17/03/2017

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

:00:00. > :00:08.The war of words over a second Scottish independence referendum

:00:09. > :00:13.The SNP accuse the Prime Minister of running scared, but Theresa May

:00:14. > :00:32.vows to fight for what she calls the precious union.

:00:33. > :00:39.Also this morning: A warning that secondary schools in England face

:00:40. > :00:44.losing an average of six teachers because of funding changes.

:00:45. > :00:47.More than a million people work in the so-called gig economy,

:00:48. > :00:51.but many miss out on holiday pay and pensions.

:00:52. > :00:56.So are the jobs flexible extra income, or just exploiting staff?

:00:57. > :01:09.I'm at Cheltenham, where it is Gold Cup day.

:01:10. > :01:12.I will have all the sport from here shortly.

:01:13. > :01:14.Elsewhere, Manchester United are through to the quarter-finals

:01:15. > :01:17.of the Europa League after a 1-0 win against FC Rostov at Old Trafford.

:01:18. > :01:20.And we join the cast of the rom com Love Actually,

:01:21. > :01:23.as they film a remake for Comic Relief.

:01:24. > :01:34.Good morning. It is a little bit chilly out that if you are about to

:01:35. > :01:38.head up the door but while southern and eastern areas will see dry and

:01:39. > :01:41.bright weather throughout the day, North and west can expect cloud and

:01:42. > :01:44.outbreaks of rain. Details on that and a full forecast coming up.

:01:45. > :01:48.First, our main story: The SNP will today accuse the Government

:01:49. > :01:50.of being too scared to allow a second independence referendum.

:01:51. > :01:53.Deputy Leader Angus Robertson will open his party's spring

:01:54. > :01:55.conference by saying the Conservatives have a desperate

:01:56. > :01:57.desire to prevent anyone rejecting Brexit.

:01:58. > :02:00.But Theresa May will tell her own party conference in Cardiff

:02:01. > :02:03.that she will fight to keep what she calls the precious union.

:02:04. > :02:10.Our Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon reports.

:02:11. > :02:17.Two leaders, both talking tough in the battle over Scotland's future.

:02:18. > :02:20.Theresa May and rejecting a referendum on independence before

:02:21. > :02:26.the UK leads the EU, saying now is not the time. Nicola Sturgeon

:02:27. > :02:30.determined it should go ahead, and at a time of her choosing. I think

:02:31. > :02:35.it would be completely unacceptable and outrageous, and almost

:02:36. > :02:39.antidemocratic, for a Conservative government with one MP in Scotland

:02:40. > :02:43.to seek to block the democratic will of the Scottish Parliament, and

:02:44. > :02:48.stand on the way of the Scottish people having the right to choose

:02:49. > :02:52.their own future. Miss Sturgeon will use her party conference in Aberdeen

:02:53. > :02:55.to keep the spotlight on her argument that Downing Street's

:02:56. > :03:02.position is unsustainable. 2000 party members who will pack this

:03:03. > :03:06.hole later will likely agree. Elsewhere in the Granite city the

:03:07. > :03:12.views were mixed. Maybe sometime in the future we can vote on it. As far

:03:13. > :03:15.as it was announced, what they were proposing, I don't think... For me,

:03:16. > :03:21.that is not something I would like to vote on. Although Theresa May

:03:22. > :03:27.says to wait until a deal, the deal is about being taken out of Europe,

:03:28. > :03:32.so I don't think Theresa May has any right to stop her. It has been two

:03:33. > :03:36.make you since people of Scotland first loaded on whether to leave the

:03:37. > :03:40.United Kingdom, for now they will be none of this. Both sides are instead

:03:41. > :03:44.focused on trying to persuade people in Scotland that they are right

:03:45. > :03:46.about the timing on any possible second independence referendum.

:03:47. > :03:48.Our political correspondent Mark Lobel is in Westminster for us.

:03:49. > :03:56.Mark, both sides showing no sign of backing down on this.

:03:57. > :04:02.Indeed, Theresa May upping the anti again today in the Times, writing

:04:03. > :04:06.that it would be fundamentally unfair for the Scottish people to

:04:07. > :04:11.have to face this decision in the timeframe outlined by the SNP which

:04:12. > :04:15.is holding the referendum by spring 2019 -- ante. She thinks it would

:04:16. > :04:19.not be good to be the energies she needs to get a good Brexit deal

:04:20. > :04:22.against those needed to hold a referendum, in fact last night she

:04:23. > :04:28.launched her plan for Britain including some technical errors

:04:29. > :04:34.which was a gift for opponents, at one point saying it wasn't working,

:04:35. > :04:40.and her objectives for Brexit being to strengthen the union. She will

:04:41. > :04:45.refer to the Conservatives as the Conservative Unionist party. Words

:04:46. > :04:48.echoing what she said on Downing Street when she took up the job.

:04:49. > :04:52.Things have changed on Downing Street. It has become such a hot

:04:53. > :04:56.potato, because of Nicola Sturgeon is adamant that next week she will

:04:57. > :05:00.hold a vote on the Scottish Parliament and formally asked the

:05:01. > :05:03.Westminster government to allow them to hold an independence referendum,

:05:04. > :05:08.even though she knows the answer is no, not now. Angus Robertson will

:05:09. > :05:12.accuse Theresa May of running scared at their conference in Aberdeen.

:05:13. > :05:16.Theresa May hasn't ruled out a referendum but the big question for

:05:17. > :05:19.her is going to be, and will continue to be, if not now, when?

:05:20. > :05:22.Every secondary school in England could lose the equivalent of six

:05:23. > :05:24.teachers by 2020, according to a think tank.

:05:25. > :05:27.The Education Policy Institute says schools will see cuts on average

:05:28. > :05:30.of nearly ?300,000 in the next three years, but the Government says

:05:31. > :05:33.funding is at an all-time high and will continue to rise.

:05:34. > :05:49.Parents and pupils in Cheshire, protesting last month about a lack

:05:50. > :05:57.of funding for their schools compared to other areas.

:05:58. > :05:59.The Government has plans to redistribute funds,

:06:00. > :06:10.and it says that at ?40 billion this year, school funding in England

:06:11. > :06:16.However, a report has concluded that no school will avoid a real terms

:06:17. > :06:27.cut in budget over the next few years.

:06:28. > :06:29.Schools are facing significant cost pressures.

:06:30. > :06:32.The cost of running the school increases, rising number of students

:06:33. > :06:34.and from local authorities having less money to spend.

:06:35. > :06:38.So while the distribution of money may be fairer there is simply not

:06:39. > :06:40.enough money in the system to meet those pressures.

:06:41. > :06:43.The Education Policy Institute estimates that by 2020 the average

:06:44. > :06:45.real terms lost funding per primary school will be ?74,000,

:06:46. > :06:48.and per secondary school, the average cut will be ?291,000.

:06:49. > :06:51.That equates to every primary school losing two teachers,

:06:52. > :06:57.and every secondary school losing six.

:06:58. > :07:00.The Government says it does recognise the pressures schools

:07:01. > :07:03.in England are facing, and is helping them to make savings.

:07:04. > :07:05.Britain's surveillance agency GCHQ has described claims

:07:06. > :07:08.that it was asked by President Obama to spy on Donald Trump

:07:09. > :07:11.The unusual move to issue a statement came after

:07:12. > :07:14.White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer quoted claims first made

:07:15. > :07:23.on US TV channel Fox News earlier this week.

:07:24. > :07:30.He didn't use the NSA, he didn't use the CIA, he didn't use the FBI and

:07:31. > :07:34.he didn't use the Department of Justice. He used GCHQ. What is that?

:07:35. > :07:38.Is the initials of the British intelligence spying agency. Sintered

:07:39. > :07:41.base sang to them the President needs transcripts of the

:07:42. > :07:46.conversation of con, conversations involving President Trump, is able

:07:47. > :07:47.to get it and there are no American fingerprints on it.

:07:48. > :07:50.The UK's biggest-ever fine for river pollution is expected to be imposed

:07:51. > :07:53.The company has admitted to breaching more than

:07:54. > :07:57.Stretches of water in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire were heavily

:07:58. > :08:02.Haddock caught west of Scotland and in the North Sea has been taken

:08:03. > :08:04.off a list of sustainable fish to eat.

:08:05. > :08:07.The Marine Conservation Society says stocks declined last year,

:08:08. > :08:11.and action is needed to boost the number of breeding-age fish.

:08:12. > :08:15.A woman in Peru has had a miraculous escape after being swept away

:08:16. > :08:18.in an avalanche of mud and other debris, after heavy rains.

:08:19. > :08:20.The 32-year-old woman had fallen into a raging river,

:08:21. > :08:23.but somehow managed to get out onto a riverbank,

:08:24. > :08:25.and was helped to safety by onlookers.

:08:26. > :08:44.At least 12 people have died in the floods.

:08:45. > :08:55.I was about to say, why isn't the person filming going to help her?

:08:56. > :08:55.You can see that there are quite a few people there.

:08:56. > :08:58.A BBC team of journalists and several tourists had to run

:08:59. > :09:02.for cover after they were caught in the middle of Mt Etna

:09:03. > :09:05.A flow of lava mixed with snow led to explosions,

:09:06. > :09:08.as we have just seen, sending fragments of rock flying

:09:09. > :09:11.It was the third eruption in the last three weeks,

:09:12. > :09:15.and this image from a European Space Agency satellite caught the ferocity

:09:16. > :09:35.We will be speaking to the BBC science correspondent, getting her

:09:36. > :09:39.first hand account, as she and her team were uninjured, but shaken. She

:09:40. > :09:46.was saying it has only just dawned on me, what has just happened. It is

:09:47. > :09:53.one of my favourite days of the year, Gold Cup Day at Cheltenham.

:09:54. > :09:58.And Friday. I am with you on that. Good morning everyone. It is such a

:09:59. > :10:02.special day, such a special feeling standing here. A lot of people asked

:10:03. > :10:06.me why it is so special, I think it is the history, that they have been

:10:07. > :10:11.doing this since the 1800s. First of all, racing on top of Cleeve Hill

:10:12. > :10:18.before it came down here onto the flat. This iconic slope takes you

:10:19. > :10:21.down to the winning post. It is St Patrick's Day as well, and having

:10:22. > :10:30.gone down a little bit earlier, it was like a mini Dublin. Everyone was

:10:31. > :10:41.singing a certain song, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, of course, by the Kaiser

:10:42. > :10:59.Chiefs. Four winners for Ruby Walsh, and they will look to repeat that

:11:00. > :11:03.Now, when it comes to Cheltenham's big prize, the Gold Cup,

:11:04. > :11:06.trainer Paul Nicholls is the most successful since the 1960s.

:11:07. > :11:10.He says it is very much a team effort at his stables in Somerset,

:11:11. > :11:29.Dawn over the ditch it, and even before the sun rises, the stables

:11:30. > :11:35.are staring. It is 5:15 a.m.. I can hear noises out other -- Ditcheat.

:11:36. > :11:39.It is because, within the hour, the stable lads and lasses, the jockey

:11:40. > :11:42.on the trainer, were into their morning routine. After starting here

:11:43. > :11:49.after school and college, Shannon may work over ten hours, six days a

:11:50. > :11:53.week, looking up five horses, but it is worth it. I write this letter

:11:54. > :11:58.every day as well so when I see him go to the races and do well, it is

:11:59. > :12:05.such a good feeling. And when he wins a race at Cheltenham... Exactly

:12:06. > :12:09.right. In the great thing is if he wins at Cheltenham on Gold cup day,

:12:10. > :12:13.Shannon and all the stuff you will get some of the spoils, share some

:12:14. > :12:17.of that prize money. If Shannon wanted to go on and become a jockey

:12:18. > :12:21.she would need to pass the fitness course at jockey school. I have

:12:22. > :12:26.painful memories of my failure that when I joined Sam Twiston-Davies on

:12:27. > :12:36.the simulator to taste the pain they endure every day before he tried in

:12:37. > :12:44.vain to teach me how to fall. Sam roads Sapphire in the cup today.

:12:45. > :12:50.While following Sam to shop in is this man, who leads the championship

:12:51. > :12:54.for young riders. I had three rides last year, and there are so many

:12:55. > :12:59.people, and the buzz is amazing. If we can get a winner this year it

:13:00. > :13:02.will be a dream come true. Making the true is the trainer. Paul

:13:03. > :13:09.Nicholls himself, who has already lifted the Gold cup four times in

:13:10. > :13:14.his career. You need a great team behind you to make it work. Talking

:13:15. > :13:21.to the staff, they have played such a big role. So many crumbs make a

:13:22. > :13:26.kick. Horses, the raw materials. They are athletes, at the end of the

:13:27. > :13:30.day, and they all need to be treated as individuals to get the best out

:13:31. > :13:38.of them. The big thing is fitness. Spotting their well-being. It is

:13:39. > :13:42.important to look after them. Back in the Commodores as must look their

:13:43. > :13:47.best for the spotlight, and while Paul wouldn't let me anywhere near a

:13:48. > :13:53.saddle, there was at the tail end of the team... A beautiful tale, a

:13:54. > :13:59.really bushy one, that one. I was made to feel especially welcome down

:14:00. > :14:05.the local, where so many winners have been toasted. Ten years since

:14:06. > :14:08.they first won a gold cup at Cheltenham. Really special memories.

:14:09. > :14:15.I knew my place there at the back end of the horse, but 124 horses,

:14:16. > :14:19.has Paul Nicholls got, at his yard there. That goes on with every one

:14:20. > :14:22.of those, indeed. Everybody here, there are 70,000 in the stands

:14:23. > :14:27.letter on and everyone has a bet. They feel part of that team as well,

:14:28. > :14:31.so I got the feeling it is like being in an FA Cup final but was not

:14:32. > :14:36.just two teams, say there are 20 horses in a race, you have 20 people

:14:37. > :14:39.involved, everyone cheering on their particular horse, their particular

:14:40. > :14:42.team. I have been told you can see my thermals, that is this black

:14:43. > :14:47.thing here. It is actually a thermal vest poking up from under my shirt,

:14:48. > :14:52.I will tuck that in. It is about two degrees this morning, so it is

:14:53. > :14:56.pretty chilly. I have a hat as well to keep me warm. This is a style of

:14:57. > :15:05.hat made popular a few years ago by David Beckham. Are you laughing? I

:15:06. > :15:10.can't quite work out, it is kind of a Dickensian character, isn't it, is

:15:11. > :15:15.it the Artful Dodger? No, I am going back to work at the bakery. It keeps

:15:16. > :15:20.my head warm, it is effective! The most important thing at Cheltenham

:15:21. > :15:26.is to stay warm and I am glad we know that is not just a vest, that

:15:27. > :15:33.is a thermal vest. We know probably too much, if we are honest.

:15:34. > :15:39.We get out. How is looking this morning?

:15:40. > :15:46.Is a little bit colder then this morning. Let's Levett it averages. A

:15:47. > :15:55.few degrees above freezing, not just in Cheltenham. Cardiff, Bristol,

:15:56. > :15:59.nothing and Aberdeen. A little bit colder than it has been recently. A

:16:00. > :16:03.little bit of ice around far north of Scotland. We have rental and cool

:16:04. > :16:07.services there. Western Scotland, quite a damp day on the way.

:16:08. > :16:13.Northern Ireland, St Patrick's Day rain. On an. East of Scotland,

:16:14. > :16:19.north-east England, not too bad at the moment. Should be driving a

:16:20. > :16:25.morning commute with some sunshine. Increasing cloud in northern

:16:26. > :16:29.England. Dry in Wales, but a little chilly. Light winds at the moment,

:16:30. > :16:32.but hazy sunshine around. It will stay dry through much of the day

:16:33. > :16:37.across southern areas. The cloud will increase. Nor the Scotland will

:16:38. > :16:41.continue to see a little bit of sunshine at times, but cloudy

:16:42. > :16:45.outbreaks of rain at other times. Increasing weight for north-west

:16:46. > :16:53.England, the Midlands, and north-west Wales. She's a dry

:16:54. > :17:00.towards the south. Temperatures have been average of the study. If you

:17:01. > :17:07.are heading to Cheltenham, don't let the slight bit of rain and wind

:17:08. > :17:12.destructive. The brutal blows more clouds throughout the UK. Always

:17:13. > :17:15.wettest in the west. Not too much rain across eastern areas. That will

:17:16. > :17:21.keep it averages up as we head into dawn on Saturday morning. Colder

:17:22. > :17:26.conditions where the clearest of the skies are. That up in Scotland. Into

:17:27. > :17:31.Saturday, pretty grey to start for Scotland. Best of the sunshine in

:17:32. > :17:36.the morning. The cloud looked in and break east of high ground. But

:17:37. > :17:39.through many other areas expect rain at times, especially in the

:17:40. > :17:43.afternoon. The splash of red getting into eastern areas, but most will

:17:44. > :17:49.stay dry through the bulk of the day. Slightly milder air pushing its

:17:50. > :17:53.way they can. Temperatures could hit around 15 degrees in the south-east.

:17:54. > :17:56.One word of caution: Through Saturday night, wet and windy

:17:57. > :18:03.weather will spread across the northern half of the UK. -- windier.

:18:04. > :18:07.Mild winds, temperatures should hold up nicely. Western areas again, the

:18:08. > :18:10.degree in Scotland and north-west England will see rain at times on

:18:11. > :18:15.Sunday. Further south and east, you will actually get away with a dry

:18:16. > :18:17.weekend. Temperatures back up a bit competitive today. That is how it is

:18:18. > :18:21.looking. Back to you both. It's 6:18am and you're watching

:18:22. > :18:23.Breakfast from BBC News. The SNP is accusing the government

:18:24. > :18:28.of being "too scared" to allow a second independence referendum

:18:29. > :18:30.to take place before talks A think-tank is warning

:18:31. > :18:34.that the average secondary school in England could see its funding

:18:35. > :18:51.drop by nearly ?300,000 by 2020. Then it here this morning as well.

:18:52. > :18:56.Good morning. We will now go and have a look at the front pages. The

:18:57. > :18:59.Daily Telegraph, that story we have been talking badgers there. Theresa

:19:00. > :19:04.May is telling Nicola Sturgeon that she is going to wait for six years

:19:05. > :19:08.for the next referendum vote. Just want Toshiba is picky here, too,

:19:09. > :19:20.because lots of the pictures are talking about Bake-Off, today. Yes,

:19:21. > :19:23.the new lineup has been announced. On the Daily Mail, we have the

:19:24. > :19:28.patients who had to enjoy the humiliation of being in a mixed sex

:19:29. > :19:33.hospital ward having tripled in recent years. This is an ongoing

:19:34. > :19:37.issue and they then tried to make sure that they have people staying

:19:38. > :19:43.in separate wars, but according to these figures, it is getting worse.

:19:44. > :19:49.This is a new lineup as a safe or Bake-Off. It is nor fielding. The

:19:50. > :19:51.new judge will be pruning. That is nor fielding there in one of his

:19:52. > :20:01.characteristically flamboyant outfits. -- the new judge will be

:20:02. > :20:05.Prue Leith. I think the format will stay the same, just different

:20:06. > :20:09.presenters. The Daily Express has a health around the front page. They

:20:10. > :20:14.said that Staton 's raise the risk of diabetes. Experts suggest there

:20:15. > :20:20.should be some concern for pensioners. -- statins. At a picture

:20:21. > :20:25.of the Queen leading Chelsea yesterday. And the story of the

:20:26. > :20:31.Financial Times that broke yesterday. A vote of confidence in

:20:32. > :20:38.UK carmaking. Toyota has invested ?240 million and it is thought that

:20:39. > :20:43.this will be spent on making the factories more efficient. Pertamina

:20:44. > :20:56.'s announcement, and if they design a new model, or the factories have

:20:57. > :21:01.two compete for the business. -- to compete. So this is a sign that they

:21:02. > :21:09.might have some faith in the UK being very much over the business.

