10/03/2017

:00:00. > :00:07.Hello this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:00:08. > :00:10.Courses axed, bigger class sizes and after-school clubs cut -

:00:11. > :00:13.a stark warning from head-teachers about the pressure

:00:14. > :00:18.They'll put their grievances to the Education Secretary

:00:19. > :00:21.at a conference today - the Government says school funding

:00:22. > :00:39.Good morning. It's Friday the 10th of March.

:00:40. > :00:43.Labour accuses the Government of making a "partial U-turn"

:00:44. > :00:45.as the Prime Minster says controversial tax rises

:00:46. > :00:48.for self-employed won't now be voted on until the Autumn.

:00:49. > :01:02.Think it is fair to close the gap in contribution between two people

:01:03. > :01:10.doing the same work and using the same public services. An in-depth

:01:11. > :01:13.analysis of live music is taking place. We look at the big issues for

:01:14. > :01:16.the industry. that was Jose Mourinho's assessment

:01:17. > :01:21.of his Manchester United side, as they bagged an away

:01:22. > :01:24.goal in Europe. It brought London to a standstill

:01:25. > :01:27.and killed thousands - more than 60 years

:01:28. > :01:29.after the Great Smog, we'll find out what's being done

:01:30. > :01:46.to improve the capital's After so much loose guide yesterday,

:01:47. > :01:52.a bit of rain in northern and western parts. Still mild but not as

:01:53. > :01:56.lovely as yesterday. You'll forecast for Friday and your weekend weather.

:01:57. > :02:01.Schools in England are being forced to cut GCSE and A-Level courses

:02:02. > :02:05.in an effort to balance the books, according to a head teachers' union.

:02:06. > :02:07.The Association of School and College Leaders has warned

:02:08. > :02:10.budget pressures are driving up class sizes and causing them

:02:11. > :02:17.Our Education Correspondent Gillian Hargreaves reports.

:02:18. > :02:27.Peter Woodman might be a head teacher but he still likes to work

:02:28. > :02:33.at the chalk face partly he enjoys is an partly because it saves money

:02:34. > :02:39.for the school. If the government sticks to the pledge is with cash

:02:40. > :02:46.flow budgets, we will be making cuts to something like 70,000 every year.

:02:47. > :02:49.Peter is one of dozens of heads in south-east England who wrote to

:02:50. > :02:55.parents informing them of the impact of cuts. In a poll of more than 1000

:02:56. > :03:02.members almost three quarters said they had to make cuts to GCSE all

:03:03. > :03:07.vocational courses. The most common subjects were design and the

:03:08. > :03:13.allergy, performing arts, music and German. Parents also have their

:03:14. > :03:18.concerns. I think really important part of education will be cut. Class

:03:19. > :03:25.sizes will increase and I think they are at capacity already. I think it

:03:26. > :03:29.is a real concern. It just places more and more pressure on the

:03:30. > :03:35.teaching staff so it is of them having to work longer, harder to

:03:36. > :03:40.make this work. On average, had said that the largest class size was 33

:03:41. > :03:48.pupils however official statistics showed the average class size has

:03:49. > :03:52.fallen to just 20 people and that ?40 billion has been spent on

:03:53. > :03:54.schools this year. The highest cash figure ever.

:03:55. > :03:56.The Labour party has accused the Government

:03:57. > :03:58.of being in disarray after the Prime Minister said

:03:59. > :04:00.controversial tax rises for self-employed workers

:04:01. > :04:03.would not be put into legislation until the autumn,

:04:04. > :04:05.after a review of working practices is published.

:04:06. > :04:07.Theresa May said the changes to national insurance,

:04:08. > :04:11.announced in the budget, were necessary and fair

:04:12. > :04:14.but said the Chancellor would listen to concerns before MPs voted

:04:15. > :04:29.Theresa May defended the plans to increase national insurance

:04:30. > :04:33.contributions for some self-employed workers. She said that the measures

:04:34. > :04:38.would ensure the tax system was there, narrowing the gap between

:04:39. > :04:42.what employed and self-employed people pay. The shift towards itself

:04:43. > :04:49.employment is raiding the tax base. It is making it harder to afford the

:04:50. > :04:55.public services on which working families depend. This goes some way

:04:56. > :05:00.to fix that. MPs will not vote on the changes until the autumn as

:05:01. > :05:04.separate legislation is required. Critics accused the Prime Minister

:05:05. > :05:08.of a deliberate delays said the government can soften the proposal

:05:09. > :05:16.and stave off a potential rebellion from Tory backbenchers. Mrs May

:05:17. > :05:22.stood firm saying it was necessary and that time it will allow MPs to

:05:23. > :05:28.consider the measures in the round. A paper detailing the full effect

:05:29. > :05:33.will be published in the summer followed by the results of a review

:05:34. > :05:42.into wider employment track this is. -- practices.

:05:43. > :05:44.The lead Brexit negotiator for the European Parliament says

:05:45. > :05:47.he wants to ensure that British people can retain the benefits

:05:48. > :05:50.of EU citizenship after the UK leaves the union.

:05:51. > :05:51.In an interview with the Today programme,

:05:52. > :05:54.Guy Verhofstadt described Brexit as a tragedy for both the UK

:05:55. > :05:58.and the EU and said he hoped to convince leaders to allow Britons

:05:59. > :06:01.to keep a number of rights, so long as they were applied

:06:02. > :06:06.Protests are taking place in Seoul after South Korea's highest court

:06:07. > :06:08.upheld a decision to remove the country's president

:06:09. > :06:11.These live pictures show scenes in Seoul after that decision

:06:12. > :06:13.which forces Park Geun-hye to stand down.

:06:14. > :06:16.She was impeached over a corruption scandal involving a close friend.

:06:17. > :06:18.She will now lose her immunity against prosecution

:06:19. > :06:25.The decision was met by cheering in the streets from opponents

:06:26. > :06:28.but her supporters have reacted angrily.

:06:29. > :06:33.The country must now vote to elect a new president in 60 days.

:06:34. > :06:36.Britain's aid programme in Libya could be harming vulnerable migrants

:06:37. > :06:42.The Independent Commission for Aid Impact said there was a risk

:06:43. > :06:44.that Britain's support was leading to more migrants being detained

:06:45. > :06:50.Here's our diplomatic correspondent, James Landale.

:06:51. > :06:54.Last year some 180,000 migrants and refugees

:06:55. > :06:56.made the perilous crossing from Libya to Italy.

:06:57. > :07:05.Hundreds of thousands of others remain trapped in Libya.

:07:06. > :07:08.Britain's aid programme here is modest, about ?9 million.

:07:09. > :07:12.But it supports the Libyan coastguard

:07:13. > :07:16.for migrants held in detention centres.

:07:17. > :07:19.But the Independent Commission on Aid Impact,

:07:20. > :07:26.has concluded that UK aid could be causing unintentional harm.

:07:27. > :07:29.The watchdog says that while saving lives at sea is vital,

:07:30. > :07:31.there is a risk that supporting the coastguard means

:07:32. > :07:34.more migrants and refugees are returned to indiscriminate

:07:35. > :07:42.And when they are in the detention centres, the commission says

:07:43. > :07:45.the refugees there are denied any chance of claiming asylum,

:07:46. > :07:47.something that is not recognised in Libya,

:07:48. > :07:50.and they are also vulnerable to extortion and people trafficking

:07:51. > :07:54.The International Development Department said it had considered

:07:55. > :07:57.the potential harm of any aid, but insisted it protected migrants'

:07:58. > :08:01.human rights and improved their conditions.

:08:02. > :08:05.It added that since May 2015, British vessels had saved

:08:06. > :08:07.more than 13,000 lives in the Mediterranean.

:08:08. > :08:15.MP's are being encouraged to make a decision over

:08:16. > :08:17.the Palace of Westminster renovation,

:08:18. > :08:21.following concerns the building is at risk of catastrophic failure.

:08:22. > :08:24.The government's spending watchdog says the longer MPs mull over

:08:25. > :08:26.different options to repair the Houses of Parliament,

:08:27. > :08:35.the greater chance that public money will be wasted.

:08:36. > :08:44.The splendour of the palace hides a secret, a building is decaying,

:08:45. > :08:50.crumbling stonework, ageing electrics and is best is and major

:08:51. > :08:55.renovation need to be carried out urgently to avoid what some MPs say

:08:56. > :09:00.it is a catastrophic failure. The watchdog has been considering three

:09:01. > :09:07.watchdog stash keeping MPs and peers in the building costing ?5.7 billion

:09:08. > :09:14.and take 32 years. A partial move out taking 11 years and costing ?4.4

:09:15. > :09:19.billion or moving both houses out the palace entirely to allow six

:09:20. > :09:27.years of intensive repair costing ?3.5 billion. Get on with it. We

:09:28. > :09:31.need to make a decision. We are suggested to the work over a six

:09:32. > :09:37.year period and we need a decision made soon to work out the details,

:09:38. > :09:41.costing and schedule. MPs can be house nearby in what is currently

:09:42. > :09:49.the headquarters for the department of health while others could be

:09:50. > :09:52.house here. There are now been three examinations to rescue the palace

:09:53. > :09:56.and another Parliamentary committee wants to have its say but the longer

:09:57. > :10:02.the delay the more the likely cost to the public cost and the longer

:10:03. > :10:07.the dangers go unchecked. Despite the upheaval, doing nothing, the

:10:08. > :10:10.committee says, is not an option. It will have to decide again whether to

:10:11. > :10:14.leave or remain. More than two thousand and five

:10:15. > :10:17.hundred in England are not fit to support

:10:18. > :10:19.the heaviest lorries, The RAC Foundation

:10:20. > :10:22.discovered Devon had the highest number

:10:23. > :10:24.of substandard bridges, Councils have blamed a shortage

:10:25. > :10:31.of funds to repair them. Scientists in Australia say

:10:32. > :10:33.the Great Barrier Reef has been hit by widespread

:10:34. > :10:35.bleaching of its corals Bleaching happens when the water

:10:36. > :10:39.temperature is too high and the coral expells

:10:40. > :10:47.the alage that lives in its tissue and the coral expells the algae

:10:48. > :10:50.that lives in its tissue The first aerial survey of 2017

:10:51. > :10:54.shows large areas of the reef have become distressed over

:10:55. > :10:56.the Australian summer. It's the first time bleaching has

:10:57. > :10:59.returned within twelve months, leading to concerns over

:11:00. > :11:16.the reef's long term health. Does it come back again? Does it

:11:17. > :11:22.recover? That is what they are worried about because it is

:11:23. > :11:29.repairing more often. David Attenborough, thank you. No more

:11:30. > :11:35.questions please. Can I ask you about grass? Manchester United

:11:36. > :11:39.described the night on the cabbage patch, that is how Jose Mourinho

:11:40. > :11:42.described it. Jose Mourinho wasn't happy

:11:43. > :11:44.with the pitch in Russia but his Manchester United team

:11:45. > :11:47.managed to come away with a draw Henrik Mikhitaryan gave United

:11:48. > :11:51.a valuable away goal against Rostov, England's cricketers

:11:52. > :11:55.cruise in the Caribbean. Victory in the third one day

:11:56. > :11:58.international in Barbados secures Wigan Warriors are top of super

:11:59. > :12:04.league after making it four wins from four this season -

:12:05. > :12:11.they beat Warrington Wolves 38-12. England centre

:12:12. > :12:13.Owen Farrell should be fit for the Calcutta Cup match

:12:14. > :12:16.against Scotland on Saturday - but he left training early yesterday

:12:17. > :12:19.after injuring his leg - initially head coach Eddie Jones

:12:20. > :12:39.bizarrely joked that he had tripped In the papers we will be speculating

:12:40. > :12:44.whether that is a shaggy dog story! Do we have a picture? We have. First

:12:45. > :12:55.the weather. We need the weekend weather but we

:12:56. > :12:59.will start with the picture for the day and I am afraid it is not as

:13:00. > :13:09.sunny or blue as it yesterday. Plenty of cloud around. Even a bit

:13:10. > :13:12.of rain around. The first part of the morning, substantial rain across

:13:13. > :13:20.northern Scotland. Elsewhere in the west damp and drizzly. Misty in the

:13:21. > :13:26.hills. And throughout the lower coasts of southern England. Chilly

:13:27. > :13:30.in a few spots and there will be some early brightness and down the

:13:31. > :13:37.eastern side of the UK but it probably will not last long. This is

:13:38. > :13:41.the more substantial area of rain pushing through northern Scotland

:13:42. > :13:48.and on towards the Northern Isles. Through the day, any worry the west

:13:49. > :13:53.could see some rain and drizzle and again plenty of cloud of with a few

:13:54. > :14:04.breaks perhaps to the north Coast of Northern Ireland. North Cornwall,

:14:05. > :14:11.Devon and Somerset. Given any brightness, 14 degrees possible.

:14:12. > :14:16.Into the night, it will be a mild evening to come. Six Nations action

:14:17. > :14:24.in Cardiff and we are expecting it to be dry with a few breaks in the

:14:25. > :14:28.cloud. We will overnight bring an area of rainfall across Northern

:14:29. > :14:32.Ireland and Scotland so a spell of rain to come here, maybe some

:14:33. > :14:38.drizzle in England and Wales. But a lot of dry weather to be found.

:14:39. > :14:41.Temperatures still quite misty and murky. On Saturday, rain pulling

:14:42. > :14:47.away from Scotland and Northern Ireland becoming slow-moving in

:14:48. > :14:52.parts of northern England and Wales. Rain towards the north and west of

:14:53. > :14:58.Wales into northern England. Brighter skies behind and ahead,

:14:59. > :15:04.some sunshine with a mild day to come. Part two of the weekend, on

:15:05. > :15:10.Sunday, a couple of spells of wet weather. A dry interlude in between.

:15:11. > :15:16.Turning cooler from the west and double-figure temperatures. To sum

:15:17. > :15:20.up the weekend, we will get to see a bit of sunshine, some spells of wet

:15:21. > :15:22.weather moving through not particularly whether and getting

:15:23. > :15:33.cooler by the end of Sunday. It's 6:15 and you're watching

:15:34. > :15:36.Breakfast from BBC News. Headteachers in England say

:15:37. > :15:40.they are being forced to cut GCSE and A-Level courses to help

:15:41. > :15:42.balance school budgets. Labour has accused the government

:15:43. > :15:45.of being in disarray It's after Theresa May said that

:15:46. > :15:49.controversial tax rises would not go Let's take a look at some

:15:50. > :16:10.of the main stories Let's look at some of the front

:16:11. > :16:19.pages first, the front page of the sun. -- Sun. That is the lead.

:16:20. > :16:23.Should we leave it there? The sun is campaigning about this, this is all

:16:24. > :16:29.about national insurance, they are starting one of their campaigns,

:16:30. > :16:35.fight van scam. An interesting front page from the times. Theresa May

:16:36. > :16:39.back pedals on tax pot. Not entirely sure that is exactly what she has

:16:40. > :16:43.done. We will be talking about that throughout the programme. Some of

:16:44. > :16:46.the papers are suggesting there is a bit of room for manoeuvre after what

:16:47. > :16:50.Philip Hammond announced yesterday. Not entirely clear whether that is

:16:51. > :16:55.true, it has striking picture of former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

:16:56. > :17:03.Indeed. It is nearly all the front pages. The Daily Mail as well. Tory

:17:04. > :17:07.tax retreat. They are seeing signs of some sort of the street, but it

:17:08. > :17:10.is a bit more complicated than that. Theresa May was in Brussels

:17:11. > :17:15.yesterday and was asked the question again. Is it a break of a promise?

:17:16. > :17:18.If you look at the 2015 and a facility says, we will not raise

:17:19. > :17:22.national insurance contributions. But in the legal process afterwards,

:17:23. > :17:26.they made it clear that after the election they would not be looking

:17:27. > :17:30.at individual employees and their national insurance contributions.

:17:31. > :17:34.This is all about the self-employed. It could be an interesting weekend,

:17:35. > :17:39.I will be talking about it a lot. I have a couple of retail stories.

:17:40. > :17:46.John Lewis, bonus at its lowest level for 50 years. Staff still

:17:47. > :17:49.getting 6%, but they have expected more than that over the years. John

:17:50. > :17:53.Lewis as saying the reason is the pension issues, Brexit, the move to

:17:54. > :17:59.online, all of those things are playing on the minds of management.

:18:00. > :18:05.Pret a Manger is saying that only one in 50 of their job applicants is

:18:06. > :18:08.from the UK. One in 50! Yes, their boss said they had a committee

:18:09. > :18:14.meeting at the House of Lords yesterday, and if we leave the

:18:15. > :18:17.European Union with a more restricted labour movement deal,

:18:18. > :18:24.obviously a company like that will have quite a bit of a change. And

:18:25. > :18:28.presumably they would qualify as low skilled. Yes, we have heard all

:18:29. > :18:32.about keeping the high skilled labour market in the UK after

:18:33. > :18:35.leaving the EU. But we have to consider low skilled workers as

:18:36. > :18:39.well. The wonderful Eddie Jones, the England coach, ahead of this huge

:18:40. > :18:43.game in the 6-nation is with Scotland, he has us all talking

:18:44. > :18:50.about his dog. Is this a distraction? It could be. We have

:18:51. > :18:53.got a picture of Annie, the dog. She has been known to run onto the

:18:54. > :18:58.training pitch before, getting off her leash. He says she is a tricky

:18:59. > :19:04.run and she is quite small, very quick, and can get under your feet.

:19:05. > :19:08.A suggestion that Alan Farrell had this injury in training because of

:19:09. > :19:12.Annie. He is fine, and actually this stuff could just be a shaggy dog

:19:13. > :19:16.tale. At it is lovely, isn't it? The other story I have picked out of the

:19:17. > :19:20.papers, we will talk about this later on the programme after 7:30am,

:19:21. > :19:28.England fans are motivated and spurred on by the anthem. Swing low,

:19:29. > :19:33.suing chariot, come forth, carry me home. American academics are saying

:19:34. > :19:37.that actually, England fans do not know the true meaning of this song.

:19:38. > :19:40.It dates back to the 1880s when it was used by slaves in the fields,

:19:41. > :19:44.and it actually means, swing low, sweet chariot, carry me home, come

:19:45. > :19:48.take me to heaven, because I would rather be dead end in heaven than be

:19:49. > :19:52.here toiling the fields. It is not the first time that story has been

:19:53. > :19:56.raised. We will be talking about it later this morning. It has become a

:19:57. > :19:59.divisional song. Yes, for England fans it is a motivational song. It

:20:00. > :20:04.should we think about the meaning when we sing it? Very briefly, I

:20:05. > :20:08.love this story in the Telegraph. Favourite feeds that parents have

:20:09. > :20:13.told children. Do you have any fibs that you have told your children?

:20:14. > :20:19.Little white lies? Yes, losing or secretly sabotaging a noisy toy. My

:20:20. > :20:22.favourite one is pretending to phone the police when a child is being

:20:23. > :20:30.naughty. Have you ever done that? Does it work? Yes. They are under

:20:31. > :20:35.way, they on their way now. You are going outside, I due? Just a little

:20:36. > :20:38.musical thing we are doing this morning, yes. There is a reason for

:20:39. > :20:43.it. There is an assessment about how much live music is being played.

:20:44. > :20:46.Yes, that is going on over the next 24 hours. We will be looking at

:20:47. > :20:53.that. What are you going to be plain? Everything, if you have your

:20:54. > :20:54.way. The ukelele. 6:20am is the time.

:20:55. > :20:56.In 1952, the city of London was effectively brought

:20:57. > :20:58.to a standstill, caused by air pollution.

:20:59. > :21:01.While some may remember the Great Smog, more than 60 years

:21:02. > :21:04.on, poor air quality is still damaging people's health

:21:05. > :21:06.and causing thousands of premature deaths every year.

