good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: the worst treatment scandal in the history of the nhs — an inquiry will begin hearing evidence into how thousands of patients were given contaminated blood. suffering in silence — a new report says victims of anti—social behaviour are still being let down by the police and local councils. good morning, the biggest shakeup of oui’ good morning, the biggest shakeup of our railways in the generation. rail bosses are calling for a major shake—up of the way our trains are run, including scrapping the current franchise system and taking control away from the government. but do they go far enough? it's to infinity and beyond,

says tottenham manager mauricio pochettino. the spurs boss urges his players to dare to dream ahead of tonight's champions league semifinal against ajax. hell night of the woeful countenance. nine to the woeful countenance. what would del boy say? nicholas lyndhurst tells us about finding his voice in his first west end musical. good morning, iam good morning, i am surrounded good morning, iam surrounded by good morning, i am surrounded by the most magnificent meadow, celebrating national gardening week, and a chilly start of the day in the east and also local mist and fog which will burn away, leaving sunshine. cloudy with some rain in the west. i will have more in 15 minute. —— i will have more in 15 minutes. it's tuesday the 30th of april. our top story: a public inquiry is due to hear evidence today into how thousands of patients died after being given infected blood in the 1970s and ‘80s. the government has announced an increase in financial support for some of those affected. our health correspondent

sophie hutchinson reports. it is impossible to know exactly how many thousands of patients the nhs treated with bad blood in the 70s and 80s. estimates suggest 5000 people with diseases like haemophilia but possibly as many as 30,000 others who received blood transfusions. they were infected by life—limiting diseases such as hepatitis and hiv. when they told me what they had done to me, i stood at a bridge to jump what they had done to me, i stood at a bridge tojump off it. what they had done to me, i stood at a bridge to jump off it. but film was how the infected blood enquiry opened last autumn and since then its officials have been working to prepare for it today, the beginning of the evidence from those infected. this, for the first time ever, is the time when people's personal testimonies will be heard, the infected and the affected, about how this has overstated and traumatised their lives and the fact that so many of these people have led quiet lives of desperation away from the

camera because of the stigma around at all, because of health, the disastrous health consequences they have suffered. it is believed at least 3000 people in fact it in the scandal have now died. those left behind and others infected want a nswe i’s behind and others infected want answers about how and why such dangerous blood was used by the nhs. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. at 8:10, we'll be speaking to the widow and daughter of a man who contracted hepatitis after being given infected blood during a routine dental operation. victims of anti—social behaviour are being left to suffer in silence, according to a new report. the victims' commissioner for england and wales, baroness newlove, says petty low—level crime is still being played down or ignored by the authorities. our home affairs correspondent peter cooke reports. antisocial behaviour remains a daily problem across our towns and cities.

this latest report paints a picture of little having changed in more than a decade. we have to address theissue than a decade. we have to address the issue of cost to the public services and to police but also the fa ct services and to police but also the fact that, you know, in 2007 there was better funding for police and there still was no action. since a husband's death in 2007, baroness newlove husband's death in 2007, baroness n ewlove ha d husband's death in 2007, baroness newlove had championed message antisocial behaviour. gary newlove was attacked outside the home in warrington but he tried to stop again vandalising his car. the report says the police and local councils often treat incidents in isolation and ignore the underlying causes. society has not, you know, it has gone away, we don't talk about it, it hasn't gone away, it has been bubbling, and knife crime has been bubbling, and knife crime has been bubbling and if you don't have a safe community to live in thick morale for everybody and eve ryo ne thick morale for everybody and everyone has moved away, it makes you think nobody is interested in what we are going through. recommendations include giving those affected the same entitlement to support as other crime victims, and

making it a legal requirement for those in authority to more actively promote what is called the community trigger process. that is the means by which people can ask them to review the responses to complaints. have been working quite hard nationally to understand why the community trigger is not getting used as much as it should and certainly from a policing perspective, we recognise that it is perhaps not publicised as widely as it should be. the local government association says councils take their roles in tackling the problem extremely seriously and trying to ensure that any action was quick and effective. peter cooke, bbc news. officials in the united states say they are working to confirm whether a video released yesterday, which appears to show the leader of the islamic state group, is genuine. it's the first sighting of abu bakr al—baghdadi since 2014, when he announced the group's self—proclaimed caliphate in the iraqi city of mosul. recent reports had suggested he'd been badly injured or even killed. plans to ban the sale of new petrol

and diesel cars should be brought forward to 2030, according to government advisors. the committee on climate change says the current target is too tame and electric cars will be cheaper to buy in as little as six years. the recommendations have not yet been approved by the government. japanese emperor akihito is stepping down from the throne today, making him the first monarch to abdicate in more than 200 years. the 85—year—old is resigning because of his declining health and will be succeeded by his son tomorrow. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is outside the imperial palace in tokyo this morning. a historic occasion. good morning. welcome to an extraordinary day here in tokyo where one of the oldest monarchies in the world will see an emperor abdicate. now, normally monarchies in the world will see an emperorabdicate. now, normally an emperorabdicate. now, normally an emperor would serve until he dies but he made a special appeal to the

people of japan, telling them that he was in failing health and a special law was granted to allow him to abdicate so he will pass on power to abdicate so he will pass on power to his son, naruhito, crown prince naruhito, within the next few hours here injapan in a special shinto ceremony which will involve sacred imperialjules, swords and a mirror so we imperialjules, swords and a mirror so we will look forward to seeing pictures from that —— jewels. but he has redefined what it means to be an emperor injapan, he has reached out to the people when they have been hit by disasters and he has apologised japan's enemies and tried to make them friends so when it comes to his application, it is a moment of both reflection and celebration here as he has won the hearts of the japanese people. thank you, laura. not sure if they mentioned, they also get ten days national holiday! what a lovely thought. the thing with breakfast,

it is 365 days a year. we never stop. we never sleep. the american film director, john singleton, best known for the oscar nominated film boyz n the hood, has died at the age of 51. he was the youngest person and the first african american to be nominated for best director. his family announced yesterday that they had taken the "agonising decision" to remove him from life—support after he suffered a stroke. a white whale found off the coast of norway wearing a harness probably escaped from the russian navy, according to marine experts. the beluga was spotted by fisherman wearing a gopro camera holder which read "equipment of st petersburg". a russian military spokesman played down norwegian concerns about the whale, but didn't deny that it could have escaped. you could snipped that off. there

are more details in the newspaper and we will talk about it in a minute but it was going up to boats and saying making a bit of a nuisance of itself. it was asking for help, clearly! wearing a harness. begging for freedom. i'm glad you have been going through the papers already, sally. very diligent. now what is happening, buzz lightyear and pochettino in the same picture. he has brought it on himself! he became buzz lightyear in his press interviews yesterday. he said the spurs have to go from infinity... to infinity and beyond. i cannot believe you messed up the quote after all of that. we have set ita quote after all of that. we have set it a trillion times. i have only been talking about it for an hour! he has become a disney character. they have a challenge ahead of them. the spurs boss has evoked buzz and says his players should set their dreams to infinity and beyond ahead of tonight's

champions league semifinal against ajax. they'll have to do so without the suspended son heung—min, and harry kane, who is out injured ahead of this evening's first leg in north london. batsmanjames vince has been called up by england for the one—day series against pakistan. vince replaces alex hales, who was withdrawn from the preliminary world cup squad after being suspended following what's been called "an off—field incident". he has failed a second drugs test. the decision on caster semenya's challenge to continue competing without any restrictions will be announced by the court of arbitration for sport tomorrow. the double 0lympic 800m champion is challenging the iaaf over its regulation restricting testosterone levels in female runners. world number seven judd trump is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship. trump won six frames in a row to beat ding junhui of china 13—9. lots more great stuff coming up in the papers for you. shelley look at the papers for you. shelley look at the papers for you. shelley look at

the papers now? —— shall we look at the papers now? let's take a look at today's front pages: the daily telegraph's looks at concerns that anti—social behaviour is being dismissed as "unimportant" by the police. baroness newlove, the victims commissioner, —— baroness newlove, the victims' commissioner, who'll we'll speak to at 7:10, questions why callers to the 10! phone line are charged to report incidents. the picture shows the actor lily collins, daughter of phil, at the tolkien premiere last night. the guardian shows an image of the is leader, —— the guardian shows an image of the is leader abu bakr al—baghdadi who has appeared in a propaganda video for the first time in five years. recent reports had suggested he'd been badly injured or even killed. we shall discuss that through the morning for you. the times' lead story is on the university of cambridge's announcement that it is to investigate its historical links to the slave trade. and the daily mail says campaigners are warning that rapists will escape justice, unless plans to ask victims to hand over their mobile phones are scrapped. we are talking —— yes, we talked about that little bit yesterday. and a somali—american supermodel is trending on twitter because this year's issue of sports illustrated swimsuit features halima aden —

she's the first model to wear a hijab and burkini in honour of the issue's theme of shattering perceptions. she looks like a mermaid. absolutely fabulous! we were talking a lot yesterday about the london marathon. do you remember sally, you were telling us about... do you have the same one? great minds. you do it. hayley carruthers was seen crawling across the line yesterday. i did not realise she was down there. i did not realise she was going blind in one eye at the moment so she could not see out of one eye, such was the extent of her body shutting down. less tha n extent of her body shutting down. less than 2a hours after crawling across the finish line she went back to work at the nhs. she works in radiology, i believe, and she said she could not let the rest of the tea m she could not let the rest of the team down. see, that is what it is all about, isn't it? that is

amazing. good on her. she posted on social media i am 0k, guys. back to reality. do you have anything left? no, you have stolen all of my stuff. but i have something you will love. so we were talking about avengers. this is not strictly sport but it is kind of. sporty health and fitness. how to get into shape if you are a hollywood star and you need to basically train like an olympian or train like an extreme... do you have the details of a thor workout? do you want to know what you need to do? essentially for me, it is a top up, really. you will love this. i need my glasses. so much detail. chris hemsworth, who is thor, for a normal one of the avengers movies, he has to put on between 12—15 kilos of muscle. gosh! train for three months, he goes from eating three months, he goes from eating three months a day to —— meals a day to

six meals and for the early avengers programmes, 100g six meals and for the early avengers programmes, 100 g of blueberry, steak, a shake, for breakfast, and he gets to the point where he eats solid food he cannot eat anymore and starts to lose weight by the end of the movie because he is sick of eating the time. you have to eat and train all day. he was so sick of the animal protein in this latest avengers film, they changed things slightly and tweaked it, he had been ona high slightly and tweaked it, he had been on a high animal protein diet but what they did was changed it so he consumed a lot of beans and pulses for his preteen and maintained the same body size he did on the high animal protein diet but his trainer says let'sjust animal protein diet but his trainer says let's just say he got a little bit antisocial at times! we can all... difficult to be around. he looks good, though, a lot of work. it is hisjob though, so, yeah. looks good, though, a lot of work. it is hisjob though, so, yeahlj did it is hisjob though, so, yeah.” did a thing for a magazine with six

tv presenters had to see if we could get a sixpack in six weeks.” get a sixpack in six weeks. i have seen get a sixpack in six weeks. i have seen those photos. yes, it is a great photograph. but there was a moment in which i was, i went out to get fish and chips for my family and this is how much you have to be careful, so we were on this strip diet... no chips? everyone had fish and chips and i had cottage cheese and chips and i had cottage cheese and steamed broccoli. no! and that was the moment at which i thought you know what? this life is not for me. ring on the haddock. i want to talk to you more about this beluga whale. it came over, in a small fishing village of inga. it approached and it had some sort of harness. it was trying to pull straps and robes from the side of boats. the reason they

think it has come from russia and may have been trained by russian scientists is because i have taken off the harness and it said equipment of st petersburg was written on it. i am feeling sad for that wail. let's talk about ajax. my goodness, are they an exciting young team or what! a lovely piece with the ceo talking about how they harnessed the young players, given them confidence and convince them that they should stay with the club and build a team rather than a group of individuals. this is their one chance. they moment to make the most. slightly concerning, if you

are worried about your sense of swell going, petrol, onions, lemons -it swell going, petrol, onions, lemons —itisa swell going, petrol, onions, lemons — it is a warning that death is approaching. great. the spelling ability of people and during the period around half died, for those who struggle to swell, the risk rise by 46%. an early warning system. get sniffing those onions. it is quite an interesting study. sorry about that, i brought the tone down. one way to bring it up. carol is live at rhs wisley with this morning's weather. good morning, this meadow is beautiful. it is a part of the

