good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: as the first funerals take place for the victims of the christchurch mosque shootings, new zealand's prime minister calls for a global fight against racist right—wing ideology. we absolutely have to learn the lessons from both what gave rise to the ugly ideology of this individual, and what environments allow that to grow and to potentially spread. theresa may writes to the eu asking for brexit to be postponed, but there is a fierce debate over how much of a delay she should ask for. we have a special report

from podcast presenter deborah james, who has incurable bowel cancer, as she tries to find out how, and where, she wants to die. landlords will have to do more about homes that are substandard. it is under new laws which come into force today. i'll have all the details later. "we're right behind raheem." sterling's england team—mates say he was right to criticise the way black players are portrayed in the media. the squeaky cleaner. meet metal mickey, the mouse who tidies up at night. good morning from surrey. we are surrounded by magnificent magnolias. the weather today not quite so magnificent. fairly cloudy for most, there will be some sunny breaks. in those, we could hit 17 degrees, but wet and windy in north—east scotland. i will have more in 15 minutes. it is wednesday 20 march. our top story: funerals are taking place in new zealand for some

of the 50 people killed last friday when a gunman attacked two mosques. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, has called for a global fight to root out racist right—wing ideology. our news correspondent phil mercer joins us now from christchurch. what more can you tell us, phil? she has been talking again particularly about ideology, hasn't she? yes, she has, and jacinda ardern saying that there will be a two minutes' silence on friday to mark the one week anniversary of the atrocity here in christchurch. burials have started today. among the first funerals, a father and son, refugees from syria who arrived only in new zealand last year. so the prime minister coming to a city thatis the prime minister coming to a city that is still struggling to come to terms with these atrocities, and the prime minister saying that she believes new zealand was targeted because of its safe reputation.”

because of its safe reputationli happen because of its safe reputation.” happen to be, though, the prime minister of happen to be, though, the prime ministerofa happen to be, though, the prime minister of a particularly peaceful nation, an inclusive nation, a place where 200 ethnicities and 160 languages are spoken. we pride ourselves on being well known as a welcoming place. in fact, the terrorist who brought this act to new zealand shows us for this terrorist act because we are all of those things —— shows us. terrorist act because we are all of those things -- shows us. -- chose us. those things -- shows us. -- chose us. the prime minister also visited a high school which lost two students, and a former student died as well, the principal there saying that the events have been cruel on staff and children, and the prime minister going there, really, to offer her support and her

condolences at this terrible time. thank you very much, and we will continue to talk about it this morning, as well. theresa may will write to the president of the european council, donald tusk, today to formally ask for brexit to be postponed. it is still not clear how long the prime minister wants the proposed extension to be. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. good morning to you. iain, when will we know exactly what mrs may is asking for. how are they going to respond to that request? what they made very clear yesterday, through the chief negotiator, michel barnier, was that it was fine to ask for a long or short delay but it to make its mind up short delay but it to make its mind up one way or the other. the prime minister when she writes to donald tusk will ask for a short delay, in other words not beyond the end of june, may be shorter. we don't know the specific timescale, but there

had been an understanding yesterday that she may well go for a short delay with the option of an extension if she doesn't get her deal through parliament. now, there are multiple reports from multiple sources about what happened at yesterday's cabinet meeting, and that some brexiteers, such as andrea leadsom, was complaining she was in a remainer cabinet. the prime minister will ask for an extension long enough to get her deal through parliament should mps change their minds, but not as long as perhaps some people were pressing for, for a fundamental change of direction. because the eu are making it very clear that if she wants a longer extension, then it would have to be, and this was an off the record briefing after michel barnier made his comments on the record, that it would have to be shorter or she would have to be shorter or she would have to start changing her redlines. it looks at this stage when she writes to donald tusk, that

she will be asking for a shorter rather than a longer extension, which would require a much more radical rethink. in around half an hour, we will be talking to the vice president of the european parliament, mairead mcguinness. and at 8:30am we will hear from the education secretary, damian hinds. at least 300 people have been killed by cyclone idai, which has triggered a massive disaster in southern africa. the un says millions of people across mozambique, zimbabwe and malawi could be affected by widespread flooding and devastation. our reporter shingai nyoka is in zimbabwe this morning. just tell us the latest, because the figures arejust still just tell us the latest, because the figures are just still coming out, aren't they? absolutely, and we were at one of the camps in germany money, which is the area that has been hardest hit, and we saw dozens of people trickling in. ——

chimanimani. they were old, weak, some of them were injured and they we re some of them were injured and they were coming from these communities which were hit quite unexpectedly. the stories they were telling us is that they saw their loved ones washed away, that they were trying to rescue others that had been buried under the rubble. but the figures that they were giving us we re figures that they were giving us were surprisingly high compared to what we have heard from official figures. some of them also said that they saw bodies and houses being washed away downstream into neighbouring mozambique. and so really, at this stage, and i think the government itself has confirmed, that they haven't really got a grasp of the extent of the devastation of the cyclone yet, because they simply haven't reached all of the affected communities. thank you for bringing us communities. thank you for bringing us up—to—date with what is obviously an ongoing situation, thank you. two people have been arrested by police investigating the deaths of three teenagers in a crush outside a disco in county tyrone. one of the men is the owner of the greenvale hotel, in cookstown, where

the incident happened. the two men are being held on suspicion of manslaughter. the number of modern slavery cases involving british children more than doubled last year, according to the national crime agency. it says county lines gangs, who work to move drugs from cities into rural areas, are fuelling the rise, as they often use children to transport illegal substances. a figure of 7001 year, and an increase of 80% over two years, is undoubtedly significant. we should all be concerned around that —— 7000 in one year. we recognise that policing, government, ngo and other partners have all played a really big part in raising awareness, providing better training, reassuring victims, and all of that plays a role in the rise of people identified and referred into the national referral mechanism to ensure that we get the safeguarding, support and protection that they

need. one in ten cases of psychosis could be linked to use of smoking high—potency cannabis, according to a major study from king's college london. researchers from the university studied drug—users in europe and brazil and found that people who smoke strong forms of the drug are at a much greater risk of suffering from serious mental illnesses. our global health correspondent richard galpin has more. cannabis may be illegal here in britain, but it is increasingly out in the open. this annual festival in brighton, billed as being for consumers, enthusiasts and those campaigning for the drug to be made legal, as has already happened in other countries. but the risks involved in smoking the strong forms of cannabis are of increasing concern, particularly as those types of the drug are becoming prevalent. in london and amsterdam, they dominate the market. the research published today in the medical

journal lancet psychiatry says people using cannabis on a daily basis are three times more likely to have an episode of psychosis than those who never use it. and this increases to five times more like a for those using high strength cannabis, such as skunk, every day. symptoms such as delusion, so having unusual beliefs, being concerned that the noises that might come from the neighbour are not just that the noises that might come from the neighbour are notjust random noises, but they are actually targeting the individual, feeling that there is a plot of persecution, and to feel under threat constantly, when there is not any reason to believe that there is a danger out there. and all this, the authors say, potentially hitting young people at a vital time. just as they are making decisions about their education or work. so yesterday we had my favourite story of the day being a pigeon. todayit story of the day being a pigeon. today it is... a mouse. we mentioned

it in the papers yesterday.” today it is... a mouse. we mentioned it in the papers yesterday. i did, we have moving pictures now. a mouse that tidies up a shed in the middle of the night might sound like something from a fairy story. but it really happened, and we have the pictures to prove it. the person couldn't work out exactly what had happened. steve mckears, who lives near bristol, set up a night—vision camera to solve the mystery of who was gathering bits and pieces from his workbench into a small container, leaving the area squeaky clean. diligently, piece by piece, putting everything back into the box. he caught this culprit red—handed and nicknamed him metal mickey. wouldn't it be lovely? we used to have a hamster, it would have lots of different things in its cage, and overnight sometimes it would move everything, all the sawdust, the whole lot into one corner. everything, it would take hours for it to do it. not quite as useful as

metal mickey, a few more metal mickeys around and it would be very nice. have you ever had my surround? not all as —— mice around.” nice. have you ever had my surround? not all as -- mice around. ijust did that thing where i was about to reveal something and thought not suitable. sorry, everybody. this stuff is not for broadcast. support then for raheem sterling from his england team—mates. there has been lots of newspaper talk about raheem sterling. sterling has been very critical of the way that black players are portrayed in the media. he said newspapers helped fuel racism after he was abused by a fan in december. he is with his england colleagues for a couple of euro 2020 qualifiers, and team—mate danny rose says sterling's criticism is spot—on.

it is a big day for bolton wanderers. they face a winding—up order at the high court over an unpaid tax bill. they were in talks over a take—over, but that all fell apart yesterday. the fa cup is staying on the bbc. a new four—year deal will see more matches than ever before shown live on the bbc until at least 2025. team sky becomes team ineos. it has been confirmed that the uk's richest man, sirjim ratcliffe, will taking control of the hugely successful british cycling team on 1 may. i know it is a completely normal thing, but it does seem strange because you are so thing, but it does seem strange because you are so accustomed to seeing team sky doing incredibly well. i will have to learn to say tea m well. i will have to learn to say team ineos. the funny thing is they are not that popular in the

palatine, for lots of reasons, and one of the reasons is because they have so much cash. and now they have got more. very interesting to see how the do, as well. quite well, i imagine. will you hang around for the papers? let's have a look at the front pages festival. —— first of all. the front page of the mail says "1,000 wasted days". that's how many days have passed since the brexit referendum. in the mirror, below the picture of prince charles showing off his beach body, "may begs for brextra time" is the headline. the paper suggests the delay could last up to two years. that is not what ian watson was telling us earlier on. the telegraph's main story features andrea leadsom, the leader of the house of commons, who it says could quit if the brexit date is delayed.

and finally, the guardian focuses on the aftermath of the deadly cyclone in eastern africa. it says the storm could be one of the worst weather—related disasters ever. pictures there of people taking refuge in what appears to be a roof. and the most—read story on the bbc news website is criticism of the bbc for going £27 million over—budget on the new eastenders set. iamjust i am just looking to see, you know how when there is a woman on the front page of the paper, they are showing off their curves, i am wondering if they did the same about prince charles. and did they mention his age? he is not showing off his curves. we were talking about it yesterday. it is quite clever how they have written that one, heir—y chest. did not expect to be chatting about that this i will be honest. no, a

slight digression. the nhs now employs a record 1.6 million staff, one in every 20 people in the uk who work work there and this is often new hiring spree, they are just saying. they're just picking up on the fact that our latest employment statistics are quite good when they came out yesterday. obviously, there is some cynicism about the breakdown of those numbers because it does include people who were on 0—hours contracts and things like that, but good to hear that unemployment is at a record good to hear that unemployment is at a re cord low good to hear that unemployment is at a record low and then one of the story ijust a record low and then one of the story i just wanted a record low and then one of the story ijust wanted to show you as well, it is about google, they are i'iow well, it is about google, they are now going to enter the video gaming arena. they're going to start streaming video games in the future in the hope to try and take away some of the competition for people who are on consoles, so it is quite interesting because it is worth a hell of a lot of money, £135 billion industry, video games. it will be interesting to see how they do on that. given the film industry. back

page of the daily express, quite an interesting picture of ryan giggs. they have chosen this deeply unflattering action of ryan giggs, ryan rages at zlatan ibrahimovic. this because he spoke about the class of 92, all the old boys of manchester united publicly criticising every manager at manchester united since sir alex ferguson because they are so loyal to sir alex ferguson, and suddenly the emergence saying it is a close shop and unless you were in that group, they were never going to support you. ryan giggs says it is nonsense. very, very quickly. i'm going to show you two stories here, one in the times, about the fa and the psychologist, the england fa psychologist, due to leave the football association. —— zlatan. the most senior woman in the fa and they

seeing someone else is coming in, guess what? it is because in the sun, she is going to go and work with rugby players instead. really? yes, she has been poached.” with rugby players instead. really? yes, she has been poached. i have got a sporty one from daily mirror, did anyone watch the harry's heroes? it has been an itv over the past few days. it was quite interesting because it was not the sort of thing you expect to come from a programme like that, but it was really quite emotional. he was talking about how ha rd emotional. he was talking about how hard it has been for him. i will not ruin itfor hard it has been for him. i will not ruin it for you if you have not watched it yet, the picture is quite obvious there. spoiler alert. i will not tell you the school in the end, but there was victory in the end. it was a really lovely put together documentary, what we always refer to as banter these days, there was lots of that going on, also underlined that there was a lot of concern and ca re that there was a lot of concern and care for each other, which was

