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day for primary school admissions in England,

head teachers say the system is too confusing and risks

Also ahead: They've signed up to donate,

New figures reveal hundreds of bereaved relatives have prevented

organs from being donated despite the wishes of a loved one.

I've been waiting on the organ donor register list for a kidney for seven

years now. One small step - Tim Peake gets

ready for the first ever space walk Hello, welcome to the programme,

we're on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel until

11am this morning. Head teachers are warning

that the admissions system for primary schools in England risks

harming children's education. On the deadline day for admissions,

the National Association of Head Teachers says the process

for entry is fragmented It's warning new schools are often

set up in areas where they aren't needed, while other areas

face huge shortages. We'll be debating the issue

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the programme online wherever you are - via the BBC

News app or our website. More than 500 families in the UK

have refused to let a loved one donate their organs since 2010,

even though their deceased relative NHS Blood and Transplant says it

wants to change its approach by no longer formally seeking the consent

of these families before organ Currently you have to register to be

a donor unless you live in Wales. They are the first UK nation to make

every adult a potential organ donor. Their system, known as presumed

consent, means that people who do not want to donate

their organs will have There are 22 million people

on the NHS organ donor register and currently 6,578 people

on the transplant waiting list. Joining the register is a legal

decision but support from families is needed to fulfil

the donor's wish. In 2014/2015 organ donation fell

for the first time in 11 years. One of the most common organs

needed is the kidney. Let's get more on this

with our health correspondent Just explain exactly how it works.

If somebody signs up and says they want to donate their organs, they

die, the relatives still need to get involved in the process and can

block it? Ultimately, when you are on the organ donor register it as a

legally binding decision, that is what NHS Blood and Transplant really

wants to drive home today and open up as a conversation. But these

situations happen when somebody has had a very catastrophic injury or

illness, they have -- may have been in a car crash or had a heart

attack. You are looking at families having one of the worst days they

possibly can. Clearly, when some are very upset and may not know about a

decision someone might have made some time ago to go on the organ

donor register, they find it out, it can be a shock and if it seems to

compound their distress, although there is legal authority to go

ahead, nobody wants to make the decision to go ahead with organ

donation in the face of refusal by families. What is striking today is

that the situation happens in quite a significant number of cases,

around 100 families a year refused to support donation in this

situation, that has stayed fairly stable in recent years. No NHS blood

and transport says it may no longer formally seek the consent of

families? -- now NHS Blood and Transplant says? They would

underline that they already have consent. They see this as a more

honest approach, a way of taking away the

honest approach, a way of taking from these families at a very

difficult time. Some families might still feel they are very opposed to

this, in which case they would possibly be asked to sign a special

form explaining why they are refusing in the face of this

consent. Looking at the system in Wales which is different, we can

perhaps learn lessons from the ultimate system, the presumed

consent. The system only came into effect about

six weeks ago. Everybody is presumed to be an organ

donor in Wales unless they have the doubt. They had to have a big public

education campaign. Scotland and Northern Ireland are very

interesting looking at what has happened in Wales. The system is

under pressure. Every year around 1000 people die because they have

not had a transplant. There is a need to get these organs, bringing

families along with the staff doing this very vital work.

With us now is Sally Johnson, director of organ donation

and transplantation at NHS Blood and Transplant.

James Hardie is a specialist nurse in organ donation.

He works with families through the consent process

for Imperial College Hospitals in London.

And we can speak to Nicola Pietrzyk and her ten-year-old son Matthew

Matthew is on the transplant list awaiting a new kidney.

Thank you very much for joining us. Sally, why are the wishes

Thank you very much for joining us. deceased being overridden to the

Thank you very much for joining us. extent that they are? It is a really

tough day for families. It is something that they did not expect

on morning that they would have to make this decision, that they would

be involved in the death of somebody that they loved. We know that the

majority of families are proud to support there are littered' wish.

There are a small number of families, about 100 year. It is

usually because they did not know that there role to have wanted to be

an organ donor. It comes as a complete surprise. On the worst day

of your life to discover this is an additional shock is really hard to

take in. What they don't always appreciate is that their relative

has given legally valid consent to be an organ donor. We want to make

that clear to them to try to make them understand that they don't need

to make the decision, to take that virgin away from them, make it a bit

easier and, really importantly, somebody wants to be an organ donor,

we should try to make that happen -- to take that decision away from

them. Could a family expressing a view be ignored, because legally the

consent is already there? Sensitivities come into play. It

consent is already there? that why it is not happening? We are

dealing with human beings at a really, really tough time. Of course

we are sensitive to how families feel. I need to be able to make sure

that people like James and our other specialist nurses have the tools to

represent the voice of the donor who wanted to save someone else's life.

Why ask the families if it adds to pressure at a very difficult time

and they don't have to give consent, why? We need to involve families in

the process. We don't know what risk those organs might pose to the

recipient. The only way we can really find out some of that

information about people's lifestyle, their behaviour, we have

to work closely with families to find out whether the organs are safe

to use. It happens the other way round, sometimes someone who had not

volunteer to have their organs donated, the family would say, we

are happy to go ahead? Absolutely. Lots of times, 60% of families

donate to organ donation. Some of those will be people on the

register, some people who have never discussed it with their family, but

the families say, you know, that person was the sort of person who

would have wanted to help others, we are happy to support that. James,

you are a specialist nurse working with families through the consent

process. Talk as too late. You need to be incredibly sensitive in how

and when you raise it, and it has to be raised quickly? Yes, as Sally

says, people who have become organ donors have suffered from sudden

catastrophic illnesses like a heart attack, road traffic accident or

brain haemorrhage. Often the request for organ donation is taking place

as little as an hour or less after they had been told that their loved

one has died or is likely to die. It is a very sensitive conversation

that we undertake in collaboration with intensive care colleagues to

try to ascertain how we will move forward. Why do people say no when

they know the loved one had said yes in life? It is very difficult to

fully appreciate and understand those reasons. The timing is very

challenging for families. This is not a decision they are being asked

to make in a normal state of mind. It is a highly and shoes and

stressful time. As Sally said, not knowing what your loved one wanted

places an additional pressure on you, which is why we encourage

people, if they have signed up for the organ donor register, is to make

sure that their relatives are aware. Let's bring in Matthew Ebden Nicola

Pietrzyk, Matthew is ten, how long have you been on the transplant

Pietrzyk, Matthew is ten, how long waiting for a new kidney? How long

has he been waiting, Nicola? Seven and a half years. What has that been

like? Torture. You are waiting everyday for a phone call that we

feel will probably never come. Matthew, you are having dialysis

right now, aren't you? You needed for five hours today? Year, I am

having to have it for five hours today. What does that mean for you?

You are ten, presumably you want to run around and you have to be

conducted to this machine quite a lot of the time? What is it like for

you? It is really boring and sad that I can't play out with my

friends on my street after school. But, like... Unfortunately we have

lost the sound with Matthew and Nicola, we will try to fix the

technical issues and go back to them as soon as we can. An example of

people who are waiting and knowing at any moment they might get that

call and then had to spring into action. Examples like that are

poignant. It is such a personal decision deciding whether to opt in

or out and what happens with relatives? Wales has this different

system, what do you figure is the best system? At day -- we are

watching closely, doing our best. It took Wales several years to bring in

the new system but it can't immediately... Legislation can't

immediately solve the problem. People like Matthew needs an organ

today, he can't wait. We need everybody to think about being a

donor, record their wishes and talk to the family. I mentioned how it

can work the other way around... Oh, I think we have them back. Join in,

Nicola? I appreciate that bringing legislation and will not change

things, but I think we need to change opinions so bad for the

future we do not have this problem, and we are in a situation... SOUND

FAILED. We have intermittent issues. We are talking about sometimes

relatives deciding after a loved one We are talking about sometimes

has died that their organs should not be donated -- should be donated,

even if they had not given consent. You could argue that that is

overwriting file wishes because maybe they did not consent because

they did not want to. How engaged people with organ donation? People

are getting more in caged and programmes like this help to spread

the message. -- more engaged. The more we talk about it, the more

likely it is that everyone has made a decision. At the end of the day,

you can join the organ donor register to say you wish to be a

donor, you can record an absolute refusal if that is what you want,

but if you refusal if that is what you want,

would say remember you are more likely to need an organ and be in a

position to be able to give one, so we desperately need everybody to

think about saying yes. It is perfectly easy to make your decision

known. If you don't want to go online, you can do it via our call

centre, or you can legally consent or refuse your consent by talking to

your family. James, what difference does it make after somebody has died

if they are an organ donor, in terms of how long a body has to be held?

