good morning. this is business live from bbc news with susannah streeter welcome to breakfast with and maryam moshiri. louise minchin and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: eu leaders will decide today theresa may blames mps whether to grant a delay to britain‘s departure date for brexit deadlock. but there‘s no end to the uncertainty for businesses. you want this stage of the brexit live from london, that‘s our top process to be over and done with. i agree. i am on your side. story on thursday 21st march. good morning. as she heads to europe to ask welcome to breakfast for an extension to the process, with louise minchin and charlie stayt. there‘s an angry response our headlines for you: theresa may blames mps at westminster to her approach. for brexit deadlock. she has failed and i think there are now big question marks you want this stage of the brexit as to whether she should be allowed the pressure‘s on minister theresa process to be over and done with, i to carry on. agree. i process to be over and done with, i agree. lam process to be over and done with, i aid agencies struggle may but even more so on businesses agree. i am on process to be over and done with, i agree. i am on your process to be over and done with, i to reach thousands agree. i am on your side. of people still stranded as one report by the cbi says 88% as she heads to europe to ask a week after cyclone idai hit southern africa. of companies would support for an extension to the process, what next for next? a delay to the process there's an angry response at westminster to her approach. to avoid a no deal brexit. the retailer says also in the programme — she has failed and i think that online sales rose again, but it‘s warned it‘s getting even building a new silk road. there are no big question marks as tougher to continue trading on the high street. china‘s master plan to build a global transport network to whether she should be allowed to a landmark deal carry on and see whether she can for women‘s football. a new eight—figure sponsorship deal with barclays looks set to grow continue with a deal because there area continue with a deal because there are a growing number of people who the game in england.

think time to move on. aid agencies struggle to reach a campaign to seek out thousands of people still standed, thousands of miles of ancient paths a week after cyclone idai before they‘re forgotten forever. hit southern africa good morning. good morning. yesterday we hit 19.4 keeping up with the amazons. ebay says it wants to do more celsius in sheffield. probably not to help local retailers get as mild as that today. well cloud online — but is it enough to help around and rain moving across the the auction site or the high street? north west of scotland. —— more good morning. a landmark deal for women's football. a new eight figure sponsorship deal with barclays looks set to grow cloud. more details in 15 minutes. the game in england. a campaign to seek out thousands good morning. of miles of ancient paths before they‘ re forgotten forever it‘s thursday the 21st of march. by the map makers. our top story: theresa may has made a defiant address to the nation, blaming mp5 for the deadlock over good morning. yesterday we hit brexit. in the broadcast from downing street, she said she was on the same side as people who‘d had enough 19.4dc in sheffield, not quite as warm as that today. there will be of political games. today she heads to brussels to ask for a three—month delay, more cloud, rain coming into north—west scotland, sunny spots in but her actions have provoked the midlands and north—west england. an angry response from some mps. i will have more in 15 minutes. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, reports. theresa may heads to brussels with the deafening noise good morning. it's thursday the 21st of march. our top story: theresa may has made a defiant of westminster throbbing address to the nation, in her ears to formally

blaming mps for the ask for the very thing deadlock over brexit. in the broadcast from she was desperate to avoid — downing street, she said a delay to brexit. she was on the same side last night, she tried to make as people who'd "had enough" the most of what being of political games. today, she heads to brussels to ask prime minister offers you — for a three—month delay, but her actions have provoked a downing street stage, an angry response from mps. an opportunity to rise above that our political correspondent din in the commons and talk directly to the country. chris mason reports. so far parliament has theresa may heads to brussels done everything possible to avoid making a choice. with the deafening noise of westminster throbbing in her ears, to formally ask motion after motion and amendment for the very thing she was after amendment has been tabled, desperate to avoid — without parliament ever deciding a delay to brexit. what it wants. all mps have been willing to say last night, she tried to make is what they do not want. the most of what being i like parliament, she claimed i am on your side. but the reaction from prime minister offers you — many mps, the very people who will a downing street stage, decide, probably next week, the fate an opportunity to rise above that of her plan, dripped with contempt. din in the commons and talk directly to the country. so far, parliament has done everything possible to avoid making a choice. motion after motion and amendment i will not support a government that after amendment has been tabled, takes such a dangerous, without parliament ever reckless approach to democracy. deciding what it wants. there is no way, given the language that she used tonight, that she is going to be able all mps have been willing to say to reset this process in the next

is what they do not want. stages and have a genuine dialogue and search for the common ground, unlike parliament, she claimed, which is what this i am on your side. country badly needs. but the reaction from many mps, the prime minister‘s met the very people who will decide, the westminster leaders probably next week, of the opposition parties the fate of her plan, dripped with contempt. and brexiteer conservative mps, who publicly ponder how long i will not support a government that she can stay in the job. takes such a dangerous, there‘s no two ways about it. reckless approach to democracy. the buck does stop with the prime minister. there is no way, given the language that she used tonight, you can‘t keep telling the british that she is going to be able public that you‘re going to leave to reset this process in the next on the 29th of march, stages and have a genuine dialogue 108 times from the dispatch box, and search for the common ground, which is what this and then morph that into the 30th ofjune, because the public country badly needs. are rightfully angry. the prime minister's met the westminster leaders of the opposition parties and brexiteer conservative mps, i have never felt more ashamed to be who publicly ponder how long she can stay in the job. a memberof the there's no two ways about it. i have never felt more ashamed to be a member of the conservative party orto a member of the conservative party or to be asked to lend her support. she spent most of their time the buck does stop with the prime minister. castigating the house for its misconduct. at no stage did she you can't keep telling the british pause to consider whether it is in public that you're going to leave on the 29th of march, fa ct pause to consider whether it is in fact the way she is leading this 108 times from the dispatch box, government which might be

contributing to this situation. and then morph that back here, there is a collective into the 30th ofjune, sense that this is it. in the coming days, it will be because the public the responsibility of mps to make are rightfully angry. some huge decisions. it is complete madness, one cabinet minister told me. back here, there is a collective contemporary british sense that this is it. politics has never seen in the coming days, it will be anything like this before. the responsibility of mps to make chris mason, bbc news, some huge decisions. it is complete madness, one cabinet minister told me. at westminster. contemporary british politics has never seen anything like this before. so, after the prime minister‘s chris mason, bbc news, statement from downing street last night, what happens next? at westminster. today theresa may will go so, after the prime minister's to brussels to meet eu leaders and make a formal request to delay statement from downing street brexit for three months. if an extension is offered, last night, what happens next? mps will vote on the withdrawal today, theresa may agreement for the third time will go to brussels in the commons next week, to meet eu leaders and make a formal assuming it‘s approved request to delay brexit for three months. by the speaker, john bercow. if an extension is offered, mps will vote on the withdrawal if the withdrawal agreement agreement for the third time is passed, the prime minister plans in the commons next week, assuming it's approved to leave the european union by the speaker, john bercow. on the 30th ofjune. if the withdrawal agreement is passed, the prime minister plans if she doesn‘t get an extension, to leave the european union or mp5 reject her plan, on the 30th ofjune. the legal default is that the uk if she doesn't get an extension, will leave a week

or mps reject her plan, tomorrow, without a deal. we‘ll get the latest the legal default is the uk from our brussels reporter will leave a week tomorrow, adam fleming injust a moment, but first let‘s speak without a deal. to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who‘s in westminster. we'll get the latest from our brussels reporter there has been a lot of mps talking adam fleming injust a moment, about the particular language that the prime minister use last night. but first, let's speak yes, it has been described as to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, at westminster. reckless, dangerous, she has been accused of playing a blame game with so there was a great deal of mps. there is a sense that in the excitement around this speech last short term at least, that attempt to night, the prime minister addressing pit yourself against parliament has backfired. the prime minister does the nation. what came out look isolated this morning. it is a well, as he heard in the reportjust risky strategy because although a lot of people might agree with now, a flavour of the reaction from theresa may that parliament needs to get its act together and make a mps here at westminster, have to say decision, the trouble for her is it it has been described as delusional, is mps who hold the power to pass or dangerous, reckless. the prime block a brexit deal, to put it in minister has been accused of engaging a blame game, even place, and they have blocked it endangering the safety of mps. her twice already. now the prime minister is having to go to brussels supporters say it was important for and do something she didn‘t want to her to state a claim that brexit will not be delayed beyond the month do, ask for and do something she didn‘t want to do, askforan and do something she didn‘t want to do, ask for an extension to the extension she is seeking. this is a process , do, ask for an extension to the process, so that you can have one

more go next week. with that extra risky strategy by the prime minister hurdle put in place by the speaker, though because it is those mps who she pitched herself against in that john virgo, it is far from hurdle put in place by the speaker, john virgo, it is farfrom clear whether the mp5 will get to vote on speech in downing street last night while the ones who hold the key to the deal again in its current form. her deal passing and backs it happening in the time she has set ——john the deal again in its current form. —— john bercow. with just a week to go until the deadline of the 29th of out. and ever since that deal was march, how britain will be leaving agreed, cast your minds back to the european union, if and when, before christmas, the opposition to it westminster has huge. in the two those questions are still as uncertain as ever. thank you. adam votes it has faced in parliament, it fleming is an brussels right now. has been roundly rejected and with theresa may will be on her way to just over a week to go now until the brussels. what we know right now is brexit deadline, which is written that donald tusk has said that a into law, there is no sign that short extension should be possible. theresa may says that she would like opposition from mps is going to crumble and they will fall into line a short extension. what happens now in terms of the mechanics? theresa and bucket. so as the prime minister heads to brussels today, there are still an awful lot of ifs just one may will come herejust week after the brexit deadline. in terms of the mechanics? theresa may will come here just after lunchtime. she will sit with the other 27 leaders and give them an jonathan, thank you. update and ask for the extension. she will leave the room and they will have a discussion for three or our correspondent adam four hours, i am told, and then we fleming is in brussels. the prime minister is heading later. will probably get a press conference from donald tusk, the president of

it just seems extraordinary, the council who chairs the meeting, and jean—claude juncker, the itjust seems extraordinary, just over a week to go in here we are, so president of the european commission, and if everything goes to plan we expect them to stay in theory they are happy with the idea many questions still unanswered. ofa theory they are happy with the idea yeah, ithink many questions still unanswered. yeah, i think there might still be some questions unanswered by the end of tonight and the first day of the of a short extension but there is summit because if you listen to donald tusk, the president of the one big but, it will only happen if the deal is voted through in parliament when theresa may presents it for a third time next week. the european council, who will share that meeting, when he did a extension will probably be made statement about brexit yesterday, he official and legal by an exchange of said they can be a short extension and a short delay to brexit if, if letters among leaders by the end of the deal goes through next week, next week. that is if everything leaving the massive question of what will the eu and the uk do if, yes, goes to plan. if things do not go to plan and some leaders throw a spanner plan and some leaders throw a if the deal does not go through next spanner in the works this evening, or if the deal does not go through week? and there was still the next week, people are talking about prospect of an emergency summit of an emergency summit of eu leaders at eu leaders the day before the brexit date to sort this out if it all goes the end of next week, just hours wrong. what will happen today that theresa may will get here about two before the official brexit deadline. who knows what they will be doing o'clock uk time, she will talk to eu then? adam, for the moment, thank leaders for a little bit, then she will go out of the room on the 27 you. 8:07am. prime ministers of the other countries will have a chat about brexit, we'll get a press conference at teatime and then we will get some aid workers in south—eastern africa are struggling to reach thousands written conclusions and that is of people trapped by floods

where we leave have to look for the following cyclone idai. across the region, at least small print about what the eu thinks 300 people have died, of all of this. it is going to be an but that figure is expected to rise. extremely busy day, i know you will let‘s speak now to our deputy africa be following closely, thank you very editor, anne soy, who‘s is maputo, much, thanks. the capital of mozambique. good morning to you. it is very clear that so many people have been affected and the numbers are set to aid workers in south—eastern africa are struggling to reach thousands rise. that is right. the united of people trapped by floods following cyclone idai. nations says 2.6 million people we will have an update with our across three countries, mozambique, correspondent, who is in mozambique, coming up. latest figures are that malawi and zimbabwe, have been the hundred people have died, so the affected by this disaster. tens of scale of event is very much thousands of people are still displaced. rescue workers are really something the rest of the world is struggling to help them. when you becoming aware of. we are seeing the look at the satellite images before latest images on your screen now, and after the cyclone, there seems the scale of the flooding has taken to bea eve ryo ne the scale of the flooding has taken and after the cyclone, there seems to be a huge patch of land that has everyone by surprise and been covered by water. it is international operation, of course, estimated it is about 1200 square is under way at the moment to try and help those there. we will speak miles, roughly the size of to our correspondence shortly. luxembourg. basically it had created in other news, mps have accused small islands where a city once the home office of having a "shockingly cavalier" stood, even into remote areas. the attitude towards the detention of people in immigration removal centres.

