22/03/2017 Breakfast

Hello - this is Breakfast, with Sally Nugent and Dan Walker.

Calls for the government to press ahead with the biggest

school funding shake-up in England in decades.

On the final day of consultation, the National Governors Association

says the new formula is fair but schools face

Good morning - it's Wednesday, 22 March.

Laptops and tablets in hand luggage will be banned on flights to the UK

from six countries - we'll find out what it means

Thousands of people gather at a candlelit vigil for the IRA

commander-turned political leader Martin McGuinness,

Why free-range cows could provide hope for dairy farmers -

and what it could mean for consumers.

Rising food and fuel prices have pushed inflation to a 3-year high.

So where next for prices at the pump?

England face Germany tonight in Dortmund,

with Jamie Vardy expected to feature despite saying he's

it is a cold start the day across Scotland and Ireland. Watch out for

rice. England and Wales, some snow around. For most, we are looking for

rain pushing north and east through the course of the day. More in 15

minutes. The government is right to press

ahead with plans to reform school funding in England, but there isn't

enough money for the changes - that's the message from

The National Governors Association. The consultation on a new

national funding formula for schools ends today,

and the BBC has asked more than 4,000 school governors

about their views, Drayton Park primary says it is

already operating on very tight financial margins but it predicts

its Budget in real terms by 2019 and will be leased ?176,000 smaller. A

proposed new national funding formula in England will change the

way money is distributed. Ministers argue it will narrow historical

inequalities between different areas but schools across the country

facing costs. Cuts to funding mean cuts to our service so what we will

see as fewer members of staff, lower quality of service and things that

we currently do that we will have to decide to stop doing. In a survey to

the BBC school governors who responded and had a view on the

proposed new formula were broadly in favour of the principle but many

also expressed serious concerns about the financial pressures ahead.

Some said they plan to cut back on staff and others, that they were

looking at ways of raising extra cash including asking parents for

voluntary contributions or hiring out facilities. Everybody pretty

much agrees that the principle of the formula is right, the elements

are right but the problem is there is a enough money in the formula.

The government says funding is at record levels and the proposed

formula is a fairer way to help all schools. The Institute of Fiscal

Studies says the changes would correct clear in equities in funding

levels between local authorities but such radical reform would create

winners and losers. We'll be discussing this

with the National Governors' The government has announced a cabin

baggage ban on laptops on direct passenger flights to the UK

from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia

and Saudi Arabia. The ban, which also applies

to tablets and DVD players, follows a similar US move

affecting eight countries. Downing Street said it followed

talks on air security and was "necessary,

effective and proportionate". The Northern Ireland Assembly

will reconvene today for a special sitting to allow politicians

to reflect on the life of Martin Last night, thousands of people

gathered at a candlelit vigil in west Belfast to pay tribute

to the former deputy first minister who died yesterday,

at the age of 66. Our Ireland correspondent

Chris Page has more. He was a paramilitary leader who

became a political one and this shows how much Martin McGuinness

meant to his supporters. In West Belfast, thousands turned out to

remember him. People here regard him mainly as a peacemaker, the man who

led the IRA away from violence. Yesterday, his coffin was carried to

his home in the bogside area of Londonderry. It's a place which saw

some of the worst incidents the troubles. Mr McGuinness ended up

sharing power with unionists instalments. In Derry, he became

friends with a Protestant Church minister who has paid some of the

warmest tributes. I have discovered on my 10-year journey with right

that if you focus solely on what the person was in the past, you miss

seeing who the person has become. But the memories of the IRA campaign

still hurt. One of the organisations hundreds of victims was Patsy

Gillespie. He was forced to drive a bomb to an army checkpoint while his

family were held hostage. The explosion killed him and five

soldiers. I have no forgiveness for what happened to my husband. I will

never forgive them. I'm not taken away from the fact that Martin

McGuinness turned his life around but I can't forget what his previous

life consisted of. It's a time of reflection, but for people who

suffered as a result of Republican violence and those who point more to

Martin McGuinness's achievements in democratic politics. His funeral

will take place tomorrow. Later today Nicola Sturgeon

will find out if she has the backing of MSPs to seek the legal authority

to stage a second independence The First Minister wants a vote

to be held between the autumn of 2018 and the spring of 2019

when the Brexit terms She has declared that now is not the

time for another vote, indicating she will reject the SNP's preferred

timetable. Today marks the first anniversary

of the Brussels bombings, which claimed the lives of 32 people

and injured hundreds more. Two suicide bombs were

detonated inside Zaventem airport and an hour later

a third bomb exploded Today, three memorial events

will take place around the city In the shattered terminal

of Brussels airport, people can't understand

what just happened. Two suicide bombs were

detonated at check-in. An hour later, another ripped

through an underground train. A string of explosions that

shook Europe's core. One woman's image was captured

in a moment of terror. The air hostess has returned

to thank those who saved her. I may not be able to hold my

emotions in and it would be a feeling where I remember those

who are no longer with us but the memories will

always remain with us. Today there will be three separate

ceremonies across the city, each of them a chance to remember

that 32 people who lost their lives, to support those who were injured

and to think about the ways There are a lot of

militaries working around. The shockwaves knocked

a nation out of step. There is a new normal here now

and the city will not forget why. Iraqi forces are entering

what could be the final phase of their operation to reclaim Mosul,

which has been an Islamic State The government there says

the battle for west Mosul, which has been going on for three

months, has caused more than 180,000 people

to flee their homes. Most have taken refuge in camps

and reception centres Plans for a major prison building

programme in England and Wales will be unveiled by Justice

Secretary Liz Truss today, as the Government steps up its drive

to reform the jail system. Sites in Yorkshire, Lancashire,

Kent and South Wales will be developed as part

of a pledge to create up to 10,000 It comes amid concerns

that a number of jails South Korea says the latest missile

test launch by North Korea has It's unclear how many

were fired or what exactly was being tested but the US says

the missile appeared to have Earlier this month, North Korea

launched four missiles which flew around 600 miles towards Japan

and resulted in protests. The number of women working

into their seventies has doubled over the last 4 years,

according to new figures. More than 11% of

women are still part of the workforce in their early

seventies, often because they need Here's our personal finance

correspondent, Simon Gompertz. How do you measure your working life

and where is the cut-off point when you stop work and retire? And, who

runs a Bristol store in Bristol's Saint Nicholas market, is one of a

growing band of women in their 70s working on, with little more than

the state pension to fall back on. We have no pensions, little

pensions. We always invest our money into the business so no, no other

security at all. It would certainly be a struggle and life would have to

change if we stopped work. The proportion of women who don't stop

working until past 70 is grown from one in 24 years ago to more than one

in ten last year, it has doubled. There are still more men than women

working into their 70s. What stands out is the dramatic increase in the

number of women and least part of the reason for that is money.

Particularly for women, if they haven't saved enough and in some

cases, they need to be working later because they simply can't afford to

retire yet. Women have smaller pension pots than men and will

continue to do so for some time to come. 150,000 women in their early

70s are working. Many enjoy it, many also need cash to pay the Bills.

Passengers travelling on a flight to Alaska could have been forgiven

for thinking they were extras in a Hollywood blockbuster

when they discovered there was a snake on their plane.

They got a fright when they discovered a 5-foot-long

white snake sleeping beneath one of the seats after it'd wriggled

free from a bag on an earlier flight.

How could you forget a snake on a plane? Luggage, wallets.

Thankfully, it wasn't venomous - a flight attendant dropped it

into a plastic bag and it spent the rest of the journey

That is going above and beyond. They put it in an overhead storage

locker. Snakes and sharks. I would not.... Even if it is in the storage

compartment, being sat underneath that... It would give you the

creeps? It would be OK if it was in the storage compartment with a

flight attendant. Not having any of that. I have seen Indiana Jones

enough times. Cat is here with international football week, isn't

it? Its international week. That is what Gareth Southgate thinks we

should have more of them. Let's focus on the Premier league, more

focus on playing to your country and getting away from what he is calling

this island mentality that England players live in this Premier League

bubble, they watch rolling news channels which focus on them and

what they are doing and the Premier league and how important is that

when they set off away from England to go and play these internationals,

they realise they do not the be all end all.

