good morning — welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. the headlines: calls for almost £3 billion in extra funding to tackle what's being called the "staggering" scale of serious and organised crime in the uk. all whatsapp users are urged to update their app after the company admits a major security flaw allowed hackers to implant surveillance software in some mobile phones. pa rt part of our wake up to the menopause week, a parliamentary enquiry is to be launched over why too many women

still have to fight for diagnosis and treatment. we are cracking the productivity puzzle as we await the latest figures. we are at a bolton plastic back tree where they say they have staff like jeff working faster, harder and happier. they have staff like jeff working faster, harderand happier. ——3. —— factory. johanna konta is the only brit to make it to the second round of the italian 0pen.. she enjoyed a straight—sets win over alison riske in less than 90 minutes. good morning from the roof of broadcasting house in london. a chilly start of the day with some of us chilly start of the day with some of us seeing frost and missed it for most of us, dry, sunny and warm with the highest temperatures in northern scotland. it's tuesday 1a may. our top story: the head of the national crime agency wants her budget doubled to deal with what she describes as the staggering threat posed by organised gangs across the uk. lynne owens says that without the extra investment of nearly £3 billion members of the public would "feel the consequences". our home affairs correspondent,

danny shaw, reports. jailed last month, this man was behind a sophisticated on line scan investigated by the national crime agency. he used his blackmail skills to blackmail pornography users out of thousands of pounds. it highlights the increasing complexity of serious and organised crime and is why the nca is calling for more staff and expertise to counter the threat. according to the agency's latest assessment of the problem, there are now 181,000 offenders linked to serious and organised crime, the main areas including drug dealing and human trafficking and sexual exploitation. the agency says £2.7 billion investment is needed to find more undercover surveillance operations and financial investigators. the net cost the just

the uk of organised crime, is £37 billion. that's a lot of money. and they are looking at a £3 billion increase so roughly £700 million a year. that £700 million a year would increase their effectiveness greatly. last year, the home office published a strategy to tackle serious and organised crime in response to the latest demand for extra money, the department says it is continuing to invest in the right capabilities and law enforcement tools. at 8:10 we'll be speaking to the head of the national crime agency, lynne 0wens. whatsapp says it's found and fixed a major security flaw in the messaging service — that allowed hackers to install surveillance software on devices. facebook — which owns the company — says the attack targeted a "select number" of people. users are being urged to update their app, as our north america technology reporter dave lee explains.

human rights organisations say this is the attack they'd always feared was possible. a floor that meant attackers could plant surveillance softwa re attackers could plant surveillance software without the target needing to do anything. whatsapp has told me and found the problem about ten days ago and over the course of this month, been notifying human rights groups, journalists and us law enforcement. the attack was said to have been developed by the n50 group, and israel based security company known for creating ways to hack into the most popular devices and systems and selling them to governments and intelligence agencies. in a statement, the n50 groups said they were about helping countries fight crime and terrorism. the firm said it played no part in determining who was targeted but this week groups led by amnesty international are calling on the israeli military to revoke the n50 group's licensed to sell it overseas, citing what they describe as mounting evidence the tools were being used for human rights abuses.

whatsapp has urged all of its users to update their apps as a precaution but this is a cyber attack noteworthy but not because of how many people were affected because of who those people may have been. inequalities in pay and opportunities in the uk are becoming so extreme they are threatening democracy, according to the institute for fiscal studies. the think tank warns of runaway incomes for high earners but rises in deaths of despair, such as from addiction and suicide, among the poorest. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. inequality is a big problem in the uk. in fact, inequality is a big problem in the uk. infact, we inequality is a big problem in the uk. in fact, we got the highest income inequality of any developed country except for the united states. the starting point for this investigation asked some big differences that lots of us feel on a daily basis. children from single—parent families are more likely to come from a lower income bracket. the gender pay gap gets even bigger after a woman has given

birth stop and men from the richest areas of the country live on average ten yea rs areas of the country live on average ten years longer than those from the poorest areas country. and that's a gap that is getting even bigger. james and bethany each have a postgraduate degree but they've struggled to make ends meet their family. they say that's because some of the people they are competing against for work have more money behind them to start with. we are competing with an elite and to compete with that elite, you could, you can do it but for me, as a parent, i didn't feel comfortable being sort of us being separated, even though we were a couple and then working all hours. bethany has decided not to work at the moment because they can't afford to pay for childcare if she does. institute for fiscal studies say that failing to tackle inequality not only damages oui’ tackle inequality not only damages our economy our democracy to.

the prime minister's chief brexit negotiator, 0lly robbins, is going to brussels today to discuss how changes might be made to the so—called "political declaration" on future relations between the uk and the european union. back in westminster, the prime minister theresa may is coming under increasing pressure from within her own party. 13 senior conservatives have written to mrs may, warning her not to strike a compromise deal with labour over brexit. ajury in california has awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who say the world's most widely used weedkiller, roundup, was responsible for their cancer. the german pharmaceutical company bayer bought monsanto, the makers of roundup, last year. it's the third time bayer has been ordered to pay damages over the product. the company is appealing the decision. we heard from the couple concerned at this time around. they were

clasping each other‘s hands and walking with walking sticks. we were told by their lawyer that alberta had problems standing. alva had columns gathering his thoughts on speaking but they both said they blamed monsanto for the cancer. they both suffer from non—hodgkin's lymphoma and it's changed their lives, alberta said. they said, we can't did things we used to and we are very can't did things we used to and we are very resentful against monsanto by doing that. she said had round—up the product been labelled properly, had they known it could have caused cancer, they would have been given a choice in the would have chosen not to use it. the american actress, felicity huffman, is facing a four—month prison term after pleading guilty to her part in the us university admissions scandal. at a court in boston, the desperate housewives star admitted paying $15,000 for her daughter's exam answers to be secretly corrected. in addition to the sentence, prosecutors are recommending a $20,000 fine. huffman is among 50 people to be charged in relation to the investigation.

tributes have been paid to the legendary hollywood actress doris day, who died yesterday. the actor kirk douglas, who is 102 and who starred with day in the 1950 film ‘young man with a horn' said "today i heard the news, doris day passed away. she was 97. i didn't know her at that age, i still think of her as a lady of 20. she had a great voice. i will miss her." the fashion designer and animal advocate stella mccartney tweeted "the one, the only, the woman who inspired so much of what i do. doris day i love you, my calamity jane. an iconic woman who i was hugely honoured to meet and share precious moments with. rest in peace. stella's father, musician paul mccartney also paid his own tribute on his website. he said: "visiting her in her californian home was like going to an animal sanctuary where her many dogs were taken care of in splendid style.

she had a heart of gold and was a very funny lady who i shared many laughs with. actress sarahjessica parker posted a number of photos of day adding "a cincinnati girljust like me. how many letters i drafted to you and didn't send. i could never get it right but they all said the same thing: i love you. millions did and do. godspeed. holly is recovering from celebrations. it really was recovery. it feels like we're coming down from the weekend with the end of the premier league. what are we going to do? a bit of tennis? it's a bit early to be talking about wimbledon but you can't help but look at the british prospects at the moment. a very close eye onjoanna contour and everything she is doing. thanksjohanna contour and everything she is doing. thanks johanna konta. she was the only british player to win at the italian 0pen in rome yesterday. she beat alison riske in straight sets after beating the american

in last week's madrid 0pen as well. former us open champion sloane stephens is next up for konta. brighton are on the lookout for a new manager, after chris hughton was sacked, following their battle with relegation this season. the seagulls had only managed two wins from 18 league games in 2019 — and finished 17th in the table. who says refs can't have fun? premier league referee mike dean is the man up on the railings here celebrating tranmere reaching the league two playoff final. tyson fury says he loves boxing "more than ever" as he prepares for his first fight in las vegas. the former world heavyweight champion takes on the german tom schwarz on the 15thjune. fury made his comeback after a 32—month absence with a draw with wbc champion deontay wilder in december. i've got a very impressive show to show you that even you, dan walker, might not wear. that's got to be

something. don't worry, we won't make you wear it. mike dean celebrations are brilliant. is the number one trending. wouldn't it be great if marketing got player final. let's take a look at today's papers. doris day, who died yesterday at the age of 97, features on all today's front pages, including the express. the paper also reports on those warnings from the national crime agency over organised crime. the mail's lead story is itv‘s decision to indefinitely suspend thejeremy kyle show, following the death of a guest. the paper says the network has been "plunged into crisis" over the decision. the guardian leads with the news that britain is fast becoming one of the most unequal nations of earth, according to the economist who is leading a "landmark review". and the times pictures doris day in the 1962 musicaljumbo. it also claims that former cabinet ministers and senior conservatives have warned theresa may not

to compromise over brexit for fear of splitting the party. have you looked at some of the insides for us? the back pages with the end of the premier league but this all appears in the sun and the times. manchester city could be banned from the champions league of their financial irregularities. this has been an ongoing situation over foot ball has been an ongoing situation over football leaks that has been going on over the last few months. they couldn't the champions league, it seems highly unlikely. it will open up seems highly unlikely. it will open upa seems highly unlikely. it will open up a place for arsenal. manchester city have said it's entirely false. this is a story will be keeping a cross over the next few weeks. this story caught my eye in the daily

mail. serena williams, making a bit ofa mail. serena williams, making a bit of a come back again. she made a bit of a come back again. she made a bit ofa of a come back again. she made a bit of a flippant comment about eating grass. a couple of the papers have taken this literally and decided her comeback is due to her actually eating grass, some of them have speculated maybe she has been putting it in a smoothie. i suspect though, she's eaten a bit more salad. it feels like we need a bit more investigation on this. i've been eating a bit more grass. more investigation on this. i've been eating a bit more grassm just means lettuce. i genuinely don't know what she means. just one more here. if anyone has snap shut, this is being doing the rounds. there is a filter on snapchat that turns men into women and admit women into men. england's cricketers have had a go. it's a little bit

disturbing. i can't recognise him. there is ben stokes. really struggling. based on mark wood. it's very, very strange. if anyone does have snapchat. me and my friends have snapchat. me and my friends have had a bit too much fun with it. look at that. i think we need to see you as a man, holly. i would make a pretty good bloke. this is a rather lovely picture. photograph of a humpback living out of the sea. you might get a bit of a fright if that happened. of the sea. you might get a bit of a fright if that happenedlj of the sea. you might get a bit of a fright if that happened. i hope we don't find that that is a fake in future weeks. i hope that is a real picture. or weeks, hours. it is

real, goodness me. lots of children are going through such this week. for gcse's. iphone is annoying, the story. teachers should be careful not to make children more anxious by whizzing them good luck in their sats. what about parents? a very good point. amanda spielman says there is a problem with tests themselves but schools should be aware of inadvertently ratcheting up stress levels by wishing pupils good luck. there has been a response by the general secretary of the association of school and college leaders. he said" the reason children feel anxious about sats is not because somebody wishes them good luck, but because they have to ta ke good luck, but because they have to take a series of written test. say good luck to someone is a gesture of kindness and support. " good luck to someone is a gesture of kindness and support." we are a little bit lost. are you going to wish everyone good luck? 0n little bit lost. are you going to wish everyone good luck? on your

sats and a level ‘s igcses. lady chatterley, the original book, which went to the court, the judge's copy got sold. along with the way‘s notes. it is of so much cultural significance that it cost £65,000. they were planning to take away from uk but they wanted to stay in the uk because it is also cultural significance. buyers have until 0ctober significance. buyers have until october to mostly someone keep it here. right. excellent. thank you everybody. it was a beautiful sunrise this morning. holly had a blue coat and a red coat yesterday. i think carol is showing her true colours this morning. you are nothing but trouble. but you are the kind of trouble i like. good morning. a chilly start to the day. don't be full by the sunshine first thing. it will blossom into a

beautiful day, unless you are screaming out for rain, because there is no rain in the forecast until later on in the week. what we have got today across the uk, after the chilly start, and for the next few days is mostly dry, sunny, and for many of us it is going to feel quite warm in the sunshine if you are out of the breeze. you can see on the satellite picture where we have the cloud. a little more cloud in the west. it is high cloud. we have clear skies. that has allowed the temperature to drop as we have gone through the course of the night. some of us think temperatures just below freezing orjust night. some of us think temperatures just below freezing or just above. but we are off to a sunny start. we hang onto the sunshine as we go through the course of the day. cloud in the west at times standing the site uneasy. it is also rather breezy. around high pressure the air moves in a clockwise direction. so down the north sea coastline and through the english channel we are looking at an easterly breeze. that will take the edge of the temperatures. 0utdoors the west we

either the south—west or the southerly wind, so it is not as cold —— out to the west. could hit 22 or 23. widely we are looking at 17 — 21. done that north sea coast likely to be in the mid teens. all of you. through the evening and overnight we hang onto high pressure. again, some clear skies. maybe patsy mist and fog forming here and there. nothing too substantial. temperatures 6— eight in towns and cities. the breeze in the english channel using a touch. tomorrow, the breeze will be with us across the english channel. breezy across the north sea coastline as well. still that easterly. cool for you. we could see more cloud coming in across northern england and southern scotland. there is the risk of an isolated shower. that is all. we're not looking at anything or substantial at all. temperatures tomorrow on a par with today. widely 17—21 or 22. enter

thursday, through the day we will start to see more cloud develop across the north of the country. we can see no showers across the north—west. for most, after a chilly start, it will be a dry day with a fair bit of sunshine around away from the areas i have mentioned. temperatures coming down a little bit. and it is friday if you are looking for rain. we should see some coming in from the east. can tell you, dan and blue it is quite nippy this morning if you're standing outside not doing much stop eye can imagine. sorry about that. thank you for telling us the good news. in her defence, she is standing outside, and not too much, but she is working. all this week, bbc breakfast is reflecting the conversations had around the menopause. we've now been told that a parliamentary inquiry will be launched into the difficulties women face when sharing symptoms with their gp.

