08/03/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

The Chancellor prepares for his first Budget,

with an upbeat message on the economy.

There is expected to be extra money for social care,

but there will be few other giveaways.

All this week I have been hearing from different generations about

what they want from the Budget. Today we are talking to the post-war

Baby Boomers and beyond so I am at a retirement village in Bournville.

Good morning, it is Wednesday 8 March.

Also this morning: Lord Heseltine is sacked as a Government advisor

after rebelling in a vote over Brexit.

Could our televisions be spying on us?

Claims that the CIA have developed new technology

In sport: More pressure on Arsene Wenger, as Arsenal

are humiliated in the Champions League.

They are thrashed 5-1 by Bayern Munich in the last 16,

We return to Germany with the only surviving member of the air crews

that carried out one of the Second World War's

Thank you, good morning. The weather has a 3-way split across the

country. Windy conditions and showers in the north, dry and bright

in the central swathes of the UK and in the south, mild, cloudy and damp.

I will have more details about 15 minutes.

First, our main story: An upbeat assessment of the economy,

but a warning that more austerity lies ahead -

they are expected to be the key messages when the Chancellor,

Philip Hammond, delivers first Budget later today.

He will stress that the Government won't shirk difficult decisions

But he is expected to find extra money for social care in England,

and to help soften the impact of changes to business rates.

Here is our political correspondent Eleanor Garnier.

Here's the man in Westminster as Spreadsheet fill. The cautious

treasury chief in charge of the numbers. So is the Chancellor does

his sons, what has he got to consider? Well, the big issue that

is dominating its Brexit, as the UK prepares to leave the EU, Esther

Hammond says he is focused on keeping the economy resilient, with

a warning this is no time for spending sprees. Even so, there will

be cash for new Free Schools and money to shake up vocational and

technical training for 16 to 18 -year-olds. But the Chancellor is

under pressure to spend more on public services. With claims of

social care is in crisis and repeated calls for more money for

the NHS. Plus, pleased to help soften the blow for small firms hit

a change in business rates. Mr Hammond might have chucked out his

predecessor's timetable for dealing with the deficit, but both he and

the prime Minister still believe balancing the books is the only way

to ensure a stable economy that is growing.

And Eleanor is in Downing Street this morning.

I suppose you won't know if there are any surprises, but might there

be? I don't think farewell. If you are expecting any fireworks, you are

probably going to be disappointed. I am told, though, this will an up its

speech. The Chancellor will save the economy has proved to be resilient,

but he will also admit that many families are feeling the pinch. I

think what is going to become clear later is that austerity has not gone

away. There are still cuts to come, many with very human consequences,

and also with racks at around the corner we should expect the

Chancellor to keep back some of that spending power, not commit it all

now while the future looks so uncertain -- Brexit. He wants to in

his own words have enough fuel in the tank is the UK leads the EU.

Labour is pressing the government to spend more on the NHS and social

care and all the signs are that the Chancellor will find more money for

social care across England and a bit of extra cash to soften the impact

of those changes to business rates. But despite economic forecast

looking like they are going to be up, this is not going to be a

giveaway Budget. Someone has a good parking space, right outside! Two

parking spaces! I am strategically placed in this very small gap

between the two cars. It gets busy on Budget day in Downing Street. Do

we know whose cars they are? I think very important people's cars. I'm

glad they left just enough space for you.

And we will be chatting to Steph about the Budget in around

She has been looking at what different generations want

Today she is at a retirement village in Birmingham.

Lord Heseltine has been sacked as a Government adviser

after rebelling in a vote over Brexit.

The Government suffered a second defeat in the House of Lords,

as peers backed calls for a meaningful Parliamentary vote

Ministers say they will seek to overturn the move when the bill

Here is our political correspondent Chris Mason.

Many of your Lordships... Just like Ken Clarke in the Commons, Lord

Heseltine was determined to remain vociferously pro-European after the

referendum, just as before. It ensures that Parliament has the

critical role in determining the future that we will bequeath to

generations of young people, and I urge your Lordships to support the

amendment. But hours later, he learned he had been fired from five

government advisory roles. This is not my judgement. This is the Prime

Minister exercising her perfectly legitimate right to get rid of the

opposition in any way she thinks appropriate. And I respect that

right, whether it is the wise thing to do as a matter for her, not for

me. His sacking illustrates Downing Street's determination to pointedly

press ahead with Brexit. Next week the bill heads down the corridor,

act to the Commons. Will Conservative rebels there be up for

a fight? I will continue to believe that that is the right thing to do,

for there to be a vote in both houses, Deal or no Deal. And if I

have to vote against my government again, I will do it. We have

discussed, deliberated and scrutinised both of these issues

before, at length, and we still declined to accept the amendments

that have been passed in the House of Lords. We have had no new

arguments, they have come up with no new ideas so I expect the House of

Commons to pass the bill unamended. Whatever happens next week, the

Prime Minister does remain on course to be able to begin Brexit

negotiations before the end of this month.

We shall be speaking to Lord Heseltine on the programme after 8am

this morning. A former head of the CIA has said

an apparent leak of thousands of the agency's files

is incredibly damaging. The documents, which have been

published by the website WikiLeaks, appear to reveal attempts to hack

into electronic devices One file suggests the CIA and MI5

had discovered how to record conversations using a microphone

in a Samsung smart TV, even when it appeared

to be turned off. The CIA has refused to comment

on the documents' authenticity, but the agency's former

director Michael Hayden said This seems to be an incredibly

damaging leak in terms of the tactics, techniques, procedures and

tools that were used by the Central intelligence agency to conduct

legitimate foreign intelligence. In other words, it has made my country

and my country's friends less safe. Police searching for missing RAF

gunner Corrie McKeague are probing whether a bin lorry is linked

to his disappearance. The vehicle was spotted

near where the 23-year-old was last seen, and carried a much heavier

load than first thought. A search of a landfill site

in Cambridgeshire is under way. Mr Mckeague was last seen on a night

out on 24 September. A British backpacker

who was allegedly held captive for weeks and subjected to repeated

sexual assaults has been released The 22-year-old woman

is being comforted by her family, A 22-year-old Australian man has

been charged with a number of offences, and has been

remanded in custody. The number of women getting top jobs

at sporting bodies is declining, The Women in Sport study found just

under half of organisations have failed to meet new Government

guidelines calling for senior The profile of women playing sport

has never been higher. But step off the pitch and into the boardroom,

and progress is more limited. Today the charity Women in Sport released

an audit of 68 national governing bodies receiving public money. They

found that nearly half didn't meet the new target of 30% gendered

diversity on their boards, including those in football, cricket, rugby

and cycling. Nine had no women at all in senior leadership roles,

while one organisation, the British taekwondo Council, has no women in

any leadership position. Public investment in sport, in any sports

organisation, is dependent on organisations reaching the standards

of the code. So anybody who isn't able to reach them or doesn't have

an adequate plan to do so won't attract public investment. The FA

has long been criticised for failing to move with the Times. Faced with

having millions of pounds of funding cuts, this week it proposed reforms

to appoint more women to its board. England hockey also needs to

diversify, although their CEO told me they will have no problem meeting

the new government target. We will over time as board members leave

look at recruiting people that still meet the skill set, but enable us to

meet the recommendations within the guidelines. Many sports have reaped

the benefits of public investment. Now they are being told to better

reflect the people who fund them. We should say happy International

Women's Day. We are speaking to Gillian Anderson, I am really happy

about that, particular yacht this day.

A hunt is under way in France for poachers who broke into a zoo

near Paris and shot dead a white rhino, before sawing off

French police say the body of the four-year-old animal,

called Vince, was found yesterday morning.

A rhino horn can fetch around ?40,000 on the black market.

It is believed to be the first time poachers have killed an animal

We will be speaking to somebody about that later.

Chocolate bars like Kit Kat, Yorkie and Aero will contain 10%

That is according to their manufacturer, Nestle,

who say sugar will be replaced with higher quantities of existing

ingredients, or other, non-artificial ingredients.

They say it could have a significant impact on public health.

