rachel: abby hornicek joins us with robert simpson. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you.a crazy day today. it it all comes down to this we can. these riders have been preparing for this exact moment. can you set the scene over the next two days? >> it is our super bowl. with 30 events on this tour, 60 in total over the last four months. the guys are beat up ready for the big-money and we know what a showcase it is. >> it is the 30th anniversary of tbr. how have you seen the sport evolve. you've been in it for a long time. >> a long time. then everything there is in this sport. the last 30 years from where this started to where we are today in this magnificent arena with all the production that comes along with the ball riding, the sport is still the sport and it hasn't changed a lot. the best guys getting on the best boules and you have that combination and championship race looking for these guys to kind of step up their game. speak >> reporter: so much tradition when it comes to rodeos, they date to the 16th century. they play the national anthem and may be a prayer. ho

in 2010, joanna simpson was killed by her estranged husband. robertweeks earlier. he was found not guilty ofjoanna's murder, having admitted to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. he was sentenced to 26 years in prison, but is due for release later this year, half way through his sentence. at its heart, this is about public protection, and we have to protect the public from this man. he was sentenced to 26 years, and nobody can understand how 26 years means that he is coming out in 13. i mean, it'sjust crazy. absolutely ridiculous. diana and her team met the thenjustice secretary dominic raab in march, but he resigned from the government in april. so they've come to meet his successor. well, we're hoping that alex chalk will listen to us, consider our feelings and hopefully keep brown injail. as part of a law change last year, thejustice secretary now has the power to block the release of a prisoner and refer the case to the parole board if they believe that individual poses a serious risk to the public, or a threat to national s

roberts — has been speaking exclusively to the bbc. he has dismissed accusations they are �*profiteering' from soaring food prices. and he told our correspondent emma simpsonas it can to keep prices down for shoppers. the soaring cost of food — politicians are now trying to get to the bottom of it, households are feeling it. so what is going on in the supermarket aisles? the cost of energy, the cost of labour, the cost of producing our food is all having an impact on rising food prices. but some of those costs are coming down — there's a mismatch going on. and that's the encouraging news — we're starting to see some of the costs come down, we all want to see them come down more quickly. and so seeing energy costs start to come down is really helpful. we're seeing some commodity costs the same, and that's why we've seen products like milk and butter and bread start to come down, too. and we'd expect to see more of that over the weeks and months ahead as more of the costs of producing our food start to go up less quickly. of course, other costs, like labour — they've gone up forever — and those costs are now locked in to the price of producing and selling fo

roberts — has been speaking exclusively to the bbc. he has dismissed accusations they are "profiteering" from soaring food prices. and he told our correspondent emma simpsontrying to get to the bottom of it, households are feeling it. so what is going on in the supermarket aisles? the cost of energy, the cost of labour, the cost of producing ourfood is all having an impact on rising food prices. but some of those costs are coming down — there's a mismatch going on. and that's the encouraging news — we're starting to see some of the costs come down, we all want to see them come down more quickly. and so seeing energy costs start to come down is really helpful. we're seeing some commodity costs the same, and that's why we've seen products like milk and butter and bread start to come down, too. and we'd expect to see more of that over the weeks and months ahead as more of the costs of producing our food start to go up less quickly. of course, other costs, like labour — they've gone up forever — and those costs are now locked in to the price of producing and selling food. and that's what's happening. are you profiteering? absolutely not. 0ur margins last year

airline captain robert brown was jailed for 26 years for the manslaughter ofjoanna simpson in 2010.eekend. 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,

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