:21:07. > :21:08.As part of the BBC's So I Can Breathe series,

:21:09. > :21:11.Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been looking at how things have improved

:21:12. > :21:29.London has been brought to a halt by death smog, which has descended

:21:30. > :21:37.overnight. The great smog of 1952, dramatised in the Netflix series,

:21:38. > :21:43.The Crown. It was a difficult time. It was scary, it was unpleasant. And

:21:44. > :21:48.Goldsmith was eight in 1952 and remained as it well. We could hardly

:21:49. > :21:52.see in front of us, and one I got to school, the handkerchief would be

:21:53. > :21:58.absolutely black. -- when I got to school. It is now for 12,000 people

:21:59. > :22:05.died in the great smog. The enemy was coal, used in factories and

:22:06. > :22:11.people's homes. What followed the smog was the Clean Air Act of 1956.

:22:12. > :22:15.It introduced smoke controlled areas, where only smokeless fuel

:22:16. > :22:19.could you don't. Fast forward 60 years and the enemy now as nitrogen

:22:20. > :22:24.dioxide from diesel engines. So what is being done today? These are the

:22:25. > :22:28.engines that have been removed out of taxis in Birmingham. The local

:22:29. > :22:35.authority in Birmingham has funding to replace the diesel engines in 65

:22:36. > :22:39.taxis. We removed 95% of the emissions that taxis were producing.

:22:40. > :22:44.It is a massive reduction. But it is a small pilot project. There are

:22:45. > :22:47.hundreds of taxis in Birmingham. The government's overall plan is to

:22:48. > :22:52.introduce so-called clean air zones in five cities by 2020. I will look

:22:53. > :22:57.at the evidence, and when the evidence comes through as to where

:22:58. > :23:02.the key areas of pollution are, we will take the action that is needed

:23:03. > :23:06.to address the need for clean-air in the city. I am afraid the government

:23:07. > :23:12.has been hopeless. Critics like Client earth say that what we need

:23:13. > :23:15.today is a new clean air act, and a scrappage scheme for diesel cars. We

:23:16. > :23:20.have to face diesel vehicles off the roads. It will cost a fortune. It

:23:21. > :23:24.will take time, but we have to protect people's L. If the water we

:23:25. > :23:28.were drinking is as dirty as the air we were breeding an hour, we would

:23:29. > :23:35.do something about it. -- breathing in now. Back in Lewisham in London,

:23:36. > :23:39.Anne is meeting nine-year-old Louise, and Amy, who is six. We

:23:40. > :23:45.called it smog, and you couldn't see. Only this far in front of your

:23:46. > :23:49.eyes. So we had to be very careful we didn't bump into anybody. We

:23:50. > :23:55.walked along the road like that. It was terrible, really. I feel sad for

:23:56. > :24:01.you. On days when pollution is bad, Amy and alleys are kept indoors at

:24:02. > :24:06.playtime, just as Anne was in 1952. Sometimes we have to do stay inside

:24:07. > :24:13.because the air is bad. Because the air is bad now? Amazed by Anne's

:24:14. > :24:19.story, Amy and Louise are recreating her walk home from school in the

:24:20. > :24:27.smog. Are you OK? Yes. Are you OK? Yes. Can you see anything? No. More

:24:28. > :24:28.than 60 years on, air pollution is still damaging children's health and

:24:29. > :24:31.shortening people's lives. All this week across the BBC we've

:24:32. > :24:34.been running a series called #SoICanBreathe looking at ways

:24:35. > :24:36.to cut air pollution. For more information and to watch

:24:37. > :24:56.more of the coverage visit /, so I can breathe! You are right,

:24:57. > :25:05.it was difficult to see that. Sorry about that. That is fine. Still to

:25:06. > :25:09.come, they are great companions but sometimes dog owners can be a bit

:25:10. > :25:13.naughty. From stealing food to chewing furniture, keeping dogs in

:25:14. > :25:17.check can be a tough job. Later in the programme we will meet a

:25:18. > :25:21.mastered old trainer who is dealing with jealousy, intimidation, even

:25:22. > :25:30.breaking and entering. -- master dog trainer. He faces some big

:25:31. > :25:35.challenges. That is one of them. That is one very aggressive great

:25:36. > :25:39.Dane. He had to dish the owner how to deal with them. I am scared of

:25:40. > :25:43.that great Dane. We have a very tricky dog coming on late in the

:25:44. > :25:47.programme as well. Do let us know stories of your dog's misdemeanours,

:25:48. > :25:55.trivial, hopefully not too serious. Yes, fun ones. Let us know in the

:25:56. > :25:59.usual ways. You are bringing your dog in later this morning? Yes, my

:26:00. > :26:04.little tricky customer. I think I am the most nervous about this feature

:26:05. > :26:08.than any other thing I have ever done. What is your dog called?

:26:09. > :26:10.Sadie. If you are watching, Sadie, you'd better be good.

:26:11. > :29:28.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:29:29. > :29:30.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:29:31. > :29:32.Now, though, it's back to Charlie and Sally.

:29:33. > :29:39.Hello this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:29:40. > :29:44.We'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,

:29:45. > :29:48.Exam courses dropped, fewer school trips,

:29:49. > :29:52.All things a head teachers' union says are happening in English

:29:53. > :29:56.We'll ask just how bad things are and what it could mean

:29:57. > :30:10.It stirs passion and pride among England rugby fans,

:30:11. > :30:14.but do its origins as an American slave song make Swing Low,

:30:15. > :30:17.Sweet Chariot an inappropriate anthem?

:30:18. > :30:20.We'll hear the arguments before 8 o clock.

:30:21. > :30:24.If you went to a gig or heard a performance last night -

:30:25. > :30:27.you may have been part of the first ever live music census.

:30:28. > :30:29.We're looking at the issues facing the industry

:30:30. > :30:32.and inviting you to our very own festival -

:30:33. > :30:56.But now a summary of this morning's main news:

:30:57. > :31:00.Schools in England are being forced to cut GCSE and A-Level courses

:31:01. > :31:04.in an effort to balance the books, according to a head teachers' union.

:31:05. > :31:06.The Association of School and College Leaders has warned

:31:07. > :31:09.budget pressures are driving up class sizes and causing them

:31:10. > :31:12.Our Education Correspondent Gillian Hargreaves reports.

:31:13. > :31:18.Peter Woodman at the Weald School might be a head teacher

:31:19. > :31:21.but he still likes to work at the chalk face, partly

:31:22. > :31:24.because he enjoys it but partly because it saves money

:31:25. > :31:28.The only reason we can survive is we are carrying forward money

:31:29. > :31:32.And if the government stick to their pledges over the next five

:31:33. > :31:35.years, with the cash flow and budgets, we will be making cuts

:31:36. > :31:38.to something like 70,000 every year, year on year.

:31:39. > :31:41.Peter is one of dozens of heads in south-east England who wrote

:31:42. > :31:44.to parents yesterday informing them of the impact of cuts.

:31:45. > :31:48.In a poll of more than 1000 members of the ASCL union almost three

:31:49. > :31:51.quarters said they had to make cuts to GCSE or vocational courses

:31:52. > :31:55.The most common subjects to have been removed were design

:31:56. > :31:57.and technology, performing arts, music and German.

:31:58. > :32:01.I think really important parts of education will be cut.

:32:02. > :32:03.Class sizes will increase and I think they are probably

:32:04. > :32:06.at capacity, teachers' jobs will become even harder.

:32:07. > :32:14.I think the worry is it just places more and more pressure

:32:15. > :32:18.on the teaching staff so actually it is them that are going to have

:32:19. > :32:21.to end up working longer, harder to make this work.

:32:22. > :32:24.On average, heads said that the largest class size was now

:32:25. > :32:26.33 pupils however the government's said official statistics showed

:32:27. > :32:30.the average secondary class size has fallen over the past decade to just

:32:31. > :32:33.20 pupils and that ?40 billion has been spent on schools this year.

:32:34. > :32:42.Labour has accused the Government of being in disarray

:32:43. > :32:44.after the Prime Minister said controversial tax rises

:32:45. > :32:47.would not be put into legislation until the autumn,

:32:48. > :32:49.after a review of working practices is published.

:32:50. > :32:52.Theresa May said the changes to national insurance,

:32:53. > :32:53.announced in the budget, were necessary and fair

:32:54. > :32:57.but said the Chancellor would listen to concerns before MPs voted

:32:58. > :33:12.The shift towards self employment is eroding the tax base. It is making

:33:13. > :33:14.it harder to afford the services on which working families depend on and

:33:15. > :33:18.this goes some way to fixing that. Protests are taking place in Seoul

:33:19. > :33:21.after South Korea's highest court upheld a decision to remove

:33:22. > :33:23.the country's president These live pictures show scenes

:33:24. > :33:27.in Seoul after that decision which forces Park

:33:28. > :33:29.Geun-hye to stand down. She was impeached over a corruption

:33:30. > :33:31.scandal involving a close friend. She will now lose her immunity

:33:32. > :33:34.against prosecution The decision was met by cheering

:33:35. > :33:39.in the streets from opponents but her supporters

:33:40. > :33:41.have reacted angrily. The country must now vote to elect

:33:42. > :33:46.a new president in 60 days. Patients and doctors have called

:33:47. > :33:49.for "do not resuscitate" notices to be replaced with orders that

:33:50. > :33:53.offer a range of treatments. Currently, "do not resuscitate"

:33:54. > :33:56.orders tell medical professionals not to use intensive and invasive

:33:57. > :34:00.treatments if a patient's heart stops beating or

:34:01. > :34:03.they stop breathing. A British Medical Journal article

:34:04. > :34:06.says a number of options should be MP's are being warned

:34:07. > :34:12.that the Palace of Westminster is close to a "catastrophic failure"

:34:13. > :34:16.unless they make a decision over The Public Accounts Committee,

:34:17. > :34:19.which overlooks government spending, says the longer MPs mull over

:34:20. > :34:22.the options, the greater the chance The committee is encouraging

:34:23. > :34:30.parliament to support the cheapest option to repair the deterioration,

:34:31. > :34:33.which will cost around 3.5 billion More than 2,500 bridges

:34:34. > :34:41.in England are not fit to support the heaviest lorries,

:34:42. > :34:43.a new study has found. The report by the RAC Foundation

:34:44. > :34:47.found that many of the structures have weight restrictions

:34:48. > :34:49.in place, while others have It says some have also been put

:34:50. > :34:56.in a managed decline. The cost of clearing the backlog

:34:57. > :35:00.of work on all bridges is estimated Councils say they don't

:35:01. > :35:17.have the funds to repair them. Jose Mourinho was complaining quite

:35:18. > :35:23.a lot about the pitch but he cannot complain to match this morning?

:35:24. > :35:29.Behind it it did not look too bad but according to everybody there it

:35:30. > :35:40.was quite patchy. But how about this for dedication, a 4000 mile round

:35:41. > :35:46.trip and fans made the journey. The club paid for their visas and given

:35:47. > :35:47.free blankets. Manchester United got the draw they needed.

:35:48. > :35:50.Jose Mourinho said it was "impossible to play any better"

:35:51. > :35:53.after his Manchester United side drew 1-1 at FC Rostov

:35:54. > :36:04.Mourinho wasn't impressed with the rough pitch

:36:05. > :36:05.but Henrik Mikhitaryan scored an away goal

:36:06. > :36:08.and although the Russian side equalised, Mourinho said that

:36:09. > :36:10.football life was "full of experiences" and that was

:36:11. > :36:15.England have won the one day series against the West Indies 3 nil,

:36:16. > :36:17.after victory in the third match in Barbados.

:36:18. > :36:20.Alex Hales came back into the team, after recovering from injury,

:36:21. > :36:25.Joe Root also scored a century, as England, made a record total

:36:26. > :36:30.The West Indies never looked likely to reach their target of 329,

:36:31. > :36:35.England's Owen Farrell injured his left knee in yesterday's

:36:36. > :36:37.training session ahead of the Six Nations match

:36:38. > :36:48.The centre departed the training field at Pennyhill Park.

:36:49. > :36:52.And while number 8 Billy Vunipola will make his first appearance

:36:53. > :36:55.in the tournament from the bench, Head coach Eddie Jones admits

:36:56. > :36:57.Farrell could be a doubt for the Calcutta Cup,

:36:58. > :37:00.although he made light of the incident in front

:37:01. > :37:16.He has a bad leg so he could not finish training. I think he ran into

:37:17. > :37:26.my dog. My dog was running around and he ran into him. He will be all

:37:27. > :37:33.right. You just sit he was a doubt. Yes but I think you will be all

:37:34. > :37:38.right. Ben Te'o can play 12, he is an exceptional player so there is no

:37:39. > :37:44.risk for us. Our players know we have to be on our best performance.

:37:45. > :37:51.We will have the string together a number of excellent plays and think

:37:52. > :37:53.clearly to get them to start adapting to our play. They are a

:37:54. > :37:58.very good team. Well the weekend's Six Nations

:37:59. > :38:00.action begins this evening at the Principality Stadium

:38:01. > :38:02.in Cardiff, as Wales You can see the match live

:38:03. > :38:35.on BBC One from 7.30pm. The big air will be making its

:38:36. > :38:41.winter debut next year. You take off a ramp and perform all sorts of

:38:42. > :38:50.somersaults while flying through the air. It sounds impressive as well.

:38:51. > :39:00.Has Mike Bushell yet tried it? Small air. I think both of you could win a

:39:01. > :39:08.medal in big hair! I definitely think you should be. When you land

:39:09. > :39:13.on one of these huge inflatable trampolines so I am up for a

:39:14. > :39:21.challenge. And for a haircut as well. Thank you very much. It is 639

:39:22. > :39:25.a year. Cuts to courses and bigger classes is the direct impact on

:39:26. > :39:30.budget pressures in schools according to a union head. The

:39:31. > :39:38.government says school funding is at the highest it has ever been. So

:39:39. > :39:43.what are the challenges? We are joined by a head teacher. Good

:39:44. > :39:48.morning to you. These are really quite start claims. Really very

:39:49. > :39:56.disappointing claims for anyone who has a child in education. How big a

:39:57. > :40:03.problem might they be? We do know class sizes are increasing somewhat

:40:04. > :40:08.and school budgets are not moving and because of that teachers are

:40:09. > :40:14.facing redundancies and if you have more students coming through and

:40:15. > :40:19.less money than you will probably end up with fewer teachers and

:40:20. > :40:26.larger class sizes. Why are some subjects more at risk, perhaps

:40:27. > :40:32.languages and arts? One of the reasons arts subjects are vulnerable

:40:33. > :40:40.is because five - six years ago the government changes away it measures

:40:41. > :40:50.school performance. Art subjects were kept out. Because of that,

:40:51. > :40:56.hearts have not been given as much priority from schools although so

:40:57. > :41:04.far the numbers have stay the same. We do think that over the next 18

:41:05. > :41:08.months this will change. Do you think this might be the start of a

:41:09. > :41:19.slow decline for those type of subjects? What we are hearing from

:41:20. > :41:28.the ground is that it is art, music, drama, particularly because they are

:41:29. > :41:34.only taught fewer hours per week, they are quite vulnerable. If we see

:41:35. > :41:38.fewer teachers and they are offered less often, there will be a decline

:41:39. > :41:45.in the number of people taking these subjects and it seems pretty likely.

:41:46. > :41:49.The survey suggests class sizes are getting higher but the data from the

:41:50. > :41:58.Department of education suggests class sizes are not rising? It

:41:59. > :42:05.depends on how you cut the data. If you take over the last few years,

:42:06. > :42:11.plus sizes have risen. For a few years in secondary we had fewer

:42:12. > :42:19.pupils than ever before but as these bump of pupils move through to

:42:20. > :42:25.secondary, this changes. For instance, the number doubled last

:42:26. > :42:31.year and because there is more pupils, if you have twice as many

:42:32. > :42:37.pupils in the number of classes then twice as many parents are going to

:42:38. > :42:46.see their child in a class of over 36. What power does ahead teacher

:42:47. > :42:50.have? They have quite a lot of control over their budget and the

:42:51. > :42:56.government will say it is up to you how you decide to spend it if you

:42:57. > :43:01.are a situation where pension costs, national insurance have gone up

:43:02. > :43:07.salaries need to go up to retain teachers, then you are limited with

:43:08. > :43:12.the money and it stays pretty flat and does not reflect those expenses.

:43:13. > :43:20.Most head teachers are saying they are having to cut staff. That is

:43:21. > :43:24.causing the problems. The editor from schools weeks, thank you very

:43:25. > :43:29.much indeed. You are watching Breakfast. That is the main story

:43:30. > :43:39.does morning: head teachers reinforced to cut A-level courses

:43:40. > :43:50.and GCSE to allow for budgets. Labour accuses government of being

:43:51. > :43:56.in disarray. Let's take a moment to have a look at the weather. Good

:43:57. > :44:07.Sunrise in Suffolk but the cloud is putting up a fight. It is not going

:44:08. > :44:11.to be as lovely as yesterday but still on the milder side

:44:12. > :44:15.particularly in the west. Outbreaks of rain and drizzle for parts of

:44:16. > :44:22.Wales, western England, Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Misty

:44:23. > :44:27.and murky around the coasts. The eastern side of the UK, a little bit

:44:28. > :44:36.of sun trying to poke through the cloud but it will increase. Western

:44:37. > :44:44.areas damp and drizzly. Central areas will have rain poised to move

:44:45. > :44:47.in from northern Scotland. By this afternoon it will be spreading

:44:48. > :44:53.across the Northern Isles. After all the sunshine yesterday, cloudier

:44:54. > :45:00.story. Bright outbreaks in the north Coast and Northern Ireland, the

:45:01. > :45:07.north-east of Wales. As for your temperatures, double figures for

:45:08. > :45:16.most of us but not as lovely as it yesterday. Myatt evening to come.

:45:17. > :45:24.Plenty of cloud. Damp and drizzly in places. I expect it to be mainly

:45:25. > :45:33.dry. For the Six Nations in Cardiff, it should be mild. An area of of

:45:34. > :45:37.rain through the first part of Saturday mainly dry for England and

:45:38. > :45:42.Wales. Temperatures are not going down very far. Starting tomorrow

:45:43. > :45:49.morning, mild again with plenty of cloud. Should clear for most of

:45:50. > :45:54.Scotland and Northern Ireland. Sunny spells around East Anglia. Some

:45:55. > :46:00.outbreaks of rain from northern England into north and west Wales.

:46:01. > :46:06.It will fill really pleasant giving the sunshine. Sunday, dry and

:46:07. > :46:10.brighter spells in between. Starting to feel a little bit cooler by the

:46:11. > :46:16.end of the day. Most of us into double figures.

:46:17. > :46:23.It looks like it is getting milder, but a bit mixed up. Absolutely

:46:24. > :46:27.changeable on the weekend. Some sunshine, some rain moving through.

:46:28. > :46:31.Nothing particularly heavy. The temperatures are mostly into double

:46:32. > :46:34.figures which is not bad for this time of year. We and those Spring

:46:35. > :46:36.flowers are loving it when the temperatures are like that. Thank

:46:37. > :46:38.you. The first ever live music census

:46:39. > :46:41.is taking place right now in cities across the UK - think

:46:42. > :46:49.Springwatch, but for music! And there is something else new

:46:50. > :46:53.happening today. It is big, and it is outside our studios. We are

:46:54. > :46:59.calling at Break-Fest. It will make sense in a moment. Sean is outside

:47:00. > :47:05.for us. Good morning, Sean. Yes, good morning. Welcome to Break-Fest.

:47:06. > :47:09.It is all getting under way. Glastonbury, watch out. We spent a

:47:10. > :47:13.bit of time getting the logo right. The rain has come, the Wellington

:47:14. > :47:17.Syron, what more do you need for a festival? The first act this

:47:18. > :47:25.morning, Little Sparrow is getting under way, singing for us now. And

:47:26. > :47:28.the reason we are talking about this this morning, this is live music

:47:29. > :47:33.sensors that you mentioned. It is basically an audit of the live music

:47:34. > :47:37.industry right around the UK. Universities are looking at certain

:47:38. > :47:40.cities and seeing, for 24 hours, from Corel singers to open mike

:47:41. > :47:46.nights to festivals to concerts, what is going on? -- choral singers.

