good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today. interest rates are set to rise for a 12th month in a row as the bank of england tries to curb high inflation. the decision could mean more bad news for homeowners and borrowers, i'll explain why. helping families in need get a good night's sleep. the charity providing beds for thousands of struggling households. it's advantage inter after a thrilling milan derby at the san siro. they shocked their city rivals ac with two goals inside the opening ten minutes to move within sight of the champions league final. eurovision fever hots up.

16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on.

the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. our business correspondent hannah miller reports. this is the first home gheev has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we're actually better off staying on a tracker mortgage. so that's what we went for. it's a very difficult situation because you can't actually plan how much you have every month. when you hear that the bank of england base rate is likely to go up again today, how do you feel about that? it's frustrating and, you know, you can get frustrated by it, but you just can't let it dwell. the base rate is currently set at 4.25%. if it goes up to 4.5% later today, that will be the 12th time in a row that it's increased,

affecting 1.4 million people with a variable mortgage and nearly two million who are set to take out a new mortgage this year. the bank of england estimates that people on fixed rate mortgages who need to renegotiate this year will find themselves paying around £250 a month more than they used to. the bank of england puts up interest rates in an attempt to slow down the rise in the cost of living. if people have less money to spend, the theory goes, it forces prices to come down. and it is forcing gheev to stick to a budget. and it is forcing guive to stick to a budget. do we have to make cutbacks on savings that we want to make to put towards holidays or put towards other luxuries that we might not be able to afford? but at the same time, i understand that there are people in way less fortunate situations. and with households and businesses now facing interest rates at their highest for almost 15 years, many will be looking out today for whether the end of rate rises is in sight. hannah miller, bbc news. the leader of plaid cymru adam price

has announced he's stepping down days after a report found a culture of bullying, sexual harassment and misogyny in the party. in his resignation letter, mr price said he no longer had the "united support" of his colleagues. it's expected that a new leader will be in place by the summer. a group of conservative mps have criticised the government for ditching its plan to replace all eu laws by the end of this year. the business secretary announced that around 600 of them would now be removed from uk legislation, rather than the 4,000 originally promised. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardleyjoins us now from westminster. good morning, nick. the phrase people remember in relation to this is the bonfire of eu laws, that was the phrase that was used to. it was used uuite

the phrase that was used to. it was used quite a _ the phrase that was used to. it was used quite a lot, _ the phrase that was used to. it was used quite a lot, and _ the phrase that was used to. it was used quite a lot, and when - the phrase that was used to. it was used quite a lot, and when rishi i used quite a lot, and when rishi sunak was campaigning to be prime minister, he very publicly said that within 100 minister, he very publicly said that within100 days of becoming prime minister, his plan would be to review or scrap all eu laws on the uk statute book. in fact, charlie, until yesterday, uk statute book. in fact, charlie, untilyesterday, it uk statute book. in fact, charlie, until yesterday, it was in uk law that ministers would automatically get rid of european laws unless they decided specifically to keep them. what has happened according to the government is they have sifted through these laws, found out there were a lot more than they realised, and they did not want to unintentionally get rid of some of the more useful or important ones by accident. so what ministers said yesterday, now the presumption will be that you keep the there is a specific decision to get rid of them. that has angered conservative mps on the brexit wing of the party, who say that the prime minister has gone back on promise. jacob

rees—mogg, the minister who introduced the plan to get rid of them all by the end of this year, is on of the angriest, he is blaming ministers and civil servants for not doing theirjobs properly. it's a reminder, charlie, still brexit tensions within the conservative party, not quite what they used to be, it's not the big furore that we cover every day on brexit but there are still tensions there. the government insists it is committed to looking at these laws but it will take a lot longer than they thought. the nhs is expected to confirm later that it's missed a key target in tackling long hospital waiting times in england. the government pledged to eliminate delays of more than 18 months for planned surgeries by april this year but 11,000 people have been unable to start treatment within that time frame. our health reporter jim reed has more. this is our main operating theatre block. we've got, along this side, we've got mainly planned operations, so we've got some endocrine... at this surgery unit in south london, all ten operating theatres are full of patients.

staff have been working to reduce the huge backlog of treatments caused in part by the pandemic. those patients who are waiting a long time for surgery may be in pain, maybe have a reduced quality of life, may be not able to do the things that they want to do. and obviously they are at risk of deteriorating whilst they're on the waiting list. at this trust, they've cut the longest waits, partly by opening new theatres and doing more work at weekends. probably some of the pressures we're seeing in our a&e departments is because patients who are waiting a long period of time on the waiting list are becoming acutely unwell as a consequence. i think there's also, of course, the psychological impact for patients. you know, patients are really waiting, they don't know when they're going to have the operation. across england, 7.2 million people are now on an nhs waiting list. there has been progress tackling the longest cases. the number waiting more than 18 months has fallen from 124,000 in september 2021 to around 11,000.

that, though, still means the government will miss one of the key targets set out in its covid recovery plan to eliminate those long 18 month waits by the start of april. in parliament this week, the health secretary compared the situation to labour controlled wales. we have reduced the wait for 18 months by over 90% and yet in wales they still have vastly more, over 80,000 waiting and that's on a much smaller population. 0n cancer care as well, the number waiting more than two months to start treatment in england is coming down. but again, a pledge to return the backlog to pre—pandemic levels by this spring will be missed. philfrom merseyside had to wait seven months to remove a tumourfrom his kidney. it's very difficult. i tried to get through it by focusing on each day, but of course it's always creeping

into the back of your mind. those waiting lists are notjust a problem in england, with wales, scotland and northern ireland facing similar delays. progress is being made, but many are still facing a long wait for the treatment they need. jim reed, bbc news. donald trump has claimed that his popularity has increased after yesterday's ruling by a civil jury that he sexually abused a magazine columnist in the 1990s. the former us president was taking part in a live tv debate organised by cnn and drew laughter from the audience of republican supporters and independent voters in new hampshire. my poll numbersjust came out, they went up. applause. i think i'm the only person in history who had a charge like that, and usually you leave office, you say, "i'm sorry, i'm going back home, i'm back home to my family and everything, i'm going to be resigning." my poll numbers went up and they went up

with the other fake charge too. because what's happening is they're doing this for election interference. this woman, i don't know her, i never met her, i have no idea who she is. donald trump has had a chequered history with cnn and so as our us correspondent peter bowes explains, his choice to appear live on the network was surprising. even without the events of this week, when this appearance was first announced a couple of weeks ago, it was always going to be quite unusual, given, as you suggest, donald trump's past history with cnn, how he fell out of favour with that network in terms of what he thinks of them, suggesting that they produce fake news. he has said that many times over the years. and he hasn't appeared on that network for a long time. so it was always going to be an interesting occasion. and

it lived up to expectations, with donald trump, no sign of any humility, no sign of any humility over losing the 2020 election or indeed that civil case from just a couple of days ago. and that has been the key issue of the week. and as you explained just now, once again, donald trump really demeaning in his accuser in that case, mocking her, almost making a comedy routine out of the very serious claims that she made against him and of course jury she made against him and of course jury sided with her in terms of its verdict and in terms of the damages, $5 million against donald trump. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges, after his arrest on tuesday sparked nationwide protests. eight people have now died in the violent clashes between security forces and supporters of mr khan.

0ur pakistan correspondent caroline davies is in islamabad for us this morning. good morning. so what happening now? good morning. so what happening now? good morning, naga. last night was the second night of protests and demonstrations across pakistan, we saw building the, burning vehicles, clouds of tear gas at protesters on the street —— burning buildings. this morning in islamabad the roads are quiet, offices and schools of enclosed as well in kpm pension promises. last night the army —— in kp and punjab provinces. the number of arrests has increased in punjab alone, 1300 since tuesday. to give you another idea of the crackdown thatis you another idea of the crackdown that is happening here, we know that

several senior members of imran khan's party have also been arrested overnight, that has been confirmed by police here as well. a major crackdown happening in pakistan that these protests have continued overnight and the big question is whether or not that will happen and continue throughout the rest of today and interlinked on this evening. £1.2 billion was stolen last year through fraud, the equivalent of more than £2,000 pounds a minute. that's according to new figures from the banking trade body uk finance. fraud is now the most common crime in the uk, with one in every 15 people falling victim. with the final of the eurovision song contestjust days away the remaining acts will take to the stage tonight, to compete in the second semifinal.

16 countries will be hoping to claim one of the last ten spots in saturday's finale and in true eurovision style, there's always an unexpected story to be told. as our arts correspondent david sillito has been finding out. this is monika from lithuania, a eurovision veteran. and the reason she's here is because of her backing singer. hello, i'm nicola and i'm backing singing for monika. yes, nicola's not from lithuania. she's from essex. and this all started with a chat in a bar in london when monika revealed that she had in 2015 performed at eurovision. i was beside myself because i'm obsessed with eurovision. so i said to her, "do you know anyone that can get me a ticket potentially for liverpool?" you met in a bar and you just said, "can you get me a ticket for eurovision?" and you hadn't even written a song? nope. i made a promise to give her a ticket and then i came back to lithuania and i wrote the song

in one evening. # well, it ain't easy to love someone like me. a couple of weeks later, she invited nicola to sing with her in lithuania and they won the national final. when we finally won and i just saw all this confetti come down, ijust looked at her and was like, "did we notjustjoke about this four weeks ago?" now i'm doing eurovision, a dream that was never, ever possible. so there we go. and now another eurovision semifinals story. well, let's talk about this with daniel estrin, an immigration lawyer who is in australia. yes, this is bbc news discussing the novak djokovic australian covid drama with hard nosed immigration lawyer daniel estrin, who is also... # oh, oh, promise me it's gonna be all right. ..a synth metal,

eurovision loving rock god. what's brought you here? you've told them, haven't you? i've told them, this will be your dream. and now that dream has become true. and now we are united by music. under threat of civil suit, it is now my dream. i'm an administrative lawyer! to see a bunch of friends, a bunch of musicians having fun and doing what we love doing. and, yeah, it is so, so epic. so there we are. turquoise carpet semifinal hopefuls voyager... monika... and not forgetting nicola. and don't worry, we did invite her onto the carpet. it is, after all, her moment as well. david sillito, bbc news, liverpool.

that is the joy of your vision, all of those unexpected quirky stories that you hear that give you a little bit more insight into the acts that might be yourfavourite. bit more insight into the acts that might be your favourite. mil bit more insight into the acts that might be your favourite.— might be your favourite. all sorts of imaaes might be your favourite. all sorts of images as _ might be your favourite. all sorts of images as well, _ might be your favourite. all sorts of images as well, carol - might be your favourite. all sorts of images as well, carol will - of images as well, carol will explain one of these, what is all that? ,., ., ., ,., , ., that? good morning both. first of all, i am that? good morning both. first of all. i am in _ that? good morning both. first of all, i am in liverpool— that? good morning both. first of all, i am in liverpool one - that? good morning both. first of all, i am in liverpool one which . that? good morning both. first of all, i am in liverpool one which is right in the centre of liverpool, shopping centre, surrounded by these eggs come on stunning? look how colourful that beautiful cockerel is there. they embody the theme of united by music and a special public art displayed. each egg was designed by local artists working with schoolchildren and ukrainian refugees, and hundreds of schools

applied to be involved in this project. they are well worth coming to see if you are lucky enough to be in liverpool. it is cloudy here in liverpool but it is dry. the forecast for us all once again is one of sunshine and showers. some showers will be heavy and thundery and slow—moving. we still have the haar on the coast. in scotland. there will be some real downpours today. underthe there will be some real downpours today. under the low cloud, temperatures up to ten to 13 degrees. widely we are looking into the mid or high teens for some as we head into the sunshine. this evening and overnight, more cloud coming in from the north sea, that is going to

be moving west through the night, some will be thick enough to produce some will be thick enough to produce some drizzle, some clearer skies in the west and temperatures falling away to six into tomorrow, we start off with the cloud especially in eastern areas, we have got a weather front coming in introducing some rain. milder in the west. you will notice the breeze tomorrow. after that, high pressure try to build in so for many of us it will settle down and for some of us it will be quite warm on saturday for the final of eurovision, something to look forward to. do you know what i'm looking forward to, i understand you are giving us a tour of liverpool and you are going to be rushed off your feet all and you are going to be rushed off yourfeet all morning, and you are going to be rushed off your feet all morning, dashing between locations, it is going to be

very amusing. we are, i can't wait, and we have got some real surprises and we have got some real surprises and treats in store for you!— and treats in store for you! thank ou, and treats in store for you! thank you. enjoy _ and treats in store for you! thank you. enjoy yourself. _ and treats in store for you! thank you, enjoy yourself, see - and treats in store for you! thank you, enjoy yourself, see you - and treats in store for you! thank. you, enjoy yourself, see you later. let's take a look at today's papers. the archbishop's rare intervention in the house of lords yesterday dominates many of this morning's front pages. the guardian usesjustin welby�*s comments in its headline after he branded the government's illegal migration bill as "morally unacceptable". "arch enemies" is the metro's headline after mr welby warned the policy it will damage uk interests at home and abroad. elsewhere, the times reports that hospital doctors without consultant—level training could be drafted into gp surgeries under plans to reduce waiting times. and on one of the most watched stories on the bbc news website shows police in oklahoma responding to calls of a man in distress only to find out the noise, which sounds like someone screaming "help", wasn't a person,

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with bed poverty, if you give a child a bed, then they have a good night's sleep. they're in a better place to learn in the classroom. and that bed, you know, that can see a child through their entire primary school career. driving around leeds with primary school teacher bex delivering beds. i was up in one of those classrooms when the little boy said to me that, "miss, i don't have a bed, i'm always tired" and that conversation changed the rest of my life. and that was the building where it happened. and we're not going too far away from here today, delivering bed number 5000. come on out, we're not, this is not, i'm not posing! hi, richard. thank you. first up today, bunk beds and a double bed for a family who've been sleeping on the floor for two months. i can hear some little

voices sounding excited. come on in. we've got some wonderful things for you. this is my bed and that's where dad's can be. dad's bed in there and your bed in there? you've got it all planned out. richard has always worked up until last year when he broke his back. i'm used to working, being active. so it's hard not- doing stuff no more. so where have your children been sleeping up till now? they've been on the sofa in the other room. - ithis little boy's a lot happier, l he's got a bed, he's so excited. and what about for you, when you've got a broken back, where have you been sleeping? 0n the sofa. so i'm happy as well because i've got a bed so i can be _ a lot more comfortable. next month, bex is sorting out a carpet for their new home. see you later, bye—bye. thank you so much, see you later.

it never gets old. 4000 beds and there's something so special about knowing that that room, a bedroom, it's totally empty, tonight will have those beds in and children having a safe place to sleep. support for their growing bodies, a sense of privacy. it's just such a privilege to be a part of an organisation that's delivering that thousands of times over. it's not the first time we've been out with bex. i absolutely hate carrying bunk beds. hello, we're here with your bed, superstar. hi! these are all for you, your brand new beds. yeah? oh, how exciting. but in the last year, her charity has grown so much, they've had to upsize their warehouse. and back there, mark's loading more beds. as a former head teacher, he saw what a difference having a bed made to his pupils. and now he volunteers here. not being able to sleep and having disturbed nights of sleep

was what was causing them to not function properly in school. and these children, what were they sleeping in? you would find that quite often they were sleeping together. you'd have a sibling's family, two or three children sleeping together in one bed or sleeping together on one camp bed or something. 0r they'd be sleeping on settees or sleeping with parents, sleeping on the floor in the worst case. within the year they hope leeds will be the first city in the country which is free from bed poverty. we're going to make sure that every single person who works with children and families knows what bed poverty is and knows how to resolve it. so we want to reach out to every midwife, teacher, health visitor, social worker, gp, anyone who works with children and families to make sure they know what bed poverty is. and it's now notjust forfamilies in leeds. becks and her charity zarach have hubs springing up across the uk. single mum nikki and her daughters live just outside london. last year they were given two beds.

we was in a really, really vulnerable situation, me and my daughters. and we, we was, we was having to move very, very quickly. we was put up in a hotel, first of all, and then moved here within a week. if we didn't have the beds, the girls would have ended up having to sleep on a sofa. to see the smile on their face, it really helped massively. so explain this one to me. this is big maths. i'm doing my gcses and having a bed means that i can have a good night's sleep. and then when i go to school i can concentrate and focus. back in leeds, bex hasjust delivered her 4,000th bed. i realised it was a hidden truth that was everywhere. it wasn't specific to leeds or just my school, but that actually bed poverty is everywhere and it's also something that we can solve, that we can do something about. i really do believe that every head can have a bed.

fiona lamdin, bbc news. started in 2017 and now it has got so much bigger and so many more families being helped. bex will be here to tell us more about what she has been doing just after a day. but! has been doing 'ust after a day. and before that has been doing just after a day. fific before that we will has been doing just after a day. e'"ic before that we will talk has been doing just after a day. el"ic before that we will talk to some winners. after a gruelling but extremely rewarding eight weeks of travelling across canada — we'll be joined by the winners of the third series of race across the world. if you haven't had a chance to watch yet, then maybe step away from the tv at around 7.50am this morning! the winners will be with us on the sofa. celebrating, i'm sure. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london.

one of the capital's most senior public health experts says he's concerned the rising cost of living will push more people into poor health. but professor kevin fenton says understanding health inequalities highlighted by the covid pandemic can help make health services more targeted to those most at risk. it means that they may be doing less health—promoting things, they may be eating less—healthy foods. the stress of the economic challenge may push more people into taking up habits such as smoking, not exercising, or drinking more alcohol. and, of course, not having the resources to participate in other health activities. train passengers using the east coast main line should have more ticket options available to them from this weekend. london north eastern railway is expanding its trial of single—leg pricing to its entire network. it means single fares across the east coast route

between london kings cross and edinburgh should be around half the price of a return — so passengers can mix different types of tickets to get better value. a photographerfrom surrey who's been taking pictures for more than half a century has been named master of photography at this year's photo london. martin parr�*s work — including photographs of queen elizabeth — is on display with other international artists at somerset house for the next four days. we have the queen. she's probably the only person you would recognise from behind. and here she is attending a livery company 650th anniversary lunch. and for some reason, i was the only photographer allowed in, so i had fantastic access! and not only did i photograph her coming in, but i also photographed her coming out. and by that time, the word had got out that the queen was in the building. let's take a look at the tubes now.

now onto the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, there, good morning. well, it's turning into quite the week of heavy, thundery downpours with bright and sunny spells in between. but today not much different from how it was yesterday — or, indeed, the day before that. we're starting off with temperatures and high single figures, most of the showers will tend to break out through the afternoon, there are some brighter spells the cloud will begin to build as we head through the morning. some of the showers could be heavy, thundery, they could have some lightning and some hail around, and they will be quite slow—moving, too — as the low pressure starts to fill, the winds will fall very light, so the showers could last for some time. they won't be everywhere all the time — there will be some dry weather, some bright and sunny spells in between the showers. top temperatures in the best of any sunshine at 15 to 17 degrees celsius. but do watch out — some heavy downpours to be expected, possibly leading to some localised surface—water flooding, of course. now, through this evening and overnight, the showers will begin to fade away, but we draw in more of a northeasterly wind.

