10/03/2017 Breakfast

Hello this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

Courses axed, bigger class sizes and after-school clubs cut -

a stark warning from head-teachers about the pressure

They'll put their grievances to the Education Secretary

at a conference today - the Government says school funding

Good morning. It's Friday the 10th of March.

Labour accuses the Government of making a "partial U-turn"

as the Prime Minster says controversial tax rises

for self-employed won't now be voted on until the Autumn.

Think it is fair to close the gap in contribution between two people

doing the same work and using the same public services. An in-depth

analysis of live music is taking place. We look at the big issues for

the industry. that was Jose Mourinho's assessment

of his Manchester United side, as they bagged an away

goal in Europe. It brought London to a standstill

and killed thousands - more than 60 years

after the Great Smog, we'll find out what's being done

to improve the capital's After so much loose guide yesterday,

a bit of rain in northern and western parts. Still mild but not as

lovely as yesterday. You'll forecast for Friday and your weekend weather.

Schools in England are being forced to cut GCSE and A-Level courses

in an effort to balance the books, according to a head teachers' union.

The Association of School and College Leaders has warned

budget pressures are driving up class sizes and causing them

Our Education Correspondent Gillian Hargreaves reports.

Peter Woodman might be a head teacher but he still likes to work

at the chalk face partly he enjoys is an partly because it saves money

for the school. If the government sticks to the pledge is with cash

flow budgets, we will be making cuts to something like 70,000 every year.

Peter is one of dozens of heads in south-east England who wrote to

parents informing them of the impact of cuts. In a poll of more than 1000

members almost three quarters said they had to make cuts to GCSE all

vocational courses. The most common subjects were design and the

allergy, performing arts, music and German. Parents also have their

concerns. I think really important part of education will be cut. Class

sizes will increase and I think they are at capacity already. I think it

is a real concern. It just places more and more pressure on the

teaching staff so it is of them having to work longer, harder to

make this work. On average, had said that the largest class size was 33

pupils however official statistics showed the average class size has

fallen to just 20 people and that ?40 billion has been spent on

schools this year. The highest cash figure ever.

The Labour party has accused the Government

of being in disarray after the Prime Minister said

controversial tax rises for self-employed workers

would not be put into legislation until the autumn,

after a review of working practices is published.

Theresa May said the changes to national insurance,

announced in the budget, were necessary and fair

but said the Chancellor would listen to concerns before MPs voted

Theresa May defended the plans to increase national insurance

contributions for some self-employed workers. She said that the measures

would ensure the tax system was there, narrowing the gap between

what employed and self-employed people pay. The shift towards itself

employment is raiding the tax base. It is making it harder to afford the

public services on which working families depend. This goes some way

to fix that. MPs will not vote on the changes until the autumn as

separate legislation is required. Critics accused the Prime Minister

of a deliberate delays said the government can soften the proposal

and stave off a potential rebellion from Tory backbenchers. Mrs May

stood firm saying it was necessary and that time it will allow MPs to

consider the measures in the round. A paper detailing the full effect

will be published in the summer followed by the results of a review

into wider employment track this is. -- practices.

The lead Brexit negotiator for the European Parliament says

he wants to ensure that British people can retain the benefits

of EU citizenship after the UK leaves the union.

In an interview with the Today programme,

Guy Verhofstadt described Brexit as a tragedy for both the UK

and the EU and said he hoped to convince leaders to allow Britons

to keep a number of rights, so long as they were applied

Protests are taking place in Seoul after South Korea's highest court

upheld a decision to remove the country's president

These live pictures show scenes in Seoul after that decision

which forces Park Geun-hye to stand down.

She was impeached over a corruption scandal involving a close friend.

She will now lose her immunity against prosecution

The decision was met by cheering in the streets from opponents

but her supporters have reacted angrily.

The country must now vote to elect a new president in 60 days.

Britain's aid programme in Libya could be harming vulnerable migrants

The Independent Commission for Aid Impact said there was a risk

that Britain's support was leading to more migrants being detained

Here's our diplomatic correspondent, James Landale.

Last year some 180,000 migrants and refugees

made the perilous crossing from Libya to Italy.

Hundreds of thousands of others remain trapped in Libya.

Britain's aid programme here is modest, about ?9 million.

But it supports the Libyan coastguard

for migrants held in detention centres.

But the Independent Commission on Aid Impact,

has concluded that UK aid could be causing unintentional harm.

The watchdog says that while saving lives at sea is vital,

there is a risk that supporting the coastguard means

more migrants and refugees are returned to indiscriminate

And when they are in the detention centres, the commission says

the refugees there are denied any chance of claiming asylum,

something that is not recognised in Libya,

and they are also vulnerable to extortion and people trafficking

The International Development Department said it had considered

the potential harm of any aid, but insisted it protected migrants'

human rights and improved their conditions.

It added that since May 2015, British vessels had saved

more than 13,000 lives in the Mediterranean.

MP's are being encouraged to make a decision over

the Palace of Westminster renovation,

following concerns the building is at risk of catastrophic failure.

The government's spending watchdog says the longer MPs mull over

different options to repair the Houses of Parliament,

the greater chance that public money will be wasted.

The splendour of the palace hides a secret, a building is decaying,

crumbling stonework, ageing electrics and is best is and major

renovation need to be carried out urgently to avoid what some MPs say

it is a catastrophic failure. The watchdog has been considering three

watchdog stash keeping MPs and peers in the building costing ?5.7 billion

and take 32 years. A partial move out taking 11 years and costing ?4.4

billion or moving both houses out the palace entirely to allow six

years of intensive repair costing ?3.5 billion. Get on with it. We

need to make a decision. We are suggested to the work over a six

year period and we need a decision made soon to work out the details,

costing and schedule. MPs can be house nearby in what is currently

the headquarters for the department of health while others could be

house here. There are now been three examinations to rescue the palace

and another Parliamentary committee wants to have its say but the longer

the delay the more the likely cost to the public cost and the longer

the dangers go unchecked. Despite the upheaval, doing nothing, the

committee says, is not an option. It will have to decide again whether to

leave or remain. More than two thousand and five

hundred in England are not fit to support

the heaviest lorries, The RAC Foundation

discovered Devon had the highest number

of substandard bridges, Councils have blamed a shortage

of funds to repair them. Scientists in Australia say

the Great Barrier Reef has been hit by widespread

bleaching of its corals Bleaching happens when the water

temperature is too high and the coral expells

the alage that lives in its tissue and the coral expells the algae

that lives in its tissue The first aerial survey of 2017

shows large areas of the reef have become distressed over

the Australian summer. It's the first time bleaching has

returned within twelve months, leading to concerns over

the reef's long term health. Does it come back again? Does it

recover? That is what they are worried about because it is

repairing more often. David Attenborough, thank you. No more

questions please. Can I ask you about grass? Manchester United

described the night on the cabbage patch, that is how Jose Mourinho

described it. Jose Mourinho wasn't happy

with the pitch in Russia but his Manchester United team

managed to come away with a draw Henrik Mikhitaryan gave United

a valuable away goal against Rostov, England's cricketers

cruise in the Caribbean. Victory in the third one day

international in Barbados secures Wigan Warriors are top of super

league after making it four wins from four this season -

they beat Warrington Wolves 38-12. England centre

Owen Farrell should be fit for the Calcutta Cup match

against Scotland on Saturday - but he left training early yesterday

after injuring his leg - initially head coach Eddie Jones

bizarrely joked that he had tripped In the papers we will be speculating

whether that is a shaggy dog story! Do we have a picture? We have. First

the weather. We need the weekend weather but we

will start with the picture for the day and I am afraid it is not as

sunny or blue as it yesterday. Plenty of cloud around. Even a bit

of rain around. The first part of the morning, substantial rain across

northern Scotland. Elsewhere in the west damp and drizzly. Misty in the

hills. And throughout the lower coasts of southern England. Chilly

in a few spots and there will be some early brightness and down the

eastern side of the UK but it probably will not last long. This is

the more substantial area of rain pushing through northern Scotland

and on towards the Northern Isles. Through the day, any worry the west

could see some rain and drizzle and again plenty of cloud of with a few

breaks perhaps to the north Coast of Northern Ireland. North Cornwall,

Devon and Somerset. Given any brightness, 14 degrees possible.

