hello, this is bbc newsroom live with carrie gracie. the headlines: manufacturers' stockpiling ahead of brexit has helped to boost growth — with new gdp figures showing the uk economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter of this year. you're watching bbc newsroom live. the united states has more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion it's ham and these are the main worth of chinese goods — after trade talks between the two nations failed stories this morning. to reach an agreement. growth is up — new gdp figures show the uk economy has grown by 0.5% the comedian freddie starr has reportedly died at the age of 76. in the first quarter of this year. the bbc hasn't been able the us more than doubles to independently verify this, tariffs on chinese goods but the sun newspaper says after last—ditch trade talks fail — he was found dead at his home in spain. beijing warns it'll retaliate. scientists in cambridge are to open tributes are paid to freddie starr — following reports that the a research centre to develop radical 76—year—old comedian has died new ways to repair the earth's climate — including refreezing the earth's poles and removing c02 at his home in spain. freddie starr ate my hamster! from the atmosphere. how would you like that for 20 yea rs 7 20 years! doesn't it give you a headache? ambulance emergency — is the patient breathing? £3 billion overspent, doesn't it? and yet more delays — how a critical overhaul of the emergency service's radio network has gone badly wrong.

sunshields in space and making clouds over ice—caps — scientists call for radical new ways and coming up — how workers used a cherry picker to fix the climate. truck to rescue a bobcat stuck at the top of a power chelsea are in the europa league pole in florida. final. and in sport — chelsea seal the deal, making it the greatest ever week for english sport now — here's hugh. teams in europe, with a clean sweep of finalists in the top two european competitions. good morning. we were treated to another extraordinary evening of football, and the result, is that for the first time, all four finallists in europe's two major competitions will be from the same country — good morning. and that country is england. welcome to bbc newsroom live. after liverpool and tottenham lined up a meeting in the champions league britain's economy grew final, chelsea and arsenal made it by 0.5% in the first through to the europa three months of 2019. league final last night. joe lynskey reports. that's up from 0.2% on the previous quarter. this was the night of the premier league got its full house. for the

the office for national statistics first time to european finals will says the rise was partly driven by firms stockpiling ahead of the uk's expected departure have four english teams. chelsea and from the eu on the 29th march. arsenal all have theirs in baku. but our economics correspondent, the logistics can start when these singing is over. and at this andy verity, is with me now. remarkable week of football, no simple passage would be easy. joseph what they had control at 1— nil to let's start with this chart, eintracht frankfurt. but the german which shows how the uk economy has rebounded in the first quarter side got one back. penalties, four from 0.2% last year. it's the highest level of first chelsea's goalkeeper that was just quarter growth since 2014. as well. the pivotal was saved without hardly moving. the setup for it's the highest level of first the big finish was aired in quarter growth since 2014 and also the total trade deficit widened hazzard's it could be his last kick from £8.9 billion to £18.3 billion, at sta mford hazzard's it could be his last kick at stamford bridge in blue, he was driven partly by a sharp increase never missing it. for now, hazzard in imports of cars and gold. said he doesn't know if he will move ahead of the risk of an ordeal to real madrid this summer. he will at least get at least one more brexit a lot of companies chance to make chelsea memories. the stockpiled. they brought in the supplies they needed to carry on

trading just in case on the 29th of final was still in reach for march week crashed out without a valencia, especially when they score deal. and tariffs were imposed on first against arsenal. 0ne the borders went back up so they valencia, especially when they score first against arsenal. one more goal would have sent them through. but could not get supplies. the other this would be a night for arsenal‘s effect is that people have been super star strikers. they stretched buying gold. gold is something that we know that people buy when they out their league through alabama are worried. this has its effect on young and len alexandra lacazette. this was a night when arsenal came the trade deficit. because what we together and ran away with it. it are stockpiling is mostly imported it means we imported more than usual was finished with an emphatic and that meant the gap between what we importand hat—trick. this year, the europa and that meant the gap between what we import and export, we export less league comes down to a london derby. for premier league sites, winning that we import, got wider, it abroad takes you back. doubled. it looks even worse for trade if you strip out services. we sell more services abroad than we the teams don't have to worry too buy from foreign countries so we much about getting to baku have a surplus there. if you strip but the fans certainly do. that out to have a record trade deficit of £113 billion for the they face a journey, of almost two—and—a—half thousand quarter. that partly probably driven miles, to the eastern edge of europe. and there are currently no direct, by worry, people importing and scheduled flights between london buying goods just in case. relax, and baku in the week of the final on the 29th of may.

by worry, people importing and buying goodsjust in case. relax, we are in the next quarter, it may be the quickest journey that having built up these stocks by air on the day, takes nearly seven hours. and by train it's more firms decide it is ok, we can run than four days, passing through seven countries. of course, you could drive, the stocks down, and that depresses but the minimum journey time, is listed online as 58 hours. growth. is that a reason for relaxing? lower economic growth is wales coach, warren gatland, not normally taken as a reason for has agreed a deal, to take charge relaxing. they worry about it. they of the british and irish lions on their tour of south africa worry about the economy growing too in 2021. he's already overseen a winning tour slowly. the underlying question is of australia in 2013 and a drawn series against is less petrol thrown on the fire by the all blacks two years ago, peoples worries about an ordeal as well as three grand slams, including this year's six nations title. brexit or could it be more robust he's stepping down as wales coach after the rugby world cup in japan this autumn. and healthy economic growth to come? mercedes domination iam going of the formula one season looks set and healthy economic growth to come? i am going to put that question to oui’ i am going to put that question to our next guest. to continue in spain this let's speak to vicky pryce, weekend. chief economic adviser at the centre for economics and business research. the circuit de catalunya near barcelona ido i do not know whether you have that hosted pre season testing which ferrari dominated. question. i did. he is but it's championship leader valtteri bottas' mercedes that's topped the timesheets in first practice for the spanish grand prix. the ferraris of sebastian vettel and sharl leclair were second i do not know whether you have that question. idid. he is right i do not know whether you have that question. i did. he is right to say that stockpiling contributing and third, ahead of lewis hamilton significantly to that upward moves

in gdp, the good knows, we are in the other mercedes. growing, over a year, in gdp, the good knows, we are growing, overa year, by in gdp, the good knows, we are growing, over a year, by 1.8%, in gdp, the good knows, we are growing, overa year, by1.8%, which that's all the sport for now. is not bad, near the 2% we had got i'll have more for just before. there exceptional you in the next hour. circumstances. the whole quarter was expecting that we would have left by the end of march. which of course we every care home in england is to get have not done. it means that more gp support to ensure residents aren't given too much medication. the nhs says the move could reduce hospital admissions among elderly people in care by up to a0%. earlier, i spoke to dr rachel shaw, a gp from the east leake medical group. everything that has been stockpiled she told me what difference so everything that has been stockpiled so far if there is not the demand these changes could make. it's going to achieve greater for even more production it is going continuity of care for elderly care to go to manufacturing. that was home residents, which is a really crucial way of managing multiple medical conditions that these pretty low the previous year if you patients often have, and of reducing overmedication in these patients. look at the whole of 2018. exports therefore, reducing hospital admissions in the population. what did you see when you were going out had not been doing very well because doing the pilots that convinced you it was necessary? ofa had not been doing very well because of a slowdown in europe and in the so, what was traditionally happening was that residents in care homes were world economy. that is quite worrying. but quite positive is the registered with multiple different

fa ct worrying. but quite positive is the fact that investment recovered in the first quarter after falling in practices, and we were practising a very, kind of, reactive medicine every quarter in 2018. i think we so we were only really responding can like that to worries about when there was an acute problem, brexit but also quite a big when a patient was acutely unwell. what is changing as a result improvement in it spending in what of the pilot is that we are being was going on in construction which much more proactive preventatively encouraged a little bit of that. and that's really the best thing for the patients and their families. whether that is going to carry on is and for the nhs, as a whole. another big question. on the give us a sense of some investment, why would that go up at this point? it went up, apparently, of the issues that patients if you look at the figures, on it would have and how this preventative spend mainly and a little bit on model can actually help them? as you're older, you tend to accrue construction, which has been doing well in terms of house—building and more and more diagnoses, you get more and more so on. well in terms of house—building and medications added in. so on. it also means that businesses and as a younger person, have got to a point where they you may well be able to cope cannot continue not spending on new with that physiologically. as you get older, there can equipment and things that their be issues that develop staff need in order to be able to with the combination of different medications. you can be more susceptible perform properly. what has happened to the side effects of different medications. so perform properly. what has happened so far is that any demand there has that, in turn, can lead been has been met byjust having to its own issues. more people. that is why we have for example, one of the major reasons that we see hospital admissions in the elderly population such high employment, but there is a is falls, and that can often be

