06/04/2017

:00:33. > :00:32.Decision day over term-time holidays.

:00:33. > :00:32.In just a few hours, the Supreme Court will reveal

:00:33. > :00:32.whether parents in England can take their children away

:00:33. > :01:15.without breaking the law. parties and go on the old Claygate

:01:16. > :01:33.every now and Good morning. A chilly start. For

:01:34. > :01:50.many Good morning. A chilly start. For

:01:51. > :02:19.Through the next the days, by It's considering the case

:02:20. > :02:28.of John Platt, who refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter

:02:29. > :02:29.to Florida for a week in 2015. a fine after taking his daughter

:02:30. > :02:40.of school for a holiday. He was fine ?150

:02:41. > :02:40.of school for a holiday. He was fine daughter was regularly attending

:02:41. > :02:49.school. daughter was regularly attending

:02:50. > :02:57.is that any unauthorised daughter was regularly attending

:02:58. > :03:13.sought term time holidays at daughter was regularly attending

:03:14. > :03:20.if not paid in 120 days. But that did not stop a rise in absences.

:03:21. > :03:20.if not paid in 120 days. But that in England missed 1 or more sessions

:03:21. > :03:31.if not paid in 120 days. But that of school for holidays. That is up

:03:32. > :03:31.if not paid in 120 days. But that quarter of sessions. Unauthorised

:03:32. > :03:47.absences damage life chances This head teacher agrees. The chaos

:03:48. > :03:47.caused by a child missing for an extended

:03:48. > :03:47.caused by a child missing for an days, 2 weeks, can be huge. It will

:03:48. > :03:54.caused by a child missing for an ripple on for months afterwards.

:03:55. > :03:54.Think ripple on for months afterwards.

:03:55. > :04:01.not send them to school. The ripple on for months afterwards.

:04:02. > :04:11.for John would give parents more ripple on for months afterwards.

:04:12. > :04:17.they would not be breaking the law. BBC News.

:04:18. > :04:25.they would not be breaking the law. Inspector of Schools in England, Sir

:04:26. > :04:50.they would not be breaking the law. warning to

:04:51. > :04:50.they would not be breaking the law. least 72 people earlier

:04:51. > :04:59.they would not be breaking the law. horror of what happened.

:05:00. > :05:19.they would not be breaking the law. president. These heinous actions

:05:20. > :05:19.mention of Russia, who, at the United

:05:20. > :05:54.response. How many more children have

:05:55. > :06:13.response. How many more children attack. We think it

:06:14. > :06:13.response. How many more children the leaders of the world's 2 largest

:06:14. > :06:18.economic leaders, North Good morning to you. Explain this 1

:06:19. > :06:55.Trump's campaign rhetoric will be Good morning to you. Explain this 1

:06:56. > :07:14.says he wants to offer Good morning to you. Explain this 1

:07:15. > :07:22.?1.5 million. Those are the sums. Obviously it

:07:23. > :07:22.?1.5 million. Those are the sums. schooling says it does not add up as

:07:23. > :07:29.they forget schooling says it does not add up as

:07:30. > :07:34.fees. If this is sounding familiar that is because it

:07:35. > :07:41.election. The other subject for the Labour Party right now which

:07:42. > :07:58.election. The other subject for the Corbyn finds himself in an awkward

:07:59. > :07:58.situation Corbyn finds himself in an awkward

:07:59. > :08:24.Zionism with Adolf Hitler. 100 governing party. That would suggest

:08:25. > :08:31.he has to go to expel him. Jeremy Corbyn is trying

:08:32. > :09:15.to take action. There's a call for the drug ketamine

:09:16. > :09:15.to be used more widely by the NHS Psychiatrists in Oxford say they've

:09:16. > :09:16.had some success with a human trial using the Class B substance,

:09:17. > :09:16.which is also used as a horse doctors who prescribe it can

:09:17. > :09:22.monitor its results as our health correspondent,

:09:23. > :09:27.Jane Dreaper, reports. Life is good for Helen. This is the

:09:28. > :09:30.best that she has felt in 7 years. Depression and anorexia took their

:09:31. > :09:34.toll, but taking part in these NHF drug trial has stopped feeling like

:09:35. > :09:41.she is drowning in her own thoughts. -- NHS. . I can take my children to

:09:42. > :09:48.their friends' birthday parties and go on the odd playdate every now and

:09:49. > :09:52.then. I can actually be present in my children's lives, which is the

:09:53. > :09:58.most important thing to me. She is among the first patients to have

:09:59. > :10:04.this expo metalled treatment. All the patients in this trial had

:10:05. > :10:07.severe depression and other treatments had failed. 42 of the 101

:10:08. > :10:16.patient felt much better after having Katter men. -- patients. It

:10:17. > :10:22.is better to use it in a controlled environment, obviously. What we

:10:23. > :10:25.would like to do is the more centres starting to use ketamine because we

:10:26. > :10:35.feel we will get more experience of exactly how we can help the bulk who

:10:36. > :10:40.really nothing has helped them. Doctors believe thousands more

:10:41. > :10:43.people could benefit from this treatment, but warn that it should

:10:44. > :10:47.only be taken under medical supervision. Jane Dreaper, BBC News.

:10:48. > :10:49.UKIP could face another setback with Welsh Assembly Member,

:10:50. > :10:51.Mark Reckless poised to leave the party.

:10:52. > :10:54.It is understood that the former Tory MP will work with

:10:55. > :10:56.the Conservative group in the Assembly while sitting

:10:57. > :11:00.The news comes just weeks after UKIP's only MP,

:11:01. > :11:07.From today, companies that employ more than 250 staff will be legally

:11:08. > :11:11.required to publish the average salaries they pay men and women.

:11:12. > :11:14.About half of the UK workforce will be affected by the new rules.

:11:15. > :11:16.The Education Secretary, Justine Greening, who's also

:11:17. > :11:18.the Minister for Women and Equalities says the measures

:11:19. > :11:27.are being brought in to tackle the gender pay gap.

:11:28. > :11:32.There are many great companies in our country doing a fantastic job of

:11:33. > :11:39.bringing through our female talent. We want to see more companies doing

:11:40. > :11:43.that, but we think transparencies on reporting on that pay gap is part of

:11:44. > :11:45.figuring out how that happens. The soft drink manufacturer,

:11:46. > :11:47.Pepsi has dropped a commercial after a backlash on social

:11:48. > :11:50.media, that suggested it The advert features model

:11:51. > :11:53.Kendall Jenner and shows her joining a group of protesters and handing

:11:54. > :11:57.a police officer a can of Pepsi, prompting him to smile,

:11:58. > :11:59.while marchers cheer and hug. Activists say it undermines

:12:00. > :12:01.rights protests and public And Chelsea, after a slip-up

:12:02. > :12:28.at the weekend, are back on form. They lost to Crystal Palace.

:12:29. > :12:38.Tonight, last night, that... At 1 point Liverpool were 2-1 up. No,

:12:39. > :12:41.Chelsea are still 7 points clear at the top of the Premier League this

:12:42. > :12:44.morning after beating Manchester City 2-1 last night.

:12:45. > :12:47.Eden Hazard scored twice for the Blues to maintain their lead

:12:48. > :12:49.at the top with eight games remaining.

:12:50. > :12:51.Second placed Tottenham were 2-0 down at Swansea

:12:52. > :12:54.They then scored three goals through Delle Ali,

:12:55. > :12:56.Son Heung-min, and Christain Erikksen in a remarkable recovery.

:12:57. > :13:00.The world number one golfer Dustin Johnson is battling to be fit

:13:01. > :13:02.for the Masters, which gets underway later today.

:13:03. > :13:05.The American injured his back when he fell down the stairs

:13:06. > :13:12.at his rental home yesterday but is still hoping to play.

:13:13. > :13:14.Olympic showjumping champion Nick Skelton has announced his

:13:15. > :13:19.The 59-year-old helped Great Britain to a team gold medal at London 2012

:13:20. > :13:22.before achieving his number one ambition of Olympic individual gold

:13:23. > :13:32.at the Rio Games last summer on Big Star.

:13:33. > :13:41.For a lot of people, that was the most memorable medal. 59 years old.

:13:42. > :13:47.Trying for years to get it. I had a bit of a wobble myself. Very

:13:48. > :13:53.emotional. He was in tears on the top of the podium. Sadly he will be

:13:54. > :14:00.retiring. Stay with us for a moment as we look through the papers. The

:14:01. > :14:06.front pages. The Guardian. Revolts over Ken Livingstone in Labour. The

:14:07. > :14:11.ongoing problem of Ken Livingstone. The Labour Party headache. What to

:14:12. > :14:19.do about Jeremy Corbyn's situation with Ken Livingstone? He was banned.

:14:20. > :14:24.100 MPs condemning that decision not to expel him. The Prince of Wales

:14:25. > :14:29.and the Duchess of Cornwall. They are on a nine-day trip to Europe. A

:14:30. > :14:37.parliamentary story. Experts judge a huge rise in probate fees might be

:14:38. > :14:43.unlawful. The Daily Mail. The foreign aid budget is soaring by 1.2

:14:44. > :14:51.billion, that is last year. That is because EU rules added various

:14:52. > :14:55.elements to the figures. The picture is of Anton leaving hospital with

:14:56. > :15:04.his boy and his girl. He has to insert. Congratulations to him. The

:15:05. > :15:11.Daily Express. -- twins. House prices may soar by 10 to 5%. Are you

:15:12. > :15:16.aware of that? Ben. It is supply demand that is still the issue. 25%

:15:17. > :15:27.is a lot. Optimistic. I was in Devon yesterday. We were

:15:28. > :15:33.looking at how much we contribute to the economy. Productivity is

:15:34. > :15:37.overtaking 2007 levels, now. The 2007 date is important because after

:15:38. > :15:40.that came the financial crisis where productivity fell off a cliff and

:15:41. > :15:43.since then, we have really been struggling to get back to where we

:15:44. > :15:47.were. Of course, rise in productivity means we get rising pay

:15:48. > :15:51.and that, in theory, should be a rise in living standards so that is

:15:52. > :15:55.backup. I want to pick up on a story that makes all the papers, including

:15:56. > :16:06.some of the front pages. Use from the likes of V gig economy. Uber and

:16:07. > :16:11.the like. How they approach staff, it is in the Times and the

:16:12. > :16:24.Telegraph. I want to pick up on the one that is in... Do you want me to

:16:25. > :16:30.find it for you? Delivery serves up language skills. -- rules. They

:16:31. > :16:35.don't get payslips, they don't get the sack, they face termination.

:16:36. > :16:49.They are not staff. Language is so important. I have some nice picture

:16:50. > :16:53.stories in the sports papers. Family friends can head out with the

:16:54. > :16:59.players on the warmup around for the Masters. How is that for some

:17:00. > :17:05.multitasking parenting? That is Webb Simpson and his wife who is carrying

:17:06. > :17:14.their baby daughter in a sling while playing golf as they knock around

:17:15. > :17:23.the past three in Augusta. -- par-3. We will be talking about this later.

:17:24. > :17:28.Radley Lowrie has been given the honorary 40 First Place on the

:17:29. > :17:34.national race card. 40 horses on the field and he is down as number 41.

:17:35. > :17:43.-- Bradley. What they have done on the race card, traditionally, the

:17:44. > :17:53.bloodline of the horse, he has Carl and Jamar, his parents. -- Gemma.

:17:54. > :18:02.Jermain Defoe is done as his trainer. / hero. A lovely story. The

:18:03. > :18:05.time is six and 17. Should parents in England be able

:18:06. > :18:09.to take their children on term-time The Supreme Court is due to decide

:18:10. > :18:14.in just a few hours. The US Government has sent out

:18:15. > :18:17.a warning to Russia over it's Here's Carol with a look

:18:18. > :18:35.at this morning's weather. Morning. It is a chilly start of the

:18:36. > :18:40.day for some of us. Temperatures fell to freezing overnight or just

:18:41. > :18:44.below. Rumour is there is a touch of Frost around but today, mainly dry

:18:45. > :18:48.with some sunshine and in actual fact, a bit more sunshine than we

:18:49. > :18:52.thought this time yesterday. High pressure is dominating the weather.

:18:53. > :18:56.Things are quiet and settled. Yesterday, a few showers across the

:18:57. > :19:00.north and north-west of Scotland. Here, too, that bit windy. In

:19:01. > :19:05.Shetland, the wind will strengthen through the day, possibly gale

:19:06. > :19:08.force. There will be holes in the cloud, on our shores. A bit more

:19:09. > :19:13.cloud producing the showers, windy in the north but in the east, we are

:19:14. > :19:17.looking at some sunshine. For Northern Ireland, you will see some

:19:18. > :19:21.cloud as well but it is thin. It may produce the odd shower but there

:19:22. > :19:25.could be bright spells. As it moves across England and Wales, a similar

:19:26. > :19:29.story. Chasing the holes in the cloud and seeing some sunshine. At

:19:30. > :19:35.worst, it will be bright. If you are in the sunshine, temperatures could

:19:36. > :19:38.up to 16 Celsius. Overnight tonight, there will be clear skies are

:19:39. > :19:42.around. We will still have some showers across the West of Scotland.

:19:43. > :19:47.Some getting into Northern Ireland and the wind is easing touch over

:19:48. > :19:50.the North of mainland Scotland. That leads us into tomorrow, are very

:19:51. > :19:55.similar day to today in that it will be largely dry with some cloud

:19:56. > :20:00.around. There will also be some sunshine and temperatures are into

:20:01. > :20:03.double figures quite easily. For the weekend, high pressure becomes

:20:04. > :20:09.ensconced across asked and drifts across the east. We started the --

:20:10. > :20:13.pool in the ear from the Atlantic. It will introduce rain on Saturday.

:20:14. > :20:18.The effect of the change is that we will have some of warm air pumping

:20:19. > :20:23.up from France and the Bay of Biscay and that will have a positive impact

:20:24. > :20:27.on our temperatures. There are in mind, where we have the weather

:20:28. > :20:31.front on the north-west, it will have a negative impact on the

:20:32. > :20:36.temperatures. On Saturday, a nippy start. A lot of sunshine for England

:20:37. > :20:44.and Wales and eastern parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. If

:20:45. > :20:48.you are heading off to Aintree, it will stay dry with some sunshine

:20:49. > :20:52.around. Light winds. As we head on into Sunday, again and nippy start

:20:53. > :20:57.to the day, a touch of Frost here and there and are lots of blue

:20:58. > :21:00.skies. As the weather front comes in from the north-west, it will

:21:01. > :21:06.introduce thick cloud and rain. In the north-west on Sunday,

:21:07. > :21:11.temperatures can - 13. In the West, 19, 20 and parts of the south-east

:21:12. > :21:17.and eastern England, we could see 21, 22 or even 23. But it won't last

:21:18. > :21:25.even into Monday. Wow, that sounds fantastic! I agree.

:21:26. > :21:27.All this week we've been marking the 50th anniversary

:21:28. > :21:28.of the Beatles Sergeant Pepper album.

:21:29. > :21:30.Today we're focussing on "She's Leaving Home"

:21:31. > :21:34.which was inspired by one teenager who ran away in the 1960s.

:21:35. > :21:36.Breakfast's John Maguire has tracked her down and he's been

:21:37. > :21:48.speaking to her about her experience and connection to the song.

:21:49. > :22:01.# Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins.

:22:02. > :22:07.# Silently closing her bedroom door, leaving the note that she hoped

:22:08. > :22:14.would say more. She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her

:22:15. > :22:19.handkerchief. Half a century iron and I am meeting the girl, now a

:22:20. > :22:25.woman, who inspired She's Leaving Home. That is such a 60s photo,

:22:26. > :22:30.isn't it? I am about 17 here. Melanie made front page news when

:22:31. > :22:34.she ran away, attracted by the bright late -- lights of swinging

:22:35. > :22:39.60s London. There was something about her story that inspired Paul

:22:40. > :22:44.McCartney's imagination. If I hear the song, I don't like to listen to

:22:45. > :22:50.it. I feel terribly sad. It's what my father said in the newspaper is

:22:51. > :22:54.one of the refrains in the song is "We gave her everything, everything

:22:55. > :23:01.money could buy." It was clearly that they had read the article.

:23:02. > :23:05.# We gave her everything money could buy.

:23:06. > :23:10.# She is leaving home... It is different today. It seems at more

:23:11. > :23:15.serious issue, running away from home. Half a century on, so much has

:23:16. > :23:18.changed in our daily lives but problems at home remained a prime

:23:19. > :23:23.reason for youngsters taking that drastic step. For me, it was

:23:24. > :23:27.something that I thought about, got scared of the ID and then got even

:23:28. > :23:34.more scared of the idea of staying so then I had to leave -- idea. This

:23:35. > :23:38.girl is now 17 that ran away when was 14. Not having anybody outside

:23:39. > :23:43.of my family network, didn't have anyone to talk to go to and it was

:23:44. > :23:48.horrible. I sort of think of it and you think, no, I can't do. I can't

:23:49. > :23:53.do it, I can't do it. And then when the moment hits, it just have to do

:23:54. > :23:59.it, you just want to be there any more. The experience is horrible.

:24:00. > :24:03.She is being supported by the charity Missing People and she says

:24:04. > :24:07.she wishes there was help available before she ran away. In these modern

:24:08. > :24:10.times, there is always the spectre of the Internet. The digital

:24:11. > :24:16.thumbprint of being mentioned online. It is an area of being

:24:17. > :24:22.investigated for the very first time here at the Centre for missing

:24:23. > :24:26.Persons in Portsmouth. Once there is the digital footprint on the

:24:27. > :24:30.Internet, it there for ever, almost. They have not given consent for the

:24:31. > :24:37.images to be released. It's been done by parents. They are the ones

:24:38. > :24:40.that live with the consequences. Solutions are not so easy but the

:24:41. > :24:45.so-called right to be forgotten whether details would be taken down

:24:46. > :24:51.for the Internet could help. 50 years separates these runaways but

:24:52. > :24:56.uncertainty, risk, albeit in different forms, is just as

:24:57. > :25:04.prevalent today as it was in 1967 when she left home.

:25:05. > :25:12.I did not even know that that song was inspired by a real person. Of

:25:13. > :25:14.course, when you listen to the lyrics, it is obvious. It's so sad

:25:15. > :25:31.when you think of the tree. You have set me a challenge to get

:25:32. > :25:35.through all of this in one minute. Big changes coming to tax and the

:25:36. > :25:40.amount you can now earn tax-free every year has gone up by ?500,

:25:41. > :25:45.taking it to 11,500 per year. If you are in a higher income taxpayers,

:25:46. > :25:49.you can earn an extra ?1500 per year before it kicks in. There are also a

:25:50. > :25:53.couple of changes for families you should be aware of. You can only

:25:54. > :25:56.claim Child tax benefits for your first two children and that is after

:25:57. > :26:01.today. The maximum for the reason families has been cut as well. When

:26:02. > :26:05.we look at housing, buy to let landlords will no longer be able to

:26:06. > :26:08.offset their mortgage payments against their income, meaning

:26:09. > :26:12.thousands will have to pipe -- pay a higher rate. If you are leaving cash

:26:13. > :26:16.behind, and allowance before in heritage tax goes up by ?100,000 but

:26:17. > :26:20.only if you have children. The amount that all of us can stay

:26:21. > :26:30.tax-free goes up by 20,000 by today. Plus a new four under 40s goes up

:26:31. > :26:34.from today. You will find you are paying an apprenticeship levy on tax

:26:35. > :26:38.and wage bills and that goes towards training. I think I just got it in

:26:39. > :26:42.one minute. Perfection but I think you are a minute and four seconds,

:26:43. > :26:43.really. I'm joking. Thank you very much.

:26:44. > :26:48.When Jane and Jimmy's son, Josh was killed in a crash,

:26:49. > :26:50.the filmmakers turned to what they know best

:26:51. > :26:55.The result, a film they hope will help others deal with death

:26:56. > :30:20.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:30:21. > :30:23.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:30:24. > :30:25.Now, though, it's back to Charlie and Sally.

