18/03/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Tina Daheley.

A third way for Scotland's future as Gordon Brown sets out

The former Prime Minister will say a new kind of federal home rule

is needed for the United Kingdom, to avoid years of bitter division.

Good morning, it's Saturday the 18th of March.

Also ahead, more than 100 British troops arrive in Estonia

in an attempt to deter Russian aggression.

A US security chief dismisses claims that GCHQ carried out surveillance

In sport, a world record, and the grand slam is there

If they can do what the women did, and beat Ireland to win

Paolo! This is only the pre- chamber, where it is only minus 60.

It got much colder, when I went to a deep freeze to cool off to see how

it could improve sporting performance.

Good morning. An unsettled weekend in prospect. Some cloudy weather,

some breezy weather, but rainfall amounts will ret -- will vary. Find

out how much you will get in about 15 minutes.

Gordon Brown says Scotland should be handed a raft of new powers

after Brexit to prevent the United Kingdom from splitting.

The former Prime Minister will use a speech today to put

forward his "third option" for Scotland's future.

His intervention comes as the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon

addresses her party conference today.

Our political correspondent Ian Watson reports.

Smile! Nicola Sturgeon has been saying what her members and

supporters want to hear, that a second referendum on Scottish

independence should happen before Britain leads the EU. But she knows

she does not have support beyond her powerbase, sociable IQ that her call

for a referendum is not just about standing up for Scotland, it is

about democracy. When Nicola Sturgeon takes to the stage later

today she will repeat her demand for a second independence referendum.

But it looks like Theresa May isn't for turning. The SNP see their call

for a referendum as a win-win. Either Theresa May gives in to them

on their timescale, or they believe that a refusal to do so will help

them build support for independence in the longer term. I think Theresa

May trying to deny the Scottish people their say on this is

something that she will have cause to regret. I think the longer

Theresa May tries to deny the people of Scotland bears say, the better it

is for the campaign for independence. This is everybody's

flags, everyone's culture! This former Prime Minister was credited

with saving the union when he passionately campaigned against

independence at the last referendum. This time, he says, after Brexit,

Scotland could get a more powerful parliament without having to break

its links to the rest of the UK. Gordon Brown is calling for a

federal United Kingdom, with the Scottish Parliament taking powers

from Brussels, getting control of VAT rates, and negotiating treaties

with other European countries. But from Nicola Sturgeon's respectively

choice for voters should be stark. An independent Scotland that wants

to be in the EU, or remaining with Grexit written. -- Brexit Britain.

The first British soldiers have arrived in Estonia -

part of the largest deployment of British troops to Europe

Over the next few weeks a total of 800 British soldiers

and hundreds of military vehicles will be sent the Baltic state

as NATO forces reinforce the border with Russia.

Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports.

The British Army has been preparing for this moment. These tanks depart

for a final exercise in Germany ahead of their move east, towards

Russia. They are now among 300 military vehicles that have been

loaded onto a ferry destined for the small or click state of Estonia. --

Baltic state. This is the start of the biggest deployment since the end

of the Cold War, which will cede Tisch troops with tanks and armour

deployed on the eastern flank of Nato, ready to reassure our allies,

ready to stand up for the collective defence of Nato, and to deter any

possible Russian aggression. -- see British troops with tanks. The first

British troops are trained and ready to go, not just alert to any

military threat, but also from other potential provocations from Russia.

Do you think the threat is more military, or is it the Russians

playing games and using social media and fake news and all that sort of

stuff? It is a mixture of both. There is the cyber threat and all of

that stuff, but again, we have trained for every eventuality. We

know how to protect ourselves. Are you worried about anything? Not

really. There is obviously a credible threats just over the

border, but I think we are a credible deterrent. These are the

first of 800 richest troops who will be arriving in Estonia over the next

few weeks. And it is just the start of what could be a long, open ended

deployment to deter Russian aggression. They are not expecting

to go to war, but these soldiers will still be caught up in the

rising tensions between Russia and the west. They are not alone,

though. The US, Canada and Germany are also sending their troops to

reinforce Nato's eastern flank. The American surveillance agency -

the NSA - has rejected suggestions that British agents spied

on Donald Trump, at the request On Wednesday, a White House

spokesman discussed an allegation that GCHQ was asked to tap

Mr Trump's calls last year. Downing Street says it's been

reassured by Washington From Washington,

Tulip Mazumdar reports. Two strong leaders with many

differences. They discussed immigration, trade and Nato, and

then the thorny issue of wiretapping came up. At least we have something

in common, perhaps. LAUGHTER

. It was an awkward joke that did not seem to particularly amuse the

Chancellor. The US admitted in 2015 to tapping Angela Merkel's

telephone. There is no evidence supporting Donald Trump's similar

claims, and today he distanced himself from suggestions by his own

press secretary that British intelligence may have been involved.

I didn't make an opinion on it. That was a statement made by a very

talented lawyer, on Fox. He shouldn't be talking to me come you

should be talking to Fox. Downing Street says it has been ensured the

US will not repeat the claims. In an exclusive interview with the BBC,

America's equivalent agency to GCHQ had this to say about the

allegations of UK involvement. What would be the advantage to the UK

government of doing something like that? The cost would be immense, in

comparison to any value. So of course they wouldn't do it. It would

be epically stupid. Arriving in Florida with his family for the

weekend, the President will no doubt be reflecting on yet another

controversial week in office. Schools should teach children how

to spot "fake news" and recognise lies on social media, according

to a leading education expert. The director of the influential

think tank the OECD says pupils are becoming too dependent

on the internet and need help distinguishing between true

and false information online. New research suggests the idyllic

image some people have of the countryside is masking

pockets of poverty, poor health and social isolation that can

exist in rural areas. The report by Public Health England

and the Local Government Association says official statistics

are often skewed towards gathering information about people living

in towns and cities, Nice, soft elbows. Keep it nice and

soft. Tina goes to this leisure centre three times a week, in

Withernsea. She was referred there by a health train and she is seeing

significant improvements. But getting there takes an hour by bus.

Lots of people don't drive. Having the transport is essential, because

if it wasn't, I couldn't come here. Nearly 10 million people in England

within areas defined as rural. Current measures show that overall,

their health is better than those living in towns. But a new report

says those statistics can mask pockets of deprivation and poor

health, at the age demographic is changing, and that it is often

difficult to access health and care services. The study says 20% of

people in rural areas live more than 2.5 miles from a GP surgery,

compound with just 2% in urban areas. -- compared. And that more

than 15% of rural households live in relative poverty after housing costs

are taken into account. The report also says not enough is known about

the health and well-being of people living in the countryside. We have

been concerned for some time that official government statistics in

other areas do not effectively capture the needs of rural areas.

That is not just promote as places. It is also those rural areas on the

fringes of towns and cities. The government says it wants everybody

to get high-quality healthcare regardless of where they live, and

it is targeting the recruitment of new GPs to be areas that need them

most. Prince William and the Duchess

of Cambridge will meet victims of the attack on the Bataclan

concert hall in Paris today. Yesterday the royal couple met

French President Francois Hollande. The visit is part of the UK

government's charm offensive in Europe ahead of the

start of Brexit talks. This report by our Royal

Correspondent Nicholas Witchell The high into the glamour of a

black-tie dinner at the British Embassy, lies a serious purpose. --

be high into the glamour. Visits like this one by William and

Katherine to Paris are done at the behest of the Foreign Office and the

royal family are being deployed quite deliberately to Europe.

Nothing too obviously political, but in a concerted effort to remind

Europe of what Britain contributes to the continent and how nothing

need change. William read a message from the Queen. The ties between our

nations have stood the test of time and will, I am sure, continue to

prosper. I hope you have a most enjoyable and memorable event.

Signed, Elizabeth second. Earlier in the speech, William talked of the

deep friendship and 20 United Kingdom and France, forged, as he

put it, in sweat and cloud. And... This partnership will continue,

despite Britain's recent decision to leave the EU. The depth of our

friendship and the breadth of our co-operation will not change. Today,

among other engagements, the Duke and Duchess will meet survivors from

the Bataclan massacre of November 20 15. One thing William will not be

doing on this first official visit to Paris is to go to the place where

his mother died in that car accident 20 years ago this year. The theme of

this visit is very much to look to the future.

Medical researchers have discovered the world's healthiest hearts -

and they belong to a tribe of hunter-gatherers in Bolivia.

A study published in the Lancet found that two-thirds of the Tsimane

people have unclogged arteries even in old age,

probably due to frequent exercise, low smoking rates and a diet rich

in lean meat, fish and foraged fruit and nuts.

