08/04/2017

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

:00:00. > :00:00.The United States warns it could take further

:00:07. > :00:14.US officials say they will also impose additional sanctions as a war

:00:15. > :00:34.Police in Sweden say a man they arrested after yesterday's

:00:35. > :00:39.lorry attack in Stockholm is suspected of terrorism.

:00:40. > :00:41.More disruption as rail workers plan another strike.

:00:42. > :00:45.There's a warning that the Grand National could be hit.

:00:46. > :00:47.Despite that industrial action, they're expecting another bumper

:00:48. > :01:01.We'll ask the class of 67' who still get by with a little help

:01:02. > :01:15.Good morning. This weekend looks very likely to bring the highest

:01:16. > :01:21.temperatures of the year so far. Plenty of warmth, plenty of

:01:22. > :01:24.sunshine. Things change a little bit tomorrow in Northern Ireland and

:01:25. > :01:30.Scotland. I will have all the details for you in about 15 minutes.

:01:31. > :01:31.Ben, thank you. The United States says it's prepared

:01:32. > :01:35.to launch more military action against Syria over it's use

:01:36. > :01:37.of chemical weapons. It follows a missile strike

:01:38. > :01:40.on an airbase where the Syrian government is said to have launched

:01:41. > :01:44.a deadly gas attack last week. The US says its also preparing

:01:45. > :01:46.new economic sanctions Here's our Washington

:01:47. > :01:49.correspondent, David Willis. This was America's first direct

:01:50. > :01:54.involvement in the Syrian crisis, its cruise missile attack

:01:55. > :02:00.a contradiction of the trumped up This was America's first direct

:02:01. > :02:02.involvement in the Syrian crisis, its cruise missile attack

:02:03. > :02:05.a contradiction of the Trump doctrine of avoiding

:02:06. > :02:07.conflicts in faraway lands. And, as Syria's army Chief Inspector

:02:08. > :02:11.the impact of the attack, on the air base from

:02:12. > :02:13.which US officials insist Tuesday's chemical weapons

:02:14. > :02:15.attack was launched, the Trump administration

:02:16. > :02:17.insisted it was a one-off and not the opening

:02:18. > :02:31.of a new front in the war The strategy in Syria remains

:02:32. > :02:35.focused on beating Islamic State, there is no doubt it has hired and

:02:36. > :02:43.its stance on Bashar al-Assad considerably in the last few days.

:02:44. > :02:49.The United States took a very measured step last night. We are

:02:50. > :02:52.prepared to do more, but we hope that will not be necessary. All of

:02:53. > :02:55.this has put Donald Trump on a collision course with his opposite

:02:56. > :03:02.number in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin. Russia is Syria's chief

:03:03. > :03:06.benefactor, and after the strike, they have suspended military

:03:07. > :03:10.co-ordination in the skies over Syria. Meanwhile, the Pentagon is

:03:11. > :03:15.looking into suggestions that Russia may have been complicit in the

:03:16. > :03:19.chemical weapons attack, possibly by seeking to cover up evidence,

:03:20. > :03:26.something that could harden the battlelines over one of the world's

:03:27. > :03:29.most intractable complex. BBC News, Washington.

:03:30. > :03:31.Swedish police say the man they're questioning about yesterday's lorry

:03:32. > :03:34.attack in Stockholm has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism.

:03:35. > :03:37.Swedish media are also reporting the arrest of a second man.

:03:38. > :03:40.Four people died and 15 were injured when the vehicle ploughed

:03:41. > :03:45.Our correspondent, Dan Johnson, has this report.

:03:46. > :03:54.Panic and confusion on the streets of another European capital.

:03:55. > :04:01.Something is happening. People, running in terror, as a truck races

:04:02. > :04:10.towards shoppers in a stock on shop. And this is how it ended. --

:04:11. > :04:15.Stockholm. I saw how it ended. There was not much of a reaction but then

:04:16. > :04:24.the police arrived. They said you have to run. The truck belonged to a

:04:25. > :04:28.brewery company who say that it was hijacked when they were dropping off

:04:29. > :04:33.there. It has hit Sweden hard. -- beer. Police released images of a

:04:34. > :04:41.man they wanted to question, and within they had made an arrest. We

:04:42. > :04:47.released pictures of a man of interest to the investigation and a

:04:48. > :04:51.short while ago we apprehended a man who matches that description. The

:04:52. > :04:57.Prime Minister of Sweden said his country would not give in to terror.

:04:58. > :05:02.We are determined never to let the values that we treasure, democracy,

:05:03. > :05:09.human rights, and freedom, to be undermined by hatred. After hours

:05:10. > :05:12.under lockdown, at least some normality is returning to the city

:05:13. > :05:20.to be the Metro has reopened, and people are returning. -- city.

:05:21. > :05:24.People are saying this is a wake-up call to security services. Sweden

:05:25. > :05:30.has a history of being open to all. But now it is the latest country in

:05:31. > :05:34.Europe forced to confront death that is so sudden and so shocking. BBC

:05:35. > :05:39.News, Stockholm. President Trump has said he believes

:05:40. > :05:42."tremendous progress" has been made during meetings in Florida

:05:43. > :05:44.with the Chinese leader, They've agreed a 100-day plan

:05:45. > :05:48.for talks designed to reduce the US They also talked about North Korea's

:05:49. > :05:51.nuclear weapons programme. A strike by rail workers at the RMT

:05:52. > :05:55.union is set to disrupt services Members will walk out at three

:05:56. > :05:59.companies, Southern, Northern, and Merseyrail

:06:00. > :06:01.in a dispute over proposed changes to the role of the

:06:02. > :06:03.on-board train guard. Here's our transport

:06:04. > :06:12.correspondent, Richard Westcott. If you are off to the races at

:06:13. > :06:18.Aintree today, expect problems by train. Workers on Merseyrail and

:06:19. > :06:21.Northern are on strike. In an attempt to minimise problems,

:06:22. > :06:31.Merseyrail is prioritising services to and from the course at expense of

:06:32. > :06:36.other routes. The last line goes at 630 in the evening, causing some to

:06:37. > :06:41.lose out on the biggest race of the day at 515. Most expect widespread

:06:42. > :06:47.disruption on all services. There will be cancelled trains and

:06:48. > :06:50.replacement buses. The other company involved in the strike, Southern,

:06:51. > :06:57.says it will have A normal service, but just a driver on board.

:06:58. > :07:02.--A near. This strike started a year ago and spread to the north of

:07:03. > :07:07.London in recent weeks. It is over the role of the guard on trains.

:07:08. > :07:10.Talks to resolve the issue keep breaking down. Richard Westcott, BBC

:07:11. > :07:15.News. Despite that rail strike around

:07:16. > :07:15.70,000 people are expected at Aintree today.

:07:16. > :07:18.This year marks 40 years since the legendary Red Rum

:07:19. > :07:20.completed his unmatched treble of Grand National wins

:07:21. > :07:30.It remains one of sport's Altima challenges. This year marks a

:07:31. > :07:36.celebration of victory at Aintree. 50 years since an outsider rocked

:07:37. > :07:43.the most unlikely of wins. Tremendous! You have never seen

:07:44. > :07:50.anything like it! 40 years since Red Rum dot to a third victory. -- got.

:07:51. > :07:54.While the challenge of the National is like nothing else, these huge

:07:55. > :07:56.fences make it one of the most unpredictable events in sport.

:07:57. > :08:07.History proves that anything can happen. So, who will 2017 along to

:08:08. > :08:11.many feel it is this horse, Definitely Red, trained in

:08:12. > :08:18.Yorkshire, aiming for glorious. The pressure is always there. No, it is

:08:19. > :08:23.great. We are the favourite. We just want to get in there and run the

:08:24. > :08:30.race itself. Yesterday was Ladies' Day at Aintree, the traditional

:08:31. > :08:34.festival of finery. Could today's race belonged to a female jockey?

:08:35. > :08:41.This woman wants to be the first to win. Just 48 hours after she was

:08:42. > :08:47.nearly ruled out. It was reported that she broke her arm. It was only

:08:48. > :08:51.bruised. She will be in pain, but it will take more than that to stop her

:08:52. > :08:56.riding in the world's greatest horse race. Yesterday's race over the

:08:57. > :09:05.National sensors brought in untypical winner. 31 outsider Ultra

:09:06. > :09:11.Gold and the 18 year old jockey. There is no guarantee today. BBC

:09:12. > :09:15.News, Aintree. Apparently the sun will shine again.

:09:16. > :09:18.What would you do if a friend had to drop out of planned holiday

:09:19. > :09:23.One group set out to find someone with the same name

:09:24. > :09:27.The ten friends from Bristol tracked down a replacement Joe McGrath

:09:28. > :09:29.on Facebook and found a willing companion in Stockport.

:09:30. > :09:33.What could have been a bit awkward turned out to be a great trip,

:09:34. > :09:55.I had my friends knowing where I was. I had my tracker on my phone in

:09:56. > :09:59.case anything happened. I was all prepared for anything to go wrong.

:10:00. > :10:00.But he didn't. I am very glad it didn't.

:10:01. > :10:07.He went on holiday with strangers just on the basis he had the same

:10:08. > :10:13.name. I thought you could pay to change your name on your plane

:10:14. > :10:17.ticket. Did he have to? That is a lovely thing to do, Joe. I saw sorry

:10:18. > :10:26.for the man who had to stay at home. Let's take a look at this morning's

:10:27. > :10:28.papers. Just a quick look. We will do a full one later on in the

:10:29. > :10:36.programme. The Times. Images from the attack in

:10:37. > :10:42.Syria dominating the front pages still. 59 cruise missiles. More

:10:43. > :10:45.information coming out. Some of the images of the explosions as the

:10:46. > :10:51.missiles hit dominated the front page of the Times. Talking about the

:10:52. > :10:56.relation is now between Russia and the US. Yeah. The front page of the

:10:57. > :11:03.Daily Mail. A quote from Donald Trump saying he would strike again,

:11:04. > :11:06.he said, last night. He said they would potentially strike again

:11:07. > :11:12.against the Syrian regime. Obviously, much more detail about

:11:13. > :11:15.the initial raid. And the man we are talking about this morning on the

:11:16. > :11:22.programme. They are suggesting this is the face of the truck terrorist.

:11:23. > :11:28.We have a correspondent in Stockholm bringing us the latest information.

:11:29. > :11:34.One step from war, Donald Trump. Apparently he came close to sparking

:11:35. > :11:38.war on Syria. We will catch up more on the Russian reaction in the

:11:39. > :11:44.aftermath of the attack later this morning. That is on the front page

:11:45. > :11:47.of the Guardian. They are suggesting there is a clear message that Donald

:11:48. > :11:51.Trump is sending to Syria that the chemical attack, the likes of a

:11:52. > :11:55.chemical attack we saw earlier this week, simply must never happen

:11:56. > :12:01.again. They are saying that the White House is backing away from

:12:02. > :12:06.wider conflict. They are doing this because they do not want a chemical

:12:07. > :12:11.attack happening again. A slightly lighter note. This is from the

:12:12. > :12:22.Times. A story about the... There was a lot of talk about the plastic

:12:23. > :12:27.fibre, how it is indestructible. This professor took on the challenge

:12:28. > :12:32.to destroy the fiver. He did succeed in obliterating the fiver note with

:12:33. > :12:49.liquid nitrogen, a hammer, and nitric acid. On line in a video he

:12:50. > :12:54.posted the proof. It becomes rigid and you can break it with a hammer.

:12:55. > :12:58.Why would anyone want to waste money? He is a scientist. You are

:12:59. > :13:09.talking about the fiver? He could have had a coffee instead. Maybe two

:13:10. > :13:16.or three depending on where he went. Anyway, he beat it in the end.

:13:17. > :13:20.The United States has warned that it could take further military action

:13:21. > :13:23.against the Syrian government over its use of chemical weapons.

:13:24. > :13:26.Sweden's state prosecutor says a man suspected of terrorism has been

:13:27. > :13:29.arrested after four people were killed by a lorry driven

:13:30. > :13:33.Also coming up in the programme: the team from Click is looking

:13:34. > :13:35.in to how clever smart devices really are.

:13:36. > :13:52.Let's look ahead to the weekend's weather with them. Good morning.

:13:53. > :13:57.Good morning to you as well. If you like warmth and sunshine, I suspect

:13:58. > :14:03.you will like this weekend. Very pleasant weather for most of others.

:14:04. > :14:07.The sunshine will be strong. Some high UV levels. Maybe worth some

:14:08. > :14:12.protection and it's going to turn very warm. High-pressure drifting

:14:13. > :14:17.off to the east, allowing us to draw a southerly wind and on that win, we

:14:18. > :14:21.will see increasingly warm air wafting in on our direction as we go

:14:22. > :14:26.on through the rest of this weekend. A bit of a chilly start out there

:14:27. > :14:33.and some others, there are some fog patches. Into the Midlands. The fog

:14:34. > :14:36.should clear away very quickly. And for England and Wales, there is some

:14:37. > :14:41.sunshine. A cloudy start the Northern Ireland. The crowd will

:14:42. > :14:46.burn back and we will see some sunny spells by the afternoon. Here, it

:14:47. > :14:50.stays pretty cloudy. Some spots of rain in drizzle. The best of the

:14:51. > :14:55.sunshine across southern Scotland and Northern Ireland. Across parts

:14:56. > :14:59.of England and Wales, up into the 20s, maybe 20 to somewhere to the

:15:00. > :15:05.north of London. A little cooler around the coasts as we develop a

:15:06. > :15:12.sea breeze but a lovely day at Aintree for the Grand National.

:15:13. > :15:17.Sunshine for the race callers. -- race -goers. If you are out and

:15:18. > :15:22.about this evening, fine and a nice night as well. Quite chilly again. A

:15:23. > :15:27.touch of frost in places in southern areas especially, the odd fog patch.

:15:28. > :15:34.These are the temperatures in towns and cities. Tomorrow, we develop a

:15:35. > :15:38.bit of a split in auctions. England and Wales, more sunshine. Really

:15:39. > :15:44.very warm. More cloud coming into the western coast. Northern Ireland,

:15:45. > :15:51.Scotland, clouding over from the north-west. Maybe just 12 degrees in

:15:52. > :15:55.Glasgow. 24 degrees in London and some spots towards the south and

:15:56. > :16:00.south-east could get to 25 degrees tomorrow afternoon. With all those

:16:01. > :16:04.dry conditions and the sunshine, high pollen levels, particularly

:16:05. > :16:09.across England and Wales. If you like the warmth, make the most of

:16:10. > :16:16.it. It will not last. A bit of a change in Monday. London, 24

:16:17. > :16:20.degrees. Monday, just 12 degrees. That leads us into a much cooler

:16:21. > :16:26.week. Enjoy the warmth and the sunshine.

:16:27. > :16:29.50 years ago, the Beatles released Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club

:16:30. > :16:32.Band, and all this week we've been looking at some

:16:33. > :16:36.Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin has been to meet the class of 67,

:16:37. > :16:39.who still believe they were lucky to get by with a little help

:16:40. > :16:58.Let's go back to 1967. What would you think if I sang out of tune?

:16:59. > :17:05.Ringo was on vocals here. Gordon, Jim, Ray, Bill and Billy were huge

:17:06. > :17:11.Beatles fans back in Liverpool. How many times did you see them?

:17:12. > :17:18.Possibly 75, 100 over the years. It was great times. Your count card.

:17:19. > :17:25.Happy Days. And around this table, I believe they were better days. It

:17:26. > :17:29.was a small world, then. We had a small group of people who grew up at

:17:30. > :17:37.the same time and had the same experiences. Shared experiences. But

:17:38. > :17:40.it was bands or music or what, they were not any outside pressures to do

:17:41. > :17:44.other things in those days. Life they reckon was simpler when the

:17:45. > :17:50.world was smaller, less complicated, more real. That is the problem

:17:51. > :17:55.nowadays. Medication is so easy. We used had a can with of string.

:17:56. > :18:02.Nowadays, people have 8000 friends on Facebook. How can you have 8000

:18:03. > :18:08.friends? You are not buying it. I am not at all. The friendships that we

:18:09. > :18:17.have, we are very lucky to still have them. It's all going to be so

:18:18. > :18:22.computerised. Yet I can count your -- if you can count your true

:18:23. > :18:25.friends are more than one hand, you are kidding yourself. So friendships

:18:26. > :18:38.50 years in the making. Our modern friendships really less

:18:39. > :18:45.meaningful? How many friends do you reckon you guys have? Facebook

:18:46. > :18:50.friends. Between us. Thousands. People always tend to think that

:18:51. > :18:56.everything was better when they were young and that includes friendship.

:18:57. > :19:01.Meaningful friends. If we are thinking about Instagram followers,

:19:02. > :19:04.probably 800. We are not the first generation to think this. Earlier in

:19:05. > :19:08.the 20s the century when the telephone was invented, everybody

:19:09. > :19:12.said it would be the end of the art of friendship. There were articles

:19:13. > :19:17.in newspapers and magazines. True friendship is dead. It's all doomed.

:19:18. > :19:20.Everybody wants to pick up this newfangled telephone and they will

:19:21. > :19:25.not bother to meet up with our friends or go out and do things in

:19:26. > :19:29.the real world, just stuck on the telephone. That is the end of

:19:30. > :19:34.friendship. How wrong they were. So even for these three, it's not the

:19:35. > :19:43.8000 followers that count. Real friends? If I needed someone

:19:44. > :19:52.straightaway to be there, these two. Maybe you guys were wrong about

:19:53. > :20:02.this. We probably were. Friendship never really changes. Not true

:20:03. > :20:10.friendship. 19 minutes past -- 19 minutes past six. Swedish police say

:20:11. > :20:13.they the man they are questioning about the lorry attacked and

:20:14. > :20:18.stockholders been arrested. Our correspondent is in stock old. We

:20:19. > :20:25.have any more information about the arrests that have made already? Just

:20:26. > :20:29.a quick bit of context. We are right by the department store that the

:20:30. > :20:33.lorry ploughed into on Friday on the corner of Sweden's busiest shopping

:20:34. > :20:39.street. Police have confirmed that one person has been arrested on what

:20:40. > :20:43.they have described as terror crimes by murder. No more information about

:20:44. > :20:47.his identity but it is widely reported here in Sweden that he is a

:20:48. > :20:52.39-year-old from was Pakistan, understood to have links with the

:20:53. > :20:57.so-called Islamic State. A second person has also been arrested out in

:20:58. > :21:01.the suburbs north of stock old, 20 minutes away but very little

:21:02. > :21:06.information on him so far. In the meantime, security is incredibly

:21:07. > :21:10.tight across Sweden. A big police presence here in the city centre.

:21:11. > :21:14.The Prime Minister said that reinforcements were going to be made

:21:15. > :21:18.on the Swedish borders to keep security tight. One update on the

:21:19. > :21:23.injured, 15 people injured, four people dead, six of those injured

:21:24. > :21:30.now released from hospital. Thank you very much indeed. The time is

:21:31. > :21:34.6:21 a.m.. Almost two years ago,

:21:35. > :21:36.Molly Comish started homeless people in her home town

:21:37. > :21:40.by giving them 'dignity packs'. They're rucksacks filled

:21:41. > :21:42.with essential personal items such Today Molly is being

:21:43. > :21:46.recognised for her work We'll speak to her in a moment,

:21:47. > :22:01.first let's take a look I was walking around Dublin in

:22:02. > :22:05.December of 2015 and I just saw the amount of homeless people and I

:22:06. > :22:13.decided I needed to make a difference so I'm trying, anyway.

:22:14. > :22:19.For me, dignity is being cleaned so I thought, maybe I could put

:22:20. > :22:24.together a pack to keep people granted that we dashed a pack to

:22:25. > :22:28.keep people clean that we take the granted that homeless people could

:22:29. > :22:31.not buy so I decided to put it in a rucksack because it is reusable.

:22:32. > :22:40.Everything from scarves, to gloves, to socks to deodorant. Toothpaste.

:22:41. > :22:44.And bars. This pretty much everything we'll take the granted.

:22:45. > :22:49.It makes me really sad that people do have to live that way but I'm

:22:50. > :22:55.trying my best to help them make it a little bit easier. I'm delighted

:22:56. > :22:59.to say we have the lady herself. Molly will tell us a little bit

:23:00. > :23:06.more. You actually have a pack here on the sofa. Tell us what's in it.

:23:07. > :23:11.What made you decide what's in it? Inside, there is a plastic bag so in

:23:12. > :23:17.case it rains, nothing will get wet. We have a sponge, some clots and

:23:18. > :23:23.nail files and toothbrush, some tissues and some water as well. And

:23:24. > :23:28.then sweet treats. Hats, gloves and scarves and everything inside. I

:23:29. > :23:33.thought of it because I know myself that that's what I would want if I

:23:34. > :23:38.was on the streets. It wants clean socks every day or something. And I

:23:39. > :23:45.couldn't go without brushing my teeth for more than two days. Some

:23:46. > :23:50.of the really basic stuff. To this about the reaction you get. The

:23:51. > :23:54.first time you put the pack together, you go and see someone who

:23:55. > :24:00.might need a bit of help. Everyone is so thankful and they give you big

:24:01. > :24:05.hugs. We go on an outreach bus with another charity. We team up with

:24:06. > :24:13.them. They allow us to give them a ride on their bus. You were 15 when

:24:14. > :24:17.he first thought about this. Is there a specific moment or person? I

:24:18. > :24:22.was walking around on the 24th of December in 2015 and I saw so many

:24:23. > :24:26.homeless people and I thought I had to do something. I thought this is

:24:27. > :24:32.the way I could do it and to me, dignity is to be cleaned so that is

:24:33. > :24:37.where it came from. This was an idea you kept to yourself. I didn't tell

:24:38. > :24:44.mum or dad. You are stockpiling things. They caught me bringing in

:24:45. > :24:50.wet wipes and they asked. I had to tell them. They are more than happy.

:24:51. > :24:56.Your room was like a store cupboard. It was. Was it because you were

:24:57. > :25:02.worried that they might worry about you? I don't know. I thought I would

:25:03. > :25:07.just do it by myself and show the mine independence. They got on

:25:08. > :25:13.board. So did my whole family. My Nan has given up a stock room in a

:25:14. > :25:19.house and we took over her bathroom, Spare room and the stock as well. So

:25:20. > :25:27.it started off as something around Christmas time. When people do think

:25:28. > :25:31.about that. It has escalated. We realise that the end of January is

:25:32. > :25:36.when you should give them out because everybody is so giving

:25:37. > :25:43.during December. That is a great month of them and then it just goes

:25:44. > :25:49.downhill. We think in January. How did you hear you had won this award?

:25:50. > :25:54.A woman from the Rotary club called me and said I had won. Never in my

:25:55. > :25:59.wildest dreams do think I would win. You're 18. What are you doing? I am

:26:00. > :26:04.doing my leaving certificate which is the equivalent of A-levels. I am

:26:05. > :26:11.meant to be studying... What is your plan? Sociology hopefully. We will

:26:12. > :26:18.see how it goes. Congratulations. Thank you. And you can watch the

:26:19. > :26:24.awards on the BBC News Channel from half past ten this morning. Whether

:26:25. > :26:30.it is dancing, gardening painting, people the UK will get involved in

:26:31. > :26:34.events to celebrate creativity. Our reporter travelled to the Brecon

:26:35. > :26:36.Beacons to find out what it's all about.

:26:37. > :26:49.As they came together yesterday, the people, the lifeblood of the country

:26:50. > :26:54.created the heartbeat of Wales. An artistic impression, the brainchild

:26:55. > :26:59.of a local artist. The heart of Wales, Wales being a creative nation

:27:00. > :27:05.and I created this, moving the mountain with created -- creative

:27:06. > :27:09.people. Almost 100 volunteers from the local area created this artwork

:27:10. > :27:16.in south Wales. Its purpose is to inspire creativity. So did it hit

:27:17. > :27:20.the brief? It's fine, it's fun. It's interesting. It's different. We are

:27:21. > :27:26.doing something with lots of people and it's been good fun. Yes, it has

:27:27. > :27:30.inspired us. Inspired us to get out and be more creative. This year

:27:31. > :27:37.Minard installation on the slopes of Penna van in the Brecon Beacons is

:27:38. > :27:43.the launch event of more than 600 creative events happening across the

:27:44. > :27:46.UK this weekend. Wonderful, look at that. Several pottery studios like

:27:47. > :27:50.this one in Nottingham will be opening their doors, giving some

:27:51. > :27:56.guidance and an opportunity to break the mould. Those who want a bit more

:27:57. > :27:59.exercise, they can get down in several dance master classes like

:28:00. > :28:04.this one in the capital. Even our own presenters have been getting

:28:05. > :28:07.involved, with mixed results, and making origami rabbits. It takes

:28:08. > :28:13.three weather presenters to make one bunny. As the mountain came alive

:28:14. > :28:16.yesterday, the hope is that others will take the opportunity this

:28:17. > :28:23.weekend to try something, make something and get creative.

:28:24. > :28:33.It all looks rather lovely. It looks like it's from a movie. Was that a

:28:34. > :28:38.heart inside a map of Wales? I think so. A bit more time to study. You

:28:39. > :28:46.can find much more about events in your local area at the BBC website.