the home affairs select committee began an inquiry after the bbc highlighted effort is going on in a city which examples of abuse. was completely destroyed. the it's calling for sweeping changes and a time—limit on how long people president of mozambique and his cabinet are leading the efforts. it can be held. has been very slow and that is new zealand will ban all types because the infrastructure has been of semi—automatic weapons destroyed. here in maputo, i am at a and assault rifles following the christchurch attacks, warehouse by the seaport, and people the prime minister jacinda ardern has said. 50 people were killed at two have come here to volunteer, mosques last friday. the alleged gunman had obtained bringing donations, repackaging a firearms licence in 2017. them, and filling shipping ms ardern said she expected containers here. i am told that the new legislation to be in place by the 11th of april. ship will leave maputo later today to transport these donations to the people who need them. but when they police searching for the missing get to the area, they don‘t know how student libby squire in hull say they are trying to establish it can be distributed because of the the identity of a body found extent of the damage of the infrastructure there. we can see in the humber estuary. the 21—year—old disappeared after a night out in february. a major police inquiry has been people working behind you and it is underway ever since. really clear their desperate nature a number of missing person enquiries of this. thank you for your time. it are being carried out in the area. there's a warning that is 8:10am. if current trends continue, mps have accused the number of unfilled nursing the home office of having

positions in england could double a shockingly cavalier attitude towards the detention of people in the next four years, in immigration removal centres. to nearly 70,000. three leading health think tanks say radical solutions the home affairs select committee are needed to ensure there'll be says the department has failed to ensure the saftey of those enough key nhs workers in future. detained and calls for sweeping changes. the government insist plans our home affairs correspondent are in place to recruit more staff. a factory worker from danny shaw reports. hereford says he has no intentions of going back to work after winning £71 million in the euromillions lottery draw. immigration centres were largely hidden from view until this, undercoverfilming at an immigration removal centre suggested staff are struggling to cope. footage on bbc panorama showed 58—year—old ade goodchild detainees being threatened, was the only winner and force used excessively of the prize on friday, making him at the facility near gatwick airport. one of britain's biggest winners. it sparked an enquiry into immigration detention he said he plans to treat his by the home affairs committee, family, travel the world, and buy a home with a swimming pool. and its findings are damning. it says there are serious problems with almost every element of the system. imean i mean who wouldn't? he has got a the report describes plan and he is going to do it. yeah, an institutional culture, where detention is used to enforce removals, and found that some absolutely. we're talking big money people were detained for more than three years, and women's football this morning. this is a really good story, isn't which it said was unacceptable. it? hello you member this year, the the home office is detaining the wrong people. world cup final in lyon sold out, we know from our work with survivors

just showing the growth in the of torture that vulnerable people, women's game. the super league has including people who have lived through torture, are winding up in the detention of the state, where they are not supposed to be. got this £10 million boost over the yea rs, got this £10 million boost over the years, significant yes, but analysts the home affairs committee calls are saying the really big money for a 28 day detention comes when you start doing tv deals time limit unless there are very exceptional circumstances. and that is what needs to be done it also recommends thatjudges still. the football association have called this a landmark moment oversee the process, in the development of the women's game, with barclays to become so people are not held the first title sponsor of the women's super league. they'll also become lead partners when they shouldn‘t be. in the fa's girls' football school partnerships. the home office says it is looking so the grassroots will benefit, as closely at whether time limits well as the elite. should be introduced, but it points out that only a minority spend more elsewhere today, sheffield united than a month in detention. forward sophiejones has been banned danny shaw, bbc news. new zealand will ban forfive games, after the fa found her guilty of racially all types of semi—automatic abusing an opponent. she has suggested she'll now give up weapons and assault rifles following the christchurch the game as a result of the verdict. attacks, prime minister jacinda ardern has said. it's not pretty, but itjust 50 people were killed at two about worked for wales in their friendly against mosques last friday. trinidad and tobago. ben woodburn's goal, the alleged gunman had obtained two minutes into stoppage time, a firearms licence in 2017. ms ardern said she expected new legislation to be in place earns them a convincing win, by the 11th of april. ahead of their euro 2020 qualifiers this weekend. and another day, another win there‘s a warning that for ronnie 0'sullivan. if current trends continue,

he's into the semifinals the number of unfilled nursing of the tour championship. positions in england win the tournament now, and he'll become world number one could double in the next four for the first time years to nearly 70,000. in nearly a decade. three leading health think tanks say that is amazing. you realise that? radical solutions are needed to ensure there‘ll be enough key nhs workers in future. the government insist plans are in place to recruit more staff. no—one has —— he has not won in 8:12am. nearly a decade and yet he is still the figure that people talk about. "toxic and delusional". what is his story about why he is that‘s how some of theresa may‘s own playing so well now? well, i think mps have described her performance outside downing street last night, he has fallen back in love with the as she pitched the brexit game now. i know he has got other impasse as a battle between parliament and the people. let‘s hear what her brexit interests, he is a runner, he does minister thinks of it. long distance running. yeah, i think kwasi kwarteng is in our westminster he has just clicked the right time and he feels love the game again and studio and joins us now. when he does feel love for the game, thank you very much for your time. there is one better. it is so good we will come back to the tone of for the sport in terms of the way he last night. i just we will come back to the tone of last night. ijust wonder, for the sake of clarity, if you could plot speaks about the game, so honest, people really engage with him. stay out for me the government‘s plan? here, we're going to have a look at the finest is going to brussels and the papers in just here, we're going to have a look at the papers injust a minute. after we look at the weather with carol, she wants to get an agreement over a who is wearing a very springlike three—month extension, then what?” dress. good think it was set out very clearly morning to you. good morning to you.

not only by the prime minister but by donald tusk, who is the president the weather was unsettled for large of the eu council. he said if we get pa rt the weather was unsettled for large part of england, scotland wales. we might not reach the dizzy heights the deal through, we will be able to get a short extension to the article today because we do have a lot more 50 period, which will be a technical cloud abounded is going to be a mostly dry day, mostly because there extension, allowing us to get the isa mostly dry day, mostly because there is a meaningful cast courtesy of weather front. here it legislation, the laws and is a meaningful cast courtesy of weatherfront. here it is is a meaningful cast courtesy of weather front. here it is across the north—west of scotland at the parliament, the lower is through the moment, it is going to sink a bit further south and then the weather parliament, the lower is through the parliament which would actually enshrine their withdrawal agreement front producing it is going to push in uk law, and that it‘s very much back northwards. less windy across where the prime minister is. that is why she said clearly yesterday that the north—west, but with high parliament has got to make a choice pressure a cross the north—west, but with high pressure across the rest of the uk, and that she intends to have a things fairly settled, it is a meaningful vote next week. and the cloudy high—energyjust things fairly settled, it is a cloudy high—energy just breathe rather than wind. this morning, grounds for that to be allowed to happen, to be clear, are that she there is some murkiness abound, that cause particularly in the west with some hill fog as well. —— will say she has a legal document from the eu saying there is an particularly around the coast. we extension? that is the different will see some brighter breaks, for example the shelter of the pennines elements that will allow the vote to and the grampians, but there is also that main which is going to continue ta ke elements that will allow the vote to take place? yes, it is up to the to journey from central scotland speaker, but the fact there is a heading back into north—west meeting today with the eu, and she

scotland. drizzle in northern is going out to brussels, and i ireland, the best of england and think the eu meeting is today and tomorrow, that is a big difference wales again fairly cloudy, cloudier tomorrow, that is a big difference to where we were a couple of weeks than yesterday when we had all that ago when the meaningful vote was sunshine. there will be one or two introduced into the house last week. bright breaks but these are our temperatures, eight two hires of 15 in london but 16 in newcastle. as we the prime minister said in the house head on into the evening and of commons, as by minister, i am not overnight, we hang onto a lot of cloud, there goes irene retreating prepared to delay brexit any later northwards. the winds will than the 30th ofjune, being the strengthen across scotland and date that the extension is for. as northern ireland as we head towards prime minister, they are the words the end of the night, there will be some drizzly outbreaks too inner that leap out there. what do you west, with some wet conditions again ta ke that leap out there. what do you take that to mean? people have been interpreting these words in the on the coast and hills but no issues papers all day. i am not sure with fog. look at those overnight temperatures, nine and 10 degrees. to my then, we start off on a fairly exactly what they mean because she cloudy note. he was a weather front, is still the prime minister and we are hoping to get the deal done next again cloudier because the northern half of the country, the weather week. we are hoping to win the front sinking south, taking it's been with it. —— here is a weather meaningful vote. and we are also hoping to leave the eu by the 30th front. you could see it across ofjune. i can‘t read any more meaning into what she said than southern scotland, northern england that. that is what you are hoping and eventually into north wales. behind, we start to pull in some for. if that doesn‘t happen, there

cooler conditions. it is only going to be seven in stornoway, some of is an immediate question, which is the showers will be wintry on the do you leave with no deal? that is hills but had of it, we still the milder conditions in all—out cloud, obviously a matter of speculation. i with highs up to 15 and again, we think what will happen is that, are chasing holes in the cloud defined sunshine. by the time we get legally, as the prime minister has a saturday, often will be very weak pointed out, the set position is to by then, not much more than a band leave on the 29th of march. we want of cloud, it will be a cost southern to do that with a deal. it was a areas. away from that, we're looking matter of great regret to her that ata areas. away from that, we're looking at a brighter day, some sunshine we wouldn‘t be able to get the vote abound, again bits of cloud even on the deal and pass the necessary their and some showers across the hills of scotland. bridges, on laws to make sure that the deal was watertight in uk law. we didn‘t have saturday, they are down more or less the time to do that before the 29th across—the—board, some saturday, they are down more or less across—the—boa rd, some of saturday, they are down more or less across—the—board, some of us, as i just said, have seen highs at 90 degrees. nothing like that on saturday or on sunday for that matter. 0n saturday or on sunday for that matter. on sunday, the cloud starts of march. that is when she said last to melt away and for much of wales and england, nota bad to melt away and for much of wales and england, not a bad day but we still have some showery outbreaks of night that it was a matter of great rain over the north—west of scotland, across northern ireland personal regret to her that we couldn‘t meet that date. well, you can meet it, can‘t you? it is still times and over the hills, some of that will be wintry. temperatures, possible to leave with no deal. and then you would fulfil your conservative pledge on your

six to highs of 12 as we pushed down ma nifesto to conservative pledge on your manifesto to leave by the 29th of march. what i have spent four months towards plymouth, cardiff and to do is to try and make sure that london. we get this deal and we get the let's take a look at today's papers, and theresa may's public address legislation right. the prime minister has said repeatedly that a deal actually allows us to leave the on brexit last night dominates eu ina most of the front pages. deal actually allows us to leave the eu in a timely and orderly way, and "it's not my fault" is the headline thatis eu in a timely and orderly way, and that is by far the best outcome and that is by far the best outcome and thatis for the daily mirror. that is by far the best outcome and that is what we are working to.” the paper accuses the prime minister appreciate that you have said the of being "deluded" over what it same thing but we are at the point calls the "brexit fiasco". now, with a week to go, and do you think it is unreasonable to be asking for this if what you want doesn‘t happen? we only have one week and you are saying i can only talk to you about what we want. you are making plans for no brexit. as a government, you are making plans for it also has a picture of ade goodchild, no brexit. so why will you not to who as we just reported, talk to us this morning about what has become one of the uk's biggest lottery winners. might happen next friday in the he's scooped £71—million—pounds. the sun has mocked up this picture of the prime minister as ‘wolfie‘ from the 70s tv event of a no deal? you asked me programme ‘citizen smith‘, with the headline about what the plan with the "power to the people". it reports theresa may‘s claim that government was, and that is what i she‘s on the public‘s side on brexit have been talking about. 0bviously — not what it labels "warring mps". the government is preparing for any "we‘re on a no—deal knife edge"

