27/03/2017 Breakfast

This is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

Face to face: Theresa May and Nicola Sturgeon meet for talks

as the Scottish Parliament prepares to back a second vote

The Prime Minister will urge unity, ahead of Brexit,

describing a united UK as an "unstoppable force".

BT is hit with a record fine of ?42 million,

because of delays in installing high-speed business lines.

Buildings were destroyed. Locals had described seeing Brix reading down

from the sky. We will have all the latest on Saturday night's

explosion. Good morning. We are on the road this morning. We are on the

A50, talking about Article 50. We will be looking to find out what

businesses and workers think. In sport, England, Scotland

and Northern Ireland all win Jermain Defoe returns from nearly

four years out with a goal The new pound coin and tomorrow

it enters circulation. We'll be finding out why

not everyone is happy And the weather's been so lovely

we've sent Matt out and about. We have had some problems

adjudications, but he will whether Slater. -- problems with

communications, but he will be with us later.

Theresa May will meet Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon later

today for the first time since she rejected calls

for a second referendum on Scottish independence.

The visit is part of a tour of all four nations of the UK before

the process of leaving the European Union formally

Brexit was top of the agenda when these two leaders met for the first

time, shortly after Theresa May took office. Later today, they are said

to meet again. But first, the Prime Minister will meet at the office for

national development. On Wednesday, she will trigger Article 50,

triggering the UK's exit from the EU. But 52% of Scots voted to

remain. Nicola Sturgeon has therefore called for a second

referendum on Scottish independence. Not only is there no UK wide

agreement on the week ahead, but the UK government has not moved even an

inch in pursuit of compromise and agreement. But Theresa May has said

not now. We should be working together to get that right deal for

Scotland and the UK. So I say that is my job as the Prime Minister. So

for that reason, I seated the SNP that now was not the time. Lastly,

the Scottish Parliament started debating whether to seek permission

from the UK government for a second independence referendum. It was

halted due to the terror attack on London. It is expected that with the

backing of the Scottish Green Party, the First Minister will achieve a

majority in favour. A representative for the Scottish government says

they understand the UK government wants to discuss Article 50, and

they hope there are areas that the minister can provide answers. --

Prime Minister can. BT has been fined a record ?42

million by the communications It found BT's Openreach division

had cut compensation payments to other telecoms providers

for delays in installing high speed The company said it

"apologised wholeheartedly" Whether at home or at work, cable

switch connectors are still provided by BT. Some carry large amounts of

data at great speed. But there are cases where the company has been

slow to deliver the lines. And the UK relies on the bigger cables which

make up the network, as they support mobile and broadband operators, as

well as big businesses, schools, and hospitals. Where BT ousted meet

deadlines for ever net services, they need to pay compensation to the

likes of Vodafone and talk talk. But they have been using a clause in the

contract to reduce payments. Now, BT has been hit with a huge extra bill.

Any record fine, Ofcom has ordered them to pay ?42 million on

penalties. The scale of the fine is said to reflect the importance of BT

to other companies, who offers services such as broadband. BT has

apologised saying that it should never have happened and measures

have been put in place to stop it happening again. At an addition to

define, it will need to find the additional ?300 million owed to

companies in compensation. It has emerged that people living

close to the site of a major explosion on Merseyside reported

smelling gas at least 24 The National Grid has confirmed

that reports of leaks were probed, before the suspected

gas blast in Wirral on Saturday. Clare Fallon is live

in Bebington, close to where Clare, are the emergency

services still on the scene? We can see behind your emergency

services are still on the scene. -- behind you that. Yes, this is as

close as we can get to the site of the explosion this morning.

Emergency workers are still here this morning. People who are here on

Saturday night had described how they thought that they had been an

earthquake or a bomb blast, such was the forced to make force of the

explosion. Emergency workers have said that it was astonishing that

Norm was killed, especially bearing in mind that the building was

completely destroyed in this explosion and that it was a game

studio. Only hours earlier, it was used for children's dance lesson. A

police investigation is now under way. What we do know is that in the

hours before the explosion, people had called out engineers from the

National Grid, saying they could smell gas. We've been told by the

National Grid that engineers came out and could not find anything

amiss. But of course, now, in the light of the explosion, a major

investigation under way to try and establish what caused Saturday

night's blast and so much devastation. Thank you very much for

the moment. We will have more on that later.

Attempts to end the political stalemate in Northern Ireland have

Unionist parties and Sinn Fein have until later

today to broker a deal but talks have broken down.

Our Ireland Correspondent Chris Page is in Belfast

Chris where does this leave the Northern Ireland assembley?

Louise, in Northern Ireland, negotiations this part and parcel of

politics. And usually, the talking is right to the deadline and

sometimes beyond. Today it is slightly different because Sinn Fein

have decided they will not be putting ministers into the devolved

goverment. And that means that there is no prospect a devolved government

because normal work. The sticking points, there seemed to be too.

Firstly, legal recognition of the Irish language. And then there is

also a long running issue which has proved impossible to resolve, and

that is the operation of new agencies to investigate killings

from the Troubles. Essentially, there are three options. Under the

law, another election is to be called within a reasonable time

period. But I think most of the parties in the public would not.

Secondly, new legislation could be passed in the House of Commons to

impose direct rule Northern Ireland, so Northern Ireland would be run by

Westminster. Or, thirdly, the deadline could be extended for more

time. The matter what happens, Northern Ireland is expecting an

uncertain political future. The government must do more

to reduce the number of cut-price offers on unhealthy food to help

curb childhood obesity, The Health Select Committee,

also calls for rules on junk food It argues the government's official

obesity plan contains "vague But ministers say the strategy

is the world's "most ambitious plan The number of first-time buyers

relying on gifts or loans from their parents in order to get

on the housing ladder is at an all-time high,

according to new research. One in three young people

are relying on the so-called "bank of mum and dad" in order

to buy their first home. The Social Mobility Commission warns

that families on lower incomes A broken braking device may have

been to blame for an Hong Kong escalator suddenly reversing

direction and increasing its speed Video footage shot by witnesses

captured the incident as dozens of passengers

lost their balance and tumbled down Several ambulances rushed

to the scene and took That is terrifying. It has one job,

doesn't it? An American airline has been

criticised after two young girls were stopped from boarding a flight

because they were wearing leggings. The incident at the airport was seen

by another passenger, who took to social media

to tweet United Airlines. The airline responded

by saying they had the right to refuse passengers for not

following their dress code. They later clarified that the girls

were not on a general ticket and had But there's been criticism with some

celebrities wading in, some people have called

the decision sexist. Sarah Silverman said she would not

be flying with the airline. And this was one model's responds, there. I

think this is leggings-gate. I am so confused. Because they won a special

ticket? With a first-class? No, I think they were related to summary

from the airline. It was for friends and family. And there were special

restrictions on just because of that. That is what they said. Who

knew? Anyway. Good morning. It was a successful night

for the home nations in World Cup qualifying with wins for England,

Scotland and Northern Ireland Jermaine Defoe scored on his first

appearance for England Some people said he would never play

for England again. He ended up getting called back, and there he is

with a goal. So who knows? He might be there at the World Cup next year.

Jamie Vardy added a second for Gareth Southgate's side

as England maintained their unbeaten run in qualifying.

Scotland, though, left it late to beat Slovenia 1-0.

Substitute Chris Martin scored in the 88th minute in their must-win

The victory moves Gordon Strachan's side up to fourth in Group F.

Northern Ireland stay second in Group C after a 2-0 win over

First-half goals from Jamie Ward and Conor Washington were enough -

it means they remain five points behind group leaders Germany.

And British number one Johanna Konta eased through to the last 16

It took her just over an hour to beat France's Pauline Parmentier

CS. You had a Konta doing great again. What more can we say about

her? -- So, yes. Johanna Konta doing great again. We would go to the

headlines. Theresa May will meet Scotland's

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon later today for the first time

since she rejected calls for a second referendum

on Scottish independence. BT has been fined a record ?42

million by the communications And we will be talking about that

later. All of that highlighted in green. I need to get a running order

like that. You always get one. I have this really nothing that tells

a what is coming up in the programme. Anyway, let's Pegula to

be front pages. Talk about Jermaine Defoe, there he is. -- let's take a

look. The main story is that Internet giants hired the

terrorist's finds note. This is about the WhatsApp message is being

kept secret. Can you pass the Guardian in regards to that? She was

saying that she wants to know what is on WhatsApp. And they have a

response here. The Guardian is talk about it. Please access, Amber Rudd

calling for police and intelligence agencies to be given access to

WhatsApp. But liberties group said it was unrealistic and

disproportionate as a request. We go to the Daily Mirror. Top cop claim

someone is protecting Madeline McCann's kidnapper. The Daily

Express are talking about a possible big council tax rise. A lovely

picture of the weather, there. It was such an hour stay where I was in

a survey. I think we'll get on pitches. -- where I was yesterday.