Raheem Sterling is a doubt for England's friendly against world

champions Germany this evening, with Phil Jones having already

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy, though, will feature.

That's despite revealing this week that he's received death threats

after Claudio Ranieri was sacked as manager of his club side.

Scotland take on Canada this evening, with manager

Gordon Strachan expected to rest some key players ahead

of their World Cup qualifier against Slovenia on Sunday.

England head coach Eddie Jones has said that British and Irish Lions

coach Warren Gatland should pick four captains for their tour

to New Zealand - one from each of the national teams.

Los Angeles and Paris have said they only want to host the 2024

Olympic and Paralympic Games, not the one in 2028.

The International Olympic Committee has suggested it wants both cities

I think what that means is that Paris and Los Angeles said, we have

put all our eggs into the 2020 for basket. We don't want them to say

one of you can have 2024 and the other, 2028. It looks like Paris is

the favourite. I wanted Hollywood. I would like to go across the Channel

actually, then we can watch it all live with just one hour time

difference. That is a good point. But that is part of growing up,

watching the Olympics in the middle of the night. Paris did a great job

hosting the Euros. And it would be 100 years since they last hosted the

Olympics. Perfect symmetry. Serendipity. And hopefully Carole

has a picture of the Aurora Borealis. Oh, she has. Good morning,

Carol. As if by magic. Good morning. It is beautiful. Taken

last night in Shetlands. In Durham, this isn't the kind of scene you are

waking up to. Not just in Durham. Overnight south-west England and

Wales, rain in the north. Also Snow. We have some rain still around at

the moment. Across northern England, some snow. You might find some of

the high roofs across the Pennines were affected also. Temperatures

down to almost -9 last night. The 8066 and the am a 74 bottom end will

be effected. -- A66. The snow levels able to rise with the temperatures.

Some sleep in some of the heavier ones. Bright spells in Northern

Ireland. A keen and north-easterly wind. Temperatures between seven and

ten. Into the evening and overnight, this system coming back south and

you can still see we have this arc starting off in the south-east. The

whole thing is going to pull like that. Across Scotland, minus eight

in some of the sheltered glens. Tomorrow, the weather front coming

towards the south-west. The dry out further north with some sunshine. It

will be windy particularly along the South Coast and the Channel Islands

will see some rain. Temperatures are slowly started to come back compared

to but they have him. On Friday, the weather front clearing, winds

becoming lighter. This weekend looking much more settled. A nagging

easterly breeze from the continent so it will fill cool if you are

exposed to that. By night frosty, by night sunny so some change on the

horizon. I love that picture. The Weather

Watchers have been out in force. Looking at the papers. Pictures from

Ireland, Martin McGuinness, we heard of his death yesterday. The IRA

commander turned politician. The main story on the front page of The

Times, flight ban on laptops. We will be speaking about what it means

to us later this morning. It could have a big impact on business

travellers. The front page of the Daily Telegraph have basically the

same two stories. They go into quite a lot of detail about how police in

Northern Ireland suggesting Martin McGuinness took so many secrets to

his grave. In the Daily Mail, 1974, 1987 and many pages inside detailing

the life, career and legacy of a Martin McGuinness. In the Daily

Mirror, their main story, the pill attacks women from cancer for 30

years. Inflation yesterday, of course. That basket of goods to

measure how much prices are rising. It was food and fuel prices that

were the biggest contributors to the rise in inflation. 2.3% from one

point 8% in January. It is above the government target of 2%. What it

means to all of us, papers pointing out it will be a squeeze on living

standards. The fall in the value of the pound after the Brexit vote

weighing on the things of imports, coffee, tea, steel. Everything we

import from aboard is rising. For the first time in quite a long time,

we will feel the squeeze on the money we have in our pockets. Some

really good pictures, including a close-up circle of shame on the

moment Jones's towo was broken by his teammate. Ruled out for tonight.

-- toe. Nicola Adams has been talking about the fact that make

this is her of the gold-medal position at the London Olympics.

This is the American boxer who won bronze and the two of them have

found love stop they were on a training before the Olympics and

they are now going out together. I would never fired her to... They are

in different weights so the good thing is there is no call for them

to fight each other. Can I just share this one quickly. It is an

image that will stay with you throughout the day. Sometimes we

have to try to keep a straight face. That is the cutest thing you will

see all day. Babies that look like famous people. This is after the Ed

Sheeran. Can I introduce to you the baby Danny DeVito. The expression on

his face, it is just so cute. That is pretty impressive as well. Hang

on, I have Ken... Hurray. Is that real hair on the Lloris Johnson

baby? Nigel Farage as well. LAUGHTER this is great. Let's do that for the

next hour. It's 6:2 and you're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. So we all know about free

range eggs and meat Well, that's the basis of a campaign

being run by a small band of dairy farmers fighting

to stay in business. Just one leading supermarket has

begun stocking free range milk in the UK, and they're hoping

others will follow suit. Our Business Correspondent Emma

Simpson is at a supplier's farm in Gloucestershire

for us this morning. Emma what does free range

milk actually mean? Good morning. It is not the finest

morning, I have to say but it is all go. We have about 200 cows waiting

patiently to be milked. They have come in from the field. This is

where the action is in the milk parlour. The milk that these cows

are producing they are calling free range. It is getting a bit of

recognition about the way they farm here. Dairy farming has become

pretty intensive and consumers do not have much in a way of knowing

whether the milk they buy comes from cows that have been grazing...

Hello... Here the cows are out six months of the year at least. They

want to get the guarantee to consumers. It will now be rolling

out to 300 stores in May. They call it the Spring turnout.

Cows hitting the field after winter indoors. It is always a big moment

here. The Cousin relish it as well. But it has been increasingly hard

for small dairy farms to make a living. The last year have been

awful. We were just like he free range came along and gave us a new

outlet but it has been awful. We have had friends and neighbours go

out of business. The industry just had no answers, no arms to what is

happening. It just ten years, the number of dairy farmers has reduced,

only driven out by falling milk prices. The average yield has

however gone up by 13% so fewer farms with bigger herds and some are

kept in all year round. Not here. They are out for at least six months

and Jenny is keen they know about it. You have scheme, semiskimmed,

filtered, organic and now this... Free range. It is cheaper than

organic but a little bit more than your average milk. Can I interest

you in a milk tastes? Do you want to have some milk? That one is nicer. I

think that one is nicer. It tastes the same to me. Being students, we

would go for the cheaper one but I would probably go for the free

range. We would try it but long-term, the not know, it depends

on the cost. The milk is selling better than they thought and they

are now rolling it out to 300 stores. I really would like to think

that if this works it will secure a future if it doesn't, is there any

point in dairy farming in the UK? Milking time at the farm. After a

few rough years, they are trying to restore the value of their milk and

hoping free range will earn them a fairer price.

In case you are wondering, each of these cows produces 27 litres of

milk. Jenny, a lot of farmers might be thinking, hang on a second, we

farm like these as well, is this just a bit of a gimmick? Absolutely

not. This is something we have always done the problem is consumers

think all milk goes in a pot. There is organic but not free range. There

are farmers like us who want to continue doing it like this and

continue having that choice. Something interesting to think about

is people splash the milk over their cereal at it first. Thank you very

much and well done for handling that frisky cow! We will be have more on

that later on. Plenty more on our website

at the usual address. Now though it's back

to Sally and Dan. We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment, As Brussels remembers the terror

attacks which killed 32 innocent people and injured hundreds more

a year ago, we'll be live at Zaventum Airport

with one of the survivors. Scientists say slavishly

following our Satnavs is causing We'll have more on that

a bit later - and some And Jenny Seagrove and

Ronan Keating will be here to tell us about their new film

- a true story about an unsung But now a summary of this

morning's main news. The National Governors Association

has urged the government to press ahead with controversial plans

for a funding shake-up for schools in England, however it says

more money is needed. A BBC survey of 4,000

governors has revealed deep concern about budgets

with some describing The Department for Education say

that funding is at record levels. everybody pretty much agrees that

the principle of the formula is right but actually, the problem is,

there isn't enough money in the formula.