declares the daily mail. eventuality. it would be it says mrs may hinted irresponsible for the government not she would rather have a no—deal to prepare for an ideal scenario, brexit, than a long delay. and finally, the daily but that is not something that we telegraph focuses on the reaction from eurosceptics. ex—conservative leader want. —— no—deal scenario. the prime and brexiteer iain duncan smith said the choice for mps next week was simple: leave either with the prime minister‘s deal or no deal. minister very carefully wrote a let‘s take a look letter asking for an extension of article 50 and she has also said very clearly that it is a source of at the inside pages. regret for her that we will not be able to leave on the 29th of march the busiest pages are dominated that with a deal. she is still looking to google has been hit by anotherfine. get the deal over the line so that we can leave the eu in a timely and the latest find they have now faced, taking the total number of fines orderly fashion. that is why she asked for the extension. will you over the last two years, the ruling remaina asked for the extension. will you remain a member of this government if there is a long extension, which remains a possibility? as i say, it from the european commission means it's faced all sorts of things, not only for abuse with power but also does remain a possibility, but that is not something that i can possibly its android mobile operating system and its latest fine relates to speculate on. no minister or cabinet search adverts. promoting firms minister in the government can possibly say what they will do on furtherup search adverts. promoting firms further up the ranking but in return such an outcome because we have not got there yet and we don‘t know what the money in the european commission

says that is not fair saw another the context will be. i am really massive fine for them. you might be hopeful, as is the prime minister, that we can leave the eu by the 30th ofjune. we can get the deal, get it forgiven for thinking it is miserable news right now. the new through parliament, get the legislation and leave on the 30th of study suggests that is not affecting oui’ study suggests that is not affecting our happiness. we are one of the june. people are interested in tone at the moment because people will world's happiest countries, 15 on the list behind the likes of have watched very carefully. to be honest, a lot of people will not finland, denmark and norway, have seen the prime minister live last night because they were probably getting on with their iceland, holland, switzerland, lives. but those people who did were sweden. we are at number 15. would very interested in her tone and she seems to clearly point the finger of you have guessed that? not in a blame at mps and accept no million years. finland, denmark and responsibility herself for the fact that we are one week away from her norway are top. sweden is there at date, which she chose, and nothing seven. we should all move there. at has been achieved. do you think it up seven. we should all move there. at up to finland. belgium is always struck me as happy place, grape was irresponsible, the way she spoke picking now. they are not on the list, don't count. kingshill has last night, pointing out the been beaten by a 13—year—old.

leighton bennett won in london. to divisions between mps and the my shame, i haven't cleaned any public? not at all. i think what she windows for a long time. i never was trying to do was try to express the frustration that i hear all the time in my constituency. the cab knew this existed. it is amazing. driver that drove me into the studio this morning even said i am sick of this. ijust this morning even said i am sick of this. i just want to get this morning even said i am sick of this. ijust want to get it over and done with, i want to accept the deal and leave the eu. it was that kind of frustration that she was reflecting, i thought, of frustration that she was anyway, i didn't know there was a reflecting, ithought, in of frustration that she was reflecting, i thought, in a very measured way last night, that millions of people up and down the world window cleaning championship. country are fed up with endless it'sjust been world window cleaning championship. it's just been held world window cleaning championship. brexit stories and brexit debate and it'sjust been held in london. the they want to see the thing done and they want to see the thing done and they want to see the deal got in over the line and they want to leave world recordholder who can clean the eu. the position the prime minister seems to be taking as there three windows in 9.14 seconds has a natural follow—on, minister seems to be taking as there a naturalfollow—on, people are minister seems to be taking as there a natural follow—on, people are fed been beaten. lost his title to a up a natural follow—on, people are fed up with it, yes, but that doesn‘t mean that her deal is the right answer, and that is the bit of this window cleaner. terry the turbo argument that she seems never to have comprehended. that doesn‘t mean that people like her deal. you are still keeps hold of his world quite right. the deal is not a perfect deal but it does deliver on record. they are allowed 16 pints of the three things that i and many others as the brexiteer campaigned water and a 12 inch squeegee. there on. namely, the end of freedom of movement. we are stopping the annual must be restrictions about the payment that we have made over the

quality of cleaning. we know what last 46 years to the eu. and also the jurisdiction last 46 years to the eu. and also thejurisdiction of last 46 years to the eu. and also the jurisdiction of the court, the you‘re going to be next doing, don‘t powers of the court, are going to be we? cleaning a building. emailing severely restricted after we have left the eu. the deal, while not you see them up on the side of the perfect, does deliver on those things. you have probably spoken to building. i go abseiling. you see them up on the side of the building. igo abseiling. no you see them up on the side of the building. i go abseiling. no window cleaners do that. it's a challenge many mps yourself, but she appears to have pushed quite a few people i'iow. further away from that deal by the cleaners do that. it's a challenge now. i want to tell you about an amazing fossil. it‘s been tone of her remarks last night. do interesting to palaeontologists. it had an egg stuck inside it. loads of you think there is any truth in that? we have heard many mps this morning saying exactly that. what i think is that whatever she said, information. apparently it‘s quite people, many people, would have common. it was a pound. it can found fault with what she said. it would have been criticised regardless of the tone and even of happen to birds because they get the substance. what is happening, as stressed. because there is preserved i see it, this week, is a large number of people are coming across, 999 stressed. because there is preserved egg inside its body, they‘ve been and if you followed the weekend able to find these things. did you press and the press this week, a large number of people from the know the face of big ben was traditionally blue. they've unveiled conservative party are coming across who rejected the deal last week.

the north face. they've unveiled the they are coming across to support it because they realise it is the best way of actually delivering a brexit. first place. this is the north face. i think there is a forward movement and we are going in the right direction. the only question is a rather lovely blue. until the whether we can get there and get enough people to support the deal on 19305, it a rather lovely blue. until the 1930s, it was blue. but it looked tuesday, which is what we are like before. the other three sides working towards, night and day. that is the question you won‘t answer would do it in a similarfashion. this morning, which is what you will do next after that if you lose? well, i am assuming and hoping and working for success. i want the deal no, hands were repainted in the to win. as long as the deal is in 19305. the £61 million restoration the future, that will be 100% of my effort, to make sure that we win the is ongoing. big ben with a story on deal and the vote. and i just ask you for one final thought? are you big ben. very good. see later on. confident that you have enough preparations in place for a no—deal scenario? i am always confident that ‘destruction‘, ‘displacement‘ and ‘despair‘. that‘s how aid workers the department i‘m involved in, that are describing the situation iama on the ground in south—eastern the department i‘m involved in, that i am a minister in, has worked africa, six days after cyclone idai hit. tirelessly for years now, steadily in the port of beira in mozambique, ever since i have been involved, for

the last six months. we are totally where the cyclone made landfall, workers say they have only three focused on making sure the country days of clean water left. let‘s speak now to gerald bourke is ready for no—deal and it would be from the ‘world food programme‘, who is in beira this morning. irresponsible for any government not to prepare for that. quite a quiet and, thank you for your time. you lucky to be alive, but growing desperate by the day. are watching breakfast. a very good these people may have survived the worst storm morning. lovely photographs, ever seen here, but now they have nothing to eat magnolia is again. yes, hang over and nowhere to shelter. from yesterday, the magnolia is, but this time in essex with blue sky. lovely sunshine, with some holes cyclone idai swept away almost again. look at the mist in the everything in its path. it created small islands where a city once stood, background of this highland cow in trapping those who survived it. norfolk. and it is a similar story nearly a week later relief has started trickling in. south africa has sent its military if not foggy in western cornwall helicopters to deliver aid. international organisations with western areas are seeing a lot of fog and low cloud and murky conditions. for most of the uk today are planning more. it will be mainly dry but more cloud around compared to yesterday. some rain in the forecast in the north we are very happy about the first helicopter has west. as we go through the day it arrived today, wednesday the 20th. there are several challenges to get through the weather, from uganda.

the uk has sent emergency shelter kits and family tents. and more aid is on the way. the british government has set aside £18 million for the relief effort. here in the capital, will continue to push back a huge aid operation is getting under way. northwards. here it is at the moment, not particularly heavy, and i have seen individuals the winds is macro starting to ease and companies arriving here with foodstuffs and other basic supplies, down even more as we go through the coming to donate to people who have course of the morning. that weather front will slowly retreat and get as far south as the central lowlands and it will start to move back north. for the rest of the uk, we been affected by the cyclone. are off to a cloudy start. in the home counties we are looking at brea ks home counties we are looking at breaks in the cloud and some across the border in zimbabwe, some sunshine but the favourite areas but belief as more people are rescued. sunshine but the favourite areas but sunshine today out to the east of thousands need help to get out. any hills and mountains. parts of the north—east of scotland, for example, north—east england once again, eastern wales, the west the injured and the vulnerable midlands. this cloud, especially in are given priority. the west, is thick enough for some tough choices that rescuers have drizzle now and again, as it is along the english channel coastline. temperatures nine in the north to 15 to make with their limited means. in the south that we could squeeze out 16 in the south that we could squeeze out16 in in the south that we could squeeze out 16 in newcastle and hull. this evening and overnight we hang on to afair bit let‘s speak now to gerald bourke evening and overnight we hang on to a fair bit of cloud. that is our from the ‘world food programme‘, who is in beira this morning. weather front pushing steadily northwards with winds strengthening we are looking at what is happening there, there seemed to be so many across scotland and northern ireland

and you can see the extent of the people affected. what are you cloud cover. temperatures nine to 11 hearing? there are several crises at as the overnight lows. tomorrow we start off on a cloudy note with this once. dealing with tens of thousands band of rain sinking south and windy of people who are displaced and conditions with it. moving across affected by flooding that occurred scotland, northern ireland and northern england and later into north west wales. behind it it does for several days before the major turn fresher with sunshine and cyclone hit last thursday. then showers. ahead of it, milder there was the cyclone itself that conditions and like today we are looking for holes in the cloud to devastated beira, where i am. so many people knocking out the power systems, knocking out the telecommunication systems. there are thousands of people in the city were sheltering in churches and schools. and then subsequently, the rains see some sunny continued, at least two rivers burst their banks and they have basically looking for holes in the cloud to see some sunny skies. as this weather front continues to push south through the rest of friday and created very large inland oceans. into saturday, the mail they‘re still ahead of it, we pull in colder inundating, submerging villages. air behind. brighter skies coming in behind but still some showers and

some of the showers in the cooler huge areas of land. a number of airwill be some of the showers in the cooler air will be wintery over the hills. in southern england, more cloud crises at once. the immediate around which will be stubborn to clear and we are looking at seven in the north to 12 as we push down towards the south. sunday there will be some brightness but still showery problem presumably, you talk about outbreaks in the north and west. division there. thank you. ben is displaced people, food and water, looking at some results and questions about how we shop. yes, are you able to get paid to them? and is it fair to lay the blame of the decline of the high street squarely at the door of online the aid is being rushed in, the retailers, such as ebay and amazon? scale of the challenge is huge. i have been talking to the boss of ebay this morning and they are we‘re not scale of the challenge is huge. we‘ re not really scale of the challenge is huge. we‘re not really clear about the dimensions of it. it is so huge. we launching a retail revival scheme. the idea is to help smallerfirms that do not have an online presence looked at satellite imagery last and a website to get online. evening which showed one of these suddenly that small shop in a town or city in the uk has got a global audience and they are trying to encourage them online. of course inland oceans measuring 125 that comes with a cast because you have got to pay for this. i asked the boss of ebay in the uk if it is kilometres. that‘s over 3000 square fairto blame the boss of ebay in the uk if it is fair to blame the online firms for kilometres. that‘s over 3000 square kilometres which is the size of the problems. we give them access to the problems. we give them access to the consumer base that i talked about in the uk. we have 170 million luxembourg. if several metres deep. customers worldwide, so a business that rate in the uk is able to export to that global audience, and we give it to them at a highly under that they were villages and competitive rate. that is the goal here. nearly all the businesses that communities. lots of people managed

trade on ebay uk also export internationally, which is the beauty to escape, get themselves on the of the platform, to leverage demand rooftops onto some elevated patches of land. a lot of these have been globally. that is the idea that retailers need an online presence now because that is fundamentally plucked to safety but are coming in the way that we shop. we have also to support the relief effort. it is had results from next this morning and they are an interesting example an enterprise on a massive scale. of that. they have all those stores lots more help is needed. gerald on all the high streets and they say that has been a barrier to entry. it used to be their unique selling bourke from the un food programme, thank you very much. point, so much access, but that time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. involves distribution networks and (sting next) stock, big barriers. now to set up a good morning from bbc london news, fashion retail, you only need an instagram account and an email address. sales in next stores are i‘m sara 0rchard. down 8% but up 15% online. it tells a conference hosted by the mayor of london will take place today to discuss safety and security at places the story of that divide and they of worship here. say it is harder and harder to in the wake of the new zealand compete on the high street and their shootings police patrols have been stepped up at mosques in the capital. sadiq khan will bejoined by community representatives and officers from the met to discuss what further measures can be effo rts put in place. compete on the high street and their efforts are