jayne mccubbin is at dumfries and galloway hospital, where they run staff sessions on how to recognise the symptoms of menopause and how deal with them. good morning. good morning, everyone. good morning, ladies, give us everyone. good morning, ladies, give usa everyone. good morning, ladies, give us a way. it is quiet but we have plenty of people to talk to on the course of the morning. at this hospital there are a500 staff, almost half of those staff are women who are in the perimenopausal or menopausal age group. so no wonder this hospital takes the menopause so seriously. and they really do. not only do they have a menopause clinic here, and run a menopause hotline. that is accessed notjust by women in the area, but by clinicians in the area who want to make sure that they are passing on the right information to their patients. so

important. we know that this isn't going well across the country and we know that because there is going to bea know that because there is going to be a parliamentary enquiry, we have just been told, into why some women still have to fight for access, not just to diagnosis but to the right treatment. have a look at this. all of these women turned to the gp for help, but all tell me they were left looking for answers on their own. marcia and hizon's menopausal symptoms were passed off as other problems. i was told that i've stressed, depressed. first of all, it was too young to be going through menopause and then continued to consta ntly menopause and then continued to constantly test me for sexually transmitted diseases. i've spent about five years fighting to be referred to the gynaecologist. three gps late today did the blood test and found out i was going through menopause. you and found out i was going through menopause. you are and found out i was going through menopause. you are right. yes, it was correct. even with a menopause diagnosis in the bag, sylvia had to

fight for treatment. it was only when they did my own research and got in touch with a menopause specialist that they discovered that actually good and should be taking hrt. they had also urged for answers and hita hrt. they had also urged for answers and hit a brick wall. which is why eileen set up a reclaim the menopause group in hackney. we were getting women coming to see us. it was the same story. they were going backwards and forwards to the gp several times. and the guidelines have been there for four years. good enough? not good enough. those guidelines were published by the national institute for healthcare excellence in 2015. four years on, the voice of gps admits it is a work in progress out there. until now, the evidence has been contradictory and confusing. there have been lots of minutes. it has been other healthcare to know exactly how to manage women with menopausal symptoms. now we have good clear evidence. the guidelines have been in place since 2015. it is still not

filtering through though, is it because it is, gradually. across london, the next generation of gps are having extra menopause training. they have all elected to be here. none of this is compulsory. the british menopause society aspire that every gp practice as someone with a special interest. it may not bea gp, with a special interest. it may not be a gp, it may be a nurse practitioner. that is the aspiration. right now a campaign to make menopause matter is gaining support online, calling on the government to make training a compulsory part of gp education. he made me feel quite ashamed for having gone to ask for his help. 50 yea rs having gone to ask for his help. 50 years after this bbc documentary said women were suffering in silence, caffeine hasjust been said women were suffering in silence, caffeine has just been told women are still fighting to be heard. a parliamentary enquiry is about to be lost as to why too little progress has been made in such a long time. —— breakfast. paula sherriff mp, who was lodging

that enquiry we have mentioned, says she speaks to too many women who are fighting to be heard and, sometimes being belittled by the gps, because there is really not the access to there is really not the access to the right information. we are here today because this is an area of fantastic practice. good. you run the menopause clinic. you have a hotline that has been going for 20 yea rs. hotline that has been going for 20 years. —— good morning. tell me how the hotline works and who is accessing it. the helpline is every thursday morning between 9am and 12 a.m.. it is run by myself. i've done that for 20 years. that is to support anyone, a member of the public, a patient, a gp, a practice nurse. . . public, a patient, a gp, a practice nurse... ——12 p.m.. public, a patient, a gp, a practice nurse... --12 p.m.. you are offering this advice to clinicians. because they know they need help. they know they know they need help. they know they need the right advice. we have a very good relationships with our

clinicians be it in primary and secondary care. because it is such a specialist area they often need extra support and they know they can get in touch with us about that. that is fantastic. tell me something. we have seen a training session in london. 0ne something. we have seen a training session in london. one of the gps there, her name was natalie, said "i learned more from my mum about the menopause and i did in six years of gp training at university". what is going on? i think menopause is something we need to have more of any training for gps. certainly there is that appetite for gps to get more training and information. anything we do here is taken up. the british and upon society runs courses for gps that are always oversubscribed — — courses for gps that are always oversubscribed —— british menopause society. we will talk to you later in the morning. thank you for being here with us. we will hear more from you, louise, about hrt, the risks, i'll save it as, and what should be

going on. fascinating morning. stay with us guy pelly thank you very much, jayne. my own personaljourney with us, as many of you will be aware, have been talking about that and that peace is coming up in about 20 minutes. with one of your daughters as well. one of my daughters as well. one of my daughters as well. we are specifically talking about hrt. we will be discussing it with two doctors on the weekend. we'll try to a nswer doctors on the weekend. we'll try to answer as many questions as possible. there been 70 messages. yesterday it went a bit longer is ——so many messages. to send them in. and because there were so many questions and comments coming in. send them away. we will try to filter through them and read as many as we can and get them out on our today. and try to put some of those releva nt h rt today. and try to put some of those relevant hrt questions to the experts joining relevant hrt questions to the expertsjoining us in the relevant hrt questions to the experts joining us in the studio. and also what are the alternatives? the hashtag is bbc menopause. time out to get the, travel, and weather wherever you are.

good morning from bbc london news. i'm charlotte franks. three gang members from london will be sentenced for human trafficking later in a landmark case of modern slavery. the 25—year—olds — glodi wabelua from tottenham, dean alford and michael karemera, both from lewisham — used young and vulnerable people to transport and sell class a drugs in hampshire. their six victims were all from south london and aged between 1a and 19. these young people did go through trauma in this case. some of them it was the first time they had been arrested. some of them it was the first time they had come in contact with this sort of crime type and all of them felt like they were under pressure by criminals to continue dealing drugs. a number of beds on the postnatal ward in the maternity department at king's college hospital are being treated for bed bugs. the hospital says deep cleaning is being carried out in the affected areas.

while the process is going on visiting hours have been reduced. it says women are still being admitted, but are being informed about the situation. an iconic music venue in soho which has hosted musicians such as amy winehouse, blur, and 0asis is set to close. the borderline has announced it will shut its doors on the 31st of august because of "ever increasing rents and rising business rates". dhp family, which currently owns the venue, said "it was a sad day for all who love live music venues". let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on all tube lines this morning. charing cross road is closed southbound at leicester square for water works. in westminster, millbank is closed from lambeth bridge to parliament square for roadworks. hammersmith bridge remains closed

for emergency repairs. expect delays around south—west and west london — especially over putney bridge. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. there's another beautiful start out there this morning. plenty of sunshine. just perhaps a little bit of messiness. fairly isolated though. and if you haveit fairly isolated though. and if you have it is not going to last for too long. the sunshine stays with us for much of today. not much allowed to speak of at all. a bit more of a breeze. an easily brief today which will make the essex coast feel a little cooler. at temperatures getting up to 18, may be 19 celsius towards the west of london. 0vernight tonight, after another lovely evening in the sunshine, it will be clear. so away from light pollution you may just will be clear. so away from light pollution you mayjust spot will be clear. so away from light pollution you may just spot a will be clear. so away from light pollution you mayjust spot a star or two. in temperature, pollution you mayjust spot a star ortwo. in temperature, again, reasonably chilly, about four or five celsius in the suburbs. for tomorrow, much of the same. plenty of sunshine, plenty of blue sky

temperatures. we start to see a bit more cloud and the temperature drop a bit more. turning rather unsettled as we head towards the week and we can expect one or two showers as we have through saturday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to louise and dan. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. we'll be talking to a top tv pyschologist about itv‘s decision to take thejeremy kyle show off air following the death of a guest. meera syal, nadiya hussain and jameela jamil are just three of the fabulous women we'll be celebrating later with the author of "stories for south asian supergirls". and as we continue our menopause series, the real housewives of cheshire star seema malhotra will be here to tell us how opening up about her own struggles helped her regain her lost confidence. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news.

the head of the national crime agency wants her budget doubled to deal with what she describes as the "staggering" threat posed by organised gangs across the lynne 0wens says in the nca's annual "threat report" that without extra investment of nearly £3 billion over three years, members of the public would "feel the consequences". the home office says its continuing to invest in the right capabilities and law enforcement tools. whatsapp says it's found and fixed a major security flaw in the messaging service — that allowed hackers to install surveillance software on facebook — which owns the company — says the attack targeted a "select number" of people. users are being urged to update their app.

inequalities in pay and opportunities in the uk are becoming so extreme they are threatening democracy, according to the institute for fiscal studies. the think tank warns of runaway incomes for high earners but rises in "deaths of despair", such as from addiction and suicide, among the poorest. the institute is about to launch the most in—depth study ever undertaken of inequality in the uk, along with proposals to tackle it. the prime minister's chief brexit negotiator, 0lly robbins, is going to brussels today to discuss how changes might be made to the so—called political declaration on future relations between the uk and the european back in westminster, the prime minister theresa may is coming under increasing pressure from within her own party. 13 senior conservatives have written to mrs may, warning her not to strike a compromise deal with labour over brexit. ajury in california

has awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who say the world's most widely used weedkiller, roundup, was responsible for their the german pharmaceutical company bayer bought monsanto, the makers of roundup, last year. it's the third time bayer has been ordered to pay damages over the product. the company is appealing the decision. sophie long sent this update from oakland in california. we heard from alva and alberta pilliod, the american actress, felicity huffman, is facing a four—month prison term after pleading guilty to her part in the us university admissions scandal. at a court in boston, the desperate housewives star admitted paying 15—thousand dollars for her daughter's exam answers to be secretly corrected. -- $15,000. in addition to the sentence, prosecutors are recommending a $20,000 fine. huffman is among 50 people to be charged in relation to the investigation. white —— the shrinking moon may be causing moon quakes, the brittle service breaking with thrust faults.