There are a lot of things that you know that I do not. -- pictures.

We want to know how you enjoyed the weather.

If you've got any pictures summing up your sunny weekend,

I am getting really confuses morning. Did you look at the Mail?

You haven't done the Mail, have you? The front page of the Mail, their

stories about David Cameron at Downing Street, a cover-up over

Uber. They also tell you about Prince Harry and his girlfriend. Are

they setting up a home together? Over here we have the boat race on

Sunday, that means that spring is officially here. Oxford versus

Cambridge, it is very them and them. What do we have to do with this,

most of us think but, apparently, this is ill feeling ahead of the

boat race this year because one of the crew has swapped. He used to row

for Cambridge and now he swapped and roads for Oxford which means that

there is a lot of ill feeling and nobody is speaking to him. A weigh

in at some time last week, two strokes were eyeballing each other

like boxes. People do swap football teams... Yes, but is it an Oxford

versus Cambridge type rivalry? Have a list on the back era of

footballers who crossed the big divide. One player who represented

both Old Firm football clubs. Someone who played squash for

Scotland and for England. A bit of buildup to the boat race, really but

I thought it was an interesting read. I have one more here. This is

big. Have you ever stolen lunge from someone at work? I am outraged by

that. I have been on this receiving end. A carton of soup stall on. It

is a growing concern. I put this on social media this morning and

somebody admitted to taking a bite of a quiche and then putting the

rest of the quiche back in the fridge. Apparently, 29% of us admit

to having lunch stolen stealing or having had stolen? Set to 1% stuff

favourite mug has been stolen, 29% say their lunch is stolen. 5% of

people admit to booby trapping their belongings. Using things like motion

triggered cameras. And 5% of people leave a strongly worded note will if

you have a strongly worded note could you please let us know? Let us

know about your fridge theft. Quite a pandemic. 30%. I have never... I

don't put my food in the fridge nor do I take that of anybody else. It

was in the fridge for many weeks that I ended up beating, because I

thought it needed a home. -- eating. It has been a wonderful spring

weekend. This morning we look at how would you can make your garden

friendlier for bees. Pollinators are under pressure due to loss of

habitat. Let's find out what we can do to help. Good morning I am in the

centre of London at the London wildlife trust's centre for wildlife

gardening. A stunning oasis, a haven, a specially designed about

the little things we can do to help protect our native ease. Not just

the honeybees but the solitude bees. All the things we can do to help

them. This centre has been here since 1989. It is behind a set of

residential housing and the smell from some of the pollinating plants

smells fantastic at the moment. We will look at it more detail later

but let's get on to the forecast because it was a stunning weekend

where temperatures reached 19.9 degrees Celsius in northern Scotland

and why we have had warm days, there have also been cold nights. Misty in

places as well and a lot more cloud to begin with than we saw yesterday

morning. A little fog around, murky over the hills to begin with and it

will take a little while for some of that green is to disappear. Best of

the morning she sunshine for western parts of the UK in Scotland. A touch

of frost this morning to get you off on your morning commute. Plenty of

sunshine to go with it and it starts across central and southern parts of

England. By the afternoon the cloudiness will be towards the

coast. A warm day across the south of the country. Like Winston

yesterday but it will feel a little cooler times. The temperature for

some is still in single figures. The sunshine will be out and across the

western parts of England and into Scotland we could see temperatures

peak not only in the mid-teens but the upper teens, reaching around 18

or 19 Celsius. Wales looks good as well and we will see sunshine out

here. Sunny spells, possibly a little more cloud than we saw

through yesterday and Northern Ireland should have a fine day some

sunny spells. Through tonight low cloud will be more abundant again

across the central and eastern parts of the UK and that will creep to the

west. Breaks in the cloud will cause of frost once again but most of us

will be frost beat as we begin Tuesday. It will take a while for

some of the slow cloud to break up but better tomorrow compared to

today. Clouds will drift away northwards particularly across the

western half of the UK and some of those could be a little on the heavy

and thundery side. But with the wind going south-westerly, for all of us

it will be a warm day. Warm across eastern part in a single warm day

for southern parts of England we could see temperatures reach 20

degrees. Continuing with a warm scene, particularly with the

sunshine western areas are prone to of rain on Wednesday. The eastern

areas stay dry and later in the week will see rain across East Anglia and

the south-east. The rain we do see tomorrow and Wednesday will be

sporadic. Only a small portion of the day for many of you with a lot

of dry weather as well on a bit of sunshine and a bit of warmth as well

which will assist those these across the UK. More details throughout the

morning. Later this week, the Prime Minister

will trigger Article 50 - beginning the formal

process of Britain leaving So what does it all mean,

and what happens next? We've sent Sean for

a roadtrip down the A50. Good morning. We have a sign, just

to remind us where we had over the next few days. This is an insulated

manufacturer in Stoke, on the 8050. We will be going all the way out and

all the way back talking about Article 50. We discussed that,

because, it triggers on Wednesday. The negotiations will formally start

their and we have sent back along the road already to talk to

businesses to see what they want from the negotiations. In the

referendum as June divided the country. 52% voted to leave and 48%

voted to remain. Since then not a lot has changed but this week the

process of an picking our relationship with the EU begins. And

it is certainly fuelling debate about the road that lies ahead. Now

EU members have rules that they must stick to. Part of the Lisbon Treaty.

Article 50 is the bit of it which tells you how countries can actually

leave. So, essentially, it is the divorce ruling. But the whole

process is quite vague because no country has left before. It is a

little bit like travelling down a road without any clear signs of

where you are going. Now we already know that the UK will be leaving the

single market, which is the agreement between EU countries

allows goods, services and people to move freely between them. Ending

that arrangement is potentially a big problem for exporters. For this

industry, the potteries, 50% of their stuff goes to the EU. They

think there is a lot at stake. But one of the big businesses here is

JCB which makes industrial vehicles and sells them to work 150

countries. The boss, a long standing Conservative Party donor does not

believe that trade will be affected. Immigration is another issue.

Theresa May said one of the main messages she had taken from the

leave vote was that British people want to see a reduction in

immigration. Now it is not clear yet how the government will achieve it

and many businesses who rely on migrant workers are worried that

tighter controls will mean they will not be able to get the workers they

need. But it is not just a dish people and British businesses will

have a say in what happens next. The UK car industry is worth ?70 billion

and employs thousands of people. Most of the likely to hear it in

Derby is foreign owned so when it comes to lobbying for the best deal,

what the bosses of these companies think really matters. Once Article

50 has been treated there is a ten year time frame in order to get all

of that Brexit negotiation done. -- to yeah. Bites, this is a road we

have never been down before so that time frame could easily slip. -- two

year time frame. And we have 27 countries we need to negotiate with.

That will not be easy. It will not be straightforward, particularly for

businesses like this one. This business here manufactures

installation. This is the stuff behind your walls and under the

floorboards. Pretty much all of the chemicals in these products are all

imported yet they hardly export anything here. And on top of that

they are owned by a Belgian company. What companies like think about how

negotiations go on Wednesday? That's what we will be doing over the

morning, we will be talking to the bossy and local businesses about

what Stokes thinks, about what businesses think about what Theresa

May well say on Wednesday. More on the 850 from Sean... I like that.

Article 5080 50. The new 12 sided one pound coin

enters circulation tomorrow We'll find out why some businesses

believe the change could cost 12 signs and made of two metals. It

even has an hologram on the front. I cannot see it. My eyesight, my age?

Oh, a ? now! I can see the pound. While we sort that out, here is

Hello this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

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

but also on Breakfast this morning...

The road out of the EU - as the Prime Minister prepares

Hello this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

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

but also on Breakfast this morning...

The road out of the EU - as the Prime Minister prepares

to trigger Article 50, we'll find out

what it means for businesses along the A50 trunk road.