:21:10. > :21:14.This story here about Larry the Cat, they are calling this story a

:21:15. > :21:17.disaster. Easy this mousy? Very cute. Larry the Cat completely

:21:18. > :21:27.failed to catch the mouse yesterday. Led around for a bit. This is the

:21:28. > :21:35.cat from Number ten. Even as the mouse runs away laughing. There were

:21:36. > :21:41.lots of cameras they yesterday. We can tell our houses as well. The

:21:42. > :21:52.looked at house prices on Coronation Street and now despair. And how much

:21:53. > :22:01.they will increase. Can has seen his house increase in value that now

:22:02. > :22:11.would go for ?142 million. ?85,000 for another place. And what you

:22:12. > :22:21.think Argos were now? 85... In 1985, it was ?85,000. -- can you guess

:22:22. > :22:27.what it is worth now. ?495,000. That was a good game. You need a

:22:28. > :22:32.catchphrase! Let's not go there. Here is another one from the

:22:33. > :22:36.Guardian. Where could be talking about this were now. Nicola Sturgeon

:22:37. > :22:40.Theresa May. We like to hear more today because of course it is the

:22:41. > :22:42.SNP party conference on today. And they are also injures and what they

:22:43. > :22:50.are calling the new Melon Sue. Rising numbers of parents in England

:22:51. > :22:52.are submitting complaints because their child has been denied

:22:53. > :22:55.free school transport. The Local Government Ombudsman says

:22:56. > :22:57.this can put children with disabilities at a disadvantage

:22:58. > :23:00.who may need extra help to Breakfast's Graham Satchell met

:23:01. > :23:04.Leanna Forse who had to give up her job because she couldn't

:23:05. > :23:23.afford to pay ?500 a month Billy is on his way home from

:23:24. > :23:27.school. He is 16 and has a wreck chromosome disorder. It means he

:23:28. > :23:32.cannot walk or talk, needs help to dress, it, with everything. Local

:23:33. > :23:36.authorities have a legal obligation to provide transport to and from

:23:37. > :23:41.school for children like Billy up to the age of 16. After that, each

:23:42. > :23:46.council has its own policy. He does well. He is progressing. He has all

:23:47. > :23:52.the things he needs at school. It is just accessing it. We're just asking

:23:53. > :24:02.for this tiny bit of help to get in there. When he turned 16... The

:24:03. > :24:06.local authority has a statutory duty until the age of 16 to provide that

:24:07. > :24:18.transport. And then they have a secretary duty to provide it from

:24:19. > :24:27.19. -- statutory duty. Between that it is discretionary. Funding for

:24:28. > :24:31.Billy's transport was withdrawn in September. The bigger picture is

:24:32. > :24:34.that council budgets have been cut every year since 2010. The Local

:24:35. > :24:38.Government Association told ask councils want to provide a

:24:39. > :24:41.high-quality service, but it is becoming increasingly difficult in

:24:42. > :24:47.the face of such sustained challenges. A lot of authorities are

:24:48. > :24:51.reinterpreting or changing their policies. The local government

:24:52. > :24:54.ombudsman for England has seen a significant rise in complaints from

:24:55. > :24:58.the public. We understand the financial pressures on local

:24:59. > :25:04.authorities. It is not be to say if that is driving some of these

:25:05. > :25:08.changes. The only driver? What we would say to local authorities is

:25:09. > :25:11.expected to change policies, they need to explain as to the public so

:25:12. > :25:16.they can make an informed choice. That is little comfort to this

:25:17. > :25:21.mother who left school at 16. She now works full-time as an English

:25:22. > :25:28.teacher. She is currently paying for Billy's travel to school herself. It

:25:29. > :25:36.is now costing me ?500 a month in taxi fees and you pay for the

:25:37. > :25:47.Escort. Can you afford that? No. So what happens? 80 weeks ago I handed

:25:48. > :25:51.in my notice because I cannot work and take Billy to school each day.

:25:52. > :25:58.It is just not possible. -- A few weeks. Billy will continue to go to

:25:59. > :26:01.school, that means that this mother's career is over. As the

:26:02. > :26:05.government struggles to balance the talks and cuts continue to bite,

:26:06. > :26:09.there will be more hard cases like this. Graham Satchell, BBC News.

:26:10. > :26:17.You hear rouseabout budgets and so on, but then you personal story like

:26:18. > :26:19.that. So thank you to Leanna Forse for joining Graham Satchell.

:26:20. > :26:24.Could your fish and chip supper be under threat?

:26:25. > :26:27.We'll hear why your local chippy may have to haul its haddock from afar

:26:28. > :26:30.as numbers in the North sea and Scotland dwindle.

:26:31. > :29:51.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:29:52. > :30:06.Hello, this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:30:07. > :30:11.We will have the latest news and sport in just a moment,

:30:12. > :30:13.and coming up on Breakfast today: Unexpected eruption.

:30:14. > :30:17.We will hear from the BBC film crew about the moment Mt Etna exploded.

:30:18. > :30:19.It is a multibillion-dollar industry which threatens

:30:20. > :30:37.We will speak to an undercover reporter exposing the trade

:30:38. > :30:46.Except me, I am the only one who looks exactly as they did 14 years

:30:47. > :30:46.ago. We are catching up with all

:30:47. > :30:50.the stars on the set of the hotly anticipated remake of Love Actually,

:30:51. > :30:53.which is being made specially But now a summary of this

:30:54. > :30:58.morning's main news: The SNP will today

:30:59. > :31:00.accuse the Government of being too scared to allow

:31:01. > :31:02.a second independence referendum. Deputy Leader Angus Robertson

:31:03. > :31:05.will open his party's spring conference by saying

:31:06. > :31:07.the Conservatives have a desperate desire to prevent anyone rejecting

:31:08. > :31:09.Brexit, but Theresa May will tell her own party conference

:31:10. > :31:12.in Cardiff that she will fight to keep what she calls

:31:13. > :31:15.the precious union. Our Scotland correspondent

:31:16. > :31:22.Lorna Gordon reports. Two leaders, both talking

:31:23. > :31:25.tough in the battle over Theresa May rejecting a referendum

:31:26. > :31:28.on independence before the UK leaves Nicola Sturgeon determined it should

:31:29. > :31:34.go ahead, and at a time I think it would be completely

:31:35. > :31:40.unacceptable and outrageous, and almost antidemocratic,

:31:41. > :31:43.for a Conservative Government with one MP in Scotland to seek

:31:44. > :31:47.to block the democratic will of the Scottish Parliament,

:31:48. > :31:53.and stand in the way of the Scottish people having the right

:31:54. > :31:55.to choose our own future. Ms Sturgeon will use her party

:31:56. > :31:58.conference in Aberdeen to keep the spotlight on her argument

:31:59. > :32:01.that Downing Street's 2,000 party members who will pack

:32:02. > :32:10.this hall later will likely agree. Elsewhere in the Granite City,

:32:11. > :32:12.the views were mixed. Maybe sometime in the future

:32:13. > :32:18.we can vote on it. As far as it was announced,

:32:19. > :32:21.what they were proposing, For me, that's not something

:32:22. > :32:30.I'd like to vote on. Although Theresa May says

:32:31. > :32:32.wait until after a deal, the deal is about being taken out

:32:33. > :32:50.of Europe, so I don't think Theresa May has

:32:51. > :32:52.any right to stop her. It has been two years

:32:53. > :32:54.since the people of Scotland first voted on whether to leave

:32:55. > :32:57.the United Kingdom. Both sides are instead focused

:32:58. > :33:02.on trying to persuade people in Scotland that they are right

:33:03. > :33:05.about the timing on any possible Secondary schools in England

:33:06. > :33:08.could lose the equivalent of six teachers by 2020,

:33:09. > :33:11.according to a think tank. The Education Policy Institute says

:33:12. > :33:14.schools will see cuts on average of nearly ?300,000 in the next three

:33:15. > :33:17.years, but the Government says funding is at an all-time high

:33:18. > :33:20.and will continue to rise. Britain's surveillance agency GCHQ

:33:21. > :33:22.has described claims that it was asked by President Obama

:33:23. > :33:25.to spy on Donald Trump The unusual move to issue

:33:26. > :33:28.a statement came after White House Press Secretary Sean

:33:29. > :33:31.Spicer quoted claims first made on US TV channel Fox News

:33:32. > :33:33.earlier this week. He didn't use the NSA,

:33:34. > :33:36.he didn't use the CIA, he didn't use the FBI, and he didn't

:33:37. > :33:40.use the Department of Justice. It's the initials for the British

:33:41. > :33:49.intelligence spying agency. So simply, by having two

:33:50. > :33:52.people saying to them, the President needs transcripts

:33:53. > :33:54.of the conversations involving President Trump,

:33:55. > :33:57.he's able to get it, and there's no American

:33:58. > :33:59.fingerprints on it. The UK's biggest-ever fine for river

:34:00. > :34:03.pollution is expected to be imposed The company has admitted

:34:04. > :34:06.to breaching more than Stretches of water in Oxfordshire

:34:07. > :34:09.and Buckinghamshire were heavily Haddock caught west of Scotland

:34:10. > :34:18.and in the North Sea has been taken off a list of sustainable

:34:19. > :34:20.fish to eat. The Marine Conservation Society says

:34:21. > :34:23.stocks declined last year, and action is needed to boost

:34:24. > :34:27.the number of breeding-age fish. A woman in Peru has had a miraculous

:34:28. > :34:30.escape after being swept away in an avalanche of mud and other

:34:31. > :34:33.debris, after heavy rains. The 32-year-old woman had fallen

:34:34. > :34:36.into a raging river, but somehow managed to get

:34:37. > :34:38.out onto a riverbank, and was helped to

:34:39. > :34:40.safety by onlookers. At least 12 people have

:34:41. > :35:03.died in the floods. Really desperate scenes that, but

:35:04. > :35:06.she escaped safely. Mike is at Cheltenham,

:35:07. > :35:18.where it is Gold Cup day. Good morning to you. Yes, good

:35:19. > :35:22.morning. Already it is a hive of activity. We haven't seen any horses

:35:23. > :35:27.yet, that tends to happen after seven a.m.. But lots of people

:35:28. > :35:31.sweeping, cleaning, there is a big sweep at making a bit of noise at

:35:32. > :35:35.the far end. On the course, a few seagulls and that is about it. A few

:35:36. > :35:40.people driving around and having a look. It is a sea of green, because

:35:41. > :35:44.not only is it Gold cup day, it is St Patrick's Day as well. Knowing

:35:45. > :35:48.that, 30% of all the tickets sold to this were sold to people living in

:35:49. > :35:52.Ireland. Extra flights were put on last night. The Cheltenham folk were

:35:53. > :35:57.dressing in green to welcome those tens of thousands of Irish fans

:35:58. > :36:04.coming over, who are celebrating as well, and calling it ruby Thursday,

:36:05. > :36:05.because of the achievements of Ruby Walsh.

:36:06. > :36:08.Ruby Walsh rode four winners on day three of the Cheltenham Festival,

:36:09. > :36:12.After riding favourites Yorkhill and Un De Sceaux to victory earlier

:36:13. > :36:15.in the day, Walsh won the Stayers' Hurdle,

:36:16. > :36:17.on board the 10:1 shot Nichols Canyon.

:36:18. > :36:19.He finished clear of the odds-on favourite Unowhatimeanharry.

:36:20. > :36:25.Walsh also won on Let's Dance later in the afternoon.

:36:26. > :36:34.They just kept -- my mouth just kept opening an opening as he was coming

:36:35. > :36:38.up the straight. It was unexpected. I was hoping he would run well but

:36:39. > :36:42.the way our team have been running all we can, I was thinking it would

:36:43. > :36:47.be too good to have three on the day. I really enjoyed it.

:36:48. > :36:50.They will have high hopes for their horse Djakadam.

:36:51. > :36:52.Manchester United are into the quarter-finals

:36:53. > :36:55.of the Europa League, after a 1-0 win over FC Rostov last

:36:56. > :36:57.night sent them through 2-1 on aggregate.

:36:58. > :37:00.The win did come at a price for United, though, with record

:37:01. > :37:03.signing Paul Pogba forced off early in the second half

:37:04. > :37:08.He is expected to be out for at least a couple of weeks.

:37:09. > :37:11.Juan Mata grabbed the game's only goal, to send United into the draw

:37:12. > :37:13.for the last eight, which takes place later.

:37:14. > :37:24.Leicester City will be in the Champions League draw.

:37:25. > :37:27.It is the final weekend of the Six Nations, with England

:37:28. > :37:29.looking to win back-to-back grand slams when they play

:37:30. > :37:32.Number eight Billy Vunipola and wing Anthony Watson return

:37:33. > :37:36.A win would be a record-breaking 19th consecutive victory

:37:37. > :37:59.I have had Will Carling texting me, reminding me how great his team was,

:38:00. > :38:04.he called it his team. I am very aware, and we are not seeing it as a

:38:05. > :38:08.daunting thing, going to Ireland. We are very much excited by the

:38:09. > :38:13.opportunity that resents itself, and why not? We should be excited --

:38:14. > :38:15.presents itself. It isn't a scary thing to do.

:38:16. > :38:17.And Ireland will be without Conor Murray for that match.

:38:18. > :38:20.He has failed to recover from a shoulder injury

:38:21. > :38:31.That is one of three changes for Ireland.

:38:32. > :38:38.Ireland certainly have bragging rights so far, leaving the English

:38:39. > :38:42.trainers here. They are looking ahead and backing Djakadam today. We

:38:43. > :38:47.have heard already on Breakfast if you were up early what it is like to

:38:48. > :38:52.be a stable lass or lad, a jockey. What about being an owner? Maybe

:38:53. > :39:00.owning a 20th of horse. Let me grab this microphone you owned a 20th of

:39:01. > :39:06.the horse as part of a syndicate, Ditcheat thoroughbreds. Which bit

:39:07. > :39:09.would you like to own? Well, the best bit is the nose, because that

:39:10. > :39:14.goes over the line first, or maybe the tail because you don't have to

:39:15. > :39:17.feed that! Tell us how you got started, because you had no interest

:39:18. > :39:22.in racing until one day you were sipping a cup of tea and a few

:39:23. > :39:26.horses went by. It wasn't a cup of tea, it was a beer! But I chatted

:39:27. > :39:31.with Paul Barba and his family and I asked how much it was to own one of

:39:32. > :39:35.these things, and that is how I got started and I had half of one horse

:39:36. > :39:38.and it went from strength to strength. Now you are part of a

:39:39. > :39:42.syndicate of 200 people, Ditcheat Thoroughbreds. There will be 200

:39:43. > :39:48.shareholders when it is full, but basically over the yards, all the

:39:49. > :39:52.owners are there and I noticed more and more syndicates' names are up

:39:53. > :39:55.there. I thought I could do this, and I started by buying some really

:39:56. > :40:00.nice horses with Paul Nicholls and making them Saturday horses, which

:40:01. > :40:04.are very, very expensive. Most of us don't want to spend that kind of

:40:05. > :40:08.money. I thought why don't I buy one and divided into 20 people and go

:40:09. > :40:12.out and have a lot of fun? We have ended up with ten of those horses,

:40:13. > :40:17.and yesterday we had our first run at the festival. How did you get on?

:40:18. > :40:21.We didn't win but she ran very well. We were absolutely delighted, the

:40:22. > :40:28.owners were out in force. So why have a bit of spare change, how much

:40:29. > :40:32.money do I need to own the ear of a horse? We started with ?6,500 for

:40:33. > :40:36.half a season including all the training fees. Absolutely

:40:37. > :40:40.everything, there is no extra money on top of that. That is not a small

:40:41. > :40:45.amount of money, at a lot better than a few hundred thousand. And you

:40:46. > :40:49.have a lot of fun, and at the end of it if the horse is sold you get some

:40:50. > :40:55.money back. It can be an investment. I wouldn't say it is an investment,

:40:56. > :41:00.I would say you will get your money back and what you will do is have a

:41:01. > :41:03.lot of fun. We have some pictures of you watching racing with your team,

:41:04. > :41:09.celebrating. Why is it different to being a punter? It is just the most

:41:10. > :41:13.amazing feeling. If you like having a bet, which makes it much more

:41:14. > :41:17.interesting, I must admit, having an ownership of the horse, even if it

:41:18. > :41:21.is 5% of the horse, you feel like you own it. It is the most fun you

:41:22. > :41:29.can have when you are fully dressed. OK, fantastic. Any tips for the Gold

:41:30. > :41:35.Cup? I am going to go on Native River. And another Somerset trainer.

:41:36. > :41:42.Thank you very much indeed. I am just thinking, if we all have a whip

:41:43. > :41:54.around, I can have one year, he can have another ear and Sally can have

:41:55. > :41:56.a nose. -- one ear. Is Friday fish and chip night in your house? Would

:41:57. > :41:57.be. Something to bear in mind

:41:58. > :42:01.if you fancy fish and chips tonight - haddock has been taken off

:42:02. > :42:04.the list of sustainable fish. Once championed as an alternative

:42:05. > :42:07.to cod, stocks in the North Sea and the West Coast of Scotland

:42:08. > :42:09.have fallen, according Samuel Stone is their

:42:10. > :42:13.head of fisheries. He joins us now from

:42:14. > :42:18.our Cardiff studio. Thank you very much for your time

:42:19. > :42:24.this morning. Explain to us in layman 's terms, if you can, what is

:42:25. > :42:29.happening with haddock? So basically last year, every year the scientists

:42:30. > :42:33.undertake News assessment for most of the fisheries in Europe and last

:42:34. > :42:36.year they updated the stock assessment for the haddock

:42:37. > :42:40.population and that new stock assessment showed that what we

:42:41. > :42:45.thought was a sustainable level of fish they were taking out was not

:42:46. > :42:50.quite right. So they have had to revise that, and basically we need

:42:51. > :42:54.to reduce the proportion of fish we are taking out of that population.

:42:55. > :43:00.Remind us where we are in relation to cod in that same debate. Well,

:43:01. > :43:04.cod was overfished for a long time and has been recovering for about 20

:43:05. > :43:08.years and it is steadily recovering at the moment and we hope that keeps

:43:09. > :43:13.recovering. At the moment cod in the North Sea is an underrated but we

:43:14. > :43:17.expect that to improve this year. So what does this mean for consumers?

:43:18. > :43:21.People listening to you, hearing what you are saying, what should

:43:22. > :43:25.they do in terms of what they buy and their choices? We are definitely

:43:26. > :43:30.not saying that haddock is all of a sudden going to run out and we will

:43:31. > :43:34.have a big shortage of haddock. The key message we want to get across to

:43:35. > :43:37.consumers as we have enormous pressure on our seas, overfishing,

:43:38. > :43:42.pollution and climate change and we want people to have the lowest

:43:43. > :43:48.impact on the seas as possible, and choose more green rated seafood and

:43:49. > :43:54.less red rated seafood. You talk about these green and red ratings,

:43:55. > :43:58.talk us through what the ones are we possibly should be steered towards

:43:59. > :44:02.more often. So there are still some green rated haddock fisheries in the

:44:03. > :44:08.north-east arctic and Iceland, as well as cod, the Marine Conservation

:44:09. > :44:14.Society certified fisheries are a good choice. Certified hake, and

:44:15. > :44:20.then there are other species like mackerel and plenty of green rated

:44:21. > :44:26.fish out there. And how do we know? You mention these green and red

:44:27. > :44:30.ratings, what about on the items we purchase? If we buy in the

:44:31. > :44:34.supermarkets, how do we know whether we are making the right choices they

:44:35. > :44:39.are? We really want people to look at the labels, look at how and where

:44:40. > :44:43.the fish is caught and farmed, take a look and make an informed choice

:44:44. > :44:49.and it is really important to look for eco- levels like the Marine

:44:50. > :44:54.stewardship Council. Look at labels and see where the fish are caught

:44:55. > :44:58.and farmed, check the guide and look for the labels. Thank you very much

:44:59. > :45:06.for your time this morning. Thank you. You may have seen yesterday the

:45:07. > :45:11.news that a team of journalists had to run for cover after an eruption

:45:12. > :45:17.at Mt Etna. We are going to take you there live right now, to see how Mt

:45:18. > :45:27.Etna looks this morning at 6:45am UK time. Yesterday a flow of love are

:45:28. > :45:29.mixed with snow caused explosions, sending fragments of rock all over

:45:30. > :45:39.the place Some people were injured, that most

:45:40. > :45:42.got away with minor injuries. We'll be talking to our science

:45:43. > :45:47.correspondent all about this later on in the programme. She was caught

:45:48. > :45:51.very much in the explosion. Those are live images there. It gives you

:45:52. > :45:57.a sense of the place. Very dramatic. As we said, yesterday, another a

:45:58. > :46:03.number of people were caught up in a dangerous situation. But we will get

:46:04. > :46:13.Rebecca's personal experiences soon. A lot of Taurus go there to get

:46:14. > :46:17.close to an active volcano. -- tourists. One woman was very caught

:46:18. > :46:23.up in the explosion and the blast which threw her off a little bit.

:46:24. > :46:29.But she is fine. But we will go to that later on. We are going to go to

:46:30. > :46:39.Matt now. Matt, you must have found that fascinating. There is giving no

:46:40. > :46:44.major impact for plane travel. That is true string down to was Tunisia.

:46:45. > :46:49.We'll keep a close eye on that. But behind the plumes, some clear skies.

