good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 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 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 nine months 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. the priority for the government has to be to protect the country as a whole. we have to look at each case oi'i 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 have to ensure the public is protected and there are significant risks where people have gone of their own free well to support an organisation thatis free well to support an organisation that is hostile to our values, our way of life and to our national security. 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 smartphones. 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. 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. china has cancelled a planned visit from the chancellor of the exchequer scheduled for next week after comments made by the defence secretary. there are reports that beijing was angered by a speech by gavin williamson, who signalled the uk s intention to send an aircraft carrier

to the pacific the treasury is yet to respond. 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 01:14, 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. 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. 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 comission said the delay was needed to address ‘logistical issues'. 0ur nigeria correspondent mayeni jones sent this report. people thought that by now, because it was election day, they were going to wake up this morning and head to the polls. they are waking up to the news and taking to social media with fury. they are disappointed and say the national commission had four years to plan for these elections and many people had to move somewhere else to vote, they live 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 only to be told the polls have been delayed. child car seats which are illegal to use in the uk are still available to buy online, according to a consumer watchdog. which?

says it found the seats, which are made of fabric, offer ‘almost no protection‘ in a car crash and sell for as little as e8 on some sites. the online retailers involved say they‘re no longer available. 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. baroness falkender, who was the private and political secretary to harold wilson, has died at the age of 86. she served as the former labour prime minister‘s right hand woman from 1956. formerly known as marcia williams she was a controversial figure and it was claimed she wrote the first draft of his resignation honours list in 1976 — a document which became known as the lavender list. those are the main stories, it is

nine minutes past nine. we will have the weather shortly. the family of an east london school girl who fled to syria at the age of 15 to join islamic state are calling on the government to bring her home "urgently". shamima begum, who‘s now 19, is pregnant. her relatives say her "innocent unborn child" has the right to grow up in the uk. let‘s talk to macer gifford, who spent 5 months fighting against is in syria and hidaya masieh, whojoined a radical islamic group when she was 18 and now works to stop young women being radicalised who is in our london studio. ifi if i could just ask you first, what are your thoughts. it is a very emotive argument and that there is the legal technical site about what should happen to shamima begum. what are your thoughts? obviously, this

has been sensationalised and we have to be careful to try not to blow things out of proportion because at the end of the day, far right groups and other extremist groups are using her situation to pedal more hate and dissemination and division. 0bviously her case is quite emotional, as you said, but if we see it as something that we can use to bring people together and make sure we have a more sensible approach that would be a lot better. people, including her own family, can you hear us 0k? people, including some members of her own family, have expressed shock at what they see as a lack of remorse in a

way and some of the things she has already said. what do you make of that? i don't really have any thanks and watch she said and it does come across that she is quite nonchalant about everything. —— i don‘t have any about everything. —— i don‘t have a ny fa cts about everything. —— i don‘t have any facts about what she said. if you don‘t have those facts it is difficult to say. i feel that, looking at her situation, we need to factor in what her mental state is, what her situation is and then we can comment. at the end of the day we do not know much about her but my fear is that her situation and this story is bringing more division in society and moderate voices are not being heard. she works with the groundswell project which up to

integrate people and jesus are own experiences of that. what is your opinion of shamima begum? having experienced yourself of fighting abroad. my opinion is we do not own her anything. she chose tojoin the islamic state, a brutal organisation that devastated syria and killed thousands of people and sold young woman into slavery. she has made her bed and she should lie in it. she is 15 years old when she went, it has been assumed she was groomed. 15 yea rs old been assumed she was groomed. 15 years old as a child. above the age of criminal responsibility. she was not groomed in a sense because there has been a lot pedals over the pass view days, including comparisons of that young girls of rochdale and this young lady. she sought out isis material, we were all at home and

saw the rise of isis. i was most —— i was motivated to fight against them but she was motivated tojoin them. he used the phrase she made her bed and should lie in it, there will be people that suffice with that but it feels like a emotional response, not a practical one. that but it feels like a emotional response, nota practical one. in practical terms it does not mean much. there are two options. the priority of government has to be justice to victims and keep people safe at home in britain. the is two options. if she comes back to the uk we need to stiffen legislation to make certain she goes tojennifer along time. that is not going to happen in that period of time because she wants to have her child here and she is nine months pregnant. that is what she wants to happen but it is what the local authorities determined. it could be months or years before she comes back the uk. it is on our radar and we need to deal with it. stiff