:30:26. > :30:34.This is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:30:35. > :30:40.We'll have the latest news and sport in just a moment.

:30:41. > :30:44.Around 60,000 babies are born prematurely every year.

:30:45. > :30:50.His mum, Sarra Hoy, wife of Olympic cyclist,

:30:51. > :30:54.Chris Hoy, joins us to tell us why more support is needed for parents

:30:55. > :31:12.Jamiroquai's Jay Kay is back with a new album full

:31:13. > :31:16.He'll be here to talk headresses, hits and getting the band back

:31:17. > :31:23.in the groove after a 10-year hiatus.

:31:24. > :31:32.I am glad that you said that. Who is the giant jumperee?

:31:33. > :31:35.That's what Rabbit hopes to discover in the new story

:31:36. > :31:36.from Julia Donaldson and Helen Oxenbury.

:31:37. > :31:39.They'll tell us about collaborating and transferring the tale

:31:40. > :31:41.from a play to the pages of their new book.

:31:42. > :31:45.But now, a summary of this morning's main news.

:31:46. > :31:48.The Supreme Court will rule today on whether parents can

:31:49. > :31:50.take their children on holiday in term time,

:31:51. > :31:54.It's considering the case of John Platt, who refused to pay

:31:55. > :31:58.a fine after taking his daughter to Florida for a week in 2015.

:31:59. > :31:59.The ruling could have far-reaching consequences

:32:00. > :32:09.And just after 8 o'clock we'll be speaking to

:32:10. > :32:11.the Former Chief Inspector of Schools in England,

:32:12. > :32:14.Sir Michael Wilshaw about this in more detail.

:32:15. > :32:18.The White House has sent out a warning to Russia over its support

:32:19. > :32:20.of the Syrian regime, following the chemical attacks

:32:21. > :32:22.which killed at least 72 people earlier this week.

:32:23. > :32:25.US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, said it was time

:32:26. > :32:27.Russia re-assessed it's support of President Assad.

:32:28. > :32:30.Donald Trump also condemned the attacks as "an affront

:32:31. > :32:33.to humanity," but did not mention Russia, Syria's ally.

:32:34. > :32:35.The Labour party has pledged to provide every primary school

:32:36. > :32:38.pupil in England with a free school meal, by charging VAT

:32:39. > :32:42.Their leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will say later this morning that

:32:43. > :32:45.a Labour government will invest in schools to ensure no child

:32:46. > :32:47.is held back because of their background.

:32:48. > :32:49.But the announcement was criticised by the Conservatives

:32:50. > :32:52.and the Independent Schools Council, who said the sums in the plans

:32:53. > :33:01.There's a call for the drug ketamine to be used more widely

:33:02. > :33:05.Psychiatrists in Oxford say they've had some success with a human trial

:33:06. > :33:08.using the class B substance, which is also a horse sedative.

:33:09. > :33:11.They now want it to be used more widely within the NHS

:33:12. > :33:15.and for a national database to be set up, so doctors who prescribe

:33:16. > :33:21.UKIP could face another setback with its Welsh Assembly Member,

:33:22. > :33:23.Mark Reckless poised to leave the party.

:33:24. > :33:26.It is understood that the former Tory MP will work with

:33:27. > :33:28.the Conservative group in the Assembly while sitting

:33:29. > :33:32.The news comes just weeks after UKIP's only MP,

:33:33. > :33:41.Dog owners are being reminded to make sure their pets microchip

:33:42. > :33:43.details are up-to-date so they can be reunited

:33:44. > :33:47.Latest figures show 8 million dogs are now microchipped,

:33:48. > :33:50.3 million more than in 2013 when the plans were first announced.

:33:51. > :34:01.It's estimated 5% of dogs in the UK don't have a microchip.

:34:02. > :34:10.500,000 owners are not microchipping their dogs. That is something we

:34:11. > :34:16.want to see. There are 2 critical stages. Owners need to get their

:34:17. > :34:23.dogs chipped. They also need to get their contact details up-to-date. So

:34:24. > :34:29.they can be reunited if they get lost. It is important they know

:34:30. > :34:35.where to find you if you lose your dog. That makes sense. Could Chelsea

:34:36. > :34:41.fans say last night was the night their team won the league? Possibly.

:34:42. > :34:53.There are 8 games left in the season. But Chelsea have an easier

:34:54. > :34:55.road. I think it is a good thing. Where has the time gone?

:34:56. > :34:59.Chelsea remain seven points clear at the top of the Premier League

:35:00. > :35:01.after beating Manchester City 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.

:35:02. > :35:04.Eden Hazard put the leaders ahead before Sergio Aguero equalised

:35:05. > :35:07.for City, who face a battle now to make the top four.

:35:08. > :35:09.Chelsea won a penalty before half time, and Hazard,

:35:10. > :35:26.It was a big win. It is always difficult to play against Manchester

:35:27. > :35:34.City. You need to defend well. And we did. We scored 2 goals today. We

:35:35. > :35:38.are happy to stay up with 7 points. It is an honour for me to have these

:35:39. > :35:47.amazing players that we have. That is all I can say. In the end we are

:35:48. > :35:51.happier than the game with Arsenal. Stamford Bridge, London, the best

:35:52. > :35:54.team, and to play like we played. With the problems we had and have.

:35:55. > :35:58.Huge personality. I am a lucky guy. Second placed Tottenham were 1-0

:35:59. > :36:01.down at Swansea with two minutes They then scored three

:36:02. > :36:04.goals through Delle Ali, Son Heung-min, and Christain

:36:05. > :36:09.Erikksen, in a remarkable recovery. Fifth-placed Arsenal

:36:10. > :36:10.boosted their Champions League hopes The Hammers are sixth from bottom

:36:11. > :36:17.after a fifth consecutive Hull cllimbed out of the bottom

:36:18. > :36:27.three with a 4-2 victory over Elsewhere, Bournemouth scored a late

:36:28. > :36:35.equaliser to draw 2-2 at Liverpool while Southampton beat

:36:36. > :36:39.Crystal Palace 3-1. After winning the title

:36:40. > :36:43.at the weekend, Scottish Premiership champions, Celtic,

:36:44. > :36:46.maintained their unbeaten run, drawing 1-1 at home

:36:47. > :36:48.with Partick Thistle. Rangers and Kilmarnock fought out

:36:49. > :36:51.a lacklustre 0-0 draw at Rugby Park. St Johnstone beat Hearts,

:36:52. > :37:00.and Motherwell drew with Hamilton. The Masters starts later today,

:37:01. > :37:06.but on the eve of the tournament at Augusta the world number one

:37:07. > :37:09.Dustin Johnson has fallen down Johnson landed heavily at the house

:37:10. > :37:14.he's renting for the Masters. He's been taking anti-inflammatories

:37:15. > :37:16.and using ice to try Bad weather forced the traditional

:37:17. > :37:21.pre-Masters par-three contest to be cancelled for the first time

:37:22. > :37:24.at Augusta yesterday. It's the event were family

:37:25. > :37:26.and celebrities caddies High winds are due again

:37:27. > :37:29.today for the first England's Danny Willett

:37:30. > :37:41.is the defending champion. You can catch it over the weekend on

:37:42. > :37:45.the BBC. Olympic showjumping champion,

:37:46. > :37:48.Nick Skelton, has announced his Skelton, who's 59, recovered

:37:49. > :37:51.from a broken neck in 2000, returning to the saddle

:37:52. > :37:59.two years later. At London 2012, he helped

:38:00. > :38:03.Great Britain to a team gold medal before achieving his number one

:38:04. > :38:05.ambition of Olympic individual gold at the Rio Games last summer

:38:06. > :38:13.on his horse Big Star. To win in Rio was kind of the icing

:38:14. > :38:21.and the cake. You cannot get any better than that. There have been a

:38:22. > :38:26.few problems, but he is fine now. He is in really good order. Just last

:38:27. > :38:30.week I rode him and him and jumped he felt really good. But it is

:38:31. > :38:37.probably the time now for him. He is still young. 14 years old. He has

:38:38. > :38:44.had a good career. And I will be 60 this year. So I think now is a good

:38:45. > :38:47.time to stop. He and his horse retiring.

:38:48. > :38:49.England bowlers Tymal Mills and Chris Jordan were involved

:38:50. > :38:52.in the first match of the Indian Premier League

:38:53. > :38:53.as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore.

:38:54. > :38:57.Jordan was used as a substitute fielder for the Sunrisers but came

:38:58. > :38:59.on and ran out the final Royal Challengers batsman.

:39:00. > :39:02.Mills, who cost Bangalore more than a million pounds,

:39:03. > :39:10.And we were talking about this story in the papers, weren't we?

:39:11. > :39:12.Grand National organisers have given terminally ill five-year-old

:39:13. > :39:15.Bradley Lowery an honorary place on the official racecard

:39:16. > :39:18.Bradley was diagnosed with neuroblastoma four years ago.

:39:19. > :39:21.He's a Sunderland fan, and has been mascot at the Stadium

:39:22. > :39:24.of Light and at other matches, including an England international,

:39:25. > :39:27.and now has been included as the 41st entry on the official

:39:28. > :39:29.racecard at Aintree, with his own red and white

:39:30. > :39:32.His hero, Sunderland striker Jermian Defoe is also included

:39:33. > :39:36.Bradley and his family are all going to Aintree

:39:37. > :39:47.So, a big day for him. And I love the fact his grandparents and

:39:48. > :39:52.parents were listed as his horse's bloodline. I might put a couple of

:39:53. > :39:58.quid on him. Lovely to see him there. I wonder if you can bet on

:39:59. > :40:03.him. All of the money could go to charity, couldn't it? Anyway. He has

:40:04. > :40:07.already raised a huge amount of money for charity, as in there?

:40:08. > :40:16.Sunderland have been incredible with it. -- hasn't he? See you later on.

:40:17. > :40:18.In the run-up to last year's Presidential elections,

:40:19. > :40:21.Donald Trump talked tough when it came to foreign policy.

:40:22. > :40:23.He blamed China for much of America's economic woes.

:40:24. > :40:26.And now that he's in office will President Trump's actions live

:40:27. > :40:28.up to his words all those months ago?

:40:29. > :40:31.Later, he'll meet the Chinese President to talk about North Korea

:40:32. > :40:34.and just overnight the US Secretary of State warned Russia

:40:35. > :40:36.over its support of President Assad in Syria.

:40:37. > :40:39.Let's speak now to someone who has followed the Trump administraion

:40:40. > :40:42.closely, Doug Wead, a former adviser to George W.Bush.

:40:43. > :40:46.Thank you for your time this morning, Doug. First, the issues

:40:47. > :40:50.around what happened in Syria. The world is reeling from the images we

:40:51. > :40:54.have seen from this chemical attack. Asked about this yesterday, Donald

:40:55. > :41:00.Trump started using, I think, many would say the kind of language he

:41:01. > :41:05.hates in other politicians. When you kill innocent children and babies,

:41:06. > :41:11.that crosses many, many lines. Many, many lines. That is a very political

:41:12. > :41:17.phrase. Many will say if you are a man of action, Mr President, what

:41:18. > :41:23.are you going to do? He has kind of painted himself in a rich oracle

:41:24. > :41:28.corner with that comment. I was also interested in the meeting with King

:41:29. > :41:34.Abdullah when they spoke on the Rose Garden. I have met both of them many

:41:35. > :41:39.times. It was interesting to see Donald Trump talk about King

:41:40. > :41:44.Abdullah's experience as a soldier. I am almost certain King Abdullah

:41:45. > :41:47.had some ideas. There is not much you can do about the Middle East

:41:48. > :41:53.because it is increasingly complicated. What can the president

:41:54. > :41:59.do about forcing some action or a summer retreat from that line that

:42:00. > :42:12.he refers to? -- some. May be king Abdullah has some ideas. Is this the

:42:13. > :42:18.first reality check for Donald Trump who sees himself as a fixer? No, it

:42:19. > :42:21.is not the first... LAUGHS. He had the healthcare plan. Afterwards he

:42:22. > :42:30.said it is more complicated than most people realised. He could have

:42:31. > :42:35.said "I realised." He started business projects in Manhattan, you

:42:36. > :42:38.have to know, and when he met problems with permits and organised

:42:39. > :42:45.neighbourhoods, he would move on to another reject, on and on. And then

:42:46. > :42:48.he would come back with new energy and allies and new money and

:42:49. > :42:56.banking. -- project. And then he would figure out how to finish those

:42:57. > :43:01.projects he once started. He is not done with healthcare and any

:43:02. > :43:05.international problems. He has not acted immediately, but he has warned

:43:06. > :43:10.us he will do something. He will deal with these issues. The next

:43:11. > :43:16.challenge. Meeting with the president of China. So, they have 2

:43:17. > :43:20.days of talks. Many people will be aware, and many who voted for him,

:43:21. > :43:28.very much like his attitude towards China. We remember that word, China,

:43:29. > :43:36.ringing out from his mouth many times. You would say he was harsh in

:43:37. > :43:40.the run-up to the election. Will he have talks and what will come out of

:43:41. > :43:44.that? He is very personal one-on-one. So he will be very

:43:45. > :43:48.personable with the president of China. And it may come off as very

:43:49. > :43:53.friendly. But he recognises the transfer of wealth from the United

:43:54. > :43:58.States and China. He recognises this is one of the greatest transfers of

:43:59. > :44:04.wealth in all of history outside of the Middle East to be $367 billion

:44:05. > :44:09.as a trade deficit in 2015 alone. He has to do something about it to

:44:10. > :44:14.return America's economy to a stronger position than what it was.

:44:15. > :44:18.So, he is going to have to deal with it. But here is some kindergarten

:44:19. > :44:23.geopolitics. The United States cannot take on Russia and China at

:44:24. > :44:30.the same time. And some believe that that is why many in the Democratic

:44:31. > :44:33.Party are pushing conflict with Russia to keep many of the suite

:44:34. > :44:39.deals that many corporations have with China. -- sweet. It is good to

:44:40. > :44:46.talk to you. Special adviser to George W Bush, Doug. Just looking at

:44:47. > :44:48.some of the issues facing Donald Trump the next few days. The

:44:49. > :44:58.weather. It is absolutely right, there is a

:44:59. > :45:02.sunshine in the forecast. Not just today but the next few days. There

:45:03. > :45:06.is also some clout. This morning, a chilly start where we have had clear

:45:07. > :45:10.skies but that's where we will see sunshine from the word go. Also it

:45:11. > :45:13.will be mainly dry. If you have an allergy for tree pollen, the levels

:45:14. > :45:17.are high across southern England, south Wales, all the way into East

:45:18. > :45:21.Anglia and Kent. Something to bear in mind. I pressure is firmly in

:45:22. > :45:25.charge of our weather today so things are fairly settled for the

:45:26. > :45:28.next few days. It is windier across the far North of Scotland and it

:45:29. > :45:33.could touch gale force across Shetland. We have showers in the

:45:34. > :45:37.west of Scotland. For the rest of us, a quiet start with a bit of

:45:38. > :45:40.frost around and quite a bit of cloud but thin cloud. In the

:45:41. > :45:44.afternoon, we carry on with the rain across the far North of Scotland.

:45:45. > :45:48.Showers in the West, brighter skies in the east. For Northern Ireland,

:45:49. > :45:53.you could catch the odd shower but it is the exception rather than the

:45:54. > :45:56.rule, a bright afternoon. For England and Wales, some clout

:45:57. > :46:01.around, it's been, there will be some sunny spells developing. --

:46:02. > :46:06.cloud. In the sunshine, we could see highs of possibly 16 Celsius.

:46:07. > :46:12.Through the evening and overnight, if anything, the winds ease our lot.

:46:13. > :46:16.We will see some holes develop into cloud in the north and west. It

:46:17. > :46:21.would be a particularly cold night. You can expect these types of

:46:22. > :46:25.temperatures in towns and cities. A and only show in new capital cities.

:46:26. > :46:30.Similar weather across the UK to today. Largely dry with a few

:46:31. > :46:36.showers and some sunshine coming through. As we hit the weekend, high

:46:37. > :46:40.pressure dominates and heads towards the east and then we start to pull

:46:41. > :46:46.in this mild air but there is a weather front across the north-west.

:46:47. > :46:50.A bit of a fly the ointment. For England and Wales, we are pumping up

:46:51. > :46:54.this warm air from France and temperatures will rise. Where we

:46:55. > :46:58.have the weather front, you can see the lighter yellow indicating it

:46:59. > :47:03.won't be as warm and I will show you the kind of temperature values you

:47:04. > :47:09.can expect in just a jiffy. Saturday afternoon, starts cold. A lot of

:47:10. > :47:12.sunshine across England and Wales and across Scotland and Northern

:47:13. > :47:17.Ireland. They will still be bright spells. As we head into Sunday,

:47:18. > :47:20.after a chilly start, a lot of sunshine, especially for England and

:47:21. > :47:23.Wales but the weather front coming in from the north-west will

:47:24. > :47:30.introduce rainfall parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Here, we are

:47:31. > :47:37.looking at 10- 13. 19- 24 other parts of England but across into the

:47:38. > :47:41.south-east and eastern England, we could hit 23. It won't last. By

:47:42. > :47:46.Monday, that will be back down to around 12 and 15. A bit of a shock

:47:47. > :47:52.to the system on Monday for some of us, Charlie and Sally. If so

:47:53. > :47:57.changeable at the moment, isn't it? Good job we have Carol.

:47:58. > :47:59.From today, bigger businesses have to reveal how much

:48:00. > :48:03.they pay their male and female staff - and if there's a gap

:48:04. > :48:11.This is about making sure men and woman, doing pretty much

:48:12. > :48:14.the same job, get paid pretty much the same pay.

:48:15. > :48:19.But in reality, the gap between what men and women get paid

:48:20. > :48:22.is nearly 20% - and it gets worse as women progress

:48:23. > :48:27.Firms with more than 250 staff will have to publish data showing

:48:28. > :48:28.what they pay male and female staff.

:48:29. > :48:32.They'll also need to include average bonuses paid out to men and women.

:48:33. > :48:38.receiving a bonus and the proportion of men and women

:48:39. > :48:41.classed as high earners - and those at the lower end

:48:42. > :48:57.With me now is Ann Franke from the Chartered Management

:48:58. > :49:09.Good morning. I suppose welcome news. This is what many people have

:49:10. > :49:14.been calling for for a long time, to get some transparency about what

:49:15. > :49:19.people are paid. Is it enough? That it is a great start. It is what will

:49:20. > :49:23.close the gap. What companies will have to discover if their own pay

:49:24. > :49:27.gap and once they discover it, they will ask why there is their and what

:49:28. > :49:32.can they do to fix it. One of the issues, we don't talk about pay. We

:49:33. > :49:36.don't talk about what we get this is what our colleagues get. Does this

:49:37. > :49:41.casts a bit more light on it? That we know someone doing a similar job

:49:42. > :49:46.is getting paid and therefore if we are not getting paid that, we can go

:49:47. > :49:50.and complain. That is part of it. It will also force companies to

:49:51. > :49:53.discover what I call their glass pyramid and what this is, as you

:49:54. > :49:58.said, they will have many more women in the lower-level jobs and fewer

:49:59. > :50:02.women in the top level positions. The higher up you go, the bigger the

:50:03. > :50:07.pay gap will be between men and women so companies will look at that

:50:08. > :50:15.and say "What can I do to pull women are three the pipeline?" Is it about

:50:16. > :50:20.filling the quotes? We know already it is difficult that if women have

:50:21. > :50:23.had time off to have families and being out of the workforce, getting

:50:24. > :50:27.back in and advancing their pay is one of the big sticking point. Well,

:50:28. > :50:31.it will help companies to do just that and help companies to have good

:50:32. > :50:34.career conversations with our employees and it will help those

:50:35. > :50:38.employees discover where they are in the company's payroll but let's not

:50:39. > :50:42.forget why we are doing this. Companies with better gender balance

:50:43. > :50:52.get better business results, have better cultures. Obviously paid

:50:53. > :50:58.parental leave is one of the issues. How simple is is to rectify? This is

:50:59. > :51:08.about equality on both sides, levelling the playing field. How do

:51:09. > :51:13.businesses do this? Do they start to address this? Well, know your own

:51:14. > :51:17.story. The regulations are going to allow you to do that because you

:51:18. > :51:20.have to publish them. Each business's story will be slightly

:51:21. > :51:24.different. It will be up to the leaders of that business to put in

:51:25. > :51:28.place things that work for them. There are a number of things you can

:51:29. > :51:32.do. You mentioned women returning from maternity leave. Make sure you

:51:33. > :51:35.have good policies to help those women get back into the workplace.