:46:50. > :46:55.Some clear skies across the south of England for our Weather Watchers in

:46:56. > :47:04.the Sussex. Different northern West. The mood caught very nicely there in

:47:05. > :47:08.Fife. Grand Fleet. -- grey and wet. Some snow on higher ground of the

:47:09. > :47:12.Highlands and because the little bit of ice, as well. Some of that rain

:47:13. > :47:17.will fall and a cold ground. You will need waterproofs in Northern

:47:18. > :47:24.Ireland. Brain on and off all day. -- rain. Not a desperately wet day

:47:25. > :47:30.by any means. Much of Wales, England, southern areas,

:47:31. > :47:34.temperatures around where they should be for this time of year. Not

:47:35. > :47:38.quite as warm as it has been. We are sunshine, best of which in southern

:47:39. > :47:44.areas in the morning. Clouding over into the afternoon, but most and

:47:45. > :47:48.dry. Getting north, lots of rain. Breezy conditions to take us into

:47:49. > :47:51.the afternoon. Some rent to the east of Scotland and the north-east of

:47:52. > :47:58.England at times. Temperatures at about nine or 13 degrees. You are

:47:59. > :48:03.heading to Cheltenham for the job in Festival, a bit more breeze. Back

:48:04. > :48:06.clout might threaten and odd spot of rain. But for most of the day it

:48:07. > :48:12.should stay dry with temperatures about ten or 11 degrees doesn't.

:48:13. > :48:16.Through tonight, rain on offer are many western areas in particular. A

:48:17. > :48:22.few splashes cities. Christ and clearest will lead to the far north.

:48:23. > :48:28.Generally speaking, a mild enough start to the weekend. But the

:48:29. > :48:34.weekend will have a lot of clout, particularly on Saturday, which will

:48:35. > :48:39.be very great. Dentist of all in south-west England and Wales.

:48:40. > :48:43.Turning wet up to the north again. Some rent to the eastern parts of

:48:44. > :48:47.Scotland and England, but not a huge amount. Some would say they could

:48:48. > :48:52.stay completely dry. Temperatures up a little bit on today's values. It

:48:53. > :48:59.is wet and windy as we head into Sunday morning thanks to those --

:49:00. > :49:06.thanks to this little area of pressure. Eastern areas like on

:49:07. > :49:11.Saturday will be dried and brightest in the West. But the most, staying

:49:12. > :49:20.We will speak you very soon. -- staying on the mild side. But we are

:49:21. > :49:25.going to hear a bit about the gig economy. Then with the details. Yes,

:49:26. > :49:29.this is people doing flexible work through now for a website, doing

:49:30. > :49:33.jobs or errands, that sort of thing. But big business. Good morning to

:49:34. > :49:39.you guys. We have heard a lot about it. 1.3 people working out in the

:49:40. > :49:43.so-called gig economy. They get their work through apps and

:49:44. > :49:48.websites. This survey says that the majority choose to work this way

:49:49. > :49:51.because they get higher pay. At the same time, you don't get any

:49:52. > :49:56.employment rights, including guaranteed hours, holiday pay, or

:49:57. > :49:59.pensions. And that is the case for Ruth, who is an IT specialist

:50:00. > :50:07.working in the gig economy in Manchester. Taking the first step is

:50:08. > :50:11.the scariest bit, because you are worried you will not get any work.

:50:12. > :50:15.And they did, luckily, that you know, it it was still a big first

:50:16. > :50:22.hour. Sometimes there is an element of uncertainty which can be

:50:23. > :50:26.unsettling at first. It is something you need to adapt to. The

:50:27. > :50:37.flexibility is good because I am able to work hours that suit me. I

:50:38. > :50:41.try to do 9-5 because it is ingrained in you. That being able to

:50:42. > :50:48.work around it is a definite benefit to me.

:50:49. > :50:51.Ben Wilmott is head of public policy at the CIPD -

:50:52. > :50:58.1.3 million people. It is hard to put a number on it. It is very

:50:59. > :51:03.different definitions of who works in the gig economy. How did you work

:51:04. > :51:07.it out? We said people who traded their time and skills over the

:51:08. > :51:11.Internet in some way. So we exclude people that were using a B or

:51:12. > :51:28.eBay. We were looking at those workers. -- AirBnB. Were looking at

:51:29. > :51:34.odd job worker is. People doing local job work or a range of

:51:35. > :51:38.different things. It is amazing how quickly it has boomed as a result of

:51:39. > :51:42.technology. There are pros and cons of it, obviously. And your research

:51:43. > :51:46.suggests that a lot of people are doing this because it is flexible.

:51:47. > :51:51.And in some cases they will earn more money. So that is good news. On

:51:52. > :51:55.the money boy, I think it is a mix Tory. But there are pluses and

:51:56. > :51:59.minuses. In terms of the positives, people are satisfied with their work

:52:00. > :52:04.as other people in more traditional jobs. They tend to be more positive

:52:05. > :52:08.about the flex ability and autonomy they enjoy, and they also seem to be

:52:09. > :52:14.doing it mostly out of choice. So just 14%, just over 10%, work in the

:52:15. > :52:18.gig economy because they were not able to get a job in the regular

:52:19. > :52:24.labour market. -- tractability. On the negative side, you have a

:52:25. > :52:28.significant number of workers who do not know what their employment

:52:29. > :52:36.rights are. -- flexibility. Always go if feel exploited. The question

:52:37. > :52:42.is if they are really self-employed. -- or where to go. You said that 57%

:52:43. > :52:46.of people felt they were being exploited by the firm to grow

:52:47. > :52:50.quickly. Others were worried they would not get work. Though

:52:51. > :52:54.statistics are quite general about how people feel about the gig

:52:55. > :52:59.economy, not their personal experiences. They are more likely to

:53:00. > :53:03.agree and disagree that they make decisions to sacrifice job security

:53:04. > :53:07.and benefits for independence. So mixed feelings about. But we do know

:53:08. > :53:15.from our interviews and the survey Gata that some workers, even though

:53:16. > :53:21.classified as self-employed, feel that they are controlled by

:53:22. > :53:24.employers. -- survey data. So you don't have the autonomy and

:53:25. > :53:29.independence of completes of employment, or the rights that they

:53:30. > :53:33.would be getting if they were workers. It is very interesting to

:53:34. > :53:39.talk to you about disk, then Willmott. Nice to talk to you. More

:53:40. > :53:43.from me after 7am and back you guys now.

:53:44. > :53:56.Who are some of the guest romantic lead characters you can think of?

:53:57. > :53:58.Four years on, filmmaker Richard Curtis has brought

:53:59. > :54:02.the original stars of Love Actually back together in a special sequel

:54:03. > :54:05.I caught up with the cast during filming and even managed

:54:06. > :54:20.It has been almost 14 years since we took the characters of love actually

:54:21. > :54:27.into our hearts and wondered, ever since, how did life turn out for

:54:28. > :54:41.them. -- Love Actually. Now Richard Curtis has reunited the cast for a

:54:42. > :54:45.1-off Red Nose Day special. And he has called for extras. We are going

:54:46. > :54:49.to go into do our filming. I am still unclear about what we are

:54:50. > :54:52.going to do. We are going to go down the staircase, and see what happens.

:54:53. > :54:58.Our scene is set in Downing Street with a press conference for it grand

:54:59. > :55:05.as Prime Minister. Plenty of shouting from producers than action,

:55:06. > :55:08.for some. -- Hugh Grant. Your performance was wonderful. A huge

:55:09. > :55:13.range of emotions from light-hearted to thoughtful too concerned. This

:55:14. > :55:19.acting game is not easy, you know? Even when you have no words to say.

:55:20. > :55:23.You need to be innocent. Surprised everytime he said what he had to

:55:24. > :55:29.say. And you have to laugh every time, too. I am not being funny, but

:55:30. > :55:35.how, did not get many lines? You just late. You are not the first or

:55:36. > :55:45.the most attractive. I felt that I was the spear carrier. Laich carried

:55:46. > :55:51.spears to Ron Atkinson. So you and I have a lot in common. The plot is

:55:52. > :55:55.being get secret, but we do know that Hugh Grant is still dancing and

:55:56. > :55:58.there are rumours about his future with Natalie. 'S nightmare with

:55:59. > :56:05.Richard happens every year. Some can fob him off with me. I can say I am

:56:06. > :56:11.not doing that, here is a jack. -- this nightmare. This brought back so

:56:12. > :56:17.many lovely memories. Such an amazing cast. That's the fingers not

:56:18. > :56:23.happen every day. Andrew Lincoln returns with those infamous cards.

:56:24. > :56:27.We properly shouldn't expect to find him together with Keira Knightley's

:56:28. > :56:35.Juliet, at least judging by these behind-the-scenes photos.

:56:36. > :56:45.After that heroic airport dash by Sam, did young love blossomed? The

:56:46. > :56:49.two young actors have been backfilling once again, and looking

:56:50. > :56:55.slightly older. It is great fun to come back to the characters, as

:56:56. > :57:04.always. Yes, happy to be back. And it is all the charity. It is great.

:57:05. > :57:08.They have all aged except me. I look the same as aged 14 years ago. It is

:57:09. > :57:16.true to extend his kids, especially, is. Because he was 11 or 12, you

:57:17. > :57:20.know? And this time it do make the castle be part of something much

:57:21. > :57:23.bigger. The people involved be said to be responsible for saving the

:57:24. > :57:31.millions and millions of people's lies. And it demonstrates in a world

:57:32. > :57:33.that gets weirder and weirder that people are still driven by their

:57:34. > :57:38.compassionate sensibility and they can take time out to concern

:57:39. > :57:42.themselves with somebody else's welfare. And if you're wondering, I

:57:43. > :57:46.have no idea about the plot. We were just wheeled in and then wheeled

:57:47. > :57:51.out. Big stars all back in. Keira Knightley, clean isn't it Hugh

:57:52. > :57:57.Grant, they all back in it. And the whole thing, the Love Actually

:57:58. > :57:59.sequel, that is going to be on the BBC at 7pm on Red Nose Day.

:58:00. > :01:17.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:01:18. > :01:20.But it is not going to be wet all the time.

:01:21. > :01:23.In fact, there will be some showers and wet weather,

:01:24. > :01:26.too, but a lot of dry weather around, as well.

:01:27. > :01:29.And the best of the breaks of the cloud will see temperatures

:01:30. > :01:34.But it will be quite windy, particularly so on Sunday.

:01:35. > :01:38.I am back with the latest in around half are now.

:01:39. > :01:41.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt.

:01:42. > :01:44.The war of words over a second Scottish independence referendum

:01:45. > :01:48.The SNP accuse the Prime Minister of running scared, but Theresa May

:01:49. > :01:51.vows to fight for what she calls the precious union.

:01:52. > :01:58.Also this morning: A warning that secondary schools in England face

:01:59. > :02:12.losing an average of six teachers because of funding changes.

:02:13. > :02:20.not all airport shops passing on VAT savings to travellers. That is

:02:21. > :02:21.despite promises to crack down on those flouting the rules. I will

:02:22. > :02:22.have the details. I'm at Cheltenham,

:02:23. > :02:24.where it is Gold Cup day. Elsewhere, Manchester United

:02:25. > :02:27.are through to the quarter finals of the Europa League,

:02:28. > :02:30.after a 1-0 win against FC Rostov We have been on set for the remake

:02:31. > :02:40.of a classic British comedy. It is Love Actually,

:02:41. > :02:42.and we will take you behind the scenes with Hugh Grant,

:02:43. > :02:52.Martine McCutcheon and Liam Neeson. Good morning. It is chilly out there

:02:53. > :02:56.this morning for many of you but while many southern areas have the

:02:57. > :03:00.sunshine out, which will continue through the morning, cloud amounts

:03:01. > :03:03.are set to increase and in the north and west we are expecting to see

:03:04. > :03:03.some rain. More details in 15 minutes.

:03:04. > :03:08.First, our main story: The SNP will today accuse the Government

:03:09. > :03:10.of being too scared to allow a second independence referendum.

:03:11. > :03:13.Deputy Leader Angus Robertson will open his party's spring

:03:14. > :03:15.conference by saying the Conservatives have a desperate

:03:16. > :03:17.desire to prevent anyone rejecting Brexit, but Theresa May

:03:18. > :03:21.will tell her own party conference in Cardiff that she will fight

:03:22. > :03:23.to keep what she calls the precious union.

:03:24. > :03:27.Our Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon reports.

:03:28. > :03:29.Two leaders, both talking tough in the battle over

:03:30. > :03:34.Theresa May rejecting a referendum on independence before the UK leaves

:03:35. > :03:40.Nicola Sturgeon determined it should go ahead, and at a time

:03:41. > :03:49.I think it would be completely unacceptable and outrageous,

:03:50. > :03:53.and almost antidemocratic, for a Conservative Government

:03:54. > :03:56.with one MP in Scotland to seek to block the democratic

:03:57. > :03:59.will of the Scottish Parliament, and stand in the way of the Scottish

:04:00. > :04:03.people having the right to choose our own future.

:04:04. > :04:06.Ms Sturgeon will use her party conference in Aberdeen to keep

:04:07. > :04:08.the spotlight on her argument that Downing Street's

:04:09. > :04:17.2,000 party members who will pack this hall later will likely agree.

:04:18. > :04:20.Elsewhere in the Granite City, the views were mixed.

:04:21. > :04:39.Maybe sometime in the future we can vote on it.

:04:40. > :04:41.As far as it's next year, that they're proposing,

:04:42. > :04:44.For me, that's not something I'd like to vote on.

:04:45. > :04:47.Although Theresa May says wait until after a deal,

:04:48. > :04:49.the deal is about being taken out of Europe.

:04:50. > :04:52.So I think Nicola Sturgeon has a right to hold that,

:04:53. > :04:55.and I don't think Theresa May has any right to stop her.

:04:56. > :04:58.It has been two years since the people of Scotland first

:04:59. > :05:00.voted on whether to leave the United Kingdom.

:05:01. > :05:05.Both sides are instead focused on trying to persuade people

:05:06. > :05:09.in Scotland that they are right about the timing of any possible

:05:10. > :05:12.Our political correspondent Mark Lobel is in Westminster for us.

:05:13. > :05:19.Interesting, isn't it, seeing those images at the end of the report with

:05:20. > :05:22.the two leaders together. That was a moment in time, it is very different

:05:23. > :05:26.now. Very different now. The government in Westminster is not

:05:27. > :05:31.ruling out a referendum on independence at it is insisting it

:05:32. > :05:36.needs to be legal, fair and decisive and within the time frame set out by

:05:37. > :05:41.the SNP, to have won by 2019, that is not going to happen according to

:05:42. > :05:52.Theresa May. In a hardline article she writes...

:05:53. > :06:00.She says it would pit the energy is Britain needs to strike a good

:06:01. > :06:03.Brexit deal against that drained by the energy is needed to hold an

:06:04. > :06:08.independence referendum at the same time. She has launched her plan for

:06:09. > :06:12.Britain, and the website went up last night and to the glee of its

:06:13. > :06:16.opponents, it crashed and said it is not working, and within it are her

:06:17. > :06:21.12 objectives for a Brexit deal, the third being to strengthen the union

:06:22. > :06:25.by striking a deal for Britain and Scotland. This is the main deal she

:06:26. > :06:28.will be taking to the party conference in Cardiff later today

:06:29. > :06:36.where she will understand it is to conserve -- underlying it is the

:06:37. > :06:39.conservative Unionist party. That issue has become a hot potato

:06:40. > :06:44.because Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish First Minister, is adamant

:06:45. > :06:47.she will hold a vote next week and the Scottish Parliament to ask for

:06:48. > :06:51.the government, the British government, to hold this

:06:52. > :06:52.independence referendum. In just one quick quote from Angus Robertson,

:06:53. > :07:14.who has upped the ante. Well, the big question for Theresa

:07:15. > :07:16.May is, if she is not going to hold a referendum now, when will she hold

:07:17. > :07:17.one? Every secondary school in England

:07:18. > :07:20.could lose the equivalent of six teachers by 2020,

:07:21. > :07:22.according to a think tank. The Education Policy Institute says

:07:23. > :07:25.schools will see cuts on average of nearly ?300,000 in the next three

:07:26. > :07:28.years, but the Government says funding is at an all-time high,

:07:29. > :07:31.and will continue to rise. Parents and pupils in Nantwich,

:07:32. > :07:52.Cheshire, protesting last month about a lack

:07:53. > :07:54.of funding for their schools The Government has plans

:07:55. > :07:57.to redistribute funds, it says, more fairly,

:07:58. > :08:00.and it says at ?40 billion this

:08:01. > :08:01.year, school funding in England Despite this, today's report

:08:02. > :08:14.confirms no school will avoid a real terms

:08:15. > :08:15.cut in budget over Schools are facing

:08:16. > :08:18.significant cost pressures. The cost of running the school

:08:19. > :08:21.increases, rising number of students and from local authorities having

:08:22. > :08:24.less money to spend. So whilst the distribution

:08:25. > :08:26.of money might be fairer, there is simply not

:08:27. > :08:29.enough money in the system The Education Policy Institute

:08:30. > :08:33.estimates that by 2020 the average real-terms loss of funding

:08:34. > :08:35.per primary school will be ?74,000, and per secondary school,

:08:36. > :08:40.the average cut will be ?291,000. That equates to every primary school

:08:41. > :08:43.losing two teachers, and every secondary

:08:44. > :08:49.school losing six. The Government says it does

:08:50. > :08:52.recognise the pressures schools in England are facing,

:08:53. > :08:57.and is helping them to make savings. Britain's surveillance agency GCHQ

:08:58. > :08:58.has described claims that it was asked by President Obama

:08:59. > :09:02.to spy on Donald Trump The unusual move to issue

:09:03. > :09:06.a statement came after White House Press Secretary Sean

:09:07. > :09:08.Spicer quoted claims first made on US TV channel Fox News

:09:09. > :09:15.earlier this week. He didn't use the NSA,

:09:16. > :09:18.he didn't use the CIA, he didn't use the FBI, and he didn't

:09:19. > :09:22.use the Department of Justice. It's the initials for the British

:09:23. > :09:27.intelligence spying agency. So simply, by having two

:09:28. > :09:31.people saying to them, the President needs transcripts

:09:32. > :09:43.of conversations involving Candidate Trump, conversations

:09:44. > :09:45.involving President-elect Trump, he's able to get it,

:09:46. > :09:47.and there's no American The UK's biggest-ever fine for river

:09:48. > :09:51.pollution is expected to be imposed The company has admitted

:09:52. > :09:55.to breaching more than Stretches of water in Oxfordshire

:09:56. > :10:05.and Buckinghamshire were heavily It is now back to being a wildlife

:10:06. > :10:09.haven, but in 2013 the Environment Agency was called to the River

:10:10. > :10:12.Thames near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire to investigate

:10:13. > :10:16.pollution. When I got hero couldn't believe what I was seeing. The river

:10:17. > :10:21.was visibly polluted, bank to bank, with sewage. It was great, it was

:10:22. > :10:24.lifeless, there were dead fish floating on it and it was polluted

:10:25. > :10:28.as far as the eye can see both downstream and upstream. It was

:10:29. > :10:31.really sad to see such a beautiful river so polluted that the worst

:10:32. > :10:34.pollution I have ever seen. Sewage had poured out of a treatment works

:10:35. > :10:39.I'll wait. Aylesbury Crown Court heard there had also been spills at

:10:40. > :10:44.four other sites in the Thames Valley. As the pollution pollution

:10:45. > :10:49.spread, people in Buckinghamshire formed a campaign group. It was

:10:50. > :10:53.appalling, what was going on, but we were not aware of it. People did see

:10:54. > :10:56.some symptoms in the river but we have in the case the prosecution

:10:57. > :11:00.talking about there being floating, disgusting material, sewage, raw

:11:01. > :11:06.sewage. Thames Water has admitted 13 breaches of environmental laws. The

:11:07. > :11:10.company says it has since invested millions in better equipment, at the

:11:11. > :11:15.extent of the company's sailings between 2012 and 2014 is expected to

:11:16. > :11:17.result in a record fine. Haddock caught west of Scotland

:11:18. > :11:20.and in the North Sea has been taken off a list of sustainable

:11:21. > :11:23.fish to eat. The Marine Conservation Society says

:11:24. > :11:25.stocks declined last year, and action is needed to boost

:11:26. > :11:28.the number of breeding-age fish. A woman in Peru has had a miraculous

:11:29. > :11:32.escape after being swept away in an avalanche of mud and other

:11:33. > :11:35.debris, after heavy rains. The 32-year-old woman had fallen

:11:36. > :11:37.into a raging river, but somehow managed to get

:11:38. > :11:40.out onto a riverbank, and was helped to

:11:41. > :11:41.safety by onlookers. At least 12 people have

:11:42. > :12:03.died in the floods. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

:12:04. > :12:05.are starting a two-day visit It is Prince William's first

:12:06. > :12:19.official visit to the French capital since the death of his mother,

:12:20. > :12:21.Princess Diana, 20 years The royal couple will also meet

:12:22. > :12:25.survivors of the Bataclan A BBC team of journalists

:12:26. > :12:29.and several tourists had to run for cover, after they were caught

:12:30. > :12:32.in the middle of Mt Etna A flow of lava mixed

:12:33. > :12:38.with snow led to explosions, sending fragments of rock

:12:39. > :12:41.flying in all directions. It was the third eruption

:12:42. > :12:43.in the last three weeks, and this image from a European Space

:12:44. > :13:03.Agency satellite caught the ferocity The BBC's science correspondent was

:13:04. > :13:05.among those who had to run for safety.