legislation against returning isis fighters is what we need. your second point? my second point was to keep us safe we need to come up with a plan more than anything else. it is notjust this a plan more than anything else. it is not just this young lady but there are more isis fighters who have been briefed to go back to their home countries and start their fate. she is only coming back because the islamic state is fully apart. given your experience, what reassurance can you apart. given your experience, what reassurance can you give apart. given your experience, what reassurance can you give people that someone who has been through the experience she has be safe to be brought back and be in our society now? there are examples of other european countries that have tried to rehabilitate returnees and that is not something dot that is something we could potentially follow. they are given support and help to be rehabilitated and we have to factor in that she was 15 years

old and probably radicalised within the space of two weeks or so. for the space of two weeks or so. for the past four years she has been brainwashed through isis rhetoric so there are ways of rehabilitating and bringing these young girls back to an environment that is secure, secure for the country and for the nation, but also a way of addressing her issues. there is no magic want, or magic potion you can use to deradicalise anyone but i think having her if she potentially arrives on the shores of the cake, and a secure environment where she is not a threat is much better. she is not a threat is much better. she is not a threat is much better. she is not the first person to come back to the shores of the uk. there are a lot of returnees being prosecuted and dealt with in the manner they should be. they have been involved in terrorist acts then quite rightly

so, they have been prosecuted and should be treated no differently. thank you very much for talking to us. it is a busiest object that is divisive and something people talking about. it is 16 minutes past nine. here‘s matt with a look at this morning‘s weather. this is the view from space yesterday across north—west europe. a bit of cloud across scotland and northern ireland but clear skies across much of the uk, down into central europe. without temperatures here and across in the netherlands and switzerland, quite high, 23 in france yesterday. the white area is snow is on top of the alps. not quite as sunny today, the cloud has been inching its way into the night but we stick with a mild story. if you spot is a rain are not out of the question but there will be a lot

of joy weather to. a the question but there will be a lot ofjoy weather to. a good weekend to get into the great outdoors. we can see the way cloud here, out towards the west of us. that is the main main bearing cloud. the cloud across scotla nd main bearing cloud. the cloud across scotland and northern england has been taken of to produce brazil. —— drizzle. large amounts of cloud across the south and we will see sunshine across southern counties of england and wales, there will still bea england and wales, there will still be a lot of cloud here and there. maybe the odd spot of rain to see west of wales but mostly dry. temperatures 13 or 1a degrees across parts of eastern england. lots most luncheon in northern england and some sunny spells and northern ireland. eastern scotland brightening up to sunny spells weather if you show is continuing in 0rkney and shetland and later into lewis and harris. temperatures are not dropping much tonight for some.

the pieces coming from a southerly direction and will turn a bit stronger. i will turn wetter into northern ireland as we go into tomorrow morning. much of the country will stay dry, the cloud breaking up and clear skies will return. here is the big picture. low pressure to the west of us tomorrow. this weather front will bring some rain but it will weaken as it does its way eastwards. good morning to have a lion in northern ireland, iran will go in the first few hours and embracing up. there will be occasional rain in the first of england and wales, it tries to push its way eastwards but fizzled out. couple of showers to the second half of the day. much basin in western areas with temperatures around 1a or 15. on monday some further rain and stronger when and some showers and northern england, but for many a dry

day and staying comparatively on the mild side. 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 1890, 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 your goal 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 at the heart of this community once more. tomos morgan, bbc news. there are the a lot of excited cyclists because that will be

remarkable when it happens. 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 our guest. you are casting your expert eye and your expertise is in all things legal. you are looking at the trump while in the mirror. we only found out pressure yesterday he was taking emergency measures. in the election campaign he said he was going to build the wall and mexicans would pgy- build the wall and mexicans would pay. the mexican said he would not pay. the mexican said he would not pay so we tried to get money from the us congress and they said no, so his last role of the dice is to use his last role of the dice is to use his executive powers to say there is a national emergency. an invasion he says. that is what he claims. he said he did not have to do it now, which undermines his case and then he went off to play golf in florida which is what you always do in

