hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. gun smuggling, sexual exploitation and cyberfraud — why top law enforcement officials say organised crime is the greatest threat to national security. the national crime agency says the police need to find new ways to combat criminal gangs. good morning, it's monday 14th may. also this morning: a boost for brain cancer research — more funding is announced following the death of dame tessa jowell. two british tourists kidnapped at gunpoint in the democratic republic of congo say they are "very grateful" after being released unharmed. petrol and diesel prices are at their highest since 2014. rising oil prices mean they're set to get even higher. i'm looking at why and whether there's any way to avoid it. in sport, a golden

season for mo salah — he breaks the premier league scoring record, sharing a special moment with his family at anfield and helping liverpool reach next season's champions league. you have any tips for a long and happy marriage for the couple mr mark live in different houses! —— live in different houses! with less than a week to go before the big day, some marriage tips for harry and meghan. and matt's in worcestershire with the weather for us this morning. good morning! good morning, iam indeed crude side verges, home to 45% of flora, but they are under threat. i have details on why and a forecast for you which isn't a bad one! see you in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story: serious organised crime, like gun smuggling, modern slavery and sexual exploitation

are the greatest threat to national security, according to the uk's top law officials. the national crime agency estimates there are more than 4,500 gangs involved in such crimes in the uk with many of their offences under—reported. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani has more. firearms seized days ago in dollars, assault rifles and handguns hidden ina assault rifles and handguns hidden in a lorry, one example of why the national crime agency today says organised crime groups are the greatest threat to national security. three years ago, this was britain's biggest gun smuggling operation. armed officers surrounding a boat is a gang offloaded surrounding a boat is a gang offloa d ed 3! surrounding a boat is a gang offloaded 3! machine—guns. today's annual survey of organised crime says new gangs taken their place, firearms are just one of the threat they pose. the nca says there more than a600 organised crime groups in the uk and the scale and complexity

of activity is growing. these gangs are increasingly part of global networks. that is down to the internet. while encrypted apps protect privacy, the nca it helps criminals to take better for as a detection as they communicate across borders. international cyber gangs and other under reported threats blackmailing businesses from websites like this one which was recently closed down in a major operation. the national crime agency says there needs to be a rethink in how organised crime is investigated. a lot of the technology around computing is enable people to commit crime on a far larger scale globally and anonymously. most criminals now will take their activity to the international scale, particularly the serious organised crime criminals, therefore we have to adapt and work with our partners. this is the human cost. a brothel in the north—east of england run by a

gang holding women as modern—day slaves. trafficked across orders, their services sold online. we organised crime was not focused on drugs and extortion, the nca warns today's gangs will make money ever they see a profit. more on that throughout the morning for you. the government says it will improve care and research for people suffering from brain cancer as part of a "lasting legacy" of the former cabinet minister dame tessa jowell, who died from the disease on saturday. the veteran labour politician spent the final months of her life calling for more resources to tackle the condition. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake joins us from westminster. this isjust one part of dame tessa'sjowell‘s legacy? that's right, she was somebody who commanded the affection, admiration and respect of not only people in her own party from all sides erect with mr where she was much loved and will be sorely missed, and we saw that reflected in the tributes paid

to her yesterday. as you say the government is announcing this morning some measures which they hope will honour part of what she devoted her final weeks and hope will honour part of what she devoted herfinal weeks and months to campaigning and using all of her considerable political ability to call for better research and funding into cancer as they whole that specifically brain cancer which was of course something she was suffering from an something which was incredibly important to her, so there will be £a0 million worth of funding over five years, there will be £a0 million worth of funding overfive years, a key diagnostic test, the so—called gold standard by test will be rolled out nationally, and an annual symposium to call on the best clinical and academic research into cancer treatment. in the words of the prime minister this is something that they hope and she hopes will honour the legacy of somebody she described as an inspirational woman. legacy of somebody she described as an inspirationalwoman. thank legacy of somebody she described as an inspirational woman. thank you very much indeed. just after 7:30 this morning, we'll be speaking to the health secretaryjeremy hunt about the funding. the head of mi5 will deliver a

strongly worded rebuke to russia. at a meeting of security chiefs in berlin, andrew parker will warn that the islamic state group still aspires to commit "devastating" attacks in europe. he will also condemn russia for what he says was the "targeted" salisbury poisoning. it will argue the uk and other european intelligence agencies must maintaina european intelligence agencies must maintain a close partnership to combat the evil next a group. he says he still aspires to reform he says he still aspires to reform he says they still aspire to attacks in the middle east. more on that later. two british tourists who were kidnapped in the democratic republic of congo have been freed. the couple were ambushed in virunga national park on friday. a park ranger who was with the tourists was killed. simon clemison has this report. this and robert had been exploring africa's oldest park, wahroonga. 0n friday, the vehicle they were travelling in was ambushed as they

we re travelling in was ambushed as they were of the dead. the park ranger tried to protect them, rachel makissa ba ra ka was tried to protect them, rachel makissa baraka was killed. their driver was injured but freed. at the spot where it happened, the army was drafted in to keep watch while searches were carried out. the park says it is home to a quarter of the world's critically endangered mountain gorillas but armed groups hide in these forests, making money by kidnapping and then demanding a ransom. it is unclear if a ransom was paid in this case and in a statement, they simply said they we re statement, they simply said they were relieved and grateful for the support they had been given. the bbc understands the henry left congo and the being reignited theirfamilies. tourist visas to virunga have been suspended on foreign office continues to warn of the dangers which this couple experienced first—hand. the united states will open its new embassy in israel today after president trump officially recognised jerusalem as the country's capital. the move from tel aviv comes amid heightened tensions and breaks decades of international consensus. it's being welcomed by israel but not by palestinians, who want the eastern part of the city to be the capital

of a future state. boys and girls of nursery age are having their weight measured to help families stop their children becoming overweight or obese. school pupils in england are already measured twice, at age a and again at 10. but in manchester, a city where 6,000 children are severely obese, they are experimenting with weighing children as young as three. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes has been given exclusive access to the scheme. growing up fast. children in england are already weighed and measured in reception and in year 6 at the end of primary school but for the first time, these three and four—year roll the nursery class are being assessed and will be, every year, to help pa rents and will be, every year, to help parents recognise if their children are putting on extra weight. as a

society we are getting bigger on the whole so we don't see it and we don't see it in our own children, pa rents don't see it in our own children, pa re nts wa nt don't see it in our own children, parents want to know that that children are healthy and they are doing the best for them. in manchester where the trial is taking place a number of overweight or obese children has risen dramatically, 25% of those starting preschool and reception, one in four, are overweight or obese and by the time they live in year 6 number has risen to a0%. manchester a loan, it is roughly 2500 children who are severely obese. what the youngest children eat, how much they exercise, is shaped by their parents or carers. the idea is to give them the best insight into how the kids are doing. it is good to know that she is in the middle, 0ntrack, she isn't too heavy or too light, she is getting the right food themes and choose the right height and a rethink. we will not lose track, we will know whether our children have been growing properly or if they are over or underweight. getting active and eating well helps children to

stay healthy weight at that simple message alone isn't enough. this project in manchester aims to give pa rents project in manchester aims to give parents the information they need to help their kids. again, something we will be discussing later in the programme is let us know what you think on that one. —— so let us know what you think on that one. elderly patients face being stranded on hospital wards for months, after the number of care homes going bankrupt in england and wales doubled. cuts to local authority funding has put a strain on how much care homes can earn, leading to an 83% rise in those filing for insolvency, a study has found. the government has vowed an overhaul to make the service more sustainable. stars of british television celebrated one of their biggest nights of the year at the bafta tv awards in london last night. there were prizes for gangster epic peaky blinders, hard—hitting drama three girls, and a surprise win for casualty, which scooped its first bafta for 11 years. lizo mzimba was watching. some of the biggest names on the

small screen were on the red carpet to the evening ceremony. it was a strong night to the bbc which won around two thirds of the awards. you are going with him. three girls, the true story of the child sex abuse scandal in rochdale, won best miniseries and best actress for its 20—year—old lead wally windsor. three girls was born out of the courage of the real three girls and the real holly, amber and ruby who told the story over and over and over and then they told it to us again and! over and then they told it to us again and ijust want to over and then they told it to us again and i just want to say thank you. does he have a name? that supporting actress vanessa kirby from her portrayal of princess margaret in the crown. and the dufner goes to... peaky blinders! best drama series went to the crime

site are set in the midlands in the 19205. site are set in the midlands in the 1920s. the mother is holding her newborn young. another while grieving for her dead calf, possibly a victim of plastic contamination, on blue planet to make the tv must the moment. britain's got talent! britain's got talent won best entertainment show, decke was at the ceremony, and recently convicted of drink driving, was absent. best continuing drama went to... casuality! and there was a standing ovation for bbc journalist casuality! and there was a standing ovation for bbcjournalist kate adie from the recipient of bafta's highest honour the fellowship. did you watch it or were you in bed? you know me, i go to bed early. what time is it, 1130? half ten. blue

planet picked up heaps, it was a great programme, wasn't it? this we agree on. there was what's going on, iam sure agree on. there was what's going on, i am sure you agree on. there was what's going on, i am sure you were across agree on. there was what's going on, i am sure you were across things or are you still preparing for the royal wedding which is your principaljob? anything you seem to wa nt principaljob? anything you seem to want to know about the royal wedding, i know. i want to know about the royal wedding, i know. lam going want to know about the royal wedding, i know. i am going to a royal wedding party and i am wearing a hat. will they be bunting? yes, there will probably be an actionable wedding. how many people will be at this? are you lot, there is a garden party, we are all watching on the big telly, my friend has the biggest telly i know is that we are going there. hats, bunting, everything. you will of course watch the effect cup final as well? of course, i will do that and post a picture for you. football isn't over yet, you know? the premier league was tied up in a long time ago but there is plenty more to look forward to. great

pictures yesterday from anfield. mo salah broke the premier league scoring record with his 32nd of the season as liverpool beat brighton to snatch the last of the champions league places for next season. some gorgeous pictures of my cellar and his daughter coming up. —— mo salah. manchester city scored a last—minute goal at southampton to become the first—ever premier league side to amass 100 points in a season. manager pep guardiola said it was "magnificent". that is a man who has not yet given up. celtic got their hands on the scottish premiership trophy — that's their seventh in a row — and it was a lift for them after they lost at home to aberdeen, who finished second in the table. and it was a catalan cruise for lewis hamilton. he's extended his lead in the f1 drivers‘ standings after a trouble—free victory at the spanish grand prix. he was quite happy, lots of hiding and running going on. lots of hiding

in the world. a nice weekend. we will have a look at the papers. absolutely, and the front page of the daily telegraph, tessa jowell to have a legacy in cancer care, and many of the papers talking about the head of m15 due to speak later and talk about russia a lot. unity vital to thwart terror and russia says the director—general in his first foreign speech. quite a bit on the baftas and the eurovision. foreign speech. quite a bit on the baftas and the eurovisionlj foreign speech. quite a bit on the baftas and the eurovision. i can't believe this, i was watching, and i looked away, looked back and graham norton was saying i don't know what happened there, and what did happen? protest. if you are given the opportunity to do that again, she

said no, would you do it again? that is what she was offered. yes, i would have another go, would you?@ would have another go, would you?@ would you go for the sympathy vote, which maybe she thought about, but it didn't work. it was a really good song, i was really enjoying it when i was watching it, and looked away briefly. we had some lovely votes from latvia and croatia. 0n the daily mail, another story with lots of traction over the weekend. father sorry he hurt meghan. 0ver of traction over the weekend. father sorry he hurt meghan. over the weekend it emerged that some of the pictures of him being harassed by members of the paparazzi were staged over the weekend. his brother says he will apologise for the pictures stu nt, he will apologise for the pictures stunt, embarrassment for the royal wedding. he is walking meghan markle down the aisle on saturday. the front page of the sun talks about what they are referring to as tank chasing lawyers lodging claims of

wrongdoing by british troops in iraq. they are saying it is an attempt to make millions out of the taxpayer, and they have lots of coverage of the baftas as well. on the guardian, they have all of the people who died in the grenfell tower disaster, a british artist, an italian architect, and every single person who died at grenfell tower has been described within the paper by theirfamily has been described within the paper by their family and friends. and this is a story we have talked about a lot, but more stark figures. high—street shopping figures slumping by more than in the recession. it highlights that during the financial crisis we had less money in our pockets so the high street suffered. even though the economy is back on the up, we are still not turning out to the high