:13:06. > :13:10.Look at this. This hole was made by one of the incredibly hot pieces of

:13:11. > :13:15.volcanic rock which rained down upon us. We really thought we were all

:13:16. > :13:18.going to die. We had a very, very narrow escape.

:13:19. > :13:23.We will be chatting more with Rebecca later this morning. This is

:13:24. > :13:27.the image we can show you live. It is such a beautiful image, Mt Etna

:13:28. > :13:33.this morning, it is much calmer today. We have those blue skies, and

:13:34. > :13:37.the Tourists in a very similar situation. They went up Mt Etna

:13:38. > :13:41.yesterday and then the situation emerged. We know that one of the

:13:42. > :13:46.tourist who was there with a guide was a 78-year-old woman who had been

:13:47. > :13:50.very close to the blast, but like all the others, including Rebecca

:13:51. > :13:55.and our team who were there, the BBC team, they are all managed to reach

:13:56. > :14:03.safety. Rebekah Wilson Allah the story of what it was -- Rebecca will

:14:04. > :14:06.tell us the story of what it was like being up close to such an

:14:07. > :14:08.extraordinary event later this morning.

:14:09. > :14:12.It has taken just 24 hours for ?7 million to be raised by the public

:14:13. > :14:14.to help families facing starvation in East Africa,

:14:15. > :14:17.with a further ?5 million contributed by the UK Government.

:14:18. > :14:19.The Queen is among those who have donated.

:14:20. > :14:22.The Disasters Emergency Committee says at least 16 million people

:14:23. > :14:25.in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan are on the brink

:14:26. > :14:27.of starvation, and in urgent need of food,

:14:28. > :14:31.It is being described as the region's worst famine

:14:32. > :14:35.In Somalia, conflict has made the effect of a two-year drought

:14:36. > :14:37.even worse, and forecasts for upcoming spring rains are poor,

:14:38. > :14:40.which means people will need emergency aid throughout the year.

:14:41. > :14:43.Joining us from our London newsroom is Matthew Carter,

:14:44. > :14:45.the humanitarian and emergencies director of CAFOD, one

:14:46. > :14:48.of the charities which is part of the Disasters Emergency

:14:49. > :15:00.Good morning to you. This sounds like a tremendous amount of cash

:15:01. > :15:06.raised in a very short space of time. How much of a help is it, how

:15:07. > :15:11.much a significant amount of cash is this to you?

:15:12. > :15:18.Phenomenal health. ?12 million in five hours. On 5 million from the

:15:19. > :15:21.government. This is still a drop in the ocean in responding to, as

:15:22. > :15:27.people have said, one of the worst disasters across the region we have

:15:28. > :15:30.seen in many years. 60 million people, 800,000 young children in

:15:31. > :15:34.desperate need of emergency food aid. You have worked in some of the

:15:35. > :15:40.areas affected before. Can you put that in context, happy situation is

:15:41. > :15:43.now? I have worked in all four countries and lived and worked in

:15:44. > :15:51.those countries. We have just had teams return from the centre of

:15:52. > :15:56.South Sudan. They have just spoken about the plight of women and

:15:57. > :16:01.children in particular. We have seen images of women boiling leads to try

:16:02. > :16:06.and create some sort of food or their children. Really, really

:16:07. > :16:11.frightening images. In those areas, we are providing emergency food,

:16:12. > :16:14.water, and sanitation. And as a critical services. I think the other

:16:15. > :16:18.important thing to the public to be aware of is that these areas are

:16:19. > :16:24.really difficult to access. But the work that the DEC is doing is

:16:25. > :16:30.amazing. Supported by the British public. When you go along and visit

:16:31. > :16:35.the places that you're working in, how much power do you feel you have?

:16:36. > :16:43.How much help do you feel you can give the people, they are? All of

:16:44. > :16:47.the DEC members at working through local organisations, who understand

:16:48. > :16:51.the context. -- there. They are able to work alongside those communities,

:16:52. > :16:56.and I think that is the Ukraine in this the way aid is now delivered.

:16:57. > :17:01.-- I think that is the uniqueness. People who can work and live

:17:02. > :17:06.alongside communities. That is so important. And they see a need as

:17:07. > :17:09.support from the international community. And particularly in this

:17:10. > :17:12.case, the British public. Some people have raised concerns that the

:17:13. > :17:17.money going out there, Piccadilly to countries with civil war in the

:17:18. > :17:21.past, they could be going to rebel forces or to the government. How

:17:22. > :17:26.sure can you be that it is going to the right place? Very sure. The DEC

:17:27. > :17:29.prides itself on the work it does. They work with an alongside local

:17:30. > :17:34.communities and understand the context really well. Being able to

:17:35. > :17:37.direct food and support, directly to women and children, and those most

:17:38. > :17:42.vulnerable people. So that is something we are proud of in our

:17:43. > :17:47.response and how we are able to work and provide aid to those in need.

:17:48. > :17:52.The responses you have said has been huge and significant, certainly from

:17:53. > :17:54.air, hasn't it? Are you not frustrated that perhaps some

:17:55. > :18:02.pre-emptive worker to stop the situation getting so bad? Well.

:18:03. > :18:06.These are emergencies that is usually protracted. You have seen

:18:07. > :18:11.the Yemen appeal a couple of months ago of. Yours in what is happened in

:18:12. > :18:18.Nigeria, reported so well by the BBC. This is long and protracted. We

:18:19. > :18:23.are still a head of the game. And that is really important, that the

:18:24. > :18:27.UK government and the British public keep giving generously so that we

:18:28. > :18:30.can deal with the emergency now and not see it run on and on for the

:18:31. > :18:36.months ahead. Matthew Carter, thank you for joining us.

:18:37. > :18:38.It's 7:18 and you're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:18:39. > :18:43.The SNP is accusing the government of being "too scared" to allow

:18:44. > :18:45.a second independence referendum to take place before talks

:18:46. > :18:49.A think-tank is warning that the average secondary school

:18:50. > :19:00.in England could see its funding drop by nearly ?300,000 by 2020.

:19:01. > :19:04.Here's Matt with a look at this morning's weather.

:19:05. > :19:12.Let's Shiu what it looks like. Cheltenham today ahead of the cup,

:19:13. > :19:20.those pictures there now. -- Cup. If I was to read that picture, I was a

:19:21. > :19:29.looks a bit overcast. -- let's show you. These are not is rising

:19:30. > :19:34.beautifully, that! Lovely start. A pretty chilly start. Temperatures

:19:35. > :19:38.only around two or three Celsius. But it will warm up. She's a largely

:19:39. > :19:43.dry. The best of the sunshine this morning. It is rich in each. You're

:19:44. > :19:46.about to head out the door, this is a feel of the temperatures outside

:19:47. > :19:54.this morning. Just a few degrees above freezing on the outs for --

:19:55. > :19:57.outskirts of Oxford. Those are temperatures you expect this time.

:19:58. > :20:01.Little colder than as been to recent mornings. The risk of ice to the

:20:02. > :20:05.final to Scotland. That is because rain is falling on some coal

:20:06. > :20:13.services and some snow to come across the tops of the Highland. --

:20:14. > :20:17.cold surfaces. Very gentle western Scotland. Being St Patrick's Day, it

:20:18. > :20:20.is going to rain on an offer Northern Ireland throughout. And

:20:21. > :20:23.into Cumbria and other parts of north-west England that will spread.

:20:24. > :20:29.The rest of England will start the way dry. The best of the sunshine to

:20:30. > :20:32.the south. We still see some sunny spells across southern and eastern

:20:33. > :20:37.areas of England through the day. And also to the far north steep of

:20:38. > :20:41.Scotland. Plenty of cloud and the day England, will north-west

:20:42. > :20:47.Midlands, and north Wales. Rain on and off in Northern Ireland and

:20:48. > :20:51.Scotland. Missing is over the tops of the hills. Temperatures where

:20:52. > :20:55.they should be so this time of year at around nine to 30 degrees. 10

:20:56. > :21:00.Celsius to those heavy to Cheltenham. Our seat few spots of

:21:01. > :21:04.rain and is a breeze, but a story of increasing cloud and staying largely

:21:05. > :21:08.dry. In tonight, most of us will see a little bit of rain at some point.

:21:09. > :21:12.Heaviest on the hills in the west. Sporadic light rain and drizzle

:21:13. > :21:17.further to these. A bit of rain and some hill fog in Scotland. Remaining

:21:18. > :21:25.windy into the morning. Temperatures will not drop must for many. --

:21:26. > :21:30.March. A little bit of ice and fog in Scotland. The best of your

:21:31. > :21:34.Saturday sunshine. Patchy rain and drizzle in England and Wales to

:21:35. > :21:38.begin with. Sebright is for a time in eastern areas. Then Northern

:21:39. > :21:42.Ireland and into western Scotland, after a dry start, it will turn with

:21:43. > :21:45.again and a damp afternoon across parts of northern England Nvidia.

:21:46. > :21:51.Temperatures higher than today's values. Mild air will stick with us

:21:52. > :21:57.through Saturday into Sunday. Brizzi into Sunday morning, especially in

:21:58. > :22:01.the Northerns part of the country. The rain will be heavy through the

:22:02. > :22:06.night into Sunday. Wait for of Northern Ireland, western England,

:22:07. > :22:08.and Scotland. The wretches stay dry. Temperatures still on the reasonably

:22:09. > :22:27.mild side. Back Thank you very much, Matt. -- back

:22:28. > :22:35.to you both. The Teletubbies. Then, due not am talking about?

:22:36. > :22:39.Absolutely. But it is too flat. Today, we will start with the news

:22:40. > :22:43.about people working in the gig economy. This is where you dry

:22:44. > :22:47.taxis, deliver take a race, that's the stuff. New reports is a pupil

:22:48. > :22:51.Dauphin reflected the extra cash from working. But figures also show

:22:52. > :22:56.that more than 60% of those workers now want the government to introduce

:22:57. > :22:59.better regulation to stop firms exploiting workers. We've talked a

:23:00. > :23:04.lot about that already. At on that later. Elsewhere, the stock market

:23:05. > :23:08.hit a record high in London yesterday. That was this by a rise

:23:09. > :23:13.in interest rates in America. The Federal reserve increased the cost

:23:14. > :23:17.of borrowing. Investors will also breathe a sigh of relief after the

:23:18. > :23:21.pub is Freedom Party failed to secure victory in the Netherlands.

:23:22. > :23:27.That was the 100 close at a record high of 7450 and a bit. That is good

:23:28. > :23:32.news investors, and anyone with a pension or savings. And many airport

:23:33. > :23:36.shops still not handing back VAT savings to travellers. It emerged

:23:37. > :23:45.last year that Apple Johnston had to pay the 20% VAT on sales if you are

:23:46. > :23:52.travelling outside the EU. -- last year that airports do not have

:23:53. > :23:56.toupee. Many airports are not passing that back to clients. And we

:23:57. > :24:00.will talk about that what your rights are at the airport in about

:24:01. > :24:06.20 minutes time. Sir John myth that. Thank you Ben. -- so we will talk

:24:07. > :24:09.about that. Rising numbers of parents in England

:24:10. > :24:11.are submitting complaints because their child has been denied

:24:12. > :24:14.free school transport. The Local Government Ombudsman says

:24:15. > :24:16.many of these relate to children with disabilities

:24:17. > :24:19.who are being put at a significant disadvantage because their needs

:24:20. > :24:32.aren't being adequately assessed. Breakfast's Graham Satchell met

:24:33. > :24:34.Leanna Forse who had to give up her job because she couldn't

:24:35. > :24:38.afford to pay ?500 a month Billy is on his way

:24:39. > :24:46.home from school. He is 16 and has a rare

:24:47. > :24:49.chromosome disorder. He needs help to dress,

:24:50. > :24:53.eat - with everything. Local authorities

:24:54. > :24:55.have a legal obligation to provide transport

:24:56. > :24:57.to and from school for children After that, each council

:24:58. > :25:02.has its own policy. He's got all the things

:25:03. > :25:05.he needs at school. We're just asking for this tiny

:25:06. > :25:10.little bit of help to get in there. So the local authority

:25:11. > :25:14.has a statutory duty until the age of 16

:25:15. > :25:17.to provide that transport. And then they have a statutory

:25:18. > :25:20.duty to provide it from But between those times, it -

:25:21. > :25:22.it's discretionary. Funding for Billy's transport

:25:23. > :25:32.was withdrawn in September. She appealed, but her local

:25:33. > :25:35.authority said, in their view, The bigger picture, here, of course,

:25:36. > :25:45.is that council budgets have been The Local Government

:25:46. > :25:48.Association told us councils want to provide

:25:49. > :25:54.a high-quality service, but it's becoming increasingly

:25:55. > :25:56.difficult, in the face A lot of authorities

:25:57. > :26:01.are reinterpreting or Michael King, the Local Government

:26:02. > :26:04.Ombudsman for England, has seen a significant rise

:26:05. > :26:07.in complaints from the public. We understand the financial

:26:08. > :26:09.pressures on local authorities and, you know,

:26:10. > :26:12.it's not for me to say whether that's driving

:26:13. > :26:14.some of these changes... What we would say to local

:26:15. > :26:19.authorities is if you're going to change your policy,

:26:20. > :26:22.you need to be clear You need to explain them

:26:23. > :26:26.to the public so people can make She's a single mother mum

:26:27. > :26:31.who left school at 16. Later in life, she went

:26:32. > :26:34.to university, and now works She's currently paying for Billy's

:26:35. > :26:38.travel to school herself. It's now costing me ?500

:26:39. > :26:40.a month in taxi fees, A few weeks ago I handed

:26:41. > :26:52.in my notice, because I cannot work Billy will continue to go to school,

:26:53. > :27:02.that means that this mother's As the government struggles

:27:03. > :27:05.to balance the books, and cuts continue to bite,

:27:06. > :27:27.there will be more hard That was Leanna Forse that speaking

:27:28. > :27:29.to Graham Satchell about that very difficult situation she is in in the

:27:30. > :30:54.moment. Thank you. I will be back in around

:30:55. > :30:59.half are now. Plenty more on our website.

:31:00. > :31:03.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:31:04. > :31:06.The SNP will today accuse the Government of being too scared

:31:07. > :31:08.to allow a second independence referendum.

:31:09. > :31:10.Deputy leader Angus Robertson will open his party's spring

:31:11. > :31:13.conference by saying the Conservatives have a desperate

:31:14. > :31:15.desire to prevent anyone rejecting Brexit, but Theresa May

:31:16. > :31:18.will tell her own party conference in Cardiff that she will fight

:31:19. > :31:28.to keep what she calls the precious union.

:31:29. > :31:31.Secondary schools in England could lose the equivalent of six

:31:32. > :31:33.teachers by 2020, according to a think-tank.

:31:34. > :31:35.The Education Policy Institute says schools will see cuts on average

:31:36. > :31:39.of nearly ?300,000 in the next three years, but the government says

:31:40. > :31:45.funding is at an all-time high, and will continue to rise.

:31:46. > :31:47.Britain's surveillance agency GCHQ has described claims

:31:48. > :31:50.that it was asked by President Obama to spy on Donald Trump

:31:51. > :31:53.The unusual move to issue a statement came after

:31:54. > :31:56.White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer quoted claims first made

:31:57. > :32:01.on US TV channel Fox News earlier this week.

:32:02. > :32:04.He didn't use the NSA, he didn't use the CIA,

:32:05. > :32:07.he didn't use the FBI, and he didn't use the Department of Justice.

:32:08. > :32:11.It's the initials for the British intelligence spying agency.

:32:12. > :32:14.So simply, by having two people saying to them,

:32:15. > :32:16.the President needs transcripts of conversations involving

:32:17. > :32:17.Candidate Trump, conversations involving President-elect Trump,

:32:18. > :32:20.he's able to get it, and there's no American

:32:21. > :32:29.The UK's biggest-ever fine for river pollution is expected to be imposed

:32:30. > :32:32.The company has admitted to breaching more than

:32:33. > :32:36.Stretches of water in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire were heavily

:32:37. > :32:49.Haddock caught west of Scotland and in the North Sea has been taken

:32:50. > :32:51.off a list of sustainable fish to eat.

:32:52. > :32:54.The Marine Conservation Society says stocks declined last year,

:32:55. > :32:57.and action is needed to boost the number of breeding-age fish.

:32:58. > :33:00.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are starting a two-day visit

:33:01. > :33:04.It is Prince William's first official visit to the French capital

:33:05. > :33:07.since the death of his mother, Princess Diana, 20 years

:33:08. > :33:10.The royal couple will also meet survivors of the Bataclan

:33:11. > :33:15.A woman in Peru has had a miraculous escape after being swept away

:33:16. > :33:18.in an avalanche of mud and other debris, after heavy rains.

:33:19. > :33:21.The 32-year-old woman had fallen into a raging river,

:33:22. > :33:23.but somehow managed to get out onto a riverbank,

:33:24. > :33:25.and was helped to safety by onlookers.

:33:26. > :33:47.At least 12 people have died in the floods.

:33:48. > :33:52.You can see how incredibly lucky she was to make it there.

:33:53. > :33:54.Coming up on the programme, Matt will have the weather.

:33:55. > :33:57.Mike is at Cheltenham, where it is Gold Cup day.

:33:58. > :34:05.Good morning. And you have got the cup, as well! I have got the cup

:34:06. > :34:10.indeed. The sunshine is bouncing off it. It is incredibly light. I have

:34:11. > :34:16.lifted a lot of trophies, not having won them, but for work, of course,

:34:17. > :34:19.in my time. This has to be the lightest, ten ounces of gold. The

:34:20. > :34:24.great thing is the winning owner gets to keep it, and I am sure the

:34:25. > :34:29.Irish will be hoping it returns to Ireland today. I have seen a seagull

:34:30. > :34:33.and a pheasant in the distance, very exciting because in about 30 seconds

:34:34. > :34:38.we are going to see our first horse of the day as well. Can't quite spot

:34:39. > :34:42.who it is as yet but if I swing around we will see the first course

:34:43. > :34:46.coming out for a practice up the gallops in the sunshine. One of the

:34:47. > :34:50.horses perhaps hoping to get a win today ahead of the Gold Cup, which

:34:51. > :34:55.you can hear on 5 Live this afternoon. There is the clerk of the

:34:56. > :35:12.course. Any idea who it is? The grand annual horse Pair of Brown

:35:13. > :35:13.Eyes. Let me Hamburg Gold hand the Gold Cup back.

:35:14. > :35:17.Ruby Walsh rode four winners on day three of the Cheltenham Festival,

:35:18. > :35:21.After riding favourites Yorkhill and Un De Sceaux to victory earlier

:35:22. > :35:23.in the day, Walsh won the Stayers' Hurdle,

:35:24. > :35:26.on board the 10:1 shot Nichols Canyon.

:35:27. > :35:28.He finished clear of the odds-on favourite Unowhatimeanharry.

:35:29. > :35:34.Walsh also won on Let's Dance later in the afternoon.

:35:35. > :35:37.My mouth just kept opening and closing as he was coming

:35:38. > :35:45.I was hoping he would run well, but the way our team have been

:35:46. > :35:48.running all weekend, I was thinking it would be too good

:35:49. > :35:56.Manchester United are into the quarter-finals

:35:57. > :35:59.of the Europa League, after a 1-0 win over FC Rostov last

:36:00. > :36:01.night sent them through 2-1 on aggregate.

:36:02. > :36:04.The win did come at a price for United, though, with record

:36:05. > :36:07.signing Paul Pogba forced off early in the second half

:36:08. > :36:15.He is expected to be out for at least a couple of weeks.

:36:16. > :36:18.Juan Mata grabbed the game's only goal, to send United into the draw

:36:19. > :36:20.for the last eight, which takes place later.

:36:21. > :36:26.Leicester City will be in the Champions League draw.

:36:27. > :36:28.Warrington Wolves' poor start to the Super League season

:36:29. > :36:30.continues, as they were beaten 22-8 at Leigh.

