people in a short period to to feel like the problem is also in our universities cording to the royal society and i don't think anyone has suggested that they peddle fake news the u.k. could lose access to over a billion pounds a year e.u. research funding even with the government government's guarantees u.k. based research years and small or medium sized enterprises will lose will lose access it says the half a billion in research funding having an immediate impact on research underway in the u.k. a price worth paying feel because the government has been clear that we want to have continued be search cooperation with other not offering a we're big net contributor that are very not the result is another reason why we can't offer the amount of money that we need we need to do to a place that the royal society says it could take years to develop alternatives to the e.u. funding meaning that valuable research could be stopped immediately why don't you accept that in the in the spirit in which it's given that i do want to i was funny i was all i would happily have this country research effort is

the royal horticultural society has just employed the uk's first garden water scientist. roots to stay cool and it avoids the soil losing quite so much moisture from evaporation. the drier weather has kept some problems at bay, like the disease leaf spot. and who knows, if it continues, plants like these might one day thrive notjust in the greenhouse in wisley gardens but in our back gardens. melanie abbot, bbc news, wisley. competitive motor racing is a dream for many — but for people with disabilities it is even harder to make it come true. team brit racing academy trains and equips disabled drivers with race licences — ready to take on any circuit in the world. laura trant has been finding out more. believe and achieve. it's a difficult industry to get into, even more so for people with disabilities. just ask lewis hamilton's brother, nick. he has cerebral palsy, and is currently competing in the british touring car championship and races in a specially modified car. he's supporting team brit. people who have a disability, they don't know what their limitations are, so

the royal horticultural society has just employed the uk's first garden water scientist.lp the roots to stay cool and it avoids the soil losing quite so much moisture from evaporation. the drier weather has kept some problems at bay, like the disease leaf spot. and who knows, if it continues, plants like these might one day thrive notjust in the greenhouse in wisley gardens but in our back gardens. melanie abbot, bbc news, wisley in surrey. doesn't it look wonderfully springlike with all those beautiful flowers a nd springlike with all those beautiful flowers and plants? i suspect they may have a bit of a struggle this week. alena jenkins has the details. strong winds and snow have been causing travel problems and we still have strong winds for the rest of the day. still some tricky travelling conditions, still some snow this evening and overnight, chiefly over high ground in scotland and northern england, else were wintry showers could bring hail and thunder, quite a cold night with temperatures just above freezing, winds slowly start to ease down but we will still see c

the royal horticultural society has just employed the uk's first garden water scientist.h, organic mulch over the top of your soil will actually help the roots to stay cool and it avoids the soil losing quite so much moisture from evaporation. the drier weather has kept some problems at bay, like the disease leaf spot. and who knows, if it continues, plants like these might one day thrive notjust in the greenhouse in wisley gardens but in our back gardens. melanie abbot, bbc news, wisley in surrey. time for a look at the weather with alina. almost four seasons in one day. we have hail, snow, torrential rain and strong winds. this was the scene in staffordshi re strong winds. this was the scene in staffordshire this morning. snow across scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england and wales and damaging winds. we have had a large swathes of reports of trees coming down across england and wales and more wintry showers and strong winds this afternoon. travel conditions could be tricky so keep up conditions could be tricky so keep up today with your bbc local radio.

the royal horticultural society has just employed the uk's first garden water scientist.

the royal society for the protection of birds wants them banned.now but across our country we have lost 44 million birds in 50 years and when nature is in crisis, we really can't afford to be adding to those pressures things like these nets. there are concerns that wildlife may be trapped inside the nets

the royal society for the protection of birds wants them banned.me of year. the countryside should be alive with birdsong right now. but across our country, we have lost 44 million birds in 50 years. and when nature's in crisis, we really can't afford adding to its pressures with things like these nets. there are concerns that wildlife may become trapped inside the nets as happened here in north lincolnshire. but developers say the nets protect birds and animals and are deployed in a controlled and responsible matter. trees with nests can't be chopped down during the spring and summer nesting season. so nets allow building work to continue all year round. legislation protects nesting birds as it rightly should, but developers are under a lot of pressure to bring forward sites for development, to start building houses to meet the housing crisis. and therefore, a delay when they can't do tree works between march and august means that their development is put back, it means we can't start on—site. and it means we can't build the houses that we need. a