:51:36. > :51:39.Make sure that you sponsor talented women in your organisation and make

:51:40. > :51:43.sure that you call out bad behaviour, off-the-cuff remarks, or

:51:44. > :51:48.the lack of promotional opportunities that women may face.

:51:49. > :51:52.When we talk about the issues, some have criticised us as using a

:51:53. > :51:59.sledgehammer to crack a nut. Clearly, there is a problem at is

:52:00. > :52:04.this the right way? 80 is is very good step. Firstly, I would say yes,

:52:05. > :52:14.it may be cracking a nut bet it is a big night. It has been around for a

:52:15. > :52:20.long time. -- but this nut has been around. This is a voluntary measure.

:52:21. > :52:24.Businesses respond better to things that are voluntary. They can set

:52:25. > :52:30.their own targets and nobody is saying is you have to have let a

:52:31. > :52:38.number of women. You can put your own action in place --X. More from

:52:39. > :52:41.me after seven o'clock. Mourning the loss of a loved one can

:52:42. > :52:45.be a difficult and deeply emotional process - and it's

:52:46. > :52:47.different for each person. Following the death of their son

:52:48. > :52:51.in a road accident six years ago, film makers, Jane and Jimmy decided

:52:52. > :52:54.to make a documentary about how The film "A Love That Never Dies"

:52:55. > :52:58.follows the pair on a road trip across America,

:52:59. > :53:01.as they meet other bereaved families coming to terms with

:53:02. > :53:15.life after death. Filmmakers always put their heart

:53:16. > :53:21.and soul into their projects. Their labour of love. Nice to see you. But

:53:22. > :53:25.for Jimmy and Jane, this film is deeply personal because it is about

:53:26. > :53:31.them and much more than that, it's about their loss. We have travelled

:53:32. > :53:36.down the Ho Chi Minh Highway to the place our son had died in a road

:53:37. > :53:41.accident. Josh was killed in a motorbike crash in Vietnam's 60s

:53:42. > :53:47.ago. As filmmakers, they turned to what they know best to help with

:53:48. > :53:52.their grief. --6 years ago. This is the screening of their film A Love

:53:53. > :53:56.That Never Dies. Dear Joshua, we are older now, much older, but we still

:53:57. > :54:02.can't let you go. I wear your clothes, your genes, your shorts.

:54:03. > :54:07.Your name is tattooed on my wrist. Grief is often described as a

:54:08. > :54:12.journey to the couple set off on a physical journey across America,

:54:13. > :54:20.talking to parents with a shed and -- shared understanding. Sometimes

:54:21. > :54:33.just come in and say hi, Jordan. They pick in and say good night,

:54:34. > :54:40.son. --I peek in. Just to find some familiarity and pretend... Pretend

:54:41. > :54:46.that it is like it was. As Jane and Jimmy shared their experiences with

:54:47. > :54:50.other parents, their film now means that their stories can be shared

:54:51. > :54:53.with an audience. They are giving a voice to their grief. It's

:54:54. > :54:58.absolutely amazing. We need to tear down the barriers and walls and

:54:59. > :55:04.embarrassment in shame and all of this. You know, it's time for it to

:55:05. > :55:11.go now. Let people talk about grief openly. Don't be afraid. I hated

:55:12. > :55:16.people turning away from the... Josh's parents hope that it will be

:55:17. > :55:22.screened across the US, the UK and everywhere it can help. People

:55:23. > :55:25.really stayed with it. It's uncomfortable and difficult. One

:55:26. > :55:31.woman came up and said that she was terrified about coming but she was

:55:32. > :55:36.so glad she did. The film lives on in us in our relationships with

:55:37. > :55:42.other people and with his friends. He is obviously living on in the

:55:43. > :55:50.film as well. Like Marsh to Josh. They want the film to help not just

:55:51. > :55:55.the parents but everyone. -- homage. They believe it is a positive film.

:55:56. > :55:59.One that deals with death but celebrate life.

:56:00. > :56:02.The next screening of the documentary is in Bristol

:56:03. > :56:05.Details of organisations offering information and support

:56:06. > :56:13.about bereavement are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline

:56:14. > :59:38.I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

:59:39. > :00:05.This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:00:06. > :00:06.Decision day over term-time holidays.

:00:07. > :00:09.In just a few hours, The Supreme Court will reveal

:00:10. > :00:12.whether parents in England can take their children out of school

:00:13. > :00:34.The US government ramps up the pressure on Russia

:00:35. > :00:37.over its support for the Syrian Regime after a gas attack

:00:38. > :00:42.Jeremy Corbyn says he'd put tax on private school fees to pay

:00:43. > :00:55.We get the latest figures from the group this morning,

:00:56. > :00:58.and its new boss is in the building to tell us what they mean

:00:59. > :01:04.Eden Hazard scores twice to keep Chelsea clear at the top

:01:05. > :01:14.And the weather. High pressure remains in charge of the weather

:01:15. > :01:21.right through until the weekend which means things remain settled.

:01:22. > :01:26.Showers at times in the north-west. Getting warmer by Sunday. Some parts

:01:27. > :01:34.of the UK will have highs of 23 degrees. I will have more in 15

:01:35. > :01:36.minutes. We will see you then. Thank you.

:01:37. > :01:45.This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:01:46. > :01:48.The Supreme Court will rule today on whether parents can

:01:49. > :01:50.take their children on holiday in term time,

:01:51. > :01:54.It's considering the case of John Platt, who refused to pay

:01:55. > :01:58.a fine after taking his daughter to Florida for a week in 2015.

:01:59. > :02:00.The decision could have far-reaching consequences for parents

:02:01. > :02:02.across England, as our legal affairs correspondent,

:02:03. > :02:05.In 2015, John Platt took his daughter out of school

:02:06. > :02:12.He was fined ?120 by his local council on the Isle of Wight.

:02:13. > :02:20.He refused to pay, as his daughter was regularly attending school.

:02:21. > :02:25.Nine in ten received a penalty notice.

:02:26. > :02:28.That's a staggering number of people who received these fines last year.

:02:29. > :02:31.My assessment is that any unauthorised absence was a criminal

:02:32. > :02:33.offence according to the Isle of Wight Council.

:02:34. > :02:36.Some families sought term time holidays at cheaper prices.

:02:37. > :02:42.So rules came in in 2013 allowing local councils to fine a parent ?60

:02:43. > :02:45.a child, ?120 if not paid within 21 days.

:02:46. > :02:50.But the fines did not stop a rise in absences.

:02:51. > :02:53.Last year, more than 800,000 pupils in England missed one or more

:02:54. > :02:56.sessions of school for family holidays.

:02:57. > :03:02.That is up more than 100,000 in the previous year.

:03:03. > :03:09.Term-time holidays account for a quarter of sessions.

:03:10. > :03:11.The Department for Education says unauthorised absences damage life

:03:12. > :03:18.The chaos caused by a child missing for an extended period of time,

:03:19. > :03:23.The impact will ripple on for months afterwards.

:03:24. > :03:27.If coming to school did not make a difference, we would not send

:03:28. > :03:33.The court case centres on what amounts to regular

:03:34. > :03:37.A win for John Platt would give parents more confidence

:03:38. > :03:39.to take their children on holiday during term-time knowing

:03:40. > :03:52.And just after 8 o'clock we'll be speaking to

:03:53. > :03:55.the former Chief Inspector of Schools in England,

:03:56. > :04:01.If you have thoughts on it, get in contact. We will have a look at them

:04:02. > :04:02.later on. The White House has sent

:04:03. > :04:05.out a warning to Russia over it's support of the Syrian

:04:06. > :04:07.Regime, following the chemical attacks which killed at least 72

:04:08. > :04:10.people earlier this week. US Secretary of State,

:04:11. > :04:13.Rex Tillerson, said it was time Russia re-assessed it's

:04:14. > :04:15.support of President Assad. Donald Trump also condemned

:04:16. > :04:17.the attacks as "an affront to humanity," but did not mention

:04:18. > :04:19.Russia, Syria's ally. The town of Khan Sheikhoun

:04:20. > :04:28.where no-one will forget the horror These men survived,

:04:29. > :04:30.but they lost mothers, In Washington, the words

:04:31. > :04:33.of a president. These heinous actions by the Bashar

:04:34. > :04:39.al-Assad regime cannot be tolerated. Donald Trump made no

:04:40. > :04:42.mention of Russia, who, at the United Nations Security

:04:43. > :04:44.Council, blamed Syrian rebels for the chemical attack,

:04:45. > :04:50.which prompted this response. How many more children have to die

:04:51. > :04:59.before Russia cares? Nickey Haley showed graphic

:05:00. > :05:03.pictures of the dead. We cannot close our highs to them.

:05:04. > :05:14.-- eyes. And further direct pressure

:05:15. > :05:16.on Moscow from a senior member Well, there is no doubt in our mind

:05:17. > :05:21.that the Syrian Regime We think it is time the Russians

:05:22. > :05:25.rethought their continued support This comes amid final preparations

:05:26. > :05:35.for Donald Trump's first meeting with China's President Xi Jinping

:05:36. > :05:38.in Florida later today, We can't continue to allow China

:05:39. > :05:43.to rape our country. They have taken our money,

:05:44. > :05:45.they have taken our jobs. The leaders of the world's two

:05:46. > :06:03.largest economic leaders come North Korea and their future trade

:06:04. > :06:06.relationship will be at the top Donald Trump's campaign

:06:07. > :06:09.rhetoric will be put The Labour party has pledged

:06:10. > :06:14.to provide every primary school pupil in England with a free school

:06:15. > :06:17.meal, in an effort to improve Jeremy Corbyn will announce plans

:06:18. > :06:21.to fund the policy by charging VAT on private school fees

:06:22. > :06:23.later this morning. And there was fresh conflict last

:06:24. > :06:26.night, as MPs criticised Mr Corbyn for failing to expel Ken Livingstone

:06:27. > :06:29.over controversial remarks. Our political correspondent,

:06:30. > :06:37.Ellie Price, joins us Good morning. What is Labour

:06:38. > :06:50.reposing exactly? This is not a cheap pledge. Jeremy Corbyn wants

:06:51. > :06:57.?100 million to make sure primary school children have a meal. That

:06:58. > :07:02.will be paid for with a VAT on private school fees. They believe

:07:03. > :07:06.that will bring up ?1.5 billion. They believe it will promote healthy

:07:07. > :07:15.eating. It does not come without critics. The Independent Schools

:07:16. > :07:20.Council says the mass does not add up because many private school

:07:21. > :07:25.children are on reduced fees. -- maths. It sounds familiar because it

:07:26. > :07:31.was in the Lib Dem Manifesto in the last general election. It is a big

:07:32. > :07:37.policy move for Labour. They believe it can move Labour on during a

:07:38. > :07:39.difficult week. Is this whole idea likely to be overshadowed by the

:07:40. > :07:46.internal conflict over Ken Livingstone? Of course. The ongoing

:07:47. > :07:50.saga of Ken Livingstone after the hearing on Tuesday suspending him

:07:51. > :07:56.for a further year after the comments linking Zionism and Hitler.

:07:57. > :08:03.Yesterday with a 100 MPs from Labour backing a motion saying that failing

:08:04. > :08:10.to expel him to trade the valleys of the party. Yesterday Jeremy Corbyn

:08:11. > :08:14.said Ken Livingstone would be referred to the governing body of

:08:15. > :08:20.the party. --. His comments about Judaism and Zionism and Hitler may

:08:21. > :08:27.again be referred on to a discipline panel, as it is only them who can

:08:28. > :08:31.expel him. It is confusing. None of it will happen quickly. This is an

:08:32. > :08:33.ongoing issue for the Labour Party which they will have to deal with.

:08:34. > :08:37.There's a call for the drug ketamine to be used more widely by the NHS

:08:38. > :08:41.Psychiatrists in Oxford say they've had some success with a human trial

:08:42. > :08:44.using the Class B substance, which is also used as a horse

:08:45. > :08:48.They're now calling for a national database to be established so that

:08:49. > :08:51.doctors who prescribe it can monitor its results as our health

:08:52. > :08:52.correspondent, Jane Dreaper, reports.

:08:53. > :09:00.This is the best she's felt in seven years.

:09:01. > :09:06.Depression and anorexia took their toll, but taking part

:09:07. > :09:09.in this NHS drug trial has stopped hrt feeling like she is drowning

:09:10. > :09:18.I can connect with my kids, take my children to their friends'

:09:19. > :09:21.birthday parties and go on the odd playdate every now and then.

:09:22. > :09:23.I can actually be present in my children's lives,

:09:24. > :09:28.which is the most important thing to me.

:09:29. > :09:37.Helen is among the first patients to have this experimental treatment.

:09:38. > :09:40.Doctors can proscribe ketamine as a licensed drug.

:09:41. > :09:44.All the patients in this trial had severe depression and all other

:09:45. > :09:51.But 42 of the 101 patient felt much better after having ketamine.

:09:52. > :09:54.It's really important for us to use it in a controlled environment,

:09:55. > :10:00.What we would like to see is more centres starting to use ketamine

:10:01. > :10:08.because we feel we will get more experience of exactly how we can

:10:09. > :10:19.help people for whom really nothing else has worked.

:10:20. > :10:21.Patients in Oxford receive it through a drip.

:10:22. > :10:23.Doctors believe thousands more people could benefit

:10:24. > :10:26.treatment, but warn that it should only be taken

:10:27. > :10:31.From today, companies that employ more than 250 staff will be legally

:10:32. > :10:34.required to publish the average salaries they pay men and women.

:10:35. > :10:37.About half of the UK workforce will be affected by the new rules.

:10:38. > :10:39.The Education Secretary, Justine Greening, who's also

:10:40. > :10:42.the Minister for Women and Equalities says the measures

:10:43. > :10:44.are being brought in to tackle the gender pay gap.

:10:45. > :10:47.The soft drink manufacturer, Pepsi has dropped a commercial

:10:48. > :10:49.after a backlash on social media, that suggested it

:10:50. > :10:53.The advert features model Kendall Jenner and shows her joining

:10:54. > :10:56.a group of protesters and handing a police officer a can of Pepsi,

:10:57. > :10:59.prompting him to smile, while marchers cheer and hug.

:11:00. > :11:01.Activists say it undermines rights protests and public

:11:02. > :11:14.Those are the main stories. Carol will have the weather for us coming

:11:15. > :11:17.up shortly. Later today, the Labour leader,

:11:18. > :11:20.Jeremy Corbyn will announce plans to provide every primary school

:11:21. > :11:23.pupil in England with a free meal funded through charging VAT

:11:24. > :11:25.on private school fees. But the announcement comes

:11:26. > :11:28.as the party faces yet more internal conflict, after MPs criticised

:11:29. > :11:31.the decision not to expel Ken Livingstone over

:11:32. > :11:32.controversial remarks. We're joined now by the Shadow

:11:33. > :11:41.Education Secretary, Thank you very much for joining us

:11:42. > :11:48.this morning. Explained the principles of the policy. The

:11:49. > :11:55.principle is that we know from the Commission of Studies the government

:11:56. > :12:00.asked for that it will increase attainment and mean healthier

:12:01. > :12:08.lifestyles for children. You get more efficiency by doing that. 93%

:12:09. > :12:12.of children are in the state system and only 7% in the private system.

:12:13. > :12:19.The subsidies private schools get at the moment is not good use of public

:12:20. > :12:23.money. You are quoting the IFS study, is that right? Yes. It also

:12:24. > :12:28.goes on to say, I am quoting, this policy would be expensive to roll

:12:29. > :12:33.out and made disproportionately benefit people from middle and high

:12:34. > :12:36.income families. Many families that will benefit from this move are

:12:37. > :12:43.those families which do not receive free school meals at the moment, but

:12:44. > :12:48.are on medium income. Anyone above ?16,000 per annum. Those who are

:12:49. > :12:53.struggling, they are the ones that will see the benefit. Many families

:12:54. > :12:59.are struggling to pay for those meals. It is a socially progressive

:13:00. > :13:02.policy. So, just to be clear, a head teacher will be sitting in their

:13:03. > :13:06.school, and under your plan, they would get a bigger chunk of money to

:13:07. > :13:11.give more children free school meals, all children free school

:13:12. > :13:15.meals. The head teacher would get that money, but that head teacher

:13:16. > :13:20.might well say I could use that money better, I could use it to

:13:21. > :13:23.improve facilities and employ a new teacher, and I am forced to give

:13:24. > :13:28.free school meals to some people who frankly do not need them. You will

:13:29. > :13:32.force them to do that? You will tell them what to do with the money even

:13:33. > :13:36.though they feel they could use a better. The principle behind it and

:13:37. > :13:41.the reason it is universal is because it will help all children.

:13:42. > :13:45.It will help those that can and cannot afford. It is to make sure

:13:46. > :13:50.every child is provided a free school meal and a hot meal for that

:13:51. > :13:56.day. It is a good policy that is universal fall all families that are

:13:57. > :14:00.working hard and pay taxes and want to benefit. -- for. Those young

:14:01. > :14:05.people deserve as much as all the others. I do not want it means

:14:06. > :14:09.tested. It is a good and socially progressive policy. I know you need

:14:10. > :14:13.to talk about school meals, but you will notice that the main story is

:14:14. > :14:16.the legitimacy of The Supreme Court ruling of parents being fined for

:14:17. > :14:22.taking children out of school during term-time. What would you do during

:14:23. > :14:26.government? We had a debate. It is one of the first thing I took on as

:14:27. > :14:33.Shadow Home Secretary of education. I understand how difficult it is. It

:14:34. > :14:38.is important we set that and supple that children should attend school

:14:39. > :14:42.during term-time. There are exceptional circumstances. But it

:14:43. > :14:46.all parents took their children out of school during term-time because

:14:47. > :14:50.it was cheaper to get a holiday it would be chaotic and affect all the

:14:51. > :14:56.children's education. With discretion. What concerns me is

:14:57. > :15:00.discretion is not used in circumstances. I hear stories where

:15:01. > :15:03.there are circumstances I believe discretion, like cancer treatment,

:15:04. > :15:12.Exeter, that it is important that discretion is used. -- etc. We have

:15:13. > :15:15.to set the tone. It is really important that children to attend

:15:16. > :15:18.school. Many people getting in touch with us this morning about this

:15:19. > :15:23.story suggesting there are other ways of doing it. Parents can have a

:15:24. > :15:27.better bit of leeway, a five-day window, to be used up during the

:15:28. > :15:31.school year, so they can say, I don't know, 1 parent works in the

:15:32. > :15:35.tourism industry and cannot take holidays, they have to work all the

:15:36. > :15:37.way through the summer. A five-day window, so at least the family can

:15:38. > :15:48.have a week together. Some families have tried to stagger

:15:49. > :15:52.theirs, it has not been popular because not all children go to the

:15:53. > :15:57.same school. It is not an easy task. If every parent was allowed to have

:15:58. > :16:01.a holiday in term time it would create chaos. There is discretion in

:16:02. > :16:04.the current policy, and that is what we have to look at, that head

:16:05. > :16:08.teachers are encouraged to use that where effective and where possible,

:16:09. > :16:12.but the premise has got to be that parents should send their children

:16:13. > :16:16.to school in term time. Some policy issues being talked about at the

:16:17. > :16:20.moment, and some issues you don't want to talk about, Ken Livingstone

:16:21. > :16:24.is one of those. Do you think you should be banned from the Labour

:16:25. > :16:28.Party? It is frustrating that this is leading the news at the moment,

:16:29. > :16:32.because the Labour Party has always been a party which has had zero

:16:33. > :16:36.tolerance for any form of racism and therefore I am a street that has

:16:37. > :16:40.been leading the news. I heard Jeremy speak and welcomed his

:16:41. > :16:44.comments on that, and I am hoping that it won't happen again. The

:16:45. > :16:48.question was do you believe he should be banned? I believe anybody

:16:49. > :16:54.who uses racist terms should be banned. Why can't you signed the

:16:55. > :16:58.letter? I have signed the letter, I have been quite clear on that. What

:16:59. > :17:01.I am frustrated that when I am on the programme to talk about really

:17:02. > :17:07.important matters and their children, and I have to talk about

:17:08. > :17:11.Ken Livingstone. To be fair, we are talking about it for one minute and

:17:12. > :17:17.15 seconds. The straight answer is that yes, if he is found guilty of

:17:18. > :17:21.the chances,... And he has been found guilty of the charges. He has

:17:22. > :17:27.no place in the Labour Party. Are you frustrated with your leader?

