good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and nina warhurst. our headlines today. nurses in england begin a new strike. the royal college of nursing says it's their biggest yet. nhs bosses warn patients to expect disruption. uk nationals trying to escape the fighting in sudan have until mid—day to reach an extra rescue flight arranged by the british government. could may be a golden month for pubs like this? bosses think three bank holidays, the coronation and eurovision could be worth a billion pounds to the industry — i'll have the details.

unveiled — next weekend's coronation concert at windsor castle will take place on a stage shaped like a union flag. a record breaker at the crucible, as mark selby becomes the first player to make a maximum 147 break at the final of the world snooker championship. good morning. there will be a bit of sunshine breaking through for your bank holiday monday, but also a scattering of showers. things turning colderfrom scattering of showers. things turning colder from the scattering of showers. things turning colderfrom the north. details on bbc breakfast. good morning. it's monday, the 1st of may. our main story. members of the royal college of nursing have begun their latest strike in england, as part of a long—running dispute about pay and conditions. the walkout will last until midnight. it is the first time some nurses who work in a&e,

intensive care and cancer services have joined the picket lines. our health reporter, katherine da costa reports. from london to bristol, liverpool to gloucestershire, for the third time this year members of the royal college of nursing are back on strike in half of england's hospitals. it will be the first time some nurses who work in emergency departments, intensive care and counselling services, join the action. priya, a specialist cancer nurse, will be on the picket line. the kinds of offers we are getting from the government, now that we have moved into a time of inflation, are just not compatible with being able to live, to exist, to pay our rent, to buy food, to look after our families, and that is a cut too far. we have absorbed the cuts for ten years. and now, enough is enough. after concerns over patient safety, the rcn has now agreed to raise staffing levels nationally to protect critical areas such as major trauma and intensive care. health leaders have welcomed

the move, but worry the disruption will further hamper efforts to tackle backlogs, something the union disputes. those waiting lists were not created by nursing staff. the reason nursing staff are selflessly standing up for our patients and taking strike action is for that very reason, those waiting lists. seven—plus million people sitting on them. and why are they there? because of the tens of thousands of vacant nursing posts in place in england. we need those posts filled so we can get our patients off the waiting lists. and we won't do that unless we pay nurses a proper and decent wage. the strike was called earlier this month after rcn members rejected a government offer of a 5% pay rise for this year, and a one—off payment to top up last year's salary. members of the unite union have also rejected a plea deal. but other unions representing ambulance staff, midwives and physios have accepted the offer. we will now get together on tuesday, the nhs staff council will meet, to vote on whether it accepts the agreement that we negotiated with them.

i think it's right to wait for the nhs staff council to come to that decision. and i think this strike is premature and disrespectful to those trade unions that will be meeting on tuesday. it's expected the majority of nhs unions will back the deal, with ministers having agreed to introduce it if they do. but it won't resolve the dispute with junior doctors who are on a different contract, and the nurses' union says without an improved offer it plans to re—ballot members for another six—month mandate until christmas. katherine da costa, bbc news. we can speak now to our reporter katherine da costa, who is at thejohn radcliffe hospital in oxford. more disruption this time, but how much impact are these strikes going to have? it’s much impact are these strikes going to have? �* , , ~ much impact are these strikes going to have? �*, , . ., much impact are these strikes going tohave? �*, , . ., , to have? it's expected at this strike will _ to have? it's expected at this strike will be _ to have? it's expected at this strike will be the _ to have? it's expected at this strike will be the most - to have? it's expected at thisl strike will be the most intense to have? it's expected at this - strike will be the most intense yet. certainly some trusted leaders are very concerned about widespread

disruption to services, meaning much longer waits in a&e. as a result, the public are being asked to only come to a&e in life threatening emergencies. for non—urgent issues, people should use nhs111. if you have an appointment you should still turn up unless you have been directed —— directly contacted and told otherwise. this strike is likely to have a knock—on effect into tomorrow and the rest of the week while the nhs tries to get everything back on track. in the past six months there have been about half a million cancelled appointments and procedures caused by the industrial action. that is something that health leaders are particularly concerned about because they are trying to tackle long backlogs of care. the nurses have said though they are doing this because they are calling for better pay to improve retention and recruitment, and improve things in the nhs, they say.— the nhs, they say. katherine, for now, the nhs, they say. katherine, for now. thank _ the nhs, they say. katherine, for now. thank you — the nhs, they say. katherine, for now, thank you very _ the nhs, they say. katherine, for now, thank you very much. -

we'll be speaking to the rcn's chief executive, pat cullen at 7.30. if you have got any questions for her, do let us know. the uk is putting on an extra flight today, to rescue british nationals escape the fighting in sudan. those who are eligible will have to travel to port sudan. previously, raf planes have been taking off from an airstrip near the capital, khartoum, as part of an operation launched last week. our diplomatic correspondent paul adamsjoins us now from nairobi. good morning to you. last week when we spoke with the foreign secretary he said there wasn't a clear idea of how many britons were left in the sudan, or how many there were overall. do we have a sense of the demand now to still get out of sudan? ,-. . demand now to still get out of sudan? ,., ., ., 4, sudan? good morning. i think the honest answer— sudan? good morning. i think the honest answer to _ sudan? good morning. i think the honest answer to that _ sudan? good morning. i think the honest answer to that is - sudan? good morning. i think the honest answer to that is no. - sudan? good morning. i think the honest answer to that is no. but l honest answer to that is no. but clearly, there is demand because they wouldn't be laying on this flight if they didn't think a number of british nationals had managed to

reach port sudan already. order sudan is 500 miles from khartoum. it is a long, arduousjourney. —— port sudan. it is extremely expensive. there is a lot of price gouging going on. people are struggling to get out of khartoum. those who do have a few hours to register their presence at the airport and they will be able to leave. lots of others from a host of other nations leaving across the red sea from that port. in the meantime, people in khartoum are wondering whether the situation and there is going to deteriorate even further, although there does seem to be another shaky ceasefire in place at the moment. thank you. a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder, after a man in his 30s was stabbed to death near a nightclub in cornwall. police say seven other people were taken to hospital for treatment, following the incident in bodmin yesterday morning. the victim's family has been informed and is being supported by specialist officers.

air raid alerts have been sounded across ukraine following a series of major explosions in the eastern ukrainian city of pavlograd. the ukrainian military say air—defence crews destroyed 15 out of 18 missiles launched by russia in the early hours. this comes after russia sacked its deputy defence minister — who is also the officer in charge of armed forces logistics. i have seen bunting. have you seen bunting? have i seen it? i've got it it? i' ve got it up' excitement is building ahead of the coronation next weekend. it's been revealed that the concert at windsor castle will be taking place on a stage shaped like a union flag — lit up in red, white and blue. that is stunning. it will also be the biggest stage ever built in the uk. take that, your revision! ——

eurovision! and as part of the preparations, more than 7,000 personnel from the armed forces have been rehearsing at raf odiham. the airbase was transformed into a life—size replica of the procession route. our correspondent vincent mcaviney was there and spoke to some of those involved. preparations for the biggest match of their lives. sailors, soldiers, aviators and musicians from all the services set to take part in two processions, accompanying their majesties to and from westminster abbey where the coronation ceremony takes place. for the chief of the defence staff it's an honour, if a little daunting, to oversee. there is always a little bit of nerves, and hence rehearsals like today, and making sure that we get everything right. and that's what happens across everybody who is going to be on parade. we are representing all the armed forces and we are representing our nation. that is very, very special. it's a very privileged position to be in and we are determined to get it right. at the start of their careers, 20—year—old naval twins amy and jessica aren't letting the occasion overwhelm them. i think it's going to be

like a mixture of emotions. exciting and a bit of stress at the same time, but i think overall it will be a proud moment to be a part of this coronation. i think everything coming together willjust be amazing. _ and i think all of the - adrenaline will take over. so, marching along, ithink it'll be ok, i yeah, it'll be good. well, as you might expect, this is a huge logistical operation. so, they've done two full rehearsals here to make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible on saturday, which will be the biggest military ceremonial operation for some 70 years. personnel from across the commonwealth are also taking part, from 3a nations in six overseas territories. for petty officer edmund granderson, whose parents came from jamaica as part of the windrush generation, it's a huge honour. being part of the royal navy i'm so proud to even be selected for this.

and my family is absolutely over the moon. my dad has always talked about the commonwealth when we was kids around the table, talking about commonwealth and how great britain actually let him come in because he was part of the windrush. and when i was old enough i said to myself, i want to be part of this windrush. so, of course, down thejob centre, looked around, and the royal navy was the one for me. there will be more rehearsals on the actual route in central london over several nights this week to ensure saturday's pageantry for the new commander—in—chief, king charles iii, impresses both him and a global audience of hundreds of millions. vincent macavinney, bbc news. thousands of people braved the rain wearing their best tartan, to take part in the glasgow kiltwalk this weekend. led by businessman sir tom hunter, a record—breaking number of walkers trekked a0 miles, raising money for 856 different scottish charities. over the past seven years,

the event has raised £37 million. it might be a bit nippy under those killeds. you have to be careful. now the weather. it is a bit white here to start with. i was looking for everybody else? good morning. a bit of a mixed picture out of their first thing. we have got quite a lot of dry weather around but there are a few showers. this is the picture in scarborough. it is looking dry. but there are some showers for eastern areas through the day. that mix of sunshine and a scattering of showers through bank holiday monday. it is turning colder in the north, particularly in the northern half of scotland. we have a cold front. that is bringing more cloud to the northern part of scotland. some light rain. further south, northern part of scotland. some light rain. furthersouth, largely dry for the likes of cornwall

towards the isle of wight. head further north you can see a peppering of showers across much of england into east wales. dry for northern ireland towards the likes of northumberland into the southern half of scotland largely dry. claudia and colder across the north of scotland with the northerly winds. should sunshine and showers lasting for the afternoon. fading away in the west. lingering longest in parts of eastern england. the odd heavy one. most of us in temperatures of ia to 18 heavy one. most of us in temperatures of 1a to 18 degrees. reasonably mad. colder, six to eight for the northern isles and the western isles. the evening hours the showers fading away. cloud pushing its way further on tuesday. tomorrow, frost free, a misty and murky start. things turned colder once again. a touch of frost in the far north. thank you. let's take a look at today's papers. the daily telegraph is leading with the nursing strike, as cancer services are

affected for the first time. the paper says health leaders are warning that the walkout will have a "significant impact on patients". the guardian is reporting that millions of uk households are collectively missing out on at least £19 billion a year in unclaimed welfare benefits. the paper references a study which has identified the complexity of the benefit system as a contributing factor. meanwhile, the daily mail's headline reads, �*one billion reasons to be cheerful�*, as it says events taking place this month like the coronation and the eurovision song contest, are predicted to provide a £1 billion boost to the economy. and online, the bbc website is reporting on the closure of one of the uk's biggest and most well known nightclubs. printworks opened in 2017 and has hosted the world's best electronic music talent.

but, after a final show tonight it will close its doors — and is set to become an office block. that is a bit of a come—down. it is a bit. sort of keeping in tune with the pub theme, you moment a place for lucas. he is five years old. he is not allowed in the pub. but when he is he will be well set because he is only five. he regularly hits travel 20s. and has just scored his perfect 180 in the darts. he absolutely loves it. he wants to be a professional. he has even told his school teachers. he has chosen his entry music, the white stripes and a seven nation army. great tune. lucas is five. john is 105. he is in

the daily mirror. the superfit centenarian. he looks brilliant. 105. he still pumps are an everyday. he press ups. there is a picture of him in 195a. he is a dunkirk hero showing the spirit at over 100. he works a mile a day as well. —— walks. i love this picture of him in the arab legion. 195a. and to think they were born a century apart. isn't that gorgeous? hgppy apart. isn't that gorgeous? happy birthday, john. he is probably out of the gym. he is not watching. he has already done the half marathon this morning. just after quarter past six. it's an event that has become known as the glastonbury for trucks. but after a0 years, truckfest in peterborough will be shutting up shop. this weekend's festival will be the last of its kind, before it moves to lincolnshire next year, and breakfast�*s tim muffett is there, for one last hurrah.

morning. good morning from the east of and the showground, _ morning. good morning from the east of and the showground, home - morning. good morning from the east of and the showground, home for - morning. good morning from the east of and the showground, home for the | of and the showground, home for the last a0 years for now. it is all about these things, lorries, trucks, about these things, lorries, trucks, a celebration of the vehicles and also those who drive them. you have got your typical lorries, your monster trucks as well. we will see one of them in action in a short while. this is the last time this event is being held here. it will move to lincolnshire. it has grown hugely over the last a0 years. there are other smaller nows that happen across england and scotland. but for the time being it is a chance to reflect on how this industry has claimed. —— smaller truckfests. road haulage with a bit of razzmatazz. truckfest, a a0—year—old annual lorry love in, inspired back in 1983,

by the eurovision song contest. i was sat around at my brother's — brother being a truck driver, by the way — we were watching eurovision. hejokingly said, "let's do something like this for the truckers." and i remember saying, "do you know, it's a cracking idea, but would they come?" and he said, "colin, i'd go and my pals would all go. and i think it would be a great idea." truckfest was born. it was, of course, a time before social media and mobile phones. we got hold of some cb radios, parked in a lay—by and started talking to the truckers. and really that was the way we got the very, very first one together. the east of england showground in peterborough has hosted truckfest ever since. plans, though, have been submitted to redevelop this site, so truckfest is saying goodbye. other smaller events are held each year across england and scotland. the main truckfest will move to lincolnshire. try and get them looking their best.

as alan knows, driving a truck can be a lonelyjob. he's been coming to truckfest for 23 years. you get to meet people and you get to have a chat. things you don't want to do during the week because you're flat out busy. it's good for morale. all my friends live all over, j so it's nice to get together. we've got families back at home. we bring the families with us. you know, it's nice just to meet up. the sheer size and power of many of these vehicles has always been impressive to some. but, unlike when truckfest began a0 years ago, some drivers now have their own global fan base. i'm todd dewey, and i'm an ice road trucker. ice road truckers shone a spotlight on the skills required to tackle the toughest terrains. come on, girl. and made driver todd dewey a star. sure, baby. that's it! off the ice! it wasn't just about the trucking.

it's about the dangers that we got to go through, the roads we got to travel in order tojust deliver goods for people to survive. when you come to the uk, we have very different driving conditions, and yet i presume you have this kind of bond with drivers and truckers wherever they're from? yeah, you know what? getting to know other truckers, just like truckers here at the uk, getting to talk with them about stories, and interchange stories on what i did driving, or what they did driving, there's always room to learn. 'steve graham is risking his truck and his life to board a barge.�* - steve graham, from australia's outback truckers, is another star guest. i it is good to share with people, | you know, the hardships involved in trucking sometimes — - the tyranny of the distances. i mean, back home i had ajob to do, 1000 kilometres. - the bridge is out at fitzroy, l i had to go 7,290 kilometres to deliver that required water treatment stuff. | the peterborough one—way system is not quite that bad.

on a bad day! mind you, at least when i did my| detour, i can park on top of a hill and maybe have two vehicles go past me during the night. | your lay— bys are so small here, and trying to get asleep - when you're parked alongside - a motorway with a constant stream of traffic whizzing past you, these blokes do it hard. - it's an industry with many challenges — a shortage of drivers, a lack of roadside facilities — but truckfest aims to celebrate the vehicles and those who drive them, and to leave visitors blown away. ijoined this morning by colin and bob, the co—founders of truckfest. bob, the co—founders of truckfest. bob, it is amazing at this industry has changed over the a0 years it has been held here. what a in the big things? been held here. what a in the big thins? ., ., ., , ., things? the innovations of the trucks, things? the innovations of the trucks. of _ things? the innovations of the trucks, of course. _ things? the innovations of the trucks, of course. we - things? the innovations of the trucks, of course. we as - things? the innovations of the trucks, of course. we as a - things? the innovations of the i trucks, of course. we as a nation have _ trucks, of course. we as a nation have learned _ trucks, of course. we as a nation have learned that the road haulage industry— have learned that the road haulage industry and the truck drivers are so integral—

industry and the truck drivers are so integral to our well—being, so integral to our well— being, especially so integral to our well—being, especially during covid. they were one of— especially during covid. they were one of the — especially during covid. they were one of the emergency services because — one of the emergency services because without them we wouldn't have had _ because without them we wouldn't have had full shelves. it is a profession, very much so. you have to he _ profession, very much so. you have to be qualified. they are also two exams _ to be qualified. they are also two exams they have to take now. some of the vehicles, _ exams they have to take now. some of the vehicles, as you have probably seen _ the vehicles, as you have probably seen already, are incredible. aren't the ? for seen already, are incredible. aren't they? for the _ seen already, are incredible. aren't they? for the drivers _ seen already, are incredible. aren't they? for the drivers themselves, l they? for the drivers themselves, there are many challenges, aren't there? there is a shortage of drivers. recruitment is a problem. it is an industry you love? absolutely. there is a worldwide shortage — absolutely. there is a worldwide shortage of— absolutely. there is a worldwide shortage of drivers. _ absolutely. there is a worldwide shortage of drivers. we - absolutely. there is a worldwide shortage of drivers. we hope - absolutely. there is a worldwide i shortage of drivers. we hope that festivat— shortage of drivers. we hope that festival like — shortage of drivers. we hope that festival like these _ shortage of drivers. we hope that festival like these encourage - festival like these encourage youngsters _ festival like these encourage youngsters to _ festival like these encourage youngsters to come - festival like these encourage youngsters to come forwardl festival like these encourage . youngsters to come forward and festival like these encourage - youngsters to come forward and join the industry — youngsters to come forward and join the industry we _ youngsters to come forward and join the industry. we desperately- youngsters to come forward and join the industry. we desperately need l the industry. we desperately need new drivers — the industry. we desperately need new drivers coming _ the industry. we desperately need new drivers coming through - the industry. we desperately need new drivers coming through from i the industry. we desperately need i new drivers coming through from the young _ new drivers coming through from the young and _ new drivers coming through from the young and the — new drivers coming through from the young end. the average _ new drivers coming through from the young end. the average age - new drivers coming through from the young end. the average age of- new drivers coming through from the young end. the average age of the l young end. the average age of the drivers— young end. the average age of the drivers at— young end. the average age of the drivers at the — young end. the average age of the drivers at the moment _ young end. the average age of the drivers at the moment is _ young end. the average age of the drivers at the moment is about - young end. the average age of the drivers at the moment is about 51. | drivers at the moment is about 51. during _ drivers at the moment is about 51. during covid — drivers at the moment is about 51. during covid they _ drivers at the moment is about 51. during covid they were _ drivers at the moment is about 51. during covid they were more - drivers at the moment is about 51. i during covid they were more people retiring _ during covid they were more people retiring them — during covid they were more people retiring them are _ during covid they were more people retiring them are coming _ during covid they were more people retiring them are coming through. l during covid they were more peoplel retiring them are coming through. so currentty— retiring them are coming through. so currentty we — retiring them are coming through. so currentty we are _ retiring them are coming through. so currently we are looking _ retiring them are coming through. so currently we are looking for - retiring them are coming through. so currently we are looking for more - currently we are looking for more drivers _ currently we are looking for more drivers. , ., , ., _, ., , drivers. the people who come to this event, ou drivers. the people who come to this event. you have _ drivers. the people who come to this event, you have thousands _ drivers. the people who come to this event, you have thousands of- drivers. the people who come to this | event, you have thousands of people, it has grown so much sense when it first started, what is the main

thing people take away? you've got families here. you have got drivers as well. how would you define what truckfest is? it as well. how would you define what truckfest is?— truckfest is? it is very much about the family. — truckfest is? it is very much about the family, really. _ truckfest is? it is very much about the family, really. one _ truckfest is? it is very much about the family, really. one of- truckfest is? it is very much about the family, really. one of the - truckfest is? it is very much about| the family, really. one of the great pleasures _ the family, really. one of the great pleasures for us is seeing the truck operators— pleasures for us is seeing the truck operators and drivers coming along with their— operators and drivers coming along with their families for the weekend. ordinarity— with their families for the weekend. ordinarily it is a very solitary life — ordinarily it is a very solitary life but _ ordinarily it is a very solitary life but i _ ordinarily it is a very solitary life. but i think what it has changed _ life. but i think what it has changed into a something where the family— changed into a something where the family can _ changed into a something where the family can participate. you will see them _ family can participate. you will see them out _ family can participate. you will see them out there polishing their trucks — them out there polishing their trucks it— them out there polishing their trucks. it is a little bit like crofts _ trucks. it is a little bit like crofts for— trucks. it is a little bit like crofts for trucks, if you like! it has grown _ crofts for trucks, if you like! it has grown and grown. peterborough is the flagship, the largest of the moment— the flagship, the largest of the moment until we move to lincolnshire next year. _ moment until we move to lincolnshire next year, but it is one of eight we do throughout the country. a do throughout the country. glastonbury for trucks and now a crofts for trucks. this is a monster truck we have behind you. when did this concept start? it truck we have behind you. when did this concept start?— this concept start? it started in the usa. these _ this concept start? it started in the usa. these were _ this concept start? it started in the usa. these were everyday| this concept start? it started in - the usa. these were everyday pick-up the usa. these were everyday pick—up trucks _ the usa. these were everyday pick—up trucks that— the usa. these were everyday pick—up trucks that the — the usa. these were everyday pick—up trucks that the americans _ the usa. these were everyday pick—up trucks that the americans used - the usa. these were everyday pick—up trucks that the americans used to - trucks that the americans used to use to _ trucks that the americans used to use to go — trucks that the americans used to use to go to— trucks that the americans used to use to go to the _

