good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. our headlines today. energy bills to rise again. in a few hours the regulator will announce the new price cap but with government help set to end, households could face a big hike from april. despite the raw cost of energy coming down, most of our bills will go coming down, most of our bills will 9° up coming down, most of our bills will go up again. i am at a community cafe in preston talking to those who say they will not have the buffer to meet the extra costs. is a deal done on a new brexit agreement for northern ireland? the prime minister meets his

european counterpart today in berkshire. nhs staff tell safety investigators they feared patients were dying as they grappled with long ambulance delays. in sport this morning. a silver sunday for both manchester united who win their first trophy in six years and celtic who retain their league cup title. good morning. last night, under clearskies, good morning. last night, under clear skies, the northern lights were seen quite widely across the uk as far south as the south of england. forthe as far south as the south of england. for the next few days, high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather which means things will be fairly settled, some sunshine, variable cloud and some night frost. all of the details later. in a few hours, energy regulator ofgem will announce a new price cap, which will take effect from april in england, wales and scotland. it's expected to fall by about £1,000. despite this, households could see their bills rise by 20%

a year because government support will be scaled back. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith explains. do you think we can turn the charger off now? henry and william are getting pretty good at this game. balancing the lights, the heating and power plugs to keep everyone happy and the bills down. 0h, here's a message — who turned my game off? i hadn't saved it, it says. right, what's this one say? let's turn everything down. but at home, it's not a game for their mum. hot water bottles, electric blankets, more blankets. and i hate to say it, but we are relying on the wood burner to be able to keep on top of the bills that keep going up and up. halla says her energy direct debits have already gone up £100 a month, and angeli says it's getting harder to find ways to power down. we've not increased our energy consumption and still the bills have gone up. so we really struggle

to now think where exactly we need to cut back more. at the moment, the price cap is 67 pence per kilowatt hour for electricity and 17 pence for gas. but the government have stepped in to lower that, so that we don't pay more than 3a pence per kilowatt hour for electricity, and 10 pence for gas. and they're paying the difference to energy companies. the level of the price cap is based on the cost of gas and electricity on the global markets over the last six months or so, when energy companies had to buy it. we know that those prices have been falling over recent months. so from april, the regulator is lowering the price cap that energy companies can charge. but it doesn't mean we'll end up paying less for our energy bills because the government doesn't want to keep paying so much in the difference between those prices. so now a typical household's bill will go up from around £2,500 a year to £3,000 a year.

that's an increase of £500. zoe's had to pay around £250 a month to cover her bills this winter. from november through to february, which is massive for us. so she's not looking forward to another price rise. just, yeah, really annoying. especially particularly as the energy companies are making millions of profits. but, yeah, worry about next winter. this april's rise comes at exactly the same time that the extra £66 a month of direct government payments to each household finishes, which will make covering the price increase harder. to be able to cope with the changes that are forthcoming, we've got to make changes elsewhere. the only hope that's on the horizon is that global gas prices are still falling, so we may actually see our prices reduced once we head into the autumn. colletta smith, bbc news, in wallasey. rishi sunak will meet the president of the european commission today

for what number 10 describes as "final talks" on a new brexit deal for northern ireland. the prime minister and ursula von der leyen will be trying to resolve the "range of complex challenges" around the protocol during the meeting. since brexit, exports from the uk are subject to checks to ensure they conform with eu rules. but for goods crossing the irish sea, they are checked on arrival in northern ireland, effectively creating a border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. this is in order to keep open its border with the republic. the uk wants to change the agreement so that fewer goods need to be checked. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardley is in berkshire this morning. this meeting is expected to take place later today there. what are we expecting and how significant could

this be? hi. expecting and how significant could this be? g ., ., ., expecting and how significant could this be? g ., ., ., this be? hi, jon, good morning to ou. i this be? hi, jon, good morning to yom i think— this be? hi, jon, good morning to you. i think today _ this be? hi, jon, good morning to you. i think today is _ this be? hi, jon, good morning to you. i think today is the _ this be? hi, jon, good morning to you. i think today is the day. - this be? hi, jon, good morning to| you. i think today is the day. there are still some final negotiations, they are taking place, i was on the phone to people in government last night who said this is not signed until it is signed. it feels like the prime minister's penndor is poised this morning to say yes these new arrangements. it is a big moment for a couple of moments. 0ne new arrangements. it is a big moment for a couple of moments. one of practicality and one is practical —— political. what you will hear the government say today if this goes ahead is that this gets rid of a lot of the czechs that have been a problem for people in northern ireland, a lot of the paperwork, it became so cumbersome over the split from the european union and it goes a long way to solve some of the problem is that unionist communities in northern ireland heard. politically it is a big moment as well, it is a huge moment for the prime minister because it is going to be sold as a big victory, a sign that he can do things well and get

results that his predecessors could not. not everyone in his own party is convinced, there are a lot of brexit supporting mps i have been chatting to over the weekend who are waiting to really scrutinise whatever is published today to see if it meets the criteria that they were demanding. then there is the dup, the unionist party in northern ireland. so far they are not signed up, don't think you will see them signing up today, they will want to have a proper look at it today. if they don't come on board, it means they don't come on board, it means the power—sharing arrangements in northern ireland are unlikely to get up northern ireland are unlikely to get up and going again. a lot of tests involved in this, a big day for the prime minister and the country. absolutely and lots to be unveiled in the hours ahead. for now, thank you very much indeed. for more insights and analysis on the latest news the northern ireland protocol listen to tonight's newscast podcast, with political editor chris mason,

europe editor katya adler and host adam fleming, available on bbc sounds. an australian firm has bought the defunct battery making company britishvolt, which collapsed last month with the loss of 200 jobs. the uk start—up had planned to build a giant factory to make electric car batteries in northumberland but struggled to turn a profit. the new owner, recharge industries, will keep the britishvolt brand name and will initially focus on batteries for energy storage. at least 59 people, including 12 children, are known to have drowned after a boat carrying migrants, sank off the southern coast of italy. the boat was said to be overloaded with close to 150 people when it broke apart when trying to land. vincent mcaviney has more. on saturday night, another tragedy in the mediterranean. by dawn, this debris was all that was left of a migrant boat that broke up in rough seas just off the calabrian coast. it's thought the vessel left izmir in eastern turkey three days prior, with as many as 150 crowded aboard.

but only around 80 survivors washed up ashore near the town of crotone. rescue workers struggled in the conditions to rescue bodies from the waves. dozens, including a baby, are known to have drowned. the regional governor visited the scene. translation: calabria is a region that welcomes people. _ last year we welcomed 18,000 migrants, but we can't be abandoned by the rest of europe. this type of tragedy should have been avoided, not lived how we're having to live it today and how we will live it again in the future. reacting to the weekend's loss of life, the head of the eu commission ursula von der leyen said eu countries must redouble their efforts to tackle the migration crisis in the central mediterranean. among passengers were migrants from iran, pakistan and afghanistan. despite the dangers, italy is one of the main landing points for people trying to reach europe in small boats. almost 12,000 migrants have already

arrived by sea in italy this year. in 2022, more than 105,000 successfully made the crossing, with over 1,300 dead or missing. although high, those numbers are down on the 2016 peak when there were over 180,000 arrivals by sea. the government blames people traffickers and has pledged to stop the boats. from a safe passage to a better life, the victims of these gangs now lie beneath these sheets. for the survivors, like hundreds of thousands before them, they face an uncertain future. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. police in northern ireland have been given more about the attempted murder of an off duty police officer last week. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell was shot outside a sports centre in 0magh on wednesday and remains in hospital. in total, six people have been

arrested in connection with the shooting in the police's main line of inquiry is that is that the dissident republican group the new ira is responsible. sheffield has become the latest city in the uk to introduce a clean air zone which will see some vehicles charged to enter the city centre. the city becomes the seventh in england to join the controversial scheme which charges commercial vehicles that don't meet minimum emissions standards. safety investigators say doctors, ambulance dispatchers and other nhs staff in england are facing "significant distress" and harm as a result of long delays in emergency care. the health care safety investigation branch says many staff broke down in tears when asked about their working environment. 0ur health correspondent jim reed reports. this winter was a nightmare, the worst it's ever been. matt works as a 999 call handler in england. he doesn't have permission to speak to the media, so we've changed his name and voice. at one point, we hit more than 500 waiting calls. we were overwhelmed. it's exhausting, it really is.

it's really upsetting. the health care safety watchdog says pressure like that has caused nhs staff significant distress over the last year. call handlers told investigators it was common to worry "how many are we going to kill," because they were not always able to send ambulances quickly. it's so deflating, especially for those really critical calls where they're screaming to get an ambulance. you just don't have the heart to tell them there's nothing available. i've seen colleagues try to calm someone down and apologise for the wait time, only to be hit with a wall of abuse. i've seen colleagues cry after those calls. the investigation also found strong links between the wellbeing of nhs staff and patient safety. anxiety, stress and depression are the most common reason for staff sickness in the health service, with rates increasing. carrying out this investigation has been difficult. we have heard the level of emotion that staff are under. but we we absolutely have

to tell the staff story because there is a direct impact on patient safety. it has been absolutely relentless. imploding comes to mind. dr salwa malik has worked for five years as a consultant in a busy a&e department. you're basically running a resuscitation room in the corridor and you get scared, you do. it's natural, it's good to feel scared because you should be scared. it's not normal. how easy is it to go home and switch off after one of those shifts? you can't always switch off, actually. i've had nights where you go over the scenarios in your head about patients or whatever problem that you were in, and it can be really difficult to sleep. if you're on edge for ten, 12 hours a day, at the end when you walk out, you can kind of crumble. the nhs said it takes staff wellbeing very seriously and does

have a range of support in place. the government said it has provided more funding to reduce pressures with plans to expand the number of hospital beds and ambulances in england by next winter. jim reed, bbc news. early results in the most competitive election in nigeria since the end of military rule in 1999 have started to come in. turnout appears to be high amongst the 87 million eligible voters, but the winner won't be known for a few days yet. we can speak now to our west africa correspondent mayeni jones. good morning. what are the early indications telling us? goad indications telling us? good morning- — indications telling us? good morning. results _ indications telling us? good morning. results are - indications telling us? good l morning. results are trickling indications telling us? good - morning. results are trickling in particularly slowly this time around, only one state has declared its result, the south—western state of ekiti, and that has gone to the ruling progressive congress party,

bola tinubu. at the moment the electoral commission says that the delay is due to the fact that they are trialling a new electronic voting system, this is the first time they are using it in the national level and that has made things particularly slow, we will not have results for a while, they will continue counting results from around 10am gmt.— around 10am gmt. thank you very much. interesting _ around 10am gmt. thank you very much. interesting boxing - around 10am gmt. thank you very much. interesting boxing match, i much. interesting boxing match, almost a reality tv game rather than almost a reality tv game rather than a sporting match. the reality television star, tommy fury, has won the latest high—profile boxing contest between novice fighters. he beat the youtuberjake paul in the highly anticipated eight round fight in saudi arabia. despite being knocked down in the final round, tommy fury won by split decision. tommy fury obviously better known as

a boxer, ithink, rather known better than jake ball, a boxer, ithink, rather known better thanjake ball, more boxing experience. it is an interesting development. we will be talking to ours boxing correspondent but if this is the way boxing is going. find this is the way boxing is going. and he is ve this is the way boxing is going. fific he is very supportive. this is the way boxing is going. and he is very supportive. i _ this is the way boxing is going. and he is very supportive. i bet - this is the way boxing is going. and he is very supportive. i bet you - this is the way boxing is going. and he is very supportive. i bet you a i he is very supportive. i bet you a lot of peeple _ he is very supportive. i bet you a lot of people watched. _ star—gazers in parts of the uk were treated to a beautiful sky last night. this is the opposite of boxing! this time—lapse of the aurora borealis, was captured by the team at grassholme 0bservatory in teesdale. i thought they were going to say somewhere... i thought they were going to say somewhere. . ._ i thought they were going to say somewhere... ~ �* . . . it said this type of aurora has not been experienced for a number of years. i have got a confession to make. matt taylor tweeted about this last night, ijumped out of bed and looked out of my window, i didn't

see anything, what was i doing wrong? see anything, what was i doing wron: ? ., see anything, what was i doing wronu? ., , ., ., ., wrong? you should have got your camera out! _ look at the aurora, you don't look at it as vibrantly as this, but if you stick your phone camera up, you will see the cameras can —— colours come to light. we saw these as far south as the south of england, south wales and east anglia, but to see them you need to clear skies. if you have clear skies in the next few nights, it's worth going up and pointing your camera at the sky. they are amazing, i saw them last week, that we talk of them like curtains doing this, they don't sway as much as that, they look white, and then they move, its magical. this is a picture from south ayrshire, you can see the different colours. it depends what the charged particles emitted from the sun collide with above the polar reaches

of the atmosphere. if it is red and yellow, it tends to be oxygen that the charged particles collide with and when they relax they emit these pockets of light. if it is magenta, it is more likely to be nitrogen. it is cold this morning, but where we have got the cloud cover this is where you would not have seen the northern lights but the temperatures are a little bit higher. high pressure is in charge of the weather this week, mainly dry with some sunshine but a light frost especially the first half of the week. clear skies today across northern and western scotland, a bit of sunshine, and although we start with some clear skies in the south—west of england and south wales, the cloud will build. we have some showers in the moment coming in the east, some are coming into the west, we will see a few of these move towards the west as we go through the course of the day. there is a breeze coming in so on the coast it will be colder than those temperatures suggest. this evening

and overnight, spot the difference, we still have high pressure in charge, high areas of cloud and the odd shower. tomorrow rather like today, further share was coming in, we have got a little system coming up we have got a little system coming up from france which will bring some sharp showers in southern and eastern england. temperatures seven to 9 degrees. so the weather this week is not terribly inspiring in times of variety but we might see the northern lights. that times of variety but we might see the northern lights.— the northern lights. that is inspiring- _ the northern lights. that is inspiring. we _ the northern lights. that is inspiring. we didn't - the northern lights. that is inspiring. we didn't realise | the northern lights. that is- inspiring. we didn't realise that a normal phone — inspiring. we didn't realise that a normal phone would _ inspiring. we didn't realise that a normal phone would work, - inspiring. we didn't realise that a normal phone would work, i - inspiring. we didn't realise that a i normal phone would work, i thought you need _ normal phone would work, i thought you need special equipment. you can take it through _ you need special equipment. you can take it through your _ you need special equipment. you can take it through your phone _ you need special equipment. you can take it through your phone if- you need special equipment. you can take it through your phone if you - take it through your phone if you have got a decent phone, you can see them and try it is, it's the most incredible site. we them and try it is, it's the most incredible site.— them and try it is, it's the most incredible site. we might have a look now and — incredible site. we might have a look now and leave _ incredible site. we might have a look now and leave you - incredible site. we might have a look now and leave you to - incredible site. we might have a look now and leave you to it! . rishi sunak�*s new brexit deal for northern ireland dominates many of today's papers.

the guardian says the pm will have to convince hardline tory brexiteers and the democratic unionist party about his plan, but both have said they will only give a verdict on the deal once they have read the full and final text. the financial times carries an image of survivors sitting on a beach after at least 59 people died off southern italy. authorities said that an overcrowded wooden fishing boat carrying more than 150 migrants smashed into rocks off the italian coast. the daily mirror reports that a 20% rise in energy costs in april could plunge 1.7 million more households into crisis. it says critics are calling on the chancellor to extend the government support. and there's more on the cost of living crisis, including a section called tackling it together on the bbc website. that's bbc.co.uk/news and you can access it on the bbc news app as well. we will explain more this morning where prices are coming down but bills are going up.—

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of me being infertile after having an abortion, and that i might not be able to have children again. and she said, "you will always be a mother" and that does stay with you. the pregnancy crisis helpline says it supports women in a safe, pressure—free environment, and it works hard to offer women the highest possible standard of support. there are at least 57 crisis pregnancy advice services operating outside the nhs in the uk. bbc panorama found evidence 21 of the centres gave advice that could dissuade women from having abortions. several linked termination to breast cancer, infertility and post—abortion syndrome, a nonexistent disorder. i decided to secretly film a visit to one of these centres, tyneside pregnancy advice centre in newcastle. it says it offers information provided by trained advisers. we know what's going on, don't we?

we know that life is precious, we know that babies are being killed in the womb. it's run by this man, an nhs paediatrician who has anti—abortion views, dr chris richards. i made an appointment with audrey, who i'm told is an adviser. i say i have two children and i'm pregnant again. do you want to pop next door? yeah, sure. you just don't know what to do, because i've been pregnant before. she says if i want an abortion, i should consult the nhs website. she also gives me a leaflet. i know you can see here the physical risks. and then you've got the psychological effects like guilt, shame, grief, depression. there's a lot here. i suppose the one that sticks out the most to me is the avoidance of children,

what does that mean? i show the footage to drjonathan lord from abortion provider mfi reproductive choices, and jo holmes from the british association for counselling and psychotherapy. leaving it in the way she did, about "how will you tell your daughters," it's just extraordinary. extraordinary, it'sjust going straight for the guilt button. yeah. audrey encourages me to have an ultrasound scan and shows me the room where they're carried out. how long have you had the scan machine for? four years. 0k. - scans are a tool that can be very useful in some circumstances. but in the context here, it's designed to cause guilt. and that's why they're doing it. they're trying to manipulate the emotions. it's the last thing you'd want to see. dr chris richards says the tyneside pregnancy advice centre has "a 1k year track record of compliance with all our regulatory obligations" and "that over 1,200 women have benefited

from the work of our staff and volunteers." audrey didn't respond. most of the centres we investigated are registered charities. the charity commission in england says it's assessing information provided by panorama. i think it's shaken my trust in crisis lines. i felt really uneasy that she might influence women's decisions away from what was right for them. divya talwar, bbc news. crisis pregnancy centres uncovered is on bbc panorama at 8.30pm tonight on bbc one and iplayer. if you've been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find organisations offering help and support on the bbc action line website. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

hello. good morning from bbc london. i'm thomas magill. a family from hertfordshire is warning others of the dangers young people can face online after their teenage son took his own life. the parents of 15—year—old christoforos, also known as christopher, are convinced pressure from online chat forums led to his death. now they've launched a foundation to encourage children to get off the internet. they also have a warning for other parents after discovering some disturbing content on their son's laptop before his death. i opened up his laptop and ifound very horrific conversations on a particular forum. very horrific conversations on a particularforum. maybe blocking on some other sites and talk about this

and say what are you watching? what is that you are doing? you need to tell me everything because every parent will say my son will never. i was one of them. the _ parent will say my son will never. i was one of them. the way - parent will say my son will never. i was one of them. the way we - parent will say my son will never. i j was one of them. the way we wear parent will say my son will never. i - was one of them. the way we wear one of them. one of london's busiest tube stations fully re—opens later this morning after a big revamp. tfl say the £700 million worth of improvements at bank have boosted the stations capacity by a0%. a new entrance will include six new escalators to the northern line and dlr as well as a new ticket hall with improved step—free access. tennis star, emma raducanu says she's "on the mend" after having to pull out of the austin open in texas with tonsillitis. the 20—year—old from bromley withdrew on the eve of the tournament after falling ill. after spending the last month training at the national tennis centre near richmond, she says she hopes to be playing again soon. well, let's how the tube for a monday morning. there's minor delays on the metropolitan line, but otherwise a good service.

