you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's 11 am and these are the main stories this morning: 400 arrested as climate change protests continue into a fourth day — the group behind it warn their tactics will escalate if demands are not met. meanwhile, in a new documentary, sir david attenborough gives his gravest warning yet on the threat of climate change. if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade we could face irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies. three days of national mourning on the portuguese island of madeira — after 29 people were killed in a bus crash. more delays to london's crossrail — bbc news is told the service might not open to passengers until 2021 — more than two

years behind schedule. tributes pour in for cbbc star mya—lecia naylor — who's died at the age of 16. the ecstasy and the agony of the champions league — spurs are through to the semi—finals after a stoppage—time winner for manchester city is ruled out by v.a.r. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm rebecca jones. protests on climate change which have brought parts of central london — and other cities — to a standstill have entered their fourth day. police say nearly 400 people have been arrested in london, and a further 29 arrests were made during demonstrations in edinburgh. three activists who glued themselves

to a docklands light railway train yesterday have been charged with disrupting the railway. the group behind the protests — extinction rebellion — say unless their demands for action on climate change are met, they will escalate their tactics. this morning, activists are continuing to block major roads in the capital — these pictures show protesters with a banner stopping traffic on vauxhall bridge earlier this morning. there are growing calls for the police to break up the protests. earlier our correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn gave us this update from oxford circus. we know that there have been four major locations in london affected, waterloo bridge, also parliament square, and marble arch which is the only legitimate place that protesters are allowed to be, that's why we have seen arrests in the other locations. just under 400 arrests so far but still the roadblocks stay in place. i'm joined now by one of the activists, rebecca west,

who has come all the way from somerset, i believe? yes, i have. how are you going to be protesting today? we are going to be occupying the boat again, so we will be locking on to make sure that the police cannot remove us too quickly. we also have various other stations around london we are guarding at the moment. i know you have said about ramping this up, potentially having an impact on public transport, do you have something planned for today? at the moment, like i say, we are blocking oxford circus and also waterloo bridge, parliament square and marble arch as well. we will look into swarming which is where we go across the road, let the lights turn red, go across the road and we stand there for seven minutes. we make sure that somebody walks down and talk to the motorist and explains why we're doing it, we hand out biscuits and then we leave, we are there for seven minutes and then the drivers can go on their way.

is this fair? you are into your fourth day now. this has caused major disruption, small businesses, taxi drivers, people saying they're trying to get to an essential appointment, things like that. have you not made your point now? i think it's going to take a lot to make our point. we've known about climate change for 30 years and nothing has changed, really. in fact, we have double the carbon emissions released in the last, since the 805, it's really regrettable that we have got to do this. we do not want to interrupt people's lives but climate change will, flooding will, and an increase in temperatures will affect people's lives. it already is, in the poorest parts of the world, people are feeling the pinch, dramatically so. and it is the richest nations who have caused the most c02 emissions. is that the target of net zero, so we're talking, even if you can't get rid of carbon emissions completely, offsetting any that you have, net zero by 2025

is unrealistic, isn't it? it is hugely ambitious but we need to be very ambitious. if you have read the ipcc report, that gives us 12 years to make sure that temperature does not increase above 1.5 celsius. we are on track for above two celsius and that's dangerous levels. we got to do something very drastic. it does sound ambitious but we got to have those conversations now. michael gove says you have made your point, the government is looking at this issue anyway. they have been looking at it for a long time. and carbon dioxide levels are still rising, we are still in dire straits. we haven't made our point yet and they are still not engaging with us. the media needs to cover this more, and it's taking this situation for the media to be covering it every single day. we really, really regret interrupting people's lives, like i said, we don't want to do this. lots of protesters here are tired

already, they are doing shifts as well, people here overnight, heading off to have a shower and get something to eat and coming back during the day. quite a lot of members of public i have been speaking to have sympathy for this protest so far but there has been a lot of disruption, but we are in the easter holidays so maybe there are fewer commuters than normal, but certainly businesses and taxi drivers. extinction rebellion say they are going to continue with this action for at least the entirety of next week. the climate change protests come as sir david attenborough, who has been warning of the impact of climate change for two decades, gave his gravest assessment yet of the threat. in a documentary, which will be broadcast on bbc one tonight, he says that without drastic and urgent action, we face a "man—made disaster on a global scale". it may sound frightening,

but the scientific evidence is that if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade, we could face irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies. we're running out of time, but there is still hope. well the environment secretary michael gove was on the bbc‘s one show last night — and was asked whether he had sympathy for the extinction rebellion protestors. i think that the people who are raising awareness of the problems we have with climate change are actually moved by really high ideals. i do worry sometimes, about some of the scenes we have seen, some of the activity that goes on so i think it is appropriate for people to make their feelings known but i also think that we have got the message, we understand that action is to be taken and in fact, some of the activity that has been going on in the streets has actually stopped people doing theirjobs and also impeded, for example, people getting around

london in a way that is appropriate. let's talk now to clare farrell, arts co—ordinator of the campaign group extinction rebellion. thank you for coming in, to pick up on michael gove's point, why are you disrupting people's lives?” on michael gove's point, why are you disrupting people's lives? i think we have reached a point where globally respected scientists have described us as having met the endgame, we have known about this problem for well over 30 years. global emissions are still going up, they will go up again this year. we have seen millions displaced through hurricanes, droughts last summer, we have faced global food hurricanes, droughts last summer, we have faced globalfood insecurity hurricanes, droughts last summer, we have faced global food insecurity on a massive scale which could hit people who i do not think are in to stating that in europe, as quickly as within three or five years, and nobody seems to be having the conversation about what this meat really m ea ns conversation about what this meat really means for our lives. how does gluing yourself to a train help that? it raises the profile of the

issue. i think a threat to civilisational collapse should be top news agenda and it should be on the news every day. it is not so we have managed to get it there actually every day this week. can it be right to disrupt people's lives but also to use up so much of the police resources? we do not want to have to do this but as i say, we feel it is a last resort. i certainly have better things to be doing with my life and trying to prevent the collapse of civilisation and protect the young people i know, my nephews, my godchildren, but i do not see any other way to get the political change that is necessary. it seems impossible to do that in the current system. there is talk this morning of escalating action. what would that involve and don't you risk losing support, i do at a tipping point where people are losing patience? i think from the latest i have heard that popular support seems to be going up and

thatis support seems to be going up and that is very good. we have made that train action, it was measured and in a place which i think speaks, and was carried out very safely and calmly. the escalating actions that have started now are swarming roadblocks, moving around the city. this is a global movement as well so let's not forget there have been disruptive actions over the world in the last few days. you want to achieve net to zero emissions within six years. do you accept what that would actually mean in practice is eve ryo ne would actually mean in practice is everyone getting rid of the petrol cars, gas boilers, no one flying. that it is just not feasible? cars, gas boilers, no one flying. that it isjust not feasible?” think what people need to understand is that there is a way forward which is that there is a way forward which is more beautiful, where people can breathe clean air, have security of their water supplies and it is not for us to write the policy and decide how that should be done. you have to be realistic, don't you?“

you go into a negotiation you don't ask for what you want because you will get half of that. you go in asking for the absolute best possible outcome that you can ask for and that is it. it would be ideal if the uk could show world leadership and reach net zero much faster than it is aiming to. it is not on track to meet its current agreement in the paris agreement, it is not even on track to meet those, so is not even on track to meet those, so it is ambitious but it is ambitious for a reason because it is absolutely necessary. if what you are saying is you are not thinking you will actually achieve this, at what point are you going to find these protests up? it is part of a three stage set of demands. the first one is for public information campaigns for the government immediately tell the truth about the grave risk we face. then there is the net zero 2025 which involves decreasing the loss of biodiversity. it isa decreasing the loss of biodiversity. it is a crisis that comes with climate breakdown and then the third

demand is for citizens assembly which is a reform of democratic situations in this country. we must leave it there, thank you. and you can watch see more of sir david attenborough‘s assessment of a possible solution to climate change at nine o'clock this evening on bbc one. three days of mourning have been declared on the portuguese island of madeira, after 29 people were killed in a bus crash. another 27 were injured in the accidentjust outside the capital city, funchal. portugal's president has confirmed all the tourists on the bus were german but some local people could also be among the casualties. 0ur reporter in lisbon, alison roberts, has more. madeira is known for its rugged terrain, and it was on a relatively narrow, winding road in the hills surrounding the capital funchal that a tour bus went out of control on wednesday, plunging down a slope and killing most of its passengers. it and another coach had been transporting a group of german tourists.

translation: the information we have is that the bus was relatively new, about five years old. what i can say is that every tourist vehicle and all vehicles on madeira's roads are properly inspected. the cause of the crash — it's premature to talk about that. in the wake of the accident, portugal's president and prime minister expressed their condolences to the families of the victims and to the german authorities. madeira's regional government has declared three days of mourning. more than two dozen injured, including a tour guide and the coach's driver, were taken to a hospital in funchal. the accident happened around 6:30pm wednesday. emergency services were on the scene within minutes, but with many of the victims apparently having been thrown from their seats when the coach came off the road, the death toll was high. according to local officials, the passengers were

mainly in their 40s. madeira is a popular tourist destination, attracting around 1 million holiday—makers each year, above all from germany and the uk. alison roberts, bbc news, lisbon. a project to build a new rail line under london may not be completed until 2021 now. crossrail was supposed to open last year but bbc news has been told none of the new stations have been finished, and there are concerns about the signalling system. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has the story. it's one of the most impressive engineering projects in modern times. a new high—tech high—capacity rail line underneath central london. but a senior source associated with crossrail as told bbc news that this railway might not be complete until the spring of 2021. with none of the new stations finished, a best case scenario, i'm told, is the spring of next year. the budget was £14.8 billion.

