hello this is breakfast, with rachel burden and charlie stayt. president trump has compared a london hospital to a war zone in a speech defending gun laws. they say it is as bad as a military war zone hospital. knives, knives, knives. good morning it's saturday, 5th may. also this morning... jamie acourt, a former suspect in the murder of stephen lawrence, and one of the uk's most wanted fugitives is arrested in spain. fresh volcanic eruptions in hawaii before the islands are rocked by a major earthquake. in sport, a record crowd heads for wembley, for the women's fa cup final, this evening, as arsenal and chelsea meet in a repeat of the final years ago, which arsenal won. and sarah has the weather. good morning. some fine and dry weather for many of us through the

bank holiday weekend. not wall—to—wall sunshine but plenty of sunny spells and things warming up quite nicely. good morning. first, our main story. donald trump has said the uk's strict gun laws has led to a rise in knife crime, adding that a hospital in london was like "a war zone" because of the number of stabbing victims. it comes as the president tried to defend americans‘ right to own guns, which he said were "under siege" in a speech to the powerful national rifle association. gary o'donoghue reports. reporter: there he is. there's donald] trump. travelling to the nra's convention is becoming an annual pilgrimage for president trump, though today, the president remained staunch in his defence of them and their right constitutionally to own a gun. your second amendment rights are under siege. but they will never, ever be under siege as long as i'm your president. cheering but after the shooting

of 17 students and teachers at the school in parkland, florida on valentine's day, the mood has changed, with young people around the country keeping gun control at the forefront of the debate. my daughter has no voice. she was murdered last week. shortly after that shooting, the president seemed prepared to stand up to the organisation, though little action followed. there was no such tough talk for the nra today. the president also suggesting that just having tight gun laws, like those in london, didn't stop people being killed in other ways. i recently read a story that in london, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once very prestigious hospital right in the middle is like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds. yes, that's right. they don't have guns, they have knives. this was an uncompromising speech by the president.

and in a year where there are congressional elections, there's unlikely to be any more compromise from republicans. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, dallas. one of the original suspects in the murder of stephen lawrence has been arrrested in spain. jamie acourt, who has always denied his involvement in the death of the teenager, was one of the uk's most wanted fugitives. he's expected to be questioned about his alleged role in the large scale supply of drugs. andy moore reports. pictured shortly after his arrest, not looking too happy, jamie acourt was on the list of britain's most wanted suspects living in spain. he was captured by armed officers from the spanish national police as he was leaving a gym near the sagrada familia cathedral in barcelona. his arrest comes soon after the 25th anniversary of the murder of the teenager stephen lawrence. he was attacked by five men at a bus stop in south east london ..._ -._ .._.. "w-.-

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to a routine breast screening. an independent review is being launched. several strong earthquakes have shaken parts of hawaii volcanoes, mount kilauea. where 1700 residents hf... l”... . was“-.. 2 v. l. is”... 3 i smelt it and i ran to the corner, and that's when i ran into a military officer, who told me that it's smoking, and sure as heck enough i take the turn and one of my favourite streets at least was on fire. dozens of small earthquakes left cracks in the roads. some residents described a feeling as if a giant snake was moving under the houses. you can feel the heat coming from the ground... yeah, there's heat coming out of there.

there's lava under there. and that wasn't the only danger. the air was filled with potentially toxic fumes. as a result, the state governor ordered an evacuation. there was little time to gather possessions. some escaped with what they could. residents are now waiting to see when they'll be allowed home. kilauea is spewing smoke from one of its side vents, but at the moment, scientists don't believe there's a major risk of an explosive eruption. lava's been flowing from the volcano crater and cracks on its slopes ever since it became active in 1983. but with earthquakes getting stronger, no—one‘s relaxing just yet. bill hayton, bbc news. more than 2,500 patients are being recalled to special clinics in northern ireland today over fears they were misdiagnosed by a senior neurologist. patients seen by consultant dr michael watt were contacted by the belfast trust after doctors raised concerns about the care he was giving.