lovely. and fraser modica, who is 50, was told by heart specialist that he was so unfit that he could drop dead at any minute. he has also taken something away from the documentary. thank you, everybody. you're welcome. carol is at rhs wisley in surrey this morning. it is the first day of spring officially. good morning. good morning, and aren't they beautiful? there are lots of different kinds of magnolias here. this particular one is called the royal style, style because of the shape of the pedals. look at that, kind in the shape of a star and look at that, kind in the shape of a starandi look at that, kind in the shape of a starand i can look at that, kind in the shape of a star and i can tell you the perfume, it is lovely. that is more than can be said for the weather over the next three days because there is going to be a fair bit of cloud amount, but having said that, for most of us, it is going to be quite mild as well. today, no exception to that rule. you can see on our emmas child, all the yellows and ambers,

thatis child, all the yellows and ambers, that is indicating that we have got mild conditions. —— emmas child. first thing this morning, we have some fog to watch out for for the north—west and south—west of england, and also for wales. —— airmass chart. a lot of cloud, weather front coming in across the north—west of scotland introducing some rain and windy conditions he was well, we'll be popping through the afternoon. best conditions today likely to be around parts of the midlands, east anglia, the southeast, lincolnshire, parts of yorkshire, and this where we could hit 16, possibly 17, yorkshire, and this where we could hit16, possibly 17, depending on how much sunshine we see. but elsewhere, not too shabby across the board. in scotland, it will again be windy but the windsor easing a little bit by the end of the night, and another mild night with all this cloud amount. yes, there will be a few breaks that they will be fairly

limited. tomorrow, we will start off with those conditions across the north—west but what you will find as they will start to push back towards they will start to push back towards the north—west is we move through the north—west is we move through the day and then again tomorrow, a lot of cloud, if anything hardier than today. temperatures up to once again, in early sunshine, a maximum of 16. and as we head on into fide, we start and very windy note across the north—west of scotland and it will continue in that vein as we go through the course of the day. —— friday. getting into northern england, north wales by the end of the day, it is likely to be windy for a the day, it is likely to be windy fora time, the day, it is likely to be windy for a time, head of that we're looking at still a lot of cloud, some brighter breaks and temperatures still around about 17 oi’ temperatures still around about 17 or16 temperatures still around about 17 or 16 at best. there will be some showers around as well and the tops of the hills are likely to be wintry. there is loads going on with the weather once again.

but those magnolias are magnificent. thank you very much, see you later. sometimes we discussed things on this programme which i suppose we throw it into your morning but it is a really interesting topic. it's a decision many of us dread to think about — how, and where, we want to die. but for deborah james, host of the podcast you, me and the big c, it's one she's coming to terms with. deborah has incurable bowel cancer, and since the death of her friend and fellow podcaster rachel bland last year, she says she's been forced to confront the difficult choices she will eventually have to make. she invited us tojoin her as she visited a hospice for the first time. for me, a hospice is a place that people go to die and only go today. perhaps, it is a place where there is no hope. welcome to trinity. i am

a little bit nervous. of course you are, of course a little bit nervous. of course you are, of course you are. a little bit nervous. of course you are, of course you are. that isjust fine, it is only natural. i am deborah james, and 37 fine, it is only natural. i am deborahjames, and 37 years old and i have incurable stage iv bowel cancer. add two young children, aged and aged 11. only 896 of people will survive with my type of cancer, so therefore i have to ask myself the question, how will i die and how do i want to die? —— and two young children, aged nine and aged 11.” liken it to that, that we're all a bit weird. i meet catherine, who also has stage iv cancer.” bit weird. i meet catherine, who also has stage iv cancer. i had twins who were 11 at the time of my diagnosis and i just twins who were 11 at the time of my diagnosis and ijust thought this is not going to get me. those children are not going to go up without their

mum. andl are not going to go up without their mum. and i came here and it wasjust like a warm blanket wrapped around me,| like a warm blanket wrapped around me, ijust felt cared for. hospice and palliative care is notjust there for those last few weeks of life, for the very end of life. they are there to support people to exactly what you're going through. so actually, about 80% of what we do happens out in the community. so actually, about 80% of what we do happens out in the communitym so actually, about 80% of what we do happens out in the community. is a hospice just full of old people? no, it is not. we are an adult hospice. i co—host you, me and the big c on radio 5 live. sadly, last year, my friend and colleague rachel bland died at the age of 44 breast cancer. rachel was very clear about her wishes to die at home. to me, the home is a sacred place that i want to protect for my children and i wa nt to protect for my children and i want them to have these happy memories of home. i don't want them to remember me dying at home.

memories of home. i don't want them to remember me dying at homem memories of home. i don't want them to remember me dying at home. it is quite hard work, dying. you know. trevor is 67. he was given three months to live in december after being diagnosed with liver cancer. have you accepted your death? yeah. do you have any regrets. wine, women and song. but i am not going to play for chelsea now. i do not look at the hospice is a place to die in, it is for living still. can i give you a hug? i think you are amazing. thank you so much for sharing. six months ago, i would not even have had a conversation about the idea of going to hospice. —— a hospice. the question is, when the time comes, is this the place that i would like to come to die? the answer is, i still

don't know. she is lovely and we're going to be speaking to her. i thinkjust after eight o'clock this morning. yeah. and thank you to everybody that took pa rt and thank you to everybody that took part in that interview that deborah has done for us as well, it is very appointment. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. a man's been shot by police, after reports of a suspect threatening to kill people at a house in east london. the 28—year—old is said to be in a life threatening condition in hospital, following the incident in hackney last night. a police officer was slashed with a knife. the independent office for police conduct have launched an investigation. parents in north london have begun patrolling the streets, after a series of cases where school

children were mugged. the neighbourhood watch scheme was launched following a number of attempted robberies at enfield grammar. the volunteers are working alongside police and local businesses. now, the patrol has been set up to empower the community, empower pa rents to empower the community, empower parents to kind of the eyes and ears for the police because it has got out of control, the number of children that are being mugged. tube passengers are being promised faster, more efficent services on some lines, thanks to a new digital signalling system. the first section's just been completed between hammersmith and latimer road. tube bosses say the upgrade should mean trains can run closer together on the circle, district, hammersmith and city, and metropolitan lines from 2021. the bbc has been criticised by a group of mps for the way it's handled the redevelopment of the eastenders set at elstree studios. the revamped albert square set is almost five years behind

schedule, and £27 million over budget. the bbc says there were challenges during the project which were beyond its control. travel now. on the tube, there's been a signal failure, which means the circle line has severe delays anticlockwise, and there's no district line between high street kensington and edgware road. now be aware if you are heading off to sta nsted airport, the m11 is closed in both directions between junction 7 for harlow and junction 8 for stansted. it's slowing things down on surrounding roads too. and some roadworks to tell you about, in hounslow, hanworth road is closed. and the a1 has one lane closed northbound, just before mill hill circus. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. well, it is quite a cloudy start out there this morning. the cloud built in overnight and thatis the cloud built in overnight and that is what has kept the weather mild. we get one or two thin areas of clouds and some brighter spells that may break here and there, so

glimmers of sunshine but the temperature getting up to 16 celsius. if you do get a sunny spells, could feel a little warmer. overnight tonight, hanging onto the cloud, simply spells here and there but largely cloudy and that cloud hangs around as we head into thursday as well. minimum temperature around seven or eight celsius. there are less breaks in the cloud tomorrow, so it is going to be predominantly rather grey but again, we're hanging onto this milder air. temperatures up in the mid midteens,16 celsius potentially. similar conditions of fide, we have still got some sunny spells abound as we head into the weekend, we get a cold front that moves in overnight, introducing some slightly cooler air but we should see a little bit more in the way of sunshine. i'm back in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now.

hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. it is 6:30am. we will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast this morning: we will be in the brecon beacons to meet the man who has battled through all four seasons to climb the highest peak in south wales 365 times in 365 days. he has just a few days left to reach his goal. also this morning, we will be joined by the woman who can detect parkinson's disease using her sense of smell. today, academics will release research into her ground—breaking ability. and after 9:00am, world memory grandmaster mark channon will be here to put us to the test. he has some tips on how we can all improve our memory. are you as worried about that as i am? it is the test thing, isn't it?

it is just the test on national television. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: funerals are taking place in christchurch for some of the 50 people killed last friday when a gunman attacked two mosques. speaking to bbc news, the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, has called for a global fight to root out racist right—wing ideology. my my call would be a global one. you know, i am very clear here to make the distinction that, yes, this was an australian citizen, but that is not to say that we do not have ideology in new zealand that would be an affront to the majority of new zealanders, that would be utterly rejected by the majority, the vast majority, of new zealanders. but we still have an opportunity to weed it out where it exists, and make sure that we never create an environment where it can flourish. but i would make that a global call. theresa may will write to the president of the european council, donald tusk, today to formally ask for brexit

to be postponed. it is still not clear how long the prime minister wants the proposed extension to be. any delay beyond the scheduled departure date of 29 march needs the approval of all 27 remaining eu member states, who will meet with the pm at a summit in brussels tomorrow. at least 300 people have been killed by cyclone idai, which has triggered a massive disaster in southern africa. the un says millions of people across mozambique, zimbabwe and malawi could be affected by widespread flooding and devastation. our reporter kathryn stanczyszyn reports. this is the aftermath of cyclone idai. rescue agencies are working round—the—clock in mozambique, zimbabwe and malawi, but many trucks are stuck on roads that have become impossible. the un says hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people have been affected. five days ago, cyclone idai hit the

continent's south—eastern coast, wreaking destruction across a huge area. it first made landfall near the mozambique city of beira, burying some as homes collapsed, leaving many in a desperate situation. my house is broken stop in my house, i have nothing to eat, and nothing, nothing. from morning up and nothing, nothing. from morning up until now, we have nothing to eat. powerful floodwaters swept inland, taking with them houses, roads and people. 600,000 people affected, possibly even going up to 1.7 and more million people affected by cyclones and flooding, communication completely broken, infrastructure severely damaged. we are bringing down helicopters and we starting the food distribution for people affected in the flood and the cyclone affected areas. in zimbabwe, whole villages were swept away, displacing tens of thousands. the united nations says the world not yet realised the sheer scale of this disaster, and more help is urgently

needed. two people have been arrested by police investigating the deaths of three teenagers in a crush outside a disco in county tyrone. one of the men, michael mcelhatton, is the owner of the greenvale hotel in cookstown, where the incident happened. the two men are being held on suspicion of manslaughter. the number of modern slavery cases involving british children more than doubled last year, according to the national crime agency. it says county lines gangs, who work to move drugs from cities into rural areas, are fuelling the rise, as they often use children to transport illegal substances. one in ten cases of psychosis could be linked to use of smoking high—potency cannabis, according to a major study from king's college london. researchers from the university studied drug—users in europe and brazil and found that people who smoke strong forms of the drug are at a much greater risk of suffering from serious mental illnesses.

if you don't know already, it is the international day of happiness. and to mark the occasion, here are some of the things that make us smile. for me, it is the freedom of open—water swimming. i'm happiest when about to tuck into a great big waffle. i feel bad because ifeel bad because it i feel bad because it was ifeel bad because it was my birthday yesterday as you mentioned on—air. kids wanted waffles and pancakes. our director is saying thatis pancakes. our director is saying that is not very appetising. the syrup went on later. it arrives like that and you can add as much or as little sara benz you want. carol loves spending time with her beautiful boy, donald. this view of tynemouth is what makes steph happy, because it means she is going back

to the north—east to hang out with family and friends. and a scenic pic from sally, too. a bit of mountain air, it is actually a bar. skiing is very lovely, but i like being out in the fresh air. you stop and get yourself a cheeky hot chocolate. sit on one of those deckchairs. and weight. just watch people going past. of those deckchairs. and weight. just watch people going pastm of those deckchairs. and weight. just watch people going past. it is not the point of a skiing holiday. actually, i have never been skiing —— wait. i know lots of people enjoy skiing. it is a brilliant sport. it isa skiing. it is a brilliant sport. it is a waste of a holiday. why? it is just too much stuff to do. there is kit to put on, administration... there is so much admin, and if you

go with children it is really hard work. and it is not cheap, is it. you have to buy a lot of things to go skiing. i borrow a lot of stuff. are you are you k—12? exactly, let's share. —— uk—12. are you are you k—12? exactly, let's share. -- uk-12. it is like you have never even had coffee, you don't know what you are missing out on. two i can smell coffee, and i know it is going to taste vile. every morning, when you're espresso turns up. —— when you're espresso turns up. —— when you're espresso turns up. —— when you're espresso turns up. —— your. up. —— when you're espresso turns up. -- your. how about some team spirit. so raheem sterling is back with his england team—mates ahead of two euro 2020 qualifiers against the czech republic and montenegro, and his team—mates have given him their full backing over his criticism of the way that black players are portrayed in the media. natalie pirks reports.