When residents in a town in Canada went to fill the cattle, they got a

bit of a surprise. The water was pink. Really pink, not just a little

bit pink. It happened because of a side-effect of a common water

treatment chemical, apparently. In a statement, the mayor of the town

says there is no risk to public health. I wonder if you gave

children pink water, whether they might be more likely to think that

is great, I want to drink it? It is like when you put dye and potatoes,

and things like that. I remember doing an interview a few years

ago... Are your ears all right? I will try and sort it out. Have you

got voices in your head? I did an interview at a water treatment

Works, a great interview, and the guy said to me, if it is brown, get

out of town. That is the rules for water. That might make sense, and

the same might go for yellow. Jessica, I am sorry. Very distracted

today! I have some sport for you. Can we move away from the pink

water? It is not great news for Arsenal. You said they had very

little chance yesterday. I did. It was embarrassing, wasn't it? It was.

They spoke about the referee trying to take away from the fact that his

Arsenal suffered humiliation in the Champions League.

They were knocked out in the last-16 stage again,

after being thrashed 5-1 at home to Bayern Munich,

Arturo Vidal grabbed the fourth and fifth goals for the German

champions, completing the heaviest defeat at the Emirates Stadium.

It is the seventh season in a row that Arsenal have exited

England's women also struggled against German opponents.

They lost 1-0 to Germany in their final SheBelieves Cup

Team Sky have admitted mistakes were made around the delivery

of a medical package to Sir Bradley Wiggins,

The team have been unable to provide records to back up the claim Wiggins

was given a legal decongestant at a race in France in 2011.

And Billy Vunipola is expected to start for England

against Scotland in the Six Nations on Saturday, after three months out

He is included in the 24-man training squad.

Good to see Billy back in the squad. Thank you very much, hang around for

a look at the papers in a moment. Looks glorious. For some it will be,

but not for all of us. Today we have rain in the south,

some of it will be heavy with some drizzle, sunshine in the north but

in the far north it is also showery with stronger winds. You can see

this cloud streaming across our shores this morning, some is rain

bearing cloud courtesy of a weather front that will continue to go south

through the day. At times rain on it will rejuvenate. At the other end of

the country, tightly squeezed isobars, pretty windy at the moment

across the Western Isles and here too we have wintry showers. A lot of

dry weather. But nippy at the moment. The same in Northern

Ireland, a fair bit of cloud, the same in northern England and the odd

shower coming out of that. Our weather front, through the Midlands,

East Anglia, Wales and southern counties. It is producing rain and

some drizzle, and I as I mentioned through the day, as it drifts

further east and south, you will find it will wax and wane. Behind

it, lovely bright skies across northern England, Northern Ireland,

sunshine in parts of Scotland and through the day the strong winds

will move up in the direction of the Northern Isles, so later on the wind

is really picking up, gusting to gales, even locally severe gales. --

winds. Maybe 12 or 13 in northern England. Through the evening and

overnight, this front is slow to clear but it eventually does, taking

rain into the Channel Islands. Blustery winds through the English

Channel, where it will turn around and take another swipe tomorrow at

the south-west. Behind it, still quite mild but as we go further

north, we still have the showers, still quite windy and we could see a

widespread frost in parts of Scotland on the other side of the

rain in northern England and East Anglia, something to bear in mind

for tomorrow morning. Talking of tomorrow morning, here's our weather

in the Channel Islands, taking a punt at Cornwall for a time and as

we move north of that, a lot of dry weather. A fair bit of sunshine

after the nippy start, brightening up in the south, tomorrow to the

north of London, we could get 15 or 16. As we go further north, look at

Stornoway, ten, not bad at all! There's the weather front on

Thursday, again moving up the western side of the UK, taking some

of its rain with it. The squeeze in isobars, windy to the west but other

than that, on Friday, we hang on to milder colours, yellow and amber. By

the time we get to the end of the week, things will be going down a

touch. Here's the rain on Friday, brighter skies to the south-east.

Thank you very much, Carol. Simulator.

Carol, I want to ask you about what you do with your spaghetti

Bolognese. To eat it you mean? Yes. I keep it in the cupboard. Do you

add anything to it, there's a debate about what Mary Berry has done,

white wine and cream. I just boil it normally! I'm in the back room

slowly when it comes to cooking. What do you do with the actual

source? In a can? I'm not Delia Smith or Mary Berry! I'm with you!

Thank you very much indeed! MasterChef? Never ever get Carol

Kirkwood on MasterChef! She has a lot to learn! Bless you, Carol!

The reason why we are talking about that is the front page of many of

the papers this morning, Mary barely. It has gone down quite well

with Italians. -- Mary Berry. This is the main story on the Daily Mail

and I'll be speaking to Michael Heseltine later on the programme.

Vince the rhino in France, he was killed and his task was sawn off

with a chainsaw. It was a horrendous story. We will talk about that later

and the Daily Telegraph previewing the budget. They were halfway

through the second horn when they were rumbled. A story about George

Michael on the Daily Mirror, and another story we aren't talking

about this morning, MI5 bugging smart TVs, news from America about

WikiLeaks and the potential for them to hack into your TV even though it

is turned off to listen to conversations and even use the

webcam. If you're a conspiracy theorist, it's your worst nightmare.

It's like your phone turning on when we've said different words. That was

on a North Korea story as well! The front page of the Times, that story

again, British intelligence helped apparently to hack TVs and phones.

Another picture of Vince and zoos are stepping up security after

poachers killed this captive rhino to remove his horn. Jessica, what

have you got, is it all linger out? That's the first story in the Sun,

Wenger out after their humiliating defeat to Bayern Munich -- all

Wenger out. 10-2 on aggregate. Fans in the stadium last night were

holding up Wenger out signs. I thought you were going to say

crying, but no. There were definitely tears. In the Times, this

is Arsenal's worst defeat in Europe in 53 seasons. I did mention just

now that believe Vunipola is back for England after some months out

with an injury -- Billy Vunipola. This is perhaps how we found out he

might be back in the squad, we have pictures in the Guardian of a

whiteboard we think written by Eddie Jones, the head coach, and he has

kind of given it away, can you see his name written in the training

squad? Looks like he is going to be starting. I remember Nick Faldo and

the Ryder Cup pairings and he said it was going to be a sandwich list.

Look at this picture, taken by a photographer, this is in Sydney as

it is going across Sydney Harbour. The weather you can see is pretty

grim, a wall of water, how has that photographer managed to not hold on

for dear life and managed to steady himself to take the picture,

amazing. The boat was OK and everyone was fine, which is the good

news. We talked about Mary Berry, she has people upset for putting

cream and white wine in her Bolognese. As a MasterChef finalist,

how do you feel about that? I'm going to try it, you have to try

these things. I do put in Lee Perrins, there are other things

available. I put relish in. We all add other little bits. What about

you? I put red wine in. I don't eat meat. I.e. The use corn -- I either

use Quorn. Or I just use vegetables. Or you could do what Carol does and

just boil it! This week in the run-up to today's

budget, we've been looking at what different generations want

from the Chancellor. Steph's been meeting

young people in Scotland, Today she's with baby

boomers in Birmingham. Good morning. Good morning to you

and good morning, everyone and welcome to Bournville Gardens, a

retirement village near Birmingham and there's about 300 residents

living here, a mix of different accommodation you can get, we've got

some of the residents up early this morning that we will talk to later

but there a mix of one or two bedroom apartments that can be

rented or bought, it costs from ?35 a week to ?135 and that depends on

your circumstances. They have a gym here, and of IT suite, a bar and a

lounge, a village hall, a hairdressers overhear. It is all

about making later life more comfortable for people -- over here.

I will be asking about what they want from the budget but also Tim

Muffet has been out with a walking club in North Norfolk to meet some

retirees and find out what they think.

The walkers are welcome walking club of Cromer, open to all ages, but

today's group are all baby boomers, plus Hillary's granddaughter,

Gabrielle. You're a lucky generation, aren't you? Free

education, cheap housing. We were very lucky and it is a strain on

younger people nowadays that don't have those facilities that we had so

readily I guess! I really enjoyed being a Baby Boomer. I think I was

very lucky to be one! I'm grateful for so many things throughout my

life. The access to education that I had, the ability to get a training

and a vocation to get a job, the ease at which as a young man I could

move from one job to another. By the time of the next general election,

more than a third of the population of North Norfolk will be aged over

65, it's one of just two regions in the UK where that's the case.

Compared to other generations, baby boomers are very likely to vote.

Politicians very keen to keep them happy. The baby boomers born between

1946 and 1965 are nearing the end of their careers and approaching

retirement. On the surface it looks like they've done quite well in

recent years with things like the triple lock protecting the state

pension, but the big concern for this group is social care. Even for

the wealthy it can wipe out their assets and for both rich and poor,

the system is creaking. So, despite the views and fresh air of Cromer,

there are clouds on the horizon. The general things that council supply

are all being cut and that obviously includes care for the older league.