a man‘s been charged with the murder of the french film maker laureline garcia—bertaux. the 34—year—old was found buried in her garden in kew earlier this month. 32—year—old kirill belorusov was arrested in estonia last wednesday, and extradited to the uk. he‘s due to appear at good morning. yesterday in sheffield uxbridge magistrates‘ court later. to the temperatures got to 19 celsius, lots of blue skies across there was a time when a plant or two wales and northern parts of england. in an office was considered sufficient to give it a more homely feel. today, more cloud around, limited but now research by thejournal of experimental psychology suggests productivity and wellbeing is significantly amounts of sunshine. but the improved when staff sunshine may come through in east are surrounded by greenery. some london workers are already wales, the west midlands and the feeling the benefits. north—west of london and perhaps in they are lovely to look at, it makes north eastern scotland. 0utbreaks north—west of london and perhaps in you feel happy, it makes you feel north eastern scotland. outbreaks of rain in the west. temperatures less claustrophobic, it makes you feel like you are almost outside typically 13—15dc, but it could be as high as 16 or 17 where the sun sometimes. some of the staff are more green fingered the lovers are comes through. 0vernight the rain in some of the staff are speaking to the north west of scotland will turn plants, i don‘t comment. everybody

said it was me. heavier. elsewhere it will be cloudy let‘s take a look at with a drizzle in western coasts and the travel situation now. starting off on the tubes, hills into friday morning. another the 0verground is suspended between dalston kingsland mild night. this area of low and stratford, with delays acros the line. pressure is up towards iceland, but 0n the roads traffic is building on the a13 westbound its weather front is moving south from dagenham into barking. eastwards a cross in central london, regent street remains closed its weather front is moving south eastwards across scotland, and southbound from oxford circus northern ireland with heavy bursts. to great marlborough st eventually it will clear away and for water works. in brockley, sprules road there will be sunshine up here later is closed northbound in the day. in england and wales from drakefell road to vesta road in the one way system, following a police incident. some sunny in the day. in england and wales now the weather with some sunny spells breaking through. elizabeth rizzini. temperatures 13—15, a bit chillier hello, good morning. yesterday was a further north and west. that is pretty unremarkable day of weather. because the colder air is coming in there was no rain, no wind, no behind the front. it moves its way sunshine and not a lot of cloud in southwards from friday night into today threatens to be pretty similar. plenty of cloud throughout saturday and it will take the rain and cope with it, but it will bring the day, perhaps a few spots of drizzle from the thickness of the us clearer weather. there will be cloud at times but otherwise staying dry. it‘s a mild start this morning, some sunny us clearer weather. there will be some sunny spells, but it will be temperatures between seven and nine cooler on saturday. temperatures typically about 10—12. going into

celsius at the moment. we will keep those maze of cloud all they swelling in this area of high sunday, this area of high pressure pressure so very swelling in this area of high pressure so very grey all in all and is still there, so keeping things relatively settled. more rain will start to move its way into the far north—west of scotland and northern ireland. we do get any breaks in the cloud and wouldn‘t count on them we could get as high as 15 or 16 celsius but i rather fancy that most of us will stay languishing on 13 or 14 degrees celsius and it will remain grey all day. 0vernight tonight, plenty of cloud again with mist patches developing of a higher ground overnight lows between seven and nine celsius. tomorrow is looking more or less the same. a lot of cloud staying dry, brightness upto 16 degrees but will be sunny at the weekend but it will stay cooler. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it‘s back to charlie and louise. bye for now. hello. this is breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt.

it‘sjust coming up 6:30am. good morning. we‘ll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: we‘ll be out and about with the ramblers who are fighting to save britain‘s 10,000 unofficial footpaths. also this morning, 25 years after witnessing the murder of his friend stephen lawrence, duwayne brooks has produced a film about britain‘s problem with knife crime. we‘ll meet duwayne and three of those involved in his documentary just after 8:30am. later on, we‘ll bejoined by the wandering hearts, the latest band to find success on the uk‘s fast—growing country western scene. good morning. here‘s a summary of today‘s main stories from bbc news. theresa may has made a defiant address to the nation,

blaming mp5 for the deadlock over brexit. in the broadcast from downing street, she said she was on the same side as people who‘d "had enough" of political games. today, she heads to brussels to ask for a three—month delay, but her actions have provoked an angry response from some mps, with some calling her comments "toxic" and "reckless". so after the prime minister‘s statement from downing street last night, what happens next? today, theresa may will go to brussels to meet eu leaders and make a formal request to delay brexit for three months. if an extension is offered, mps will vote on the withdrawal agreement for the third time in the commons next week, assuming it‘s approved by the speaker, john bercow. if the withdrawal agreement is passed, the prime minister plans to leave the european union on the 30th ofjune. and if she doesn‘t get an extension, or mp5 reject her plan, the legal default is that the uk will leave a week tomorrow, without a deal. aid workers in south—eastern africa are struggling to reach thousands of people trapped by floods following cyclone idai.

across the region, at least 300 people have died, but that figure is expected to rise. in the port city of beira, aid workers say they have only three days of clean water left. mps have accused the home office of having a "shockingly cavalier" attitude towards the detention of people in immigration removal centres. the home affairs select committee began an inquiry after the bbc highlighted examples of abuse. it‘s calling for sweeping changes and a time—limit on how long people can be held. new zealand will ban all types of semi—automatic weapons and assault rifles following the christchurch attacks, prime ministerjacinda ardern has said. 50 people were killed at two mosques last friday. the alleged gunman had obtained a firearms licence in 2017. ms ardern said she expected new legislation to be in place by the 11th of april.

police who are searching for the missing student libby squire in hull say they are trying to establish the identity of a body found in the humber estuary. the 21—year—old disappeared after a night out in february. a major police investigation has been underway ever since. a number of missing person enquiries are being carried out in the area. there‘s a warning that if current trends continue, the number of unfilled nursing positions in england could double in the next four years, to nearly 70,000. three leading health think tanks say radical solutions are needed to ensure there‘ll be enough key nhs workers in future. the government insist plans are in place to recruit more staff. is all the latest news. something else to talk about. —— that is. a 104—year—old woman has had her wish answered after police turned up at her care home to "arrest" her. anne brokenbrow from bristol said she had never done anything wrong in her life, but wanted to find out what it was like.

she said being handcuffed and taken off in a police car — iam not i am not sure what they said that she had done wrong. you do not get in the front seat of the police car, do you, if you are getting arrested? no. do you think they did that whole thing where you have to put your hands behind your back or on your head? we should say that she was later released without charge. head? we should say that she was later released without chargelj would later released without charge.” would love to have seen the reaction of many residents there that did not know. exactly. yes, who's next, are thinking. i think you're probably right, 104. happy birthday. a great story for women‘s football. the women‘s super league

has now got something —— this is a major sponsorship deal for women‘s football. the women‘s super league has now got something even the premier league doesnt — a title sponsor in what the football association have called a landmark moment for the women‘s game. barclays will reportedly pump about £10 million into the game in a three year deal, with a prize money pot of around £0.5 million. it still dwarfs the figures, in the men‘s game but former arsenal and england striker kelly smith believes it‘ll make a big difference. the amount of money that they have invested in the game, notjust in the national level, but what they have done in investing in schools, meeting girls and giving them the same opportunities that boys have to play football.

so we‘ve banded around this £10 million pound figure, but how much is it? well, in the women‘s game — it is significant, with chelsea manager emma hayes, calling on clubs‘ commercial teams, to get their own deals too. it works out atjust over £3 million per year for the the women‘s super league. the last time the men‘s premier league had a sponsorship deal in 2015, it was worth £40 million. the new prize fund of 500,000 will be split between 12 teams — and with clubs like yeovil struggling to maintain full time status — it could make a huge difference. in the premier league last season, the prize pot was over

£400 million. from a positive in the women‘s game, to a big negative with sheffield united forward sophie jones found guilty of racially abusing tottenham‘s renee hector. jones has had her contract terminated, by mutual consent following the hearing. hector welcomed the verdict, adding that a zero tolerance policy is imperative to stamp out from football. in an extraordinary statement, jones maintained her innocence, saying she does not condone racism in any form and that the hearing took place in a kangeroo court. suggesting there that her career could be over. in response, the football association said: the written reasons in the case will be published in due course, which will provide a detailed account of the evidence given and the findings of the commission, adding it will continue to treat allegations of discrimination seriously.

in men‘s football, wales kicked off a week of international football with an unconvincing win over trinidad and tobago —— with an unconvincing win over trinidad and tobago in a friendly last night. it was the first time in 11 years they‘d played an international in wrexham but didn‘t exactly treat the fans to a thriller. ben woodburn at least spared the blushes for ryan giggs‘ side with the winner two minutes into stoppage time. i wanted to keep a lot of the lads fresh. yeah, everyone is available for the weekend, so that is good. we give players minutes you needed minutes and invested a few who needed a rest, so overall, we are in good shape and everyone will be available for sunday. the competitionjust now, available for sunday. the competition just now, and available for sunday. the competitionjust now, and i think the inspiration of certain players in the uk now, scottish players, is getting youngsters really excited now and i see a lot of the young players raising their game, so

hopefully there will be something that comes of this and is one of those cycles where scotland come good. we are testing to see if you are awake yet on this thursday morning. iam are awake yet on this thursday morning. i am away, i spotted it. scotla nd morning. i am away, i spotted it. scotland will play kazakhstan tonight in the first euro 2020 qualifier and he was saying just then that he was hoping scotland have not qualified for european championships since 1986, he is saying his young players could be the answer now to taking scotland through. so there we are. now to snooker. ronnie 0‘sullivan remains on course to climb back to the top of snooker‘s world rankings. he‘s into the semifinals of the tour championships in wales, where he‘ll meetjudd trump. if 0‘sullivan wins the tournament, he‘ll become world number one for the first time since 2010 — despite pretty much picking

and choosing which tournaments he plays. it bodes well for the world championships, which start next month and indeed he has not won those since 2013. finally, have you heard of a buzzer better? apparently, it is a shot in basketball that beats the buzzer. this is the special olympics, the largest competition the world for adults and children with intellectual disabilities. that was the usa‘s mark miller with a remarkable shot against canada. incredible. they were already well ahead and shots like that, conceived in slow motion, it is easy to see why they were so far ahead. very impressive, thank you. thanks, see you later on.

let‘s return to our top story now. theresa may is meeting eu leaders in brussels today to ask for an extension to the brexit date — and it seems likely they will agree to one, but only if she can get parliament to accept her deal. one of the parties that could make that happen is the snp. their deputy leader in westminster is kirsty blackman, who joins us now. very good morning to you, thank you for your time this morning. theresa may, in her statement to the nation, she pointed herfinger very, very clearly at you and your fellow mps. you are the problem. yeah, does not feel like that from here, it feels like theresa may has spent 1000 days wasting time and failing to build consensus. we have been approaching her about compromise solutions and many mps across the house had been approaching about compromise solutions but it seems like the only one she has ever listen to others really ardent brexiteers within her party, rather than actually attempting to build consensus across the house. so i think it is a bit rich, to be honest, trying to blame

us now rich, to be honest, trying to blame us now and actually we have been doing all the right things and reaching out and trying to compromise. she reached out yesterday, ian blackford, your snp leader in the commons, it was in a meeting with other party leaders. do you know much about what happened in the meeting and what reaching out happened? the meeting and what reaching out happened ? elevating the meeting and what reaching out happened? elevating my understanding was that the meeting was convened to try and build some consensus that we ended up in a situation again where theresa may is just in some level of denial about the fact that actually, who she is going to deal with —— about the fact that the deal she has negotiated is not acceptable to parliamentarians. it is going to cost jobs parliamentarians. it is going to costjobs and living standards, so i think she has to accept that fact if you‘re going to have any consensus across the house. if she is not willing to accept that, i think she has to resign. everyone i guess has their own reading on it, she has told us that there will be this

meaningful vote next week. if that happens, and there are a couple of its surround that but assuming it does happen, what is the snp position as we stand today? life will be worse than my constituents and life will be worse for people in scotland. people in scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain in the year. what we are saying is we are seeing if the prime minister thinks this is the only deal that is on the table, she needs to organise a people ‘5 vote, table, she needs to organise a people‘s vote, she needs to table, she needs to organise a people ‘5 vote, she needs to have a second referendum between her deal and remain, because i think one will be the very best option for people who live in scotland and in fact the rest of the uk as well. be given the timeline we are at now, kirsty, there is a very real possibility that a week tomorrow, if that is voted down and you will voted down, we‘re a no deal scenario. —— but given the timeline. well, parliament has voted against no deal scenario and in my head and in my experience actually, what the prime minister should be doing is to affect the voice of parliament, so parliament has said they do not support a no deal, theresa may should therefore be doing everything she can to avoid that and i think she goes to the eu

and six and extension for people ‘5 vote, she will have a very different hearing there too if she goes to the eu and request an extension for i‘m not even sure what at this point, just a short technical extension to ensure that we get ourselves sorted out. an extension for a second eu referendum i think would be heard much more favourably. can ijust ask you one more thing, kirsty? after his speech last night, there was quite a lot of criticism from within parliament, you can tell me more about this, the notion that theresa may was pitching even more mp5 against the public, that she was defining those lines even more clearly, to the point where wes streeting, labour mp, suggested that there are death threats to people, to mp5 there are death threats to people, to mps in the commons and this, what she was saying was incendiary and irresponsible. if any harm comes to any of us, he said, she will have to accept her share of responsibility.