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fiona, just before nine. imight take i might take him home! you want the trucks, you want the dogs! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. striking nhs workers will stage a protest march in central london today, amid their ongoing dispute with government over pay. unite said the demonstration will coincide with a strike by its members from guy's and st thomas' nhs foundation trust and the yorkshire ambulance service. it comes on the same day as the national strike by the royal college of nursing. a rise in rough sleeping in the capital has seen almost half of those on the streets there for the first time, according to new city hall figures. just over 3,000 people were recorded as sleeping rough by outreach teams betweenjanuary and march —

that's a 1a% increase on the same period last year. a pair of royal fans are the first to set up a camp outside buckingham palace a week before the king's coronation. the two are among other royal devotees who have begun waiting for charles' coronation on the 6th of may at westminster abbey, in the first such ceremony the country has seen in over 70 years. well, i'm here now, i was at the side of clarence house and we are the first persons here. and of course it's our first coronation and we're so excited cos a lot of people don't see a coronation in their lifetime. now, you may well have had a disco to mark the end of your time at school, but the popularity of the prom is on the rise. and with that, so is the cost of marking the milestone. for many families struggling with the cost of living, it can add extra financial pressure. that's why the nest charity in essex is offering prom outfits for free. they held two successful events this weekend, with more planned for next week.

let's take a look at the tubes now. there are several service alterations this morning. on the central line there is no service between liverpool street and woodford / newbury park. the dlr, no service between westferry/ poplar and lewisham. and london overground — no service between woodgrange park and barking riverside. now onto the weather with sara thornton. morning to you. mild start this morning. a bit of cloud out there right now, but that cloud is spinning but that cloud is thinning and breaking and that's going to give us some sunshine. but that then is going to spark off some showers from late morning onwards, they could be just about anywhere. they could be quite heavy and thundery as well. as you can see, there is sunshine mixed in with these showers. and in the best of that, temperatures up in the high teens again — like yesterday,

17 or 18 celsius. but the showers will drag the temperatures down a little bit. next couple of days, it is more settled. we've got high pressure starting to build in. that's going to really settle things down. there will be some cloud around, i think, through tomorrow. and, as we go through the day, that cloud will thin and break and it's not quite as mild a start first thing tomorrow morning, but the day itself generally fairly fine with some sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures, though, are starting to come down just because of a slight change in wind direction. so more like mid—teens for tomorrow and for wednesday, too, with increasing amounts of sunshine. from thursday onwards, it turns more unsettled again. it will be a bit milder at the end of the week into next weekend, but there'll be further showers, too. that's it — don't forget you can keep up to date by downloading the bbc news app. we're back in half an hour — see you then. bye. if you're planning a street party for the king's coronation this weekend, you're probably already thinking about the food you'll be serving — and the king will be hoping that

quiche is on the menu. coronation quiche is the official dish for the big day, but celebrity chefs have also whipped up four other recipes for the celebrations. they include a roast rack of lamb and a strawberry trifle with a twist — as fiona lamdin has been finding out. in the royal kitchen it's all about coronation quiche right now. seven decades after coronation chicken was created for queen elizabeth, her son has opted for this savoury tart which is bursting with spinach and broad beans. this has been baked before and cooled so that when we put the filling in it's not going to get soggy. and for some top tips, we headed to this bakery in central london. how much cheese? two handfuls of that. only halfway, because when you transfer it to the oven, you don't want to tilt it. otherwise, what's going to happen? all the egg mix is going to come over and then the quiche is going to stick to the bottom of the pan and make it soggy.

do you think quiche is a good choice for a coronation? i think it's a really good choice. i think it's a really good portable food. it sort of heralds spring — it's got all these sort of green vegetables, it's herby, it's got a good mix of things. yeah, i'm excited to try it. but for the ultimate coronation feast, there's so much more than just quiche on the menu. we discovered all sorts of dishes being prepared in one of london's most prestigious hotels. and nine floors down in their basement, these are the kitchens. they are vast and they've got 120 chefs. so we're going tojust brown the rack like this. sizzling. you hear that sizzling? so it has a bit of colour. his asian—style roast rack of lamb has been chosen by the palace for people to serve at their street party. there's nothing better in this country than british lamb. so i thought i would do a british lamb with a mixture of east and west flavours, which is a great reflection about where this country has come since the last coronation. food in this country

is so exciting now. why? because you've embraced flavours from all over the world. embracing the world. cheers to our new king. so that's the main course sorted. what about pudding? chef adam handling's strawberry and ginger trifle is next. there's nothing more british than a beautiful strawberry trifle. and i think it always has a memory with all of us. so i'm doing a take on it, but using pretty much all parts of the uk in this one iconic little dish. as a trifle that was pathetic. get in there! i love big spoons, so i can get everything. ican see! well, we've decided to bring adam's trifle on a bit of a taste test. and who better to ask than the women of the wi? all right.

digging right down to the bottom here. all keen wi members, elaine has invited herfriends jeannie and sylvie to the tasting party. the truffle is really rich. i love it. i love the flavours, i like the textures. would quite like a little bit of alcohol in the bottom. well, luckily, sylvie has added a bit to hers. it's squelchy. it's rich. it's very provocative, actually. there's a little bit of alcohol in it. and jeanie's had a go at the coronation quiche. mmaking it, very straightforward, very simple. follow the instructions to the letter. i haven't tasted it yet, though. the tasting is the thing that matters, isn't it, really? will you be making this on coronation day? absolutely. if it's good enough for the king, it's good enough for me. so, all sorts of ideas for a coronation feast fit for a king. ourtummies are our tummies are rumbling! it is

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big spread for the weekend. and your pictures if you — big spread for the weekend. and your pictures if you are _ big spread for the weekend. and your pictures if you are very _ big spread for the weekend. and your pictures if you are very organised. - pictures if you are very organised. if you have already made something, although it may be out of date by the weekend.— although it may be out of date by the weekend. , , .,, ., , the weekend. maybe people have been ractisin: , a the weekend. maybe people have been practising. a trial— the weekend. maybe people have been practising, a trial run. _ the weekend. maybe people have been practising, a trial run. we _ the weekend. maybe people have been practising, a trial run. we would - practising, a trial run. we would love to see _ practising, a trial run. we would love to see those. _ with three bank holidays, a coronation and eurovision all happening this month, the hospitality sector is expected to get a £1 billion boost in may. it feels like spring is coming, lots to look forward to, lots of events. pubs, bars and restaurants are hoping to be packed out — and ben's at a pub in essex for us this morning. hello. good morning. welcome to the bread & hello. good morning. welcome to the bread 8. cheese _ hello. good morning. welcome to the bread & cheese in _ hello. good morning. welcome to the bread & cheese in south _ hello. good morning. welcome to the bread & cheese in south essex, - hello. good morning. welcome to the bread & cheese in south essex, theyl bread & cheese in south essex, they are getting into the coronation... thank you, i'm dressed for the occasion. coronation, if you cannot wear red velvet for a coronation when can you? at the bread & cheese they have also addressed the pub ready for the occasion. the union

flags, the bunting all across the frontier and they have gone even further. look at this. they have renamed the pub the charles and camilla especially for the coronation weekend. as you are saying, it is notjust the coronation, there is also eurovision and three bank holidays, so pubs, buyers, restaurants like these will be hoping that customers will be flooding through the doors, they will be packed out to try to make up for the really tough couple of years they have enjoyed during the pandemic. let me run you through some of the numbers that they are all hoping for. it is thought that something like 29 million of us will be going to pubs, bars and restaurants over the course of the coming month. that is expected to give a £1 billion boost to the industry with more of us going out and spending. and the coronation weekend alone is expected to generate something like £350 million in extra sales. i will be speaking to the landlord and some customers here in a moment but first hannah

miller has been finding out how people are preparing for a busy month. this is how robinsons brewery celebrated the coronation in 1953 — the commemorative beer bottle still on display in stockport. everybody was very keen to adorn with flags, bunting, street parties, and therefore there was a feeling around the country that this was excitement, this was new. how do you hope that people celebrate the coronation this time around? ooh, have a pint. preferably... will you be having a pint? preferably ours! they laugh. and while dennis is no longer running the brewery day—to—day... well, what we have here is 120 barrels of beer. ..they have created two special—edition beers to mark the occasion. always give it a sniff first. 0k. always sniff. 0k. i'm not a beer—tasting pro, it seems. 0h.. that's nice.

it's really super smooth. having these bank holidays, i think, one after the other has helped lift the mood within our customers, and i think we do see it. we hope our pubs will be busy — we believe they will be. you know, we're doing everything we can to encourage people to come in and socialise. because if you've got something as a reason for going, i think that should bring all those generations together. the impact of bank holidays on the economy is mixed. when the nation celebrated the platinum jubilee last year, the office for national statistics suggested it may have contributed to a fall in output. but the extra day off can provide a boost for sectors like hospitality and tourism, where they hope people will take any opportunity to celebrate. in liverpool, they're looking further ahead for a chance to get people into this bar. eurovision events will be playing here for a whole week, and peter hopes the boost to business will stick.

we'll have screens up and then we have, like, a big viewing party for the finale. everyone will have their own scorecards. it'll be, like, special menus. and just basically bring a lot of people together for a good old party. from a business point of view, how big an opportunity is this for you? i think it's probably one of the biggest opportunities liverpool's had — notjust in the sense of the amount of visitors coming for the city and what it means now, but the sense of legacy moving forward, i think. there's going to be 100,000 people in the city, and if each of them go away and tell five friends how great liverpool was, then we've got a great few years for liverpool to come on. cheers. and many businesses are hoping that the weather plays its part, too, to lift the spirits and bring people out. hannah miller, bbc news. let's speak to steve, the landlord here at the bread & cheese or should i say the charles and camilla for the next week or so? tell me how

important this coming month will be for you and the hospitality sector. for our business, this month is probably... it could be key to the year with all bank holidays, the coronation. yeah, it's going to be a big, big month. bud coronation. yeah, it's going to be a big. big month-— big, big month. and we have seen firures big, big month. and we have seen figures out — big, big month. and we have seen figures out today _ big, big month. and we have seen figures out today that _ big, big month. and we have seen figures out today that say - big, big month. and we have seen figures out today that say how - big, big month. and we have seen | figures out today that say how hard the hospitality sector has been hit. of the hospitality sector has been hit. of the past year more than a500 pubs, buyers and residents have shut, an average of 12 per day. does that surprise you?— that surprise you? unfortunately not. over the _ that surprise you? unfortunately not. over the last _ that surprise you? unfortunately not. over the last three - that surprise you? unfortunately not. over the last three years, l not. over the last three years, particularly independent businesses have been hit hard. the stats on thatis have been hit hard. the stats on that is 1a%, so independents are really having a tough time. hour that is 1496, so independents are really having a tough time. how much of a difference — really having a tough time. how much of a difference does _ really having a tough time. how much of a difference does the _ really having a tough time. how much of a difference does the weather - of a difference does the weather make? it is a silly question maybe but how much of a difference? abs, make? it is a silly question maybe but how much of a difference? a huge difference. but how much of a difference? a huge difference- we — but how much of a difference? a huge difference. we call— but how much of a difference? a huge difference. we call it _ but how much of a difference? a huge difference. we call it the _ but how much of a difference? a huge difference. we call it the blue - but how much of a difference? a huge difference. we call it the blue sky - difference. we call it the blue sky effect. if the sun comes out it makes everybody feel better, and what better place to get a bit of

sunshine in the beer gardens and having a nice cold beer? what sunshine in the beer gardens and having a nice cold beer? what does a successful may _ having a nice cold beer? what does a successful may look _ having a nice cold beer? what does a successful may look like _ having a nice cold beer? what does a successful may look like to _ having a nice cold beer? what does a successful may look like to you? - having a nice cold beer? what does a| successful may look like to you? how much are you expecting? brute successful may look like to you? how much are you expecting?— much are you expecting? we are exectin: much are you expecting? we are exoecting a _ much are you expecting? we are exoecting a huge _ much are you expecting? we are expecting a huge month - much are you expecting? we are expecting a huge month but - much are you expecting? we are expecting a huge month but we. much are you expecting? we are - expecting a huge month but we need that weather. we rely on guidance a lot so hopefully the sun will be on our side and we can come out and enjoy the facilities we have. i wonder if that was the bell going for deliveries, i don't want you under stocked for the busy month ahead so i will let you answer that call. thank you for having us down here. a couple of regulars are here, as well. we have vivian and john. what are you planning for the coronation weekend? brute what are you planning for the coronation weekend? ~ . ., , coronation weekend? we have a street -a and coronation weekend? we have a street party and the — coronation weekend? we have a street party and the fish _ coronation weekend? we have a street party and the fish and _ coronation weekend? we have a street party and the fish and chip _ coronation weekend? we have a street party and the fish and chip man - party and the fish and chip man coming and the ice cream man coming and we will have lots of fun with the kids, it will be great. you have a disco plan- _ the kids, it will be great. you have a disco plan. how— the kids, it will be great. you have a disco plan. how does _ the kids, it will be great. you have a disco plan. how does this - the kids, it will be great. you have i a disco plan. how does this compare to your memories of previous coronation is?— coronation is? well, certainly different- _ coronation is? well, certainly different. we _ coronation is? well, certainly different. we are _

coronation is? well, certainly different. we are now - coronation is? well, certainly different. we are now going l coronation is? well, certainly. different. we are now going to coronation is? well, certainly - different. we are now going to watch it on the _ different. we are now going to watch it on the telly, where i saw his mother— it on the telly, where i saw his mother crowned and there were 20 odd of us in _ mother crowned and there were 20 odd of us in a _ mother crowned and there were 20 odd of us in a small room watching a nine _ of us in a small room watching a nine inch— of us in a small room watching a nine inch white and white and this is now— nine inch white and white and this is now the — nine inch white and white and this is now the second king we have seen, and a _ is now the second king we have seen, and a queen — is now the second king we have seen, and a queen. gk. is now the second king we have seen, and a queen-— is now the second king we have seen, and a queen. ok. thank you very much to john referring _ and a queen. ok. thank you very much to john referring to _ and a queen. ok. thank you very much to john referring to the _ and a queen. ok. thank you very much to john referring to the screen. - tojohn referring to the screen. they have got a screen here and it... slight delay but they have it on the screen ready for people to sit here and enjoy watching the coronation. of course right now this is rather surreal that we are watching ourselves back and we will soon be watching you two. excellent choice, watching _ soon be watching you two. excellent choice, watching us _ soon be watching you two. excellent choice, watching us this _ soon be watching you two. excellent choice, watching us this monday - choice, watching us this monday morning. we will be back with you a little bit later on. there we are. laughter how nice thatjohn remembers the last coronation. he will be in a similar spot. last coronation. he will be in a similarspot. i last coronation. he will be in a similar spot-— last coronation. he will be in a similar spot. i spoke to someone over there _ similar spot. i spoke to someone over there we — similar spot. i spoke to someone over there we who _ similar spot. i spoke to someone over there we who is _ similar spot. i spoke to someone over there we who is exactly - similar spot. i spoke to someone |

over there we who is exactly that. some people have seen coronations before, we have had a lot of royal events of the last couple of years but this will be the first time we have seen a coronation with crystal clear picture and full surround sound, every pixel of it, we will get an insight like never before. very exciting, as was the snooker! yesterday you said you are not the snooker man necessarily, but you are excited about this. did it deliver? it is delivering very much so. this man, mark selby, thejesterfrom leicester, his nickname, broke a record in the final, 1a7 break. watching that is pretty enthralling. ronnie o'sullivan must of that. a stunning last night. mark selby made the first—ever maximum break in a world snooker championship final. in the penultimate frame of the evening, he had to overcome some tricky reds but finished in style, much to the delight of the lucky crowd at the crucible in sheffield. a standing ovation from the man there, mike selby. —— mark selby.

he trails luca brecel by nine frames to eight, with play resuming this afternoon. selby had some fun with the crowd to celebrate a brilliant achievement. former world champions shaun murphy and ken doherty were very impressed. what a competitor! because to then follow that up and win that last frame — that is absolutely vital. i i think that is one of the most. special moments that we can ever remember in this sport. yeah, it was, it was amazing. just to watch it and be here and have a bird's—eye view of it. the crowd were on their feet. we all thought it was inevitable, and now manchester city are now back at the top of the premier league as they seem to be timing their run in atjust the right time. it only took three minutes for erling haaland to score against fulham — his 50th goal in all competitions from the penalty spot. an astounding achievement — and a record that's stood for over 90 years. fulham did pull one back, butjulian alvarez�*s effort secured the 2—1win meaning city lead the way now — by one point — with a game in hand over rivals arsenal,

who play tomorrow. we knew that after beat arsenal at home, don't... know that winning these type of games today was really, really important and that players behave amazingly. to how arsenal is going to play — normally at home is strong, but the important thing is the west ham game. like, it's one game in hand and after that we'll be on top of the table a bit more, really. manchester united boosted their champions league hopes with a 1—0 win against aston villa at old trafford bruno fernandes with the only goal of the game which ended aston villa's ten match unbeaten run and also ensures united have a healthy advantage on the clubs chasing a top—four spot, villa now nine points adrift in seventh. before the match, around 1,000 manchester united supporters protested against the current owners — the glazers. club officials are currently reviewing bids to change the ownership structure. manager erik ten hag said that those protests were not a distraction to his players. there was a thrilling

finish to liverpool's game against tottenham hotspur — they won a—3 with a stoppage—time winner to move into fifth. liverpool were 3—0 up at anfield afterjust 15 minutes, but spurs thought they'd salvaged a draw when richarlison headed home in the second minute of injury time, only for diogojota to take advantage of lucas moura's errant backpass, to fire home a winner for liverpooljust a minute later. an unbelievable game at anfield there. celtic are through to the scottish cup final after beating their old firm rivals rangers 1—0. they'll now play inverness caldeonian thistle injune. a first—half header from jota was enough to settle a tense old firm encounter. it means rangers' season is effectively over, with celtic one win away from a league title and one win away from a domestic treble. sergio perez won the azerbaijan grand prix ahead of red bull team mate max verstappen yesterday, but formula one narrowly avoided a tragedy at

the end of the race and will be updating its procedures before this coming weekend's race in miami. with one lap to go in baku, alpeen driver esteban ocon came into the pit lane to make his mandatory tyre stop, only to find his path blocked by officals and photographers. the frenchman said afterwards on social media, "scary moment at the end there in the pit—lane. glad no—one was hurt, but we must ensure things like that don't happen again." there we go. strange times at the end of the formula 1. i want to make you aware of a massive football game later on. arsenal against wolfsburg in the women's champions league, currently at 2—2. we were talking about broken records yesterday in the six nations rugby, but this game at the emirates, 60,000 people expected there, breaking a record, expecting to break a record for a women's club match in england so great stuff, really good to see. that is this afternoon?- that is this afternoon? 5:45pm toda . that is this afternoon? 5:45pm today. looking _ that is this afternoon? 5:45pm today. looking forward - that is this afternoon? 5:45pm today. looking forward to - that is this afternoon? 5:45pm j today. looking forward to that. thank you. thank you you are all, i'm sure, keeping a keen eye on the weather this bank holiday morning and

looking ahead to the next one. lots to celebrate at the moment. fingers crossed the weather will follow. yeah, good morning to you. whether a bit up and down as we head towards the next bank holiday, but we have got this one first. for many, not a bad day ahead. it will be that mix of cloud and sunshine, turning a bit warmer over recent days and some showers in the forecast. this is the picture this morning, so a fair amount of cloud there. many of us got fairly cloudy skies. the sunshine will break through, so spells of sunshine interrupted by some scattered showers, they will be most frequent across eastern parts of the uk and it is turning colder from the north. we have a cold front approaching. the north of scotland, that will sink its way south through the day so cool at northerly winds. further south, where we are still in the milder air at the moment, temperatures not too bad for the 1st of may for many. if you are away from the north of scotland where the colder air is digging in. a few

splashes of light rain across parts of northern scotland, further south for the rest of us, a day of sunshine and showers. most showers will be across central and eastern england, they will ease from the west through the day, could be the odd heavy one. temperatures, about 1a to 17 for most places but stuck in single figures for the northern isles down towards the highlands, as well. heading through into the latter part of the afternoon and the evening, we will notice the pollen levels are moderate or high for most. if you do suffer from levels are moderate or high for most. if you do sufferfrom hay fever, and it's an easy day. the showers in the east will tend to ease into the evening —— another sneezy day. it could be a misty and murky as it pushes south pump, sea fog rolling in from the west. most frost—free on tuesday morning, temperatures in mid to high single figures put the blues return across the north of scotland so a touch of frost likely. through the day tomorrow, most of us are largely dry. this bank of cloud starts

things off, should tend to break up through the day. a bit more sunshine developing, the odd spot of drizzle coming out of the cloud particularly to the east. the warmest weather parts of wales, northwestern, northern ireland, mid to high teens but has the cooler air moves south around the north sea coast, only ten to 12 degrees. heading into the middle of the week, wednesday, high pressure building, and the largely dry and settle sort of day for many but we have a few showers moving in across western parts of scotland on wednesday. bit of a cool easterly breeze developing and a fair amount of cloud so you will notice things start to feel that bit cooler again around some of these eastern areas in particular. warmest weather can best sunshine further west. looking towards the end of the week into the weekend. low pressure looks like it will be set out in the atlantic and that will thrill a few weather fronts and showers our way, particularly through thursday and friday. that could last into the weekend but things could change before we get there. a bit up and

down but certainly we are looking at a more unsettled end to the coming week. gosh, quite a lot of rain ahead. thank you very much indeed. brute gosh, quite a lot of rain ahead. thank you very much indeed. we call it unsettled- — thank you very much indeed. we call it unsettled. unsettled, _ it unsettled. unsettled, precipitation. _ it unsettled. unsettled, precipitation. it - it unsettled. unsettled, precipitation. it is - it unsettled. unsettled, precipitation. it is a - it unsettled. unsettled, - precipitation. it is a euphemism. this thursday, voters in england will take to the polls for the local elections, in what will be a big test for party leaders. one party which is hoping to take "hundreds of new councillors" is the greens. we can speak now to co—leader carla denyer. break very good morning to you, thank you forjoining us on what i'm sure is a very busy week of campaigning. friday morning, what does success look like? brute campaigning. friday morning, what does success look like?— campaigning. friday morning, what does success look like? we have done reall well does success look like? we have done really well over _ does success look like? we have done really well over the _ does success look like? we have done really well over the last _ does success look like? we have done really well over the last few _ does success look like? we have done really well over the last few years - really well over the last few years but we are not expecting to just hold those seats. we are anticipating gaining 100 new councillors in these local elections, potentially more. it is distributed across the country, as well. we are expecting to make gains in places like lancaster in the

