06/04/2017 Breakfast

Decision day over term-time holidays.

In just a few hours, the Supreme Court will reveal

whether parents in England can take their children away

without breaking the law. parties and go on the old Claygate

every now and Good morning. A chilly start. For

many Good morning. A chilly start. For

Through the next the days, by It's considering the case

of John Platt, who refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter

to Florida for a week in 2015. a fine after taking his daughter

of school for a holiday. He was fine ?150

of school for a holiday. He was fine daughter was regularly attending

school. daughter was regularly attending

is that any unauthorised daughter was regularly attending

sought term time holidays at daughter was regularly attending

if not paid in 120 days. But that did not stop a rise in absences.

if not paid in 120 days. But that in England missed 1 or more sessions

if not paid in 120 days. But that of school for holidays. That is up

if not paid in 120 days. But that quarter of sessions. Unauthorised

absences damage life chances This head teacher agrees. The chaos

caused by a child missing for an extended

caused by a child missing for an days, 2 weeks, can be huge. It will

caused by a child missing for an ripple on for months afterwards.

Think ripple on for months afterwards.

not send them to school. The ripple on for months afterwards.

for John would give parents more ripple on for months afterwards.

they would not be breaking the law. BBC News.

they would not be breaking the law. Inspector of Schools in England, Sir

they would not be breaking the law. warning to

they would not be breaking the law. least 72 people earlier

they would not be breaking the law. horror of what happened.

they would not be breaking the law. president. These heinous actions

mention of Russia, who, at the United

response. How many more children have

response. How many more children attack. We think it

response. How many more children the leaders of the world's 2 largest

economic leaders, North Good morning to you. Explain this 1

Trump's campaign rhetoric will be Good morning to you. Explain this 1

says he wants to offer Good morning to you. Explain this 1

?1.5 million. Those are the sums. Obviously it

?1.5 million. Those are the sums. schooling says it does not add up as

they forget schooling says it does not add up as

fees. If this is sounding familiar that is because it

election. The other subject for the Labour Party right now which

election. The other subject for the Corbyn finds himself in an awkward

situation Corbyn finds himself in an awkward

Zionism with Adolf Hitler. 100 governing party. That would suggest

he has to go to expel him. Jeremy Corbyn is trying

to take action. There's a call for the drug ketamine

to be used more widely by the NHS Psychiatrists in Oxford say they've

had some success with a human trial using the Class B substance,

which is also used as a horse doctors who prescribe it can

monitor its results as our health correspondent,

Jane Dreaper, reports. Life is good for Helen. This is the

best that she has felt in 7 years. Depression and anorexia took their

toll, but taking part in these NHF drug trial has stopped feeling like

she is drowning in her own thoughts. -- NHS. . I can take my children to

their friends' birthday parties and go on the odd playdate every now and

then. I can actually be present in my children's lives, which is the

most important thing to me. She is among the first patients to have

this expo metalled treatment. All the patients in this trial had

severe depression and other treatments had failed. 42 of the 101

patient felt much better after having Katter men. -- patients. It

is better to use it in a controlled environment, obviously. What we

would like to do is the more centres starting to use ketamine because we

feel we will get more experience of exactly how we can help the bulk who

really nothing has helped them. Doctors believe thousands more

people could benefit from this treatment, but warn that it should

only be taken under medical supervision. Jane Dreaper, BBC News.

UKIP could face another setback with Welsh Assembly Member,

Mark Reckless poised to leave the party.

It is understood that the former Tory MP will work with

the Conservative group in the Assembly while sitting

The news comes just weeks after UKIP's only MP,

From today, companies that employ more than 250 staff will be legally

required to publish the average salaries they pay men and women.

About half of the UK workforce will be affected by the new rules.

The Education Secretary, Justine Greening, who's also

the Minister for Women and Equalities says the measures

are being brought in to tackle the gender pay gap.

There are many great companies in our country doing a fantastic job of

bringing through our female talent. We want to see more companies doing

that, but we think transparencies on reporting on that pay gap is part of

figuring out how that happens. The soft drink manufacturer,

Pepsi has dropped a commercial after a backlash on social

media, that suggested it The advert features model

Kendall Jenner and shows her joining a group of protesters and handing

a police officer a can of Pepsi, prompting him to smile,

while marchers cheer and hug. Activists say it undermines

rights protests and public And Chelsea, after a slip-up

at the weekend, are back on form. They lost to Crystal Palace.

Tonight, last night, that... At 1 point Liverpool were 2-1 up. No,

Chelsea are still 7 points clear at the top of the Premier League this

morning after beating Manchester City 2-1 last night.

Eden Hazard scored twice for the Blues to maintain their lead

at the top with eight games remaining.

Second placed Tottenham were 2-0 down at Swansea

They then scored three goals through Delle Ali,

Son Heung-min, and Christain Erikksen in a remarkable recovery.

The world number one golfer Dustin Johnson is battling to be fit

for the Masters, which gets underway later today.

The American injured his back when he fell down the stairs

at his rental home yesterday but is still hoping to play.

Olympic showjumping champion Nick Skelton has announced his

The 59-year-old helped Great Britain to a team gold medal at London 2012

before achieving his number one ambition of Olympic individual gold

at the Rio Games last summer on Big Star.

For a lot of people, that was the most memorable medal. 59 years old.

Trying for years to get it. I had a bit of a wobble myself. Very

emotional. He was in tears on the top of the podium. Sadly he will be

retiring. Stay with us for a moment as we look through the papers. The

front pages. The Guardian. Revolts over Ken Livingstone in Labour. The

ongoing problem of Ken Livingstone. The Labour Party headache. What to

do about Jeremy Corbyn's situation with Ken Livingstone? He was banned.

100 MPs condemning that decision not to expel him. The Prince of Wales

and the Duchess of Cornwall. They are on a nine-day trip to Europe. A

parliamentary story. Experts judge a huge rise in probate fees might be

unlawful. The Daily Mail. The foreign aid budget is soaring by 1.2

billion, that is last year. That is because EU rules added various

elements to the figures. The picture is of Anton leaving hospital with

his boy and his girl. He has to insert. Congratulations to him. The

Daily Express. -- twins. House prices may soar by 10 to 5%. Are you

aware of that? Ben. It is supply demand that is still the issue. 25%

is a lot. Optimistic. I was in Devon yesterday. We were

looking at how much we contribute to the economy. Productivity is

overtaking 2007 levels, now. The 2007 date is important because after

that came the financial crisis where productivity fell off a cliff and

since then, we have really been struggling to get back to where we

were. Of course, rise in productivity means we get rising pay

and that, in theory, should be a rise in living standards so that is

backup. I want to pick up on a story that makes all the papers, including

some of the front pages. Use from the likes of V gig economy. Uber and

the like. How they approach staff, it is in the Times and the

Telegraph. I want to pick up on the one that is in... Do you want me to

find it for you? Delivery serves up language skills. -- rules. They

don't get payslips, they don't get the sack, they face termination.

They are not staff. Language is so important. I have some nice picture

stories in the sports papers. Family friends can head out with the

players on the warmup around for the Masters. How is that for some

multitasking parenting? That is Webb Simpson and his wife who is carrying

their baby daughter in a sling while playing golf as they knock around

the past three in Augusta. -- par-3. We will be talking about this later.

Radley Lowrie has been given the honorary 40 First Place on the

national race card. 40 horses on the field and he is down as number 41.

-- Bradley. What they have done on the race card, traditionally, the

bloodline of the horse, he has Carl and Jamar, his parents. -- Gemma.

Jermain Defoe is done as his trainer. / hero. A lovely story. The

time is six and 17. Should parents in England be able

to take their children on term-time The Supreme Court is due to decide

in just a few hours. The US Government has sent out

a warning to Russia over it's Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. Morning. It is a chilly start of the

day for some of us. Temperatures fell to freezing overnight or just

below. Rumour is there is a touch of Frost around but today, mainly dry

with some sunshine and in actual fact, a bit more sunshine than we

thought this time yesterday. High pressure is dominating the weather.

