good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. our headlines today. president biden's arrived

in belfast, to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, and to show america's commitment to the peace process. twitter owner elon musk, one of the world's richest men, gives a rare exclusive interview to the bbc where he admits to mistakes when buying the social media giant twitter. this the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. it hasn't been some sort of party. so, it's been really quite a stressful situation. could there be good news on the way for homeowners? after a sharp surge in interest rates, the world's bigggest financial institution says they will come down but don't say when. what does that mean if you are a borrower and a homeowner? i take a look. in sport, a masterclass in manchester as city thrash bayern munich to take a huge step towards the champions league semifinals. another wet and windy day today, the strongest winds will be in the west and south and north—east scotland, gales and severe gales at times, which could lead to some disruption. it's wednesday the 12th of april. our main story. president biden has arrived

in belfast for a four—day trip to the island of ireland, to mark the 25th anniversary of the historic good friday agreement. the landmark deal largely brought to an end the 30 year conflict in northern ireland, known as the troubles. president biden says he looks forward to reiterating america's commitment to preserving the peace. this afternoon he'll deliver a speech at ulster university, before travelling to the republic of ireland. there, he'll celebrate his own family's roots, attending events in counties louth and mayo. there'll also be official engagements in dublin. he'll then leave for america, on friday. our ireland correspondent chris page reports on the president's arrival in belfast late last night. the seventh us presidential visit to northern ireland has begun. belfast international airport was the setting for the traditional

pictures as air force one arrived. rishi sunak led the welcoming party. he'll have a longer meeting with president biden later today. before he left america, the president said he wanted to promote the new deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland, known as the windsor framework. what's your top priority on this trip, sir? make sure the irish accords and the windsor agreement stay in place. keep the peace. that's the main thing. and it looks like we're going to, keep your fingers crossed. the agreement announced at windsor is designed to bring back the devolved government at stormont. the democratic unionist party is blocking the power—sharing assembly from sitting in protest against brexit trade barriers with the rest of the uk. president biden will meet local politicians, but it's likely to be brief. he doesn't want to get into the detail of the political difficulties that have beset northern ireland in recent times. i think what he will do is talk up the positive,

the fact that we've had 25 years of peace, the fact that northern ireland's a much better place now than it was 25 years ago. the only public events of president biden�*s visit to belfast will be held here. he'll formally open ulster university's new campus in the city centre, a statement in itself that he wants to encourage northern ireland to keep building peace for the sake of its young people. the two governments and the political parties of northern ireland have reached agreement. the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement is giving a voice to a new generation. the good friday agreement, i was born 11 days afterwards, after it was put together. so i've always lived a life where i've been surrounded in peace. i got to go to an integrated education school, and yeah, we just haven't had to experience the level of violence that previous generations have experienced. the peace isn't perfect and the political backdrop isn't ideal, but the president will be

emphasising that the us is still committed to northern ireland and only a few places get this amount of american attention. chris page, bbc news, belfast. our news correspondent charlotte gallagherjoins us now. she is in belfast ahead of the visit to the university. it will be a brief visit to belfast but significant? it brief visit to belfast but significant?— brief visit to belfast but siunificant? , �* , ., ., brief visit to belfast but siunificant? , �*, ., ., , significant? it is, it's going to be less than 24 _ significant? it is, it's going to be less than 24 hours _ significant? it is, it's going to be less than 24 hours long, - significant? it is, it's going to be less than 24 hours long, his - significant? it is, it's going to be less than 24 hours long, his visit to belfast. he arrived late last night at belfast international airport and when he drove into belfast city centre in the famous beast car, there were crowds of people surrounding his hotel, some cheering and clapping, and it's pretty quiet here at the moment around ulster university but when he comes here later on we are expecting people to come out for a glimpse of the us president. because how often does he come to town? it's been a

very long time since there has been a presidential visit here. this is his main event, his only public engagement in northern ireland. he will be making a speech to students and staff at the university and that is really telling because he will be focusing on the future of northern ireland, these young people studying here are the future, it is their home. he will be talking about what they want for their future, their hopes and dreams. you will be giving the message that america stands with northern ireland and will always be there to support because of course there to support because of course the us had such a key role in the good friday agreement, in brokering the deal. after the visit to belfast, he will hop over the border to the republic of ireland and that is going to be a homecoming forjoe biden. he has brought some of his family with him as well. he will be meeting his relatives in county mayo and county louth, and seeing the sights and learning about his ancestry there. those personal visits will be the most important to

him. . , , him. pictures we will remember, thank you. _ him. pictures we will remember, thank you, charlotte. _ within the last hour, one of the world's richest men, elon musk, has given an exclusive interview to the bbc. musk, the boss of twitter and spacex, shared his views on a range of subjects, from the us elections, social media and misinformation, to sleeping in his office. let's listen to a bit of what he told our technology correspondent, james clayton, in san francisco this morning. do you have any regrets about buying twitter? i think it was something that needed to be done. you said earlier... it's quite difficult, you know. i'd say, the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. it hasn't been some sort of party. so, it's been really quite a stressful situation the last several months, not an easy one. but apart from the pain, so it's been quite painful, but i think at the end of the day, it should have been done.

i think, were there many mistakes along the way, of course. and, but, all�*s well that ends well. an extraordinary interview that has been happening live on the bbc over the last hour or so, responding to questions from james clayton who e—mailed e—mail —— elon musk to ask for an interview and he said yes. he is for an interview and he said yes. he: is sarcastic and playful at times. quite tricky at times. it’s is sarcastic and playful at times. quite tricky at times.— quite tricky at times. it's not a formal interview, _ quite tricky at times. it's not a formal interview, it's - quite tricky at times. it's not a formal interview, it's more - quite tricky at times. it's not a | formal interview, it's more like quite tricky at times. it's not a l formal interview, it's more like a web chat. in formal interview, it's more like a web chat. :, :, web chat. in the whole time, elon musk is looking _ web chat. in the whole time, elon musk is looking on _ web chat. in the whole time, elon musk is looking on his _ web chat. in the whole time, elon musk is looking on his phone - web chat. in the whole time, elon musk is looking on his phone to l web chat. in the whole time, elon l musk is looking on his phone to see what the reaction on twitter is to the interview that is going out live on twitter. it’s the interview that is going out live on twitter. �* , , . on twitter. it's interesting. we will talk to _ on twitter. it's interesting. we will talk to james _ on twitter. it's interesting. we will talk to james clayton - on twitter. it's interesting. we | will talk to james clayton within the next hour here on track first,

he is hotfooting it to a camera and we will speak to him as he revisits what elon musk is said to him and we can talk to him about the impact. you can follow the coverage online or on the app. hospital bosses have expressed concern about keeping patients safe overnight this week because of a shortage of more senior consultants to provide cover for striking junior doctors. medics across england have walked out for the second day of industrial action in a week of strikes that is expected to run until saturday morning. the government has called the strikes "regrettable". our health reporter jim reed has more details. this strike, says the nhs, is likely to be the most disruptive in the history of the health service. more junior doctors will walk out today as the dispute over pay and working conditions runs into the weekend. we've had a substantial loss to our pay over the last 15 years

and we need that pay restoring because at the moment my colleagues are leaving work to work in australia, other countries abroad, moving into other professions because theyjust can't do it any more. nhs trusts say a&e units across england appeared to be quieter than feared yesterday. the main knock—on effect is likely to come over the next few days as more pre—booked appointments and operations are cancelled. many trusts are worried about covering night shifts, particularly because this strike falls over a holiday period. so really, with every day that goes by, this strike gets more difficult. it gets more difficult to sustain staff morale and the risk to patient safety potentially increases. hundreds of doctors marched to downing street yesterday asking for a 35% pay increase to make up for below inflation rises over the last 15 years. husband and wife ashok and rashmi are bothjunior doctors in london. actually, for the amount of work we are doing, we feel

unappreciated and undervalued. so we do think that we should be at least at par with other people. from the perspective in terms of leaving, not now at the moment, but yes, it's definitely plan b. the government says the 35% pay demand is unaffordable and accused the doctors union of putting patients at risk with four days of strike action. at weston super mare hospital in somerset, some doctors have been asked to return to work over patient safety concerns. the bma said it had agreed to the request as poor planning had left the emergency department exposed. across england, hospitals are warning that over a quarter of a million appointments may need to be rescheduled because of the strike. as the week goes on, the nhs says the situation could get worse as other staff take leave over the easter holidays. jim reed, bbc news. our reporter graham satchell is outside st thomas' hospital in london for us this morning.

good morning. here we are, almost 24 hours in, how much of an impact is this strike having so far? hhs this strike having so far? nhs bosses are — this strike having so far? nhs bosses are really _ this strike having so far? hhs bosses are really worried about this is, sadly, because they say it will be the most disruptive strike in the nhs's be the most disruptive strike in the nhs�*s whole history. if there is one crumb of good news, we are not hearing of any major incidents overnight, but it was overnight to care that the bosses were worried about. it suggests that their contingency plans of putting other staff in place, consultants and nurses, appear to be working. there's not to say there is not an impact, there really is. hundreds of thousands of appointments and operations and other procedures will be and have been cancelled over the next four days putting enormous pressure on an already pressurised system. we are at st hospital, the picket line will be arriving at

around 7:30am. this dispute has been stuck and not budged an inch since last august, when the junior doctors put in their pay claim of 35%. the government said then it is still saying now it is unaffordable, unreasonable and and fair. junior doctors say they are not asking for a pay rise, they are asking for pay restoration. they say their salaries have not increased in real terms since 2008. so we are stuck with two intractable sides. the last time junior doctors went on strike in 2016, they went to a cat in the end, the independent conciliatory service, and came to a solution after ten days of talks —— they went 21. there is no talk of that yet, but it may be right ends up —— they went to acas.

the government has announced that poultry and captive birds can be kept outside again starting next week as the risk from bird flu eases. the measures were introduced during the world's biggest ever bird flu outbreak which saw four million birds culled over the past year in the uk. the chief veterinary officer said the "mandatory housing order" for england and wales will lift on tuesday, april 18. the ukrainian defence ministry and its uk counterpart have tweeted a video of british troops forming a guard of honourfor ukrainian soldiers trained in britain as they return to the front line. under 0peration interflex, new ukrainian recruits are given basic british army training before heading back to defend their homeland. the uk ministry of defence tweeted that the soldiers were returning home "to defend their freedom, loved ones and independence." donald trump has again insisted he's innocent of the criminal charges levelled against him in his first interview since appearing in court in new york last week. the former us president denies 34 counts of falsifying business records in a bid to hide hush money payments to a porn star before

the 2016 election, and, in an interview with fox news, he said he would continue to contest his party's 2024 presidential nomination even if he is convicted of a crime. from washington, david willis reports. donald trump was uncharacteristically silent as he left the courthouse in lower manhattan last week. we have a bigger problem. but in the company of a sympathetic interviewer and more familiar surroundings, he told how his court appearance had brought apparently hardened police officers and prison guards to tears. they were crying, they were actually crying. they said, "i'm sorry." they say, "2024, sir, 2024." and tears pouring down their eyes. i have never seen anything like it. those people are phenomenal. those are your police, those are the people that

work at the courthouse. there are unbelievable people. many of them were in tears or close to it. still, the clear frontrunner for his party's presidential nomination in 2024, mr trump is also the subject of separate criminal inquiries in both georgia and washington, dc. he denies any wrongdoing. is there anything they could throw at you legally that could convince you to drop out of the race, if you get convicted in this case in new york? no, i'd never drop out, no, i'd never drop, not my thing. his next scheduled court appearance is december. his judge has said his trial, if there is to be one, could get under way early next year. david willis, bbc news, washington. tupperware, the american maker of food storage containers, has warned that it could go bust unless it can quickly raise new financing. the 77—year—old firm has been attempting to reposition itself

to a younger audience, but its shares dropped by nearly 50% on monday. the firm became well—known in the 50s and 60s when people held "tupperware parties" in their homes to sell plastic containers forfood storage. avengers starjeremy renner has made his first red carpet appearance since his near—fatal snow plough accident four months ago. the marvel actor, who suffered over 30 broken bones in the accident, attended the premiere of his new disney+ series rennervations on tuesday night in los angeles, whilst using a cane for support. good to see him back. that's an incredible recovery because i don't think at the time it happened we knew quite how serious that really was. he knew quite how serious that really was. :, , :, knew quite how serious that really was. :, ,:, , ., , knew quite how serious that really was. :, , ., , ., was. he made some statements a coule of was. he made some statements a couple of weeks — was. he made some statements a couple of weeks later _ was. he made some statements a couple of weeks later saying - was. he made some statements a couple of weeks later saying he i was. he made some statements a l couple of weeks later saying he had been out cold for several days. great to see. 17 minutes past six. let's go and chat to carol for the

first time, what have you got to give us? i have got everything, what a day! todayis i have got everything, what a day! today is going to be wet and windy. if you are stepping out and taking a brolly, make sure it steady because we have destructive winds. we knew wherever you are but coasts up to 70 miles an hour creating some huge waves. some rain machine all through the night, falling as snow in the mountains of scotland, a rash of flowers behind it, wintry of the hills of england at the welsh mountains. —— a rash of showers behind it. the met office has copiously yellow wind warnings today, around the coast of south and west wales, cornwall, devon, south—west and southern counties.

the strongest winds will be around the coast but it will be with the inland. northern ireland, wind strengthening through the morning, 60 miles an hour possible gusts along the north coast. the potential for some disruption. you could have delays, small trees coming up, ferry delays, small trees coming up, ferry delays, power cuts with this strength of wind. the wind will continue to be strong through the day, which will hang on to the rash of showers there will be some sunshine in between. temperature wise academic, it will feel cool out and about. tomorrow will be milder, not as windy, and a few showers around. it's getting better, thank you, carol. let's take a look at today's papers.

president biden�*s visit to belfast leads the times front page, with the paper describing how the he was met by rishi sunak after landing last night for "historic talks". the mirror reports potential "chaos" at the king's coronation next month, citing an overrun rehearsal and an unfinished seating plan "due to prince harry dithering on his invite" according to the paper. the palace is said everything will be a right of the night. i the palace is said everything will be a right of the night.— be a right of the night. i cannot watch this- _ the daily mail's front page features a controversial picture ofjoe wick�*s seven—month old daughter, leni, hanging from what looks like a pull—up bar at an outdoor gym in santa minica. that makes me very anxious. it made a lot of peeple _ that makes me very anxious. it made a lot of people anxious. _ the fitness guru uploaded the picture to his instagram account, but it split the opinion of his followers with some pointing out safety concerns. let's know what you think. i think,

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there's times gone by i am more of a carer than a husband. is that good? i think it is one of the cruellest diseases that i know of. you know the end result. rod and joan have been happily married for 53 years. as a midwife, joan looked after many in her community. now she is being cared for, diagnosed with dementia. she was so active. forfive years, rod cared for her himself, but now, robbed of speech or movement, joan lives in a care home. who have you got here? rod visits most days. i feel guilty. there is a guilt element to it. and no matter how long, yeah, no matter how long it lasts,

you know, you can't get rid of it. because you start thinking, well, what else could i have done? and this is what a lot of people with dementia are going through. does she still recognise you? yeah. i go off the eye movement. so, yeah, i would say she does. just tell me how that was seeing joan today. it was beautiful. but hard having to come here on your own? yeah, but i've got friends here, so, you know, it's absolutely great. hello, darling. are you all right? yeah, how's joan? she's fine, yeah. all right — nice visit? yeah. aw, lovely. for the last eight years, landlady sharon has run the forgotten regulars, opening the doors of her pub

to anyone affected by dementia. why do you do this every month? well, if i didn't do it, all these people would be stuck at home. when i was looking after my mother with my family... we had nowhere to take her, so we started this. and the first time we did it, it was just me, my sisters, my daughters, my mum. and we got a singer. and she wasjust a different mum, just for those few hours, she was a different mum. there you go, there's some chips. and she feeds everyone for free. today, that's over 100 lunches. we are doing chicken curry, rice, chips and naan bread.

i think they'd would flop if it wasn't for this place - and my mum, wouldn't it? she looks after everybody. afterwards, we've got doughnuts and cakes and everything. watch your back! we've looked after my nana. we've seen it first hand. we've seen what the horrible disease does and how it i takes your life away. so us doing this isjust — it's quite rewarding. i and we know that she'll be up there. you get upset, don't you? harry is one of rods greatest friends. he's been coming to the club for seven years, ever since he found out he has dementia. i thought the end of the world — you know, this is literally the end of the world. i often wander around the house and i'm thinking, why have i come here? but i don't know why that's my age or the dementia or what. i'm 84. we've had a good life, haven't we? yeah. that's your special doll, that,

for you to look after — - that's your special baby. larry and denise have been married for nearly 52 years. 18 months ago, denise was diagnosed with dementia. coming here is a day out for me. why do you love coming? because of the music, and i like to dance. we both like to dance. tell me what it's like dancing with her now. it's not the same. is it the closest thing you get to having her back? yeah, it is. sorry. we were the only ones in here that, i think it's man and wife, that has danced together with their arms around one another, if you will. and dancing next to them is rod. and while jane can no longer come

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to their own specific circumstances. 72 people died in the fire back injune 2017. it's the second day of the junior doctors' four—day strike, they're asking for a 35% pay increase. they say to compensate for 15 years of below inflation wage rises. the government says it's unreasonable and won't talk to the doctors union, the bma, unless it abandons its 35% starting position. the average time taken by the met police to arrive on the scene of incidents such as burglaries and road—traffic collisions is more than two hours. that's according to data revealed by the mayor's office, which showed the delays affected all 12 of the mets command units. the target response time for these type of incidents is one hour. more than three quarters of a million pounds of city hall funding will be used to tackle hate and extremisim in the capital this year. the money will go to existing groups as well as new ones with the aim, according to the mayor, of challenging radicalisation in the capitals communities. in the capital's communities. it's their biggest project yet —

a 76 square metre mosaic that will sit in place for 200 years. it's called 1,000 streams in a river and is going up in the shadow of the shard at london bridge station. the team responsible — the london school of mosaics — hope it'll be finished by september. it is made up of tens of thousands of beautiful handmade glass tesserae, which spread over the length of this wall, which hundreds of thousands of commuters walk past every single day. as you can see, it's being installed now and eventually will go all the way down to the other end of the station. do underground now. there are severe delays on the district line and hammersmith and city line and part closure on the overground line. we will bring you updates throughout the morning. but now the weather. good morning.