north korea is changing its time zone to match the south after last week's peace summit. the communist regime said the country would move its clocks forward by 30 minutes from today. president trump announced yesterday that he has set a date for his meeting with the north's leader kim jong un. the meeting is expected to take place in late may orjune. nasa's latest mission to mars blasts off today with the aim of mapping the red planet's interior for the first time. the rocket carries a robotic probe which will be dropped onto the surface to test for tremors known as marsquakes‘. scientists hope the seven—month voyage will reveal more about how mars is arranged from surface to core. 1981. in 1981, richard's daughter

katrice lee vanished whilst they were shopping near a british military base in germany — it was her second birthday. the royal military police led the investigation into her disappearance, but she was never found and they've since admitted to making mistakes in their enquiries. 36 years on, a new five—week excavation of sites around the base is being undertaken. with 100 soldiers, police and local experts searching for clues into katrice‘s disappearance. earlier this week we spoke to katrice‘s dad richard as he was preparing to revisit the area near where she was last seen. he returned to the uk last night and is with us now. how are you doing? up and down. emotionaljourney out how are you doing? up and down. emotional journey out there how are you doing? up and down. emotionaljourney out there to visit the sites where they are digging. it puts a dent in your belief. i believe from day one that she was kidnapped. and with another

family... some may think it would be helpful in some way that there is something happening as opposed to nothing, but clearly for you the fa ct nothing, but clearly for you the fact they are excavating, the suggestion is, the assumption is, she has died? you have to look at the fact there were three facts from the fact there were three facts from the beginning. she could have fallen into water and drowned, the fact she was taken away by some person, abducted, murdered. the last one is that katrice was abducted and brought up as a surrogate child. 3a year point came along, a water expert out there, ruled that the water out. she hated water as a child. sadly, what we now have is a five—week forensic investigation and until this is finished, the family are walking on eggshells. i would

hasten to add that once the investigation is finished if they financing data —— in my glass is half full if they find nothing. she is possibly a surrogate speaking, i don't know, and language. why are the investigating and excavating now? and why that spot? briefly, the investigation team trawl through the past, always my shout. you need to correct the mistakes of the past. this information has always been available from day one. about a witness being seen with a child? they have produced a photofit of this person. a green car was seen outside the complex, katrice possibly being carried by this

character to a green saloon car. we are now looking at sadly the dark side of the story. i can imagine, going back out there, how often are your thoughts going back to those moments back in 1981 where you first realised she was missing, those first moments? it remains with you, crystal clear, but unfortunately what you have to do is, you realise you have another daughter. you have to say, ok, let's assess the situation, how do i do with it? you put barriers up. but unfortunately the barriers literally crumbled when i went out there. in what way? the realisation that the last time i was there i was a complete family and yet again when i came back to the uk yesterday, i still left not being a com plete yesterday, i still left not being a complete family. you are still

clearly driven to get the answers. that is never going to change?” will continue as long is it takes. in my belief that sadly there are some people out there who look at me and judge me. what i would like them to do isjudge me as a parent trying to do isjudge me as a parent trying to find his missing child. if they are going tojudge me correctly, with the tools i have available, i will stand very tall. if the judge me on the belief that she is out there living with another family, i ama there living with another family, i am a giant. you said there were m ista kes am a giant. you said there were mistakes made in the first investigation, but are you happy those mistakes have been hand—picked and they have accessed all the information out there? —— mistakes have been un—picked.” information out there? —— mistakes have been un-picked. i will never forgive them for what they have

created and what they have put my family through. the military police? i feel the gap created by the early daysis i feel the gap created by the early days is now closing. it will never close, i will never forgive them, but we are now singing off the same song sheet, after the same end, to find out where katrice is. the first few hours in the investigation are so few hours in the investigation are so important. who made a decision on day one to say, oh, yeah, she has fallen into the water and drowned. she absolutely hated water, she wouldn't even get in the bath with me unless i was in. do you get any satisfaction from the knowledge, you are here now talking to us, attention coming back to the story once again, does that give you

comfort? it gives me comfort that it is taken from 1981 to 2018 to get the press to get the correct information out there. that was my aim. she required an eye operation. natasha, her sister, had aim. she required an eye operation. natasha, hersister, had two. she had won when katrice went missing. this was available from day one. this was available from day one. this information. the significance, assuming the operation took place, there would be some sort of medical of that? what is the significance in terms of the investigation? this significance is, katrice, with the information doing out there, hopefully worldwide and viral, the chance of picking up on social media, radio, watching us now. she would say, i have had an eye operation, i will look into this, i get a phone call. wow. we wish you

all the best. can ijust say, the press have been fantastic here and in germany. sadly, there is always one individual paper that doesn't sing the same songs as the rest of the media do, and sadly my family is going through absolute torture because of a total un—truth that has been printed. we are grateful to you and happy to give you your voice. no, you have given katrice a voice. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning. donald trump has said the uk's strict gun laws has led to a rise in knife crime, saying one london hospital is like "a war zone" because of the number of stabbing victims. a former suspect in the murder of the teenager, stephen lawrence, has been arrested by armed police in barcelona on suspicion of drugs offences. bank holiday weekend i had and the