after initial delays were announced, that rose to £17.6 billion. with another delay likely, that figure could rise again. there's so much uncertainty because software on the new trains, most of which sit idle, is still not fully compatible with signalling in the tunnel. we're told marrying them up is proving much harder than was originally envisaged. this is the first train that will run on the eastern overground branch of the new route. featured in a bbc documentary, the line will carry vast numbers of passengers from east to west across london. the initial delay was only made public last summer, just weeks before the line was supposed to open. crossrail says testing of the trains and signalling is now progressing well. it plans to announce a new target for opening by the end of this month. two other senior rail sources say they've also been told that a 2021 finish is now likely. tom burridge, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...

climate change protestors continue a fourth day of action in the capital. nearly 400 people have been arrested and three charged investigations begin on the portuguese island of madeira — after at least 29 people were killed in a coach crash. delays to london's crossrail — the bbc understands it may not be finished until spring 2021. and in sport. ..celebrations for spurs who end a breathless game with a place in the champions league semi finals. a mad injury time minute when manchester city thought they were through finished with the goal being ruled out... spurs will play ajax in the last four. far easier and calmer for liverpool, who sealed an emphatic 6—1 aggregate win over porto, to set up a semifinal with barcelona. and the ireland captain, rory best, will retire from rugby after this year's world cup injapan. the 36—year—old is also captain of ulster, and has won 116 caps after making his debut in 2005.

i'll be back with more on those stories later. robert muller's long awaited report on alleged russian interference in the 2016 us election will be published, in part, today. but there's plenty of controversy about it already. attorney general william barr is going to hold a news conference on it before the redacted version is published. the chair of the house judiciary committee has criticised that decision. aleem maqbool reports from washington. one man couldn't appear more confident about what the report will show. i won. no collusion, no obstruction. i won. i have not read the mueller report, i have not seen the mueller report, as far as i'm concerned, i don't care about the mueller report. he is so blase because we have already

heard about the headlines of what investigator robert muellerfound. that russia did try to help donald trump win the election through social media and by hacking emails. but he didn't find that members of the trump campaign conspired with russia to do that. 0n obstruction of justice, he did not conclude the president committed a crime, but didn't exonerate him either. but we've have only heard this so farfrom a summary of the report by us attorney general william barr, a trump political appointee, and not everybody trusts his interpretation. rather than letting the facts of the report speak for themselves, the attorney general has taken unprecedented steps to spin mueller‘s nearly two—year investigation. the central concern here is that attorney general barr is not allowing the facts of the mueller report to speak for themselves, but is trying to bake in the narrative about the report to the benefit

of the white house. donald trump might feel the spectre of robert mueller‘s investigation has been banished, but our first look at the report itself might well contain damaging details of the president's behaviour, even if they are not enough to build a criminal case against him, as many of his opponents would have hoped. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in washington. let's get more on this now, and i'm joined by professor inderjeet parmar, professor of international politics at city, university of london. thank you for coming. this report, it has cost $25 million, it is taking over two years. ultimately, what does it amount to and why is it important? the key thing about is there is a political agenda which is deeper and there is the party politics itself. i think the big question is that president trump, or candidate trump, was always

considered a bit suspicious and very unlikely to back the united states in his bid for continued global role in power. i think in large part of the establishment was really very sceptical about him being able to handle the rise of china, for example, and so on. i think the defeat of hillary clinton in 2016 brought that to a head as the central point and the argument that was that he was going to benefit glibly from this? and it was likely to be russia. —— benefit globally. the relative warmth of trump towards russia and the lack of criticism from president putin suggested that along with his attacks on nato and so along with his attacks on nato and so on, suggested that he had been colluding or collaborating and that president putin and the russians had somehow engineered the victory. none of that has been proven in the report that we have seen up until 110w. report that we have seen up until now. i was going to ask what should we be looking out for today but i must inferfrom we be looking out for today but i must infer from what you are saying

perhaps not very much.” must infer from what you are saying perhaps not very much. i do not think so. i think it will be difficult for the attorney general to now come forward after having put forward for pages, to come forward with a report that would suggest major contradictions to the two central claims, collusion and obstruction. they've already ruled out criminal charges against president trump on obstruction of justice so i cannot to see a great deal that is going to come out of this which is going to rock the vote any further. you can see the democrats generally moving away from that since the last week of march when the first four pages or the summary was when the first four pages or the summary was released. should the white house be worried in any way about this report? i think they will be worried, they have already been briefed no doubt. trump's lawyers have been briefed about it so they will have their spin ready. the attorney general is going to do a news c0 nfe re nce attorney general is going to do a news conference just before to set the agenda. the democrats will have

prepared their statements. the chances are that until people have read in detail what is released today we will not be any the wiser. with the presidential election on the horizon, 2020, do you expect president trump to be wounded in any way by this or his re—election chances affected ? way by this or his re—election chances affected? i think the possibility of winding him politically are probably a little bit greater than before. when you look at republican voters opinions about the mueller report, they were sceptical about it while it was ongoing. they have been more favourable as to its level of fairness since then so that something like 75% of republican voters say it was a fair process. if something were to emerge which was a source of suspicion which was then followed up by the house or senate committees, then that could be a big problem. and what sort of thing? either any details we should be looking out for it later on?” either any details we should be looking out for it later on? i would say the most important committee to look out for, in my own view, is the

house oversight and reform committee. they are investigating the president on a number of fronts, one of which could be the reason why, could be the reason or gives us a reason that president putin and resident trump were closer than you might think. that is the programme of collaboration of the gulf states to build the nuclear plant right across the gulf. some of which are going to be collaborations with russian companies and russian companies have sanctioned by the united states because of ukraine and crimea. those contracts are very large. if the lifting of sanctions against russia was necessary for that, that could open up a new front in this entire investigation. that could be very painful for president trump because it suggests a direct financial gain for companies linked with him and with michael flynn, his national security adviser. and he was dismissed after only a couple of weeks in the role. very interesting,

weeks in the role. very interesting, we shall look out for that. thanks so we shall look out for that. thanks so much for coming in and sharing your thoughts and insights. thank you. north korea says it no longer wants us secretary of state mike pompeo to play any part in nuclear talks between the two countries. government officials said he should be replaced by someone ‘more mature'. it comes after north korea claimed to have test—fired a new "tactical guided weapon" with a "powerful warhead". it's the first test of this kind since talks between north korean leader kim jong—un and donald trump ended without agreement in february. last week, mr kim said president trump needed to have the "right attitude" for talks to continue. bradley welsh, one of the actors in the film, trainspotting two, has died, after being found seriously injured, following reports of a shooting in edinburgh last night. the forty—two—year—old played a gangland figure in the film. the author, irvine welsh, who wrote the book from

which the trainspotting movies were inspired — has spoken of his heartbreak at mr welsh's death, sending out a tweet saying "goodbye my amazing and beautiful friend". detectives are now appealing for information. let's speak to our correspondent katy hunter in glasgow. what more can you tell us about this incident? we know that armed police we re incident? we know that armed police were sent to chester street at around eight o'clock last night. they sealed off the area and told people living there to get inside. the actor bradley welsh lead in the area, he was found seriously injured and was pronounced dead at the scene. police are still there this morning and have extended the croydon, they say it is to provide reassurance to local people are members of the public and to try and find out exactly what happened last night. they are treating the death as suspicious and asking anyone who

has any information to contact them immediately. tell us a bit more about bradley welsh. bradley welsh was a well—known character, notjust for his acting. he starred in the trainspotting sequel which was released in 2017 playing a gang land figure called mr doyle. the author has paid tribute to him on social media, saying, my heart is broken, goodbye my amazing and beautiful friend. thanks are making me a better person and helping me to see the world any kinder and whiter way. welsh was well known for his acting but he was also a boxer who ran a gym in edinburgh to encourage people to stay fit but did about them from a life of crime. he was a big football supporter who followed hibs. he was a well—known figure, not just for hibs. he was a well—known figure, notjust for his acting and he will be missed by many people. thank you for the update.

the bbc children's television star mya—lecia naylor has died suddenly at the age of 16. mya—lecia appeared in the shows "millie inbetween" and "almost never". the cbbc website announced the news of her death, which happened 11 days ago, saying she was a "much—loved" part of the family. tributes have been paid to the teenager on social media, including this from the actress emily atack who worked with mya—lecia on the cbbc sitcom almost never. she posted that she was —'so shocked and sad' to hear about ‘lovely mya—lecia naylor. she was a beautiful and talented girl.‘ and she added, ‘rest in peace beautiful girl‘. with me now is our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba. this is such a sad news, tell us more about her. she was a real rising star with a huge amount of potential, known to children across

the country. she first made an appearance playing jane in the bbc sitcom absolutely fabulous. these two programmes cutback millie in between and almost never will most young children knew herfrom. millie in between were about two sisters whose parents split up, an issue that resonates with children and young people write the way across the country but done in a very realistic and humorous way. she was a wonderful part of that. at the other end of the spectrum of the show, almost never, where she was pa rt show, almost never, where she was part of the girl band competing with a boy band to compete on a fictional tv talent show, a dream that so many teenagers had. this news is devastating to the young audience. even worse so for her family and friends. she had a huge amount of potential. we are so often used to sitting here talking about actors and actresses at the end of their

career, decades and decades of work. she was just starting out but she had such huge potential, known and loved by so many of the cbbc and young audience across the country. it is terrible news for her family and herfans, and of course, terrible news for anyone who knew her in the industry and the lofty rising star. just 16, i presume we do not have any further detail surrounding her death. we just know she died suddenly a few days ago, we are waiting to hear any further information on that. very sad. 0nly 16 years old. everybody‘s thoughts are going to be with herfamily and friends, but for young people who in many ways are not used to dealing with death and this kind of environment, today will be a real shock for them. cbbc is wonderful at looking after that audience and showing them the realities of life

and situations like this. the news is very sad but they will be dealing with it in a responsible and caring way. thank you. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello, a chili, misty, foggy start this morning. the mist and cloud sale lingering. some of us will see some spells of sunshine today and with icloud around, that sunshine will at times be hazy but it is a dry, set all day. a cool is that the north—easterly breeze which will ta ke north—easterly breeze which will take the edge of some temperatures along the coast. risk at times along the channel coast but away from here, in the sunshine, temperatures up here, in the sunshine, temperatures up to between 17—20dc, maybe went to do celsius across southern parts of england which will make the warmest day of the year so far. a fine evening and night to come. very clear skies initially but like tonight, the night just clear skies initially but like tonight, the nightjust gone, we will see some mist and forgo, a

colder night across scotland. temperatures here holding up to around 5—6dc. 659 celsius further south. good friday, warmer still and by the time we get to saturday, highs of 24—25dc but cooler and cloudierfor northern highs of 24—25dc but cooler and cloudier for northern ireland and scotland. hello, this is bbc newsroom live.