the met office has a weather warning in place for strong winds. the sunshine gives way to more cloud. the showers heavy, merging together, creating longer spells of rain. 11-12 the creating longer spells of rain. 11—12 the maximum so feeling cold. still breezy. still showers this evening but, gradually overnight, the showers will lift. becoming dry and clear. we should see the windfall falling lighter by dawn. minimum temperature will be cold. two celsius. no pressure on thursday. we have scattered showers but a little more scattered than today's stock we will see sunny spells. still a breezy day. the wind perhaps not as strong as today. temperatures tomorrow a little less cold. as we head further through the week it stays unsettled. by the end of the weekend, a little warmer. we

are back in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. if you're a homeowner or looking to buy a house in the coming months, there may be some good news as the international monetary fund is predicting that borrowing costs should come down to where they were before the pandemic. they have said that the uk is still expected to be one of the worst performing major economies this year. nina is going to explain it all for us this morning. felt like a moment. saying the interest rates had gone up around the world and expectation they will come down but they do not have the answer to when. it's the international monetary fund's job to keep an eye

on all nations' economies and make predictions and advise if things aren't looking good. they have reiterated their prediction that the uk is set to be the worst performing of all the big economies this year. but some good news — they say interest rates, which have been swiftly going up, could start coming down. as things stand, interest rates are at 4.25% — the highest they've been since 2008. they've been going up in an attempt to bring down this — inflation — the rate at which prices are rising. the theory is if borrowing costs more, we will spend less. reducing that upwards pressure on prices. if you are a borrower and have a mortgage, you've probably got used to interest rates being close to zero for more than ten years. you will be feeling that hike. if you were remortgaging in october when the mini—budget sparked panic, you might have been looking at two—year fixed mortgage offers of around 6%. 0uch!

that has come down significantly since, with some providers currently offering a five—year fixed deal at a rate of under 4%. now the imf is saying that this peak in interest rates could only be temporary. they say once inflation — largely linked to energy prices — comes down, so too will interest rates. they also point to an ageing population playing a part in bringing down spend. as one analyst put it, "there's less heading to glastonbury and nights out on the town, there's more sitting at home and watching the antiques roadshow." all very interesting, but not particularly helpful if your mortgage is up for renewal. so we hope we can help. we will be speaking with an expert later so send us your questions. maybe you think a tracker is the way forward but want to be sure. maybe you've just locked in to a deal and are regretting it. if you're selling, or a first time buyer, maybe you're wondering whether to jump or wait.

send us a message on whatsapp — the number is 0330123 0440, orjust scan the qr code with your phone's camera and that will automatically start a chat with us. you can still get in touch with us by email, and on twitter as well. i was looking at the mortgage rates for the past 20, 30 and 40 years. when i bought my first house in 2007 it was normal to have rates of 5%. in the 805, it was upwards of 10%. this low level since the crash and rece55ion this low level since the crash and recession of 2008 i5 this low level since the crash and recession of 2008 is relatively new but there is an expectation we will head more towards that direction but the question is when. i think you will get lots of questions for your expert this morning. and 5aver5 wanting rate5 morning. and 5aver5 wanting rates to stay hired to get more money. this morning one of the world's richest men — elon mu5k —

has given an exclusive interview to the bbc. mu5k — the boss of twitter and spacex — shared his views on a range of subjects with our technology correspondent, james clayton, in san francisco. let's have a look. do you have any regrets about buying twitter? _ do you have any regrets about buying twitter? lt— do you have any regrets about buying twitter? :, , ,:, do you have any regrets about buying twitter? :, , ,., ., twitter? it was something that needed to _ twitter? it was something that needed to be _ twitter? it was something that needed to be done. _ twitter? it was something that needed to be done. it - twitter? it was something that needed to be done. it is i twitter? it was something that needed to be done. it is quite | needed to be done. it is quite difficult — needed to be done. it is quite difficult i_ needed to be done. it is quite difficult. i would say the pain level— difficult. i would say the pain level of— difficult. i would say the pain level of twitter has been extremely high _ level of twitter has been extremely high it— level of twitter has been extremely high. it has not been some sort of party~ _ high. it has not been some sort of party~ it— high. it has not been some sort of party. it has— high. it has not been some sort of party. it has been quite a stressful situation — party. it has been quite a stressful situation. forthe past party. it has been quite a stressful situation. for the past months. party. it has been quite a stressful situation. forthe past months. not an easy— situation. forthe past months. not an easy one — situation. forthe past months. not an easy one. it has been quite painful. — an easy one. it has been quite painful, but i think it should have been _ painful, but i think it should have been done — painful, but i think it should have been done. were there many mistakes made _ been done. were there many mistakes made along _ been done. were there many mistakes made along the way? of course. but,

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article — the bull's—eye. if you read an article on _ the bull's—eye. if you read an article on something you know about, how accurate is that article? imagine _ how accurate is that article? imagine that is essentially how all articles— imagine that is essentially how all articles are. an approximation of what _ articles are. an approximation of what is _ articles are. an approximation of what is going on. so if somebody is actually, _ what is going on. so if somebody is actually, let's say, like an expert in the _ actually, let's say, like an expert in the field — actually, let's say, like an expert in the field and was actually there, and writes — in the field and was actually there, and writes about their experience of being _ and writes about their experience of being actually there, i think in a lot of— being actually there, i think in a lot of cases that is going to be better— lot of cases that is going to be better than a journalist because a journalist — better than a journalist because a journalist was not there. a really— journalist was not there. a really fascinating watch as it was coming on line. andy had his phone. he was screaming through his phone looking to the response to the questions. not paying attention to the person you are talking to. —— he was 5creening through the phone. you can see that. and you can follow all our

coverage of the interview online. do you know who i really want to talk to? james clayton, who did the interview. i want to find out what it was like. sitting opposite one of the world's richest men. we will speak to him in the next half hour. really looking forward to that. in the meantime, the sport. unfortunately he not been tempted to potentially buying manchester united. do notjoke. he did put out a tweet one saying he was interested but you can never really believe what he tweets. he likes to float ideas. he made his dog the ceo of twitter. there you got, say5 dog the ceo of twitter. there you got, says it all. would you? yes, but my dog... it is looking good for manchester city in the champions league. 3—0. could this be the season? could this be the year? an incredible night is how

manchester city manager pep guardiola described his side's 3—0 champions league quarterfir5t leg win against bayern munich. what of course would be incredible is if this proves to be the season city get their hands on the trophy that has so far evaded them. a5 nesta mcgregor reports. manchester city, reigning champions of england, a team chasing three major trophies. not even the rain could dampen the mood. although when it comes to european football's biggest prize, they have yet to make that big splash fans so desperately crave. city boss pep guardiola was facing a familiar foe in thoma5 tuchel and a bayern munich side who have won the champions league six times. signed earlier last summer, erling haaland has scored 44 goals in 38 games. a better connection — it may have been 45. ten minutes later, the deadlock was broken. the spanish midfielder from distance. commentator: oh, what about that? power, precision, pick

that out of the net. a goal up and dominant for much of the first half. the home side were close to a second goal. the bayern munich keeper, though, showing improvisation and razor—sharp reflexes. midway through the second half, haaland pounced on a defensive mistake. he found silva at the far post, who found the roof of the net. the rain pouring in and so were the goals. haaland from close range, this time. goal number 45 of the season. a dream performance and result, but, just half—time in the tie. pep guardiola with the advantage over an old foe and his former team. make no mistake, this is a statement result for manchester city. they will travel to germany confident, but keen not to be overly 5o. remember, pep guardiola has won almost everything there is to win there is to win with this club, except the champions league. it is the one he and the fans crave. he has been so close before. is this a year he finally

realises that dream? if they do, no doubt erling haaland will be at the heart of it. 100 days till the start of the women's world cup, england have seen their 30 match unbeaten run ended, losing to australia last night, not that head coach sarina wiegman is too worried. ahead of kick—off several of the lione55e5 player5 could be seen wearing 5hirt5 without their names displayed to raise awareness of the effects of dementia. once the game was under way england would be beaten for the first time since april 2021, chelsea star sam kerr given a helping hand for theirfirst. scotland, you may remember, actually beat australia on friday and they had another good night — one young woman in particular starred. 17—year—old emma watson scored a brace against costa rica — her first international goals. her second was particuarly impressive. 4—0 the final score. and wales were also in friendly action last night.

they drew 1—1 away at portugal, a side ranked ten places above them in the fifa rankings. rachel rowe scoring this equaliser on the volley to secure a good result for her side. it's nearly time to get your sweepstakes ready. the grand national takes place this saturday at aintree, but to see a real superstar you need to be watching tomorrow. the unbeaten constitution hill is racing on the first day of the festival, and that shows how high the standard at aintree is going to be this year, as lizzie greenwood—hughes reports. commentator: and they're off! aintree has always been known for the grand national. the biggest, boldest, most famous steeplechase in the world. but, over the past few years, the quality of racing over the whole three days has become bigger and better, attracting the best of the best to liverpool. i think aintree is reaching a point

that it is as prestigious as cheltenham festival. the other big thing we've had is the fact that there is an extra week. usually it is a three—week gap between the cheltenham festival and aintree. this year it is four weeks and that extra gap seems to have made a real difference to trainers and owners' decision—making. without doubt, the biggest name enticed there this year is constitution hill. who wowed the world at cheltenham, winning the champion hurdle. commentator: constitution hill, simply breathtaking, wins the champion hurdle. constitution hill is famously laid—back at home, but he comes alive on a racecourse. hejust gets up, get on him, we will have a nosy round, but as sooner you get him on a racetrack or a bit of work, he is different gear. he could be the best we have ever had for all you know, but i think it is too early to be saying that. but he has done some things

that, i have to admit, are pretty eye—opening. it is the responsibility and with it comes that responsibility and quite a lot of pressure, as well. but i would rather have him than not have him. he's almost like usain bolt. he is very relaxed and just enjoys what he does. he is not one that causes me any problem. he is a jockey�*s dream to ride, so it doesn't matter how i can ride him, and you know the ability is there. so, hopefully, he goes and shows us all what he can do again. constitution hill heads to liverpool as the odds—on favourite for his race. and unlike the grand national, which is still very much wide open, there seems to be no debate as to whether this superstar is going to win the aintree hurdle. the only question is by how much. the best description of constitution hill i heard was the erling haaland

of horse racing. wow. thank you. i wonder what constitution hill will be like in terms of weather. the going. soggy. what is it going to be like? we will see a fair bit of rain before saturday. saturday is not looking too bad for the grand national. a lot of dry weather around. later in the day weather fronts coming in from the atlantic and it will not be as windy because today we are looking at windy conditions and also some showers. and still at the moment rain. to give an idea of the gusts we have had through the early part of today, needles, 83 mph. this is because at the moment we have a strong jet stream. underneath it, a deepening area of low pressure which has

trailing fronts. it has been pushing northwards and eastwards through the course of the night and that has been taking the rain and also hill snow. snow falling on the tops of hills and mountains in scotland. wintry showers in the pennines and welsh mountains. you can see a lot of showers coming in, driven in on the strong wind. some will start with sunshine. wherever you are, it will be windy. across the north sea east of scotland —— north—east of scotland. we have weather warnings here where we could have gusts up to 70 mph and it will be windy in land. with gusts up to 70, it will be whipping up the scene. we could have eight metre waves which is the equivalent of two double—decker buses on top of each other in height. it is notjust the

south—west. northern ireland has a weather warning. along the north coast, up to 60 mph. potentially, these winds could be disruptive. they could cause travel problems and pull out small trees and loosen branches. through the day, we continue with showers, some of the merging, packing in across much of the uk. some sunshine in between. the wind will ease through the day across the north—east of scotland. we are looking at severe gales with exposure for many, especially on the coasts and hills in the west and south. these are the temperatures. fairly academic because it will feel cool if you are exposed to the wind and rain. 0vernight, a lot of showers are easing. some will form clumps as they move from west to east. temperatures will fall close to freezing where you see blue on the chart. generally, the wind

slowly starting to come down. thursday, not as windy as it is today. looking at sunshine and showers. some of the showers heavy and potentially thundering across eastern england. but a lot of dry weather. heavy rain, showers and strong wind. temperatures still low for the time of year. thursday, we can see rain coming in across the south. but i leave on a positive note. it looks like it will turn warmer through the weekend but especially into the early part of next week. and somewhere will hit possibly 22 next week. and somewhere will hit possibly 22 degrees. next week. and somewhere will hit possibly 22 degrees. getting next week. and somewhere will hit possibly 22 degrees. getting very tasty. let's return to the news that president biden has arrived in belfast for a four—day trip to the island of ireland, to mark the 25th anniversary of the historic good friday agreement.

the landmark deal largely brought an end to the 30 year conflict in northern ireland, known as the troubles. we're nowjoined by daniel mulhall, the former irish ambassador to the united states, uk and germany. morning. iam interested morning. i am interested to hear your perspective as someone who was there all those years ago and saw first—hand what was happening. how significant is this moment and visit. , :, :, visit. first of all, the united states played _ visit. first of all, the united states played an _ visit. first of all, the united states played an important| visit. first of all, the united i states played an important role 25 years ago in brokering the agreement. i rememberthe years ago in brokering the agreement. i remember the night when it was finally reached. word went around that president clinton was on the phone urging the parties to make those final compromises. so it is fitting that on the 25th anniversary of the agreement the current president of the united states should visit to mark this significant occasion. he should visit to mark this significant occasion. he is not sta in: significant occasion. he is not staying that _ significant occasion. he is not staying that long. _ significant occasion. he is not staying that long. what i significant occasion. he is not staying that long. what can . significant occasion. he is not| staying that long. what can he achieve during this time? first, he

is sta in: achieve during this time? first, he is staying almost _ achieve during this time? first, he is staying almost 24-hour - achieve during this time? first, he is staying almost 24-hour is i achieve during this time? first, he is staying almost 24-hour is and l achieve during this time? first, he| is staying almost 24-hour is and for is staying almost 24—hour is and for an american president that is a lot of time. people in washington will be saying why can he not be somewhere in america? i would not be critical of the relatively short duration. i think he would have stayed longer had the institutions been up and running in belfast with an executive to meet. i think you would probably have gone to the northern ireland assembly. so, nonetheless, he is coming. it is not as if he can suddenly with a magic american wand to wave up an agreement to get the democratic unionist party back into the institutions in northern ireland. i think he is a skilful politician who will say all the right things. i am sure he will highlight notjust the irish nationalist contribution, the contribution of irish immigrants to

the united states but also scots irish. those important in the early days of the us and many of the early presidents were from mostly that background and i am sure that is going to be emphasised. he background and i am sure that is going to be emphasised.- background and i am sure that is going to be emphasised. he has huge affection for ireland. _ going to be emphasised. he has huge affection for ireland. part _ going to be emphasised. he has huge affection for ireland. part of - going to be emphasised. he has huge affection for ireland. part of the i affection for ireland. part of the visit will be seeing his own family. i met him when i was ambassador in washington. i was struck by how much affection he had for his irish heritage which comes mainly from his grandfather. growing up in a part of pennsylvania that is one of the most irish places in america with strong irish places in america with strong irish heritage. he grew up there and remembers his grandfather, who was the son of irish immigrants. he absorbed that irish heritage strongly from an early age. he has carried it with him throughout his long career in american politics. 50 years on the go since he became a

senator back in the day. and he can bring that experience and political nous to everything he does. i found him on a one—to—one basis talking to people in a small room, he is an engaging character. he is not the great orator like president 0bama or clinton but he is an engaging person. i am sure his visit to ireland north and south will be remembered, especially for those in areas such as county louth and county mayo where his family ancestry hails from.- county mayo where his family ancestry hails from. having been in the moment— ancestry hails from. having been in the moment 25 _ ancestry hails from. having been in the moment 25 years _ ancestry hails from. having been in the moment 25 years ago, - ancestry hails from. having been in the moment 25 years ago, did i ancestry hails from. having been in the moment 25 years ago, did you | the moment 25 years ago, did you then imagine a quarter of a century later, you would be in the situation that it would hold a new would be talking about it as we are this morning? i talking about it as we are this mornin: ? :, , talking about it as we are this morning?— talking about it as we are this mornin: ? :, , :, :, , talking about it as we are this mornin. ? ., , ., ., , ., morning? i was involved a number of ears morning? i was involved a number of years before — morning? i was involved a number of years before and _ morning? i was involved a number of years before and i _ morning? i was involved a number of years before and i knew— morning? i was involved a number of years before and i knew the - morning? i was involved a number of years before and i knew the people l years before and i knew the people involved on both sides had a certain determination to make it work and i was optimistic. i did feel that was

an historic moment. ifelt the breakthrough, which was not guaranteed time, but i felt once people got the agreement they would see the benefits. and it has saved thousands of lives and that should never be forgotten. people sometimes gloss over that because they are concerned about things that have not gone on the way they hoped but peace has held and save lives. i probably would have hoped northern ireland would have hoped northern ireland would become a more normal political environment by this time. there are still tensions and difficulties. i think the path we have taken over the past years was the correct path and that northern ireland and ireland as a whole are much better places today than 25 years ago. thank you. you're watching breakfast.

we have sharp suits, scooters, motorbikes and fights — more than 40 years after quadrophenia burst into uk cinemas, it's been officially honoured in brighton. i like the sharp suits. dressed for the occasion. time for the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm luxmy gopal. lawyers representing a group of more than 900 people affected by the fire at grenfell tower say a compensation settlement has been agreed. the amount each person will receve will vary "according to their specific circumstances". 72 people died in the fire injune 2017. a job applicant says he's received a "disingenuous and lacklustre"

apology from the ritz hotel — after he was told that "afro—style hair" was banned. jerellejules had reached the final interview stage with the hotel when he was sent its employee personal grooming policy. the hotel said it did not condone discrimination, adding, "we are genuinely committed to an inclusive and non—discriminatory environment." the average time taken by the met police to arrive on the scene of incidents such as burglaries and road—traffic collisions is more than two hours — that's according to data from the mayor's office, which showed the delays affected all 12 of the met�*s command units. the target response time is one hour. more than £750,000 of city hall funding will be used to tackle hate and extremism in the capital this year. the money will go to existing groups as well as new ones with the aim, according to the mayor, of challenging radicalisation in communities. a 76—square metre mosaic, which will sit in place for 200 years, is being planned. it's called �*1,000 streams in a river�* and is going up in the shadow of the shard at london bridge station. the team responsible — the london school of mosaics —

hopes it'll be finished by september. it is made up of tens of thousands of beautiful handmade glass tesserae, which spread over the length of this wall, which hundreds of thousands of commuters walk past every single day. as you can see, it's being installed now and eventually will go all the way down to the other end of the station. let's take a look at the underground now. central line is part suspended, minor delays. severe delays on the district line, and hammersmith and city line. now onto the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a bright start this morning, a dry start with some sunshine, but it is going to be a very blustery day. the met office has a yellow weather warning in place for strong winds. we are looking widely at gusts of 40 to 50 mph. the sunshine gives way to more cloud, the showers heavy, merging together potentially this afternoon. creating some longer spells of rain. just 11 or 12 celsius, the maximum, so feeling quite chilly. still going to be breezy,

still going to get the showers into this evening but gradually overnight, there's showers will lift away becoming dry and clear. we should see the wind falling a little lighter as well by dawn tomorrow. minimum temperature, it's going to be chilly, just two celsius. low pressure remains in charge for thursday. we have still got some scattered showers around but a little more scattered than today so we will see some sunny spells out there. still a breezy day, though perhaps not quite as strong as it will be today. tomorrow, a little less cold therefore, 14 celsius. as we head further through the week, it stays unsettled but by the end of the weekend, a little warmer. 21 degrees is a welcome sight. that's it for now. we'll be back in around half an hour. it's back to sally and john. have a good morning, good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today. president biden's arrived

in belfast, to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, and to show america's commitment to the peace process but it's a blink and you'll miss it a visit _ but it's a blink and you'll miss it a visit here _ but it's a blink and you'll miss it a visit here to northern ireland, 'ust a visit here to northern ireland, just one — a visit here to northern ireland, just one public engagement at the university behind me, and a meeting with rishi _ university behind me, and a meeting with rishi sunak before he goes to the republic. twitter owner elon musk, one of the world's richest men, gives a rare exclusive interview to the bbc where he admits to mistakes when buying the social media giant. the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. it hasn't been some sort of party. so, it's been really quite a stressful situation. in sport, a masterclass in manchester as city thrash bayern munich to take a huge step towards the champions league semifinals. i'm going to be the horse, is that what you're saying?