limit, there are skills shortages as a result of difficult medical all over the economy. inevitably interactions or side effects, there will have to be some increase such as low blood pressure. in investment taking place as well which is good news and about time and it's an easy thing, that it suggests there is a problem that with good, regular review of this patient group, there. one short answer on the we can help to avoid. do we have the gp resources to do good regular review? there is a lot of talk at the moment political dimension, because some of about the pressures on gps the pro brexit lobby have been and how we are coming under increasing pressure. i think whenever you are practising referring to project fear from reactive medicine and when you are just responding to things on an ad experts including the bank of hoc basis, you're always england seeing the effects of coming going to feel the pressure. out are going to be dramatically bad having the allocated time to do this kind of work and to foresee for the british economy. do you feel problems before they arise, i think, actually reduces the brexit lobby is vindicated in the pressure on us as gps. that the growth figures are not that some people will look bad? we have not left yet so we do at the story and think, not know under what conditions we maybe that's people who are, we re not know under what conditions we were late. no doubt trade will be kind of, being driven by cost affected and has already been in the first place and they don't want to prescribe so much medicine affected and has already been affected and has already been affected and businesses have been of because it costs the nhs a lot investing elsewhere rather than the of money, so people who actually uk but even the bank of england has need medicine will be getting less of the medicine they need. upped its forecast to 1.5% which is how can you reassure people who might be a little bit

concerned about that? not huge but it suggests that people i think there is always going to be a cost saving benefit think that whatever happens, to reducing prescribing. assuming it is not a hard brexit, but actually, our major issue here is the effects of medicine, and the ill effects of medicine. that the uk economy able continue to so, what we are trying to achieve as people only being prescribed perform, not spectacularly but growing at a reasonable rate. what they actually need the united states has more and what is actually going to be than doubled tariffs on billions of dollars of chinese goods, doing them good and not after trade talks between the world's two largest economies doing them any harm. children are getting shorter breaks failed to reach agreement. at school than two decades ago, giving them less time to exercise and make friends. china has said it will take researchers at university college "necessary countermeasures". the international monetary fund has london say there could be serious warned that the row poses a threat implications for pupils' well—being and development. to the global economy. earlier on the victoria derbyshire with the new measures, ttariffs on more programme, my colleague than £150 billion worth joanna gosling spoke to child psychologist, sam wass, of chinese goods have and david fisher, head teacher at kings langley school, risen from 10% to 25%. with some of his students — his school is considering president trump has been keen cutting breaks for pupils. to point out his country's massive trade deficit. that's the amount by which us imports from china exceed the value of its exports to china. when making a decision like this, we take into consideration this that total figure was the students, first and foremost,

£322 billion in 2018. and then the staff. these new tariffs will affect but also, our community. nearly 6,000 goods, to put it into context, mostly consumer products such as soy the school already has this day on a friday. sauce and vacuum cleaners. speaking to all of those stakeholders, this is the really karishma vaswani is in worked for them at our school. it allows them to go and do more clubs and enrichmentsa after school, singapore this morning. we have a number of children who walk home at the end of the school day. what do you make of this move by the in the cold winter months when it's dark, our enrichment numbers drop. us? it is a bold move, a serious by shortening down a friday, which the school already has, allows them to do more enrichment during that time. escalation in the trade negotiations what is really important, that up until last week frankly, to put the school into context, is the school has a large break time when the us trade delegation was in in the morning, it also has that beijing, having discussions that lunchtime on a friday already, they themselves described as productive, and the final laps of and the school offers that tutor these negotiations it was said, all time in the morning and we offer a number of clubs ofa these negotiations it was said, all of a sudden for us to be back where and we have a broad balanced it all began so to speak. and an curriculum including all the pes and the arts. we are not a school, in year 11, all the pe programmes, even more intense dramatic face of make sure they do more english these trade negotiations with that and maths, make sure the children more than doubling of the trade have a broad balance curriculum. also, the school is a nationally recognised school and we ta riffs more than doubling of the trade tariffs on the chinese goods, really develop that. billions of pounds worth of chinese ok, so kids, what do you think about this? goods. it really does set the stage i think that it's a really good and i support the idea of cutting for a very hostile situation between the lunchtime down by ten minutes

because it still allows us to have washington and beijing. having said time to do activities and participate in our clubs. that the trade discussions continue. and it also gives us more time to catch up the chinese did come to washington with homework after school. this week despite the threat of these tariffs hanging over them. they have used the word that they we still get the opportunity to regretfully have to have counter socialise with her friends and have measures in place, and that has a rest. i walk to school every day a lwa ys measures in place, and that has always been beijing's the session —— so a rest. i walk to school every day so it really helps me so i can see my position, they have always said my family and do more clubs outside they are reacting to what donald of school. sam, what do you think trump is doing, not initiating about this because researchers are saying that cutting break times is countermeasures. a serious breakdown not good for kids. as we heard in rather than a bit of last—minute one of those examples that they are, gamesmanship by the trump they are also cutting the school day. i bro i think there are three administration? there is the sense principal reasons. the first one, that this could perhaps be the way that this could perhaps be the way really important, is physical that president trump is trying to activity. kids have this phase where get china to consider giveaway a they have huge amount of energy and if they don't get the chance to let compromise on some of those very difficult thorny issues between the it out regularly, that can lead to two of them but i was speaking with

all sorts of problems, mental and an economic adviser to the chinese physical health. there has been a government a few days ago. as the lot of research coming out. as break chinese delegation was making its time ina lot of research coming out. as break time in a secondary school a time way to washington. he said it would when kids run around? yes, we have be very difficult for the chinese to come away looking like they had made been doing some research, measuring the compromises, especially with how hot levels change over the what president trump has done and course of the day and they really do have these massive spikes. you can more than doubling these tariffs. it see the energy building and then would be a major loss of face for they really let it explode during they really let it explode during the chinese. he does not expect the break and come down quickly there to be any major negotiation after. i definitely recommend coming out of the next couple of days —— michael any major agreement regular breaks to light that energy go. when you talk to teachers after a wet day, could haven't been able i should say. whether either site to go outside, they always say, when children don't have the chance to will be willing to compromise so as let that image alt, it doesn't go as to convince their domestic audiences that they are the winners the next couple of days should tell us that. well. fascinating discussion. would be fascinating to hear what those tributes have been paid pupils thought when they don't have to comedian freddie starr, who has reportedly died their head teacher sitting on that at the age of 76.

the sun newspaper broke the story. bench. it says he was found dead at his home in spain. but the bbc has been unable to verify the details. the former us army intelligence freddie starr was one analyst chelsea manning of britain's most well known has been released from prison performers during the 1970s, but in recent years had after serving a two month sentence. suffered ill health. manning was jailed for refusing 0ur correspondent keith doyle to give evidence before a grand jury investigating wikileaks, looks back on his life. and will have to appear again before a grand jury next week. refusal to testify could lead known for his manic energy and edgy, to another spell in jail. outrageous stunts and close three venezuelan mps have taken to the knuckle humour — refuge in the italian freddie starr was a comedian, and argentinian embassies as the government of nicolas maduro increases an impressionist, pressure on the opposition. a singer and an actor. they're among ten mps stripped of congressional he was discovered on 0pportunity immunity earlier this week, on the recommendation knocks, the biggest tv talent show of the pro—government supreme court. of the time, and hit the big it said they should be investigated for conspiracy, rebellion and treason for allegedly time when he appeared taking part in the botched uprising at the end of april. on the royal variety show. after that, his career took off. freddie starr was one of the biggest a german woman who posed as a billionaire heiress to swindle names in british light entertainment new york hotels and banks has been in the 1970s and ‘80s. sentenced to at least four years in prison. at the height of his fame, anna sorokin was found guilty the comedian inspired one in april of theft of services and grand larceny, having of the most infamous headlines in newspaper history, when the sun's front page announced "freddie starr ate my hamster." he denied it, but it stayed with him. stolen more than $200,000. freddie starr ate my hamster!