:17:28. > :17:33.Jeremy is quite clear it was not in his gift. It was a panel, and we are

:17:34. > :17:37.hearing that as a trade trade unionist who believes in justice, I

:17:38. > :17:41.was frustrated with the outcome of the panel. It was not to me to

:17:42. > :17:45.interfere with that but I am frustrated the news is leading on

:17:46. > :17:48.this. The Labour Party has a proud record of fighting any form of

:17:49. > :17:52.racism and I believe the party should continue to uphold that an

:17:53. > :17:56.Jeremy Howe has been clear on that. In his comments yesterday, which I

:17:57. > :17:58.welcome. -- Jeremy has been clear that.

:17:59. > :18:03.Here is Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:18:04. > :18:11.It is looking a bit brighter. Good morning. It is going to be a lovely

:18:12. > :18:15.day for some of us today and in fact if you like your weather that warmer

:18:16. > :18:18.as we head into the weekend, especially Sunday, some parts of

:18:19. > :18:22.England and Wales will have temperatures up to 23 Celsius. We

:18:23. > :18:26.are not going to reach those levels today, but it will be mainly dry and

:18:27. > :18:29.there will be some sunshine. More sunshine around than we thought this

:18:30. > :18:34.time yesterday. If you have an allergy to tree pollen, the levels

:18:35. > :18:38.are high across South Wales, East Anglia and also Kent, something to

:18:39. > :18:45.bear in mind. High pressure is keeping a weather really settled.

:18:46. > :18:50.Will do so into the weekend as well. You will notice there is some cloud,

:18:51. > :18:55.but a lot of it is then and we will see some bright spells at worst,

:18:56. > :18:59.sunny spells at best -- thin. There are some rain across the far north

:19:00. > :19:04.of Scotland, strong winds picking up across Shetland possibly tube gale

:19:05. > :19:07.force, and one or two showers and western Scotland. Northern Ireland

:19:08. > :19:12.could catch the odd shower today but most will state dry with some bright

:19:13. > :19:16.spells. North-east England seemed brighter breaks with some sunshine

:19:17. > :19:20.and the cloud breaking in part across England and Wales generally.

:19:21. > :19:24.At worst bright spells and it is sunny spells but south-east England

:19:25. > :19:27.seemed a lot of sunshine and in the sunshine we could see 15 or 16

:19:28. > :19:31.Celsius. As we go through the evening and overnight, once again

:19:32. > :19:34.there could be some clear spells. The wind will ease down in the

:19:35. > :19:37.north. There will still be some rain and showers around. These are the

:19:38. > :19:41.temperatures you can expect in towns and cities, lower in rural areas. So

:19:42. > :19:46.chilly start tomorrow, but the weather very similar to today. Sunny

:19:47. > :19:50.spells, variable amounts of cloud and a few showers in the north-west.

:19:51. > :19:56.For the weekend, a high pressure across us, drifting further east

:19:57. > :19:59.from France, you will also notice a weather front across the north-west,

:20:00. > :20:02.eventually bringing rain and a change to the weathertight. Before

:20:03. > :20:06.it does that, this weekend we are pumping up the Wall, especially so

:20:07. > :20:11.during the course of Sunday. Where we have the pale yellow, that

:20:12. > :20:14.indicates it will not be as warm. So that really covers northern and

:20:15. > :20:18.western parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. So on Saturday we

:20:19. > :20:21.start off on a chilly note. There will be a lot of sunshine across

:20:22. > :20:25.England, Wales, eastern Scotland, eastern parts of Northern Ireland. A

:20:26. > :20:30.bit more cloud towards the west, but thin cloud so there should be some

:20:31. > :20:35.bright spells. On Sunday, after a chilly start, especially for England

:20:36. > :20:38.and Wales, we see high temperatures. A weather front coming in

:20:39. > :20:40.introducing rain and strong winds across Scotland and Northern

:20:41. > :20:45.Ireland. So here the temperature values will be between ten and 13

:20:46. > :20:49.Celsius, more or less where they should be at the stage in April. Out

:20:50. > :20:53.towards the west, 19 or 20 but as we drift over towards the south-east

:20:54. > :20:56.and eastern parts, up to 23. But remember that weather front I showed

:20:57. > :21:01.you coming in from the north-west? It is coming south. A cold front

:21:02. > :21:05.behind it on Friday means those temperatures will be going down. Of

:21:06. > :21:11.course we remember! We pay attention, we listen, we learn!

:21:12. > :21:12.Sometimes I even take note! We will see you again very soon.

:21:13. > :21:16.All this week, we have been marking the 50th anniversary of the Beatles'

:21:17. > :21:20.Today we are focussing on the track She's Leaving Home,

:21:21. > :21:22.inspired by one teenager who ran away in the 1960s.

:21:23. > :21:24.Breakfast's John Maguire has tracked her down,

:21:25. > :21:27.and he has been speaking to her about her experiences

:21:28. > :21:41.# Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins.

:21:42. > :21:52.# Leaving the note that she hoped would say more.

:21:53. > :22:03.# She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief.

:22:04. > :22:06.Half a century on, and I'm meeting the girl, now woman,

:22:07. > :22:22.Melanie Coe made front-page news when she ran away,

:22:23. > :22:26.attracted by the bright lights of swinging '60s London,

:22:27. > :22:28.and there was something about her story that fired

:22:29. > :22:36.I'd listen, and I'd feel terribly sad.

:22:37. > :22:46.It's what my father said in the newspaper, is one

:22:47. > :22:49.of the refrains in the song, "We gave her everything,

:22:50. > :22:56.So it was clear that they had read the article.

:22:57. > :22:58.# We gave her everything money could buy.

:22:59. > :23:06.It seems to me a more serious issue, running away from home.

:23:07. > :23:09.Half a century on, so much has changed in our daily lives,

:23:10. > :23:12.but problems at home remain the prime reason for youngsters

:23:13. > :23:15.For me, it was something that I thought about,

:23:16. > :23:18.got scared of the idea, and then got even more scared

:23:19. > :23:21.of the idea of staying, so then I had to leave.

:23:22. > :23:28.This girl is now 17, but ran away when was 14.

:23:29. > :23:36.Not having anybody outside of my family network,

:23:37. > :23:40.it's not like I had anyone to talk to, go to, and it was horrible.

:23:41. > :23:43.I sort of think of it and you think, no, I can't do.

:23:44. > :23:50.And then, when the moment hits, you just have to do it.

:23:51. > :23:52.You just don't want to be there anymore.

:23:53. > :23:55.She is being supported by the charity Missing People

:23:56. > :23:59.and says she wishes she knew there was help available before

:24:00. > :24:05.And, in these modern times, there is always the spectre

:24:06. > :24:07.of the internet, and the digital thumbprint

:24:08. > :24:11.that being mentioned online leaves.

:24:12. > :24:15.It is an area that is being investigated for the very first time

:24:16. > :24:19.here at the Centre for the Study of Missing Persons in Portsmouth.

:24:20. > :24:22.Once there is the digital footprint of them on the internet,

:24:23. > :24:26.And they have not given consent for the images to be released.

:24:27. > :24:28.It's been done by parents, by authorities.

:24:29. > :24:31.And yet, they're the ones that live with the consequences.

:24:32. > :24:34.Solutions are not so easy, but a so-called right to be

:24:35. > :24:36.forgotten, where the details would be taken down

:24:37. > :24:42.50 years separates these runaways, but uncertainty,

:24:43. > :24:45.risk, albeit in different forms, is just as prevalent today

:24:46. > :24:47.as it was in 1967, when she left home.

:24:48. > :24:56.Karen Robinson from the charity Missing People joins us now,

:24:57. > :25:02.to talk about some of the issues raised in John's film.

:25:03. > :25:09.As John made the point himself, 50 years apart, but actually the

:25:10. > :25:12.stories are the same, you see the same thing happening time and time

:25:13. > :25:20.again and the same reasons that people want to disappear. We do. In

:25:21. > :25:24.this country, 150,000 times a year our child will go missing, that is

:25:25. > :25:28.one every 20 minutes in the UK and you heard from a young person there

:25:29. > :25:33.who felt that she didn't know where to turn, she didn't know what to do,

:25:34. > :25:37.what our options were. We at the charity People are therefore young

:25:38. > :25:41.people like her. If there is anyone having their Breakfast and living in

:25:42. > :25:46.a situation where they cannot bear to stay there any more, because it

:25:47. > :25:52.is not safe, the charity Missing People is there 24 hours a day

:25:53. > :25:56.throughout confidential hotline. And the emotions and turmoil which might

:25:57. > :26:01.make someone be in that position don't change over the years. Social

:26:02. > :26:05.media and technology and the way people communicate has changed a

:26:06. > :26:10.lot. What bearing does that have on people missing and those dynamics?

:26:11. > :26:13.Social media has given us a fantastic opportunity to appeal

:26:14. > :26:17.directly to someone like that young person, and let them know that we

:26:18. > :26:21.are here to help. So we support what the report is saying, but that needs

:26:22. > :26:25.to be used carefully and in a targeted way. It is vital that

:26:26. > :26:29.children have a right to be forgotten when they are found. But

:26:30. > :26:33.when they are missing they have a right to be cared for and protected,

:26:34. > :26:39.and we need to appeal directly to them, to let them know that someone

:26:40. > :26:44.is worrying about them. There will be children right now who are not

:26:45. > :26:48.being cared for and loved by anyone, who are being abused and exploited

:26:49. > :26:52.by people, and running away and fleeing from that is the right thing

:26:53. > :26:56.to do sometimes. What we need to do next is get them the help they need.

:26:57. > :27:02.Because what can happen someone can go missing and want to run away from

:27:03. > :27:06.home, but they can also change their mind. Absolutely, and if they change

:27:07. > :27:10.their mind we need to make sure they know where to turn for help. We need

:27:11. > :27:13.to let them know that running away is a very difficult decision. The

:27:14. > :27:17.young person you featured wasn't sure, right until the moment she

:27:18. > :27:21.left, whether she should leave. That is exactly the kind of young person

:27:22. > :27:25.who needs to know there is 24 hour help out there from the charity

:27:26. > :27:30.Missing People. Just tell us about the thing you mentioned a moment

:27:31. > :27:34.ago, the right to remain not found. It is instinctively, as a parent,

:27:35. > :27:37.you think you also have a right to know, don't you, if someone is safe,

:27:38. > :27:42.almost regardless of what has happened in the past. How do you

:27:43. > :27:47.marry those things up? It is a balancing act, and it is a difficult

:27:48. > :27:50.one. If there are parents watching this in the hideous position of

:27:51. > :27:54.having to decide, should I or shouldn't I give consent for my

:27:55. > :27:58.child to be appealed for the public, please contact us and we can help

:27:59. > :28:02.you think through that difficult decision. The balancing act is this.

:28:03. > :28:07.Anyone who goes missing has a right to be protected from harm, a right

:28:08. > :28:11.to life, a human right we all enjoy. And in the UK we live in a society

:28:12. > :28:16.which cares about us when we are vulnerable. So the parent and carer

:28:17. > :28:20.and anyone missing someone will be thinking I want help, I want people

:28:21. > :28:22.to join the search, and thank goodness we live in communities

:28:23. > :28:26.which will join that search. The right to be forgotten is about

:28:27. > :28:29.saying when, thankfully, that person is found either safe and well or

:28:30. > :28:34.very sadly in some cases when they are not found safe and well, and

:28:35. > :28:36.have passed away, it is really important that we take that

:28:37. > :28:40.information out of the public domain, so that they and their

:28:41. > :28:44.families can move on. And we think there is more the police and the

:28:45. > :28:47.media can be doing, like the report was saying, to make sure that

:28:48. > :28:50.digital footprint is removed. Very interesting to talk to you. Thank

:28:51. > :28:51.you so much for your time this morning.

:28:52. > :28:55.Still to come this morning: We are live from Eltham Palace,

:28:56. > :28:57.which is under threat from clothes moths.

:28:58. > :28:59.There is an ongoing battle to protect rare furnishings

:29:00. > :32:24.to draw in a southerly wind over the course of the weekend and that

:32:25. > :32:28.16 or 17 degrees on Saturday and maybe 23 on Sunday.

:32:29. > :32:31.I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

:32:32. > :32:38.This is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:32:39. > :32:46.The Supreme Court will rule today on whether parents can

:32:47. > :32:48.take their children on holiday in term time,

:32:49. > :32:52.It's considering the case of John Platt, who refused to pay

:32:53. > :32:56.a fine after taking his daughter to Florida for a week in 2015.

:32:57. > :32:57.The ruling could have far-reaching consequences

:32:58. > :33:02.And just after 8 o'clock we'll be speaking to

:33:03. > :33:04.the former Chief Inspector of Schools in England,

:33:05. > :33:06.Sir Michael Wilshaw about this in more detail.

:33:07. > :33:11.We really want to know what you think at home about how the rules

:33:12. > :33:12.should really work. The White House has sent out

:33:13. > :33:15.a warning to Russia over its support of the Syrian regime,

:33:16. > :33:17.following the chemical attacks which killed at least 72

:33:18. > :33:20.people earlier this week. US Secretary of State,

:33:21. > :33:23.Rex Tillerson, said it was time Russia re-assessed it's

:33:24. > :33:24.support of President Assad. Donald Trump also condemned

:33:25. > :33:27.the attacks as "an affront to humanity," but did not mention

:33:28. > :33:29.Russia, Syria's ally. The Labour party has pledged

:33:30. > :33:32.to provide every primary school pupil in England with a free school

:33:33. > :33:35.meal, by charging VAT Their leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

:33:36. > :33:39.will say later this morning that a Labour government will invest

:33:40. > :33:42.in schools to ensure no child is held back because

:33:43. > :33:44.of their background. But the announcement was criticised

:33:45. > :33:46.by the Conservatives and the Independent Schools Council,

:33:47. > :33:49.who said the sums in the plans There's a call for the drug ketamine

:33:50. > :33:54.to be used more widely Psychiatrists in Oxford say they've

:33:55. > :33:58.had some success with a human trial using the class B substance,

:33:59. > :34:01.which is also a horse sedative. They now want it to be used more

:34:02. > :34:04.widely within the NHS and for a national database to be

:34:05. > :34:07.set up, so doctors who prescribe UKIP could face another setback

:34:08. > :34:13.with its Welsh Assembly Member, Dog owners are being reminded

:34:14. > :34:16.to make sure their pets microchip details are up-to-date

:34:17. > :34:19.so they can be reunited Latest figures show 8 million dogs

:34:20. > :34:23.are now microchipped, 3 million more than in 2013

:34:24. > :34:26.when the plans were first announced. It's estimated 5% of dogs in the UK

:34:27. > :34:44.don't have a microchip. You were saying something about your

:34:45. > :34:50.dog. She is microchipped at the back of the neck and now it is on her

:34:51. > :35:00.chest. It migrates. It is common. Some people can scan the back of the

:35:01. > :35:09.neck and say it is not there. It moves all over the place. Who knows

:35:10. > :35:12.where it will end up. Chelsea. Chelsea fans having a sigh of

:35:13. > :35:18.relief. It was tense last night. A comeback. They managed to keep

:35:19. > :35:19.themselves in the race. Just 8 games left in the season.

:35:20. > :35:22.Chelsea remain seven points clear at the top of the Premier League

:35:23. > :35:25.after beating Manchester City 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.

:35:26. > :35:27.Eden Hazard put the leaders ahead before Sergio Aguero equalised

:35:28. > :35:31.for City, who face a battle now to make the top four.

:35:32. > :35:33.Chelsea won a penalty before half time, and Hazard,

:35:34. > :35:38.It is always difficult to play against Manchester

:35:39. > :35:45.We are happy to stay up with 7 points.

:35:46. > :35:48.It is an honour for me to have these amazing players that we have.

:35:49. > :35:53.In the end we are happier than the game with Arsenal.

:35:54. > :35:56.Stamford Bridge, London, the best team, and to play

:35:57. > :36:19.Second placed Tottenham were 1-0 down at Swansea with two minutes

:36:20. > :36:22.They then scored three goals through Delle Ali,

:36:23. > :36:40.Son Heung-min, and Christain Erikksen, in a remarkable recovery.

:36:41. > :36:42.Fifth-placed Arsenal boosted their Champions League hopes

:36:43. > :36:48.The Hammers are sixth from bottom after a fifth consecutive

:36:49. > :36:53.Hull cllimbed out of the bottom three with a 4-2 victory over

:36:54. > :37:02.Elsewhere, Bournemouth scored a late equaliser to draw 2-2 at Liverpool

:37:03. > :37:04.while Southampton beat Crystal Palace 3-1.

:37:05. > :37:06.After winning the title at the weekend, Scottish Premiership

:37:07. > :37:08.champions, Celtic, maintained their unbeaten run,

:37:09. > :37:10.drawing 1-1 at home with Partick Thistle.

:37:11. > :37:13.Rangers and Kilmarnock fought out a lacklustre 0-0 draw at Rugby Park.

:37:14. > :37:20.St Johnstone beat Hearts, and Motherwell drew with Hamilton.

:37:21. > :37:23.The Masters starts later today, but on the eve of the tournament

:37:24. > :37:26.at Augusta the world number one Dustin Johnson has fallen down

:37:27. > :37:31.Johnson landed heavily at the house he's renting for the Masters.

:37:32. > :37:33.He's been taking anti-inflammatories and using ice to try

:37:34. > :37:46.Bad weather forced the traditional pre-Masters par-three contest to be

:37:47. > :37:48.cancelled for the first time at Augusta yesterday.

:37:49. > :37:51.It's the event were family and celebrities caddies

:37:52. > :37:54.High winds are due again today for the first

:37:55. > :37:57.England's Danny Willett is the defending champion.

:37:58. > :38:04.You can catch it over the weekend on the BBC.

:38:05. > :38:06.Olympic showjumping champion, Nick Skelton, has announced his

:38:07. > :38:10.Skelton, who's 59, recovered from a broken neck in 2000,

:38:11. > :38:12.returning to the saddle two years later.

:38:13. > :38:15.At London 2012, he helped Great Britain to a team gold medal

:38:16. > :38:18.before achieving his number one ambition of Olympic individual gold

:38:19. > :38:28.at the Rio Games last summer on his horse Big Star.

:38:29. > :38:31.England bowlers Tymal Mills and Chris Jordan were involved

:38:32. > :38:33.in the first match of the Indian Premier League

:38:34. > :38:35.as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore.

