that iam run i could possibly do, ifeel that i am confident enough to get a gold.e how famous you are right 110w describe how famous you are right now injapan. translation: the sochi olympics is definitely put my name out there, especially the japanese people. people recognise me when i am walking around town. i try not to focus on that or pay much attention to it, just because i want to focus on snowboarding and getting the results that i am satisfied with. hopefully more people would recognise me as a snowboarder and see how well i am doing. the biggest difference a sense of four years ago is that i realised the need of training, besides snowboarding, i started going to be due more often, a stretch a lot at home, even on the days i am not writing. physically, i think, and mentally, there has been a change, i have grown up since then. thank you very much. that really is a spectacular sport. plenty of cricket to look ahead to on wednesday. after winning their one—day series against australia 4—1, england will be looking to carry that form into the trans—tasman twen

ifeel destroyed, i do not think that is on common. but it is quite extreme review. with me only because of where it could be potentially, only because of... because of where you have been in the past? exactly, because they have history being in various locked psychiatric wards and suicide attempts, and ami various locked psychiatric wards and suicide attempts, and am i suppose understandably nervous about going back there, so when i have a bad day and things seem to be spiralling out of control, idp is that i am not too long away from ending up back where i was long away from ending up back where iwasa long away from ending up back where i was a few years ago. -- is that. and we can hearfrom a i was a few years ago. -- is that. and we can hear from a concert last year, when you were playing chopin, andi year, when you were playing chopin, and i suppose this is the dayjob. yes. it is awful, watching that. it is like hearing your own voice on an answering machine. no one watching this will know what an answering machine is, will have voice mail now, but do you remembe

ifeel a boy and point to his heart.ealised he was not meant to be a little girl. i'm not a girl. i'm a boy. he came running in from the garden one day and said, "i've got it, mummy," and i said, "got what?" "i am dexter, mummy." "i am dexter. " i said, "awesome, love that name." he ran back out into the garden and carried on playing. emma and keira have arrived in st albans. many parents feel quite alone when raising a transgender child. today, keira's mum and dexter's mum are meeting up to offer each other support. i really feel like i have grieved, i grieved for talia, and not because i'm unhappy with who i'm left with, i love dexter to bits. it is like a loss of somebody. what do you think, mienna, is the hardest thing for parents like us with transgender children? what's the hardest thing to cope with? the hardest thing is not being able to fix him, not being able to take his pain away and his anxiety away and not being able to, you know, when he's awake in the night and he says, mum, why did you make me wrong? why

i feel for all the families who have lost, and ifeel for the ones that are here, because we now haveeel so bad am happy that he is here with me but ifeel so bad for all of am happy that he is here with me but i feel so bad for all of you who have lost so many. and i am just begging for a change. we need a change. do you mind? may i passed the microphone back to my daughter, because i think she has some nice solutions, if that's ok with you? shore. my name is carson, i am a junior, and i was at marjorie stoneman douglas at the time of the shooting. i know there are a lot of different solutions we can go to to help eradicate this issue, but one that stuck out to me was about all the drills and protocols that my teachers had to go through. they knew what to do once the code red foran knew what to do once the code red for an active shooter was announced, but through research i found that only 32 states require drills. but of those 32 states, more than half of those 32 states, more than half of the counties do not go through the drills because they want to spend their resources towards so

tuition fees, ifeel like marvellous... vi is where we will begin.ke we have been pre—empting this for days, maybe i have just have been pre—empting this for days, maybe i havejust been have been pre—empting this for days, maybe i have just been a work quite a lot. tuition fee reforms would be divisive. it is not days or days, it's just the government learning how to manage news. in the old days before brexit the government would make an announcement on sunday, when the speech on monday and we would be talking about it till tuesday. since brexit, we have talked about nothing except brexit will stop the most stunning thing on this story is that theissue stunning thing on this story is that the issue has been around enough since as long as university fees came in, it's that it's a domestic story running on a domestic agenda on the front pages of monday morning news. theresa may looks like she will make a market intervention here. she looks like she will force universities to reduce fees for some people and significantly she will also start looking at b