what can you tell us about the atmosphere that mps are facing at the moment, even before but maybe after what she said? i mean it is the case that we have seen a ramping up the case that we have seen a ramping up of the incredibly violent language towards mps that we have been seeing and we have seen particularly over the past sort of three years and i think anything that any politician does, we should measure our language very carefully to make sure that we‘re not stoking those levels of hatred towards mps. do you think she did stoke that? i'm not sure whether her words will have that effect it has been the case that effect it has been the case that mps and house of commons, not everybody but some people, have not been clear enough in saying we really reject anybody who is going to bring violence towards mps really reject anybody who is going to bring violence towards mp5 or threaten mps. to bring violence towards mp5 or threaten mp5. i think maybe we had not been strong enough in condemning that because the house of commons, i think it is important for every mp to stand up and say we condemn any behaviour that threatens us as we go about ourjobs. the reality is that

in parliament, even those people who are most disagree with, most of them actually trying to make a difference, they are trying to do the best thing and they are working very ha rd the best thing and they are working very hard while they are doing it, so very hard while they are doing it, soido very hard while they are doing it, so i do not think any of us, whatever our beliefs in parliament, should be attacked for going about ourjobs and trying to make the best of it. kirsty blackman, thank you for your time this morning, deputy leader the snp in westminster. bye for now. carol can tell is all about the weather it was a beautiful, proper spring day. yes, son the of a set absolutely was but for others, quite absolutely was but for others, quite a bit of cloud. where we have this springlike weather, the temperatures goes up. sheffield, 19.4dc. this is a lovely weather watches picture. the temperature is currently 9.5. keep that in mind if you are stepping up. the most of us, mainly dry. more cloud around and rain

forecast. the weather front across the north—west of scotland is introducing this rain. that weather front was with a bit further south before it turns around and starts moving northwards again. you can tell from the lack of isobars, we are looking at breezes across the rest of the country as we continue under this cloudy area of high pressure. with the rain getting down to the central lowlands, before retreating northwards, a lot of cloud. michelle kirby hills, particularly in the east. the east of the grampians, east of the pennines. the northern ireland in some western fringes of england and wales, and a thick cloud this drizzle and coastal fog. also some coastal mist across the english channel. we could see highs of 16 in the sunshine in newcastle, those areas are across the north—east of

england and the midlands but if you are stuck under the cloud, temperatures closer to eight or ten. if we head on through the evening and overnight, moving steadily northwards. winds picking up across scotla nd northwards. winds picking up across scotland and northern ireland. a lot of cloud with some dampness and danks across the west. 0vernight, temperatures are not know it all. temperatures of nine and ten. we start off tomorrow on the cloudy note. still pretty windy across the northern half of the country and its sinking south. through northern ireland into northern england. into northwest wales but it‘s bumping into high pressure so it will continue to weaken as it continues to the south—east. ahead of it, a lot cloud around. one or two breaks, still relatively mild. clearer skies, sunshine and showers. 0n the hills and mountains of scotland,

wintry. saturday, a weak affair, mostly a band of cloud, behind it are brighter skies, wintry showers across the far north and coolers across the far north and coolers across the far north and coolers across the board. we start off on a cloudy note. a lot of sunshine following in behind that showery outbreaks of rain across the north and the west and some of it getting into northern ireland later. it started life as an auction website nearly 25 years ago, but ebay has changed a lot since then. ben‘s talking to one of the bosses this morning. we will speak to one of the uk bosses of ebay about why it‘s changed and that feeling that on line retailers have really taken a slice out of the high street that on line retailers themselves are subject to some pretty stiff competition. ebay — one of the original internet giants — it became a household name.

‘to ebay‘ something became a verb. but competition is tough. amazon launched the very same year. i‘ll speak to the man who runs ebay in the uk in a moment, but first a quick look at how ebay changed the way we shop. it all began nearly 25 years ago when a website was founded in america called auction web. he was just 28. the site‘s first listing was a broken laser pointer bought by this man. two years and another million items later the site was renamed ebay and two years after that it arrived in the uk but the site soon moved beyond just auction sales. the buy feature turned the site into a regular retailer. in 2002 it bought the on line payment service paypal and became an e—commerce giant but competition is fierce. as more of us shop on line,

rivals are stealing market share. recently, it spun off parts of the business like paypal to help it compete. some top bosses that the firm amid controversy. so what next? ebay launched collection points to make it easier to pick up the things we buy as well is launching partnerships with high street and small business sellers, but will it be enough to take on the biggest revival of them all, amazon? murray lambell, ebay‘s vice president in charge of uk trading, joins me now. nice to see you. 25 years, time flies. a lot has changed since then and a lot as we touched on, that idea that you guys also subject to competition in the way you may be taken a slice out of the high street. how do you respond to that? many will know ebay is a place where

you buy and sell goods. it now supports 200,000 businesses in the uk trading and successfully selling to 22 million consumers every month and we are doing a lot of work to support the transition from on line to offline in a partnership with the city wolverhampton where we have just been working to support those businesses. that project is to get small businesses which don‘t have an on line presence to start selling, survey open up the markets. why only wolverhampton? as i mentioned, and got 200,000 businesses that we support already so there‘s been a big transition using ebay to sell successfully on line. we want a partner with a demonstrator, 25% of small businesses in the uk retailers don‘t use on line as successfully as they could. the partnership have managed to drive £2 million worth of

sales. those sales wouldn't have happened otherwise. that‘s a massive increase to those businesses. we wa nt to increase to those businesses. we want to make sure we can work with them for the remaining period of the pilot. it‘s so interesting and we touched on it in that video, suggesting the vibe now feature, now so suggesting the vibe now feature, now so much more popular than the traditional thing people would know you fall, the auction. is it because people simply do not want to wait? 80% of what ebay sellers in the uk this new products are made by it in the byatt now format. that‘s kind of how consumers want to shop. there area how consumers want to shop. there are a whole group of consumers want to see the auction. that makes you more of a traditional retailer. amazon launched in the same year. he then become very similar. unique selling point was that it was about

auctions. you still have that unique selling point? ebay succeeds when the trademarks of thieves. those businesses i mentioned, they really rely on the success of our platform to make it work. we had 23 million buys a month. 0n to make it work. we had 23 million buys a month. on line buyers use ebay every month. it‘s a highly releva nt ebay every month. it‘s a highly relevant platform still. you say you succeed when sellers succeed. that is because you take a lot of money in fees. 10% of the sale price. paypal takes another 10%. it‘s quite a big chunk. do you need to look at those fees? was imperative is that we give the businesses that need to trade access to an on line platform competitively priced. we give them access to the consumer base i talked

about in the uk. we have 170 million customers worldwide. a business that trades in the uk is able to export to the global audience. we give it to the global audience. we give it to them in a highly competitive rate. nearly all the businesses that trade on ebay uk also export internationally and that‘s the beauty of the platform, to the average demand globally. when we talk about that competition, high street versus on line, all that is now starting to merge. high street retailers is your platform. how do on line retailers work with the high street? the reason that we did the partnership with the city of wolverhampton is to demonstrate that point. 0ffline retail continues to succeed in growth was also having the complement of on line sales. nearly two thirds of the businesses we are working within wolverhampton are continuing with the result of what would timeshare, showing there

isa what would timeshare, showing there is a nice compliment. it is good to see you, murray. interesting to see how that all comes together. more from me after seven o‘clock. we might getan from me after seven o‘clock. we might get an update from debenhams. we need you to keep my mind it. i shall. there are more than 140,000 miles of public paths across england and wales — a network that has evolved over centuries, linking villages, roads and towns. however, some could be at risk of being forgotten, unless they are registered and recorded on official maps. graham satchell has gone to find out more about this. where are you graham? we are in redditch in the midlands. it is misty this morning and we rather take the granted access to the countryside, being able to walk

on parts like this but it wasn‘t until mass trespassed movements in the 19305 and the peak district that the 19305 and the peak district that the general level could walk on public footpath is on private land. there are 140,000 miles of the parts in england and wales but the estimate is between eight and 10,000 miles never made it onto official maps. unless they are recorded and registered, they will be lost forever. we‘ll be finding out more of this later in the programme but time for the news where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m sara 0rchard. a conference hosted by the mayor of london will take place today to discuss safety and security at places of worship here. in the wake of the new zealand shootings, where 50 people died, police patrols have been stepped up at mosques in the capital. sadiq khan will bejoined by community representatives

and officers from the met to discuss what further measures can be put in place. a man‘s been charged with the murder of the french film maker laureline garcia—bertaux. the 34—year—old was found buried in her garden in kew earlier this month. 32—year—old kirill belorusov was arrested in estonia last wednesday, and extradited to the uk. he‘s due to appear at uxbridge magistrates‘ court later. there was a time when a plant or two in an office was considered sufficient to give it a more homely feel. but now research by thejournal of experimental psychology suggests productivity and wellbeing is significantly improved when staff are surrounded by greenery. some london workers are already feeling the benefits. they are lovely to look at, it makes you feel happy, it makes you feel less claustrophobic, it makes you feel like you‘re almost outside sometimes. some of the staff are more green—fingered than others of the staff i‘ve caught speaking

to plants, i don‘t comment. everybody, each to their own. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. starting off on the tubes, the 0verground is suspended between dalston kingsland and stratford, with delays acros the line. in central london, regent street remains closed southbound from oxford circus to great marlborough st for water works. hello, good morning. yesterday was a pretty unremarkable day of weather. there was no rain, no wind, no sunshine and not a lot of cloud today threatens to be pretty similar. plenty of cloud throughout the day, perhaps a few spots of drizzle from the thickness of the cloud at times but otherwise staying dry.

it‘s a mild start to this morning, temperatures between 7 and 9 celsius at the moment. we will keep those maze of cloud all they swirling in this area of high pressure so very grey all in all and if we do get any breaks in the cloud and i wouldn‘t count on them, we could get as high as 15 or 16 degrees celsius perhaps but i rather fancy that most of us will stay languishing on 13 or 14 degrees celsius and it will remain grey all day. 0vernight tonight, plenty of cloud again with mist patches developing of a higher ground overnight lows between seven and nine celsius. tomorrow is looking more or less the same. a lot of cloud staying dry, brightness up to 16 degrees but will be sunny at the weekend but it will stay cooler. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it‘s back to charlie and louise.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines for you this morning: theresa may blames mps for brexit deadlock. you want this stage of the brexit process to be over and done with, i agree. i am on your side. as she heads to europe to ask for an extension to the process, there‘s an angry response at westminster to her approach. she has failed and i think that there are now big question marks as to whether she should be allowed to carry on. aid agencies struggle to reach thousands of people still stranded, a week after cyclone idai hit southern africa. good morning. bagging a profit or out of fashion? how did next and ted bakerfare? their latest results are out shortly. i‘ll have the details. good morning. a landmark deal for women‘s football. a new eight figure sponsorship deal with barclays looks set to grow the game in england.