scientists say the faults are still active and likely to produce moon quakes today, some of which can be as strong as five on the scale. lots of things about that story i did not know. i did not know the moon was shrinking. i didn't know we were using the scale either. mind blown at 630 in the morning. we're looking ahead now to wimbledon around the corner. it's a little bit early to get excited when there is any british interest, we hope they are going to be successful, especially with it looking less and less likely that andy murray will be at wimbledon this year although there we re wimbledon this year although there were reports is being quietly practising at wimbledon. top is being back in the gym. butjohanna konta is flying the flag. johanna konta is through to the second round of the italian open in rome. the british number one beat alison riske in straight sets —

she beat the american at last week's madrid 0pen as well. former us open champion sloane stephens is next up for konta. but it was a bad day for kyle edmund who was beaten in the men's singles in rome. the british number 0ne lost in three sets to spain's fernando verdasco. serena williams made a winning return after two months out by beating rebecca peterson of sweden in straight sets. she'll face her sister venus in the second round. days after their defeat to premier league champions manchester city, brighton are looking for a new manager — after chris hughton was sacked, following their battle with relegation this season. they've only managed two wins from 18 league games in 2019... and finished 17th in the table. chairman tony bloom says that poor form, led to him making what he's described as one of his most difficult decisions. bolton wanderers have confirmed they are officially in

administration. the club has unpaid debts of £1.2million and failed to pay the wages of their staff and players. administration means a 12 point deduction at the start of next season. in the scottish premiership, st mirren kept alive their hopes of avoiding a relegation play—off with a win against hamilton academical accies had a man sent off in the first half and the pressure eventually told in the second with goals from kyle mccallister and kyle magennis. the result means st mirren move within a point of 10th—placed hamilton heading into saturday's final round of fixtures. james norwood's goal saw tranmere through to the league two playoff final after they beat forest green. and the man in the middle of your screen leading the celebrations here is premier league referee mike dean! tranmere face newport in the final. tyson fury says he loves boxing "more than ever" as he prepares for his first fight in las vegas. the former world heavyweight champion takes

on the german tom schwarz on the 15th june. and he's already got himself down as a boxing legend. (wipe sor) —— we've got all the great champions from the past, mike tyson, mohammed a—league, george foreman, leon spinks, joe frazier, jake lamotta, rocky marciano and tyson fury so it's legends all—round. you put yourself among that. of course, legends belong with legends. whenever you refer to yourself in the third person. tyson fury, that's you. you are tyson fury. get your dan walker showed. no, not for you? england continue their preparations for the world cup when they face pakistan in their third one—day international

in bristol this afternoon. they lead the five match series 1—0 thanks largely to wicket—keeper batsmanjos buttler who scored a century in that match. here's what jason roy had to say about his teammate's talent. he's as good as it is get ——is as good as it gets to be honest. it's not a shock on us. it's getting a bit routine for him to come out and play those sort of innings, kind of demoralising the guys at the top of the order, he comes in and blitzes it. he is an extreme talent and works hard for it and deserves everything he gets. britain's simon yates remains second overall in the giro d'italia but fernando gaviria has won the third stage of the race despite only crossing the line in second place. that's because former team sky rider elia viviani was demoted for for swerving in front of another rider in the final sprint. now, f1 world champion lewis hamilton went to the top of this year's drivers standings with victory in spain on sunday — and he was inspired by a special

good luck message from one of his biggest fans — a terminally ill little boy who received a special thank you. not everybody gets a formula one car delivered to their front door but this was a thank you to 5—year—old harry shaw, after his good—luck message to his favourite formula one driver. hello, lewis hamilton. good look winning the races in spain. and thank you for all the gifts. lots of love from harry. and tt was a message that inspired lewis hamilton to win in spain, to move back to the top of the drivers championship table. harry is terminally ill with a rare form of cancer. so today, as a thank you, a formula one car and the trophy from barcelona were

both brought to him. we just can't believe that we've got this car sat there, the support we've had from mercedes forula 0ne team and lewis hamilton has overwhelmed us. it has made a difficult period little bit better for us. had it was my parents know that isn't anything more they can do to save their son but they want to raise awareness of childhood cancers and funds for research to help other little harrys in the future. 0ur life is about to be shattered apart, we are about to lose our darling son. we just don't want other families in future to have to go through the same thing. today was a happy day and a magical memory for lewis hamilton's good luck charm. emma jones, bbc news. it's great to see lewis hamilton in a different light like that. holly will be with us throughout the morning. the menopause may be a universal experience for women,

but it affects us all in different ways. that means there's no such thing as a one—size—fits all treatment programme. for some women, hormone replacement therapy — or hrt — can offer relief, but misconceptions around the treatment continue to put some people off. here's louise's story. it was probably about three years ago. it was a gp friend of mine who said, this could be the onset of menopause, have you thought about that? i was taken aback, i was a7, i didn't imagine in my complete ignorance that that would happen at my age. i thought it might be 55 or something. i think spots are setting about it for me is that i don't feel all the time like myself. i sometimes feel like this kind of anxious, worried and sometimes quite low version of myself and that is not the person that i used to be and

abnormally. i think when my daughter putted really well, ijust don't feel myself. there is something a bit uncomfortable. i was quite young when mum started going through menopause. how it happened, how it affected her. i definitely understand it and i know that it's really thing for mom to go through everything that she goes through. as a good thing i know what she is going through. i did go on hrt and have a system that worked really well but the different medical reasons, i had to come of that system and try another system which doesn't work at least on this is what i realised, it's also personal. to get some answers, i've come to see a consultant gynaecologist who isa see a consultant gynaecologist who is a leading specialist in the

menopause and works at queens charlotte and the chelsea westminster hospital in london. hello, louise, nice to meet you. i've tried lots of different things andi i've tried lots of different things and i really feel i'm still on a journey. are you saying out there there is an answer for me and other women who have similar but different issues? i think the key to being successful with hormone replacement is individualising. hrt and breast cancer, there were concerns about that but what would you say? so the concerns about breast cancer are genuine in the sense that there was a link with hormone replacement therapy. this came from studies that look at all the types of hormone araby preparations. many we don't routinely recommend for our patients. using more modern types of hormone therapies, the increase risk seems to be mitigated in the first five years of use. said just a few

thoughts, really. i feel five years of use. said just a few thoughts, really. ifeel really reassured after talking to nick. none of us are alone on this and there really is help out there and i kind of thing, it's about time we really tried to smash through this taboo. there is no need for any of us to suffer in silence. so i feel much better. lots of things to talk about. i know a lot of you are doing similar things. we'll talk more in a moment. what i wanted to do was look at hrt. when it comes to hrt, one of the things we've heard from women is that some have been reluctant to use the treatment because of what they believe are links to breast cancer. so just how great is the risk? let's take a look at the figures. research from the british menopause society

well, when we combine this figure with those women taking hrt, it rises to 27 out of 1000 — an additional a. but how does that compare to other risk factors? when it comes to alcohol, women who drink at least 2 units of a day, are more at risk again of developing breast cancer — 28 out of 1000 do so. and by far the biggest risk is obesity, where the figure rises sharply to a7 out of 1000. we're joined now by professorjanice rymer, who is a consultant gynaecologist at guy's and st thomas' hospital in london. thank you so much. what we're really trying do is get information for people out there. hrt, weighted these concerns about hrt originally come from and what would you say to women watching, their partners, et cetera, but those concerns? sadly, about 15 years ago there was a study that came out that suggested that the risks are higher than the benefits or hormone replacement therapy. the short version is, this study was done really in the wrong

group of people. the average age of those women was 63. well, that is not when you start women on hrt. you tend to start women on hrt at the time of the menopause. that is usually about the age of 50. it is very u nfortu nate. usually about the age of 50. it is very unfortunate. at that time there was a lot of fear, really, all around the world, amongst women and also amongst people prescribing hrt, general lack practitioners. they we re general lack practitioners. they were scared of hormone replacement therapy. they thought it would make women have breast cancer. when they rea nalysed women have breast cancer. when they reanalysed the women have breast cancer. when they rea nalysed the data women have breast cancer. when they reanalysed the data and alter young women it was not the case at all. u nfortu nately, women it was not the case at all. unfortunately, false data was given across the world and it was a huge amount of fear. as a result of that, amount of fear. as a result of that, a whole generation of women have actually been denied hrt, because now it is a bit late for them to start hrt, 15 years later. so think it did a terrible thing. i feel very passionately that women, a lot of women feel terrible at the

menopause, and they need to be able to talk to their doctor. they should be offered hrt, if appropriate, and there's how it should be. and i am just delighted that you guys are doing so much to raise awareness this week. this just fantastic. one thing they have learned to talking to louise and watching the coverage this week is the variation in hrt, how you can take it. can you just explained to us. there are various different types of hrt and you need to be... welcome you explained. there are definitely different routes. some people like taking ta blets, routes. some people like taking tablets, they are the common form of taking medication. buti tablets, they are the common form of taking medication. but i think when you come to hormonal placement therapy the savers is probably the transdermal therapies. therapy the savers is probably the tra nsdermal therapies. they are either patches that you have got there... i will open mind so you can see what it looks like. there you go. go on. —— open one. see what it looks like. there you go. go on. -- open one. the patches are very go. go on. -- open one. the patches are very easy. they are applied to the skin once a week. most people

put them around their tummy or on the bottom. you change it twice a week, so it is pretty easy. the other transdermal therapy that is used commonly is the gel. it comes ina used commonly is the gel. it comes in a metred dosage, you squirted on your arms or your legs, rub it on, let it dry, and stand there, and you do that every day. it is a very easy form of taking hormone replacement therapy. and then the other thing i think people need to know is that you don't have to take hormone replacement therapy for your whole body. some women mayjust want to ta ke body. some women mayjust want to take it for the regina. -- the china. some people can't take it for medical reasons. other people do not wa nt medical reasons. other people do not want to take it. what do you recommend they look at los alamos women take hormone replacement therapy because they feel lousy. they need to go to the doctor and say i feel terrible. they have terrible symptoms, can you help me?

0ther terrible symptoms, can you help me? other women may want to take hrt for the long—term benefits. the long—term benefits being looking after your bones and probably a reduction in cardiovascular disease risk. that is very important. but most women take hrt because they don't feel great when their ovaries stopped working and they don't have any assume around. the whole process this week is to make sure that people watching armed with information —— oestrogen. if they're thinking did not know that about hrt and now idea, what is the key piece of advice when you're going to consultations with the gp or talking yourfamily consultations with the gp or talking your family about this? if you go to your family about this? if you go to your doctor you want to say look, i feel for, in perimenopausal menopausal, these are the symptoms they have got, how can you help me, would hrt be appropriate for me? "am. and would hrt be appropriate for me? --am. and we are talking about whether people take hrt. thank you for talking to us. i know they will be lots more questions. everybody, if you have not seen it, that is a

patch. i'm just going to, quickly, everybody. you just put that on your skin. i will put it back there. thank you very much. they are not reusable. you have ruined it! thank you very much. nice to see you. we will catch up on the weather. ino it is will catch up on the weather. i no it is chilly for you. good morning. it is a chilly start of the day today. some parts falling to —1, freezing, other still in single figures. not quite as cold. yesterday the top temperature in the land was 21 point to celsius in both edinburgh and aboyne. today scotland has the highest temperatures and we could get 22 or 23. the next few days the forecast is a dry one, sunny, there may be one or two isolated showers tomorrow. they will be fairly isolated. it is going to be fairly isolated. it is going to be warm, with the peak of the warmth

looking like it will be on wednesday. you can see on the satellite picture there is not much across the uk today. it is high cloud in the west. it'll turn in the west at times. high pressure is firmly in charge. it is settled and we have got the clear skies which has allowed the temperature to fall overnight. around high pressure the amazon a clockwise direction, so we have an onshore breeze coming in off the north sea. breezy across the english channel. here it is an easily. in the west of the uk we have a south—westerly or a southerly. a milder direction. it is in the west and the far noth that we are likely to have the highest temperatures today. it could hit 22 or 23 across the north of scotland. widely we are looking at 17—21 in the sunshine. cool lower longley north sea coastline. temperatures will be in the mid teens —— for lower longley. as we had through the evening and overnight high pressure is in charge. under clear skies we could see mist and fog patches

forming. temperature 6—8. the breeze in the english channel easing a touch. after a chilly start tomorrow it will warm up quickly in the sunshine. later in the day we could see more cloud coming in from the west, was could produce an isolated shower across, for example, southern scotla nd shower across, for example, southern scotland and northern england. tomorrow we could hit 23 or 2a in the north of scotland. widely, again, 17—21. with the breeze coming down the north sea coastline it will feel cooler, david english channel. enter thursday, more cloud coming in across the northern half of the country. the southern half seeing more sunshine, but temperatures will be down a touch. if you are looking for rain, currently it looks like we will see rain coming in from the east on friday, leading us into a cooler weekend. back to you. thank you very much. we will see you later.

later this morning, we get the latest official statistics on how productive we are as a country. lots of businesses are looking at how to work smarter and harder, we've sent nina to a pasty factory in bolton to find out what they're doing. a very good morning. it is never too early for a pass to. my thoughts exactly. we have a man mixing delicious meat and potato. my favourite. you would think working here you be sick of the site of them. how many pasties to get through a week? just a dozen. we're talking productivity today. that is a measure of how much each worker produces each hour. things have not been great. 0ver produces each hour. things have not been great. over the past decade our productivity has been lower than at any point in the 20th century. does it matter? it does, because relativity growth drives wage growth and improvements in standards of living. at the moment we only make as much in five days as the french and germans making days. let us find

out why it is happening from an economist. what is behind it? it is a bit ofa economist. what is behind it? it is a bit of a mystery. first of all we have to remember that it is a puzzle. the economists have not got it all figured out and there are many unknowns. a key reason we think is that while there are many, innovative companies in this country, to slow adopt new technologies. —— many, many. another reason is the strong employment statistics we see. it is easy to hire workers in this country. we see many companies hiring two workers and firing on if necessary rather than investing in new technology. so there is no incentive. what you expect, because the end of last year was not great productivity wise. they had quite low productivity growth. expected to pick up over the

course of this year. hopefully a good new story this morning. fingers crossed. we expect them to be slightly better, nowhere near what they were a dedicated —— decade ago. these men run this factory. you have increased output from 7000 pasties per day to 10,003 years. what has been the key thing behind that?m is to empower the staff —— 10,000 is to empower the staff ——10,000 per day in three years. which other stuff you are the problems, how will you solve them? example, for example, we look to the way we check out orders and register mistakes by 70%. it is about incentivising stuff without putting too much pressure on them. we have a great culture with them. we have a great culture with the stuff want to do is giving them the stuff want to do is giving them the allowance to do it. saying you can change your environment. it is up can change your environment. it is up to you, you can do it. and then just going ahead and changing the way the production facility works. and you are endorsing the living wage as well. there is help out there if you are a small business looking to grow. especially here in

the northwest. the manchester growth company and others have come in and showed us that people have made these mistakes before and solved them before. we have mentors that come in and help us absolutely choose the right path without too much trouble. the help out there is fantastic. lots of free help out there which is available. we expect those productivity figures out at around 9:30 a.m.. the question was how early is too early for a pasty? it is never too early. it is time now for the news, travel, and weather where you are having a pasty this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm charlotte franks. three gang members from london will be sentenced for human trafficking later in a landmark case of modern slavery. the 25—year—olds — glodi wabelua from tottenham, dean alford and michael karemera, both from lewisham — used young and vulnerable people to transport and sell class a drugs in hampshire. their six victims were all from south london and aged between 1a and 19.

