11/04/2017

:00:00. > :00:09.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

:00:10. > :00:12.Theresa May and Donald Trump discuss how to end the conflict in Syria.

:00:13. > :00:17.they agreed there's now a window of opportunity to persuade Russia

:00:18. > :00:35.to drop its support for Syria's President Assad.

:00:36. > :00:37.Good morning, it's Tuesday the 11th of April.

:00:38. > :00:41.A revolutionary new treatment for stroke patients in England

:00:42. > :00:47.that could help save thousands from lifelong disablity.

:00:48. > :00:49.United Airlines apologises as footage of one of its passengers

:00:50. > :00:56.being forcibly dragged off an overbooked flight sparks outrage.

:00:57. > :01:00.The prices we pay for the weekly shop, a tank of fuel or even a night

:01:01. > :01:05.This morning I'm taking a closer look at the impact of inflation.

:01:06. > :01:08.In sport, the pressure mounts on Arsene Wenger as Arsenal

:01:09. > :01:24.are beaten 3-0 by Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

:01:25. > :01:30.If mumbling in television dramas really annoys you,

:01:31. > :01:33.we'll put different acting styles to the test to see which ones

:01:34. > :01:43.Always perfectly clear is Carol with the weather. Good morning. Eight

:01:44. > :01:47.chilly start to the day, for some a touch of frost around but for most

:01:48. > :01:50.it will be dry with sunny spells, variable amounts of cloud, except

:01:51. > :01:55.for the north and west of Scotland where there is more rain around and

:01:56. > :01:59.later we will see some gales. Further details in 15 minutes. Thank

:02:00. > :02:01.you, Carol. Lovely there this morning.

:02:02. > :02:06.Donald Trump and Theresa May have discussed what they call a window

:02:07. > :02:08.of opportunity to persuade Russia to drop its support

:02:09. > :02:10.for Syria's President Assad in the wake of last

:02:11. > :02:13.The Prime Minister and the US President spoke

:02:14. > :02:17.on the phone last night as foreign ministers from the G7 group

:02:18. > :02:20.of countries meet in Italy to try to co-ordinate their response.

:02:21. > :02:24.They call it the 'family photo' and it's a family that used

:02:25. > :02:26.to include Russia before it was expelled in 2014

:02:27. > :02:35.The Kremlin may not be represented at this summit,

:02:36. > :02:38.but its continued support for the Syrian regime

:02:39. > :02:41.These foreign ministers have been working out the precise message US

:02:42. > :02:44.Secretary of State Rex Tillerson should deliver when he heads

:02:45. > :02:48.If I think about the position of Vladimir Putin now,

:02:49. > :02:50.you know, he's destroying the reputation of Russia,

:02:51. > :02:53.by his continual association with a guy who has flagrantly

:02:54. > :03:19.In a phone call last night, Theresa May and Donald Trump discussed

:03:20. > :03:20.breaking up the Syrian regime alliance. A Downing Street spokesman

:03:21. > :03:37.revealed: One of the options G7 ministers are

:03:38. > :03:41.discussing is hitting Russia with targeted sanctions if it refuses to

:03:42. > :03:44.buckle but President Putin is used to standing up to international

:03:45. > :03:51.pressure and the chances of him abandoning his allies seem remote.

:03:52. > :03:57.We'll be talking to Former US Assistant Secretary of State PJ

:03:58. > :03:59.Crowley about the situation in Syria at around 7:10am.

:04:00. > :04:02.Thousands of stroke patients in England stand to benefit

:04:03. > :04:05.from a new programme to train more doctors in a complex procedure

:04:06. > :04:07.which could save lives and help reduce disability.

:04:08. > :04:10.It involves doctors catching and removing a clot which is causing

:04:11. > :04:13.the stroke, to help restore the flow of blood to the brain.

:04:14. > :04:16.Here's our health correspondent Jane Dreaper.

:04:17. > :04:26.Back on her feet, Margaret had a stroke just three weeks ago at the

:04:27. > :04:30.age of 50, but she's benefited from a revolutionary treatment. I was

:04:31. > :04:34.very, very lucky because I should have probably come out more severe,

:04:35. > :04:36.you know, I could have been paralysed and taken months and

:04:37. > :04:45.months of therapy and everything else, rehab. But I was very lucky.

:04:46. > :04:49.This is Margaret's angiogram. Margaret's Doctors at this London

:04:50. > :04:57.hospital have led the way in trying this new procedure. It has a much

:04:58. > :05:01.higher success rate than clock busting drugs. Patients can be

:05:02. > :05:05.completely weak down one side and not have any speech and as soon as

:05:06. > :05:08.you take out the clot they can start talking to you sometimes and moving

:05:09. > :05:13.immediately, other times it takes several hours or by the end of the

:05:14. > :05:16.evening or the next day they can have recovered a lot of function.

:05:17. > :05:20.Yes, it can have a massive impact. With from Beck to meet doctors use

:05:21. > :05:24.this incredibly delicate piece of wire to fish the clot out of the

:05:25. > :05:33.patient's brain, although sometimes use another piece of wire, like this

:05:34. > :05:36.one, to suck it out. 8000 patients across England will benefit from

:05:37. > :05:39.this treatment every year once the programme is rolled out. Not all

:05:40. > :05:43.patients will have the treatment, as some strokes are caused by a bleed

:05:44. > :05:48.rather than a clot, and it will take time to train the doctors and nurses

:05:49. > :05:50.needed to expand services. But NHS Inman says it's making the

:05:51. > :05:54.investment because patients recover their health so quickly -- England.

:05:55. > :05:56.Jane Dreaper, BBC News. The BBC has spoken to a family

:05:57. > :05:59.friend of Christopher Bevington, the British man who was killed

:06:00. > :06:02.in the Stockholm lorry Two Swedes and one Belgian also died

:06:03. > :06:06.in the attack on Friday. The 41-year-old's family said

:06:07. > :06:08.they were devastated by the untimely and tragic death

:06:09. > :06:10.of the wonderful husband, son, father, brother

:06:11. > :06:25.and close friend to many, Chris Bevington moved to Stockholm

:06:26. > :06:30.for love after meeting his Swedish wife in London. They raised to two

:06:31. > :06:33.young boys here in Sweden but remained close to their British

:06:34. > :06:37.family and friends. As you can imagine we're all really struggling

:06:38. > :06:41.to come to terms with this horrendous loss and make sense of a

:06:42. > :06:47.world that no longer has our lovely funny mate in it, he was the most

:06:48. > :06:52.amazing father, husband, son, brother and friend to everyone that

:06:53. > :06:56.knew him and we're all obviously going to miss him, miss him

:06:57. > :07:00.terribly. You know, he loved his family, loved his friends and he

:07:01. > :07:04.also loved his music. This is where Chris spent the last five years of

:07:05. > :07:09.his career, the Swedish headquarters of the music streaming company

:07:10. > :07:13.Spotify where he held a senior role. Everyone we spoke to who work with

:07:14. > :07:18.him describe him as a lovely guy with a lovely family. He would run

:07:19. > :07:28.through a wall for you. -- , I want to say that all the answers

:07:29. > :07:33.of energy we have will go to his family but also the families of

:07:34. > :07:37.those other people affected by this terrible tragedy. A tragedy that

:07:38. > :07:41.raises challenges for Sweden has changed the lives of Chris's loved

:07:42. > :07:44.ones for over. Maddy Savage, BBC News, Stockholm.

:07:45. > :07:46.The American carrier, United Airlines, has been heavily

:07:47. > :07:48.criticised after one of its passengers was dragged off

:07:49. > :07:51.The airline had overbooked the plane,

:07:52. > :07:54.and when no-one volunteered to leave, they selected the man

:07:55. > :07:55.and his travelling companion, at random.

:07:56. > :07:59.When he refused to get off the flight, he was dragged down

:08:00. > :08:01.the aisle by security guards as our correspondent Neda Tawfik

:08:02. > :08:08.These are the disturbing moments that have now travelled

:08:09. > :08:15.Several smartphones record as three police hover over a man

:08:16. > :08:17.who is being forced to exit the aircraft.

:08:18. > :08:20.The situation quickly escalates, after one officer manhandles him out

:08:21. > :08:34.All three officers then drag him bloodied and injured from the cabin.

:08:35. > :08:43.The incident began when United Airlines asked for volunteers

:08:44. > :08:46.to give up their seats for additional crew members.

:08:47. > :08:48.When none were found, they chose passengers at random,

:08:49. > :08:54.One passenger said he claimed to be a doctor who had patients

:08:55. > :09:00.Ten minutes later, in unexplained circumstances, the man,

:09:01. > :09:02.clearly shaken, runs back on the plane.

:09:03. > :09:19.United Airlines in a statement, said:

:09:20. > :09:21.That's what makes the world's leading airline

:09:22. > :09:26.The airline has been criticised for its handling of the situation

:09:27. > :09:29.that some say clearly contrasts with its claim to fly

:09:30. > :09:44.An eight-year-old child and his teacher have been killed

:09:45. > :09:46.after a shooting at a school in California.

:09:47. > :09:49.The gunman went into the school in San Bernardino

:09:50. > :09:51.yesterday and opened fire in his estranged wife's classroom,

:09:52. > :09:55.A second pupil is in a critical condition after being shot

:09:56. > :09:58.by the man, who police say had a criminal history,

:09:59. > :10:01.including domestic violence and weapons charges.

:10:02. > :10:05.More than 900 adult social care workers a day quit their job

:10:06. > :10:07.in England last year according to new figures and care

:10:08. > :10:10.providers are warning that growing staff shortages mean vulnerable

:10:11. > :10:28.people are receiving poorer levels of care.

:10:29. > :10:31.Despite the Government saying it will spend an extra ?2 billion

:10:32. > :10:33.on social care, the UK Care Home Association has

:10:34. > :10:36.warned that the social care system is now beginning to collapse.