:28:47. > :28:49.Michael of all the sport in a few minutes the headlines. -- Michael

:28:50. > :29:10.will have. -- and the headlines. This is Breakfast with

:29:11. > :29:19.Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent. Coming up before 7am,

:29:20. > :29:21.Ben will have the weather for you. This is Breakfast with

:29:22. > :29:24.Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent. Coming up before 7am,

:29:25. > :29:28.Ben will have the weather for you. This is Breakfast with

:29:29. > :29:31.Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent. Coming up before 7am,

:29:32. > :29:34.Ben will have the weather for you. But first, a summary of this

:29:35. > :29:37.morning's main news. The United States says it's prepared

:29:38. > :29:40.to launch more military action against Syria over its use

:29:41. > :29:42.of chemical weapons. It follows a missile strike

:29:43. > :29:45.on an airbase where the Syrian government is said to have launched

:29:46. > :29:48.a deadly gas attack last week. The US says it is also preparing

:29:49. > :29:51.new economic sanctions Swedish police say a man they're

:29:52. > :29:54.questioning about yesterday's lorry attack in Stockholm has been

:29:55. > :29:57.arrested on suspicion of terrorism. Swedish media are also reporting

:29:58. > :30:00.the arrest of a second man. Four people died and 15 were injured

:30:01. > :30:03.when the vehicle ploughed into a group of pedestrians,

:30:04. > :30:09.and then a department store. President Trump has said he believes

:30:10. > :30:12."tremendous progress" has been made during meetings in Florida

:30:13. > :30:14.with the Chinese leader, They've agreed a 100-day plan

:30:15. > :30:17.for talks designed to reduce the US They also talked about North Korea's

:30:18. > :30:21.nuclear weapons programme. A strike by rail workers at the RMT

:30:22. > :30:25.union is set to disrupt services Members will walk out at three

:30:26. > :30:29.companies, Southern, Northern, and Merseyrail

:30:30. > :30:31.in a dispute over proposed changes to the role of the

:30:32. > :30:48.on-board train guard. RMT said it would explain to

:30:49. > :31:07.race-goers. A flotilla of 82 hot-air balloons

:31:08. > :31:10.flew from England to France yesterday in an attempt

:31:11. > :31:12.to set a new world record. They took off in the

:31:13. > :31:15.beautiful Spring sunshine from Dover, landing in the fields

:31:16. > :31:18.of northern France after the three If confirmed by officials,

:31:19. > :31:31.it will comfortably top the current Yesterday we broadcast from the

:31:32. > :31:36.balloon. The cameraman was in it and we were filming as it happened. And

:31:37. > :31:39.it worked. For a while. Good morning.

:31:40. > :32:07.49 balloons and 40 horses. If you get Definitely Red in a sweepstake

:32:08. > :32:11.it's not spelled wrong, that's how it is registered, without the "E."

:32:12. > :32:30.If you are good on your grammar, do not pick it. Red Rum, 40 years

:32:31. > :32:32.since. But a bit of a shock at the Masters, and now Danny Willett is

:32:33. > :32:33.missing the jacket. The defending champion,

:32:34. > :32:35.Danny Willett, will not be involved in the final weekend of the Masters,

:32:36. > :32:39.after he missed the cut. Willett dropped four shots,

:32:40. > :32:42.on the first hole and was one of several, who struggled

:32:43. > :32:44.in their second round. But there is still some British

:32:45. > :32:51.interest, among those There is no sporting stage quite

:32:52. > :32:54.like Augusta, a mixture of beauty and cruelty, where nothing is

:32:55. > :32:58.guaranteed. Ask Lee Westwood, whose opening-day charge wondered of

:32:59. > :33:05.course. Even those at the top of the leaderboard could be lured offshore.

:33:06. > :33:10.In went Rickie Fowler's ball, and with it a shot. He retrieved it on

:33:11. > :33:15.the next hole. Resilience is key, not something you can always say

:33:16. > :33:21.about Sergio Garcia. A talent, but never a Major winner. Is he getting

:33:22. > :33:28.closer? Experience matters. This player has plenty of that, as he won

:33:29. > :33:33.in 1992. He knows how to stay out of trouble. That was the goal of many.

:33:34. > :33:37.Justin Rose went neither forward or back. But he stayed in touch to be

:33:38. > :33:43.as did Rory McIlroy. He knows the wind is due to drop and played will

:33:44. > :33:46.get easier. A perfect setting for the Masters. Patrick Geary, BBC

:33:47. > :33:57.News. I enjoy when the courses play tough

:33:58. > :34:00.and the Masters is difficult, because it means the high-quality

:34:01. > :34:06.shots will be rewarded and you have to hit the ball the right way.

:34:07. > :34:12.Usually if I am in good form, I can do that.

:34:13. > :34:14.Former England rugby star Brian Moore is recovering

:34:15. > :34:17.in intensive care at St Georges hospital in London after suffering

:34:18. > :34:20.The 55-year-old has been on Twitter thanking the health professionals

:34:21. > :34:40.Brendan Rodgers described Celtic as the "greatest club in the world"

:34:41. > :34:43.after signing a new four year contract with the Scottish

:34:44. > :34:45.The announcement comes just days after Rodgers led Celtic

:34:46. > :34:48.to their sixth consecutive League title, and they remain on course

:34:49. > :34:51.Rodgers' new deal runs until June 2021.

:34:52. > :34:54.Striker, Harry Kane, could start for Spurs when they take

:34:55. > :34:56.on Watford in the lunchtime Premier League kick-off.

:34:57. > :34:59.Kane, who's already scored 19 goals for Spurs this season,

:35:00. > :35:02.has missed the last three matches with an ankle injury.

:35:03. > :35:26.We will see tomorrow is they start the game or if they will be on the

:35:27. > :35:30.bench. But if he knows he is ready and he feels good, and has a full

:35:31. > :35:34.recovery, that is good news for him and us. He is a good player for us

:35:35. > :35:36.and he will be available to help the team. That is fantastic.

:35:37. > :35:38.Third-placed Liverpool are at Stoke this afternoon,

:35:39. > :35:42.At the other end of the table West Ham, will hope to halt

:35:43. > :35:45.their slide when they take on third from bottom Swansea.

:35:46. > :35:47.Leaders Chelsea are at Bournemouth in the tea-time kick-off.

:35:48. > :35:50.Brighton have returned to the top of the Championship,

:35:51. > :35:52.with a 2-1 win at Queen's Park Rangers.

:35:53. > :35:54.Glenn Murray put them ahead after the break,

:35:55. > :35:57.and Sebastien Pocognoli's, inch perfect free kick made it 2-0.

:35:58. > :36:00.Matt Smith pulled one back for QPR, but it wasn't enough.

:36:01. > :36:03.Brighton are two points clear of Newcastle, but have played

:36:04. > :36:06.England's women were held to a 1-1 draw by Italy,

:36:07. > :36:09.at Port Vale, in their first match since Mark Sampson,

:36:10. > :36:13.After a goalless first half, which the Lionesses dominated,

:36:14. > :36:15.striker Jodie Taylor gave England a deserved lead.

:36:16. > :36:18.However, it wasn't to be enough, as Italy equalised

:36:19. > :36:22.Great Britain face an uphill struggle to stay in the Davis Cup.

:36:23. > :36:25.Without world number one Andy Murray, they trail France 2-0

:36:26. > :36:28.after a disappointing first day of their quarter-final in Roan.

:36:29. > :36:30.Kyle Edmund lost in straight sets to Lucas Pwee.

:36:31. > :36:33.Dan Evans then followed suit, beaten three sets to love by Jeremy

:36:34. > :36:36.If Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot lose their doubles rubber

:36:37. > :36:38.to Nicolas Mahut and Julien Benneteau today,

:36:39. > :37:02.Yeah, a lot of times it is guys thrown together to play. A bunch of

:37:03. > :37:18.tournaments over a long period of time. He has been number one the

:37:19. > :37:22.last six or seven months, perhaps. He's been playing well, the final of

:37:23. > :37:27.Wimbledon last year. So it is going to be a really tough match.

:37:28. > :37:31.So, back to the Grand National, and a red horse will definitely be

:37:32. > :37:35.Definitely Red and Vieux Lion Rouge lead the betting, 40 years

:37:36. > :37:38.after another red horse, Red Rum, won the race for a record third

:37:39. > :37:41.time, to secure the future of Aintree, and the reputation

:37:42. > :37:43.of this famous race around the world.

:37:44. > :37:55.Stuart Pollitt explains why Red Rum was an unlikely hero.

:37:56. > :38:08.He is thundering down! You have never seen anything like it before!

:38:09. > :38:26.The greatest movie never made. The horse trained by a taxi driver on a

:38:27. > :38:29.beach, an unlikely hero. But by 1977, Red Rum had already won the

:38:30. > :38:35.National twice and runner-up on two occasions. Yet this was what sealed

:38:36. > :38:40.his place in history. Riding Red Rum that day was Tony Stack. You need to

:38:41. > :38:46.come to Tipperary to find where his family trains horses. It was a long

:38:47. > :39:03.time ago. 40 years. It feels like yesterday looking back at it. Tommy

:39:04. > :39:06.rode Red Rum more than 40 times, but this was his first Naitonal win on

:39:07. > :39:12.board. You could hear the crowd, it felt unreal. He is a popular in

:39:13. > :39:16.Ireland as Liverpool. This is the Thomas Town Village Pub. People come

:39:17. > :39:23.in and ask if they can take a picture. Chinese, Japanese, anyone!

:39:24. > :39:32.Americans! He is famous worldwide. In racing generally, he is the one

:39:33. > :39:37.horse that everyone can remember. We could not believe what had happened.

:39:38. > :39:45.We drank it, and we were just amazed that the horse came home fit and

:39:46. > :39:49.well. -- dreamt. Michael Burns returns where he was that they. They

:39:50. > :39:56.own the horse the family knew as Red. My grandfather was 89 years of

:39:57. > :40:08.age then. The only time I ever saw him move, I sat with him, he got up

:40:09. > :40:16.and raised his arms. I could not believe the crowd. You would think

:40:17. > :40:24.he was a saint. There will never be a horse like him again.

:40:25. > :40:31.Wonderful pictures from the 1970s. Wonderful memories. The horse that

:40:32. > :40:35.never fell in 100 races. You will be back with us soon. Thank you.

:40:36. > :40:37.When President Trump took office in January,

:40:38. > :40:39.there was much talk about closer relations

:40:40. > :40:40.between the United States and Russia.

:40:41. > :40:44.But Friday's bombing by the US military of a Syrian airbase has led

:40:45. > :40:47.to a furious war of words between the two nations.

:40:48. > :40:49.Russia condemned the attack, while America accused the Kremlin

:40:50. > :40:51.of allowing Syria free-reign on chemical weapons.

:40:52. > :40:53.So, what does the future relationship look like for

:40:54. > :40:57.Michael John Williams is a professor in International Relations and joins

:40:58. > :41:16.Thank you very much for your time this morning, Michael. Give us your

:41:17. > :41:21.assessment of what has changed since the decision was taken by Donald

:41:22. > :41:25.Trump Trifiro those missiles. This is mainly strategic signalling.

:41:26. > :41:31.There was motivation of human rights. But by and large this is a

:41:32. > :41:34.signal to China, Syria, Russia, and the wider region, that this is not

:41:35. > :41:45.President Obama, and that he was going to act, and the passive Obama

:41:46. > :41:50.strategy would be gone. They would not remove personnel. This was

:41:51. > :41:54.highly symbolic. I doubt it will detriment of the war effort from

:41:55. > :42:01.Bashar al-Assad. Talk us through it. You say it was a signal, a sign,

:42:02. > :42:05.from America to Russia. What indications are used in as to there

:42:06. > :42:08.reaction? Well, it was clearly a signal because they warned the

:42:09. > :42:12.Russians to get their personnel of the base. They did damage to

:42:13. > :42:17.structures but not to the warmaking capacity of the Syrians. The Russian

:42:18. > :42:20.relationship with the Donald Trump administration is dwindling to

:42:21. > :42:23.everyone at the moment, but not quite clear. There is all the

:42:24. > :42:28.circumstantial evidence around the election and the possible alleged

:42:29. > :42:31.relationship between the administration and the Russian. It

:42:32. > :42:38.is confusing to say the least. They are hoping for a rapprochement, a

:42:39. > :42:45.battering of relations that Obama's administration. -- bettering.

:42:46. > :42:49.Previously Donald Trump said they would not bother with Bashar

:42:50. > :42:54.al-Assad. The Russians were probably kept off of their feet by this. And

:42:55. > :43:00.all of these issues will come into focus, of course, next week, when

:43:01. > :43:10.Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State, goes to Moscow, or a visit. What are

:43:11. > :43:14.the politics of that one? What are both sides hoping to come out of it?

:43:15. > :43:18.It is fascinating that he will be going next week. The Secretary of

:43:19. > :43:22.State is relatively low-key. So it will be interesting to see, although

:43:23. > :43:26.it is a very official and high-level visits, how much authority he takes

:43:27. > :43:30.with him, and whether it is coming from the White House or the

:43:31. > :43:34.Secretary of State. -- visit. He will try to salvage and make a

:43:35. > :43:39.better relationship and to see if they can co-operate in the region on

:43:40. > :43:44.primary concern is. Ideally he will de-escalate the situation with

:43:45. > :43:49.Crimea and the European and US sanctions against the Russians. This

:43:50. > :43:55.will certainly help. It is also not in the interests of the Russian

:43:56. > :43:59.government to have the rule against, the weapons violated. Although they

:44:00. > :44:05.have protested here, they are not all too displeased over at US

:44:06. > :44:09.actions, probably. Michael John Williams, four President Trump, who

:44:10. > :44:14.made much of the idea of America first and looking after Americans

:44:15. > :44:17.first, an apparent lack in international affairs, the last few

:44:18. > :44:22.days have been fascinating to say the least, haven't they? -- for

:44:23. > :44:25.President Trump. He has been engaged for the first time in international

:44:26. > :44:33.military action. Also sitting opposite the Chinese president at

:44:34. > :44:36.that extraordinary time. You know, in the campaign he focused on the

:44:37. > :44:41.domestic. He seemed quite isolationist. It is not unusual for

:44:42. > :44:44.presidential candidates on the campaign trail to talk about

:44:45. > :44:50.domestic economies and issues to be that as the number one issue for

:44:51. > :44:56.voters. But international relations has the ability to pull presidents

:44:57. > :44:59.away from those matters. Trade issues will be very important.

:45:00. > :45:03.Negotiating with China on the trade deficit, that will be a primary

:45:04. > :45:09.concern. The situation in the Middle East, of course, is number one. That

:45:10. > :45:12.will be navigated without much effort. The administration will be

:45:13. > :45:18.confronted by these issues. Luckily he has good people in place, with HR

:45:19. > :45:26.McMaster is the National Security Advisor, and hopefully he will be

:45:27. > :45:35.able to work on that. , New York University. Thank you.

:45:36. > :45:41.This is the sort of picture that gives us some hope. A lovely day to

:45:42. > :45:47.many of us. As captured by one of our weather washes and

:45:48. > :45:51.Staffordshire. The vast majority, a day of strong sunshine and warm

:45:52. > :45:57.sunshine as well. Those temperatures climbing through the weekend. The

:45:58. > :46:00.temperatures are keeping our stride. The weather will come into play

:46:01. > :46:04.across Scotland and Northern Ireland. The further south you are,

:46:05. > :46:09.the more you are going to feel warm air which will be wafting its way in

:46:10. > :46:15.our direction. As I mentioned, have you mist and fog patches. They

:46:16. > :46:21.should lift quickly. For England and Wales, a day of sparkling sunshine.

:46:22. > :46:26.In most areas will lighten up. It's just the final that will remain a

:46:27. > :46:33.little disappointing through today. Some extra cloud perhaps with some

:46:34. > :46:36.spots of drizzle. Or eastern and southern Scotland, sunshine. Lovely

:46:37. > :46:42.afternoon to Northern Ireland. And across the heart of England, inland

:46:43. > :46:47.spots could get 20, 21, maybe 22 degrees. A little cool at close to

:46:48. > :46:52.the coasts as we develop a bit of a sea breeze through this afternoon.

:46:53. > :46:56.Fine for the race-goers at Aintree. Sunny skies, temperatures not far

:46:57. > :47:00.away. A decent Saturday evening if you are planning a barbecue or a

:47:01. > :47:07.trip out. A bit chilly as we go the night. Again, we could see the odd

:47:08. > :47:12.patch of mist and fog. It will be a fairly chilly night. Not quite as

:47:13. > :47:16.cold as last night. We can expect temperatures down to around two or

:47:17. > :47:21.three degrees. Tomorrow, we develop something of a split in our

:47:22. > :47:25.fortunes. For England and Wales in eastern Scotland, after any fog is

:47:26. > :47:29.cleared, a bright day. Plenty of sunshine. A bit more cloud the parts

:47:30. > :47:33.of the Irish Sea. Or Northern Ireland in Scotland, those weather

:47:34. > :47:37.fronts coming into play. Crowds and outbreaks of rain. 12 degrees

:47:38. > :47:42.implies go. 24 in London. We could well get 25 degrees somewhere. That

:47:43. > :47:48.would make it the warmest day of the year so far. First, it is time for

:47:49. > :47:54.click. I will run you a bath

:47:55. > :48:25.and play some relaxing music You 17,000 Tweets, 16 e-mails,

:48:26. > :48:35.and 105 fake news updates. Your boss sent an e-mail

:48:36. > :48:40.asking if he can stop There is a quinoa, sapphire,

:48:41. > :48:45.and ginger scallop bake I'm setting the oven to come on now

:48:46. > :48:50.and ordered a bottle of his favourite wine

:48:51. > :48:53.to be delivered at seven. And order some chocolate

:48:54. > :48:54.double-fudge cake. Shall I apply for a gym

:48:55. > :49:02.membership for you? Now, one day we really will have

:49:03. > :49:10.artificially intelligent personal assistants which we can really talk

:49:11. > :49:13.to and who know us better than we know ourselves,

:49:14. > :49:15.like Pretend Rory. Now, we're not there yet,

:49:16. > :49:26.but we are well on the way. What started in our phones

:49:27. > :49:29.with names like Siri, Cortana, and, uh, "OK,

:49:30. > :49:32.Google," can now control our homes And this week, Google's Home

:49:33. > :49:45.is launched in the UK. Now, it is all well having these

:49:46. > :49:57.intelligent personal assistants to which we can ask anything

:49:58. > :50:00.into their permanently open ears, but the more we use them,

:50:01. > :50:04.the more trust we are going to have OK, Google, is Obama

:50:05. > :50:07.planning a coup? For example, in his day job,

:50:08. > :50:11.the BBC's tech correspondent, Rory CJ, recently discovered that

:50:12. > :50:14.you can't always believe Obama may in fact be planning

:50:15. > :50:27.a communist coup at the end That fake news story just happened

:50:28. > :50:31.to be the top search result Well, Dan Simmons has been looking

:50:32. > :50:35.at some of the other unintended consequences of living

:50:36. > :50:40.with these devices. As we transition from controlling

:50:41. > :50:42.things through screens to using our voice, for those

:50:43. > :50:45.providing services things I'm in the BBC's Blue Room,

:50:46. > :50:49.a space where the broadcaster tests And with voice-assistance,

:50:50. > :50:56.it's not all going smoothly. Alexa, when's the next

:50:57. > :50:59.train to Manchester? Sorry, I didn't understand

:51:00. > :51:03.the question I heard. If you have to find out

:51:04. > :51:06.when the next train to Manchester is, right now you have to say,

:51:07. > :51:09."open the National Rail App, tell me when the next train

:51:10. > :51:12.to Manchester is," and go through a number of

:51:13. > :51:14.steps to achieve that. You have to remember a number

:51:15. > :51:18.steps to find out content And that disadvantage applies

:51:19. > :51:26.to search results too. Up until now, websites aimed to be

:51:27. > :51:29.on the first page of results. With voice assistants,

:51:30. > :51:32.just one answer comes back. Fine if it's a right-wrong

:51:33. > :51:39.definitive answer, the ones that The moon is 384,400

:51:40. > :51:44.kilometres from Earth. More controversial if you are

:51:45. > :51:49.looking for a product or service. For anyone else, how did

:51:50. > :51:51.you get to that position? Only one person can

:51:52. > :51:55.have the first spot. Everyone else will have to figure

:51:56. > :51:59.out what did they do, how do they work with Amazons

:52:00. > :52:05.and Googles to make sure their content and their

:52:06. > :52:07.results are there first. This is not the end of the world,

:52:08. > :52:14.it is just the end of competition Oxford University is home to one

:52:15. > :52:19.of the world's most influential thinkers when it

:52:20. > :52:22.comes to competition. If we use our assistants to buy

:52:23. > :52:25.stuff, Ariel believes there'll be consequences, and they won't

:52:26. > :52:32.be unintended ones. That shift from an on line

:52:33. > :52:35.environment to the digital helper, You have a helper that is

:52:36. > :52:39.voice-activated, you are one step further from the ability to look

:52:40. > :52:42.for outside options. Your ability to check

:52:43. > :52:44.whether the price you received You tell your helper, "order me one,

:52:45. > :52:50.two, three," and you just assume that the helper will

:52:51. > :52:55.serve your needs. The likelihood is that

:52:56. > :52:58.in a two-side market, the helper is actually

:52:59. > :53:02.serving the platform. Today, your assumption,

:53:03. > :53:07.our default assumption, is that the price you receive

:53:08. > :53:10.is the competitive price. And you're suggesting

:53:11. > :53:13.that it won't be? I went to see one of those

:53:14. > :53:26.gatekeepers, Google, and asked them if sellers

:53:27. > :53:30.could purchase their way to the top result and get recommended

:53:31. > :53:32.by their digital assistant. We really want to make sure

:53:33. > :53:34.that the consumer experienceis Doing something like that

:53:35. > :53:39.will not help them find So we want to make sure

:53:40. > :53:43.we are focused on what they want. Amazon told us "There

:53:44. > :53:46.is lots of potential and room Our job is to innovate on behalf

:53:47. > :53:50.of the customer and then But perhaps what these home

:53:51. > :53:55.assistants are most useful for is what they are becoming most

:53:56. > :53:58.known for, and that's controlling Look, I know we have

:53:59. > :54:35.not seen each other, and you think I am crazy,

:54:36. > :54:42.but I was just passing by, and... Oh, wait, have you still got that

:54:43. > :54:48.stupid voice control thing, But the lights were real,

:54:49. > :55:18.even though the oven and the front door was faked a little bit by us

:55:19. > :55:24.to just show you what the potential is of this technology if it cannot

:55:25. > :55:31.recognise your voice. In actual fact, Amazon tell us

:55:32. > :55:34.the unlock feature for doors is not available on the Echo,

:55:35. > :55:37.and that may be the biggest admission there is that there

:55:38. > :55:40.is a lot to be done with security When computing power was limited,

:55:41. > :55:54.the text adventure that players head-scratching puzzles

:55:55. > :55:56.and mysteries, all brought to life by typing instructions

:55:57. > :55:58.into the game. But the reason that I've taken us

:55:59. > :56:02.on this journey down 32 kilobyte It's a game that I've

:56:03. > :56:05.been playing on this, And it's a title that reminds me

:56:06. > :56:09.of those old text adventures Leading you through the Abbey,

:56:10. > :56:21.Abbess approaches one Now, you might think playing a game

:56:22. > :56:29.on one of these is like trying Because the Echo, of course,

:56:30. > :56:38.lacks a screen, or any other way of interacting with it other

:56:39. > :56:41.than barking commands at it. But that is exactly how the game I'm

:56:42. > :56:44.about to play works. The player must solve

:56:45. > :57:08.a murder in a fantasy realm. The game plays like an interactive

:57:09. > :57:11.version of an audio book - you get a bit of dialogue,

:57:12. > :57:23.then it waits for a response. Surprisingly, it commands quite

:57:24. > :57:31.a bit of your attention, and it's quite a relaxing way

:57:32. > :57:34.to play a game, although that relaxing mood is shattered

:57:35. > :57:36.when you hear this... Would you like to talk

:57:37. > :57:45.to the Abbess now? As the action progresses,

:57:46. > :58:07.it can shatter the illusion and become increasingly frustration

:58:08. > :58:10.when it does not understand Which is obviously bit

:58:11. > :58:16.of a problem for a game you play When it does work, though,

:58:17. > :58:36.Runescape on Echo is a fun It also points to the potential

:58:37. > :58:43.these devices have beyond reading at the weather to you or

:58:44. > :58:45.reciting rubbish jokes. Runescape is available by the Skill

:58:46. > :58:49.section of the Alexa app. I've got a sick bay

:58:50. > :59:04.filled with headaches... That is it for short clip. The

:59:05. > :59:07.full-length version is available. I have to thank you for your

:59:08. > :59:11.interactions with us on Twitter which this week included choosing

:59:12. > :59:18.the name of our personal assistant. Say thank you, Rory. Thank you,

:59:19. > :00:10.Rory. Good. Thank you for watching, see you soon.

:00:11. > :00:14.This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:00:15. > :00:17.The United States warns it could take further action

:00:18. > :00:32.impose additional sanctions as a war of words with Russia intensifies.

:00:33. > :00:39.Police in Sweden say a man they arrested after yesterday's

:00:40. > :00:44.lorry attack in Stockholm is suspected of terrorism.

:00:45. > :00:46.More disruption as rail workers plan another strike.

:00:47. > :00:50.There's a warning that the Grand National could be hit.

:00:51. > :00:52.Despite that industrial action they're expecting another bumper

:00:53. > :00:55.crowd at Aintree, and 40 years on from Red Rum,

:00:56. > :00:58.Definitely Red, is among the favourites with the punters at

:00:59. > :01:05.The scent of old books, just one of the smells

:01:06. > :01:14.We'll meet the experts hoping to bottle and preserve them.

:01:15. > :01:21.And the weather. Good morning. This weekend looks likely to bring the

:01:22. > :01:27.highest temperatures of the year so far. Plenty of warmth, plenty of

:01:28. > :01:31.sunshine. Things change a little bit tomorrow across Northern Ireland and

:01:32. > :01:38.Scotland. And I will have all the details you in about 15 minutes.