asparagus family. it is part of gardening week and we are celebrating it with a theme of edible gardens. anything you can eat. herbs or something groovy like an allotment. and beautiful here this morning. i will tell you more as we go through the course of the morning. it is once again a chilly start and the cloud, mist and fog to lift from eastern areas. in the east we will see some sunshine, in the west we are looking at a cloudy day with splashes of rain. the reason for this is we have a weather front end of the west slowly moving eastwards because it is bumping up againstan area eastwards because it is bumping up against an area of high pressure. as we start the day, it is nippy, we have low cloud mist and fog in the east. that will lift and we will see

sunny skies develop. in the rest, thicker cloud with spots of rain coming up to the weather front. that will disperse through the course of the day. up to 17 and possibly higher than that. yesterday, in the north of scotland, we reached 20. weather front continuing to vary slowly. a cloudy night than the one just gone and as a result a milder night. temperatures not falling as low as they did this morning. tomorrow morning we pick up our weather front once again and we start off with a brighter outlook in eastern areas but then we have a weather front moving from the west was the east, bringing some clouds and by then it will be increasingly turning showery. after that it will start to brighten up across northern

ireland. temperatures are not too dissimilar to what we're looking at today. by the time we get to thursday, it starts to change. we have a cold front coming in across the north of scotland, it will bring in some cloud and rain behind it we start to pull in arctic air. 0ut in some cloud and rain behind it we start to pull in arctic air. out of itafair start to pull in arctic air. out of it a fair bit of cloud and still some dampness as well from the weak weather front pushing away into the north sea. just a heads up, that cold front end of the north of scotla nd cold front end of the north of scotland will sink south as we head towards the end of the week so it will feel much colder and for some of us quite windy. for the bank holiday weekend it looks like temperatures will recover to closer to where they should be. by then it will be may! where has this year gone. it has just flown by. i have never seen flowers like that. not

bluebells. .. that is seen flowers like that. not bluebells... that is for a different reference. voters will be heading to polling stations across england and northern ireland for local elections this thursday. in england, 248 local councils will be contested — one of them is goldington in bedford, which is currently split between three different parties. graham satchell went to find out how preparations are coming along. bedford is divided, the river cut it in half. the council is split three ways between the conservatives, labour and the lib dems. 0ver europe they voted 52—48 to leave. split down the middle. the conservatives division over brexit will play in the elections. you are going to get punished? it is a situation which is difficult for us. it is a never

ending argument. it is not helping us ending argument. it is not helping us at all. hopefully one day they will sort it out. i'm one of your local labour counsellors... it should be an opportunity for the labour party and candidates are confident but labour is also divided over the exit. 0n the biggest issue, the labour party looks confused. is that the labour party a party of remain or leave? labour accepts the referendum result and they are continuing in negotiations currently with the tory leadership about brexit and we are to find a simple committed to finding a reasonable solution. the liberal democrats are doing their best to concentrate on local issues. what has happened to

the liberal democrats on the national stage? it feels a bit like the party has become irrelevant. we are not irrelevant in bedford. we run the council and in terms of the national picture, what we do here other things that affect people — affordable housing, funding for the police and schools and health. what about the smaller parties? the greens and ukip currently do not have been candidates. the greens are focused on one issue and it will never have broad appeal.” focused on one issue and it will never have broad appeal. i do get that and i absolutely know that people see us as a one trick pony. yes, we are focused on the environment but when there aren't any other parties that are, it is down to us to focus on areas like that. is there any point in voting

ukip now that nigel virage has his brexit party? it is a shame that he has done that and broken away from ukip because i think he will split the vote. they are really a pressure movement rather than an electable force and we're still proper political party with ground roots. if elections are meant to be renewable and certainty, the likelihood is that bedford will be just as divided after the elections as it is now. if you'd like to find out more about the issues being discussed ahead of the local elections, visit bbc.co.uk/politics it is probably spelt wrong, what happened? nothing happening here. you can email us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk or share your thoughts with other

viewers on our facebook page. and you can tweet about today's stories using the hashtag bbcbreakfast, or follow us for the latest from the programme. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. there are reports that two women have been found dead in a freezer in a flat in east london. scotland yard said officers discovered the bodies after being called to the home on vandome close in canning town, following "concerns for the welfare of an occupant". a memorial service is to be held tonight — exactly 20 years after nail bomb exploded at the ‘admiral duncan‘ pub in soho that killed three people. around 70 others were injured injured when the right—wing extremist, david copeland ta rgetted the pub as well as planting bombs in brixton and brick lane. mark healey is organising the memorial.

of course, i am concerned about the rise of hate crime. i am more concerned about our responses to it, making sure the police are prepared to deal with that in the right way that our politicians are creating an environment where it is not acceptable. the far—right are doing their thing, engaging to build communities is that what we are trying. a piece of street art on a wall in marble arch, thought to have been created by the mystery graffiti artist banksy is to be protected. the graffiti appeared on a wall following the extinction rebellion demonstration, which ended last week. westminster city council said it believed the work was genuine and was "looking to keep it in a public place". banksy hasn't confirmed whether he was behind it — maybe because the council's previously removed his work. let's take a look at the travel situation now: a good service on all lines this morning. expect delays crossing the

thames at woolwich ferry as there is no ferry due to technical problems. 0n the roads: lewisham way is closed eastbound at amersham road because of a burst water main. and in notting hill: pembridge road is closed northbound from notting hill gate to portobello road for repairs to a burst water main. good morning a chilly start with one or two mist and fog patches. the mist and fog will lift and we will see some sunny spells developing. quite a bit of a low cloud around as well but that will start to break up with sunny spells coming through. plenty of cloud, the wind reasonably light and temperatures thankfully feeling a little bit warmer with a maximum of 19 celsius depending on how much sunshine, we could even get 20 celsius. overnight, lengthy clear spells but it first cloud moving into the west and east and as a

result it is not going to be as a chilly. 0ne result it is not going to be as a chilly. one or two mist and fog patches developing. they will clear through the morning. sunny spells but also potentially sharp showers tomorrow. temperatures are still 0k. further showers for thursday but you will notice the temperature starts to drop as we head towards the weekend and saturday is looking chilly with temperatures reaching 12 celsius. supermarket with no tills. if you're interested take a look at our website. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: we've been catching up with only fools and horses actor nicholas lyndhurst ahead of his west end musical debut.

also this morning, radio 3 presenter and saxophonistjess gillam will be here to talk about releasing her debut album. and from abandoned mines to ice tunnels — the explorer and author robert macfarlane is here to tell us about the world beneath our feet. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. a public inquiry is due to hear evidence today into how around 3,000 patients died after being given infected blood in the 1970s and ‘80s. many more suffered debilitating illnesses, including hepatitis and hiv, in what's been described as the "worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs". the government has announced an increase in financial support for some of those affected. victims of anti—social behaviour are being left to suffer in silence, according to a new report. 12 years after her husband garry was murdered, the victims' commissioner for england and wales, baroness newlove, says low—level crime is still being played

down by the authorities. where you live is supposed to be your safe space and it isn't, these are quite violent acts that we are seeing now and they are being dismissed. we have got to address theissue dismissed. we have got to address the issue of cuts to services and police but also the fact that in 2007 there was better funding for police and then, there was still no action. officials in the united states say they are working to confirm whether a video released yesterday, which appears to show the leader of the so—called islamic state group, is genuine. it's the first sighting of abu bakr al—baghdadi since 2014. reports had suggested that he'd been badly injured or even killed. plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars should be brought forward to 2030, according to government advisors. the committee on climate change says the current target is too tame and electric cars will be cheaper to buy in as little as six years. the recommendations have not yet been approved by the government.

voters in some parts of the uk will go to the polls in local government elections later this week. in northern ireland, the democratic unionist party and sinn fein won most council seats five years ago. since then, there's been a major political crisis which has brought about the fall of the devolved assembly at stormont. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page has been looking at the campaign. stormont is sumptuous splendour but it hasn't been operating for more than two years, since the devolved government collapsed. so in the absence of stormont, the largest elected political form absence of stormont, the largest elected politicalform in northern ireland is belfast city council. based here at city hall. it is one of 11 local authorities from which elections will be held on thursday. many elections will be held on thursday. ma ny voters elections will be held on thursday. many voters are finding the general uncertainty unsettling. there is definitely a lot of discontent within people within my age.” definitely a lot of discontent within people within my age. i think people need to make a bit of a gesture of give a little bit because

la st gesture of give a little bit because last week's events in derry i think both at home to us all. he is talking about the murder of the journalistic lyra mckee, shot dead by dissident republicans who were opposed to the peace process and has led to passionate calls for unionists and nationalist politicians to work together but along with the hope, there is also doubt. history is scattered with those moments of tragic horrors, atrocities, murders, deaths, and moments that should have changed the course of our history, that should have changed the course of our politics, and they haven't ended up doing that. the council in belfast faced a huge economic challenge last year, this shut down parts of the city centre for months and business leaders say elections shouldn't be about divisive politics. it is not about divisive politics. it is not about orange and green and brexit, it is about who is best placed upon the councils in an appropriate way which can turn economy around. more than 800 candidates want the privilege, around half will be elected. chris page, bbc news. japanese emperor akihito is stepping

down from the throne today, making him the first monarch to abdicate in more than 200 years. the 85—year—old is resigning because of his declining health. he will be succeeded by his son tomorrow. the country's annual spring holiday has been extended to a record 10 days to mark occasion. —— days to mark the occasion. john singleton, best known for the oscar—nominated film was in the hood has died. he was the youngest person in the first african—american to be nominated as best director. the family has announced they took the agonising decision to remove him from life support after he suffered a stroke —— boyz n the hood. of found off the coast of norway wearing a harness probably escape from the russian navy. this is according to marine experts. here it is, it was spotted by fishermen wearing a camera holder which read equipment of saint petersburg. it is

like a harness. russian military postman —— spokesman play down the concerns but denied it could have escaped. sally was concerned, they did remove the harness. they'd do not know where it came from. sad. such a gorgeous creature. now, this is an interesting one. a man who has been playing a single continuous game of minecraft for the past five years says he is devastated after his character was killed. 31—year—old phil watson from newcastle had been playing in the most difficult mode of the video game. if you know it, it was hardcourt mode. it means if you die, you die for ever there it is. it was live on youtube. his avitar cannot be brought back to life. we'll be speaking to philjust before 8:30 this morning. i'm sure some of you people think

that he has wasted five years of his life but he has built an amazing world. he was killed by a zombie baby. things like that are quite distressing so i can understand his distress. you know, i need to slightly adjust my tone because i did the news voice there went actual fa ct, did the news voice there went actual fact, it is not a real death, is it? zombie baby death. anyway... to buzz lightyear, sally. so he cannot go back into the world. so he has been consta ntly back into the world. so he has been constantly playing for five years? do you need to go to sleep in the world ? do you need to go to sleep in the world? you cannot go and do something else? like, it isn't likely sat there for five years.” think many do. he created a floating island which was very rare and was working on an underground lair when he was attacked by zombies. a zombie baby. there was a giant spider involved as well. stop! done. you

have lost me. now, let's talk about buzz lightyear. i think this programme has gone off the rails this morning! richard pochettino is going to go no, what does he say? to infinity and beyond. they will need to tonight, won't they? the spurs boss says he's living the dream and has even invoked buzz ahead of their champions league semifinal first leg against ajax. tonight, they'll be without both son heung—min, who's suspended, and the injured harry kane, for the club's biggest night in the european cup for more than half a century. pochettino says his players can achieve anything. you need to settle your dreams. the infinity and beyond. no? so it is not so difficult to accept but i think when you are ambitious and you wa nt to think when you are ambitious and you want to achieve big things, you need

to set your dream and i always was a dreamer. i think he would make a great disney pixar character. ajax have been acquainting themselves with the new tottenham stadium. erik ten hag's side twice drew with bayern munich in the group phase and since have eliminated real madrid and italian champions juventus. translation: nobody could have predicted at the beginning of the season that the dutch team would end up season that the dutch team would end up in the semi finals of the champions league. and if that is your club, champions league. and if that is yourclub, ithink champions league. and if that is your club, i think it is a wonderful experience. it restores you as well. it is great. you can add it to your r . it is great. you can add it to your weaponry. and i think this is the motto of our team as well, we have achieved something but we want to do achieved something but we want to do a lot more. batsmanjames vince has been given the chance to earn a place in england's world cup squad after being called up for the one—day series against pakistan. vince replaces alex hales, who was withdrawn from the preliminary world cup squad after being suspended following an off—field incident. england have until the 23rd of may to finalise their squad