Laura James is a successful writer and journalist.

She'll be here to tell us how a routine hospital visit lead

And unlocking the secrets of gravity.

Physics professor Jim Al-Khalili will be

here to tell us where in Britain gravity is weak and where

Very interesting. Probably someone the south, I would think. Because of

the equator type thing. You know? It is along the right lines.

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

Theresa May will meet Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon later

today for the first time since she rejected calls

for a second referendum on Scottish independence.

The PM's visit is part of a tour of all four nations of the UK before

the process of leaving the European Union formally

BT has been fined a record ?42 million by the communications

It found BT's Openreach division had cut compensation payments to other

telecoms providers for delays in installing high speed business

The company said it "apologised wholeheartedly" for the mistakes.

It has emerged that people living close to the site of a major

explosion on Merseyside, reported smelling gas at least

The National Grid has confirmed that reports of leaks

were investigated, before the suspected gas blast

Two people were seriously hurt and dozens others injured

Attempts to end the political stalemate in Northern Ireland have

Three weeks of talks to form a power-sharing coalition

between Unionist parties and Sinn Fein, have broken down,

with the Republican party saying it won't be nominating anyone

for the post of Deputy First Minister.

The government must do more to reduce the number of cut-price

offers on unhealthy food to help curb childhood obesity,

The Health Select Committee also calls for rules

on junk food advertisements to be made tougher.

It argues the government's official obesity plan contains "vague

But ministers say the strategy is the world's "most ambitious plan

And these are extraordinary pitches. -- pictures.

A broken braking device may have been to blame for an Hong Kong

escalator suddenly reversing direction and increasing its speed

Video footage shot by witnesses captured the incident as dozens of

passengers lost their balance and tumbled down to the ground.

Several ambulances rushed to the scene and took

You just see it from a different angle in a moment. That must have

been terrifying. Exactly. And that happened in Hong Kong. It is 6:34.

Here's Katherine again with all the sport.

Yes we have all the World Cup qualifying football action. That is

a bit of a phrase, is that? Scotland are the only ones with anything to

worry about. But that one at the weekend kids there when is a live a

little bit. So all very positive after a weekend of international

action. Yes, all three of the home nations in action won last night.

England beat Lithuania 2-0 in a world cup qualifier at Wembley.

Five-year-old Bradley Lowery, who has cancer, led out the England

team alongside the man he describes as his best friend -

We will be hearing more about that a little later. It was his first goal

for England in four years. Defoe was replaced by Jamie Vardy

in the second half, and the Leicester striker

took his chance when it came. England's manager says Defoe can't

be ruled out of competing in next summer's World Cup,

if England qualify. It is really important that we are

able to call on people like Jermaine Defoe. Clean to have the impact that

he had any game like he did today. If he has been playing as well as he

has this season, there is no reason why he could not. -- just for him to

have the impact. They beat Slovenia 1-0

at Hampden Park in a game manager Gordon Strachan had

described as a 'must-win'. They left it late,

Chris Martin came off the bench The victory moves them up to fourth

and keeps their slim hopes Northern Ireland remain in second

place in Group C after a 2-0 win Goals from Jamie Ward

and Conor Washington The victory leaves Northern Ireland

five points off group leaders Germany and two clear of third

place Czech Republic. Results build confidence and

momentum and believe. And we have carried out on. We had that

experience of qualification for France, and the express of the

credit -- that is a credit to the players. They did not let their

standards drop. And a dream they can go to Russia, as well. And with

every game, you are closer to reality.

World number one Dustin Johnson beat Jon Rahm in the World Match Play

American Johnson won on the final hole

against the 22-year-old Spaniard in Texas.

It means Johnson becomes the first player to win all four World Golf

British number one Johanna Konta is through to last 16

It took her just over an hour to beat

Pauline Parmentier of France in straight sets.

Konta will now play Spain's Lara Arrua-Barrena

Rugby, and Wasps are five points clear at the top

Premiership after a 40-33 win at home over Worcester

The visitors had winger Bryce Heem sent off at the start

of the second half - and from there Wasps made the extra

man count, running in six tries in total for the bonus point win.

Saracens scored eight tries to condemn Bath to their biggest

That means Saracens stay in third place.

Now, you might remember her from last year's

Claudia Fragapane is back to her day job.

She's been quoted this week saying her time on the show has

improved her routines, but she had to settle for second

That was the slip that saw her go out of bounds cost her the title

event, which went instead to Maisie Methuen.

And back to that heartwarming story of the five 25-year-old who led

England out onto the pitch at Wembley. This is been some of the

reaction. -- to the five-year-old. Jermaine Defoe himself said I hope

you had amazing day. It was perfect to walk out at Wembley with you.

Best mates, he said. Sunderland also tweeted this. And BBC sport said

this. As a pitches on the front and back pages of the papers of Bradley

out they were Jermaine Defoe. They really built quite a relationship.

Thank you very much. 6:39. Endometriosis and Fibroids

are conditions that affect millions of women, but according

to a new report they need to be Over 2,500 people

across the UK were asked Fibroids - the most common

non-cancerous growths that develop in or around the womb

affect up to 70% of women. The survey found 12% of women

had to wait up to two Endometriosis can cause painful

periods and lower back pain. It is estimated to affect 1

in 10 women in the UK. 40% of women said they

needed 10 or more GP appointments before being referred

to a specialist for the condition. Paula Sheriff is the

chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group

on Women's Health. Good morning. Thank you for joining

us. So many people affected by these kind of issues. Are you concerned?

What is your biggest concern about them? I think so much of the report

has caused concern. I think the fact that as you alluded to, 40% of women

took 10 gigabytes upon us to be referred to specialist. 46% said

they were not treated with dignity and respect. And I think 67% of that

cohort also said that they left their appointment not feeling like

they had adequate information about their condition and also about the

treatment plan thereafter. What is behind those issues, then? Is that a

lack of knowledge or care in the way these people are being dealt with?

It is easily affecting 70 women in the country. That is. One in ten

women will be subject to and addresses. -- endometriosis. I think

the fact is there is some stigma about this in society. One of the

things that came out of the report was to have these issues discussed

in schools. I think many doctors, unfortunately, the feedback we got

is that women were told to get on with it. You have period, get on

with it, it is a fact of life. Go away and do not bother us. And we

know there is an excellent practice out there, that we identified, that

some doctors are providing, with excellent empathetic care. But

sadly, this appears to be desperate. It is interesting about women having

to go back to ten different appointments. And that sort of

judgement, AGP making a judgement when something is normal and when it

needs to be tested. How do you sort that out? Again, we identified some

good practice, where people were being referred almost immediately,

but sadly, a big percentage reported having to have as many as ten

appointments. -- a GP. That is almost unimaginable. Imagine the

pain and the mental torture. Again, one of our recommendations is that

an approved pathway be followed when a woman goes to a GP with these

problems. What is the likelihood of that being taken on and use? Is very

cost indication? Is this a simple way of saying this works, this is a

serious issue for millions of women across the country, please, can you

put this into place? Absolutely. It should be more cost-effective to

follow the pathway. Because you can imagine that ten GP appointments has

not come cheaply. And it is important that a woman is diagnosed

earlier to avoid things that fertility province, which can be

very expensive in the long run. We'll be working with experts and

most importantly with patients to make sure that these issues are

taken on. -- a avoid things like fertility problems. We'll be

speaking to a woman who suffers from fibroids later on. But NHS spokesman

said that they take women's health very seriously and will carefully

consider the report and recommendations. Do let us know if

there is anything else that you would like to tell us about that.

Matt is out there somewhere in London. Not sure exactly where. Can

you tell us how it is out there? It is not bad at all. We are in central

London. We are in Packenham. We are at the London wildlife trust's

centre for wildlife gardening. It is a stunning location, all set up

around gardens that promote the habitats of native wildlife. This

week, the Royal horticultural Society and the London wildlife

trust have joined forces for the big creative initiative. It is all about

protecting the habitat of our native bees, both of which have been in

drastic decline over recent years. Take London alone. The size of lawns

and gardens around 2-and-a-half times the size of Hyde Park had

disappeared -- disappear every year in the capital. We are trained to

amend that and give you some tips and advice on what you can do to

help encourage and protect our bees. And there are more details on that.

