good morning. you're with bbc news. finland is to become the sist member of nato today — a decision prompted by russia's invasion of ukraine. former uk conservative politician nigel lawson, who was margaret thatcher's chancellor in the �*80s, has died at the age of 91. london city becomes the second uk airport to scrap rules on liquid limits in hand luggage. hello and welcome. the former conservative politician nigel lawson, who was margaret thatcher's chancellor in the �*80s,

has died at the age of 91. he was the longest—serving chancellor of the 20th century, before he resigned in 1989 over thatcher's choice of economic advisor. political figures have been paying tribute to him. prime minister rishi sunak tweeted this: "one of the first things i did as chancellor was hang a picture of nigel lawson above my desk. he was a transformational chancellor and an inspiration to me and many others. my thoughts are with his family and friends at this time." the current chancellorjeremy hunt said: "nigel lawson was a rarity amongst politicians, someone who transformed our thinking as well as transforming our economy. since he stepped down as chancellor, his shoes have been impossible to fill but he inspired all his successors, leaving the country more prosperous and enterprising." and former prime minister borisjohnson wrote: "nigel lawson was a fearless and original flame of free market conservatism. he was a tax—cutter and simplifier who helped transform the economic landscape and helped millions of british people achieve their dreams."

here's more from our political correspondent helen catt. nigel lawson was the architect of the economic policies that underpinned thatcherism. six years in office saw some of the more far—reaching changes ever made to britain's financial affairs. i was britain's financial affairs. i was asked to be — britain's financial affairs. i was asked to be the _ britain's financial affairs. i was asked to be the first _ britain's financial affairs. i was asked to be the first city - britain's financial affairs. i was i asked to be the first city editor for the new sunday telegraph... he began his career as a journalist, editing the spectator magazine and making regular tv appearances as a pundit. he became an mp in 1970, earning a reputation as a man of the right. here it was asking for the end of sanctions against rhodesia, as it was then. the end of sanctions against rhodesia, as it was then.— as it was then. the purpose of economic _ as it was then. the purpose of economic sanctions _ as it was then. the purpose of economic sanctions was to - as it was then. the purpose of - economic sanctions was to achieve a political end. they have failed to do this and i think it is clear to all of us now, if it wasn't clear before, that they never will. in 1983 he became chancellor in

margaret thatcher's cabinet, presenting a series of tax—cutting budgets. so his fulfil his vision of the people's capitalism. it was aimed at making the city a financial economic centre. but as inflation and interest rates rose, the government found itself in trouble. lawson's opposition to the poll tax, a measure which led to huge public disorder, soured relations with margaret thatcher. a public row with the prime minister's financial group was the final straw.— was the final straw. good evening. the chancellor _ was the final straw. good evening. the chancellor nigel _ was the final straw. good evening. the chancellor nigel lawson - was the final straw. good evening. i the chancellor nigel lawson resigned tonight, _ the chancellor nigel lawson resigned tonight, taking the government, westminster and financial markets around _ westminster and financial markets around the world completely by surprise — around the world completely by surprise. his around the world completely by surrise. , , ., ., around the world completely by surrise. , , . ., , surprise. his resignation was seen b man surprise. his resignation was seen by many as _ surprise. his resignation was seen by many as the — surprise. his resignation was seen by many as the beginning - surprise. his resignation was seen by many as the beginning of - surprise. his resignation was seen by many as the beginning of the i surprise. his resignation was seen l by many as the beginning of the end of the thatcher era. he sat in the

lords as lord lawson until last december, during which time he criticised the idea of man—made climate change and argue to leave the european union. the european union, as the european union. the european union. as it _ the european union. the european union. as it is _ the european union. the european union, as it is now, _ the european union. the european union, as it is now, half— the european union. the european union, as it is now, half of- the european union. the european union, as it is now, half of it - the european union. the european union, as it is now, half of it is - union, as it is now, half of it is the complete economic basket case and the other half is not all that great. and the other half is not all that areat. , . ., ._ , and the other half is not all that areat. , . ., , , ., great. his view had always been that the market should _ great. his view had always been that the market should operate _ great. his view had always been that the market should operate with - great. his view had always been that the market should operate with the l the market should operate with the minimum of interference, a philosophy that guided one of the 20th century's longest serving and most performing chancellors. charles moore, columnist with the daily telegraph and the authorised biographer of margaret thatcher talked about mr lawson's legacy. well, i think nigel lawson, after mrs thatcher, was the greatest politician at expressing the idea of greater freedom, particularly economic freedom. and he had a sort of intellectual grasp of the subject, which almost everybody else