:47:47. > :47:53.Laura Gordon has been taking a look in Glasgow.

:47:54. > :47:59.Buskers on the streets of Glasgow, passionate about their music,

:48:00. > :48:04.drawing into rest from passers-by. I love it. I do it every day, it is a

:48:05. > :48:08.way to play with my friends and enjoy life with other people. From

:48:09. > :48:18.classical to contemporary. From concert halls to deeds in pubs. --

:48:19. > :48:23.gigs. Music is part of our culture. In our cars, at home, on our phones,

:48:24. > :48:28.we listen to plenty of music. But how does the live scene compare?

:48:29. > :48:34.Volunteers in six cities across the country are attempting to find out.

:48:35. > :48:39.We are asking how many events they go to, why you might go to an event,

:48:40. > :48:44.what the reasons are behind going to an event. Are people interested? I

:48:45. > :48:49.think some people are very interested. People go to a lot more

:48:50. > :48:54.live music than they realise. There are plenty of free performances to

:48:55. > :48:57.go to. But even so, British consumers spend more on concert

:48:58. > :49:02.tickets than on physical records, digital downloads and streaming

:49:03. > :49:05.combined. And the organisers of this census say that even those who think

:49:06. > :49:13.silence is golden should care about the state of the nation's live

:49:14. > :49:16.music. Music is a huge driver, economically, within the creative

:49:17. > :49:20.industries, which are of course a big exporter for the UK, where it

:49:21. > :49:23.punches above its weight. There is a lot of research to suggest that

:49:24. > :49:27.music is also important for our health and well-being. But for me,

:49:28. > :49:31.it is important because music is part of what makes us human. It is a

:49:32. > :49:37.fundamental part of being part of the human species. Glasgow has a

:49:38. > :49:41.really active music scene. There are 70 live music events in the 24-hour

:49:42. > :49:47.period in the census is taking place in. But here and across the UK, the

:49:48. > :49:54.live music scene is facing challenges. Some iconic locations

:49:55. > :49:58.where famous groups honed their acts have closed down, some never to

:49:59. > :50:01.reopen. Some smaller, more intimate venues are only just breaking even.

:50:02. > :50:08.Surviving as a small venue is difficult at the moment because

:50:09. > :50:17.property prices are increasing because of the kind of tight

:50:18. > :50:22.regulations around licensing. This attempt to measure the economic and

:50:23. > :50:30.cultural benefits of live music years, census organisers believe, a

:50:31. > :50:36.world first. Whatever they find out, that's live music in all its

:50:37. > :50:47.glorious forms brings joy to many is already beyond doubt. It is bringing

:50:48. > :50:51.its glorious forms outside the studio this morning. Break-Fest is

:50:52. > :50:54.under way. Little Sparrow was playing for us in the background.

:50:55. > :50:57.Gavin Sharp here is a concert promoter, running one of the big

:50:58. > :51:02.venues in Manchester. That's right. How difficult is it for the music

:51:03. > :51:05.industry at the moment, or is it always difficult? For small venue is

:51:06. > :51:13.particularly it is very, very hard. There are so many fishers on us --

:51:14. > :51:17.pressures on us. The commitments that we have in terms of health and

:51:18. > :51:20.safety, keeping people safe, but also as the inner-city 's are being

:51:21. > :51:26.developed, the planners are moving in and people are coming to live in

:51:27. > :51:29.the city centre, and that is a challenge, because those people are

:51:30. > :51:34.obviously entitled to peace and quiet. Often they put in complaints

:51:35. > :51:38.and that can be a problem. But you survive, don't you? We heard from

:51:39. > :51:42.all those people in Glasgow, they are still there and they are still

:51:43. > :51:46.going. Even though it is a difficult time, you get a stream of people

:51:47. > :51:50.like Little Sparrow coming through. In Manchester we are very fortunate.

:51:51. > :51:54.People in Manchester have always loved live music. They come out to

:51:55. > :51:58.shows, and if anything, there are more venues than there used to be.

:51:59. > :52:05.We all work together, we all have our own little niches, we have our

:52:06. > :52:11.own target audiences. We specialise in world music and jazz, that is our

:52:12. > :52:15.thing at Band on the Wall. Other places have their own thing. We are

:52:16. > :52:18.in a healthy place. People in Manchester support live music, it is

:52:19. > :52:22.great. In other parts of the country it is not such a good picture.

:52:23. > :52:25.120,000 jobs directly in the music industry across the country, ?4

:52:26. > :52:28.billion for the economy. So when the Chancellor is making little tax

:52:29. > :52:36.tweaks this week, can that have an effect? Yes. The business rate is a

:52:37. > :52:41.big issue for power sector. Other things, the penny on the pint, we

:52:42. > :52:46.will not be putting pennies on alpines. At some point it will go up

:52:47. > :52:48.a bit. All it really does is squeeze our margins. Why wouldn't you

:52:49. > :52:55.protect penny on, if everybody else's? I don't know... As much as

:52:56. > :52:59.anything, dealing with 9p change is a nightmare, isn't it? We don't do

:53:00. > :53:04.that. It is not just those pressures on the licensing sector. Like I say,

:53:05. > :53:08.it is maintaining health that safe, well-run venues. Like say, that is

:53:09. > :53:12.extensive these days. People are not really keen on paying the actual

:53:13. > :53:18.ticket price that it should be when they go into small music venues. So

:53:19. > :53:22.very often be model of a small music venue, the tickets are just covering

:53:23. > :53:26.the cost of the bands, and it is the bar that is making the owner the

:53:27. > :53:30.money. Why is that? Some people are willing to pay fortunes these days

:53:31. > :53:34.the big concerts. I don't know whether it is just something within

:53:35. > :53:40.our sector, but whenever you put your ticket prices up you see a

:53:41. > :53:44.reaction. Attendances drop. So I think between the high cost of

:53:45. > :53:48.people walking in and paying for pounds 50 for a pint, even though

:53:49. > :53:52.they can buy up pint in the supermarket for ?1, that is

:53:53. > :54:03.definitely a factor. -- for pounds 50p. We deal with a niche audience,

:54:04. > :54:06.we deal with people whose spot artists are very early in their

:54:07. > :54:10.careers. They pick up on them as they are coming through and playing

:54:11. > :54:15.100, 200 capacity venues. Just before we are played out by Little

:54:16. > :54:18.Sparrow, are you actually able to pay your artists who are performing

:54:19. > :54:23.in your venues what you would have been able to pay them years ago? We

:54:24. > :54:26.are actually a charity. So we do go and raise funds to make sure that we

:54:27. > :54:31.pay all our artists properly. Nobody really plays at Band on the Wall and

:54:32. > :54:34.doesn't get paid properly, it is one of our things. But certainly, at

:54:35. > :54:40.other venues, early in your career, at a small venues, they are still

:54:41. > :54:44.going in and really playing, they are given tickets and they sell the

:54:45. > :54:47.tickets and that is what they are playing for. Great, we will talk

:54:48. > :54:54.more about this this morning. We will be played out by Little

:54:55. > :54:59.Sparrow. # Speak a little louder, maybe even

:55:00. > :55:09.shout. # You know that I'm proud... I want

:55:10. > :55:16.to be with you everywhere. # I want to be with you everywhere.

:55:17. > :55:22.That is Little Sparrow singing there. It is worth remembering, as

:55:23. > :55:25.you look at Break-Fest, as we are calling it, all the great festival

:55:26. > :55:30.started small. Glastonbury at one point was just two people singing

:55:31. > :55:36.with just one person playing an instrument. It could be so much

:55:37. > :55:41.bigger next year. Talking about live music, if you have got an anecdote

:55:42. > :55:44.about a live music gig that she went to wear something very special

:55:45. > :55:49.happened, let us know this morning. -- that you went to.

:55:50. > :55:52.From counting penguins in the Antarctic, to monitoring

:55:53. > :55:56.We find out why scientists are calling on people to get

:55:57. > :55:58.involved in the latest research to help discover more

:55:59. > :56:03.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:56:04. > :00:13.Hello this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:00:14. > :00:15.Courses axed, bigger class sizes and after-school clubs cut -

:00:16. > :00:18.a stark warning from head-teachers about the pressure

:00:19. > :00:20.They'll put their grievances to the Education Secretary

:00:21. > :00:23.at a conference today - the Government says school funding

:00:24. > :00:40.Good morning. It's Friday the 10th of March.

:00:41. > :00:54.Labour accuses the Government of making a "partial U-turn"

:00:55. > :00:56.as the Prime Minster says controversial tax rises

:00:57. > :00:59.for self-employed won't now be voted on until the Autumn.

:01:00. > :01:18.that was Jose Mourinho's assessment of his Manchester United side,

:01:19. > :01:25.as they bagged an away goal in Europe.

:01:26. > :01:27.It brought London to a standstill and killed thousands -

:01:28. > :01:30.more than 60 years after the Great Smog,

:01:31. > :01:32.we'll find out what's being done to improve the capital's

:01:33. > :01:54.It is a cloud first at break first. Still mild but not as lovely as a

:01:55. > :02:00.yesterday top your Friday forecast annual weekend -- you will weekend

:02:01. > :02:02.whether coming up. Schools in England are being forced

:02:03. > :02:07.to cut GCSE and A-Level courses in an effort to balance the books,

:02:08. > :02:10.according to a head teachers' union. The Association of School

:02:11. > :02:13.and College Leaders has warned budget pressures are driving up

:02:14. > :02:16.class sizes and causing them Our Education Correspondent

:02:17. > :02:19.Gillian Hargreaves reports. Peter Woodman at the Weald School

:02:20. > :02:22.might be a head teacher but he still likes to work

:02:23. > :02:25.at the chalk face, partly because he enjoys it but partly

:02:26. > :02:28.because it saves money The only reason we can survive

:02:29. > :02:32.is we are carrying forward money And if the government stick

:02:33. > :02:36.to their pledges over the next five years, with the cash flow

:02:37. > :02:39.and budgets, we will be making cuts to something like 70,000

:02:40. > :02:41.every year, year on year. Peter is one of dozens of heads

:02:42. > :02:45.in south-east England who wrote to parents yesterday informing them

:02:46. > :02:47.of the impact of cuts. In a poll of more than 1000 members

:02:48. > :02:51.of the ASCL union almost three quarters said they had to make cuts

:02:52. > :02:55.to GCSE or vocational courses The most common subjects to have

:02:56. > :02:59.been removed were design and technology, performing

:03:00. > :03:03.arts, music and German. I think really important parts

:03:04. > :03:10.of education will be cut. Class sizes will increase

:03:11. > :03:13.and I think they are probably at capacity, teachers' jobs

:03:14. > :03:17.will become even harder. I think the worry is it just places

:03:18. > :03:26.more and more pressure on the teaching staff so actually

:03:27. > :03:30.it is them that are going to have to end up working longer,

:03:31. > :03:32.harder to make this work. On average, heads said

:03:33. > :03:35.that the largest class size was now 33 pupils however the government's

:03:36. > :03:38.said official statistics showed the average secondary class size has

:03:39. > :03:41.fallen over the past decade to just 20 pupils and that ?40 billion has

:03:42. > :03:46.been spent on schools this year. Labour has accused the Government

:03:47. > :04:00.of being in disarray after the Prime Minister said

:04:01. > :04:02.controversial tax rises for self-employed workers would not

:04:03. > :04:04.be put into legislation Theresa May said the changes

:04:05. > :04:07.to national insurance, announced in the budget,

:04:08. > :04:10.were necessary and fair but said the Chancellor would listen

:04:11. > :04:12.to concerns before MPs voted She was speaking at a EU

:04:13. > :04:17.leaders' summit in Brussels, her last one before

:04:18. > :04:21.formal Brexit talks. We'll speak to our Political

:04:22. > :04:24.Correspondent Ben Wright, who's at the summit

:04:25. > :04:26.in Brussels, in a moment - but first let's hear

:04:27. > :04:29.from Iain Watson who's Ian, is there potential for a U-turn

:04:30. > :04:46.from the government on this? I do not think there will be a huge

:04:47. > :04:55.turn but if we keep the motoring metaphor, Theresa May is on a

:04:56. > :05:01.collision course and she is trying to soften the impact. In Brussels

:05:02. > :05:07.she defended the principle of the policy on the grounds of fairness.

:05:08. > :05:12.But the crucial phrase of the Chancellor will listen to concerns

:05:13. > :05:19.is what we should focus on. She is delaying a Parliamentary vote on the

:05:20. > :05:23.increases until the autumn and the timing is important because by then

:05:24. > :05:30.there should be a review into the domain and it is likely to recommend

:05:31. > :05:35.raised in maternity and paternity leave and other things so she will

:05:36. > :05:39.be able to argue that the self-employed are getting all value

:05:40. > :05:45.for money. If there is still a bit of a rebellion, there is another

:05:46. > :05:52.budget which will give them all an opportunity to do a little bit more.

:05:53. > :05:57.All this fuss over whether this was a breach of the Conservative

:05:58. > :06:00.manifesto, the Minister said he apologised to every voter who read

:06:01. > :06:01.the manifesto. Let's go to Ben now in Brussels,

:06:02. > :06:11.what's the Prime Minister been What kind of reception has she been

:06:12. > :06:17.getting? A strange atmosphere. Brexit one of the massive items on

:06:18. > :06:24.the agenda but it is not discussed at all on this summit recalls EU

:06:25. > :06:29.leaders refused to talk about it and enter negotiations until Theresa May

:06:30. > :06:34.has triggered Article 50 and begun the withdrawal. Theresa May said

:06:35. > :06:39.that will happen by the end of the month and then negotiations will

:06:40. > :06:44.start in earnest. She has a gone back to London while they continue

:06:45. > :06:50.to map the future of the European Union. One of the big issues will be

:06:51. > :06:55.a question of money. What Britain does in terms of the contributions

:06:56. > :07:02.and commitment it has a ready-made to the European Union. Possibly ?15

:07:03. > :07:10.billion bill to be settled. In a documentary, a suggestion that might

:07:11. > :07:18.be a bill Britain is not willing to pay and do a Mrs Thatcher, according

:07:19. > :07:26.to Boris Johnson. Another key player, Norbert Hofer said he would

:07:27. > :07:33.like to see some British citizens continue if they want to get the

:07:34. > :07:39.same sort of rights. -- Guy Verhofstadt. We have some way to go.

:07:40. > :07:42.Thank you very much indeed. Protests are taking place in Seoul

:07:43. > :07:45.after South Korea's highest court upheld a decision to remove

:07:46. > :07:47.the country's president These live pictures show scenes

:07:48. > :07:50.in Seoul after that decision which forces Park

:07:51. > :07:56.Geun-hye to stand down. She was impeached over a corruption

:07:57. > :08:01.scandal involving a close friend. She will now lose her immunity

:08:02. > :08:03.against prosecution The decision was met by cheering

:08:04. > :08:08.in the streets from opponents but her supporters

:08:09. > :08:20.have reacted angrily. Police say two people have died

:08:21. > :08:27.during those protests. It's emerged some detainees held

:08:28. > :08:30.at an immigration removal centre have been held there for as long

:08:31. > :08:34.as two and a half years. Prison inspectors found that

:08:35. > :08:37.children had also been detained which holds almost 400 adult

:08:38. > :08:39.male asylum seekers, illegal immigrants and foreign

:08:40. > :08:41.national offenders. The Home Office says some people

:08:42. > :08:44.prolong detention by trying Britain's aid programme in Libya

:08:45. > :08:48.could be harming vulnerable migrants The Independent Commission

:08:49. > :08:52.for Aid Impact said there was a risk that Britain's support was leading

:08:53. > :09:11.to more migrants being detained The government said British vessels

:09:12. > :09:20.have saved more than 13,000 since May 2000 15.

:09:21. > :09:28..Com ordered BT to separate from its open reach division. Today's

:09:29. > :09:33.announcement means Openreach will become a distinct company with a

:09:34. > :09:40.legal purpose to serve all of its customers equally. The announcement

:09:41. > :09:52.made just a few minutes ago and we will get more on that later on.

:09:53. > :09:55.MP's are being encouraged to make a decision over

:09:56. > :09:56.the Palace of Westminster renovation,

:09:57. > :09:59.following concerns the building is at risk of catastrophic failure.

:10:00. > :10:01.The government's spending watchdog says the longer MPs mull over

:10:02. > :10:04.different options to repair the Houses of Parliament,

:10:05. > :10:07.the greater chance that public money will be wasted.

:10:08. > :10:09.Scientists in Australia say the Great Barrier Reef

:10:10. > :10:12.has been hit by widespread bleaching of its corals

:10:13. > :10:16.Bleaching happens when the water temperature is too high

:10:17. > :10:19.and the coral expells the algae that lives in its tissue

:10:20. > :10:25.The first aerial survey of 2017 shows large areas of the reef

:10:26. > :10:29.have become distressed over the Australian summer.

:10:30. > :10:31.It's the first time bleaching has returned within twelve months,

:10:32. > :10:38.leading to concerns over the reef's long term health.

:10:39. > :10:46.A short time ago I asked you what this meant which was unfair but lots

:10:47. > :10:53.of people have got in touch and they said it could be permanent damage.

:10:54. > :10:58.The latest imagery display very quickly what is happening. The

:10:59. > :11:08.weather forecast in about five minutes time. With just 100 days

:11:09. > :11:17.before the start of the come Frederick cup -- confederate cup,

:11:18. > :11:21.police want to find out how they are planning to reduce the violence.

:11:22. > :11:28.Excitement has been dampened by violence involving hooligans.

:11:29. > :11:31.The final countdown to the Confederations Cup.

:11:32. > :11:35.For Russia, it is a dress rehearsal for the World Cup next summer,

:11:36. > :11:41.But this violence in France last year has cast a shadow over

:11:42. > :11:43.the tournaments of the Russian football hooligans who they fought

:11:44. > :11:55.Britain's top football policeman has been visiting Russia this week

:11:56. > :12:03.This tour was the first step to make sure the scenes were not repeated

:12:04. > :12:12.Anyone watching thought it was appalling.

:12:13. > :12:16.We need to work on a good working relationship to make sure that

:12:17. > :12:19.anyone who comes to Russia for the games is safe.

:12:20. > :12:25.Russia and Britain will be sharing data to make sure of that.

:12:26. > :12:32.For Russia, hosting be games is a matter of prestige.

:12:33. > :12:35.They do not want anything to damage that.

:12:36. > :12:39.They said that the past events were a one-off.

:12:40. > :12:48.They cannot guarantee they will be under control.

:12:49. > :12:51.There has never been a major incident in Russia.

:12:52. > :12:55.That proves we can really organise a great atmosphere.

:12:56. > :12:58.The important thing is to find the right balance between atmosphere

:12:59. > :13:09.So, Russia is gearing up to greet the football fans of the world

:13:10. > :13:15.It is a message that hard-core troublemakers will not be able

:13:16. > :13:37.We are joined by a football journalist. Good morning. For the

:13:38. > :13:43.people at home, can you explain the level of problem, the level of

:13:44. > :13:49.hooliganism that Russia has experienced in recent years? A think

:13:50. > :13:54.it goes back to the 90s. The country was not in great shape and it

:13:55. > :14:02.emerged out of that. While we were reporting on English hooliganism in

:14:03. > :14:07.the 70s and 80s. A lot more work has been done on it so that we are not

:14:08. > :14:12.returning to those days any more. Police have more survey that is, so

:14:13. > :14:18.the hooligans are gradually being brought under control. What happened

:14:19. > :14:25.in France last year was in my opinion a breakdown in

:14:26. > :14:32.communications. After the complaint, the information was not taken on.