:10:37. > :10:40.Ministers are being accused of not having a proper plan for the future

:10:41. > :10:43.An unpublished paper, obtained by the BBC,

:10:44. > :10:46.sets out a vision for clean air and water, green landscapes

:10:47. > :10:48.and a low carbon economy, but it's been repeatedly delayed

:10:49. > :10:51.and is now not expected until the summer.

:10:52. > :10:53.The government says it will develop plans in due course,

:10:54. > :10:56.but critics claim progress is too slow and the paper

:10:57. > :11:01.A project to create a full-size replica of the Titanic at a theme

:11:02. > :11:03.park in China has upset relatives of victims and survivors

:11:04. > :11:06.The attraction, which will be docked permanently

:11:07. > :11:09.on a rural reservoir, has been condemned as bad taste

:11:10. > :11:11.by members of the British Titanic Society.

:11:12. > :11:13.But the designer says the resort will be respectful,

:11:14. > :11:16.and plans for visitors to experience a simulated iceberg crash have

:11:17. > :11:34.I can see why you might want to abandon those plans. The film was on

:11:35. > :11:36.again last week. Was it? I watched a little cheeky half an hour. It's

:11:37. > :11:37.quite long, isn't it! The landscape seen from the summit

:11:38. > :11:40.of Snowdon has been named This Welsh mountain vista

:11:41. > :11:44.topped a survey to find It was followed by the

:11:45. > :11:50.Three Sisters Mountains in Scotland, Stonehenge

:11:51. > :11:59.and St Ives Bay in Cornwall, with Cheddar Gorge

:12:00. > :12:07.rounding out the top five. This is a perfect opportunity for

:12:08. > :12:14.you to send in your favourite views. You can e-mail us

:12:15. > :12:16.with your favourite view at bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk or get

:12:17. > :12:26.in touch with us on social media. Willian Facebook, Twitter, virtually

:12:27. > :12:33.everything these days! We will show some of those later on -- we are on

:12:34. > :12:37.Facebook. Good morning. Like Gore Meyer in North Yorkshire, thrill

:12:38. > :12:44.beak. Have you got a picture? Unless you haven't got one I'm not

:12:45. > :12:50.interested. Arsenal fans will be hoping for a better view once the

:12:51. > :12:56.dust has settled after last night's defeat to Crystal Palace. Pretty

:12:57. > :13:00.dismal. Bad performance from Arsenal, not only were they beaten

:13:01. > :13:03.but defensively they looked terrible. Crystal Palace have beaten

:13:04. > :13:05.Chelsea and Arsenal in the last couple of weeks, not bad for them at

:13:06. > :13:06.all! There are more questions over

:13:07. > :13:08.Arsene Wenger's future as Arsenal manager after they were beaten

:13:09. > :13:11.3-0 by Crystal Palace They've qualified for

:13:12. > :13:15.the Champions League every year for two decades but could

:13:16. > :13:17.miss out this time. Former Leicester City manager

:13:18. > :13:20.Claudio Ranieri has denied that The Italian believes it was someone

:13:21. > :13:22.else behind the scenes Everton's Ross Barkley

:13:23. > :13:28.is considering his options after allegedly being attacked,

:13:29. > :13:31.unprovoked, in a Liverpool bar A complaint is yet to be made

:13:32. > :13:34.to Merseyside Police, who say they're are looking at CCTV

:13:35. > :13:38.which appears to show Barkley Andy Murray was back in action last

:13:39. > :13:44.night after weeks out In a light-hearted charity match

:13:45. > :13:47.against Roger Federer, he persuaded the ball boy to play

:13:48. > :13:50.match point for him. Federer won in straight sets

:13:51. > :14:07.as they raised money for education Apparently the ball boy served a

:14:08. > :14:12.double fault at match point. Looked like a decent action but didn't

:14:13. > :14:18.quite connect. With all eyes on you! Quite a lot of pressure. And with no

:14:19. > :14:22.warmup. We are hoping today might be nice and sunny, so that is why Carol

:14:23. > :14:26.is outside, it's always cold when we do that! Good morning, Carol.

:14:27. > :14:33.Feel a song coming on but I won't inflict that on your ears, look at

:14:34. > :14:38.the Sunrise, on the roof of broadcasting house. For many it is a

:14:39. > :14:42.chilly start, especially in England and Wales where we have a touch of

:14:43. > :14:47.frost but for most of us today, there will be some cloud around,

:14:48. > :14:53.mostly dry and also we will have some sun. This morning if we start

:14:54. > :14:56.the forecast at 9am across Scotland, some rain across the far north and

:14:57. > :15:00.north-west, including the Northern Isles. More cloud across the

:15:01. > :15:04.Highlands but for southern Scotland we have the sunshine. The same in

:15:05. > :15:08.northern England, maybe the odd shower first thing but for most it

:15:09. > :15:13.is dry and some sunshine. The sunshine prevails rather like in

:15:14. > :15:18.London, blue skies, down through the Midlands, East Anglia, Essex, Kent

:15:19. > :15:25.and all the way to the south coast. Temperatures by 9am will be around

:15:26. > :15:29.nine for example in Plymouth. A beautiful start in Wales. It is

:15:30. > :15:33.nippy if you're just dipping out, a touch of frost in the countryside in

:15:34. > :15:37.the valleys. In the north, a bit more cloud but it is high cloud so a

:15:38. > :15:40.fine start still and for Northern Ireland, a fine start as well. But

:15:41. > :15:44.again a chilly one with variable amounts of cloud. Through the day

:15:45. > :15:48.what you will find is with the rain in Scotland it will sink a bit

:15:49. > :15:51.further south, still very much in the north and north-west and later

:15:52. > :15:56.the wind will strengthen and we'll have some gales. For the rest of the

:15:57. > :16:00.UK, a dry day, some sunshine, a bit more cloud bubbling up but

:16:01. > :16:06.fairweather cloud so very nice, and why is today of between around 12

:16:07. > :16:10.and 17 in London, way above average for the time of year -- highs.

:16:11. > :16:14.Through the evening and overnight, the rain in Scotland further north

:16:15. > :16:18.sinks south, getting into Northern Ireland, northern England and

:16:19. > :16:22.possibly as far as north Wales. For the rest a dry night and variable

:16:23. > :16:26.amounts of cloud. Tomorrow morning we start with that rain in northern

:16:27. > :16:30.England, north Wales and as it continues its journey south it will

:16:31. > :16:37.weaken by the time much later in the day it goes to the far south and it

:16:38. > :16:40.won't be much more than a band of cloud, maybe the odd spot but

:16:41. > :16:42.nothing too heavy and leaving us with bright spells, sunshine and

:16:43. > :16:46.showers and temperatures still healthy. As we move into Thursday,

:16:47. > :16:50.Thursday will start dry for most, it will be chilly with some frost

:16:51. > :16:54.around first thing. Then it will cloud over from the west as we see

:16:55. > :16:59.the arrival of another weather front and that will bring in some rain.

:17:00. > :17:04.Temperatures again into the teens. So all in all, it's not looking too

:17:05. > :17:08.shabby at all this week. The rain in the north continuing to move south

:17:09. > :17:17.through the course of the night. Not too shabby is great news!

:17:18. > :17:26.A high-rise behind you is not built yet but... He is only looking behind

:17:27. > :17:30.you, Carol, don't worry. I should put my microphone on. This is a

:17:31. > :17:37.shambles this morning. I think I may have sat on my microphone and pulled

:17:38. > :17:42.it out. The mail, they are talking about a council tax, about how many

:17:43. > :17:48.council bosses and they have tried to put a number on it, the number of

:17:49. > :17:51.bosses paid more than the Prime Minister soared as households are

:17:52. > :17:57.hit by a huge council tax rise. And this is quite sweet, a picture of

:17:58. > :18:08.Princess Charlotte who will be a bridesmaid. Many of the papers this

:18:09. > :18:11.morning have pictures of the funeral of PC Keith Palmer, killed after the

:18:12. > :18:15.Westminster attack last week. Letter look at some of the pictures from

:18:16. > :18:19.the funeral yesterday as thousands of officers lined the streets. This

:18:20. > :18:25.is the front page of the Daily Mirror this morning as well. Laid to

:18:26. > :18:31.rest, the thin blue line that will never be broken. They picture there

:18:32. > :18:36.of PC Keith Palmer. That is also front page of the Daily Telegraph as

:18:37. > :18:43.well. His helmet, very much a part of that service. And their main

:18:44. > :18:51.story, they are discussing the decision by Donald Trump to launch a

:18:52. > :18:54.cruise missile attack on Syria proving that he is not in league

:18:55. > :18:59.with Vladimir Putin. This is according to the son of the US

:19:00. > :19:07.president. The front page of the Sun. A blue lamp will shine brightly

:19:08. > :19:12.for ever. The story down the order is the punch on Ross Barkley over

:19:13. > :19:18.the weekend in a bar in liveable. The Times, again, has quite a moving

:19:19. > :19:23.picture of a bowed head as the hearse goes past carrying the body

:19:24. > :19:28.of PC Keith Palmer. What would you like to start with? I have a story

:19:29. > :19:35.about car insurance. One of those things that annoys people. Every

:19:36. > :19:40.time they renew. There are quite a few reasons in this report. They say

:19:41. > :19:45.here that insurance bills could soar over ?1000 next year due to taxes

:19:46. > :19:52.that have come in and the compensation, you know, people

:19:53. > :19:55.claiming for whiplash. It has been argued and over whether people

:19:56. > :19:58.should be able to claim breads and they saying that the number of

:19:59. > :20:04.people claiming has been rising that has increased or at price of

:20:05. > :20:12.premiums. Another thing, I don't know about you but I hate people who

:20:13. > :20:21.are cheating. And an article here stating that students are cheating

:20:22. > :20:27.because of the wearable technology. Heeding earpieces, a quick cheeky

:20:28. > :20:32.glance at a smart watch. They say that from a Freedom of information

:20:33. > :20:37.request by the Guardian, they have found a 42% rise in cheating. What

:20:38. > :20:44.do you do? Frisk people, take their watches away from them? Do you

:20:45. > :20:48.remember spies like ours, Chevy Chase, he has a fake broken arm with

:20:49. > :20:55.all the answers written on it? It is a little more advanced this year.