yes, you're going to be the horse, you're going — to have to provide the power. he's best known for exploring the uk countryside but now matt baker travels across the pond to experience rural life in the usa. good morning. we are in for a day of sunshine and heavy showers and windy conditions. the strongest winds will be in the west on the south and also the north—east and at times we will have gales, even severe gales with exposure. all the details later in the programme. it's wednesday the 12th of april. our main story. president biden has arrived in belfast for a four—day trip to the island of ireland, to mark the 25th anniversary of the historic good friday agreement. the landmark deal largely brought to an end the 30 year conflict in northern ireland, known as the troubles. president biden says he looks forward to reiterating america's commitment to preserving the peace.

this afternoon he'll deliver a speech at ulster university, before travelling to the republic travelling to the republic of ireland. there he'll celebrate his own family's roots, attending events in counties louth and mayo. there'll also be official engagements in dublin. he'll then return to america, on friday. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports on the president's arrival in belfast late last night. the seventh us presidential visit to northern ireland has begun. belfast international airport was the setting for the traditional pictures as air force one arrived. rishi sunak led the welcoming party. he'll have a longer meeting with president biden later today. before he left america, the president said he wanted to promote the new deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland, known as the windsor framework. what's your top priority on this trip, sir? make sure the irish accords and

the windsor agreement stay in place. keep the peace. that's the main thing. and it looks like we're going to, keep your fingers crossed. the agreement announced at windsor is designed to bring back the devolved government at stormont. the democratic unionist party is blocking the power—sharing assembly from sitting in protest against brexit trade barriers with the rest of the uk. president biden will meet local politicians, but it's likely to be brief. he doesn't want to get into the detail of the political difficulties that have beset northern ireland in recent times. i think what he will do is talk up the positive, the fact that we've had 25 years of peace, the fact that northern ireland's a much better place now than it was 25 years ago. the only public events of president biden's visit to belfast will be held here. he'll formally open ulster university's new campus in the city centre, a statement in itself that he wants to encourage northern ireland to keep

building peace for the sake of its young people. the two governments and the political parties of northern ireland have reached agreement. the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement is giving a voice to a new generation. the good friday agreement, i was born 11 days afterwards, after it was put together. so i've always lived a life where i've been surrounded in peace. i got to go to an integrated education school, and yeah, we just haven't had to experience the level of violence that previous generations have experienced. the peace isn't perfect and the political backdrop isn't ideal, but the president will be emphasising that the us is still committed to northern ireland and only a few places get this amount of american attention. chris page, bbc news, belfast. 0ur news correspondent charlotte gallagherjoins us now. charlotte, what's on the president's agenda today?

what can he achieve? good morning. i think a lot about _ what can he achieve? good morning. i think a lot about this _ what can he achieve? good morning. i think a lot about this visit _ what can he achieve? good morning. i think a lot about this visit is _ what can he achieve? good morning. i think a lot about this visit is him i think a lot about this visit is him saying to the people of northern ireland, the politicians here and the british prime minister, rishi sunak, that the us stands with northern ireland and peace here will always be important, and also part of his visit as well is talking to young people, people that were born after the trouble is, about what they want for the future of northern ireland and what they want for their home. that is why he's going to come to the university of ulster and speak to students about northern ireland now, not how it was during the troubles, but northern ireland at this time, so i think that will be the focus of his trip, the future, so it's very, very brief. you will come here, have a quick speed, talk to students and staff and meet with rishi sunak, and obviously with rishi sunak high on the agenda, it will be the political

situation here, the instability, because there hasn't been power—sharing for over a year now and people are thoroughly fed up with that and sick of the situation and they want politicians to go back to work. that will be the focus of his trip here and he will then skip over the border to the republic of ireland and go to dublin and meet with the prime minister and the president, but i think really his trip to the irish republic is about his personal links, his ancestry and family roots which is very important to him. he describes himself as a proud irish—american, so he will be spending time with his cousins in county mayo and county louth, learning about his ancestry and will finish his visit in the town of ballina to a speech that robbie thousands of people up for. charlotte, thank you. within the last hour, one of the world's richest men — elon musk — has given an exclusive interview to the bbc. musk, the boss of twitter and spacex, shared his views on a range

of subjects, from the us elections, social media and misinformation, to where he sleeps. let's listen to a bit of what he told our technology correspondent, james clayton, in san francisco this morning. do you have any regrets about buying twitter? . it was something that needed to be done. it is quite difficult. i would say the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. it has not been some sort of party. it has been quite a stressful situation. for the past months. not an easy one. it has been quite painful, but i think it should have been done. were there many mistakes made along the way? of course. but, all is well that ends well.

it's interesting to get those serious moments of insight and then a rather playful exchange between the two of them were go on for much longer thanjames the two of them were go on for much longer than james expected. the two of them were go on for much longer thanjames expected. he thought he had half an hour, and thenit thought he had half an hour, and then it went on for nearly an hour. and we will talk to jane quite shortly, but in fact, asjohn mentioned, this all went on a bit longer than we expected so we will talk to james in the eight o'clock hour, just after eight o'clock about the whole experience of being at twitter with elon musk and what he had to say. twitter with elon musk and what he had to sa . , twitter with elon musk and what he hadtosa. , ., ., had to say. this full coverage and more clicks _ had to say. this full coverage and more clicks and _ had to say. this full coverage and more clicks and analysis - had to say. this full coverage and more clicks and analysis on i had to say. this full coverage and more clicks and analysis on the i had to say. this full coverage and l more clicks and analysis on the bbc website or the bbc news app. hospital bosses have expressed concern about keeping patients safe overnight this week — because of a shortage of more senior consultants to provide cover for striking junior doctors. medics across england have walked out for the second day

of industrial action in a week of strikes that is expected to run until saturday morning. the government has called the strikes "regrettable". 0ur health reporter jim reed has more details. this strike, says the nhs, is likely to be the most disruptive in the history of the health service. more junior doctors will walk out today as the dispute over pay and working conditions runs into the weekend. we've had a substantial loss to our pay over the last 15 years and we need that pay restoring because at the moment my colleagues are leaving work to work in australia, other countries abroad, moving into other professions because theyjust can't do it any more. nhs trusts say a&e units across england appeared to be quieter than feared yesterday. the main knock—on effect is likely to come over the next few days as more pre—booked appointments and operations are cancelled. many trusts are worried about covering night shifts, particularly because this strike falls over a holiday period.

so really, with every day that goes by, this strike gets more difficult. it gets more difficult to sustain staff morale and the risk to patient safety potentially increases. hundreds of doctors marched to downing street yesterday asking for a 35% pay increase to make up for below inflation rises over the last 15 years. husband and wife ashok and rashmi are bothjunior doctors in london. actually, for the amount of work we are doing, we feel unappreciated and undervalued. so we do think that we should be at least at par with other people. from the perspective in terms of leaving, not now at the moment, but yes, it's definitely plan b. the government says the 35% pay demand is unaffordable and accused the doctors union of putting patients at risk with four days of strike action. at weston super mare hospital in somerset, some doctors have been

asked to return to work over patient safety concerns. the bma said it had agreed to the request as poor planning had left the emergency department exposed. across england, hospitals are warning that over a quarter of a million appointments may need to be rescheduled because of the strike. as the week goes on, the nhs says the situation could get worse as other staff take leave over the easter holidays. jim reed, bbc news. the government has announced that poultry and captive birds can be kept outside again starting next week as the risk from bird flu eases. the measures were introduced during the world's biggest ever bird flu outbreak, which saw 4 million birds culled over the past year in the uk. the chief veterinary officer said the "mandatory housing order" for england and wales will lift on tuesday, april 18. the ukrainian defence ministry and its uk counterpart have tweeted a video of british troops forming a guard of honourfor ukrainian soldiers trained in britain

as they return to the frontline. under 0peration interflex, new ukrainian recruits are given british army training before heading back to defend their homeland. the uk ministry of defence tweeted that the soldiers were returning home "to defend their freedom, loved ones and independence." avengers starjeremy renner has made his first red carpet appearance since his near—fatal snow plough accident four months ago. the marvel actor — who suffered over 30 broken bones in the accident — attended the premiere of his new disney+ series rennervations on tuesday night in los angeles, whilst using a cane for support. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather.

good morning to both of you. if you're _ good morning to both of you. if you're about to go out, it's going to be _ you're about to go out, it's going to be wet— you're about to go out, it's going to be wet and windy today and we have _ to be wet and windy today and we have showers, some of them merging to give _ have showers, some of them merging to give longer spells of rain, but for some. — to give longer spells of rain, but for some, the wind is really going to be _ for some, the wind is really going to be a _ for some, the wind is really going to be a feature of the weather and we will _ to be a feature of the weather and we will have gusts up to 70 mph and you can _ we will have gusts up to 70 mph and you can find — we will have gusts up to 70 mph and you can find more details and all of the warnings from the met office on our bbc_ the warnings from the met office on our bbc weather website. what's been happening _ our bbc weather website. what's been happening is we have a low pressure moving _ happening is we have a low pressure moving across us and it's produced all of— moving across us and it's produced all of this— moving across us and it's produced all of this rain pushing north across— all of this rain pushing north across scotland and snow on the mountains, wintry showers across the higher— mountains, wintry showers across the higher ground of the pennines and the welsh — higher ground of the pennines and the welsh mountains and the process will continue as we go through the course _ will continue as we go through the course of— will continue as we go through the course of the day with a rash of showers — course of the day with a rash of showers coming in from the west. that's— showers coming in from the west. that's half— showers coming in from the west. that's half the story. there will be sunshine _ that's half the story. there will be sunshine as— that's half the story. there will be sunshine as well. the other half is the wind — sunshine as well. the other half is the wind. gusts of wind, really windy— the wind. gusts of wind, really windy across southern counties of england _ windy across southern counties of england and south and west wales but with exposure we could have up to 70 mph gusts _ with exposure we could have up to 70

mph gusts which will be whipping up some _ mph gusts which will be whipping up some large waves. for northern lreland, — some large waves. for northern ireland, windy inland as well with gusts _ ireland, windy inland as well with gusts around the north coast up to 60 mph. _ gusts around the north coast up to 60 mph. so — gusts around the north coast up to 60 mph, so all of the gusts of wind are likely— 60 mph, so all of the gusts of wind are likely to— 60 mph, so all of the gusts of wind are likely to be disruptive and it's going _ are likely to be disruptive and it's going to — are likely to be disruptive and it's going to be windy this morning across— going to be windy this morning across north—east scotland with it becoming — across north—east scotland with it becoming confined to the northern isles _ becoming confined to the northern isles it _ becoming confined to the northern isles it is — becoming confined to the northern isles. it is sunshine and showers and some — isles. it is sunshine and showers and some of the showers will be heavy, _ and some of the showers will be heavy, potentially thundery with some _ heavy, potentially thundery with some hail as well and the wind means with that _ some hail as well and the wind means with that combination it's going to feel quite — with that combination it's going to feel quite cool today with temperatures between seven and 12 degrees _ temperatures between seven and 12 degrees. as we head through the evening _ degrees. as we head through the evening and overnight, many of the showers _ evening and overnight, many of the showers will ease, but some of them will form _ showers will ease, but some of them will form bands, as they push from the west— will form bands, as they push from the west of— will form bands, as they push from the west of the east. where you see blue in— the west of the east. where you see blue in the _ the west of the east. where you see blue in the chart, it indicates temperatures are freezing or below, so it will— temperatures are freezing or below, so it will be — temperatures are freezing or below, so it will be a cold night in scotland _ so it will be a cold night in scotland especially and it's going to be _ scotland especially and it's going to be really cold wherever you are across _ to be really cold wherever you are across the — to be really cold wherever you are across the uk. into tomorrow, a bit milder, _ across the uk. into tomorrow, a bit milder, less— across the uk. into tomorrow, a bit milder, less windy than it will be today— milder, less windy than it will be today by— milder, less windy than it will be today by quite a bit and some showers — today by quite a bit and some showers around but there will be sunshine — showers around but there will be sunshine in between and those are

the temperatures, between eight and 13 degrees. you didn't let us down. it was a bit of everything. you didn't let us down. it was a bit of everything-— you didn't let us down. it was a bit of everything. happy to help, sally. i'm not sure — of everything. happy to help, sally. i'm not sure it— of everything. happy to help, sally. i'm not sure it helped, _ of everything. happy to help, sally. i'm not sure it helped, to _ of everything. happy to help, sally. i'm not sure it helped, to be - i'm not sure it helped, to be honest. with all this miserable weather, you may be looking for some sunshine abroad. but imagine going on holiday to find that your luxury villa doesn't even exist. trading standards officials say that criminals are using sophisticated methods to con people into paying thousands of pounds for bogus properties. according to action fraud, the national centre for reporting these scams, there were more than 4,200 reports of travel related fraud in the uk between 2021 and 2022. victims reported

losing a total of almost £7.4 million, an average of more than £1,800 each. we're nowjoined by katherine hart from the chartered trading standards institute, and jemma brown who fell victim to a holiday scam. good morning to both of you. gemma, do you want to tell us what happened to you in your situation?— to you in your situation? yeah, i am one of those — to you in your situation? yeah, i am one of those total _ to you in your situation? yeah, i am one of those total idiots _ to you in your situation? yeah, i am one of those total idiots that - to you in your situation? yeah, i am one of those total idiots that fell i one of those total idiots that fell for it _ one of those total idiots that fell for it and — one of those total idiots that fell for it. and you were just saying then— for it. and you were just saying then about it being sophisticated methods. it isn't. i saw an advert on social— methods. it isn't. i saw an advert on social media, and it looks fabulous. _ on social media, and it looks fabulous, going on holiday for us is a big _ fabulous, going on holiday for us is a big deal~ — fabulous, going on holiday for us is a big deal. we are stupidly busy people. — a big deal. we are stupidly busy people, we had put money aside to go away and _ people, we had put money aside to go away and to— people, we had put money aside to go away and to go to a villa holiday which _ away and to go to a villa holiday which sounds like it's going to be ridiculously expensive but it isn't and particularly if you're going as and particularly if you're going as a family — and particularly if you're going as a family. and we saw this advert, and it— a family. and we saw this advert, and it looked fantastic and it

didn't— and it looked fantastic and it didn't exist. , and it looked fantastic and it didn't exist.— and it looked fantastic and it didn't exist. , ~ ., , :, �* didn't exist. , dme. you shouldn't beat yourself _ didn't exist. , dme. you shouldn't beat yourself up _ didn't exist. , dme. you shouldn't beat yourself up about _ didn't exist. , dme. you shouldn't beat yourself up about it - didn't exist. , dme. you shouldn't beat yourself up about it because | didn't exist. , dme. you shouldn't l beat yourself up about it because so many other people have fallen for it. you are not an idiot. can you explain how much money you lost in your situation?— your situation? luckily i put down a de osit of your situation? luckily i put down a deposit of £300 _ your situation? luckily i put down a deposit of £300 and _ your situation? luckily i put down a deposit of £300 and i _ your situation? luckily i put down a deposit of £300 and i think- your situation? luckily i put down a deposit of £300 and i think the i deposit of £300 and i think the entire — deposit of £300 and i think the entire holiday was about 1200 quid for five _ entire holiday was about 1200 quid for five of— entire holiday was about 1200 quid for five of us to go, and just did not do — for five of us to go, and just did not do my— for five of us to go, and just did not do my due diligence and did not look into— not do my due diligence and did not look into it — not do my due diligence and did not look into it properly and the reason i look into it properly and the reason i like _ look into it properly and the reason i like to— look into it properly and the reason i like to talk about it or try to talk— i like to talk about it or try to talk about— i like to talk about it or try to talk about it is to see, you can't kid a _ talk about it is to see, you can't kid a kid. — talk about it is to see, you can't kid a kid, but you can. i had seen this advert — kid a kid, but you can. i had seen this advert and it looked fantastic and we _ this advert and it looked fantastic and we communicated with this chap really— and we communicated with this chap really regularly. i look back at it now and — really regularly. i look back at it now and i— really regularly. i look back at it now and i think of all of the things that he _ now and i think of all of the things that he did — now and i think of all of the things that he did to dupe us, like texting a picture _ that he did to dupe us, like texting a picture of— that he did to dupe us, like texting a picture of his dogs and me saying,