Into the night, it will be a mild evening to come. Six Nations action

in Cardiff and we are expecting it to be dry with a few breaks in the

cloud. We will overnight bring an area of rainfall across Northern

Ireland and Scotland so a spell of rain to come here, maybe some

drizzle in England and Wales. But a lot of dry weather to be found.

Temperatures still quite misty and murky. On Saturday, rain pulling

away from Scotland and Northern Ireland becoming slow-moving in

parts of northern England and Wales. Rain towards the north and west of

Wales into northern England. Brighter skies behind and ahead,

some sunshine with a mild day to come. Part two of the weekend, on

Sunday, a couple of spells of wet weather. A dry interlude in between.

Turning cooler from the west and double-figure temperatures. To sum

up the weekend, we will get to see a bit of sunshine, some spells of wet

weather moving through not particularly whether and getting

cooler by the end of Sunday. It's 6:15 and you're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. Headteachers in England say

they are being forced to cut GCSE and A-Level courses to help

balance school budgets. Labour has accused the government

of being in disarray It's after Theresa May said that

controversial tax rises would not go Let's take a look at some

of the main stories Let's look at some of the front

pages first, the front page of the sun. -- Sun. That is the lead.

Should we leave it there? The sun is campaigning about this, this is all

about national insurance, they are starting one of their campaigns,

fight van scam. An interesting front page from the times. Theresa May

back pedals on tax pot. Not entirely sure that is exactly what she has

done. We will be talking about that throughout the programme. Some of

the papers are suggesting there is a bit of room for manoeuvre after what

Philip Hammond announced yesterday. Not entirely clear whether that is

true, it has striking picture of former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Indeed. It is nearly all the front pages. The Daily Mail as well. Tory

tax retreat. They are seeing signs of some sort of the street, but it

is a bit more complicated than that. Theresa May was in Brussels

yesterday and was asked the question again. Is it a break of a promise?

If you look at the 2015 and a facility says, we will not raise

national insurance contributions. But in the legal process afterwards,

they made it clear that after the election they would not be looking

at individual employees and their national insurance contributions.

This is all about the self-employed. It could be an interesting weekend,

I will be talking about it a lot. I have a couple of retail stories.

John Lewis, bonus at its lowest level for 50 years. Staff still

getting 6%, but they have expected more than that over the years. John

Lewis as saying the reason is the pension issues, Brexit, the move to

online, all of those things are playing on the minds of management.

Pret a Manger is saying that only one in 50 of their job applicants is

from the UK. One in 50! Yes, their boss said they had a committee

meeting at the House of Lords yesterday, and if we leave the

European Union with a more restricted labour movement deal,

obviously a company like that will have quite a bit of a change. And

presumably they would qualify as low skilled. Yes, we have heard all

about keeping the high skilled labour market in the UK after

leaving the EU. But we have to consider low skilled workers as

well. The wonderful Eddie Jones, the England coach, ahead of this huge

game in the 6-nation is with Scotland, he has us all talking

about his dog. Is this a distraction? It could be. We have

got a picture of Annie, the dog. She has been known to run onto the

training pitch before, getting off her leash. He says she is a tricky

run and she is quite small, very quick, and can get under your feet.

A suggestion that Alan Farrell had this injury in training because of

Annie. He is fine, and actually this stuff could just be a shaggy dog

tale. At it is lovely, isn't it? The other story I have picked out of the

papers, we will talk about this later on the programme after 7:30am,

England fans are motivated and spurred on by the anthem. Swing low,

suing chariot, come forth, carry me home. American academics are saying

that actually, England fans do not know the true meaning of this song.

It dates back to the 1880s when it was used by slaves in the fields,

and it actually means, swing low, sweet chariot, carry me home, come

take me to heaven, because I would rather be dead end in heaven than be

here toiling the fields. It is not the first time that story has been

raised. We will be talking about it later this morning. It has become a

divisional song. Yes, for England fans it is a motivational song. It

should we think about the meaning when we sing it? Very briefly, I

love this story in the Telegraph. Favourite feeds that parents have

told children. Do you have any fibs that you have told your children?

Little white lies? Yes, losing or secretly sabotaging a noisy toy. My

favourite one is pretending to phone the police when a child is being

naughty. Have you ever done that? Does it work? Yes. They are under

way, they on their way now. You are going outside, I due? Just a little

musical thing we are doing this morning, yes. There is a reason for

it. There is an assessment about how much live music is being played.

Yes, that is going on over the next 24 hours. We will be looking at

that. What are you going to be plain? Everything, if you have your

way. The ukelele. 6:20am is the time.

In 1952, the city of London was effectively brought

to a standstill, caused by air pollution.

While some may remember the Great Smog, more than 60 years

on, poor air quality is still damaging people's health

and causing thousands of premature deaths every year.

As part of the BBC's So I Can Breathe series,

Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been looking at how things have improved

London has been brought to a halt by death smog, which has descended

overnight. The great smog of 1952, dramatised in the Netflix series,

The Crown. It was a difficult time. It was scary, it was unpleasant. And

Goldsmith was eight in 1952 and remained as it well. We could hardly

see in front of us, and one I got to school, the handkerchief would be

absolutely black. -- when I got to school. It is now for 12,000 people

died in the great smog. The enemy was coal, used in factories and

people's homes. What followed the smog was the Clean Air Act of 1956.

It introduced smoke controlled areas, where only smokeless fuel

could you don't. Fast forward 60 years and the enemy now as nitrogen

dioxide from diesel engines. So what is being done today? These are the

engines that have been removed out of taxis in Birmingham. The local

authority in Birmingham has funding to replace the diesel engines in 65

taxis. We removed 95% of the emissions that taxis were producing.

It is a massive reduction. But it is a small pilot project. There are

hundreds of taxis in Birmingham. The government's overall plan is to

introduce so-called clean air zones in five cities by 2020. I will look

at the evidence, and when the evidence comes through as to where

the key areas of pollution are, we will take the action that is needed

to address the need for clean-air in the city. I am afraid the government

has been hopeless. Critics like Client earth say that what we need

today is a new clean air act, and a scrappage scheme for diesel cars. We

have to face diesel vehicles off the roads. It will cost a fortune. It

will take time, but we have to protect people's L. If the water we

were drinking is as dirty as the air we were breeding an hour, we would

do something about it. -- breathing in now. Back in Lewisham in London,

Anne is meeting nine-year-old Louise, and Amy, who is six. We

called it smog, and you couldn't see. Only this far in front of your

eyes. So we had to be very careful we didn't bump into anybody. We

walked along the road like that. It was terrible, really. I feel sad for

you. On days when pollution is bad, Amy and alleys are kept indoors at

playtime, just as Anne was in 1952. Sometimes we have to do stay inside

because the air is bad. Because the air is bad now? Amazed by Anne's

story, Amy and Louise are recreating her walk home from school in the

smog. Are you OK? Yes. Are you OK? Yes. Can you see anything? No. More

than 60 years on, air pollution is still damaging children's health and

shortening people's lives. All this week across the BBC we've

been running a series called #SoICanBreathe looking at ways

to cut air pollution. For more information and to watch

more of the coverage visit /, so I can breathe! You are right,

it was difficult to see that. Sorry about that. That is fine. Still to

come, they are great companions but sometimes dog owners can be a bit

naughty. From stealing food to chewing furniture, keeping dogs in

check can be a tough job. Later in the programme we will meet a

mastered old trainer who is dealing with jealousy, intimidation, even

breaking and entering. -- master dog trainer. He faces some big

challenges. That is one of them. That is one very aggressive great

Dane. He had to dish the owner how to deal with them. I am scared of

that great Dane. We have a very tricky dog coming on late in the

programme as well. Do let us know stories of your dog's misdemeanours,

trivial, hopefully not too serious. Yes, fun ones. Let us know in the

usual ways. You are bringing your dog in later this morning? Yes, my

little tricky customer. I think I am the most nervous about this feature

than any other thing I have ever done. What is your dog called?

Sadie. If you are watching, Sadie, you'd better be good.

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

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

Now, though, it's back to Charlie and Sally.

Hello this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

We'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,

Exam courses dropped, fewer school trips,

All things a head teachers' union says are happening in English

We'll ask just how bad things are and what it could mean

It stirs passion and pride among England rugby fans,

but do its origins as an American slave song make Swing Low,

Sweet Chariot an inappropriate anthem?