:20:56. > :21:05.Only 42% of people have been caught, who knows how many more are getting

:21:06. > :21:09.away with it. And Sergio Garcia, saying how he would always be the

:21:10. > :21:15.runner-up and he had accepted that in the past. He said he did not have

:21:16. > :21:19.what it took to win a major. All of the papers today are reporting on

:21:20. > :21:24.this lady here as the final piece of the jigsaw puzzle that he needed.

:21:25. > :21:30.This is Angela Atkin and she is his fiancee. She is a good golf player

:21:31. > :21:34.herself, a reporter for the golf Channel in the US. During the

:21:35. > :21:37.Masters she would post inspirational quotes on post-it notes on the

:21:38. > :21:42.mirror in the bathroom and everyday would come in and there would be

:21:43. > :21:47.quotes there to read. She was this kind of complete positive presence

:21:48. > :21:52.in the house that they share. And the other missing piece of the

:21:53. > :21:57.puzzle is this Pomeranian puppy who goes out on the road with them now.

:21:58. > :22:03.He has been out for the last two tours that he has won. The five life

:22:04. > :22:06.skills that renew health, wealth and success have been pinpointed by

:22:07. > :22:24.scientists. They are emotional stability. Determination optimism.

:22:25. > :22:28.Control. And conscientiousness. Apparently, people who scored highly

:22:29. > :22:33.on lease for those of five categories were generally richer,

:22:34. > :22:37.were less depressed and had a large number of friends. Only two of those

:22:38. > :22:39.in you often broke, lonely and depressed. Thank you very much,

:22:40. > :22:46.everybody. We will see you later. The number of care worker suicides

:22:47. > :22:50.in England is on the rise. That's according to figures

:22:51. > :22:52.seen by BBC Breakfast, which show the rate has

:22:53. > :22:54.been steadily increasing More female care workers

:22:55. > :22:59.take their own life than any other occupation, as Breakfast's

:23:00. > :23:13.Graham Satchell reports. You go home with a permanent

:23:14. > :23:19.headache. Isil permanently stressed. Jane has been a care worker for over

:23:20. > :23:25.30 years. She has seen dramatic changes. A rise in a number of

:23:26. > :23:29.people with chronic illnesses, a lack of time to do her work

:23:30. > :23:35.properly, I've been told I have to do them. Doesn't matter if someone

:23:36. > :23:40.needs to go to the toilet. It's just rush, rush, rush. I am an permanent

:23:41. > :23:44.antidepressants and I am not ready to come off them. The pressure of

:23:45. > :23:48.her job, a constant sense of guilt that she should be doing better. It

:23:49. > :23:58.eventually meant she was unable to cope. I remember taking a tablet in

:23:59. > :24:05.front of my children and my children shouting at me not to do it. But

:24:06. > :24:08.when I think about it now I almost feel ashamed because I could have

:24:09. > :24:16.left my children and my family without me and I think, I suppose I

:24:17. > :24:22.was doing it to cry out for help, saying I need help. Figures from the

:24:23. > :24:27.office of National statistics show a rise in the number of care workers

:24:28. > :24:31.taking their own lives. Up from 66 in 2010 to 96. While there is no

:24:32. > :24:36.direct evidence of the link between someone's job in a mental health,

:24:37. > :24:40.the home care Association says the issue needs further investigation

:24:41. > :24:44.and the union that represents care workers say the figures are

:24:45. > :24:49.worrying. These statistics tell us that it is time to start investing

:24:50. > :24:53.in the health and well-being of care workers. It is time we eroded some

:24:54. > :24:57.of the poor terms and conditions and it is time to invest in skills and

:24:58. > :25:05.training. That is why the government has to ensure we get fair funding

:25:06. > :25:08.for social care. Jane says her current employer is compassionate

:25:09. > :25:16.understanding. But, she says, policy from the top needs to change. They

:25:17. > :25:20.need to sit up and listen. I challenge them to come on to the

:25:21. > :25:26.shopfloor for a week to change their attitude. The Department of Health

:25:27. > :25:29.in England says it has increased funding to support groups who are at

:25:30. > :25:40.risk of suicide. But the challenges, the time pressures, the stress on

:25:41. > :25:42.care workers remains. Thank you to Jane for sharing her story with us.

:25:43. > :25:45.If you are feeling emotionally distressed and would like details

:25:46. > :25:47.of organisations which offer advice and support, go online

:25:48. > :25:49.to bbc.co.uk/actionline or you can call for free,

:25:50. > :26:01.at any time, to hear recorded information on 0800 066 066.

:26:02. > :26:06.Now, we've got a little quiz about what's coming up later

:26:07. > :26:12.Let's have a starter for ten shall we?

:26:13. > :26:19.The grand final of the series 46 of which long-running BBC quiz show was

:26:20. > :26:24.shown last night? University challenge? It is, annoyingly, the

:26:25. > :26:25.right answer. Yes, in about an hour's time we'll

:26:26. > :26:29.be joined by the famous voice behind those University Challenge

:26:30. > :26:30.questions, and a defeated semi-finalist, to ask

:26:31. > :26:43.what they believe is the secret Did you feel nervous when you even

:26:44. > :26:47.heard that voice? It probably didn't, didn't you? I watched the

:26:48. > :26:55.final last night and now I am slightly addicted. I have, I got one

:26:56. > :27:01.question right. It is so difficult. For me, I would have to cope with

:27:02. > :27:02.the nerves as well. I felt so much pressure.

:27:03. > :30:23.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:30:24. > :30:44.Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:30:45. > :30:47.We'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,

:30:48. > :30:49.but also on Breakfast this morning...

:30:50. > :30:52.Footage of a passenger being dragged from an overbooked flight have

:30:53. > :30:56.provoked outrage on social media, we'll be asking why it happened

:30:57. > :31:00.Are mumbling actors really making it harder to hear

:31:01. > :31:03.We've conducted our own experiment to try to find out,

:31:04. > :31:12.we'll have the results for you before 7am.

:31:13. > :31:16.And the pop star Nelly Furtado will be here to tell us about taking

:31:17. > :31:19.a career break with a difference, from Grammy-award winning musician

:31:20. > :31:21.to working in her daughter's school library.

:31:22. > :31:25.But now a summary of this morning's main news.

:31:26. > :31:29.Theresa May and Donald Trump have agreed there's a window

:31:30. > :31:32.of opportunity to persuade Russia to abandon its support

:31:33. > :31:34.for the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.

:31:35. > :31:37.The US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, will travel to Moscow

:31:38. > :31:40.later today to meet with his Russian counterpart.

:31:41. > :31:42.Before that foreign ministers from the G7 group of nations

:31:43. > :31:46.will continue to meet in Italy to try to agree a co-ordinated

:31:47. > :32:04.If I'd think about the position of Vladimir Putin now, you know, he's

:32:05. > :32:07.Cox of eyeing the reputation of Russia by this continuing

:32:08. > :32:13.association with a guy who is flagrantly poisoned this own people

:32:14. > :32:14.-- pox of eyeing. And I think the world can see this.

:32:15. > :32:17.NHS England is to invest millions of pounds in providing a complex

:32:18. > :32:20.treatment to help save stroke patients from lifelong disability.

:32:21. > :32:22.The procedure involves the removal of a blood clot

:32:23. > :32:25.Around 8,000 people a year will eventually benefit

:32:26. > :32:28.from the expansion of the treatment; it is currently offered to only

:32:29. > :32:39.A family friend of Chris Bevington, the British man killed in last

:32:40. > :32:42.week's lorry attack in Stockholm, has been talking to the BBC.

:32:43. > :32:45.Two Swedes and one Belgian also died in the attack on Friday.

:32:46. > :32:48.The 41 year old's family said they were devastated

:32:49. > :32:50.by the untimely and tragic death of the wonderful husband,

:32:51. > :32:55.son, father, brother and close friend to many.

:32:56. > :32:59.As you can imagine, we're all really struggling to come to terms

:33:00. > :33:02.with this horrendous loss and make sense of a world that no longer

:33:03. > :33:06.has our lovely funny mate in it, he was the most amazing father,

:33:07. > :33:09.husband, son, brother and friend to everyone that knew him and we're

:33:10. > :33:19.all obviously going to miss him, miss him terribly.

:33:20. > :33:21.An eight-year-old child and his teacher have been killed

:33:22. > :33:24.after a shooting at a school in California.

:33:25. > :33:26.The gunman went into the school in San Bernardino

:33:27. > :33:28.yesterday and opened fire in his estranged wife's classroom,

:33:29. > :33:32.A second pupil is in a critical condition after being shot

:33:33. > :33:35.by the man, who police say had a criminal history,

:33:36. > :33:41.including domestic violence and weapons charges.

:33:42. > :33:44.More than 900 adult social care workers a day quit their job

:33:45. > :33:46.in England last year according to new figures.

:33:47. > :33:48.Care providers say that growing staff shortages mean

:33:49. > :33:52.vulnerable people are receiving poorer levels of care.

:33:53. > :33:57.Despite the government saying it will spend an extra ?2 billion

:33:58. > :33:59.on social care, the UK Care Home Association claims

:34:00. > :34:07.the social care system is now beginning to collapse.

:34:08. > :34:10.An appeal is being made for more adults to become volunteers

:34:11. > :34:13.in the Scouts to cope with the increasing popularity

:34:14. > :34:16.The number of youngsters wanting to join is the highest

:34:17. > :34:19.in the history of scouting, there are 51,000 children

:34:20. > :34:22.on a waiting list to become Scouts, Beavers, Cubs or Explorers.