ifeel a huge identity with, for example, the great national hero, the good soldier, svejk.ctatorship and autocracy by pretending to be an idiot, and saying, "i am an idiot." and there's something about that defensive strategy which i find very, very attractive. you say you're british, do you feel european? i feel intensely european. one of the reasons that i'm now applying for my czech passport, which of course i never had, but i never abandoned czech citizenship, is that i do not want to be cut out from europe if, i would say, the worst comes to the worst, and britain leaves the eu. i am intensely european. i travel there a great deal. european culture in all its aspects... and it's notjust my culture. it's britain's culture, for heaven's sake. you know, britain is part of europe. and i don't want to be cut off from that in any way at all. it's a glory and a privilege. and yet, the picture of the country that you portray here is, for all its difficulties, for example here at the bbc or in funding for the arts, which you are intensely passionate about, it's nonetheless a ri

they break curfew and that is unacceptable and ifeel a bit let down by that but we still got a trainingnow on the game. roger federer has become the oldest player to become the world number one — 1a years after first topping the rankings. he beat robin haase by two sets to one at the rotterdam open. it was actually a double fault from haase that handed match point to the 36—year—old federer. but a very popular quarter final victory and federer was presented with a special award to mark the occasion. when you are older, you feel like you put a lot in and this one means a lot. almost 37 years old. it is an absolute dream come true and i cannot believe it. would like to thank my wife and children, everybody. saracens have beaten sale to go top of rugby union's english premiership, at least until exeter play wasps on sunday. it was a low—scoring contest, saracens the winners by 13 points to 3. the only try of the match came in the first half, scored by liam williams. it's saracens' fifth premiership win in a row. elsewhere newcastle beat bath 29—12. meanwhile in the proili, glasgow enjoyed

ifeel as though we got a deserved equaliser.very well what happens if you believe that you were going to win and that is what happened. it was two minutes and i think it was a clear chance. it was the 5th round of the womens fa cup today as well and defending champions manchester city are in to the quarterfinals after beating last year's runners up birmingham city in extra time. 3—1 was the final score. all eight ties were played today, amongst them arsenal beat millwall 1—0, chelsea put 6 past doncaster belles, durham beat leicester 5—2. there have been a handful of championship fixtures this weekend for those teams not involved in the fa cup. tim klose scored an injury time equaliser to rescue a point for norwich city in the east anglian derby against local rivals ipswich town at carrow road. the visitors took the lead against the run of play when luke chambers headed home martyn waghorn's corner with two minutes of normal time remaining. but the nine—year wait for an ipswich victory in the derby will have to wait as klose sco

ifeel the hand of history on our shoulder, i really do, and i just think we need to acknowledge thate it is impossible to find a way through, maybe with the best faith in the world you cannot do it, but it is right to try. that was two decades ago — the people voted, and the good friday agreement was signed, cementing the peace in northern ireland. now with brexit on its way comes the idea that the agreement is flawed. there's no question that these brextremists, in their hard—line support for a particular dogmatic position of brexit, are actually playing with fire, they're in danger in the peace process, and they could incite dissident ira groups. a new potential strain on relations between the unionists

ifeel the hand of history on our shoulder, i really do, and i just think we need to acknowledge that and respond to it. maybe it is impossible to find a way through, maybe with the best faith in the world you cannot do it, but it is right to try. that was two decades ago — the people voted, and the good friday agreement was signed, cementing the peace in northern ireland. now with brexit on its way comes the idea that the agreement is flawed. there's no question that these brextremists, in their hard—line support for a particular dogmatic position of brexit, are actually playing with fire, they're in danger in the peace process, and they could incite dissident ira groups. a new potential strain on relations between the unionists and nationalists, the uk and ireland. but does it make sense to rewrite an agreement that is not delivering self—rule anyway? we hearfrom the irish government. also tonight, the rebel—held syrian enclave of eastern ghouta could become a second aleppo, says the un. almost 200 people have died in bombings by government forces there since sunday. and a male mode