how would you like that for 20 years? 20 years. doesn't it give you a headache? doesn't it? yes, well... brunei's human rights record i was absolutely shocked. is being examined by a un panel. the country faced criticism from the international community after it introduced sharia i knew freddie very well punishments such as stoning to death so i was absolutely shocked. for adultery and gay sex. very sad, really. jonathan head reports. great talent, very great talent, so yeah, i was really shocked, yeah. his private life was complicated. married four times, he had six children. he also had a history of heart it is wealthy, orderly and sleepy. a peaceful corner of southeast asia. problems and asthma. brunei is also deeply religious. in 2010, he suffered a major heart attack. by custom and by order of its sultan soon after he had to pull — absolute ruler of this tiny out of the tv show, country for more than 50 years. this is the capital i'm a celebrity get me out of here during friday prayers. for health reasons. the sultan now wants brunei he was caught up in a police to be even more islamic. investigation into historical sex he's imposed harsh sharia abuse cases but was never charged. punishments, provoking he lost a subsequent libel international outrage. claim which left him with large legal bills. depressed and isolated, he moved to spain where he spent

the last few years of his life. "it's our responsibility a message on his facebook page, as a muslim country," said to be from his manager, said, he explained recently, "rip to our greatest comedian in a rare public statement. of all time." keith doyle, bbc news. but he also promised not to carry out any death sentences. well, fellow comedians have been paying tribute islam is at the core to freddie starr. of brunei's national identity. its role in everyday life is non—negotiable, yet very few people here believe the harsh sharia laws just enacted will actually be implemented. "brunei's laid—back", they say, "we're easy—going, we're not like muslim societies in the arab world." the headlines on bbc news: yet, tellingly, no—one will speak to us about these new laws. they've been told not to. uk growth is up — the economy's laid—back it may be but bruneians know they have no freedom to talk grown by 0.5% in the first quarter of the year. openly about what the government president trump raises imposes on them. tariffs on $200 billion we got in touch with a woman of chinese goods, and beijing we've called sarah. has vowed to retaliate. too nervous even to meet us, she was willing to respond tributes are being paid on a secure messaging app. to the merseyside comedian freddie starr after reports that he's died aged 76. like many gay bruneians,

it's not sharia punishment she fears but rising intolerance. if it's his last kick in a chelsea shirt aid could hardly have been if you're gay in brunei, i mean, do you feel you can be just as open about it there as if you lived better as hazard sent his side to in any neighbouring country, the europa league final. chelsea like indonesida or...? i was able to meet a gay man, dean, not his real name, outside brunei. will face london rivals snow in that he said he was less concerned final at the end of may after they about the sharia code. powered past valencia in spain with "keep a low profile", he said, help from a hat—trick. and warm "and you won't get into trouble." we have not been denied basic human rights. the opportunities to work, to study, gatland has agreed a deal to be the head coach for the british and irish to walk around in public, unlike a lot of the lions on their tour of south africa reports seem to say. in 2021. the third time the wales life is as normal as normal gets. head coach has led the lions. this is the point where we cross english clubs have created european football history by taking from brunei into malaysia. all four final spots in the continent's two major competitions. this is where bruneians have to come if they want to let their hair down arsenal won in valencia and chelsea beat eintracht frankfurt on thursday and have a bit of fun. to reach the europa league final.

limbang, a small riverside town in malaysian borneo, does very well out of brunei. that followed dramatic wins 0n weekend nights, it for liverpool over barcelona suddenly comes to life. and tottenham against ajax karaoke bars fill up with people in the champions league. from brunei enjoying it is the first time all four what they can't do back home. finalists in europe's top two competitions have come from one nation. joining me now is our football reporter, simon stone. where are you? there you are. it is and so long as they can do this, they're not complaining too much yet about the new islamic rules. a huge moment. what can possibly account for it? i think we will see jonathan head, bbc news, brunei. money. the massive premier league television deal, the european clubs in a moment, we'll have juventus, barcelona, real madrid, all the business news. but first, the headlines have often viewed the rising levels on bbc news: uk growth is up — the economy grew by 0.5% of television money that come into the premier league as a concern for in the first quarter of the year. them, and! the premier league as a concern for them, and i think we are seeing that tributes are being paid they out now in terms of four to the comedian freddie starr — after reports that he's english teams reaching the finals of died aged 76. university of cambridge scientists the two competitions, but not only are considering radical

new ways to reverse global warming. that, manchester city and manchester united reached the quarterfinals of the champions league as well. there isa the champions league as well. there is a very real danger is european football would see it of theirs i'm maryam moshiri. being a kind of repeated scenario in the business news: and almost english club starting to ta ke and almost english club starting to take over european football, but as you've been hearing, obviously for us here in england britain's economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter, than supporters of the premier boosted by companies league it is brilliant news. you stockpiling ahead of brexit, official data showed on friday. mentioned the money, but the other gross domestic product expansion thing that everyone is talking about outpaced the 0.2% seen in the final three months of last year. is the true greats that the team more on that shortly. global trade and economic growth showed. they were such spectacular at risk — as the trade war escalates between the world's two biggest economies. electrifying matches. that is right. beijing says it will retaliate after the united states more it is funny because on monday night than doubles tariffs on $200 billion vincent company scored an amazing worth of chinese imports. goalfor vincent company scored an amazing goal for manchester city to secure india's richest man, mukesh ambani, their status as title favourites for this weekend and everybody thought has bought british toy that was brilliant and by the time we got to the end of the ajax retailer, hamleys, for an undisclosed sum from china's c banner international. against tottenham game everybody had hamleys, which was founded in 1760, forgotten the kompa ny is the world's oldest toy

against tottenham game everybody had forgotten the kompany goal happened retailer and has 167 stores because love appealed to come from 3-0 because love appealed to come from 3—0 down against a team like across 18 countries. barcelona with a player in their side like lionel messi was just astounding. the noise that anfield was phenomenal. it was one of those great and filled nights that britain's economy got a sharp one—off boost in the first three liverpool talk about. when tottenham months of 2019, according to official figures as manufacturers rushed to deliver orders before we re a brexit that never came. liverpool talk about. when tottenham were 2—0 down on wednesday everybody thought history cannot repeat itself, they will not be another overall, the economy great night. but if anything it was is expected to slow. last week bank of england governor mark carney forecast a fall of 0.2 even more great achievement because percent during the current quarter as businesses continue to hold off from investment and economic they managed that 95 minutes instead uncertainty lingers. of 90. english teams doing well last is this a sign that we have a healthy night, hazard's final penalty, snow economy or is itjust a flash in pan going through against valencia, it caused by stockpiling? has been a fantastic few for the premier league and for those concerned. you mention the money but it's probably a mixture of both. iam concerned. you mention the money but i am puzzled by this. quite often there will definitely have been an

you hear people analysing football i'd seeing the players are too rich, impact from the expectation of the eu leaving the eu at the end of they are too spoiled to go out on march. but we also had some stronger white card, but we have seen that personal effort, team effort, really news on business investment, where a business investment rose for the serious cooperative endeavour. that's right but if you have the first time in a year. and some of it money you can get the best players. is probably a little bit more than if the best players technically can just a one off preparation for combine that with the most effort brexit. we also had figures on the imaginable and the greatest well to win at the greatest desire, that's a trade deficit, the gap between what fairly potent combination and it was uk imports and exports, that it doubled. how boring is that in how much is it to do with the a combination that they opponents could not withstand over the last three days. we look forward to stockpiling? stockpiling will probably be some of the answer. but seeing it all again at the end of the month when we get the finals. probably be some of the answer. but probably some erratic data which doesn't really explain what is driving the economy as a whole. 0verall, driving the economy as a whole. overall, i wouldn't be too concerned

radical new ways to try to repair the climate and reverse global warming are being considered by scientists at the university by what we have seen. what do you of cambridge as part of plans for a new research centre. among the ideas is a scheme mean by erratic numbers? there will to re—freeze polar regions, by reflecting sunlight away from the earth and spraying water from ships into the atmosphere. be setting commodities, gold, for 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh, reports. example which has been imported but a scorched earth, where people are poorer and have less food because of severe droughts. not necessarily linked to production there'll be more flooding or consumption as such. we sought and all the coral has gone. that's what we are headed for, manufacturing, how important is that unless we do more to cut emissions of carbon dioxide. now? manufacturing is remaining relatively strong in the coming scientists at cambridge university fear that reducing co2 emissions months compared to services sectors on its own won't be enough. that remain relatively weak. that is the man who's led efforts great news, especially given that at the heart of government to combat manufacturing is more vulnerable to potential customs or excise duties climate change for 20 years is helping to set up going forward. what do you think the a new research centre to develop ways of repairing the damage that's already been done. next couple of quarterss hold, given the urgency of the issue is such that we have very little time left. that the current stockpiling has so we've got to pull out the stack impacted this quarter which is of greenhouse gases that's already almost over. ? we are expecting the

in the atmosphere and that means examining all the alternatives. rest of the year to be relatively subdued, weaker than what we seen in we are looking for processes that are scalable, by which i mean this first quarter. but we are not expecting the stents of this quarter processes that can take out billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases each year. to be completely cancelled. 0verall, outlook for gdp growth is likely higher than what it was at the start with trillions of tonnes of ice gone from both the earth's poles, of this year. thank you forjoining the new centre will look at ways of refreezing them. us. and some other stories: one idea is to have boats spray sea uber, the ride—hailing app, water into the clouds above the ice, has been valued at $82bn ahead to reflect sunlight away from them. of its share listing in what is expected to be one of the biggest stock market another is to develop flotations this year. a huge sum of money — forests of artificial trees but way down on the $120bn some people were talking to absorb carbon dioxide — about a few months ago. just like real forests, only better. and some think releasing shiny discs a move they hope will avoid the fate into space might act of rival lyft whose shares fell as a planetary parasol, reflecting sunlight by up to a third after and cooling the earth. its recent listing. in the past these ideas have been described as too radical, too ambitious, even too risky. british airways owner, iag, was hit by rocketing fuel costs but now scientists say and foreign exchange headwinds in the first quarter.