There are practical issues coming into play which is possibly one of

the things that is off-putting when people are dealing with death? There

is never any suffering by that person as a consequence of their

decision to become an organ donor. I think the positives that come from

that to the donor Bliss family are enormous. Annually we have a

ceremony by the order of St John to recognise the amazing gift that a

make, which brings the family of the donor great comfort to know that

their loved one died and did something incredible, saving and

changing the lives of others. Would they ever meet in person that the

organs were donated to? Orchid Asian listed in the greatest

confidentiality, but often the recipient at the donor will wish to

send letters to each other -- organ donation is. They come to the

specialist nurses, we ensure that confidentiality is maintained. Just

going back to the process, what difference does it make up this be

has died, if organs will be donated in terms of what happens to the

body, and does it have any impact on time frames that happen after death?

People are often concerned that it might delay a funeral. Once somebody

has died and organ donation has been agreed as the way forward, we call

in a retrieval team. They will retrieve the organs just like any

other operation, really. Then our specialist nurses perform last

officers, make sure that the body is cared for and is ready to be seen by

the families when it is returned to them, if that is what they want. One

person says families have no right to block the donation, they would

not block their inheritance, would they? Another person says, families

should not be able to veto what position and adult made. -- what

decision an adult mode. Another person says, the rest of the UK

needs to follow Wales in terms of consent, she says she has cystic

fibrosis and she needs help to lead a normal life. Another person says

it is the same as contesting a will. We can go back to Nicola and

Matthew. We have had trouble talking to you, I don't know if you have

been able to hear much of the discussion, but you said that you

would like everywhere to follow the example of Wales with a system where

people have got to opt out. What about the impact on a family like

yours if someone... If an organ donation comes through? What people

don't realise, Matthew Elliott asked in use has relied on a machine every

single day -- Matthew has relied. He has relied on a machine to keep him

alive every single day. Such a shame, we are having technical

difficulties, so frustrating. Nicola donated one of her own kidneys to

Matthew, but it did not work, unfortunately, so they are still

waiting and hoping that they will get the call one day. Thanks for

joining us. Please keep your thoughts coming in. Still to come,

if you eat a bar of chocolate, how long do you need to exercise to burn

off the calories? We look at new food labels which will tell you

exactly that. And as the deadline runs out

for primary school applications, we discuss the pressure put

on parents and schools to get children into their

preferred school. BT has been given final approval to

take over the mobile phone operator EE, in an estimated deal worth ?12.5

billion. Head teachers demand action to ease

the pressure on school places in England - on the deadline day

for primary school admissions. Three arrests over the Indonesia gun

and bomb attacks that killed two people - so-called Islamic State

says it was behind it. Here in the UK - the NHS

changes its policy on organ donation to cut the numbers of bereaved

families blocking the use of organs from people who'd given

their consent to the procedure. Matthew has been waiting now seven

and a half years, you are waiting every day for a phone call that we

feel probably will never come. Anglican leaders signal

their continued opposition to gay marriage by imposing sanctions

against the US Episcopal Church, Major Tim Peake prepares

for the walk of his life. He'll undertake an historic six hour

space walk starting at lunchtime. Let's catch up with all the sport

now and join Ore Oduba. How are England's cricketers getting

on in South Africa this morning? They are doing a bit better, South

Africa are now all out, 313, but the hosts have added 83 runs for the

last three wickets, and so England would have hoped to have got them

out for a little bit less than that. England are now trying to get back

to par in that Test match. England are leading 1-0 in the four match

series. We are going to be talking tennis, the draw has been made for

the first grand slam of the tennis, the draw has been made for

the Australian open, Andy Murray will begin against the aid senior

German, Alexander Spero -- 18-year-old German. Andy Murray has

made the final four times in Melbourne, but lost them all, so he

is hoping for fifth time lucky. Johanna Konta has been given a tough

tour against Venus Williams, the eighth St, so that is a very tricky

start for her. The tournament begins on Monday morning -- the eighth

seed. Ronnie O'Sullivan and Ross Hawkins are into the semifinals of

the Masters in the snooker. Thanks for joining us. The Health Secretary

now has been speaking. The Health Secretary says he cannot

give an "absolutely guarantee" all accident and emergency

departments will remain open when doctors go on strike

again next month. Jeremy Hunt says the government

was "busting a gut" and "hoped" Talks with the BMA at ACAS

will continue today., and he hopes it would not be

necessary to impose a new contract He has been talking after the

strike. Yes, you might remember there were plenty of medics who

thought Jeremy Hunt was not as visible as he might have been in

recent days, not doing as many interviews as they would have hoped,

but he was everywhere this morning. He has a good manner for this, he

has the air of not a brutal minister, but more of a disappointed

father, who is sure you will come round

father, who is sure you will come that he will get his way. And that

will be emergency care, because the difference if the next strike goes

ahead, that will be withdrawn by junior doctors, as well. Very

gently, in that way of his, he is pointing out that it is still

possible that in some places in England, accident and emergency

services might have too close for the day, and this is what he told me

earlier. We hope that every A department

will be able to open. At the moment the signs

are that they probably will. We are going through an exhaustive

process to check what is going It's obviously a very big deal

if junior doctors are not providing But we are working very hard

and also talking with the BMA to try to do what we can to make

sure that patients are kept safe Right now that is a hope

and not a guarantee? It is a hope and not a guarantee

but I think we will be able to say in the next week whether we are

confident we can deliver that. Finally, again, to check my

understanding of your words, you seem to suggest there

is room for negotiation, The talks at ACAS today

are going on and you are not saying "We are adamant we are not moving

an inch", there is the possibility that there could be concessions

on your side and some sort of deal? We are absolutely prepared

to negotiate and both sides have We have to stick within the cost

envelope that we have. In the end both sides want to do

the same thing which is to be able to promise NHS patients

they will get the same high-quality care seven days a week and I think

that's what doctors want and it is what I want

as the Health Secretary. We should be able to find a deal

which is why these strikes The indications are, although no one

tells you exactly what is going on in the room, it is the issue of

anti-social hours, how much is classed as anti-social witch doctors

can claim extra pay for, that is the crux of the dispute -- which

doctors. And there is the tension, of course, but there is the broader

conversation, trying to win the public sympathy. There was an aide

there, for Jeremy Hunt, ready to take a film Jeremy Hunt, which could

be tweeted so the Department of Health could get their message out,

they are taking that side of this dispute very seriously indeed.

Thanks for joining us. Coming up: Making history in space -

British astronaut Tim Peake prepares to step outside the

International Space Station. Food labelling needs to change

so people can see how much exercise they would need to do

to burn off the calories - that's according to a leading

public health charity. The Royal Society

for Public Health - the RSPH - said "activity

equivalent" calorie labelling should be put on the front of food

and drink packs, with pictures showing the exercise needed

to match the calorie intake. They've released a poll, too,

which found that more than 60% of the 2000 people they asked

would back the change. We can speak now to Shirley Cramer,

the chief executive of the RSPH and Dr Sally Norton,

a UK Leading Health Expert and NHS Widely think this would be a good

idea? -- why do you think. We think this is a good idea, because we have

a problem with obesity and overweight, 60% of the adult

population are overweight or obese and that is climbing. We need to

think of a number of ways where we and that is climbing. We need to

can provide better information for people about the food they are

eating, we know that people do use the front of pack traffic light

labelling, but half of the people are also confused about that. We

were looking for something which might make it much simpler, clear

and very quick to get the information, so that you can make a

good decision about the food you are buying. What would it look like on a

pack? We have done some examples which are pictorial, because you

merit things and many words are difficult to read quickly. --

numeric. There is a picture of someone walking or running or

swimming or cycling and the number of calories next to that, so you can

see that if you have a packet of crisps that is 170 calories and that

will take you 30 minutes of walking to burn off those calories. Doctor

Norton, is it a simple equation, to make when you are working out, what

you need to do to burn off a certain amount of calories? We are in danger

of being overly simplistic, but it is right that we need to be

promoting the message that we need to eat and move more to counteract

the amount of food and drink to eat and move more to counteract

taking in, but we are in danger of oversimplifying it and giving the

wrong message, that all calories are created equal, and they are. If it

takes you 20 minutes to run off the calories of a can of Coke, that has

got nine teaspoons of sugar in it and know nutritional value, you

could be having something more nutritious, vitamins, proteins, in

that, as well, and so it is important that we don't think we can

eat whatever we like as long as we run it off later. Do you think that

this labelling would be a good idea? It is right that people are confused

with food labelling, there is so much information, and I have trouble

reading it half the time. You are looking for things like the number

portions which are contained in that serving which is often very

difficult to find, and so we do need something which is very quick

because people often scan labels and we need a clear message that this is

something which is quite high in calories and might not be good for

you. What do you say to that, surely? There is a drive at the

moment to look at the way that food is labelled and simple fire, but is

this an over simple -- simplified, but is this an over simplification?