for the tournament. the result of caster semenya's landmark case against athletics' governing body will be published tomorrow. the double 0lympic 800m champion is challenging the iaaf over its regulation restricting testosterone levels in female runners. the rule will apply to women in track events from 400 metres up to the mile. world number seven judd trump is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship. trump surged into a 5—1 lead against ding junhui of china before ding recovered, but trump won six frames in a row to take the match 13—9. just went out there with the mentality that i was not prepared to lose, really. i just mentality that i was not prepared to lose, really. ijust what i would go and battle for every single point and battle for every single point and not give up easily and i think i didn't really miss anything tonight and thought of he was under a lot of pressure because he probably knew i was going to clear up. ali carter survived a tense

shoot—out on the black to book his place in the last eight. carter also won six consecutive frames as he beat zhou yuelong of china 13—9. it is the easiest thing to do for your mind to start racing on 500 different things when all you need to focus on is what is in front of you at the time. easier said than done but you know i managed to do it in the end and i got through. just a short time ago, if you were watching the programme in half—an—hour ago, daniel walker was talking about the time he had to go on a strict diet for a photo shoot. he has now sent me the photograph. i have already seen it. he sent it to annoy me, so it is on my phone. louise, he sent it is on my phone. louise, he sent it to me as well. i also sent it to you as well as saying please, let me have some chips. i am love the idea of you trying to show someone a photograph on your phone and that bowing up photograph on your phone and that popping up instead. well, are you ready for this? now, this man provided one

of the enduring images of the rio olympics. pita taufatofua became a social media sensation after walking out at the opening ceremony topless, oiled up, and wearing a traditional tongan warrior outfit. quite similar to daniel. very similar! he competed in taekwondo at those games before taking on cross—country skiing at last year's winter olympics. what? and he's now targeting a third different sport for the tokyo games, canoeing. something that my people did for a thousand years is they colonised the polynesian islands and the biggest challenge is getting funding and support to help get there. at the moment our equipment is not going to help us get to the games but we have to use whatever we have and i believe anything can be done but previously, it was about becoming an 0lympian and now, i want to row my way to olympic gold. what an incredible achievement. three different sports! just such an incredible athlete. team gb speed skater elise christie has opened up about her struggle with mental health in the hope that it will encourage other

athletes to talk more openly about the subject. in an instagram post earlier this month, elise revealed that she suffered with depression and anxiety for two years, but is now feeling like herself again. 0ur 0lympic sports reporter david mcdaid has been to speak to her in nottingham. she is an athlete we have seen experience the joy of becoming world champion as well as the despair of 0lympic heartbreak. through it all what has been unseen, until these social media post, has been her struggle with anxiety and depression. the reason behind the post and the motivation for it that day was because there are a lot of other athletes going through this, a lot of normal humans, day—to—day people, going through the same thing andi people, going through the same thing and i wanted to show that firstly, it is located feel like that and it is fine to be on the medication but also there are points that i felt it was never going to get off them or feel better and here i am, you know,

i feel like myself. the 28-year-old has the 90 which began after receiving death threats at the 2014 winter games steadily deteriorated into depression as she experienced issues in her personal life and injury troubles in her professional life. the depression kind of like became quite debilitating and i was in bed a lot, i was struggling to keep up with any like a normal life. i had keep up with any like a normal life. ihada keep up with any like a normal life. i had a really massive low after i got injured, 0lympic season, and there was stuff going on behind the scenes and i just there was stuff going on behind the scenes and ijust ended up broken, i guess. commentator: there they go, and christie goes down before they reach the very first corner. elise says antidepression medication help to get through to last year's winter 0lympics but the disappointment of coming home empty hampton as well as the breakup of a relationship took her to a lowest ebb. i lowest moments, i was self harming, but not badly but i was still doing it because i did not know how to cope

without it, i did not know how to get rid of the feelings i was having without doing it and i would never have shared that and i did not want anyone to know that and that is the point, you can get to these points and you can get out of it because i have. from those lows, elise now feels well again and she is optimistic about the future.” feels well again and she is optimistic about the future. i am not scared now, i am not scared, so iam not scared now, i am not scared, so i am really excited but i feel like i'm getting things done again, talking to people, socialising, everything is gradually making me so much happier. so elise christie believes that —— begins a positive new chapter and she hopes that by opening up she can inspire the same in others. david mcdaid, bbc news. she is very honest about what went on, isn't she? she is and when you see the interview it makes a lot of sense, we have watched over the last few years and you put all of that together and you can see why she was so badly affected. fragile after

that. she looked so fragile but it is incredible to see her looking so well and speaking so powerfully now. and if you've been affected by any of the issues in that report, there are a number of organisations and websites that can offer you advice and support. you can find them listed on the bbc‘s action line website at bbc.co.uk/actionline. actually, we are talking later to a sport psychologist at half past eight who looks after athletes to injury and various different things as well about all of those issues. she was one of the people giving out an award where i was and she got a huge round of applause. so much affection for her. it puts in a powerful position to speak out about that. thank you very much. carol is live at rhs wisley with this morning's weather.

glorious flowers. good morning. good morning everyone, this is a camassia meadow. we are celebrating garden week with an edible theme. encouraging to grow fruit and vegetables. anything from herbs to an allotment, for example with potatoes. this plant is native to north america and canada and it is an important food product for the north americans who used to get up, cook it, the bulb, and eat it. it is rather like sweet potato. i do not recommend that because we do not know if it has been treated or not. we have a fair bit of cloud but it will break and quite a bit of cloud around. mistand will break and quite a bit of cloud around. mist and fog in the east burning away. some sunshine coming through. if you are just stepping

out, a chilly start to the day. today what we're looking out the forecast is we have rain in the west and brightest guys are developing in eastern areas. there will be some sunshine but also areas of patching cloud around as well. the high pressure is in charge of the weather either east and you can see the weather front trying to bump in against it from the west and it is producing some rain. this morning, when we lose the low cloud from central and eastern areas, we will have sunny spells developing. like yesterday's, some cloud developing also. in the west and claudia start with some rain and that rain is slowly moving eastwards, bumping into the high—pressure slowing it down. temperatures up to 17 degrees but locally we could see higher than that, possibly 19 here and there.

yesterday's top temperature was 20. as we had on through the evening and overnight, the weather front continues to very slowly move eastwards. a lot more cloud around and, asa eastwards. a lot more cloud around and, as a result, it will be a milder night. temperatures are not falling away too far. that is how we start the day tomorrow. in eastern areas, a brightest star, then a weather front moving slowly eastwards, bringing a fair bit of cloud and also some showery outbreaks of rain. not all of us will see it. behind it, it should brighten up across northern ireland and temperatures on a par to what we are expecting today. things start to change on thursday because we do have a cold front which is going to be sinking slowly south across northern scotland. behind that people pulling some arctic air. temperatures on the way down from

the north, not in the south just yet, but that will happen as the conference sinks and by the time we get to the end of the week. for the bank holiday weekend, it looks like temperatures will be where they should my my only gardening is weeding. rail bosses are calling for a major shake—up of the way our trains are run, including scrapping the current franchise system and taking control away from the government. ben is at birmingham's news street station this morning. there are more shops than trains here. good morning, this has been built as the biggest shakeup of our ra i lwa ys built as the biggest shakeup of our railways in a generation. all sorts

of proposals from the firms operating railways. they are saying they want to do things differently but there is a criticism. we have heard all this before, making things cheaper and more simple and improving competition — will this time be any different? robert is with me and bridget from the campaignfor with me and bridget from the campaign for better transport. is this any different? clearly, we have heard a lot of changes before, cheaper and easier tickets, better service and it has not happened stop we are saying we need to and these short term fixes and look at the long—term. short term fixes and look at the long-term. franchising system needs to be replaced. what we need to do, because of the passenger has been lost in all these structures, we need to put the passenger at the centre with an overarching governing

body which can shun fines if people are not delivering the services they expect and also an easier fare system. you represent the firms that represent our railways, why does it ta ke represent our railways, why does it take a review like this? we are saying this is structural. we need to rip this apart and build it up again because it is not working for passengers. we are proposing a series of different contracts that recognise different people want different things from the railways. what the commuter needs on a daily basis is different to a student going to visit his family. we want to replace that with an overarching a political body sitting on top of it which would take day—to—day politics out of the running of the ra i lwa ys politics out of the running of the railways because we think that is where part of the problem is that the customer has to be at the centre of this with an easier fare system so passengers know when they are buying their ticket they are getting the best value for the journey. you

are listening to all of that, do these proposals go far enough? passengers are not really concerned with how they operate, theyjust wa nt with how they operate, theyjust want them to deliver a service that is reliable. it has been too often neglected, the passenger. we need to deliver more flexible services but it will all be about whether it actually delivers the wider economic and social benefits. the labour party says nationalisation is the only answer. would you support that view? everyone has their solution. passengers are concerned about how the services are delivered when they rock up to buy a ticket. having a station that is near them. that is more important to passengers than how the railways is operated. we wa nt

how the railways is operated. we want evolution and the failure of the franchise system is having this one size fix all and if we could have more flexibility we could harness the wider benefits for the country as a whole. a word on the nationalisation proposal. you say do not nationalise it give us a chance to fix it but some say you have had your opportunity. there are structural issues regardless of ownership. what we are putting together is a credible plan that will deliver a joined up railway with accountability much closer to the passengers and fare changes people want to see. ownership is a red herring. we're talking about a partnership with the public and private sectors working together, similarto private sectors working together, similar to what they do in countries like sweden. we have extended and talk to people, businesses, customers, all kinds of different groups, to find out what they think

but also looked externally to other countries to see what works there as well. really nice to see you both. that is the view from birmingham. it is getting a little bit easier. commuters are passing through here to get some of those trains we have been discussing. lots of bodies submitting to this proposal to figure out what needs to change and the big question is whether they can deliver them and what we need. a bit quiet there. maybe it is still a little bit early. maybe it is a bank holiday in birmingham. a little bit early. maybe it is a bank holiday in birminghamm a little bit early. maybe it is a bank holiday in birmingham. it has changed a lot over the years that station. i do not know where the people. he's been a household name in britain for 40 years — but nicholas lyndhurst, who played rodney trotter in ‘0nly fools and horses', has tended to steer clear of tv interviews. until now. he's about to appear on stage in a west end musical called ‘man of la mancha' —

a story based on the man who wrote don quixote. brea kfast‘s tim muffett went to meet him. lovely to see you. onstage at the colosseum. tell us about your performance and this? it is about don chixote. it is about a spanish contemporary of shakespeare. we have some footage... i was really impressed. i have never heard you think before. i can make a noise with my throat but fortunately we have some really, really good singers. i consider kelsey grammar

to be in ata singers. i consider kelsey grammar to be in at a very famous actor. he is married to an english girl and she got him onto it. i'm looking around and seeing some chandeliers and wondering maybe they need a cleaner? no comment. no comment. brace yourself, rodney. brace yourself. laughter. that is a true story, that happen tojohn's father. the only thing i was terrified was laughing when the chandelier went down because i was told i would be fired if i laughed and they meant it soi fired if i laughed and they meant it so i didn't laugh. could that be

made today in the same way? they would not do it at all. why? two people fighting each other all the time. it isjust one thing after another. you have to have cruelty in comedy. if you take the victim out of comedy, there is nojoke. comedy. if you take the victim out of comedy, there is no joke. my name is rodney. i thought it wasn't dave. has comedy become too fearful of going out that sphere?” has comedy become too fearful of going out that sphere? i think it is going out that sphere? i think it is going that way. it is quite pc, rightly or wrongly. comedy is about iam glad rightly or wrongly. comedy is about i am glad that did not happen to me. chaplain new all about that. — charlie chaplin. nice and cool, son,

do you know what i mean? it is still funny no matter how many times you see it. man of la mancha opens tonight at the coliseum theatre in london. do you know, the impossible dream, thatis do you know, the impossible dream, that is from that show. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. there are reports that two women have been found dead in a freezer in a flat in east london. scotland yard said officers discovered the bodies after being called to the home on vandome close in canning town, following concerns for the welfare of an occupant. police in protective clothing have been inside since friday. a memorial service is to be held tonight, exactly 20 years after a nail bomb

exploded at the ‘admiral duncan‘ pub in soho. three people were killed and around 70 others were injured when the right—wing extremist, david copeland targetted the pub, as well as planting bombs in brixton and brick lane. but concern continues over the risk of violent attacks. of course, i‘m concerned about the rise of hate crime. i‘m more concerned about our responses to it, in the sense of making sure the police are prepared to deal with it in the right way, that our politicians are actually creating an environment where it is not acceptable. while the far—right are doing their thing, we are engaging with descent people who want to come together and build communities. a piece of street art on a wall in marble arch banksy is to be protected. the graffiti appeared on a wall following the extinction rebellion demonstration which ended last week. westminster city council said it believed the work was genuine and was looking to keep it in a public place.