weather looking good? bank holiday weekend i had and the weather looking good ? we bank holiday weekend i had and the weather looking good? we have some fine and dry weather in the forecast for the bank holiday weekend. a fine start. not the same picture everywhere. more cloud across some parts of north—west scotland, the irish sea. good weekend for most of us, predominantly dry, good spells of sunshine. significantly warmer thanit of sunshine. significantly warmer than it has been. the warmest early may bank holiday on record, we could see. the front moving into the north—west, with low pressure. the bulk of the country affected by an area of high pressure building through the weekend. central and eastern parts of england into wales, east of scotland. for the north—west, more cloud. particularly

north—west, more cloud. particularly north—west of scotland, drizzly rain, windy. sunny spells for northern ireland, temperatures 18-23, northern ireland, temperatures 18—23, fine with light winds, particularly further south. i even, they sunshine. largely dry overnight. tonight, mist and fog forming. particularly in the irish sea. isle of man, parts of north—west wales, cornwall am a cloudy and foggy. temperatures quite low in the morning. east of england, fresh start to sunday. sunday brings the prospect of more sunshine. fine day for most of the country. wind and rain in the far north—west of scotland. western isles, northern isles. for the bulk of the country, dry and settled. temperatures on sunday creeping up to 24—25. mist and fog around some of the irish sea coasts. the heat will build. we are

drawing in the warm airfrom continental europe spilling in across the southern half of the country into bank holiday monday. sunshine the bulk of england, wales, northern ireland. we are drawing a breeze of the nasty institute of scotland, north—east of england, cloudy at times. further south, the warmest weather for bank holiday monday. temperatures doing well wherever you are. 17—26. 0ne monday. temperatures doing well wherever you are. 17—26. one or two sports could see 27 celsius. that will beat the previous record of 23.6 degrees for the warmest early may bank holiday. pretty hot. uv levels are high as well. sun cream, and pollen levels you might notice are fairly high, too. more than 10,000 calls have now been made to a helpline, that's been set up to resassure women who are worried they have missed their routine breast cancer screening. it follows this week's announcement by the health secretary that 450,000 women were not invited

for their screenings due to it errors. however, michael chapman from cancer research uk wants to reassure women who have concerns. hejoins us from our london newsroom now. too early, thousands of women are worried. you are saying they should not be, why not? it is clearly very consoling and we are hearing about the numbers of calls to the helpline. women will be offered the opportunity to take part in screening for the final round. the context includes three things. first, this was the seventh round of screening. they may not have received an invitation to their final round, but there will have been other opportunities to catch disease early. secondly, most brisk cancers are still picked up by women noticing a lump or another change to

the press, seven out of ten. —— change to the brisk. finally, it is important to know we have excellent treatments for breast—cancer. we do have good treatments when it is picked up. it will clearly be worrying but it is good to put it in perspective. however, there will be exceptions to the rules you have outlined. we have heard women have discovered they had breast—cancer which would have been picked up had they gone for the final routine screening. you can understand why the helpline has been flooded. the guardian are reporting the helpline is being manned by un—trained call handlers with a cheat sheet to try and identify those more vulnerable women. is that good enough? i cannot comment on the details of the helpline. i do not

know how that has been set up by the nhs and public health england. what ican nhs and public health england. what i can say is, while it is very worrying for women who may be effective, women who do not currently have symptoms of breast—cancer, they need to remain aware but, you know, if they cannot get through to the helpline immediately, they will get through and it is not so urgent that they must speak to them today. the other important thing is that screening after a certain age and its effectiveness in determining weather there is a presence of cancer as against the risks involved in unnecessary medical treatment has to be balanced. that is why screening comes to an end at a certain age quiz that is right. in the current screening age range, 50—70, for every thousand women screen, five

women will have breast—cancer detected earlier and avoid dying from it. 17 women will be treated for a breast—cancer which might not have cause them harm in their lifetime. the screening programme at younger and later ages, we are currently trying the age letter x trial, that is... ages of 47 and 73... you're watching breakfast from bbc news, it's time now for a look at the newspapers. phil hall — former editor of the news of the world is here to tell us what's caught his eye. two weeks, live from winds are. it isa two weeks, live from winds are. it is a big event. the stories are building up. the cynic in me

questions the pictures here. —— life from windsor. rather good for him. deliberate paparazzi? let's hope not. but working with the press, followed, he will be all over the papers. fittings centre london from his home in mexico to london. not like the 100000 for the wedding dress! we mentioned before her family are in for a shock. the press interested now. extraordinary moment to be stepping into this position. staying, we understand, with the royalfamily, meeting staying, we understand, with the royal family, meeting the queen. staying, we understand, with the royalfamily, meeting the queen. tea with the queen. you have probably