We are hoping that the government will do something very substantial

about sugar in childhood obesity strategies, but for most people are

it is quite confusing, there's a lot to read. We want parents and others

to be able to make choices based on the evidence, and if you are an

adult woman you need around 2000 calories a day and a man needs

around 2500 calories. Just understanding having two packets of

crisps... We have some breaking news, Lord Janner's child abuse case

has been formally dropped in the light of the death of the

87-year-old. The seedings were left in limbo following the announcement

that he died, but this morning the prosecutor told the trial judge that

the Crown would not go ahead with the planned trial -- the proceedings

were left in limbo. The trial was due to happen at the Old Bailey in

April. Lord Janner was charged with sexual offences dating back to the

1960s against nine alleged victims who were mostly under 16 at the

time. He had been declared unfit to stand trial, due to irreversible

dementia, and you might remember the controversy over the decision not to

charging by the Crown Prosecution Service because of his health. It

led to a review and a decision was taken that there should be a trial

of the facts, and that would have meant that effectively a trial going

ahead but without him participating meant that effectively a trial going

and that was due to happen in April. He died at the age of 87 and that

was being looked at, but now it will not go ahead. We can speak to our

home affairs correspondent, who is outside the Old Bailey. Is this a

surprise, that the trial will now not go ahead?

Not really. The court was told by Richard Whitton QC, representing the

Crown Prosecution Service, that ordinarily death brought criminal

prosecutions to an end because there was no longer any one to convict or

acquit. He said there was speculation after Lord Janner Bliss

death that that might be different, for this process known as a trial of

the facts. But the court heard that was not the case, there is no

provision in law for posthumous proceedings, even if a defendant was

found unfit to stand trial, as was the case for Lord Janner. After a

hearing which lasted no more than 12 minutes, the court was told that it

had a certified copy of Lord Janner Bliss death certificate, the judge,

Mr Justice Openshaw, said that criminal proceedings against Lord

Janner were entered by his death and the file would be marked, the

defendant is deceased. -- were ended by his death. Throughout, Lord

Janner insisted he was innocent of any of the allegations he was

accused of, and his family has also said throughout that he is innocent.

A lot of pressure was brought to bear after the Crown Prosecution

Service initially decided that a trial could not go ahead because of

the State of his health. This was something that the alleged victims

had wanted to see. It is too early for any reaction, but what might you

expect to hear on that front? This is now the end of the criminal

process. The allegations against Lord Janner will also be considered

as part of the God art public inquiry into historical child sex

abuse. -- the Fed inquiry. That is an inquiry, not the same as criminal

proceedings. This does not prevent any of the alleged victims from

pursuing civil proceedings, that is claims against Lord Janner pars

estate. Thank you. That's quickly returned to the

conversation on food labelling. I interrupted you, Sally Norton. We

interrupted to go to the Old Bailey. Just to summarise what you were

saying about food labelling and the best way forward, there are so many

suggestions about what is the best thing. Should everybody be working

together to come up with the ideal label? That would be a good idea.

These are voluntary food labels. We heard from the food and drink

Federation when they saw the policy paper on the labelling and they were

very supportive and encouraging. I think if the food industry

understand the importance of labelling in having the right

information, and appropriate information, to families, we are

hopeful we can work together and get the right information out. What

would an ideal label look like for you, Sally? It has to be clear and

easy to read at a glance, people don't spend more than a few seconds

reading it. We have to be careful that manufactures -- manufacturers

are not using false labelling, calling things natural, organic,

farm fresh and these different terms that make people think they are

healthy. People are more likely to buy them and eat more of them, maybe

even pay more for them. There are lots of aspect is in terms of food

labelling packaging. Thank you both very much. Let us know what you

think. Still to come today: David Bowie's

music is expected to top the UK His album Blackstar is on course

for the number one spot, We'll reflect on the reaction

to his death this week. They've been dubbed the bad grandpas

- the elderly gang responsible for the ?14 million Hatton Garden

raid are facing jail after the final It took them two nights over Easter

weekend last year to breach a vault in London and make away with cash,

gold, diamonds and other jewellery. It was the work of a group of men

in their 60s and 70s who plotted They were caught after secret

recording devices planted in their cars captured them boasting

about being involved in the biggest It's emerged police are looking

for a mystery eighth suspect amid fears he may of fled overseas

with ?10 million in loot. Our correspondent

Daniela Relph explains. Hardly the usual suspect, a combined

age of 278. When others would be enjoying retirement, these four men

were plotting a daring heist. Brian Reader was the one the other is

called the master. The oldest, even used a free bus pass to get Hatton

Garden. CCTV placed the scene disguised as a workman. He came with

experience. Brian Reader appeared in the dark handcuffs to buying clothes

police officers. Decades earlier, the notorious ?26 million robbery

from a warehouse at Heathrow. In his mid-40s then, he was sentenced to

eight years in jail for handling stolen gold bullion. Terry Perkins

celebrated his 67th birthday during the burglary. Here he is, pushing a

wheelie bin of stolen jewels. A diabetic, he brought his medication

in, he said that without it he would have been taken out in a bin. He had

a criminal past, sentenced to 22 years for his part in the ?6 million

raid on the Security Express headquarters in London. The

detective who helped convict him as astonished at his latest crime. I

was absolutely flabbergasted. I would have thought he would have

learned a lesson and retired and got on with his property letting.

Obviously he decided to have one more go for his pension. 74-year-old

Kenny Collins was the lookout on the night of the burglary. Although some

of the group claimed he fell asleep during the coach at ease. He was

filmed the morning after walking away from the scene, smartly

dressed, briefcase in hand. He had helped plan the heist and the

aftermath and often brought helped plan the heist and the

Dempsey with him. Danny Jones was described in court as the eccentric,

a Walter Mitty character who liked to wear a fez and his mother's

dressing gown to bed. He admitted that he had hidden some of the

jewellery under family memorial stones at a north London cemetery.

The police found far more than he revealed. He was the youngest of

four at 60, here on a walkie-talkie appearing to coordinate events. He

had a history of burglary. The raid as Hatton Garden over the Easter

weekend was bowled but flawed. What would make a group of pensioners,

even with their criminal past, take such an enormous risk? This kind of

criminal enterprise makes them feel alive, takes them out of the

banality, the ordinariness of their everyday lives. It is the dream

aspirational job that everybody in this kind of world, that kind of

underworld, dreams about. Even at their rage, they couldn't resist.

But their final crime was too ambitious. They were too naive. This

group of unusual suspects now face spending their twilight years in

jail. Taxi driver Jon Harbinson

was cleared of his alleged role He was asked to look after three

bags at his home by his uncle William Lincoln, who was convicted

yesterday, having been told they did not contain

anything important. Thank you very much for joining us.

