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take place this summer. hello, good afternoon. the funeral of the record—breaking charity fundraiser, captain sir tom moore, has been held in bedford. the 100—year—old came to prominence after raising almost £33 million for nhs charities by walking laps of his garden during the first lockdown. he died earlier this month, days after testing positive for coronavirus. our correspondentjohn maguire has the story. they were there by his side when he made his most famous journey, and today, they were with him again when he made his final journey. soldiers from the yorkshire regiment, the modern equivalent of captain sir tom moore's wartime unit paid tribute with

full military honours. on the coffin, his medals, including his knighthood, and a specially commissioned officer's sword, on one side, the regimental motto, "fortune favours the brave." on the other, his motto, "tomorrow will be a good day." and in clear blue skies above bedford cemetery, the silence was broken by a fly—past from a wartime dakota. to us, he was a veteran and a record—breaking fundraiser, who walked 100 laps of his back garden to mark his 100th birthday, raising most £40 million for nhs charities in the process, but for his daughters, lucy and hannah, he was first and foremost a father. daddy, you would always tell us, "best foot forward," and true to your word,

that is just what you did last year. when you raised a fortune for the nhs and walking your way into the nation's hearts. in the last days and hours we had together, you talked with pride about the lasting legacy of hope that people said you had created, brought to life with the foundation in your name. you declared to me and the nursing staff that you had a lot more fundraising in you and that you would be back soon as you felt better. we are all so proud of everything you have achieved and promised to keep your legacy alive. thank you for all the special times we have shared. 0ur relationship cannot be broken by death. you will be with me always. and for his grandchildren, benji and georgia, who have grown up living with their grandad, it was a time to remember cherished moments. there is a lesson i have learned from living with you these past 13 years. it is the power of positivity and kindness. i truly do not believe i would be the person i am today without your sound guidance. we are now going to take...

and he became a favourite for millions around the world who are inspired by his words and deeds — to walk, to be kind, and to support good causes. # walk on through the winds...# reassuring as all that we would never walk alone. well, i've been speaking tojohn about how captain tom's family wanted today to be a celebration of his life, rather than a sombre occasion. that was definitely the tone at that xi captain tom had wanted himself. 0bviously, xi captain tom had wanted himself. obviously, the one that his daughters, lucy and hannah had put into practice, very much putting his wishes into practice and also, what the celebrant he ran the service who wanted to achieve. that balance between reflection but also celebration. of course, there is grief, but there is a lot of happiness. we heard the during the

funeral, was that perhaps many people have not had before, was about the man. his first 99 years before captain tom became the legend that we are also familiar with this year, around the world. the small stories about his cheekiness, about his humanity, his kindness, his ability, how we always looked out for the children, how he would repair their toys when they were broken, ortalked repair their toys when they were broken, or talked about the school days and their squat —— sports matches. how he would be a guiding light for his adult daughters throughout their lives. a real grounded, traditional yorkshire men, and very proud of his yorkshire roots. i think that really shone through today. it has made me think about why cats into —— why his story has travelled right around the world. why he gave interviews to something like 120, 130 countries. perhaps it is because of that. people can identify in him, that

humility, that humour and that humanity. that really shone through everything that he achieved in the last ten months of his life. have the family given any indication of what they hope will be his legacy? a foundation has been set up in his name, the captain tom foundation. quite early on, actually, when the fundraising went from that initial target of just fundraising went from that initial target ofjust £100, to walk a lap of his garden, £1 for every lap. a joke, really, from his son—in—law to keep him busy, active during lockdown. 0nce those figures are starting to really gather pace with the money raised for an nhs —— for nhs charities, to get into the millions and then tens of millions, they realise that they had a unique opportunity to speak to the world with all of those interviews that he was doing. they sat down and they thought and spoke to captain tom of all the things that were important to him. some of the factors in his