People in Cromer have to think very carefully about preparing for

retirement -- elderly. In this budget I would like more money spent

on healthcare and elderly care and to pay for this money can be taken

from defence. You need to look after the younger ones to prepare them for

when they're older. In this year's budget I'd like to see more money

spent on informal education and to achieve this I'd like to see cuts in

benefits but blew in this budget I'd like to see more money spent on

preparing our youth, our young people for the future. And in the

budget I'd like to see less spent on the military. Hillary organises

walks across Norfolk. For her, exercise is the best investment. I

think it's important they spend their money on ways to keep people

active. I think we should spend more on promoting physical education

certainly in youngsters and less on the arts where I think it's not

quite so important. Soon we'll know if another Baby Boomer, the

Chancellor, Philip Hammond, agrees. Tim Muffet, BBC News, Cromer.

So, we will be finding out the answers to some of their questions

and looking at those issues with experts later in the programme and

we will talk to the residents we have here as well. Wrong, one of the

guys, has told me he has to be in the gym in five so I have to get a

move on -- wrong. Let's have a look around at the cafe, we have the pool

as well with the darts. This is the village hall where they put on

different productions, a certainly very busy place. And there is the

allotment. Lots going on and I will be here through the morning talking

to the residents and experts about what we might hear today in the

budget. Presumably all having a nice tea right now! Thank you very much,

Steph. Lots to look forward to! Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom Now, though, it's back

to Louise and Dan. Hello this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. Coming up on Breakfast today:

We are with Britain's only surviving Dambuster, as he revisits

the scene of his finest hour. Jonny Johnson is calling

for Bomber Command to be awarded It is International Women's Day,

but we will be hearing how some of the UK's biggest sports

still don't have enough We will be live at Lord's cricket

ground to find out why. It was a role made

famous by Helen Mirren. Now Jane Tennison is back

on our screens, as Prime Suspect We will meet the star

of a prequel, based in 1973. But now a summary of this

morning's main news: The Chancellor, Philip Hammond,

will use his first Budget later today to deliver an upbeat

assessment of Britain's economic prospects, but he will acknowledge

that more austerity lies ahead. He will stress that the Government

won't shirk difficult decisions But he is expected to find extra

money for social care in England, and to help soften the impact

of changes to business rates. Our political correspondent

Eleanor Garnier is in Eleanor, can we expect any big

surprises in this Budget? I don't think there are going to be

any big surprises or last minute fireworks. In fact, if that is what

you are looking out for I think you will be disappointed. Having said

that, I think this will be quite an up his speech. The Chancellor I am

told will talk about the economy being resilient, that it has stood

up after the referendum, but he is also going to admit that many

families are facing the pinch and I think what is going to become clear

later when the Chancellor gives the Budget is that austerity has not

gone away. The Budget is still very tight, and there are still cuts to

come and with Brexit on the horizon as well we shouldn't expect the

Chancellor to make all his spending commitments now. He is going to hold

something back so that, in his words, he has got enough gas in the

tank as Britain leads the EU. Labour is putting pressure on the

government to spend more on the NHS and social care and I think all the

signs are that the Chancellor will find a bit of extra money for social

care across England, but also to soften the impact of those business

rate changes. Despite the economic forecast looking up, I don't think

this is going to be a giveaway Budget.

And we will be chatting to Steph about the Budget in around

She has been looking at what different generations want

Today, she is at a retirement village in Birmingham.

Lord Heseltine has been sacked as a Government adviser

after rebelling over the legislation that will allow Theresa May to begin

Ministers suffered a second defeat on the bill in the House of Lords

yesterday, but they will seek to overturn the amendments

A former head of the CIA has said an apparent leak of thousands

of the agency's files is incredibly damaging.

The documents, which have been published by the website WikiLeaks,

appear to reveal attempts to hack into electronic devices

One file suggests the CIA and MI5 had discovered how to record

conversations using a microphone in a Samsung smart TV,

even when it appeared to be turned off.

The CIA has refused to comment on the documents' authenticity,

but the agency's former director Michael Hayden said

This seems to be an incredibly damaging leak, in terms

of the tactics, techniques, procedures and tools that were used

by the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct legitimate foreign

In other words, it's made my country, and my country's

Police searching for missing RAF gunner Corrie McKeague

are investigating whether a bin lorry is linked

The vehicle was spotted near where the 23-year-old was last

seen, and carried a much heavier load than first thought.

A search of a landfill site in Cambridgeshire is under way.

Mr McKeague was last seen on a night out on 24 September.

Chocolate bars like Kit Kat, Yorkie and Aero will contain 10%

That is according to their manufacturer, Nestle,

who say sugar will be replaced with higher quantities of existing

ingredients, or other, non-artificial ingredients.

They say it could have a significant impact on public health.

Visitors on a tour of the White House were given

a surprise when President Trump turned up to greet them.

In the first tour of the White House since his inauguration,

he gestured for the children in the crowd to come over

He posed with one boy under a portrait of his election rival,

I can't quite see whether Borchardt is... There you go. -- where the

portrait is. I think he has his own camera crew behind him, we are

seeing the other side of things. I am sure you can find that video

somewhere if you would like to see it. There was a lot of cheering,

wasn't there? And in all the sport on International Women's Day, it is

the top man at Arsenal in trouble. Yes, Arsenal again thrashed by

Bayern Munich in the Champions League. And some fans were holding

up Arsene Wenger out science. He is not doing well at the moment. -- out

signs. Arsenal were humiliated

in the Champions League. They suffered a 5-1 thrashing

at home to Bayern Munich, losing 10-2 on aggregate,

and exiting the competition Arsene Wenger, you are killing the

club. Once they sang Arsene Wenger's name in happy voices. Now the future

of the manager is a matter for direct action, rather than just

discussion. Arsene Wenger out went the chart. Arsenal out the

predictions. They were four goals down from the first leg. Why not

have a go? Could they squeeze back into this? Hope died with the

referee. First Bayern Munich penalty and then a yellow card

controversially changed to read. His night was over, and so also was

Arsenal's. Lewandowski started to fade to Bayern Munich grey. Robben

2-1. Costa 3-1. In Boxing Day would call a match, instead Vidal was

creative. A recurring nightmare, Vidal again, 10-2 on aggregate, 5-1

on the night. An unwanted history for their manager, and the most

uncertain future. The referee, I think, was very, very powerful four

Bayern tonight. At the moment in the game where Lewandowski, not only was

it not a penalty, he was offside. And it was not a penalty, on top of

that he gives us a red card. That kill is completely. Overall I must

say to Bayern can be a good side, but tonight they can as well say

thank you to the decisions of the referee in the second half.

In last night's other Champions League game,

Real Madrid came from behind to beat Napoli 3-1 on the night,

6-2 over two legs, to reach the quarter-finals.

England women's didn't have much joy against German opponents, either.

They lost 1-0 to Germany in the SheBelieves Cup,

Anja Mittag with the goal for the European champions,

France won the invitational tournament.

The first half we were a bit disappointed with ourselves. I think

we set out to do what we'd done, and the second half I think we got to

grips with the game, and that was much more the England that we want

to be. I think we put Germany on the back foot and I think in the end it

came down to fine margins, and Germany took their chance when they

got it, and we didn't, unfortunately.

Team Sky have admitted mistakes were made around the delivery

of a medical package to Sir Bradley Wiggins,

The team have been unable to provide records to back up the claim Wiggins

was given a legal decongestant at a race in France in 2011.

Team Sky say they take full responsibility for the failures.

There is a boost for England ahead of their Six Nations

Billy Vunipola will feature, after being confirmed

The number eight returned from injury for Saracens

He has been included in a 24-man training party to prepare

England are looking for their 18th win in a row on Saturday,

against a Scotland side captained by John Barclay,

And finally, Eddie the Eagle has gone back to the ski-jump,

Here he is in Calgary, where his rose to fame in the 1988

His furthest jump was around 24 metres.

That is not even half the distance he jumped 29 years ago.