i a picture of his dogs and me saying, i don't _ a picture of his dogs and me saying, ldon't think— a picture of his dogs and me saying, i don't think that's for me and him saying. _ i don't think that's for me and him saying, sorry, i didn't mean to send that to _ saying, sorry, i didn't mean to send that to you — saying, sorry, i didn't mean to send that to you. all the classic things of pulling — that to you. all the classic things of pulling you in and making you feel relaxed and just, yeah, anyway, on the _ feel relaxed and just, yeah, anyway, on the day— feel relaxed and just, yeah, anyway, on the day of the holiday he e-mailed _ on the day of the holiday he e—mailed and said, i'm really sorry, there's— e—mailed and said, i'm really sorry, there's been— e—mailed and said, i'm really sorry, there's been a leak and i've got to -et there's been a leak and i've got to get out _ there's been a leak and i've got to get out there now. i will refund you your deposit, you can have a free stay~ _ your deposit, you can have a free stay i_ your deposit, you can have a free stay~ l will— your deposit, you can have a free stay. i will pay for your flights and that — stay. i will pay for your flights and that was the last i heard from him _ and that was the last i heard from him but— and that was the last i heard from him but he — and that was the last i heard from him. but he is still at large. there is a big _ him. but he is still at large. there is a big contingency of people on a very well—known social is a big contingency of people on a very well— known social media platform _ very well— known social media platform who are still being duped, and i platform who are still being duped, and i think— platform who are still being duped, and i think that is the thing. there no reporting mechanism to say, this is not _ no reporting mechanism to say, this is notjust— no reporting mechanism to say, this is notiust a — no reporting mechanism to say, this is notjust a scam, this is criminal activity. _ is notjust a scam, this is criminal activity. but — is notjust a scam, this is criminal activity, but like i said, i talk about— activity, but like i said, i talk about it _ activity, but like i said, i talk about it because i'm a normal person and i_ about it because i'm a normal person and i want _ about it because i'm a normal person and i want people to be hyper aware of it and _ and i want people to be hyper aware of it and only go through legitimate

sources— of it and only go through legitimate sources to — of it and only go through legitimate sources to book any sort of holiday because _ sources to book any sort of holiday because holidays are a massive deal. i run because holidays are a massive deal. i run an— because holidays are a massive deal. i run an orchestra and it's very, very— i run an orchestra and it's very, very busy— i run an orchestra and it's very, very busy and our lives are flat—out busy _ very busy and our lives are flat—out busy and _ very busy and our lives are flat—out busy and holiday is your precious time, _ busy and holiday is your precious time, and — busy and holiday is your precious time, and people are really taking advantage of that, and something needs— advantage of that, and something needs to — advantage of that, and something needs to happen.— needs to happen. catherine, listenin: needs to happen. catherine, listening to _ needs to happen. catherine, listening to gemma, - needs to happen. catherine, listening to gemma, i i needs to happen. catherine, listening to gemma, i knowl needs to happen. catherine, . listening to gemma, i know she needs to happen. catherine, - listening to gemma, i know she is saying you cannot kid a kidder, but when we look at the photos of the beautiful villa she was going to, you can kind of believe, totally believe and want to believe that it was all real and legitimate. what should people be looking for when they spot an advertisement and what checks can they make? first they spot an advertisement and what checks can they make?— checks can they make? first of all, it's horrible — checks can they make? first of all, it's horrible for _ checks can they make? first of all, it's horrible for you _ checks can they make? first of all, it's horrible for you to _ checks can they make? first of all, it's horrible for you to have - checks can they make? first of all, it's horrible for you to have that. it's horrible for you to have that experience _ it's horrible for you to have that experience but _ it's horrible for you to have that experience but she's _ it's horrible for you to have that experience but she's not - it's horrible for you to have that experience but she's not alone. i experience but she's not alone. we've _ experience but she's not alone. we've got— experience but she's not alone. we've got to _ experience but she's not alone. we've got to be _ experience but she's not alone. we've got to be very, _ experience but she's not alone. we've got to be very, very- experience but she's not alone. . we've got to be very, very careful not to _ we've got to be very, very careful not to be — we've got to be very, very careful not to be taken _ we've got to be very, very careful not to be taken in— we've got to be very, very careful not to be taken in by— we've got to be very, very careful not to be taken in by all— we've got to be very, very careful not to be taken in by all of-

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after all those years, you know, and that film meaning something. so, yeah. did you think it would have the cultural significance it's had? not really, no. ijust got up one morning, went to work and did my bit, you know? and quite amazing what's happened to it, isn't it?. quadrophenia charts jimmy's story. like all mods, he's into sharp suits, the most modern soul and pop music, and scooters. look at that. that is brighton, my son! totally different to the rockers who like motorcycles, leatherjackets and '50s rock and roll music. run, run! the film made really good use of brighton as a backdrop. this is east street and here there are running pitch battles shot between the mods and the rockers. and the alley honored today was the setting for a romantic interlude betweenjimmy and a character played by leslie ash. the film means an awful lot to those who've braved the rain to come here today. i'm from hamburg and i've come all the way here to be here when the plaque

is being attached to the wall. why is it so important to you? oh, it's been important for me for the past 40 years. he's been a mod his entire life. he's told me all these great - stories, and ijust had to be here. the culture, the whole culture about it. obviously, the film kicked it all off again. yeah, and it's obviously with the stars going to be here today. it's very distinctly english as well. mod is very english. it's very special and everybody�*s been really lovely, so it's fantastic, you know? brighton loves it too. when the mods first burst onto the scene in the early '60s, who'd have thought they'd be still going strong and their cultural significance recognised all these years on? if you have any pictures of yourself at your favourite film location then we'd love to see them. you can now send us a message on whatsapp — the number is 0330123 0&40, orjust scan the qr code with your phone's camera and that will automatically start a chat with us.

you can still get in touch with us by email, and on twitter as well. youth into lots of tv sets. i know ou have youth into lots of tv sets. i know you have been — youth into lots of tv sets. i know you have been to _ youth into lots of tv sets. i know you have been to neighbours. i youth into lots of tv sets. i know| you have been to neighbours. i've been to harry _ you have been to neighbours. is: been to harry potter world. you have been to neighbours. i�*s: been to harry potter world. i haven't done the quadrophenia tour. you have your own little secret movie past. you have your own little secret movie past-— you have your own little secret movie past. it's not very secret. it isn't now- — movie past. it's not very secret. it isn't now- i — movie past. it's not very secret. it isn't now- i am — movie past. it's not very secret. it isn't now. i am in _ movie past. it's not very secret. it isn't now. i am in an _ movie past. it's not very secret. it| isn't now. i am in an oscar-winning isn't now. i am in an oscar—winning film. isn't now. i am in an oscar-winning film. �* ., ~ , isn't now. i am in an oscar-winning film. �* ., a ., ., film. but not running. as an extra, when i film. but not running. as an extra, when i was — film. but not running. as an extra, when i was a _ film. but not running. as an extra, when i was a kid. _ film. but not running. as an extra, when i was a kid. that _ film. but not running. as an extra, when i was a kid. that is _ film. but not running. as an extra, when i was a kid. that is chariots l when i was a kid. that is chariots of fire. when i was a little, the primary school, everybody live where i lived went to be a part of the scene which was the paris olympics. we are not embarrassed? it

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getting a bit cowboy there. he is chasing alligators and pythons. you don't get that in the dales. i chasing alligators and pythons. you don't get that in the dales.- don't get that in the dales. i don't know. don't get that in the dales. i don't know- have _ don't get that in the dales. i don't know. have you _ don't get that in the dales. i don't know. have you been _ don't get that in the dales. i don't know. have you been watching . don't get that in the dales. i don't| know. have you been watching the david attenborough thing? there are snakes out there. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm luxmy gopal. lawyers representing a group of more than 900 people affected by the fire at grenfell tower say a compensation settlement has been agreed. the amount each person will receive will vary according to their specific circumstances. 72 people died in the fire injune 2017. a job applicant says he's received a "lacklustre" apology from the ritz hotel after he was told that afro—style hair was banned. jerellejules had reached the final interview stage with the hotel when he was sent its employee

personal grooming policy. the hotel said it did not condone discrimination — adding "we are genuinely committed to an inclusive and non—discriminatory environment" it's the second day of the junior doctors' four—day strike. they're asking for a 35% pay increase — they say to compensate for 15 years of below inflation wage rises. the government says it's unreasonable and won't talk to the doctors union — the bma — unless it abandons its 35% starting position. the average time taken by the met police to arrive on the scene of incidents such as burglaries and road—traffic collisions is more than two hours. that's according to data from the mayor's office, which showed the delays affected all 12 of the met�*s command units. the target response time is one hour. a 76 square metre mosaic, which will sit in place for 200 years, is being planned. it's called "one thousand streams in a river" and is going up in the shadow of the shard at london bridge station.

the london school of mosaics hopes it'll be finished by september. it is made up of tens of thousands of beautiful handmade glass tesserae, which spread over the length of this wall, which hundreds of thousands of commuters walk past every single day. as you can see, it's being installed now and eventually will go all the way down to the other end of the station. let's take a look at the tubes. on the central line there are severe delays due to an earlier fire alert at queensway. there are also still severe delays on the district line, and hammersmith and city line. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a bright start this morning, a dry start with some sunshine, but it is going to be a very blustery day. the met office has a yellow weather warning in place for strong winds. we are looking widely at gusts of a0 to 50 mph. the sunshine gives way to more cloud, the showers heavy, merging together potentially this afternoon. creating some longer spells of rain. just 11 or 12 celsius, the maximum, so feeling quite chilly. still going to be breezy, still going to get the showers into this evening but gradually overnight, there's showers will lift

overnight, the showers will lift away becoming dry and clear. we should see the wind falling a little lighter as well by dawn tomorrow. minimum temperature, it's going to be chilly, just 2c. low pressure remains in charge for thursday. we have still got some scattered showers around but a little more scattered than today, so we will see some sunny spells out there. still a breezy day, though perhaps not quite as strong as it will be today. tomorrow, a little less cold therefore, 14 celsius. as we head further through the week, it stays unsettled but by the end of the weekend, a little warmer. that's it for now. we'll be back in around half an hour. it's back to sally and jon. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. let's return to the junior doctors' strikes now, which have entered a second day in england after a long—running dispute over pay and patient safety. health secretary steve barclay said the timing

of the industrial action — which is expected to last until saturday morning — was regrettable. lucinda adam reports. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! as the working week began after the easter bank holiday, these doctors in brighton were not back on their wards. their latest walk—out due to last for four days. the strikes are supposed to cause disruption and it proves thatjunior doctors are really important to the running of the nhs. but we know that there's already seven million patients on waiting lists. we see that every day. and if we lose morejunior doctors because we're not paid fairly, that means the waiting lists are only going to get longer. the doctors in the uk are now some of the worst—paid doctors in countries with what are considered developed health care systems, when they first qualify. and for that reason, people are leaving to go to other countries. once again, hospitals have been forced to cancel hundreds of appointments to prioritise emergency medicine.

itjust will not be a normal day today or for the next four days. so junior doctors make up almost half of our doctor workforce in the university hospital of sussex trust. that's about a thousand doctors that we won't have available to work over the next four days. so i'm sure that people can understand the seriousness of that situation. the consequences of this will be that — and there is no sugaring the pill — many appointments will be cancelled and the backlog of care programmes will be added to. outside the william harvey hospital in ashford, doctors say they feel they have to strike to make themselves heard. we've done it very reluctantly, you know. none of us got into this job wanting to do this kind of thing. we got into the job to try and do something positive and to treat patients. our hand has been forced that we have to even stand here in the first place. we don't really want to be here.

but because the governmentjust seems hell—bent on not talking to us and not even entering into negotiations, we feel our only option is to be out here. the government says this strike is causing unparalleled disruption and putting patients at greater risk. but it says the level of pay rise demanded by the bma union is unreasonable. my door is open and we remain willing to engage constructively with thejunior doctors. but, clearly, a demand of 35%, which would involve some junior doctors receiving over £20,000 more in terms of their basic pay, is not reasonable. day one of four and with no agreement in sight, the prognosis is three more days of this painful pay dispute. we're joined now by doctor nick hulme, the chief executive of east suffolk and north essex nhs foundation trust. good morning. how are you coping?

good morning. how are you coping? good morning. _ good morning. how are you coping? good morning, it _ good morning. how are you coping? good morning, it is _ good morning. how are you coping? good morning, it is mr— good morning. how are you coping? good morning, it is mr hume - good morning. how are you coping? good morning, it is mr hume not. good morning, it is mr hume not doctor. we are coping reasonably well. it is difficult to understand the impact after the first day but having come in early this morning and check what happened overnight there are no immediate clinical concerns to patients so at the moment things seem reasonably stable. we have seen less patients coming into a&e on both sides over the past 24—hour so it seems the public are heeding the message of staying away from a&e unless you have to be there. iiihs staying away from a&e unless you have to be there.— staying away from a&e unless you have to be there. nhs providers who reresent have to be there. nhs providers who represent hospitals _ have to be there. nhs providers who represent hospitals expressed - represent hospitals expressed concern about overnight cover. that consultants have to come in and do some of the overnight checks, which means there are gaps on the rotor and some patients might be at risk. is it something you are worried about? ~ ., ., ., ., , ., about? we have managed to staff all rode hers overnight _ about? we have managed to staff all rode hers overnight mainly _ about? we have managed to staff all rode hers overnight mainly with - rode hers overnight mainly with consulting colleagues. —— rosters.

but they need to take time back to compensate their overnight work, which is often into the elective programme and operations with outpatients. so the long effect on waiting lists will go on for weeks and months after these four days. and we are one day down of the four. do you imagine things will get more challenging as we had to saturday? at the moment, all of the rotors are covered so i am not immediately concerned but they are fragile. so any unplanned legal sickness and it will be difficult to provide safe care. at the moment all emergency services are up and running on both sides. but it is fragile and there will be a long—term impact on waiting lists and waiting lists across the nhs.— waiting lists and waiting lists across the nhs. you mentioned atient across the nhs. you mentioned patient safety- _ across the nhs. you mentioned patient safety. that _ across the nhs. you mentioned patient safety. that is - across the nhs. you mentioned l patient safety. that is something viewers have been asking about. do

you think safety of patients will potentially be more compromised as the strike goes on?— the strike goes on? inevitably, there is a _ the strike goes on? inevitably, there is a risk— the strike goes on? inevitably, there is a risk to _ the strike goes on? inevitably, there is a risk to patient - the strike goes on? inevitably, | there is a risk to patient safety. we are doing everything we can to mitigate those risks. but if you are losing so many immediate medical workforce, and relying on consultants who, although highly skilled, might not have had the recent experience of dealing with very sick patients on the front line, there is a risk, but we are doing everything to mitigate that. but the long—term impact is perhaps more concerning. the but the long-term impact is perhaps more concerning.— more concerning. the build-up of dela s so more concerning. the build-up of delays so people _ more concerning. the build-up of delays so people have _ more concerning. the build-up of delays so people have to - more concerning. the build-up of delays so people have to wait - delays so people have to wait longer? delays so people have to wait loner? . , delays so people have to wait loner? ., , , , ., longer? that is right, because all those patients _ longer? that is right, because all those patients cancelled - longer? that is right, because all those patients cancelled over - longer? that is right, because all| those patients cancelled over four days, if their clinical need is greater than others on the waiting list over the next weeks and months, they will be affected so the impact will not go on just these days but the weeks and months ahead. ads, iat will not go on just these days but the weeks and months ahead. a lot of viewers will be — the weeks and months ahead. a lot of viewers will be worried _ the weeks and months ahead. a lot of viewers will be worried to _

the weeks and months ahead. a lot of viewers will be worried to hear - the weeks and months ahead. a lot of viewers will be worried to hear you - viewers will be worried to hear you say that safety could be compromised as the week goes by. how much does it worry you as a manager? it as the week goes by. how much does it worry you as a manager?— it worry you as a manager? it does worry me- — it worry you as a manager? it does worry me- i am — it worry you as a manager? it does worry me. i am ultimately- worry me. i am ultimately accountable for everything that happens in the organisation so we have been working hard with senior doctors to ensure all patients are safe. if we are concerned about life and limb we can contact the bma and they will contact members and they will come in. if we get to that stage, which most of us hope we will not, we have contingency plans to patients can be assured if they need to come to hospital they will get safe care during these days of industrial action. qm. safe care during these days of industrial action.— safe care during these days of industrial action. ., ,, , ., ~ industrial action. ok, thank you, mr hulme. john is here with a story of champions league football. i think any team the world over will look longingly at erling haaland,

the manchester city striker, wishing they had him in their team. that could prove the difference potentially for manchester city to get over the line in a competition they are desperate to win. and it could define pep guardiola's time at the club. if they do not get their hands on the trophy. 'an incredible night�* is how manchester city manager pep guardiola described his side's champions league quarter first leg performance against bayern munich, and despite all the talk around erling haaland, the manager is warning the tie is not over. city had one of their great european nights, beating the german champions 3—0. rodri curling in a brilliant opener that gave them the lead in sensational style. in sensational start. in the second half they turned that advantage into a potential tie—winning scoreline. bernardo silva headed in erling haaland's cross for 2—0. and of course haaland would score — his 45th goal of the season — the most any premier league player has managed in all competitions across one campaign. city with one foot in

the semi—finals ahead of next week's second leg. you wonder how many more records will tumble. it is you wonder how many more records will tumble-— will tumble. it is not comfortable. emotionally. _ will tumble. it is not comfortable. emotionally. l— will tumble. it is not comfortable. emotionally, i am _ will tumble. it is not comfortable. emotionally, i am destroyed. - emotionally, i am destroyed. laughter. i have ten more years today. it was a demanding game. i know exactly what we have to do. if you are not able to perform really well, they score one, two, i know it, the players know it. an incredible result. in the night's other tie, inter milan beat portuguese side benfica. nicolo barella on the end of this cross, romelu lukaku grabbed another from the penalty spot. tonight frank lampard returns to the dugout. 100 days till the start of the women's world cup, england have seen their 30—match

unbeaten run ended, losing to australia last night, not that head coach sarina wiegman is too worried. ahead of kick—off, several of the lionesses players could be seen wearing shirts without their names, which was to raise awareness of the effects of dementia. once the game was under way, england would be beaten for the first time since april 2021, chelsea star sam kerr given a helping hand for theirfirst. elsewhere scotland beat costa rica, while wales drew away in portugal. scotland you may remember actually beat australia on friday and they had another good night — one young woman in particular starred. i7—year—old emma watson scored a brace against costa rica — her first international goals. her second was particuarly impressive. a star for the future you feel. four—nil the final score. wales

drew i—i away at portugal, a side ranked 10 places above them in the fifa rankings. rachel rowe scoring this equaliser on the volley to secure a good result for her side. believe it or not we're just 15 months away from the next olympics, so a good time for british gymnasts to get on the podium at the european championships in turkey. some famous faces like max whitlock were missing for the men's team competition but a new look group did enough to finish third and gain a bit of important medal—winning experience in the run—up to paris. and finally — how much would you pay for a pair of trainers worn by basketball superstar michael jordan? brace yourself — they're a little bit pricey. they are signed trainers worn by the man himself during the 1998 nba finals — his last with chicago bulls. £1.7 million. the priciest shoes ever sold. the previous record forjordan's shoes was just over

