hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. time for an end to rip—off railfares. train companies promise a major review to make the uk's ticket system fairer and simpler. but why, for decades, has that proved so hard? i'll be looking at what it will take to get a better deal for passengers. good morning, it is tuesday 8 may. also this morning: more pressure on the prime minister, as borisjohnson describes one of theresa may's favoured brexit policies as crazy. fountains of lava force thousands more people to flee from their homes after the volcanic eruption in hawaii. the generation gap is getting bigger, so should older people pay more tax to help younger people get a job or buy a house? i will look at the plans just before 7:00am.

in sport: mark williams has won his third world snooker title in a match some have described as the best final ever. and after the match, williams kept a promise made earlier in the tournament that if he won the title, he would appear at his press conference naked. and, after yesterday's heatwave, we will have the latest weather for you in about 15 minutes. to the. —— fear not, carol will be here. good morning. first, our main story: rail companies have announced a review aimed at making tickets fairer and easier to use. research suggests that only one in three passengers are confident that they bought the best—value ticket for their most recent train journey. passenger groups say reform is long overdue. let's talk to our transport correspondent victoria fritz, who is at liverpool street station. so many people have so many problems

with rail tickets. what are the plans? good morning to you though. well, you would have thought in a country of 65 million people or so, we wouldn't need about 55 million different ticket fares. and that is pa rt different ticket fares. and that is part of the problem. people are generally very confused as to what is their best option when it comes to train travel. there was some research done by kpmg, these are independent consultants, and they suggested as you rightly mentioned that about one in three people are very confident that they were getting the best value ticket when they went to go and buy their tickets, and less than that, about 2996, tickets, and less than that, about 29%, of people felt that they had a good experience when it came to buying their ticket. now, some of the regulation around this is really old, it's about 22 years old, in fa ct. old, it's about 22 years old, in fact. and since then, the way in which we travel and the way in which we work has completely changed. britain has shifted away from the traditional 9am to 5pm way of working, and with that it is harder to define things like peak and

off—peak fares, and things like season off—peak fares, and things like season tickets, for example, are just not relevant to the growing ra nks just not relevant to the growing ra n ks of just not relevant to the growing ranks of people who are part—time workers and self—employed as well. so radical rethink is in order. when it comes to the public consultation, that injune, and there will be more details available than about how you can get in touch with your thoughts, your feedback. the consultation will last right up until september, so you do have a little bit of time to get those comments in. but this is all about house has a structured to make sure that there is a little bit more trust in the railway system, and how that is regulated to bring it bang up—to—date with the modern ways in which we work, travel and live. it sounds like a good idea if and when it happens. thank you very much indeed. we will be talking about this with the rail delivery group at 7:10am. borisjohnson has described one of the government's proposals for a new customs arrangement with the eu after brexit as crazy. in an interview with the daily mail, the foreign secretary said one of the ideas downing street is considering would stop britain taking back control of trade.

our political correspondent eleanor garnier is in westminster. eleanor, this is not the kind of headline the prime minister will be that keen to see. another one of those headlines produced by mrjohnson. another one of those headlines produced by mrjohnsonlj another one of those headlines produced by mrjohnson. i suspect these will be raising questions but i don't think the prime minister will be surprised at the latest intervention from the foreign secretary. two options are being looked at. the streamlined option would use new technology to reduce the number of cheques at the borders, and then there is the second option, the so—called customs partnership, which would mean that the uk would end up collecting ta riffs the uk would end up collecting tariffs or taxes on behalf of the eu for goods that arrive in the uk but are destined to go into the eu. and it is that second option, the one which is thought to be the prime minister's preferred option, that borisjohnson has aimed his criticism at. according to the daily mail he said that option is crazy,

it is untried, and it will make it very, very difficult to do trade deals with other countries. we know that last week, when ministers met to discuss all this, they failed to agree on one of those options. downing street, though, said that there had been agreement, or consensus, if you like, on the principles, and that the prime minister had asked for more work to be done on the options. but both of these ideas were first floated last august. we are months and months down the line, so the pressure really is a theresa may and the government to make its mind up. thank you very much, so you a bit later on. —— see you later on. borisjohnson made those comments about brexit in washington, where he has been urging president trump not to tear up the iran nuclear deal. the deal was signed by iran and the us, the uk, russia, france, china, germany and the eu in 2015. an agreement was reached to ensure

iran's nuclear program would be exclusively peaceful. but opponents of the deal such as israel have accused the iranian regime of lying about their nuclear capabilities. donald trump has called the deal insane, and will announce later today whether he wants the us to pull out, as peter bowes reports. boris johnson's breakfast show appealed to the president was a last—ditch attempt to get donald trump to fall into line. friendly advice from a political ally. we think that what you can do is be tougher on iran, address the concerns of the president, and not throw the baby out with the bathwater. in another interview, the foreign secretary emphasised that a bad deal was better than no deal. within hours, donald trump announced on twitter that he was ready to show his hand. we will know his decision later today. if the us walks away, it would overturn barack 0bama's signature foreign policy agreement, a partnership with five other nations to curb iran's nuclear ambitions. it lifted economic sanctions in return for limitations

on the country's nuclear energy programme, a deal on the country's nuclear energy programme, a deaer on the country's nuclear energy programme, a deal mr trump describes asa programme, a deal mr trump describes as a disaster. the iran deal was one of the worst and most one—sided transactions the united states has ever entered into. it is insane, it's ridiculous, it should have never been made. boris johnson didn't get to meet the president, but he had face—to—face meetings with senior administration officials, including mike pompeo, the new secretary of state, who said the new secretary of state, who said the iran deal is built on lies. everything points to donald trump saying we are out. armed police remain in a stand—off with a gunman in oxford. according to thames valley police, firearms officers were called at around 1:15pm yesterday afternoon after shots were fired from a building in paradise square. 0fficers returned fire and are currently negotiating with a man. one person is being treated for a non—life—threatening injury. a is—year—old—boy shot in north london over the weekend

was an innocent bystander. according to the metropolitan police, the teenager was hit by shotgun pellets as he walked with his parents on wealdstone high street on sunday. he was one of five people shot in the capital within 2a hours. 2,000 people have now been evacuated from their homes on hawaii's big island, as the kilauea volcano continues to erupt, destorying dozens of homes. at one point, molten rock burst more than 200 feet into the air close to residential areas. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. fountains of lava, bursting from one of the world's most active volcanoes. kilauea has been erupting constantly for more than 30 years, but not like this. destruction unfolding in slow motion, gobbling up the ground in a residential area called leilani estates. since thursday, lava has been spewing forth from more than ten

fissures in the earth. this community was built on a field of fire, and no—one knows where the next rupture will emerge. hundreds of homes are threatened. hundreds of people have been forced to flee. as you go down the hill, you can see that leilani avenue doesn't exist anymore. there's a black lava thing, and all the — everything's all gone. at one point lava burst more than 200 feet into the air, higher than nelson's column in trafalgar square. at the crater of kilauea, geologists are using time—lapse videos to keep watch. but even the experts say that predicting the behaviour of a magma plumbing system which extends a0 miles beneath the earth is practically impossible. they are particularly concerned about gas stored in this geothermal plant near one of the fissures, and about sulphur dioxide

in the island air, which can prove deadly. this could go on for months, but there is nothing anyone can do about it, except to gaze in awe. james cook, bbc news. there is something sort of mesmeric, terrifying but mesmeric about those pictures. it takes a long time to stop, and once it stops, there is new land, isn't there? a group looking at the economic differences between old and young people has recommended that 25—year—olds should receive a £10,000 payment to help them onto the property ladder. the resolution foundation intergenerational commission claims radical reforms are needed to stop under—30s having a poorer life than their parents. they have also advised that working pensioners should contribute more to the nhs. inevitable pressures for public

spending to go up on healthcare and social care. and it is reasonable to expect the baby boomers, who have a very substantial part of the nation's wealth, to make that contribution towards meeting those costs, especially as it will be for services from which they themselves directly benefit. bejeweled crosses, veils, and halo—inspired head—dresses ruled the red carpet at new york's annual met gala last night. commentators had feared this year might be the museum's most controversial fundraiser ever, with a theme of heavenly bodies: fashion and the catholic imagination. rihanna, one of the evening's hosts, took her inspiration from the pope, wearing a jewel—encrusted mitre with matching mini—dress. ididn't i didn't quite catch the minidress, though. i was marvelling at the fact we had slowed or let down, i think

it was probably because of the flash photography, which makes it look even weirder. if anyone is going to get away with a mitre, it is rihanna. and from somebody in a lot of clothing to a fellow who didn't wear much. and there you go, mark williams, congratulations on your win last night. do you ever say something and regret saying that? quite regularly, yes. he said if i win this, i will do my press co nfe re nce he said if i win this, i will do my press conference naked. well, he was a man of his word. mark williams has become the oldest world snooker champion for a0 years, after a thrilling 18—16 win overjohn higgins, who pushed him all the way. the welshman now has a third world title at the age of 43, 15 years after his last one. steve davis called it the best final ever.

iam i am guessing he includes his own final in 1985 i am guessing he includes his own final in1985 in i am guessing he includes his own final in 1985 in that state. —— statement. it is two wins from two for home team england in the under—17 european championships. they came from behind to beat italy 2—1 yesterday with this strike from arvin appiah the equaliser. a point in their last group match will put england into the last eight. anthony joshua's next fight is moving a step closer. the boxer and his management team will meet later today to discuss his next steps in the heavyweight division. joshua holds three world titles, and could face a unification bout with american wbc champ deontay wilder. england women's football manager phil neville is setting up a female side at the non—league club he pa rt—owns. neville and his co—owners, including brother gary and ryan giggs, will create the salford city lionesses. they are not hanging about, are they? it is about time they had won.

manchester united took a very long time to establish a women's team and they have decided to go ahead and do it. and a good crowd over the weekend, 115,000 at wembley and a big tv audience as well. and a glorious day for it. the best advert ever for women's football. and the chelsea doubled. and it was beautiful weather over the weekend. i know you have both been to various lovely places. i went to one... anyway. i had a lovely time as well. what a bank holiday weekend that turned out to be. it was a recordbreaker. turned out to be. it was a recordbrea ker. to the turned out to be. it was a recordbreaker. to the north—west of london, temperatures got close to 29 degrees. the warmest early may bank holiday weekend on record. and for many places, their worst some sunshine to enjoy. that was not the picture everywhere. this area shrouded with low cloud. no better

than 11 degrees. there is something cooler on the way for all of us as we go through the next few days because the warm from the bank holiday will be replaced by some cooler, fresh air pushing in from the atlantic. we start off tuesday morning like this, with temperatures in double digits in many places. some sunshine around first thing as well at out west, always more in the way of cloud. misty, murky conditions persisting in the south. and while eastern areas may stay bright, the further west, we see a band of cloud heading into northern england and northern ireland. ahead of the band of wet weather, another hot day. 28 degrees in london but out west, the temperature is taking a tumble. that is a sign of things to come because as we push this weakening band of rain east, behind it, we get into cooler, fresher conditions on tuesday night. wednesday will bring a bump in the isobars with an area of low pressure