:14:33. > :14:35.Hooligans understand now that if anything happened in Russia next

:14:36. > :14:42.year, there would this serious consequences. We are seeing

:14:43. > :14:47.pictures, I was there, and it was deeply unpleasant and a scary place

:14:48. > :14:51.to be at times. How do you think Russia next year, during the World

:14:52. > :14:57.Cup, could handle anything like this? I think anything like these,

:14:58. > :15:04.perpetrators of something like this, would come nowhere near the centres

:15:05. > :15:10.in town. One of the complaints in the Russian media was that the

:15:11. > :15:15.French police response was very weak, they did nothing to separate

:15:16. > :15:19.the fans. The Russians will be doing a preventative measure and should

:15:20. > :15:23.something breakout, I think the police would be going in very, very

:15:24. > :15:32.hard to make sure it would happen again. -- would not happen again.

:15:33. > :15:36.The idea that you cannot stop the hooliganism happen so you can

:15:37. > :15:44.therefore organise it and let these people fight under supervision

:15:45. > :15:52.according to one man. How seriously easy being taken? He is a member of

:15:53. > :15:58.the LDP are, a right -ish party. The only reason is that is because his

:15:59. > :16:08.father set the thing up to start with. Russia and that party to be

:16:09. > :16:16.honest anything he says cannot be taken seriously at all. How safe

:16:17. > :16:25.should fans feel travelling to Russia next summer? I think they

:16:26. > :16:30.will be very safe top it takes fans out of Western Europe out of the

:16:31. > :16:37.comfort zone. As an example you can look at what happened yesterday,

:16:38. > :16:43.Manchester United fans came and they were treated very well in Rostov.

:16:44. > :16:49.They were given blankets. A little bit unusual. Journalists were given

:16:50. > :16:54.a tour and all the feedback I have seen so far has been very, very

:16:55. > :16:59.positive and out of think Manchester had a great time and for us it

:17:00. > :17:02.wasn't opportunity to show despite the bad publicity we can you ready

:17:03. > :17:09.for the World Cup. It's 07:17 and you're watching

:17:10. > :17:12.Breakfast from BBC News. The main stories this morning: Head

:17:13. > :17:14.teachers in England say they are being forced to cut GCSE

:17:15. > :17:18.and A-Level courses to help Labour has accused the government

:17:19. > :17:21.of being in disarray after Theresa May said that

:17:22. > :17:23.controversial tax rises announced in the budget would not go before

:17:24. > :17:26.MPs until the autumn. Here's Nick with a look

:17:27. > :17:43.at this morning's weather. Good morning. We have some weather

:17:44. > :17:46.pictures coming in, the best sunrises particularly across the

:17:47. > :17:50.eastern parts of England, where there is a bit of cloud. In the west

:17:51. > :17:54.of the UK there is so much cloud around today that it is dampened to

:17:55. > :17:58.and places. An east-west split to begin with, mainly dry in the east,

:17:59. > :18:01.with a touch of frost in eastern Scotland. Lots of cloud in the west.

:18:02. > :18:05.Quite misty and murky as well. This is the picture at nine o'clock in

:18:06. > :18:08.the morning from the Channel Islands, across much of southern and

:18:09. > :18:11.coastal England. Those in salt brightness across eastern parts of

:18:12. > :18:15.England will probably disappear behind some cloud. In the west,

:18:16. > :18:19.although you may be dampened drizzly out the moment, that is not going to

:18:20. > :18:22.be lasting all day long, but there is a more substantial area of rain

:18:23. > :18:27.just edging through northern Scotland as we go through the day.

:18:28. > :18:32.Here we go through the day. After so much sunshine yesterday, so much

:18:33. > :18:37.cloud today. Just limited brightness this afternoon. Could see a bit in

:18:38. > :18:40.the north coast of Northern Ireland, north-east Wales, North Somerset,

:18:41. > :18:45.Cornwall and Devon. But if you expect a lot of cloud you will not

:18:46. > :18:48.be going far on. Here is that rain into northern Scotland. Temperatures

:18:49. > :18:53.still on the mild side in two double figures. A bit of sunshine, could

:18:54. > :18:57.see 14 or 15 degrees. Not as lovely as it was yesterday. This was the

:18:58. > :19:01.picture into this evening. Not a huge amount of change. Plenty of

:19:02. > :19:05.cloud. Mainly dry in Cardiff for the Six Nations action. Maybe just a few

:19:06. > :19:09.breaks in the crowd at times. Into tonight, we are going to see an area

:19:10. > :19:12.of rain move across Northern Ireland, eventually into Scotland,

:19:13. > :19:16.for England and Wales it will be mainly drive are the odd bit of

:19:17. > :19:19.drizzle. Still misty and murky. You will notice how those temperatures

:19:20. > :19:23.tonight are not going down fast. That means a mild start of the

:19:24. > :19:27.weekend. If you start with rain in Northern Ireland in Scotland, the

:19:28. > :19:30.bulk of that will break away and then it brightens up. The rain moves

:19:31. > :19:34.into parts of northern England, north and west Wales, to the south

:19:35. > :19:37.of that it is mainly dry. There will be some sunny spells around parts of

:19:38. > :19:41.East Anglia and south-east England. Probably the day's eyes temperatures

:19:42. > :19:45.here. Sunny spells in Scotland and Northern Ireland, where it will feel

:19:46. > :19:48.quite nice. Part two of the weekend on Sunday. A couple of bands of

:19:49. > :19:52.weather moving from west to east. Dry spots in between, giving a bit

:19:53. > :19:56.of sunshine for a time, turning a bit cooler from the west as we go on

:19:57. > :20:00.through Sunday. So it is a mixed picture this weekend. There will be

:20:01. > :20:04.a bit of sunshine to be had at times. But not all the time. Because

:20:05. > :20:08.when the cloud is thick enough we will start to see a bit of rain. You

:20:09. > :20:12.will notice that in northern England, north and was Wales for a

:20:13. > :20:16.time on Saturday. Then many of us will see a spell of rain at some

:20:17. > :20:19.stage on Sunday. Although it is on the mild side, things will be

:20:20. > :20:24.turning a little bit cooler by the time we get to the end of Sunday. We

:20:25. > :20:27.saw 17.5dC for a top temperature in London yesterday. It may get close

:20:28. > :20:30.to that someone in south-east England tomorrow. But those

:20:31. > :20:33.temperatures have come down a little bit. The reason why, we are just not

:20:34. > :20:36.seeing as much sunshine. In 1952, the city of London

:20:37. > :20:39.was effectively brought to a standstill, caused

:20:40. > :20:41.by air pollution. While some may remember

:20:42. > :20:44.the Great Smog, more than 60 years on poor air quality is still

:20:45. > :20:47.damaging people's health and causing thousands of premature

:20:48. > :20:48.deaths every year. As part of the BBC's

:20:49. > :20:51.So I Can Breathe series, Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been

:20:52. > :20:54.looking at how things have improved London has been brought

:20:55. > :21:04.to a halt by death smog, The Great Smog of 1952,

:21:05. > :21:13.dramatised in the Netflix series Anne Goldsmith was eight in 1952

:21:14. > :21:27.and remembers it well. We could hardly see in front of us,

:21:28. > :21:31.and when I got to school, the handkerchief would

:21:32. > :21:33.be absolutely black. It is now thought 12,000 people

:21:34. > :21:36.died in the Great Smog. The enemy was coal, used

:21:37. > :21:40.in factories and people's homes. What followed the smog

:21:41. > :21:48.was the Clean Air Act of 1956. It introduced smoke-controlled

:21:49. > :21:51.areas, where only smokeless fuel Fast forward 60 years and the enemy

:21:52. > :21:56.now is nitrogen dioxide These are the engines that have been

:21:57. > :22:11.removed out of taxis in Birmingham. The local authority in Birmingham

:22:12. > :22:14.has funding to replace the diesel We removed 95% of the emissions that

:22:15. > :22:23.taxis were producing. There are hundreds of

:22:24. > :22:31.taxis in Birmingham. The government's overall plan

:22:32. > :22:34.is to introduce so-called clean air I will look at the evidence,

:22:35. > :22:38.and when the evidence comes through as to where the key

:22:39. > :22:41.areas of pollution are, we will take the action

:22:42. > :22:45.that is needed to address the need I am afraid the government

:22:46. > :22:48.has been hopeless. Critics like Client Earth say

:22:49. > :22:51.that what we need today is a new Clean Air Act,

:22:52. > :22:54.and a scrappage scheme We have to force diesel

:22:55. > :23:02.vehicles off the roads. It will take time, but we have

:23:03. > :23:06.to protect people's health. If the water we are drinking

:23:07. > :23:10.were as dirty as the air we're breathing in now, we'd

:23:11. > :23:12.do something about it. Back in Lewisham in London,

:23:13. > :23:14.Anne is meeting nine-year-old We called it smog,

:23:15. > :23:24.and you couldn't see. So we had to be very careful

:23:25. > :23:31.we didn't bump into anybody. On days when pollution is bad,

:23:32. > :23:42.Amy and Eloise are kept indoors at playtime, just

:23:43. > :23:44.as Anne was in 1952. Sometimes we have to do stay

:23:45. > :23:49.inside because the air is bad. Amazed by Anne's story, Amy

:23:50. > :23:54.and Eloise are recreating her walk More than 60 years on,

:23:55. > :24:07.air pollution is still damaging children's health and

:24:08. > :24:29.shortening people's lives. All of this week across the BBC we

:24:30. > :24:33.have been running a special series called So I can Breathe, looking at

:24:34. > :24:37.ways to cut the pollution. For more information about you can the BBC

:24:38. > :24:41.website. If you are a dog owner, you will

:24:42. > :24:44.know that while they can be great companions, they can also have a

:24:45. > :24:48.naughty streak, from stealing food to chewing furniture, keeping them

:24:49. > :24:52.in check can be a big job. Later in the programme we are going to be

:24:53. > :24:56.meeting a master dog trainer who can bring any dog to heal. We want to

:24:57. > :25:01.hear your stories of good and bad behaviour. We do have some examples

:25:02. > :25:09.from our own little cap at breakfast family, don't we? Let's look at the

:25:10. > :25:12.first one. This is Winnie. Her owner Dan says she keeps barking at night

:25:13. > :25:23.until his wife says good night to her. I think that is very cute. This

:25:24. > :25:26.is Mike's dog, As all. -- Basil. He is notorious to having once eaten an

:25:27. > :25:35.entire birthday cake. Now let's take a look at Mole. You know him quite

:25:36. > :25:41.well, don't you Charlie? Yes, that is my dog. I have said that Mole's

:25:42. > :25:46.crime is being cleverer than me. He is a very sensitive dog. Clever and

:25:47. > :25:52.sensitive. And your dog is coming in, isn't it? Yes, it is a lot of

:25:53. > :25:57.pressure. My dog, Sadie, is in the studio in about an hour. I am quite

:25:58. > :26:01.nervous about it. Is she a well-behaved dog? How would you

:26:02. > :26:06.describe her? She is a good little dog, but she jumps up that people.

:26:07. > :26:10.What kind of dog is she? A mixture between a poodle and a cavalier. You

:26:11. > :26:16.will need her, she is coming in. Just trying to paint a picture. She

:26:17. > :26:20.is going to sit right here. Is she allowed on the sofa? Is she allowed

:26:21. > :26:27.on the sofa in your house? No. She might be allowed on this one,

:26:28. > :26:30.though. The time is 7:36am. Still to come, forget Glastonbury. Nobody can

:26:31. > :26:34.get tickets to this festival. The good news is that everybody's

:26:35. > :26:42.invited anyway. Yes, it is Break-Fest. It is right outside the

:26:43. > :26:47.studio, over there. There is shorn. A lovely day for it as well. We have

:26:48. > :26:51.our own festival on because we are looking at the ?4 billion music

:26:52. > :26:54.industry, particularly the live music industry. Right now there is a

:26:55. > :27:00.24 hour and ulcers on right across the country, from choirs to open

:27:01. > :27:05.mike nights, about what kind of things that industry brings. -- mic

:27:06. > :30:23.nights. But first, the news, travel and

:30:24. > :30:25.I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

:30:26. > :30:29.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:30:30. > :30:35.Now, though, it's back to Charlie and Sally.

:30:36. > :30:38.Hello this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:30:39. > :30:43.Schools in England are being forced to cut GCSE and A-Level courses

:30:44. > :30:48.in an effort to balance the books, according to a head teachers' union.

:30:49. > :30:52.Schools in England are being forced to cut GCSE and A-Level courses

:30:53. > :30:55.in an effort to balance the books, according to a head teachers' union.

:30:56. > :31:03.The Association of School and College Leaders has warned

:31:04. > :31:07.Schools in England are being forced to cut GCSE and A-Level courses

:31:08. > :31:10.in an effort to balance the books, according to a head teachers' union.

:31:11. > :31:12.The Association of School and College Leaders has warned

:31:13. > :31:15.budget pressures are driving up class sizes and causing them

:31:16. > :31:17.to cancel extra curricular activities.

:31:18. > :31:19.Ofcom has announced that BT has agreed to its requirements

:31:20. > :31:22.for the legal separation from Openreach - the biggest reform

:31:23. > :31:26.The telecoms giant has faced growing calls from rivals to break

:31:27. > :31:29.up - Sky, TalkTalk - have long complained they have

:31:30. > :31:31.to use BT lines to provide their services.

:31:32. > :31:33.They argue this means customers get a poor service -

:31:34. > :31:40.Let's speak now to Chief Executive of Ofcom Sharon White.

:31:41. > :31:50.It is a major reform to Openreach which will created as a separate

:31:51. > :31:55.company with its board working by law for the interests of all

:31:56. > :32:01.customers not just BT making decisions on your broadband again

:32:02. > :32:08.with the interests of the whole community. It matters because we

:32:09. > :32:14.believe this will result in better broadband for all of us. How will

:32:15. > :32:22.you measure how this works - in 12 months time, if their broadband is

:32:23. > :32:28.not better, this would not have worked. We will monitor this very

:32:29. > :32:35.closely and robust league and that key issue is does a Chris Reed make

:32:36. > :32:44.decisions for the good of the whole country. -- Openreach make decisions

:32:45. > :32:52.for the good of the whole country. Engine is turning up on time, and if

:32:53. > :32:56.things go wrong, for the first time, there will be automatic

:32:57. > :33:05.compensation. You get a cheque in the post if Openreach does not

:33:06. > :33:15.deliver. I am curious as to how you judge this. Consumers see it as

:33:16. > :33:24.whether the price is right, and it works well. If those things do not

:33:25. > :33:32.happen, what will you do? We will be monitoring very closely at the

:33:33. > :33:37.quality of service that we receive it better. We will be watching these

:33:38. > :33:43.things closely and if it does not deliver we will look at further

:33:44. > :33:51.action but it is part of a broader set of reforms including a much

:33:52. > :33:58.tougher focus on customer service. BT's rivals, including sky, wanted

:33:59. > :34:05.something else, they wanted Openreach to be entirely separate.

:34:06. > :34:11.That surely would have guaranteed it was genuinely Independent. A lot of

:34:12. > :34:16.people will be thinking, those people operating Openreach will

:34:17. > :34:27.still be answering to the parent company. Legal separation brings the

:34:28. > :34:36.significance independence. The great advantage of legal separation is

:34:37. > :34:44.that those changes can be implemented quickly and we can enjoy

:34:45. > :34:51.it better broadband faster. Why not insist on complete separation, that

:34:52. > :35:00.would seem like the logical way no one could accuse BT of interfering?

:35:01. > :35:05.As I say, legal separation, independence from BT, what we have

:35:06. > :35:11.seen is those changes can be implemented very quickly. Structural

:35:12. > :35:17.separation causes lots of disruption and delays in getting better

:35:18. > :35:22.broadband to customers. We believe that legal separation will lead to

:35:23. > :35:32.better broadband more quickly with less disruptions. On those

:35:33. > :35:34.announcements are made 20 minutes also about Openreach and how it will

:35:35. > :35:37.be governed in the future. Labour has accused the Government

:35:38. > :35:39.of being in 'disarray' after the Prime Minister said

:35:40. > :35:41.controversial tax rises for self-employed workers would not

:35:42. > :35:44.be put into legislation Theresa May said the changes

:35:45. > :35:47.to national insurance, announced in the budget,

:35:48. > :35:50.were necessary and fair but said the Chancellor would listen

:35:51. > :36:02.to concerns before MPs voted The shift towards self-employment is

:36:03. > :36:08.or aiding the tax base and making it harder to afford the public services

:36:09. > :36:12.on which ordinary working families depend. This goes some way is into

:36:13. > :36:12.fixing that. Protests are taking place in Seoul

:36:13. > :36:16.after South Korea's highest court upheld a decision to remove

:36:17. > :36:18.the country's president These live pictures show scenes

:36:19. > :36:21.in Seoul after that decision which forces Park

:36:22. > :36:24.Geun-hye to stand down. She was impeached over a corruption

:36:25. > :36:27.scandal involving a close friend. She will now lose her immunity

:36:28. > :36:31.against prosecution The decision was met by cheering

:36:32. > :36:37.in the streets from opponents but her supporters

:36:38. > :36:42.have reacted angrily. Police say two people have died

:36:43. > :36:48.during those protests. MP's are being warned

:36:49. > :36:50.that the Palace of Westminster is close to a "catastrophic failure"

:36:51. > :36:54.unless they make a decision over The Public Accounts

:36:55. > :36:56.Committee, which overlooks government spending,

:36:57. > :36:59.says the longer MPs mull over the options for addressing

:37:00. > :37:01.the deterioration, the more likely it is that public

:37:02. > :37:07.money will be wasted. The committee is encouraging

:37:08. > :37:09.Parliament to back the cheapest option, which will cost around 3.5

:37:10. > :37:13.billion pounds and take 6 More than 2,500 bridges

:37:14. > :37:19.in England are not fit to support the heaviest lorries,

:37:20. > :37:22.a new study has found. The report by the RAC

:37:23. > :37:24.Foundation found that many of the structures have weight

:37:25. > :37:26.restrictions in place, while others have to

:37:27. > :37:28.be closely monitored. It says some have also been put

:37:29. > :37:31.in a managed decline. The cost of clearing the backlog

:37:32. > :37:35.of work on all bridges is estimated Councils say they don't

:37:36. > :37:55.have the funds to repair them. Mike is here with news of last night

:37:56. > :38:01.'s game. Jaye Marie Green had been -- Jose Mourinho had been

:38:02. > :38:08.complaining about the pitch? If you look closely, a few brown patches.

:38:09. > :38:21.Inconsistent but the 238th Manchester United fans -- 238th fans

:38:22. > :38:23.saw a great game. Jose Mourinho said it was

:38:24. > :38:26.'impossible to play any better' after his Manchester United side

:38:27. > :38:28.drew 1-1 at FC Rostov Mourinho wasn't impressed

:38:29. > :38:32.with the rough pitch - but Henrik Mikka-tar-ian

:38:33. > :38:34.scored an away goal and although the Russian side

:38:35. > :38:37.equalised, Mourinho said that football life was "full

:38:38. > :38:39.of experiences" and that was England goalkeeper Joe Hart,

:38:40. > :38:43.doesn't think he'll play He was dropped by Pep Guardiola,

:38:44. > :38:47.when he took over as manager, at the start of the season,

:38:48. > :38:51.and sent on loan to Torino in Italy. He told the BBC's Premier League

:38:52. > :39:05.show there were no hard feelings. I love the club and I was said as

:39:06. > :39:10.long as they wanted me I would be there at I was always a cautious

:39:11. > :39:15.when I said that because at the big, big clubs, staff can change quickly

:39:16. > :39:21.and opinions and people in charge and not everybody is going to like

:39:22. > :39:23.you and would want to play and that is the business side of it.

:39:24. > :39:26.England's cricketers have completed a 3-nil whitewash in the one-day

:39:27. > :39:29.Alex Hales came back into the team in Barbados,

:39:30. > :39:32.after recovering from injury, and made a century.

