or even appear on the programme, you can callus or e—mail us. you can find us on twitter and do have a look at our website. that's all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga muchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the family of 19—year—old shamima begum, who fled to syria to join so—called islamic state, asks the government for help to bring her home. thousands of criminals are to be made to wear new gps tags to allow police to track them 2a hours a day. and in his home town in argentina friends and family pay their respects at the funeral of the cardiff city footballer emilio sala.

getting ready for the game of their lives. can newport county kill another giant in the fa cup? they don't come much bigger than manchester city. and they don't come much bigger for me, than the 60 metres at today's indoor grand prix in birmingham. i have been in training with some of britain's top sprinters. and after those clear blue skies of yesterday some sunshine today but a lot more cloud across the rest of the uk. i will have the details later. it's saturday 16th february. our top story. the family of shamima begum— who ran away to syria to join the so—called islamic state group four years ago — has urged the government to help bring her home. the 19—year—old, who is pregnant, says she wants to return to the uk for the sake of her unborn child. ben ando reports. al—hol refugee camp in northern syria, it's here shamima begum and hundreds of others have come after fleeing the imminent fall

of the islamic state. now 19 and heavily pregnant, she may give birth at any moment. her family have appealed to the british government to get her home, saying in a statement... shamima left the uk four years ago with three friends. in interviews now she seems unrepentant and the home secretary said he wants to block the return, though it's not certain he can. it is morally unacceptable to refuse her entry, as well is legally unacceptable, because otherwise she would be stateless and no person in the world can be stateless under the law. her family say she'd been brainwashed. and some believe that process can be reversed. we have worked over the last ten years with fairly hardline, violent extremists, who have

announced their ideology, have remorse for their actions, and have taken part, actually, in helping others move away from extremist tendencies and violent ideologies. mi6 has warned that returnees can bring with them dangerous skills and shamima herself has said that she expects to face a police investigation and, possibly, terrorism charges. ben ando, bbc news. thousands of criminals will be monitored 2a hours a day by new electronic tags that use satellite signals to track their exact location. the government says the scheme is designed to protect victims, and cut down the need for short—term jail sentences. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. we have gps technology in our cars and on our smart phones. after 100 yards... now it's being used to track the movements of offenders and suspects on bail. this is a demonstration of how the satellite tags are fitted,

using an expert who has helped set up the scheme. the ankle tag sends an alert if someone goes to an area they're banned from or isn't attending a rehabilitation course when they should be. beeping. it gives us very detailed information as to where that person potentially has been, where they've been tracked. it gives us evidence to be able to present to the relevant criminal justice agency to take that appropriate action. the offender satellite tracking has been operating in three areas since last november. it'll be rolled out across england and wales by the summer. tags will monitor 4000 people every year. it'll be used in cases of domestic abuse and stalking to keep offenders away from victims. david blunkett was the first politician to trial satellite tracking, launching a scheme when he was home secretary 15 years ago. but progress stalled due to contractual disputes

and technical problems. the government will be hoping it has more success this time. danny shaw, bbc news. in 80 minutes we will be talking to the justice secretary in 80 minutes we will be talking to thejustice secretary —— in couple of minutes. the funeral of the footballer, emilio sala, is being held in his home town in argentina. the 28—year—old striker died after the plane he was flying in crashed into the english channel as he was travelling to his new club, cardiff city. aisling mcveigh has more. a hometown hero returned too soon. for the residents of this small argentinian town, this was not the way they wanted to welcome back one of their most successful sons. translation: without a doubt, we would never have imagined everything that we are seeing now. there are 3000 of us and we remain shocked and overcome by the situation, but still trying to give emiliano sala the farewell that he deserves. emiliano sala grew up playing

football here in progreso until the age of 14, when he left to pursue bigger opportunities. recognition seemed to come belatedly to the 28—year—old, when he was bought by cardiff city from nantes, for a club record of £15 million on the 19th of january. but then, just two days later, the plane carrying him and pilot david ibbotson, from france to his new home, crashed into the english channel. after a two—week search, mr sala's body was found in the wreckage. mr ibbotson remains missing. now the residents here are preparing to say their final goodbye while promising that mr sala will stay eternally in their hearts. aisling mcveigh, bbc news. nigeria's presidential elections have been postponed by a week, just hours before polls were due to open across the country. following an emergency meeting at its headquarters, the independent national electoral

commission said the delay was needed to address ‘logistical issues'. 0ur nigeria correspondent mayeni jones sent this report. people thought by now, because it was election day, they wake up this morning and head to the polls. they are taking to social media waking up to the news with fury. they are disappointed to see the national commission had for years to plan for these elections and many people had to move somewhere these elections and many people had to move somewhere else to vote, they let elsewhere to where they have been registered, they spent a lot of money and travel for hours and are disappointed at not being able to vote. there are those who have not heard the news as the majority of nigerians do not have access to the internet. some have headed to the polls on the to be told the polls have been delayed. a 27—year—old man has been charged with the murder of three elderly men in exeter. the bodies of two 84—year—old twins and an 80—year—old man were found, less than 2a hours apart.