north—west, lewes and there are places we are already part of the demonstrations but hoping for councillors elected.— demonstrations but hoping for councillors elected. what makes you so confident — councillors elected. what makes you so confident that _ councillors elected. what makes you so confident that will _ councillors elected. what makes you so confident that will be _ councillors elected. what makes you so confident that will be case - councillors elected. what makes you so confident that will be case that i so confident that will be case that you will gain 100 plus seats. at the moment putting food on the table is a far greater concern for many households and carbon emissions, for example. is there not a concern that your messaging is off point? i example. is there not a concern that your messaging is off point?- your messaging is off point? i think voters know— your messaging is off point? i think voters know and _ your messaging is off point? i think voters know and trust _ your messaging is off point? i think voters know and trust the _ your messaging is off point? i think voters know and trust the greens . voters know and trust the greens have been prioritising tackling the cost—of—living crisis alongside the climate crisis for a very long time. and that our policy solutions tackle both hand—in—hand. take, example our nationwide policy for a home insulation programme, something we have been pushing forfour years insulation programme, something we have been pushing for four years and that will bring down builds, bring down their carbon emissions and also give them warmer, more comfortable homes which, as we know is important

for your hail and it would create jobs. that retrofitting programme, same with renewable energy and people like what they hear when we talk about that on the doorstep, we get a really positive reaction from voters who are frustrated by inaction from the conservative party but not finding the labour party inspiring either. people are coming to the greens for the first time because they like what they hear and like our fresh perspective. because they like what they hear and like ourfresh perspective. home like our fresh perspective. home insulation and _ like our fresh perspective. home insulation and renewable - like our fresh perspective. home| insulation and renewable energy, while admirable for some, will take time to implement and the financial impact for households will for sure will be unlike when the emergence of a lots of people, spreadsheets at home, is immediate. edit a lots of people, spreadsheets at home, is immediate.— a lots of people, spreadsheets at home, is immediate. of course, and that is why — home, is immediate. of course, and that is why we _ home, is immediate. of course, and that is why we have _ home, is immediate. of course, and that is why we have a _ home, is immediate. of course, and that is why we have a suite - home, is immediate. of course, and that is why we have a suite of- that is why we have a suite of policies that address that immediate situation, as well. for example, we are calling for a universal credit uplift, that is obviously something national government can do. but there has been research recently from thejoseph rowntree foundation which has shown universal credit

simply is not covering basic gusts any more, it is short by about £35 per week, and so our policy for some time now has been to call for a substantial uplift of around £a0 per week to universal credit to make sure people can afford the essentials. there is lots that green councillors elected in their communities can do, whether pushing for changes in policy and councils are lobbying national government to make sure people have money in their pocket right now to pay their builds. b. pocket right now to pay their builds. �* :: . pocket right now to pay their builds. �* :: , ., builds. a £40 uplift to universal credit sounds _ builds. a £40 uplift to universal credit sounds expensive. - builds. a £40 uplift to universal credit sounds expensive. how i builds. a £40 uplift to universal- credit sounds expensive. how would it be funded?— it be funded? well, there are lots of different _ it be funded? well, there are lots of different ways _ it be funded? well, there are lots of different ways that _ it be funded? well, there are lots of different ways that the - it be funded? well, there are lots of different ways that the green i of different ways that the green party would tweak the way we do taxes in this country. it is all about political priorities will stop first of all, and really importantly, at the moment the amount of tax that people pay if their in, comes from investments, from capital, is less than the amount of tax that people pay if their in, comes from work. we would

simplify in, taxes and equalise those to make sure that, however you get your in,, you are paying fairly, and make sure that those with the broadest shoulders, who can afford to pay a bit extra, do so. so broadest shoulders, who can afford to pay a bit extra, do so.— to pay a bit extra, do so. so an increase _ to pay a bit extra, do so. so an increase in _ to pay a bit extra, do so. so an increase in taxation _ to pay a bit extra, do so. so an increase in taxation for - to pay a bit extra, do so. so an increase in taxation for high i increase in taxation for high earners was yellow yes, and different... you know, quite unique compared to what the other parties are saying. we are also bringing a wealth tax because the thing about inequality in this country, which has been widening over the last few years, is that that inequality is largely in wealth, often intergenerational wealth, which is where real unfairness comes from, and so we would introduce still a really quite modest wealth tax on just the 1% most wealthy, so that his multimillionaires in this country and it would just be a 1% tax on their wealth over three and a bit million pounds and that could be used to invest in better quality

public services. that is what we are seeing at a local level, the degradation of public services often delivers by councils, so they are on the front line, and those have been cut and cut and cut over the last 13 years of conservative government. the greens want to make sure that is funded properly. hater? the greens want to make sure that is funded properly-— funded properly. very quickly, taxation is _ funded properly. very quickly, taxation is a _ funded properly. very quickly, taxation is a parliamentary - funded properly. very quickly, i taxation is a parliamentary issue but this is about local services on thursday. as we know, in council elections, smaller parties can have more of a footprint on policy. would you be encouraging any green voters to exchange a deal, to vote tactically in order to have an impact in target seats? i don't think there — impact in target seats? i don't think there is _ impact in target seats? i don't think there is any _ impact in target seats? i don't think there is any need - impact in target seats? i don't think there is any need to - impact in target seats? i don't - think there is any need to because it is the greens that have been growing in local elections over the last few years. we have more than tripled our number of councillors in the last few years and, as i mentioned, we expect to gain a lot more this time around. we are standing a record number of candidates all over the country, so millions of voters have the chance to vote green and elect green based

on the community who can represent their needs. on the community who can represent their needs-— their needs. carla denyer, co-leader ofthe their needs. carla denyer, co-leader of the green — their needs. carla denyer, co-leader of the green party _ their needs. carla denyer, co-leader of the green party in _ their needs. carla denyer, co-leader of the green party in england - their needs. carla denyer, co-leader of the green party in england and i of the green party in england and where is, thank you forjoining us. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. london's health services are expected to be under significant pressure today, during the latest strike by nurses. it began at eight o'clock last night, and lasts until midnight tonight. at great ormond street striking nurses could be called in to work after the hospital raised serious concerns about staffing levels. the royal college of nursing's granted it a special exemption, saying staff would never leave children at risk. this strike is the first time some nurses who work in a&e, intensive care and cancer services have joined the picket lines. police are appealing for witnesses after an eight—year—old boy died after being hit by a car

in north london on friday. it happened in winchmore hill shortly before 7pm on green lanes. the child was taken to hospital, where he later died. the driver stopped, and so far no arrests have been made. a rise in rough sleeping in the capital has seen almost half of those on the streets there for the first time, according to new city hall figures. just over 3,000 people were recorded as sleeping rough by outreach teams between january and march — that's a 1a% increase on the same period last year. a pairof royalfans are the first to set up a camp outside buckingham palace a week before the king's coronation. the two are among other royal devotees who have begun waiting for charles' coronation on 6th may at westminster abbey, in the first such ceremony the country has seen in over 70 years. well, i'm here now, i was at the side of clarence house and we are the first persons here. and of course it's our first coronation and we're so excited cos

a lot of people don't see a coronation in their lifetime. let's take a look at the tubes now. there are several service alterations this morning. on the central line there is no service between liverpool street and woodford/newbury park. on the dlr, no service between westferry, poplar and lewisham. and london overground, no service between woodgrange park and barking riverside. now onto the weather with sara thornton. morning to you. mild start this morning. a bit of cloud out there right now, but that cloud is thinning and breaking and that's going to give us some sunshine. but that then is going to spark off some showers. from late morning onwards, they could be just about anywhere. they could be quite heavy and thundery as well. as you can see, there is sunshine mixed in with these showers. and in the best of that, temperatures up in the high teens again — like yesterday, 17 or 18 celsius. but the showers will drag the temperatures down a little bit. next couple of days, it is more settled. we've got high pressure starting to build in. that's going to really settle things down.

there will be some cloud around, i think, through tomorrow. and, as we go through the day, that cloud will thin and break and it's not quite as mild a start first thing tomorrow morning, but the day itself generally fairly fine with some sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures, though, are starting to come down just because of a slight change in wind direction. so more like mid—teens for tomorrow and for wednesday, too, with increasing amounts of sunshine. from thursday onwards, it turns more unsettled again. it will be a bit milder at the end of the week into next weekend, but there'll be further showers, too. that's it — don't forget you can keep up to date by downloading the bbc news app. we're back in half an hour. see you then. bye.

good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and nina warhurst. our headlines today. nurses in england begin a new strike. the royal college of nursing says it's their biggest yet. nhs bosses warn patients to expect disruption. uk nationals trying to escape the fighting in sudan have until midday to reach an extra rescue flight arranged by the british government. making everyday life easier for people with dementia — we meet the barbers and hairdressers with the extra skills to help out. unveiled — next weekend's coronation concert at windsor castle will take place

on a stage shaped like a union flag. talking about a record breaker, at the crucible mark selby becomes the first player to make a maximum 1a7 break, at the final of the world snooker championship. good morning. we have got some mist and low cloud first thing. sunny spells will break through. we will also see a scattering of showers. colder in parts of scotland. details coming up. good morning. it's monday, the 1st of may. members of the royal college of nursing have begun their latest strike in england, as part of a long—running dispute about pay and conditions. the walkout will last until midnight. it is the first time some nurses who work in a&e, intensive care and cancer services have joined the picket lines. our health reporter, katherine da costa reports. from london to bristol, liverpool to gloucestershire, for the third time this year members

of the royal college of nursing are back on strike in half of england's hospitals. it will be the first time some nurses who work in emergency departments, intensive care and cancer services, join the action. priya, a specialist cancer nurse, will be on the picket line. the kinds of offers we are getting from the government, now that we have moved into a time of inflation, are just not compatible with being able to live, to exist, to pay our rent, to buy food, to look after our families, and that is a cut too far. we have absorbed the cuts for ten years. and now, enough is enough. after concerns over patient safety, the rcn has now agreed to raise staffing levels nationally to protect critical areas such as major trauma and intensive care. health leaders have welcomed the move, but worry the disruption will further hamper efforts to tackle backlogs, something the union disputes. those waiting lists were not created by nursing staff.

the reason nursing staff are selflessly standing up for our patients and taking strike action is for that very reason, those waiting lists. seven—plus million people sitting on them. and why are they there? because of the tens of thousands of vacant nursing posts in place in england. we need those posts filled so we can get our patients off the waiting lists. and we won't do that unless we pay nurses a proper and decent wage. the strike was called earlier this month after rcn members rejected a government offer of a 5% pay rise for this year, and a one—off payment to top up last year's salary. members of the unite union have also rejected the deal. but other unions representing ambulance staff, midwives and physios have accepted the offer. we will now get together on tuesday, the nhs staff council will meet, to vote on whether it accepts the agreement that we negotiated with them. i think it's right to wait for the nhs staff council to come to that decision. and i think this strike is premature and disrespectful to those trade unions that will be meeting on tuesday. it's expected the majority of nhs

unions will back the deal, with ministers having agreed to introduce it if they do. but it won't resolve the dispute with junior doctors who are on a different contract, and the nurses' union says without an improved offer it plans to re—ballot members for another six—month mandate until christmas. katherine da costa, bbc news. we can speak now to our reporter katherine da costa, who is at thejohn radcliffe hospital in oxford. good morning. the major concern was the impact on emergency care. what do we know about how it has been affected? . . do we know about how it has been affected? , , ., affected? yes, it is worth reminding eve one affected? yes, it is worth reminding everyone that _ affected? yes, it is worth reminding everyone that the _ affected? yes, it is worth reminding everyone that the rcn _ affected? yes, it is worth reminding everyone that the rcn strike - affected? yes, it is worth reminding everyone that the rcn strike affectsj everyone that the rcn strike affects about half of nhs trusts in england come across hospitals, mental health and community services. the rcn is expecting this to be its most intense strike yet. certainly some trusted leaders are very concerned.

even with some of these national exemptions implies, there is going to be a huge impact on services. therefore, the message to the public is use a&e wisely, only attend in life—threatening emergencies. for non—urgent issues, people should use nhs 111. if non—urgent issues, people should use nhs111. if you have an appointment you should go, unless you have been appointed and told otherwise. people are being asked to be patient, because even though the strike ends at midnight tonight, there is likely to be a knock—on effect into tomorrow and earlier in the week. there have been more than half a million appointments and procedures cancelled during the industrial action over the past six months. the nurses though say that is not down to them, they have not created the waiting list, and backlogs. they say there is a shortage on staff. one in nine nursing post vacant. they say thatis nine nursing post vacant. they say that is why they are calling for this action, to improve recruitment and retention in the profession. thank you so much.

the uk is putting on an extra flight today, to rescue british nationals escape the fighting in sudan. those who are eligible will have to travel to port sudan. previously, raf planes have been taking off from an airstrip near the capital, khartoum, as part of an operation launched last week. our diplomatic correspondent paul adamsjoins us now from nairobi. good morning. isuppose good morning. i suppose these evacuations depend on the situation on the ground. what is happening in sudan? . , on the ground. what is happening in sudan? , , ., , , , sudan? yes, they absolutely. -- they absolutely do- — sudan? yes, they absolutely. -- they absolutely do. those _ sudan? yes, they absolutely. -- they absolutely do. those conditions - absolutely do. those conditions changing all the time. port sudan has become a real magnet for people trying to leave the country because there have been boats, most of them organised by saudi arabia just across the red sea, and thousands of people have already gone that way. with british consular staff on the

ground in port sudan, they have obviously recognised that there is a demand, a sufficient demand, among british nationals to lay on one flight from the airport in port sudan. whether that means the start of an operation that continues over the coming days, we simply don't know. i think the honest answer is that nobody really knows how many british nationals are in sudan and how many of those still want to leave. ., ., ., ,, , ., police in texas are continuing their search for a man accused of killing five of his neighbours in texas, after an argument about him practice—shooting nearby. the fbi say that suspect francisco oropeza, who's 38, is armed and dangerous. the victims were all from honduras, and included an eight—year—old child. a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man in his 30s was stabbed to death near a nightclub in cornwall. police say seven other people were taken to hospital for treatment, following the incident in bodmin yesterday morning.

the victim's family has been informed and is being supported by specialist officers. air raid alerts have been sounded across ukraine following a series of major explosions in the eastern ukrainian city of pavlograd. the ukrainian military say air defence crews destroyed 15 out of 18 missiles launched by russia in the early hours. it comes after russia sacked its deputy defence minister, who is also the officer in charge of armed forces logistics. around a,500 hospitality venues have shut down across the uk over the past year, because of soaring costs, according to new figures out today. industry experts say restaurants have been particularly hard hit, but that the pace of closures has slowed down. it's thought the sector will also get a £1 billion boost this month, with three bank holidays meaning 29 million of us are expected to head out to pubs, bars and restaurants.

shall we go? now? why not? coming up to ten past seven. we are counting down to the coronation this week. it's been revealed that the coronation concert at windsor castle will be taking place on a stage shaped like a union flag — lit up in red, white and blue. it's the biggest stage ever built in the uk, and is expected to welcome around 20,000 people. the stage platforms will fan out into the crowd with a halo—like screen surrounding the roof. i have only just i have onlyjust spotted the roof. it does look fantastic with the castle in the background. before the concert it is the pageantry itself. more than 7,000 personnel from across the uk and commonwealth's armed forces took part in a rehearsal ahead of the coronation next weekend. raf odiham was transformed into a life—size replica of the procession route for the practice session yesterday. sailors, soldiers, aviators and musicians from all the services are set to take part

in two processions, accompanying their majesties to and from westminster abbey where the coronation ceremony will take place. they're practising in the drive. let's hope it really is dry when we get to saturday. sarah can tell us how the weather is going to be as we lead up to this weekend, next week bank holidays in between! good morning. the weather as we head through the next week or so is looking a little bit up and down. the chance of things turning a bit more unsettled. low pressure moving in towards the coronation street weekend. correction —— coronation weekend. correction —— coronation weekend. we have the bank holiday today to look forward to. many of us starting on a dry note. mist and low cloud. through the day more sunshine breaking through the cloud lifting any mist and mark. showers frequent

in eastern england. turning colder for the 30. a cold front is moving in across northern scotland. another frontal system that brought yesterday's rain these days clearing away. forthe yesterday's rain these days clearing away. for the bulk of the uk, we are sitting at this mild air. blue colours and northerly winds cutting across the north of scotland. very cloudy with some splashes of light rain. furthersouth, cloudy with some splashes of light rain. further south, away from the north of scotland, sunny spells and a scattering of showers. most frequent for eastern wales, central and eastern england. they will fade away from the west as we head through the afternoon. temperatures not quite as warm as recent days. we could see 17, possibly 18 degrees in the warmest spot. single figures for the warmest spot. single figures for the northern isles, western isles, down towards aberdeenshire. as we head towards the afternoon, moderate to high levels of pollen. you will notice that if you suffer from hay fever. as we move through this evening and tonight, most of those heavy downpours in the east will fade away. cloud drifting south. a

misty and murky night. most of us frost free to start tomorrow. turning colder with a touch of frost tonight in the north of scotland. frost?! it is may! it is may! i frost?! it is may! it is may!- frost?! it is may! i it is may!- up frost?! it is may! - it is may!- up and frost?! it is may! _ it is may!- up and down. frost?! it is may! it is ma ! ~ .. u- and down. we it is may! i know. up and down. we remain optimistic. _ it is may! i know. up and down. we remain optimistic. you _ it is may! i know. up and down. we remain optimistic. you say - it is may! i know. up and down. we remain optimistic. you say things i remain optimistic. you say things may change a little as we closed down into the weekend. we will check in later. thank you. coming up to my quarter past seven. as our population ages, the number of people living with dementia continues to increase. the alzheimer's society says more than 225,000 people will develop dementia this year alone. by 2025, a million will people will have the condition in the uk. breakfast'sjohn maguire has been to see first hand the efforts being made to ensure people living with dementia are not left behind. morning! lenny white says, to his knowledge, he was the first specialist barber for people with dementia in the world. he visits care homes across ireland

— both sides of the border — with his pop—up shop. there's a barber's pole, a jukebox playing golden oldies, and he sprays the air with lemon cologne to create that distinctive, traditional smell. it's lovely and fresh. of course, there's also chat — craic, as lenny says — and lots of it. what kind of music would you have danced to years ago, then? every day is different, but i try and install some fun into the day, and they're in for maybe half an hour to the hour, but that will last with them for the rest of that day. you know, they feel good. the care workers are coming in, going, "och, jimmy, you look great and you smell good and you might get a girlfriend tonight" — you know, stuff like that. so it really does make them feel good. it makes everybody feel good, you know, whenever you're looking after for somebody. he visits this home on the outskirts of belfast every six weeks or so, and the gents are always pleased to see him. # que sera, sera... he has the music playing and they. get their proper barber experience. cos sometimes you go

up and you might get. something out of them, _ but then once you put the music on, everybody starts to sing, their feet start to tap, i start to clap their hands, - and they reallyjoin in, so they do. do you like danny boy? i do. do you? i do. let me hear you singing it. # 0h, danny boy. # the pipes, the pipes are calling. # from glen to glen. # and down the mountainside. as well as music, the right type of conversation helps to unlock precious memories. so if they're going to talk about, you know, their mummy and daddy, i'm not going to tell them that their mummy or daddy has passed away and maybe try and talk about something different. so it's bringing the customer back when they were young, and memories of their times gone by. maintain eye contact. so speak to that person. check that they're listening to you. here at the salon, staff are undergoing dementia—awareness training. the business is owned

by a brother and sister — two of five siblings whose mother has dementia. they understand what it means to try to live as full a life as possible. these are the people we love with all our hearts, that have looked after us and treasured us. and here they are now, like little children, and we're just trying to hold on to them, so... people feel like that. they want to be able to take people out and feel comfortable, and it matters. yeah. you were saying there about mum — whenever we taker her out—out, - you sort of feel like people think she's drunk. - yeah. you know? cos that's... they're just rude. yeah. the relationship between a client and a barber or hairdresser can last a lifetime. decades of stories, secrets, personal details people may never share elsewhere. sometimes clients maybe want to open up to you. it's like a wee sort of session of therapy, and they maybe open up and sort of talk to you about it and sort of say they maybe are scared

or they're going through it with somebody else, or maybe they're a carer. i've seen it first—hand with them — like now, dealing with my mum, you know, it's... it's... personal. yeah, it's a very personal thing. so the training teaches staff how to talk to people with the condition — and, crucially, how to listen. the aim is to tackle social isolation. it's giving people with dementia the opportunity to be involved in everyday life. so we want to make someone still be able to go to the hairdressers or go to the coffee shop or, you know, go and do their shopping. but if we can educate people around them to understand how they behave or the difficulties that they're having, its a better world for everybody. that's you finished. dementia is complex and nuanced. each person's condition affects them in differing ways, so a better understanding of what's happening, why, and how to behave with people is crucial in ensuring they continue to live with dementia as best they can. john maguire, bbc news, belfast.

brilliant thing to do. we're joined in the studio now by tommy dunne, a dementia campaigner who's also living with the condition. tim beanland from the alzheimer's societyjoins us from winchester. morning. tommy, you were watching that report and you said, wow, smell and music are two of the things that just bring your brain sharply in focus? ., ., .,, just bring your brain sharply in focus? ., ., ., . focus? two of the most fantastic thins focus? two of the most fantastic things they _ focus? two of the most fantastic things they can _ focus? two of the most fantastic things they can do _ focus? two of the most fantastic things they can do is _ focus? two of the most fantastic things they can do is bring - focus? two of the most fantastic things they can do is bring in - things they can do is bring in smell. if you go past a bakery shop you know what those smells do. different smells mean different things. somebody might be wearing the perfume my mum used to wear. a waif of it brings back memories of my mum. —— a waif of it. any good

smells... i notice the aftershave the use, i used to get that in a christmas box. the use to be about 20 bottles of that! any time i get a smell of that, it reminds me of christmas and happy times, opening them presents and thinking, i wondering ——, arbeloa thisis? the wondering --, arbeloa thisis? the fact that lenny. — wondering ——, arbeloa thisis? the fact that lenny, the barber, is going to so much effort to make it just right, what sort of difference could that make to people there, but potentially to other people across the country and other schemes? what the country and other schemes? what lenn is the country and other schemes? what lenny is doing — the country and other schemes? what lenny is doing there _ the country and other schemes? what lenny is doing there is _ the country and other schemes? ia'fi�*ué�*if lenny is doing there is something thatis lenny is doing there is something that is unique. but we don't want it to be unique, we wanted to be the norm. everyone done that, it would make our lives better. you can see the impact it is having on their lives. every of everyone just that little bit extra it would make a hell of a bit of difference. people

are not educated about what dementia is. people think we're mad. we don't understand what is happening. a person with dementia keeps their intelligence until the day they die. they may lose the ability to communicate. but we will always have our intelligence. that is why we need communities to be with us, to help us. that will keep us here longer. if we are left in the house on our own, we will deteriorate. if we become part of a community and are out there in the community, we can thrive. we would be like flowers. if you water a flower, it grows. that is what we want. that is what people out there can do for us. they can make us come alive. people accept us, we come alive. we love to meet people. but people don't want to meet us. that's what we have got to meet us. that's what we have got to change.