it could be quite a cloudy start to friday. friday and saturday mostly dry, but always the chance of some further showers at times. that's it — head to our website to find out about the runner who has run 73 marathons in 73 days. we're back in half an hour. bye. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. it's expected that the bank of england will raise interest rates again today. hannah's looking at this for us this morning. this for us this morning. matters a lot, doesn't it? for so this matters a lot, doesn't it? for so many households are.- this matters a lot, doesn't it? for so many households are. when you talk to people _ so many households are. when you talk to people about _ so many households are. when you talk to people about interest i so many households are. when you talk to people about interest ratesl talk to people about interest rates after they have not paid a huge amount of attention to what is going on until the moment when it really affect them and then it can really, really affect you in that moment. yes, interest rates have been on the rise for more than a year — it'll make the cost of borrowing more expensive. but potentially benefiting

people with savings. 4.25% is where we are now — from an historically low level ofjust 0.1% back in december 2021. it's thought they'll go even higher this lunchtime — likely to 4.5%. that's because the rate at which prices are rising, known as inflation, remained stubbornly high. way above the bank of england's target of 2%. putting interest rates up is meant to discourage us from spending — which in turn should bring down prices. but that hasn't happened as quickly as many hoped. what is concerning bank of england is that inflation is becoming embedded in everyday things like what we pay for services. and so as initial shock from energy starts to fade away, inflation will still be around. but what we are expecting is the bank to say that inflation

actually falls still pretty quickly to the remainder of this year as some of the energy price shock that we saw last year starts to fall out of the headline inflation calculation. higher interest rates will have an immediate impact on the more than 1.4 million people on tracker and variable rate mortgage deals. an increase to 4.5% would mean those on a typical tracker mortgage would pay about £24 more a month. those on standard variable rate mortgages would face an extra £15. that comes on top of the previous increases — meaning an extra hundreds of pounds a month for many. 1.8m people on fixed rates are expected to need to remortgage this year — they too will face higher costs. higher interest rates should be good news for savers. at least in theory. but banks have been slow to pass on higher rates — with people reporting little to no interest paid on many accounts. a committee of mps has now written to the uk's major banks urging them to do more for savers. the advice remains to shop around for better deals. we'll get the bank's

decision at midday today. and if you're worried about the rising cost of living, there's lots of help and advice on the bbc news website — bbc.co.uk/news — where you can find the section called"cost of living: tackling it together. where saying we are not an outlier in this, they have been going up in europe and in the us, as well, but lots of people will be watching to see if this is the final time they go up. see if this is the final time they to u, , see if this is the final time they r-ou. , see if this is the final time they go up. maybe get some hints. thanks very much- — mike is with us with the sport. you are going to whisk us off to northern italy.— are going to whisk us off to northern italy. are going to whisk us off to northern ital . . . northern italy. huge match in the champions _ northern italy. huge match in the champions league _ northern italy. huge match in the champions league as _ northern italy. huge match in the champions league as a _ northern italy. huge match in the champions league as a get i northern italy. huge match in the| champions league as a get closer northern italy. huge match in the i champions league as a get closer to knowing you be in the final. 0ne knowing you be in the final. one half of the draw, manchester city, probably favourites after that draw the other night at real madrid, and in the other match it is at the

milan derby and it is advantage inter. it was an incredible atmosphere at the san siro as inter took the lead inside ten minutes through edin dzeko. plenty of former premier league players on show. and just a few moments later, they could hardly believe their luck as former manchester united and arsenal midfielder henrikh mkhitaryan made it two. that's how it finished, with the nerazzurri the firm favourites ahead of next week's second leg to go through to west ham can move a step closer to their first silverware since 1980 this evening as they take on dutch side az alkmaar in the first leg of their europa conference league semi—final. their premier league survival hangs in the balance — david moyes' side picked up a massive win over manchester united in the premier league on sunday to move them seven points above the relegation zone with three games to play. can they end a four—decade wait for a trophy with success in europe? well, david moyes has promised the fans a special treat if they do.

it'll be that dad—dancing that'll come out, don't worry about that. i don't know if i promised them it, but i don't want to dance with those brazilians — i've seen their moves! let's hope... let's hope that there... that there's an opportunity to try and do that. i'm sure you've got a few moves. i always have done. bitt of that disco—fever stuff — a bit of that in the bag. looking forward to that if that can happen. an exciting climax to the women's super league is fast approaching — chelsea overcame leicester city to move a point behind leaders manchester united with a game in hand. so that means if chelsea win all their remaining three games they will be champions for a fourth season running. they ran out 6—0 winners against leicester. chelsea still have to play arsenal, who kept their slim title hopes alive with an impressive 4—0 win at brighton. it moves them up to third in the wsl table, helping their bid to qualify for next season's women's champions league.

fresh from winning his most recent tournament in france — andy murray has been brought back down to earth with a bump. that's after he was beaten in the opening round of the italian 0pen by fabio fognini — losing in three sets in rome. it was murray's first appearance on the rome clay since 2017 — as he targets a return to the french open which begins later this month. now in rugby union, irish referee joy neville will be the first female to officiate at a men's world cup this year. neville appeared at two world cups herself as a player and was part of the grand slam—winning side in the 2013 six nations. as a referee she took charge of the women's world cup final in 2017. she'll be a television match official when this year's men's tournament starts in september. there's been another injury setback for tiger woods — as he's been ruled out of the 2023 pga championship with an ankle injury. woods has struggled since a car

crash in february 2021 left him with severe leg injuries, and he played just three competitive events last year. woods will be hoping to recover in time for the next major — the us open — which starts in mid—june. a stray dog and rain meant a straight—forward—looking day for the riders on stage five of the giro d'italia was anything but, as the slippery roads led to multiple crashes. one of those came just before the finish line, after british rider mark cavendish was knocked off balance and slid his way across. former race leader and world champion remco evenepoel hit the deck twice — the first time after a stray dog ran into the peloton. he later gave a thumbs—up to the tv cameras — he's still second overall. the stage was won by australia's kaden groves. 0ne one of the things that makes this event or the tour de france so exciting is unpredictable things can happen stuck you but not a straight

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i found the one immediately and i thought, right, do you know who i need to look at this dress and just reassure me that it's the one? it's my nan. so we went on a trip together back to the shop. i tried it on and she said, "yeah, that's the one." and she got it for me as my wedding present and she kept it safe at her flat. we lost my nan quite suddenly at the beginning of february, so i didn't even think about my dress or the wedding. i didn't want to think about anything else during the time of grieving her loss. so i called my cousin this weekend and said, "oh, i'm going to go round to nan's flat and pick up my dress." and she said, "but i've already had the clearance team in to clear it." and i went, "what?"

i immediately called my bridesmaids. and that's when they came up with the smart plan of putting it out on facebook. it just went crazy. i had my phone blowing up saying, "you're at 7,000 shares, you're 8,000 shares." ithought, "i'm never going to see that dress again." phone rings. sunday morning, i had a message come through saying, "hi, i think i have your dress." so the lovely couple who bought my dress at the car—boot sale had bought it for their daughter, who was studying textiles, to cut up and see how it was all put together! when they handed it over to me, ijust was in complete shock. i couldn't believe it. and i just can't thank them enough and thank everybody else that shared the post for bringing it back to me.

i never thought this would happen! i like ilikea i like a story with a good ending, happily ever after. brute i like a story with a good ending, happily ever after.— i like a story with a good ending, happily ever after. we are pleased that the trauma _ happily ever after. we are pleased that the trauma is _ happily ever after. we are pleased that the trauma is over. _ happily ever after. we are pleased that the trauma is over. let's i happily ever after. we are pleased that the trauma is over. let's find | that the trauma is over. let's find out what is _ that the trauma is over. let's find out what is happening _ that the trauma is over. let's find out what is happening with - that the trauma is over. let's find out what is happening with the i out what is happening with the weather. i don't think there is any trauma in the forecast. good morning to you in liverpool ahead of eurovision. and at the semifinal tonight. that's right. no drama with the weather but there might be drama later on. i am weather but there might be drama later on. iam in weather but there might be drama later on. i am in the shopping centre, liverpool one, in the centre of the city, lots going on and you can see behind me a great big nightingale and the reason it is here is because it's part of the eurofestival. the birds are all around the city, a programme of arts and culture, most is free but each songbird is designed with unique

plumage and accompanied by bespoke audio soundscapes to represent the different regions of ukraine and it light up, as well, and it is rather special. there is a button you depress and it will come out with lots of different birdsong. here in liverpool this morning it is a bit cold but also cloudy but i'm glad to see it is dry. the forecast, if you are coming to liverpool in the next few days, is one of sunshine and showers, notjust today but few days, is one of sunshine and showers, not just today but also tomorrow. quite a bit of cloud around tomorrow but it is looking like on saturday for the final, it will be dry, sunny and warm. the forecast for us all today as one of sunshine and showers but some will be heavy and thundery with some hail and also likely to be slow moving so some torrential downpours are likely. we still have the haar across the north—east of scotland

which will peg temperatures back. there are showers, not everyone will see them, but quite widespread and they could well be torrential. temperatures ten to 13 under the haarin temperatures ten to 13 under the haar in the north—east of scotland but widely 15, 16, locally may be 17 or 18. through this evening and overnight, we pull in more clad from the north sea, it drifts further west. some clear skies in the west but that cloud will be thick enough for some drizzle here and there and temperatures overnight falling away between six and 9 degrees. tomorrow we start off with all of this cloud but through the day a lot of it will burn back towards the east where we are likely to hold onto it and again that will peg back the temperatures. push further west and we are looking at drier conditions, a fair bit of sunshine. as temperatures rise we could see the shower but it will be a breezy day across england and wales. notably so with the highest temperatures where we have the sunshine in the west. as we head

into saturday, we are looking at quite a cloudy start to the day but that will mainly retreat through the midlands and we will hang onto it across eastern parts of england. for the rest of us, we should see lengthy spells of sunshine and could well see temperatures of 20, 21, possibly 22 celsius somewhere in the west in that sunshine. i should say it has just started to rain. i think i havejinxed it has just started to rain. i think i have jinxed the weather. you have a tendency to do that, carol. . ., you have a tendency to do that, carol. . ~' , ., you have a tendency to do that, carol-_ did _ you have a tendency to do that, carol-_ did you - you have a tendency to do that, i carol._ did you forecast carol. thank you! did you forecast it was going _ carol. thank you! did you forecast it was going to _ carol. thank you! did you forecast it was going to rain _ carol. thank you! did you forecast it was going to rain in _ carol. thank you! did you forecast it was going to rain in the - carol. thank you! did you forecast it was going to rain in the next i carol. thank you! did you forecast | it was going to rain in the next few minutes, _ it was going to rain in the next few minutes, did you get that right? we don't minutes, did you get that right? don't tend to minutes, did you get that right? - don't tend to talk about the next few minutes, so i am just backtracking a little bit here. sunshine and showers is the forecast for most today so, yes?— sunshine and showers is the forecast for most today so, yes? good, good, nood, aet for most today so, yes? good, good, good. get a — for most today so, yes? good, good, good. get a brolly — for most today so, yes? good, good, good, get a brolly and _ for most today so, yes? good, good, good, get a brolly and you _ for most today so, yes? good, good, good, get a brolly and you are - for most today so, yes? good, good, good, get a brolly and you are going | good, get a brolly and you are going to go— good, get a brolly and you are going to go walkabout all over the place and we _ to go walkabout all over the place and we will have a look around. | and we will have a look around. cannot wait!

and we will have a look around. i cannot wait! i am so excited, i love liverpool! cannot wait! i am so excited, i love liverool! , ., ., , liverpool! very good. carol is lookinu liverpool! very good. carol is looking around. _ liverpool! very good. carol is looking around. slovenia's i liverpool! very good. carol is i looking around. slovenia's entry, joker— looking around. slovenia's entry, joker 0ui~ — in preparation for their performance, our eurovision reporter daniel rosney has been giving slovenia's entry, joker 0ut the musical tour of liverpool. go on, scream, they're here! when you think of the city, there's one band that comes to mind. the beatles. well, we'll be stopping on the corner of penny lane. today we're on a bus with a different group, though. joker 0ut, this year's eurovision entry from slovenia. they've come to visit where pop music began. it's a house. yeah, it looks... it feels much too ordinary for the history that it has. apparently, there were about 100 songs of the beatles written here... which is five times more songs than we have at all! so that's a good number. and those global hits were first played in the iconic cavern club.

i probably get about 100 emails a week from artists from all over the world wanting to play. and it's notjust... it might be new bands, it might be established artists, but all the, like, these named artists, they still want to play the cavern club. it's like a bucket list. look, mum, i'm on the stage at cavern club! joker 0ut have fallen in love with this city, and they've used it as the setting for their latest music video. a duet with liverpudlian elvis costello. although they've never actually met or spoken with him before. so we had a little surprise. hey, guys! hello! how's it going? how do you feel about eurovision? is it fun, all this racing around? it's like a travelling circus. can you tell us about the music scene in liverpool when you were starting the new wave? we used to run around music nights because there was nowhere to play.

we'd go and persuade somebody with a pub, you know, "will you let us run a music night here?" # have you got yourself an occupation? then after about two weeks, they'd say, "sorry, fellas, you're only drawing about seven people in the audience. we're not making enough money across the bar to even make it worthwhile to turn the lights on, so you're out," you know? # fly high with 10,000 suns, let go my hand while i take... people will come once again to liverpool because they'll see it on the — you know, they see it happening, all the groups coming to play. it's great. i'll see you soon. thank you, see you soon. i was just waiting he would take off his facemask and say, "i'm not actually elvis costello, i am ai generated!" # i won't cry for yesterday... 60 years since the beatles first performed, liverpool is still

churning out musical talent. rebecca ferguson was praised for her powerful interval performance in the first semifinal, and says there's one particular scouse anthem that sums up what eurovision means to her. # with hope in your heart... you'll never walk alone is such a big song for liverpool, but universally, as well. it's not just liverpool supporters. it's like one of those songs, i don't know, it's weird. i get emotional thinking about it, actually, as a scouse. # you'll never walk alone... it's like, it's funny, like, when you're going through a bad time, a fan will comment or someone will comment, "you'll never walk alone, rebecca." and from here all week, europe and beyond will be united by music.

daniel rosney, bbc news, liverpool. to be able to write with elvis costello... to be able to write with elvis costello. . .— to be able to write with elvis costello... . , . ., , costello... that his credentials, isn't it? they — costello... that his credentials, isn't it? they seem _ costello... that his credentials, isn't it? they seem a _ costello... that his credentials, isn't it? they seem a very i costello... that his credentials, isn't it? they seem a very fun i costello... that his credentials, i isn't it? they seem a very fun lot, aood isn't it? they seem a very fun lot, good luck — isn't it? they seem a very fun lot, good luck to _ isn't it? they seem a very fun lot, good luck to all _ isn't it? they seem a very fun lot, good luck to all of _ isn't it? they seem a very fun lot, good luck to all of them. - isn't it? they seem a very fun lot, good luck to all of them. we i isn't it? they seem a very fun lot, good luck to all of them. we will i isn't it? they seem a very fun lot, i good luck to all of them. we will be taking you on a journey this morning. 0n taking you on a journey this morning. on a bus with a difference. it is self driving. and these i seem to be a reality on scotland's roads. the autonomous vehicles travel on pre—selected routes using sensors — and are believed to be a world—first. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon is about to board one of them for us this morning. explain how this will work and what will happen. explain how this will work and what will happen-— explain how this will work and what will ha en. , ., ., ., will happen. good morning. i am on the edae will happen. good morning. i am on the edge of — will happen. good morning. i am on the edge of the _ will happen. good morning. i am on the edge of the forth road - will happen. good morning. i am on the edge of the forth road bridge, i the edge of the forth road bridge, the edge of the forth road bridge, the route we were taken a few minutes. it's great weather, the type of weather you want to go on a bus and this is the boss we will

travel on. fullsize. bus and this is the boss we will travel on. full size. looks bus and this is the boss we will travel on. fullsize. looks like bus and this is the boss we will travel on. full size. looks like any other. drives like any other stop if you are a passenger. but there is a lot of technology on this vehicle. there are lidars, light radars, on it, more than ten centres around its body, to keep it in line because it will be fully autonomous for a significant part of this journey. there will be a safety driver on board who will sit where the bus driver normally sits but his hands will not be on the wheel. he will be there just in case for safety reasons. but this boss will be driven by a computer, all the senses will monitor at the route the boss is taking, making sure it stays in its lane. if it senses something on the road it will decide whether to

brake or a manoeuvre. but from next monday there will be passengers on this route. they can take the bosses, they will be able to take up to 10,000 passengers per week across the bridge into edinburgh and we will to 10,000 passengers per week across the bridge into edinburgh and we will get to 10,000 passengers per week across the bridge into edinburgh and we will get a to 10,000 passengers per week across the bridge into edinburgh and we will get a go to 10,000 passengers per week across the bridge into edinburgh and we will get a go on to 10,000 passengers per week across the bridge into edinburgh and we will get a go on it to 10,000 passengers per week across the bridge into edinburgh and we will get a go on it a to 10,000 passengers per week across the bridge into edinburgh and we will get a go on it a little to 10,000 passengers per week across the bridge into edinburgh and we will get a go on it a little bit later on, just after ten past seven. i hope you canjoin us! we i hope you can 'oin us! we absolutely _ i hope you canjoin us! we absolutely well. _ i hope you canjoin us! we absolutely well. it - i hope you canjoin us! we absolutely well. it will be interesting to see how it works out. that's just after 7am, we will find out how the experiment pans out. there will be someone sitting there but they want to be doing anything. it'll be interesting to see how the passengers feel it, as well. later this morning, we'll be taking a closer look at the amount of money that's been stolen from people through fraud. new figures show that, last year, more than £1 billion was taken. if you've experienced fraud — we'll be joined by bbc radio 4 moneybox reporter dan whitworth at 07.30 this morning to answer any of your questions, so please do send them in.

we talk about this quite a bit. there is a lot of embarrassment around if you have been caught out or stung, around if you have been caught out orstung, if around if you have been caught out or stung, if you have handed over money. we are talking about big sums of money now. if you have got questions about any of that, dan will be with us later.— will be with us later. always ask questions. _ will be with us later. always ask questions. query _ will be with us later. always ask questions, query anything i will be with us later. always ask questions, query anything that i will be with us later. always ask| questions, query anything that is unusual. dan will give us some real good hints later. you can send us a message on whatsapp — the number is on screen, orjust scan the qr code with your phone's camera and that will automatically start a chat with us. you can also get in touch with us by email and on twitter, as well. it is one of those where it's not often we say, we absolutely understand if people don't want to put their name on if something has happened to you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria hollins. one of the capital's most senior public health experts says he's concerned the rising cost of living will push more people into poor health. but professor kevin fenton says understanding health inequalities highlighted by the covid pandemic can help make health services more targeted to those most at risk. it means that they may be doing less health—promoting things, they may be eating less—healthy foods. the stress of the economic challenge may push more people into taking up habits such as smoking, not exercising, or drinking more alcohol. and, of course, not having the resources to participate in other health activities. a 15—year—old boy has been charged with the murder of a teenager in east london. wazabakana elenda jordan kukabu, known asjordan, was stabbed to death near dagenham heathway tube station last friday. police and paramedics were called just before midnight but the 18—year—old died

at the scene. three other people have been arrested on suspicion of murder. the mother of a woman killed by her husband in windsor will meet the newjustice secretary alex chalk to discuss his upcoming release from prison. airline captain robert brown was jailed for 26 years for the manslaughter ofjoanna simpson in 2010. he is due for automatic release in november, but ms simpson's mother diana parkes is campaigning for the case to be referred to the parole board. train passengers using the east coast main line should have more ticket options available to them from this weekend. london north eastern railway is expanding its trial of single leg pricing to its entire network. it means single fares across the east coast route between london kings cross and edinburgh should be around half the price of a return so passengers can mix different types of tickets to get better value. let's take a look at the tubes now.