and for all the latest travel news where you are, tune into your bbc local radio station for regular updates. now onto the weather. here's kate kinsella. it's a chilly start this monday morning. temperatures close to zero. high pressure's in charge, so we've had a partly clear night, which allowed the temperature to drop. for this morning, a few showers blowing through, but later we'll see a bit more in the way of sunshine. now, if you do have the bright spell this morning, this cloud is going to move further south. with it, those showers arriving, but it will break and, through the afternoon, we'll get those sunny spells. temperatures today reaching nine celsius. the wind, you are going to notice it. it is going to feel quite chilly. now, overnight tonight, it starts off dry and it starts off clear. however, through the second half of the night we'll see a bit more cloud edging in from the east. the minimum temperature still dropping down to zero, so still could get a ground frost first thing tomorrow morning. again, high pressure, it remains in charge, but we've got all this cloud

through tomorrow and, with that, could just see a few showers as well. still quite breezy. as we head further through the week, high pressure stays with us. there's a lot of dry weather in forecast and temperatures close to average. i'll be back with you in half an hour, but for now let's cross back to sally and jon. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. good withjon kay and sally nugent. morning. thank yol us. lots to come on breakfast this morning. tommy fury won the most hotly anticipated boxing match of year last night, and to give us a blow—by—blow account of what happened, we'll be joined by boxing commentator, steve bunce. if you've spent the weekend getting a costume ready for your kids, you'll know all about world book day. children's laureate, joseph coelho is also excited about it. he'll be here before eight. and if you've ever wondered how parole boards make the life—changing decision about whether someone

is fit to be released from prison or not, we'll speak to the creator of a new bbc documentary just before nine. energy regulator 0fgem will announce a new price cap today to take effect from april. but what impact will it have on the cost of your bills? if you think your bills are coming down, you might be in for a shock. nina's at a community cafe in preston this morning. good morning. this place is so much more than a community cafe. in there we have got mike and mark, who do cookery classes for people who need to learn the basics around eating healthy. linda is making tea for everybody who's come nice and early this morning. what they also do here is work with probation services to take people looking to make a fresh start, get them into full—time

employment, as naomi has done, so how much has this made a difference to you? how much has this made a difference to ou? ~ , ., ., to you? well, they got me a full-time — to you? well, they got me a full-time job. _ to you? well, they got me a full-time job. it's _ to you? well, they got me a full-time job. it's a - to you? well, they got me a full-time job. it's a job - to you? well, they got me a full-time job. it's a job i - to you? well, they got me a - full-time job. it's a job i wouldn't full—timejob. it's a job i wouldn't have had without them. i had many minimum wagejobs, cleaning and waitressing stuff like that, but they gave me an opportunity i wouldn't have got somewhere else. charles, you work with people like naomi? when they are looking to make a fresh start and come to you through probation and look at the bills they have to meet, in their homes, their new homes, how much of a challenge is it? it’s homes, their new homes, how much of a challenge is it?— a challenge is it? it's very much a challenge- _ a challenge is it? it's very much a challenge. they _ a challenge is it? it's very much a challenge. they are _ a challenge is it? it's very much a challenge. they are faced - a challenge is it? it's very much a challenge. they are faced with i a challenge is it? it's very much a| challenge. they are faced with the bills you're talking about, gas and electric, _ bills you're talking about, gas and electric, at— bills you're talking about, gas and electric, at the same time they got to cover_ electric, at the same time they got to cover the — electric, at the same time they got to cover the food bill, and things like that — to cover the food bill, and things like that. when they are making a fresh _ like that. when they are making a fresh start, — like that. when they are making a fresh start, it's really difficult. what — fresh start, it's really difficult. what we — fresh start, it's really difficult. what we found is on occasion, people are not— what we found is on occasion, people are not able _ what we found is on occasion, people are not able to heat their homes. and that — are not able to heat their homes. and that ended up with getting how fish is _

and that ended up with getting how fish is because of mould growing in their homes. yeah, it's very difficult _ their homes. yeah, it's very difficult to see that. to their homes. yeah, it's very difficult to see that. to make a fresh start. _ difficult to see that. to make a fresh start, yes. _ difficult to see that. to make a fresh start, yes. thank- difficult to see that. to make a fresh start, yes. thank you, i difficult to see that. to make a i fresh start, yes. thank you, guys. it might be about to get even tougher at nine o'clock we will hear from the energy regulator about how much more they will be charging per unit. the price cap is currently £4,279. the industry analysts cornwall insight predict it'll drop to £3,294 from april first. also in april the government energy price guarantee will cap average bills at £3000, up from £2500. and because the government has been topping up our bills, meeting the difference for the past few months, they will save an estimated £2.6 billion. but that coincides with the

end of the £400 top up that every household has been getting, around £66 a month. you should have been getting that. so without that top up and with the rising price guarantee, it estimated the average household will be 20% worse off. on average pay £900 a year more. even though the raw price of energy is coming down globally, in april we will on average be paying more for our bills. some households are already looking around and thinking i'm already not in a position to turn the heating on. hannah miller has been to talk to some really struggling. so it's set at 14.5, which is already not very warm. i'm going to go turn it down to 12. for shereen to keep her home warm is a luxury she can no longer afford. i have a monitor in the living room from the council as a trial and it also measures the average temperature. and they told me my average temperature in the house is classed as too cold for being healthy. wow.

yeah. as a full time carer for her daughter rakaia, she says she's going into her overdraft every month just to pay the bills. how did your bills this winter compare to the previous winter? in 2020 in the month of december, i topped up £40 and that allowed us to have the gas on five—six hours a day, a shower or a bath at the end of the day, wash the dishes, fine with hot water, everything. last december, i topped up £180 for the same usage. and the prospect of the cost going up more makes for a gloomy outlook. we're expecting the government to raise the price guarantee from £2,500 to £3,000. how hopeful are you about the year to come? i have been trying to avoid hearing this as much as possible. i've been switching over off the news when i'm hearing them talking about energy bills because ijust don't want to think about it. ideally, it needs to be 35.

that's 36, too, which is quite a normal temperature. at home in west bromwich, 18—year—old heavenly needs to be kept warm because she has a condition that means her body can't maintain a normal temperature. her mum is now in debt to their energy company after their bills doubled this winter. 0ur bills are already high, but now they're astronomical and it's really, really worrying because we can't not use the heating that she needs, the extensive heating that she needs, and we can't not use the medical equipment. so it's a very, very scary situation to be in. the prospect of the unit rate going up even more from april is impossible even to contemplate. i don't have enough money to pay for the increased fuel bills. i can't get myself out of the debt. i can't make it better. there's never going to be a cure.

so i've got to go with this and just hope that we can just get through today. that's all we can do. we're stuck. as people began to struggle over winter, this food hub near manchester saw demand soar. volunteers here say neither they nor their members can afford for prices to remain as they are. how have you found this winter? a nightmare. we were using blankets fora long. time and the big hoodie jumper type things rather than putting the heating on. _ how do you think people are feeling about the months to come? they're nervous. they don't know what they're going to do. with the energy companies just going with record profits itjust make it worse because they have any spare money. it'sjust scary.

it's scary because you're just going have to cut back on things. and that's the way the world is at the moment and nothing's going to improve, i don't think, which is even sadder. no prices are going to go down. for many people, that means continuing to make difficult choices as they try to meet their daily needs and adjust to prices that would have been unimaginable evenjust a year ago. hannah miller, bbc news. difficult choices for households but also for the organisation seeking to support them. this is alistair, chief executive here. how much oil prices going up and when you think ahead to april, you're almost guaranteed they will go up again, your overheads, so what impact does it have on the work you do? it’s a it have on the work you do? it's a lot so if you _ it have on the work you do? it's a lot so if you look _ it have on the work you do? it's a lot so if you look at _ it have on the work you do? it's a lot so if you look at our _ it have on the work you do? it's a lot so if you look at our electric . lot so if you look at our electric bill for the first year, back in october 21, bill for the first year, back in 0ctober21, it bill for the first year, back in october 21, it was round about £1400 a month but now it's £4100 a month.

that's an extra £30,000 we got to find at a charityjust that's an extra £30,000 we got to find at a charity just to that's an extra £30,000 we got to find at a charityjust to keep the service going. if it find at a charity 'ust to keep the service going._ find at a charity 'ust to keep the service going. if it goes up again in aril service going. if it goes up again in april what _ service going. if it goes up again in april what will _ service going. if it goes up again in april what will that _ service going. if it goes up again in april what will that mean? - service going. if it goes up again in april what will that mean? it i in april what will that mean? it will hit our bottom line again so we are a small charity, a £2 million turnover, seven extra massive hit is a big hit for us. turnover, seven extra massive hit is a big hit for us— a big hit for us. james, you work with scope. _ a big hit for us. james, you work with scope, and _ a big hit for us. james, you work with scope, and have _ a big hit for us. james, you work with scope, and have a - a big hit for us. james, you work with scope, and have a hard - a big hit for us. james, you work| with scope, and have a hard line, support line for people with disabilities. people might not realise the extra pressure on those living with this disability. we saw that in hannah's reported there. why do they need more electricity? disabled people before this crisis aiready— disabled people before this crisis already faced an extra cost, ran £600 _ already faced an extra cost, ran £600 a — already faced an extra cost, ran £600 a month, that might be to charge _ £600 a month, that might be to charge vital equipment, it might be to keep _ charge vital equipment, it might be to keep medication in the fridge, so we are _ to keep medication in the fridge, so we are hearing from thousands of families— we are hearing from thousands of families every month who can't switch — families every month who can't switch things off, they can't save money _ switch things off, they can't save money and — switch things off, they can't save money and are being bombarded with hu-e money and are being bombarded with huge energy bills. this money and are being bombarded with huge energy bills-— huge energy bills. this is about health, huge energy bills. this is about health. not _ huge energy bills. this is about health, notjust _ huge energy bills. this is about health, notjust about - huge energy bills. this is about health, notjust about keeping| huge energy bills. this is about - health, notjust about keeping your house warm. it's about staying healthy and of course people with

disabilities aren't in a position to work more as the government is encouraging some people to do. it's really important to point out 27 million homes have been supported by the government support packages, there are means tested extras available to those who need it, the government has told us, and on top of that, benefits for working age people are set to increase around the same time as bills go up, but many campaigners say that's not enough. april will represent a cliff edge for lots of households who are already, as we've been hearing, in dire straits. studio: thank you very much indeed. we will be back with her throughout the programme and we get those figures at nine o'clock. we will speak to rachel reeves from labour, the shadow chancellor, and ed davey from the liberal democrats about that issue anti—brexit and the northern ireland protocol during the next hour or so. john here after a final yesterday. next hour or so. john here after a finalyesterday. for next hour or so. john here after a final yesterday. for some people. next hour or so. john here after a finalyesterday. forsome people. it started off really tense. we are

settling silverware, north and south of the border. significant i guess because we saw newcastle against manchester united, two teams going in the right direction and trying to establish where they go from here essentially, which we know manchester united won yesterday, it's in the right direction and celtic asserting their dominance in a competition which they won last season as well. lots of celebrations around and some considerations all round. good morning. yes, whoever won at wembley, it was to be the start of something. so for manchester united the question being asked this morning, how many more will they go on and win? their manager is the transformative force capable of restoring the team to the success they had for so long under sir alex ferguson. their first trophy in six years, as natalie pirks reports. commentator: the league cup is back in manchester. _ it was the sight that left manchester united fans jubilant and newcastle fans ruing yet another final without the fairy tale ending. most of their fans are too young

to remember the last time newcastle won their last trophy in 1969. but just as fans were feeling at home, manchester united won a free kick in the danger zone. casimiro, with the help of var, was there to burst the magpies' bubble. united swiftly doubled their lead. marcus rashford is in red hot form and this deflection looped over the head of a stricken loris karius. in their last wembley final, alan shearer�*s newcastle lost 2—0 to man united. history was repeating itself. and when the final whistle blew, joyous manchester united players danced as newcastle's choked back tears. their mega—rich owners must now plot how to end the longest losing run by any club at wembley. you feel like you failed. you feel like you've not achieved what you wanted to do. so naturally, a negative sea of emotion hits you and. that's how it should be

in that moment, i think. i don't think there's any other way to feel. this group can be the inspiration to give even more and to be even more collective, to be even more in togetherness, and to put even more effort in to be better. geordie hearts have been broken here again. manchester united made all their experience count and their fans hope the first trophy of the ten hag era will be the first of many. natalie pirks, bbc news, wembley. that's what united fans will be hoping for. and look who was waiting in the tunnel for ten haag after the final whistle. sir alex ferguson, who won 38 trophies in his 26 years with the club. and easy for anyone to think that ten hag had won that many when he walked out of his press conference without the trophy. congratulations. thank you. the trophy. laughter. i can leave it because next cup... this one is...

that is brilliant. he strolls off with it. clearly already thinking about the next one. absolutely. it was a silver sunday for celtic too who retained their scottish league cup title beating rangers. kyogo furhashi was their match winner, with two goals, his first in the sceond half. you get a sense of atmosphere, smoke filling the air from fireworks in the crowd, much of the match played in the haze and it shows what the occasion was like down there yesterday. it wasn't going to stop him from getting his second. and whilst rangers did manage to pull one back, it's celtic�*s again. and they're still in the hunt for the premiership title and scottish fa cup. no trophy on the line, but this one will have felt good for tottenham who beat rivals chelsea. the strangest moment, hakim ziyech of chelsea sent off for raising his hands after the players came together

in a heated encounter, only to have it overturned. goal of the game came from spurs, a great strike. harry kane was on target too. problems though for chelea, who after a change in owner, manager, huge investment, just cant get things to gel on the pitch and are way off the top four. 72 hours after the international breakfinished, sam kerr was off a plane from australia and scoring for chelsea as they reached the quarter finals of the fa cup. tell you what, she didn't lookjet lagged after her flight back to the uk, great finish on her 100th appearance as they beat arsenal 2—0. the sides also meet in the league cup final next weekend. what a weekend in the six nations. we saw wales losing to england on saturday after they got that game on it looked like that wouldn't happen. ireland going three from three to top the table, while scotland's grand slam hopes fell short in paris. beaten 32 points to 21 by france.

both teams had red cards in the first half, but what a comeback by scotland reduced a deficit of 19 points to just four in the second half, as france held on. and, as we've been hearing this morning, boxing but not really as you might think, with a british reality tv star and an american youtuber meeting in the ring. they're both amateurs, yet it could be the most watched fight between two fighters who aren't professionals. tommy fury there in the white, winning on a split points decsion. he appeared on love island, brother of boxer tyson. jake paul is a youtuber, 22 million followers on instagram. he put down paul in the eighth and final round, but the judges awarded the fight to an emotional fury, who promptly dedicated the victory to his partner and new baby girl bambi.

so we've been talking about it. this way boxing is going? it's a big money, big audiences. with box and you sell yourself, don't you? you have got to create a buzz and when you've got ready made followers as those to have come on instagram, social media, youtube, they want to see what you are up to and that will sell box office. i can't wait to see what our boxing correspondent made of it. we should have him on every day. the more of him the better. we will see him in one hour. 830. john, thank you very much indeed. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. we've already been talking about some spectacular images we saw last night but i know you're going to give us the forecast for the next few days. give us the forecast for the next few da s. . �* , give us the forecast for the next few da s. . v ., ., ., few days. that's right, we will look at more northern _ few days. that's right, we will look at more northern lights _ few days. that's right, we will look at more northern lights images - at more northern lights images through the rest of this morning but the forecast for the week ahead is a mainly dry one. high pressure as well and truly in charge of our weather. there will be some

sunshine. areas of cloud and a few showers at times. especially in the first half of the week, we are looking at night frosts. today, the high pressure is plonked right across us. hardly a breath of wind. a lot of cloud across the central surveys of the country, which has kept the temperature level up in the central surveys through the course of the night. under clear skies in the north, and parts of the south, temperatures falling away below freezing. a touch of frost across scotland this morning. temperatures fell to —7.6. here we will see sunshine through the day. although we start on a sunny note in south wales and south—west england, the cloud will build later. we will see clear skies coming in across the southeast. currently, some showers across eastern areas, coming through the midlands, one or two in wales. that will continue on and off through the day. most of us will miss the showers and these are our temperatures. the east coast, seven, eight, nine. an onshore flow coming

in. it will make it feel a bit colder. we are looking at four, five, and six. when we add on the wind—chill. as we head through the evening and overnight, almost a repeat of last night in that once again we will see a fair of cloud coming in, some showers from the cloud, clear skies in the north, in parts of the south, so the temperature will fall away once again. we are not out of the woods in terms of frost. there will be a frost where we got clearer skies. that takes us into tomorrow. we start with high—pressure firmly anchored across our shores. chasing cloud amounts through the course of the day but it's likely we will see showers from the north sea. we also have this little system coming up from france which is going to bring in some showers across east anglia and into the south—eastern corner. 0ne and into the south—eastern corner. one or two of those could prove to be sharp. temperatures tomorrow, 7-10. be sharp. temperatures tomorrow, 7—10. roughly where we should be at this time of year. as we move from

tuesday into wednesday, high—pressure anchored across our shores. not really much in the way of a breeze. a fair bit of cloud around. one ortwo of a breeze. a fair bit of cloud around. one or two sunnier breaks but perhaps a bit more cloud than we are looking at on wednesday. and we could see the shower coming in the far north of scotland. temperatures, 7-9. far north of scotland. temperatures, 7—9. you can see under this high—pressure not much is moving and not much is changing. until we get to the weekend. we still have high pressure in charge but we might see this weather front come our way from the atlantic and if it does come it will eventually bring in some rain but that's quite a long way off. the beginning of next week, because it so far away, seven days, it could well be that that changes, as well. thanks very much. we will talk to again very soon. as we've been discussing, the energy regulator 0fgem is set to announce a new energy price cap later this morning. here to talk about that, and more, is the shadow

chancellor, rachel reeves. good morning to you. we know that the government has already provided billions of pounds of support for how cells but the support is being cut back in april. what would labour do? i cut back in april. what would labour do? ., �* , . cut back in april. what would labour do? ~' �*, ., , ., ~' cut back in april. what would labour do? ~ �*, . , ., . do? i think it's a mistake to reduce su ort do? i think it's a mistake to reduce sopport for— do? i think it's a mistake to reduce sopport for people _ do? i think it's a mistake to reduce support for people with _ do? i think it's a mistake to reduce support for people with their - do? i think it's a mistake to reduce support for people with their bills l support for people with their bills in april. the cost of living crisis certainly hasn't gone away. we got to explain where any money would come from for an enhanced deal that labour have done that. we've said we would extend the windfall tax on the huge profits that the energy giants are making and use that money to freeze people's bills for a further three months because the expectation is that energy prices are starting to come down. we need to get through the next few months and we can use the next few months and we can use the money from an extended windfall tax to keep people's bills low. the current chancellorjeremy hunt says the current system is unsustainably

