good morning. welcome to breakfast, with ben thompson and charlie stayt. our headlines today: sacked as defence secretary over the leak of highly sensitive information from a top—level security meeting. but gavin williamson refuses to go quietly, saying he strenuously denies the allegations. eating less meat, taking fewer flights, and giving up our cars — how the uk could become a world leader in tackling climate change. how healthy is our economy? the bank of england will tell us later what they make of growth, interest rates, and the brexit delay. i'll be finding out what we might expect. liverpool are stunned by messi's magic in the champions league. the ‘little magician‘ inspires barcelona to a 3—0 win at the nou camp, leaving liverpool

on the brink of elimination from the competition. surfing on prescription. children in devon and cornwall taking to the sea to improve their mental health. good morning. today we are looking ata good morning. today we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers. some of the showers will be heavy and thundery, and it is going to start to turn cooler from the north. i will have more in 15 minutes. it is thursday 2 may. our top story this morning: the former defence secretary gavin williamson has angrily rejected claims he leaked sensitive information, from a meeting of the national security council. he was sacked by the prime minister yesterday after a cabinet inquiry blamed him for revealing details about the chinese tech giant huawei to a newspaper. he strongly denies any involvement, but opposition parties are demanding a criminal investigation. here is our political correspondent chris mason.

yet another westminster convention has been exploded. a leak enquiry has been exploded. a leak enquiry has actually found the culprit, and it has cost this man, gavin williamson, hisjob. it has cost this man, gavin williamson, his job. the it has cost this man, gavin williamson, hisjob. the disclosure of information from the national security council had infuriated the prime minister. by temperament and experience, one cabinet minister told me, it had appalled her to her core. she loathes the gossipy nature of westminster so many of her collea g u es of westminster so many of her colleagues ignore, and years as home secretary had instilled, i am told, and unsha keable respect secretary had instilled, i am told, and unshakeable respect for the confidentiality of the conversations ministers have with the intelligence services. from ministers have with the intelligence services. from some ministers have with the intelligence services. from some in government there is no sympathy for mr williamson. he had form, said one. what turbochargers this row now is gavin williamson's very public view

that what has happened represents a gross injustice. but his downfall means promotion for others. can you keep a secret? are you happy with the new post, rory? rory stewart joins the cabinet as international development secretary, and penny mordaunt, a royal navy reservist, becomes the uk's first ever female defence secretary. well, the prime minister has made her decision. what iam minister has made her decision. what i am focused on is getting on with thejob, and i am focused on is getting on with the job, and it i am focused on is getting on with thejob, and it is a huge privilege getting us to work with the best armed forces in the world. but labour and the liberal democrats say the police should now investigate the police should now investigate the allegations mr williamson so strongly denies. well, certainly we shall continue to call the police investigation, but i think the really worrying thing for the country is the way that this is yet another sign that the prime minister is not in control. she is not in control of her cabinet, she is not evenin control of her cabinet, she is not even in control of the national security and now that very, very serious. some of gavin williamson's

friends believe the government's enquiryjumped friends believe the government's enquiry jumped to a friends believe the government's enquiryjumped to a premature conclusion. downing street say they had compelling evidence, and regard the matter is closed. but that might prove to be wishful thinking, given the venom and anger of gavin williamson's response. our political correspondent ben wright is in westminster for us this morning. ben, what can we expect to happen now? is a criminal investigation likely? i think that hinges on whether or not the cabinet secretary and important people in government suspect that there could have been a breach of the official secrets act. there's clearly been a breach of the ministerial code, the manual that governs how ministers are meant to behave. it is a different question, though, about whether the official secrets act itself has been breached, and i think they would have to feel that it had to then call in the metropolitan police and asked them to investigate. but clearly it is something that the opposition parties are keen to make hay out of this and are now calling for. but we do have this

extraordinary war of words between number ten insisting there is compelling evidence for gavin williamson's guilt in this matter and mr williamson insisting that this enquiry was a stitch up, and has got the wrong man, and it was an unfair process. now, i mean that will probably drag on through today, but at some point mr williamson, i imagine, will have to concede that for now his career is over. and it is an extraordinary end to what had been a very rapid ascent. he had been a very rapid ascent. he had been very close to theresa may, he had run her leadership campaign back in 2016. he helped get the du p on board when theresa may didn't win the general election in 2017 —— dup. he was close to her, but he made many enemies as well, particularly by the manner, the way in which he conducted himself in office, and now his career is over. we will get reaction from the former head of the british army, lord dannatt, just after 7:00am this morning.

the mp for peterborough, fiona onasanya, has become the first member of parliament to lose her seat following a public petition. almost 20,000 people signed the document demanding she be removed. ms onasanya was jailed injanuary for lying about a speeding offence. she was expelled by labour after her conviction, and had been representing the city as an independent. there will be a by—election injune. the uk should lead the world away from dangerous climate change by cutting greenhouse gases to virtually zero by 2050, according to a new report. the committee on climate change, which is the government's official adviser, says that if other countries follow suit, the world stands a 50—50 chance of keeping the global temperature increase below 1.5 degrees. our environment analyst roger harrabin explains. when britain sparked the industrial revolution, we didn't know that burning coal, oil and gas would produce emissions

that would overheat the climate. now, a clean industrial revolution is underway, and advisers say that by 2050, the uk should add no more heating gases. this target, with lots of renewable energy is called net zero. in setting a target here in the uk, we are sending a strong signal to other countries around the world, and especially the developed countries, that they need to do the same thing. it means industry will have to curb emissions much more quickly. power plants like this one in yorkshire will lead the way. then farming — burping cows are heating the climate. we need to eat less red meat, and turn some farmland to forest, the report says. housing must be net—zero emissions, too.

this innovative solution might offer some help. it is quick and cheap to erect, and look at this. the insulation on it is absolutely massive. the existing homes will also need to be made much warmer. for the first time, flying and shipping should be included in the targets, the committee says. protesters will say the report doesn't go far enough. others will think it goes too far. the committee insists their targets are realistic, and essential to protect the climate. a teenage boy has been stabbed to death in east london. he was found injured in hackney last night. our correspondent leigh milner is at the scene. leigh, what more can you tell us? as you can see, behind me there is a rather large police cordoned in place this morning, it stretches right from this shop all the way down this street where apparently

police were called at about 8:45am this morning to reports of a boy being stabbed. despite the efforts of the emergency services, he was later pronounced dead, just five minutes after they arrived. a second boy believed to be aged 16 was also found with stab wounds. he was taken to hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. now, as a result, a section 60 order has been put in place covering the whole of hackney, which allows police to stop—and—search anyone walking these streets. it comes just days after a 29—year—old man was stabbed to death here in hackney just last 29—year—old man was stabbed to death here in hackneyjust last friday. now, police say this will be the 29th fatal stabbing so far this year, the youngest being 14—year—old jayden moody, who was knocked off his mopeds, you will remember, not so long ago, and stabbed to death in east london injanuary. here in hackney this morning, no arrests have been made, but the investigation continues. plans to make it harder to prosecute police drivers involved in crashes

have been confirmed by the government. the home office says officers should have greater confidence when pursuing gangs on mopeds. the new rules would take into account the training police drivers receive, rather than subjecting them to the same scrutiny as members of the public. voting will take place for english local elections today, with polling stations open from 7:00am this morning until 10:00pm this evening. there will also be elections for six directly elected mayors and for 11 northern ireland council areas. will batchelor reports. from bin collections to housing, school admissions to road repairs, councils run a huge range of services, depending on their size and shape. local elections take place in four year cycles, and today voters in 248 english councils will go to the polls. there are almost 8500 seats up for grabs. the vast

majority were last contested in 2015, and the conservatives are defending the largest number of seats. most of england's district councils are going to the polls. 30 of the larger unitary authorities such as bedford, stoke—on—trent and york are electing all of their councils, while a smaller number are choosing a third —— counsellors. most of england's 36 metropolitan borough councils, including city such as manchester, liverpool and newcastle, are also electing a third of their counsellors. five local authorities and the new north of tyneside combined authority will hold contests for six directly elected mayors. the first results are expected in the early hours of tomorrow morning. the makers of the board game scrabble have released a list of new words which are now officially recognised. they include "bae", which means a sweetheart or lover, and will score you five points. "fatberg", which will score 13 points, is a huge mass of fat and waste products which builds up in sewers. and, if you are about to win the match, you may wish to celebrate with the word "yowza", which is an an expression

of enthusiasm or excitement, and it is worth a whopping 20 points. that is what we say when we come in here of the morning, the expression of excitement. it is normally wowzer. and fatberg is a term we have heard on the news, but we can't use them in the same sentence. yowzer could be used to describe lionel messi, in fact messi could be a scrabble word in the future.

liverpool were left stunned by lionel messi in the first leg of their champions league semi—final. barcelona were already 1—0 up when messi took the tie away from liverpool, with two goals in a seven minute spell, including this magnificent free—kick. liverpool had plenty of chances, butjust couldn't take them, so it finished 3—0. the return leg is at anfield on tuesday. caster semenya says she will rise above her defeat in a landmark case against the governing body of athletics. the court of arbitration for sport has dismissed her challenge against the iaaf‘s new rules which restrict testosterone levels in female runners. favouritejudd trump marches into the semi—finals, of the world snooker championships in sheffield. the englishman comfortably beat stephen maguire,13—6. and after riding more than, 2,500 winners, horse racing legend ruby walsh has decided to retire. and he went out in style, riding kemboy to victory in the punchestown

gold cup yesterday. we will have some of the statistics regarding ruby, ruby, ruby in a couple of minutes. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. today we were looking at a day of sunshine and showers. turning colder in the north. yesterday in the islands we hit 18 degrees today we will be lucky to hit eight degrees soa will be lucky to hit eight degrees so a good 10 degrees drop. first thing, not particularly cool. a fair bit of sunshine around but also showers in the east, north and west. as we go through the course of the day, showers will develop across southern counties. there is a greater chance you will catch one today than yesterday. some will be

heavy and thundering. sunshine around and as we move further north, blustery around the showers and a cold front bringing showery outbreaks of rain across scotland and you can see the differences in the temperatures. through the course of the evening and overnight, we still will have some of those showers, the weather front sinking southwards. we will see some clear skies but remember, behind this weather front it is turning cooler. pulling in some air from the arctic. look at the temperatures. again, the showers across scotland are likely to be wintry. down to about 100 metres and into tomorrow, possibly even a little bit lower than that but do not expect in this note to settle in the lower levels. on

friday morning, we still have the weather front. showery outbreaks of rain. wintry showers across scotland. quite windy as well, coming from the north, straight down from the arctic. the south, head of the weather front, still have cloud and rain. you can clearly see the line of demarcation. it will feel colder and if you are exposed to the wind more so. pushing right across the uk, the cold air. during the course of friday night and also through saturday you will feel the difference. frost and a lot of dry weather on saturday, a sunny start but through the day a bit more car developing from the west. more

showers coming in on this went down the east of england, in particular. not all of us will catch showers but if you do they will be heavy. temperatures are still in double figures but mostly in single figures in the north. we are looking at colder air for the weekend. the wind slowly easing, particularly so as we move on into bank holiday monday itself. this is the kind of weather we are expecting with some sunshine in between. i forgot that bank holiday is coming around so soon. let's take a look at today's papers. it's the same story on all of the front pages this morning. the times says "williamson sacked over huawei lea k", with a picture of the former defence secretary leaving

the palace of westminster. "you've got the wrong man" is the headline in the telegraph. it says gavin williamson claims to have been the victim of a "stitch up". the daily mail also mentions gavin williamson's denial of any wrongdoing, and says he "swears on his children's lives" he didn't do it. the express's take on the story is "sacked for treachery". it talks of "compelling evidence" that links mr williamson to the huawei leak. the pictures at the top of the page there are of princess charlotte on her fourth birthday. good morning to you. a party at the bank of england? they predict the economy will grow or not over the next few months but they have been asked to review their internal finances because a government committee has looked at how much they spent and they spent 100,000

pounds on their annual summer party and to members spent £40,000 on travel expenses in two years so they are comparing to the scandal over expenses for mps. can i give you an award for the best folding for the day. look at that. it is immaculate. i was expecting margaret and she gets very funny about it. i cannot ta ke gets very funny about it. i cannot take credit. i will not attempt any of that folding! lionel messi. king leo rules again. i have gone inside the back pages and anthonyjoshua is a furious with the six—month ban handed down to miller ahead of their fight. it will be against somebody different now. it should be a

lifetime ban, he says. he has not fought for nine months. lionel messi of racing, ruby walsh calling time on his career. look at the list of injuries. a number of people i have met who say they cannot play spot the knees, the arms. seven bits of his legs broken, collarbones, shoulders, several arm breaks... missing teeth. ruptured spleens and he still gets back on. missing teeth. ruptured spleens and he still gets back onlj missing teeth. ruptured spleens and he still gets back on. i don't want

to hamper the jovial mood he still gets back on. i don't want to hamper thejovial mood but he still gets back on. i don't want to hamper the jovial mood but we will talk about this later. these are hems to consider at your funeral that apparently they are on the way out and it is about pop songs. the top ten. my way is at number one, frank sinatra. time to say goodbye, and at number five, frank sinatra. time to say goodbye, and at numberfive, angels. we will speak to guy chambers, one of robbie williams cowriting partners. one of the funniest ones is led zeppelin stairway to heaven. and my favourite queens another one bites the dust. we will meet again at number nine. supermarket flowers at number six.