all services running well. now onto the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, there, good morning. well, it's turning into quite the week of heavy, thundery downpours with bright and sunny spells in between. but today not much different from how it was yesterday — or, indeed, the day before that. we're starting off with temperatures and high single figures, most of the showers will tend to break out through the afternoon, there are some brighter spells the cloud will begin to build as we head through the morning. some of the showers could be heavy, thundery, they could have some lightning and some hail around, and they will be quite slow—moving, too — as the low pressure starts to fill, the winds will fall very light, so the showers could last for some time. they won't be everywhere all the time — there will be some dry weather, some bright and sunny spells in between the showers. top temperatures in the best of any sunshine at 15 to 17 degrees celsius. but do watch out — some heavy downpours to be expected, possibly leading to some localised surface—water flooding, of course. now, through this evening and overnight, the showers will begin to fade away, but we draw in more of a northeasterly wind. it could be quite

a cloudy start to friday. friday and saturday mostly dry, but always the chance of some further showers at times. that's it — head to our website to find out about the runner who has run 73 marathons in 73 days. we're back in half an hour. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today. interest rates are set to rise for a 12th time in a row as the bank of england tries to curb high inflation. the decision could mean more bad news for homeowners and borrowers, i'll explain why. more than £1 billion was stolen through fraud in the uk last year. that's around £2,000 per minute. it's advantage inter after a thrilling milan derby at the san siro. they shocked their city rivals ac milan with two goals inside the opening ten minutes to move within sight

of the champions league final. eurovision fever heats up. 16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semi—final. good morning from the heart of liverpool, we have come back down to take another look at these stunning eggs. this one shows a mixture of ukraine and liverpool skylines, and you can see it is wet, we have just had a shower here. the forecast todayis had a shower here. the forecast today is one of sunshine and showers, some will be happy and thundery and slow—moving and we are going to hang on to the haar across the north east of scotland. all of the north east of scotland. all of the details later. it's thursday 11th may. the bank of england is expected

to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. here's hannah with the details. hi, i'm hannah. hi, guive, nice to meet you. come on in. this is the first home guive has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we're actually better off staying on a tracker mortgage. so that's what we went for. it's a very difficult situation because you can't actually plan how much you have every month. when you hear that the bank of england base rate is likely to go up again today, how do you feel about that? it's frustrating and, you know, you can get frustrated by it, but you just can't let it dwell. the base rate is currently set at 4.25%. if it goes up to 4.5% later today, that will be the 12th time in a row

that it's increased, affecting 1.4 million people with a variable mortgage and nearly two million who are set to take out a new mortgage this year. the bank of england estimates that people on fixed rate mortgages who need to renegotiate this year will find themselves paying around £250 a month more than they used to. the bank of england puts up interest rates in an attempt to slow down the rise in the cost of living. if people have less money to spend, the theory goes, it forces prices to come down. and it is forcing guive to stick to a budget. do we have to make cutbacks on savings that we want to make to put towards holidays or put towards other luxuries that we might not be able to afford? but at the same time, i understand that there are people in way less fortunate situations. and with households and businesses now facing interest rates at their highest for almost 15 years, many will be looking out today for whether the end

of rate rises is in sight. hannah's with us now to explain this in more detail. so this in more detail. people like the man in your report so people like the man in your report on one part of the story but the flip side is that interest rates go the flip side is that interest rates 9° up the flip side is that interest rates go up and that is good for savers. it can be, certainly. about a third of households in the uk have a mortgage and it's not great for people with credit cards or other kinds of loans. but as you say, people with savings could now be getting better rates than they have done for years. that is if you shop around. banks have come under pressure from mps in particular to pass on the increase in the bank of england base rate and be clearer about how they make decisions on the savings rates that they offer. the best easy access savings account you can get this morning would be at

about 3.7%, still well below the base rate. the banks say they are passing these rate rises on. if you take the 3.7%, the best thing you can get this morning, that's still well below the raising costs that people are facing with inflation at 10%. the real value of people's savings is still falling even with the rate rises.— savings is still falling even with the rate rises. ., ,, , ., ., ., the leader of plaid cymru, adam price, has announced he's stepping down, days after a report found a culture of bullying, sexual harassment and misogyny in the party. in his resignation letter, mr price said he no longer had the "united support" of his colleagues. it's expected that a new leader will be in place by the summer. a group of conservative mps have criticised the government, for ditching its plan to replace all eu laws by the end of this year. the business secretary announced that around 600 of them would now be removed from uk legislation, rather than the 4,000 originally promised. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardleyjoins us

now from westminster. morning, nick. 0k, what is the reasoning behind this that has been offered? , ., ., ., ., offered? hey, naga, good morning to ou. you offered? hey, naga, good morning to you- you might— offered? hey, naga, good morning to you. you might remember— offered? hey, naga, good morning to you. you might remember rishi i offered? hey, naga, good morning to| you. you might remember rishi sunak talking about this last summer, he had a none too subtle video where all of these documents are going into the shredder and he said if i am prime minister, within100 days, i will review or scrap all european law. in fact, i will review or scrap all european law. infact, it i will review or scrap all european law. in fact, it was on the statute book, it was a uk promise to look at it all by the end of this year. but that's gone now. there is a couple of reasons. one is it is proving a lot more complicated than it was set out to be, the other is that ministers and civil servants keep finding new laws that they didn't realise were in place, so what the government is now saying is, it's not going to be able to do this by the end of the year, it is going to try and scrap around half of the eu law that is on the statute book in

the uk but about half of it is going to stay for now and it will be reviewed over the longer term. that absolutely infuriated some conservative mps on the brexit wing of the party. they say it is a broken promise. jacob rees—mogg, who was the guy who came up with the plan to get rid of them all by the end of this year is saying that civil servants and ministers have failed in their task and he has blamed the blob, this phrase that has been used by some to describe civil servants who are trying to they suggest, frustrate the work of they suggest, frustrate the work of the conservative government. ultimately the brexit was in the tory party output that used to be, not like a couple of years ago when it was all out war. —— they are not what they used to be, the brexit wars. but some mps are less than happy with the prime minister this morning. the nhs is expected to confirm later

that it's missed a key target in tackling long hospital waiting times in england. the government pledged to eliminate delays of more than 18 months for planned surgeries by april this year but 11,000 people have been unable to start treatment within that time frame. our health reporter jim reed has more. this is our main operating theatre block. we've got, along this side, we've got mainly planned operations, so we've got some endocrine... at this surgery unit in south london, all ten operating theatres are full of patients. staff have been working to reduce the huge backlog of treatments caused in part by the pandemic. those patients who are waiting a long time for surgery may be in pain, maybe have a reduced quality of life, may be not able to do the things that they want to do. and obviously they are at risk of deteriorating whilst they're on the waiting list. at this trust, they've cut the longest waits, partly by opening new theatres and doing more work at weekends. probably some of the pressures we're seeing in our a&e departments is because patients who are waiting a long period of time on the waiting list are becoming acutely unwell as a consequence. i think there's also, of course, the psychological

impact for patients. you know, patients are really waiting, they don't know when they're going to have the operation. across england, 7.2 million people are now on an nhs waiting list. there has been progress tackling the longest cases. the number waiting more than 18 months has fallen from 124,000 in september 2021 to around 11,000. that, though, still means the government will miss one of the key targets set out in its covid recovery plan to eliminate those long 18 month waits by the start of april. in parliament this week, the health secretary compared the situation to labour controlled wales. we have reduced the wait for 18 months by over 90% and yet in wales they still have vastly more, over 80,000 waiting and that's on a much smaller population. 0n cancer care as well, the number waiting more than two months to start treatment in england is coming down. but again, a pledge to return the backlog to pre—pandemic levels

by this spring will be missed. philfrom merseyside had to wait seven months to remove a tumourfrom his kidney. it's very difficult. i tried to get through it by focusing on each day, but of course it's always creeping into the back of your mind. those waiting lists are notjust a problem in england, with wales, scotland and northern ireland facing similar delays. progress is being made, but many are still facing a long wait for the treatment they need. jim reed, bbc news. donald trump has claimed that his popularity has increased after yesterday's ruling by a civil jury that he sexually abused a magazine columnist in the 1990s. the former us president was taking part in a live tv debate organised by cnn and drew laughter

from the audience of republican supporters and independent voters in new hampshire. my poll numbersjust came out, they went up. applause. i think i'm the only person in history who had a charge like that, and usually you leave office, you say, "i'm sorry, i'm going back home, i'm back home to my family and everything, i'm going to be resigning." my poll numbers went up and they went up with the other fake charge too. because what's happening is they're doing this for election interference. this woman, i don't know her, i never met her, i have no idea who she is. donald trump's decision to appear on cnn was significant as our us correspondent peter bowes explains. it was always going to be an interesting occasion. and it lived up to expectations, with donald trump, no sign of any humility, no sign of any humility over losing the 2020 election or indeed that

civil case from just a couple of days ago. and that has been the key issue of the week. and as you explained just now, once again, donald trump really demeaning in his accuser in that case, mocking her, almost making a comedy routine out of the very serious claims that she made against him and of course the jury sided with her in terms of its verdict and in terms of the damages, $5 million against donald trump. it it is 12 minutes past seven. let's have a look at the weather, carol is in liverpool ahead of eurovision.— carol is in liverpool ahead of eurovision. good morning. it's fabulous here. _ eurovision. good morning. it's fabulous here. i _ eurovision. good morning. it's fabulous here. i want - eurovision. good morning. it's fabulous here. i want to i eurovision. good morning. it's fabulous here. i want to show| eurovision. good morning. it's i fabulous here. i want to show you this heart, it's gorgeous, is the colours of the ukraine flag, yellow

and blue, it's very ornate. you will see them dotted around the city centre, and they are going to be here until sunday. it's well worth having a look. there is a lot of love in liverpool. when i got off the train yesterday, i saw a couple of chaps in the yellow and blue sweatshirt, i asked them how to get to where i was going, and they escorted me. so they're really friendly, really helpful and it's dried up so things are looking good at the moment. the focus to all of us today is sunshine and showers, some will be heavy and thundery and slow—moving so torrential downpours if you catch one. starting with dry weather, there are some showers particularly in parts of the west at the moment, and as we go through the day and the sun comes out, the temperature starts to rise and we see further showers developed. there is not much of a breeze so they will be slow—moving and you could catch a

downpour. we have haar in the north—east of scotland holding the temperatures back to ten to 13 degrees, but generally mid—teens to locally high teens. this evening and overnight, a lot of low cloud will come in from the north sea and drift west. in it it will be thick enough to produce some drizzle but out towards the west there will be clear skies with overnight lows, six to nine. tomorrow, a lot of the cloud will push back towards the north sea, and we will see some sunshine develop. as temperatures rise, that could spark off some showers. tomorrow's temperatures will be higher in the west than they are going to be under the cloud in the east. the other thing about tomorrow's forecast is, we are looking at a noticeably breezy day across england and wales. if you like your weather drier, saturday is the day, although the east will still be prone to a bit more cloud. that is lovely behind you. even though it is rainy, it is still

blooming lovely, pardon the pun. thank you, see you later. that was good. thank you, see you later. that was aood. . ., thank you, see you later. that was aood. . ~' ,. we are involved in something of an experiment this morning, a trial. we've been talking this morning about self—driving buses, which will begin carrying passengers in scotland next week. the technology is believed to be a world—first. lorna gordon, our scotland correspondent, is on board one of the vehicles this morning, with the details. morning, lorna. lots of people will be thinking, i don't know, i'm not sure if it's for me, but explain why it is going ahead?— it is going ahead? yes, good morning- — it is going ahead? yes, good morning- we _ it is going ahead? yes, good morning. we are _ it is going ahead? yes, good morning. we are on - it is going ahead? yes, good morning. we are on an i it is going ahead? yes, good i morning. we are on an autonomous bus. this trial starts injust morning. we are on an autonomous bus. this trial starts in just a few days' time, and we are getting a sneak preview. it's being driven by a driverjust now, that's a safety driver, callan, behind the wheel. we are about to go on to the forth road

bridge. you will hear a peep very shortly, that will show it is kicking into autonomous mode. that is when the computers take over. upwards of ten stencils around the vehicle —— macro sensors around the vehicle —— macro sensors around the vehicle which will guide it when the computer takes over. i think it is just after the traffic lights, let's see if we can hear? that should be the autonomous mode now. there we go. it's kicking in. callum is there as a safety driver now, his hands i think are off the wheel. close to the wheel but of the wheel. with me is steve russell, the innovation manager for stagecoach. what can this bus do and what can it not do?

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people. he to see you all. we like to involve --eole. , ., to see you all. we like to involve ..eole, , ., ., to see you all. we like to involve --eole. , ., ., ., ., people. he is one of the two on the bus. and people. he is one of the two on the bus- and i — people. he is one of the two on the bus. and i think _ people. he is one of the two on the bus. and i think on _ people. he is one of the two on the bus. and i think on the _ people. he is one of the two on the bus. and i think on the start - people. he is one of the two on the bus. and i think on the start there l bus. and i think on the start there will be a lot of people who will need reassuring. who are taking that bus. because it's so different. i suppose the bit we didn't get the sense of, because you could see there was no other traffic, it was quite straightforward, you wonder how that will work. they have done the trials. ,, ., , ., , ., the trials. start slowly and cautiously- _ billions of pounds' worth of green energy projects are on hold, because they cannot connect to the uk's electricity system. bbc research shows that some solar and wind sites face waits of up to 15 years with warnings that the delay is slowing efforts to tackle climate change. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. diggers are already clearing the ground on this field outside torquay, in devon. the solar panels the council is installing here will help power public buildings,

including the local hospital. but the council has been told it will be at least five years before any of the surplus electricity goes into the national grid. in our climate emergency, we declared that we wanted to be carbon neutral by 2030. so not being able to unlock this site before then is a real problem for us. the issue is the huge number of new solar and wind projects planned in the uk. the grid just can't keep up. so what this is, is a giant plug. there is 400,000 volts of electricity passing through the system up here. and what this does is allow power plants to plug in to the national grid, the electricity system that covers the country. the queue of projects waiting to plug in at substations like this is valued at around £200 billion. according to the national grid's own figures, 40% of those projects face a connection delay of at least a year.

those investments are worth tens of billions of pounds. tackling that delay will require fundamental reform, says the grid. more infrastructure is needed. we will need more places like this. and so we're working, working very hard to to do that, to design that, and to build that at a faster pace than we ever have done before. she says integrating renewables into the country's electricity system represents the biggest challenge since the national grid was first set up almost 70 years ago. 0fgem, the body that regulates the uk's electricity network, acknowledges the huge changes required. we have to reshape it. it means that there's a huge grid expansion that is needed, faster and bigger than we've ever seen in our lifetime. and it means that that needs to happen, you know, very rapidly to achieve the net zero targets that we have.

0fgem says it has agreed £20 billion of new investment to try and reduce connection times for renewable projects. £1 billion of that is going on a new network of tunnels to carry high voltage cables under london. but there's a national rewiring project will take years to complete, which means we'll have to wait before many new uk renewable projects can deliver the clean power they generate to our homes. justin rowlatt, bbc news. those are amazing images, aren't they? those are amazing images, aren't the ? �* v those are amazing images, aren't the? �*, ., with the grand eurovision final nowjust days away, the remaining acts will take to the stage tonight to compete in the second semifinal of the competition. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin patterson is in liverpool this morning, as excitement starts to build.

he is smiling, explain where you are? , ., ., he is smiling, explain where you are? ,., ., ~ ., , are? right in liverpoolarena. this is where it — are? right in liverpoolarena. this is where it will _ are? right in liverpoolarena. this is where it will all _ are? right in liverpoolarena. this is where it will all take _ are? right in liverpoolarena. this is where it will all take place i is where it will all take place tonight, the second eurovision semifinal. i6 tonight, the second eurovision semifinal. 16 countries competing for those ten remaining places. and you know you are eurovision when you turn up in the morning and there is always a statue of a mythical creature there on stage. —— already a statue. the difference tonight, the uk audience at home can vote and help decide who goes through to the final. i went to the rehearsals yesterday afternoon, and there is so much to look out for. a belgian called good staff voting. a i6—year—old green —— called gustav vougeing. the whole family up on stage. a i6—year—old greek who is sitting his gcses. voyagerfrom australia performing in car. and an

austrian jewel singing about the royalty rights of streaming services and a edgar allan poe, it is eurovision! and we will speak to an act through to the final already, the croatians let3. after the first semifinal, all of the performances went online, the most watched one was not sweden or finland but it was the creations. —— it was the croatians. but on the subtitles tonight and you get the translation of the lyrics, and you get the lyrics armageddon granny, and they stripped down to the y fronts. that could have attracted the viewers. they are going to be on before nine o'clock. i do not know what is going to happen. first, the news, weather and travel where you are.

hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. a woman in her 80s has been critically injured after being hit by a police motorcycle in west london. newspaper reports suggest it was escorting a member of the royal family. it happened yesterday afternoon at the junction of cromwell road and warwick road in earl's court. she was taken to hospital where she remains in a critical condition. one of the capital's most senior public health experts says he's concerned the rising cost of living will push more people into poor health. but professor kevin fenton says understanding health inequalities highlighted by the covid pandemic can help make health services more targeted to those most at risk. it means that they may be doing less health—promoting things, they may be eating less—healthy foods. the stress of the economic challenge may push more people into taking up habits such as smoking, not exercising, or drinking more alcohol. and, of course, not having the resources to participate

in other health activities. a is—year—old boy has been charged with the murder of a teenager in east london. wazabakana elenda jordan kukabu — known asjordan — was stabbed to death near dagenham heathway tube station last friday. police and paramedics were called just before midnight but he died at the scene. three other people have been arrested. a photographerfrom surrey who's been taking pictures for more than half a century has been named master of photography at this year's photo london. martin parr�*s work — including photographs of queen elizabeth — is on display with other international artists at somerset house for the next four days. we have the queen. she's probably the only person you would recognise from behind. and here she is attending a livery company 650th anniversary lunch. and for some reason, i was the only photographer allowed in, so i had fantastic access! and not only did i photograph her coming in, but i also photographed her coming out. and by that time, the word had got out that the queen

was in the building. let's take a look at the tubes now. now onto the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, there, good morning. well, it's turning into quite the week of heavy, thundery downpours with bright and sunny spells in between. but today not much different from how it was yesterday — or, indeed, the day before that. we're starting off with temperatures and high single figures, most of the showers will tend to break out through the afternoon, there are some brighter spells the cloud will begin to build as we head through the morning. some of the showers could be heavy, thundery, they could have some lightning and some hail around, and they will be quite slow—moving, too — as the low pressure starts to fill, the winds will fall very light, so the showers could last for some time. they won't be everywhere all the time — there will be some dry weather, some bright and sunny spells in between the showers. top temperatures in the best of any sunshine at 15 to 17 degrees celsius. but do watch out — some heavy downpours to be expected, possibly leading to some localised surface—water flooding, of course. now, through this evening

and overnight, the showers will begin to fade away, but we draw in more of a northeasterly wind. it could be quite a cloudy start to friday. friday and saturday mostly dry, but always the chance of some further showers at times. that's it — head to our website to find out about the runner who has run 73 marathons in 73 days. we're back in half an hour. bye. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. in the last couple of minutes we've heard that the rail operator transpennine express will have its contract removed by the department for transport later this month. the operator has faced criticism for poor levels of service over the past year. in total, around one in six of its services were cancelled in the four weeks to the end of march — the highest

rate in the country. the company has previously blamed high staff sickness, a backlog of driver training and the lack of an overtime working agreement with the drivers' union, aslef. just to confirm that information coming to us in the last few minutes, the uk government says transpennine express contract will not be renewed as of the 28th of may 2023. we not be renewed as of the 28th of may 2023. ~ ~ , , ., not be renewed as of the 28th of may 2023. ~ ~ , i. , ., ., 2023. we will keep you up-to-date with what happens _ 2023. we will keep you up-to-date with what happens next. _ something which affects so many of us and so many of you have been in touch. £1.2 billion was stolen last year through fraud — the equivalent of more than £2,000 a minute. that's lightly down on previous years, according to new figures from the banking trade body uk finance. let's take a look at them in more detail. unauthorised fraud, which is done without the victim's knowledge, was slightly lower than last year.