these young people did go through trauma in this case. some of them it was the first time they'd been arrested. some of them it was the first time they'd come in contact with this sort of crime type and all of them felt like they were under pressure by criminals to continue dealing drugs. a number of beds on the postnatal ward in the maternity department at king's college hospital are being treated for bed bugs. the hospital says deep cleaning is being carried out in the affected areas. while the process is going on visiting hours have been reduced. it says women are still being admitted, but are being informed about the situation. an iconic music venue in soho which has hosted musicians such as amy winehouse, blur, and 0asis is set to close. the borderline has announced it will shut its doors on the 31st of august because of "ever increasing rents and rising business rates". dhp family, which currently owns the venue, said "it was a sad day for all who love live music venues".

let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on all tube lines this morning. the aa06 is queueing westbound from friern barnet to a1 henlys corner — worse than usual after a colision overnight. in ruislip, pembroke road is closed because of a collision. charing cross road is closed southbound at leicester square for water works. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's another beautiful start out there this morning. plenty of sunshine. just perhaps a little bit of mistiness, fairly isolated though. and if you have it's not going to last for too long. now, the sunshine stays with us for much of today. there really not much allowed to speak of at all. a bit more of a breeze. it's an easterly breeze today, which will make the essex coast feel perhaps a little cooler.

but temperatures getting up to around 18, maybe 19 celsius towards the west of london. now, overnight tonight, after another lovely evening in the sunshine, it will be clear. so away from light pollution you may just spot a star or two. minimum temperature, again, reasonably chilly, at around a—5 celsius in the suburbs. for tomorrow it's more of the same. plenty of sunshine, plenty of blue sky, temperatures 18—19 celsius. it's not until thursday we start to see a bit more cloud and the temperature drop just a little. turning rather unsettled as well. as we head towards the weekend we can expect one or two showers as we head through saturday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to louise and dan. bye for now.

good morning — welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines: calls for almost £3 billion in extra funding to tackle what's being called the "staggering" scale of serious and organised crime in the uk. all whatsapp users are urged to update their app after the company admits a major security flaw allowed hackers to implant surveillance software in some mobile phones. as pa rt of as part of our wake up to the menopause week, we are told a parliamentary enquiry is to be launched into why too many women still have to fight for diagnosis and treatment. we are cracking the productivity puzzle as we wait for the latest figures. we are at a factory in bolton where they are working harder, faster and happier. johanna konta is into the second round of the italian 0pen. she enjoyed a straight—sets win over alison riske in less

than 90 minutes in rome. the sun is beating down here on the roof of the bbc in london as it is in many parts. a chilly start but temperatures will pick up quite quickly with the highest temperatures in northern scotland. more in 15 minutes. it's tuesday the 1ath of may. our top story. the head of the national crime agency wants her budget doubled to deal with what she describes as the "staggering" threat posed by organised gangs across the uk. lynne 0wens says that without the extra investment of nearly £3 billion members of the public would "feel the consequences". our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, reports. jailed last month, zain qaise was behind a sophisticated online scan investigated by the national crime agency. the 2a—year—old used his computer programming skills to blackmail pornography website users out

of hundreds thousands of pounds. the case highlights the increasing complexity of serious and organised crime and is why the nca is calling for more staff and expertise to counter the threat. according to the agency's latest assessment of the problem, there are now 181,000 offenders linked to serious and organised crime. the main areas include drug dealing, human trafficking and sexual exploitation. the nca says £2.7 billion investment is needed over three years to fund more undercover surveillance operations and financial investigators. the net cost to the state, to just the uk of organised crime, is £37 billion. i mean, that's a lot of money we're

talking about and they're looking at a £3 billion increase so roughly £700 million a year. that £700 million a year would increase their effectiveness greatly. last year, the home office published a strategy to tackle serious and organised crime. in response to the latest demand for extra money, the department says it is continuing to invest in the right capabilities and law enforcement tools. danny shaw, bbc news. at 8:10, we'll be speaking to the head of the national crime agency, lynne 0wens. whatsapp says it's found and fixed a major security flaw in the messaging service that allowed hackers to install surveillance software on devices. facebook — which owns the company — says the attack targeted a "select number" of people. users are being urged to update their app, as our north america technology reporter dave lee explains. human rights organisations say this is the attack they'd always feared was possible. a flaw that meant attackers could plant surveillance software without the target needing to do anything. whatsapp has told me it found the problem about 10 days ago and over the course of this month,

has been notifying human rights groups, journalists and us law enforcement. the attack was said to have been developed by the nso group, an israel—based security company known for creating ways to hack into the most popular devices and systems and selling those tools onto governments and intelligence agencies. in a statement, the nso group said its products were about helping countries fight crime and terrorism. the firm said it played no part in determining who was targeted. but this week, groups, led by amnesty international, are calling on the israeli military to revoke the nso group's licensedto sell its products overseas, citing what they described as mounting evidence the tools were being used for human rights abuses. whatsapp has urged all of its users to update their apps as a precaution but this is a cyber attack noteworthy not because of how many people were affected but because of who those people may have been. the prime minister's chief brexit negotiator, 0lly robbins, is going to brussels today to discuss how changes might

be made to the so—called political declaration on future relations between the uk and the european union. back in westminster, the prime minister theresa may is coming under increasing pressure from within her own party not to strike a brexit deal with labour. 0ur political correspondent ben wright can tell us more. ben, what is 0lly robbins hoping to achieve in brussels if we are no closer to a brexit deal at home? what might he be able to achieve in brussels? the chief eu negotiator 0lly robbins will talk to the eu about changes that might be made to the political decoration. that is the political decoration. that is the non—binding bit of the brexit deal that lapses must be changed if it's going to sign up to any deal with the government because it sketches out the future relationship between the uk into the eu. the eu has said that it's quite happy to look at that the brexit deal so the fa ct look at that the brexit deal so the fact that he is going to brussels to talk about how isn't any great shakes really. what it shows is that

the talks between labour and the government aren't dead yet, there might still be life in them. in reality looks like we're getting to the absolute crunch point now. last night there was a frosty meeting of the labour party and jeremy corbyn was given a really hard time by his mps urging them to abandon these talks because they feel that it's causing labour a lot of damage to the polls, they are cosying up to the polls, they are cosying up to the government to come up with a cross— party the government to come up with a cross—party brexit deal. 0n the government side, theresa may is under massive pressure. in the times today, 13 former tory cabinet ministers plus graham brady urging theresa may to give up on these talks, not go anywhere near a customs union which is something that labour want and warn that the whole agreement would be illusory anyway. despite the trip by 0lly robbins, the talks may be stumbling now. good to talk to as ever. inequalities in pay and opportunities in the uk are becoming so extreme

they are threatening democracy, according to the institute for fiscal studies. the think tank says that while high earners are enjoying run—away incomes there are rises in what it calls "deaths of despair" among the poorest. the institute is about to launch the most in—depth study ever undertaken of inequality in the uk, along with proposals to tackle it. a new state—of—the—art treatment centre for military personnel is opening its doors for the first time today. the defence and medical rehabilitation centre, at stanford hall near loughborough, aims to help members of the armed forces get back to work following serious injury. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is there for us this morning. it does look state—of—the—art. absolutely, fantastic facilities here. you will probably have heard of hadley courts which is where wounded soldiers service men and

women went to get rehabilitated. this is the replacement, gifted to the nason by the duke of westminster and this is one of the many gyms we re and this is one of the many gyms were people who suffered complex trauma. rachel williamson is here, you were originally an raf medic and you were originally an raf medic and you suffered an injury to your right arm so you were treated at hadley courts. for about two years between 2016 and 2000 eight —— courts. for about two years between 2016 and 2000 eight -- 2018. courts. for about two years between 2016 and 2000 eight —— 2018. here i am now. and now you are helping others. you won't wounded in action but you suffered your injury playing rugby? it's a love hate sport so i was representing the raf at the time and it's just an awkward injury, was representing the raf at the time and it'sjust an awkward injury, i sprained my thumb and two years down the line, i am here. now you are a competitive athlete again. it took

pa rt competitive athlete again. it took part in the invictus games and hopefully will take part next year? that is brought me back into sport. ididn't that is brought me back into sport. i didn't deserve it. i'm scared to get back into it. rehabilitated, really is my confidence again. it does actually help you. it's not just the physical rehabilitation. you can have a mental block, like anything. ijust you can have a mental block, like anything. i just kept you can have a mental block, like anything. ijust kept calling myself anything. ijust kept calling myself a failure. now i can say, i've tried it, i have gotten back in the pool. it might not look like it but i'm smiling again. the best part of it, especially mentally. if you wanted to buy this place, it's £25 million. the first patients will be using the gym around eight 30. very interesting to see it. tributes have been paid

to the legendary hollywood actress doris day, who died yesterday. the actor kirk douglas, who is 102 and who starred with day in the 1950 film ‘young man with a horn' said "today i heard the news, doris day passed away. she was 97. i didn't know her at that age, i still think of her as a lady of 20. she had a great voice. i will miss her." the fashion designer and animal advocate stella mccartney tweeted "the one, the only, the woman who inspired so much of what i do... doris day i love you, my calamity jane. an iconic woman who i was hugely honoured to meet and share precious moments with. rest in peace." the actress sarahjessica parker posted a number of photos of day adding "a cincinnati girljust like me. how many letters i drafted to you and didn't send. i could never get it right but they all said the same thing: i love you. millions did and do. godspeed."

so an investigation is under way this morning, and thejeremy kyle show has been pulled off air indefinitely, after a man who appeared on the programme died shortly after filming. itv said everyone at the show was "shocked and saddened" by the news. let's try to get some insight now into the work that goes on behind the scenes with television guests a nd co ntesta nts. we'rejoined by honey langcaster—james, a psychotherapist who has worked on tv programmes including celebrity big brother and love island. just give us an idea of the kind of job that you do and what kind of issues were dealing with. armoured psychologist but a trained psychotherapist. i run a small company called 0nset welfare and we provide welfare services to tv and film productions and that often involves a prescreening process

during filming, a support role often and following filming and after—care provision as well and we work on a kind of show by show basis if you like. i've worked on number of big reality shows another smaller productions over the years. i haven't worked on the jeremy productions over the years. i haven't worked on thejeremy kyle show. i was approached by the production team a number of years ago and it's a show i didn't feel particularly comfortable working on or supporting just because of the genre of that show. in terms of duty of care, do you feel that tv stations take this very seriously? i've been working in this field 15 or16 i've been working in this field 15 or 16 years and i've seen a real improvement over the years in terms of how seriously this is taken and certainly all the producers, they have been very well—meaning and great intent to save guard the welfare of their contributors. i think there are improvements that can be made in one of the

difficulties comes from the fact that even though producers want to help, they don't always understand how psychological services work or the difference between a psychologist, a psychotherapist, a counsellor and a psychiatrist and the people who don't have that training, they don't always know how to assess whether they are employing provides quality claire —— care. let's talk about after—care. it's one thing on the show orjust afterwards but in the world we live m, afterwards but in the world we live in, with social media, things can go viral, for example. is there a change now to actually make sure people i look after, notjust during the initial process but after? yes and that is one of the biggest changes i've seen in this industry. the advent of social media. i know for example, the production company behind love island have said they are going to put in place better training on how to manage that kind of thing but i do think there are