can we go from funerals to weddings. for those who have children, it can bea for those who have children, it can be a problem when you are invited to a wedding and there is no children wedding. a quarter of new parents... is it saying they ruin all the fun! i think the argument is, your pals with kids cannot let their hair down in the same way. when someone says any reason why they should not marry and have the baby screams at the back! give them a separate area. have a separate marquee for the children and let them go feral. because they do not want to be at the wedding either. so if you make this a place for them week they can

just go, they will not bother you. i am not suggest that you leave them entirely. there is the childcare issue. do you look back and not allowing children at your wedding? there is a wedding coming up that i can't go to because it is a no children wedding so any babysitters out there... we will have more on gavin williamson and his sacking throughout the programme. now, do you remember the amazing moment from the london marathon, when the woman crawled over the finishing line. well hayley, who you can see there will be joining us later to tell us about smashing her personal record. inspiring stuff. she will tell us what was going through her mind. she says her brain

was disconnected from her legs but she made it through the finishing line. with the inquests into the 2017 london bridge terror attack due to begin next week, it's a painful reminder of the trauma for those caught up in the events. two women who survived separate attacks are now working with the police, to improve mental health support for victims. they've been speaking, for the first time, to our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. we walked away from situations that could have killed us. hugely affected us much more but i think the psychological effects are definitely something we share. they have become friends through adversity. two women who survived separate terror attacks in london relieving their experiences on camera for the first time. injune

2017 eight people died near london bridge. the whole marketjust went into chaos. screaming. we heard gunshots, very quick, very, very loud gunshots and with that the chap from the restaurant said come in, come in and we basically locked down in the restaurant. the fear was incredible. i was convinced that i was going to die on that evening and idid not was going to die on that evening and i did not know how it would happen, idid not i did not know how it would happen, i did not know how it would happen, i did not know when it would happen but it is the only time in my life that i felt that i was going to die and... thatfear that i felt that i was going to die and... that fear takes over your whole body. the explosion, the noise, i knew extensively that it was some sort of bomb that went off. she was on a train when a device

packed with nails and knives partially exploded. knowing what to do. i knew! partially exploded. knowing what to do. i knew i had to get off and call 999 and make my way out. she knew what to do because she had training. she is encouraging others to do the same to help them cope if there is an attack. some of the victims and survivors of terrorist attacks have told me that where they have had a bit of training, they have been able to give a thought to the situation and respond differently. either to check themselves better and as importantly to check themselves better and as im porta ntly to protect check themselves better and as importantly to protect others. the bombings entry link up brought back painful memories but their experiences have made them stronger. it isa experiences have made them stronger. it is a reminder that things can happen and you are not always 100% safe, even when you might assume that you. equally, i will not

continue to be troubled because they are not having that. they will not win by affecting the rest of my life. really interesting. we will be back with the headlines at 630. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. a man's been charged in connection with the discovery of the bodies of two women in a freezer in canning town. 34 year—old zarhid younis has been charged with two counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body. the bodies were found at an address in vandone close on saturday. he's due in court later. a campaigner who identifies as non—binary —

that's neither exclusively male orfemale — is calling on the government to change legal documents like passports so that a third gender option can be recognised on them. jamie windust hopes to get the issue debated in parliament and has now launched a petition. the government says they've no plans to change the policy around sex markers on passports. it would be a huge moment because the government, the state, showing they are not only listening but recognising people. twenty pret a manger stores in the capital will role out a new food labelling system today, as part of an allergy plan launched in the wake of a london teenager's death. 15 year—old natasha ednan—laperouse, from fulham, collapsed on board a flight injuly 2016 after suffering an allergic reaction from a pret sandwich. the coffee chain is also introducing tablets in every shop to allow customers to search for products by filtering out ingredients.

a good service on the tube. on the road — westbound traffic on the a13 building heading out of dagenham into barking though it is moving. in wapping, traffic on the highway is slow w/bnd heading towards dock st which remains closed n/bnd to cable street for ongoing gas wks in central london, regent st remains down to one lane s/bnd for works near thejct air st, with delays at times for traffic heading into piccadilly circus now the weather with elizabeth rizzini things are set to turn cooler as we head towards the bank holiday but i'll start to the day. lots of early cloud but it will brighten up nicely. different sunshine around but watch out for thundery downpours as we head through the second half of the day. dampness through parts of the day. dampness through parts of essex, pushing eastwards. lots of

sunny studs for the first half of the day. a bit more cloud in the afternoon. heavy and thundery and perhaps some hail around but fairly well scattered with brightest bells in between. like to moderate westerly wind. through this evening and overnight, the showers will continue for a time, turning dry with six — eight degrees with a chillier start to the day tomorrow. further showers tomorrow afternoon introducing cooler air. temperatures taking a bit of a dip. quite cold times on saturday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and ben thompson. it is 6:30am. we will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast this morning: for the first time,

doctors are prescribing surfing lessons for children suffering with mental health problems. we will be in cornwall to see how it could help. as athlete caster semenya is told she can no longer compete unless she reduces her testerone levels, we will look at what it could mean for other women in sport. and later: he is the man behind some of robbie williams's biggest hits. composer guy chambers is on the sofa to talk about putting a new twist on some old favourites. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the former defence secretary gavin williamson has angrily rejected claims he leaked sensitive information from a meeting of the national security council. he was sacked by the prime minister yesterday after a cabinet inquiry blamed him for revealing details,

about the chinese tech giant huawei to a newspaper. opposition parties are demanding a criminal investigation, but scotland yard says it is not currently carrying out any inquiries. the uk should lead the world away from dangerous climate change by cutting greenhouse gases to virtually zero by 2050, according to a new report. the committee on climate change, which is the government's official adviser, says that if other countries follow suit, the world stands a 50—50 chance of keeping the global temperature increase below 1.5 degrees. a teenage boy has been stabbed to death in east london. the boy, who police believe was 15, was found injured in hackney last night. he died at the scene, making him the 29th person to be stabbed to death in london since the start of this year. plans to make it harder to prosecute police drivers involved in crashes have been confirmed by the government. the home office says officers should have greater confidence when pursuing gangs on mopeds. the new rules would take into account the training police drivers receive, rather than subjecting them to the same scrutiny as members of the public.

it has been claimed that some runners in the london marathon last sunday were called fat and slow by contractors and volunteer marshals. an official pacer has told the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire programme that one woman received chemical burns from the clean—up operation that began before they had reached the finishing line. the marathon organisers have said they were very sorry to hear the complaints and are investigating. voters in some parts of england will head to the polls in local elections today. polling stations open from 7:00am this morning until 10:00pm this evening. there will also be elections for six directly elected mayors and for 11 northern ireland council areas. new photographs of princess charlotte have been released to mark herfourth birthday. the pictures were taken by her mother, the duchess of cambridge, at both kensington palace, and the family's anmer hall residence in norfolk. how's this for a bird's—eye

view of the traffic? this seagull is one of a pair nicknamed graeme and steve, which have started perching on a transport for london traffic cam overlooking a road near the blackwall tunnel. that is the way to command the screen. i would love to hear him reading the travel news. even if you dubbed the sound over, put the voice on it. what is a seagull voice? hello! that is apparent, isn't it? nothing like a seagull voice, ridiculous. —— a parrot. people say that lionel messi takes

free kicks like others take penalties, you know it will go in. they thought they had a cunning plan to stop him, but it didn't work. barcelona on the brink of getting through to the champions league final. seven minutes of messi magic effectively took the champions league semi—final away from liverpool. barcelona 3—0 winners on the night, and andy swiss was watching on at the nou camp. the new campus famed as a footballing fortress, a wall of sound and colour, and led by the magical lionel messi it was to be barcelona's night. magical lionel messi it was to be ba rcelona's night. they magical lionel messi it was to be barcelona's night. they soon struck frank thanks to a liveable old boy, no less, luis suarez ghosting into help his former club. you feel he mightjust have help his former club. you feel he might just have enjoyed help his former club. you feel he mightjust have enjoyed that one. the barcelona lead should have been short lived, mane ‘s burning a glorious chance at the break. barcelona tightened their grip, and it just

barcelona tightened their grip, and itjust had to be lionel messi. first, after suarez had hit the bar he mopped up one of the simplest goals of his career. but that was just a taster for his big goals of his career. but that was just a tasterfor his big moment, a freekick and something very special. his 600 goalfor freekick and something very special. his 600 goal for barcelona, freekick and something very special. his 600 goalfor barcelona, in breathtaking style. —— 600th. liverpool had their chances, salah hitting the post, but that summed up their night. a chastening one for them, a stunning one for barcelona. after that lionel messi masterclass, fairto after that lionel messi masterclass, fair to say liverpool now have a mountain to climb in the second leg at anfield next week. yes, they are no strangers to dramatic comebacks, but they are going to need something quite extraordinary to keep their champions league hopes alive. the next leg is next tuesday. the world cup—winning goalkeeper iker casillas is stable in hospital after having a heart attack. the 37—year—old, who captained spain to world cup glory in 2010, fell ill whilst training with his club, porto. he later tweeted from his hopsital bed saying that it was a big scare, but everything is under control.

caster semenya says she will rise above her defeat in a landmark case against the governing body of athletics. here she is arriving in qatar ahead of the first diamond league meeting of the season in doha tomorrow. the court of arbitration for sport dismissed her challenge against the iaaf‘s new rules which restrict testosterone levels in female runners. she can still compete this weekend as the new ruling doesn't come into effect until next week. cycling's tour of yorkshire gets underway in doncaster today, and britain's most succesful cycling team, team sky, will be riding for the first time under their new name, team ineos. the team is now owned by britain's wealthiest man, sirjim ratcliffe, who says he will withdraw his backing if the team are caught cheating or doping. despite the team's unrivalled success, they have faced several controversies and allegations of cheating. we looked at all of that. we talked about it, we talked to dave about it, we did our due diligence. i — i mean, for the record, i have absolutely no interest

in cheating or drugs or anything like that. you know, the day that any of that enters our world, we'll be exiting that world. what's the point in winning a race if you cheat? i mean, there's no point in it, really. also, i believe that if you've got the best athletes in the world, with the best training regimes, you know, you don't need any of those enhancements. we were just saying what a beautiful setting. doncaster. one of horse racing's most succesful jockeys, ruby walsh, has announced his retirement from the sport. the 39—year—old has ridden 2,500 winners in a 24—year career, and he went out in style, riding joint—favourite kemboy to victory in the punchestown gold cup yesterday. he says there comes a time when you just want to do something else. well, 20—time champion jockey ap mccoy posted a tribute on social media describing walsh as being like lionel messi on a horse.