advise people about dealing with the onrush... you look advise people about dealing with the onrush. .. you look at the middletons, what they happen through, inspected by every angle from the press. she comes from an interesting family, parents are not together. a lot of digging which i am not sure is necessary, this is not the heir to the throne. you said it was not necessary. if you were still running the news of the world, you would be all over this. i'm not sure. i'm not sure that the public share the interest of the media. you look at the guardian. looking at street parties. you have a quote here. republicans, you can always trust. the chairman ofjd wetherspoon, who

ru ns the chairman ofjd wetherspoon, who runs 900 pubs, says no disrespect to the wedding, but i'm not sure if it will do good for the public outrage. where next? the curious story about the new labour plot to muscle newspapers but spare the guardian. a bill is coming out in the two weeks. data protection bill. labour proposing an amendment which would say, currently, if you saw a newspaper —— sue a newspaper and lose, you pay the own costs. they say you see the daily mail now, the daily mail still has to pick up the cost. —— skew the daily mail. saying

the labour party should be spared from this because they are a nonprofit making group. i do not think you can differentiate. however ha rd think you can differentiate. however hard you think newspapers are in this country, we have more bureaucracy, more laws affecting them than anywhere else in the world. it is time to leave them alone. time for maybe one other story. driverless cars. people are curious and suspicious about them. we believe it could be the answer perhaps to the number of road accidents. the main company doing these, tesla, struggling to make money. this is the revolution we are being so—called threatened with. a man found sitting in the passenger seat, he got prosecuted... even though they are fitted with a d riverless though they are fitted with a

driverless facility, they are remarkable... is it unnerving? i just took one out of interest. a car cut straight across me. this khawaja stop, pulled back, let the cargo. remarkable. to be clear, you are sitting in the driver's seat. what do you do with your hands? you can sit with them one your lap. but if you are not holding the steering wheel for 30 seconds, and alarm goes, one minute and two minutes it gets louder. i would rather be actively driving if you have your hands on the steering wheel. clearly they are planning for future, changing the law. the best—known

hybrid car, prius, by 2040... changing emission laws. there will bea changing emission laws. there will be a revolution in hybrid cars. they will be outlawed if the rules the politicians are talking about at the moment come through.” politicians are talking about at the moment come through. i think iraq and think it is 2044 the uk. —— i think you are right, i think it is 2040 in the uk. this is breakfast. we're on bbc one until ten o'clock this morning, when donal skehan takes over in the saturday kitchen. donal — what's on the menu for us? special guest today, katherine parkinson, star of film and tv. what is your heaven, georgian cheese bread. i have eaten far too much the last few weeks. my hell with the

vegeta bles last few weeks. my hell with the vegetables of any kind. just a blanket cross on the vegetables. we have two great chefs, freddie? sea bream, west african, tomato and ba na na bream, west african, tomato and banana leaf, plantain and cress salad. spring, summary, light and fresh. i will be making desert. brioche, english shrubberies, karen 0. intriguing dishes? we have france, italy, all white wines. in for a treat. —— english strawberries. see you at ten. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and rachel burden.

coming up before 10am, the bank holiday weather forecast with sarah. but first at 9:30, a summary of this morning's main news. donald trump has said the uk's strict gun laws has led to a rise in knife crime, adding that a hospital in london was like "a war zone" because of the number of stabbing victims. it comes as the president defended americans' right to own guns, which he said were "under siege" in a speech to the national rifle association. i recently read a story about in london, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once—very—prestigious hospital, right in the middle, is like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds. yes, that's right, they don't have guns, they have knives. a former suspect in the murder of stephen lawrence has been arrested in spain. jamie acourt, who has always denied his involvement in the death of the teenager was one of the uk's

most wanted fugitives. he's expected to be questioned about his alleged role in the large scale supply of drugs and is due to appear at court for an extradition hearing early next week. several strong earthquakes have shaken parts of hawaii after the eruption of one of the world's most active volcanoes, mount kilauea. it's on hawaii's main island where dramatic footage shows fountains of lava bursting up from under roads. 1,700 residents have been evacuated and a state of emergency has been declared. more than 2,500 patients are being recalled to special clinics in northern ireland today over fears they were misdiagnosed by a senior neurologist. patients seen by consultant dr michael watt were contacted by the belfast trust after doctors raised concerns about the care he was giving. north korea is changing its time zone to match the south after last week's peace summit.