—— high—pressure, trying to topple its way in. mainly a fine start and the eastern and south—eastern areas, it will stay that way with spells in sunshine but out west, a sprinkling of rain. into the north—west of england and wales as the day wears on. the temperatures continue to dip away. the front pushes eastwards as we go into thursday at high pressure builds back in. thursday not a bad looking day with sunshine and a few showers around. some to be heavy. look at the temperatures. 13— 17 degrees. we start fine on friday but here is our next atlantic frontal system pushing in from the west. strengthening winds and outbreaks of rain. we stick with the cooler conditions. 12 degrees in aberdeen. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning —

rail companies say they're looking at how they can make their ticketing system fairer and easier to use for passengers. lava from an erupting hawaiian volcano has destroyed 35 homes and other buildings, with officials now worried about dangerous levels of sulphur dioxide entering the atmosphere. i have stolen it from ben. look at the picture. extraordinary and terrifying abuse. if that is your house, there is only one way that that lava is presumably going to go. if you live there, it would be as very worrying time. boris goes to

war on crazy number ten trade plan. that's what he has called it. he has beenin that's what he has called it. he has been in america and quite a few pictures of sir alex ferguson in papers today. it is reported he is awake and talking after the brain haemorrhage news we received over the weekend. at the guardian talking about that. something we mentioned in the news bulletin, every person in britain should receive £10,000 when they turn 25 to help fix the broken intergenerational contract. i would love to know your thoughts on this. should 25—year—old be given £10,000? russia's president—elect vladimir putin being applauded by guests at his inauguration ceremony in the kremlin yesterday. it was a long walk along that red carpet. you can clearly see that he is pretty happy about it. the times have story about rip—off rail fares. this happy about it. the times have story

about rip—off railfares. this is bournemouth. anybody who tried to go anywhere yesterday, you will have known it was a lot of traffic. as we a lwa ys known it was a lot of traffic. as we always do in the uk, we like to put —— compare ourselves to the other parts of the world than we are —— that we are hotter than in two days of the year. apparently we are hotter than rio de janeiro. of the year. apparently we are hotter than rio dejaneiro. and it beat up. don't let the facts get it in your way. beat up. don't let the facts get it in yourway. —— beat up. don't let the facts get it in your way. —— ibiza. beat up. don't let the facts get it in your way. -- ibiza. the rail bosses admitting it is cheaper to split ticket. i don't know if any of you have been successful in that. and also talking about vanilla being in short supply. a great picture in the times. boiling hot yesterday. 80,000 people lined the streets to celebrate the promotion to the premier league. look at those people in the beautiful and glorious day. the papers full of relegation and

promotion news and a really great interview with etheridge talking about their goalkeeper and he says he slept on sofas and now he is in the premier league. the back page of the premier league. the back page of the star has a picture of williams, the star has a picture of williams, the newt world champion. he promised to do his press conference naked if he won. there you go. a strategically placed desk in front of him at there. very handy. we will talk about the innards —— intergenerational divide. in about half are hour's time. find out if it is fairto ask half are hour's time. find out if it is fair to ask more people pay more in tax to help young people get a bit of a bridge. a lot of you will have views about that so let us know. the famous cathedral in

barcelona. it is still unfinished. it began being built in the 18 805. the latest part of its development i5 the latest part of its development is coming from lanca5hire. 0ne the latest part of its development is coming from lanca5hire. one of 5even is coming from lanca5hire. one of seven bu5ine55e5 is coming from lanca5hire. one of seven businesses around the world that has been asked to provide the stone for it. it hopefully gives us some details about what else it is known for. another story about theatres that could go dark under theatres that could go dark under the new eu rules because there are new limits on the efficiency of lightbulbs. very few of the ones used in theatres would pass the latest test. they are finding out if there is a way around that to ensure there is a way around that to ensure the lights stay on for all sorts of theatre productions. this makes lots of the papers this morning to stop it is about a young lady who is just about to get married. couple were canoeing down the zambezi river when a crocodile pulled her out of the canoe. she was pulled out and she

actually lost her right arm in a crocodile attack that she was due to get married at couple of days later and she still did. there she is in her wedding gown. she had to get married in the chapel at the hospital but an extraordinary story of bravery and she was very lucky. quite a bit of good telly on over the weekend. coronation street had a very good and. don't know how you have time to watch telly and snooker and a... we were working yesterday. a moment last night, listening to forever fm. here's a moment whenjohn and kayleigh were listening to forever fm, and a discussion about favourite meals. what mill have you not had courageous that you could have tonight? give us a call. chips, beans on friday. why would you have chicken kiev? a different family.

you would have chicken together with a friday. eggs are from chickens was up a friday. eggs are from chickens was up they are one and the same. you dig it chips and egg and put a bit of chicken kiev... the garlic went go with an eight. —— the garlic won't go with an egg. they are just funny and they are just clever. the channel island of guernsey will be the first place in the british isles to legalise assisted dying, allowing doctors to help terminally ill patients take their own lives. germany, belgium, switzerland and the netherlands all already allow forms of assisted suicide but it is an issue has sparked fierce debate wherever it is considered, as graham satchell reports. guernsey is a traditional sort of

place, conservative with a small fee but the debate here is life and death. i want to have the choice to end my life. that denied me by the law in guernsey at the moment. should terminally ill islanders be given the legal right to be helped to die? the pact meeting, we met magritte who thought they should. she travelled to switzerland with her cousinjohn when he was terminally ill with cancer. he really couldn't countenance the awful loss of dignity, the fear of what was to come and the pain. the reassurance of knowing he had been able to end his life the way that he wa nted able to end his life the way that he wanted to was very important.“ they do pass the law here, would you useit? they do pass the law here, would you use it? i believe it would be my choice. i would certainly want to have the option and i would certainly consider it very strongly. guernsey has a population ofjust over 60,000. it has an independent

parliament that can set its own taxes, its own laws. there are of course only two certainties in life, death and taxes. guernsey is already an offshore tax haven. is it really about to become an offshore death haven? not ifjohn gill has any say in it. our choices have consequences for other people... he is chairman of the hospice and the worries him is how to protect vulnerable older people from being coerced to end their life. none of us knows what happens behind closed doors and, in, it's about time you are moving on from this, aunty. the quality of life you are experiencing isn't very good, my dear. i am life you are experiencing isn't very good, my dear. iam paraphrasing but one that wonders if that pressure would be there. church groups in guernsey and the doctor ‘s union, the bma, are also against any new legislation. guernsey doesn't have the mental capacity which is an essential piece of legislation to

ensure that that person making the decision to die has the ability to do so. back at the public meeting, guernsey's chief minister said the existing dying bill is own idea what his father died heart disease. he told me safeguards can be put in place to prevent abuse and introducing the new law would be a clear sign of social progress.“ people come to think of guernsey as being the kind of compassionate, progressive environment that enables individuals to determine their own end of life choices and i think it's a very positive thing. if we are seen a very positive thing. if we are seenin a very positive thing. if we are seen in the cape —— same category as canada, victoria, washington, i think that's positive. the vote is next week. isn't guernsey about to join parts of north america, europe and australia to become the first

place in the british isles to assisted dying? graham satchel, bbc news, guernsey. lots to talk about. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alpa patel there've been more calls for action from politicians after a weekend of violence in london. 17—year—old rhyhiem ainsworth barton died on saturday after shots were fired from a car in kennington. people living nearby say they feel afraid and it's time for a proper strategy to tackle crime on the capital's streets. this weekend has been a. walking around, like, i have heard cars

backfire and mopeds driving past and it's like, i keep thinking, and i saw a helicopter ran a thought oh my god, it's happening again and it's really scary. a company based in docklands has come up with an unusual way of setting the amount its workers are paid. salaries are not determined by an individual‘s boss, but by their colleagues. it's known as self management, and it means everyone knows what everyone else is paid. the company says it's one way of addressing the gender pay gap, as well as avoiding discrimination based on race. it should absolutely go a long way to relieving the problem because everybody within the company knows what everybody else is being paid and the largest issue, really, with pay disparity, whatever the reason, is that pay is usually confidential and a secret process. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube, this morning. 0n the trains — half hour delays on great western trains, between reading and london paddington, because of speed restrictions and engineering work

following the hot weather the woolwich road flyover is building up heading into the blackwall tunnel. london bridge is closed northbound because of a police investigation. in south hampstead belsize road is shut westbound, because of a burst water main, between abbey road and priory terrace. lets take a look at the weather. here's kate kinsella good morning. yesterday was the earliest —— warmest bank holiday weekend on record. today, it will stay warm. we have lots of sunshine but there is a chance of a shower developing a little bit later. for this morning, lots of sunshine, lots of loose guy. we still have this very warm areas were. later on, we have some cloud developing and with the heat, that combined, we could

see one or two showers. temperatures getting up to 28 celsius so still very impressive and still very warm. if you do have the showers, they will disappear this —— this evening. pleasa nt will disappear this —— this evening. pleasant and dry and clear. minimum ten bridges somewhere between eight and 11 celsius. a lovely right to start for wednesday and we still have some sunshine. lots of dry weather around but we will notice the temperature just starting to cool off. it went be as cool as the last few days. —— minimum temperatures. we could see one or two showers. i'm back in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now it's back to dan and louise. bye for now hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. it is 6:30am on tuesday 8 may. we will have the latest news and sport injust a moment, but coming up later in the programme: do you know your advanced single

from your open return? your super off—peak from your rovers and your rangers? if the answer is no, then you're not alone. the rail industry is launching a consultation to find ways to simplify train ticketing. we will catch up with victoria at liverpool street station a little later. me affects 250,0000 people in the uk, and is the most common reason for long—term sickness absence of children from school. we will speak to the maker of a new documentary looking at efforts to better understand the condition, and possibly create a cure. and, just three days after his victory over david haye, at the 02, we will be joined by tony bellew as he ponders his next challenge — a possible match—up against former heavyweight champion tyson fury. all that still to come. but now, a summary of this morning's main news: britain's rail companies are launching a review into the way train fares are designed and regulated. the rail delivery group, which represents industry firms, says that passengers aren't always

offered the cheapest fares, because of what it says are long—standing anomalies in the way tickets are issued. it also claims 55 million different fare combinations exist in the current system. a public consultation on the plans will be launched next month. borisjohnson has described one of the government's post—brexit customs proposals as crazy. in an interview with the daily mail, the foreign secretary said one of the ideas downing street is considering for a customs deal with the eu would stop britain taking back control of trade. number ten said the cabinet was agreed on the principles for a future customs agreement, and more work was being done on the specific details. borisjohnson made those comments about brexit in washington, where he has been urging president trump not to tear up the iran nuclear deal. the deal was signed by iran and the us, the uk, russia, france, china, germany and the eu in 2015. an agreement was reached to ensure iran's nuclear program would be exclusively peaceful.

but opponents of the deal such as israel have accused the iranian regime of lying about their nuclear capabilities. donald trump has called the deal insane, and will announce later today whether he wants the us to pull out, as peter bowes reports. boris johnson's breakfast show appeal to the president was a last—ditch attempt to get donald trump to fall into line — friendly advice from a political ally. we think that what you can do is be tougher on iran, address the concerns of the president, and not throw the baby out with the bathwater. in another interview, the foreign secretary emphasised that a bad deal was better than no deal. within hours, donald trump announced on twitter that he was ready to show his hand. we will know his decision later today. if the us walks away, it would overturn barack 0bama's signature foreign policy achievement, a partnership with five other nations to curb iran's nuclear ambitions.

it lifted economic sanctions in return for limitations on the country's nuclear energy programme, a deal mr trump describes as a disaster. the iran deal was one of the worst and most one—sided transactions the united states has ever entered into. it's insane, it's ridiculous, it should have never been made. boris johnson didn't get to meet the president, but he had face—to—face meetings with senior administration officials, including mike pompeo, the new secretary of state, who said the iran deal is built on lies. everything points to donald trump saying we are out. armed police remain in a stand—off with a gunman in oxford. according to thames valley police, firearms officers were called at around 1:15pm yesterday afternoon after shots were fired from a building in paradise square. 0fficers returned fire, and are currently negotiating with a man. 2,000 people have now been

evacuated from their homes on hawaii's big island, as the kilauea volcano continues to erupt, destroying dozens of homes. officials on the island say they are particularly concerned by reserves of natural gas stored at a power plant close to the lava flow, and the potentially deadly release of sulphur dioxide into the air. at one point, molten rock burst more than 200 feet into the air close to residential areas. and we will be speaking to someone from the island later. if you are logging on to social media this morning, chances are your feeds will be filled with sparkling crosses, veils, and halo—inspired head—dresses. a warning — there is some flash photography coming up, and this is why.

last night new york held its annual met gala fundraiser, with a theme of heavenly bodies: fashion and the catholic imagination. rihanna, one of the evening's hosts, took her inspiration from the pope, wearing a jewel—encrusted mitre with matching mini—dress. she is a very impressive woman, but iam not she is a very impressive woman, but i am not sure that is the finest outfit she has ever appeared in. do you think? ijust don't know. i love it. she can do no wrong! she looks fantastic. come on. all that encrusted sparkly stuff... not your thing? come on. i know there is a sisterhood, and all that, but sometimes... no, i genuinely like it. she has interpreted the same.