What do you think of this technique? In all fairness, it is terrifying,

isn't it? And he is 30 years older than he was back then. I give him

props for even attempting to fly off a steep slope like that. Nice to see

the Eagle back on our television. The death of a white rhino

at the hand of poachers in a Paris zoo has left many conservationists

in shock, as the hunt Vince, a four year old rhino,

was shot and had one his horns hacked off, in what is believed

to be the first such Joining us from Amsterdam

is David Williams-Mitchell from the European Association

of Zoos and Aquaria. Thank you very much for your time

this morning. I know that this zoo is one of your members. What can you

tell us about the investigation so far? What do you know? What we know

so far is that the animal was shot the night before last, when

intruders managed to break in through secure panels and through

secure doors into the zoo, into the house where the rhinos were kept,

and was shot three times in the head. They took one of the horns

from the animal, but had to leave the other one behind, which the

police believe means that they were either disturbed or their equipment

malfunctioned. We know that they obviously had a plan for what they

wanted to do, because they brought a chainsaw with them to cut that worn

off, as well. I know this is the first time we have had an attack

like this at a zoo in Europe. Is this something that your zoo is

planned for, expecting to happen, or is this a bit of a game changer? No,

I mean, obviously all of our members are aware of the threat of poaching,

primarily because of the threat that is happening in Africa and in the

Indian subcontinent. We all know how much rhino horn is worth, so

obviously security measures for all rhino holders across a network is

very high. And we still hear stories, as you say, about the

demands for the horn of a rhino, the fact that it can fetch thousands of

pounds. Why is it so special? Is it still used for medicinal reasons in

the far East? It is. I think it is mystifying, really, that this myth

that it has any kind of medical effectiveness continues. It is made

of the same substance that makes up your fingernails, so it has

absolutely no scientifically backed findings which say that it has

medical effectiveness, which makes it a doubly senseless crime. It is

shocking that an animal of this size and of this level of endangerment

should be shot to essentially provide a product which does

nothing. It seems that the poachers are willing to put themselves in

danger, even going into the rhino enclosure to get this horn. Do you

think some of the zoos you look after and others as well will be

increasing security in the light of what we have seen? Well, like I said

to you before, the security is already pretty high. We do take the

threat extremely seriously. Having said that, there is only so much you

can do when you have armed gangs breaking into a zoo. If they are

willing to be in an enclosure with a two ton animal and have the ability

to shoot it and remove its horn, there is really only so much you can

do. Thank you very much for talking to us. And the pictures that you

see, it is pretty grim, isn't it? Carol has all the details, what's

occurring? Temperature wise we have a real variety, where we have a lot

of cloud and rain, temperatures in Hereford, Cardiff and Birmingham

between ten and 12. Yesterday the maximum in the south-western quarter

was nine, overnight it actually went up. Under clearer skies as we go

northwards, with variable amounts of cloud, that temperature gets lower

the further north you travel. -1 here. What we have today is some

rain in the south, at times it will be heavy, at times drizzly and some

sunshine in the north. Overnight the first set of fronts have gone

through, bringing some rain, the second front, the cold front, is

going southwards and bringing some rain across southern areas, albeit

fairly patchy. At the other end of the country it is windy, windy in

the Western Isles, showers packing in, falling as snow in the hills but

for much of the rest of Scotland, some sunshine. Not a bad start and

not as windy in Northern Ireland with some sunshine and variable

cloud and the clouds breaking up to allow sunshine in northern England

and north Wales. Here right across the south of Wales and southern

England we have our weather front and that is what is producing the

rain. As we go through today that will drift further east and also

south and in doing so what it will do is be heavy at times, it will pep

up and then it will tend to lose some of its intensity. It will also

be quite breezy across the south, a lot of low cloud around and general

murk. Temperatures up to 13 or 14 in London but not feeling particularly

pleasant. As you go further north, northern England, Northern Ireland,

a beautiful day, a lot of sunshine, temperatures could be higher than 12

or 13, but more showers in Northern Scotland and through the day the

strongest winds will move through the north-west Highlands, into the

north-west of Scotland and into the Northern Isles. Through the evening

and overnight we have the showers that could be windy, meanwhile in

the south the weather front drifts into the English Channel. Breezy

with it and eventually we'll see some of the rain getting into the

Channel Islands. Mild in the south, colder in the north. As we head on

through Thursday itself, this weather front still very much in in

the English Channel will start to pivot and take a swipe at Cornwall.

Quite a bit of cloud associated with this, even so it will break up and

someone said to the north of London it could get to 16 tomorrow. North

of that weather front in Scotland, Northern Ireland, much of England

and Wales, a fine and dry day and feeling quite pleasant in the light

winds. Temperatures above where they should be at this stage in March.

Thanks very much. See you in half an hour or so.

Steph's been playing the Generation Game this week

Today, her focus is Baby Boomers, that's those born

between the end of the Second World War and the early '60s.

She is at a retirement home. Good morning. This is a retirement home

with a village, it is very posh! Abysses Bournville Gardens, I'm at

the bar, too early for drinks but not for breakfast, some have come

down to get their gardens. -- I'm at Bournville Gardens. There are one

and 2-bedroom apartments really here but the point is making later life

more comfortable. We have gathered some of them to have a chat about

what they would like to hear from the Chancellor. We have Elaine, one

of the early risers. Good morning. Good morning. What would you like to

hear from the Chancellor? I'm not sure I will hear anything positive

from the Chancellor because he hasn't got enough muggy to throw

around, he will have to rob peter to pay Paul, but I want to see him

concentrating on social care so we don't get all the hospitals clogged

up with beds that are being used... There's not enough care in the home.

There's no money. More importantly, with my grandchildren, I would like

to see them on the housing ladder at some point and at the moment I can't

see how that could happen. With the care area of things, that is

something which... Does it worry you? It does slightly, but for other

people, we are fine here because we have saved and made sure that we

have got opportunities in our old age to look after ourselves. A lot

of people don't have those opportunities. You're quite lucky.

Very lucky in fact. I will let you finish your bacon butty, thank you.

I can see you messing around in the background, I will see you in the

gym shortly and putting you through your paces! Their terrible! I have

some guests here, Marion, who has written a book about dealing with

later life and we heard about Elaine talking about social care and

concern about her grandchildren, give us the wider picture on the

concerns that elderly people have in later life? Elaine is right, the key

thing and the serious issue is social care, that is in a dire

Strait and I suspect Philip Hammond will announce some kind of measures

but what we need is not kind of some sticking plaster, we need social

care on a sustainable basis because it is a really important thing. You

have to separate that from other concerns older people have. That is

the really serious one. Elaine mention her grandchildren and

housing, we have come to a moment where there's a certain amount of

resentment in the wider population about some of the universal benefits

older people have. We have to look at those pensioner perks and think

about them really seriously. A lot of them were introduced for no rhyme

or reason, like the winter fuel allowance, some of these things have

got to be means tested. When you say think about them you think may be

cut back on some of them because older people are getting too much?

The thing is, some older people are tremendously wealthy and some older

people aren't. You have to make sure those who aren't wealthy have got a

good life. But the fact is, if you're a millionaire you get a

winter fuel payment and your TV licence if you're over 75, you have

to look at these things and the thing I would like to see Philip

Hammond look at is inheritance tax. George Osborne in 2015 massively

increased the exemption for inheritance tax so if you're married

or in a civil partnership and you pass on your main home to your

children you get ?1 million exemption from inheritance tax,

which bumps up the price of housing. It's also colossally unfair for

people, so you have a massive divide between people who inherit a lot and

people who don't. As I say, you're bumping up housing prices and that's

not good for everyone so you bring down the threshold for inheritance

tax and you let people bequeathed money, but you don't give them this

colossal amount, which is so damaging and it causes resentment.

Social care is the key one, we have to have money for that. Marion,

thank you for that. We will talk to an economist later in the programme

as well about how this might work. If you have any thoughts then get in

touch, some of the things Marion was saying might be controversial so let

me know your thoughts. I'm going to the gym with these guys, don't you

look at me like that, just finish your bacon butty is! I think they

might give you a Run for Your Wife the! -- butties. See you in the gym

later, Steph! The story of the Dambusters is one

of the most famous tales But you might not know that

Bomber Command have never been Now Britain's last surviving

Dambuster is calling for his unit George 'Johnny' Johnson who served

with 617 squadron feels In a special report,

the journalist and broadcaster Michael Buerk has taken

Johnny back to Germany, to the spot where

he dropped his bomb. Johnnie Johnson may be looking at

the present but he's seen the past. He's back three quarters of a

century to aiming at night, an almost impossible mission, death and

glory. It was a thrilling experience on the no other way to describe it.

As a young man he was part of RAF bomber command, part of the

sustained legal campaign against the Nazis' war machine that all but

destroyed many of Germany's it is. Johnny flew on 50 missions --

Germany's it is. This is a huge lake held back by the grades Zorko dam.