We'll hear the arguments before 8 o clock.

If you went to a gig or heard a performance last night -

you may have been part of the first ever live music census.

We're looking at the issues facing the industry

and inviting you to our very own festival -

But now a summary of this morning's main news:

Schools in England are being forced to cut GCSE and A-Level courses

in an effort to balance the books, according to a head teachers' union.

The Association of School and College Leaders has warned

budget pressures are driving up class sizes and causing them

Our Education Correspondent Gillian Hargreaves reports.

Peter Woodman at the Weald School might be a head teacher

but he still likes to work at the chalk face, partly

because he enjoys it but partly because it saves money

The only reason we can survive is we are carrying forward money

And if the government stick to their pledges over the next five

years, with the cash flow and budgets, we will be making cuts

to something like 70,000 every year, year on year.

Peter is one of dozens of heads in south-east England who wrote

to parents yesterday informing them of the impact of cuts.

In a poll of more than 1000 members of the ASCL union almost three

quarters said they had to make cuts to GCSE or vocational courses

The most common subjects to have been removed were design

and technology, performing arts, music and German.

I think really important parts of education will be cut.

Class sizes will increase and I think they are probably

at capacity, teachers' jobs will become even harder.

I think the worry is it just places more and more pressure

on the teaching staff so actually it is them that are going to have

to end up working longer, harder to make this work.

On average, heads said that the largest class size was now

33 pupils however the government's said official statistics showed

the average secondary class size has fallen over the past decade to just

20 pupils and that ?40 billion has been spent on schools this year.

Labour has accused the Government of being in disarray

after the Prime Minister said controversial tax rises

would not be put into legislation until the autumn,

after a review of working practices is published.

Theresa May said the changes to national insurance,

announced in the budget, were necessary and fair

but said the Chancellor would listen to concerns before MPs voted

The shift towards self employment is eroding the tax base. It is making

it harder to afford the services on which working families depend on and

this goes some way to fixing that. Protests are taking place in Seoul

after South Korea's highest court upheld a decision to remove

the country's president These live pictures show scenes

in Seoul after that decision which forces Park

Geun-hye to stand down. She was impeached over a corruption

scandal involving a close friend. She will now lose her immunity

against prosecution The decision was met by cheering

in the streets from opponents but her supporters

have reacted angrily. The country must now vote to elect

a new president in 60 days. Patients and doctors have called

for "do not resuscitate" notices to be replaced with orders that

offer a range of treatments. Currently, "do not resuscitate"

orders tell medical professionals not to use intensive and invasive

treatments if a patient's heart stops beating or

they stop breathing. A British Medical Journal article

says a number of options should be MP's are being warned

that the Palace of Westminster is close to a "catastrophic failure"

unless they make a decision over The Public Accounts Committee,

which overlooks government spending, says the longer MPs mull over

the options, the greater the chance The committee is encouraging

parliament to support the cheapest option to repair the deterioration,

which will cost around 3.5 billion More than 2,500 bridges

in England are not fit to support the heaviest lorries,

a new study has found. The report by the RAC Foundation

found that many of the structures have weight restrictions

in place, while others have It says some have also been put

in a managed decline. The cost of clearing the backlog

of work on all bridges is estimated Councils say they don't

have the funds to repair them. Jose Mourinho was complaining quite

a lot about the pitch but he cannot complain to match this morning?

Behind it it did not look too bad but according to everybody there it

was quite patchy. But how about this for dedication, a 4000 mile round

trip and fans made the journey. The club paid for their visas and given

free blankets. Manchester United got the draw they needed.

Jose Mourinho said it was "impossible to play any better"

after his Manchester United side drew 1-1 at FC Rostov

Mourinho wasn't impressed with the rough pitch

but Henrik Mikhitaryan scored an away goal

and although the Russian side equalised, Mourinho said that

football life was "full of experiences" and that was

England have won the one day series against the West Indies 3 nil,

after victory in the third match in Barbados.

Alex Hales came back into the team, after recovering from injury,

Joe Root also scored a century, as England, made a record total

The West Indies never looked likely to reach their target of 329,

England's Owen Farrell injured his left knee in yesterday's

training session ahead of the Six Nations match

The centre departed the training field at Pennyhill Park.

And while number 8 Billy Vunipola will make his first appearance

in the tournament from the bench, Head coach Eddie Jones admits

Farrell could be a doubt for the Calcutta Cup,

although he made light of the incident in front

He has a bad leg so he could not finish training. I think he ran into

my dog. My dog was running around and he ran into him. He will be all

right. You just sit he was a doubt. Yes but I think you will be all

right. Ben Te'o can play 12, he is an exceptional player so there is no

risk for us. Our players know we have to be on our best performance.

We will have the string together a number of excellent plays and think

clearly to get them to start adapting to our play. They are a

very good team. Well the weekend's Six Nations

action begins this evening at the Principality Stadium

in Cardiff, as Wales You can see the match live

on BBC One from 7.30pm. The big air will be making its

winter debut next year. You take off a ramp and perform all sorts of

somersaults while flying through the air. It sounds impressive as well.

Has Mike Bushell yet tried it? Small air. I think both of you could win a

medal in big hair! I definitely think you should be. When you land

on one of these huge inflatable trampolines so I am up for a

challenge. And for a haircut as well. Thank you very much. It is 639

a year. Cuts to courses and bigger classes is the direct impact on

budget pressures in schools according to a union head. The

government says school funding is at the highest it has ever been. So

what are the challenges? We are joined by a head teacher. Good

morning to you. These are really quite start claims. Really very

disappointing claims for anyone who has a child in education. How big a

problem might they be? We do know class sizes are increasing somewhat

and school budgets are not moving and because of that teachers are

facing redundancies and if you have more students coming through and

less money than you will probably end up with fewer teachers and

larger class sizes. Why are some subjects more at risk, perhaps

languages and arts? One of the reasons arts subjects are vulnerable

is because five - six years ago the government changes away it measures

school performance. Art subjects were kept out. Because of that,

hearts have not been given as much priority from schools although so

far the numbers have stay the same. We do think that over the next 18

months this will change. Do you think this might be the start of a

slow decline for those type of subjects? What we are hearing from

the ground is that it is art, music, drama, particularly because they are

only taught fewer hours per week, they are quite vulnerable. If we see

fewer teachers and they are offered less often, there will be a decline

in the number of people taking these subjects and it seems pretty likely.

The survey suggests class sizes are getting higher but the data from the

Department of education suggests class sizes are not rising? It

depends on how you cut the data. If you take over the last few years,

plus sizes have risen. For a few years in secondary we had fewer

pupils than ever before but as these bump of pupils move through to

secondary, this changes. For instance, the number doubled last

year and because there is more pupils, if you have twice as many

pupils in the number of classes then twice as many parents are going to

see their child in a class of over 36. What power does ahead teacher

have? They have quite a lot of control over their budget and the

government will say it is up to you how you decide to spend it if you

are a situation where pension costs, national insurance have gone up

salaries need to go up to retain teachers, then you are limited with

the money and it stays pretty flat and does not reflect those expenses.

Most head teachers are saying they are having to cut staff. That is

causing the problems. The editor from schools weeks, thank you very

much indeed. You are watching Breakfast. That is the main story

does morning: head teachers reinforced to cut A-level courses

and GCSE to allow for budgets. Labour accuses government of being

in disarray. Let's take a moment to have a look at the weather. Good

Sunrise in Suffolk but the cloud is putting up a fight. It is not going

to be as lovely as yesterday but still on the milder side

particularly in the west. Outbreaks of rain and drizzle for parts of

Wales, western England, Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Misty

and murky around the coasts. The eastern side of the UK, a little bit

of sun trying to poke through the cloud but it will increase. Western

areas damp and drizzly. Central areas will have rain poised to move

in from northern Scotland. By this afternoon it will be spreading

across the Northern Isles. After all the sunshine yesterday, cloudier

story. Bright outbreaks in the north Coast and Northern Ireland, the

north-east of Wales. As for your temperatures, double figures for

most of us but not as lovely as it yesterday. Myatt evening to come.