recently, the royal society for public health warned that social media is helping to spread misleadinger than ever before. public health officials are trying to get their message heard too often with leaflets like this explaining the benefits of vaccination. a recent public health england strategy report mentioned social media just twice. now, though, professional bodies representing gps and paediatricians are calling for a fresh approach to cut through fake news about vaccines online. some fears about the mmr vaccine date back to 1998 when a doctor called andrew wakefield linked it wrongly with autism. that view has been completely discredited. but 21 years on, the impact continues. the number of parents getting their children vaccinated has dropped. health officials say we need 95% to have the mmr vaccine to protect the public. but at 87%, rates in england are well below that target. meanwhile, there has been a 30% spike in measles around the world. last year, there were almost 1,000 cases in england. we've got to start making sure we're out there. if people listen to celebrities, ma

recently the royal society for public health warned social media is helping to spread misleading andes, further and faster than ever before. public health officials are trying to get their message heard, often with leaflets like this explaining the benefits of vaccination. but in a recent report at mansion social media just twice. no professional bodies representing gps and paediatricians are calling for a fresh approach to cut through fa ke for a fresh approach to cut through fake news about vaccines online. some fears about the mmr vaccine date back to 1998 when a doctor called andrew wakefield link to, wrongly, with autism. that view has been completely discredited. but 21 yea rs on been completely discredited. but 21 years on the impact continues. the number of parents getting their children vaccinated has dropped. health officials say we need 95% to have the mmr vaccine to protect the public. but at 77% rates are below that target. meanwhile, there has been a 30% spike in measles around the world. last year there were almost 1000 cases in england. we have got to start making sur

the royal society for the protection of birds wants them banned. we are excluding birds from nesting habitats at this key side of year. the countryside should be at birdsong right now but across our country we have lost 44 million birds in 50 years and when nature is in crisis, we really can't afford to be adding to those pressures things like these nets. there are concerns that wildlife may be trapped inside the nets like here in north lincolnshire but developers say the nets protect birds and animals and are deployed in a controlled and responsible manner. trees with nests can't be chopped down during the spring and summer nesting season, so nets allow building work to continue all year round. legislation protects nesting birds as it rightly should but developers are under a lot of pressure to bring forward sites for development to start building houses to meet the housing crisis, therefore a delay when they can't do three works between march and august means that they are seeing development put back, it means we can start on site and build the h

the royal horticultural society has just employed the uk's first garden water scientist.drier weather has kept some problems at bay, like the disease leaf spot. and who knows, if it continues, plants like these might one day thrive notjust in the greenhouse in wisley gardens but in our back gardens. we're joined now by sam youd, former head gardener at tatton park in cheshire. good morning. nice to see you. are we going to see this more and more as the climate change is a bit? yes, the great things about gardens, they change all the time and go to also to metamorphosis. we might have this year, as last year, a very hot spell and then this year we don't know. we are dealing with different tests at different times. the key is not to get too excited. what should we be looking out for? in this new year? there are the usual ones but there are some new ones appearing on the horizon, they are marching through the south of england at the moment. they may not get to us because i don't think they can move so well because they have got their scarves and duffel coats on further north

the royal horticultural society has just employed the uk's first garden water scientist.f you are planting in your garden, then mulch, organic mulch over the top of your soil will actually help the roots to stay cool and it avoids the soil losing quite so much moisture from evaporation. the drier weather has kept some problems at bay, like the disease leaf spot. and who knows, if it continues, plants like these might one day thrive notjust in the greenhouse in wisley gardens but in our back gardens. melanie abbot, bbc news, wisley in surrey. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. you might want to tie things down that might get blown over because there is a turbulent weather in the forecast. trees and branches have been coming down, problems with snow. tricky travel conditions continuing this afternoon. gusts of 40 continuing this afternoon. gusts of a0 or 50 continuing this afternoon. gusts of a0 or50 mph continuing this afternoon. gusts of a0 or 50 mph widely. the snow this evening and overnight is confined mainly to the high ground in scotland, nor