:36:31. > :36:33.Two tries from Gareth Hock helped condemn Warrington

:36:34. > :36:48.It is the final weekend of the Six Nations, with England

:36:49. > :36:50.looking to win back-to-back grand slams when they play

:36:51. > :36:56.Number eight Billy Vunipola and wing Anthony Watson return

:36:57. > :37:06.A win would be a record-breaking 19th consecutive victory

:37:07. > :37:11.I've had Will Carling texting me, reminding me how great his team was,

:37:12. > :37:16.I am very aware, and we are not seeing it as a daunting thing,

:37:17. > :37:25.We are very much excited by the opportunity that presents

:37:26. > :37:33.And Ireland will be without Conor Murray for that match.

:37:34. > :37:35.He has failed to recover from a shoulder injury

:37:36. > :37:51.Ireland certainly had bragging rights ahead of the rugby at

:37:52. > :37:54.Cheltenham yesterday. I wonder if they will once again today with the

:37:55. > :37:58.likes of Gordon Elliott? Will be speaking to him at 8:30 a.m., and

:37:59. > :38:03.Willie Mullins. A couple of guests with me, the big loss of the whole

:38:04. > :38:09.area and the clerk of the course. Thank you for joining us, gents. Can

:38:10. > :38:11.we talk drinking? Has been a lot of publicity about the shift in

:38:12. > :38:16.emphasis at all racecourses after last year and those pictures that

:38:17. > :38:21.went worldwide of footballers urinating into a glass. We had a

:38:22. > :38:27.couple of unsavoury incidents a year ago, we wanted to take some action

:38:28. > :38:30.to tighten our drinking policies, to deter a few silly people coming

:38:31. > :38:36.doing stupid things on the race course. What sort of measures have

:38:37. > :38:38.been brought in? We have been more vigilant in serving of alcohol to

:38:39. > :38:42.people who might be slightly inebriated and we have restricted

:38:43. > :38:47.the number of drinks they can take at a time from the bar and so far

:38:48. > :38:50.for the last three days or so it has been a fantastic three days, we have

:38:51. > :38:53.been able to concentrate on the racing, the atmosphere, and

:38:54. > :38:56.everything the festival is about without any problems. And a lot more

:38:57. > :39:00.emphasis on the number of bread rolls and the coffee being drunk

:39:01. > :39:03.rather than the amount of stout and champagne. Absolutely, we want

:39:04. > :39:07.everyone to come here and have a great time, but occasionally with a

:39:08. > :39:11.bit of water and something to eat as well. It is also St Patrick's Day.

:39:12. > :39:15.30% of tickets sold were sold to people in Ireland and I heard

:39:16. > :39:18.yesterday that you have got one of the most important jobs in Irish

:39:19. > :39:22.sport, and you are based in Cheltenham. It was once described as

:39:23. > :39:29.having the most important job in the Irish fixture, or staging the most

:39:30. > :39:33.important meeting in the Irish fixture list, which I think Simon

:39:34. > :39:38.and I and the rest of the team do. Is at the history, the whole thing

:39:39. > :39:42.with Arkle, the rivalry? Yes, there has been a wonderful collaboration

:39:43. > :39:46.and rivalry for a number of years and there is no other sporting event

:39:47. > :39:51.which has the number of Irish here, possibly the biannual England

:39:52. > :39:54.Ireland match in Dublin, but this is just fantastic, to have the Irish

:39:55. > :39:59.here makes the atmosphere, and it is what makes the festival. Sorry to

:40:00. > :40:03.leave you out there for a few minutes, I will bring you in. What

:40:04. > :40:07.is the going like? We had a dry night, we did little bit of watering

:40:08. > :40:12.on Wednesday and we had good to soft yesterday. A few riders said it was

:40:13. > :40:16.riding a bit dead. The whole idea is to make sure that ground conditions

:40:17. > :40:19.today are perfect so after a dry day yesterday and last night I am

:40:20. > :40:24.describing the ground all the way around is good. It is in great nick.

:40:25. > :40:28.There is a fresh strip of ground for the steeplechase, eight yards wide,

:40:29. > :40:34.and they haven't set foot on it for months. A shame not to see Thistle

:40:35. > :40:38.Crack here, but the starter 's favourite at the moment? It would be

:40:39. > :40:42.great for the West Country, especially with England so far

:40:43. > :40:52.behind in the Irish challenge. I have just seen Outlander go down,

:40:53. > :41:02.and Cue Card and Native River looking really well, and Willie

:41:03. > :41:09.Mullins was on fire, and Djakadam going well. And T4 to? She was the

:41:10. > :41:16.first grade one winner will jumping, so wouldn't that be a wonderful

:41:17. > :41:20.story as well -- Tea For Two. What about an outsider? Wobbly Nigel

:41:21. > :41:27.Twiston Davies, we saw him on the gallops a week or two back and he

:41:28. > :41:31.was in fantastic form. -- probably. It is a glorious day, we have seen

:41:32. > :41:39.the horses going down and you can follow the big race on 5 Live from

:41:40. > :41:43.around 1pm this afternoon. Lovely to see you looking so elegant and

:41:44. > :41:46.getting into the spirit of Cheltenham with the Tweed but we

:41:47. > :41:52.think that you might have left the label in the back of your new hat.

:41:53. > :42:03.Turnaround! Turnaround! Anyone who knows me... The other side? Well,

:42:04. > :42:07.look, anybody who knows me, who has worked with me, family, they will

:42:08. > :42:11.know it is a common problem I have. Sometimes the label stay on,

:42:12. > :42:16.especially if they are behind me, on my back, or even weeks. I am sure

:42:17. > :42:21.you have noticed it on the sofa when I have a new suit on. And I

:42:22. > :42:34.understand you will be speaking to Mr Grima sale a little later at the

:42:35. > :42:40.racecourse. -- Grimsdale. And I have to give it back, I wouldn't normally

:42:41. > :42:46.be wearing it. It is what you where every Saturday, isn't it?

:42:47. > :42:52.Scientists have developed a machine which can lipread with more accuracy

:42:53. > :42:55.than humans. Researchers at Oxford use lip movements from thousands of

:42:56. > :42:59.hours of ABC news programmes including Breakfast to develop the

:43:00. > :43:06.software. Here is out technology correspondent. At the action for

:43:07. > :43:11.hearing loss charity, Edward is trying to have a conversation with a

:43:12. > :43:16.colleague. With lots of news to make noise coming into the office from

:43:17. > :43:20.the street, his lipreading comes in useful, but he admits it is

:43:21. > :43:25.difficult. It can be hard, as well. Some words can be lipread the same,

:43:26. > :43:28.so talking about getting it in context and seeing what people are

:43:29. > :43:34.actually talking to you about. Art in Oxford research is under way to

:43:35. > :43:38.teach the difficult part of lipreading. It involved training and

:43:39. > :43:44.artificial intelligence system using thousands of hours of BBC News

:43:45. > :43:51.programmes. So the area around the lips as the region that the system

:43:52. > :43:57.is seen. The scientist whose project is his shares Edward's view of the

:43:58. > :44:02.challenges of lipreading. So lipreading is a challenge, because

:44:03. > :44:09.there are visual ambiguities. By endlessly watching clips of

:44:10. > :44:13.Breakfast, Newsnight and other BBC News programmes, the computer

:44:14. > :44:16.teaches itself to the read. What the system does is learn things that

:44:17. > :44:21.occur together. So in this case, the mouth shapes and the characters, and

:44:22. > :44:26.what the likely upcoming characters are given the previous characters.

:44:27. > :44:30.Let's try it with some words it already understands. The Prime

:44:31. > :44:35.Minister is at a European Union summit. The system has heard those

:44:36. > :44:39.words in that context for so it copes very well but to get better it

:44:40. > :44:43.will have to chew through a lot more data. There is a long way to go but

:44:44. > :44:46.the hearing loss charity is optimistic about this technology.

:44:47. > :44:50.This will help people when they are watching subtitles on television,

:44:51. > :44:54.when they are out and about in very noisy environment and it is by no

:44:55. > :44:57.means a technology which will replace a professional lipread. It

:44:58. > :45:00.is technology which will support professional that breeders, to

:45:01. > :45:05.improve the accuracy of the work they do. Right now the technology

:45:06. > :45:09.only works on full sentences in recorded clips. The next stage is to

:45:10. > :45:11.make it work live. First the computer is going to be watching a

:45:12. > :45:21.lot more television. And we will be speaking to a

:45:22. > :45:28.representative from the Association of Teachers of Lipreading for

:45:29. > :45:31.Adults. It makes you think about the movements you make when you are

:45:32. > :45:35.reading, and not being too lazy with your diction. We will talk about

:45:36. > :45:36.that a bit later on, he says stumbling over his words!

:45:37. > :45:39.It's 7:45 and you're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:45:40. > :45:48.But we go to the weather. Good morning to you both. Actually start

:45:49. > :45:51.this morning. But Tory glorious start, Weather Watchers in the south

:45:52. > :45:55.of England have caught these lovely blue skies. This was above Devon.

:45:56. > :46:00.Different story to the north and west. It is a day where you might

:46:01. > :46:03.want to stave behind the window in Motherwell. Rain is falling there at

:46:04. > :46:07.the moment, as it is in many parts of western Scotland. It will tell

:46:08. > :46:11.most of the day. In the far north, you might stay dry. Some ice around

:46:12. > :46:16.this morning. But even through central south-eastern parts, the

:46:17. > :46:20.rain is spreading in. There will be rain on and off throughout the day

:46:21. > :46:23.in Northern Ireland, and turning wet in north-west England. Already got

:46:24. > :46:28.rain in Lancashire and Cumbria. Increasing cloud pushing down the

:46:29. > :46:32.north-west. But most should start the day dry, Chile, but were

:46:33. > :46:36.sunshine they had. And this will continue with some sunshine across

:46:37. > :46:39.the southernmost counties. Some sunshine to the north-east of

:46:40. > :46:45.Scotland. And in between, plenty of clout around. It will turn weather

:46:46. > :46:49.today in many areas. Rain to these the Pennines. Northern Ireland and

:46:50. > :46:54.the south-west. Temperatures are where they should be that this year

:46:55. > :46:59.between about nine and 30 degrees. About ten or 11 degrees if you go to

:47:00. > :47:02.Cheltenham for the Gold Cup. It will not stay sunny there all day.

:47:03. > :47:05.Increasing cloud throughout the day could threaten the odd splash of

:47:06. > :47:11.rain. But it should stay by and large dry. If a little greedy. Any

:47:12. > :47:15.breezy evening and night across the UK. Rain possible just about

:47:16. > :47:20.anywhere. The most will be the hills in the West. Sporadic patchy late

:47:21. > :47:28.rain and drizzle in the east. It will not be a cold night for many of

:47:29. > :47:31.you. There are skies in the northern Scotland and patchy fog into the

:47:32. > :47:34.weekend. Northern Scotland will properly see the best of the

:47:35. > :47:39.Saturday sunshine. Elsewhere, lots of clout. Rain and drizzle across

:47:40. > :47:42.western part of England and Wales initially, and this will spread into

:47:43. > :47:46.Northern Ireland, was in Scotland through the afternoon. Odd splash

:47:47. > :47:52.range of eastern England in the afternoon. By that breaks in

:47:53. > :48:03.Scotland, with temperatures of about eight to 10 degrees. Overnight, wet

:48:04. > :48:05.and windy weather. Another spell of heavy rain spreads its way into

:48:06. > :48:09.Northern Ireland and southern Scotland throughout the day. There

:48:10. > :48:12.will be Sebright he weather to the north-east of Scotland. -- brighter

:48:13. > :48:16.weather. The best of the brightness to the east of England where

:48:17. > :48:19.temperatures could hit 14 or 15 Celsius. By and large, some sunshine

:48:20. > :48:24.around this weekend. Plenty of clout, and wettest of all in the

:48:25. > :48:27.West. If you need a bit of a boost, after they mention of grey skies,

:48:28. > :48:32.let me get you to California. After the recent drought, they have seen

:48:33. > :48:36.huge amount of rain. There have been spectacular early blooms of spring

:48:37. > :48:39.flowers, there. Gorgeous scenes. Back to you. You can take us all to

:48:40. > :48:50.California. Had you get there? You got a plane.

:48:51. > :48:55.And what is then go to talk about? Planes. -- how do you get there. Yes

:48:56. > :49:02.but I will be talking about because the planes.

:49:03. > :49:05.You might remember the row last year when many shops at airports

:49:06. > :49:08.were found to be charging passengers VAT, but then claiming it

:49:09. > :49:12.WHSmith was at the centre of the controversy but also applies

:49:13. > :49:17.The point is they can claim back the VAT if you are travelling outside

:49:18. > :49:22.the EU. That is currently 20%. The shops know you're leaving

:49:23. > :49:25.the European Union by looking at your boarding pass and once

:49:26. > :49:29.they know that they should then give Since then most of the airport

:49:30. > :49:34.retailers have signed That means they are now more up

:49:35. > :49:40.front about what happens to the VAT. Last year WHSmith said it

:49:41. > :49:42.would refund the VAT are still keeping some

:49:43. > :49:52.or all of the VAT. The Retail Ombudsman has told BBC

:49:53. > :49:55.Breakfast all should now have changed their practices and Boots

:49:56. > :49:58.really should have done Charlotte Turner is a travel expert

:49:59. > :50:15.from TRBusiness Magazine and joins Why are we still tell you that this?

:50:16. > :50:18.This was a big controversy last year. They also that we would change

:50:19. > :50:23.how things are done. And they're not. It is a big question in one

:50:24. > :50:26.that needs to be answered. But it is a competent process. You have to

:50:27. > :50:31.realise there are lots of different retailers, lots of different company

:50:32. > :50:36.pricing policies that we are hoping to level of playfield across many

:50:37. > :50:39.these companies. It is an extraordinary process. There is a

:50:40. > :50:43.code of conduct as you mentioned which along with the airport

:50:44. > :50:47.operators association that has been implanted. Unfortunate, retailers

:50:48. > :50:52.have signed up to that across UK airports. -- and fortunately. Now

:50:53. > :50:59.there is pressure on Boots to come forward and reimburse its customers

:51:00. > :51:04.the VAT. What is pushing them to do this? Is the bad reputation, as we

:51:05. > :51:10.said, one was at the centre of this before. Why is it taking so long?

:51:11. > :51:16.Boots have conducted a year-long review, and this is the outcome of

:51:17. > :51:22.it. I think previously, some of the companies were using this to offer

:51:23. > :51:26.low prices to all of its customers across its network of stores inside

:51:27. > :51:29.or outside the airport. That was part of their pricing policy and

:51:30. > :51:33.their business model. Of course, now Boots have come out and said they

:51:34. > :51:38.can offer this VAT scheme additionally is Woelfl products over

:51:39. > :51:42.?6. So that's talk about the rules. If I went to an airport today, what

:51:43. > :51:47.can I expect to pay for travelling outside of the EU? If you are

:51:48. > :51:51.travelling outside the EU, is different retailer, if you are going

:51:52. > :51:56.into Boots, for instance, if you going outside the EU, you can claim

:51:57. > :51:58.back that 30% VAT, providing, obviously, that you show that

:51:59. > :52:03.boarding pass, which is a requirement, now. Will I just be

:52:04. > :52:08.offered a discount at the till, or do I need to fill in forms? No, no

:52:09. > :52:12.forms are required. But you will need to have your boarding pass scan

:52:13. > :52:16.to get the really. And there are different rules for duty-free, as

:52:17. > :52:23.well. Duty-free is a different set of regulations at the 10-time, as

:52:24. > :52:34.well. -- same time. Shallow Turner, thank you for joining us. And more

:52:35. > :52:38.from me after eight o'clock. -- Charlotte.

:52:39. > :52:41.Now, 14 years on, filmmaker Richard Curtis has brought

:52:42. > :52:44.the original stars of Love Actually back together in a special sequel

:52:45. > :52:58.So what happened next? Either doing about the plot... -- I don't know.

:52:59. > :53:02.But I caught up with the cast during filming and even managed

:53:03. > :53:11.It's been almost 14 years since we took the characters

:53:12. > :53:14.of Love Actually into our hearts, and wondered, ever since,

:53:15. > :53:20.Now Richard Curtis has reunited the cast for a 1-off

:53:21. > :53:34.He's also introducing new faces. Extras, for a day, like me.

:53:35. > :53:37.We are going to go into do our filming.

:53:38. > :53:41.I am still unclear about what we are going to do.

:53:42. > :53:43.We are going to go down the magnificant staircase,

:53:44. > :53:47.Our scene is set in Downing Street with a press conference

:53:48. > :53:52.Plenty of shouting from producers and then action,

:53:53. > :53:58.A huge range of emotions from light-hearted,

:53:59. > :54:07.This acting game isn't easy, you know?

:54:08. > :54:14.Surprised everytime he said what he had to say.

:54:15. > :54:16.And you have to laugh every time, too.

:54:17. > :54:19.I am not being funny, but how come I did not

:54:20. > :54:30.There was a long list and you were not the first

:54:31. > :54:44.The reason I am a writer is because I was a terrible actor.

:54:45. > :54:51.The plot is being get secret, but we do know

:54:52. > :54:53.that Hugh Grant is still dancing and there are rumours

:54:54. > :54:56.This nightmare with Richard happens every year.

:54:57. > :55:02.I can say I am not doing that, here is a cheque.

:55:03. > :55:04.When I got the message from Richard, my heart skipped.

:55:05. > :55:06.This brought back so many lovely memories.

:55:07. > :55:13.This sort of thing doesn't happen every day.

:55:14. > :55:15.Andrew Lincoln returns with those infamous cards.

:55:16. > :55:17.We properly shouldn't expect to find him together

:55:18. > :55:19.with Keira Knightley's Juliet, at least judging by these

:55:20. > :55:31.After that heroic airport dash by Sam, did young love blossomed?

:55:32. > :55:39.-- After that heroic airport dash by Sam,

:55:40. > :55:41.The two young actors have been back, filming once again,

:55:42. > :55:46.It is great fun to come back to the characters, as always.

:55:47. > :55:51.It is a nice relaxed atmosphere on sat.

:55:52. > :56:03.I look the same as aged 14 years ago.

:56:04. > :56:11.It is true to extend his kids, especially,

:56:12. > :56:19.And this time it do make the castle be part of something much

:56:20. > :56:23.The people involved be said to be responsible for saving the millions

:56:24. > :56:28.And it demonstrates in a world that gets weirder and weirder that people

:56:29. > :56:30.are still driven by their compassionate sensibility

:56:31. > :56:32.and they can take time out to concern

:56:33. > :56:33.themselves with somebody else's welfare.

:56:34. > :56:35.And the whole thing, the Love Actually

:56:36. > :56:39.sequel, that is going to be on the BBC at 7pm on Red Nose Day.

:56:40. > :56:45.I have no idea of the plot. He really does not. We will find that

:56:46. > :00:06.next week. It is just about to read o'clock and it is time to get

:00:07. > :00:09.But it will be quite windy, particularly so on Sunday.

:00:10. > :00:11.That is it from BBC London News. Back in about half

:00:12. > :00:12.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt.

:00:13. > :00:14.Hello, this is Breakfast, Back in about half an hour.

:00:15. > :00:17.The war of words over a second Scottish independence

:00:18. > :00:22.The SNP accuse the Prime Minister of "running scared ",

:00:23. > :00:37.but Theresa May vows to fight for what she calls the "precious union".

:00:38. > :00:40.Good morning, it's Friday 17th March.

:00:41. > :00:45.a warning that secondary schools in England face losing

:00:46. > :00:47.an average of six teachers because of funding changes.

:00:48. > :00:50.More than a million people work in the so-called gig economy,

:00:51. > :00:52.but many miss out on holiday pay and pensions.

:00:53. > :00:56.So are the jobs flexible extra income or just exploiting staff?

:00:57. > :01:23.I'm at Cheltenham, where it's Gold Cup day.

:01:24. > :01:35.And don't throw to the quarterfinals of the Super League after winning

:01:36. > :01:38.1-0 last night. We will take you behind this seems.

:01:39. > :01:41.It's Love Actually, and we'll take you behind the scenes

:01:42. > :01:46.with Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon and Liam Neeson.

:01:47. > :02:03.There will be some rain particularly across the north-west of the UK.

:02:04. > :02:09.The SNP will today accuse the Government of being too scared

:02:10. > :02:15.to allow a second independence referendum.

:02:16. > :02:17.Two leaders, both talking tough in the battle over

:02:18. > :02:22.Theresa May rejecting a referendum on independence before the UK leaves

:02:23. > :02:30.Nicola Sturgeon determined it should go ahead,

:02:31. > :02:36.I think it would be completely unacceptable and outrageous,

:02:37. > :02:39.and almost anti-democratic, for a Conservative government

:02:40. > :02:43.with one MP in Scotland to seek to block the democratic

:02:44. > :02:48.will of the Scottish Parliament, and stand in the way of the Scottish

:02:49. > :02:52.people having the right to choose our own future.