:01:39. > :01:38.Ben, thank you. The United States says it's prepared

:01:39. > :01:46.to launch more military action against Syria over it's use

:01:47. > :01:48.of chemical weapons. It follows a missile strike

:01:49. > :01:51.on an airbase where the Syrian government is said to have launched

:01:52. > :01:54.a deadly gas attack last week. The US says its also preparing

:01:55. > :01:57.new economic sanctions Here's our Washington

:01:58. > :01:59.correspondent, David Willis. This was America's first direct

:02:00. > :02:02.involvement in the Syrian crisis, its cruise missile attack

:02:03. > :02:04.a contradiction of the Trump doctrine of avoiding

:02:05. > :02:06.conflicts in faraway lands And as Syria's Army Chief inspected

:02:07. > :02:15.the impact of the attack on the air base from

:02:16. > :02:18.which US officials insist Tuesday's chemical weapons

:02:19. > :02:19.attack was launched, the Trump administration

:02:20. > :02:21.insisted it was a one-off and not the opening

:02:22. > :02:25.of a new front in the war Yet although the Syrians' strategy

:02:26. > :02:35.in Syria remains focused on beating there is no doubt it has hired

:02:36. > :02:39.and its stance on Bashar al-Assad The United States took a very

:02:40. > :02:46.measured step last night. We are prepared to do

:02:47. > :02:48.more, but we hope All this has put Donald Trump

:02:49. > :02:55.on a collision course with his opposite number

:02:56. > :03:03.in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin. Russia is Syria's chief benefactor,

:03:04. > :03:07.and following Friday's missile strike, the Russians have suspended

:03:08. > :03:10.military co-ordination in the skies over

:03:11. > :03:11.Syria. Meanwhile, the Pentagon is looking

:03:12. > :03:13.into suggestions that Russia may have been complicit

:03:14. > :03:16.in the chemical weapons attack, possibly by seeking

:03:17. > :03:18.to cover up evidence, something which could harden

:03:19. > :03:20.the battlelines over one of the world's most

:03:21. > :03:21.intractable complex. Swedish police say the man they're

:03:22. > :03:29.questioning about yesterday's lorry attack in Stockholm has been

:03:30. > :03:32.arrested on suspicion of terrorism. Swedish media are also reporting

:03:33. > :03:35.the arrest of a second man. Four people died and 15 were injured

:03:36. > :03:38.when the vehicle ploughed Our correspondent,

:03:39. > :03:44.Dan Johnson, has this report. Our correspondent, Maddy Savage,

:03:45. > :03:46.is in Stockholm for us now. Maddy, do we have any

:03:47. > :03:55.more on these arrests? Bring us up-to-date about what you

:03:56. > :04:03.know. This is the department store behind me the lorry hit. Security is

:04:04. > :04:06.still very tight. What we are hearing is that police have

:04:07. > :04:12.confirmed one man has been arrested for terror crimes by murder. They

:04:13. > :04:17.have not given any more information about his identity but it is being

:04:18. > :04:22.widely reported he is a 39-year-old family man, a father, and he is

:04:23. > :04:27.understood to have sympathy with the group known as Islamic State. Police

:04:28. > :04:32.earlier released a rather grainy photo of somebody they were

:04:33. > :04:38.searching for. A man with stubble on his face with a goodie and a light

:04:39. > :04:44.jacket. They say the man they are holding there is a likeness. --

:04:45. > :04:49.hoodie. They are not saying it is the seaman. A second suspect has

:04:50. > :04:52.been arrested in another suburb north-west of Stockholm. Very little

:04:53. > :04:57.information emerging about him so far. Although some reports are

:04:58. > :05:02.suggesting there are links to clean the two suspects. In the meantime, a

:05:03. > :05:07.couple of other details are emerging. Six of the 15 people

:05:08. > :05:12.injured are understood to have been released from hospital. Security

:05:13. > :05:16.remains intense with extra resources sent to the police near the borders

:05:17. > :05:19.overnight tonight. Thank you very much.

:05:20. > :05:22.President Trump has said he believes "tremendous progress" has been made

:05:23. > :05:24.during meetings in Florida with the Chinese leader,

:05:25. > :05:28.They've agreed a 100-day plan for talks designed to reduce the US

:05:29. > :05:32.They also talked about North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.

:05:33. > :05:36.A strike by rail workers at the RMT union is set to disrupt services

:05:37. > :05:39.Members will walk out at three companies, Southern,

:05:40. > :05:41.Northern, and Merseyrail in a dispute over proposed changes

:05:42. > :05:44.to the role of the on-board train guard.

:05:45. > :05:49.Here's our transport correspondent, Richard Westcott.

:05:50. > :05:55.If you're off to the races at Aintree today, expect problems

:05:56. > :05:59.Workers on both Merseyrail and Northern are on strike.

:06:00. > :06:09.In an attempt to minimise problems, Merseyrail is prioritising services

:06:10. > :06:11.to and from the course, but it's at the expense

:06:12. > :06:16.The last line goes at 630 in the evening, causing some to lose

:06:17. > :06:22.out on the biggest race of the day at 515.

:06:23. > :06:24.Both companies anticipate widespread disruption on all services.

:06:25. > :06:28.There will be cancelled trains and replacement buses.

:06:29. > :06:32.The other company involved in the strike, Southern,

:06:33. > :06:41.says it will have a near normal service, but just a driver on board.

:06:42. > :06:44.This dispute began in Southern a year ago and spread to the north

:06:45. > :06:48.It is over the role of the guard on trains.

:06:49. > :06:51.Talks to resolve the issue keep breaking down.

:06:52. > :06:54.Despite that rail strike around 70,000 people are expected

:06:55. > :06:58.This year marks 40 years since the legendary Red Rum

:06:59. > :07:00.completed his unmatched treble of Grand National wins

:07:01. > :07:13.It remains one of sport's ultimate challenges.

:07:14. > :07:17.This year marks a string of anniversaries at Aintree.

:07:18. > :07:20.50 years since an outsider rocked the most unlikely of wins.

:07:21. > :07:31.Tremendous! You have never seen anything like it at Liverpool!

:07:32. > :07:34.40 years since Red Rum got to a third victory.

:07:35. > :07:37.While the challenge of the National is like nothing else,

:07:38. > :07:40.these huge fences make it one of the most unpredictable

:07:41. > :07:45.And as history has proved, anything can happen.

:07:46. > :07:52.Many feel it is this horse, Definitely Red, trained

:07:53. > :08:04.We just want to get in there and run the race itself.

:08:05. > :08:11.Yesterday was Ladies' Day at Aintree, the traditional

:08:12. > :08:17.Could today's race belong to a female jockey?

:08:18. > :08:27.Katie Walsh wants to be the first to win.

:08:28. > :08:31.Just 48 hours after she was nearly ruled out after a fall.

:08:32. > :08:33.It was reported that she broke her arm.

:08:34. > :08:37.She will be in pain, but it will take more than that

:08:38. > :08:40.to stop her riding in the world's greatest horse race.

:08:41. > :08:47.Yesterday's race over the National fences produced an untypical winner.

:08:48. > :08:49.Outsider Ultra Gold and the 18-year-old jockey,

:08:50. > :09:04.Another dose of sunshine, apparently, for the Grand National.

:09:05. > :09:08.What would you do if a friend had to drop out of planned holiday

:09:09. > :09:12.One group set out to find someone with the same name

:09:13. > :09:17.The ten friends from Bristol tracked down a replacement Joe McGrath

:09:18. > :09:19.on Facebook and found a willing companion in Stockport.

:09:20. > :09:23.What could have been a bit awkward turned out to be a great trip,

:09:24. > :09:32.I had my friends knowing where I was.

:09:33. > :09:37.I had my tracker on my phone, you know, in case anything happened.

:09:38. > :09:40.So, I was all prepared for everything to go wrong.

:09:41. > :09:58.That is a success story. Weather soon.

:09:59. > :10:00.It's becoming an all-too-familiar story, a vehicle driven

:10:01. > :10:03.deliberately, into a crowd of people on a European city street.

:10:04. > :10:05.Yesterday, we learned of the latest in this string

:10:06. > :10:07.of vehicle related attacks, this time in Sweden's

:10:08. > :10:11.It was the fourth such attack in less than a year.

:10:12. > :10:15.In July last year, a man drove a lorry through a crowd

:10:16. > :10:17.gathered to watch the Bastille Day fireworks in Nice.

:10:18. > :10:21.Just before Christmas a lorry ploughed through the crowded market

:10:22. > :10:24.So-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.

:10:25. > :10:28.Just last month four people died when a car mounted the pavement

:10:29. > :10:30.on London's Westminster Bridge at high speed.

:10:31. > :10:33.The attacker then entered the Houses of Parliament on foot and fatally

:10:34. > :10:37.And finally as we've been hearing, at least four people died

:10:38. > :10:40.when a lorry smashed into a department store on one

:10:41. > :10:42.of Stockholm's busiest shopping streets yesterday.

:10:43. > :10:43.Security expert, Will Geddes, joins us

:10:44. > :10:52.now from our London newsroom.

:10:53. > :10:59.We are seeing, as we have been explaining, more and more of these

:11:00. > :11:03.attacks. What do we know about what happened in Sweden yesterday? At the

:11:04. > :11:13.moment all we have is the fact the vehicle was hijacked from the actual

:11:14. > :11:18.genuine driver from a beer company, delivering, obviously, its product

:11:19. > :11:23.into town. It was then driven into Queen Street, the equivalent of

:11:24. > :11:27.Regent Street, one of the biggest shopping areas. There would have

:11:28. > :11:32.been many tourists and just people shopping during the day. Then the

:11:33. > :11:38.vehicle was obviously driven into a major store. In terms of this

:11:39. > :11:42.threat, this seems to be the current methodology that seems to be

:11:43. > :11:46.employed by those sympathetic to Islamic State. It has not been

:11:47. > :11:51.confirmed by the authorities as of yet, but they do have an expected

:11:52. > :12:00.national in custody right now he is being processed through what they

:12:01. > :12:03.term as "the highest levels of potential terrorism." What can

:12:04. > :12:06.security services do to try and prevent attacks like this? We saw,

:12:07. > :12:09.didn't we, the situation on Westminster Bridge, one of the areas

:12:10. > :12:15.in London that is very, very difficult to protect. Again,

:12:16. > :12:20.Stockholm yesterday, an area that is hard to protect. Is it because they

:12:21. > :12:24.are not expecting an attack like this and are not prepared for it? It

:12:25. > :12:34.is a difficult question. One does not want to overreact. However, in

:12:35. > :12:39.relative terms, as horrific as these attacks have been, there is probably

:12:40. > :12:41.a greater likelihood of people being potentially injured by

:12:42. > :12:46.absentmindedly crossing the road and just been hit by a vehicle. However,

:12:47. > :12:53.I think there are some traffic issues people need to consider. Not

:12:54. > :12:59.only as a general safety issue, but to look at this issue of terrorism

:13:00. > :13:06.and how it is being handled. Maybe look at new traffic calming measures

:13:07. > :13:09.in place in securing pedestrian areas. Not like in major cities and

:13:10. > :13:15.major key buildings across cities after the 9/11 attacks. New York

:13:16. > :13:18.being a good case in point. A lot of concrete placed around Times Square

:13:19. > :13:24.to protect against this kind of attack. It seems that the vehicle is

:13:25. > :13:31.the new weapon of choice. Is this, you know, a plant strategy, or is

:13:32. > :13:37.this a case of copycat attacks? -- planned. Copycat attacks We have

:13:38. > :13:41.seen jihadist materials on line do on line to supervisors to promote

:13:42. > :13:45.and advertise various different ways their sympathisers can carry out

:13:46. > :13:49.these attacks. And one of these has been to take the vehicle and

:13:50. > :13:54.obviously plough it into the general public. However, the effect of this

:13:55. > :14:02.of this attack has been proven. It has been seen in Nice and Germany,

:14:03. > :14:06.to London, now to Stockholm. It is very easy to carry out these

:14:07. > :14:10.attacks. However, authorities will be focusing on social media,

:14:11. > :14:17.looking, again, as they do, at potential suspects. Security in

:14:18. > :14:21.Stockholm right now, they have said that this man they have apprehended

:14:22. > :14:27.does have a history of Islamic State posting on line. Thank you very

:14:28. > :14:30.much. A security expert from our London studio.

:14:31. > :14:35.The United States has warned that it could take further military action

:14:36. > :14:39.against the Syrian government over its use of chemical weapons.

:14:40. > :14:46.Ben James is our correspondent in Beirut. We will speak to him. That

:14:47. > :14:51.launch of those missile attacks, a statement of intent by Donald Trump.

:14:52. > :14:58.What might happen next and what if anything has changed in the wider

:14:59. > :15:04.scenario of the Middle East? What is being reported by the Syrian

:15:05. > :15:17.Observatory for Human Rights, the monitoring grid, what is happening

:15:18. > :15:27.with the opposition. Those cruise missiles yesterday morning. That

:15:28. > :15:35.city that has changed and between the Syrian government. Planes still

:15:36. > :15:41.taking off from now, it seems, according to that report. It shows

:15:42. > :15:44.potentially the air base wasn't taken out of commission would it

:15:45. > :15:50.was, the Syrian military have managed to get it back up and

:15:51. > :15:55.running. We saw some footage shot by Russian state TV. Journalists on the

:15:56. > :15:59.ground, in that airbase. We saw some of the hangars were damaged. Nine

:16:00. > :16:04.planes had been destroyed. There were shut to -- there was a shrapnel

:16:05. > :16:08.on the runway. Not complete destruction of the runway. We will

:16:09. > :16:13.keep an eye on whether that air base is still operating and what the

:16:14. > :16:24.dynamics have changed too? Then James from Beirut. Much more that

:16:25. > :16:28.story coming up. Let us go to Ben with the weekend weather. Thank you

:16:29. > :16:32.very much indeed. How is this for a sunrise? Beautiful scenes this

:16:33. > :16:40.morning across many parts of the country. This picture from one of

:16:41. > :16:48.our Weather Watchers, in SX. This sets us up a beautiful weekend many.

:16:49. > :16:52.Strong sunshine, high UV levels. The sunshine, it will feel very warm.

:16:53. > :16:56.These weather fronts will not trouble us today. They will push

:16:57. > :17:02.into Scotland and Northern Ireland. The further south you are, the more

:17:03. > :17:12.of this you are going to feel. It's a bit of a chilly start this

:17:13. > :17:31.morning. It is a little bit foggy to parts of SX down to Kent. 12 mist

:17:32. > :17:41.patches. The most of us, it is going to turn for Scotland, temperatures

:17:42. > :17:47.up to 18 degrees. Highs of 21 or 22 degrees. The cooler close to the

:17:48. > :17:51.coasts. As we go through the afternoon. The weather is in fine

:17:52. > :18:03.shape. Race-goers will enjoy the sunshine. Temperatures close to 20

:18:04. > :18:16.degrees. Overnight, a bit chilly. One to fog patches forming. One or

:18:17. > :18:25.two degrees in the countryside. Tomorrow, a similar day to England

:18:26. > :18:36.and Wales. This weather front is going to spoil the party. Filling

:18:37. > :18:41.cooler here. Further east, temperatures and sunshine up to 24,

:18:42. > :18:48.maybe 25 degrees. How is that for early April? It is warm.

:18:49. > :18:51.50 years ago, the Beatles released Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club

:18:52. > :18:54.Band, and all this week we've been looking at some

:18:55. > :18:59.Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin has been to meet the class of '67,

:19:00. > :19:02.who still believe they were lucky to get by with a little help

:19:03. > :19:13.What would you think if I sang out of tune?

:19:14. > :19:19.Gordon, Jim, Ray, Bill and Billy were huge Beatles fans

:19:20. > :19:38.And around this table, they believe they were better days.

:19:39. > :19:49.We had a small group of people who grew up at the same time and had

:19:50. > :19:56.Whether it was bands or music or what, they were not any outside

:19:57. > :19:59.pressures to do other things in those days.

:20:00. > :20:02.Life, they reckon, was simpler when the world was smaller,

:20:03. > :20:18.Nowadays, people have 8000 friends on Facebook.

:20:19. > :20:26.The friendships that we have, we are very lucky to

:20:27. > :20:34.I don't think it will be like this.

:20:35. > :20:36.It's all going to be so computerised.

:20:37. > :20:42.are more than one hand, you are kidding yourself.

:20:43. > :20:51.So friendships 50 years in the making.

:20:52. > :20:55.Are modern friendships really less meaningful?

:20:56. > :20:58.How many friends do you reckon you guys have?

:20:59. > :21:09.People always tend to think that everything was better

:21:10. > :21:11.when they were young and that includes friendship.

:21:12. > :21:17.If we are thinking about Instagram followers, probably 800.

:21:18. > :21:23.In fact, we are not the first generation to think this.

:21:24. > :21:26.Earlier in the 20th century when the telephone was invented,

:21:27. > :21:29.everybody said it would be the end of the art of friendship.

:21:30. > :21:31.There were articles in newspapers and magazines.

:21:32. > :21:38.Everybody wants to pick up this newfangled telephone

:21:39. > :21:42.and they will not bother to meet up with their friends or go out and do

:21:43. > :21:45.things in the real world, just be stuck on the telephone.

:21:46. > :21:52.So even for these three, it's not the 8000 followers that count.

:21:53. > :22:02.If I needed someone straightaway to be there, these two.

:22:03. > :22:04.Maybe you guys were wrong about this.

:22:05. > :22:27.Nice picture. Making you feel happy on a Saturday morning.

:22:28. > :22:30.We're being joined all morning by young people who have done some

:22:31. > :22:34.extraordinary work in their communities.

:22:35. > :22:36.In a moment we'll hear from Abbey, who works tirelessly

:22:37. > :22:39.to support children in care, following her own experiences.

:22:40. > :22:48.First, let's take a look at her story.

:22:49. > :22:56.Please may I have to cups? Have you signed in? I have been doing this

:22:57. > :23:00.for four years in the first few years was a major struggle

:23:01. > :23:05.emotionally because I had so many different people and so many things

:23:06. > :23:09.going on in my life and I knew what I wanted, what I wanted to say, I

:23:10. > :23:13.had my own opinion. But I was never really given that chance. I was

:23:14. > :23:18.dismissed. When I found the courage to speak up, I just thought, that's

:23:19. > :23:26.it. I now know that I can say this so I'm going to give other children

:23:27. > :23:33.the opportunity. Before I came into care, I didn't really have a

:23:34. > :23:37.childhood. Care changed my life. Be signed in yet? I don't think I will

:23:38. > :23:41.ever stop doing what I'm doing, never stop certainly, I'm going to

:23:42. > :23:56.take it further and make sure that every child in care as a voice.

:23:57. > :24:06.Every child is loving being in care. Good morning, Abbey. Welcome. Your

:24:07. > :24:14.15 years old? Yes. The work you do. Was that in a youth centre? In the

:24:15. > :24:17.centres, what I usually do is I am a mental for the young ones. I get

:24:18. > :24:21.them together as a group or separately for little chats and we

:24:22. > :24:24.talk about how they feel about their independent visitor which is

:24:25. > :24:30.somebody who meets with them on a monthly basis. They take them out.

:24:31. > :24:35.It's just really shaking the child away from that sense of being in

:24:36. > :24:40.care and different things going on. I will talk to them about

:24:41. > :24:44.suggestions. A few of them have made suggestions about doing more

:24:45. > :24:51.breaking and more sport. I will do some sports activities. Doing short

:24:52. > :24:58.little -- short little circuits. The new move in different groups. We did

:24:59. > :25:06.baking where we've brought some buns in. Everybody made a bun. In

:25:07. > :25:11.different months, you have different things. Mother's Day in March. Ten

:25:12. > :25:20.things I like about my mum. This month, we will have one next week

:25:21. > :25:25.with an Easter egg hunt. It sounds like you have endless ideas. I

:25:26. > :25:30.imagine it's because you were in the same position as these children not

:25:31. > :25:36.that long ago. It is only four years ago that I came into care. When I

:25:37. > :25:44.first came in, there was nothing to me. There was no help. There was no

:25:45. > :25:49.sort of support network around me. It's only been over the last year

:25:50. > :25:55.when I came in with my new carer that she sort of helped me find my

:25:56. > :26:00.voice and gave me the courage and confidence to speak out. That is

:26:01. > :26:06.when I became of voice the younger children. Lots of respect for you.

:26:07. > :26:10.It is a big deal to go from the person trying to deal with something

:26:11. > :26:15.yourself to be the one who can help, and I love the way you say it you

:26:16. > :26:19.helped some of the younger ones. You are only 15. Can you tell that it's

:26:20. > :26:23.easier to hear things from you? They listen more from you because you are

:26:24. > :26:33.closer to their experience? As opposed to an adult. Sue, who works

:26:34. > :26:37.there, she said why don't I do it? I said maybe it's easier to connect

:26:38. > :26:41.with someone your own age. I find it easier to talk to kids. For a

:26:42. > :26:46.younger one to talk to someone in the same situation, you can

:26:47. > :26:53.empathise. I think it's just easier. What are the challenges that you

:26:54. > :26:59.have. It is life changing. Like you, it's their lives turning upside

:27:00. > :27:04.down. Some of the challenges for the kids, the stable sort of home.

:27:05. > :27:08.People having consistency. I have had so many different social workers

:27:09. > :27:15.and I've moved placement alongside my brother. It has been difficult.

:27:16. > :27:21.You have no consistency. For kids to have that one person such as

:27:22. > :27:25.yourself, it's just easier and it takes a load of stress off the

:27:26. > :27:31.shoulders. You are putting so much energy into other people. How are

:27:32. > :27:35.things for you at the moment? Things are really good to me. I take part

:27:36. > :27:40.in a drama club every week. I have friends in there. They are amazing.

:27:41. > :27:48.I do things with my carer. We go shopping. We just go to the cinema

:27:49. > :27:53.together. For me, it is easy to fit in my personal life. I would never

:27:54. > :27:58.change doing what I do. I enjoy doing it. I'm so glad you came in.