alexander lewis—ra nwell from croyde in north devon will appear at exeter magistrates' court later. five people have been killed after a shooting at a factory in the american state of illinois. the gunman was also killed during an exchange of fire with police in which five officers were wounded. the shooter has been named as 45—year—old gary martin, a former employee at the factory. one of britain's busiest railway lines will be closed for nine days from today, causing major disruption to passengers. network rail is carrying out major engineering work between three bridges and brighton, a stretch which it says is the cause of many delays. the route is used by 300—thousand people a day. passengers are being warned that journeys will be "significantly longer" and trains will be much busier than usual. universities in england would face a clamp—down on pay for senior staff under a labour government, according to the shadow education secretary. angela rayner will today tell the lecturer‘s union that the office for students, which regulates universities, is not fit for purpose".

she says vice—chancellors should not be paid a salary more than 20 times greater than the lowest earner. the time now is nine minutes past eight. matt will have the weather for us and we are building up to mike's big race today. 60 metres indoor amongst the professional sprinters. at 11 minutes to one he'll be racing in front of a sell—out crowd. thousands of criminals are to be monitered 2a hours a day under a new surveillance scheme, aimed at cutting short term jail sentences. offenders will be fitted with electronic tags that will use satellite signals to track their exact location. the justice secretary david gauke joins us from his constituency in hertfordshire. thank you for talking to us this morning. can you explain to us how

this is different, how this tag is no different to the tax we all think we know about that i put on criminals at the moment? at the moment the existing tags tell you whether someone is within the vicinity of the base so essentially it can tell you whether someone is at home or not so that works reasonably well if you have someone ona reasonably well if you have someone on a home curfew that has to be home at seven o'clock at night until seven o'clock in the morning. these new tags will be able to tell as precisely where somebody is 24—hour isa precisely where somebody is 24—hour is a day, seven days a week, so their movements can be tracked and that can provide much greater detail, provide reassurance to victims which means for example there could be an exclusion zone and we would know immediately if a vendor had breached that exclusion zone and gone into a area they were told not to go into. it is much more

advanced much more helpful to the police. if they want to assess whether someone has committed a crime or not, because they will know precisely where someone will be at any one time. it creates significant opportunities in terms of being able to use community sentences instead of short custodial sentences and it means serious offenders when they are released on licence, we can provide more reassurance to victims that they will not be confronted with the offender. what type of people or offences with these people have committed order to qualify to be on the gps trackers? it could be quite a broad range. it could be, for example, those who have committed relatively minor offences but the court rather than sending them to present says we will tag you for a period of time, or might be

people who have committed serious offences, for example, sentenced to life imprisonment but at the end of their periods when they are released, in order to provide reassurance to the public and to further ensure somebody is not going to bea further ensure somebody is not going to be a risk to society, they could be tagged. it could be a broad range of criminals who may be tagged in this way. in terms of reassurance to the public, it is something we have discussed many times year, police funding and the lack of it and the lack of resources now available. you say it enables pleased access to immediate information as to where they are. how quickly and what resources a re they are. how quickly and what resources are in place for police to active on this information immediately in order to keep the public safe? we are putting more resources into policing this year so thatis resources into policing this year so that is helping to address that issue. this is a very cost—effective

way of dealing with offenders which i hope will free up resources to assist the police and their activities. it costs about £9 a day for one of these tags which is relatively cheap compared to some of the alternatives. it does help ensure we spend money wisely and of course, watch the public want to see its resources in this area available for front line staff to enforce the law. i think this is a good cost—effective measure but most importantly of all, it should provide reassurance in terms of people and authorities knowing where someone is. that has a deterrent effect and i have heard of cases, for example, of gang members said they were placed with a tag there gang would not want them to be joining them because it is revealing information. i think it will have a

beneficial effect on behaviour, certainly the feedback from the pilot work that has been done is very encouraging. can i talk to you about shamima begum, the 15—year—old who left this country to go to syria tojoin the who left this country to go to syria to join the islamic state group. she is 19 years old, wants to come back, and is heavily pregnant with her third child. do you think she should be allowed back into the uk?|j third child. do you think she should be allowed back into the uk? i am very cautious about being drawn into individual cases but the priority for the government has to beat to protect the country as a whole. we have to look at each case on a case—by—case basis but we do have to ensure that the public is protected and there are significant risks where people have gone, of their own free will, to support an organisation that is hostile to our values and way of life and national security. we have to look very

carefully to ensure that is not increasing risks for the general public. i do not want to be drawn into the individual case but i do think that principle is very clear. 0ur priority has to be protecting society as a whole. i want to talk about what is happening with brexit as well. tammy, this weekend, the clock is ticking towards the end of march, or compositions are being held across government and across party? there are conversations happening all the time and most importantly, there are ongoing discussions with the european union. i think the government's policy is right which is 260 li the european union on the 29th of march with a deal. —— which is to seek to leave the european union. we've made progress of the past the days we are to hit the timetable. the country should be under no illusion if we we re should be under no illusion if we were to leave on the 29th of march,