:38:36. > :38:38.Jordan was used as a substitute fielder for the Sunrisers but came

:38:39. > :38:41.on and ran out the final Royal Challengers batsman.

:38:42. > :38:43.Mills, who cost Bangalore more than a million pounds,

:38:44. > :38:53.Grand National organisers have given terminally ill five-year-old

:38:54. > :38:56.Bradley Lowery an honorary place on the official racecard

:38:57. > :38:59.Bradley was diagnosed with neuroblastoma four years ago.

:39:00. > :39:02.He's a Sunderland fan, and has been mascot at the Stadium

:39:03. > :39:04.of Light and at other matches, including an England international,

:39:05. > :39:08.and now has been included as the 41st entry on the official

:39:09. > :39:10.racecard at Aintree, with his own red and white

:39:11. > :39:13.His hero, Sunderland striker Jermian Defoe is also included

:39:14. > :39:17.Bradley and his family are all going to Aintree

:39:18. > :39:39.40 horses. Wouldn't it be amazing if you could bet on him to raise money

:39:40. > :39:44.for cancer treatment? Actually, there is a link on the bottom of

:39:45. > :39:47.that and on his race card entry it says you can. There is a way of

:39:48. > :39:52.raising money. Thank you. Around 60,000 babies are born

:39:53. > :39:55.prematurely in the UK every year. For many parents, it can be

:39:56. > :39:57.an overwhelming and frightening Its a feeling Sarra Hoy,

:39:58. > :40:00.the wife of Olympic cyclist, Two years ago, their son,

:40:01. > :40:05.Callum was born at 29 weeks, weighing just two

:40:06. > :40:07.pounds and two ounces. Now, Sarra is campaigning for better

:40:08. > :40:09.support for families of babies that are born

:40:10. > :40:27.premature or are sick. Good morning! Good morning. How are

:40:28. > :40:49.you? Good, thank you. It is lovely to be he has brought some toys. He

:40:50. > :40:55.will play with his track behind the sofa. Take us back to the time you

:40:56. > :41:03.experienced. He was ill. We were told he had to come out and be borne

:41:04. > :41:07.by C-section it is just a very terrifying time. I have discovered

:41:08. > :41:13.from speaking to other mothers that it is not uncommon where you have to

:41:14. > :41:20.have a premature birth. We are just looking at the pictures. He was tiny

:41:21. > :41:27.and very, very poorly. He was. We were lucky that he managed to go

:41:28. > :41:33.through intensive care. It was a straightforward journey for us. Many

:41:34. > :41:38.parents have a much tougher ride. We were actually very, very fortunate.

:41:39. > :41:44.I am thankful for the care we had prior to the birth and afterwards

:41:45. > :41:49.for Callum. It is difficult. He was in for 2 months. A period of time

:41:50. > :41:54.you would never want to revisit. At that time you said you were poorly

:41:55. > :41:58.and you knew that he was going to have to come out and there was

:41:59. > :42:03.nothing you could do about it. All sorts of horrendous things must go

:42:04. > :42:11.through your mind at that point. At that point, unfortunately, no 1 can

:42:12. > :42:17.promise you or tell you what will happen. It happens fast. You are

:42:18. > :42:21.told we have gone as fast as we can and it is happening now. It is a

:42:22. > :42:25.feeling of disbelief that this is the end of your pregnancy and you

:42:26. > :42:33.have not arranged it or anything. Here you are facing the unknown. 1

:42:34. > :42:38.hour before Callum was being born we were trying to find a name. We

:42:39. > :42:42.decided if he was going to die he should die with a name. Those are

:42:43. > :42:49.the thoughts that go through your mind. No 1 can tell you it will be

:42:50. > :42:53.OK. Fortunately, here you are, isn't it a wonderful story? But many other

:42:54. > :42:59.people have a very, very difficult journey. It is very hard. In

:43:00. > :43:03.practical terms, when you think back to those times, I mean, you are

:43:04. > :43:09.dealing with the biggest of all things as a parent, thinking about,

:43:10. > :43:14.you know, possibly losing a child. In practical terms, what would have

:43:15. > :43:17.helped at that time, what would you have liked to happen around you that

:43:18. > :43:21.may have helped a bit? I think probably to be told that that is a

:43:22. > :43:27.normal feeling, because at the time you feel very isolated. And that is

:43:28. > :43:32.where assistance can help. We were given that, but it is very difficult

:43:33. > :43:36.to take in and take on board. I can see it all happening in hindsight.

:43:37. > :43:43.It is difficult to hear those things. But I think to understand

:43:44. > :43:48.you are not alone and also to learn that that many babies are born a

:43:49. > :43:54.year. Sorry. That are born prematurely or 6 and that need

:43:55. > :44:00.prenatal care. -- sick. It is a large number of children. You are by

:44:01. > :44:07.yourself. People have walked the path before. We were lucky. We were

:44:08. > :44:13.inundated with messages from the public, a huge amount of support

:44:14. > :44:19.telling us that he will be OK and it will be OK, and just words of

:44:20. > :44:25.encouragement. Even then, it is hard, because no 1 can say you will

:44:26. > :44:29.be fine. It is really difficult. And what practical advice can you give

:44:30. > :44:36.to people who might face this? I think first and foremost you need to

:44:37. > :44:41.talk. The charity I am involved in, Bliss, they have a presence on all

:44:42. > :44:47.the prenatal units. They are either their face-to-face or there is a

:44:48. > :44:52.helpline. It is crucial information that is on their website and you can

:44:53. > :44:57.just make you understand you are not by yourself and you can find

:44:58. > :45:03.information that you would otherwise have to find on random parts of the

:45:04. > :45:10.Internet. And this is all over for you now? Shall we explain why? That

:45:11. > :45:15.is right. It is really relevant. Because I am pregnant.

:45:16. > :45:21.Congratulations. Thank you very much. It is a big step for mothers

:45:22. > :45:25.and fathers, I think, to decide to go down the road again. But what I

:45:26. > :45:30.have learned is that with any pregnancy you cannot plan anything.

:45:31. > :45:34.You are quite a bit out of control. Do some of those anxieties... They

:45:35. > :45:40.live with you, don't they? Yes. Every day.

:45:41. > :45:48.I look at Callum and think I can't believe he is breathing by himself,

:45:49. > :45:52.and that is 2.5 years on, and it still hits me. And I am in a much

:45:53. > :45:59.better place. I think what I would like to say to any parents is, time

:46:00. > :46:05.heals, and it does get better, but at the same time, to talk. You

:46:06. > :46:09.aren't alone, and whatever feelings you are having, I can pretty much

:46:10. > :46:13.guarantee you are not the first and only person to have had those

:46:14. > :46:17.feelings, whether they are good or very bad and if you can try and

:46:18. > :46:22.contact people who can help you, such as Bliss, then it is really

:46:23. > :46:27.important. And Carol has resolutely refuse to look at the camera for us,

:46:28. > :46:31.but he is completely free to do that. The back of the sofa is much

:46:32. > :46:35.more interesting, and he is busy taking this microphone off! Perfect

:46:36. > :46:44.timing. Thank you for bringing your toys in for us. Say goodbye to

:46:45. > :46:54.everybody. There you are. He couldn't look more healthy, could

:46:55. > :47:01.he? Lovely to see. You have missed a treat, a gorgeous boy on this so

:47:02. > :47:08.far. Not even for Carol. Here's a wee cutie, that Callum, isn't he? It

:47:09. > :47:12.is a fine start to the day for many parts. There are some fine cloud, as

:47:13. > :47:17.we can see from the Weather Watchers pictures. There are some fog around

:47:18. > :47:22.the airport and we also have a fine start in Cheshire. Again, in

:47:23. > :47:25.Northwich. What is happening is high pressure is dominating, things are

:47:26. > :47:30.fairly settled and pollen levels are high across South Wales to East

:47:31. > :47:34.Anglia and South. It is tree pollen, which may well be affecting you,

:47:35. > :47:39.worth mentioning before you set out. High pressure will remain with us as

:47:40. > :47:43.we head on into the weekend. Across the far north and north-west we have

:47:44. > :47:48.some drizzle, some showers and some rain, and strengthening wind but for

:47:49. > :47:52.most it will be dry, settled, and we will have something cloud. The

:47:53. > :47:55.showers continue in the afternoon, the wind strengthens across

:47:56. > :47:59.Shetland, the brighter skies across eastern Scotland and north-east

:48:00. > :48:03.England but having said that across Northern Ireland, although you are

:48:04. > :48:07.not completely immune to a shower, something cloud and bright spells

:48:08. > :48:11.and even sunny spells are possible. North-east England seeing some

:48:12. > :48:15.sunshine. The rest of England and Wales, cloudy at times, but thin

:48:16. > :48:20.cloud, some bright and sunny spells. South Wales and south-west England

:48:21. > :48:24.seeing sunshine, with highs of up to 15 or 16. Through the evening and

:48:25. > :48:27.overnight there will be some holes in the cloud. Some eastern fog

:48:28. > :48:31.forming, but nothing too much. We carry on with the showers and the

:48:32. > :48:35.rain in the north but the wind starting to ease. That leaves us

:48:36. > :48:40.into a very similar day tomorrow. Again, largely dry, a few showers in

:48:41. > :48:44.the north-west, some sunny spells and temperatures roughly 11 to 14.

:48:45. > :48:48.For some in the sunshine, a little bit higher. This weekend, high

:48:49. > :48:52.pressure still with us, drifting over towards the east, allowing the

:48:53. > :48:58.air air around it to come up from the wall near continent. The warmest

:48:59. > :49:02.conditions this weekend will be on Sunday, especially across England

:49:03. > :49:06.and Wales. As you can tell from this amber colour. Where we have the

:49:07. > :49:11.yellow, this is where the weather front is and it will feel quite

:49:12. > :49:16.fresh. To start with on Saturday, a nippy start, a touch of frost, a lot

:49:17. > :49:20.of sunshine for England and Wales, eastern Scotland and the east of

:49:21. > :49:24.Northern Ireland. Thin cloud across western Scotland and western parts

:49:25. > :49:29.of Northern Ireland. As we head into Sunday, after another chilly start

:49:30. > :49:33.under clear skies, a touch of frost. A lot of sunshine but where we have

:49:34. > :49:36.a weather front producing stronger breezes and some rain it is not

:49:37. > :49:40.going to feel as warm. Temperatures between ten and 13, which is roughly

:49:41. > :49:45.where it should be at this stage. The highest temperatures will be

:49:46. > :49:50.across central and eastern and south-eastern parts of England, up

:49:51. > :49:53.towards 23, that is 73 Fahrenheit. If we recall the weather front

:49:54. > :49:57.coming across Scotland and Northern Ireland, it continues its descent

:49:58. > :50:02.towards the south, so by the time we get to Monday, temperatures which at

:50:03. > :50:05.23 on Sunday will be more like 12, possibly to 14. So you will notice

:50:06. > :50:09.the difference, but temperatures still not bad for this time of year.

:50:10. > :50:18.We will take not bad. Thank you. The Co-operative Group runs

:50:19. > :50:20.supermarkets, funeral and insurance businesses, but it has had

:50:21. > :50:23.a tough time of late. In the last hour, the Co-operative

:50:24. > :50:28.Group has reported a pre-tax loss That is after a lot of costs

:50:29. > :50:32.associated with the ailing Co-Op It still owns 20% of the bank,

:50:33. > :50:36.but has now valued that But elsewhere, food sales were up,

:50:37. > :50:42.its insurance business is doing well, and funeral care division

:50:43. > :50:57.has seen strong sales. Nice to see you. We should save you

:50:58. > :51:05.are running the food business for five years. So congratulations on

:51:06. > :51:09.the new job. The loss of ?132 million, down from a ?23 million

:51:10. > :51:14.profit in the year before. It is a big loss. Why? It is true to say it

:51:15. > :51:19.is disappointing, but it is purely a decision by the group to reduce the

:51:20. > :51:23.value we have in the bank, and it in no way reflects what has been a

:51:24. > :51:27.great year for the group, in the areas of our food, our funerals and

:51:28. > :51:31.our insurance businesses, which is the areas that I spent all of my

:51:32. > :51:35.time focused on. We have seen growth in all of those businesses, we are

:51:36. > :51:41.attracting more members to our unique scheme, and we have seen our

:51:42. > :51:45.operating profits grow by 30%. So the Co-op is actually back in our

:51:46. > :51:49.core businesses, albeit that we have had to take account of the bank's

:51:50. > :51:53.performance. I will come onto the other bits of the business in a

:51:54. > :51:57.minute. Looking at the bank, for people who are not sure how it

:51:58. > :52:02.works, you owned 20% the bank, you put a value on what you thought that

:52:03. > :52:07.was worth. You have said from 140 million quid, it is now worth

:52:08. > :52:12.nothing. How can a 20% stake in a bank be worth nothing? So we are

:52:13. > :52:16.being very prudent in the way we value the bank, and we have chosen

:52:17. > :52:20.to do that because there is a sale process going on. That is felt to be

:52:21. > :52:25.the right thing to do, it is during a sale is quite a volatile market.

:52:26. > :52:29.So this is purely an accounting treatment. We are very hopeful the

:52:30. > :52:34.bank will find a bidder. 2 million of our members have accounts with

:52:35. > :52:38.the bank, but we are a minority shareholder, and there is only so

:52:39. > :52:43.much that I can say while the big process is going -- bid process is

:52:44. > :52:47.going on. And expressions of interest ended on Tuesday. I assume

:52:48. > :52:52.you can't tell me whether you have any expressions of interests, but I

:52:53. > :52:56.assume you have a buyer. That is something the bank to manage

:52:57. > :52:59.through. As a shareholder, we will be told at the appropriate time

:53:00. > :53:03.along with the other shareholders and we are still waiting to hear

:53:04. > :53:08.that news. Looking at the other bits of the business, retail,

:53:09. > :53:12.supermarkets, funeral and insurance. Supermarkets, given the price wars

:53:13. > :53:17.we have seen it as a tough market to be in. You have opened 112 new

:53:18. > :53:21.stores, you have closed 141, so about the same. Food prices a big

:53:22. > :53:25.issue, as because they are now starting to creep up again. What

:53:26. > :53:30.reassurance can you have for customers that prices will not keep

:53:31. > :53:33.on rising? So we have a job to do to get a balance between looking after

:53:34. > :53:38.great suppliers and making sure that we keep the ceiling on prices which

:53:39. > :53:42.arise for our members and customers. That is what we spend all our time

:53:43. > :53:47.one worrying about. I think we are getting a balance right, including

:53:48. > :53:51.with the new membership scheme we have just launched. Every time you

:53:52. > :53:55.buy a product you get 5% off the price which you can redeem when you

:53:56. > :53:59.buy Co-op product in the future. So we are trying to bring value through

:54:00. > :54:09.that lands, and make the shopping trip as cost free as it possibly can

:54:10. > :54:12.be -- through that lens. You have talked about wanting to enter new

:54:13. > :54:20.markets which aren't serving people well. Are you throwing down the

:54:21. > :54:24.gauntlet for Tesco, ASDA? No, they did it through disrupting markets.

:54:25. > :54:28.We think the way we do business in a different way, and our ethics, will

:54:29. > :54:33.enable us to look at new markets in the future. We have just started, I

:54:34. > :54:42.am just on the job, very early, as you say. But I think with the stable

:54:43. > :54:45.based the group is in, we can look promising in the future. More from

:54:46. > :54:56.me after eight a.m.. Have you ever had to throw out your

:54:57. > :55:00.favourite jumper has a cheeky moth has got to it? And they always seem

:55:01. > :55:05.to eat them in the worst place. I think it is because of how you store

:55:06. > :55:07.them and fold them. Imagine if that problem is much bigger and you run a

:55:08. > :55:08.beautiful palace. Our reporter Fiona Lamdin

:55:09. > :55:20.is at Eltham Palace to tell us more. Moths are a problem there as well.

:55:21. > :55:25.Moths are definitely a problem here. A couple of years ago they had 300,

:55:26. > :55:29.they now have 1200. If I just take you through into the Italian

:55:30. > :55:36.drawing-room, I am just going to show you some of the damage, what

:55:37. > :55:40.they have been eating. In this Victorian gun case, if I flip is

:55:41. > :55:44.open, you can see some of the damage along the lining and this camel

:55:45. > :55:49.coat. They have clearly been having a munch. Just coming over to

:55:50. > :55:54.Rebecca, tell us how you are combating the moths. We do very deep

:55:55. > :55:58.cleans over the winter, we are just reopening more extensively after our

:55:59. > :56:03.very deep clean. Lots of vacuuming, we check the collection, and we

:56:04. > :56:11.disturb the moths. Clean and disturb them. It is most certainly a battle.

:56:12. > :56:16.And it has doubled in the last five years, so it is a battle. And Les

:56:17. > :56:22.Hill is here to promote the moths, because you say they are not all

:56:23. > :56:26.pests. Absolutely, of the 2500 species in the UK, most of which are

:56:27. > :56:30.pollinators and indicators of the health of our environment, there are

:56:31. > :56:35.only about five clothes moths as such, four of which we recognise as

:56:36. > :56:40.being scarce, but there is one troublesome Mulpha, yes. And English

:56:41. > :56:45.Heritage are asking for our help. They are giving these out to

:56:46. > :56:50.everyone who comes to visit, whether you are in the Isle of Wight, or

:56:51. > :56:54.Yorkshire, or wherever you are, come and get one of these and put it in

:56:55. > :56:58.your house and the plan is you can work out how badly you have a

:56:59. > :57:03.problem where you are, and they can build a much bigger picture, right

:57:04. > :57:04.across the country. Thank you very much indeed, moths everywhere.

:57:05. > :00:21.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:00:22. > :00:23.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:00:24. > :00:49.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:00:50. > :00:53.Decision day over term-time holidays.

:00:54. > :00:55.In just a few hours, the Supreme Court will reveal

:00:56. > :00:58.whether parents in England can take their children out of school

:00:59. > :01:16.Good morning, it's Thursday, 6th April.

:01:17. > :01:18.Also this morning: The US government ramps up the pressure on Russia

:01:19. > :01:21.over its support for the Syrian regime, after a gas attack

:01:22. > :01:26.Jeremy Corbyn says he'd put tax on private school fees

:01:27. > :01:31.to pay for thousands of free school meals.

:01:32. > :01:45.The group reports a massive loss after writing of the value of its

:01:46. > :01:47.bank, but its boss tells me it is back on track.

:01:48. > :01:51.In sport, still out in front - Eden Hazard scores twice to keep

:01:52. > :01:57.Chelsea clear at the top of the Premier League.

:01:58. > :02:02.Fresh from their first UK gig in more than six years,

:02:03. > :02:15.Jay Kay and his hat will join us on the sofa.

:02:16. > :02:22.I am a giant jumper and I'm scary as can be. Speaking of hearts,

:02:23. > :02:27.children's author Julia Donaldson will be here with an illustrator.

:02:28. > :02:37.You might need a hat in the next few days as high pressure is firmly in

:02:38. > :02:43.charge. It will get warmer. There will be a fair bit of sunshine in

:02:44. > :02:47.the weekend, except for parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, with

:02:48. > :02:49.highs of up to 23 Celsius. Good morning.

:02:50. > :02:51.First, our main story. The Supreme Court will rule today

:02:52. > :02:53.on whether parents can take their children on holiday

:02:54. > :02:55.in term-time, without It's considering the case

:02:56. > :03:00.of Jon Platt, who refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter

:03:01. > :03:03.to Florida for a week in 2015. The decision could mean big changes

:03:04. > :03:06.for parents across England, In 2015, Jon Platt took his

:03:07. > :03:12.daughter out of school He was fined ?120 by his local

:03:13. > :03:22.council on the Isle of Wight. He refused to pay, as his daughter

:03:23. > :03:33.was regularly attending school. One in nine parents received a

:03:34. > :03:37.truancy penalty last year. That's a staggering number of people

:03:38. > :03:40.who received these fines last year. My assessment is that any

:03:41. > :03:42.unauthorised absence was a criminal offence, according to

:03:43. > :03:51.the Isle of Wight Council. Following concerns that some

:03:52. > :03:55.families saw term time holidays at cheaper prices as a right, rules

:03:56. > :04:00.came in in 2013, allowing local councils to find a peer and ?60 per

:04:01. > :04:04.child, doubling to ?120 if not paid within 21 days.