this england team is flying, but it is not only results that have been a breath of fresh air. where previous players were afraid to speak their minds, the rise of social media has given modern football is a voice. and in raheem sterling's case, a powerful one. after he was allegedly racially abused at chelsea earlier this season, he took to instagram to say the media's different treatment of black and white players helps to fuel racism. today, his team—mate danny rose said the squad back him unequivocally. when he put the post up unequivocally. when he put the post up about, you know, the media, we we re up about, you know, the media, we were all over the moon with that, because we all agree. and raheem was spot on. raheem was only saying what we all say in the dressing rooms. rose understands what sterling has been through. he was himself the

subject of racist abuse from serbian fans, playing for england in 2012. before last yea r‘s world fans, playing for england in 2012. before last year's world cup, stirling's gun tatupu, a reference to his late father, gonna get more negative headlines —— sterling. that was another source of frustration. it was just was another source of frustration. it wasjust sad, was another source of frustration. it was just sad, really. he was 100% spot on with what he said, that the stick he used to get from the media was bang out of order. southgate's rain is notable for the squad's togetherness. with this trophy up for grabs this summer, this camaraderie could be key. c? group hug, that is what we should all be doing, later. after a skiing session. with a coffee. wales play tonight. they have got a friendly against trinidad and tobago in wrexham. and boss ryan giggs has found himself defending the class of ‘92, after criticism from zlatan ibrahimovic. the swede says the group of manchester united legends are too critical of the club, because of their loyalty to former boss sir alex ferguson.

when you play over 2000 games between us, we're going have an opinion. sometimes positive, sometimes negative, but i don't think that has any bearing on results, or anything. so think that has any bearing on results, oranything. so yes, we think that has any bearing on results, or anything. so yes, we are supporters of the club. together with other ex—players, you know, who are on tv, or on radio. that is what football is about, having different opinions. but obviously he knows more about the club than us. i think he has allowed an opinion, after that amount of games. let's not argue with him. it is a really big day for bolton wanderers. the championship side face a winding—up order at the high court over an unpaid tax bill. they were in talks over a take—over, but that all fell apart yesterday. the fa cup is staying on the bbc. a new four—year deal will see 18

live matches broadcast every season. that is more than ever before. the deal runs until at least 2025, and includes online clips and highlights. britain's most successful cycling team is now owned by britain's richest man. sirjim ratcliffe has bought team sky and will full take control on 1 may. when that happens, the name will change to team ineos, after the petrochemical company that he owns. ratcliffe will pump around £40 million a year into the team. and are you ready for a bit of basketball brilliance from america's nba? all in. this is steph curry. he is one of the best players in the game, and this is why. i believe they refer to that as downtown. the celebration is as good as that. it is inside his own d. so

casual, as well. did you not like the hip bump as well? probably about six foot in the air. ski jumping. carol has magnolias. good morning, and they are all magnificent. lots of different varieties. this one is commonly known as the saucer magnolia, because it isjust like commonly known as the saucer magnolia, because it is just like a saucer, it is beautiful. and the magnolias, horticulturalists say, are the best they have been for ten yea rs are the best they have been for ten years due to the hot summer we have had and the lack of frost we have had, although this weekend some of us may well see a frost on saturday night. talking of the weather, here at rhs wisley, in surrey this morning, it is fairly cloudy. you might be able to hear the birds chirping and for many of us the

forecast is a cloudy one. notjust forecast is a cloudy one. notjust for today but for the next few days and for most it will remain mild. on the ms chart you can see the yellow and amber indicating that today is going to be mild. some of us will see some sunshine, and it could get up see some sunshine, and it could get up as high as 16 or 17 degrees. this morning, a cloudy start, some fog around, fog across north—west england, south—west england and wales. around the hills, the coast, the moors will have it as well. if you are travelling, do take extra care. there is some drizzle across parts of scotland, northern ireland and wales as well. but for most it isa dry and wales as well. but for most it is a dry start. we do have a weather front coming in across the north—west of scotland. that is going to bring in some rain, turning heavier through the day, and stronger winds. the best breaks are likely to be the midlands, east anglia, the south—east, and lincolnshire, there that is where we could hit 16 or 17 degrees. as we had in across the evening and overnight, ran across the west. the wind will ease a little bit towards the end of the night and there will bea the end of the night and there will be a lot of cloud. here and there we will see some breaks in the cloud,

around the midlands, for example, and east anglia. we not anticipating any problems with frost. tomorrow is likely to be a cloudier day than today, and we start off with all that ran across the north—west of scotland. the winds will fall lighter that rain starts to retreat back towards the north—west corner. temperatures tomorrow still pretty good for the time of year, if you like it that bit milder. we are looking at hires up to about 16. and then, as we head on into friday, well, first thing on friday it is going to be very windy across the north—west, and it is going to continue so as we go through the day. here also there will be some rain, and that rain is going to move steadily southwards, getting into northern england and north wales by the end of the day. but it is bumping into high pressure, so it is not going to be as heavy. but it will be windy here as well. move away from the north of the country, it is going to be fairly cloudy. some brighter breaks. still, head of

the weather front we're looking at about 16. behind it it will be chillier, and we will start to see some showers. some of those will be wintry on the tops of the hills. for the weekend, just a heads up, that rain quickly clears the south—east and the southern areas there will be and the southern areas there will be a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of cloud, since any spells. for the northern half, especially the north—west, at times it will be wet and windy. thank you very much, carol. i am in a and windy. thank you very much, carol. iam in a bit and windy. thank you very much, carol. i am in a bit of that mood, i made a mistake. on the scale of mistakes, how big is this mistake? that is it, ourfriendship is over. around the as soon as i said to dennis, because i thought when i saw that picture. —— tidmouth. i thought it must be tidmouth and as soon as it must be tidmouth and as soon as it is time. like tynemouth.” it must be tidmouth and as soon as it is time. like tynemouth. i did the new cake. yes, very much so. i

will not get it wrong again. what we talking about, landlords? yes, this is really interesting actually. if you ask someone who rents a home and you ask someone who rents a home and you do not think that the standard the house is good enough. so there is research out from shelter which is research out from shelter which is all about rented properties that people live in and they say there are about1 million rented homes which are not fit for human habitation, and there are around 2.5 million people who live in these 1 million people who live in these 1 million homes. they are saying they arejust million homes. they are saying they are just not good enough for people and the problems are things like pest and asbestos and really horrible things, that could make it really damp as well and things like that. so there have been rules about this in the past, in 1985 there was hills around the landlord had to give you the basic requirements for

this, but the problem has been this has been enforced by local authorities and given the council cuts and things like that we have talked about over the years, they've not been able to basically, some of them have not been able to enforce this, the landlords got away with it. right, so there is new law. what does it say? hello this is the homes or fitness for human habitation act. what they are saying is that now the landlords have to make sure that homes do not have things like asbestos, pest, or problems of noise and dampness and that is the responsibility and if the tenant feels like the landlord is not making their home like this, they cannot take them to court. so it is a real change to give more power to te na nts, a real change to give more power to tenants, so that is the main change try and improve things for people. and what have landlord said in reaction to this? lol, the body that represents landlords has welcomed this, this, saying this is good because it would help get rid of the

landlords who then give everyone else a bad reputation. —— well. there was some concern that tenants might be too afraid to actually take the landlord to court or say to the landlord this is not good enough, in case the landlord and just tries to evict them and this is something shelter have talked to us about. well, there still a problem of evictions and so—called revenge evictions, where people can be thrown out of their accommodation no other reason than asking the landlord to keep to their responsibilities. look, we're calling on the government to change the law to give people the tenancies, so that there is protection but also people are worried about that, reach the organisations like shelter, like citizens advice, who will help them see that process because no—one should go to either homelessness or the fear of homelessness on their own. that is the head of the charity shelter there. this is really important. if you are someone who rents, please get in touch with us

because i would love to know how you deal with it. here's a new date for your diaries: may 22nd. that's rumoured to be theresa may's new target for officially leaving the eu. downing street says this morning that she will not be asking for a long extension. is europe willing to give one at all? mairead mcguinness is an mep and vice president of the european parliament. she joins us from brussels. thank you very much for getting a bit of your time on bbc breakfast today. we have heard from number ten today. we have heard from number ten today that it is not going to be a long extension, any idea from your end of things about how long is long and how should a short, if that is a decent question? well, it probably is given the uncertainty that we face but good morning and i am glad tojoin you. —— how short is face but good morning and i am glad to join you. —— how short is short. i think we're all waiting to see what the letter from the prime minister will contain and we all a short extension, everything will be considered as michel barnier said yesterday, that in a sense we need to understand what this time. would

be useful in what the outcome would be useful in what the outcome would be andi be useful in what the outcome would be and i think that is clarified, i think there should be a willingness to grantan think there should be a willingness to grant an extension, but i think there will be a lot of discussion about it, just as there has been here in the european parliament yesterday because people are concerned about a rolling offence, so for example, one of our biggest fears might be that perhaps a short extension is requested and granted and then at the end of that period, we might be no better place than we are today. so i think the leaders of you would like to avoid that rolling uncertainty, i think british citizens would also like to avoid that rolling uncertainty, and then the question will be asked, if we get this short extension but nothing is cleared in that time period, we then roll into a longer extension and as you probably know, there are and as you probably know, there are a lot of convocations around that, not least elections to the european parliament. exactly, which is why made the 22nd was one of the key dates we mentioned an to your interview. do you get the feeling

there is a growing sense of frustration and also bewilderment at the fact that is such a long time since actually the referendum took place and yet, very little has been organised just a few days before the official date for leaving? well, i think there is an understanding that there is a deep crisis in the house of commons in terms of being able to make a decision to bring this issue forward. we understand the complications, but i suppose we are ina way complications, but i suppose we are in a way unable to do any more than watch proceedings in the house of commons. i would watch proceedings in the house of commons. iwould imagine watch proceedings in the house of commons. i would imagine that citizens all over europe, including the united kingdom, frustrated, just as you say we might be bewildered by these things, but it is much more serious than just being bewildered because we have a duty of care to ensure that the european union is not damaged excessively from brexit and indeed, ithink not damaged excessively from brexit and indeed, i think the united kingdom does not want to be damaged by it. but we have always said that what we're doing now is to try and limit the extent of the damage

because we do not believe that brexit is good for anybody, let alone you appointed the united kingdom, so whatever we might feel about what is happening, we are also anxious to try and make sure that there is a direction of travel which gives us clarity about the brexit process. “— gives us clarity about the brexit process. —— let alone the united kingdom. i think you about enjoying this back to 2016, when the referendum took place, and i suppose it isa referendum took place, and i suppose it is a good comfort for me to say thatis it is a good comfort for me to say that is a shame in a way that when the referendum being contemplated by the referendum being contemplated by the former prime minister, he really did not show or talk to the citizens of the united kingdom about the process of brexit, the complexity of it, indeed the damage it inflicts all over the place and in particular, the reason close to where i represent, which is of course the invisible border with northern ireland. i think one of the complexities which is just struck me in the early hours of this morning is the legislation currently on the statute books in the united kingdom, which states the exit then 29th of march, that in a way that cannot be

changed unless and until, to use that phrase, the european union grantan that phrase, the european union grant an extension. we in this very difficult situation but it looks like it could be next week. —— we are in. i know that businesses and citizens are really, really worried about that, letting it run to the 11th hour. it is really bad for everyone. on the sort of letting things one, politicians here, whenever we interview them on this programme, we hear them say, a lot of them talk about the fact that the eu likes to negotiate right down to the wire. do you think that you can still see further discussions and meetings happening right up until that date of the 28, 20 ninth of march? well, let's be very clear. last monday in strasbourg, the british prime minister and jean—claude juncker had a british prime minister and jean—claudejuncker had a very strong and very short press conference because you have did show more flexibility and the president

of the commission was very clear in saying that look, this was being delivered, but there was no further room. “— delivered, but there was no further room. —— 29th of march. i think they're very room. —— 29th of march. i think they‘ re very clear room. —— 29th of march. i think they're very clear here in the european union that the withdrawal agreement negotiated by the british prime minister and indeed, agreement negotiated by the british prime ministerand indeed, much agreement negotiated by the british prime minister and indeed, much of a negotiated by her, is the only deal on the table, it gives clarity on the irish border issue, gives clarity on a number of key issues and of course, when we get over this difficulty of ratifying the little agreement, we can then talk about a future, which we hope will be a very strong future, of a shared relationship between the european union and the united kingdom. i know it is being floated that this is what you have does, this is far too serious an issue for us to think that at the 11th hour we can flick a switch because remember, if the extension is wanting to the 11th hour, the legislation in the united kingdom may be in a lacuna because it has to be ratified by both

houses. seen away, these are decisive days and i would urge people who think otherwise, that we can rewrite what has been done, to think very carefully about what they are putting at risk here. —— so anyway. perhaps think of their own citizens in the i did kingdom wayne shaw will be frustrated at the length of time, the amount of energy and political capital that is going into this issue. —— in the united kingdom, who i am sure will be frustrated. that is very bad for politics and i hope we can resolve it in all of our interests. ok, really good to talk to you. thank you very much, the vice president of the european parliament, with much to think about on another brexit morning. an amazing story of dedication and endurance this. almost a year ago, des lally from brecon set himself a daunting challenge. he promised himself he'd climb pen y fan — the highest peak in south wales —