There is a free fax the Mac fact sheet -- there is a free fact sheet

out there. Will have more information about protecting the

bees. On slightly important well. We go to the forecast. It is a little

cloudy after a stunning weekend in which we saw warmers conditions of

the year so far. Warm by day, but Corbynite. Chilly today in the

morning across the UK. Mist low cloud across parts of the Midland

and is in England in particular. So some of you are still waking up to

Eccles R. -- cold by night. Lots of sunshine to start the day. Peter

Rossi across parts of Scotland into the afternoon. Shetland will

continue to see clouded skies. And mist low cloud around the borders

later on, particularly for the goes. But most, warned they had.

Temperatures 17 degrees or 80 degrees. North-west of England blue

skies for south-eastern coasts could hold onto mist low cloud. Single

figure highs if you do. But away from that, those that start off the

mist low cloud will see the sunshine come out. I warm day across parts of

England, given the winds are a little bit lighter. And a fine day

two for Wales. Temperatures there could reach 18 or 19 degrees through

the afternoon. Of Northern Ireland, there will be high cloud at times,

but some good sunny spells throughout. So another warm and

sunny day for the mist majority. The night, though, will be a little cold

again across northern and western areas, especially where the skies

are clear. That low cloud from last night returns a night at a bit more

extensively, particularly across central and eastern England and

eastern parts of Scotland. It will keep temperatures up, and turning

milder towards the south-west later on as winds come up from a southerly

direction. That will bring changes for Tuesday. The mist low cloud will

break up. But a Day of Seychelles and clear skies for many of you.

Just to begin with in Wales and the south-west. These will develop

across parts of central and south-west England, Northern

Ireland, and England. Some of those will be heavy at times. -- heavy.

But wherever you are, it will be dry and warm. Temperatures in England on

Tuesday could get up to around 20 degrees. And we would be far off

that on Wednesday, with sunshine, the best of which will be across

parts of East Anglia and eastern England. But in the west, cloud at

times, with outbreaks of rain coming and going, and a strengthening

breeze. Between the showers, it should feel warm. It will hopefully

encourage some of the bees out. And more details on what you can do to

help protect our native bees to the programme. But now, back to you

guys. Look at the start! How cute they

landed on cue to at the start of your cross. -- look at the ducks.

But that was the first sunny day we have had for a while. Is this your

dog? Yes. She was out sniffing the flowers yesterday.

We want to know how you enjoyed the weather -

if you've got any pictures summing up your sunny weekend,

You can get in touch in all the usual ways.

E-mail us at [email protected] tweet us @bbcbreakfast

or share your images on our Facebook page.

Later this week, the Prime Minister will trigger Article 50 -

beginning the formal process of Britain leaving

So what does it all mean, and what happens next?

We've sent Sean for a roadtrip down the A50.

Good morning, Sean. Good morning. We have thought about this and that is

why here at this insulation manufacturer in Stoke. They have

levelled off a little bit but it is baking hot in here. It is literally

an oven. This began as liquid at one or end of the factory, goes to a

baking area and comes out like this. Are talking to businesses like this

this week along the A50 about Article 50 because of the triggering

of that on Wednesday. It will be an important time to see what Theresa

May does with the negotiations, what will business be like in a couple of

years. Let's speak now to Kevin who runs this place. You put new

investment into this plan, you are owned by Belgians. You're watching

what Theresa May says on Wednesday? I think it shows confidence that we

have the European owned business here willing to invest another ?20

million in the UK construction industry as it sees it is still a

strong country to invest in. You do not export much but you import quite

a lot. Have you noticed a big change since the vote to leave in the cost

of everything? Unfortunately with the change of the foreign exchange

rate we have seen duty increases in our raw materials. So in the short

term, has been bad? It has been a challenge because we have had to

incur a hike in costs that we were not expecting and it has been far

beyond what we were expecting at that point. A challenge for the

whole industry. Just squeeze past you here. That is why it is

important. In the short term it may not have that much affected in the

long-term there will be quite a lot of negotiation. Let's stick to poor

mouth. You are an expert on all things Brexit. What sort of things

will change on Wednesday that businesses need to look at over the

next few years? I don't think much will change on Wednesday. We know

the EU call for a summit on April 29 and nothing will really happen until

after the German election. And then everything needs to be concluded by

about October 2018 so we will be quite rapid. Slow to start with but

after October it will become quite rapid. What will business be looking

for? What changes to the manufacturer like this see? The

first thing is for Whitehall and Westminster to understand we have is

that it will manufacturing sector and the service industries related

to that. When we begin negotiations we need to understand that those

processes and I think the big problem is not negotiating free

trade agreement it is just stimulating trade and in the region

here, what we really need to do is to look at infrastructure so we can

provide a competitive infrastructure across all transport options and

skills to make us more competitive. Is there one thing in these

negotiations in the next 18 months where we finally get a deal at it

that businesses think we will need? Infrastructure. The problem is in

the region here we are close to capacity in terms of transport

infrastructure. The government needs to put some real money into

investment in the region here. Thank you very much. We will be talking

about this all morning. Infrastructure clearly important.

What about labour and staffing? All of this kind of stuff? That will

start on Wednesday when Article 50 gets under way and that is why are

on the A50. Thank you very much. Fantastic goggles as well.

The new 12-sided one pound coin comes into circulation tomorrow.

The Treasury says the currency will be much harder to forge,

but how ready are the nation's parking meters, vending

I still could not see the hologram. One has a ? and the other one is the

digit number one. You can see the scratch a bit there underneath the

head of the Queen. Breakfast's Tim Muffett has been

finding out if the small change is going to cost

businesses a fortune. Since 1983 the pound coin has flowed

through our economy. Down high Street into shops, vending machines,

shopping trolleys, parking meters. But the days of the round pound are

numbered. From October 15 these will no longer be legal tender and from

tomorrow these, the new 12 sided coins, will enter circulation. It

looks pretty. Can I keep it? I like it. It reminds leave the old

Threepenny bid. -- it reminds me. It is thought that 3% of the old pound

coins were fake but the total cost of switching over will exceed ?100

million. All that expense of changing every vending machine,

shopping trolley, everywhere you put pound coin in will need to be

changed and it costs someone. The industry did not know until we saw

red on the news. This man runs a supplier of vending machines. He

says that upgrades to 4000 of them have cost his company ?200,000. We

have been blatantly told thank you, new coin and it is your job to put

in the relevant mechanisms. We have not been given a relevant time frame

to do this, it will not be completed until the end of the year. The

Treasury decided to switch. In a statement it said he worked with

business every step of the way to help them prepare for the new pound

coin which it says it will be the most secure of its kind in the

world. At the Royal Mint in South Wales, 3 million of them are being

produced every day. We had some issues with the old Pound coin. The

technology was 30 years old. It is made from two different coloured

metal, a white coloured metal and a brass coloured outer. In addition

there is a hologram. When you look in one direction you will see the

number one and in the other direction you will see the ?. I

think it is important that the public can feel confident, that they

know that when they hand this from me to you it is worth a pound and it

is genuine. A leisure centre in Birmingham where the lockers need

upgrading. He has been a busy man full done nearly 4000 now across the

country. Things could soon get even busier. There is still a lot of work

and a lot of bloggers out there that still need to be changed over. As of

tomorrow there will probably be a wave of leisure centres are waking

up to the fact that the coin-operated lockers will no longer

operate. Most businesses are ready for the change and the long-term

benefits of the new pound coin are worth the short term cost. We have a

first here. I have my pound coin. Dan has lost his. The first pound

coin down the back of the sofa already. I went to do a heads and

tails and it sort of disappeared down here somewhere. I haven't found

it yet. Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. Hello this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. Face to face: Theresa May

and Nicola Sturgeon meet for talks as the Scottish Parliament prepares

to back a second vote Hello this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. Face to face: Theresa May

and Nicola Sturgeon meet for talks as the Scottish Parliament prepares

to back a second vote The Prime Minister will urge

unity ahead of Brexit, describing a united UK

as an unstoppable force. in installing high-speed

business lines. good morning. We're on the road the

morning on A50. We are looking at what manufacturers like this one is

that whatever the Brexit deal. And in sport, England, Scotland, and

Ireland, all we are World Cup qualifying. Jermain Defoe returns

after four years out as England beat little when you to nil. -- England

beat little when you 2-0. The new pound coin, and tomorrow it

enters circulation - we'll be finding out why

not everyone is happy And the weather's been so lovely

we've sent Matt out and about. Good morning, yes. I'm at the

wildlife trust wildlife garden in south-east London. We are looking at

what we can do to protect our native bee species this morning and look at

the forecast as well. After a stunning weekend, where we have more

of the sunshine today? The answer for some is yes. But the rest of the

details are in 15 minutes. Theresa May will meet Scotland's

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon later today for the first time

since she rejected calls for a second referendum

on Scottish independence. The visit is part of a tour

of all four nations of the UK before the process of leaving

the European Union formally Let's speak to our Scotland

Correspondent Lorna Gordon, Lorna, what do we expect

to happen today? It would be so fascinating to hear

exactly what is said in this meeting, would that? It really work.