The St Patrick's Day celebrations continued overnight

Streets and landmarks were lit up in green around the globe,

including the leaning tower of Pisa, and the Christ the Redeemer statue

And those are the main stories this morning. Let's have a prick look

through some of the front pages. We will start with the Daily Telegraph.

Many of the papers, you saw those images a moment ago, concentrating

on the Duchess of Cambridge on that official trip to Paris last night.

Watts of glamorous outfits on display there. Brexit rigour than

union is the headline. Brexit is more important to voters than

keeping the UK together. That is according to a Daily Telegraph poll.

And on the issue of Scottish independence, will be speaking to

the SNP later on this morning. The front page of the guardian, a story

everybody is talking about. George Osborne's appointment as the editor

of the London Evening Standard. Pressure mounting on the ex-

Chancellor to resign as an MP. This news was announced yesterday. Some

Conservatives, people in his own party, are questioning whether he

can effectively represent his constituents while editing a daily

paper on top of four other jobs. No apology after Trump aid repeats GCHQ

claim. Damage limitation on the part of the White House, scrambling to

limit the damage caused by White House spokesperson's Sean Spicer's

repetition of the claim that recession intelligence spied on

Donald Trump. And on the front page of the Daily Mail, they are focusing

on Google. A row about the material that sometimes appears on Google.

Profiting from hatred is the way the Daily Mail is putting it. MPs have

said that the tech firm has failed to control online offensive content.

This is just about how much Google can do to control the content that

is on Google more widely. The times focusing on exactly the same story

on their front page. Google lets anti-Semitic videos stay on new

chip, that is the headline. One of the world's biggest advertising

agencies yesterday pulled its clients out of the advertising

network there, after the government also announced it was removing its

videos from you should as well. We will have a full review of the

papers later this morning. The time right now is 6:14am.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

Gordon Brown, will call for greater powers to be given to Scotland's

government as he warns of the dangers of independence.

The American surveillance agency the NSA has rejected claims GCHQ

was asked to spy on Donald Trump, calling it "nonsense".

From India's record breaking space industry,

to finding ways of dealing with its eye-wateringly bad

Click is in India to discover how the country is innovating

Let's find out what's happening with the weather. Ben, how is it looking,

very wet where we are but lovely where you are. This isn't where I

am, this is York, where it looked lovely in this picture but largely

because of the flowers, not the grey skies and that's the impression I

wanted to give this morning. Pretty grey skies for most of this weekend,

a lot of cloud around, quite breezy, mild and some rain around at times

but not everyone getting too much, most will be out west. You can see

we have this pipeline of cloud streaming from the west and it's

where your most exposed to that pipeline in western areas that you

will see most of the rain this weekend, further east they lot of

dry weather and even brightness and this morning in Northern Scotland, a

different story with clear skies overnight, some icy stretches,

showers here, sunny spells. Southern Scotland, Northern Ireland,

north-west England, more cloud, patchy rain and drizzle but mild,

double digits for many at 7am! A few clearer spells for the north-east of

England and in the southern half of England and Wales, a lot of cloud,

and Wales and the south-west will see outbreaks of patchy rain and

drizzle, especially for coasts and hills. Through the day for many it

will be cloudy, spots of rain and drizzle, especially in the west and

more persistent rain spreading through Northern Ireland, south-west

Scotland into northern England and north Wales by the end of the day.

Chilly with sunshine and showers in Northern Scotland but elsewhere a

mild feeling day. A big weekend in the Six Nations, the last weekend to

come. In Edinburgh, Paris and Dublin, similar weather, not too

much rain and for most it will be mild. Staying mostly cloudy tonight,

mist and murk and some heavy rain at times in Northern Ireland, Scotland

and northern England. To the south of that, not too much rain and

overnight temperatures dropping no lower than 8-10 for many but that

bit colder in the northern heart of Scotland. Tomorrow, we do it

essentially all again, rain through Northern Ireland, south-west

Scotland, northern England, north Wales and blustery winds, maybe

gales for coasts in the west, the best chance of any brightness in the

south-east and here it will be mild again but further north it will be a

bit cooler with a mixture of bright spells and showers. That's all from

me, more through the morning. We'll be back with a summary

of the news at 6:30am. Now it's time for the Film Review

with Jane Hill and Mark Kermode. Hello and welcome to

the Film Review on BBC News. To take us through this week's

cinema releases is Mark Kermode. We have Get Out, a horror

movie-cum-social thriller. We have The Salesman

from Asghar Fahadi, I am fascinated to know what you

thought Get Out, because even watching the trailer,

I felt very tense. The trailer sells it

as a horror movie, and it is. The director, Jordan Peele,

described it as a social thriller, so essentially, it is a satire

about post-racial America, Daniel Kaluuya is this

keen-eyed photographer, Alison Williams is his preppy

girlfriend, and they are going to her rich parents'

house for the weekend, and he says, they do

know I'm black, right? to know, they are incredibly liberal

people. My father would have voted

for Obama for a third time And when they arrive at the

Mansion-like house, that is pretty much

the first thing he says - I would have voted for Obama

for a third time. He's really sort of friendly

and chummy in a way which is, How long has this been

going on, this thing? Four months.

Four months? Atta boy, better get

used to saying that! Please.