Plenty of cloud. Damp and drizzly in places. I expect it to be mainly

dry. For the Six Nations in Cardiff, it should be mild. An area of of

rain through the first part of Saturday mainly dry for England and

Wales. Temperatures are not going down very far. Starting tomorrow

morning, mild again with plenty of cloud. Should clear for most of

Scotland and Northern Ireland. Sunny spells around East Anglia. Some

outbreaks of rain from northern England into north and west Wales.

It will fill really pleasant giving the sunshine. Sunday, dry and

brighter spells in between. Starting to feel a little bit cooler by the

end of the day. Most of us into double figures.

It looks like it is getting milder, but a bit mixed up. Absolutely

changeable on the weekend. Some sunshine, some rain moving through.

Nothing particularly heavy. The temperatures are mostly into double

figures which is not bad for this time of year. We and those Spring

flowers are loving it when the temperatures are like that. Thank

you. The first ever live music census

is taking place right now in cities across the UK - think

Springwatch, but for music! And there is something else new

happening today. It is big, and it is outside our studios. We are

calling at Break-Fest. It will make sense in a moment. Sean is outside

for us. Good morning, Sean. Yes, good morning. Welcome to Break-Fest.

It is all getting under way. Glastonbury, watch out. We spent a

bit of time getting the logo right. The rain has come, the Wellington

Syron, what more do you need for a festival? The first act this

morning, Little Sparrow is getting under way, singing for us now. And

the reason we are talking about this this morning, this is live music

sensors that you mentioned. It is basically an audit of the live music

industry right around the UK. Universities are looking at certain

cities and seeing, for 24 hours, from Corel singers to open mike

nights to festivals to concerts, what is going on? -- choral singers.

Laura Gordon has been taking a look in Glasgow.

Buskers on the streets of Glasgow, passionate about their music,

drawing into rest from passers-by. I love it. I do it every day, it is a

way to play with my friends and enjoy life with other people. From

classical to contemporary. From concert halls to deeds in pubs. --

gigs. Music is part of our culture. In our cars, at home, on our phones,

we listen to plenty of music. But how does the live scene compare?

Volunteers in six cities across the country are attempting to find out.

We are asking how many events they go to, why you might go to an event,

what the reasons are behind going to an event. Are people interested? I

think some people are very interested. People go to a lot more

live music than they realise. There are plenty of free performances to

go to. But even so, British consumers spend more on concert

tickets than on physical records, digital downloads and streaming

combined. And the organisers of this census say that even those who think

silence is golden should care about the state of the nation's live

music. Music is a huge driver, economically, within the creative

industries, which are of course a big exporter for the UK, where it

punches above its weight. There is a lot of research to suggest that

music is also important for our health and well-being. But for me,

it is important because music is part of what makes us human. It is a

fundamental part of being part of the human species. Glasgow has a

really active music scene. There are 70 live music events in the 24-hour

period in the census is taking place in. But here and across the UK, the

live music scene is facing challenges. Some iconic locations

where famous groups honed their acts have closed down, some never to

reopen. Some smaller, more intimate venues are only just breaking even.

Surviving as a small venue is difficult at the moment because

property prices are increasing because of the kind of tight

regulations around licensing. This attempt to measure the economic and

cultural benefits of live music years, census organisers believe, a

world first. Whatever they find out, that's live music in all its

glorious forms brings joy to many is already beyond doubt. It is bringing

its glorious forms outside the studio this morning. Break-Fest is

under way. Little Sparrow was playing for us in the background.

Gavin Sharp here is a concert promoter, running one of the big

venues in Manchester. That's right. How difficult is it for the music

industry at the moment, or is it always difficult? For small venue is

particularly it is very, very hard. There are so many fishers on us --

pressures on us. The commitments that we have in terms of health and

safety, keeping people safe, but also as the inner-city 's are being

developed, the planners are moving in and people are coming to live in

the city centre, and that is a challenge, because those people are

obviously entitled to peace and quiet. Often they put in complaints

and that can be a problem. But you survive, don't you? We heard from

all those people in Glasgow, they are still there and they are still

going. Even though it is a difficult time, you get a stream of people

like Little Sparrow coming through. In Manchester we are very fortunate.

People in Manchester have always loved live music. They come out to

shows, and if anything, there are more venues than there used to be.

We all work together, we all have our own little niches, we have our

own target audiences. We specialise in world music and jazz, that is our

thing at Band on the Wall. Other places have their own thing. We are

in a healthy place. People in Manchester support live music, it is

great. In other parts of the country it is not such a good picture.

120,000 jobs directly in the music industry across the country, ?4

billion for the economy. So when the Chancellor is making little tax

tweaks this week, can that have an effect? Yes. The business rate is a

big issue for power sector. Other things, the penny on the pint, we

will not be putting pennies on alpines. At some point it will go up

a bit. All it really does is squeeze our margins. Why wouldn't you

protect penny on, if everybody else's? I don't know... As much as

anything, dealing with 9p change is a nightmare, isn't it? We don't do

that. It is not just those pressures on the licensing sector. Like I say,

it is maintaining health that safe, well-run venues. Like say, that is

extensive these days. People are not really keen on paying the actual

ticket price that it should be when they go into small music venues. So

very often be model of a small music venue, the tickets are just covering

the cost of the bands, and it is the bar that is making the owner the

money. Why is that? Some people are willing to pay fortunes these days

the big concerts. I don't know whether it is just something within

our sector, but whenever you put your ticket prices up you see a

reaction. Attendances drop. So I think between the high cost of

people walking in and paying for pounds 50 for a pint, even though

they can buy up pint in the supermarket for ?1, that is

definitely a factor. -- for pounds 50p. We deal with a niche audience,

we deal with people whose spot artists are very early in their

careers. They pick up on them as they are coming through and playing

100, 200 capacity venues. Just before we are played out by Little

Sparrow, are you actually able to pay your artists who are performing

in your venues what you would have been able to pay them years ago? We

are actually a charity. So we do go and raise funds to make sure that we

pay all our artists properly. Nobody really plays at Band on the Wall and

doesn't get paid properly, it is one of our things. But certainly, at

other venues, early in your career, at a small venues, they are still

going in and really playing, they are given tickets and they sell the

tickets and that is what they are playing for. Great, we will talk

more about this this morning. We will be played out by Little

Sparrow. # Speak a little louder, maybe even

shout. # You know that I'm proud... I want

to be with you everywhere. # I want to be with you everywhere.

That is Little Sparrow singing there. It is worth remembering, as

you look at Break-Fest, as we are calling it, all the great festival

started small. Glastonbury at one point was just two people singing

with just one person playing an instrument. It could be so much

bigger next year. Talking about live music, if you have got an anecdote

about a live music gig that she went to wear something very special

happened, let us know this morning. -- that you went to.

From counting penguins in the Antarctic, to monitoring

We find out why scientists are calling on people to get

involved in the latest research to help discover more

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

Hello this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

Courses axed, bigger class sizes and after-school clubs cut -

a stark warning from head-teachers about the pressure

They'll put their grievances to the Education Secretary

at a conference today - the Government says school funding

Good morning. It's Friday the 10th of March.

Labour accuses the Government of making a "partial U-turn"

as the Prime Minster says controversial tax rises

for self-employed won't now be voted on until the Autumn.

that was Jose Mourinho's assessment of his Manchester United side,

as they bagged an away goal in Europe.