:27:59. > :28:03.Congratulations. You can watch the Rotary Young

:28:04. > :28:07.Citizen Awards on the BBC News Channel from half

:28:08. > :28:09.past ten this morning. The smell of old books,

:28:10. > :28:14.17th century potpourri and vinyl We'll take a whiff at the smells

:28:15. > :28:19.scientists want to record We'll have a summary

:28:20. > :29:18.of the news in just a moment. This is Breakfast with

:29:19. > :29:23.Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent. Coming up before 8am,

:29:24. > :29:26.Ben will have the weather for you. But first, a summary

:29:27. > :29:28.of this morning's main The United States says it's prepared

:29:29. > :29:33.to launch more military action against Syria over its use

:29:34. > :29:35.of chemical weapons. It follows a missile strike

:29:36. > :29:38.on an airbase where the Syrian government is said to have launched

:29:39. > :29:41.a deadly gas attack last week. The US says it is also preparing

:29:42. > :29:44.new economic sanctions Swedish police say a man they're

:29:45. > :29:50.questioning about yesterday's lorry attack in Stockholm has been

:29:51. > :29:52.arrested on suspicion of terrorism. Swedish media are also reporting

:29:53. > :29:55.the arrest of a second man. Four people died and 15 were injured

:29:56. > :29:58.when the vehicle ploughed into a group of pedestrians,

:29:59. > :30:02.and then a department store. President Trump has said he believes

:30:03. > :30:05."tremendous progress" has been made during meetings in Florida

:30:06. > :30:08.with the Chinese leader, They've agreed a 100-day plan

:30:09. > :30:11.for talks designed to reduce They also talked about North Korea's

:30:12. > :30:23.nuclear weapons programme. A strike by rail workers at the RMT

:30:24. > :30:26.union is set to disrupt services to the Grand National today,

:30:27. > :30:29.as members at three companies walk Members at Southern,

:30:30. > :30:33.Northern and Merseyrail will strike in an ongoing dispute around

:30:34. > :30:36.the role of conductors. Merseyrail said industrial action

:30:37. > :30:38.on the final day of Aintree would damage Liverpool's reputation,

:30:39. > :31:14.but the RMT said it would explain And Mike's had a bit of a race of

:31:15. > :31:19.his own. If you switched the camera around there would have been a horse

:31:20. > :31:24.in your shape running around. You made it anyway. I was getting ready

:31:25. > :31:36.for the Grand National. It is fascinating to see the size of the

:31:37. > :31:45.fences and that dip and the water. You got a guided tour. Yes and it is

:31:46. > :31:52.a long way. Two miles. A long way. It was amazing, though. Iconic. So

:31:53. > :32:03.many horses of history have gone there. But, first, we will talk

:32:04. > :32:07.about the golf. Augusta was gusty. The champion has said it was too

:32:08. > :32:10.much and is coming home. The defending champion,

:32:11. > :32:13.Danny Willett, will not be involved in the final weekend of the Masters,

:32:14. > :32:16.after he missed the cut. Willett dropped four shots,

:32:17. > :32:19.on the first hole and was one of several, who struggled

:32:20. > :32:21.in their second round. But there is still some British

:32:22. > :32:24.interest, among those There is no sporting

:32:25. > :32:27.stage quite like Augusta, a mixture of beauty and cruelty,

:32:28. > :32:30.where nothing is guaranteed. Ask Lee Westwood, whose opening-day

:32:31. > :32:32.charge wandered of course. Even those at the top

:32:33. > :32:35.of the leaderboard could In went Rickie Fowler's ball,

:32:36. > :32:38.and with it a shot. Resilience is key, not something

:32:39. > :32:43.you can always say about Sergio Now with a share in the lead,

:32:44. > :32:55.is he getting closer? This player has plenty

:32:56. > :32:58.of that, as he won in 1992. Justin Rose went neither

:32:59. > :33:04.forward or back. But he stayed in touch to be

:33:05. > :33:07.as did Rory McIlroy. He knows the wind is due to drop

:33:08. > :33:10.and played will get easier. I enjoy when the courses play tough

:33:11. > :33:23.and the Masters is difficult, because it means the high-quality

:33:24. > :33:26.shots will be rewarded and you have Usually if I am in good

:33:27. > :33:40.form, I can do that. Former England rugby star

:33:41. > :33:43.Brian Moore is recovering in intensive care at St Georges

:33:44. > :33:46.hospital in London after suffering The 55-year-old has been on Twitter

:33:47. > :33:49.thanking the health professionals Brendan Rodgers described Celtic

:33:50. > :34:09.as the "greatest club in the world" after signing a new four year

:34:10. > :34:12.contract with the Scottish The announcement comes just days

:34:13. > :34:15.after Rodgers led Celtic to their sixth consecutive League

:34:16. > :34:18.title, and they remain on course Rodgers' new deal

:34:19. > :34:25.runs until June 2021. Striker, Harry Kane,

:34:26. > :34:28.could start for Spurs when they take on Watford in the lunchtime

:34:29. > :34:30.Premier League kick-off. Kane, who's already scored 19 goals

:34:31. > :34:33.for Spurs this season, has missed the last three matches

:34:34. > :34:37.with an ankle injury. We will see tomorrow if he starts

:34:38. > :34:41.the game or if he will be But he knows he is ready

:34:42. > :34:46.and he feels good, and has a full recovery, that is good

:34:47. > :34:48.news for him and us. He is a good player for us

:34:49. > :34:51.and he will be available Third-placed Liverpool

:34:52. > :35:05.are at Stoke this afternoon, At the other end of the table

:35:06. > :35:10.West Ham, will hope to halt their slide when they take on third

:35:11. > :35:13.from bottom Swansea. Leaders Chelsea are at Bournemouth

:35:14. > :35:17.in the tea-time kick-off. Brighton have returned to the top

:35:18. > :35:19.of the Championship, with a 2-1 win at

:35:20. > :35:21.Queen's Park Rangers. Glenn Murray put them

:35:22. > :35:23.ahead after the break, and Sebastien Pocognoli's,

:35:24. > :35:26.inch perfect free kick made it 2-0. Matt Smith pulled one back for QPR,

:35:27. > :35:29.but it wasn't enough. Brighton are two points clear

:35:30. > :35:32.of Newcastle, but have played England's women were held

:35:33. > :35:41.to a 1-1 draw by Italy, at Port Vale, in their first

:35:42. > :35:44.match since Mark Sampson, After a goalless first half,

:35:45. > :35:49.which the Lionesses dominated, striker Jodie Taylor gave

:35:50. > :35:50.England a deserved lead. However, it wasn't to be

:35:51. > :35:53.enough, as Italy equalised Great Britain face an uphill

:35:54. > :35:59.struggle to stay in the Davis Cup. Without world number one

:36:00. > :36:02.Andy Murray, they trail France 2-0 after a disappointing first day

:36:03. > :36:05.of their quarter-final in Roan. Kyle Edmund lost in straight

:36:06. > :36:07.sets to Lucas Pwee. Dan Evans then followed suit,

:36:08. > :36:10.beaten three sets to love by Jeremy If Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot

:36:11. > :36:13.lose their doubles rubber to Nicolas Mahut and

:36:14. > :36:15.Julien Benneteau today, Yeah, a lot of times it is guys

:36:16. > :36:28.thrown together to play. A bunch of tournaments over

:36:29. > :36:31.a long period of time. He has been number one the last six

:36:32. > :36:34.or seven months, perhaps. He's been playing well,

:36:35. > :36:37.the final of Wimbledon last year. So it is going to be

:36:38. > :37:02.a really tough match. So, back to the Grand National,

:37:03. > :37:06.and a red horse will definitely be Definitely Red and Vieux Lion Rouge

:37:07. > :37:10.lead the betting, 40 years after another red horse, Red Rum,

:37:11. > :37:13.won the race for a record third time, to secure the future

:37:14. > :37:16.of Aintree, and the reputation of this famous race

:37:17. > :37:18.around the world. Stuart Pollitt explains why Red Rum

:37:19. > :37:29.was an unlikely hero. You have never seen

:37:30. > :37:48.anything like it before! The horse with a bad leg trained

:37:49. > :37:55.by a taxi driver on a beach, But by 1977, Red Rum had already won

:37:56. > :37:59.the National twice and runner-up Yet this was what sealed

:38:00. > :38:09.his place in history. Riding Red Rum that

:38:10. > :38:11.day was Tommy Stack. You need to come to Tipperary to

:38:12. > :38:28.find where his family trains horses. It feels like yesterday

:38:29. > :38:37.looking back at it. Tommy rode Red Rum more than 40

:38:38. > :38:41.times, but this was his first You could hear the crowd,

:38:42. > :38:44.it felt unreal. He is as popular in

:38:45. > :38:46.Ireland as Liverpool. People come in and ask

:38:47. > :38:54.if they can take a picture. In racing generally,

:38:55. > :39:08.he is the one horse that We could not believe

:39:09. > :39:14.what had happened. We dreamt it, and we were just

:39:15. > :39:18.amazed that the horse came home Michael Burns returns

:39:19. > :39:24.where he was that they. They own the horse

:39:25. > :39:31.the family knew as Red. My grandfather was 89

:39:32. > :39:33.years of age then. The only time I ever saw him move,

:39:34. > :39:37.I sat with him, he got up There will never be

:39:38. > :40:19.a horse like him again. I will tell you how Red Rum got his

:40:20. > :40:22.name at half past nine. It is not what people think. And it is not to

:40:23. > :40:25.do with the drink either. The scent of old books

:40:26. > :40:28.and the cologne that lingers on the gloves worn by the Duke

:40:29. > :40:32.of Dorset, just two of the smells scientists are bottling

:40:33. > :40:34.to try and preserve them. They want to capture the aromas

:40:35. > :40:37.for their historic value so that they can be recreated

:40:38. > :40:39.after they disappear. Joining us in the studio

:40:40. > :40:41.now are Matija Strlic and Cecilia Bembibre

:40:42. > :40:49.from University College London, A very good morning to you both.

:40:50. > :40:54.Good morning. You are both involved in the research going on. We know

:40:55. > :40:57.that smells can emotionally take you back to a time and place. What are

:40:58. > :41:02.you looking at specifically? A good question. We started this research

:41:03. > :41:11.about ten years ago looking at the smell of old books. It came through

:41:12. > :41:17.with and experience I had with paper conservers. They could tell what

:41:18. > :41:21.kind of paper it was by the smell of it. I thought to myself, gosh, we

:41:22. > :41:25.could develop an instrument that could do that more accurately. So we

:41:26. > :41:29.did a lot of research looking into the smells of different types of

:41:30. > :41:33.paper so that we could tell pretty well what the paper is made of and

:41:34. > :41:40.how quickly it agreed, only by its smell. But then we know that smell

:41:41. > :41:45.is much more than just the chemicals omitted by the books. There is also

:41:46. > :41:50.the element of the experience, which is when we started collaborating.

:41:51. > :41:56.One of the problems is that these smells could disappear. Yeah, that

:41:57. > :42:01.is one of the interesting sides of our research, we have the

:42:02. > :42:05.opportunity to identify smells that my current culture values and are

:42:06. > :42:08.important to us as a society, because they tell us stories of who

:42:09. > :42:13.we are and they have historical value. And through science we can

:42:14. > :42:19.analyse them and document them and hopefully preserve them for the

:42:20. > :42:24.future. Do these smells dissipate? You find a book and you open it up.

:42:25. > :42:29.People have done that. There is a smell. But after you open it up, the

:42:30. > :42:35.smell goes. Does disappear as you open the book? It does, yes. The

:42:36. > :42:39.thing is however that the smell is the consequence of the paper

:42:40. > :42:43.degrading. Therefore, because paper degrees for thousands and thousands

:42:44. > :42:49.of years, there is no particular worry is that the smells will

:42:50. > :42:54.disappear. -- degrades. So long as there are books, there smell will

:42:55. > :43:00.linger. But it is the smell of dying books that we are smelling. The

:43:01. > :43:06.smell of dying books. Wow. Beneath the desk you have a couple of flasks

:43:07. > :43:11.for an experiment. I am sorry, they are not presentable. That is fine.

:43:12. > :43:16.Something is in here and we do not know what it is. We will give it a

:43:17. > :43:26.smell. Tell me what you smell. Thanks. Get. Tell us which one has

:43:27. > :43:31.got bottled books as a smell. OK. That is a very, very strong smell

:43:32. > :43:40.the peak I know what I think. Try the second one. That smells like a

:43:41. > :43:46.shoe cupboard. Oh no! That is vinegar! Charlie, I do not want to

:43:47. > :43:53.know what your shoe cupboard smells like. This is very distinctly old

:43:54. > :44:03.books. It absolutely is. What is in it? How did you put the smell in? It

:44:04. > :44:08.is a very simple experiment. You heat up a piece of tape in an empty

:44:09. > :44:16.bottle for a couple of hours and you have a smell of bottled books. --

:44:17. > :44:25.paper. Smells dry. The other smell is the smell of decaying dolls. Oh!

:44:26. > :44:35.I am happy you said it smells of vinegar because we often say that

:44:36. > :44:43.dolls get a so-called vinegar syndrome. Old plastic. I thought

:44:44. > :44:51.it's not like a shoe cupboard. One filled with dolls! Do we underrate

:44:52. > :44:57.smell? Not really. The greater an opportunity we have with the smell

:44:58. > :45:05.of books is it is clearly important. This is the first step for us as a

:45:06. > :45:09.society to identify smells with cultural value that we want to

:45:10. > :45:16.maintain for future generations. We will have you back in an hour or

:45:17. > :45:22.so's time. Any particular smells in this studio this morning? It is

:45:23. > :45:26.pretty devoid of smells. I think we will go with that one. That is a

:45:27. > :45:32.good comment. Tell us what you think about smells and which are good and

:45:33. > :45:38.which are about. Yes, they do not have to be nice. Nice would be good,

:45:39. > :45:48.though. Now for the weather. It will smell like spring.

:45:49. > :45:54.Waking up this scenes like this from one of our Weather Watchers in

:45:55. > :46:00.Wales. Strong sunshine. Fairly high UV levels. Very warm indeed.

:46:01. > :46:05.Particularly across south-eastern areas. High pressure in charge of

:46:06. > :46:11.the scene. These weather fronts. The party across Scotland and Northern

:46:12. > :46:17.Ireland. Most of us waking up to the fine start. A few mist and fog

:46:18. > :46:23.patches. For most places, you start off with anything mercurial cloudy,

:46:24. > :46:27.it will brighten up nicely. By this afternoon, the western and Northern

:46:28. > :46:38.Isles of Scotland holding onto cloud in some spots of drizzle. They could

:46:39. > :46:43.well get up to 21 or 22 degrees. A lovely afternoon to the Grand

:46:44. > :46:47.National. Around the coast as they develop a sea breeze. It will feel

:46:48. > :46:53.that bit cooler. A lovely evening of the barbecue. Overnight, clear

:46:54. > :46:57.skies. It will allow things to turn chilly. Even with warm days, we can

:46:58. > :47:05.get chilly nights. Towns and cities, about six or seven degrees. A touch

:47:06. > :47:09.of frost. Once again, the odd mist and fog patch around tomorrow

:47:10. > :47:16.morning. Tomorrow, a bit of a split in fortunes. England and Wales,

:47:17. > :47:25.Sunshine. It will stay sunny. For Scotland and Northern Ireland.

:47:26. > :47:29.Temperatures to degrees in Glasgow. Compare that with 24, maybe 25

:47:30. > :47:35.towards the south-east. That'll be the warmest weather of the year so

:47:36. > :47:37.far. High UV levels in the sunshine, particularly across and Wales. A

:47:38. > :47:40.fever sufferers, beware. We'll be back with the

:47:41. > :47:42.headlines at 8 o'clock. Now it's time for Newswatch

:47:43. > :48:02.with Samira Ahmed. The BBC gets an external regulator.

:48:03. > :48:08.What difference will this make to viewers?

:48:09. > :48:11.Are we on the brink of a bright new dawn?

:48:12. > :48:14.A measured analysis of Brexit from David Dimbleby.

:48:15. > :48:32.First, one of the survivors of the Westminster attack a couple

:48:33. > :48:35.of weeks ago gave an emotional interview to the BBC on Wednesday.

:48:36. > :48:38.Her husband Curt was killed and she herself was badly injured.

:48:39. > :48:41.Here is a clip from that night's News at Ten.

:48:42. > :48:43.Melissa Cochran has spoken exclusively to my colleague Fiona

:48:44. > :48:48.Curt was probably the best man I have ever met.

:48:49. > :48:54.He was sweet and kind and I'm extremely proud of him and I'm very

:48:55. > :49:03.happy that the world now knows what a wonderful man he was.

:49:04. > :49:06.Two viewers recorded their thoughts on that for us.

:49:07. > :49:09.They were divided about the interview, but united

:49:10. > :49:11.in their condemnation of how it was described

:49:12. > :49:18.Can someone please explain to me what it means when Hugh Edwards

:49:19. > :49:23.prefaces a news report with an expression "exclusive report"?

:49:24. > :49:28.The interview was very emotionally charged.

:49:29. > :49:30.And, but handled sensitively by Fiona Bruce, but I feel

:49:31. > :49:37.the interview was cheapened by this out of date expression.

:49:38. > :49:44.The woman was visibly traumatised, shocked.

:49:45. > :49:45.There were tears running down her face.

:49:46. > :49:48.I don't believe she should have been interviewed even had

:49:49. > :49:55.At the very beginning of the interview Fiona Bruce said,

:49:56. > :49:57."And now we have an exclusive interview with Melissa Cohchrane,

:49:58. > :50:10.it's like we it's a trophy, we're better than the rest,

:50:11. > :50:13.The woman was visibly traumatised, shocked.

:50:14. > :50:16.we managed to get an interview with a visibly traumatise red,

:50:17. > :50:18.shocked and bereaved woman before anyone else.

:50:19. > :50:33.Well, we put their points to one of the big debates was over

:50:34. > :50:39.the comments made by football manager David Moyse with BBC sport

:50:40. > :50:42.the BBC sports reporter Vicki Sparkes.

:50:43. > :50:44.Does this put pressure with you on the manager

:50:45. > :50:47.when you know the owner is in the stands watching on?

:50:48. > :50:56.You still might get a slap even though you're a woman.

:50:57. > :51:02.David Moyse apologised for those comments which were widely condemned

:51:03. > :51:10.and are being investigated by the Football Association,

:51:11. > :51:14.but some Newswatch viewers thought this was a storm in a tea cup hyped

:51:15. > :51:36.Who decides what constitutes impartiality, balance and accuracy

:51:37. > :51:40.in BBC News reports and passes judgement

:51:41. > :51:48.On Newswatch we don't have that authority though we're keen

:51:49. > :51:59.Up to this week it's the responsibility of the BBC Trust

:52:00. > :52:01.but that body disappeared and from Monday the independent

:52:02. > :52:04.regulator OFCOM has taken oversight of all BBC content.

:52:05. > :52:06.What difference will that make for viewers?

:52:07. > :52:08.Well, to answer, that I'm joined by Steven Barnet,

:52:09. > :52:10.Professor of Communications and by Stewart Purvis,

:52:11. > :52:18.to rmer Chief Executive of ITN and a former partner of OFCOM.

:52:19. > :52:21.Steven, what difference will it make now that OFCOM has taken over?

:52:22. > :52:25.The difference is that once you make your complaint to the BBC,

:52:26. > :52:30.which is always the case, you start with the BBC.

:52:31. > :52:33.If you want to escalate it, up until the end of March,

:52:34. > :52:46.The question is, in practice is it going to make that much difference?

:52:47. > :52:49.The BBC Trust despite the name, in my view at least,

:52:50. > :52:55.And I think it was actually pretty good at looking

:52:56. > :52:58.after the complainants who felt they had not had justice

:52:59. > :53:02.The problem was that p perception was that this was just once again

:53:03. > :53:06.the BBC, so there will be a sense, I think on those kinds of grounds

:53:07. > :53:13.The independent regulator is looking after it.

:53:14. > :53:15.Briefly, they are bringing in some changes.

:53:16. > :53:18.I think there is more news going to happen on Radio 2

:53:19. > :53:21.which obviously doesn't affect Newswatch but now practical changes

:53:22. > :53:23.in what's required in news provision, is that right?

:53:24. > :53:26.There's a different issue about what they are going to be,

:53:27. > :53:30.the BBC is going to be required to do, which will be set by OFCOMs,

:53:31. > :53:32.which is different from the complaints pro-red yur.

:53:33. > :53:35.There will be certain changes to some of the so-called licences

:53:36. > :53:39.for the different radio stations, possibly some of the TV

:53:40. > :53:44.Stewart, you used to be at OFCOM, we know at Newswatch viewers

:53:45. > :53:47.are often unhappy about how the BBC handles concerns about impartiality.

:53:48. > :53:51.We heard from Steven that in a way it shouldn't make a difference

:53:52. > :53:54.but does knit some way make a difference in how

:53:55. > :53:59.I think it wasn't just a perception you weren't sure who will make

:54:00. > :54:03.a decision, I think it was a wider decision about who to complain

:54:04. > :54:07.I think the issue is wider across the range of BBC output.

:54:08. > :54:09.The simplicity of this is, if you're unhappy, complain

:54:10. > :54:12.to the BBC first, if not, go to Ofcom.

:54:13. > :54:17.Having said that, there are exceptions.

:54:18. > :54:20.There was if you like a big fudge in the past.

:54:21. > :54:22.There's now a smaller one and perhaps greater clarity

:54:23. > :54:26.about who is in charge at the end of the day.

:54:27. > :54:28.We often hear from BBC editors, achieving impartiality and balance

:54:29. > :54:30.is done through personal judgement and not scientific.

:54:31. > :54:41.But the new BBC chair says he want assign tiffic approach.

:54:42. > :54:46.It's a noble ambition but I'm afraid it's in vain.

:54:47. > :54:49.The whole basis is we want human judgement, we don't want it to be

:54:50. > :54:53.done by some algorithm or other, we want people to take into account

:54:54. > :54:55.the context, background, a whole series of factors before

:54:56. > :55:00.I am sure there will be league tables about which words are more

:55:01. > :55:03.impartial, but we need experienced people preferably with background

:55:04. > :55:06.themselves in television news, that they have to be able

:55:07. > :55:14.If the BBC doesn't like what Ofcom says, I have no problem,

:55:15. > :55:22.With the scientific approach, I'm sure viewers will think

:55:23. > :55:27.if the BBC did a head count and looked to see who goes on panel

:55:28. > :55:29.shows and I hear complaints about certain people talked over

:55:30. > :55:34.You will always get complaints from people who see the knew

:55:35. > :55:37.-- news through their lens, of what is right and wrong,

:55:38. > :55:39.particularly the big issues, like referendum, Brexit,

:55:40. > :55:43.or Middle East, which are the ones that bet the biggest

:55:44. > :55:45.-- get the biggest lot of complaints.

:55:46. > :55:49.You can count the number of minutes as much as you want.

:55:50. > :55:53.You can count the number of heads, you can count the number of times

:55:54. > :55:57.on different sides that someone is for and someone is against.

:55:58. > :56:01.In the end, it is going to be a matter of judgement.

:56:02. > :56:03.Newswatch deals with online as much as traditional TV

:56:04. > :56:07.But Ofcom aren't going to regulate it.

:56:08. > :56:12.What's been going on behind the scenes is Ofcom are pushing back

:56:13. > :56:15.from the government about the idea that they should regulate not just

:56:16. > :56:19.BBC Broadcasting but online content as well.

:56:20. > :56:22.We will have the weird situation - if you want to complain

:56:23. > :56:24.about something you saw on the television or radio,

:56:25. > :56:28.you will if you don't like the BBC's response get the chance

:56:29. > :56:37.If you see a same story covered online in terms of a blog post

:56:38. > :56:40.by a BBC correspondent, you won't be able to go to Ofcom.

:56:41. > :56:44.The reason for that is that Ofcom doesn't want to set a precedent

:56:45. > :56:47.Why doesn't it regulate ITV online, or Channel 4 online,

:56:48. > :56:52.I find it's an odd situation and quite unsatisfactory in terms

:56:53. > :56:59.Everyone complains about too much bureaucratic at the BBC,

:57:00. > :57:03.Will a whole new layer of OFcom rules make that worse?

:57:04. > :57:07.I don't think there will be a whole new layer of rules.

:57:08. > :57:10.The whole idea is to make it easier and clearer for those consumers

:57:11. > :57:15.It's dead simple, to make a complaint.

:57:16. > :57:20.The actual process, I don't think will be any more confusing.

:57:21. > :57:24.I do have a fear about what it might do to the culture of Ofcom,

:57:25. > :57:28.taking on this additional very large area of BBC oversight and I think

:57:29. > :57:31.it's going to make it, going to politicise Ofcom in a way

:57:32. > :57:37.It's going to put knit the firing line.

:57:38. > :57:40.It's going to be under pressure in the way

:57:41. > :57:44.Under more pressure from those who are not great friends

:57:45. > :57:47.of the BBC, in particular the major publishers and some major critics

:57:48. > :57:51.Once Ofcom come down in some of their judgements,

:57:52. > :57:54.which they will, on the side of the BBC, I suspect we will see

:57:55. > :57:57.more criticism of Ofcom than we have so far.

:57:58. > :58:03.Finally, last week saw a novel approach to impartiality taken

:58:04. > :58:07.by David Dimbleby in a promotional trail for BBC One's Question Time

:58:08. > :58:17.In a surprise move, a veteran of numerous occasions,

:58:18. > :58:19.-- elections and state occasions, demonstrated his alleged skill

:58:20. > :58:25.# We've triggered Article 50 # The letter was nifty

:58:26. > :58:30.to be thrifty with a recession in 2050 # Or rather doom or gloom,

:58:31. > :58:36.Merkel threats # Will we decide to pay our debts?

:58:37. > :58:42.# As immigration vexation and questions from the nation may,

:58:43. > :58:44.# May's Premiership is out on probation #

:58:45. > :58:51.# Are we on the brink of a bright new dawn?

:58:52. > :58:56.That's the stuff we get up to op Question Time in the afternoon

:58:57. > :58:58.when we think Brexit, Brexit, Brexit, Brexit.

:58:59. > :59:02.What will we do different about Brexit?

:59:03. > :59:04.Well, it was certainly different, wasn't it.

:59:05. > :59:09.The performance was described variously online as impressive

:59:10. > :59:24.Thank you for all your comments this week.

:59:25. > :59:27.If you want to share your opinions on BBC News and current affairs

:59:28. > :59:30.or appear on the programme, you can call us.

:59:31. > :59:38.Have a look at the website for previous discussions.

:59:39. > :00:18.This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:00:19. > :00:20.The United States warns it could take further

:00:21. > :00:25.US officials say they will also impose additional sanctions as a war

:00:26. > :00:47.Police in Sweden say a man they arrested

:00:48. > :00:49.after yesterday's lorry attack in Stockholm is

:00:50. > :00:53.More disruption as rail workers plan another strike -

:00:54. > :00:57.there's a warning that the Grand National could be hit.

:00:58. > :01:01.they're expecting another bumper crowd at Aintree

:01:02. > :01:05.and 40 years on from Red Rum, Definitely Red is among

:01:06. > :01:09.the favourites with the punters at Aintree.

:01:10. > :01:20.Good morning. This weekend looks very likely to bring the highest

:01:21. > :01:24.temperatures of the year so far. Plenty of warmth and sunshine.

:01:25. > :01:27.Things change a little tomorrow across Northern Ireland and Scotland

:01:28. > :01:30.and I will have all the details in 15 minutes.

:01:31. > :01:34.The United States says it's prepared to launch more military action

:01:35. > :01:36.against Syria over its use of chemical weapons.

:01:37. > :01:39.It follows a missile strike on an airbase where the Syrian

:01:40. > :01:42.government is said to have launched a deadly gas attack last week.

:01:43. > :01:44.The US says its also preparing new economic sanctions

:01:45. > :01:48.Here's our Washington Correspondent, David Willis.

:01:49. > :01:52.This was America's first direct involvement in the Syrian crisis.

:01:53. > :01:57.Its cruise missile attack in contradiction of the Trump

:01:58. > :01:59.doctrine of avoiding conflicts in far away lands and

:02:00. > :02:10.And as Syria's army chief inspected the impact of the attack on the air

:02:11. > :02:12.base from which US officials insist on Tuesday's chemical weapons

:02:13. > :02:17.attack was launched, the Trump administration insisted

:02:18. > :02:21.it was a one off and not the opening of a new front in the war

:02:22. > :02:24.Yet, although the administration's strategy in Syria remains focused

:02:25. > :02:28.on defeating the so-called Islamic State, there's no doubt it

:02:29. > :02:31.has hardened its stance on President Assad quite

:02:32. > :02:40.The United States took a very measured step last night.

:02:41. > :02:47.But we hope that will not be necessary.

:02:48. > :02:50.All this has put Donald Trump on a collision course

:02:51. > :02:54.with his opposite number in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin.