regularly uses being held up bya the bus i regularly uses being held up by a burst water main and ifeelut thames water's behaviour at the moment. maybe we need to be tougher. talking about being tough, let's turn to the telegraph and our favourite subject, brexit. it is interesting. everyone is trying to figure out how to explain why this is not working or why it looks crazy. what the telegraph has done is they will find someone on telegraph has done is they will find someone on the other side acres zero in on because it works. people are like, i don't know what is but give mea like, i don't know what is but give me a name. they have come up with michel barnier, who is saying do what you said you are going to do. we have a meeting and we have to be able to take something back to 27 countries. he is saying, what is brexit? is the sunday telegraph basically trying to say the shell barnier is out of step with the rest of the eu? that he is being too demanding. everybody quoted in the story is saying he will need to step back, calm down, and demand a little less, otherwise britain canjust w

i feel like ifeel like aged is not i feel like aged is not really play that big of a role in my experiences not meani here, just because i'm 17 does not mean i get special treatment. i am still here to skate and to do my job. my teammates kind of as a baby, i don't really appreciate that because i'm not one but they will get to know me. to place sixth amongst the best figure skaters in the history of figure skating was incredible, it was better than anybody expected from me, it was better than i expected from myself. it was such an honour for my name to be there with the great names. they are at the top of the sport and i am making my way up there too. it is so incredible, it is an honour. there is so much more pressure and expectation that the olympics because it is the olympics, every four years, and it is the defining moment of, as athletes, it is the defining moment of our careers. going back home, i will probably appreciate the experience and handling the pressure and getting my mind in the moment, that is what i will take back. in 2022, in beijing, i will have lots of attention headi

ifeel rees—mogg, leader in waiting if you read certain editorials.ably high profile and dynamic and it could be an 87—year—old millionaire. dynamic and it could be an 87-year-old millionaire. there was gina miller with her legal challenge. why are you smiling?|j find challenge. why are you smiling?” find the idea isjacob rees—mogg being promised both hilarious and terrifying! a year ago i would have said no but these days who knows? i don't think he would command the support of the majority of the parliament who party. he might have supporters but there are more than 300 tory mps and if there was a leadership challenge at the minute, tory mps would end up bachinger theresa may. but again, let's see where we are. you theresa may. but again, let's see where we are. you are a theresa may. but again, let's see where we are. you are a brave man to make such statement —— backing theresa may. and finally back to the daily telegraph. we need somebody with a technical mind to step in and help us with this story. hackers huack help us with this story. hackers

at no point, at any point, did ifeel there twister.here was any ambiguity, any uncertainty, and it was not scary. you are completely safe with this. i can't see it! you have sold it. denzel washington, 30 years after his first 0scar denzel washington, 30 years after his first oscar nomination, he plays a savant law attorney, very dedicated to civil rights causes, but is absolutely terrible with people. so for most of his career he has been the person in the backroom, who does the book work, then the partner he has been working with suddenly finds himself in hospital, and he has to step up and do the interaction, and he cannot do it. here's a clip. my client is interested in discussing a deal. refresh me. convenience store shooting, a man was killed. the shooter in this case was a fugitive. my client may know his whereabouts and might be willing to testify. he will deliver on that? if you waive all objections on appeal, and he is willing to cooperate, we will drop the assault and kidnapping, and drop murder1—2 in the assault and kidnapp

ifeel that is part that you would want to attend? 0h yes.f, we need to make sure thatjustice is served and this kind of hatred is stopped. so, yes, definitely. what went through your mind when you were given the news that these two, at least, had been found and captured? to be honest, it gave me hope that john cantley can be found and brought home. and also another american can be found. itjust gave me hope this can be the beginning of the end of all of this. however, i know the violence continues in syria ina huge know the violence continues in syria in a huge way. but i still hope this isa in a huge way. but i still hope this is a step in the right direction. and your son, certainly those of us on the outside think of him as being extraordinarily brave for what he was doing for the work he was carrying out in that region. how do you think of him, how do you reflect on the work he was endeavouring to do? jim challenges me. he challenges us do? jim challenges me. he challenges us to have the courage to do the right thing and make things bett