It brought London to a standstill and killed thousands -

more than 60 years after the Great Smog,

we'll find out what's being done to improve the capital's

It is a cloud first at break first. Still mild but not as lovely as a

yesterday top your Friday forecast annual weekend -- you will weekend

whether coming up. Schools in England are being forced

to cut GCSE and A-Level courses in an effort to balance the books,

according to a head teachers' union. The Association of School

and College Leaders has warned budget pressures are driving up

class sizes and causing them Our Education Correspondent

Gillian Hargreaves reports. Peter Woodman at the Weald School

might be a head teacher but he still likes to work

at the chalk face, partly because he enjoys it but partly

because it saves money The only reason we can survive

is we are carrying forward money And if the government stick

to their pledges over the next five years, with the cash flow

and budgets, we will be making cuts to something like 70,000

every year, year on year. Peter is one of dozens of heads

in south-east England who wrote to parents yesterday informing them

of the impact of cuts. In a poll of more than 1000 members

of the ASCL union almost three quarters said they had to make cuts

to GCSE or vocational courses The most common subjects to have

been removed were design and technology, performing

arts, music and German. I think really important parts

of education will be cut. Class sizes will increase

and I think they are probably at capacity, teachers' jobs

will become even harder. I think the worry is it just places

more and more pressure on the teaching staff so actually

it is them that are going to have to end up working longer,

harder to make this work. On average, heads said

that the largest class size was now 33 pupils however the government's

said official statistics showed the average secondary class size has

fallen over the past decade to just 20 pupils and that ?40 billion has

been spent on schools this year. Labour has accused the Government

of being in disarray after the Prime Minister said

controversial tax rises for self-employed workers would not

be put into legislation Theresa May said the changes

to national insurance, announced in the budget,

were necessary and fair but said the Chancellor would listen

to concerns before MPs voted She was speaking at a EU

leaders' summit in Brussels, her last one before

formal Brexit talks. We'll speak to our Political

Correspondent Ben Wright, who's at the summit

in Brussels, in a moment - but first let's hear

from Iain Watson who's Ian, is there potential for a U-turn

from the government on this? I do not think there will be a huge

turn but if we keep the motoring metaphor, Theresa May is on a

collision course and she is trying to soften the impact. In Brussels

she defended the principle of the policy on the grounds of fairness.

But the crucial phrase of the Chancellor will listen to concerns

is what we should focus on. She is delaying a Parliamentary vote on the

increases until the autumn and the timing is important because by then

there should be a review into the domain and it is likely to recommend

raised in maternity and paternity leave and other things so she will

be able to argue that the self-employed are getting all value

for money. If there is still a bit of a rebellion, there is another

budget which will give them all an opportunity to do a little bit more.

All this fuss over whether this was a breach of the Conservative

manifesto, the Minister said he apologised to every voter who read

the manifesto. Let's go to Ben now in Brussels,

what's the Prime Minister been What kind of reception has she been

getting? A strange atmosphere. Brexit one of the massive items on

the agenda but it is not discussed at all on this summit recalls EU

leaders refused to talk about it and enter negotiations until Theresa May

has triggered Article 50 and begun the withdrawal. Theresa May said

that will happen by the end of the month and then negotiations will

start in earnest. She has a gone back to London while they continue

to map the future of the European Union. One of the big issues will be

a question of money. What Britain does in terms of the contributions

and commitment it has a ready-made to the European Union. Possibly ?15

billion bill to be settled. In a documentary, a suggestion that might

be a bill Britain is not willing to pay and do a Mrs Thatcher, according

to Boris Johnson. Another key player, Norbert Hofer said he would

like to see some British citizens continue if they want to get the

same sort of rights. -- Guy Verhofstadt. We have some way to go.

Thank you very much indeed. Protests are taking place in Seoul

after South Korea's highest court upheld a decision to remove

the country's president These live pictures show scenes

in Seoul after that decision which forces Park

Geun-hye to stand down. She was impeached over a corruption

scandal involving a close friend. She will now lose her immunity

against prosecution The decision was met by cheering

in the streets from opponents but her supporters

have reacted angrily. Police say two people have died

during those protests. It's emerged some detainees held

at an immigration removal centre have been held there for as long

as two and a half years. Prison inspectors found that

children had also been detained which holds almost 400 adult

male asylum seekers, illegal immigrants and foreign

national offenders. The Home Office says some people

prolong detention by trying Britain's aid programme in Libya

could be harming vulnerable migrants The Independent Commission

for Aid Impact said there was a risk that Britain's support was leading

to more migrants being detained The government said British vessels

have saved more than 13,000 since May 2000 15.

.Com ordered BT to separate from its open reach division. Today's

announcement means Openreach will become a distinct company with a

legal purpose to serve all of its customers equally. The announcement

made just a few minutes ago and we will get more on that later on.

MP's are being encouraged to make a decision over

the Palace of Westminster renovation,

following concerns the building is at risk of catastrophic failure.

The government's spending watchdog says the longer MPs mull over

different options to repair the Houses of Parliament,

the greater chance that public money will be wasted.

Scientists in Australia say the Great Barrier Reef

has been hit by widespread bleaching of its corals

Bleaching happens when the water temperature is too high

and the coral expells the algae that lives in its tissue

The first aerial survey of 2017 shows large areas of the reef

have become distressed over the Australian summer.

It's the first time bleaching has returned within twelve months,

leading to concerns over the reef's long term health.

A short time ago I asked you what this meant which was unfair but lots

of people have got in touch and they said it could be permanent damage.

The latest imagery display very quickly what is happening. The

weather forecast in about five minutes time. With just 100 days

before the start of the come Frederick cup -- confederate cup,

police want to find out how they are planning to reduce the violence.

Excitement has been dampened by violence involving hooligans.

The final countdown to the Confederations Cup.

For Russia, it is a dress rehearsal for the World Cup next summer,

But this violence in France last year has cast a shadow over

the tournaments of the Russian football hooligans who they fought

Britain's top football policeman has been visiting Russia this week

This tour was the first step to make sure the scenes were not repeated

Anyone watching thought it was appalling.

We need to work on a good working relationship to make sure that

anyone who comes to Russia for the games is safe.

Russia and Britain will be sharing data to make sure of that.

For Russia, hosting be games is a matter of prestige.

They do not want anything to damage that.

They said that the past events were a one-off.

They cannot guarantee they will be under control.

There has never been a major incident in Russia.

That proves we can really organise a great atmosphere.

The important thing is to find the right balance between atmosphere

So, Russia is gearing up to greet the football fans of the world

It is a message that hard-core troublemakers will not be able

We are joined by a football journalist. Good morning. For the

people at home, can you explain the level of problem, the level of

hooliganism that Russia has experienced in recent years? A think

it goes back to the 90s. The country was not in great shape and it

emerged out of that. While we were reporting on English hooliganism in

the 70s and 80s. A lot more work has been done on it so that we are not

returning to those days any more. Police have more survey that is, so

the hooligans are gradually being brought under control. What happened

in France last year was in my opinion a breakdown in

communications. After the complaint, the information was not taken on.

Hooligans understand now that if anything happened in Russia next

year, there would this serious consequences. We are seeing

pictures, I was there, and it was deeply unpleasant and a scary place

to be at times. How do you think Russia next year, during the World

Cup, could handle anything like this? I think anything like these,

perpetrators of something like this, would come nowhere near the centres

in town. One of the complaints in the Russian media was that the

French police response was very weak, they did nothing to separate

the fans. The Russians will be doing a preventative measure and should

something breakout, I think the police would be going in very, very

hard to make sure it would happen again. -- would not happen again.

The idea that you cannot stop the hooliganism happen so you can

therefore organise it and let these people fight under supervision

according to one man. How seriously easy being taken? He is a member of

the LDP are, a right -ish party. The only reason is that is because his

father set the thing up to start with. Russia and that party to be

honest anything he says cannot be taken seriously at all. How safe

should fans feel travelling to Russia next summer? I think they

will be very safe top it takes fans out of Western Europe out of the

comfort zone. As an example you can look at what happened yesterday,

Manchester United fans came and they were treated very well in Rostov.

They were given blankets. A little bit unusual. Journalists were given

a tour and all the feedback I have seen so far has been very, very

positive and out of think Manchester had a great time and for us it

wasn't opportunity to show despite the bad publicity we can you ready

for the World Cup. It's 07:17 and you're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. The main stories this morning: Head

teachers in England say they are being forced to cut GCSE

and A-Level courses to help Labour has accused the government

of being in disarray after Theresa May said that

controversial tax rises announced in the budget would not go before

MPs until the autumn. Here's Nick with a look

at this morning's weather. Good morning. We have some weather

pictures coming in, the best sunrises particularly across the

eastern parts of England, where there is a bit of cloud. In the west

of the UK there is so much cloud around today that it is dampened to

and places. An east-west split to begin with, mainly dry in the east,

with a touch of frost in eastern Scotland. Lots of cloud in the west.

Quite misty and murky as well. This is the picture at nine o'clock in

the morning from the Channel Islands, across much of southern and

coastal England. Those in salt brightness across eastern parts of

England will probably disappear behind some cloud. In the west,

although you may be dampened drizzly out the moment, that is not going to

be lasting all day long, but there is a more substantial area of rain

just edging through northern Scotland as we go through the day.