life, not regrets, but some of the things he realised that a lot more effort needs to be put into to rectify them, to make people's lives better. that will be the captain tom foundation, looking at things like dementia, loneliness, helping education. its work will continue and could continue for generations to come. when we think about some of the large charities we know the names of, barnardos, for example, perhaps people do not understand who those people were initially, but they know their names now. —— they know their names now because they are helping semi people every day. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has warned that the uk has been left "exposed" to increases in the cost of borrowing as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and says he must level with people about the enormous strain on public finances when he announces his second budget this week. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, gave me more details on what to expect on wednesday some actual words in black—and—white

from the chancellor this morning which is rare in the run—up to a budget. it comes with a pretty heavy hints i think, that the chancellor is trying to deliver in his interview with the financial times that he will use the budget on wednesday to at least start to prepare people for how he plans to readdress the balance in the public finances. possibly even to take steps towards doing that. the context here is that he has borrowed billions on billions during the pandemic to fund the furlough scheme and other support measures put in place. he's been able to do that relatively cheaply because interest rates are so low, but when he talks about the economy being exposed, what he means is, if interest rates were to go up in the near or medium future, then suddenly that would become a much more expensive debt and potentially an unsustainable one for the government to maintain. he wants to find ways of bringing the burden of debt down and how does he do that? there is pressure from all sides in his own party, never mind anywhere else. there are

conservative backbenchers to say that now was not the time to raise taxes, the economy is still fragile. we need to keep on investing and then we have kenneth clarke, the former conservative chancellor, now lord clark on the radio this morning saying that he needs to look up —— look at vat, national insurance, knows a thing is that the tories said in a manifesto in the last election that they would not touch them. i do not expect him to go there, it is more likely, it is all speculation at the moment, it is more likely corporation tax and taxes which would perhaps affect businesses a little bit. what you might call tinkering around the edges rather than a big tax bombshell. fix, edges rather than a big tax bombshell.— edges rather than a big tax bombshell. �* ., , , bombshell. a warning nevertheless from rishi sunak. _ bombshell. a warning nevertheless from rishi sunak. the _ bombshell. a warning nevertheless from rishi sunak. the dilemma - bombshell. a warning nevertheless from rishi sunak. the dilemma is l from rishi sunak. the dilemma is compounding. he can't come back and say, look, covid—19 changed everything, we made changes that no one can expect this to keep in the changed circumstances. even if he had said that, the prime minister has said there is no return to austerity. that means rolling out big spending cuts? tax rises are the

only few have the options left. if we can't cut the spending, it has got to be taxation at some point. yes, it does have to be. as you say. there are only a few ways in which the chancellor can raise money, he can either borrow it or put up taxes. he has clearly borrowed much money and is uncomfortable with that amount of debt. you will have to look at raising taxes at some point. he may not do it all in this budget, he almost certainly will not, but the longer he leaves it of course, the longer he leaves it of course, the closer we get to the next election for the 2024 calendar. and which conservative mp would want to answer on the doorstep for big tax rises in the to that? is a very tricky balancing act that he has to do. what is going through clearly is that there is an uncomfortable feeling in government about the level of debt that has been built up during the pandemic and sooner or later, all of that spending to keep the economy afloat is going to come at a price. anas sarwar has been announced as the new scottish labour leader. the glasgow msp mr sarwar

defeated monica lennon, the only other candidate in the race. mr sarwar takes charge of the party ahead of the scottish parliament election, which is scheduled to be held on 6th may. he is the first minority ethnic leader of a major politcal party anywhere in the uk. the new leader of scottish labour, anas sarwarjoins me now. congratulations on your election. it is a difficult time to take over a political party when you have an election right ahead of you. what can you do and in what is less than ten weeks now, to build up labour�*s prospects in that? ten weeks now, to build up labour's prospects in that?— prospects in that? good afternoon and i would _ prospects in that? good afternoon and i would like _ prospects in that? good afternoon and i would like to _ prospects in that? good afternoon and i would like to say _ prospects in that? good afternoon and i would like to say that - prospects in that? good afternoon and i would like to say that i - prospects in that? good afternoon and i would like to say that i was i and i would like to say that i was listening to the beautiful tribute from captains sir tom's daughter what i was waiting to come on. we would like to capture some of his spirit represented some of the best of the country. i recognise it as a big job to do to rebuild this party. as i said so, to the people of scotland, i know we have a lot of