we're running out of the group says profit before tax fell 61% to almost £74 million year time and options to prevent damaging on year betweenjanuary and march. and irreversible climate change. the ipcc says net co2 emissions will have to be zero by 2050 to avoid some the royal mint says it didn't produce any new 20 pence and of the worst scenarios. this at a time when £2 coins in 2017. chinese and indian the move was not because of industries need much more energy the shift towards a cashless as their nations grow. society, but due to a flood of coins this is a global problem back into circulation. that we have to solve. we cannot fail. shares in metro bank have fallen again as investors grow increasingly it is our duty to future nervous and impatient for news generations that we succeed of a promised injection of new money to help strengthen its finances. in this task that has been put upon us and that means that we need to very carefully analyse, create the evidence base, so that sensible informed decisions can be made today its share price up nearly 1%. that will last generations into the future. that's all the business news. the scientists here believe the earth's climate can be repaired but they say new solutions need to be found and implemented within the next 10 years, otherwise it may be too late. in a moment, the weather. pallab ghosh, bbc news, cambridge. but let's take a look at this... a bobcat had to be coaxed down down from a power pole in florida. a wild bobcat perched high on a post by a busy road was encouraged down

by workers in a cherry picker truck, let's speak now to professor peter styring, who used an extendable tool to tap director of the uk centre for carbon dioxide utilization. it continuously on the head. he's in sheffield this morning. it sounds like it is ten years to a p pa re ntly apparently bobcats are native to florida, and panthers as well. it save the planet. is that an analysis you agree with? it is ten years to just doesn't want to come down, does it? what, eventually... there it save humanity, basically, the planet will survive, it will just goes. when i was looking this up save humanity, basically, the planet will survive, it willjust reboot. we need to look to reverse climate earlier, i discovered that in the change now and the stuff being same county and same day, they had proposed by cambridge is key to to turn the ilicic that he off by that. it may be radical but that is the way, on the same day, they had what we need. we need a step change to deal with a nine foot alligator that will work now or in the next that they found. so, look up, look ten years. of all those quite down, that is exciting wildlife all radical solutions that we heard in that report, which is the one that about. this one, when it gets to the bottom, it jumps off you would put your money on in terms about. this one, when it gets to the bottom, itjumps off into the wild of making the biggest difference? so it was a safe climb down. that is the whole point, you cannot put your money on one technology. we

do not know how they are going to operate in the real world. this is bya operate in the real world. this is by a centre like this is so important. we are looking at climate i'm completely mesmerised by this, change reversal. we are down that let's just see what happens. the path already, above where we should be in terms of global temperatures. we need to reverse that. at the same picture has frozen, sorry about that. time we need to stop putting more now, it's time for a fossil carbon into the atmosphere look at the weather. and the stuff we are doing we are showers again across many parts of looking at replacing fossil oil with the uk but things will gradually improved over the weekend, gradually stood drier as we go into sunday. at recycled carbon. 0ther the moment, we have fair weather looking at replacing fossil oil with recycled carbon. other work combined clouds for many but you can see that with other work as part of a big there is a band of thick cloud scenario, a big solution and we across northern parts of england and north wales. the clouds will cannot rule anything out. we have to continue to build up and develop, move now. we cannot talk about it for another ten years. when you see those cumulus clouds will get bigger it as part of a big solution is it's and bigger and give us showers. a completely inadequate solution, a those will get heavier with some very small solution to a very big hailand those will get heavier with some hail and thunder mixed in during this afternoon. so some showery

problem? the problem is huge, no outbreaks across england, scotland doubt, but the problem will only and northern ireland, showers increase if we keep putting more expected here. much maximum capture carbon into the environment. we have is suspected to be around 13 to stop taking as much carbon from celsius. tonight, a bit of rain fossil resources, oil and gas, as moving through clonmel and the possible. that will be a transition channel isles. residual shallwe but what we needed something in across eastern areas of the uk. place that work now. we cannot think 0vernight temperatures down to about developing new technologies. around 3—8 celsius. then for the it is not one technology, it is a weekend, there will be showers the sweep of technologies. we need to ta ke sweep of technologies. we need to take the best case scenarios. we start of with, particularly in eastern areas on saturday but it cannot afford not to look at diverse will gradually get drier and there will gradually get drier and there will be a good deal of sunshine. you measures. do you despair when you can see those showers across the listen to the news agenda? i am east, one or two crop up across thinking in the past hour we let our parts of the pennines in the news bulletin with the story of gdp afternoon. for most of us, saturday isa dry afternoon. for most of us, saturday is a dry day and a fairly sunny day. growth being up by 0.5% then a story temperatures will be on par with about trade between the us and today, around 13 — 15 degrees. into china. another editorial meeting we we re china. another editorial meeting we

were talking about the way that the sunday, as this area of high climate story fits or does not fit pressure becomes much more with the economic story or whether the two are treated as completely established, some much lighter different things. obviously winds. this could be some mist and fog fishing in the morning, a bit of economics plays a part, someone has a chilly start as well but a lot of to pay for this. if we are looking sunshine. some cloud developing in ata to pay for this. if we are looking at a long—term scenario climate the afternoon, should be dry for most of us. the temperatures will be change is the limiting factor. if we more widely in the mid teens, do not get climate change right economics becomes secondary because we have to have an economy to build 13-17dc. more widely in the mid teens, 13—17dc. those temperatures will on. if we continue to pollute the continue as we get into next week. a southerly wind taking over. a planet, if we continue to go down the route of climate change, then we snapshot of what will happen next will not have the infrastructure. we week, there will be a lot of dry have to get the important thing is fixed first. we have to get climate weather, high pressure dominating. change under control and then we can varying amounts of cloud lengthy spells of sunshine and low start looking at the economics. when temperatures around mid to high teens. for some of us, it could be you turn away from the interview and into the low 20s as well. go back to what you were doing what will that be? i hear what you are

seeing about not betting on one solution but what is the solution you are putting your shoulder to? we are looking at many things. we have just had a grant to look at sustainable steel—making industry. we talk about electricity and heat and power, we need to concentrate on the steel industries as well. one of the steel industries as well. one of the things we are doing with swansea and warwick universities and tata steel is putting a carbon capture plant onto the steelworks and using what i call free energy for lack of a better word that comes from the process to make feel. we are taking the carbon dioxide and converting it into fuel which we can then use for transportation. the government has gone for electric vehicles as the main strategy but where does the electricity come from? at the moment you have vehicle seeing they are a zero emissions but thatjust means

the emissions have been made to a power station and it is still fossil flu. if we can ensure electric vehicles run on completely renewable energy that is absolutely fine but you're watching bbc newsroom live. these are today's main in the meantime we have to look at stories at midday. growth is up — new gdp figures show the uk economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter technologies triggers existing engines with cleaner fuels so one of the things we are doing is making of this year. clea n the things we are doing is making clean diesel replacement. it is not the uk economy is performing synthetic diesel, it is something robustly despite the evidence different that is environmentally of slowing global growth and the continued brexit uncertainty friendly. stopping more carbon at home, so it's good news. entering the supply chain from the us more than doubles fossil fuels. it is a tariffs on chinese goods entering the supply chain from after last—ditch trade talks fail — fossilfuels. it is a different approach, avoiding carbon emissions rather than trying to deal with beijing warns it'll retaliate. them. thank you. we will like to get tributes are paid to freddie starr — following reports that the back to that serious work. 76—year—old comedian has died them. thank you. we will like to get back to that serious worklj them. thank you. we will like to get back to that serious work. i will at his home in spain. get back to saving the world! sunshields in space and making clouds over ice—caps — scientists call for radical new ways to fix the climate. hazard. a new radio network it's chelsea in the

for britain's emergency services europa league final! is set to go over budget all roads lead to baku! and in sport — chelsea by more than £3 billion — seal the deal making it almost 50% more than planned. the greatest ever week for english the national audit office also suggests the target date of 2022 teams in europe, for replacing the current system may with a clean sweep of finalists in not be met. the home office says the new technology will transform the service offered by police, the top two european competitions. firefighters and ambulance workers. the duke and duchess of cambridge and duke and duchess of sussex have launched the uk's first text messaging service to give support for people experiencing a mental health crisis. welcome to bbc newsroom live. britain's economy grew the shout crisis line, in conjunction by 0.5% in the first with the royal foundation, three months of 2019. will provide free, 2a hour support, and is looking that's up from 0.2% for thousands of volunteers. on the previous quarter. it connects people in difficulty with trained volunteers the office for national statistics who can offer assistance. say the rise was partly driven by firms stockpiling ahead of the uk's expected departure a thai bay that was made famous from the eu on the 29th march. by its appearance in the film the beach is to remain closed until 2021. maya bay, on the island of phi phi leh, temporarily closed last year let's have a look at after officials said a sharp some of the figures. rise in visitors had