There is this constitutional stand-off ongoing, and I think the

key question today is world has been a day that compromise can be found.

The two leaders will meet later today. Before that, Theresa May is

meeting staff at the Department of International develop and, where she

will set out her aim of setting a global Britain with a strong union.

She was a host -- she will say how post-Brexit plan will involve

strengthening the devolution settlement. She is also meeting with

Police Scotland to discuss counterterrorism, after the attack

last week at Westminster. The issue of security will also be on the

agenda, with her meeting with Nicola Sturgeon. Inevitably, though, a lot

of their discussion will be about Article 50. A spokesperson for the

Scottish government said that two days before Article 50 is triggered,

there hasn't yet been no discussion with the Scottish government over

what would be in the latter starting a process, and no discussion of how

Scotland's edges will be represented, and no discussion of

what role the Scottish government will play in the negotiations. There

will be a lot to discuss. There will indeed. Thank you. Talking a bit

more about that with a few MPs soon. But BT has been fined a record ?42

-- the communications regulator Ofcom.

It found BT's Openreach division had cut compensation

payments to other telecoms providers for delays in installing high speed

business lines.The company said it "apologised wholeheartedly"

Whether at home or at work, cable switch connectors

Some carry large amounts of data at great speed.

But there are cases where the company has been

And the UK relies on the bigger cables, which make up the network,

as they support mobile and broadband operators,

as well as big businesses, schools, and hospitals.

Where BT fails to meet deadlines for ethernet services,

as they are known, they need to pay compensation to the likes

But they have been using a clause in the

Now, BT has been hit with a huge extra bill.

In a record fine, Ofcom has ordered them to pay ?42

The scale of the fine is said to reflect the importance of BT

to other companies, who offer services such as broadband.

BT has apologised, adding that it should

never have happened, and that measures have been put

But in addition to the fine, it will need to find the additional

?300 million owed to companies in compensation.

It has emerged that people living close to the site of a major

explosion on Merseyside reported smelling gas at least 24

Two people were seriously hurt and more than 30 others were injured

The National Grid has confirmed that reports of leaks

were investigated, before the suspected gas blast

Clare Fallon is live in Bebington, close to where

Clare, are the emergency services still on the scene?

You have moved little bit ) now. What is the latest? Yes, this is

where the cord and is this morning. This is as close as we can get to

the scene of the explosion on Saturday night. And now that the sun

is up, we can get a better idea of the scale of the devastation coming

here, really. It is a scene of devastation here this morning. And

people who are here on Saturday evening have described how they

thought that this was an earthquake, or a bomb blast, so loud was the

explosion, that they heard. They describe seeing bricks raining down

from the sky. Let me bring in this man, Aaron. Your church was opened

up and became a refuge centre on Saturday? You were a couple of miles

away, but you heard it committed new? Yes, I was 3.5 miles away. But

we heard it from where we were. Of course, you came back here, your

church was opened up. Just tell me what was going on. We came down five

or ten minutes after the blast happened. And with inside half an

out, there were people beginning to come into the church, people with so

many different injuries. Families coming in and, getting the church,

really. And we were able to give them shelter and give them tea and

coffee, and it ended up being a trio centre, where paramedics were able

to help those who are injured at the time. -- triage. We can see from the

damage to the houses are that there will be a lot of people not waking

up in their own beds. Yes, I think for the foreseeable future, it will

be so -- sometime before people can get back in there. We need to do we

can as a community to give people food and shelter and any resources

we can at the time. Thank you for your time this morning. A police

investigation is under way as you mentioned before. We have been told

by the National Grid that people did report the smell of gas in the hours

this explosion. Engineers came out and found nothing was amiss. But the

priority will now be to establish exactly what happened. Thank you for

that. Those aerial pictures are incredible. It is amazing that more

people weren't injured. Or that it did not happen at a different time

of day. We will have more on that little later.

Attempts to end the political stalemate in Northern Ireland have

Unionist parties and Sinn Fein have until later

today to broker a deal but talks have broken down.

Our Ireland Correspondent Chris Page is in Belfast

Chris where does this leave the Northern Ireland assembley?

In Northern Ireland, political negotiations have a habit of going

right up to the deadline and often beyond. This time, though, things

have turned out differently. Talks have finished ahead of the deadline,

but that has happened because there has been a breakdown, but a

breakthrough. Sinn Fein say they are not going to put any ministers

fought to go into the power-sharing devolved government, and the garment

cannot function without Sinn Fein, because they are the largest Irish

nationalist party. So when the deadline officially passes at 4pm

this afternoon, there is a decision which is broken Shah. He must call

another Stormont assembly election within a reasonable period, but the

last assembly election happened just earlier this month, and the one

before that happened just last year. So there is a another election, they

will be third in less than a year. He could pass legislation and have

Stormont run from Westminster, all you could try to resurrect the

negotiations. Either way, Northern Ireland is facing more instability.

The government must do more to reduce the number of cut-price

offers on unhealthy food to help curb childhood obesity,

The Health Select Committee, also calls for rules

on junk food advertisements to be made tougher.

It argues the government's official obesity plan contains "vague

But ministers say the strategy is the world's "most ambitious plan

At least eight people thought to have died after an avalanche has

struck in central Japan. Seven teachers and one teacher feared dead

and 38 others injured. It took place during a climbing session near a

popular ski resort for students. For other teachers and students are

missing. The area has received heavy snow over the last few days.

A broken braking device may have been to blame for an Hong Kong

escalator suddenly reversing direction and increasing its speed

We will show you some pictures from mobile phones.

Video footage shot by witnesses captured the incident

as dozens of passengers lost their balance and tumbled down

Several ambulances rushed to the scene and took the injured

People have tumbled to the ground on top of each other. Several

ambulances have easily made their way there. It is just coming up to

7:11. Now, we speak a lot about Article 50. Later today, the Prime

Minister will meet Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.

This a day before Holyrood is expected to vote

in favour of seeking a new referendum on independence.

The meeting will coincide with Theresa May setting

out her plans for a more united nation ahead of triggering Article

50, when she formally begins the process of leaving the EU.

To discuss this, we are joined from Westminster by the SNP MP,

Stephen Gethins and Annie Wells from the Scottish Conservatives

Thank you very much real-time on Breakfast. Stephen, first of all,

wouldn't be sensible to see what the deal is before talking about a

second referendum? Yes, you are right. That is why the First

Minister has set out a timetable that would mean that we would have

to see what the deal is for leaving the European Union. Michelle Bunny,

the commission will be dealing with this, has said that we would need to

see something by autumn 2018. But critically, before that, as well, we

need answers from the UK government. We are just hours away from

triggering Article 50, and there are still significant questions over

what role the Scottish government will play, and what is deal with

Europe will look like that will have such an impact on jobs in the

economy. So difficult questions today and the next 48 hours, as

well. Annie, such an important time for Scotland. Why, with that in

mind, is this meeting taking such a long time to put together? I don't

think the meeting is taking too long to put together. When the primer is

the first began the Prime Minister, she spoke to the union on the steps

of Downing Street. So we knew that Article 50 was good to be triggered

before the end of March. The Prime Minister is coming to speak to the

Scottish government. She was to work with them. What is wrong with a

second referendum? Scotland did vote to remain committed and a? Scotland

did vote to remain, yes, but it was a UK wide vote. We have to that when

we go through the process of triggering Article 50 and

negotiating with 27 other EU states, that we don't actually want any more

upset and divisive campaigning in Scotland. We need to be democratic

and support the vote of the UK people. Stephen, on that point, is

this a distraction? Shouldn't be focused be allowed to be on getting

the best deal, and this then to be easily after that? Adding wet --

Artic we all need to recognise a significant change is coming. That

will have a significant effect on jobs, the economy, the moment, and

opportunities for young people. What we need to recognise is that people

should be given the choice about what kind of change they want to

see. And that is why I said earlier on that the First Minister's

timetable follows the Prime Minister's timetable about what

happens next. This is about giving people the choice. Remember that

taking Scotland out of the EU could cost up to 80,000 jobs, according to

economic think tank. That is really significant. The Scottish government

has the responsibility to try and protect those jobs and the economy

as far as they possibly can, which is why the Scottish governance or

become promoters of the membership of the civil market. And the single

mother was also some it was important to Scottish Conservatives.