work to do to rebuild the trust in us as a political party, i recognise that over recent times have not had the scottish labour party you deserve and i'm going to work day and night to give scotland —— the scottish labour party when it needs and deserves so we can rebuild our country. you have mentioned the election not far away, and i think going into the election, the focus has got to be what unites us as a country, ratherthan has got to be what unites us as a country, rather than what divides us. that is what my politics is all about and i want to bring our diversity together so that we can rebuild the country we love. i think we focus on what unites us rather than divides us, we can build a better scotland. it than divides us, we can build a better scotland.— better scotland. it is a very complicated _ better scotland. it is a very complicated example, - better scotland. it is a very complicated example, as i better scotland. it is a very l complicated example, as you better scotland. it is a very - complicated example, as you said, bringing communities together as a long established and well integrated first, second, now third generation of immigrants into scotland has been. 0bviously, of immigrants into scotland has been. obviously, not of immigrants into scotland has been. 0bviously, notjust immigrants from other parts of the uk but from right around the world, like your previous generation from your father's generation and so on. what

message can you deliver to those many scots who seem to have been won over by the argument for independence? at least if the broad opinion poll is to be believed, certainly the numbers have grown. there appears to be something of a trend, notjust isolated poles. how trend, not 'ust isolated poles. how do ou trend, notjust isolated poles. how do you address _ trend, notjust isolated poles. firm do you address that? the first thing i would say is on your first point, someone that looks like me, sounds like me from my background, from muslim heritage, being elected as a lead of the biggest political party in the uk, does not say anything about me, it says something great about me, it says something great about scotland and the scottish people. i want to work with all of them to build a bigger country. on them to build a bigger country. on the point of independence, i think truly, right now, i would seek to unite our country and to heal the wounds our country was that i do not think nicola sturgeon herself would be advocating a referendum right now she did not have to worry about the wounds on her own political party, rather than route than healing the wounds in our country. what people are worried about right now is

keeping safe, when they are going to get the vaccine, their child's education mental health, cancer operation on diagnosis, the screening, the planet they are going to leave their children, other grandchildren due to the climate change. all of these things, whether they will have a job to go back to after we come through covid—19, these are all the things i think people are worried about right now. i want our politicians to work together to address those priorities of the people so that we can have what i would advocate, a covid—19 recovery parliament over the next five years. recovery parliament over the next five ears. ~ ., ., five years. with a labour administration _ five years. with a labour administration under - five years. with a labour administration under un | five years. with a labour- administration under un rude, five years. with a labour— administration under un rude, then, be prepared to use the parliament powers make tax powers that do allow you a modest increase in tax to help with that process of rebuilding scotland and reuniting certain services? ., , ., ., ., , services? powers that have not been used. we services? powers that have not been used- we have _ services? powers that have not been used. we have to _ services? powers that have not been used. we have to look— services? powers that have not been used. we have to look at _ services? powers that have not been | used. we have to look at progressive tax system. there is no doubt we have to put more money into how we

find our public services, bring down child poverty in scotland, it is way too high. 0ne child poverty in scotland, it is way too high. one child poverty is one too high. one child poverty is one too many, but the fact that we have hundreds of thousands of children in poverty is not acceptable. i want to eradicate child poverty within ten years in scotland. that will require public spending because we need to make sure that those under our shoulders are paying more. we have to recognise as well that we are coming through a pandemic, our economy has taken a massive even sharper and deeper than the banking crisis that took us ten years to recover from. crisis that took us ten years to recoverfrom. when crisis that took us ten years to recover from. when looking at the budget, i mentioned earlier on, we want to see it investment in our economy. making sure there is no cliff edge on the photo scheme, supporting businesses to come through covid and then finding the people so that they can get the skills they need to go back through the economy. alongside that, people's wealth is important as well as the house. the economic connection to the house actually involves how we get a catch up for our children, with education, that