I'm so sorry. At first, everything seems

bonhomie and charming, but there are signs that

everything isn't quite right. The housemaid and groundskeeper

smile in a way that The friends turn up and they are not

just attentive, it's almost as if they are treating the guest

as some kind of trophy. We then move into something that

Ira Levin, the writer of Stepford Wives and Rosemary's

Baby would have recognised. The really clever thing

about the film is, it manages the shift between being just

about credible and going into something rather different

very, very gradually. At it's at its best, I think,

when all the horror remains hidden. The way to think of it is

as something that starts out as a modern version

of Guess Who's Coming To Dinner and then it drifts towards

Red State or Greenroom, There is humour all the way through,

and there are really dark The satire is really sort

of piercing, and then when it needs to turn into something thrilling,

shocking, it doesn't hold back. I thought it was a really

effective piece of work. I saw it with a full screening room

of people who were jumping, shrieking and laughing

when they were meant to. It's a really, really smart social

thriller/ horror film. Weirdly, it is about the underlying

racism of the Liberal elite, It is not a film in which

rednecks are the bad guys. The Liberals, who appear to be

incredibly egalitarian, but there is something really

sinister beneath the surface. As you say, the trailer is a real

teaser and will get a lot of people The Salesman, this won the best

foreign-language Oscar. Asghar Fahadi, the director,

wasn't at the Acadamy Awards, he was boycotting them as a result

of Donald Trump's travel ban. This isn't quite on a par

with The Salesman. I think this is still a very

fine piece of work. Husband-and-wife, part-time actors,

putting on the play, She's attacked in the new apartment

and his thoughts turned The real-life relationship

spills onto the stage. Some people have complained

the film is too schematic, that the bridge between the play

and real life is too contrived. I thought it slipped from social

observation into psychological I think it is a really humane work

and you can absolutely believe in the characters

and their situations. I think it's a film that

blends the personal and the political

rather beautifully. It's strangely mysterious

and rather heartbreaking. Having heard a few lukewarm reviews,

I was very, very impressed by it. That is in a league of its own

and it's not as good as that, It is a smart, intelligent,

melancholic, insightful drama about people you can

really believe in. You mentioned good

performances in that. That seems to be the overriding

theme of your third film Kristin Stewart is absolutely

brilliant in Olivier Assayas's film. It juxtaposes the spiritual

and material world. It is literally a search

for the afterlife and a search She is a personal shopper

for a rich celebrity, so she spends her life

going round choosing her wardrobe. However, she is also bereaved,

having lost a brother, and she's trying to make

contact with her brother Whoever died first would

send the other a sign. You could call it that,

you could call it a million things. At the beginning, it looks

like being a really creepy ghost story, has her walking around

the house, attempting Then, she starts getting text

messages, and it's almost like her phone is working

as a Ouija board. She doesn't know whether the text

messages are coming from her brother, another spirit,

a real-life stalker, or whether as the film suggests,

they are coming from herself, The texts are asking,

what are you afraid The phone almost

becomes a confidante. As the film slips between the

genres, as far as the supernatural stuff is concerned, it starts to be

less sure-footed and drifts into territory that

could be rather foolish. The reason that holds it together

is because of her performance. She is in almost every shot,

and it's a really sort She is brilliant, someone

who is trying out different identities in the way she tries

out different clothes. Somebody caught between this

world and the next. For all the flaws of the film,

and there are many, she is so good that she just carries it through,

and I was mesmerised by her. As I said, I have been a huge fan

of hers for a while. I love the Twilight movies,

but in this, she is really fine This is a properly

brilliant performance. The film is fine, interesting

and adventurous, but it is flawed, but I would rather something aimed

high and fell slightly short of the mark than just

settled for something. This isn't something that

you've seen every day. We always like to talk

about film of the week. You and I could still be

talking about Moonlight, and it's still on, because it won

the best picture Oscar. We should perhaps pick

out something else. There is another choice, this anime

called A Silent In a macro released It is a schoolyard drama dealing

with serious subjects - bullying, isolation,

loneliness, self harm, suicidal thoughts, disability,

in a way that is uplifting. A beautiful score, the animation

is really well done, and it is one of those films

that is all about learning to look the world in the eye,

about learning to apologise It is a film with a lot

of crying in it, and I don't I thought it was very

touching, very impressive, DVD of the week is, and anyone

who follows me on Twitter knows that Very stylish but hugely anti-women,

and a difficult watch as a woman, I have to say, I don't think it is,

but I understand that point of view. There is an LA art dealer

who receives a manuscript from her ex-husband,

which is a violent story which seems to have parallels with their life

together, and the way in which one reads that story within a story,

the fiction within a fiction, I know that a lot of people

really don't like it, and I utterly respect

that they don't. I have to say that I don't think

that it is offensive in the way that some people do, but it is worth

flagging up the fact that there are some people who have

seen it and thought, this is just a film

that is revelling in this violence. In its defence, on the violence

issue, there is very little I mean, I think that one

of the reasons it is powerful is because its ideas are powerful,

and unpleasantly powerful. You're right, you don't

actually see that much. But it's so powerfully conveyed that

it's deeply unsettling. And that may account for the fact

that it is only a 15 as well. It would be less unsettling

if it was not as well made It is a 15 because there is very

little actually displayed, but you think it is worse

because it is tense. I absolutely understand your

reservations, I just That's the DVD for this week -

Nocturnal Animals made by Tom Ford. Before we go, you will find

all our film news and reviews And all our previous

programmes are there, Hello this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Tina Daheley. Coming up before 7:00,

Ben will have the weather. But first, a summary of this

morning's main news. Gordon Brown says Scotland should be

handed a raft of new powers after Brexit to prevent

the United Kingdom from splitting. The former Prime Minister will use

a speech today to put forward his "third option"

for Scotland's future. His intervention comes as the SNP

leader Nicola Sturgeon, who has called for another

independence referendum, addresses her party

conference today. The first British soldiers

have arrived in Estonia as part of the largest deployment of British

troops to Europe since the end Over the next few weeks,

a total of 800 British soldiers and hundreds of military vehicles

will be sent the Baltic state in an attempt to deter

Russian aggression. The American surveillance agency,

the NSA, has rejected suggestions that British agents spied

on Donald Trump, at the request On Wednesday, a White House

spokesman discussed an allegation that GCHQ was asked to tap

Mr Trump's calls last year. Downing Street says it's been

reassured by Washington that the claim

will not be repeated. What would be the advantage to the

UK government of doing something like that? The cost would be immense

in comparison to any value, so of course they wouldn't do it. It would

be epically stupid. Schools should teach children how

to spot "fake news" and recognise lies on social media, according

to a leading education expert. The director of the influential

think tank, the OECD, says pupils are becoming too

dependent on the internet and need help distinguishing between true

and false information online. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

arrives in China today for the final leg of his tour of East Asia,

which has been dominated by anxieties over North Korea's

nuclear and ballistic missile Yesterday, Mr Tillerson warned

Pyongyang that a military response would be "on the table" if it

threatened South Korea or US forces and President Donald Trump tweeted

that North Korea was "behaving very New research suggests the idyllic

image some people have of the countryside is masking

pockets of poverty, poor health and social isolation that can

exist in rural areas. The report by Public Health England

and the Local Government Association says official statistics are often

skewed towards gathering information about people living

in towns and cities. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

will meet victims of the attack on the Bataclan concert

hall in Paris today. Last night, the royal couple had

dinner at the British embassy, where Prince William spoke

of the enduring ties between France The visit is part of the British

government's charm offensive in Europe ahead of the

start of Brexit talks. Medical researchers have found the

world's healthiest parts. They belong to a tribe of hunter

gatherers in Bolivia. A study published in the Lancet found that

two thirds of these people have unclogged arteries even in old age,

will lead due to lots of exercise, no smoking, and they'd diet rich in

lean meat, fruit and nuts. We have just described you, haven't we Mike?

Yes, I am always foraging for meat and nuts. This is why you look so

good at this time in the morning. Your secret is out. Thank you,

Charlie. What do you have borrowers? Well, it is interesting. A second

grand slam in a row would be fantastic, a world record is not

something you can lift like trophy, but to beat the record of New

Zealand is something that may never be repeated. The world record of

consecutive wins Best and Mark yes, we are after 19. They run 18 at the

moment. If they can beat Island in Dublin, no easy feat, they will be

ahead of New Zealand, who have 18. They are regarded as the world

number one. Now there is this potential match in the autumn

between the two as well. So, yes, England are going for rugby

union history later. If they beat Ireland in Dublin

they'll break New Zealand's record of consecutive wins and win a second

Six Nations Grand Slam in a row. They've already won the tournament,

but Ireland are hoping We have ever East Ryde, with every

dive, England get closer to the unprecedented. -- every stride. No

nation has won 19 top-level rugby matches in a row. If England can do

it it will be a world record constructive from the ashes of their

World Cup, a tournament they exited in the group stage. Eddie Jones has

coached them from disaster to triumph, what is still some way from

his summit. To go from where we go to greatness takes another step of

endeavour. It takes greater focus, it takes greater persistence. It

takes greater in motion output, you know? It is like climbing up a

mountain. -- emotional output. How do you measure this team's rights?

No England side has won back Grand Slams in the professional era. The

last Saturday jobs, will Carling's heroes of 1991 and 1992. This run

will eclipse out. They have gone to Australia and won 3-0, that has

never been done before by an English team. Back to back Grand Slams, a

world record run, you know, we are just left in the wake. I think it

would be exceptional. "Would Be" The conditional tense. Appropriate,

because when England go to Dublin, nothing is certain. For island, this

team has been a disappointment, which could yet have one redeeming

feature. We are well aware of everything that England are going

for tomorrow, but for us, it is St Patrick's Day weekend, we are at

home with a very proud record, at home, and we take huge confidence

from that. So just one more lift from England. At its May require the

biggest yet. So it England do it, they will

emerge the women, who trialled in Dublin to seal their own Grand Slam.

-- they will emulate in Dublin A victory for either side

would have secured the title, but it was England who ran away

with it, with 5 tries, It's the first time they've won

the competition since 2012. it was always going to be a really,

really tough first half. We said all along, it was going to be a game

that would probably go to the wire. We got away from the Irish girls at

the end a bit, but they were awesome in the first art in particular. We

just knew we had to weather the storm. That's defensive bit at the

end of the first half was immense. Scotland and Italy is at 12:30 p.m.,

then it is France and Wales, then Ireland and England. Now, I do feel

guilty this morning. Yesterday morning at around this time, I was

sitting in the press room at Cheltenham, and an Irish journalist

came up next to me and whispered, Sizing John. And walked off. And I

didn't tell anybody, did I? I did put some money on. What did he say?

Sizing John. Which is the name of the horse? Yes, which won the gold

cup. In case people were wondering. Just to clarify that. That is why I

didn't understand it. Anyway, the seven to one shot won the gold cup.

with her first entry in the famous race.

The favourite, Djakadam, finished in fourth after hitting

a fence and Sizing John powered clear to repeat his triumph

Jockey Robbie Power, also rode the 2007 Grand National

It is unbelievable. To say that I was 25 101 the Grand National, and

I'm 35 now, I appreciate this a lot more. It is a fantastic feeling. To

be a gold cup winning jockey, that sounds very sweet.

Leicester City will face Atletico Madrid,

in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

The English Champions are the only British side left

Atletico have been runners up in the Champions league twice,

Meanwhile in the Europa League quarterfinals, Manchester United,

will meet the Belgian side Anderlecht.

Chelsea can extend their lead at the top of the Premier League,

to thirteen points, if they beat Stoke City later.

That's one of seven matches taking place today, including an important

match for Arsenal at West Brom this lunchtime, as they try to catch

They are currently five points off fourth place.