national emergencies. someone who wrote a book on trump said the only national emergency is our president. this will end up in the courts and the end. it will because national emergencies have been used in the past when you are at war with somebody or being attacked by terrorism, like after 9/11. it is not been used in this way and it is perceived as many as being unconstitutional and it will go to the did a seal system. the supreme court will have the ultimate decision and he has been putting people in the sympathetic to him so we will have to wait and see how this pans out. looking at the story from the guardian, i am approaching it with caution. you say what the story is. the story is that a report in bradford has uncovered that there isa in bradford has uncovered that there is a significant increase in the number of children who have died

earlier, in infancy, as a result of genetic disorders. a higher proportion of that, 25% more than anywhere else in the country, and they said a significant fact it was a number of first cousin marriages taking place in west yorkshire. the issue, i think we have touched on before, seems to be a significant problem in a certain minority community and when you have first cousin marriages there are significant health risks, leading to intent mortality or significant health issues going forward. we had massive awareness campaigns on educational campaigns and it is still going on. part of it is cultural, keeping the material aspects of your family within the family. ijust aspects of your family within the family. i just came aspects of your family within the family. ijust came back from pakistan and there was a nurse, newly married on the way back from there and she married her first cousin. i simply had my head is in my hands. there are certain people

who have a certain view of south asian communities in bradford at the moment. what you think a report like this does? there needs to be some education about this awesome awareness, what you think this does? we had that conversation earlier on when we talked about the young girl. there will be far right organisations who want to exploit it for their own purposes, suggesting you are different and perhaps you are you are different and perhaps you a re less of you are different and perhaps you are less of a person as a result of this. the point needs to be said, and i‘ve said it before, if we as communities do not deal with issues in own communities we give people the opportunity to exploit it. bigots don‘t need in excuse to hit you, why them one? —— don‘t need an excuse to hate you. this is about schoolchildren coming out of schools all about climate change.|j

schoolchildren coming out of schools all about climate change. i welcome it, but there are organisations saying they took a day of school. i think they were given a letter to hand and to seek authorisation. i am in favour of the fact the did this. it isa in favour of the fact the did this. it is a good example of the citizens of education, part of their learning anyway, talking about a subject that will impact them. i think it is really important they did that and there is a point in the daily mail about it being hijacked by some on the left. by the by, most people had the left. by the by, most people had the right reasons for being there andi the right reasons for being there and i am glad they did it. on a latent note, a story from the guardian. personally i can think of nothing worse than being stuck on a space mission with someone being dubbed a choker. you are such a grant at times! —— such a you are such a grant at times! —— sucha grump.

nasa‘s view is it is eight months to get to miles and eight months back, you are in a room not dissimilar to the size of this. they are advertising for a people with a sense of humour, a joker to be part of their group. i am with you, if i was stuck for eight months with them i would leave them on mars. no, look, wanted, smart, fit, unflappable. must have crazy boots and a red nose. ijust think it is the worst and a red nose. i just think it is the worst thing you could possibly have. i think you are both very grumpy. do you both have no friends who are funny or the amusing ones in the group? that is right but you can walk away from them at the end of the day. if you are stuck with them

for eight months and then it months back. useful out with anyone any group, not just the useful out with anyone any group, notjust thejoker viewer useful out with anyone any group, not just the joker viewer with them eight months. shall we get somejoy eight months. shall we get some joy in the programme now? we‘re on bbc one until ten o‘clock this morning, when andi 0liver takes over in the saturday kitchen. you always have a smile on your face, i think you would be fun on a spaceship. speaking of red nose, i have a red nose right here. it is really narrow richard curtis, we have got a love actually. i special guest is writer and director richard curtis. how are you? i'm glad to be here in my cozy blue jumper. they are very here in my cozy blue jumper. they are very narrow here in my cozy blue jumper. they are very narrow these red noses, how to get onto my nose. we can talk properly later but let‘s talk about your third heaven and hell. heaven