. >> vicki christian is president of the royal society and noblest in biology for the ribosome has a question about evolution. is the evolution of carbon-based intelligence a catalyst for the evolution of silicon-based intelligence? one that can survive extremes of environment and does evolution care about intelligence? speaking of viruses in one of his interviews with me he noted at the mrc, an eminent biological lab where he was deputy director, we make viruses, learning is opaque, we have to know every step of the way and check it and right now it is a problem. >> the problem of blackbox science hasn't been mentioned before but you raise it here. that is important. we are at the point where thanks to the deep learning technologies we can delegate to black boxes, finding the patterns in all sorts of large data sets and we don't know how the systems work but we are making oracles and trusting them and we can even have proofs that they are trustworthy that they will give very good answers but this means a diminution in the role of the individual conscious scientists and also the dist

we have a big event in london next thursday at the royal geographical society.n person in london. and here his amazing stories and the emotion of having to look after the last of the species. really nice to see you both. thank you for sharing that story. really important work. and the best of luck as well with the event on thursday. thank you. all that to come on the bbc news channel. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and victoria fritz. it's 8.30am, here's a summary of this morning's main news. more stop and search powers are being given to police in england and wales to try and tackle record levels of fatal stabbings. the home secretary, sajid javid is relaxing rules to allow officers to carry out searches on people without reasonable suspicion in places where serious violence may occur. but opponents say it's intrusive and won't work. it's thought theresa may is waiting to see what happens when mps vote on a series of alternatives to her brexit plan tomorrow before deciding her next

the people came back to the society and that was the society it was established also with the help of the british royals the the aim of the society is to promote a cultural corporation nothing else is question sessile in the middle east and some other countries and we believe that way it's not successful the way shouldn't be successful here and even the if you look at the list of the people who participated in that kind of this establishment of the society it's not the say it is just the branch you will see that these people are sincerely interested in cultural ties and i would see that the cultural ties between our two countries between all the people to people contacts are really at the very high level so that was the purpose of the establishment but somebody in london doesn't like it and what we can do mr ambassador many thanks for your time this evening was speaking live to see russia's ambassador to the united kingdom alexander thank you thank you thank you well even twelve months on the questions continue to circulate around events of march twenty eighth russia feet you case continued insistence t

the royal college of radiologists and medicine society and other groups have all stated categoricallyo—deal brexit will cause delays in the supply of imported radioisotopes, which are so vital in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients. all these authorities are not convinced anti—brexiteers trying to sensationalize the position. they are experienced and skilled in prolonging and saving lives of cancer patients and they are clear that a no—brexit deal will put already vulnerable patients at risk. the minister said plans were being put in place to bring radioisotopes into the country by plane. but she accepted there could be a small impact. we do not expect any patient harm to arise from this, and the changes in clinical pathways and practice are expected to be minor and short—lived. we are not expecting any delays or increased waiting time to arise for this. this is straightforward and practical advice to support clinics and adapting to changes in delivery times. consultants are feeling the need to reduce their treatment list next month because they don't trust the prime minist

society as remote. lorna gordon, bbc news at the high court in glasgow. the royaling a survey of hospital doctors in the uk. the college says it will now take a neutral stance on whether doctors should be allowed to help terminally ill patients end their lives. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, is here. how significant is this decision? its symbolic only, it makes no difference at all to the law, assisted dying bill is illegal, punishable by up to 15 years in prison. if you look at the figures, 43% of doctors polled were opposed to the college supporting assisted dying. 32% were in favour. more doctors opposed and yet the college has switched to a neutral position. it's done that because it said on such a contentious issue they needed to bea such a contentious issue they needed to be a supermajority of 60%. now it will be welcomed by those who are campaigning for assisted dying bill but it has infuriated and dismayed opponents, who say it's a sham poll, it's a travesty, politically inspired. so a lot of argument about this, but it does actually take the roya