Annie, what is your response? Do they have the support of this is

people? Poll after poll had shown no appetite for a second independence

referendum. And that is not just the people who vote in 2014. But also

some people who voted yes, they want easy the SNP get on the job. They

have significant powers devolved, and even now, they asking

Westminster to hold onto them for another years. A giver and much

real-time. Stephen, too want to come back on that, quickly? No, just on

that, the Scottish government is outperforming the English

government. The First Minister is as not had trouble to seek. This is

about protecting jobs and protecting the economy. Stephen, Annie, thank

you for your time this morning. As we heard earlier, it could be a

constitutional stand-off. So it could be a frosty meeting, today. I

wouldn't mind being a fly on the wall for that one. It is quarter

past seven. And it has been a lovely spring.

This is the London wildlife Centre. They have joined forces for this be

creative in the garden initiative. It is all about creating habitats to

help protect and preserve declining bee numbers here in the UK. Will

things you can do, such as planting nectar filled wildflowers. But the

children involved, get them to build insect hotels. We have more details

about advice on the garden. There will be details on the BBC breakfast

site later on. Warmest day of the year so far yesterday. The forecast,

starting on a chilly now this morning. For some of you, a nifty

and great start. Parts of central and eastern England in particular.

Some of our great club will linger close to the coast but notice in

mind how the cloud fins and breaks in the sunshine comes through. For

most there will be a blue sky day yet again and another fairly warm

one. After a frost filled style in Scotland and project could hit 17 or

18 degrees easily for a couple of spots. Shetland holds on to more

cloud. Elsewhere across England and certainly into Wales you will see a

long to the afternoon, clear blue skies for many and across the South

Coast competitor yesterday, winds will be lighter so may feel warmer

there. Even we can see temperature around 17 or 18 degrees. 19 is

possible across Wales. Maybe you will more cloud than we saw through

the weekend but still a fine day with sunny spells. Through tonight,

missed and low cloud will return across many central and eastern

parts so once again it will be murky across some of the hills. Into

south-east Scotland as well. Clear skies in the west will lead to

temperature dropping a touch. A little frost around into the morning

but maybe not as much as you have seen for the last few mornings.

Tuesday, for some of you, it begins like it did today with the sunshine

around. Low cloud and green across eastern parts of England. Generally

speaking tomorrow, cloud across the UK with sunny spells. Showers first

thing, they will push northwards Northern Ireland and eventually

southern Scotland. Some could be heavy even with the odd bit of

thunder that will only be a small part of your day in the balk will

mostly be dry particular across the north of Scotland. In England we

could see temperature reached 20 degrees tomorrow. Warmly we see the

sunshine again on Wednesday, the best that will be across the eastern

areas. In the west there will be more breeze, cloud of time and

outbreaks of rain. Shari was dry weather and sunshine around but when

that sunshine is out it will feel very pleasant. If you have got a

sunshine, get out and take a photo. If you were out this weekend, taking

photographs and enjoying nature across the UK, send them into a zero

BBC breakfast via Twitter or e-mail. We will try to your pictures later

on air. It was quite a lovely day for many parts of the country.

Elsewhere for you... The communications regulator,

Ofcom has fined BT Openreach a record ?42 million after it

reduced compensation payments in connecting high-speed

business lines. It was found the telecoms giant had

committed a "serious breach". Gaucho Ramussen is Ofcom's

Investigations Director and he joins Good morning and thank you for

joining us. Could you explain to us what had been going on and why this

level of fine? These are high-speed lines are the

digital backbone of the country and BP rolls them out and they have 30

days to do so when companies ordered lines to be rolled out. Sometimes

they can get that deadline, possibly for valid reasons, but they need to

provide notice and they need the right reason for doing so. It is a

matter of the tea, that DT can control, then they need to pay

compensation for a delay. And what was the problem? We found that they

had used a mechanism for delaying the rollout and not paying

compensation in an inappropriate manner. Now we have learned they

have done to tune of 330 million pounds in compensation to providers

who are out of pocket. You find them ?42 million. Why did you set that

level? It is a record fine. The highest fine we have imposed. We

feel that it very much reflects the seriousness of the breach in

question and the importance of this sector of the UK economy. Of course,

the Fai needs to be seen in context. In line with a significant

compensation package. We spoke to the chief executive from BET. And he

said the investigation revealed that they felled short of the high

standards they expect. They take it very seriously. He goes onto say

they put place matters to control and people to prevent it from

happening again. Are you happy that this is the end of it now? We see

this as an investigation into historic contact. We have seen

tangible change at the tea and of course Beattie has met our

requirements in full in terms of improving the independence of

overreach and we welcome that. We know that they will now separate.

You mentioned earlier that they will now need to pay other money to

people who they have provided a service to? That is correct.

Beattie, as part of settling these allegations, have also agreed to a

compensation package and we understand that that amounts, it is

estimated to amount to 330 pounds. And the ?42 million, we are to go

to? That money goes to Treasury. Now a story that shock to this morning

was a survey but said the 29% of us have had our lunch stolen. People

are all wondering out there and they just take someone else's lunch? I

get the feeling, 5% of people occurred in to the survey to send a

strongly worded. The thing is I don't even put my food in the

fridge. I just don't leave it there. Gordon says that he is to write the

name of his manager on the food to deter thieves. Delia says they can

keep the pork pie but if my special sandwich was pinched I would be

fuming. It is so cute to see languages with their name written on

them. And Malisse said a vegetable bake was once stolen 50 years ago.

The shock and horror is still with her today. You've taken it in, you

have purchased it, so I just takes it! Leonardo says that and

occasional lift of milk is OK. If you still some work says Susan,

where do you eat it? Under the desk? I accidentally, says Kate, once

stole a banana. How do you do it accidentally? It either is or is not

yours? Somebody else says that they once drank half a bottle of Lucozade

to put the rest back in the fridge. Tracy says that she was starving and

she was skint. She was innocent but she did want to take a bite out of

someone's quiche and put it back in the fridge. I don't know... I don't

know what you can do. Tony five minutes past seven. What is the

world coming to? -- 25 minutes. As the Prime Minister prepares

to trigger Article 50 what does it it mean for businessess along

the 'A50' trunk road? Sean is in Stoke-on-Trent

for us this morning. This sign is not stolen. I should

make that clear. It is our own a 50 signed because we are discussing

Article 50 all this week. It is the start of the formal Brexit

negotiation. We are at a stoped manufacturing plant today. They

manufacture instillation. Chris is watching this. Chris, where would

you find this stuff in your house? Under your floor, in the cavities of

your walls and in the loft. And everything is the right shape this

morning? Thank you. Things like this. The chemicals in this will be

imported. Some countries will export these kind of things. If you are a

business that does that, you will be watching what Theresa May says to

the European Union on Wednesday in her letter and what her

priorities... Do you have staff from the European Union? All those things

will be looked out over the next few days just to see how much businesses

is keeping an eye on it. For Hello, this is Breakfast

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. It is exactly 7:30. Let's bring you

up-to-date with the latest news stories.

Theresa May will meet Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon later

today for the first time since she rejected calls

for a second referendum on Scottish independence.

The Prime Minister's visit is part of a tour of all four

nations of the UK before the process of leaving the European Union

BT has been fined a record ?42 million

by the communications regulator Ofcom.

It found BT's Openreach division had cut compensation

payments to other telecoms providers for delays in installing high speed

The company said it "apologised wholeheartedly"

We have investigated the source of bridges before, but this is the

largest find we have imposed. We feel it reflects the seriousness of

the breach in question and the importance of this particular sector

of the UK at Konta me. Of course, the find needs to be seen in

context, with the significant connotation package. -- compensation

package. Two people were seriously hurt

and dozens more were injured when several buildings collapsed

following a major explosion It has emerged that residents

reported smelling gas at least 24 hours before

the suspected gas blast You can see what happened here in

these pictures. The National Grid confirmed that

reports of leaks were investigated, They are amazing pictures. It is

incredibly lucky that more people would hope. I know people were hurt,

but... Yes, it could have been horrific.