We'll be discussing this with the National Governors'

The government has announced a cabin baggage ban on laptops on direct

passenger flights to the UK from Turkey, Lebanon,

Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.

The ban, which also applies to tablets and DVD players,

follows a similar US move affecting eight countries.

Downing Street said it followed talks on air security

and was "necessary, effective and proportionate".

The Northern Ireland Assembly will reconvene today for a special

sitting to allow politicians to reflect on the life of Martin

Last night, thousands of people gathered

at a candlelit vigil in west Belfast for the former Deputy First Minister

who died yesterday, at the age of 66.

MSPs are expected to back Nicola Sturgeon's call for a second

independence referendum when they vote later today.

It follows a two-day debate in the Scottish Parliament over

whether the First Minister should seek permission to hold another

ballot between autumn next year and spring 2019.

Theresa May has declared now is not the time for another vote,

indicating she will reject the SNP's preferred timetable.

Today marks the first anniversary of the Brussels bombings

which claimed the lives of 32 people, and injured hundreds more.

Two suicide bombs were detonated inside Zaventem

airport and an hour later, a third bomb exploded

Today, three memorial events will take place around the city

Iraqi forces are entering what could be the final phase

of their operation to reclaim Mosul, which has been an Islamic State

The government there says the battle for west Mosul,

which has been going on for three months, has caused more

than 180,000 people to flee their homes.

Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen reached the area

The fight for West Mosul goes on and Iraqi forces,

assisted by American air power and by Special Forces as well,

have been advancing into the city and they are winnin their battle

against the jihadists of so-called Islamic State.

They have stalled a little since they reached the old city

but this battle is only going in one direction.

They will win it and Mosul will be free from the jihadist

That is not the end of the fight against IS, they still hold large

amounts of territory, not to mention the attitudes

The rise of Islamic State in this country happened

because they capitalised on a lot of Sunni discontent.

They saw it as a sectarian Shia government.

If Iraq is to have any hope of a decent future then the Sunnis

need to feel safe and secure, otherwise some other version

of the jihadists may well emerge and capitalise once again

The fear that with a majority Shia government in Baghdad,

they will always be second-class citizens.

Plans for a major prison building programme in England and Wales

will be unveiled by Justice Secretary Liz Truss today,

as the Government steps up its drive to reform the jail system.

Sites in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Kent and South Wales

will be developed as part of a pledge to create up to 10,000

It comes amid concerns that a number of jails

Princess and she believed says she believes gene technology has an

important role in food. She is working farmer and patrons of nearly

of several associations. She says it would not be practical to ignore its

potential. In respect of a plant, how does it affect the rest of the

environment around it? Doesn't have a long-term impact? I do think the

future, gene technology has got real benefits to offer which will have

maybe an occasional one but not very many. The full interview will be on

Radio 4's Farming Today tomorrow. He has won Baftas, Emmys and been

knighted by the Queen, but now Sir David Attenborough has

received the ultimate accolade. Researchers have named

a 430-million-year-old fossil The tiny shrimp-like crustacean

was discovered in ancient volcanic It has been called Cascolus Ravitis

in a reference to the Latin version There is Cascolus and there is the

fossil. Not much physical resemblance. He looked delighted

with it. 92? Amazing. We will check that. England play Germany tonight.

The world champions. It is still a good test the Gareth Southgate's

first full game. Then he got a full-time job in November and here

is saying, this is what I have been doing with my squad over the past

few months. We will not be seen that, will we? He has got to go

through a fitness test. Jamie Vardy is supposed to be taking part. He

has received death threats this week. Some fans thought there was a

mob of players in the Leicester squad who went into the chairman 's

office, Jamie Vardy's name was bandied around. He says his family

was targeted as well with the death threats.

Raheem Sterling is doubtful for England's friendly with Germany

tonight in Dortmund - while Phil Jones has withdrawn

We can't just focus from game to game. We've got to be thinking

long-term. If we are going to have success, that is the reason I have

been appointed, is because there is continuity for me. It joins the

system up. We have to make decisions that reflect that.

It would be fantastic price to test ourselves against these players. One

we should be looking forward to and like the rest of the team, they are

looking forward to playing against top European players, it's going to

be a special occasion. An experimental Scotland side

will host Canada this evening at Easter Road with a crucial

World Cup qualifier against Slovenia on Sunday, manager Gordon Strachan

resting some of his regulars evening but still hopes to deliver

a win to boost players and fans It's a hard time of the season. You

can see the final pump but it is hard getting there. If you ask the

guys about the emotion, the relegation bounce, it is a hard,

hard time. It is a hard time for the fans as well but we need them there

to give us that support because we needed, we really need it.

Sheffield United defender Daniel Lafferty has been called up

to the Northern Ireland squad for Sunday's World Cup

Northern Ireland sit second in their qualifying group with two

The England rugby union head coach Eddie Jones has urged Warren Gatland

to pick four captains for the forthcoming Lions tour

to New Zealand this summer (OOV) Jones believes forming a senior

leadership team of four captains - one from each nation -

will enable Gatland to pick the best candidate once the warm up

64 of the world's best golfers are in Austin,

Texas today for the start of the World Golf Championship

Former Masters champion Jordan Spieth says he'd be in favour

of one of the majors taking on the head to head format.

At present, they're all strokeplay, or best-score tournaments.

If you went around and ask everybody if they would enjoy more matchplay,

it would be a lot of fun. I don't know how exactly would do the format

but the Ryder Cup matchplay is certainly a lot of fun and the fact

that it is kind of a change of pace and an opportunity to take some

chances and play aggressive on a really cool golf course. Guys

embrace that. Los Angeles and Paris have said

they only want to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games,

NOT the ones in 2028 The International Olympic Committee

has suggested it wants the cities to host the next two

after Tokyo in three years time. In stage two of cycling's Volta

a Catalunya, Britain's Chris Froome lost 46 seconds to his rival

Alejandro Valverde. Froome, riding with Team Sky

could only finish third in yesterday's time trial,

which was won by the Spanish team The favourite for next

month's Grand National - Seen here on the left

of screen in the green silks and white helmet, the horse finished

second at the Cheltenham Gold Cup last week, but trainer

Jonjo O'Neill has decided not He says this season is over after

putting everything he had into the Gold Cup. The changes. There were 79

runners left. It's come down to a field of 40. Lots of horses pulling

out but it tends to happen in the run-up to the race, the trainers

make those choices. Thank you. For many people, time and looks like

taking a hard earned rest. But the many women, working into their 70s

is a reality. Val Price found herself in that position and set up

a social enterprise business. She joined is now in the studio. Tel is

a bit about your story. You are tied at the age of 60 but then what was

the process of you deciding you need to set up a business? I did it in

2008. I retired in 2005 and I got involved in various things. Actually

run the club and we went on holidays and stuff like that. 2008, I was an

ambassador and I found out about my city because when you are working,

you go home and that is that but I discovered we had the fourth poorest

districts in the UK, we had six food banks at that time. This is

Liverpool. Heaven only knows how many food banks we have got now and

I couldn't believe this because I was born in 1945 just after the war.

There was no support the weather is now. Things were tough but I was

happy and there was a lot to be done. My mum used to take me to a

lady down the road for lunch and in return, she made us socks. I put up

with the itchy socks. Everybody was suddenly on stilts. We had a party

and we would bring out a table. We played in the streets. It was just a

happy time. People did things. What is your motivation for going back

there? Is it because you actually want to be engaged in you want to

work and you enjoy it? I wouldn't not work. Every now and again I will

have a downer. But there is no way I would give it up, I love it. I love

being out there, doing stuff. Liverpool is my city. We've still

got a lot of people that need some LAUGHTER

and fun and getting through things, challenges and excitement. Also

learning. I've not stop learning different things. Your family and

friends think you need to take a break? My family does from time to

time. I've been told not to say what I normally sound that time going to.

My son says, why can't you be normal? As in retired? At. No way.

What is being normal? I love the excitement of what I do. I will go

out and talk to people. A friend of mine says I come alive with people.

To me, it is like seeing books. You get a page from here on a page from

there and it is exciting and it is challenging and also, it keeps this

going. I never thought I was a political animal but I am because I

am keen that we do things right for our city and we make it work the way

we wanted to. I do think it's a time for the people to get involved but

I'm not altogether sure that the City Council and the government

sometimes does the right thing in relation to individuals.