, it is the most vulnerable young people that are in our society that will be more affected by pressures on them. it is that grouped at the royals is particularly concerned about. the online world is here to stay with us, and we need to try and help young people negotiate that, and learn skills how to develop those skills, and young people are proficient at managing this, but it is the vulnerable children and young people we are most concerned about, that might need extra support. thank you. it is 10:17am. let's have a look at the headlines. the prime minister looks for ways to bring her eu withdrawal agreement back to the commons for a fourth time after it was defeated by 58 votes yesterday. the bbc understands the pilot of the plane which crashed with footballer emiliano sala on board was not qualified to fly at night. all eurostar trains to and from st pancras are currently suspended due to a trespasser near the tracks. very good morning to you. they ran into the end of the premier league season starts in just a couple of hours. as champions manchester city go to fellaiming hours. as champions manchester city go to fell aimi

the royal society for the protection of birds wants the band.at this key time of year. the countryside should be a lively birdsong right now but across our country, we have lost 44 million birds in 50 years and when nature is in crisis, we really can't afford to be adding to its pressures with things like these nets. there are concerns that wildlife may become trapped inside the nets, as happened here in north lincolnshire, the developers say the nets protect birds and animals and are deployed ona birds and animals and are deployed on a controlled and responsible manner. “— on a controlled and responsible manner. —— in. trees with nest cannot be chopped down during the spring and summer nesting season, so work can be allowed to continue all year round. legislation protects nesting birds, as it rightly should but developers under a lot of pressure to bring forward sites for development, to start building houses to meet the housing crisis and therefore, delay when they can't do tree works between march and august means that their development is pu

originally done to help the farmers, because of the work day, but there were often reports, the royal societynts spiked after theresa may and her government are considering what next for brexit. their deal was rejected by mps for a third time, defeated by 344 votes to 286, amid heated exchanges in parliament. outside, the mood was just as tense. thousands of leave supporters gathered to protest against the delay to brexit. in the coming week, mps from all parties will try to agree other ways forward to break the deadlock. let's speak now to the chairman of the conservative party, brandon lewis, whojoins us from our london newsroom. it was disappointing for us as a country yesterday. to not be able to agree that withdrawal agreement which is what we have to leave the european union was disappointing. it is something that we have proposed an outline why we have to have it. the labour party, it is part of their policy that they would agree it and still voted against it. that was very disappointing. as a vote going to be put forward on the deal again next week, do you know? we will assess over th

let‘s now speak to dr david whitehouse, a fellow of the royal astronomical society.rstand very well what a spacecraft goes through when it re—enters the earth‘s atmosphere, this was the time when the cancer was under the most stress, heat shield is heated to 1600 centigrade, and the parishes have to work. —— the capsule was under most stress. you never see those parachutes deployed in the capsule coming down, this was a finale to a very successful mission indeed. there are those of us for a certain age, this was, we all remember the apollo missions, the capsule coming down in the sea. that was followed by the space shuttle. and yet this technology that we are watching today is far advanced, isn‘t it? watching today is far advanced, isn't it? yes, coming down in the sea isn't it? yes, coming down in the sea makes a great deal of sense. the spaced one of the reasons it was so expensive and one of the reasons it was eventually discontinued was because it flew into space in one piece and came down on a runway. very convenient but very expensive. this is, as you said, the

countries, commonwealth countries, with the prince and recently appointed vice patron of the royal commonwealth societyce‘s core interests overla p of the prince‘s core interests overlap with those of the commonwealth, if you look at whether it is the environment, regeneration, sustainability, the role of young people in society. these are core issues that the prince and the duchess are very keen on and which the commonwealth are very keen on. they are a natural fit. what do you think will be the challenges of his age? of the coming age of the commonwealth. i think the commonwealth. i think the commonwealth has always learned, like the monarchy, it has to evolve and adapt. it doesn‘t have hard, fast constitutional rules and that ina way fast constitutional rules and that in a way is one of its strengths, it can move and it can adapt so perhaps in one decade it finds itself dealing with big human rights issues, or dealing with something like apartheid but now it can move on and focus on, for example, the environment. the prince of wales talking to his youngest son and the duchess. they are waiting for t