:34:23. > :34:24.But waiting lists can't fall unless there are more adults

:34:25. > :34:37.We've had a massive increase in the number of adult volunteers in

:34:38. > :34:40.Scouting, which is incredible, but unfortunately we've also got our

:34:41. > :34:45.longest ever waiting list for young people, we've got 51,000 young

:34:46. > :34:48.people waiting to join Scouting so basically we obviously need even

:34:49. > :34:50.more adults to take the opportunity of volunteering to give those young

:34:51. > :34:59.people a life changing experience. Last month we talked about sesame's

:35:00. > :35:11.autistic Muppet Julia. Yesterday she made her TV debut -- Sesame Street's

:35:12. > :35:13.autistic Muppet. Who is this? This is our friend Julia. I'm big Bird,

:35:14. > :35:17.nice to meet you. episode dedicated to autism that

:35:18. > :35:22.aired in the United States. Julia has been a recurring

:35:23. > :35:24.character in Muppet books She was created with the help

:35:25. > :35:42.of autism organisations Good morning. Good morning. Poor old

:35:43. > :35:48.Arsene Wenger. I know. Miserable you once again. He was trying to avoid

:35:49. > :35:53.the signs -- miserable once again. The cheering and the jeering, the

:35:54. > :35:57.fans turned on him unanimously and the players, saying they aren't fit

:35:58. > :36:01.to wear the shirt. He's been in charge for 20 years and he's been

:36:02. > :36:06.offered another two-year contract at Arsenal, will he take it up? We

:36:07. > :36:08.don't know, but a lot of pressure on him this morning to leave. That's

:36:09. > :36:09.because... Arsenal were beaten

:36:10. > :36:11.3-0 by Crystal Palace in the Premier League last night

:36:12. > :36:14.to severely dent their chances They were comprehensively

:36:15. > :36:17.outplayed by Palace, who had Andros Townsend to thank

:36:18. > :36:19.for their first goal. Yohan Cabaye added a superb second

:36:20. > :36:22.with Luka Milvojevic's penalty condemning Arsenal

:36:23. > :36:24.to their worst defeat It leaves them seven

:36:25. > :36:27.points off the top four, but Wenger refused to

:36:28. > :36:29.address the speculation I face that in every press

:36:30. > :36:38.conference at the moment and tonight I'm not in the mood

:36:39. > :36:41.to speak about that. REPORTER: When do you think

:36:42. > :36:44.you will be letting the fans I think at the moment I need to pay

:36:45. > :36:50.more respect to the fact that we had a disappointing result and focus

:36:51. > :37:09.on that and not find as well excuses Every manager has criticism,

:37:10. > :37:13.particularly a man who has dedicated this life to a football cloud for so

:37:14. > :37:18.long, we always have sympathy for each other and we are managers

:37:19. > :37:22.together and while we go head to head, we're all in the same job and

:37:23. > :37:28.we all know how difficult it can be -- club. I think he can ride it out

:37:29. > :37:35.as he has done many times and come out stronger.

:37:36. > :37:37.Claudio Ranieri says he doesn't think a players revolt

:37:38. > :37:42.He lost his job in February, nine months after leading the club

:37:43. > :37:46.Speaking publicly for the first time about his dismissal,

:37:47. > :37:49.he says that somebody behind the scenes may have been plotting

:37:50. > :38:03.Maybe could be somebody behind me. Maybe people this year when we lose

:38:04. > :38:08.they push a little bit more but that's it. Are you going to tell us

:38:09. > :38:15.who those people are, Claudio? I don't want to tell. I'm a serious

:38:16. > :38:17.man, what I have to say I said face to face.

:38:18. > :38:20.Sounds like he's got his theory, doesn't it!

:38:21. > :38:22.The former England and Arsenal defender Tony Adams has been

:38:23. > :38:26.appointed head coach of Spanish side Granada until the end of the season.

:38:27. > :38:29.Adams has been working as an advisor to the struggling club

:38:30. > :38:31.and takes over after they sacked Lucas Alcaraz.

:38:32. > :38:33.Granada are second from bottom of La Liga.

:38:34. > :38:36.Everton's Ross Barkley is back in training after what his lawyers

:38:37. > :38:39.have called an unprovoked attack by a stranger on Sunday night.

:38:40. > :38:42.Merseyside Police are examining CCTV footage that appears

:38:43. > :38:44.to show Barkley being punched in the face.

:38:45. > :38:48.bar after the team's 4-2 win over Leicester City.

:38:49. > :38:54.No report of an assault has been made to police.

:38:55. > :38:57.England women won their final home friendly before this summer's Euros

:38:58. > :39:00.The Lionesses beat Austria 3-0 in Milton Keynes.

:39:01. > :39:02.Goals from Ellen white, Lucy Bronze and Isobel Christiansen.

:39:03. > :39:09.against Switzerland before the July tournament.

:39:10. > :39:12.The USA, Canada and Mexico have confirmed that they will bid to host

:39:13. > :39:16.the 2026 World Cup and if successful it will be the first

:39:17. > :39:19.time a trio of nations has hosted the tournament.

:39:20. > :39:22.It will also be the first World Cup to feature 48 teams

:39:23. > :39:28.in the new expanded format that has recently been agreed.

:39:29. > :39:38.The USA staged it in 1994... Brasil won that word

:39:39. > :39:45.Remember when Janet Jackson missed the penalty during the opening

:39:46. > :39:47.ceremony? I thought it was Diana Ross. I thought it was Janet

:39:48. > :39:49.Jackson. We will have to check. Andy Murray was back in action last

:39:50. > :39:53.night after weeks out with an elbow injury, honouring a promise to play

:39:54. > :39:57.Roger Federer in a match which wasn't taken entirely

:39:58. > :39:59.seriously. Facing match point at the end

:40:00. > :40:03.of the second set, Murray brought on a sub and recruited one

:40:04. > :40:07.of the ball boys to play it for him. He served a double fault

:40:08. > :40:09.but it didn't matter. The main point of the night

:40:10. > :40:13.was to raise money to support education projects

:40:14. > :40:20.in southern Africa. Andy Murray getting his racquet back

:40:21. > :40:24.from the ball boy. Is it Diana Ross? It is, remember fantasy football

:40:25. > :40:31.league, she was introduced as Miss Diana Ross. If you look carefully at

:40:32. > :40:38.the hair... I shouldn't laugh, I probably would have missed. It was a

:40:39. > :40:42.horrendous penalty. The ball was meant to split the net because it

:40:43. > :40:46.was hit with such force. There's Roberto Baggio and Diana Ross

:40:47. > :40:48.missing penalties. At least she was in good company!

:40:49. > :40:50.It's a well-known tactic used by the airline industry,

:40:51. > :40:52.so why do they overbook some flights?

:40:53. > :40:54.This is the astonishing footage that's

:40:55. > :40:58.now been seen all over the world, of a man being dragged out

:40:59. > :41:00.of a United Airlines plane, because he refused to leave.

:41:01. > :41:03.Passengers were offered over 600 pounds to give up their seats.

:41:04. > :41:07.But when there were no takers, some were randomly selected to leave.

:41:08. > :41:09.United has apologised and says it is reviewing the incident.

:41:10. > :41:26.newsroom is the travel writer Phoebe Smith.

:41:27. > :41:32.Phoebe, these pictures are being seen around the world, a passenger

:41:33. > :41:36.being physically forced off a plane, dragged off a plane, it's not what

:41:37. > :41:42.United need to seek. Why does it happened? It's a tactic a few

:41:43. > :41:48.airlines use -- you see. They had their bets with people not turning

:41:49. > :41:52.up for various reasons, not turning up, and they take an educated guess

:41:53. > :41:57.about how many will turn up and sometimes they get it wrong. It's a

:41:58. > :42:01.PR disaster, isn't it? Millions by the end of today will have watched

:42:02. > :42:05.this video and whatever United say they can't apologise enough because

:42:06. > :42:11.it is horrific footage. It is and the worst part was the first

:42:12. > :42:16.statement they made wasn't really an apology, the second one the CEO made

:42:17. > :42:20.last night wasn't really an apology, saying they were upset at United and

:42:21. > :42:26.also that they were going to review the situation. So it was really not

:42:27. > :42:33.a very good apology at all and this comes in the wake of course of the

:42:34. > :42:37.other week when there was Leggingsgate, a couple of teenage

:42:38. > :42:41.girls weren't allowed to fly on board with leggings, and people are

:42:42. > :42:45.allowed on with dresses, this is a bad wave for United and this has

:42:46. > :42:50.added to it. Take us through what happened, the flight was overbooked,

:42:51. > :42:54.they asked people off, something they routinely do and they started

:42:55. > :42:58.offering increasing amounts of money? Obviously you are entitled to

:42:59. > :43:04.compensation, there's different rules whether you're in the EU or an

:43:05. > :43:09.EU airline or in the US, it depends where you are, but in the US you're

:43:10. > :43:13.entitled to compensation if this happens. The odd thing is normally

:43:14. > :43:18.you would be asked before you get on the plane, it is strange they waited

:43:19. > :43:21.until people were sat down on the flight, I don't know why they didn't

:43:22. > :43:26.deny the people who weren't on that would have taken those seats. It

:43:27. > :43:31.seems such a heavy-handed approach. Normally when they do this they make

:43:32. > :43:35.one of, people tend to wait because then the money increases, they might

:43:36. > :43:38.put you on another flight and upgrade you or put you up in a

:43:39. > :43:42.hotel, so it is worth holding back if you're flexible and you want to

:43:43. > :43:46.wait to see what they will offer next. Them for them to suddenly

:43:47. > :43:52.switch from doing that to win this guy refused to getting security, and

:43:53. > :43:56.the way security acted, the way the officers acted, I have seen... I'm

:43:57. > :44:01.not sure if it is confirmed but I have seen on US news this morning

:44:02. > :44:05.that one of the officers has been suspended pending review. I guess

:44:06. > :44:09.we'll see what happens there. That's true, Phoebe, the news came forward

:44:10. > :44:14.that one of the officers has been suspended. Bagai dragged off was a

:44:15. > :44:23.doctor and he had patients to treat -- that guy. What is right? When we

:44:24. > :44:28.are a passenger at an airport, what rights do we have, can a company

:44:29. > :44:32.like United do what they want? Not what they want, they have a duty to

:44:33. > :44:37.get you to the destination you have paid for and they have a procedure

:44:38. > :44:42.where they first ask for volunteers and they do have to compensate you

:44:43. > :44:45.for it. You should always be very careful because airlines would

:44:46. > :44:49.rather give you travel vouchers to fly with them on a different route

:44:50. > :44:54.or a different time, but you have the right to get cash and you have

:44:55. > :44:58.the right in the US I think it's to get about double the F there you

:44:59. > :45:04.would have paid. It can go higher, it can vary what they will offer --

:45:05. > :45:10.double the F there. We know some people are more flexible than others

:45:11. > :45:16.-- airfare. Some may want to go later or be upgraded. It can happen.