the headlines... 400 arrested as climate change protests continue into a fourth day — the group behind it warn their tactics will escalate if demands are not met. three days of national mourning on the portuguese island of madeira after 29 people were killed in a bus crash. more delays to london‘s crossrail — bbc news is told the service might not open to passengers until 2021 — more than two years behind schedule. tributes pour in for cbbc star mya—lecia naylor — who‘s died at the age of sixteen. and still to come — a giant hop for archaeologists? evidence suggests rabbits have been in the uk for longer than previously thought

sport now... what a game that was last night. tottenham are through to the semi finals of the champions league after beating manchester city in one of the most breathtaking, exhillerating matches you‘re ever likely to see. katie gornall was watching at the etihad. a blue moon rising over manchester. for city‘s fans this was a good omen. they‘d been told to bring the noise for this crunch much. early on, they had all the right notes. 1—0 down from the first leg, city had to score. after just four minutes, raheem sterling gave them the perfect start the perfect strike. but city weren‘t celebrating for long, as spurs quickly struck back. son heung—min was the hero last week and he came to the rescue again — and again — with two goals in the space of three frantic minutes. city now had to score three. bernardo silva made it 2—2, before sterling showed his value once again. with five goals in 20 minutes, this was footballing chaos. at half—time everyone needed a break.

but there was no let up from kevin de bruyne, who was pulling the strings for city. and when they need a goal one man always delivers. aguero! incredibly, there was still time for a few more twists, as this, bundled in by llorente and upheld by var, had spurs through to the semis — before sterling looked likely to have snatched it at the death. his goal, however, was disallowed for offside. city‘s dream ended in the most dramatic of ways. i think they got the decision is correct. it‘s just that little bit of delay we‘ve got to get used to. the players can express himself, the players get that joy and that the players can express himself, the players get thatjoy and that is what we all watch it for, for the high and low, and something out of the ordinary. 95th minute, raheem

sterling. for that to be wiped away. you talk about reactions, emotions and football, that is what football and football, that is what football and supporters go through but the players on the pitch are mentally drained, they have gone so high and so drained, they have gone so high and so low, so quickly. it was a much more straight—forward night for liverpool in portugal. they were already 2—0 up from the first leg against porto, and they put in a dominant performance. sadio mane opened the scoring, then mo salah doubled their lead with the pick of the night‘s goals. roberto firminho and virgil van dijk were also on the scoresheet as it finished 4—1 on the night, 6—1 on aggregate. so it‘s liverpool vs barcelona — spurs vs ajax in the semi finals. let‘s have a look at some of the other main stories around this morning. the fleetwood managerjoey barton says he emphatically denies allegations that he assaulted the barnsley boss daniel stendel. police are investigating an alleged altercation which took place at 0akwell when the two sides met last weekend.

the five contenders for the bbc women‘s footballer of the year have been announced. it‘s the fifth year of the award which celebrates the very best of the women‘s game. you can vote for your winner right now on the bbc sport website. the ireland captain, rory best, has confirmed that he will retire from rugby after this year‘s world cup in japan. the 36—year—old is also captain of ulster, and has won 116 caps so far after making his debut in 2005. and the former spurs midfielder rafael van der vaart is going to make his debut as a darts player. he‘s 36, and retired from professional footbal last year. he‘s going to play in the bdo denmark 0pen next month, alongside his brother fernando. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. you gave us a short prayer, keeping me awake.

—— you gave us a shock there, keeping me awake. more now on the warning from sir david attenborough that without drastic and urgent action the earth faces a ‘man—made disaster‘ on a global scale‘. i‘ve been speaking to chris stark, chief executive of the committee on climate change — an independent watchdog which advises the government on emissions targets. we‘re not doing too badly but we could do better. climate change is a global issue and each country in the world will have to find a strategy to reduce emissions. in the uk, we‘ve been doing 0k. we‘ve cut emissions by 40—45% since 1990 which is the baseline we use, and that has mainly been about a set of things we set in play about ten years ago to decarbonise how we generate electricity here in the uk. what is the dirtiest sector of the uk economy? what is causing the most trouble? each sector has a carbon impact. right now, the dirtiest to use your term or the one causing the most greenhouse gas emissions as the

transport sector but it used to be electricity that was the dirtiest but we‘ve been on a very important journey to remove the carbon emissions from generating electricity progressively over the recent yea rs electricity progressively over the recent years and now transport stands as the biggest. are there any success stories? the biggest is the one we‘ve just been talking about which is about electricity, so we‘ve mainly been closing coal plants which is a big part of the strategy here in the uk, and replacing them with low carbon forms of generation like offshore wind farms, onshore wind farms and the things you see springing up in the last decade. looking at pictures of the now of course as if by magic. what can people watching do? the first thing to say as you can do something about it. i really hope lots of people watch the documentary that was made tonight. it is a really informative way and a great way of understanding

what has happened with climate change. the kind of things you can do if you really want to make a difference art just do if you really want to make a difference artjust be conscious of how you‘re living your life, what carbon impact you are having. that is about considering the carbon impact of all the things you consume, what you eat, how you travel around, the biggest impact you can make a really about diet and also considering things like flying and how often you fly. we do not all have to become vegetarians and we do not have to stop flying but we do have to think carefully about doing the right things, being resource efficient and that is probably the best advice i can give you. will those things make a difference? people will say they do their bit and carry a reusable bag but if people in other countries at a higher level in terms of reducing the emissions from transport, as we talked about, if they are not making these changes, what i do not make a difference. i think everyone can make a difference but you‘re absolutely right. this is a global

issue and it really does need to be governments that act on this which is why we are doing what we are doing here in the uk. there are similar challenges around the world and the biggest emissions at the moment come from other countries around the world but i put it like this. if the uk does not act and if we do not pick the right policies in place, if the people do not make the right changes, other countries will not do so either so this is a really critical moment for us to face and confront the challenges that the documentary throws some light on. there are warnings that some "unexplained" moves by pupils between schools in england, could include schools wanting to remove difficult children — a practice called "off—rolling". a report from the education policy institute found 55—thousand unexplained moves over a five year period. here‘s our education correspondent sean coughlan. the education policy institute has been examining the numbers

of children moving between secondary schools. it says over five years that there have been 55,000 moves which are unexplained. almost a quarter of these cases are concentrated in just 330 schools. these are cases where children have moved to a different school without an explanation, such as the family moving to another part of the country. the researchers say that part of this shuffling between schools is not about decisions made by parents but is caused by schools wanting to take pupils off their rolls. and the report says it often affects the children needing the most help. it really matters because it is affecting the most vulnerable people in our schools today, and it‘s happening in a relatively small number of schools where this kind of behaviour is taking place. and we need to really understand what‘s driving that behaviour. is it accountability from government, is it funding pressures, or are schools genuinely struggling to meet the needs of our most vulnerable pupils? head teacher leaders say

that there is an uncomfortable reality that some schools could be trying to off—roll pupils. but they say there are also many legitimate reasons why parents had moved children to a different school. the department for education said schools were not allowed to remove pupils on the basis of academic results and any school that does is breaking the law. sean coughlan, bbc news. campaigners opposed to the hs2 rail project say homes that have to be sold to build it are being undervalued. more than 900 properties have been bought by the company, at a cost of nearly £600 million. but some homeowners claim they‘ve been badly treated. hs2 said it had to achieve a fair price for both homeowners and taxpayers, as david rhodes reports. it is a £56 billion train line, dividing opinion and physically dividing communities. on this estate in south yorkshire, part of the proposed route will run through the middle of this brand—new housing

estate. it was my new house, i had never had a new house before. then i was told that it was either coming down or there was going to be a train running straight across there. homeowners like tracy are eligible to sell their homes to hs2 at an un— blighted, full market price. but many say that hasn‘t happened. i don‘t know if there is one person on this estate that has been happy with the process. at every step there was an obstacle. they were being really awkward, offering ridiculous prices. just being unreasonable and a very, very unfair. i have known marriages to break up, people splitting up over it, people going on antidepressants. it's sad. more effects than what people think. it is people's lives, when all is said and done. figures published by hs2 show that since 2011 over 900

residential properties and pieces of land have been bought along the proposed route, at a cost to taxpayers of £600 million. chris grayling promised nobody would be worse off. for those who represent smaller homeowners, they claim hs2 and undervaluing properties in a bid to keep the project‘s costs under control. we had a lot of evidence to suggest the government, hs2, they are fighting residents for pennies to try to reduce the compensation that they are paying out. hs2 said they are committed to supporting homeowners on this estate, and that they will often be different opinions about evaluations and the company has a responsibility to establish a price that is fair for both homeowners and taxpayers. phase one of hs2 is expected to reach birmingham by the year 2026. with phase two, the routes to manchester and leeds are expected to be completed by 2034. but there are growing questions about whether the line will never reach places like leeds.