sometimes with that theme they can slightly ignore it. sometimes people just turn up in red, and she always goes with it. i think if you are going to go with it... i celebrate the embracing of the theme. when you getan the embracing of the theme. when you get an invitation and it is dressed up, do you think, oh no... once i was the only one who dressed up. what were you? i don't want to talk about it. there might have been some kind of star wars thing going on. do you know who is the best person to be with at a party? mike bushell. i know there is lots of other stuff to talk about on the programme, but mike bushell is the only one i know in the world, and we go to a party, and it is fancy dress, and if eve ryo ne and it is fancy dress, and if everyone is in fancy dress, he says give mea everyone is in fancy dress, he says give me a moment, goes outside, and comes back to back minutes later in a chicken outfit which happened to be in the back of his car. he could be in the back of his car. he could be like a fancy dress superhero.

give mea be like a fancy dress superhero. give me a second... i am a chicken! talking about superheroes, mark williams put in the spectacular appearance at the snooker. can we explain why he has not got a shirt on? he said that if he won he would do his press conference naked. fully naked, walked in in a towel, but at that time point, ladies and gentlemen, he was in his birthday suit. mark williams has become the oldest world snooker champion for a0 years, after beating john higgins 18—16 in a thrilling final at the crucible. the welshman had thought about quitting the game, and didn't even qualify for last year's championship, but now has a third world title at the age of a3, 15 years after his last one. it's unbelievable. i mean, 12 months ago, i wasn't even here, and to come out and just to play john in the final is an experience in itself, ‘cause i haven't been here for a long time.

the crowd have been fantastic tonight, all the way through, really. ijust can't believe it. well, so unexpected was the thought of a third world title that earlier in the week williams declared, if he won, he would do his final press conference naked. and he is a man of his word. here he is, fresh from picking up the world championship trophy. at least he had the decency to cover himself up. take our word for it — he did remove that towel, and he was safely concealed behind a table. and at that point we leave the pictures. alljoking and at that point we leave the pictures. all joking aside, and at that point we leave the pictures. alljoking aside, it and at that point we leave the pictures. all joking aside, it has been very distracting! well, bbc pundit steve davis has called it the best final he has ever seen, and he knows a thing or two about dramatic world snooker finals. he won six titles at the crucible, in an illustrious career. but perhaps the match he will be remembered most for is his defeat in the 1985 black ball final against dennis taylor in 1985, taylor coming from 8—0 down to win the decider on the very last ball of the tournament.

do you remember that?|j do you remember that? i do remember, i stayed up... were you allowed? well, i know he has got to build—up, but that was the best, wasn't it? when it all comes down to one single ball. but there is only one person who can say that last night was the best, and that is the person who is in the best one. the nougat can say what he likes. —— nugget. it is two wins from two for england in the under—17 european championships. they came from behind to beat italy in walsall yesterday. the young lions dominated the second half. this strike from arvin appiah got them level, and tommy doyle's penalty won it. a point in their last group match will put them into the last eight. sir alex ferguson remains in intensive care after he underwent emergency surgery on saturday.

the former manchester united manager is being treated for a brain haemorrage. the football world continues to send its best wishes. ryan giggs says he is praying for the man he calls the most important mentor of his career. united defender philjones says his fighting spirit will help. he was the one who brought me to the club, and gave me the opportunity to play for one of the biggest clubs in the world. and, you know, he took me under his wing, like a father. yeah, it was shocking, it was sad, but i know his character, he has that fight in him, and hopefully he'll recover well. anthonyjoshua and his management team will meet later today, and we could be another step closer to a fight that would give boxing its first undisputed heavyweight champion. joshua holds three world titles, and many fans would love to see a unification bout against the american wbc champ, deontay wilder. i think if it's a real offer, with real contract terms, which we've not seen yet, and i believe the americans do

wa nt it, and they want it in vegas, then we are looking at a fight that anthony joshua would prefer, because he wants to create his own legacy, and legacy would be undisputed world champion. and boxing fans, later in the programme we have the one and only mr tony bellew coming up on the sofa. the make—up ladies coming in for a bit of a shiner. well, it is only three days, isn't it? that is just after 8:30 a.m.. looking forward to that one. thank you very much. the kilauea volcano is continuing to and cause destruction on hawaii's big island, spewing lava up to 200 feet into the air. the latest series of eruptions started on friday, and has so far destroyed 35 buildings and forced nearly 2,000 people from their homes. sherry bracken is a reporter from hawaii public radio. tell us, i mean, these are

extraordinary pictures. we have looked at so many of them. tell us what it is like, and what you have seen. what it is like, and what you have seen. well, it is pretty extraordinary, although for people who live on the big island of hawaii the kilauea volcano is part of life here, so it is not that extraordinary but the photos are really terrible and beautiful at the same time. the eruption began on 30 april, with the collapse of a vent which is part of the kilauea volcano. and what happened was the bottom of it sort of drained away and all of that laver, how much they don't really know, but a lot of that laver went flowing downhill underground in a series of tubes and reached a fairly flat area about a5 miles away —— lava. the leilani subdivision, and fissures started

erupting. as of right now there were 12 fissures where lava has come up. as of now, the fissures are temporarily quiet, although that is not a situation the geologist at the hawaiian volcano 0bservatory expect to continue. they believe that the eruption will continue. and watching the pictures, the sort of relentless advance, and there is nothing, if you are advance of the volcano or your house is, there is nothing you can do to stop it, is that? that is absolutely correct. the hawaiian culture believes madam pele is the goddess of the volcano and the philosophy is that what madam pele wa nts, philosophy is that what madam pele wants, madam pele gets. there was discussion around world war two about whether bombing a lava flow might work. there was a situation in iceland where they were able to use

freezing water to sort of cool down and stop and eruption, but that is really not possible. so no, if you are in the path of the laver, you are in the path of the laver, you are in the path of the laver, you are in the path of the lava. and if it doesn't spare your home, there is nothing to be done. and you sound philosophical, but what about the impact notjust on homes but on the tourism industry is well? well, the tourism industry is well? well, the tourism industry is well? well, the tourism industry to properly will not suffer because most of the tourists first go to the west side of the big island. this eruption is on the east and towards the south, and although many, many people go to hawaii volcanoes national park, which is really the source of this lava, 2 million visitors last year was the highest, and it gets always at least 1 was the highest, and it gets always at least1 million was the highest, and it gets always at least 1 million visitors was the highest, and it gets always at least1 million visitors per year, but many and most of the tourists go to west hawaii, that is a sunny part of the island where the golf courses. so actually tourism

should not really be affected. the only impact would be the park, for example, which was temporarily closed yesterday. it was closed after... we had a 6.9 earthquake on friday, and there was a little bit of damage from that. surprisingly, very little damage, because the earthquake was on the flank of kilauea. it was not a tectonic plate juncture like you experience in california or places on the pacific rim. but even with that, closing the park temporarily, that didn't last very long, and hawaii volcanoes national park is open. folks can go and visit and people can get easily to the west side, and neither of our airports, neither of those are affected. planes can still take off and land. this is not the kind of volcanic eruption which is putting a lot of ash into the air. thank you so lot of ash into the air. thank you so much for explaining what is going

on for us. many of us enjoyed a glorious bank holiday weekend, with temperatures reaching record highs yesterday. in a moment we'll be speaking to carol. but first lets see how some of us were enjoying the heat. that the plan. get in the water. it's awesome. it's nice. did you will have a good time? yes! we have

been having some ice cream. and foot ball been having some ice cream. and football and just been in the lake. we should have more days like this. it's nice to have some sunshine. i wish i could jump in the water, though. sunshine indeed. ben rich has this morning's weather forecast. hello. what a bank holiday weekend that turned out to be. it was a recordbreaker. to the north—west of london, temperatures got close to 29 degrees. the warmest early may bank holiday weekend on record. and for many places, there was some sunshine to enjoy. that was not the picture everywhere. this area in cornwall shrouded with low cloud. no better than 11 degrees. there is something cooler on the way for all of us as we go through the next few days because that warmth from the bank

holiday will be replaced by some cooler, fresh air pushing in from the atlantic. we start off tuesday morning like this, with temperatures in double digits in many places. some sunshine around first thing as well, but out west, always more in the way of cloud. misty, murky conditions persisting in the south. and while eastern areas may stay bright, the further west, we see a band of cloud and rain heading into northern england and northern ireland. and into wales and scotland. ahead of the band of wet weather, another hot day. 28 degrees in london but out west, the temperature is taking a tumble. that is a sign of things to come because as we push this weakening band of rain east, behind it, we get into cooler, fresher conditions on tuesday night. wednesday will bring a bump in the isobars with an area of low pressure —— high—pressure, trying to topple its way in. mainly a fine start and the eastern and south—eastern areas,

it will stay that way with spells in sunshine but out west, a sprinkling of rain. into the north—west of england and wales as the day wears on. the temperatures continue to dip away. the front pushes eastwards as we go into the first part of thursday as high pressure builds back in. thursday not a bad looking day with sunshine and a few showers around. some to be heavy. look at the temperatures. 13—17 degrees. we start fine on friday but here is our next atlantic frontal system pushing in from the west. strengthening winds and outbreaks of rain. we stick with the cooler conditions. 12 degrees in aberdeen. do you think summer is over already? yes. pensioners should be taxed more and the money spent on the young and the nhs,

that's according to a new report into inter—generational fairness in the uk. ben has more. it is an emotive subject. messages to the programme about whether the baby boomer generation were well off —— mock better off than the millennials. there is a growing divide, it seems, between generations when it comes to money. there is a perception that the baby boomer generation had a pretty good. they got university grants, healthy pensions, cheaper houses and long retirements and i must stress, that isa retirements and i must stress, that is a person —— perception. whereas, younger people today face tuition fees, shrinking pensions, soaring house prices and the prospect of working long into their old age. what is the answer? a two—year study is proposing a new tax on pensioners to support the nhs which is

disproportionately used by older people and also to provide younger people and also to provide younger people with a 1—off payment of £10,000 to try and even things out. will it work? we spoke to stephanie,n karen and dan. three generations of the same family living in stafford. the first house we bought was 300 thousand pounds. you can hardly buy a car these days. it was still a struggle to get on the market. when i left university, financially to get a house was a lot easier leave. —— easier. we bought a house with the same amount as college fees are these days. rudloff to get my own place but the reality is, you are not going to. we lived literally from week to week. the money was all allocated that as we got a bit

better off, we started to look to the future. i think they go through education and you are painfully university and it's expensive. living costs, at university and it's expensive. living costs, et cetera. they always wa nt living costs, et cetera. they always want the best of things. are vast data help me with so much. i've worked and earned but on minimum wage, you can hardly do anything with it. i've had to have quite a bit of help. daniel helped write this report. seed looked at all different aspects, is this the right way to go about it? —— so, you have looked. there is a whole different host of recommendations in our report that we are polishing today. as you say, we are polishing today. as you say, we have been working on this but two yea rs we have been working on this but two years and have produced reports.

looking at third generations, young and old. we know families do a good job of supporting each other. we support young people as they are growing up and we support all people as they might need support from us as they might need support from us as they might need support from us as they get older. and maybe suffer from ill health. the state we think isn't really doing as good a job and nor is the housing market or the jobs market. we need to step in and this is one of the ways we can step in. we know that inheritance is going to double in the years ahead and loads of people will be getting money from their elderly relatives as they die but not everybody is. we are saying we should have citizens inheritance, £10,000 for people under 25 to help them get a start if they are not going to get something from parents. what will those £10,000 pay for? in many cases the is not enough for a deposit for a house. it is up to half a deposit outside of london for some people. we are seeing it shouldn'tjust

given to young people to spend on what they want but they should spend it towards what they want. saving for their pension, investing in education, may be starting a business. this is something that lots of young people will miss out on because they are not expecting and they would be receiving large inheritances. this is essentially asking older people to pay the structural problems with how the economy works. the fact that house prices are so —— expensive is down to the fact that we are not building enough and if you look at changes to pensions, is it fair that you are making old people make up the shortfall from businesses and the rest of the market? we have a whole host of proposals around housing. we have looked at how that can happen how we can support the housing market by cutting stamp duty for most buyers. that will help people move around and help the housing market were better but on the issue around higher taxes for all the workers as they keep working past

retirement age, we're not saying they should have higher taxes but they should have higher taxes but the same taxes as people who are currently in work to even things up. i mentioned this at the start, it is a perception that the younger generation is struggling. tony says it is different and many people over 50 had to cope on the minimum wage. this lady says if you want things in life, go out and work with them. another one says look, the ideas are fine but i have had to work every day since i was 16, not a penny was given to me, you can imagine my response. we weren't great, why should we now have to pay for the younger generation? we think lots of older people know that their grandchildren and children are struggling to achieve the things that they achieved and we have surveyed the uk population and we know that twice as many people think that things are going to be worse

than the younger generation than their parents. in the round, most people have identified this as there are people have identified this as there a re lots of people have identified this as there are lots of things we can do to make it better and that's what this report today is all about. an interesting one. i'm sure it will spark a few comments, put it that way. daniel tomlinson from the resolution foundation. keep your comments coming in because i'm sure you have a view on it. whether you should be, if you are a bit older, paying for the younger generation. and sure lots of people are watching and will have all sorts of different views. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alpa patel. there are calls from politicians for more to be done after a weekend of violence in london. on saturday 17—year—old rhyhiem ainsworth barton — was shot dead in kennington.