In Scotland, if 2nd-placed Aberdeen lose against Hearts this lunchtime,

Celtic can claim the title tomorrow if they beat Dundee.

There was a big surprise in the Championship last night

as promotion-chasing Huddersfield Town were beaten

The result means Huddersfield remain six points behind the top

two, and moves City out of the relegation places.

In the night's other match Reading, moved fourth, after beating sixth

Hull FC, moved level on points with Castleford Tigers,

at the top of Super League, after beating struggling

Leeds Rhinos, joined them on eight points,

after they ran in six tries in their 38-14 victory over

We're used to seeing birdies, eagles and even the odd albatross

Smylie Kaufman was leisurely strolling up to the green,

along the edge of the lake, when he suddenly notices something

lurking in the rough - he then tells his caddie who also

double takes and gives the alligator a wide berth.

And then as they gathered their nerves, they might have

expected Sir David Attenborough to pop up, to describe this live

but the fish might just be a Dory Mackerel, or Danny Fillett,

Those were jokes, by the way. Like Rory McIlroy? What happened to the

alligator? They gave it a wide berth. It eventually went back to

the water. The day before, one of the players actually nudged it back

into the water. Now, talking of giving you a fright.

It worked for champions Leicester City last season

and a growing number of sports clubs are putting their players

into the deep freeze to give them the edge.

At Fulham, who are on a great run, they strip off and suffer

temperatures of -119 degrees several times a week.

To see what happens I went to join them.

30 seconds to go. It is like something out of a science fiction

movie. But this is how they warm up and warm down now, at Fulham. In a

deep freeze. After seeing it works so well for Leicester, the

champions, last season, full now have a permanent whole-body

cryotherapy trainer at their training ground, which they use

several times a week. It produces the recovery time between games,

reduces the muscle saunas, and we use it before games as a

stimulation. It can also help you sleep, with mood. So much training

now for the modern footballer. Reactivation classes like this

before training has even begun, and then afterwards, the heart rate has

gone up, and before the warm-ups, we have the big freeze. OK, gentlemen.

It yourselves ready. I first went in with players Tom Kearney and Scott

Malone. The coldest place recorded on earth ever has been -89.2. We are

going in to -100 19. And you do the seven times a week now? You'd get

down to such depths in two stages. Hello! This is only the pre-

chamber. It is only minus 60. You can't breathe at first. Then it was

into the main, and coldest chamber, for two whole minutes. I also went

in here with goalkeeper David button. It feels like knives,

doesn't it? It feels like knives in your legs and arms. So in this

controlled environment, the body is sent into a state of shock, which

stimulates our natural recovery mode. And it is believed this is

beneficial for the immune system and energy levels which the players say

the last two days. You are relieved to get out at the start, but I think

if it is the day before a match, you feel a lot better, yeah. Definitely

found it a lot fresher going into training, and into games. You don't

get frostbite, because stay here the two minutes. The mindnumbing

temperatures are created by gas, so it is a very dry cold. In countries

were started, the uses extend beyond sport. This is mainstream practice

in Poland for rheumatoid arthritis. Any inflammatory pathology, multiple

sclerosis we have seen. There is the reason, with all the reported

feedback about sleep, why this couldn't be used for people with

insomnia. Sleep can come later. I came out feeling the rush. It is a

great feeling when you come out. You feel rejuvenated and alive, don't

you? More flexible. Hormone release, is it? It has happened, suddenly.

You feel like you have run, almost to be human. At the end, my

heartrate variability had gone from 74 to 92. A real improvement, badly.

Now, though, time to get warm. Where is your dressing gown? I feel ready

to bet. Apparently it is the same effect if

you released a bunch of lions at the ground and cut them to chase the

players. That obviously might be dangerous. This is a more controlled

way of giving them that shock, that fear, to stimulant all those nice,

beneficial things. Did it have an impact?? Yes, I slipped deeper. For

two days, I did feel like they ran a six mile run, actually, I did run a

six mile run and I was three minutes quicker than I normally. I mean, it

was under conditions, as well. And I stay, I'd do so many hills. It

wasn't scientific. Well, we will see later on. And if you have had, what

is it called? Cryotherapy. If you have a cryotherapy experience,

sharer to a bus. Obviously it is not something you can try out home, you

have to do it in controlled conditions. Do not jump into your

freezer. Not cold enough for any cryotherapy

this weekend, a mild weekend in prospect but unsettled, a lot of

cloud around. For many it will be quite breezy and some rain at times

but not all the time and not for everyone, many areas in the east

won't see that much rain but further west you will be exposed to this

pipeline of cloud ploughing across the frantic so there will be

outbreaks at times, much of it quite light and patchy. A different type

of whether to start the day in Northern Scotland, a bright start

here, some sunshine with a few showers but cold enough for ice UIC

stretches but southern Scotland into Northern Ireland, north-west

England, more cloud but fairly mild, double digits even by 8am. A bit of

brightness for north-east England, may be used angry, the further west

Uecomm, a lot of cloud to start the day, outbreaks of patchy rain, mild

but fairly breezy. Through the day we will see a lot of cloud, patchy

rain in the west. The best chance of brightness in eastern Scotland and

eastern England and it will feel mild here. Through the afternoon

more persistent rain in Northern Ireland, south-west Scotland,

northern England and the Wales as well. A mixture of sunny spells and

showers for Northern Scotland, chilly here, but further south, mild

especially if things brighten up where you are. Six Nations this

weekend, a big week end, matches in Edinburgh, Paris and Dublin, not

much going on with the weather, a lot of cloud and maybe patchy rain

at times. Heavy rain this evening in Northern Ireland, Scotland and

northern England. To the south of that, cloudy conditions, the odd

spot of drizzle, fairly breezy and for the majority it will be a mild

night. Tomorrow in many ways we do it all again. Some rain especially

in the west, heavy and persistent rain in Northern Ireland, parts of

Scotland and northern England. Further south, not much rain, even

some brightness at times, especially towards the south-east and that will

lift temperatures to the mid-teens and cooler towards the north-west.

Gradually into next week, a change we lose the mild weather and we

bring in cooler weather from the west but it will still be pretty

unsettled. Back to thank you, Ben. Bad news for next

week. We will be back at 7am with the headlines but now time for Click

with Spencer Kelly. Get ready, your Indian experience

starts now. As soon as you step off the plane,

India hits you like a big, hot wall of noise. It is everything you ever

imagined it to be. It is life turned up to 11. The first thing you'll

will be the traffic. It's always the traffic. Is that it just to kind of

step out and... OK, this looks like a gap -- is the tip. The sound is

deafening. Everyone's on King. For 70 years this country has been

independent of British rule and the cities that have sprung up around

the old colonial grandeur seemed chaotic, but they do kind of work...

Kind of. -- seem. And India has found a niche in the wider world.

Half of its 1.2 billion people are aged 35 or under. Maybe that's why

it's known for its IT know-how, its outsourcing. And the bosses of some

of the biggest tech companies in the world are Indian. But it hasn't had

as much luck in taking over the world of consumer technology. After

all, how many Indian tech brands can you name? The trick is, although

there is a middle-class consumers here willing to buy brands, it's not

actually that big or that rich. We're here to find out how India is

preparing for its future. And let me tell you, it is reaching for the

stars. In 2013, India became the fourth

spacefaring nation to launch a probe into orbit around Mars. And unlike

those who came before them, they did it on their first attempt. The

Indian Space Research Organisation, Isro, has been gaining a reputation

for doing tons of successful space stuff on a shoestring budget. Their

Mars mission came in at just $74 million. That's less than it cost to

make the film Gravity. And in February this year, they made

history again by launching a record 104 satellites on a single rocket.

It could just be that India has created the perfect combination of

big brains with big space experience, but a mentality for

doing things on the cheap. Just the sort of place you might go if you

wanted to, say, land a robot on the moon for the space equivalent of

small change. How confident are you that this will work? LAUGHTER

welcome to the earthbound HQ of Team Indus, one of a handful of start-ups

competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE, that's $20 million for the

first commercial company to land a rover on the Moon.