is race, i was raised in the philippines and i love rice. i have discovered travel sense. travel result it would be my heaven. and your health? my hell is any kind of weird fish and critically any white sauce. as a whole fish weird? no, they should fingers a spine. once you get into muscles and climbs and scallops something weird happens in my stomach. we have two great chefs with us. what are you cooking? my stomach. we have two great chefs with us. what are you cooking ?|j my stomach. we have two great chefs with us. what are you cooking? i am cooking what you do not want to taste, razor clams with a cheese broth and seaweed. taste, razor clams with a cheese broth and seaweedlj taste, razor clams with a cheese broth and seaweed. i am 62, i know what i think. it is not for me. never say never. what are you

making? slow cooked lamb shank with a spacey chili paste and sweet potato. you are really good with yourjob whereas this guy... i have never had a glass of beer in my life. until today. it never had a glass of beer in my life. untiltoday. it seems like a bad place to start at 930 in the morning. you guys are at charge of what richard gets to eat at the end of this show, go to the website. please, i have done so much work for charity. the nice! it would be funny if people were mean. it still would, but it was funny. that is funny,

thatis but it was funny. that is funny, that is comical. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. here‘s 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. i , the priority for the government has to be to protect the government asa has to be to protect the government as a whole. we have to look at each case on a case—by—case bit to ensure that that is hostile to our values and way of life and national

security. china has cancelled a planned visit from the chancellor of the exchequer scheduled for next week after comments made by the defence secretary. there are reports that beijing was angered by a speech by gavin williamson, who signalled the uk s intention to send an aircraft carrier to the pacific the treasury is yet to respond. 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. however, during a trial run wearers reported the tags were uncomfortable and caused heightened anxiety because of a fear of accidentally breaching the conditions. 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. 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. 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. baroness falkender, who was the private and political secretary to harold wilson, has died at the age of 86. she served as the former labour prime minister‘s right

hand woman from 1956. formerly known as marcia williams she was a controversial figure and it was claimed she wrote the first draft of his resignation honours list in 1976, a document which became known as the lavender list those are the main stories this morning. the time is 9:35am. change of personnel. eagle eyed viewers will see that mike is no longer here. you have taken in this place. we don‘t want to give too much away. but he has an appointment. we are talking about the fa cup, aren‘t we? newport county of league 2 against manchester city. it prices between the two sides, more than 80 places. when you look at what newport have done recently, they have knocked out middlesbrough, leicester, helped spurs last season

as well. you never know, do you? a shock could be on the cards. it would be a massive shock if they could do it. city of course will go into the game as very strong favourites. but you never know when you look at that list of clubs that newport county have knocked out in recent seasons. 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, john farnsworth, the qpr picking. stay still forjust john farnsworth, the qpr picking. stay still for just a moment. we will talk to you in a second. the weekend action got under last night. and watford are the first team into the quarter—finals. they beat qpr 1—0 at loftus road. etienne capoo, with the goal that took them through. 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. dan walker presents football focus from wimbledon today, who‘re hoping to cause an upset against millwall, it includes peter shilton‘s tribute to gordon banks. now to rugby union. the premiership leaders exeter, had a bit of a shock last night. gloucester came from behind to beat them by 2a points to 17 — ben morgan scoring the try that ensured his side became only the third to beat exeter this season. and in the pro1li, 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 open snooker, joe o‘connor, only turned professional last year but now he‘s

knocked outjohn higgins, the four—time world champion, o‘connor, is number 102 in the world, and this is the furthest he‘s gone in a ranking tournament. coverage from cardiff continues on bbc wales, as well as the red button and bbc sport website, from one o‘clock. last year he kicked his way up everest and now keepy uppy superstar john farnworth is set to embark on a new ambitious challenge, a 100 kilometre trek across the sahara. john will be flicking and juggling his football across the desert, all in the name of charity. he‘s with me now. how are you? i am very well. you are notjuggling at the moment but he will be doing it across the sahara. you have done all sorts of challenges, how big a challenge is this? this will be tough, i have done a few as you said but across the desert, hundred kilometres as