yeah, ifeel fine. are you excited ? yeah. i'm fine. thank you. enjoy your cake, there.a bit like a weight‘s been lifted off me. oh, it's all strange. i don't know how i'll feel tomorrow... seagulls squawk ..but i'll probably be the same, because i've had enough. tomorrow will be the first time in years that she will be drug—free. key to the unique approach here is the children being nearby. they are looked after in the on—site nursery while the mothers attend therapy. there are two sessions a day and both are mandatory. today's group is being run by key worker lee. does anyone know what a genogram is? it's a diagram just help us to see the, sort of, make—up of ourfamily. this way? yeah. this session is looking at family patterns. all right? is this really relevant to our treatment? mmm. truthfully? yeah. so this is hayley's...hayley's genogram, and her family tree. so, this is for anybody in the family that's had any...any issues with substance abuse. and the next one is, all right, domestic abuse, 0k? and me. and mental health issues. forcing the women to look at their

ifeel good, happy, your life, what is going to a head?s thought of that we want to win all year but this is the big one. well, that is what it is like behind the scenes. it is always nice to get a sneaky little book. and the athletes themselves, you always think it is very glamorous. you know? there is something basic about it. basic conditions. they other two works i suppose it keeps them focused. we can show you how pyeongchang looks at the moment, a lot has been said about how cold it is there and we have our correspondent stephen mcdonald there looking at the geopolitical backdrop happening at pyeongchang, we have had a significant meeting between the leader of south korea and the sister of the leader of north korea yesterday and also the game is getting under way and they will all be competing there. timeout is 643 a and b were watching breakfast. 0ur main the government says it's reviewing its relationship with 0xfam, after claims the charity covered up a scandal involving its staff in haiti. the defence minister has suggested two b

ifeel so good because i felt the passion of the players, and it felt like we were one together.l to all of us, and especially for my son, it was a very meaningful event. but this team's formation has been controversial. the south korean hockey coach has had to tell players she's worked with for years that they've lost their spot to make way for north koreans such as this player. we're not allowed to ask the north koreans any questions at the press conference, but the south korean coach was frank when i asked her about the challenges. so, adding players that close to the olympics that haven't been with us for the last four years, learning our systems, kind of understanding how our team plays is difficult. the north korean language is different than south korean, is so for our team meetings, it is going through to english, the south korean to north korean, so the meetings take three times as long, and it's really hard when, you know, you have three different languages on one team. the event feels like a celebration, but playing as one team under one flag has not been welcomed by t

ifeel so good because i felt the passion of the players, and it felt like we were one together.ll of us, and especially for my son, it was a very meaningful event. but this team's formation has been controversial. the south korean hockey coach has had to tell players she's worked with for years that they've lost their spot to make way for north koreans such as this player. we're not allowed to ask the north koreans any questions at the press conference, but the south korean coach was frank when i asked her about the challenges. so, adding players that close to the olympics that haven't been with us for the last four years, learning our systems, kind of understanding how our team plays is difficult. the north korean language is different than south korean, is so for our team meetings, it is going through to english, to south korean, to north korean, so the meetings take three times as long, and it's really hard when, you know, you have three different languages on one team. the event feels like a celebration, but playing as one team under one flag has not been welcomed by the you

and ifeel like if he looks me in the eye, and he looks all of us in the eye, he sees the amount of...ssion and just change that we're calling, we're pleading, we're demanding from him, because he's going to know, he's going to see in our eyes that we're not going to back down, no matter what. we're not going to stop until change has happened, you know, change has — this country changes. we can't — my heart can barely go through this one time and i'm not going to let it happen again. i'm not going to let my heart go through it again, i'm not going to let these families, these victims, you know, end in vain. michael nutter is the former democratic mayor of philadelphia with a history of antagonising the powerful us gun lobby. he's told the bbc he believes that younger people calling for gun control could be game—changers. you would think that a while back we would've actually done something significant, certainly after sandy hook, but there is a different feeling from florida, i think a lot of it has to do with the voices of the young people speaking out very strongly, very directly and