Attempts to end the political stalemate in Northern Ireland have

Three weeks of talks to form a power-sharing coalition

between Unionist parties and Sinn Fein, have broken down,

with the Republican party saying it won't be nominating anyone

for the post of Deputy First Minister.

The rail company First MTR has been awarded the franchise to run

South West Trains for seven years from August 2017,

the Department of Transport have announced.

Transport secretary Chris Grayling said the firm

will deliver the improvements that people say they want right

across the Southern Western franchise area.

Matt is out and about their talking about these. We will be talking

about that in about ten minutes. -- talking about bees. And ducks. That

was a spectacular landing from those ducks. It is almost like we queued

them. We will be talking about getting a

ducks in a row. Yes, it is to be going that way for England. Top of

the group. Playing little any, as they did in their World Cup

qualifier, no disrespect to live away near, but they are obviously

not as good as the world champions, Germany, it seems a little bit

unfair to say that you got out a few years ago and now you to go play the

world champions, Germany. -- Lithuania. Positive for Lithuania.

It seemed a bit mean to say Gareth Southgate, at your first game in

charge, time to face the world champions. A win is a win. Will it

All three of the home nations in action won last night.

England beat Lithuania 2-0 in a world cup qualifier at Wembley.

Five-year-old Bradley Lowery, who has cancer, led out the England

team alongside the man he describes as his best friend -

We'll be hearing a little bit more from Defoe later on.

And it was the Sunderland man who opened the scoring -

his 20th for his country but his first for England

He was replaced by Jamie Vardy in the second half,

and the Leicester striker took his chance when it came.

England's manager says Defoe can't be ruled out of competing in next

summer's World Cup, if England qualify.

It is really important that we are able to call on people

like Jermain Defoe, so he can have the impact that he help

If he has been playing as well as he has this season,

Back to the really heartwarming story now of the five-year

Bradley, who has cancer, led the England team out along

with his hero Jermain Defoe last night.

This has been some of the reaction on social media...

"It was perfect to walk out at Wembley Stadium with you."

Sunderland said "Two Sunderland heroes lead the way"

BBC Sport said "This little hero was an England mascot today".

Jermain Defoe has a vision not played for England to the last

years. So to walk out with Bradley was a special occasion for both of

them. They beat Slovenia 1-0

at Hampden Park in a game manager Gordon Strachan had

described as a "must-win". They left it late,

Chris Martin came off the bench The victory moves them up to fourth

and keeps their slim hopes Up next, though, they

host England in June. Or you can ask as a manager is to go

certain things. They did everything were asked. And they push themselves

to another level, there. Whatever will be will be. I was enjoying

their performance as a manager. Northern Ireland remain in second

place in Group C after a 2-0 win Goals from Jamie Ward

and Conor Washington The victory leaves Northern Ireland

five points off group leaders Germany and two clear

of third-place Czech Republic. Results build confidence,

and momentum, and belief. You know, we had that

experience of qualification France, and the experience

for the finals, and that is a credit They didn't let

their standards drop. And they hold onto the dream

they can go to Russia, as well. And with every game,

you are closer to There's only one Brit left

in at the Miami Open, and Johanna Konta is

still going strong. It took her just over an hour

to beat Pauline Parmentier of France Finally, now, you might

remember her from last year's Claudia Fragapane is

back to her day job. She's been quoted this week

saying her time on the show has improved her routines,

but she had to settle for second It was a slip that saw her go out

of bounds cost her the title event, which went instead

to Maisie Methuen. So a big upset there. Four gold

medals at the Com world games, you are expected to win the British

Championships. But a bit of a mistake from her, there. Talking of

mistakes, that from the fridge. The work fridge, which I think is

outrageous. Very quickly, Key said that somebody has padlocked his milk

to the shell. Justin said he is damages and says in a note that he

has done so. Somebody stole a cream and here, and said an e-mail to

staff. She got more back. And Rachel writes breastmilk on her green top

to stop someone... That would definitely do. All the ideas. I do

that you need to go as far as to lick a sandwich. You could you say

you did it. , and later this week,

the Prime Minister will trigger beginning the formal process

for Britain to leave Loads of questions we have been

asking. What does it mean? What happens next? The man with all the

answers, we hope, is Sean, coming from the A50. Yes, we are in Stoke

today. We are going to be going along the A50. Here, they are

manufacturing installation. There are lots of businesses right across

the country they will be winding what Theresa May once out of the

negotiations when they finally get under way on Wednesday. --

wondering. So we said Steph out on the A50 to find out what is to

happen these negotiations. The referendum last June

divided the country. 52% voted to leave and

48% voted to remain. Since then not a lot has changed

but this week the process of unpicking our relationship

with the EU begins. And it is certainly fuelling debate

about the road that lies ahead. Now EU members have

rules that they must And Article 50 is the bit of it

which tells you how countries So, essentially, it

is the divorce rules. But the whole process

is quite vague, because no So it is a little bit

like travelling down a road without any clear signs

of where you are going. Now we already know that the UK

will be leaving the single market, which is the agreement

between EU countries that allows goods,

services and people to move Ending that arrangement

is potentially a big For this industry,

the potteries, 50% of So they think there

is a lot at stake. But one of the big

businesses here is JCB, which makes industrial vehicles

and sells them to work 150 The boss, a long-standing

Conservative Party donor, does not

believe that trade will be affected. Theresa May said one of the main

messages she had taken from the Leave vote

was that British people want to see a reduction

in immigration. Now, it's not clear yet how

the government will achieve it and many businesses who rely

on migrant workers are worried that tighter controls will mean

they will not be able to get But it is not just British people

and British businesses who will have a say

in what happens next. The UK car industry

is worth ?70 billion Most of them, like Toyota

here in Derby, are foreign-owned so when it comes to lobbying

for the best deal, what the bosses of these companies

think really matters. Once Article 50 has been triggered,

there is a 2-year time frame in order to get all of that

Brexit negotiation done. But this is a road we have never

been down before so that time frame And we have 27 countries

we need to negotiate with. It is not to be easy. There are lots

of businesses like this one here. Kevin Rudd is this place. We were on

the breakfast plus, we're calling at the A50 bus. You are the first

passenger, Kevin. We are going to have a quick tour around here. --

Keven runs. -- Kevin. The construction industry as a sole

place to invest in the UK. We have hundreds of thousands of houses that

need to be built in the UK. So we are investing tens of millions of

pounds to build a new plant to ensure there is enough material

available for the construction needs of the UK. All right. So does it

actually help you guys, the fact that you do not export? All your

tradies Prayad much in the UK. We do do exports. -- all of your trade is

pretty much done in the UK. The domestic market is strong. We want

to support that to the best of our ability. So these negotiations get

under way on Wednesday between Theresa May and the European Union.

We are going to sort out what that relationship will look like in a few

years time. What would be a priority at about? Party-goer be asking the

government to negotiate as hard as they possibly can to ensure that we

do not get hit with high tariffs that damage business further than

some of the import prices are ready have. In terms of import prices, if

you are an importer in your painful all of this, what is this chemical

again? It is MDI. Well, prices go up, though they? They do. And it has

had an impact in the UK on the Rosa good. I need to kick you off now,

echo free, and welcome David. We now talk to David Frost, who represents

tons of businesses right across Stoke. Welcome aboard. You represent

loads of businesses in Stoke. Stoke, generally, voted pretty considerably

to leave the European Union. Our business is here pretty happy with

how it is going? Businesses had just gone on with the job of creating

wealth and jobs. They have been doing that usually successfully over

40,000 jobs having been credited in the last two years. Unemployment has

plummeted and continues to fall. Businesses are getting on with it.

We have heard a lot about the car industry and what might happen to it

in the future just because the lack of Nissan, they have at some kind of

deal. But we have not heard much about the potteries. Is a concern

amongst businesses that they are not being Pinery ties as much as other

sectors? This will be a big issue for us. -- prioritise. Geely, it

governments are going to focus on big businesses. -- Clearly.