world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua says he expects a more technical challenge from new opponent andy ruinr. joshua will take on the mexican—american in new york's madison square garden on 1june as a late replacement after his original challenger, jarrell miller, failed two drugs tests. joshua says it was important to get another boxer to sign on the dotted line. we made offices to fury wilder, dell and, ortiz, and these fights haven't been able to happen, not on our record. i don't know what went wrong, but we made good offers for these guys to be champion of the world, so looking forward, ruiz is due first, that goes ahead, and there is time to announce myself to there is time to announce myself to the world. johanna konta is through to the quarter—finals the british number

one made hard work of her second round match against ana bogdan. she withstood a late fightback from the romanian to win in three sets. she'll face taiwan's su—wei hsieh in the last eight. judd trump is the firm favourite to win snooker‘s world championships in sheffield, and he remains on—course after making short work of his quarter—final. he comfortably beat stephen maguire by 13—6, and will now play qualifier and former taxi driver gary wilson in the semi—finals. the four—time championjohn higgins is also though to the last four, but there were plenty of people on social media wondering what on earth had happened to him during his quarter—final win over neil robertson. there he is at the back of the shot. some suggested he had been taken out by some kind of silent assassin. fear not — he was just watching the telly. in the crucible, the tv monitors are up in the crucible, the tv monitors are up high, which is why here at our

studio we have ours there, so i am looking like that. quite relaxing like that, isn't it? it did look odd, didn't it? you told us your seagull story earlier, you can't sort of tease us with that. it was an extraordinary manoeuvre. i was cooking some bacon for a group of campers deposit friends, and i turned my back and a seagull actually went right onto the ground, got his beak under the grill and took the seagull up into the air, and they came out and said mike, do something. unfortunately i didn't have a way of getting 20 feet into the air. sounds like a bad business. we have heard about people having things pinched by seagulls. even by recent standards, it was another dramatic day at westminster yesterday, with the sacking of the defence secretary gavin williamson. he had been accused of leaking secret information from a meeting of the national security council, something he strongly denies. we are joined now from westminster by our political correspondent ben

wright. just explain how this all unfolded, because it has culminated last night in this sacking. take us back to where this began. it began last tuesday, 23 april, when there was a meeting of the national security council. that is notjust a meeting of the cabinet. this is where the most senior ministers in government sit with the defence chiefs, with intelligence, security services, in total private to discuss matters of national security. after that meeting there was a leak to the newspaper about what was discussed, the huawei contract the government was discussing to provide 5g services in the uk, controversial, sensitive stuff. the fact that this

lea ked sensitive stuff. the fact that this leaked out from the security council prompted theresa may to ask the cabinet secretary, the most senior civil servant, to launch a leak enquiry. often these drag on for ages and they peter out and it is not possible to work out where it came from. this was different. it was swift, decisive, and yesterday the cabinet secretary handed his evidence to the prime minister and said we have found out what happened. the person responsible for this was the defence secretary, gavin williamson. an extraordinary story and turn of events. there was an exchange of letters between the prime minister and gavin williamson yesterday. a pretty terse, blunt exchange. the prime minister wrote to mr williamson first saying she was putting to him the latest from the investigation, which provides compelling evidence suggesting your responsibility. now, within minutes, really, there was a letter from gavin williamson, with his response, saying... so he is not going

quietly. he maintains this is a bit ofa quietly. he maintains this is a bit of a stitch up, that he has been wrongly accused, and he is maintaining his own innocence. and this will come as a big blow to theresa may. the pair had had a pretty close relationship thus far, ending with those pretty acrimonious letters last night. yes, i mean, gavin williamson, pretty young for a cabinet minister, elected in 2010 and seen around westminster as a very ambitious politician, a bit of a schema, he actually ran theresa may's leadership campaign when she was standing for the tory leadership in 2016, when she was in number ten she appointed him to be the government's chief whip, a very seniorjob in government's chief whip, a very senior job in cabinet, government's chief whip, a very seniorjob in cabinet, in charge of discipline. when michael fallon quit as cabinet secretary in 2016, he became defence secretary, which surprised people as he had no military experience of any sort and this was a big job to take on. here the prime minister have been closed, but i think there is a bit of a

personality clash there. when it came to it yesterday, she doesn't feel she had any alternative but to axe the man who had in many ways helped her get to the top job. axe the man who had in many ways helped her get to the topjob. and his departure now paves the way for penny mordaunt to replace him, the first female defence secretary. yes, and somebody who people felt in 2017 should have been a proper strong contenderfor should have been a proper strong contender for the job should have been a proper strong contenderfor thejob of should have been a proper strong contender for the job of defence secretary. she represents portsmouth, which of course is a naval seat, she is the daughter of a paratrooper, she is unable reservist, she has the military in her bones, really. she is passionate about defence, she was in armed forces minister under david cameron, but she went to international development for the last year or so, and now she has had the call to go to the mod, and is as you say the first female secretary of state for defence. good stuff, for now, thank you. we will have much more reaction to that story throughout the morning

here on breakfast. bye for now. to that story throughout the morning here on breakfast. good morning charlie and ben and good morning to you as well. a lovely weather watch is picture and a lovely sunrise. the sonjust waking is picture and a lovely sunrise. the son just waking up. is picture and a lovely sunrise. the sonjust waking up. today, for many of us, we're looking at heavy showers, sunshine into the forecast. some of the showers will be heavy but they are and miss. a better chance of catching one then you did yesterday. many starting off on a dry note with sunshine around. some showers currently around and other showers currently around and other showers developing through the course of the day and some could be heavy and thundery but almost anywhere they could be. the channel islands in southern england are not immune to those showers. potentially some of the heavy ones. show is

coming up the east coast into southern scotland and then we have a weather front and it is the demarcation between the cold air coming our way, and 15 as we push down, filtering south as we go through the rest of the day. in northern ireland you also have a day of show was to start with but brightening up in the afternoon. as we head through the evening and overnight, showers and rain. you can see where the weather front is right across parts of england and wales. showers follow—on to northern scotland. most will be on higher ground but we could see some on lower levels as well. —— snow showers. temperatures are still holding up further south. through tomorrow, the weather front very slowly continuing to sink southwards. northerly winds, quite windy across the north north—east of

scotland. this is where it will feel the coldness. some snow showers getting down to the lower levels. we do not expect them to settle. cloud across northern england and northern wales with some showers. cloudy in the south ahead of the weather front and still mild with one or two showers stop but look how the temperatures slip away as we push further north. you can see the progress of our weather front as the milder and sweeps away, cold night friday into saturday and a cold day on saturday as well with a keen north—westerly wind. early on on saturday, widespread frost. ground frost likely also and air frost so if you have been tempted into the garden recently, do bear that in mind. on saturday itself, a lot of dry weather and sunshine. a cold frosty start for the rest of the

day, showers across england and england but they are showers so they are hitand england but they are showers so they are hit and miss. cloud as well. mike oldfield to the day. that leaves us in to the bank holiday weekend, including monday. feeling colder, winds easing on monday so not quite as cold temperatures are still disappointing for the time of year. we get a bit of an update on the uk economy later from the bank of england. nina is with us now. what's likely to happen? good mornig. that's right. this is a bit of a set piece for mark carney, the man in charge of the bank of england. every quarter he reports on the health of the uk economy and how he thinks it will fare over the next few months. in particular he'll talk about economic growth. earlier on the economy was doing better than expected but this week we heard from experienced forecasted

anna described it as a bit of a false storm. people worried about brexit stockpiled and this made it look better than it was. now they are saying the economy will grow by just1.3%, are saying the economy will grow by just 1.3%, that is pretty is slow, the slowest since the financial crisis basically saying because of those resources we re crisis basically saying because of those resources were not accurate, the can has been kicked down the road. it is not all about the big factories but about the services economy, what was spent going out, buying clothes. 70% of the uk economy. how are people feeling? household spending? that's different? it is, in march we heard the inflation was 1%. it looks like

it was going up to 2%. it was costing you a little bit more than look at this, the wage growth, 3.4% which essentially means how much you are earning is outstripping how much it cost so it theory you have more money to spend. finances looked better this year. wages look strong. prices have been quite stable and we have seen this in some of the other consumer data with confidence picking up and retail sales stronger. lots to think about. changes in the way we perceive the economy because exit has been delayed but also wages going up in a way that was not necessarily predict that. we will expect mark carney mahmoud abbas view around noon. lots to get his head around. it's his job

though. could surfing lessons be an effective treatment for children suffering with mental health problems? for the first time, doctors are prescribing time on the waves for teenagers in devon and cornwall. if the trial is successful, it's hoped the scheme could be rolled out across the country. our reporter fiona lamdin, has been to meet some of those taking part. good grip on the board and maximum control. so school later students at some of these are pupils here under doctors orders. press your chest down. and after a short lesson on land, time to get wet. the sea today isa land, time to get wet. the sea today is a chilly nine degrees. a few yea rs is a chilly nine degrees. a few years ago on the west coast of france, adults were using surf therapy but this is the first time that children can get surfing on a

prescription. and one of those children is a phoebe, who has suffered with depression. children is a phoebe, who has suffered with depressionm children is a phoebe, who has suffered with depression. it felt like i wanted to hide away and not go out. i felt like like i wanted to hide away and not go out. ifelt like i like i wanted to hide away and not go out. i felt like i wasn't more co mforta ble go out. i felt like i wasn't more comfortable hiding in the dark than coming out into the light. what difference being out in the sea has made? it has help me be more confident. i do not have any more anxiety and it has help me become myself and less shy and stuff. just thinking about surfing and then it helps me come down more. phoebe is not alone with one in four young people suffering from poor mental health. funding has just people suffering from poor mental health. funding hasjust been people suffering from poor mental health. funding has just been given the weigh project, a surf therapy charity. —— wave project. the weigh project, a surf therapy charity. -- wave project. something magical happens. it really helps to reduce anxiety, the confidence and resilience they get from coming surfing, they are able to take that

feeling on into other areas in their life. and that has certainly been true for harvey. i used to get in fights, get kicked out of class every lesson. but you never think about anything else, what wave you are going to crash. when icy a seal, that gives me so scared. —— icy. it looks at me and pops back down. this gp worksjust looks at me and pops back down. this gp works just a few miles from here and supports social prescribing which allows him to offer non—medical options as an alternative to medicine. non—medical options as an alternative to medicinelj non—medical options as an alternative to medicine. i think almost we need a revolution in primary care and this is what we are moving towards very quickly now and he will probably hear much more about social prescribing this type of project is absolutely welcome to

us as gps. it is a positive alternative to the use of the pill or medication. surfing lessons for the children in devon and cornwall on prescription is a three—year pilot but if it remains disaffected, the hope is one day it will be available to children across the country. fiona lamdin, bbc news. it looks like a terrific idea but access is the issue. there are only some places in the uk where you can so. you have never surfed? my centre of gravity is too high stop such a poor excuse. you have tried it and where you any good? yes, no, no, i wasn't good but what it is it is very invigorating. it makes you feel alive and it obviously works for these youngsters. it is invigorating

meaning really cold ? these youngsters. it is invigorating meaning really cold? we're going to be talking to the man behind some of robbie williams biggest hits, guy chambers. this time it isjust him and his piano playing some of the tunes. you might recognise some of those familiar tunes played in a slightly different way. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. a man's been charged in connection with the discovery of the bodies of two women in a freezer in canning town. the bodies were found at an address in vandone close on friday. 34 year—old zarhid younis has been charged with two counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body. he's due in court later. a london campaigner who identifies as non—binary — that's neither exclusively male

orfemale — is calling on the government to change legal documents like passports so that a third gender option can be recognised on them. jamie windust hopes to get the issue debated in parliament and has now launched a petition. the government says it's got no plans to change the policy around sex markers on passports. it would be a huge kind of moment because it's the government, the state, showing that they are not only listening but recognising and allowing people to identify in that respect. twenty pret a manger stores in the capital will role out a new food labelling system today, as part of an allergy plan launched in the wake of a london teenager's death. 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse, from fulham, collapsed on board a flight injuly 2016 after suffering an allergic reaction from a pret sandwich. the coffee chain is also introducing tablets in every shop to allow customers to search for products by filtering out ingredients.