ifeel she has we are forced to go back to the country. good at keeping everybody sort of trailing behind, complaining, dreading the satchels in the sand, but they still do their homework and turn up at 9am the next morning. she is trying to keep this fragile coalition within her government together. the way she became to the prime minister is because she was a relu cta nt prime minister is because she was a reluctant remain them. there is a point in this please which is basically if she were to go for a softer brexit, and i think the brexit camp at the moment being led byjacob brexit camp at the moment being led by jacob rees mogg, brexit camp at the moment being led byjacob rees mogg, they are brexit camp at the moment being led by jacob rees mogg, they are the type who would call for a confidence vote. ultimately it will go above her. last story on brexit. this is lord turnbull. he is aligning the naysayers with the nazis in germany. he is saying the attacks on the civil service are, if you like, following a pattern, which ultimately le

ifeel a bit let down by that. we have still got the training end.he game. roger federer has become the oldest player to become the world number one — 1a years after first topping the rankings. he beat robin haase by two sets to one at the rotterdam open. it was actually a double fault from haase that handed match point to the 36—year—old federer. but a very popular quarter final victory and federer was presented with a special award to mark the occasion. when you are older, you feel like you have to put the work in so this one means the most for me throughout my career, getting to number one and enjoying it here at 36. it's a dream come true, i can't believe it. i would like to thank my wife, my kids, everybody. saracens have beaten sale to go top of rugby union's english premiership, at least until exeter play wasps on sunday. it was a low—scoring contest, saracens the winners by 13 points to 3... the only try of the match came in the first half, scored by liam williams. it's saracens' fifth premiership win in a row. elsewhere newcastle beat bath 2

for the first time, ifeel for the venezuelans are fleeing.e not alone, we are not isolated as the opposition, and we have to see that the things going on in venezuela is not a threat to venezuelans. the in venezuela is not a threat to venezuela ns. the regime in venezuela is not a threat to venezuelans. the regime of maduro is the biggest crisis in the western hemisphere and threatens venezuelans. we have the end of there. but thank you very much for coming on hardtalk thank you very much for having me. hello once again, thanks very much indeed forjoining me. it's time we updated you on the weather prospects for the whole of the british isles and this will take us right through the next few days, on into the weekend. hmm, tuesday, a bit of a mixed bag to say the least. wet in the south, snow further north but once the snow cleared it ended up being a really glorious afternoon and a spectacular one across the isle of lewis. if you thought that's a bit ancient history, that's the band of weather that brought us the rain on tuesday, here's the n

i think when you put it like that, god, ifeel more depressed now than when i came in. actually, i think it is unfair, i would not say almost any time. there are more and more moments that i feel quite comfortable with my place in the world, but there are a surprising number, large number of moments where i do feel very tormented but i think, the thing is, i don't think i'm alone in that. i really think that many of us wake up a lot of mornings with that idea of god, i have had too much to think last night and ijust had those voices and all that dialogue going on, today is going to be awful. you look at yourself in the mirror and you just think oh god, i'm a disaster. i feel destroyed, i don't think that is uncommon. but it is quite extreme for you. it is extreme with me only because of where it lead potentially, only because of... because of where you have been in the past? exactly, because i have a history of being in various locked psychiatric wards and suicide attempts and am, i suppose, understandably nervous about going back there. so when i have a bad day and thi

i feel quite ifeel quite emotional, i feel quite emotional, actually. george on the road to recovery, but tell us what you think. e—mail us: when you got to go, you've got to go. but, where? this one is safe, but public toilets are disappearing fast. bbc radio ulster‘s emma britton is on the case. come on then. we. my billy can go for a wee anywhere, but for us humans, we need to find a loo. ah, this looks promising. let's go round the back. 0h, this looks promising. let's go round the back. oh, it stinks around here. i wonder why! come on, billy. the back. oh, it stinks around here. iwonder why! come on, billy. all of bristol's 18 retired public toilets are due to close permanently, all at once, and in two days' time. the city's council does have a plan b, though. a community toilet scheme. local businesses are being asked to volunteer to open up their toilets anyone and everyone. well, here is a cafe, let's see how i get on. oh, billy. sorry. we have found very little evidence that the new scheme is ready to take over. come on. you've just come out of