£1.1 million — back in 2021. and they are 25 years old? yes from the 19905. they are the only authenticated pair ofjordans you can get your hands on so i guess why they are so expensive. you will not wear them. you will look at them. keep them under lock and key. a bbc investigation has discovered that 40% of current premier league clubs have been sponsored by financial firms that have subsequently been banned by the british financial conduct authority, fined, or are under investigation. most of the companies were offering complex financial tools to ordinary people. but, as the world service investigation unit discovered, many were not playing by the rules. joe inwood has this report. a glossy promo for leeds united.

the video was sponsored by an online financialfirm called fxvc. for more than a year, their branding was seen around elland road. it was an endorsement they gave people like phil and joyce the confidence to hand over tens of thousands of pounds. the fact that they sponsored leeds football club, i just took them as being a proper investment platform. the problem was that fxvc was running a scam. using pressure tactics and false promises to get clients to make trades they were always likely to lose. phil and joyce were soon told their money was frozen and they needed to put in more to unlock it. i was watching it go down, down. we had lost £341,000. within seven days. fxvc, as far as i'm concerned, were just a platform to con people into investment. there was no real investment there.

within weeks, fxvc had been banned by the british financial conduct authority, but the money was gone. and this is just one example of a wider problem. a bbc investigation has found that 40% of premier league clubs have taken sponsorship money from firms like this that have subsequently been banned, fined or are being investigated. clarke carlisle is a former premier league footballer and chair of the footballers' union. he now campaigns on issues around mental health following his own well—publicised troubles. there is an unavoidable link between a supporter and their club and the companies that are affiliated with them. for an organisation to take advantage of that with mistruths, they have to be stopped. in a statement, fxvc denied any wrongdoing. in fairness to leeds united, when they had a relationship with fxvc, they were a regulated

company, but in cyprus. leeds told us that as soon as they were banned by the fca, they cut all ties, which is basically the same thing which is basically the same thing that all the premier league clubs said. the truth is that this is bigger than leeds united. it is bigger even than football. it is about dodgy companies ripping off customers for millions may be billions of pounds and using the beautiful game to legitimise an ugly industry. the full investigation — the billion dollar scam — can be found on the bbc iplayer — or on bbc news this weekend. we have been covering the junior doctors _ we have been covering the junior doctors strike. and we have been covering the 'unior doctors strikefi we have been covering the 'unior doctors strike. and we spoke to the head of a trust _ doctors strike. and we spoke to the head of a trust about _ doctors strike. and we spoke to the head of a trust about how— doctors strike. and we spoke to the head of a trust about how they - doctors strike. and we spoke to the head of a trust about how they are l head of a trust about how they are affected. just to add we would often speak to a government minister about one of the main issues

of the day. we asked to speak to health secretary steve barclay about the strike but we were told he wasn't available. we also asked to speak to any health minister and again we were told that no one was available. the offer remains for the government to do a live interview on breakfast about the dispute which continues until saturday morning. here's carol. we need to pay attention. there is a lot of weather around. yes. good morning. infact, low pressure bringing the wet and windy weather today has been named by france. they have called it storm noah. it is windy here. north—east scotland, 60 mph winds. today, we

could see as much as 70 mph gusts particularly in the south—western approaches. something to bear in mind. that strength can lead to disruption. we have rain pushing northwards across scotland. it has deposited snow on the hills. wintry showers across the pennines. also the welsh hills. today a day of sunshine and showers. we have strong winds, gales in scotland, eventually confined to the northern isles. the north coast of northern ireland gusts up to 60 mph but inland it will be windy. south wales and west wales, southwest and southern counties adjacent to the english channel, very windy. temperatures as a result are academic. 7—12. tomorrow will be milder. and a day of sunshine and showers. it will be that bit quieter.

whether it's countryfile or his farm in the dales, matt baker is used to exploring the best of the british countryside — but now he's heading stateside. in his new tv series matt's travelled across the atlantic to find out what rural america has to offer. and he's been busy. let's take a look. this is a horse—drawn sugar cane milk _ this is a horse—drawn sugar cane milk we — this is a horse—drawn sugar cane mill. we have converted it into a paper— mill. we have converted it into a paper milk — mill. we have converted it into a paper mill. | mill. we have converted it into a paper mill-— paper mill. i am going to be the horse? you _ paper mill. i am going to be the horse? you are _ paper mill. i am going to be the horse? you are going _ paper mill. i am going to be the horse? you are going to - paper mill. i am going to be thej horse? you are going to provide paper mill. i am going to be the - horse? you are going to provide the ower. horse? you are going to provide the power- we — horse? you are going to provide the power- we will _ horse? you are going to provide the power. we will take _ horse? you are going to provide the power. we will take the _ horse? you are going to provide the power. we will take the sugar- horse? you are going to provide the power. we will take the sugar cane. giddy— power. we will take the sugar cane. giddy up~ _ power. we will take the sugar cane. giddy up. which way am i walking? that way. 0k. giddy up. which way am i walking? that way- 0k-_ that way. ok. that is the 'uice comini that way. ok. that is the 'uice coming out. i that way. ok. that is the 'uice coming out. one * that way. ok. that is the 'uice coming out. one more b that way. ok. that is the juice coming out. one more time i that way. ok. that is the juice - coming out. one more time around. you can— coming out. one more time around. you can feel— coming out. one more time around. you can feel the pressure. you do feel it. i am surprised about the

amount that came out. ten gallons make one gallon _ amount that came out. ten gallons make one gallon of— amount that came out. ten gallons make one gallon of syrup. - amount that came out. ten gallons make one gallon of syrup. it - amount that came out. ten gallons make one gallon of syrup. it is - make one gallon of syrup. it is quite _ make one gallon of syrup. it is quite incredible. it does not look real good — quite incredible. it does not look real good right now but it will be a delectable syrup. | real good right now but it will be a delectable syrup.— delectable syrup. i think the dog knows what _ delectable syrup. i think the dog knows what is _ delectable syrup. i think the dog knows what is in _ delectable syrup. i think the dog knows what is in the _ delectable syrup. i think the dog knows what is in the bowl. - and matt baker is with us now. you did not look sure at that point. it did look muddy but the syrup made from it is delicious. are you sure? sugar cane syrup. yes, honestly. you put it on biscuits. sandy, his wife, made us some scones and you spread it on and we were sitting in the florida sun set and it was incredible. this is some trip, let me tell you. incredible. this is some trip, let me tell yon-— me tell you. florida unlike the florida we _ me tell you. florida unlike the florida we have _ me tell you. florida unlike the florida we have seen - me tell you. florida unlike the florida we have seen with - me tell you. florida unlike the i florida we have seen with theme parks and beaches. this florida we have seen with theme parks and beaches.— parks and beaches. this is behind-the-scenes. - parks and beaches. this is behind-the-scenes. it - parks and beaches. this is behind-the-scenes. it is l parks and beaches. this is i behind-the-scenes. it is like parks and beaches. this is - behind-the-scenes. it is like a behind—the—scenes. it is like a behind—the—scenes. it is like a behind—the—scenes of rural america. ijust behind—the—scenes of rural america. i just love behind—the—scenes of rural america. ijust love farming communities, i

love the rural community and everything it stands for. the environment, produce, the whole lot. i went to four states, florida, texas, arizona and california and met up with families and those who live and work on the land to see how they do it. it is like a fly on the wall style documentary. the concept of our programme in the dates, it has moved to america. that isjim, a conservation cowboy. he has 4000 acres of ranch lands and he has turned a lot of it over to environmental projects and wetlands, which they are all catching on to. i go out with his team and we bring in the animals and sort them out. and thatis the animals and sort them out. and that is a canyon, with leanne, a geologist. i eat a lot of things during the series but one of the

weirdest is a bit of the canyon. honestly. rock? it is not like rock at blackpool. but it is salty. she is like, can you taste that? i said yes, it is salty. it turns out it is an old ocean. literally the sea bed. we are in these ovens that heat up in the middle of texas. along the top of the canyon is the state bison herd and they were down to a few and an incredible team of people have brought them back from the brink of extinction. ifind out what brought them back from the brink of extinction. i find out what makes them tick and why they do it. and for me, it is all about the people and why they are doing what they are doing. it is amongst beautiful landscape but it is all about family and heart. it landscape but it is all about family and heart. , ., , and heart. it is about communities. did ou and heart. it is about communities. did you learn _ and heart. it is about communities. did you learn anything _ and heart. it is about communities. did you learn anything you - and heart. it is about communities. did you learn anything you did - and heart. it is about communities. did you learn anything you did not i did you learn anything you did not know already? i did you learn anything you did not know already?— did you learn anything you did not know alread ? ., ., ., ., know already? i learned how to grow cro -s in know already? i learned how to grow crops in the — know already? i learned how to grow crops in the desert. _

know already? i learned how to grow crops in the desert. in _ know already? i learned how to grow crops in the desert. in arizona, - know already? i learned how to grow crops in the desert. in arizona, we . crops in the desert. in arizona, we flew into phoenix and you see green patches, and you are like, how is it there? it is alfalfa animal feed. they use the colorado river. i stayed with the colorado river indian tribe on their huge farms. they have this phenomenal plumbing system where they are sucking water from the river and spraying it across the fields. and they grow alfalfa. i get in the harvesters and we harvest that and feed the animals. and they are lambing. just like being at home. honestly, it was like being at home. honestly, it was like a home from home. i had a phenomenal time. like a home from home. i had a phenomenaltime. i packed like a home from home. i had a phenomenal time. i packed a lot into three weeks and six programmes. i cannot believe you did that in three weeks. nice on the first episode. you must have done it in days. harvesting coral in the ocean. because the barrier reef is dying, they are growing coral on structures. it is like rose bushes

if you can imagine. a5 structures. it is like rose bushes if you can imagine. as the branches grow, they snip off the extra bit at the end. i then took it and with resin planted it onto the barrier reef that exists and they sprout and create a new wreath. it is ground-breaking. - create a new wreath. it is ground-breaking. you i create a new wreath. it is| ground-breaking. you are create a new wreath. it is _ ground-breaking. you are repotting coral. you ground-breaking. you are repotting coral- you snip _ ground-breaking. you are repotting coral. you snip it _ ground-breaking. you are repotting coral. you snip it off _ ground-breaking. you are repotting coral. you snip it off and _ ground-breaking. you are repotting coral. you snip it off and you - ground-breaking. you are repotting coral. you snip it off and you have l coral. you snip it off and you have resin to put them together and stick it on the existence wreath. they taught me how to do this. and it on the existence wreath. they taught me how to do this. and then it crows. taught me how to do this. and then it grows- it — taught me how to do this. and then it grows. it reminds _ taught me how to do this. and then it grows. it reminds me _ taught me how to do this. and then it grows. it reminds me of - taught me how to do this. and then it grows. it reminds me of the - it grows. it reminds me of the panorama aprilfool when it grows. it reminds me of the panorama april fool when they grew spaghetti on trees. and nobody believed it. i did not know this was technically possible. it is ground-breaking. - technically possible. it is ground-breaking. froml technically possible. it 3 ground—breaking. from all across the world people are learning this concept and it is regrowing wreaths and that is incredible. the other person, dusty rum in the everglades.

—— dusty crumb. he is someone who catches pythons. when people cannot deal with their price and as they release them into the everglades. and dusty crumb gets paid by the authorities to catch pythons and he catches them by hand. so authorities to catch pythons and he catches them by hand. 50 i authorities to catch pythons and he catches them by hand.— authorities to catch pythons and he catches them by hand. so i went out with him. catches them by hand. so i went out with him- it — catches them by hand. so i went out with him. it sounds _ catches them by hand. so i went out with him. it sounds terrifying. - catches them by hand. so i went out with him. it sounds terrifying. i - with him. it sounds terrifying. i had my overalls _ with him. it sounds terrifying. i had my overalls on. _ with him. it sounds terrifying. i had my overalls on. he - with him. it sounds terrifying. i had my overalls on. he was i with him. it sounds terrifying. i - had my overalls on. he was obsessed with my overalls. it was funny because i was on the farm at the weekend and said the last time i will of these i was in the everglades with dusty crumb. hagar everglades with dusty crumb. how does he catch _ everglades with dusty crumb. how does he catch a _ everglades with dusty crumb. how does he catch a pike than? he - everglades with dusty crumb. how. does he catch a pike than? he grabs them. he does he catch a pike than? he grabs them- he grabs _ does he catch a pike than? he grabs them. he grabs them _ does he catch a pike than? he grabs them. he grabs them by _ does he catch a pike than? he grabs them. he grabs them by hand. - does he catch a pike than? he grabs them. he grabs them by hand. he i does he catch a pike than? he grabs i them. he grabs them by hand. he said to me it is likejujitsu. and it is. six episodes. we will do florida,

texas, arizona, california. these people are just brilliant. every episode has those characters. jean and eileen, they are pecan farmers. gene is 81. they showed me all around their orchards. and eileen takes me to the kitchen. my daughter was in the edit yesterday and she was in the edit yesterday and she was like... because she is like grandma, isn't she, eileen? very sweet. grandma, isn't she, eileen? very sweet- did _ grandma, isn't she, eileen? very sweet- did you — grandma, isn't she, eileen? very sweet. did you see _ grandma, isn't she, eileen? very sweet. did you see similarities, different landscape and creatures, but the same kinds of culture and families? ., u, ., but the same kinds of culture and families? ., ., , ., families? you cannot believe how the love of the landscape _ families? you cannot believe how the love of the landscape and _ families? you cannot believe how the love of the landscape and what - families? you cannot believe how the love of the landscape and what you i love of the landscape and what you do within it crosses continents and thatis do within it crosses continents and that is the heart of this. the whole idea was to see the countryside of the world. wherever we end up, wherever we see, and i have loved

that, since i was a young lad on blue peter and going off on expeditions. these people i had stuff in common with who kept animals and grease stuff. they knew i was into that. just by the way i was. no language between us but what we could do together was incredible. and that is the heart of this series. and it starts tonight. some thins do series. and it starts tonight. some things do not _ series. and it starts tonight. some things do not quite _ series. and it starts tonight. some things do not quite translate - series. and it starts tonight. some things do not quite translate when you spoke to your farmer about your wellies. , ., ,., ., , wellies. yes. there are so many wonderful— wellies. yes. there are so many wonderful bits _ wellies. yes. there are so many wonderful bits to _ wellies. yes. there are so many wonderful bits to it. _ wellies. yes. there are so many wonderful bits to it. i— wellies. yes. there are so many wonderful bits to it. i am - wellies. yes. there are so many| wonderful bits to it. i am looking forward to people watching it. tonight. nine o'clock. you can watch the first episode of matt baker's travels in the country: usa tonight at 9pm on more [i and all 11. time for the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm luxmy gopal.

lawyers representing a group of more than 900 people affected by the fire at grenfell tower say a compensation settlement has been agreed. the amount each person will receve will vary "according to their specific circumstances". 72 people died in the fire injune 2017. a job applicant says he's received a "disingenuous and lacklustre" apology from the ritz hotel — after he was told that "afro—style hair" was banned. jerellejules had reached the final interview stage with the hotel when he was sent its employee personal grooming policy. the hotel said it did not condone discrimination, adding, "we are genuinely committed to an inclusive and non—discriminatory environment" it's the second day of the junior doctors' four—day strike. they're asking for a 35% pay increase, they say to compensate for 15 years of below inflation wage rises. the government says it's unreasonable and won't talk to the doctors union — the bma — unless it abandons its 35% starting position.

let's take a look at the underground now. severe delays on the central, district, and hammersmith and city lines. minor delays on the metropolitan line. let's take a look at the weather now. this morning will see sunny spells and isolated showers. in the afternoon, it will turn mostly cloudy with spells of showery rain pushing in from the west, along with strengthening south—westerly winds. a high of 1a c it's back to sally and john. have a good morning. good morning, and welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. our headlines today. president biden's arrived in belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, and to show america's commitment to the peace process.

but it's going to be a very brief visit _ but it's going to be a very brief visit to— but it's going to be a very brief visit to northern ireland. he is going — visit to northern ireland. he is going to — visit to northern ireland. he is going to be meeting with the prime minister. _ going to be meeting with the prime minister, rishi sunak, then making a speech— minister, rishi sunak, then making a speech at_ minister, rishi sunak, then making a speech at the university behind me and then_ speech at the university behind me and then it — speech at the university behind me and then it is off to the republic. twitter owner elon musk — one of the world's richest men — gives a rare exclusive interview to the bbc where he admits to mistakes when buying the social media giant. the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. it hasn't been some sort of party. so, it's been really quite a stressful situation. could there be good news i on the way for homeowners? after a sharp surge in interest rates, the world's bigggest i financial institution says they will come down, i but don't say when. what does that mean for your mortgage? l we put your questions to an expert. in sport — a masterclass in manchester, as city thrash bayern munich. is this the season they go all the way to lift the trophy they want the most?

it's going to be a day of sunshine and heavy— it's going to be a day of sunshine and heavy showers and also very windy~ _ and heavy showers and also very windy~ the — and heavy showers and also very windy. the strongest winds will be with exposure in parts of the west and south — with exposure in parts of the west and south and also north—east scotland _ and south and also north—east scotland. i will have all of the details — scotland. i will have all of the details later in the programme. it's wednesday the 12th of april. president biden has arrived in belfast for a four—day trip to the island of ireland, to mark the 25th anniversary of the historic good friday agreement. the landmark deal largely brought to an end the 30 year conflict in northern ireland, known as the troubles. president biden says he looks forward to reiterating america's commitment to preserving the peace. this afternoon he'll deliver a speech at ulster university, before travelling to the republic of ireland. there, he'll celebrate his own family's roots, attending events in counties louth and mayo. there'll also be official engagements in dublin.

he'll then return to america, on friday. our ireland correspondent chris page reports on the president's arrival in belfast late last night. the seventh us presidential visit to northern ireland has begun. belfast international airport was the setting for the traditional pictures as air force one arrived. rishi sunak led the welcoming party. he'll have a longer meeting with president biden later today. before he left america, the president said he wanted to promote the new deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland, known as the windsor framework. what's your top priority on this trip, sir? make sure the irish accords and the windsor agreement stay in place. keep the peace. that's the main thing. and it looks like we're going to, keep your fingers crossed. the agreement announced at windsor is designed to bring back the devolved government at stormont. the democratic unionist party

is blocking the power—sharing assembly from sitting in protest against brexit trade barriers with the rest of the uk. president biden will meet local politicians, but it's likely to be brief. he doesn't want to get into the detail of the political difficulties that have beset northern ireland in recent times. i think what he will do is talk up the positive, the fact that we've had 25 years of peace, the fact that northern ireland's a much better place now than it was 25 years ago. the only public events of president biden's visit to belfast will be held here. he'll formally open ulster university's new campus in the city centre, a statement in itself that he wants to encourage northern ireland to keep building peace for the sake of its young people. the two governments and the political parties of northern ireland have reached agreement. the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement is giving a voice to a new generation.