banksy hasn‘t confirmed whether he was behind it, maybe because the council‘s previously removed his work. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. there‘s no service on the district line between earls court and putney bridge. and the 0verground has delays between willesden junction and clapham junction, and stratford to richmond. the dlr has minsor delays. 0n the roads: expect delays crossing the thames at woolwich — as there is no ferry due technical problems. and in notting hill: pembridge road is closed northbound from notting hill gate to portobello road for repairs to a burst water main. now the weather with kate. good morning. it‘s a chilly start out there this morning with one or two mist and fog patches as well. the mist and fog will lift and we will see some sunny spells developing. there‘s quite a bit of a low cloud around as well but that in turn will start to break up, those sunny spells coming through.

plenty of cloud this afternoon, the wind reasonably light and temperatures thankfully feeling a little bit warmer — we‘re looking at a maximum of 19 celsius, and depending on how much sunshine, we could even get 20 celsius. overnight, lengthy clear spells but it first cloud moving into the west and east and as a result it is not going to be as a chilly. one or two mist and fog patches developing. they will clear through the morning. sunny spells but also potentially sharp showers tomorrow. temperatures are still 0k. further showers for thursday but you will notice the temperature starts to drop as we head towards the weekend and saturday is looking chilly with temperatures reaching 12 celsius. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin.

0ur headlines today: the worst treatment scandal in the history of the nhs — an inquiry will begin hearing evidence into how thousands of patients were given contaminated blood. suffering in silence — a new report says victims of anti—social behaviour are still being let down by the police and local councils. good morning. the biggest shakeup of our railways in a generation. the train companies themselves submit plans to the government to change how they operate. but do those plans go far enough? "it‘s to infinity and beyond," says tottenham manager mauricio pochettino, who urges his players to dare to dream ahead of tonight‘s champions league semifinal against ajax. sings: hail, knight of the woeful countenance! knight of the woeful countenance! what would del boy say? nicholas lyndhurst tells us about finding his voice in his first west end musical.

good morning from ihs easily, national gardening week and we have a beautiful blushing cherry blossom, pollen levels are high today across england and wales. cloudy with a foggy start in the east. brightening up. in the west, cloudy with rain. more in 15 minutes. it‘s tuesday the 30th of april. our top story: a public inquiry is due to hear evidence today into how thousands of patients died after being given infected blood in the 1970s and ‘80s. the government has announced an increase in financial support for some of those affected. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. it‘s impossible to know exactly how many thousands of patients the nhs treated with bad blood in the ‘70s and ‘80s. estimates suggest 5,000 people with diseases like haemophilia, but possibly as many as 30,000 others who received blood transfusions. they were infected with life—limiting diseases such as hepatitis and hiv.

when they told me what they had done to me, i stood at a motorway bridge tojump off it. that film was how the infected blood inquiry opened last autumn. since then, its officials have been working to prepare for today — the beginning of the evidence from those infected. this, for the first time ever, is the time when people‘s personal testimonies are gonna be heard, the infected and the affected, about how this has devastated and traumatised their lives, and the fact that so many of these people have led quiet lives of desperation away from the camera, because of the stigma around at all, because of health, the disastrous health consequences they‘ve suffered. it‘s believed at least 3,000 people infected in this scandal have now died. those left behind and others infected want answers about how and why such dangerous blood was used by the nhs. sophie hutchinson, bbc news.

at 8:10, we‘ll be speaking to the widow and daughter of a man who contracted hepatitis after being given infected blood during a routine dental operation. officials in the united states say they are working to confirm whether a video released yesterday, which appears to show the leader of the so called islamic state group, is genuine. it‘s the first sighting of abu bakr al—baghdadi since 2014. reports had suggested that he‘d been badly injured or even killed. plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars should be brought forward to 2030, according to government advisors. the committee on climate change says the current target is too tame and electric cars will be cheaper to buy in as little as six years. the recommendations have not yet been approved by the government. a major independent report into maternity services run by a welsh health board will be published today. it follows concerns that women and babies under the care of the cwm taf health board may have

come to harm because of staff shortages and failures to report serious incidents. 0ur wales correspondent sian lloyd reports. cherishing the precious memories of her daughter, who died when she was just 19 days old. jessica weston gave birth to macy at one of two welsh hospitals where maternity services are being investigated. —— jessica weston gave birth to macie at one of two welsh hospitals where maternity services are being investigated. macie was struggling to breathe properly and her mother has many questions concerning her daughter‘s birth and care. them giving us the answer‘s not going to bring macie back, but it‘s going to give us relief and maybe just to feel a bit settled because at the moment we‘re so full of questions, we‘re full of anger, everything. and ijust — i don‘t think they really understand that. last october, the welsh government commissioned an external investigation into maternity services run by cwm taf health board. it provides facilities at the prince charles hospital in merthyr tydfil and at the royal glamorgan hospital in lla ntrisa nt, where macie was born.

births carried out between 2016 and 2018 have been under review. 43 cases were identified in total. 25 are classed as serious incidents and include eight still births and four neonatal deaths. the health board has already been told to make some changes after inspectors found immediate quality and safety concerns, including significant staff shortages. at our charity, what we see consistently is problems with staffing. we know there‘s a national shortage of midwives, often there aren‘t the specialist doctors on cover when they‘re needed as well. consultant—led care for mothers in labour, orfor babies needing specialist neonatal care, is now only provided on one site which cwm taf health board believes will help the challenges it faced around staffing. more details will emerge today and for families like macie‘s, they‘re eagerly awaited. sian lloyd, bbc news. japanese emperor akihito is stepping down from the throne today, making him the first monarch

to abdicate in more than 200 years. the 85—year—old is resigning because of his declining health and will be succeeded by his son tomorrow. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is outside the imperial palace in tokyo this morning. a bit ofa a bit of a crowd behind her there. laura, thank you for coming on the programme. a ten day holiday, is that right, to commemorate the event? that's extraordinary in itself here injapan but this is one of the world‘s oldest monarchies and to see a japanese emperor abdicate is something that has not been seen for 200 years. they had to be a special law passed by the government to allow him to do so and in fact he went on television asking the people if he was allowed to abdicate. he is infailing if he was allowed to abdicate. he is in failing health. he asked the japanese people if he could step down and step out off the spotlight and past power and the rain to his son. this is very much a ceremonial role as emperor. they have no

political kind of power when it comes to what they do but he is seen very much as an emperor who won over the hearts very much as an emperor who won over the hearts of the japanese people. he changed the way the emperor behaves. after various disasters that japan has faced, behaves. after various disasters thatjapan has faced, including behaves. after various disasters that japan has faced, including a horrendous tsunami and earthquake, he knelt with those who had lost everything and that was seen as a sign that this is a very different kind of emperor, humankind of emperor. it is hoped that as he passes on the rain to his son, that legacy will remain. laura, great to talk to you. thank you very much. amazing pictures there. yes, wonderful. the american film director, john singleton, best known for the oscar—nominated film boyz in the hood, has died at the age of 51. he was the youngest person and the first african american to be nominated for best director. his family announced yesterday that they had taken the "agonising decision" to remove him from life—support after he suffered a stroke.

some lovely tributes paid to him yesterday as well. a white whale found off the coast of norway wearing a harness probably escaped from the russian navy, according to marine experts. here he is. the beluga was spotted by fisherman wearing a camera holder which read "equipment of st petersburg." you can see that there, the harness on the back. a russian military spokesman played down concerns about the whale, but didn‘t deny that it could have escaped. the reason they know is they removed the harness, haven‘t they? so the whale does not have it anymore. good morning. 12 years after her husband garry was murdered, the outgoing victims‘ commissioner, baroness newlove, says that "depressingly little" has changed, because anti—social behaviour is perceived as petty, low—level crime. her report states that victims are "often ignored" and are "suffering in silence". we can speak to baroness newlove now from westminster.

good morning to you and good as ever to speak to you. you spoke particularly at the moment about antisocial behaviour and i kind of wa nt to ta ke antisocial behaviour and i kind of want to take a look back with you. do you think things have got better? u nfortu nately, do you think things have got better? unfortunately, no, idon‘t do you think things have got better? unfortunately, no, i don‘t think i have. when we lost garry, the police force had offices on the ground so i do appreciate there has been cuts to services but at the same time it feels very much that victims of antisocial behaviour and communities are suffering in silence.” antisocial behaviour and communities are suffering in silence. i mean, you hear from vic is are suffering in silence. i mean, you hearfrom vic is i know are suffering in silence. i mean, you hear from vic is i know all of the time so what are they telling you happening over again? more and more of neighbours who are having drugs and also we have buildings now, apartment buildings, but have vents but the smell of drugs are coming through their homes —— that have. 0ne coming through their homes —— that have. one case where actually, a car was set on fire as they were

sleeping. so the severity of antisocial behaviour has escalated. for me, it makes it even more prominent, this report this morning, because we need to make sure communities feel safe and i do not wa nt to communities feel safe and i do not want to see another garry newlove, another david askew.” want to see another garry newlove, another david askew. i see your point. you are saying antisocial behaviour is being downplayed as a low—level crime how would you like it to be seen? it is something i have always said, since losing garry, it is not a low—level crime. if you look at what garry went out to deal with, antisocial behaviour, but of course anyone says he lost his life to murder but if we do not stop antisocial behaviour u nfortu nately stop antisocial behaviour unfortunately it can escalate so quickly like we have seen which is what i do not want to do so it is about making sure agencies actually use the powers they have, the community trigger was there, set to

help when they make a complaint, but has these reports show, it is not being taken up, nobody understands it, there is no transparency. the survey for england and wales, the crime survey, shows 37% and for me, it is not right when there are powers and it should be down again to terms ——it should not be down again to victims not feeling safe in their home. people who do not know what a community trigger is, they have to meet a certain threshold, don‘t they? have to meet a certain threshold, don't they? you have to make up to three complaints but then the police are supposed to get in touch and help. there is the legislation to stop this. but it feels very much, as you see in the report, but it only seems to act fast, it is account allegation, and get victims who do report this, it is played down as low level and i do hate that phrase, it is about lessons learned, it isa phrase, it is about lessons learned, it is a terrible phrase because it is antisocial abuse, not behaviour,

this is abuse in our communities and it is physical as well as a silent killer to the mind. i want you to give us your perspective because i think this is your last report now before... ? think this is your last report now before...? looking back over the past few years, what has been the most positive and in fact probably the most negative thing you have seen? i am proud of these six years of bringing in the role of victims‘ commissioner through a status that it should be on a national platform, i have had the pleasure of submitting so many ——of meeting so many victims, even though their stories are sad, and i have raised the profile of the victims voice but we do not have a victims law which i would like to have left this role, maybe to start it, because it is a work in progress, so i look forward to my successor carrying that button on because until victims get legal rights, we‘re not going get procedural justice as we rights, we‘re not going get proceduraljustice as we are seeing for victims. thank you for your time

and the many times you have talked to us on breakfast. victims‘ commissioner, baroness newlove, thank you. you‘re watching breakfast from bbc news. carol, as we often have her, is out and about this morning, live, look at that, amongst the flowers this morning. hello, carole! good morning. hello, carole! good morning. beautiful meadow here. it is part of the asparagus family. rhs wisley rhs wisley is celebrating gardening week. you can see they are running events and encouraging others to take part in it. there is

quite a bit going on. this morning it isa quite a bit going on. this morning it is a chilly start to the day. pollen levels are high across england and wales. moderate in most of scotla nd england and wales. moderate in most of scotland and low in northern ireland. if you have watery eyes this morning you will know why. some fog and low cloud and mist in eastern areas. they were left with sunshine and patchy cloud developing through the day. in the west, thicker cloud and also some rain because we have a weather front in the west. that is bumping into high—pressure which is anchored across scandinavia so this weather front is not moving particularly quickly and will tend to weaken any the next day or two. when we lose the next day or two. when we lose the low cloud mist and fog, it will brighten nicely. but there will be areas of cloud like yesterday as we go through the afternoon. in the west, thicker cloud and rain slowly

moving eastwards. temperatures up to about 17 or 18, we may hit 19 and possibly 20 if we are lucky. through the evening and overnight, there will be a fair amount of cloud and, asa will be a fair amount of cloud and, as a result, it will be a mile denied than the one just gone. temperatures are not falling away too much. as we had entered tomorrow, we have a 3—way split, starting off in the east on a brighter note but the front moving from the west towards the east introducing more cloud and the showery rain. the weather front is fizzling as it comes into the high—pressure so the very fact, it should brighten up. thursday we are starting to see a chain because the cold front is thinking through northern scotland, bringing cold air straight down from the arctic.