other improvements that can be made. following somebody‘s role in the show, if it's a show like love island, people will be keen to get more coverage and get better platforms if you like so one of the problems is, they don't always want to let producers know if they are struggling so one of the changes that i tried to make through my company is to say we will give our direct contact details to previous show contributors so they don't have to tell the producers and they are not worried that a producer might think they shouldn't go onto another show, for example. you know what television is like. it's often there that —— there is that thing on tv they have been brilliant even if they have been brilliant even if they haven't been because sometimes even its to the detriment of the contributor, it can still make good television. is that why you didn't wa nt to television. is that why you didn't want to work on a programme like jeremy kyle show? no, no concerns about the show are

quite different. everybody thinks the same care as needed across the board in tv. but it depends on what you will go through as a contributor. 0ne you will go through as a contributor. one of the things about this format is that it is taking people having difficulties in our lives, whether it is family conflict, addiction, mental health difficulties, and then really making that the focus of the entertainment show. and that is something they did not sit easily with me and it wasn't something they wanted to pursue as a show to work on. whereas i think other shows, arguably, some people do want to go on those shows because they see an opportunity to create a platform to create a media career. identity we can argue there is any kind of potential gain for somebody going on a show likejeremy kyle other than perhaps their friends and family and local community seeing everything they are bringing onto the showstopper thank you for joining us. let me tell you itv‘s response. as they given the seriousness of this event itv has decided to suspend the filming and

the broadcasting of thejeremy kyle show with immediate effect in order to conduct a review of this episode of the show. that is a response from itv. thank you very much. it is really interesting. we appreciate your time. it hasjust really interesting. we appreciate your time. it has just gone 7:30am. -- 7:15 your time. it has just gone 7:30am. —— 7:15a.m.. it has been chilly this morning, carol. it certainly is. good morning, everyone. a bit will start of the day across most of the uk this morning. temperatures around freezing or just below this morning. temperatures around freezing orjust below the sun. generally, we are looking at the mid to high single figures. the sun is beating down, but it is breezy. if you are in the breeze it is a chilly breeze for most of us. for the next few days the forecast is a dry one. and we are looking at some sunshine. most seem temperatures above average. yesterday in edinburgh at a point reached 22 celsius. today we

can see higher temperatures than that. there's not a lot of cloud. some towards the west. it high cloud. it will journey sunshine hazy. high pressure is in charge of the weather. we have had clear skies, hence the study started in the low temperatures to start the day. the area around high pressure moves in a anticlockwise direction. we have an onshore breeze, and easily breeze in the english channel. it is a warmer direction for us. in the sunshine today we will see some fair weather cloud develop, with temperatures across northern scotland reaching 22 — 23. widely, 17—21. along the north sea coastline into the mid—teens. this evening and overnight, high pressure remains in charge. 0nce evening and overnight, high pressure remains in charge. once again we will see clear skies. the temperature will drop 6—18 and

cities. possibly mist and fog. nothing too dreadful. tomorrow morning the start of on that note. a cellino. any mist and fog that has formed will quickly burn off. then we are in for another sunny and dry day. tomorrow, we may see more cloud at times across southern scotland and northern england. if we do there is the risk of an isolated shower. but it is an isolated shower that we are likely to see. by no means will it be widespread. across northern scotla nd it be widespread. across northern scotland we could have 23 or 2a degrees. widely again we're looking at 17-19. the degrees. widely again we're looking at 17—19. the breeze not a strong through the english channel. there will be more of a breeze, and easily, of the north sea. veritable bill kollar. 0n easily, of the north sea. veritable bill kollar. on thursday, in the north moore cloud around and we have been used to in the past few days. in the south we hang onto the sunshine. temperatures on thursday down a touch. nonetheless, a pleasa nt down a touch. nonetheless, a pleasant day. if it was rain you are after the moment it looks like we

will see some come in from the north sea on friday. thank you very much. lovely sunshine there. elections to the european parliament are just over a week away. here on breakfast we're talking to someone from each of the parties. today it's the turn of change uk, the independent group, which was formed by disillusioned labour and conservative mps. they include the former tory minister, anna soubry, who joins us now. good morning to you. thank you for coming on. a pleasure. we have a lot of things to ask you this morning. the party is pro—remain and you are backing a people's vote. can you give us settle on some of your other policies with a have a set of values and principles we have published on our website, which shows what it is we have in common and why we believe that politics in britain is broken and light is absolutely essential that we change that. and we need this new party for this new way forward. we are very clear, as you say, about the european union. we

believe in a people's vote and we believe in a people's vote and we believe in a people's vote and we believe in remain. we have published what we cool a charter for remain where we set out our views, notjust on why we believe in remaining, but the actual important for the future of our country, whether it... after the eu elections we will go out, we will ta ke elections we will go out, we will take evidence from people, from experts, our principles will come from those values that have brought people from the conservative party, the labour party together in parliament. across the country, people from all parties who were joining the new party. say, for example, on the environment, how would your policies differ from the greens or the lib dems? we know that climate change is now a very serious issue and urgent action is needed. we are looking at these so—called

targets, which are important, because that drives that way forward to making sure that we attack and deal with climate change. we take the view that those targets have to be far more demanding, while balancing the needs of business, of industry, which, of course, provides jobs. i think the acceptance that this is an issue that is now in an emergency status something that absolutely need to be grasped. it can't be right that we have rising levels of pollution, especially in our city centres in areas near schools and urgent action needs to be taken. we will need to take tough decisions. we will base our decisions. we will base our decisions on evidence, the evidence of experts. bearing in mind the reality of how you deliver it. these are tough matters. we will be honest with people about the tough decisions that government needs to make and we need to make as individuals. in terms of standing in the european elections, i don't mean

this ina the european elections, i don't mean this in a nasty way at all. is this more about testing your brand, rather than winning seats? no, it absolutely is about winning seats. 0ne absolutely is about winning seats. one of the things that has been happening as we have been going around at the moment, we have gone around at the moment, we have gone around england and last night we had around england and last night we had a rally in cardiff in wales and we're going to edinburgh in scotland at the weekend. as you go round the country what really noticeable is the quality of our candidates who are outstanding, some of them are people who have already been in politics, some have held office, meps, mps, we have the former secretary of state for health, stephen donald, in the west midlands. we have people who have left the labour party, left the lib dems. we then have a large number of people who have never been involved in politics before, but really do believe that our country has made a terrible mistake in voting to leave the european union and they are determined to get involved to make the case for that people ‘s vote to

make the case for remain. it is really heartening, actually, to see that out there in the country there isa that out there in the country there is a first for a new way forward, a new party, and this acceptance that, frankly, all the political parties are simply not delivering and healing the divisions and really are pa rt healing the divisions and really are part of the problem of our broken politics. two things they wanted to ask you about. have doctor about healing the divisions. it looks from the outside looking in that the talks between the labour party and your old party, the conservatives, aren't really going to get anywhere. did you think that was doomed to failfrom the start? did you think that was doomed to fail from the start? is there enough common ground to find an agreement? i will tell you what my concern was. my i will tell you what my concern was. my concern, in the words of the labour shadow front and spokesperson on trade, that actually labour was set and would and may still do they allow this conservative government to deliver brexit. it is quite astonishing to think that the labour party is, in effect, prepared to

facilitate brexit. as we have seen injust the facilitate brexit. as we have seen in just the last couple of days, we have seen them being all over the place, do they support remain, do they support leave, are they in favour of a people's vote or do they believe that we should have that second referendum giving people the opportunity to have their final say? labourers all over the place. it really is a disgraceful situation to see the party of opposition taking such an unprincipled and such a precarious and differing and argumentative sort of stance within their own party —— labourers all over the place. the tories are in the same predicament. there is no unity in the conservative party. it is drifting to the brightness labour has already drifted to the left. this is reason why we need to get the centrist, sensible, but progressive voice of british politics back. that is what change uk absolutely offers. a place for people to come who share those centrist views that both parties are com pletely centrist views that both parties are completely abandoning. the final thing they want to talk to you about

as we have seen a number of online videos of some of the abuse you have received in recent months. do you think the tone of that has changed since you left the tory party or has it been the same, do you still have that confrontation on occasions with people? well, i don't have those confrontations... i mean, are you confronted in the same way as you we re confronted in the same way as you were then? isn't it a sad indictment of what has happened to politics in this country that they can sit here and say, hey, high have not had a death threat for about three weeks now? it is a shocking state of affairs. look at the abuse jess phillips of labour has received. we have now somebody standing for public office to represent people who has said, has made horrible, revolting comments about raping somebody, who happens to be a member of parliament. and yet it is almost accepted of parliament. and yet it is almost a cce pted by of parliament. and yet it is almost accepted by people that that is a normal way to do political discourse in our country. that is what they

wa nted in our country. that is what they wanted to ask you. it is a horrible mess and it has got to stop. usdate has been three weeks since you received a death threat. when you get things like that coming through your post do you look at it and just pass it away because it happens so often ? pass it away because it happens so often? i think you have got to be very careful, and they are, that you become completely immune to it. you get these horrible things that are said. they said with such a frequency that it just said. they said with such a frequency that itjust becomes the norm. that is why am absolutely determined, along with others, to say that this is not the norm. it is not acceptable. and to continue to make the case that we have got to change the whole atmosphere and attitude in britain to the way we do politics and, if you like, have that huge cleanup that is absolutely so necessary. 0ur huge cleanup that is absolutely so necessary. our country is still horribly divided and we are in this terrible situation in parliament where barely anything is being done because brexit is dominating everything. we are in a huge impasse in parliament. the only way forward.

they really do believe this. the only way forward is to take this matter now back to the british people and have that people's vote, that final say. we theresa may's deal, the withdrawal agreement, not the deal we will promise, but that to the british people with remain on the ballot paper. absolutely accept that in that event there would be people who would be disappointed and rather angry. but they tell you what, there will be many, many more people disappointed and angry if we leave the european union knowing that whatever way you do brexit it will make our country less well off and on the face of the fact that people are changing their minds and people are changing their minds and people want us now to stay in the european union. anna soubry, thank you for your time this morning. much appreciated. to find out who is standing in the european elections and more about the issues to consider, go to bbc.co.uk/news

more coming up on our series about menopause. thank you so much for all your messages. lots of questions coming in. we will address as many of those as we can add 8:a0am. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm charlotte franks. three gang members from london will be sentenced for human trafficking later in a landmark case of modern slavery. the 25—year—olds — glodi wabelua from tottenham, dean alford and michael karemera, both from lewisham — used young and vulnerable people to transport and sell class a drugs in hampshire. their six victims were all from south london and aged between 1a and 19. these young people did go through trauma in this case. some of them it was the first time they'd been arrested. some of them it was the first time they'd come in contact with this sort of crime type and all of them felt like they were under pressure

by criminals to continue dealing drugs. a number of beds on the postnatal ward in the maternity unit at king's college hospital are being treated for bed bugs. the hospital says deep cleaning is being carried out in the affected areas. while the process is going on visiting hours have been reduced. it says women are still being admitted, but are being informed about the situation. an iconic music venue in soho which has hosted musicians such as amy winehouse, blur, and 0asis is set to close. the borderline has announced it will shut its doors on the 31st of august because of "ever increasing rents and rising business rates". dhp family, which currently owns the venue, said "it was a sad day for all who love live music venues". let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on all tube lines this morning. 0nto the roads, the a13 is slower than usual coming in to town

because of a crash at the start of the canning town flyover. in ruislip, pembroke road is closed because of a collision. and charing cross road is closed southbound at leicester square for water works. and hammersmith bridge remains closed for emergency repairs. expect delays around south west and west london — especially over putney bridge. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's another beautiful start out there this morning. plenty of sunshine. just perhaps a little bit of mistiness, fairly isolated though. and if you have it's not going to last for too long. now, the sunshine stays with us for much of today. there really not much allowed to speak of at all. a bit more of a breeze. it's an easterly breeze today, which will make the essex coast feel perhaps a little cooler. but temperatures getting up to around 18, maybe 19 celsius towards the west of london. now, overnight tonight, after another lovely evening in the sunshine, it will be clear. so away from light pollution you may just spot a star or two. minimum temperature, again, reasonably chilly, at around a—5 celsius in the suburbs. for tomorrow it's more of the same.