It has been a court case that has captured the public imagination

echoes of the ages of the defendants as much as anything? Indeed,

absolutely, everyone has talked about it. That is why you have me

here, I suppose. Your client was cleared of involvement in what

happened. What were the allegations against him? They allege that he was

a driver and he stored some of the loot. Luckily, you was innocent, it

was nothing to do with me. He was falsely accused. His uncle was one

of those convicted? Yes, his uncle, Billy Lincoln, Billy the Fish, as he

was called in court, was convicted of both charges, hiding the loot and

his part in the burglary. An interesting case to be involved

with, extraordinary, talk us through... You were seeing it at

close quarters. Quite an audacious crime. They went in over the Easter

weekend, having taken on a faulty piece of equipment, a hydraulic

pump, which was used to push away the Cabinet once they drilled into

the vault, once it broke, they had to go away, waited a day, went to a

DIY shop, bought a replacement pump and went back two nights later. It

takes courage, whatever else you think of these people. If you wanted

to be flippant you could almost say it is like a script out of a

Hollywood movie because of the way that the various defendants have

been characterised, their age and their characters? Indeed, we British

quite like our heist. There was no violence involved, no one was

surprised or scared by it, they went in and they went out overnight and

got away with ?14 million worth of jewellery, at least initially.

Unlike perhaps the great train robbery, which captured our

imaginations 40 or 50 years ago, where we sometimes forget that the

train driver was quite badly injured in that particular heist, this one

we can be forgiven for having some grudging admiration for it. Thank

you very much, barrister Philip Sinclair.

Still to come: Do get in touch with us this morning if you've

struggled to get your children into the school you want them

We'll be discussing the pressure on places just after ten o'clock.

Let's get the latest weather update with Matt.

What is the latest? I thought before we looked at the UK whether we would

step further out across the Atlantic. On Tuesday we would

talking about the earliest Pacific hurricane in a good few years. We

can match that, the Atlantic has got in on the game. Up to the top right

of the charts, the Azores, circled here is hurricane Alex, the first

Atlantic hurricane in January since 1938. Almost a record rate cut,

phenomenal for this time of year. Usually you would need C

temperatures of around 27 degrees, but at the moment there is unusually

cold air lying above pretty cold waters. That has injuries this

hurricane. What does it mean, you can predict too Farah head, so will

hurricane can -- hurricane season continue all the way through? It

does not start until the summer officially, but we will keep a close

eye on it. Keeping a close eye on the Azores, it will not affect us

directly, it will push off towards Greenland, but it may have an

influence on the weather next week, as I will show you.

At the moment, some pretty cold there across the UK. Much quieter

than an Atlantic hurricane. Snow again through the night and frosty

conditions this morning. This is the scene earlier on in the Highlands,

snow on the ground, temperatures dropping to -6 overnight. Wintry

flurries across Scotland at the moment are pushing southwards, rain

and sleet around the coast, sleet and snow inland commerce and

developing into Northern Ireland. If you are in Wales and south-west

England. But a dry, crisp and sunny day for most. Still a bite in the

breeze, taking it feel colder than temperatures would suggest. Dropping

snow here and there, covering across parts of Scotland. Looking dry and

brighter into the afternoon. More down across Northern Ireland for a

time. We will start to see the showers run back into north-west

England and North Wales once again. For the end of the afternoon, there

could be snow over the hills. Some of the showers across South Wales,

it should be dry and sunny for most do the afternoon, though, that

feeling chilly. A very cold night tonight, temperatures set to drop

further than last night. The breeze is quite noticeable demi- eastern

coast of England. Clear skies for the West, mist and fog in Northern

Ireland. Even in the towns and city centres, temperatures generally

around freezing, if not below. -7 in Wales, -8 in parts of England, -10

in Scotland. Some wintry flurries in the eastern coastal counties of

England, still a strong notable in East Anglia. Make the most of the

morning Scott -- sunshine in Northern Ireland and western

Scotland. A bit of a spoiler on the way, more cloud through the

afternoon, and by the end of the day and into the evening because the

outbreaks of rain, sleet and hill snow. The main risk of snow is

across parts of western Scotland, away from that we finish Saturday on

a dry, crisp and frosty note. With cloud pushing into the West, eastern

areas are where we are likely to see the frosty as conditions but also

the best of the Sunday sunshine across southern and eastern areas.

More cloud for the north and west, a grey day in Northern Ireland,

Scotland and northern England especially raw, rain, sleet and snow

at times. Into next week, cold and warm our battling it out either side

of the UK. Which one winds? That is open to uncertainty, but there is

the chance of Hello it's Friday, it's 10am,

I'm Joanna Gosling in for Victoria Welcome to the programme

if you've just joined us. The child sex abuse case

against Lord Janner Starting school should

be an exciting time - but for many families,

over-subscribed schools and shrinking catchment

areas make the whole We'll ask why there's such

a pressure on places. It's the final countdown

for Tim Peake - as he prepares to become the first astronaut

representing Britain And David Bowie's latest album

is set to rise to the top of the charts - along with the rest

of his greatest hits. We'll look back at the reaction

to his death this week. The child sex abuse case

against the late Lord Janner It's because of the 87

year-old's death last month. Our home affairs correspondent is

outside the Old Bailey. The hearing lasted around 12 minutes and there

was a statement from the prosecutor representing the Crown Prosecution

Service, and the judge who was appearing in the court by video

link, you said criminal proceedings against Lord Janner were ended by

his death -- he said. The file would be Mark that the defendant is now

deceased -- would be marked. Before his death a judge ruled he was unfit

to stand trial, that he was not fit to plead. He faced 22 allegations of

sexual offences against nine alleged victims, and his family has always

insisted that he was innocent. Instead of a trial, there was what

-- was going to be what is known as a trial of facts, where he would not

be present at court. The court heard there was no provision made for

posthumous proceedings even if a defendant was found unfit to stand

trial, as Lord Janner was. This now brings to an end the criminal

process. There is the possibility for alleged victims to take civil

action and also the Goddard enquiry into historical child sex abuse will

also look into this case. Daniel, at the Old Bailey, thanks.

BT has been given final approval to take over mobile phone operator,

EE - in a deal worth an estimated ?12.5 billion.

Head teachers demand action to ease the pressure on school places

in England - on the deadline day for primary school admissions.

Three arrests over the Indonesia gun and bomb attacks that killed two

people - so-called Islamic State says it was behind it.

Here in the UK - the NHS changes its policy on organ donation

- to cut the numbers of bereaved families blocking the use of organs

from people who'd given their consent to the procedure.

Matthew has been waiting seven and a half years now, it is torture, you

are waiting every day for a phone call which we feel probably will

never come. Anglican leaders signal

their continued opposition to gay marriage by imposing sanctions

against the US Episcopal Church, Major Tim Peake prepares

for the walk of his life. He'll undertake an historic six hour

space walk starting at lunchtime. Let's catch up with all the sport

now and join Ore Oduba. A good day for England's cricketers

in South Africa yesterday, We have had plenty of action this

morning. In Johannesburg, England have finally dismissed South Africa

for 313, but not without incident. The hosts started again and 206 to

7-7 and England picked up two wickets. -- 200 67-7. South Africa

added 37 for the last wicket, and Jimmy Anderson was removed from the

attack for running on the wicket, but it was wrapped up when Ben

Stokes took his 50th Test match wicket. England have not got off to

a good start, Alex Hales out for just a single. England are 19-1. The

Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amy has returned to action after he was

jailed and banned for spot fixing after a Test series against England

in 2010 -- Muhamed Amir. And now to the Australian open, Andy

Murray has reached four finals in Melbourne, and he has lost all of

them, but the draw has been made for the tournament, and he will begin

his tournament against one of the rising stars, an 18-year-old German.

Johanna Konta will take on Venus Williams in the first round. Play

begins on Monday. Happy to be here and I'm looking forward to

competing. I've played a couple of good matches already this year and

I'm looking forward to playing some more. It is the beginning of the

season and it is new and exciting. Sitting down for interviews is new

again. I will be talking to Greg Rusedski on the programme in about

half an hour about the British interest going into the first major

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match with the ping, but the referee made an interesting call. -- pink.