four others were shot and injured over the weekend. those living near one of the shootings say they feel anxious and want a proper strategy to tackle violence in london. this weekend has been the scariest... walking around, like, i have heard cars backfire and mopeds driving past and it's like, i keep thinking... and i saw a helicopter and i thought, oh my god, it's happening again and it's really scary. a company based in docklands has come up with an unusual way — of setting the amount its workers are paid. salaries are not determined by an individual‘s boss, but by their colleagues. it's known as self management, and it means everyone knows what everyone else is paid. the company says it's one way of addressing the gender pay gap, as well as avoiding discrimination based on race. it should absolutely go a long way to relieving the problem because everybody within the company knows what everybody else is being paid and the largest issue, really, with pay disparity,

whatever the reason, is that pay is usually confidential and a secret process. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube — minor delays on central line: between white city, epping and hainault, that's eastbound only, due to a signal faiure at oxford circus 0n the trains — half hour delays on great western trains, between reading and london paddington, because of speed restrictions and engineering work following the hot weather. southern trains are suspended between clapham junction and milton keynes central — while engineering works are being finished. 0n the m25 — delays anticlockwise, because of a broken down lorry, between j25 for the a10 and j2a for potters bar. london bridge is closed northbound because of a police investigation. let's take a look at the weather. here's kate kinsella. good morning. yesterday was the warmest bank holiday weekend on record. begot up to 28 celsius in london.

we have lots of sunshine today but there is a chance of a shower developing a little bit later. for this morning, lots of sunshine, lots of blue sky. we still have this very warm air as well. later on, we have some cloud developing and with the heat, that combined, we could see one or two showers. temperatures getting up to 28 celsius so still very impressive and still very warm. if you do have the showers, they will disappear this evening. pleasant and dry and clear. minimum temperatures somewhere between eight and 11 celsius. a lovely right to start for wednesday and we still have some sunshine. lots of dry weather around but we will notice the temperature just starting to cool off. still impressive, 20 celsius, but not quite as warm as the last couple of days. things getting cooler as we had towards the weekend as as we had

three, we could see one or two showers. i'm back in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now it's back to dan and louise. bye for now hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. time for an end to rip—off railfares. train companies promise a major review to make the uk's ticket system fairer and simpler. but why, for decades, has that proved so hard? i will be looking at what it will take to get a better deal for passengers. good morning, it is tuesday 8 may. also this morning: more pressure on the prime minister, as borisjohnson describes one of theresa may's favoured brexit policies as crazy. fountains of lava force thousands more people to flee from their homes after the volcanic

eruption in hawaii. if you have been enjoying the bank holiday weather, are you refreshed and raring to go at work today, or reluctant to get back to the grind? i'm looking at whether time off actually makes us more productive. in sport: mark williams has won his third world snooker title, in a match some have described as the best final ever. and after the match williams kept a promise that, if he won the title, he would appear at his press conference naked. well. i would like to see more of that later. less on him later. and, after yesterday's heatwave, we will have the latest weather for you in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story: rail companies have announced a review aimed at making tickets fairer and easier to use. research suggests that only one in three passengers are confident that they bought the best—value ticket for their most recent train journey.

passenger groups say reform is long overdue. let's talk to our transport correspondent victoria fritz, who is at liverpool street station. it isa it is a pretty confusing picture, isn't it, victoria ? it is a pretty confusing picture, isn't it, victoria? it is a very confusing picture. i mean, there are only 65... i say only 65, only 65 million people living in the uk, but there are 55 million ticket options you can have for travelling across britain's railways. it is no surprise, therefore, that people are pretty confused as to whether or not they are buying the right fare. there has been some research done into this by kpmg and it suggests only one in three of us are very confident that we have walked away from that ticket booth or that ticket offers very confident that we have actually bought the right ticket, the best value ticket for our journey. even fewer,

ticket, the best value ticket for ourjourney. even fewer, about 29%, felt that they had had a good experience when buying their ticket. all of this data suggest that the rules and regulations around fares are rules and regulations around fares a re pretty rules and regulations around fares are pretty outdated. in fact, they are pretty outdated. in fact, they are now 22 years old and the way in which we live, work and travel has changed a lot. we have shifted away from the old 9am to 5pm way of working and that means it is far more difficult to define what peak and off—peak fares look like. more difficult to define what peak and off—peakfares look like. some ticket options look very outdated. for example, it can be cheaper to travel across a bunch of different rail tickets, it is called split ticketing, that it is to buy one ticketing, that it is to buy one ticket all the way through your journey and things like season tickets, for example, are pretty outdated full those who are part—time workers or self—employed as well. those ticket options do not work for many people. so a public consultation will be launched in june. there will be plenty of details on how you can give your feedback back into the train operating companies. it will be open

until september, and as a result of this, there will be recommendations which will be put forward to the government to look at in the autumn. so lots to think about. do you get that feedback in. you have a that {22 fig; iii'ffi afifarufhavefia few to that fat; aha ii'ij'ifi aafarufhavefia fzw to esummg,:i:,:ffji::f if: .f ., f. . that fat; aha ii'ij'ifi aafarufhavefia fzw to 2 we gnaeza “ “22‘s? that faa aha ii'ij'ifi gafaufhavefia fzw the borisjohnson has described one of the government's proposals for a new customs arrangement with the eu after brexit as crazy. in an interview with the daily mail, the foreign secretary said one of the ideas downing street is considering would stop britain taking back control of trade. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier is in westminster. eleanor, this is not the kind of headline the prime minister will be that keen to see. good morning. yes, ithink these comments will raise tensions. but equally i don't think theresa may is going to be surprised at this latest intervention from the foreign secretary. there are two options

being looked at. one is a streamlined system which would use new technology aiming to reduce the number of checks on borders. and in the second option, the so—called customs partnership, would see the uk collect tariffs or taxes on behalf of brussels on goods that arrive into the uk but are destined for the eu. and it is that second option that lawrencejohnson has aimed his criticism that, and that is the option that is thought to be the prime minister's preferred option —— horace johnson. the prime minister's preferred option —— horacejohnson. in the daily mail borisjohnson said it was untried and crazy and would make it very difficult to do trade deals with other countries. we know from last week when ministers got together to discuss this, they failed to agree on a post—brexit customs arrangement, and downing street said that, actually, what was needed was more work to be done. the prime minister had asked for more work to be done in the two options, but that there was agreement or

consensus between ministers on the principles. i would add that these ideas were first floated last august, so we are months and months down the line. so the pressure really is on the prime minister and the government to make its mind up. thank you very much, thank you. borisjohnson made those comments about brexit in washington, where he has been urging president trump not to tear up the iran nuclear deal. the deal was signed by iran and the us, the uk, russia, france, china, germany and the eu in 2015. an agreement was reached to ensure iran's nuclear program would be exclusively peaceful. but israel, one of the main opponents of the deal, has accused the iranian regime of lying about their nuclear capabilities. donald trump has called the deal insane, and will announce later today whether he wants the us to pull out, as peter bowes reports. boris johnson's breakfast show appeal to the president was a last—ditch attempt to get donald trump to fall into line — friendly advice from a political ally. we think that what you can do is be tougher on iran,

address the concerns of the president, and not throw the baby out with the bathwater. in another interview, the foreign secretary emphasised that a bad deal was better than no deal. within hours, donald trump announced on twitter that he was ready to show his hand. we will know his decision later today. if the us walks away, it would overturn barack 0bama's signature foreign policy achievement, a partnership with five other nations to curb iran's nuclear ambitions. it lifted economic sanctions in return for limitations on the country's nuclear energy programme, a deal mr trump describes as a disaster. the iran deal was one of the worst and most one—sided transactions the united states has ever entered into. it's insane, it's ridiculous, it should have never been made. boris johnson didn't get to meet the president, but he had face—to—face meetings with senior administration officials, including mike pompeo, the new secretary of state, who said the iran deal

is built on lies. everything points to donald trump saying we are out. 2,000 people have now been evacuated from their homes on hawaii's big island, as the kilauea volcano continues to erupt, destorying dozens of homes. at one point, molten rock burst more than 200 feet into the air close to residential areas. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. fountains of lava, bursting from one of the world's most active volcanoes. kilauea has been erupting constantly for more than 30 years, but not like this. destruction unfolding in slow motion, gobbling up the ground in a residential area called leilani estates. since thursday, lava has been spewing forth from more than ten fissures in the earth. this community was built on a field of fire, and no—one knows

where the next rupture will emerge. hundreds of homes are threatened. hundreds of people have been forced to flee. as you go down the hill, you can see that leilani avenue doesn't exist anymore. there's a black lava thing, and all the — everything's all gone. at one point lava burst more than 200 feet into the air, higher than nelson's column in trafalgar square. at the crater of kilauea, geologists are using time—lapse videos to keep watch. but even the experts say that predicting the behaviour of a magma plumbing system which extends a0 miles beneath the earth is practically impossible. they are particularly concerned about gas stored in this geothermal plant near one of the fissures, and about sulphur dioxide in the island air, which can prove deadly. this could go on for months,

but there is nothing anyone can do about it, except to gaze in awe. james cook, bbc news. a stand—off between armed police and a gunman in oxford has ended peacefully. firearms officers had been called at around 1:15pm yesterday afternoon, after shots were fired from a building in paradise square. 0fficers returned fire and negotiated with a man overnight. one person was treated for a non—life—threatening injury. if you are logging on to social media this morning, chances are your feeds will be filled with sparkling crosses, veils, and halo—inspired head—dresses. a warning — there is some flash photography coming up, and this is why. last night new york held its annual met gala fundraiser, with a theme of heavenly bodies: fashion and the catholic imagination. rihanna, one of the evening's hosts,

took her inspiration from the pope, wearing a jewel—encrusted mitre with matching mini—dress. i would like to know what the pope thinks of that. that would be interesting. he may tweet about it later. you are watching breakfast. with around 55 million different fares available on britain's rail network, it is little wonder that only a third of passengers think they can identify the best—value ticket. therefore, it may come as a relief to learn that plans to simplify the system are now underway. robert nisbett is from the rail delivery group, which represents private train operators as well as network rail. he joins us from london liverpool street station. thank you very much for coming on to talk to us about this this morning. how have we arrived, first up, at such a complicated system. victoria was telling us a few minutes ago, 55

million different fares available. that's right, one for almost every man, woman and child in the uk, and that's because regulations were set in stone back in the 1990s. 0ver that's because regulations were set in stone back in the 1990s. over 20 yea rs in stone back in the 1990s. over 20 years ago, when things were very, very different. we didn't really have smartphones, there were more pages than they were smartphones, and now of course our lifestyles are more flexible —— pagers. many of us work from home more, all we are self—employed, and we wanted to be simpler or easierfor self—employed, and we wanted to be simpler or easier for customers when they go to a ticket machine like here in liverpool street or pay for a ticket on their phone, that they are going to get the cheapest fare the journey they are about to make. and we think that is right to establish trust with customers, that they trust the system and they know they trust the system and they know they are going to get the cheapest fare. so if you can be specific, what sorts of changes might we be looking at? well, this is the first step in the process, and it is going