in recent weeks construction contracts for hs2 have been postponed and won the minister has even said the government will be reviewing how much they spent on the project. but business leaders here in the north are adamant hs2 must go ahead. hs2 isn‘t just about going to london faster. it does do that, it increases capacity to london, but most importantly it connects the northern powerhouse to the midlands. the country has been debating the merits of hs2 for over a decade. for homeowners who have sold their homes to make way for the line, they now have three years to move out. but the story of hs2 is far from over. in a moment we‘ll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... climate change protestors continue a fourth day of action in the capital. nearly 400 people have been arrested and three charged investigations begin on the portuguese island of madeira — after at least 29 people were killed in a coach crash.

delays to london‘s crossrail — the bbc understands it may not be finished until spring 2021. i‘m victoria. in the business news... shoppers unfazed by brexit. retail sales numbers rise unexpectedly in march. more on why in a moment. dominant, conflicted and not very good at theirjob. the competition regulator calls for a major shake up of britain‘s accountancy scene — as research shows one in four audits are of poor quality. industry bodies criticise the proposals, saying there is no evidence that legislation will lead to better audits. and pinterest, the online picture scrap—book, is valued at over 12 billion dollars, despite having never made a profit. shares in the tech company will launch in new york later today. deadlines come and go but the british shopper carries on regardless. that, on the face of it,

appears to be what the official retail sales data seems to suggest. you‘ll remember, by march, britain was supposed to have left the eu. businesses were stockpiling and braced for exit. so why have sales risen the most in nearly two and a half years? let‘s put that question to natalie berg, founder of nbk retail. last time we saw numbers this disruptive from the norm, it was the beast from the east so why is the beast from the east so why is the beast of brexit not having the same impact? it was an unexpectedly strong ones for the retail sector but as you say, we have to take into account the soft comparative figures. last year was a dreadful... last march was a dreadful time for retailers. battling extreme weather conditions, we had the beast from the east and shoppers were sitting on their sofas and shunning the high streets. we also have to take into account the timing of easter which would have distorted the figures

slightly but once you adjust the data for seasonality, what we are seeing is a very resilient consumer. a consumer that are still spending despite the broader political uncertainty and i think that really comes down to the fact that economic conditions remain favourable for consumers. we have a low unemployment rates, low inflation and we are finally seeing meaningful improvements and wage growth. the fa ct improvements and wage growth. the fact that wages are growing faster than inflation really means that the consumer is feeling bullish about their ability to spend, and i think thatis their ability to spend, and i think that is reflected in the figures today. it is interesting that you pick up on that, since the referendum, the economy has been powered by business spending as we see people spending less and less, with austerity continuing but what happens next with this picture? can the consumer carry on powering the british economy? when you look at the retail sales figures released by

the retail sales figures released by the consortium earlier this month, what they called out was the fact that consumers seem to be delaying spending on big ticket items like home appliances, furniture, those kinds of things so there is an element of caution among players. if you speak to the bosses of some of the big brands on the high street, what they are saying as consumers are fatigued by brexit and the political uncertainty, but it has not altered their spending habits yet. thank you. have a good easter. and some other stories out today. facebook says... 0h, oh, what has happened here? there has been a tech error? i will go on with a tech story... facebook "unintentionally" uploaded the email contacts of more than 1.5 million users without asking permission to do so. the data harvesting happened

via a system used to verify the identity of new members. facebook said it had now changed the way it handled new users to stop contacts being uploaded. more than 900 properties worth nearly £600m have been bought by the company responsible for delivering high speed rail 2. they include whatcroft hall, sold by comedianjohn bishop for £68 million, the highest price paid for any property. campaigners opposed to the rail project said some homeowners had been treated badly, claiming homes were routinely undervalued by hs2. troubled indian airline jet airways has temporarily suspended all its domestic and international flights after failing to find fresh funding. it has £900 million debt and has been in talks with lenders for weeks. jet airways said it had no choice but to suspend the flights, but hopes to start flying again. let‘s check in with the markets...

the euro taking a hit after weaker than expected data from germany and france. the eurozone‘s manufacturing sector remains stuck in a rut as its two largest economies missed expectations and continued to contract in april. shares in unilever are up after positive results this morning. particularly strong sales in emerging markets. we‘re spending more on home care it says, including a segment called "fabric solutions". that‘s all the business news. i‘m figuring, vanessa... victoria even. you can see my mind is gone. see you later. tributes have been paid to peru‘s former president, alan garcia, who took hi own life when police tried to arrest him over corruption allegations. he had repeatedly denied wrongdoing. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson reports. when news broke of alan garcia‘s

death, there was raw emotion. disbelief and anger. shouts of assassin from his supporters held back by tight security outside the hospital where doctors tried in vain to save him. they couldn't demonstrate that garcia was a thief. there is no sentence, nothing. garcia twice served as peru‘s president, first in the 1980s, the youngest man ever to take office in the country. a leader dubbed by some as latin america‘s kennedy. mr garcia returned to power in to thousands. during his second term, he was accused of being involved in a massive corruption that corruption scandal. the bribery allegations relate back to this company. the largest in south america. it is a household name in the region but its roots began here in brazil and it has become infamous for giving bribes in return for lucrative

contracts. the resulting scandals have brought down both politicians and business leaders alike. the company helped build venues for the rio 0lympics, brazilian world cup as well as major infrastructure projects across the region. they have admitted to paying bribes of almost $30 million in peru since 2004. mr garcia always protested his innocence, most recently this week, saying he was a victim of political persecution. translation:” saying he was a victim of political persecution. translation: i am at peace with this and i will repeat until i die, other people may set sell out, i do not. a prescient statement when officers sent to arrest him arrived at his house early on wednesday morning, he asked to make a phone call, went into a room and close the door. minutes later, gunfire rang out. he had shot himself in the head. like brazil,

peru has been hot on prosecuting politicians. four of its most recent presidents are all being investigated for alleged corruption. the scandal has not turned the whole region, sending politicians to prison and to their grave. now to a surprising new scheme hoping to help children‘s reading. dogs are being enrolled — across schools in south wales — to help the children to relax and build their confidence by reading aloud. john maguire reports. if you need any help, you just askjonesy. 0k. one, two, three, four... d is for dog. for some children in this primary school in llanelli, jonesy is making a real difference. because he helps me, he helps me and he is really good and that‘s all. do you enjoy coming to these reading sessions with him? yes, i do.

the dog helps the children to relax, and they can then focus their attention on reading aloud with no fear of being judged. we have a few children within the school who are fearful of pets, so establishing that value of respect and care for animals and love towards animals, i think it really does work on that front. in terms of the academic progress, we‘ve got one little boy who is only two weeks into the scheme but his mum has already said, "i can‘t believe the difference we‘re seeing now." he‘s going home each night and wanting to read in readiness for the session he has withjonesy on friday. it couldn‘t be working better. the dogs and volunteer handlers are trained as part of the burns by your side charity scheme. this creates a lovely, gentle, nurturing environment where the dog never judges, never tells the child that he‘s made a mistake. so it kind of opens up this communication which might be

difficult for a child in a normal classroom environment. swansea university has been carrying out an academic study to assess the effectiveness of the dogs. it‘s a very small—scale study. we looked at a small number of schools and a small number of children, but we certainly saw some improvements in the children‘s attitudes to learning. so they were excited to come into school, they were excited to pick up a book, they were motivated to want to read. that helped them feel more confident in themselves as learners. that was very positive. and it seems as if reading aloud in this way helps not just the children to relax. rabbits have been hopping around britain for much longer than previously thought — that‘s according to scientists who have discovered a bone dating from the roman period. it was found at fishbourne roman palace in west sussex, and shows the rabbit was alive the 1st century ad. it was previously thought rabbits were introduced to the isles in medieval times.

it's it‘s getting warmer this weekend. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. yes, a chilly start in places. places low, even below freezing. miss, merck, low cloud and fog. already the low cloud is starting to lift. we have a great deal of sunshine already. this is hastings in the last hour and more sunshine to come today. with more over the next few days, by the time we get to saturday, we could see temperatures up saturday, we could see temperatures up to around 25 celsius. strong april sunshine, warm air coming up from central and eastern europe, helping with this. cooler, more u nsettled. helping with this. cooler, more unsettled. for some of us, much warmer than spain. back to today and we have a good deal of sunshine through the afternoon. i cloud around, turning things hazy. medium level cloud is well with sunny

spells and places. quite a good easter north—easterly wind with the channel coast pegging back the temperatures here but away from here, whatever it is quite widely 17-21dc. we here, whatever it is quite widely 17—21dc. we could see 22 across some parts of southern england which will make at the warmest day of the year so make at the warmest day of the year so far. it is a fine evening with some clear skies overnight. why can nightjust gone, we could see some mist and low cloud reforming in places. 0nly not as cold as the nightjust gone. 4—5dc here and generally 6—9dc out across england and wales. here is the set up as we head into the long easter weekend. a large area of high pressure across scandinavia keeping things dry and settled. south—easterly winds, lighter through tomorrow and once we have lost any low cloud, a good deal of sunshine once more. cloud developing across the western coast through the afternoon. temperatures up through the afternoon. temperatures upa through the afternoon. temperatures up a notch. 22, 20 three celsius and

a lwa ys up a notch. 22, 20 three celsius and always cooler for eastern and channel coast. by the time we get to saturday, and if the front develops. that generates more in the way of cloud with may be the odd spot of rain so that will have an effect on temperatures. further east, 24—25dc across southern parts of england. 0n into easter sunday, most will have a dry day. any rain can find to the western side of northern ireland and some sunshine, a bit cooler by the time we get to sunday so looking at 16-22dc. time we get to sunday so looking at 16—22dc. does does it last? it does. the area of high pressure keeps these fronts to the rest of us though most of us will remain dry with some sunshine.