:02:55. > :02:57.Russia is Syria's chief benefactor and following Friday's missile

:02:58. > :03:00.strike, the Russians have suspended military coordination

:03:01. > :03:08.Meanwhile, the Pentagon is looking into suggestions that Russia may

:03:09. > :03:12.have been complicit in the chemical weapons attack, possibly by seeking

:03:13. > :03:14.to cover up evidence - something which could harden

:03:15. > :03:17.the battle lines over one of the world's most

:03:18. > :03:31.Let's speak to our reporter Ben James, who's in Beirut this morning.

:03:32. > :03:35.Ben, we saw those 15 and cruise missiles targeting that

:03:36. > :03:38.Ben, we saw those 15 and cruise base. Is some information emerging

:03:39. > :03:45.this morning about just what happened and what is emerging? And

:03:46. > :03:50.also exactly to what extent that base is now operational. The

:03:51. > :03:55.UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for human rights reports

:03:56. > :03:59.that two projects were seen taking off from the air base, not sure

:04:00. > :04:04.whether they are Syrian or Russian jets but according to the report,

:04:05. > :04:08.taking part in a strike on targets near Palmeiro, that city that has

:04:09. > :04:10.changed hands a number of times, whether Syrian government has been

:04:11. > :04:14.fighting the so-called Islamic State. Whether that shows a

:04:15. > :04:19.substantial ability to continue to operate that base or it is a

:04:20. > :04:23.symbolic gesture, a show of defiance, that the American strike

:04:24. > :04:28.did not completely take that base out of commission, we don't noted

:04:29. > :04:33.that is a pretty large place, the airbase, something like four square

:04:34. > :04:36.miles, with a couple of runways, both two miles long. The pictures

:04:37. > :04:39.we've seen from the base since the strike, including some pictures

:04:40. > :04:44.taken by Russian state media journalists on the ground, showed

:04:45. > :04:49.damage to aircraft hangars, nine planes destroyed, they were

:04:50. > :04:52.reporting, but also parts of the runways they showed were intact but

:04:53. > :04:54.with some debris on top, not looking like they were completely destroys.

:04:55. > :04:58.For the moment, thank you. Swedish police say the man they're

:04:59. > :05:00.questioning about yesterday's lorry attack in Stockholm has been

:05:01. > :05:03.arrested on suspicion of terrorism. Four people died and 15 were injured

:05:04. > :05:06.when the stolen vehicle ploughed into a group of pedestrians and then

:05:07. > :05:08.a department store. Our correspondent Maddy Savage

:05:09. > :05:10.is in Stockholm for us now. Maddy, do we have any

:05:11. > :05:20.more on these arrests? This is the department store right

:05:21. > :05:25.behind me that the lorry ploughed into. Security very tight here in

:05:26. > :05:28.the city centre, still, and we are hearing that police have confirmed

:05:29. > :05:32.that one man has been arrested for what they have described as terror

:05:33. > :05:36.crimes by murder. They have not formally released any more

:05:37. > :05:40.information about his identity but it is being widely reported here in

:05:41. > :05:44.the Swedish media that he is a 39-year-old family man, a father,

:05:45. > :05:49.and he is understood to have sympathies with the group known as

:05:50. > :05:53.IS. Police earlier released a rather grainy photo of somebody that they

:05:54. > :05:57.were searching for, a man with stubble on his face, wearing a dark

:05:58. > :06:01.and moody and Eliza jacket and they say the person they have been

:06:02. > :06:04.holding does bear a likeness to this person, although they haven't said

:06:05. > :06:11.specifically whether it is the same man to talk a second suspect has

:06:12. > :06:14.also been arrested in another suburb, north west of Stockholm,

:06:15. > :06:18.about 20 minutes from where we are now, but very little information

:06:19. > :06:23.emerging about insofar, though some reports suggesting there are links

:06:24. > :06:27.between the two suspects. Meanwhile, a couple of other details are

:06:28. > :06:31.emerging. Six of the 15 people injured are understood to have been

:06:32. > :06:36.released from hospital and Security remaining tense, with extra

:06:37. > :06:41.resources sent to police Sweden's orders overnight.

:06:42. > :06:44.President Trump has said he believes "tremendous progress" has been made

:06:45. > :06:46.during meetings in Florida with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

:06:47. > :06:49.They've agreed a 100-day plan for talks designed to reduce

:06:50. > :06:52.They also talked about North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.

:06:53. > :06:56.A strike by rail workers at the RMT union is set to disrupt services

:06:57. > :06:58.to the Grand National today, as members at three companies walk

:06:59. > :07:03.Members at Southern, Northern and Merseyrail will strike

:07:04. > :07:06.in an ongoing dispute around the role of conductors.

:07:07. > :07:10.Merseyrail said industrial action on the final day of Aintree

:07:11. > :07:12.would damage Liverpool's reputation, but the RMT said it would explain

:07:13. > :07:18.Despite that rail strike, around 70,000 people

:07:19. > :07:25.This year marks 40 years since the legendary Red Rum

:07:26. > :07:27.completed his unmatched treble of Grand National wins,

:07:28. > :07:33.It remains one of sport's ultimate challenges.

:07:34. > :07:40.This year marks a string of anniversaries at Aintree.

:07:41. > :07:47.50 years since outsider Foinavon romped the unlikeliest of wins.

:07:48. > :07:53.You've never heard one like it at Liverpool.

:07:54. > :07:56.40 years since red Rum roared to a third victory.

:07:57. > :07:58.Well, the challenge of the National is still like

:07:59. > :08:01.These huge fences make it one of sport's most unpredictable

:08:02. > :08:06.events and, as history has proved, anything can happen.

:08:07. > :08:13.Well, many are tipping this horse, Definitely Read,

:08:14. > :08:20.trained in Yorkshire, aiming for glory.

:08:21. > :08:23.The pressure's always there anyway, whether you're running the

:08:24. > :08:25.National or any other race, but no, it's great.

:08:26. > :08:30.All we want to do is get him there and, in the race itself,

:08:31. > :08:33.Yesterday was ladies' day at Aintree, the now

:08:34. > :08:38.But could today's headlines belong to

:08:39. > :08:42.Katie Walsh is aiming to become the first woman to

:08:43. > :08:46.win the race on Wonderful Charm, just 48 hours after a fall so merely

:08:47. > :08:55.We thought she had a broken arm, it was reported she had

:08:56. > :08:58.As it has turned out, it's only bruising.

:08:59. > :09:01.You imagine she was in pain but it will take more

:09:02. > :09:04.than that to stop her riding in the world's greatest horse race.

:09:05. > :09:08.Yesterday's race over the National fences produced

:09:09. > :09:10.a typically unlikely winner - 50-1 outsider Ultra Gold

:09:11. > :09:11.and its 18-year-old jockey Harry Cobden.

:09:12. > :09:22.Another dose of drama today is about the only guarantee.

:09:23. > :09:28.Yesterday, you may have seen our reporter Fiona Lamdin

:09:29. > :09:30.joining a world record attempt to cross from England to France

:09:31. > :09:37.The record of 49 was set in 2011, and yesterday, Fiona set off with 82

:09:38. > :09:40.hot air balloons from Dover in the beautiful spring sunshine.

:09:41. > :09:55.They gathered at first light in a field in Kent and, as the sun rose,

:09:56. > :10:01.with almost military position at exactly seven o'clock, the mass

:10:02. > :10:09.ascent began. 82 pilots from across Europe, here to set a new record.

:10:10. > :10:14.The pack drifted over Dover's Castle and cliffs. England was soon behind

:10:15. > :10:19.them as they headed 26 miles across the Channel to mainland Europe. It's

:10:20. > :10:23.just fantastic being up with so many other balloons. It is a

:10:24. > :10:27.once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After about 26 miles across the sea,

:10:28. > :10:33.we're only about half a mile from the shore and what a welcome sight -

:10:34. > :10:38.the green hills of France. And after three hours drifting above the sea,

:10:39. > :10:44.they arrived in France, south of Calais, to the warmest of welcomes.

:10:45. > :10:48.After three hours 21 minutes and 20 seconds, it was down to earth with

:10:49. > :10:57.the gentlest of bumps. Bend your knees. The pilots are confident

:10:58. > :11:01.they've broken the previous record of 49 balloons but are waiting for

:11:02. > :11:08.confirmation. They hold the new title.

:11:09. > :11:13.Beautiful images from yesterday. We will have the sport with Mike a

:11:14. > :11:20.little later on and a full look at the weather across the weekend.

:11:21. > :11:23.When Ben Cowburn died in a psychiatric unit in Cornwall,

:11:24. > :11:26.his sisters set up a charity which aims to improve mental health

:11:27. > :11:29.Sophia and Amber are now being honoured at the Rotary Young

:11:30. > :11:38.First, Noel Phillips has this report.

:11:39. > :11:45.Our brother was a party animal, life was all about a party, he was a

:11:46. > :11:51.fashion student. He was very popular. He was just, like, the

:11:52. > :11:54.greatest person. In 2010, Ben was just 18 when he took his own life in

:11:55. > :11:59.an adult psychiatric unit in Cornwall. It was within a few hours

:12:00. > :12:02.of losing them, we were in disbelief, it shouldn't have

:12:03. > :12:07.happened. Ben shouldn't have been able to take his own life in a

:12:08. > :12:12.mental health hospital. His sisters Sofia and Amber wanted to keep Ben's

:12:13. > :12:17.legacy alive so they setup their own charity, the Invictus trust, as a

:12:18. > :12:21.way to support other teenagers with mental health problems. After Ben

:12:22. > :12:26.passed away, not very long after, my mum sat down with us, my sisters and

:12:27. > :12:29.my dad, and said that she felt really strongly that we had to

:12:30. > :12:32.change the services. We didn't really want to be a family that

:12:33. > :12:37.became quite bitter because we felt Ben had been let down and we needed

:12:38. > :12:39.to change what was available for teenagers in Cornwall and what

:12:40. > :12:42.support and services could be enhanced and better provided.

:12:43. > :12:52.We've just been chatting while the report was on and I'm going to start

:12:53. > :12:56.by talking about the incredible news that you can tell everybody - your

:12:57. > :13:00.campaign has been awarded a huge amount of money. Tell us about that.

:13:01. > :13:04.The NHS have just decided to commission a unit which we've been

:13:05. > :13:09.campaigning for for nearly six years and we found out that for under 18s

:13:10. > :13:12.in Cornwall there were no beds at all so if you needed adolescent

:13:13. > :13:16.mental health care, you had to travel out of the county and we had

:13:17. > :13:20.young people being placed as far as Manchester from Cornwall, Kent, all

:13:21. > :13:23.across the country, and families travelling to visit them and it was

:13:24. > :13:26.just horrendous so we were campaigning that a unit would be

:13:27. > :13:30.built in Cornwall and we got the news last week that it would go

:13:31. > :13:34.ahead. Which is wonderful news. Your campaigning started from the worst

:13:35. > :13:40.of all possible places, the loss of your brother. Take us back to those

:13:41. > :13:44.times, to the immediate aftermath, and what you found was that there

:13:45. > :13:47.was so little for people and, also, you were thinking about what

:13:48. > :13:52.happened to him and how little there was for him at a moment in time when

:13:53. > :13:55.he most needed help. Me and then turned 18 in July and quickly

:13:56. > :14:00.realised something wasn't quite right but not the usual signs. This

:14:01. > :14:03.is why we wanted to break the stigma and mental health young people

:14:04. > :14:08.because it was much more that Ben was a party animal, he was going out

:14:09. > :14:12.a lot, but it was just continual. There was no letup. He started to

:14:13. > :14:15.get really low and just go out at night to party with his friends, so

:14:16. > :14:23.we started to notice something wasn't quite right and try to talk

:14:24. > :14:29.to him about it and he wanted help. He got sectioned in October and by

:14:30. > :14:33.December 20, he had passed away. But because he was just 18, he had only

:14:34. > :14:38.just turned into an adult and he wouldn't mind saying, he certainly

:14:39. > :14:41.wasn't a man, a grown-up. He was quite a young 18-year-old. He had

:14:42. > :14:47.gone into adult care because that was all that was available. For

:14:48. > :14:52.Invictus, we are campaigning for an innovative project for 13 to

:14:53. > :14:56.25-year-olds that breaches that gap because you don't go to bed at 17

:14:57. > :15:02.and turn into an adult overnight, do you? About two weeks after Ben

:15:03. > :15:07.passed away, my mum said, as a family, we can't let this happen

:15:08. > :15:12.again because it is terrible. We didn't know anything about it, about

:15:13. > :15:16.the mental health illnesses he was suffering from. I'm his twin sister

:15:17. > :15:20.and certainly amongst our friends, I had no idea what those words meant

:15:21. > :15:26.that were being thrown at us and at him. We said, this has to change, so

:15:27. > :15:29.we set up Invictus in January 2011. And the more questions you asked, I

:15:30. > :15:34.assume the more gaps you were seeing? We felt there was a real

:15:35. > :15:41.lack of services, from acute services which we felt the care

:15:42. > :15:44.failed our brother and we found out that he had been under 18, he

:15:45. > :15:48.wouldn't have even stayed in the county for treatment so it was bad

:15:49. > :15:53.either way. But just awareness levels, where to go for help, even

:15:54. > :15:55.just websites you could access, nobody was telling people this and

:15:56. > :15:59.when we were going into schools and giving tours, young people were

:16:00. > :16:02.responding so much because it was the first time they had heard

:16:03. > :16:07.somebody speak. And teachers were desperate to talk about it but just

:16:08. > :16:10.didn't have the resources. It is interesting that you have chosen

:16:11. > :16:16.that window of ages, 13 to 25, because we talk about it a lot in

:16:17. > :16:19.this programme, the mental health struggles that people in that age

:16:20. > :16:23.group... It is like there was an explosion in them at the moment and

:16:24. > :16:26.nobody quite knows what to do. I think we're talking about it so much

:16:27. > :16:32.more, which is what we want and advocate for. We say, get talking,

:16:33. > :16:35.refer yourself to your friends, family, teachers, whether more

:16:36. > :16:39.people who know about it, hopefully support can be sought for whoever

:16:40. > :16:42.needs it and we constantly tell everyone we meet and speak in

:16:43. > :16:46.schools that everyone has mental health and it is a spectrum and

:16:47. > :16:50.doesn't matter where you are today, next week, in a year. If you need

:16:51. > :16:55.support, you've got to know where you can get it. As your campaigning

:16:56. > :16:58.helped as part of your grieving process? It is such a huge thing to

:16:59. > :17:05.happen to your family. Do you think this has helped in some way? I think

:17:06. > :17:09.as a family, as Sofia said, our mum decided it and very much gave it to

:17:10. > :17:12.us in terms of making it an organisation Ben would have

:17:13. > :17:16.identified with and be proud of, so we called at the Invictus trust,

:17:17. > :17:20.which was named after one of his tattoos because he had some lines of

:17:21. > :17:25.a poem Invictus, we made the logo in anger because that was his tattooed.

:17:26. > :17:27.We wanted to make it something young people would identify with, rather

:17:28. > :17:31.than it being a mental health charity because it is changing but

:17:32. > :17:34.there is a stigma amount that and we wanted young people to fund raise

:17:35. > :17:39.and go to events and have fun and realise it doesn't have to be so

:17:40. > :17:43.Somba all the time. But as a family it did help us to have something to

:17:44. > :17:47.pour our energies into and sometimes it is really challenging because you

:17:48. > :17:50.get a lot of stories coming forward, people getting in touch and we

:17:51. > :17:53.support families travelling out of the county currently to visit young

:17:54. > :17:57.people you are in units across the country and it is going to be really

:17:58. > :18:00.tough, and particularly for our parents, they are hearing stories

:18:01. > :18:07.and they know this is a struggle that cuts quite deep. But I think

:18:08. > :18:12.for us, it has been amazing. It is such a big part of our lives. Really

:18:13. > :18:17.appreciate you coming in to talk to us. Congratulations. You are going

:18:18. > :18:23.straight off to a bit of a do? We are. Thank you very much.

:18:24. > :18:26.You can watch the Rotary Young Citizen Awards on the BBC

:18:27. > :18:27.News Channel from half past ten this morning.

:18:28. > :18:33.We have heard some humbling stories this morning.

:18:34. > :18:37.I don't know if you've opened your curtains this morning but in lots of

:18:38. > :18:41.parts of the country, it is sunny. That is our view here. That is not

:18:42. > :18:46.Barcelona, it is good old Salford quays. Somebody has created that

:18:47. > :18:50.ripple effect in the water so it looks nice for a sexpot Ben, how is

:18:51. > :18:59.that replicated across the rest of the country? -- it looks nice for

:19:00. > :19:04.us. Not far away in Preston, that is

:19:05. > :19:09.what people are waking up to. That sets us up for many for a weekend of

:19:10. > :19:14.strong sunshine, high UV levels, so bear that in mind if you carry out

:19:15. > :19:17.to enjoy it, and increasingly warm weather. High pressure in charge of

:19:18. > :19:20.the scene, drifting to the east of the British Isles. What that means

:19:21. > :19:24.is we will have a southerly wind wafting up across the country

:19:25. > :19:28.bringing increasingly warm air, particularly the further south you

:19:29. > :19:33.are. Parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland, not such a sunny start so

:19:34. > :19:36.this was the view a short time ago in Helensburgh. More clarity but

:19:37. > :19:40.things should improve through the day and there are one or two mist

:19:41. > :19:45.patches around, a bit patchy fog but that should clear quickly. For the

:19:46. > :19:51.vast majority, it turns into a blue sky day with plenty of sunshine. One

:19:52. > :19:55.exception is the far northern Scotland, through Shetland, Orkney,

:19:56. > :19:58.the Western Isles into Caithness and Sutherland. More clout it up it will

:19:59. > :20:03.be breezy and there will be spots of. Edinburgh could get to 17 or 18.

:20:04. > :20:12.A lovely afternoon for Northern Ireland. Across the Howard weblog...

:20:13. > :20:16.It could get a 21 or 22. A bit cooler closer to the coast as we

:20:17. > :20:19.develop a sea breeze. It will be safe to take a flutter on one thing

:20:20. > :20:22.at the Grand National and that is the weather because it will be dry,

:20:23. > :20:28.there will be sunshine, temperatures close to 20 and a fine evening for a

:20:29. > :20:31.barbecue. Overnight, at this time of year with clear skies, we can still

:20:32. > :20:36.get a bit chilly and that is going to happen tonight, a fairly chilly

:20:37. > :20:41.night with the odd fog patch. Temperatures in the towns and cities

:20:42. > :20:44.around six or seven. Out in the countryside, two or three, cold

:20:45. > :20:49.enough for ground frost. Tomorrow, we develop something a bit more

:20:50. > :20:55.split and divided so across England and Wales, lots of sunshine,

:20:56. > :20:58.clouding over a bit for western coastal areas later but you will

:20:59. > :21:00.have noticed that for Northern Ireland and north-western parts of

:21:01. > :21:06.Scotland, increasing amounts of Clare Adamson outbreaks of rented

:21:07. > :21:10.dog across central and eastern areas, particularly the south-east,

:21:11. > :21:15.temperatures tomorrow could get up to 25, the warmest weather of the

:21:16. > :21:19.year so far. With all that warmth and sunshine, high UV levels and,

:21:20. > :21:23.for England and Wales especially, high pollen levels so not great news

:21:24. > :21:26.for hay fever sufferers and if you like the warmth, make the most of it

:21:27. > :21:43.because things will turn cooler into next week.

:21:44. > :21:45.The Chief Constable of Durham Police,

:21:46. > :21:48.Mike Barton, is here to tell us what's caught his eye.

:21:49. > :21:55.A couple of stories dominating. The aftermath of the attack of the

:21:56. > :22:03.missile launch by the US on Syria. This is all about some of the

:22:04. > :22:06.response to that. The Mirror, the same story, saying Trump is one step

:22:07. > :22:13.away from war and many of the papers have the same thing. This is the one

:22:14. > :22:16.name that there could be the possibility that that could be

:22:17. > :22:20.repeated. And if I show you the front page of the Telegraph, maybe

:22:21. > :22:24.you would like to pick about this because this is about the most

:22:25. > :22:28.recent attack on stock on and you see this extraordinary image, the

:22:29. > :22:32.truck that was used in the incident, the moment where it crashed into the

:22:33. > :22:40.department store. We know that four people were killed. A dreadful

:22:41. > :22:45.story. People will feel that this is all too now. I think what we are

:22:46. > :22:52.finding here is that people are using low-tech, what we would

:22:53. > :23:00.describe as low-tech option is. We are looking at mostly vehicles, a

:23:01. > :23:08.lorry, as in Westminster, where was a car. From our professional point

:23:09. > :23:12.of view, our focus has been on preventing this sort of atrocity.

:23:13. > :23:17.We've made sure that we've focused on guns and things like that but we

:23:18. > :23:22.haven't been blind to this and the way that we can prevent this is by

:23:23. > :23:26.making sure that areas where the public go are protected from this

:23:27. > :23:31.sort of attack. Changing the landscape of our cities? Well,

:23:32. > :23:35.certainly, but the way we've been doing it for quite some time has

:23:36. > :23:39.been so that it is not visually impacted so we've just built a new

:23:40. > :23:47.headquarters and a lot of that work was how we design using the ground

:23:48. > :23:52.to protect buildings. So I think we've got to make sure it is

:23:53. > :23:55.sympathetic. We can't only spaces into fortresses. But without making

:23:56. > :24:00.this to local, Durham is the city that you are in charge of and this

:24:01. > :24:04.is... Obviously, Durham is a big tourist attraction, many people. Is

:24:05. > :24:09.there that combination of wanting to give people access, that's the

:24:10. > :24:14.point, the Cathedral amongst other things, and security? How do you

:24:15. > :24:17.resolve those two things? Where the public can play their part is,

:24:18. > :24:21.people talk about lone wolves but generally what we are finding is

:24:22. > :24:26.that the people who do this are not lone wolves, they have family and

:24:27. > :24:30.they have people that they speak to and what we are encouraging people

:24:31. > :24:35.to do is, if they have concerns about anyone, then alert us early.

:24:36. > :24:39.We're not passive and we're not waiting for these things to happen.

:24:40. > :24:45.We are trying to make sure that they don't. You were talking about the

:24:46. > :24:52.Met Commissioner, who has her work cut out at the moment. Cressida's

:24:53. > :24:56.first tour of duty, poignantly, will be going to the funeral of PC Keith

:24:57. > :25:05.Palmer at Southwark Cathedral on Monday. But nobody who knows

:25:06. > :25:10.Cressida will be in any doubt that she will make a decent fist of this

:25:11. > :25:19.and I wish her all the best of luck. Take us away from police related

:25:20. > :25:25.issues. A story from the Times. This is maps. I was a Boy Scout and I

:25:26. > :25:36.think it is a blokey thing to like maps. Everybody is used to Google.

:25:37. > :25:39.Older generations always talked about maps as ordnance survey and

:25:40. > :25:47.now everybody talks about Google maps. Ordnance survey have done a

:25:48. > :25:51.very low-tech way of mapping the UK and they've done it with two

:25:52. > :25:57.microlight aircraft and they have created a beautiful 3D image of the

:25:58. > :26:02.whole of the UK. They can identify every five metres so when we are

:26:03. > :26:08.walking the hills we can have these 3D maps. They are better than

:26:09. > :26:16.Mountain Rescue. I was going to say, why is it important that they do

:26:17. > :26:22.that? Making themselves far more relevant and there is a chat with a

:26:23. > :26:28.pipe in his mouth. You can always age these things. If you went

:26:29. > :26:36.walking in the old days, you have to have a pipe. And a rucksack and a

:26:37. > :26:44.woolly jumper! Daily Mirror is next one. This is about women getting

:26:45. > :26:47.pregnant and how to help the pregnancy along. New research

:26:48. > :26:52.suggesting that having a dog could help. Why on earth? This is relevant

:26:53. > :26:58.to me because my daughter-in-law is now a week late and they haven't got

:26:59. > :27:03.a dog so it is far too late to buy a dog! Probably not the right time,

:27:04. > :27:09.given what is going on in the household. But seriously, this is

:27:10. > :27:14.about boosting a child's immune system and these things are

:27:15. > :27:22.counterintuitive but having a dog around that has germs helps the way

:27:23. > :27:26.that a child can actually grow their immune system. It is interesting

:27:27. > :27:29.because we have become very obsessed with keeping everything clean and

:27:30. > :27:34.sterile. When you have a new baby, you have to take that to a whole new

:27:35. > :27:40.level, boiling everything and I'm sure that's very important, but have

:27:41. > :27:43.we gone too far the other way? You are absolutely right to talk I

:27:44. > :27:46.remember going through this rigmarole of making sure everything

:27:47. > :27:50.was disinfected but I think there is a happy medium. If I don't wash my

:27:51. > :27:56.hands when I pick up the newborn, I will be told off! There is the

:27:57. > :28:01.difference between... Particularly with a baby, everything has to be

:28:02. > :28:05.sterilised but I'm a firm believer that it may be otherwise. A few

:28:06. > :28:10.germs in the place, but not, like underneath your desk. It is the tip

:28:11. > :28:18.under their! My desk? We hot desk! This is a shared work space! But as

:28:19. > :28:23.your breakfast from three years ago! This is about eyesight. This is

:28:24. > :28:28.relevant for me because I am now wearing specs because I am old and

:28:29. > :28:33.my lenses are not as elastic as they were, but this is a good news story

:28:34. > :28:41.for me... You need good eyesight to see this! The idea is that you

:28:42. > :28:47.actually get the app and you train your mind to read and you train your

:28:48. > :28:51.brain so you don't actually need specs because your eyes are

:28:52. > :28:56.connected to your brain. It is like a work-out for your eyes? It says

:28:57. > :29:05.here it is similar to go to the gym, so I speculated whether you buy your

:29:06. > :29:09.gym membership and don't go... The England rugby team use something

:29:10. > :29:17.like this, a peripheral vision coach, to see more in a rounded way.