expensive. you must see that that is true? �* .., , , expensive. you must see that that is true? because energy prices have started falling, _ true? because energy prices have started falling, the _ true? because energy prices have started falling, the whole - true? because energy prices have. started falling, the whole package, the energy package the government introduced, has cost much less than they originally anticipated. and now, all of the predictions are that energy prices are going to fall further. i guess the thing is you've got on the one side energy company making huge profits, record profits, shell has made the biggest profits in the 115 year history, bp has made the biggest profits in their history last year, you can either leave those profits as they are or tax them properly and use that money to keep bills low. my preference and a policy of the labour party is to tax those profits a bit more and use the money to help families and pensioners and businesses too who are really struggling with the higher cost of living, the higher cost of doing business, and right at the forefront of those higher costs is the price of energy. i

the forefront of those higher costs is the price of energy.— is the price of energy. i believe labour is the price of energy. i believe labour want — is the price of energy. i believe labour want to _ is the price of energy. i believe labour want to cap _ is the price of energy. i believe labour want to cap the - is the price of energy. i believe | labour want to cap the price per unit so an average household pays no more than £2500. wholesale prices are falling as he just said yourself so isn't there a danger by capping prices where you are suggesting, you are there not able to react to any further price changes or indeed any shocks around the corner? this will be for a further _ shocks around the corner? this will be for a further three _ shocks around the corner? this will be for a further three months. - shocks around the corner? this will be for a further three months. at . be for a further three months. at the moment, the announcement we are expecting from 0fgem later today says that without any sort of cap prices are likely to be above £3000, the government have set a cap of 3000, labourare the government have set a cap of 3000, labour are saying for the next three months instead of a cap of 3000, let's keep it where it is now at 2500, and let's hope and all the predictions say prices are going to fall further and so much support will not be needed, but whilst the energy companies are making these huge profits on the windfalls of war, it is right we help people with their bills. 0ne war, it is right we help people with their bills. one other thing, if you're on a prepayment meter you should be paying more for your gas

and electricity. compared if you're paying by direct debit. it is penalising some of the most vulnerable people in our country and so, as well as the moratorium on moving people onto prepayment meters, it's also really important that there is no higher pricing for people on prepayment meters. labour would do that — people on prepayment meters. labour would do that too. _ people on prepayment meters. labour would do that too. let's _ people on prepayment meters. labour would do that too. let's move - people on prepayment meters. labour would do that too. let's move onto . would do that too. let's move onto another big story will be talking about for the rest of today and indeed probably the rest of this week. we know rishi sunak is going to aim today to sort out a new brexit agreement for northern ireland. will labour support the government on any agreement? yes. ireland. will labour support the government on any agreement? yes, we have been very _ government on any agreement? yes, we have been very clear— government on any agreement? yes, we have been very clear that _ government on any agreement? yes, we have been very clear that if _ government on any agreement? yes, we have been very clear that if there - have been very clear that if there is a deal between the uk government and the european union to improve on the current situation in northern ireland in terms of the protocol we will support it. we are not going to play politics on that. i know people expect the opposition party to always oppose but this is just too important for that. one of the

proudest achievements of the last labour government was the good friday agreement. achieved 25 years ago this year. we want to protect the good friday agreement, we want free trade between the uk and great britain and northern ireland, we do not want the resurrection of any barriers between trade between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and so for that reason we will support a deal and we very much hope that deal can get cross—party support within the house of commons. what would happen, which way would you vote, if the government can't get the dup to back any deal? what would labour do then? we get the dup to back any deal? what would labour do then?— get the dup to back any deal? what would labour do then? we have said that we will— would labour do then? we have said that we will support _ would labour do then? we have said that we will support the _ would labour do then? we have said| that we will support the government. with the deal. so they don't need to worry about rebels in their own party. labourwillact worry about rebels in their own party. labour will act in the national interest and get this deal through, but look, we don't know where the dup are going to end up. they haven't even seen the deal yet and i know they feel shut out of these negotiations and i think about

thatis these negotiations and i think about that is a real shame they haven't been brought into some of these discussions, but i hope when the government gets on and publishes this deal, it can get support right from across the political spectrum. so is that one thing labour would have done differently, included the dup earlier? i have done differently, included the dup earlier?— dup earlier? i think it would have been better— dup earlier? i think it would have been better to _ dup earlier? i think it would have been better to include _ dup earlier? i think it would have been better to include all- dup earlier? i think it would have been better to include all the - been better to include all the parties in northern ireland. because we need their support obviously, to make this a much better process. and also we want to see the return of power—sharing in northern ireland. but let's notjump the gun. the government had published the dealer we don't know what the reaction of the different parties in northern ireland is going to be, but labour have been clear, we will act in the national interest at all times. the good friday agreement is so important. we're not going to play politics with it and we will support the deal dealer government bring back. .. , the deal dealer government bring back. ., . , ., ~' the deal dealer government bring back. , ., ~ , ., the deal dealer government bring back. , ., ~' , ., �* back. rachel reeves, thank you. all the latest on — back. rachel reeves, thank you. all the latest on those _ back. rachel reeves, thank you. all the latest on those last _ back. rachel reeves, thank you. all the latest on those last minute - the latest on those last minute brexit talks coming up at the top of

the hour. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm thomas magill. a family from hertfordshire is warning others of the dangers young people can face online after their teenage son took his own life. the parents of 15—year—old christoforos, also known as christopher, have set up a foundation in his memory and say they're convinced pressure from online chatrooms led to his death. they also have a warning for other parents after discovering some disturbing content on his computer. i then opened up his laptop and i found very horrific conversations through a particular forum. put some parental blocking on some of sites and maybe sit down with their son or daughter and say,

what are you watching? what is it you're doing? you need to tell me everything. because every parent will say "my son will never." i was one of them. in a way we were one of them. one of london's busiest tube stations fully re—opens today after a big revamp. tfl say the £700 million pounds worth of improvements at bank have boosted the stations capacity by 40%. a new entrance will include six new escalators to the northern line and dlr as well as a new ticket hall with improved step—free access. tennis star, emma raducanu says she's on the mend after having to pull out of the austin open in texas with tonsillitis. the 20—year—old from bromley withdrew on the eve of the tournament after falling ill. she had spent the last month training at the national tennis centre near richmond and says she hopes to be playing again very soon. let's how the tube for a monday morning. there's minor delays

on the metropolitan line but otherwise a good service. and for all the latest travel news where you are tune into your bbc local radio station for regular updates. now onto the weather with kate. good morning. it's a chilly start this monday morning. temperatures close to zero. high pressure's in charge, so we've had a partly clear night, which allowed the temperature to drop. for this morning, a few showers blowing through, but later we'll see a bit more in the way of sunshine. now, if you do have the bright spell this morning, this cloud is going to move further south. with it, those showers arriving, but it will break and, through the afternoon, we'll get those sunny spells. temperatures today reaching nine celsius. the wind, you are going to notice it. it is going to feel quite chilly. now, overnight tonight, it starts off dry and it starts off clear. however, through the second half of the night we'll see a bit more cloud edging in from the east. the minimum temperature still dropping down to zero, so still could get a ground frost first thing tomorrow morning.

again, high pressure, it remains in charge, but we've got all this cloud through tomorrow and, with that, could just see a few showers as well. still quite breezy. as we head further through the week, high pressure stays with us. there's a lot of dry weather in forecast and temperatures close to average. well, there's much more on the bbc news app, online and on bbc radio london across the morning. i'll be back with you in half an hour, but for now let's cross back to sally and jon. good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today. is a deal done on a new brexit agreement for northern ireland? the prime minister meets his european counterpart today. we are live in berkshire, with rishi sunak poised to sign the deal. we will be explaining what it means and

why it is a big political gamble. energy bills to rise again. in a couple of hours the regulator will announce the new price cap but with government help set to end, households could face a big hike from april. nhs staff tell safety investigators they feared patients were dying as they grappled with long ambulance delays. in sport this morning. a silver sunday for both manchester united who win their first trophy in six years and celtic who retain their league cup title. and children's laureatejoseph coelho joins us to tell us about his new book and how he will be celebrating world book day. good morning. we had clear skies last night and we quite widely saw the northern lights as far south as the northern lights as far south as the south of england. the forecast for the next few days, high pressure remains in charge, it is going to be settled, variable cloud, a few showers and some sunshine. all of the details later in the programme. it's monday 27th february. rishi sunak will meet the president

of the european commission today for what number ten describes as "final talks" on a new brexit deal for northern ireland. the prime minister and ursula von der leyen, will be trying to resolve the "range of complex challenges" around the protocol during the meeting. since brexit, exports from the uk are subject to checks to ensure they conform with eu rules. but for goods crossing the irish sea, they are checked on arrival in northern ireland, effectively creating a border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. this is in order to keep open its border with the republic. the uk wants to change the agreement so that fewer goods need to be checked. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardley is in berkshire this morning. good morning, nick. a big day potentially, tell us what details you know.

potentially, tell us what details ou know. , , ., you know. hey, sally, good morning. we are told — you know. hey, sally, good morning. we are told there _ you know. hey, sally, good morning. we are told there are _ you know. hey, sally, good morning. we are told there are still— you know. hey, sally, good morning. we are told there are still final - we are told there are still final talks to take place today. that's between the prime minister and the european commission president. but it seems like a deal is pretty much there, and barring any last—minute catastrophes, i would expect one will be signed this afternoon. i think what you will hear from rishi sunak is a big pitch that this solves a lot of the trading issues you were just talking about, it helps get over some of those obstacles that made it really comes into send goods from great britain to northern ireland since brexit. —— made it really cumbersome to send goods. it keeps northern ireland in the union, it is good for sovereignty, it gives politicians there say over the laws that are applied. but the politics is important today, and when rishi sunak is back in parliament to make a statement, that could be the hardest sale of all. because he

wants to win over the dup, the unionist party who will not get back into power sharing at the moment because they are so unhappy at the way that the brexit deal is working, and rishi sunak wants to persuade his own party, the brexiteers, who really believe in the brexit project, who really are not convinced yet, some of them. i don't think he will win all of them over, the battle will be to win over as many as possible. they are waiting to see the specifics of any deal, they are reserving judgment at the moment but it is a big political moment but it is a big political moment for rishi sunak, it could help define his premiership. thank ou, back help define his premiership. thank you. back to _ help define his premiership. thank you. back to you — help define his premiership. thank you, back to you sooner. - in a couple of hours, energy regulator 0fgem will announce a new price cap, which will take effect from april in england, wales and scotland. it's expected to fall by about £1,000. despite this, the average households could see their bills rise by about £500 a year because government support will be scaled back. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith explains.

do you think we can turn the charger off now? henry and william are getting pretty good at this game. balancing the lights, the heating and power plugs to keep everyone happy and the bills down. 0h, here's a message — who turned my game off? i hadn't saved it, it says. right, what's this one say? let's turn everything down. but at home, it's not a game for their mum. hot water bottles, electric blankets, more blankets. and i hate to say it, but we are relying on the wood burner to be able to keep on top of the bills that keep going up and up. halla says her energy direct debits have already gone up £100 a month, and anjali says it's getting harder to find ways to power down. we've not increased our energy consumption and still the bills have gone up. so we really struggle to now think where exactly we need to cut back more. at the moment, the price cap is 67 pence per kilowatt hour for electricity and 17 pence for gas. but the government have

stepped in to lower that, so that we don't pay more than 34 pence per kilowatt hour for electricity, and 10 pence for gas. and they're paying the difference to energy companies. the level of the price cap is based on the cost of gas and electricity on the global markets over the last six months or so, when energy companies had to buy it. we know that those prices have been falling over recent months. so from april, the regulator is lowering the price cap that energy companies can charge. but it doesn't mean we'll end up paying less for our energy bills because the government doesn't want to keep paying so much in the difference between those prices. so now a typical household's bill will go up from around £2,500 a year to £3,000 a year. that's an increase of £500. zoe's had to pay around £250 a month to cover her bills this winter. from november through to february, which is massive for us. so she's not looking forward to another price rise.

just, yeah, really annoying. especially particularly as the energy companies are making millions of profits. but, yeah, worry about next winter. this april's rise comes at exactly the same time that the extra £66 a month of direct government payments to each household finishes, which will make covering the price increase harder. to be able to cope with the changes that are forthcoming, we've got to make changes elsewhere. the only hope that's on the horizon is that global gas prices are still falling, so we may actually see our prices reduced once we head into the autumn. colletta smith, bbc news, in wallasey. we will get those figures from 0fgem and the cap where it will fit at 9am, will bring that to you. at least 59 people, including 12 children,

have died and dozens more are feared missing after their boat sank in rough seas off southern italy. the vessel carrying migrants broke apart while trying to land near the coastal town of crotone in the calabria region. survivors said at least 150 people were aboard. police in northern ireland have been given more time to question a man about the attempted murder of an off duty police officer last week. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell was shot outside a sports centre in 0magh on wednesday and remains in hospital. in total, six people have been arrested in connection with the shooting, and the police's main line of inquiry is that the dissident republican group the new ira is responsible. sheffield has become the latest city in the uk to introduce a clean air zone which will see some vehicles charged to enter the city centre. the city becomes the seventh in england to join the controversial scheme which charges commercial vehicles that don't meet minimum emissions standards.

safety investigators say doctors, ambulance dispatchers and other nhs staff in england are facing "significant distress" and harm as a result of long delays in emergency care. the health care safety investigation branch, says many staff broke down in tears when asked about their working environment. 0ur health correspondent jim reed reports. this winter was a nightmare, the worst it's ever been. matt works as a 999 call handler in england. he doesn't have permission to speak to the media, so we've changed his name and voice. at one point, we hit more than 500 waiting calls. we were overwhelmed. it's exhausting, it really is. it's really upsetting. the health care safety watchdog says pressure like that has caused nhs staff significant distress over the last year. call handlers told investigators it was common to worry "how many are we going to kill," because they were not always able to send ambulances quickly. it's so deflating, especially for those really critical calls

where they're screaming to get an ambulance. you just don't have the heart to tell them there's nothing available. i've seen colleagues try to calm someone down and apologise for the wait time, only to be hit with a wall of abuse. i've seen colleagues cry after those calls. the investigation also found strong links between the wellbeing of nhs staff and patient safety. anxiety, stress and depression are the most common reason for staff sickness in the health service, with rates increasing. carrying out this investigation has been difficult. we have heard the level of emotion that staff are under. but we absolutely have to tell the staff story because there is a direct impact on patient safety. it has been absolutely relentless. imploding comes to mind. dr salwa malik has worked for five years as a consultant in a busy a&e department. you're basically running a resuscitation room in the corridor and you get scared, you do. it's natural, it's good to feel scared because you should be scared. it's not normal. how easy is it to go home and switch

off after one of those shifts? you can't always switch off, actually. i've had nights where you go over the scenarios in your head about patients or whatever problem that you were in, and it can be really difficult to sleep. if you're on edge for ten, 12 hours a day, at the end when you walk out, you can kind of crumble. the nhs said it takes staff wellbeing very seriously and does have a range of support in place. the government said it has provided more funding to reduce pressures with plans to expand the number of hospital beds and ambulances in england by next winter. jim reed, bbc news. the reality television star, tommy fury, has won the latest high—profile boxing contest between novice fighters.

definitely high profile! he beat the youtuber, jake paul in the highly anticipated eight round fight in saudi arabia. despite being knocked down in the final round, tommy fury won by split decision. we will be talking about that later on in the programme with our boxing guru. it on in the programme with our boxing euru. , ., ~ on in the programme with our boxing iuru_ , ., 4' ., , on in the programme with our boxing euru. , ., ~ . , guru. it is not like any boxing we have seen _ guru. it is not like any boxing we have seen in _ guru. it is not like any boxing we have seen in the _ guru. it is not like any boxing we have seen in the past, _ guru. it is not like any boxing we have seen in the past, it - guru. it is not like any boxing we have seen in the past, it is - have seen in the past, it is celebrity boxing but it is a huge deal and big business. celebrity boxing but it is a huge dealand big business. ii celebrity boxing but it is a huge deal and big business.- celebrity boxing but it is a huge deal and big business. if you are not watching _ deal and big business. if you are not watching the _ deal and big business. if you are not watching the boxing, - deal and big business. if you are not watching the boxing, you - deal and big business. if you are - not watching the boxing, you should have been watching the sky. star—gazers in parts of the uk were treated to a beautiful sky last night. isn't this stunning? this time—lapse of the aurora borealis, was captured by the team at grassholme 0bservatory in teesdale. it said this type of aurora has not been experienced for a number of years. we didn't see it, anyway! i looked! somebody has _ we didn't see it, anyway! i looked! somebody has seen _ we didn't see it, anyway! i looked! somebody has seen the _ we didn't see it, anyway! i looked! somebody has seen the aurora -

somebody has seen the aurora borealis and has the evidence to prove it, that is you? yes, this is me last week! i am showing you this is not to be self—indulgent, but to show that you can take a picture of the northern lights using simple technology that is on your phone. i will give you a very simple explanation of how they happen, it will not be scientific. if you think of the sun is a turbulent stormy mass of energy that bubbles and boils and spits out charged particles cold a coronal mass ejection into space. some of them get trapped in the magnetic field of the earth, that is how birds no which direction to migrate. when they are trapped in there they are directed to the upper atmosphere above the polar regions in the north and south poles. here, they collide with molecules and atoms of oxygen and also nitrogen, and they become

overexcited. it's only when they start to relax back to the normal state, they emit pockets of light. that's what we see as the normal —— northern lights. you need clear skies to see them, they are cold the aurora borealis in the north and the aurora borealis in the north and the aurora australis in the south. this was last night. this was in northern ireland. look at these colours. when they collide with oxygen in the upper atmosphere, you get the red, and in lower, you get green and yellow. nitrogen produces magenta. what we have today is a fair bit of cloud around, clear skies with some frost across northern scotland, we all have blue skies as we go through the day. one or two glimmers of sunshine across northern ireland and a fair bit of cloud across central areas with showers coming in from the east, some of them drifting west towards parts of wales as well. the

status quo more or less prevails but where we have seen the clear skies in south—west wales and south—west england, it will cloud over through the day and the cloud will break through the south—east and we will see more sunshine. temperatures are 79 degrees, feeling cooler in the breeze along the north sea coastline. —— 7—9. breeze along the north sea coastline. —— 7—9 . 0vernight breeze along the north sea coastline. —— 7—9 . overnight at a fair bit of cloud producing some showers but the breaks in the cloud is where the lowest temperatures will be and we will see some frost. it is spot the difference from today tomorrow, variable cloud producing some showers, some brighter skies across scotland and northern ireland and into the south—east where we will see some sunshine. a little front could produce some sharp showers in the south—east. thank you for that brilliant explanation, i think i get it now! pleasure, it was very unscientific! we enjoyed it. it is now illegal for under 18s

to get married in england and wales. it's a move that the government say will help prevent forced child marriage. the change means 16 and 17—year—olds will no longer be allowed to enter into a partnership by law, regardless of parental consent. those found guilty of arranging child marriages face sentences of up to seven years in prison. and the new legislation also covers non—legally binding traditional ceremonies. we're joined now in the studio by payzee mahmod, a prominent campaigner on child marriage, and barrister naomi wiseman. payzee, you have been in to talk to us before. good morning to both of you. payzee, let's talk to you, this has been personal for you. payzee, let's talk to you, this has been personalfor you, explain why? has been personalfor you, explain wh ? �* , , has been personalfor you, explain wh ? h , , ., has been personalfor you, explain wh? h i, ., why? it's definitely personal, so close to my _ why? it's definitely personal, so close to my heart. _ why? it's definitely personal, so close to my heart. i _ why? it's definitely personal, so close to my heart. i am - why? it's definitely personal, so close to my heart. i am a - why? it's definitely personal, so | close to my heart. i am a survivor of child marriage, i was married here a 16—year—old. that was in 2004, i was married for two years.