-- Germany's it is. It's a tourist resort these days, out of season,

quiet, peaceful -- Germany's cities. 70 years ago it was the target for

the most famous bombing raid in history. The mission involved

dropping specially invented bombs designed to differ destroy the three

targets, captured in the 1950s film the Dambusters. As a bomb aim,

Johnny Johnson of the job was to hit these all per down. -- aimer. Our

briefing was to fly across the dam to drop the bomb as near as possible

to the centre of the dam. It was something we haven't practised at

all in training, that type of attack, so it was practice,

practice, practice here until we got it right and that was the only way

you could do it -- hadn't. Fritz, then 14, was hiding in a tunnel

under the dam that night. TRANSLATION: The doors inside the

dam burst open and there was an enormous gush of wind. All the

children were screaming. It was chaos. Johnny's bomb was spot-on,

but not enough to breach these all per. But the other Dambusters Luke

Braid holes in the other dams. Historians said Bomber Command's

role in the Second World War remains controversial to this date. I do

think the reluctance to issue a Bomber Command medal at this stage

does reflect how controversial it is and the possible upset it could

cause in Germany if they do, decorating these people that

destroyed our parents' cities. Johnny was awarded a distinguished

flying medal, he feels Bomber Command have never been properly

rewarded with a campaign medal. Three years ago they were given a

class but Johnny says it was a snub. Disgusted is the best way I can

describe it. I feel there's been no attempt to recognise the sacrifice

those people made. History now. Now is to old men by the side of a lake

where they both nearly died long ago. -- two old men. Adversaries

then, friends now until the end of their days. Michael Burke, BBC News.

Nice to have Michael Burke on the programme. Amazing men!

Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

The Chancellor prepares for his first Budget,

with an upbeat message on the economy.

There is expected to be extra money for social care,

but there will be few other giveaways.

All this week I have been talking to different generations about what

they would like to see from the Budget. Today I am talking to the

post-war Baby Boomers. And we are here at the Bournville retirement

village. Good morning, it is

Wednesday 8 March. Also this morning: Lord Heseltine

is sacked as a Government advisor after rebelling in

a vote over Brexit. Could our televisions

be spying on us? Claims that the CIA have

developed new technology In sport: Arsene Wenger

questions the referee, as his Arsenal side are humiliated

in the Champions League. They are thrashed 5-1

by Bayern Munich in the last 16, We return to Germany with the only

surviving member of the air crews that carried out one

of the Second World War's Good morning. We have got a 3-way

split in the weather today. In the north, showery and windy. Through

the central swathes of the country, although it is cloudy with some

drizzle, it will brighten up and you will see some sunshine. In the

south, cloudy, with rain at times and drizzle, but it will be mild.

First, our main story: An upbeat assessment of the economy,

but a warning that more austerity lies ahead -

they are expected to be the key messages when the Chancellor,

Philip Hammond, delivers first Budget later today.

He will stress that the Government won't shirk difficult decisions

to deal with the deficit, but he is expected to find extra

money for social care in England, and to help soften the impact

Here is our political correspondent Eleanor Garnier.

He is the man known in Westminster as Spreadsheet Phil,

the cautious Treasury chief in charge of the numbers.

So, as the Chancellor does his sums, what has he got to consider?

Well, the big issue that is dominating is Brexit.

As the UK prepares to leave the EU, Mr Hammond says he is focused

on keeping the economy resilient, with a warning this is no time

Even so, there will be cash for new free schools,

and money to shake up vocational and technical training

But the Chancellor is under pressure to spend more on public services,

with claims social care is in crisis, and repeated calls

Plus, pleas to help soften the blow for small firms hit by a change

Mr Hammond might have chucked out his predecessor's timetable

for dealing with the deficit, but both he and the Prime Minister

still believe balancing the books is the only way to ensure a stable

And Eleanor is in Downing Street this morning.

What are we expecting from the Chancellor today, when he comes out

of number 11? Do you think it will be a Budget of surprises, or as we

said that, do we know much of what will be inside? I don't think there

are going to be any surprises, and if you are looking for fireworks

this afternoon, I think you will be disappointed. Having said that, I am

told it is going to be in a big speech. The Chancellor will say that

the economy has proved to be resilient but he will also admit

that there are many families who are feeling the pinch. And I think what

we are going to learn later today is that posterity is here to stay. It

hasn't gone away. -- austerity. There are still cuts to come which

will have human consequences and with Brexit just around the corner

we shouldn't expect the Chancellor to make lots of spending commit and

is now. He is going to want to keep some of that spending back with the

uncertain future ahead -- commitments now. Labour is

pressuring the government to spend more on the NHS and social care and

all the signs are that the Chancellor has found some extra

money for social care across England, and also some extra cash to

help soften the blow of those changes to business rates. So yes,

the economic forecast might be looking up, but I don't think this

is going to be a giveaway Budget. In just for clarity, before we let you

go, I know you are important but have they allowed you to park your

motor right outside number 11? Well, this is the car I came to work in,

and I have another car here that I am going to be going home end. I am

squeezed between the cars in Downing Street. It is so busy on Budget day,

it is chock-a-block around here. And just in case you think she was being

serious, she was of course joking. I can see the e-mails flooding in

about DBC wagers! Quite right, they are not her cars. -- BBC wages.

And we will be chatting to Steph about the Budget in around

She has been looking at what different generations want

Today she is at a retirement village in Birmingham.

Lord Heseltine has been sacked as a Government adviser

after rebelling in a vote over Brexit.

The Government suffered a second defeat in the House of Lords,

as peers backed calls for a meaningful Parliamentary vote

Ministers say they will seek to overturn the move when the bill

Here is our political correspondent Chris Mason.

Just like Ken Clarke in the Commons, Lord Heseltine was determined

to remain vociferously pro-European after the referendum,

It ensures that Parliament has the critical role in determining

the future that we will bequeath to generations of young people,

and I urge your Lordships to support the amendment.

But, hours later, he learned he had been fired from five

This is the Prime Minister exercising her perfectly legitimate

right to get rid of opposition in any way she thinks appropriate,

Whether it's the right - wise thing to do is a matter

His sacking illustrates Downing Street's determination

to pointedly press ahead with Brexit.

Next week the bill heads down the corridor, back to the Commons.

Will Conservative rebels there be up for a fight?

I will continue to believe that that is the right thing to do,

for there to be a vote in both Houses, deal or no deal,

and if I have to vote against my Government again,

We have discussed, deliberated and scrutinised both of these issues

before, at length, and we still declined to accept the amendments

that have been passed in the House of Lords.

We've heard no new arguments, they've come up with no new ideas,

so I expect the House of Commons to pass the bill unamended.

Whatever happens next week, the Prime Minister does remain

on course to be able to begin Brexit negotiations before the end

And we will be talking to Lord Heseltine after 8:00am.

A former head of the CIA has said an apparent leak of thousands

of the agency's files is incredibly damaging.

The documents, which have been published by the website WikiLeaks,

appear to reveal attempts to hack into electronic devices

One file suggests the CIA and MI5 had discovered how to record

conversations using a microphone in a Samsung smart TV,

even when it appeared to be turned off.