:39:33. > :39:35.Joe Root also hit a hundred, as England, scored a record total

:39:36. > :39:39.The West Indies were bowled out well short of that target,

:39:40. > :39:51.Now have England's Six Nations ambitions been knocked off course

:39:52. > :39:55.Owen Farrell, injured his left knee in their latest training session

:39:56. > :39:57.ahead of tomorrow's match against Scotland.

:39:58. > :39:59.The centre had to leave the training field at Pennyhill

:40:00. > :40:03.And while number 8, Billy Vunipola, will make his first appearance

:40:04. > :40:06.in the tournament from the bench, Head coach Eddie Jones admits

:40:07. > :40:08.Farrell could be a doubt, although he made light

:40:09. > :40:10.of the incident in front of the media.

:40:11. > :40:14.He has got a bad leg so he could not finish training.

:40:15. > :40:20.My dog was running around and he ran into it.

:40:21. > :40:38.Our players know that we will have to be on our best performance

:40:39. > :40:42.during that 80 minutes we will have to string together a number

:40:43. > :40:45.of excellent plays, whether it's in attack or defence.

:40:46. > :40:48.And think clearly to get them to start adapting to our play.

:40:49. > :40:54.Well the weekend's Six Nations action begins this evening

:40:55. > :40:56.at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, as Wales

:40:57. > :41:12.We heard from the coaches are the teams are unchanged. Ireland need to

:41:13. > :41:16.wind to keep alive their ambitions. You can watch the game live on BBC

:41:17. > :41:18.One at 7:30 p.m.. Super League champions

:41:19. > :41:21.Wigan Warriors are top of the table, after beating

:41:22. > :41:22.Warrington Wolves 38-12. Liam Marshall was the star,

:41:23. > :41:25.scoring 4 of Wigan's tries on only his second

:41:26. > :41:27.appearance for the club. That's four wins from four for them

:41:28. > :41:31.but Warrington haven't won yet this season - they're

:41:32. > :41:44.bottom of Super League. We have all been there as

:41:45. > :41:45.journalists in terms of awkward interviews.

:41:46. > :41:48.Now Ronnie O'Sullivan, has taken his bizarre behaviour

:41:49. > :41:52.He recently said, he wouldn't be talking in depth in interviws,

:41:53. > :41:55.after he was, disciplined, for comments he made to the media

:41:56. > :41:58.during the masters tournament but after giving a few short answers

:41:59. > :42:01.to BBC Wales reporter Gareth Blaney, the questions certainly struck

:42:02. > :42:13.So how do you reflect on the match as a whole?

:42:14. > :42:16.Um, you seem to take while to get going.

:42:17. > :42:20.SING: # Maybe, there're gonna be the one that saves me.

:42:21. > :42:25.And after all, you're my wonderwall...#

:42:26. > :42:33.What do you reckon of my lyrics, is that good?

:42:34. > :42:48.I actually liked that. I like that. It was funny. He sang instead. What

:42:49. > :42:52.are we going to do if Ronnie O'Sullivan ever retires! And as we

:42:53. > :42:56.are talking next. The sound of England rugby

:42:57. > :42:59.fans singing 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' regularly fills

:43:00. > :43:03.the stands at Twickenham - as it's bound to during this

:43:04. > :43:06.weekend's 6 nations clash with Scotland - but now

:43:07. > :43:08.there's debate as to whether its an appropriate

:43:09. > :43:10.sporting anthem. The song was originally sung

:43:11. > :43:13.by slaves in the United States - and some academics believe that

:43:14. > :43:16.historical link is lost when it's Before we chat a bit more

:43:17. > :43:31.about this, let's have a listen. We're joined now by

:43:32. > :44:19.Professor Alan Rice, who specialises in English

:44:20. > :44:21.and American Studies, and Professor Robert Beckford,

:44:22. > :44:38.an expert in Theology and Culture We just heard a little bit of the

:44:39. > :44:44.music, how do you feel when you hear it and how do you feel when you hear

:44:45. > :44:51.it used in celebration at a sporting event? I feel really moved because

:44:52. > :44:58.it is so beautiful and I am aware of the history. It is a slave Song sung

:44:59. > :45:03.to express hope in God and to release from the terror of slavery.

:45:04. > :45:13.It was a double meaning. It was a cry for help to get out of the

:45:14. > :45:17.plantation. I quite excited when I hear it also because they sing it

:45:18. > :45:25.went in the side is doing well but I am aware it is an inappropriate

:45:26. > :45:29.appropriation. It is a song that deals with racial terror to

:45:30. > :45:35.celebrate sport and they are two very different things.

:45:36. > :45:42.I do not think there is a problem as long as it is used in the right way,

:45:43. > :45:47.as long as we understand the history and we can use the ways in which,

:45:48. > :45:50.when we hear it, if we can start thinking about that history again.

:45:51. > :45:56.So we use it as a learning experience, really. What would be

:45:57. > :46:00.great, I think, is if there was more knowledge about where the song comes

:46:01. > :46:05.from, and what the song is about. These slave spirituals are often

:46:06. > :46:12.coded messages, and if you listen to the lyrics of the song, it is about

:46:13. > :46:17.the angels taking us away, it is about the hope there is for freedom.

:46:18. > :46:22.Some of these songs are even more explicit. "Steal Away to Jesus",

:46:23. > :46:28.that is about let's have a meeting and discuss our plans to escape.

:46:29. > :46:34.What you know about how it is that it came to be a song used by rugby

:46:35. > :46:37.fans supporting England? There are lots of different ideas about where

:46:38. > :46:43.it came from and who started singing it. Now, I think the idea was that

:46:44. > :46:50.some members of choirs started singing it in the 1980s, at a

:46:51. > :46:55.specific England match. But I think to an extent, the origins of them

:46:56. > :46:59.singing it is not the point. The point is to try to make where they

:47:00. > :47:03.got to it now. It is a wonderful song. It is wonderful they are

:47:04. > :47:07.singing it. A great thing would be of people went back to people like

:47:08. > :47:11.Paul Robson singing it, and learned about the long history of this song,

:47:12. > :47:15.but the song has always been a black song and has been used by black

:47:16. > :47:19.people to talk about their history. Robert, what would you say to the

:47:20. > :47:23.people who suggest it should be banned? Well, first of all I

:47:24. > :47:26.completely agree that it is a fantastic learning Mosman. We can

:47:27. > :47:30.have learn about the history of slavery and Britain's collusion with

:47:31. > :47:33.the slave trade. It opens up that part of history as well. Personally

:47:34. > :47:37.I don't think you can police culture. After all, this is a song

:47:38. > :47:42.that is crafted from a variety of cultural strands. African rhythms,

:47:43. > :47:47.African thought, as Janet E, which came from Europe. It is a cultural

:47:48. > :47:51.creation of cultural merging. -- Christianity, which came from

:47:52. > :47:55.Europe. So from that context it cannot argue for a ban. What you can

:47:56. > :47:59.argue for is not policing, but having people become aware of where

:48:00. > :48:03.the song has come from, its history, its context, and think about it

:48:04. > :48:07.critically. You cannot police it, because you cannot police culture.

:48:08. > :48:11.But there is quite a strong tradition, isn't there, particularly

:48:12. > :48:15.in sport. We mentioned appropriating songs, and sometimes it is just as

:48:16. > :48:19.they are rousing. And people are not thinking. You could argue that they

:48:20. > :48:22.should think more, but sometimes it is just for that reason. Yes,

:48:23. > :48:26.sometimes it is because the songs are beautiful and evocations of

:48:27. > :48:31.committee. Some theologians see sport as a new religious experience.

:48:32. > :48:35.So it makes sense to sing spirituals in that context. But we have to be

:48:36. > :48:43.critical and be sensitive to appropriate forms of expropriation.

:48:44. > :48:46.And in this case, combining sport, frivolity, excitement, with the

:48:47. > :48:50.serious experience of racial terror that slaves experienced on the

:48:51. > :48:54.killing fields of the American plantations, the two are very much

:48:55. > :49:00.diametrically opposed. It requires some kind of thinking in terms of

:49:01. > :49:03.whether this is appropriate. I don't think this is appropriate. But I

:49:04. > :49:07.don't think we have a right to police it, we just have a right to

:49:08. > :49:11.educate people and make informed decisions about what kind of a

:49:12. > :49:17.cultural appropriation is useful and beneficial. And how do we educate

:49:18. > :49:23.people about it? I would quite like us to hand out the lyrics with a

:49:24. > :49:28.kind of explanation, you know? So at those matches, especially children,

:49:29. > :49:33.I think there is a sense in which we do not educate enough about the

:49:34. > :49:38.history of slavery. We don't educate enough about the ways in which our

:49:39. > :49:41.culture has been made out of that. This is a perfect opportunity to

:49:42. > :49:45.hand out the lyrics and an explanation of the song, which could

:49:46. > :49:51.be 500 or 600 words, tell them about the ways in which this song was a

:49:52. > :49:52.song about freedom, you know? Both professors, thank you very much for

:49:53. > :49:56.your time this morning. It's 9:50 and you're watching

:49:57. > :49:59.Breakfast from BBC News. Here's Nick with a look

:50:00. > :50:08.at this morning's weather. Good morning. Most of us will not

:50:09. > :50:10.see the sun this morning. Have been some glorious sunrise pictures

:50:11. > :50:16.coming in from parts of eastern England, though. Hull, the city of

:50:17. > :50:19.culture. Some cracking sunrises, clearly, as well. An east-west split

:50:20. > :50:23.going on this morning. A bit of brightness down the eastern side of

:50:24. > :50:27.the UK. Cooler here compare to a mild start in the west, but it is

:50:28. > :50:31.very cloudy, dampened to Suban outbreaks of rain. Quite misty and

:50:32. > :50:35.murky around the coast and some of the hills. And on the English coast,

:50:36. > :50:39.into the Channel Islands, to begin the day. A little bit clearer on the

:50:40. > :50:44.eastern side, but starting with glimmers of sunshine. I do not think

:50:45. > :50:47.it will last to long. Again, across parts of Wales, western England,

:50:48. > :50:51.Northern Ireland into western Scotland, we begin today with

:50:52. > :50:54.outbreaks of rain. A bigger area of rainfall here lurking to the west of

:50:55. > :50:58.Scotland. That will gradually feed on through northern Scotland through

:50:59. > :51:02.the day and eventually go into the Northern Isles. Elsewhere, plenty of

:51:03. > :51:07.cloud. But there will be a lot of dry weather into the afternoon. A

:51:08. > :51:09.few brighter breaks, maybe the north coast of Northern Ireland,

:51:10. > :51:13.north-east Wales, the north of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.

:51:14. > :51:16.Temperatures not quite as high as they were yesterday because of all

:51:17. > :51:21.this cloud around. Still going to be fairly mild. A few spots may just

:51:22. > :51:26.get to about 15 Celsius. It is going to be mild this evening, and a lot

:51:27. > :51:29.of dry weather around. Maybe a bit of drizzle here and there, at

:51:30. > :51:33.nothing to worry about for the Six Nations this evening in Cardiff. The

:51:34. > :51:38.cow mild it is going to be, temperatures not going down too far.

:51:39. > :51:41.-- look how mild. We will see some rain in Northern Ireland overnight,

:51:42. > :51:46.moving into Scotland. Some weather to be had. Maybe a bit of drizzle in

:51:47. > :51:50.western Wales and England, but elsewhere, mainly dry. Those

:51:51. > :51:55.temperatures up around seven or nine degrees or Sears. On Saturday, an

:51:56. > :51:58.area of rain coming out of Scotland and Northern Ireland into parts of

:51:59. > :52:02.northern England and western Wales. Behind it, art and a sunny smells in

:52:03. > :52:06.Scotland and Northern Ireland. The of it, breaks into cloud East Anglia

:52:07. > :52:11.and the east of England, where it will feel mild again, maybe as high

:52:12. > :52:14.as 17. Part two of the weekend on Sunday. One area of rain clearing

:52:15. > :52:18.away from the east, another moving from west to east during the day.

:52:19. > :52:22.Brighter spells in between, turning cooler in the west later in the day.

:52:23. > :52:28.A mixed weekend, a bit of sunshine, a bit of rain. But it is all looking

:52:29. > :52:33.pretty OK to get up and about. Nick, thank you very much. We will

:52:34. > :52:37.talk to you again in half an hour. If you are seeing some live music

:52:38. > :52:41.today, you are being asked to make a record of it. They are showing to

:52:42. > :52:46.get a picture of how much live music is played in one day, over a 24 hour

:52:47. > :52:50.period. And we are adding to it, because we are having our very own

:52:51. > :52:58.Break-Fest. Does that work? It kind of works. Shaun is outside for us.

:52:59. > :53:04.There he is. We lost it for a second, Shaun. You have your yellow

:53:05. > :53:07.wellingtons on a specially. Yes, the wellies are wrong, because the

:53:08. > :53:11.drizzle was out. We are well prepared for Break-Fest this

:53:12. > :53:16.morning. We have our own live music, as you can probably hear. We have

:53:17. > :53:21.violinists Vladimir and Anton. Have you ever played anywhere as big as

:53:22. > :53:27.this? Nearly as big, look at all the crowd here. It is not bad, they have

:53:28. > :53:31.played at the BBC Proms. You all have to start somewhere. The reason

:53:32. > :53:36.we are talking about this, it is a big industry, ?4.1 billion and two

:53:37. > :53:39.at 400,000 jobs. This week the budget to place. A lot of

:53:40. > :53:43.self-employed people out of air wondering what they might do next.

:53:44. > :53:47.We speak now to somebody who launched a business this week, and

:53:48. > :53:50.kindly set up a food store at our breakfast this morning. Alana

:53:51. > :53:54.Spencer, who won the last series of the apprentice, congratulations. The

:53:55. > :53:58.harder thing now, setting up your business, how is that going? Well,

:53:59. > :54:01.we launched the other day. We announced the plans for the company.

:54:02. > :54:03.We are recruiting a load of ambassadors. Basically we are

:54:04. > :54:09.recruiting self-employed people to come and have our brand and they

:54:10. > :54:12.will go out and do what I did when I started the company. He said the

:54:13. > :54:16.keyword, self-employed people. That means I have to ask you, when you

:54:17. > :54:19.hear the budget this week that tax the self-employed people is going to

:54:20. > :54:22.go up, how did that change or thinking, when you are running a

:54:23. > :54:25.business that relies on self-employed people? I mean, it is

:54:26. > :54:29.not going to stop anyone. Anybody who was to become self-employed is

:54:30. > :54:33.going to go and do it. It is a bit of a shame, because I think putting

:54:34. > :54:37.things in people's way that could eventually go on to create jobs is

:54:38. > :54:43.not the best thing, really. It is only a very small increase, but yes,

:54:44. > :54:46.it isn't ideal. Is it more about the principle than the actual increase?

:54:47. > :54:50.Because on average, they are saying 60p a week for the average

:54:51. > :54:53.self-employed person, when you take all the changes into account. You

:54:54. > :54:57.say people will go ahead and do it, but do you get the feeling that

:54:58. > :55:00.maybe this government doesn't back entrepreneurs as much as you might

:55:01. > :55:05.have thought? Maybe, maybe not as much as we had all hoped. I think

:55:06. > :55:12.with being self-employed, there are obviously things that you don't get,

:55:13. > :55:16.which that little gap was four, to cover certain things like maternity

:55:17. > :55:20.leave and sick pay. You know, you really have to encourage people to

:55:21. > :55:24.go out and start their businesses. You are launching a cake business.

:55:25. > :55:28.Food prices, we are talking about that a lot. Have you noticed much of

:55:29. > :55:33.a change in terms of your business model and your plans? Everything is

:55:34. > :55:37.still fine with our business. The Belgian chocolate prices have gone

:55:38. > :55:44.up a little bit. What do you do then? We are OK, it is all fine. If

:55:45. > :55:48.it goes up any more than we might have to get on the phone to Belgium.

:55:49. > :55:52.But it is all OK at the moment. Do you find suppliers are happy to have

:55:53. > :55:55.that conversation? Are they happy to allow you to charge them more?

:55:56. > :56:00.Luckily enough we haven't had to do that yet. I think that will be the

:56:01. > :56:03.last resort. I don't want to put a price increase on the products. I

:56:04. > :56:09.have built relationships with customers already and to put up the

:56:10. > :56:13.prices will put them off. Thank you very much. Enjoy the cakes and enjoy

:56:14. > :56:16.the rest of the music this morning. What's more live music to come at

:56:17. > :56:20.Break-Fest. Not sure whether we should cross out the latter A or not

:56:21. > :56:27.on the logo. Two players out, Jess Gilham.

:56:28. > :00:35.Hello, this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:00:36. > :00:37.Courses axed, bigger class sizes and after-school clubs cut -

:00:38. > :00:39.a stark warning from head-teachers about the pressure

:00:40. > :00:45.They'll put their grievances to the Education Secretary

:00:46. > :00:55.The Government says school funding is at a record high.

:00:56. > :01:03.Good morning. It's Friday, 10th March.

:01:04. > :01:07.Labour accuses the Government of making a "partial

:01:08. > :01:11.U-turn" as the Prime Minster says controversial tax rises

:01:12. > :01:15.for self-employed won't now be voted on until the Autumn.

:01:16. > :01:26.I think it is fair to close the gap in contributions between two people

:01:27. > :01:31.doing the same work and using the same public services.

:01:32. > :01:35.A major shake-up in the telecoms industry. BT is to turn its open

:01:36. > :01:45.reach broadband network into a separate company. We'll explain what

:01:46. > :01:48.it means for customers. We're live at Break-Fest. We are

:01:49. > :01:54.looking at the live music industry. There is a 24 hour analysis going on

:01:55. > :01:56.across the country of what kind of live music we like. At the moment

:01:57. > :02:01.we've got Little Sparrow. In sport, "impossible

:02:02. > :02:02.to play any better". That was Jose Mourinho's assessment

:02:03. > :02:04.of his Manchester United side, as they managed to score and draw,

:02:05. > :02:16.on the patchy pitch in Russia. She's a giant of glam rock who has

:02:17. > :02:19.been a star for more Now Suzi Quatro is teaming up

:02:20. > :02:36.with a host of other music legends. Good morning. After all the sunshine

:02:37. > :02:40.yesterday, we're turning up the grey today. There is rain in western

:02:41. > :02:43.parts of the UK. It is mild. Just not as lovely as it was yesterday,

:02:44. > :02:46.but will lovely come back for the weekend? I've got the answer in the

:02:47. > :02:51.next half an hour. Schools in England are being forced

:02:52. > :02:56.to cut GCSE and A-Level courses in an effort to balance the books,

:02:57. > :02:59.according to a head teachers' union. The Association of School

:03:00. > :03:01.and College Leaders has warned budget pressures are driving up

:03:02. > :03:03.class sizes and causing them Our Education Correspondent

:03:04. > :03:11.Gillian Hargreaves reports. Peter Woodman at the Weald School

:03:12. > :03:14.might be a head teacher but he still likes to work

:03:15. > :03:17.at the chalk face, partly because he enjoys it but partly

:03:18. > :03:19.because it saves money The only reason we can survive

:03:20. > :03:25.is we are carrying forward And if the government stick

:03:26. > :03:32.to their pledges over the next five years,

:03:33. > :03:34.with the cash flow and budgets, we will be making cuts to something

:03:35. > :03:37.like 70,000 every year, Peter is one of dozens of heads

:03:38. > :03:41.in south-east England who wrote to parents yesterday informing them

:03:42. > :03:44.of the impact of cuts. In a poll of more than 1,000 members

:03:45. > :03:48.of the ASCL union almost three quarters said they had to make cuts

:03:49. > :03:51.to GCSE or vocational courses The most common subjects

:03:52. > :03:56.to have been removed were design and technology,

:03:57. > :03:58.performing arts, music and German. I think really important parts

:03:59. > :04:05.of education will be cut. Class sizes will increase

:04:06. > :04:07.and I think they are probably already at capacity,

:04:08. > :04:09.teachers' jobs will I think the worry is it just places

:04:10. > :04:25.more and more pressure on the teaching staff so actually

:04:26. > :04:28.it is them that are going to have to end up working longer,

:04:29. > :04:30.harder to make this work. On average, heads said

:04:31. > :04:34.that the largest class size was now 33 pupils however the Government

:04:35. > :04:36.said official statistics showed the average secondary class size has

:04:37. > :04:39.fallen over the past decade to just 20 pupils and that ?40 billion has

:04:40. > :04:42.been spent on schools this year. Labour has accused the Government

:04:43. > :04:50.of being in "disarray" after the Prime Minister said

:04:51. > :04:52.controversial tax rises for self-employed workers would not

:04:53. > :04:54.be put into legislation Theresa May said the changes

:04:55. > :04:58.to national insurance, announced in the Budget,

:04:59. > :05:01.were necessary and fair but said the Chancellor would listen

:05:02. > :05:03.to concerns before MPs voted She was speaking at a EU

:05:04. > :05:07.leaders' summit in Brussels, her last one before formal

:05:08. > :05:13.Brexit talks. We'll speak to our Political

:05:14. > :05:16.Correspondent Ben Wright, who's at the summit in Brussels,

:05:17. > :05:19.in a moment, but first let's hear from Iain Watson who's

:05:20. > :05:29.in Westminster for us. Lots of newspapers signalling there

:05:30. > :05:34.maybe a U-turn. How realistic is that really? Well, I wouldn't call

:05:35. > :05:37.it a U-turn, Sally, but I would say that Theresa May recognised she is

:05:38. > :05:40.on a collision course with many of her own MPs, many of her

:05:41. > :05:45.backbenchers on this issue and she is trying to think of ways to soften

:05:46. > :05:48.the impact. Now, the timing of something rather than the principle

:05:49. > :05:52.behind it is usually less important. This time, I think, it is crucial.