you said, in horrible heat. it will be another world record. i have been training and doing a lot of preparation, it has been testing me quite a lot. my endurance and fitness and concentration. the only thing i have struggled with is the heat. it is not that hot here so thatis heat. it is not that hot here so that is the one thing i am worried about what i‘m feeling good about it. take us through what you are going to be packing for this trip. lots of water and food. we have to travel with camels and tents so it will an adventure, eight days and i am hoping to do it within the eight days. point might how many footballs will you take? taking three but hopefully i only need the one. when we went to everest i took eight footballs just in case because of the inflation and you don‘t want to lose any, and luckily with that challenge i managed to do it all with the same ball, i did not lose the ball at all, so hopefully i should be all right. as we look at the everest footage there, these are

very tricky, underfoot, and you have rocks, they are hard surfaces. in my head i am thinking in sand itjust slips away from under your feet, doesn‘t it? so that is the worst possible thing. it really is, it really sa ps possible thing. it really is, it really saps the energy out of you, because when i have been training i have been doing five, six, seven kilometres, so i am trying to make it as hard as possible for me because as you move forward you do slip and you feel like you have gone further than you actually have, it is almost like you‘re running on a treadmill, you are not going as fast soi treadmill, you are not going as fast so i will probably be moving at a slower pace this time, but hopefully as long as i have my fitness and my leg strength and my control, so hopefully i do need to worry about this. will you be wearing trainers or barefoot? i have desert running shoes with —— and i have had to build my own shoes. i need to have the cushion because obviously it

will hurt my feet otherwise, because sand is hard underfoot, but another worry is the sound getting in your shoe, you can get blisters. i don‘t wa nt shoe, you can get blisters. i don‘t want them a couple of days and, that is the worst, so my feet will have to be heavily protected from the sand. tells about what you're doing this. i am doing it for children's hospice, and i have been familiar with the charity for a while now. after visiting them and seeing the money they have to raise, i thought what can i do using my freestyle skills? so hopefully i can raise money for that cause. watching you and hearing how you can —— how you‘re getting on. and hearing how you can —— how you're getting on. i have been visiting some of the children entering the matrix that has given mea entering the matrix that has given me a lot of strength when i‘m training because it is tiring and i‘m doing a lot of training, and co nsta ntly i‘m doing a lot of training, and constantly sleeping and eating but knowing that it is for that cause has helped me a lot. thanks for

coming in and we will see you soon. you may be wondering where mike busheu you may be wondering where mike bushell is. the athletics season gathers pace today with the muller indoor grand prix at arena birmingham. its live this afternoon on bbc one and alongside some of the biggest names in british athletics will be a rank outsider. none other than our very own mike bushell. he‘ll be in lane fourfor one of the 60 metre heats. its an experiment to see how fast the elite athletes are compared to a fan off the sofa. and he‘s been doing some coaching at the winter training camp in tenerife. we came to tenerife for the winter sun, but not like most to sit on the beach. 0h sun, but not like most to sit on the beach. oh no, right in the centre of playa del as america‘s stadium of ha rd playa del as america‘s stadium of hard work and sweat where the warm weather helps athletes run faster 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. only little legs, though. little steps. sometimes they can get you out of the blocks quicker. you might surprise us. he is so brave, isn‘t he, mike?

that is the word looking for. don‘t they do the thing in athletics where they do the thing in athletics where they say name one personal best? personal best, he‘s done it within a day. they will come to my and sue mike bushell, lane four, personal best, and i think he has done something like nine point... that is good. he is good and he is taking this really quite seriously. when he was outside and all day and last week he has been talking to us about how he has been preparing and figuring out how to get off the blocks and everything. he went outside and was talking tojohn about the keepy—uppy and this is how he has been warming up. my biggest fear is the start because you have to carry a starting block out to the line, couple of minutes or so to get it ready a measure out what it is going to be, so then you get it into position down like that and then for a beginner it does feel like when you‘re bending over like this in the

start position that you‘re going to topple over, and as rees was saying in the piece, we don‘t actually look up in the piece, we don‘t actually look upfor20 or30 in the piece, we don‘t actually look up for 20 or 30 seconds, 20 or 30 metres, sorry, not seconds. before you actually look ahead. mike what are you doing? don't worry. if you are you doing? don't worry. if you are eating your breakfast carry on it will be ok, because 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 i have to be there for checking in for testing in preparation in about half an hour‘s time. johnny couldn‘t give mea an hour‘s time. johnny couldn‘t give me a hand? can we do the start for you? talk as to what you‘re seeing here. talk us to the start. he is on the starting blocks, you can only imagine the explosion that is going to happen out of power,

