london liverpool street and king's cross stations are among those scrapping the 50 pence charge.now. on the tubes, tfl has minor delays between liverpool street and stratford due to an earlier fire alert. on the roads, the m25 anticlockwise is slow on the approach to junction 23, because of a fire alert. a lane was closed. and the minories, near tower bridge, is closed southbound for emergency water works. now the weather with lucy martin. hello. good morning. the first of april today and it looks like it is a decent start of the month although there is change to come through this week, it is going to turn much cooler and we have got some showers to come as well. it is a chilly start of the day—to—day, temperatures the low single figures but it will be a dry day with some good, prolonged spells of sunshine and with light winds, it will be feeling pleasant in the sunshine, highs around 1a, 15 celsius. going through this evening and overnight, it will start after i was simply spells but as we move through the night, the going chance of seeing one two shops hours pushing their way n

edinburgh waverley, london liverpool street and london kings cross are among the last of 20 stationstoilets free to use. passengers were previously charged up to 50p to use the facilities. that is our news summary. back to victoria. thank you very much. "we are powerless and have to sit back and watch her suffer. it's torture for her and for us." those are the words ofjudy haines. her granddaughter ayla has learning difficulties and has been held in secure units known as atus for seven years. in her desperation, she swallowed a toothbrush, which is still inside her. patients are supposed to be admitted for nine to 18 months, but the average stay in an atu is more than five years. four years ago, the government and nhs england said it would close at least 35% of the places at atus by the end of march this year, and provide alternative care in the community instead. but the department of health have missed their own deadline and pushed it back. 0ur reporter noel phillips has been to meet the parents of young people living in atus. she's my only child. she is everything to me. she is my

liverpool. climate change activists have taken to the streets in edinburgh, nottingham and london today.ion targeted north bridge, blocking one of the main roads into the city. in london, over 200 activists have been arrested so far. extinction rebellion are calling on the government to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2025. our correspondent chi chi izundu is in central london. extinction rebellion, they're not as well—known as some other environmental groups? no, they are not, they are a very new group that have a number of celebrity and academic backers and they have only been going since lazio. they say they are having to take this direct action, as they call it, but the government to set up and take notice. they want an immediate commitment from the government on climate change, in particular, they wa nt to climate change, in particular, they want to get to zero carbon emissions by 2025. they say unless the government makes that commitment, they will continue to disrupt not only places in central london and edinburgh, as you reported, but other places around the world. according t

liverpool. climate change activists have taken to the streets in edinburgh, nottingham and again in london today50 supporters of extinction rebellion targeted north bridge — blocking one of the main roads into the city. in london 290 activists have been arrested over 2 days.. extinction rebellion are calling on the government to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2025. the number of people working in the uk has reached a new record high. in february, 32.7 million were in work across the uk with 179,000 jobs created in the last three months. and wages growth continues to outpace inflation, with average earnings growing by 3.4% in the three months to february compared to a year ago. women from afghanistan are calling for more say in talks that are being held this weekend between the taliban and a delegation from the afghan government. they're taking place in the gulf state of qatar — and afghan women say they want a stronger presence at the negotiating table. but afghanistan is still a deeply conservative society, where women have to fight for their rights. 0ur chief international correspondent ly

liverpool street to enfield town and cheshunt. and there are minor delays on the piccadilly line. southern has fewer trains running in to londonne is closed for emergency electricity work at creek road. now the weather with lucy martin. hello, good morning. it's another grey start to the day today. plenty of low cloud, some mist and murk around first thing. got further showery outbreaks of rain to come today, as well, as that weather front slips its way gradually south. so here's how it looks this morning. plenty of cloud around, some showery outbreaks of rain gradually pushing south—west through the day. i think perhaps becoming a little bit drier the further north you are into the late afternoon. the temperatures at a maximum of around 13 celsius with an east—north—easterly breeze. through this evening and overnight, we'll see the skies clear, it will become dry. and with some clear spells it will allow the temperatures to fall away, so we're looking at an overnight low of around three to five celsius with a north—easterly breeze. tomorrow, then, is an improvement on today. there'll be a good deal of dry weather around and s