the communist regime said the country would move its clocks forward by 30 minutes from today. president trump announced yesterday that he has set a date for his meeting with the north's leader kim jong un. the meeting is expected to take place in late may orjune. nasa's latest mission to mars blasts off today with the aim of mapping the red planet's interior for the first time. the rocket carries a robotic probe which will be dropped onto the surface to test for tremors known as marsquakes. scientists hope the seven—month voyage will reveal more about how mars is arranged from surface to core. those are the main stories this morning. very much back on earth, in fact, wembley sometimes seems like another planet. absolutely but it's going to be glorious today, 5:30pm, the women's fa cup final on the bbc, to be there in the sunshine, over 40,000 fans. are there any tickets available? on a day like today they might well be attracted. £15 for adults and kids get in free. no wonder they expect over 40,000.

they are on sale until 4pm online and a glorious occasion, fascinating rivalry between two big london rivals, arsenal and chelsea, fourth and second in the league behind the likes of manchester city. it is all set for a great game. arsenal might be the favourites. arsenal have won the women's fa cup, 14 times — more than any other team, but chelsea will start as slight favourites for the final. the record crowd of over 40,000, are expected at wembley for a repeat of the 2016 final, which arsenal won thanks to a goal from danielle carter. chelsea are in their fourth final, whilst arsenal are bidding for that record 15th title. they've got very good players. i'm expecting them, on the back of their run of play, i'm expecting big things from them. but we are just focused on our self, if we get our game right hopefully we can do the job again. playing in the big arenas on the big occasions it takes some time to get used to it but once you've done it a few times it's not a big deal any more. it's quite 0k.

and that's the whole thing, getting control of your emotions to be able to do what you do on the training pitch, do the same no matter where you are no matter how many people are watching. that's what it's all about. brighton have secured their premier league status, for next season by beating manchester united 1—0. it's their first season in the league. and the seagulls needed the new goal—line technology, to confirm that pascal gross had scored by the finest of margins — 2.8 centimetres, that's just over an inch. it's only their second win over manchester united in their history, and leaves them on an uncatchable 40 points. it will certainly be great for us to go into these last two games away to man city and away to liverpool knowing that we have retained status. and it's great for this football club. they have come a long way and they have had some tough periods, and a chairman who has invested very heavily in this club and i'm really delighted for them. steven gerrard says

he's honoured to become the new manager at rangers. he's agreed a four—year deal to take over at ibrox, and insists, he isn't concerned about his lack of experience. it's the former liverpool and england captain's, first managerialjob. he retired from playing 18 months ago, and won everything except the premier league title at anfield. he had been part of the club's under 18s coaching set—up. i'm confident that we can do well. in terms of targets and that type of stuff i just want to win football matches. that's what i love doing, that's my buzz and that's what i want to do here and that's the demand here and i'm ready for that. gerrard is unlikely to be managing his team, against ross county, in the premiership next season. they came from behind to draw 1—1, with second bottom partick, but it still leaves them, points behind their rivals, with just two games remaining chris froome's bid to hold all three of cycling's grand tour titles, at the same time, got off to a bumpy start,

at the giro d'italia. the team sky leader, crashed doing a reccie, of the opening time trial injerusalem. he was able to race but after the six mile stage he was down in 21st, 37 seconds behind the winner, the defending champion tom dumoulin. there are two more stages in israel, before the race heads to sicily. john higgins remains in control of his world snooker championship semifinal against kyren wilson. the four—time champion, leads by 13—11 with just one session left to play. the first to 17 will reach the final. in the other semi barry hawkins leads mark williams by 9—7. i talked to charley earlier about this, do you play squash? i tried it once. and? i was terrible. it is a great work—out. sometimes the ball disappears into the corner and you can get to it and sometimes people with ageing joints

and limbs, lots of bending down and physical exertion but there is a version of the sport called racquetball meaning longer rallies for all abilities and less stretching for those out of reach balls. i've been down to the bowden club, in greater manchester to find out more. it looks like squash, but in this game, the rallies can go on and on even if you play one of the world's top 100 players. because look, the ball is much bouncier and the rackets are bigger. it is a bit of a leveller. it bounces so much more than in squash. itjust keeps the rallies going even longer and gives people a really good aerobic work—out. sometimes the problem with squash can be the disparity in levels, whereas if you have a good player and not so good player they do not really get a game. whereas if they all play racquetball

they suddenly have a fantastic game. racquetball was invented in the 19505 by an american tennis player who wanted a game that was easy to play. and to pick up whatever their ability. it attracts older people for whom squash is now out of reach. squash was getting too difficult on the body. the ball bounces higher so you don't have to lunge quite so low and get downright on the ground quite as often, it is kinder on yourjoints. certainly your knees anyway. i was one of the last ones to turn at the club here, everyone had gone to play racquetball but i was sticking it out with squash, but the joints started aching a bit, and i'd just found it aerobically really good. what i was finding with squash is that with two or three rallies the ball was dead and you start again and don't get a good work—out. with racquetball that average rally would be 9—10 balls before the ball dies. the difference with normal squash on the serve you can bounce the ball