:05:53. > :05:56.We heard a strong defence of the policy from Theresa May at a

:05:57. > :05:59.conference under sustained questioning in Brussels last night.

:06:00. > :06:03.She said it was fair, fair between the employed and the self-employed,

:06:04. > :06:08.but there won't be a Parliamentary vote until the autumn that's because

:06:09. > :06:11.by then there will be a review into working practises published and it

:06:12. > :06:16.is likely to be offering self-employed people greater rights

:06:17. > :06:20.to for example maternity leave and paternity leave. The argument will

:06:21. > :06:23.be come the autumn that in effect the tax rises will be going ahead,

:06:24. > :06:26.but self-employed people will be getting more value for money and

:06:27. > :06:31.more rights and benefits in return for that. However, we should be also

:06:32. > :06:35.aware that unusually this year we have not one, but two Budgets. There

:06:36. > :06:39.is another Budget in the autumn. So I think if Tory MPs remain

:06:40. > :06:42.rebellious then at least the Government has bought itself space

:06:43. > :06:45.and time and could perhaps come up with further changes, who knows,

:06:46. > :06:50.maybe even a delay in implementing it? The trouble is the more that you

:06:51. > :06:54.offer to self-employed people to soften or sweeten the bitter pill of

:06:55. > :06:59.a tax rise, the less money there is going to be for the Treasury. Iain,

:07:00. > :07:04.thank you. Let's go to Ben in Brussels. This

:07:05. > :07:09.was Mrs May's last EU Summit. What kind of a reception has she been

:07:10. > :07:15.getting over there? It is the last summit that she will come to before

:07:16. > :07:18.she formally tells the EU that we're leaving, that she's triggering

:07:19. > :07:21.Brexit and in fact the remain 27 members of the European Union are

:07:22. > :07:24.meeting here this morning to continue talks, to map the future,

:07:25. > :07:28.but Theresa May won't be because we're not going to be part of it. So

:07:29. > :07:33.she has already gone home. The strange thing, even though Brexit is

:07:34. > :07:35.this huge issue the EU have to deal with, the complex negotiations are

:07:36. > :07:40.about to start, it was barely mentioned here over the last 24

:07:41. > :07:44.hours because the EU are emphatic that there can be no talks, no

:07:45. > :07:48.negotiations until that formal Brexit request goes in and Theresa

:07:49. > :07:52.May says, she said again yesterday, that will happen by the end of

:07:53. > :07:56.March. So on the brink of it all getting underway in earnest. One of

:07:57. > :08:00.the big issues that will be on the negotiating table is a question of

:08:01. > :08:05.money that Britain owes. Commitments it has made to pay into the EU

:08:06. > :08:09.coffers. There is discussion here that there could be a Brexit exit

:08:10. > :08:13.bill presented to Britain of around 50 billion euros. Boris Johnson, the

:08:14. > :08:17.Foreign Secretary, has said in a documentary on the BBC, that he

:08:18. > :08:20.suggested strongly that could be an amount that Britain should be not

:08:21. > :08:25.prepared to pay. It should be able to walk away and not pay that money.

:08:26. > :08:32.So he's taking out, he's staking out a hard position early on in this.

:08:33. > :08:35.And another key EU player, an MEP, he has also told the BBC that as

:08:36. > :08:40.part of the negotiations he might quite like to see British citizens

:08:41. > :08:44.continue if they want to get some of the rights they enjoy as members of

:08:45. > :08:47.the European Union such as the free movement of people. Brexit hasn't

:08:48. > :08:51.begun yet. It is about to, but we're getting a sense already of some of

:08:52. > :08:53.the issues that will be in play. Ben, thank you. That's Ben Wright in

:08:54. > :08:58.Brussels this morning. BT is to split from its Openreach

:08:59. > :09:01.service which runs the UK's broadband infrastructure -

:09:02. > :09:08.the biggest reform in its history. The telecoms regulator,

:09:09. > :09:10.Ofcom, has been pushing to legally separate the two,

:09:11. > :09:12.following complaints that Openreach was under-performing and providing

:09:13. > :09:14.slow broadband speeds for some parts Open reach is legally separate, but

:09:15. > :09:27.within BT. Does Openreach make its decisions

:09:28. > :09:32.and invest in the way that's for the whole good of the country. It is not

:09:33. > :09:34.the only reform that we're making to improve broadband. We will be

:09:35. > :09:39.setting tougher rules so that engineers turn up on time to fix

:09:40. > :09:43.your broadband, but also, if things do go wrong, for the first time,

:09:44. > :09:47.there will be automatic compensation as you get a cheque in the post if

:09:48. > :09:52.Openreach doesn't deliver. Protests are taking place in Seoul

:09:53. > :09:55.after South Korea's highest court upheld a decision to remove

:09:56. > :09:59.the country's president from office. These live pictures show

:10:00. > :10:01.the scenes in the capital following the decision which forces

:10:02. > :10:04.Park Geun-hye to stand down. She was impeached over a corruption

:10:05. > :10:07.scandal involving a close friend. She will now lose her immunity

:10:08. > :10:08.against prosecution The decision was met

:10:09. > :10:14.by cheering in the streets from opponents of Ms Park,

:10:15. > :10:16.but her supporters Police say two people have died

:10:17. > :10:22.during protests outside the court. It's emerged that some detainees

:10:23. > :10:24.held at an immigration removal centre near Gatwick Airport have

:10:25. > :10:26.been there for as long Prison inspectors found that

:10:27. > :10:31.children had also been detained at Brook House which holds almost

:10:32. > :10:34.400 adult male asylum seekers, illegal immigrants and foreign

:10:35. > :10:36.national offenders. The Home Office says some people

:10:37. > :10:38.prolong detention by trying Britain's aid programme

:10:39. > :10:48.in Libya could be harming vulnerable migrants,

:10:49. > :10:50.according to a new report. The Independent Commission

:10:51. > :10:53.for Aid Impact said there was a risk that Britain's support was leading

:10:54. > :10:55.to more migrants being detained The Government says British vessels

:10:56. > :11:02.have saved more than 13,000 lives MPs are being warned that the Palace

:11:03. > :11:18.of Westminster is close to a "catastrophic failure"

:11:19. > :11:20.unless they make a decision over The Public Accounts Committee,

:11:21. > :11:23.which overlooks government spending, says the longer MPs mull over

:11:24. > :11:26.the options for addressing the deterioration, the more likely

:11:27. > :11:28.it is that public money The committee is encouraging

:11:29. > :11:31.Parliament to back the cheapest option which will cost around

:11:32. > :11:44.?3.5 billion and take Scientists in Australia say the

:11:45. > :11:47.Great Barrier Reef has been hit by bleaching of its corals. The

:11:48. > :11:53.bleaching happens when the water is too high and the coral expels the

:11:54. > :11:58.algae that lives in its tissue. The first aerial survey of 2017 shows

:11:59. > :12:02.large areas of the reef have become distressed over the Australian

:12:03. > :12:06.summer. It is the first time that bleaching has returned to within 12

:12:07. > :12:13.months leading to concerns over the reef's long-term health.

:12:14. > :12:19.It is 8.12am. Nick will have the weather shortly.

:12:20. > :12:23.Budget pressures are forcing schools in England to cut courses

:12:24. > :12:29.and increase class sizes, according to head teachers.

:12:30. > :12:31.That's despite the Government saying that funding is at an all-time high.

:12:32. > :12:34.The Association of School and College Leaders is warning that

:12:35. > :12:37.rising costs will lead to more difficult decisions.

:12:38. > :12:40.We're joined by head teacher Ian Fenn, and the Chair

:12:41. > :12:42.of the Education Committee Neil Carmichael, who is in our

:12:43. > :12:51.Thank you both for joining us this morning. Ian, you are a headteacher.

:12:52. > :12:55.Yes. At the sharp end of this. Yes. Tell us what is happening in your

:12:56. > :12:58.schools in relation to budgets? Over the next three years, we're

:12:59. > :13:01.expecting and we've been told by the National Audit Office, that there

:13:02. > :13:07.will be an 8% drop in our funding. Our costs will go up by 8%, but it

:13:08. > :13:10.will not be matched by money coming in and that therefore means that

:13:11. > :13:14.we're going to have to think long and hard about how we balance our

:13:15. > :13:18.budgets and many, many schools are going into deficit already and

:13:19. > :13:21.that's before this price hike. So it will be very, very significant and

:13:22. > :13:25.it's going to affect every school in England. OK, you use the word

:13:26. > :13:29.thinking long and hard, presumably there is only a few options when it

:13:30. > :13:33.comes to saving money. What are the options? What are the things that

:13:34. > :13:38.can go? You might not want them to, but what are the things that have to

:13:39. > :13:41.go? You have to look at subjects which aren't popular on the

:13:42. > :13:51.curriculum and therefore have small sizes. Like what? Well, dance for

:13:52. > :13:56.example, if you're having dance with ten kids, it is not going to happen.

:13:57. > :14:02.Minority languages like German in some schools, that will be a

:14:03. > :14:05.minority subject, that would go. In my school, product design is strong,

:14:06. > :14:09.but in some schools, it is weak. Therefore, if you cannot have a

:14:10. > :14:14.class with at least 15 children in because, not that many children want

:14:15. > :14:18.to do it, that subject will go. Neil Carmichael MP, just listening to

:14:19. > :14:23.that there, in your role, what is your reaction to what you're

:14:24. > :14:27.hearing? Classes being dropped, you know, pupil numbers having to change

:14:28. > :14:30.because of of a lack of money? Well, there are three things that are

:14:31. > :14:33.happening all at once which I think helps to make this a bigger problem.

:14:34. > :14:36.One is obviously we've got more children coming into the system. We

:14:37. > :14:40.have nine million children now, but soon there will be ten million and I

:14:41. > :14:43.think that's one of the drivers behind this particular problem. The

:14:44. > :14:47.second one, of course, is we're looking at the way in which schools

:14:48. > :14:51.are funded, that's sensible because some schools haven't been funded

:14:52. > :14:55.fairly for a while, but the national formula funding proposal from the

:14:56. > :14:58.Government does have some issues. One of them which we have been

:14:59. > :15:04.campaigning about is the need for a higher floor so that no schools fall

:15:05. > :15:07.below a certain level and I think that's something we need to press

:15:08. > :15:11.the case on, but the wider question of the budget itself, ?40 billion is

:15:12. > :15:15.being spent on our schools, that's the biggest amount of money ever,

:15:16. > :15:19.but it does reflect the fact that we need to bear in mind, inflation and

:15:20. > :15:27.we need to bear in mind other challenges to the school system. Can

:15:28. > :15:34.I get you to clear something up for me? The ACL says class sizes are

:15:35. > :15:38.going up. The government says class sizes are not going up. What is it

:15:39. > :15:44.about the data which contradict what the schools are actually saying? We

:15:45. > :15:48.have always had issues about data. My own committee was worrying about

:15:49. > :15:52.data not long ago when we were talking about teacher recruitment

:15:53. > :15:55.and retention. So there are data questions. The fact is there will be

:15:56. > :15:58.some schools which are struggling because there are some schools in

:15:59. > :16:03.areas where we have simply more pupils and the increase in pupil

:16:04. > :16:07.numbers forecast it will be higher in some areas than others. So there

:16:08. > :16:10.is really a conflict here between the global figure and the local

:16:11. > :16:15.figure. And I think that the government is right to say

:16:16. > :16:24.absolutely overall class sizes are not rising. They have fallen in some

:16:25. > :16:28.subjects. Ian Fenn, you are shaking your head, I'm just going to

:16:29. > :16:32.interrupt you. Think the government looks that census figures which are

:16:33. > :16:35.drawn every years from schools and that is divided by the number of

:16:36. > :16:41.teachers which in effect is not how schools operate. You have some

:16:42. > :16:44.teachers like me, I don't teach because I am a head teacher that I

:16:45. > :16:48.encountered in the number of teachers that a school has, and

:16:49. > :16:52.consequently, you get a distortion between what the census shows, maybe

:16:53. > :17:01.a ratio of 16 to one and actually what is going on in classrooms. You

:17:02. > :17:03.have also got to bear in mind that some schools have children with very

:17:04. > :17:08.specific needs. You cannot at 33 children who do not speaking dish in

:17:09. > :17:10.a class together. We do not have a spokesman from the government to

:17:11. > :17:15.give their position but Neil says they are proudly boasting they are

:17:16. > :17:21.putting in more money and they are quibbling over class sizes. When you

:17:22. > :17:27.hear them say that, what do you think? I'm sure they are putting 40

:17:28. > :17:32.billion in because that is on record that if you're putting 45 billion

:17:33. > :17:36.in, if you have more children coming in which they do, if we have higher

:17:37. > :17:39.costs, I will have to pay increased national insurance for the people I

:17:40. > :17:44.employ, I will have to pay higher pension costs, none of this is

:17:45. > :17:49.factored into the money we get. If you give us ?40 billion this year,

:17:50. > :17:53.and think next year 40 billion will do, well, it will not. Our costs

:17:54. > :17:59.will have gone up by X percent and it will be a cut. You are very proud

:18:00. > :18:03.and passionate teacher and head teacher. What is the reality check.

:18:04. > :18:08.We know there are more pupils coming into secondary schools. It is only

:18:09. > :18:14.going to get worse, all of these issues will be exacerbated. What do

:18:15. > :18:18.you see as the future? I don't sound too dramatic but I see a collapse of

:18:19. > :18:24.the system. I see all the achievements we have had in the last

:18:25. > :18:27.five, ten, 15 years, under threat. I see vulnerable children feeling

:18:28. > :18:33.disenfranchised from society that are to care for them. I see them

:18:34. > :18:35.being adrift so the more privileged parts of society are able to

:18:36. > :18:41.subsidise the education of their children. There is an average of

:18:42. > :18:45.?400 per parent per child spent by the parents in the state sector. My

:18:46. > :18:48.parents cannot afford that. They are going to be the ones that suffer

:18:49. > :18:56.disproportionately and it is a tragedy. Neil, did you hear that, a

:18:57. > :18:59.total collapse of the system? I did hear that. The system is not going

:19:00. > :19:03.to collapse because it is one of the most important systems we have got.

:19:04. > :19:07.We have got to educate our young people, we have got to have a school

:19:08. > :19:10.system which is responsive to the challenges we have in the future,

:19:11. > :19:15.especially in two years' time when we are leaving the European Union

:19:16. > :19:18.and we will need all of the skills from our own number so our schools

:19:19. > :19:23.system and College system has got to deliver all of that. There is a case

:19:24. > :19:27.for more investment in the medium term. I myself have made that case

:19:28. > :19:33.because we have got to be sure that we do actually have a properly

:19:34. > :19:38.resourced education system. The Chancellor on Wednesday has actually

:19:39. > :19:41.demonstrated a commitment to providing extra money for skills and

:19:42. > :19:46.training, and that is a really big step in the right direction. It is

:19:47. > :19:51.part of our schools system, it will be embedded in the way in which our

:19:52. > :19:57.schools are funded, and of course he has also underlined the amendment to

:19:58. > :20:03.provide more school places. So the move is in the right direction. I

:20:04. > :20:10.accept that because of our budgetary system, we cannot look far enough

:20:11. > :20:15.forward to think about what we might have say in 2021, four example. And

:20:16. > :20:19.that is a worry for headteachers, I know that. One of the things we have

:20:20. > :20:23.got to try and do is get a three-year line of sight for our

:20:24. > :20:29.school budgets and that would help enormously. And it would allay some

:20:30. > :20:33.of the fears we have just heard. Neil Carmichael, unfortunately we

:20:34. > :20:39.are out of time. It is safe to say there is a lot of head shaking going

:20:40. > :20:43.on from our headteacher here now. We will pick up on the story again.

:20:44. > :20:47.Thank you very much for your time. Let's go to knit with the weather.

:20:48. > :21:01.-- nick. I will show you a view from the

:21:02. > :21:04.West. It is a bit misty and murky. It is a bit damp and drizzly as

:21:05. > :21:12.well. We have an East West split going on at the moment. Glimmers of

:21:13. > :21:20.rightness. Mild, it cloudy and damp in the West. There are some areas of

:21:21. > :21:24.coastal fog around in the south and south-west of Britain and the

:21:25. > :21:30.Channel Islands as well. There is that difference in temperature.