it would have significant consequences for our economy and national security and the integrity of the united kingdom so it is important to reach a deal. you said it would be difficult to remain in theresa may's government if the uk was to leave without a deal. it seems this is a likely option is despite the prime minister working for that not to happen, do stand by that? are you considering resigning? my that? are you considering resigning? my view is that the responsible course of action is to get a deal andi course of action is to get a deal and i hope we can make progress over the next few days in order to the. —— to do that. i do think the responsible course of action is to get a deal and leaving would have very significant consequences and i would not favour us doing so until we have got a deal. but you stand by that, you were to resign if there

was no deal? i think the responsible course of action would be to get a deal. thank you joining course of action would be to get a deal. thank youjoining us. i think i have made my position very clear. u nfortu nately we i have made my position very clear. unfortunately we missed the last pa rt unfortunately we missed the last part of your answer but thank you very much. yes, message very clear about from the pit week are not here. but i think we got the chest. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. the weather has been lovely over the past few days. here is the view from space yesterday with a bout of cloud across scotland and northern ireland but look at that, clear skies across much of the uk and down into central europe. white is the snow—covered tops of the alps and was a cracking day for many. got to 17 degrees and north wales. that cloud has moved eastwards into the weekend there

will be more cloud around but we state miles. there is some rain here and there, for the vast majority it isa and there, for the vast majority it is a great weekend to get outdoors and most places will be dry. this is the latest satellite imagery. this is the main rain bearing cloud of the west. the cloud to scotland and northern england has just the west. the cloud to scotland and northern england hasjust been the west. the cloud to scotland and northern england has just been thick enough a patchy light rain and drizzle which were clear for many through the morning. a few showers continue north of scotland. elsewhere largely dry. but of sunshine here and there. cloud thickening up its southern areas, could not rule out a spot of rain to the via west of wales. much was places will be dry. we can see the highest temperatures of 14 may be 15 degrees. northern ireland will continue to see sunny spells and across mainland scotland it will be brightening up through this afternoon with the best of sunshine

to the east. still a few showers for 0rkney and shetland. for most it is ten to 14 or 15. for some tonight temperatures will not drop much. northern ireland will turn what are. we can see if the spots of rain in scotla nd we can see if the spots of rain in scotland but much of england and wales will be dry and clear into tomorrow morning and should be frost—free thanks to the strength of the breeze. the breeze is strengthening ahead of this weather front, bringing rain initially but weakening as it goes eastwards so i've you are in northern ireland tomorrow, the best part of the day as the afternoon. we will see outbreaks of rain in the morning which was spread into scotland. couple of showers in the western half of england and wales but even here, many western areas brightening up here, many western areas brightening up as the cloud spreads its way eastwards with many parts of it in scotla nd eastwards with many parts of it in scotland and england staying dry. temperatures tomorrow, even up a

little bit on 2d‘s values. maybe dropping a touch point monday. strong winds, maybe a few showers and northern england two. most places will stay dry with varying amounts of cloud with a little bit of sunshine but temperatures still in the teens for some. you waving your arms around more than usual this morning or is it just me? i have no idea. maybe i am, i don't know! you are in control of your own arms, aren't you? stop making him paranoid about his own arms. now you have made him put his arms behind his back. you will enjoy this next story, we are going to wales cycling. lovely, especially if it is in the dark. 0h, dark. oh, you know what is coming up! deep beneath the valleys of south wales the rhondda railway tunnel took coal to swansea's ports

for more than 70 years. it closed in 1968, but now campaigners are hoping to turn it into one of the world's longest underground cycle routes. tomos morgan has been to take a look inside. hidden away under the mist and green hills is a highway. an old rail track that once connected the coal towns of the valleys and the ports of south wales. and after 60 years of laying dormant, the rhondda tunnel could get a new lease of life as a cycle path. but at the moment, this is the only way down. it is a 60 foot abseil down into the heart of the tunnel. hello? hello. i'm hugh. steve mackey has grown up with this lying on his doorstep. i started coming in here when i was ten and i would sit there marvelling at the work and the workmanship and the craftsmanship of the tunnel. opened in 1894, for almost 80 years, trains ferried coal and also passengers through the hills to the port of swansea.