plenty of sunshine, plenty of blue sky, temperatures 18—19 celsius. it's not until thursday we start to see a bit more cloud and the temperature drop just a little. turning rather unsettled as well. as we head towards the weekend we can expect one or two showers as we head through saturday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the head of the national crime agency wants her budget doubled to deal with what she describes as the staggering threat posed by organised gangs across the uk. lynne 0wens says in the nca's annual threat report

that without extra investment of nearly £3 billion over three years, members of the public would feel the consequences. the home office says its continuing to invest in the right capabilities and law enforcement tools. whatsapp says it's found and fixed a major security flaw in the messaging service that allowed hackers to install surveillance software on devices. facebook — which owns the company — says the attack targeted a select number of people. users are being urged to update their app. inequalities in pay and opportunities in the uk are becoming so extreme they are threatening democracy, according to the institute for fiscal studies. the think tank says that while high earners are enjoying runaway incomes there are rises in what it calls "deaths of despair" among the poorest. the institute is about to launch the most in—depth study ever undertaken of inequality in the uk, along with proposals to tackle it. the prime minister's chief brexit negotiator, 0lly robbins, is going to brussels today to discuss how changes might be made to the so—called political

declaration on future relations between the uk and the european union. back in westminster, the prime minister theresa may is coming under increasing pressure from within her own party. 13 senior conservatives have written to mrs may, warning her not to strike a compromise deal with labour over brexit. ajury in california has awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who say the world's most widely used weedkiller, roundup, was responsible for their cancer. the german pharmaceutical company bayer bought monsanto, the makers of roundup, last year. it's the third time bayer has been ordered to pay damages over the product. the company is appealing the decision. sophie long sent this update from oakland in california. we heard from alva and alberta pilliod, the couple concerned this time around. they were clasping each other‘s hands and both walking with walking sticks. we were told by their lawyer that alberta had problems standing.

alva clearly had problems gathering his thoughts and speaking but they both said that they blamed monsanto for their cancer. they both suffer from non—hodgkin's lymphoma and it has changed their lives, alberta said. she said, "we can't did things we used to "and we are very resentful against monsanto for doing that." she said had roundup, the product, been labelled properly, had they known it could have caused cancer, they would have been given a choice and they would have chosen not to use it. did you know the moon is shrinking and part of this process may be causing moonquakes, according to a new nasa study? the moon gets smaller as its interior cools, causing the brittle surface crust to break, forming thrust faults. scientists say the faults are still active and likely to be producing moonquakes today. studying a quake's movements can deepen our understanding of how earth, its moon and mars first formed.

coming up on the programme, carol will have the weather for you. a beautiful sunrise this morning. she has a big coat on today. holly is back in the studio after celebrating manchester city's for free. with had so much drama, it's been exhausting but brilliant. i've loved every second. we got the fa cup finals and after that, women's world cup. also netball world cup and we got a cricket world cup as well. take a break from the football for a while. a bit of tennis as well. wimbledon not too far around the corner. there is always that chat about the british interest. looking unlikely that we will have andy murray. a little bit inconsistent but johanna konta andy murray. a little bit inconsistent butjohanna konta has been doing well around europe.

johanna konta is through to the second round of the italian open in rome. the british number one beat alison riske in straight sets — her sixth clay court win of the year. she also beat riske at last week's madrid 0pen as well. next up for konta is former us open champion sloane stephens. britain's cameron norrie is also through after beating beat australia's john millman. but not such good news for british number one kyle edmund. he was beaten by spain's fernando verdasco, which means edmund has now been knocked out of the first round in monte carlo, munich, madrid and rome. serena williams made a winning return after two months out by beating rebecca peterson of sweden in straight sets. she'll face her sister venus in the second round. days after their defeat to premier league champions manchester city, brighton are looking for a new manager after chris hughton was sacked, following their battle with relegation this season. they've only managed two wins from 18 league games in 2019 and finished 17th in the table. chairman tony bloom says that poor form, led to him making what he's

described as one of his most difficult decisions. in the scottish premiership, st mirren kept alive their hopes of avoiding a relegation play—off with a win against hamilton academical accies had a man sent off in the first half and the pressure eventually told james norwood's goal saw tranmere through to the league two playoff final after they beat forest green. and the man in the middle of your screen leading the celebrations here is premier league referee mike dean! tranmere face newport in the final. mike dean will be there! tyson fury says he loves boxing more than ever as he prepares for his first fight in las vegas. the former world

heavyweight champion takes on the german tom schwarz on the 15th june. fury remains unbeaten in his 28 fights, and obviously considers himself a world champion. we've got all the great champions from the past, mike tyson, muhammad ali, george foreman, leon spinks, joe frazier, jake lamotta, rocky marciano and tyson fury so it's all there. you put yourself on, that was good. of course — legends belong with legends. england continue their preparations for the world cup dan doesn't want to get a t—shirt, though. you've had some suspicions —— suggestions. he's been made speechless by that shirt. i will remind you next time you wear one of yours. with respect, i would never put myself on a shirt. someone has done that for you, which we saw on twitter. it's haunting, by the way, don't look at it. thank you.

england continue their preparations for the world cup when they face pakistan in their third one—day international in bristol today they lead the five match series 1—0 thanks largely to wicket—keeper batsmanjos buttler who scored a century in that match. his team—mate jason roy says buttler is a major asset to the side. he's as good as it is gets, to be honest. it's not a shock on us. it's getting a bit routine for him to come out and play those sort of innings, kind of demoralising the guys at the top of the order, going for a run at ball. he comes in and blitzes it. he is an extreme talent and works hard for it and deserves everything he gets. now, f1 world champion lewis hamilton went to the top of this year's drivers standings with victory in spain on sunday — and he was inspired by a special good luck message from one of his biggest fans — a terminally ill little boy who received a special thank you. emma jones reports.

not everybody gets a formula one car delivered to their front door but this was a thank you to 5—year—old harry shaw, after his good—luck message to his favourite formula one driver. hello, lewis hamilton. good look winning the races in spain. and thank you for all the gifts. lots of love from harry. and tt was a message that inspired lewis hamilton to win in spain, to move back to the top of the drivers championship table. harry is terminally ill with a rare form of cancer. so today, as a thank you, a formula one car and the trophy from barcelona were both brought to him. we just can't believe that we've got this car sat there, the support we've had from mercedes forula 0ne team and lewis hamilton has overwhelmed us. it has made a difficult period little bit better for us. had it was my parents know that

isn't anything more they can do to save their son but they want to raise awareness of childhood cancers and funds for research to help other little harrys in the future. 0ur life is about to be shattered apart, we are about to lose our darling son. we just don't want other families in future to have to go through the same thing. today was a happy day and a magical memory for lewis hamilton's good luck charm. emma jones, bbc news. what an inspirational little boy. wait to see harry smiling. a lovely tailand a wait to see harry smiling. a lovely tail and a lovely reaction from lewis hamilton. later this morning, we get the latest official statistics on how productive we are as a country. lots of businesses are looking at how to work smarter and harder, we've sent nina to a pasty factory in bolton to find out what they're doing. you said you were going to sample

the product. how did it go down? it's a tough gig but someone has to do it. i may have had a steak slice it 620 this morning. these two women are working hard this morning. you are working hard this morning. you are trying to sneak pasties over the border, not going down well. these quys border, not going down well. these guys working hard at this factory in bolton. they've managed to up productivity significantly, going from making 7000 pasties a day to 10,000 a day, with really simple measures. how have you done that? we've managed to get the original machinery with had since the 70s and it's a new technology. a lovely quiet pumping system, it used to be

allowed clacking machine but there's allowed clacking machine but there's all kind of things we put on it. you've retained a bit of the old but also modernised it. you are saying it's about investing in your staff as well. that's correct, the most important thing we've done is to empower the staff. we are making accessible chunks, measuring them on the line, you can hear the machine chunking away and they can take that information and reduce the mistakes they are making, increase productivity so we change the way we check our deliveries and reduce m ista kes check our deliveries and reduce mistakes by 70%. really simple measures. james advises companies like this. we were hearing, it's not necessarily about massive out days because people might hear improvements in productivity and panic that it's going to cost them a fortune. improving productivity can be small

changes. it could be business owners taking time out of the schedule to think about the things they can do better. with the businesses we worked with some of the biggest improvements have come from the advice they have and they often have some of the best ideas to improve the performance of a business top ryde we talk to josie, the performance of a business top ryde we talk tojosie, an the performance of a business top ryde we talk to josie, an economist. somehow these simple messages are not getting through. germany and france managed to produce more what is going wrong? why are productivity levels lower than they have been at any point in the 20th century? the uk has one of the lowest unemployment rates in britain. in itself, that is a great thing. but itself, that is a great thing. but it reflects the fact that it is easier to hire and fire workers in this country than in other european countries. businesses are more likely to hire a couple of workers that invest in new technology, which is expensive when you do it. so we see slightly lower levels of innovation and the adoption of technology and higher rates of

employment, which is nice but it means the productivity is a bit lower. quite a frustrating irony in the slow employment rates. we expect the slow employment rates. we expect the productivity levels for the first quarter of the out a little bit later. any cause for optimism in your mind? we should see a pickup. productivity was very weak at the end of last year. hopefully this morning we will see some growth. we get those figures out at 9:30 a.m.. i'd tried a stakes liza 20 past six. in the interest of balance i will try a cheese and jalapeno on —— night raid a staglon. some breaking pasty news. we have had steve, an mp say that a pasty ian boulton, bbc breakfast, this is wrong on so many levels. pasties are only made in cornwall. he is using the hashtag key pasties cornice.

what do you think? —— cornice. the hashtag key pasties cornice. what do you think? -- cornice. there we re what do you think? -- cornice. there were pies in there. nina did say she had a steak slice. can pasties only be made in cornwall? carole, good morning. good morning. if you're stepping outside it is a chilly start to the day, even though it is lovely and sunny across many areas. that is the case in the roof of the bbc in london where there is a chilly breeze. the forecast for the next few days for us all is a mostly dry one. one or two showers tomorrow and the next day, but they are isolated, sunny, and temperatures higher than we expect, mostly, at this stage in may. yesterday the top temperature was 21 in edinburgh. today northern scotla nd in edinburgh. today northern scotland could see higher than that. high pressure is in charge of the weather. in the satellite picture

there is hardly a cloud in the sky. in the west there is a wee bit more cloud. it is high cloud. it will turn the sunshine hazy at times. with high pressure the area around it moves in an anticlockwise direction. we have an onshore breeze down the coastline. temperatures will be lower. we have a noticeable breeze through the english channel. if you are adjacent to that you will find it is cooler. as we move across the west it is the south—westerly or a southerly breeze. that is not quite as cool. you can see a lot of sunshine today, some fair weather cloud bubbling up through the day with temperatures in the north of scotla nd with temperatures in the north of scotland expected to reach up to 23 degrees. widely we are looking at 17-21. and the degrees. widely we are looking at 17—21. and the mid—teens across the north sea coastline. 0vernight, high pressure is in charge. it means that we will have clear skies. temperature dropped to 7—18 towns and cities. a chilly start of the day tomorrow. any mist and fog will

have quite rapidly and then we are looking at sunshine. with cloud floating around southern scotland and northern england there is an isolated chance of a shower more than noticeable breeze coming in from the north sea. again, it will feel cool in the north but less of a breeze in the english channel. as we head into thursday, dry weather around, afair head into thursday, dry weather around, a fair bit of sunshine. late in the day we will see cloud built across the northern half of the uk. that could spark off a showers across north—west scotland. temperatures on thursday a little lower. closer to where they should be at this stage in may. if it is raining you are after than it looks like at the moment we will see some of that coming in from the north sea on friday. ok, thank you very much. we will see you in half—an—hour. all this week, bbc breakfast is reflecting the conversations had around the menopause. we've now been told that a parliamentary inquiry will be launched into the difficulties women face when sharing symptoms with their gp. jayne mccubbin is at dumfries and galloway hospital,

where they run staff sessions on how to recognise the symptoms of menopause and how deal with them. good morning. good morning to you. good morning. good morning to you. good morning. good morning to you. good morning everyone. good morning to all the ladies. let me tell you about this place. the important thing you need to know is there are about a500 staff, but almost half of all the staff are women who are either in the perimenopause age or the menopausal age group. so no wonder you guys take this issue so seriously. they have menopause clinics, they have a helpline that is open to husbands, wives, relatives, bus, crucially, to clinicians. these are people in gp surgeries who don't feel they have the best experience to pass on to their patients, but they want to get it right. it is so important. that is why this enquiry is being launched. have a look at this.

all of these women turned to their gp for help, but all tell me they were left looking for answers on their own. marcia and hyacinth's menopausal symptoms were passed off as other problems. i was told that i'm stressed, um, depressed. first of all, it was too young to be going through menopause and then continued to constantly test me for sexually transmitted diseases. i've spent 2.5 years fighting to be referred to the gynaecologist. three gps later then they did the blood test and found out i was going through menopause. you are right. yes, it was correct. even with a menopause diagnosis in the bag, sylvia had to fight for treatment. it was only when i did my own research and got in touch with a menopause specialist that i discovered that i actually could and should be taking hrt. they'd all searched for answers and all hit a brick wall. which is why eileen set up a reclaim the menopause support group right here in hackney. we were getting women coming to see us. it was the same story.