you‘re watching bbc newsroom live — these are today‘s main stories at midday. 400 arrested as climate change protests continue into a fourth day — the group behind it warn their tactics will escalate if demands are not met. meanwhile, in a new documentary, sir david attenborough gives his gravest warning yet on the threat of climate change. if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade we could face irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies. facebook bans a dozen british far—right individuals and organisations from its social media platforms. three days of national mourning on the portuguese island of madeira — after 29 people were killed in a bus crash.

more delays to london‘s crossrail — bbc news is told the service might not open to passengers until 2021 — more than two years behind schedule. tributes pour in for cbbc star mya—lecia naylor — who‘s died at the age of 16. the ecstasy and the agony of the champions league — spurs are through to the semi—finals after a stoppage—time winner for manchester city is ruled out by v.a.r. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i‘m rebecca jones. protests on climate change which have brought parts of central london — and other cities — to a standstill have entered their fourth day. police say nearly 400 people have been arrested in london, and a further 29 arrests were made

during demonstrations in edinburgh. three activists who glued themselves to a docklands light railway train yesterday have been charged with disrupting the railway.the group behind the protests — extinction rebellion — say unless their demands for action on climate change are met, they will escalate their tactics. this lunchtime activists are continuing to block major roads in the capital — these pictures show protesters with a banner stopping traffic on vauxhall bridge earlier this morning. there are growing calls for the police to break up the protests. i‘ve been speaking to extinction rebellion‘s arts co—ordinator, clare farrell about why the protests are taking place. i think we have reached a point where globally respected scientists have described us as having met the endgame with climate change, we have known about this problem for well over 30 years. global emissions are still going up, they will go up again this year.

we have seen millions displaced through hurricanes, droughts last summer, we face global food insecurity on a massive scale which could hit people who i do not think are anticipating that in europe, as quickly as within three or five years, and nobody seems to be having the conversation about what this really means for our lives. how does gluing yourself to a train help that? it raises the profile of the issue. i think a threat to civilisational collapse should be a top news agenda and it should be on the news every day. frankly, t is not, so we have managed to get it there actually every day this week. can it be right to disrupt people‘s lives but also to use up so much of the police resources? we do not want to have to do this, but as i say, we all feel it is a last resort. i certainly have better things to be doing with my life than trying to prevent the collapse of civilisation and protect the young people that i know,

my nephews, my godchildren, but really i do not see any other way to get the political change that is necessary. it seems impossible to do that in the current system. there is talk this morning of escalating action. what would that involve and don‘t you risk losing support, aren‘t you at a tipping point now where people are losing patience? i think from the latest i have heard that popular support seems to be going up and that is very good. we have made that train action, it was very measured and in a place which i think speaks, and was carried out very safely and calmly. the escalating actions that have started now are swarming roadblocks, they are moving around the city, people will continue to disrupt. this is a global movement as well so let‘s not forget there have been disruptive actions over the world in the last few days. you want to achieve net zero emissions within six years. do you accept what that would actually mean in practice is everyone getting rid

of the petrol cars, gas boilers, no one flying. that it is just not feasible? i think what people need to understand is that there is a way forward through this which looks more beautiful, where people can breathe clean air, have security of their water supplies and it is not for us to write the policy and decide how that can be done. you have to be realistic, don‘t you? if you go into a negotiation you don‘t ask for what you want because you will get half of that. you go in asking for the absolute best possible outcome that you can ask for and that is it. it would be ideal if the uk could show world leadership and reach net zero much faster than it is aiming to. it is not even on track to meet its current agreement in the paris agreement, it is not even on track to meet those right now, so it is ambitious but it is ambitious for a reason because it is absolutely necessary.

the climate change protests come as sir david attenborough is warning of the impact of climate change for two decades, has given his gravest assessment yet of the threat. in a documentary, which will be broadcast on bbc one tonight, he says that without drastic and urgent action, we face a "man—made disaster on a global scale". it may sound frightening but the scientific evidence is if we have not taken scientific evidence is if we have not ta ken dramatic scientific evidence is if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade we could face irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies. we are running out of time but there is still hope. well the environment secretary michael gove was on the bbc‘s one show last night — and was asked whether he had sympathy for the extinction rebellion protestors. i think that the people who are raising awareness of the problems that we have the climate change are actuated, moved by really high ideals.

i do worry sometimes about some of the scenes that we‘ve seen, some of the activity that goes on. i think it‘s appropriate for people to make their feelings known, but i also think that we‘ve got the message, we understand that action needs to be taken. and in fact some of the activity that‘s been going on on the street has actually stopped people doing theirjobs and impeded, for example, people getting around london in a way that is appropriate. with us is rachel huxley —director of knowledge and learning at c40 — an organisation connecting major world cities tackling climate change. thank you for coming in to talk to us. extension two rebellion are calling for carbon emissions to be cut to zero within six years by 2025 —— extinction rebellion. how feasible and practical is that?“ is based on the science and ip pc‘s most ambitious trajectory to keep us

to climb at safe levels. what is ip pc? the intergovernmental panel on climate change. if there be need to cut commissions radically. it is a science —based target and very ambitious. in the research we have done at c—14 we are aiming for carbon neutrality and our cities have committed to it by 2050 but this implies we will need negative carbon in order to keep to climb at safe levels. extinction rebellion are asking for the most ambitious trajectory that science has out there. technologically it would be very difficult to achieve. i think one of the big questions around climate is not necessarily even about the technology. we note, the science tells us we have to act in the next 12 years. the clip from david attenborough reinforces that. we have to take action. we are not currently on a trajectory that is

safe. without the action that is committed to globally, best case scenario, is not safe so we know we need to act soon. the requirements for request by the demonstrators for more ambitious action, we agree with. i‘m not sure about the timescales. you are saying we need to act quickly, what needs to be done? we need to change our energy systems, we need to decarbonise our grades so in cities we look critically at how we feel everything —— we need to decarbonise our grades. we need to build more efficient new builds in the future. we need to change the way we move as it is in terms of transport. we need to reduce our waste and we also need to reduce our waste and we also need to think about our diet and changing our diets to be more sustainable. really looking at her lifestyles and

changing the systems that support them as well. some people listening might say we can make changes, we can eat less meat and turn our thermostats down by one or 2 degrees, but develop people around the world, especially perhaps in developing countries, are not taking actions and what difference does it make? absently, we had this quite a lot so i think one of the things i would say is that it is the richest people and the richest countries that are causing the most damage. if you think about emissions associated with the products that we all enjoy, they might be reduced elsewhere dash may be produced elsewhere, so they might come from india or china but we are the ones consuming and generating the demand so i deplete those emissions are responsible to. i think by taking action we can have a global impact on emissions in a country like the uk because we are generating emissions, notjust here

at humber across the globe. are you saying that governments need to legislate voice action? it is that serious clearly but what is it you wa nt serious clearly but what is it you want governments to do? much stronger commitments. the paris agreement was historic and absolutely amazing in terms of the fight for climate change. but the contributions, the commitments that countries have made, they do not get us on track for 2 degrees, never mind 1.5. they currently get us on track for 2.9 or higher. we need to see governments globally committing to carbon emission reductions to get us on track to at least 2 degrees. the report result last year from the ipcc, they are telling us that 1.5 degrees is really what we should be aiming for because the difference between even 1.5 and two is huge. thank you so much for coming in to talk to us. and you can watch see more of sir david attenborough‘s

assessment of the science behind climate change at nine o‘clock this evening on bbc one. news just newsjust in, bbc news just in, bbc scotland has learnt that alex mcleish has left his position at manager of the scottish football team. that is a p pa re ntly scottish football team. that is apparently by mutual consent. he took on, you may remember, a second bill in february last year but he has been under pressure due to recent tool results and performances including no doubt, that performance against kazakhstan and there will be much more in our exports written in the next half hour. stay with us for that. facebook is banning a dozen far right individuals and organisations. the company says those who spread hate, or attack or call for the exclusion of others on the basis of who they are, have no place on its platform. those banned include nick griffin

and the british national britain first and paul golding &jayda fransen. the english defence league and paul ray. the knights templar international and jim dowson. the national front and tony martin, and jack renshaw. facebook says it goes through an extensive process to determine which people or groups it designates as dangerous. let‘s talk to our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. what do you make of the groups that they have decided to ban? five organisations and some prominent individuals associated with them are all far right organisations. some of these names will be familiar to people. you may think they have already been banned, some of them have under different rules for breaking the community standards on facebook. facebook is making it clear this is part of a different policy. it has a policy called

dangerous individuals and organisations, where we banned those who proclaim a violent or hateful emission or are engaged in acts of hate or violence. 0r emission or are engaged in acts of hate or violence. or call for the exclusion of others on the basis of who they are. it says there people have no place on facebook. there has been a lengthy investigation and examination of their activities and they have been found to have broken these rules under this new policy, and they are being excluded. that means they will have no presence, either on facebook or on instagram. facebook has been under pressure, hasn‘t it? what do you make of the timing of this announcement.“ hasn‘t it? what do you make of the timing of this announcement. it will strike some who are maybe cynical because there is another big story about facebook today about it uploading people‘s e—mail contacts without permission. about one and a half million peoples e—mail addresses. the insist this is a coincidence, that was a global story and this is a national story. but