after a temporary closure in the late ‘60s on safety grounds, it never reopened. its rebirth as a cycling footpath has become the rhondda tunnel society's full—time goal. i don't care how long it takes to open the tunnel, it needs to be opened because it's a magnificent structure. atjust over two miles long, this would be the longest cycling tunnel in europe and the second longest in the world. if it were to reopen. but the project is still in its infancy. although a recent survey concluded that most of the structure was in a good condition, the cost to rejuvenate the site could be as much as £10 million. yet, one of the engineering consultants has already tested out the proposed new cycle track. the unique experience was not be able to see where you are going because both ends are blocked up, there was no light, as much

as you could say at the end of the tunnel. gas monitor reading... the next stage is transferring ownership from highways england, who originally ran the railway, to local authorities here in wales. after that it, will be full steam ahead to get the funds in place so that this old rail track can be what the heart of this community wants. tomos morgan, bbc news. when it happens that will be magnificent. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, it's time now for a look at the newspapers. nazir afzal, the former chief crown prosecutor for the north west of england, is here to tell us you just interviewed thejustice secretary. we were talking to him about goal, what are your views on this woman? 19 years old and what's come back to the uk afterjoining

the circle islamic state group, now heavily pregnant. —— shamima begum. u nfortu nately for heavily pregnant. —— shamima begum. unfortunately for david gauke she is british and has a british passport soi british and has a british passport so i responsible it is to bring her back at some point, she is allowed to come back. we cannot stop her from coming back. that is the law. she will have to face the consequences of what she has done. the evidence is she has committed an offence being an organisation or supporting a prescribed organisation and you can go for a present for that. she has to face the consequences of that some point if the evidence is there. i think when politicians get involved and we try to politicise something, and people are quite rightly emotionally involved, the reality is she needs to face justice. involved, the reality is she needs to facejustice. i involved, the reality is she needs to face justice. i think some of the language, we have been talking about

repatriations and the public quite rightly revolted the idea of having to pay for her to come back but if you think about it as extradition, the fact we want to bring her here to face justice, the fact we want to bring her here to facejustice, i the fact we want to bring her here to face justice, i think people will be more likely to support that. the home secretary, i know you said about politics getting involved in this, his words were, he would do anything in his power to prevent her return and assess different from what you are saying, he is talking about stopping her from what you are saying, he is talking about stopping herfrom coming back. i think there is two powers he has. he can revoke her citizenship but there are 400 other people who have come back from syria and iraq. why we re come back from syria and iraq. why were they allowed to come back? she has shown no regret. were they allowed to come back? she has shown no regretlj were they allowed to come back? she has shown no regret. i can imagine some of the 400 are in the assembled. i was under the impression he could not revoke citizenship? exactly, he could do that but he would not be allowed to do that. he could temporarily

prevent her return but the reality is she needs to face justice at some point. i do not think it is right that we the taxpayer favour her return but if she wants to return, let's see what the evidence brings and as we do with the deal with the other 400, we rehabilitate them, monitor and support them which ultimately keeps us safe. we can keep us safe but she needs to face the consequences. let us start with the consequences. let us start with the daily mail. it is something we touched on earlier in the news about university vice chancellor pay. it is that he should be fixed at 20 times the lowest pay. i've worked in the sector before as a pro—chancellor and the story they focus on is leicester university vice chancellor who resigned last week, on 50 k a year, with travel

expenses, paid £60,000 to assist is firm, public nothing wrong with that. spent a lot of money on a video to raise money for charity. there are serious questions of how the money has been spent and various members of the board have resigned. iam chairof members of the board have resigned. i am chair of a college here in manchester and the further education sector is always the poor cousin. we spent a morris months of money on the university sector and schools, the university sector and schools, the ft has not been given the same level of support. we have some strong governance in place to ensure that pay is monitored and measured and we can be transparent about it. but the university sector does not have that. let us look at the mirror. we talked to thejustice secretary about this tagging and he was talking about funding for the police we have read here police officers

are quitting their services in drones. that report says 2500 officers either resigned or retired early last year so this 1200 doesn't replace happy number of people that have left and that is increasing. last year, according to the federation is down to stress levels, pay, starting salary is 18,008 year, eating weeks of training, it is phenomenal commitment. my point is that resources are tight and we recognise that but there has been a 25,000 opposite reduction, so we are less safe. —— 21,000 police opposite reduction. he says analogy can be a pa rt reduction. he says analogy can be a part of that process. i agree. , technology is the answer. there is another story about mobile phone

places weather is no signal and wait until they start hacking the material attached to your ankle. we will talk to you in an hour as there is to be more stories. it is coming up is to be more stories. it is coming up to half past eight. don't get me wrong, i love my kids but i am kicking them out as soon as they are 18. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning, it is 8:30am. here's a summary of this morning's main news. the family of shamima begum— who ran away to syria to join the so—called islamic state group four years ago — has urged the government to help bring her home. the 19—year—old, who is heavily pregnant, says she wants to come back to the uk for the sake of her unborn child. it's thought she understands she may have to face a police investigation and possible terrorism charges, if allowed to return. key priority for the government has to be to protect the country as a whole, we have to look at each case

ona whole, we have to look at each case on a case—by—case basis, but we do have to ensure that the public is protected and there are obviously significant risks where people have gone of their own free will to support an organisation that is hostile to our values and way of life, to our national security. thousands of criminals will be monitored 24 hours a day by new electronic tags that use satellite signals to track their exact location. the government says the scheme is designed to protect victims and cut down the need for short—term jail sentences. however, during a trial run wearers reported the tags were uncomfortable and caused heightened anxiety because of a fear of accidentally breaching the conditions. the funeral‘s taking place today in argentina of footballer emiliano sala, who was killed when his plane crashed into the english channel. the 28—year old had signed for premier league club cardiff city two days before he died. he'll be laid to rest in his hometown of progreso. the body of his pilot, david ibbotson, has not yet been found. a 27—year—old man has been charged with the murder of three elderly men in exeter.