the good friday agreement, i was born 11 days afterwards, after it was put together. so i've always lived a life where i've been surrounded in peace. i got to go to an integrated education school, and yeah, we just haven't had to experience the level of violence that previous generations have experienced. the peace isn't perfect and the political backdrop isn't ideal, but the president will be emphasising that the us is still committed to northern ireland and only a few places get this amount of american attention. chris page, bbc news, belfast. our political editor chris mason joins us from our belfast newsroom. how significant can this visit be in such a short space of time? it is brief, such a short space of time? it is brief. no — such a short space of time? it is brief, no doubt _ such a short space of time? it 3 brief, no doubt about it but half the time the president in northern

ireland he will have been in here, so that's how limited a window it is but as chris was saying at the end of his report there, it is worth emphasising the kind of outsized influence that northern ireland in particular, the whole island of ireland has within the american political psyche, if you like, particularly in the democrat party ofjoe biden. he himself, as we will see in the next couple of days, hugely proud of his irish heritage but also america's involvement, seeing itself as one of the midwives of the good friday agreement 25 years ago and it's worth seeing the proposed and the international events of the time and the time of apartheid and the collapse of the berlin wall, bringing to an end the longest running conflict in europe, so that is the kind of historical context, but of course there is the

politics of now, and the devolved government in northern ireland, the democratic unionist party still do not like the new brexit deal for northern ireland negotiated by the prime minister known as the windsor framework. there can't be those moments for television that the leaders might have dreamt of being at stormont, the home of devolved government here, heralding the structures. i think that's one of the reasons why things are relatively low—key. the reasons why things are relatively low- key.- the reasons why things are relatively low- key. relatively low-key. with all those limitations. _ relatively low-key. with all those limitations, time _ relatively low-key. with all those limitations, time limitations, - limitations, time limitations, present biden is walking a tightrope together in northern ireland. there reall is together in northern ireland. there really is awareness _ together in northern ireland. there really is awareness on _ together in northern ireland. there really is awareness on both - together in northern ireland. tu” really is awareness on both sides of the linguistic tightrope that the president has to walk and he wants to be diplomatic and there wants to be an emphasis out of place and it's

counter—productive, certainly from the prime minister perspective, we will see little of him today, and getting devolved government will not be helped by the prime minister being lecturing in any sense. from the president's perspective there will be an emphasis on investment that america would like to see more investment in northern ireland to boost the economy and there has been an investment conference in a couple of months' time and the hymn will be that it's much more likely to happen, significant foreign investment, if there is political stability and that is where you will see a bit of a carrot in as far as downing street hopes, very carefully chosen language from the president. you're going to spend a bit of time in bed while you are in belfast hopefully? that is so true. we will follow the coverage on the bbc.

thanks forjoining us. hospital bosses have expressed concern about keeping patients safe overnight this week — because of a shortage of more senior consultants to provide cover for striking junior doctors. medics across england have walked out for the second day of industrial action in a week of strikes that is expected to run until saturday morning. our reporter graham satchell is outside st thomas' hospital in london for us this morning. good morning, graham. we can see the picket line behind you. 2a hours on, how much of an impact is the strike having? we how much of an impact is the strike havin: ? ~ . . how much of an impact is the strike havin: ? ~ ., ., how much of an impact is the strike havin. ? . ., ., ., .,, how much of an impact is the strike havinu? ~ ., ., ., , having? we are at saint thomas is hosital, having? we are at saint thomas is hospital. just _ having? we are at saint thomas is hospital, just across _ having? we are at saint thomas is hospital, just across the _ having? we are at saint thomas is hospital, just across the house - having? we are at saint thomas is hospital, just across the house of| hospital, just across the house of commons and the picket line started about ten minutes ago and it is causing disruption. we heard reports from hospitals in weston—super—mare wherejunior from hospitals in weston—super—mare where junior doctors have gone from hospitals in weston—super—mare wherejunior doctors have gone back today and they were having problems in a&e. and again today, different

in a&e. and again today, different in scotland, wales and northern ireland where there are separate negotiations going on, but the dispute has been stuck since last august when the junior doctors asked for the pay increase, and you might be up to see it in some of their banners. they won pay restoration because they see their actual take—home pay has been cut by 26% for the last 15 years. the government says asking for 35% is just unreasonable and unaffordable, so we are stuck and there is an impasse, and at the moment it seems completely intractable. the last time there was a dispute like this, the dispute went to acas and that hasn't happened yet but that might be where the dispute ends up? the government has announced that

poultry and captive birds can be kept outside again starting next week as the risk from bird flu eases. the measures were introduced during the world's biggest ever bird flu outbreak, which saw 11 million birds culled over the past year in the uk. the chief veterinary officer said the "mandatory housing order" for england and wales will lift on tuesday, april 18. avengers starjeremy renner has made his first red carpet appearance since his near—fatal snow plough accident four months ago — and a warning there are flashing images coming up. the marvel actor — who suffered over 30 broken bones in the accident — attended the premiere of his new disney+ series rennervations on tuesday night in los angeles, whilst using a cane for support. good to see him back and smiling. a long road to a full recovery. this morning one of the world's richest men — elon musk — has given an exclusive

interview to the bbc. and it's very, very interesting. musk — the boss of twitter and spacex — shared his views on a range of subjects with our technology correspondent, james clayton, in san francisco. and we can talk to james now. hi,james, late at hi, james, late at night where you are, and you had a very interesting few hours, haven't you? to start with, tell us, how did this come about because not many people get to sit down face with elon musk? it was kind of bizarre. _ sit down face with elon musk? it was kind of bizarre. i _ sit down face with elon musk? it was kind of bizarre. i essentially - kind of bizarre. i essentially e-mailed _ kind of bizarre. i essentially e—mailed him over the weekend and it was about_ e—mailed him over the weekend and it was about the licence fee because elon musk has put a label onto the twitter_ elon musk has put a label onto the twitter feed of the bbc saying government funded and i simply e-mailed — government funded and i simply e—mailed to say, by the way its licence — e—mailed to say, by the way its licence fee _ e—mailed to say, by the way its licence fee funded and then we got into a _ licence fee funded and then we got into a conversation and then i whimsically e—mailed him and said if you ever— whimsically e—mailed him and said if you ever want to do in e—mail i live

in san— you ever want to do in e—mail i live in san francisco and he got back to me straight— in san francisco and he got back to me straight saying, let's do tonight, _ me straight saying, let's do tonight, apm. and it's kind of bizarre — tonight, apm. and it's kind of bizarre i_ tonight, apm. and it's kind of bizarre. i almost did not believe it was going — bizarre. i almost did not believe it was going to happen and then we kind of turned _ was going to happen and then we kind of turned up and there was this curveball— of turned up and there was this curveball he threw saying, look, i'm only going _ curveball he threw saying, look, i'm only going to do the interview if it can be _ only going to do the interview if it can be on— only going to do the interview if it can be on twitter spaces, so a live interview— can be on twitter spaces, so a live interview on — can be on twitter spaces, so a live interview on twitter as well, so we agreed _ interview on twitter as well, so we agreed to— interview on twitter as well, so we agreed to that we had a bizarre situation — agreed to that we had a bizarre situation where i was sitting down with elon — situation where i was sitting down with elon musk, going live also going _ with elon musk, going live also going live on the news channel and nothing _ going live on the news channel and nothing was off topic and we could talk about— nothing was off topic and we could talk about anything and he said that i’ili'it talk about anything and he said that right at— talk about anything and he said that right at the start of the interview, so a bizarre — right at the start of the interview, so a bizarre situation, an interview only nreant— so a bizarre situation, an interview only meant to last half an hour and ended _ only meant to last half an hour and ended up— only meant to last half an hour and ended up lasting over an hour and a halfand— ended up lasting over an hour and a halfand he— ended up lasting over an hour and a half and he was incredibly chatty and genuinely thinking about the questions i was asking and you could tell that _ questions i was asking and you could tell that and sometimes it was being quite slippery and you could argue he was _ quite slippery and you could argue he was evasive at time but tonnes of lines. _ he was evasive at time but tonnes of lines. saying — he was evasive at time but tonnes of lines, saying he would change the

bbc label— lines, saying he would change the bbc label to a publicly funded label which _ bbc label to a publicly funded label which the bbc had been calling for but he _ which the bbc had been calling for but he said he was essentially forced — but he said he was essentially forced to— but he said he was essentially forced to buy twitter. he thought he was going _ forced to buy twitter. he thought he was going to be forced by a court to buy twitter — was going to be forced by a court to buy twitter and that's why he eventually decided to stop challenging that, and all sorts of interesting lines in a really surreal— interesting lines in a really surreal interview in many ways. we have a surreal interview in many ways. have a clip to surreal interview in many ways. , have a clip to show people when elon musk talks about how difficult and painful it was when he bought twitter. do painful it was when he bought twitter. , ., ., painful it was when he bought twitter. ., ., , , twitter. do you have any regrets about buying _ twitter. do you have any regrets about buying twitter? _ twitter. do you have any regrets about buying twitter? i - twitter. do you have any regrets about buying twitter? i think- twitter. do you have any regrets about buying twitter? i think it | twitter. do you have any regrets i about buying twitter? i think it was somethin: about buying twitter? i think it was something that _ about buying twitter? i think it was something that needed _ about buying twitter? i think it was something that needed to - about buying twitter? i think it was something that needed to be - about buying twitter? i think it wasj something that needed to be done. it's been quite difficult. i would say, the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. this hasn't been extremely high. this hasn't been some sort of party, so, it's been some sort of party, so, it's been really quite a stressful

situation in the last several months, not an easy one. so it's been quite painful, but i think at the end of the day, it should have been done and where there are many mistakes made along the way, of course? and all is well that ends well. �* , , course? and all is well that ends well. �*, , ., ,. ., ., course? and all is well that ends well. �*, , ., ., ., . well. it's been fascinating to watch and ou well. it's been fascinating to watch and you get _ well. it's been fascinating to watch and you get the — well. it's been fascinating to watch and you get the impression - well. it's been fascinating to watch and you get the impression he's i well. it's been fascinating to watch i and you get the impression he's one of those people who is the same when he is live broadcasting as when the cameras stop. is that right? how was he with you?— he with you? that's exactly how it felt. after the _ he with you? that's exactly how it felt. after the interview, - he with you? that's exactly how it felt. after the interview, i- felt. after the interview, i expected him tojust get up felt. after the interview, i expected him to just get up from the interview— expected him to just get up from the interview and walk away and we were 'ust interview and walk away and we were just chatting about his love life afterwards and when you are worth around _ afterwards and when you are worth around $200 billion how blokes crowd around _ around $200 billion how blokes crowd around him _ around $200 billion how blokes crowd around him at parties, so it's

wide—ranging interview from talking about— wide—ranging interview from talking about what his views are on tiktok to that _ about what his views are on tiktok to that kind — about what his views are on tiktok to that kind of discussion and we are going — to that kind of discussion and we are going to put it all online and broadcast — are going to put it all online and broadcast a fair chunk of it and i -ot broadcast a fair chunk of it and i got back— broadcast a fair chunk of it and i got back to _ broadcast a fair chunk of it and i got back to the hotel room just now and we _ got back to the hotel room just now and we are — got back to the hotel room just now and we are going to try and work out exactly— and we are going to try and work out exactly what the lines are but i did not expect — exactly what the lines are but i did not expect i was going to be here tonight— not expect i was going to be here tonight interviewing elon musk when i woke _ tonight interviewing elon musk when i woke up— tonight interviewing elon musk when i woke up this morning.— i woke up this morning. james cla on, i woke up this morning. james clayton. our— i woke up this morning. james clayton, our technology - clayton, our technology correspondent who got that exclusive, extraordinary interview with elon musk, thank you for staying up and talking to us stop staying up and talking to us stop staying up? i suppose there is work to do through the night. the challenges _ to do through the night. the challenges of _ to do through the night. the challenges of having how much in the bank? ma; challenges of having how much in the bank? ~ , . , , challenges of having how much in the bank?_ being - challenges of having how much in the bank?_ being too - bank? my heart bleeds. being too --oular bank? my heart bleeds. being too popular parties- — bank? my heart bleeds. being too popular parties. you _ bank? my heart bleeds. being too popular parties. you can - bank? my heart bleeds. being too popular parties. you can see - bank? my heart bleeds. being too| popular parties. you can see more cli -s from popular parties. you can see more clips from the _ popular parties. you can see more clips from the interview _ popular parties. you can see more clips from the interview and - popular parties. you can see morej clips from the interview and follow all of the coverage and analysis of it on the bbc website, and the bbc news app.

i tell you who gets crowds at parties, she's here right now. good mornin: , parties, she's here right now. good morning. carol- _ parties, she's here right now. good morning, carol. if— parties, she's here right now. good morning, carol. if only. _ parties, she's here right now. good morning, carol. if only. on - parties, she's here right now. good morning, carol. if only. on good i morning, carol. if only. on good mornin: morning, carol. if only. on good morning to _ morning, carol. if only. on good morning to you _ morning, carol. if only. on good morning to you as _ morning, carol. if only. on good morning to you as well. - morning, carol. if only. on good morning to you as well. if - morning, carol. if only. on good morning to you as well. if you i morning to you as well. if you haven't— morning to you as well. if you haven't stepped outside, it will be a wet _ haven't stepped outside, it will be a wet and — haven't stepped outside, it will be a wet and windy day and some of us have had _ a wet and windy day and some of us have had heavy rain pushing north through— have had heavy rain pushing north through the course of the night but we are _ through the course of the night but we are also— through the course of the night but we are also looking at disruptive wind _ we are also looking at disruptive wind and — we are also looking at disruptive wind and gusts up to 70 mph with exposure — wind and gusts up to 70 mph with exposure in parts of the south and south-west — exposure in parts of the south and south—west and you can keep across it on the _ south—west and you can keep across it on the bbc weather website. we have rain— it on the bbc weather website. we have rain pushing northwards across the night _ have rain pushing northwards across the night through the tops of the hills, _ the night through the tops of the hills, wintry showers across the pennines— hills, wintry showers across the pennines and a rash of showers coming — pennines and a rash of showers coming in — pennines and a rash of showers coming in here the wind will be a feature — coming in here the wind will be a feature. we are looking at gusts of 50 to _ feature. we are looking at gusts of 50 to 70 _ feature. we are looking at gusts of 50 to 70 mph and through the english channel _ 50 to 70 mph and through the english channel it— 50 to 70 mph and through the english channel. it will be windy inland as

well and _ channel. it will be windy inland as well and we have 45 to 50 mph gusts 60 mph _ well and we have 45 to 50 mph gusts 60 mph with potentially disruptive gusts _ 60 mph with potentially disruptive gusts of— 60 mph with potentially disruptive gusts of winds and the strongest winds— gusts of winds and the strongest winds here becoming confined to the northern— winds here becoming confined to the northern isles. through the day we see a _ northern isles. through the day we see a mixture of sunshine and some blustery— see a mixture of sunshine and some blustery showers with hail and thunder— blustery showers with hail and thunder mixed in and we are looking at a range _ thunder mixed in and we are looking at a range of— thunder mixed in and we are looking at a range of seven to 12 degrees some _ at a range of seven to 12 degrees some of— at a range of seven to 12 degrees some of them or clump together as they moved to the west from the east and it— they moved to the west from the east and it will— they moved to the west from the east and it will be a cold night but at least _ and it will be a cold night but at least it— and it will be a cold night but at least it will be quieter and there will be _ least it will be quieter and there will be a — least it will be quieter and there will be a few showers around, quite a bit of— will be a few showers around, quite a bit of sunshine and not as windy with highs — a bit of sunshine and not as windy with highs up to about 14 degrees and it— with highs up to about 14 degrees and it gets milder into the weekend, even more _

and it gets milder into the weekend, even more so next week.— even more so next week. some sunshine _ even more so next week. some sunshine to _ even more so next week. some sunshine to look _ even more so next week. some sunshine to look forward - even more so next week. some sunshine to look forward to. - on breakfast we've been looking at dementia, and the challenges faced by those diagnosed and their families. one issue raised is the lack of somewhere for carers to take their loved ones and spend time with others who are affected. well, after losing her mum to dementia, pub landlady sharon took the matter into her own hands, as fiona lamdin reports. there's times gone by i am more of a carer than a husband. is that good? i think it is one of the cruellest diseases that i know of. you know the end result. rod and joan have been happily married for 53 years. as a midwife, joan looked after many in her community. now she is being cared for, diagnosed with dementia. she was so active.

forfive years, rod cared for her himself, but now, robbed of speech or movement, joan lives in a care home. who have you got here? rod visits most days. i feel guilty. there is a guilt element to it. and no matter how long, yeah, no matter how long it lasts, you know, you can't get rid of it. because you start thinking, well, what else could i have done? and this is what a lot of people with dementia are going through. does she still recognise you? yeah. i go off the eye movement. so, yeah, i would say she does.

just tell me, how that was seeing joan today. it was beautiful. but hard having to come here on your own? yeah, but i've got friends here, so, you know, it's absolutely great. hello, darling. are you all right? yeah, how's joan? she's fine, yeah. all right — nice visit? yeah. aw, lovely. for the last eight years, landlady sharon has run the forgotten regulars, opening the doors of her pub to anyone affected by dementia. why do you do this every month? well, if i didn't do it, all these people would be stuck at home. when i was looking after my mother with my family... we had nowhere to take her, so we started this. and the first time we did it, it was just me, my sisters, my daughters, my mum.

and we got a singer. and she wasjust a different mum, just for those few hours, she was a different mum. there you go, there's some chips. and she feeds everyone for free. today, that's over 100 lunches. we are doing chicken curry, rice, chips and naan bread. i think they'd would flop if it wasn't for this place - and my mum, wouldn't it? she looks after everybody. afterwards, we've got doughnuts and cakes and everything. watch your back! we've looked after my nana. we've seen it first hand. we've seen what the horrible disease does and how it - takes your life away. so us doing this isjust — it's quite rewarding. - and we know that she'll be up there. you get upset, don't you? harry is one of rods greatest friends. he's been coming to the club for seven years, ever since he found

out he has dementia. i thought the end of the world — you know, this is literally the end of the world. i often wander around the house and i'm thinking, why have i come here? but i don't know whether that's my age or the dementia or what. i'm 84. we've had a good life, haven't we? yeah. that's your special doll, that, for you to look after — - that's your special baby. larry and denise have been married for nearly 52 years. 18 months ago, denise was diagnosed with dementia. coming here is a day out for me. why do you love coming? because of the music, and i like to dance. we both like to dance. tell me what it's like dancing with her now. it's not the same. is it the closest thing you get to having her back?