significantly there's been a 2.2% rise in manufacturing, as people damaged the environment. tried to deliver orders before it closed, up to 5,000 people before the original brexit deadline. were visiting the bay each day, causing much of its coral to die. the total trade deficit widened from £8.9 billion to £18.3 billion, driven partly by a sharp increase now it's time for a in imports of cars and gold. look at the weather. and in comparison with the same quarter a year ago, gdp was up 1.8%. it might be all right for the beach the chancellor, philip hammond, with temperatures on the rise. we hasjust given his reaction have some showers and it is looking to this morning's figures. lovely on the coast in cornwall with their weather cloudless sky. some the uk economy is performing thick cloud across parts of wales, robustly despite the evidence of slowing global growth the midlands and northern england. and the continued brexit uncertainty that is where the majority of the at home, so it's good news. showers are. heavier showers developing across southern and i spoke to our economics correspondent, andy verity, central england with hail and about these figures. thunder. a few showers in scotland and northern ireland. a glancing ahead of the risk of a no deal brexit a lot of companies stockpiled. blow off some rain affecting the far they bought in the supplies they needed to carry on trading just south—west of england. before it

in case on the 29th of march clears away. residual showers across we crashed out without a deal. eastern areas of the uk entered and tariffs were imposed and the borders went back up saturday morning. we will continue so they could not get supplies. to see showers during saturday but the other effect is that people for most it should be dry and fairly have been buying gold. gold is something that we know that sunny. we will continue with the people buy when they are worried. sunshine on sunday. a bit of a this has its effect chilly start with mist and fog on the trade deficit. clearing away and temperatures on 00:31:21,816 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 the rise. because what we are stockpiling is mostly imported it means we imported more than usual and that meant the gap between what we import and export, we export less than we import, got wider, it doubled. it looks even worse for trade if you strip out services. we sell more services abroad than we buy from foreign countries so we have a surplus there. if you strip that out you have a record trade deficit of £43 billion for the quarter. that partly probably driven by worry, people importing and buying goods just in case. relax, we are in the next quarter,

it may be that having built up these stocks firms decide it is ok, we can run the stocks down, and that depresses growth. is that a reason for relaxing? lower economic growth is not normally taken by economists as a reason for relaxing. they worry about it. they worry about the economy growing too slowly. the underlying question is, is this petrol thrown by people's worries about a no deal brexit or could it be more robust and healthy economic growth to come? trade talks between the united states and china are expected to resume later in washington, just hours after the us more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods. products ranging from car parts

to electronic goods and furniture being exported from china now will face a 25% tariff when they arrive to the us. china said it deeply regretted the us decision, and would retaliate. robin brant reports from shanghai. some on both sides hope this would be the final round of face—to—face talks, capped with a deal. there was certainly no shortage of smiles as they greeted each other in washington, dc. as he prepared to sit down china's chief negotiator made it clear what he thought about the prospect of increased tariffs. translation: i came here with sincerity and the special circumstances to engage in rational and candid exchanges with the us. of course china believes raising ta riffs course china believes raising tariffs is not a solution to the problem. it would be harmful to china, the united states and the whole world. instead that is exactly what has happened. this trade war has escalated. $200 billion worth of trade from china to the us will face the increased tax. i do not think anyone winds from a trade war. most

of us lose because trade wars tend to have ta riffs of us lose because trade wars tend to have tariffs which add taxes to the things that we buy as consumers so they tend to be economically damaging. the list includes wi-fi routers, and car parts. i went to a factory in the south of china last month where they make wi—fi routers, millions of them. the firm is looking to expand outside of china. that is partly to escape the new ta riffs that is partly to escape the new tariffs that will make its products even more expensive than the us. new ta riffs even more expensive than the us. new tariffs that are necessary because china changed its mind apparently. we were getting very close to a deal that they started to renegotiate the deal. we cannot have that. our country can take on $120 billion a yearin country can take on $120 billion a year in tariffs paid for mostly by china, not by us. ultimately it will be paid for largely by china. in recent months china has moved

further to open up parts of its economy to foreign investors. it has announced plans for better protection for intellectual property but it is how you make sure these changes actually happen and who is the final arbiter of that, on which both sides seem to be struggling to agree. china will retaliate. within minutes of the tariff hike its ministry of commerce says it deeply regrets that it will have to take necessary countermeasures. we do not know what they will be yet but in the past measures to put pressure on foreign firms operating here have been used as well as the tax increase. karishma vaswani is in singapore for us. the art of the dealer is supposed to be donald trump's trump suit. the art of the dealer is supposed to be donald trump's trump suitm this brinkmanship? perhaps. we have seen donald trump tweeting ferociously about the negotiations with china. he has been seeing the

talks have been congenial but there is no need to worry because it will be china that suffers from these ta riffs be china that suffers from these tariffs and the united states will benefit from billions of dollars going into the us treasury. he is at great pains to emphasise to his domestic audience that it is the us who are the winners of this art of the deal of this negotiation. he wa nts to the deal of this negotiation. he wants to show that he is being firm on china in particular the issue of intellectual property and technology tra nsfers. intellectual property and technology transfers. that is one of the key sticking points in the agreement between the united states and china. the us says china steals american technology. he will not let up until he gets a firm commitment from beijing to show it wants to make a trade deal. 0ne beijing to show it wants to make a trade deal. one of the difficulties facing the chinese side is when they look at the united states they cannot as they have done in the past

play of different interests against each other. there is more unity from the democrats even in supporting donald trump on this issue. absolutely. there is a sense in the trump administration but this is one of the rare times when china has been put in a position where it may have to compromise or it is in a wea ker have to compromise or it is in a weaker position than it has been in the past. numbers coming out of the chinese economy are some of the wea kest chinese economy are some of the weakest figures we have seen in a very long time. that is what is giving president trump and the trump administration the firepower if you well or the strength to keep hammering on with china when it comes to these particular aspects of the trade negotiation. but one chinese source told me that these numbers, the weakness in the chinese economy, betting on that continuous a very risky gamble on the part of president trump, because the chinese have one thing in their favour and

thatis have one thing in their favour and that is a massive amount of money that is a massive amount of money that they can push into the economy to keep the wheels turning. whether president trump can get what he wa nts president trump can get what he wants until china's economy starts whizzing away again is the question. thank you. danny baker has expressed his deep regret at the twitter storm that led to his sacking on thursday, describing it as "one of the worst days of his life". the former bbc radio 5 live presenter was sacked over his chimp tweet about the duke and duchess of sussex's baby. in the last hour danny baker tweeted: good morning, everyone. following one of the worst days of my life i just want to formally apologise for the outrage i caused and explain how i got myself into this mess.

0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba is here. an attempt to wholeheartedly apologise this morning. where does that leave danny baker? it leaves i know many people's mines in a better place than presteigne yesterday. there were two issues people seem to ta ke there were two issues people seem to take issue with. one was his original and then his response afterwards. he said there was no racist intent. afterwards he said it was my turn in the barrel, perhaps seeing it was a twitter mob mentality going after him. saying he

did not see the connection because his mind was not diseased. he was appealing to make himself a victim. he has not attacked a lot of those specific points on this but he does seem to be getting a better apology, one which i think will be accepted far more from people. it is notjust the words, it is the tone of it. as he said apologising earlier, i foolishly tried to make light of the situation, but he had found himself with his apologies yesterday. the tone is much more reflective. that will go towards people allowing him to move on from there. yesterday we we re to move on from there. yesterday we were ina to move on from there. yesterday we were in a very different possession. he did an endless round of interviews in the doorway of his home where he enters the bbc of pompous full gravity and had looked at the situation, of throwing him

under the bus. the bus. the tone has changed and that is probably the most important thing people will ta ke most important thing people will take from this. thank you. now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. tributes have been paid to comedian freddie starr who has reportedly died at the age of 76. the sun newspaper broke the story — it says he was found dead at his home in spain. but the bbc has been unable to verify the details. freddie starr was one of britain's most well known performers during the 1970s, but in recent years had suffered ill health. 0ur correspondent keith doyle looks back on his life. known for his manic energy and edgy, outrageous stunts and close to the knuckle humour — freddie starr was a comedian, an impressionist, a singer and an actor.

he was discovered on 0pportunity knocks, the biggest tv talent show of the time, and hit the big time when he appeared on the royal variety show. after that, his career took off. freddie starr was one of the biggest names in british light entertainment in the 1970s and ‘80s. at the height of his fame, the comedian inspired one of the most infamous headlines in newspaper history, when the sun's front page announced "freddie starr ate my hamster." he denied it, but it stayed with him. freddie starr ate my hamster! how would you like that for 20 years? 20 years. doesn't it give you a headache? doesn't it? yes, well... i was absolutely shocked. i knew freddie very well so i was absolutely shocked. very sad, really. great talent, very great talent, so yeah, i was really shocked, yeah. his private life was complicated.