while delivering it, and then you are in play. the bouncy ball also helps draw in the younger players who love the challenge of trying to read its path. i think because it ounces more it bounces off the walls in a more predictable direction. you have to calculate how you go in compared to where the ball well bounce and all that stuff so you might have to run more to reach it. racquetball which is also now pulled squash 57, because that is the diameter of the ball, has now gone global. and while world championships are still dominated by the usa and canada the uk is catching up with more and more players either switching to it or using it as a way into squash. so we have said it is a leveller, and beginners are not going to get thrashed as much by the world's top players, but you can kill me off with a smash? let's see how many it takes. 0ne... two, well played. still win a point

at the end when you need to. there are six leagues down in bowden so it shows the popularity. it can really grow. have a look at the bbc sport website to find out more. dog lovers, we need your help. their manager david wagner, has been speaking with julliet ferrington for football focus on how he relaxes and focuses his mind. during this season it's difficult. if i have the time to have a longer dog walk then maybe i can switch off but even then all the thoughts are circling about my football club. what dogs have you got? eh... a dog? laughter it is a dog. it's a dog! laughter yeah. can you help david? unspecified dog.

their two questions, what kind of dog it is and how to say it in german. david is german. we have a video of the dog. i'm going for quite a lot of collie and maybe a fox terrier and maybe a bit of tibetan terrier. people said bearded collie earlier. it is not a pure breed. we've done some digging and found this video his family posted online around christmas. a starring role from his daughters and the dog! this is quite funny. football managers, how they cheer up the fans at christmas time. this has been around online for quite a while. it is not a dancing dog. i love that. do you know what, does he have to be anything? cardi b a scruffy old mutt? —— can't he be a scruffy old

mutt? i liked the video. do you know the music? no. david wagner has more important things on his mind, trying to stay in the league against manchester city. and it is time for southampton to start winning at swansea. i could go on but i won't. don't go on. parting shot would be... don't go on! it is 9:43am. nasa's latest mission to mars blasts off today with the aim of mapping the red planet's interior for the first time. the rocket carries a robotic probe which will be dropped onto the surface to test for tremors known as marsquakes. they are hoping to find out all sorts of things about the planet looking at it from surface to the court. —— core.

we're joined now by astrophysicist chris copperwheat. everybody loves mars. this is the first time we will look into the deep interior and we will be able to understand it the way we understand the earth, the way we understand what is inside the earth is mainly through earthquakes, so we have seismometers, devices that detect very su btle seismometers, devices that detect very subtle vibrations, and as an earthquake happens on the earth that wave kind of propagates through the inner of the planet and the speed at which it does, the speed changes as it goes through the layers, told us about what is inside and this mission to mars will use sensitive equipment to make the same measurement. presumably there is a specific spot they are aiming for to land this probe? there have been many missions to mars so the service is quite well mapped, they are looking for something fairly flat, there is always challenges, people

as old as me might remember the beagle mission which are sadly failed about 15 years ago. the critical time in any space mission is the launch, this is edge of the seat stuff, and the landing as well, but there have been many successes so we hope that if it comes and it will not arrive until november, it is launched today, six—month journey to mars, it will slow as it approaches in the atmosphere and deploy a parachute and hopefully land softly on a nice smooth area of the planet. they tried to do a similar thing the planet. they tried to do a similarthing in the the planet. they tried to do a similar thing in the 70s. it got there. the probe landed. what happened? the first probe landed on mars were the viking landers and these landers had a variety of different experiment is on—board. 0ne different experiment is on—board. one of them was a but it didn't work. there is a sort of robotic arm that deploys it. these are measuring su btle that deploys it. these are measuring subtle vibrations from earthquakes so they have to get away from the lander, away from the vibrations of

the lander itself as it does its thing and away from the wind so you embed it in the ground and the robot arm failed it. it hadfi stray vibrations from the mars wind and that sort of thing that muddied the readings. we learned a lot about wind on mars about that experiment which is not what it was aimed at but this will be the first time we get the seismological readings to tell us about the inside of the planet. the technology must have changed dramatically since the 19705. the journey itself will take some time so it is a while before it land5. some time so it is a while before it lands. yes, it will not arrive until november. the technology has changed. this is a small lightweight satellite. it is notjust the main payload lander in the rocket, it will bring with it two small cube sats, cube satellites, and it will speak to the cubesats and send the