yeah, it is. sorry. we were the only ones in here that, i think it's man and wife, that has danced together with their arms around one another, if you will. and dancing next to them is rod. and whilejoan can no longer come here, this group means he'll never be left dancing on his own. fiona lamdin, bbc news. we're nowjoined by paul reynolds, associate director of partnerships at alzheimer's society. we've seen singing, music, playing piano, now dancing. but actually it is social contact that is making a

big difference here, isn't it? absolutely. carers and family members who are looking after people livin- members who are looking after people living with _ members who are looking after people living with dementia feel as isolated as often people living with dementia _ isolated as often people living with dementia do, so finding that group and social— dementia do, so finding that group and social contact is really important to them. the alzheimer's society— important to them. the alzheimer's society has— important to them. the alzheimer's society has an online forum called cup talking point and they are finding — cup talking point and they are finding sport with each other and using _ finding sport with each other and using it _ finding sport with each other and using it to— finding sport with each other and using it to and it's so incredible and and — using it to and it's so incredible and and its _ using it to and it's so incredible and and its revised memories for them _ and and its revised memories for them. . . and and its revised memories for them. ., ., , . , ., them. nina did a piece with us a coule of them. nina did a piece with us a couple of weeks _ them. nina did a piece with us a couple of weeks ago _ them. nina did a piece with us a couple of weeks ago about - them. nina did a piece with us a couple of weeks ago about her. them. nina did a piece with us a i couple of weeks ago about her dad and looking after him and said everybody might like to go to acquire because the choirs have had acquire because the choirs have had a lot of coverage, but she said that's not really my dad and she was saying that there aren't a huge range of options for doing this, so

something like a dance, going to the pub, winding out the opportunities is really important. just pub, winding out the opportunities is really important.— is really important. just because ou have is really important. just because you have a _ is really important. just because you have a dementia _ is really important. just because you have a dementia diagnosis l you have a dementia diagnosis doesn't — you have a dementia diagnosis doesn't mean you want to do a certain— doesn't mean you want to do a certain fixed point of things. we have _ certain fixed point of things. we have lots— certain fixed point of things. we have lots of people across the country — have lots of people across the country who have started groups, and the alzheimer's society has been able to— the alzheimer's society has been able to fund all contribute to that and we _ able to fund all contribute to that and we have so many in essex who have _ and we have so many in essex who have done — and we have so many in essex who have done the men in sheds and they -et have done the men in sheds and they get together and naturally grown like the — get together and naturally grown like the pub with sharon and work meaningful to them and and and that sparks— meaningful to them and and and that sparks an _ meaningful to them and and and that sparks an emotion for them and can help settle — sparks an emotion for them and can help settle them and people with dementia don't always understand why they are _ dementia don't always understand why they are feeling a certain way, so having _ they are feeling a certain way, so having the — they are feeling a certain way, so having the routine, and having that

emotional— having the routine, and having that emotional connection is what is so important — emotional connection is what is so important and provides them with the help and _ important and provides them with the help and hope when they see other people _ help and hope when they see other people together and have that experience. it�*s people together and have that experience-_ people together and have that exerience. v . , , experience. it's really interesting that routine _ experience. it's really interesting that routine is _ experience. it's really interesting that routine is so _ experience. it's really interesting that routine is so important. - experience. it's really interesting | that routine is so important. what is it in our brain that likes routine and repetition and familiarity?— routine and repetition and familiarity? routine and repetition and familiari ? ~' , ., , familiarity? the key word is the familiarity- _ familiarity? the key word is the familiarity. in _ familiarity? the key word is the familiarity. in the _ familiarity? the key word is the familiarity. in the video - familiarity? the key word is the familiarity. in the video we - familiarity? the key word is the familiarity. in the video we saw| familiarity. in the video we saw people — familiarity. in the video we saw people with dolls and toys and we've done some _ people with dolls and toys and we've done some research on that where there _ done some research on that where there is— done some research on that where there is the — done some research on that where there is the emotional collection and the — there is the emotional collection and the things they can hug and touch— and the things they can hug and touch that is there all the time even _ touch that is there all the time even when carers might not be able to be _ even when carers might not be able to be and— even when carers might not be able to be and it's so important to them and it— to be and it's so important to them and it helps— to be and it's so important to them and it helps with those helps with those _ and it helps with those helps with those manifesting when she —— people with dementia can express what they

are feeling, having that emotional connection to something is and we are here _ connection to something is and we are here to— connection to something is and we are here to provide help and hope we have online _ are here to provide help and hope we have online support and in—person support— have online support and in—person support and it's a vital starting point _ support and it's a vital starting point for— support and it's a vital starting point for people where they turn next _ point for people where they turn next. ., ., ., , ., ., next. you found that with your own mother, next. you found that with your own mother. about _ next. you found that with your own mother, about having _ next. you found that with your own mother, about having something? | next. you found that with your own i mother, about having something? my mum was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease _ mum was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease about ten years ago and progressed quite quickly after she had a _ progressed quite quickly after she had a hospital stay and now lives in a care _ had a hospital stay and now lives in a care home — had a hospital stay and now lives in a care home and she has found that she does— a care home and she has found that she does like singing and was always a singer— she does like singing and was always a singer and i she does like singing and was always a singerand i had to she does like singing and was always a singer and i had to nudge at musicals _ a singer and i had to nudge at musicals to see you are not really meant _ musicals to see you are not really meant to— musicals to see you are not really meant to sing along. we won't go into that — meant to sing along. we won't go into that. but she doesn't sing as much _ into that. but she doesn't sing as much any— into that. but she doesn't sing as much any more but having the radio 1. she _ much any more but having the radio 1. she has _ much any more but having the radio 1. she has a — much any more but having the radio 1, she has a teddy bear that she loves _ 1, she has a teddy bear that she loves and — 1, she has a teddy bear that she loves and is constantly with her and ithink. _

loves and is constantly with her and ithink. we — loves and is constantly with her and i think, we call it finding moments with her. — i think, we call it finding moments with her, finding moments with her that will— with her, finding moments with her that will be — with her, finding moments with her that will be meaningful and will spark— that will be meaningful and will spark something in her, she might not remember that, spark something in her, she might not rememberthat, but spark something in her, she might not remember that, but having that in the _ not remember that, but having that in the minute, the moment, can really— in the minute, the moment, can really help— in the minute, the moment, can really help lift someone's day and as a rod — really help lift someone's day and as a rod was saying in the video, he can tell— as a rod was saying in the video, he can tell in _ as a rod was saying in the video, he can tell in his— as a rod was saying in the video, he can tell in his wife's eyes, and sometimes you can and that can lift your spirits — sometimes you can and that can lift your spirits to think, it's just a little _ your spirits to think, it's just a little connection and i will take what _ little connection and i will take what i — little connection and i will take what i can— little connection and i will take what i can get. it little connection and i will take what i can get.— little connection and i will take what i can get. it was striking in the iece what i can get. it was striking in the piece that _ what i can get. it was striking in the piece that it _ what i can get. it was striking in the piece that it means - what i can get. it was striking in the piece that it means as - what i can get. it was striking inj the piece that it means as much what i can get. it was striking in i the piece that it means as much to the piece that it means as much to the carers as it does to the people being cared for in that community. paul reynolds, thank you so much for coming in and all the best to your mum as well. coming in and all the best to your mum as well-— morning live follows breakfast on bbc one this morning. let's find out what they have in store. coming up on morning live. with money tight and bills rising, over nine million people in the uk are hunting for a newjob, and criminals are cashing in. today, rav has a warning about the fake ads luring people in with the promise of more money

and a new career. these scams have shot up by almost 300%. i'll tell you the red flags to look out for, including why a personal email address could be key to catching the fraudsters. plus, unlocking the doors to his surgery dr amos tells us why hay feverjabs could actually harm your health. and explains how immunotherapy, where you take small doses of pollen, is much safer. also on the show, 1.7 million adults in the uk have grown up with a disabled sibling. actor sarah gordy and her sister cat explain how much they've relied on each other. she's an amazing sister. she's loving, she's always there, she's my world. such a precious film. a celebration of family. really lovely. plus prepare yourself for beautiful views. last year's winner of bbc one's interior design masters, banjo beale, takes us on a tour of the hebrides, for his glorious new interior design show.

he'll tell us why you should decorate not renovate to improve your home on a budget. and improving our wednesday, rhys is back with another blast of strictly fitness. there he is getting already. see you at 9:15. he improves every day. he really does. we are talking about 40 years of quadrophenia and people's connection to the film, and sally revealed she was a star... ban revealed she was a star... an extra- -- _ revealed she was a star... an extra- -- do — revealed she was a star... an extra... do you _ revealed she was a star... an extra... do you have - revealed she was a star... an extra... do you have any i revealed she was a star... an l extra... do you have any movie connections _ extra... do you have any movie connections between _ extra... do you have any movie connections between you? i extra... do you have any movie connections between you? my. extra... do you have any movie i connections between you? my claim extra... do you have any movie - connections between you? my claim to fame is that l — connections between you? my claim to fame is that i was _ connections between you? my claim to fame is that i was in _ connections between you? my claim to fame is that i was in love _ connections between you? my claim to fame is that i was in love actually. i fame is that i was in love actually. i knew i recognised you. mr; fame is that i was in love actually. i knew i recognised you.— fame is that i was in love actually. i knew i recognised you. my name was on a board. — i knew i recognised you. my name was on a board, gethin _ i knew i recognised you. my name was on a board, gethin jones _ i knew i recognised you. my name was on a board, gethin jones is _ i knew i recognised you. my name was on a board, gethin jones is on - i knew i recognised you. my name was on a board, gethin jones is on a - on a board, gethinjones is on a board, when martin comes to the airport at the end. just my name on airport at the end. just my name on a board. 50 airport at the end. just my name on a board. ,, airport at the end. just my name on a board, y., ., �* airport at the end. just my name on a board. ., �* ., , a board. so you won't actually in it? i wasn't _ a board. so you won't actually in it? i wasn't even _ a board. so you won't actually in it? i wasn't even an _ a board. so you won't actually in it? i wasn't even an extra. - a board. so you won't actually in it? i wasn't even an extra. but l a board. so you won't actually in i it? i wasn't even an extra. but my name was — it? i wasn't even an extra. but my name was in — it? i wasn't even an extra. but my name was in the _

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disingenuous and lacklustre apology from the ritz hotel after he was told that afro—style hair was banned. jerelle jules had reached the final interview stage with the hotel when he was sent its employee personal grooming policy. the hotel said it did not condone discrimination, adding, "we are genuinely committed to an inclusive and non—discriminatory environment." it's the second day of the junior doctors' four—day strike. they're asking for a 35% pay increase — they say to compensate for 15 years of below inflation wage rises. the government says it's unreasonable and won't talk to the doctors union — the bma — unless it abandons its 35% starting position. more than three quarters of a million pounds of city hall funding will be used to tackle hate and extremism in the capital this year. the money will go to existing groups as well as new ones with the aim , according to the mayor, of challenging radicalisation in communities. a 76 square—metre mosaic, which will sit in place for 200 years, is being planned.

it's called 1,000 streams in a river and is going up in the shadow of the shard at london bridge station. the team responsible — the london school of mosaics — hopes it'll be finished by september. it is made up of tens of thousands of beautiful handmade glass tesserae, which spread over the length of this wall, which hundreds of thousands of commuters walk past every single day. as you can see, it's being installed now and eventually will go all the way down to the other end of the station. let's take a look at the tubes. severe delays on the central line and district line. minor delays on the metropolitan, and hammersmith and city lines. the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a bright start this morning, a dry start with some sunshine, but it is going to be a very blustery day. the met office has a yellow weather warning in place for strong winds. we are looking widely at gusts of 40 to 50 mph. the sunshine gives way to more cloud, the showers heavy, merging together potentially this afternoon. creating some longer spells of rain.

just 11 or 12 celsius, the maximum, so feeling quite chilly. still going to be breezy, still going to get the showers into this evening but gradually overnight, the showers will lift away becoming dry and clear. we should see the wind falling a little lighter as well by dawn tomorrow. minimum temperature, it's going to be chilly, just 2c. low pressure remains in charge for thursday. we have still got some scattered showers around but a little more scattered than today, so we will see some sunny spells out there. still a breezy day, though perhaps not quite as strong as it will be today. tomorrow, a little less cold therefore, 14 celsius. as we head further through the week, it stays unsettled but by the end of the weekend, a little warmer. that's it for now. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. if you're a homeowner or looking

to buy a house in the coming months, there may be some good news for you as the international monetary fund is predicting that borrowing costs should come down to where they were before the pandemic. in a moment, we'll have a mortgages expert to answer some of your questions. but first here's nina with the details. good morning. it's the international monetary fund's job to keep an eye on all nations' economies and make predictions. but some good news — they say interest rates, which have been swiftly going up, could start coming down. as things stand, interest rates are at 4.25% — the highest they've been since 2008. they've been going up in an attempt to bring down this, inflation — the rate at which prices are rising. the theory is if borrowing costs more, we will spend less, reducing that upwards pressure on prices.

if you are a borrower and have a mortgage, you've probably got used to interest rates being close to zero for more than 10 years. you will be feeling that hike. if you were remortgaging in october when the mini—budget sparked panic, you might have been looking at two—year fixed mortgage offers of around 6%. ouch! that has come down significantly since, with some providers currently offering a five—year fixed deal at a rate of under 4%. now the imf is saying that this peak in interest rates could only be temporary. once inflation — largely linked to energy prices — comes down, so too will interest rates. good that they've said what they think will happen. less helpful is that they haven't said when. where does that leave us, then? we're joined now by mortgage adviser sally mitchell. we have had so many questions from

the audience, many from first—time buyers. this from a 19—year—old who said i have been approved to get on the property ladder and i am looking to buy my first property. would you advise i hold on and wait longer? it is difficult. there is never a perfect time to buy your first home. instead of perhaps trying to beat the market, it has to be a personal decision. if you are ready, and it is your plan for the future, then, yes, go for it. things are better than a few months ago and predictions are they will start coming down a little bit more in the next six months. i think it is a good time. next six months. i think it is a good time-— next six months. i think it is a aood time. . ,, , , , good time. take the plunge. this is about remortgaging, _ good time. take the plunge. this is about remortgaging, from - good time. take the plunge. this is about remortgaging, from a - good time. take the plunge. this is about remortgaging, from a coach i about remortgaging, from a coach driver. it could also be from nina, business presenter. he locked himself into a fixed deal last month at 4.1%. now he is not sure it was the right thing. i

at 4.1%. now he is not sure it was the right thing-— the right thing. i saw people panicking — the right thing. i saw people panicking and _ the right thing. i saw people panicking and grabbing - the right thing. i saw people panicking and grabbing the i the right thing. i saw people i panicking and grabbing the first rate offered. there was a lot of talk of things getting worse. a little bit of scaremongering that this was the best it was going to get. if you are having second thoughts it is worth knowing you can get yourself out of a fixed rate but it will cost you. it is breaking a contract. early repayment charges can be onerous, but it is possible. at that point you have to quantify your buyout fee and compare to how much you would save on a different mortgage. much you would save on a different mortmae. . , much you would save on a different mortiaie_ ., , much you would save on a different mortiiae_ ., , , much you would save on a different mortiaie. ., , , ., mortgage. that is tricky. it is, and a coule mortgage. that is tricky. it is, and a couple of — mortgage. that is tricky. it is, and a couple of years _ mortgage. that is tricky. it is, and a couple of years ago, _ mortgage. that is tricky. it is, and a couple of years ago, we - mortgage. that is tricky. it is, and a couple of years ago, we were i mortgage. that is tricky. it is, and i a couple of years ago, we were doing that with people stuck on higher rates. the covid rates came in and people said it was worth getting out to pick up the 1.8 rates. ifind people said it was worth getting out to pick up the 1.8 rates.— to pick up the 1.8 rates. and that de-ends to pick up the 1.8 rates. and that depends on _ to pick up the 1.8 rates. and that depends on your _ to pick up the 1.8 rates. and that depends on your mortgage. i to pick up the 1.8 rates. and that i depends on your mortgage. catherine has got in touch. i am currently buying a house and deciding on a mortgage and thinking of going with

a trackerfor two years mortgage and thinking of going with a tracker for two years rather than fixing. we can absorb increase and hopefully it will come down. is it worth the risk? _ hopefully it will come down. is it worth the risk? there are good tracker products. they have not been popular recently but we are seeing more people interested in them and i am suggesting them to some people. the great advantage is you can change your mind and normally change onto a different product when rates are better and there are no early repayment charges. take are better and there are no early repayment charges.— are better and there are no early repayment charges. take the hit, hold our repayment charges. take the hit, hold your breath _ repayment charges. take the hit, hold your breath and _ repayment charges. take the hit, hold your breath and hope i repayment charges. take the hit, hold your breath and hope they i repayment charges. take the hit, - hold your breath and hope they come down. this around interest only mortgages saying should i consider switching to interest only? the market has _ switching to interest only? tue: market has switched switching to interest only? tte: market has switched on its head. we would never normally suggest an interest only mortgage because they are more risky. you end up having to pay back the entire capital outlay at the end of the term. when things are like this in the market, with

some people and situations, it is a good short stop option. i would not suggest staying on it for ever but may be too high for three years, it could ride out the weird period we are in and put you in a better position to renegotiate. find are in and put you in a better position to renegotiate. and there are more products _ position to renegotiate. and there are more products coming - position to renegotiate. and there are more products coming back. position to renegotiate. and there i are more products coming back onto the market. so many more. thank you. the imf also pointed to an ageing population playing a part in bringing down inflation and interest rates with an analyst saying there are fewer heading to glastonbury and nights on the town and more sitting at home and watching the antiques roadshow which annoyed viewers. emma said she hit 60 and her husband is 75 and they go to glastonbury and enjoy regular evenings out. and ciaran said i might be old, but i am still hitting the festivals. still splashing the cash. it might

be younger people struggling with mortgages more than older people who maybe have paid them off. and a lot of young people waiting for the perfect time to buy and there is no perfect time. if you want to buy a house get it done if you can afford it. thank you. we will let you get back to your raving. ranting and raving! reading a bedtime story to a youngster is a daily routine for many parents. but for more than two million adults in the uk who can't read, it's an impossibility. aaron rogers, a dad from cambridge who's in his 30s, decided he wanted to learn so that he could share precious moments with his young daughter. nadia gyane reports. you miss a lot because you can't read. since the jay blades documentary learning to read at 51, more adults across the uk have decided to improve their reading — like 35—year—old aaron. generation. yeah. hypothesis. yeah, do you remember what that means? aaron took a big step out of his comfort zone to do this.