meanwhile, authorised payment fraud, which is when the victim is tricked into transferring money — was down more significantly, at 17%. but there are still areas where criminals are profiting. fraud on lost and stolen cards has increased by 30%. unsurprisingly, the vast majority of fraud happens online, through social media or scam adverts, while 18% take place over the phone. many of you have been in touch unsurprisingly, as always when we covet this. we have brought in dan whitworth. these figures, what do they say to you? the top number seems massive but we should say it has come down a touch but it is huge, still. that should say it has come down a touch but it is huge, still.— but it is huge, still. that is it summed _ but it is huge, still. that is it summed up _ but it is huge, still. that is it summed up in _ but it is huge, still. that is it summed up in a _ but it is huge, still. that is it summed up in a nutshell. i but it is huge, still. that is it i summed up in a nutshell. yes, it but it is huge, still. that is it - summed up in a nutshell. yes, it has come down so there is good news. these numbers are all still horrifically high in terms of the amount stolen, 1.2 billion, £2300

every single minute. in terms of the number of instances of fraud, nearly 3,000,020 22, so again a huge number of victims and what —— 3 million in 2022. this is the report, all the numbers. but that is all it is, numbers, data. this in no way tries to assess the emotional impact on victims, the psychological impact, which we know is just tremendous. yes, it is good it has come down, it is still far too high. did yes, it is good it has come down, it is still far too high.— is still far too high. did you say that this is _ is still far too high. did you say that this is 3 _ is still far too high. did you say that this is 3 million _ is still far too high. did you say that this is 3 million separate l that this is 3 million separate incidents of fraud? 2.3�* that this is 3 million separate incidents of fraud? 2.7 million instances _ incidents of fraud? 2.7 million instances of _ incidents of fraud? 2.7 million instances of fraud. _ incidents of fraud? 2.7 million instances of fraud. those i incidents of fraud? 2.7 million instances of fraud. those are l instances of fraud. those are individuals. _ instances of fraud. those are individuals. likely _ instances of fraud. those are | individuals. likely individuals. instances of fraud. those are i individuals. likely individuals. it is the number _ individuals. likely individuals. it is the number of _ individuals. likely individuals. it is the number of times - individuals. likely individuals. it is the number of times fraud i individuals. likely individuals. it| is the number of times fraud has happened, of course you can be a repeat victory which is not uncommon so if criminals get their hooks into you and know you are evicting ones they will come back to you.- they will come back to you. there will be a lot _ they will come back to you. there will be a lot of _ they will come back to you. there will be a lot of fraud _ they will come back to you. there

will be a lot of fraud not - they will come back to you. there | will be a lot of fraud not reported, or even notice. that is the other thing. people may be unwittingly victims of fraud and just don't know. t victims of fraud and 'ust don't know. ., �* ~' ., victims of fraud and 'ust don't know. ., �* ~ ., victims of fraud and 'ust don't know. ~ ., ., . know. i don't know about unnoticed because it is _ know. i don't know about unnoticed because it is all _ know. i don't know about unnoticed because it is all relative, _ know. i don't know about unnoticed because it is all relative, it - because it is all relative, it depends how much money is stolen, how much you might have. the point of it being unreported, absolutely. this is the fraud we know about. also, with these numbers, it is interesting you say the report is just the numbers. what is being done? we have spoken about what banks do and the challenges they have and actually improving their services, many of them coming to get in touch with people, to spot fraud through the systems. but what more needs to be done? where is that pressure going in terms of companies or systems? the pressure going in terms of companies or systems?— or systems? the banks are spending billions of pounds _ or systems? the banks are spending billions of pounds combating - or systems? the banks are spending billions of pounds combating fraud i billions of pounds combating fraud and they will tell you that all day everyday because it is an important part of what they do. but they are also urging other stakeholders involved in the fight against fraud get more involved. it is not pointing the finger of blame but they talk about technology

companies, social media companies, online companies taking down the scam adverts, the social media scam adverts. also telecommunication companies, internet providers, phone companies. they want to try to stop this fraud happening at source rather than dealing with it after it has already happened. you rather than dealing with it after it has already happened.— rather than dealing with it after it has already happened. you talk about the social media _ has already happened. you talk about the social media companies _ the social media companies interestingly because so often fraud and scams have been seen as targeting older people, more vulnerable people. i can see you smiling, it is changing. that vulnerable people. i can see you smiling, it is changing.— smiling, it is changing. that is stereotypical— smiling, it is changing. that is stereotypical and _ smiling, it is changing. that is stereotypical and a _ smiling, it is changing. that is stereotypical and a falsehood. j smiling, it is changing. that is l stereotypical and a falsehood. i have been reporting, i am sad to say, and fraud for four or five years and it is only getting worse. i have spoken to an 18—year—old victim and one who is 90 and i have spoken to victims aged all the way in between. fraud does not discriminate and, quite frankly, if children have access to my money, i think criminals would probably target them. these people are ruthless, they will not stop. you mentioned _ ruthless, they will not stop. you mentioned the _ ruthless, they will not stop. you mentioned the figures i am looking

for the numbers, which i mind boggling. remote purchase fraud is a criminal using a stolen card detail to buy something online, mail order, that remains the biggest category of losses. losses equals fraud, i assume. £395.7 million. slightly down but a huge sum of money and when people hear those numbers they may think, what do i do? what do i do actively to try to make sure i am not one of those? and presumably those losses are covered by the card companies, is that losses to the individual or losses to the card companies?— individual or losses to the card comanies? , ., ., companies? losses to the individual in the first place _ companies? losses to the individual in the first place that _ companies? losses to the individual in the first place that you _ companies? losses to the individual in the first place that you are - in the first place that you are right, if it is unauthorised, if the victim is not involved in any way, they are legally protected, they will get their money back. the real issue, i think, will get their money back. the real issue, ithink, is will get their money back. the real issue, i think, is when it is authorised to push payment fraud, when victims are tricked or conned. the difference is, if you are a victim of fraud and you have no

idea, your card might have been used without your permission, that will be covered, you are legally protected. if a scam involves a victim in the actual fraud, then... well, that can be they target you through a scam adverts and perhaps you respond, they target you on the phone... you respond, they target you on the hone... . , . you respond, they target you on the hone... ., ,.,, ., ., phone... that is a situation where ou are phone... that is a situation where you are communicating _ phone... that is a situation where you are communicating with i phone... that is a situation where i you are communicating with someone and actively handing over money. absolutely. and actively handing over money. absolutely-— absolutely. you are still a victim of fraud. 10096, _ absolutely. you are still a victim of fraud. 10096, no _ absolutely. you are still a victim of fraud. 10096, no question, i absolutely. you are still a victim | of fraud. 10096, no question, you absolutely. you are still a victim i of fraud. 10096, no question, you are still victim of— of fraud. 10096, no question, you are still victim of crime _ of fraud. 10096, no question, you are still victim of crime and _ of fraud. 10096, no question, you are still victim of crime and i _ of fraud. 10096, no question, you are still victim of crime and i may - of fraud. 10096, no question, you are still victim of crime and i may tell i still victim of crime and i may tell you quickly, some interesting data that has come out of this report for the first time telling you where these scams are starting, where they originate. roughly speaking, four fifths start online, through scam ads, social media, and that accounts for about a third of all the money losses. interestingly about one fifth start through your phone. whether or not is a text message, whatsapp or you get a cold call. the

juxtaposition is if they get you on the phone it accounts for almost half of the money lost, and that goes to prove, to showjust how insidious these criminals are if they get in your ear. if they can start indoctrinating you, greening u. we have a clip of a lady called louise and she really illustrates that point because she was targeted in december, so herfraud, it is part of these figures, she had thousands of pounds were stolen because she was part of this fraud, these criminals called her pretending to be from her bank, during a very, very intensive two hour period she was groomed, indoctrinated and they managed to steal thousands of pounds. i transferred a sum of £19,000, which _ i transferred a sum of £19,000, which is — i transferred a sum of £19,000, which is what they told me to transfen _ which is what they told me to transfer. when i came off the phone i felt like _ transfer. when i came off the phone i felt like i_ transfer. when i came off the phone i felt like i had just come out of some _ i felt like i had just come out of some sort— i felt like i had just come out of some sort of spell. i called my brother— some sort of spell. i called my brother and a friend and they told me to _ brother and a friend and they told me to ring — brother and a friend and they told me to ring the fraud team at my bank, _ me to ring the fraud team at my bank, so — me to ring the fraud team at my

bank, so i — me to ring the fraud team at my bank, so i did that and was told immediately that i had been scammed and, immediately that i had been scammed and. as— immediately that i had been scammed and. as it _ immediately that i had been scammed and, as it was what they call an app, _ and, as it was what they call an app, an — and, as it was what they call an app, an authorised push payment, i was very— app, an authorised push payment, i was very unlikely to get my money back _ was very unlikely to get my money back i_ was very unlikely to get my money back ijust— was very unlikely to get my money back. ijust couldn't believe it had happened — back. ijust couldn't believe it had happened and i couldn't believe that i have _ happened and i couldn't believe that i have followed for it. again, _ i have followed for it. again, there, just the language louise is using. fallen for it. that is the wrong anguish, he hadn't fallen for it, she had been targeted and groomed. luckily her bank did refund the money after money box investigated. but refund the money after money box investigated-— investigated. but they are not obhaed investigated. but they are not obliged to? — investigated. but they are not obliged to? they _ investigated. but they are not obliged to? they signed i investigated. but they are not obliged to? they signed up i investigated. but they are not obliged to? they signed up toj investigated. but they are not i obliged to? they signed up to this code about four _ obliged to? they signed up to this code about four and _ obliged to? they signed up to this code about four and a _ obliged to? they signed up to this code about four and a half, - obliged to? they signed up to this code about four and a half, five i code about four and a half, five years ago, which obliges most of the main high street banks to refund money. again, new data from this report, that is only happening in around 59% of cases. a lot of critics would ask why it isn't high, why victims are not getting refunded more. , ., ., ., ., more. there will be a lot of toing and froing _ more. there will be a lot of toing and froing in _ more. there will be a lot of toing and froing in terms _ more. there will be a lot of toing and froing in terms of— more. there will be a lot of toing and froing in terms of victims i and froing in terms of victims getting their money back because

banks do try to find out who is at fault. you can understand why, it is a business. foranyone fault. you can understand why, it is a business. for anyone trying to avoid this, and knowing that anyone can be a target, what tips? lots have got in touch asking how to prevent it happening to them. three main things- — prevent it happening to them. three main things. number _ prevent it happening to them. three main things. number one, - prevent it happening to them. tue- main things. number one, always stop, pause, take a minute. in louise's case, she had a very intensive two hours on the phone. these criminals groomed her, indoctrinated her. they will always try to make the issue agent, they will always try to rush you into making a decision. never rush into a decision —— they will try to make it urgent. stop, pause, breakthe spell. urgent. stop, pause, break the sell. . .. urgent. stop, pause, break the sell. ., ~ ., ., , as spell. talk to someone else. as louise did. _ spell. talk to someone else. as louise did, she _ spell. talk to someone else. as louise did, she spoke _ spell. talk to someone else. as louise did, she spoke to - spell. talk to someone else. as louise did, she spoke to her- spell. talk to someone else. as i louise did, she spoke to her brother straightaway. she was shell—shocked after this two hours. take a break, take a pause. number two is never transfer money. i know it is easy to say but it is worth repeating. hmrc, the police, your bank, all the organisations these criminals

pretend to be, they will never ask you to transfer money so just don't. third, if you have been a victim, if i have taken this money from you, as louise did in her case, call your bank immediately, as soon as you realise, call your bank, then the police, then action fraud and the navy to stop the money transferring. some people are so embarrassed about this but banks know this happens, these are professional criminals who are doing this so they know what they're doing, the banks will not chide you and tell you are, they will find out what has happened and try to help. will find out what has happened and t to hel. , , ., ., try to help. they should do. 2.7 million cases _ try to help. they should do. 2.7 million cases of— try to help. they should do. 2.7 million cases of fraud _ try to help. they should do. 2.7 million cases of fraud in - try to help. they should do. 2.7 million cases of fraud in 2022, l million cases of fraud in 2022, victims are not alone. they should not be embarrassed but talk to someone. it not be embarrassed but talk to someone-— not be embarrassed but talk to someone. ., , , ., ., someone. it almost plays into a britishness _ someone. it almost plays into a britishness of _ someone. it almost plays into a britishness of being _ someone. it almost plays into a britishness of being polite. if i britishness of being polite. if someone phones you you feel like you should engage when the obvious thing to do is say nothing orjust say no and put down the phone. floor

to do is say nothing orjust say no and put down the phone. poor lewis, he alwa s and put down the phone. poor lewis, he always says. _ and put down the phone. poor lewis, he always says. if _ and put down the phone. poor lewis, he always says, if it _ and put down the phone. poor lewis, he always says, if it is _ and put down the phone. poor lewis, he always says, if it is a _ and put down the phone. poor lewis, he always says, if it is a scam, i he always says, if it is a scam, just hang up, hang up but some people don't want to, that british sense of being polite. i reiterate what paul says, hang up, sense of being polite. i reiterate what paulsays, hang up, —— paul lewis, he always says hang up. good to talk to you — lewis, he always says hang up. good to talk to you about _ lewis, he always says hang up. good to talk to you about it again. money box will be taking a more in—depth look at this report on saturday at midday on bbc radio 4. we had won the champions league semifinal this week. the first leg. we have had the other, as well. mike has the details. it was an italian affair. full of culture and history. it's known as the derby della madonnina, and both teams play at the famous san siro stadium and after their first leg, it is inter who hold the advantage. it was an incredible atmosphere at the san siro as inter took the lead inside ten minutes through edin dzeko. plenty of former premier

league players on show. and just a few moments later, they could hardly believe their luck as former manchester united and arsenal midfielder henrikh mkhitaryan made it two. that's how it finished, with inter now the firm favourites ahead of next week's second leg to go through to the final and face either real madrid or manchester city. west ham can move a step closer to their first silverware since 1980 this evening as they take on dutch side az alkmaar, in the first leg of their europa conference league semifinal. their premier league survival hangs in the balance — david moyes' side picked up a massive win over manchester united in the premier league on sunday to move them seven points above the relegation zone, with three games to play. can they end a four—decade wait for a trophy with success in europe? what we've done in europe last season in getting to the final, the teams we had to beat... we obviously lost to the winners of the competition in eintracht frankfurt. and... i think this year, again, with our season being more difficult, i think this year's been

an amazing achievement. an exciting climax to the women's super league is fast approaching — chelsea overcame leicester city to move a point behind leaders manchester united with a game in hand. so that means if chelsea win all their remaining three games they will be champions for a fourth season running. they ran out 6—0 winners against leicester. chelsea still have to play arsenal, who kept their slim title hopes alive with an impressive 4—0 win at brighton. it moves them up to third in the wsl table, helping their bid to qualify for next season's women's champions league. a day of chaos for the riders on stage five of the giro d'italia as slippery roads and a stray dog led to multiple crashes. one of those came just before the finish line after british rider mark cavendish was knocked off—balance and slid his way across. former race leader and world champion remco evenepoel hit the deck twice, the first time after a stray dog ran into the peloton. he later gave a thumbs—up to the tv cameras.

he's still second overall. stage was won by australia's kaden groves. it is what makes those road races so unpredictable, isn't it? i it is what makes those road races so unpredictable, isn't it?— unpredictable, isn't it? i dread it. an hint unpredictable, isn't it? i dread it. anything can _ unpredictable, isn't it? i dread it. anything can happen, _ unpredictable, isn't it? i dread it. anything can happen, spectators| anything can happen, spectators getting in the way of riders, dogs, not the first time a dog has run... is it not?! i not the first time a dog has run... is it not?!— not the first time a dog has run... is it not?! , ., ~ ., ,., is it not?! i remember talking about that but i don't — is it not?! i remember talking about that but i don't remember— is it not?! i remember talking about that but i don't remember when. i l that but i don't remember when. i dread it when the ground is wet. thank you. dread it when the ground is wet. thank you-— dread it when the ground is wet. thank ou. ., ~ ., ~ thank you. thank you. talking about hard as nails. _ thank you. thank you. talking about hard as nails, here _ thank you. thank you. talking about hard as nails, here is _ thank you. thank you. talking about hard as nails, here is carol. - thank you. thank you. talking about hard as nails, here is carol. how- hard as nails, here is carol. how about that one?— hard as nails, here is carol. how about that one? good morning. we are in liverpool city centre, eurovision, a lot of love in liverpool. look at this

lovely heart—shaped swing see, surrounded by the arch of flowers. of course the sunflower is the of course the sunflower is the national flower of ukraine. there are hydrangeas in here, roses and carnations, as well. it is artificial, probablyjust as well because the weather has been quite contrary. it is quiet here in the centre of liverpool currently but later it will be buzzing. lots going on. there are eggs, huge nightingales that sing and lots of buskers. yesterday i thought ed sheeran was in town! the sky was brilliant, and there are also bursts bands. the weather has been contrary and the forecast for liverpool for the next few days is one of sunshine and showers until saturday, the final, and on the final it will be dry, sunny and warm. the forecast for us all today is one of sunshine and showers, heavy and thundery, and

slow—moving so we could see torrential downpours. already some showers and as the sun comes out the temperatures rise and they will be more widespread and slow—moving but not all of us will catch one of the showers and we still have the haar sticking to the coastline of scotland. temperatures will be suppressed, looking at roughly ten to 13 degrees. move away from here and we are looking widely into the mid—teens locally into the high teens in any sunshine if we judge the showers. through the evening and overnight, more cloud from the north sea moving westwards, thick enough for some drizzle. some clearer skies in the west itself and our temperature range falling away to between six and 9 degrees. tomorrow, we start off with all this cloud, but through the day it will retreat back to the east coast where it will linger and in the west we will see some sunshine but again as temperatures rise that in itself could spark off some showers.