showers around, one or two of those sharp. still looking at temperatures in the mid—or high teens. behind the weather front, temperatures are on the way down. as we go through the rest of the week, we will feel much colder. wendy at times, some showers, some of which will be wintry. overnight thursday into friday and also friday into saturday, some wintry nets in the lower levels in that half of the country. nothing like we had during the easter weekend. those were the heady days!m those were the heady days! it is like a little house on the prairie. i love that teacher. —— picture. strokes are the uk‘s leading

cause of disability, but if asked, would you be able to identify where a stroke occurs? well if you can‘t, you‘re not alone. new research suggests that as many as one in four of us don‘t know it‘s a brain condition. let‘s speak now to stroke survivor elizabeth kay, her father stephen, and dominic brand from the stroke association, which carried out the research. good morning. many people might think strokes happen in older people. how old were you? 22. 24 now. what happened? i was moving into my new flat with my dad and i kind of had a headache which started to slowly get worse and more intense andi to slowly get worse and more intense and i put it down to the fact that i had not eaten and then ijust collapsed, my legs just gave way and ididn‘t collapsed, my legs just gave way and i didn‘t even realise it was a stroke or anything serious but it was my dad who wanted to call an

ambulance. it was when the paramedics that got that i didn‘t sound like myself, it didn‘t sound like my voice. and she asked me to smile and there was a left—sided weakness. were you thinking the same thing watching your daughter? yes, i think obviously, not sure what it was. think obviously, not sure what it was. stroke was not the first thing that came to mind given her age. i thought it was possibly a head injury, that she had fallen. it was a shock when the paramedic started talking about things like stroke. a shock when the paramedic started talking about things like strokem must‘ve been really shocking? talking about things like strokem must've been really shocking7m really was. a shocking disbelief at the time. how are you now? was it a

long rehabilitation programme? you had after—effects as well? initially i was completely paralysed on the left side. i could not move my leg. my left side. i could not move my leg. my leg was propped up and my dad is to makejokes my leg was propped up and my dad is to make jokes about my big toe. it has taken a long time. i learned to walk in the first couple of weeks and my arm did not move at all for the first month stop that is kind of the first month stop that is kind of the main thing i have been left with, my hand does not really work properly and mentally and my leg and everything else feels better. there seems to be a lot of lack of awareness about how strokes might affect people. what are you most concerned about? that people do not really understand about strokes,

that it happens in the rain and the impact different for everybody. that how you can help/ survivors can re cove r. how you can help/ survivors can recover. a high majority feel abandoned after they come out of hospital. rehabilitation is a big pa rt of hospital. rehabilitation is a big part of it. organisations like ours are there to help them through a very long and painful process, as elizabeth has described. what else can be done to help people that have been through that process? 20 million people are connected to stroke in some way but most of them sort of say, it is a stroke that happened to somebody i know stop understanding it and finding out about it, talk to stroke survivors. most say that most people they talk to do not understand the full extent of their condition. there is lots of information, in our website of their condition. there is lots of information, in ourwebsite in

particular. if people get involved in helping/ survivors, they will get a better outcome in their everyday life. you work and you have had lots of help. how can people help you the most? i suppose just having that understanding and may be being patient. with my friends and family it has been useful to have love and support but also at the same time my pa rents support but also at the same time my parents just push support but also at the same time my parentsjust push me support but also at the same time my parents just push me sometimes when i needed because it is hard to stay motivated with physio and to keep positive. generally, like you are with everyone, to be nice and friendly. it goes a long way. it is emotional, isn‘t it for you? friendly. it goes a long way. it is emotional, isn't it for you? it was, certainly at the time. from the time since then, it has been quite a journey. so many people are affected by it in some way. you are a family

who has gone through it. as a family, what would your advice be? ask for help, whether through charities, nhs, local authorities ask for help, whether through charities, nhs, localauthorities so make sure you reach out and trying to access any help you can but also ta ke to access any help you can but also take inspiration from the person who has gone through it. did you want to say something? yes, there are so many organisations that are out there which are great, like stroke association, i got a lot of support from an organisation called star. it is getting you out there, speaking to people who go through similar kind of things, getting involved in the arts to help express yourself. the way your dad is looking at you is really beautiful. it is lovely. i

think he needs a hug. you said your dad then it like your dad too but he clearly loves you. thank you for coming on the show. thank you so much. let‘s take a look at today‘s front pages: the daily telegraph‘s looks at concerns that anti—social behaviour is being dismissed as "un—important" by the police. baroness newlove, the victims‘ commissioner, questions why callers to the 101 phone line are charged to report incidents. we spoke to her about five minutes ago. the picture shows the actor lily collins, daughter of phil, at the tolkien premiere last night. the guardian shows an image of the is leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi who has appeared in a propaganda video for the first time in five years. recent reports had suggested he‘d been badly injured or even killed.

the times lead story is on the university of cambridge‘s announcement that it is to investigate its historical links to the slave trade. and the daily mail says campaigners are warning that rapists will escape justice unless plans to ask victims to hand over their mobile phones are scrapped. and a somali—american supermodel is trending on twitter because this year‘s issue of ‘sports illustrated swimsuit‘ features halima aden, she‘s the first model to wear a hijab and burkini, in honor of the issue‘s theme of shattering perceptions. i want to talk about this one. the most extraordinary story. we have seen at the pig is of a beluga whale that turned up in norway and fishermen were disturbed because they say they saw a whale swimming between the both and as it approached we saw it had a harness

and it was actively seeking out vessels trying to pull straps and robes from the boat. they managed to ta ke robes from the boat. they managed to take off this harness and inside it, there was equipment of saint petersburg written on it. the conclusion being that it may have come from russia and that maybe russian scientists have been using this way. —— wale. you may remember dolphins were used as well for spying. you are very worried about that. have you seen with this? british spies have developed an app... go on... that locks your mobile screen if somebody is appearing over your shoulder or ta kes appearing over your shoulder or takes your phone away. it is not available for us commoners. so if i

am looking at my children‘s phones i will not be able to look any more. you know occasionally when you go to a charity shop and there is an unbelievable stock of stuff and you wonder where does it come from? a woman has donated 50,000 pounds worth of designer clothing so obviously has been all over it. peter crouch, there is one charity shop he used to drop his designer clothes in and people used to wait until he came and then jumped clothes in and people used to wait until he came and thenjumped in. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i‘m asad ahmad. there are reports that two women have been found dead in a freezer in a flat in east london. scotland yard said officers discovered the bodies after being called to the home on vandome close in canning town, following concerns for the welfare of an occupant. police in protective clothing have

been inside since friday. a memorial service is to be held tonight, exactly 20 years after a nail bomb exploded at the ‘admiral duncan‘ pub in soho. three people were killed and around 70 others were injured when the right—wing extremist, david copeland targetted the pub as well as planting bombs in brixton and brick lane. but concern continues over the risk of violent attacks. of course, i‘m concerned about the rise in hate crime. i‘m more concerned about our responses to it, in the sense of making sure the police are prepared to deal with it in the right way, that our politicians are actually creating an environment where it is not acceptable. while the far—right are doing their thing, we are engaging with descent people who want to come together and build communities. a piece of street art on a wall in marble arch, thought to have been created by the mystery graffiti artist banksy, is to be protected.(00v)the graffiti appeared on a wall following the extinction rebellion demonstration —

which ended last week. westminster city council said it believed the work was genuine and was "looking to keep it in a public place". banksy hasn‘t confirmed whether he was behind it, maybe because the council‘s previously removed his work. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now: there‘s no service on the district line between earls court and putney bridge. and the 0verground has delays between willesden junction and clapham junction, and stratford to richmond. the dlr has minsor delays. 0n the roads: expect delays crossing the thames at woolwich — as there is no ferry due technical problems. and in notting hill: pembridge road is closed northbound from notting hill gate to portobello road for repairs to a burst water main. now the weather with kate. good morning. it‘s a chilly start out there this morning, with one or two mist and fog patches as well. the mist and fog will lift and we will see some sunny spells developing. there‘s quite a bit of a low cloud around as well but that in turn

will start to break up, those sunny spells coming through. partly cloudly this afternoon, the wind reasonably light and temperatures thankfully feeling a little warmer — we‘re looking at a maximum of around 19 celsius. just depending on how much sunshine we get, we could even get 20 celsius. a pleasant evening with some sunshine and then overnight, lengthy clear spells at first, but we‘ll cloud moving into the west and cloud moving into the east and as a result it is not going to be as a chilly. between seven and nine celsius. one or two mist and fog patches likely to develop as well. they will clear through the morning. some sunny spells but also potentially some sharp showers tomorrow. temperatures are still 0k, at around 17 celsius. further showers for thursday but you will notice the temperature starts to drop as we head towards the weekend and saturday is looking chilly with temperatures only reaching 12 celsius. if you want to find out where the country‘s 1st supermarket with no tills.

i will give you a clue, it is somewhere in central london. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. here‘s a summary of this morning‘s main stories from bbc news. a public inquiry is due to hear evidence today into how around 3000 patients died after being given infected blood in the 1970s and ‘80s. many more suffered debilitating illnesses, including hepatitis and hiv, in what‘s been described as the "worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs". the government has announced an increase in financial support for some of those affected. victims of anti—social behaviour are being left to suffer in silence, according to a new report. 12 years after her husband garry was murdered, the victims‘ commissioner for england and wales, baroness newlove, says low—level crime is still being played down by the authorities. where you live is supposed to be your safe space, and it isn‘t. these are quite violent acts that we are seeing now and they are being dismissed. we have got to address the issue of cuts to services and police

but also the fact that in 2007, there was better funding for police and then, there was still no action. officials in the united states say they are working to confirm whether a video released yesterday, which appears to show the leader of the so—called islamic state group, is genuine. it‘s the first sighting of abu bakr al—baghdadi since 2014. reports had suggested that he‘d been badly injured or even killed. plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars should be brought forward to 2030, according to government advisors. the committee on climate change says the current target is too tame and electric cars will be cheaper to buy in as little as six years. the recommendations have not yet been approved by the government. japanese emperor akihito is stepping down from the throne today, making him the first monarch to abdicate in more than 200 years. the 85—year—old is resigning because of his declining health. he will be succeeded by his son tomorrow. the country‘s annual spring holiday has been extended to a record 10 days to mark the occasion.