let's take a look at the travel situation now... there's a good service on the tubes this morning although london overg round has a part suspension on the road — westbound traffic on the a13 building heading out of dagenham into barking northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from the woolwich rd flyover now the weather with elizabeth rizzini morning. things are set to turn cooler as we head towards the bank holiday weekend but to begin with this morning, it's still a mild start to the day. temperatures between seven and ten degrees celsius. lots of early cloud but it will brighten up nicely. some decent spells of sunshine around but watch out for some heavy thundery downpours as we head through the second half of the day. a little bit of early dampness

across parts of essex. that and the cloud pushing its way eastwards. lots of sunny styles around for the first half of the day. a bit more cloud into the afternoon. then we'll see the showers get going — heavy and thundery and perhaps a little bot of hail around as well, and perhaps a little bit of hail around as well, but they”ll still be fairly well scattered. some brighter bells in between. top temperatures between 13 and 16. light to moderate north—westerly wind. through this evening and overnight, the showers will continue for a time, turning dry with six — eight degrees with a chillier start to the day tomorrow. further showers tomorrow afternoon introducing cooler air. temperatures taking a bit of a dip. a chilly northerly wind and it will feel quite cold at times on saturday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with ben thompson and charlie stayt. our headlines today: sacked as defence secretary over the leak of highly sensitive information from a top—level security meeting, but gavin williamson refuses to go quietly, saying he strenuously denies the allegations. eating less meat, taking fewer flights, and giving up our cars — how the uk could become a world leader in tackling climate change. wake up and smell the coffee. our morning cuppa is now worth £9 billion to the economy, up 7%. i'll be finding out exactly how our caffeine addiction boosts the nation's finances.

liverpool are stunned by messi's magic in the champions league. the ‘little magician‘ inspires barcelona to a 3—0 win at the nou camp, leaving liverpool on the brink of elimination from the competition. good morning. today we are looking ata good morning. today we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers. some of those showers could be heavy and thundery, and we‘ve got cooler aircoming in across and thundery, and we‘ve got cooler air coming in across the north of scotland, which will cross us all by the end of friday. i will have more in about 15 minutes. it is thursday 2 may. our top story this morning: the former defence secretary gavin williamson has angrily rejected claims he leaked sensitive information from a meeting of the national security council. he was sacked by the prime minister yesterday after a cabinet inquiry blamed him for revealing details about the chinese tech giant huawei to a newspaper. opposition parties are demanding a criminal investigation, but scotland yard says it is not currently carrying out any inquiries.

here is our political correspondent chris mason. yet another westminster convention has been exploded. a leak inquiry has actually found the culprit, and it has cost this man, gavin williamson, his job. the disclosure of information from the national security council had infuriated the prime minister. by temperament and experience, one cabinet minister told me, it had appalled her to her core. she loathes the gossipy nature of westminster so many of her colleagues adore, and years as home secretary had instilled, i‘m told, an unsha keable respect for the confidentiality of the conversations ministers have with the intelligence services. from some in government, there is no sympathy for mr williamson. he had form, said one.

what turbocharges this row now is gavin williamson‘s very public view that what has happened represents a gross injustice. but his downfall means promotion for others. can you keep a secret, mr stewart? are you happy with the new post, rory? rory stewartjoins the cabinet as international development secretary, and penny mordaunt, a royal navy reservist, becomes the uk‘s first ever female defence secretary. well, the prime minister has made her decision. what i‘m focused on is getting on with the job, and it‘s a huge privilege to be asked to work with the best armed forces in the world. but labour and the liberal democrats say the police should now investigate the allegations mr williamson so strongly denies. well, certainly we shall continue to call for that police investigation. but i think the really worrying thing for the country is the way that this is yet another sign that the prime minister

is not in control. she‘s not in control of her cabinet, she‘s not even in control of the national security council, and now that‘s very, very serious. some of gavin williamson‘s friends believe the government‘s inquiry jumped to a premature conclusion. downing street say they had compelling evidence, and regard the matter is closed. but that might prove to be wishful thinking, given the venom and anger of gavin williamson‘s response. our political correspondent ben wright is in westminster for us this morning. so we heard there, clearly, lots of tense exchanges there last night, what happens next? is an investigation now likely?‘ what happens next? is an investigation now likely? a police

investigation? well, that will be a matter for the metropolitan police. they need to decide if they think there has been a breach of the official secrets act. it is something that some opposition parties are calling for. but as far as number ten are concerned this matter is now closed. and it is an extraordinary ministerial sacking, this is. i defence secretary dismissed for leaking from the national security council meeting. this is unprecedented stuff, and i think it was the seriousness of the source of the leak that was so important, in terms of this notjust being a cabinet leak. the national security council is where the prime minister, senior ministers, intelligence chiefs, spies, defence chiefs, sit around and talk with com plete chiefs, sit around and talk with complete confidence about matters of national security. and it is the fa ct national security. and it is the fact that the leak came from there that prompted such a swift enquiry and a swift conclusion as well. as chris was saying, though, mr williamson is not going quietly. he maintains that he thinks this enquiry was deficient in many ways, it hasn‘t probed the evidence properly, he feels that he would be vindicated were it to be a different, more thorough enquiry, thatis different, more thorough enquiry, that is a suggestion that number ten are very that is a suggestion that number ten are very dismissive of. but it is an extraordinary falling out between the prime minister and someone who

was very the prime minister and someone who was very close to her. gavin williamson ran her leadership campaign when theresa may was trying to become tory leader in 2016. he was promoted to defence secretary at a young age, he had his eyes set on the topjob himself, but now a young age, he had his eyes set on the top job himself, but now his career is in tatters after this leak. thank you. we will get reaction from the former head of the british army lord dannatt in a few moments‘ time. the mp for peterborough, fiona onasanya, has become the first member of parliament to lose her seat following a public petition. almost 20,000 people signed the document demanding she be removed. ms onasanya was jailed injanuary for lying about a speeding offence. she was expelled by labour after her conviction, and had been representing the city as an independent. there will be a by—election injune. the uk should lead the world away from dangerous climate change by cutting greenhouse gases to virtually zero by 2050, according to a new report. the committee on climate change, which is the government‘s official adviser, says that, if other

countries follow suit, the world stands a 50—50 chance of keeping the global temperature increase below 1.5 degrees. our environment analyst roger harrabin explains. when britain sparked the industrial revolution, we didn‘t know that burning coal, oil and gas would produce emissions that would overheat the climate. now, a clean industrial revolution is underway, and advisers say that by 2050, the uk should add no more heating gases. this target, with lots of renewable energy, is called net zero. in setting a target, a net zero target, here in the uk, we are sending a strong signal to other countries around the world, and especially the developed countries, that they need to do the same thing. it means industry will have to curb emissions much more quickly. power plants like this one in yorkshire will lead the way.

then farming — burping cows are heating the climate. we need to eat less red meat, and turn some farmland to forest, the report says. housing must be net—zero emissions, too. this innovative solution may offer some help. it is quick and cheap to erect, and look at this. the insulation on it is absolutely massive. existing homes will also need to be made much warmer. for the first time, flying and shipping should be included in the targets, the committee says. protesters will say the report doesn‘t go far enough. others will think it goes too far. the committee insist their targets are realistic, and essential to protect the climate. caster semenya has said she will fight on after losing her appeal against new rules on testosterone levels in female athletes.

the olympic 800—metre champion will have to take medication to reduce her naturally high levels of the hormone if she is to continue competing at that distance. our athletics commentator ed harry joins us now from doha. good morning to you. right now, because of that verdict yesterday, in the future she will have to take suppressa nts in in the future she will have to take suppressants in order to carry on competing. just explain a little bit about that and what the reaction has been. well, semenya's signature event is the 800m but this raf regulation specifically covers distances from 400m up to the mile. and coincidentally, they are all of semenya‘s distances. if she wishes to continue, as you say, she would either have to medicate to bring down her naturally high testosterone levels, or, which would appear to be

her preferred option, she will move up her preferred option, she will move up in distance to the 5000 metres, at which she has raced with some success earlier in the season. it is also clear from wednesday‘s statement that she intends to appeal this. she and her team have 30 days to lodge that appeal with the court of arbitration for sport. remember, she felt that she had been personally targeted these last ten yea rs by personally targeted these last ten years by the raf. the raf president will give a president here this morning in zohar at which he is expected to address the ruling for the first time. a teenage boy has been stabbed to death in east london. he was found injured in hackney last night. our correspondent leigh milner is at the scene. leigh, what more can you tell us? well, as you can see behind me, there is a rather large police cordoned in place. it stretches right from this corner shop here all the way to that street where a p pa re ntly the way to that street where apparently the police were called at

8:45pm last night to a 15—year—old boy being stabbed. despite the effo rts boy being stabbed. despite the efforts of the emergency services he was pronounced dead at the scene just five minutes after they arrived. a second boy, believed to be aged 16 years old, was also found with stab wounds, just a couple of metres down the road from here. he has now been taken to hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. now, because of this incident, a section 60 order has been put in place covering the whole of hackney, which means that you will see police officers walking up and down this street, being able to stop—and—search anyone who they may feel looks suspicious. now, this incident comesjust days feel looks suspicious. now, this incident comes just days after 29—year—old man was found dead here hackney after being stabbed to death, and after speaking to police today, they actually told me that this is the 29th fatal stabbing in london so far this year, the youngest being 14—year—old jaden moodie who was knocked off the

mopeds and stabbed to death in east london in january. now, mopeds and stabbed to death in east london injanuary. now, here in hackney, no arrests have been made as yet, and the investigation continues. thank you very much, and the 29th person to be stabbed in the capital since the start of the year. new photographs of princess charlotte have been released to mark herfourth birthday. the pictures were taken by her mother, the duchess of cambridge, at both kensington palace, and the family‘s anmer hall residence in norfolk. they had been close political allies for years, but yesterday theresa may made the shock announcement that she had lost confidence in her defence secretary. the prime minister sacked gavin williamson, who she suspected had leaked sensitive information from a meeting of the national security council, something he strongly denies. we arejoined now from norwich by the former head of the british army, lord dannatt. thank you very much for your time this morning. if you could give us

your reaction to the sequence of events in the letters that emerge yesterday. well, i think one has to agree that it is a most unfortunate episode. it is a personal tragedy for gavin williamson. it is actually most upsetting for defence, as well. secretary of state for defence position is a very difficult appointment. it takes time for anyone to master that particular brief. he had just done so and begun to make some good contributions to defence, especially arguing the toss over resources . defence, especially arguing the toss over resources. he is now gone. i think the only good thing about this is that penny mordaunt has come in, she is a former armed forces minister, knows the defence well, and she will do a good job. this is not a good day for government, for the prime minister, for either gavin williamson orfor the prime minister, for either gavin williamson or for defence. can i ask you, in relation to the official secrets act, is it ok, given the severity of this charge, this allegation, which williamson has

denied, is it ok to leave it with downing street saying we consider the matter closed, and gavin williamson saying i didn‘t do it? can we leave it like that? is that acceptable, given how important this is to the way government works? well, clearly from gavin williamson‘s point of view, and i was in touch with him last night because i have had a lot to do with him over the last 18 months, he is protesting his innocence, and i think ina protesting his innocence, and i think in a sense he has a right for that protestation to be tested, and the only way that can be tested, i think, is through a police enquiry. but we‘ve gotta be under no illusions here. this is a very serious matter. the national security council is the nation‘s most significant council, committee, for dealing with the nation‘s defence and security, and what goes on within that national security council should and must be private within the confines of the walls of the meeting room. so leaking, which

is something that politicians seem to do fairly frequently, it may be one thing to do it from around the cabinet table, but for someone to do it from the national security council, that is quite a different issue, a very serious issue. and if mr williamson presses for a police enquiry and it comes out the wrong way, well, he is in a degree of trouble. can i ask, then, you are a former head of the british army. are you saying from your point of view, looking at it from where you are now, the police should investigate, in order that we can know for certain? i'm not calling for that, and i‘m not going to call for that. all i would observe is that mr williamson is protesting his innocence. the prime minister has made her decision. it could be left there, but i think probably national justice, —— natural justice, there, but i think probably national justice, —— naturaljustice, if mr williamson wants to pursue it, would call for this to be investigated further to try and get to the bottom of it. but i think that aspect of it mustn‘t overshadow the significance of this for defence, that there is a

continuing job to do in the best interests of the defence and security of this country. penny mordaunt has now got thatjob to run with, and we need to give her our support as she carries on with that job. that is really important for our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines, working day and night, for the security of this country. we have seen the letter from david williamson. what can you tell us about that? he says perfectly reasonably that he has been in the bestjob in government and has been trying to argue the case for more resources for defence and he says he was not the source of the leg. that is his word. the prime minister has conducted an enquiry and has come up with a different conclusion. i am afraid all of us are just observers. ido afraid all of us are just observers. i do not know where the truth lies.