:04:05. > :04:08.But the fines did not stop a rise in absences.

:04:09. > :04:11.Last year, more than 80,000 pupils in England missed one or more

:04:12. > :04:12.sessions of school for family holidays.

:04:13. > :04:17.That is up more than 100,000 from the previous year.

:04:18. > :04:20.Term-time holidays account for a quarter of sessions.

:04:21. > :04:22.The Department for Education says unauthorised absences damage life

:04:23. > :04:32.The chaos caused by a child missing for an extended period of time,

:04:33. > :04:35.three, four, five days, two weeks, can be huge.

:04:36. > :04:39.The impact will ripple on for months afterwards.

:04:40. > :04:44.If coming to school did not make a difference, we would not send

:04:45. > :04:47.The court case centres on what amounts to regular

:04:48. > :04:52.A win for Jon Platt would give parents more confidence

:04:53. > :04:54.to take their children on holiday during term-time, knowing

:04:55. > :05:11.In few minutes will be speaking to former chief inspector of schools in

:05:12. > :05:15.England, Sir Michael Wilshaw. Lots of you getting in touch.

:05:16. > :05:18.The White House has sent out a warning to Russia over its support

:05:19. > :05:19.of the Syrian regime, following the chemical attacks

:05:20. > :05:27.which killed at least 72 people earlier this week.

:05:28. > :05:29.US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said it was time

:05:30. > :05:31.Russia examined its support of President Assad.

:05:32. > :05:33.Donald Trump condemned the attacks as "an affront to humanity",

:05:34. > :05:39.The town of Khan Sheikhoun, where no-one will forget the horror

:05:40. > :05:42.These men survived, but they lost mothers,

:05:43. > :05:51.In Washington, the words of a president.

:05:52. > :05:56.These heinous actions by the Assad regime cannot be tolerated.

:05:57. > :05:59.Donald Trump made no mention of Russia, who,

:06:00. > :06:01.at the United Nations Security Council, blamed Syrian rebels

:06:02. > :06:17.for the chemical attack, which prompted this response.

:06:18. > :06:19.US ambassador Nikky Haley showed graphic pictures of the dead.

:06:20. > :06:23.How many more children have to die before Russia cares?

:06:24. > :06:26.And further direct pressure on Moscow from a senior member

:06:27. > :06:30.Well, there is no doubt in our mind that the Syrian Regime

:06:31. > :06:40.We think it is time the Russians to rethink their continued support

:06:41. > :06:47.This comes amid final preparations for Donald Trump's first meeting

:06:48. > :06:49.with China's President Xi Jinping in Florida later today,

:06:50. > :07:01.We can't continue to allow China to rape our country.

:07:02. > :07:05.They have taken our money, they have taken our jobs.

:07:06. > :07:13.The leaders of the world's two largest economic leaders come

:07:14. > :07:15.together - North Korea and their future trade

:07:16. > :07:20.relationship will be at the top of the agenda.

:07:21. > :07:22.Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric will be put

:07:23. > :07:29.The Labour Party has pledged to provide every primary school

:07:30. > :07:32.pupil in England with a free school meal, in an effort to improve

:07:33. > :07:35.results and health, if it wins the next general election.

:07:36. > :07:38.Jeremy Corbyn says he would fund the policy by charging VAT

:07:39. > :07:47.Our political correspondent, Ellie Price, joins us.

:07:48. > :07:57.Talk us through how this would work? Yes, this is a big plate and not a

:07:58. > :08:01.cheap one. Labour say it would cost about 900 million pounds and they

:08:02. > :08:07.would pay for it by raising VAT on private school fees. That, they say,

:08:08. > :08:14.would raise about ?1.5 billion. Area, Shadow of the secretary Andrea

:08:15. > :08:23.Rayner said the pledge would make the system more fair.

:08:24. > :08:26.We know that the government had -- that private providing free school

:08:27. > :08:29.meals for all primary school aged children will increase attainment

:08:30. > :08:32.and mean healthier lifestyles for those young people. You get much

:08:33. > :08:38.more efficiency and much more for your money by doing that. 93% of

:08:39. > :08:43.children are in the state system. Only 7% are in the private school

:08:44. > :08:47.system, therefore, the subsidy that schools get at the moment is not

:08:48. > :08:51.good use of public money. Obviously this policy is not without its

:08:52. > :08:56.critics. The Independent schools Council say the sums do not add up,

:08:57. > :09:02.and there are a number of pupils around the third of private schools

:09:03. > :09:06.are already pay reduced fees. This could put some schools out of

:09:07. > :09:12.business. Talk us through the headache that remains of Ken

:09:13. > :09:15.Livingstone? Where are we now? This policy was designed to distract from

:09:16. > :09:19.some of the trouble Labour has found itself in this week. The Ken

:09:20. > :09:23.Livingstone story has been running on since Tuesday, when there was a

:09:24. > :09:27.hearing that decided he should be suspended for another year following

:09:28. > :09:32.comments he made linking Zionism to Hitler. Yesterday, 100 Labour MPs

:09:33. > :09:38.signed a motion that said failing to expel him had betrayed the values of

:09:39. > :09:41.the party. Then we had Jeremy Corbyn would prefer Ken Livingstone back to

:09:42. > :09:46.the national governing body, to decide whether any the common sea

:09:47. > :09:50.has made since had gone against the party's policy. So what we are going

:09:51. > :09:53.to hear now is whether there will be another disciplinary panel. It is

:09:54. > :09:59.the disciplinary panel that only has the power to expel him. And yes,

:10:00. > :10:00.this story is rumbling on and on for a Labour, and something they could

:10:01. > :10:04.do without. There's a call for the drug,

:10:05. > :10:07.ketamine, to be used more widely Psychiatrists say they've had some

:10:08. > :10:10.success with a human trial using the Class B substance,

:10:11. > :10:14.which is also a horse sedative. They now want it to be used more

:10:15. > :10:18.widely within the NHS, and for a national database to be

:10:19. > :10:21.set up, so doctors who prescribe This is the best that she has

:10:22. > :10:27.felt in seven years. Depression and anorexia

:10:28. > :10:31.took their toll, but taking part in these NHS drug trial

:10:32. > :10:33.has stopped her feeling like she is drowning

:10:34. > :10:47.in her own thoughts. I connect with my kids. I can take

:10:48. > :10:52.my kids to their friends' birthday parties, go on the odd play date

:10:53. > :10:57.every now and then. Actually be present in my kids' lives, which is

:10:58. > :11:03.the most important thing to me. Helin is among the first patients to

:11:04. > :11:06.have this experimental treatment. Doctors can prescribe ketamine as a

:11:07. > :11:11.licensed drug. All the patients in this trial had moderate or severe

:11:12. > :11:16.depression and other treatments have failed. 42 of the 100 and --

:11:17. > :11:21.one-on-one patients felt better after having ketamine.

:11:22. > :11:23.It is better to use it in a controlled environment,

:11:24. > :11:28.What we would like to do is the more centres starting to use ketamine,

:11:29. > :11:31.because we feel we will get more experience of exactly how we can

:11:32. > :11:37.help the bulk who really nothing has helped them.

:11:38. > :11:43.Patients in Oxford receive the drug through a drip in carefully

:11:44. > :11:47.controlled conditions in hospital. The doctors here believe thousands

:11:48. > :11:51.more people could benefit from this treatment. But they warn ketamine

:11:52. > :11:53.should only be taken under medical supervision.

:11:54. > :11:54.Pepsi has dropped its latest commercial,

:11:55. > :11:57.The advert features the model Kendall Jenner,

:11:58. > :12:01.and shows her joining a group of protesters and handing

:12:02. > :12:03.a police officer a can, prompting him to smile

:12:04. > :12:10.Activists say it undermines rights protests and public

:12:11. > :12:20.Warm weather on the way for the weekend.

:12:21. > :12:24.Carol as Godfrey forecast in five minutes.

:12:25. > :12:27.Parents across England will be watching closely today,

:12:28. > :12:29.as the Supreme Court delivers its ruling

:12:30. > :12:33.It could mean less financial penalties for those

:12:34. > :12:38.taking their children out of school to go on family breaks.

:12:39. > :12:41.Over 90,000 parents were fined a total of ?5.6 million

:12:42. > :12:47.for doing just that during the 2014-15 academic year.

:12:48. > :12:51.Lancashire Council issued the most - more than 4,000 fines.

:12:52. > :12:54.Today's case relates to Jon Platt, a father from the Isle of Wight

:12:55. > :12:59.who won a High Court battle after refusing to pay a ?120 fine

:13:00. > :13:01.for taking his daughter on a week-long trip

:13:02. > :13:13.Somebody has to have the final say about the day is a child goes to

:13:14. > :13:16.school for Mac doesn't. Is that the state were the parents? I think that

:13:17. > :13:18.is what this boils down to. We can speak now to former

:13:19. > :13:20.Chief Inspector of Schools in England, Sir Michael Wilshaw,

:13:21. > :13:28.who joins us from our London studio. Good morning. What will this ruling

:13:29. > :13:35.mean today for head teachers if it goes in favour of the parents? I

:13:36. > :13:41.hope the Court of Appeal upholds the government's appeal. I hope it sends

:13:42. > :13:44.a very clear message to parents, and irresponsible parents who take their

:13:45. > :13:51.children out of school for no good reason, that this sort of behaviour

:13:52. > :13:55.is entirely unacceptable. And if the Court of Appeal doesn't uphold the

:13:56. > :14:00.appeal, it will open the floodgates to parents like this to take their

:14:01. > :14:03.children out midyear, at difficult times in the school year when

:14:04. > :14:08.children are preparing for examinations, and undoubtedly it

:14:09. > :14:12.will lead to a decline in standards. But it want just clear the way for

:14:13. > :14:15.parents to do what they like, will it? This just means councils will

:14:16. > :14:21.have to think hard before they fine a parent? I think councils do that.

:14:22. > :14:25.It is interesting in your piece before this that Lancashire has

:14:26. > :14:30.taken out more prosecutions than most other local authorities.

:14:31. > :14:35.Lancashire, I know well. I spoke to several headteachers there.

:14:36. > :14:39.Lancashire is doing very well academically. Most of the schools

:14:40. > :14:44.are outstanding or good. Compared to the Isle of Wight, where this action

:14:45. > :14:48.is taking place, which is one of the worst performing areas of the

:14:49. > :14:51.country. It is good local authorities and good head teachers

:14:52. > :14:57.that are taking the necessary action against irresponsible and feckless

:14:58. > :15:01.parents. Let's leave feckless parents for a moment. The idea of

:15:02. > :15:06.flexible holiday is hugely popular. There was a petition recently and

:15:07. > :15:10.hundreds of thousands of parents signed it, the possibility of being

:15:11. > :15:13.able to use a holiday allowance and allow some flexible edgy, what do

:15:14. > :15:20.you think? Al are the schools don't have that luxury of flexibility.

:15:21. > :15:23.When children go off on a week's holiday, they then return and

:15:24. > :15:28.teachers have to work doubly hard to get them to catch up on their work.

:15:29. > :15:31.And to prepare them for examinations. Schools and head

:15:32. > :15:44.teachers get heavily criticised by Ofsted and others for not doing well

:15:45. > :15:49.by their children. You are sorry to interrupt you but it seems that

:15:50. > :15:57.schools do have the flexibility because this is how it works in

:15:58. > :16:00.Wales. Headteachers can grant ten days term time holiday at their

:16:01. > :16:04.discretion. Surely England should be brought into line? There are no

:16:05. > :16:06.finds in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Have you looked at the

:16:07. > :16:09.tables? Have you looked at performance for Wales compared to

:16:10. > :16:14.England? England outperform Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland in the

:16:15. > :16:19.latest results. The Welsh education system is clanking and this is one

:16:20. > :16:22.of the reasons for that decline. We have had many parents be in touch

:16:23. > :16:24.with us this morning, this is from Vinny in Essex, I have three

:16:25. > :16:27.children, only my eldest child has been on holiday. I know school is

:16:28. > :16:31.important but so are childhood memories. If I can't choose when to

:16:32. > :16:35.holiday them, we will never have a holiday, because we can't afford to

:16:36. > :16:40.go during school holidays. One week out of school won't ruin my child's

:16:41. > :16:44.education. Well, it does, and I speak as an ex-head teacher because

:16:45. > :16:48.it imposes a much greater burden on schools to ensure that child does

:16:49. > :16:53.not fall behind their studies and is prepared well for examinations. No.

:16:54. > :16:56.Parents have got to come if they love their children and care for

:16:57. > :17:01.their children, they have got the balance holiday time with school

:17:02. > :17:05.time. Once they are in school, they should observe the school rules. I

:17:06. > :17:09.do know if you have been watching the programme this morning, we have

:17:10. > :17:14.been talking about Labour's proposal to provide funding for free school

:17:15. > :17:17.meals every primary school child in this country. What do you make of

:17:18. > :17:25.that? I have already said on this one I think the pupil prewritten Di

:17:26. > :17:32.premium has made a big difference. I would much rather see any extra

:17:33. > :17:35.money being derived from extra taxation, whether private schools or

:17:36. > :17:39.other sources, given to the poorest children in our country and not

:17:40. > :17:44.necessarily subsidising those parents who can afford free school

:17:45. > :17:46.meals. I would rather the extra money raised went to the poorest

:17:47. > :17:49.communities and poorest children were it is actually making a big

:17:50. > :17:53.difference in reducing the attainment gap between the free

:17:54. > :17:59.school milk children and others. So are you saying it is a bad idea? I

:18:00. > :18:03.think the Labour Party should rethink this and recalibrated, and

:18:04. > :18:08.ensure that the extra funds available go to the poorest

:18:09. > :18:12.communities. And how would you do that? We know the numbers of free

:18:13. > :18:14.school milk children, in particular local authorities. We know where the

:18:15. > :18:16.greatest disadvantage resides and that is where the money should be

:18:17. > :18:30.spent. Thank you for your time. Some sunshine happening, some today,

:18:31. > :18:36.more later. This is else Palace in Greenwich, looking fabulous. Did I

:18:37. > :18:41.just see someone runaway there? There was a person. People are

:18:42. > :18:43.there, too. Carol, will we see more of that kind of sunshine in the next

:18:44. > :18:51.few days? We certainly are, the forecast for

:18:52. > :18:54.the next few days, largely dry, there will be some sunshine,

:18:55. > :18:58.especially as we head into the weekend, and it will certainly be

:18:59. > :19:02.warmer this weekend. Some parts of England will get up to 23 Celsius.

:19:03. > :19:10.The average is roundabout 13 Celsius in London. If you have an allergy to

:19:11. > :19:14.tree pollen, the levels are high. If anything over the next few days you

:19:15. > :19:17.will find that the high levels will probably be raised across parts of

:19:18. > :19:20.northern England as well. High pressure firmly in charge of things

:19:21. > :19:25.means that the weather is fine and settled, not huge changes of the

:19:26. > :19:29.next few days. They few showers today across western Scotland and

:19:30. > :19:36.some rain across the Northern Isles. For most of us there is some Finn

:19:37. > :19:39.cloud around. Sunny spells develop. If you don't have that then you will

:19:40. > :19:44.find we are looking and bright spells. My child has stopped working

:19:45. > :19:49.for now so I will just carry on with the weather forecast anyway. What

:19:50. > :19:53.you can expect is just that, there will be some holes in the cloud,

:19:54. > :19:58.some sunshine. Where we have the sunshine, we will have ties up to 15

:19:59. > :20:01.or 16 Celsius, particularly across south-west England, South Wales,

:20:02. > :20:05.north-west England and eastern Scotland. The Winter strengthens the

:20:06. > :20:08.gale force later potentially across Shetland, we will carry on with some

:20:09. > :20:11.rain and also have some showers across western Scotland. Tomorrow

:20:12. > :20:17.the weather is very similar to today. Once again we are looking at

:20:18. > :20:21.some cloud around, some sunny spells, temperatures roughly 11 to

:20:22. > :20:26.14 in the sunshine you could get a little bit higher. Into the weekend

:20:27. > :20:30.that high-pressure really dominates. You will find as things remain

:20:31. > :20:34.settles as they drift towards the east, we start to pull in milder,

:20:35. > :20:37.warm air from the near continent but we have a weather front across the

:20:38. > :20:42.north-west, introducing thicker cloud and some rain. Warmer weather

:20:43. > :20:46.pumping up from the near continent, especially on Sunday, as denoted by

:20:47. > :20:49.the amber colours. Where we have the yellows, that is not as warm. So in

:20:50. > :20:53.the north-west where we have a weather front it will be fresher.

:20:54. > :20:56.First thing Saturday, it will be a frosty start for some of us but

:20:57. > :21:02.there will be a loss of sunshine, England, Wales, is the in Scotland,

:21:03. > :21:04.Northern Ireland. A bit more cloud across western Scotland and western

:21:05. > :21:09.parts of Northern Ireland but still some sunny spells. On Sunday, a

:21:10. > :21:12.similar story to start with. Where we have the clear skies by night,

:21:13. > :21:17.especially in rural areas, there will be some frost but a lot of

:21:18. > :21:20.sunny spells around, wall-to-wall blue skies, except in Scotland and

:21:21. > :21:25.Northern Ireland where we have breeze and rain. As a result, the

:21:26. > :21:28.damage will be a bit repressed. Across northern Ireland, Wales, into

:21:29. > :21:33.parts of western England we are looking easily 19 to 21 but it is

:21:34. > :21:38.across central and eastern and southern England that we could hit

:21:39. > :21:42.23. The average in London is 13. That is not going to last because

:21:43. > :21:45.the weather front bringing the rain into Scotland and Northern Ireland

:21:46. > :21:48.will have pushed across a slow and temperatures will be back to where

:21:49. > :21:53.they should be. Sorry about my charts, they just decided to stop.

:21:54. > :21:58.As if by magic at all started working again, how did you fix that

:21:59. > :22:03.made forecast! It is that little button she has got, she pushes the

:22:04. > :22:06.button and it fixes everything. I wish I could say that was true. I

:22:07. > :22:19.have a gremlin in the works today. All this week we have been marking

:22:20. > :22:30.the 50th anniversary of the Beatles Sergeant Peppers album.

:22:31. > :22:33.# Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock as the day begins.

:22:34. > :22:48.# Leaving the note that she hoped would say more.

:22:49. > :22:56.# She goes downstairs to the kitchen, clutching her handkerchief.

:22:57. > :22:59.Half a century on, and I'm meeting the girl, now woman,

:23:00. > :23:10.Melanie Coe made front-page news when she ran away,

:23:11. > :23:13.attracted by the bright lights of swinging '60s London,

:23:14. > :23:16.and there was something about her story that fired

:23:17. > :23:20.I'd listen, and I'd feel terribly sad.

:23:21. > :23:29.It's what my father said in the newspaper, is one

:23:30. > :23:32.of the refrains in the song, "We gave her everything,

:23:33. > :23:38.So it was clear that they had read the article.

:23:39. > :23:42.# We gave her everything money could buy.

:23:43. > :23:54.It seems to me a more serious issue, running away from home.

:23:55. > :23:56.Half a century on, so much has changed in our daily lives,

:23:57. > :23:59.but problems at home remain the prime reason for youngsters

:24:00. > :24:06.For me, it was something that I thought about,

:24:07. > :24:08.got scared of the idea, and then got even more scared

:24:09. > :24:12.of the idea of staying, so then I had to leave.

:24:13. > :24:17.This girl is now 17, but ran away when she was 14.

:24:18. > :24:19.Not having anybody outside of my family network,

:24:20. > :24:27.it's not like I had anyone to talk to, go to, and it was horrible.