Things are quiet and settled. Yesterday, a few showers across the

north and north-west of Scotland. Here, too, that bit windy. In

Shetland, the wind will strengthen through the day, possibly gale

force. There will be holes in the cloud, on our shores. A bit more

cloud producing the showers, windy in the north but in the east, we are

looking at some sunshine. For Northern Ireland, you will see some

cloud as well but it is thin. It may produce the odd shower but there

could be bright spells. As it moves across England and Wales, a similar

story. Chasing the holes in the cloud and seeing some sunshine. At

worst, it will be bright. If you are in the sunshine, temperatures could

up to 16 Celsius. Overnight tonight, there will be clear skies are

around. We will still have some showers across the West of Scotland.

Some getting into Northern Ireland and the wind is easing touch over

the North of mainland Scotland. That leads us into tomorrow, are very

similar day to today in that it will be largely dry with some cloud

around. There will also be some sunshine and temperatures are into

double figures quite easily. For the weekend, high pressure becomes

ensconced across asked and drifts across the east. We started the --

pool in the ear from the Atlantic. It will introduce rain on Saturday.

The effect of the change is that we will have some of warm air pumping

up from France and the Bay of Biscay and that will have a positive impact

on our temperatures. There are in mind, where we have the weather

front on the north-west, it will have a negative impact on the

temperatures. On Saturday, a nippy start. A lot of sunshine for England

and Wales and eastern parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. If

you are heading off to Aintree, it will stay dry with some sunshine

around. Light winds. As we head on into Sunday, again and nippy start

to the day, a touch of Frost here and there and are lots of blue

skies. As the weather front comes in from the north-west, it will

introduce thick cloud and rain. In the north-west on Sunday,

temperatures can - 13. In the West, 19, 20 and parts of the south-east

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

even into Monday. Wow, that sounds fantastic! I agree.

All this week we've been marking the 50th anniversary

of the Beatles Sergeant Pepper album.

Today we're focussing on "She's Leaving Home"

which was inspired by one teenager who ran away in the 1960s.

Breakfast's John Maguire has tracked her down and he's been

speaking to her about her experience and connection to the song.

# Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins.

# Silently closing her bedroom door, leaving the note that she hoped

would say more. She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her

handkerchief. Half a century iron and I am meeting the girl, now a

woman, who inspired She's Leaving Home. That is such a 60s photo,

isn't it? I am about 17 here. Melanie made front page news when

she ran away, attracted by the bright late -- lights of swinging

60s London. There was something about her story that inspired Paul

McCartney's imagination. If I hear the song, I don't like to listen to

it. I feel terribly sad. It's what my father said in the newspaper is

one of the refrains in the song is "We gave her everything, everything

money could buy." It was clearly that they had read the article.

# We gave her everything money could buy.

# She is leaving home... It is different today. It seems at more

serious issue, running away from home. Half a century on, so much has

changed in our daily lives but problems at home remained a prime

reason for youngsters taking that drastic step. For me, it was

something that I thought about, got scared of the ID and then got even

more scared of the idea of staying so then I had to leave -- idea. This

girl is now 17 that ran away when was 14. Not having anybody outside

of my family network, didn't have anyone to talk to go to and it was

horrible. I sort of think of it and you think, no, I can't do. I can't

do it, I can't do it. And then when the moment hits, it just have to do

it, you just want to be there any more. The experience is horrible.

She is being supported by the charity Missing People and she says

she wishes there was help available before she ran away. In these modern

times, there is always the spectre of the Internet. The digital

thumbprint of being mentioned online. It is an area of being

investigated for the very first time here at the Centre for missing

Persons in Portsmouth. Once there is the digital footprint on the

Internet, it there for ever, almost. They have not given consent for the

images to be released. It's been done by parents. They are the ones

that live with the consequences. Solutions are not so easy but the

so-called right to be forgotten whether details would be taken down

for the Internet could help. 50 years separates these runaways but

uncertainty, risk, albeit in different forms, is just as

prevalent today as it was in 1967 when she left home.

I did not even know that that song was inspired by a real person. Of

course, when you listen to the lyrics, it is obvious. It's so sad

when you think of the tree. You have set me a challenge to get

through all of this in one minute. Big changes coming to tax and the

amount you can now earn tax-free every year has gone up by ?500,

taking it to 11,500 per year. If you are in a higher income taxpayers,

you can earn an extra ?1500 per year before it kicks in. There are also a

couple of changes for families you should be aware of. You can only

claim Child tax benefits for your first two children and that is after

today. The maximum for the reason families has been cut as well. When

we look at housing, buy to let landlords will no longer be able to

offset their mortgage payments against their income, meaning

thousands will have to pipe -- pay a higher rate. If you are leaving cash

behind, and allowance before in heritage tax goes up by ?100,000 but

only if you have children. The amount that all of us can stay

tax-free goes up by 20,000 by today. Plus a new four under 40s goes up

from today. You will find you are paying an apprenticeship levy on tax

and wage bills and that goes towards training. I think I just got it in

one minute. Perfection but I think you are a minute and four seconds,

really. I'm joking. Thank you very much.

When Jane and Jimmy's son, Josh was killed in a crash,

the filmmakers turned to what they know best

The result, a film they hope will help others deal with death

Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

Now, though, it's back to Charlie and Sally.

This is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

We'll have the latest news and sport in just a moment.

Around 60,000 babies are born prematurely every year.

His mum, Sarra Hoy, wife of Olympic cyclist,

Chris Hoy, joins us to tell us why more support is needed for parents

Jamiroquai's Jay Kay is back with a new album full

He'll be here to talk headresses, hits and getting the band back

in the groove after a 10-year hiatus.

I am glad that you said that. Who is the giant jumperee?

That's what Rabbit hopes to discover in the new story

from Julia Donaldson and Helen Oxenbury.

They'll tell us about collaborating and transferring the tale

from a play to the pages of their new book.

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

The Supreme Court will rule today on whether parents can

take their children on holiday in term time,

It's considering the case of John Platt, who refused to pay

a fine after taking his daughter to Florida for a week in 2015.

The ruling could have far-reaching consequences

And just after 8 o'clock we'll be speaking to

the Former Chief Inspector of Schools in England,

Sir Michael Wilshaw about this in more detail.

The White House has sent out a warning to Russia over its support

of the Syrian regime, following the chemical attacks

which killed at least 72 people earlier this week.

US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, said it was time

Russia re-assessed it's support of President Assad.

Donald Trump also condemned the attacks as "an affront

to humanity," but did not mention Russia, Syria's ally.

The Labour party has pledged to provide every primary school

pupil in England with a free school meal, by charging VAT

Their leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will say later this morning that

a Labour government will invest in schools to ensure no child

is held back because of their background.

But the announcement was criticised by the Conservatives

and the Independent Schools Council, who said the sums in the plans

There's a call for the drug ketamine to be used more widely

Psychiatrists in Oxford say they've had some success with a human trial

using the class B substance, which is also a horse sedative.

They now want it to be used more widely within the NHS

and for a national database to be set up, so doctors who prescribe

UKIP could face another setback with its Welsh Assembly Member,

Mark Reckless poised to leave the party.

It is understood that the former Tory MP will work with

the Conservative group in the Assembly while sitting

The news comes just weeks after UKIP's only MP,

Dog owners are being reminded to make sure their pets microchip

details are up-to-date so they can be reunited

Latest figures show 8 million dogs are now microchipped,

3 million more than in 2013 when the plans were first announced.

It's estimated 5% of dogs in the UK don't have a microchip.

500,000 owners are not microchipping their dogs. That is something we

want to see. There are 2 critical stages. Owners need to get their

dogs chipped. They also need to get their contact details up-to-date. So

they can be reunited if they get lost. It is important they know

where to find you if you lose your dog. That makes sense. Could Chelsea

fans say last night was the night their team won the league? Possibly.

There are 8 games left in the season. But Chelsea have an easier

road. I think it is a good thing. Where has the time gone?

Chelsea remain seven points clear at the top of the Premier League

after beating Manchester City 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.

Eden Hazard put the leaders ahead before Sergio Aguero equalised

for City, who face a battle now to make the top four.

Chelsea won a penalty before half time, and Hazard,

It was a big win. It is always difficult to play against Manchester

City. You need to defend well. And we did. We scored 2 goals today. We

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

amazing players that we have. That is all I can say. In the end we are

happier than the game with Arsenal. Stamford Bridge, London, the best

team, and to play like we played. With the problems we had and have.