365 times in as many days, and raise a lot of money for charity in the process. now, he's just days away from completing the mammoth task. john maguire hasjoined him not quite all of the days that right at the end. good morning to you. yeah, well, we had a bit of a wonder there yesterday. brecon beacons, as you see, looking absolutely magnificent this morning. in very fine voice, des lally, aren't they? what was this, what have you done? things and 56, sojust what was this, what have you done? things and 56, so just a few more to go. way doing it? i'm doing it for cancer research uk. why did you decide to choice those charities?” chosen because dad was in the army for 20 years and my mum has had three different types of cancer. and what is it been like? has it been a bit more of a physical challenge?m is one of those things that when you pull up

is one of those things that when you pullup in the is one of those things that when you pull up in the car park at say nine o'clock at night, it is dark, 70, 80 miles an hour winds with driving means, is one of those things that you've just got to get out of the carand get on your you've just got to get out of the car and get on your way that you've only got think about the reasons you're doing it for. and you have worked through seven pairs of trainers and raised £35,000. people have been keeping up with what you have been keeping up with what you have been keeping up with what you have been doing on facebook. yeah, and if people want to donate, they can go onto that. all right, good stuff. saturday is your last one, people are meeting him at 11 o'clock so if anyone is this neck of the woods, they can probably come along. yeah, the more the merrier because it has been a joy forever. good luck. thank you very much indeed. more for des lally and the support crew later on in the programme. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. parents in north london have become so concerned about the safety

of schoolchildren that they've launched their own street patrols to protect them from being mugged. the neighbourhood watch scheme was launched following a number of attempted robberies at enfield grammar. the volunteers are working alongside police and local businesses. now, the patrol‘s been set up to empower the community, empower parents to kind of be eyes and ears for the police, because it has got out of control, the number of children that are being mugged. a man's been shot by police and an officer's been injured, after an incident at a house in east london last night. the 28—year—old man is said to be in a life threatening condition in hospital, after armed police were told a suspect was threatening to kill people at a house in hackney. one officer was slashed with a knife. the independent office for police conduct have launched an investigation. tube passengers are being promised faster, more efficent services on some lines, thanks to a new digital signalling system. the first section's just been completed between hammersmith and latimer road.

tube bosses say the upgrade should mean trains can run closer together on the circle, district, hammersmith & city, and metropolitan lines from 2021. the bbc has been criticised by a group of mps for the way it's handled the redevelopment of the eastenders set at elstree studios. the revamped albert square set is almost five years behind schedule and £27 million over budget. the bbc says there were challenges during the project, which were beyond its control. let's take a look at the travel now. on the tube, there has been a signal failure, which means the circle line has severe delays. and there's no district line between high street, kensington and edgware road. some good news if you are heading to stansted airport — the m11 has reopened in both directions betweenjunction 7 for harlow and junction 8 for stansted. and in hounslow, hanworth road is closed for gas works. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning.

well, it's quite a cloudy start out there this morning. the cloud built in overnight and that's what's kept the weather mild. and it stays mild as well do the day. —— throughout. we get one or two thin areas of clouds and some brighter spells, it that may break here and there, so glimmers of sunshine but the temperature getting up to 16 celsius. if you do get a sunny spell, it could feel a little warmer. now, overnight tonight, hanging onto the cloud, some clear spells here and there but largely cloudy and that cloud hangs around as we head into thursday as well. minimum temperature around seven or eight celsius. but there's less breaks in the cloud tomorrow, so it is going to be predominantly rather grey, but again, we're hanging onto this milder air. temperatures up in the midteens, 16 celsius potentially. similar conditions for friday, we've still got some sunny spells around but then as we head into the weekend, we get a cold front which moves in overnight on friday, introducing some slightly cooler air, but we should see a little bit more

in the way of sunshine. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. impassable good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: as the first funerals take place for the victims of the christchurch mosque shootings, new zealand's prime minister calls for a global fight against racist right—wing ideology. we absolutely have to learn the lessons from both what gave rise to the ugly ideology of this individual, and what environments allow that to grow and to potentially spread. theresa may writes to the eu asking for brexit to be postponed. downing street says she won't be seeking a long delay. we have a special report from campaigner deborah james, who has incurable bowel cancer,

as she tries to find out where she wants to die. less do it yourself, and more get someone else to do it, when it comes to home improvements. i'll be looking at how diy businesses are suffering because we're hiring more professionals. we're right behind raheem. sterling's england team—mates say he was right to criticise the way black players are portrayed in the media. the squeaky cleaner. meet metal mickey, the mouse who tidies up at night. good morning from rhs wisley in surrey. today is the spring equinox. the weather is fairly cloudy for most of us, wet and windy conditions in the north—west at some of us will see some sunshine, but highs of 16 or 17 see some sunshine, but highs of 16 or17 —— but see some sunshine, but highs of 16 or 17 —— but some of us will see some sunshine. it is wednesday 20 march.

our top story: funerals are taking place in new zealand for some of the 50 people killed last friday when a gunman attacked two mosques. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, has called for a global fight to root out racist right—wing ideology. our news correspondent phil mercer joins us now from christchurch. what more can you tell us, phil? really good to have you on the programme once again. i know you have been positioned there and you have been positioned there and you have seen an awful lot over the last few days and we have heard a lot from the new zealand prime minister as well. what else has she been saying? she says there will be a two minute silence on friday to mark the one week and —— anniversary of this atrocity. the prime minister has also visited a high school in the city. it lost two of its pupils and a former student as well. the school's principal said that the events last friday had been cruel and tough on children, and the staff. jacinda ardern also saying that the gun laws here in new

zealand, there are far too many loopholes, and those laws would be strengthened, and the prime minister saying that new zealand had been targeted by the gunmen because it was a safe country. —— gunman. i happen to be, though, the prime minister of a particularly peaceful nation, an inclusive nation, a place where 200 ethnicities and 160 languages are spoken. we pride ourselves on being well known as a welcoming place. in fact, the terrorist who brought this act to new zealand chose us for this terrorist act because we are all of those things. we have also heard from new zealand's police commissioner, and he said that friday's atrocity could have been even worse. the police believe that they arrested the gunman when he was on this way to perpetrate more mass murder. he was

arrested within 21 minutes of the first emergency call being made. some good news about the survivors. about 29 people still in hospital. a four—year—old girl critically ill in a hospital in auckland, but the doctors say that she is recovering and that she is almost certainly likely to pull through. good to talk to you, as ever. downing street has confirmed that theresa may will formally seek a short extension to brexit today. the prime minister will make the request in a letter to the president of the european council, donald tusk. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster with the latest. we know one thing new this morning. a short extension. how short? good morning, yes, short is open to interpretation by people, but my understanding is short when it comes to downing street is not beyond the end ofjune. the guidance is that if

theresa may gets a deal through parliament, rejected twice before by mps, it could be an even shorter period. what she will be doing is asking the eu for a maximum extension, but that maximum extension, but that maximum extension will not exist beyond the end ofjune, it will not go into the summer. and that is hugely significant because obviously where we stood about 24 hours ago is we felt that her argument would be that you could have a short extension if you could have a short extension if you back my deal. if you don't, you are facing the prospect of a longer extension or no brexit at all. that second threat has disappeared entirely, because she is going for a short extension. had she not done so, she may have lost members of her cabinet who were very uncomfortable about any longer extension. but what it doesn't do is take the threat, if you like, of no deal off the table. it simply moves it further down the line. essentially mps will still be faced with the same choice had there been a vote of no deal this week, and that is to either back the deal or risk leaving the european union

without a deal at all. one thing a short extension will not allow is another referendum, and downing street insiders are also suggesting it wouldn't give enough time for a radically different plan either. so much today just, radically different plan either. so much todayjust, thank you very much. our brussels reporter adam fleming can tell us how this is likely to go down with the other eu leaders. adam, we are going all over the place today, we have spoken about how the eu will respond, but this news has a sort of broken in the last hour or so. you have your ear very close to the ground. how will it go down? i think the eu 27, the other countries, will be ok with a short extension because that was the easiest option on the one that eve ryo ne easiest option on the one that everyone could agree on before it started to get a bit difficult. however, i think they will not fully approve it until next week, after there has been a vote in parliament. so the summit tomorrow might not be the end of the story. when is it ever the end of the story? the eu

will also be worried that after the three months the uk will be back asking for another extension, and that will bring with it a lot of problems. and i think they will also be worried about the point that ian made, which is is thisjust the no deal cliff edge, as it is known, postponed from march tojune? i suspect that when the eu leaders gather tomorrow they will still have the option of a longer extension in their back pocket, and that option comes with loads of other stuff, for example the uk having to take part in the european parliament elections which would be happening in may, but which would be happening in may, but which the uk would have to decide to participate in in april. so maybe this short extension is actually a bit shorter than it looks. many dates for the diary to be considered, again. ithink you dates for the diary to be considered, again. i think you have to make sure your diary is changeable, at the moment. at least 300 people have been killed by cyclone idai, which has triggered a massive disaster in southern africa. the un says millions of people across mozambique,

zimbabwe and malawi could be affected by widespread flooding and devastation. our reporter shingai nyoka is in zimbabwe this morning. this is the aftermath of cyclone idai. rescue agencies are working round—the—clock in mozambique, zimbabwe and malawi, but many trucks are stuck on roads that have become impassible. the un says hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people have been affected. five days ago, cyclone idai hit the continent's south—eastern coast, wreaking destruction across a huge area. it first made landfall near the mozambique city of beira, burying some as homes collapsed, leaving many in a desperate situation. my house is broken. and in my house, i don't have nothing to eat — nothing, nothing. from morning up to now, we have nothing to eat. powerful floodwaters swept inland, taking with them houses, roads and people.

600,000 people affected, possibly even going up to 1.7 and more million people affected by cyclone and flooding. communication completely broken, infrastructure severely damaged. we're bringing down helicopters and we've started the food distribution for all the people affected in the flood and the cyclone—affected areas. in zimbabwe, whole villages were swept away, displacing tens of thousands. the united nations says the world has not yet realised the sheer scale of this disaster, and more help is urgently needed. two people have been arrested by police investigating the deaths of three teenagers in a crush outside a disco in county tyrone. one of the men, michael mcelhatton, is the owner of the greenvale hotel in cookstown, where the incident happened. the two men are being held on suspicion of manslaughter. the number of modern slavery cases involving british children more than doubled last year,

according to the national crime agency. it says county lines gangs, who work to move drugs from cities into rural areas, are fuelling the rise, as they often use children to transport illegal substances. one in ten cases of psychosis could be linked to use of smoking high—potency cannabis, according to a major study from king's college london. researchers from the university studied drug users in europe and brazil and found that people who smoke strong forms of the drug are at a much greater risk of suffering from serious mental illnesses. a mouse that tidies up a shed in the middle of the night might sound like something from a fairy story. but it really happened, and we have the pictures to prove it. we saw it yesterday in the newspaper, but these are the moving pictures. steve mckears, who lives near bristol, set up a night—vision camera to solve the mystery of who was gathering bits and pieces from his workbench into a small container,

leaving the area squeaky clean. he caught this culprit red—handed and nicknamed him metal mickey. he spends hours putting everything backin he spends hours putting everything back in the box. i need a metal mickey in my life. you are watching brea kfast mickey in my life. you are watching breakfast from bbc. in 2016, alice ruggles was killed by her ex—boyfriend, a serving soldier who had persistently stalked her after their relationship ended. in the days before her death, alice contacted the police about trimaan dhillon's behaviour. yesterday, a review found the police and army missed opportunties —— opportunities to protect her, and recommendations have been made to the ministry of defence. will batchelor has more. alice ruggles was outgoing and popular, natural entertainer. but aidsjust 24, she popular, natural entertainer. but aids just 24, she was murdered popular, natural entertainer. but aidsjust 24, she was murdered by her stalker. her ex—boyfriend, a serving soldier, would not accept their relationship was over. he