street. and we have a report coming out from mothercare and a number of retailers facing tough times. we will talk about that later in the week. and the story in the mirror this morning that thomas cook, and they could be about to sell off the clu b they could be about to sell off the club 18-30 they could be about to sell off the club 18—30 brand, which had its heydayin club 18—30 brand, which had its heyday in the 90s, a 1990s, known for raucous holidays in spain and parts of cyprus and things like that. and millennial 's want something different, don't they? they want instagram friendly trips. what is an instagram friendly trip? nice hotels and posh holidays, apparently. we blame everything on instagram, don't we? and you mentioned john watson a moment ago. they have done a really nice little tribute to him on the back here. they will never be another one like him. they are talking about... here he is in his famous sheepskin coat,

they are talking about how he broke they are talking about how he broke the mould because commentators did not prepare in the way he prepares for a match. he brought that kind of football geekery in, i can't think ofa football geekery in, i can't think of a better word for it, and now everybody research is like crazy. but the end of an era, saying goodbye to him. he had a new sheepskin made every year, did you know that? because that one was particularly long. i remember him in shorter ones as a child, and that is a proper dressing down. and that football geekery you are talking about! i brought sally some news about! i brought sally some news about the royal wedding that she didn't know! she does most things about the royal wedding. they are going to have bowl food, they are not going to have a sit down. they arejust going to not going to have a sit down. they are just going to have bowl food, how you have to wander around with a little bowl of food. buff a? no,

they give you a little bowl of curry or whatever. —— buffet. you won't have to sit down, so you won't have a proper seating plan, you will be able to wander. queen will be allowed to a seat, as well. i can't tell you what the menu will be, because the chef has not said. do you know how many chefs on? 30. you no more than me! and lots of fresh vegetables. —— know more than me. matt is in worcestershire for us this morning to find out why wild flowers are being driven off our roadside verges. good morning. a very good morning to you as well. i am by the roadside here in worcestershire. a beautiful start to the day but many of you and your drive this morning, concentrating on the roads, you might not give a second thought to

what is alongside it but it is home to a5% of the uk's flora and according to a planet like charity they are under threat. to tell us a little bit more we have a specialist for plantlife. little bit more we have a specialist for pla ntlife. thank little bit more we have a specialist for plantlife. thank you forjoining us for plantlife. thank you forjoining us this morning. tell us, what are theissues us this morning. tell us, what are the issues with verges, and why are they under threat? they should look like this. we are surrounded by thousands of orchids here, but they are facing a double whammy from the nitrogen from our exhaust, and encouraging really robust plants like parsley, and metals, and councils have been already starting to cut verges, which doesn't give a chance to flower or set seed —— nettles. so what can be done? we have the good verge guide, which is about delaying that first cut right

until the end of summer, august or september, and that gives the wildflowers a chance to set seed, and flourish. thank you forjoining us so and flourish. thank you forjoining us so far. we will be talking to you throughout the morning. verges are looking a bit different on the drive to work this morning. if we take a look at the forecast this week, lots of dry and sunny weather to come. warming up over the next day or two ata warming up over the next day or two at a slightly cooler spell to come in the middle part of this week. as for today, blue skies overhead, blue skies for most of you. a little bit ofa skies for most of you. a little bit of a chilly start in a few spots this morning, temperatures down to around two or three degrees but lots of sunshine for much of the day. some misty low cloud close the eastern coast of scotland through the day. east anglia and the south—east quite a bit of breeze blowing. the cloud may threaten the odd shower in norfolk and suffolk. 0ut odd shower in norfolk and suffolk. out to the west of northern ireland and the far west of scotland, always and the far west of scotland, always a bit more cloud but still with some sunny spells. the lighter whether

sun is the strongest, we could see temperatures of 18, 19 or maybe 20 degrees through the afternoon. into the night, clear skies for many inland but around the coast it is going to turn fairly misty and cloud will gradually increase across northern ireland and the far west of scotland. could be some rain into the hebrides into the hebrides by the hebrides into the hebrides by the morning. maybe not as low as last night down to single figures for the most part. a dry day across much of england and wales. around the coast to begin with, so mist and low cloud. that will gradually break up. good long sunny spells developing, particular the england and wales. scotland's outbreaks of rainfor and wales. scotland's outbreaks of rain for some, and wales. scotland's outbreaks of rainforsome, especially and wales. scotland's outbreaks of rain for some, especially across the north of scotland where there could bea north of scotland where there could be a little bit on the heavy side. temperatures still in the teens but england and wales could get to around 20 to 23 degrees during the afternoon, the warmest day of the week. things will turn cooler as we go from tuesday night into wednesday. the cool front will bring rain to begin with across parts of scotland, but is that worked its way to england and wales it will fizzle

out and be nothing more than an area of cloud. with a ridge of high pressure building in behind it, a lot of dry weather and sunny weather to come on wednesday the scotland and northern ireland. the big thing for wednesday, as that weather front winds more cloud across england and wales, it is bringing a drop in temperature. breezy conditions on wednesday right across the board, quite gusty winds particular through the morning, and that will lead to a bit more chill. we start the week with temperatures around the mid—teens forjust with temperatures around the mid—teens for just about all. by and large, dry week in store. that is how it is looking. i will be back in half an hour. thank you very much for that. so you a bit on. —— see you a bit later on. windsor castle might be the best place to be on saturday, but try telling that to hundreds of well—wishers planning to mark the royal wedding with a great british street party. we have been to see some people preparing to mark harry and meghan's big day with a bunting and bubbly bonanza. but what do they really think of the bride and groom to be? jayne mccubbin has been finding out. there is going to be a party. not

just windsor, but platt street as well. as the royalist on the street, what do we make of harry and meghan? i think they are a lovely couple. i think she makes him very happy, and that makes me happy. this couple have captured the heart of platt street, and they are planning a right royal knees up to celebrate. they are loving this trans— atlantic romance. what do you make of them as a couple? i think it is really good. i think it is nice that he is marrying someone that is mixed race, thatis marrying someone that is mixed race, that is from another country, and has been out there in the wide world. so i think it is quite refreshing, because i think it modernises the royal family, and means they are more in touch with reality. you think they needed to do that? i think they definitely did. she is an american, and cousins

across the pond will be happy that they are finally getting a princess and the royal family. a real one. no mac a real princess. actually, she will be a duchess, but mixed race, catholic older than her fiance. will be a duchess, but mixed race, catholic older than herfiance. 0n so many levels meghan markle breaks the mould. a divorcee as well. you know what? a lovely is that and how far have the royal family moved on from when charles and diana got together, that they actually love each other. i think you can see that. royal weddings gone each other. i think you can see that. royalweddings gone by each other. i think you can see that. royal weddings gone by have had all of the pomp, all of the ceremony, all of the traditions, but not all were built to last. this one, they hope, is a keeper. but it is doing away with so many conventions. no political leaders here. instead, iguess conventions. no political leaders here. instead, i guess list of spice girls and 1200 members of the public. it is much more involved with people and community, and some of the people that were invited to

the royal wedding this time what are people that were involved in the manchester bomb, for example, and i think that is a really lovely touch. and i think it really that involves the general public a lot more than it has done in years gone by. the general public a lot more than it has done in years gone byfi the general public a lot more than it has done in years gone by. it has moved with the times. i think the wedding is much more informal. i think much more enjoyable to everyone. so, from arguably harry and meghan's biggest fans here on platt street, some final best wishes. do you have any tips for a long and happy marriage for the couple? live in different houses. i wouldn't have a clue. it isjust me and him. we have been together for 19 years, so we are sort of getting there. i think when i see all of their footage, it is a couple really in love. i think as long as you are in love, communicate, appreciate each other. i think that go to bed ona rag. each other. i think that go to bed on a rag. they always say that, don't they, but i am single. your print is still out there, sharon. he

might be watching right now —— prince. from platt street to harry and meghan, with love. we might mention that again this week. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. social media platforms have been criticised for failing to remove posts advertising the prescription medicine xanax. the anti—anxiety drug is illegal to take in the uk if you don't have a prescription, but there are concerns an increasing number of londoners are turning to the dark web and social media to purchase pills claiming to be xanax. the drugs manufacturer, pfizer, has warned anyone buying these pills via social media will be purchasing fakes. a bbc london investigation reported 16 such posts to twitter, but the social media platform failed to remove any of them within two weeks. the count is still going up, after

they had been reported. i think the social media companies should take far greater action and swifter action to stop these dealers from selling xanax action to stop these dealers from selling xa nax online. action to stop these dealers from selling xanax online. if they clamp down on it then it will seriously restrict the supply of xanax. most of it is going to be fake xanax, anyway. this week, the £56 million redevelopment of the royal academy of arts will be unveiled. the project has taken three years to complete, and includes a bridge linking burlington house on piccadilly to burlington gardens in mayfair. the new development will increase the academy's space by 70%, and includes six new galleries. the met police, emergency services and heathrow airport carried out a major live—play exercise at heathrow this weekend, to test theirjoint response to a terrorist incident. codenamed raptor, it was carried out over two days and involved more than 1,200 people, including counter—terrorism teams, as well as numerous volunteers playing the role of casualties. let's have a look at the travel situation now.

0n the tube this morning, there are minor delays for the circle line and the hammersmith & city line. all others are ok. 0n the trains, cancellations and disruption on great western railway between hayes and harlington and london paddington. 0n the roads: seven sisters a503 broad lane is closed eastbound, between seven sisters station and rangemoor road, due to an accident. let's have a check on the weather now, with kate kinsella. good morning. well, we in for a fine week of weather. lots of dry weather around. some sunshine as well, and the temperatures at least for some parts of the week feeling warm. now, for today it is dry, and yes, it is fine. we have got a little bit of an easterly breeze. so out towards the thames estuary a little bit cooler, but lots of sunshine. a bit more cloud moving in as we head to the afternoon, but the temperature getting up to around 19 celsius by

the end of the day. so really quite pleasant, and starting to feel a little bit warmer. now, overnight we got quite a bit of cloud around. one or two clearer spells. the temperature not quite as low as it was last night. minimum somewhere between eight and 11 celsius. so for tomorrow morning, yes, we got quite a bit of cloud around but that cloud should sin and break up here and there. again, dave sunny spells, feeling just a little bit warmer. 22 celsius. now, we do have a bit of a dip in temperatures as we had through midweek, more cloud, but gradually, as we head towards their middle of the week into the weekend, the temperatures at to warm up a bit. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: he's one of britain's most successful actors but in his 20s, david harewood was sectioned. he'll be here to talk about his struggle with mental

health in the hope it will help people who feel they're unable to cope. we'll hear how boys and girls as young as three are being weighed in nursery classes to help parents stop their children becoming obese. those were actually the wrong pictures. and she's best known for her role in cold feet but before she landed the part, hermione norris almost gave up acting altogether. she'll be here later to talk about her latest drama innocent. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the head of m15 will deliver a strongly worded rebuke to russia in his first public comments since the nerve agent attack in salisbury. andrew parker will use a speech to an audience of security chiefs in berlin today to warn moscow that it risks becoming, in his words, a "more isolated pariah" in the wake of the poisoning. he'll also argue that the uk and other european intelligence agencies must maintain a close partnership to combat the islamic state group, which he'll say still aspires to plan devastating attacks. a new brain cancer research fund is to be created in the name of the former cabinet minister, dame tessa jowell, who died

from the disease this weekend. downing street announced it would double its investment and roll out a new gold standard of tests for brain cancer to all nhs hospitals. 0rganised crime affects more people in the uk than any other security threat, according to the national crime agency. in its annual report, the agency estimates there are over a,500 crime groups in the uk. the gangs are behind offences from sexual exploitation and modern day slavery to cyber fraud, money laundering and cross—border smuggling. the nca says the use of encrypted apps on phones is making catching the criminals more difficult. two british tourists who were kidnapped in the democratic republic of congo have said they're "very relieved" to have been freed. bethan davies and robertjesty were ambushed in virunga national park on friday. a park ranger who was with them was killed. nursery school children are having their weight measured

as part of a new scheme to help families stop them from becoming overweight or obese. pupils in england are currently weighed twice, at the ages of four and ten. but in manchester, a project is being trialled by the children's health and monitoring service, which measured the weight of children every year from the age of three to help them stay on track. wildflowers are being driven off britain's roadside verges by air pollution and poor management — that's according to a new report from the charity plantlife. it says there's been a 20% drop in the diversity of plants by the side of the road. nitrogen emissions from vehicles acts as a fertiliser to some plants, and harms others, which has led to invasive plants like dandelions and nettles taking over. that would explain all of those metals! —— nettles!