I have a granddaughter of four and I want to be there when she is 14 at

least and if I were when she is 24 that would be amazing. Social

interaction, very important. So we get some with Carole?

Good morning, it is a chilly start to the day wherever you are and

windy on the South Coast. This is a beautiful Weather Watchers picture

from Durham sent in this morning. By no means are we all waking up to

scenes like this. We have seen of rain and snow. Southwest England and

Wales. The snow now across northern England. Just to the south of

Northern Ireland. In some heavier bursts across some parts of Wales.

Snow again across northern England, Cumbria, the Pennines. Some sleet

coming out of the rain in Northern Ireland but in the west it is dry

and sunny. Wintry showers into Scotland feeding in from the wind.

Snow in northern England. The E 66 is actually close. A sunny one then

back into the rain coming in across Dorset. The rain is now pulling a

way. Through the day, some sunshine coming through some parts of Wales

and the south-west but even so there will be some heavy showers through

the Midlands, from northern England, rain slipping south. Any wintry nest

likely to be on higher ground. Fewer showers in Northern Ireland but

wherever you are it will feel quite nippy. The art of rain continuing to

move southwards and westwards. Across Scotland and Northern Ireland

and, another chilly night. Even across England and Wales, it is

going to be a chilly night. Tomorrow, the rain moving west and

south through the course of the day. Breezy across the south. A brighter

day across the north with some sun shines. Temperatures starting to

pick up. Back into double figures for some of us. However, as we head

through the weekend, our front clears the south during Friday,

high-pressure takes charge and we will have a cool nagging easterly

breeze through southern counties but the weekend whether it will be

rather nice. Some frost. By day some sunshine and that looks like it will

hang on in two next week as well. Thank you very much. Loads of

comments coming in. Paul says disgraceful that people should be

allowed to enjoy a well earned retirement and not have to work

until death. We steal have a mortgage until my husband is 74 so

we both have to work. Care and responsibility as well. Now for the

business news. Rising fuel prices have pushed

Britain's inflation rate to its highest level

for more than three years. Inflation tells us how quickly

prices are going up. The latest official figures

show the rate of inflation the highest it's bee

since September 2013. That means that a basket of everyday

items is slightly more expensive than it was in

February last year. And the price of fuel

was the biggest reason The price of petrol

and diesel rose by 1.2% This time last year the average

price across the country of a litre of both petrol and diesel

was around ?1 and 4p. Today those figures are up to ?1.19

for unleaded Steve Irwin is from the oil

trading firm Portland Fuel. Talk us through the rising oil

prices? We have seen a fall in the pound. In pounds and hence four

litre it is higher. There has been some good news with the rise in

inflation. We are seeing a bit of a dip in fuel prices that are they

have been rising on the wholesale market over the last year. The rise

of 1.2% from January and February but from last year it is a rise a

lot bigger than this time last year. That is the bit where most people

will start to feel the pain in their pocket. We are paying more every

week so we have less spare money. Top with through the proportion of

the wholesale price and then the refining et cetera making up the

price. 30 and 35p a litre for whole prize. Then we pay full duty and all

the extra little bits, transport, storage, and then you have the VAT

which is 20% so roughly all of the costs without VAT are bound pout and

then the VAT brings it to ?1 20. What we pay are not affected by the

international market but the wholesale price. What happens next?

Will get more expensive? There is some good news. We are expecting a

drop in the price will filter through. But everybody is looking at

the 25th of May to see whether or not they will prolong production

cuts which have led to the recent writers. Good to talk to you. Thank

you very much. More from that a little later. We will talk about

what else has been going up in price as a result of the inflation figure

we got yesterday. The British government has announced

a cabin baggage ban on laptops It affects passengers

on direct flights to the UK It applies to laptops

and tablets larger than 16cm long, It does includes smart phones,

but most wouldn't exceed Downing Street said the move

followed talks on air security and was necessary,

effective and proportionate. Let's find out more about

the new rules from Simon Calder, Good morning. This is going to mean

a really big change for lots of travellers? Initially it will affect

5000 travellers per day. Just to make sure everybody has the right

end of the stick it does not apply to all flights just from those six

countries and only inbound. Tomorrow I am lucky to play out to be stumble

and I will be coming back on Saturday so some our eye have to

find somewhere to put my laptop and a camera and bring it back in the

hold of the aircraft. Turkey looking very busy and that will be affected.

Hong Kong via Istanbul going to London, Manchester, Edinburgh -

about a thousand people a day. Once the main summer season gets under

way, the number affected could go up to 10,000 passengers per day. If you

cannot remember what the dimension is - poster is exactly the right to

mention and see how that compares with a fairly standard smart phone.

You should be right but too small for tablets and the E readers. They

have to be in the hold - what is the thinking behind that? Aviation is

still the number one target of terrorists. A year to the day since

Brussels airport was attacked. A couple of days after that, the

security community was shaken. There was a bomb placed in a laptop on a

flight to Djibouti. Only the bomber was killed when detonated and the

aircraft managed to land safely by concerned that al-Qaeda in the

Arabian Eyre Peninsula, particularly based in Yemen, is getting good in

making small well concealed explosive devices and the thinking

is that if these things are in the cabin they could be detonated. It is

an abundance of caution but it makes you wonder, what have all those

security officials been doing with all that technology if they cannot

tell what is a laptop and what is a possible threat. The size of a

postcard. Still to come... When possible, make a U-turn.

It's the sound so many of us count on to get us from A to B

but scientists say slavishly following our satnavs

is causing part of our brains to switch off.

Let us know what you do at home. In the meantime, let us know what you

think about your sat mat. Do you ignore it, like me? Get the map out.

Not so good with the maps. Now though it's back

to Sally and Dan. Hello this is Breakfast,

with Sally Nugent and Dan Walker. Calls for the government to press

ahead with the biggest school funding shake-up

in England in decades. of consultation, the National

Governors Association says the new formula is fair but schools

face underlying financial problems. Laptops and tablets in hand luggage

will be banned on flights to the UK Thousands of people gather

at a candlelit vigil for the IRA commander-turned political leader

Martin McGuinness who died Why free-range cows could provide

hope for dairy farmers and what it Household budgets are facing

the biggest squeeze in more than three years, after rising

petrol and food pushed up inflation. I'll be asking what it

could mean for interest rates England face Germany

tonight in Dortmund. Manager Gareth Southgate says

they have the foundations to be as good as Germany but England needs

to lose its island mentality. Campaigners say this morning that

trees like this, our oldest and most precious trees, should deserve same

protection as historic buildings. And is this tree in mid Wales the

European tree of the year? Carol, good morning. Eastern parts of

England, after a bright start, but parts of Wales and West in northern

England, rain and some of us are seeing some snow. Cold, clear and

crisp with a few showers, some of which I wintry.

The government is right to press ahead with plans to reform school

funding in England, but there isn't enough money for the changes -

that's the message from the National Governors Association.

The consultation on a new national funding formula

for schools ends today, and the BBC has asked more

than 4,000 school governors about their views,

Drayton Park Primary says it is already operating on very

tight financial margins but it predicts its budget in real terms

by 2019 will be at least ?176,000 smaller.

A proposed new national funding formula in England will change

Ministers argue it will narrow historical inequalities

between different areas but schools across the country are facing costs.

Cuts to funding mean cuts to our service so what we will see

is fewer members of staff, lower quality of service and things

that we currently do that we will have to decide

In a survey to the BBC, school governors who responded

and had a view on the proposed new formula were broadly in favour

of the principle but many also expressed serious concerns

Some said they plan to cut back on staff and others,

that they were looking at ways of raising extra cash including

asking parents for voluntary contributions or hiring out

Everybody pretty much agrees that the principle of the formula

is right, the elements are right but the problem is there isn't

The government says funding is at record levels and the proposed

formula is a fairer way to help all schools.

The Institute of Fiscal Studies says the changes would correct clear

in equities in funding levels between local authorities but such

radical reform would create winners and losers.

We'll be discussing this with the National Governors'

The government has announced a cabin baggage ban on laptops on direct

passenger flights to the UK from Turkey, Lebanon,

Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.