Here we go through the day. After so much sunshine yesterday, so much

cloud today. Just limited brightness this afternoon. Could see a bit in

the north coast of Northern Ireland, north-east Wales, North Somerset,

Cornwall and Devon. But if you expect a lot of cloud you will not

be going far on. Here is that rain into northern Scotland. Temperatures

still on the mild side in two double figures. A bit of sunshine, could

see 14 or 15 degrees. Not as lovely as it was yesterday. This was the

picture into this evening. Not a huge amount of change. Plenty of

cloud. Mainly dry in Cardiff for the Six Nations action. Maybe just a few

breaks in the crowd at times. Into tonight, we are going to see an area

of rain move across Northern Ireland, eventually into Scotland,

for England and Wales it will be mainly drive are the odd bit of

drizzle. Still misty and murky. You will notice how those temperatures

tonight are not going down fast. That means a mild start of the

weekend. If you start with rain in Northern Ireland in Scotland, the

bulk of that will break away and then it brightens up. The rain moves

into parts of northern England, north and west Wales, to the south

of that it is mainly dry. There will be some sunny spells around parts of

East Anglia and south-east England. Probably the day's eyes temperatures

here. Sunny spells in Scotland and Northern Ireland, where it will feel

quite nice. Part two of the weekend on Sunday. A couple of bands of

weather moving from west to east. Dry spots in between, giving a bit

of sunshine for a time, turning a bit cooler from the west as we go on

through Sunday. So it is a mixed picture this weekend. There will be

a bit of sunshine to be had at times. But not all the time. Because

when the cloud is thick enough we will start to see a bit of rain. You

will notice that in northern England, north and was Wales for a

time on Saturday. Then many of us will see a spell of rain at some

stage on Sunday. Although it is on the mild side, things will be

turning a little bit cooler by the time we get to the end of Sunday. We

saw 17.5dC for a top temperature in London yesterday. It may get close

to that someone in south-east England tomorrow. But those

temperatures have come down a little bit. The reason why, we are just not

seeing as much sunshine. In 1952, the city of London

was effectively brought to a standstill, caused

by air pollution. While some may remember

the Great Smog, more than 60 years on poor air quality is still

damaging people's health and causing thousands of premature

deaths every year. As part of the BBC's

So I Can Breathe series, Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been

looking at how things have improved London has been brought

to a halt by death smog, The Great Smog of 1952,

dramatised in the Netflix series Anne Goldsmith was eight in 1952

and remembers it well. We could hardly see in front of us,

and when I got to school, the handkerchief would

be absolutely black. It is now thought 12,000 people

died in the Great Smog. The enemy was coal, used

in factories and people's homes. What followed the smog

was the Clean Air Act of 1956. It introduced smoke-controlled

areas, where only smokeless fuel Fast forward 60 years and the enemy

now is nitrogen dioxide These are the engines that have been

removed out of taxis in Birmingham. The local authority in Birmingham

has funding to replace the diesel We removed 95% of the emissions that

taxis were producing. There are hundreds of

taxis in Birmingham. The government's overall plan

is to introduce so-called clean air I will look at the evidence,

and when the evidence comes through as to where the key

areas of pollution are, we will take the action

that is needed to address the need I am afraid the government

has been hopeless. Critics like Client Earth say

that what we need today is a new Clean Air Act,

and a scrappage scheme We have to force diesel

vehicles off the roads. It will take time, but we have

to protect people's health. If the water we are drinking

were as dirty as the air we're breathing in now, we'd

do something about it. Back in Lewisham in London,

Anne is meeting nine-year-old We called it smog,

and you couldn't see. So we had to be very careful

we didn't bump into anybody. On days when pollution is bad,

Amy and Eloise are kept indoors at playtime, just

as Anne was in 1952. Sometimes we have to do stay

inside because the air is bad. Amazed by Anne's story, Amy

and Eloise are recreating her walk More than 60 years on,

air pollution is still damaging children's health and

shortening people's lives. All of this week across the BBC we

have been running a special series called So I can Breathe, looking at

ways to cut the pollution. For more information about you can the BBC

website. If you are a dog owner, you will

know that while they can be great companions, they can also have a

naughty streak, from stealing food to chewing furniture, keeping them

in check can be a big job. Later in the programme we are going to be

meeting a master dog trainer who can bring any dog to heal. We want to

hear your stories of good and bad behaviour. We do have some examples

from our own little cap at breakfast family, don't we? Let's look at the

first one. This is Winnie. Her owner Dan says she keeps barking at night

until his wife says good night to her. I think that is very cute. This

is Mike's dog, As all. -- Basil. He is notorious to having once eaten an

entire birthday cake. Now let's take a look at Mole. You know him quite

well, don't you Charlie? Yes, that is my dog. I have said that Mole's

crime is being cleverer than me. He is a very sensitive dog. Clever and

sensitive. And your dog is coming in, isn't it? Yes, it is a lot of

pressure. My dog, Sadie, is in the studio in about an hour. I am quite

nervous about it. Is she a well-behaved dog? How would you

describe her? She is a good little dog, but she jumps up that people.

What kind of dog is she? A mixture between a poodle and a cavalier. You

will need her, she is coming in. Just trying to paint a picture. She

is going to sit right here. Is she allowed on the sofa? Is she allowed

on the sofa in your house? No. She might be allowed on this one,

though. The time is 7:36am. Still to come, forget Glastonbury. Nobody can

get tickets to this festival. The good news is that everybody's

invited anyway. Yes, it is Break-Fest. It is right outside the

studio, over there. There is shorn. A lovely day for it as well. We have

our own festival on because we are looking at the ?4 billion music

industry, particularly the live music industry. Right now there is a

24 hour and ulcers on right across the country, from choirs to open

mike nights, about what kind of things that industry brings. -- mic

nights. But first, the news, travel and

I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

Now, though, it's back to Charlie and Sally.

Hello this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

Schools in England are being forced to cut GCSE and A-Level courses

in an effort to balance the books, according to a head teachers' union.

Schools in England are being forced to cut GCSE and A-Level courses

in an effort to balance the books, according to a head teachers' union.

The Association of School and College Leaders has warned

Schools in England are being forced to cut GCSE and A-Level courses

in an effort to balance the books, according to a head teachers' union.

The Association of School and College Leaders has warned

budget pressures are driving up class sizes and causing them

to cancel extra curricular activities.

Ofcom has announced that BT has agreed to its requirements

for the legal separation from Openreach - the biggest reform

The telecoms giant has faced growing calls from rivals to break

up - Sky, TalkTalk - have long complained they have

to use BT lines to provide their services.

They argue this means customers get a poor service -

Let's speak now to Chief Executive of Ofcom Sharon White.

It is a major reform to Openreach which will created as a separate

company with its board working by law for the interests of all

customers not just BT making decisions on your broadband again

with the interests of the whole community. It matters because we

believe this will result in better broadband for all of us. How will

you measure how this works - in 12 months time, if their broadband is

not better, this would not have worked. We will monitor this very

closely and robust league and that key issue is does a Chris Reed make

decisions for the good of the whole country. -- Openreach make decisions

for the good of the whole country. Engine is turning up on time, and if

things go wrong, for the first time, there will be automatic

compensation. You get a cheque in the post if Openreach does not

deliver. I am curious as to how you judge this. Consumers see it as

whether the price is right, and it works well. If those things do not

happen, what will you do? We will be monitoring very closely at the

quality of service that we receive it better. We will be watching these

things closely and if it does not deliver we will look at further

action but it is part of a broader set of reforms including a much

tougher focus on customer service. BT's rivals, including sky, wanted

something else, they wanted Openreach to be entirely separate.

That surely would have guaranteed it was genuinely Independent. A lot of

people will be thinking, those people operating Openreach will

still be answering to the parent company. Legal separation brings the

significance independence. The great advantage of legal separation is

that those changes can be implemented quickly and we can enjoy

it better broadband faster. Why not insist on complete separation, that

would seem like the logical way no one could accuse BT of interfering?