:02:53. > :02:55.Ms Sturgeon will use her party conference in Aberdeen to

:02:56. > :02:58.keep the spotlight on her argument that Downing Street's

:02:59. > :03:04.2,000 party members who will pack this hall later will likely agree.

:03:05. > :03:08.Elsewhere in the Granite City, the views were mixed.

:03:09. > :03:13.Maybe sometime in the future, we can vote on it.

:03:14. > :03:14.As far as it's next year, that they're proposing,

:03:15. > :03:15.Maybe sometime in the future we can vote on it.

:03:16. > :03:16.For me, that's not something I'd like to vote on.

:03:17. > :03:19.As far as it's next year, that they're proposing,

:03:20. > :03:19.Although Theresa May says wait until after a deal,

:03:20. > :03:21.For me, that's not something I'd like to vote on.

:03:22. > :03:23.the deal is about being taken out of Europe.

:03:24. > :03:24.So I think Nicola Sturgeon has a right to hold that,

:03:25. > :03:26.Although Theresa May says wait until after a deal,

:03:27. > :03:27.the deal is about being taken out of Europe.

:03:28. > :03:29.and I don't think Theresa May has any right to stop her.

:03:30. > :03:30.So I think Nicola Sturgeon has a right to hold that,

:03:31. > :03:32.It has been two years since the people of Scotland

:03:33. > :03:32.and I don't think Theresa May has any right to stop her.

:03:33. > :03:35.first voted on whether to leave the United Kingdom.

:03:36. > :03:43.Both sides are instead focused on trying to persuade people

:03:44. > :03:46.in Scotland that they are right about the timing of any possible

:03:47. > :03:55.Our political correspondent Mark Lobel is in Westminster for us.

:03:56. > :04:06.Mark, both sides showing no sign of backing down on this.

:04:07. > :04:12.That is right, the Government here in Westminster has not ruled out

:04:13. > :04:18.another independence referendum, but insisted needs to be legal, decisive

:04:19. > :04:21.and fair, and Theresa May says that within next's timetable of holding

:04:22. > :04:25.another referendum by the end of spring 2019, that is not going to be

:04:26. > :04:31.possible. In a hard-hitting article in today's Times, she says the SNP

:04:32. > :04:34.is trying to force the UK Government to agree to something that is

:04:35. > :04:38.fundamentally unfair to the Scottish people and wants to ask them to make

:04:39. > :04:42.a crucial decision without the necessary information. But the SNP

:04:43. > :04:45.is digging in, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon insisted she will hold a

:04:46. > :04:49.vote in the Scottish Parliament next week to formally ask the Westminster

:04:50. > :04:53.government to give the Scottish Government permission to hold this

:04:54. > :04:58.referendum, even though she knows the answer is no, not at the moment.

:04:59. > :05:02.There will be an escalation of the war of words later from the SNP

:05:03. > :05:06.deputy leader, Angus Robertson, and he will tell their conference in

:05:07. > :05:10.Aberdeen, the truth is it should not be for either Theresa May or the

:05:11. > :05:14.Scottish Government to decide Scotland's future, that choice

:05:15. > :05:18.belongs to the parliament and people of Scotland, and it is one this

:05:19. > :05:21.party will never shy away from. So he says the Prime Minister is

:05:22. > :05:25.running is dead, she says she will hold a referendum probably, but not

:05:26. > :05:28.now, but the big question will continue to be, if not now, when? --

:05:29. > :05:33.running scared. Every secondary school in England

:05:34. > :05:36.could lose the equivalent of six teachers by 2020,

:05:37. > :05:39.according to a think-tank. The Education Policy Institute

:05:40. > :05:41.says schools will see cuts on average of nearly ?300,000

:05:42. > :05:44.in the next three years. But the Government says funding

:05:45. > :05:46.is at an all-time high Parents and pupils in Nantwich,

:05:47. > :05:53.Cheshire, protesting last month about a lack of funding for their

:05:54. > :06:02.schools compared to other areas. The Government has plans

:06:03. > :06:06.to redistribute funds, it says, more fairly, and it says

:06:07. > :06:09.at ?40 billion this year, school funding in England

:06:10. > :06:11.is the highest it has ever been. Despite this, today's report

:06:12. > :06:15.confirms no school will avoid a real-terms cut in budget

:06:16. > :06:19.over the next few years. Schools are facing

:06:20. > :06:23.significant cost pressures. The cost of running the school

:06:24. > :06:25.increases, rising number of students and from local authorities

:06:26. > :06:29.having less money to spend. So whilst the distribution

:06:30. > :06:32.of money might be fairer, there is simply not enough money

:06:33. > :06:34.in the system The Education Policy Institute

:06:35. > :06:41.estimates that by 2020 the average real-terms loss of funding

:06:42. > :06:46.per primary school will be ?74,000, and per secondary school

:06:47. > :06:54.the average cut will be ?291,000. That equates to every primary school

:06:55. > :06:56.losing two teachers, and every secondary school

:06:57. > :07:00.losing six. The Government says it does

:07:01. > :07:02.recognise the pressures schools in England are facing,

:07:03. > :07:09.and is helping them to make savings. has described claims

:07:10. > :07:15.that it was asked by President Obama to spy on Donald Trump

:07:16. > :07:18.as "utterly ridiculous". The unusual move to issue

:07:19. > :07:21.a statement came after White House press secretary Sean Spicer quoted

:07:22. > :07:24.claims first made on US TV channel He didn't use the NSA,

:07:25. > :07:31.he didn't use the CIA, he didn't use the FBI, and he didn't

:07:32. > :07:34.use the Department of Justice. It's the initials for the British

:07:35. > :07:39.intelligence spying agency. So simply, by having

:07:40. > :07:41.two people saying to them, the President needs transcripts

:07:42. > :07:44.of conversations involving Candidate Trump, conversations

:07:45. > :07:46.involving President-elect Trump, he's able to get it, and there's

:07:47. > :07:52.no American fingerprints on it. The UK's biggest ever fine

:07:53. > :07:54.for river pollution is expected to be imposed

:07:55. > :07:57.on Thames Water today. The company's admitted

:07:58. > :07:58.to breaching more than Stretches of water in Oxfordshire

:07:59. > :08:04.and Buckinghamshire were heavily polluted,

:08:05. > :08:08.killing many fish. Haddock caught west of Scotland

:08:09. > :08:11.and in the North Sea has been taken off a list

:08:12. > :08:14.of sustainable fish to eat. The Marine Conservation Society

:08:15. > :08:17.says stocks declined last year and action is needed to boost

:08:18. > :08:24.the number of breeding age fish. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

:08:25. > :08:27.are starting a two-day It's Prince William's first official

:08:28. > :08:31.visit to the French capital since the death of his mother,

:08:32. > :08:33.Princess Diana, The Royal couple will

:08:34. > :08:36.also meet survivors A woman in Peru has had a miraculous

:08:37. > :08:45.escape after being swept away in an avalanche of mud and

:08:46. > :08:49.other debris after heavy rains. The 32-year-old woman had fallen

:08:50. > :08:54.into a raging river but somehow managed to get out

:08:55. > :08:59.onto a river bank and was helped to safety

:09:00. > :09:13.by onlookers. You can see she has added incredibly

:09:14. > :09:14.lucky escape there. -- she has had an.

:09:15. > :09:17.At least 12 people have died in the floods.

:09:18. > :09:24.Those are the main stories, we will have the weather in a few minutes,

:09:25. > :09:27.but first a story you may have heard about yesterday, the volcanic

:09:28. > :09:30.eruption on Mount Etna in Sicily, which injured several people.

:09:31. > :09:34.A BBC camera crew were among those who had to run for safety.

:09:35. > :09:36.It was the third eruption in the last three weeks,

:09:37. > :09:38.and this image from a European Space Agency satellite

:09:39. > :09:41.caught the ferocity of the explosion.

:09:42. > :09:43.The BBC's science correspondent Rebecca Morelle was there

:09:44. > :09:49.It's one of the world's most active volcanoes,

:09:50. > :09:53.and for the last few weeks Mount Etna has been erupting again.

:09:54. > :09:57.We were filming a lava flow that had formed overnight.

:09:58. > :10:05.The lava is so slow moving, it's usually considered safe.

:10:06. > :10:19.The hot rocks mixed with snow and ice,

:10:20. > :10:32.filmed as rocks, boulders and steam were hurled the air.

:10:33. > :10:40.And there were cuts, burns and bruises.

:10:41. > :10:52.Eruptions at Etna are frequent, but incidents like this,

:10:53. > :10:59.A vulcanologist said it was the most dangerous event

:11:00. > :11:01.he'd experienced in his 30-year career.

:11:02. > :11:03.We've made it back down the mountain,

:11:04. > :11:07.and what happened is only really just starting to sink in.

:11:08. > :11:10.Look at this, this hole was made by one of the incredibly hot

:11:11. > :11:14.pieces of volcanic rock that rained down upon us.

:11:15. > :11:16.We really thought we were all going to die.

:11:17. > :11:25.Scientists will now continue to track how the eruption progresses.

:11:26. > :11:27.Our close call only shows how dangerous

:11:28. > :11:41.Rebecca Morelle, BBC News, Mount Etna.

:11:42. > :11:46.We can speak to Rebecca in Sicily, first of all, tell us how you are, I

:11:47. > :11:55.know you described the damage to your coat and the other people who

:11:56. > :12:01.were in UU at the time. Yeah, well, I am at a bit of safer distance from

:12:02. > :12:06.Mount Etna this morning, thankfully, it was a quite horrific experience

:12:07. > :12:10.yesterday, and we are all doing OK. The BBC team, we are a bit burned,

:12:11. > :12:16.my camerawoman, Rachel Price, has a bad burn on her back. My producer is

:12:17. > :12:19.absolutely peppered with bruises where these rocks hit. I fell over

:12:20. > :12:25.and hurt my knee. But when you look at the footage, I still can't quite

:12:26. > :12:29.believe we were caught up in it. I can't quite believe that we got out

:12:30. > :12:33.OK, and all of the tourists, there were dozens of them, I can't believe

:12:34. > :12:37.that people came out relatively unscathed. I mean, I honestly

:12:38. > :12:42.thought that was it for all of us when it started to erupt in that

:12:43. > :12:45.way. We are watching some of those images, there was one person who

:12:46. > :12:50.appeared to be dragged away by a couple of other people, tell us

:12:51. > :12:58.about that, some people in a bad way at that moment in time. Well, this

:12:59. > :13:03.was an amazing 78-year-old woman who had actually gone up to see the lava

:13:04. > :13:09.flow with their sun, she is from the UK, and she couldn't get herself off

:13:10. > :13:13.fastener. It looked very violent, being dragged along the floor, she

:13:14. > :13:17.was obviously an terrible distress, but we went to see her afterwards,

:13:18. > :13:23.and she did have quite a bad hit on the head, but it didn't require any

:13:24. > :13:28.stitches. Her son was also in shock as to what had happened. But she was

:13:29. > :13:32.remarkably OK, actually, she seems to be perky than any of us when we

:13:33. > :13:36.saw her in the medical room. She said she thought she was going to

:13:37. > :13:39.die, because she fell over and had to be brought away. If people hadn't

:13:40. > :13:43.dragged her away, it would have been horrific. As soon as the eruption

:13:44. > :13:48.started and those rocks started raining down, you just had to run,

:13:49. > :13:52.and you couldn't see anything as well, because you are covered in

:13:53. > :13:57.white steam from this blast. All you could hear were these thuds where

:13:58. > :14:01.they were hitting you, and you didn't want want to hit your head.

:14:02. > :14:05.When we got to the snowmobile, the windows were broken, a great big

:14:06. > :14:11.Jack had been taken out of the roof. Imagine if that had hit someone on

:14:12. > :14:15.the head. -- great big chunk. I can't quite believe that no-one was

:14:16. > :14:19.more seriously hurt. I think we can see Mount Etna behind you in the

:14:20. > :14:22.shop we are looking at now, a lot of people might be wondering about how

:14:23. > :14:27.it was that you and your team and those tourists were in that place at

:14:28. > :14:35.that time. You know, if it was potentially dangerous, talk us

:14:36. > :14:40.through that. Welcome eruptions are very, very common at Mount Etna, it

:14:41. > :14:45.is one of the world's most active of gainers, and a lot of tourists do go

:14:46. > :14:50.up to see it. The lava flow that we had gone to see is incredibly slow

:14:51. > :14:53.moving, and just by the sheer heat of it, you cannot stand that close

:14:54. > :15:00.to it, so it has got a natural protection. Tourists are brought all

:15:01. > :15:03.the time to see the lava flows, they happen all the time, and it is a

:15:04. > :15:07.really rare event, what we think happened was some meltwater, where

:15:08. > :15:14.the snow was melting, it had got caught up the need the lava. It is

:15:15. > :15:18.incredibly hot, more than 1000 Celsius, that cause the pressure to

:15:19. > :15:24.build, scheme was let off, then there was an explosion which caused

:15:25. > :15:28.the rocks to fall. I do wonder now if they will bring tourists at that

:15:29. > :15:31.close to say that. I mean, we were with a volcanology and, we followed

:15:32. > :15:36.all of the safety procedures, he was with us all of the way, and he said

:15:37. > :15:43.he has been studying Mount Etna for 30 years and has never seen anything

:15:44. > :15:47.like it. So it was an unusual and unlucky occurrence. I mean, I was

:15:48. > :15:52.very excited about seeing an erupting Mount Etna, I am a science

:15:53. > :15:55.correspondent, I love volcanoes, I just didn't expect to see an

:15:56. > :16:00.eruption this close up, and I'm probably going to be staying away

:16:01. > :16:05.from volcanoes may be for a little while.

:16:06. > :16:11.You are a science correspondent. It is one thing analysing things and

:16:12. > :16:21.reporting on things, but feeling it happening is very different. Yes,

:16:22. > :16:27.exactly. Getting dizzy see an erupting volcano has been a lifetime

:16:28. > :16:32.ambition for me. I love the earth sciences and geology but you have to

:16:33. > :16:36.remember volcanoes are unpredictable, dangerous, be not do

:16:37. > :16:39.what you expect. We were doing a report on how scientists are

:16:40. > :16:44.monitoring volcanoes so they can predict when they will go off and

:16:45. > :16:48.you can predict to some extent when the big eruptions are going to

:16:49. > :16:54.happen but this was a smaller event even though it looks spectacular. It

:16:55. > :16:59.is the lava flow that exploded rather than an eruption from crater

:17:00. > :17:10.itself. It is a reminder you need to respect these things. I suppose I

:17:11. > :17:17.did get to CE volcano erupting. Ambition fulfilled, done. Maybe I do

:17:18. > :17:21.not want to see it again. Thank you. All the best to you and your team

:17:22. > :17:27.and the other tourists who were injured.

:17:28. > :17:32.Good to see her safe and well. Absolutely.

:17:33. > :17:36.Here's Matt with a look at this morning's weather.

:17:37. > :17:42.Sometimes volcano eruptions can affect the climate.

:17:43. > :17:46.Yes, they can have a massive effect on the climate around the world.

:17:47. > :17:53.This is the satellite picture from yesterday across Sicily. This is the

:17:54. > :18:03.snow topped peaks of mind it's not. That little white line is the plume

:18:04. > :18:08.of snow, act -- smoke coming from the volcano. Not going to have a big

:18:09. > :18:14.impact on air travel in the area. Everyone got away safely. In the UK

:18:15. > :18:23.skies are not that clear but it is chilly.

:18:24. > :18:33.Temperatures are on the way up. It will be a slightly milder day than

:18:34. > :18:37.we started with. Julie across northern Scotland, ice, snow across

:18:38. > :18:42.the Highlands. The best of the brightness in northern Scotland.

:18:43. > :18:49.Rain on and off in Northern Ireland. The dry conditions to the east of

:18:50. > :18:53.Northern Ireland. Turning wet across north-west England, Cumbria,

:18:54. > :18:57.Lancashire. The rest of northern England, north Midlands and North

:18:58. > :19:01.Wales starting to cloud over. Lots of sunshine across East Anglia. A

:19:02. > :19:06.pleasant start of the day. The breeze will pick up and the global

:19:07. > :19:09.spread southwards. Some brightness continuing in northern Scotland

:19:10. > :19:14.between the showers but in between lots of cloud and if you are in

:19:15. > :19:20.North Wales, west of the Pennines, it will get wetter, staying wet

:19:21. > :19:24.across west central Scotland. Temperatures were they should be for

:19:25. > :19:29.the time of year. A fairly mild night. Winds coming in from the

:19:30. > :19:32.south-west with outbreaks of rain, the heaviest on the health in the

:19:33. > :19:38.western half of the UK. The bulk of the rain to take us through the

:19:39. > :19:45.weekend will be by night. This is how we start the weekend. Northern

:19:46. > :19:50.Scotland chilly, frost, ice, sunny spells. Elsewhere it starts grey.

:19:51. > :19:55.There will be patchy rain and drizzle. Biased and brightest

:19:56. > :19:58.towards the east. Sunshine at times in eastern areas but Northern

:19:59. > :20:02.Ireland turns wetter through the day and parts of northern England and

:20:03. > :20:08.the Midlands as well. There will be some rain around after a reasonably

:20:09. > :20:11.dry start for many. 15 degrees possible in the south-east corner.

:20:12. > :20:17.Another wet windy spill to take us through Saturday night into Sunday.

:20:18. > :20:22.Another feature runs in for Sunday. More rain at times across western

:20:23. > :20:25.areas for Sunday. Particularly the west of Scotland and Northern

:20:26. > :20:27.Ireland. Elsewhere hopefully dry weather around and a little bit of

:20:28. > :20:37.sunshine. I no means a write-off. Every secondary school in England

:20:38. > :20:40.will see budget cuts before 2020, even after new funding plans are put

:20:41. > :20:43.into place, research suggests. The Education Policy Institute

:20:44. > :20:50.found, even schools benefiting from the government's

:20:51. > :20:52.funding shake-up will see their gains wiped out

:20:53. > :20:54.by increases in pay and pensions. The government insists funding

:20:55. > :20:56.is at a record level. Natalie Perera is the executive

:20:57. > :21:07.director of The Education Policy You obviously are one of the report

:21:08. > :21:11.authors and know in detail about the changes. How can the government say

:21:12. > :21:16.funding is going up and the report says pupils are going to suffer? A

:21:17. > :21:19.few things are happening. First we have got a new funding formula which

:21:20. > :21:27.is moving money around the country in a much more comparable way.

:21:28. > :21:32.Secondly we have inflationary cost rising over the next few years,

:21:33. > :21:38.pensions and cuts to other educational grants, and all of that

:21:39. > :21:45.means that by 2020 we see that almost every school will face a real

:21:46. > :21:49.term cut in their per-pupil funding. It is starting to bite already. Lots

:21:50. > :21:54.of comments from viewers. Angela says this is going to have a massive

:21:55. > :21:57.effect on our kids, heaven help people with special needs, there

:21:58. > :22:03.will be no support. Someone else says my son is ASD and at a

:22:04. > :22:09.mainstream school and I have had a letter. Children with extra needs

:22:10. > :22:14.perhaps might have to suffer. Yes. We are hearing reports from schools

:22:15. > :22:19.and unions about the level of pressures that schools are facing

:22:20. > :22:27.now. What we are finding is that over the next three years, by 2020,

:22:28. > :22:31.a combination of factors, including the new funding formula, but also

:22:32. > :22:38.including other factors, will probably make that worse for almost

:22:39. > :22:46.all schools. More money than ever is being poured into schools, ?40

:22:47. > :22:50.billion in 2016-2017. That is right that the overall amount is more but

:22:51. > :22:55.remember we have got a growth in pupil numbers, growth in

:22:56. > :23:00.inflationary costs that schools will have to take into account and we

:23:01. > :23:06.have got wider funding cuts for other education grants. That with

:23:07. > :23:09.the national funding formula means that over all that is what is

:23:10. > :23:15.driving the pressure that we see on school budgets I20 20. You see in

:23:16. > :23:18.the report that this advantage children may suffer even more

:23:19. > :23:22.because of this but the government are saying they are trying to

:23:23. > :23:28.protect the disadvantaged children as they see it and redistribute the

:23:29. > :23:31.funds to people in poorer areas and those people who are just about

:23:32. > :23:38.managing. How can the reports of the opposite is true? What is happening

:23:39. > :23:42.is that at the moment for historical reasons areas like London,

:23:43. > :23:47.Birmingham, Manchester, have typically got a much higher rate of

:23:48. > :23:53.funding for schools. The government is redistributing that money more

:23:54. > :23:58.evenly across the country and we think that is the right thing to do

:23:59. > :24:03.so that wherever you are in the country, if you are a poor pupil,

:24:04. > :24:09.you attract the same amount of money no matter where you'll. That bit is

:24:10. > :24:13.right. But what we are seeing is the overall effect of the formula

:24:14. > :24:18.because more money is being moved out of areas like London,

:24:19. > :24:24.Manchester, the overall effect means that the poorest pupils in the

:24:25. > :24:28.country are set to lose funding overall while the less

:24:29. > :24:35.disadvantaged, as you say, they are just about managing, they are set to

:24:36. > :24:43.benefit from the formula. Thank you. From the educational policy

:24:44. > :24:45.Institute. The government has been agonising over issues about

:24:46. > :25:00.different contracts. It is about doing odd jobs, and how

:25:01. > :25:05.you are classed, is it a worker or self-employed?