so i really know how important this change in the law is and i am so glad we have got here.- change in the law is and i am so glad we have got here. payzee from the start, glad we have got here. payzee from the start. try _ glad we have got here. payzee from the start. try and — glad we have got here. payzee from the start, try and share _ glad we have got here. payzee from the start, try and share with - glad we have got here. payzee from the start, try and share with us - the start, try and share with us what impact this had on you as a teenager. it what impact this had on you as a teenaaer. . . . teenager. it had a huge impact. if ou think teenager. it had a huge impact. if you think about _ teenager. it had a huge impact. if you think about it, _ teenager. it had a huge impact. if you think about it, you _ teenager. it had a huge impact. if you think about it, you are - teenager. it had a huge impact. if you think about it, you are talking about childhood which is a really important time to pursue your dreams and personal development. that was all taken away for me so i went from being a 16—year—old being somebody�*s wife which is no position for a child to be in. that exposed me to so much harm, domestic violence, emotional and sexual violence. it's really not something that any child should go through which is why this has been so important for me to fight for you came in here and spoke to us when you are beginning your campaign so today to have a change in the yor, coming into effect, i can see you smiling, how much does it mean to you and why? —— a change in the law. this is a celebratory

moment, to have come from coming on here and talking about the law changing, getting here today, i think it really shows the growth we have taken an important step in this country has taken to safeguard children and i'm very happy about it, very emotional, i am children and i'm very happy about it, very emotional, iam holding back tears. it, very emotional, i am holding backtears— back tears. it's a wonderful full circle to be _ back tears. it's a wonderful full circle to be back _ back tears. it's a wonderful full circle to be back you're - back tears. it's a wonderful full circle to be back you're talking | circle to be back you're talking about this. when you do get emotional, are you thinking about other young people in the same situation, now spared it that you were in? ~ , , situation, now spared it that you werein? ~ , , were in? absolutely, it is so emotional— were in? absolutely, it is so emotional for _ were in? absolutely, it is so emotional for me _ were in? absolutely, it is so emotional for me because i | were in? absolutely, it is so - emotionalfor me because i know were in? absolutely, it is so - emotional for me because i know the emotionalfor me because i know the harms. we are talking about some of the harms i mentioned, but for some girls, leaving child marriages, it can end in devastating consequences. my can end in devastating consequences. my sister was also a child bride and when she left her marriage she was murdered. so we are talking about a really detrimental impact on young people's lives. that part is very emotional for me. people's lives. that part is very emotionalfor me. i know this is a

global issue which impacts millions of girls around the world so this is absolutely amazing.— of girls around the world so this is absolutely amazing. naomi weisman, tood absolutely amazing. naomi weisman, good morning- _ absolutely amazing. naomi weisman, good morning- we — absolutely amazing. naomi weisman, good morning. we have _ absolutely amazing. naomi weisman, good morning. we havejust - absolutely amazing. naomi weisman, good morning. we have just one - absolutely amazing. naomi weisman, j good morning. we have just one story good morning. we havejust one story of many there, tell us how we got to this significant moment that we are at today? it’s this significant moment that we are attoda ? v ._ this significant moment that we are attoda ? �*, ., i, this significant moment that we are attoda? �*, . i, at today? it's really been about the assion of at today? it's really been about the passion of campaigners _ at today? it's really been about the passion of campaigners like - at today? it's really been about the | passion of campaigners like payzee, combined _ passion of campaigners like payzee, combined with the commitment of some fantastic— combined with the commitment of some fantastic parliamentarians. this bill was — fantastic parliamentarians. this bill was introduced by pauline latham — bill was introduced by pauline latham in one form about four or five years— latham in one form about four or five years ago, and the bill has fallen— five years ago, and the bill has fallen several times, covid had an impact _ fallen several times, covid had an impact on — fallen several times, covid had an impact on its progress. it was very fortunate — impact on its progress. it was very fortunate that the stars aligned and it was— fortunate that the stars aligned and it was brought back into parliament last year— it was brought back into parliament last year with the support of baroness cirque and sajid javid. those _ baroness cirque and sajid javid. those are — baroness cirque and sajid javid. those are the parliamentarians who realiy _ those are the parliamentarians who really pushed this through. we are e>

parliamentarians. it the support of those arliamentarians. , parliamentarians. it interesting that it has _ parliamentarians. it interesting that it has changed, _ parliamentarians. it interesting that it has changed, the - parliamentarians. it interesting that it has changed, the age i parliamentarians. it interesting | that it has changed, the age has increased at a time when maybe we are talking more generally about giving younger people more rights in society and in the law. yes. society and in the law. yes, absolutely. _ society and in the law. yes, absolutely, and _ society and in the law. yes, absolutely, and i _ society and in the law. yes, absolutely, and i think- society and in the law. yes, absolutely, and i think we l society and in the law. yes, - absolutely, and i think we have to view every— absolutely, and i think we have to view every decision we make in relation — view every decision we make in relation to— view every decision we make in relation to children and young people. — relation to children and young people, how we empower them, and how we protect— people, how we empower them, and how we protect and safeguard them. it has to— we protect and safeguard them. it has to be — we protect and safeguard them. it has to be viewed through, are we talking _ has to be viewed through, are we talking about marriage, talking about _ talking about marriage, talking about medical intervention, are we talking _ about medical intervention, are we talking about the age at which you can vote? — talking about the age at which you can vote? i— talking about the age at which you can vote? i think we have to very much _ can vote? i think we have to very much see — can vote? i think we have to very much see marriage as something that a child _ much see marriage as something that a child should not be entering into, there _ a child should not be entering into, there is— a child should not be entering into, there is no— a child should not be entering into, there is no detriment waiting until you are _ there is no detriment waiting until you are18— there is no detriment waiting until you are 18 to enter into a marriage or civil— you are 18 to enter into a marriage or civil partnership. we are talking about— or civil partnership. we are talking about right — or civil partnership. we are talking about right that has been delayed rather— about right that has been delayed rather than denied, so it is important not to conflate that with other— important not to conflate that with other issues where it is more empowering that you do allow a 16 or

17-year-oid _ empowering that you do allow a 16 or 17—year—old to make those decisions for themselves irrespective of what their parents may wish for them. what _ their parents may wish for them. what impact will this have on young people living in an underaged marriage right now? ii people living in an underaged marriage right now?- people living in an underaged marriage right now? if you have entered into _ marriage right now? if you have entered into a _ marriage right now? if you have entered into a marriage - marriage right now? if you have entered into a marriage right i marriage right now? if you have i entered into a marriage right now marriage right now? if you have - entered into a marriage right now it will still— entered into a marriage right now it will still be — entered into a marriage right now it will still be legal and marriage that i— will still be legal and marriage that i am _ will still be legal and marriage that i am keen to ensure that no one feels _ that i am keen to ensure that no one feels the _ that i am keen to ensure that no one feels the marriage they are in is invalid — feels the marriage they are in is invalid. the law comes into force from _ invalid. the law comes into force from today's date. there is a huge education — from today's date. there is a huge education programme we are hoping will flow— education programme we are hoping will flow from this which may help people _ will flow from this which may help people to — will flow from this which may help people to understand the circumstances perhaps under which they ended that marriage and better understand whether they were coerced, — understand whether they were coerced, forced, and we hope again that that _ coerced, forced, and we hope again that that will be empowering for people _ that that will be empowering for people to come forward if they do feel that — people to come forward if they do feel that the circumstances under which _ feel that the circumstances under which they entered their marriage were _ which they entered their marriage were not— which they entered their marriage were not really legitimate. for those people _ were not really legitimate. fr?" those people in communities who do

not really agree with this you want to keep things as they have always been, what do you say to them? some may try to carry on as they were. absolutely. i think the point about awareness, education and having open conversations is really important and anybody who disagrees with this decision i would i would urge them to listen to people like myself, hundreds and thousands of stories that are out there in survivor's experiences and look at the impact of this is having on young people's lives. if we sit down and talk about child marriage, there is nothing positive about it. i think at the heart of what we have been fighting for, it is the young people and their future. for, it is the young people and theirfuture. young people are for, it is the young people and their future. young people are our future so we need to allow them the room and the space you have those decisions. ., . . ., . ., decisions. how much reluctance have ou been decisions. how much reluctance have you been aware _ decisions. how much reluctance have you been aware of— decisions. how much reluctance have you been aware of during _ decisions. how much reluctance have you been aware of during your- you been aware of during your campaigning? there has not been a lot of resistance, i would say, the awareness was not so much there but i think through this campaign and

the camp —— publicity around it, we have had important conversations where we have been able to make this issue accessible to talk about and to learn about from anybody who did not know that this was happening and how harmful it is. thank you so much for coming in, payzee, and naomi weisman. payzee, you are representing a women's organisation fighting for women's right? we organisation fighting for women's ri . ht? ~ . organisation fighting for women's ritht? ~ . . organisation fighting for women's ritht? . . ,, , right? we are a specialist organisation, _ right? we are a specialist organisation, yes. - right? we are a specialist organisation, yes. thank| right? we are a specialist. organisation, yes. thank you right? we are a specialist - organisation, yes. thank you very much indeed. _ imagine struggling daily with a pain so severe you almost pass out. that is the reality for some women living with endometriosis. yet many with the condition, which is caused by abnormal tissue growth, struggle for years to get a formal medical diagnosis. amy cole reports. as a researcher in animal genetics, becky morris is working on a project about snake venom,

but she's also dealing with a condition that's toxic. after 15 years of excruciating abdominal pain, when her time of the month was all the time, last year she was finally diagnosed with endometriosis. becky, i know what it's like to have heavy, painful periods, but for you, its next level, isn't it? i have low level pelvic pain every day and that flares up at various times of the month, particularly during my periods. and the pain is to the extent that i'm quite often vomiting, fainting, can't move. i can only describe it as it feels like broken glass just moving around inside like grinding. fed up and exhausted, becky turned to art therapy and bravelyjoined other women with the disease to turn their bodies into canvases to help express how they feel. i suffer from endometriosis and i realised how detrimental that had been to my body image,

and through the body painting experience i had, i realised how empowering it was and how much i'd just let go of all of those negative thoughts and feelings about my body, and how i felt, and i wanted to share it. what was it like being part of that art project and meeting other women? looking at myself and all the other women about how our pain was represented on our bodies felt like we were able to own it and take control of it. we all looked amazing. it did make me feel like my body could be something other than a vessel for pain, which was really transformative. a leading charity says there needs to be more funding for research to better understand the disease. as a charity, endemetriosis uk, we try and support research wherever we can and we're also working to ensure that people understand the full impacts of this disease so that it is taken seriously. it's properly funded. anyone who's watching this who thinks that they may have the symptoms of endometriosis, what would you say to them?

they have to fight for the diagnosis. they have to pester their gp. they have to pester to get seen by a specialist. unfortunately, they don't do it for you. you have to be your own advocate in this. i think women need to stop being ignored about this early on and nip it in the bud as such, because otherwise it takes over. it takes over. absolutely, yeah. becky's now waiting for surgery. meanwhile, the art project called endomorphosis is on display in greater manchester. amy cole, bbc news. monday morning, and i bet in households across the country right now, it is getting stressful. for what reason? _ now, it is getting stressful. for what reason? it _ now, it is getting stressful. for what reason? it is _ now, it is getting stressful. for what reason? it is world - now, it is getting stressful. for what reason? it is world book i now, it is getting stressful. for. what reason? it is world book day. not today. — what reason? it is world book day. not today, surely? _ what reason? it is world book day. not today, surely? i— what reason? it is world book day. not today, surely? i think - what reason? it is world book day. not today, surely? i think it - what reason? it is world book day. not today, surely? i think it is - not today, surely? i think it is this week. i

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son took his own life. the parents of 15—year—old christoforos, also known as christopher, have set up a foundation in his memory and say they're convinced pressure from online chatrooms led to his death. they also have a warning for other parents after discovering some disturbing content on his computer. i then opened up his laptop and i found very horrific conversations through a particular forum. put some parental blocking on some of sites and maybe sit down with their son or daughter and say, what are you watching? what is it you're doing? you need to tell me everything. because every parent will say "my son will never." i was one of them. in a way we were one of them. one of london's busiest tube stations fully re—opens today after a big revamp. tfl say the £700 million worth of improvements at bank have boosted

the stations capacity by 40%. a new entrance will include six new escalators to the northern line and dlr as well as a new ticket hall with improved step—free access. tennis star, emma raducanu says she's on the mend after having to pull out of the austin open in texas with tonsillitis. the 20—year—old from bromley withdrew on the eve of the tournament after falling ill. she had spent the last month training at the national tennis centre near richmond and says she hopes to be playing again very soon. well, let's how the tube for a monday morning. there's minor delays on thejulilee and metropolitan lines but otherwise a good service. and for all the latest travel news where you are, tune into your bbc local radio station for regular updates. now onto the weather with kate. good morning. it's a chilly start this monday morning. temperatures close to zero.

high pressure's in charge, so we've had a partly clear night, which allowed the temperature to drop. for this morning, a few showers blowing through, but later we'll see a bit more in the way of sunshine. now, if you do have the bright spell this morning, this cloud is going to move further south. with it, those showers arriving, but it will break and, through the afternoon, we'll get those sunny spells. temperatures today reaching nine celsius. the wind, you are going to notice it. it is going to feel quite chilly. now, overnight tonight, it starts off dry and it starts off clear. however, through the second half of the night we'll see a bit more cloud edging in from the east. the minimum temperature still dropping down to zero, so still could get a ground frost first thing tomorrow morning. again, high pressure, it remains in charge, but we've got all this cloud through tomorrow and, with that, could just see a few showers as well. still quite breezy. as we head further through the week, high pressure stays with us. there's a lot of dry weather in forecast and temperatures close to average. well, there's much more on the bbc news app, online and on bbc radio london

across the morning. i'll be back with you in an hour, but for now let's cross back to sally and jon. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. as we await the announcement of the new energy price cap later this morning, the liberal democrats are calling on the government to take more action to insulate people from high energy costs. here to discuss those proposals is the party's leader, ed davey. good morning to you. thank you for joining us here on breakfast. so we expect 0fgem to say the energy price cap comes down. but the average household bill could be going up we understand by about £500 because the government support scheme comes to an end. would you keep that scheme going? we an end. would you keep that scheme atoin ? ~ . an end. would you keep that scheme hoin?. ., , an end. would you keep that scheme ttoin? ., , . going? we need that support. we would actually _ going? we need that support. we would actually be _ going? we need that support. we would actually be giving _ going? we need that support. we would actually be giving people i going? we need that support. we i would actually be giving people more support. millions of families and pensioners are struggling out there. i've never seen anything like it

before, people unable to afford rent, food, increased numbers of people at food banks, and what the government response is is to increase people's energy bills by £500 this coming april. that's just wrong. they seem completely out of touch. and they are saving all the money they had budgeted and what lib dems are saying is no, use that money to help people and businesses now who are also struggling and if we do that we can cut inflation for people and we can boost the economy. that seems a sensible prudent approach rather than this rather reckless and out of touch approach from the conservatives. i reckless and out of touch approach from the conservatives.— from the conservatives. i suppose the government _ from the conservatives. i suppose the government would _ from the conservatives. i suppose the government would say - from the conservatives. i suppose the government would say it's - from the conservatives. i suppose the government would say it's a i the government would say it's a prudent thing to do, to not spend money on a very expensive scheme if they can possibly help it to try to claw back some of the money they spent during the pandemic and on this scheme already.— this scheme already. well, they bud . eted this scheme already. well, they budgeted over _ this scheme already. well, they budgeted over £12 _ this scheme already. well, they budgeted over £12 billion - this scheme already. well, they budgeted over £12 billion for i this scheme already. well, they - budgeted over £12 billion for energy support. what liberal democrats are

saying is they should continue to use that money for energy bill support and if they did with a slightly higher windfall tax which the lib dems with a first party to propose, with that extra money they could both cut the energy price guarantee and save people on average £500 and introduce a package for small businesses and the least well off in society. 0ur proposals are very affordable. they are very prudent but would also help people and businesses who are really suffering and what i find quite difficult to understand with this government is when they see people unable to put food on the table for their kids, unable to heat their homes, businesses facing closing down or having to lay off lots of people, the government response is to put up people's energy bills. that looks incompetent and out of touch, so that's why liberal democrats have come up with this package today and we just hope the conservative government actually

listens to what the liberal democrat opposition is saying. ih listens to what the liberal democrat opposition is saying.— opposition is saying. in three months' time, _ opposition is saying. in three months' time, if— opposition is saying. in three months' time, if there - opposition is saying. in three months' time, if there is - opposition is saying. in three - months' time, if there is another shock and prices have gone up, do you then extended for another three months and another three months? the problem is this becomes a permanent fixture, a permanent expense for the government. fixture, a permanent expense for the government-— fixture, a permanent expense for the covernment. , ., ., ., government. they would also get more money from — government. they would also get more money from the _ government. they would also get more money from the windfall _ government. they would also get more money from the windfall tax. _ government. they would also get more money from the windfall tax. liberal i money from the windfall tax. liberal democrats have said all along when we were the first party to propose a windfall tax on the super profits of the oil and gas giants, that that was the right way in this crisis of high energy prices to recycle the money from these firms who are making these massive profits not because they've done anything but because they've done anything but because president putin invaded ukraine in an outrageous way. recycle that money from those oil and gas companies to people and businesses who are struggling with the high energy bills. that's a thing for government would do. and that's why liberal democrats are saying give people and businesses a fair deal using this money from the

windfall tax to help people who are struggling. windfall tax to help people who are stru~lint. ., ., windfall tax to help people who are strunulin. ., ., windfall tax to help people who are struntlin. ., ., struggling. critics of those say that if you _ struggling. critics of those say that if you take _ struggling. critics of those say that if you take too _ struggling. critics of those say that if you take too much - struggling. critics of those say l that if you take too much money struggling. critics of those say - that if you take too much money away from those admittedly very rich energy companies that that's money they can no longer invest in sustainable green energy going forward. ~ forward. well, i disagree with them. first of all. — forward. well, i disagree with them. first of all. if — forward. well, i disagree with them. first of all, if you _ forward. well, i disagree with them. first of all, if you listen _ forward. well, i disagree with them. first of all, if you listen to _ forward. well, i disagree with them. first of all, if you listen to what - first of all, if you listen to what the chief executives of bp and shell say, they will continue to invest evenif say, they will continue to invest even if there is a windfall tax. moreover, when i was secretary of state and liberal democrats were running energy power, we quadrupled renewable power without any help from the oil and gas giants. they went investing in yet liberal democrats managed without policies to dramatically increase things like offshore wind and we made britain the world leader in offshore wind without any help from the oil and gas companies, so i don't think government should take that. it looks like the conservatives are listening to the oil and gas companies far too much and what they ought to do is listen to the millions of families and pensioners and businesses who are really struggling. and businesses who are really struggling-— struggling. can we talk about brexit? it _ struggling. can we talk about brexit? it looks _ struggling. can we talk about brexit? it looks like - struggling. can we talk about brexit? it looks like it - struggling. can we talk about brexit? it looks like it could i