The CIA has refused to comment on the documents' authenticity,

but the agency's former director Michael Hayden said

This seems to be an incredibly damaging leak, in terms

of the tactics, techniques, procedures and tools that were used

by the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct legitimate foreign

In other words, it's made my country, and my country's

We will talk about that about 8:40am on Breakfast, a bit more information

for you. Police searching for missing RAF

gunner Corrie McKeague are investigating whether

a bin lorry is linked The vehicle was spotted

near where the 23-year-old was last seen, and carried a much heavier

load than first thought. A search of a landfill site

in Cambridgeshire is under way. Mr McKeague was last seen on a night

out on 24 September. A British backpacker

who was allegedly held captive for weeks, and subjected

to repeated sexual assaults, has been released from

hospital in Australia. The 22-year-old woman

is being comforted by her family, A 22-year-old Australian man has

been charged with a number of offences, and has been

remanded in custody. The number of women getting top jobs

at sporting bodies is declining, The Women in Sport study found just

under half of organisations have failed to meet new Government

guidelines calling for senior The profile of women playing sport

has never been higher. But step off the pitch

and into the boardroom, Today, the charity Women in Sport

released an audit of 68 national governing bodies

receiving public money. They found that nearly half didn't

meet the new target of 30% gender diversity on their boards,

including those in football, Nine had no women at all in senior

leadership roles, while one organisation, the British Taekwondo

Council, has no women Public investment in sport,

in any sports organisation, is dependent on organisations

reaching the standards of the code. So anybody who isn't able to reach

them, or doesn't have an adequate plan to do so, won't

attract public investment. The FA has long been criticised

for failing to move with the times. Faced with having millions

of pounds of funding cut, this week it proposed reforms

to appoint more women to its board. England Hockey also needs

to diversify, although their CEO told me they will have no problem

meeting the new Government target. We will, over time,

as board members leave, look at recruiting people that

still meet the skill set, but enable us to meet

the recommendations Many sports have reaped the benefits

of public investment. Now, they are being told to better

reflect the people who fund them. A hunt is under way in France

for poachers who broke into a zoo near Paris and shot dead a white

rhino, before sawing off French police say the body

of the four-year-old animal, called Vince, was found

yesterday morning. A rhino horn can fetch around

?40,000 on the black market. It is believed to be the first time

poachers have killed an animal Chocolate bars like Kit Kat,

Yorkie and Aero will contain 10% That is according to their

manufacturer, Nestle, who say sugar will be replaced

with higher quantities of existing ingredients or other,

non-artificial ingredients. They say it could have a significant

impact on public health. If you are about to brush your

teeth, you won't want to see this. When residents in a town in Canada

went to fill the kettle, they got a bit of a

surprise - pink water. It started coming out

of the taps on Monday. It happened because of a side effect

of a common water-treatment In a statement, the Mayor of Onoway,

in Alberta, said there is no risk I think I would be cheered up with

my water came out pink. You would be slightly concerned, although if you

chuck one of those bath bombs... But you wouldn't necessarily drink it,

would you? No, you have made a very good point.

The UK is facing the most momentous peace time decision of our time.

Those were the words of Lord Heseltine yesterday,

as he backed a demand for a Parliamentary vote

on the final Brexit deal to be written into law.

We will speak to him about that a little later in the programme.

Hours later, he learnt he had been fired from the five Government

He was one of 13 Conservatives who voted against their party,

as the House of Lords inflicted a second defeat on the Government.

Former Lords leader Lord Strathclyde, who voted

with the Government last night, joins us now from our

Good morning to you. Thank you very much for joining us. This now goes

back to the Commons. What are your thoughts about what seems to be

happening? Things being sent to the Lords and back to the Commons, is at

undermining the process? I think under our bicameral system, in other

words having two houses to look at these things, the House of Lords is

entirely within its right to the centre-back amendments. Whether it

was wise to do so is another matter and I advise my colleagues in the

House of Lords not to vote down the government legislation. But as you

rightly pointed out, this now goes back to the House of Commons, and

when the House of Commons has dealt with it, and I'm assume end they

will send back these amendments, then with that singed, I hope the

House of Lords, an unelected house where the government does not have a

majority, will at that stage backed down and that the Prime Minister

signed this section 50 document and we've can start the very serious

negotiations with the European Union. Is it in some ways than a

case of flexing their muscles? Because if you say they are likely

to back down... You say hope, how likely is it?

At this stage none of us can tell and I think much of it will depend

on the tone of the debate in the Commons when the government puts its

case again to the Commons. The Lord's will be listening very

carefully to that and to the way public opinion is turning. Remember,

the authority for this doesn't come from the government or the Commons,

it comes from the people in the referendum last year. I think the

House of Lords would be wise not to put itself against the will of the

people as expressed in last year, and I hope that's what will happen.

There are conservatives who rebelled and some of them have been sacked,

including Lord Heseltine. Is that extreme or the right thing for the

Prime Minister to be doing? Michael Heseltine is a major political

figure and he's dominated the politics of this country over many

years. I don't suppose he will particularly missed the role. The

government has a responsibility to maintain a sense of discipline. --

miss. Michael Heseltine has been a very firm critic of the European

policy, he very much opposes what happened in the referendum and the

government have decided that there's a cost attached to that and so he's

been removed as an adviser. As Michael has all-time himself has

said, recognises the government have said they are able to do that, it's

up to them and they've minded the right decision -- Michael Heseltine.

Looking forward, do you think what is going on is going to delay? --

they've made. Do you think it will be delayed? Last night in the House

of Lords there was an important vote when the Labour Party and the

Conservative Party overwhelmingly came together against a Lib Dem

amendment to try to stop the bill, that was hugely defeated. That's a

signal there is now some reality in the Lord's about what's going to

happen. I don't think that will be delayed, I think it will become law

next week and I think the Prime Minister will be able to carry on in

the way she's always intended. Lord Strathclyde, thank you for your time

on Breakfast. We are speaking to Lord Heseltine as well a bit later

for his opinion about what's happened and his sacking effectively

from the roles he had. That will be at around 8:30 a.m., loads of big

interviews coming your way between now and 8:15am.

Time to get the weather with Carol and the daffodils are out. They are,

and the rest! It is lovely, spring is certainly here but temperature

wise, not doing too badly, look at these at the moment. Yesterday the

maximum is in parts of the south-western quarter were eight or

nine, of the night they went up. -- maximums. Belfast into Edinburgh and

also Balmoral, the temperatures are lower. We have some cloud around but

also clear skies. Briefly what the forecast is for this morning is rain

in the south, sunshine in the north, that doesn't tell the whole story.

We all saw some rain overnight as the weather front pushed into the

North Sea but you can see another front very much with us, moving down

to the south and that's what's producing milder conditions, also

the cloud and rain. We have showers and windy conditions in Scotland,

very windy in the Western Isles at the moment, some showers falling as

snow in the hills and also a lot of thunder and lightning this morning

in the north-west. Sunny skies developing across northern England

and north Wales. For East Anglia, into the Midlands, through south

Wales and southern counties, it is mild but it is cloudy, some drizzle

or you've got some rain. Through the day this system will slowly sinks

out and move a bit further east and what you'll find is the rain will

wax and wane, if you don't have the rain the chances are it will be

great and you could see some drizzle. In northern England or

Northern Ireland today, parts of Scotland away from the showers, a

beautiful day with sunshine. 11, 12, 13 or 14 in the north. Not feeling

as special because of the cloud and also rain stoppage as we head

through the evening and overnight our weather front drifts through the

English Channel, windy around it, that will later get into the Channel

Islands. Behind it the cloud will break here and there, more showers

in the north and west and some of those will be wintry. Cooler in the

north, milder once again in the south. These temperatures ten and 11

are our overnight low list temperatures, we would expect to see

that by date and even by day in the south that would be a good

temperature for this stage in March -- lowest temperatures -- by the

day. The cloud associated with that in the south will break up tomorrow,

so tomorrow for the bulk of the UK, bar some showers in the far north,

another beautiful day. Largely dry, a fair bit of sunshine, temperatures

in the north, seven to ten. As we go south, 11 to 15, but somewhere to

the north of London could get to 16, 61 in old muggy. For March, when you

consider the average is ten, that is pretty good. I do like it warmer.

Thank you, Carol! All this week we've been looking

at what different generations want from the Chancellor

and the Budget this lunchtime. Steph's been busy, she's

been in Scotland talking to young people, and yesterday

was making sausages Today she's with babyboomers at

a retirement village in Birmingham. Good morning, Steph. Good morning

and good morning, everybody, welcome to Bournville Gardens, I'm in the

residence area now but look over the side, you can see where we are. --

residents. This is a retirement village with 300 residents, we have

been chatting to some of them this morning and we will through the

morning, there a hairdressers, there's a village hall where they

put on events, a gym, IT suite, a well-being centre, a landscape

garden out the back and a greenhouse where they can tend to the plants

and fruit and veg. It is certainly a busy place, but the whole point is

to make in later life have more independence and more community. The

rent is something like ?135 a week but if you're on benefits it can go

down to ?35 a week. It's about bringing people with different

backgrounds together but all of those in later life, the post-war

baby boomers and beyond and that's who we are focused on today, talking

to them about what they want to hear from the Chancellor. Tim Muffet went

to see some of them at a walking club in North Norfolk.

The Walkers are Welcome walking club of Cromer,

open to all ages, but today's group are all Baby Boomers,

plus Hillary's granddaughter, Gabrielle.

You're a lucky generation, aren't you?

Yes, we were very lucky and it is a strain on younger people

nowadays that don't have those facilities that we had so readily

I really enjoyed being a Baby Boomer.

I'm grateful for so many things throughout my life.