harassed her online, over the phone, and repeatedly drove from his barix edinburgh to watch her flat in gateshead. trimaan, known as harry, had already been in trouble for similar behaviour. he received a restraining orderfor similar behaviour. he received a restraining order for harassing another ex—girlfriend while stationed in kent. he was then moved to scotland. his superior officers in edinburgh knew he was being abusive towards alice because northumbria police had told them. a review of the events which led to alice's murder has been published. in it, a number of recommendations, including three calling on the ministry of defence to change the way it deals with stalking by members of the forces. the ministry of defence said it was committed to tackling domestic abuse, and it would carefully review the report's recommendations. with us now are alice's parents, sue hills and clive ruggles. good morning to you. and before we

talk about, you know, what has been found and the review, let's just talk a little bit about alice. what was she like? alice was strong, independent, funny, she had the biggest personality, hundreds of friends. she was just a really bubbly, outgoing person. everything to live for. she was at a really good point in her life. clive, i know you have brought in the review which was published yesterday which iam sure which was published yesterday which i am sure you have read cover to cover. what have you made of some of the recommendations made in it? well, there a range of recommendations, some are national, some are local, some are national about better training, and so on, which we hope will be brought in everywhere. but it is the national ones which really concern us. there are ones for the police and there are ones for the police and there are ones for the police and there are ones about the army, and as far as the police are concerned, we have been pleased with the fact that a lot has been done since this happened, two years ago. things have been moving forward. we have been

working with the police to our charity, and so on, to try and learn lessons. we hope that the army will now look at some of these recommendations and start to learn lessons as well. that is what is going to make a change in the future, and hopefully make things better for any alices of the future. and there are so many things that they talk about, are there key things which would really have made a difference? i think the main thing really is awareness from... just general persons' awareness of stalking, because alice didn't realise she was being stalked until quite late on, this was just a boyfriend who wouldn't go away, and it is important to realise that what was happening is stalking, and it was happening is stalking, and it was very dangerous. was happening is stalking, and it was very dangerous. i don't think any of us realise that until it was too late. you spoke about how much alice meant to you, clearly. i know the review is about making sure, as you said, that someone else doesn't have to go through this. but this

must have caused devastation to your family. well, i think sometimes your memory cuts out what those first months were like. and sometimes i can be talking about alice, giving a talk to the police, or whatever, and it is almost as if you are talking about somebody else, and then it suddenly hits you, this is my daughter, we went through all of this. and that is something you live with all of your life, and it is always going to be there. and this isa always going to be there. and this is a way that we can hopefully at least make things better for some other people. you talk about awareness, and about everybody being more aware of what stalking is. i suppose, when do you start alerting people? when should people be thinking, well, actually maybe this goes beyond what might be considered normal behaviour? exactly, the boyfriend will not go away and how many times to contact you and you say no, do not want to speak you? i think you have got to

start to be worried when you get to week. that is, if you continue to do this, he was stalking me and that is a kind. and i think people need to be prepared to do that. then of course, from the police, et cetera, do you think there needs to be changed in some western attitudes, actually, this is a little bit concerning or more than concerning? yes, i think there has been a lack of understanding about the difference for example between harassment and stalking. stalking is about control, about obsession with one person on the problem is some police actions can make that worse, so the issuing of a protection order or something, which is a good thing and we have had the stalker protection law which is gone through la st protection law which is gone through last week, which is absolutely fantastic, but that is a challenge to that control, so the police have to that control, so the police have to be repaired to then follow up. if that order is breached, and it will bea that order is breached, and it will be a criminal offence to beach these new orders, then they have to act immediately because that is a really, really dangerous thing. do

you feel, throughout this process, i imagine you must have been frustrated when you look back and see some of the things that could have been done that were not done and nothing can change that now, but you just hope that nobody has to go through that process again? yes, so i think it is upsetting that failures were made, of course, but i think it would be more upsetting is if things are not changing and things are changing in a number of levels and that is good, both from the government level and within the criminal justice the government level and within the criminaljustice system, the government level and within the criminal justice system, the the government level and within the criminaljustice system, the cps and so on, starting to understand more about what stalking is, how serious it is and how it needs to be treated like a crime and treated accordingly. we just hope now that asa accordingly. we just hope now that as a result of this report, the army, which has some questions to answer, will also face up to the things that need to change and how they might deal with the perpetrator, an army perpetrator, who is making this sort of offence against a civilian. thank you. thank you both very much for coming to talk to us, about alice especially. just let you know, we did talk to

the mod, they that they will carefully review the report past recommendations, they set our thoughts are mainly alice's family and at this time, we are committed to tackling domestic abuse and last year launched a strategy to help tackle domestic abuse in all its forms. thank you. we know we have been through a lot, so thank you very much for sharing your time with us this morning, thank you. carol is at rhs wisley in surrey. she is showing some flowers and giving us the weather. morning carol. good morning, everyone. i'm surrounded by some magnificent flowers today, you can see the white one is called the magnolia style. it is because its petals are shaped like a star. when this one buds, it looks black and then it takes on this purple hue and this is about as much as it will open, where is this one is fully open. if i put it next

my head, it is not quite fully open, it is half open, it will open further and be about the size of a human head. both are beautiful, this one particularly. it has a gorgeous perfume. the weather today is partly cloudy and sorry, it is partly cloudy and sorry, it is partly cloudy across many areas and for the next three days, the forecast is a fairly cloudy one and it is also going to be quite mild to many of us. that really is the story today too. you can see in our chart, all the arrows indicating high temperatures and we would expect at this time of year, of course it is the spring equinox today and we could have highs of around about 16 or 17. this morning, we have got some fog in northwest and southwest england, wales, some drizzle here as well. we will see some breaks, the best of which are likely to be across the midlands, east anglia, parts of northern england, lincolnshire, for example. the north—west of scotland, we have

weather front coming north—west of scotland, we have weatherfront coming in, bringing persistent rain by the afternoon and here too, we will have some gusty winds. the weather front will still be with us, the wind will ease slightly and away from here, we're looking at a fair bit of cloud, still some breaks across the midlands and parts of the south—east but nonetheless, we're not expecting anyissues but nonetheless, we're not expecting any issues with frost. tomorrow, we start off with a weather front still very much in the north—western corner, bringing in the vein, still quite easy in that vein will retreat into the far north—west through the day. —— rain. there will be some sunshine around though, especially in the shelter of any hills, to the east of any hills, up to about 16 at best. then as we start off on friday, we start off and very windy note. city north—west of scotland, will have some rain, that rain sinking into northern england and

the north of wales. storms in the far north—west, away from all of this we're looking at a cloudy day, or two cloudy breaks here and there and still temperatures into low teens. —— sonny banks. behind the weather front producing that rain, it will turn a bit cooler and temperatures are likely to be wintry on the hills. those magnolias are just beautiful. thank you very much, we will see you later. it's a decision many of us dread to think about — where we want to die. but for deborah james, host of podcast you, me and the big c, it's one she's coming to terms with. deborah has incurable bowel cancer, and since the death of her friend and fellow podcaster rachel bland last year, she says she's been forced to confront the difficult choices she will eventually have to make. she invited us tojoin her as she visited a hospice

for the first time. for me, hospices are places that people go to die and only go to die. perhaps, it's a place where there is no hope. hi. hi deborah. i'm dallas. welcome to trinity. i'm a little bit nervous. of course you are, of course you are. that's just fine, it's really natural. i'm deborahjames, i'm 37 years old and i have incurable stage iv bowel cancer. i have two young children, age nine and age 11. only 8% of people will survive with my type of cancer, so therefore i have to ask myself the question, how will i die and how do i want to die? have you ever seen that film one flew over the cuckoo's nest? i liken it to that, that we're all a bit weird. i'm meeting catherine,

who also has stage iv cancer. i have twins and they were 11 at the time of my diagnosis and ijust thought, this is not going to get me, those children are not going to grow up without their mum. and i came here and it wasjust like a warm blanket wrapped around me, ijust felt cared for. hospice and palliative care isn't just there for those last few weeks of life, for the very end of life. they're there to support people who are going through exactly what you're going through. so actually, about 80% of what we do happens out in the community. wow. is a hospicejust full of old people? no, no, it's not. we're an adult hospice... i co—host you, me and the big c on radio 5 live. sadly, last year, my friend and my colleague, rachel bland, died at the age of 44 from breast cancer. rachel was very clear about her wishes to die at home. for me, the home is a sacred place

that i want to protect for my children and i want them to have these happy memories of home, i don't want them to remember me dying at home. it's quite hard work, dying. you know. trevor is 67. he was given three months to live in december, after being diagnosed with liver cancer. have you accepted your death? yeah. do you have any regrets? i think not pursuing. wine, women and song. but i'm not going to play for chelsea now. i don't look on the hospice as a place to die in, it's for living still, you know. can i give you a hug? i think you're amazing. thank you so much for sharing. six months ago, i wouldn't even have had a conversation about the idea of going to a hospice.

the question is, when the time comes, is this the place that i would like to come to die? the answer is, i still don't know. she is a wonderful woman and we will be speaking to her. thank you for doing that for us because i'm sure lots of people maybe in similar situations, facing similar questions. we'll be talking to her here about 8:10am as well. and her podcast one podcast of the year. deservedly as well. —— won. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. parents in north london have become so concerned about the safety of schoolchildren,

that they've launched their own street patrols to protect them from being mugged. the neighbourhood watch scheme was launched following a number of attempted robberies at enfield grammar. the volunteers are working alongside police and local businesses. the police cuts have been huge, we're all feeling it. if we had more police on the streets, then this would be happening right now that what it is doing is it is creating better community cohesion and we're all feeling a part of something to try and a difference in a local community. —— make a difference. a man's been shot by police and an officer's been injured, after an incident at a house in east london last night. the 28—year—old man is said to be in a life threatening condition in hospital. that was after police were told a suspect was threatening to kill people at a house in hackney. one officer was slashed with a knife. the independent office for police conduct have launched an investigation. tube passengers are being promised faster, more efficent services,

thanks to a new digital signalling system. the first section's just been completed between hammersmith and latimer road. tube bosses say it means trains will run closer together on the circle, district, hammersmith & city, and metropolitan lines from 2021. the bbc has been criticised by a group of mps for the way it's handled the redevelopment of the eastenders set at elstree studios. the revamped albert square set is almost five years behind schedule and £27 million over budget. the bbc says there were challenges which were beyond its control. let's take a look now at the travel. on the tube, there's been a signal failure, which means the circle line has severe delays anticlockwise, and no district line between high street kensington and edgware road. on the roads. this is how it looks in wapping, busier than usual on the highway coming into town, after an accident earlier. and in hounslow, hanworth road is closed for gas works. the a1 has one lane closed northbound, just before mill hill circus. now the weather with kate kinsella.

good morning. well, it's quite a cloudy start out there this morning. the cloud built in overnight and that's what's kept the weather mild. and it stays mild as well through the day. now, we get one or two thin areas of clouds, there's some brighter spells, it may break here and there, so glimmers of sunshine but the temperature getting up to 16 celsius. if you do get a sunny spell, it could feel a little warmer. now, overnight tonight, hanging onto the cloud, some clear spells here and there but largely cloudy and that cloud hangs around as we head into thursday as well. minimum temperature around seven or eight celsius. but there's less breaks in the cloud tomorrow, so it is going to be predominantly rather grey, but again, we're hanging onto this milder air. temperatures up in the midteens, 16 celsius potentially. similar conditions for friday, we've still got some sunny spells around, but then as we head into the weekend, we get a cold front which moves in overnight on friday into saturday, introducing some slightly cooler air, but we should see a little bit more in the way of sunshine.