signal back to earth. it is an attempt to see whether these small modular satellites can be used in deep space, we use them in earth orbit but it's the first time this tiny satellites have been used around another planet. what about the information it discovers? will it relay that back in real—time? how does it work? there is a delayed due to the light travel time depending on where mars is relative to the earth. what sort of delay? we're talking tens of minutes depending on where it is. is incredible you can get a message from mars in the space of ten minutes. it travels at the speed of light. depending on the position of earth and mars relative to each other and different points in the orbit, sometimes earth and mars are closer and sometimes further away. what do we do with the information when it comes? what will it tell us? we're not really interested so much in mars. mars is interesting that the more fundamental question is how do planets form ? rocky

fundamental question is how do planets form? rocky planets like the earth. we understand basic processes , earth. we understand basic processes, clu m ps earth. we understand basic processes, clumps of stuff, rocks, and they sort of bash together and aggregate into a large ball and it heats up and then there is a process called differentiation where you get the various layers. we don't know much about the details. we studied the interior of the earth using earthquakes. by looking at mars quakes we learn something more because mars is different to earth, it's not as active as earth, as we have seen with the volcanoes today, there are tectonic plates and so on but it is smoothed out. mars is much less active, the interior conditions of mars now are like they were when they first formed, so we will learn more about the fundamentals of how planets form. that is amazing. how long does it take for a planet to form from the first rocks colliding? —ish within the first 100 million yea rs ? —ish within the first 100 million years? you're talking hundreds of millions or billions of years. our

planet is billions of years old. you start off with the start which forms and there is a spinning disc of material, rocks and clumps of stuff and gradually that aggregates over the course of millions and millions of years and you see these large planets form. thank you, chris. the time is 9:48am, this is breakfast, these are the main stories this morning. donald trump has said the uk's strict gun laws has led to a rise in knife crime, saying one london hospital is like "a war zone" because of the number of stabbing victims. a former suspect in the murder of the teenager, stephen lawrence, has been arrested by armed police in barcelona on suspicion of drugs offences. it isa it is a bank holiday weekend and we are blessed, we understand, with wonderful weather. we can give you a glimpse outside, if you haven't been outside its a glorious day in many places, this is the view over london. it's one of those days,

warming up gradually, it was a little chilly first thing but what a day. perhaps the date to dip your toe in the water. in salford the canal is looking inviting as it sparkles not that far from us. fancy it, charlie? do you? maybe not. sarah has the details all over the uk. good morning, it looks promising out there, many of us will have plans to be getting out of the beach and getting the barbecue out and for most pa rt getting the barbecue out and for most part of the the weather looks glorious. this is the scene in carmarthenshire west wales, beautiful crystal clear blue skies. not the same everywhere, we have a bit more cloud for the north west of scotla nd bit more cloud for the north west of scotland and around some irish sea coasts in particular but for most places through the weekend it is dry and there are sunny spells and temperatures are going to be on the rise over the next couple of days, that's down to the fact we have a big area of high pressure in charge of our weather drawing in a south easterly flow of air from the near

continent. there is a weather front sitting at the north—west and at times it will move closer to north—west scotland bringing breezy and cloudy conditions with rain at times but for much of the country todayit times but for much of the country today it looks pretty decent. lots of sunshine for eastern scotland, the bulk of england and where is, sunny spells in northern ireland, you will notice more cloud in the irish bit foggy and cloudy for the isle of man —— the bulk of england and wales. temperatures up to around 23 degrees in the sunshine. really lovely conditions, clear skies into the evening if you have evening plans and overnight looks good, away from north—west scotland where they will be breezy and cloudy conditions under the rain. under the clear skies it will turn chilly, temperatures in norwich down at four degrees on sunday morning first thing so of mist and fog likely first thing. that should burn away quickly when the sunshine gets going tomorrow. another decent looking day tomorrow, lots of sunshine on the map. at it more cloud in the irish sea and it could make it onto the

shore of pembrokeshire and the isle of man, but for most of us it is another dry day, spells of sunshine lifting temperatures into the low or mid—205. a bit more rain heading into the north west of scotland. those temperatures will continue to rise through sunday and into bank holiday monday so we are drawing in this flow of warm air from central parts of europe particularly affecting the southern half of the country on bank holiday monday. warm and sunny for much of england and wales and northern ireland. a little cooler in scotland towards the east in particular because we will draw in the flow of air from the north sea into eastern scotland and north east england, there could be low cloud moving off the north sea towards the north—east but for much of the country are much stomach sparkling day and less cloud around irish sea coast some more sunshine around the west of wales and the isle of man. we could see 27, in one or two spots, that will be a record,