The access to education that I had, the ability to get a training

and a vocation to get a job, the ease at which as a young man

I could move from one job to another.

By the time of the next general election, more than a third

of the population of North Norfolk will be aged over 65,

it's one of just two regions in the UK where that's the case.

Compared to other generations, Baby Boomers are very

Politicians very keen to keep them happy.

The Baby Boomers born between 1946 and 1965 are nearing the end

of their careers and approaching retirement.

On the surface, it looks like they've done quite well

in recent years with things like the triple lock protecting

But the big concern for this group is social care.

Even for the wealthy it can wipe out their assets and for both rich

So, despite the views and fresh air of Cromer,

The general things that council supply are all being cut and that

obviously includes care for the elderly.

People in Cromer have to think very carefully

In this budget I would like more money spent on healthcare

and elderly care and to pay for this money can be taken from defence.

You need to look after the younger ones to prepare them

In this year's Budget I'd like to see more money spent

on informal education and to achieve this I'd like to see

In this Budget I'd like to see more money spent on preparing our youth,

And in the budget I'd like to see less spent on the military.

Hillary organises walks across Norfolk.

For her, exercise is the best investment.

I think it's important they spend their money on ways

I think we should spend more on promoting physical education

certainly in youngsters and less on the arts where I think it's not

Soon we'll know if another Baby Boomer, the Chancellor,

So there we go, some of the thoughts of the Baby Boomers in North

Norfolk. We've managed to get them in the gym, Elaine and Tom here, I

talked to them earlier, gym kit on, already on the machines. We will

talk to experts here and more of the residents about what they want to

hear from the Chancellor, lots of different views, some concerned

about social care and the money going into that, that is something

they will need in later life. Also about their grandchildren and what

will happen to them. So a real mixed bag and we will talk to them later

in the programme here. They're not even out of breath, look at Tom, he

is going for it, and watching himself on TV! I am impressed they

obviously watch... I don't know how to describe that breakfast programme

on the television but I think it is excellent, Steph! See you later!

You're watching yourself to make sure you're in the best position.

Arms, legs, slide, I can never remember!

Author and Actor Gillian Anderson will be joining us to talk

about the book which she says is a road map for the life

She will be here later to talk to us all about that on International

Women's Day. And with the journalist who she wrote it with. Both of them

will be on the sofa with us. Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. The Chancellor, Philip Hammond,

will use his first Budget later today to deliver an upbeat

assessment of Britain's economic prospects, but he will acknowledge

that more austerity lies ahead. He will stress that the Government

won't shirk difficult decisions to deal with the deficit,

but he is expected to find extra money for social care in England,

and to help soften the impact Our political correspondent

Eleanor Garnier is in Eleanor, can we expect any big

surprises in this Budget? Here is the door of number 11. There

is a Cabinet meeting, and one of our Cabinet crew there as well, checking

his hair. There will be a meeting at about 8am, a Cabinet meeting, and

there is the waiting world's media. They have now moved the cars which

were there earlier this morning. We will have more from their later and

throughout the day on BBC News as well.

Lord Heseltine has been sacked as a Government adviser,

after rebelling over the legislation that will allow Theresa May to begin

Ministers suffered a second defeat on the bill in the House of Lords

yesterday, but they will seek to overturn the amendments

Former Lords leader Lord Strathclyde said the bill could be passed as

early as next week. The Labour Party and the Conservative Party

overwhelmingly came together to stop the bill in its tracks, which was

hugely defeated. I think that is a signal that there are some reality

and the House of Lords about what will happen. I don't think the bill

will be delayed. I think it will become law next week and I think the

Prime Minister will be able to carry on in the way that she has always

intended. A former head of the CIA has said

an apparent leak of thousands of the agency's files

is incredibly damaging. The documents, which have been

published by the website WikiLeaks, appear to reveal attempts to hack

into electronic devices One file suggests the CIA and MI5

had discovered how to record conversations using a microphone

in a Samsung smart TV, even when it appeared

to be turned off. The CIA has refused to comment

on the documents' authenticity, but the agency's former

director Michael Hayden said This seems to be an incredibly

damaging leak, in terms of the tactics, techniques,

procedures and tools that were used by the Central Intelligence Agency

to conduct legitimate foreign In other words, it's

made my country, and my country's Police searching for missing RAF

gunner Corrie McKeague are investigating whether

a bin lorry is linked The vehicle was spotted

near where the 23-year-old was last seen, and carried a much heavier

load than first thought. A search of a landfill site

in Cambridgeshire is under way. Mr McKeague was last seen on a night

out on 24 September. Chocolate bars like Kit Kat,

Yorkie and Aero will contain 10% That is according to their

manufacturer, Nestle, who say sugar will be replaced

with higher quantities of existing ingredients, or other,

non-artificial ingredients. They say it could have a significant

impact on public health. I wonder if they will taste any

different? I am sure it will, but I wonder if people will notice. I have

been wondering of chocolates have been getting smaller, it is probably

my hand getting bigger. It is unlikely your hands are getting

bigger. I mean since I was a child! Visitors on a tour of

the White House were given a surprise when President Trump

turned up to greet them. Beneath a portrait of election

rival Hillary Clinton, President Trump asked for children

in the crowd to come over One boy did go over for a snap

with the President. It was the first tour of the White

House since the inauguration. Just to go back to the big hands

thing. Your ears do grow throughout your life. I know that. I know that

your hands don't, and your nose. All thoughts I did not want to have at

this time in the morning. They are the thoughts people want to have at

this time. We are talking Arsenal, because Arsenal fans are not having

a good morning and did not have a good night. They have woken up

feeling a bit sorry for themselves, and Arsene Wenger is a man under

pressure. He was under pressure before that big match with Bayern

Munich, but there has certainly been fuel added to the fire.

Arsenal were humiliated in the Champions League.

They suffered a 5-1 thrashing at home to Bayern Munich,

losing 10-2 on aggregate, and exiting the competition

# Arsene Wenger, you are killing the club.

Once, they sang Arsene Wenger's name in happy voices.

Now, the future of the manager is a matter for direct action,

They were four goals down from the first leg.

First a Bayern Munich penalty, and then a yellow card

Laurent Koscielny's night was over, and so too was Arsenal's.

Robert Lewandowski started the fade to Bayern-grey.

In boxing, they would call the match.

An unwanted history for their manager,

The referee, I think, was very, very powerful for Bayern tonight.

At the moment in the game where Lewandowski, not only was it

On top of that, he gives us a red card.

Overall I must say that Bayern can be a good side,

but tonight they can as well say thank you to the decisions

England women's didn't have much joy against German opponents, either.

They lost 1-0 to Germany in the SheBelieves Cup,

Anja Mittag with the goal for the European champions,

France won the invitational tournament.

The first half, we were a bit disappointed with ourselves.

I think we set out to do what we'd done, and the second half I think

we got to grips with the game, and that was much more the England

I think we put Germany on the back foot, and I think in the end it came

And Germany took their chance when they got it,

Team Sky have admitted mistakes were made around the delivery

of a medical package to Sir Bradley Wiggins,

The team have been unable to provide records to back up the claim Wiggins

was given a legal decongestant at a race in France in 2011.

Team Sky say they take full responsibility for the failures.

There is a boost for England ahead of their Six Nations

Billy Vunipola will feature, after being confirmed

The number eight returned from injury for Saracens

He has been included in a 24-man training party to prepare

England are looking for their 18th win in a row on Saturday,

against a Scotland side captained by John Barclay,

There is always the expectations in the group. But we don't put any

undue pressure on ourselves. We just kind of feel like the expectation

from England, they have gone how many games unbeaten? We have one 26

nations, so we feel there is not as much pressure. We have played some

good stuff, which may be axed only gives us a bit of pressure but

within the group certainly we will not get carried away.

And finally, Eddie the Eagle has gone back to the ski-jump,

I do very well, I am showing my age. I was just about Vaughan. Stop it.