highest temperatures in the sunshine in the west, we could see up to 18 ori9 in the west, we could see up to 18 or 19 degrees. still ten to 13 along the east coast. as we head into saturday, we start with a fair bit of cloud, that will push back, might linger around the midlands and the east coast and again will hold the temperatures back. 0ut east coast and again will hold the temperatures back. out to the west and north and parts of the south—west we are looking at a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine, and temperatures could get up to 20, possibly 21 or 22 degrees. it is lovely here. a bit chilly. i wa nt to want to try out this swing seat before we go. this is the life! but it is raining. _ before we go. this is the life! but it is raining, isn't it?! its- before we go. this is the life! but it is raining, isn't it?! its not, i it is raining, isn't it?! its not, it's not- _ it is raining, isn't it?! its not, it's not. sunshine _ it is raining, isn't it?! its not, it's not. sunshine and - it is raining, isn't it?! its not, l it's not. sunshine and showers it is raining, isn't it?! its not, i it's not. sunshine and showers and it's not. sunshine and showers and it is not too shabby at the moment. and neither are you! thank you very much. it is not too shabby at the moment. and neither are you! thank you very much. en'oy it is not too shabby at the moment. and neither are you! thank you very much. en'oy your it is not too shabby at the moment. and neither are you! thank you very much. en'oy your little it is not too shabby at the moment. and neither are you! thank you very much. enjoy your little swing, it is not too shabby at the moment. and neither are you! thank you very much. enjoy your little swing, we will see you later.— noises will happen now because you

are being alerted. klaxon. jl are being alerted. klaxon-- are being alerted. klaxon. ., , . ., klaxon. it might not be clear enouah. klaxon. it might not be clear enough- keep _ klaxon. it might not be clear enough. keep it _ klaxon. it might not be clear enough. keep it going. - klaxon. it might not be clear enough. keep it going. we - klaxon. it might not be clear| enough. keep it going. we are warning you because we are going to be talking to the winners of the third series of race across the world. 46 days, 16,000 kilometres across calendar and the winners have been crowned. you across calendar and the winners have been crowned-— been crowned. you cannot say we are not careful- _ been crowned. you cannot say we are not careful. the _ been crowned. you cannot say we are not careful. the sign _ been crowned. you cannot say we are not careful. the sign is _ been crowned. you cannot say we are not careful. the sign is up _ been crowned. you cannot say we are not careful. the sign is up there, - not careful. the sign is up there, the noises are happening... klaxon. there we go. the winners will be joining us very shortly so if you haven't caught up, best walk away from the tv. i'm dying. you're not dead yet. i can't breathe. come on.

i don't want to look. you do it, you've always done it. congratulations. "you have successfully reached the finish line. please sign overleaf to find out if you have won the race." 0k. ready? screaming. oh, my god, oh, my god! i don't know who had the biggest screech. tricia and cathie won. cathiejoins us from bangkok, still adventuring.

how long is it since you've seen her assign about a month. what you want to say to her? mb? assign about a month. what you want to say to her?— to say to her? why am i not in thailand we — to say to her? why am i not in thailand we screen _ to say to her? why am i not in thailand we screen i _ to say to her? why am i not in thailand we screen i couldn't i to say to her? why am i not in. thailand we screen i couldn't fit you in_ thailand we screen i couldn't fit you in my— thailand we screen i couldn't fit you in my suitcase.— thailand we screen i couldn't fit you in my suitcase. what people will know even if — you in my suitcase. what people will know even if they _ you in my suitcase. what people will know even if they haven't _ you in my suitcase. what people will know even if they haven't seen - you in my suitcase. what people will know even if they haven't seen the l know even if they haven't seen the programme, just seeing you now, and i can see you are welling up. there is a lot of emotion involved in not just the win but the time you spent and the journey, the just the win but the time you spent and thejourney, the biggerjourney you are on at the moment. do you want to explain a bit to people? about ten or 12 years ago i started losing _ about ten or 12 years ago i started losing my— about ten or 12 years ago i started losing my sight and it has deteriorated quite rapidly and it is meant _ deteriorated quite rapidly and it is meant to— deteriorated quite rapidly and it is meant to be quite a slow disease. eventually — meant to be quite a slow disease. eventually i will lose my site completely. i have got about 3% to 5% in _ completely. i have got about 3% to 5% in my— completely. i have got about 3% to 5% in my right eye and 8% or 9% in my left— 5% in my right eye and 8% or 9% in my left eye — 5% in my right eye and 8% or 9% in my left eye. so doing this journey with cathie wasjust incredible

because — with cathie wasjust incredible because i know that when we grow old disgracefully she will be able to say to _ disgracefully she will be able to say to me, you remember the rocky mountains? — say to me, you remember the rocky mountains? it looks a bit like that. so the _ mountains? it looks a bit like that. so the reality check for you is you will lose your site entirely. completely. will lose your site entirely. completely-— will lose your site entirely. completely. will lose your site entirely. comletel . ., . , i. completely. how much site did you have when you _ completely. how much site did you have when you are _ completely. how much site did you have when you are together? - completely. how much site did you have when you are together? i - have when you are together? i watched some of the episode and it didn't feel like cathie it was guiding you all the time. you are holding hands a lot but it didn't look like you needed as much guidance as perhaps you need now because it has been a rapid deterioration.— because it has been a rapid deterioration. ., ,., ., deterioration. the reason we hold hands a lot _ deterioration. the reason we hold hands a lot is _ deterioration. the reason we hold hands a lot is because _ deterioration. the reason we hold hands a lot is because she - deterioration. the reason we hold hands a lot is because she is - hands a lot is because she is guiding _ hands a lot is because she is guiding me when she is holding my hand so— guiding me when she is holding my hand so i_ guiding me when she is holding my hand so i know she has gone down a step because i can feel her going down _ step because i can feel her going down a _ step because i can feel her going down a step you will see we were hugging _ down a step you will see we were hugging each other a lot, holding onto each— hugging each other a lot, holding onto each other because she literally— onto each other because she literally is my guide. it did get worse — literally is my guide. it did get worse as— literally is my guide. it did get worse as we were going along the whole _ worse as we were going along the whole eight weeks because i was getting _ whole eight weeks because i was getting more tired, which meant my eyes were _ getting more tired, which meant my eyes were getting worse, so, yeah...

i did have _ eyes were getting worse, so, yeah... i did have about 10% in both eyes when _ i did have about 10% in both eyes when we — i did have about 10% in both eyes when we went out there but i had a lot of— when we went out there but i had a lot of help — when we went out there but i had a lot of help from rnib and people like that— lot of help from rnib and people like that before hand telling me tricks _ like that before hand telling me tricks of — like that before hand telling me tricks of how to do things and how to keep _ tricks of how to do things and how to keep it— tricks of how to do things and how to keep it under control.— to keep it under control. cathie, an hinu to keep it under control. cathie, anything you _ to keep it under control. cathie, anything you would _ to keep it under control. cathie, anything you would like - to keep it under control. cathie, anything you would like to - to keep it under control. cathie, anything you would like to say i to keep it under control. cathie, | anything you would like to say to your friend tricia today? a lot of people will be amazed by both of you because it sounds as if, cathie, you did all the work, but clearly there was a very close relationship. tell us more. i was a very close relationship. tell us more. . ., , �* was a very close relationship. tell us more. . . , �* ., ., us more. i certainly didn't do all ofthe us more. i certainly didn't do all of the work. _ us more. i certainly didn't do all of the work, i _ us more. i certainly didn't do all of the work, i promise! - us more. i certainly didn't do all of the work, i promise! i - us more. i certainly didn't do all of the work, i promise! i have . us more. i certainly didn't do all of the work, i promise! i have a| of the work, i promise! i have a kind _ of the work, i promise! i have a kind of— of the work, i promise! i have a kind of running _ of the work, i promise! i have a kind of running commentary- of the work, i promise! i have a. kind of running commentary with tricia _ kind of running commentary with tricia so — kind of running commentary with tricia so often _ kind of running commentary with tricia so often i _ kind of running commentary with tricia so often i will _ kind of running commentary with tricia so often i will walk- kind of running commentary with tricia so often i will walk in - kind of running commentary with tricia so often i will walk in front| tricia so often i will walk in front of her _ tricia so often i will walk in front of her and — tricia so often i will walk in front of her and i_ tricia so often i will walk in front of her and i will— tricia so often i will walk in front of her and i will be _ tricia so often i will walk in front of her and i will be talking - tricia so often i will walk in front of her and i will be talking to - tricia so often i will walk in frontj of her and i will be talking to her all the _ of her and i will be talking to her all the time, _ of her and i will be talking to her all the time, telling _ of her and i will be talking to her all the time, telling her, - of her and i will be talking to her all the time, telling her, watch l all the time, telling her, watch that paving _ all the time, telling her, watch that paving slab, _ all the time, telling her, watch that paving slab, there - all the time, telling her, watch that paving slab, there are - all the time, telling her, watch| that paving slab, there are tree roots. — that paving slab, there are tree roots. and _ that paving slab, there are tree roots. and i_ that paving slab, there are tree roots, and i now— that paving slab, there are tree roots, and i now find _ that paving slab, there are tree roots, and i now find myself. that paving slab, there are tree i roots, and i now find myself doing it to everybody _ roots, and i now find myself doing it to everybody else. _ roots, and i now find myself doing it to everybody else. i _ roots, and i now find myself doing it to everybody else. i do - roots, and i now find myself doing it to everybody else. i do it - roots, and i now find myself doing it to everybody else. i do it to - roots, and i now find myself doing it to everybody else. i do it to myi it to everybody else. i do it to my husband — it to everybody else. i do it to my husband all— it to everybody else. i do it to my husband all the _ it to everybody else. i do it to my husband all the time. _ it to everybody else. i do it to my husband all the time. watch, - it to everybody else. i do it to my. husband all the time. watch, there are tree _ husband all the time. watch, there are tree roots — husband all the time. watch, there are tree roots or— husband all the time. watch, there are tree roots or watch _ husband all the time. watch, there are tree roots or watch the - husband all the time. watch, there are tree roots or watch the step. i are tree roots or watch the step. and i_

are tree roots or watch the step. and liust — are tree roots or watch the step. and liust tend _ are tree roots or watch the step. and ijust tend to _ are tree roots or watch the step. and ijust tend to do _ are tree roots or watch the step. and ijust tend to do that - are tree roots or watch the step. l and ijust tend to do that naturally now whenever _ and ijust tend to do that naturally now whenever trish— and ijust tend to do that naturally now whenever trish and _ and ijust tend to do that naturally now whenever trish and i - and ijust tend to do that naturally now whenever trish and i are - now whenever trish and i are together _ now whenever trish and i are together i_ now whenever trish and i are together. i don't _ now whenever trish and i are together. i don't do - now whenever trish and i are together. i don't do it- now whenever trish and i are together. i don't do it any. now whenever trish and i are . together. i don't do it any more. now whenever trish and i are - together. i don't do it any more. it can sound — together. idon't do it any more. it can sound very— together. i don't do it any more. it can sound very funny _ together. i don't do it any more. it can sound very funny and - together. i don't do it any more. it can sound very funny and strange i together. i don't do it any more. it. can sound very funny and strange to other— can sound very funny and strange to other people — can sound very funny and strange to other people. the— can sound very funny and strange to other people-— can sound very funny and strange to other people. the other thing people notice as does _ other people. the other thing people notice as does michael— other people. the other thing people notice as does michael seeing - other people. the other thing people notice as does michael seeing some | notice as does michael seeing some of the pictures. i don't know whether it was from.- of the pictures. i don't know whether it was from. that was from school. 0h, — whether it was from. that was from school. oh, no! _ whether it was from. that was from school. oh, no! you _ whether it was from. that was from school. oh, no! you perhaps- whether it was from. that was from school. oh, no! you perhaps can't. school. oh, no! you perhaps can't see them there. _ school. oh, no! you perhaps can't see them there. you _ school. oh, no! you perhaps can't see them there. you guys - school. oh, no! you perhaps can't see them there. you guys go - school. oh, no! you perhaps can'tj see them there. you guys go back school. oh, no! you perhaps can't. see them there. you guys go back a long way and what is obvious as there was a lot of laughter, cathie, on yourjourney green oh, yes, we always have a huge amount of laughter and probably a bit too much sometimes but _ laughter and probably a bit too much sometimes but our _ laughter and probably a bit too much sometimes but our friendship - laughter and probably a bit too much sometimes but our friendship is - laughter and probably a bit too much sometimes but our friendship is very j sometimes but our friendship is very difficult _ sometimes but our friendship is very difficult to _ sometimes but our friendship is very difficult to describe _ sometimes but our friendship is very difficult to describe to _ sometimes but our friendship is very difficult to describe to other- difficult to describe to other people _ difficult to describe to other people. it _ difficult to describe to other people. it is— difficult to describe to other people. it is very— difficult to describe to other people. it is very natural. difficult to describe to other people. it is very natural to| difficult to describe to other. people. it is very natural to us, difficult to describe to other- people. it is very natural to us, we don't _ people. it is very natural to us, we don't think— people. it is very natural to us, we don't think anything _ people. it is very natural to us, we don't think anything of— people. it is very natural to us, we don't think anything of it _ people. it is very natural to us, we don't think anything of it but - people. it is very natural to us, we don't think anything of it but other| don't think anything of it but other people _ don't think anything of it but other people tell— don't think anything of it but other people tell us _ don't think anything of it but other people tell us how— don't think anything of it but other people tell us how special- don't think anything of it but other people tell us how special it - don't think anything of it but other people tell us how special it is - don't think anything of it but otherj people tell us how special it is and how unigue — people tell us how special it is and how unique it _ people tell us how special it is and how unique it is _ people tell us how special it is and how unique it is and _ people tell us how special it is and how unique it is and it _ people tell us how special it is and how unique it is and it is— people tell us how special it is and how unique it is and it is a - how unique it is and it is a wonderful, _ how unique it is and it is a wonderful, wonderful- how unique it is and it is a - wonderful, wonderful friendship and we can—

wonderful, wonderful friendship and we can he _ wonderful, wonderful friendship and we can be completely— wonderful, wonderful friendship and we can be completely ourselves- wonderful, wonderful friendship and| we can be completely ourselves with each other— we can be completely ourselves with each other without _ we can be completely ourselves with each other without worrying - we can be completely ourselves with each other without worrying about i each other without worrying about what the — each other without worrying about what the other— each other without worrying about what the other one _ each other without worrying about what the other one thinks - each other without worrying about what the other one thinks and, i each other without worrying about. what the other one thinks and, yeah, she is— what the other one thinks and, yeah, she is definitely— what the other one thinks and, yeah, she is definitely a _ what the other one thinks and, yeah, she is definitely a bad _ what the other one thinks and, yeah, she is definitely a bad influence, - what the other one thinks and, yeah, she is definitely a bad influence, i. she is definitely a bad influence, i want _ she is definitely a bad influence, i want to— she is definitely a bad influence, i want to put— she is definitely a bad influence, i want to put that _ she is definitely a bad influence, i want to put that out _ she is definitely a bad influence, i want to put that out there. - want to put that out there. laughter— laughter my parents are watching, so just so they know — they know... laughter. laughter too late, now. parents wise up pretty early on. i'm sorry. you had a really nice way when you niggled each other a little bit, you just said it is done, give each other bit space and crack on. you were not first... you didn't come first until right at the very end. there was that extra push because you never gave up. irate that extra push because you never ave u. ~ , that extra push because you never ave u -. . , ., gave up. we never give up on anything! _ gave up. we never give up on anything! it— gave up. we never give up on anything! it is— gave up. we never give up on anything! it is a _ gave up. we never give up on anything! it is a great - anything! it is a great determination all the way. we had a couple _ determination all the way. we had a couple instances when we came first and it _ couple instances when we came first and it was _ couple instances when we came first and it wasjust... elation, it was brilliant — and it wasjust... elation, it was brilliant. when we got to quebec city we _ brilliant. when we got to quebec city we were last and i was absolutely devastated because we

have had — absolutely devastated because we have had such a good race on that le-. have had such a good race on that let. , , have had such a good race on that le. _ g , ., , have had such a good race on that le.,, .,, . ., have had such a good race on that leg. just to be clear, you are not in there for— leg. just to be clear, you are not in there for the _ leg. just to be clear, you are not in there for the experience, - leg. just to be clear, you are not in there for the experience, you | in there for the experience, you were there to win it!— in there for the experience, you were there to win it! originally for the experience! _ were there to win it! originally for the experience! i _ were there to win it! originally for the experience! i think— were there to win it! originally for the experience! i think it's - were there to win it! originally for the experience! i think it's got - the experience! i think it's got more — the experience! i think it's got more and _ the experience! i think it's got more and more at race mode as we got along _ more and more at race mode as we got along i_ more and more at race mode as we got along. i always say we are not competitive but i think deep down we really. _ competitive but i think deep down we really, really are. that competitive but i think deep down we really, really are.— really, really are. that is confirmation _ really, really are. that is confirmation from - really, really are. that is i confirmation from bangkok. really, really are. that is _ confirmation from bangkok. people bought into this programme for all sorts of reasons. it is amazing because it is a beautiful place, but a lot of it, i think, was people kind of looking in on your relationships is that these are very human stories. it was fathers and daughters, friends. there was a lot of that, wasn't there? people being curious about how you relate to one another. ., ., ., ~ another. you are right and i think it is human _ another. you are right and i think it is human nature. _ another. you are right and i think it is human nature. we _ another. you are right and i think it is human nature. we are - another. you are right and i think| it is human nature. we are always curious— it is human nature. we are always curious about _ it is human nature. we are always curious about other— it is human nature. we are always curious about other people, - curious about other people, particularly _ curious about other people, particularly when _ curious about other people, particularly when we - curious about other people, particularly when we spent i curious about other people, - particularly when we spent quite a lot of— particularly when we spent quite a lot of time — particularly when we spent quite a lot of time together _ particularly when we spent quite a lot of time together and _ particularly when we spent quite a lot of time together and when - particularly when we spent quite a lot of time together and when it . particularly when we spent quite a lot of time together and when it is a forced _ lot of time together and when it is a forced environment, _ lot of time together and when it is a forced environment, as-