we have adequate mental health services in scotland, coming through this pandemic has been really important and also a catch up programme —— mike catch up programme in the nhs. all the cats operations because of our focus is on covid—19, these are all massive cancelled operations, these are massive things to address was that we do that with politicians of coming forward with the ideas to transform our country. one of the difficulties you face is that your vote as a party went down in the last scottish parliament election, just over 7%, he had to think 19% of the vote, third placed party, in that election, you have a lot of ground to make up. an argument comes from within your party that if you take the hard unionist line, i think it was the other msp saying this to bbc scotland, if you take the hard unionist line, there is nothing wrong with the union. we have to set —— stick together as a kingdom. you immediately write off a portion of the vote who are unhappy with the status quo. if you accept that

argument, maybe not, but if you do accept it, what can you offer distinctively labour that is not independence and is not the status quo? independence and is not the status uuo? ~ . independence and is not the status i uo? ~ ., ., , ., , independence and is not the status iuo?~ ., ., , independence and is not the status iuo? ~ ., ., , ., ., quo? what i would say is i do not think the united _ quo? what i would say is i do not think the united kingdom - quo? what i would say is i do not think the united kingdom needsl quo? what i would say is i do not. think the united kingdom needs to change. i think fundamental change i think, if you live in liverpool, birmingham, manchester, cardiff, you feel equally it is connected to this uk government as if you live in my home city of glasgow —— glasgow or edinburgh. i think byjohnson of a prime minister, and this government has taken our country backwards. i want to see huge reform of our uk, pushing power out of westminster and into our nations and regions. as part of that, pushing power out of holyrood into our local committees here in scotland. the challenges don't like these are notjust issues around web power comes from us, where it lies, we have to grapple with that, because of the issues of settlement, but imagine we obsessed the last ten years of what we could do in scotland, what we can't do in scotland. this is the fundamental issue here. i want to use the powers

we have he had to transform scotland but also still call for fundamental change across our country. i think having a referendum actually makes that harder because we want to focus on recovery, building our country back together again and if we come straight out of the collective trauma of covid and move straight into a referendum, or we are doing is going back to the old arguments. we cannot go back to those. i'm sorry. we can't come through this and go back to politicians that want to prevent —— present binary choices and force her to pick a side. we want to be on the side of people who want to be on the side of people who want to be on the side of people who want to protect our public services, our education, health, and i don't care if you are a yes or no, i want to work with you to make scotland a better place. you to work with you to make scotland a better place-— better place. you started this interview by _ better place. you started this interview by saying _ better place. you started this interview by saying you - better place. you started this interview by saying you hope | better place. you started this l interview by saying you hope to channel something of the spirit of captain sir thomas more. his children and grandchildren were saying that one of his regular bits of advice to them, throughout their lives was to just trying to be a bit nicer. lives was to 'ust trying to be a bit nicer. �* , ., ., ., lives was to 'ust trying to be a bit nicer. �* i. ., ., , ., . nicer. are you going to be a nice politician? _ nicer. are you going to be a nice politician? i _ nicer. are you going to be a nice politician? i have _ nicer. are you going to be a nice

politician? i have already - nicer. are you going to be a nice politician? i have already said i nicer. are you going to be a nice l politician? i have already said that i agree wholeheartedly in that sentiment, i should say. honestly, whatever device that we think and to death with our own political party, or whatever device we think between our political parties, they pale into insignificance compared to the inequalities and injustices that exist across our country. i have already said no make that pledge into you today. i want to be a that focuses on what people can be brought together by, not what pulls them apart. that is what the leadership i want to offer. congratulations anas sarwar on your election. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, we start with a 20th straight win for manchester city and all competitions after they beat west ham 21 in the premier league is lunchtime kick—off. john stone was my goal in the second have extended their lead to 13 points. joe was