:29:18. > :29:24.And they were told not to use their mobile phones in the Six Nations.

:29:25. > :29:29.This was all about coordination. Maybe you can train your eyesight!

:29:30. > :29:35.It makes sense. You are going to come back in an hour for more.

:29:36. > :29:39.40 years ago, Red Rum won his final Grand National.

:29:40. > :29:41.We'll remember the unlikely hero, and look ahead to today's

:29:42. > :30:16.Hello. This is Breakfast. Coming up before 9am, all the weather for you

:30:17. > :30:20.with Ben. First, let's get a summary of this morning's main news. The

:30:21. > :30:22.United States says it's prepared to launch more military action against

:30:23. > :30:26.Syria over its use of chemical weapons. It follows a missile strike

:30:27. > :30:31.on an air base where the Syrian government is said to have laurchled

:30:32. > :30:37.a deadly gas attack last week. The US is also preparing new economic

:30:38. > :30:40.sanctions against the country. Swedish police say a man they're

:30:41. > :30:45.questioning about yesterday's lorry attack in Stockholm has been

:30:46. > :30:48.arrested on suspicion of terrorism. Swedish media are reporting

:30:49. > :30:53.explosives were found in the truck. Four people died and 15 were injured

:30:54. > :30:57.when the vehicle ploughed into a group of pedestrians and then a

:30:58. > :31:00.department store. Swedish television has reported that explosives were

:31:01. > :31:02.found inside the vehicle but the police have not confirmed this as

:31:03. > :31:07.yet. President Trump has said he believes

:31:08. > :31:13.tremendous progress has been made from meetings in Florida with the

:31:14. > :31:18.Chinese leader. They've agreed to 100 day plan for talks to reduce the

:31:19. > :31:20.US trade deficit with China. They've talked about North Korea's nuclear

:31:21. > :31:24.weapons programme ment A strike by rail workers at the RMT

:31:25. > :31:28.union is set to disrupt services to the Grand National today as members

:31:29. > :31:35.at three companies walk out in a dispute over staffing. Members at

:31:36. > :31:40.Southern, Northern and Merseyrail will strike in an ongoing dispute

:31:41. > :31:43.over the role of conductors. Those are the main stories. Now Mike

:31:44. > :31:48.is here with the sport. Good morning. Some extra trains will

:31:49. > :31:52.be put on for the Grand National at peak times. The best thing to do, if

:31:53. > :31:56.you're going, check the website. There's not no trains. No, not

:31:57. > :32:00.according to the website. There will be some around peak times. Yes,

:32:01. > :32:05.looking ahead to the Grand National shortly, 40 years on from Red Rum,

:32:06. > :32:09.not surprisingly a horse called Definitely Red is among the

:32:10. > :32:13.favourites. Now the golf, a bit of a shock. It's a brutal course. Looks

:32:14. > :32:21.beautiful but it's mean. It is, even if you're the defending champion.

:32:22. > :32:24.Danny Willett won't be going home, even though he's missed the cut.

:32:25. > :32:27.Because he has to hand over the green jacket. He won't be involved

:32:28. > :32:32.in the play in the final weekend of the Masters, after missing the cut.

:32:33. > :32:36.He dropped four shots on the first hole and was one of several who

:32:37. > :32:44.struggled in the second round. There is still a bit of British interest.

:32:45. > :32:47.There is no sporting stage quite like Augusta, a mixture of beauty

:32:48. > :32:52.and cruelty, where nothing is guaranteed. Ask Lee Westwood whose

:32:53. > :32:57.opening day charge wandered off course. Even those who appeared to

:32:58. > :33:02.be coping well, could be lured off shore. In there went Ricky Fowler's

:33:03. > :33:07.ball and with it a shot. He retroved that on the next hole. Resilience

:33:08. > :33:12.here is key. Not something you can always say about Sergio Garcia, a

:33:13. > :33:16.talent, never before a major winner. Now with a share of the lead is he

:33:17. > :33:20.closer? At a gusty Augusta experience matters. Fred Couples has

:33:21. > :33:26.plenty of experience. He won here in 1992. He knows how to stay out of

:33:27. > :33:30.trouble. That was the goal of many, Justin Rose went neither forward nor

:33:31. > :33:35.back in his second round, but by standing his ground he stayed in

:33:36. > :33:38.touch. As did Rory McIlroy. He knows the wind is due to drop and playing

:33:39. > :33:44.will get easier. A perfect setting for Masters

:33:45. > :33:52.I enjoy when courses play tough. I enjoy when the Masters plays

:33:53. > :33:57.difficult, because it means that the high quality shots are going to be

:33:58. > :34:00.rewarded. You have to hit the ball the right way. Usually, if I'm in

:34:01. > :34:14.good form I can do that. You know Danny well, don't you?

:34:15. > :34:21.Yeah, a Sheffield boy. I was hoping for a moment when Danny Willett

:34:22. > :34:27.handed the green jacket to Matt Fitzpatrick, also from Sheffield.

:34:28. > :34:30.But the quadruple bogey on the first yesterday for Danny. He's a great

:34:31. > :34:34.champion and no-one with take that away from him. He will be there to

:34:35. > :34:37.hand the jacket out tomorrow. Could be another Englishman or European.

:34:38. > :34:44.So hard to predict and football this weekend. That's what we're here to

:34:45. > :34:49.talk about. I could happily witter on about golf. We are football focus

:34:50. > :34:56.on at mid-Di. Things can be decided at both ends of the table. A number

:34:57. > :34:59.of teams are at a spot of bother. Hull today, interview with Harry

:35:00. > :35:02.Maguire, highly rated this season for Hull. Doing a really good job.

:35:03. > :35:06.Under their new manager, they've picked up so many points at home,

:35:07. > :35:12.only a few teams have picked up more points at home this season, since

:35:13. > :35:16.Marco Silva came into Hull and then Hull themselves. At home in three

:35:17. > :35:19.years, in the clubs he's managed, he hasn't been beaten. He has an

:35:20. > :35:23.incredible home record. Harry Maguire has been talking about that

:35:24. > :35:28.and being part of this Hull defence this season. Have a look. Scored a

:35:29. > :35:32.goal, my first Premier League goal. That was a bonus. I was captain for

:35:33. > :35:39.the night as well. Overall a great night and one that I'll never

:35:40. > :35:43.forget. Marco Silva has come in and a lot of ex-pros saying, Marco who?

:35:44. > :35:47.Were you saying the same thing? We was really, to be honest. Give

:35:48. > :35:51.credit to the chairman bringing him in. If you look at his record, it's

:35:52. > :35:54.magnificent. He hasn't lost a home game in over three years. He's

:35:55. > :35:57.turned it around and brought in great players in January. The squad

:35:58. > :36:04.looks really good. We're confident that we have enough to stay in this

:36:05. > :36:08.league. Also Jordan Pickford from Sunderland as well. Tom Davis at

:36:09. > :36:12.Everton has signed a five-year deal this week. We've been to see him as

:36:13. > :36:17.well. We will talk about the future of Arsene Wenger, what the latest on

:36:18. > :36:27.that is. Episode seven. I know! Episode 48 at the moment. Martin

:36:28. > :36:38.Keown is on. Martin Warburton has left Rangers and -- Mark Warburton

:36:39. > :36:41.at forest. We're live at various grounds and Amy McDonald with

:36:42. > :36:47.Premier League predictions. Her fiance was sent off for fighting

:36:48. > :36:51.last week, wasn't he! All that, Jermain Genus and well and on BBC

:36:52. > :36:56.One at midday and I promise not to mention the golf. Or the horse

:36:57. > :36:59.racing. It all merges into one. I think you're in charge, you can

:37:00. > :37:01.mention what you like. Can I? All right half an hour on golf. Looking

:37:02. > :37:06.forward to it. The former England rugby star

:37:07. > :37:08.Brian Moore is recovering in hospital in London,

:37:09. > :37:10.after suffering a heart attack. Moore, who's played over 60 times

:37:11. > :37:13.for his country as hooker, These days he's a regular

:37:14. > :37:19.commentator with the BBC. He's now 55, and has been

:37:20. > :37:22.on Twitter thanking the health Great Britain face an uphill

:37:23. > :37:32.struggle to stay in the Davis Cup. Without world number one

:37:33. > :37:34.Andy Murray, they trail France 2-0, after a disappointing first day

:37:35. > :37:38.of their quarterfinal in Rouen. Kyle Edmund lost in straight

:37:39. > :37:41.sets to Lucas Pouille. Dan Evans then followed suit,

:37:42. > :37:45.beaten three sets to If Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot

:37:46. > :37:50.lose their doubles rubber to Nicolas Mahut

:37:51. > :38:05.and Julien Benneteau today, Yeah, a lot of times, you know, guys

:38:06. > :38:09.are thrown together to play. Those guys have played hundreds of matches

:38:10. > :38:17.together, won a bunch of tournaments over a period of time. Nico has been

:38:18. > :38:26.number one the last maybe six, seven months perhaps. So he's been playing

:38:27. > :38:30.really well with Herbert. It's going to be a tough match.

:38:31. > :38:33.It's estimated a quarter of the UK adult population will bet

:38:34. > :38:38.Most will have a small each-way bet on the horse they fancy,

:38:39. > :38:41.for no other reason than they like the name.

:38:42. > :38:43.But this year's a special year, because it's the 40th anniversary

:38:44. > :38:46.of Red Rum's third and final Grand National win.

:38:47. > :38:48.Joining us from our newsroom in Liverpool is Chris Cook,

:38:49. > :38:58.a horse racing tipster with the Guardian newspaper.

:38:59. > :39:06.Good morning Chris. All the memories of Red Rum, one reason that

:39:07. > :39:10.Definitely Red is attracting interest. He would be an attractive

:39:11. > :39:14.horse any way, the way he won at Doncaster, he hacked up last time.

:39:15. > :39:17.There's going to be Liverpool fans and Man United fans that we expect

:39:18. > :39:21.to take an immediate interest in the name and yes, of course, memories of

:39:22. > :39:25.Red Rum as well. 40 years since he became the only horse to win the

:39:26. > :39:29.National three times. What do you think Red Rum's legacy has been? I

:39:30. > :39:34.know there's a museum at Aintree, celebrating all that he achieved

:39:35. > :39:39.under Ginger McCane. It was a huge thing. He was trained on the sands

:39:40. > :39:44.at Southport. Enormously popular in the area. Just wider than that as

:39:45. > :39:50.well. There was a story this week that a punter got paid out on a bet

:39:51. > :39:53.on him from winning the 1974 Grand National, they just discovered the

:39:54. > :39:58.slip. It was a bet placed by his father-in-law. He found this slip in

:39:59. > :40:02.his affairs when he was tidying things up and went down the betting

:40:03. > :40:07.shop and are you going to pay on this. Not only did they pay on it,

:40:08. > :40:12.they updated it for inflation. That was William Hill, decades after.

:40:13. > :40:18.Back to the present day then, a lot of people talking about Vieux "on

:40:19. > :40:24.Rouge and romantics might go for Wonderful Charm. We like a fairytale

:40:25. > :40:31.story. It was second at Cheltenham wasn't it? Wonderful Charm, the

:40:32. > :40:35.purists will tell you have no chance because they have been dropped 11

:40:36. > :40:39.pounds in the weights. He's a strong stayer. He will run on at the

:40:40. > :40:43.finish. Katie's the right jockey for this kind of race. It's got more of

:40:44. > :40:49.a chance than the betting would let you believe. It's Sally here. This

:40:50. > :40:53.year, are there any themes that you're seeing emerge? Sometimes,

:40:54. > :40:56.it's ridiculous, people pick their Grand National horse in ridiculous

:40:57. > :40:59.ways by the name or the colour. But sometimes, like we have the red

:41:00. > :41:03.horses this year, perhaps Liverpool fans, have you spotted anything in

:41:04. > :41:07.particular, Chris, this year, any particular trends about who is

:41:08. > :41:11.putting their money where? To be honest, I try not to get wrapped up

:41:12. > :41:14.too much in the superstitious reasons that some people like to

:41:15. > :41:17.have for picking their horses, I tend to think most people who bet on

:41:18. > :41:22.this race are trying to apply themselves a bit more than we give

:41:23. > :41:27.them credit for in the media. The horses at the top of the betting are

:41:28. > :41:30.mostly the right ones. This being said, it's the Grand National. You

:41:31. > :41:35.can make a case for almost all of the 40 horses. Talking of hats and

:41:36. > :41:38.fascinators as well as the horses. Seeing wonderful pictures of some of

:41:39. > :41:44.the best fascinators that were on display yesterday. Part of the

:41:45. > :41:47.scene. Again, you know, as a committed racing journalist I try

:41:48. > :41:50.not to be distracted by that kind of thing, you'll understand, I have my

:41:51. > :41:54.head in the form book the whole time. Everyone's having fun, except

:41:55. > :41:57.the guys in the press room. Can I ask you one really specific

:41:58. > :42:01.question, if somebody wants to be a bit clever about their bet today,

:42:02. > :42:05.what are the main things to look for, in particular things like

:42:06. > :42:09.weight, I don't know, condition, form, history, that sort of thing,

:42:10. > :42:13.what are the rules? Yeah, the number one, for me, is stamina. You're

:42:14. > :42:18.looking for a horse that is very likely to last over a four-mile

:42:19. > :42:26.trip, which is pretty rare even for these staying chasers we are seeing

:42:27. > :42:33.today. I end up going for a 50-1 shot called Lord Windermere. He had

:42:34. > :42:36.a Gold Cup from years gone by. A few purists would laugh at you, if you

:42:37. > :42:39.mention his name. But I see encouraging signs from him this

:42:40. > :42:45.season. Since they modified the fences a few years ago, the jumping

:42:46. > :42:48.test isn't as much a key as it was. You get more horses lasting longer

:42:49. > :42:53.into the race than ever you used to. The result is it becomes more of a

:42:54. > :42:56.snap that test, the field goes a stronger pace further than they used

:42:57. > :43:01.to. Whatever wins today has really got to have copper bottomed stamina

:43:02. > :43:04.for four and a quarter miles. It is going to be warm as well. Thanks

:43:05. > :43:08.very much Chris. Top tip there Lord Windermere. Great stuff. That could

:43:09. > :43:13.be a factor. What was yours? You know what, last week I was filming

:43:14. > :43:18.at the British ski Championship, there will be a full piece on Dave

:43:19. > :43:22.Riding, the new sensation. I was sat next to the backer of the British

:43:23. > :43:30.ski Tim, he owns Wonderful Charm. Could that be a sign I wonder? Could

:43:31. > :43:40.it? Were you sending me a weird message then with your eyes? It's

:43:41. > :43:47.going all mistic. Mistic Mike. -- mystic Mike.

:43:48. > :43:52.It's all pointing to Wonderful Charm. I've got that one. That's

:43:53. > :43:57.what Mike says. Sorry horse. 8. 43 is the time. We'll have a full

:43:58. > :43:58.look at weather, looking nice for the weekend of course in a few

:43:59. > :44:03.minutes. From this week, newly widowed

:44:04. > :44:06.parents will get a lot Allowances for them

:44:07. > :44:08.and their children will disappear to be replaced

:44:09. > :44:10.by a new Bereavement The Government admits that

:44:11. > :44:13.many will be paid less than under the old system,

:44:14. > :44:16.but insists that the new payments are simpler and more

:44:17. > :44:18.in line with modern needs. Paul Lewis from Radio 4's Money Box

:44:19. > :44:21.programme has been looking into this and joins us

:44:22. > :44:29.from our London newsroom. Morning to you, Paul. Why is this

:44:30. > :44:33.happening? If you listen to the Government, as you say, they say

:44:34. > :44:38.it's a more modern system, in line with people's needs, but it will, in

:44:39. > :44:42.the long run, save ?100 million. So part of it, part of the motivation

:44:43. > :44:50.is to make cuts. And who is it going to affect? Well, it will affect any

:44:51. > :44:54.widow, man or woman, who loses their partner from Thursday last week. So

:44:55. > :44:59.from 6th April. They will get the new payments. It doesn't affect

:45:00. > :45:03.anyone who is currently getting benefits as a widow or widower, they

:45:04. > :45:08.will stay the same. Instead of getting, say you get a couple of

:45:09. > :45:12.thousand pounds and then a weekly payment about ?6,000 a year, in the

:45:13. > :45:17.past that lasted as long as your child was in education. So it could

:45:18. > :45:22.go on for 18 years or. So In future, you'll get a slightly bigger initial

:45:23. > :45:27.payment, but the regular payments, which are paid each month, will only

:45:28. > :45:30.last for 18 months. So after a year-and-a-half, everything will

:45:31. > :45:34.stop. However young your children and however long it is that they'll

:45:35. > :45:38.be in education. This will mean tens of thousands of pounds less all

:45:39. > :45:43.together for newly wado women and men from this week. What's the

:45:44. > :45:47.Government said about this? Well, as you said in the introduction, they

:45:48. > :45:51.say it's a more modern system, it's simpler. Which is true, it is

:45:52. > :45:54.simpler. And it's more in line with people's needs. If people need

:45:55. > :45:58.further support after the 18 months then they can rely on means tested

:45:59. > :46:02.benefits. You know, I was talking to one man, who is terminally ill. He's

:46:03. > :46:07.in his 40s and he was saying look, I'm never going to live to claim my

:46:08. > :46:11.pension, I've paid my national insurance, this was my insurance for

:46:12. > :46:15.my wife if I died young. Of course, she's not going to get that or not

:46:16. > :46:19.going to get as much. They have two young children of five and seven. So

:46:20. > :46:21.people are pretty angry about it. Understandably. Paul Lewis thanks

:46:22. > :46:23.very much. You can hear more on Money Box

:46:24. > :46:34.from midday on BBC Radio 4. How's the weather where you are this

:46:35. > :46:38.morning? Shall we look out of the window? Let's look out of the square

:46:39. > :46:42.window. A lovely day this morning. Little nip in the air, maybe, but

:46:43. > :46:46.quite mild and the sun is shining beautifully. I heard a rumour, it's

:46:47. > :46:50.going to warm up later. Ben can confirm that. Ben, what do you

:46:51. > :46:54.think? You're right. The rumour is correct. Because yes, there is a

:46:55. > :46:57.chill in the air this morning. But as we've seen, quite a lot of

:46:58. > :47:03.sunshine out there and that will do wonders for the temperatures. This

:47:04. > :47:06.is how the day started in Clacton in Essex, with plenty of sunshine,

:47:07. > :47:09.beautiful sun rise there. Makes you want to head to the beach. We may

:47:10. > :47:13.have temperatures to match later on. This was a short time ago on the

:47:14. > :47:18.whirl. Blue skies a bit of mistiness to burn off. That mist will clear

:47:19. > :47:21.quickly and then a weekend of strong sunshine for many and some pretty

:47:22. > :47:24.high temperatures as well. High pressure in charge, drifting off to

:47:25. > :47:28.the east at the moment. Weather fronts you'll notice to the North

:47:29. > :47:30.West, that will spoil the party a little across Scotland and Northern

:47:31. > :47:34.Ireland tomorrow. But the further south you are, the more of this you

:47:35. > :47:38.will feel, warm air, which is going to be wafting its way in through the

:47:39. > :47:41.rest of the weekend. I mentioned a bit of mistiness, even the odd fog

:47:42. > :47:44.patch ploorl across the south-east at the moment. That won't last long.

:47:45. > :47:49.Then we see sunshine across England and Wales. A cloudy start for parts

:47:50. > :47:52.of Northern Ireland, particularly the North West of Scotland. Things

:47:53. > :47:59.perk up nicely this afternoon. The exception and there is generally

:48:00. > :48:04.one, isn't there, Shetland, Orkney, cage necessary and -- Caithness and

:48:05. > :48:07.Sutherland. Southern Scotland 18 degrees, similar in Northern Ireland

:48:08. > :48:12.and across the heart of England and Wales, particularly well inland, up

:48:13. > :48:14.to 21 or 22 degrees, a little cooler close to the coast. 14 in

:48:15. > :48:18.Bournemouth this afternoon. We start to develop a bit of a sea breeze I

:48:19. > :48:23.suspect. For the Grand National, one thing you can put a flutter on is

:48:24. > :48:26.the weather. It'll be dry, there'll be sunshine, temperatures close to

:48:27. > :48:30.20 degreesment Those temperatures will drop away through this evening.

:48:31. > :48:34.Bear that in mind if you're heading out Saturday night. It stays dry.

:48:35. > :48:39.Clear spells. The odd fog patch forms overnight. It will be a chilly

:48:40. > :48:42.night. Towns and cities around six, seven degrees. In the countryside,

:48:43. > :48:46.maybe two or three degrees. There could be a touch of frost, maybe

:48:47. > :48:49.early fog tomorrow morning. By the time most of us are up and about,

:48:50. > :48:54.it'll be dry. There'll be sunshine around, all that fog will be gone.

:48:55. > :48:57.Across England and Wales, we'll keep hold of that particularly for

:48:58. > :49:00.central and Eastern areas. But in the North West, Northern Ireland,

:49:01. > :49:04.Scotland, clouding over, rain here, turning cooler from the west. But

:49:05. > :49:11.further east, we could get temperatures up to 24, maybe 25

:49:12. > :49:13.degrees and that be the highest temperature we've seen this year so

:49:14. > :49:19.far. Lovely. If you like it sunny. Most

:49:20. > :49:29.people do like it sunny, don't don't they? Trivia for you, people living

:49:30. > :49:32.in a tiny Bavarian Hamlet have been told once Britain leaves the

:49:33. > :49:37.European Union, it will become the centre of the European Union. The

:49:38. > :49:41.union's midpoint will shift to a farmer's field some 43 miles to the

:49:42. > :49:48.south-east of where it is now. Our correspondent Jenny Hill reports.

:49:49. > :49:52.Most people drive straight through it. This town is about to take on a

:49:53. > :49:58.new geographical significance. Nobody really knows

:49:59. > :50:00.how Brexit will affect the UK or the EU but what we can say

:50:01. > :50:04.is what it means for the geography That's because French experts have

:50:05. > :50:07.calculated that this will be the new geographical

:50:08. > :50:12.heart of the EU. Right here in the middle

:50:13. > :50:15.of a farmer's feels. Not quite the harvest

:50:16. > :50:20.she'd expected. In fact, at first, Karen thought

:50:21. > :50:24.it was an April fool. We're such a small place,

:50:25. > :50:28.often overlooked and suddenly, we're It's great but if you

:50:29. > :50:34.know what's happening, Europe's's geographical

:50:35. > :50:42.heart is rarely constant. 70 kilometres to the north-west,

:50:43. > :50:46.the current centre of the union. Yes, we have more than

:50:47. > :50:48.5000 visitors from... The midpoint of the EU

:50:49. > :50:50.has changed many times, from Belgium to France to Germany,

:50:51. > :50:54.though usually it is because a It hits my heart,

:50:55. > :51:01.thinking of the Brexit solution and, yeah, it's a great

:51:02. > :51:06.pity and I'm convinced that one day, Great Britain will come back

:51:07. > :51:12.to the European Union. At four Gadheim, what matters

:51:13. > :51:15.now is a securing the TRANSLATION: It's irrelevant

:51:16. > :51:23.whether midpoint is. It's all about the

:51:24. > :51:30.European idea, at every place, at every point it will all be

:51:31. > :51:32.about the European project. In a corner of this foreign fields,

:51:33. > :51:35.Britain has sown confusion. How, they ask, to mark

:51:36. > :51:37.this new departure, and how long before the heart

:51:38. > :51:53.of Europe shifts again? Now you know. Yeah we know where to

:51:54. > :51:56.go, to be in the middle of Europe. I didn't even know there was a place

:51:57. > :52:02.you could find in the middle of Europe to start with.

:52:03. > :52:04.50 years ago, the Beatles released Sergeant Pepper's

:52:05. > :52:06.Lonely Hearts Club Band, and all this week we've been looking

:52:07. > :52:10.Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin has been to meet the class of '67,

:52:11. > :52:13.who still believe they were lucky to get by with a little

:52:14. > :52:24.# What would you think if I sang out of tune?

:52:25. > :52:29.Gordon, Jim, Ray, Bill and Billy were huge Beatles fans

:52:30. > :52:49.And around this table, they believe they were better days.

:52:50. > :52:55.We had a small group of people who grew up at the same time and had

:52:56. > :53:04.Whether it was bands or music or what, there were not any outside

:53:05. > :53:07.pressures to do other things in those days.

:53:08. > :53:09.Life, they reckon, was simpler when the world was smaller,

:53:10. > :53:29.Nowadays, people have 8000 friends on Facebook.

:53:30. > :53:35.The friendships that we had, we are very lucky to

:53:36. > :53:41.It's all going to be so computerised.

:53:42. > :53:45.If you can count your true friends are more than one hand,

:53:46. > :53:54.# Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends...

:53:55. > :54:00.So friendships 50 years in the making.

:54:01. > :54:04.Are modern friendships really less meaningful?

:54:05. > :54:09.How many friends do you reckon you guys have?

:54:10. > :54:16.People always tend to think that everything was better

:54:17. > :54:19.when they were young and that includes friendship.

:54:20. > :54:25.If we are thinking about Instagram followers, probably 800.

:54:26. > :54:28.In fact, we are not the first generation to think this.

:54:29. > :54:31.Earlier in the 20th century when the telephone was invented,

:54:32. > :54:36.everybody said it would be the end of the art of friendship.