lot of time together and when it is a forced environment, as well... i lot of time together and when it is. a forced environment, as well... so we were _ a forced environment, as well... so we were in— a forced environment, as well... so we were in a — a forced environment, as well... so we were in a race _ a forced environment, as well... so we were in a race and _ a forced environment, as well... so we were in a race and at _ a forced environment, as well... so we were in a race and at first- a forced environment, as well... so we were in a race and at first it - we were in a race and at first it was _ we were in a race and at first it was quite — we were in a race and at first it was quite good _ we were in a race and at first it was quite good fun— we were in a race and at first it was quite good fun and - we were in a race and at first it was quite good fun and we - we were in a race and at first iti was quite good fun and we were we were in a race and at first it - was quite good fun and we were keen to nfeet— was quite good fun and we were keen to meet the _ was quite good fun and we were keen to meet the other— was quite good fun and we were keen to meet the other teams _ was quite good fun and we were keen to meet the other teams when - was quite good fun and we were keen to meet the other teams when we - was quite good fun and we were keen| to meet the other teams when we got to meet the other teams when we got to the _ to meet the other teams when we got to the checkpoints _ to meet the other teams when we got to the checkpoints and _ to meet the other teams when we got to the checkpoints and we _ to meet the other teams when we got to the checkpoints and we got - to meet the other teams when we got to the checkpoints and we got to - to the checkpoints and we got to know _ to the checkpoints and we got to know them — to the checkpoints and we got to know them and _ to the checkpoints and we got to know them and i'm _ to the checkpoints and we got to know them and i'm really- to the checkpoints and we got to know them and i'm really proud i to the checkpoints and we got to i know them and i'm really proud to say we _ know them and i'm really proud to say we are — know them and i'm really proud to say we are now— know them and i'm really proud to say we are now friends... - know them and i'm really proud to say we are now friends... but - know them and i'm really proud to say we are now friends... but as l say we are now friends... but as time _ say we are now friends... but as time went— say we are now friends... but as time went on. _ say we are now friends... but as time went on. you _ say we are now friends... but as time went on, you know, - say we are now friends... but as time went on, you know, there. say we are now friends... but asl time went on, you know, there is that moment _ time went on, you know, there is that moment where _ time went on, you know, there is that moment where you - time went on, you know, there is that moment where you think, i time went on, you know, there is . that moment where you think, right, 0k, that moment where you think, right, 0k. serious— that moment where you think, right, 0k. serious now. _ that moment where you think, right, 0k, serious now, we _ that moment where you think, right, 0k, serious now, we have _ that moment where you think, right, 0k, serious now, we have to - that moment where you think, right, 0k, serious now, we have to get - that moment where you think, right, 0k, serious now, we have to get to. 0k, serious now, we have to get to the end _ 0k, serious now, we have to get to the end and — 0k, serious now, we have to get to the end and come _ 0k, serious now, we have to get to the end and come first. _ 0k, serious now, we have to get to the end and come first. it- 0k, serious now, we have to get to the end and come first. it is- ok, serious now, we have to get to the end and come first.— the end and come first. it is all very lovely- — the end and come first. it is all very lovely- i — the end and come first. it is all very lovely. i want _ the end and come first. it is all very lovely. i want to _ the end and come first. it is all very lovely. i want to finish - the end and come first. it is all very lovely. i want to finish in i the end and come first. it is all| very lovely. i want to finish in a different note entirely. what was tricia's most annoying habit? she would jump _ tricia's most annoying habit? she would jump in straightaway with something. _ would jump in straightaway with something. it— would jump in straightaway with something, it could _ would jump in straightaway with something, it could be - would jump in straightaway with something, it could be anything| would jump in straightaway with - something, it could be anything and she would _ something, it could be anything and she would just — something, it could be anything and she would justjump_ something, it could be anything and she would justjump in— something, it could be anything and she would just jump in there - she would justjump in there straightaway _ she would justjump in there straightaway without- she would justjump in there straightaway without even i she would just jump in there - straightaway without even thinking about _ straightaway without even thinking about it _ straightaway without even thinking about it and — straightaway without even thinking about it. and sometimes - straightaway without even thinking about it. and sometimes i - straightaway without even thinking about it. and sometimes i would l straightaway without even thinking i about it. and sometimes i would be like, about it. and sometimes i would be like. oh. _ about it. and sometimes i would be like. oh. 0k. — about it. and sometimes i would be like, oh, 0k, well, _ about it. and sometimes i would be like, oh, 0k, well, you _ about it. and sometimes i would be like, oh, 0k, well, you do- about it. and sometimes i would be like, oh, 0k, well, you do it- about it. and sometimes i would be like, oh, 0k, well, you do it then! i like, oh, 0k, well, you do it then! we did— like, oh, 0k, well, you do it then! we did see— like, oh, 0k, well, you do it then! we did see that— like, oh, 0k, well, you do it then! we did see that and _ like, oh, 0k, well, you do it then! we did see that and we _ like, oh, 0k, well, you do it then! we did see that and we have - like, oh, 0k, well, you do it then! we did see that and we have to. like, oh, 0k, well, you do it then! i we did see that and we have to give you a chance to sate cathie's most annoying habit? she you a chance to sate cathie's most annoying habit?— annoying habit? she has to think about things _ annoying habit? she has to think about things for _ annoying habit? she has to think about things for a _ annoying habit? she has to think about things for a long _ annoying habit? she has to think about things for a long time - annoying habit? she has to think. about things for a long time before she does— about things for a long time before she does it — about things for a long time before she does it stop like you are the yin and — she does it stop like you are the yin and yang to each other, you

crack— yin and yang to each other, you crack on — yin and yang to each other, you crack on and she thinks about it and you get— crack on and she thinks about it and you get to _ crack on and she thinks about it and you get to the right conclusion. well—balanced. you get to the right conclusion. well-balanced.— you get to the right conclusion. well-balanced. cathie, nj the rest of our well-balanced. cathie, nj the rest of your adventures _ well-balanced. cathie, nj the rest of your adventures in _ well-balanced. cathie, nj the rest of your adventures in bangkok - well-balanced. cathie, nj the rest of your adventures in bangkok and beyond. tricia, it has been a joy talking to you. you are loving it. i talking to you. you are loving it. i am! and now— talking to you. you are loving it. i am! and now it _ talking to you. you are loving it. i am! and now it is _ talking to you. you are loving it. i am! and now it is out. _ talking to you. you are loving it. i am! and now it is out. i— talking to you. you are loving it. i am! and now it is out. i can - talking to you. you are loving it. i am! and now it is out. i can tell. am! and now it is out. i can tell everyone _ am! and now it is out. i can tell everyone we — am! and now it is out. i can tell everyone we won! _ am! and now it is out. i can tell everyone we won! lovely - am! and now it is out. i can tell everyone we won! lovely to - am! and now it is out. i can tell| everyone we won! lovely to see am! and now it is out. i can tell- everyone we won! lovely to see both this morning- — there is a lot of waving still going on. coming up later this morning... we'll be joined by actors faye marsay and warren brown. they're starring in a new bbc drama — ten pound poms, inspired by more than a million brits who emigrated to australia after world war ii. they'll both be on the sofa at 9:05. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. a woman in her 80s has been critically injured after being hit

by a police motorcycle in west london. newspaper reports suggest it was escorting a member of the royal family. it happened yesterday afternoon at the junction of cromwell road and warwick road in earls court. a 15—year—old boy has been charged with the murder of a teenager in east london. wazabakana elenda jordan kukabu, known asjordan, was stabbed to death near dagenham heathway tube station last friday. police and paramedics were called just before midnight but the 18—year—old died at the scene. train passengers using the east coast main line should have more ticket options available to them from this weekend. london north eastern railway is expanding its trial of single leg pricing to its entire network. it means single fares across the east coast route between london kings cross and edinburgh should be around half the price of a return so passengers can mix different types of tickets to get better value. let's take a look at the tubes now.

now onto the weather. this morning will start mostly cloudy and dry. sunny spells will develop soon after, but at the same time scattered showers will break out. the showers, heavy in the afternoon with a risk of thunder. maximum temperature 17 celsius. that's it, head to our website to find out about the runner who has run 73 marathons in 73 days. we're back in half an hour. bye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today. interest rates are set to rise for a 12th time in a row as the bank of england tries to curb rising prices. the troubled rail operator transpennine will not have its contract renewed beyond the end of the month. the decision from the government comes after months of poor service and delays affecting passengers. helping families in need get a good night's sleep. the charity providing beds for

thousands of struggling households. we are live at the liverpool arena where the second eurovision semifinal will be held tonight and before 9am we will be speaking to the croatian act already through to saturday, who did so stripping down to their y fronts. good morning from liverpool city centre, i am on one of the busking platforms dotted all around the city, buskers invited to sing. i have offered my services in song

this morning that i have been stuck to my dayjob —— i have been told to stick to my dayjob! there are some slow—moving showers today and we will hang on to the haar in the north—east of scotland. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. this is the first home guive has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we're actually better off staying on a tracker mortgage. so that's what we went for. it's a very difficult situation because you can't actually plan how much you have every month.

when you hear that the bank of england base rate is likely to go up again today, how do you feel about that? it's frustrating and, you know, you can get frustrated by it, but you just can't let it dwell. the base rate is currently set at 4.25%. if it goes up to 4.5% later today, that will be the 12th time in a row that it's increased, affecting 1.4 million people with a variable mortgage and nearly two million who are set to take out a new mortgage this year. the bank of england estimates that people on fixed rate mortgages who need to renegotiate this year will find themselves paying around £250 a month more than they used to. the bank of england puts up interest rates in an attempt to slow down the rise in the cost of living. if people have less money to spend, the theory goes, it forces prices to come down. and it is forcing guive to stick to a budget. do we have to make cutbacks on savings that we want to make to put towards holidays or put towards other luxuries that we might not be able to afford? but at the same time, i understand that there are people in way less fortunate situations. and with households and businesses now facing interest rates at their highest for almost 15 years, many will be looking out

today for whether the end of rate rises is in sight. hannah is here with us now to bring us some more detail on another breaking news story this morning. in the last couple of minutes we've heard that the rail operator transpennine won't have its contract renewed later this month. it was supposed to be on the 28th of may, what more do we know? by, lot it was supposed to be on the 28th of may, what more do we know? a lot of --eole may, what more do we know? a lot of eo - le will may, what more do we know? a lot of people will be — may, what more do we know? a lot of people will be hearing _ may, what more do we know? a lot of people will be hearing this _ may, what more do we know? a lot of people will be hearing this and - people will be hearing this and saying about time too. the government said it will not be renewing this contract when it comes to an end on the 28th of may. the service will be run by what is called the operator of last resort, it sounds complicated but essentially it's a government owned company that currently runs services on lner and northern. it's taken a

year to get to this point of poor service, cancellations, one in six services cancelled, the latest figures show. often the night before. half of services running late. anyone that has tried to use transpennine express has recently found that it is just not something it cannot be remind on. what found that it isjust not something it cannot be remind on.— it cannot be remind on. what has transfer nine _ it cannot be remind on. what has transfer nine expressed - it cannot be remind on. what has transfer nine expressed said - it cannot be remind on. what has. transfer nine expressed said about the criticisms about the last minute —— what has transpennine express said? -- what has transpennine express said? , ., -- what has transpennine express said? , . , ., , , -- what has transpennine express said? , . , ., _ said? they have previously blamed it on startin: said? they have previously blamed it on starting issues, _ said? they have previously blamed it on starting issues, issues _ said? they have previously blamed it on starting issues, issues with - on starting issues, issues with recruitment and —— starting issues, and an issue with the union where people were not working overtime in the way that the government —— company wanted. those issues are not going to automatically improve because of the announcement from the govan today so it will not be a sudden change but it's an opportunity to really reset, and it

has been welcomed by many mayors in the north of england, andy burnham and tracy brabin who have said this is a chance to move forward and hope that it will reset those relationships and make a difference on a problem that has been costing the economy millions of pounds every week, causing passengers of that you have disruption.— have disruption. thank you very much. ithink— have disruption. thank you very much. i think we _ have disruption. thank you very much. i think we will _ have disruption. thank you very much. i think we will try - have disruption. thank you very much. i think we will try and - have disruption. thank you very i much. i think we will try and speak to someone from the northern powerhouse group. this will be people thinking, about time, because of the problems people have had to buy and get to places so we will keep you up—to—date on that service. a group of conservative mps have criticised the government, for ditching its plan to replace all eu laws by the end of this year. the business secretary announced that around 600 of them would now be removed from uk legislation, rather than the 4,000 originally promised. our chief political correspondent nick eardleyjoins us now from westminster.

so, 3400 are not going to be removed, why?— so, 3400 are not going to be removed, why? so, 3400 are not going to be removed, wh ? a, ., ., removed, why? morning, naga. the simle removed, why? morning, naga. the simple answer _ removed, why? morning, naga. the simple answer is _ removed, why? morning, naga. the simple answer is it's _ removed, why? morning, naga. the simple answer is it's proving - removed, why? morning, naga. the simple answer is it's proving a - removed, why? morning, naga. the simple answer is it's proving a lot i simple answer is it's proving a lot more complicated to the government. you might remember last summer rishi sunak said he would review or get rid of all european law on uk statute within100 days of becoming prime minister. there was a video with the shredder and bills going into it and coming out the other end ripped up. a very different picture today. the government has basically scrapped its plan in law which would have meant that any eu rules that the uk had not decided to keep would be scrapped at the end of this year. speaking to people in government about it, they say frankly there is about it, they say frankly there is a lot more than they realise. they are figuring out new laws that are on the uk statute all the time, and because they want to get this right, they say, because they want to figure out what exactly has to be

kept, they are going to wait a bit longer to do it. instead by the end of this year we are told that about half of eu law will be scrapped. that has infuriated some conservative backbenchers on the brexit wing of the party. they say it is a broken promise from the government, that ministers and civil servants have not done the work they needed to do. the government adamant, chatting to number 10 about this, that they will do this eventually. but is that they want to get this right. so they are waiting a bit longer. there are still brexit tensions in the conservative party, not quite what they used to be but they are playing out again today and they are playing out again today and the government is finding out that making big promises on brexit are not always easy to deliver.- not always easy to deliver. thank ou ve not always easy to deliver. thank you very much. _ not always easy to deliver. thank you very much, nick. _ the leader of plaid cymru, adam price, has announced he's stepping down, days after a report found a culture of bullying, sexual harassment and misogyny in the party. in his resignation letter,

mr price said he no longer had the "united support" of his colleagues. it's expected that a new leader will be in place by the summer. the nhs is expected to confirm later that it's missed a key target in tackling long hospital waiting times in england. the government pledged to eliminate delays of more than 18 months for planned surgeries by april this year but 11,000 people have been unable to start treatment within that time frame. our health reporter jim reed has more. this is our main operating theatre block. we've got, along this side, we've got mainly planned operations, so we've got some endocrine... at this surgery unit in south london, all ten operating theatres are full of patients. staff have been working to reduce the huge backlog of treatments caused in part by the pandemic. those patients who are waiting a long time for surgery may be in pain, maybe have a reduced quality of life, may be not able to do the things that they want to do. and obviously they are at risk of deteriorating whilst they're

on the waiting list. at this trust, they've cut the longest waits, partly by opening new theatres and doing more work at weekends. probably some of the pressures we're seeing in our a&e departments is because patients who are waiting a long period of time on the waiting list are becoming acutely unwell as a consequence. i think there's also, of course, the psychological impact for patients. you know, patients are really waiting, they don't know when they're going to have the operation. across england, 7.2 million people are now on an nhs waiting list. there has been progress tackling the longest cases. the number waiting more than 18 months has fallen from 124,000 in september 2021 to around 11,000. that, though, still means the government will miss one of the key targets set out in its covid recovery plan to eliminate those long 18 month waits by the start of april. in parliament this week, the health secretary compared the situation to labour controlled wales.

we have reduced the wait for 18 months by over 90% and yet in wales they still have vastly more, over 80,000 waiting and that's on a much smaller population. on cancer care as well, the number waiting more than two months to start treatment in england is coming down. but again, a pledge to return the backlog to pre—pandemic levels by this spring will be missed. philfrom merseyside had to wait seven months to remove a tumourfrom his kidney. it's very difficult. i tried to get through it by focusing on each day, but of course it's always creeping into the back of your mind. those waiting lists are notjust a problem in england, with wales, scotland and northern ireland facing similar delays. progress is being made, but many are still facing a long wait for the treatment they need.

jim reed, bbc news. with the final of the eurovision song contestjust days away — the remaining acts will take to the stage tonight, to compete in the second semifinal. 16 countries will be hoping to claim one of the last ten spots in saturday's finale. you can watch tonight's show live on bbc one and on iplayer at 8pm, or listen on bbc radio two. and colin will be live with some of the hopefuls a little later in the programme. and carol is there in liverpool, getting the mood. good carol. == getting the mood. good carol. -- aood getting the mood. good carol. —— good morning, carol. good morning, bows, it is fabulous here in liverpool, i am going to move out of the way and show you this bird behind me. this is one of 12 large—scale light up nightingale is

located around the city, and each one is designed with a unique plumage, and accompanied by audio soundscapes to represent the different regions of ukraine. it is a chilly start here in liverpool this morning. we have had some showers and sunshine, we have had it all and we are going to get more today again. the forecast for all of us is just that. today again. the forecast for all of us isjust that. it's today again. the forecast for all of us is just that. it's one of sunshine and showers, some of the showers will be heavy and thundery and slow—moving so if you catch one, chances are it will be a downpour. also hanging on to the haar across the north—east of scotland, the low cloud coming in from the north sea, which will suppress temperatures. in between the showers there will be some sunshine and if you manage to avoid them it will feel quite pleasant in light winds. in the north and east of scotland, we are looking at the to 13 under the low cloud, elsewhere generally the mid to high teens. this evening and

overnight, we are going to see a lot of cloud coming in from the north sea, it is going to be drifting towards the west and it will be thick enough to produce some drizzle. some western areas seeing some clearer skies. the other thing is that temperatures are between six and 9 degrees. tomorrow we start off with low cloud across central and eastern areas, burning back to the eastern areas, burning back to the east coast, the rain coming in in the morning and moving away and the west is going to be best for some sunshine. this is where we will see the highest temperatures. not immune to the odd shower, and it will be noticeably breezy tomorrow tomorrow because england and wales. if you are out and about on saturday night, it is going to be dry for most of us, warm, and some sunshine, somewhere could hit 21 or 22, more likely in western parts of the country. what a professional carol is, a consummate professional, because it was very noisy there. can you imagine what it is going to be

like over the next few days. it is going to be noisy every day! after discovering some of her pupils were sleeping in bathtubs or on the floor, primary school teacher bex wilson was determined to help. in 2017 she founded a charity delivering beds to struggling families in leeds and has since helped thousands of people. now, as the cost of living crisis continues, the charity is expanding to help children across england. as fiona lamdin reports. with bed poverty, if you give a child a bed, then they have a good night's sleep. they're in a better place to learn in the classroom. and that bed, you know, that can see a child through their entire primary school career. driving around leeds with primary school teacher bex delivering beds. i was up in one of those classrooms when the little

boy said to me that, "miss, i don't have a bed, i'm always tired" and that conversation changed the rest of my life. and that was the building where it happened. and we're not going too far away from here today, delivering bed number 5000. come and help, this is not... i'm not posing! hi, richard. thank you. first up today, bunk beds and a double bed for a family who've been sleeping on the floor for two months. i can hear some little voices sounding excited. come on in. we've got some wonderful things for you. this is where my bed could be and that's where dad's can be. dad's bed in there and your bed in there? you've got it all planned out. richard has always worked up until last year when he broke his back. i'm used to working, being active. so it's hard not- doing stuff no more.

so where have your children been sleeping up till now? they've been on the sofa . or on the floor in the room. ithis little boy's a lot happier, l he's got a bed, he's so excited. and what about for you, when you've got a broken back, where have you been sleeping? on the sofa. so i'm happy as well because i've got a bed so i can be _ a lot more comfortable. next month, bex is sorting out a carpet for their new home. see you later, bye—bye. thank you so much, see you later. it never gets old. 4000 beds and there's something so special about knowing that that room, a bedroom, it's totally empty, tonight will have those beds in and children having a safe place to sleep. support for their growing bodies, a sense of privacy. it's just such a privilege to be a part of an organisation that's delivering that thousands of times over. it's not the first time we've been out with bex. i absolutely hate carrying bunk beds. hello, we're here with your bed, superstar.