:25:06. > :25:07.More than a million people now work in the so-called Gig Economy

:25:08. > :25:10.where they rent out their time to do odd jobs, deliver

:25:11. > :25:17.New research says most do it for the flexibility and extra cash

:25:18. > :25:20.but the figures also show that more than 60% of workers want

:25:21. > :25:22.the government to introduce better regulations to stop

:25:23. > :25:28.The stock market hit a new record high

:25:29. > :25:30.yesterday in London boosted by a rise in

:25:31. > :25:39.The Federal Reserve raising the cost of borrowing.

:25:40. > :25:42.Investors were also breathing a sigh of relief after the populist Freedom

:25:43. > :25:45.party failed to secure victory in elections in the Netherlands.

:25:46. > :25:49.The FTSE 100 closed at a record high of 7,415.

:25:50. > :25:52.That's good news for investors but also anyone with a pension

:25:53. > :25:56.or savings that track the fortunes of the stock market.

:25:57. > :25:58.And many airport shops still aren't handing back VAT

:25:59. > :26:06.It emerged last year that airport shops don't have to pay 20% VAT

:26:07. > :26:09.on sales if you're travelling outside the EU, but weren't

:26:10. > :26:14.The retail ombudsman says all of them should be

:26:15. > :26:19.passing on the saving, but many are still failing to do so.

:26:20. > :26:21.Boots has become the latest firm to say it will reduce

:26:22. > :26:36.Many people saying it is too little too late.

:26:37. > :26:52.There is a big race later today at Cheltenham. Such an amazing valley.

:26:53. > :26:56.A little bowl where the racecourse itself is. Mike is going to be there

:26:57. > :27:02.for us. You cannot tell the steepness of

:27:03. > :27:05.that hill going up to the final stretch at Cheltenham. The crowd

:27:06. > :30:27.roars, the horses come round the bend, it is magical.

:30:28. > :30:27.roars, the horses come round the particularly so on Sunday. Thanks,

:30:28. > :30:31.Now though it's back to Charlie and Sally.

:30:32. > :30:37.Hello this is Breakfast with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt.

:30:38. > :30:40.The SNP will today accuse the government of being too scared

:30:41. > :30:43.to allow a second independence referendum.

:30:44. > :30:47.Hello this is Breakfast with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt.

:30:48. > :30:49.Deputy leader, Angus Robertson will open his party's spring

:30:50. > :30:51.conference by saying the Conservatives have a "desperate

:30:52. > :30:53.desire" to prevent anyone rejecting Brexit.

:30:54. > :30:56.But Theresa May will tell her own party conference in Cardiff that

:30:57. > :31:00.she'll fight to keep what she calls the "precious union".

:31:01. > :31:03.Secondary schools in England could lose the equivalent of six

:31:04. > :31:05.teachers by 2020 according to a think tank.

:31:06. > :31:07.The Education Policy Institute says schools will see cuts

:31:08. > :31:10.on average of nearly ?300,000 in the next three years.

:31:11. > :31:13.But the government says funding is at an all time high

:31:14. > :31:19.Britain's surveillance agency, GCHQ, has described claims

:31:20. > :31:21.that it was asked by President Obama to spy on Donald Trump

:31:22. > :31:28.The unusual move to issue a statement came after White House

:31:29. > :31:31.Press Secretary Sean Spicer quoted claims first made on US TV channel

:31:32. > :31:43.The UK's biggest ever fine for river pollution is expected to be imposed

:31:44. > :31:46.The company's admitted to breaching more than a dozen

:31:47. > :31:49.The UK's biggest ever fine for river pollution is expected to be imposed

:31:50. > :31:52.Stretches of water in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire were heavily

:31:53. > :31:56.Haddock caught west of Scotland, and in the North Sea,

:31:57. > :31:58.has been taken off a list of sustainable fish to eat.

:31:59. > :32:01.The Marine Conservation Society says stocks declined last year and action

:32:02. > :32:07.is needed to boost the number of breeding age fish.

:32:08. > :32:09.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are starting a two-day

:32:10. > :32:14.It's Prince William's first official visit to the French capital

:32:15. > :32:16.since the death of his mother, Princess Diana, 20

:32:17. > :32:20.The royal couple will also meet survivors

:32:21. > :32:37.Lets see what else is coming upon the programme this morning. Mike

:32:38. > :32:41.will take a look behind-the-scenes of the Gold Cup and finding out

:32:42. > :32:48.about today's runners and riders. We will be getting all the tips from

:32:49. > :32:57.him. We will speak to an undercover reporter exposing the trade of

:32:58. > :33:01.exotic animals in Baru. -- approved. We are catching up with all the

:33:02. > :33:07.stars on the set of the hotly anticipated remake of Love Actually

:33:08. > :33:11.for comic relief. We will be seeing all the stars behind the scenes a

:33:12. > :33:17.little later on. Come on, you were there at the filming. A little tiny,

:33:18. > :33:23.tiny hint about what might happen. Here's how it works. Be got asked if

:33:24. > :33:27.anybody wanted to be an extra in the press conferencing, just the one

:33:28. > :33:32.scene, that is the only bit I know about and they do know anything

:33:33. > :33:35.about the plot. Is Hugh Grant still a Prime Minister? Yes, and a lot of

:33:36. > :33:40.the other stars are involved once again but we will have to wait a

:33:41. > :33:49.week to find out the full details. Well, I'm looking forward to acting

:33:50. > :33:55.debut if nothing else. Mike, have you got yourself sorted out. What is

:33:56. > :33:59.he wearing? Are you OK? Yes, just my thermals but I don't need now, it's

:34:00. > :34:04.warmed up. Icon for a Baker boy hat which apparently was made 20 by

:34:05. > :34:10.David Beckham so there you go. I'm not sure I'd can carry it off in the

:34:11. > :34:14.same way. Earlier someone said I'd like an unfunny Mr tumble. A

:34:15. > :34:18.seven-year-old made that comment so I've argued with him. This is where

:34:19. > :34:23.the horses just travelling up for the day for the Gold Cup from

:34:24. > :34:26.Somerset get dropped off and if you look down there, you can see the

:34:27. > :34:32.accommodation, the luxury apartment suites for the horses which come

:34:33. > :34:35.from Ireland. They come for a few days. In a moment we'll get the

:34:36. > :34:41.thoughts of Gordon Elliott, last year's winning trainer. Not yet, I

:34:42. > :34:47.know you by busy. We will speak to in a moment.

:34:48. > :34:56.They were singing the Kaiser Chiefs's on Ruby for him yesterday.

:34:57. > :34:59.Ruby Walsh rode four winners on Day 3 of the Cheltenham Festival

:35:00. > :35:02.After riding favourites Yorkhill and Un De So to victory earlier

:35:03. > :35:05.in the day, Walsh won the Stayers Hurdle, on board

:35:06. > :35:08.He finished clear of the odds on favourite,

:35:09. > :35:15.Walsh also won on Let's Dance later in the afternoon.

:35:16. > :35:20.In a moment we would get the thoughts of Gordon Elliott. If any

:35:21. > :35:24.trainer knows what it's like to win the Gold Cup and how it should be

:35:25. > :35:28.done, it is Paul Nicholls, who has won it four times but he says it's

:35:29. > :35:32.much of a team effort so to see what goes on in preparation for months

:35:33. > :35:34.and weeks before the Gold Cup day, I went for a sleepover down in

:35:35. > :35:39.Somerset. I can hear noises out there.

:35:40. > :35:54.before the sun rises, It is because, within the hour,

:35:55. > :35:56.the stable lads and lasses, the jockey and the trainer,

:35:57. > :36:00.are into their morning routine. After starting here after school

:36:01. > :36:03.and college, Shannon may work over ten hours, six days a week,

:36:04. > :36:05.looking after five horses, I ride this lad every day, as well,

:36:06. > :36:19.so when I see him go to the races and do well, it is

:36:20. > :36:21.such a good feeling. And when he wins a race

:36:22. > :36:23.at Cheltenham... And the great thing is,

:36:24. > :36:27.if he wins at Cheltenham on Gold Cup day, Shannon and all the staff

:36:28. > :36:30.here will get some of the spoils, If Shannon wanted to go

:36:31. > :36:35.on and become a jockey she would need to pass the fitness

:36:36. > :36:38.course at jockey school. I have painful memories

:36:39. > :36:41.of my failure there when I joined Sam Twiston-Davies on the simulator,

:36:42. > :36:45.to taste the pain they endure every day, before he tried in vain

:36:46. > :36:55.to teach me how to fall. Sam rides Sapphire Noire

:36:56. > :37:00.in the cup today. While following Sam is Harry Cobden,

:37:01. > :37:02.who leads the championship I had three rides last year,

:37:03. > :37:09.and there are so many people, If we can get a winner this year,

:37:10. > :37:19.it will be a dream come true. Making them come true

:37:20. > :37:21.is the trainer, Paul Nicholls himself, who has already lifted

:37:22. > :37:24.the Gold Cup four times You need a great team behind

:37:25. > :37:32.you to make it work. Talking to the staff,

:37:33. > :37:35.they have played such a big role. They are athletes, at the end

:37:36. > :37:45.of the day, and they all need to be treated as individuals to get

:37:46. > :37:47.the best out of them. The big thing is fitness,

:37:48. > :37:57.spotting their well-being. Back inside, the horses must

:37:58. > :38:01.look their best for the spotlight, and while Paul wouldn't let me

:38:02. > :38:05.anywhere near a saddle, there was room at the

:38:06. > :38:09.tail end of the team. A beautiful tail, a really

:38:10. > :38:13.bushy one, that one. I was made to feel especially

:38:14. > :38:16.welcome down the local, where so many winners

:38:17. > :38:29.have been toasted. Many mementos, ten years on from his

:38:30. > :38:33.first Gold Cup winner. Gordon Elliott, the winning trainer from

:38:34. > :38:37.last year is here with us and you're also the leading trainer this week

:38:38. > :38:41.as well and the Irish are in fine form after yesterday. Yes, the Irish

:38:42. > :38:47.had a great week. It's great, you know. The sun shining, it is Paddy

:38:48. > :38:51.'s Day today, and hopefully we can do it again today. How much did last

:38:52. > :38:59.year change your life to win the big one? Obviously we have good owners

:39:00. > :39:05.and horses but to win the Gold Cup, it is the Gold medal of the

:39:06. > :39:10.Olympics, it was a day we'll never forget. What are your memories now

:39:11. > :39:14.being in the winners enclosure? You never forget. You get hyped up about

:39:15. > :39:20.it but we got a good team again this year, you know, five winners

:39:21. > :39:26.already. It was tough coming to the festival this year. If I don't get

:39:27. > :39:30.anything, I'm delighted to be here this week. It's amazing for Ireland

:39:31. > :39:34.because 30% of all tickets sales go to people in Ireland. What makes it

:39:35. > :39:40.so special for the people in Ireland? Yes, everywhere you go in

:39:41. > :39:45.Ireland, if you go into a pub or a house, they are watching the racing

:39:46. > :39:49.Channel and everybody has a horse, and child is where we want to be.

:39:50. > :39:54.Everyone is filed from the owners, trainers, even those who have a bet

:39:55. > :39:58.on a horse full survey become part of it. Yes, you see your horse going

:39:59. > :40:01.into the winner 's enclosure. There's no feeling like it. Today

:40:02. > :40:09.you have a couple of forces out there. What do you think your main

:40:10. > :40:14.challenge will be? Jessica's horse is the one we have to beat. It's a

:40:15. > :40:17.good race. Hopefully we'll get through to the winners enclosure.

:40:18. > :40:20.Bragging rights so far in Cheltenham but in Dublin with a rugby, do you

:40:21. > :40:27.think you can England getting the record? After hammering you in the

:40:28. > :40:32.horse racing, there's no reason why we won't do that same in Rugby. What

:40:33. > :40:35.a huge couple of days ahead in the Gold Cup today, England versus

:40:36. > :40:42.Ireland in the rugby. That is all for now. He has got to go. Thank

:40:43. > :40:46.you. We have been agonising a little bit over quite what you look like

:40:47. > :40:52.today in the best possible way. If we can just put an image app on the

:40:53. > :40:59.screen for a second. There is a hint of Norman Wisdom. Just a hint.

:41:00. > :41:07.Actually, he was a hero of mine when I was young and he became very big

:41:08. > :41:11.in Albania, so I don't mind being compared to Norman Wisdom, Mr Grimms

:41:12. > :41:19.Dale. It's a good look for you. Good luck today, Mike. For cake lovers in

:41:20. > :41:23.was one of the most eagerly awaited TV announcements of the year. Who

:41:24. > :41:28.will form the new line-up for the Great British Bake Off on Channel 4?

:41:29. > :41:32.As expected, Prue Leith joins Paul Hollywood as a judge but the

:41:33. > :41:36.surprise comes in the appointment of sandy toxic and Noel Fielding as the

:41:37. > :41:45.hosts, and joining us now is TV critic Paul London. This was

:41:46. > :41:48.something of a surprise, wasn't it, Toby? We've had a few interesting

:41:49. > :41:52.surprises over the last several months and this certainly is one of

:41:53. > :41:56.them are. For many hearing that Noel Fielding will be one of the hosts on

:41:57. > :41:59.the Great British Bake Off was like biting into what you thought was a

:42:00. > :42:06.Victoria sponge and then finding out in stab of jam is pork pie and

:42:07. > :42:10.custard in there. So bold. Clearly, the new version on Channel 4 is

:42:11. > :42:16.moving away from the Mel and Sue Eire as hard as can possibly be.

:42:17. > :42:19.Prue Leith, no one batted night at about that fourth of sandy toxic,

:42:20. > :42:23.perfect, great, that Noel Fielding is a very, very surprising

:42:24. > :42:32.announcement also people think this is a comedian who is like a giant

:42:33. > :42:35.psychedelic cowboy boot, but I've think it's really exciting, his

:42:36. > :42:41.appointment, and is also very funny and I think he will bounce off the

:42:42. > :42:46.contestants and sandy toxic's dry wit. Do you think it is going to

:42:47. > :42:52.work? I've seen no reason to think it won't work. They haven't just

:42:53. > :42:59.slung them together to see what will happen. Channel 4 don't want to

:43:00. > :43:03.replicate what was on the BBC, so by bringing in him, they won't do that

:43:04. > :43:07.and they are kind of making it more Channel 4. There have been so only

:43:08. > :43:10.people who have said I'm not watching any more, no Mary Berry,

:43:11. > :43:13.I'm not going to watch it, so that is no point trying to win those

:43:14. > :43:19.people back because so many people have made their minds up. Even if

:43:20. > :43:23.Channel 4 only take 7 million people per episode, they will still be

:43:24. > :43:29.thrilled with that. Only 7 million, that's a lot of people. Possibly the

:43:30. > :43:32.toughest job out of all of them is possibly Prue Leith, because

:43:33. > :43:41.replacing Mary Berry is quite some challenge? Elevated to the status of

:43:42. > :43:46.national treasure, even higher than she already occupies in position,

:43:47. > :43:52.Prue Leith has a hard job on her hands but we are talking about a

:43:53. > :44:00.very respected chef and writer, so she has the onions, and the cake, so

:44:01. > :44:09.I don't see why people should fear her or fear change. Toby, thank you

:44:10. > :44:14.very much. Toby Earl, TV critic. Matt has got the onions when it

:44:15. > :44:18.comes to the weather. Good morning. Did you know today is actually the

:44:19. > :44:23.equinox, where day and night are equal, not to be confused with the

:44:24. > :44:28.Equinox which occurs on Monday, when the sun passes across the equator

:44:29. > :44:33.but as lovely start to the Equinox here in Cornwall and many parts of

:44:34. > :44:39.southern UK. Different story further north, grey, gloomy skies, misty

:44:40. > :44:42.conditions on the hills in South Lanarkshire. Rain falling from those

:44:43. > :44:46.clouds, to come across many parts of central and western Scotland. One or

:44:47. > :44:50.two showers in the north-east but bright weather through the day.

:44:51. > :44:55.Northern Ireland, Saint Patrick's Day, driest conditions will be to

:44:56. > :45:00.the East. Cumbria and Lancashire, east of the Pennines, 12 of rain.

:45:01. > :45:04.Most of the time dry this morning but through much of Wales, the

:45:05. > :45:08.Midlands, southern England, a decent start, good sunny spells especially

:45:09. > :45:11.the further south you are. A bit of a breeze bringing more cloud but

:45:12. > :45:15.many southern area stay dry throughout the day. For mid Wales,

:45:16. > :45:19.the North Midlands, through to northern England, it will get

:45:20. > :45:26.wetter, especially west of the hills and in Northern Ireland, staying

:45:27. > :45:31.wet. Hill snow as well to come, to. Temperatures five or 6 degrees but

:45:32. > :45:36.that is where temperatures should be for the stage in March. On the mild

:45:37. > :45:38.side through tonight, the wind coming in from a south-westerly

:45:39. > :45:43.direction bringing outbreaks of rain just about anywhere. Clearest

:45:44. > :45:47.conditions will be in northern Scotland tonight and it is here

:45:48. > :45:51.where we will see little bit of frost to take this into the start of

:45:52. > :45:55.the weekend but well clear of that elsewhere, temperatures start the

:45:56. > :45:59.weekend around 7-10. Expect lots of cloud, a damp start to western

:46:00. > :46:03.areas, on Saturday morning, brightening up to the east for

:46:04. > :46:07.retirement after a reasonably dry start, Northern Ireland and Scotland

:46:08. > :46:11.will see rain through the afternoon. North-east Scotland, though, will

:46:12. > :46:21.have afternoon sunshine. Temperatures on Saturday, higher

:46:22. > :46:23.than today, maybe 15 degrees, especially with sunshine through the

:46:24. > :46:26.afternoon in the south-east, maybe a degree or so higher. We will see wet

:46:27. > :46:28.weather through this weekend. And then another spell of rain will work

:46:29. > :46:32.into Northern Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England to

:46:33. > :46:35.Sunday. Away from that, cloudy rain in the West of patchy rain and

:46:36. > :46:41.drizzle is on the hills, and eastern areas will be a good deal try and

:46:42. > :46:45.some across eastern parts of the UK, at least by date may stay dry

:46:46. > :46:48.throughout the weekend. Not the temperatures, though, still above

:46:49. > :46:52.where they should be for the time of year. Don't get too used to the mild

:46:53. > :46:56.weather, though. It may be 19 Celsius this week but for the week

:46:57. > :47:00.ahead, noticed the blue colours just behind me pushing their way in.

:47:01. > :47:05.Chilly air to take is through next week. Enjoy your weekend.

:47:06. > :47:07.Scientists have developed a machine that can lip-read with more

:47:08. > :47:13.Researchers at Oxford University used lip movements from thousands

:47:14. > :47:15.of hours of BBC news programmes - including Breakfast -

:47:16. > :47:20.Here's our technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.

:47:21. > :47:24.At the Action for Hearing Loss charity, Edward is trying

:47:25. > :47:27.to have a conversation with a colleague.

:47:28. > :47:30.With lots of noise coming into the office from the street,

:47:31. > :47:32.his lip-reading skills come in useful.

:47:33. > :47:37.It can be very hard as well because sometimes some words can

:47:38. > :47:40.sound the same or could be lip-read the same, and so it's

:47:41. > :47:43.all about getting into context and seeing what people actually talk

:47:44. > :47:49.But in Oxford, research is under way to teach computers

:47:50. > :47:55.It's involved training an artificial intelligence system using thousands

:47:56. > :48:06.So the box around the lips is the region that the AI system is seeing.

:48:07. > :48:08.Joon Son Chung, whose project this is, shares Edward's view

:48:09. > :48:14.So lip-reading is a very difficult problem because there are visual

:48:15. > :48:21.For example pat, bat and mat are visually identical.