to meet us. that's what we have got to chance. . to meet us. that's what we have got to chance. , ., , ., to change. tim, it is really moving my tummy — to change. tim, it is really moving my tummy is _ to change. tim, it is really moving my tummy is talking _ to change. tim, it is really moving my tummy is talking about - to change. tim, it is really moving my tummy is talking about fair - my tummy is talking about fair because it is an experience i have had with my dad where you can take somebody out and if they are on edge, it puts the carer on edge, the person living with dementia on edge. tim, in your mind, does moore need to be done to make employers aware so that when we are out and about, there is a greater awareness of how to talk to people with dementia and not to be scared of it?— not to be scared of it? absolutely. there is a big _ not to be scared of it? absolutely. there is a big stigma _ not to be scared of it? absolutely. there is a big stigma in _ not to be scared of it? absolutely. there is a big stigma in society i there is a big stigma in society about— there is a big stigma in society about dementia. people are not aware of it. about dementia. people are not aware of it they— about dementia. people are not aware of it. they are frightened of it. at the alzheimer's society we have done a lot of— the alzheimer's society we have done a lot of work already with shops, banks. _ a lot of work already with shops, banks, sports venues. as we saw the clip, banks, sports venues. as we saw the clip. this— banks, sports venues. as we saw the clip. this is— banks, sports venues. as we saw the clip, this is partly about educating staff. _ clip, this is partly about educating staff, them more aware of dementia, making _ staff, them more aware of dementia, making it _ staff, them more aware of dementia, making it less scary. so there are

things— making it less scary. so there are things we — making it less scary. so there are things we can do. oftenjust little things— things we can do. oftenjust little things that make our amenities more accessible _ things that make our amenities more accessible and more inclusive. it is better— accessible and more inclusive. it is better for— accessible and more inclusive. it is better for people with dementia but it is also— better for people with dementia but it is also better for people with other— it is also better for people with other conditions. maybe you have a sensory _ other conditions. maybe you have a sensory impairment. these are small things— sensory impairment. these are small things we _ sensory impairment. these are small things we can do by working with our abilities _ things we can do by working with our abilities. but tommy is absolutely right _ abilities. but tommy is absolutely right. people with dementia have a film right. people with dementia have a right to _ right. people with dementia have a right to be — right. people with dementia have a right to be in the community and play an— right to be in the community and play an active part in them. we have to make _ play an active part in them. we have to make those small changes so that our communities are much more inclusive — our communities are much more inclusive. ~ . . our communities are much more inclusive. ~ . , , our communities are much more inclusive-— inclusive. we have 'ust seen the hairdresser. _ inclusive. we have 'ust seen the hairdresser, the _ inclusive. we have just seen the hairdresser, the barber, - inclusive. we have just seen the hairdresser, the barber, is - inclusive. we have just seen the hairdresser, the barber, is a - inclusive. we have just seen the i hairdresser, the barber, is a great example. give us some other examples of those little changes, the practical differences in daily life that might improve life for people like tommy? 50. that might improve life for people like tommy?— that might improve life for people like tomm ? ., ., like tommy? so, we saw some of that in the cli- like tommy? so, we saw some of that in the clip with — like tommy? so, we saw some of that in the clip with the _ like tommy? so, we saw some of that in the clip with the trainer _ like tommy? so, we saw some of that in the clip with the trainer for - in the clip with the trainer for staff awareness in northern ireland. often that can be that somebody is taking longer as detail, they have

forgotten their pin. often it is about listening. we don't list and as much as we used to. give the person more time. maybe understanding of their behaviours. try to put yourself in their shoes. put yourself in the shoes of the person with dementia and imagine what it would be like to be them. those are the sorts of things which staff can do. we have done this in shops. in cinemas we have got relaxed screenings that we have helped cinemas organise where people have a coffee beforehand, they can go in, watch the film, maybe walk around if they want to. they don't have to sit in complete silence. these are things that make aaron mckibbin it is more accessible. band mckibbin it is more accessible. and it's beneficial _ mckibbin it is more accessible. and it's beneficial for people living with commercial —— dementia. —— these are things that make our communities more accessible. have you had experiences where you think somebody is trying to achieve you

along more quickly, or they lose patience with you? i along more quickly, or they lose patience with you?— patience with you? i remember caettin patience with you? i remember getting on _ patience with you? i remember getting on a — patience with you? i remember getting on a bus _ patience with you? i remember getting on a bus one _ patience with you? i remember getting on a bus one day. - patience with you? i remember- getting on a bus one day. transport is one of the most important thing is one of the most important thing is for people because you can have all these fantastic places for people to go. but if the transport is not there in the first place... i put my bus pass on the counter. and it must not have registered. i walked away. the bus driver shouted at me. someone said to me, the driver wants you. i went back. the driver wants you. i went back. the driver nodded at me. i nodded back. he nodded again. i nodded. i said, driver nodded at me. i nodded back. he nodded again. i nodded. isaid, i don't know what you want. he said, put it on there. i started panicking. i thought... put it on there. i started panicking. ithought... i put it on there. i started panicking. i thought... i am try to get my pass out again and put it on. for the next three, four years, every time i got on the bus my heart used a pound and beat. i didn't want

to be made a fool out of getting on the bus. i was also on a bus once and i said in one of the disabled seeds. i have a disabled bus pass. there was a girl sitting on the long seats. the girl said something to the fellow. and he said, excuse me mate? i said, the fellow. and he said, excuse me mate? isaid, what? he said, you can't sit there. i said, why not? he said, they are for disabled people. i said, i'm disabled. said, they are for disabled people. isaid, i'm disabled. he said, they are for disabled people. i said, i'm disabled. he said, said, they are for disabled people. isaid, i'm disabled. he said, you don't look disabled. i said, you don't look disabled. i said, you don't look disabled. i said, you don't look stupid! but because people can't see you have dementia, we're treated different. when i say i have got dementia, they say, you can't have dementia, you can talk! if it was all about memory i would get a dictaphone and a notepad and write everything down. as soon as i

was diagnosed with dementia that they took away my driving licence. that took my independence away. took away myjob. i had a big mortgage still to pay. we downsized and moved into a small bungalow. everything was taken away straightaway. and then, some of your so—called friends don't come around because you have dementia. then you find out who your true friends are. real friends are better than anything else. and the new friends you make in the dementia community, they are really good. we want to go out and be part of society. we don't want to be stuck in this room. we want to be part of the community. if the community accepts us, we have got loads of skills and experience, lived experience we can pass on. people are designing things for people with dementia without getting the person

with dementia in at the start and getting them in to help them design to the things. we have two get the people with dementia in at the start and how we get it right from day one. it and how we get it right from day one. . and how we get it right from day one. , ., ~ , and how we get it right from day one. , . ~ , ., , ., one. itjust takes a little bit of ratience one. itjust takes a little bit of patience from _ one. itjust takes a little bit of patience from everybody. - one. itjust takes a little bit of patience from everybody. as i one. itjust takes a little bit of. patience from everybody. as you one. itjust takes a little bit of- patience from everybody. as you say, that inclusion. it takes one little knock of your confidence, and of the carer, to stop you wanting to go on the strips again, which are so important. thank you so much, tommy, for speaking so eloquently about what it is like. thank you. and thank you as well for those tips and advice for people working in shops, for example, who can make a huge difference with a slight shift in behaviour. thank you. 7:27am. as the uk counts down the final days to the coronation, one island community will be celebrating the event by remembering its links to the last king charles. jersey helped save the life of charles ii, who was in hiding after his father was beheaded on the orders of oliver cromwell. as robert hall found out,

it was the first part of the british isles to proclaim him king. civil war in england. royalty on the run from parliament. a future king looking for a place of safety. injersey, one man — ardent royalist george de carteret — sent an offer of help. on a spring day in april 16a6, lookouts here on the battlements at elizabeth castle spotted what turned out to be the masts of royal ships on the horizon. much to the surprise of george de carteret and his fellow islanders, charles i had decided thatjersey was the safest place for his son. the de carterets of st ouen were one ofjersey�*s wealthiest and most powerful families. their motto — loyal duty — was about to be put to the test. they landed at the elizabeth castle, and george looked after him when he was here in 16a6. and, indeed, when he came back

for his second visit in 16a9, that was a big undertaking because the second time around, there was anything up to 300 courtiers. although charles had to live at elizabeth castle for his own safety, he spent a lot of time visiting st ouen's manor — so much time that he even left a couple of mementos. what we have is a pair of gloves that king charles would have given to us as a mark of appreciation for his hospitality. so if you had a nice meal or whatever, you left something behind. indeed — the tradition was that he left one glove behind. we're very fortunate to have two gloves — a pair of them. so either the dinner was particularly good, or — more likely — he came to dinner more than once. safe for now in his temporary home, the prince lived in some style. documents show that he also paid his bills. this document is actually his cleaning lady's bill from the time

he was at elizabeth castle. this is a lady called mary grimshaw, and she's saying she's "humbly desire a thing — allowance for making clean his majesty's chambers and doing other necessary work for 20 weeks". and what's nice is at the bottom we've just got, "pay this — cr." so written in charles' own handwriting. the news from london was getting worse. charles i was imprisoned, then executed. butjersey held out for the royalist cause. sir george carteret, who was in charge in the island, declared that charles ii should be proclaimed king, even though parliament had disbanded the office of king. so jersey was really defying those orders from england. and king charles ii neverforgot.

we have here a handwritten note, written by charles ii. "carteret, i will add this to you under mine own hand, that i can never forget the good services you have done to my father and to me. and, if god bless me, you shall find i do remember them to the advantage of you and yours. and for this you have the word of your very loving friend, charles r." over a decade later — finally on the english throne — charles ii sentjersey a gift. so it's silver gilt — weighs about orjust under 15 lbs. this is really a symbol of the connection between the crown and the island ofjersey, and it's something that i think reflects how it is to this very day — a sense that we are connected to the crown, and the crown is connected to us. so the bunting fluttering injersey�*s 12 parishes celebrates more than the coming coronation — it's also a reminder of islanders who helped to save another charles when the monarchy was most at risk.

robert hall, bbc news in the channel islands. that is absolutely fascinating. tommy, just before he left, casually drops in that he is off to the king's garden party, the first one after the coronation where the queen consort will at that point be the queen. a busy man. first he has golf today. keeping busy. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. london's health services are expected to be under significant pressure today during the latest strike by nurses. it began at 8:00 last night and lasts until midnight tonight. at great ormond street, striking nurses could be called in to work after the hospital raised "serious concerns" about staffing levels.

the royal college of nursing's granted it a special exemption, saying staff would "never, ever" leave children at risk. police are appealing for witnesses after an eight—year—old boy died after being hit by a car in north london on friday. it happened in winchmore hill shortly before 7pm on green lanes. the child was taken to hospital, where he later died. the driver stopped, and so far no arrests have been made. a rise in rough sleeping in the capital has seen almost half of those on the streets there for the first time, according to new city hall figures. just over 3,000 people were recorded as sleeping rough by outreach teams betweenjanuary and march — that's a 1a% increase on the same period last year. now, you may well have had a disco to mark the end of your time at school, but the popularity of the prom is on the rise. and with that, so is the cost of marking the milestone. for many families struggling with the cost of living, it can add extra financial pressure. that's why the nest charity in essex

is offering prom outfits for free. they held two successful events this weekend, with more planned for next week. loads of people can't, like, afford big dresses and there's, like, this massive pressure on everyone that they need to look perfect or find the perfect dress, so there's, like, lots of variety here and everything. let's take a look at the tubes now. there are several service alterations this morning. on the central line there is no service between liverpool street and woodford / newbury park. the dlr, no service between westferry/ poplar and lewisham. and london overground — no service between woodgrange park and barking riverside. now onto the weather with sara thornton. morning to you. mild start this morning. a bit of cloud out there right now, but that cloud is thinning and breaking and that's going to give us some sunshine. but that then is going to spark off some showers. from late morning onwards, they could be just about anywhere.

they could be quite heavy and thundery as well. as you can see, there is sunshine mixed in with these showers. and in the best of that, temperatures up in the high teens again — like yesterday, 17 or 18 celsius. but the showers will drag the temperatures down a little bit. next couple of days, it is more settled. we've got high pressure starting to build in. that's going to really settle things down. there will be some cloud around, i think, through tomorrow. and, as we go through the day, that cloud will thin and break and it's not quite as mild a start first thing tomorrow morning, but the day itself generally fairly fine with some sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures, though, are starting to come down just because of a slight change in wind direction. so more like mid—teens for tomorrow and for wednesday, too, with increasing amounts of sunshine. from thursday onwards, it turns more unsettled again. it will be a bit milder at the end of the week into next weekend, but there'll be further showers, too. that's it — don't forget you can keep up to date by downloading the bbc news app. we're back in half an hour — see you then. bye.

hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and nina warhurst. members of the royal college of nursing have defended their latest strike action, saying nurses are looking for a fair settlement. the walk—out — which, for the first time, includes workers in critical services such as intensive care — ends at midnight. we're joined now by the rcn's general secretary, pat cullen. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. we havejust had a message to our inbox from somebody who said that their sister has had life—saving brain surgery cancelled today because of the strike and they aren't, nurses should not be allowed to strike like this. what do you say to strike like this. what do you say to people affected, especially in departments like cancer care, who have not been affected before by the strikes, you just feel it shouldn't be happening?— strikes, you just feel it shouldn't be happening? first thing i want to sa to that be happening? first thing i want to say to that individual _ be happening? first thing i want to say to that individual is, _ be happening? first thing i want to say to that individual is, we - be happening? first thing i want to say to that individual is, we are - be happening? first thing i want to

say to that individual is, we are so| say to that individual is, we are so sorry. that this has happened. we are so sorry that nursing has been pushed to the brink and that as a result this is happening to our patients now. so my sincere apologies on behalf of every single nurse will start the second thing i would say is that over this last number of days we have been working tirelessly right into the small hours of the morning with nhs england, putting in place any exemption that has been requested from our services. on saturday a gentleman was due to have their surgery and that's request came on as an exemption to us. there is absolutely no way that the royal couege absolutely no way that the royal college of nursing would not ensure we would approve that exemption. that is the unfortunate part of this, that that exemption most likely has not arrived into our office because that would have definitely been put forward as an approval by my very senior chief

nurse. �* ., approval by my very senior chief nurse. �* . , , , nurse. but waiting lists will be loner as nurse. but waiting lists will be longer as a — nurse. but waiting lists will be longer as a result _ nurse. but waiting lists will be longer as a result of _ nurse. but waiting lists will be longer as a result of this - nurse. but waiting lists will be. longer as a result of this strike, won't they? brute longer as a result of this strike, won't they?— longer as a result of this strike, won't the ? . ., ,, ., ., ., won't they? we all know our waiting lists are well — won't they? we all know our waiting lists are well over _ won't they? we all know our waiting lists are well over 7 _ won't they? we all know our waiting lists are well over 7 million - won't they? we all know our waiting lists are well over 7 million now, - lists are well over 7 million now, nursing staff have been on strike over a six—month period and in that period our nursing staff took six days of strike. those days were 12 hours from 8am to 8pm. throughout that period we could have taken a lot more but why did we not, why did our nursing staff not? for the very reason that we have just talked about, we would not have done that because it would have added more at risk and more burden on to our patients. but that burden and risk is carried by our nursing staff every day of the year. 365 days, not just on the one day of strike action, but seems to be the focus of

general manager and the people running the service that i have said these walking issues of our nursing staff and see what it is like for them not to be able to provide the care for their patients. let's keep this in perspective as to why those nurses are standing out on picket lines this morning again, and those nurses that have been exempted to work to ensure we continue with patient safety is because they are working with tens of thousands of vacant posts. and what i would say to all general managers today. we can now see that the nhs cannot cope without nursing staff. that is abundantly clear. so i hope everyone of those general managers now signals immediately to government the importance of nursing and how critical it is to get this dispute resolved so that we can sort out the nursing profession and make sure they get back into care for the patients you have just talked to me this morning about, and many others. that is what we want to do, that is what we have trained as nurses to do, and it is unfair to keep on

saying that it is a nursing staff that have created the 7 million waiting list simply by exercising their voice on behalf of their patients. their voice on behalf of their ratients. ., , ., patients. the rcn has agreed with the nhs that _ patients. the rcn has agreed with the nhs that safety _ patients. the rcn has agreed with the nhs that safety critical- the nhs that safety critical mitigations might be required to maintain safe patient care on strike days. just in practical terms, for people watching this morning who might be in hospital or need care over the next 2a hours, what does that mean, what are the safety critical mitigations that might exist that might help them? brute critical mitigations that might exist that might help them? we have mitiaated or exist that might help them? we have mitigated or exempted _ exist that might help them? we have mitigated or exempted our _ exist that might help them? we have| mitigated or exempted our members, our nursing staff, to work in emergency departments, intensive care units, paediatric intensive care units, paediatric intensive care and neonatal units and other safety critical and critical services. so our nursing staff will be back in this morning. whilst on strike. they will continue to care for their patients. so there is no

situation where our nursing staff willjust abandon their patients and walk onto picket lines and, indeed, indeed, for those nurses that are losing a day's pay and standing on picket lines, should there be a further emergency they are required to return to, they will immediately remove themselves from picket lines and look after their patients. that is what nursing is about. they are selfless people and they are standing up for their patients for an nhs which is totally broken, totally broken, but they are the people trying to work in that every single day and night trying to work after —— look after their patients. my after —— look after their patients. my message to the secretary of state this morning is, for goodness' sake, let's get into a room and sort this out and do the right thing for those nation dylan mackin nursing staff. the secretary of state says he is meeting with other unions, other unions which are accepting what is on the table and he says that by striking to date that rcn is taking action which is premature and

disrespectful to those other unions. 0f disrespectful to those other unions. of course you will know that i will totally refute that. the only disrespect that has been dished out here is from the secretary of state by not getting into a room and starting to talk to myself on behalf of the 300,000 nurses which have participated in this ballot. let's not start to play further games around this, it is far too serious. he says he has been engaging with the rcn over the weekend. you say there hasn't been no talks, that has not happened? ida. there hasn't been no talks, that has not happened?— not happened? no, i have had absolutely _ not happened? no, i have had absolutely no _ not happened? no, i have had absolutely no talks _ not happened? no, i have had absolutely no talks with - not happened? no, i have had absolutely no talks with steve | absolutely no talks with steve barclay over the weekend. that is factually incorrect. itirel’itlt barclay over the weekend. that is factually incorrect.— factually incorrect. with his -eo . le, factually incorrect. with his people. his _ factually incorrect. with his people, his officials, - factually incorrect. with his people, his officials, other| factually incorrect. with his - people, his officials, other members of his team? ila. people, his officials, other members of his team?— of his team? no. i have had many, many conversations _ of his team? no. i have had many, many conversations over _ of his team? no. i have had many, many conversations over the - of his team? no. i have had many, i many conversations over the weekend with nhs england, but certainly not with nhs england, but certainly not

with steve barclay or his officials, absolutely not.— with steve barclay or his officials, absolutely not. how does this end? it ends b absolutely not. how does this end? it ends by getting — absolutely not. how does this end? it ends by getting into _ absolutely not. how does this end? it ends by getting into a _ absolutely not. how does this end? it ends by getting into a room - absolutely not. how does this end? it ends by getting into a room and i it ends by getting into a room and putting more money on the table for our brilliant nurses so that they can get back to their work. we owe that to the nursing staff. but the secretary of state owes that to the people of england so that we can make sure that the people that you have been contacted by on your programme are able to get the absolute care and treatment that our nursing staff want to provide for them. we owe it to the people of england, to patients, we need to get our 7 million plus patients off the waiting list and we will only do that by doing the right thing for nursing and making sure that we can fill the a7,000 vacant posts in this country. flat fill the 47,000 vacant posts in this count . ., fill the 47,000 vacant posts in this count . . ., country. pat cullen of the rcn, thank you _ country. pat cullen of the rcn, thank you very _ country. pat cullen of the rcn, thank you very much. - gavin joins gavinjoins us for the gavin joins us for the sport. yesterday, looking ahead to the snooker. as exciting as you build it

to be. brute snooker. as exciting as you build it to be. ~ ., ~ snooker. as exciting as you build it to be. . . ,, ., to be. we were talking about nicknames. _ to be. we were talking about nicknames, the _ to be. we were talking about nicknames, the jester - to be. we were talking about nicknames, the jester from i nicknames, thejesterfrom leicester. nicknames, the 'ester from leicesterh nicknames, the 'ester from leicester. . ., leicester. what was your nickname? the roller-coaster? _ leicester. what was your nickname? the roller-coaster? yeah! _ leicester. what was your nickname? the roller-coaster? yeah! life - leicester. what was your nickname? the roller-coaster? yeah! life is - the roller-coaster? yeah! life is full of ups _ the roller-coaster? yeah! life is full of ups and _ the roller-coaster? yeah! life is full of ups and downs _ the roller-coaster? yeah! life is full of ups and downs with - the roller-coaster? yeah! life is full of ups and downs with me! i the roller-coaster? yeah! life is - full of ups and downs with me! there we go. mark selby, brilliant from him, a stunning end to the session last night. mark selby made the first ever maximum break in a world snooker championship final. in the penultimate frame of the evening, he had to overcome some tricky reds but finished in style, much to the delight of the crowd at the crucible in sheffield — a standing ovation for the jester from leicester. he trails luca brecel by 9 frames to 8, with play resuming this afternoon. selby had some fun with the crowd to celebrate a brilliant achievement. former world champions shaun murphy and ken doherty where very impressed. we all thought it was inevitable, and now manchester city are back at the top of the premier league as they seem to be timing their run brilliantly. it only took three minutes for erling haaland to