lacked. and he had the time, as a successful chancellor, things did go wrong towards the end but he had the time to develop these ideas and actually operate it. so he was the sort of economic brains of thatcherism. and he really made it feel as if things were changing and had changed and that you could free up had changed and that you could free up markets and you could introduce more liberty and you could reduce regulation and constraint and you could get away from the very oppressive, sluggish atmosphere of the 1970s into the sunny uplands of the 1970s into the sunny uplands of the 1980s. he the 1970s into the sunny uplands of the 1980s. . , the 1970s into the sunny uplands of the 1980s. ., , , ., ., the 1980s. he was progrowth, he transformed _ the 1980s. he was progrowth, he transformed the _ the 1980s. he was progrowth, he transformed the economic- the 1980s. he was progrowth, he . transformed the economic landscape as we have been hearing and his imprint still lives on within the conservative party, doesn't it? we havejust conservative party, doesn't it? we have just heard the current chancellor and former chancellor paid tribute to him. his thoughts still influence thinking in the cabinet today.—

cabinet today. yes, i think critically — cabinet today. yes, i think critically with _ cabinet today. yes, i think critically with the - cabinet today. yes, i think critically with the prime i cabinet today. yes, i think - critically with the prime minister rishi sunak. rishi sunak is also financially and economically minded and was inspired as a very young man by the lawson example. and still believes in those for sony and, thatcherite economic principles. though the circumstances in which he came into office, particularly covid, made it difficult for him to get into what he would see as a right situation but that is always in his mind and lawson is his particular model, i think. he stayed oliticall particular model, i think. he stayed politically active, _ particular model, i think. he stayed politically active, interested - particular model, i think. he stayed politically active, interested right i politically active, interested right up politically active, interested right up to the very end, didn't he? he backed brexit and that gave the movement of significant way, didn't it? it movement of significant way, didn't it? . ., , movement of significant way, didn't it? . ., y ., it? it did, particularly on the economics — it? it did, particularly on the economics of _ it? it did, particularly on the economics of it _ it? it did, particularly on the economics of it of— it? it did, particularly on the economics of it of course. i it? it did, particularly on the - economics of it of course. funnily enough, he had fallen out catastrophically with mrs thatcher over europe but it wasn't because he was a euro enthusiast, he wasn't. but it was about whether or not the pound should go its own way in the

world, which she strongly believed and he thought that it should join the exchange rate mechanism, the erm. which when it finally did it didn't work out but they fell out very, very badly about this and this seemingly iron alliance between margaret thatcher and nigel lawson crumbled and that i think, and europe was part of the. and first he went and then a year later she went. he was a big beast of his generation, wasn't it? certainly someone that i grew up knowing and hearing about and i can imagine that many politicians who were probably a little bit frightened of him. what was he like as a person? i little bit frightened of him. what was he like as a person?- was he like as a person? i liked him. i was he like as a person? i liked him- i sunpose _ was he like as a person? i liked him. i suppose it _ was he like as a person? i liked him. i suppose it could - was he like as a person? i liked him. i suppose it could be - was he like as a person? i liked i him. i suppose it could be slightly arrogant but he was very amusing, very direct and being a journalist myself, that is his background too, i like the way he was quite sort of sardonic, almost cynical. he had strong beliefs but he was also realistic about people's motives in politics and he had great clarity of

mind. no discussion with nigel lawson was ever wasted. columnist charles moore _ lawson was ever wasted. columnist charles moore telling _ lawson was ever wasted. columnist charles moore telling me _ lawson was ever wasted. columnist charles moore telling me more - lawson was ever wasted. columnist | charles moore telling me more about the legacy alive of nigel lawson. —— the legacy alive of nigel lawson. —— the legacy alive of nigel lawson. —— the legacy and life of nigel lawson. london city has become only the second uk airport to scrap the current rules on liquids in hand luggage increasing the limit from 100 mililitres to two litres. that's thanks to new x ray machines which are now in place across all its security lanes. other major airports are due to bring in the technology next year. katy austin reports. change is arriving. restrictions on what can go in cabin baggage came in in 2006, after a plot to bring down flights was uncovered. now, any liquids must be in containers of less than 100 millilitres, all put in a clear plastic bag. laptops must be taken out. at london city airport, high—tech machines at security mean that rule has ended. how about the things in my bag, then? so, i've come prepared with my toothpaste and my deodorant in a plastic bag.