they were going backwards and forwards to their gp several times. an absolute lack of knowledge. and the guidelines have been there for, what? four years. yes. good enough? not good enough. those guidelines were published for the very first time by the national institute for health and care excellence in 2015. four years on, the voice of gps admits it's a work in progress out there. so until now, the evidence has been contradictory and confusing. there have been lots of myths. so it's been quite hard for healthcare professionals to know exactly how to manage women with menopausal symptoms. but now we've got good, clear evidence. the nice guidelines have been in place since 2015. its still not filtering through, though, is it? it is — gradually. across london, the next generation of gps are having extra menopause training. they've all elected to be here. none of this is compulsory. what we, the british menopause society aspire to is that every gp practice has somebody with a special interest. it might not be a gp, actually,

it might be a nurse practitioner. that's the aspiration. right now a campaign to make menopause matter is gaining support online, calling on the government to make training a compulsory part of gp education. he made me feel quite ashamed for having gone to ask for his help. 50 years after this bbc documentary said women were suffering in silence, breakfast has been told women are still fighting to be heard. a parliamentary enquiry is about to be launched into why too little progress has been made in such a long time. 0k. ok. that is what it looks like when it does not go well. i want to introduce leslie and elaine. you are members of staff, to tell us what it looks like. leslie, tell me how it all started. it all started when i was 32 and experienced hot flushes, sleepless nights, and mood swings and realised the symptoms because my

mum and my granny both went through early menopause. so access to services with the doctor and katrina and started on hrt tablets which, sadly, did not work. they have been on the patches and now have the coil in. they have been on the gel, which has been fantastic. and you make it sound so easy. this is how easy it should be. elaine, you have a very high—powered job here. head of infection control. you did not even know you are starting on this menopausal journey. know you are starting on this menopausaljourney. what know you are starting on this menopausal journey. what happened? i've found myself finding things more difficult to make decisions about. i called the decision paralysis. it is like baby brain when you are pregnant. i was more emotional and decided to seek help from my gp. my gp was very well—informed. 0ffered from my gp. my gp was very well—informed. offered me anti—depressants well—informed. offered me anti—depressa nts but encouraged well—informed. offered me anti—depressants but encouraged me to about menopause systems and hrt. they decided that i would take what i thought was a more natural option

and take hrt. they felt better within a month. within a month. thank you very much. i want to introduce heather, one of the leading lights in the country in the area of the menopause. you set up the menopause matters website. let us give some useful takeaway information to women watching. when is the right time to seek help? as soon as they start to get symptoms is really important to recognise what impact they are having. but before then to get information so they know what to look out for. 0ften symptoms creep up slowly and it is important women no what can be hormonal. but not to wait until it is really, really bad. when did you get help? pretty early on. it was absolutely convinced that hormone therapy would be helpfulfor absolutely convinced that hormone therapy would be helpful for my bone and heart production. i was waiting for symptoms to then have a reason to go to my gp. they did not come, and they did not come. then i thought i could pretend and make them up. i know what to talk about. but actually i did have a hot flush,

asi but actually i did have a hot flush, as i was driving out of the hospital car park, and then had a few notes of disturbed sleep and that was enough. that was enough and you were in there. was not going to put up with it. that is good to hear your experience. when you go how do you get this gold standard service? so, in an ideal world, we want women to have the information to know what to look out for and then arrange to, first of all, make some changes themselves so there are diet and lifestyle changes that can really help, both for symptoms in the later health. but to go and ask information from the gp. and if they could go already with the knowledge that will make the gp discussion much better and much more focused. really useful information on of your collea g u es really useful information on of your colleagues that was when you call yourgp colleagues that was when you call your gp surgery asked to speak to the gp with the best menopause knowledge. not necessarily your gp but the best person in there. if you get fobbed off, quickly, what you do? you can ask to speak to someone else, see a different gp. you can also asked to be referred to a

specialist clinic. there are not enough around the country but we are getting better. there are a huge number at the moment. you so much. so much information there. back to you. thank you. thank you for all messages today. they are saying thank you for highlighting this, the men, and so many of saying that a lot of people started the symptoms in their a0s or earlier. this is one. she says i have been experiencing the same symptoms for five years, not aware initially they were part of perimenopause. i cannot take hip. some people can't, we talk about that later. she is now hoping that this was an depression will leave and let living in —— hrt. thank you for being in touch and being so honest. throughout the week we will talk about different ways people have of coping with it. for example, i know we group of ladies who go

open water swimming to help with their symptoms. so much to talk about. on the other end of things, thank you for the messages about pasties as well. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm charlotte franks. three gang members from london will be sentenced for human trafficking later in a landmark case of modern slavery. the 25—year—olds — glodi wabelua from tottenham, dean alford and michael karemera, both from lewisham — used young and vulnerable people to transport and sell class a drugs in hampshire. their six victims were all from south london and aged between 1a and 19. these young people did go through trauma in this case. some of them it was the first time they'd been arrested. some of them it was the first time they'd come in contact with this sort of crime type and all of them felt like they were under pressure by criminals to continue

dealing drugs. a number of beds on the postnatal ward in the maternity unit at king's college hospital are being treated for bed bugs. the hospital says deep cleaning is being carried out in the affected areas. while the process is going on visiting hours have been reduced. it says women are still being admitted, but are being informed about the situation. an iconic music venue in soho which has hosted musicians such as amy winehouse, blur, and 0asis is set to close. the borderline has announced it will shut its doors on the 31st of august because of "ever increasing rents and rising business rates". dhp family, which currently owns the venue, said "it was a sad day for all who love live music venues". let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on all tube lines this morning. 0nto the roads, the a13 is slower than usual coming in to town

because of a crash at the start of the canning town flyover. in ruislip, pembroke road is closed because of a collision. charing cross road is closed southbound at leicester square for water works. and hammersmith bridge remains closed for emergency repairs. expect delays around south west and west london — especially over putney bridge. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's another beautiful start out there this morning. plenty of sunshine. just perhaps a little bit of mistiness, fairly isolated though. and if you have it's not going to last for too long. now, the sunshine stays with us for much of today. there really not much allowed to speak of at all. a bit more of a breeze. it's an easterly breeze today, which will make the essex coast feel perhaps a little cooler. but temperatures getting up to around 18, maybe 19 celsius towards the west of london. now, overnight tonight, after another lovely evening in the sunshine, it will be clear. so away from light pollution you may just spot a star or two. minimum temperature, again, reasonably chilly, at around a—5 celsius in the suburbs.

for tomorrow it's more of the same. plenty of sunshine, plenty of blue sky, temperatures 18—19 celsius. it's not until thursday we start to see a bit more cloud and the temperature drop just a little. turning rather unsettled as well. as we head towards the weekend we can expect one or two showers as we head through saturday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines today: police! calls for almost £3 billion in extra funding to tackle what's being called the staggering scale of serious and organised crime in the uk. whatsapp is urging all users to update the messaging service after hackers remotely installed surveillance software

on some mobile phones. as pa rt of as part of our wake up to the menopause week, we are told a parliamentary inquiry is about to be launched into why too many women are fighting to get diagnosis and treatment. we are trying to solve the productivity puzzle. as we wait for the latest figures, we are at a factory in bolton where they say working harder, faster but happier is key. johanna konta is into the second round of the italian 0pen. the british number one enjoyed a straight—sets win over alison riske in less than 90 minutes in rome. good morning from the roof of broadcasting house in london, the sun is beating down. it has been a chilly start to the day but most of us will be sunny and warm, cooler along the north sea coastline and english channel coast, but top

temperatures could reach 20 20 23. -- 22 temperatures could reach 20 20 23. —— 22 or23. it's tuesday the 1ath of may. our top story... the head of the national crime agency wants her budget doubled to deal with what she describes as the staggering threat posed by organised gangs across the uk. lynne 0wens says that without the extra investment of nearly £3 billion, members of the public would feel the consequences. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. jailed last month, zain qaiser was behind a sophisticated online scan investigated by the national crime agency. the 2a—year—old used his computer programming skills to blackmail pornography website users out of hundreds thousands of pounds. the case highlights the increasing complexity of serious and organised crime and is why the nca is calling for more staff and expertise to counter the threat. according to the agency's latest assessment of the problem, there are now 181,000 offenders linked to serious and organised crime.

the main areas include drug dealing, human trafficking and sexual exploitation. the nca says £2.7 billion investment is needed over three years to fund more undercover surveillance operations and financial investigators. the net cost to the state, to just the uk of organised crime, is £37 billion. i mean, that's a lot of money we're talking about and they're looking at a £3 billion increase so roughly £700 million a year. that £700 million a year would increase their effectiveness greatly. last year, the home office published a strategy to tackle serious and organised crime. in response to the latest demand for extra money, the department says it is continuing to invest in the right capabilities and law enforcement tools. danny shaw, bbc news. we'll be speaking to the head of the national crime agency, lynne 0wens, injust a few minutes' time.

whatsapp says it's found and fixed a major security flaw in the messaging service — that allowed hackers to install surveillance software on devices. facebook — which owns the company — says the attack targeted a select number of people. users are being urged to update their app, as our north america technology reporter dave lee explains. human rights organisations say this is the attack they always feared it was possible, a flaw that meant attackers could plant surveillance software without the target needing to do anything. whatsapp has said it found a problem around ten days ago and, over the course of this month, has been notifying human rights groups, journalists and us law enforcement. the attack was said to have been developed by the nso group, an israel—based security company known for creating ways to hack into the most popular devices and systems and selling those tools onto governments and intelligence agencies. in a statement, the nso group said its products were about helping countries fight crime and terrorism.

the firm said it played no part in determining who was targeted. but this week, groups led by amnesty international are calling on the israeli military to revoke the nso's license to sell its products overseas, citing what it described as mounting evidence that tools were being used for human rights abuses. whatsapp has urged all of its users to update their apps as a precaution, but this is a cyber attack noteworthy not because of how many people were affected but because of who those people may have been. the prime minister's chief brexit negotiator, 0lly robbins, is going to brussels today to discuss how changes might be made to the so—called political declaration on future relations between the uk and the european union. back in westminster, the prime minister theresa may is coming under increasing pressure from within her own party not to strike a brexit deal with labour. 0ur political correspondent ben wright can tell us more. ben, what is 0lly robbins hoping to achieve in brussels if we are no closer to a brexit deal at home?

the political declaration is the non—binding brief bit of the brexit deal sketching out the future relationship between the uk and the eu, and labourwant relationship between the uk and the eu, and labour want to see changes made to that, the big one being a customs union included. 0lly robbins is going to brussels to see if that could potentially dig in. the eu has a lwa ys could potentially dig in. the eu has always said the political declaration could be rewritten, it is no big deal, so i think this shows that talks between the government and labour are ongoing, but in reality i think they are in real difficulty. there was a very tetchy meeting between labour leader jeremy corbyn and labour mps last night, his party worried that labour is being damaged at the polls because it is in talks with the government over brexit. theresa may is under massive pressure from tory mps to abandon the talks as well, she has been warned in a letter

signed by 13 former cabinet members and sirgraham signed by 13 former cabinet members and sir graham brady, a very senior tory backbencher, that if she gives grant to labouron tory backbencher, that if she gives grant to labour on a customs union and concedes to labour's demand for another referendum, she could destroy and split the conservative party connoisseurjeremy corbyn and theresa may under pressure to give up theresa may under pressure to give up on these talks which have been going on for around six weeks. the change uk mp, anna soubry, says british politics is in need of a huge clean—up after divisions caused by brexit. the former conservative, who has been targeted for her pro—remain views, told bbc breakfast she now lives with regular abuse. isn't it a sad indictment of what has happened in politics in this country that i can sit here and say, "hey, i haven't had a death threat for about three weeks now." i am absolutely determined, along with others, to say that this is not the norm, it is not acceptable and to continue to make the case that we have got to change the whole atmosphere and attitude in britain to the way that we do politics and, if you like, have that huge clean—up that is absolutely so necessary.

inequalities in pay and opportunities in the uk are becoming so extreme they are threatening democracy, according to the institute for fiscal studies. the think tank says that while high earners are enjoying run—away incomes there are rises in what it calls "deaths of despair" among the poorest. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. inequality is a big problem in the uk. in fact, we've got the highest income inequality of any developed country, except for the united states. the starting point for this investigation are some big differences that lots of us feel on a daily basis. children from single—parent families are more likely to come from a lower income bracket. the gender pay gap gets even bigger after a woman has given birth. and men from the richest areas of the country live on average 10 years longer than those from the poorest areas of the country, and that's a gap that's getting even bigger. james and bethany each have a postgraduate degree but they've struggled to make ends meet their family.