the earliest bank holiday on record. some glorious conditions on the cards. don't forget suncream and pollen levels also pretty high at the moment. back to you both. thank you, sarah, advice taken. i want to introduce you to somebody this morning, wilma, a rather special dog who hasjoined us on the sofa this morning. very relaxed on the cameras. you have the touch, charlie. well, she's just very happy. when a delivery driver arrives with a parcel — usually they just leave with a signature. but not at the home of richard guttfield. moments after the courier left, richard realised his dog wilma was missing. richard, his daughter emily and wilma are here to tell us more. there must have been a terrible moment of panic when you looked around and thought, hang on, where —ish she? and you start looking around the house, is that what happened? that's exactly what happened, it was a stark realisation that she was gone and her brother

fred was at the door but she was nowhere to be seen. i looked all around the house and all around the gardens, and then it was clear she was missing. so you had taken delivery of this parcel already and signed for it? i hadn't needed to signed for it? i hadn't needed to sign for it, it had been left in the porch and i hadn't thought for one minute there was any connection at the time. but in the end it was our only link to try and find wilma. i'm sure those moments where you just don't know what has happened feel like hours. but take us through the next step, after you start searching? my friend mike was with me and we immediately split up and look through the village and after a couple of hours of not finding her emily brought her friends over, other people from the village of molesworth came and helped us to

look —— marsworth. it is devastating when your dog is missing. and you got involved? i got my friends involved because by that time she had been missing for about three hours so i left from school and we searched for the rest of the night and we were really sad when we didn't find her that night. and we were really sad when we didn't find her that nightm and we were really sad when we didn't find her that night. it is not like her to go off, she had never done that before? well, she's quite inquisitive and we did wonder whether she went exploring and maybe we nt whether she went exploring and maybe went on an adventure and got lost. that was one of the options that could have happened. but the garden was secure. so the next step is you know there has been a delivery and you made a call. we made a call to amazon to try and find a lead, forgive the pun, but what we wanted to do was see was the case he had accidentally let her out, or had he seen her? those were the sort of

questions we wanted to ask. we had no thoughts in our mind that she was taken. like at that stage you didn't get answers? no, the course to amazon were three consecutive days and on each consecutive time they said they were looking into it. so what happened next? well, what happened next... can i say that firstly we had some great support from murphy's army and dogs lost as well as the people of marsworth village so i don't want that to go on noted. but in the end it was an e—mail tojeff on noted. but in the end it was an e—mail to jeff bezos, the on noted. but in the end it was an e—mail tojeff bezos, the founder of amazon, that seemed to get some action. it emerged that the dog had gone along with the driver? yeah, she was found at the driver's house after the police investigated and looked at his sat nav. i think they found that after he went to our house he went home and then they

found her there. so in away the mystery remains because we understand police are investigating. number one, the moment you first found out that he was located. number one, the moment you first found out that he was locatedm was fantastic, we couldn't believe it. we were so devastated. but coming to terms with the realisation we might not see her again. and so when we got the call and the gentleman from amazon said, "i have her, she is here and i'm bringing her, she is here and i'm bringing her home to you" we were jumping for joy, her home to you" we were jumping for joy, screaming, we were so delighted. she came back in good nick and everything was ok? originally when she got driven down the drive she came out and didn't really recognise us. she didn't really recognise us. she didn't really respond to us when we called her name. we thought she might have been drugged because she was so docile, she wasjust been drugged because she was so docile, she was just whimpering when she came back. but everything is ok

now? she was checked by a vet, there we re now? she was checked by a vet, there were no signs of abuse but she went through something traumatic. she is going to say hello to rachel. i think she has smell that porridge underneath here! you are not the first people to lose a pet, it is traumatic, isn't it? it is traumatic, isn't it? it is traumatic, i never believed how tough it would be. it is a light switch. nothing else matters at all. you are trying to draw attention to the issue. if i can you are trying to draw attention to the issue. if! can show you are trying to draw attention to the issue. if i can show this to a camera, iam the issue. if i can show this to a camera, i am trying to draw attention to this which is sprocket, and eight—year—old westie that was presumed taken from a home in berkhamsted during a burglary. paul james, whose dog this is, is beside himself with worry about sprocket and we want anybody to look out for this dog. if they have any information at all, can they please get in touch with murphy's army.

information at all, can they please get in touch with murphy's armym is wonderful you have your dog back, so that is good news. we should say that in the statement from amazon, they said it is inexcusable and doesn't reflect the high standards we have four—hour delivery partners and we take these matters seriously. this individual is no longer delivering amazon packages for the independent delivery service provider. that is the statement from amazon. your dog has been adopted now by rachel klamer it's official! lovely see you this morning. thank you forjoining us. that is it, we are back at 6am tomorrow, have a wonderful bank holiday weekend. —— adopted by rachel, it is official. this is bbc news. donald trump criticises the level of knife crime in london — comparing one of the capital's hospitals to a war zone jamie acourt, one of the original suspects

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