some of the biggest names of the small screen came out to celebrate the bafta tv awards last night with the bbc scooping two thirds of the prizes. britain's got talent, love island and blue planet ii were among the winners. and three girls, the drama based on the rochdale abuse scandal, won two prizes — best mini—series and best actress for molly windsor. bbcjournalist kate adie received the bafta's highest honour, the fellowship. and breakfast was represented at the baftas, our very own steph presented the award in the current affairs category. we didn't win. we were not even nominated! i cannot believe it! she was tweeting as she was getting ready yesterday and even gave us a sneak peek of the award. she went for the power quiff, didn't she? here she is after her make over was finished, looking a bit excited — and nervous. and it looks like they gave her some bafta—shaped chocolates for her carjourney. incredible. it isn't bad. she enjoyed the night. she is possibly

still enjoying the night as she is not here today. to be fair to her she was not planning to be here today. as long she brings those chocolates back! she will not. our royal wedding corresponded joins us. i love your enthusiasm. people are enthusiastic about it, aren't they? shall we talk about mo salah and his gorgeous little girl who made an appearance yesterday? it was awarded the broke —— he was awarded the golden boot, that little munchkin! that is his little girl, he also took home... she clearly has some skills. i don't no if we can hear the sound. the anfield crowd started to cheer her and sing the song. did they? every time she hit the ball she got a massive cheer. look at her! look at the back! adorable. she

is three. pretty confident. and that wasn't the only record set yesterday — manchester city took their points total to 100 on the final day of the premier league season. tying up the loose ends, here's david 0rnstein. after nine months and 380 games, one tea m after nine months and 380 games, one team stood head and shoulders above the rest. pep guardiola's manchester city champions of england in record—breaking style. gabriel jesus loving opera folding a stoppage time and at southampton as city became the first side in premier league history to amass 100 points. maybe this record will be broken but it will be difficult to be broken because there are many in the team is going in that have to do many, many things. the final champions league place came down to the final day of the season and it was taken by liverpool, leader of the year mo salah with his 32nd goal to secure the golden boot. commentator: one chance, one goal, it is that mo

salah again! it meant chelsea would have to settle for europe league football next term. swansea required a sporting miracle to survive but it didn't arrive, meaning theyjoined stoke and west brom in relegation to the championship. he at huddersfield there was a party atmosphere at this clu b there was a party atmosphere at this club celebrated avoiding the drop, there were however beaten by arsenal on what was a memorable day for them, too. arson veng are bowing out as manager after 22 years in charge. i would just like to thank everybody, the staff, the players, the fans, and i wish everybody well andi the fans, and i wish everybody well and i think the club has a great future. he was given a reception given of his status and oversaw one last winter make it a fond farewell. —— oversaw one last win to make it. celtic got their hands on the scottish premiership trophy yesterday, and they had a hand in the race for second place. it went to aberdeen,

who won at celtic, thanks to andrew considine's goal. that nudged rangers down to third. it didn't spoil the occasion for the champions, though — captain scott brown said every year, it got more special to lift the trophy. that's their seventh in a row. lewis hamilton said he was rejuvenated after winning the spanish grand prix. he managed to avoid the chaos on the opening lap that wiped out three cars and he said although it was his 6ath victory, it still felt like his first. he's now 17 points clear in the championship. i couldn't have done it without this incredible team. these guys have done an amazing job and i'm really proud of everyone and today the car and myself, i felt proud of everyone and today the car and myself, ifelt that proud of everyone and today the car and myself, i felt that synergy today which i haven't been feeling the whole year so it is a good feeling. there was a really ill—tempered match in rugby league's challenge cup. it was feisty but tight between warrington wolves and toronto wolfpack, but the game turned when andrew dixon was sent off for punching near the end of the first half. after that, warrington ran away

with it, winning by 66 points to 10 to reach the quarter—finals. simon gates is even further and had no of the giro d'italia with chris froome even further behind. he went over half a minute ahead of the chances of a third straight title disappearing fasta chris froome. he'll recover on the rest today but is now more than two minutes behind britain's simon yates. and the voice of football called time on his commentating career yesterday. legendary commentator john motson was honoured at the british academy television awards, having worked behind a match of the day microphone for the final time. popularly known as ‘motty‘, the 72—year—old retired after 50 years with the bbc. he has retired after 50 years with the bbc. i hope they buy him a golden microphone. what would you get the motty? a golden sheepskin. there is a whole motty night on the

bbc. lots of programmes lined up. legendary voice. he will be part of the fa cup final coverage which i believe is on the same day as... the royal wedding, we haven't mentioned at the three minutes at least. the united states will open its new embassy in israel today after president trump officially recognised jerusalem as the country's capital. the move from tel aviv comes amid heightened tensions and breaks decades of international consensus. the decision has been welcomed by israel but not by palestinians, who want the eastern part of the city to be the capital of a future state. let's speak to laura james, a middle east analyst who's in our 0xford studio. then she very much forjoining us. this was controversial at the time, what do you make of the decision in the first place to have the embassy there? remarkable because what happened previously is every president shall candidate has said we will move the embassy according

to congressional legislation that they decided that pragmatically, it is only going to stir up trouble in the middle east and it is going to make it harder to reach a peace agreement between israel and the palestinians. the trump administration has gone straight through that and gone ahead. he himself will not appear, he will appear via video link, atjared kushner and ivanka will be there so what do you make of them being there and not him? —— but. what do you make of them being there and not him? -- but. he had a lot of things on his place would make sense for donald trump to stay away but also the security reasons, it will bea also the security reasons, it will be a massive security operation if he went but jared kushner has been given the portfolio of organising middle east peace, basically, of drafting an agreement between the israelis and palestinians so this is his area. it is very interesting that he is so openly taking the israeli side in this. it makes him a

very incredible mediator from the point of view of the palestinians. you mentioned if this will heighten tensions and seems to have done that already in some ways? massive demonstrations originally when the decision was announced last year and we are expecting today and tomorrow major moves on the gaza border, the palestinians in gaza have been building up over the last six weeks to demonstrations against the border fence, they are calling it the great march of return, and more broadly in the region, the us role and she was legitimacy is being undermined and it has implications for all sorts of things including the confrontation with iran, iran's role in the rest of the region, laura is a major backer of hamas in gaza. it is what i wanted to pick up, increase growing tension with israel and the us and iran, who could be a mediator in this? it's hard to see a really credible mediator. i think russia's

vladimir putin is probably the person in the best position because he is at least talking both to israel and to iran at the united states cannot really use russia as a mediator and in fact the us is driving a lot of attention with its major assault on the iranian regime and its run nuclear deal. also putin... sorry. not at all. vladimir putin... sorry. not at all. vladimir putin isn't prepared to put a lot of effort into the mediation, he is not going to pressure either side and the recent a lot of room for agreement between israel and iran, they have very different interest. very interesting to talk to you, thank you for your time. a beautiful scene in worcestershire, and somewhere we have the weather. beautiful, yes, lovely shot of the

malvern hills, on the western side of worcestershire and we are beside the road. it is not the hills we are concerned with but the roadside verges, i am in amongst the orchids and buttercu ps, just verges, i am in amongst the orchids and buttercups, just some of the 700 species which thrive in our roadside verges, but they are under threat from increased emissions from vehicles. nitrogen is helping to promote the likes of brambles, also thistles, choking some of the wildflowers, and also from the poor management of them by some of our councils as well. we will talk about more of that with trevor from pla ntlife more of that with trevor from plantlife in more of that with trevor from pla ntlife in about more of that with trevor from plantlife in about half an hour's time. this morning, in amongst the roadside beautiful start and if you look at the forecast for this week, more of it to come. plenty of dry weather this week, a little bit of rain, warm over the next couple of days and things will cooler for a time during the middle part of this

week. 0ut there this morning, after a chilly start rings are warming up. clear skies across most areas. we will see low cloud become more dominant across eastern parts of scotland, east inglot, and east anglia and the south—east. —— east england. northern ireland and western scotland also seeing some more cloud compared with the rest of the country, but some sunny spells still possible here and in the blue skies across most of the uk it will feel pleasantly warm this afternoon. temperatures into the high teens, may be nudging 20 degrees. through the night, clear skies inland but around the coast it is set to turn quite misty, especially north sea coasts and across the south—west. northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland seeing increasing amounts of cloud and a few splashes of rain to ta ke of cloud and a few splashes of rain to take us into the morning, with temperatures dropping down into single figures but not as chilly tomorrow morning as we have this morning. a slightly different day for scotland and northern ireland. cloud and outbreaks of rain across northern scotland, could be on the heavy side. we start off with mist

and low cloud around the coast, that will break up with sunny spells developing for most in the warmest day of the week, temperatures peaking at around 23 celsius in the south—east corner. the teams in scotla nd south—east corner. the teams in scotland and northern ireland but looking cooler across in stornoway. 11 degrees, linkedin to the arrival ofa 11 degrees, linkedin to the arrival of a cold front through the day which will bring some rain through the night, scotland in particular. it fizzles as it works its way southwards into england and wales into wednesday, a ridge of high pressure building in its wake. for scotla nd pressure building in its wake. for scotland and northern ireland, a brighter day with lots of sunshine around here but across the board it will be breezy. england and wales a bit more cloud, and added reeves, a substantially cooler day compared with tuesday. temperatures on wednesday generally around the midteens for the vast majority. but crucially it will be largely dry. if you have any plans this week, it will be a largely dry wit, by and large. getting a little bit warmer, as well, towards the end of the week as well, towards the end of the week as well. thank you very much, we

will see you later. have you noticed that it will see you later. have you noticed thatitis will see you later. have you noticed that it is more expensive to fill up your car? ben is looking into that this morning. at the start of 2016, average petrol and diesel prices had fallen to around £1 a litre — that was mostly down to the fall in the price of oil. but since then prices have slowly and steadily creeping up. the most recent figures show average petrol prices at 123p per litre and diesel at 127p. that is the highest since dec 201a. and it is down to what is happening on the global oil markets. james spencerfrom portland fuel is with me. good morning to you. that point about the global oil markets being

behind all this is really important. we can have a look at the graph of what has happened, and the challenges that they go very much hand in hand. pretty high in 2013, 201a, that is when we saw record prices at the pumps. then they fell pretty significantly and is creeping back up. first of all, just explain that for me. why have we seen that? if we go right back to the beginning, 2013 was when the shale revolution, which is how it is referred to in the industry, is beginning to come into play. that is fracking so the oil is becoming glutted. so there is too much of it. too much oil coming onto the market and suddenly there is a glut. you see that around the back end of 201a. the price absolutely plummets, down to $28 a barrel in 2016. what you have got there is a situation where the fracking in america... the frackers in america are beginning to go bust. that is because the prices so low cannot make money. the prices

so low cannot make money. the prices so low cannot make money. the prices so low they are packing it in, they are stopping. what that does is the market starts to rebalance and since 2016 you can see the price slowly ticking up. what you have had from around 2017 onwards is the opec policy of constraining oil from the world's markets, so that is limiting their own production. and that has had... really you can see from mid-2017, that had... really you can see from mid—2017, that has had quite a significant effect. and the most recent effect is obviously the worries and the news that the us is pulling out of the iranian nuclear deal, and iran is a big player, and a list which produces a5% of the world's well. so constraining their production is quite a big deal. virtue things jumped out at me. production is quite a big deal. virtue thingsjumped out at me. —— so two things jump out at me. what is going to happen next? anyone who has been in the industry has got it

wrong as often as they get it right. at the moment i would say it is... prices look bullish mainly because of this iranian issue. i think going back up to 11a, the nature of fracking, the nature of how quick and nimble the american producers, would mean to me that once the price sta rts would mean to me that once the price starts going up to the mid— 80s, they will come back into the market and you will get some form of balanced back. and ultimately what is so frustrating, i guess, for consumers is the fact that these countries have to balance how much they sell that oil for. they'd just a i will put it out to market at the price you are willing to pay. they we re price you are willing to pay. they were limits, as you touched on, supplied to force the price back up. so they are manipulating the market, in ways that we cannot control.m is fairto in ways that we cannot control.m is fair to say 0pec have one policy, which is to push the oil price up. they want the price higher and their

plan has worked. and of course they have been in partnership or unofficial partnership with russia, who have also limited production, and of course consumers will suffer from that. it was once the crude oil price goes up they will pay more at the pumps and you have been sending in your messages this morning with a price where you are, and it really does vary across the country. price where you are, and it really does vary across the countrym price where you are, and it really does vary across the country. it is in many cases worth shopping around. sometimes city centre is much more expensive than elsewhere, but let us know what it is where you are. do you listen to digital radio? i listen to both. the days of tuning your radio to find your favourite fm station could well be over, when we find out how many of us are now listening to digital devices. the government said it would look at the future of the analogue waveband once listening figures reach 50%. norway has already switched off its fm transmitters. david sillito went to see how it has been going. we are in norway, and when it comes

to radio, it was suggested, we really ought to pay a visit to this island. —— barn. how many radios? about 3000. jens loves radio, and he has built up quite a collection. you have got 18 of the same type of ancient radio. yes. have a look across there. they are all radios as well. one question. yes? what does your wife all this? um... however, most are now useless. your wife all this? um... however, most are now useless. fm has been switched off. they are all gone, aren't they? it is the end of an era, isn't it? it is. i experienced the start of fm and also experience the start of fm and also experience

the end of it. do you feel sad? in a way, yes. yes. and there is another station here... and the reason fm has gone is because of dab. this digital alternative has allowed 26 new national stations to be set up, but running both systems was felt to be too expensive. radio listening. has it gone up or down? i mean, i know you've got more stations... yes, so the listening figures have changed. now we see a big increase in the usage of the new channels. actually... but overall? let me say, one third of the new listing is now one third of the new listing is now on the new stations. but overall, daily listing is down more than ten percentage points. so a fairly sizeable drop. but the reception on the main road seems pretty good, even when you go underground. now, just let me turn that down for a second, because yes, we are right in

the middle of the tunnel. we have been driving for more than a kilometre, and we have perfect radio coverage. and most people haven't been too bothered by the turn of. fm is, after all, a bit old school for today's teenagers. can i ask you a very quick question? yes. we are from bbc in london. but for some, it has really been like losing an old friend. i love the radio. and now, losing fm? i don't listen any more. i don't. and this might explain why. back atjens's barn, it can be a bit tricky getting a dab signal. and back again? you've got it! if we move it slightly... it is gone. just move it slightly... it is gone. just move it slightly... it is gone. just move it across... it is staying with us move it across... it is staying with us there. gone. put it back again? there you go. you've got it in this one place. it is not perfect, is it?