Here he is in Calgary, where his rose to fame in the 1988

It was over rather quickly, wasn't it? He didn't do as well as perhaps

we would have liked. The crowd seemed to have enjoyed, laughing and

cheering. Do you know what he said after he finished the jump? He was

absolutely relieved. I bet. I would have been happy with five or six

metres. It is an exciting time

for women playing sport, with World Cup tournaments

in women's cricket and women's But higher up in the boardroom,

it is a different story, as some of the largest and most

highly funded sports don't have A report from Women in Sport found

that nearly half of the 68 national governing bodies had missed

the target of boards Nine have no women in a senior

leadership role, excluding the CEO, and one organisation has no women

at all in any leadership position. But some sports do

seem to be on track. 90% of people who make up

the England Netball Board are women. With us now is former Arsenal

and England footballer Rachel Yankey, and from Lord's

is Clare Connor, the ECB's director And I saw you hoping that trophy

moments ago. How important... Let's talk about that, first of all. I got

told off for touching it. It has probably got security guards. That

is what normally happens when there is a trophy around. I have jinxed

it. How important is it for you that there is a step change in what is

going on in sport governing boards? Yes, it is hugely important. You

know, primarily because sports have got to be representative in their

leadership of the people and the participants that they are trying to

attract the game. So, you know, it is really important for girls and

women to see that a sport that they might want to play and progress in,

whether it is on the pitch or off the pitch, is very open and

accessible to them. And it is also important simply because the fact

that Lords will make better business decisions, better balanced

decisions, if those boards are diverse. You are obviously still

playing at the moment, you are training at the moment, they are

talking about women feeling that there is a path which is possible.

If you wanted to go into a governing body, beyond coaching, is that

something which you have thought about and which you think would be

open to you? It is not something I have thought about, but yes,

obviously with the changes I think that boards need to be more diverse

and I think get more women. At other people, it needs to be different age

groups, different ethnic and. You know, to make the board so diverse

that you can get better decisions. I wonder about perception of women

playing sport. Because I know when you were a youngster you actually

had to shave your head so people wouldn't question you. So, it is out

there already. People didn't question you as a female footballer.

Do you think that perception has changed now? Is a more positive for

women? I think it is changing. I still think there is the perception

that women don't know enough about it. Some women still see it as a

man's game and things like this, having women on boards, in higher

management positions, will help. We have talked a lot in the past about

the Rooney rule in America, the encouragement of minority candidates

in the interview process. Do you think that is important in these

top-level discussions, to have more women in the role? Does there need

to be this cultural change? I definitely do. I think it is a

cultural shift that is needed and I think lots of sports are gearing up

for that now. I think this has reached a fairly critical time, and

I think it is about fostering your own talent as a sport, but it is

also very much about recruiting, the way you recruit. Sport historically,

as we know, is a Mail domain. So the talent pipeline isn't necessarily

flush with women who are clamouring to be in these roles. So it is up to

sports to actively recruit, be proactive in their recruitment

strategies, and find ways of attracting very capable, talented

women into those roles. You are trying to go into coaching now,

aren't you? How do you feel about that? Is it important that young

women like you are going for that sort of thing? Yes, I think so. I

have always coached, I have mainly coached children but now I am going

into more elite coaching where I am working on getting my hours done for

my A license, working with men's teams and there hasn't been any

problem with me coaching the men's teams. I wanted to ask you as well,

we said you were hoping the World Cup. How important is it, not just

from a women's perspective but for sport in general, that we are

hosting the World Cup here? I think the opportunity to host the World

Cup in any sport is a difficult time. It is something that all the

athletes, all the players aspire to be a part of. As administrators it

is a huge opportunity for us to promote our game to as many people

as possible. We will be taking the tournament around the country,

starting with England's opening game in Derby on or before June. To have

that opportunity to take our team and the sport in the trophy around

the country, to try to inspire girls to pick up bats and balls for the

first time is a wonderful opportunity. Almost a

once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We haven't had the World Cup in this

country for 24 years, so a huge amount has obviously changed since

that time, and we're really looking forward to making the of that

opportunity. Rachel, you saw the women in action

last night, tough match, lost 1-0 to Germany, were you disappointed with

the way they played and how big will it be with the Euros in the summer?

I don't think it's a big defeat at all to be honest! If you look at it,

the German players are in season, as are the French players, but the

English aren't. As a preparation for the Euros, losing narrowly one goal

to France and Germany isn't bad at all. No panicking yet! No, not yet!

No Arsenal levels just yet! Thank you both very much indeed. Don't

touch that trophy yet! I swear I saw it wobbling!

Let's catch up with the weather and Carol.

Good morning, for some it is a mild start and especially in the south

where we have rain, cloud and drizzle. Further north a fair bit of

cloud around but that will break and we will see some sunshine. A good

dose of rain overnight courtesy of this weather front, which has moved

away, but you can see this one connected with it, a cold front,

still in the south and that is producing the cloud, also the rain,

low cloud at times, murky conditions, the rain waxing and

waning through the day and if you don't have that the chances are you

will have drizzle but as we go further north, the cloud will break

up in northern England, Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland, where

we will see sunshine. Windy this morning in the Western Isles and

through the day the strong winds and showers will go to the Western

Isles, some heavy and thundery with hail. In Northern Ireland, drizzle

first thing that will clear for sunshine. In northern England,

beautiful, highs of ten or 12. Through East Anglia, the Midlands,

Wales south that's where we have the weather front pushing south and

east. It will start to brighten up later on in north Wales, it will

feel mild. Through the evening and overnight, there's our weather front

sinking to the English Channel, blustery winds around it and behind

it we will have some cloud but some breaks, and a package of showers in

the northern half of the country, wintry on the tops of hills and

mountains. Here it will be colder but a mild start tomorrow. These

temperatures of tens and 11 overnight, the overnight lows, more

reminiscent of what we would expect for maximum is in March at this

stage, the average in the south is around ten. Our weather front in the

south will bring rain to the Channel Islands, it will take a swipe at

Cornwall, where you will see cloud and a damp conditions. A lot of

cloud in southern England and south Wales to start, but that will break

up. For most of us, bar a few showers in the north, a dry and fine

day with a lot of sunshine. In the sunshine temperatures could get as

high as 16 in the north of London, but we're in pretty good shape

temperature wise as we go up and down the land. On Thursday, here's

our weather front, it pivots and comes back across our shores,

especially in the west and north on Friday, and the squeeze in isobars

tells you it will be quite windy in the west. High pressure clinging on

by the skin of its teeth to the east. Eastern area is faring best

with sunshine, Bickmore cloud, windier conditions to the north --

bit more -- areas. Seven, eight, nine in the north and double figures

for much of the rest of the UK. And the temperature over the weekend

will dip and then come up against quite we will be ready for the dip.

Thank you very much, Carol. --, again. We will be ready for the dip.

Steph's been playing the Generation Game this week,

Today, her focus is Baby Boomers, that's those born

between the end of the Second World War and the early '60s.

Steph is at a retirement village in Birmingham

We will play heads and tails at the end. Do your bit and then I will ask

you heads and tails at the end and we will flip the coin. Good morning

and good morning, everyone. Tom is working hard, what are we on? You're

going for miles, keep going, he's a fan of Carol Kirkwood, isn't

everyone! I'm here at Bournville Gardens, we are talking to the

post-war Baby Boomers today to find out their thoughts about what they

want to hear from the Chancellor. Elaine has been planking... You can

rest easy, bless her, she's been doing a plank for ages and I'm going

to have a chat with Ron, I know you've got some thoughts about what

you would like to hear from the Chancellor, what would you like him

to say? We're least likely to have any problems with the Chancellor, we

are a privileged few but what I would like the most is... We've all

got cash balances by selling our other houses and the interest rates

are so poor that we don't get any return on the credit balances in our

accounts. That's one of my main worry is. And car licence fees are

likely to go up and we depend on our cars, but the buses are quite handy

here, I have no complaints -- main worries. What about interest rates

and car tax? Yes, that's my main concern, we are the privileged few

here, though, we're the people that should be asked for budget changes.

It's there to say you had a decent career? I was a junior clerk in 1964

at a bank and I finished in south America. A former cricket player as

well? I played professional cricket, I made more money on Saturday

playing cricket than I did for the rest of the week in the bank for

nine or ten years. Lovely to talk to you, I know people don't like

revealing their age, how old are you? 89. I'm going to leave you to

your weights. I'm not faking this, I'm doing it on my own! I never

thought you were faking! Really interesting to be here. This is a

retirement village all about giving people like Ron and other people

hear their independence, lots of facilities here, 300 residents live

here. One and 2-bedroom apartments. We have a couple of experts we can

chat to but come here and have a look. It is nice here! We have

Angela from Age UK and Elizabeth is from the university of Warwick. We

were hearing Ron talk about savings for older people and they don't get

money for their savings and he was talking about his car and how

important that is, thank the wider picture of the things older people

are worried about. Half of all older people exist mainly living on the