i really feel like i have grieved, ifeel like i definitely grieved for talia, and not because i'm unhappyt with, i love dexter to bits. it is like a loss of somebody. what do you think is the hardest thing for parents like us with transgender children? what's the hardest thing to cope with? for me, the hardest thing is not being able to fix him, not being able to take his pain away and his anxiety away and not being able to, you know, when he's awake in the night and he says, mummy, why did you make me wrong? mummy, why don't my privates match my brain and my heart? i can't make that better and as parents, that is all you want to do. to fix everything for your kids. my biggest fear is her being bullied or being discriminated against. or for her mental health being affected because at the minute it's not. i don't care what anyone thinks, ijust don't want anyone being mean to her. there is one place in the country within the nhs which deals with a child facing gender difficulties. based in london, the tavistock sees 2000 children a year and last year they took around 300 children from the e

and politics, ifeel it divides people, art, literature, culture, it brings people together.ing i don't write about. nonetheless, it's a big leap from going from writing a blog to writing fiction. how difficult is it to do that transition? it was very difficult. they are two completely different things. but what happened is that after my first book it met with moderate success, it wasn't hugely successful, so after that first book, we moved to the uk. so i lived in norwich for a while. that was where i wrote my second book. i think being in norwich helped, because i had access to a library. the first time i went to the library in the uk, they said, "you can take 15 books. "i was like, wow, 15 books?". i had never heard that before. between me, my husband and two children, that is 60 books, we would carry them back and i would sit there and browse, and that kind of helped because i was reading a lot, i was exposed to a different culture, and different country, and that is where my second novel was born. you didn't make life easy for yourself, because you chose to write about a

we were very close to going off the precipice where corruption would have become entrenched and ifeel we hoped to speak to peter hain who is in south africa at the moment but i don't think we can so we may have some time to look at the papers. fascinating how something like the 0xfam crisis escalates, starting on friday in the times. the guardian leading on that, 0xfam deputy leader quitting. catching up on today's news. the guardian saying 0xfam could lose 29 million in european funding because of the handling of the misconduct scandal. in a column, the 0xfam sex story is effect and so is the war on foreign aid. the daily telegraph also leading on the subject, 0xfam workers offered aid for sex. whistle—blower claims rape overseas and abuse in charity shops were ignored, that was helen evans, who we heard about, she's a spoken on channel 4. a full—blown crisis for 0xfam. that's it from us. we're going to leave you with the voice of katie couric on nbc. we all occasionally say stupid things but her observations about the netherlands speed skating team, they appear not to be based entir

ifeel like frankenstein! that was back in 2013.a rt then affect her now. the hair was part of her mermaid says. that is pa rt part of her mermaid says. that is part of her mermaid says. that is part of her mermaid says. that is part of her look, she likes to look wacky. very effective with the lighting. where will your crustaceans? if i had lighting. where will your crustaceans? ifi had known, clearly. . . crustaceans? ifi had known, clearly... just to confirm that the tour dates in london and manchester are cancelled. you can get a full refund. so the six nations, it all starts. we will speak to 0lly foster in a moment. but the other big stories briefly. they recognise the man behind you? a lot of people will not. no andy murray, no kyle edmund, so up steps, cameron norrie. he's 22 and made his davis cup debut against spain yesterday and came from two sets down, to beat world number 23 roberto bautista agut, and level the tie at 1—1. liam broady lost the first singles match to albert ramos—vinolas. but norrie produced the performa

ifeel a bit let down by that. but we've still got to train, my focus now is on the game.e goals from their wins over sheffield united and hull on the bbc sport website. but finally for now, roger federer has become the oldest player to become the world tennis number one, 1a years after he first topped the rankings. he beat robin haase by two sets to one at the rotterdam open. it was actually a double fault from haase that handed the match point to the 36—year—old federer. but a very popular quarterfinal victory, and federer was presented with a special award to mark the occasion. federer took to social media after the event, joking that it's the first he has heard of the record, as he struggles with his hearing in his old age. lovely story. tickets for tonight's all—british boxing bout sold out in seven minutes for the world boxing super series semifinal clash between chris eubankjunior and george groves. there's a lot at stake for both men, but as eubank told the bbc‘s alex gulrajani, he hopes this could be the fight that brings him out of his father's shadow. peace and