no, no. however, jens does accept that in norway, dab is the future, and fm is history. what are you going to do with all those radios? i have an issue with the bit where the dab drops out. you have two resume the radio. my car has only got fm. i am not changing my car! you need to sort that out. you can get a dab radio in there, can't you ? you can get a dab radio in there, can't you? i'm sure you can. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. social media platforms have been criticised for failing to remove posts advertising the prescription medicine xanax. the anti—anxiety drug is illegal to take in the uk if you don't have a prescription, but there are concerns an increasing number of londoners are turning

to the dark web and social media to purchase pills claiming to be xanax. the drugs manufacturer, pfizer, has warned anyone buying these pills via social media will be purchasing fakes. a bbc london investigation reported 16 such posts to twitter, but the social media platform failed to remove any of them within two weeks. the account is still going up — still up there after they had been reported. i think the social media companies should take far greater action and swifter action to stop these dealers from selling xanax online. if they clamp down on it, then it will seriously restrict the supply of xanax. most of it's going to be fake xa nax, anyway. the £56 million pound redevelopment of the royal academy of arts will be unveiled this week. the project has taken three years to complete, and the new development will increase the academy's space by 70%, and includes six new galleries. the met police, emergency services and heathrow airport carried out

a major exercise at heathrow this weekend to test theirjoint response to a terrorist incident. codenamed raptor, it was carried out over two days and involved more than 1,200 people, including counter—terrorism teams, as well as numerous volunteers playing the role of casualties. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube this morning, there are minor delays for the circle line and the hammersmith & city line. all others are ok. 0n the trains, cancellations and disruption on great western railway, between hayes and harlington and london paddington. in hillingdon: 0ne lane is blocked eastbound on the aao, between long lane and the polish war memorial, due to a missing manhole cover. let's have a check on the weather now, with kate kinsella. good morning.

well, we're in for a fine week of weather. lots of dry weather around, some sunshine too, and the temperatures at least for some parts of the week feeling warm. now, for today it's dry, and yes, it's fine. we have got a little bit of an easterly breeze, so out towards the thames estuary, a little bit cooler, but lots of sunshine. a bit more cloud moving in as we head through the afternoon, but the temperature getting up to around 19 celsius by the end of the day. so really quite pleasant, and starting to feel a little bit warmer. now, overnight, we've got quite a bit of cloud around. one or two clearer spells. the temperature not quite as low as it was last night, the minimum somewhere between eight and 11 celsius. so for tomorrow morning, yes, we've got quite a bit of cloud around, but that cloud should thin and break up here and there. again, a day of sunny spells, feeling just a little bit warmer — 22 celsius. now, we do have a bit of a dip in temperatures as we had through midweek, more cloud. but gradually, as we head towards the end of the week, into the weekend, the temperatures start to warm up a bit.

i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. the head of m15 warns of "devastating" and "more complex" attacks by the islamic state group in europe. andrew parker's warning comes after comes after one person was killed and four others were injured by a knifeman in paris. good morning, it's monday 1ath may. also this morning: a boost for brain cancer research — more funding is announced following the death of dame tessa jowell. good morning if you are nursing a hangoverfor good morning if you are nursing a hangover for the weekend, is your wallet feeling worse? how much did you spend on your last night out? a report out today suggests we're spending an average of nearly £60 on a night out — an increase from last year.

i'm talking about how much life there is in the night time economy. in sport, a golden season for mo salah. he breaks the premier league scoring record, sharing a special moment with his daughter at anfield, and helping liverpool reach next season's champions league. gangster epic peaky blinders, blue planet and britain's got talent all win big at the baftas. do you have any tips for a long and happy marriage for the couple? er, live in different houses! with less than a week to go before the big day, some marriage tips for harry and meghan. matt is amongst the flowers for us this morning. hello, match. good morning, iam this morning. hello, match. good morning, i am in amongst some of the 700 species that thrive in a roadside verges —— matt. that they are under threat. i will find out why saloon and a forecast of a largely dry week too! good morning. first, our main story: the head of m15 is warning that the islamic state group aspires to commit "devastating" and "more complex" attacks in europe after losing territory in the middle

east. director general andrew parker will make the warning at a meeting of european security chiefs in berlin. he will also condemn russia for the "targeted" salisbury poisoning. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera reports. there have been a5 terrorist attacks across europe since 2016 and one stopped in the uk since last year's westminster attack, according to the head of m15. giving the first public speech outside the uk by serving m15 head, director general andrew parker will tell an audience in berlin that the shared strength european intelligence partnerships has never been more crucial to combat what he calls the intense and unrelenting international terrorist threat. he will say that cooperation is unrecognisable compared with five yea rs unrecognisable compared with five years ago with thousands of messages exchanged on secured networks every

week. he will also accuse the kremlin of flagrant breaches of international rules and warned that the russian government is pursuing an agenda through aggressive and finishes actions by its military and intelligence services. the government says it will improve care and research for people suffering from brain cancer, as part of a "lasting legacy" of the former cabinet minister, dame tessa jowell, who died from the disease, on saturday. the veteran labour politician spent the final months of her life calling for more resources to tackle the condition. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake joins us from westminster. this isjust one part of dame tessa jowell‘s legacy? we will speak to jeremy we will speak tojeremy hunt about this in about 30 minutes. she was somebody who commanded the respect, admiration and affection, notjust from people in her own party but from people in her own party but from all sides here at westminster and we saw that in the tributes paid to tessa jowell yesterday from

people across the lyrical spectrum. as well as everything she achieved in her distinguished political career, there was this call and campaignfor career, there was this call and campaign for better funding, research and treatment for people earning with cancer in the uk that she devoted the final stages of her life too. she came to westminster earlier in the year and sat down with jeremy hunt and theresa earlier in the year and sat down withjeremy hunt and theresa may, the prime minister as well, and so it is clear that the government is keen to honour the legacy and that campaign of her in some way. have announced £a0 million worth of funding in the next five years into brain cancer research and development. there will also be a key diagnostic test, the so—called old standard guide tests used nationally, and an annual conference to share the latest thinking about cancer research in tessa jowell‘s honour. in the words of the prime minister she was somebody who faced the illness with dignity and courage and they hope the moves will form pa rt and they hope the moves will form part of the lasting legacy of what theresa may called an inspirational woman. thank you, jonathan. by the

way, that was our problem, a slight sound issue withjonathan so do not address the back of four adjust your tv if you thought it was you. just after 7:30 this morning, we'll be speaking to the health secretaryjeremy hunt about the funding. 0rganised crime affects more people in the uk than any other security threat, according to the national crime agency. in its annual report, the agency estimates there are over a,500 crime groups in the uk. the gangs are behind offences from sexual exploitation and modern day slavery to cyber fraud, money laundering and cross—border smuggling. the nca says the use of encrypted apps on phones is making catching the criminals more difficult. two british tourists who were kidnapped in the democratic republic of congo have said they're "very relieved" to have been freed. bethan davies and robertjesty were ambushed in virunga national park on friday. a park ranger who was with them was killed. the united states will open its new embassy in israel today after president trump officially recognised jerusalem

as the country's capital. the move from tel aviv comes amid heightened tensions and breaks decades of international consensus. it's being welcomed by israel but there have been protests by palestinians, who want the eastern part of the city to be the capital of a future state. antibiotics are the main cause of potentially life—threatening allergic reactions for patients during surgery, according to a new report. the royal college of anaesthetists says better testing could save lives for those with unknown allergies. 0ur health correspondent matthew hill reports. anaphylaxis is a life—threatening drug reaction that happens suddenly and without warning. in extreme cases, it rapidly progresses to cardiac arrest or even death. this a—year study studied allergic reactions during anaesthesia in more than 3 million operations. after several 100 life—threatening

reactions, there were 30 cardiac arrest and ten deaths. 0nce patients are identified as allergic, an alternative anaesthetic must be found. but waiting lists for allergy clinics to find this out are on average more than six months, when they should be only six weeks. —— are on average more than three months, when they should be only six weeks. we know that 90% of patients that believe they are allergic to penicillin are not actually allergic to penicillin. a significant number of the severe reactions were caused by antibiotic that were given to avoid penicillin allergy, particularly a certain drugs if we can better identify those patients who genuinely are penicillin allergic and particular those who are not, whee kim give penicillins, which are better drugs, to those patients and preventing the risk of those serious, unpredictable reactions. the royal college of anaesthetists are calling for more allergy testing clinics for people thought to be at highest risk if lives are to be saved. matthew hill, bbc news. stars of british television

celebrated one of their biggest nights of the year at the bafta tv awards in london last night. there were prizes for gangster epic peaky blinders, hard—hitting drama three girls, and a surprise win for casualty, which scooped its first bafta for 11 years. lizo mzimba was watching. some of the biggest names on the small screen were on the red carpet for the evening ceremony. it was a strong night for the bbc, which won around two thirds of the awards. you're going with him. three girls, the true story of the rochdale child sex abuse scandal, won best miniseries and best actress for its 20—year—old lead molly windsor. three girls was born out of the courage of the real three girls and the real holly, amber and ruby that told the story over and over and over, and then they told it to us again, and i just want to say thank you. does he have a name, this stylist? best supporting actress vanessa kirby from her portrayal of princess margaret in the crown.

and the bafta goes to... peaky blinders! best drama series went to the crime saga set in the midlands in the 1920s. the mother is holding her newborn young. a mother whale grieving for her dead calf, possibly a victim of plastic contamination, on blue planet i! won the tv must—see moment. britain's got talent! britain's got talent won best entertainment show. dec was at the ceremony. co—star ant, recently convicted of drink—driving, was absent. best soap or continuing drama went to... casualty! and there was a standing ovation for bbcjournalist kate adie, the recipient of bafta's highest honour, the fellowship. lizo mzimba, bbc news. kate adie gave a lovely speech as

well. more on that later on. think if watching, monday morning, bbc brea kfast if watching, monday morning, bbc breakfast and returning to one of our main stories —— thank you for watching. a quarter of children starting primary school are overweight or obese — and this rises to a0% by the time they leave in year six. so what is being done to tackle it? pupils in england are currently weighed twice, at the ages of four and ten. but in manchester, a new scheme is measuring children every year from the age of three to help them stay on track. we're joined now by sarah vince—cain, a paediatric dietitian who's part of the project. good morning. why start weighing them every year? ok, so parents find it difficult to see how their children are growing and so we thought it was really important to give parents this information every year. parents are universally interested in how their child is growing. making changes from an

earlier age is much easier than making changes later on when perhaps the problem is already there. who thought of benefits than from the information? you say everybody? yes, well, children hopefully, which is the main aim, protecting them from work—related illness, parents benefit because they want their children to be helpful but then we can feed back information to schools that year level and schools can see how interventions they have in place are impacting. you will weigh their children and then what would you tell parents? we send letters to pa rents, tell parents? we send letters to parents, or e—mail them, to tell parents? we send letters to parents, or e—mailthem, to say tell parents? we send letters to parents, or e—mail them, to say that your child has been measured and you may want to go online and see how they are growing and parents can choose in their own time when they log on and have a look at their growth chart it is a visual representation, language can be translated, lots of benefits. rather than just at one point in time a pa rent than just at one point in time a parent can see how their child is growing over time and can see potentially where the growth