:54:37. > :54:39.There were articles in newspapers and magazines.

:54:40. > :54:45.Everybody wants to pick up this newfangled telephone

:54:46. > :54:49.and they will not bother to meet up with their friends or go out and do

:54:50. > :54:51.things in the real world, just be stuck on the telephone.

:54:52. > :55:04.So even for these three, it's not the 8,000 followers that count.

:55:05. > :55:11.If I needed someone straightaway to be there, these too.

:55:12. > :55:13.Maybe you guys were wrong about this.

:55:14. > :55:32.We're joined by Mike Jones, who is a lecturer in music

:55:33. > :55:39.Morning to you, Mike. We're seeing lots of great images in that piece

:55:40. > :55:45.there, filmed all around places that will be familiar to people from the

:55:46. > :55:49.Beatles era, familiar to the Beatles themselves and still popular to go

:55:50. > :55:53.to. The Beatles have had a huge cultural and economic impact,

:55:54. > :56:00.haven't they, on that city? They had a huge impact on us as a whole, as a

:56:01. > :56:05.country. I think in the late 60s into the 70s, the only people who

:56:06. > :56:08.would have been recognisable outside of dictators, popes, Queen's and

:56:09. > :56:12.kings in the 20th searchingery would have been Charlie Chaplin and the

:56:13. > :56:15.Beatles. They were known everywhere. The fact that 50 years later we talk

:56:16. > :56:18.meaningful about the Beatles and their presence in Liverpool is

:56:19. > :56:21.because of their impact. It is extraordinary when you put it in

:56:22. > :56:25.that context. You think about that now, who are those people now, they

:56:26. > :56:29.don't exist in that same way. It was a moment in time. Yes but they

:56:30. > :56:36.created a version of the music industry, which is only now passing.

:56:37. > :56:39.Digitalisation has changed the status of music companies. More than

:56:40. > :56:42.Elvis, because he could never leave the USA. The Beatles could go where

:56:43. > :56:46.they needed to go. They became a global presence. Was their presence

:56:47. > :56:53.more powerful because there were so few stars then compared to now?

:56:54. > :56:57.Yeah, yeah. Also, if you look at the sleeve of sergeant peppers, with a

:56:58. > :57:00.little help with my friends is a tremendous song it connect with the

:57:01. > :57:04.sleeve because of all those people standing behind the Beatles. A lot

:57:05. > :57:09.of it is fun, nonetheless, the Beatles are influenced by Hollywood

:57:10. > :57:16.movies, by radio, so on and so forth. They bring all of those ideas

:57:17. > :57:19.through their songs. Do you think some people say they always love the

:57:20. > :57:23.Beatles when maybe at the time they didn't? Because it would be

:57:24. > :57:26.inevitable, at the time, possibly some people would have been sniffy

:57:27. > :57:29.about, it possibly older people. That was one of the principles,

:57:30. > :57:34.older people didn't like it. It's not so much the music. It's amazing

:57:35. > :57:38.how everyone could sing along, it was the status. Popular culture was

:57:39. > :57:42.not meant to have that status at that time. Pop musicians were meant

:57:43. > :57:48.to know their place. And the Beatles didn't know their place. You know,

:57:49. > :57:53.where would they be, talking about status, they weren't meant to be as

:57:54. > :57:58.popular as they ended up being? One of the water sheds, a favourite

:57:59. > :58:06.classical musicologist and he wrote a piece in the Times about music

:58:07. > :58:10.logical analysis of the Beatles, which legitimised them. Was it

:58:11. > :58:17.because their music was special as well. Was that music different, a

:58:18. > :58:21.lot of people talk about ABBA, and the classical links and other genres

:58:22. > :58:26.of music. Is that why it was so successful? They wrote their own

:58:27. > :58:33.material and what you had in a four-piece band with three fantastic

:58:34. > :58:37.writers, it took George harasson a little barb Harrison To surface.

:58:38. > :58:42.It's the impact of Indian classical music on George which transforms him

:58:43. > :58:46.and the Beatles. When you look at the Sgt Pepper sleeve there are

:58:47. > :58:50.Indian spiritual guides for George. It's a wide palate. They poured that

:58:51. > :58:58.into original songs. There was a great band in the 80s, wasn't there,

:58:59. > :59:01.what was the name? Latin Quarter? The one you were in. A bit of

:59:02. > :59:07.trivia. People might remember, you were briefly in the charts with a

:59:08. > :59:11.band called? Latin Quarter. Remind us of the song. Radio Africa. You

:59:12. > :59:15.were on Top of the Pops. We did. You've done the pop experience.

:59:16. > :59:20.Yeah, yeah, not the impact of Beatles. But we went up and came

:59:21. > :59:24.down very, very quickly. But went into a world that they created which

:59:25. > :59:28.is why I teach music industry to this day. What I understood from

:59:29. > :59:31.that experience is the world that the Beatles created. I can't wait to

:59:32. > :59:35.get on the internet and look at the pictures. Lovely to see you this

:59:36. > :59:47.morning. Thank you very much indeed. You're watching breakfast. Still to

:59:48. > :59:50.come: The smell of old books, 17th century potpourri, and vinyl, we

:59:51. > :59:54.take a whiff at the smells scientists want to record before

:59:55. > :00:16.they sphere forever. Headline -- disappear forever. Headlines next.

:00:17. > :00:20.This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:00:21. > :00:22.The United States warns it could take further

:00:23. > :00:25.US officials say they will also impose additional sanctions as a war

:00:26. > :01:03.Reports from Sweden say exposes has been found in the lorry used to kill

:01:04. > :01:07.people in Stockholm yesterday. -- explosives have been found.

:01:08. > :01:09.More disruption as rail workers plan another strike -

:01:10. > :01:11.there's a warning that the Grand National could be hit.

:01:12. > :01:14.they're expecting another bumper crowd at Aintree

:01:15. > :01:17.and 40 years on from Red Rum, Definitely Red is among

:01:18. > :01:18.the favourites with the punters at Aintree.

:01:19. > :01:22.Good morning. This weekend looks very likely to bring the highest

:01:23. > :01:25.temperatures of the year so far. Plenty of warmth, plenty of sunshine

:01:26. > :01:27.but things change a little bit tomorrow across Northern Ireland and

:01:28. > :01:32.Scotland. I will have all the details in 15 minutes.

:01:33. > :01:37.The United States says it's prepared to launch more military action

:01:38. > :01:39.against Syria over its use of chemical weapons.

:01:40. > :01:41.It follows a missile strike on an airbase where the Syrian

:01:42. > :01:44.government is said to have launched a deadly gas attack last week.

:01:45. > :01:47.The US says its also preparing new economic sanctions

:01:48. > :01:53.Here's our Washington correspondent, David Willis.

:01:54. > :01:57.This was America's first direct involvement in the Syrian crisis.

:01:58. > :01:59.Its cruise missile attack a contradiction of the Trump

:02:00. > :02:01.doctrine of avoiding conflicts in far away lands and

:02:02. > :02:07.And as Syria's army chief inspected the impact of the attack on the air

:02:08. > :02:11.base from which US officials insist on Tuesday's chemical weapons

:02:12. > :02:13.attack was launched, the Trump administration insisted

:02:14. > :02:17.it was a one off and not the opening of a new front in the war

:02:18. > :02:27.Yet, although the administration's strategy in Syria remains focused

:02:28. > :02:29.on defeating the so-called Islamic State, there's no doubt it

:02:30. > :02:32.has hardened its stance on President Assad quite

:02:33. > :02:40.The United States took a very measured step last night.

:02:41. > :02:48.But we hope that will not be necessary.

:02:49. > :02:50.All this has put Donald Trump on a collision course

:02:51. > :02:54.with his opposite number in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin.

:02:55. > :02:56.Russia is Syria's chief benefactor and following Friday's missile

:02:57. > :03:00.strike, the Russians have suspended military coordination

:03:01. > :03:08.Meanwhile, the Pentagon is looking into suggestions that Russia may

:03:09. > :03:11.have been complicit in the chemical weapons attack, possibly by seeking

:03:12. > :03:14.to cover up evidence - something which could harden

:03:15. > :03:17.the battle lines over one of the world's most

:03:18. > :03:29.Let's speak to our reporter Ben James, who's in Beirut this morning.

:03:30. > :03:34.I believe you have some fresh information today about what the

:03:35. > :03:41.situation is at the airbase we've been speaking about. That's right.

:03:42. > :03:46.The Syrian Observatory for human rights, a UK-based opposition news

:03:47. > :03:51.service monitors events on the ground in Syria and they say two

:03:52. > :03:54.jets were seen later on Friday, taking off from the very airbase

:03:55. > :03:59.that the American cruise missile attack was targeting, showing that

:04:00. > :04:06.there is still some capability for taking planes off from their,

:04:07. > :04:09.whether that is substantial capability or whether this was

:04:10. > :04:12.merely a symbolic show of defiance to save from the Syrian government

:04:13. > :04:17.that the Americans did not succeed in completely taking this base out,

:04:18. > :04:19.we're not sure. We don't know whether these are Syrian or Russian

:04:20. > :04:24.planes because it is very difficult to tell when you just look at them.

:04:25. > :04:33.We understand from this report that the plane struck so-called Islamic

:04:34. > :04:38.State targets near Palmyra. This base is rather large with two

:04:39. > :04:42.runways, both two miles long, and it covers about four square miles so it

:04:43. > :04:47.would be difficult to completely destroy the entire place. We know

:04:48. > :04:52.from some Russian journalists. Media covering the aftermath yesterday,

:04:53. > :04:55.you could see that the shrapnel on part of the runway was not

:04:56. > :05:00.completely destroyed so it may be that there is some capability to

:05:01. > :05:02.launch planes from there. Thanks very much.

:05:03. > :05:05.Swedish police say the man they're questioning about yesterday's lorry

:05:06. > :05:07.attack in Stockholm has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism.

:05:08. > :05:10.Swedish television has reported that explosives were found in the vehicle

:05:11. > :05:15.Four people died and 15 were injured when the stolen vehicle ploughed

:05:16. > :05:24.into a group of pedestrians and then a department store.

:05:25. > :05:31.Maddy Savage spoke to us earlier from Stockholm.

:05:32. > :05:37.This is the department store behind me that the lorry ploughed into.

:05:38. > :05:40.Security is very tight and the city centre still. Police have confirmed

:05:41. > :05:44.that one man has been arrested for what they have described as terror

:05:45. > :05:48.crimes by murder. They have not formally released any more

:05:49. > :05:53.information about his identity but it is being rightly reported in the

:05:54. > :05:57.Swedish media that he is a 39-year-old family man. -- widely

:05:58. > :06:02.reported. He is understood to have sympathies with the group known as

:06:03. > :06:06.IS. Police earlier released a rather grainy photo of somebody they were

:06:07. > :06:10.searching for, a man with stubble on his face wearing a dark moody and a

:06:11. > :06:15.lighter jacket. They say the person may have been holding has borne a

:06:16. > :06:20.likeness to this person but they have not said as a victory whether

:06:21. > :06:23.it is the same man. A second suspect has also been arrested in another

:06:24. > :06:27.suburb north west of Stockholm, about 20 minutes from where we are

:06:28. > :06:31.now, but very little information emerging about him so far, though

:06:32. > :06:37.some reports suggesting there are links between the two suspects. In

:06:38. > :06:39.the meantime, a couple of other details are emerging. Six of the 15

:06:40. > :06:45.people injured are understood to have been released from hospital and

:06:46. > :06:47.security remain intense with extra resources sent to police Sweden's

:06:48. > :06:51.borders overnight. The Basque separatist group Eta

:06:52. > :06:53.is surrendering its remaining weapons and explosives

:06:54. > :06:55.in an orchestrated handover Eta killed over 850 people

:06:56. > :07:01.during more than 40 years of violence aimed at trying

:07:02. > :07:03.try to win independence for the Basque Country,

:07:04. > :07:10.which straddles France and Spain. President Trump has said he believes

:07:11. > :07:12."tremendous progress" has been made during meetings in Florida

:07:13. > :07:15.with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping. They've agreed a 100-day plan

:07:16. > :07:17.for talks designed to reduce They also talked about North Korea's

:07:18. > :07:24.nuclear weapons programme. A strike by rail workers at the RMT

:07:25. > :07:27.union is set to disrupt services to the Grand National today,

:07:28. > :07:30.as members at three companies walk Members at Southern,

:07:31. > :07:35.Northern and Merseyrail will strike in an ongoing dispute around

:07:36. > :07:43.the role of conductors. Despite that rail strike,

:07:44. > :07:45.around 70,000 people This year marks 40 years

:07:46. > :07:48.since the legendary Red Rum completed his unmatched treble

:07:49. > :07:50.of Grand National wins, It remains one of sport's

:07:51. > :07:58.ultimate challenges. This year marks a string

:07:59. > :08:03.of anniversaries at Aintree. 50 years since outsider Foinavon

:08:04. > :08:09.romped the unlikeliest of wins. You've never heard one

:08:10. > :08:14.like it at Liverpool. 40 years since red Rum

:08:15. > :08:20.roared to a third victory. Well, the challenge

:08:21. > :08:23.of the National is still like These huge fences make it one

:08:24. > :08:26.of sport's most unpredictable events and, as history has proved,

:08:27. > :08:31.anything can happen. Well, many are tipping this

:08:32. > :08:36.horse, Definitely Red, trained in Yorkshire,

:08:37. > :08:40.aiming for glory. The pressure's always there anyway,

:08:41. > :08:42.whether you're running the National or any other race,

:08:43. > :08:47.but no, it's great. All we want to do is get him

:08:48. > :08:52.there and, in the race itself, Yesterday was ladies'

:08:53. > :08:56.day at Aintree, the now But could today's

:08:57. > :09:00.headlines belong to Katie Walsh is aiming

:09:01. > :09:12.to become the first woman to win the race on Wonderful Charm,

:09:13. > :09:15.just 48 hours after a fall so nearly We thought she had a broken arm,

:09:16. > :09:19.it was reported she had As it has turned out,

:09:20. > :09:22.it's only bruising. You imagine she was in pain

:09:23. > :09:25.but it will take more than that to stop her riding

:09:26. > :09:28.in the world's greatest horse race. Yesterday's race over

:09:29. > :09:29.the National fences produced a typically unlikely winner -

:09:30. > :09:32.50-1 outsider Ultra Gold and its 18-year-old

:09:33. > :09:33.jockey Harry Cobden. Another dose of drama today

:09:34. > :09:51.is about the only guarantee. We have had a little tip from Mike

:09:52. > :09:57.Bushell for later on today. We will share that with everybody later ran!

:09:58. > :09:59.-- later on. Yesterday, you may have

:10:00. > :10:01.seen our reporter Fiona Lamdin joining a world record attempt

:10:02. > :10:04.to cross from England to France The record of 49 was set in 2011,

:10:05. > :10:09.and yesterday, Fiona set off with 82 hot air balloons from Dover

:10:10. > :10:12.in the beautiful spring sunshine. They gathered at first light

:10:13. > :10:18.in a field in Kent and, as the sun rose, with almost

:10:19. > :10:22.military position, at exactly seven 82 pilots from across Europe,

:10:23. > :10:37.here to set a new record. The pack drifted over

:10:38. > :10:39.Dover's castle and cliffs. England was soon behind them

:10:40. > :10:41.as they headed 26 miles across the Channel to mainland

:10:42. > :10:46.Europe. It's just fantastic being up

:10:47. > :10:48.with so many other balloons. It's a once-in-a-lifetime

:10:49. > :10:51.opportunity. After about 26 miles across the sea,

:10:52. > :10:56.we're only about half a mile from the shore and what a welcome

:10:57. > :11:00.sight - the green hills of France. And after three hours

:11:01. > :11:03.drifting above the sea, they arrived in France,

:11:04. > :11:07.south of Calais, to After three hours, 21

:11:08. > :11:13.minutes and 20 seconds, it was down to earth

:11:14. > :11:16.with the gentlest of bumps. The pilots are confident they've

:11:17. > :11:23.broken the previous record of 49 balloons but are waiting

:11:24. > :11:25.for confirmation they You're watching breakfast from BBC

:11:26. > :11:43.News. Russia says a US missile strike

:11:44. > :11:46.on a Syrian airbase on Friday could have very serious consequences

:11:47. > :11:48.in the region. It was the first direct action

:11:49. > :11:51.by the United States on Syria since the civil war began

:11:52. > :11:53.in the country six years ago. Haid Haid is from the Middle East

:11:54. > :11:56.and North Africa programme at Chatham House and joins us

:11:57. > :12:04.from our London newsroom. Thank you for your time. People will

:12:05. > :12:08.have seen already from the user reports that there was some degree

:12:09. > :12:13.of celebration from some people in Syria that some action had been

:12:14. > :12:21.taken. That is understandable. What do you think has changed as a result

:12:22. > :12:25.of that air strike? So far, it is difficult to really assess the

:12:26. > :12:32.impact of the air strike because all signs so far indicate that the air

:12:33. > :12:39.strike is one of -- a one-off attack in order to present Assad from using

:12:40. > :12:44.chemical attacks in the future. But so far, there is no significant

:12:45. > :12:49.shift in the US position with Syria and Isis remains their main

:12:50. > :12:54.priority. Pushing that political process is still not a priority and

:12:55. > :12:59.this is why, for Syrians, they are still waiting to see what comes next

:13:00. > :13:03.and if the US will push further for political progress in Syria or not.

:13:04. > :13:08.We are hearing this morning the language coming out of the US

:13:09. > :13:11.administration is that there is a possibility of further action but

:13:12. > :13:19.specifically linking it to the issue of chemical attacks. Definitely, and

:13:20. > :13:24.the thing is that what we saw in 2013 was that the US

:13:25. > :13:30.administration's attention was only limited to their use of chemical

:13:31. > :13:34.attacks but it didn't prevent the Syrian regime from using other types

:13:35. > :13:39.of weapons in order to kill Syrians and now we are making the same

:13:40. > :13:42.observation. Syrians are worried that the regime will continue to use

:13:43. > :13:47.other types of weapons to continue to kill them on a daily basis

:13:48. > :13:51.without any kind of measures in order to stop them from doing so.

:13:52. > :13:57.Our correspondence this morning are reporting that the airbase that was

:13:58. > :14:01.attacked... There are reports covering that it has been in

:14:02. > :14:06.operation today, that they have seen aircraft taking off. Some people are

:14:07. > :14:10.asking what has been achieved. Exactly, and air strikes on

:14:11. > :14:15.civilians have been carried out yesterday and this morning and

:14:16. > :14:20.civilians on the ground still fear for their lives and they still don't

:14:21. > :14:26.have a safe place to go to, so this is why I think that the US redlines

:14:27. > :14:30.should also include other types of atrocity that are being committed by

:14:31. > :14:36.Assad against civilians, and stronger language should be used in

:14:37. > :14:37.order to prevent further use of indiscriminate attacks. Thank you

:14:38. > :14:48.very much for your time. We're going to take you outside for

:14:49. > :14:54.a moment to have a lot out of our window. Can you make out the rowers

:14:55. > :14:59.out there? It looks beautiful. I don't know what it is like where you

:15:00. > :15:01.are waking up but Ben is here and he is going to tell us the forecast for

:15:02. > :15:08.the rest of the day and tomorrow. Good morning. It is not like that

:15:09. > :15:12.quite everywhere. Parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland has started off

:15:13. > :15:17.a bit cloudy. That was the scene from one of our Weather Watchers in

:15:18. > :15:20.Helensburgh a bit earlier but, for the majority, it is a sunny start.

:15:21. > :15:25.That was pressed on with plenty of sunshine to start the day. The

:15:26. > :15:30.sunshine is quite strong. Quite high UV levels for the time of year so

:15:31. > :15:35.Berry might if you are out enjoying the weather, very warm for the time

:15:36. > :15:38.of year. High pressure in charge. Is that drifts away to the east, it

:15:39. > :15:42.allows us to bring in more of a southerly wind and four central

:15:43. > :15:46.southern and eastern areas through the weekend, we are going to start

:15:47. > :15:51.to tap into some pretty warm air. Having said all that, it is a chilly

:15:52. > :15:55.start, still on a two fog patches towards the south-east, and that

:15:56. > :15:58.extra glad I spoke about towards parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland,

:15:59. > :16:01.most of that will burn back to the north and for the wood Daugherty

:16:02. > :16:06.blue sky day with plenty of sunshine. There is so often an

:16:07. > :16:15.exception and that is the far north of Scotland. -- for the majority a

:16:16. > :16:21.blue sky day. Temperatures could lift in Northern Ireland to 17 or

:16:22. > :16:25.18. 21, 20 2 degrees could be yours if you are thinking of heading to

:16:26. > :16:28.the coast, but bear in mind you will see a sea breeze developing so

:16:29. > :16:32.around the immediate coastal strip it will feel chillier. For the Grand

:16:33. > :16:38.National at Aintree, fine weather, temperatures not far from 20. Not

:16:39. > :16:42.bad for a barbecue. If you are out late, temperatures will drop away

:16:43. > :16:46.again overnight. It will turn into a chilly night and we could see fog

:16:47. > :16:50.patches here or there and may be cold enough for a touch of frost out

:16:51. > :16:55.of the countryside with lows of two or three. Tomorrow, a fine start for

:16:56. > :17:00.many. But our mist and workaround and on a two fog patches but, for

:17:01. > :17:05.most, some sunshine. Western coastal areas clouding over a little bit but

:17:06. > :17:09.a weather front is going to spoil the party for Northern Ireland and

:17:10. > :17:13.north-western Scotland. Vicar closed, outbreaks of rain, maybe

:17:14. > :17:19.just 12 in Glasgow but come further south and east. Without that, 24,

:17:20. > :17:24.maybe 25. High UV and pollen levels across England and Wales. If you

:17:25. > :17:28.like the warmth or, indeed, if you don't, it isn't going to last that

:17:29. > :17:32.long because from Sunday's very high temperatures, particularly in the

:17:33. > :17:36.south, by Monday we see much cooler conditions and spreading South.

:17:37. > :17:51.Let's have a look at this morning's newspapers.

:17:52. > :17:53.The Chief Constable of Durham Police,

:17:54. > :17:54.Mike Barton, is here to tell us what's caught his eye.

:17:55. > :17:59.We will have a quick look at the front pages and then talk to you.

:18:00. > :18:04.The front page of the sun and many papers has in the aftermath of the

:18:05. > :18:11.missile attack. Same thing on the front of the Daily Mail. Same on the

:18:12. > :18:18.front page of the daily Mirror. They are saying Trump is one step from

:18:19. > :18:21.war. You can see some of those images of the blast. If I show you

:18:22. > :18:25.the front page of the Telegraph, this is one you were going to

:18:26. > :18:29.become, that this is the immediate aftermath of the attack and

:18:30. > :18:32.stockholder and you can see this extraordinary picture. This was the

:18:33. > :18:37.truck used in the attack at those people still fleeing the scene. We

:18:38. > :18:42.know three people died in that attack. This has become a male --

:18:43. > :18:45.real issue. You are a serving police officer and are in charge of a city

:18:46. > :18:50.yourself and it is a big issue for anyone looking at security. It is a

:18:51. > :18:54.great worry to people and people are thinking, am I going to be safe in

:18:55. > :18:59.crowded places? For several years we have been working on a protection

:19:00. > :19:02.programme, working with city developers and planners to make sure

:19:03. > :19:08.that crowded places are safer but, of course, you can't turn cities

:19:09. > :19:12.into fortresses. You can try, though, I guess, and you've got to

:19:13. > :19:17.try something? I think what we're finding is that you can do things

:19:18. > :19:20.that still give a city visual amenity. So when I say don't turn

:19:21. > :19:27.into a fortress, clearly people need to drive into cities and I don't

:19:28. > :19:35.think it is feasible to completely separate cars and pedestrians but,

:19:36. > :19:40.certainly, I'm optimistic that there will be a step change in the way we

:19:41. > :19:45.can make cities safer. On a slightly lighter note in relation to big

:19:46. > :19:52.cities, this story is about Rome and how it is let. That's right, it is.

:19:53. > :19:59.It is a controversy in Rome, the eternal city, a city for romantics,

:20:00. > :20:02.and they've decided they want to save 23 million euros a year

:20:03. > :20:08.lighting the city, turning from the old sodium lamps to new LED lamps.

:20:09. > :20:12.Beautiful golden glow of the sodium lamps, which makes everything look

:20:13. > :20:19.gloriously warm and fuzzy, to bright blue light. LEDs that much cheaper

:20:20. > :20:23.but harsher. They think they may have come up with a compromise,

:20:24. > :20:28.where they are going to look for soft lights from the LEDs but it is

:20:29. > :20:33.set to continue but if you want to get your warm glow, I should go to

:20:34. > :20:38.Rome pretty quick. Lots of residents saying the blue light keeps people

:20:39. > :20:42.awake too much. This is the headline which turns Romans into zombies that

:20:43. > :20:46.can't go to sleep so they are awake all night. It is the weekend, some

:20:47. > :20:51.people might be going to the pub, they want a nice drink but there is

:20:52. > :20:57.a problem? Yes. Be careful if you are in the south because you may be

:20:58. > :21:02.drinking dirty beer! But if you are in the north-east, we've got the

:21:03. > :21:06.cleanest pipes. This is the story about Republicans should clean their

:21:07. > :21:11.beer pipes at least once a week to get rid of the yeast and bacteria.