married four times, he had six children. he also had a history of heart problems and asthma. in 2010, he suffered a major heart attack. soon after he had to pull out of the tv show i'm a celebrity get me out of here for health reasons. he was caught up in a police investigation into historical sex abuse cases but was never charged. he lost a subsequent libel claim which left him with large legal bills. depressed and isolated, he moved to spain where he spent the last few years of his life. a message on his facebook page, said to be from his manager, said, "rip to our greatest comedian of all time." keith doyle, bbc news. well, fellow comedians have been paying tribute to freddie starr.

and the comedian, bobby davro, joins me on the line now. a sad day. a very sad day. the world of entertainment has lost one of the giants. he was back in the 70s. people in their 60s and above will remember him as one of the great mannix. what freddie had was a great physical comedy. he had struggled with the telling of a joke because he had a slight stammer so when he used to tell a joke he would stammer and he was not so good with the verbaljokes and he was not so good with the verbal jokes but and he was not so good with the verbaljokes but his physical comedy was supreme and he was so exciting to watch, unpredictable. carry on. i

think what you are hearing is we are playing some pictures. freddie starr ate my hamster, that followed him around for 20 years. i think it worked well for freddie. he did not really eat the hamster. but he had, he was not an easy man to be around, he was not an easy man to be around, he made you feel uncomfortable, he was almost intimidating, and he would do a terrible price, he is on the other dancers' shoes to the side of the stage. he stopped a motorist outside his house and said would you give mea outside his house and said would you give me a push and he said of course that he went round and freddie was sitting on a swing shot he goes to love winding people up. his genius was his physical comedy. he could

fall was his physical comedy. he could fa ll over was his physical comedy. he could fall over and you would think how did he manage to do that without hurting himself? he was like a clown. but the charisma he had on stage... i saw him in the late 80s at the club in windsor and i said them as long as i have breath in my body i will never be as funny as that. he was hilariously funny. you could go and see him for ten shows that three of them would be fantastic and seven of them he did not put all into it. but when he wa nted not put all into it. but when he wanted to perform he was the best without a doubt. thank you. thank you for those memories. it was sad to see him deteriorating health and i spoke to him. i might have been one of the last people to speak to him over in spain. i could tell he was not in good health. he was

saying he was not feeling so good. i will always remember him as the great performer he was. and for all the youngsters who love comedy, look him up, because if you have never seen him at his best, there are some great bets on youtube to remember him by, one of our greatest. thank you. sport now, here's hugh woozencroft. (good afternoon. we were treated to another extraordinary evening of football last night, and the result is that for the first time all four finallists in europe's two major competitions will be from the same country — and that country is england. after liverpool and tottenham lined

up a meeting in the champions league final, chelsea and arsenal made it through to the europa league final. chelsea were taken to penalties before beating eintracht frankfurt; arsenal made it through with a comprehensive victory over valencia — pierre—emerick aubameyang scoring a hat—trick to complete a 4—2 win on the night, 7—4 overall. after the week's events, the manchester united manager 0le gunnar solskjaer conceded this morning that it makes the premier league title even harder to compete for. that says everything about the competitive rate we are in. it is not when i used to play when it was 0z or arsenal who were going to victory delete. we are challenging against the best teams in the world for these trophies. that tells us that it for these trophies. that tells us thatitis for these trophies. that tells us that it is going to be a great challenge. we want to get back to where we used to be. wales coach warren gatland has agreed a deal to take charge of the british and irish lions

on their tour of south africa in 2021. he's already overseen a winning tour of australia in 2013 and a drawn series against the all blacks two years ago, as well as three grand slams, including this year's six nations title. he's stepping down as wales coach after the rugby world cup in japan this autumn. mercedes domination of the formula one season looks set to continue in spain this weekend. the circuit de catalunya near barcelona hosted pre season testing, which ferrari dominated. but it's championship leader valtteri bottas' mercedes that's topped the timesheets in first practice for the spanish grand prix. the ferraris of sebastian vettel and sharl leclair were second and third, ahead of lewis hamilton in the other mercedes. the session came to a premature end after lance stroll crashed. the canadian wasn't hurt. you can follow p2 on the bbc sport website from 2pm. that's all the sport for now.

so an incredible week for english teams in europe — and now tens of thousands of fans will be frantically trying to work out how they can get to madrid for the champions league final onjune 1st and to azerbaijan for the europa league final on 29th may. azerbaijan in particular is proving difficult for fans — given the distance of almost 2500 miles, no direct flights that week and the fact that only 6000 tickets have been allocated to each team. joining me now from west london is an arsenal season ticket holder. he has had a nightmare getting his flights organised. last night after the second goal i went straight on and booked a ticket because i know they can rocket up quite quickly. i booked everything and got everything sorted out this morning i got an email saying that the booking has been cancelled due to price changes. i was quite furious with that at the

time. i have had to go on and find different dates. i have had to stay out in azerbaijan for longer to ensure i can get a flight ticket price for something in a similar range. that raises an eyebrow. i am not sure if they are allowed to do that but they obviously think they are. let us leave that to one side. 0wing are. let us leave that to one side. owing to what is good news for you, you are a season—ticket holder, you will definitely get one of those 6000 seats. yes. how arsenal provide ticket allocation for such games is that they measure how many away games you have been too over the past two years and they give you a loyalty point based on that. i am a regular of the away games so i will pretty much be guaranteed a ticket, lucky for me. it is incredible. i do not have to point out to you the

irony of being eight miles or so away from the team you are about to play but you are going to have to go 2500 miles to watch. yes, it is a bit ridiculous considering both teams in the final are not from london. what they should do is probably look at the logistics and see who is going to the final and perhaps in situations like this may be rearrange the game. england has probably one of the best organisations for football games and things like that so they can organise a game at wembley pretty much on the go. it is disappointing, however i am trying to look on the bright side. i am getting to go to the part of the world i have probably never been to before and i probably never been to before and i probably would not think to go there for a holiday, so there are plus sites. seeing as you are now going to spend a few days they can you

advise, the a tour guide, tell everybody else who is going what they can be young? at the moment i cannot tell you. i was just looking at the government websites and a few worrying information there, things related to terrorists targeting british nationals and things like that, i am looking at the safety aspects first before i can look at what there is to see. however from what there is to see. however from what i have seen the old town is probably the best places to stay. lucky for me i have managed to get a hotel at a reasonable price but they have rocketed in the last few hours. you are very well organised. you can book my summer holiday! 0ne you are very well organised. you can book my summer holiday! one question i have to ask you, are you worried about yourair miles, i have to ask you, are you worried about your air miles, you are going to travel 2500 miles, so is everybody else, do you think if he

relocated that you could save the planet? when you look at the grand scheme of things what we are doing to the planet is probably a small contribution. we have to make changes on a bigger scale, however every little bit helps at this stage we are at. i am going to let you all. that was a slightly unfair question. tell me how you felt when arsenal won last night. question. tell me how you felt when arsenalwon last night. it was amazing. 0ur away form has been so poor recently and generally arsenal do not do well in europe. it is our first finalfor 13 do not do well in europe. it is our first final for 13 years which is why i am very excited. a lot of people are saying it is only the europa league but arsenal do not tend to make european finals often. when we scored the second goal i was jumping. i was really excited. i am

excited for you. have a great time. radical new ways to try to repair the climate and reverse global warming are being considered by scientists at the university of cambridge as part of plans for a new research centre. among the ideas is a scheme to re—freeze polar regions, by reflecting sunlight away from the earth and spraying water from ships into the atmosphere. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh, reports. a scorched earth, where people are poorer and have less food because of severe droughts. there'll be more flooding and all the coral has gone. that's what we are headed for, unless we do more to cut emissions of carbon dioxide. scientists at cambridge university fear that reducing co2 emissions on its own won't be enough. the man who's led efforts at the heart of government to combat climate change for 20 years is helping to set up a new research centre to develop ways

of repairing the damage that's already been done. the urgency of the issue is such that we have very little time left. so we've got to pull out the stack of greenhouse gases that's already in the atmosphere and that means examining all the alternatives. we are looking for processes that are scalable, by which i mean processes that can take out billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases each year. with trillions of tonnes of ice gone from both the earth's poles, the new centre will look at ways of refreezing them. one idea is to have boats spray sea water into the clouds above the ice, to reflect sunlight away from them. another is to develop forests of artificial trees to absorb carbon dioxide — just like real forests, only better. and some think releasing shiny discs into space might act

as a planetary parasol, reflecting sunlight and cooling the earth. in the past these ideas have been described as too radical, too ambitious, even too risky. but now scientists say we're running out of time and options to prevent damaging and irreversible climate change. the ipcc says net co2 emissions will have to be zero by 2050 to avoid some of the worst scenarios. this at a time when chinese and indian industries need much more energy as their nations grow. this is a global problem that we have to solve. we cannot fail. it is our duty to future generations that we succeed in this task that has been put upon us and that means that we need to very carefully analyse, create the evidence base, so that sensible informed decisions can be made today that will last generations

into the future. the scientists here believe the earth's climate can be repaired but they say new solutions need to be found and implemented within the next 10 years, otherwise it may be too late. pallab ghosh, bbc news, cambridge. a breaking story from nigeria. i'm guessing that viewers will remember the story of boko haram, the militant islamist group which kidnapped hundreds, thousands, of children to serve as combatants and to serve as so—called wives. we are just hearing from the united nations that nearly 900 children have been released from boko haram by a local joint task force in the north—east

nigerian city. there were 894 children all that out, some of them we re children all that out, some of them were apparently used as fighters. some of them, it's not clear exactly what their roles were but we have been released and they will be reintegrated according to unicef. that is obviously an incredibly good news story, we will try to bring you more on that as we get it. the un follows up that story by saying, 3500 children were recruited between 2013 - 2017 in the 3500 children were recruited between 2013 — 2017 in the ongoing armed conflict in north—east nigeria. just to repeat, nearly 900 children released in northern nigeria to be reintegrated into civilian society. now it's time for a look at the weather, with tomas schafernaker.