they have been under pressure. they are under pressure worldwide and in the united states, especially, they are seen the united states, especially, they are seen by republicans and conservatives as being anti—them and discriminating against them, cracking down on free speech but in the uk, there has been a lot of concern about the amount of violent extremism available on facebook and its use as a platform for spreading those kind of ideas. we will leave it there for now, thank you. the german chancellor, angela merkel, has said she feels ‘sadness and dismay‘ after 29 people were killed in a bus crash carrying german tourists on the portugese island of madeira. at least 27 people were also injured in the accidentjust outside the capital city, funchal. in a statement, mrs merkel says she sends her ‘sincere condolences‘ to those ‘who have lost their loved ones‘. 0ur reporter in lisbon, alison roberts, has more

on yesterday‘s crash. madeira is known for its rugged terrain, and it was on a relatively narrow, winding road in the hills surrounding the capital funchal that a tour bus went out of control on wednesday, plunging down a slope and killing most of its passengers. it and another coach had been transporting a group of german tourists. translation: the information we have is that the bus was relatively new, about five years old. what i can say is that every tourist vehicle and all vehicles in the tourism service on madeira‘s roads are properly inspected. the cause of the crash — it‘s premature to talk about that. in the wake of the accident, portugal‘s president and prime minister expressed their condolences to the families of the victims and to the german authorities. madeira‘s regional government has declared three days of mourning. more than two dozen injured, including a tour guide and the coach‘s driver,

were taken to a hospital in funchal. the accident happened around 6:30pm wednesday. emergency services were on the scene within minutes, but with many of the victims apparently having been thrown from their seats when the coach came off the road, the death toll was high. according to local officials, the passengers were mainly in their 40s. madeira is a popular tourist destination, attracting around 1 million holiday—makers each year, above all from germany and the uk. alison roberts, bbc news, lisbon. the headlines on bbc news... climate change protestors continue a fourth day of action in the capital. nearly 400 people have been arrested and three charged. facebook bans a dozen british far—right individuals and organisations — including the english defence league, britain first and the former president of the british national party, nick griffin.

investigations begin on the portuguese island of madeira — after at least 29 people were killed in a coach crash. sport now, here‘s hugh ferris. in the last half an hour, scotland have sacked manager alex mcleish. it was his second spell in charge, having re—joined last year, but a poor run of results has seen him go. alastair lament reports. a humiliation for the scotland national side! beaten 3—0 by the side ranked 117th in the world. kazakhstan, alex mimicked the creature‘s waterloo. that crushing defeat ended got the chance of a successful qualification campaign before it had begun. some people would say this kind of result is a

sacking offence. —— offence.” would say this kind of result is a sacking offence. -- offence. iwill continue doing myjob and i will not get drawn into that question. the question a little over a year ago was whether the scottish fa had the right man. i can understand that opinion can be divided. it is up to me to get those guys on site. i am hoping we can come to, i would not say forgive me, but hope they can come round and say mcleish is right, he is the man for the job. but he got off to an inauspicious start, losing a friendly to scotland‘s old adversaries, costa rica. five defeat followed in the next seven. the low point being a defeat in israel and then of course, came the calamity in kazakhstan. because it can -- the kazakhstan. because it can -- the kazakhstan result was a disposable performance. i think he was dealt a difficult hand in his family's

initially, he was not my first choice of second choice manager but he got the job. but people are taking it away from him, there has to be accountability. maybe it was time they were on two—year contracts we will see how their performances. the sfa president was crucial to his appointment. now he and the board must decide on how to replace him. you can see more on that breaking news about alex mcleish being sacked as scotland manager, including a statement from the fsa who sate their european qualifying campaign is to be reinvigorated and that is why they took the decision at the board meeting today. you can head to the website, much more, and if you would like to reflect on what happened in the championship, it is all there as well. more firmly in next hour. —— more from me. robert muller‘s long awaited report on alleged russian interference

in the 2016 us election will be published, in part, today. but there‘s plenty of controversy about it already. attorney general william barr is going to hold a news conference on it before the redacted version is published. the chair of the housejudiciary committee criticised that decision. gary 0‘donoghue is in washington. it is taken over two years, cost a lot of money, what is it likely to amount to? in a sense we know the final conclusions of the report, at least according to the attorney general. there was no collusion between the trump campaign and russia and the special counsel cannot come to view on whether or not the president obstructed justice or not. the attorney general himself says he did not. people will be looking for the detail, the background, what evidence did robert muellerfind and background, what evidence did robert mueller find and they will be looking, especially the democrats, of what is being left out, what has been redacted. for different types

of information blacked out in this report. colour—coded reductions, we are told. that is led to the democrats already suggesting they may subpoena the justice department for the full unredacted reports which could end up in a pretty lengthy process. the first event of the day will be the attorney general giving a press conference on a report that hasn‘t even been published. gary, how worries will people be, president trump in the white house, the building behind you? i think they have been preparing for this. there has certainly been reports in the last 12 hours that there have been numerous contacts between the attorney general‘s office and the white house about coordinating and advising. we are told they are preparing a 30 page rebuttal, the present‘s own lawyers have got a tea m present‘s own lawyers have got a team of people they are preparing rebuttals to each and every section of the report when it drops. in a

sense, they will get a sandwich, the attorney general first giving his interpretation of what the people haven‘t seen it yet and then we will get the thing itself than we are likely to get a pretty well worked out response from the white house. they will hope that will drive the agenda and the coverage for the next few days. very interesting day ahead i think for you gary. thank you. north korea says it no longer wants us secretary of state mike pompeo to play any part in nuclear talks between the two countries. government officials said he should be replaced by someone ‘more mature‘. it comes after north korea claimed to have test—fired a new "tactical guided weapon" with a "powerful warhead". it‘s the first test of this kind since talks between north korean leader kim jong—un and donald trump ended without agreement in february. last week, mr kim said president trump needed to have the "right attitude"

for talks to continue. a project to build a new rail line under london may be facing further delays. crossrail was supposed to open last year but bbc news has been told none of the new stations have been finished, and there are concerns about the signalling system. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has the story. it‘s one of the most impressive engineering projects in modern times. a new high—tech high—capacity rail line underneath central london. but a senior source associated with crossrail has told bbc news that this railway might not be complete until the spring of 2021. with none of the new stations finished, a best case scenario, i‘m told, is the spring of next year. the budget was £14.8 billion. after initial delays were announced, that rose to £17.6 billion. with another delay likely, that figure could rise again. there‘s so much uncertainty because software on the new trains,

most of which sit idle, is still not fully compatible with signalling in the tunnel. we‘re told marrying them up is proving much harder than was originally envisaged. this is the first train that will run on the eastern overground branch of the new route. featured in a bbc documentary, the line will carry vast numbers of passengers from east to west across london. the initial delay was only made public last summer, just weeks before the line was supposed to open. crossrail says testing of the trains and signalling is now progressing well. it plans to announce a new target for opening by the end of this month. two other senior rail sources say they‘ve also been told that a 2021 finish is now likely. tom burridge, bbc news. let‘s speak now to railjournalist philip haigh — who is in leeds. how surprised are you by this delay?

not awfully surprised. i had heard that crossrail was having problems and finishing the physical building of its stations, and it certainly had difficulty in testing its trains are making them compatible with the various different signalling situations that exist in the sections. it all adds up to each delayed railway. it was supposed to openin delayed railway. it was supposed to open in 2018, we are now hearing perhaps 2021. do you think that is achievable? i think crossrail needs to come up with a deadline that it can stick to, a promise it can keep to the travelling public in london. missing last december‘s deadline was hugely embarrassing, a high—profile failure so whichever date the boys pick when the meat, and they are meeting next week, whatever dates they pick they need to be able to achieve it. —— whichever date the

crossrail board to pick. they are being coy about the date. they certainly are, having missed this high—profile date, it would be embarrassing if they were to mess another date. whatever they pick they must hit it but it mustn‘t be so they must hit it but it mustn‘t be so long that people just keep having to hold on and hold on. we have been waiting years for this railway, it really needs to open. do you have any sympathy with the other side? presumably testing brand—new equipment with signalling systems is complex and at the end of the day, it has to be safe. absolutely, i do have sympathy with them. what i find harder to understand is how the project went from being on time and on budget to hugely overbudget and hugely late. almost in the space of a few weeks. it is hard to understand why crossrail‘s managers did not understand the project was

going awry much sooner. if only so they could better explain to people what was going wrong and why it was running late. you mentioned the budget, remind us of the costs involved. the general cost i think was around £15 billion. we have heard since then various other estimates of higher costs, one, two, £3 billion more. in the end it will cost what it will cost but this is all taxpayer and business money from in and around london. they need to spend what they need to spend but it mustn‘t be too much. spend what they need to spend but it mustn't be too much. 0k, spend what they need to spend but it mustn't be too much. ok, thanks so much. now it is time for the weather. we have got such an in abundance with complimentary temperatures to boost. early mist and fog burned away nicely and lengthy spells of sunshine on offer.

a keen south—easterly priest on the north sea and the channel coast but you do not need to come in lands far if you‘re the one. some spots down the south of england could tip 22 celsius. a fine day, lots of sunshine around are many places seem clear skies of night. most places should remain frost—free we may see some of that low cloud, mist and fog will back into parts of eastern england. some spots across the south—west holding onto double digit temperatures. mist or wagner clear quickly on good friday and then a fine —looking day with lots of sunshine on offer and many places holding onto wall to wall blue skies. the wind is a bit lighter which will be noticeable down the north sea coast and temperatures reaching 22 celsius.

hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines... 400 arrested as climate change protests continue into a fourth day — the group behind it warn their tactics will escalate if demands are not met. facebook bans a dozen british far—right individuals and organisations from its social media platforms — including the english defence league and britain first. three days of national mourning on the portuguese island of madeira after 29 people were

killed in a bus crash. more delays to london‘s crossrail — bbc news is told the service might not open to passengers until 2021 — more than two years behind schedule tributes pour in for cbbc star mya—lecia naylor — who‘s died at the age of sixteen. alex mcleish has left his position as scotland head coach by mutual consent. the 60—year—old has been under pressure because of recent poor results and performances. more now on climate change protests which have brought part of central london to a standstill for a fourth day. the campaign group behind the protests — extinction rebellion is calling on the government to cut carbon emissions to zero by 2025 — and has threatened to escalate their tactics if changes aren‘t met.

with me is our environment analyst, roger harrabin. before we start, i just want to rewind. net zero emissions, cutting carbon emissions. just explain exactly what that means. net zero means we don‘t emit any more carbon than we soak up so we would be allowed to emit some carbon as long as we plant trees for instance to soakit as we plant trees for instance to soak it up or capture the carbon and put it into the ground. that is what net zero means, virtually zero carbon. the aim of the group is to have net zero by 2025 and it looks like the government will be moving fairly shortly to net zero by 2050 but i personally do not know any expert working in the field who thinks 2025 is achievable in people of the country with countenance because it involves 6.5 years‘ time, eve ryo ne because it involves 6.5 years‘ time, everyone giving up their patrol car, diesel car and no one running a home boiler. it simply will not happen

but having said that, i‘ve been following the environment for a very long time and what i have noticed is that sometimes a group like this can come in with apparently exaggerated or unrealistic demands and it actually creates some political space for a debate when they put down this marker and people say that we cannot achieve that, then there was pressure and we say, well, what can we achieve? to me, i think it then becomes more likely that we will agree the net zero girl for 2050 and there will be pressure to bring that forward. how achievable do you think that goal of 2050 is? well, the government‘s climate change adviser is a mapping that out next week and they will give timetable activities which should ta ke timetable activities which should take place in order to meet that goal. it has been very carefully thought out thing in the uk since the climate change act mandated the government to make step—by—step cart so we government to make step—by—step cart so we do not get to 20 49 and say, oh, dear, it is one year, we have to

cut everything, so we are cutting things bit by bit. we started with the power sector which has done really well. we are trying to cut emissions from the transport sector but that has gone really poorly and we are looking at agriculture, which was also done poorly. the most difficult thing is home heating and we are looking at that, although frankly at the moment, most analysts would say our plans for keeping homes warm, the majority of homes, not new—build ones, but traditional ones warm, the plans look very sketchy on that. you will be aware of the argument that we in the uk have not been too bad at it in terms of targets, can do all we want. if this is a global problem and other countries do not follow suit, will it make much difference?” countries do not follow suit, will it make much difference? i think thatis it make much difference? i think that is in a spurious argument in one sense because this is based on per capita emissions and hours per person are still really rather high. much higher than the nations we are accusing of creating a problem. i‘m

not suggesting for a minute that the surge of china, india and increasingly vietnam and indonesia, i‘m not saying it‘s not a problem because it is a massive one we have to deal with but the extinction rebellion people make the point that we started this with the industrial revolution and a lot of the carbon in the atmosphere at the moment is i was historically over hundreds of yea rs, was historically over hundreds of years, so was historically over hundreds of years, so it is our responsibility to at least take a lead and try to solve it. i probably won't be here in 2050, i don‘t know about you... what will people‘s wives be like? this is the trick. the government has to persuade people, take them along with them in the belief that their lives will still be good. one thing might be that there might be a lot more walking and cycling, which could be seen as a negative because you cannot get in your car and drive everywhere but it could be seen as a positive if it encourages a more healthy and vibra nt positive if it encourages a more healthy and vibrant communities in which people know their neighbours.

in housing, if we could incite housing properly, that would be a big plus because we would not be sitting in draughty homes and it would be much cheaperfor us to heat them after we put in the insulation. with cars, electric cars are there, they just need. .. be with cars, electric cars are there, theyjust need... be progress needs to be radically accelerated. i had one on trial a while ago which was finally motorway charging it up but i deliberately to get down to deepest dorset and found two charges and none of them charged it up so i plugged it into my sister—in—law‘s home and blew all the electrics, they had to change their electrical system. i bet you a popular yellow. very popular. the government could solve it by throwing money at it. there was an awful lot for them to do. interesting. on the thought of your sister‘s... do. interesting. on the thought of your sister's. .. can i just say that i‘m your sister's. .. can i just say that i'm sorry? delyou go, you have said it. thank you very much.

the coroner at the inquest into the death of former love island star sophie gradon has warned about the dangers of mixing alcohol and drugs — saying it makes people more likely to harm themselves. a hearing into the death of the 32—year—old has taken place this morning in north shields. it concluded she took her own life after consuming alcohol and cocaine. she was found by her boyfriend aaron armstrong at her home in northumberland lastjune. a teenager has been arrested on suspicion of supplying class a drugs, by police investigating the death of a 13—year—old boy found unconscious in a park in south wales. carson price was found on friday evening in a park in ystrad mynach and police believe "illegal substances" contributed to his death. gwent police said a 14—year—old boy was arrested on thursday morning when officers raided an address in blackwood. bradley welsh — one of the actors in the film, trainspotting two —

has died, after being found seriously injured, following reports of a shooting in edinburgh last night. police say they are treating the case as a murder and are asking anyone with information to contact them. the 42—year—old played a gangland figure in the film. the author, irvine welsh, who wrote the book from which the trainspotting movies were inspired — has spoken of his heartbreak at mr welsh‘s death sending out a tweet saying "goodbye my amazing and beautiful friend". the bbc children‘s television star mya—leesha naylor has died suddenly at the age of 16. mya—leesha appeared in the shows "millie inbetween" and "almost never". the cbbc website announced the news of her death, which happened eleven days ago, saying she was a "much—loved" part of the family. tributes have been paid to the teenager on social media, including this from the actress emily atack who worked

with mya—leesha on the cbbc sitcom almost never. she posted that she was —‘so shocked and sad‘ to hear about lovely mya—leesha naylor. she was a beautiful and talented girl. and she added, ‘rest in peace beautiful girl‘. well, earlier, we spoke to our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba, who started by telling me a bit more about 16 year old mya—leesha naylor. she was a real, real rising star with a huge amount of potential, known to children across the country. she first made an appearance playing saffy‘s baby, jane in the bbc sitcom absolutely fabulous. no, really? yes, but these two programmes, millie inbetween and almost never, are where most young children knew herfrom. ina way, in a way, two very different kinds of show. millie inbetween about two sisters whose parents split up, an issue that resonates

with children and young people right the way across the country but done in a very realistic and humorous way. she was a wonderful part of that. at the other end of the spectrum the show, almost never, where she was part of the girl band competing with a boy band to compete on a fictional tv talent show called the spotlight, a dream that so many teenagers had. this news is devastating to the young audience. even worse so for her family and friends. she did have a huge amount of potential. we are so often used to sitting here talking about actors and actresses at the end of their career, decades and decades of work. she was just starting out but she had such huge potential, known and loved by so many of the cbbc and the young audience across the country. it is terrible news for her family and herfans, and of course, terrible news for anyone who knew her in the industry that has lost a rising star.

just 16, i presume we do not have any further detail surrounding her death. no, we just know she died suddenly a few days ago, we are waiting to hear any further information on that. very sad. only 16 years old. everybody‘s thoughts are going to be with her family and friends, but for young people who in many ways are not used to dealing with death and this kind of environment, today will be a real shock for them. cbbc is wonderful at looking after that audience and showing them the realities of life and situations like this. the news is very sad but they will be dealing with it with their young audience in a responsible and caring way. campaigners opposed to the hs2 rail project say homes that have to be sold to build it are being undervalued. more than 900 properties have been bought by the company, at a cost of nearly £600 million. but some homeowners claim they‘ve been badly treated. hs2 said it had to achieve a fair price for both homeowners and taxpayers,

as david rhodes reports. it is a £56 billion train line, dividing opinion and physically dividing communities. on this estate in south yorkshire, part of the proposed route will run through the middle of this brand—new housing estate. it was my new house, i had never had a new house before. then i was told that it was either coming down or there was going to be a train running straight across there. homeowners like tracy are eligible to sell their homes to hs2 at an un— blighted, full market price. but many say that hasn‘t happened. i don‘t know if there is one person on this estate that has been happy with the process. at every step that was an obstacle. they were being really awkward, offering ridiculous prices. just being unreasonable and a very, very unfair. i have no marriages to break up,

people splitting up over —— i have known marriages to break up, people splitting up over it, people going on antidepressants. more effects than what people think. it is people‘s lives, when all is said and done. figures published by hs2 show that since 2011 over 900 residential properties and pieces of land have been bought along along the proposed route, at a cost to taxpayers of £600 million. chris grayling promised nobody would be worse off. for those who represent smaller homeowners, they claim hs2 were undervaluing properties in a bid to keep the project‘s costs under control. we have a lot of evidence to suggest the government, hs2, they are fighting residents for pennies to try to reduce the compensation that they are paying out. hs2 said they are committed to supporting homeowners on this estate, and that they will often be different opinions about evaluations and the company has a responsibility to establish a price that is fair for both homeowners and taxpayers. phase one of hs2 is expected to reach birmingham by the year 2026.