struggling. can we talk about i brexit? it looks like it could be struggling. can we talk about. brexit? it looks like it could be a big day as far as northern ireland is concerned. a deal potentially between the government and the eu. 0bviously you've got to see the details but from what you have heard, you are backing it? yeah, we would welcome _ heard, you are backing it? yeah, we would welcome a _ heard, you are backing it? yeah, we would welcome a deal. _ heard, you are backing it? yeah, we would welcome a deal. obviously i heard, you are backing it? yeah, we| would welcome a deal. obviously we want to see it and read and listen to the government, but we do need to deal. the conservatives have mismanaged this for so long. it has head businesses and people in northern ireland also undermined our economy. i really think the government have got to get their act together. whether the prime minister will be able to sell it to his backbenchers because the conservative party is now so divided, i don't know. let's wait and see. liberal democrats would do the responsible thing, if there is a deal that can help northern ireland and help the british economy, we will back it. i and help the british economy, we will back it— will back it. i suppose it depends what kind of— will back it. i suppose it depends what kind of backing _ will back it. i suppose it depends what kind of backing that - will back it. i suppose it depends what kind of backing that means| what kind of backing that means because it's by no means certain they will actually be a vote in the house of commons on this. do you expect a vote? house of commons on this. do you expect a vote?— house of commons on this. do you expect a vote? this should be a vote on something _

expect a vote? this should be a vote on something that _ expect a vote? this should be a vote on something that is _ expect a vote? this should be a vote on something that is so _ expect a vote? this should be a vote on something that is so important. i | on something that is so important. i think it's right that parliament gets to have a say and i think most people out there, most of your viewers would be astonished for something that dragged on for so long for it not to be put to the elected representatives. and it may well be the government is just too scared because it can't unite its party. so i think it would be the wrong thing not to put it to a vote. but i do hope we can get a deal and what liberal democrats are saying is we will act responsibility in the national interest. it's is unpatriotic duty to get behind a deal that helps northern ireland and give some little boost to much needed boost to our economy and so we will do that. assuming when we have seen the deal it makes sense. and you'd still like us to go back into the eu, though, wouldn't you? what we are saying now because the relationship between the uk government and the eu was so bad under this government that

unfortunately that's not something that can be considered. what we do want is a much closer trading relationship with our european colleagues. that's what would really help people and businesses. the red tape that has come because of the conservatives mismanagement of this has been a disasterfor our economy. we want to work more closely with european allies on things like crime reduction. international crime gangs, they need an international response. we would like to see more security to keep us safe. these are things which ought to be happening but, because the government has been so ideological and divided on this, these real opportunities to make britain more prosperous and safer has been dropped. qm. britain more prosperous and safer has been dropped.— britain more prosperous and safer has been dro- ed. . ~' ,, . has been dropped. ok, thank you much indeed. john's here now with the sport. good morning. some silverware yesterday. it's that time of year. yes, two league cup finals yesterday and i think for whoever won at

wembley newcastle united against manchester united, it would be the start of something. it feels like that. for both clubs where they are at the moment. united coming out on top. for celtic, who beat rangers yesterday, it could be the middle of something because there are potentially bigger test which lie ahead for them but as you know momentum is key, isn't it? for both of those teams certainly. morning. it is manchester united first trophy in six years, six months since erik ten hag started his reign with two embarrassing defeats — manchester united though now have their hands on some silverware. beating newcastle 2—0 at wembley to lift the league cup. the game was settled in the first half, casemiro with their first before marcus rashford's shot deflected in via the boot of sven botman. and so newcastle's 54 year wait for a trophy goes on. celebrations for the red side of manchester and their dutch boss, who even got a hug

from sir alex ferguson in the tunnel afterwards along with co—owner avram glazer too. and with all the talk of a sale of manchesterunited, read into that what you may. it was a silver sunday for celtic too who retained their scottish league cup title beating rangers. kyogo furhashi was their match winner, with two goals, his first here. you get a sense of the atmosphere, smoke filling the air from fireworks in the crowd with much of the match played in that haze. it didn't stop him from getting his second. and whilst rangers did manage to pull one back, it's celtic�*s again. and they're still in the hunt for the premiership title and scottish fa cup. england need 210 runs for victory on the final day of the second test to wrap up a clean sweep over new zealand. new zealand you may remember were forced to follow—on after a disappointing first innings,

but kane williamson showing some stubborn resilience as he racked up 132. tom blundell was another who excelled with a knock of 90, but five jack leach wickets late in the day saw them removed for 483. in response, england suffered the early loss of zak crawley, but are 48—1 at close. and it means a fascinating final day awaits. how about this? just a week after losing one final to carlos alcaraz, british number one cameron norrie hit back by winning this one. victory coming in a thrilling rio 0pen final to win his fifth atp title. it was a repeat of the match up in argentina just eight days ago and after losing the first set, he was back at it to win the second. before sealing the match with an ace, and we know how calm he is, but he let the emotion out at the end. this is a big win when you consider alcarez is the world number two.

what a weekend in the six nations. yesterday we saw scotland's hopes of the grand slam evaporate as they were beaten by france. 32 points to 21 the score. both teams had red cards in the first half, but what a comeback by scotland as they reduced a deficit of 19 points to just four in the second half top make a real game of it, as france held on having scored first in this one. no—one will have been more delighted that scotland fell short than ireland. top of the table after beating a stubborn italy, and heading for the grand slam, their game against the scots a week on sunday is a mouthwatering prospect. england host france on saturday week but wales are off to rome for what could well form part of a battle for the wooden spoon with italy. their defeat to england means, like the italians, they've played three lost three. last night, reality television star,

tommy fury, won one of the most high—profile boxing bouts between novice fights. there was quite a bit of anticipation, lots of bad blood, and a few hiccups along the way but he finally beat youtuberjake paul after eight rounds in saudi arabia. and both will be millions richer after this fight. we're joined now by broadcaster steve bunce who is out there in riyadh. what are your thoughts on this fight? good morning. this was a genuine sporting spec goal or was itjust a spectacle? what are your final thoughts on this one? thankfully it was both entertaining, _ thoughts on this one? thankfully it was both entertaining, the - thoughts on this one? thankfully it was both entertaining, the hype i was both entertaining, the hype lived up to itself, and it was actually sport in the sense that both of them have licenses. jake is licensed in america and managed to get himself a saudi arabia licence and tommy is in the uk, under the british boxing board of control. it

was a real fight. british boxing board of control. it was a realfight. they british boxing board of control. it was a real fight. they were two novices. what you get with two novices. what you get with two novices is, wait for it, to navas is fighting so i don't really know what to do, so there's 10,000 people there, millions watching, they are sharing millions but still novices also just because you pay a man $10 million doesn't mean he is suddenly going to turn into a slick boxing fighting machine. he still going to be a novice and that was part of the attraction. ~ ., ., , ._ be a novice and that was part of the attraction. ~ ., ., , ., attraction. what does it say about the fate of boxing _ attraction. what does it say about the fate of boxing at _ attraction. what does it say about the fate of boxing at a _ attraction. what does it say about the fate of boxing at a moment i attraction. what does it say about l the fate of boxing at a moment that people are willing to pay i think it was £19 95 a night, pay per view, people want to tune in and see these novices fighting. what does this say about the state of play in the world of boxing at the moment? irlat about the state of play in the world of boxing at the moment?- of boxing at the moment? not all novices, of boxing at the moment? not all novices. but _ of boxing at the moment? not all novices, but these _ of boxing at the moment? not all novices, but these two _ of boxing at the moment? not all novices, but these two are - of boxing at the moment? not all novices, but these two are gone i novices, but these two are gone fantastic narrative, back story going at each other, goading each other on social media for about two years. there have been a press conference is and abandoned in las

vegas and london and manchester. it has taken a while to get this off the ground plus we had seven intensive days of to and fro out here. circus and pantomime you might call it. what we had in the end, everybody left the ring and boy oh boy, there was a referee from mexico and two boxes. 0ne boy, there was a referee from mexico and two boxes. one from just outside manchester and the other from cleveland, ohio. two kids were born, i'm going to use cliches come on the wrong side of the tracks and scrambled to life and make themselves multimillionaires and they chose to be professional fighters. it all came to a head last night, first the bell, 1.20 8am, there were still stars in the sky, and they fought each other to a standstill. it wasn't a masterpiece. there wasn't a lot of technique but there was lots of guts and heart. i've been a boxing long time. when that two men in the ring give us

what they got, they did. it wasn't a great boxing match but a great event. ~ ~' ., ~' , great boxing match but a great event. ~ ~ ., ~ , ., , event. we know the kids love this, is this a new _ event. we know the kids love this, is this a new way _ event. we know the kids love this, is this a new way to _ event. we know the kids love this, is this a new way to bring - event. we know the kids love this, is this a new way to bring a - event. we know the kids love this, | is this a new way to bring a younger audience into the sport? it is this a new way to bring a younger audience into the sport?— audience into the sport? it has to be. audience into the sport? it has to be- people _ audience into the sport? it has to be- people are — audience into the sport? it has to be. people are saying _ audience into the sport? it has to be. people are saying to - audience into the sport? it has to be. people are saying to me, i audience into the sport? it has to| be. people are saying to me, how audience into the sport? it has to i be. people are saying to me, how are you backing this? how can you back these guys and i tell them, listen, they are bringing eyeballs to the sports if they bring jake paul who can reach 220 million people in one tweet and can get it to 10 million times in five minutes no matter what times in five minutes no matter what time of day, so if millions and millions of new people watch this board they are not all going to disappear when the boxing is over. some of them are going to state so power will 250,000 new potential fans, how will that hurt any sport, tiddlywinks or boxing, it has to be positive. tiddlywinks or boxing, it has to be ositive. ~ . . tiddlywinks or boxing, it has to be ositive. ~ . , ., positive. what is the endgame because you — positive. what is the endgame because you said _ positive. what is the endgame because you said they - positive. what is the endgame because you said they are i positive. what is the endgame i because you said they are novices. when i can only see a novice cop against a professional fighter. when i can only see a novice cop against a professionalfighter. i against a professional fighter. i hope not. against a professionalfighter. i hope not. we're _ against a professionalfighter. i hope not. we're not— against a professionalfighter. i hope not. we're not going i against a professionalfighter. i hope not. we're not going to i against a professionalfighter. i. hope not. we're not going to see tommy theory — hope not. we're not going to see tommy theory op _

hope not. we're not going to see tommy theory up against - hope not. we're not going to see tommy theory up against tyson i hope not. we're not going to see i tommy theory up against tyson fury. whilst people would tune in and watch it be dangerous. let whilst people would tune in and watch it be dangerous.— whilst people would tune in and watch it be dangerous. let me say, if they had — watch it be dangerous. let me say, if they had a _ watch it be dangerous. let me say, if they had a family _ watch it be dangerous. let me say, if they had a family fallout, - watch it be dangerous. let me say, if they had a family fallout, that i if they had a family fallout, that would be amazing. this is quite a serious answer for that they have found themselves in a situation where there's very few places to go. the best i can rate tommy in the uk at his weight, it's about 25. the best i can rate jake paul in america is about 45. but what they have got, they got each other, i know it sounds like some sort of love story, but they can have a rematch, they've both agreed that last night. they might even end up having a trilogy because there's only so many places they can go and get the type of money they may have made last night here in riyadh. they might have made a fortune, but they had to give a lot and they will fight again and it will be a fantastic narrative. they started selling the fight in the ring last night. don'tjudge me said

jake paul on my losses because the next time we fight, i will beat you, i will knock you out. the fight had been over four minutes and they were selling the rematch. laughter enjoy that sunshine, that great day. it's interesting you think in sport you're looking to the next thing but they are creating a boxing world within the world of boxing. they don't need to think about the bigger fights. they have got each other. could we please have steve on every story this morning, please? i would like to see him talk about brexit negotiations, everything. thank you very much indeed. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. that's the most amazing picture. you better explain this to people who are waking up right now. what on earth is behind you? the are waking up right now. what on earth is behind you?— earth is behind you? the aurora borealis. good _ earth is behind you? the aurora borealis. good morning, - earth is behind you? the aurora i borealis. good morning, everybody. the northern lights as it is also known. we had a spectacular display of those northern lights last night and in fact if you had clear skies,

as far south as the south of england. the isle of wight for example. particularly vibrant in scotland. this is in stirling. today we are starting off with some clear skies across northern and western scotland. also south west wales and south—west england. a little line of showers in kent at the moment and they are following the snow but the shower is generally today will be rain. in between, where we have breaks in the cloud, some sunshine but the lion's share of that today will be across the north and the west of scotland. through the day, where we have had the clear skies in the south—west, you will find a bit more cloud develops and where we have had the cloud in the south—east, we will see the cloud break and some sunshine but the shower was continuing on the breeze pushing a bit further inland. the same continues tonight actually. high pressure firmly in charge so once again we will have areas of cloud producing some spots of rain

here and there. clear skies in scotland, across parts of southern england, so once again this is where we will see the frost. we start with those clear skies and some sunshine tomorrow but tomorrow once again it's a day of chasing breaks in the cloud. across the central surveys of the country is where we are more likely to see the cloud with the odd shower and we also have this little system coming up from france which could bring some sharp showers across east anglia and the south—east but temperatures more or less where they should be at this time of year. we less where they should be at this time of year-— less where they should be at this time of year. we like to hear that. thank you — time of year. we like to hear that. thank you very — time of year. we like to hear that. thank you very much _ time of year. we like to hear that. thank you very much indeed. i from harry potter to gangster granny, there's no shortage of fictional characters for children to dress up as for this year's world book day. to dress up as for this the annual event has grown rapidly since it started more than 25 years ago and one person who loves the magic and excitement of it is the uk's children's laureate joseph coelho, who joins us now. good morning. world book day with some gorgeous illustrations behind

you. it's one of those moments that can feel a parent heart with dread. let's try and get beyond that, shall we? trying to organise a costume for your child to go to school in. why is it still so important and relevant, perhaps more now than actually ever before?— relevant, perhaps more now than actually ever before? well, we know the benefits — actually ever before? well, we know the benefits of _ actually ever before? well, we know the benefits of getting _ actually ever before? well, we know the benefits of getting kids - actually ever before? well, we know the benefits of getting kids reading i the benefits of getting kids reading early. with world book day, in such a wonderful scheme, because often a world book day book is the first book some kids ever own so we get them celebrating books, celebrating literature and dressing up as their favourite characters but like luna in a luna loves books, if you don't want to dress up you can decorate a potato or a wooden spoon as their favourite character so there's lots of ways to get involved and on the world book website has lots of different activities you can get involved in so lots of ways of celebrating your favourite stories. you mentioned your character luna. she loves world book day. she loves it so much but _ she loves world book day. she loves it so much but in _ she loves world book day. she loves it so much but in the _ she loves world book day. she loves it so much but in the story _ she loves world book day. she loves

it so much but in the story she i it so much but in the story she dressed up as a favourite unicorn but her costume rips. so things don't go to plan but without any spoilers, it's a happy ending. thank uoodness spoilers, it's a happy ending. thank goodness for _ spoilers, it's a happy ending. thank goodness for that. _ spoilers, it's a happy ending. thank goodness for that. you _ spoilers, it's a happy ending. thank goodness for that. you mentioned how important it is for children to start reading as early as possible. why is that? what is the research around that? we why is that? what is the research around that?— why is that? what is the research around that? we know it improves life chances _ around that? we know it improves life chances going _ around that? we know it improves life chances going forward - around that? we know it improves life chances going forward and i around that? we know it improves life chances going forward and we | life chances going forward and we all know personally it broadens our horizons. i was very lucky growing up horizons. i was very lucky growing up to always have a library quite near to my home. i didn't grow up in house chock—a—block full of books but i had access to a library, and so that broadened my horizons and i was able to take out books about ufos and aliens but also about future careers and about wonderful escapist literature. [30 future careers and about wonderful escapist literature.— escapist literature. do you worry about literacy — escapist literature. do you worry about literacy levels _ escapist literature. do you worry about literacy levels in _ escapist literature. do you worry about literacy levels in the i escapist literature. do you worry about literacy levels in the uk? | about literacy levels in the uk? some kids have missed a lot of school over the last couple of years with a pandemic. we've had strikes recently. do you feel we are running a bit behind?—

a bit behind? yeah, especially after the pandemic. _ a bit behind? yeah, especially after the pandemic, not— a bit behind? yeah, especially after the pandemic, not of— a bit behind? yeah, especially after the pandemic, not of kids _ a bit behind? yeah, especially after the pandemic, not of kids missed i a bit behind? yeah, especially after i the pandemic, not of kids missed out on a lot of learning. and that's why, as poet laureate, i'm doing all i can to promote books and reading. we've got the poetry promise which happens every monday, where we release a new video to engage kids with writing a poem in a fun and exciting way because poetry writing, specially comes with baggage. we get a little bit scared and think i'm not a poet, but actually we are all permits and i've seen time and time again when you can engage children with the act of writing you're not only creating little writers but little readers as well. so my approach is to get them writing and reading at the same time.— reading at the same time. another ureat reading at the same time. another great writer _ reading at the same time. another great writer friend _ reading at the same time. another great writer friend and _ reading at the same time. another great writer friend and i _ reading at the same time. another great writer friend and i was i reading at the same time. another great writer friend and i was frank| great writer friend and i was frank cottrell boyce says that just great writer friend and i was frank cottrell boyce says thatjust begin because there's magic in beginnings, so where do we begin with children? what is the first thing? start so where do we begin with children? what is the first thing?— what is the first thing? start with their interests, _ what is the first thing? start with their interests, what _ what is the first thing? start with their interests, what are - what is the first thing? start with their interests, what are they i their interests, what are they passionate about? 0ften their interests, what are they passionate about? often we think we should tell them what to read and certainly we should suggest reading to young people, but if they are really interested in football or

computer games, by starting with their interests to open up that door and allow them to realise their passions are valid and that can lead to them exploring and finding other books and other writers and illustrators and poets, so it's a wonderful gift for a child. there has been talk _ wonderful gift for a child. there has been talk about _ wonderful gift for a child. there has been talk about roald i wonderful gift for a child. there i has been talk about roald dahl's books on censorship and updating them making them more politically acceptable. as a writer, what do you make of that? should we be changing things after they've been published years on? things after they've been published ears on? ~ ., , years on? writing never really ha-rens years on? writing never really happens in — years on? writing never really happens in isolation. - years on? writing never really happens in isolation. there i years on? writing never really | happens in isolation. there are editors and readers and it is known for writers to make changes to their books. i think the key is choice. we've seen that with puffin books, both types of books are available, edited and unedited so people can make informed decisions but choice is the key and that's why we have got a bookmaker where they give children to see themselves as a

writer, so we are finding new up—and—coming writers and illustrators and poets, putting them in front of kids so every kid can have a chance to go that could be me. i could be a writer when i grow up. i think choice is the key. in if} up. i think choice is the key. in 50 ears' up. i think choice is the key. in 50 years' time. _ up. i think choice is the key. in 50 years' time, someone _ up. i think choice is the key. in 50 years' time, someone looked i up. i think choice is the key. in 50 years' time, someone looked at i up. i think choice is the key. in 50 years' time, someone looked at one of your books, and said that particular bit is not appropriate today. we are going to change it. the idea of your work being changed, you're so proud of, that must be quite difficult?— quite difficult? with your books, ou quite difficult? with your books, you know. _ quite difficult? with your books, you know, when _ quite difficult? with your books, you know, when i _ quite difficult? with your books, you know, when i shuffle - quite difficult? with your books, you know, when i shuffle off- quite difficult? with your books, | you know, when i shuffle off this mortal coil i will presumably leave my estate to someone who i trust to make those decisions for me because we can't be around forever. and things do change because society changes as it should. those books will always be available but there are so many fantastic current writers and illustrators and poets available now and i'm reading a brilliant book which is just gorgeous, etc the tower block. when i was a kid i would have loved to read a book about a tower block.