mr williamson is protesting his innocence and it has to be tested. there are various phrases, get gavin, he thought they were people out to get him and that is why this has happened. not that there is any evidence of conspiracy. did he talk to you about that? no, we have not talked about it. he, like many top politicians, he is ambitious. we all know there is going to be a contest for the leadership of the conservative party and probably the position of the next prime minister and he would regard himself as a contender. it is a pretty febrile time at the top of government. people are positioning for their circumstances and possessions. no doubt he has some enemies. for sure end of the treasury because he has been fighting over defence spending and he was right to do that. maybe

they got him. i don‘t know. it is a most u nfortu nate they got him. i don‘t know. it is a most unfortunate further they got him. i don‘t know. it is a most u nfortu nate further test they got him. i don‘t know. it is a most unfortunate further test to an u nfortu nate set most unfortunate further test to an unfortunate set of circumstances we found ourselves internationally and politically. your experience into the army, if the army had carried out an investigation into a leak, in this case in connection with the official secrets act, and they said they had compelling evidence, what would you have done? you would have sacked the person. the position would have been untenable?” sacked the person. the position would have been untenable? i think you would have. i think the prime minister was in receipt of this, she had no alternative. mr williamson is ina very had no alternative. mr williamson is in a very difficult position. if he accepts the evidence is against him, he‘s almost inviting a police investigation leading charges against him. he is in a difficult position and he has to protest his

innocence. neither you, position and he has to protest his innocence. neitheryou, iorthe view is no where the truth lies. the prime minister says she has uncovered it and she may be right but it might not be the last word and it might be the right thing to let the police investigate. thank you for your time this morning. here is carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. good morning to you both and to you as well. a bright sunny start for many of us, as you can see from this lovely picture. there are showers in the forecast. some heavy and thundery and you could catch one almost anywhere. a better chance of seeing one today than yesterday. cold aircoming in seeing one today than yesterday. cold air coming in to the north of scotland. yesterday we had 18 degrees today you will be lucky to

see eight in some areas. a fair bit of sunshine around. some showers in the east, north and west. as we go through the day, and temperatures start to rise, further showers developing and some could be heavy and thundery with some hail as well. on the channel islands, you can see a lot of dry weather around but equally those showers, mastery around them. northern ireland, summer show is to start with but they should break up. for wales, northern england and scotland we‘re at some showers but also we have a weather front sinking southwards, dragging in cold north—westerly wind. if you were to draw a line you consider difference in the temperatures. still in double figures across the central lowlands. that cold air will cross us all as we head into friday and saturday. overnight tonight, whether front sinking south. you can see the cloud

with it. some showery outbreaks of rain across england, possibly into east anglia and the south—east. behind it, temperatures falling away. snow showers across the hills in scotland. some getting down to lower levels but we do not expect them to settle. in the south—west of wales, temperatures are holding up still ahead of the weather front at this stage. opening the floodgates tomorrow to another north—westerly. quite windy in the north and east. further snow showers on the hills. some on the lower levels of not settling. and here showery rains. some sunny spells in the south—east. also if you showers developing but we‘re still the milder conditions. double—figure temperatures. behind that weather front further north, it will be cold and that will fill accentuated by the risk north north—westerly wind. as we move

through friday and saturday, the weather front with the cold air right across the uk. quite windy as well, particularly in the north and east. this is where it will feel cold is. if you have been tempted into the garden, bear in mind the frost. not just a into the garden, bear in mind the frost. notjust a ground frost but locally air frost as well. we will start off in a sunny night but through the day, with the northerly wind, we will drag in some showers across eastern england, the south—east and east anglia whereas in the west it is more cloud and he will feel on the nippy side. for the bank holiday weekend, it will feel colder, mostly dry, with some sunshine around as well and bank holiday monday, as the winds ease, it will not feel as cold temperatures are still below par for this stage in may.

we‘ve been hearing today about potential plans to make the uk carbon neutral by 2050. but one village is hoping to hit that target much sooner. the people of ashton hayes, near chester, are hoping to become england‘s first carbon neutral community, and they‘ve been working towards it since 2006. brea kfast‘s graham satchell is there to tell us more. how are they trying to do this?l whole series of things. some big and some small. about a thousand in the village wanting to become carbon neutral. they have reduced their carbon footprint by about 40%. some of the things they have done a big. solar panels on the spot centre. and there are solar panels around on people ‘s grooves. small incremental changes that add up. professor

alexander is a resident here at ashton hayes and works at the university. we started off encouraging people to make simple everyday changes. think about how they used energy, not to waste energy into the house, putting things on standby, turn lights off ina things on standby, turn lights off in a newsrooms and also think about what they are wasting, not to throw away anything they did not have to. those changes built up over time and they gave us 20% reduction domestically in the first 12 months. eating less red meat, taking fewer flights? they have come on as well. it was a message pretty early on, the flight taking. dietary changes coming along gradually. eating more locally produced goods as well. why do people want to do it? is it a

moral crusade? to some extent, yes, indeed. our starting point was we do not think things are happening fast enough. we have responsibilities to our children and grandchildren and we want them we at least tried our best. a report says that the country has to make these changes by 2050. some people saying it isn‘t too far away, some to near? it is too far away. we were lobbying into the early stages when the climate change act was passed, initially 60% reduction now 80% reduction and now it is going for net zero and it is still too far away. our aim is a lwa ys still too far away. our aim is always to move earlier. lots of people do want to make changes to their homes, infrastructure changes but there are cost implications? the rock costs but there are savings

also. most of the things we started with is a longer term investment, it will save money as well as helping the money. it is very much worth it and we can make a difference. small changes can make a difference and they are determined here in ashton hayes to become the first carbon neutral village in england. hayes to become the first carbon neutralvillage in england. people say what can we do. look at the scale of the problem. just changing light bulbs, reducing red meat, it could make a difference. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m victoria holland. a man‘s been charged in connection with the discovery of the bodies of two women in a freezer in canning town. the bodies were found at an address in vandone close on friday.

34 year—old zarhid younis has been charged with two counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body. he‘s due in court later. a london campaigner who identifies as non—binary — that‘s neither exclusively male orfemale — is calling on the government to change legal documents like passports so that a third gender option can be recognised on them. jamie windust hopes to get the issue debated in parliament and has now launched a petition. the government says it‘s got no plans to change the policy around sex markers on passports. it would be a huge kind of moment because it‘s the government, the state, showing that they are not only listening but recognising and allowing people to identify in that respect. twenty pret a manger stores in the capital will role out a new food labelling system today, as part of an allergy plan launched in the wake of a london teenager‘s death. 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse, from fulham, collapsed on board a flight injuly 2016 after suffering an allergic reaction from a pret sandwich.

the coffee chain is also introducing tablets in every shop to allow customers to search for products by filtering out ingredients. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now... there‘s a good service on the tubes this morning— although london overg round has a part suspension between south tottenham and barking because of a faulty train on the roads — northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from the woolwich rd flyover traffic on the a1 is slow. traffic on the m25 queueing anticlockwise from junction 21 following a collision. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini

morning. things are set to turn cooler as we head towards the bank holiday weekend but to begin with this morning, it‘s still a mild start to the day. temperatures between seven and ten degrees celsius. lots of early cloud but it will brighten up nicely. some decent spells of sunshine around but watch out for some heavy thundery downpours as we head through the second half of the day. a little bit of early dampness across parts of essex. that and the cloud pushing its way eastwards. lots of sunny styles around for the first half of the day. a bit more cloud into the afternoon. then we‘ll see the showers get going — heavy and thundery and perhaps a little bit of hail around as well, but they“ll still be fairly well scattered. some brighter spells in between. top temperatures between 13 and 16. light to moderate north—westerly wind. through this evening and overnight, the showers will continue for a time, then turning dry with six — overnight lows of eight degrees with a chillier start to the day tomorrow. further showers tomorrow afternoon introducing cooler air. temperatures taking a bit of a dip. a chilly northerly wind and it

will feel quite cold at times on saturday. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and ben thompson. here is a summary of this morning‘s main stories from bbc news: the former defence secretary gavin williamson has angrily rejected claims he leaked sensitive information from a meeting of the national security council. he was sacked by the prime minister yesterday after a cabinet inquiry blamed him for revealing details about the chinese tech giant huawei to a newspaper. opposition parties are demanding a criminal investigation, but scotland yard says it is not currently carrying out any inquiries. a little earlier the former head of the british army told me anyone who lead to serious information should face consequences. so leaking, which is something that politicians seem to do fairly frequently, it may be one thing to do it

from around the cabinet table, but for someone to do it from the national security council, that‘s quite a different issue, a very serious issue. and if mr williamson presses for a police inquiry and it comes out the wrong way, well, he is in a degree of trouble. the mp for peterborough, fiona onasanya, has become the first member of parliament to lose her seat following a public petition. almost 20,000 people signed the document demanding she be removed. ms onasanya was jailed injanuary for lying about a speeding offence. she was expelled by labour after her conviction, and had been representing the city as an independent. there will be a by—election injune. a teenage boy has been stabbed to death in east london. the boy, who police believe was 15, was found injured in hackney last night. he died at the scene, making him the 29th person to be stabbed to death in london since the start of this year. plans to make it harder to prosecute police drivers involved in crashes have been confirmed by the government. the home office says officers should have greater confidence when pursuing gangs on mopeds. the new rules would take into account the training police drivers receive, rather than subjecting them to the same

scrutiny as members of the public. it has been claimed that some runners in the london marathon last sunday were called fat and slow by contractors and volunteer marshals. an official pacer has told the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire programme, that one woman received chemical burns from the clean—up operation that began before some runners had reached the finishing line. the marathon organisers have said they were very sorry to hear the complaints, and are investigating. voters in some parts of england will head to the polls in local elections today. polling stations are now open until 10:00pm this evening. there are also elections for six directly elected mayors, and for 11 northern ireland council areas. how‘s this for a bird‘s—eye view of the traffic? it is one of those traffic cameras,

and the traffic is bad on brunswick road. what you get instead is this seagal. this seagull is one of a pair nicknamed graeme and steve, which have started perching on a transport for london traffic cam overlooking a road near the blackwall tunnel. didn't didn‘t those local radio helicopters used to be cold an in the sky? birdseye, as it were. ithink it would be brilliant if it had a voice on it. i thought that is what you are going to do since the last time we spoke. feathers are flying on brunswick road, making this busy road at peak times even busier. let‘s get the sport, with mike. that wasn‘t me, that was the bird, of course. you