:24:28. > :24:30.I sort of think of it, and you think, no, I can't do.

:24:31. > :24:35.And then, when the moment hits, you just have to do it.

:24:36. > :24:37.You just don't want to be there anymore.

:24:38. > :24:40.She is being supported by the charity Missing People,

:24:41. > :24:43.and says she wishes she knew there was help available

:24:44. > :24:55.And, in these modern times, there is always the spectre

:24:56. > :24:57.of the internet, and the digital thumbprint that being

:24:58. > :25:05.It is an area that is being investigated for the very first time

:25:06. > :25:08.here at the Centre for the Study of Missing Persons in Portsmouth.

:25:09. > :25:11.Once there is the digital footprint of them on the internet,

:25:12. > :25:16.And they have not given consent for the images to be released.

:25:17. > :25:18.It's been done by parents, by authorities.

:25:19. > :25:20.And yet they're the ones that live with the consequences.

:25:21. > :25:23.Solutions are not so easy, but a so-called right to be

:25:24. > :25:25.forgotten, where the details would be taken down

:25:26. > :25:27.Solutions are not so easy, but a so-called right to be

:25:28. > :25:29.forgotten, where the details would be taken down

:25:30. > :25:32.50 years separates these runaways, but uncertainty, risk,

:25:33. > :25:34.albeit in different forms, is just as prevalent

:25:35. > :25:37.today as it was in 1967, when she left home.

:25:38. > :25:57.It has been a brilliant look at that album this week. Absolutely. Just

:25:58. > :26:00.pick up on some of your comments with the issue of taking your

:26:01. > :26:05.children on holiday during term time. There is a High Court ruling

:26:06. > :26:10.about whether parents would continue to be fined. This from Nicky.

:26:11. > :26:15.Parents should be allowed to take them on holiday. Quality family time

:26:16. > :26:19.is such an important part of parenting. Jeannie says over not

:26:20. > :26:21.take my children out of school during term time, if you start

:26:22. > :26:27.picking and choosing which rules to follow, what does that teach the

:26:28. > :26:31.child? We are expecting that ruling from the Supreme Court at around

:26:32. > :26:36.9:30am. All the details on the BBC news channel.

:26:37. > :26:39.Here on Breakfast in a few moments, we'll have a summary

:26:40. > :26:41.of the morning's news and Kat will have the sport.

:26:42. > :26:44.And later on, we'll be finding out why some of England's historic homes

:26:45. > :26:47.are under threat and it isn't from neglect or decay.

:26:48. > :26:49.Fiona Lamdin is in Greenwich for us this morning

:26:50. > :26:58.Good morning, yes, we are at Eltham Palace where we are seeing their

:26:59. > :27:02.battle with the moths. In 2015, they caught 300. Last year they caught

:27:03. > :27:05.1200. In a moment, we will be seeing just what they have been eating, but

:27:06. > :30:24.now the news and the weather where you are.

:30:25. > :30:33.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:30:34. > :30:37.Hello, this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:30:38. > :30:40.The Supreme Court will rule today on whether parents can

:30:41. > :30:43.take their children on holiday in term time, without

:30:44. > :30:48.It's considering the case of John Platt, who refused to pay

:30:49. > :30:52.a fine after taking his daughter to Florida for a week in 2015.

:30:53. > :30:59.The ruling could mean big changes for parents across England.

:31:00. > :31:01.The former Chief Inspector of Schools In England,

:31:02. > :31:04.Sir Michael Wilshaw has rejected Labour's plans to offer free school

:31:05. > :31:06.meals to all primary school pupils in England.

:31:07. > :31:09.Jeremy Corbyn says that a Labour government will fund free meals

:31:10. > :31:11.through charging VAT on private school fees.

:31:12. > :31:14.But earlier on Breakfast, Sir Michael said additional money

:31:15. > :31:20.should be directed towards children from lower income backgrounds.

:31:21. > :31:32.I'd much rather see any extra money being given to the poorest children

:31:33. > :31:37.in our country and not necessarily subsidising the parents who can

:31:38. > :31:41.afford free school meals. I'd much rather the extra money raised

:31:42. > :31:45.wentthe poorest communities where it's making a big difference in

:31:46. > :31:47.reducing the attainment gap between free school meal children and

:31:48. > :31:49.others. The White House has sent out

:31:50. > :31:53.a warning to Russia over its support of the Syrian regime,

:31:54. > :31:56.following the chemical attacks which killed at least 72

:31:57. > :31:59.people earlier this week. US Secretary of State,

:32:00. > :32:01.Rex Tillerson said it was time Russia examined its support

:32:02. > :32:04.of President Assad. Donald Trump condemned the attacks

:32:05. > :32:06.as "an affront to humanity" The town of Khan Sheikhoun

:32:07. > :32:12.where no-one will forget These men survived,

:32:13. > :32:16.but they lost mothers, In Washington, the words

:32:17. > :32:27.of a president. These heinous actions by the Assad

:32:28. > :32:30.regime cannot be tolerated. Donald Trump made no

:32:31. > :32:32.mention of Russia, who, at the United Nations Security

:32:33. > :32:36.Council, blamed Syrian rebels for the chemical attack,

:32:37. > :32:40.which prompted this response. Nikky Haley showed graphic

:32:41. > :32:46.pictures of the dead. How many more children have to die

:32:47. > :33:03.before Russia cares? And further direct pressure

:33:04. > :33:11.on Moscow from a senior member Well, there is no doubt in our mind

:33:12. > :33:15.that the Syrian Regime We think it is time the Russians

:33:16. > :33:20.to rethink their continued support This comes amid final preparations

:33:21. > :33:23.for Donald Trump's first meeting with China's President Xi Jinping

:33:24. > :33:25.in Florida later today, We can't continue to allow China

:33:26. > :33:31.to rape our country. They have taken our money,

:33:32. > :33:42.they have taken our jobs. The leaders of the world's

:33:43. > :33:52.two largest economic leaders come together -

:33:53. > :33:57.the agenda is likely to be North Korea and their future trade

:33:58. > :34:00.relationship. Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric

:34:01. > :34:02.will be put to the test. There's a call for the drug ketamine

:34:03. > :34:08.to be used more widely by the NHS Psychiatrists say they've had some

:34:09. > :34:11.success with a human trial using the Class B substance,

:34:12. > :34:13.which is also used They're now calling for a national

:34:14. > :34:17.database to be established so that doctors who prescribe it can

:34:18. > :34:20.monitor its results as our health correspondent,

:34:21. > :34:21.Jane Dreaper, reports. This is the best she's

:34:22. > :34:27.felt in seven years. Depression and anorexia

:34:28. > :34:34.took their toll, but taking part in this NHS drug trial has

:34:35. > :34:36.stopped her from feeling like she is drowning

:34:37. > :34:47.in her own thoughts. I can connect with my kids,

:34:48. > :34:50.take my kids to their friends' birthday parties

:34:51. > :34:52.and go on the odd playdate every I can actually be present

:34:53. > :34:56.in my children's lives, which is the most important

:34:57. > :34:58.thing to me. Helen is among the first patient

:34:59. > :35:06.to have this experimental treatment. All the patients in this trial

:35:07. > :35:11.had moderate or severe depression, and other

:35:12. > :35:12.treatments had failed. 42 of the 101 patient felt much

:35:13. > :35:18.better after having ketamine. It is important for us

:35:19. > :35:21.to use it in a controlled What we'd like to do is to see more

:35:22. > :35:30.centres starting to use ketamine because we feel we will get more

:35:31. > :35:40.experience of exactly how we can help people for whom really

:35:41. > :35:42.nothing else has worked. Doctors believe thousands more

:35:43. > :35:44.people could benefit from this treatment,

:35:45. > :36:00.but warn that it should only be A mother who has been missing with

:36:01. > :36:04.her two sons for a week has been fouled. She went missing with her

:36:05. > :36:07.sons last Monday after a court ordered they be removed from her

:36:08. > :36:12.care. Lee said the mother and her sons safe. -- police said.

:36:13. > :36:15.Dog owners are being reminded to make sure their pet's microchip

:36:16. > :36:18.details are up-to-date so they can be reunited if their pets

:36:19. > :36:21.Latest figures show eight million dogs are now microchipped,

:36:22. > :36:24.three million more than in 2013, when the plans were first announced.

:36:25. > :36:26.But it's estimated 5% of dogs in the UK still

:36:27. > :36:35.500,000 owners have not microchipped their dogs.

:36:36. > :36:45.Owners need to get their dogs chipped.

:36:46. > :36:55.They also need to make sure their contact details

:36:56. > :36:58.are kept up-to-date, so they can be reunited if they get lost.

:36:59. > :37:00.Pepsi has dropped its latest commercial after

:37:01. > :37:04.The advert features the model Kendall Jenner and shows her joining

:37:05. > :37:07.a group of protesters and handing a police officer a can,

:37:08. > :37:09.prompting him to smile while marchers cheer and hug.

:37:10. > :37:11.Activists say it undermines rights protests and public

:37:12. > :37:22.You are watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:37:23. > :37:24.Today marks the start of a new tax year.

:37:25. > :37:33.Could it be more exciting?! I'm glad you are excited by

:37:34. > :37:38.something I am talking about! Yes, lots of changes for your finances.

:37:39. > :37:40.So here's what you need to know in a minute.

:37:41. > :37:43.First up, the amount of tax-free money you can earn each year has

:37:44. > :37:54.Those paying the higher income tax band can earn an extra ?1500 a year

:37:55. > :38:02.There's a couple of changes for families.

:38:03. > :38:05.You can only claim Child Tax Credits for your first two

:38:06. > :38:07.children after today and the maximum payouts for bereaved

:38:08. > :38:13.Buy-to-let landlords will no longer be able to offset their mortgage

:38:14. > :38:16.payments against their income, meaning thousands will have to pay

:38:17. > :38:20.If you're leaving cash behind then the allowance before inheritance tax

:38:21. > :38:23.goes up by ?100,000 but only for people who have children.

:38:24. > :38:28.The amount you can save tax-free in an ISA goes up to ?20,000.

:38:29. > :38:30.Plus the new Lifetime ISA for under-40s to

:38:31. > :38:36.But you may struggle to find on, no major banks are currently offering

:38:37. > :38:37.them. And finally for businesses,

:38:38. > :38:39.there's the Apprenticeship Levy, a tax on wage bills that

:38:40. > :38:46.goes towards training. Got through all of that. All you

:38:47. > :38:51.need to know there in a minute. Then, thank you very much.

:38:52. > :38:57.Carroll will have the weather in a few minutes.

:38:58. > :39:02.That's what Rabbit hopes to discover in the new story

:39:03. > :39:04.from Julia Donaldson and Helen Oxenbury.

:39:05. > :39:06.They'll tell us about collaborating and transferring the tale

:39:07. > :39:11.from a play to the pages of their new book.

:39:12. > :39:18.When Josh wish killed in a cross, his film-maker parents turned to

:39:19. > :39:20.what they knew best to help them deal with the loss.

:39:21. > :39:23.The result, a film they hope will not only help others deal

:39:24. > :39:41.Jamiroquai's Jay Kay is back with a new album

:39:42. > :39:44.He'll be here to talk about getting back in the groove after a 10-year

:39:45. > :39:55.break. Jay Kay is bringing a hat in with

:39:56. > :39:59.him. Excellent, I like a bit of Jamiroquai.

:40:00. > :40:02.Let's talk about sport, though, be? Talking about Chelsea and the fact

:40:03. > :40:07.that eight games out from the season, have they got it in the

:40:08. > :40:11.back? Manchester City perhaps one of them last big challenges, quite an

:40:12. > :40:14.easy run now compare to their nearest rivals, so could last night

:40:15. > :40:17.have been the day that Chelsea got it in the bag?

:40:18. > :40:20.Chelsea remain seven points clear at the top of the Premier League

:40:21. > :40:24.after beating Manchester City 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.

:40:25. > :40:27.Eden Hazard put the leaders ahead before Sergio Aguero equalised

:40:28. > :40:31.for City, who face a battle now to make the top four.

:40:32. > :40:33.Chelsea won a penalty before half time, and Hazard

:40:34. > :40:45.Big win, it is always difficult to play against Man City. When they

:40:46. > :40:50.start of play, you need to defend well, and we did, we scored two

:40:51. > :40:59.goals so we are very happy to stay top of the league with seven points.

:41:00. > :41:02.Second-placed Tottenham were 1-0 down at Swansea with two

:41:03. > :41:05.They then scored three goals through Delle Ali, Son Heung-min,

:41:06. > :41:07.and Christain Erikksen in a remarkable recovery.

:41:08. > :41:10.Hull climbed out of the bottom three with a 4-2 victory over relegation

:41:11. > :41:16.Elsewhere, Arsenal defeated West Ham 3-0, Bournemouth scored a late

:41:17. > :41:18.equaliser to draw 2-2 at Liverpool while Southampton beat

:41:19. > :41:25.After winning the title at the weekend, Scottish Premiership

:41:26. > :41:27.champions Celtic maintained their unbeaten run, drawing 1-1

:41:28. > :41:33.Rangers and Kilmarnock fought out a lacklustre 0-0 draw at Rugby Park.

:41:34. > :41:41.St Johnstone beat Hearts, and Motherwell drew with Hamilton.

:41:42. > :41:46.The Masters starts later today, but on the eve of the tournament

:41:47. > :41:48.at Augusta the world number one Dustin Johnson has fallen down

:41:49. > :41:54.Johnson landed heavily at the house he's renting for the Masters.

:41:55. > :41:56.He's been taking anti-inflammatories and using ice to try

:41:57. > :42:09.That is bad luck, isn't it? I know, world number one, favourite

:42:10. > :42:13.for the title, cracking form coming into the Masters, everyone safely is

:42:14. > :42:18.the favourite to win it. But he is in the last group to go out.

:42:19. > :42:21.He is in a house he is not used to, in a rented house, they all rent

:42:22. > :42:24.special houses for the Masters. Probably got up and didn't know

:42:25. > :42:27.where he was and slipped down the stairs.

:42:28. > :42:29.Either way, very bad news for Dustin Johnson!

:42:30. > :42:38.One final story before I go. Grand National organisers have given

:42:39. > :42:42.terminally-ill five-year-old Bradley Lowery an honorary place

:42:43. > :42:45.on the official race-card Bradley was diagnosed

:42:46. > :42:47.with neuroblastoma four years ago. He's a Sunderland fan,

:42:48. > :42:50.and has been mascot at the Stadium of Light and at other matches,

:42:51. > :43:04.including an England international He says Jermain Defoe is his best

:43:05. > :43:07.friend. He is listed as the 41st horse in the field. He and all of

:43:08. > :43:14.his family will be at Aintree tomorrow for the race. Will he be

:43:15. > :43:19.there tomorrow? I'm not sure, but definitely for the Grand National on

:43:20. > :43:24.Saturday. Lovely story there, all in the papers this morning. You are

:43:25. > :43:31.going to Aintree as well, Charlie? Yes, I haven't been before.

:43:32. > :43:34.Shall we let everybody know, I am introducing Charlie Stayt to the

:43:35. > :43:40.delights of Ladies' Day at Aintree tomorrow!

:43:41. > :43:42.Never been before. I cannot wait! You will have a very good day. Thank

:43:43. > :43:47.you very much. It's a decade since the musician

:43:48. > :43:50.Jay Kay told the press he was going to quit music to focus

:43:51. > :43:52.on flying helicopters His band, Jamiroquai, were known

:43:53. > :43:56.as much for their flamboyant funk as their head gear,

:43:57. > :44:10.so it might have puzzled fans, they'd

:44:11. > :44:12.walk away from it all. But after a 10 year hiatus Jay Kay

:44:13. > :44:15.is back, we'll speak to him in a moment to find out what he's

:44:16. > :44:40.been up to, but first let's take # Why am I craned for you?

:44:41. > :44:43.# Head's gone away to another place. # I put my faith in a digital

:44:44. > :45:10.world... I'm delighted to say that Jay is

:45:11. > :45:14.with us now. And you are not alone. I brought IT, the head gear. We can

:45:15. > :45:19.bring the lights down and get the full effect. Are you not going to

:45:20. > :45:28.put it on? You should wear it. Describe what it is, it's like a

:45:29. > :45:33.feathered silver thing? It's based like an armadillo-type thing. It

:45:34. > :45:38.took a lot of work and design. It can be programmed to go with the

:45:39. > :45:44.music and it can also malfunction like it did the other day. Is one

:45:45. > :45:51.allowed to wear it? Yes. Do you want to just pop it on? Sure, I could do

:45:52. > :45:57.that. Stick it on Sally if you like. What about Charlie. Hang on! Who

:45:58. > :46:05.wants to wear the hat, come on. It's going on Charlie. We are going to

:46:06. > :46:16.the races tomorrow, he needs a hat. We have got the same sized hat. Look

:46:17. > :46:20.at that! Ah, that's brilliant. Angry Charlie. Can I control it with my

:46:21. > :46:34.emotions if I smile. One, two, three. Happy Charlie. Angry Charlie!

:46:35. > :46:40.Why are you so interested in hats? I think they're something to hide

:46:41. > :46:44.behind. A bit like sunglasses. Actually my little one scratched my

:46:45. > :46:52.eye ball the other day believe it or not messing around. I've always wore

:46:53. > :46:55.hats and I think on the stage, playly when they're like this,

:46:56. > :46:59.people can see you from much, much further away. Like beacon really?

:47:00. > :47:04.And this works particularly well. We did a show in London the other day

:47:05. > :47:08.and one in Paris and once you look back at it it's always difficult for

:47:09. > :47:14.know look back to think, what does this look like, and it really came

:47:15. > :47:19.over really well. I'm happy with it. So this is part of the show? She did

:47:20. > :47:24.have a light malfunction. I looked like I had half the Statue of

:47:25. > :47:29.Liberty on my head. So talking of gremlins, it can happen. But we have

:47:30. > :47:35.got it under control. There is a spare as well. Wow. Have you spent

:47:36. > :47:41.the last ten years building the hat? Well, there were two guys. I was

:47:42. > :47:47.going to call it Pangolin and I wanted to highlight the plight of

:47:48. > :47:53.horned, endangered animals which is getting to proportions that are just

:47:54. > :47:57.unsustainable. So it was also a natural development from the old

:47:58. > :48:03.head gear and all the other stuff I used, you know. And so it was quite

:48:04. > :48:10.difficult to work out how to do that. So I met a German and an

:48:11. > :48:14.Italian guy and we sat and worked it out through angles and motors. So

:48:15. > :48:18.each of the motors is almost what you get in a little drone or

:48:19. > :48:23.something. Linked to your love of flying. That's right, yes, I suppose

:48:24. > :48:29.so, exactly, yes. You talked about how the head gear is evolving, when

:48:30. > :48:37.I've listened to the album, it took me back to a wonderful time of my

:48:38. > :48:40.youth. Mid 90s, it's kind of, I know it's new but it's familiar isn't it

:48:41. > :48:45.and the album's had fantastic reviews. It's had amazing reviews,

:48:46. > :48:50.number four in the States and stuff which is very big for us. After that

:48:51. > :48:56.amount of time too. Trying to get the balance between what you did and

:48:57. > :49:01.yet moving it along as well. Trying to trigger electronic hats, you

:49:02. > :49:07.know, there are a lot younger people than me doing stuff. We have always

:49:08. > :49:11.used electronics and synthesizers, but I have 25 synthesizers at home

:49:12. > :49:17.so we wanted the analogue sound off those as opposed to going on the

:49:18. > :49:20.computer, you can almost pick any 70s, 80s synthesizer now and you can

:49:21. > :49:25.twiddle about with it but it doesn't quite sound the same as the analogue

:49:26. > :49:31.stuff which has a rich warmth. Then we'd record the strings live, record

:49:32. > :49:36.the drums live and then take it back on to tape again. So mixing and

:49:37. > :49:40.matching between the sounds. Do you know what, Jay Kay, sitting there

:49:41. > :49:46.now, I'm mind thafl you don't appear to have changed. Have you led a very

:49:47. > :49:50.clean lifestyle since maybe the early days when you went for it? I

:49:51. > :49:58.think I've had my ups and downs but now I've had two little ones so life

:49:59. > :50:02.is about them now. So actually, your goal when you kind of step back all

:50:03. > :50:06.those years ago, your goal was to have a family wasn't it? Yes, I

:50:07. > :50:12.think so, because I think, you know, why do it, you know, I mean it's...