there he is, he is down, he is poised. he looks a bit distracted. there he goes, a slightly hunched position. obviously it is his own style. there he goes. he looks as though he had a second‘s thought there. was he waiting for a proper starting and i don‘t know. we need to be fairto starting and i don‘t know. we need to be fair to mike, john was there giving him a countdown and i was talking in his ears as well, saying get ready, go, so i think he knew, i think his training has been bang on. i think people do well. watching that he has been doing more training for getting changed than running. always good to practice getting changed! we wish him luck. 11 minutes to one. that is when he is racing. here‘s matt with a look at this morning‘s weather. good morning, why go to training in

the canaries when you have skies like this? this is the conwy valley and up the road 17 degrees near thrill. not quite that level for still on the mild side, notjust a but for the rest of the weekend. more clouds than yesterday, though, and while it will produce a little bit of rain at times this weekend there is a lot of dry weather to come. great excuse to get outdoors and make the most of it. let‘s deal with the here into the rest of the day lots of cloud, some rain and drizzle across scotland at the moment. some patchy drizzle across northern england that will fade away into the afternoon with sky brightening, a lot more in the way of cloud compared to yesterday in seven counties of of england and wales. there will be breaks out there allowing sunshine through but overall a cloudy picture, the best of the sunshine in the south will be in the channel islands with temperatures at 1a or 15 degrees. brighter conditions for the afternoon in northern england compared to this morning. still sunny spells in northern ireland brightening up in central and eastern scotland. lewis and harris may be sky and also orkney and

shetland will continue to see a future resound in the afternoon. and well temperatures in orkney and shetland are around seven or 8 degrees most of you will be in double figures. the wind will strengthen further and brings an even milder air, a few outbreaks of rain throughout western scotland. clear skies will develop to take this into sunday morning and it should be frost free as well. big picture for sunday, this weather front starting to work its way in from the west, most —— most potent first thing in the morning. have yourself a lie in and enjoy the afternoon, the rain will spread through the morning into western parts of scotland before fading for the afternoon. a few showers and western areas of england and wales with more clout spreading eastwards, and dry day with sunny conditions in the west after that cloudy and damp morning and again mild, even a breezy day, temperatures 1a or 15 degrees. whatever your plans, enjoy your weekend. back to mike and charlie. when 10 year—old damilola taylor

was killed in november 2000, everything changed for cornelius walker. scared for their son 5 welfare, his family moved away from the same area of london to essex. but instead of finding safety, they found themselves living on a violent housing estate plagued by racism. cornelius‘s unusual story of survival has now been made into an oscar nominated short film. we‘ll speak to him and the film‘s director in a minute, but first lets take a look. at the time i had the spiky hair that was the thing back in the day, soi that was the thing back in the day, so i literally would buy this thing that was contextualise that would straighten your hair. and then i just got the accent, started putting a bit of swing on it. like you are right, you all right? sojust

talking like them, like i want to be like you. i rememberthinking talking like them, like i want to be like you. i remember thinking to myself, the perfect white man has blue eyes. so i went to a local shop andi blue eyes. so i went to a local shop and i bought blue contact lenses. in the final thing i did was i bleached my skin. i rememberthe the final thing i did was i bleached my skin. i remember the first time i did it, i member putting it on my hand and looking at my skin in the mirrorand hand and looking at my skin in the mirror and being hand and looking at my skin in the mirrorand being like, it is hand and looking at my skin in the mirror and being like, it is not like i wanted to be white ijust wa nted like i wanted to be white ijust wanted to fit in. and if it meant being white then let‘s do it. cornelius walkerjoins us now alongside director ed perkins. good morning to you. first of all congratulations. because yourfilm in case people are not aware, it is the short documentary feature and it has been oscar—nominated so it is a week tomorrow, isn‘t it? will you be

there? we will be there. very proud to be part of it, he is extraordinary young man and it is great to work with him. take us back to the story. this is a time in your life, your 11 years old, and you moved out of london to essex. and then you try and adapt to a situation where there is a racist gang nearby. when i moved to essex it was... it was not something i was familiar with in terms of i came from a —— i came from multicultural london. so i moved to essex and got into a predicament i realised that it was going to get worse and worse and the only way i could fit in is to be more like them rather than what i was. it was easier to be accepted trying to fit in and be like them. but i went to extreme, with the clothes and skin and hair.