:45:17. > :45:21.It doesn't happen that much and when it doesn't happen -- does happen it

:45:22. > :45:26.shouldn't happen like it did on that flight. If they ask you if you want

:45:27. > :45:31.to do it, normally you can negotiate and say no thank you, I need to be

:45:32. > :45:35.on this flight. Of course you can. At the end of the day it is up to

:45:36. > :45:40.their discretion. When you look on your boarding pass you can to have a

:45:41. > :45:44.class, even though it is economy there's different letters on the

:45:45. > :45:48.alphabet after so lower classes depending on the type of fair you

:45:49. > :45:52.have, how flexible it is and how much you paid, that affects where

:45:53. > :45:59.they could put you and they will go for those that paid less for the

:46:00. > :46:03.flight. But of course you have the right to say you don't want to do

:46:04. > :46:08.this and try someone else burst and like I said, it's normally handled

:46:09. > :46:12.and people find the right people and it's all OK, this is really just

:46:13. > :46:18.unprecedented. Phoebe, thanks very much. Have you ever been asked to

:46:19. > :46:23.volunteer yourself? I have, I nearly took it because it was too go the

:46:24. > :46:28.following day, upgraded to first class and some money back -- to go.

:46:29. > :46:32.Then I realised I had a deadline but I couldn't take it, but I would have

:46:33. > :48:12.gladly took it! Phoebe, thank you very much.

:48:13. > :48:17.Today, it should be dry the cloudy at times. Through the course of the

:48:18. > :48:21.day of the rain across Scotland sinks south into the far north of

:48:22. > :48:27.the mainland and the Outer Hebrides. Winner will strengthen later. For

:48:28. > :48:32.the rest of the UK, a dry day, a fine day with fine and sunny spells.

:48:33. > :48:41.In the sunshine getting up to 17 in London, 15 or 16 on the

:48:42. > :48:47.this evening and overnight the band of rain continues to sink southwards

:48:48. > :48:52.eventually getting into northern England Ireland and also southern

:48:53. > :48:56.Scotland. Behind it Chari and he cloudy with one or two breaks in

:48:57. > :48:59.that again is where we may see a touch of frost first thing in the

:49:00. > :49:03.morning. Tomorrow where we have the brakes is where we will start with

:49:04. > :49:07.the sunshine. The rain across northern England and north Wales

:49:08. > :49:11.will be heavy but as it pushes it to the south will weekends and by the

:49:12. > :49:15.time it gets the south of England later in the day it will be far more

:49:16. > :49:22.than a band of cloud with the file more than a odd spot in it. As we

:49:23. > :49:27.had run into Thursday, a chilly start again with frost around in the

:49:28. > :49:31.countryside. Largely dry however it will cloud over from the waist and

:49:32. > :49:34.you will notice later in the day there will be rain coming in. During

:49:35. > :49:41.Good Friday that will spread down the western side of the country, and

:49:42. > :49:45.the Easter forecast has dry weather with sunshine, showers on Saturday

:49:46. > :49:50.in the north and east and still a cool north-westerly wind. What a

:49:51. > :49:53.beautiful morning it is with you. It is gorgeous. Quite warned there as

:49:54. > :49:54.well. Later this morning we'll find out

:49:55. > :49:58.how much the cost of living has been going up when the government

:49:59. > :50:00.releases the latest inflation And it's something Steph has been

:50:01. > :50:11.keeping a close eye on. This is always interesting, the cost

:50:12. > :50:12.of living and what is increasing and decreasing price.

:50:13. > :50:14.We're talking about the cost of living.

:50:15. > :50:16.Statisticians regularly compare the price

:50:17. > :50:19.of hundreds of things that we commonly spend our money on,

:50:20. > :50:23.so everything from a loaf of bread, a pint of beer or a night out

:50:24. > :50:27.They'll look at how much that stuff cost last year compared to this

:50:28. > :50:31.year...and from that get a figure which gives us the average rise

:50:32. > :50:38.The Bank of England has a target to try and keep this inflation

:50:39. > :50:43.If they think it's too high they might increase interest rates.

:50:44. > :50:47.The economic theory behind this is that if rates go up then we'll be

:50:48. > :50:49.paying more for things like mortgages.

:50:50. > :50:52.That in turn means we'll have less money to spend on other stuff.

:50:53. > :50:55.And if we're buying less then prices fall.

:50:56. > :50:58.Or on the flip side, if inflation is too low then they'll

:50:59. > :51:00.cut interest rates, so our loans will be cheaper,

:51:01. > :51:03.we'll have more disposable income and therefore spend more

:51:04. > :51:11.This graph shows you what inflation has been like over the last few

:51:12. > :51:15.years....you can see it was below 2% for a while until it jumped

:51:16. > :51:24.This is mainly because food and fuel costs have gone up.

:51:25. > :51:28.And that's down to the fall in the value of the pound

:51:29. > :51:31.which is making it more expensive to import things.

:51:32. > :51:47.I have noticed petrol prices going up and Eade is a case of shopping

:51:48. > :51:52.around and I find that supermarkets have the cheapest. Not that long ago

:51:53. > :52:00.it was ?1 11 day now it is approaching ?1 21. Diesel has come

:52:01. > :52:05.down, however. I have a long commute so just the amounts of money I spend

:52:06. > :52:09.every month on petrol... It makes me want to cry.

:52:10. > :52:13.Lots of mention of fuel there - well, there are a couple of reasons

:52:14. > :52:17.why economists think today's figure is expected to be less of a shock

:52:18. > :52:20.The Bank of England has said it expects inflation will keep rising

:52:21. > :52:31.This is a worry for us because if our wages do not keep up with

:52:32. > :52:35.inflation than for many people it will feel like we're getting a pay

:52:36. > :52:39.cut in what they call real terms. They have been going up at the same

:52:40. > :52:45.rate recently but economists are worried that inflation will increase

:52:46. > :52:53.faster than wages. We'll find out the official data this morning at

:52:54. > :52:57.about half nine. I heard you perfectly there. I say that because

:52:58. > :53:02.of our next piece. I am looking to this. About mumbling on the

:53:03. > :53:06.television. I am a mumble and sometimes. I do try to speak more

:53:07. > :53:06.clearly. Hopefully you are hearing us loud

:53:07. > :53:09.and clear this morning, but did you know that the BBC gets

:53:10. > :53:12.more complaints about the sound quality on television

:53:13. > :53:15.programmes than bad language, inappropriate content

:53:16. > :53:19.or political imbalance. Could it just be a case

:53:20. > :53:24.of technical trouble? Or are more and more

:53:25. > :53:27.actors starting to mumble? Our arts correspondent David Sillito

:53:28. > :53:45.has been trying to find out. So I suppose you are working...

:53:46. > :54:07.MUMBLING. Are you struggling to hear this? You're not alone. Remember

:54:08. > :54:13.Jamaica Inn? Is it a problem with technology or diction? We filmed our

:54:14. > :54:20.own little drama and out to add this acted it out in a variety of styles.

:54:21. > :54:27.So I suppose you were working. Kind of. I am doing a load of unpaid

:54:28. > :54:38.work. Keen to do unpaid work, sort of. Three options, beautiful clear

:54:39. > :54:43.diction. This is Mumby. And finally what happens if you change the sound

:54:44. > :54:54.effects, the level of noise around them? How about music? We then

:54:55. > :54:59.played the results at a science media Museum in Bradford. Did you

:55:00. > :55:14.understand any of that? Just odd bits. The clearest diction was in

:55:15. > :55:19.the list. -- left. -- lift. There were only around three words that

:55:20. > :55:30.were not quite clear and I am 85 in May. I have been clearing out my

:55:31. > :55:35.ears. That music level is higher than I would like it. And watching

:55:36. > :55:41.all of this was Simon Clark, a professional sound recordist. His

:55:42. > :55:46.conclusion, the biggest thing here is diction. I would say that yes

:55:47. > :55:52.there is too much mumbling. I come across it an awful lot on sets. All

:55:53. > :55:57.I can do is go up to the director and say I am not really sure what

:55:58. > :56:04.that person said and I am reading it from a script at the same time I am

:56:05. > :56:07.recording it for naturalism is a wonderful thing but if you want

:56:08. > :56:14.reality, going stand on a pavement this is not reality. So, proof is

:56:15. > :56:18.needed that hearing varies dramatically and while this may seem

:56:19. > :56:27.a more realistic way of speaking... MUMBLING. Sort of. I am doing a

:56:28. > :56:37.little unpaid work. It is this that. Millions hitting the off button.

:56:38. > :56:43.That is what we will remember for today that it is all about diction.