As I say, legal separation, independence from BT, what we have

seen is those changes can be implemented very quickly. Structural

separation causes lots of disruption and delays in getting better

broadband to customers. We believe that legal separation will lead to

better broadband more quickly with less disruptions. On those

announcements are made 20 minutes also about Openreach and how it will

be governed in the future. Labour has accused the Government

of being in 'disarray' after the Prime Minister said

controversial tax rises for self-employed workers would not

be put into legislation Theresa May said the changes

to national insurance, announced in the budget,

were necessary and fair but said the Chancellor would listen

to concerns before MPs voted The shift towards self-employment is

or aiding the tax base and making it harder to afford the public services

on which ordinary working families depend. This goes some way is into

fixing that. Protests are taking place in Seoul

after South Korea's highest court upheld a decision to remove

the country's president These live pictures show scenes

in Seoul after that decision which forces Park

Geun-hye to stand down. She was impeached over a corruption

scandal involving a close friend. She will now lose her immunity

against prosecution The decision was met by cheering

in the streets from opponents but her supporters

have reacted angrily. Police say two people have died

during those protests. MP's are being warned

that the Palace of Westminster is close to a "catastrophic failure"

unless they make a decision over The Public Accounts

Committee, which overlooks government spending,

says the longer MPs mull over the options for addressing

the deterioration, the more likely it is that public

money will be wasted. The committee is encouraging

Parliament to back the cheapest option, which will cost around 3.5

billion pounds and take 6 More than 2,500 bridges

in England are not fit to support the heaviest lorries,

a new study has found. The report by the RAC

Foundation found that many of the structures have weight

restrictions in place, while others have to

be closely monitored. It says some have also been put

in a managed decline. The cost of clearing the backlog

of work on all bridges is estimated Councils say they don't

have the funds to repair them. Mike is here with news of last night

's game. Jaye Marie Green had been -- Jose Mourinho had been

complaining about the pitch? If you look closely, a few brown patches.

Inconsistent but the 238th Manchester United fans -- 238th fans

saw a great game. Jose Mourinho said it was

'impossible to play any better' after his Manchester United side

drew 1-1 at FC Rostov Mourinho wasn't impressed

with the rough pitch - but Henrik Mikka-tar-ian

scored an away goal and although the Russian side

equalised, Mourinho said that football life was "full

of experiences" and that was England goalkeeper Joe Hart,

doesn't think he'll play He was dropped by Pep Guardiola,

when he took over as manager, at the start of the season,

and sent on loan to Torino in Italy. He told the BBC's Premier League

show there were no hard feelings. I love the club and I was said as

long as they wanted me I would be there at I was always a cautious

when I said that because at the big, big clubs, staff can change quickly

and opinions and people in charge and not everybody is going to like

you and would want to play and that is the business side of it.

England's cricketers have completed a 3-nil whitewash in the one-day

Alex Hales came back into the team in Barbados,

after recovering from injury, and made a century.

Joe Root also hit a hundred, as England, scored a record total

The West Indies were bowled out well short of that target,

Now have England's Six Nations ambitions been knocked off course

Owen Farrell, injured his left knee in their latest training session

ahead of tomorrow's match against Scotland.

The centre had to leave the training field at Pennyhill

And while number 8, Billy Vunipola, will make his first appearance

in the tournament from the bench, Head coach Eddie Jones admits

Farrell could be a doubt, although he made light

of the incident in front of the media.

He has got a bad leg so he could not finish training.

My dog was running around and he ran into it.

Our players know that we will have to be on our best performance

during that 80 minutes we will have to string together a number

of excellent plays, whether it's in attack or defence.

And think clearly to get them to start adapting to our play.

Well the weekend's Six Nations action begins this evening

at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, as Wales

We heard from the coaches are the teams are unchanged. Ireland need to

wind to keep alive their ambitions. You can watch the game live on BBC

One at 7:30 p.m.. Super League champions

Wigan Warriors are top of the table, after beating

Warrington Wolves 38-12. Liam Marshall was the star,

scoring 4 of Wigan's tries on only his second

appearance for the club. That's four wins from four for them

but Warrington haven't won yet this season - they're

bottom of Super League. We have all been there as

journalists in terms of awkward interviews.

Now Ronnie O'Sullivan, has taken his bizarre behaviour

He recently said, he wouldn't be talking in depth in interviws,

after he was, disciplined, for comments he made to the media

during the masters tournament but after giving a few short answers

to BBC Wales reporter Gareth Blaney, the questions certainly struck

So how do you reflect on the match as a whole?

Um, you seem to take while to get going.

SING: # Maybe, there're gonna be the one that saves me.

And after all, you're my wonderwall...#

What do you reckon of my lyrics, is that good?

I actually liked that. I like that. It was funny. He sang instead. What

are we going to do if Ronnie O'Sullivan ever retires! And as we

are talking next. The sound of England rugby

fans singing 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' regularly fills

the stands at Twickenham - as it's bound to during this

weekend's 6 nations clash with Scotland - but now

there's debate as to whether its an appropriate

sporting anthem. The song was originally sung

by slaves in the United States - and some academics believe that

historical link is lost when it's Before we chat a bit more

about this, let's have a listen. We're joined now by

Professor Alan Rice, who specialises in English

and American Studies, and Professor Robert Beckford,

an expert in Theology and Culture We just heard a little bit of the

music, how do you feel when you hear it and how do you feel when you hear

it used in celebration at a sporting event? I feel really moved because

it is so beautiful and I am aware of the history. It is a slave Song sung

to express hope in God and to release from the terror of slavery.

It was a double meaning. It was a cry for help to get out of the

plantation. I quite excited when I hear it also because they sing it

went in the side is doing well but I am aware it is an inappropriate

appropriation. It is a song that deals with racial terror to

celebrate sport and they are two very different things.

I do not think there is a problem as long as it is used in the right way,

as long as we understand the history and we can use the ways in which,

when we hear it, if we can start thinking about that history again.

So we use it as a learning experience, really. What would be

great, I think, is if there was more knowledge about where the song comes

from, and what the song is about. These slave spirituals are often

coded messages, and if you listen to the lyrics of the song, it is about

the angels taking us away, it is about the hope there is for freedom.

Some of these songs are even more explicit. "Steal Away to Jesus",

that is about let's have a meeting and discuss our plans to escape.

What you know about how it is that it came to be a song used by rugby

fans supporting England? There are lots of different ideas about where

it came from and who started singing it. Now, I think the idea was that

some members of choirs started singing it in the 1980s, at a

specific England match. But I think to an extent, the origins of them

singing it is not the point. The point is to try to make where they

got to it now. It is a wonderful song. It is wonderful they are

singing it. A great thing would be of people went back to people like

Paul Robson singing it, and learned about the long history of this song,

but the song has always been a black song and has been used by black

people to talk about their history. Robert, what would you say to the

people who suggest it should be banned? Well, first of all I

completely agree that it is a fantastic learning Mosman. We can

have learn about the history of slavery and Britain's collusion with

the slave trade. It opens up that part of history as well. Personally

I don't think you can police culture. After all, this is a song

that is crafted from a variety of cultural strands. African rhythms,

African thought, as Janet E, which came from Europe. It is a cultural

creation of cultural merging. -- Christianity, which came from

Europe. So from that context it cannot argue for a ban. What you can

argue for is not policing, but having people become aware of where

the song has come from, its history, its context, and think about it

critically. You cannot police it, because you cannot police culture.

But there is quite a strong tradition, isn't there, particularly

in sport. We mentioned appropriating songs, and sometimes it is just as

they are rousing. And people are not thinking. You could argue that they

should think more, but sometimes it is just for that reason. Yes,

sometimes it is because the songs are beautiful and evocations of

committee. Some theologians see sport as a new religious experience.

So it makes sense to sing spirituals in that context. But we have to be

critical and be sensitive to appropriate forms of expropriation.