Foul. Foul? He called a foul for a perfectly legitimate shot, which

baffled the commentators and the player, but the referee apologised

and he owned up to his mistake. All smiles. Barry Hawkins into the last

four. The remaining quarterfinals are played today and both matches

will be on BBC Two. Even professionals make mistakes, but as

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'Victoria Derbyshire' The sexual offences charged against

the late Lord Janner have been dropped. He died last month at the

age of 87, he had already been declared unfit to stand trial

because of his deteriorating and irreversible dementia, and they

tried of the facts had been scheduled for April. -- a trial will

stop our correspondent is outside the Old Bailey. He has more

reaction. Within the past hour, the judge said that criminal proceedings

against Lord Janner were ended by his death. And that his file would

be marked, the defendant is deceased. Today's hearing was to

establish whether any kind of criminal proceedings could still

continue posthumously, and ordinarily a criminal trial would

not continue after a defendant has died, but as you referred to there,

Lord Janner had been found to be unfit to stand trial because of his

dementia and instead what was to happen later this year was a trial

of the facts where a jury would have established if Lord -- Lord Janner

had done what he was alleged to, without establishing guilt or

innocence. The court was told by the prosecution that there was no

provision in law for posthumous proceedings even if a defendant was

found unfit to stand trial as Lord Janner was. To discuss what this

means, I'm joined by Liz who represents eight of the alleged

victims. Lord Janner's family have said that he is innocent, we should

say, they have said he is innocent of the allegations that were made

against him. But those that you represent lady wanted to bring those

allegations to court as part of a criminal process -- those that you

represent wanted. They are devastated, but they understand the

reasons why a criminal proceedings cannot go ahead, but the real

travesty in this case is that many of them gave their statements to the

police decades ago. There have been so mini missed opportunities to

bring this case to justice while Lord Janner was alive -- so many.

Now the only option left them is to attend before the Goddard inquiry,

they have that will be taken as a priority and for them to give their

evidence in person. This is the independent inquiry led by Lord

Goddard which will look into these allegations as part of the overall

enquiry. Yes, I hope that she will indicate that she will now hear the

Lord Janner case as a matter of priority, and what is a tragedy is

that the police have painstakingly gathered evidence in the last three

years since many more allegations came to light and much of that

evidence will not be heard. It is a real loss of justice to the victims,

they totally understand why. It is the end of the criminal process, but

they are still able to proceed in the civil courts, is that going to

happen? We have already commenced court proceedings and thereby half

in the civil courts and although he is now dead and cannot face a

criminal trial, his estate can still face the criminal proceedings and

they very much want that to happen. This is for the facts to be

established. Many thanks. A judge has now brought to an end the

criminal proceedings, and there is still the possibility for the

alleged victims to pursue civil claims and the Goddard inquiry is

also going to be looking into this case as part of its wider remit.

Thanks for joining us. It's deadline day today

for parents in England - who have until midnight to apply

for primary school places. The National Association

of Headteachers has strongly criticised the school

planning process - saying that it's fragmented

and confusing for parents. They say the problem is so bad it

risks harming childrens' education, and local authorities need more

power to control where new schools open to make sure places are created

where demand is greatest. In a moment we will discuss

all of this with primary school head teachers, council leaders

and parents who've been But first let's get some more detail

from our education correspondent So why is this a very difficult

process for parents? It is one of those experiences as a

parent that you'd read, not quite up there with changing nappies, but it

is a pretty joyless task -- that you dread. By tonight, midnight, you

have got to choose up to six schools, make the selections and

apply, is worth putting down at least three to make sure that you

get something you want. Depending where you live, you can apply it six

times with different schools in different boroughs. Parents will

then find out, and about four out of ten would not get their first

choice, it has become more complicated and a more confusing

system recently. There are changes to the system? The National

association of head teachers says the system is broken and they have

said it has been Balkanised, not just fragmented, but often

uncooperative and schools do not work together for the greater good,

because free schools and academies have the freedom to run their own

admissions, and so parents can apply to 64 schools of six different

types, and the schools might not inform each other -- can apply to

six different schools. And so the local authorities might not be able

to provide their legal duty to provide every child with a place at

school. Which of course would harm the child.

Let's talk now to a group of people directly affected by all of this -

Titilayo Oluwatudimu, is the founder of a free school -

Councillor Alisa Flemming, Labour Cabinet member for children,

families and learning at Croydon Council -

and parent Antonia Bennet - who has been through the system.

Antonia, what happened with you? Antonia, what happened? We made the

Antonia, what happened with you? We application in 2012 and in 2013

Antonia, what happened with you? We made

Antonia, what happened with you? We application in 2012 and in 2013 we

Antonia, what happened with you? We made the

application in 2012 and in 2013 we received

application in 2012 and in 2013 we made the application

application in 2012 and in 2013 we received a letter

application in 2012 and in 2013 we made the application in

application in 2012 and in 2013 we received a letter stating

application in 2012 and in 2013 we made the application in 2012,

application in 2012 and in 2013 we received a letter stating that we

had not got our choices. received a letter stating that we

made the application in 2012, in 2013 we received a letter stating we

did 2013 we received a letter stating we

had not got our choices. Isaac was being

had not got our choices. Isaac was did not have

had not got our choices. Isaac was being placed

had not got our choices. Isaac was did not have our

had not got our choices. Isaac was being placed in a

had not got our choices. Isaac was did not have our choices. Isaac was

had not got our choices. Isaac was being placed in a school

did not have our choices. Isaac was being placed in a school 45

did not have our choices. Isaac was being placed in a school 45 minutes

bus journey was away, two buses. being placed in a school 45 minutes

being placed in the school of 45 minute bus journey away. We

being placed in the school of 45 bus journey was away, two buses. We

being placed in the school of 45 minute bus journey away. We tried

bus journey was away, two buses. We tried to appeal the process,

bus journey was away, two buses. We minute bus journey away. We tried to

bus journey was away, two buses. We tried to appeal the process, but

minute bus journey away. We tried to tried to appeal the process, but we

minute bus journey away. We tried to appeal the

tried to appeal the process, but we did not

tried to appeal the process, but we appeal the process,

tried to appeal the process, but we did not fit the correct

tried to appeal the process, but we appeal the process, but

tried to appeal the process, but we did not fit the correct criteria.

tried to appeal the process, but we appeal the process, but we did

did not fit the correct criteria. Isaac

did not fit the correct criteria. appeal the process, but we did not

meet appeal the process, but we did not

Isaac went appeal the process, but we did not

meet the appeal the process, but we did not

Isaac went to a appeal the process, but we did not

meet the correct criteria. appeal the process, but we did not

Isaac went to a school 45 minutes away, in the end. Hanley schools

were closer? away, in the end. Hanley schools

meet the correct criteria. How many schools

meet the correct criteria. How many were closer? 23

meet the correct criteria. How many schools were

meet the correct criteria. How many were closer? 23 schools.

meet the correct criteria. How many schools were close to you?

meet the correct criteria. How many were closer? 23 schools. --

meet the correct criteria. How many schools were close to you? 23

meet the correct criteria. How many were closer? 23 schools. -- how

many. schools were close to you? 23

schools were closer, this was schools were close to you? 23

many. This schools were close to you? 23

schools were closer, this was the closest

schools were closer, this was the many. This was

schools were closer, this was the closest undersubscribed school.

schools were closer, this was the many. This was the closest school

which was under subscribed. closest undersubscribed school.

Crikey. closest undersubscribed school.

which was under subscribed. How did you

which was under subscribed. How did Crikey. How

which was under subscribed. How did you feel?

which was under subscribed. How did Crikey. How did that make you feel?

which was under subscribed. How did you feel? We were devastated, I

Crikey. How did that make you feel? Devastated.