:48:22. > :48:23.By endlessly watching clips of Breakfast, Newsnight and other

:48:24. > :48:26.BBC News programmes, the computer teaches

:48:27. > :48:33.What the system does is learn things that occur together.

:48:34. > :48:36.So in this case they're the mouth shapes and the characters,

:48:37. > :48:38.and what the likely upcoming characters are given

:48:39. > :48:44.Let's try it with some words it already understands.

:48:45. > :48:48.The Prime Minister is at a European Union summit.

:48:49. > :48:51.Now, the system has heard those words in that context before

:48:52. > :48:56.But to get better, it will have to chew through a lot more data.

:48:57. > :48:59.There's a long way to go but the hearing loss charity

:49:00. > :49:04.This would help people when they're watching subtitles on television,

:49:05. > :49:07.this will help people when they're out and about in very noisy

:49:08. > :49:09.environments and it's by no means technology that will replace

:49:10. > :49:14.It's something that would very much support professional lip-readers

:49:15. > :49:18.to improve the accuracy of the work that they do.

:49:19. > :49:20.Right now the technology only works on full sentences

:49:21. > :49:25.The next stage is to make it work live.

:49:26. > :49:27.But first the computer is going to be watching

:49:28. > :49:40.Molly Berry is from the Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults.

:49:41. > :49:48.Good morning, Molly. Good morning. Why is it important to develop

:49:49. > :49:52.software like this, how would it help you and the people that you

:49:53. > :49:56.teach. I am not sure it would be very useful for us, in fact. It

:49:57. > :50:02.would be useful for interpreting clips where we don't know what's

:50:03. > :50:07.been said, it may be useful to the police force video stuff, but what

:50:08. > :50:12.we are doing in real life is really trying to get the gist of what's

:50:13. > :50:18.been said by using what we can here, which usually very little, added to

:50:19. > :50:23.what we can see so that we can carry on the conversation. We don't get

:50:24. > :50:28.every word. How much more of a challenge is it to catch a

:50:29. > :50:34.conversation than to pay attention and listen to, say, somebody reading

:50:35. > :50:37.a news bulletin? It is much more tiring, you are concentrating the

:50:38. > :50:41.whole time, all through the day you are concentrating just to hear what

:50:42. > :50:44.is going on around and trying to block out what you don't want to

:50:45. > :50:52.hear, which is not easy with hearing aids. The lip-reading is to enhance,

:50:53. > :50:57.just to add to what you can here. There are not many people who have

:50:58. > :51:02.no sound at all, most have a little bit. Molly, you are deaf yourself

:51:03. > :51:07.but you are able to hear using implants? I have one cochlear

:51:08. > :51:12.implant and one hearing aid. That is why you can hear what we are saying

:51:13. > :51:16.now. But you teach people to read lips. In the report they were

:51:17. > :51:22.talking about a particular words and sounds that are very hard to

:51:23. > :51:37.distinguish between, just talk a bit about that? P, b and m look the same

:51:38. > :51:43.envelopes, so Pat, that and mat. Jelly babies or chilli peppers, look

:51:44. > :51:48.at that. There is very little difference. So if I say I am going

:51:49. > :51:52.to bring you a dish of... You would be hard pushed to know what I'm

:51:53. > :51:57.going to bring you. With your expertise, can you tell the

:51:58. > :52:01.difference? No, not between jelly babies in chilli peppers, I would

:52:02. > :52:07.need context, I would need to know if it was a kid' party or going out

:52:08. > :52:14.with some macho chap who likes his chilies! The context is so

:52:15. > :52:18.important. When you are starting to work with someone, what are the

:52:19. > :52:23.first pieces of advice you give them? Usually where to place

:52:24. > :52:27.yourself in a room. You want the window behind you so the light is on

:52:28. > :52:35.the speaker's face, not yours, you want to be able to see them really

:52:36. > :52:39.well. Do things like... Admits that you have a hearing loss. That is

:52:40. > :52:45.really important. People heads to and we tend to sit there and go,

:52:46. > :52:50.yeah, when we haven't actually heard what was said. People will help you.

:52:51. > :52:54.Most people, not all. Most people will help you out but they don't

:52:55. > :53:01.know you have a hearing loss, it is an invisible disability. Admit that

:53:02. > :53:05.you have a problem and then use things like closed questions when

:53:06. > :53:19.you are missing something quite the opposite to what you want to do, but

:53:20. > :53:26.if you are being introduced to Pat or Matt, you can say, did you say

:53:27. > :53:30.Pat? Then you will know. Don't say did you say Pat or Matt?

:53:31. > :53:38.Fascinating, thank you. You are watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:53:39. > :53:43.Were you ever read is as a child, fairy stories about the Princess

:53:44. > :53:47.being rescued from a tower by a prince Kamal -- coming along on a

:53:48. > :53:52.big white horse Western market real life it does not happen. There is a

:53:53. > :53:56.new book called Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. The idea was that

:53:57. > :54:00.they take real inspirational stories about women and girls who have done

:54:01. > :54:01.remarkable things but tell them in the style of a fairy story. Let's

:54:02. > :54:12.hear a few extracts. Once there was a girl who loved

:54:13. > :54:16.school. Her name was Malala one day a group of armed men took

:54:17. > :54:23.control of the valley in Pakistan. The Taliban forbade girls from going

:54:24. > :54:28.to school. Malala thought this was unfair. Michelle worked hard and

:54:29. > :54:33.became a lawyer. One day she met Barack Obama, they fell in love and

:54:34. > :54:37.got married a few years later. Barack said he wanted to become

:54:38. > :54:44.president, at first she thought he was crazy but then remembered, if it

:54:45. > :54:48.can be done, you can do it. Simone was a gymnast, the greatest

:54:49. > :54:53.in American history. When cheated to the mat, people could not take their

:54:54. > :54:57.eyes off her. Her mum adopted her when she was three and taught her

:54:58. > :55:03.that staying humble is the only way to live a meaningful life. They are

:55:04. > :55:05.a little bit different. We're now joined by authors

:55:06. > :55:13.Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo. Have I said that right? Have I said

:55:14. > :55:21.at the Spanish way or the Italian way? Something in the middle! Good

:55:22. > :55:26.morning. The book is great, but it turns the idea of stories for girls

:55:27. > :55:31.completely on its head, doesn't it? Where did you get the idea from? We

:55:32. > :55:38.have been working in children's media for the past five years, we

:55:39. > :55:41.witnessed from the inside how media and books for children are so packed

:55:42. > :55:47.with gender stereotypes and we wanted to show a different kind of

:55:48. > :55:51.girls and women who take their destiny in their hands and fight for

:55:52. > :55:57.their dreams, that is the initial idea. Some of the individuals, some

:55:58. > :56:02.well-known and some not. Hillary Clinton, for example, is one of the

:56:03. > :56:07.stories. Does she know? Did you alert her to the fact that you

:56:08. > :56:13.wanted to tell her story in this style? We did tell her after the

:56:14. > :56:16.book came out. As a matter of fact, we sent her the book as a Christmas

:56:17. > :56:24.present and she got back to us with a letter, which filled us with

:56:25. > :56:29.tears. What did she say? She said, you know, her job was made possible

:56:30. > :56:33.by women that before her had fought for her rights and she was passing

:56:34. > :56:38.on the bat on to us, which was very moving for us because that was

:56:39. > :56:44.exactly reason to create the book. How important is it that the women

:56:45. > :56:51.in the book are real women? Real role models? They are all -- they

:56:52. > :56:56.are all real women from the present and the past, we wanted to show that

:56:57. > :57:01.even young girls today are able to achieve incredible results and we

:57:02. > :57:08.want to create a new kind of model of inspirations for young girls, not

:57:09. > :57:13.just the usual Princess waiting for a prince to be saved. Some of the

:57:14. > :57:18.people are not well-known, what are your criteria for the people you

:57:19. > :57:25.choose? We wanted to feature women from the biggest number of countries

:57:26. > :57:29.possible, from many different fields. We looked for women in

:57:30. > :57:33.countries that are not usually covered in children's media. It does

:57:34. > :57:39.not just black diversity when it comes to gender but also in terms of

:57:40. > :57:45.race and religious backgrounds, for example. We looked for notable women

:57:46. > :57:51.in many countries that are rarely covered in the media. We wanted to

:57:52. > :57:55.feature scientists, writers, trombonists, judges, we really

:57:56. > :58:01.wanted to show girls that they can be anything they want.

:58:02. > :58:07.It is a huge list in the book, who are your favourites? Which people

:58:08. > :58:13.stand out? We have many favourites. We are Italian, learner Lombard is

:58:14. > :58:21.one of our favourites, the Formula 1 pilot. Among young contemporary

:58:22. > :58:25.girls, the Canadian inventor is one of our favourites. She invented this

:58:26. > :58:31.flashlight powered by the heat of your body so it does not need any

:58:32. > :58:34.electricity, just your body heat to function.

:58:35. > :58:37.It is worth mentioning the illustrations, they are very

:58:38. > :58:42.stylistic, very stylised illustrations. How did they come

:58:43. > :58:47.about? They were created by 60 female artists from all over the

:58:48. > :58:53.world, we really cared that women could be represented in this book

:58:54. > :58:57.visually in a variety of ways. When it comes to cartoons or

:58:58. > :59:01.illustrations for kids it is very narrow, the representation of women.

:59:02. > :59:05.We wanted many different styles that could express the culture and also

:59:06. > :59:09.the physical features of many different kinds of women. You have

:59:10. > :59:14.done this inspirational book for girls, what about one for boys? The

:59:15. > :59:20.flip side is that perhaps stories for boys are totally conforming to

:59:21. > :59:24.stereotypes? This is a book for boys, this is what we always say,

:59:25. > :59:30.these are the kind of stories boys need to read, they need to be more

:59:31. > :59:37.familiar since the very early age with strong examples of leadership

:59:38. > :59:42.from women. This is what they should read. We don't need another book for

:59:43. > :59:47.boys, there are already many, many books with boys in the title and for

:59:48. > :59:50.boys, it was important for us to state that, for once, girls are

:59:51. > :59:55.enough and boys are welcome to read these stories with them. It is a

:59:56. > :59:59.delightful book and introduces you to so many people, thank you for

:00:00. > :00:02.coming to see us. The book is called Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.

:00:03. > :00:04.Now, 14 years on, film-maker Richard Curtis has brought

:00:05. > :00:07.the original stars of Love Actually back together in a special

:00:08. > :00:22.The original had lots of stars in it. Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Emma

:00:23. > :00:26.Thompson, Keira Knightley, lots of people. This remake is because of

:00:27. > :00:29.Red Nose Day. Someone was very, very lucky and got a part in the remake.

:00:30. > :00:37.They were looking for extras. It's been almost 14 years

:00:38. > :00:42.since we took the characters of Love Actually into our hearts

:00:43. > :00:50.and wounded ever since, of Love Actually into our hearts

:00:51. > :00:52.and wandered ever since, Now director Richard Curtis has

:00:53. > :00:59.reunited the cast for a one-off He's also introducing some

:01:00. > :01:03.new faces, extras for a day like me. All the guys from the press

:01:04. > :01:07.are getting the call to go It's still not clear what exactly

:01:08. > :01:12.we're supposed to do but we're going to go down this magnificent

:01:13. > :01:14.staircase here and see what happens. Our scene, set in Downing Street,

:01:15. > :01:18.a press conference for Plenty of shouting from

:01:19. > :01:22.producers and then... You know, your performance

:01:23. > :01:28.was very fine. I saw a huge range of emotions

:01:29. > :01:30.from light-hearted to This acting game's

:01:31. > :01:37.not easy, you know? Even when you don't

:01:38. > :01:41.have any words to say. Have to go on being innocent,

:01:42. > :01:44.being surprised every time And you laugh

:01:45. > :01:47.uproariously every time. I mean, I'm not being funny

:01:48. > :01:50.about this but how come I think you just came too late,

:01:51. > :01:55.there was a long list of people. You were neither the first nor

:01:56. > :01:58.the most attractive. I feel like I was the spear

:01:59. > :02:00.carrier rather... The reason I'm a writer is that

:02:01. > :02:05.I was such a bad actor that I ended up carrying spears

:02:06. > :02:07.for Rowan Atkinson, The plot is being kept secret

:02:08. > :02:13.but we do know there's still Hugh Grant dancing and rumours

:02:14. > :02:19.about his future with Natalie. This nightmare with Richard

:02:20. > :02:21.happens every bloody year. Some years I can fob him off

:02:22. > :02:25.with money and say I'm not doing When I got the message from Richard,

:02:26. > :02:30.my heart did a little Just because it brought back

:02:31. > :02:35.so many lovely memories. Such an amazing cast, that sort

:02:36. > :02:41.of thing doesn't happen every day. Andrew Lincoln returns

:02:42. > :02:46.with those infamous cards. We probably shouldn't expect

:02:47. > :02:49.to find him together, though, At least judging by these

:02:50. > :03:00.behind-the-scenes photos. After that heroic airport dash

:03:01. > :03:03.by Sam, did young love blossom? Thomas Sangster and Olivia Olson

:03:04. > :03:10.have been back filming once again, It's great fun to come back

:03:11. > :03:15.to the characters, as always. It's a nice, relaxed

:03:16. > :03:20.atmosphere on set as well and it's all for charity,

:03:21. > :03:24.it's just good fun, really. I'm the only one that looks exactly

:03:25. > :03:28.as I did 14 years ago. It's terrific seeing these kids,

:03:29. > :03:32.especially Thomas, you know? And this time around,

:03:33. > :03:38.the cast are pleased the film will also be part of something

:03:39. > :03:42.a lot bigger. People involved can be said to be

:03:43. > :03:45.responsible for saving millions and millions of people's lives

:03:46. > :03:48.and it demonstrates, in a world that gets

:03:49. > :03:50.weirder and weirder, that people are still driven

:03:51. > :03:57.by their compassionate sensibility and they can take time out

:03:58. > :04:15.to concern themselves Red Nose Day, you asked me this

:04:16. > :04:21.morning what is the plot and what happens. I don't know. Do we believe

:04:22. > :04:27.him? We just did one scene and that was it. You will see the whole

:04:28. > :04:31.version. That's next week, BBC One next Friday at 7pm.

:04:32. > :04:33.Presenter Ade Adepitan will be here shortly to tell us

:04:34. > :04:35.about going undercover in Peru to expose the illegal trade

:04:36. > :04:40.That's coming up in a moment but first a last, brief look

:04:41. > :06:20.at the headlines where you are this morning.

:06:21. > :06:28.Thousands of endangered animals are illegally smuggled out

:06:29. > :06:31.of the Amazon rainforest every year to feed a global demand

:06:32. > :06:37.In a new series of Unreported World, Ade Adepitan went undercover

:06:38. > :06:46.in Peru to expose the trade of illegal wildlife smuggling.

:06:47. > :06:53.And going to get you to describe the clip we are about to see because

:06:54. > :07:02.it's quite disturbing, a clip of you attempting to buy an animal. Yes, we

:07:03. > :07:06.posed as buyers in her room -- in Peru and we met a woman who was

:07:07. > :07:11.unknown illegal wildlife trade and she took us back to her house and

:07:12. > :07:17.the sequence that ensued was totally bizarre. Let's watch it.

:07:18. > :07:52.Is it legal for you to have it? Just explain to us, you've gone into a

:07:53. > :07:59.marketplace, very quickly you were given a leader to speak to this

:08:00. > :08:06.lady. Yes, she sells animals. She invited us back to her place. She

:08:07. > :08:09.basically brought out loads of different animals, we posed as

:08:10. > :08:16.buyers, and it was just bizarre because she had this bag and she was

:08:17. > :08:21.pulling out snakes, monkeys. I think there were eight different species

:08:22. > :08:26.of animal. Caymans. All kept in horrendous conditions. Did she ask

:08:27. > :08:31.you any questions before she did that and find out who you were? I

:08:32. > :08:36.think she just thought these are people I can sell animals to. It was

:08:37. > :08:38.about making money and not about the animals and the conditions they were

:08:39. > :08:45.kept in. They shouldn't be sold anyway. I'm not sure how far you

:08:46. > :08:50.want to tell us about what happened but one alarming thing is this is

:08:51. > :08:54.very brazen, what is happening, because just outside where she is,

:08:55. > :08:59.police were around there. People know what's going on but nothing is

:09:00. > :09:06.done. Yes, people know what is going on. It is an educational, cultural

:09:07. > :09:10.thing in Peru, it's a beautiful city, in the middle of the northern

:09:11. > :09:15.part of the Amazon, they have the jungle on their doorstep and they

:09:16. > :09:19.see the animals as their own. They see it as their shop and they can go

:09:20. > :09:25.in there and take these animals and keep them as pets. I don't think

:09:26. > :09:29.they quite understand that this isn't the way to treat animals. How

:09:30. > :09:35.difficult was it to kind of remain detached from what you are seeing?

:09:36. > :09:38.It must've been quite upsetting times? It was very difficult. When

:09:39. > :09:43.you see a baby monkey, you know, the way they are caught, the monkeys

:09:44. > :09:47.would be in the trees with their mothers, the mothers would be shot

:09:48. > :09:50.in the monkeys would fall from the tree and they were taken away from

:09:51. > :09:56.their mothers, clinging to their mothers and crying, and you see a

:09:57. > :10:01.monkey's expression on its face and you know it is in pain, you know it

:10:02. > :10:07.is traumatised. Yeah, that was extremely difficult and you just

:10:08. > :10:11.have to do kind of thing, look, we are trying to get this story out to

:10:12. > :10:16.more people forcibly got to detach ourselves. You went to see some of

:10:17. > :10:21.the animals who were rescued in better situations. Let's have a look

:10:22. > :10:25.at that. I'm heading to the Amazon basin and that's because I have been

:10:26. > :10:29.told this is the epicentre when it comes to smuggling wildlife. It is

:10:30. > :10:34.easy to see why because when I look around this river, this forest is

:10:35. > :10:37.teeming with life and it is a maze of waterways which you could smuggle

:10:38. > :10:43.anything through and nobody would have a clue. Every year, thousands

:10:44. > :10:46.of animals are captured in legally from the rainforest and are

:10:47. > :10:49.trafficked through the moat frontier town and onto a global market in

:10:50. > :11:01.exotic pets. In this part of Peru, many regard

:11:02. > :11:04.animals from the rainforest as commodities. It is illegal to

:11:05. > :11:09.capture and sell these wild animals without a permit, but all sorts of

:11:10. > :11:13.species, even endangered ones, are openly sold for food. The way the

:11:14. > :11:19.story unfolds is you draw attention to someone selling illegally, you

:11:20. > :11:23.tell the police, and there was a sting operation set up to get the

:11:24. > :11:30.evidence they need to do something. But what happens next is the story

:11:31. > :11:37.of the problem. Yeah, no traffic that has been caught for trafficking

:11:38. > :11:44.animals has ever been sent down or taken down by the police for their

:11:45. > :11:49.crime. The woman who we met, she was given a fine and a suspended

:11:50. > :11:56.sentence. And walks free. How shocked where you buy that? Not so

:11:57. > :11:59.much shocked but angry. I was just thinking how are you going to

:12:00. > :12:05.progress and how is this going to change? I mean, the truth is, more

:12:06. > :12:09.education is needed, it needs to be put higher up on the priority list

:12:10. > :12:14.for the movie in government and we, as Westerners, need to stop going to

:12:15. > :12:21.Baru and buying animals. The industry is driven by people who

:12:22. > :12:25.want to own an exotic pet. Yes, it's really funny, when I'd tell some of

:12:26. > :12:30.my friends I was going to make this film, jokingly, they said, bring me

:12:31. > :12:32.back a pet monkey and you are just thinking, do you understand the

:12:33. > :12:38.actual conditions that these animals are kept in? It's not just the

:12:39. > :12:42.Peruvians, it's not just people who live in the jungle, but all of us

:12:43. > :12:46.have to change our mindset in the way we look at animals and how they

:12:47. > :12:51.should be treated. How dangerous was it for you to be there? Probably

:12:52. > :12:55.more dangerous than a thoughtful subdue no what it is like when you

:12:56. > :12:59.are working. You are so focused, in the zone, but we were in the market,

:13:00. > :13:03.the trade of stick together, if they knew what we were doing, we were

:13:04. > :13:07.filming under cover, and the eventuality of what was going to

:13:08. > :13:09.happen, we could been in trouble. It's a fascinating film and thank

:13:10. > :13:12.you for coming in for Russ. And Unreported World starts tonight

:13:13. > :13:14.on Channel 4 at 7.30pm. Until then, we'll leave

:13:15. > :13:26.you with the glorious view There it is. Have a great day.

:13:27. > :13:29.Bye-bye.