yeah, you don't need the small plastic bag any more, you can leave all your liquids inside the bag. great, so i'll put those back in. and these large liquids, they are well over 100 millilitres, can i take those through? yeah. previously, they would have been confiscated but now you can take them through, you can take up to two litres in a bottle. 0k. and then finally... laptop? yeah, again, it all stays in the bag. everything remains in the back and it can go straight through. so through it goes. we can't actually film the new ct scanners for security reasons but what they do is provide an advanced 3d image of everything in the bags. passengers we spoke to had noticed the difference. it's so much easier, to be honest with you. normally you have to take everything out and put it in a clear bag. if it works, it is definitelyl going to be much quicker, so i'm happy about that. did it seem quicker? yes, it did. i didn't have to take my laptop out, essentially. j there is far less queueing, everybody getting everything in and out of the bags again. it's a lot easier. the level of processing now

through the x—ray is even more secure than it was previously. and in terms of throughput now, we can get 30% more passengers through than we could previously. some other countries already use similar technology and before the pandemic came along, the uk aimed to have it in place by the end of last year. now, the government has told all major uk airports to have it byjune 202a. currently, most do still have the liquids restrictions we are all used to. this is the beginning of the end for that annoying 100 millilitre restriction. passengers though need to check, is the airport on the way out and the way back going to have this two—litre rule? or are you in the old system? because for now this is a very small number of airports. where they are in place, the new rules should take some of the hassle out of holidays. katy austin there at london city

airport. delegates from the national education union will vote today on whether to recommend a further three days of strikes at the end of the summer term. teachers in england will already walk—out on the 27th of april and 2nd of may, after members of the uk's largest education union rejected a pay offer. the union has made it clear it is prepared to reballot members. a deaf woman who was unable to communicate with paramedics after her husband died has described her traumatic ordeal. elizabeth corbett now wants ambulance crews to learn basic sign language to prevent something similarfrom happening to another family. emma snow reports.

the government has confirmed it will halve the funding it promised to boost the social care workforce in england. it's announcing the next steps in plans which aim to bolster the workforce and help free up hospital beds. but there has been criticism from some organisations in the sector that the plans fall short of the wide—scale reforms needed. martha lane fox is one of the uk's most successful tech entrepreneurs. she was also a former board member of twitter during the saga of its sale to elon musk. she sat down with our tech reporter shiona mccallum who began by asking her about the fast developing use of ai in the tech world. i am of the view that you need to think about things carefully but you can't stop them. there is no point us all sitting here saying ai is going to destroy the world. well, it is happening.

technology isn't slowing down, it is speeding up. we are digitising, it is speeding up so we have to decide if we're going to digitise in a way that it is ethical, sustainable and inclusive we're just going to let it take over and sit i'm not that person, i think we should put frameworks around this stuff and company should think carefully about the unintended consequences. they should bring people into the room... to have a decision in how these technologies are deployed that perhaps weren't in the room before. do you think there are concerns around how it is being used in some scenarios and specifically chat gpt? there is perhaps a slight fear around not knowing its capabilities and the impact it can have or is it an opportunity? both. if you look at any impact of transformative technology you have a kind of stress point and everybody is wrestling with what that is going to look like. of course some jobs go and that is profoundly difficult

for the communities that those jobs affect, i'm not diminishing that in any way. but you also look at the opportunities for newjobs and newjob creation and that is always been shown to be true as well. so you can have both aspects being true at the same time. you mentioned the unintended consequences of ai. what kind of things concern you in terms of how quickly this is now evolving? it is still very early prototypes. we will look back at 2023 and think wow, we thought that was given as credible answers and we were taken as gospel truth. we have to be mindful that this is a very early iteration. this is still a very early iteration, check sources, make sure that we understand about that chain and cycle and how these things work. elon musk has now completed his $44 billion deal to buy twitter... what was it like having a front row seat when that was unfolding? exhausting. i feel very much as though i am still winding out