Crikey. How did that make you feel? you feel? We were devastated, I had

to quit my you feel? We were devastated, I had

Devastated. I had to you feel? We were devastated, I had

to quit my job you feel? We were devastated, I had

Devastated. I had to quit my you feel? We were devastated, I had

to quit my job and you feel? We were devastated, I had

Devastated. I had to quit my job you feel? We were devastated, I had

to quit my job and get a you feel? We were devastated, I had

Devastated. I had to quit my job and to quit my job and get a part-time

job to fit to quit my job and get a part-time

get a part-time job to quit my job and get a part-time

job to fit in with taking to quit my job and get a part-time

get a part-time job to to quit my job and get a part-time

job to fit in with taking him to to quit my job and get a part-time

get a part-time job to fit in job to fit in with taking him to

school. job to fit in with taking him to

get a part-time job to fit in with taking

get a part-time job to fit in with school. 45 minute to drop him at

school and then 45 minutes back. school. 45 minute to drop him at

taking Isaac to school. It was 45 minutes to drop him at school, 45

minutes back, I spent hours travelling every day. The impact on

him was heartbreaking. Having to travelling every day. The impact on

school and then 45 minutes back. It him was heartbreaking. Having to get

school and then 45 minutes back. It was difficult,

him was heartbreaking. Having to get your

him was heartbreaking. Having to get was difficult, getting

him was heartbreaking. Having to get your child about

him was heartbreaking. Having to get was difficult, getting up at

him was heartbreaking. Having to get your child about seven I

him was heartbreaking. Having to get was difficult, getting up at seven

o'clock in the morning, he was difficult, getting up at seven

your child about seven I am,. was difficult, getting up at seven

o'clock in the morning, he did not want to eat breakfast, it was too

early, and then getting on a bus, 45 minutes, trying to make sure we were

not late because we work relying on public and sport committee was a

very stressful time. Dominic, your daughter is three and

a half, you already engage with the process? A blood terrifyingly

complex and really worryingly. I have spoken to local education

authorities, where I live, all the good schools around me are

oversubscribed, I fall outside the area. Luckily, I have found a school

which hopefully she will get into, a good school which is relatively new

but in a different alley. It feels to me that it is about my only

choice. Wider you feel you will not get into any nearest schools? There

are services on the Internet which will show you roughly where you need

to be to get into a school. How close is your nearest school that

you would want to get into, ideally? Probably about 400, 500 metres away.

That you don't reckon you would get in? No. Mark Darren Peetoom, you are

the headmaster of a very oversubscribed primary, to what

extent? We have had years with over 300 applications for 30 places.

Managing expectations of parents getting children into the school is

an enormous challenge, and also for the local authority. Last year you

had to look within 300 metres to get into the school. It must be a very

difficult, stressful process for the schools and the parents? We have a

lot of upset parents, parents of children already in the nursery,

which does not guarantee a primary admissions place. It is a constant

battle. And supporting them to making informed decisions about

where our realistic choices for their children to get school places.

You look after education for Crowley -- for Croydon Council, I suppose

you have the overview. What is going on, is everybody plumping for the

same schools and inevitably there is a jam, or is the availability? Where

is the system system falling? Specifically in relation to Croydon,

the difficulty in previous years had been in terms of the supply strategy

and ensuring the places are available. Luckily in Croydon we

have been able to see, especially given that we are the regeneration

borough of London at the moment, in the last five years we have seen an

additional 70 forms of entry added, the mass majority would have been

the primary estate, some of that would have been an secondary

provision in the borough. Managing that, whilst difficult, has been

successful. The vast majority of the parents have been offered a school

of choice. Not necessarily the first place. One of the focus is for me,

especially as apparent myself, is we need to get back to the place of

local schools for local children, but also that all schools should be

a school of choice. That is the philosophy we have in Croydon, and

as a result there is the hope that all children would be able to go to

their local schools. I have heard you mention about a good school. In

Croydon, again, we are very lucky that the vast majority of schools

are good or outstanding. That is very important in terms of parent

preference. For me, as a mother, that is of importance. Equally,

having to travel long distances, as Antonia has mentioned, can be an

issue for the child. By the time they get to school they are

overtired or not able to keep up in class. For me, we really need to

continue to push local school places for local children. You set up a

free school, why? Go by -- I lived in a row where I had children in

inadequate classrooms, Portakabins, classrooms were overcrowded. There

were parents like we have listened to who were frustrated at not

getting the schools of their choices. If and when the Government

then decided that there was a possibility of having community

groups setting up schools, what I did was have conversations with my

local community. There is a need. If we can fight that provision for

children, let's do it. I had to get together some members of the

community with very close collaboration with the local

authority looking at where the places were needed, and we set up

authority looking at where the free school. However, we are

experiencing exactly the same thing around the table, oversubscription.

We set up a very small school. Still a very small percentage being

catered for. They need is still there. Practically every year we

have been oversubscribed. The good thing is that because it is set up

in a place where it is needed, parents feel part of a community.

There is a large bit of biding in from the parents around and members

of the community, because it is part of their community. People like what

they see with your school and want to go there, do you know of any

undersubscribed schools in the area? Not exactly. We are in a position

where practically all the schools around us are oversubscribed. We

have a huge growth, we have more people with in the borough. There

are constantly people looking for more places. Mark, are you aware of

any schools near you being oversubscribed? -- undersubscribed?

All of the schools local to me in Hackney faces the challenges of

massive oversubscription. We have had massive increases in birth rate,

lots of regeneration with new housing, families coming to live in

the borough. It is very error to send children to school and, they

get a very good deal. -- it is a very successful borough to send

children to school in. We are a victim of our own success, families

desperately want to get in. It is another story, but it is

interesting, Hackney has turned around. We have transformed

education through hard work, efforts and education will stop it is a

credit to everybody working in the schools that we have had this

delight happen. Antonia and Dominic, are you aware of schools where you

could have much more easily got into that you are looking at, but you

just don't want to go to? Parents are shying away and they are

undersubscribed? The garb not that I am aware of. You were not being too

picky? We were being picky based on distance, but that was the

picky? We were being picky based on criteria we were looking at. The

schools in the area where we live, they range from good to outstanding,

we didn't mind weather it was a good or outstanding school, we just

wanted to be able to get our child into a school where we could still

have a good quality of life. Where did you end up? You said it was this

45 minute bus ride, it has change? As of November, Isaac was into our

first choice school after two and a bit years of being on the waiting

list. And the difference is incredible. How close is that to

list. And the difference is now? About a ten minute walk away.

You were on the waiting list, is that a passive system where you sit

back and wait, or do you have to stay in touch and get involved? You

had to stay in touch with the local authority to say you would like to

remain on the list, you have to do that once every term or you get

taken off the list. When parents call up they should also check they

are on the list for all of the schools they applied for, we had a

situation where we were taken off the list for one of the schools

completely in error, it meant we had to reapply, which is why it took

even longer to get Isaac into a local school. How much fluidity is

their further down the track for parents who don't get their kid

where they want, things might change? In Croydon, it varies. We

have a combination of both academies, free schools and, in

terms of the selection process, although everything runs through the

local authority in terms of place allocation, the waiting lists and

the appeals, if it is, for example, maybe a faith school, is undertaken

directly by that individual establishment there was fluidity.

Currently our focus is moving towards the secondary phase of

education, making sure place allocation is available. On Monday

night we will be looking at our supply strategy, moving forward for

the coming three years and ensuring we have sufficient school places

available. But I just think it is an ongoing issue that we have always

had in terms of parental preference. Even for me myself. And one of the

major issues we have had, it is not political and I don't seek to make

it, but if we look at somewhere like Croydon, an outer London borough, in

terms of the funding that you get, in terms of being able to expand on

what is deemed to be a good or outstanding school, there is an

issue. If we take Lambeth, right next door to us, is about ?2000 less

per child, ?60,000 per class. So the money we have spent on expanding

schools has been done through rolling -- oral wing and funding

bids. The Government has ruled nationally that all new schools had

to be free schools. It takes the power amp little choice away.

Dominic, I did not get you to answer the question about whether there are

schools closer to you that you would prefer not to send? There is one

school. It might rarity is quality of life. Taking a three-year-old

across London at eight o'clock in the morning, the traffic and

everything else, is a nightmare. Adding two Alister somebody's day is

not fair. It is more than just... It is about local communities. I wanted

to be able to play with children on the same street and not travel miles

to get to school. It is really, really important. Obviously I don't

want a school that I am scared of her going to! Do you both see ways

of improving the system? It is numbers, but it is so complicated.