good morning. yesterday, some of the saw quite a bit of sunshine, others a bit of cloud. today there is going to be quite a lot of cloud abound, the best breaks will be in the shadows of any mountains. we will have some rain coming into the west too. i will have the full details in 15 minutes. good morning. it‘s thursday the 21st of march. our top story: theresa may has made a defiant address to the nation, blaming mp5 for the deadlock over brexit. in the broadcast from downing street, she said she was on the same side as people who‘d "had enough" of political games. today, she heads to brussels to ask for a three—month delay, but her actions have provoked an angry response from some mps. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. theresa may heads to brussels with the deafening noise of westminster throbbing in her ears, to formally ask for the very thing she was desperate to avoid — a delay to brexit. last night, she tried to make the most of what being

prime minister offers you — a downing street stage, an opportunity to rise above that din in the commons and talk directly to the country. so far, parliament has done everything possible to avoid making a choice. motion after motion and amendment after amendment has been tabled, without parliament ever deciding what it wants. all mps have been willing to say is what they do not want. unlike parliament, she claimed, i‘m on your side. but the reaction from many mps, the very people who will decide, probably next week, the fate of her plan, dripped with contempt. i will not support a government that takes such a dangerous, reckless approach to democracy. there is no way, given the language that she used tonight, that she is going to be able to reset this process in the next stages and have a genuine dialogue and search for the common ground, which is what this country badly needs. the prime minister‘s met

the westminster leaders of the opposition parties and brexiteer conservative mps, who publicly ponder how long she can stay in the job. there‘s no two ways about it. the buck does stop with the prime minister. you can‘t keep telling the british public that you‘re going to leave on the 29th of march, 108 times from the dispatch box, and then morph that into the 30th ofjune, because the public are rightfully angry. back here, there is a collective sense that this is it. that in the coming days, it will be the responsibility of mps to make some huge decisions. it is complete madness, one cabinet minister told me. contemporary british politics has never seen anything like this before. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. so after the prime minister‘s statement from downing street last

night, what will happen today? theresa may will go to brussels to meet eu leaders and make a formal request to delay brexit for three months. if an extension is offered, mps will vote on the withdrawal agreement for the third time in the commons next week, assuming it‘s approved by the speaker, john bercow. if the withdrawal agreement is passed, the prime minister plans to leave the european union on the 30th ofjune. if she doesn‘t get an extension, or mp5 reject her plan, the legal default is that the uk will leave a week tomorrow, without a deal. we will be discussing the latest brexit developments throughout the programme this morning. we‘ll be speaking with labour‘s barry gardiner in a few minutes. and we‘ll speak to the brexit minister kwasi kwarteng also. we‘ll get the latest from our brussels reporter adam fleming injust a moment, but first, let‘s speak to our political correspondent jonathan blake, who‘s in westminster. jonathan, we heard in chris mason‘s package there, but we‘re living in

extremely times and times and time is running out, so what can you tell us? what is likely to make this breakthrough, what can the prime minister hope for today? well, she will be hoping that the immediate reaction to a speech in downing street last night does not end up in the verdict on it altogether because as you heard in the report there, mps angry at what she had to say. they described it as reckless, they have described it as the prime minister indulging in a blame game and even putting mps‘s safety at risk and it is a high risk strategy for the prime minister to pitch yourself against parliament like that because they may well be a lot of people who agree with her and think that this process has gone on far too long in the parliamentjust needs to get its act together and make a decision. the problem to the prime minister is it is mps who have the power to either pass or reject a deal, and they have rejected it roundly twice and the signs are that if and when it comes back for a

third vote next week, they will do the same again. so the prime minister is off to brussels to ask foran minister is off to brussels to ask for an extension she did not want in the first place, jeremy corbyn is going there to argue for his vision of the close of brexit, there are still a lot of ifs with just one week to go into the brexit deadline next friday. yes, there are. jonathan, thank you. 0ur correspondent adam fleming is in brussels, where the prime minister is heading later. where we are now is theresa may is already asked those three months and donald tusk said yesterday it should be possible, so what is today for? well, today, theresa may will have a short opportunity, when she arrives at about two o‘clock uk time, to talk to eu leaders about her quest foran talk to eu leaders about her quest for an extension and her plan for getting her deal through, she hopes. then they will spend three or four hours without her talking about the extension request and then we‘ll probably get the thumbs up and some written, a written statement from

the eu, which will then comb through for the small print that you have got to remember this is probably going to be the eu saying yes in principle to a short extension, if the deal goes through. it will only then make the extension official next week, operably in writing, if the deal goes through. there is a massive if there, what will they do have the deal does not go through and so—called meaningful vote three, as it has come to be known, fails and theresa may loses again? — my probably. then people you‘re talking about the prospect of an emergency summit of eu leaders on thursday next week, the day before the official legal data brexit and who knows how that will feel and what they will do to deal with that situation if it arises? adam, for the moment, thanks very much. aid workers in south—eastern africa are struggling to reach thousands of people trapped by floods following cyclone idai. across the region, at least 300 people have died, but that figure is expected to rise.

in the port city of beira, aid workers say they have only three days of clean water left. the aid is being rushed in, the scale of the challenges huge. we have looked at satellite imagery last evening that showed these inland oceans, measuring over 3000 square kilometres. that is the size of luxembourg. under that, there were villages and communities. mps have accused the home office of having a "shockingly cavalier" attitude towards the detention of people in immigration removal centres. the home affairs select committee began an inquiry after the bbc highlighted examples of abuse. it‘s calling for sweeping changes. danny shaw reports. immigration centres were largely hidden from view until this, undercoverfilming at

hidden from view until this, undercover filming at a removal centre suggested staff are struggling to cope. footage on bbc panorama show detainees being threatened and force used excessively at the facility near gatwick airport. it sparked an enquiry into immigration detention by the home affairs committee and its findings are damning. it says there are serious problems with almost every element of the system, the report describes an institutional culture where detention is used to enforce removals, and found that some people we re removals, and found that some people were detained for more than three yea rs, were detained for more than three years, which it said was unacceptable. the home office is detaining the wrong people. we know from our work with survivors of torture that vulnerable people, including people who have left torture, winding up in the detention estate, where they are not supposed to be. home affairs committee calls for 28 day detention time limit u nless for 28 day detention time limit unless they are very exceptional circumstances. it also recommends thatjudges circumstances. it also recommends that judges oversee circumstances. it also recommends thatjudges oversee the process, so people are not held when they should

not be. the home office says it is looking closely at whether time limit should be introduced, but it points out that only minorities and more than a month in detention. —— only a minority spend more than a month in detention. new zealand will ban all types of semi—automatic weapons and assault rifles following the christchurch attacks, prime ministerjacinda ardern has said. 50 people were killed at two mosques last friday. the alleged gunman had obtained a firearms licence in 2017. ms ardern said she expected new legislation to be in place by the 11th of april. there‘s a warning that if current trends continue, the number of unfilled nursing positions in england could double in the next four years, to nearly 70,000. three leading health think tanks say radical solutions are needed to ensure there‘ll be enough key nhs workers in future. the government insist plans

are in place to recruit more staff. back to brexit now, and theresa may is not the only british politician visiting brussels today. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn is there too. to find out what he hopes to achieve at such a late stage, let‘s talk to his shadow cabinet colleague, barry gardiner, who is in westminster. good morning, thanks forjoining a. good morning, thanks forjoining a. good morning. we know that jeremy corbyn is going to go to brussels as well, what does he want and who is he going to meet? hello i think what he going to meet? hello i think what he is wanting to do is to establish exactly what the shape of an alternative proposal that would be a cce pta ble alternative proposal that would be acceptable to the parliament would achieve with the european union. it has been clear from the discussions and negotiations that we have been having in brussels over a long period of time that if you change theresa may‘s redlines, we can get a different and better deal. -- i think. but i think what we need to

do now, jeremy has been working, as we all have, cross party, to try and see where we can achieve the consensus in parliament that says yes, the decision of the referendum was clear, we should leave the european union but we need to do that in such a way that it takes the rest of the population who voted not to leave with us. with respect... and it is trying to arrive at that consensus in a way that can be put forward to the european union in a timescale that they are prepared to work with, even at this late stage. cani work with, even at this late stage. can ijust work with, even at this late stage. can i just interrupted ? work with, even at this late stage. can ijust interrupted? yes, of course. we are meant to be leaving, the legal default is a week tomorrow. with respect, how can any difference be made? and eu leaders have consistently said there is no more negotiation. look, what they have said is there is no possibility ofa have said is there is no possibility of a different deal given the redlines that theresa may has laid

down. now, what we have seen repeatedly is her unwillingness to listen to parliament and indeed to the british public, but to insist co nsta ntly the british public, but to insist constantly that it is her way or no deal. now, really, it has become like a general recall, he used to say i am the state. she is actually, i think, convinced say i am the state. she is actually, ithink, convinced herself say i am the state. she is actually, i think, convinced herself that brexit is what she says it is. —— she has. in fact, if you look at what the supreme court said we were discussing null triggering of article 50, they said look, the referendum has decided that we should leave the european union, it is for parliament to decide how we should leave. —— discussing the triggering. parliament has opted not to define how we leave, theresa may has decided on the issue of

releasing information about the legal information, the economic assessments, indeed on whether there should be meaningful vote itself, at every stage she has opposed parliament having a say and always said no, that is submitted aside and ultimately, ultimately, she has been forced to concede that ground. it is now for parliament next week to take control of the situation and to insist that there should be a mandate that is acceptable to the majority of the british population on all sides, to get 80%, leave the extremes on either side but make sure that 80% of people can say yes, this is something that we can go forward with. can ijust asked, just to be clear, so if she gets her extension and we know that that is why she is going to brussels today, to ask for that, if she gets extension, we understand that there will be another vote on the deal, will be another vote on the deal, will the labour party be voting

against it? look, can ijust presented to you this week? if somebody comes and says to you i am either going to chop your left hand off your right hand off, you do not say oh well, chop the right one or chop the left one, what you says do not chop either. what she is doing to parliament and this is the craziness of her position last night, because instead of saying look, i am the prime minister, the buck stops here, she said the buck stops here over there, don‘t blame me, iam stops here over there, don‘t blame me, i am not responsible, stops here over there, don‘t blame me, iam not responsible, but stops here over there, don‘t blame me, i am not responsible, but she is the one who for the past two and a half years has been insisting that only she can determine what is done. so things have gone wrong, she needs to have the humility to look at herself and say perhaps i should now start listening. can you explain to us wide chirrup ——jeremy can you explain to us wide chirrup —— jeremy corbyn walked out of a meeting with opposition leaders yesterday? the point is, political parties have a transparency about

the funding arrangements. the independent does not. a saying that‘s the reason why, because some of those were there? they were there not to that meeting originally and were therefore a meeting with david lidington and because number ten didn‘t get its meetings sorted out, they happen to be in the same room and then were taken through. it was chaos. the point is this, it‘s not about the process , point is this, it‘s not about the process, it is about the substance. the people who came out of that meeting at the end of it said, there is no substance. this meeting was the show, it was so she could potentially is listening but she did not listen, she has not changed her red lines, she is not willing to compromise it is going to force a gun to parliament‘s had. jeremy did have a 20— minute phone call. trying

to see if there was some way of negotiation arraigned —— a way through the problem she has brought us through the problem she has brought us to. unfortunately again, it looks as if she is not being prepared. she is trapped us with less than a week to go in the situation where our hospitals don‘t know what medicines they will have available to them. then ask you one more question? just so then ask you one more question? just soiam then ask you one more question? just so i am clear, i asked if the labor party would be voting with all against the deal next week. that is where we stand in the process. which way are you going to vote?” where we stand in the process. which way are you going to vote? i cannot support a deal, the deal that theresa may has put forward. it lands our country into a terrible position. which would mean, wouldn't it... parliament has already said, bya it... parliament has already said, by a majority, that she should not allow us to go to know deal but what

it means is that the prime minister has to change her red lines and that is the key here. that‘s why next week, parliament will have to take control of the process and insist that a new mandate is made. that‘s why we need now through the discussions thatjeremy will be having in brussels today, to see how, if that takes place, we can then negotiate a timeline it will be able to see the process taken forward positively so that we avoid the mass the prime minister has got the mass the prime minister has got the country into. thank you very much feel time and will be speaking toa much feel time and will be speaking to a member of the cabinet. at about 8:10 a.m. here‘s carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. carol is in amongst the flowers. indeed, good morning. yesterday the some parts of the uk was a beautiful day with a lot of sunshine. sheffield, 19.4. 0thers,

day with a lot of sunshine. sheffield, 19.4. others, it was a fairly cloudy day and to some, quite as well. more cloud around in yesterday. mainly dry. we say that because we got rain and drizzle in the forecast. the weather fronts coming across north—west scotland. as we go through this morning, it will sink a bit further south. it‘s going to retreat northwards again through the day. high pressure is still in charge, still cloudy so a lot of cloud the many other areas with some coastal mist and hill fog and drizzle. particularly in western areas. there will be some sunshine in the forecast. for example, north—east of scotland and england, also the west midlands, east wales. the rest of us, some breaks if you are lucky but the most, it will be cloudy. temperature—wise, we not expecting to get as as 19.4 but 16

in newcastle and hull but generally, looking between 12 and 14. through this evening and overnight, hanging onto a lot of cloud. the wind is going to strengthen across scotland and northern ireland. quite a few showers in western areas. a murky night but also miles. nine and ten, the overnight low. we start up on a fairly cloudy note. pushing south eastwards a cross fairly cloudy note. pushing south eastwards across the west of scotland. later into northwest wales. behind it, it starts to cool down a touch. seven degrees in stornoway. showers and sunshine, the wintry mix and those showers. head of the weather front, still fairly cloudy. the emphasis is on quite a bit of cloud and still relatively mild. by the time we get to saturday, the weather front is in

the south, not much more than a band of cloud. brighter skies follow—on behind but by then, it‘s going to feel cooler and although there will be showers, at lower levels across scotland, we will see some of those falling as sleet or maybe snow on the hills and mountains but temperature—wise, nine degrees in edinburgh and highs of 11 or 12. as for sunday, we start off once again ona for sunday, we start off once again on a cloudy note in the south but plucking up across much of england and wales. scotland and northern ireland, a cloudy day ahead with showery outbreaks of rain which will be wintry in the hills and scotland. the issue of assisted dying is one that divides opinion, but today could mark a significant moment for those in favour. the royal college of physicians will publish the result of a members poll on whether they should back a change in the law. it could shift its position from being against the practice, to a more neutral stance. here to tell us what that means is iain brassington, who‘s from the centre for social ethics and policy at the university of manchester.