i'm back with more in around half an hour. plenty more news, travel and weather on our website at the usual address. now it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. here is a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: funerals have been taking place in christchurch for some of the 50 people killed last friday when a gunman attacked two mosques. speaking to bbc news, the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, has called for a global fight to root out racist right—wing ideology. my call would be a global one. you know, i am very clear here to make the distinction that, yes, this was an australian citizen. but that is not to say that we do not have ideology in new zealand that would be an affront to the majority of new zealanders, that would be utterly rejected by the majority, the vast majority, of new zealanders. but we still have an opportunity to weed it out where it exists, and make sure that we never

create an environment where it can flourish. but i would make that a global call. some breaking news this morning: downing street has confirmed that theresa may will not be asking for a long postponement of brexit when she writes to the president of the european council, donald tusk, later today. officials say the public are fed up of waiting for the result of the referendum to be honoured, and mrs may shares their frustration. any delay beyond the scheduled departure date of 29 march needs the approval of all 27 remaining eu member states, who will meet with the pm at a summit in brussels tomorrow. at least 300 people have been killed by cyclone idai, which has triggered a massive disaster in southern africa. the un says millions of people across mozambique, zimbabwe and malawi could be affected by widespread flooding and devastation. rescue agencies are working to help survivors, but many aid trucks are stuck on roads

that are impassable. two people have been arrested by police investigating the deaths of three teenagers in a crush outside a disco in county tyrone. one of the men, michael mcelhatton is the owner of the greenvale hotel in cookstown, where the incident happened. the two men are being held on suspicion of manslaughter. one in ten cases of psychosis could be linked to use of smoking high—potency cannabis, according to a major study from king's college london. researchers from the university studied drug users in europe and brazil and found that people who smoke strong forms of the drug are at a much greater risk of suffering from serious mental illnesses. and happy international day of

happiness. to mark the occasion, we showed you some things that made us happy. was it cake that made you happy. was it cake that made you ha ppy, waffles ? happy. was it cake that made you happy, waffles? yesterday you mentioned it was my birthday. and you brought in a kick today, which was lovely. it is never too early, chocolate cake at 5:25 a. m.. was lovely. it is never too early, chocolate cake at 5:25 a.m.. i left it for our chocolate cake at 5:25 a.m.. i left itforourteam, so chocolate cake at 5:25 a.m.. i left it for our team, so i chocolate cake at 5:25 a.m.. i left it for ourteam, so i imagine it chocolate cake at 5:25 a.m.. i left it for our team, so i imagine it has been hooted up. —— —— hoovered up. and you have been sending in some pictures of what makes you happy, too. rupert's dogs, odin and loki, do it for him. fifi says being by the sea is her source of happiness. and joanne is lucky enough to wake up to this view every morning. no wonder she is happy. that is nice, isn't it? that looks quite peaceful with the sun beaming through the trees. it is like one of carol's weather watchers pictures.

coming up on the programme: carol will have the weather from rhs wisley gardens in surrey. but first, let's get the sport with sally. and you have a good background in marvel movies. can i say, can we have my picture of happiness? there isa have my picture of happiness? there is a special reason, and it is linked to what is coming up in sport. carol is in my picture, if thatis sport. carol is in my picture, if that is a clue. your new one, you we re that is a clue. your new one, you were skiing earlier. his is literally just pictures were skiing earlier. his is literallyjust pictures of food. interesting words coming out of the england camp, danny rose giving a press co nfe re nce england camp, danny rose giving a press conference where he said raheem sterling has spoken up so publicly about how he feels black players are treated in the media. basically he is just saying what they are all thinking. so raheem sterling is back with his england team—mates ahead

of two euro 2020 qualifiers against the czech republic and montenegro, and his team—mates have given him their full backing over his criticism of the way that black players are portrayed in the media. natalie pirks reports. this england team is flying, but it is not only results that have been a breath of fresh air. where previous players were afraid to speak their minds, the rise of social media has given modern football is a voice — and in raheem sterling's case, a powerful one. after he was allegedly racially abused at chelsea earlier this season, he took to instagram to say the media's different treatment of black and white players helps to fuel racism. today, his team—mate danny rose said the squad back him unequivocally. when he put the post up about, you know, the media, we were all over the moon with that, because we all agree, and raheem was spot on. raheem was only saying what we all say in the dressing rooms.

rose understands what sterling has been through. he was himself the subject of racist abuse from serbian fans, playing for england in 2012. before last year's world cup, sterling's gun tattoo, a reference to his late father, garnered yet more negative headlines. that was another source of frustration. it was just sad, really. he was 100% spot on with what he said — that the stick he used to get from the media was bang out of order. southgate's reign is notable for the squad's togetherness. with this trophy up for grabs this summer, this camaraderie could be key. wales play tonight. they have got a friendly against trinidad and tobago in wrexham, and boss ryan giggs has found himself defending the class of ‘92 after criticism from zlatan ibrahimovic. the swede says the group of manchester united legends are too critical of the club because of their loyalty to former boss sir alex ferguson.

when you play over 2,000 games between us, we're going have an opinion, sometimes positive, sometimes negative. but i don't think that has any bearing on results, or anything. so yeah, we are supporters of the club, together with other ex—players, you know, who are on tv, or on radio. that's what football is about, having different opinions, but obviously he knows more about the club than us. so that told him, then. it is a really big day for bolton wanderers. the championship side face a winding—up order at the high court over an unpaid tax bill. they were in talks over a take—over, but that all fell apart yesterday. the fa cup is staying on the bbc. a new four—year deal will see 18 live matches broadcast every season. that is more than ever before. the deal runs until at least 2025 and includes online clips and highlights.

britain's most successful cycling team is now owned by britain's richest man. sirjim ratcliffe has bought team sky and will full take control on 1 may. when that happens the name will change to team ineos, after the petrochemical company that he owns. ratcliffe will pump around £40 million a year into the team. i think we saw pictures of them at the start. also interested in chelsea football club. he is on a spending spree. and are you ready for a bit of basketball brilliance from america's nba? this is steph curry. he is one of the best players in the game, and this is why. he is known for his shooting from distance, but this was something really special. i have had to ask if we can one day get bigger tallies, because i have to watch very closely. -- big tvs. i

like the celebration as much as that. that was 61 foot. amazing. that is way he gets the big money. we are having a happiness picture in an hour. it involves carol, all you need to know. anything that involves carol we will accept with open arms on this programme. a woman who stunned doctors with her ability to detect parkinson's disease through her sense of smell has been helping scientists to understand what causes the odour. joy milne first noticed the smell on her husband ten years before he was diagnosed. she has been working with researchers from the university of manchester to develop a diagnostic test. we will speak tojoy in a moment. but first, let's take a look at one of her experiments. j°y joy was given 12 t—shirts to smell. six worn by parkinson's patients, and six by volunteers without the disease. we were amazed at how

accurate she was. she told us seven of these people had parkinson's and five of them didn't. so she was really, really accurate. there was one person that didn't have parkinson's that she said had parkinson's, that was her only mistake. with that, 11 out of 12 is quite good. tell me the numbers now, how good you were at working out who had what. 11 i had rights, and of course there was this one in the wind that we disagreed with. that one result was a t—shirt worn by a member of the control group, bill. he had not been diagnosed with parkinson's, butjoy was sure he had the condition. it would be ten weeks, three months later, bill phoned up and said i have parkinson's. and we went, ah, that changes everything.”

parkinson's. and we went, ah, that changes everything. i am staggered by this. joining us now isjoy milne and dr monty silverdale from the university of manchester. thank you for coming in. we both find this fascinating, i am sure our viewers do as well. have you always had a really acute sense of smell? yes, but as a child you don't go around asking people what do you smell, so i was quite unaware of it. when did you become aware of it? really my husband and i knew i could smell things better than him, but of course his parkinson's had perhaps started earlier, but then his smell changed, and that was when i thought... run us through this, because i don't think i have asked this before, but what did your husband smell like before? this before, but what did your husband smell like before ?i this before, but what did your husband smell like before? a normal male mask, he didn't like perfume or deodorant or anything. he was a good swimmer so hejust deodorant or anything. he was a good swimmer so he just smelt of normal male mask. and then the change? a deep, greasy, musky smell. and it is

a very particular smell that you smell if somebody has parkinson's. yes. my goodness me. this is quite something, isn't it? and i suppose what you need to do is prove that this is what is actually going on. it is going to be incredibly useful. yes, sojoy basically it is going to be incredibly useful. yes, so joy basically told it is going to be incredibly useful. yes, sojoy basically told us that there are chemicals in the skin which are altered with parkinson's disease, so we spent the last couple of years trying to work out what these are, taking skin samples from 20 centres in the uk, analysing the squads in the chemistry department in manchester, and we have identified a number of chemicals which are altered on the skin in parkinson's —— swabs. we are going to use this as a simple skin swab, which will make diagnosis a lot easierfor which will make diagnosis a lot easier for us. because we can't all have joy, can we? had anyone suggested this change in smell

before? we didn't believe it at first, but you couldn't deny that j°y first, but you couldn't deny that joy was getting it right all the time, so it has been a big change in how we think about things.” time, so it has been a big change in how we think about things. i was mulling this over in the early parts of the morning, and the guy in the test who hadn't been diagnosed with parkinson's. you smelled it on him and later he was diagnosed with parkinson's. there must be times, people you meet... and there are all sorts of ethical questions that must be going through your mind, because iam sure be going through your mind, because i am sure you smell it in some people. it was in the protocols when i set out that i could not divulge. and i have smelt it. i can't do anything about it at the moment. and i have smelt it. i can't do anything about it at the momentm must put you in... even if you think back to personally awkward situations, as well. it is very awkward. i have to walk away. once

has been in the gym, twice in the supermarket, and once i passed somebody in town, and for some reason they passed back again and i thought i had smelt it, and i turned around and they were going to speak to their partner, and i thought oh yes, there it is. and it can be that simple, just walking past somebody. so what you are going to try and do is have a test. how much difference to treatment and prognosis, et cetera, does early testing and early diagnosis has to somebody who might develop parkinson's? well, that's the thing, becausejoy can smell this musky smell up to ten years, if not longer, before people develop parkinson's so we're hoping this skin swab will help us to diagnose the condition much earlier than we can at the moment. that will make a big difference as far as understanding the disease concerned,

as far as treating the disease is concerned, it will make a massive difference. is it right, i am trying to get the dates right, you first noticed the change in your husband's smell when he was how old? when he was 32. and when was he diagnosed with parkinson's? 45. so you had identified that change in your husband more than —— nearly 15 years before he was diagnosed? and it was traumatic at the time, because i was thinking he wasn't washing properly, he wasn't brushing his teeth, and he was getting a bit upset about it. i just thought i would leave it and live with it. and you were talking about the new test. when might they be available? how much testing do you have to do before this becomes available? i think it is going to be available? i think it is going to be a few years yet, really. our initial results are from around 60 people but we now have samples for more than 1000 people that we will be analysing over the next year or two. it will be a little while. a small number of years, i think. and will you continue working with researchers? yes, because one of the

biggest things i found was the breakthrough, because i am on the machine at the same time, and i have a mask, and about five seconds behind the machine, because that is what it takes to get from my brain to my finger, but that was a huge breakthrough, wasn't it? the graph showed that i was smelling the same as the machine. where in the presence of a medical marvel here. where in the presence of a medical marvel here. do where in the presence of a medical marvel here. do you where in the presence of a medical marvel here. do you think where in the presence of a medical marvel here. do you think she where in the presence of a medical marvel here. do you think she is alone in this? we have had one or two people thus far e—mail us who we think may have the same gift. i have to apologise profusely with —— because before i read my e—mail, i have suffered myself in perfume, which i know is offensive to you.” know it is amazing to be able to harness this sort of power of yours

to help with parkinson's, but in other areas of life, it is probably really difficult. it is very difficult in other areas of my life. well, i do apologise. thank you very much indeed. pleasure, pleasure. that is extraordinary. so i need to basically read the e—mails earlier now. let's find out what is happening with the weather today. i'm sure the flowers at rhs wisley smell beautiful this morning, carol. they certainly do. good morning, everyone. i am amidst some magnificent magnolias here, this is a particularly special one. the curator here at rhs wisley reckons that it curator here at rhs wisley reckons thatitis curator here at rhs wisley reckons that it is about 90 to 100 years old and it is one of the first trees actually planted here and it is beautiful. they flower twice a year, at least anyway. the weather today is fairly cloudy, it is cloudy here

and sorry, buddy across many areas and sorry, buddy across many areas and for the next few days, we will be chasing breaks in the cloud for some sunshine. it is going to be mostly dry and foremost, it is going to be mild. mild today as well, you can see in our airmass chart, the yellows a nd can see in our airmass chart, the yellows and oranges actually indicating that. temperatures are above average for this time in march. we have got some drizzle in wales, some drizzle to start the day and northern ireland as well and a lot of cloud. the weather front coming into the north—west of scotla nd coming into the north—west of scotland is going to bring in more persistent rain by the afternoon and also gusty winds, but we could see some sunshine, for example across the midlands, east anglia, parts of eastern england, especially lincolnshire and also parts of yorkshire. if you do, temperatures could get up to 16 or 17, depending on the length of your sunny spells but widely, we're looking at 11 to 14. we have a weather front

producing rain across the south—west, it is going to be for most of us a cloudy night with a few brea ks most of us a cloudy night with a few breaks in the midlands and east anglia. no problems with frost, so we start tomorrow on that note. if anything, tomorrow will be cloudier thanit anything, tomorrow will be cloudier than it is going to be today. a weather front across the north—west of scotla nd weather front across the north—west of scotland pushes the weather back into the north—western corner and temperature wise, we're looking at up temperature wise, we're looking at up to 16 but that is very much dependent on sunshine and any sonny banks tomorrow are likely to be in the shelter of the hills, especially east of the pennines. —— sonny banks. winds gusting about 60 miles an hour. some rain, as that sink south it will bring some rain into the west of scotland, northern ireland, and into north—western wales. —— sunny breaks. sunny breaks, behind that, we could still

hit 16 but behind that it is going to turn cool and some showers, some of those will be wintry on the hills. thank you so much. i am in envy of that magnolia, it is beautiful to look at. it is gorgeous, isn't it? when it comes to home improvements, more of us are getting in professionals rather than do it ourselves. it is not the end of diy, is it? eleanor, do not think it is the end of diy but is quite interesting because we have some results out today from one of the biggest companies in this area. talking about kingfisher. it owns companies like b&q and screwfix, has announced this morning that it's pretax profits have fallen over 50%. what's interesting about it though is when you break it down b&q has seen sales fall, whereas screwfix, which is used by professional tradespeople, have seen sales increased. let's talk to steve collinge,

managing director of insight diy. thank you very much forjoining us. what do you think is going on? what did today's figures tell us? i think it is interesting, there has been a trend for quite some time in terms of less people visiting home improvement big stores and getting tradespeople to do the work for them, particularly the older population, 35, 40 plus, they've got the money to do it and so the likes of screwfix, although stores are doing really well, big box homewares stores such as b&q are finding it a bit tougher. so is this a trend you think you will continue then or is there the possibility of the likes of bm.) there the possibility of the likes of b&q being able to pull this back, do you think? i do not think we have fallen out of love with diy, there has been stories in the press recently that about 75% of us have visited a hardware store in the last