0of! the american film director, john singleton, best known for the oscar—nominated film boyz in the hood, has died at the age of 51. he was the youngest person and the first african american to be nominated for best director. his family announced yesterday that they had taken the "agonising decision" to remove him from life—support after he suffered a stroke. if you are a fine or minecraft or your children play it, there is a man we will speak to later who has been playing one single continuous game forfive been playing one single continuous game for five years. before fan of. 31—year—old phil watson from newcastle had been playing in the most difficult mode of the video game, which means his avatar cannot be brought back to life. we‘ll be speaking to philjust before 8:30 this morning. he was playing in hardcore mode, the most difficult mode, and if you die,

you cannot come back. really? that is how i die? 0h, you cannot come back. really? that is how i die? oh, my god! you cannot come back. really? that is how! die? oh, my god! he was killed by a zombie baby. which is a bad way to go for anyone. you would think after five years, you would be pretty good at playing. it is a p pa re ntly pretty good at playing. it is apparently very difficult to keep the game of minecraft going. you think you would be able to go up against zombie babies. he apparently built a beautiful world but it is gone. he cannot play anymore. coming up on the programme, carol will have the weather. and we‘re talking about buzz lightyear? to infinity and beyond. look at pochettino behind you. that is what he does in the film! will he ta ke off? is what he does in the film! will he take off? will he go into space? he gave a great press conference yesterday talking about dreams, aiming forthe yesterday talking about dreams, aiming for the moon and landing in the sky and... dreaming the impossible dream? we‘re talking

about the man of the match.” impossible dream? we‘re talking about the man of the match. i know that. —— man of la mancha. look i know that ajax are brilliant but i don't know. we'll see what happens. to infinity and beyond. living the dream. yes, that is buzz lightyear from toy story next to tottenham manager mauricio pochettino. here‘s why. the spurs boss says he‘s living the dream, and has even invoked buzz ahead of their champions league semi final first leg against ajax. tonight, they‘ll be without both son heung—min, who‘s suspended, and the injured harry kane, for the club‘s biggest night in the european cup for more than half a century. pochettino says his players can achieve anything. you need to settle your dreams. to infinity and beyond. beyond, no? so it is not so difficult to accept and i think when you are ambitious and you want — you want to achieve big things, you need to settle your dream,

and i always was a dreamer. aren‘t we all? we are all dreamers, really. ajax have been acquainting themselves with the new tottenham stadium. erik ten hag‘s side twice drew with bayern munich in the group phase and since have eliminated real madrid and italian champions juventus. there are reports in the papers this morning that manchester united are lining up their former player rio ferdinand to return to the club ferdinand is said to have had a meeting with ed woodward, executive vice chairman, to discuss a return as director of football or something similar. the former player has been working as a tv pundit since he retired. that has been the last four years or so. it is quite a big role at the club, isn‘t it? so. it is quite a big role at the club, isn't it? it is massive. is it like recruitment or something? scouting, recruitment. 0ne like recruitment or something? scouting, recruitment. one thing they are saying they are looking at him because he has such good business acumen. he has a restaurant

chain, clothing, all of that. the combination of that with his sporting knowledge and the alex fagan heritage, want him to come along and work. batsmanjames vince has been given the chance to earn a place in england‘s world cup squad after being called up for the one—day series against pakistan. vince replaces alex hales, who was withdrawn from the preliminary world cup squad after being suspended following an off—field incident. england have until the 23rd of may to finalise their squad for the tournament. the result of caster semenya‘s landmark case against athletics‘ governing body will be published tomorrow. the double 0lympic 800m champion is challenging the iaaf over its regulation restricting testosterone levels in female runners. the rule will apply to women in track events from 400 metres up to the mile. team gb speed skater elise christie has opened up about her struggle with mental health in the hope that it will encourage other athletes to talk more openly about the subject. in an instagram post earlier this

month, elise revealed that she suffered with depression and anxiety for two years, but is now feeling like herself again. 0ur 0lympic sports reporter david mcdaid has been to speak to her in nottingham. she‘s an athlete we‘ve seen experience the joy of becoming world champion, as well as the despair of olympic heartbreak. through it all, what has been unseen — until this social media post — has been her struggle with anxiety and depression. the reason behind the post and the motivation for it that day was the fact that there‘s a lot of other athletes going through this, there‘s a lot of normal humans, day—to—day people, going through the same thing, and i wanted to show that firstly, it‘s ok to feel like that and it‘s fine to be on the medication, but also that there were points that i felt that i was never going to get off them or i was never gonna feel better and here i am, you know? i feel like myself. —— i felt that i was never going to get off them or i was never gonna feel better and

here i am, you know? i feel like myself. the 28—year—old says anxiety, which began after receiving death threats at the 2014 winter games, steadily deteriorated into depression as she experienced issues in her personal life and injury troubles in her professional life. the depression kind of like became quite debilitating and i was in bed a lot, i was struggling to keep up with any, like, normal life. i had a really massive low after i got injured, 0lympic season, and there was stuff going on behind the scenes and ijust ended up broken, i guess. commentator: away they go, and christie goes down before they reach the very first corner! elise says anti—depression medication helped her get through to last year‘s winter 0lympics, but the disappointment of coming home empty—handed, as well as the breakup of her relationship, took her to her lowest ebb. in my lowest moments, i was self—harming — but not — not badly, but i was still doing it because i did not know how to cope without it, i did not know how to get rid of the feelings i was having

without doing it, and i would never have shared that and i would not have wanted anyone to know that, and that is the point, is you can get to these points and you can get right out of it, because i have. from those lows, elise now feels well again, and she is optimistic about the future. i‘m not scared now, i‘m not scared, so with skating, i‘m really excited, but with life i am now, because i feel like i‘m getting things done again, i‘m talking to people, i‘m socialising. everything is graduallyjust making me so much happier. so elise christie begins a positive new chapter, and she hopes that by opening up, she can inspire the same in others. david mcdaid, bbc news, nottingham. and if you‘ve been affected by any of the issues in that report, there are a number of organisations and websites that can offer you advice and support. you can find them listed on the bbc‘s action line website at bbc.co.uk/actionline. world number seven judd trump

is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship. trump surged into a 5—1 lead against ding junhui of china before ding recovered, but trump won six frames in a row to take the match 13—9. just went out there with the mentality that i was not prepared to lose, really. i think ijust though i was going out there and battle for every single point, not give him anything easy. obviously, i think the main difference, i didn‘t really miss anything tonight. he was under a lot of pressure getting in because he probably knew i was going to clear up. ali carter survived a tense shoot—out on the black to book his place in the last eight. carter also won six consecutive frames as he beat zhou yuelong of china 13—9. it is the easiest thing to do for your mind to start racing on 500 different things when all you need to focus on is what‘s in front of you at that time. easier said than done but, you know, i managed to do that in the end and i got through. just before i go, peter crouch, the 6 foot 7

burnley and former england striker is well known for his ability to poke fun at himself. take a look at this. he‘s posted this on social media in reference to the rather gangly pfa players‘ player of the year award. crouch said "extremely proud to be the pfa player of the year trophy." he‘s got a point. it does look a bit like him, doesn‘t it? a little bit gangly. it looks like he is doing the robot. is that really the trophy? yes. he has two of them. that is a slightly strange one. disappointingly the lady who won the women‘s had her name spelt wrong. her name is vivian but she is enne, not enne. —— anne, not enne. voters will be heading to polling

stations across england and northern ireland for local elections this thursday. in england, 248 local councils will be contested. one of them is goldington in bedford, which is currently split between three different parties. graham satchell went to find out how preparations are coming along. bedford is divided, the river cuts it in half. the council here is split three ways, between the conservatives, labour and the lib dems and over europe, bedford voted 52-48 to dems and over europe, bedford voted 52—48 to leave, split down the middle. for the conservatives divisions over brexit will play a big part of this week. you are going to get punished. well, we will wait and see. it is a situation which is difficult for us, i agree, and see. it is a situation which is difficult for us, iagree, it and see. it is a situation which is difficult for us, i agree, it is a never ending argument where europe is going with 40 or 50 years in the party and it isn‘t helping us at

all. hopefully one day they will sort it out. hello. hello, my name's jade, i'm one of your local labour bar counsellors... the local election should be an opportunity for the labour party and on the ground, candidates like jade uko are confident but labour is also divided over the brexit. 0n the biggest issue of the day, which is brexit, the labour party looks confused. is labour a party of remain or leave? i think labour accepts the referendum result and they are continuing in negotiations currently with the tory leadership about brexit and we are committed to finding a sustainable and workable way forward on the issue of brexit. bedford has a labour mp but the mayor who leads the council is a lib dem. the liberal democrats are doing their best to concentrate on local issues. what has happened to the liberal democrats on the national stage? because it feels a bit like the party has become irrelevant. well, they are not irrelevant here in bedford. we run the council and in terms

of the national picture, what you do hear our party talk about are the things that affect people — so affordable housing, funding for the police, funding for schools and health. what about the smaller parties? the greens and ukip currently have no councillors at all in bedford. isn‘t the difficulty with the green party that it‘s so narrowly focused on one issue that it will never have broad appeal? i do get that, yes, i absolutely do see that people see us as a one—trick pony. we aren‘t. obviously, yes, we are very, very much focused on the environment but when there aren‘t any other parties that are, then it is down to us to focus on areas like that. is there any point in voting ukip any more now that nigel farage has his new brexit party? it is a shame that he has done that and broken away from ukip for that, because i think he is going to split the vote.

although they declare themselves a political party, they are really a pressure movement, rather than an actually electable force, and we are still a proper political party with ground roots. if elections are meant to bring renewal and certainty, the likelihood is that bedford will be just as divided after thursday as it is now. graham satchell, bbc news. if you want more details in the elections, there is lots of information in our webpage. you can also find if the weather but who wa nts to also find if the weather but who wants to do when you have carole in a field of flowers! good morning. it is lovely to be here at rhs wisley. it is a

gardening week and the rhs wisley it with edible britain, encouraging us to plant some flowers, fruit and vegeta bles to plant some flowers, fruit and vegetables as well. be at some basil in your kitchen in a flower pot or a fabulous allotment. this morning, if you are amongst any flowers, the pollen levels across england and wales are high. moderate across scotla nd wales are high. moderate across scotland and low in northern ireland. iam scotland and low in northern ireland. i am standing very appropriately on whether he‘ll. it isa appropriately on whether he‘ll. it is a chilly start —— whether he‘ll. in the best, we have a thicker cloud and also some rain. we have a weather front. the weather front is bumping up against high pressure so it is not making much pressure

explodes and it will eventually start to weaken and fizzle and the rain will turn more showery. first thing this morning, we still have to lose the lower cloud, mist and fog but when it happens in eastern areas, it will brighten up. we will see sunny areas. areas of cloud at the time. whereas in the west, a cloudy day with some rain moving slowly from the west towards the east. temperature wise, peaking at around 17, 18, possibly 19 or 20. yesterday we hit 20 degrees. as we move through the evening and overnight, so does our weather front, still heading towards the east. more cloud around this coming night than the one just gone so as a result it will be milder. temperatures not falling as they did. we‘ll have some brightness to start. 0ur weather front continuing

to bump into the high—pressure, weakening and turning more showery but not all of us will see one. behind the weather front it will start to brighten up and we will see some sunshine. temperatures are similarto some sunshine. temperatures are similar to what we are expecting today. as we move into thursday, things start to change because we have a cold front starting to come in across northern scotland. behind that, we falling colder air, straight down from the arctic but ahead of it a lot of cloud around, some showers, some sharp, it is as we headed through the rest of those they need to friday that cool front makes it all the way down to the south so friday it is going to feel cold, much colderfor us south so friday it is going to feel cold, much colder for us all, south so friday it is going to feel cold, much colderfor us all, some showers first thing in the morning, even at lower levels in the northern half of the country. for the weekend, the bank holiday weekend,

things start to warm up nowhere near what we had during the easter weekend. ca role carole is in a gorgeous meadow. whereas ben is at birmingham train station. rail bosses are calling for a major shake—up of the way our trains are run, including scrapping the current franchise system and taking control away from the government. ben is at birmingham‘s news street station this morning. i cannot compete on flowers. it is the biggest shake in our railways, calling for things to try and improve railways, ticket prices, punctuality, service and competition. the government will report back in the autumn. today, companies are submitting proposals and some are pretty drastic, they are saying we need to do this differently so what difference could it make to all of us. with me,

robert from the rail delivery group, and from the owners group. as of the rail companies yourselves are proposing big changes. why do you need to do this? because we have relied on short—term fixes for too long and we are saying and now they need to be fundamental changes that we believe this is the opportunity with this government rail review to produce a white paper that will replace the current franchising system replace the current franchising syste m sto p replace the current franchising system stop we need more accountability and a joint system. the system which is a fairer and people find it easy to use. why cannot you do that right now on your own? these are big structural changes. we believe that the current franchising system is a straightjacket in effect and it is a stopping companies from innovating where they need to on behalf of passengers. what we need to do is