did that far too well, mike. thank you very much. you said it was beak time. and we should get a birds eye view of the magic of lionel messi. look at his freekick from any view and it is magic. he takes free kicks like people take penalties. liverpool did all they could to try and stop him, at all. it was the magic of lionel messi which took it out. barcelona 3—0 winners on the night, and andy swiss was watching. the nou camp is famed as a footballing fortress, a wall of sound and colour. and, led by the magical lionel messi it was to be barcelona‘s night. they soon struck — thanks to a liverpool old boy, no less, luis suarez ghosting in to help his former club. you feel he mightjust

have enjoyed that one. the barcelona lead should have been short—lived, sadio mane spurning a glorious chance at the break. barcelona tightened their grip, and itjust had to be messi. first, after suarez had hit the bar he mopped up one of the simplest goals of his career. but that was just a taster for his big moment — a free—kick, and something very special. his 600th goal for barcelona, in breathtaking style. liverpool had their chances, mo salah hitting the post, but that summed up their night. a chastening one for them, a stunning one for barcelona. after that lionel messi masterclass, fair to say liverpool now have a mountain to climb in the second leg at anfield next week. yes, they are no strangers to dramatic comebacks, but they are going to need something quite extraordinary to keep their champions

league hopes alive. the world cup—winning goalkeeper iker casillas is stable in hospital after having a heart attack. the 37—year—old, who captained spain to world cup glory in 2010, fell ill whilst training with his club, porto. he later tweeted from his hospital bed saying that it was a big scare, but everything is under control. caster semenya says she will rise above her defeat in a landmark case against the governing body of athletics. here she is arriving in qatar ahead of the first diamond league meeting of the season in doha tomorrow. the court of arbitration for sport dismissed her challenge against the iaaf‘s new rules which restrict testosterone levels in female runners. she can still compete this weekend, as the new ruling doesn‘t come into effect until next week. cycling‘s tour of yorkshire gets underway in doncaster today, and britain‘s most succesful cycling team, team sky, will be riding for the first time under their new name,

team ineos. the team is now owned by britain‘s wealthiest man, sirjim ratcliffe, who says he will withdraw his backing if the team are caught cheating or doping. despite the team‘s unrivalled success, they have faced several controversies. we looked at all of that. we talked about it, we talked to dave about it, we did our due diligence. i — i mean, for the record, i have absolutely no interest in cheating or drugs or anything like that. you know, the day that any of that enters our world, we‘ll be exiting that world. what‘s the point in winning a race if you cheat? i mean, there‘s no point in it, really. also, i believe that if you‘ve got the best athletes in the world, with the best training regimes, you know, you don‘t need any of those enhancements. in the papers this morning, more on his name being linked with a bid on chelsea. watch this space.

one of horse racing‘s most succesful jockeys, ruby walsh, has announced his retirement from the sport. the 39—year—old has riddeon 2,500 winners in a 24—year career, and he went out in style, riding joint—favourite kemboy to victory in the punchestown gold cup yesterday. he says there comes a time when you just want to do something else. well, 20—time champion jockey ap mccoy posted a tribute on social media, describing walsh as being like lionel messi on a horse. world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua says he expects a more technical challenge from new opponent andy ruinr. joshua will take on the mexican—american in new york‘s madison square garden on 1june as a late replacement after his original challenger, jarrell miller, failed two drugs tests. joshua says it was important to get another boxer to sign on the dotted line. we made offices to fury, wilder, dillian, ortiz, and these fights haven‘t been able to happen, not on our record. i don‘t know what went wrong, but we made good offers for these guys to be champion of the world. so looking forward, ruiz is due first.

that goes ahead, and there‘s time to announce myself to the world. judd trump is the firm favourite to win snooker‘s world championships in sheffield, and he remains on—course after making short work of his quarter—final. he comfortably beat stephen maguire by 13—6, and will now play qualifier gary wilson, a former taxi driver, in the semi—finals. the four—time championjohn higgins is also though to the last four, but there were plenty of people on social media wandering what on earth had happened to him during his quarter—final win over neil robertson. there he is at the back of the shot. some suggested he had been taken out by some kind of silent assassin. fear not — he was just watching the telly. his eyes are open, i think, you can‘t quite see that from the shot, but he was watching the tv monitor and doesn‘t want to get in the way

of the spectators. it looks like he has gone to sleep or something has happened, but he is ok. has gone to sleep or something has happened, but he is oki has gone to sleep or something has happened, but he is ok. i am delighted to say, there‘s always couple of images that really tell the story of the marathon, and we have hayley carruthers coming, and if you haven‘t seen it, we will show you now. this was extraordinary, crawling across the line. this was herfinal moment, getting crawling across the line. this was her final moment, getting across the line by whatever means. it really ca ptu red line by whatever means. it really captured people‘s imagination. that determination just captured people‘s imagination. that determinationjust to captured people‘s imagination. that determination just to get over the line, and she has talked about this, her mind was so disconnected from what her legs and her arms were doing, but she had to get there. it happened there, rather than a mile before. she will be on the sofa in an hour‘s time. there are calls for a criminal investigation into the former defence secretary gavin williamson, who has been accused of leaking confidential information from a meeting of the national

security council. he strongly denies doing so, but was sacked by the prime minister yesterday. conservative mpjulian lewis, who chairs the commons defence committee, says the leak is serious, but hasn‘t revealed any state secrets. i don‘t condone a leak of that sort, but no information was leaked, what appears to have been legs was that the home secretary, the defence secretary and the foreign secretary all believe that it is a security risk for huawei to be involved in our 5g network. what‘s more, they are absolutely right, and they are being overruled by ministers from other departments. it is one thing to leak political information of that sort, it is quite another to lea k that sort, it is quite another to leak classified information about the technicalities of secret equipment, that if somebody is caught bang to rights, leaking from any cabinet committee, it is a career destroying moment. labour‘s deputy leader, tom watson, joins us now

from our london newsroom. good morning to you. it has been quite a 24 hours, hasn‘t it? gavin williamson strenuously denying these allegations, he says he did not do this. do you believe him?” allegations, he says he did not do this. do you believe him? i don't know the facts of the case. the prime minister doesn‘t believe him, she says there is compelling evidence to suggest that he is the leaker. he is obviously denying it. if he didn‘t do it, though, it means that somebody else has done it, which is why i think the criminal enquiry will get to the facts of this case. that is why i think the logical extension of what the prime minister has alleged in her letter is that a criminal act has taken place and the police need to examine the fact. i wanted to ask you that, because theresa may has said they will not be a criminal investigation. is there a danger that, as he says it wasn‘t him, there is a danger that this goes nowhere and it is he says, she says,

and we don‘t get any real answers? it is not just and we don‘t get any real answers? it is notjust he says, she says. it is the prime minister alleging the defence secretary has breached the official secrets act, which is a serious allegation. he deserves the right to clear his name if he is innocent, so i think there needs to be an enquiry, but what he has done and what the other interviewee has said is highlight a really important pa rt said is highlight a really important part of policy. you know, if defence ministers are saying that a chinese company should not be involved in our 5g rollout, ithink company should not be involved in our 5g rollout, i think we need to understand why that is. and i am aware, and! understand why that is. and i am aware, and i have been made aware of this recently, there are other chinese companies that have been excluded from the procurement process for 5g rollout. and so i think what gavin williamson‘s sacking has done is highlight an issue of british foreign policy that we need to know more about. it is very unusual that the americans, the canadians, the people from new zealand, the australians, would raise their concerns about a technical contract like this, but

they have done, because they say it engages our intelligence sharing apparatus —— endangers. there is more to this story than meets the eye, and! more to this story than meets the eye, and i don‘t think the prime minister can put an end to it by just sacking the minister and saying she is not going to talk about it anymore. it raises all those issues we have been discussing quite a lot, the potential risks of huawei being used on the 5g network. what is labour‘s position on this? do you share those concerns about chinese involvement in our infrastructure network? we have not been party to the intelligence information that has clearly gone to the national security committee so it is hard to make a conclusive decision on it.

but i am very concerned, as the shadow culture secretary responsible for some of... shadowing the team that award these contracts, first of all there seems to have been a discriminatory approach to the procurement, with some chinese companies treated one way and others treated a different way. but also there seems to have been a subtle shift in british foreign policy towards china that parliament has not been told about. clearly there has been a very deep disagreement between defence and intelligence ministers and the prime minister and treasury ministers, which is very unclear about why. this goes to the very heart of government and the prime minster‘s decision—making, and i think we need to hear more about why gavin williamson was so concerned about the awarding of this contract, and why the prime minister felt it was in... that she should overrule her own defence minister in this particular case. it is good to talk to you, thank you for your thoughts this morning. you get asked a lot of questions when you present this programme like how comfortable is this sofa — not very. is anything in here? confirm.

yes, a cup of coffee. do notjust pretend it is real. it is an incredible contributor to the economy, coffee. these are new figures from a report commissioned by the british coffee association. it's asked a respected economics firm to crunch some numbers. and these cover everything from wholesalers, the people who buy and import coffee, roasters. and all the money we spend in shops on coffee and of course all the lattes we buy in cafes. according to its figures the industry has grown by around 7% since 2012 — it's now worth around 9 billion pounds. it isa it is a lot of money, especially when you consider t, which is meant to be the nation's favourite. as a nation we drink around 95 million cups of coffee a day. that's 2 cups per person on average.

a bit more if you're working on breakfast tv. it also found the majority of uk households still buy instant coffee. though single—serve coffee pods are becoming increasingly popular particularly among young people. coffee shops are everywhere. find a high street without a trending coffee shop. we are now seeing 25,000 across the country. more than 25,000. only 8000 are chains. the re st 25,000. only 8000 are chains. the rest are independent and that is where we see a real boom. coffee shops should be a melting pot of place for people to meet, greet ideas to happen. it is notjust about coffee. the misconception is that the margins are great. once you start to bring in rent increases, it

all starts to eat away at this what amount you might make from coffee. there may be too many coffee shops. there may be too many coffee shops. the ones that are not developing and innovating may close and the ones that are successful will remain. innovating may close and the ones that are successful will remainm does not look set to slow down. young people are drinking less alcohol and drinking coffee, we are working longer hours. i have a tip. i was buying to or three coffees a day and then i bought one of this. it is the cutest and smallest thing i have ever seen. it means i don't have to make it for anyone else. what is the marker? £3. i think the variety and quality is massive. i will get you one for your birthday, charlie. it is a shame you did not

fill it up we could have tried it. what about me? let‘s have a look at the weather with carole. good morning. we have some sunshine around this morning. some showers, some heavy and possibly thundery. a sunny start, dry start for many parts of the uk. we have showers at the moment but we will see further showers develop through the day. looking at the channel islands, and the isles of sydney and southern counties of england, we have the sunshine through the afternoon but also the showers. —— the isles of scilly. continuing across parts of northern england. a weatherfront sinking south across scotland, bringing shari outbreaks of rain. a blustery day around those showers. behind the weather front, we start to pull in northerly or

north—westerly winds. a colder direction and it will filter the whole of the uk by the time we get to the end of friday night. temperatures are going down. through this evening and overnight, once again we will have the showers. you can see the weather front resting across this part of england. and wales. we will see some shari raines. behind it, colderairwith snow showers, mostly on the hills. we could see some at lower levels to the north of scotland but we do not expect any to settle. temperatures in the north three, to the south between six and nine. this is the offending weather front. between six and nine. this is the offending weatherfront. continuing on its journey south. offending weatherfront. continuing on itsjourney south. northerlies offending weatherfront. continuing on its journey south. northerlies or north—westerly winds. that will accentuate the pool feel end of the north and east of the uk. further

showers in scotland. the weather front continuing to sink south. ahead of it some sunshine and a few showers. still in the milder air. behind it, for north wales, the rest of england, northern ireland and scotland, something cooler and when you add the wind strength it will fill colder. the weather front clearing off into the near continent. saturday still quite windy and you will notice the difference. first thing on saturday, widespread ground frost, and we can see some airfrost widespread ground frost, and we can see some air frost as well. if you have been out in the garden, bear that in mind. don‘t forget we have the northerly wind blowing showers from the north sea, especially across eastern england. some will make it further inland. from the west, a bit more cloud coming our way and temperatures disappointing for this stage in may. for the bank holiday weekend, it will fill

colder. the winds easing on monday so although temperatures will be below average, it may feel a little bit better. before i go, i want to show you this footage of this nato in south romania. look at the stem of it, how it is brown at the bottom, picking up all the dust. it ripped the roof off some houses and it also pushed a bus off the road. some people sadly were injured. these tornadoes are not unusual. they are not quite as powerful as the tornadoes you see in the us and not making as much in the news. you can set quite nicely here. the storm chases, that take those images, it is amazing. more from ca role images, it is amazing. more from carole later. south african olympic athlete caster semenya, has lost a landmark case against athletics‘ governing body.