Huge personality. I am a lucky guy. Second placed Tottenham were 1-0

down at Swansea with two minutes They then scored three

goals through Delle Ali, Son Heung-min, and Christain

Erikksen, in a remarkable recovery. Fifth-placed Arsenal

boosted their Champions League hopes The Hammers are sixth from bottom

after a fifth consecutive Hull cllimbed out of the bottom

three with a 4-2 victory over Elsewhere, Bournemouth scored a late

equaliser to draw 2-2 at Liverpool while Southampton beat

Crystal Palace 3-1. After winning the title

at the weekend, Scottish Premiership champions, Celtic,

maintained their unbeaten run, drawing 1-1 at home

with Partick Thistle. Rangers and Kilmarnock fought out

a lacklustre 0-0 draw at Rugby Park. St Johnstone beat Hearts,

and Motherwell drew with Hamilton. The Masters starts later today,

but on the eve of the tournament at Augusta the world number one

Dustin Johnson has fallen down Johnson landed heavily at the house

he's renting for the Masters. He's been taking anti-inflammatories

and using ice to try Bad weather forced the traditional

pre-Masters par-three contest to be cancelled for the first time

at Augusta yesterday. It's the event were family

and celebrities caddies High winds are due again

today for the first England's Danny Willett

is the defending champion. You can catch it over the weekend on

the BBC. Olympic showjumping champion,

Nick Skelton, has announced his Skelton, who's 59, recovered

from a broken neck in 2000, returning to the saddle

two years later. At London 2012, he helped

Great Britain to a team gold medal before achieving his number one

ambition of Olympic individual gold at the Rio Games last summer

on his horse Big Star. To win in Rio was kind of the icing

and the cake. You cannot get any better than that. There have been a

few problems, but he is fine now. He is in really good order. Just last

week I rode him and him and jumped he felt really good. But it is

probably the time now for him. He is still young. 14 years old. He has

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

time to stop. He and his horse retiring.

England bowlers Tymal Mills and Chris Jordan were involved

in the first match of the Indian Premier League

as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Jordan was used as a substitute fielder for the Sunrisers but came

on and ran out the final Royal Challengers batsman.

Mills, who cost Bangalore more than a million pounds,

And we were talking about this story in the papers, weren't we?

Grand National organisers have given terminally ill five-year-old

Bradley Lowery an honorary place on the official racecard

Bradley was diagnosed with neuroblastoma four years ago.

He's a Sunderland fan, and has been mascot at the Stadium

of Light and at other matches, including an England international,

and now has been included as the 41st entry on the official

racecard at Aintree, with his own red and white

His hero, Sunderland striker Jermian Defoe is also included

Bradley and his family are all going to Aintree

So, a big day for him. And I love the fact his grandparents and

parents were listed as his horse's bloodline. I might put a couple of

quid on him. Lovely to see him there. I wonder if you can bet on

him. All of the money could go to charity, couldn't it? Anyway. He has

already raised a huge amount of money for charity, as in there?

Sunderland have been incredible with it. -- hasn't he? See you later on.

In the run-up to last year's Presidential elections,

Donald Trump talked tough when it came to foreign policy.

He blamed China for much of America's economic woes.

And now that he's in office will President Trump's actions live

up to his words all those months ago?

Later, he'll meet the Chinese President to talk about North Korea

and just overnight the US Secretary of State warned Russia

over its support of President Assad in Syria.

Let's speak now to someone who has followed the Trump administraion

closely, Doug Wead, a former adviser to George W.Bush.

Thank you for your time this morning, Doug. First, the issues

around what happened in Syria. The world is reeling from the images we

have seen from this chemical attack. Asked about this yesterday, Donald

Trump started using, I think, many would say the kind of language he

hates in other politicians. When you kill innocent children and babies,

that crosses many, many lines. Many, many lines. That is a very political

phrase. Many will say if you are a man of action, Mr President, what

are you going to do? He has kind of painted himself in a rich oracle

corner with that comment. I was also interested in the meeting with King

Abdullah when they spoke on the Rose Garden. I have met both of them many

times. It was interesting to see Donald Trump talk about King

Abdullah's experience as a soldier. I am almost certain King Abdullah

had some ideas. There is not much you can do about the Middle East

because it is increasingly complicated. What can the president

do about forcing some action or a summer retreat from that line that

he refers to? -- some. May be king Abdullah has some ideas. Is this the

first reality check for Donald Trump who sees himself as a fixer? No, it

is not the first... LAUGHS. He had the healthcare plan. Afterwards he

said it is more complicated than most people realised. He could have

said "I realised." He started business projects in Manhattan, you

have to know, and when he met problems with permits and organised

neighbourhoods, he would move on to another reject, on and on. And then

he would come back with new energy and allies and new money and

banking. -- project. And then he would figure out how to finish those

projects he once started. He is not done with healthcare and any

international problems. He has not acted immediately, but he has warned

us he will do something. He will deal with these issues. The next

challenge. Meeting with the president of China. So, they have 2

days of talks. Many people will be aware, and many who voted for him,

very much like his attitude towards China. We remember that word, China,

ringing out from his mouth many times. You would say he was harsh in

the run-up to the election. Will he have talks and what will come out of

that? He is very personal one-on-one. So he will be very

personable with the president of China. And it may come off as very

friendly. But he recognises the transfer of wealth from the United

States and China. He recognises this is one of the greatest transfers of

wealth in all of history outside of the Middle East to be $367 billion

as a trade deficit in 2015 alone. He has to do something about it to

return America's economy to a stronger position than what it was.

So, he is going to have to deal with it. But here is some kindergarten

geopolitics. The United States cannot take on Russia and China at

the same time. And some believe that that is why many in the Democratic

Party are pushing conflict with Russia to keep many of the suite

deals that many corporations have with China. -- sweet. It is good to

talk to you. Special adviser to George W Bush, Doug. Just looking at

some of the issues facing Donald Trump the next few days. The

weather. It is absolutely right, there is a

sunshine in the forecast. Not just today but the next few days. There

is also some clout. This morning, a chilly start where we have had clear

skies but that's where we will see sunshine from the word go. Also it

will be mainly dry. If you have an allergy for tree pollen, the levels

are high across southern England, south Wales, all the way into East

Anglia and Kent. Something to bear in mind. I pressure is firmly in

charge of our weather today so things are fairly settled for the

next few days. It is windier across the far North of Scotland and it

could touch gale force across Shetland. We have showers in the

west of Scotland. For the rest of us, a quiet start with a bit of

frost around and quite a bit of cloud but thin cloud. In the

afternoon, we carry on with the rain across the far North of Scotland.

Showers in the West, brighter skies in the east. For Northern Ireland,

you could catch the odd shower but it is the exception rather than the

rule, a bright afternoon. For England and Wales, some clout

around, it's been, there will be some sunny spells developing. --

cloud. In the sunshine, we could see highs of possibly 16 Celsius.

Through the evening and overnight, if anything, the winds ease our lot.

We will see some holes develop into cloud in the north and west. It

would be a particularly cold night. You can expect these types of

temperatures in towns and cities. A and only show in new capital cities.

Similar weather across the UK to today. Largely dry with a few

showers and some sunshine coming through. As we hit the weekend, high

pressure dominates and heads towards the east and then we start to pull

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

A bit of a fly the ointment. For England and Wales, we are pumping up

this warm air from France and temperatures will rise. Where we

have the weather front, you can see the lighter yellow indicating it

won't be as warm and I will show you the kind of temperature values you

can expect in just a jiffy. Saturday afternoon, starts cold. A lot of

sunshine across England and Wales and across Scotland and Northern

Ireland. They will still be bright spells. As we head into Sunday,

after a chilly start, a lot of sunshine, especially for England and

Wales but the weather front coming in from the north-west will

introduce rainfall parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Here, we are

looking at 10- 13. 19- 24 other parts of England but across into the

south-east and eastern England, we could hit 23. It won't last. By

Monday, that will be back down to around 12 and 15. A bit of a shock

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

changeable at the moment, isn't it? Good job we have Carol.

From today, bigger businesses have to reveal how much

they pay their male and female staff - and if there's a gap

This is about making sure men and woman, doing pretty much

the same job, get paid pretty much the same pay.

But in reality, the gap between what men and women get paid

is nearly 20% - and it gets worse as women progress

Firms with more than 250 staff will have to publish data showing

what they pay male and female staff.