And in this case, combining sport, frivolity, excitement, with the

serious experience of racial terror that slaves experienced on the

killing fields of the American plantations, the two are very much

diametrically opposed. It requires some kind of thinking in terms of

whether this is appropriate. I don't think this is appropriate. But I

don't think we have a right to police it, we just have a right to

educate people and make informed decisions about what kind of a

cultural appropriation is useful and beneficial. And how do we educate

people about it? I would quite like us to hand out the lyrics with a

kind of explanation, you know? So at those matches, especially children,

I think there is a sense in which we do not educate enough about the

history of slavery. We don't educate enough about the ways in which our

culture has been made out of that. This is a perfect opportunity to

hand out the lyrics and an explanation of the song, which could

be 500 or 600 words, tell them about the ways in which this song was a

song about freedom, you know? Both professors, thank you very much for

your time this morning. It's 9:50 and you're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. Here's Nick with a look

at this morning's weather. Good morning. Most of us will not

see the sun this morning. Have been some glorious sunrise pictures

coming in from parts of eastern England, though. Hull, the city of

culture. Some cracking sunrises, clearly, as well. An east-west split

going on this morning. A bit of brightness down the eastern side of

the UK. Cooler here compare to a mild start in the west, but it is

very cloudy, dampened to Suban outbreaks of rain. Quite misty and

murky around the coast and some of the hills. And on the English coast,

into the Channel Islands, to begin the day. A little bit clearer on the

eastern side, but starting with glimmers of sunshine. I do not think

it will last to long. Again, across parts of Wales, western England,

Northern Ireland into western Scotland, we begin today with

outbreaks of rain. A bigger area of rainfall here lurking to the west of

Scotland. That will gradually feed on through northern Scotland through

the day and eventually go into the Northern Isles. Elsewhere, plenty of

cloud. But there will be a lot of dry weather into the afternoon. A

few brighter breaks, maybe the north coast of Northern Ireland,

north-east Wales, the north of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.

Temperatures not quite as high as they were yesterday because of all

this cloud around. Still going to be fairly mild. A few spots may just

get to about 15 Celsius. It is going to be mild this evening, and a lot

of dry weather around. Maybe a bit of drizzle here and there, at

nothing to worry about for the Six Nations this evening in Cardiff. The

cow mild it is going to be, temperatures not going down too far.

-- look how mild. We will see some rain in Northern Ireland overnight,

moving into Scotland. Some weather to be had. Maybe a bit of drizzle in

western Wales and England, but elsewhere, mainly dry. Those

temperatures up around seven or nine degrees or Sears. On Saturday, an

area of rain coming out of Scotland and Northern Ireland into parts of

northern England and western Wales. Behind it, art and a sunny smells in

Scotland and Northern Ireland. The of it, breaks into cloud East Anglia

and the east of England, where it will feel mild again, maybe as high

as 17. Part two of the weekend on Sunday. One area of rain clearing

away from the east, another moving from west to east during the day.

Brighter spells in between, turning cooler in the west later in the day.

A mixed weekend, a bit of sunshine, a bit of rain. But it is all looking

pretty OK to get up and about. Nick, thank you very much. We will

talk to you again in half an hour. If you are seeing some live music

today, you are being asked to make a record of it. They are showing to

get a picture of how much live music is played in one day, over a 24 hour

period. And we are adding to it, because we are having our very own

Break-Fest. Does that work? It kind of works. Shaun is outside for us.

There he is. We lost it for a second, Shaun. You have your yellow

wellingtons on a specially. Yes, the wellies are wrong, because the

drizzle was out. We are well prepared for Break-Fest this

morning. We have our own live music, as you can probably hear. We have

violinists Vladimir and Anton. Have you ever played anywhere as big as

this? Nearly as big, look at all the crowd here. It is not bad, they have

played at the BBC Proms. You all have to start somewhere. The reason

we are talking about this, it is a big industry, ?4.1 billion and two

at 400,000 jobs. This week the budget to place. A lot of

self-employed people out of air wondering what they might do next.

We speak now to somebody who launched a business this week, and

kindly set up a food store at our breakfast this morning. Alana

Spencer, who won the last series of the apprentice, congratulations. The

harder thing now, setting up your business, how is that going? Well,

we launched the other day. We announced the plans for the company.

We are recruiting a load of ambassadors. Basically we are

recruiting self-employed people to come and have our brand and they

will go out and do what I did when I started the company. He said the

keyword, self-employed people. That means I have to ask you, when you

hear the budget this week that tax the self-employed people is going to

go up, how did that change or thinking, when you are running a

business that relies on self-employed people? I mean, it is

not going to stop anyone. Anybody who was to become self-employed is

going to go and do it. It is a bit of a shame, because I think putting

things in people's way that could eventually go on to create jobs is

not the best thing, really. It is only a very small increase, but yes,

it isn't ideal. Is it more about the principle than the actual increase?

Because on average, they are saying 60p a week for the average

self-employed person, when you take all the changes into account. You

say people will go ahead and do it, but do you get the feeling that

maybe this government doesn't back entrepreneurs as much as you might

have thought? Maybe, maybe not as much as we had all hoped. I think

with being self-employed, there are obviously things that you don't get,

which that little gap was four, to cover certain things like maternity

leave and sick pay. You know, you really have to encourage people to

go out and start their businesses. You are launching a cake business.

Food prices, we are talking about that a lot. Have you noticed much of

a change in terms of your business model and your plans? Everything is

still fine with our business. The Belgian chocolate prices have gone

up a little bit. What do you do then? We are OK, it is all fine. If

it goes up any more than we might have to get on the phone to Belgium.

But it is all OK at the moment. Do you find suppliers are happy to have

that conversation? Are they happy to allow you to charge them more?

Luckily enough we haven't had to do that yet. I think that will be the

last resort. I don't want to put a price increase on the products. I

have built relationships with customers already and to put up the

prices will put them off. Thank you very much. Enjoy the cakes and enjoy

the rest of the music this morning. What's more live music to come at

Break-Fest. Not sure whether we should cross out the latter A or not

on the logo. Two players out, Jess Gilham.

Hello, this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

Courses axed, bigger class sizes and after-school clubs cut -

a stark warning from head-teachers about the pressure

They'll put their grievances to the Education Secretary

The Government says school funding is at a record high.

Good morning. It's Friday, 10th March.

Labour accuses the Government of making a "partial

U-turn" as the Prime Minster says controversial tax rises

for self-employed won't now be voted on until the Autumn.

I think it is fair to close the gap in contributions between two people

doing the same work and using the same public services.

A major shake-up in the telecoms industry. BT is to turn its open

reach broadband network into a separate company. We'll explain what

it means for customers. We're live at Break-Fest. We are

looking at the live music industry. There is a 24 hour analysis going on

across the country of what kind of live music we like. At the moment

we've got Little Sparrow. In sport, "impossible

to play any better". That was Jose Mourinho's assessment

of his Manchester United side, as they managed to score and draw,

on the patchy pitch in Russia. She's a giant of glam rock who has

been a star for more Now Suzi Quatro is teaming up

with a host of other music legends. Good morning. After all the sunshine

yesterday, we're turning up the grey today. There is rain in western

parts of the UK. It is mild. Just not as lovely as it was yesterday,

but will lovely come back for the weekend? I've got the answer in the

next half an hour. Schools in England are being forced

to cut GCSE and A-Level courses in an effort to balance the books,

according to a head teachers' union. The Association of School

and College Leaders has warned budget pressures are driving up

class sizes and causing them Our Education Correspondent

Gillian Hargreaves reports. Peter Woodman at the Weald School

might be a head teacher but he still likes to work

at the chalk face, partly because he enjoys it but partly

because it saves money The only reason we can survive

is we are carrying forward And if the government stick

to their pledges over the next five years,

with the cash flow and budgets, we will be making cuts to something

like 70,000 every year, Peter is one of dozens of heads

in south-east England who wrote to parents yesterday informing them

of the impact of cuts. In a poll of more than 1,000 members

of the ASCL union almost three quarters said they had to make cuts

to GCSE or vocational courses The most common subjects

to have been removed were design and technology,

performing arts, music and German. I think really important parts

of education will be cut. Class sizes will increase

and I think they are probably already at capacity,

teachers' jobs will I think the worry is it just places

more and more pressure on the teaching staff so actually

it is them that are going to have to end up working longer,

harder to make this work. On average, heads said

that the largest class size was now 33 pupils however the Government

said official statistics showed the average secondary class size has

fallen over the past decade to just 20 pupils and that ?40 billion has

been spent on schools this year. Labour has accused the Government

of being in "disarray" after the Prime Minister said

controversial tax rises for self-employed workers would not

be put into legislation Theresa May said the changes

to national insurance, announced in the Budget,

were necessary and fair but said the Chancellor would listen

to concerns before MPs voted She was speaking at a EU