:21:12. > :21:16.If you don't, it alters the taste of the beer. Is it just literally

:21:17. > :21:21.crying? They've called it crime, gentle men because it is a good

:21:22. > :21:28.headline. If the heating is wrong... I sound like an expert, I am usually

:21:29. > :21:31.on the other side of the bar! The pipe... Because it is a living

:21:32. > :21:37.organism, the beer, and the temperature of the pipes, it is the

:21:38. > :21:43.yeast and bacteria that grow which turn into the ground. Do you do

:21:44. > :21:48.home-brew is by any chance? I don't but my sun does! As I said, I am on

:21:49. > :21:53.the other side of the bar. I am not on the business end! You picked up

:21:54. > :21:59.on a great story this morning's guardian paper about a bet that was

:22:00. > :22:14.placed on Redcap Bobrov am, 43 years ago. -- on Red Rum. 11-1, ?81 Bet

:22:15. > :22:17.But He Didn't Get ?11, The Son-in-law Was Clearing Out His

:22:18. > :22:25.Father-in-law's Home. Rosicky Has Got ?130, Taking Account Of

:22:26. > :22:29.Inflation. Is I Don't Have Any Winning Bets, Let Alone One That Is

:22:30. > :22:32.43 Years Old It Up I Would Like To Pick Up On One Thing On The

:22:33. > :22:44.Guardian, If Our Camera Can Go Over To This Side. Some of the papers

:22:45. > :22:49.have used not great pictures but I think these are fantastic examples

:22:50. > :22:56.of people dressed up for the races. I love the flamingo! The shoes. We

:22:57. > :22:59.were talking about the weather earlier and I think you are a keen

:23:00. > :23:04.gardener. Tell us about what is going on. There is a tiny little

:23:05. > :23:12.cutting but slime watch is the headline. It has been a very mild

:23:13. > :23:18.winter so there are I think 80 billion more slug X that we have had

:23:19. > :23:25.before and they are all going to start hatching but the plea is,

:23:26. > :23:31.please don't use chemicals because you do actually need hedgehogs and I

:23:32. > :23:35.think yesterday morning, we had a hedgehog in our garden and it was

:23:36. > :23:41.looking a bit sleepy, had probably just woken up, so we gave it some

:23:42. > :23:49.eggs. What do we feed a hedgehog? I just cracked a couple of eggs into a

:23:50. > :23:53.low dish. Poached or fried? We will have to see whether the hedgehog has

:23:54. > :23:57.left any. I bet there will be none left in the hedgehog will stay

:23:58. > :24:03.around. This is one of those extraordinary

:24:04. > :24:08.stories. Hold that up and... Just talk her through this. This is in

:24:09. > :24:13.India, where this young girl has been found and she has been dubbed

:24:14. > :24:17.the Mobley girl. The montage of the story is a reprieve is of many other

:24:18. > :24:23.stories were young children have been left in the wild and raised by

:24:24. > :24:28.animals. The suggestion is that she was found, spotted in a forest,

:24:29. > :24:33.running on all fours. That's right, and then monkeys tried to prevent

:24:34. > :24:38.the adults from saving her but they have now taken her into care and she

:24:39. > :24:47.still isn't speaking and is reacting violently to any sort of human

:24:48. > :24:51.contact. So that is a story. I've got to say, the link to Mowgli is a

:24:52. > :24:58.happy ending but there is just a bit of a sinister edge to this, how this

:24:59. > :25:03.child has actually been brought up, so it is a bit of a worry but they

:25:04. > :25:09.have a history of looking after them. Would you mind awfully doing a

:25:10. > :25:15.plug? It is for the BBC. It is about missing people? We've had the BBC

:25:16. > :25:26.cameras in Durham Police now for six months and as a result of that, on

:25:27. > :25:30.Wednesday at 9am, Reported Missing, and the Times have described it as

:25:31. > :25:36.an intense new 3-part series. Explain what it is. A lot of our

:25:37. > :25:39.work in policing is about finding people reported missing so we have

:25:40. > :25:47.17 people go missing in our county area every week. -- 70. 47 of them

:25:48. > :25:53.are children. It is a lot of our work so the BBC commissioned a story

:25:54. > :25:59.with us so they have been with us for six months. Three hard-hitting

:26:00. > :26:08.programmes starting on Wednesday. 40 a week children? 47. How quickly is

:26:09. > :26:13.a child a missing child? If somebody has just left the house a minute

:26:14. > :26:17.ago, they are not missing. But we realise that the first hour of

:26:18. > :26:23.anybody going missing is absolutely crucial so we don't have a set time

:26:24. > :26:27.period that you are now missing. If somebody's loved ones thinks they

:26:28. > :26:32.are missing, that's what we think, too. Very interesting. That's

:26:33. > :26:36.Wednesday. Wednesday at nine o'clock.

:26:37. > :26:39.We're on BBC One until ten o'clock this morning,

:26:40. > :26:41.when Matt Tebbutt takes over in the Saturday Kitchen.

:26:42. > :26:49.Good morning. Good morning. Hope you are well. Our special guest is Nick

:26:50. > :26:55.Knowles, facing food heaven or food hail. What is your food heaven?

:26:56. > :27:03.Aubergines, something veggie like that. Tasty aubergines, not slimy.

:27:04. > :27:08.What about hail? A heavy beef dish. I actually turned veggie and I find

:27:09. > :27:13.the beef dishes a bit heavy. Two great chefs are here. What are you

:27:14. > :27:20.cooking? A dock and sorrel broth. What are you doing? A west African

:27:21. > :27:25.inspired dish, some fried plantain and crepe and pea fritters, fried

:27:26. > :27:34.with mullet. And our wine expert is joining us. Happy to be here. See

:27:35. > :27:39.you at ten. Making us angry. We will see you

:27:40. > :27:47.then. Sorry, I should have saved you! It is a banana! He was talking

:27:48. > :27:50.about food. I was listening to Matt and I didn't realise. Normally at

:27:51. > :27:55.that point you would have kept quiet and I would have carried on.

:27:56. > :27:59.Still to come on the programme this morning...

:28:00. > :28:02.Fred Astaire was once told he couldn't sing or act,

:28:03. > :28:07.His last dance partner, Barrie Chase, will join us to talk

:28:08. > :28:11.about teaching younger generations about the Hollywood star.

:28:12. > :29:05.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:29:06. > :29:08.Coming up before 10am, Ben will have the weather for you.

:29:09. > :29:10.But first, a summary of this morning's main news.

:29:11. > :29:17.The United States says it's prepared to laurchl more military action

:29:18. > :29:22.against -- launch more military action against Syria following the

:29:23. > :29:28.use of chemical weapons. It follows a strike against an air base when

:29:29. > :29:30.the attack was said to have come from.

:29:31. > :29:34.Swedish police say the man they are questioned about the lorry attack in

:29:35. > :29:36.Stockholm has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism. Swedish

:29:37. > :29:39.television reported that explosives were found in the vehicle. The

:29:40. > :29:43.police haven't confirmed this. Four people died and 15 were injured when

:29:44. > :29:47.the vehicle ploughed into a group of pedestrians and then a department

:29:48. > :29:52.store. The Basque separatist group ETA is

:29:53. > :29:56.you are endearing its remaining weapons in an orchestrated handover

:29:57. > :30:00.in south-western France. ETA killed over 850 people during more than 40

:30:01. > :30:05.years of violence aimed at trying to win ind for the Basque country,

:30:06. > :30:08.which straddles France and Spain. President Trump has said he believes

:30:09. > :30:12.tremendous progress has been made in meetings with Florida with the

:30:13. > :30:16.Chinese leader. They've agreed a 100-day plan for talks designed to

:30:17. > :30:20.reduce the US trade deficit with China. They talked about North

:30:21. > :30:24.Korea's nuclear weapons programme A strike by rail workers at the RMT

:30:25. > :30:28.union is set to disrupt services to the Grand National today as members

:30:29. > :30:33.of three companies walk out in a dispute over staffing. Members of

:30:34. > :30:37.Southern, Northern and Merseyrail will strike over an ongoing dispute

:30:38. > :30:40.over the role of conductors. Those are the main stories this morning.

:30:41. > :30:45.Mike is here. I don't know if you're starting with Aintree or elsewhere?

:30:46. > :30:50.So much to talk about. The Grand National in a moment. Celebrating 40

:30:51. > :30:54.years on from Red Rum and the Masters. And qualifying for the

:30:55. > :30:58.Chinese Grand Prix. We will have qualifying news in our sports

:30:59. > :31:01.bulletin. Is that a bit a warning. . A hint to those people who say,

:31:02. > :31:04.you've spoiled it for us. Being fair, I am going to mention

:31:05. > :31:09.qualifying in a moment. First we start with the golf. A bit a

:31:10. > :31:13.surprise, or is it a surprise when you think of Augusta, a pretty

:31:14. > :31:17.course. But mean. It eats people up. They call it the monster sometimes.

:31:18. > :31:20.The defending champion, Danny Willett, will not be involved

:31:21. > :31:24.in the final weekend of the Masters, after he missed the cut.

:31:25. > :31:26.Willett dropped four shots, on the first hole and was one

:31:27. > :31:28.of several who struggled in their second round.

:31:29. > :31:31.But there is still some British interest among those

:31:32. > :31:36.chasing the leaders, Patrick Gearey reports.

:31:37. > :31:39.There is no sporting stage quite like Augusta,

:31:40. > :31:41.a mixture of beauty and cruelty, where nothing is guaranteed.

:31:42. > :31:45.Ask Lee Westwood whose opening day charge wandered off course.

:31:46. > :31:52.Even those who appeared to be coping well, could be lured off shore.

:31:53. > :31:59.In there went Ricky Fowler's ball and with it a shot.

:32:00. > :32:07.Not something you can always say about Sergio Garcia, a talent,

:32:08. > :32:10.Now with a share of the lead is he closer?

:32:11. > :32:12.At a gusty Augusta experience matters.

:32:13. > :32:14.Fred Couples has plenty of experience.

:32:15. > :32:23.That was the goal of many, Justin Rose went neither forward nor

:32:24. > :32:25.back in his second round, but by standing his ground

:32:26. > :32:33.He knows the wind is due to drop and playing will get easier.

:32:34. > :32:48.I enjoy when courses play tough. I enjoy when the Masters plays

:32:49. > :32:54.difficult because it means that the high quality shots are going to be

:32:55. > :33:00.rewarded and you have to hit the ball the right way. Usually, if I'm

:33:01. > :33:04.in good form, I can do that. It all continues later today. Now it

:33:05. > :33:09.is time to reveal what's happening in qualifying for the Chinese Grand

:33:10. > :33:13.Prix. Have I given you enough time. Lewis Hamilton is on pole in

:33:14. > :33:21.qualifying ahead of tomorrow's race. He was almost two tenths of a second

:33:22. > :33:25.faster that Sebastien Vettell. Hamilton is popular with the fans

:33:26. > :33:29.and he's happy too. His sixth consecutive pole position.

:33:30. > :33:31.The former England rugby star Brian Moore is recovering

:33:32. > :33:33.in hospital in London, after suffering a heart attack.

:33:34. > :33:36.Moore, who's played over 60 times for his country as hooker,

:33:37. > :33:39.These days he's a regular commentator with the BBC.

:33:40. > :33:42.He's now 55, and has been on Twitter thanking the health

:33:43. > :33:50.Striker Harry Kane could start for Spurs, when they take

:33:51. > :33:54.on Watford in the lunch time Premier League kickoff.

:33:55. > :33:56.Kane, who's already scored 19 goals for Spurs this season,

:33:57. > :34:01.has missed the last three matches with an ankle injury.

:34:02. > :34:09.We'll see tomorrow if I decide that he start on the game or will be on

:34:10. > :34:15.the bench. But the good news that he's ready and he feels good, fully

:34:16. > :34:23.recovery and I think it's very good news for, first of all, for him and

:34:24. > :34:24.then for us. He's an important player for us. And to be available

:34:25. > :34:28.again to help the team is fantastic. Third placed Liverpool

:34:29. > :34:30.are at Stoke this afternoon, At the other end of the table,

:34:31. > :34:34.West Ham will hope to halt their slide, when they take on third

:34:35. > :34:36.from bottom Swansea. Leaders Chelsea are at Bournemouth

:34:37. > :34:41.in the teatime kickoff. Great Britain face an uphill

:34:42. > :34:45.struggle to stay in the Davis Cup. Without world number one,

:34:46. > :34:47.Andy Murray, they trail France 2-0, after a disappointing first day

:34:48. > :34:51.of their quarter final in Rouen. Kyle Edmund lost in straight

:34:52. > :34:53.sets to Lucas Pouille. Dan Evans then followed suit,

:34:54. > :34:58.beaten 3-0 by Jeremy Chardy. If Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot

:34:59. > :35:00.lose their doubles rubber to Nicolas Mahut and Julien Benneteau

:35:01. > :35:14.today, the tie will be over. Yeah, a lot of times, you know, it's

:35:15. > :35:18.guys thrown together to play. These guys obviously played hundreds of

:35:19. > :35:25.matches together, won a bunch of tournaments over a long period of

:35:26. > :35:32.time. Nico has been number one the last maybe six, seven months

:35:33. > :35:36.perhaps. He's been playing really well with Herbert, Benneteau in the

:35:37. > :35:37.finals of Wimbledon last year and won Roland Garros. It's going to be

:35:38. > :35:40.a tough match. So back to the Grand National,

:35:41. > :35:43.and a red horse will definitely be Definitely Red and Vieux Lion Rouge

:35:44. > :35:49.lead the betting, 40 years after another red horse,

:35:50. > :35:54.Red Rum, won the race for a record third time to secure the future

:35:55. > :35:56.of Aintree and the reputation of this famous race

:35:57. > :35:59.around the world. Stuart Pollitt explains why Red Rum

:36:00. > :36:25.was an unlikely hero. ARCHIVE: They're willing him home.

:36:26. > :36:36.Red Rum wins the National! It's the greatest movie never made. The horse

:36:37. > :36:40.with a gappy leg -- gammy leg, trained by a taxi driver an unlikely

:36:41. > :36:44.hero. But by 1977, Red Rum had already

:36:45. > :36:47.won the National twice Yet this was what sealed

:36:48. > :36:50.his place in history. Riding Red Rum that

:36:51. > :36:54.day was Tommy Stack. You need to come to Tipperary to

:36:55. > :37:09.find where his family trains horses. 77 looks a long time ago now. It's

:37:10. > :37:21.40 years. It's only like yesterday looking back at it. Tommy rode Red

:37:22. > :37:27.Rum more than 40 times. But this was his first National win on board.

:37:28. > :37:29.You could hear the crowd, it felt unreal.

:37:30. > :37:31.He is as popular in Ireland as Liverpool.

:37:32. > :37:35.People come in and ask if they can take a picture.

:37:36. > :37:46.In racing generally, he is the one horse that

:37:47. > :37:53.We could not believe what had happened.

:37:54. > :37:57.We dreamt it, and we were just amazed that the horse

:37:58. > :38:08.Michael Burns returns where he was that they.

:38:09. > :38:11.They own the horse the family knew as Red.

:38:12. > :38:14.My grandfather was 89 years of age then.

:38:15. > :38:18.The only time I ever saw him move, I sat with him, he got up

:38:19. > :38:29.Then he sat down again. I couldn't believe the crowd that was there,

:38:30. > :38:36.clapping and the horse just stood, you would think he was a saint. I

:38:37. > :38:43.think he thought himself. There will never be a horse like him again. Red

:38:44. > :38:50.Rum never fell in 100 races. Incredible horse. For the name? Why

:38:51. > :38:57.Red Rum? His parents, they took the last three letters from his sire and

:38:58. > :39:02.dams name. Quorum, dad, and mared, his mum. So it's not murder

:39:03. > :39:06.backwards. That's came later in the film. Very scary stuff indeed. I

:39:07. > :39:10.might not be able to pick the winner of the National, but I have found

:39:11. > :39:18.the best and biggest fascinator yesterday. Look at this. I couldn't

:39:19. > :39:22.reach the top of it. Those peacock feathers on Siobhan Johnston. Why

:39:23. > :39:25.blue? She works for Manchester City. Manchester City colours, of course.

:39:26. > :39:32.She arrived too late for the competition. She couldn't win. It

:39:33. > :39:37.gets intense that competition on a Friday. Exactly. Always looking for

:39:38. > :39:40.signs with the Grand National. Next item is about smelling, a smelly

:39:41. > :39:46.horse, not a smelly horse! But a horse related to a smell. I don't

:39:47. > :39:53.know. Leave that for you to discuss. As I ride off into the distance.

:39:54. > :39:54.#6 The scent of old books

:39:55. > :39:56.and the cologne that lingers of the smells scientists

:39:57. > :40:02.are bottling to preserve them. They want to capture the aromas

:40:03. > :40:05.for their historic value, so they can be recreated

:40:06. > :40:07.after they disappear. Joining us in the studio

:40:08. > :40:09.now are Matija Strlic and Cecilia Bembibre

:40:10. > :40:19.from University College London, Morning to you both. Good morning.

:40:20. > :40:25.You started particularly with the smell of old books, why was that?

:40:26. > :40:33.It's familiar to most people, who've ever been to an historic library. We

:40:34. > :40:37.worked with the grand library at St Paul's Cathedral. The curator there

:40:38. > :40:41.said whatever you propose us to do in view of its preservation, please

:40:42. > :40:44.keep the smell. It's so important to our visitors and in fact, the

:40:45. > :40:50.visitors write in the visitor book that they feel as if they're

:40:51. > :40:54.inhaling the knowledge as they enter the library. So important to the

:40:55. > :40:57.experience. Is it the paper that gives us the smell or is it the

:40:58. > :41:03.surroundings in which it's being kept? It's a little bit of both.

:41:04. > :41:07.It's the smell of paper as it's decomposing as the books are dying,

:41:08. > :41:10.if you like. There is a lot of chemistry there, which we try to

:41:11. > :41:17.understand, as heritage scientists, trying to understand the science of

:41:18. > :41:21.books decomposing. There's a lot about people's perceptions and their

:41:22. > :41:25.attitudes to smell of which as visitors in museums and galleries,

:41:26. > :41:30.we are slightly robbed a little bit. But not in the context of a historic

:41:31. > :41:34.house, which is why we work with the National Trust. In an historic house

:41:35. > :41:37.experience, you get the whole experience, the smell, the sound and

:41:38. > :41:41.the shapes and colours. We just saw you doing your job there. What do

:41:42. > :41:44.you notice about the different elements of the smells that you work

:41:45. > :41:50.with? We said it's not just the paper from the books, what else

:41:51. > :41:54.comes in? Well in St Paul's you have a lot of old wood and there's some

:41:55. > :42:00.leather, some of the books are leather bound, for example. So they

:42:01. > :42:03.all combine to form this unique sensory experience that people

:42:04. > :42:07.associate with many pleasant memories. Actually old books, they

:42:08. > :42:11.don't smell particularly nice, do they, but it's not an unpleasant

:42:12. > :42:15.smell. It's almost like a reassuring smell because it's familiar and it's

:42:16. > :42:18.all linked with memory. It's very much linked with memory. That's

:42:19. > :42:23.because the sense of smell is very close to the memory centre in our

:42:24. > :42:28.brain. We link very old memories with smells as well, which is why

:42:29. > :42:32.smells can very often take us back to our very early childhood. You've

:42:33. > :42:37.bottled the book smell, haven't you. You've got it in a flask here. We

:42:38. > :42:42.can't do the test because we did it earlier on. How did you bottle the

:42:43. > :42:48.smell of old paper? It's not very difficult. You bake a piece of paper

:42:49. > :42:51.in your kitchen oven in a bottle for two hours. It's such a distinctive

:42:52. > :42:56.smell. I wish I could describe it properly. You know immediately. Old

:42:57. > :43:01.library with a wooden floor. We asked a lot of people to get in

:43:02. > :43:04.touch about smells generally, things about smells that really get them

:43:05. > :43:08.going. Some more familiar than others. Gordon got in touch to say

:43:09. > :43:12.the smell of freshly cut grass, especially after a rain shower. The

:43:13. > :43:17.other one he says is the oily smell from race cars. Those are quite

:43:18. > :43:23.distinctive smells. And comments like that are so important to us

:43:24. > :43:26.because what we do at the UCL institute for heritage is try to

:43:27. > :43:31.identify those smells that hold cultural value to us as a society

:43:32. > :43:35.and develop techniques, use science to protect them, study and preserve

:43:36. > :43:38.them for future generations, but communities have such a central role

:43:39. > :43:44.in this, because they are the ones who should pick the smells that are

:43:45. > :43:47.important. Roslyn has been in touch. She says, the smell of washing

:43:48. > :43:51.that's been dried in the fresh air when you bring in it. What is the

:43:52. > :43:55.science behind that? There's got to be something scientific about that

:43:56. > :44:00.smell, particularly on cotton, when it's been in sunshine and dried and

:44:01. > :44:06.brought inside. What is it? There's quite a bit of chemistry there.

:44:07. > :44:11.Especially in intense sunshine and cellulose being part of the textile,

:44:12. > :44:15.it oxidises a bit. There is a smell of ozone that we can sense, the

:44:16. > :44:19.human nose is quite sensitive to that. There's a mixture of all of

:44:20. > :44:24.that. Clothing has a lot of smells to it. Presumably in an historical

:44:25. > :44:29.context that would be interesting, old clothes. They get kept for many

:44:30. > :44:33.years. Yes, they do. Many of them carry still the body smells of the

:44:34. > :44:37.people who wore them and they're mixed with the material change of

:44:38. > :44:41.the textiles themselves. It's fascinating. Not always talking

:44:42. > :44:45.about nice smells are we? Well, no, but smells that are not inherently

:44:46. > :44:52.nice also carry information and they're important. Kelly has been in

:44:53. > :44:58.touch and said her favourite smell, this is a classic, newborn baby.

:44:59. > :45:03.That's just a lovely kind of clean smell of lovely skin, but it's

:45:04. > :45:08.different. A newborn baby has a very different smell. You're laughing.

:45:09. > :45:13.It's true. Top of the baby's newborn baby's head is amazing. Why? It

:45:14. > :45:17.does. And it turns quickly into something very far from olfactory

:45:18. > :45:23.heaven, after they grow up, doesn't it? It can do! When I came in the

:45:24. > :45:29.studio this morning, I thought the inside of this building smelt a bit

:45:30. > :45:33.smoky. I don't mean cigarette smoky, I meant Lykins a wood smoke -- meant

:45:34. > :45:38.like a wood smoke smell. Due notice that? It's difficult to say. I

:45:39. > :45:43.smelt, this is probably 5am in the morning, just coffee in the air. You

:45:44. > :45:47.do get a lot of that. You get a smell like that, because it's

:45:48. > :45:50.brought into the building by the air conditioning system, might be just

:45:51. > :45:54.outside. And it's funny, because it's very similar to the smell of

:45:55. > :45:59.old paper. A lot of chemical components are the same, but they

:46:00. > :46:03.are in different proportions, which is why the human brain interprets

:46:04. > :46:05.those proportions differently when you smell coffee and very, very

:46:06. > :46:09.differently when you smell old paper. Very quickly, because we out

:46:10. > :46:16.of time. What are your favourite smells? My favourite smell? The

:46:17. > :46:21.smell of London Underground, nothing spells home to me than the London

:46:22. > :46:24.Underground. Wow. Go on. I love the smell, part of my family is from

:46:25. > :46:28.Scotland, I love the smell that you get as you get off the plane and

:46:29. > :46:38.that crisp air hits you in the Highlands. Nice. One more... No

:46:39. > :46:42.don't. It's strong. Thank you for bringing this in. Nice to see you.

:46:43. > :46:46.Thank you very much indeed. Shall we look outside and think about the

:46:47. > :46:49.fresh air here, sunshine, but it smells glorious outside in the

:46:50. > :46:53.sunshine. This is the view - oh, that's not the view outside our

:46:54. > :46:58.window. That didn't work. It does look nice. Ben has the details for

:46:59. > :47:03.the rest of the UK. There it is. Lovely and calm. Yeah. Probably a

:47:04. > :47:09.bit of an ozone smell in the air there. Morning Ben. I was worried

:47:10. > :47:13.night had fall anyone Salford for a moment. No lovely start in Salford.

:47:14. > :47:17.Lovely start here as well in Aberdeenshire. Our weather watchers

:47:18. > :47:20.have been doing wonders this morning. I've tried to show as many

:47:21. > :47:25.of them as has been possible. Amazing pictures in. Another one

:47:26. > :47:28.from Twickenham, the wild foul certainly enjoying the sunshine this

:47:29. > :47:32.morning. And for the weekend, that really is the main story, some

:47:33. > :47:36.strong sunshine to come. Fairly high UV levels. With that sunshine

:47:37. > :47:42.increasingly high temperatures as well. Here's our look at the

:47:43. > :47:44.satellite picture. Mist and fog patches across the south-east, West

:47:45. > :47:49.Midlands and Wales as well. Extra cloud in the North West. Most of

:47:50. > :47:52.that is now burning back. The story is one of sunny skies. Certainly

:47:53. > :47:56.across England and Wales, but much of Northern Ireland and Scotland

:47:57. > :47:59.joining in as well. The one exception, the far north of

:48:00. > :48:09.Scotland. Here the cloud will be a bit more stubborn. We'll see breezy

:48:10. > :48:14.conditions and there could be the odd spot of drizzle. Here more cloud

:48:15. > :48:17.and some spots of rain. Eastern and southern Scotland, Northern Ireland,

:48:18. > :48:19.northern England decent day for you. Temperatures across northern England

:48:20. > :48:23.could get up to 20 degrees. Then further south into the Midlands,

:48:24. > :48:27.Wales, the south of England, here inland spots up to 21 degrees.

:48:28. > :48:31.Around the coastline though just a bit cooler as we develop something