waitrose sending out gender neutral is one, happy you day, rather than mother's day, which i think is horrible. i prefer the ones from scribblers, if you are dealing with a same—sex couple, two mothers is better than one would be one of the cards, and another one that i like, dad, thanks for being the most amazing mother. they seem to have a bit of wit about them. the worst thing is that we should rename the day completely... to make it gender neutral. guardian ‘s day of carers day. which is all. blue it ta kes carers day. which is all. blue it takes it away from what it was, which is mothering sunday, part of the easter pattern of lent. many people will not be aware of that. but it is like when you say happy holidays instead of happy christmas, we are having holidays because it is christmas. this is to do with ancient church stuff that carried on into the anglican and catholic church, going to your mother church which would be bigger church to the parish it is not about mothers. this is pure commercial... we were talking about this. and you call yourself a historian(!) what you think

waitrose sending out gender neutral is one, happy you day, rather than mother's day, which i think isare dealing with a same—sex couple, two mothers is better than one would be one of the cards, and another one that i like, dad, thanks for being the most amazing mother. they seem to have a bit of wit about them. the worst thing is that we should rename the day completely... to make it gender neutral. guardian ‘s day of ca re rs gender neutral. guardian ‘s day of carers day. which is all. blue it ta kes carers day. which is all. blue it takes it away from what it was, which is mothering sunday, part of the easter pattern of lent. many people will not be aware of that. but it is like when you say happy holidays instead of happy christmas, we are having holidays because it is christmas. this is to do with ancient church stuff that carried on

particularly been a challenge, for all retailers but particularly for the grocers, as we saw in the waitrose and vegetables, so it is costing retailers more to get products on the shelves and they have to make that very difficult decision whether to pass on the cost of the customer oi’ to pass on the cost of the customer or had it impact the bottom line. 0k, thank you very much indeed. a quick look at some other business stories around today... foxy bingo owner gvc has reported higher annual revenues as it gears up to complete its £4 billion takeover of rival ladbrokes coral. the deal follows two previous such attempts, and now has shareholder approval. the accessories retailer claire's stores is set to go into bankruptcy protection in the coming weeks — that's according to bloomberg. the retailer, which has over 4000 stores in 45 countries, has $2 billion in debt and was bought by private equity firm apollo in 2007 for $3.1 billion. former us president barack 0bama and his wife michelle are in talks to produce shows for netflix, that's according to the new york times and cnn. the couple are

thejohn lewis partnership — which is owned byjohn lewis and waitrose employees — announced that this with 85,000 staff sharing a pot worth £74 million. the public spending watchdog has warned that many councils in england face becoming financially unsustainable because of the increasing demands of social care. the national audit office calculates that the money local authorities receive from central government has been cut by nearly 50% since 2010. alison holt reports. it is lunch time at think day centre in surrey. here, people with brain injuries and other conditions can socialise and take part in activities. many have their care paid for by the county down till. —— council. we like its legs. the legs are brilliant. the report says local authorities now spend more than half of their budgets on providing social care. sue, who has multiple sclerosis, describes the centre as a lifeline. i come here only twice a week. i would come more if there was the funding for it. but apart from that, it is amazing. councils like surrey have duty to support people who are older and disabled as well

thejohn lewis partnership — which is owned byjohn lewis and waitrose employees — announced that this year, with 85,000 staff sharing a pot worth £74 million. the white house has confirmed that canada and mexico may be given exemptions from any planned us strictly tariffs on steel and aluminium. last week, president trump announced he planned to do some foreign suppliers, causing many at the top of his administration to fear a trade war with other countries. well the us under—secretary of state, steven goldstein, has been speaking to the bbc. he says the administration understands the concerns the uk has with tariffs being imposes on us imports. we understand the concern of our allies regarding this issue. and borisjohnson and others have spoken with the secretary of state. i can tell you that the secretary has passed that information on to secretary ross and others within the administration, and has expressed the concerns people have. but we also have to look at this more broadly. and that's what were trying to do. we do understand the concerns expressed by the united kingdom. yeah,

bonuses for 84,000 staff atjohn lewis and waitrose have been cut for the fifth year in a row.r the year to the end of january. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10.30. the latest sport in the moment. after 10.30 — we're focusing on international women's day — and we'll be asking these women what's the best thing about being a woman in 2018. that is after half past ten. you can tell me what you think is being —— what you think is the best thing about being a woman in 2018. many of you have been getting in touch about the racist incident at nottingham trent r crean vestey. my daughter is at this university, i am appalled to see this —— nottingham trent university. this happened to my daughter, my daughter had to leave her room and take a break from her course because it's caused her so much stress and she had a breakdown. someone at the university has to support the students. an anonymous text, they should be expelled. keep your comments coming in. here's some sport now with hugh. england have named their team for le crunch this weekend — the crucial meeting with

we have a fantastic waitrose in 0akhampton, who take their social responsibility very carefully, andakfast. the mood here is absolutely superb. 0bviously people don't want to be trapped in their vehicles, this is not a scenario that they envisioned when they set out, and so it is nice to come into a centre where it is warm, where they are being cared for. we will look after them, and eventually when the conditions are ready, we will pop them back in their cars and get them on their way. thank you very much forjoining us, and best of luck throughout the morning. thank you. here is sarah with a look at this morning's weather. there are still, as we are saying, those weather reports and concerns out there. that's right, good morning to you both. it is a cold start to the day, certainly. a lot of lying snow around the country, a lot of ice around as well. i am on the roof of new broadcasting house in central london, and we have some lying snow. not too much of it but across other parts of the country there is up to around 20 centimetres of note. and ice is going to be more of note. and i