trajectory is heading if changes are made. typically you will not say for example sending a letter to say your child is overweight or obese? nora, we we re child is overweight or obese? nora, we were differently, our approach is different. we invite parents to go online and have a look at the information and maybe prepare themselves psychologically, picking that information. the commentary coming at us, harriet says i was weighed at primary school, my first memory of weight and dealing in paris played a role in my eating disorder, wide don't we forget about this in on children. kathleen says the scheme is not a good thing, children refuse to eat because they are overweight and we have a problem with obesity but it should be aimed at the parents to be cooking classes and lectured the kids. what do you think? -- and lectured the kids. what do you think? —— let kids be kids. and lectured the kids. what do you think? -- let kids be kids. it is not something we have been picking up not something we have been picking up in manchester. parents are really supportive of the approach and fewer

than 1% of parents would opt their children out. our experience is that children out. our experience is that children actually enjoy being measured in school. they celebrate their height, they stand up tall, it is almost competitive, they come out of class for 20 minutes, it is fun for them, it is as if they were having their photograph taken. the way that we feed the information back to parents, we don't use particular strong or aggressive language, we think carefully, we work with psychologist on the language element and we hope the language element and we hope the language will then be used on the wider system and there will be less stigma, it will be a normal thing to understand how your child is growing. you think you can tell if a child is coming to have sort of longer term issues with weight? we work with the university of manchester who evaluated our programme and said that yes, parents who log on, their children are more likely to follow a healthy trajectory. now, the university of

manchester say if we measure serial measurements between the ages of three and six, are going to possibly be able to predict and see how children might grow later on. it is really important that we work backwards and start to manage the children from an earlier age. this may be ignorant, the kids still have ba bysat may be ignorant, the kids still have babysat at the age of three? children grow differently. that is something that we need to look at. —— baby fat. we can get into the technical areas, they do deep and go up technical areas, they do deep and go up but the more we understand, the better we will be able to see whether it is what we might call puppy whether it is what we might call puppyfat. whether it is what we might call puppy fat, or just a whether it is what we might call puppy fat, orjust a normal part of grubbing up. reflect, if they don't logon they don't get the information? they need to logon. is that not a fundamental issue? we have 21 families go for 21,000 families registered. we have some populations who may not even have

e—mail addresses and are not digitally connected in this motivates people to get the good. digitally connected in this motivates people to get the goodm is helpful. we would love to speak to you some more. please come back. do let us know what you think, eating get in contact with us via e—mailand find us eating get in contact with us via e—mail and find us on social media. you have nailed the e—mail address. i have finally remembered it, yes. matt is in worcestershire for us this morning to find out why wild flowers are being driven off our roadside verges. good morning. a very good morning to you. iam good morning. a very good morning to you. i am indeed good morning. a very good morning to you. iam indeed in good morning. a very good morning to you. i am indeed in worcestershire this morning, beside the road. many drive past and have a passing glance at the roadside verges, depending on where you are going but here we are amongstjust where you are going but here we are amongst just two of the 700 where you are going but here we are amongstjust two of the 700 species which thrive on roadside verges, which thrive on roadside verges, which are under threat according to the charity pla ntlife. which are under threat according to the charity plantlife. to tell us a bit more is the botanical specialists, trevor, from plantlife.

blue skies overhead, plenty of flora, but they are on the verge of disappearing, aren't they? this is what we want, surrounded by these green winged orchids, but flowers on the verges are facing a double whammy, firstly from the nitrogen which comes out of the vehicle exhaust, 90% of that lands on the verges and encourages plants like cow verges and encourages plants like cow parsley, nettles and brambles to thrive in takeover. they are quite thuggish, and there is nothing wrong with them but they are crowding out as smaller flowers and on top of that we have the management as well. it is about not cutting these verges early, leaving them until august or september, letting the wildlife thrive. there is very little we can do about emissions, but it is about better management to begin with. and we have a good verge guide, which

tells councils how to manage them. and lovely scenes this morning in amongst the flowers, alongside the road. lou skies overhead and the forecast for this week is a cracking one for many. if you have plans row doors, lots of dry weather to come. warmest during the first part of the week, turning cooler during the middle part. as for today, a chilly start this morning with clear skies overhead. warming up quite nicely for most under clear skies, notjust this morning but throughout the day. a bit more cloud over east anglia and the far south—east of england. it may just threaten and the far south—east of england. it mayjust threaten a shower in norfolk and suffolk, quite the breeze making it feel cooler here. we will see a breeze in northern ireland and the far north west of scotland, but really for most of you it is blue skies today and warm with light winds as well. temperatures up to about 18 to 20 degrees in land, away from some of the coast. tonight, clear skies in land for many but around the coast the greater chance of mist and fog forming, especially down the north

sea coast towards the south—west of england and later tonight the cloud thickening up in scotland, the hebrides could see some rain into the morning. not as cold tonight as we have seen last night. as for tuesday, the england and wales the cloud around the coast should start to break up. a bit misty at times around some beaches but in blue sky day. lots of sunshine, feeling warmer still with temperatures may be up to around 23 degrees for one or two. for scotland and northern ireland, increasing amounts of cloud and a few splashes of rain, especially the fire north of scotla nd especially the fire north of scotland where there could be the odd heavy burst. temperatures in the teams, turning cooler inner hebrides later but linked to the cold front moving its way southwards during tuesday night and into wednesday. high pressure building in its wake, that will tend to kill off some of the rain on that cold front for wednesday. not much in the way of rain at all. just a bit more cloud

for england and wales. a lot more sunshine for scotland and northern ireland during the middle part of the week but a big difference for wednesday compared with how we start the week. more in the way of a breeze across the country and it will feel cooler as well. instead of seeing temperatures in the low 20s, we will see temperatures in the order of 12 to 16 degrees. but with more sunshine forecast for the rest of the week and some morning mist and fog, it will start to feel warmer again as we run up to and fog, it will start to feel warmer again as we run up to the weekends. sunny you should mention the weekend, thank you very much. we are about to enter the wedding zone! it will be lovely weather, we know that. windsor castle might be the best place to be on saturday, but try telling that to hundreds of well—wishers planning to mark the royal wedding with a great british street party. we have been to see some people preparing to mark harry and meghan's big day with a bunting and bubbly bonanza. but what do they really think of the bride and groom to be? jayne mccubbin has been finding out. there is going to be a party. notjust windsor,

but platt street too. as the royalists on the street, what do we make of harry and meghan? i think they're a lovely couple. i think she makes him very happy, and that makes me happy. this couple have captured the heart of platt street, and they are planning a right royal knees—up to celebrate. they are loving this tra ns—atla ntic romance. what do you make of them as a couple? i think it's really good. i think it's nice that he's marrying someone that's mixed race, that's from another country, and has been out there in the wide world. so i think it's quite refreshing, because i think it modernises the royalfamily, and brings them more in touch with reality. you think they needed to do that? i think they definitely did. she's an american, and so cousins across the pond will be very happy that they're finally getting a princess in the royal family. a real one.

a real princess. actually, she will be a duchess. but mixed race, catholic, older than her fiance — on so many levels, meghan markle breaks the mould. a divorcee, too. how lovely is that, and how far have the royal family moved on from when charles and diana got together? that they actually love each other — i think you can see that. royal weddings gone by have had all of the pomp, all of the ceremony, all of the traditions, but not all were built to last. this one, they hope, is a keeper. but it is doing away with so many conventions. no political leaders here — instead, a guess list of spice girls and 1,200 members of the public. it's much more involved with people and community, and some of the people that were invited to the royal wedding this time what are people that were involved in the manchester bomb, for example, and i think that's a really lovely touch. and i think it really then involves the general public a lot more

than it has done in years gone by. it has moved with the times. i think weddings are much more informal, and i think much more enjoyable to everyone. so, from arguably harry and meghan's biggest fans, here on platt street, some final best wishes. do you have any tips for a long and happy marriage for the couple? live in different houses. oh, i wouldn't have a clue. it'sjust me and him. we've been together for 19 years, so we're sort of getting there. i think, when i see all of their footage, it's a couple that are in love. i think as long as you're in love, communicate, appreciate each other. i think don't go to bed on a row. they always say that, don't they? but i wouldn't know — i'm single! your prince is still out there, sharon. doubt it! he might be watching right now. not at my age.

from platt street to harry and meghan, with love. some really good bits of advice. don't go to bed on a row is a good one. and just to mention the wedding again... we will look at the other papers, but this is an interesting one. i don't know what you will feel about this at home, rather than having a sitdown reception, where your place in the reception becomes quite important to some people, they are doing away with all of that and they will have canapes and mini bowls of food at the reception, apparently. i did read somewhere there were 30 chefs involved. 30 chefs, it will be seasonal food, accompanied by champagne. what else do you need to know? you need to know this as well. the front page of the daily mirror, dad is sorry he hurt meghan. some pictures have appeared in the paper, and the

accusation is they were staged, and his brother says he will apologise for that stunt embarrassment. he will be walking meghan markle down the aisle on saturday. in the times are talking about this story. ahead of mi5 are talking about this story. ahead of m15 delivering the speech later today. written's strongest condemnation yet of russia over what he calls flagrant reaches of international law —— britain's. and molly windsor, who won best actress for three girls, the bbc series about the sex grooming gangs. and on the front page of the daily telegraph is jowell to the front page of the daily telegraph isjowell to have legacy. we will be speaking with a government minister about the extra money to be put into that. the front page of the express, their story is about elderly patients being

stranded on hospital wards due to the number of care homes going bust. we have talked about that on brea kfast we have talked about that on breakfast over the last few months. the sun are talking about lawyers who have lodged a50 new claims of wrongdoing by british troops in iraq. a striking front page on the guardian this morning. the lives at g re nfell tower. guardian this morning. the lives at grenfell tower. inside the paper, the family and friends, starting today and for the next few days, will be taking us through more information, described by their family and friends, all those people who sadly lost their lives at g re nfell last who sadly lost their lives at grenfell last year. ben has talking about the high street. that and the other main business stories. good morning. the high street is still faring worse than during the depths of the recession, as the number of shoppers falls again. high street visits fell by more than 3% last month, and new figures suggest one in ten town centre shops is now empty. we get updates from struggling retailers mothercare and carpetright

later this week. that will give us a bit of a snapshot of how they are doing. they wa nt to snapshot of how they are doing. they want to close a number of their stores. interest rates might have been kept on hold at 0.5% last week, but there is a warning that rates on mortgages might still go up, because banks can no longer access a pot of cheap funding from the bank of england. how is your wallet or purse feeling after the weekend? new figures show we spend nearly £60 each on a night out. that is up 7% compared to last year. even though we are told there is a squeeze on incomes. that is good news for bars and restaurants but the number of nightclubs has halved in the last decade. i'll speak to nightclub boss peter marks in half an hour. and i asked a little earlier on

social media, do people still use nightclubs? everyone laughed at me for freezing it used nightclubs? everyone laughed at me forfreezing it used nightclubs. frequent? enjoy? when was the last time you were in a nightclub? last night, probably. we will explore this later. i think we need a bit more information. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm victoria hollins. social media platforms have been criticised for failing to remove posts advertising the prescription medicine xanax. the anti—anxiety drug is illegal to take in the uk if you don't have a prescription, but there are concerns an increasing number of londoners are turning to the dark web and social media to purchase pills claiming to be xanax. the drugs manufacturer, pfizer, has warned anyone buying these pills via social media will be purchasing fakes. a bbc london investigation reported 16 such posts to twitter, but the social media platform failed to remove any of them

within two weeks. the account is still going up after they've been — still up there after they've been reported. i think the social media companies should take far greater action and swifter action to stop these dealers from selling xanax online. if they clamp down on it, then it will seriously restrict the supply of xanax. most of it's going to be fake xa nax, anyway. the £56 million pound redevelopment of the royal academy of arts will be unveiled this week. the project has taken three years to complete, and the new development will increase the academy's space by 70%, and includes six new galleries. the met police, emergency services and heathrow airport carried out a major exercise at heathrow this weekend to test theirjoint response to a terrorist incident. codenamed raptor, it was carried out over two days and involved more than 1,200 people, including counter—terrorism teams, as well as numerous volunteers playing the role of casualties. let's have a look at the travel situation now.