doing that in terms of how hard i've worked, i feel like i've that in terms of how hard i've worked, ifeeld ahead of the upcoming olympics. you can see that tomorrow afternoon on bbc two at 4:45 tomorrow afternoon on bbc two at 4:16 p.m.. it is now 6:45am and then easier with the weather. —— ben is today, a cold feel to the weather, damp and cold enough for some snow, especially over higher ground. this band of cloud working its way in from the atlantic. that is a weather front which has become very slow—moving and is running into some pretty cold air. we will see cloud and patchy rain but we will also see some snow. across parts of eastern scotla nd some snow. across parts of eastern scotland and north—east england, some icy stretches as well. this weather front, very slow—moving. patchy rain until snow. by 12 o'clock, we will see something a bit brighter into western scotland. but with some hefty and boundary showers, we will continue to seek cloud and outbreaks of patchy rain. snow over higher ground. something perhaps a little bit brighter through parts of wales and the south—west. als

this time round, ifeel like a done a lot more that needs to be done.rtsday at half past six. let‘s talk about the difficult situation of ireland, where there has been no government and executive for over a year. leading politicians from northern ireland have been meeting the prime minister in a bid to try and get power—sharing talks back on track. the democratic unionist party leader arlene foster said she was "hopeful" the uk government would set a budget for northern ireland "in weeks". we‘ve had a number of meetings with the government today, not least of course with the prime minister. and we wanted to impress upon her the need and indeed urgency to have a budget in place for the people of northern ireland in the very near future. and i think she heard that very loud and clear. we are hopeful thatis very loud and clear. we are hopeful that is going to happen in the near future, so you keep up the dialogue with the government in relation to that, as you would expect, because the people of northern ireland deserve to have a budget in place as soon as

they break curfew and that is unacceptable and ifeel a bit let down by that but we still got a trainingfield united and hull on the bbc sport website. but finally, for now, roger federer has become the oldest player to become the world tennis number one 1a years after he first topped the rankings. he beat robin haase by two sets to one at the rotterdam open. it was actually a double fault from haase that handed match point to the 36—year—old federer. but a very popular quarterfinal victory, and federer was presented with a special award to mark the occasion. i don't think there is anything in that. federer took to social media after the event, joking that it's the first he has heard of the record as he struggles with his hearing in his old age. he is only 36! though for a tennis player, yes, it is getting on a bit. no! it is young, youthful, wonderful, sprightly. an amazing career. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. 36 is really young, isn't it? ui yet to get there, of course! of course! spring chickens. through the course of the weekend the weather world feel that spri

ifeel a huge identity with, for example, the great national hero, the good soldier, svejk.active. you say you're british, do you feel european? i feel intensely european. one of the reasons that i'm now applying for my czech passport, which of course i never had, but i never abandoned czech citizenship, is that i do not want to be cut out from europe if, i would say, the worst comes to the worst, and britain leaves the eu. i am intensely european. i travel there a great deal. european culture in all its aspects... and it's notjust my culture. it's britain's culture, for heaven's sake. you know, britain is part of europe. and i don't want to be cut off from that in any way at all. it's a glory and a privilege. and yet, the picture of the country that you portray here is, for all its difficulties, for example here at the bbc or in funding for the arts, which you are intensely passionate about, it's nonetheless a rich, diverse and culturally alive place, isn't it, which you continue to celebrate? you are not someone who is depressed. no, i refuse to be depressed. and i don't t

ifeel ancient now. and we'll be speaking to the man himself from pyeongchang just after 8:30.illy morgan. i am looking forward to it. a number of us companies have cut ties with the national rifle association as consumers call for a boycott of firms linked to the powerful gun lobby. they include the car rental companies, hertz and enterprise holdings, both of which have stopped offering discounts for members of the association, in the wake of the florida school shooting. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. the aftermath to a school shooting which could prompt change in america. and it is the grieving that has meant the mood is different this time. the gunman killed 17 people, and anger overflowed into the streets. never again. on social media, pressure is being exerted on the hugely powerful gun lobby under the hugely powerful gun lobby under the hashtag boycott nra. they are targeting firms that offer benefits to members of the nra. that includes some of the most familiar corporate names, hertz and enterprise, for example. and they are ending discounts for