the bodies of two 84—year—old twins and an 80—year—old man were found, less than 24 hours apart. alexander lewis—ra nwell from croyde in north devon will appear at exeter magistrates court later. military charities have warned they're struggling to cope with the increasing demands on their mental health services. veterans say the number of suicides among those who served in iraq and afghanistan has increased, and one charity has told the bbc that mental health referrals have almost doubled. one of britain's busiest railway lines will be closed for nine days from today, causing major disruption to passengers. network rail is carrying out major engineering work between three bridges and brighton, a stretch which it says is the cause of many delays. the route is used by 300,000 people a day. passengers are being warned that journeys will be "significantly longer" and trains will be much busier than usual. nigeria's presidential elections have been postponed by a week, just hours before polls were due to open across the country. the independent national electoral comission blamed the delay

on logistical difficulties, after reports of problems distributing voting material. both of the main candidates blame each other for orchestrating the postponement — saying it was a way to manipulate the vote. universities in england would face a clampdown on pay for senior staff under a labour government, according to the shadow education secretary. angela rayner will today tell the lecturer‘s union that the office for students, which regulates universities, is not fit for purpose". she says vice—chancellors should not be paid a salary more than 20 times greater than the lowest earner. the organisers of the oscars say they've abandoned plans those are the main stories and mike has left us from the sofa and there isa has left us from the sofa and there is a reason because he in preparation for a major athletics eventin preparation for a major athletics event in which he is taking part a little later on this morning. you'd best explain to us, mike.

i will be competing in a loose sense of the word in a 60 metres indoor grand prix at the arena in birmingham, also this morning coming up birmingham, also this morning coming up the king of the key prps, john farnworth, the extraordinary skills. we are up to around 500 touches without dropping the ball. he has done the london marathon keeping the ball off the ground, been 6000 metres up everest doing the same in his next challenge is next month, he is going across 100 kilometres of the sahara desert, so imagine doing the sahara desert, so imagine doing the skills on sand. in an hour's timejohn will be on the sofa to explain all, how on earth he is going to pull this off. we will let him keep going practising those skills because he will need them. and it is a huge weekend at football. normal football, and it is a huge weekend at football. normalfootball, maybe not the skillsjohn is displaying there.

newport county versus manchester city, talking about fa cup fairy tales. it is a mismatch on paper but remember what newport have done in the last couple of seasons. newport county, have already knocked out the likes of premier league side leicester. today, they hope to pull off, what their manager says, would be the biggest fa cup shock, of all time. the league two club from south wales, will host the premier league champions manchester city for the chance to reach the quarterfinals. we have got to believe we have a chance of winning. they are exceptional. the first in, the second then, that they deem, i think the under—23 is a really good team as well. it is going to be a very difficult evening. we have to go in there and play to the highest level that we can play at and hopefully a few of them have an off day, because then it will get interesting. they are taller and stronger than us. in some areas that they are better than us. and you have to try to bring our game and the way we are stronger than them. which team is going to control these areas or bring their own game in their own side, it will be an advantage to us.

the weekend's action got underway last night, and watford are the first team into the quarter—finals. they beat qpr 1—0 at loftus road. etienne capoo, was fortunate that the ball fell to him, but then made no mistake once it did. dan walker presents football focus from wimbledon today, hoping to cause an upset against millwall. peter shilton will be there, paying tribute to gordon banks. what happened last night in scotland? daniel armstrong

scored his first goal for ross county to help them into the scottish challenge cup final — and it was something special. his corner curled straight into the net, setting them on their way to a 2—1 victory over east fife. they'll play either connah's quay or edinburgh city, who meet in the second semi—final tonight. the leaders of rugby union's premiership, exeter, had a bit of a shock last night. gloucester came from behind to beat them by 24 points to 17 — ben morgan scoring the try that ensured his side became only the third to beat exeter this season. and in the pro14, edinburgh fought off a spirited dragons side to secure a crucial bonus—point win, and stay in the hunt for a play—off place. all yesterday's results and today's fixtures are on the bbc sport website. there's been a huge upset at the welsh 0pen snooker. joe 0'connor, only turned professional last year and now he's knocked outjohn higgins,

the 4 time world champion, 0'connor, is number 102 in the world, and this is the furthest he's gone in a ranking tournament. the formula e season continues in mexico tonight, and leading the standings is sam bird, who i filmed with a couple of years ago. the e—prix will be live on the red button, the bbc sport website and the iplayer, from 9.30 this evening. the miller indoor grand prix is live on bbc one this afternoon from arena birmingham. there are huge names lining up in all sorts of events and

lining up in all sorts of events and lining up in all sorts of events and lining up alongside them is myself. what is this about? it is an experiment to see how elite athletes are compared to mere mortals. i was at the winter training camp. we came to tenerife for the winter sun, but not like most to sit on the beach. oh no, right in the centre of playa de las americas — a stadium of hard work and sweat, where the warm weather helps our athletes run fast in the season ahead. for us, trying to get some speed working and get our legs working. it make such a difference coming to conditions like this. athletics is all about your mood, it's not necessarily about your training. in the sun you just feel a lot better and if you feel better you perform better, trained better, perform better. i was hoping the sun would put a spring in my head. but my introduction to sprinting was a rude awakening. before i could even start there was an hour—long warm—up. # this world can hurt you...