when you think about storytellers and stories they were verbal and people spoke their stories and changed all the time, so is it right we should be open to things evolving and changing?— and changing? yeah, yeah, yeah, thinus do and changing? yeah, yeah, yeah, things do change. _ and changing? yeah, yeah, yeah, things do change. we _ and changing? yeah, yeah, yeah, things do change. we should i and changing? yeah, yeah, yeah, things do change. we should be i things do change. we should be vigilant to these things. it's important to have that discussion, but i think choice is the key and having as many books as we can and putting them in as many children's hands as we can, as well. [30 putting them in as many children's hands as we can, as well.- hands as we can, as well. do stay with us because _ hands as we can, as well. do stay with us because this _ hands as we can, as well. do stay with us because this is _ hands as we can, as well. do stay with us because this is a - hands as we can, as well. do stay with us because this is a story i would like you to see. talking of getting books and choosing books. 0ver getting books and choosing books. over the weekend this picture got a lot of attention on social media. this picture got a lot of attention on social media over the weekend, when the book shop in kent pleaded on twitter for customers to help them during what has been a difficult winter. we can speak now to sapphire bates, owner of book bodega to tell us what happened. good morning. so tell us what happened. i good morning. so tell us what happened-—

good morning. so tell us what ha ened. . . ., . happened. i put a tweet out and it went a bit crazy. _ happened. i put a tweet out and it went a bit crazy. a _ happened. i put a tweet out and it went a bit crazy. a lot _ happened. i put a tweet out and it went a bit crazy. a lot more i happened. i put a tweet out and it went a bit crazy. a lot more crazyl went a bit crazy. a lot more crazy than i expected. {30 went a bit crazy. a lot more crazy than i expected.— went a bit crazy. a lot more crazy than i expected. go on, talk to us about the crazy. _ than i expected. go on, talk to us about the crazy. so _ than i expected. go on, talk to us about the crazy. so i _ than i expected. go on, talk to us about the crazy. so i put - than i expected. go on, talk to us about the crazy. so i put a - than i expected. go on, talk to us about the crazy. so i put a tweet l about the crazy. so i put a tweet out and i'm _ about the crazy. so i put a tweet out and i'm not _ about the crazy. so i put a tweet out and i'm not very _ about the crazy. so i put a tweet out and i'm not very technical i about the crazy. so i put a tweet out and i'm not very technical at | out and i'm not very technical at all so i put it out and thought, 0k, all so i put it out and thought, 0k, a few people might buy some books, this might help a little bit, who knows, it's worth a go? and i left it. i thought nothing had happened for about three hours because i had my notifications turned off from people i don't know. it wasn't until a friend sent me a screenshot and said you do know loads of people have retweeted this and are commenting and people are buying books. i was like, wait, what? commenting and people are buying books. iwas like, wait, what? it got shared thousands of times and so many people from so many places got involved. . ,., , many people from so many places got involved. . , ., involved. including some big names? yeah. involved. including some big names? yeah- check — involved. including some big names? yeah. check your _ involved. including some big names? yeah. check your notifications - involved. including some big names? yeah. check your notifications and i yeah. check your notifications and tell us who- _

yeah. check your notifications and tell us who. adam _ yeah. check your notifications and tell us who. adam kay, _ yeah. check your notifications and tell us who. adam kay, the - yeah. check your notifications and i tell us who. adam kay, the author of a few books. — tell us who. adam kay, the author of a few books. i _ tell us who. adam kay, the author of a few books, i think _ tell us who. adam kay, the author of a few books, i think he _ tell us who. adam kay, the author of a few books, i think he has _ tell us who. adam kay, the author of a few books, i think he has got - tell us who. adam kay, the author of a few books, i think he has got four. a few books, i think he has got four now, and i'm a really big fan of his work and i was super excited when i saw his tweet. i thought, oh my god, adam kay has treated me. he offered to come and do an event. sue perkins retweeted it. susanna reid retweeted it. loads of people who added really nice comments about how important it is to help independent businesses. yeah, i have been fan girling basically for 24—hour is. how yeah, i have been fan girling basically for 24-hour is. how many more books _ basically for 24-hour is. how many more books have _ basically for 24-hour is. how many more books have you _ basically for 24-hour is. how many more books have you sold? - basically for 24-hour is. how many more books have you sold? lots i basically for 24-hour is. how many - more books have you sold? lots more. i'm about to — more books have you sold? lots more. i'm about to do — more books have you sold? lots more. i'm about to do the _ more books have you sold? lots more. i'm about to do the count _ more books have you sold? lots more. i'm about to do the count up _ more books have you sold? lots more. i'm about to do the count up after - i'm about to do the count up after this. and actually figure out where we are at. i'm 99.9% sure we have made our rent and we can pay our bills today. it made our rent and we can pay our bills today-— bills today. it was looking dicey, that's why _ bills today. it was looking dicey, that's why you — bills today. it was looking dicey, that's why you put _ bills today. it was looking dicey, that's why you put the _ bills today. it was looking dicey, that's why you put the tweet - bills today. it was looking dicey, - that's why you put the tweet outcome is to be a difficult few months? yeah, i wasjust is to be a difficult few months? yeah, i was just sat is to be a difficult few months? yeah, i wasjust sat in is to be a difficult few months? yeah, i was just sat in the shop and

there was no one here and it was saturday at tpm, which should be busy for a book shop or a high street shop, and nothing. tumbleweed. so i thought, yeah, put out a tweet and see what happens. i got nothing to lose at this point and we have bills due tomorrow. and this is the first month, it's been a bit tight throughout the whole winter, but this is the first month where i was like, we actually don't have the money we need and i don't know how i'm going to pay them. sapphire, do stay right there. joseph, when you see sapphire working so hard to keep the independent book shop going, what would you say to other book shop owners like to hear and to sapphire? well, so lovely to see the coming together to support a beautiful book shop. books have a special place in our heart and it's so great you have offers of events because that's a wonderful way to get more people to come through the door. we know the high street has been suffering lately but i wish you all the very

best. i have been in your book shop. it is absolutely gorgeous. i will be popping by- i it is absolutely gorgeous. i will be popping by. i have been inside and it's gorgeous. did popping by. i have been inside and it's gorgeous-— it's gorgeous. did you know that, sa hire? it's gorgeous. did you know that, sapphire? no. — it's gorgeous. did you know that, sapphire? no, thank _ it's gorgeous. did you know that, sapphire? no, thank you. - it's gorgeous. did you know that, sapphire? no, thank you. turn . it's gorgeous. did you know that, l sapphire? no, thank you. turn on our sapphire? no, thank you. turn on your notifications, _ sapphire? no, thank you. turn on your notifications, sapphire - good luck to you. a lovely story. thank you very much indeed. joseph, thank you for coming in. joseph's new board book, luna loves books, is available to buy now. at all good independent book shops. stay with us. headlines coming up.

good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. our headlines today. is a deal done on a new brexit agreement for northern ireland? the prime minister meets his european counterpart today. we live in berkshire for those talks, we will be explaining what new deal would mean weight is a big political gamble. energy bills to rise again. in the next hour the regulator will announce the new price cap but with government help set to end, households could face a big hike from april. despite the global cost of energy coming down, most of our bills are set to go up again. i m at a community hub in preston talking to people who say they do not have the buffer to meet any extra costs.

in sport this morning. a silver lining for both manchester united who win their first trophy in six years and celtic who retain their league cup title. and dealing with life and death decisions. we'll speak to the creators of a new series that goes behind the scenes of britain's parole boards. good morning. where we had clear skies last night, many of us saw them all night as far south as cornwall and the isle of wight. it will be mostly dry and settled and variable crowd today, all of the details later. it's monday the 27th february. rishi sunak will meet the president of the european commission today for what number ten describes as "final talks" on a new brexit deal for northern ireland. the prime minister and ursula von der leyen, will be trying to resolve the "range of complex challenges" around the protocol during the meeting. since brexit, exports from the uk are subject to checks to ensure they conform with eu rules.

but for goods crossing the irish sea, they are checked on arrival in northern ireland, effectively creating a border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. this is in order to keep open its border with the republic. the uk wants to change the agreement so that fewer goods need to be checked. we'll get the view from stormont with our ireland correspondent chris page shortly. but first, our chief political correspondent nick eardley is in berkshire. nick, it is a big day, we have yet to see the precise details, but what are we expecting to hear?- to see the precise details, but what are we expecting to hear? morning to ou, jon. are we expecting to hear? morning to you. jon- so. — are we expecting to hear? morning to you. jon- so. the _ are we expecting to hear? morning to you, jon. so, the prime _ are we expecting to hear? morning to you, jon. so, the prime minister- you, jon. so, the prime minister will meet at the european commission president around lunchtime, and as you say, we are told that there are final talks, some final details to be thrashed out, particularly around the say that northern ireland will

have under the rules which apply there. but i think this deal is pretty much done, barring some major catastrophe this afternoon, we will start to see details of it emerge. and it will be a big moment, we can expect number 10 to sell it as a deal that deals with some of the trade problems that we have seen between great britain and northern ireland, it makes it a bit easier to send goods, they will argue it protects the union and gives northern ireland a much greater say over its own sovereignty. one of the big challenges is going to come when rishi sunak, not when he holds a press conference here to announce it all but when he goes back to parliament tonight because it will be committing the dup, the unionist party in northern ireland, and tory mps that this is a good deal. i have been chatting to a lot of them for the past week and some of them don't think that this deal as they understand it goes far enough. they want to see the detail, they want to

scrutinise it, get a lawyer is to have a look, and exactly what it will mean before they deliver judgment. but i don't think they will be won over. the question for rishi sunak will be how many are prepared to rebel against him and what that will mean for his premiership, a big day. thank you very much- _ our ireland correspondent chris pagejoins us now. is there a sense of any deal being accepted in northern ireland? the bi accepted in northern ireland? tue: big question accepted in northern ireland? tta: big question here, accepted in northern ireland? tt2 big question here, sally, is, will this deal, if it comes, pave the way for northern ireland to get its governance back? the democratic unionist party is currently using the special rules around how you form a devolved government here at storm want to block the formation of a power—sharing coalition, —— at stormont, so there has been no fully functioning government for more than a year. the dup views the northern ireland protocol as it currently stands is something which damages

northern ireland's place in the uk and put an economic barrier between here and england, scotland and wales. what will the dup be looking for? over the last few days, senior members of that party had been talking a lot about what they call a democratic deficit, who makes the laws ultimately for northern ireland. the uk government, politicians here at stormont, or the european union? in particular they will be looking at the role of the eu's highest court, the european court ofjustice, in any agreement. i understand the dup have lawyers ready to comb through the finer details of the text if it is published to see what analysis they can make of the more complex parts of the legal aspects of the text. the other parties here at stormont will be saying, the majority of members, politicians are elected to the northern ireland assembly broadly support the protocol as a means of managing the fallout from brexit, no reason at all to be pulling down the devolved

government. as far as the dup is concerned, i don't think we can expect a quick response, they will go to the grassroots of the party and consults before making a final decision. as and consults before making a final decision. �* , , and consults before making a final decision. �* , ., ~ decision. a big day, thank you. rolling coverage _ decision. a big day, thank you. rolling coverage on _ decision. a big day, thank you. rolling coverage on bbc - decision. a big day, thank you. rolling coverage on bbc news| decision. a big day, thank you. - rolling coverage on bbc news today. in the next hour energy regulator ofgem will announce a new price cap, which will take effect from april in england, wales and scotland. it's expected to fall by about £1,000. despite this, the average households could see their bills rise by about £500 a year because government support will be scaled back. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith explains. do you think we can turn the charger off now? henry and william are getting pretty good at this game. balancing the lights, the heating and power plugs to keep everyone happy and the bills down. oh, here's a message — who turned my game off? i hadn't saved it, it says. right, what's this one say? let's turn everything down. but at home, it's not

a game for their mum. hot water bottles, electric blankets, more blankets. and i hate to say it, but we are relying on the wood burner to be able to keep on top of the bills that keep going up and up. halla says her energy direct debits have already gone up £100 a month, and anjali says it's getting harder to find ways to power down. we've not increased our energy consumption and still the bills have gone up. so we really struggle to now think where exactly we need to cutback more. at the moment, the price cap is 67 pence per kilowatt hour for electricity and 17 pence for gas. but the government have stepped in to lower that, so that we don't pay more than 3a pence per kilowatt hour for electricity, and 10 pence for gas. and they're paying the difference to energy companies. the level of the price cap is based on the cost of gas and electricity on the global markets over the last six months or so, when energy companies had to buy it.

we know that those prices have been falling over recent months. so from april, the regulator is lowering the price cap that energy companies can charge. but it doesn't mean we'll end up paying less for our energy bills because the government doesn't want to keep paying so much in the difference between those prices. so now a typical household's bill will go up from around £2,500 a year to £3,000 a year. that's an increase of £500. zoe's had to pay around £250 a month to cover her bills this winter. from november through to february, which is massive for us. so she's not looking forward to another price rise. just, yeah, really annoying. especially particularly as the energy companies are making millions of profits. but, yeah, worry about next winter. this april's rise comes at exactly the same time that the extra £66 a month of direct government

payments to each household finishes, which will make covering the price increase harder. to be able to cope with the changes that are forthcoming, we've got to make changes elsewhere. the only hope that's on the horizon is that global gas prices are still falling, so we may actually see our prices reduced once we head into the autumn. colletta smith, bbc news, in wallasey. more than 60 people, including 12 children, are now known to have died and dozens more are feared missing after their boat sank in rough seas off southern italy. the vessel, carrying migrants, broke apart while trying to land near the coastal town of crotone in the calabria region. survivors said at least 150 people were aboard. police in northern ireland have been given more time to question a man about the attempted murder of an off duty police officer last week. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell was shot outside a sports centre in omagh on wednesday and remains in hospital.

in total, six people have been arrested in connection with the shooting, and the police's mainline of inquiry is that the dissident republican group the new ira is responsible. sheffield has become the latest city in the uk to introduce a clean air zone which will see some vehicles charged to enter the city centre. the city becomes the seventh in england to join the controversial scheme which charges commercial vehicles that don't meet minimum emissions standards. safety investigators say doctors, ambulance dispatchers and other nhs staff in england are facing "significant distress" and harm as a result of long delays in emergency care. the health care safety investigation branch says many staff broke down in tears when asked about their working environment. nhs england says it takes staff wellbeing very seriously. a beach in norfolk has been temporarily closed because of erosion and the risk of homes falling into the sea.

hemsby has lost around three metres of land in just two days after strong winds and high tides. the local volunteer lifeboat service has stopped launching its boats from the area because of a drop in the beach caused by erosion. the reality television star, tommy fury, has won the latest high—profile boxing contest between novice fighters. he beat the youtuberjake paul in the highly anticipated eight round fight in saudi arabia. despite being knocked down in the final round, tommy fury won by split decision. that's the moment. safe to say he was re that's the moment. safe to say he was pretty please- _ that's the moment. safe to say he was pretty please. carol— that's the moment. safe to say he was pretty please. carol has - that's the moment. safe to say he was pretty please. carol has got i that's the moment. safe to say he. was pretty please. carol has got the weather for us this morning. was pretty please. carol has got the weatherfor us this morning. pretty chilly temperatures this morning, to start the week? that's right, it is a cold start to

the day, if you have not stepped outside there is some frost across parts of scotland and some pockets of frost over parts of southern england and wales. in between you can see the temperatures have held up, because this is where we have got a bit more cloud around. high pressure is in charge of our weather this week so it will be mainly dry, chasing cloud amounts but there will be some sunshine, by night where the cloud remains broken, we will see the frost. a lot of sunshine today across northern and western parts of scotland, starting with some sunshine, south wales and south—west england but the cloud will build for you as we go through the day. we start cloudy in east anglia and the south east, the cloud will break it and we will see some sunshine. we have an onshore flow from the north sea bringing showers from eastern areas, into parts of the midlands and wales, and a few show —— snow showers across kent this morning. temperatures, seven to 10 degrees.