feels good, ifeel at home, you‘ll have become we compete against these guys all year round, it is veryhem? now, in liverpool, they‘re planning on charging people for permits if they use them in a professional capacity. so with tight council budgets — could this be the answer to paying for parks? claire fallon is in prince‘s park in liverpool this morning. good morning. good morning. miserable weather, but beautiful surroundings, all the same, here is the thing, keeping parks looking beautiful, keeping them safe for the people who use them does cost money, recent yea rs, people who use them does cost money, recent years, council budgets have been squeezed. here in liverpool, what they are talking about, what they will bring in, permit system, meaning people who use the parks in order to make money will have to pay money to use the parks. let me introduce you to a counsellor, behind the idea, steve, this is difficult, because parks are publicly owned, and we should be able to use them for free. it is not difficult at all, if you are making money out of using parks, personally reasonable

the dialysis was a really big adjustment, ifeel a lot better than i did before i started dialysis, buting for a kidney. but i don't want to have to do it. all my friends are travelling, if i have been out with friends, i have to go back and do it, if i do it before i go out with friends, i am uncomfortable the whole night. i have not found a time when is the optimal time. opting have not found a time when is the optimaltime. opting out, it is being debated today, let's bring in crispin blunt, dozens of mps are gathering, to debate the bill, why are you taking part? i'm one of the supporters of the bill, 20 minutes ago concluded his speech introducing his speech to the house, he took a lot of interventions, it is pretty clear there is very strong support for him, to get this bill onto the statute book. both from the government front bench as well as his own. given that unanimity across the house, i hope that we can get to a place where we can start to address the 500 people every year unable to get a life—saving transplant. how much of an impact will the opt out system have, for bringin

i feel like i need ifeel like i need to i feel like i need to go to that building.nt after you switch it off, it is super black and then your eyes get used to it.|j was worried, dan, but i will give you that one. i'll be honest, i was slightly worried myself!” you that one. i'll be honest, i was slightly worried myself! i tell you what, you get to that age when you got to go in the night! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm asad ahmad. a teacherfrom north london, who's been named as a top ten finalist in a global teaching award, has warned of the poor living conditions of her pupils in brent. andria zafira kou says some of her pupils at the alperton community school have to do their homework in the bathroom because of overcrowding at home. the art and textiles teacher has been nominated for the $1 million prize for her work with deprived children, which includes giving extra classes and providing a quiet place to work. a bbc investigation shows that many vulnerable londoners are unable to get social hous

labour party is in a dreadful state, and i feel a little labour party is in a dreadful state, and ifeele fundamental issues. making our own laws in our own country. deliver that, deliver what the people want. of course there should be debate about the technical things surrounding it. apart from what happens at chequers and within the government, the europeans could quite easily turn around and say, non, or whatever language they want that day? i think it is more likely that day? i think it is more likely that the european union will not do a deal with us, because they have a political project, not based on economics. i think we will come out at the end of the day, without a trade agreement, on world trade organisation rules, that would benefit us far more than it would benefit us far more than it would benefit the european union. i accept that would happen. crashing out would benefit us? that might be bbc language, i would would benefit us? that might be bbc language, iwould not would benefit us? that might be bbc language, i would not say crashing out. crashing out of something when we

ifeel pressure but also excited to get out there again and am thankful and happy to be here.oo for rowan cheshire in the freestyle skiing halfpipe. her performance was good enough to see her qualify for the finals. unfortunately, the other brit in that competition, molly summerhayes, missed out. there was huge disappointment too for aimee fuller in the snowboarding big air event. this is making it‘s debut at this year‘s games but fuller fell on both her attempts, including a big crash in her second jump — so her olympics is over. and it looks like aimee‘s face took the brunt of the ice burn — this is her tweet this morning — "took one to the grill" were her words. we hope she gets well soon. liverpool and england defender casey stoney has ended her playing career but willjoin new england boss phil neville‘s backroom team. the former lionesses captain won 130 caps for her country and was captain of great britain at the 2012 0lympics. stoney willjoin neville‘s team at the shebelieves cup in the united states next month. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in th