0n the tube this morning, good service. 0n the trains, cancellations and disruption on great western railway, between hayes and harlington and london paddington. 0n the roads, traffic is starting to build—up. in hillingdon, one lane blocked eastbound on the aao, between long lane and the polish war memorial, due to a missing manhole cover. let's have a check on the weather now, with kate kinsella. good morning. well, we're in for a fine week of weather. lots of dry weather around, some sunshine too, and the temperatures at least for some parts of the week feeling warm. now, for today it's dry, and yes, it's fine. we have got a little bit of an easterly breeze, so out towards the thames estuary, a little bit cooler, but lots of sunshine. a bit more cloud moving in as we head through the afternoon, but the temperature getting up

to around 19 celsius by the end of the day. so really quite pleasant, and starting to feel a little bit warmer. now, overnight, we've got quite a bit of cloud around. one or two clearer spells. the temperature not quite as low as it was last night, the minimum somewhere between eight and 11 celsius. so for tomorrow morning, yes, we've got quite a bit of cloud around, but that cloud should thin and break up here and there. again, a day of sunny spells, feeling just a little bit warmer — 22 celsius. now, we do have a bit of a dip in temperatures as we had through midweek, more cloud. but gradually, as we head towards the end of the week, into the weekend, the temperatures start to warm up a bit. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: the head of m15 is warning that the islamic state group aspires to commit "devastating" and "more complex" attacks in europe

after losing territory in the middle east. director general andrew parker will make the warning at a meeting of european security chiefs in berlin. he will also condemn russia for the "targeted" salisbury poisoning accusing them of "flagrant breaches of international law". a new brain cancer research fund is to be created in the name of the former cabinet minister dame tessa jowell, who died from the disease this weekend. downing street announced it would double its investment and roll out a new gold standard of tests for brain cancer to all nhs hospitals. 0rganised crime affects more people in the uk than any other security threat, according to the national crime agency. in its annual report, the agency estimates there are over a,500 crime groups in the uk. the gangs are behind offences from sexual exploitation and modern day slavery to cyber fraud, money laundering and cross—border smuggling. the nca says the use of encrypted apps on phones is making catching

the criminals more difficult. two british tourists who were kidnapped in the democratic republic of congo have said they're "very relieved" to have been freed. bethan davies and robertjesty were ambushed in virunga national park on friday. a park ranger who was with them was killed. the united states will open its new embassy in israel today after president trump officially recognised jerusalem as the country's capital. the move from tel aviv comes amid heightened tensions and breaks decades of international consensus. it's being welcomed by israel but there have been protests by palestinians, who want the eastern part of the city to be the capital of a future state. nursery school children are having their weight measured as part of a new scheme to help families stop them from becoming overweight or obese. pupils in england are currently weighed twice, at the ages of four and ten. but in manchester, a project is being trialled by the children's health and monitoring service, which measured the weight of children every year from the age

of three to help them stay on track. wildflowers are being driven off britain's roadside verges by air pollution and poor management — that's according to a new report from the charity plantlife. it says there's been a 20% drop in the diversity of plants by the side of the road. nitrogen emissions from vehicles acts as a fertiliser to some plants, and harms others, which has led to invasive plants like dandelions and nettles taking over. we have got nothing against cars or metals, they are fantastic for wildlife but it is about balance, you're losing 20% of our species of roadside verges and if you have more diversity in plant you have more species coming in, or pollinators, more insects coming in to live on that the whole chain of life is supported with more species on our verges. —— nettles. just letting you know what else is

coming up, we have the actorfrom homeland, he was sectioned in his 20s. he mentioned that on social media on mental health awareness day last year. he is here to give his first tv interview speaking about what happened to him and why he thinks it is important as part of it all health awareness week to highlight that. looking forward to speaking to him, he will be here at about 8:10. the final of the premier league season? you may have thought everything was decided weeks ago but actually it was a cracking weekend. good morning, everyone. but often has mo salah been upstaged this season but he was. there was a wonderful moment at anfield yesterday when mo salah received the golden boot for the most goals scored in a premier league season. he may have broken the record but he was completely upstaged by his daughter, makka. any minute now we will see her.

she's certainly got some skills she looked very at home out there on the pitch. any minute now. she is coming. look at him breaking his record. wouldn't have makka but i will bring her to do because she is gorgeous and we wa nt to do because she is gorgeous and we want to see her. —— we don't have. there was a record for manchester city, too — they became the first side to reach 100 points in a premier league season. they onlyjust made it, though. gabrieljesus scoring the only goal of the game at southampton in injury time. look at that from pep guardiola. you may think he is relaxing. not at all! he is as delighted there on the last day of the season to break their record. look at them celebrating. a wonderful moment for him. and arsene wenger bowed out of english football with a 1—0 win over huddersfield.

as a mark of respect, both sets of supporters rose as one in the 22nd minute to honour wenger‘s 22 years with arsenal. i have a little bit of a special bond because chapman came from huddersfield to our club, so to be the greatest manager at the club so i think for me to come back here have a special meaning today and specially on a day where huddersfield stays in the premier league. celtic got their hands on the scottish premiership trophy yesterday, and they had a hand in the race for second place as well. it went to aberdeen, who won at celtic, thanks to andrew considine's goal. that nudged rangers down to third. it didn't spoil the occasion for the champions, though — captain scott brown said every year it got more special to lift the trophy. that's their seventh in a row. lewis hamilton said he felt rejuvenated after winning the spanish grand prix. he managed to avoid the chaos on the opening lap that wiped out three cars and he said although it was his 6ath victory, it still felt like his first.

he's now 17 points clear in the championship. i couldn't have done it without this incredible team. these guys have done an amazing job and i'm really proud of everyone and today, the car and myself, i felt that synergy today which i haven't been feeling the whole year so it is a good feeling. there was a really ill—tempered match in rugby league's challenge cup. it was feisty but tight between warrington wolves and toronto wolfpack, but the game turned when andrew dixon was sent off for punching near the end of the first half. after that, warrington ran away with it, winning by 66 points to 10 to reach the quarter—finals. britain's simon yates is even further ahead in the giro d'italia with chris froome even further behind. yates won the ninth stage to go over half a minute clear but froome's chances of a third straight grand tour title are disappearing fast. he'll recover on the rest day but he's now more than two minutes adrift.

i promised you the cutest pictures of the day and i think we can show you now. mo salah got his golden boot, that is in celebrating but who is the special guest? listen. listen to the crowd. they cheer every kick. her right and left foot as well. she is handy! women's team, look out! i love the way the crowd is cheering her and not love the way the crowd is cheering herand not him. love the way the crowd is cheering her and not him. at one point she kicks the ball to him and then they brew. she is milking it! why not? —— boo. lovely. well worth waiting for. exactly, the best things are! while she was terminally ill, dame tessa jowell campaigned for more cancer treatments to be made available through the nhs, earning her a minute—long standing ovation in the house of lords injanuary.

following her death this weekend, the health secretaryjeremy hunt has announced more funding for brain cancer as part of what's being described as her "lasting legacy". mr huntjoins us now from our london newsroom. thank you very much coming on this morning joining us. you took over from tessa jowell as 0lympics minister. what are your abiding memories of her and your time working with her and in opposition obviously but alongside her as well. i think we saw from the olympics she had an incredible gift from bringing people together. that wasn'tjust in that incredible 0lympic event but the fact there was too political parties, a labour government who won the olympics for london and a conservative led coalition who delivered it. ithink conservative led coalition who delivered it. i think she is equally bored people together in her last few months where she has drawn attention to the fact that we need to do more for people with brain cancer because it isn'tjust her, many mps, families have been

campaigning on this for a long time and people like george freeman in particular, they will i think welcomed the fact that we are really going to do something now to try and attract more research funding in the brain cancer because it hasn't attracted as much funding as some of the other cancers. we know we need to do better. lots of people at the weekend talking about the fact she was on the phone to people parading them for things they were doing all war not doing it in a nice tessa jowell way. the experience that as well? absolutely. i inherited her very precious baby with the olympics but i have to say it was always a very cordial relationship and when it came to the discussions, the many discussions we had about brain cancer and brain cancer research, you know, you always want to work with someone like tessa because she has the passion and enthusiasm and sense of the public interest at heart. i think everyone was

incredibly touched by her speech in the house of lords but i think also what was clear was she wanted this to be herfinal public legacy, a better deal for people with the terrible brain cancer that she had. and i think for her and the many, many others who have campaigned in the area, this is really the least we can do. 40 million announced from the government and money from cancer research as well, the £a0 million of government money, is that new? where is it coming from? our research funding pot but we're not making cuts in any other programmes, we not allocated it for if that is what you mean but the way that we allocate research funding, we are strict about giving it to the projects we think of the highest chance of success and saving lives. 0ne think of the highest chance of success and saving lives. one of the problems we have had with brain cancer is we haven't had enough high—quality research proposals to what we are hoping is this will

start to attract much more interest in the research community and we can start backing more proposals so there will be even more money coming forward. i know £40 million sounds like a lot but we were looking into the nhs figures and the spend on cancer treatment each year we can fight between 2000 and 2050, every year is £5 billion each year, a0 million sounds like a bit of a drop in the ocean, doesn't it? this is for research. let's remember, it is in treatment, treatment is a bigger budget. raw research budget, it is a significant amount. what we are saying today is we would like it to be more and to do that, we need to attract more high quality proposals from the research community. what we are also announcing today, something else that tessa campaigned hard for, will roll out across the nhs the very best diagnostic technique for

brain cancer which is his gold standard dye which we currently use in about half of diagnostic centres, will use it everywhere across the nhs. that will also make a difference in picking up brain cancers earlier, we hope. also we will try to make it easier for people to get on the trials and successive trials which is something that she particularly pointed out was an issue. i really hope those things will make a difference. you spoke about things she campaigned for, i remember she spoke about things she campaigned for, i remembershe said spoke about things she campaigned for, i remember she said the sure start centres and things that she was most proud of, if this is about her legacy than there are quite a few people who may well be rightly pointing out that 1000 sure start centres in england have been closed since august 2009 if it is about legacy is it something we could look at as well? as a government we are backing the tessa programme but we had a very, very difficult economic legacy but as we are getting the economy back on its feet, we are able to invest more on public

services and certainly when it comes to the nhs or social care system and services for children, those are our highest priorities —— sure start programme. we recognise that the 0lympics, sure start, these were all fantastic legacy of tessa that we wa nt to fantastic legacy of tessa that we want to protect. on her wider legacy, many people have spoken so warmly about her, do you think someone like her and the way she went about her business can have an impact on you and the way the other people live their parliamentary life? i think it can because we're an age where people are very cynical about politicians and perhaps one of the things they like least about the way the political system works is the kind of tessa side to wait and tessa was different, she led very much by showing her own values and showing people are bringing people together —— yahoo side to it. i think every something for all of us on all sides of the house and i think the fact that she has had so

many wonderful things about her from all sides of the house, it shows that she touched a lot of hearts in west insta as well is in the country. and so many tributes have been paid to herfor the and so many tributes have been paid to her for the last 2a hours or so. matt is in worcestershire for us this morning to find out why wild flowers are being driven off our roadside verges. and it looks like a lovely day. good morning, louise. yes, a cracking day. the malvern hills in the distance but it is not the wildlife and flora we are concerned within the hills but our roadsides across the hills but our roadsides across the uk. many only get a passing glance as you are driving to work this morning but they are under threat due to increased traffic pollution and poor management. it is feared that many of the species are disappearing from roadside verges and we will hear more about that later in the programme. this morning, bathed in sunshine here in

worcestershire, as are many parts of the country. the forecast, actually, for this week is for a lot of dry and sunny weather, with high pressure the dominant weather type. things will warm up in the next couple of days but cool off during the middle part of the week. as for today, blue skies overhead for any today, blue skies overhead for any to start the day, blue skies all the way through. we do have across some eastern counties of england, especially east anglia and kent, a bit of a breeze. eastern coast of scotla nd bit of a breeze. eastern coast of scotland may see some mist and low cloud form later on. northern ireland always that little bit cloudier and into the far western isles of scotland, most will have a dry day and stay sunny throughout with temperatures peaking about 17 to 20 degrees. a very good start to the week. into the night, clear skies in them for many but around the coast increasing amounts of low cloud and see fog developing, the cloud and see fog developing, the cloud thickening up the western isles of scotland, maybe bring in some rain later. most will be dry,

not as cool as last night but temperatures down into single figures to start tomorrow morning. tomorrow, england and wales with mist and fog, gradually breaking up. inland, sunny and warm. temperatures into the 20s, maybe 23 degrees in one or two spots. a cloudy day for scotla nd one or two spots. a cloudy day for scotland and northern ireland and a bit of rain at times pushing its way from west to east, chiefly across northern scotland. temperatures, though, dropping across northern scotla nd though, dropping across northern scotland later on. 11 degrees the high here, and that is a sign of that cooler weather to come as we go into wednesday. it will be trundling its way south eastwards behind the cold front as it works its way into england and wales to start wednesday. high pressure around it so not much in the way of rain on that weather front on wednesday morning but a lot more cloud the southern areas compared to how we start the week. scotland, northern

ireland and northern england with a lot more sunshine on wednesday but across the board, with a bit more breeze, it will feel cooler. temperatures, instead of being around the mid—20s, will be around the low to mid teens. that is how it is looking. i will have more throughout the morning. and we will see you in half an hour. we have to wait a little bit for the next hit of matt. how much did you spend on your last night out? report out today suggests we are spending an average of nearly £60 on a night out. does that sound about right for you, ben? kind of, but we have established that louise is the expert. it depends where you go, whether you eat or whether you have one cocktail. what would be your cocktail of choice? there are too many to mention! yes, this is a report from the deltic index, which surveys 2,000 people every three months on where they are going on a night out, who with, and how much they are spending. latest report out today found that more than half of us go out at least once a week, and we are spending a bit more too than last year — an average of £59.a0 each time. all is that despite an apparent