:21:31. > :21:35.Single figures in the east, double figures in the West. Outbreaks of

:21:36. > :21:41.rain and drizzle for Northern Ireland and Scotland. It is a bit

:21:42. > :21:46.breezy towards the north-west of Scotland. It is the cloud today,

:21:47. > :21:49.after all the sunshine yesterday. It has been taken away from us. There

:21:50. > :21:55.will be some brighter spells developing towards the coast of

:21:56. > :22:02.Northern Ireland, north-east Wales and Devon and Somerset. There is not

:22:03. > :22:06.much wet weather around during the afternoon. It is mild, just not as

:22:07. > :22:11.mild as it was yesterday in the sunshine. Here is a few going into

:22:12. > :22:17.the evening, nothing changing very quickly. There may be some breaks

:22:18. > :22:21.around for Cardiff for the Six Nations this evening. Overnight we

:22:22. > :22:25.will have ranged from Northern Ireland and Scotland. England and

:22:26. > :22:30.Wales, with the exception of the odd patch of drizzle, it will be mainly

:22:31. > :22:36.dry, misty and murky. Temperatures are holding up, not going down very

:22:37. > :22:40.far. A mild start to the weekend. The rain pushes away on Saturday in

:22:41. > :22:45.two parts of northern England, North and West Wales. Behind it we

:22:46. > :22:48.brighten up. Ahead of it we will have some funny spells, East Anglia

:22:49. > :22:54.and the south-east, where for some of us it will turn quite warm. We

:22:55. > :22:57.could see 17 Celsius again. In Scotland and Northern Ireland it

:22:58. > :23:03.will also feel pleasant in the afternoon. Part two of the weekend

:23:04. > :23:09.now. A couple of areas of whether moving through. It is more mixed on

:23:10. > :23:13.Sunday. Slightly cooler by the end of the weekend. Some rain at times

:23:14. > :23:17.this weekend, not all the time, there will be drier and brighter

:23:18. > :23:23.moments as well. Back to you two. In 1952, the city of

:23:24. > :23:29.London was effectively brought to a standstill -

:23:30. > :23:31.caused by air pollution. While some may remember

:23:32. > :23:34.the Great Smog - more than 60 years on, poor air quality

:23:35. > :23:36.is still damaging people's health and causing thousands

:23:37. > :23:38.of premature deaths every year. As part of the BBC's

:23:39. > :23:40.So I Can Breathe series - Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been

:23:41. > :23:43.looking at how things have improved, London has been brought

:23:44. > :23:47.to a halt by death smog, The Great Smog of 1952, dramatised

:23:48. > :23:59.in the Netflix series The Crown. Anne Goldsmith was eight in 1952

:24:00. > :24:07.and remembers it well. We could hardly see in front of us,

:24:08. > :24:11.and when I got to school, the handkerchief would

:24:12. > :24:16.be absolutely black. It is now thought 12,000 people

:24:17. > :24:24.died in the Great Smog. The enemy then was coal, used

:24:25. > :24:27.in factories and people's homes. What followed the smog

:24:28. > :24:30.was the Clean Air Act of 1956. It introduced smoke-controlled

:24:31. > :24:32.areas, where only smokeless Fast forward 60 years and the enemy

:24:33. > :24:38.now is nitrogen dioxide These are the engines that have been

:24:39. > :24:48.removed out of taxis in Birmingham. The local authority in Birmingham

:24:49. > :24:51.has funding to replace the diesel We removed 99% of the nox that

:24:52. > :25:06.taxis were producing. There are hundreds of

:25:07. > :25:10.taxis in Birmingham. The government's overall plan

:25:11. > :25:13.is to introduce so-called clean air I will look at the evidence,

:25:14. > :25:18.and when the evidence comes through as to where the key areas

:25:19. > :25:21.of pollution are, we will take the action that is needed to address

:25:22. > :25:27.the need for clean air in the city. I am afraid the government

:25:28. > :25:29.has been hopeless. Critics like Client Earth say

:25:30. > :25:31.that what we need today is a new Clean Air Act,

:25:32. > :25:33.and a scrappage scheme We have to force diesel

:25:34. > :25:39.vehicles off the roads. It will take time, but we have

:25:40. > :25:45.to protect people's health. If the water we are drinking

:25:46. > :25:48.were as dirty as the air we're breathing in now,

:25:49. > :25:54.we'd do something about it. Back in Lewisham in London, Anne

:25:55. > :25:57.is meeting nine-year-old Eloise, We called it smog,

:25:58. > :26:03.and you couldn't see. So we had to be very careful

:26:04. > :26:10.we didn't bump into anybody. On days when pollution is bad,

:26:11. > :26:19.Amy and Eloise are kept indoors at playtime,

:26:20. > :26:25.just as Anne was in 1952. Sometimes we have to do stay

:26:26. > :26:28.inside because the air is bad. Amazed by Anne's story, Amy

:26:29. > :26:34.and Eloise are recreating her walk More than 60 years on, air pollution

:26:35. > :26:49.is still damaging children's health So many people are still

:26:50. > :30:21.complaining. Now the news, I'm back with the latest

:30:22. > :30:23.from the BBC London Hello this is Breakfast

:30:24. > :30:36.with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent. Schools in England are being forced

:30:37. > :30:41.to cut GCSE and A-Level courses in an effort to balance the books,

:30:42. > :30:44.according to a head teachers' union. The Association of School

:30:45. > :30:46.and College Leaders has warned budget pressures are driving up

:30:47. > :30:49.class sizes and causing them to cancel extra

:30:50. > :30:53.curricular activities. However, the Department

:30:54. > :30:55.for Education disputes that class sizes are increasing and says

:30:56. > :30:57.funding for schools Labour has accused the Government

:30:58. > :31:01.of being in 'disarray' after the Prime Minister said

:31:02. > :31:03.controversial tax rises for self-employed workers would not

:31:04. > :31:11.be put into legislation Theresa May said the changes

:31:12. > :31:14.to national insurance, announced in the budget,

:31:15. > :31:16.were necessary and fair but said the Chancellor would listen

:31:17. > :31:18.to concerns before MPs voted The shift towards self-employment

:31:19. > :31:28.is eroding the tax base. It's making it harder

:31:29. > :31:30.to afford the public services on which ordinary

:31:31. > :31:34.working families depend. And this goes some way towards

:31:35. > :31:39.fixing that. BT is to split from its Openreach

:31:40. > :31:44.service - which runs the UK's The telecoms regulator,

:31:45. > :31:47.OFCOM, has been pushing to legally separate the two,

:31:48. > :31:49.following complaints that Openreach was under-performing and providing

:31:50. > :32:09.slow broadband speeds for some parts does it invest in ways which are for

:32:10. > :32:13.the good of the country? We are going to set tougher rules to make

:32:14. > :32:16.sure engineers turn up on time to fix your broadband and if things go

:32:17. > :32:21.wrong, for the first time there will be automatic compensation, so you

:32:22. > :32:25.get a cheque in the post if they do not deliver.

:32:26. > :32:28.Protests are taking place in Seoul after South Korea's highest court

:32:29. > :32:30.upheld a decision to remove the country's president from office.

:32:31. > :32:32.These live pictures show scenes in the capital

:32:33. > :32:34.following the decision which forces Park Geun-hye

:32:35. > :32:38.She was impeached over a corruption scandal involving a close friend.

:32:39. > :32:40.She will now lose her immunity against prosecution

:32:41. > :32:52.The decision was met by cheering in the streets

:32:53. > :32:54.from opponents of Ms Park, but her supporters

:32:55. > :33:04.Police say two people have died during protests outside the court.

:33:05. > :33:06.MPs are being warned that the Palace of Westminster

:33:07. > :33:09.is close to a "catastrophic failure" unless they make a decision over

:33:10. > :33:12.The Public Accounts Committee, which overlooks government spending,

:33:13. > :33:14.says the longer MPs mull over the options for addressing

:33:15. > :33:17.the deterioration, the more likely it is that public money

:33:18. > :33:20.The committee is encouraging Parliament to back the cheapest

:33:21. > :33:22.option, which will cost around ?3.5 billion and take

:33:23. > :33:27.Scientists in Australia say the Great Barrier Reef has been hit

:33:28. > :33:29.by widespread bleaching of its corals for the

:33:30. > :33:37.Bleaching happens when the water temperature is too high

:33:38. > :33:39.and the coral expells the algae that lives in its tissue

:33:40. > :33:45.The first aerial survey of 2017 shows large areas of the reef have

:33:46. > :33:46.become distressed over the Australian summer.

:33:47. > :33:49.It's the first time bleaching has returned within 12 months,

:33:50. > :34:03.leading to concerns over the reef's long term health.

:34:04. > :34:06.And coming up here on Breakfast this morning.

:34:07. > :34:08.From a predatory poodle to a labrador that's a bit

:34:09. > :34:14.TV dog trainer Graeme Hall tells us why he can teach any dog new tricks

:34:15. > :34:21.Whether it's counting penguins, or keeping a record

:34:22. > :34:25.of the birds in your garden - we find out how we can all be

:34:26. > :34:27.scientists, as experts call on people power to help make

:34:28. > :34:33.new discoveries about the natural world.

:34:34. > :34:41.# To make you stand for your man... #

:34:42. > :34:45.She was the first female bass player to become a major rock star and has

:34:46. > :34:47.sold over 55 million records - Suzi Quatro will be here

:34:48. > :34:49.to share her pearls of wisdom after 53 years on stage.

:34:50. > :35:01.53! We have a little festival outside the building today, and you

:35:02. > :35:11.used to be in a band, Mike. That is right. After the stoat. -- Arthur.

:35:12. > :35:17.We played in Camden Town and we also did a tour of Europe, as well. But

:35:18. > :35:22.we got broken into in Amsterdam. It was a bit like spinal tap. Happy

:35:23. > :35:26.days. I would recommend it to everyone. We are going to start with

:35:27. > :35:39.some breaking news. British Cycling have admitted

:35:40. > :35:41.they prioritised winning medals over the the well-being

:35:42. > :35:43.of staff and athletes. They've acknowledged

:35:44. > :35:45.that they "sanitised" their own investigation

:35:46. > :35:49.into allegations that former technical director Shane Sutton

:35:50. > :35:51.used sexist language They're responding to

:35:52. > :35:54.the leak of a draft report, looking at failings,

:35:55. > :35:56.within the sport's governing body and that's a story

:35:57. > :36:02.we will be keeping an eye on. Jose Mourinho said it was

:36:03. > :36:04."impossible to play any better" after his Manchester United side

:36:05. > :36:06.drew 1-1 at FC Rostov Mourinho wasn't impressed

:36:07. > :36:15.with the rough pitch - but Henrik Mikhitaryan scored

:36:16. > :36:18.an away goal and although the Russian side equalised,

:36:19. > :36:20.Mourinho said that football life was "full of experiences"

:36:21. > :36:29.and that was a new one for United. England's cricketers have completed

:36:30. > :36:31.a 3-0 whitewash in the one-day Alex Hales came back

:36:32. > :36:34.into the team in Barbados, after recovering from injury,

:36:35. > :36:38.and made a century. Joe Root also hit a hundred,

:36:39. > :36:41.as England scored a record total The West Indies were bowled out well

:36:42. > :36:45.short of that target, Now have England's Six Nations

:36:46. > :36:58.ambitions been knocked Owen Farrell, injured his left knee

:36:59. > :37:03.in their latest training session ahead of tomorrow's

:37:04. > :37:05.match against Scotland. The centre had to leave the training

:37:06. > :37:07.field at Pennyhill Park. And while No 8, Billy Vunipola,

:37:08. > :37:10.will make his first appearance in the tournament from the bench,

:37:11. > :37:13.head coach Eddie Jones admits Farrell could be a doubt,

:37:14. > :37:15.although he made light of the incident in

:37:16. > :37:19.front of the media. Well, the weekend's Six Nations

:37:20. > :37:21.action begins this evening at the Principality Stadium

:37:22. > :37:23.in Cardiff, as Wales They have both named unchanged

:37:24. > :37:32.teams. British freestyle skier James Woods,

:37:33. > :37:36.won a bronze medal at the X Games This is slopestyle, where the skiers

:37:37. > :37:39.complete acrobatic manoeuvres on a sloping course,

:37:40. > :37:42.with rails for sliding Woods also competes

:37:43. > :37:49.in the snowboarding "big air" Winter Olympics debut next

:37:50. > :38:01.year in Pyeongchang. Now as awkward interviews go

:38:02. > :38:05.this is right up there. Ronnie O'Sullivan,

:38:06. > :38:07.can be challenging for reporters, especially after he recently said,

:38:08. > :38:09.he wouldn't be talking in depth in interviews,

:38:10. > :38:11.following the fine he got, for comments he made to the media

:38:12. > :38:14.during the masters tournament.but after his latest defeat,

:38:15. > :38:16.and then giving a few short answers to BBC Wales reporter Gareth Blaney,

:38:17. > :38:19.the interview became So how do you reflect

:38:20. > :38:25.on the match as a whole? Um, you seem to take

:38:26. > :38:28.while to get going. SING: # Maybe, there're gonna be

:38:29. > :38:35.the one that saves me. And after all, you're

:38:36. > :38:37.my wonderwall...# What do you reckon of my

:38:38. > :38:47.lyrics, is that good? I love that. That has never happened

:38:48. > :38:56.to me in an interview. I would like that. I think that should be in

:38:57. > :39:01.courage. Regarding the opening story, an important moment. Yes,

:39:02. > :39:08.British cycling have said they put the winning of medals over the

:39:09. > :39:16.winning -- the welfare of cyclists, with the gesture varnish accusations

:39:17. > :39:24.of sexist language used towards her -- Jess Varnish. She had to stand

:39:25. > :39:28.alone, as well. Yes, she did. This is a big admission from them. Yes,

:39:29. > :39:31.that the report is sanitised. Scientists often have the access

:39:32. > :39:34.to the very latest technology - but, this week, there's a call

:39:35. > :39:36.for old-fashioned people power to help make new discoveries

:39:37. > :39:39.about the natural world. No experience is necessary -

:39:40. > :39:42.and some of the research doesn't We'll be hearing a bit more

:39:43. > :39:46.in a moment, but first let's find out exactly what it means to be

:39:47. > :40:43.a citizen scientist. Joining us now is Dr Tom Hart,

:40:44. > :40:47.who is behind that PenguinWatch project, along with our science

:40:48. > :41:03.reporter Victoria Gill. You call yourself a penguin all

:41:04. > :41:11.just? -- ologist. Is that a real word? No, not really, but it gets

:41:12. > :41:16.people engaged. So, what can we do? This is British science week so this

:41:17. > :41:20.is engaging a lot of people and we do this because it is important,

:41:21. > :41:25.presuming eye is still better than most computers at analysing this

:41:26. > :41:30.data -- the human eye. This is something anyone can do, we have

:41:31. > :41:37.made it simple so that if you go and participate, that is very viable

:41:38. > :41:47.data for us. This is not the only project. No, you can be an Antarctic

:41:48. > :41:51.explorer and scientist from your sofa, these cameras have been

:41:52. > :41:55.watching over penguin colonies, for example, together these images. This

:41:56. > :41:59.is a lot of hard work, but then you can have a look at the images and

:42:00. > :42:05.help gather the data. Talk us through it. There is a camera

:42:06. > :42:10.watching penguins. You go to the site and you register and log in so

:42:11. > :42:14.you can submit your data analysis, but essentially you are counting and

:42:15. > :42:18.analysing these penguin colonies, counting the number of penguins and

:42:19. > :42:24.the number of nests and chicks and eggs. And this works out what the

:42:25. > :42:27.population is doing, and how climate change, which is already having a

:42:28. > :42:32.massive impact, is affecting the penguin population. I have never

:42:33. > :42:40.tried to count penguins, this is not easy, something tells me. Don't they

:42:41. > :42:43.all look the same. They do, but within the image you clicked on

:42:44. > :42:47.everyone until it is done, and it really is that simple. It is mildly

:42:48. > :42:57.addictive, which we use to our advantage. That is how people stay

:42:58. > :43:00.and gather data for us. We went to Antarctica together, and I did a

:43:01. > :43:06.story as he set up his cameras, and then we went to a school where

:43:07. > :43:10.children were doing this penguin watch analysis and they were totally

:43:11. > :43:14.engaged and the quality of the data was brilliant. Even just the

:43:15. > :43:21.counting is quite good for our health, apparently. That is right.

:43:22. > :43:25.This is one of dozens of Citizen scientist projects and if you have a

:43:26. > :43:29.look at the British science association website, you can see the

:43:30. > :43:35.different projects you can get involved with. The big Garden Bird

:43:36. > :43:38.watch, for example, and the study said that looking at garden birds,

:43:39. > :43:45.just watching wildlife, is actually good for our health, so this can

:43:46. > :43:48.benefit you, as well. You mention birds, but closer to home, what are

:43:49. > :43:54.some of the things that researchers are interested in? The possibilities

:43:55. > :43:59.are endless. This is partly at reaching that we want people to

:44:00. > :44:02.engage with nature so they value it, but why we have done this in

:44:03. > :44:07.Antarctica because it is hard to collect this kind of data, the same

:44:08. > :44:13.thing can be applied to garden birds and British sea birds, anything. The

:44:14. > :44:19.technique works worldwide. We can go a bit further afield. Properly

:44:20. > :44:22.further afield. Mars. There is a great website which is worth a look

:44:23. > :44:29.and there are some projects which you can help to map the project of

:44:30. > :44:33.Mars and you are looking for features on The Martian surface,

:44:34. > :44:39.which have been gathered by cameras. That is what we are seeing? Yes,

:44:40. > :44:44.these are some of the features, you are looking for lines of possible

:44:45. > :44:49.mineral lines in the ground which shows where there might have been

:44:50. > :44:53.underground water, that shows The Martian history and possible

:44:54. > :44:58.evidence of previous life on Mars. How do I know what I'm looking for?

:44:59. > :45:03.How do I know I'm not putting in bogus information?

:45:04. > :45:12.That is something you have worked really hard within PenguinWatch?

:45:13. > :45:17.They spend a lot of time making sure the interface -- interface is simple

:45:18. > :45:25.at Zooniverserve, it is vital you can engage with it and get good

:45:26. > :45:31.data. We filter the dates and make sure that it is quality controlled.

:45:32. > :45:37.Filtering through millions of images and square miles, let's say the

:45:38. > :45:41.research only has to go through 1% of that, that is an enormous

:45:42. > :45:47.benefit. We don't want fake Penguin News, that would be bad.

:45:48. > :45:51.Or fake Mars factor! You would encourage people just to get

:45:52. > :45:56.involved, it is straightforward? Go one Zooniverse, look at the British

:45:57. > :46:01.science Association website, already more than 800,000 people have been

:46:02. > :46:02.taking part in PenguinWatch so the amount of data analysis done is

:46:03. > :46:04.powerful. Here's Nick with a look

:46:05. > :46:10.at this morning's weather. Is it the right weather the

:46:11. > :46:16.penguins? In terms of searching for anything,

:46:17. > :46:22.good luck with scenes like this! It is very murky in Portsmouth, judging

:46:23. > :46:25.by this image from one of the Weather Watchers. Misty and murky

:46:26. > :46:30.across the South and west of the UK to begin the day, rain around in

:46:31. > :46:33.north-west England and across parts of Wales, Northern Ireland and into

:46:34. > :46:37.western Scotland. Glimmers of brightness around the east of the

:46:38. > :46:42.UK, but misty and murky from the Channel Islands and along southern

:46:43. > :46:46.England, along the coast and the south-west and into Wales. Any early

:46:47. > :46:50.brightness in the east will be gobbled up by the cloud but in the

:46:51. > :46:54.West we are getting some outbreaks of rain, it has been a damp start

:46:55. > :46:57.for many, we are seeing this truth of what weather working through

:46:58. > :47:03.northern Scotland and eventually it will move into the Northern Isles.

:47:04. > :47:12.-- this strip of wet weather. If you have sunshine, it is likely

:47:13. > :47:16.to become cloudy, and mainly cloudy picture and damp in the West into

:47:17. > :47:19.the afternoon. Maybe the north of Northern Ireland, north-east Wales

:47:20. > :47:25.and the north of Somerset, Cornwall and Devon, we might get sunshine. We

:47:26. > :47:30.might get to 15 Celsius, most others won't. Ten to 13 is on the mild side

:47:31. > :47:33.but not as mature blues and China's yesterday.

:47:34. > :47:37.Little change into this evening, it should be nothing to worry about for

:47:38. > :47:41.the Six Nations rugby in Cardiff this evening, certainly with a

:47:42. > :47:45.temperature of 10 degrees. The temperatures are not going down

:47:46. > :47:49.very far this evening with a blanket of cloud across the UK. Rain coming

:47:50. > :47:52.through Northern Ireland overnight and into Scotland. These are the

:47:53. > :47:59.overnight temperatures. If you have early rain tomorrow in

:48:00. > :48:01.Scotland and Northern Ireland, it should not last too long and

:48:02. > :48:05.gradually slip away. Sunnier skies following but the rain moves on to

:48:06. > :48:09.parts of northern England and North and West Wales tomorrow. To the

:48:10. > :48:14.south and east of art, mainly dry with cloud breaks in East Anglia and

:48:15. > :48:19.south-east England, it will feel quite warm, 17 and possibly 18 on

:48:20. > :48:24.Saturday in south-east England. For Sunday, it looks a bit messy at

:48:25. > :48:28.this stage. Still working on the detail so keep into a the forecast,

:48:29. > :48:32.there might be a couple of spells of wet weather moving east through the

:48:33. > :48:37.day, brighter in between, scattered showers to the west. The wind

:48:38. > :48:40.direction changes a little, a little bit cooler by the end of the

:48:41. > :48:45.weekend. Slightly mixed for the weekend but there will still be

:48:46. > :48:47.those moments you can get out and about and it is still looking on the

:48:48. > :48:57.one side for penguins! You have to hands back to the new

:48:58. > :49:05.presenter. Wherein she? Sally's dog has come into the studio. Shall we

:49:06. > :49:10.make her wave? Thanks, Nick! We are all a little bit distracted. My

:49:11. > :49:13.little Sadie is here. You were quite worried about how she

:49:14. > :49:21.would be? She is quite nervous. There we go.

