john maguire, bbc news, shropshire.oughton hall in norfolk. it's the first time they will be shown to the public. the exhibition also includes hirst sculptures installed throughout the 18th—century house and gardens. alex dunlop reports. home of our first prime minister, 300—year—old houghton hall seems, at first glance, an unlikely backdrop for the shock of the new. but one of the country's most controversial artists reckons this hall and his work are a natural fit. i think they work really well. i mean, i love seeing things out of context, or in a different context. famous for making a massive fortune, pickled sharks and a diamond—encrusted skull, damien hirst dominated the art scene in the 1990s. now he's taken over the spectacular state rooms of this norfolk country estate. gone are the old master paintings, replaced by 46 canvases of spots. we have a new series of paintings by damien hirst. the first spot paintings he made were very similar to this. they were painted freehand. how do you think they work in this roo

john maguire went along to take a look.revolution helped to create the modern world. it shows innovation, it shows engineering technology, and it shows something which has really stood the test of time. but at the moment, the iron bridge thatjoins two river banks to create the town that took its name, is not on show itself. at the grand old age of 239 it is undergoing a major £3.6 million conservation project. iron is famously strong but can crack if bent or twisted, and as the ground has moved, the bridge has been forced upwards by as much as four inches in places. now we are on top of the bridge. this gives you a good idea of what has happened here. they dug down through the road surface to expose these iron plates. each one would weigh several tonnes. just look here. there is a huge crack in there. this piece could fall off at any time, so that is the type of problem that needs to be fixed. despite the current major works, it remains open to pedestrians. english heritage will soon open these walkways to allow visitors to

john maguire, bbc news, shropshire.the latest forecast. how is it looking? thank you very much, good afternoon, many of us kicking off british summertime —— summertime with sunshine, plenty of blue skies, this photo sent in by a weather watcher from aberdeenshire. moving through the rest of the day, gradually brightening up, perhaps the odd spot of rain, elsewhere, plenty of good spells of sunshine, showers for the north and west, parts of scotland, northern ireland, into northern england. temperatures not doing too badly, 13 degrees with light winds. feeling fairly springlike for many of us. through the evening and overnight, a rich of pressure keeps things fairly settled. —— high. showers in the north, cold night, frost developing for parts of the west, one or two patches of fog developing. temperatures falling below freezing in many spots with a widespread frost. as we start next week, mild airto widespread frost. as we start next week, mild air to begin with, looks like it will turn colder again as an area of low pr

breakfast‘s john maguire reports. her husband richard, with a hammer. years in prison. repeatedly unfaithful. hopefully after something good has come of it... extreme psychological control over his mother. something that eventually drove her to kill her husband. when she had hard evidence. he got caught red—handed. to see that there. question the facts i had on paper and my sanity. i thought i was losing it. starting to wage war on her, mentally. to allow sally to challenge her murder conviction. trial seven years ago. recognised by in new law. in the way she did. of provocation, as well as diminished responsibility. rather than murder, born out ofjealousy. to recognise the psychological attack they're being subjected to. and coercive control. relationship, it's not. it's not. at which we can help people like that. but he hopes not the other. john maguire, bbc news, london. in that story and thank you to the family for speaking to us. you're watching breakfast. 30. in from the atlantic today. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. g

john maguire has been to a school in coventry to see what it's all about.ents at this school have been helping to create an online game could help —— to teach youngsters how to detect when usedis teach youngsters how to detect when used is being made up. like i said, what i can say, it is too early to say but that doesn't mean we don't know, it is just that we don't know yet. the scenario involves a major problem with a social media company. iam problem with a social media company. i am dealing with a major incident here. the students act as journalists tom trying to find out what is happening and deciding how and when to publish their story. always keep on asking because at one point you might get to the bottom of it. the dark secrets that the ceo wa nts to it. the dark secrets that the ceo wants to keep from the users.|j think it teach you how to make the right decisions at about what is happening andl right decisions at about what is happening and i think that really helps because now in social media and stuff, they give out what of fa ke and stuff, they

breakfast‘s john maguire went along to take a look.ndustrial revolution helped to create the modern world. it shows innovation, it shows engineering technology, and it's something which has really stood the test of time. but at the moment, the iron bridge thatjoins two river banks to create the town that took its name, is not on show itself. at the grand old age of 239 it is undergoing a major £3.6 million conservation project. iron is famously strong but can crack if bent or twisted, and as the ground has moved, the bridge has been forced upwards by as much as four inches in places. now we are on top of the bridge. this gives you a good idea of what has happened here. they dug down through the road surface to expose these iron plates. each one would weigh several tonnes. just look here. there is a huge crack in there. this piece could fall off at any time, so that is the type of problem that needs to be fixed. despite the current major works, it remains open to pedestrians. english heritage will soon open these walkways to allow visit

john maguire, bbc news, bristol.om the used. sub—zero temperatures are affecting swathes of europe. these pictures from the netherlands show people making the most of the bitter cold snap. they are ice—skating on ca nals cold snap. they are ice—skating on canals that have frozen solid in amsterdam. the dutch media is calling the wintry weather the siberian bearer. probably something very unpronounceable though if it is in dutch. phil probably knows how to say it. very envious of anyone who can go on a piece of ice without falling over and losing body parts. that is a long story and we will move on. good evening. there is a wintry flavour to proceedings in the short—term but in the week ahead, thankfully, don't try skating on anything because the thaw is on the way. there is a little bit of intensity about some rain and sleet and still moving its way out of oxfordshire at the moment. it will drift further north through the course of the night into some pretty cold air. still some wintering is about proceedings of the