score against fulham — his 50th goal in all competitions from the penalty spot. an astounding achievement — and a record that's stood for over 90 years. fulham did pull one back, butjulian alvarez�*s effort secured the 2—1win meaning city lead the way now — by one point — with a game in hand over rivals arsenal, who play tomorrow. manchester united boosted their champions league hopes with a 1—0 win against aston villa at old trafford. bruno fernandes with the only goal of the game, which ended aston villa's ten—match unbeaten run — and also ensures united have a healthy advantage on the clubs chasing a top—four spot, villa now nine points adrift in seventh. there was a thrilling finish to liverpool's game against tottenham hotspur, they won a—3, with a stoppage time winner — to move into fifth. liverpool were 3—0 up at anfield afterjust 15 minutes, but spurs thought they'd salvaged a draw when richarlison headed home in the second minute of injury time, only for diogojota to take advantage of lucas moura's backpass, to fire home a winner for liverpool just a minute later — an unbelievable finish. jurgen klopp, the liverpool boss,

fired up with an ongoing battle with the officiating for him — and then pulled his hamstring in the aftermath. a huge result for his team. that has got to hurt, hasn't it? that has got to hurt, hasn't it? that has got to hurt, hasn't it? that has to hurt. he that has got to hurt, hasn't it? that has to hurt.— that has got to hurt, hasn't it? that has to hurt. he tried to style it out but it _ that has to hurt. he tried to style it out but it didn't _ that has to hurt. he tried to style it out but it didn't work, - that has to hurt. he tried to style it out but it didn't work, we - that has to hurt. he tried to style it out but it didn't work, we know| it out but it didn't work, we know what is going on!— it out but it didn't work, we know what is going on! nobody noticed. exactl . what is going on! nobody noticed. exactly- hold _ what is going on! nobody noticed. exactly. hold on, _ what is going on! nobody noticed. exactly. hold on, carry _ what is going on! nobody noticed. exactly. hold on, carry on. - newcastle came from a goal behind to beat struggling southampton 3—1 at stjames' park and are now third in the premier league. the saints led 1—0 at the break but a callum wilson double sealed the three points and rounded off a miserable day for southampton, who remain six points from safety — at the bottom of the table. leeds look to be in big trouble, too. they lost a—1 to bournemouth who now have 39 points. leeds are just one point off the relegation places. celtic are through to the scottish cup final after beating their old firm rivals rangers 1—0. they'll now play inverness caledonian thistle injune. a first—half header from jota was enough to settle a tense old firm encounter. it means rangers' season is effectively over, with celtic one win away from a league title and one win away

from a domestic treble. we kind of knew what was at stake and, you know, rangers — kind of, this was their last opportunity to sort of, you know, gain some success, as well. so we knew it was going to require all our facets of our game, and i thought we did that — you know, we played ourfootball when we needed to, we defended really strongly when we needed to. and throughout it all, just underpinned byjust the unbelievable work ethic this group of players has. exeter chiefs' hopes of reaching the champions cup final were ended by a ruthless semi—final display by holders la rochelle in bordeaux. sam simmonds gave exeter an early lead but the french side ran in seven tries as they swept aside the 2020 winners by a7 points to 28. so it will be a repeat of last years's final, la rochelle against leinster in dublin. what a match that is set to be. also to let you know that this amazing women's football game later. the

champions league semifinal, arsenal and wolfsburg. second life, 2—2 from the first leg but set to be a record breaker in a sense of the highest attendance for a club match in england. 60,000 expected at the emirates for that match. that england. 60,000 expected at the emirates for that match.— emirates for that match. that is amazin: . emirates for that match. that is amazing. absolutely. _ emirates for that match. that is amazing. absolutely. great - emirates for that match. that is amazing. absolutely. great to i emirates for that match. that is i amazing. absolutely. great to see because we _ amazing. absolutely. great to see because we saw _ amazing. absolutely. great to see because we saw what _ amazing. absolutely. great to see because we saw what the - amazing. absolutely. great to see. because we saw what the lionesses did last year and how women's football has taken off but it'll be great to see and especially if arsenal get to the final. abs, great to see and especially if arsenal get to the final. a bigger crowd than _ arsenal get to the final. a bigger crowd than some _ arsenal get to the final. a bigger crowd than some premier- arsenal get to the final. a bigger| crowd than some premier league arsenal get to the final. a bigger- crowd than some premier league men's side. thanks to you, the roller—coaster! side. thanks to you, the roller-coaster!— side. thanks to you, the roller-coaster! ., . , roller-coaster! the roller-coaster, love it! bank holiday monday. what could be better than life idly drifting along a waterway? but it's not all plain sailing — as boating enthusiast robbie cumming found out when filming bbc four�*s canal boat diaries. now in its fourth series, robbie is continuing hisjourney on his narrowboat, the naughty lass, all captured on mobile

phones and small cameras. let's take a look. we're off. this is it. i've joined the back end of the flotilla. i've just got to watch my speed. if i go too quick, i'll end up ramming someone, and the boat in front of me is made of plastic, so that would not be good for them. reached the point in the evening where the light really is at its lowest level, so all the lights are popping out... do you know what? this is really magical. i've never seen anything like this before. what an effort everyone's made. it's brilliant. cheering, horn blasting. i've taken my boat out many times before at night, but nothing quite like this.

robbiejoins us now. laughter we should explain. thank you very much indeed. we should explain. thank you very much indeed-— much indeed. scared me to death. that is a lock _ much indeed. scared me to death. that is a lock key _ much indeed. scared me to death. that is a lock key with _ much indeed. scared me to death. that is a lock key with various - that is a lock key with various other bits and pieces which basically keep you afloat. that is m ke s basically keep you afloat. that is my keys with _ basically keep you afloat. that is my keys with the _ basically keep you afloat. that is my keys with the ball _ basically keep you afloat. that is my keys with the ball on - basically keep you afloat. that is my keys with the ball on the - basically keep you afloat. that is my keys with the ball on the endj basically keep you afloat. that is i my keys with the ball on the end to keep them — my keys with the ball on the end to keep them from sinking and one of my old hats. _ keep them from sinking and one of my old hats. as— keep them from sinking and one of my old hats, as well. it is keep them from sinking and one of my old hats, as well.— old hats, as well. it is as complex as it gets- — old hats, as well. it is as complex as it gets. that _ old hats, as well. it is as complex as it gets. that is _ old hats, as well. it is as complex as it gets. that is the _ old hats, as well. it is as complex as it gets. that is the appeal - old hats, as well. it is as complex as it gets. that is the appeal of i as it gets. that is the appeal of narrow boats, simple life. keeping eve hint narrow boats, simple life. keeping everything simple. _ narrow boats, simple life. keeping everything simple, minimalist, - narrow boats, simple life. keeping everything simple, minimalist, is. everything simple, minimalist, is key. _ everything simple, minimalist, is key, certainly when you are filming on a narrow— key, certainly when you are filming on a narrow boat and, yeah, so i've .ot on a narrow boat and, yeah, so i've got small— on a narrow boat and, yeah, so i've got small cameras like my phone that i am got small cameras like my phone that i am just— got small cameras like my phone that i am just able to capture those moments _ i am just able to capture those moments as we go along, really. you found a lot — moments as we go along, really. you found a lot of — moments as we go along, really. wm. found a lot of this yourself. moments as we go along, really. you found a lot of this yourself. yeah, - found a lot of this yourself. yeah, and that is — found a lot of this yourself. yeah, and that is how _ found a lot of this yourself. yeah, and that is how it _ found a lot of this yourself. yeah, and that is how it started. - found a lot of this yourself. yeah, and that is how it started. i - found a lot of this yourself. yeah, and that is how it started. i was i and that is how it started. i was making — and that is how it started. i was making videos on youtube and got

picked _ making videos on youtube and got picked up — making videos on youtube and got picked up from there, and the series. — picked up from there, and the series. we _ picked up from there, and the series, we have kept that diy aspect and, series, we have kept that diy aspect and. yeah. _ series, we have kept that diy aspect and, yeah, there is a drone, get some _ and, yeah, there is a drone, get some amazing shots and my producer stewart _ some amazing shots and my producer stewart woodman, he is there with his cameras, as well. a very small crew— his cameras, as well. a very small crew but _ his cameras, as well. a very small crew but we — his cameras, as well. a very small crew but we capture what we hope is the real— crew but we capture what we hope is the real side of boating.— the real side of boating. keeping it sim-le is the real side of boating. keeping it simple isjust _ the real side of boating. keeping it simple isjust lovely, _ the real side of boating. keeping it simple isjust lovely, isn't - the real side of boating. keeping it simple isjust lovely, isn't it? - simple isjust lovely, isn't it? what is a life for you? ten years on the narrow boat. is there a plan or do you just kind of tend to go where the wind takes you?— do you just kind of tend to go where the wind takes you? yeah, wherever the wind takes you? yeah, wherever the next series _ the wind takes you? yeah, wherever the next series is! _ the wind takes you? yeah, wherever the next series is! las _ the wind takes you? yeah, wherever the next series is! las vegas, - the wind takes you? yeah, wherever the next series is! las vegas, by - the next series is! las vegas, by the next series is! las vegas, by the looks of _ the next series is! las vegas, by the looks of it. _ the next series is! las vegas, by the looks of it. or _ the next series is! las vegas, by the looks of it. or at _ the next series is! las vegas, by the looks of it. or at least - the looks of it. or at least ltiackpool- _ the looks of it. or at least blackpool. that _ the looks of it. or at least blackpool. that was - the looks of it. or at least blackpool. that was quite | the looks of it. or at least. blackpool. that was quite a the looks of it. or at least _ blackpool. that was quite a moment, i 'ust timed blackpool. that was quite a moment, i just timed it — blackpool. that was quite a moment, ijust timed it right, _ blackpool. that was quite a moment, i just timed it right, joined _ blackpool. that was quite a moment, ijust timed it right, joined a - ijust timed it right, joined a group — ijust timed it right, joined a group of— ijust timed it right, joined a group of boats on the chesterfield canal— group of boats on the chesterfield canal and — group of boats on the chesterfield canal and they were having an illuminated procession. i have never known _ illuminated procession. i have never known anything like that but it shows — known anything like that but it shows the community of boats, when they get— shows the community of boats, when they get together, it is special. that— they get together, it is special. that looks really special. oh,

hello. your _ that looks really special. oh, hello. your camera _ that looks really special. oh, hello. your camera almost i that looks really special. oh, . hello. your camera almost got smashed then. _ hello. your camera almost got smashed then. this _ hello. your camera almost got smashed then. this is - hello. your camera almost got smashed then. this is in - smashed then. this is in loughborough _ smashed then. this is in loughborough at - smashed then. this is in loughborough at basin l smashed then. this is in | loughborough at basin at smashed then. this is in - loughborough at basin at the smashed then. this is in _ loughborough at basin at the start of episode four and crashing through all of the _ of episode four and crashing through all of the ice and at one point we have _ all of the ice and at one point we have to — all of the ice and at one point we have to give up, let it all melt away — have to give up, let it all melt awa . ., . y have to give up, let it all melt awa . ., ., , , , have to give up, let it all melt awa. ., ,., have to give up, let it all melt awa. ., . , , , . away. how many series in are you? this is the — away. how many series in are you? this is the fourth, _ away. how many series in are you? this is the fourth, about _ away. how many series in are you? this is the fourth, about to - away. how many series in are you? this is the fourth, about to go - away. how many series in are you? this is the fourth, about to go out i this is the fourth, about to go out tonight— this is the fourth, about to go out tonight at— this is the fourth, about to go out tonight at 7:30pm on bbc four. yeah, it... , ., , ., it... either still new routes to discover. _ it... either still new routes to discover. you _ it. .. either still new routes to discover, you still— it... either still new routes to discover, you still surprised i it... either still new routes to . discover, you still surprised by what you come across?- discover, you still surprised by what you come across? yes, there are areas of the — what you come across? yes, there are areas of the country _ what you come across? yes, there are areas of the country i _ what you come across? yes, there are areas of the country i have _ what you come across? yes, there are areas of the country i have not - areas of the country i have not explored — areas of the country i have not explored and there are canals in scotland. — explored and there are canals in scotland, northern ireland, that i would _ scotland, northern ireland, that i would love to check out, as well. who _ would love to check out, as well. who knows — would love to check out, as well. who knows what the future might hold? _ who knows what the future might hold? ., , .. who knows what the future might hold? ., , ., ., who knows what the future might hold? ., i. ., i hold? how did you get into it? i sort of fell _ hold? how did you get into it? i sort of fell into _ hold? how did you get into it? i sort of fell into it. _ hold? how did you get into it? i sort of fell into it. not - hold? how did you get into it? i sort of fell into it. not literally. | sort of fell into it. not literally. not into — sort of fell into it. not literally. not into the canal. laughter i needed somewhere to live, had a relationship in london and i didn't have _ relationship in london and i didn't have a _ relationship in london and i didn't

have a job — relationship in london and i didn't have a job. there was a friend of a friend. _ have a job. there was a friend of a friend. she — have a job. there was a friend of a friend, she had two boats and once you are _ friend, she had two boats and once you are selling, so i said, well, i'll you are selling, so i said, well, i'll give — you are selling, so i said, well, i'll give that a go, look after it for you. — i'll give that a go, look after it for you, and as soon as i got on the back— for you, and as soon as i got on the back of— for you, and as soon as i got on the back of the — for you, and as soon as i got on the back of the boat, taking it through tunnels— back of the boat, taking it through tunnels in— back of the boat, taking it through tunnels in islington and places like that _ tunnels in islington and places like that. i_ tunnels in islington and places like that, i thought, tunnels in islington and places like that, ithought, wellthis... i don't— that, ithought, wellthis... i don't know— that, ithought, wellthis... i don't know how but i want to make this my— don't know how but i want to make this myjob— don't know how but i want to make this myjob and i guess i have! your this my 'ob and i guess i have! your life, this my job and i guess i have! your life. really. — this my job and i guess i have! your life, really, isn't— this my job and i guess i have! your life, really, isn't it? _ this my job and i guess i have! your life, really, isn't it? that— this my job and i guess i have! your life, really, isn't it? that is- this my job and i guess i have! your life, really, isn't it? that is what- life, really, isn't it? that is what --eole life, really, isn't it? that is what people have _ life, really, isn't it? that is what people have to _ life, really, isn't it? that is what people have to remember, - life, really, isn't it? that is what people have to remember, i- life, really, isn't it? that is what- people have to remember, i suppose. it is people have to remember, i suppose. it is not _ people have to remember, i suppose. it is notjust— people have to remember, i suppose. it is notjust fun sort of people have to remember, i suppose. it is not just fun sort ofjourney. it is not just fun sort ofjourney. i live _ it is not just fun sort ofjourney. i live on— it is not just fun sort ofjourney. i live on this _ it is not just fun sort ofjourney. i live on this boat all year round, sow _ i live on this boat all year round, so... �* ., ., ., , so... but the freedom of that being our so... but the freedom of that being your home — so... but the freedom of that being your home is _ so... but the freedom of that being your home is incredible _ so... but the freedom of that being your home is incredible because i so... but the freedom of that being | your home is incredible because you talked about islington and the locks all around camden and then you compare that to perhaps the more rural areas, for example norfolk, you can do it all.— you can do it all. apart from the norfolk broads, _ you can do it all. apart from the norfolk broads, unfortunately i you can do it all. apart from the i norfolk broads, unfortunately isn't connected! laughter for most part, i have been all over. liverpool— for most part, i have been all over. liverpool and — for most part, i have been all over.

liverpool and leeds... for most part, i have been all over. liverpooland leeds... birmingham, liverpool and leeds... birmingham, of course _ liverpooland leeds... birmingham, of course. and there is still so much — of course. and there is still so much more _ of course. and there is still so much more to explore so, yeah... this— much more to explore so, yeah... this series — much more to explore so, yeah... this series shows what it is like in autumn— this series shows what it is like in autumn and — this series shows what it is like in autumn and winter. that is the key thing _ autumn and winter. that is the key thing. something we have never been able to— thing. something we have never been able to do— thing. something we have never been able to do before. so thing. something we have never been able to do before.— able to do before. so why? why chris i am to able to do before. so why? why chris i am to show — able to do before. so why? why chris i am to show people _ able to do before. so why? why chris i am to show people what _ able to do before. so why? why chris i am to show people what it - able to do before. so why? why chris i am to show people what it is - i am to show people what it is really like. it is i am to show people what it is really like. it i— i am to show people what it is really like. it is tempting, for a lot of other _ really like. it is tempting, for a lot of other shows, _ really like. it is tempting, for a lot of other shows, there - really like. it is tempting, for a lot of other shows, there are i really like. it is tempting, for a | lot of other shows, there are all these _ lot of other shows, there are all these lovely pictures of narrow boats — these lovely pictures of narrow boats and _ these lovely pictures of narrow boats and it is, oh, what a lovely life _ boats and it is, oh, what a lovely life but — boats and it is, oh, what a lovely life. but there is a tough side of it. keeping your fire going and stuff— it. keeping your fire going and stuff and — it. keeping your fire going and stuff and a lot of work you have to do yourself — stuff and a lot of work you have to do yourself. you cannotjust stuff and a lot of work you have to do yourself. you cannot just walk in and press _ do yourself. you cannot just walk in and press a — do yourself. you cannot just walk in and press a button and it alljust, you know— and press a button and it alljust, you know switches to life. how and press a button and it all 'ust, you know switches to life. how do ou kee- you know switches to life. how do you keep warm? _ you know switches to life. how do you keep warm? british _ you know switches to life. how do you keep warm? british winters i you know switches to life. how do i you keep warm? british winters can be brutal. tbs, you keep warm? british winters can be brutal. �* ., you keep warm? british winters can be brutal. . ., ., ., ., ., be brutal. a lot of foraging for firewood and _ be brutal. a lot of foraging for firewood and keeping - be brutal. a lot of foraging for firewood and keeping the - be brutal. a lot of foraging for firewood and keeping the fire | be brutal. a lot of foraging for- firewood and keeping the fire going throughout the night so you have to use coal— throughout the night so you have to use coal to— throughout the night so you have to use coal to keep it going and actually— use coal to keep it going and actually it gets really quite hot up

herer _ actually it gets really quite hot up here. at _ actually it gets really quite hot up here, at your head level, and down below— here, at your head level, and down below the — here, at your head level, and down below the water, it is really cold so it _ below the water, it is really cold so it is _ below the water, it is really cold so it is a — below the water, it is really cold so it is a mixture of the two. is our so it is a mixture of the two. your bed so it is a mixture of the two. is your bed elevated? yeah, - so it is a mixture of the two. is i your bed elevated? yeah, luckily! above the water _ your bed elevated? yeah, luckily! above the water line. _ your bed elevated? yeah, luckily! above the water line. you - your bed elevated? yeah, luckily! above the water line. you must i your bed elevated? yeah, luckily! i above the water line. you must have to alan above the water line. you must have to plan everything- — above the water line. you must have to plan everything. they _ above the water line. you must have to plan everything. they don't - above the water line. you must have to plan everything. they don't move | to plan everything. they don't move very quickly so if you want to get to a certain place, you need to plan the time it will take but everything about it, sourcing the wood, your food, where you stop. everything takes a lot more effort and thought. you do have to plan a lot but it is always _ you do have to plan a lot but it is always on — you do have to plan a lot but it is always on the fly, sort of when you are on— always on the fly, sort of when you are on the — always on the fly, sort of when you are on the journey. and thingsjust change _ are on the journey. and thingsjust change you — are on the journey. and thingsjust change. you have to be really versatile _ change. you have to be really versatile so it suits the sort of person — versatile so it suits the sort of person that can do that and you have to be _ person that can do that and you have to be quite _ person that can do that and you have to be quite frugal. find person that can do that and you have to be quite frugal.— to be quite frugal. and the sort of rerson to be quite frugal. and the sort of person who _ to be quite frugal. and the sort of person who doesn't _ to be quite frugal. and the sort of person who doesn't panic- to be quite frugal. and the sort of person who doesn't panic when i to be quite frugal. and the sort of - person who doesn't panic when things don't go to plan. that person who doesn't panic when things don't go to plan-— don't go to plan. that is beauty for me. i don't go to plan. that is beauty for me- i love — don't go to plan. that is beauty for me- i love it _ don't go to plan. that is beauty for me. i love it when... _ don't go to plan. that is beauty for me. i love it when... i— don't go to plan. that is beauty for me. i love it when... i wake - don't go to plan. that is beauty for me. i love it when... i wake up, i don't go to plan. that is beauty for me. i love it when... iwake up, i. me. i love it when... iwake up, i don't— me. i love it when... iwake up, i don't know— me. i love it when... iwake up, i don't know what will happen on the

day and _ don't know what will happen on the day and i_ don't know what will happen on the day and i hope we capture that on the day _ day and i hope we capture that on the da . ., day and i hope we capture that on the da . . ., , , the day. one thing that did happen if ou not the day. one thing that did happen if you got your _ the day. one thing that did happen if you got your phone _ the day. one thing that did happen if you got your phone nicked - the day. one thing that did happen if you got your phone nicked that i if you got your phone nicked that had loads of... it is your camera, isn't it? w' , had loads of... it is your camera, isn't it? w , , isn't it? luckily we finished filmin: isn't it? luckily we finished filming one _ isn't it? luckily we finished filming one of _ isn't it? luckily we finished filming one of the - isn't it? luckily we finished j filming one of the episode, isn't it? luckily we finished - filming one of the episode, really funny— filming one of the episode, really funny moment when we break down in the middle _ funny moment when we break down in the middle of nottingham and i decided — the middle of nottingham and i decided after that i was going to go out in _ decided after that i was going to go out in nottingham and enjoy the nightlife — out in nottingham and enjoy the nightlife and the next morning realised — nightlife and the next morning realised that, yeah, my phone had been _ realised that, yeah, my phone had been taken. luckily we have all the footagem — been taken. luckily we have all the footage... that's good. but music i had been _ footage... that's good. but music i had been writing on that film. sol use the _ had been writing on that film. sol use the mobile device to record the music— use the mobile device to record the music we _ use the mobile device to record the music we use in the show and unfortunately lost a few songs. 0kolie — unfortunately lost a few songs. 0kolie ds. unfortunately lost a few songs. 0kolie ds— unfortunately lost a few songs. 0kolie ds-_ l - unfortunately lost a few songs. okolie ds._ i am i unfortunately lost a few songs. - okolie ds._ i am keeping okolie ds. never mind. i am keeping m e e on okolie ds. never mind. i am keeping my eye on the _ okolie ds. never mind. i am keeping my eye on the footage, _ okolie ds. never mind. i am keeping my eye on the footage, i _ okolie ds. never mind. i am keeping my eye on the footage, i am - my eye on the footage, i am mesmerised because it is so soothing. that's gentle pace which is the antithesis of how we live in