:56:44. > :56:48.I think... I am glad that it proves it is not age. I always thought it

:56:49. > :56:49.was the television that they do not make sound for television as good as

:56:50. > :00:15.it used to be. Good point. Time She will have live reports from the

:00:16. > :00:23.gym that was saved from closure. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:00:24. > :00:25.with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker. Theresa May and Donald Trump discuss

:00:26. > :00:29.how to end the conflict in Syria. they agreed there's now a window

:00:30. > :00:33.of opportunity to persuade Russia to drop its support

:00:34. > :00:48.for Syria's President Assad. Good morning, it's Tuesday

:00:49. > :00:51.the 11th of April. A revolutionary new treatment

:00:52. > :00:54.for stroke patients in England that could help save thousands

:00:55. > :01:00.from lifelong disablity. United Airlines apologises

:01:01. > :01:04.as footage of one of its passengers being forcibly dragged off

:01:05. > :01:11.an overbooked flight sparks outrage. Sticking with your broadband

:01:12. > :01:13.provider could be costing customer loyalty sees bills shoot up

:01:14. > :01:22.by 40%. In sport, the pressure mounts

:01:23. > :01:25.on Arsene Wenger as Arsenal are beaten 3-0 by Crystal Palace

:01:26. > :01:31.in the Premier League. As another group of students

:01:32. > :01:34.is crowned champions of University Challenge,

:01:35. > :01:37.we'll have your starter for ten as we discuss the appeal of a great

:01:38. > :01:54.British television institution. Good morning from the roof of new

:01:55. > :01:59.broadcasting house in London where it is a chilly start for many this

:02:00. > :02:02.morning with a touch of frost in the countryside, but for most it will be

:02:03. > :02:07.dry with sunny spells, the exception of that in the north and north-west

:02:08. > :02:08.of Scotland where we have rain and strengthening winds. More in 15

:02:09. > :02:11.minutes. Thanks, Carol. Donald Trump and Theresa May have

:02:12. > :02:15.discussed what they call a window of opportunity to persuade

:02:16. > :02:18.Russia to drop its support for Syria's President Assad

:02:19. > :02:20.in the wake of last The Prime Minister and

:02:21. > :02:23.the US President spoke on the phone last night as foreign

:02:24. > :02:27.ministers from the G7 group of countries meet in Italy to try

:02:28. > :02:30.to co-ordinate their response. They call it the 'family photo'

:02:31. > :02:37.and it's a family that used to include Russia before

:02:38. > :02:40.it was expelled in 2014 when the G8 The Kremlin may not be

:02:41. > :02:47.represented at this summit, for the Syrian regime dominates

:02:48. > :02:50.conversation. These foreign ministers have been

:02:51. > :02:53.working out the precise message US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

:02:54. > :02:55.should deliver when he heads If I think about the position

:02:56. > :03:07.of Vladimir Putin now, you know, he's toxifying

:03:08. > :03:09.the reputation of Russia, by his continual association

:03:10. > :03:11.with a guy who has flagrantly Secretary Tillerson's visit comes

:03:12. > :03:17.after Russia threatened to retaliate week's tomahawk strikes on a US

:03:18. > :03:23.airbase. In a phone call last night,

:03:24. > :03:26.Theresa May and Donald Trump discussed breaking up

:03:27. > :03:28.the Syrian-Russia alliance. One of the options G7 ministers

:03:29. > :03:48.are discussing is hitting Russia with targeted sanctions

:03:49. > :03:50.if it refuses to buckle, but President Putin is used

:03:51. > :03:53.to standing up to international pressure and the chances of him

:03:54. > :03:56.abandoning his ally seem remote. We'll be talking to Former US

:03:57. > :04:03.Assistant Secretary of State PJ Crowley about the situation

:04:04. > :04:08.in Syria in a few minutes. Thousands of stroke patients

:04:09. > :04:11.in England stand to benefit from a new programme to train more

:04:12. > :04:14.doctors in a complex procedure which could save lives

:04:15. > :04:16.and help reduce disability. It involves doctors catching

:04:17. > :04:19.and removing a clot which is causing the stroke, to help restore the flow

:04:20. > :04:23.of blood to the brain. Here's our health

:04:24. > :04:28.correspondent Jane Dreaper. Back on her feet, Margaret had

:04:29. > :04:31.a stroke just three weeks ago benefited from a revolutionary

:04:32. > :04:38.treatment. I was very, very lucky

:04:39. > :04:41.because I should have probably came out more severe, you know,

:04:42. > :04:44.I could have been paralysed of therapy and everything else,

:04:45. > :04:49.rehab. DOCTOR: This is

:04:50. > :04:54.Margaret's angiogram... Margaret's doctors at this London

:04:55. > :04:58.hospital have led the way in trying It's called thrombectomy and has

:04:59. > :05:05.a much higher success rate than conventional treatment

:05:06. > :05:06.using clot-busting drugs. Patients can be completely weak down

:05:07. > :05:13.one side and not have any speech and as soon as you take out the clot

:05:14. > :05:17.they can start talking to you sometimes and moving

:05:18. > :05:19.immediately, other times it takes several hours or by the end

:05:20. > :05:23.of the evening or the next day they can have recovered

:05:24. > :05:25.a lot of function. So, yes, it can have

:05:26. > :05:27.a massive impact. With thrombectomy doctors use this

:05:28. > :05:31.incredibly delicate piece of wire to fish the clot out

:05:32. > :05:36.of the patient's brain, or they sometimes use

:05:37. > :05:38.another piece of wire, 8,000 patients across England

:05:39. > :05:42.will benefit from this treatment every year once the

:05:43. > :05:45.programme is rolled out. Not all patients will have

:05:46. > :05:49.the treatment, as some strokes are caused by a bleed rather

:05:50. > :05:53.than a clot, and it will take time to train the doctors and nurses

:05:54. > :05:56.needed to expand services. But NHS England says it's making

:05:57. > :05:59.the investment because patients An eight-year-old child

:06:00. > :06:07.and his teacher have been killed after a shooting at

:06:08. > :06:09.a school in California. The gunman went into

:06:10. > :06:12.the school in San Bernardino yesterday and opened fire

:06:13. > :06:14.in his estranged wife's classroom, A second pupil is in a critical

:06:15. > :06:18.condition after being shot by the man, who police say

:06:19. > :06:21.had a criminal history, including domestic violence

:06:22. > :06:38.and weapons charges. I am told that they were estranged.

:06:39. > :06:41.This is information that could potentially change. I'm told their

:06:42. > :06:44.marriage was relatively short, they'd only been married for a few

:06:45. > :06:49.months, and they'd been separated for the last month or month and a

:06:50. > :06:51.half. There's nobody in the investigation that has said they saw

:06:52. > :06:53.this coming. The American carrier,

:06:54. > :06:55.United Airlines, has been heavily criticised after one

:06:56. > :06:58.of its passengers was dragged off The airline had

:06:59. > :07:01.overbooked the plane, and when no-one volunteered

:07:02. > :07:03.to leave, they selected the man and his travelling

:07:04. > :07:05.companion, at random. When he refused to get off

:07:06. > :07:08.the flight, he was dragged down as our correspondent Neda Tawfik

:07:09. > :07:16.reports. These are the disturbing moments

:07:17. > :07:18.that have now travelled Several smartphones record as three

:07:19. > :07:22.police hover over a man who is being forced

:07:23. > :07:24.to exit the aircraft. The situation quickly escalates

:07:25. > :07:27.after one officer manhandles him out All three officers then drag him

:07:28. > :07:45.bloodied and injured from the cabin. The incident began when United

:07:46. > :07:52.Airlines asked for volunteers to give up their seats

:07:53. > :07:55.for additional crew members. When none were found,

:07:56. > :07:57.they chose passengers at random, One passenger said he claimed to be

:07:58. > :08:04.a doctor who had patients Ten minutes later, in unexplained

:08:05. > :08:12.circumstances, the man, clearly shaken, runs

:08:13. > :08:15.back on the plane. United Airlines in a statement,

:08:16. > :08:30.said: That's what makes the world's

:08:31. > :08:33.leading airline flyer friendly. The airline has been criticised

:08:34. > :08:36.for its handling of the situation that some say clearly contrasts

:08:37. > :08:39.with its claim to fly The BBC has spoken to a family

:08:40. > :08:52.friend of Christopher Bevington, the British man who was killed

:08:53. > :08:55.in the Stockholm lorry Two Swedes and one Belgian also died

:08:56. > :08:59.in the attack on Friday. The 41-year-old's family said

:09:00. > :09:01.they were devastated by the untimely and tragic death

:09:02. > :09:03.of the wonderful husband, son, father, brother

:09:04. > :09:13.and close friend to many. As you can imagine, we're all really

:09:14. > :09:17.struggling to come to terms with this horrendous loss and make

:09:18. > :09:20.sense of a world that no longer has our lovely funny mate in it,

:09:21. > :09:24.he was the most amazing father, husband, son, brother and friend

:09:25. > :09:27.to everyone that knew him and we're all obviously going to miss him,

:09:28. > :09:35.miss him terribly. More than 900 adult social care

:09:36. > :09:38.workers a day quit their job in England last year according

:09:39. > :09:41.to new figures and care providers are warning that growing

:09:42. > :09:43.staff shortages mean vulnerable people are receiving

:09:44. > :09:45.poorer levels of care. Despite the Government saying it

:09:46. > :09:48.will spend an extra ?2 billion on social care, the UK

:09:49. > :09:50.Care Home Association has warned that the social care system

:09:51. > :09:57.is now beginning to collapse. Ministers have been accused of not

:09:58. > :10:01.having a proper plan for the future Publication of the official 25-year

:10:02. > :10:06.Strategy for Nature has been repeatedly delayed and is not

:10:07. > :10:09.now expected until the summer. A copy, obtained by the BBC,

:10:10. > :10:12.sets out a vision for clean air and water, green landscapes, urban

:10:13. > :10:15.parks and a low carbon economy. But critics complain

:10:16. > :10:17.it's devoid of policies, English woodland in

:10:18. > :10:32.its springtime glory. The report aspires for everyone

:10:33. > :10:37.to be able to enjoy nature. the countryside, like soil loss

:10:38. > :10:42.and the degrading of peatlands. European farm policies have driven