The ban, which also applies to tablets and DVD players,

follows a similar US move affecting eight countries.

Downing Street said it followed talks on air security

and was "necessary, effective and proportionate".

Initially is going to affect about 5000 travellers the day. Just to

make everybody sure they have the right end of the stick, it does not

apply to all flights, dash lights, just to those six countries and

tomorrow, I am flying off to Istanbul and I will be coming back

on Saturday so somehow, having paid only for cabin baggage, I've got to

find something I can put my laptop or my camera in and bring back in

the hold of the aircraft. Today marks the first anniversary

of the Brussels bombings, which claimed the lives of 32 people

and injured hundreds more. Two suicide bombs were

detonated inside Zaventem airport and an hour later

a third bomb exploded Today, three memorial events

will take place around the city Our Europe Reporter Gavin Lee

is at Zaventem airport now. What will be happening there today?

Behind me, there are some of the commemorations for the families,...

Sadly, we have lost our line to Gavin. We will try to get back to

Brussels. There will be three service is taking place today. The

first two bombs went off at the airport but the third one later at

the Metro station. We will try to get Gavin a bit later on. It is

exactly one year from those attacks. The Northern Ireland Assembly

will reconvene today for a special sitting to allow politicians

to reflect on the life of Martin Last night, thousands of people

gathered at a candlelit vigil in West Belfast for the former

Deputy First Minister who died Our Ireland Correspondent

Chris Page has more. He was a paramilitary leader

who became a political one and this shows how much Martin McGuinness

meant to his supporters. In West Belfast, thousands turned

out to remember him. People here regard Martin McGuinness

mainly as a peacemaker, the man who led the IRA

away from violence. Yesterday, his coffin was carried

to his home in the Bogside It's a place which saw some

of the worst incidents Mr McGuinness ended up sharing power

with Unionists and Stormonts In Derry, he became friends

with a Protestant church minister who has paid some of

the warmest tributes. I have discovered on my 10-year

journey with Martin that if you focus solely

on what the person was in the past, you miss seeing

who the person has become. But the memories of the IRA

campaign still hurt. One of the organisation's hundreds

of victims was Patsy Gillespie. He was forced to drive a bomb

to an army checkpoint The explosion killed

him and five soldiers. I have no forgiveness

for what happened to my husband. I'm not taking away from the fact

that Martin McGuinness turned his life around but I can't

forget what his previous It's a time of reflection,

both for people who suffered as a result of Republican violence

and those who point more to Martin McGuinness's achievements

in democratic politics. His funeral will take

place tomorrow. MSPs are expected to back

Nicola Sturgeon's call for a second independence referendum

when they vote later today. It follows a 2-day debate

in the Scottish Parliament over whether the First Minister should

seek permission to hold another ballot between autumn next

year and spring 2019. Theresa May has declared now is not

the time for another vote, indicating she will reject the SNP's

preferred timetable. Iraqi forces are entering

what could be the final phase of their operation to reclaim Mosul,

which has been an Islamic State The government there says

the battle for west Mosul, which has been going on for three

months, has caused more than 180,000 people

to flee their homes. Most have taken refuge in camps

and reception centres Princess Anne has told the BBC

that she believes gene technology has important benefits to offer

in terms of providing food. The Queen's daughter

is a working farmer and patron of nearly 50 countryside

organisations. In a wide-ranging interview

with Farming Today, she said that it would not be practical

to ignore its potential. If you change one aspect of a plant,

then how does it affect the rest of the environment around it? And

doesn't have a long-term impact? I do think that the future, Gene

technology has real benefits to offer which will maybe have an

occasional downside but I suspect not very many.

The full interview with Princess Anne will be on Radio 4's

The number of women working into their seventies has doubled

over the last 4 years, according to new figures.

More than 11% of women are still part

of the workforce in their early seventies, often because they need

150,000 women are currently holding down jobs, with one business owners

saying she could not afford to stop working.

We have no pensions, little pensions.

We always invest our money into the business so no,

It would certainly be a struggle and life would have to change

Passengers travelling on a flight to Alaska could have been forgiven

for thinking they were extras in the Hollywood blockbuster

They got a fright when they discovered a five foot

long white snake sleeping beneath one of the seats after it'd wriggled

free from a bag on an earlier flight.

Thankfully, it wasn't venomous - a flight attendant dropped it

into a plastic bag and it spent the rest of the journey

That would not be good enough for me. I tell you what, cabin crew have

to do some scary things at times. But I think that has got to be in

the top two. She is right up there with my hero of the day. I have got

real snake issues. Even though I know it is not in a must. I want to

know who left a snake on the plane. Sorry that has put the frighteners

up you this morning. I'm sure the next flight you take will be fine.

Press ahead - that's the message from school governors to ministers

on their plans to reform education funding in England.

More than 4,000 governors have shared their views

with the BBC, with some describing the squeeze on budgets

The consultation on the changes closes later today.

Right now, hundreds of Education Authorities in England

But the government says it's not distributed fairly.

So now it wants to introduce one national funding formula

They would top this up with more cash for things

like special needs, areas of deprivation,

the number of children speaking English as a second language.

The Government says this is a fairer share of the pie,

but critics say the pie isn't anywhere near big enough.

One of those critics, Emma Knights from the National

Governors Association, is here to discuss this with us.

He spent yesterday with groups of school governors. What did they tell

you about this? They have been telling us for a couple of years and

it's been getting progressively worse so in lots of parts of the

country, they are having real trouble balancing their budgets

because what has happened is, costs are going up, inflation is going up

but the amount that schools are getting for each pupil is not

keeping pace with that. There is already really difficult decisions

being made. What are those types of decisions? What are the schools

doing to try and save money? Schools have already done the simpler

things. Checking out their contracts and their suppliers. Some schools

have been innovative. They have had solar panels to make real savings.

Now schools, some have already begun to do things like increased the

class sizes, increase the amount of time that teachers are having to

teach. But also in secondary schools, the subject dropping. Not a

wide range of subjects. Schools that haven't got to that point are having

to think about doing that. Some schools have made some teaching

assistants redundant. Some have already started to make teachers

redundant but more schools will be needing to that from this current

year. Some of the claims year have been made have been responded to.

Funding is at a record high? Audi respond to that? That is absolutely

right. The total amount spent is more than ever. That has disguised

the fact that when you look at what has been paid for each pupil's

education, that is not keeping pace with inflation. That is what this

proposal has highlighted. It is much more transparent and their error and

we can see, actually the money you are left with four each and every

child is not going to work. What is the solution? In the easy answer is

more money. We are getting that story right

across the country. It is to be in more low funded areas. But with

increases in pensions, the apprenticeship levy any doubt, they

simply cannot balance the budget as a nation, do we think education

should be right up there in the list of priorities that we fund? Thank

you very much. I am sure it is a debate many people are having.

It's 7:16 and you're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

The National Governors Association is calling for the government

to go ahead with plans for a funding shake-up for schools in England.

The UK is bannning passengers from carrying

most electronic devices in their cabin baggage

on inbound direct flights from six countries in North Africa

You might not have seen snow in your part of the country but it is out

you are not wrong. We have lying snow in places like Durham.