December, 2017, blast of! The Team Indus spacecraft goes into two days

of Earth orbit and then, boom, 4.5 days to the Moon. 12 days of

spiralling down to the surface and, if all goes well, out comes the

rover, travels half a kilometre, sends back HD video and winds the

prize. What could possibly go wrong? Team Rahul Narayan is the co-founder

of Team Indus and he has been here since the very start of the project

way back in 2010. At that point you had no idea how you would achieve

it? Yes, I googled and figured out what Wikipedia had to say about

landing on the mood. You did an internet search on how to land on

the moon? Absolutely. Did it have any useful information? Yes. It said

there had been 85 attempts and I think every second attempt failed to

the moon. Six years later there are around 100 people working very hard

here and it certainly looks like they know their space stuff. Star

Wars in particular. Even the toilets are appropriately labelled. And they

built themselves all the things a serious space company should have,

like a Mission control room, a model lander that makes smoke, and a

simulated lunar surface complete with a rover to go in it. Just like

national space agencies, testing every component and simulating every

stage of the mission is a huge part of what they're doing here. We're

making sure we're doing everything right, we're just not making it

fancy. We're going to make it frugal, specific to the mission, but

there's absolutely no corners that we're cutting. And, to look at it

from a more philosophical way, we have one shot to wind this. We don't

have a flight spare, so if one blows up we can go and fly the other, we

have to get this right. Team Indus is one of five start-ups from around

the world that have secured launch contracts for their rovers. While

they can't say for sure, they think they'll launch before any other team

and so perhaps be the first team to land and wind! Well, that's except

for the fact that to save costs they've had to sell some of their

spare launch weight to a competitor rover. Japan's Team Hakuto will

onboard too. You're both going to get to the moon at the same time.

Yes. How is that going to work, it is whoever touches down first and

who has the fastest rover, it's going to be crazy? In a manner of

speaking, yes. What do you expect to happen? It's a race, it's going to

be a very interesting race and once we touched down and both the rovers

are deployed, let's see which one makes 500 metres first. I would so

put a laser gun on yours. All of that assumes of course that the

rovers make it to the moon in the first place. Space exploration is a

risky business and when it goes wrong it tends to go really wrong.

Six years, hundreds of thousands of hours of effort and millions spent.

There's certainly a lot riding on getting things right. You mitigate

the peak pieces and then you start mitigating the smaller risks and

then at the end of the day, absolutely, one small wrong piece of

code that somehow made its way through could kill the entire

mission. There is a word here in India that I

think describes Team Indus's low cost make do approach. Jugaad. I've

come to the centre of Mumbai to Dharavi, Asia's second-largest slum.

Here in its tiny alleyways, jugaad is all around as a desperately poor

population reuses as much as is physically possible. Built by

workers who flocked to the city of hundreds of years, some of the

houses here date back to the 1840s. Up ahead there's a pile of shredded

denim which they use for fuel, they burn it to fuel the kilns, just like

they burn a lot of stuff for fuel here. There is smoke everywhere

here, you can really tell the air-quality is very poor. You just

have to take a few lung fulls and it starts to burn the back of your

throat, it makes your highs sting. The smoke is a necessary evil for

the people of Dharavi, and like most of the developing world, pollution

has been the price India is paying for a booming economy. The smog that

gives Mumbai its spectacular sunsets has also made it the fifth most

polluted mega city in the world. And when the sun disappears before it

hits the horizon, you can well believe it. In November, 2016, the

Indian government declared the air pollution in Delhi a national

emergency, with harmful pollutants more than 16 times the safe limit.

And it's not just caused by all that traffic. So where does it come from?

I was surprised to find out a lot of it comes from diesel generators. The

electricity in India is an very reliable but plenty of businesses

need guaranteed power so they have their own individual generators that

fire up whenever the electricity goes down and that means there are

loads of exhaust pipes like this all over the city which regularly belch

out all kinds of unpleasant stuff. Hello. Here in Bangalore, we've come

across a small project to capture the soot and turn it into art.

What we have built is we have built a retrofit device that attaches to

the exhaust pipe of the chimneys and this can be attached to pretty much

any exhaust pipe, irrespective of the age or type of engine you are

linked and it captures practically whatever matter comes out of it.

Once you capture matter that is substantially carbon, which is like

the basis of everything that exists in the world, at present we recycle

it into inks, which we believe is something used by practically

everybody on the planet. The headquarters of Graviky Labs is a

mix of art studio and mad laboratory, the perfect combination

if you ask me. Their so-called air Inc does have a few restrictions. It

will only ever come in black and at the moment it's not good enough

quality to be used in printers. Graviky is giving it to artists, who

are finding their own uses for it. Painting and screenprinting, for

example, for use on clothes and bags. And while the ink may only

have limited uses at present, Nikhil insists it is still better to put

the carbon to good use rather than just collect it and dump it. There

are a lot of technologies that have captured pollution in one way or

another. If you don't recycle it you are actually leaving it for future

generations. I'm afraid that's all we have time

for in the shortcut of Click, the full-length version is on iPlayer

for you to watch right now and there's loads of extra photos from

our trip to India on Twitter at: Thanks for watching and we'll see

you soon. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Tina Daheley. A third way for Scotland's future

as Gordon Brown sets out a plan The former Prime Minister will say

a new kind of federal home rule is needed for the United Kingdom,

to avoid years of bitter division. Good morning. It is Saturday

Saturday. Also ahead. More than 100 British troops head to Estonia in an

attempt to deter Russian aggression. A US you security chief dismisses

claims that GCHQ carried out surveillance of Donald Trump as

nonsense. In the sport a world record and a Grand Slam is there for

England's men if they can do what the women did and beat Ireland to

win their Six Nations trophy. Hello. This is only the...

Prechamber. It is only minus 60! Boy, did it get colder. I have been

to cool off in a deep freeze to see how it could improve sporting

performance. And Ben has the weather. Good morning. It is an

unsettled weekend. We'll have cloudy weather and breezy weather, but

rainfall amounts will vary. Find out how much rain you're going to get in

15 minutes. Good morning. First, Gordon Brown says Scotland should be

handed a raft of new powers after Brexit to prevent the United Kingdom

from splitting. The former Prime Minister will use a speech today to

put forward his third option for Scotland's future. His intervention

comes as Nicola Sturgeon addresses her party conference today. Our

political Iain Watson reports. Nicola Sturgeon has been saying what

her members and supporters want to hear. That a second referendum in

Scottish independence should happen before Britain leaves the EU. But

she knows she has to broaden her support beyond her power base so she

will argue her call for a referendum isn't just about standing up for

Scotland, it is about democracy. When Nicola Sturgeon takes to this

stage later today, she will repeat her demand for a second independence

referendum. But it looks like Theresa May isn't for turning. The

SNP see their call for a referendum as a win-win because either Theresa

May gives in in their time scale or they believe that her refusal to do

so will help them build for for independence in the slightly longer

term. I think Theresa May trying to deny the Scottish people their say

on this is something she will have cause to regret, but I think the

longer Theresa May tries to deny the people of Scotland their say, the

better it is for the campaign for independence. This is everyone's

flag, everyone's country. Everyone's culture and everyone's street. This

former Prime Minister was credited with saving the Union, when he

passionately campaigned against independence at the last referendum.

This time, he says, after Brexit, Scotland could get a more powerful

Parliament without having to break its links to the rest of the UK.

Gordon Brown is calling for a federal United Kingdom with the

Scottish Parliament taking powers from Brussels, getting control of

VAT rates, and negotiating treaties with other European countries. But

from Nicola Sturgeon's prospective the choice for voters should be

stark. An independent Scotland that wants to be in the EU, or remaining

with Brexit Britain. The first British soldiers have

arrived in Estonia as part of the largest deployment of British troops

to Europe since the end of the Cold War. A total of 800 British soldiers

and hundreds of military vehicles will be sent to the Baltic state as

Nato forces attempt to deter Russian aggression. Jonathan Beale reports.

The British Army has been preparing for this moment, these tanks took

part in a final exercise in Germany ahead of the move east towards

Russia. And they're now among 300 military vehicles that have been

loaded on to a ferry destined for the small Baltic state offest tonia.

-- of Estonia. This is the start of the biggest deployment since the end

of the Cold War that will see British troops with tanks and armour

deployed on the eastern flank of Nato ready to reassure our allies,

ready to stand up for the collective defence of Nato and to deter any

possible Russian aggression. The first British troops are trained and

ready to go, not just alert to any military threat, but also from other

potential provocations. Do you think it is the Russians playing games and

using social media and fake news and all that stuff? It is a mixture of

stuff. I hear about cyber threat and all that stuff, but again we've

trained for every eventuality. We know how to protect ourselves. Are

you worried about anything? There is a credible threat over the border,

but I think we're credible deterrent. These are the first of

800 British troops who will be arriving in Estonia over the next

few weeks and it is just the start of what could be a long, open-ended

deployment to deter Russian aggression. They're not xwpting to

go to war, but these soldiers will still be caught up in the rising

tensions between Russia and the West. They are not alone though. The

US, Canada and Germany are also sending their troops to reinforce

Nato's eastern flank. The American surveillance agency,

the NSA rejected suggestions that British agents spied on Donald Trump

at the request of President Obama's administration. On Wednesday, a

White House spokesman discussed an allegation that GCHQ was asked to

tap Mr Trump's calls last year. Jewel jewel reports. Tulip Mazumdar

reports. Two strong leaders with many differences. They discussed

immigration, trade and Nato, and then the thorny issue of wire

tapping came up. At least we have something in common perhaps.