to bea step in the process, and it is going to be a lengthy one, because we are grasping and metal that has been left untouched for many years. and what has happened is on those regulations, it has grown like coral —— grasping a nettle. and it has just ballooned to a scale that really has to be cut down. so we are going to be asking passengers, we wa nt going to be asking passengers, we want passengers to say what their priorities are. to say what kind of product they would like to see, because if you are a single mum, you have just returned from work, you are living at home with the kids but working two or three days in the office and you have to travel for that, maybe there is no ticket that suits you, that is flexible enough for your lifestyle. is that where you would like to see changes? we are asking people to think broadly, think out—of—the—box, and tell us your priorities. what we will do then then is assemble a list of what we think could be best practice, and then work with governments to try

and deliver it. you mentioned trust in yourfirst and deliver it. you mentioned trust in your first answer. is it a little bit embarrassing that we have got to the stage where passengers can't really trust that when they are putting in whatever ticket they are looking for or searching for the right ticket, they don't trust that thatis right ticket, they don't trust that that is possibly the cheapest option available to them ? that is possibly the cheapest option available to them? is so complicated they can't find the right one sometimes. we are starting to go back to scratch, back to basics, try to strip away these layers from the yea rs strip away these layers from the years and make it simple. it is the way the system has developed and we are saying we acknowledge a problem from the research we commissioned. we did the research and we see people are not confident they are getting the cheapest fare for their journey. we want to do something about it and we cannot do it on our own and we do not have all the a nswe rs own and we do not have all the answers so we are own and we do not have all the answers so we are asking own and we do not have all the answers so we are asking customers to give us their views and we are

working with the government to have a more simple and easy system to restore that trust. a consultation is one thing but actual differences to how we process train tickets is another. when we will be seeing this? this will take time and it is not an easy change to deliver. the biggest consultation period, and people can register for it on the website, and when the consultation period starts they can tell us priorities. the period will be three months. we will assemble with small businesses who will be interested in the outcome along with other stakeholders, and we can put forward some proposals we can deliver to the government and work with them to make it a reality. when you mention three months, that is the first stage, when are we talking? we are

in charge of that part of the stage and then after that we will engage with government to do our best to make sure it happens as quickly as possible. it is not an easy process. it will take time. the fact we are embarking on this and we are asking people for their views to tell us their priorities shows the industry ta kes their priorities shows the industry takes this extremely seriously. we have made a commitment as part of a long—term plan working together as an industry, public and private, and we wa nt an industry, public and private, and we want to make sure this system changes. but we cannotjust click fingers. there is no magic wand. we have to do this slowly and methodically and we have to work with government because this requires changes to regulations. it is up to government to help us change those laws to change the system to make it more simple and easy. can you make sure that the cost for these changes will not come back to the customers buying the

tickets? we have set out clear guidelines as to what we want to achieve in this whole process. we are absolutely honest. we are saying the average fare price will not increase and we want to make sure as well that this is neutral in revenue terms for the taxpayer, not increasing the burden on the taxpayer. the average fare price will remain the same. of course, there is a balance inherent in that. if we get the system right and make it simpler and easier and make it much more flexible and suited to lifestyles, it could attract more people onto the trains, more money invested back into the railway, good for everyone. thank you very much for everyone. thank you very much for that this morning. good to talk to you. let us know what let us know what you think about that. a huge reaction to that story. and we have another story about the

intergenerational assistance. £10,000 for people to do five years old to help them. —— 25—years—old. time for the weather. what can you tell us? i feel underdressed. the details from yesterday, first of all, almost 29 degrees. we could see 28 in london. some of us once again are hanging on the heat. 0thers, more fresh conditions from the west. the more mild yellows replaced by the fresh blues. a lot of dry weather. sunshine. to the west, a cold front. living up to its name,

fresh air behind it and also some rain. moving away from northern ireland, a return to sunshine and showers as the rain continues to push east. some showers cropping up anywhere from yorkshire to london. not all off of us will catch one. the evening and overnight, the weather front goes to the north sea. there it is. a ridge of high pressure building in. the next area of low pressure comes our way introducing more rain from the west. a real conveyor belt this week of atla ntic a real conveyor belt this week of atlantic fronts. tomorrow, a dry and sunny note. the cloud builds ahead of the weather front introducing rain. you can see it extends from northern scotland to south—west england. wednesday and then thursday, the progress of the front continues eastwards through east anglia and the south—east during the night. the dregs of it in the south—east first thing before moving

away again. can you see the pattern? a few showers. the temperature continuing to come down. 29 yesterday and 17 on thursday. friday, a lot of dry weather, some sunshine, cloud building ahead of the next weather front coming our way, and it will also introduce some rain. that is drifting from the west towards the east. temperatures continue to go down. i hope you can still hear me even though you cannot see me. . . still hear me even though you cannot see me... audio issues. shall be explained? she see me... audio issues. shall be explained ? she has see me... audio issues. shall be explained? she has not had a good morning. come back! she is back! you are back, carol! because i was so late to come back there was an issue

with the bulletin. apologies to everyone. we are delighted to have you back. she was looking for a bluebell today because it is the late season for bluebells and it didn't happen. we have the rest of the morning with her. she is ok and with us. someone will get you a cup of tea. thank you very much. back to the intergenerational story. remind us the intergenerational story. remind us what the suggestion is. they are trying to figure out the social contract between the older and younger generations. there is a suggestion the baby boomers had it good, cheap houses, jobs for life,

university grants... we have rubbish pensions, tuition fees to go to university, house prices out of the reach for many people... so many reasons why that is the case. the resolution foundation is saying we should even things up. one of the headlines is that you should give £10,000 to younger people by taxing older people. we should also pay more more into the nhs used disproportionately by older people. changes to things like inheritance tax and property tax as well. my phone has gone crazy this morning. thank you. it is not full yet, though. keep them coming. a real mix. sarah says no, no, no, older

people have paid enough while working. peter says they should earn their way like everyone else. tina says this. this is a common thread, why do millennials have a sense of entitlement? 0n the other side, kevin says it is a great idea for the younger generation who has less opportunities. adams says i have paid all my life and had no children. perhaps we should keep this money in a trust until they are 25. keep the comments coming in. thank you. we will have more coming later. the channel island of guernsey could soon become the first place in the british isles to legalise assisted dying, allowing doctors to help terminally ill patients take their own lives. germany, belgium, switzerland, and the netherlands all already allow forms of assisted suicide but it is an issue has sparked fierce debate wherever it is considered, as graham satchell reports. guernsey is a traditional sort of place, conservative with a small sea but the debate here is life and death. i want to have the choice to end my life.

that's denied me by the law in guernsey at the moment. should terminally ill islanders be given the legal right to be helped to die? at the packed public meeting, we met marguerite who thought they should. she travelled to dignitas in switzerland with her cousinjohn when he was terminally ill with cancer. he really couldn't countenance that awful loss of dignity, the fear of what was to come and the pain. the reassurance of knowing that he had been able to end his life the way that he wanted to was very important. if they do pass the law here, would you use it? i believe it would be my choice. i would certainly want to have the option and i would certainly consider it very strongly. guernsey has a population ofjust over 60,000. it has an independent parliament that can set its own taxes, its own laws. there are of course only two certainties in life, death and taxes. guernsey is already an offshore tax haven.

is it really about to become an offshore death haven? not ifjohn guille has any say in it. 0ur choices have consequences for other people... he's chairman of guernsey's hospice. the worry for him, how to protect vulnerable older people from being coerced to end their life. none of us knows what happens behind closed doors and, you know, it's about time, aunty, that you were moving on from this coil, you know, the quality of life you are experiencing isn't very good at all, my dear. i am paraphrasing but onejust wonders if that pressure would be there. church groups in guernsey and the doctor's union, the bma, are also against any new legislation. guernsey doesn't currently have a mental capacity act which is an essential piece of legislation to ensure that that person making the decision to die has the ability to do so. back at the public meeting, guernsey's chief minister gavin st pier.

the existing dying bill is his idea, written after watching his own father die from heart disease. he told me safeguards can be put in place to prevent abuse and introducing the new law would be a clear sign of social progress. if people come to think of guernsey as being the kind of compassionate, progressive environment that enables individuals to determine their own end of life choices then i think it's a very positive thing. if we are seen in the same category as canada, victoria, and washington and california, i think that's positive. the vote is next week. is guernsey about to join parts of north america, europe and australia to become the first place in the british isles to allow assisted dying? graham satchel, bbc news, guernsey. many of you are getting in touch

about the potential for a many of you are getting in touch about the potentialfor a loan many of you are getting in touch about the potential for a loan to be given to young people but you probably want to talk about that as well. there is a lot of chatter around today. you can find us on twitter and facebook. thank you for sending pictures of bluebells to carol, she's been looking for those. time now to get the news, travel, and weather, where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alpa patel. there are calls from politicians for more to be done after a weekend of violence in london. on saturday, 17—year—old, rhyhiem ainsworth barton, was shot dead in kennington, one of several shot and injured over the weekend. those living near one of the shootings say they feel anxious and want a proper strategy to tackle violence in london.

this weekend has been the scariest... walking around, like, i have heard cars backfire and mopeds driving past and it's like, i keep thinking... and i saw a helicopter and i thought, oh my god, it's happening again and it's really scary. a company based in docklands has come up with an unusual way of setting the amount its workers are paid. salaries are not determined by an individual‘s boss, but by their colleagues. it's known as self management, and it means everyone knows what everyone else is paid. the company says it's one way of addressing the gender pay gap, as well as avoiding discrimination based on race. it should absolutely go a long way to relieving the problem because everybody within the company knows what everybody else is being paid and the largest issue, really, with pay disparity, whatever the reason, is that pay is usually confidential and a secret process. let's have a look at

the travel situation now. 0n the tube, minor delays on central line between white city, epping, and hainault, that's east—bound only, due to a signal faiure at oxford circus. 0n the trains: half—hour delays on great western trains, between reading and london paddington, because of speed restrictions and engineering work following the hot weather. southern trains are suspended between clapham junction and milton keynes central while engineering works are being finished. 0n the roads, the woolwich road flyover is very slow northbound to the blackwall tunnel. m25 has delays of up to a0 minutes, that's anticlockwise — between j27 for the m11 and potters bar, because of a lorry that's broken down, there is a lane shut. let's take a look at the weather. here's kate kinsella. good morning. yesterday was the warmest early may bank holiday weekend on record. we got up to 28.7 celsius over in west london. today, it will stay warm. we have lots of sunshine

but there is a chance of a shower developing a little later. for this morning, lots of sunshine, lots of blue sky. we still have this very warm air as well. later on, we have some cloud developing and with the heat, that combined, we could see one or two sharp showers. temperatures getting up to 28 celsius so still very impressive and still very warm. if you do have the showers, they will disappear this evening. pleasant evening sunshine and overnight dry and clear. minimum temperatures somewhere between eight and 11 celsius. a lovely bright start to wednesday and we still have some sunshine. lots of dry weather around but we will notice the temperature just starting to cool off. still impressive, 20 celsius, but it's not going to be as warm as the last couple of days. things getting cooler as we head towards the weekend as as we head through, we could see one or two showers. i'm back in half an hour. now it's back to dan and louise. bye for now hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. britain's rail companies

are launching a review into the way train fares are designed and regulated. the rail delivery group, which represents industry firms, says that passengers aren't always offered the cheapest fares, because of what it says are longstanding anomalies in the way tickets are issued. it also claims 55 million different fare combinations exist in the current system. we have made a commitment as part of a long—term plan at working together as an industry, both private and public sides, we want to ensure that this system changes. but we can't just click ourfingers. this system changes. but we can't just click our fingers. there is a magic wand here. we've got to do this slowly, methodically, and most importantly we've got to work with government, because this requires changes to regulations. that is the gift of the rail industry. it is up to governments to help us change those laws to enable us to change

the system, to make it simpler and easier. borisjohnson has described one of the government's post—brexit customs proposals as crazy. in an interview with the daily mail, the foreign secretary said one of the ideas downing street is considering for a customs deal with the eu would stop britain taking back control of trade. number ten said the cabinet was agreed on the principles for a future customs agreement, and more work was being done on the specific details. president trump is expected to announce later today whether he wants the us to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. he has previously been highly critical of the 2015 agreement, describing it as insane and the worst deal ever. yesterday, borisjohnson toured american news networks appealing for the president not to abandon the deal. a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an armed stand—off in oxford. according to thames valley police, a 2a—year—old was taken into custody atjust after 3:00am this morning, when the incident ended peacefully. firearms officers had been called to a building in paradise square yesterday afternoon, after shots were fired.