Beautiful pictures coming in. But it is not snowing everywhere. Across

England and Wales, a little bit of snow. Across northern England, that

is where we are seeing the snow this morning but having said that you can

see some wintry and is coming out across Wales. Bear in mind you could

come across tricky travelling conditions. In the west of Northern

Ireland, it is a cool start. The cool start in Scotland. It fell to

almost -9 last night. The risk of ice. You can see we have clear skies

as we pushed through East Anglia, the Midlands, SX and Kent. It has

pleaded the south-west and we are looking for showers coming in. Some

could be heavy. The weeds will fall like to hear but windy across

southern coastal counties. For much of Scotland, it will stay dry. Rain

across the borders. Extending into some counties and you may see some

sleet across the Pennine routes through the day. If you are exposed

to the cold and north-easterly, temperatures only seven - ten. We

have this week ARCO rain, an area of low pressure sinking south and it

will pull down towards the west in the next 24 hours. Another cold

night in prospect. Snow across the islands of Scotland. Tomorrow, a

beautiful Chris start for much of Scotland. -- crisp. The rain

extending down towards the south and south-west getting into the Channel

Islands and it will be quite breezy but look at the temperatures start

to come back and that will be a trend. As we move in through

Thursday night and Friday, it will clear away from the south. High

pressure takes charge say it will not be as windy. A lovely breeze

coming in from the east but this weekend the way the wheel settled

down. Sorry, Carole, a cool white? And nagging breeze! We will tell

talk to you again soon. Everything is getting more expensive, that is

what we do not like the sound. That's right, household

budgets are facing the biggest squeeze in more

than three years, after rising petrol and food prices pushed

up inflation to 2.3% It means that the annual rate

of inflation is now the same as the annual growth

in average earnings. The worry is that if inflation

keeps rising next month, wages will lag behind prices

and real incomes will start falling. Wages could fall behind rising

prices. The threat is no different if the device is placed in the hold

though some business experts is part of a dispute between US airlines and

golf carriers who they accuse of getting unfair subsidies. A new

factory to build an electric London taxi opens in Coventry creating a

thousand new jobs. The Chinese owners have invested a few million

in the site. They are now sold right round the world. It is fascinating.

I went to their old factory and it was wonderful to see them roll off

the production line. They are not cheap but they are obviously built

to last. You get what you pay for, like grandmother was right. Buy it

cheap, by twice, that was the other one.

So we all know about free range eggs and meat

Well, that's the basis of a campaign being run by a small band of

dairy farmers fighting to stay in business.

Just one leading supermarket has begun stocking free range milk

in the UK, and they're hoping others will follow suit.

Our Business Correspondent Emma Simpson is at a supplier's farm

in Gloucestershire for us this morning.

It does not look pleasant! It is not the finest of mornings but it is all

go. We have about 200 cows, right in the middle of milking. It is

rush-hour. This is the parlour where the cows at being milked. What is

free range milk? It is sort of about getting recognition about the way

they farm here not dairy farming has become a very intensive indeed and

what this is about is about giving a guarantee it to the consumer that

these cows have been out grazing for at least six months of the year and

so far so good because they are rolling out this milk to 300 stores

by May. Cows hitting the field

after winter indoors. But it has been increasingly hard

for small dairy farms like this one In actual fact, personally,

I don't think I'd ever been so low We were just lucky free range came

along and gave us a new outlet We have had friends

and neighbours go The industry just have no

answers, there's no answer It just ten years, the number

of dairy farmers has reduced, many driven out by

falling milk prices. But farmers are delivering

more milk per cow. The average yield has however

gone up by 13% so fewer farms with bigger herds and some

are kept in all year round. They are out for at least six months

and Jenny is keen that shoppers The milk aisle is already croded -

you've got skimmed, semiskimmed, whole, filtered,

organic and now this... It is cheaper than organic but 15p

more than your average litre. That one's nicer.

How about you? Being students, we would probably go

for the cheaper one but probably, when I've got a bit of money,

I'd go for the free range. We would probably try it and see how

we get on but long-term, I'm not sure, it depends

on the cost of it. I wouldn't mind paying

a little bit extra for it. The milk sold better

than they thought and they are now So I really would like to think

that if this works it will secure our future,

if it doesn't, is there any point After a few rough years for this

industry, here they are trying to restore the value of their milk

and hoping free range will earn them In case you are wondering, each cow

producers 27 litres of milk per day. Let's talk to the man who is the

driving force with free range belt. The audience might be thinking, hang

on, is this just a gimmick? Isn't this what lots of farmers do anyway?

A lot of retailers selling milk did not reward farmers for rewarding the

product. There are a lot of cows graze in this country but the

consumer does not have a way of finding out whether that is the case

or not. Could these takeoff? We have a lot of potential. We are trying it

out for people to make an informed choice and encourage them to think

about the life that the cows have an hopefully they will be encouraged to

take this up. Some interest therefore consumers to think about.

Interest in the maps. 27 litres. That is a lot of milk. 12 average

bottles from one cow. They are working hard!

John's in a beautiful part of the world this morning -

And John we've all heard about listed buildings but now

Look at that! Doesn't it look absolutely beautiful? Carole, look

at that for a summer 's day... Only kidding. Still an important tree.

Last night it was in the running for being named European tree of the

year. This is the bypass built to the side of the town. Badly needed

by the local economy but it would have put the tree at risk so the

bypass had to be moved. Protecting our oldest tree is extremely

important and they want the government to give them the most

precious level of protection as our buildings. We will talk more about

Now though it's back to Sally and Dan.

The National Governors Association has urged the government to press

ahead with controversial plans for a funding shake-up for schools

in England, however it says more money is needed.

A BBC survey of 4,000 governors has revealed deep

concern about budgets, with some describing

The Department for Education say that funding is at record levels.

Everybody pretty much agrees that the principle of the formula is

right, the elements in the formula are bright but actually, the problem

is, there isn't enough money in the formula.

The government has announced a cabin baggage ban on laptops on direct

passenger flights to the UK from Turkey, Lebanon,

Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.

The ban, which also applies to tablets and DVD players,

follows a similar US move affecting eight countries.

Downing Street said it followed talks on air security

and was "necessary, effective and proportionate".

The Northern Ireland Assembly will reconvene today for a special

sitting to allow politicians to reflect on the life of Martin

Last night, thousands of people gathered

at a candlelit vigil in west Belfast for the former Deputy First Minister

who died yesterday, at the age of 66.

Today marks the first anniversary of the Brussels bombings

which claimed the lives of 32 people, and injured hundreds more.

Today, three memorial events will take place around

the city to remember those who died when two suicide bombs

were detonated inside Zaventem airport, followed by a third

Gavin Lee joins us. We had a bit of technical difficulty last time. If

you remember that first mobile putted -- mobile footage, people

running away, commemorating the first part behind me. At 7:58 a.m.,

the moment the first two suicide bombers detonated their devices was

where they had one minute 's silence. We watched 250 families of

the victims and the survivors come back. I've got to say, they are

holding on to each other. Others is said to me, they could not come here

today, it was too much. Now that the families have left, they've come to

the second part of the commemorations, the Maelbeek tube

station, there will be noise instead. They wanted to clap to show

defiance. I've got to say, I was here and I spoke to many of those

people leaving... Together one year on. Again, apologies for the loss of

sound they are. We are having a few technical difficulties linking up

with Brussels. Throughout the day, as Gavin was saying, a number of

memorial services. One year since those fossil bombings.

MSPs are expected to back Nicola Sturgeon's call for a second

independence referendum when they vote later today.

It follows a two-day debate in the Scottish Parliament over

whether the First Minister should seek permission to hold another

ballot between autumn next year and spring 2019.

Theresa May has declared now is not the time for another vote,

indicating she will reject the SNP's preferred timetable.

Iraqi forces are entering what could be the final phase

of their operation to reclaim Mosul, which has been an Islamic State

The government there says the battle for west Mosul,

which has been going on for three months, has caused more

than 180,000 people to flee their homes.

Most have taken refuge in camps and reception centres

Plans for a major prison building programme in England and Wales

Princess Anne has told the BBC that she believes gene technology

has important benefits to offer in terms of providing food.

The Queen's daughter is a working farmer and patron

of nearly 50 countryside organisations.

In a wide-ranging interview with Farming Today, she said that it

would not be practical to ignore its potential.

If you change one aspect of a plant, then how does it affect the rest

I do think that in the future, gene technology has real benefits

to offer which will maybe have an occasional downside

The full interview with Princess Anne will be on Radio 4's

He has won Baftas, Emmys and been knighted by the Queen,

but now Sir David Attenborough has received the ultimate accolade.

Researchers have named a 430-million-year-old fossil

The tiny shrimp-like crustacean was discovered in ancient volcanic

It has been called Cascolus Ravitis in a reference to the Latin version

I am glad you said that, not me. There is the fossil itself. It is

430 million years old? That is serious age. I can't quite get my

head around that. A wonderful for him.