look at what passengers want, may be coming in and out of stations here maybe different to the needs of a student coming up to london. we are looking at different areas. if tfl concessions with lots of commuters in cities but more on rail competitions on long—distance routes where people can vote with their wallets a nd where people can vote with their wallets and go with a company that provides the best service. in other areas other symptoms. it all sounds good. more competition, more oversight and regulation. no-one is arguing that franchising is a failed model but i think these proposals go in the wrong direction. cutting up the railway means each company is competing with each other and not cooperating. it causes chaos and

confusion. we need a unified railway run bya confusion. we need a unified railway run by a government body that can run by a government body that can run at the entire rail across the country. we do not need more confusion and fragmentation which is what is proposed. essentially you are proposing a return to the days of british rail which did not work, there was no competition or incentive for companies to improve? i was not alive when british rail was i was not alive when british rail was operating. i know there were problems with it. but it was deliberately underfunded. competition does not improve services when they are supposed to be public services. people do not wa nt be public services. people do not want to choose which railway operator, they want to buy a ticket ata operator, they want to buy a ticket at a station and get to the destination with a neck strain that comes along. more competition creates confusion and chaos and that is what passengers have been telling us that is not what they want. that you have it. two very different

views on what our railways should look like. those proposals go to the government today. they will decide anything autumn what the future of our railways will be. a lot up for debate and lots of views to be heard but whether anything changes we will need to wait and see. he‘s been a household name in britain for 40 years, but nicholas lyndhurst, who played rodney trotter in only fools and horses, has tended to steer clear of tv interviews. until now. he‘s about to appear on stage in a west end musical called man of la mancha — a story based on the man who wrote don quixote. brea kfast‘s tim muffett went to meet him. lovely to see you. thank you here we are onstage at the colosseum, in london. man of la mancha, tell us about your performance and this? it is about don quixote but not quite. it is about man don quixote, it‘s actually about a gentleman called cervantes, a very popular spanish writer, he‘s a real person, he‘s a real person, he was thrown into a prison, he was thrown into a prison, he was thrown into a prison, he was a contemporary of shakespeare.

we have some footage from one of the early sing through... sings: hail, knight of the woeful countenance! knight of the woeful countenance! i was really impressed. i have never heard you sing before. my i have never heard you sing before. my voice can make a noise. ican make my voice can make a noise. i can make a noise with my throat but fortunately we have some really, really good singers, including mrgrammar. sings: # i am don quixote the lord of la mancha..# i consider kelsey grammar to be this astoundingly famous actor and i‘m sitting there next to him. i love it. had he seen 0nly i love it. had he seen only fools and horses? yes, he is married to an english girland she got yes, he is married to an english girl and she got him onto it. i‘m looking around and seeing some chandeliers and wondering maybe they need a clean? no comment. no comment. brace yourself, rodney. brace yourself, rodney. brace yourself.

laughter. that is a true story, that happen to john that is a true story, that happen tojohn sullivan‘s father during the war. the only thing i was terrified was laughing when the chandelier went down because i was told i would be fired if i laughed and they meant it so fired if i laughed and they meant itsoi fired if i laughed and they meant it so i didn‘t laugh. could that be made today in the same way? they would not do it at all. why? two people fighting each other all the time. it isjust one thing after another. you have to have cruelty in comedy. if you take the victim out of comedy, there is nojoke. my name is rodney.

i thought it was dave. has comedy become too fearful of going near that sphere? i think it is going that way. it is quite pc, rightly or wrongly. comedy is about i am glad that did not happen to me. chaplin new all about that. we laughed at chaplin because it was not us falling down a whole. all through a bar. nice and cool, son, do you know what i mean? that reminded me, where is that seat? i will dig it out. that reminded me, where is that seat? iwill dig it out. it that reminded me, where is that seat? i will dig it out. it will be back. so many magical moments. you could watch that every day and it never gets old. man of la mancha opens tonight at the coliseum theatre in london.

there are reports that two bodies have been found dead in a freezer in a flat in east london. scotland yard said officers discovered the bodies after being called to the home on vandome close in canning town. greg mackenzie has just sent this report from the scene. police were called to this property behind me in canning town on friday morning, initially to reports of welfare concerns for a male tenant living on the ground floor. after a search they discovered two female bodies. this is now a murder investigation and are appealing for witnesses. a memorial service is to be held tonight — exactly 20 years after a nail bomb exploded at the ‘admiral duncan‘ pub in soho. three people were killed and around 70 others were injured when the right—wing extremist, david copeland targetted the pub as well as planting bombs in brixton and brick lane.

a piece of street art on a wall in marble arch, thought to have been created by the mystery graffiti artist banksy, is to be protected. the graffiti appeared on a wall following the extinction rebellion demonstration, which ended last week. westminster city council said it believed the work was genuine and was "looking to keep it in a public place". banksy hasn‘t confirmed whether he was behind it — maybe because the council‘s previously removed his work. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now: there‘s no service on the district line between earls court and putney bridge. and the 0verground has delays between willesden junction and clapham junction and stratford to richmond. 0n the roads: expect delays crossing the thames at woolwich — as there is no ferry due technical problems. and in notting hill: pembridge road is closed northbound from notting hill gate to portobello road for repairs to a burst water main. in surbiton: lovelace road is closed

until next week for roadworks. now the weather with kate. good morning. it‘s a chilly start out there this morning, with one or two mist and fog patches as well. the mist and fog will lift and we will see some sunny spells developing. there‘s quite a bit of a low cloud around as well but that in turn will start to break up, those sunny spells coming through. partly cloudly this afternoon, the wind reasonably light and temperatures thankfully feeling a little warmer — we‘re looking at a maximum of around 19 celsius. just depending on how much sunshine we get, we could even get 20 celsius. a pleasant evening with some sunshine and then overnight, lengthy clear spells at first, but we‘ll cloud moving into the west and cloud moving into the east and as a result it is not going to be as a chilly. between seven and nine celsius. one or two mist and fog patches likely to develop as well. they will clear through the morning. some sunny spells but also potentially some sharp showers tomorrow. temperatures are still 0k, at around 17 celsius. further showers for thursday but you will notice the temperature starts to drop as we head towards the weekend and saturday is looking chilly with temperatures only

reaching 12 celsius. va nessa vanessa phelps is on bbc london and she will be talking about a new report which says victims of antisocial behaviour are being let down by police and counsellors. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: the worst treatment scandal in the history of the nhs — an inquiry will begin hearing evidence into how thousands of patients were given contaminated blood. suffering in silence — a new report says victims of anti—social behaviour are still being let down by the police and local councils. it has been described as the biggest shake—up of the railways nhl oration. the rail companies are

asking the government to change how they operate. —— biggest shake—up of they operate. —— biggest shake—up of the railways in a generation. it‘s to infinity and beyond says tottenham manager mauricio pochettino, who urges his players to dare to dream ahead of tonight‘s champions league semi—final against ajax. what would del boy say? nicholas lyndhurst tells us about finding his voice in his first west end musical. good morning from rhs wisley. it is national gardening week, we are surrounded by beautiful blossoms. this one is called the blushing bride. pollen levels across england and wales are high. it will brighten up and wales are high. it will brighten up in the east with sunny spells developing, cloudy in the west with some rain. more info minutes. —— in 15 minutes.

it‘s tuesday the 30th of april. our top story: a public inquiry is due to hear evidence today into how thousands of patients died after being given infected blood in the 1970s and 80s. the government has announced an increase in financial support for some of those affected. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. it‘s impossible to know exactly how many thousands of patients the nhs treated with bad blood in the ‘70s and ‘80s. estimates suggest 5,000 people with diseases like haemophilia, but possibly as many as 30,000 others who received blood transfusions. they were infected with life—limiting diseases such as hepatitis and hiv. when they told me what they had done to me, i stood at a motorway bridge to jump off it. that film was how the infected blood inquiry opened last autumn. since then, its officials have been working to prepare for today — the beginning of the evidence from those infected. this, for the first time ever, is the time when people‘s personal testimonies are going to be heard,

the infected and the affected, about how this has devastated and traumatised their lives, and the fact that so many of these people have led quiet lives of desperation away from the camera, because of the stigma around it all, because of health, the disastrous health consequences they‘ve suffered. it‘s believed at least 3,000 people infected in this scandal have now died. those left behind and others infected want answers about how and why such dangerous blood was used by the nhs. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. in a few minutes we‘ll be speaking to the widow and daughter of a man who contracted hepatitis after being given infected blood during a routine dental operation. victims of anti—social behaviour are being left to suffer in silence, according to a new report. the victims commissioner for england and wales, baroness newlove, says petty low level crime is still being played down or ignored by the authorities. our home affairs correspondent peter cooke reports. anti—social behaviour

remains a daily problem across our towns and cities. this latest report paints a picture of little having changed in more than a decade. we‘ve got to address the issue of cuts to the public services and to police, but also the fact that, you know, in 2007, there was better funding for police and then, there still was no action. since her husband‘s death in 2007, baroness newlove has championed measures to cut anti—social behaviour. garry newlove was attacked outside their home in warrington when he tried to stop a gang vandalising his car. the report says the police and local councils often treat incidents in isolation and ignore the underlying causes. society has not, you know, it‘s become — it‘s gone away. we don‘t talk about it. it hasn‘t gone away. it has been bubbling, as has knife crime, been bubbling, and if you don‘t have a safe community to live in, the morale for everybody, and everyone has moved away, it maybe makes you think "well, nobody‘s interested in what we are going through."

recommendations include giving those affected the same entitlement to support as other crime victims, and making it a legal requirement for those in authority to more actively promote what is called the community trigger process — that is the means by which people can ask them to review the responses to complaints. we‘ve been working quite hard nationally to understand why the community trigger is not getting used as much as it should, and certainly from a policing perspective, we recognise that it‘s perhaps not publicised as widely as it should be. the local government association said councils took their role in tackling the problem extremely seriously and trying to ensure that any action was quick and effective. peter cooke, bbc news. officials in the united states say they are working to confirm whether a video released yesterday — which appears to show the leader of the so—called islamic state group — is genuine. it‘s the first sighting of abu bakr al—baghdadi since 2014. reports had suggested that he‘d been badly injured or even killed.

plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars should be brought forward to 2030, according to government advisors. the committee on climate change says the current target is too tame and electric cars will be cheaper to buy in as little as six years. the recommendations have not yet been approved by the government. a major independent report into maternity services run by a welsh health board will be published today. it follows concerns that women and babies under the care of the cwm taf health board may have come to harm because of staff shortages and failures to report serious incidents. 0ur wales correspondent sian lloyd reports. cherishing the precious memories of her daughter who died when she was just 19 days old. jessica weston gave birth to macie at one of two welsh hospitals where maternity services are being investigated. macie was struggling to breathe properly and her mother has many questions concerning her daughter‘s birth and care. them giving us the answer‘s not

going to bring macie back but it‘s going to give us relief and maybe just to feel a bit settled because at the moment we‘re so full of questions, we‘re full of anger, everything. and ijust...i don‘t think they really understand that. last october, the welsh government commissioned an external investigation into maternity services run by cwm taf health board. it provides facilities at the prince charles hospital in merthyr tydfil and at the royal glamorgan hospital in llantrisant, where macie was born. births carried out between 2016 and 2018 have been under review. 43 cases were identified in total. 25 are classed as serious incidents and include eight still births and four neo—natal deaths. the health board has already been told to make some changes after inspectors found immediate quality and safety concerns, including significant staff shortages. at our charity, what we see consistently is problems with staffing. we know there‘s a national shortage of midwives, often there aren‘t the specialist

doctors on cover when they‘re needed as well. consultant—led care for mothers in labour orfor babies needing specialist neo—natal care is now only provided on one site which cwm taf health board believes will help the challenges it faced around staffing. more details will emerge today and for families like macie‘s, they‘re eagerly awaited. sian lloyd, bbc news. police in new zealand have arrested a man after discovering a suspicious package and ammunition in the city of christchurch, where 50 muslim worshippers were shot dead last month. streets in the suburb of phillipstown were cordoned off and a no—fly zone was imposed as bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion. a 33—year—old man is being questioned by police. japanese emperor akihito is stepping down from the throne today, making him the first monarch to abdicate in more than 200 years. the 85—year—old is resigning because of his declining health and will be succeeded by his son tomorrow. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is outside the imperial palace in tokyo this morning.