showers bring out there again today. could be a day with big downpours, then ten minutes later, it's back to sunshine. 0ver then ten minutes later, it's back to sunshine. over the next couple of days, there will be fewer showers at more dry weather around. this is the picture across the country this afternoon. where you see the blue and green, that is where at the showers are occurring, dotted randomly around the country. the drought of the weather is in the far north of england, for example, newcastle should get away with a dry day. 15 celsius at the height today. the showers continue tonight, some to be heavy but there will be fewer around. ithink to be heavy but there will be fewer around. i think more clear whether tonight than any rain, still nippy in the north—east of the country, temperatures down to 2 degrees, probably freezing outside of town. through the weekend, it gradually turned dry and bright and just that little bit warmer.

hello, this is bbc newsroom live with carrie gracie. the headlines: manufacturers' stockpiling ahead of brexit has helped to boost growth — with new gdp figures showing the uk economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter of this year. the united states has more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods — after trade talks between the two nations failed to reach an agreement. the comedian freddie starr has reportedly died at the age of 76. the bbc hasn't been able to independently verify this, but the sun newspaper says he was found dead at his home in spain. scientists in cambridge are to open a research centre to develop radical new ways to repair the earth's climate — including refreezing the earth's poles and removing c02 from the atmosphere.

ambulance emergency — is the patient breathing? £3 billion overspent, and yet more delays — how a critical overhaul of the emergency service's radio network has gone badly wrong. and coming up: how workers used a cherry picker truck to rescue a bobcat stuck at the top of a power pole in florida. more now on the news that britain's economy grew by 0.5% in the first three months of 2019, that's up from 0.2% on the previous quarter. the office for national statistics say the rise was partly driven by firms stockpiling ahead of the uk's expected departure from the eu on the 29th march. vicky pryce is a chief economic adviser at the centre for economics and business research — she says it's good news that business investment is up.

businesses have got to a point where they can't continue not spending on new equipment and new things that their staff actually need in order to be able to perform properly. what has happened, so far, is that any demand that there has been has been met byjust hiring more people — that is why we have such high employment. but there is a limit. there are skill shortages appearing all over the economy. so, inevitably, there will have to be some increase in investment taking place too. i think that is good news, it is about time. but it just suggests that there is a problem there, in terms of being able to meet some of the demand that is out there. can i just ask you about the political dimension of this? of course, some of the pro—brexit lobby have got very frustrated with what they feel is a project fearfrom economic experts, including the bank of england, all kind of academics, saying, the effects of coming out are going to be very dramatically bad for the british economy. do you feel the brexit lobby is vindicated today in that the growth figures

are really not that bad? well, we haven't left yet so we don't know under what conditions we will be. there is no doubt that trade will be affected, it already has been affected, businesses have been investing elsewhere rather than in the uk. but even the bank of england has upped its forecast for this year to 1.5%, its not huge, but it does suggest that people think that whatever happens, assuming of course it's not a hard brexit, a sudden, disorderly brexit, that the uk economy will continue to perform. not spectacularly, but at least it will due to grow some reasonable rate. the duke and duchess of cambridge and duke and duchess of sussex have launched the uk's first text messaging service to give support for people experiencing a mental health crisis. the shout crisis line, in conjunction with the royal foundation, will provide free 24—hour support and is looking for thousands of volunteers. it connects people in difficulty with trained volunteers who can offer assistance.

every care home in england is to get more gp support to ensure residents aren't given too much medication. the nhs says the move could reduce hospital admissions among elderly people in care by up to 40%. 0ur health correspondent, rob sissons, reports. it's a simple idea. it's been tested at this care home, derbyshire house in nottinghamshire, and has reduced hospital admissions and cut the drugs bills. a gp practice buddies up with a care homes, so residents' health can be checked by a doctor more. rachel visits every two weeks. is there anything urgent that we need to deal with initially? erm, yeah... and what began as an experiment here in nottinghamshire is now being rolled out across england's care homes. the major benefit is that the patients here get continuity of care, which we know is a problem across the nhs. we get to know the patients more, we get to know their families more, we can get more involved

in understanding what they would want to happen, should they become acutely unwell. across england, around 400,000 people live in 17,000 care homes. on average, residents take seven medicines a day. for many, it's more than ten a day. charities have voiced concern for years that some residents may be on too much medication, criticising an over—reliance on anti—psychotic medication for dementia patients as chemical cosh. the key thing from our perspective is to make sure that the right drugs are given at the right time and that people don't have drugs unnecessarily, because we know that that is not good for their health. now the nhs england long—term plan involves recruiting thousands more clinical pharmacists. the aim is for every care home to have access to one. rob sissons, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the former us army intelligence analyst chelsea manning

has been released from prison after serving a two month sentence. manning was jailed for refusing to give evidence before a grand jury investigating wikileaks, and will have to appear again before a grand jury next week. refusal to testify could lead to another spell in jail. three venezuelan mps have taken refuge in the italian and argentinian embassies as the government of nicolas maduro increases pressure on the opposition. they're among ten mps stripped of congressional immunity earlier this week on the recommendation of the pro—government supreme court. it said they should be investigated for conspiracy, rebellion and treason for allegedly taking part in the botched uprising at the end of april. a german woman who posed as a billionaire heiress to swindle new york hotels and banks has been sentenced to at least four years in prison. anna sorokin was found guilty in april of theft of services and grand larceny, having stolen more than $200,000.

a new radio network for britain's emergency services is set to go over budget by more than £3 billion. the national audit office also suggests the target date of 2022 for replacing the current system may not be met. ramzan karmali reports. the government wants to modernise the communication system used by our emergency services, but not only is it likely to be delayed, it's going to cost a lot more. the current system, airwave, was meant to be replaced this year by the emergency services network. that's been delayed until 2022. but even that target date looks unlikely to be met. it's also going to cost a lot more, £3.1 billion more, which means the total cost of implementing the new system will be £9.6 billion. the national audit office's report is highly critical of the home office.

back in 2016, the home office expected to be able to deliver this programme by 2019, that's not proved possible. and it's a consequence of the home office failing to manage the risks that existed in the programme at that time. are you diabetic? according to the report, key technology is yet to be properly tested, and work hasn't even started on upgrading control rooms, or providing coverage for police helicopters and air ambulances. the report also reveals that ministers are expected to approve a decision which will mean that the new system will not be as resilient to power cuts as the existing one. but the home office is confident the new system will transform the service offered by the emergency teams that will mean faster and better treatment for victims. ramzan karmali, bbc news. "gimmicky" over—the—counter charcoal—based toothpastes or powders do not whiten teeth and could be causing harm — that's according to a review published today in the british dentaljournal. the report warns consumers about

being lured in by clever marketing, and that so—called whitening toothpastes do not actually whiten the teeth — they simply clean surface plaque off teeth. here with me now is the co—author of the report — drjoseph greenwall—cohen from the british dental bleaching society. what is the problem with these toothpaste? there are a couple of problems. one being that some do not contain fluoride, which is the ingredient of toothpaste which has beneficial properties. they fluoride actually in the charcoal is actually deactivated by the charcoal product so it is actually rendered less effective than regular toothpaste. and why are they not putting fluoride in their toothpaste? we don't know. some people do have concerns about it even though there

is no evidence to substantiate it so i think that might be the reason. there are other issues, the average severity of the product as well. we are concerned that they are degrading the surface of the teeth, which can begin at the teeth but can also increase hypersensitivity too. suit your advise is not to use these toothpastes ? suit your advise is not to use these toothpastes? my advice how people would be to use regular toothpaste. we have so much evidence to prove the efficacy of fluoride —containing toothpaste. use that, stick to that, it's a very effective. if you're concerned about the appearance and colour of the teeth, it essential to meet with your dentist and discuss it because not discolouration is simply from a result of drinking too much coffee or wine. they can have