12 months, 65% of us have something ongoing. i do not think we have fallen out of love with it, i think the closure big box hardware stores will continue but in answer to your question, there are things that b&q and other retailers can do to get more people back in store. and what you think this tells us about the kingfisher group overall because kingfisher group overall because kingfisher is a big company. huge. and we have seen the chief executive announced today that they are also leaving, so what is going on? hello yes, so they have made some significant decisions in terms of delivering £500 million in profits in the standard business, they found that tough to achieve because maybe the market has gotten tougher, consumer confidence has fallen as well but that business has gone through massive transformation. i think what you will see is them

delivering on those promises. —— yes. they have some specific issues and actually, the uk is not a significant issue for them. their company in france is they are on resolving that at the moment, but screwfix is doing well at the moment. and what about store closures ? moment. and what about store closures? there was some mention of that in the results this morning, suggesting we're going to see more. they had talked about 15 stores across the group closing, we think 11 of those are possible within france, three or four 11 of those are possible within france, three orfour in 11 of those are possible within france, three or four in the 11 of those are possible within france, three orfour in the uk, so nothing significant at this stage it all but what we will see of course is more store openings, so the foot is more store openings, so the foot is really on the accelerator with screwfix and i think in the uk, they are apparently going to be opening up are apparently going to be opening up in france, holland and ireland over the next 12 months. thank you very much for coming in to talk to us, that is it to me for now. thank you, see you later. —— for me. almost a year ago, des lally from brecon set himself

a daunting challenge. he promised himself he'd climb pen y fan — the highest peak in south wales — 365 times in as many days, and raise a lot of money for charity in the process. now, he's just days away from completing the mammoth task. let's get more from our reporterjohn maguire. there he is running down that hill. goodness me, look at the speed of him. good morning. hasn't he done well? we only just him. good morning. hasn't he done well? we onlyjust sent des for a little run to give you an idea, we will let him catch his breath. they, 57 last night, today he will do three, 58. a support of his, what do you think about this crazy man what he has been doing? what he has done is just unbelievable and to think he has done 80% on his own, in the dark, in the morning, he has been here until eight o'clock at night and then gone back down in the morning. the nominal effort. you

have done for a sense. what was that like? yeah, we did four. we had to start very early, in the dark, and it wasjust great start very early, in the dark, and it was just great because start very early, in the dark, and it wasjust great because loads start very early, in the dark, and it was just great because loads of people came out on each ascent, loads of different people came out and joined us, it was really great to see all of that support there and it is for a really good because. indeed, and i'm going to talk about that in a second. if you have had days off for whatever reasons and you have to catch up, the first question, des, why do it? hello it is to raise funds and awareness for cancer research uk. why those charities quite close to heart? — your —— your heart. from a family point of view, they are both very close to my heart. and why penny van 365 any

year, why did you fixate on that idea? alive is looking at doing something outside of the box, i looked at doing things like triathlon and a marathon, i also thought that the chances of me getting to the finish line are slim but the chances of getting to the stardust limo. —— pen y van. it was just walking up here and i thought i could maybe do that for you, in the end they came up with the hundred and 65 times in 365 days. —— of getting to the start line. the sum isa getting to the start line. the sum is a tough time, isn't it? yeah, the summertime is difficult. when it is cold, you can always put more layers on but when it was 30 degrees, it was tough. i know that he has killed six or seven pairs of trainers, amber has got the car. it has got nothing to do with what des has been doing, she wasjust

nothing to do with what des has been doing, she was just playing nothing to do with what des has been doing, she wasjust playing rugby and fell over and injured her car. i do want to hand over and ask you one final question, i want to dance into the camera. just tell us we went on your summer holidays last year. we went to holland. holland, because he went to holland. holland, because he went to holland. i tell you what, i can see why he would want to do that. -- of course. you would want a flat holiday after that. definitely. soon to come after eight o'clock, what is your memory like? we'll be testing it out and giving you a few tips as well about how you can improve it. absolutely. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. parents in north london have become so concerned about the safety of schoolchildren, that they've launched their own street patrols to protect them from being mugged. the scheme was launched following a number of attempted robberies at enfield grammar. the volunteers are working alongside

police and local businesses. the police cuts have been huge, we're all feeling it. if we had more police on the streets, then this would not be happening right now, but what it's doing is it's creating better community cohesion and we're all feeling a part of something to try and make a difference in the local community. a man's been shot by police and an officer's been injured, after an incident at a house in east london last night. the 28—year—old man is said to be in a life threatening condition in hospital, after police were told a suspect was threatening to kill people at a house in knights close in hackney. one officer was slashed with a knife. the independent office for police conduct have launched an investigation. tube passengers are being promised faster, more efficent services, thanks to a new digital signalling system. the first section's just been completed between hammersmith and latimer road. tube bosses say it means trains will run closer together on the circle, district, hammersmith & city, and metropolitan lines from 2021.

the bbc has been criticised by a group of mps for the way it's handled the redevelopment of the eastenders set at elstree studios. the revamped albert square set is almost five years behind schedule and £27 million over budget. the bbc says there were challenges which were beyond its control. let's take a look at the travel now. on the tube, there's a signal failure still causing problems, which means the circle line has severe delays anticlockwise, and there's no district line between high street kensington and edgware road. onto the roads then. this is how it looks in wapping, busier than usual on the highway coming into town, after an accident earlier. and roadworks in hounslow, hanworth road is closed for gas works. and the a1 has one lane closed northbound, just before mill hill circus. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. well, it's quite a cloudy start out there this morning. the cloud built in overnight and that's what's kept the weather mild.

and it stays mild as well through the day. now, we get one or two thinner areas of clouds, so some brighter spells, it may break here and there, so glimmers of sunshine but the temperature getting up to 16 celsius. if you do get a sunny spell, it could feel a little warmer. now, overnight tonight, hanging onto the cloud, some clear spells here and there but largely cloudy, and that cloud hangs around as we head into thursday as well. minimum temperature around seven or eight celsius. but there's less breaks in the cloud tomorrow, so it is going to be predominantly rather grey, but again, we're hanging onto this mild air. temperatures up in the midteens, 16 celsius potentially. similar conditions for friday, we've still got some sunny spells around, but then as we head into the weekend, we get a cold front which moves in overnight on friday into saturday, introducing some slightly cooler air, but we should see a little bit more in the way of sunshine. i'm back in around half an hour. plenty more on our website. bye for now.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today... as the first funerals take place for the victims of the christchurch mosque shootings, new zealand's prime minister calls for a global fight against racist right wing ideology. we absolutely have to learn that that person is —— the lessons from what gave rise to the ugly ideology of this individual and what environments allow that to grow and potentially spread. a delay to brexit, butjust a short one — the message from downing street this morning as the prime minister submits a formal request to the eu. we have a special report from campaigner deborah james, who has incurable bowel cancer, as she tries to find out where she wants to die. landlords will have to do more about homes that are sub—standard — it's under new laws which come into force today. i'll have all the details later. "we're right behind raheem."

sterling's england team—mates say he was right to criticise the way black players are portrayed in the media. the squeaky cleaner — meet metal mickey mouse who tidies up at night. good morning from plaice. stunning views here. cloudy this morning. we will see sunshine, but wet and windy in the north—west. more in 15 minutes. —— good morning from rhs wisley. it's wednesday, 20th march. our top story... funerals have been taking place in new zealand for some of the 50 people killed last friday when a gunman attacked two mosques. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, has called for a global fight to root out racist right—wing ideology. our news correspondent phil mercer joins us now from christchurch.

it has been no doubt another really emotional day and once again we have heard powerful words from the prime minister. that is right. jacinda ardern coming to christchurch for the second time since friday's shooting. there will be 50 funerals in all. the first began earlier today. among the first burials, a father and son, refugees from syria who only arrived in new zealand last year. the prime ministerjacinda ardern also visited a high school directly affected by the atrocity at the end of last week. it must to peoples and a former student. the school principal said the events in christchurch had been full on the children —— lost two students and one former student. she said new zealand had been targeted because of

its safe reputation. i happen to be the prime minister of a particularly peaceful nation, inclusive nation, a place where 200 ethnicities and 160 languages are spoken. we pride ourselves on being well— known a welcoming place. in fact, the terrorist who bought this act to new zealand chose us for this terrorist act because we are all of those things. the new zealand police commissioner also saying today the atrocity on friday could have been even worse. the police believe the gunman was on gunman was on his way to another target when he was apprehended and he was arrested 21 minutes after the first emergency call was made. the police believe they know where he was going. that information has not been made public. better news on

some of the survivors, 29 people still in christchurch hospital receiving treatment for gunshot injuries. a four year girl airlifted to auckland is getting better, she is in to auckland is getting better, she isina to auckland is getting better, she is in a critical condition, but doctors believing she will pull through. really good to talk to you. thank you. a delay to brexit butjust a short one — that's the message from downing street this morning, as theresa may prepares to put in a formal request to the eu. the prime minister will set out what she wants in a letter to the president of the european council, donald tusk. let us speak to our brussels reporter, alex fleming. adam! i know that will make him love. but probably not his mum. how short is short? short is very short. it is going to be not beyond the end of

june. this is very significant because it is a change in tack from the prime minister. what she wants to do is avoid having to contest european parliament elections in may. the european parliament would begin setting again in the beginning ofjuly. the argument she was making until yesterday was, either you have a short extension to get her deal twice rejected by mps back through parliament in the macro you are facing a longer delay perhaps, no brexit at all if there is another referendum. now she has ruled out that option and what she is turning relu cta nt m ps that option and what she is turning reluctant mps is quite simply, either you vote for my deal which you do not like, or you are facing the prospect of no deal. we are facing that prospect anyway on the official deadline of the 29th of march. if the eu agrees to a shop extension, it would be moved further

down the road —— short extension. perhaps it will make them think again abouta perhaps it will make them think again about a deal they are very sceptical about at this stage, we will have to wait and see, but from the prime minister's point of view, facing a significant level from cabinet members and long—standing leave campaign is in her own party, had she gone for a longer extension. she will be writing to the eu asking for a short delay not be end —— not beyond the end ofjune. let us find out what mr fleming makes of that in brussels. the key question always when we come to you is, how what happens here is reflected back in brussels and across the rest of the eu, how will it go down today?” think the eu 27, the other countries, they will be ok about the idea of a short extension to brexit because that was the idea that eve ryo ne because that was the idea that everyone could agree to. the idea of a longer extension, that had people

asking hard questions. the issue is, will this be settled tomorrow night when theresa may comes to ceu leaders? lots of speculation last night that he would need to have an extra summit of eu leaders next week after there had been a vote in parliament to approve the extension. whatever length it was going to be. we have had the president of the european commission, junko junker, saying exactly that on german radio this morning. —— junko junker. saying exactly that on german radio this morning. ——junkojunker. not the end of the story at all. what the end of the story at all. what the eu will be looking at is a short extension, but as ian was saying, does it mean the so—called cliff edge of no deal is moved back a few months from march tojune? they edge of no deal is moved back a few months from march to june? they will also be wondering, will theresa may be back to ask for a longer extension and a couple of months because she still has not got the deal through? they are asking, will the uk end up having to take part in

the uk end up having to take part in the european elections in may because they will end up staying in the eu beyond the summer? tempted to just do that emoji. i love the dedication of you listening to german radio this morning! thank you. at least 300 people have been killed by cyclone idai which has triggered a "massive disaster" in southern africa. the un says millions of people across mozambique, zimbabwe and malawi could be affected by widespread flooding and devastation. our reporter shingai nyoka is in zimbabwe this morning. it really is obviously devastating and still the numbers are emerging. good morning. iam not i am not sure if you can hear me. i know there is a delay on the line.