:10:43. > :10:44.away birds, it says. Our waters and the air

:10:45. > :10:47.we breathe need to be Environmentalists welcome

:10:48. > :10:56.its vision, but say policies are virtually absent

:10:57. > :10:58.from the document. It's lightweight, in fact it has no

:10:59. > :11:01.weight at all and that's disappointing given how long we've

:11:02. > :11:05.been waiting for it and how long we still may have to wait

:11:06. > :11:08.for the government actually tells us how it will achieve

:11:09. > :11:10.its noble ambition to have the environment in a better

:11:11. > :11:13.state for the next generation. The document says that by far

:11:14. > :11:17.the best place to plant new woodlands is near cities

:11:18. > :11:19.where people can enjoy them. Eight times better than planting

:11:20. > :11:22.them in the countryside, So what is the policy

:11:23. > :11:25.recommendation to ministers? The government says it will develop

:11:26. > :11:29.policies in due course. Its critics say it should

:11:30. > :11:38.have done that already. Ed Sheeran has reached a deal to end

:11:39. > :11:56.a ?16 million lawsuit over his hit song, Photograph

:11:57. > :11:59.after it was likened to former X factor winner Matt

:12:00. > :12:10.Cardle's song Amazing. The songwriters behind Amazing

:12:11. > :12:13.accused Ed Sheeran and his writing partner for note-for-note copying

:12:14. > :12:21.and taking credit for their work. The case has now been dismissed

:12:22. > :12:24.after a US judge said an agreement had been reached

:12:25. > :12:26.between the two parties. Details of the settlement

:12:27. > :12:34.haven't been revealed. The landscape seen from the summit

:12:35. > :12:37.of Snowdon has been named This Welsh mountain vista

:12:38. > :12:40.topped a survey to find It was followed by the

:12:41. > :12:44.Three Sisters Mountains in Scotland, Stonehenge

:12:45. > :12:46.and St Ives Bay in Cornwall, with Cheddar Gorge

:12:47. > :12:56.rounding out the top five. And we've already had

:12:57. > :12:58.lots of your favourite Leslie Mitchell sent us this

:12:59. > :13:02.view of the Tay Valley near

:13:03. > :13:02.Perthshire. Apparently the tower

:13:03. > :13:06.in the distance was built in 1829. Vincent Watson sent us this

:13:07. > :13:13.picture, over looking Hope valley We were there last year for

:13:14. > :13:19.Breakfast. Sophie Turner sent us this view

:13:20. > :13:23.of the River Tamar in Cornwall. And this is from Robin Goodwin,

:13:24. > :13:37.taken at Mawddach It's interesting, isn't it, water

:13:38. > :13:41.features quite a lot. I want to look at that picture again, what was that

:13:42. > :13:44.lady holding up? Was it a phone, I don't know. We will check that out

:13:45. > :13:45.later for you. As we've been hearing,

:13:46. > :13:48.Theresa May and Donald Trump have agreed there's a window

:13:49. > :13:51.of opportunity to persuade Russia to abandon its support

:13:52. > :13:53.for the Syrian leader Bashar

:13:54. > :13:54.al-Assad. So how long might

:13:55. > :13:57.that window be open and what would be the next

:13:58. > :13:59.step when it closes? Let's discuss this in more

:14:00. > :14:02.detail with PJ Crowley, who was Assistant US Secretary

:14:03. > :14:04.of State under President Obama. He joins us from our Washington

:14:05. > :14:16.newsroom. Thanks very much. Agree about this window of

:14:17. > :14:20.opportunity? -- do you agree? I would say I'm sceptical. It would be

:14:21. > :14:25.clear that after the six years of the civil war in Syria, not only

:14:26. > :14:30.Russia but Iran will do whatever it takes to see the Syrian government

:14:31. > :14:35.and Assad remain in power and so far their strategy has been successful.

:14:36. > :14:39.So then what should be happening, how could they, do you think,

:14:40. > :14:46.persuade Russia that perhaps their policy is wrong, what can the US do?

:14:47. > :14:50.I think the idea that ministers are discussing additional sanctions

:14:51. > :14:54.against Russia has some benefit. But Putin has shown over several years

:14:55. > :15:01.that he's willing to pay a fairly significant price to not only keep

:15:02. > :15:06.Russian access to Syrian bases and through that projection into the

:15:07. > :15:14.region, but also he sees in Assad the only current leader in Syria

:15:15. > :15:18.that in Russia's mind can govern the country and prevent a political

:15:19. > :15:22.vacuum that can only benefit extremists. We have heard, and you

:15:23. > :15:26.just mentioned it yourself, this talk of sanctions. What type of

:15:27. > :15:30.sanctions might make any difference? I'm not sure that sanctions will

:15:31. > :15:35.make a difference. We've seen this also in the context of Ukraine, that

:15:36. > :15:40.Russia has paid a significant price but it sees that it's natural two

:15:41. > :15:45.national interests exceed that price. This is a very difficult

:15:46. > :15:50.situation. -- national interests. As the ministers tried to come to a

:15:51. > :15:53.common position for Secretary to listen to discuss with Russian

:15:54. > :15:57.officials later this week, the challenge has not been the lack of a

:15:58. > :16:01.common position, the West has been unified in wanting to seek the

:16:02. > :16:06.departure of Assad for a number of years. The means to accomplish that

:16:07. > :16:13.objective without resulting in military force. Sadly in Syria you

:16:14. > :16:15.don't yet have a path forward towards a viable political

:16:16. > :16:21.negotiation that would end this civil war and resolve the status of

:16:22. > :16:24.Bashar al-Assad. We've seen US airstrikes over the weekend and we

:16:25. > :16:28.know now that Russia says if that happens again they would take

:16:29. > :16:36.action. What kind of thing do you think they mean? Well, Syria's a

:16:37. > :16:40.very crowded space and there has been limited co-operation between

:16:41. > :16:46.coalition authorities and Russia to the conflict their respective

:16:47. > :16:51.military operations. -- not conflict. There's debate about

:16:52. > :16:56.whether that channel exists or not. But obviously if there were further

:16:57. > :17:00.action against the Syrian government, that brings forces

:17:01. > :17:03.closer to Russia and you have the prospect of some kind of

:17:04. > :17:08.confrontation. We know Donald Trump says specifically, he talked about

:17:09. > :17:13.the children being killed in the chemical attack and there's a

:17:14. > :17:18.juxtaposition between that and not letting refugees in, what do you

:17:19. > :17:29.make of that? Sean Spicer was asked about that... That's a matter of

:17:30. > :17:33.politics, that the president in his campaign, you know, promoted this

:17:34. > :17:38.idea of a Muslim ban, it's not going to make the United States a safer

:17:39. > :17:42.place but he is reluctant to give up on that. As we look to what happened

:17:43. > :17:48.in Syria last week, the other aspect of Trump's campaign narrative was

:17:49. > :17:53.the prospect of better relations between the United States and

:17:54. > :17:59.Russia. I think a variety of US officials are now openly sceptical

:18:00. > :18:03.that that is possible, the remaining holdout in the Trump administration

:18:04. > :18:09.is the President himself. Let's talk briefly about red lines. In 2012 the

:18:10. > :18:12.Obama administration drew a red line and then criticised for not

:18:13. > :18:21.enforcing that red line in some ways, including by Donald Trump.

:18:22. > :18:25.Obama did draw a red line against the use of chemical weapons in 2013.

:18:26. > :18:33.Donald Trump has actually acted to reinforce that line in 2017.

:18:34. > :18:40.John Spry Street yesterday suggested that the line has moved not just

:18:41. > :18:43.from chemical weapons but into chlorine barrel bombs. There is no

:18:44. > :18:48.question that President Trump was moved by the pictures but by the

:18:49. > :18:52.same token, as horrible as it is that a child may be killed by Farren

:18:53. > :19:07.gas it is no less horrible that a child may be killed my chlorine gas.

:19:08. > :19:13.President Trump was elected to fix problems in America he was not

:19:14. > :19:17.elected to fix problems in Syria. The Trump Administration, like the

:19:18. > :19:23.Obama administration, will defy American National interest in Syria

:19:24. > :19:30.as a defeating Islamic State. Thank you very much. His book about recent

:19:31. > :19:34.policy is called Read Line. Time to catch up now with the

:19:35. > :19:42.weather. We are talking about the favourite

:19:43. > :19:46.views of the UK. Snowden is number one. There is not about one bed this

:19:47. > :19:52.morning. We are soon due to some beautiful places as well, do have a

:19:53. > :19:57.favourite? So many beautiful views but my all-time favourite is where I

:19:58. > :20:04.grew up. My bedroom used to overlook the sea in my view was of two

:20:05. > :20:08.beautiful islands. On a day like today it would be perfect. It is a

:20:09. > :20:15.chilly start the day you just step out, especially in England and

:20:16. > :20:20.Wales. A touch of Frost that it will be a pleasant day. A dry one with

:20:21. > :20:26.sunshine and also some cloud. Through the afternoon we will have

:20:27. > :20:29.sunny intervals. It is not wall-to-wall blue skies everywhere.

:20:30. > :20:33.Across the far north and north-west Scotland we have some rain. South of

:20:34. > :20:38.that through the Highlands is a bit more cloud and as we come into the

:20:39. > :20:41.Southern Upland so it is a brighter start. A little bit of cloud

:20:42. > :20:47.floating around. You would be lucky to see the odd cloud. As we come

:20:48. > :20:52.into the Midlands, Essex and Kent down to the Isle of Wight back into

:20:53. > :20:57.blue skies and it is starting to feel a little bit worries some, a

:20:58. > :21:01.little chill in the air with the temperature rising however. A

:21:02. > :21:05.beautiful sight the day with sunshine in Wales and although it is

:21:06. > :21:10.chilly there will be sunshine and a little more cloud in the north. In

:21:11. > :21:15.Northern Ireland, first thing there are bright breaks but the view today

:21:16. > :21:19.it should stay dry that it will be cloudier times. Through the course

:21:20. > :21:24.of the day the rain in Scotland and the final will sink a little bit

:21:25. > :21:30.further south. The wind will strengthen but for the rest of the

:21:31. > :21:35.UK except Northern Ireland we will see sunny spells. Sunshine

:21:36. > :21:39.temperatures reaching about 17 degrees in London. In the south

:21:40. > :21:43.Coast, 15 or 16 degrees. In the rain, about 13 or 14 degrees.