with phase two, the routes to manchester and leeds are expected to be completed by 2034. but there are growing questions about whether the line will never reach places like leeds. in recent weeks construction contracts for hs2 have been postponed and one minister has even said the government will be reviewing how much they spent on the project. but business leaders here in the north are adamant hs2 must go ahead. hs2 isn‘t just about going to london faster. it does do that, it increases capacity to london, but most importantly it connects the northern powerhouse to the midlands. the country has been debating the merits of hs2 for over a decade. for homeowners who have sold their homes to make way for the line, they now have three years to move out. but the story of hs2 is far from over. there are warnings that some "unexplained" moves by pupils between schools in england, could include schools wanting

to remove difficult children — a practice called "off—rolling". a report from the education policy institute found 55,000 unexplained moves over a five year period. here‘s our education correspondent sean coughlan. the education policy institute has been examining the number of people moving between institutes. it says between five years, there have been the fight 55,000 unexplained moves. almost a quarter concentrated on just 330 schools. these are cases where children have moved to different schools without an explanation such as their families moving to another parts of the country. the researchers say that pa rt country. the researchers say that part of the shuffling between schools is not about decisions made by pa rents schools is not about decisions made by parents but is caused by schools wanting to take pupils of their roles. the report says it often

affects children needing the most help. it's affecting the most vulnerable pupils in our schools today. and it's happening in a relatively small number of schools, where this kind of behaviour is taking place. and we need to really understand what's driving that behaviour. is it accountability from government? is it funding pressures? or are schools genuinely struggling to meet the needs of our most vulnerable pupils? head teachers say there is an uncomfortable reality that some schools could be trying to offer all __ my schools could be trying to offer all —— my off—load pupils. they also say there are legitimate reasons why pa rents would move there are legitimate reasons why parents would move children to a different school. they said they we re different school. they said they were not allowed to remove pupils on the basis of academic results. anyone who does is breaking the law. the headlines on bbc news... climate change protestors continue a fourth day of action in the capital. nearly 400 people have been arrested and three charged.

facebook bans a dozen british far—right individuals and organisations — including the english defence league, britain first and the former president of the british national party nick griffin. investigations begin on the portuguese island of madeira — after at least 29 people were killed in a coach crash. tributes have been paid to peru‘s former president, alan garcia, who took his own life when police tried to arrest him over corruption allegations. he had repeatedly denied wrongdoing. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson reports. when news broke of alan garcia‘s death, there was raw emotion. disbelief and anger. shouts of assassin from his supporters held back by tight security outside the hospital where doctors tried in vain to save him.

translation: they couldn't demonstrate that garcia was a thief. there was no sentence, nothing. garcia twice served as peru‘s president, first in the 1980s, the youngest man ever to take office in the country. a leader dubbed by some as latin america‘s kennedy. mr garcia returned to power in the 2000s. during his second term, he was accused of being involved in a massive corruption scandal. the bribery allegations relate back to this company. the largest construction company in south america. it is a household name in the region but its roots began here in brazil and it has become infamous for giving bribes in return for lucrative contracts. the resulting scandals have brought down both politicians and business leaders alike. the company helped build venues for the rio 0lympics, brazilian world cup as well as major infrastructure

projects across the region. they have admitted to paying bribes of almost $30 million in peru since 2004. mr garcia always protested his innocence, most recently this week, saying he was a victim of political persecution. translation: i am at peace with this and i will repeat until i die, other people may sell out, i do not. a prescient statement when officers sent to arrest him arrived at his house early on wednesday morning, he asked to make a phone call, went into a room and close the door. minutes later, gunfire rang out. he had shot himself in the head. like brazil, peru has been hot on prosecuting politicians. four of its most recent presidents are all being investigated for alleged corruption. the scandal has not turned the whole region, sending politicians to prison and to their grave.

—— the scandal has upturned the whole region, sending politicians to prison and to their grave. a 37 year old man has been arrested after entering st patrick‘s cathedral in new york carrying two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters. the new york police department released a picture of the items — saying his behaiour had been "very suspicious" after he falsely told police he was carrying the cans because his vehicle had run out of fuel. a spokesman for the nypd said they were still trying to ascertain the man‘s motives — and noted that the incident came two days after the fire in paris‘ notre dame cathedral. it‘s taken about 500 years, but tintoretto, one of the great masters of the italian renaissance, has finally made his debut in the united states. some of the enormous works now on display in washington have left venice for the first time. jane 0‘brien went for a look.

the sheer scale of tintoretto canvasses is overwhelming. some couldn‘t be included in the show because they wouldn‘t fit through the gallery doors. those that did are a storyteller‘s paradise, scenes from the bible and classical mythology brought to life in dramatic brushstrokes. tintoretto worked on an enormous scale, the realy big paintings -- tintoretto worked on an enormous scale, the really big paintings behind me are only middle—sized. he had this ambition to cover every wall in his native town. he was born in venice 500 years ago and he really thought big. for him, a way of conveying urgency was to do things in a really colossal scale. tintoretto was a pioneer in the new medium of oil paint on canvas and he used the human figure, usually muscular and drawn from life, to drive his narratives. in the last supper, the disciples are clearly shocked whenjesus says one of them will betray him. their actions tell the story.

tintoretto painted at least nine versions of the last supper and it‘s very different for the time in that they are quite casual, rustic, full of movement and over here, we have what scholars believe is a portrait of his young daughter and there, we‘ve even got a cat. he was also prolific, running a workshop to churn out his paintings to keep up with the huge number of commissions. this is one of the highlights of the exhibition, paradiso, and it‘s incredible to think that this is almost 500 years old because it is so modern, so vibrant and just so jammy. in fact, this 16 foot long sketch was his calling card and secured him the price of painting the doges palace, the principal government building in venice. with so many of tintoretto‘s big kahunas on display it might be easy to overlook his portraits but they were the inspiration for later artists

such as rubens and rembrandt and critics rank them among the finest of the era. tintoretto‘s sitter‘s looking directly in the eye, they lock eyes with them. it eliminates anything else from the paintings that would distract from this focus on the direct gaze and gives them a very contemporary feeling. you feel these are people that you might know today. this is the first time tintoretto has had his own blockbuster show in the us. and with the exception of some works which are still in venice, this exhibition has assembled his finest paintings under one roof, illustrating why he still packs a punch centuries later. jane 0‘brien, bbc news. washington. now to a surprising new scheme hoping to help children‘s reading. dogs are being enrolled — across schools in south wales — to help the children to relax and build their confidence by reading aloud. john maguire reports.

if you need any help, you just askjonesy. 0k. one, two, three, four... d is for dog. for some children in this primary school in llanelli, jonesy is making a real difference. because he helps me, he helps me and he is really good and that‘s all. do you enjoy coming to these reading sessions with him? yes, i do. the dog helps the children to relax, and they can then focus their attention on reading aloud with no fear of being judged. we have a few children within the school who are fearful of pets, so establishing that value of respect and care for animals and love towards animals, i think it really does work on that front. in terms of the academic progress, we've got one little boy who is only two weeks into the scheme but his mum has already said, "i can't believe the difference we're seeing now." he's going home each night and wanting to read in readiness for the session he has with jonesy on friday. it couldn't be working better.

the dogs and volunteer handlers are trained as part of the burns by your side charity scheme. this creates a lovely, gentle, nurturing environment where the dog never judges, never tells the child that he‘s made a mistake. so it kind of opens up this communication which might be difficult for a child in a normal classroom environment. swansea university has been carrying out an academic study to assess the effectiveness of the dogs. it‘s a very small—scale study. we looked at a small number of schools and a small number of children, but we certainly saw some improvements in the children‘s attitudes to learning. so they were excited to come into school, they were excited to pick up a book, they were motivated to want to read. that helped them feel more confident in themselves as learners. that was very positive. and it seems as if reading aloud in this way helps not

just the children to relax. rabbits have been hopping around britain for much longer than previously thought — that‘s according to scientists who have discovered a bone dating from the roman period. it was found at fishbourne roman palace in west sussex, and shows the rabbit was alive the 1st century ad. it was previously thought rabbits were introduced to the isles in medieval times. in a moment, it‘s time for the one o‘clock news with reeta chakrabarti but first it‘s time for a look at the weather with mel coles. if you‘ve been searching for the sunshine, we have plenty of it. what a slow start and some spots thanks

to the oil cloud, and frost. that has nibbled away with it getting warm, sunny, lengthy spells of sunshine and they risk south—easterly wind which kept the mac pegs back those temperatures. you do not have to come very far inland to feel that warmth are some parts of england getting 222 celsius. as we head into this evening, some evening sunshine around an overnight many places will have clear skies. we mayjust see the return of that low cloud, mist and fog but most places should remain frost free. then we are up and running into the bank holiday weekend and we are still drawing up that warmth from central europe, hoping to boost our temperatures and high pressure is in charge, settled over the next few days. —— helping to boost our temperatures. when the mist and fog lifts for good friday, a fine —looking day with many places seeing all blue sky. the winds will be lighter, too, which will be

noticeable down the north sea coast and down towards the channel coast, too. a touch warmer but we could see some sea breezes too. a touch warmer but we could see some sea breezes develop. it looks as though our temperatures will peak on saturday. some places in the south—east of england grew to 25 celsius and a look how that compares to some of the popular resorts in spain and eastern mediterranean two. it isa spain and eastern mediterranean two. it is a bit more unsettled here and a bit more fresh. the saturday itself, some dry, fine weather. we have some patchy rain coming in but away from the areas, a lot of sunshine yet again and temperatures somewhere in the south—east reaching 25 celsius. easter sunday, the releva nt 25 celsius. easter sunday, the relevant may just introduce 25 celsius. easter sunday, the relevant mayjust introduce a bit more cloud for northern england but at then start to retreat back up to the far north—west of scotland. here, there may still be some outbreaks are patchy rain but elsewhere lots of sunshine yet again with temperatures it was a bit down on saturday, but still above average for the time of year. a very similar story as we head into easter monday,

too. sunny spells and some outbreaks of patchy rain but elsewhere lots of sunshine yet again with temperatures it was a bit down on saturday, but still above average for the time of year. a very similar story as we head into easter monday, too. sunny spells and someone to boot. —— some warmth to boot.

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