this evening and overnight we hang onto cloud in central areas, clear skies prevail across parts of scotland and southern england. this is where we will have the lowest temperatures and also a touch of frost. again, under the cloud cover, temperatures will not fall away as much. into tomorrow, still high pressure anchored across us, so tomorrow we are going to be chasing the cloud amounts. the brighter skies will be in the north west, some showers coming in from the north sea, blowing inland and we have a little system here coming up from france which will bring in some heavier showers across parts of the southeast and east anglia. temperatures together —— ranging between seven and 10 degrees. . thank you, we will get some more of those northern light pictures later. have you noticed the fruit and veg shortages? not so many tomatoes in the shops. fruit and veg shortages could last for weeks with supermarkets continuing to put

limits on some produce. did you see this at the weekend? empty shelves. the government say unseasonal weather in spain and morocco is causing the issue. we can speak now to minette batters, a farmer and president of the national farmers' union of england and wales. good morning. first of all, i know this is a really tricky time for farmers but explained is why this is happening? in happening?. farmers but explained is why this is happening?. tt is farmers but explained is why this is happening?-— happening?. it is quite a unique situation. people _ happening?. it is quite a unique situation. people will— happening?. it is quite a unique situation. people will be - happening?. it is quite a unique situation. people will be seeing| happening?. it is quite a unique i situation. people will be seeing on social media a lot of shops across europe have plentiful supplies of tomatoes and peppers and wondering what on earth is going on here. there is a challenge in morocco and there is a challenge globally on the back of the war in ukraine with the price of gas, and so there is a shortage. we have done very little here. in many ways we have got worse things for our growers so we have got lowest productions of tomatoes,

cucumbers and peppers since records began here. and it really needs two things to happen. it needs government to act, and make sure that growers and indeed for the poultry sector, for eggs and poultry meat, things that need warmth, they can be part of the scheme, the industry intensive energy scheme, that no primary producer in food is part of. glasshouses have to be heated, so we need that in place. and then we need retailers to commit to a fair return, if you like, for the cost of production. because gas prices are still three times higher. so the energy intensive crops like tomatoes, that need to be warm, they are absolutely, these growers have to be able to renegotiate their contractual relationships with retailers. ,, ., contractual relationships with retailers. , ., retailers. some people seizing on this as an example _ retailers. some people seizing on this as an example of _ retailers. some people seizing on this as an example of an - retailers. some people seizing on this as an example of an issue . retailers. some people seizing on i this as an example of an issue which is caused by or at least partly caused by brexit as well, where do

you stand on that?— you stand on that? without doubt, brexit, you stand on that? without doubt, brexit. the — you stand on that? without doubt, brexit, the pandemic, _ you stand on that? without doubt, brexit, the pandemic, all- you stand on that? without doubt, brexit, the pandemic, all of- you stand on that? without doubt, brexit, the pandemic, all of these| brexit, the pandemic, all of these were driving inflation. brexit has very much made our trading relationship with our grossest trading partner more difficult. i can't emphasise enough, living with a retail price war when you have such monopoly buying power, we are a difficult country to trade with right now. and there are plenty of other market opportunities. we should not shy away from the fact that countries like china and india, asia in general, they are very much wanting to be able to buy fresh produce. all of which points back to prioritising domestic production here, something which i believe successive government have failed to do. we have been warning about it here for a very long time and things need to change. we are lucky in that we have got water here, we aren't challenged like spain and portugal and italy, other countries that have massive water scarcity problems. i hope this is a reset moment. t5

hope this is a reset moment. is there an issue perhaps with farmers refusing or not being able to grow saddam types produce here because of rising energy gusts —— certain types of projects here because of rose —— rising energy costs? of projects here because of rose -- rising energy costs?— rising energy costs? yes, if you have not rising energy costs? yes, if you have got a _ rising energy costs? yes, if you have got a glass _ rising energy costs? yes, if you have got a glass house - rising energy costs? yes, if you have got a glass house that - rising energy costs? yes, if you i have got a glass house that needs rising energy costs? yes, if you - have got a glass house that needs to be one, you will see on social media, acres and acres of glasshouses which are empty because the price of gas is three times higher than what it was which is why we believe that these growers should be part of the energy intensive scheme that the government has launched. if they could get a fair return for what they are producing, they will do it. this is a sector that really, really can grow. we should have been putting things in place. we will never get totally self—sufficient it fresh produce but we can make sure that this never happens again. but it does need everybody, government and retailers and packers to come together to make

sure that consumers do not suffer the shortages. don't forget, there was rationing of eggs before christmas and we had i billion less eggs produced in 2022 from 2019. this is about food production in this country, and it is under huge pressure and we need to see action from everybody. 50. pressure and we need to see action from everybody-— from everybody. so, ministers are meetin: from everybody. so, ministers are meeting supermarket _ from everybody. so, ministers are meeting supermarket bosses - from everybody. so, ministers are i meeting supermarket bosses today, sitting down in the same room, what do you expect or hope can come from that face—to—face? t do you expect or hope can come from that face-to-face?_ that face-to-face? i have to say, i think it's slightly _ that face-to-face? i have to say, i think it's slightly odd _ that face-to-face? i have to say, i think it's slightly odd that - that face-to-face? i have to say, i think it's slightly odd that they - think it's slightly odd that they are bringing the major retailers in and nobody else. i would have thought you would thought the whole supply chain approach to this, rather than just bringing supply chain approach to this, rather thanjust bringing in supply chain approach to this, rather than just bringing in the retailers. so i think growers are asking, why are we not in the room? i don't think anything can be achieved in the next month because you cannotjust magic up a supply of tomatoes. these plans were put in place last autumn which is when our

growers should have been given confidence here. if they had been, we would be absolutely avoiding this situation. so i'm not sure quite what can be achieved to resolve the short—term issue. what can be achieved to resolve the short-term issue.— we're joined now by chef adam reid, who can tell us how to make the most of what we can get hold of. it's a challenge for all of us, particularly it is a challenge for chefs. , .., particularly it is a challenge for chefs. , , ., particularly it is a challenge for chefs. , ., ., chefs. yes, it can be. for what i personally _ chefs. yes, it can be. for what i personally do — chefs. yes, it can be. for what i personally do at _ chefs. yes, it can be. for what i personally do at the _ chefs. yes, it can be. for what i personally do at the restaurant | chefs. yes, it can be. for what i. personally do at the restaurant in manchester, we are sourcing things which are very local and we are not affected by things like a lack of tomatoes so i know there are things in larger groups when they are struggling when they need to prepare three months in advance and they expect something to be around which isn't. 50 expect something to be around which isn't, , ., , expect something to be around which isn't. , ., , ., ., , ., isn't. so should we be adopting a s le like isn't. so should we be adopting a style like a _ isn't. so should we be adopting a style like a restaurant _ isn't. so should we be adopting a style like a restaurant where - isn't. so should we be adopting a style like a restaurant where you | style like a restaurant where you

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salad aspects for this kind of year. the swede and turnip does not really sound very exotic! tt’s the swede and turnip does not really sound very exotic!— sound very exotic! it's what you do with their more _ sound very exotic! it's what you do with their more than _ sound very exotic! it's what you do with their more than anything. i sound very exotic! it's what you do with their more than anything. we| with their more than anything. we turnit with their more than anything. we turn it into eight honey roast ham effects, we break the swede after peeling it and then we score the top of it like you would at home, then you rub it with muscovado sugar and some honey, some spices, bang you rub it with muscovado sugar and some honey, some spices, hang it in the oven, get a glaze on it, delicious.— the oven, get a glaze on it, delicious. ., , . ., , delicious. that sounds delicious, how long? _ delicious. that sounds delicious, how long? when _ delicious. that sounds delicious, how long? when you _ delicious. that sounds delicious, how long? when you are - delicious. that sounds delicious, how long? when you are makingj delicious. that sounds delicious, i how long? when you are making it, 1520 minutes. _ how long? when you are making it, 1520 minutes, after— how long? when you are making it, 1520 minutes, after you _ how long? when you are making it, 1520 minutes, after you have i how long? when you are making it, | 1520 minutes, after you have cooked it first. ., , ., , 1520 minutes, after you have cooked it first-— you - it first. you steam it first? you can sort bake _ it first. you steam it first? you can sort bake it, _ it first. you steam it first? you can sort bake it, peel- it first. you steam it first? you can sort bake it, peel it - it first. you steam it first? you can sort bake it, peel it and i it first. you steam it first? you | can sort bake it, peel it and boil it, wrap it in foil and cook it for an hour and a half in the oven, take it out, the skin should come off easily, cut into quarters, lay it down, go for it with the sugar and

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with energy regulator ofgem's price cap coming down but energy bills continuing to go up, finance expert iona bain makes sense of what that means for our money. it's good news ofgem's - reducing its cap to an expected lower level but with extra bill support ending next l month and the energy i price guarantee rising i'll explain. why some people will be left paying up to 20% more. iona's also finding out how to insulate our homes, including why the direction blinds are facing can keep heat in and stop money leaking out. also today. we meet kieran tompsett, who's speaking for the first time about living with symptoms of ptsd, after almost losing his life in a knife attack. this the fear of not knowing what's happening inside when you'rel stabbed is even worse. so you sort of have a panic attack. we'll find out how talking about it helped him get his life back. plus, dr xand tells us why

the number of under 55s having a stroke has increased by 67%. i'm explaining why recent lifestyle choices are contributing _ to the rise, plus the warning signs to look for and why a cup of tea i could help prevent one. and he's used to whipping up a tasty tea, chef and great british menu star tom kerridge shares what he really thought when i dropped in as a guestjudge! see you at 9:15. i'm not going to lie, that was a lovely day at the office! there was a bit of swede and turnip involved in that. anyway, see you later. cannot wait for that, definitely hungry now. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we will have breakfast. turnips! good morning from bbc london. i'm thomas magill. a family from hertfordshire

is warning others of the dangers young people can face online after their teenage son took his own life. the parents of 15—year—old christoforos — also known as christopher — have set up a foundation in his memory and say they're convinced pressure from online chatrooms led to his death. they also have a warning for other parents after discovering some disturbing content on his computer. i then opened up his laptop and i found very horrific conversations through a particular forum. put some parental blocking on some of sites and maybe sit down with their son or daughter and say, what are you watching? what is it you're doing? you need to tell me everything. because every parent will say "my son will never." i was one of them. in a way we were one of them. one of london's busiest tube stations fully re—opens today after a big revamp. tfl say the £700 million worth

of improvements at bank have boosted the stations capacity by a0%. a new entrance will include six new escalators to the northern line and dlr as well as a new ticket hall with improved step—free access. tennis star emma raducanu says she's on the mend after having to pull out of the austin open in texas with tonsillitis. the 20—year—old from bromley withdrew on the eve of the tournament after falling ill. she had spent the last month training at the national tennis centre near richmond and says she hopes to be playing again very soon. well let's how the tube for a monday morning. there's minor delays on thejulilee and metropolitan lines but otherwise a good service. and for all the latest travel news where you are, tune into your bbc local radio station for regular updates. now onto the weather with kate. good morning. it's a chilly start this monday morning. temperatures close to zero.

high pressure's in charge, so we've had a partly clear night, which allowed the temperature to drop. for this morning, a few showers blowing through, but later we'll see a bit more in the way of sunshine. now, if you do have the bright spell this morning, this cloud is going to move further south. with it, those showers arriving, but it will break and, through the afternoon, we'll get those sunny spells. temperatures today reaching nine celsius. the wind, you are going to notice it. it is going to feel quite chilly. now, overnight tonight, it starts off dry and it starts off clear. however, through the second half of the night we'll see a bit more cloud edging in from the east. the minimum temperature still dropping down to zero, so still could get a ground frost first thing tomorrow morning. again, high pressure, it remains in charge, but we've got all this cloud through tomorrow and, with that, could just see a few showers as well. still quite breezy. as we head further through the week, high pressure stays with us. there's a lot of dry weather in forecast and temperatures close to average. well there's much more on the bbc news app, online and on bbc radio london across the morning.

i'll be back with you in half an hour, but for now let's cross back to sally and jon. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. thank you very much indeed for joining us. energy regulator ofgem will announce a new price cap today — to take effect from april. but what impact will it have on the cost of your bills? nina's at a community hub in preston this morning. that's a really important question we all have to answer. good morning. absolutely, yes, good morning to you. i'm at recycling lives, which aims to give people a fresh start in the process its recycling stuff as well. come and meet carly. explain you're doing here. we well. come and meet carly. explain you're doing here.— you're doing here. we are taking a art free you're doing here. we are taking apart free view _ you're doing here. we are taking apart free view what _ you're doing here. we are taking apart free view what boxes i you're doing here. we are taking apart free view what boxes and l apart free view what boxes and

inside you have hard drives, wires, circuit boards and it all gets split up circuit boards and it all gets split up and recycled. circuit boards and it all gets split up and recycled-— up and recycled. thank you very much. up and recycled. thank you very much- most _ up and recycled. thank you very much. most of _ up and recycled. thank you very much. most of the _ up and recycled. thank you very much. most of the people i up and recycled. thank you very much. most of the people who l up and recycled. thank you very i much. most of the people who come here to pick up these new skills are serving prisoners. the community outreach project stretches through to the cafe which will go to in just a second. every time bills go up as they have done for phones here in they have done for phones here in the past year it means the outreach work they do is limited. we find out in the next hour about the ofgem price cap. when it actually make a difference though? the current price cap is around £4300. we expect the predictions are it will drop by about £1000 from april. that is coming down but that's at the same time as the government energy price guarantee goes up. from £2500 to £3000 in that moment coincides with a £400 energy bill support scheme ending, so overall, without that support, £66 a month, and with the price cap going up, on average it

sought every household will be paying 20% more come april which equates to around £900 for the average household. so even though, globally, the raw price of energy is coming down, bills may well go up. at breakfast we've been hearing from so many households who so already they cannot meet their energy costs if they go up again and i don't know what they'll do. hannah has been to meet some. so it's set at 14.5, which is already not very warm. i'm going to go turn it down to 12. for shereen to keep her home warm is a luxury she can no longer afford. i have a monitor in the living room from the council as a trial and it also measures the average temperature. and they told me my average temperature in the house is classed as too cold for being healthy. wow. yeah. as a full time carer for her daughter rakaia, she says she's going into her overdraft every month just to pay the bills. how did your bills this winter compare to the previous winter? in 2020 in the month of december,

i topped up £40 and that allowed us to have the gas on five—six hours a day, a shower or a bath at the end of the day, wash the dishes, fine with hot water, everything. last december, i topped up £180 for the same usage. and the prospect of the cost going up more makes for a gloomy outlook. we're expecting the government to raise the price guarantee from £2,500 to £3,000. how hopeful are you about the year to come? i have been trying to avoid hearing this as much as possible. i've been switching over off the news when i'm hearing them talking about energy bills because ijust don't want to think about it. ideally, it needs to be 35. that's 36, too, which is quite a normal temperature. at home in west bromwich, 18—year—old heavenly needs to be kept warm because she has a condition that means her body can't maintain a normal temperature.

her mum is now in debt to their energy company after their bills doubled this winter. our bills are already high, but now they're astronomical and it's really, really worrying because we can't not use the heating that she needs, the extensive heating that she needs, and we can't not use the medical equipment. so it's a very, very scary situation to be in. the prospect of the unit rate going up even more from april is impossible even to contemplate. i don't have enough money to pay for the increased fuel bills. i can't get myself out of the debt. i can't make it better. there's never going to be a cure. so i've got to go with this and just hope that we can just get through today. that's all we can do. we're stuck.

as people began to struggle over winter, this food hub near manchester saw demand soar. volunteers here say neither they nor their members can afford for prices to remain as they are. how have you found this winter? a nightmare. we were using blankets for a long i time and the big hoodie jumper type things rather than putting the heating on. _ how do you think people are feeling about the months to come? they're nervous. they don't know what they're going to do. with the energy companies just going with record profits itjust make it worse because they haven't any spare money. it'sjust scary. it's scary because you're just going have to cutback on things. and that's the way the world is at the moment and nothing's going to improve, i don't think, which is even sadder. no prices are going to go down.

for many people, that means continuing to make difficult choices as they try to meet their daily needs and adjust to prices that would have been unimaginable evenjust a year ago. hannah miller, bbc news. places like this, recycling lives, are ramping up the opportunities in order to meet those needs. michael butler has been making the meanest bacon and egg sandwich i've ever had but also teaching people cookery skills. linda is providing affordable brews. good morning. this is where people come to have a chat. about how challenging things have become. i want you to meet nigel and shannon, all part of the local primary school. first of all, at the primary, what are people saying to you, parents and the community, about how hard things are and what is the school being asked to do? we have is the school being asked to do? 2 have seen a decline in the amount of

money people have got in their pockets and that has meant that we have had to step up and provide things like food, clothing, support generally to all the parents. we do food parcels. we have done christmas food, which we cooked so they could microwave a tone because a lot of people haven't got the money to put on the electricity meters to use their cookers and so on. we do do donations. to the families. we try and support them wherever we can because we know how tough it is because we know how tough it is because we know how tough it is because we are suffering financially as well. . , ., because we are suffering financially as well. ., , ., ., because we are suffering financially as well. . , ., ., ., because we are suffering financially as well. ., , ., ., ., ., as well. emma, you have got two kids. as well. emma, you have got two kids- you're _ as well. emma, you have got two kids. you're learning _ as well. emma, you have got two kids. you're learning it's - as well. emma, you have got two kids. you're learning it's ok- as well. emma, you have got two kids. you're learning it's ok to i as well. emma, you have got two| kids. you're learning it's ok to ask for help? qt kids. you're learning it's ok to ask for hel? .., , kids. you're learning it's ok to ask forhel? , , for help? of course it is. the school have _ for help? of course it is. the school have helped - for help? of course it is. the school have helped me i for help? of course it is. the i school have helped me immensely for help? of course it is. the _ school have helped me immensely with washing, _ school have helped me immensely with washing, food parcels, they do hot meals _ washing, food parcels, they do hot meals twice a week which we have used _ meals twice a week which we have used because even though i am working. — used because even though i am working, my partner works, used because even though i am working, my partnerworks, doesn't necessarily— working, my partnerworks, doesn't necessarily mean you're going to have _ necessarily mean you're going to have extra — necessarily mean you're going to have extra cash at the end of the month_ have extra cash at the end of the month so— have extra cash at the end of the month so using the school and nigel and naomi _ month so using the school and nigel and naomi has been a godsend for us, it really— and naomi has been a godsend for us, it really has _ and naomi has been a godsend for us, it really has. did and naomi has been a godsend for us, it really has-— it really has. did you think you

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absolutely, we saw more people in january coming into us with an issue with their energy bills and we've ever seen before. and we know that, in april, sony many households are going to hit a real crunch point where prices go up, support falls away, and the temporary moratorium on enforced prepayment meters is going to end, so we know it's really important that the government keeps the energy price guarantee at £2500. in order to essentially protect people. in order to essentially protect --eole. ~ . in order to essentially protect eo le, . ., ., in order to essentially protect --eole. ~ . ., ., people. what the government have told us, people. what the government have told us. and _ people. what the government have told us, and it's— people. what the government have told us, and it's important- people. what the government have told us, and it's important to i people. what the government have told us, and it's important to point| told us, and it's important to point this out, is that they cannot carry on with the boost for ever. by reducing that support, by £500, they will save more than £2.6 billion. they also point out the fact they have supported 27 million households and benefits for workers are set to go and benefits for workers are set to 9° up and benefits for workers are set to go up in april, but many campaigners like rosie, will say when that cliff

edge comes in april, every penny will count. why not continue the support to get people over the hump and into the summer and winter months when actually, it's thought prices will come down? so in the next half an hour we will find out what the regulator price cap will be. the reality is, though, it won't make a difference. it's possibly going to be higher than the government cap, and so we will need to get used to the fact the bills are eye watering the higher the moment and could be going up again by one fifth. studio: we will be back within 20 minutes or so when we get those figures at nine o'clock. for now, thanks very much indeed. and there's more on the cost of living crisis, including a section called �*tackling it together�* on the bbc website , that's bbc.co.uk/news, and you can access it on the bbc news app as well. monday morning, and john is here with a sport. a busy old weekend. a very busy weekend and it's a moment, pause the celebration, the league cup winners, celtic and manchester

united, but it is short lived because you are straight back into it now. the scottish premiership action for celtic at the weekend, and the fa cup match for united against west ham mid week. you win one trophy but back down to earth. morning. you feel don't you it's just the start for manchester united. that was how victory for either of these two was being billed. and so six months since joining, erik ten hag has united's first trophy in six years. the game was really settled in the first half, casemiro with their first before marcus rashford's shot deflected in via the boot of sven botman. and so newcastle's 54—year wait for a trophy goes on, celebrations for the red side of manchester and their dutch boss, who even got a hug from sir alex ferguson in the tunnel afterwards who stood there along with co—owner avram glazer. and i'm sure all were talking about

how this willjust be the start. celtic manager ange postecoglou has his sights on a "special season" after his side retained their league cup title, beating rangers 2—1 at hampden park. both goals cam courtesy of kyogo furuhashi, one in each half. and they're in the hunt for the premiership title and scottish fa cup. and could be the springboard for them. what a final day in store overnight tonight for england who need 210 runs for victory if they're to wrap up a clean sweep over new zealand. the home side were forced to bat again in wellington by england after a disappointing first innings, but they've pulled themselves back into it thaks to kane williamson with 132. and tom blundell with a score of 90. they made 483. in response, england suffered the early loss of zak crawley, but are 48—1 at close. and it means a fascinating

final day awaits. nowjust a week after losing one final to carlos alcaraz, british number one cameron norrie was back in another final, against alcarez, but won this one. it came in a thrilling rio open final, his fifth atp title in a repeat of the match up in argentina just eight days ago and after losing the first set, he was back at it to win the second. before sealing the match with an ace, and we know how calm he is, but he let the emotion out at the end. this is a big win when you consider alcarez is the world number two. and steve bunce gave us his take on the hugely anticpated eight round contest between reality tv star tommy fury who beat youtuber jake paul in saudi arabia overnight, saying on the programme if it brings

in new fans, it can only be good for the sport. there's been great debate over whether this bout was sport or entertainment, fury in the white shorts winning a split points decision. both are amateurs but will have earned themselves millions, with both bringing an army of social media followers to watch this one. paul with 22 million followers on instagram. bunce said this morning, it was both sport and entertainment, and if it benefits boxing it can only be a good thing. people are saying to me how are you backing this? how can you back these guys and i tell them, listen, they are bringing eyeballs to the sport, so if they bring millions and millions of new eyeballs to the sport, they are not all going to disappear when the boxing is over. some of them are going to stay so how is maybe 250,000 new potential fans going to hurt any sport whether it was tiddlywinks or whether it's boxing? it has to be positive. you

are riaht boxing? it has to be positive. you are right and _ boxing? it has to be positive. you are right and maybe they are drawing that many, if it was tiddlywinks. i'm not sure. a tough round of dominoes. exactly without number. they will probably watch that as well. itjust changes everything in a way. expectation, how you get into it. look, it's a spectacle, entertainment and sport. i don't get really matters what lies ahead. they put on a show. a rematch now. and then another one and then another one and then another one. john, thank you very much indeed. "upset and embarrassed". that's how one wheelchair user has described how he felt after he was forced to shuffle on to a coach on his bottom after his flight was diverted. motocross rider spencer watts, said the airline failed to provide suitable onward transport, and was left waiting on the plane for an hour. john danks has been to meet him. ourflight was diverted into birmingham.