tell us about the numbers, they are still emerging. she is obviously incredibly patient but cannot hear. we will try to get more on that. we establish contact later. at the news this morning doctor —— other news this morning doctor —— other news this morning... the number of modern slavery cases involving british children more than doubled last year, according to the national crime agency. it says county lines gangs — who work to move drugs from cities into rural areas — are fuelling the rise, as they often use children to transport illegal substances. we wa nt we want to take you back to a story we have talked about on breakfast in the past. it's a decision many of us dread to think about — where we want to die. but for deborah james, host of podcast you, me and the big c, it's one she's coming to terms with. if you listen to the podcast, if you have followed the story, deborah has

incurable bowel cancer. since the death of her friend and fellow podcaster rachael bland last year, she says she's been forced to confront the difficult choices she will eventually have to make. she invited us tojoin her as she visited a hospice for the first time. for me, hospices are places that people go to die and only go to die. perhaps it's a place where there is no hope. hi. hi, deborah. i'm dallas. welcome to trinity. i'm a little bit nervous. of course you are, of course you are. that'sjust fine, it's really natural. i'm deborahjames, i'm 37 years old and i have incurable stage iv bowel cancer. i have two young children, age nine and age 11. only 8% of people will survive with my type of cancer, so, therefore, i have to ask myself the question — how will i die and how do i want to die?

have you ever seen that film one flew over the cuckoo's nest? i liken it to that, that we're all a bit weird. i'm meeting catherine, who also has stage iv cancer. i have twins and they were 11 at the time of my diagnosis and ijust thought, this is not going to get me, those children are not going to grow up without their mum. and i came here and it wasjust like a warm blanket wrapped around me, ijust felt cared for. hospice and palliative care isn't just there for those last few weeks of life, for the very end of life. they're there to support people who are going through exactly what you're going through. so, actually, about 80% of what we do happens out in the community. wow. is a hospicejust full of old people? no, no, it's not. we're an adult hospice...

i co—host you, me and the big c on radio 5 live. sadly, last year, my friend and my colleague, rachael bland, died at the age of 40 from breast cancer. rachael was very clear about her wishes to die at home. for me, the home is a sacred place that i want to protect for my children and i want them to have these happy memories of home, i don't want them to remember me dying at home. it's quite hard work, dying. laughs. you know. trevor is 67. he was given three months to live in december, after being diagnosed with liver cancer. have you accepted your death? yeah. do you have any regrets? i think not pursuing football. wine, women and song took over. but i'm not going to play for chelsea now.

i don't look on the hospice as a place to die in, it's for living still, you know. can i give you a hug? i think you're amazing. thank you so much for sharing. six months ago, i wouldn't even have had a conversation about the idea of going to a hospice. the question is, when the time comes, is this the place that i would like to come to die? the answer is, i still don't know. i think it's ok not to have the answer, isn't it? the wonderful tepper is in our london newsroom. we are alsojoined by tepper is in our london newsroom. we are also joined by the chief executive of the charity hospices uk, tracey blea kly. uk, tracey your executive of the charity hospices uk, tracey your honesty is amazing. we made it a while ago, you have had time to think —— tracey. how has it

changed your perceptions? can ijust say, the whole experience was absolutely amazing? anyone who has followed my story will note that the idea of me stepping into the hospice was such a big deal and the staff and the team made it really easy to do it. i have admitted to the fact i wa nted do it. i have admitted to the fact i wanted a hospice before and never stepped the drive. i want to say a massive thank you. i was totally blown away —— i have admitted to the fa ct i blown away —— i have admitted to the fact i ran to the hospice. i have come away thinking, i can park it and get busy living. it was great. really uplifting. you think perhaps it isa really uplifting. you think perhaps it is a good place to go and visit ahead because then you can in some ways relax about it? yeah, for me, i had this misconception about what it actually was. by talking to the team and the people i realised most of

what they do is outside of the hospice. on top of that, it is not about going to die, it is about living. people use the services many different reasons and it is almost like you can tailor and pick and choose how you might use the services and it is very much for me the fact i have gone means i can just say, actually, it is not as bad asi just say, actually, it is not as bad as i thought. since then, i have had an amazing feeling in terms of, you know what, i am really happy, i am not scared about what might happen andi not scared about what might happen and i feel really good at the moment because of it. lovely to hear. let us bring in tracey. deborah very honest about her misconceptions about what hospice care would be like, is that common? it is. we associate hospices with death. we think coming to a hospice is about giving up hope on the last few days

of life and a building, we will go m, of life and a building, we will go in, the doors will close behind and we will die. but as debra says, the earlier you go, you can be supported, they do a lot of work in your home, they can really help you to live. that is really important to point out, as deborah said, you go there and you don't leave until you come out in the way you don't want to, but it is actually very different to that. the vast majority of hospice care happens in the home and the earlier you engage with your hospice, you can go in and have clinics and get symptoms dealt with, talk about some of your emotional and spiritual concerns, lots of family therapy, building memory boxes, it is a wonderful experience, you can be supported for a yeared—macro more. engage with your hospice as soon as you can because they are people who will be alongside you —— a year or more.

people and hospices are expert in helping. it is notjust helping with the physical symptoms. for example, they can absolutely help with pain relief and even administering medication. it is the mental side of things. the impact it has on not just you but your whole family and they are the things, the services, that are provided. it was just quite a wonderful place, actually. i am not for one second it is... despite the whole experience, i am petrified of dying and i do not want to die because i feel like i am very much living at the moment but i think all of us, whether faced with a terminal illness or not, should at least have a conversation about it because i thinkjust by having the conversation, it breaks down the barriers and it becomes a little

tiny bit less scary. i know that you have done incredible work with the podcast doing exactly that and i know she is here but let's talk about her. they have done an amazing thing because it is very difficult to talk about dying and death and all of those feelings. it is. it makes the social space around death and dying quite small, we cannot we chat to people and discuss fears. the more we talk about it, take some of the fear away, it will happen to all of us, at the end of the day. deborah is talking really honestly about the process of death and where she wants to die and looking at hospice care, is it possible to have hospice care, is it possible to have hospice support but still choose to die at home? absolutely. more people are supported by hospice to die at home than die in the inpatient unit and that is a nice thing because you build the relationship and often

people change their minds multiple times and that is fine because circumstances change. when people die at home, they have the relationship with people and they carry on working with the family bereavement support as well. huge congratulations, deborah, you won a big prize with the podcast. we did, thank you. podcast, i came up to dan and said, what do you do? it was lovely because i knew you very well and when i came to rachael's thanksgiving, you spoke so beautifully, it was lovely to meet you at the podcast awards and congratulations on another incredible achievement. thank you. massive credit to what rachael set up massive credit to what rachael set up and what we are trying to do and we are going to continue to talk and cani we are going to continue to talk and can i say a massive thank you to those people that respond to it and

share their stories with us? thank you, deborah. really lovely to see. i will let you go with your smile. we have been talking about the podcast, if you do not know it, amazing lesson, you, me and the big c. rachael because my husband, steve, he was at the awards again, he was on the sofa a few weeks ago speaking about the book rachael has written for the sun, such a big influence on different people, i know they do not do it for the awards, but great to do it for the awards, but great to do it, conversations changing people's perceptions —— written for their son. carol is in rhs wisley on their son. carol is in rhs wisley on the first day of spring. good morning, everyone. this morning it is lovely at rhs wisley. i am surrounded by beautiful magnolias. this.

it surrounded by beautiful magnolias. it is only half open, when it fully opens, the head will be the same size as a human head, really huge. whereas this one is the black tulip. it is called a tulip because of the shape and it is black when it is in bad, but when it opens out, this is as open as it is going to be, it becomes purple —— when it is in bud. horticulturists say they are the best because of the hot summer and the lack of frosts. for the next few days, the forecast is generally dry, rain in the north—west, it will also be mild, some sunshine here and there. this morning, and through the course of today, you can see how we have got the mild yellow and amber on the chart. if you are standing outside this morning not doing

anything, it will feel cool. later the temperatures will potentially end any lengthy spells of sunshine at16, 17 end any lengthy spells of sunshine at 16, 17 -- end any lengthy spells of sunshine at 16, 17 —— potentially in any lengthy spells of sunshine. fog on the hills and close in wales and northern ireland and scotland. a weather front coming in the north—west of scotland which is introducing some rain, turning more persistent and heavier in the afternoon. gusty winds. away from that, some breaks in cloud around the midlands, southeast, east anglia, lincolnshire, yorkshire, and this is where we will see the highest temperatures. this evening and overnight, continuing with a lot of cloud, rain in the north—west, the wind using a touch by the end of the wind using a touch by the end of the night, some breaks in the midlands and south—east, but not anticipating problems with frost —— the wind using a touch. the wind easing through the day as the rain

pushes back up into the far north—west corner of scotland. cloudier day than today for the rest but sunny breaks to the east of the hills. the east of the welsh mountains, the east of the pennines, for example, east of the grampians. again, highs of 14, 15. friday, starting on a very windy note in the far north—west of scotland and here we have rain pushing south getting into north—west england and north—west wales by the end of the afternoon. here too windy. behind the weather front, showers, afternoon. here too windy. behind the weatherfront, showers, cooler, showers wintry on the tops of the hills. ahead of it, fairly cloudy. again, some breaks. the head of the weather front, again, some breaks. the head of the weatherfront, milder conditions. look at the magnolia, as big as your head! fantastic. the one in your left hand. i wasjust saying to the

cameraman, if you try to put it behind your ear, it does not stay.” know you cannot wear it at ascot, a wedding, may be. you need a massive clip, carol. in half an hour, she will be wearing the magnolia. steph is talking about landlords. new rules for the quality of the homes we went from landlords. at the moment, the housing charity shelter say there are a million homes which people are renting which are not good enough, they have problems with damp, noise, rodents, asbestos, things that do not make it habitable for a things that do not make it habitable fora human and things that do not make it habitable for a human and they are saying there are 2.5 million people living in them, including children. the rules in the past have been the landlord is responsible for the basic requirements and that is

enforced by local authorities but given the pressures lots of councils are under because of budget cuts it has been hard for them to follow up on it. landlords have essentially got away with not providing the quality they should. shelter have been trying to campaign against this. what do the new laws say? homes act 2018 says landlords now need to make sure these homes are to a standard where they do not have the problems i mentioned like noise, rodents, asbestos. this is enforcea ble rodents, asbestos. this is enforceable to a level it was not in the past in that the tenant can now ta ke the past in that the tenant can now take the landlord to court if they think the standard is not right and the court can force the landlord to make sure it is the right standard. one of the problems with this as there are some concerns that perhaps there are some concerns that perhaps the tenants will be worried the landlords will love it and so rather than the landlords facing it in court, they might have it done —— the landlords will evict it. shelter

welcome this? the body that represents landlord says it is good because it gets rid of road landlords —— rogue landlords who give everyone a bad name. a memory test coming up. we are both a bit worried about it. admit it. i hate being rubbish at stud.” worried about it. admit it. i hate being rubbish at stud. i crumble under the pressure. yesterday, you asked me what dinosaur was on my jumper. thatjumper went down very well. now the news,

we will be seeing some springlike temperatures, it is the spring equinox, so the days are longer than the night. mild weatherfor the next couple of days. this morning there will be some cloud and some misty conditions. bricks will develop in central and eastern parts of england and the north east of scotland. where there are breaks in the cloud, temperatures could reach 15 up to 17 degrees. temperatures typically 13 to 15. rain pushes its way into the north—west of scotland overnight and elsewhere there will be some breaks in the cave. maybe the opportunity to see a full moon. a mild night tonight. through thursday there will be some breaks in the cloud, but fewer of them compared to today, so

limited brightness, for most it is quite cloudy. rain continues in the north—west of scotland, but it is heavy and persistent. temperature is about 10—15. on friday that weather system in the north west ramps up a little bit, so some heavy rain in the north—west of scotland. elsewhere for england and wales it should remain dry for much of the day. a fair should remain dry for much of the day. afairamount should remain dry for much of the day. a fair amount of cloud, some bright or sunny spell developing. temperature is about 14—16d and it will start to turn chillier in the north—west with highs of 11 or 12. going into the weekend that rain will clear away into the south, but it will break up the cloud as well. it will tone a bit chilly, temperatures for many of us in the low teens. goodbye.

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