one person was treated for a non—life—threatening injury. 2,000 people have now been evacuated from their homes on hawaii's big island, as the kilauea volcano continues to erupt, destroying dozens of homes. officials on the island say they are particularly concerned by reserves of natural gas stored at a power plant close to the lava flow, and the potentially deadly release of sulphur dioxide into the air. at one point molten rock burst more than 200 feet into the air, close to residential areas. and however many times you see them, however many angles you see, it is just mesmerising, just eating up land, cars, houses, extraordinary. you can say exactly the same thing about the new world snooker

champion. whichever way you look at the pictures of the press conference... you two explained. mark williams is looking a little bit unsure. i think he looks quite confident, actually. maybe i read it wrong. he promised to do his press conference naked. and not pants on, we are talking fully naked. conference naked. and not pants on, we are talking fully nakedlj we are talking fully naked.” haven't checked that closely, but from the pictures i am about to show you, i believe we can tell, fully naked. which is brave. let'sjust see the pictures, shall we? mark williams has become the oldest world snooker champion for a0 years, after beating john higgins 18—16 in a thrilling final at the crucible. the welshman had thought about quitting the game, and didn't even qualify for last year's championship but now has a third world title at the age of a3, 15 years after his last one. it's unbelievable. i mean, 12 months ago, i wasn't even here, and to come out and just to playjohn in the final is an experience in itself,

‘cause i haven't been here for a long time. the crowd have been fantastic tonight, all the way through, really. ijust can't believe it. well, so unexpected was the thought of a third world title that earlier in the week williams declared, if he won, he would do his final press conference naked. and he is a man of his word. here he is, fresh from picking up the world championship trophy. at least he had the decency to cover himself up. take our word for it, he did remove that towel, and he was safely concealed behind a table. but did that final match up to this? well, bbc pundit steve davis has called it the best final he has ever seen, and he knows a thing or two about dramatic world snooker finals. he won six titles at the crucible, in an illustrious career. but perhaps the match he will be

remembered most for is his defeat in the 1985 "black ball" final against dennis taylor, taylor coming from 8—0 down to win the decider on the very last ball of the tournament. steve davis was saying last night's match was even better than that. do you know how many people watched that? i don't know, tell me. 19 million. and lots of them were watching in black and white, which is even more impressive. so congratulations to mark williams. sir alex ferguson remains in intensive care after he underwent emergency surgery on saturday. the former manchester united manager is being treated for a brain haemorrage at salford royal hospital. the football world continues to send its wishes to sir alex. ryan giggs says he is praying for the man he calls the most important mentor of his career. united defender philjones, who was signed by ferguson, hopes the scots fighting spirit will help him recover. he was the one who brought me to the club, and gave me the opportunity to play for one of the biggest clubs in the world.

and, you know, he took me under his wing, like a father. yeah, it was shocking, it was sad, but i know his character, he has that fight in him, and hopefully he'll recover well. the england women's football manager, phil neville, is to help set up a new female side at the club he part—owns. salford city have said they are creating a ladies‘ side called the lionesses. the club is owned by neville, his brother gary, ryan giggs, paul scholes, and nicky butt. anthonyjoshua and his management team will meet later today, and we could be another step closer to a fight that would give boxing its first undisputed heavyweight champion. joshua holds three world titles, and many are anticipating a unification bout against the american wbc champ, deontay wilder. i think if it‘s a real offer with real contract terms, which we‘ve not seen yet, and i believe the americans do want it, and they want it in vegas,

then we are looking at a fight that anthony joshua would prefer, because he wants to create his own legacy, and legacy would be undisputed world champion. and i have been doing a bit more snooker research. that final in 1985, with taylor and davis, is the most watched programme on bbc two, and the greatest number of people who have ever been watching tv at night. and how many people watched it again? figure is something between 18.5 and 19 million people. and that won‘t ever be beaten, as people watch on their phones... imagine once they have thrown the consolidated iplayer figures end. gazillions. homelessness is a growing issue for cities across the uk, with more people bedding down

outside than ever before. despite government promises to tackle the problem, a committee of mps have called it a national crisis. in 2017, the number of people sleeping rough in england increased for the seventh year in a row. it is estimated there are more than 9,000 homeless people in england, and around 78,000 families living in temporary accommodation. last year, the government said it was investing £1 billion to tackle the issue, but how will that money be spent? this morning, the mayor of greater manchester is pledging to eradicate homelessness in the city within the next two years. we can speak to andy burnham now, alongsidejo wilson, who used to be homeless. thank you very much forjoining us. i willjust talk thank you very much forjoining us. i will just talk to thank you very much forjoining us. i willjust talk to you, if i could, jo, i willjust talk to you, if i could, jo, first. i know it is probably a difficult question, but what were the reasons why you were homeless?

soi the reasons why you were homeless? so i was in prison in 2013, i came out with nowhere to live. and how long did it take you before you found somewhere to live, if you can still hear me? i canjust found somewhere to live, if you can still hear me? i can just about eu. soi still hear me? i can just about eu. so i slept on the streets for a couple of weeks and then was put in a hostel for about a year before i got my own property. and what would have made a difference? a bit more support. there needs to be a bit more support. the roof isn‘t always the solution. led speak to andy burnham as well, and hope that you can hear me as well. you have this plan to eradicate homelessness in manchester by 2020. i know you want to regulate the private rental sector, for example, and how would that make a difference? you are right, it is a major challenge. but

we are building a real movement here in greater manchester. not actually to eradicate homelessness by 2020, because that is too big a challenge, but to tackle rough sleeping in that deadline. asjo said, it is about putting a roof over everybody‘s head, but to be honest there is much more we need to do than that. we are going to help people away from the street. and we are really building a big ground swell of support for change here, but we are calling on the government today to say that the passion and determination of people here needs to be matched by people in parliament and government. we need to see the same urgency there as we are showing here.” need to see the same urgency there as we are showing here. i know it is something you are passionate about, but to get rough sleepers into accommodation, what is the first step? she talked about support, didn‘t she? step? she talked about support, didn't she? that's right. we are pioneering scheme here called housing first, where we give people a place to live so that they can

then focus on the other issues that they need to address. it might be mental health, it might be addiction, or something of that kind. we are bringing through new ideas. but my basic starting point is, in 2018, nobody should be staying on the streets throughout the cold, cold nights. we should be able to put a roof over every head, and that is why today i have called upon the three main party leaders to make the right to housing the same as people‘s right to healthcare and education. i don‘t think we should have people living on the streets 2018. and it is an interesting point, isn‘t it, because councils are only obliged to offer accommodation to people from that city. do you think that needs to change? i think it is one thing that we need to look at, the allocations policies. but as you were saying before, i think we need to be able to regulate the private rental sector as well. the single biggest cause of homelessness and greater

manchester is eviction from private rented accommodation, and we know that the standards of housing in the private rental sector are not always what they should be. we need powers there. as well as freedoms for councils like this one behind me to build more council housing. these are the things that we need to do. we need to reset the whole housing debate and get back to building homes that people can really afford. i think working as we are going at the moment, where we are just trying to get affordable homes through the planning process, it just to get affordable homes through the planning process, itjust isn‘t working and we need a radical new approach. so how do you speed up that process than? are giving places like greater manchester the freedoms that i was just calling for, and at a national level, legislating to make housing a human right like healthcare or education. ijust think we need to change the whole way we are approaching this. this crisis has been growing around us, andi crisis has been growing around us, and i feel frustration, if crisis has been growing around us, and ifeel frustration, ifi crisis has been growing around us, and i feel frustration, if i am honest, that i don‘t feel the

country, i don‘t feel parliament, is taking it as seriously as it should do. they need to give us the powers to go on and solve this problem.” wa nt to to go on and solve this problem.” want to speak tojo, as well, if i can. you have obviously been through a whole process here. what were the most difficult things in this process of turning your life around, getting back to living in a house? what was the most tricky thing for you? finding support. finding the right person to suit you. it is notjust about going to a service and expecting them to fit you. there are many problems depending on where you are staying. just getting the right support. she makes a good point, andy burnham. there are so many issues. what about the support? doesn‘t need be individual support? it very much does. —— does it need

to. you can generalise. you cannot say all homeless people are this and that. many have experienced trauma and many have mental health problems. that is absolutely critical. we recognise that it is not good enough at the moment and we need to improve that if we are going to meet our ambitions. we need to help them towards work and getting them off the street and having a sta ble them off the street and having a stable life. we are working hard to put in place support needed at every level. we cannot do it on our own. thank you very much. thank you both. a nice morning. many of us enjoyed a glorious bank holiday weekend, with temperatures reaching record highs yesterday. 28 degrees yesterday. let‘s see how

some of us were enjoying the heat. it‘s nice and hot and sunny. we‘re going to get out in the water, hopefully get this one to get his clothes in the water, that‘s the plan. brilliant. we've just been out paddling and it's just awesome. it's nice. did you will have a good time? yes! have you been playing frisbee in the water and football? we‘ve been having some ice cream. and football and just been in the lake. it's lovely, we should have more days like this. it's really nice to have some sunshine for once.

i wish i could jump in the water, though. so is the glorious weather due to last? carol is in on the roof of new broadcasting house, in central london. we have sent you everywhere today! it looks lovely. good morning. i have been in more locations today that all week. yesterday it was 28. it was actually 28.7, the warmest may day on record. tomorrow it will be 28. yesterday many of us had low 20s, mid 20s, just a bit different. a weather front from the west will freshen things. that‘ll be the demarcation between the fresh air and mild air. the forecast for the rest of the week. rain at times courtesy of weather fronts from the atlantic. pushing east. cloud around

as well. also dry conditions and sunshine as well. feeling more fresh thanit sunshine as well. feeling more fresh than it has. this morning you can see in central and eastern parts of the country are a lot of dry weather and sunshine. in the west, a weather front. a cold front. it is currently in northern ireland and will move through, sunshine and showers. rain in north—west england and north—western parts of wales. the bristol channel, some fog. the coastline of south wales, devon, cornwall, somerset, much like yesterday in the weekend. through the day you can see how much sunshine there is. as the front comes from the west it will start to build. we could see showers from london up to yorkshire. showers, and not all of us will see them. temperatures will be 28 in london.

looking at 20 in newcastle. close to the mid—teens is the push towards the mid—teens is the push towards the west. —— as we push. as we go through the evening and overnight period the weather front continues to go east. most of it will be across scotland down in northern england heading towards the wash. for most of us, largely dry. 8— 11. northern ireland, another weather front is waiting. first thing tomorrow morning, starting off with the dregs of the weather front. that clears away. the sun will come out across many central and eastern areas. the west, with the weather front, bringing more substantial rain from northern scotland all the way down towards cornwall. temperatures will be dipping a touch. as we go through the rest of the week, that is the scenario. a weather front from the west moving east through the day or through the

night in the south—east and east anglia. temperatures will get back to where they should be. for some, a little bit below. the weather has been topsy—turvy in the last few months. enqueue. it is lovely to have you on the programme. —— thank you. it has been a weight but it has been well worth it. i asked this question this morning. have you got post—bank holiday blues or are you raring to get back to work this morning? i like working with you. you say the nicest things. that is because you we re nicest things. that is because you were off yesterday. we were tried to keep you happy. someone has to keep the ship floating. ben has been looking at the issue of productivity. most of us have had an extra day off this weekend, but does that mean we are coming back to work today feeling refreshed? england and wales has the fewest bank holidays than any other country in europe. we feel shortchanged. so

we make the most of them. we will look at the psychology involved. gordon tinline is an occupational and business psychologist. we have fewer holidays than some european neighbours so we go crazy when we have them, especially with good weather does it help or hinder work with delic it depends. it helps if it rejuvenates you. especially if they have nice weather. if you connect with family, go outdoors, get exercise, it will have a positive effect. some people will have sunburnt. 0thers positive effect. some people will have sunburnt. others will have to change passwords. it is a write off this morning for many.” change passwords. it is a write off this morning for many. i am sure the benefits of the way those costs. it depends what you did. if you sat in the pub all day it is probably not