Free schools and academies, which set their own admissions criteria,

you don't necessarily find it up by the Kouyate local education

authorities, you have to speak to individual schools and you don't get

the information needed to know whether you will get into the

school, it is very difficult. You end up resorting to doing huge

amount of research yourself a which is tiring and difficult, especially

when you have young children. Thank you all for coming in and talking to

us. We invited the Department for Education to come in, but they told

us that 95% of parents received an offer at one of their top three

schools last year and the Government doubled funding for new school

places to ?5 billion between 2011 and 2015, helping create half a

million new places, and they say they have opened more than 250 free

schools, we know more needs to be done so we will invest a further ?23

billion in school buildings up to 2021, creating 500 new schools and

600,000 new school places. Tim Peake gets ready for the first

ever space walk by an astronaut representing the UK -

We'll have the details in the lead And David Bowie is on course to top

the UK charts once again. We'll reflect on the reaction

to his death this week. As we've been hearing,

the child sex abuse case against the late Lord Janner has

been dropped, following the 87 A 'trial of the facts' had been

scheduled for April but that Head teachers demand action to ease

the pressure on school places in England - on the deadline day

for primary school admissions. BT has been given final approval

to take over mobile phone operator, EE - in a deal worth

an estimated ?12.5 billion. The NHS changes its policy

on organ donation - to cut the numbers of bereaved

families blocking the use of organs from people who'd given

their consent to the procedure. Matthew has been waiting seven and a

half years, it is torture, you are waiting everyday for a phone call

which we feel probably will never come.

Anglican leaders signal their continued opposition to gay

marriage by imposing sanctions against the US Episcopal Church,

It's time to talk sport with Ore now, and just a couple of days

until the start of the Australian Open tennis?

That is right, excitement is building to the first grand slam of

the year, Andy Murray will be the centre of attention as far as the

British contingent is concerned, but he's not the early representative in

Australia. We can talk to Greg Rusedski, who joins us live. Good

morning. You have some late nights coming as we look forward to this

tournament, starting Monday, but what about Andy Murray? He has been

to four finals in Melbourne and lost all of them. Psychologically that

will hurt, but this could be the year? Possibly yes, last year were

sensational for him, getting to number two at the end of the season

and winning the Davis Cup for the number two at the end of the season

first time for Great Britain, he has a lot of confidence and I think he

will make it back to the final. But Novak Djokovic has been sensational

at the moment. If he gets to the final, anything can happen in the

one match, so he has a great opportunity to win this for the

first time. It took him five times to win his first grand slam, so

maybe the number five is lucky for Andy Murray. What about the man he

is taking on? Alexander Zverev. He is very tall, six feet six, a

difficult opponent. I think is very tall, six feet six, a

win in straight sets, Andy Murray, but Alexander Zverev is one for the

future, but I don't think he is physically strong enough to stay

with Andy. Andy has beaten him before and he was very convincing,

and I think Andy's test will start in the quarterfinals, that could be

David Ferrer, and then the semifinal could be Stan Wawrinka. I think you

could get to the final, though. Johanna Konta, it is not get much

harder than the seven time grand slam champion Venus Williams. But is

the best time to take on Venus Williams in the opening round? Yes,

you want to do that before she Williams in the opening round? Yes,

her momentum, especially going into the second week. They have met on

one occasion, and Venus Williams was victorious in a tight 3-set match,

but Johanna Konta is really growing in confidence. Mentally, the

question was, does she have the right attitude? I think she does.

This could be a possible upset and I think Joanne concert could beat

Venus Williams. -- Johanna Konta could beat Venus William 's. It was

an incredible year for British tennis, you mentioned the Davis Cup

victory, history was made last year, and we hope possibly building on

that with the likes of Kyle Edmund coming through. It was a great year

for the Brits in Australia, six British players, four in the men and

two and the ladies, so there's a lot of forward to. -- on the ladies.

Kyle could have a rematch with David Goffin, which we saw in the Davis

Cup, that could be intriguing. So many good matches to look forward

to, and the men and women's side, and if you want to watch the

coverage, watch it live and exclusive on Eurosport. Oh! But why

would you not listen to it on five live sports extra? You can listen to

it there, as well, but if you want to see it live on the television,

that is the only place to watch it. to see it live on the television,

You get it anyway you can exclaim -- you can square that was Greg

Rusedski. -- you get it anyway you can! England are 27-2 at the moment,

so they are not doing very well at the moment in the third Test match

in Johannesburg. Thanks for joining us. Many of you getting in touch

after hour, station regarding organ donation and the news that about 100

families every year are saying no to organ donation and in spite of their

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to the state unless I agree "If you are prepared to accept

an organ you should "He was a magnificent actor

and a wonderful man" - the words of the author JK Rowling

paying tribute to the actor Alan Rickman, who has died

of cancer at the age of 69. He enjoyed success in theatre

and television but performances in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,

Die Hard, Love Actually and the Harry Potter films

which brought him global fame. Yes, but you've also

made a fool out of me. You've made the life

I lead foolish, too. That is a very serious

accusation, Potter. There's a poem I wanted

you to translate. There's a bit that

I wanted you to hear. Juliet Stevenson played

Alan Rickman's co-star in 'Truly, She told Newsnight's Emily Maitlis

that the film was a good representation of what he could do -

which was everything. He was an incredibly inventive

person to work with. Very, very creative and thinking all

the time about the bigger picture. He had his eye on everything,

what the camera was doing, He thought very big and he had many

kinds of talent that could address themselves to all kinds

of parts of the job. He had a lot to offer

in every department. He was an inspiration to pretty much

everyone on the crew as I'm sure Sometimes there was a look

as Emma Thompson said, one look or one word,

an eyebrow, a glance. He's sitting on my shoulder now

and looking down at me and saying, He could make you roar with laughter

with a couple of words. He could say something searingly

insightful with just a line. He was astonishingly economic

in his utterance but he had this laser beam accuracy

about what needed to be said. Whether that was funny

or insightful or tricky Is that from his stage sort

of structure that came before film? He was a theatre actor for a long

time before he became He was a classical actor

on stage and we met A lot of us did who were

close friends of his. As for that capacity,

no, I think you always have that. He lived on the back

foot, you know. He thought a great deal before

he offered up an opinion. He was also very instinctive

and an intuitive person. His judgments came from

an amazing blend of the mind, The actress Juliet Stevenson talking

about Alan Rickman who died British astronaut Tim Peake

will boldly go where few others have later today - taking part

in his first space walk, a month after arriving

at the International Space Station. Major Peake and his American

colleague Tim Kopra will try to repair a power unit

on the outside of the station. They'll start just before

1pm, taking about six So how do you train for a spacewalk

- well, it seems you need a big swimming pool and a lot of patience,

as Tim Peake explains. What does it feel like to put on the

suit? Pretty difficult to get into, it is like a small caving expedition

just to get into it, and it is a very tight fit, although it looks

very big and bulky. Inside the suit you are crammed in, which is a good

thing, you don't want too much room to move around, I like it pressing

hard against my shoulders, right here. There are probably three

activities which are really high risk, the launch, the re-entry, and

spacewalking, it is one of the few times where as an astronaut you

completely responsible for your own safety. You really are out there on

a limb and you need to be able to take care of yourself and understand

what is going on. Do you have a go to release yourself? It is one of

those tasks, you cannot have a slip in concentration and if you forget

once to put down your local Teva which is what keeps you attach to

the space station and then you turn around and start working on a piece

of equipment and let go of the hand rails, before you know it you are

floating off space station and that is a really bad day. It was good, as

expected, it was tough. Feels like I've been in the gym all day. He's

not got much longer to wait. The countdown will be starting at 1130

and he is still carrying out his final preparations.

Here to tell us more about Tim Peake's mission is the man

who has been backing him from the very start.

Jeremy Curtis leads the UK Space Agency's space education

We are also joined by our science correspondent. He was talking about

the difficulties in front of him, but when he steps out, what can he

see? Until this point, every view he has had of the Earth is essentially

through a window, and the spacecraft which took him up, you can look out

the window and looked down in the space station, this will be the

first time he comes up top, to face the vastness of space, seeing the

earth below, separated only by his space suit, which is like

earth below, separated only by his spaceship, it has all the things on

board which he needs to survive out there. Seeing the outside structure

of the space station, as well. He saw that on the approach, but this

will be the first time he is setting his gloved hands down onto it, so it

will be remarkable. He will be given a few minutes to Oriente takings so

with the situation because it must be a very strange and wonderful

situation -- orientate himself with the situation. It must be an

incredible moment. He has been training for about six years, to get

to this point, and he's very training for about six years, to get

share this with people in the UK, because he realises it is a

privilege, a vision that no one else gets, this is a rare opportunity, so

he is keen for people in the UK to have a part of his mission by

following his training and understanding what he is trying to

do. Children are getting very engaged with this. It is brilliant.