everyday life and it is hectic and stressful at times but a different pace. stressful at times but a different ace. .,. , stressful at times but a different .ace. ., . , ., �* stressful at times but a different .ace. , ., �* ., pace. exactly that. all about escapism — pace. exactly that. all about escapism for _ pace. exactly that. all about escapism for people - pace. exactly that. all about escapism for people who - pace. exactly that. all about i escapism for people who don't pace. exactly that. all about - escapism for people who don't really live this _ escapism for people who don't really live this life and i hope that you watch _ live this life and i hope that you watch this— live this life and i hope that you watch this and let all of your troubles— watch this and let all of your troubles float away. fire watch this and let all of your troubles float away.- watch this and let all of your troubles float awa . �* , ., ., ., troubles float away. are you moored u n troubles float away. are you moored u- on troubles float away. are you moored up on salford _ troubles float away. are you moored up on salford quays? _ troubles float away. are you moored up on salford quays? the _ troubles float away. are you moored up on salford quays? the same - up on salford quays? the same account no! average speed, including all the locks and bridges i go through is about one all the locks and bridges i go through is abou- all the locks and bridges i go through is abou all the locks and bridges i go throu~h is abou- ., , ., through is about one mile per hour, to rut -- through is about one mile per hour, to put -- two _ through is about one mile per hour, to put -- two miles _ through is about one mile per hour, to put -- two miles per— through is about one mile per hour, to put -- two miles per hour- through is about one mile per hour, to put -- two miles per hour is. - to put —— two miles per hour is. thank— to put —— two miles per hour is. thank you — to put —— two miles per hour is. thank you for— to put —— two miles per hour is. thank you for coming in. the new series of canal boat diaries starts on bbc two tonight at 7.30pm. it is on bbc four. that was really relaxing. you're watching breakfast. still to come this morning... it's known as the "glastonbury for trucks" — tim's at truckfest

for us this morning before they hit the road and head for a new home. good morning. i hope that doesn't start with you standing there. good morning- -- — start with you standing there. good morning... yes, _ start with you standing there. good morning... yes, so _ start with you standing there. good morning... yes, so do _ start with you standing there. good morning... yes, so do i. _ start with you standing there. good morning... yes, so do i. it- start with you standing there. (13mg. morning... yes, so do i. it started a0 years ago, the event was inspired by the eurovision song contest. the two found saw that and thought let's do something like that for trucks. a0 years later it has got bigger and bigger. the main event has been held here at the east of england showground in peterborough every year. there are other smaller truckfests across england and scotland but this will be the last year it is held here because this site, the plans are to redevelop it so it will move to lincolnshire but the spirit of truckfest will live on. there are all manner of things here. the trucks themselves, of course, drivers. it can be a lonely job, driving a truck, and there is a good chance for drivers to meet up and meet theirfamilies good chance for drivers to meet up and meet their families and good chance for drivers to meet up and meet theirfamilies and bring everyone together and celebrate the vehicles and those who drive them. take a look at this. a monster truck. we will fire this up a little later and do a few spins around the

circuit. all that to look forward to. first the news, weather and travel where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london i'm victoria hollins. london's health services are expected to be under significant pressure today during the latest strike by nurses. it began at eight o'clock last night and lasts until midnight tonight. at great ormond street striking nurses could be called in to work after the hospital raised serious concerns about staffing levels. the royal college of nursing's granted it a special exemption, saying staff would never leave children at risk. a rise in rough sleeping in the capital has seen almost half of those on the streets there for the first time, according to new city hall figures. just over 3,000 people were recorded as sleeping rough by outreach teams betweenjanuary and march — that's a 1a% increase on the same period last year. let's take a look at the tubes now. there are several service alterations this morning.

on the central line there is no service between liverpool street and woodford/newbury park. on the dlr, no service between westferry/poplar and lewisham. and london overground, no service between woodgrange park and barking riverside. now onto the weather. a cloudy start today with a few showers in places. in the afternoon, sunny spells will develop in places, but there will still be showers, possibly thundery at times. turning dry by the evening. that's it — don't forget you can keep up to date by downloading the bbc news app. we're back in half an hour. bye. good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and nina warhurst. our headlines today. nurses in england begin a new strike. the royal college of nursing says

it's their biggest yet. nhs bosses warn patients to expect disruption. uk nationals trying to escape the fighting in sudan have until midday to reach an extra rescue flight arranged by the british government. could may be a golden month for pubs like this? bosses think three bank holidays, the coronation and eurovision could be worth a billion pounds to the industry — i'll have the details. talking about a record breaker, at the crucible mark selby becomes the first player to make a maximum 1a7 break at the final of the world snooker championship. unveiled — next weekend's coronation concert at windsor castle will take place on a stage shaped like a union flag. good morning. we have got a bit of sunshine for

you but also a scattering of showers today. most frequent in the east. colder air is starting to work across scotland. all the details in about ten minutes. good morning. it's monday, the 1st of may. our main story. members of the royal college of nursing have begun their latest strike in england, as part of a long—running dispute about pay and conditions. the walkout will last until midnight. it is the first time some nurses who work in a&e, intensive care and cancer services have joined the picket lines. our health reporter, katherine da costa reports. from london to bristol, liverpool to gloucestershire, for the third time this year members of the royal college of nursing are back on strike in half of england's hospitals. it will be the first time some nurses who work in emergency departments, intensive care and cancer services, join the action. preya, a specialist cancer nurse, will be on the picket line.

the kinds of offers we are getting from the government, now that we have moved into a time of inflation, are just not compatible with being able to live, to exist, to pay our rent, to buy food, to look after our families, and that is a cut too far. we have absorbed the cuts for ten years. and now, enough is enough. after concerns over patient safety, the rcn has now agreed to raise staffing levels nationally to protect critical areas such as major trauma and intensive care. health leaders have welcomed the move, but worry the disruption will further hamper efforts to tackle backlogs, something the union disputes. they're selfless people standing up for their— they're selfless people standing up for their patients. an nhs that is totally— for their patients. an nhs that is totally broken. totally broken. but they are _ totally broken. totally broken. but they are the people trying to work in that— they are the people trying to work in that every single day and night my trying — in that every single day and night my trying to look after the patient. my message to the secretary of state this morning as, for goodness' sake, let's get— this morning as, for goodness' sake, let's get into — this morning as, for goodness' sake, let's get into a room and sort this out and _ let's get into a room and sort this out and do — let's get into a room and sort this out and do the right thing for those nursing _ out and do the right thing for those

nursing staff. the strike was called earlier this month after rcn members rejected a government offer of a 5% pay rise for this year, and a one—off payment to top up last year's salary. members of the unite union have also rejected the deal. but other unions representing ambulance staff, midwives and physios have accepted the offer. we will now get together on tuesday, the nhs staff council will meet, to vote on whether it accepts the agreement that we negotiated with them. i think it's right to wait for the nhs staff council to come to that decision. and i think this strike is premature and disrespectful to those trade unions that will be meeting on tuesday. it's expected the majority of nhs unions will back the deal, with ministers having agreed to introduce it if they do. but it won't resolve the dispute with junior doctors who are on a different contract, and the nurses' union says without an improved offer it plans to re—ballot members for another six—month mandate until christmas. katherine da costa, bbc news. we can speak now to our reporter

katherine da costa, who is at thejohn radcliffe hospital in oxford. how much impact are these strikes are expected to have on patients? the rcn says it expects this strike to be the most intense yet. even with some of the national exemptions that have been put in place to protect services in major trauma and intensive care, some health bosses are really worried about widespread disruption to their services, meaning longer waits in a&e. people are being asked to use emergency departments wisely, to only attend in life threatening emergencies, and the use nhs111a everything else. if you have an appointment you should still attend, unless you have been contacted and told otherwise. thousands of appointments have had to be cancelled to prioritise emergencies. overthe to be cancelled to prioritise emergencies. over the past six months, during the industrial action by various unions, it is meant about half a million appointments and

procedures have had to be postponed. that adds to the burden of trying to tackle the backlog is of care. the nurses say the real issue is a lack of staffing. one in nine nursing posts in england is vacant. the nursing union says that is why it is taking this action, asking for better pay to boost recruitment and retention in the profession. for now, retention in the profession. for now. thank _ retention in the profession. for now, thank you very much indeed. the uk is putting on an extra flight today, to rescue british nationals escape the fighting in sudan. those who are eligible will have to travel to port sudan. previously, raf planes have been taking off from an airstrip near the capital, khartoum, as part of an operation launched last week. here's our iplomatic correspondent paul adams in nairobi. port sudan has become a magnet for people trying to leave the country in recent days. that is because they have been boats, most of them organised by saudi arabia just across the red sea, and thousands of

people have already gone that way. so, with british consular staff on the ground in port sudan, they have obviously recognised that there is a demand, a sufficient demand, among british nationals to lay on one flight from the airport in port sudan. whether that means the start of an operation that continues over the coming days, we simply don't know. the honest answer is that nobody knows how many british nationals are in sudan and how many of those still want to leave. flat!!! of those still want to leave. paul adams. a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man in his 30s was stabbed to death near a nightclub in cornwall. police say seven other people were taken to hospital for treatment, following the incident in bodmin yesterday morning. the victim's family has been informed and is being supported by specialist officers.

police in texas are continuing their search for a man accused of killing five of his neighbours in texas, after an argument about him practice shooting nearby. the fbi say that suspect francisco oropeza, who's 38, is armed and dangerous. the victims were all from honduras, and included an eight—year—old child. air raid alerts have been sounded across ukraine following a series of major explosions in the eastern ukrainian city of pavlograd. the ukrainian military say air defence crews destroyed 15 out of 18 missiles launched by russia in the early hours. hugo bachega is in kyiv. morning. how significant are these latest developments?— morning. how significant are these latest developments? morning. again, a massive missile _ latest developments? morning. again, a massive missile attack _ latest developments? morning. again, a massive missile attack by _ latest developments? morning. again, a massive missile attack by russia - a massive missile attack by russia in the early hours of this morning. the ukrainian military said most of the missiles that had been fired were intercepted by the country's a defence. they said they shot down 15 of the eight time measles that had

been fired. —— 18. we heard of the air raid siren at about four o'clock in the morning. the authorities said all missiles and attack drones that had been fired are targeting the city were intercepted by the country's a defence. earlier today there was another missile attack targeting the central city of pavlograd. the authorities they are saying that an industrial plant was hit. we have seen pictures of a massive fire after this attack. they also say that a 25 houses were hit. 19 apartment buildings were also damaged. and 25 people were injured as a result of this attack. we are hearing reports from russian commentators are saying that the main target here was ukraine's military facility. we are still trying to get more details about what exactly happened there in pavlograd. obviously, this happens as the ukrainians are saying that

they are finishing their plans for a much anticipated counter offensive to try to take back territory that is now under occupation. hugo with the update there. former us president donald trump will visit his golf courses in scotland today. he is expected to arrive in aberdeen, to open what he called a spectacular second course at the menie estate course in the north east of the country. he will later travel to his course in ireland. ten minutes past eight. more than 7000 people took part in a rehearsal for the coronation next weekend. ari of odiham was converted into a life—size replica of the parade. two

processions will accompany their majesties to and from westminster abbey, where the coronation ceremony will take place on saturday. it looks a bit cold there. we are staying optimistic around the weather, john. i'm sure they have prepared for all eventualities. sarah is looking ahead to the weather this morning. that is a beautiful blossom behind you. but we are not seeing many of those skies at the moment. good morning. i have managed to find you some beautiful blue skies and gorgeous pink blossom. this is the picture this morning in edinburgh. a little bit more of that to come through the day. a fair amount of cloud for most this morning. but heading through your bank holiday monday, sunshine will break through. that will spark off some scattered showers, particularly in central and eastern england. that is where they will be most frequent. colder air marking and from the north. that will affect the northern half of scotland. northerly winds here. a few light showers. further south we

are in the milder air. this is the middle part of the morning. largely dry along the south coast. further north you will see a few of those showers in the midlands, east anglia. drierfor northern ireland. dumfries and galloway, it northumberland, for example. in scotland a bit more cloud, showers working their way south. through today sunny spells for at most. scattered showers. they will fade from the west. turning drierfor scattered showers. they will fade from the west. turning drier for the likes of eastwood and the west midlands. holding on longest to those showers and eastern parts of england. temperatures around 17 or 18 in the warmest spots but only about 8 degrees first stornaway as we have the colder air cutting away from the north. into the evening hours and those heavy showers in the east will fade away. most of us dry overnight. we have got this low cloud living further south. that would reduce the odd spot of drizzle. mostly frost free. a touch of frost in the north of scotland with the colder air. tuesday, predominantly dry. fairly cloudy to

start things off. more sunshine breaking through. fewer showers than today. cooler close today. cooler close to today. cooler close to the today. cooler close to the east today. cooler close to the east coast. thank you very much indeed. maybe if it is not nice for this bank holiday, there is always the next one. and the next one... then there is august! three bank holidays. plus the coronations. —— coronation. plus, the eurovision song contest. the hospitality sector is looking for a £1 billion bonanza. pubs, bars and restaurants are hoping to be packed out — and ben's at a pub in essex for us this morning... hang on. we can't hear anything. is that a good thing, maybe?! how is that? any better? ben, i never knew you were so multi—skilled!

a bit of a coronation anthem. my skills as such i can keep playing even without any hands! that has given the game away, hasn't it? let's pause that! we are certainly getting into the coronation spirit. yes, welcome to the bread and cheese here in benfleet. they're getting into the coronation spirit — even rebranding themselves the charles and camilla for the occasion. there's something of a party atmosphere in the airfor may. three bank holidays, a coronation and liverpool taking centre stage for eurovision. so businesses like this one will be hoping to be packed out — reversing the fortunes of the last few years. let me run you through the kind of optimistic scenario the industry is expecting. it's thought 29 million of us will head to pubs, bars and restaurants during may. it's estimated that'll be worth £1 billion to the industry — in increased footfall and spending.

people heading out to watch and celebrate the king's coronation is expected in itself to be worth £350 million in extra sales. we will speak to the customers and the landlord here injust a moment. but first, hannah miller has been finding out from some other businesses as they are getting ready for what they hope will be a busy month indeed. this is how robinsons brewery celebrated the coronation in 1953 — the commemorative beer bottle still on display in stockport. everybody was very keen to adorn with flags, bunting, street parties, and therefore there was a feeling around the country that this was excitement, this was new. how do you hope that people celebrate the coronation this time around? ooh, have a pint. preferably... will you be having a pint? preferably ours! they laugh. and while dennis is no longer running the brewery day—to—day... well, what we have here

is 120 barrels of beer. ..they have created two special—edition beers to mark the occasion. always give it a sniff first. 0k. always sniff. 0k. i'm not a beer—tasting pro, it seems. 0h.. that's nice. it's really super smooth. having these bank holidays, i think, one after the other has helped lift the mood within our customers, and i think we do see it. we hope our pubs will be busy — we believe they will be. you know, we're doing everything we can to encourage people to come and socialise. because if you've got something as a reason for going, i think that should bring all those generations together. the impact of bank holidays on the economy is mixed. when the nation celebrated the platinum jubilee last year, the office for national statistics suggested it may have contributed to a fall in output. but the extra day off can provide a boost for sectors like hospitality and tourism, where they hope people will take any

opportunity to celebrate. in liverpool, they're looking further ahead for a chance to get people into this bar. eurovision events will be playing here for a whole week, and peter hopes the boost to business will stick. we'll have screens up and then we have, like, a big viewing party for the finale. everyone will have their own scorecards. it'll be, like, special menus. and just basically bring a lot of people together for a good old party. from a business point of view, how big an opportunity is this for you? i think it's probably one of the biggest opportunities liverpool's had — notjust in the sense of the amount of visitors coming for the city and what it means now, but the sense of legacy moving forward, i think. there's going to be 100,000 people in the city, and if each of them go away and tell five friends how great liverpool was, then we've got a great few years for liverpool to come on. cheers. and many businesses are hoping that the weather plays its part, too, to lift the spirits and bring people out. hannah miller, bbc news.

and they're certainly hoping the weather would be nice here. they have the beer garden ready. john and vivian will perhaps not be for the coronation because you are planning your own celebration. tell me about that? ~ �* ., , ., ., your own celebration. tell me about that? ~ �* ., ., ., , that? we're hoping to have a street -a and that? we're hoping to have a street party and we _ that? we're hoping to have a street party and we hope _ that? we're hoping to have a street party and we hope the _ that? we're hoping to have a street party and we hope the weather - that? we're hoping to have a street party and we hope the weather is i party and we hope the weather is good for us. will party and we hope the weather is good for us— party and we hope the weather is good for us. will you be going out and spending _ good for us. will you be going out and spending in — good for us. will you be going out and spending in pubs, _ good for us. will you be going out and spending in pubs, bars - good for us. will you be going out and spending in pubs, bars and i and spending in pubs, bars and restaurants for the coronation and the bank holidays?— restaurants for the coronation and the bank holidays? well, we shall be two or local — the bank holidays? well, we shall be two or local pub _ the bank holidays? well, we shall be two or local pub and _ the bank holidays? well, we shall be two or local pub and help _ the bank holidays? well, we shall be two or local pub and help everybody. two or local pub and help everybody out. —— to our local pub. i have background to the trade. we all need help. background to the trade. we all need hel-. ., background to the trade. we all need hel-. . ., background to the trade. we all need help. vivian, tell me about your memories _ help. vivian, tell me about your memories of— help. vivian, tell me about your memories of previous _ help. vivian, tell me about your i memories of previous coronations? 0h...! gone, gone.— 0h...! gone, gone. quite a while auo.

oh...! gone, gone. quite a while ago- what— 0h...! gone, gone. quite a while ago- what are — 0h...! gone, gone. quite a while ago. what are you _ 0h...! gone, gone. quite a while ago. what are you looking - 0h...! gone, gone. quite a while. ago. what are you looking forward 0h...! gone, gone. quite a while - ago. what are you looking forward to most about this one? just ago. what are you looking forward to most about this one?— most about this one? just the street -a and most about this one? just the street party and meeting — most about this one? just the street party and meeting everybody - most about this one? just the street party and meeting everybody and i party and meeting everybody and being _ party and meeting everybody and being with everybody. and i collect loads _ being with everybody. and i collect loads of— being with everybody. and i collect loads of royal mugs. i went up and saw charles— loads of royal mugs. i went up and saw charles and diana got married i’ilht saw charles and diana got married right out— saw charles and diana got married right out side the same polls. that was aood. right out side the same polls. that was good- enjoy — right out side the same polls. trust was good. enjoy this weekend. i hope the weather holds up. kate nichols from uk hospitalityjoins me. it is an important weekend for the hospitality sector. why is this month so vital now? irate hospitality sector. why is this month so vital now?- hospitality sector. why is this month so vital now? . . ., , . month so vital now? we have had such a tou . h month so vital now? we have had such a tough time — month so vital now? we have had such a tough time in — month so vital now? we have had such a tough time in the _ month so vital now? we have had such a tough time in the hospitality - a tough time in the hospitality sector. we have had two long years of covid where we have almost been closed. we have gone straight into a cost of living crisis. the industry remains very fragile. this should be a bumper month. effectively we are having for a really big weekends we were you seeing proper levels of trade, high levels of bookings and a total of about £1 billion. fahd trade, high levels of bookings and a total of about £1 billion.— total of about £1 billion. and yet it comes too _ total of about £1 billion. and yet it comes too late _ total of about £1 billion. and yet it comes too late for _ total of about £1 billion. and yet it comes too late for so - total of about £1 billion. and yet it comes too late for so many i it comes too late for so many businesses. we have had figures out

which suggests a500 pubs, bars and restaurants shut their doors for goodin restaurants shut their doors for good in the past year. that is an average of 12 a day. what is getting them off? ~ ., average of 12 a day. what is getting them off? . . ., average of 12 a day. what is getting them off? a . ., ., ., them off? what we have heard from those who have _ them off? what we have heard from those who have closed _ them off? what we have heard from those who have closed is _ them off? what we have heard from those who have closed is that - them off? what we have heard from those who have closed is that three | those who have closed is that three quarters _ those who have closed is that three quarters of — those who have closed is that three quarters of them say it is energy. those _ quarters of them say it is energy. those soaring energy bills. 400, 500% _ those soaring energy bills. 400, 500% increases over the past year. that was _ 500% increases over the past year. that was the final nail in the coffin— that was the final nail in the coffin for— that was the final nail in the coffin for many businesses. nine out of ten _ coffin for many businesses. nine out of ten of— coffin for many businesses. nine out of ten of those businesses that have closed _ of ten of those businesses that have closed are _ of ten of those businesses that have closed are small independent businesses like this one. we need to make _ businesses like this one. we need to make sure _ businesses like this one. we need to make sure we can have a good bumper trade _ make sure we can have a good bumper trade for— make sure we can have a good bumper trade for may and we get the long support— trade for may and we get the long support to help the industry to thrive — support to help the industry to thrive. ., support to help the industry to thrive. . ., ,, , ., support to help the industry to thrive. . . ~' , ., . support to help the industry to thrive. . ., ,, , ., ,, , thrive. kate, thank you. steve is the landlord _ thrive. kate, thank you. steve is the landlord here. _ thrive. kate, thank you. steve is the landlord here. steve, - thrive. kate, thank you. steve is the landlord here. steve, kate i thrive. kate, thank you. steve is i the landlord here. steve, kate was talking about the energy bills. why is this may so important, and how much is riding on it? it is is this may so important, and how much is riding on it?— much is riding on it? it is very important _ much is riding on it? it is very important to _ much is riding on it? it is very important to so _ much is riding on it? it is very important to so many - much is riding on it? it is very important to so many people. much is riding on it? it is very i important to so many people. our energy— important to so many people. our energy bills — important to so many people. our energy bills have _ important to so many people. our energy bills have risen— important to so many people. our energy bills have risen by- important to so many people. our- energy bills have risen by £420,000, which _ energy bills have risen by £420,000, which is _ energy bills have risen by £420,000, which is an— energy bills have risen by £420,000, which is an enormous _ energy bills have risen by £420,000, which is an enormous amount - energy bills have risen by £420,000, which is an enormous amount of - which is an enormous amount of money — which is an enormous amount of money so— which is an enormous amount of money. so many— which is an enormous amount of money. so many independents i which is an enormous amount of i money. so many independents rely which is an enormous amount of - money. so many independents rely on .ood money. so many independents rely on good weather. — money. so many independents rely on good weather, the _ money. so many independents rely on good weather, the trade _ money. so many independents rely on good weather, the trade and - money. so many independents rely on good weather, the trade and support. good weather, the trade and support from people —