They'll also need to include average bonuses paid out to men and women.

receiving a bonus and the proportion of men and women

classed as high earners - and those at the lower end

With me now is Ann Franke from the Chartered Management

Good morning. I suppose welcome news. This is what many people have

been calling for for a long time, to get some transparency about what

people are paid. Is it enough? That it is a great start. It is what will

close the gap. What companies will have to discover if their own pay

gap and once they discover it, they will ask why there is their and what

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

don't talk about what we get this is what our colleagues get. Does this

casts a bit more light on it? That we know someone doing a similar job

is getting paid and therefore if we are not getting paid that, we can go

and complain. That is part of it. It will also force companies to

discover what I call their glass pyramid and what this is, as you

said, they will have many more women in the lower-level jobs and fewer

women in the top level positions. The higher up you go, the bigger the

pay gap will be between men and women so companies will look at that

and say "What can I do to pull women are three the pipeline?" Is it about

filling the quotes? We know already it is difficult that if women have

had time off to have families and being out of the workforce, getting

back in and advancing their pay is one of the big sticking point. Well,

it will help companies to do just that and help companies to have good

career conversations with our employees and it will help those

employees discover where they are in the company's payroll but let's not

forget why we are doing this. Companies with better gender balance

get better business results, have better cultures. Obviously paid

parental leave is one of the issues. How simple is is to rectify? This is

about equality on both sides, levelling the playing field. How do

businesses do this? Do they start to address this? Well, know your own

story. The regulations are going to allow you to do that because you

have to publish them. Each business's story will be slightly

different. It will be up to the leaders of that business to put in

place things that work for them. There are a number of things you can

do. You mentioned women returning from maternity leave. Make sure you

have good policies to help those women get back into the workplace.

Make sure that you sponsor talented women in your organisation and make

sure that you call out bad behaviour, off-the-cuff remarks, or

the lack of promotional opportunities that women may face.

When we talk about the issues, some have criticised us as using a

sledgehammer to crack a nut. Clearly, there is a problem at is

this the right way? 80 is is very good step. Firstly, I would say yes,

it may be cracking a nut bet it is a big night. It has been around for a

long time. -- but this nut has been around. This is a voluntary measure.

Businesses respond better to things that are voluntary. They can set

their own targets and nobody is saying is you have to have let a

number of women. You can put your own action in place --X. More from

me after seven o'clock. Mourning the loss of a loved one can

be a difficult and deeply emotional process - and it's

different for each person. Following the death of their son

in a road accident six years ago, film makers, Jane and Jimmy decided

to make a documentary about how The film "A Love That Never Dies"

follows the pair on a road trip across America,

as they meet other bereaved families coming to terms with

life after death. Filmmakers always put their heart

and soul into their projects. Their labour of love. Nice to see you. But

for Jimmy and Jane, this film is deeply personal because it is about

them and much more than that, it's about their loss. We have travelled

down the Ho Chi Minh Highway to the place our son had died in a road

accident. Josh was killed in a motorbike crash in Vietnam's 60s

ago. As filmmakers, they turned to what they know best to help with

their grief. --6 years ago. This is the screening of their film A Love

That Never Dies. Dear Joshua, we are older now, much older, but we still

can't let you go. I wear your clothes, your genes, your shorts.

Your name is tattooed on my wrist. Grief is often described as a

journey to the couple set off on a physical journey across America,

talking to parents with a shed and -- shared understanding. Sometimes

just come in and say hi, Jordan. They pick in and say good night,

son. --I peek in. Just to find some familiarity and pretend... Pretend

that it is like it was. As Jane and Jimmy shared their experiences with

other parents, their film now means that their stories can be shared

with an audience. They are giving a voice to their grief. It's

absolutely amazing. We need to tear down the barriers and walls and

embarrassment in shame and all of this. You know, it's time for it to

go now. Let people talk about grief openly. Don't be afraid. I hated

people turning away from the... Josh's parents hope that it will be

screened across the US, the UK and everywhere it can help. People

really stayed with it. It's uncomfortable and difficult. One

woman came up and said that she was terrified about coming but she was

so glad she did. The film lives on in us in our relationships with

other people and with his friends. He is obviously living on in the

film as well. Like Marsh to Josh. They want the film to help not just

the parents but everyone. -- homage. They believe it is a positive film.

One that deals with death but celebrate life.

The next screening of the documentary is in Bristol

Details of organisations offering information and support

about bereavement are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline

I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

Decision day over term-time holidays.

In just a few hours, The Supreme Court will reveal

whether parents in England can take their children out of school

The US government ramps up the pressure on Russia

over its support for the Syrian Regime after a gas attack

Jeremy Corbyn says he'd put tax on private school fees to pay

We get the latest figures from the group this morning,

and its new boss is in the building to tell us what they mean

Eden Hazard scores twice to keep Chelsea clear at the top

And the weather. High pressure remains in charge of the weather

right through until the weekend which means things remain settled.

Showers at times in the north-west. Getting warmer by Sunday. Some parts

of the UK will have highs of 23 degrees. I will have more in 15

minutes. We will see you then. Thank you.

This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

The Supreme Court will rule today on whether parents can

take their children on holiday in term time,

It's considering the case of John Platt, who refused to pay

a fine after taking his daughter to Florida for a week in 2015.

The decision could have far-reaching consequences for parents

across England, as our legal affairs correspondent,

In 2015, John Platt took his daughter out of school

He was fined ?120 by his local council on the Isle of Wight.

He refused to pay, as his daughter was regularly attending school.

Nine in ten received a penalty notice.

That's a staggering number of people who received these fines last year.

My assessment is that any unauthorised absence was a criminal

offence according to the Isle of Wight Council.

Some families sought term time holidays at cheaper prices.

So rules came in in 2013 allowing local councils to fine a parent ?60

a child, ?120 if not paid within 21 days.

But the fines did not stop a rise in absences.

Last year, more than 800,000 pupils in England missed one or more

sessions of school for family holidays.

That is up more than 100,000 in the previous year.

Term-time holidays account for a quarter of sessions.

The Department for Education says unauthorised absences damage life

The chaos caused by a child missing for an extended period of time,

The impact will ripple on for months afterwards.

If coming to school did not make a difference, we would not send

The court case centres on what amounts to regular

A win for John Platt would give parents more confidence

to take their children on holiday during term-time knowing

And just after 8 o'clock we'll be speaking to

the former Chief Inspector of Schools in England,

If you have thoughts on it, get in contact. We will have a look at them

later on. The White House has sent

out a warning to Russia over it's support of the Syrian

Regime, following the chemical attacks which killed at least 72

people earlier this week. US Secretary of State,

Rex Tillerson, said it was time Russia re-assessed it's

support of President Assad. Donald Trump also condemned

the attacks as "an affront to humanity," but did not mention

Russia, Syria's ally. The town of Khan Sheikhoun

where no-one will forget the horror These men survived,

but they lost mothers, In Washington, the words

of a president. These heinous actions by the Bashar

al-Assad regime cannot be tolerated. Donald Trump made no

mention of Russia, who, at the United Nations Security

Council, blamed Syrian rebels for the chemical attack,

which prompted this response. How many more children have to die

before Russia cares? Nickey Haley showed graphic

pictures of the dead. We cannot close our highs to them.

-- eyes. And further direct pressure

on Moscow from a senior member Well, there is no doubt in our mind

that the Syrian Regime We think it is time the Russians

rethought their continued support This comes amid final preparations

for Donald Trump's first meeting with China's President Xi Jinping

in Florida later today, We can't continue to allow China

to rape our country. They have taken our money,

they have taken our jobs. The leaders of the world's two

largest economic leaders come North Korea and their future trade

relationship will be at the top Donald Trump's campaign

rhetoric will be put The Labour party has pledged

to provide every primary school pupil in England with a free school

meal, in an effort to improve Jeremy Corbyn will announce plans

to fund the policy by charging VAT on private school fees

later this morning. And there was fresh conflict last

night, as MPs criticised Mr Corbyn for failing to expel Ken Livingstone

over controversial remarks. Our political correspondent,

Ellie Price, joins us Good morning. What is Labour

reposing exactly? This is not a cheap pledge. Jeremy Corbyn wants

?100 million to make sure primary school children have a meal. That

will be paid for with a VAT on private school fees. They believe

that will bring up ?1.5 billion. They believe it will promote healthy

eating. It does not come without critics. The Independent Schools

Council says the mass does not add up because many private school

children are on reduced fees. -- maths. It sounds familiar because it

was in the Lib Dem Manifesto in the last general election. It is a big

policy move for Labour. They believe it can move Labour on during a

difficult week. Is this whole idea likely to be overshadowed by the

internal conflict over Ken Livingstone? Of course. The ongoing

saga of Ken Livingstone after the hearing on Tuesday suspending him

for a further year after the comments linking Zionism and Hitler.