hi! these are all for you, your brand new beds. yeah? oh, how exciting. but in the last year, her charity has grown so much, they've had to upsize their warehouse. and back there, mark's loading more beds. as a former head teacher, he saw what a difference having a bed made to his pupils. and now he volunteers here. not being able to sleep and having disturbed nights of sleep was what was causing them to not function properly in school. and these children, what were they sleeping in? you would find that quite often they were sleeping together. you'd have a sibling's family, two or three children sleeping together in one bed or sleeping together on one camp bed or something. or they'd be sleeping on settees or sleeping with parents, sleeping on the floor in the worst case. within the year they hope leeds will be the first city in the country which is free

from bed poverty. we're going to make sure that every single person who works with children and families knows what bed poverty is and knows how to resolve it. so we want to reach out to every midwife, teacher, health visitor, social worker, gp, anyone who works with children and families to make sure they know what bed poverty is. and it's now notjust forfamilies in leeds. bex and her charity zarach have hubs springing up across the uk. single mum nikki and her daughters live just outside london. last year they were given two beds. we was in a really, really vulnerable situation, me and my daughters. and we, we was, we was having to move very, very quickly. we was put up in a hotel, first of all, and then moved here within a week. if we didn't have the beds, the girls would have ended up having to sleep on a sofa. to see the smile on their face, it really helped massively. so explain this one to me. this is big maths.

i'm doing my gcses and having a bed means that i can have a good night's sleep. and then when i go to school i can concentrate and focus. back in leeds, bex hasjust delivered her 4,000th bed. i realised it was a hidden truth that was everywhere. it wasn't specific to leeds or just my school, but that actually bed poverty is everywhere and it's also something that we can solve, that we can do something about. i really do believe that every head can have a bed. fiona lamdin, bbc news. bex wilson joins us now. good morning. when you see the story of how this has — good morning. when you see the story of how this has grown, _ good morning. when you see the story of how this has grown, did _ good morning. when you see the story of how this has grown, did you - good morning. when you see the story of how this has grown, did you ever- of how this has grown, did you ever think that it would be this big? because it started off as a really good thought, do something, make a difference, and though you are really making a difference. the oriainal really making a difference. tue original thought really making a difference. tte original thought was, i really making a difference. t'te original thought was, i don't really making a difference. tte original thought was, i don't ever want a child to tell me they don't have a bed and not be able to do

anything about it and when i asked my friends tojoin anything about it and when i asked my friends to join me as trustees and set it up as a charity, the famous line, it'll only be two beds a month, it won't make a difference to our lives and hopefully we can help some children. it wasn't a vision to make a big difference but we have been given this amazing platform, and we have figured out it is a real hidden truth, in the uk 400,000 children are estimated to live without a bed. last month barnardos warning that seven —— mega one in seven children is without a bed. ~ ., ., ., ., ., ., bed. we would have got an idea from the re ort bed. we would have got an idea from the report which _ bed. we would have got an idea from the report which is _ bed. we would have got an idea from the report which is played, _ bed. we would have got an idea from the report which is played, but - bed. we would have got an idea from the report which is played, but the i the report which is played, but the tangible difference it makes not just sleep, but to have a space which is yours that you can just call your space. we know what it's like if you feel rotten, you just want to go and curl up in bed. even the simple things like that. what difference does it make? tt the simple things like that. what difference does it make? it makes a difference does it make? it makes a difference to — difference does it make? it makes a difference to every _ difference does it make? it makes a

difference to every aspect _ difference does it make? it makes a difference to every aspect of - difference does it make? it makes a difference to every aspect of a - difference to every aspect of a child's life. we know how big a difference a good night sleep can make. many good nights sleep can have a huge impact. the bed is not just for that child but actually it relieves an aspect of the experience of poverty for a parent, not like fuel or food of poverty for a parent, not like fuel orfood poverty of poverty for a parent, not like fuel or food poverty which of poverty for a parent, not like fuel orfood poverty which is re—occurring. if you give the child the better the weight for the parent is lifted. one of our mums said she felt like she woke up a nude person the next day. it has an impact on routine, it's calming in the home, it is more than just a bed. routine, it's calming in the home, it is more thanjust a bed. beet. it is more than 'ust a bed. bex, --eole it is more than 'ust a bed. bex, people wru— it is more than just a bed. bex, people will have _ it is more than just a bed. bex, people will have got _ it is more than just a bed. bex, people will have got the - it is more thanjust a bed. bex, people will have got the impression that you are a doer, a practical person, use or something and thought you would do something. i hope you don't mind me sharing, you havejust had a baby yourself. tet. has that had a baby yourself. yet. has that made it feel _ had a baby yourself. t’éiii has that made it feel may had a baby yourself. tait has that made it feel may be more had a baby yourself. tent has that made it feel may be more emotional? yes, because you must be thinking,

imagine if my child didn't have what i am offering to other people. have you got over the shock yet of this existing? that people are in this situation? , ., situation? everything about the world as i know _ situation? everything about the world as i know it _ situation? everything about the world as i know it has - situation? everything about the world as i know it has changed| world as i know it has changed having had a baby. ithink world as i know it has changed having had a baby. i think it's made me really understand the importance of sleep in a whole new way. but also the shock of notjust that it is happening, but the sheer volume of children i know from referrals we get in our inbox, from what people tell us, following us on social media, getting in contact, set up in our town, the sheer volume still shocks me. every time i go and speak with one of our families about their lived experience, it brings it home that there is such a need but actually we really believe at zarach we have got and applicable model that we can use and set up and end childbed poverty. t5 that we can use and set up and end childbed poverty.— childbed poverty. is the uncomfortable - childbed poverty. is the uncomfortable truth - childbed poverty. is the uncomfortable truth is l childbed poverty. is the - uncomfortable truth is there are people you cannot help because of

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we have got enough beds. but also making sure everything a professional working in the front line with children knows the signs of bed poverty, can spot the symptoms and they know how to sort it and make referrals. flan symptoms and they know how to sort it and make referrals.— it and make referrals. can i ask, i think charlie — it and make referrals. can i ask, i think charlie has _ it and make referrals. can i ask, i think charlie has picked _ it and make referrals. can i ask, i think charlie has picked up - it and make referrals. can i ask, i think charlie has picked up on - it and make referrals. can i ask, ij think charlie has picked up on the fact that you are a doer. when you knock on the door of the bed company, have they ever been able to say no? to you? and a quote they have actually knocked on our door. being in places like this. the messa . e being in places like this. the message is _ being in places like this. the message is very _ being in places like this. tte message is very clear. children's lives are changing if they get a bed. so many big bed places are supporting us and it makes a big difference across the country. lovely to see you, congratulations on the work you are doing. i know that isn't where you do it at all. but it's amazing what you do, very simple, simplest thing in the world. thank you, bex. morning live is on bbc one this morning at 9:15. let's find out what they have

in store with sam and gethin. good morning, what's happening? good mornin: , i good morning, what's happening? good morning. iwill— good morning, what's happening? good morning, iwilltell_ good morning, what's happening? (13mg. morning, i will tell you what is happening! coming up on morning live. one vehicle every five minutes is stolen in the uk and police forces across the country are warning that criminals are finding even more sophisticated ways to steal them. rav's here to tell you how to put the brakes on the thieves trying to make off with your motor. with reports that thieves - are using relay devices to trick ithe car into thinking it's a genuinel key, i'm telling you why going back to basics and using old school steering wheel locks could be| crucial to keeping your car safe. also, from spending 10 hours a day in front of a mirror to eating disorders like anorexia, the pressure to have the perfect body can have a devastating impact on men's mental health. we meet the sufferers bravely speaking out about their own battles with body image to try and help others. plus, we're checking in with dr punam who's on hand to help you fight

off ear infections. with summer on the horizon and more people jetting - off into the sunshine, - we always see lots of patients with problems like swimmers ear. i'll tell you how a swimming cap, i ear plugs and even a hair dryer can help prevent an ear infection from spoiling your holiday. i and eurovision fever is taking over eastenders. actor brian conley tells us what it was like teaming up with bucks fizz star cheryl baker to perform the band's iconic moves in albert square. it's all kicking off! see you at 9:15. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. a woman in her 80s has been critically injured after being hit by a police motorcycle in west london. it was escorting the duchess of edinburgh. it happened yesterday afternoon at the junction of cromwell road and warwick road in earl's court. one of the capital's most senior

public health experts says he's concerned the rising cost of living will push more people into poor health. but professor kevin fenton says understanding health inequalities highlighted by the covid pandemic can help make health services more targeted to those most at risk. it means that they may be doing less health—promoting things, they may be eating less—healthy foods. the stress of the economic challenge may push more people into taking up habits such as smoking, not exercising, or drinking more alcohol. and, of course, not having the resources to participate in other health activities. the mother of a woman killed by her husband in windsor will meet the newjustice secretary alex chalk to discuss his upcoming release from prison. airline captain robert brown was jailed for 26 years for the manslaughter ofjoanna simpson in 2010. he is due for automatic release in november, but ms simpson's mother diana parkes is campaigning for the case to be referred to the parole board.

a photographerfrom surrey who's been taking pictures for more than half a century has been named master of photography at this year's photo london. martin parr�*s work — including photographs of queen elizabeth — is on display with other international artists at somerset house for the next four days. we have the queen. she's probably the only person you would recognise from behind. and here she is attending a livery company 650th anniversary lunch. and for some reason, i was the only photographer allowed in, so i had fantastic access! and not only did i photograph her coming in, but i also photographed her coming out. and by that time, the word had got out that the queen was in the building. let's take a look at the tubes now. now onto the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, there, good morning. well, it's turning into quite the week of heavy, thundery downpours with bright and sunny spells in between. but today not much different from how it was yesterday — or, indeed, the day before that.

we're starting off with temperatures and high single figures, most of the showers will tend to break out through the afternoon, there are some brighter spells the cloud will begin to build as we head through the morning. some of the showers could be heavy, thundery, they could have some lightning and some hail around, and they will be quite slow—moving, too — as the low pressure starts to fill, the winds will fall very light, so the showers could last for some time. they won't be everywhere all the time — there will be some dry weather, some bright and sunny spells in between the showers. top temperatures in the best of any sunshine at 15 to 17 degrees celsius. but do watch out — some heavy downpours to be expected, possibly leading to some localised surface—water flooding, of course. now, through this evening and overnight, the showers will begin to fade away, but we draw in more of a northeasterly wind. it could be quite a cloudy start to friday. friday and saturday mostly dry, but always the chance of some further showers at times. that's it — head to our website to find out about the runner who has run 73 marathons in 73 days. we're back in half an hour. bye.

hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. in the last hour we've heard that the rail operator transpennine express won't have its contract renewed later this month — following complaints of poor service and cancelled trains. we'rejoined now by henri murison, the chief executive of the northern powerhouse partnership — an organisation which has been campaigning for better connectivity in the north. thank you very much for your time this morning. can i first get your reaction? t this morning. can i first get your reaction? ., ., this morning. can i first get your reaction? . ,, , ., reaction? i mean, i think number of --eole reaction? i mean, i think number of people have — reaction? i mean, i think number of people have called _ reaction? i mean, i think number of people have called for _ reaction? i mean, i think number of people have called for members - reaction? i mean, i think number of people have called for members of| people have called for members of parliament from both parties. —— including mela is a permit. unless we can get drivers working on their rest days again it can make little or no difference. the challenges about the fact that we haven't been able to get workers who would like to do overtime to get an agreement

negotiated and implemented. we have been speaking to aslef and i'm confident if i can get in front of the new management team, we can focus their minds on what is really important, which is getting that agreement locally and then government has to sort out the national pay dispute, which is also causing other strikes. if you are the national strikes to the local council services, the impact isjust misery. t council services, the impact is 'ust mise . ., ., misery. i will read out the statement _ misery. i will read out the statement from _ misery. i will read out the statement from the - misery. i will read out the - statement from the transport secretary, who said this morning, my time as transport secretary, i have been clear that passenger experience must do was come first. after months of commuters and northern businesses bearing the brunt of continuous cancellations i have made the decision to bring transpennine express into operator of a last resort. judging from what you just said, it almost is like you don't agree with the decision taken about removing that contract. other issues would have had more practical

difference. t would have had more practical difference-— difference. i think this is a politically _ difference. i think this is a politically symbolic - difference. i think this is a i politically symbolic gesture. i difference. i think this is a - politically symbolic gesture. i know why politicians have asked for it, because passengers are angry at the company who runs the trains. the problem will be unless we get more drivers trained, meaning people on their rest days, so when they are not scheduled to work, working overtime, and being paid to do that, the situation will not be resolved. we saw two transport secretaries ago, the ramping up of rhetoric around the national pay dispute. there was that government refused to offer rest day working agreement, and that has cost the north of england millions and millions a week. overa england millions and millions a week. over a year it will cost over half £1 billion across a whole year if we cannot sort this out. that is a significant amount of lost economic value and economists have made similar argument. this is a huge economic challenge to the north of england and we need it resolving and, unfortunately, just changing the name above the door does not

resolve anything in the end. the only to get the situation to improve is to get a rest day working agreement implemented which is why will be very clear with the new management team that they will not the confidence in the northern business community unless they can give assurances to aslef that will follow old they agreements in place to respect their working conditions of the drivers who work on transpennine and i will be clear that only very clear letters to the unions which is exactly what has been negotiated with the current management team is all i will accept because i do think the current management have made the best out there but fundamentally without rest day working anyone could be running the trains... the situation wouldn't be much different. t the trains. .. the situation wouldn't be much different.— be much different. i appreciate the sentiment you _ be much different. i appreciate the sentiment you are _ be much different. i appreciate the sentiment you are putting - be much different. i appreciate the sentiment you are putting forward | sentiment you are putting forward but i want you to be blunt as you can possibly be. the transport secretary has made a decision this morning which is very important. he has removed a contract from trans pennine express. do you think that

is a mistake? is it a token? can you be very clear? tt is a mistake? is it a token? can you be very clear?— be very clear? it is a tokenistic aesture. be very clear? it is a tokenistic gesture- lf _ be very clear? it is a tokenistic gesture- if you _ be very clear? it is a tokenistic gesture. if you are _ be very clear? it is a tokenistic gesture. if you are someone i be very clear? it is a tokenistic i gesture. if you are someone who believes in nationalisation of the railway, i am believes in nationalisation of the railway, iam not believes in nationalisation of the railway, i am not here to give a political view, railway, i am not here to give a politicalview, i railway, i am not here to give a political view, i am sure you will celebrate because is probably the deathknell of private companies having any involvement in a real way —— in the railway because why would anyone want to be involved after this? the secretary of state is in an impossible position. all his mps, the mayors are united in wanting to take it away. when those mps stood up take it away. when those mps stood up in parliament and bang, bang, up in parliamentand bang, bang, bang on about up in parliament and bang, bang, bang on about how important it was to take away the franchise, i am not sure they realise that the issues are directly, for over a year we have had no overtime of the railway and the problem with that in the north of england as we depend on that over time particularly to train people and we don't have enough

drivers. tt t people and we don't have enough drivers. .., people and we don't have enough drivers. .. ., ,~ people and we don't have enough drivers. t. . n' ,, people and we don't have enough drivers. .. ., ,~' i. ., ., drivers. if i can ask you one more thin , drivers. if i can ask you one more thin, if drivers. if i can ask you one more thing, if someone _ drivers. if i can ask you one more thing, if someone is _ drivers. if i can ask you one more thing, if someone is watching, i thing, if someone is watching, listening to you this morning, and planning on going on transpennine express, a trip may be in the summer, in reality, all the problems will remain. will they get there any quicker? will they be any more sure about trains being on time or running at all? what is the answer to those issues quiz the running at all? what is the answer to those issues qui— to those issues quiz the simple answer is _ to those issues quiz the simple answer is no. _ to those issues quiz the simple answer is no, no _ to those issues quiz the simple answer is no, no immediate i answer is no, no immediate improvement in services and the government has to answer what they will do to solve the national pay distribute. they picked a fight with aslef two transport secretaries ago and other unions to try to have a culture war against unions and so that they could fight. they have ramped this up, notjust transport secretary challenge but for the prime minister to get personally involved to make sure aslef get the

deal they need and get their members to accept it. when i have met the general secretary, and i would say those who represent business organisations in the north of england, we actually want to see aslef get the deal because unless aslef get the deal because unless aslef get the deal because unless aslef get a national deal, the misery it from the national dispute and this local issue short of strike will continue and continue and things will not get better any time soon for anyone affected by what has been keeping kids from bedtimes, cussing the economy millions a week,. the government is not taking response ability. on its own it is nowhere near good enough. henri murison, nowhere near good enough. henri murison. we _ nowhere near good enough. henri murison, we appreciate _ nowhere near good enough. henri murison, we appreciate your i nowhere near good enough. henri murison, we appreciate your time, the chief executive of the northern powerhouse partnership, just reacting to that news that the

transpennine express contract will not be renewed. that is an announcement made just this morning. we need to talk about, i think, culture, good weather... history. histo , culture, good weather... history. history. food. — culture, good weather... history. history, food. italian _ culture, good weather... history. history, food. italian food. i culture, good weather... history. | history, food. italian food. taking us off to milan. _ these two clubs used to be one club until 1908 when there were a lot of arguments and issues and they split and since then they have still played in the same stadium. so we have inter and _ played in the same stadium. so we have inter and ac. _ it's advantage inter after the first leg of the all milan champions league semi—final. it was an incredible atmosphere at the san siro as inter took the lead inside ten minutes through edin dzeko. and just a few moments later, they could hardly believe their luck as former manchester united

and arsenal midfielder henrikh mkhitaryan made it two. that's how it finished, with the nerazzurri the firm favourites ahead of next week's second leg to go through to the final and face either real madrid or manchester city. west ham can move a step closer to their first silverware since 1980 this evening as they take on dutch side az alkmaar in the first leg of their europa conference league semi—final. their premier league survival hangs in the balance. david moyes' side picked up a massive win over manchester seven points above the relegation zone with three games to play. can they end a four—decade wait for a trophy with success in europe? david moyes has promised the fans a special treat if they do. basically some dad dancing. you look shocked. sat; basically some dad dancing. you look shocked. ., ., ., | basically some dad dancing. you look shocked._ i remind i shocked. say that again. i remind ou of shocked. say that again. i remind you of my — shocked. say that again. i remind you of my dad — shocked. say that again. i remind you of my dad dancing _ shocked. say that again. i remind you of my dad dancing there. i shocked. say that again. i remind you of my dad dancing there. notj shocked. say that again. i remind i you of my dad dancing there. not at all, you of my dad dancing there. not at all. never! —

you of my dad dancing there. not at all, never! what _ you of my dad dancing there. not at all, never! what has _ you of my dad dancing there. not at all, never! what has he _ you of my dad dancing there. not at all, never! what has he promised i all, never! what has he promised them? _ all, never! what has he promised them? if— all, never! what has he promised them? , ., , , them? if they win the trophy, the first in four _ them? if they win the trophy, the first in four decades, _ them? if they win the trophy, the first in four decades, he - them? if they win the trophy, the first in four decades, he will- them? if they win the trophy, the first in four decades, he will be i first in four decades, he will be dancing. first in four decades, he will be dancinu. ., , ., ., ., dancing. lovely, look forward to that. dancing. lovely, look forward to that- hope _ dancing. lovely, look forward to that- hope it — dancing. lovely, look forward to that. hope it happens. - an exciting climax to the women's super league is fast approaching. chelsea overcame leicester city to move a point behind leaders manchester united, with a game in hand. so that means if chelsea win all their remaining three games they will be champions for a fourth season running. they ran out 6—0 winners against leicester. chelsea still have to play arsenal, who kept their slim title hopes alive with an impressive 4—0 win at brighton. it moves them up to third in the wsl table, helping their bid to qualify for next season's women's champions league. there we are. that's all for nowt. excited to hear about your vision? yes. in recent years i was very excited and i was working at it in 1982 when it was held in harrogate, behind—the—scenes. i was making tea and coffee it is just a few days away. with the eurovision final

