clearing away, behind it, a day of sunshine and showers, in the northern half some showers will be heavy and thundery with hale, temperatures againjust heavy and thundery with hale, temperatures again just a little bit low the average for the month of may. aren‘t they going to rise? they are, look at the air mass going

through the ensuing days, friday, saturday, sunday, the yellow returning to the charts, it will be cold in the south, but it will warm up, cold in the south, but it will warm hanging cold in the south, but it will warm up, hanging onto similar temperatures as we have today in the north. carroll, thank you, good news out there. carol always puts a positive spin on things. i think it‘s just for positive spin on things. i think it‘sjust for me. positive spin on things. i think it‘s just for me. but i think it‘s for other people as well, light at the end the tunnel. supermarket rivals sainsbury‘s and asda are set to merge to create a giant. ben‘s got more. yes, i‘ve been speaking to the boston in the last half hour, shares in sainsbury‘s jumping 20% when the markets opened this morning, good news if you are an investor in sainsbury‘s. 0r news if you are an investor in sainsbury‘s. or a pension holder. yes, the proposed merger was confirmed around an hour ago. let‘s speak to bill grimsey — he‘s the former chief executive of iceland, and joins us from our london newsroom. good morning. what do you make of

this deal, you got an insight into how supermarkets work in the competition? i think this was inevitable. we have seen over the last 4—5 years, tesco resurging to become a dominant force again under dave lewis and then the acquisition of hooker which the competition commissionjust waved of hooker which the competition commission just waved through. has put these two big companies together and charles wilson who is the chief executive of booker is now the chief executive of booker is now the chief executive of booker is now the chief executive of tesco uk so you have two formidable guys there and not left sainsbury‘s and asda and indeed morrison‘s facing a giant that was getting its act together so i think given the pressures that they were under and given for the market is going and in particular we are moving back to convenience, moving online, these superstores carry costs but i think the competition

commission is going to have a real problem with this in the sense that they waved through booker but how will they not waive the street from the combined companies are vast and sainsbury‘s are only marginally bigger than tesco and i think the argument will be run that the tesco booker acquisition was a horizontal acquisition, it went up the supply chain, it was technically a wholesaler, this is a horizontal acquisition, slamming together two giants but i think it‘s going to be pretty good news in the long—term for the consumer. this must be two giants going to tiptoe on price and service is a good thing. sorry to interrupt but they will dominate a huge proportion of the market between them, the new combined sainsbury‘s and asda and tesco together, over half of the market. by together, over half of the market. by the speaking to the boss of sainsbury‘s 30 minutes ago and he said we will cut prices by 10% but that cost saving is coming from suppliers, they will put massive

pressure on suppliers to cut costs, not good news for manufacturers or farmers. good news for consumers bad news for suppliers, bad news for property people, there‘s going to be a lot of the estate out there that needs to go. that‘s been a bad problem building up over time, lots of superstore space that they don‘t need. you are right, there are lots of issues but we created this by allowing tesco to become the size it was. if you are a player half the size of tesco you just cannot compete on price. you cannot, you cannot buy as well as they can, they leveraged it very well and they‘ve been run extremely well in the last 3-5 been run extremely well in the last 3—5 years with dave lewis at the helm. and they are now starting to get the fastest growth amongst the big four, the market share data is just out, they have grown quicker than the others, these two have got to get together and we mustn‘t forget walmart has had a torrid time

since it came here and has been picked off by the german discounters. i think this was inevitable. when we did the review we said it might go for— three but we said it might go for— three but we did not think it would go this way, let‘s see what happens. we did not think it would go this way, let's see what happens. one to watch, bill, thank you so much, former boss of iceland. interesting then we talk about if they will have to many stores, the boss was reassuring start they would not close a ny reassuring start they would not close any stories even if you had an asda and sainsbury‘s in your town but we will keep an eye on that. more from me later. we had chris grayling standing by to talk to us about the resignation of amber rudd but now time for the news, travel and weather for ur. the but now time for the news, travel and weatherfor ur. the national headlines to come in a few moments. good morning. for many, today will bea dry good morning. for many, today will be a dry and bright day but to the south—east of england it will be a

different story. we have got some potentially disruptive weather through this morning, heavy rain and strong winds, and it will feel really quite cool. this is the culprit of the pretty nasty weather, this area of low pressure. the weather front does not move at all throughout the day today. so we have got rain, dust of 50 to 55 mph ride on the coast, coastal overdubbing expected. elsewhere, it is dry, bright, there will be some sunshine. but even into the afternoon across the south—east of england, anywhere from west sussex up towards southern parts of lincolnshire, that rain will continue, heavy at times so it could cause localised flooding. the best of the sunshine to the west, the west wales, south—west england, there could be the odd shower in the north—west of scotland, maximum temperatures today about nine to 14 degrees in northern and western areas but five, six, seven celsius down towards the south—east, way

below the average for the time of year. 0vernight tonight, the rain will gradually clear away, the coast of norfolk will continue into the early hours of tomorrow morning. quite a chilly night, temperatures down into single figures, there will be some frost across northern part of the uk into tuesday but tuesday isa of the uk into tuesday but tuesday is a quiet day for many, lots of sunshine, much higher temperatures compared to today in the south—east but further north and west you noticed the band of rain moving its way in, temperatures about 12 to 15 degrees. through into wednesday, this rain that you saw at the west will gradually move further east, a lot of that will clear through overnight so as we go into wednesday itself things should improve slightly, especially from the west. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock and maryam moshiri. sainsbury‘s and asda confirm plans to merge, but will the deal get the regulatory

approval it needs? live from london, that‘s our top story on monday 30th april. supermarket shake—up. .. a promise of no store closures and nojob a promise of no store closures and no job losses. wal—mart plans to off—load control of asda in the uk, teaming up with sainsbury‘s. we will talk you through what is at sta ke. also in the programme... after years of courtship, america‘s third and fourth biggest