i was really scared, i felt embarrassed, quite silly, if i'm honest. but now that i'm as far as what i am, i am proud of myself for doing it. twice a week, aaron has a session with coach anne, who helps him break down big and complicated words. and "6" is pronounced as a "guh" and sometimes as a "juh". right. legislation. legislation, yeah. and he is doing this for one special person. i've got a little girl and she likes me to read books and stuff like that — peppa pig, ben and holly, hey duggee. and because i couldn't read properly, i seized the opportunity to learn how to read better. anne, a retired speech therapist, wanted to use her skills to help people like aaron. i think you are helping that person realise their potential and i am in awe of the people who come along because they are so brave to start it in the first place and hold their hand up and say,

i need some help. that's a hard thing to do. and working with anne has helped aaron score a top helped aaron score top points with his daughter. she absolutely loves it. she always runs up to me and goes, "daddy, can you read this book?" " it's generally peppa pig, but, yeah, she loves it. jay blades opening up about his literacy issues also seems to have an impact on the number of people wanting to help. the charity read easy says volunteers rose by 54% across the uk in 2022. there's about probably 2.4 million people who can't read in the uk. so it is a real issue for people who haven't managed to pick up reading. jay blades has just made it so much easierfor those people to come forward, having admitted himself that he had to learn how to read when he was 51. it is something the charity is dedicated to — helping adults read. and there is one more thing aaron wants you to know. if i can do it, anybody can do it.

i would say crack on, do it, and you will benefit from it and you'll love it at the end of it. joining us is author karen woods, who learned to read at 39 and has written dozens of novels, and a play. 27 novels. tell your story because it will be an _ 27 novels. tell your story because it will be an inspiration. _ 27 novels. tell your story because it will be an inspiration. i - 27 novels. tell your story because it will be an inspiration. i learned | it will be an inspiration. i learned to read and _ it will be an inspiration. i learned to read and write _ it will be an inspiration. i learned to read and write when _ it will be an inspiration. i learned to read and write when i - it will be an inspiration. i learned to read and write when i was - it will be an inspiration. i learned to read and write when i was 39, | to read and write when i was 39, after an adult literacy course. i did not want to go into the classroom. ijust did not want to go into the classroom. i just thought did not want to go into the classroom. ijust thought i would skive and get out of work. it was trained to gain. walking through the classroom door changed my life. i made my way to the back of the classroom because that is where i usually sat. i found classroom because that is where i usually sat. ifound i classroom because that is where i usually sat. i found i was drawn to the class, i wanted to learn. things i had learned in school started coming back. gradually, istarted to

learn everything again. i went for my first adult literacy test and failed but i went back. after, it opened so many doors. my story, i cannot believe it myself sometimes. i am a patron for read easy and support people who cannot read. it is like changing to me, one little change in your life. so is like changing to me, one little change in your life.— is like changing to me, one little change in your life. so many people in that position _ change in your life. so many people in that position who _ change in your life. so many people in that position who maybe - change in your life. so many people in that position who maybe do - change in your life. so many people in that position who maybe do not l in that position who maybe do not have the confidence to admit it to those around them they cannot read. aaron said his reason to learn was to share stories with his daughter. what was your motivation? just to feel normal, the same as everybody else. not to have a secret, not to shy away when something came up. i wanted to be the same as everybody else. in life you learn how to hide it and you are tricky in the way you

do things. it and you are tricky in the way you do thins. . , ., ., it and you are tricky in the way you do thinus. ., , ., ., ., do things. that is what i wanted, to feel normal- _ do things. that is what i wanted, to feel normal. what _ do things. that is what i wanted, to feel normal. what was _ do things. that is what i wanted, to feel normal. what was it _ do things. that is what i wanted, to feel normal. what was it about - do things. that is what i wanted, to feel normal. what was it about thatj feel normal. what was it about that class that changed things? because if you went in sitting at the back, not going in thinking i am desperate to get this right. it must have been something. to get this right. it must have been somethina. ~ . , to get this right. it must have been somethinu. ~ ., , ., to get this right. it must have been something-— something. was it a person? the tutor was friendly, _ something. was it a person? the tutor was friendly, they - something. was it a person? the tutor was friendly, they were - something. was it a person? the tutor was friendly, they were not | tutor was friendly, they were not judging. there were other people the same as me. everybody had their head down at first, not wanting to be noticed. as time went on, we all started talking and spoke about how we came to not read or write. and you felt comfortable inside the classroom. tt you felt comfortable inside the classroom-— you felt comfortable inside the classroom. ., , ., classroom. it was the team element? it was the team. _ classroom. it was the team element? it was the team. the _ classroom. it was the team element? it was the team. the teachers, - it was the team. the teachers, tutors become your friends, it was the team. the teachers, tutors become yourfriends, notjust somebody you go into sea, they become people who care about you and nurture you. mas become people who care about you and nurture ou. ~ .,, become people who care about you and nurture vom— become people who care about you and nurture you-_ at _ become people who care about you and nurture you._ at first, - nurture you. was it hard? at first, the hardest _ nurture you. was it hard? at first, the hardest thing _ nurture you. was it hard? at first, the hardest thing was _ nurture you. was it hard? at first, the hardest thing was walking - the hardest thing was walking

through the classroom door. i have had four bestselling novels, 27 novels. it is the best thing i have done. it might be hard at first, but it is worth it. it has given me confidence. so many things in life where just confidence. so many things in life wherejust reading, changing confidence. so many things in life where just reading, changing that little thing, it opens doors for so many more things. find little thing, it opens doors for so many more things.— little thing, it opens doors for so many more things. and how did you slip through — many more things. and how did you slip through the _ many more things. and how did you slip through the net _ many more things. and how did you slip through the net earlier? - many more things. and how did you slip through the net earlier? how. slip through the net earlier? how did you spend those years not being able to read?— able to read? back in school, then it was 35 kids _ able to read? back in school, then it was 35 kids in _ able to read? back in school, then it was 35 kids in a _ able to read? back in school, then it was 35 kids in a classroom. - able to read? back in school, then it was 35 kids in a classroom. if. it was 35 kids in a classroom. if you did not do your work you sat at the back and had a laugh and joke with yourfriends. it the back and had a laugh and joke with your friends. it was quite easy to fall through the net. and with your friends. it was quite easy to fall through the net.— to fall through the net. and after school, to fall through the net. and after school. when _ to fall through the net. and after school, when you _ to fall through the net. and after school, when you entered - to fall through the net. and after school, when you entered the i to fall through the net. and after. school, when you entered the world as an adult but could not read, what were the challenges, the little things that people might take for granted if they can read that you could not do?—

granted if they can read that you could not do? , _, ., could not do? letters coming through our door. could not do? letters coming through your door. people _ could not do? letters coming through your door. people asking _ could not do? letters coming through your door. people asking you - could not do? letters coming through your door. people asking you to - could not do? letters coming through your door. people asking you to sign. your door. people asking you to sign things. god knows what i have signed over the years! to just basic things. buses, where they are going. newspapers. everything. you do not realise how much reading, how you need it in your life. haifa realise how much reading, how you need it in your life.— need it in your life. how does it influence what _ need it in your life. how does it influence what you _ need it in your life. how does it influence what you write - need it in your life. how does it influence what you write about | need it in your life. how does it - influence what you write about now? i write about life. i write gritty drama. my own story, i wrote a book about a girl who could not read and thatis about a girl who could not read and that is probably my personal story. how good did it feel to turn your experience and what you felt was a challenge into a positive in your own book and to be able to read your own book and to be able to read your own book? �* . ~ own book and to be able to read your own book? �* ., . ., , own book? amazing. when i wrote my first book, own book? amazing. when i wrote my first book. i— own book? amazing. when i wrote my first book, i wrote _ own book? amazing. when i wrote my first book, i wrote it _ own book? amazing. when i wrote my first book, i wrote it by _ own book? amazing. when i wrote my first book, i wrote it by hand _ own book? amazing. when i wrote my first book, i wrote it by hand and - first book, i wrote it by hand and it took three months to write. i sat looking at it for ages and thought i have written all those words and i can read those words. i could not

even spell the word author a year ago, something like that. to feel my work, my words in front of me, it is a feeling i cannot explain. tt is work, my words in front of me, it is a feeling i cannot explain.— a feeling i cannot explain. it is an amazin: a feeling i cannot explain. it is an amazing feeling. _ a feeling i cannot explain. it is an amazing feeling. amazing. - a feeling i cannot explain. it is an amazing feeling. amazing. it - a feeling i cannot explain. it is an amazing feeling. amazing. it is l a feeling i cannot explain. it is an amazing feeling. amazing. it is a| amazing feeling. amazing. it is a great story. thank you for coming in. thank you, karen. and if you want to know more about learning to read as an adult, jay blades: learning to read at 51 is still available to watch on the iplayer. we have somebody else coming up in a couple of minutes he has turned their story into writing children's books. here's carol. good morning. we are looking at a day of heavy showers and some could be thundering and windy. the rain has pushed northwards across scotland. snow across the hills of

scotland. snow across the hills of scotland. wintry showers in the pennines and welsh hills. and other showers, rain across southern areas. that continues through the day. but the wind speed will ramp up through the wind speed will ramp up through the morning across northern ireland. it will be gusty in land. the strongest winds on the north coast up strongest winds on the north coast up to 60 miles an hour. in wales in the south—west, we are looking at gusts up to 70 mph. inland, about 50. you will notice that also. in the centre of the low pressure bringing this weather, there will be hardly a breath of wind. so through the day a mixture of sunshine and showers. feeling cool if you have the wind and rain. 7—12. overnight, many showers will fade. some will form organised lines from west to

east and the wind will gradually ease. another cold night and a cold start tomorrow. but tomorrow will be quieter. it will be milder and not as windy. fewer showers and more sunshine around. and these are the temperatures. 8—13. if you like it warmer than that at the beginning of next week we could see possibly 22 celsius. karen was telling us about writing about what she knew. turning her experiences into a book. that is something our next guest knows about. swimming star ellie robinson has embraced it. having won paralympic and commonwealth gold, she's written her first children's book at the age of 21 — and of course, it's set at the world championships. ellie's here now to tell us more. it isa it is a mystery series and each

mystery is a different international sporting event and three kids turned amateur detectives race around the world in pursuit of adventure and taking down criminals. the first book, thief on the track, a gold medal goes missing at the world championships in tokyo. and our three detectives solve the case. it is fantastic. i love seeing those photos. is fantastic. i love seeing those hotos. ,, . ., , photos. seeing the characters come to life. photos. seeing the characters come to life- what — photos. seeing the characters come to life. what did — photos. seeing the characters come to life. what did it _ photos. seeing the characters come to life. what did it mean _ photos. seeing the characters come to life. what did it mean to - photos. seeing the characters come to life. what did it mean to turn - to life. what did it mean to turn your sporting experience into a mystery series? t your sporting experience into a mystery series?— your sporting experience into a m ste series? ., ., , mystery series? i wanted to combine the two aspects _ mystery series? i wanted to combine the two aspects of _ mystery series? i wanted to combine the two aspects of my _ mystery series? i wanted to combine the two aspects of my life _ mystery series? i wanted to combine the two aspects of my life i - mystery series? i wanted to combine the two aspects of my life i love - the two aspects of my life i love the two aspects of my life i love the most, that being sport and writing. t the most, that being sport and writina. ., , ., ., ., writing. i thought you were going to sa crime! writing. i thought you were going to say crime! i — writing. i thought you were going to say crime! i have _ writing. i thought you were going to say crime! i have always _ writing. i thought you were going to say crime! i have always had - writing. i thought you were going to say crime! i have always had this i say crime! i have always had this love of writing _ say crime! i have always had this love of writing and _ say crime! i have always had this love of writing and sport. - say crime! i have always had this love of writing and sport. a - say crime! i have always had this love of writing and sport. a lot . say crime! i have always had this| love of writing and sport. a lot of the time, people think you are either sporty or a bookworm. this book breaks down that barrier. it is

finding a book that children like myself, not necessarily avid readers, resonate with. when you say ou readers, resonate with. when you say you weren't — readers, resonate with. when you say you weren't necessarily _ readers, resonate with. when you say you weren't necessarily an _ readers, resonate with. when you say you weren't necessarily an average i you weren't necessarily an average reader, what you mean? you you weren't necessarily an average reader, what you mean?— you weren't necessarily an average reader, what you mean? you know at school ou reader, what you mean? you know at school you have _ reader, what you mean? you know at school you have reading _ reader, what you mean? you know at school you have reading lists - reader, what you mean? you know at school you have reading lists and - school you have reading lists and have to write about what you have read i sometimes forge forged mine. never! but once i found something i absolutely loved, i could not put it down. and that is what i want to do, not give just down. and that is what i want to do, not givejust children down. and that is what i want to do, not give just children but anybody a book that resonates and, hopefully, one they cannot put down. we book that resonates and, hopefully, one they cannot put down.— one they cannot put down. we have 'ust had a one they cannot put down. we have just had a message _ one they cannot put down. we have just had a message from _ one they cannot put down. we have just had a message from a - one they cannot put down. we have just had a message from a teacher| just had a message from a teacher saying they want to regrade all your gcses! saying they want to regrade all your gcses! we saying they want to regrade all your gcses! ~ ., i: i: ., , gcses! we have the 500 words writing com etition gcses! we have the 500 words writing competition for — gcses! we have the 500 words writing competition for kids _ gcses! we have the 500 words writing competition for kids and _ gcses! we have the 500 words writing competition for kids and a _ gcses! we have the 500 words writing competition for kids and a lot - gcses! we have the 500 words writing competition for kids and a lot of- competition for kids and a lot of children have said, because they are not great readers, they feel they should not dare think about entering something like that. is that what you felt?

i was not a big reader but i loved writing so much. stuff like this, like 500 words, it is music to my ears. i would write and write. i never finished anything. this ears. i would write and write. i neverfinished anything. this is ears. i would write and write. i never finished anything. this is the first book i have finished. it is for anybody. first book i have finished. it is foranybody. people first book i have finished. it is for anybody. people like myself who were not reading loads, but had this love of putting pen to paper. that sounds promising because if you have lots of ideas and starts lots of things, you have to get better at finishing them. that could mean you have more things in the pipeline. definitely. this is a series so, hopefully, if the publisher allows, it will go on and on.— it will go on and on. does it mean everywhere _ it will go on and on. does it mean everywhere you — it will go on and on. does it mean everywhere you go _ it will go on and on. does it mean everywhere you go now, - it will go on and on. does it mean everywhere you go now, you - it will go on and on. does it mean| everywhere you go now, you think it will go on and on. does it mean i everywhere you go now, you think i could turn this into a storyline? it is so true. so much of my experience, the people i have met, and i studied history, so everything

i have learned about, even if not directly in the book, it is an inspiration. what does inspire you? wow, so, it is small things. just people i have met, characteristics they have. i have a fascination with psychology. building the characters has been probably one of my favourite things, particularly the main characters, because they have strong personalities. that is what i have been keen to push. tt strong personalities. that is what i have been keen to push.— strong personalities. that is what i have been keen to push. if you are a history buff. — have been keen to push. if you are a history buff. you _ have been keen to push. if you are a history buff, you could _ have been keen to push. if you are a history buff, you could do _ have been keen to push. if you are a history buff, you could do some - have been keen to push. if you are a| history buff, you could do some time travel, may be going back to a different eras? d0 travel, may be going back to a different eras?— travel, may be going back to a different eras? if different eras? do not tempt me. if arents different eras? do not tempt me. if parents and — different eras? do not tempt me. if parents and kids _ different eras? do not tempt me. if parents and kids are _ different eras? do not tempt me. if parents and kids are watching, - different eras? do not tempt me. if parents and kids are watching, who | parents and kids are watching, who is this book for? tt is parents and kids are watching, who is this book for?— is this book for? it is for anyone and everyone- _ is this book for? it is for anyone and everyone. the _ is this book for? it is for anyone and everyone. the official- is this book for? it is for anyone and everyone. the official age l and everyone. the official age bracket is 8—80. it really is anybody who love sport, loves a

mystery, wants to have that escapism and travel to another world effectively. and travel to another world effectively-— and travel to another world effectivel. �* , ., ., ., ., effectively. and 'ust gain a love of readinu. effectively. and 'ust gain a love of reading. we — effectively. and just gain a love of reading. we have _ effectively. and just gain a love of reading. we have had _ effectively. and just gain a love of reading. we have had many- effectively. and just gain a love of reading. we have had many top. effectively. and just gain a love of. reading. we have had many top sport people like you who have told us about challenges they face when their sporting career is over. that sense of emptiness and almost grief of not knowing how to fill the gap. does this new writing career allow you to see your future beyond sport? absolutely. we always say you go through an identity crisis. my gosh, i have dedicated so much of my life to sport. i was lucky because it was in the lockdown when everything slowed down. ifound myself writing and writing. i almost feel like i set myself up for the next chapter when i was still a swimmer. i almost knew what the next step would be. i consider myself lucky because most people do not get that opportunity

but for me the natural step was, oddly enough, writing. and but for me the natural step was, oddly enough, writing.— but for me the natural step was, oddly enough, writing. and for most eo - le oddly enough, writing. and for most people lockdown _ oddly enough, writing. and for most people lockdown was _ oddly enough, writing. and for most people lockdown was a _ oddly enough, writing. and for most people lockdown was a miserable i people lockdown was a miserable experience but you might be able to look back and think you turned it into a positive.— into a positive. definitely. i was not 'ust into a positive. definitely. i was notiust doing — into a positive. definitely. i was notjust doing creative - into a positive. definitely. i was notjust doing creative writing. l into a positive. definitely. i wasj notjust doing creative writing. i started keeping a diary, which helped to understand how i was feeling. sometimes it is to vent any frustrations. i was writing pieces about my thoughts on what is going on in the world. writing, it really helped me to discover who i was and helped me to discover who i was and helped me to discover who i was and helped me get through a tough period. tt helped me get through a tough eriod. , ,., helped me get through a tough eriod. , ., ., ., ~ ., period. it is so great to talk about the book. thank _ period. it is so great to talk about the book. thank you _ period. it is so great to talk about the book. thank you for _ period. it is so great to talk about the book. thank you for coming . period. it is so great to talk about | the book. thank you for coming in. ellie's book thief on the track, which is part of the gold medal mysteries series is out now. we have been talking about movies. and one in particular.

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