many people, i think it is such a briefing that you have done to go screen and you can talk much more about this, ed, in terms of putting yourself out there, and in many ways admitting to what you did. opening up admitting to what you did. opening up to the pressures that are on young people in racist society is, in racist environments. when you are talking to cornelius and saying, how do we do this, what did you want? what did you think would be the best way to tell the story? and leaving the viewer without judgment way to tell the story? and leaving the viewer withoutjudgment in many ways. whenever we make films like this we are searching for honesty and vulnerability and we as documentary film—makers we are nothing without people like cornelius are willing to sit in front of the camera and bare their souls, and i think is extraordinary and to show that level of candour and to show that level of candour and honesty and charisma, and to be vulnerable and can —— on camera to talk about complicated decisions is an amazing thing. i wanted to ask,

there is a moment in the documentary, in the film, where you see, this is really difficult, this is really difficult. you don‘t shy away from it. you did not do too many second stakes, did you? you have to ask difficult questions and thatis have to ask difficult questions and that is based on trust. before we sat down together we became friends, we talked for weeks and months and talk together about how we were together to bring this onto the screen and every decision we made we need together. and it was in the interest of trying to bring his externally story to screen in the most accessible way. fundamental to the story, and one had people may be thinking that what we have said so far it is a story about racists or the problems of being black in a racist community, there is another big site of the story which is your personal story about your relationship with your father, which in many ways is the core of the whole thing, isn‘t it? as to how you

ended up behaving. yes i had this great 0&a last week that was like cause and effect, ifeel like great 0&a last week that was like cause and effect, i feel like when you‘re young no one really, you need guidance. i‘m not so my parents never give me guidance they give me everything but in the way that you have to work and provide, they did a lot of providing and working so it was little things i need little more attention and nurturing especially in the area were there was a lot of hatred and that hatred kind of came into me and it made me self—hate. i just wanted to use this film so the kids that are growing up in similar areas in london don‘t have to feel the way i do. how far away are you, cornelius, from this image? this image, we see pictures of you, this isi image, we see pictures of you, this is i think when you are about to get into an altercation and you were attacked. dramatised. but this

picture here in the studio that we haveis picture here in the studio that we have is one, and we will get to it ina have is one, and we will get to it in a moment as one of you wearing blue contact lenses and your skin is lightened. many people look at that and can‘t believe that as you. lightened. many people look at that and can't believe that as youm lightened. many people look at that and can't believe that as you. it is funny my mum had this lightening cream and growing up it was kind of like, it is weird to see in your own race you get made fun of for being different towns. and i guess i felt insecure about my skin tone and when i saw the lightening cream in my mums wardrobe it felt like a way to escape the slayers and getting made fun of for being darker, so it kind of, it felt like growing up on tv that being lighter was better. so growing up at that point i thought it would be wiser if i was lighter. but you should just love the way you are, that should not have to be the case, you should not have to feel like what you are is not good enough. that i did feel that. like what you are is not good enough. that i did feel thatm

like what you are is not good enough. that i did feel that. it is very good to see you both here, we wish you well. please let us know. and it is worth saying that the film is available to watch very easily, you just go on the guardian website and it is there. so you can have a look for yourself. that‘s it from breakfast for this morning. i‘ll be back with rachel from six tomorrow. but for now, from all of us here, have a nice day. goodbye. this is bbc news, i‘m shaun ley. the headlines at ten. the family of shamima begum say she should face a police investigation, but they want the government to help bring her home from syria. thousands of criminals are to be monitored 2a hours a day using gps tracking technology. the funeral of footballer, emiliano sala, who was killed when his plane crashed into the channel, is taking place in argentina the presidential election in nigeria has been postponed by a week — five hours before voting was due to begin. after an outcry from hollywood‘s big

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