squeeze on our incomes and tough times for the rest of the high—street shops and restaurants. we interrupted these people on their nights out in manchester to find out how much they are spending. i try and cap it too late £30, but obviously the card is there as well, so itjumps up —— to about £30. 0n obviously the card is there as well, so itjumps up —— to about £30. on a student night i would go £50 to £60, probably. i think manchester has always been pretty expensive but it has gone up. i have only had to make use of it, sol has gone up. i have only had to make use of it, so i think it is all average, but it is quite expensive. a few years ago it was all pre— drinks, it is more nights out now. you can buy beer in a supermarket a lot cheaper than you can do in here, can't you? everything has gone up. the man behind the report runs more clubs and bars than anyone in the uk. peter marks is chief exec of the deltic group. he has got 55 venues across the uk. 7 million people a year pass through his clubs. you have a pretty good view about what is happening and how it is

changing. power has changed? because the way that we go out and spend money on a night out has changed, hasn't it? and you must have seen that. basically it is about experience, people are talking about this all the time now and people go out less than they used to. the days of going out every evening of the week for a lot of guys going back 30 or a0 years had changed. people are now going out very much on occasion. so if you are wanting to have a stag night or a birthday party, you are more likely to book it, you are more likely to planet further ahead, you are more likely to want a premium experience, and that is why the spending is going up. if you are going out less often, it is special to you, so you want to make sure that you don't waste it. and there is also a knock—on effect, as people spend more getting ready for a night out. so males, hair, all that sort of thing going pretty well off the back of that. that is the most interesting thing from the survey, anecdotally you know that you will

spend the money getting ready, but more and more, because it is more and more occasional, what surprised me is that men spend more on their hairthan me is that men spend more on their hair than women, which absolutely amazed me, because i don't, you can probably tell. but generally speaking, because of the whole nighttime and daytime economy, people talk about the night—time economy as some sort of negative, in some respects, some sort of bad thing, but it is enormously important. people want to have good nights out and therefore they will move to places like this. and spending money on a daytime economy before you go out is good for the town, and when people are moving out of town in the out—of—town shopping centres and going online, it is important that these properties can be used as something, and leisure and residential are really the only other uses. i wanted to ask you about that. we look at town centres up about that. we look at town centres up and down the country, and between 5pm when the shops shut and seven or 8pm, some of them are ghost towns. how would you fill that gap? very much it is about the bars in the pubs which do that sort of time,

obviously nightclubs a later on. a lot of them are just doing deals. and the casual dining sector, which we know has had some issues, there are we know has had some issues, there a re lots of we know has had some issues, there are lots of deals to be had so people are bringing people into those sorts of city centres and town centres by deals. there are bottles. we know that, for example, in manchester, manchester and london are very manchester, manchester and london are very different from the rest of the country. half of all nightclubs closed over the last decade. is that good news or bad news for you? does it mean more people will come to you? it is good news for us, absolutely. but that means it is very challenging to get it right. who is your competition?” very challenging to get it right. who is your competition? i would say they are more competent entry than competition, but it is the bars in the pubs. most nightclubs closed in the pubs. most nightclubs closed in the first two years, of ten years ago, and it is growing slightly. we are seeing the supply of nightclubs coming up as people want to go to a nightclub. it is about staying power, isn't it? thank you very much, peter marks. did you hear what

he said? people want to go to a nightclub. you will be at the front of the queue. thank you for getting in contact on that and on our next story. turning off fm is something we have talked about it, and once the number of people listening to the radio. a certain amount, it will go. the days of tuning your radio to find your favourite fm station could well be over, when we find out how many of us are now listening to digital devices. the government said it would look at the future of the analogue waveband once listening figures reach 50%. norway has already switched off its fm transmitters. david sillito went to see how it has been going. we are in norway, and when it comes to radio, it was suggested, we really ought to pay a visit to this barn. how many radios? about 3,000. jens loves radio, and he has built up quite a collection.

you have got 18 of the same type of ancient radio. yes. have a look across there. they're all radios, as well. one question. yes? what does your wife think of all this? um... however, most are now useless. fm has been switched off. they're all gone, aren't they? it is the end of an era, isn't it? it is. i experienced the start of fm, and also experienced the end of it. do you feel sad? in a way, yes. yes. and there is another station here... and the reason fm has gone is because of dab. this digital alternative has allowed 26 new national stations to be set up, but running both systems was felt to be too expensive. radio listening — has it gone up or down? i mean, i know you've got more stations... yes, so the listening

figures have changed. now, we see a big increase in the usage of the new channels. actually... but overall? let me say, one third of the new listing is now on the new stations. but overall, daily listening is down more than ten percentage points. so a fairly sizeable drop. but the reception on the main road seems pretty good, even when you go underground. now, just let me turn that down for a second, because yes, we're right in the middle of a tunnel. we've been driving for more than a kilometre, and we have perfect radio coverage. and most people haven't been too bothered by the turn—off. fm is, after all, a bit old—school for today's teenagers. can i ask you a very quick question? yes. we are from bbc in london... but, for some, it has really been like losing an old friend. i love the radio. and now, losing fm? i don't listen anymore. i don't. and this might explain why.

back atjens's barn, it can be a bit tricky getting a dab signal. and back again? you've got it! if we move it slightly... it's gone. just move it across... it's staying with us there. gone. put it back again. there you go. you've got it in this one place. it's not perfect, is it? no, no. however, jens does accept that in norway, dab is the future, and fm is history. and fm is a big part of our lives. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news.

i'm victoria hollins. social media platforms have been criticised for failing to remove posts advertising the prescription medicine xanax. the anti—anxiety drug is illegal to take in the uk if you don't have a prescription, but there are concerns an increasing number of londoners are turning to the dark web and social media to purchase pills claiming to be xanax. the drugs manufacturer, pfizer, has warned anyone buying these pills via social media will be purchasing fakes. a bbc london investigation reported 16 such posts to twitter, but the social media platform failed to remove any of them within two weeks. the account is still going up after they've been — still up there after they've been reported. i think the social media companies should take far greater action and swifter action to stop these dealers from selling xanax online. if they clamp down on it, then it will seriously restrict the supply of xanax. most of it's going to be fake xa nax, anyway. the met police, emergency services

and heathrow airport carried out a major exercise at heathrow this weekend to test theirjoint response to a terrorist incident. codenamed raptor, it was carried out over two days, and involved more than 1,200 people, including counter—terrorism teams, as well as numerous volunteers playing the role of casualties. she is the only woman in britain to have run a restaurant with three michelin stars and is now the best female restaurant are in the world. she has told bbc london it is still a male dominated industry. she was head chef for gordon ramsay and says she wants to inspire more women to follow the lead. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube this morning, all 0k. heathrow express is suspended between paddington and heathrow. 0n the trains, cancellations and disruption on great western railway between hayes and harlington and london paddington.

in hillingdon, one lane blocked eastbound on the aao, between long lane and the polish war memorial, due to a missing manhole cover. let's have a check on the weather now, with kate kinsella. good morning. well, it's a lovely, bright start out there this morning. plenty of sunshine and for much of this week there is a lot of dry and fine weather around. we will see a little bit of cloud this afternoon in the most part. we will see some sunshine. the cloud will move in from the east through the course of the day, especially through this afternoon but we will still see some sunny spells. perhaps feeling a little bit cooler out along the essex coast, but elsewhere we are looking at a maximum of 19 celsius. feeling quite pleasant in the sunshine. 0vernight that cloud will continue to spread east as we head through the night. 0ne continue to spread east as we head through the night. one or two clearer spells. the minimum the bridge are not quite as cool as it was last night, between eight and 11 celsius. for tomorrow morning a bit of cloud around. there may be a little bit of mess but it will break up

little bit of mess but it will break up quite quickly and we will see some decent spells of sunshine. a warmer day tomorrow. the wind just a little bit lighter so 22 celsius. we get quite a dip in temperatures from midweek but we have still got some dry weather, some sunshine, and gradually you will notice as we had further through the end of the week and into the weekend, the temperature getting a little bit warmer. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom hello this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. the head of m15 warns of "devastating" and "more complex" attacks by the islamic state group in europe. in a rare public intervention andrew parker also issues a warning to russia follwing the salisbury attack. good morning it's monday 1ath may. also this morning: a boost for brain cancer research — more funding is announced following the death of dame tessa jowell. petrol and diesel prices are at their highest since 201a.

rising oil prices mean they're set to get even higher. i'm looking at why and whether there's any way to avoid it. in sport: a golden season for mo salah. he breaks the premier league scoring record, sharing a special moment with his daughter at anfield — and helping liverpool reach next season's champions league. gangster epic peaky blinders, blue planet and britain's got talent all win big at the baftas. and with less than a week to go before the big day — some wedding advice for harry and meghan. do you have any tips for a long and happy marriage for the couple? live in different houses! and matt's in worcestershire with the weather for us this morning. good morning, iam good morning, i am among some of the 700 species which thrive on roadside verges but they are under threat,

when and why in the next 15 minutes and there is a forecast which is largely dry. good morning. first, our main story. the head of m15 is warning that the islamic state group aspires to commit "devastating" and "more complex" attacks in europe after losing territory in the middle east. director general andrew parker will make the warning at a meeting of european security chiefs in berlin. he will also condemn russia for the "targeted" salisbury poisoning. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera sent this report from the german capital. there have been a5 terrorist attacks across europe since 2016 and one dozen stopped in the uk since last year's westminster attack, according to the head of m15. giving the first public speech outside the uk by a serving m15 head, andrew parker will tell an audience in berlin that the shared strength of european intelligence partnerships has never been more crucial to combat what he calls "the intense and unrelenting international terrorist threat". he will say that cooperation is unrecognisable compared with five years ago,

with thousands of messages exchanged on secure networks every week. mr parker will also accuse the kremlin of flagrant breaches of international rules and warned that the russian government is pursuing an agenda through aggressive and punitious actions by its military and intelligence services. gordon corera, bbc news. a new brain cancer research fund is to be created in the name of the former cabinet minister, dame tessa jowell, who died from the disease this weekend. downing street announced it would double its investment and roll out a new gold standard of tests for brain cancer to all nhs hospitals. we saw from the olympics that she had an incredible gift for bringing people together. and that was not just in that incredible 0lympic event but also the fact it was two political parties, the labour government winning the olympics for london and a conservative led coalition delivering it. i think she

equally brought people together in her last few months where she has drawn attention to the fact we need to do more for people with brain cancer. of course it is notjust for, many mps, many families have been campaigning on this for a long time, people like george freeman in particular i think will welcome the fa ct particular i think will welcome the fact that we are going to do something now to try to attract more research funding into brain cancer because it hasn't attracted as much funding as some of the other cancers. we know we need to do better. in about half an hour we'll be talking to someone who knew tessa jowell very well , her former private parliamentary secretary lisa nandy. serious organised crime, like gun smuggling, modern slavery and sexual exploitation are the greatest threat to national security, according to the uks top law officials. the national crime agency estimates there are more than a,500 gangs involved in such crimes

in the uk — with many of their offences under—reported. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani has more. firearms seized days ago in dover. assault rifles and handguns hidden in a lorry — one example of why the national crime agency today says organised crime groups are the greatest threat to national security. three years ago, this was britain's biggest gun smuggling operation — armed officers surrounding a boat as a gang off—loaded 31 machine guns. today's annual survey of organised crime says new gangs have taken their place, and firearms are just one of the threats they pose. the nca says there more than a,600 organised crime groups in the uk and the scale and complexity of their activity is growing, and these gangs are increasingly part of global networks. and that's down to the internet. while encrypted apps protect privacy, the nca says it helps criminals evade detection as they communicate across borders. international cyber gangs another under—reported threat — blackmailing businesses

from websites like this one which was recently closed down in a major operation. the national crime agency says there needs to be a rethink in how organised crime is investigated. a lot of the technology around computing had enabled people to commit crime on a far larger scale globally and anonymously. most criminals now will take their activity to the international scale, particularly the serious and organised crime criminals, therefore we have to adapt, we have to work with our partners. and here's the human cost. police! a brothel in the north—east of england run by a gang holding women as modern—day slaves. trafficked across borders, their services sold online. where organised crime was once focused on drugs and extortion, the nca warns today's gangs will make money wherever they see a profit. dominic casciani, bbc news. two british tourists — who were kidnapped in the democratic republic of congo—

have said they're "very relieved" to have been freed. bethan davies and robertjesty were ambushed in virunga national park on friday. a park ranger, who was with them, was killed. the united states will open its new embassy in israel today, after president trump officially recognised jerusalem as the country's capital. the move from tel aviv comes amid heightened tensions and breaks decades of international consensus. it's being welcomed by israel, but there have been protests by palestinians who want the eastern part of the city to be the capital of a future state. boys and girls of nursery age are having their weight measured to help families stop their children becoming overweight or obese. school pupils in england are already measured twice — at age four and again at ten. but in manchester, a city where 6,000 children are severely obese, they are experimenting with weighing children as young as three. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes has been given exclusive access to the scheme. big smile.