she‘d challenged new iaaf rules, which attempt to restrict testosterone levels in female runners. it means that semenya and other female athletes, with differences of sexual development, will have to reduce their testosterone for at least six months, if they want to compete internationally in track events between 400 metres and a mile. the iaaf welcomed the news and said their policy would come into place next week, but the united nations human rights council has called the plans unnecessary, harmful and humiliating. we have a sport scientist and he joins us this morning. welcome to the programme. you gave evidence in support of caster semenya. explain what this ruling means and how disappointed are you?” what this ruling means and how disappointed are you? i am very disappointed are you? i am very disappointed because an athlete who

was born and assigned a female sex at birth and has always lived as a girland a woman at birth and has always lived as a girl and a woman has been told she cannot compete in the women's category in sport, having also competed at an elite level till this time. there are others being affected. what does it mean in practical terms. she has gone to doha and she can compete. the week after that, if she wants to stay in the same event, what would she have to do? i think the target for everybody is of the world championships later this year so to compete in that event, certainly, within a week of this announcement, she would need to compete in the event this regulation applies to she

would have to most likely take hormonal medication, something like the contraception appeal which will lower the testosterone level and she would have to be monitored to demonstrate her level is below a particular level as part of the regulation. then she would be able to compete in the world championships. we have heard from a number of athletes since this ruling and they say it is about levelling the playing field. compete with the same criteria. is that fair? the reality in sport, particularly in the elite level, sport is not fair. you do not get the same return for the same input in terms of training, controlling your diet. one view of elite sport is that it is a search for genetic outlined that it is not

all about genetics but to reach the real elite level in sport where physical performance is a major characteristic, such as running, you need some genetic things in your favour so things are not equal. the genetic variations we know about... so all these athletes over particular range of genetic mutations that put them in that category. other genetic mutations that we know of that do not challenge this male—female divide we're worried about those. these genetic mutations, the kind of performance advantage they give, equivalent to some of the other variations we are not worried about soido variations we are not worried about so i do not see that it is unfair, it is more of an issue about where you draw the dividing line between the female and male group. thank you

for your time this morning. we are expecting our press conference to explain some of the issues later on this morning. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m victoria holland. businesses operating from railway arches were "overlooked" by network rail when it decided to sell them off, according to a report from the spending watchdog. £1.4 billion was raised by the sale. but the national audit office said that tenants got no legal guarantees on the amount of rent they pay from the new owners. network rail says the sale enabled them to deliver a number of schemes. a london campaigner who identifies as non—binary, that‘s neither exclusively male orfemale, is calling on the government to change legal documents like passports so that a third gender option can be recognised on them. jamie windust hopes to get the issue

debated in parliament and has now launched a petition. the government says it‘s got no plans to change the policy around sex markers on passports. it would be a huge kind of moment because it‘s the government, the state, showing that they are not only listening but recognising and allowing people to identify in that respect. seat reservations on some greater anglia services will be temporarily unavailable while its new trains are brought into service. passengers travelling into london will not be able to reserve seats for around 6 months from mid july. the company say it‘s because the old and new trains have different seating systems which could cause confusion. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now... there‘s a good service on the tubes this morning although london overg round has a part suspension between south tottenham and barking because of a faulty train on the roads — northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from

the woolwich rd flyover heading through borehamwood, traffic on the a1 is slow s/bnd into the a411 barnet lane at stirling corner, with delays back to the holiday inn elstree regent street remains to one lane. delays to piccadilly service. now to the weather. morning. things are set to turn cooler as we head towards the bank holiday weekend but to begin with this morning, it‘s still a mild start to the day. temperatures between seven and ten degrees celsius. lots of early cloud but it will brighten up nicely. some decent spells of sunshine around but watch out for some heavy thundery downpours as we head through the second half of the day. a little bit of early dampness across parts of essex. that and the cloud pushing its way eastwards. lots of sunny styles around for the first half of the day. a bit more cloud into the afternoon. then we‘ll see the showers get going — heavy and thundery and perhaps a little bit of hail around as well, but they“ll still be fairly well scattered. some brighter spells in between. top temperatures between 13 and 16. light to moderate north—westerly wind.

through this evening and overnight, the showers will continue for a time, then turning dry with six — overnight lows of eight degrees with a chillier start to the day tomorrow. further showers tomorrow afternoon introducing cooler air. temperatures taking a bit of a dip. a chilly northerly wind and it will feel quite cold at times on saturday. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and charlie stayt. our headlines today... sacked as defence secretary over the leak of highly—sensitive information from a top—level security meeting. but gavin williamson refuses to go quietly, saying he strenuously denies the allegations. eating less meat, taking fewer

flights and giving up our cars — how the uk could become a world leader in tackling climate change. how healthy is our economy? the bank of england will tell us later what they make of growth, interest rates and the brexit delay. i‘ll be finding out what we might expect. liverpool are stunned by messi‘s magic in the champions league. the little magician inspires barcelona to a 3—0 win at the nou camp, leaving liverpool on the brink of elimination from the competition. surfing on prescription — children in devon and cornwall taking to the sea to improve their mental health. we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers, some will be heavy and thundery, air northern scotland pushing across a so we had —— pushing across a so we had —— pushing across a so we had —— pushing across as old as we go into the bank holiday weekend. more in 15

minutes. it‘s thursday, 2nd may, our top story this morning. the former defence secretary, gavin williamson, has angrily rejected claims he leaked sensitive information from a meeting of the national security council. he was sacked by the prime minister yesterday, after a cabinet inquiry blamed him for revealing details, about the chinese tech giant huawei to a newspaper. opposition parties are demanding a criminal investigation, but scotland yard says it‘s not currently carrying out any inquiries. here‘s our political correspondent, chris mason. yet another westminster convention has been exploded. a leak inquiry has actually found a culprit and it has cost this man, gavin williamson, his job. the disclosure of information from the national security council had infuriated the prime minister. by temperament and experience, one cabinet minister told me, it had appalled her to her core. she loathes the gossipy nature of westminster so many of her colleagues adore

and years as home secretary had instilled, i‘m told, an unsha keable respect for the confidentiality of the conversations ministers have with the intelligence services. from some in government, there is no sympathy for mr williamson. he had form, said one. what turbocharges this row now is gavin williamson‘s very public view that what has happened represents a gross injustice. but his downfall means promotion for others. can you keep a secret, mr stewart? are you happy with the new post, rory? rory stewartjoins the cabinet as international development secretary, and penny mordaunt, a royal navy reservist, becomes the uk‘s first ever female defence secretary. well, the prime minister‘s made her decision. what i‘m focused on is getting on with the job, and it‘s a huge privilege to be asked to work with the best armed forces in the world. but labour and the liberal democrats say the police should now investigate the allegations

mr williamson so strongly denies. well, certainly, we shall continue to call for that police investigation. but i think the really worrying thing for the country is the way that this is yet another sign that the prime minister is not in control. she's not in control of her cabinet, she's not even in control of the national security council, and now that's very, very serious. some of gavin williamson‘s friends believe the government‘s inquiry jumped to a premature conclusion. downing street say they had compelling evidence, and they regard the matter is closed. but that might prove to be wishful thinking, given the venom and anger of gavin williamson‘s response. our political correspondent, ben wright, is in westminster for us this morning. no escaping the severity of the situation, very, very important, it is about the official secrets act at the highest level of government and now we have this extraordinary

situation where gavin williamson has lost hisjob situation where gavin williamson has lost his job and yet he is saying, it wasn‘t me. people are thinking, if it was not him, who was it? how are we supposed to know what is going on? it is extraordinary, and ongoing war of words between number 10 and gavin williamson, former defence secretary, an issue of the utmost importance, lea ks defence secretary, an issue of the utmost importance, leaks from the national security council. downing street is at pains to say it is not just about a leak from the cabinet, we have got used to that, it is from the inner sanctum where the prime minister and senior ministers, security, defence and intelligence chiefs, they set around in total secrecy sharing secrets and i think it is the fact it came from there that it has been treated so seriously. they said to the prime minister that there was compelling evidence gavin williamson was behind

this, the inquiry said. mr williams himself and his friends vehemently deny it was the case, that there has been a stitch up going on, they think a more thorough lengthy inquiry would have produced a different outcome. there is not much they can do. thatjudgment has been made. he has been dismissed. his career it seems is in tatters and number 10 consider the matter closed. they do not seem to be keen to publish further evidence substantiating the claim mr williamson was behind this. it is up to the met police to decide if they wa nt to to the met police to decide if they want to pursue some sort of criminal investigation and consider whether the official secrets act was breached. it is an extraordinary end to what had been a pretty dazzling career. a young man, gavin williamson, up—and—coming, crucial to the prime minister, theresa may becoming leader in the first place, in charge of discipline as tory chief whip, elevated to defence

secretary, many thought he had his eye on the top job, and secretary, many thought he had his eye on the topjob, and now it is all in tatters. thank you very much. the mp for peterborough, fiona onasanya, has become the first member of parliament to lose her seat following a public petition. almost 20,000 people signed the document demanding she be removed. ms onasanya was jailed injanuary for lying about a speeding offence. she was expelled by labour after her conviction and had been representing the city as an independent. there‘ll be a by—election injune. the uk should lead the world away from dangerous climate change, by cutting greenhouse gases to virtually zero by 2050, according to a new report. the committee on climate change, which is the government‘s official adviser, says that, if other countries follow suit, the world stands a 50—50 chance of keeping the global temperature increase below 1.5 degrees. our environment analyst, roger harrabin, explains. when britain sparked the industrial revolution, we didn‘t know that burning coal, oil and gas would produce emissions

that would overheat the climate. now, a clean industrial revolution is under way and advisers say that, by 2050, the uk should add no more heating gases. this target, with lots of renewable energy, is called net zero. in setting a target, a net—zero target, here in the uk, we are sending a strong signal to other countries around the world, and especially the developed countries, that they need to do the same thing. it means industry will have to curb emissions much more quickly. power plants like this one in yorkshire will lead the way. then farming — burping cows are heating the climate. we need to eat less red meat and turn some farmland to forest, the report says. housing must be net—zero emissions, too. this innovative solution may offer some help. it is quick and cheap to erect, and look at this.

the insulation on it is absolutely massive. existing homes will also need to be made much warmer. for the first time, flying and shipping should be included in the targets, the committee says. protesters will say the report doesn‘t go far enough. others will think it goes too far. the committee insist their targets are realistic and essential to protect the climate. caster semenya has said she will fight on, after losing her appeal against new rules on testosterone levels in female athletes. the olympic 800m champion will have to take medication to reduce her naturally—high levels of the hormone, if she‘s to continue competing at that distance. our athletics commentator, ed harry, joins us now from doha. just explain the significance of

this, this ruling, which will create huge problems across the sport. this, this ruling, which will create huge problems across the sportm creates than not just for caster semenya but it is interesting looking at the distance is the ruling covers, 400 metres up to the mile. a female athlete with naturally high testosterone levels, like caster semenya, if you wish to continue participating in those events, you will be asked to take medication to lower testosterone levels. we were at the airport last night on the arrival of caster semenya and she is expected to raise the 800 here and these new regulations do not come in until the 8th of may. said coe will give a press co nfe re nce 8th of may. said coe will give a press conference shortly. it is understanding he does not want this issue to dominate the news conference which was called to celebrate among other things doha hosting the world championships for

the first time this september. caster semenya‘s participation, as the defending champion, it is very much in doubt as things stand. thank you. a teenage boy has been stabbed to death in east london. the boy, who police believe was 15, was found injured in hackney last night. he died at the scene, making him the 29th person to be stabbed to death in london since the start of this year. the policing watchdog has found that burglaries, car crime and assaults are being investigated by under—qualified and inexperienced officers. the inspectorate of constabulary, which examined a representative group of 14 police forces in england and wales, also warned reduced funding was undermining effforts to tackle police corruption. the home office says it‘s committed to making sure police have the resources they need, but that forces must make improvements. voters in some parts of england will head to the polls in local elections today.