just explain, what is a more neutral sta nce just explain, what is a more neutral stance mean? the conscious position at the moment is to be against assisted suicide. they‘re talking about providing the means. the couege about providing the means. the college currently says that is the correct position. there is a line that says the law should be changed to allow it. the college, if the vote changed its position, is not going to go that far. what it‘s going to go that far. what it‘s going to go that far. what it‘s going to do is withdraw from that debate and say some people love for and against changing the law. that‘s not for us to take a particular position but we will recognise we are taking this course is. can you give us a sense of how that might work in practice? there is someone

ina work in practice? there is someone in a desperate situation with the family around them, how does the decision of going neutral that the organisation takes, a fact what might happen next? on a day-to-day level, almost no difference but what it does to perhaps this just put a straw in the wind in terms of the kind of legislative debate. historically, the middle of next week. but if the college changes its position to being a bit more neutral, that is a straw in the wind to suggest maybe the movie is not quite going to work. some people find it confusing. surely you will be in favourite. neutral doesn‘t really work. i think this is one of the objections to changing net neutrality. if you think that

something is morally wrong, suppose you are opposed. the someone to step back, it might seem like an abrogation of moral responsibility. it seems deeply unsatisfactory. equally, if you are pro changing the law, the might of the same kind of healing because you would want the couege healing because you would want the college to represent something a bit more proactive. there is that worry that it‘s just abandoning. 0n the other hand, there is a kind of realpolitik in the organisation and it satisfies antagonistic means. the british medical association opposed all forms of assisted dying. will there be other conversations going on. 0bviously they have a very different stance. these kind of conversations are always going on. within the profession. the position

of the body is not always at the surface but it is always bubbling away underneath. keeping a very close eye on it. thank you very much your time this morning. we will have the weather for you shortly and will be out and about looking at some of the foot paths which may need to be mapped otherwise we may lose them. it is eerie. that‘s the worker it. time to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m sara 0rchard. a conference hosted by the mayor of london will take place today to discuss safety and security at places

of worship here. in the wake of the new zealand shootings, where 50 people died, police patrols have been stepped up at mosques in the capital. sadiq khan will bejoined by community representatives and officers from the met to discuss what further measures can be put in place. a man‘s been charged with the murder of the french film maker laureline garcia—bertaux. (tx 00v) the 34—year—old was found buried in her garden in kew —— the 34—year—old was found buried in her garden in kew earlier this month. 32—year—old kirill belorusov was arrested in estonia last wednesday, and extradited to the uk. he‘s due to appear at uxbridge magistrates‘ court later. there was a time when a plant or two in an office was considered sufficient to give it a more homely feel. but now research by thejournal of experimental psychology suggests productivity and wellbeing is significantly improved when staff are surrounded by greenery. some london workers are already feeling the benefits. they are lovely to look at, it makes you feel happy, it makes you feel less claustrophobic, it makes you feel like you‘re almost outside sometimes. some of the staff are more green—fingered than others and so some of the staff, yeah, i‘ve caught some of them kind

of speaking to the plants. i don‘t comment. everybody to their own thing, you know? let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. starting off on the tubes, the 0verground is suspended between dalston kingsland and stratford, with delays acros the line. 0n the trains southeastern railway and thameslink services are suspended— london bound from strood to dartford following a broken down freight train. in brockley, sprules road is closed northbound from drakefell road to vesta road in the one way system, following a police incident. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. yesterday was a pretty unremarkable day of weather. there was no rain, no wind, no sunshine and an awful lot of cloud and today threatens to be pretty similar. plenty of cloud throughout the day, perhaps a few spots of drizzle

from the thickness of the cloud at times, but otherwise staying dry. and it‘s a mild start to this morning, we‘ve got temperatures between 7 and 9 degrees celsius at the moment. we‘re going to keep those layers of cloud all day, just swirling around this area of high pressure, so very grey all in all. if we do get any breaks in the cloud, and i wouldn‘t count on them, we could get as high as 15 or 16 degrees celsius perhaps but i rather fancy that most of us will stay languishing on 13 or 14 degrees celsius and it will remain grey all day. now, overnight tonight, again, plenty of cloud around, a few mist patches developing into tomorrow morning, particularly over the higher ground. 0vernight lows between 7 and 9 degrees celsius. tomorrow is looking more or less the same. lots of cloud, staying dry. if we get any brightness, then we‘ll be up as high as 16 degrees, but it will be sunnoer at the weekend but also cooler. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it‘s back to charlie and louise. bye for now.

hello. this is breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt. —— exactly 7:30am. here‘s a summary of this morning‘s main stories from bbc news. theresa may has made a defiant address to the nation, blaming mp5 for the deadlock over brexit. in the broadcast from downing street, she said she was on the same side as people who‘d "had enough" of political games. today, she‘ll be heading to brussels to ask for that three month delay, but her actions have provoked an angry response from some mps. with some calling her comments "toxic" and "reckless". instead of saying look, i am the prime minister, the buck stops here, she is seeing the buck stops over there, do not blame me, i‘m not responsible but she is the one who over the past two and half years has been insisting that only she can determine what is done. so if things have gone wrong, she needs to have the humility to look at herself and

say perhaps i should now start. -- start listening. let‘s speak to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who‘s in westminster. iam i am really conscious that it is supposedly a week tomorrow that we‘re leaving, have you got to say about what the pie minister had to say? it is notjust labour mps criticising the prime minister, someone criticising the prime minister, someone her own side as well angry about the way she is gone about this, accusing her of indulging in a blame game with parliament. there might bea blame game with parliament. there might be a lot of people who agree with the prime minister the parliament just needs with the prime minister the parliamentjust needs to get on with exit and get a deal done, the problem for her is that it is the mps who hold the power in parliament to make the deal happen. it is looking as unlikely as ever that mps are going to do that, so the prime minister goes to brussels hoping that the eu will agree to an extension that she did not want in the first place and she will come back hoping that mps will somehow

fall into line behind to deal with thatis fall into line behind to deal with that is looking as unlikely as ever this morning. jonathan blake, thank you. aid workers in south—eastern africa are struggling to reach thousands of people trapped by floods, following cyclone idai — across the region, at least 300 people have died, but that figure is expected to rise. in the port city of beira, aid workers say they have only three days of clean water left. mps have accused the home office of having a "shockingly cavalier" attitude towards the detention of people in immigration removal centres. the home affairs select committee began an inquiry, after the bbc highlighted examples of abuse. it‘s calling for sweeping changes and a time—limit on how long people can be held. new zealand will ban all types of semi—automatic weapons and assault rifles following the christchurch attacks, that‘s according to prime ministerjacinda ardern. 50 people were killed at two mosques last friday. the alleged gunman had obtained a firearms licence in 2017. ms ardern said she expected new legislation to be in place

by the 11th of april. police searching for the missing student libby squire in hull say they are trying to establish the identity of a body found in the humber estuary. the 21—year—old disappeared after a night out in february. a major police investigation has been underway ever since. a number of missing person enquiries are being carried out in the area. there‘s a warning that if current trends continue, the number of unfilled nursing positions in england could double in the next four years, to nearly 70,000. three leading health think tanks say radical solutions are needed to ensure there‘ll be enough key nhs workers in future. the government insist plans are in place to recruit more staff. a lovely story this. a 104—year—old woman has had her wish answered after police turned up at her care home to "arrest" her. this is anne brokenbrow from bristol.

she says she had never done anything wrong in her life, but wanted to find out what it was like. so the officers arrived in as you can see, she was indeed handcuffed. the handcuffs go on and sure enough, they took her outside. it looks a bit like the handcuffs off by now that she was indeed taken away in a police car. in a police car, yes. i think they return to safely afterwards, let‘s hope. think they return to safely afterwards, let's hope. she is being driven off. there she goes. she said the lights and the sirens on was particularly exciting. being driven around the town, that would be great fun. happy birthday, great story. good morning. good morning, great story from women‘s football, a real windfall for them which will boost the elite and the grassroots. a new sponsorship deal has been done

for the women‘s super league, i will try and put it in some context. the women‘s super league has now got something even the premier league doesn‘t — a title sponsor, in what the football association have called a landmark moment for the women‘s game. so barclays will reportedly pump about £10 million into the game — it‘s a three year deal, with a prize money pot of around £0.5 million. it‘s still much, much less than the figures in the men‘s game, but the former arsenal and england striker kelly smith believes it‘ll make a big difference. the amount of money that they‘ve invested in the game, not just at the elite level, in the professional game, but they are doing something at the grassroots level, going intp schools, meeting girls and giving them the same opportunities that boys have to play football. the chelsea manager, emma hayes, say it‘s a tipping point but the next big moment is to find a broadcasting platform. at the moment, the women‘s game doesn‘t really get any money

from tv deals. however, the new sponsorship deal works out atjust over £3 million per year for the the women‘s super league. although the last time the men‘s premier league had a sponsorship deal, back in 2015, it was worth £40 million a year. that is 12 times more than this new dealfor the women. the new prize fund of £500,000 will be split between 12 teams — and it means clubs like yeovil struggling to maintain full time status, it could be a huge difference for them. in the premier league last season, the prize pot was over £400 hundred million. you got nearly £2 million forfinishing last, before factoring in the tv money and the like as well. from a positive in the women‘s game to a big negative, with the sheffield united forward sophie jones found guilty of racially abusing tottenham‘s renee hector. sojones has had her contract terminated by mutual consent following the hearing, but claims that the hearing was unfair and that she does not condone racism in any form. hector welcomed the verdict, adding that a zero tolerance policy is imperative to stamping

this out from football. in men‘s football, wales kicked off a week of international football with an unconvincing win over trinidad and tobago. this was a friendly. it was the first time in 11 years they‘d played an international in wrexham, but they didn‘t exactly treat the fans to a thriller. ben woodburn at least sparing the blushes for ryan giggs‘s side, with the winner two minutes into stoppage time. i wanted to keep a lot of the lads fresh. yeah, everyone is available for the weekend, so that‘s good. we gave players minutes who needed minutes and rested a few who needed a rest, so overall, we‘re in a good shape and everyone will be available for sunday. northern ireland and scotland are in action tonight. it‘s been 23 years since scotland last appeared at the european championships. they‘ll start their bid to make it to next summer‘s showpiece by taking on kazakhstan later on. not since the days of ally mccoist at euro 96 have scotland tasted uefa‘s top international competition. they‘ve got a tricky but not

impossible looking task in qualifying, and boss alex mcleish believes his young group can finally deliver. the competitionjust now, and i think the inspiration of certain players in the uk now, scottish players, is getting youngsters really excited now, and i see a lot of the young players raising their game, so hopefully, there will be something that comes of this and it is one of those cycles where scotland come good. now, manchester city will be breathing a sigh of relief this morning, after one of their stars escaped serious injury last night. you might want to look away if you‘re sqeamish. sane was playing for germany against serbia. now this was a friendly, but you wouldn‘t have

thought so watching this challenge right at the end of the match by milan pavkov. 0uch. you can see watching the slow motion replayjust how lucky sane was with a big few weeks coming up for city, as they chase the premier league title. —— they‘re still in the champions league too. ronnie 0‘sullivan remains on course to climb back to the top of snooker‘s world rankings. he‘s into the semifinals of the tour championships in wales, where he‘ll meetjudd trump. if 0‘sullivan wins the tournament, he‘ll become world number one for the first time since 2010, despite pretty much picking and choosing which tournaments he plays in. the world championships are coming up the world championships are coming up soon, of the world championships are coming up soon, of course. the world championships are coming up soon, of course. he will be trying to win for the first time since 2013. finally, a buzzer beater is when you score in basketball just as the clock‘s buzzer forfull time sounds. seldom is it so spectacular as this though. this is the special olympics — the largest competition in the world for adults and children with intellectual disabilities. that was the usa‘s matt millett

with a remarkable shot against canada. they were already well ahead — and with shots like that — it‘s easy to see why, even though they lost to great britain in the final. iam i am fascinated by what i can see behind you, a man in a wood. yes, because we‘re taking you out into the woods and pathways that be undiscovered. yes, he is going to tell us what is actually going on in rather lovely scene. good morning. good morning to you, we‘re on a pathway, bridleway, you can see it has been used by horses but this pathway is one of an estimated about 8000 to 10,000 miles of england and wales that are not not on official maps. now, pathways were properly marked in 1949, it gave the public access to the countryside. —— starting off with the national parks act. the deadline has been set of