they say that's because some of the people they are competing against for work have more money behind them to start with. we are competing with an elite and to compete with that elite, you could, you can do it but for me, as a parent, i didn't feel comfortable being sort of us being separated, even though we were a couple, and then working all hours. bethany has decided not to work at the moment because they can't afford to pay for childcare if she does. the institute for fiscal studies say that failing to tackle inequality not only damages our economy, but our democracy too. colletta smith, bbc news. a jury in california has awarded more than £2 billion to a couple who say the world's most widely—used weedkiller, roundup, was responsible for their cancer. the german pharmaceutical company bayer bought monsanto, the makers of roundup, last year. it's the third time bayer

has been ordered to pay damages over the product. the company is appealing the decision. a new state—of—the—art treatment centre for military personnel is opening its doors for the first time today. the defence medical rehabilitation centre, at stanford hall near loughborough, aims to help members of the armed forces get back to work following serious injury. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is there for us this morning. is this the new headley court? is that the plan? people had seen films and documentaries about headley court, everything has been moved here to this state—of—the—art facility. this the prosthetics room, we we re facility. this the prosthetics room, we were in one of the gems previously, this is where people come who have lost lower limbs to test out new prostatic and learn how to use them. i am joined by an occupational therapist here. we have

the stairs and the ramp, you would use these for people testing per statics? i don't work with the prosthetics but we definitely would. we are trying to get people back into their everyday life for many people, one of the first hurdles can be getting up the stairs. you used to work in the nhs is an occupational therapist often with older people, a very different task here? having a younger population, people who want to get back into work, running, exercise or mountain biking. it is great to work with people who are really motivated to get back to everyday, normal things. and it is the mental therapy as well? yes, when you have an injury orare well? yes, when you have an injury or are not able to work, it really impacts your moods, there is a lot of adjustment. we think about the physical side and the mental health as well, supporting people to get back to normal life and how things

have changed. thank you so much. they do a really importantjob here. when it is open fully they will be coping with up to 250 patients a week. at the moment around 200 are using this facility. this is the new headley court and it will become just as well—known over the next few yea rs, just as well—known over the next few years, no doubt. an amazing facility, thank you, phil mackie. they are violent, technologically—advanced, and they out—number britain's regular army by two—to—one. that's the chilling assessment of serious and organised criminals in the uk, by the head of the national crime agency. lynne 0wens says she needs an extra three—billion—pounds to fight the tide of organised crime, or member of the public will start to "feel the consequences". she joins us now to tell us more. good morning, thank you so much for joining us. £3 billion is a huge amount of money, how would you justify that? today we're launching our annual national strategic

investments where we talk the —— the changing nature of serious and organised crime. it is chronic and erosive, it faces children in their bedrooms being targeted by paedophiles, it targets communities to violence, drugs, firearms, and targets those in their homes using cyber and potentially being subject to fraud. so to go forward into the future as a whole system we will need from local policing to the national crime agency and additional £2.7 billion. where exactly would this money be going? it is work we have donejointly this money be going? it is work we have done jointly with policing, looking at what we needed local police forces, regionally and nationally. there are some things we already do we currently only have one yearfunding already do we currently only have one year funding from, some response to child abuse and illicit finance, but there are new capabilities, some of them covert like surveillance and

undercover, some of them new technological capabilities needed to respond to the changing nature of the threats, encryption and the extended use of things like dark web technology. what has changed, in your view? i think there are a number of changes. serious and organised criminals used to be networked in what vehicle organised crime groups, phrases people know because of things like line of duty. but because of technology they don't a lwa ys but because of technology they don't always need to join groups now, sometimes they can be enabled through technology, just talking online. technology, dark web and encryption are two significant and big changes. we see a change because of the geographic spread, including internationally, so much of the crime is generated overseas and then brought to uk shores. lastly, things like virtual currencies, bitcoin, need new capabilities so we can track them so

that people cannot make crime pay. he had been director—general of the national crime agency folsom, explain if you would have it has got so out of hand? —— you have been director—general of the national crime agency for some time. director—general of the national crime agency for some timem director—general of the national crime agency for some time. it is not just our assessment, crime agency for some time. it is notjust our assessment, we take information from lord's —— law enforcement partners, the intelligence agencies, private and volu nta ry sectors intelligence agencies, private and voluntary sectors and many others. this is not a new document but it is the most comprehensive we have yet produced. we are seeing a change because of technology moving as quickly as they do, dark web is one of the examples of that. he said the money is not made available, if that occurs, the public will feel the consequences, what do you mean? looking at child sexual abuse, there are 2.88 million

users on the worst dark web sites, we believe at least, probably more, 596 we believe at least, probably more, 5% of those are based in the uk. we need to proactively target those individuals to protect children in the uk and abroad. similarly, fraud in the uk went up by 12% from april to september last year, and if you speak to many fraud victims in this country they would say the response from law enforcement is not as good as it needs to be, so the role of the national economic crime centre as we build it and building financial investigation skills across all of the law enforcement, is critical. you claim organised crime kills more people than terrorism, war and natural disasters combined. is that really what you think? it hit realistic? if you just look at drugs deaths alone, we are

in the thousands. lynne owens, director—general of the national crime agency, thank you. let us know what you think about that. there are lots of topics you are contacting us about this morning and probably the main one is still using the hashtag #bbcmenopause. yesterday louise chatted with naga, carol and sally. you have not spoken to anybody at work about it.|j sally. you have not spoken to anybody at work about it. i have been on a personaljourney with this for three years. i have been looking at that, been honest about how it has affected me and i have looked up at different alternatives, we are trying to answer questions about it, find out what is available and how you can get help. doctor rosemary leonard will bejoining us, she has

been a guest on breakfast for many yea rs, been a guest on breakfast for many years, she will be with us. and louise had spoken to us and we had spoken to your daughter about what has been going on in yourfamily. it has been going on in yourfamily. it has been going on in yourfamily. it has been a big eye—openerfor me, and also for you, carol? absolutely right. we learnt so much that none of us knew. the weather is a completely different subject, it is a beautiful start in london. it has been chilly for many, temperatures will rise quickly. 21.2 celsius was the top temperature yesterday, it could be higher today. for the next three days, mostly dry weather, sunny and particularly warm for some others for this stage in may. high pressure is firmly in charge. we have some cloud in the west, high cloud. that will turn the sunshine hazy in the west at times. for most

others it will be dry and sunny, with blue skies and some fair weather cloud. we have an onshore breeze coming from the north sea, temperatures will be pegged back a touch. it will be quite breezy across the english channel and adjacent coastlines, an easterly breeze, so feeling chilly. we have a south—westerly or southerly wind in the west, not as cold. top temperature is likely to be in northern scotland, between about 22 and 23 degrees, widely between 17 and 23 degrees, widely between 17 and 21, and the mid—teens in the north sea coastline. under clear skies, temperatures will fall away. we are looking at about six to 8 degrees in towns and cities and we could see patchy mist and fog. the breeze in the english channel will ease. any mist and fog forming tomorrow will burn away quite quickly and we are looking at another sunny, dry day. through the afternoon we could see more clouds

coming in across northern england and southern scotland, we might see the shower. it is an isolated chance but it is there, and temperatures in northern scotland could hit 2a degrees tomorrow, we are looking at 17 to about 22 widely, but with a more noticeable breeze from the north ch will feel cooler. thursday, more cloud later in the day across the northern half of the country, you could see a shower in the north—west. i never dry and sunny day for the uk, temperatures coming down a touch. —— another dry and sunny day for the uk. it looks like we could see some rain from the north sea on friday. thank you. it looks lovely. it was a beautiful sunrise this morning. thank you. many of you getting in touch about specifically menopause,

you know the hashtag, #bbcmenopause. amanda says after three years i am a5 with symptoms and not getting help from the gp, i finally get hrt, only to be looked down on by friends for kneading it when they did not. joanne says i am 55, i saw a female doctor with concerns about my health and well—being when i was a8, i was struggling with a number of health issues. she laughed and said i was too young. 0ther too young. other people are talking about hysterectom ies other people are talking about hysterectomies and the effect it has had on them, leslie says i was angry at the haze of menopause after hysterectomy, i was recommended to come off hrt but thyroid meds stayed high. i come off hrt but thyroid meds stayed high. i have discovered we are all individuals, we all need different a nswe rs individuals, we all need different a nswers to individuals, we all need different answers to deal with symptoms. some are natural, complementary therapies, so much out there, but we are trying to find as many answers as we can for you. throughout the week we are looking at various aspects. tomorrow we are

looking specifically at work, on friday we are looking at alternative therapies and talking about how this affects partners, men whose loved ones are going through it. you know everything, don't you? no, i know a lot but not nearly enough. later this morning, we get the latest official statistics on how productive we are as a country. lots of businesses are looking at how to work smarter and harder. we've sent nina to a pasty factory in bolton to find out what they're doing. co ntroversially controversially named ? controversially named? a very good morning from bolton. look at what cha ntelle morning from bolton. look at what chantelle is morning from bolton. look at what cha ntelle is doing. morning from bolton. look at what chantelle is doing. watching these pasties come off the conveyor belt onto the tray is one of the most mesmerising and satisfying things i have ever seen, i could for sleep against this machine. we seem to have started pasty wars, the new pmp has said a pasty factory in belton?! pasties are only made in cornwall! —— the pasties are only made in cornwall! -- the mp

pasties are only made in cornwall! —— the mp for newquay has said, a pasty factory in bolton?! i think you will find that cornish pasties are only made in cornwall, but pasties from everywhere else are still pasties! 0ver pasties from everywhere else are still pasties! over the last ten yea rs, still pasties! over the last ten years, productivity levels have been lower than at any point in the 20th century followed to have reasons. here they have gone from 7000 pasties per day to 10,000 in a short space of time. james was instrumental in batch. what was behind the spike in productivity, what are the key messages that could be projected to other companies? boosting productivity can be making small changes to deliver really big improvements for business. that can be simple things like taking time out of the business to reflect on your targets and ambitions, we were paired with an executive from siemens which showed how that's really productive business was able to do things, and

translate that into carrs pasties. at any business can reflect. listen to your employees, sometimes they have the best ideas to improve the workings of a business. interestingly, they told me that increasing wages to the living way, they are connected for everyone to be paid that and they said that it makes a saving in the long—term. how? it sets an ambitious target for the business to be more productive, if you have something like paying the living way to every employee it means you have something to work towards and all of the employees, there is the incentive to make sure they are really well skilled and able to work to a much higher standard than maybe they were before, because if you are paid better you will be happier and deliver more why is productivity so much lower than in, say, france and germany? what are they getting right? the living wages, flexible working?

compared to other countries the uk has slightly lower management capability than the likes of germany and france and slightly lower tech adoption. they are two factors that have been behind some of the lag related to other companies, but we had some of the best companies in the world, and it is bridging the gap between really ambitious firms that want to get better with the best you already know the way to do it. we are trying to introduce more businesses to the best so they can learn and improve. there is an irony that we have been spoiled by cheap labour, perhaps that has the incentivised companies to invest in technology? the labour market is as strong as it has ever been, that has been great for employment, but it means that when companies are looking to grow it is an easy option, you can employ somebody else to do the job, but there was not much more room. it is hard for companies to find employees so we had to think about how we will get back growth now, it can be investing

in training, machinery, tech and management capability. there was lots of help available for free. businesses looking to improve productivity but for now, from bolton, time for your regional news, travel and weather. hello, there, good morning. yesterday, temperatures got up to into the low 20s across northern scotland. quite widely, it was a warm and sunny day and we are going to see more of that warm sunshine over the next few days. in fact, temperatures will rise today and through tomorrow. this is the satellite picture this morning, you can see barely a cloud in the sky, really, just some high—level cloud out towards the west, that is making the sunshine a bit milky, a bit hazy, this morning.

as we go through the afternoon, a bit of cloud could well develop but for most of us, you can see, it is going to be a clear and sunny day and a warmer day compared to yesterday. maximum temperatures up to 22, 23 degrees in northern areas of scotland. widely, though, temperatures in the high teens, low 20s and a bit cooler around the coasts of the south—east of england. through the night, we will see a lot of clear skies, again we could see a touch of frost in some rural parts of scotland, a bit chilly across parts of eastern england but, those temperatures stay up at a—7 degrees. high pressure is the reason we got the settled weather and it's just moving its way a bit further toward scandinavia and it will allow more of us to get more of an easterly wind as we go through wednesday, so again feeling a little bit chilly at times around the coasts of east anglia, the south—east of england, but really, for all of us again on wednesday, apart from some fair weather cloud developing into the afternoon, it's going to be another sunny day and maximum temperatures, well, they will be higher still, 2a celsius in northern scotland but again, widely,

those temperatures up to around 19—22 degrees. as we go through thursday, friday and into the start of the weekend, it will start to get a bit cooler, we pick up more cloud. with that, there could be some spots of rain. not a lot of rainfall but there will be some around and those temperatures are more akin to what they should be for the time of year, about 1a—17 degrees.

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