polling stations are now open until 10pm this evening. there‘s also elections for six directly—elected mayors and for 11 northern ireland council areas. here is a controversial one. the makers of the board game scrabble have released a list of new words, which are now officially recognised. this may create or solve problems, depending how you play the game. they include "bae", which means a sweetheart or lover and will score you five points. "fatberg", which will score 13 points, is a huge mass of fat and waste products which builds up in sewers. it has been in the news lately. and another one for you. the word "yowza" worth a whopping 20 points, an expression of enthusiasm or excitement. i think i have played

"wowza" before, but never "yowza". we will have a look at some of the papers, dominated by one story this morning, and you can start with the times. williamson sacked over huawei leak, picture of the former defence secretary leaving the palace of westminster. the wrong man, headline in the telegraph. it says he claims to have been the victim of a stitch up. front page of the daily mail, gavin williamson denying any wrongdoing, it goes to the heart of one of the problems with the story, the headline. but he is a sacked former defence secretary as we speak this morning. the express, sacked for treachery, it talks of compelling evidence linking mr williamson to the huawei league. the pictures at the top of the page are of princess charlotte on her fourth

birthday —— the huawei leak. we cannot speak to the political editor at the sun, tom newton dunn. —— we can now speak to. downing street is keen to say the matter is over, as far as they concern, the prime minister having done what she has done, is it over? quite far from overfour done, is it over? quite far from over four downing st was much say, i‘m afraid. you have to question the timing of this extraordinary public sacking and extremely brutal sacking, when you eat the prime minister first ‘s letter. a local election day —— when you read. what we can say is a huge amount of people are going to the polls today and downing street wanted them to vote tory. to fire your defence secretary for leaking and to expose an extraordinary row between him and yourself, quite amazing. gavin williamson i spoke to him last night, quite a few political

journalists spoke to him, he is adamant it is not him, he thinks he has been stitched up for other reasons, and i do not think he will go quietly. he said he has said it in his own letter, spoken to political correspondence saying exactly that, it was not me, where do we go from here? does he want a criminal investigation to prove what he is saying is correct? when i spoke to him last night, he did not call for a criminal investigation. he said it would have played him because he said it would have been impossible to prove it was him —— he said it would have cleared him. the simple evidence is not there, he said. what you want to do, i said. he said, i am probably going tojust have to take it because i cannot disprove a negative, they cannot prove it was me and i cannot disprove it was me either because he said he had a phone call with the daily telegraph concern just the national security council meeting

but they said it was talking about the european elections. it will properly remain he says, she says. -- it properly remain he says, she says. —— it will probably remain. his next task is to alter the huawei decision itself and publicly question the prime minister‘s decision made with the rest of the team members of the cabinet in the nec to allow the —— in the national security council to allow huawei building 5g. i know mr williamson quite well, a passionate man, a clever man, if i was him, i would go for the prime minister‘s jugular and that decision and move it on from the he says, she says, which we will probably never get a definitive answer to. this begs the question, if you accept, and his friends do, that he did not do this, it means someone in that room dead and that remains at the —— someone

in that room did and that remains out there. if it was not him, who was it? downing street were pretty adamant last night that it was gavin williamson, in their mind, absolutely no doubt. they say the prime minister has compelling evidence. the problem with both the police investigation and all of us getting involved is because of the evidence. i have been the subject of a criminal leak inquiry before, i wrote a story about a former chief whip called andrew mitchell who called a policeman a pleb, he got fired. there was a leak hunt, they found someone they said was our source and they fired him and the reason they found who they thought was our source, we never confirmed it, they pulled my communications data, they went through my phone records from vodafone, linked up who i was speaking to the day before and

put two and two together. i am almost certain they have done that with gavin williamson and the journalist concerned. all you can prove his they spoke and it is hugely circumstantial and any balance of probabilities they will think it almost certain but in a court of law it would be far harder barrier to hit. that is probably why, i don‘t disagree with you, if the official secrets act has been broken or slightly lesser offence of misconduct in public office, that is criminal, but if the evidence is circumstantial and also obtained via secret ways, pulling people‘s phone records, tapping phones perhaps, tapping into messages, gchq can certainly do that, it is extremely ha rd to certainly do that, it is extremely hard to hand over to the police which is why a suspect, i might be wrong, i think we will be left with this puzzle for evermore. tom newton

dunn, thank you for your insight, political editor of the sun. carol has a check of what the weather is doing. a mixed picture. good morning. top of the class, absolutely. this morning we have a bit of cloud around, heavy showers, sunshine and a gorgeous picture from belfast. you can see the cloud building. showers not too far away. that is the forecast for today, heavy showers, sunshine, some of the showers will be thundery. today we will start to see a change in the weather from the north, will start to see a change in the weatherfrom the north, cold will start to see a change in the weather from the north, cold front moving across northern scotland, crossing us all over the bank holiday weekend, turning much colder. to give us an example, yesterday, temperature was 18, and today he will be lucky to see eight. in the highlands. a lot of dry weather and sunshine around, showers in the north, in the west, and some in the north, in the west, and some in the east. as temperatures rise

through the day, further showers will develop. we could see one almost anywhere, but showers, so not all of us will catch one. channel islands and southern england, a combination of blustery showers and sunny skies and the wales and the midlands and east anglia, northern england, northern ireland, a similar story, sunshine and blustery heavy showers with the risk of thunder. the weather front is a cold front crossing scotland bringing in showery outbreaks of rain. behind it, note the temperatures. seven. the of it, still 15 in glasgow and edinburgh. —— ahead of it. i still showers around, weather front slipping south across northern england, midlands and the south—east, turning cold enough behind it for showers to turn wintry. mostly on the hills. in heavy showers, we could see them down to lower levels even into tomorrow. at lower levels, we do not expect snow to settle. still miles ahead of the weather front and that

will continue into tomorrow. the weather front is in will continue into tomorrow. the weatherfront is in no hurry will continue into tomorrow. the weather front is in no hurry to will continue into tomorrow. the weatherfront is in no hurry to make it down towards the south. behind it, looking at the isobars, closer together, it will be windy and coming from a cold direction straight down from the arctic. tomorrow, here is the weather front producing showery outbreaks of rain. ahead of it, a fair bit of cloud around, sunny spells, a few showers, temperatures remaining on the positive side of high, 15. behind it, a return to bright spells of sunshine and showers, wintry across scotla nd sunshine and showers, wintry across scotland and it is going to turn colder, this is half the story. remember the isobars. it will feel particularly cold in the wind in the north and the east. eventually the weather front makes it down towards the south coast and pushes onto the near continent allowing the cold blues to move right across the uk. friday into saturday, it will be windy. saturday, widespread frost. if you have been tempted into the

garden, that in mind, ground frost, but locally, air frost as well. we have had clear skies by night and through the course of the day, starting with sunshine, coming in on the brisk northerly wind, more showers coming in across eastern and south—eastern parts of england. and in the west, likely to see more cloud. feeling cold, much colder than in the easter weekend. for the bank holiday weekend, feeling colder, mainly dry, sunshine around, the winds on bank holiday monday slowly easing, not feeling as cold, but temperatures will still be below average for the stage in may. quite a difference from the last bank holiday weekend when it was boiling. absolutely. way on down, the temperatures. carol, thank you, nice to see you. we‘ve been hearing today about potential plans to make the uk carbon neutral by 2050. but one village is hoping to hit that target much sooner. the people of ashton hayes,

near chester, are hoping to become england‘s first carbon—neutral community and they‘ve been working towards it since 2006. brea kfast‘s graham satchell is there to tell us more. how are they making this work? they are doing a series of different things, some big structural changes. we are in a school at the moment, solar panels on the roof. some are smaller lifestyle changes, eating less red meat two, fewer flights. changing their homes. we will talk to some of the children. bronwen, morning, tell me some of the things you have been doing to make changes. the school have made a clothes bank where people at the school, parents, and people in the village are donating clothes instead of putting them in the bin. the equal team are making posters to put around the village so more people from the village so more people from the village can donate —— eco team. brilliant idea. tell me about the garden. a lot of flowers and fruit

and vegetables. me and my class have been watering every day to make them grow better instead ofjust going to the supermarket and getting stuff from there. brilliant. we stood outside this amazing greenhouse which is made of recycled plastic bottles. how important is that people make these kind of changes? if -- people make these kind of changes? if — — everyone people make these kind of changes? if —— everyone has to do that that by not always driving everywhere, walking, and the world is getting hotter and hotter because people keep on driving everywhere. the coral reefs are dying. we have to do our bit? yeah. quick chat with one of the teachers. vanessa, your kids are amazing, what bigger things are the school doing? we want the children to understand they are part of the bigger picture and any little changes they do make a difference.

we have solar panels on the roof which mean in the summer we are largely self—sufficient for electricity. we use the school grounds a lot and get the children to respect and understand they are really important to look after them. thank you very much. you are the man behind getting the village to reduce its carbon footprint, reducing it by 30-40%. the its carbon footprint, reducing it by 30—40%. the government report today says everyone needs to get to net zero by 2050, what do you think of it? maybe a bit too far in the future and we need to move quickly. some of these changes will take time and the urgency, the earlier we make changes, the more effective they are. the quicker we can do it the better, and it can be done. individuals making small changes is worth it? it certainly does. we will have to play a part. small changes multiply up, it adds up to a lot. thank you. that is it. a lesson that evenif thank you. that is it. a lesson that even if you are a small village in a rural area, make the changes, it does make a difference. back to you.

thank you. inspiring. people worry about what they can do themselves in one place, but there you go. and relatively little things, turning down the thermostat, 19 degrees, 55 degrees for your central heating and taps, eating less meat, pretty simple, walking more, using a bike, not the car. we will be speaking to the w i, very closely involved in some of this. we will be speaking to them later and they will be talking about practical steps you can make. you are watching brea kfast. steps you can make. you are watching breakfast. still to come... for the first time, doctors are prescribing surfing lessons, for children suffering with mental health problems. getting out in the great outdoors great for mental health. we will see what difference that is making in devon and cornwall later. and the controversial claim this morning, just because he is tall, he cannot go surfing, i had not noticed you

we re go surfing, i had not noticed you were so tall, ben. my centre of balance... is that what it is? time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good mornings. it‘s going to turn much cooler over the next few days, just in time for the bank holiday. for today, cooler air moving in, heavy showers and also some sunshine. the sunshine for many of us this morning but this afternoon, these showers developing across wales, the midlands and north—eastern areas of england and north—eastern areas of england and north—eastern scotland. showers could be heavy and even thundery. but there will be some dry spells in south—west england, north—west

england and northern ireland. a few degrees lower than yesterday. tonight, a lot of showers tend to clear away. showers moving through northern parts of england and the north—east midlands. overnight, temperature about 3—8 degrees. three friday we‘ve got this cold front moving south. behind it the air coming all the way from the arctic. these are snow showers and we will continue to see the cold air moving south. snow showers perhaps possible for scotland. this showery band of rain moving southward. to the south of that, temperatures about 13—15. behind the cold front, a marked drop in temperatures. into saturday, that cold air where the front moving further south. all of us under the influence of this arctic air. a cold

start with frost around. lots of sunshine to start of the weekend but there will be a bit of cloud developing into the afternoon. for many of us, dry with fairly light winds except the far east. maximum temperature is about 9—13.

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