Potteries are vital to our economy. What the govern has you do is to try

and understand that certain key sectors that are based

geographically are understood. So certain sectors of idling creaking

and exporting around the world. We need to be to do that around it

world into the future. We are going to be on the road on the A50

investigating Article 50 before the Article 50 is triggered on

Wednesday. Whoever is driving it doing wonderfully. Well done, Andy.

Can we look at the driver? Thank you very much. See you a little bit

later. A reluctant driving style there.

many of us in this week we're looking at how to make your garden

more be friendly. We have a cheeky fluffy be in the background here

with Matt. Yes, the only brave enough to come out this morning but

we are at the London wildlife Centre for wildlife gardening in Hackham. A

joint initiative launched this week between the RHS and the London

wildlife trust to find out more about what we can do to protect the

bee population of the nation. Joining me is Mike Waller, an

ecologist. Can you tell us more about the initiative? It is very

simple, it is all about improving your garden or your balcony or any

green space, for bees. Making it better for wild bees such as

bumblebees and solitary bees of which there are many different

kinds. Because their habitat has been disappearing? Absolutely. Many

people are taking over their gardens but we need to create little nooks

and crannies where they can breed and thrive and have plenty of wild

flowers to feed from. So a few little simple steps. It is all about

creating the right space and also a lot of nice wild flowers for pollen

and nectar. Even leaving a few wild areas in corners of the garden is

vitally important as well. What else can be done? Simple things. Solitary

is like looks crannies and holes in which they can live and breathe. Cut

a bottle in half, stuff it with bamboo cane like this and it creates

tiny little holes for them to enter and breed in. Or, if you feel more

ambitious, you can get a bit of shelf like this and fill it up with

bits of cardboard, bar, bamboo, to create spaces. Children can easily

get involved with this as well. Thank you very much. We will discuss

more about what we can do to help preserve the bees of the nation will

talk more about the weather. It has been a wonderful weekend across the

UK. The temperature yesterday peaked at 20 Celsius in the north of

Scotland. The forecast today is for more sunshine for some of you but we

will have a more cloud here and there. A chilly start, misty but

great conditions across central and eastern parts of England this

morning. That grey cloud will take awhile to shift and burn away but it

will last through much of day across eastern coastal counties of England,

unlike what we saw on the weekend. But after what has been a frosty

staff are a couple of view, another cracking spring day ahead. Much

sunshine around. Certainly across Scotland where we saw temperatures

reach close to 20 degrees yesterday, could hit 1819 again today through

parts of the Highlands. Cut across the shell and is potentially a

little but a cloud goes to the coast but it is across the eastern

counties where the cloud will linger and the temperature will not only be

around 19 Celsius. Elsewhere in the sunshine temperatures will happily

reach the teams, could reach around 19 Celsius across western part of

England and Wales. Even across southern counties of England with

the light breeze. It will feel a little warmer. Another fine day as

world come across in Northern Ireland. Here, however, a lot more

cloud than we saw yesterday so there will be case of sunny spells rather

than clear blue skies. But really, for the vast majority of the shaping

up to be another beautiful day. That sets us into a lovely evening. But

what will happen through tonight, is much like what happened last night.

Low cloud across the eastern coastal counties will become more expensive

once again, particularly across England into parts of south-east

Scotland as well. Keep it averages up here but in clear skies towards

the west you could see a touch of frost to take us into the morning.

Into Tuesday there will be some changes once again. We start quite

grey and misty, particular cross and eastern areas. But into the

afternoon will probably be funnier. Into the west will cease and showers

into the morning commute. Fairly sporadic and they would develop

further across other central western part of England into Northern

Ireland by the end of the afternoon across southern. For most of you the

bulk of the day will be dry. In the sunshine between the showers,

temperatures could hit 20 degrees in parts of south-east England. Into

Wednesday, more showers developing across the west, were more frequent

and we have seen on Tuesday. Eastern areas they dry and bright for the

longest. How nice for the bees. They will be happy. More later on and as

he said, it has been a beautiful weekend for many parts of the

country. We asked for photographs and you have not disappointed us.

First of all this photo has been sent in of Slater 's Bridge in

Little Langdale. David has a e-mail this picture of his family in the

sunshine. Oh, look at those three! Janet says her dog enjoyed the sand

dunes. That is in Devon yesterday. And, finally... A 80 gram which is

clearly smiling. It made her smile all this weekend as well. -- a baby

lamb which is clearly smiling. I had wanted to see this brave few weeks.

Logs, I have the new pound point! Since Dan lost a coin in... It is

allowed to touch them. These are some of the first that have ever

been seen. This is what they look like, 12 sites, two different

metals. A hologram along the bottom. There is a hologram below the head

of the Queen. It has a ? and the number one on it as well. If utility

you can seek the number one turn into a pound. It is there. They're

coming to circulation tomorrow but there are some issues about parking

meters, vending machines, lockers and some people say it will cost an

awful lot of money to change this over to the new pound coin. You can

to spend the old coins until October but the change would cost businesses

of fortune. Since 1983 the pound coin has flowed

through our economy. Down High Street into

shops, vending machines, But the days of the round

pound are numbered. From October 15 these will no longer

be legal tender and from tomorrow these, the new 12-sided coins,

will enter circulation. It reminds me of the

old threepenny bit. The shape and structure of the new

corn make it harder to forge. -- new coin.

It is thought that 3% of the old pound

coins were fake but the total cost of switching over will exceed ?100

All that expense of changing every vending machine,

shopping trolley, everywhere you put a pound coin in will need to be

The industry did not know until we saw

This man runs a business, supplying vending machines.

He says that upgrades to 4000 of them

We have been blatantly told thank you,

new coin and it is your job to put in the relevant mechanisms.

We have not been given a relevant time frame

to do this, it will not be completed until the end of the year.

In a statement it said they worked with

business every step of the way to help them prepare

for the new pound coin which it says it will be the most secure

At the Royal Mint in South Wales, 3 million of them are being

We had some issues with the old Pound coin.

It is made from two different coloured

metal, a white coloured metal and a brass coloured outer.

When you look in one direction you will see the number one

and in the other direction you will see the ?.

I think it is important that the public can feel confident,

that they know that when they hand this from me to you it is worth

A leisure centre in Birmingham where the lockers need

Done nearly 4000 now across the country.

There is still a lot of work and a lot of lockers out there that

As of tomorrow there will probably be a wave of leisure centres waking

up to the fact that the coin-operated lockers

The Treasury is confident that most businesses are ready for the change

for the change for the change and the long-term

benefits of the new pound coin are worth the short term cost.

now, you can bank your old coins now or spend an till October. It has

smooth edges and milled edges. If you look, I know this is getting

quite boring now. It is 12 sides and alternate sides have grooves and

then flat sides. It feels a bit strange if you rub your finger

around it. Do you like it? What is not to like about a shiny coin? The

old girl was... I do prefer the new ones. It does spin quite well. Look,

you are going to lose another one. Did you see that perfect spin!

Vanessa has a breakfast show on BBC regions.

Vanessa has a breakfast show on BBC breakfast radio London and I will be

back in half an hour. Hello, this is Breakfast

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. Face-to-face - Theresa May

and Nicola Sturgeon meet for talks as the Scottish parliament prepares

to back a second vote The Prime Minister will urge unity

ahead of Brexit describing a united Good morning, it's

Monday 27th March. BT is hit with a record

fine of ?42 million because of delays in installing

high-speed business lines. The investigation continues into a

suspected gas explosion here in Wirral which destroyed buildings and

injured dozens of people. We will be live with some of those affected.

Good morning. We are on the road this week, the A50, talking about

Article 50 and that vote to leave the European Union. Negotiations

kick off and we look at what businesses like this one in Stoke

want to get out of it. In sport, England, Scotland and

Northern Ireland all win in World Cup qualifying. . Vp

Jermaine Defoe returns from nearly four years out with a gel

And, there's a new quid on the block.

The new pound coin and tomorrow it enters circulation.

We will be finding out why not everyone is happy

And the weather's been so lovely we have sent Matt out and about.

Thank you, good morning. We are looking to what we can do to protect

the nation's bees this morning. More tips on what you can do to

preserve the nation's bees and a forecast that contains sunshine for

many but with a few expectations, all the details coming up.

Theresa May will meet Scotland's First Minister,

Nicola Sturgeon, later today for the first time since

she rejected calls for a second referendum on Scottish independence.