Coming up on the programme, Carol will have the weather

We are talking international week. A big test for Gavin Southgate. It

doesn't get much bigger than the world champions and it had to be

Germany, didn't it? They have been his nemesis and now he meets them as

the England manager. It seems like it is all coming together perfectly

for a brilliant story. Raheem Sterling may not play

in England's friendly with Germany tonight in Dortmund

while Phil Jones is out after Chis Smalling trod on his foot

and broke his toe in training. Manager Gareth Southgate confirmed

Jamie Vardy will feature It may be Southgate's first game

in full control of the England side but he's already looking beyond this

meeting with the world champions. We can't just focus

from game to game. If we are going to have success,

that is the reason I have been appointed, is because there

is continuity for me. We have to make decisions

that reflect that. An experimental Scotland side

will host Canada this evening at Easter Road with a crucial

World Cup qualifier against Slovenia on Sunday, manager Gordon Strachan

resting some of his regulars this evening but still

hopes to deliver a win to boost players and fans

alike. You can see the final hump

but it is hard getting there. If you ask the guys

about the emotion, the relegation It is a hard time for the fans

as well but we need them there to give us that

support because we needed, Sheffield United defender

Daniel Lafferty has been called up to the Northern Ireland squad

for Sunday's World Cup Northern Ireland sit second

in their qualifying group with two Here's an interesting idea

from England Rugby Union head coach Eddie Jones - pick four captains

for the upcoming Lions tour Jones believes forming a senior

leadership team of four captains - one from each nation -

will enable Lions coach Warren Gatland to then pick the best

candidate once the warm up 64 of the World's best

golfers are in Austin, Texas today for the start

of the World Matchplay championship. Players go head to head

with the losers knocked out Former Masters champion

Jordan Spieth says he'd like to see one of the Majors

adopt the same format. If you went around and asked

everybody if they would enjoy more I don't know how exactly

you would do the format but the Ryder Cup

matchplay is certainly a lot of fun and the fact that it is kind

of a change of pace and an opportunity to take some

chances and play aggressive on a really cool golf

course, guys embrace that. Los Angeles and Paris have said

they only want to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games,

not the ones in 2028. The International Olympic Committee

has suggested whichever city loses its bid for 2024,

should be awarded the Games in 2028 but both cities have said

that's not an option. The favourite for next

month's Grand National - Seen here on the left

of screen in the green silks and white helmet, the horse finished

second at the Cheltenham Gold Cup last week, but trainer

Jonjo O'Neill has decided not The Grand National will need a new

favourite. Watch this space. That is sport. I have got a fossil update. I

might have said Hertfordshire. You said it twice. It is actually

Herefordshire. Apologies. You've got to get these things geographically

correct. I feel for you. It is early. I will say Herefordshire next

time and thank you to those who have pointed it out. Quite a few. Only a

thousand. Did you really need a sat nav? Did you get lost? We both have

different versions of how we use them. I usually ignore mine except

when I am desperately lost. How do you react when you hear this? Make a

U-turn when possible. I hear that a lot I tend to ignore it. That's

because there is a lot of roadworks at the moment. You have to use your

brain a bit. And it depends on what setting you put your sat nav on. The

fastest route, which motorway. There is always options.

Scientists say that using a satnav 'switches off' parts

of the brain that would otherwise be used to navigate different routes.

Some drivers like to follow their nerves. Others are more than happy

to be told where to go. After 100 yards, bear left. More and more

people won't leave home without their trusty sat nav. Whether it is

vital to find places easily. It sort of takes the stress out of going

somewhere that you don't know. But what effect does slavishly following

directions have in our brains? Scientists at University College

London have published research saying it is quite abound.

Volunteers like will were taken around Soho, what are the most

complicated road networks in the world and then put in an MRI scanner

and then with virtual reality were asked to give directions. We looked

into the human brain to see, is there a part of the brain that no is

automatically the number of options? But when the volunteers were told

the roots using a sat nav, scientists noticed the navigational

area of the brain, the hippocampus, stopped working. You are no longer

engage in those parts of the brain normally. If you are using the

memory to pick apart the street network. Effectively in the sat nav

is turning pink agement of these brain areas. This is seven dials in

Covent Garden and it's called that for a reason. There are seven

different roads converging. I've got lots of different options. My brain

is working out which road to take and which were to take after that

and after that and after that. Its processing lots of information to

try and get me to my destination as quickly and safely as possible but

this research suggests if I were to activate my sat nav here, this will

do all the decision-making for me so that part of my brain just switches

off. Except roundabout. This research is built on a previous

study which found London's black cab drivers have the most developed

hippocampus. They had to memorise thousands of road, roots and

landmarks. It is not in your long-term memory, it's in your shirt

to memory and the brain very quickly, it becomes a sponge once

again and it clicks on to the best road links, which leads to that

word. I can't do that because it's one way. And over time, it and

grows. It is extremely difficult, not just because you've got to know

26,000 roads and thousands and thousands of places of interest but

it's remembering how to remember them. The research team wants to

build on the study to explore the wider medical implications, whether

use of the hippocampus contributes to the onset of Alzheimer's and

dementia. But for the first time, there is firm evidence that

switching is on switches off an important part of our brain.

Did think it's true that some people have a natural better sense of

direction? That is true and I think that is right. If you concentrate on

your sat nav, you don't pay attention to the road. You don't

know how you got there because you've been staring at the sat nav.

From Howlett, how old sat nav trying to get me to turn into a large stone

buttress in Glasgow. I decided independently that this was not an

idea. It finally did a U-turn. I accidentally put my non- walking

mode. They only realised when it sent me into an offramp. Kevin says,

lack of road signage, but Paul says he only uses the sat nav as a guide.

He lives in a small village in the number of large coaches realise they

can't get over the small bridge, they have to spend the time

reversing. Think that probably is true, you lose the ability to find

your way around. Keep your brain switched on.

Good morning. We have had some snow this morning. Lovely Weather

Watchers pictures coming in. It is not just in parts of northern

England we have had some snow, Wales and south-west England. That is

mostly now rain. The snow may affect your route into work. The M seeks

and it's 66 for an example. -- M6. This arc of rain so we start off wed

in the west and end up wet in the East as we go through the day. Rain

drying across northern England. Showers across southern Scotland.

North of west Scotland will see some sunshine. Northern Ireland, the rain

coming from the east, the west hanging onto sunshine. Wales, after

a wet start, a return to some brains but some sunshine and the wind will

drop. Southwest England, sunny spells. Some showers could be heavy.

Windy over here. The rain extending through Kent, Essex and the

Midlands, continuing to push north but it will turn around with more

rain into Northern Ireland and tomorrow the whole lot is going to

come back south. A cold night in prospect for many of us. There will

be the risk of ice and frost around in Scotland. Tomorrow starts off

with that arc of rain but you can see what it is doing, coming back

towards the south-west. Breezy into the Channel Islands. An improvement

behind it. Sunny. Riding across the Midlands, Wales Scotland and

Northern Ireland and you can see the impact on the temperatures. As we

move through Friday itself, the rain pulling away and high pressure takes

charge of the weather for the weekend and into next week as well.

By night pool with frost, by date cool with sunshine. In the south of

the country, and nagging breeze. Thank you very much indeed.

Household budgets are facing the biggest squeeze in more

than three years, after rising petrol and food pushed up inflation.

High pressure on our income! Very good, very good!

The rising cost of living hit 2.3% last month,

that's the highest it's been since September 2013.

So on average, everyday items cost more than they did last year.

So are you starting to feel the difference?

Phew, petrol, this seems to be a big difference between supermarkets. I

paid 100 18. I saw it for 130 today. It is not worth the just yet but we

aren't noticing it turned. The price of fuel was the biggest

contributor to the rise in inflation - they increased by 1.2%

between January and February. There was one other big factor

people mentioned too. I think food. Buying groceries for

the house. Soft drinks have definitely gone up. You are talking

at least ?1 34 a bottle of Coke or Fanta. Rent. The behalf bed for 520

a month two years ago and now I in a studio for 750.

So housing costs also a big issue, but it's the price of food and drink

They were up 1% and it's the first rise in food prices for nearly 3

Vicky Pryceis an economist at the Centre for Economics

and Business Research and a former government advisor

Good morning. We heard a few of the issues. What is the overall picture?