great. do you think you need to manage your time off, using it well? is that putting too much pressure on yourself? it depends on who you are. people are different. people like schedules, others like going with the flow. there is a lot of variation. we have to think about using the most of that precious time. so many people were stuck in traffic on their day off on a bank holiday. yeah. the idea of getting more bank holidays, if the trains weren‘t delayed and the cars had no traffic, that would be great, but it is not always the case. we like to procrastinate and put things off because we feel overworked. we are not good at being in work for a

short time and working well when we are there. i think the idea of having regular breaks is a good idea. i remember a having regular breaks is a good idea. i remembera dutch having regular breaks is a good idea. i remember a dutch study a few yea rs idea. i remember a dutch study a few years ago that part of the effort is anticipating the holiday. you have as much benefit from looking forward to holidays as you do from having it. i do not think giving us more holidays will help. it is interesting when you have some planned time off. you can look forward to it for a year even! top tips. going back to work. managing yourtime, tips. going back to work. managing your time, getting out on time is a key thing. what should you be thinking about? one problem is there maybe some e—mails deal with. you have to be focused in how you use that time initially and clear away the noise. you might be carrying energy, you may be quite happy

coming in. it would be great great to continue that rather than getting buried in work and losing all of the benefit. think hard about using that time. that is important. it is true for employers as well as employees. there is that peak of excitement with everyone being happy and that lasts until about lunchtime. thank you for coming in. another bank holiday on the 28th of may. we could use your advice to plant a properly. thank you. —— plan that properly. thank you. —— plan that properly. thank you. —— plan that properly. thank you very much. you are watching breakfast. still to come this morning. allotment waiting lists are longer than ever and gardening is thriving. we are increasingly growing our own. we will see what is behind the harvest

revolution. my absolute favourite is rather is. -- raspberries. do not underestimate the power of marrows. i used to grow them for my grandfather. it is time to get the news, travel, and weather, wherever you are waking up this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m alpa patel. there are calls from politicians for more to be done after a weekend of violence in london. on saturday, 17—year—old, rhyhiem ainsworth barton, was shot dead in kennington. he was one of several people shot and injured over the weekend. those living near one of the shootings, say they feel anxious and want a proper strategy to tackle violence in london. this weekend has been the scariest... walking around, like, i have heard cars backfire and mopeds driving past and it‘s like, i keep thinking... and i saw a helicopter and i thought, oh my god, it‘s happening again

and it‘s really scary. a company based in docklands has come up with an unusual way of setting the amount its workers are paid. salaries are not determined by an individual‘s boss, but by their colleagues. it‘s known as self management, and it means everyone knows what everyone else is paid. the company says it‘s one way of addressing the gender pay gap, as well as avoiding discrimination based on race. it should absolutely go a long way to relieving the problem because everybody within the company knows what everybody else is being paid and the largest issue, really, with pay disparity, whatever the reason, is that pay is usually confidential and a secret process. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube: minor delays on central line between white city, epping, and hainault.

that‘s eastbound only, due to a signal faiure at oxford circus. southern trains are suspended between clapham junction and milton keynes central while engineering works are being finished. m25 has delays of up to a0 minutes, that‘s anti—clockwise between j27 for the m11 and potters bar because of a broken down lorry. in barnes, roehampton lane is blocked at the south circular, because of an accident, queues on both directions there. let‘s take a look at the weather. here‘s kate kinsella. good morning. yesterday was the warmest early may bank holiday weekend on record. we got up to 28.7 celsius over in west london. today, it will stay warm. we have lots of sunshine but there is a chance of a shower developing a little later. for this morning, lots of sunshine, lots of blue sky. we still have this very warm air as well. later on, we have some cloud developing and with the heat, that combined, we could see one or two sharp showers. temperatures getting up to 28 celsius so still very impressive and still very warm. if you do have the showers, they will disappear this evening. pleasant evening sunshine

and overnight dry and clear. minimum temperatures somewhere between eight and 11 celsius. a lovely bright start to wednesday and we still have some sunshine. lots of dry weather around but we will notice the temperature just starting to cool off. still impressive, 20 celsius, but it‘s not going to be as warm as the last couple of days. things getting cooler as we head towards the weekend as as we head through, we could see one or two showers. i‘m back in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now it‘s back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker.

time for an end to rip—off railfares. train companies promise a major review to make the uk‘s ticket system fairer and simpler. but why, for decades, has that proved so hard? ?i‘ll be looking at what it will take to get a better deal for passengers. good morning, it‘s tuesday 8th may. also this morning... more pressure on the prime minister as borisjohnson describes one of theresa may‘s favoured brexit policies as crazy. fountains of lava force

thousands more people to flee from their homes after the volcanic eruption in hawaii. the generation gap is getting bigger. so should older people pay more tax to help younger people get a job or buy a house? you‘ve been getting in touch on this all morning. bold, yes you have been getting in search! i‘ll be back with some of your thoughts in a moment. in sport, mark williams has won his third world snooker title in a match some have described as the best final ever. and after the match williams kept a promise that if he won the title, he‘d appear at his press conference naked. wow! and after yesterday‘s hot weather carol‘s here to let us know what‘s in store for the rest of the week. good morning from london, where the sun is beating down. for many central eastern areas it will be another warm, sunny day, but a

weather front is introducing thicker cloud and some rain to the west. more details on 15 minutes. —— in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. rail companies have announced a review aimed at making tickets fairer and easier to use. research suggests that only one in three passengers are confident that they bought the best value ticket for their most recent train journey. passenger groups say reform is long overdue. let‘s talk to our transport correspondent victoria fritz, who‘s at liverpool street station. victoria, this is something which loads of our viewers get in contact with over, you talk about it being a complicated system, we spoke to the rail authority about an hour ago and they say it is a consultation and it will take ages and ages for this to get through? it is no surprise, is it? they have a huge undertaking on that hand than they need the government to get involved as well. it is no surprise that only one in three do not know whether or not we have bought the

right ticket, there are 55 million different types of tickets out there and the research conducted by kpmg on behalf of the train operating companies found that 3a% of us were confident all very confident that we had bought the rights ticket for outward journey, so about two thirds of us were not. 2996 of us were not. 29% of us were satisfied with the ticket purchasing experience, not many at all. you mentioned the rail delivery group, they realise that a big rethink is needed. we want to ensure that this system changes, but we canjust click we want to ensure that this system changes, but we can just click our fingers. there is not a magic wand, we have to do this slowly, methodically and, most importantly, work with government, because this requires two changes —— this requires two changes —— this requires changes to regulation. it is up to the government to help us change the laws, to enable us to change the laws, to enable us to change the laws, to enable us to change the system to make it simpler

and easier. those pushing for reform realise that average fares will not rise as a result of this, but that means that at some fares fall, inevitably other fares will have to rise as a result. ultimately it is the government‘s decision as to where prices fall when it comes to the rail industry and it will be the government which get those recommendations from the public consultation when it closes in september. a report is due in the autumn to look into this, but as you rightly say we are a very, very long way from reform on the railways. thank you very much, victoria. speak to you later. borisjohnson has described one of the government‘s proposals for a new customs arrangement with the eu after brexit as crazy. in an interview with the daily mail, the foreign secretary said one of the ideas downing street is considering would stop britain taking back control of trade. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier is in westminster. eleanor, this is not the kind of headline the prime minister will be that keen to see? we have been talking about this for

such a long time, the language is interesting? yes, iam interesting? yes, i am sure it will raise tensions but i think theresa may will not be surprised at this latest intervention from the foreign secretary. there are two options being looked at for a post—brexit customs plan, the first one being a streamlined system looking at new technology aiming to minimise checks at borders, the second option, the so—called customs partnership, is one where the uk would collect ta riffs one where the uk would collect tariffs or taxes on behalf of brussels for goods arriving in the uk destined for the eu. it is that second option, the one thought to be the prime minister‘s preferred option, that boris johnson the prime minister‘s preferred option, that borisjohnson appears to have aimed criticism at. he has done an interview with the daily mail in which he said that customs partnership was untried and crazy and would make it very, very difficult to do trade deals with

other countries. when ministers met last week, we know they failed to agree on the right way forward on what they thought would be the right way forward on a customs plan, downing street said there was consensus on the principles and the prime minister had asked for more work to be done on the two options, but these ideas were floated last august so we are months and months down the track and i think the pressure is really on the prime minister and the government to make its mind up. thank you, eleanor. borisjohnson made those comments about brexit in washington, where he has been urging president trump not to tear up the iran nuclear deal. the deal was signed by iran and the us, the uk, russia, france, china, germany and the eu in 2015. an agreement was reached to ensure iran‘s nuclear programme would be exclusively peaceful. but israel, one of the main opponents of the deal, has accused the iranian regime of lying about their nuclear capabilities. donald trump has called the deal insane and will announce later today whether he wants the us to pull out — as peter bowes reports. boris johnson‘s breakfast show

appeal to the president was a last—ditch attempt to get donald trump to fall into line — friendly advice from a political ally. we think that what you can do is be tougher on iran, address the concerns of the president, and not throw the baby out with the bath water. in another interview, the foreign secretary emphasised that a bad deal was better than no deal. within hours, donald trump announced on twitter that he was ready to show his hand. we will know his decision later today. if the us walks away, it would overturn barack 0bama‘s signature foreign policy achievement, a partnership with five other nations to curb iran‘s nuclear ambitions. it lifted economic sanctions in return for limitations on the country‘s nuclear energy programme, a deal mr trump describes as a disaster. the iran deal was one of the worst and most one—sided transactions the united states has ever entered into.

it‘s insane, it‘s ridiculous, it should have never been made. boris johnson didn‘t get to meet the president, but he had face—to—face meetings with senior administration officials, including mike pompeo, the new secretary of state, who said the iran deal is built on lies. everything points to donald trump saying we are out. police say that a 13—year—old—boy shot in north london over the weekend was an innocent bystander. the teenager was hit by shotgun pellets as he walked with his parents on wealdstone high street on sunday. he was one of five people shot in the capital within 2a hours. 2000 people have now been evacuated from their homes on hawaii‘s big island as the kilauea volcano continues to erupt, destorying dozens of homes. officials on the island say they are particularly concerned by reserves of natural gas stored at a power plant close to the lava flow and the potentially deadly

release of sulphur dioxide into the air. at one point molten rock burst more than 200 feet into the air close to residential areas. many of us will have been out in the garden mowing the lawn over the bank holiday. you can hear the noise, as soon as the weather is out! but probably not like this. it was the start of the 2018 british lawnmower championships in west sussex. these specially adapted machines can reach speeds of 50 miles per hour. they‘ve had their blades removed for safety reasons. bless you! is that hay fever from the lawn?! the champion will be crowned at the end of the season in october. i can‘t even read this, it is such a bad joke. have a go! the winner, will obviously be a "cut above the rest".