good weather, the trade and support from people it — good weather, the trade and support from people. it is _ good weather, the trade and support from people. it is not _ good weather, the trade and support from people. it is notjust— good weather, the trade and support from people. it is notjust their- from people. it is notjust their livelihood _ from people. it is notjust their livelihood. it— from people. it is notjust their livelihood. it is— from people. it is notjust their livelihood. it is actually- from people. it is notjust their livelihood. it is actually where. livelihood. it is actually where they— livelihood. it is actually where they live _ livelihood. it is actually where they live so. _ livelihood. it is actually where they live. so, all— livelihood. it is actually where they live. so, all these - livelihood. it is actually where i they live. so, all these closures represent — they live. so, all these closures represent somebody— they live. so, all these closures represent somebody losing i they live. so, all these closuresl represent somebody losing their they live. so, all these closures - represent somebody losing their home and many— represent somebody losing their home and many people — represent somebody losing their home and many people losing _ represent somebody losing their home and many people losing their- represent somebody losing their home and many people losing theirjobs. i and many people losing theirjobs. you have _ and many people losing theirjobs. you have put— and many people losing theirjobs. you have put in— and many people losing theirjobs. you have put in a _ and many people losing theirjobs. you have put in a big _ and many people losing theirjobs. you have put in a big show. - and many people losing theirjobs. you have put in a big show. you i and many people losing theirjobs. i you have put in a big show. you have renamed the pope. do you worry with the cost of living some people may think, we would love to go but we are going to have to stay at home and save some money? hate are going to have to stay at home and save some money?— are going to have to stay at home and save some money? we are seeing a little bit of that. — and save some money? we are seeing a little bit of that. people _ and save some money? we are seeing a little bit of that. people are _ and save some money? we are seeing a little bit of that. people are being i little bit of that. people are being more _ little bit of that. people are being more cautious— little bit of that. people are being more cautious with _ little bit of that. people are being more cautious with their- little bit of that. people are being more cautious with their spend. i| more cautious with their spend. i think— more cautious with their spend. i think they— more cautious with their spend. i think they are _ more cautious with their spend. i think they are looking _ more cautious with their spend. i think they are looking for - more cautious with their spend. i think they are looking for a - more cautious with their spend. i| think they are looking for a better occasion. — think they are looking for a better occasion. they— think they are looking for a better occasion, they are _ think they are looking for a better occasion, they are looking - think they are looking for a better occasion, they are looking for- occasion, they are looking for somebody— occasion, they are looking for somebody who _ occasion, they are looking for somebody who makes the i occasion, they are looking for. somebody who makes the effort, occasion, they are looking for- somebody who makes the effort, and supporting _ somebody who makes the effort, and supporting those _ somebody who makes the effort, and supporting those businesses - somebody who makes the effort, and supporting those businesses who i somebody who makes the effort, and supporting those businesses who do. | supporting those businesses who do. but they— supporting those businesses who do. but they are — supporting those businesses who do. but they are being _ supporting those businesses who do. but they are being more _ supporting those businesses who do. but they are being more cautious i but they are being more cautious because — but they are being more cautious because money— but they are being more cautious because money is _ but they are being more cautious because money is tight _ but they are being more cautious because money is tight for - because money is tight for everybody _ because money is tight for everybody-— because money is tight for eve bod . ., ,, ., because money is tight for eve bod . . ~' ., . everybody. ok, thank you for having us. as i everybody. ok, thank you for having us- as i say. — everybody. ok, thank you for having us- as i say. they — everybody. ok, thank you for having us. as i say, they have _ everybody. ok, thank you for having us. as i say, they have got - everybody. ok, thank you for having us. as i say, they have got the i everybody. ok, thank you for having us. as i say, they have got the beer| us. as i say, they have got the beer garden all decked out and ready. we have got the union flags. i have got my red velvetjacket. you don't have to do any of this. you can just turn up to do any of this. you can just turn up and enjoy the weekend just as you are, whether you are having a street

party or in your local bar. enjoy. that is the main message, ben. have a nice time. enjoy it. beautiful to see a fellow china collector. i collect royal memorabilia. i don't like to talk about it a lot. but yeah. we will be discussing that tomorrow. you have been collecting more, have you? hopefully, i have my original mugs from the previous two coronations. i need to complete the trilogy tomorrow. fingers crossed. i was there, 1937! if you have... if you have a call the midwife shaped hole in your life, you can now go on a tour of locations featured in the show. there's a new gallery and official tour at the historic dockyard in chatham, where some of the show�*s scenes are filmed. leanne rinne has been to have a look.

it's the period drama that's become a national treasure. but not everyone knows that many of the scenes in call the midwife are actually filmed at chatham's historic dockyard. but after delivering baby, she laid the baby in the cot... today, the cast returned to the cobbles to get a sneak peek of the brand—new call the midwife guided tour and exhibition. it's filled with memories — you know, going round, i can see things. there's lovely photographs, obviously from the series, but there's also props and different things that spark off memories of a particular episode. i can't believe we're about to start series 13! and...yeah, it's very exciting and it's lovely to be reminded of the past. the show is based on a true story of the east end in the 19505, which makes the dockyard a perfect backdrop. what matters is not to struggle, but where we find our peace.

at the dockyard, this street here is now affectionately known as midwife alley. it's where some of the most iconic scenes have been filmed over the years — including the first—ever scene filmed here more than ten years ago. ladies and gentlemen... and stephen mcgann has been with the show from the very beginning. i forget things, coming into an exhibition like this. i forget some of the things because it's been on so long. and some of the details, which suddenly they come back to you. but the great tour guides on this were able to say to me, "i'm not sure you're right about that, steve!" and i was going, oh, i'm not sure... did we do that here? 0h, 0k!" you know, because it's been... because 12, 13 years is a long time in television. if you are a super fan, i you're going to really enjoy the new parts of the gallery that we've installed — one _ of which is trixie's wedding dress, which is absolutely stunning. i it really is. it's such a beautiful- piece to have on display, as well as bridesmaids' dresses, as well. -

we've actually introduced two new major sets — - one being buckle's shop, and the other is- violet's haberdashery. so fans can get up close _ and personal with those sets, too. the cast will be back here in just a few weeks to start filming this year's christmas special — with series 13 returning injanuary. 0h, oh, i hope they are ready for the crowds. such a popular programme. that would be a good thing to do today. i don't know if it is open. check it out. morning live follows us on bbc one this morning at 9:15. rav and vicky are there. what have we got? coming up on morning live... with demand for care homes set to double and the cost soaring, our financial expert iona bain explains how you or your loved ones can get help. the stress on families is huge, but there is support out there. i'll share how you can get councilfunding, but if you're worried about paying your way, selling the house or putting it

in a loved ones' name might not be the answer. and with five days to go until the coronation, . people are being encouraged to come together and volunteer as part - of the big help out. dr xand's here with the science behind why giving your time . is proven to be good for your health. - it's called the "helper�*s high". i'll be explaining how doing something kind for someone or the community releases endorphins that reduce stress and increase life expectancy. plus, as part of the king's celebrations, morning live received an exclusive invite to a coronation big lunch at westminster abbey. with one of the biggestjobs in history, the archbishop of canterbury tells gethin how putting the crown on the monarch's head is weighing on his mind. and hackers beware — - rav's partner in crime for bbc 0ne's scam interceptors, journalist nick stapleton, will be joining us with advice - on how tackling scammers head—on could get them off your back.

see you at 9:15. we will see you then. a busy bank holiday ahead. thank you. we have got monster trucks coming in a couple of minutes. monster everything. it is all going on. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. london's health services are expected to be under significant pressure today during the latest strike by nurses. it began at 8 o'clock last night and lasts until midnight tonight. at great ormond street striking nurses could be called in to work after the hospital raised "serious concerns" about staffing levels. the royal college of nursing's granted it a special exemption, saying staff would "never ever" leave children at risk. this strike is the first time some nurses who work in a&e, intensive care and cancer services have joined the picket lines.

police are appealing for witnesses after an eight—year—old boy died after being hit by a car in north london on friday. it happened in winchmore hill shortly before 7pm on green lanes. the child was taken to hospital, where he later died. the driver stopped and so far no arrests have been made. a rise in rough sleeping in the capital has seen almost half of those on the streets there for the first time, according to new city hall figures. just over 3,000 people were recorded as sleeping rough by outreach teams betweenjanuary and march — that's a 14% increase on the same period last year. a pair of royal fans are the first to set up a camp outside buckingham palace a week before the king's coronation. the two are among other royal devotees who have begun waiting for charles' coronation on 6th may at westminster abbey, in the first such ceremony the country has seen in over 70 years.

well, i'm here now, i was outside of clarence house and we are the first persons here. and of course it's our first coronation and we're so excited cos a lot of people don't see let's take a look at the tubes now. there are several service alterations this morning. on the central line there is no service between liverpool street and woodford / newbury park. dlr, no service between westferry/ poplar and lewisham. and london overground, no service between woodgrange park and barking riverside. now onto the weather with sara thornton. morning to you. mild start this morning. a bit of cloud out there right now, but that cloud is thinning and breaking and that's going to give us some sunshine. but that then is going to spark off some showers. from late morning onwards, they could be just about anywhere. they could be quite heavy and thundery as well. as you can see, there is sunshine mixed in with these showers. and in the best of that, temperatures up in the high teens again — like yesterday, 17 or 18 celsius. but the showers will drag the temperatures down a little bit. next couple of days, it is more settled. we've got high pressure starting to build in.

that's going to really settle things down. there will be some cloud around, i think, through tomorrow. and, as we go through the day, that cloud will thin and break and it's not quite as mild a start first thing tomorrow morning, but the day itself generally fairly fine with some sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures, though, are starting to come down just because of a slight change in wind direction. so more like mid—teens for tomorrow and for wednesday, too, with increasing amounts of sunshine. from thursday onwards, it turns more unsettled again. it will be a bit milder at the end of the week into next weekend, but there'll be further showers, too. that's it — don't forget you can keep up to date by downloading the bbc news app. we're back in half an hour — see you then. bye. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and nina warhurst. it is bank holiday monday and we have got trucks for you. we it is bank holiday monday and we have got trucks for you. it's an event that has become known as the "glastonbury for trucks" but after a0 years,

truckfest in peterborough will be shutting up shop. it is moving elsewhere. it is not the end for ever. this weekend's festival will be the last of its kind, before it moves to lincolnshire next year — and breakfast�*s tim muffett is there, for one last hurrah. and very loud and fume filled one. good morning. and very loud and fume filled one. good morning-— and very loud and fume filled one. good morning. there are a few fumes floatin: good morning. there are a few fumes floating around. _ good morning. there are a few fumes floating around. it _ good morning. there are a few fumes floating around. it began _ good morning. there are a few fumes floating around. it began in _ good morning. there are a few fumes floating around. it began in 1983, - floating around. it began in 1983, truckfest. the idea is to celebrate this vehicles and those who drive them. it has grown massively since then. the main event has been held here at the east of england showground in peterborough since then. there are other smaller ones across england and scotland but there are plans to redevelop this site so it will move to lincolnshire from next year. over the past four decades there have been many changes to the haulage industry. i have been taking a look. road haulage with a bit of razzmatazz. truckfest, a ao—year—old

annual lorry love—in, inspired back in 1983, by the eurovision song contest. i was sat around at my brother's — brother being a truck driver, by the way — we were watching eurovision. hejokingly said, "let's do something like this for the truckers." and i remember saying, "do you know, it's a cracking idea, but would they come?" and he said, "colin, i'd go and my pals would all go. and i think it would be a great idea." truckfest was born. it was, of course, a time before social media and mobile phones. we got hold of some cb radios, parked in a lay—by and started talking to the truckers. and really that was the way we got the very, very first one together. the east of england showground in peterborough has hosted truckfest ever since. plans, though, have been submitted to redevelop this site, so truckfest is saying goodbye. other smaller events are held each year across england and scotland.

the main truckfest will move to lincolnshire. try and get them looking their best. as alan knows, driving a truck can be a lonelyjob. he's been coming to truckfest for 23 years. you get to meet people and you get to have a chat. things you don't want to do during the week because you're flat out busy. it's good for morale. all my friends live all over, j so it's nice to get together. we've got families back at home. we bring the families with us. you know, it's nice just to meet up. the sheer size and power of many of these vehicles has always been impressive to some. but, unlike when truckfest began a0 years ago, some drivers now have their own global fan base. i'm todd dewey, and i'm an ice road trucker. ice road truckers shone a spotlight on the skills required to tackle ice road truckers shone a spotlight on the skills required to tackle the toughest terrains. come on, girl. and made driver todd dewey a star. sure, baby.

that's it! off the ice! it wasn't just about the trucking. it's about the dangers that we got to go through, the roads we got to travel in order tojust deliver goods for people to survive. when you come to the uk, we have very different driving conditions, and yet i presume you have this kind of bond with drivers and truckers wherever they're from? yeah, you know what? getting to know other truckers, just like truckers here at the uk, getting to talk with them about stories, and interchange stories on what i did driving, or what they did driving, there's always room to learn. steve graham is risking his truck and his life to board a barge. - steve graham, from australia's outback truckers, is another star guest. i it is good to share with people, | you know, the hardships involved in trucking sometimes — - the tyranny of the distances. i mean, back home i had ajob to do, 1,000 kilometres. - the bridge is out at fitzroy, l i had to go 7,290 kilometres

to deliver that required water treatment stuff. | the peterborough one—way system is not quite that bad. on a bad day! mind you, at least when i did my| detour, i can park on top of a hill and maybe have two vehicles go past me during the night. - your lay—bys are so small here, - and trying to get asleep when you're parked alongside a motorway with a constant stream - of traffic whizzing past you, these blokes do it hard. - it's an industry with many challenges — a shortage of drivers, a lack of roadside facilities — but truckfest aims to celebrate the vehicles and those who drive them, and to leave visitors blown away. please do not try that at home. delighted to be joined please do not try that at home. delighted to bejoined by please do not try that at home. delighted to be joined by todd and steve. what have been the highlights of truckfest? just steve. what have been the highlights of truckfest?— of truckfest? just take a look around yom _ of truckfest? just take a look around you. we _ of truckfest? just take a look around you. we have - of truckfest? just take a look around you. we have had - of truckfest? just take a look| around you. we have had over of truckfest? just take a look - around you. we have had over 3000 trucks here this weekend was not not

only the trucks that we have the monster trucks, the stunt bikes, just a massive amount of families here showing good stories. no other place i would like to be.— place i would like to be. steve, it is a solitary _ place i would like to be. steve, it is a solitaryjob— place i would like to be. steve, it is a solitaryjob a _ place i would like to be. steve, it is a solitaryjob a lot _ place i would like to be. steve, it is a solitaryjob a lot of _ place i would like to be. steve, it is a solitaryjob a lot of the - place i would like to be. steve, it is a solitaryjob a lot of the time, j is a solitaryjob a lot of the time, as you are telling us just then. how important is it to be able to meet with other drivers? it is important is it to be able to meet with other drivers?— with other drivers? it is really ureat to with other drivers? it is really great to get _ with other drivers? it is really great to get up _ with other drivers? it is really great to get up here. - with other drivers? it is really great to get up here. all - with other drivers? it is really| great to get up here. all these families, — great to get up here. all these families, friends, lorry drivers have _ families, friends, lorry drivers have gone _ families, friends, lorry drivers have gone to so much effort to present— have gone to so much effort to present their stuff and realise i am part of— present their stuff and realise i am part of this — present their stuff and realise i am part of this great big fraternity all the — part of this great big fraternity all the way down from downing australia — all the way down from downing australia to up here and seeing all this wonderful gear and wonderful people _ this wonderful gear and wonderful peorile |t— this wonderful gear and wonderful --eole. , ., , this wonderful gear and wonderful --eole. , ., . people. it is not 'ust normal trucks, it h people. it is not 'ust normal trucks. it is _ people. it is notjust normal trucks, it is these _ people. it is notjust normal trucks, it is these incredible machines we have behind us, these monster trucks. this is a thing which began in america. we are going to fire up another monster truck which will do a little circuit. it will be very noisy. i which will do a little circuit. it will be very noisy.— which will do a little circuit. it will be very noisy. i was going to sa , did will be very noisy. i was going to say. did you _ will be very noisy. i was going to say, did you bring _ will be very noisy. i was going to say, did you bring your- will be very noisy. i was going to| say, did you bring your earplugs? these suckers are really loud. istallion these suckers are really loud. when did the concept _ these suckers are really loud. when did the concept of— these suckers are really loud. when did the concept of a _ these suckers are really loud. when did the concept of a super— these suckers are really loud. when did the concept of a super truck start?

inaudible it started when i was in diapers. sat there playing with mithai monster truck when it started to be absolutely nothing. these monster trucks have grown into something where these guys fly through the air, they can deflect, jumps. you can feel the horsepower as he is driving around us right now, they are so loud and massive. they are just awesome. not only that, if you are at truckfest at this weekend... it is so loud i can't even hear myself! you can actually get in a monster truck. myself! you can actually get in a monstertruck. i remember myself! you can actually get in a monster truck. i remember riding one as a kid, not quite this big. these are amazing. let's see what he's going to do. i are amazing. let's see what he's going to do-_ are amazing. let's see what he's going to do. i brought the car and arked it going to do. i brought the car and parked it earlier— going to do. i brought the car and parked it earlier and... _ going to do. i brought the car and parked it earlier and... ch, - going to do. i brought the car and parked it earlier and... oh, no! i that's also! this is happening right here this weekend at truckfest. —— thatis here this weekend at truckfest. —— that is awesome. join us, it will be

an awesome date celebrating the last ever show in peterborough. it is an awesome date celebrating the last ever show in peterborough.— ever show in peterborough. it is all about celebrating _ ever show in peterborough. it is all about celebrating these _ ever show in peterborough. it is all about celebrating these vehicles i ever show in peterborough. it is all. about celebrating these vehicles and those who drive them. an industry which has many challenges but it is all about looking at the plus side. it has all gone quiet now. you are lucky you have a loud voice. absolutely! not louder than that thing, right?! absolutely! not louder than that thing. right?!— absolutely! not louder than that thing, right?! truckfest is kicking off this weekend. _ thing, right?! truckfest is kicking off this weekend. it _ thing, right?! truckfest is kicking off this weekend. it has _ thing, right?! truckfest is kicking off this weekend. it has been - thing, right?! truckfest is kicking off this weekend. it has been a i thing, right?! truckfest is kickingl off this weekend. it has been a fun morning and the funny set to carry on for the rest of the date. you have never _ on for the rest of the date. you have never sounded _ on for the rest of the date. gm. have never sounded so british in contrast to your guests! laughter so polite. laughter so olite. ~ , ., . ., so polite. we should have got him ben so polite. we should have got him iten boulos' _ so polite. we should have got him ben boulos' red _ so polite. we should have got him ben boulos' red jacket. _ so polite. we should have got him ben boulos' red jacket. that - so polite. we should have got him ben boulos' red jacket. that while | ben boulos' red 'acket. that while all of us ben boulos' red 'acket. that while an of us up. — all of us up. imagine turning up to work in one of

those. fin imagine turning up to work in one of those. ,. ., ., imagine turning up to work in one of those._ monster. those. on the school run. monster erforms those. on the school run. monster performs at _ those. on the school run. monster performs at the — those. on the school run. monster performs at the golf... _ those. on the school run. monster performs at the golf... golf?! - performs at the golf... golf?! snooker! _ performs at the golf... golf?! snooker! ~ ,, _ performs at the golf... golf?! snooker!— performs at the golf... golf?! snooker! ~ ,, _ ., ., ., snooker! mark selby would love to turn u- on snooker! mark selby would love to turn up on one _ snooker! mark selby would love to turn up on one of— snooker! mark selby would love to turn up on one of those. _ snooker! mark selby would love to turn up on one of those. an - turn up on one of those. an incredible performance from him, last night, 147 from him. the first ever maximum break in the world championship snooker final. the penultimate frame of the evening. he had to overcome some tricky reds, but finished in style, much to the delight of the crowd at the crucible in sheffield — a standing ovation for the jester from leicester. he trails luca brecel by nine frames to eight, with play resuming this afternoon. selby had some fun with the crowd to celebrate a brilliant achievement. what a competitor! because to then follow that up and win that last frame — that is absolutely vital. l i think that is one of the most. special moments that we can ever remember in this sport. yeah, it was, it was amazing. just to watch it and be here and have a bird's—eye view of it. the crowd were on their feet.

we all thought it was inevitable, and now manchester city are back at the top of the premier league, as they seem to be timing their run brilliantly. it only took three minutes for erling haaland to score against fulham — his 50th goal in all competitions from the penalty spot. an astounding achievement — and a record that's stood for over 90 years. fulham did pull one back, butjulian alvarez�*s effort secured the 2—1win. meaning city lead the way now — by one point — with a game in hand over rivals arsenal, who play tomorrow. we knew that after beat arsenalat home, don't... know that winning these type of games today was really, really important and that players behave amazingly. to how arsenal is going to play — normally at home is strong, but the important thing is the west ham game. like, it's one game in hand and after that we'll be on top of the table a bit more, really. manchester united boosted their champions league hopes with a 1—0 win against aston villa at old trafford.