i'm getting pulled off balance. at times i thought i had stepped onto the dance floor. you look like you are in a cabaret dance. we want to be going to move forward with it. 0r entered the ministry of silly walks. all this was essential, though, because sprinting is all about explosive bursts. and unless all my muscles were ready i would risk an injury straightaway. you're building a lot of muscle groups. you wouldn't believe that i don't go to the gym that often. laughter. a couple of weeks' work, maybe. yeah. then it was time to learn a whole new way of running. as you sprint, you tend to hit the floor with a straight leg. so you start off with smaller steps and work up into bigger steps. that and kind of go down. it's totally different to the longer distance plodding i am used to, which is why you don't often see

sprinted out for a job. i am doing a one milejog with my wife in the park in 2016. and after 800m i cramped up. i had to sit on the bench. really?! i was knackered, because my body's finely tuned to sprinting and producing the power. when you see it close up you realise how explosive and what a different way of running it is. and this is going to be some experiment to see how a mere fan, a mere mortalfrom the sofa gets on over 60 metres and how far i can get left behind. i would say you would be around about 2 seconds to 2.5 seconds, which might be about 25 metres, 20 metres. yeah. the main thing is we need to teach you how to get out of the blocks properly, because it is a little different to a standing start. i would be responsible for setting down my blocks and then not falling over as i arch into position. seven or eight steps, just head down.

rising to it. the next time i would be doing this would be in lane four in the stadium in front of a sell—out crowd. really impressive, to be honest. head down, shoulders were good. how to make sure we get the reaction right. i think ready to go. you look like a powerhouse. 0nly little legs, though. little steps. sometimes they can get you out of the blocks quicker. you might surprise us. so what do you think in terms of time? rhys prescott set a really fast time in berlin, 6.53 seconds. how does that compare with the fastest animals in the world as well? we have been doing some calculations, a formula 1 car would do it in calculations, a formula 1 car would do itina calculations, a formula 1 car would do it in a couple of seconds i think

we can see, then you have the cheater, have an ostrich as well, we do it injust under three orfour seconds. usain bolt hundred metre runner, he could do 60 metres around 5.7 seconds whereas a purchase, a quick daughters, wood maybe take seconds. my biggest fear is the start because you have to carry your starting block to the line, you have a couple of minutes to get it ready and measure out where it will be so you get into position, down like that, and then for a beginner it does feel like when you are bending over like this at the start position that you will topple over and as rhys was saying in the piece you don't look up for 20 or 30 seconds, 20 or 30 metres, sorry, not seconds, and then almost the race is over. mike what are you doing? if you are eating your breakfast carry on, it will be ok, i have a specially made bbc breakfast running vest for this occasion. so i will

represent breakfast in the arena birmingham in the 60 metres and actually i have to be there for checking in for testing for the preparation in about an hour and a half time and so if you will excuse me, john, you could not give me a hand, john farnworth? carried at the start for you? three, two... i think they are going to do the start. 0ne. the start. one. on your marks... what if i pop something? 0n something? on your marks, get set... 0n something? on your marks, get set... on your marks, get set... three, two, one, go. go. it is visual in the lead, he is coming up on the 60 metre mark. careful, there is a lamp post. get round there. so there is a little

bit, not a book, round there. so there is a little bit, nota book, i round there. so there is a little bit, not a book, iwould round there. so there is a little bit, not a book, i would say we are putting it out there to see how fatty will run, i went really high and knocked it down to 12, un... i had 9.1 seconds. he is racing at 1249 in birmingham today. as he reappeared on that short? he has literally gone, has he? flew like the wind. it is very brave of him and it is a fascinating thing when you see an ordinary person up against a proper sports person in whatever sport, it is always fascinating to see the real contrast. he is our hero this morning. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. aren't we grateful you are in the studio are not doing that? exactly. charlie was worried about my flailing arms earlier. a very good morning to you, a good weekend so far. this is the view most of you have three yesterday, this is the

co nwy valley have three yesterday, this is the conwy valley in north wilds. blue skies dominated the vast majority and we saw the highest of the temperatures, 17 degrees recorded, way above where we should be at this stage in february. not quite as high as at today, but still on the mild side. we have a bit more crowd around that will produce a bit of light rain and drizzle. you saw the ground is a tad tab there in salford quays but for most the dry weather will dominate through much of the weekend. a grey weekend for getting into the outdoors. this area of cloud will spilling through the night, just thick enough, still, in scotla nd night, just thick enough, still, in scotland and parts of northern england with light rain and drizzle. that will ease away in the coming hours. and for most it is a predominantly dry day. we see a lot of cloud as i said but some sunshine breaking through, cloud amounts that will gradually increase across the southern counties of england and we are that utterly cool and misty start. temperatures will rise nicely into the low teens through the afternoon, the highest around east anglia and south—east, 40 degrees. a