:50:13. > :50:17.You can also end up going around the world all the time without stopping

:50:18. > :50:21.and... On your own? Yes, with the band, you know, all of us, living

:50:22. > :50:26.out of a suitcase, that's the hardest part of the job, it's not

:50:27. > :50:33.the performing, it's the relentless travelling all the time. After a

:50:34. > :50:36.while, not that we don't love each other, but you're not talking to

:50:37. > :50:41.each other, you eat in different places and some of the times that

:50:42. > :50:46.you are going on stage, you know, at 11 o'clock or something, if you do a

:50:47. > :50:50.two-hour show, by the time you've calmed down it's 3 in the morning,

:50:51. > :50:54.you know, then up again so it's hard to settle yourself down into a

:50:55. > :50:58.rhythm. You are doing live stuff again now. Yes. Given it's been a

:50:59. > :51:03.bit of a break, do you get nervous? Is there a bit of that alongside the

:51:04. > :51:07.excitement? Certainly is for these two shows. We had five weeks

:51:08. > :51:12.rehearsal, then on top of that, there were three videos done in a

:51:13. > :51:18.very short space of time and a lot of planning. It was quite

:51:19. > :51:25.nerve-racking because you do think, I'm old now and you think, what

:51:26. > :51:31.people see there, because everything is so instant now, of course as soon

:51:32. > :51:36.as people see it on the phone, it's there. I never read the write-ups,

:51:37. > :51:41.good or bad, it's almost like a defence mechanism. You talk about

:51:42. > :51:52.the performance. We might be able to see one of the old tracks now as we

:51:53. > :51:56.are talking. The knees, how are they? They are OK. I'm having to use

:51:57. > :52:00.supports and things and slow it down. Stop it! Well a little knee

:52:01. > :52:07.support, you know. I don't believe that. It's not like Jake the Fake,

:52:08. > :52:13.but... A few aches and pains along the way? Yes, with the ankles and

:52:14. > :52:18.stuff. I do a bit of running and stuff. Did you always do that or do

:52:19. > :52:27.you take better care of yourself now? I take more care of myself now,

:52:28. > :52:33.but I've always moved like that, that's part of the way it is. Also

:52:34. > :52:39.because I've sat and written the music with Matt for this one, I feel

:52:40. > :52:47.the boogie inside of me as I'm writing, so it's easy for me to you

:52:48. > :52:52.know. Feel the music! I sometimes, you see people they have the wire

:52:53. > :52:57.thing, I do it myself and I think, raw really doing that or miming

:52:58. > :53:04.because it's really quite hard to keep that level up, you know. So you

:53:05. > :53:11.hold a microphone do you? I'm old school, yes. I don't use in-ears, I

:53:12. > :53:16.like to use monitors. Most people use in-ears. So that's when you can

:53:17. > :53:23.hear the music? Yes. I find it detaches me from the band in a way.

:53:24. > :53:30.Lovely to see you this morning. Yes. Thanks for bringing in the head gear

:53:31. > :53:37.again? . Does it have a name? Head gear. Can Charlie borrow it for the

:53:38. > :53:38.races? Yes. Absolutely. Lovely to see you, thank you very

:53:39. > :53:39.much. Jamiroquai's new album Automaton, is

:53:40. > :54:02.out now. Carol, tell us about the weather? !

:54:03. > :54:06.I would grab Jay's glasses because there is going to be some sunshine

:54:07. > :54:14.around tomorrow if you are going to the races. We have sunshine in

:54:15. > :54:18.London, look at this picture. A chilly start to the day but

:54:19. > :54:21.temperatures are rising nicely. In Cardiff, it's still only four,

:54:22. > :54:24.Manchester and Birmingham five or six, London seven and Belfast and

:54:25. > :54:29.Edinburgh eight. So, for the next few days, the

:54:30. > :54:33.weather remains fairly settled. It's going to be largely dry. There'll be

:54:34. > :54:37.some sunshine. It will be warmer this weekend, temperatures in parts

:54:38. > :54:41.of England getting up as high as 23. High pressure is firmly in charge of

:54:42. > :54:44.our weather, not just today but into the weekend. Today it means we are

:54:45. > :54:48.going to see some cloud but less than we thought this time yesterday.

:54:49. > :54:54.There'll be some bright spells, sunny spells and we've got a few

:54:55. > :54:59.showers in the weather, rain in the north with strengthening winds -- in

:55:00. > :55:04.the west. Areas of cloud but the cloud is thin

:55:05. > :55:10.so we'll see sunny breaks in the south of England.

:55:11. > :55:13.Temperatures in the sunshine up to 15 or 16 in the south-west or South

:55:14. > :55:18.Wales. For the rest of Wales, variable

:55:19. > :55:22.amounts of cloud again. After a few showers, we could hang on to one or

:55:23. > :55:26.two this afternoon across Northern Ireland. They'll be the exception

:55:27. > :55:31.rather than the rule, as indeed across Scotland. The wind is picking

:55:32. > :55:34.up across Shetland, possibly touching gale force. Eastern

:55:35. > :55:38.Scotland, north-east England, again seeing the lion's share of the

:55:39. > :55:43.sunshine. Through the evening, we'll hang on to some holes in the cloud.

:55:44. > :55:45.There'll be a bit of mist and fog forming and we'll have showers

:55:46. > :55:49.across western Scotland, Northern Ireland and some rain across the far

:55:50. > :55:53.north of Scotland. The wind continues then to ease down.

:55:54. > :55:57.Tomorrow it's a bit more of the same, largely dry for the bulk of

:55:58. > :56:01.the UK. Again some showers in the west. There'll be some sunshine.

:56:02. > :56:06.Temperatures responding in the sunshine. As we go into the weekend,

:56:07. > :56:10.high pressure really dominates. As it drifts east, during the course of

:56:11. > :56:14.Saturday into Sunday, we start to pull in warmer air from France. We

:56:15. > :56:16.also have a weather front coming in across parts of Scotland and

:56:17. > :56:21.Northern Ireland. That'll bring in rain and it's going to suppress the

:56:22. > :56:24.temperatures. All this warm air pumps up from the near continent but

:56:25. > :56:26.we have got fresher conditions, as you can see, from the pail yellow

:56:27. > :56:31.across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

:56:32. > :56:34.Looking at that in chart form, it will be a chilly start on Saturday

:56:35. > :56:38.again under the clear skies, a touch of frost around. There'll be some

:56:39. > :56:41.sunshine. Cloud around in Scotland and Northern Ireland. A lot of that

:56:42. > :56:46.will be thin cloud so it will still be bright. On Sunday, here comes the

:56:47. > :56:51.rain. That is what is going to dampen the temperature. Move further

:56:52. > :56:56.south we are in England and Wales and to show you the temperatures, if

:56:57. > :57:01.you are under the cloud and rain, roughly 10-13. For much of England

:57:02. > :57:06.and Wales, in the north and west, 19-21.

:57:07. > :57:13.The south-east could hit 23, way above average for this stage in

:57:14. > :57:19.April Charlie and Sal. Thank you very much.

:57:20. > :57:24.Film-makers always put their heart and soul into their projects.

:57:25. > :57:32.But for Jimmy and Jane, this film is deeply personal

:57:33. > :57:36.because it is about them, and much more than that,

:57:37. > :57:48.We've travelled down the Ho Chi Minh Highway

:57:49. > :58:04.to the place our son had died in a road accident.

:58:05. > :58:09.Josh was killed in a motorbike crash in Vietnam six years ago.

:58:10. > :58:11.As film-makers, they turned to what they know best to help

:58:12. > :58:17.This is the first public screening of their film A Love That Never

:58:18. > :58:22.Dear Joshua, we are older now, much older, but we still

:58:23. > :58:28.I wear your clothes, your jeans, your shorts.

:58:29. > :58:35.Grief is often described as a journey so the couple set off

:58:36. > :58:38.on a physical journey across America,

:58:39. > :58:42.talking to parents with a shared understanding of their suffering.

:58:43. > :58:47.Sometimes I just come in and say hi, Jordan.

:58:48. > :58:50.Sometimes I just open the door and I peek in at night

:58:51. > :59:03.It's just to find some familiarity and...

:59:04. > :59:13.As Jane and Jimmy shared their experiences with other

:59:14. > :59:16.parents, their film now means those stories can be shared

:59:17. > :59:25.They are giving people a voice to their grief.

:59:26. > :59:30.We need to tear down the barriers and walls and embarrassment

:59:31. > :59:34.You know, it's time for that to go now.

:59:35. > :59:41.What I hated most was people turning away from me...

:59:42. > :59:44.Josh's parents hope the film will be screened across the UK,

:59:45. > :59:57.One woman came up and said that she was

:59:58. > :59:59.terrified about coming but she was so glad she did.

:00:00. > :00:02.He still lives on in us and in our relationships with other

:00:03. > :00:10.He is obviously living on within the film as well.

:00:11. > :00:17.They want this film to help not just bereaved parents but everyone,

:00:18. > :00:25.to better understand grief and its effects.

:00:26. > :00:27.It is, they believe, a positive film.

:00:28. > :00:29.One that deals with death but celebrates life.

:00:30. > :00:34.The next screening of the documentary is in

:00:35. > :00:39.Details of organisations offering information

:00:40. > :00:41.and support about bereavement are available at

:00:42. > :01:01.Mods are a real pest, everyone has had a favourite sweater that has

:01:02. > :01:09.just got lots of little holes in it. And that is just in our houses, in

:01:10. > :01:10.our cupboards. Imagine if you were running a stately home, one of our

:01:11. > :01:12.greatest buildings. Our reporter Fiona Lamdin

:01:13. > :01:21.is at Eltham Palace to tell us more. Good morning, I am at Eltham Palace,

:01:22. > :01:26.where you can see behind me they are literally battling the moths, who

:01:27. > :01:32.bring up all of the doubt because moths love dirt. If I show you this

:01:33. > :01:40.trap, you can see that two years ago they caught 300, last year they

:01:41. > :01:45.caught 1200. Let's go through into the Italian drawing room. I can show

:01:46. > :01:51.you the damage they are doing. So they are battling the moths,

:01:52. > :01:55.cleaning, sweeping, and you can see the gun case, the very old,

:01:56. > :02:00.Victorian gun case, you can see some of the damage hair, and on this

:02:01. > :02:04.camel coat, you can see there where they have been nibbling and

:02:05. > :02:07.munching. Just coming over to Rebecca Bennett from English

:02:08. > :02:12.Heritage, how much work do you have on your hands to get rid of these

:02:13. > :02:21.moths? It is a battle, vacuum everyday, deep cleans, you have

:02:22. > :02:24.heard the vacuuming this morning, we really keep the housekeeping

:02:25. > :02:28.standards very high to battle the moths. You have 40 properties,

:02:29. > :02:33.obviously here in Altamira have a problem, is it reflected elsewhere

:02:34. > :02:37.in the country? Yes, you are right, we have 40 properties, half a

:02:38. > :02:41.million objects and we seek in the last five years the numbers have

:02:42. > :02:46.actually doubles in terms of clothes moths so we do have a bit of an

:02:47. > :02:52.issue. We are keeping on top of it but we do have an issue. We are just

:02:53. > :02:59.coming to Les, who is here to defend the pests. You are a moth expert,

:03:00. > :03:04.why should we love them? There are 2500 species of moths in the UK,

:03:05. > :03:09.many of which are very useful for pollination, pollinating plants,

:03:10. > :03:14.helping the bees, they also a group very useful indicators to the health

:03:15. > :03:18.of the environment. Out of those 2500 species, only around five

:03:19. > :03:22.species are regular feeders of textiles, most of those are actually

:03:23. > :03:27.quite rare or scarce and there is only one we consider to be, and

:03:28. > :03:32.possibly troublesome. Tell us why they come into homes? They are

:03:33. > :03:37.looking for the environment they would normally breed in, they would

:03:38. > :03:43.usually breed in nest boxes, trees, feeding on animal and vegetable

:03:44. > :03:46.detritus to make their nests. If you have conditions inside your home

:03:47. > :03:52.with those natural fibres and textures, it is likely they will

:03:53. > :03:56.think it is like another bird 's nest and use that to breed. It has

:03:57. > :04:01.happened to me many times! I am not so keen on the moths. Anyway, they

:04:02. > :04:04.are now asking for your help, English Heritage are handing out

:04:05. > :04:09.these, they want you to put these in your home, in your wardrobes, so

:04:10. > :04:12.that you can basically collect, the public can help gather and national

:04:13. > :04:16.picture of where the moths are the worst.

:04:17. > :04:21.So we are going to have to now start making a record of how many moths we

:04:22. > :04:25.find? I never find them off, just the hold of my clothes.

:04:26. > :04:30.I see them flying out, not here, though there are some holes in the

:04:31. > :04:32.sober. It is not the smartest! -- in the so

:04:33. > :04:34.far. We'll be speaking to

:04:35. > :04:36.Julia Donaldson and Helen Oxenbury about their new children's book

:04:37. > :04:39.in a moment but first a last, brief look at the headlines

:04:40. > :06:19.where you are this morning. We are back at 1:30pm with the

:06:20. > :06:27.lunchtime news. Have a lovely morning.

:06:28. > :06:33.They are telling me I have to do the underneath bit up.

:06:34. > :06:42.I feel a bit warm, but my bunny ears are skew whiff.

:06:43. > :06:48.Do you notice anything different about us?! My ears wobble. I am

:06:49. > :06:52.wearing a hat because we are talking to two very talented women this

:06:53. > :06:57.morning who have been involved in... I can't even say it, it'll make me

:06:58. > :07:01.giggle! A brilliant new children's book that you will recognise. This

:07:02. > :07:07.is not Charlie's first attempt at a hat this though.

:07:08. > :07:11.That one is Jamiroquai's hat which he brought in earlier on. The reason

:07:12. > :07:14.we are wearing these, Julia Donaldson and Hallett oxen free here

:07:15. > :07:22.with us because they have brought out a new book, a lot of excitement

:07:23. > :07:28.about this. Famous books between them, like Stick Man and The

:07:29. > :07:32.Gruffalo. First, let's hear some of the Giant Jumperee.

:07:33. > :07:39.Rabbit was hopping home one day when he heard

:07:40. > :07:41.a loud voice coming from his burrow.

:07:42. > :07:43."I'm the Giant Jumperee, and I'm scary as can be!"

:07:44. > :07:46."Help, help!" cried Rabbit.

:07:47. > :07:49."What's the matter, Rabbit?" asked Cat.

:07:50. > :07:56."There's a Giant Jumperee in my burrow," said Rabbit.

:07:57. > :08:04."Don't worry," said Cat, "I'll slink inside and pounce on him."

:08:05. > :08:06.So Cat slunk up to the burrow, but just

:08:07. > :08:09.as she was about to slink inside she heard a loud voice.

:08:10. > :08:12."I'm the Giant Jumperee, and I'll squash you like a

:08:13. > :08:20."Help, help!" meowed Cat.

:08:21. > :08:26."What's the matter, Cat?" asked Bear.

:08:27. > :08:30."There's a Giant Jumperee in Rabbit's burrow," said Cat.

:08:31. > :08:34."Don't worry," said Bear, "I'll put my big, furry paw

:08:35. > :08:44.So Bear swaggered up to the burrow, but just

:08:45. > :08:52.as he put his big, furry paw inside, he heard a loud voice.

:08:53. > :08:54."I'm the Giant Jumperee, and I'll sting you like

:08:55. > :09:12."Help, help!" said Bear.

:09:13. > :09:16."What's the matter, Bear?" asked Elephant.

:09:17. > :09:24.I think Elephant is the best hat! The woman who makes the hat is

:09:25. > :09:28.amazing. The book is so fabulous, I gave it to my nine-year-old to read

:09:29. > :09:32.and he bored with laughter at the ending, but I better not give it

:09:33. > :09:39.away because it is quite special. Julia, what is your favourite part

:09:40. > :09:44.of the book? Well, I haven't really got a favourite part, I just love

:09:45. > :09:51.all of Helen's pictures, especially the frog, there is a frog who has

:09:52. > :09:55.her hand on her hips and rolls her eyes, just such character to the

:09:56. > :10:03.animals in the story. How did it come about, this collaboration? I

:10:04. > :10:06.was sent a text by my publisher, and I was absolutely delighted, of

:10:07. > :10:10.course. Because of course you are familiar with each other's work, to

:10:11. > :10:18.say the least. Were you are friends, did you know each other? We had met,

:10:19. > :10:23.just sort of at parties. We met once at 10 Downing Street, actually,

:10:24. > :10:26.there was a party for children's writers and illustrators and I was

:10:27. > :10:31.very new and I was introduced to Helen and I was in awe of her. You

:10:32. > :10:35.probably don't remember, but I remember! Talk us through the

:10:36. > :10:40.process, when was the first time you saw the words, as it were, how does

:10:41. > :10:50.it work? They send you the text, nothing else, just the text. Usually

:10:51. > :10:56.I can tell instantly if I like it, I don't have to think myself into it

:10:57. > :11:01.or convince myself that it is going to be good, it is there or it isn't.

:11:02. > :11:05.At that moment in time, we can see some of the characters, like the

:11:06. > :11:08.elephant, behind us, do you immediately have an instinct for

:11:09. > :11:14.what the pictures will be like? Yes, I do, and the problem is from

:11:15. > :11:21.getting it from there onto the page. Julia, we are used to seeing your

:11:22. > :11:31.books illustrated in quite a different way. I have several

:11:32. > :11:38.illustrators, probably the most well-known is Axel Scheffler, you

:11:39. > :11:42.did The Gruffalo, and we are still working together, but it is always

:11:43. > :11:45.lovely to work with different illustrators, it is a different

:11:46. > :11:51.experience every time. Youngsters have so much access to different

:11:52. > :11:55.things now, visually, films, television, iPads, everything. Where

:11:56. > :12:02.do you think books sit in amongst all of that stuff? For some reason,

:12:03. > :12:08.they do, they jolly well do. My grandchildren just love books, they

:12:09. > :12:14.love to be read books, and I think a part of it is having a parent with

:12:15. > :12:24.them looking at it, it is the time of the parent, a lot of it. Luckily,

:12:25. > :12:27.for preschool children, some of them have got games and things but there

:12:28. > :12:34.is nothing like getting the parent's attention, snuggling up. Yes. I

:12:35. > :12:38.don't think what you are talking about is such a threat for the

:12:39. > :12:43.younger children. Yes, it is more the eight-year-olds and things. Both

:12:44. > :12:50.of you are used to having books read all over the world, how far can this

:12:51. > :12:56.one go, do you think? I think there are about 13 translations already

:12:57. > :13:00.before it has even been published. I'm actually going to America next

:13:01. > :13:07.week, I think, just after Easter, to do a little taller and I will be

:13:08. > :13:10.acting out the story for all sorts of unsuspecting or half suspecting

:13:11. > :13:14.people acting the animals, I will get a child in each city to join in

:13:15. > :13:20.with the story. Lovely reading, by the way! You were embarrassed but I

:13:21. > :13:24.thought it was very nice! Lovely to see you but this morning, thank you

:13:25. > :13:26.very much. Those reading voices are something

:13:27. > :13:31.we can both aspire to. The book is called the Giant

:13:32. > :13:33.Jumperee, absolutely beautiful. We are back tomorrow, we will see

:13:34. > :13:38.you then.