good morning, laura, on this momentous occasion. an extraordinary day in tokyo outside the imperial palace. hundreds of people have gathered to pay their respects to an emperor who won over their hearts. ina emperor who won over their hearts. in a ceremony injust emperor who won over their hearts. in a ceremony in just an emperor who won over their hearts. in a ceremony injust an hour, a ten minute ceremony, he will say his last words to the people of japan. he does not officially stepped down as emperor until midnight tonight. let me tell you why this has become so important to this country. this is an emperor who redefined the role. he reached out to japan‘s former enemies, he apologised. also he knelt with people who had suffered disasters in the past, including that horrific soon army and earthquake in 2011 when 16,000

people were killed. —— that horrific tsunami. although this emperor is said to be a god amongst men, he gaveit said to be a god amongst men, he gave it a real human touch, which is why it has become so important to the people here. he will hand over the people here. he will hand over the reins to his son, the current cramp, and when he becomes emperor, it is hoped he will continue his father‘s legacy —— the current crown in print. covers thank you for not noting —— in print. covers thank you for not noting -- thank you for not recognising dan‘s new words, monumentous. it is a combination of momentous and monumental. the american film director, john singleton, best known for the oscar nominated film boyz n the hood, has died at the age of 51. he was the youngest person and the first african—american to be nominated for best director.

his family announced yesterday that they had taken the agonising decision to remove him from life—support after he suffered a stroke. a white whale found off the coast of norway wearing a harness probably escaped from the russian navy, according to marine experts. i almost said a white male, that is a monumentous mistake! it was definitely a white whale! the beluga was spotted by fisherman wearing a camera holder which read "equipment of st petersburg." a russian military spokesman played down concerns about the whale, but didn‘t deny that it could have escaped. thankfully, the harness had removed. i was very concerned about the whale, the good news is they have taken away its harness, hopefully it is happier. thank you forjoining us

this morning. it‘s been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. this is our lead story this morning. contaminated blood products, given to haemophiliacs and others during the 1970s and 80s, killed around 3000 patients — and left many more with debilitating conditions. today a public inquiry will start to hear about some of the human tales behind those statistics. stories like that of david robinson, who contracted hepatitis c during dental surgery in 1978. we‘re joined now by david‘s widow kay and their daughter rachael, and liz carroll from the haemophilia society. good morning, thank you forjoining us. i know this has dominated your lives for many, many years. how important it is today to you, tell usa important it is today to you, tell us a bit about david and when you knew this had happened to him? well, i was aware of the treatment he received a 1978, at the time i was thrilled, because it was leading—edge treatment and he didn‘t

bleed during his dental extraction, which was the whole object of the exercise, he was perfectly well. although he had health issues in later years, nothing major that we would trouble a doctor with. we were just be curious that the skin would peel on the palm of his hands or whatever, it was not until 1995 that we we re whatever, it was not until 1995 that we were told by the haemophilia unit that he was infected. did you have concerns? you talked about some of the symptoms? later, he came home very angry one day and accused me of deliberately buying wash powder that made him itch. of course, i hadn‘t. and he had really, really bad breath. he was a very meticulously clea n breath. he was a very meticulously clean man, so it was odd. and his tummy was very distended. but as you

get older you tend to take bodily changes... you don‘t examine them clinically, do you? rachael, tell us about it from your experience and your siblings‘, so many years before your siblings‘, so many years before you find out what was going on, how did his illness affect you? we found out about it 1995, so i was eight. really from i can remember he was always ill. different varying stages, but always ill. i think you kind of adapt to it, don't you? it was kind of adapt to it, don't you? it was little things like we can't do that, we will have to be careful about that because of dad, different things like that, it becomes part of life. i have a memory... when did he have his liver transplant? 96. i

remember sitting on his weedy hospital bed, wheeling him down for his transplant as if it wasn't everyday wednesday, because it was just so normal to us. —— as if it was an every just so normal to us. —— as if it was an every day wednesday. you are talking about back in the 1990s, the transfusion in the 1970s, why has it taken so long to get to this point? it is hard to understand why it has taken this long. the inquiry will be looking at decisions of government, the department of health, doctors, companies, all sorts of people. it is quite a challenge for government to do that and fun that, but the really important thing is we are here today, at the point where stories will be heard in the world will understand what has happened to our community. it is really important we listen to the stories

of the human cost of what has happened, hopefully the inquiry will be able to bring the truth about what has happened. there are lots of questions about how and why it happened and we hope the inquiry will bring those to the four so we can all understand. what will make a difference for you, rachael? can all understand. what will make a difference foryou, rachael? —— can all understand. what will make a difference for you, rachael? —— to you, kay? honesty. the palace that be have made this so complicated, it was known and has been known for a long time. —— the palace that be. it would have been easy to standard and say we are sorry, whoever we are. but it has been made into such a mysterious —— i don‘t know, big mess, by not acknowledging that somebody or some departments along the way have made a mistake. so many people have made the point, rachael,

an acknowledgement would have made a huge difference. four years of frustration, anger and feeling ignored? yes, it isjust an acknowledgement that something went wrong. itjust feels acknowledgement that something went wrong. it just feels that if there was wrong. it just feels that if there was nothing to hide it would not have been brushed under the carpet. i know you‘re so also has haemophilia, how does that affect family life? he has moderate haemophilia, unlike severe haemophiliacs where they had to have back to 83 times a week or something, his medicine isjust reactive. —— something, his medicine isjust reactive. — — where something, his medicine isjust reactive. —— where they had to have factor eight, three times a week. if he cuts his knee or bangs his head... oh, he is cute! if it is something simple like a cut knee or a big bruise somewhere other than his head, we would give him some medicine and we try to keep an

ionic, give him his medicine and put pressure on it. but if it was a balance head and you were concerned, every backed head, and i sorry, you have quite a few at 16 months, is a trip to a&e. have quite a few at 16 months, is a trip to me. liz, we were talking that this is a big and important day and you almost want to move on from the struggles of the past, the extra funding announced by the government, is that good news all too little, too late? i think it is mixed news. for people in dire financial straits, it is a step forward. but it does not go far enough. there we re it does not go far enough. there were a group of 11 campaigning groups that met with the government about what this community needed. they needed to stop having means testing, they needed parents of children who had died or children whose parents had died to access money, this does not go far enough that it will help those worried about losing their homes in the next

couple of months. thank you for joining us, les carroll from the haemophilia society. rachael and kay, thank you forjoining us. we really appreciate you sharing your story with us. carol is live at rhs wisley with this morning‘s weather. good morning, everyone. iam surrounded by these beautiful plants. we are on weather hill in rhs wisley, there are 13,000 of these plants here, they are part of these plants here, they are part of the asparagus family, native to america and canada and the native north american cheese to cook the bulb and eat it and it tastes very like sweet potato, i am told. —— the native north americans used to cook the bulb. it is national gardening week, that is why we are here, the rhs is celebrating national gardening week with their theme of

edible britain, encouraging us to grow our own fruit and veg, a little pot on your windowsill, it may be basil, or perhaps tomatoes in your garden or something groovy in your allotment like courgette, just to get out and do it. it is a chilly start to the day, pollen levels are high across england wales, moderate across scotland, low in northern ireland. lots of low cloud, next and fell, particularly in the east. that will lift and towards the west we have thicker cloud and some rain. that is because we have a weather front in the west. it is bumping into an area of low pressure over scandinavia. it is very slow—moving and will weaken and turn more showery in nature. when we lose the low cloud, mist and fog from some central and eastern areas, sunny skies will develop, but like yesterday that will be patches of

cloud through the afternoon. in the west, we have the thicker cloud, from the weather fronts we are seeing some rain. temperatures peaking at around 17 or 18 locally, we could hit 19 or 20. in the highlands yesterday we hit 20. this evening and overnight, the weather front advances slowly eastwards. tonight there will be lots more clout than the naturist gun, as a result it will not be as cold, it will be comparatively mild with temperatures not falling away too much. tomorrow starts bright, the weather front is moving much. tomorrow starts bright, the weatherfront is moving its much. tomorrow starts bright, the weather front is moving its tweets, bumping and against the high pressure, turning more showery. by the very nature of showers, we will not all c1. it will brighten up behind the weather front, northern ireland will have a fine and to the day, temperatures similar to today. we have a cold front on thursday

moving across northern parts of scotland, behind that it will turn colder weather air coming straight down from the arctic, but still relatively mild, a fair bit of cloud events, the odd shower which could be sharp and century and temperatures still in the mid—teens. into friday the cold front moves across us all, introducing cold air across us all, introducing cold air across the whole uk. there will be some wintry showers, mostly on the hills in the north, but into the bank holiday weekend, temperatures recover to closer to where they should be at the beginning of may, so nothing like the easter weekend. studio: nothing like it, but we have a love that view today. thank you, carol. imagine losing a game you‘ve been playing nonstop for five years. well that‘s exactly what happened to one fan of the popular video game minecraft. 31—year—old phil watson from newcastle had been playing in the most difficult mode of game, and now his avatar can‘t be

brought back to life. that is called hardcore mode. he says he holds the record for being the longest survivor. philjoins us now from his game room. good morning. thanks for coming on. describe what happened. many people watching will know all about minecraft, it has been paid by millions of people all over the world. years. you have been involved in one game for five years. you say you are a record—breaker, had seriously where you taking minecraft? pretty serious. it was more my hubby than anything. playing in the hardest difficulty hardcore mode was my way of having fun. you can play the normal version of the game, you die and respawn, there is no real challenge or punishment. hardcore mode gives you that extra bit of importance, you feel like everything i do, i have to do it correctly and be very careful in the

process. you created this world over five years. part of the modern phenomenon of computer games, not only you are playing this but you are streaming on youtube, quite a few people around the world are invested in your world? for a while i recorded videos for youtube and uploaded them, i got a small following from that, as i kept playing i built more and more stuff, bigger and bigger things. as i kept surviving. then i started screaming on twitch when my internet was upgraded —— streaming on twitch. cert has been constant, showing the game to people. a face so the death, talk us through that.” game to people. a face so the death, talk us through that. i believe a spider and zombie baby were involved? yes, there was a third thing, a skeleton that you do not see but you here. i got overwhelmed

bya see but you here. i got overwhelmed by a baby zombie. they are very fast, it is very difficult to hit them, for whatever reason i assumed i would be fine and kept fighting it without placing a water bucket down, all running in a different direction. it was bad. i tried to escape, i got hit by a skeleton which pushed me back into the danger zone, the spider and baby zombie killed me. oh, phil. it is like building something for a long time and venue make one little mistake and venue make one little mistake and crumbles around you. house of cards. what about all the people who have been watching and enjoying this? it has been crazy, itjust blew up overnight. it went pretty much viral. i thought it would get a couple of hundred views and it would satisfy me, dying after a couple of hundred people seeing it. but it was

sitting at 790,000 views now, news articles have picked it up, it is crazy. lots of people are laughing at it, which is fine, it is a pretty dumb way to die. i am glad you are taking it in the right spirit, of a century building your new world. five years of minecraft gone because ofa five years of minecraft gone because of a zombie baby and a skeleton. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. we will see an east west split across many parts of the uk. this is the satellite for this morning, in the west, you see this weather front, bringing outbreaks morning, in the west, you see this weatherfront, bringing outbreaks of rain especially across northern ireland. moving its way, spreading into western scotland and wales.

mist, cloud and fog will clear from eastern parts, brighter skies developing, most of england and wales will have some sunshine this afternoon. maximum temperatures reaching 16—19, 20 degrees, a little cooler in the west. this rain will gradually move its way further east, it will start to pep up a little bit into the early hours of wednesday. overnight temperatures reaching for -10 overnight temperatures reaching for — 10 degrees, not a cold night. you can see this area of rain, gradually breaking as it moves eastwards, becoming a line of showers, spreading towards eastern areas of england during the afternoon. some brighter skies in the east, brighter skies eventually developing in the west, maximum temperatures a little bit lower than today, 14—17d. this weather front weakens and dies away

eventually, high pressure is starting to take control but we have a northerly wind bringing more showers into thursday, some cooler conditions across the far north of scotland. on thursday, bright spells, some sunshine from time to time, showers coming in as the afternoon develops. temperatures for many, 14—17d, you notice the colder weather coming in the far north of scotland, temperatures nine or 10 degrees. goodbye.

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