and in the metro this morning, the climate protests which caused havoc across london yesterday, and today i'm sure, with demonstrators blocking roads and public transport. and finally to the guardian where an investigation has revealed half of england's property market is owned by less than one percent of the population. so let's begin with the front of the times. with me priya lakhani, founder and ceo of century tech, a uk—based education technology platform. hello. nice to see you. hello. nice to see you. is things were, we were meant to be talking about the uk's —— were not meant to be talking about the uk's participation in eu elections, but it looks like because of the delay the uk will be

participating in the deal is done before that. nigel faraj, the polls suggest could do pretty well. his party, the brexit party is surging ahead according to one poll. it says that, maybe it's 23% of the vote, you know, reading other report on this does make reports, he's got the you get basis, he's got the tories -- ukip asis, -- you get basis, he's got the tories —— ukip asis, —— basis, and the news that he is on course for election victory? i am a remainer, that he is on course for election victory? iam a remainer, i that he is on course for election victory? i am a remainer, i want things to get done, but if we can do a dealjust to stop nigel faraj from sitting in power —— farage, that

would be great but i wouldn't underestimate him in terms of his power. there are potentially a lot of people who would be frustrated with the delay to brexit who will feel that parliament is stopping a process that was voted for by a majority... i think everyone is frustrated by the delay. yeah it's not even some people. but some people will see nigel farage's returned to the fray in a very direct way in elections is something they, you know, really welcome. some people will absolutely see it that way. i'm sick of these people who feel like they voted in the referendum, you know, brexit was the clear decider and they are at up and they want a hard exit. so many people feel that way. —— a hard brexit, what theresa may is trying to do is make sure that we have a deal struck, that are drawn ——

agreement deals are signed but that is unlikely to happen by the end of may. and then there's the elections and the time between the elections taking place — which is going to cost a lot of money to do — we have to ta ke cost a lot of money to do — we have to take part in the elections. we can't just say it to take part in the elections. we can'tjust say it may be likely that we will part with the eu before that, it's part of our commitment as pa rt that, it's part of our commitment as part of the eu to do this. then there is a buffer period between then and the first time that we sit stop so it could be if we withdraw levett ends up sitting in the 73 seats may not sit for very long —— may end up sitting in those 72 seats. it's obviously become pretty inevitable. we should stress actually that this is according to just two opinion polls. just two bowls. so it has to be put in that context

bowls. so it has to be put in that co ntext — — bowls. so it has to be put in that context —— polls. especially as we are now heading towards those elections. but let's talk about this rather extraordinary science story. the pig brains that are brought to life. the daily mail has a fairly grabbing headline, i'm not sure if you can see it behind me. the dawn of frankenswine. there must be some practical application of this. so these pigs are normally considered rain dead. they've been decapitated, right. using artificial blood they managed to create brain activity in cells, and in neurons and the synapses between the neurons. so they've seen firing between these brain cells, and what the scientist saying this is extraordinary because

it could raise all sorts of ethical questions that we can get into, but this could actually lead to great strides in what we know about alzheimer's, parkinson's disease, and it could be extraordinary in terms of the medical research we could do. but then there is also the ethical question of well, hang on, what does it mean then to be alive oi’ what does it mean then to be alive or dead. the line between life and death. and resend these debates when we talk about bioethics and cloning, when we've talked about all sorts of — any type of genetic engineering we have these debates. this is absolutely going to be at the forefront of this debate because people are saying where is the line here? eight that move onto another ethical debate because we have a few stories to go through and i'm keen to get the role of them. the daily telegraph in the uk being the first country to verify the age of on—site uses, not just asking country to verify the age of on—site uses, notjust asking them to confirm but also to prove it.