watching. for manchester, there victories externally. they have one 20 in a row. every goal takes them closer to titles and records. they came from cross from kevin sabrina, who may be the world's best passer of the ball. this one made it easy for even rubin to the school, and here the defender. at six at west ham, and tony has played all over the pitch, but as a striker, he is on the right place. this equaliser was the first goal city had let in here since december. fora goal city had let in here since december. for a while, their finishing was absent, sergio aguero got a first start in four months, but looked out of practice. instead, his side looked elsewhere and once again, the centre backs came up. england'sjohn stone is having his best ever season, he keeps goes out and is now scoring for himself. west ham came close to a late response, but city now are on a run being

watched around the world. in munich got 23 straight wins last season and it is thought the world record of 24. -- it is thought the world record of 24. —— by a it is thought the world record of 24. —— bya minute. now it is it is thought the world record of 24. —— by a minute. now it is not about who can catch them but how far they can go. john in the premier league game currently under way. west brom went one up after 15 minutes but then after 18 minutes, brighton were awarded a penalty, following a handball in the box. it was stepped up, but it went off the bar. an opportunity to equalise just squandered. leeds face aston villa later, while newcastle take on wolves. forfeitures in the scottish premiership under way, celtic against aberdeen. first match without neil lennon in charge as he resigned as manager. it is currently 1-0 to resigned as manager. it is currently 1—0 to saltoun after a goal. the assistant manager is in the dugout at celtic park. watford have missed out on the chance of moving into the championships automatic promotion places after losing one nil at

bonner. both got the win. but there were ugly scenes at the end of the match where both sides finished the game with ten men. watford's pedro was sent off for kicking off and in the aftermath, �*for his part shown his second yellow for his part in the melee. rugby now and the first of this afternoo's six nations matches is under way, with ireland versus rome. —— ireland versus italy in rome. it is 27—10 at half—time. jonny sexton kicking the majority of the points for them. injust jonny sexton kicking the majority of the points for them. in just under an hour's time, there is a huge match in cardiff as wales take on england. a game which was usually played on a raucous atmosphere at the principality stadium. at played on a raucous atmosphere at the principality stadium.— the principality stadium. at the moment it _ the principality stadium. at the moment it is _ the principality stadium. at the moment it is difficult _ the principality stadium. at the moment it is difficult for - the principality stadium. at the moment it is difficult for teams the principality stadium. at the i moment it is difficult for teams to be aggressive because the crowd does provide a stimulus for aggression and we play an aggressive game. we are at our best when we are aggressive. it is difficult because

of the regulations, the amount of time we would like to spend together, to build that interaction, togetherness, but we are finding ways to around it.— togetherness, but we are finding ways to around it. bristol stay top ofthe ways to around it. bristol stay top of the premiership _ ways to around it. bristol stay top of the premiership after _ ways to around it. bristol stay top of the premiership after a - ways to around it. bristol stay top of the premiership after a 70-3 i ways to around it. bristol stay top l of the premiership after a 70-3 vest of the premiership after a 70—3 vest over —— victory over leicester. the centre peer was a corner. leicester are down in eighth place. scarlet�*s hopes of reaching next season champion's cup and their three —— thrilling when. the welsh side were put in front earlier in the second half. they built off after a spirited comeback from edinburgh. tour de france champion who rides for team united arab emirates has beaten britain has �*s adam yates to when the tour of the uae. yet he won this race last year, began the place —— race in second place, but this crash with 24 miles to go jeopardise

his position. however, he managed to finish safely in the main bunch. australian sprinter caleb beat to win a stage seven. no problems to confirm victory for his team home base. latest football and rugby results are on the bbc sport website, but that is on the spot for now. thank you from the bbc sports centre. ministers in england have launched a campaign to reassure parents it's safe for children to return to the classroom. the back—to—school adverts will highlight extra measures, such as testing and masks, being introduced ahead of schools reopening fully on march the 8th in england. 0ur correspondent, jon donnison, has the details. these are some of the reasons the government in england think it's important to get young people back to school. teachers�* unions, though, are urging caution. our view is that it is the right time to go back into school. we would have had a phased return because that is what we see