from that experience. 0n on one level i feel unbelievably lucky to have had a front row seat at one of the most extraordinary alnwick dilemma economic situations. i really did get to see what was happening right in the thick of it, which when you have seen the headlines over here on one level and then you are dealing with stuff on a daily basis it was quite an extraordinary experience. i feel as if i had a corporate career in the year and a half that most people have in 25 years. iflan year and a half that most people have in 25 years.— year and a half that most people have in 25 years. can you take me back to when _ have in 25 years. can you take me back to when you _ have in 25 years. can you take me back to when you found _ have in 25 years. can you take me back to when you found out - have in 25 years. can you take me back to when you found out that l have in 25 years. can you take me i back to when you found out that elon musk would indeed go ahead with these deal. ., musk would indeed go ahead with these deal. . ,., . ., , these deal. having sold the company we had to uphold _ these deal. having sold the company we had to uphold the _ these deal. having sold the company we had to uphold the contract, i we had to uphold the contract, that was absolutely resolute in our minds. so although there were twists and turns and we weren't sure if we were going to end up in court or what was going to happen, actually, it wasn't as surprising as you might think because we were very clear that that was the direction of travel that we were going in and thatis travel that we were going in and that is what we were going to hold

him too. you can hear more of that interview at 8.30pm tonight on the bbc world service's new show tech life. sir winston churchill, bill clinton, van morrison and kenneth branagh — just some of the heavyweights who've been granted the freedom of belfast over the years. well, that honour is now being shared with a six—year—old boy called daithi, who inspired changes to northern ireland's organ donation laws. emma vardy went to meet him and his family. for daithi, everyday is a waiting game, wish central to it all. we are hoping someday soon that daithi will get that call and get a new heart. before he was born his heart formed differently and one day he will need a new one to survive.

he has been on the transplant waiting list for five years but for children, finding suitable organ donors can be very rare. you have a very special heart and you need a new heart, don't you? you are just waiting on that call every day. every time the phone rings and it is not that call, the disappointment. there's always a bit of disappointment and we've been told that the chances of daithi getting the gift of a new heart while he is stable like this is kind of slim to none. daithi and his family have used their experiences to help raise awareness of the need for organ donors to save lives of all ages and daithi's campaigning led to a change in legislation. thanks to daithi's law, all adults will automatically be added to the organ donation list unless they opt out or are exempt. but daithi's own wait for that life—saving phone call continues.

daithi's condition has deteriorated a wee bit. as of a few months ago we have got the oxygen at home and he uses it now because he can't walk too far. it is what it is. we just have to take it day by day and try and make as many memories as we can. in recognition of this landmark change in the law, daithi is been awarded the freedom of the city. soon he will take his place alongside some of belfast�*s most celebrated citizens. you know, daithi being mentioned alongside the likes of bill clinton and van morrison and dame mary peters, it's just so incredible. but the appeal for people to consider the lives that can be saved to organ donation continue. children waiting on the list

for a new heart two and a half times longer than adults and they're more likely to die. that is why we campaigned so hard. and some people might think it is a lot for us to ask but with transplantation it is the last resort. seeing kids his age doing a lot more than he has ever been able to do, it breaks my heart every single day but daithi doesn't let that get in the way of things. he is a wee history maker. six—year—old daithi that waiting for an organ donor. later this week, england's lionesses will turn out at wembley in blue shorts rather than white — after players expressed concerns of playing while on their period. the change to darker kit — which will be worn when the team hosts brazil on thursday — has already been taken up by several other women's football and rugby teams across the uk. alice key reports. this was the iconic image of the women's euros, a triumphant chloe kelly swirling her england shirt high above her head after scoring the winning goal. but although the result won't be forgotten in a hurry, the lionesses are keen to make their white kit a thing of the