lot of sun train for northern england compared to this morning, the same in northern ireland and the cloud breaking up nicely through central and eastern parts of scotla nd central and eastern parts of scotland so it is sunny afternoon. a few spots of rain. lewis and harris, with temperatures at seven or 8 degrees. we are looking at temperatures of ten or 14 if not 15 degrees. into tonight the southerly breeze will continue to strengthen and it is in the west where temperatures are not only not dropping much but we start to see rain arrived right on into northern ireland, 10 degrees allow here. some rain across parts of the western half of scotland overnight but the rest of scotland and northern ireland, scotland england and whilst largely dry and clearing tomorrow morning. that is ahead of the weather front that is slowly meandering in as we go through the day. it will weaken as it goes, heavy rain first thing in the morning. take an extended lie in, northern ireland, while the rhine cruise through. the rain spouts later in the morning through parts of scotland, some showers into

england and wales. there will be the odd shower in the central and eastern england, with the vast majority staying dry. much sunnier in the afternoon than during the morning. temperatures like today may be up to around 14 or 15 degrees in some spots. as for monday strong winds across the northern part of scotland, 40 or 50 mph gusts. a few showers in northern england, too. most of us will stay predominantly dry with the cloud breaking with sunshine china times, monday a tad cooler with temperatures above average and it will stay that way throughout the coming week. thank you, matt, we will see you later. new figures out this week confirm what experts have been saying for some time ? many parents are losing out on a child care benefit they are entitled to. an estimated 1.3 million families could benefit if they applied for the tax—free childcare scheme, but only one in 14 families are currently claiming the benefit. the scheme allows families to claim up to £2,000 a year towards their child care costs. paul lewis from radio 4 s money box programme has

been looking into it. paul you have been looking into this. we get a sense of the scale of this. we get a sense of the scale of this problem. it really is huge and sometimes i'm here saying that things are bad or that problems are existing but today i am here basically with free money and it is for people who often complain, don't they, that the problem of going back to work is paying for that childcare because it is so much it takes a lot of the money that you earn. now he was the government scheme that has been going for a little while and we are finding out that what it every 14 people who could actually get the help do so and as now cassette it is up help do so and as now cassette it is up to £2000 towards your childcare costs. childcare up to £2000 towards your childcare costs. child ca re costs up to £2000 towards your childcare costs. childcare costs of hundred pounds, you pay 80, the government pays 20. so it is a big help and it is for everyone in work who earns more than £125 a week. and that

includes the self—employed, for the first time, it does not matter what your employer does, it is nothing to do with them or anyone, anyone working over hundred and £25 a week, the couple, both have to do that, but they cut off of hundred thousand pounds a year but that want affect most people, they can get this help. it begs a lot of questions, the first being, why so few people either applied for this are not getting it? i have been talking to a representative from the corum family ca re representative from the corum family care and they are experts in child ca re care and they are experts in child care and they are experts in child care and their view is that it is a bit complicated, it has a funny name, tax—free childcare when really it is just the subsidy that everyone can get, and there are at least seven other schemes including free childcare for 15 or 30 hours for preschool children, and people just get confused. people do not try ——

realise that they can get it, the government has had the take up campaign and numbers have gone up, but this very low level out of well over a million people, just less than 100,000 claim it so well over a million could still get it and even worse than that, the government is saving about £500 million a year by not paying these people who really need the money. paulyou are not paying these people who really need the money. paul you are good at cutting through the nonsense or someone is listening to you now, maybe they have a friend or relative that they think, what do they do? there is a good government website, thatis there is a good government website, that is a phrase you do not hear from me, it is called childcare choices dot guff that uk, and it ta kes you choices dot guff that uk, and it takes you through all the options. there are problems, if you get tax credits or universal credit then you should not claim it because you will lose some of that, and there are some people on vouchers who are still better off on the old vouchers, the most of them probably aren't, so childcare choices dot dot

uk that will really help you see the choices, put in your details and find out what you are entitled to andi find out what you are entitled to and i really recommend anyone with children under 12 who are working to have a look at that today. thank you very much. money box is on radio 4 at midday. teddy pendergrass was a soul superstar. he was the first african—american singer to go multi—platinum and at the height of his fame his sales eclipsed the likes of barry white and marvin gaye. this was before he was was paralysed in a car crash. now, a new biopic featuring rare archive footage, tells the story of his remarkable life — let's take a look. can we have a warm welcome for misty —— mrteddy can we have a warm welcome for misty —— mr teddy pendergrass? can we have a warm welcome for misty -- mr teddy pendergrass? he does not like labels like sole or r&b. the one level it is undeniable is that of superstar. harold did sing some