genetic, medical causes as well. so if you are concerned, it's best to meet with a dentist to have a discussion. now, your society, is that one try versus the other tribe? you represent dental bleaching, that's one lobby and your people make money out of that and you don't wa nt make money out of that and you don't want these people taking a slice out of the market, is that a fair analysis? our society is nonprofit. we encourage safer bleaching in the uk and the world as general. we would be over the moon if we had bleaching products which consumers could purchase which was safe and effective. unfortunately, there is no evidence to substantiate that they are safe. until some evidence comes out, we cannot encourage them asa sub comes out, we cannot encourage them as a sub what about the ecological impact. some people will be using

the chaco toothpaste because they feel it's more ecologically friendly. are your methods full of ecologically unfriendly things? that isa ecologically unfriendly things? that is a choice people would have to make based on their own preferences and ideologies. we cannot make claims yet on the ecological impacts on chaco —based and regular toothpaste. i'm not aware of any evidence that does prove it has more ecologically friendly. a bay in thailand that was made famous by its appearance in the film the beach is to remain closed until 2021. maya bay, on the island of phi phi leh, temporarily closed last year after officials said a sharp rise in visitors had damaged the environment. before it closed, up to 5,000 people were visiting the bay each day, causing much of its coral to die. one of the oldest toy

shops in the world, you hamley‘s, has been bought by india's richest man for £68 million. mukesh ambani's reliance brands business secured the deal to buy the retailer from c banner international, a chinese fashion conglomerate. reliance will be hamleys fourth international owner since it was bought off the london stock exchange in 2003. the toy seller was founded in 1760 and now operates 167 stores in 18 countries. more than half of the stores are in india, and are already operated by reliance. the menopause is life—changing for all women and difficult for many, but it's been discussed for only 1 hour and 17 minutes in the whole of parliamentary history. the first full debate took place earlier this year, but every day next week, we'll be asking you to "wake up to the menopause." by way of an introduction, jayne mccubbin has been meeting women who not only have survived but also thrived. hold onto your hats, ladies.

there's something we really need to discuss. we are in doncaster to talk about — ladies? all: menopause! whoo—hoo! you're all sisters. yeah. four sisters, and you're all going it?! some of us are at the other side! ok, then. those of you on the other side, what have you told those of you that are at the beginning? it... should we just press pause for a moment? press pause to consider the pause? you're so pleased that the periods have stopped, and then the madness begins, you know?! that is what we'll do all next week on breakfast, with real women and the best experts. how has your menopausal journey been? it's terrible, and even now, at 68, i'm still menopausal. it's still going. so, when did it start? so, hot sweats... when i was 40. what?! when i was 40, i was diagnosed with it from the doctor, and now i'm 68. how is it, darling? it's very hot. she laughs. oh, i've had the mood swings — i'm slamming the doors. you can like somebody one day,

you can hate them the next. as well as the symptoms, we'll talk about the solutions, and the very latest science. i say hrt, and you say... cool your attitude is really important, how you see it yourself. you're either a survivor or a victim, and i'm a survivor. we'll talk about a time of life which comes to us all, which shouldn't be feared, which can, with help, be conquered. hello, ladies. hello. the menopause? i have been there, done it, and got the t—shirt. and i was very lucky, because my sister always goes, "well, she sailed through the menopause. " i used to forget lines quite easily, and i though, oh, my gosh... am ijust just sort of having that panic attack as an actress? then i realised it was the menopause. i could literally put my phone in the fridge. what i am learning is how to embrace it. so, you're not afraid of what's ahead ?

no, i'm not afraid of what's ahead. you shouldn't be afraid to be a woman. it's an empowerment, and we are a fantastic species, so onwards and upwards. high—five, sister. for some, it might be a white—knuckle ride. but always remember — it will pass. you've come out the other side, how is it? it's great, i feel human again. we're tough, here, us. we can stand it all. they cheer. yeah! it's been 28 blimming years, bit i'm still happy, and i'm still here. just keep going, girls! just keep going. ladies, we're going to get through this, aren't we? we can do this! cheering. school breaks in england have been getting shorter over the past 20 years as teachers try to pack more lessons into the day. researchers at university college london believe that it could have an impact on the wellbeing of pupils. children's social lives seem to have

been curtailed as well, with fewer students than in 2006 reporting they had visited a friend's house after school. earlier on the victoria derbyshire programme, my colleague joanna gosling spoke to child psychologist, sam wass, and david fisher, head teacher at kings langley school, with some of his students — that school is looking to cut breaks for pupils. when making a decision like this, we take into consideration the students, first and foremost, and then the staff. but also, our community. to put it into context, the school already has this day on a friday. speaking to all of those stakeholders, this day really worked for them at our school. it allows them to go and do more clubs and enrichments after school, we have a number of children who walk home at the end of the school day. in the cold winter months when it's dark, our enrichment numbers drop. by shortening down a friday, which the school already has, allows them to do more enrichments during that time. what is really important,

to put the school into context, is the school has a large break time in the morning, it also has that lunchtime on a friday already, and the school offers that tutor time in the morning and we offer a number of clubs and we have a broad balanced curriculum including all the pes and the arts. we are not a school that, in year 11, all the pe programmes, make sure they do more english and maths, make sure the children have a broad balanced curriculum. also, the school is a nationally recognised school and we really develop that. ok, so kids, what do you think about this? i think that it's a really good and i support the idea of cutting the lunchtime down by ten minutes because it still allows us to have time to do activities and participate in our clubs. and it also gives us more time to catch up with homework after school. we still get the opportunity to socialise with her friends and have a rest. i walk to school every day so it really helps me so i can see my family and do more clubs outside of school.

sam, what do you think about this because researchers are saying that cutting break times is not good for kids. as we heard in one of those examples that they are also cutting the school day. i think there are three principal reasons. the first one, really important, is physical activity. kids have this phase where they have huge amounts of energy and if they don't get the chance to let it out regularly, that can lead to all sorts of problems, mental and physical health. there has been a lot of research coming out. is break time in a secondary school a time when kids do run around? yes, we have been doing some research, measuring how heart rate levels change over the course of the day and they really do have these massive spikes. you can see the energy building and then

they really let it explode during the break and calm down quickly after. i definitely recommend regular breaks to let that energy go. when you talk to teachers after a wet day, when kids haven't been able to go outside, they always say, when children don't have the chance to let that image alt, to let that energy go, it doesn't go as well. imagine looking up and seeing a bobcat, a natural predator in florida, on the top of a power pole. they try to get it down with a cherry picker truck and a long pole, trying to coax it off the top of the poll. they did turn up the electricity off before they

proceeded with this. eventually, that bobcat incorporated and got down into the ground, and then slunk off into the undergrowth. catch up top, alligators underneath. 0ne o'clock news coming up with ben brown. but first, the weather. another mixed weather across the country today, showers on and off. they will become less frequent is much drier weather sets in. across the uk, you see where shower clouds are developing. there is some sunshine around too. 0ver are developing. there is some sunshine around too. over the coming days, high pressure will doubt up meaning we will no longer see these

lo bs of meaning we will no longer see these lobs of rain developing. for the time being, they are around this afternoon. in the sunshine, around 15 celsius but still pretty chilly around the north sea coast, around 11. the showers continue into parts of the midland, the south, some rain affecting south western england. high pressure will build over the weekend, pushing aware of all the pressure systems to the east. it will be a very gradual process meaning saturday will not be com pletely meaning saturday will not be completely dry, not straightaway. we are still expecting showers to develop on saturday, particularly across central and eastern parts of the country, in a way from yorkshire through parts of the east midlands, down into the south—east, may be the south coast as well. 0ut down into the south—east, may be the south coast as well. out to the west, plymouth, cardiff, liverpool, glasgow, could be dry weather for you on saturday. for sunday, high

pressure establishes itself over us, we will see fairweather cloud developing here and there and it will be a dry day for virtually all of us. 17 and cardiff, getting warmer in scotland too. this high—pressure will almost certainly continue into the week ahead and into next week. you can see the wind is blowing on monday, we are right in the middle of the high pressure. a lot of dry weather around, with the sunnier skies, the temperatures are getting up to the high teens widely on monday across the uk. as we go over the next few days after that, it looks as though we could be approaching 20 degrees in some parts of the country. about time too, its the middle of may.

a boost to the british economy. growth accelerates to 0.5% in the first three months of this year. part of the reason, stockpiling before the original brexit deadline of march 29th. the uk economy is performing robustly, despite the evidence of slowing global growth and the continued brexit uncertainty at home, so it's good news. we'll be looking at what this means for the future of the economy with our business editor. also this lunchtime. the united states steps up its trade war with china, more than doubling tariffs on $200 billion of goods. tributes for the comedian freddie starr after he was found dead at his home in spain.