Yesterday with a 100 MPs from Labour backing a motion saying that failing

to expel him to trade the valleys of the party. Yesterday Jeremy Corbyn

said Ken Livingstone would be referred to the governing body of

the party. --. His comments about Judaism and Zionism and Hitler may

again be referred on to a discipline panel, as it is only them who can

expel him. It is confusing. None of it will happen quickly. This is an

ongoing issue for the Labour Party which they will have to deal with.

There's a call for the drug ketamine to be used more widely by the NHS

Psychiatrists in Oxford say they've had some success with a human trial

using the Class B substance, which is also used as a horse

They're now calling for a national database to be established so that

doctors who prescribe it can monitor its results as our health

correspondent, Jane Dreaper, reports.

This is the best she's felt in seven years.

Depression and anorexia took their toll, but taking part

in this NHS drug trial has stopped hrt feeling like she is drowning

I can connect with my kids, take my children to their friends'

birthday parties and go on the odd playdate every now and then.

I can actually be present in my children's lives,

which is the most important thing to me.

Helen is among the first patients to have this experimental treatment.

Doctors can proscribe ketamine as a licensed drug.

All the patients in this trial had severe depression and all other

But 42 of the 101 patient felt much better after having ketamine.

It's really important for us to use it in a controlled environment,

What we would like to see is more centres starting to use ketamine

because we feel we will get more experience of exactly how we can

help people for whom really nothing else has worked.

Patients in Oxford receive it through a drip.

Doctors believe thousands more people could benefit

treatment, but warn that it should only be taken

From today, companies that employ more than 250 staff will be legally

required to publish the average salaries they pay men and women.

About half of the UK workforce will be affected by the new rules.

The Education Secretary, Justine Greening, who's also

the Minister for Women and Equalities says the measures

are being brought in to tackle the gender pay gap.

The soft drink manufacturer, Pepsi has dropped a commercial

after a backlash on social media, that suggested it

The advert features model Kendall Jenner and shows her joining

a group of protesters and handing a police officer a can of Pepsi,

prompting him to smile, while marchers cheer and hug.

Activists say it undermines rights protests and public

Those are the main stories. Carol will have the weather for us coming

up shortly. Later today, the Labour leader,

Jeremy Corbyn will announce plans to provide every primary school

pupil in England with a free meal funded through charging VAT

on private school fees. But the announcement comes

as the party faces yet more internal conflict, after MPs criticised

the decision not to expel Ken Livingstone over

controversial remarks. We're joined now by the Shadow

Education Secretary, Thank you very much for joining us

this morning. Explained the principles of the policy. The

principle is that we know from the Commission of Studies the government

asked for that it will increase attainment and mean healthier

lifestyles for children. You get more efficiency by doing that. 93%

of children are in the state system and only 7% in the private system.

The subsidies private schools get at the moment is not good use of public

money. You are quoting the IFS study, is that right? Yes. It also

goes on to say, I am quoting, this policy would be expensive to roll

out and made disproportionately benefit people from middle and high

income families. Many families that will benefit from this move are

those families which do not receive free school meals at the moment, but

are on medium income. Anyone above ?16,000 per annum. Those who are

struggling, they are the ones that will see the benefit. Many families

are struggling to pay for those meals. It is a socially progressive

policy. So, just to be clear, a head teacher will be sitting in their

school, and under your plan, they would get a bigger chunk of money to

give more children free school meals, all children free school

meals. The head teacher would get that money, but that head teacher

might well say I could use that money better, I could use it to

improve facilities and employ a new teacher, and I am forced to give

free school meals to some people who frankly do not need them. You will

force them to do that? You will tell them what to do with the money even

though they feel they could use a better. The principle behind it and

the reason it is universal is because it will help all children.

It will help those that can and cannot afford. It is to make sure

every child is provided a free school meal and a hot meal for that

day. It is a good policy that is universal fall all families that are

working hard and pay taxes and want to benefit. -- for. Those young

people deserve as much as all the others. I do not want it means

tested. It is a good and socially progressive policy. I know you need

to talk about school meals, but you will notice that the main story is

the legitimacy of The Supreme Court ruling of parents being fined for

taking children out of school during term-time. What would you do during

government? We had a debate. It is one of the first thing I took on as

Shadow Home Secretary of education. I understand how difficult it is. It

is important we set that and supple that children should attend school

during term-time. There are exceptional circumstances. But it

all parents took their children out of school during term-time because

it was cheaper to get a holiday it would be chaotic and affect all the

children's education. With discretion. What concerns me is

discretion is not used in circumstances. I hear stories where

there are circumstances I believe discretion, like cancer treatment,

Exeter, that it is important that discretion is used. -- etc. We have

to set the tone. It is really important that children to attend

school. Many people getting in touch with us this morning about this

story suggesting there are other ways of doing it. Parents can have a

better bit of leeway, a five-day window, to be used up during the

school year, so they can say, I don't know, 1 parent works in the

tourism industry and cannot take holidays, they have to work all the

way through the summer. A five-day window, so at least the family can

have a week together. Some families have tried to stagger

theirs, it has not been popular because not all children go to the

same school. It is not an easy task. If every parent was allowed to have

a holiday in term time it would create chaos. There is discretion in

the current policy, and that is what we have to look at, that head

teachers are encouraged to use that where effective and where possible,

but the premise has got to be that parents should send their children

to school in term time. Some policy issues being talked about at the

moment, and some issues you don't want to talk about, Ken Livingstone

is one of those. Do you think you should be banned from the Labour

Party? It is frustrating that this is leading the news at the moment,

because the Labour Party has always been a party which has had zero

tolerance for any form of racism and therefore I am a street that has

been leading the news. I heard Jeremy speak and welcomed his

comments on that, and I am hoping that it won't happen again. The

question was do you believe he should be banned? I believe anybody

who uses racist terms should be banned. Why can't you signed the

letter? I have signed the letter, I have been quite clear on that. What

I am frustrated that when I am on the programme to talk about really

important matters and their children, and I have to talk about

Ken Livingstone. To be fair, we are talking about it for one minute and

15 seconds. The straight answer is that yes, if he is found guilty of

the chances,... And he has been found guilty of the charges. He has

no place in the Labour Party. Are you frustrated with your leader?

Jeremy is quite clear it was not in his gift. It was a panel, and we are

hearing that as a trade trade unionist who believes in justice, I

was frustrated with the outcome of the panel. It was not to me to

interfere with that but I am frustrated the news is leading on

this. The Labour Party has a proud record of fighting any form of

racism and I believe the party should continue to uphold that an

Jeremy Howe has been clear on that. In his comments yesterday, which I

welcome. -- Jeremy has been clear that.

Here is Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

It is looking a bit brighter. Good morning. It is going to be a lovely

day for some of us today and in fact if you like your weather that warmer

as we head into the weekend, especially Sunday, some parts of

England and Wales will have temperatures up to 23 Celsius. We

are not going to reach those levels today, but it will be mainly dry and

there will be some sunshine. More sunshine around than we thought this

time yesterday. If you have an allergy to tree pollen, the levels

are high across South Wales, East Anglia and also Kent, something to

bear in mind. High pressure is keeping a weather really settled.

Will do so into the weekend as well. You will notice there is some cloud,

but a lot of it is then and we will see some bright spells at worst,

sunny spells at best -- thin. There are some rain across the far north

of Scotland, strong winds picking up across Shetland possibly tube gale

force, and one or two showers and western Scotland. Northern Ireland

could catch the odd shower today but most will state dry with some bright

spells. North-east England seemed brighter breaks with some sunshine

and the cloud breaking in part across England and Wales generally.