LAUGHTER It was an awkward joke that didn't

seem to particularly amuse the Chancellor. The US admitted in 2015

to tapping Angela Merkel's phone, there is no evidence supporting

Donald Trump's similar claims and today he distanced himself from

suggestions by his own press secretary that British intelligence

could have been involved. I didn't make an opinion on it. That was a

statement made by a talented lawyer on Fox. So you shouldn't k talking

to me, you should be talking to Fox. Downing Street has been assured the

US will not repeat the claims. In an exclusive interview with the BBC,

America's equivalent agency to GCHQ had this to say about the

allegations of UK involvement. What would be the advantage to the UK

Government of doing something like that? The cost would be immense in

comparison to any value. So, of course, they wouldn't do it. It

would be end I canically stupid. Arriving in Florida with his family

for the weekend, the president will no doubt be reflecting on yet

another controversial week in office.

US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, arrives in China today

for the final leg of his tour of East Asia which has been dominated

by anxieties over North Korea nuclear and ballistic missile

programmes. Yesterday, Mr Tillerson warned Pyongyang that a military

response would be on the table if it threatened South Korea. President

Trump tweeted that North Korea was behaving badly. Schools should teach

children how to recognise lies on social media. The director of the

think-tank the OECD pupils are becoming to reliant on the internet.

New research suggest the idyllic imimage people have the countryside

is mask social isolation. A report says official statistics are often

skewed towards gathering information about people living in towns and

cities as Daniel Boettcher reports. Sheila Wallis go to this leisure

centre in Withernsea three times a week. She was referred there by a

health trainer and she is significant improvements, but

getting there takes an hour by bus. A lot of people don't drive so

having the transport is essential because if it wasn't, I couldn't

come here. Nearly ten million people in England live in areas defined as

rural. Current measures show that overall their health is better than

those living in towns, but a new report says the statistics can mask

pockets of deprivation and poor health, that the age demographic is

changing and it is often difficult to access health and care services.

The study says 20% of people in rural areas live more than

to-and-a-half miles from a GP surgery, compared with just 2% in

urban areas and that almost 15% of rural households living in relative

poverty after housing costs are taken into account. The report says

that not enough is known about the health and well-being of people

living in the countryside. We have been concerned for sometime that

official Government statistics in other areas don't effectively

capture the needs of rural areas and that's not just the remotest places,

it is the rural areas on the fringes of our towns and cities. The

Government says it wants everyone to get high quality healthcare

regardless of where they live and it is targeting recruitment of new GPs

to the areas that need them most. Prince William and the Duchess of

Cambridge will meet victims of the attack on the Bataclan concert hall

in Paris today. Yesterday the royal couple met French President,

Francois Hollande. This report by our royal correspondent, Nicholas

Witchell, contains flashing images. Behind the glamour of a black-tie

dinner at the British Embassy, lies a serious purpose. Visits like this

one by William and Catherine to Paris are done at the behes of the

Foreign Office and the Royal Family are being deployed to Europe.

Nothing too obviously political, but in a concerted effort to remind

Europe of what Britain contributes to the Continent and how nothing

need change. William read a message from the Queen. The ties between our

nations have stood the test of time and will I'm sure continue to

prosper. I hope you have a most enjoyable and memorable evening.

Signed Elizabeth R. Earlier in a speech, William talked of the deep

friendship between the United Kingdom and France, forged as he put

it in sweat and blood and... This partnership will continue despite

Britain's recent decision to leave the European Union. The depth of our

friendship and the breadth of our co-operation will not change. Today,

among other engagements the duke and duchess will meet survivors from the

Bataclan massacre of November 2015. One thing William will not be doing

on this visit official visit to Paris is to go to the place where

his mother died in that car accident 20 years ago this year. The theme of

this visit is very much to look to the future.

The St Patrick's Day celebrations continued overnight across the

world. Streets and landmarks were lit up in green all over the globe

including the leaning tower of Pisa and the Christ the Redeemer in Rio

de Janeiro. Those are the main stories this morning. It is 7.12am.

It is the largest deployment of British troops in Europe since the

end of the Cold War and as the first of 800 soldiers arrive in Estonia,

eyes will turn to Moscow to see how rid spond. Sir Michael Fallon says

it is part of a longer term commitment to deter Russian

aggression. Paul Rogers is a security and diplomacy expert from

the University of Bradford and joins us now. Gorge. Put us in some kind

of context for us. Well, let's look at it from both sides. If you take

it from the western side, they're concerned about Russian aggression.

There is the involvement in Syria, the take-over over of Crimea and the

problems in eastern Ukraine and this see this as a defence pact which

many people support. Turn the whole thing round from the Russian point

of view and what 30 years ago, they were part of the Soviet Union, they

were central to it and they lost that. They sort of lost an empire

overnight. They feel they were treated with contempt then in the

1990s and Putin plays on that successfully. You're in the position

of the Russians seeing Nato getting closer to them and we see Russia as

a threat. What makes it extraordinary you have Donald Trump

wanting to make America great and Vladimir Putin wanting to make

Russia great. This is a potential source of tension. It doesn't have

to go that way, but you have to be careful on these occasions. This

might be seen as provocative by Russia. What is their response

likely to be? I think their response will not be to involve themselves in

any further adventure overseas. They will say this is proof that Nato is

out to get us. Russia is still a significant military power. It has

nuclear weapons, but at the same time, you know, the Russian economy

is half of that Britain, let alone Nato combined and it is a fairly

weak country economically. So Putin is a brilliant card player, in many

ways, but to see it as a great threat is probably an over reaction,

but the big danger is when you have two states, two enforcers in crisis,

things can go wrong. Those are the kinds of things which can happen

when there is a high state of tension and this is where diplomacy

is needed. One dimension is political. On a practical level,

where you have an increase in the number of troops, in a place, and we

heard one of the servicemen talked about a credible threat across the

border. The defence secretary said this is about deterring possible

military aggression. Now, something could happen. That's always the

danger, isn't it? A minor incident could become something more. This is

where you have to be careful. It requires cool heads on both sides,

but the international political situation with Putin in Moscow and

basically Trump in Washington, this is difficult. Now, Trump is the

maverick in a sense because we don't know what his real reaction to

Russia is. He is saying some things and doing other things. It is the

uncertainty which I think is tricky and I don't think any threat of a

major war, but you could slip into a crisis and you have got to have cool

heads to avoid this. Russia wants to scale back its overseas deployments.

It is finding that Syria and Crimea are costing it an arm and a leg and

it doesn't have that money, but Putin is playing it to show that

Russia is a major country again. When we talk about aggression, it is

not just military aggression, it is a cyber threat. Yes. That's true,

but they will say well, we interfered in the Ukraine election

to make sure that a proleader didn't stay in power. That's part of the

new war we're in. But this is where you need, you need political wisdom.

Putin is not easy to handle. It is a really tricky problem, but what you

do not want to do is do what he wants you to do which is to up the

ante. I wouldn't like to be a British politician in charge at the

present because the way forward is tricky, but at least caution, I

think, is called for. Thank you very much.

It is 7.17am. The main stories: The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown,

will call for greater powers to be given to Scotland's Government as he

warns of the danger of independence. American surveillance agency, the

NSA, rejected claims GCHQ was asked to spy on Donald Trump calling it

nonsense. Let's find out what's happening with

the weather this morning. Here is Ben. Good morning, Ben. I had Tina.