nowjust days away — the remaining acts will take to the stage tonight to compete in the second semi—final of the competition. show us around, colin. is this what they call the green room earlier but it is also part of the same space? it is right in the middle of the arena. this is where the acts will sit where they are waiting to perform and look more crucially waiting for the votes. you see it right in the middle of the arena. tonight it is the second semifinal. 16 acts competing for ten places and crucially the uk audience can vote tonight. you get to vote in one semifinal, tonight is the uk's. i came to the dress rehearsal yesterday and made notes of each act. i will read you out an example. romania. pink shorts and jacket. no shirt, joined by sprinting gold woman. i think that's pretty much sums up eurovision. slovenia are

also taking part tonight and have sent out the big guns. joker out are one of the biggest selling acts in slovenia and they have been here for a week and our eurovision reporter has been out with them in liverpool making sure they get to see the city's musical heritage. go on, scream, they're here! when you think of the city, there's one band that comes to mind. the beatles. well, we'll be stopping on the corner of penny lane. today we're on a bus with a different group, though. joker out, this year's eurovision entry from slovenia. they've come to visit where pop music began. it's a house. yeah, it looks... it feels much too ordinary for the history that it has. apparently, there were about 100 songs of the beatles written here... which is five times more songs than we have at all! so that's a good number. and those global hits were first played in the iconic cavern club. i probably get about 100 emails a week from artists from all over

the world wanting to play. and it's notjust... it might be new bands, it might be established artists, but all the, like, these named artists, they still want to play the cavern club. it's like a bucket list. look, mum, i'm on the stage at cavern club! joker out have fallen in love with this city, and have used it as the setting for their latest music video — a duet with liverpudlian elvis costello. although they've never actually met or spoken with him before. so we had a little surprise. hey, guys! hello! how's it going? how do you feel about eurovision? is it fun, all this racing around? it's like a travelling circus. can you tell us about the music scene in liverpool when you were starting the new wave? we used to run around music nights because there was nowhere to play. we'd go and persuade somebody with a pub, you know, "will you let us run

a music night here?" # have you got yourself an occupation? then after about two weeks, they'd say, "sorry, fellas, you're only drawing about seven people in the audience. we're not making enough money across the bar to even make it worthwhile to turn the lights on, so you're out," you know? # fly high with 10,000 suns, let go my hand while i take... people will come once again to liverpool because they'll see it on the — you know, they see it happening, all the groups coming to play. it's great. i'll see you soon. thank you, see you soon. i was just waiting he would take off his facemask and say, "i'm not actually elvis costello, i am ai generated!" # i won't cry for yesterday... 60 years since the beatles first performed, liverpool is still churning out musical talent. rebecca ferguson was praised

for her powerful interval performance in the first semifinal, and says there's one particular scouse anthem that sums up what eurovision means to her. # with hope in your heart... you'll never walk alone is such a big song for liverpool, but universally, as well. it's not just liverpool supporters. it's like one of those songs, i don't know, it's weird. i get emotional thinking about it, actually, as a scouse. # you'll never walk alone... it's like, it's funny, like, when you're going through a bad time, a fan will comment or someone will comment, "you'll never walk alone, rebecca." and from here all week, europe and beyond will be united by music. daniel rosney, bbc news, liverpool.

and during the interval of the final of your vision on saturday they will be almost a 12 minute medley of famous liverpudlian songs being sung. let's talk to an act who will be taking part in that final because we have been talking a lot this morning about the croatian act. i am delighted to say we are joined by the group. you are not going to speak but provide vibes. have you heard of the british group the happy mondays and bez? qt heard of the british group the happy mondays and bez?— mondays and bez? of course, i met bez. i mondays and bez? of course, i met bez- i met — mondays and bez? of course, i met bez- i met him _ mondays and bez? of course, i met bez. i met him ten _ mondays and bez? of course, i met bez. i met him ten years _ mondays and bez? of course, i met bez. i met him ten years ago. i mondays and bez? of course, i met bez. i met him ten years ago. he i mondays and bez? of course, i met bez. i met him ten years ago. he is| bez. i met him ten years ago. he is brilliant. in england and also in croatia. that is his thing this song, after the first semifinal, eurovision pots clips of all of the acts online. the one that has been watched, not sweden the favourite,

not finland, it is you guys. why? because we are good, because people love it _ because we are good, because people love it this _ because we are good, because people love it. this morning, it was 1.8 million — love it. this morning, it was 1.8 million we _ love it. this morning, it was 1.8 million. we are surprised a little bit. ., ., , , ., bit. you have been trying to teach me how to — bit. you have been trying to teach me how to say — bit. you have been trying to teach me how to say the _ bit. you have been trying to teach me how to say the name - bit. you have been trying to teach me how to say the name of- bit. you have been trying to teach me how to say the name of your | bit. you have been trying to teach i me how to say the name of your song. i was going for mama ch! stop it is not that it is mama sc!. sc! sc! sc! . what's it mean? it is our purifying mantra. we say it a lot. for hours and hours while meditating, purifying our bodies and minds. you should try it. hot minds. you should try it. not everyone _ minds. you should try it. not everyone has _ minds. you should try it. not everyone has been _ minds. you should try it. not everyone has been online so i wondered if you would give it a little burst. i have been trying to remember the opening...

basing they sing and you are the guys who were trying to end a lot of hit for croatia because you haven't even qualified for the finals in 2017. how much did it mean to go through on tuesday? tt it mean to go through on tuesday? tt means the whole country, eurovision is really huge thing in croatia. it is really huge thing in croatia. it is almost the most watched show of the year. so i think it is... we are bringing happiness to our people, thatis bringing happiness to our people, that is the most important thing. there is so much talk about what we would say in britain are y—fronts. you might say underwear. during tuesday night you did reveal them. what is all that about? irate tuesday night you did reveal them. what is all that about?— what is all that about? we feel we looked good _ what is all that about? we feel we looked good in _ what is all that about? we feel we looked good in what is all that about? we feel we looked aood in that what is all that about? we feel we looked good in what is all that about? we feel we looked aood in that kind what is all that about? we feel we looked good in what is all that about? we feel we looked aood in that kind of looked good in that kind of undergarment. the pictures... it is

a secret. let it still be a secret, what pictures represent. iuntil]! a secret. let it still be a secret, what pictures represent. will you have a fresh _ what pictures represent. will you have a fresh y-fronts _ what pictures represent. will you have a fresh y-fronts for - what pictures represent. will you have a fresh y-fronts for the i what pictures represent. will you i have a fresh y-fronts for the final? have a fresh y—fronts for the final? we will try to do it. if we have time we will send it to the dry cleaners but if we don't have the time, we will perform in the same ones. ., ~' time, we will perform in the same ones. . ~ , ., time, we will perform in the same ones. ., ~ , ., y time, we will perform in the same ones. . ~ i. , . time, we will perform in the same ones. ., ~' y . ., time, we will perform in the same ones. ., ~' , . ., , ones. thank you very much 'oining us ones. thank you very much 'oining us on bbc breakfast. ii ones. thank you very much 'oining us on bbc breakfast. i have i ones. thank you very much joining us on bbc breakfast. i have never- ones. thank you very much joining us on bbc breakfast. i have never had i on bbc breakfast. i have never had such a flexible guest on breakfast before. ., . such a flexible guest on breakfast before-- very _ such a flexible guest on breakfast before. yoga. very impressed. sc! sc! . i'll before. yoga. very impressed. sc! sc! - i'll get _ before. yoga. very impressed. sc! sc! . |'u get that _ before. yoga. very impressed. sc! sc! . |'u get that right. _ before. yoga. very impressed. sc! sc! . i'll get that right. these i sc! . i'll get that right. these cu s sc! . i'll get that right. these guys could — sc! . i'll get that right. these guys could win _ sc! . i'll get that right. these guys could win it. _ sc! . i'll get that right. these guys could win it. i _ sc! . i'll get that right. these guys could win it. i hope - sc! . i'll get that right. these guys could win it. i hope you | sc! . i'll get that right. these - guys could win it. i hope you have someone tojoin and guys could win it. i hope you have someone to join and dance beside you when you do the weather, carol. i certainly do. i have a producer and cameraman having a weejig behind the calmer but to me, nothing screams liverpool more than the beatles. we have the iconic statues.

the last performance was in december 1965 at the empire and it is expected the beatles will be clothed in ukrainian clothing before the end of the event. this is the fanzone and you can see the screens at the back there. there will be other performers there. when this all fills up... you can't see it, but there is a big screen above me here, as well. the fanzone is ticketed and sold out but there are lots of places to eat and drink here and also you can sample some ukrainian food. the weather has been kind this morning and if you are coming to liverpool in the next few days the forecast is mixed for the next two days. we are looking at sunshine and showers but on saturday it looks like it will be dry, sunny, and warm. the forecast today for all of us is one of sunshine and showers and some of those will be heavy and thunder it with some hail and slow—moving. you could catch a

torrential downpour. this morning we have already got those showers, some in liverpool, and as we continue through the day and see more sunshine, it warms up, that will spark a further showers so they will become quite widespread through the day but not everyone will catch a shower and we will hang on to the haar across the north and east of scotland so here temperatures will be suppressed as a result but if you are in the sunshine and misty showers, we could see up to 17 or 18 degrees. through the evening and overnight, more cloud spills in from the north sea and drifts further west. it will be thick enough for some drizzle. in western areas, there will be clear skies but overnight lows falling to roughly between six and 9 degrees. tomorrow, we start off on that note. not particularly cold. quite a bit of cloud around and we have a weather front coming in from the south—east, producing some rain. that will fade as we go through the day. some of the cloud were burned back to the east coast but in the west, some

sunshine. that could also spark off some showers with highest temperatures in the west, up to about 18 degrees. cooler where we have the low cloud coming in from the north sea. we start off on saturday on a cloudy note but through the day, the cloud pushes back. it might linger in the midlands but we will see some of its claim to the east coast but for the rest of us it looks like we will see some sunshine. mostly dry, as well, and it will be warm. temperatures in some parts of the west could get up to 20, 21, maybe even 22 degrees. and of course that will be the final night of the eurovision song contest. we will be here with bated breath to see who winds. thank you. it has been fun and busy there. ., ., . , thank you. it has been fun and busy there. ., ., .,, , , _ thank you. it has been fun and busy there. ., ., .,, , , ,, ,, thank you. it has been fun and busy there. ., ., , , _ ,, there. carol has been busy. she has been all over— there. carol has been busy. she has been all over at _ there. carol has been busy. she has been all over at liverpool. - there. carol has been busy. she has been all over at liverpool. it - there. carol has been busy. she has been all over at liverpool. it has - been all over at liverpool. it has been all over at liverpool. it has been fabulous. we will have much more for the week as we run up to the final of eurovision on saturday.

after getting his big tv break in 1999, one of britain's best—known historians and broadcasters, david olusoga, has changed the way history is represented in popular culture over his 30—year career. on sunday, he'll be given one of bafta's highest honours — the special award — for his outstanding contribution to television. congratulations. thank you. what does this mean _ congratulations. thank you. what does this mean to _ congratulations. thank you. what does this mean to you? _ congratulations. thank you. what does this mean to you? it - congratulations. thank you. what does this mean to you? it means| does this mean to you? it means lows. does this mean to you? it means lows- like _ does this mean to you? it means lows. like most _ does this mean to you? it means lows. like most people - does this mean to you? it means lows. like most people when - does this mean to you? it meansl lows. like most people when you break into tv you can't believe you have got through the doors, you are in this amazing industry. beyond that i didn't have any expectations. to find myself receiving this award and having made all the programmes i have, means everything to me. what have, means everything to me. what do ou have, means everything to me. what do you think — have, means everything to me. what do you think laughter _ have, means everything to me. what do you think laughter has recognised in terms of what your programmes have given us —— what do you think bafta has recognised? have given us -- what do you think bafta has recognised?— bafta has recognised? taking it seriousl . bafta has recognised? taking it seriously- i— bafta has recognised? taking it seriously. i also _ bafta has recognised? taking it seriously. i also write _ bafta has recognised? taking it seriously. i also write books - bafta has recognised? taking it| seriously. i also write books and bafta has recognised? taking it l seriously. i also write books and i see myself as a connection between

historians and academia and what we do on tv and what has happened in my career as those two things have become much closer. people are not frightened of documentaries. who do you think you are? has shown that. they want to point to documentaries and say that is what do you think about that? behind—the—scenes is much more about what material of history, the documents. i like to think i have contributed to changing history in those days. take think i have contributed to changing history in those days.— history in those days. take us back in our history in those days. take us back in your own — history in those days. take us back in your own history, _ history in those days. take us back in your own history, as _ history in those days. take us back in your own history, as it _ history in those days. take us back in your own history, as it were. - history in those days. take us back| in your own history, as it were. you mention starting out in tv and thinking maybe it wasn't going to work. i don't know. what was your thinking then and what did you have to overcome to start the career to the place you are now? the to overcome to start the career to the place you are now?— the place you are now? the first thin i the place you are now? the first thing i had _ the place you are now? the first thing i had to — the place you are now? the first thing i had to do _ the place you are now? the first thing i had to do was _ the place you are now? the first thing i had to do was believe - the place you are now? the first| thing i had to do was believe that it was worth trying because i don't come from the background many people in tv do. it wasn't a career i thought automatically would be open to me. what i wanted to do was give

it a go, i didn't want to be someone who did what they didn't want an tv was what i really wanted because i learnt about tv watching michael woods growing up. i really wanted to do history on tv and ijust woods growing up. i really wanted to do history on tv and i just wanted to give it a go. i didn't want to be someone who had never tried to reach for the thing they really wanted to do. , ., ~' for the thing they really wanted to do. , ., ~ , ., ., ., , for the thing they really wanted to do. , ., «a ., ., j— do. did it work straightaway? where the hurdles to _ do. did it work straightaway? where the hurdles to overcome, _ do. did it work straightaway? where the hurdles to overcome, people - the hurdles to overcome, people saying, do you know what? may be not now, not so much, maybe not you? i think everybody in tv has ups and downs in their careers. lots of obstacles. also i am not from the background many people in tv are. i didn't want to tell the traditional stories because i come from a working class background and an african background and wanted to tell those stories that were not very common on british tv. there have been lots of obstacles, lots of struggles, lots of disagreements along the way. but i knew what i wanted to do, i wanted to bring history to tv and try to find a way of fusing the two that made —— in a

way that made sense to me. do of fusing the two that made -- in a way that made sense to me. do you think the resistance _ way that made sense to me. do you think the resistance you _ way that made sense to me. do you think the resistance you found - way that made sense to me. do you think the resistance you found in - think the resistance you found in the industry was a reflection of society being resistant to foreign histories, or do you think it was just the industry not changing, not keeping up with society? i just the industry not changing, not keeping up with society?— just the industry not changing, not keeping up with society? i think we have repeatedly — keeping up with society? i think we have repeatedly underestimated i keeping up with society? i think we l have repeatedly underestimated the audience when it comes to history. that idea that documents are too serious for the audience, that was an underestimation. i think the way in which people have shown they are interested in stories of empire and slavery, huge issues all over the newspapers this week, that shows that we were over cautious about the sort of histories and sorts of debates and controversies that people were willing to engage with. do you think now that history programmes and generally documentaries are... i don't want to say braver but more willing to challenge conventional views? look at the coverage of the coronation for example. as much as it was celebrated by so many in the uk, there were some who didn't appreciate it, didn't want to be part of it. we sell the protest. do you think there is more willingness

to tackle and examine the reasons behind perhaps an unpopular or unconventional review? i am not sure. i unconventional review? i am not sure- i would — unconventional review? i am not sure. i would like _ unconventional review? i am not sure. i would like to _ unconventional review? i am not sure. i would like to think - unconventional review? i am not sure. i would like to think tv - unconventional review? i am not sure. i would like to think tv is i sure. i would like to think tv is acutely aware of the audiences and a range of opinions among the audiences but we also think about ratings, worry about whether people are going to come and watch programmes. it is a high wire act, and one of the reasons i write books as you can say things it is easier to say on a page than on tv. we have to say on a page than on tv. we have to bring people. we have a shop window. i would love people to go out and read history books but people who don't do that might watch a programme. it is people who don't do that might watch a programme-— a programme. it is the way you tell a programme. it is the way you tell a sto . a a programme. it is the way you tell a story- a house — a programme. it is the way you tell a story. a house through - a programme. it is the way you tell a story. a house through time, . a programme. it is the way you tell| a story. a house through time, you look at the history of those who lived in a house. it is a vehicle. it is all about storytelling. it sounds like a crazy idea, take a single house in a single city and in some ways can you tell the story through a single house. it sounds

like a gimmick but it is storytelling and i work with a brilliant team who make it seem effortless, that these stories, you invest in them and care about them and that is the fundamental thing. history is about people. if we forget that you may as well go home. it occurs to me that this is a fantastic award to get and you have great standing now and this is another thing you have. that comes with it responsibility. on the one hand hopefully it will mean you can say i want to do this. hasn't been done before, i want to do this, but there is also a responsibility to make sure you are telling the right stories and you are taking an audience with you into different places. it audience with you into different laces. , ,., ., places. it is. i met someone yesterday — places. it is. i met someone yesterday who _ places. it is. i met someone yesterday who are _ places. it is. i met someone yesterday who are chosen i places. it is. i met someonej yesterday who are chosen to places. it is. i met someone i yesterday who are chosen to do history at university because she had watched my programmes and that is such enormous responsibility. i am very conscious of that. i wanted to do history because of michael. it is a strange feeling to know someone has chosen history because of me. how did you react? i

has chosen history because of me. how did you react?— has chosen history because of me. how did you react? i was moved, it was emotional. _ how did you react? i was moved, it was emotional. every _ how did you react? i was moved, it was emotional. every once - how did you react? i was moved, it was emotional. every once in i how did you react? i was moved, it was emotional. every once in a i how did you react? i was moved, it. was emotional. every once in a while that happens- _ was emotional. every once in a while that happens- i _ was emotional. every once in a while that happens. i have _ was emotional. every once in a while that happens. i have had _ was emotional. every once in a while that happens. i have had it _ was emotional. every once in a while that happens. i have had it once i was emotional. every once in a while that happens. i have had it once or l that happens. i have had it once or twice. it is a very special thing and i don't put myself in the same category as you but it matters. istallion category as you but it matters. when ou have category as you but it matters. when you have affected _ category as you but it matters. when you have affected someone - category as you but it matters. when you have affected someone for the better, _ you have affected someone for the better, it _ you have affected someone for the better, it is — you have affected someone for the better, it is a good thing. the thins better, it is a good thing. the things this — better, it is a good thing. iia: things this medium can better, it is a good thing. "iia: things this medium can do, better, it is a good thing. iia: things this medium can do, tv change my life. i watched michael woods, david attenborough, and those programmes widened my horizons. david olusoga, thank you, congratulations. enjoy the ceremony. it is on sunday. david will receive his award on sunday night at the baftas and you can watch the ceremony at 7pm on bbc one. you're watching bbc breakfast, it's 8.59.

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