they're using software called ajay d. commercial porn sites injuly, you will have to upload your id to verify your age. the really good reason behind this is to stop children from looking at porn, but now there is a couple of debates. it doesn't affect facebook, google, social media sites. so people trying to flounder rules and get the content on those sites. but regulators say if you do that we will come after social media sites. and then next, if you are uploading your ids, what happens to that? facebook just your ids, what happens to that? facebookjust made 1.5 million e—mail addresses available. if i upload my personal id, where does that go? there are questions about whether it is safe, but obviously the businesses will need to make sure that id is get secure. white

mark —— make sure the id is kept secure. there is a warning that we are rapidly running out of time to deal with the effect of climate change, global warming. deal with the effect of climate change, globalwarming. yeah. that has led to protest springing huge disruption to parts of london and the city. there is still a pink boat in the middle of oxford circus as i heard this morning. we know about ice and glaziers melting, we know about the ocean's 26% more acidic than before the industrial revolution, we know about sea levels rising and that sir david attenborough has created this new programme which i'm really excited to watch, actually. i think it's really important. and extinction rebellion, these campaigners who are rebellious by nature and name, they are the same ones who were in parliament and struck off their clothes in public to show their bottoms. the last thing i was doing

here. but, yes, they caused chaos in london, but they say unless we create this type of disruption, no—one's really noticing how big an issue this is. some have pointed out the irony in blocking bus routes and stopping the light railway that goes to the docklands part of london, is public transport that they ideally wa nt public transport that they ideally want people to use rather than cars. there i think it is difficult to strive a balance —— strike a balance, yes, they are affecting people who drive cars, and retailers. but retailers of the second largest producers of the issue. so i think that this is, you know, it's difficult really. difficult issue. but i think some will welcome the fact that it will raise the profile of an important issue that we all have to deal with. and, priya we have less than one

minute to talk about the conundrum of the inequality. there this is a shocking story. i was shocked by this. half of england is owned by 1% of the population. it's astonishingly unequalled. the 5000 landowners have control of half the country —— 25,000. 25,000 isjust so small! if we are looking at the queen and if you entrepreneurs and some dukes, but, yeah, it's shocking. we should have done something before, is what i'm thinking about house and land ownership. if you want to hear more about that, read the guardian. see you soon.

hello, once again if you've seen any of the forecasts in the recent days, you're probably familiar with the story by now in that we have an area of high pressure close by in scandinavia settling the weather down across much of the british isles, tending to keep atlantic weather fronts at bay. for those of you who have opted for the stay—cation for this particular holiday weekend, well, you're certainly beating those who have decided to head down anywhere really, from iberia right across to the eastern mediterranean. the reason for our settled spell of weather is that the jet stream, as we move through the weekend and into the start of next week, should be well away from the british isles. we're trapped on its warmer side. you'll notice there is a pocket of somewhat cooler air not a million miles to the west of us as we start the new week. more on that in just a second. thursday starts off rather cloudy across eastern scotland and the eastern side of the pennines, but as the day gets going that cloud dissipates. a little bit of fair weather cloud, not much more than that. on the east coast the onshore breeze is around ten, 11, 12.

inland is widely in the upper teens, if not in the 20s. for all that we have to thank that big area of high pressure, which i'm sure you're getting used to by now, it's been there over scandanavia for a wee while. it will certainly dominate many of us as we get on through the weekend. friday, just maybe the odd passing shower to start the day in eastern parts of scotland, but friday is a really glorious day across many parts of the british isles. and those temperatures, notjust a south—east phenomena. widely in the upper teens. and again, many locations could see 20—21 or something in that order. a fly in the ointment as we move towards the weekend. the weather front will be pushed closer to the northern and western parts of scotland, maybe northern ireland too, tempering the feel of the day there certainly. but as i say, widely 22—23, maybe a 2a or 25 somewhere across the south—east. not much change into easter sunday, we will have the remnants of that

weather front trying to work its way down across scotland, thickening the cloud here, the odd spot of rain more, i suspect, towards the far north—west. sunshine rather hazy across northern ireland. but elsewhere, if you've got plans for the outdoors, get out and enjoy it. a word to the wise, the pollen is really quite high at the moment. and if you're out for any length of time, the uv levels are also worthy of consideration. come monday, as i say, the jet stream just trying to work an area of low pressure close to the western side of the british isles, but those fronts lingering far out toward the west for many. easter monday too looking like a pretty decent day.

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