Hi Charlie. For most of us, not a particularly inspiring start to the

day. This is the view that many are waking up to including our Weather

Watcher Blue Sky Bob. Not much blue sky at the moment in Kent. Quite

mild and breezy and there will be some rain at times particularly in

the west. It is because of this string of cloud, a real pipeline

ploughing its way across the Atlantic. It is places in the west,

most exposed to the westerly winds, where you're going to see most of

the rain today. The further east you are, the chance of seeing a little

bit of brightness. A different sort of weather altogether across

Northern Scotlandment here cold enough for icy stretches and

sunshine and wintry showers, for Northern Ireland and north-west

gland, a cloudy start. Maybe breaks in the cloud and brightness across

north-east England with shelter from the Pennines and through East

Anglia, the Midlands, Wales and the south-west, generally a lot of

cloud, some spots of patchy rain and drizzle. It is mild. It is breezy as

well, but not quite as windy as it was yesterday. And really the

pattern for the day is that western areas will see rain at times and

thick cloud and murky conditions. Further east, the better chance of

seeing some brightness and Northern Scotland different weather. Sunny

spells, showers, wintry over high ground and on the cool sidement

further south, it will be mild and if things brighten up towards the

South East we could see 15 or 16 Celsius. A big day in the Six

Nations and for the fixtures in Edinburgh, Paris and Dublin,

generally a lot of cloud. Generally dry, maybe just the odd spot of rain

at times. This evening and tonight, southern areas will stay pretty

cloudy and quite murky. Drizzly in places, but largely dry. However,

some heavier rain will move through Northern Ireland and Scotland and

into Northern England. Generally a mild night. Just a little bit chilly

across the far north of Scotland. Tomorrow is very similar. Cloudy,

the best chance of any brightness in the east. We have this lump of rain

moving through Northern Ireland and Southern Scotland and into Northern

England and Wales. To the north of that, things will brighten up and it

will turn cooler. To the south of that, generally a lot of cloud and

still mild with temperatures of 15 Celsius. Charlie, Tina, back to you.

Ben, thank you very much. We will look through the front pages. The

Daily Telegraph. Many of the papers taking the images from the Royal

trip to Paris. If I can get hold of the paper properly. The Duchess of

Cambridge at the main event last night. Brexit more important to

voters than keeping the United Kingdom together. That's according

to a poll for The Daily Telegraph. More pictures of the couple in the

Express as well. And also showing Kate drinking a pint of Guinness!

The front page of the Express focussing on a different story.

Drink tea to fight dementia is their headline. Drinking three cups of tea

a day could cut the risk of dementia by half, that's according to new

research. Good news for tea drinkers.

The Times newspaper, on Google. This is about the material that's on

YouTube and criticism that it has not removed offensive material and

again Paris on the front page. The same focus on the front page of the

Daily Mail. Their headline "Google on rack over cash from hate views."

MPs saying this week that they failed to control offensive content

online. One story from the inside pages. So Monopoly. You know the

little things that you push around. You're given one at the beginning.

There has been a tradition around what those items are... Like a boot.

The boot has gone. The boot has gone. The wheelbarrow has gone and t

themble. They asked people what they wanted instead and they have come up

with a dinosaur, a penguin and toy duck. So they asked people, they had

to vote for what they wanted as those items. The winner was a

Scottie dog, T-rex second, a car was fourth, duck fifth, and the closest

unsuccessful candidate, so when people are asked what they wanted,

some people, 5 # 00 people voted for a tortoise. Awh, the tortoise missed

out. I thought it would have been a mobile phone or something! We will

have the weather coming up shortly. Mike will have the sport as well. It

was one of the world's worst environmental disasters, 50 years

ago, the supertanker Torrey Canyon hit rocks off Cornwall spilling

hundreds of thousands of tonnes of crude oil. Around 15,000 birds died

and parts of British and French coasts took years to recover.

Eleanor Parkinson reports. Impaled on a reef seven miles north of

Scilly, the Torrey Canyon lies broken. Oil pouring from her tanks.

She is carrying 120,000 tonnes of crude oil. The oil slick expands.

Eventually stretching across 270 square miles as it creeps towards

the Cornish Coast a massive operation begins to save beaches and

wildlife. The army, the RAF, and the Navy are involved along with 78 Fire

Brigades. Among them fire officers Eric and John. John recorded the

event as an official photographer. Today, they're recalling the horrors

of what they found. Well, the smell. That hit you first was the smell.

You got your feet on it and you slid all over the place. It was

diabolical. It really was. It was like looking at the bath and when

you had a bath and leave a scum around the bath. That's what it was

like. All the way around all the faces of all the cliffs and all

around us. Over the next few days tens of thousands of tonnes of

detergent was sprayed over the beaches to try and break up the oil.

The main role of the fire service was setting pumps in, washing down

after the detergent had been applied to the rocks or to the sands or

whatever. There has been criticism of the detergent because that caused

problems, didn't it? Well, that's true. What I did hear in the end, it

would have been probably better to have let nature do its thing.

Because the organisms in the sand and everything would have eaten it

faster than what we did by killing off the organisms by putting

detergent on them. It was an environmental catastrophe, 15,000

seabirds died after being covered in oil. A week after she was grounded

the Torrey Canyon began to break up, releasing even more oil into the

sea. The desirbs was taken to destroy the vessel. For two whole

days the RAF and the Navy bombed the ship. You could see the smoke. When

we came down, we could see the smoke. Occasionally you could smell

the smoke coming ashore above the smells of the other. It was not a

nice thing. The Torrey Canyon sank leaving behind a legacy that would

last for many years. Incredible pictures. Vice-Admiral

Sir Jonathan Tod was a Royal Navy pilot who took part in the mission

to bomb the stricken ship. He joins us now from our Exeter studio. Good

morning to you. What do you remember from that operation 50 years ago? It

seemed to be very dangerous. Well, it certainly was a very lovely day

and it was a beautiful spring day. I was flying a aircraft out of

Lossiemouth and we were detailed off to go and bomb the Torrey Canyon. As

we set off, flying down south, I was in the second aircraft going down

there. As we crossed the Scottish Border going south, I could actually

see a great flume of smoke going up to 30,000 feet, way, way in the

distance. Quite extraordinary. As we got closer, you could see the smoke

was getting thicker and thicker and blacker and blacker. This was

because the first wave of planes had gone through and had set fire to the

ship which was burning then very, very fiercely. As we approached you

could see that there was a lot of oil over the sea and the sea was

very nice and calm, but clearly the oil was being swept up on to the

beaches of Cornwall and the Channel Islands and all sorts of places like

that. The job that we had was actually to try and set the oil on

fire and to make holes in all 16 of the tanks on the Torrey Canyon. What

was the thinking behind doing that, bombing the ship? How would that

have helped? Well, sorry, probably to put a pun on it, the Government

was between a rock and a hard place. We had tried the detergent. We had

tried putting fires on board the ship and so on, but the oil on the

ship was so very, very thick, it was like treacle and it is not the sort

of oil that we're used to. It was very, very cold as well. So it was

extremely hard to actually get it to burn and the only way you could get

if it to bomb was to bomb it and get a big explosion and that would cause

the oil to burn. The problem was we had was the ship had sunk. It had

torn its bottom out. As the tide came in that would come in and put

out the fires that we had just started and we had to wait until the

tide went out and we could go back and start the fires again because it

was very important to burn off as much oil as we possibly could before

that was washed out of the wreck. If we hadn't been doing that then all

of that oil would have gradually, gradually, all through the tourist

season and all through that summer, would have just started washing up

on this beach here and that beach there and there would have been a

very significant environmental disaster. So the solution was... It

is interesting that the attitude to the environment was very different

back then. At the time the priority was to clean it up as quickly as

possible because of the effect on tourism and local trade? That is

very true. The quickest way of doing it and the most thorough way of

doing it was to get the oil out of the ship. There was no other way you

could get it out except by burning it off or let it leak out in one

fell swoop because we didn't want it leaking it out over the whom of the

summer months. A little bit at a time, every time there was a gale or

a strong wind, another patch of oil would have come out. So the answer

was to do it once and for all. I'm sure when you joined the Royal Navy,

you didn't imagine you would be bombing a sunken ship to help with

an environmental ka it is a throfy? Well, we always like to help

whenever one can, but certainly I hadn't imagined that particular

scenario. This was the first time that we had a tanker grounding in

Western Europe and so it was a completely new experience for

everybody that was trying to deal with disaster. Things have got so

much better now because of the regulations for double hulls on

tankers, much better collision avoidance and generally a much

better oversight of the control of shipping at sea and please God, it

is going to make those nasty incidents well, extremely rare. You

can never say never and I really hope it doesn't happen again. We

hope it doesn't too. Thank you very much for joining us, Vice-Admiral

Sir Jonathan Tod. It is 7.30am. We're back with the

headlines in a moment. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Tina Daheley. Coming up before 8am,

Ben will have the weather. But first, a summary of this

morning's main news. Gordon Brown says Scotland should be

handed a raft of new powers after Brexit to prevent

the United Kingdom from splitting. The former Prime Minister will use

a speech today to put forward his "third option"

for Scotland's future. His intervention comes as the SNP

leader Nicola Sturgeon, who has called for another

independence referendum, addresses The first British soldiers have

arrived in Estonia as part of the largest deployment of British

troops to Europe since Over the next few weeks a total

of 800 British soldiers and hundreds of military vehicles will be sent

to the Baltic state in an attempt The American surveillance agency,

the NSA, has rejected suggestions that British agents spied

on Donald Trump, at the request On Wednesday, a White House

spokesman discussed an allegation that GCHQ was asked to tap

Mr Trump's calls last year. Downing Street says it's been

reassured by Washington What would be the advantage to the

UK Government of doing something like that? The cost would be immense

in comparison to any value. So of course they wouldn't do anything.