2026 and if they are not recorded and registered by then, they will be lost forever, as i have been to find out. if it was a right—of—way in the past, it should still be a right—of—way. past, it should still be a right-of-way. a group of walkers on a time critical mission. broadcaster and ramblers president, stuart mahoney. we have lost this... hopefully if this is a path that could be solved, then it is something we could connect up... the country belongs to all of us. right a hard fought for and we should not give them up lightly and that is what this is about. —— writes a hard fought for. there are about 145 miles of public paths and walkways in england and wales but some like this one have not made it onto

official maps. the government has set a deadline of 2026 members of the public to find and registered these lost and forgotten past. —— rights. it is basically about moving an argument that in the past, and i can go back to the 12th century, the public use this route and therefore they should still be able to use it now. another look at the 1909 map shows where the path used to go, so our intrepid ramblers set off, through the bulges. we havejust walked down the field and do a bog. do we need to? there are plenty of other paths around. yeah, there are plenty of other path you can do that ido plenty of other path you can do that i do they not apply for people enjoy the landscape, right—of—way, healthy exercise, i see that as a good point, it‘s one of the best things

you can spend money on i think a lot of people agree with me. but not eve ryo ne of people agree with me. but not everyone agrees. i think the focus should be on quality of parts, not quantity. he is a big supporter pass, but... what exactly are they protecting? the ones that are not in use are not in use, we seem to only be using the path that no—one wants to take. —— paths. placing the extra burden of more potentially unnecessary choice is probably not the best use of resources. back in bolton, the ramblers are still sloshing through the marsh but the talkies of urgency and lost heritage. the right-of-way based on historical evidence and it is not claimed by 2026, then that path is lost forever a nd claimed by 2026, then that path is lost forever and that will be a massive lost to notjust lost forever and that will be a massive lost to not just where people can walk but to the heritage of england. —— massive loss.

so the clock is ticking, let‘s have a tidy walk up this path. tell us a little bit about this path? lol, this is a really old path if you look back to ordinance maps on the 19th century onwards, is really clear feature. you can 19th century onwards, is really clearfeature. you can see it 19th century onwards, is really clear feature. you can see it has formed part of the road network, obviously over the years it has fallen into disuse for one reason or another. just point out where we are now. so this is an 1898 map, we're just in this part that you can see there. this whole boot here is now not recorded. on the official new mums? on the official map for right—of—way, yes. mums? on the official map for right-of-way, yes. so people are saying that there are miles of pass in england and wales that i on these new maps, that is enough, isn‘t it? lol, right—of—way brought huge health benefits and economic benefits to the country but particularly, it is a safety issue.

—— well. our society have recorded 3700 accidents on the roads, people have been killed in those accidents, over 300 horses have, so it is a really big issue notjust for horses, cyclists as well, which is why we are walking with other organisations. —— working with. the original process to record these paths happened as you say 1949 and that involve parish councils and it involved county councils at the time, but there was interest in not necessarily recording these paths because of the maintenance responsibilities, parish councils sometimes were dominated by landowners who may not always wanted these. you not saying it was big, are you? hello i‘m not saying it was agreed that it wasn‘t inefficient process and it has been ever since then that thousands and thousands of

roads and paths have been missed. so you live next to a path which is definitely a route, but is not on the map, what you do? go to a website, we have a talk on there and all the resources that you need. it has links to maps like this so you can has links to maps like this so you ca n start has links to maps like this so you can start to check the status, if it is accorded, see whatever there is, we can then guide you through the process of making application. we can then guide you through the process of making applicationm not that easy, is it? you have to show evidence. you have to show evidence, you have actually got to show that it was a highway on an old roadmap at some stage in the past, that could be old roadmaps, documents like enclosure and so on, it is fascinating work but it is time consuming. thank you very much indeed. there you are, if you want to have that as a project to look up old maps and find the evidence, you can do that. if not, then the paths potentially like this one will be lost. it is back to you guys. it sounds like there‘s work to be done. anti— very much. sounds like there‘s work to be done. anti- very much. if you're planning on going down a walk on a path like

that one, what kind of weather we in for today? it is very cloudy. this is from cornwall. you can see a lot of cloud and coastal mist. we can see some of that in the english channel. most of the uk will be mainly dry and cloudy that it was yesterday but a lot of as did see quite a bit of cloud yesterday as well. rain in the forecast, moving south—east across parts of scotland and later on, the weather front reducing that will retreat to the north. breezy but not as windy as it was yesterday. a cloudy area of high pressure. a lot of cloud today, getting as far as the central lowlands. the brightest brea ks the central lowlands. the brightest breaks are likely to be the shelter of the hills. parts of north—east

scotland. further west of scotland and northern ireland, there are some brea ks and northern ireland, there are some breaks this morning. the murky conditions also in the west. some sunny intervals in the midlands as well. possibly in hull as well but generally, 12—14. through this evening and overnight, there goes the rain, careering certainly northwards. the wind will be picking up northwards. the wind will be picking up across northwards. the wind will be picking up across scotland and northern ireland. showers as well across western parts of wales and also northwest england into south—west england as well. 0vernight lows, not particularly low. we‘re not looking at any issues with frost. tomorrow morning at cloudy note this dank conditions in the west. rain moving across scotland through northern ireland, into northern england, later into northwest wales. sunshine

and showers, could well be wintry. we are still in the milder air. there will be some breaks. temperatures up around 13—15. the weather front will be pushing across, with not much more than a band of cloud. brighter skies and cloud around. more sunshine as well. wintry on the hills. their pitches down to most of us. on sunday can, it‘s the south that starts off on a cloudy note. it brightens up through the day. northern ireland and scotland, a bit more cloud of times with showery outbreaks of rain especially in the north and west of scotla nd especially in the north and west of scotland and a little about getting into northern ireland, wintry in the hills and the temperatures 9—12.

some rain on the way. within the last few minutes, we‘ve had an update on how one of the high street‘s biggest fashion retailers, next, is doing. ben has all the details. ben? i will talk you through what we know so far. and those results are always watched pretty closely because they give us a good insight into what the high street is doing — but also how online is faring. but let me remind you what we heard from asos this week. it‘s shares have been taking a big hit because whilst sales were up in its latest update, they weren‘t as good as in previous years — and investors are worried that there‘s trouble ahead. and that makes sales at next all the more interesting. it‘s been a victim of asos‘s success — but it‘s fought back by investing in its own website — and selling other brands as well as its own. today it says sales are up 2.5% overall — but it‘s a familiar tale. sales on the high street are down nearly 8% but via it‘s website

they‘re up nearly 15%. also there‘s an update from ted baker too. its sales are up 4.2%, a good set of figures, given what a tough year it‘s had. the firm‘s founder and boss quit the business this month after allegations of misconduct. it was forced to also issue a profit warning because the fall in the value of the pound made its imports more expensive and what it calls ‘competitive discounting‘. well here to discuss it all is kirsty mcgregor, deputy editor of the fashion magazine drapers. good morning. let‘s start with next, it is such a good insight. it‘s got that unique position of on line and high street. on line is doing really well. unlike some of its rivals, on line represents more than half its sales so it‘s really overtaking the

high stores now. i was looking through the statement. all those barriers to entry might have seen that come with setting up a retail empire. a distribution network. it is now we don‘t need any of that. that makes it really tough. a source has been successful and not tied down to these stores which are becoming more expensive to run. what‘s interesting with next is that they said they are not going to close a huge number of their stores. they still seem quite committed to having stores on the high street. you can now go into next and by all sorts of branded stuff. they said does selling products eat into our pockets? if you can‘t beat them, join them. bringing all these

third—party, well—known brands, they become a one—stop shop on the high street and on line and it broadens out the audience base. i think it‘s a really good move for them. overall profit down 0.4%. let‘s turn our attention to ted baker. doing pretty well. if we put the resignation of theirfounder to the well. if we put the resignation of their founder to the site for one moment, they have fallen afoul. they issued a profit warning, asos, and ted baker issued a profit warning as well. they‘ve been hit by external factors. what does that tell us? those two retailers traditionally faring pretty well as sort of immune to the downturn elsewhere. that's

why people are getting a bit worried because nobody is immune any more. it isa because nobody is immune any more. it is a really tough time. with next introducing third—party brands, retailers are having to be much more inventive. there is a bit of light at the end of the tunnel. entertainer, the toyshop chain. up by 12%. sales up 21%. it‘s opened 16 stores. what is that firm doing? the high street isn‘t dead by any terms, we are seeing next, and i think that the entertainer, what they get right is they have an experience in store. they give you a reason to go in there. i suppose that's the challenge, giving you a reason to go there. all those overheads that next

talk about. it‘s just going to be what is replicated on line, it‘s about doing something different. lush brings people in because they‘ve got, you go in you can play around with their product. in the fashion space, ted baker has done quite a good job. john lewis has put a lot of emphasis, you can go in there and go iceskating on the roof of their store in oxford street when you want to. give people a reason to go in the stores. good to see you. more from me after eight o‘clock. we will talk a little bit about ebay. we will discuss with us as all that comes together.

you‘re watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning. ‘horrid henry‘ author francesca simon will be here to talk about the series turning 25—years—old, selling 21 million copies worldwide and her latest project. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a vigil‘s due to take place in london later for the victims of the mosque attacks in new zealand. almost a week on and kiwis in the capital will gather in trafalgar square between 6 and 7 this evening. meanwhile a conference hosted by the mayor will take place today to discuss safety and security at places of worship here. police patrols have been stepped up at mosques in the capital. sadiq khan will bejoined by community representatives and officers from the met to discuss measures.

there was a time when a plant or two in an office was considered sufficient to give it a more homely feel. but now research by thejournal of experimental psychology suggests productivity and wellbeing is significantly improved when staff are surrounded by greenery. they are lovely to look at, it makes you feel happy, it makes you feel less claustrophobic, it makes you feel like you‘re almost outside sometimes. some of the staff are more green—fingered than others and so some of the staff, yeah, i‘ve caught some of them kind of speaking to the plants. i don‘t comment. everybody to their own thing, you know? a petition has been launched calling for a statue of del boy at the block of flats featured in only fools and horses. harleck tower, in west london was used to represent nelson mandela house, the home of the trotter family. the building is due to be knocked down as part of regeneration plans. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. starting off on the tubes, the 0verground has minor delays but a good service on all other lines. 0n the trains there are delays on southeastern railway and thameslink services — london bound from strood to dartford

following a broken down freight train. 0n the roads there‘s northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach from the woolwich rd flyover. there are clockwise delays on the m25 from j23 a1m towards j25 a10 following an earlier breakdown. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. yesterday was a pretty unremarkable day of weather. there was no rain, no wind, no sunshine and an awful lot of cloud and today threatens to be pretty similar. plenty of cloud throughout the day, perhaps a few spots of drizzle from the thickness of the cloud at times, but otherwise staying dry. and it‘s a mild start to this morning, we‘ve got temperatures between 7 and 9 degrees celsius at the moment. we‘re going to keep those layers of cloud all day, just swirling around this area of high pressure, so very grey all in all. if we do get any breaks in the cloud, and i wouldn‘t count

on them, we could get as high as 15 or 16 degrees celsius perhaps but i rather fancy that most of us will stay languishing on 13 or 14 degrees celsius and it will remain grey all day. 0vernight tonight, again, plenty of cloud around, a few mist patches developing into tomorrow morning, particularly over the higher ground. 0vernight lows between 7 and 9 degrees celsius. tomorrow looking more or less the same. lots of cloud, staying dry. if we get any brightness, we‘ll be up as high as 16 degrees, sunnier at the weekend but also cooler. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it‘s back to charlie and louise.