leads but the big hits belong to teddy. i could not pieced together, it was not harold melvin singing those songs, it was teddy pendergrass. may i list the first songs on the album? teddy is the guy that other men wanted to be like and women wanted. femalesjust went crazy. people would throw all types of things on stage. he was like a black elvis. he was about to go worldwide. a total phenomenon. we're joined now by the film's director 0livia lichtenstein. the first thing to say, what a remarkable archive footage you have pulled together there, which gives people may be a little image of someone, they may have heard the name but did not necessarily know about his work first. that is the

thing when i said to people i was making this film about teddy pendergrass a lot of people looked blank and! pendergrass a lot of people looked blank and i always say, come on, you know this guy. songs like don't leave me this way, if you don't know me by now, and everyone goes all 0k. pa rt me by now, and everyone goes all 0k. part of the problem was that because it was called harold melvin and the blue notes nobody knew it was teddy pendergrass on lead vocals. to tell his story, which is a complicated and fascinating story, you had a bit ofa and fascinating story, you had a bit of a gift because he left a load of audio tapes, 60 or something that he told the story and i assumed that was the basis of the film and then gathering people in his life?m really wasn't because that was a find on the long journey, of the film, because that was a real gift commerce because when you're making a film about someone who is no longer here there is always the issue of how you are going to get their voice into it. and so coming across that was something that happened after i had turned out to everyone's attics and archives, and

what was wonderful about that was that then teddy could be part of telling his own story. who did you manage to get together to tell his story? first of all i had the co—operation of all of his family, which was wonderful. and his mother who is now 100 years old, and still as sharp as a tack. she is such a character isn't she? that was an enormous gift. and his children, his ex—wife, his widow, so all of these people were very helpful, and then i set about finding all of his band and it is one of those things, you meet somebody and then you meet somebody else and so in the end i wa nted somebody else and so in the end i wanted it to be the voices of people who had been part of his life and pa rt who had been part of his life and part of his story. i'm not really anyone outside that. now having cooperation and input of family, thatis cooperation and input of family, that is a wonderful thing, but his story is complicated and as negus said, there are dark sites, so the phrase often used is colourful life, but it is a bit further than that,

isn't it? i think you have to be a bit of a truth seeker and you have to tell it like it is, to do justice to tell it like it is, to do justice toa to tell it like it is, to do justice to a story like this and i think while there may be the odd uncomfortable moment, i think that eve ryo ne uncomfortable moment, i think that everyone who came on board with it appreciated that it was part of the story. and for me there was a really good moment when i showed the film to the family and his cousin george who is in the film turned to me and said, that's it, you've got him. when charlie refer to the dark moments, there obviously, he was involved in a terrible car crash which left him paralysed. but early on in his life you get an insight into what it was like to be a top musician of that time and the people you are surrounded by. and his association with various gangsters and accusations of crime but also run—ins with the police. how co mforta ble run—ins with the police. how comfortable were the family when you pf°p comfortable were the family when you

prop us up? because there was the murder of his manager girlfriend as well which he was associated with. they were very open about it, and i think ina they were very open about it, and i think in a sense i was fortunate in that everyone felt it was the right time to tell this story, and i think a lot of people felt, if we don't see it now when will we say it? and so one of the things that i discovered in the course of making it was this really what philadelphia was like in the 1970s. and as one person in the film puts it, there was a lot of thug life, and a lot of that obviously when you have someone like the entertainment business where there is a lot of money, then gangsters are attracted to that. so i think all of those people who worked in that industry had to sort of circumnavigate that, and obviously you did not want to get on the wrong side of these people, so there was a kind of careful balancing act to be done there. there was also the existence in philadelphia of something called the black mafia, which was really

interesting. teddy himself talks a lot about how when he was growing up you had to do your best to stay clear of the gangs, and he was a boy from the hood, so he knew how to handle himself. take us through the end of his study, what happened to him? he had this terrible car accident which left him a quadriplegic, which was just a terrible tragedy, and his first response to that was that he wanted to die. and he was unfortunate to meet this extraordinary psychotherapist who was himself a quadriplegic crew brought him back from the brink, and he then went on, he decided to live and never talked about dying again and then went on to record numerous albums, four of which went gold, and to dedicate himself to helping people with spinal cord injuries. and that he died in 2010 of presbytery failure at the age of 59. it is a fascinating story, i knew very

little about him. from harold melvin and the blue notes i thought harold melvin was the main man and i can tell you know he wasn't, that is one thing. a fascinating film, thank you for talking to us about it. the film is called teddy pendergrass, if you don't know me. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come on the programme this morning.. black sheep is the true story of an 11 year old boy's battle against racism. we'll hear about the oscar nominated film which shows the extraordinary lengths he went to. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: the family of 19—year—old shamima begum, who fled to syria to join so—called islamic state, asks the government for help to bring her home. thousands of criminals are to be made to wear new gps tags to allow police to track them 24 hours a day.

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