Schools should teach children how to spot "fake news" and recognise

lies on social media, according to a leading

The director of the influential think tank, the OECD,

says pupils are becoming too dependent on the internet and need

help distinguishing between true and false information online.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will meet victims of the attack

on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris today.

Last night, the royal couple had dinner at the British embassy,

where Prince William spoke of the enduring ties

The visit is part of the British government's charm offensive

in Europe ahead of the start of Brexit talks.

New research suggests the idyllic image some people have

of the countryside is masking pockets of poverty, poor health

and social isolation that can exist in rural areas.

Those are the main stories this morning.

The report by Public Health England and the Local Government Association

says official statistics are often skewed towards gathering

information about people living in towns and cities.

There were two things... Be going back to Ireland to sit in front of

their TV sets two will Ireland. England are going for rugby

union history later. If they beat Ireland in Dublin

they'll break New Zealand's record of consecutive wins and win a second

Six Nations Grand Slam in a row. They've already won the tournament,

but Ireland are hoping With every stride, with every

dive, England get closer No nation has won 19 top-level

rugby matches in a row. If England can do it it will be

a world record constructive from the ashes of their World Cup,

a tournament they exited Eddie Jones has coached them

from disaster to triumph, what is still some way

from his summit. To go from where we go to greatness

takes another step of endeavour. It takes greater focus,

it takes greater persistence. It takes greater emotional

output, you know? How do you measure

this team's rights? No England side has won back

Grand Slams in the professional era. The last Saturday jobs,

Will Carling's heroes They have gone to Australia and won

3-0, that has never been done Back to back Grand Slams,

a world record run, you know, Appropriate, because when England go

to Dublin, nothing is certain. For Ireland, this team has

been a disappointment, which could yet have

one redeeming feature. We are well aware of everything that

England are going for tomorrow, but for us, it is St Patrick's Day

weekend, we are at home with a very proud record,

at home, and we take huge But it may require

the biggest heave yet. If England do it, they'll emulate

the women who triumphed in Dublin A victory for either side

would have secured the title, but it was England who ran away

with it, with five tries, It's the first time they've won

the competition since 2012. It was always going to be a very

tough first half, we said all along it would be a game that would

probably go to the wire. We got away with the Irish goals at the end a

little bit, but they were awesome in the first half in particular, and we

just knew to weather the storm. And that defensive session in the end of

the first half was tremendous. I apologise for not passing on my

Cheltenham Gold cup trip. An Irish journalist whispered

to me at Cheltenham, early yesterday, "sizing John",

and he was right as the 7-1 shot, won the Gold Cup, to give trainer,

Jessica Harrington victory, with her first entry,

in the famous race. The favourite, Djakadam,

finished in fourth after hitting a fence and Sizing John powered

clear to repeat his triumph Jockey Robbie Power,

also rode the 2007 Grand National To say that I was 25 and won

the Grand National, and I'm 35 now, I appreciate

this a lot more. To be a gold cup

winning jockey, that Leicester City will

face Atletico Madrid, in the quarterfinals

of the Champions League. The English Champions

are the only British side Atletico have been runners up

in the Champions league twice, Meanwhile in the Europa League

quarter finals, Manchester United, will meet the Belgian side

Anderlecht. Chelsea can extend their lead

at the top of the Premier League, to 13 points, if they beat

Stoke City later. That's one of 7 matches taking place

today, including an important match for Arsenal at West Brom this

lunchtime, as they try They are currently five

points off fourth place. In Scotland, if 2nd placed Aberdeen

lose against Hearts this lunchtime, Celtic can claim the title tomorrow

if they beat Dundee. There was a big surprise

in the Championship last night as promotion chasing

Huddersfield Town were beaten 4-0 The result means Huddersfield remain

six points behind the top two, and moves City out

of the relegation places. In the night's other match

Reading moved fourth, after beating sixth-placed

Sheffield Wednesday. Hull FC moved level on points

with Castleford Tigers, at the top of Super League,

after beating struggling Leeds Rhinos joined

them on eight points, after they ran in six tries,

in their 38-14 victory We're used to seeing birdies,

eagles and even the odd albatros on a golf course, they're

all golfing terms, but in Florida Smylie Kaufman

was leisurely strolling up to the green, unware of that

alligator in the rough The fish might just

be a Dory Mackerel, Who is Mardy Fish? Oh, a tennis

player. At least it has got you thinking. Tweak your suggestions. --

tweak It worked for champions

Leicester City last season and a growing number of sports clubs

are putting their players into the deep freeze

to give them the edge. At Fulham, who are on a great run,

they strip off and suffer temperatures of minus 119 degrees

several times a week. To see what happens

I went to join them. It is like something out

of a science fiction movie. But this is how they warm up

and warm down now, at Fulham. After seeing it work

so well for Leicester, the champions, last season,

Fulham now have a permanent whole-body cryotherapy trainer

at their training ground, It reduces the recovery

time between games, reduces the muscle soreness,

and we use it before It can also help

you sleep, with mood. So much training now

for the modern footballer. Reactivation classes like this

before training has even begun, and then afterwards,

the heart rate has gone up, and before the warm-ups,

we have the big freeze. I first went in with players

Tom Kearney and Scott Malone. The coldest place recorded on earth

ever has been -89.2. And you do the several

times a week now? You get down to such

depths in two stages. Then it was into the main,

and coldest chamber, I also went in here with

goalkeeper David button. It feels like knives

in your legs and arms. So in this controlled

environment, the body is sent into a state of shock,

which stimulates our And it is believed this

is beneficial for the immune system and energy levels which the players

say can last two days. You are relieved to get out

at the start, but I think if it is the day before a match,

you feel a lot better, yeah. Definitely found it a lot fresher

going into training, and into games. You don't get frostbite,

because you only stay The mindnumbing temperatures

are created by gas, In countries were started,

the uses extend beyond sport. This is mainstream practice

in Poland for rheumatoid arthritis. Any inflammatory pathology,

multiple sclerosis we have seen. There is no reason,

with all the reported feedback about sleep,

why this couldn't be used It is a great feeling

when you come out. You feel rejuvenated

and alive, don't you? You feel like you have

run, almost superhuman. At the end, my heartrate variability

had gone from 74 to 92. Apparently it is the same effect

if you released a bunch of lions at the ground and cut them

to chase the players. why were you the only one wearing a

dressing down? Line I was told to bring one, but I felt like Noel

Coward at the end! We have fish names coming in.

Arnie Piranha. And we have the name of a proper one coming in from the

70s, Mike Fish. Here's Ben with a look

at this morning's weather. A bit of cloud around, in fact, a

lot of cloud for many of us. It is a pretty poor start of the day across

many parts of the country. This is the view of one of the weather

watchers from Essex. It will be the eastern parts of the country that

get most of the cloud, and perhaps some sunshine. It will be breezy

with rain at times. You can see this cloud... A very different

weather across Scotland, with a bright start to the day. Someone she

showers around, but through southern Scotland and Northern Ireland, some

patchy rain and cloudy. Showers across the Pennines and north-east

England, but brighter spells here. Some sunshine, perhaps into East

Anglia as well. Through the Midlands, Wales and Southwest,

cloudy and murky over the hills. Some drizzle, but my old. Quite

breezy but not as windy as yesterday. As we go on through the

day it is more of the same. Outbreaks of rain in the West

particularly, best chance of brightness in the east, lifting

temperatures to 15 or 16. For northern Scotland all the while, a

mixture of sunshine and wintry showers, and it will be cooler

compared with milder conditions further south. A big afternoon of

six Nations Rugby. It looks cloudy for the fixtures in Dublin and

Paris, but a bit brighter in Edinburgh, with temperatures 9-13.

This evening and tonight, particularly in the south, there

will be a lot of dry weather, cloudy and grizzly on the hills, but more

persistent rain through northern Scotland and England as well. Mild

night, but chilly for them far north of Scotland. This band of rain

moving through will gradually sinks southwards and eastwards, thinking