At worst bright spells and it is sunny spells but south-east England

seemed a lot of sunshine and in the sunshine we could see 15 or 16

Celsius. As we go through the evening and overnight, once again

there could be some clear spells. The wind will ease down in the

north. There will still be some rain and showers around. These are the

temperatures you can expect in towns and cities, lower in rural areas. So

chilly start tomorrow, but the weather very similar to today. Sunny

spells, variable amounts of cloud and a few showers in the north-west.

For the weekend, a high pressure across us, drifting further east

from France, you will also notice a weather front across the north-west,

eventually bringing rain and a change to the weathertight. Before

it does that, this weekend we are pumping up the Wall, especially so

during the course of Sunday. Where we have the pale yellow, that

indicates it will not be as warm. So that really covers northern and

western parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. So on Saturday we

start off on a chilly note. There will be a lot of sunshine across

England, Wales, eastern Scotland, eastern parts of Northern Ireland. A

bit more cloud towards the west, but thin cloud so there should be some

bright spells. On Sunday, after a chilly start, especially for England

and Wales, we see high temperatures. A weather front coming in

introducing rain and strong winds across Scotland and Northern

Ireland. So here the temperature values will be between ten and 13

Celsius, more or less where they should be at the stage in April. Out

towards the west, 19 or 20 but as we drift over towards the south-east

and eastern parts, up to 23. But remember that weather front I showed

you coming in from the north-west? It is coming south. A cold front

behind it on Friday means those temperatures will be going down. Of

course we remember! We pay attention, we listen, we learn!

Sometimes I even take note! We will see you again very soon.

All this week, we have been marking the 50th anniversary of the Beatles'

Today we are focussing on the track She's Leaving Home,

inspired by one teenager who ran away in the 1960s.

Breakfast's John Maguire has tracked her down,

and he has been speaking to her about her experiences

# Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins.

# Leaving the note that she hoped would say more.

# She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief.

Half a century on, and I'm meeting the girl, now woman,

Melanie Coe made front-page news when she ran away,

attracted by the bright lights of swinging '60s London,

and there was something about her story that fired

I'd listen, and I'd feel terribly sad.

It's what my father said in the newspaper, is one

of the refrains in the song, "We gave her everything,

So it was clear that they had read the article.

# We gave her everything money could buy.

It seems to me a more serious issue, running away from home.

Half a century on, so much has changed in our daily lives,

but problems at home remain the prime reason for youngsters

For me, it was something that I thought about,

got scared of the idea, and then got even more scared

of the idea of staying, so then I had to leave.

This girl is now 17, but ran away when was 14.

Not having anybody outside of my family network,

it's not like I had anyone to talk to, go to, and it was horrible.

I sort of think of it and you think, no, I can't do.

And then, when the moment hits, you just have to do it.

You just don't want to be there anymore.

She is being supported by the charity Missing People

and says she wishes she knew there was help available before

And, in these modern times, there is always the spectre

of the internet, and the digital thumbprint

that being mentioned online leaves.

It is an area that is being investigated for the very first time

here at the Centre for the Study of Missing Persons in Portsmouth.

Once there is the digital footprint of them on the internet,

And they have not given consent for the images to be released.

It's been done by parents, by authorities.

And yet, they're the ones that live with the consequences.

Solutions are not so easy, but a so-called right to be

forgotten, where the details would be taken down

50 years separates these runaways, but uncertainty,

risk, albeit in different forms, is just as prevalent today

as it was in 1967, when she left home.

Karen Robinson from the charity Missing People joins us now,

to talk about some of the issues raised in John's film.

As John made the point himself, 50 years apart, but actually the

stories are the same, you see the same thing happening time and time

again and the same reasons that people want to disappear. We do. In

this country, 150,000 times a year our child will go missing, that is

one every 20 minutes in the UK and you heard from a young person there

who felt that she didn't know where to turn, she didn't know what to do,

what our options were. We at the charity People are therefore young

people like her. If there is anyone having their Breakfast and living in

a situation where they cannot bear to stay there any more, because it

is not safe, the charity Missing People is there 24 hours a day

throughout confidential hotline. And the emotions and turmoil which might

make someone be in that position don't change over the years. Social

media and technology and the way people communicate has changed a

lot. What bearing does that have on people missing and those dynamics?

Social media has given us a fantastic opportunity to appeal

directly to someone like that young person, and let them know that we

are here to help. So we support what the report is saying, but that needs

to be used carefully and in a targeted way. It is vital that

children have a right to be forgotten when they are found. But

when they are missing they have a right to be cared for and protected,

and we need to appeal directly to them, to let them know that someone

is worrying about them. There will be children right now who are not

being cared for and loved by anyone, who are being abused and exploited

by people, and running away and fleeing from that is the right thing

to do sometimes. What we need to do next is get them the help they need.

Because what can happen someone can go missing and want to run away from

home, but they can also change their mind. Absolutely, and if they change

their mind we need to make sure they know where to turn for help. We need

to let them know that running away is a very difficult decision. The

young person you featured wasn't sure, right until the moment she

left, whether she should leave. That is exactly the kind of young person

who needs to know there is 24 hour help out there from the charity

Missing People. Just tell us about the thing you mentioned a moment

ago, the right to remain not found. It is instinctively, as a parent,

you think you also have a right to know, don't you, if someone is safe,

almost regardless of what has happened in the past. How do you

marry those things up? It is a balancing act, and it is a difficult

one. If there are parents watching this in the hideous position of

having to decide, should I or shouldn't I give consent for my

child to be appealed for the public, please contact us and we can help

you think through that difficult decision. The balancing act is this.

Anyone who goes missing has a right to be protected from harm, a right

to life, a human right we all enjoy. And in the UK we live in a society

which cares about us when we are vulnerable. So the parent and carer

and anyone missing someone will be thinking I want help, I want people

to join the search, and thank goodness we live in communities

which will join that search. The right to be forgotten is about

saying when, thankfully, that person is found either safe and well or

very sadly in some cases when they are not found safe and well, and

have passed away, it is really important that we take that

information out of the public domain, so that they and their

families can move on. And we think there is more the police and the

media can be doing, like the report was saying, to make sure that

digital footprint is removed. Very interesting to talk to you. Thank

you so much for your time this morning.

Still to come this morning: We are live from Eltham Palace,

which is under threat from clothes moths.

There is an ongoing battle to protect rare furnishings

to draw in a southerly wind over the course of the weekend and that

16 or 17 degrees on Saturday and maybe 23 on Sunday.

I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

This is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

The Supreme Court will rule today on whether parents can

take their children on holiday in term time,

It's considering the case of John Platt, who refused to pay

a fine after taking his daughter to Florida for a week in 2015.

The ruling could have far-reaching consequences

And just after 8 o'clock we'll be speaking to

the former Chief Inspector of Schools in England,

Sir Michael Wilshaw about this in more detail.

We really want to know what you think at home about how the rules

should really work. The White House has sent out

a warning to Russia over its support of the Syrian regime,

following the chemical attacks which killed at least 72

people earlier this week. US Secretary of State,

Rex Tillerson, said it was time Russia re-assessed it's

support of President Assad. Donald Trump also condemned

the attacks as "an affront to humanity," but did not mention

Russia, Syria's ally. The Labour party has pledged

to provide every primary school pupil in England with a free school

meal, by charging VAT Their leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

will say later this morning that a Labour government will invest

in schools to ensure no child is held back because

of their background. But the announcement was criticised

by the Conservatives and the Independent Schools Council,

who said the sums in the plans There's a call for the drug ketamine

to be used more widely Psychiatrists in Oxford say they've

had some success with a human trial using the class B substance,

which is also a horse sedative. They now want it to be used more

widely within the NHS and for a national database to be

set up, so doctors who prescribe UKIP could face another setback

with its Welsh Assembly Member, Dog owners are being reminded

to make sure their pets microchip details are up-to-date

so they can be reunited Latest figures show 8 million dogs

are now microchipped, 3 million more than in 2013

when the plans were first announced. It's estimated 5% of dogs in the UK

don't have a microchip. You were saying something about your

dog. She is microchipped at the back of the neck and now it is on her

chest. It migrates. It is common. Some people can scan the back of the

neck and say it is not there. It moves all over the place. Who knows

where it will end up. Chelsea. Chelsea fans having a sigh of

relief. It was tense last night. A comeback. They managed to keep

themselves in the race. Just 8 games left in the season.