and did you know the fastest ever recorded speed of a lawnmower was 116 miles per hour! wow! it is fascinating, i have seen mike do that before, they take it very seriously. mike has done everything. me is a chronic and debilitating illness affecting around 250—thousand people in the uk. the main symptom is extreme tiredness but much about the cause of the condition remains unknown. now researchers in london have set up a project to test blood samples from a range of me patients, to try to work out if there is a common link between them. it‘s hoped this knowledge may eventually lead to a cure. the research is the subject of a new bbc documentary, we‘ll talk to its presenter, and one of the doctors involved in a moment. but first this is hannah, who has me, taking part in the trial. hannah knows she‘s at the beginning ofa hannah knows she‘s at the beginning of a crash. she‘s hardly diejesting

anything, not even holding down a glass of water. for me at the moment, it is trying to get as much and as possible and trying to keep it in. i am eating tiny puree 's meals at the moment, two inches by two inches square. ijust want some help with it and they are telling me i need to go to a dietician or hives soup, and! i need to go to a dietician or hives soup, and i was like... oi even struggling to be believed? yes, i was sent to a psychologist and mike catt was basically cut off until i had this assessment with a psychologist. —— and my care was basically cut off. psychologists tried to convince me i had a seedy because i was washing my hands too much. let‘s talk now to the programme‘s presenter emma donohoe who was diagnosed with me

five years ago, and dr eliana lacerda from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. good morning to you both. emma, you have looked into this a lot and you have looked into this a lot and you haveit have looked into this a lot and you have it yourself? i am a sufferer of me, iwas have it yourself? i am a sufferer of me, i was diagnosed at 19. it is much misunderstood ? me, i was diagnosed at 19. it is much misunderstood? it is crazy, there is a huge misunderstanding, there is a huge misunderstanding, there are still stereotypes and very unkind stigmas. how has it affected you personally? for the past five yea rs you personally? for the past five years it affected me severely. initially i was bedbound, i was then something i call sofa bound, which led to me being housebound. 0ver timei led to me being housebound. 0ver time i have gradually been able to recover some of my health, but it destroyed my health, put simply. what are you particularly trying to find or to prove about any? in our research at the london school of

hygiene and tropical medicine, we are trying to look at the immune system, which means the defence syste m system, which means the defence system of the body, and some energy production in the body which seems to be impaired in people with emmy. it used to be, viewers will remember it, it used to be called yuppie flu, do you think there is a much better at acceptance of what it is and how it affects people, or are there still issues? i think we are moving in the right direction, i think we still have a long way to go, but i think there is more understanding now through some people. everybody seems to know somebody with emmy, a family friend or family member, seems to know somebody with emmy, a family friend orfamily member, so i think it is starting to change slowly. —— everybody seems to know somebody with me. what are you hoping for, will you be able to prove somebody has me? we are trying to find what we call the biomarker,

or to find what we call the biomarker, ora to find what we call the biomarker, or a clinical feature which can show the presence or even the absence of me. long—term, i imagine there was hope for a cure. what would a cure for something like me look like? we still need to know what me is doing. there is growing evidence showing abnormalities in different systems in the body but it is a jigsaw. some pieces are still missing and we desperately need more research to be done, so the bio bank can expedite this research, can speed it up. because we have blood samples from people with me, blood samples from people with me, blood samples from people with me, blood samples from controls, that recall the healthy controls, and people with another disease, which has multiple sclerosis. we can compare the samples. will you, in our

research, are seeing some abnormalities. —— in our research we are seeing some abnormalities. tell us some are seeing some abnormalities. tell us some stories of the people you spoke to, emma? i spoke to a 20—year—old called hannah who has lived with emmy for five years, she is severely affected. this has affected all pa rt is severely affected. this has affected all part of her life? yes. i hope through the documentary we could get a snapshot of her life, but it does really go into depth. not she is trying to get treatment and is trying to do something about it and is now getting some help, but she still has to fight to be believed and is having to fight to get the treatment she desperately needs. so what does a good day look like for you and what does a bad date look like for you? a bad day, it affects me when i have a cold or a virus, it can consist of rain and

fog, cognitive function, lots of the tea, i still get pains in my muscles, it‘s almost like you have woken up with flu even know you don‘t know what‘s wrong and if you try and push yourself it gets worse and worse and if you do try and push yourself in any way it can cause a worsening in your symptoms. is there any treatment that you find works for you particularly other people as well? for personally, ifound for you particularly other people as well? for personally, i found that nutrition and diet has played a really big role in helping me start to recover, i have a nutritionist who helps me decide on the supplements i will take and i have experimented with every dad going from being a vegan until i finally found something that works for me. when might we find the results come off and will you be able to tell us what you‘ve found ? off and will you be able to tell us what you've found? we found there is disability, there is a disabling condition and we found some

abnormalities in the production of energy and in the way some immune cells respond, the defence mechanism but we are going on through the results and i am not at liberty to say yet but it's quite exciting that we are finding something and it has to be validated occurs in the past, some studies showed something and in a small number of people and we have to validate to show that this is a real finding. i will look forward to hearing about it. or to come. the programme is on the eye player if you want to have a look at it. thank you want to have a look at it. thank you both so much. the weather has done absolutely glorious. the weather has done absolutely glorious. the weather has indeed been

glorious, here in london, the temperatures climbing, not a cloud to be seen but a weather front is coming from the west, introducing thicker cloud and rain. that weather front, a cold front, the line dividing the cooler air from the very dividing the cooler air from the very warm dividing the cooler air from the very warm air that some of us have seen. very warm air that some of us have seen. the forecast for the rest of the week is quite next, feeling cooler than it has as we go through the week, some sunshine at times but equally some of us seeing some rain at times. what we have is rain coming from the west. currently across northern ireland, getting in across northern ireland, getting in across western scotland, you can see the cloud associated with it, the cloud pushing further south. moving to central and eastern parts of the uk off to to central and eastern parts of the uk offtoa to central and eastern parts of the uk off to a cracking start if you like it one and sunny and dry. round the bristol channel there is some folk at the moment on the coastline

of south wales, somerset, devon and cornwall police through the course of the day you will find this weather front will advance eastwards, meeting in across western scotland, getting into north—west england and wales and lighter rain into south wales in south—west england. head that the cloud building, some showers, propping up from yorkshire to london but they are showers, not all of us will catch them. in the sunshine temperatures reaching 28 degrees in london. yesterday the top temperatures in the uk was in northolt, that was 20 points seven, the warmest may day on record. behind the weather front things freshening, things into the mid and low teens. this evening and overnight, the weather front pushing eastwards, most of the rain across is to score group, heading down towards the wash, for the rest of us mostly dry, not a specially cold but you can see cloud gathering the west

of northern ireland. another weather front coming our way through the course of tomorrow. moving across northern ireland, getting in across western fringes of written. some of the rain will be happy. as it clears northern ireland it brightens the ahead of it the cloud building. but the east and south—east of england, east anglia, going to hang on to the higher temperatures but even so, the temperatures starting to slide. as we go through the rest of the week thatis we go through the rest of the week that is what will happen, atlantic weather fronts coming our way, moving west to east and as each one goes past, you find the temperature will slip down just goes past, you find the temperature will slip downjust a goes past, you find the temperature will slip down just a little more and by the end of the week temperatures closer to further they should be at this stage in may, some even below for it they should be. 0nce even below for it they should be. once again, or change. isn‘t it? we seem once again, or change. isn‘t it? we seem to get hints of summer and then it changes. was the bank holiday a golden opportunity to get out in the allotment or dig over

the veggie patch? if so, researchers at the university of sheffield want to hear about your harvest. they‘re trying to work out how much green space we‘ll need in the future and what the nation‘s greenfingered gardeners are growing. thousands of people have responded to the survey so far, so we went to an allotment in manchester to carry out our own research on a slightly smaller scale. when i first got the allotment i went a bit crazy and i bought all these seeds and fancy vegetables from round the world cos we‘re in manchester and it‘s not mediterranean, most of them didn‘t grow so i stick to the standard ones like potatoes, courgettes. my favourite will be the raspberries and strawberries because we just work and pick and grow and eat while we are down there on the allotment. i don't grow any vegetables, i'd just like to keep it. since i had a spiral is i like courgettes a lot more. i quite like perennial plants, thatis more. i quite like perennial plants, that is a plant you plant once and it grows here in and year out and

you can harvest from that. i've been growing for probably three or four years, quite concentrated but on and off for years before that.” years, quite concentrated but on and off for years before that. i think having your own vegetables gives you a sense of good feeling, you know you‘ve done that for a —— from a seed and i think when you grow it yourself it tastes better. some people clearly enjoying the allotment. jill edmondson, from the university of sheffield‘s department of animal and plant sciences is with us. good morning. you had an allotment but you don‘t any more? no, i don‘t. what was it you like most? the thing for me was fresh tomatoes and herbs, it was so nice. what is the importance of this research and what will come out of it? what we are dry to do is produce a first national estimate of what people are able to grow in the uk especially on a lot once and gardens and the recent we

are doing it is because we have no idea what people are doing at the moment. the last estimate people in the uk had was during the war, the dig for victory campaign and that is why we are running this project. they are popular, i don‘t have analogue and don‘t have plans to get on but looking at how it works for this programme has so many people on a waiting list, you can wait years to get hold of one? there's been a real resurgence and interest in growing, more than 70,000 people on an allotment waiting list in the uk. but is people recognising how important it is for their diet and the sense of community they get from growing in allotments as well. why do you need to know this information? what difference will it make to the future. at the moment there is a lot of policy documents ata there is a lot of policy documents at a local and national level, talking about the importance of growing for food security, sense of community, well—being but are no quantitative bits of data to support

those assumptions so that‘s what we are dry to provide so in the future we can provide an evidence base for increasing the amount of land available for growing your own food. 0ne available for growing your own food. one thing! available for growing your own food. one thing i found surprising, available for growing your own food. one thing ifound surprising, a lot of people are growing marrows. do you eat them? i do not. but have you ever had one? i have. they arejust when you forgot to mash up your cou rg ettes. when you forgot to mash up your courgettes. courgettes at a cropping, high yield variety and thatis cropping, high yield variety and that is one of the top crops in the harvest survey. type of the crops! 0ne harvest survey. type of the crops! one of them! some of them you don‘t pick them and they get bigger and you end up with these things that are quite big. marrows are possibly quite different. it‘s one of those traditional things people have grown in the uk, look back in the pigford victory leaflets and you will see. my victory leaflets and you will see. my dad had an allotment, my brother

was in charge of strawberries, i had the marrows. he used to take the centre and put bolognese sauce and that, he loved it. it was part of the staple diet? i think it was one of those things people grew, they have high yielding, people tend to grow cou rg ettes have high yielding, people tend to grow courgettes and harvest them smaller and you get a lot more flavour. what about the good old potato? i think is quite unsurprising, my harvest project last year found the most harvested crop was potatoes and that really just reflects the british diet, so you know, most people eat potato 3—a times a week but i think people really are growing potatoes not necessarily for economic benefits but because they enjoyed harvest is something you can eat that day, tastes fresh and they can choose the variety that they want. it's like finding gold, isn‘t it? what do you

wa nt finding gold, isn‘t it? what do you want people to do? we are running a national project and we want people to go onto the website, have a look, sign up to the project, provide us with basic information about for it they grope the crops and whether it‘s organic or non—organic and the crops that they harvest, weigh them, sign in the data to the project and the website so you can be growing in a garden, community garden, allotment, anywhere. i wrote raspberries in a raised bed on a sheffield terrace. i think there was something ridiculous like ten kilos of raspberries last year. where is the raspberry jam ? of raspberries last year. where is the raspberry jam? i of raspberries last year. where is the raspberryjam? i can‘t eat them so the raspberryjam? i can‘t eat them so fast! very good raspberryjam. thank you so much. not a fan of marrows. i am thank you so much. not a fan of marrows. i am sure you are thank you so much. not a fan of marrows. i am sure you are going to get a huge uptake. i hope so. thank you so much. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, what a bank holiday

weekend but was. a record breaker. but things will change. it will be much fresherfor but things will change. it will be much fresher for many today, more cloud and some rain across northern and western areas. towards the south—east it will still be pretty warm today, but there is cooler atla ntic warm today, but there is cooler atlantic our filtering and across the uk. we lose the oranges, replaced by the blues. this is the rain moving out of northern ireland, pushing into scotland, eventually rain into north—west england north wales. always more cloud the further east you are, but eastern and south—eastern areas of england still have sunshine. 0ne south—eastern areas of england still have sunshine. one two showers later, the temperature is 22 to 26.

lower than yesterday across the north and the west, 15 to 20. some afternoon sunshine northern ireland afternoon sunshine northern ireland after the rain clears away, the rain clears from eastern areas overnight. interwetten stayed this next area of low pressure moves from the west. —— into wednesday this next area. a fairly bright start to the day, but cloud from the west roles in with heavy rain for a time in northern ireland, scotland, western fringes of england and wales. dry and break towards the south—east, much fresher, temperatures 19 to 20. further north and west, temperatures in the mid teens. the weather front will clear through the night, wednesday into thursday, then we are left with a rich into thursday. think should be drier for many on thursday with sunny spells. if you showers kicking so across northern england, particularly for scotland.

—— a view shell is kicking off across northern england. a dry and bright day for many, 13 to 17 celsius, about orjust below the average for the time of year. we have lost the hot weather, much fresher conditions for us all. this is business live from bbc news, with vishala sri—pathma and sally bundock. turbulent times for air france — shares are extremely volatile as the crisis deepens at europe‘s second biggest airline. live from london, that‘s our top story on tuesday 8th may. staff reject the latest wage offer and the boss jean—marc janaillac is stepping down. we find out why this saga goes beyond air france and could have ramifications for the entire french economy. also in the programme...

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