They are so excited, there are schools across the country following

what he's doing, and they can do this much more easily if they go

through some of the education programme we have set up. His

training, you can copy, and follow, the training that Tim does on the

space station. You saw in the film how much hard work it will be for

Tim, he has got to fight the space suit all the time, although he is

weightless, he has got to be very strong and dextrous and keep

concentrating the whole time. He has got to do much training in space, he

does two hours every day of trading, he runs on a running machine and

lifts weights -- two hours every day of training. We can follow that on

the ground and you can copy what he's doing and see if

the ground and you can copy what keeping up with him, in the space to

Earth challenge. # I guess you could, if you wanted,

by the sort of food he is eating, I think they sell it in museum shops.

Is this is real. Oh, is the stuff in museum shops not?! Dybala I should

not say. This is scrambled egg. It is written in English and Russian.

You re-hydrated by putting hot water in. It tells you exactly what

quantity to put in. It tells you how much sodium there is in every one of

these things. They had to keep their salt intake right, because their

fluid balance changes. The body tries to get rid of excess fluid and

they ended been dehydrated. tries to get rid of excess fluid and

are on a spacewalk for six hours you have to keep your fluid levels up.

We have another thing called Mission next, it is all about the foods that

astronauts eat and the fitness that they have to acquire in order to do

their work. -- called Mission by. We all got 7000 kids involved in the

challenge running from now and tell March. Here is my favourite. Tim has

to drink tea, how could you... He is British, how could you not? This is

what he looks like, it does not look very appealing. You have to put hot

water in. He has got some very appealing. You have to put hot

that is a bit better quality than the standard dehydrated stuff. I

love it, it would take a Brit to do that! Tell us more, Rebecca, about

what he will be doing. One astronaut has previously described it as like

mending a watch while wearing oven gloves and falling off an infinitely

tall building. That sounds about right, it is DIY in the most

possible situation you could imagine. Just working through the

spacesuit is incredibly hard. Gloves, it is like squeezing against

the pressure balls you get in the gym, constantly squeezing your

fingers to manipulate. Today he will be helping to replace a power unit

on by called a sequential shunt unit. The space station is powered

by solar arrays, there are eight of them on there, and the sequential

shunt unit essentially regulates how much power is actually going into

the space station, it controls the voltage. One of those eight units

broke down, that is OK, the space station can run on 12.5% less power,

but they don't want another one to break so they have to fix it. Sounds

simple, it is one box that they are swapping for another, but doing that

in spades is very hard. Every time you're twisting a wrench or a power

drill, your body is turning at the same time, you had to be tethered

on, have a footplate installed to make sure you are locked into place.

They have to do it during the hours of darkness as well. On Earth, if we

were doing it during our night-time we would have loads of hours, space,

it is whizzing around the Earth at 20,000: it is an hour, night-time

lasts around 45 minutes, they have a 30 minute window. We don't want to

do it during daylight because the power of the sun is going through

the solar array, it would be disastrous if an electrical current

run through it and there were any sparks. Swapping in one box for

another sounds easy, but I think it will be quite challenging. How can

we monitor what is going on? It will be streamed live. Can you imagine

doing all this for the very first time, it is incredibly important

and, guess what, millions will be watching over your shoulder. There

is a camera on his helmet, it will all be streamed live on the Nasa

website or the print chippy website, where you can watch everything

happen -- or the Principia website. It is meant to be about 12:55pm,

sometimes they get to their checks quicker and they will be out

earlier, they don't want to waste time. The replacement of the SSU,

what Becky was talking about, we think that will be at around 2:30pm.

But they can always change things, they might move it up or down. It

will be really, really exciting to watch over his shoulder as he does

this extraordinary operation for the very first time. Thank you both.

And there'll be coverage of Tim Peake's spacewalk on the BBC

News Channel from 11:30am - and the walk itself is due to happen

That may be a little bit variable. Just a quick update on news breaking

this morning that legal proceedings against former Labour peer Lord

Janner, who was facing child abuse charges, have been formally dropped

following his death. A planned trial of the fact Jew to be held at the

Old Bailey in April will not go ahead. We are hearing that the

independent Goddard inquiry into child sex abuse will look into Lord

Janner and subsequent failures to protect children from abuse by him

or others associated with him. David Bowie's 25th studio album

Blackstar is expected to top the albums chart when the latest

countdown is announced this evening. The album was released just two days

before the iconic musician's death And it looks like many of his

greatest hits could make it We can speak now to Shaun Keaveny,

fresh from presenting his Radio Thank you for coming in. It is

extraordinary to watch on a particularly the video for Lazarus,

knowing he was doing bad as he knew he was dying and wanted people to

see that, potentially after his death? Many people are saying, the

producer of the album, has said precisely that. David Nugent will

well. -- David knew full well. He had his diagnosis, it accelerated

come November, he knew what was coming and he wanted to work until

the last moment and create this love letter, if you will, to the fans, a

final statement. Only he could pull it off with quite such aplomb. Let's

listen more closely to the music as we watch the video.

# Look up here, man, I'm in danger. # I've got nothing left to lose.

# I'm so high it makes my brain world.

The poignancy of watching about just after his death brings a whole extra

dimensional to a song, which is a beautiful song, but it adds a

different dimensional? It does. I was listening to at last Saturday,

just streaming at, it had only just come out last Friday. Just having

that workmanlike experience of listening to new Bowie music and

thinking, while, it is really good, this is a fantastic new piece of

music. And then come Monday, it is a totally different... Seen through a

totally different prism. On radio six music we experience such a

colossal out pouring of grief. We talked about it on this very

colossal out pouring of grief. We programme on Monday. It was

unprecedented. Thinking about it and living with it for the last few

days, I think one of the reasons is that David Bowie is a singular

musician. In many regards, if other icons are to die, unfortunately we

all shuffling off the mortal coil, very often they are part of a group,

where as David has created this entire canon of work themselves, all

these different different guises, that is what people are clinging

onto. It is like losing about 75 artists at once coming he created

all these different worlds. We are hearing one of his greatest hits,

these are all coming back to chart. Is it young people who were not

aware of him before who were waking up to his music? I have brought a

couple of e-mails. Again, what comes through, certainly for us at the

station, is how many people have had the experience of having it passed

to them from older generations and passing it on. A gentleman called

Andrew played the songs to his children in his car, these are seven

and ten-year-old children. Other people get in contact, a gentleman

said we bought our eldest a dance at record player to take to college,

and the day before, the news of David's passing came, he rang me up

from Southampton University to tell his father that he had listened to

Ziggy Stardust for the first time on vinyl, what a great experience it

was. He says, I am dreading telling him the bad news. It is so

wonderful, largely thanks to streaming services like Spotify and

things, this music lives on as viscerally in young people as it

does in the older generation. My kids are seven and five and have

been asking for David Bowie songs all week. That is a great piece of

news. I have had a conversation with my kids about how some music will

really and juror, and what makes some artists live over the

generations. -- will really endure. Because they dared to do something

different when they were doing it. It is arguable whether Black Eyed

Peas or Ollie Merz will be talked about in the same way in the next 45

or 50 years. But some artists like this, you know they will be around

for hundreds of years. There will not be a big funeral. There have

been various reports of him having already been cremated. You are

getting a lot of input from fans on the station, do fans feel they

somehow want to pay tribute to David Bouley and remember him with some

sort of memorial? -- to David Bowie. I can't really remember the last

time it happened if, indeed, it has, fans across the world are already

putting together memorial concerts, putting together different ideas.

One person on Twitter was talking about trying to create a ring of

love around the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury this year, just

everybody holding hands and singing David Bowie songs, charity concerts,

this kind of thing. There is one in Coneygree Hall in March which would

be a tribute before he died, now it is a memorial -- in Coneygree Hall.

It is passing the torch to the younger generation of fans. Possibly