past. stars like beth mead and have led the call georgia stanway english football player for their white shorts to be ditched because they say they're not practicalfor players on their period. it is something that many women in sport have experience of. in my teens and early 20s i had my own challenges with my menstrual cycle on my flow in things like that. i had an instance where i even, it stop me from playing. i couldn't play because i was in a lot of pain and i didn't want to have that kind of feeling of i couldn't focus on the game and what i was there to do in terms of performance. and that is actually an everyday reality for a lot of women and girls, who want to play in recreational sport from the grassroots level all the way up to the elite level. as the team's new home and away kits were unveiled

this week, it was seen as another significant victory for a squad who have also successfully campaigned for the uk government to offer girls equal access to all sports in school. it is a change that is being echoed across other sports as well, after a similar campaign, female tennis players will now be allowed to wear dark shorts under their wimbledon whites for the first time. the lionesses new kit will have its first outing on thursday, when they host brazil at wembley. and as the team begin their world cup campaign, they will be hoping to be as powerful on the pitch as they continue to be off it. alice key, bbc news. let's bring you the latest pictures from that train crash in the netherlands. you can see that the derailed carriages on their sides with engineers and rescue teams still looking over the site there very much trying to figure out what went wrong. this happened in the early hours of the morning. one person has been confirmed dead and about 30 are injured.

rescue teams are at the scene of the accident near the village of voorschoten between the hague and amsterdam. the authorities say the train — carrying about 50 passengers — was derailed after it hit a crane. the two front carriages are lying on their sides and the rear carriage caught fire. most of the injured have been taken to hospital in utrecht — others are being cared for in homes near the crash site. very terrifying, frightening accident there. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. it was a cold and a frosty start to the day today. and for some of us, it was also a cloudy and a damp one, more notably in the north and the west. now, if you have an allergy to tree pollen, it's worth mentioning that today across wales and the southern half of england, the pollen levels are high. high pressure is actually in charge of our weather currently. this first weather front has been producing patchy rain. this second weather front will bring in heavier and more persistent rain

across northern ireland and western scotland a bit later. and in between them, what we're looking at is some brightness developing, a little bit of sunshine, but it won't last terribly long. whereas for eastern scotland, the rest of england and wales, we will see a fair bit of sunshine today with highs up to about 1k degrees. now through this evening and overnight the weather front sinks a little bit further south and eastwards, the cloud building ahead of it, but it should stay dry with some clear skies across the far southeast and here locally, temperatures could fall away to minus two. so we will be looking at a touch of frost first thing in the morning, not so anywhere else. so talking of tomorrow, our weather fronts continue theirjourney, pushing southwards and eastwards, taking the rain with them. it should brighten up later in the day for northern ireland and also western scotland, and for the southeast, having started dry with some sunshine, you'll find that as the fronts approach, the cloud will build and the sunshine will turn that bit hazier.

tomorrow's temperatures, well, we're looking at again, roughly between about 11 and 13 degrees. as we move from wednesday into thursday, this weather front will still be with us. it will slowly move into the north sea, taking its rain, but it will linger across the northern isles and it will be quite windy during the course of thursday in shetland. behind it, high pressure re—establishes itself and once again, we'll see some showers, but a lot of dry weather in the west. but some of the showers in the southeast could be heavy and they could also be thundery. and then as we move through thursday into good friday and the easter weekend, high pressure becomes ensconced across the country. we do have weather fronts trying to bump in against it on saturday. they might bring in some patchy rain during the course of saturday to the far northwest, but most of us will stay dry on saturday, on easter sunday. but it looks like more of us will see some rain on easter monday.

hello, you're with bbc news. a historic day as finland is to become the 31st member of nato later, a decision prompted by russia's invasion of ukraine. this will make finland safer and make _ this will make finland safer and make us— this will make finland safer and make us stronger. this this will make finland safer and make us stronger.— this will make finland safer and make us stronger. this is the scene live at nato — make us stronger. this is the scene live at nato headquarters, - make us stronger. this is the scene live at nato headquarters, where i make us stronger. this is the scene | live at nato headquarters, where the finnish flag will be raised shortly at a ceremony to mark the day. russia's defence minister sergei shoigu says finland's accession to nato will force russia to take measures to ensure its security. former president donald trump arrives in new york ahead of his appearance in court facing criminal charges. a passenger train crash in the netherlands kills one person and at least 30 people are seriously injured. london city becomes the second uk

airport to scrap rules on liquid limits in hand luggage.