The first thing we heard about was fuel prices. They have doubled in

the past year. Inevitably inflation reflects that, not fully but

considerably. In addition, we have had food prices because of bad

weather conditions, there are shortages in some areas but it is

absolutely true supermarkets tried to keep prices down. There is

another factor, the fall of the pound since the referendum in June.

20% fall which is significant. That has meant costs of imports for

things to buy in the shops and also components fall manufacturing

production which end up as goods in our shops are going up. They have

not gone up completely yet because again we are not able to afford

these increases. 20%. The point where we start to notice is when it

gets in line with wages. You have to hope they stay aligned because that

means we do not feel worse off but that could be a point where prices

are rising more quickly? At the moment they are rising at the same

rate which is a worry. We have had a couple of years of increase in

disposable income. We had deflation briefly at a point. We had

disposable income so people were feeling confident and spending quite

a lot of money and barring an awful lot. Now with the same, it is flat.

Interest rates, that is the big question again. The coast of their

mortgage, loan, credit card goes up. When we look at the Bank of England,

the target was 2%, and now we are above that target. Whatever the

Governor has been doing, it is working, of course, he will be

worried when there is uncertainty due to accept and whether consumers

will be able to afford to continue spending. The raise in interest rate

will kill that. I do not think they will raise rates. We will keep a

very close eye on that. Thank you. More for me later.

England's ancient trees and woodlands should have the same

protection as listed buildings, according to a new campaign

It comes after a recent Housing White Paper set out better

preservation for veteran trees but campaigners want it

Breakfast's John Maguire is in Newtown for us this morning.

Good morning. Good morning. In Newtown, Powys in mid Wales, not

England because they do want to do the same sort of thing in Wales but

the laws are a bit different. You will have noticed, this tree is

surrounded by a fence because they are building the Newtown bypass

here. They shifted it 12 metres away from this tree, the Brimmon Oak

after a campaign from local people. Should the protection afforded to

the Brimmon Oak be afforded to all other trees across the UK. No one is

sure just how many trees or are in the estate but many of these great

old oaks have been here for at least 400 years and they are just as

important today as they ever were. It is a special place because we

have a wealth of ancient trees who support a bigger range of wild

lives. Rare bats species. Other insect 's PCs. Fun guy. Mosses. A

good wealth of wildlife species. It has had trees sent 400 years ago.

Many of the trees may be younger. There are also individual Vectra and

trees -- veteran. The Woodland Trust is encouraging people to speak up in

support of these places. A white paper offers more hope for

protection than ever before but that trust wants the protection

guaranteed. We have got over 400 ancient woods under threat from

development in England and yet the planning system is supposed to

protect them so it is widely recognised that it is an important

habitat and fight only crucial to our history and culture and yet they

are being threatened by development all the time so what we want to do

is fight for better protection, more clear protection. It illustrates the

point that the trust is making. It wants the same level of protection

for the natural environment, these ancient trees, as it does for the

house itself, the castle that sits at the centre of these spectacular

estate. It is called wholly exceptional protection of wood

safeguard these trees for future generations. Old trees are part of

our heritage, our culture and our natural environment. If adequately

protected they could live on for centuries to come. The Brimmon Oak

was in the running to be named European tree of the year. The

results were announced last night. Kennett, is this the European tree

of the year? It is runner-up. A fantastic turnout a vote of 60,203

and I would like to thank everybody who voted for the tree. Good stuff.

Why is this treat so important? It is a genuine family tree. Five

generations. There is a photograph of a wedding from 1901 and initially

she was in danger but can you imagine children playing under that

tree... And hundreds of years. People might have heard of tree

protection order and you could be surprise for thinking these are not

protect that? They are great at this tree is not covered. There are big

loopholes and crucially they do not provide the extra support that

really special trees like this really need. A tree that is 500

years old. If we would have accepted what the row planners wanted to do

-- planners wanted to do this tree would not be here. But that should

have been considered from the start. You can see the workers are setting

off to build the bypass. Very popular with local people, the

bypass but perhaps also extremely popular in the Brimmon Oak. Wasn't

that photograph amazing! Later in the programme, we will talk about

her new feel but right now let's grab some news, travel and weather

from where Now though it's back

to Sally and Dan. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Sally Nugent and Dan Walker. Calls for the Government to press

ahead with the biggest school funding shake-up

in England in decades. On the final day of consultation,

the National Governors Association says the new formula is fair

but schools face underlying Good morning.

It's Wednesday, 22nd March. Laptops

and tablets in hand luggage will be banned on flights to the UK

from six countries. Thousands of people gather

at a candlelit vigil for the IRA commander-turned political leader

Martin McGuinness Household budgets are facing

the biggest squeeze in more than three years, after rising

petrol and food prices England face Germany tonight

in Dortmund Manager Gareth Southgate says they have the foundations to be

as good as Germany, but England needs to lose

its "island mentality". This tree in mid-Wales is almost 600

years old. So should our oldest and most precious trees enjoy the same

protection as our best and most historic buildings?

Jenny Seagrove and Ronan Keating will be here to tell us

about their new film, a true story about an unsung heroine

Good morning. It's a cold start to the day with some of us seeing rain

and even snow, but there will be sunshine too in today's forecast,

but if you like it warmer, that's coming our way as we head through

the weekend and into next week, but I'll have more details in 15

minutes. Good morning.

First, our main story. The Government is right to press

ahead with plans to reform school funding in England,

but there isn't enough money for the changes -

that's the message from The consultation on a new national

funding formula for schools ends today, and the BBC has asked more

than 4,000 school governors about their views,

as Daniel Boettcher reports. Drayton Park Primary School says

it is already operating on very tight financial margins but it

predicts its budget in real terms by 2019 will be

at least ?176,000 smaller. A proposed new national funding

formula in England will change Ministers argue it will narrow

historical inequalities between different areas but schools

across the country are facing costs. Cuts to funding mean cuts

to our service so what we will see is fewer members of staff,

lower quality of service and things that we currently do

that we will have to decide In a survey to the BBC,

school governors who responded and had a view on the proposed

new formula were broadly in favour of the principle but many also

expressed serious concerns Some said they plan to cut back

on staff and others, that they were looking at ways

of raising extra cash including asking parents

for voluntary contributions Everybody pretty much

agrees that the principle of the formula is right,

the elements are right but the problem is there isn't

enough money in the formula. The Government says funding

is at record levels and the proposed formula is a fairer way

to help all schools. The Institute for Fiscal Studies

says the changes would correct clear in equities in funding levels

between local authorities but such radical reform

would create winners and losers. An aircraft cabin ban on large

electronic devices was prompted by intelligence suggesting a terror

threat to US-bound flights, The US and UK have announced

new carry-on restrictions banning laptops on certain passenger

flights. The so-called Islamic State group

has been working on ways to smuggle explosives on to planes by hiding

them in electronics, Aviation is still the number one

target of terrorists. It's a year to the day almost to the minute in fact

since Brussels Airport was attacked, but there is concern that Al-Qaeda

in the Arabian pence ins la is getting very, very good at making

small well concealed explosive devices.

Today marks the first anniversary of the Brussels bombings

which claimed the lives of 32 people, and injured hundreds more.

Today, three memorial events will take place around the city

to remember those who died when two suicide bombs were detonated

inside Zaventem Airport, followed by a third

In the last hour, a memorial has been held at the airport

In just a few minutes', we'll be live in Brussels

with one of the survivors of the airport attack.

The Northern Ireland Assembly will reconvene today for a special

sitting to allow politicians to reflect on the life

Last night, thousands of people gathered at a candlelit vigil

in West Belfast to pay tribute to the former Deputy

First Minister who died yesterday, at the age of 66.

Our Ireland Correspondent Chris Page is in his native

Chris, we saw significant tributes paid to Martin McGuinness yesterday?

Yes, the reflections we heard from around the world I suppose focussed

on the two stages if you like of Martin McGuinness' life, global

leaders looked and spoke about his role in moving the Irish Republican

movement away from violence and down a peaceful path, but some IRA

victims said they found the tributes hard to listen to. Today, as you

say, Sally, there will be a special meeting of the Northern Ireland

Assembly. Stormont has been in crisis, power sharing collapsed in