i was reassured that there would be public transport there waiting for me to assist me and obviously being in a wheelchair full time in my life. obviously, it's very important that i can have something that's easier accessibility for me to transfer onto or a wheelchair accessible coach. unfortunately, neither of those criteria were met and i was left to having to be doing this. motocross rider spencer watts is used to overcoming obstacles. paralysed at 15, he managed to regain his licence, allowing him to compete again on a modified bike. but he says the experience at the end of his family holiday should never have happened. it makes me pretty upset really, and quite embarrassed as well as there's a lot of people around to see what i'm having to do. they're wondering what on earth is actually happening. spencer complained to the airline ryanair, but says he's not yet received an apology. it's a common occurrence. this is what we're seeing on the screen now. - do you want to just explain to people? | on breakfast last week, the tv presenter sophie morgan talked about her campaign to address the problems faced by

disabled travellers. we're asking mps to sign this letter from marion fellows that we're then going to put to the prime minister in a couple of weeks' time, asking him if he'll give the civil aviation authority the power to fine airlines and other parties when they let us down. in terms of confidence on public transport, it's always a big thing. you're always worried, and my massive concern always is is my wheelchair going to become over in one piece or is it even going to be on that aircraft? and that is always a concern that any disabled user, full time wheelchair user always worries about, and it shouldn't have to be a worry. ryanair was approached for comment about the lack of accessible transport for spencer. the company said it was looking into the complaint. john danks, bbc news, tiverton. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. star—gazers in parts of the uk were treated to a beautiful sky last night. if you didn't see it, this is what

you missed. this timelapse of the aurora borealis was captured by the team at grassholme observatory in teesdale. it said this type of aurora has not been experienced for a number of years. it's absolutely stunning. write down in cornwall saw it as well. what's going on? i don't know. when it continue? that's what we need to know. i'll be going to see it again tonight, carol? know. i'll be going to see it again tonight. carol?— know. i'll be going to see it again tonight, carol? there is a very good chance yes- — tonight, carol? there is a very good chance yes- we _ tonight, carol? there is a very good chance yes. we need _ tonight, carol? there is a very good chance yes. we need clear - tonight, carol? there is a very good chance yes. we need clear skies, i tonight, carol? there is a very good l chance yes. we need clear skies, the kpindex chance yes. we need clear skies, the kp index will be very similar to what it was last night, around midnight, and after that it falls away a bit. but if you've got clear skies get out there. it's also worth mentioning these vibrant greens and yellows and reds that you see from the pictures we have been showing you this morning, your naked eye won't see that. your naked eye will see a white cloud that is just shimmering like this. so stick your camera at the sky if you see that. you need a phone camera and you will get a much better view point of it and it's worth it, believe you me.

now what we have at the moment is high—pressure in charge of our weather. it's going to be mainly dry this week, chasing cloud amounts, some sunshine around, especially in the early part of the week under the clear skies. the early part of the week under the clearskies. some the early part of the week under the clear skies. some light frosts. what's happening is this high pressure is very dominant. it's not moving very far through the week and you can see this waterfront out in the atlantic. it's not going to make much progress because it's being blocked by that high pressure. around it we are pulling in a bit more cloud across central areas. central areas wouldn't have seen the northern lights last night. very unlikely. here it wasn't as cold start to the day. it's been a frosty start to the day. it's been a frosty star because parts of the north and south this morning. after a bright start in south wales and south—west england, the cloud will build and break across the far south—east. a few snow flurries this morning in kent. a few showers coming on in the breeze off the north sea and drifting a little bit further west and that will continue on and off through the day but the showers will

be the exception rather than the rule. and if you add on the wind chill coming in from the north sea, instead of eight and nine, we are looking at for and five and six so it will feel a bit cooler. overnight, a return to cloud coming in. look at this map carefully because where we see the brakes in the cloud it's where i would go outside with my camera and just check to see if you can see the northern lights. it's going to be a cold night so wrap up warmly. some frost around under the clear skies and that will lead us into tomorrow. once again, clear skies by night and that's where we will start off with some sunshine by day. through the day tomorrow, still a fair bit of cloud around. still bringing some showers but we have this additional feature coming up from france and that's going to bring in some sharper showers across parts of east anglia and the south—east. temperatures roughly where they should be this time of year between 7-10. and should be this time of year between 7—10. and then, as we carry on

through the week, we still have this area of high pressure plonked across us. look at these isobars. well spaced. not much of a breeze but there is a favourite of cloud around with some holes in the cloud just here and there. a few more showers getting into northern scotland this time. temperatures 7—9. as we head towards the end of the week we still very much do have high pressure in charge. so still a lot of subtle conditions, still wind, with a weather front waiting in the wings but even that is not going to make much progress. it is a dominant area of high pressure, so towards the weekend, we hang on to variable amounts of cloud, some sunshine, temperatures still rant 8—10, and on monday we might see that weather front just monday we might see that weather frontjust moving into the west. but there is a longtime between now and then and that could change. 0k, ok, thank you. i'm struggling with this getting up at midnight to watch it. all staying up until midnight.

that's the optimum time for that you can go out before them and just check it is worth it. at can go out before them and 'ust check it is worth iti check it is worth it. at 6:30 or something? — check it is worth it. at 6:30 or something? well, _ check it is worth it. at 6:30 or something? well, that - check it is worth it. at 6:30 or something? well, that might| check it is worth it. at 6:30 or. something? well, that might be a little bit early _ something? well, that might be a little bit early but _ something? well, that might be a little bit early butjust _ something? well, that might be a little bit early butjust get - something? well, that might be a little bit early butjust get up. i little bit early butjust get up. set your alarm. i will if you will. see you later. thank you. every year, 4,000 of the most potentially dangerous criminals in england and wales are released early. this decision lies in the hands of the parole board. how those life—changing decisions are made is being explored in a new bbc series called parole. let's take a look. i just wanted to talk about september 2021. do you want to tell us what the circumstances were and what you did and why you did it? there was someone who has known me. i was hearing rumours on the grapevine what it's like in prison, what he's going to do to me when he sees me. so as soon as that opportunity came, and we came face—to—face, i wasn't going to let him get the first opportunity and i punched him in the mouth.

i'm in prison. and even though i hate to do these things sometimes, i have to protect myself sometimes, you know. it was said there was a knife. it wasn't a knife, it was like a prison razor. 0k. you said you only punched the prisoner once. - security have watched the footage. they say you threw the first punch and there were further punches i before the fight was broken up. that's what the cctv shows. we're joined by the series director, chris taylor, and one of the parole board members, rob mckeon. good morning to both of you. thanks for coming in. obviously, the music, the shots, it's all very dramatic, but it is dramatic, isn't it? you're making massive decisions.- but it is dramatic, isn't it? you're making massive decisions. these are im ortant making massive decisions. these are important decisions _ making massive decisions. these are important decisions because - making massive decisions. these are important decisions because 90% i making massive decisions. these are important decisions because 90% of| important decisions because 90% of prisoners get released automatically and we are dealing with the most serious offences. so people who have

committed murders, serious sexual offences, terrorism, and we have to make decisions about what their risk is and whether the public are safe if they are to be released. that responsibility _ if they are to be released. that responsibility is _ if they are to be released. that responsibility is huge. - if they are to be released. that responsibility is huge. because i imagine your nightmare scenario with somebody coming out of prison early and then reoffending?— and then reoffending? that's why we take it so seriously. _ and then reoffending? that's why we take it so seriously. we _ and then reoffending? that's why we take it so seriously. we look - and then reoffending? that's why we take it so seriously. we look at i take it so seriously. we look at huge amounts of evidence. in the cases you will see on bbc two tonight, hundreds of pages of evidence we would have looked through the and will hear evidence from expert witnesses who have been looking after that particular case, and we will ask questions of the prisoner as well and sometimes very difficult questions that we will put to them to make sure we understand their risk. ~ ., ., y ., to them to make sure we understand their risk. ~ ., ., y to them to make sure we understand their risk. ~ ., . y ., y , yy to them to make sure we understand their risk. ~ ., ., . ., , their risk. who are you guys? who is on that panel — their risk. who are you guys? who is on that panel making _ their risk. who are you guys? who is on that panel making these - on that panel making these decisions?— on that panel making these decisions? ., , g; ~ decisions? the parole board is 346 members at _ decisions? the parole board is 346 members at the _ decisions? the parole board is 346 members at the moment, - decisions? the parole board is 346 members at the moment, and i decisions? the parole board is 346 members at the moment, and it's| decisions? the parole board is 346' members at the moment, and it's a mixture of different people. we sit as a court, and we hear evidence. there are people like me, there are retired judges, psychologists, people with probation backgrounds,

ex police officers, psychiatrists, all bringing their own expertise into reviewing decisions about whether or not to release people. chris, as director of the series, i imagine when you look at the access you had, the material you had come its ground—breaking, isn't it? you had, the materialyou had come its ground-breaking, isn't it?- its ground-breaking, isn't it? yeah, ou its ground-breaking, isn't it? yeah, you know. — its ground-breaking, isn't it? yeah, you know. i — its ground-breaking, isn't it? yeah, you know. i was _ its ground-breaking, isn't it? yeah, you know, i was the _ its ground-breaking, isn't it? yeah, you know, i was the lucky _ its ground-breaking, isn't it? yeah, you know, i was the lucky one - its ground-breaking, isn't it? yeah, you know, i was the lucky one who l you know, i was the lucky one who came _ you know, i was the lucky one who came on_ you know, i was the lucky one who came on a — you know, i was the lucky one who came on a year ago to be given that access_ came on a year ago to be given that access to _ came on a year ago to be given that access to go — came on a year ago to be given that access to go and make a programme. it has _ access to go and make a programme. it has taken _ access to go and make a programme. it has taken over for years to negotiate _ it has taken over for years to negotiate being in that room i guess as a programme maker. it's a privilege — as a programme maker. it's a privilege to be in a room where there _ privilege to be in a room where there is— privilege to be in a room where there is so— privilege to be in a room where there is so much at stake for everybody involved, not just for the parole _ everybody involved, not just for the parole board to get the decision right— parole board to get the decision right before the prisoner and their future _ right before the prisoner and their future which is at stake in those new hours _ future which is at stake in those new hours. it future which is at stake in those new hours— future which is at stake in those new hours. , , , ., i. new hours. it must be tense for you and ou new hours. it must be tense for you and you guys _ new hours. it must be tense for you and you guys watching _ new hours. it must be tense for you and you guys watching it. _ new hours. it must be tense for you and you guys watching it. there's i new hours. it must be tense for you| and you guys watching it. there's so much at stake.— much at stake. yeah, you couldn't help getting _ much at stake. yeah, you couldn't help getting involved. _ much at stake. yeah, you couldn't help getting involved. rob - much at stake. yeah, you couldn't help getting involved. rob it - much at stake. yeah, you couldn't help getting involved. rob it to i much at stake. yeah, you couldn't i help getting involved. rob it to me, when _ help getting involved. rob it to me, when you _ help getting involved. rob it to me, when you are in that room, each piece _

when you are in that room, each piece of— when you are in that room, each piece of evidence you are presented with, _ piece of evidence you are presented with. it _ piece of evidence you are presented with, it makes you swing one way or the other— with, it makes you swing one way or the other as — with, it makes you swing one way or the other as to whether that person should _ the other as to whether that person should be _ the other as to whether that person should be released or not. yeah, it is difficult — should be released or not. yeah, it is difficult not to get involved. our is difficult not to get involved. 0uriob— is difficult not to get involved. 0urioh is— is difficult not to get involved. ourjob is a programme is to present that hearing — ourjob is a programme is to present that hearing and everything which .oes that hearing and everything which goes on _ that hearing and everything which goes on and as a viewer at home, you can't _ goes on and as a viewer at home, you can't help— goes on and as a viewer at home, you can't help irut— goes on and as a viewer at home, you can't help but get involved and have a good _ can't help but get involved and have a good opinion yourself.— a good opinion yourself. that's a really important _ a good opinion yourself. that's a really important point _ a good opinion yourself. that's a really important point in - a good opinion yourself. that's a really important point in terms l a good opinion yourself. that's a| really important point in terms of getting involved. i imagine the chair you are sitting is a very difficultjob to kind of switch or head off from? difficult job to kind of switch or head off from?— difficult job to kind of switch or head off from? ., ., ., ., head off from? you have to leave it at the door— head off from? you have to leave it at the door because _ head off from? you have to leave it at the door because you _ head off from? you have to leave it at the door because you are - head off from? you have to leave itj at the door because you are dealing with awful crimes. you have to be able to do thatjob properly, so you've got to be focused on what it is you're dealing with, you've got to live your life is one and be able to live your life is one and be able to go home and move on from that but it's really important we are open about this and we actually show what it is that we are doing. you about this and we actually show what it is that we are doing.— it is that we are doing. you didn't have any reservations _ it is that we are doing. you didn't have any reservations about - it is that we are doing. you didn't| have any reservations about there being a camera in the room? to be fair, chris does _ being a camera in the room? to be fair, chris does a _ being a camera in the room? to be fair, chris does a lot _ being a camera in the room? to be fair, chris does a lot of _ being a camera in the room? to be fair, chris does a lot of work - being a camera in the room? to be fair, chris does a lot of work to - fair, chris does a lot of work to understand what the parole board was about before we actually started

filming and so they worked really hard and you didn't notice they were there after a while. i'm so keen on peoplejust there after a while. i'm so keen on people just understanding what we do because there is a lot of misinformation about the parole board and this is a big chance to understand what it is that we do. what about victims and their families? how are they feeling is reflected in the process? do they get to attend the meetings and have a say? get to attend the meetings and have a sa ? , ., ~ get to attend the meetings and have a sa ? , ., . ., . a say? they do. we had victim statements — a say? they do. we had victim statements for _ a say? they do. we had victim statements for a _ a say? they do. we had victim statements for a long - a say? they do. we had victim statements for a long time - a say? they do. we had victim i statements for a long time where they can present their statements to they can present their statements to the parole board and that's really helpful in understanding the effects of that crime and what has taken place, and now actually, there is a pilot programme that people can come and observe the whole hearing. and of course be hearings as well know. we know the first episode has gone out already and how has it been received? irate out already and how has it been received? ~ . , ., , ., received? we are pleased with how it has been received _ received? we are pleased with how it has been received and _ received? we are pleased with how it has been received and it _ received? we are pleased with how it has been received and it certainly - has been received and it certainly landed _ has been received and it certainly landed in — has been received and it certainly landed in the place that we wanted to. landed in the place that we wanted to it's _ landed in the place that we wanted to. it's generated a debate. it had people _ to. it's generated a debate. it had people talking online and had people

reflecting in the press about what they would do. anything to understand the complexities of the decision— understand the complexities of the decision rob and the parole board have _ decision rob and the parole board have got— decision rob and the parole board have got to make is a good thing. we are definitely pleased. every week there's— are definitely pleased. every week there's two more cases, a whole range _ there's two more cases, a whole range of— there's two more cases, a whole range of different offences and backgrounds to the prisoners, and it brings— backgrounds to the prisoners, and it brings up— backgrounds to the prisoners, and it brings up different questions of whether— brings up different questions of whether somebody should be released into our— whether somebody should be released into our community or not. and whether somebody should be released into our community or not.— into our community or not. and we see division _ into our community or not. and we see division between _ into our community or not. and we see division between the _ into our community or not. and we see division between the panel - into our community or not. and we | see division between the panel and some members thinking one thing and somebody will think something else? there's three members of the panel on the case i chair this evening, and you will see different opinions which come through but its a majority decision ultimately that leads to the final decision of the panel as to whether or not to release. . . panel as to whether or not to release. , , ., , , _ release. the flip side of this is by 0 -renin release. the flip side of this is by opening yourself— release. the flip side of this is by opening yourself up _ release. the flip side of this is by opening yourself up to _ release. the flip side of this is by opening yourself up to scrutiny i release. the flip side of this is by i opening yourself up to scrutiny and more knowledge, if there is a problem with any of these cases in the future, it becomes really personal but there is the decision he made. . �*. , personal but there is the decision he made. . �*, , personal but there is the decision he made. . fl , ., personal but there is the decision he made. . �*, , ., , he made. that's my 'ob to make these difficult decisions. — he made. that's my job to make these difficult decisions. and _ he made. that's my job to make these difficult decisions. and you _ he made. that's my job to make these difficult decisions. and you should - difficult decisions. and you should be open to being challenged. what i

hope is that this just gives people the opportunity to actually understand what we do and the next time you have got a question about the parole board, ask me back and i will come and talk about it because this is a chance for us to share more about what we actually do not what people think we do. qm. more about what we actually do not what people think we do.— what people think we do. ok, it's a date. we what people think we do. ok, it's a date- we will— what people think we do. ok, it's a date. we will have _ what people think we do. ok, it's a date. we will have you _ what people think we do. ok, it's a date. we will have you back. - what people think we do. ok, it's a date. we will have you back. thank you both very much indeed. the second episode of that episode airs tonight on bbc two at nine o'clock. it's also available on the bbc iplayer. you're watching bbc breakfast. it's 8:59.

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