:49:22. > :49:24.She is OK. Yesterday we talked about just cuddling and animal made you

:49:25. > :49:30.feel better, I said we should all cuddle a dog or a cat. Sadie is very

:49:31. > :49:34.well at the moment, but some dogs are not always like that.

:49:35. > :49:37.Even Sadie is not always like this. I am a little bit nervous.

:49:38. > :49:40.A new programme, Dogs Behaving Badly, sets out to help to some

:49:41. > :49:42.desperate owners tackle the canine crimes wreaking havoc

:49:43. > :49:46.I mean, really desperate owners with terrible problems.

:49:47. > :49:49.In a moment, we'll be speaking to the master dog trainer that's

:49:50. > :49:52.tasked with bringing these pups to heel, but first let's take a look

:49:53. > :50:06.He is the man known as the Dogfather ex-formation Mark --!

:50:07. > :50:08.Rescue dog Addie might look like butter wouldn't melt,

:50:09. > :50:11.but the moment James walks in, this poodle turns predator.

:50:12. > :50:15.I can't come near you, I can't give you a kiss,

:50:16. > :50:18.We don't really spend much time together,

:50:19. > :50:21.even though we live together, because of Addie.

:50:22. > :50:33.Got to the point where my patience has just run out.

:50:34. > :50:41.Graham's speciality of a swift, successful fix...

:50:42. > :50:51.Graham thinks he can fix things in less than an hour.

:50:52. > :50:55.Just put your hand down on Julie's leg again, if you don't mind.

:50:56. > :51:02.He's looking at your hand, he's looking away.

:51:03. > :51:05.His eyes are closing and he's thinking, "Do you know

:51:06. > :51:26.That was a very jealous dog. Sadie is obviously not threatened, she is

:51:27. > :51:27.quite happy. And master dog trainer Graeme Hall

:51:28. > :51:35.joins us in the studio now. Good morning. I will just keep my

:51:36. > :51:39.fingers crossed and hope that she behaves, we have asked lots of

:51:40. > :51:44.people to send... She is having a little growl. We have asked lots of

:51:45. > :51:49.people to send in their problems, but there dogs with terrible,

:51:50. > :51:53.terrible behavioural problems in your programme? I think the Phantom

:51:54. > :51:58.of the worst dog behaviour in Britain, the clue is in the title,

:51:59. > :52:03.Dogs Behaving Badly. She is a piece of cake in comparison to some. One

:52:04. > :52:07.of the first once you meet is a poodle, this is a couple, the lady

:52:08. > :52:13.has a dog and, much to their frustration, it is a bit more than

:52:14. > :52:19.that, her dog constantly attacks her boyfriend? Yes. The boyfriend, was

:52:20. > :52:23.their first, then they brought Addie, the dog, in. What you don't

:52:24. > :52:28.see in the programme, when I said, what happens if I can't fix this, I

:52:29. > :52:33.was expecting her to say the dog was going to have to be re-homed, the

:52:34. > :52:40.answer was, James Hurrell had to go. Wow! Literally he comes home after

:52:41. > :52:44.work to sit down and the dog would literally go for him, it was like

:52:45. > :52:49.that? The dog was biting him all the time and they could not be as close

:52:50. > :52:54.as you guys are now. God forbid he put his arm around her, the dog

:52:55. > :52:57.would even bite his face, you see in the programme. From my point of

:52:58. > :53:03.view, that was not such a difficult problem to fix, which might sound

:53:04. > :53:12.odd, that was about 40 minutes. How do you fix that? What was happening

:53:13. > :53:16.was that Julie was rewarding the wrong behaviour, every time the dog

:53:17. > :53:20.went for James she was like, don't worry, darling, it is fine. The dog

:53:21. > :53:24.just hears the nice tone of voice, not the words, you might as well be

:53:25. > :53:30.saying, I love it when you bite him. I said to say if you snarl or bark,

:53:31. > :53:35.I put you down and you come back when you are being a good boy. Up

:53:36. > :53:40.the situations are domestic problems, problems within the house.

:53:41. > :53:44.-- some of the situations. The great Dane takes on a whole new Di

:53:45. > :53:48.mentioned, this owner has effectively lost control of an

:53:49. > :53:52.enormous dog that they take out walking and this is your first

:53:53. > :53:58.encounter as you walk in the door, explain what happens? Would you

:53:59. > :54:02.believe it, he is nervous, he does not like strangers. He has learned

:54:03. > :54:08.that if he bigs it up, which is easy if you are a great Dane, people

:54:09. > :54:11.back. I do not back off but I am not aggressive, either. I stand my

:54:12. > :54:19.ground and within seconds he gave up. I think he is probably thinking,

:54:20. > :54:25.you are weird! When the owners take this dog... I'm sorry, I can't

:54:26. > :54:29.remember its name. When they go out for a walk he is literally pulling

:54:30. > :54:34.them off their feet and trying to go for other dogs? Really dangerous?

:54:35. > :54:39.Yes, and he weighs 71 kilos. If people think they will be attacked

:54:40. > :54:42.by the dog and think they will be injured, there is potentially an

:54:43. > :54:44.offence so there is a real danger that this dog could be taken away if

:54:45. > :54:51.we did not fix it. We asked viewers to send in pictures

:54:52. > :54:53.of their dogs at the problem is that they have.

:54:54. > :54:55.This is George's dog Baxter, aged four from South London.

:54:56. > :54:57.He steals cash from mum's handbag, takes it into

:54:58. > :55:12.Right. He has fundamentally misunderstood what to do with cash!

:55:13. > :55:18.That sounds like attention seeking. If the dog steals cash from your

:55:19. > :55:22.handbag, you chase after the dog. It is not the cash, we know what it is,

:55:23. > :55:27.the Dodgers thinks it is paper with a fantastic smell. The idea probably

:55:28. > :55:30.in his head is that if I take this to the garden, I have got my mum.

:55:31. > :55:34.Ned, who is nicknamed Naughty Noo Noo, is 18 months old.

:55:35. > :55:36.He sometimes goes out to toilet and then comes straight back

:55:37. > :55:50.18 months old, he should have got it by now, that is the first thing. If

:55:51. > :55:54.he goes outside and then comes back inside and does the toilet in the

:55:55. > :55:59.house, it is not like he is doing it on purpose to spite you, which it

:56:00. > :56:03.sometimes feels like, it means he has not understood. You need to make

:56:04. > :56:07.sure that at the time he goes to the toilet outside, somebody is there to

:56:08. > :56:13.praise him. If you do not tell him what you want, how does he know?

:56:14. > :56:17.It is funny this little dynamic, every once in awhile, I don't know

:56:18. > :56:24.if you can hear it, there is a lighter growl going on. What is your

:56:25. > :56:28.analysis of what is happening? She is not happy, she is in a position

:56:29. > :56:34.that is a bit unusual for her, not so unusual for her mum. She has

:56:35. > :56:39.never been on television before. She is thinking, this is weird, I don't

:56:40. > :56:44.like it. One of you smells familiar but everything else is really

:56:45. > :56:49.strange. That's right, so she is expressing discomfort, if you like,

:56:50. > :56:56.by grumbling. That is one of those situations that with a nervous dog

:56:57. > :56:59.can sometimes lead to problems. If they growl at people and people back

:57:00. > :57:05.off, usually it is a bigger dog, the dog thinks, this is good, I get what

:57:06. > :57:10.I want by growling. She has stopped looking at me completely.

:57:11. > :57:14.She is clever! She is looking around, it is like she is accustomed

:57:15. > :57:17.to me being here but the rest of it...

:57:18. > :57:23.When people come into the house she leaps and jumps and jumps and jumps

:57:24. > :57:27.at them. In a friendly way? In a really friendly way, but it is

:57:28. > :57:33.probably annoying. It is, and imagine if she was a great Dane. If

:57:34. > :57:38.she jumps up, we probably need to tell her off in an appropriate way.

:57:39. > :57:44.Contrary to popular belief, it is OK to tell dogs off, as long as you are

:57:45. > :57:47.not bullying all being nasty. You probably need to use a stern voice

:57:48. > :57:53.and a look on your face that says, no. That is not giving her

:57:54. > :57:57.retention? I thought you had to ignore it? In practice you would

:57:58. > :58:02.have to ignore it for a long, long time. Most people don't do it for

:58:03. > :58:07.long enough. What happens when she gives up? Perhaps 30 seconds and she

:58:08. > :58:15.puts her paws on the ground. At that point, people usually just carry on

:58:16. > :58:18.to the people. In the dock's world, I get what I want by jumping, but

:58:19. > :58:21.sitting like a little angel gets me nothing. Fascinating, thank you.

:58:22. > :58:25.Dogs Behaving Badly is on Channel 4 tomorrow at 6:05pm.

:58:26. > :58:32.I think she is OK now. Very calm. Let's enjoy the moment.

:58:33. > :58:33.She's the original queen of glam rock.

:58:34. > :58:36.Suzi Quatro inspired a generation of female singers when she donned

:58:37. > :58:41.a leather jump suit and picked up her bass guitar back in the 60s.

:58:42. > :58:46.-- in the 70s. I am distracted because I am thinking that I wanted

:58:47. > :58:48.one of those when I was little. To date she has sold over

:58:49. > :58:50.50 million records worldwide, but she's not stopping there -

:58:51. > :58:54.she's preparing to head out on a UK wide arena tour with the likes

:58:55. > :58:57.of The Osmonds and Hot Chocolate. We'll speak to her in a moment,

:58:58. > :59:01.but first here's a reminder of one # So make a stand

:59:02. > :59:04.for your man, honey. # Well your sister's

:59:05. > :59:33.got the feline touch # And your eagle lover

:59:34. > :59:40.likes his little bit # Don't let the cat get

:59:41. > :59:48.into the eagle's nest at night # Because the eagle could say

:59:49. > :00:07.yes without a fight Name the date. You knew exactly when

:00:08. > :00:13.it was. I know everything by my haircut and what I'm wearing. That

:00:14. > :00:19.was 1973, the Christmas special, top of the Pops, and just after that, I

:00:20. > :00:25.went to the hairdresser and I said, I want this and this. He said, I

:00:26. > :00:28.can't do that, that is not a haircut, but he did it and then

:00:29. > :00:34.everyone wanted the Suzi Quatro haircut. Where did the idea come

:00:35. > :00:39.from? I don't know, I've always been like this, I wanted to wear leather,

:00:40. > :00:45.no you can't, I wanted to play bass, no you can't. There was a great

:00:46. > :00:50.thing about having a trademark haircut, but at the same time it did

:00:51. > :00:55.you have do keep it after that? Well, no, I do Everything within

:00:56. > :01:02.reason, this is the same haircut but I let it dry naturally. I've been

:01:03. > :01:10.lucky with my image, that it is a timeless image. And it is not glam

:01:11. > :01:15.rock. I never was. I started having hits in that period, but I was

:01:16. > :01:20.always, did you ever see me with crazy make up? You saw me with no

:01:21. > :01:26.make up and a plain black leather jumpsuit. Quite right. If you wanted

:01:27. > :01:36.to see the difference you would have to look at people like Marc Bolland.

:01:37. > :01:42.Yes, that was glam rock. -- Bolan. When you look back, because you were

:01:43. > :01:56.so unusual, it is almost timeless. Yes, that is right. When is that

:01:57. > :02:04.one? Oh my gosh, where did they dig that one? That base is now in the

:02:05. > :02:09.British music Museum of history. I think I've lasted because I'm real.

:02:10. > :02:17.That is how I look at it, I'm not manufactured. What you see is what

:02:18. > :02:23.you get. Here I am, that is why I've lasted the test of time. Now we are

:02:24. > :02:31.much more used to the idea of women in a front, leading a band. Was

:02:32. > :02:37.that... Did you feel like you were unusual in those times? Did it feel

:02:38. > :02:44.you were breaking barriers? I realised that later. As I was doing

:02:45. > :02:49.it, I never had been a gender person and I don't see male-female, Elvis

:02:50. > :02:55.Presley, I saw him when I was six and I said, I'm going to be him. I

:02:56. > :02:59.don't do gender. I wasn't the first female rock musician but I was the

:03:00. > :03:02.first one to have success and it is because I didn't do gender, if that

:03:03. > :03:09.makes sense. Therefore it didn't bother you. I didn't think about it.

:03:10. > :03:12.I've met many musicians over the years and I've said, did I look like

:03:13. > :03:22.a girl up there trying to prove something? They always says no. --

:03:23. > :03:28.say. I had to break the door down in hindsight. I say this at the ripe

:03:29. > :03:36.age of 66. It had to fall to someone like me. You mentioned your age. I

:03:37. > :03:45.don't mind at all. That's good. You are involved in the Legends tour.

:03:46. > :03:48.Who else is involved? I agreed to headline this because it was

:03:49. > :03:53.something I wanted to do in England for a long time. Good people I've

:03:54. > :04:00.known for long time. Hot chocolate, we were stablemates, David Essex,

:04:01. > :04:08.I've known him for ever, still cute. He knows that. Who didn't think so?

:04:09. > :04:14.The Osmonds, I've not worked with them, but the others I have.

:04:15. > :04:22.Cracking line-up. You do separate sets? Yes, it is a hits programme,

:04:23. > :04:25.in my own show, I will do two and a half hours, but here you have got to

:04:26. > :04:28.be respectful that there are three other people and you have got to be

:04:29. > :04:33.respectful that everyone is coming to go down memory lane and you have

:04:34. > :04:38.to give the audience what they want on any given occasion. It is lovely

:04:39. > :04:45.to see you. You have just got back from Australia. Two days ago, I did

:04:46. > :04:54.my 32nd tour, and I sold out the opera house. I rocked the opera

:04:55. > :05:00.house. You keep those older suits? Yes, I still have them all. I would

:05:01. > :05:09.like one. Is that six minutes gone already? Yes, it is like life. It is

:05:10. > :05:12.nice to see you. I could keep talking, you know. LAUGHTER

:05:13. > :05:16.The Legends live UK arena tour starts on 13th October.

:05:17. > :05:23.We are going to have more music in just a moment. Have you seen the

:05:24. > :05:33.festival going on outside? The music thing? Yes. It is very modest in

:05:34. > :05:38.scale. When you think about live music, I say, if you don't do the

:05:39. > :05:45.gigs, you don't learn your craft, and of story. -- end. Now we have

:05:46. > :07:39.got Interesting what Suzi Quatro said

:07:40. > :07:45.about learning your craft. Yes, it must be terrifying to make your

:07:46. > :07:50.debut on stage. Sean is out there, we have a small festival, and we are

:07:51. > :07:59.trying to work out how much live music is going on at any one time.

:08:00. > :08:03.We have a bit of rhythm. I've been trying to get them to stop all

:08:04. > :08:06.morning, this is the Manchester school of Samba, they are one of

:08:07. > :08:11.many live acts we have had all morning. Talking about the live

:08:12. > :08:16.music industry, which is worth about ?4 billion to the UK economy, more

:08:17. > :08:20.than 100,000 jobs directly, so this is important when we hear about the

:08:21. > :08:24.changes from Philip Hammond regarding the budget, and we are

:08:25. > :08:30.looking at cities across the UK and what the live music industry is

:08:31. > :08:35.like, an audit of every open mike night, choirs, everything, from

:08:36. > :08:43.Brighton to Glasgow, where Lorna has been taking a look for us.

:08:44. > :08:48.Music is part of our culture. We listen to plenty of culture. But how

:08:49. > :08:55.does the live scene compare? Volunteers in six cities

:08:56. > :08:57.across the country are We're asking them how many

:08:58. > :09:02.events they go to, why they maybe go to an event,

:09:03. > :09:04.what's the main reasons There are plenty of free

:09:05. > :09:08.performances to go to but, even so, British consumers

:09:09. > :09:12.spend more on concert tickets than on physical records, digital

:09:13. > :09:17.downloads and streaming combined. And the organisers of this census

:09:18. > :09:21.say that even those who think that silence is golden should

:09:22. > :09:23.care about the state Music is a huge driver

:09:24. > :09:30.economically within the creative industries which are, of course,

:09:31. > :09:33.a big export for the UK, There's a lot of research to suggest

:09:34. > :09:39.that music is also important for our health and well-being but,

:09:40. > :09:42.for me, music is really important because it's part of what makes us

:09:43. > :09:45.human, it's a fundamental part Glasgow has a really

:09:46. > :09:52.active music scene. There are 70 live music events

:09:53. > :09:58.in the 24-hour period this census is taking place

:09:59. > :10:01.in but here across the UK the live Some iconic locations where famous

:10:02. > :10:08.groups honed their acts have closed down,

:10:09. > :10:11.some never to reopen. Some smaller more intimate venues

:10:12. > :10:17.are only just breaking even. Surviving as a small venue

:10:18. > :10:22.is difficult at the moment because property prices are increasing,

:10:23. > :10:26.because of the tight regulations This attempt to measure

:10:27. > :10:35.the economic and cultural benefits of live music is, census

:10:36. > :10:42.organisers believe, a world first. Whatever they find out, that live

:10:43. > :10:45.music in all its glorious forms brings joy to many is

:10:46. > :11:01.already beyond doubt. Plenty of joy being brought in the

:11:02. > :11:10.drizzle this morning, I'm very happy. Gavin has joined us. No

:11:11. > :11:15.Wellington boots. Yes, but I'm right, I've planned ahead. You are a

:11:16. > :11:20.concert promoter and you run a big venue in Manchester, is this a good

:11:21. > :11:24.time for the music industry? It is a fantastic time, there is a lot of

:11:25. > :11:28.people rediscovering live music and buying tickets and going to shows,

:11:29. > :11:32.especially in greater Manchester. This is a strong place was the other

:11:33. > :11:38.parts of the country, small venues are struggling. -- in other parts of

:11:39. > :11:44.the country. Anything next time that we could do better? Advertise it

:11:45. > :11:48.more than 12 hours in advance, probably, looking at the audience.

:11:49. > :11:52.You would normally think about planning something like this 3-6

:11:53. > :11:57.months in advance, so maybe that is the best piece of advice. The year

:11:58. > :12:03.ahead for the music industry, what is going to be the big change? The

:12:04. > :12:07.festivals are selling out? Festivals are selling well, and I think more

:12:08. > :12:10.and more people are discovering new music through the internet and

:12:11. > :12:16.YouTube and coming out to small concerts which is great. People need

:12:17. > :12:19.to support emerging artists otherwise they won't stick at it and

:12:20. > :12:26.they won't be there in 10-20 years' time. Gavin, thanks for joining us.

:12:27. > :12:31.Charlie and Sally, you are coming down? This will sort the men from

:12:32. > :12:38.the boys, this kind of weather. You have a poncho for us to wear? We

:12:39. > :12:47.have a few umbrellas. These people are hard-core, we have little

:12:48. > :12:54.sparrow, Vladimir and Anton on the violin, Jess, she was a BBC six

:12:55. > :13:00.finalist. It is impressive what we have created. They have put a song

:13:01. > :13:05.together for us. They are going to play us out now.

:13:06. > :13:47.Oh, the dragon. Dylan Thomas.

:13:48. > :13:49.Richard Burton. Barry Island.

:13:50. > :13:54.The River Shannon. We invented the submarine.