growing up fast. gorgeous! off you go! children in england are already weighed and measured in reception and in yearsix at the end of primary school, but for the first time, these 3— and a—year—olds in nursery recognise—ifitheir rhiiaréfi so we don't see it and we don't see it in our own children. parents want to know that their children are healthy and they're doing the best for them. in manchester, where the trial is taking place, the number of overweight or obese children has risen dramatically. 25% of those starting preschool and reception — one in four — are overweight or obese. by the time they leave in year 6, that number has risen to a0%. in manchester alone, that's roughly 2,500 children who are severely obese. what the youngest children eat, how much they exercise, is shaped by their parents or carers. the idea is to give them the best insight into how the kids are doing.

it's good to know that she's, like, in the middle, on track, so she's not too heavy and she's not too light, she is getting the right food, it seems, and she's the right height and everything. we're not gonna lose track, are we? we're gonna always know whether our children have been growing properly or whether our children are overweight or underweight. getting active and eating well helps children to stay a healthy weight, but that simple message alone isn't enough. this project in manchester aims to give parents the information they need to help their kids. dominic hughes, bbc news, north manchester. thank you for all your messages on that, we will try to get to some of them later. some of the biggest names of the small screen came out to celebrate the bafta tv awards last night — with the bbc scooping two thirds of the prizes. britain's got talent, love island and blue planet ii were among the winners. and three girls, the drama based on the rochdale abuse scandal, won two prizes — best mini—series and best actress for molly windsor.

bbcjournalist kate adie received the baftas highest honour — the fellowship. she gave a very good speech afterwards as well. more than 70% of adults in the uk have felt ‘overwhelmed or unable to cope' at some point in the last year because of stress, according to a new report. it's something the actor david harewood feels passionately about — the homeland star revealed last year he suffered a mental breakdown at the beginning of his career. now to mark the start of mental health awareness week he's f%—fif§'§

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about recovery and the rest of it, it must be a long—term process, is it, how does it...? frankly, no. trying to skirt around the edges of my programme i made a fairly fast recovery but what i am discovering is at no point over the last 30 yea rs has is at no point over the last 30 years has anyone sat me down and told me what happened. so i think there are still so many gaps and holes in the diagnoses of mental health and i think perhaps nobody really knew what was kind of wrong and nobody was able to sit me down and nobody was able to sit me down and tell me what was wrong. there is a very progressive american

psychologist who talks about post dramatic growth. i think, perhaps because i am an actor and an in an industry where i can explore different emotions and thoughts, i think it's been beneficial to me, i think it's been beneficial to me, i think i've grown as a result of my problems. when i sent out that twitter message last year i was amazed at the responses. we are going to sure it now, is it one of those, or you wrote it and rewrote it? i did not even think about it. i was on my way to the airport, ijust thought i will put something out, something in support, ijust said i had a breakdown and i tell everyone about it, it is my go to anecdote. i am very open about it but of course i had not realised i had not gone public about it. sometimes, bisla, i don't always remember i'm supposed to be famous and well—known so i put

my phone in the bag, got to the airport, poured myself a drink and looked at my phone and i had 25,000 retweets. i had a bit of a panic because i thought, what have i...? but a lot of the responses, 99.9% of them were extremely positive and my twitter feed became this self—help group, people, advising people, giving people help numbers, it was wonderful to witness this conversation going on. do you think we are more able to talk about mental health issues? we are still in the foothills of this, are still in the foothills of this, a survey that we did said only 14% of people can tell their bosses when they are feeling stressed. we have got a lot further that we need to go and put it into action but the good news is there is so much we can do individually but collectively. this

isa individually but collectively. this is a societal thing, we need to make this and we are going to parliament later in the week to call for seven big changes the way rerun society so we can have a much calmer society and as individuals and we can get ahead of this, we talk about reflecting, responding and repeating, find out the things that are causing stress, don't wait until it gets too much, react, find a plan, it could be getting a dog, it could be going for a walk.|j plan, it could be getting a dog, it could be going for a walk. i love my dog, my hour's walk with my dog is just bliss. that is my moment, just switch off anderson out. those daily habits are so important, they sound small, they sound trite but try doing them every day, ten minutes of meditation, it will make a huge difference but it is hard to do. since you spoke about, i note you told your friends and colleagues about it, since you made that moment

on twitter and it was re—tweeted and talked about, have other people in your industry without raking confidences, have they said thank you for that... confidences, have they said thank you for that. .. loads of people and in fact ryan reynolds last week admitted that he suffers from anxiety, but was huge. fame is no installation to mental health issues. we all come off what i was that realising how common it is and how normal it is and how widespread it is an further it's a kind of emotional break down or some kind of some kind of depression, it's really really widespread and we have to start telling people that it's ok to talk about, particularly men. we are terrible at talking about emotions at the best of times. no idea what you're talking about! as long as it but well! but we need to encourage

people to be able to talk about when they are feeling stressed and overwhelmed, the more you talk about it the easier it is and the quicker you can get somehow. what kind of dog is it? he's. .. little you can get somehow. what kind of dog is it? he's... little survey... when is what gives? thank you so much. and when you've made the documentary, please am back. really good to talk to you. thank you.|j good to talk to you. thank you.” know then we talk about that topic so many people get in touch, do get in touch, the address is on your screen. matt's in worcestershire for us this morning to find out why wildflowers are being driven off our roadside verges. good morning. good morning from worcestershire. just in front of the mount vernon hills. we are actually on the roadside verge, roadside

flowers account for about a5% of britain's flora species but they are under threat. we have a botanical specialist with this, thank you for joining us. what are the issues we are facing? the roadside verges could and should look like this, we are surrounded by these green orchids but they are facing a double whammy, the nitrogen coming from the exhaust, 90% of that landing on the verges and it's encouraging figures plans such as cow parsley and metals, nothing wrong with them, so good for wildlife but it's about balance, we have less of the delicate flowers and the management of the verges is an issue. we are asking councils, we have a good

verge guide which lays out the management for verges and its changing the first cut of the year from now until much later, august, september, give the plants time to seat and said her seat and what the pollinators as well. looking at better management more than anything else? yes but getting people to appreciate the verges, for so many people that their only contact with wildlife, come onto our website, we have a petition to send a clear signal to councils that people love the flower rich verges and wildlife. we have seen that they can be beautiful, lovely species, thank you so much forjoining us, enjoy the rest of your day. fantastic start to the day beside the road in worcestershire and a fantastic start for many of us this morning with the skies overhead, the forecast for this week is for a largely dry story, a little bit of rain, bringing cooler conditions midweek

but during sunny spells it should feel quite pleasant. as it was blue skies overhead for much of us, for many staying that way all day. some exceptions, east anglia, the far south—east, cloudy at times, norfolk and suffolk not ruling out the isolated shower. for northern ireland, the very far west of scotla nd ireland, the very far west of scotland always a little more cloud but sunny spells. in the sunshine, temperatures into the high teens, one or two spots pushing 20. tonight in land areas are clear, on the coast it will be misty and foggy, in the hebrides we may see some rain before the night is through but foremost a dry night, not quite as chilly as last night. temperatures in single figures for most, not dropping as low as it did the night just gone. tomorrow, lots of sunshine for england and wales, misty around the coasts to start with, that should wake up, son

coming through, scotland and northern ireland cloudier, weather front spreading east bringing splashes of rain, heavy in the north of scotland. a big range of temperatures, to the south of the front in south—east england 23 degrees, stornoway in the hebrides 11 degrees. cooler air on the way coming as this cold front tracks southwards from tuesday night into wednesday, a ridge of high pressure building, not much in the way of rain by the time it reaches england and wales on wednesday, a lot more cloud for southern areas. much of scotla nd cloud for southern areas. much of scotland and northern ireland, northern england, nice and sunny in the middle of the week, plenty of sunshine, are all feeling cooler, more breezy, temperatures instead of getting into the low 20s will be hovering around the low to mid teens. pleasant in the sunshine. dan and louise, the forecast for the rest of the week continues largely dry and even into the weekend, we could see to be just climbing again. if you have an event on in the

london area or windsor area on saturday, is of 20—21d. it's so strange you should mention that event that might be happening on saturday! welcome to the wedding zone! windsor castle might be the best place to be on saturday but try telling that to hundreds of well wishers planning to mark the royal wedding with a great british street party. we've been to see some people preparing to mark harry and meghan's big day with a bunting and bubbly bonanza, but what do they really think of the bride and groom to be? jayne mccubbin has been finding out. there is going to be a party. notjust windsor, but platt street too. as the royalists on the street, what do we make of harry and meghan? i think they're a lovely couple. i think she makes him very happy, and that makes me happy. this couple have captured the heart of platt street, and they are planning a right royal knees—up to celebrate. they are loving this tra ns—atla ntic romance. what do you make

of them as a couple? i think it's really good. i think it's nice that he's marrying someone that's mixed race, that's from another country, and has been out there in the wide world. so i think it's quite refreshing, because i think it modernises the royalfamily, and brings them more in touch with reality. you think they needed to do that? i think they definitely did. she's an american, and so cousins across the pond will be very happy that they're finally getting a princess in the royal family. a real one. a real princess. actually, she will be a duchess. but mixed race, catholic, older than her fiance — on so many levels, meghan markle breaks the mould — a divorcee, too. you know what? how lovely is that, and how far have the royal family moved on from when charles and diana got together? that they actually love each other — i think you can see that. royal weddings gone by have had all of the pomp,

all of the ceremony, all of the traditions, but not all were built to last. this one, they hope, is a keeper. but it is doing away with so many conventions. no political leaders here — instead, a guest list of spice girls and 1,200 members of the public. it's much more involved with people and community, and some of the people that were invited to the royal wedding this time what are people that were involved in the manchester bomb, for example, and i think that's a really lovely touch. and i think it really then involves the general public a lot more than it has done in years gone by. it has moved with the times. i think weddings are much more informal, and i think much more enjoyable to everyone. so, from arguably harry and meghan's biggest fans, here on platt street, some final best wishes. do you have any tips for a long and happy marriage for the couple? live in different houses.

oh, i wouldn't have a clue. it'sjust me and him. we've been together for 19 years, so we're sort of getting there. i think, when i see all of their footage, it's a couple that are in love. i think as long as you're in love, communicate, appreciate each other. i think don't go to bed on a row. they always say that, don't they? but i wouldn't know — i'm single! your prince is still out there, sharon. doubt it! he might be watching right now. not at my age. from platt street to harry and meghan, with love. i think we might mention that again over the next few days. the build—up sta rts over the next few days. the build—up starts here, on saturday, coverage sta rts starts here, on saturday, coverage starts with breakfast, time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a rather chilly start the day but

for many of us you are waking up to blue skies and sunshine. for the week ahead it's looking mostly dry, lots of this sunshine to come. it will turn a bit cooler by midweek. this is the satellite this morning, bright lights are much of england and wales, bit more cloud towards the far north—west and a bit of code just offshore across norfolk and suffolk. that could move it away inland towards the afternoon, quite breezy, isolated showers. more cloud towards northern ireland and the west of scotland but in between lots of sunshine continuing into the afternoon. it's going to be warm,

temperatures are pinned to the high teens to perhaps low 20s. tonight around coastal areas it will turn just a little bit cloudy and misty tuesday morning, temperatures getting down to about 5—9dc, ten or 11 degrees in the major cities. for many of us it should be another dry and sunny start to the day. code across eastern areas towards coastal parts of them and break up, rain moving into scotland and northern ireland through tuesday but for england and wales those temperatures rising up to about 20—22d. the rain i was telling about also said to be the cold front which is moving south and east and what it will do is introduce cooler conditions into wednesday. temperatures will not drop bya wednesday. temperatures will not drop by a great deal but there will be cooler computer tuesday. cloud across southern areas associated with the weather front but very little if any rain on that. sunny

spells further north and west. temperatures down a little, 13—1a, maybe 16 across the south—east. as we go through the rest of the week a lot more dry and fine weather and it will get warmer. this is business live from bbc news with samantha simmonds and maryam moshiri. rebooting zte. president trump says he's working on getting the chinese telecoms firm back in business after its us ban. live from london, that's our top story on monday the 1ath of may. president trump says too manyjobs are being lost in china — as the telecoms firm zte stops its major operations following a us export ban. also in the programme: iran's foreign minister is on a whirlwind diplomatic tour — in a bid to limit the damage of the us pulling out of the nuclear deal.