john maguire, bbc news, shropshire. it is 9:30am exactly. let's take a look at the weather prospects from simon king. the clocks andi and i can give you a springlike start to the weather. look at this in aberdeenshire at the sun starts to rise and for many northern areas, we have had blue skies and sunshine. further south, a bit cloudy this morning and the cloud hanging on a bit across the far south—east of england into the afternoon but elsewhere, good sunny spells with the risk of one or two showers into scotla nd the risk of one or two showers into scotland and northern ireland, the far north of england but with light wind and sunshine, temperatures getting up into double figures. through this evening and overnight, with clear spells, it will turn quite cold fairly quickly and there will be a fast developing across the north and the west, look at the blues taking hold of the map, temperatures further south and east just above freezing but this is how we start on monday, clear skies and sunshine initially but cloud increasing from the west

have been out in force in the streets of bristol keeping people safe in the snow as breakfast‘s john maguireon is to make our streets safer. these are the community snow workings. —— snow wardens. safer. these are the community snow workings. —— snow wardenslj safer. these are the community snow workings. -- snow wardens. i like being part of the community and it's something people appreciate. people say thank you, and it is just nice. trained by bristol city council and how to keep themselves safe and had a clear food fast for their neighbours, there has not been a great need for their services in recent yea rs. great need for their services in recent years. this is the first time you have used it? the first serious time, yes. why do you do it? we live ina time, yes. why do you do it? we live in a hilly area in bristol, if there is snow, the problem is ours, it is not somebody else's problem. we have to try and solve ourselves. i think communities are as important as families really. you have always got your community, you might not always have your family. as vehicles slip and slide their

as part of the bbc‘s annual school report breakfast‘s john maguire is looking at an interactive game who have been involved in the creation of the game in coordination with aardman. you go through step—by—step to decide what to post and what not to. you have been bombarded by e—mails. it's your first day so you have to make a good impression. you are acting as a bbc reporter. exactly. you want to improve your potential as you progress through the game. it's online, everybody can have a go and access it through the bbc website. georgia, this whole issue of fake news. you are a media student so how aware of it are you at how troubling do you find it? we are making manufacturing products as part of our project and we have to triple and quadruple checked all our sources. if we put out fake news and information, it makes other people liable. it can create bad problems for other people if we don't check. it warms my heart to hear young people say they will check their facts quadruple. admirable stuff. more from slater after the local news. more rain to come for northern ireland this aftern

john maguire has been finding out. equations or shamed —— shakespearean quotes, there is a filled with ed sheeran and eminem. —— their ears. this is an independent school that also specialises in teaching children with learning difficulties and for the past two years, pupils have been allowed to listen to music while working. it gets rid of sound around you so say is the teacher is talking to someone else. —— if the teacher. it blocks it out so you can concentrate on your own work. they are under strict conditions to listen to music while sitting their gcse exams. obviously, they need to make sure there are no clues are a nswe rs make sure there are no clues are answers in the music but once we have done that, they can listen and it impacts their concentration. heavy—metal may have worked wonders what angel como in manchester. she fell asleep in her gcse. what angel como in manchester. she fell asleep in her gcsei what angel como in manchester. she fell asleep in her gcse. i did and all night and drank at lunch of ener

a new museum in honour of the esteemed engineer opens today in bristol, and john maguire is there.e original silverware presented to him by the board of the ss great britain as a thank you for his work. what they have done is absolutely fascinating, they have used great furniture making techniques. this opens up to show you a map of victorian london. these are some of the souvenirs that were commemorated when the thames tunnel was opened. initially it was brunel‘s father mark who started the project. he then brought his son on board. you go through into the exhibition space, absolutely dominated by an eight metre tall representation of brunel. all sorts of things, he crossed spans, he crossed the country. this is a computer plan which shows you how he mapped it out, it was known as brunel‘s elliott table because it was so flat. it goes in between the contours of the land, and these are the future brunels. good morning to all of you. schoolchildren from bristol, interested in stem, science, technology, engineering and maths, walking in the boot steps of mr brunel. what got you inter

breakfast‘s john maguire is in hamble and can tell us more. maiden is here in its scaffolding. scaffolding. ready to race around the world's oceans, maiden is back. oceans, maiden is back. refitted and with the same man in charge. charge. can actuallyjudge what it was and there was a lot more. there was a lot more. once you get into it, you find otherjobs. into it, you find otherjobs. record books as the first all—female clue of the whitbread race. clue of the whitbread race. seychelles and brought back to her spiritual home. she made a sorry but very welcome sight. a bit emotional really. really. i haven't seen the boat since 1990 when the race finished. right. and then all of a sudden, last summer, she reappeared again. last summer, she reappeared again. in the 80s and has a very personal link with her. link with her. separated from the rest of them and married her. married her. she was the first of the two doctors. the two doctors. years as a crew promotes education for girls. for girls. weight to one where life on board should be easier. s