in wales, in northern ireland and in scotland. we haven't really seen the evidence for why it is so different in england. 0n the other hand, this is all about managing risks. and the risks of children not being in school are very significant as well. so, yes, it is the right time. but let's be realistic and recognise that it must be done with a real sense of honesty and of caution. and the unions are unhappy that the government has rejected the idea of prioritising teachers for vaccinations. instead, age will continue to be the main factor driving the vaccination timetable. the government has pledged to offer the vaccine to everyone over 50, as well as those in specific at—risk groups, by mid april. it will then work down through the age groups, starting with those aged 40—49, then 30—39, and finally 18—29 — aiming that all adults should have been offered at least a firstjab by the end ofjuly. but despite the rapid progress on jabs, at the latest downing street briefing,

a warning not to become complacent. it's a bit like being 3—0 up in a game and thinking, "well, we can't possibly lose this now." but how many times have you seen the other side take it 4—3? do not wreck this now. it is too early to relax. and as we head towards spring, although cases are continuing to fall on a national level, in one in five local council areas, infections have actually started to slightly rise again. jon donnison, bbc news. nine new cases of covid—19 have been detected in the isle of man — four weeks after the government there lifted all social distancing restrictions. the public are now being advised to take precautions including avoiding household mixing, staying home where possible, and not to visit a health and care settings unless absolutely necessary. those who tested positive

are now self—isolating. the festival industry has been hit hard by the pandemic with revenues dropping by 90%. the government's furlough scheme and other financial support has helped many businesses survive, but event organisers will be watching wednesday's budget to see whether that continues beyond next month. this report from katie prescott contains flashing images from the start. dance music. dancing together — a distant memory. the echoes of crowds like these not heard for over a year. but there are hopes that parks like this one might soon welcome them again. this festival organiser is planning an event here in september — but he's taking a big risk. with every single month that goes by, from now until september, we are investing heavily in this show. we currently have no insurance in place to ensure that we're going to get that money back. every single month that goes by, thousands of pounds are being spent on suppliers.

we had to delay as many payments as is humanly possible. performers can't be sure if the event will go ahead. completely helpless. but then, also, what can you do? i'm someone that definitely works in the moment, and when everything and all the tools possible have been taken away and downed, it makes it extremely hard. # come on, now, tell me, . tell me what you want to do. # show me love! # come on!# the festival industry will be hoping the chancellor shows them some love in his budget on wednesday — a year on since the pandemic started, it will lay bare just how much it's cost to keep businesses going through covid. but the events industry is hoping the government doesn't pull the plug on spending just yet — at least until audiences are able to return to venues like these. we need an extension of furlough. the business rates relief was really important. the 5% vat was interesting, but we've not been able to trade so we've not been able to benefit from that. when tickets are available,

it seems people do want to buy them. we are, if anything, worried about the capacity that we'e going to have for the explosion of domestic tourism we're expecting to see in the uk this summer. internationaltourism, obviously, completely different story. after a year of silence, this summer could mark the start of a new dawn for festivals — even in a socially distanced world. katie prescott, bbc news. right, what you will most certainly want to do about —— to know about this we then —— weekend the weather. let's have a look. hello there. high pressure building across the uk now — it's going to bring plenty of dry and settled weather for the next few days. we will see some sunshine and variable cloud. it will feel quite chilly at night with mist and fog. this weather front will be bringing more cloud to scotland and northern ireland today, but for the rest of the country, it will be sunny and mild. 0vernight, there will be clear skies in most places, some low clouds rolling

into east anglia and eastern england by the end of the night. generally cold with some frost and mist and fog under the clouds. bit more cloud in the north—west so not as cold here. the cloud should start melting away through sunday, so a brighter day for the north—west of the uk. plenty of sunshine in england and wales, away from the south—east on the east. it could stay quite grey and misty and cool there. it was quite mild, 10—12 degrees for many. it is slide and settle for this upcoming week, bit of sunshine with variable cloud. nights will continue to stay chilly and it will turn colder for all by the end of the week.