Chelsea remain seven points clear at the top of the Premier League

after beating Manchester City 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.

Eden Hazard put the leaders ahead before Sergio Aguero equalised

for City, who face a battle now to make the top four.

Chelsea won a penalty before half time, and Hazard,

It is always difficult to play against Manchester

We are happy to stay up with 7 points.

It is an honour for me to have these amazing players that we have.

In the end we are happier than the game with Arsenal.

Stamford Bridge, London, the best team, and to play

Second placed Tottenham were 1-0 down at Swansea with two minutes

They then scored three goals through Delle Ali,

Son Heung-min, and Christain Erikksen, in a remarkable recovery.

Fifth-placed Arsenal boosted their Champions League hopes

The Hammers are sixth from bottom after a fifth consecutive

Hull cllimbed out of the bottom three with a 4-2 victory over

Elsewhere, Bournemouth scored a late equaliser to draw 2-2 at Liverpool

while Southampton beat Crystal Palace 3-1.

After winning the title at the weekend, Scottish Premiership

champions, Celtic, maintained their unbeaten run,

drawing 1-1 at home with Partick Thistle.

Rangers and Kilmarnock fought out a lacklustre 0-0 draw at Rugby Park.

St Johnstone beat Hearts, and Motherwell drew with Hamilton.

The Masters starts later today, but on the eve of the tournament

at Augusta the world number one Dustin Johnson has fallen down

Johnson landed heavily at the house he's renting for the Masters.

He's been taking anti-inflammatories and using ice to try

Bad weather forced the traditional pre-Masters par-three contest to be

cancelled for the first time at Augusta yesterday.

It's the event were family and celebrities caddies

High winds are due again today for the first

England's Danny Willett is the defending champion.

You can catch it over the weekend on the BBC.

Olympic showjumping champion, Nick Skelton, has announced his

Skelton, who's 59, recovered from a broken neck in 2000,

returning to the saddle two years later.

At London 2012, he helped Great Britain to a team gold medal

before achieving his number one ambition of Olympic individual gold

at the Rio Games last summer on his horse Big Star.

England bowlers Tymal Mills and Chris Jordan were involved

in the first match of the Indian Premier League

as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Jordan was used as a substitute fielder for the Sunrisers but came

on and ran out the final Royal Challengers batsman.

Mills, who cost Bangalore more than a million pounds,

Grand National organisers have given terminally ill five-year-old

Bradley Lowery an honorary place on the official racecard

Bradley was diagnosed with neuroblastoma four years ago.

He's a Sunderland fan, and has been mascot at the Stadium

of Light and at other matches, including an England international,

and now has been included as the 41st entry on the official

racecard at Aintree, with his own red and white

His hero, Sunderland striker Jermian Defoe is also included

Bradley and his family are all going to Aintree

40 horses. Wouldn't it be amazing if you could bet on him to raise money

for cancer treatment? Actually, there is a link on the bottom of

that and on his race card entry it says you can. There is a way of

raising money. Thank you. Around 60,000 babies are born

prematurely in the UK every year. For many parents, it can be

an overwhelming and frightening Its a feeling Sarra Hoy,

the wife of Olympic cyclist, Two years ago, their son,

Callum was born at 29 weeks, weighing just two

pounds and two ounces. Now, Sarra is campaigning for better

support for families of babies that are born

premature or are sick. Good morning! Good morning. How are

you? Good, thank you. It is lovely to be he has brought some toys. He

will play with his track behind the sofa. Take us back to the time you

experienced. He was ill. We were told he had to come out and be borne

by C-section it is just a very terrifying time. I have discovered

from speaking to other mothers that it is not uncommon where you have to

have a premature birth. We are just looking at the pictures. He was tiny

and very, very poorly. He was. We were lucky that he managed to go

through intensive care. It was a straightforward journey for us. Many

parents have a much tougher ride. We were actually very, very fortunate.

I am thankful for the care we had prior to the birth and afterwards

for Callum. It is difficult. He was in for 2 months. A period of time

you would never want to revisit. At that time you said you were poorly

and you knew that he was going to have to come out and there was

nothing you could do about it. All sorts of horrendous things must go

through your mind at that point. At that point, unfortunately, no 1 can

promise you or tell you what will happen. It happens fast. You are

told we have gone as fast as we can and it is happening now. It is a

feeling of disbelief that this is the end of your pregnancy and you

have not arranged it or anything. Here you are facing the unknown. 1

hour before Callum was being born we were trying to find a name. We

decided if he was going to die he should die with a name. Those are

the thoughts that go through your mind. No 1 can tell you it will be

OK. Fortunately, here you are, isn't it a wonderful story? But many other

people have a very, very difficult journey. It is very hard. In

practical terms, when you think back to those times, I mean, you are

dealing with the biggest of all things as a parent, thinking about,

you know, possibly losing a child. In practical terms, what would have

helped at that time, what would you have liked to happen around you that

may have helped a bit? I think probably to be told that that is a

normal feeling, because at the time you feel very isolated. And that is

where assistance can help. We were given that, but it is very difficult

to take in and take on board. I can see it all happening in hindsight.

It is difficult to hear those things. But I think to understand

you are not alone and also to learn that that many babies are born a

year. Sorry. That are born prematurely or 6 and that need

prenatal care. -- sick. It is a large number of children. You are by

yourself. People have walked the path before. We were lucky. We were

inundated with messages from the public, a huge amount of support

telling us that he will be OK and it will be OK, and just words of

encouragement. Even then, it is hard, because no 1 can say you will

be fine. It is really difficult. And what practical advice can you give

to people who might face this? I think first and foremost you need to

talk. The charity I am involved in, Bliss, they have a presence on all

the prenatal units. They are either their face-to-face or there is a

helpline. It is crucial information that is on their website and you can

just make you understand you are not by yourself and you can find

information that you would otherwise have to find on random parts of the

Internet. And this is all over for you now? Shall we explain why? That

is right. It is really relevant. Because I am pregnant.

Congratulations. Thank you very much. It is a big step for mothers

and fathers, I think, to decide to go down the road again. But what I

have learned is that with any pregnancy you cannot plan anything.

You are quite a bit out of control. Do some of those anxieties... They

live with you, don't they? Yes. Every day.

I look at Callum and think I can't believe he is breathing by himself,

and that is 2.5 years on, and it still hits me. And I am in a much

better place. I think what I would like to say to any parents is, time

heals, and it does get better, but at the same time, to talk. You

aren't alone, and whatever feelings you are having, I can pretty much

guarantee you are not the first and only person to have had those

feelings, whether they are good or very bad and if you can try and

contact people who can help you, such as Bliss, then it is really

important. And Carol has resolutely refuse to look at the camera for us,

but he is completely free to do that. The back of the sofa is much

more interesting, and he is busy taking this microphone off! Perfect

timing. Thank you for bringing your toys in for us. Say goodbye to

everybody. There you are. He couldn't look more healthy, could

he? Lovely to see. You have missed a treat, a gorgeous boy on this so

far. Not even for Carol. Here's a wee cutie, that Callum, isn't he? It

is a fine start to the day for many parts. There are some fine cloud, as

we can see from the Weather Watchers pictures. There are some fog around

the airport and we also have a fine start in Cheshire. Again, in

Northwich. What is happening is high pressure is dominating, things are

fairly settled and pollen levels are high across South Wales to East

Anglia and South. It is tree pollen, which may well be affecting you,

worth mentioning before you set out. High pressure will remain with us as

we head on into the weekend. Across the far north and north-west we have

some drizzle, some showers and some rain, and strengthening wind but for

most it will be dry, settled, and we will have something cloud. The

showers continue in the afternoon, the wind strengthens across

Shetland, the brighter skies across eastern Scotland and north-east

England but having said that across Northern Ireland, although you are

not completely immune to a shower, something cloud and bright spells

and even sunny spells are possible. North-east England seeing some

sunshine. The rest of England and Wales, cloudy at times, but thin

cloud, some bright and sunny spells. South Wales and south-west England

seeing sunshine, with highs of up to 15 or 16. Through the evening and

overnight there will be some holes in the cloud. Some eastern fog

forming, but nothing too much. We carry on with the showers and the

rain in the north but the wind starting to ease. That leaves us

into a very similar day tomorrow. Again, largely dry, a few showers in

the north-west, some sunny spells and temperatures roughly 11 to 14.