bruno fernandes with the only goal of the game, which ended aston villa's ten match unbeaten run, and also ensures united have a healthy advantage on the clubs chasing a top four spot. villa now nine points adrift in seventh. there was a thrilling finish to liverpool's game against tottenham hotspur. they won 4—3, with a stoppage time winner, to move into fifth. liverpool were 3—0 up at anfield afterjust 15 minutes. but spurs thought they'd salvaged a draw when richarlison headed home in the second minute of injury time, only for diogojota to take advantage of lucas moura's backpass, to fire home a winner for liverpool just a minute later — an unbelievable finish. jurgen klopp, the liverpool boss, fired up with an ongoing battle with the officiating for him, and then pulled his hamstring in the aftermath. a huge result for his team. hopefully he recovers soon. similar game against manchester united, first half, everything looked... second half, they came

back, we gave each other a lifeline and that is why it happened. but anyway, after the game the only thing... before the game i would have taken each result and each performance pretty much to get the three points. now we have got big parts of the game to learn and to build on and some parts and that is fine. newcastle came from a goal behind to beat struggling southampton 3—1 at stjames' park, and are now third in the premier league. the saints led 1—0 at the break, but a callum wilson double sealed the three points and rounded off a miserable day for southampton, who remain six points from safety at the bottom of the table. and leeds look to be in big trouble too. they lost 4—1 to bournemouth, who now have 39 points. leeds are just one point off the relegation places. celtic are through to the scottish cup final after beating their old firm rivals rangers 1—0. they'll now play inverness caldeonian thistle injune. a first—half header from jota was enough to settle a tense old firm encounter. it means rangers' season is effectively over, with celtic one win away from a league title and one win away from a domestic treble.

we kind of knew what was at stake. rangers, this was their last opportunity to sort has gained some success, as well, so we knew it would require all the facets of our game and i thought we did that. we played our football when we needed to. we defended really strongly when we needed to, and throughout it all, just underpinned by the unbelievable work ethic this group of players has. a huge match for arsenal in the women's champions league later against wolfsburg as they look to make the final in what is set to be a landmark day for women's football, expecting a crowd of more than 60,000 at a sold—out emirates stadium. a record. on the bus alone has had more. arsenal drew the first leg germany 2—2 after an impressive comeback. victory will seal their place in the final against barcelona. exeter chiefs will help back. sam

simmonds gave exeter an early lead, the french side ran in seven tries as they swept aside the 2020 winners by 47 points to 28. a repeat of last year's final, la rochelle against leinster in dublin. sergio perez won the azerbaijan ground rate. formula i the azerbaijan ground rate. formula 1 narrowly avoided a tragedy at the end of the race. we will —— they will update procedures the car the race in miami. —— before the race. esteban ocon came into the pit lane to make the tie stop only to find his path blocked by photographers and officials. he said it was a scary moment in the pit lane, glad no one was hurt but we must ensure things like that don't happen again. just a word about erling haaland common. he has been phenomenal this year. the reason they were more likely when the title an absolute

phenomenal. likely when the title an absolute phenomenal-— likely when the title an absolute henomenal. m. , ., ,, . ., phenomenal. machine stops are not 'ust the phenomenal. machine stops are not just the title — phenomenal. machine stops are not just the title by _ phenomenal. machine stops are not just the title by the _ phenomenal. machine stops are not just the title by the looks _ phenomenal. machine stops are not just the title by the looks of - just the title by the looks of things. could be the three. champions league, fa cup. everyone's fantasy team. he is in everyone's that i know of, scared to drop him. how would he not be? you talked about— how would he not be? you talked about a _ how would he not be? you talked about a roller—coaster... yourself, new nickname. liverpool and spurs yesterday — new nickname. liverpool and spurs esterda . ~ . . . . new nickname. liverpool and spurs esterda . . . . . . ., new nickname. liverpool and spurs esterda .~ . . . ., yesterday. what a match. that had everything- — yesterday. what a match. that had everything. tottenham _ yesterday. what a match. that had everything. tottenham going - yesterday. what a match. that had everything. tottenham going 3-0 | yesterday. what a match. that had - everything. tottenham going 3-0 down everything. tottenham going 3—0 down so early on and went so far behind against newcastle in the previous game. you thought it would happen again and the liverpool comeback and win. what a match. we saw what it meant to yoke and clock, had a running battle with the referee throughout that match, pulled his hamstring at the end. by, throughout that match, pulled his hamstring at the end. b. bit throughout that match, pulled his hamstring at the end.— hamstring at the end. a bit of unnecessary _ hamstring at the end. a bit of unnecessary goading - hamstring at the end. a bit of unnecessary goading and - hamstring at the end. a bit ofj unnecessary goading and vent hamstring at the end. a bit of - unnecessary goading and vent revenge with his _ unnecessary goading and vent revenge with his hamstring going. we unnecessary goading and vent revenge with his hamstring going.— with his hamstring going. we might -- he may have _ with his hamstring going. we might -- he may have to _ with his hamstring going. we might -- he may have to sit _ with his hamstring going. we might -- he may have to sit out _ with his hamstring going. we might -- he may have to sit out a - with his hamstring going. we might -- he may have to sit out a few - with his hamstring going. we might i -- he may have to sit out a few more —— he may have to sit out a few more matches without. i -- he may have to sit out a few more matches without.— matches without. i cannot imagine him sittin: matches without. i cannot imagine him sitting down. _ matches without. i cannot imagine him sitting down. he _ matches without. i cannot imagine him sitting down. he will- matches without. i cannot imagine him sitting down. he will not - matches without. i cannot imagine| him sitting down. he will not enjoy him sitting down. he will not en'oy

that. if you are planning a bank holiday outside, we can get the weather. good morning. if you have got plans to head out today, you might want to pack an umbrella because it will be a day of sunny spells and scattered showers but we will not all see them. this is the picture this morning. dry there at the moment, probably stay dry for a good part of the day. most of the showers will see cropping up through the day will be across central and eastern parts of england. a few across scotland. we have colder air working in from the north across the northern half of scotland. for most, that picture of scotland. for most, that picture of sunshine and showers. we have this frontal system clearing from the east, that brought the rain yesterday and overnight for some. the system working in from the north. that is the change in ms arriving across northern parts of scotland, cold northerly winds but most still in the milder air. the sunshine breaking through, still a bit of mist and low cloud around this morning. you can see a peppering of showers, almost

anywhere across. the fewer the further west you are across wales and into the south—west of england, should be drying up here. also dylan cretin which is 14 to 17, 18 and the one response but a drop in the temperatures across the north of scotland as the cold air sweeps its way in. still moderate for some, high levels of pollen out there today. you will notice that if you suffer from today. you will notice that if you sufferfrom hay today. you will notice that if you suffer from hay fever. today. you will notice that if you sufferfrom hay fever. as today. you will notice that if you suffer from hay fever. as we move through tonight, the show is mainly fading away, stillness and make forming overnight. for most, a frost—free night, holding up for up to 8 degrees. blue colours on the map so we are likely to see a touch of grass frost across parts of northern scotland. early mist and low cloud. could be the unspotted drizzle particularly to the east. most places having another dry day with light winds. bit of a change in wind direction particularly along the east coast, it will feel cooler

than over recent days so ten to 12. up than over recent days so ten to 12. up to 16 or 17, with the sunshine, not a bad day. fairly settled weather continues into the middle of the week, this is wednesday. high pressure in charge by this stage, still a lot of cloud, a few showers around across the north west of the uk. so another day of sunny spells but a cool easterly breeze developing for some. cooler around some of the east coast but again up to about 16 degrees to the west. but then things start to change again from thursday onwards. we have low pressure that looks like it will be anchored out in the atlantic and showers and frontal systems will rotate around that. quite a breezy speu rotate around that. quite a breezy spell of weather, fairly showery, certainly for thursday and into friday. looking ahead towards the weekend, temperatures mightjust weekend, temperatures might just come weekend, temperatures mightjust come up a little bit but it is looking fairly unsettled. we will firm up on the details for next weekend closer to the time but are rather unsettled outlook by the end of the week.

your bbc weather bingo card almost has a full house on rain. they stay in edinburgh at no rain, but apart from that... gush. but in edinburgh at no rain, but apart from that... gush._ in edinburgh at no rain, but apart from that... gush. but some of this is a showery — from that... gush. but some of this is a showery rain _ from that... gush. but some of this is a showery rain so _ from that... gush. but some of this is a showery rain so the _ from that... gush. but some of this is a showery rain so the right - from that... gush. but some of this is a showery rain so the right rain i is a showery rain so the right rain symbols on the chart because we are likely to see some showers come and go but they will be dry weather in between. pack the umbrella and sunglasses. between. pack the umbrella and sunglasses-— between. pack the umbrella and sunalasses. , . , , ., sunglasses. glass half full. other rainwater! thank _ sunglasses. glass half full. other rainwater! thank you _ sunglasses. glass half full. other rainwater! thank you very - sunglasses. glass half full. other rainwater! thank you very much, | rainwater! thank you very much, cheers. ,, ., , , ., ,, cheers. showers but not consistent rain, that cheers. showers but not consistent rain. that is — cheers. showers but not consistent rain, that is fine, _ cheers. showers but not consistent rain, that is fine, we _ cheers. showers but not consistent rain, that is fine, we can _ cheers. showers but not consistent rain, that is fine, we can live - cheers. showers but not consistent rain, that is fine, we can live with l rain, that is fine, we can live with that in british springtime. your dog might be able to do the odd trick — but vinnie the assistance dog takes canine skills to another level. dogs like him can be trained to collect money from an atm, fetch things from the fridge, and put washing away to make life easier for people with disabilities. the charity canine partners is now appealing for more puppy and dog volunteer trainers, as phil chapman reports. off, go get coke. good boy, good boy. as a canine partner, there isn't much vinnie can't do around the house for sue —

short of the ironing. from fetching a refreshing drink from the fridge, to even helping with medical assistance. sue can have up to 30 dislocations a day, and vinnie is there for her every time it happens. good boy! i couldn't be without him at the moment. as well as doing all the task work for me, he's there if i've got pain, he's there... he comes and comforts me. ehlers—danlos syndrome is a connective—tissue disorder. i've got the hypermobility type, so myjoints dislocate without hardly moving at all. obviously, that's quite painful, so having vinnie there — especially if i'm in bed — and then he's next to me to comfort me is absolutely — it's a life—saver, it really is. my best friend, really. i work full time and, whilst i'm not in the office five days a week at the moment, most of the time i have been. and itjust means that, you know, sue's got someone at home that can be there for her to, you know, to get things that i'm not

worrying about her trying to get up and falling over. and vinnie can always learn new skills adapted to sue's needs. for example, if i drop this wallet now on the floor... vinnie, get it. good boy. vinnie, up. good boy. positive reinforcement, like i've been taught by canine partners. we can think of a method to train him to do that new task. and then, from then on, give it a name and then he'd be able to do that task for me. and to raise funds for the canine partners charity, sue's dad is donating an incredibly intricate doll�*s house — which he spent years creating at home in ulverston. six years ago, my dad started building a doll�*s house and he's just finally finished it. and it's to be auctioned off for canine partners. it's all ready, and it's just that i've left it to susan and her husband, mark, to sort out how much they sell it for.

it's cost me and mark over £1,500 up to now. i wanted to do something back because their dogs cost so much to train. with vinnie now being eight, he's actually semi—retired. sue will need another canine partner herself in time, when vinnie can become a full—time pet dog, and take a well—earned rest. phil chapman, bbc news, eaglesfield in cumbria. i think we all feel a bit like that this morning. we're nowjoined by sophie reed, who is an advanced trainer at canine partners — and fiona, one of the charity's demonstration dogs. the owner is looking at so fit with the biggest, most focused eyes i can imagine —— fiona is looking at sophie. she is so focused on you. she is one well—trained dog. she sophie. she is so focused on you. she is one well-trained dog. she is reall well she is one well-trained dog. she is really well behaved. _ she is one well-trained dog. she is really well behaved. she _ she is one well-trained dog. she is really well behaved. she loves - she is one well-trained dog. she is really well behaved. she loves you j really well behaved. she loves you to bits, doesn't _

really well behaved. she loves you to bits, doesn't she? _ really well behaved. she loves you to bits, doesn't she? she - really well behaved. she loves you to bits, doesn't she? she does. - really well behaved. she loves you | to bits, doesn't she? she does. how does she help? _ to bits, doesn't she? she does. how does she help? fiona _ to bits, doesn't she? she does. how does she help? fiona didn't - to bits, doesn't she? she does. how does she help? fiona didn't make i to bits, doesn't she? she does. how does she help? fiona didn't make it| does she help? fiona didn't make it throu~h does she help? fiona didn't make it through the — does she help? fiona didn't make it through the training _ does she help? fiona didn't make it through the training programme i does she help? fiona didn't make it through the training programme so | does she help? fiona didn't make it| through the training programme so i took her on myself and we go around the country demonstrating what our charity does, so as you saw with susan and vinnie, they can do anything from picking up small items on the floor or a large item such as a crutch. they can open and close doors, load and unload the washing machine. there is really no end to the things they can do. she machine. there is really no end to the things they can do.— the things they can do. she didn't make it through _ the things they can do. she didn't make it through training - the things they can do. she didn't make it through training but i the things they can do. she didn't make it through training but has i make it through training but has picked up some skills and you are going to demonstrate to us. that's it. we going to demonstrate to us. that's it- we teach _ going to demonstrate to us. that's it. we teach all _ going to demonstrate to us. that's it. we teach all of _ going to demonstrate to us. that's it. we teach all of our _ going to demonstrate to us. that's it. we teach all of our puppies i going to demonstrate to us. trust�*s it. we teach all of our puppies when they are young three core skills. we teach them a touch and talk and retrieve —— we teach them tug. they

then develop to the advanced skills you see our working dogs doing. start with touch. we teach them to do basic hand touch, touches the hand. touch. good girl. then we can progress that to things like touching pedestrian switches and lift switches out and about, so that can be really useful.— can be really useful. those tiny ta s, can be really useful. those tiny tas, so can be really useful. those tiny taps. so handy- _ can be really useful. those tiny taps, so handy. for— can be really useful. those tiny taps, so handy. for someone l can be really useful. those tiny i taps, so handy. for someone who can't quite — taps, so handy. for someone who can't quite reach. _ taps, so handy. for someone who can't quite reach. look _ taps, so handy. for someone who can't quite reach. look at - taps, so handy. for someone who can't quite reach. look at her! i taps, so handy. for someone who| can't quite reach. look at her! she is so concentrating. _ can't quite reach. look at her! she is so concentrating. she _ can't quite reach. look at her! she is so concentrating. she will- can't quite reach. look at her! she is so concentrating. she will not i is so concentrating. she will not leave _ is so concentrating. she will not leave your — is so concentrating. she will not leave your gaze. the is so concentrating. she will not leave your gaze.— is so concentrating. she will not leave your gaze. the next scale is a sim - le leave your gaze. the next scale is a simple tug — leave your gaze. the next scale is a simple tug so _ leave your gaze. the next scale is a simple tug so on — leave your gaze. the next scale is a simple tug so on a _ leave your gaze. the next scale is a simple tug so on a toy, _ leave your gaze. the next scale is a simple tug so on a toy, at - leave your gaze. the next scale is a simple tug so on a toy, at home i leave your gaze. the next scale is a simple tug so on a toy, at home if. simple tug so on a toy, at home if you are playing with your dog they might want to tug on a toy. come here, tug. just tugging nice and straight backwards and then we can progress that on to something like a... , progress that on to something like a---_ exactly- - progress that on to something like a. . ._ exactly. and | a... opening doors? exactly. and then progress _ a... opening doors? exactly. and then progress onto _ a... opening doors? exactly. and then progress onto something i a... opening doors? exactly. and| then progress onto something like undressing. come here, good girl. on my lap. can you get the zip? tug,

tug. good girl! she takes the zip off, tugs the sleeve nice and gently. this aside. give. tugs at the other it sleeve off. that gently. this aside. give. tugs at the other it sleeve off.— the other it sleeve off. that is fantastic! _ that is always worth a treat. the final scale we teach them is retrieved. this is one of the biggest things our dogs will be for someone so when something is dropped on the floor they can pick it up and bring it back. if my mobile phone drops on the floor. fi, get it. you can bring it back so i don't have to bend down to pick it up. even something like a bunch of keys, some dogs don't like touching the metal on their teeth. if i drop that on the floor she will pick it up. that is nothing _ the floor she will pick it up. that is nothing short _ the floor she will pick it up. that is nothing short of— the floor she will pick it up. that is nothing short of life changing for someone with mobility issues. exactly. it is a vital skill. settle

down. good girl. and because of the dogs we use, they are retrievers, they love to retrieve, so even if somebody drops something on the floor 100 times a day the dog will do it and they enjoy it. that is the reason we use the labradors wife we have seen what fiona can do, every task you gave a she completed immediately. i task you gave a she completed immediately.— task you gave a she completed immediately. i am struggling to understand _ immediately. i am struggling to understand why _ immediately. i am struggling to understand why she _ immediately. i am struggling to understand why she wasn't i immediately. i am struggling to i understand why she wasn't successful in the training programme. what couldn't she do with yellow unfortunately she has health issues, a lot of environmental allergies so she a lot of environmental allergies so sh , , a lot of environmental allergies so sh �*- , , ., she struggles with her health. i manaue she struggles with her health. i manage that — she struggles with her health. i manage that at _ she struggles with her health. i manage that at home _ she struggles with her health. i manage that at home but i she struggles with her health. i manage that at home but we i she struggles with her health. i i manage that at home but we didn't feel it was fair to ask her to look after someone else when she needed that looking after. the after someone else when she needed that looking after.— that looking after. the selection -rocess that looking after. the selection rocess is that looking after. the selection process is really _ that looking after. the selection process is really careful - that looking after. the selection process is really careful in i that looking after. the selection| process is really careful in terms of the behaviour but also the dog itself. , . ,., of the behaviour but also the dog itself. , . ., , itself. yes, and so we get the dogs at ei . ht itself. yes, and so we get the dogs at eight weeks _ itself. yes, and so we get the dogs at eight weeks old _ itself. yes, and so we get the dogs at eight weeks old and _ itself. yes, and so we get the dogs at eight weeks old and we - itself. yes, and so we get the dogs at eight weeks old and we are i itself. yes, and so we get the dogsl at eight weeks old and we are trying to find homes for them to be with, so volunteer puppet parents can have those puppies for us —— volunteer

puppy those puppies for us —— volunteer puppy parents. those puppies for us —— v0lunteer puppy parents. teaching those puppies for us —— volunteer puppy parents. teaching them, using that tug on a toy, socialising them out and about. it is that tug on a toy, socialising them out and about.— that tug on a toy, socialising them out and about. it is around £30,000 to take a pup — out and about. it is around £30,000 to take a pup through _ out and about. it is around £30,000 to take a pup through its _ out and about. it is around £30,000 to take a pup through its life - to take a pup through its life assisting human so how is it in terms of collating funding? brute assisting human so how is it in terms of collating funding? we do lots of events _ terms of collating funding? we do lots of events up _ terms of collating funding? we do lots of events up and _ terms of collating funding? we do lots of events up and down i terms of collating funding? we do lots of events up and down the i lots of events up and down the country so we are always looking for volunteers to help with our fundraising, getting involved in all the events we do. if anyone wants to go on our website they can find out what we are doing and where we are doing it and help us to spread the word. . , ., , doing it and help us to spread the word. ., , ., , ., word. that is how they can find out how to volunteer. _ word. that is how they can find out how to volunteer. you _ word. that is how they can find out how to volunteer. you really i word. that is how they can find out how to volunteer. you really have l word. that is how they can find out | how to volunteer. you really have to know what you are doing to do the training. hat know what you are doing to do the trainina. ., . , . ., training. not really, that we have lots of trainers _ training. not really, that we have lots of trainers who _ training. not really, that we have lots of trainers who would i training. not really, that we have | lots of trainers who would support any volunteer who felt they have the time to take on a puppy. we have trainers who support that volunteer through the process so they would have that puppy for around 18 months with special guidance from a trainer

throughout that time. they just need to have a loving home and the time to have a loving home and the time to take on puppy. haifa to have a loving home and the time to take on puppy-— to take on puppy. how do you prioritise _ to take on puppy. how do you prioritise demand? _ to take on puppy. how do you prioritise demand? i- to take on puppy. how do you prioritise demand? i can i to take on puppy. how do you i prioritise demand? i can imagine so many people with disabilities whose lives would be enhanced by someone like fiona. , . , ., like fiona. demand is high, our waitin: like fiona. demand is high, our waiting list _ like fiona. demand is high, our waiting list is _ like fiona. demand is high, our waiting list is unfortunately i like fiona. demand is high, our. waiting list is unfortunately closed at the moment one of the reasons why we are really trying to recruit more volunteers to have our puppies so we can have more dogs in our system and get more dogs out place and really start to open that waiting list again because at the moment our waiting list is quite long. the independence _ waiting list is quite long. the independence dog like this would give to people would be incredible. it is and you can't really put it into words, the way they transform lives. the physical acts that they can do, so actually physically taking items off and picking them up, is amazing. but the psychological and social benefits they provide to our clients is unmatched. i they provide to our clients is unmatched.— they provide to our clients is unmatched. ., �* ~ ., unmatched. i don't think we would make the top _ unmatched. i don't think we would make the top of— unmatched. i don't think we would make the top of the _ unmatched. i don't think we would make the top of the list, _ unmatched. i don't think we would make the top of the list, if- unmatched. i don't think we would make the top of the list, if we i make the top of the list, if we would like to take one home just

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happy bank holiday monday. welcome to the nation's forenoon. later on, at ten o'clock, this row about everybody if they want to obviously swirling the author of allegiance at the coronation, the karaoke coronation thing everyone is talking about. not compulsory, but what about. not compulsory, but what about modernity? that's coming up later on. allegiance. an interesting word. are you with the nurses? the biggest strike so far today in england.