For some in the sunshine, a little bit higher. This weekend, high

pressure still with us, drifting over towards the east, allowing the

air air around it to come up from the wall near continent. The warmest

conditions this weekend will be on Sunday, especially across England

and Wales. As you can tell from this amber colour. Where we have the

yellow, this is where the weather front is and it will feel quite

fresh. To start with on Saturday, a nippy start, a touch of frost, a lot

of sunshine for England and Wales, eastern Scotland and the east of

Northern Ireland. Thin cloud across western Scotland and western parts

of Northern Ireland. As we head into Sunday, after another chilly start

under clear skies, a touch of frost. A lot of sunshine but where we have

a weather front producing stronger breezes and some rain it is not

going to feel as warm. Temperatures between ten and 13, which is roughly

where it should be at this stage. The highest temperatures will be

across central and eastern and south-eastern parts of England, up

towards 23, that is 73 Fahrenheit. If we recall the weather front

coming across Scotland and Northern Ireland, it continues its descent

towards the south, so by the time we get to Monday, temperatures which at

23 on Sunday will be more like 12, possibly to 14. So you will notice

the difference, but temperatures still not bad for this time of year.

We will take not bad. Thank you. The Co-operative Group runs

supermarkets, funeral and insurance businesses, but it has had

a tough time of late. In the last hour, the Co-operative

Group has reported a pre-tax loss That is after a lot of costs

associated with the ailing Co-Op It still owns 20% of the bank,

but has now valued that But elsewhere, food sales were up,

its insurance business is doing well, and funeral care division

has seen strong sales. Nice to see you. We should save you

are running the food business for five years. So congratulations on

the new job. The loss of ?132 million, down from a ?23 million

profit in the year before. It is a big loss. Why? It is true to say it

is disappointing, but it is purely a decision by the group to reduce the

value we have in the bank, and it in no way reflects what has been a

great year for the group, in the areas of our food, our funerals and

our insurance businesses, which is the areas that I spent all of my

time focused on. We have seen growth in all of those businesses, we are

attracting more members to our unique scheme, and we have seen our

operating profits grow by 30%. So the Co-op is actually back in our

core businesses, albeit that we have had to take account of the bank's

performance. I will come onto the other bits of the business in a

minute. Looking at the bank, for people who are not sure how it

works, you owned 20% the bank, you put a value on what you thought that

was worth. You have said from 140 million quid, it is now worth

nothing. How can a 20% stake in a bank be worth nothing? So we are

being very prudent in the way we value the bank, and we have chosen

to do that because there is a sale process going on. That is felt to be

the right thing to do, it is during a sale is quite a volatile market.

So this is purely an accounting treatment. We are very hopeful the

bank will find a bidder. 2 million of our members have accounts with

the bank, but we are a minority shareholder, and there is only so

much that I can say while the big process is going -- bid process is

going on. And expressions of interest ended on Tuesday. I assume

you can't tell me whether you have any expressions of interests, but I

assume you have a buyer. That is something the bank to manage

through. As a shareholder, we will be told at the appropriate time

along with the other shareholders and we are still waiting to hear

that news. Looking at the other bits of the business, retail,

supermarkets, funeral and insurance. Supermarkets, given the price wars

we have seen it as a tough market to be in. You have opened 112 new

stores, you have closed 141, so about the same. Food prices a big

issue, as because they are now starting to creep up again. What

reassurance can you have for customers that prices will not keep

on rising? So we have a job to do to get a balance between looking after

great suppliers and making sure that we keep the ceiling on prices which

arise for our members and customers. That is what we spend all our time

one worrying about. I think we are getting a balance right, including

with the new membership scheme we have just launched. Every time you

buy a product you get 5% off the price which you can redeem when you

buy Co-op product in the future. So we are trying to bring value through

that lands, and make the shopping trip as cost free as it possibly can

be -- through that lens. You have talked about wanting to enter new

markets which aren't serving people well. Are you throwing down the

gauntlet for Tesco, ASDA? No, they did it through disrupting markets.

We think the way we do business in a different way, and our ethics, will

enable us to look at new markets in the future. We have just started, I

am just on the job, very early, as you say. But I think with the stable

based the group is in, we can look promising in the future. More from

me after eight a.m.. Have you ever had to throw out your

favourite jumper has a cheeky moth has got to it? And they always seem

to eat them in the worst place. I think it is because of how you store

them and fold them. Imagine if that problem is much bigger and you run a

beautiful palace. Our reporter Fiona Lamdin

is at Eltham Palace to tell us more. Moths are a problem there as well.

Moths are definitely a problem here. A couple of years ago they had 300,

they now have 1200. If I just take you through into the Italian

drawing-room, I am just going to show you some of the damage, what

they have been eating. In this Victorian gun case, if I flip is

open, you can see some of the damage along the lining and this camel

coat. They have clearly been having a munch. Just coming over to

Rebecca, tell us how you are combating the moths. We do very deep

cleans over the winter, we are just reopening more extensively after our

very deep clean. Lots of vacuuming, we check the collection, and we

disturb the moths. Clean and disturb them. It is most certainly a battle.

And it has doubled in the last five years, so it is a battle. And Les

Hill is here to promote the moths, because you say they are not all

pests. Absolutely, of the 2500 species in the UK, most of which are

pollinators and indicators of the health of our environment, there are

only about five clothes moths as such, four of which we recognise as

being scarce, but there is one troublesome Mulpha, yes. And English

Heritage are asking for our help. They are giving these out to

everyone who comes to visit, whether you are in the Isle of Wight, or

Yorkshire, or wherever you are, come and get one of these and put it in

your house and the plan is you can work out how badly you have a

problem where you are, and they can build a much bigger picture, right

across the country. Thank you very much indeed, moths everywhere.

Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

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

Decision day over term-time holidays.

In just a few hours, the Supreme Court will reveal

whether parents in England can take their children out of school

Good morning, it's Thursday, 6th April.

Also this morning: The US government ramps up the pressure on Russia

over its support for the Syrian regime, after a gas attack

Jeremy Corbyn says he'd put tax on private school fees

to pay for thousands of free school meals.

The group reports a massive loss after writing of the value of its

bank, but its boss tells me it is back on track.

In sport, still out in front - Eden Hazard scores twice to keep

Chelsea clear at the top of the Premier League.

Fresh from their first UK gig in more than six years,

Jay Kay and his hat will join us on the sofa.

I am a giant jumper and I'm scary as can be. Speaking of hearts,

children's author Julia Donaldson will be here with an illustrator.

You might need a hat in the next few days as high pressure is firmly in

charge. It will get warmer. There will be a fair bit of sunshine in

the weekend, except for parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, with

highs of up to 23 Celsius. Good morning.

First, our main story. The Supreme Court will rule today

on whether parents can take their children on holiday

in term-time, without It's considering the case

of Jon Platt, who refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter

to Florida for a week in 2015. The decision could mean big changes

for parents across England, In 2015, Jon Platt took his

daughter out of school He was fined ?120 by his local

council on the Isle of Wight. He refused to pay, as his daughter

was regularly attending school. One in nine parents received a

truancy penalty last year. That's a staggering number of people

who received these fines last year. My assessment is that any

unauthorised absence was a criminal offence, according to

the Isle of Wight Council. Following concerns that some

families saw term time holidays at cheaper prices as a right, rules

came in in 2013, allowing local councils to find a peer and ?60 per

child, doubling to ?120 if not paid within 21 days.

But the fines did not stop a rise in absences.

Last year, more than 80,000 pupils in England missed one or more

sessions of school for family holidays.

That is up more than 100,000 from the previous year.

Term-time holidays account for a quarter of sessions.

The Department for Education says unauthorised absences damage life

The chaos caused by a child missing for an extended period of time,

three, four, five days, two weeks, can be huge.

The impact will ripple on for months afterwards.

If coming to school did not make a difference, we would not send

The court case centres on what amounts to regular

A win for Jon Platt would give parents more confidence

to take their children on holiday during term-time, knowing

In few minutes will be speaking to former chief inspector of schools in

England, Sir Michael Wilshaw. Lots of you getting in touch.