:21:44. > :21:48.Overnight the rain comes south coming in to northern England and

:21:49. > :21:58.possibly as far as south is north-west Wales. Behind it will be

:21:59. > :22:00.showery and ahead, cloudy. Temperatures reaching 17 in the

:22:01. > :22:05.cities, lower in rural areas. Tomorrow we start with rain, the

:22:06. > :22:10.potential for heavy bursts and as it sinks into southern England later in

:22:11. > :22:14.the day it will produce a week feature of cloud around, and odd

:22:15. > :22:19.spots. Behind that we return to bright spells, sunshine and showers.

:22:20. > :22:23.As we head into Thursday, we start off on a sunny note however the

:22:24. > :22:26.cloud will tend to build from the west heralding the arrival of the

:22:27. > :22:31.next weather front which will bring in some rain. On Good Friday what

:22:32. > :22:36.you will find is that the rain in the north-west sinks down and as we

:22:37. > :22:40.head into the Easter weekend the forecast will be mostly dry with

:22:41. > :22:44.some sunshine and whether there will be some showers, particularly on

:22:45. > :22:59.Saturday in the north and east all in all, it does not look at too

:23:00. > :23:00.shabby at all. Please keep sending us your pictures. She described her

:23:01. > :23:02.view so beautifully, didn't she? The rising cost of car

:23:03. > :23:04.insurance and staying online are in the business

:23:05. > :23:17.headlines this morning. It is shabby for a lot of people,

:23:18. > :23:23.when they get their car insurance. Good morning. The cost of the

:23:24. > :23:27.average motor insurance policy is now ?110 higher than was one ago

:23:28. > :23:30.according to research by comparison site.

:23:31. > :23:33.Expensive repairs and changes to the rules on injury pay-outs

:23:34. > :23:36.are pushing up prices - and means drivers are paying

:23:37. > :23:39.an average of over ?780 - and could pass ?1000 by next year.

:23:40. > :23:52.Changes to injury ruled pay-outs and taxes also push it up. Experts

:23:53. > :23:57.predict it could pass ?1000 by next year. And that is not the only thing

:23:58. > :24:03.rising because staying with your broadband provider could push up

:24:04. > :24:08.your annual bill by over ?100. Research reveals that when a deal is

:24:09. > :24:12.over bills can increase by as much as 40%. The charity is urging

:24:13. > :24:17.providers to be more transparent about prices and we will talk to

:24:18. > :24:23.them in about 30 minutes time so please send in any questions you may

:24:24. > :24:29.have. A final story before ago, and more university students in Britain

:24:30. > :24:32.cheat in their exams by using devices like smart watches, mobile

:24:33. > :24:36.phones and hidden year pieces and cameras. Research found that

:24:37. > :24:44.cheating using wearable technology has increased 42% in the last four

:24:45. > :24:51.yous. Shocking, isn't it? What is the point of cheating? Unless you

:24:52. > :24:55.play a ball game with your family... Oh, well, of course. I don't think

:24:56. > :24:58.that is there either. The number of care worker suicides

:24:59. > :25:01.in England is on the rise. That's according to figures

:25:02. > :25:04.seen by BBC Breakfast, which show the rate has

:25:05. > :25:06.been steadily increasing More female care workers

:25:07. > :25:11.take their own life than any other occupation, as Breakfast's

:25:12. > :25:17.Graham Satchell reports. You go home with

:25:18. > :25:19.a permanent headache. Jayne has been a care

:25:20. > :25:24.worker for over 30 years. A rise in a number of people

:25:25. > :25:33.with chronic illnesses, a lack of time to do her work

:25:34. > :25:44.properly, I've been told I have Doesn't matter if someone needs

:25:45. > :25:48.to go to the toilet. I am on permanent antidepressants

:25:49. > :25:53.and I am not ready to come off them. The pressure of her job,

:25:54. > :25:56.a constant sense of guilt It eventually meant

:25:57. > :26:00.she was unable to cope. I remember taking a tablet in front

:26:01. > :26:04.of my children and my children But when I think about it now

:26:05. > :26:15.I almost feel ashamed because I could have

:26:16. > :26:23.left my children and my family without me and I think,

:26:24. > :26:27.I suppose I was doing it to cry out Figures from the Office

:26:28. > :26:33.of National Statistics show a rise While there is no direct evidence

:26:34. > :26:43.of the link between someone's job and their mental health,

:26:44. > :26:47.the Home Care Association says the issue needs further

:26:48. > :26:50.investigation and the union that represents care workers say

:26:51. > :26:52.the figures are worrying. These statistics tell us

:26:53. > :26:55.that it is time to start investing in the health and well-being

:26:56. > :26:57.of care workers. It is time we eroded some

:26:58. > :27:01.of the poor terms and conditions and it is time to invest

:27:02. > :27:04.in skills and training. That is why the government has

:27:05. > :27:08.to ensure we get fair funding Jayne says her current employer

:27:09. > :27:14.is compassionate understanding. But, she says, policy

:27:15. > :27:20.from the top needs to change. I challenge them to come

:27:21. > :27:28.on to the shopfloor for a week The Department of Health in England

:27:29. > :27:35.says it has increased funding to support groups who

:27:36. > :27:37.are at risk of suicide. But the challenges, the time

:27:38. > :27:40.pressures, the stress thank you Jane for talking to us

:27:41. > :27:55.about that. If you are feeling emotionally

:27:56. > :27:58.distressed and would like details of organisations which offer advice

:27:59. > :28:00.and support, go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline

:28:01. > :28:02.or you can call for free, at any time, to hear recorded

:28:03. > :28:10.information on 0800 066 066 Now, we've got a little quiz

:28:11. > :28:26.about what's coming up later The grand final of a series of 46 of

:28:27. > :28:36.which long-running quiz show was shown on BBC Two last night? I think

:28:37. > :28:44.it is university challenge. Did to out both of us? They do not do that

:28:45. > :28:51.on the actual programme. Can we play the individual ones? Said Andrews,

:28:52. > :29:02.Minchin. Sheffield, Walker. In a few minutes we will be joined by the

:29:03. > :29:05.voice behind the answers and defeated semifinalist to ask what

:29:06. > :29:07.they believe is the secret to the enduring success of the programme.

:29:08. > :32:28.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:32:29. > :32:39.Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:32:40. > :32:42.Theresa May and Donald Trump have agreed there's a window

:32:43. > :32:45.of opportunity to persuade Russia to abandon its support

:32:46. > :32:46.for the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad.

:32:47. > :32:49.The US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, will travel to Moscow

:32:50. > :32:51.later today to meet with his Russian counterpart.

:32:52. > :32:54.Before that foreign ministers from the G7 group of nations

:32:55. > :32:57.will continue to meet in Italy to try to agree a co-ordinated

:32:58. > :33:17.Putin has shown over several years he's willing to pay a fairly

:33:18. > :33:22.significant price to not only keep Russian access to Syrian bases and

:33:23. > :33:28.then through that projection into the region, but also he sees in

:33:29. > :33:34.Assad the only currently the in Syria that in Russia's mind can

:33:35. > :33:35.govern the country and prevent a political vacuum that can only

:33:36. > :33:36.benefit extremists. NHS England is to invest millions

:33:37. > :33:39.of pounds in providing a complex treatment to help save stroke

:33:40. > :33:42.patients from lifelong disability. The procedure involves

:33:43. > :33:44.the removal of a blood clot Around 8,000 people a year

:33:45. > :33:47.will eventually benefit from the expansion of the treatment;

:33:48. > :33:50.it is currently offered to only An eight-year-old child

:33:51. > :33:59.and his teacher have been killed after a shooting at

:34:00. > :34:01.a school in California. The gunman went into

:34:02. > :34:04.the school in San Bernardino yesterday and opened fire

:34:05. > :34:06.before killing himself. Police say he was the teacher's

:34:07. > :34:08.estranged husband. A second pupil is in a critical

:34:09. > :34:11.condition after being shot by the man, who police say

:34:12. > :34:14.had a criminal history, including domestic violence

:34:15. > :34:25.and weapons charges. The video of a passenger

:34:26. > :34:27.being forcibly removed from a United Airlines plane has

:34:28. > :34:30.been shared across the world and led The shocking images from a flight

:34:31. > :34:34.waiting to take off from Chicago to Louisville show

:34:35. > :34:37.the man being violently dragged out of his chair and pulled down

:34:38. > :34:40.the aisle to the dismay The airline had overbooked the plane

:34:41. > :34:47.and selected the man and his companion at random

:34:48. > :34:50.when nobody volunteered to leave. United has apologised and said

:34:51. > :34:57.it will investigate. An appeal is being made for more

:34:58. > :35:00.adults to become volunteers in the Scouts to cope

:35:01. > :35:03.with the increasing popularity The number of youngsters wanting

:35:04. > :35:06.to join is the highest in the history of Scouting,

:35:07. > :35:09.there are 51,000 children on a waiting list to become Scouts,

:35:10. > :35:12.Beavers, Cubs or Explorers. But waiting lists can't fall

:35:13. > :35:14.unless there are more adults Last month we talked

:35:15. > :35:23.about Sesame Street's autistic Hi, guys.

:35:24. > :35:30.Hi, Elmo. Who's this?

:35:31. > :35:34.This is our friend Julia. Hi, Julia.

:35:35. > :35:39.I'm Big Bird, nice to meet you. episode dedicated to autism that

:35:40. > :35:45.aired in the United States. Julia has been a recurring

:35:46. > :35:47.character in Muppet books She was created with the help

:35:48. > :35:51.of autism organisations Coming up on the programme,

:35:52. > :36:09.Carol will have the weather We will be talking University

:36:10. > :36:15.Challenge as well. And mumbling on television, which I will try not to

:36:16. > :36:21.do today. Make sure you enunciated today! And Kat is here to have a

:36:22. > :36:27.look at the sport, and a miserable morning for that fella. That shows

:36:28. > :36:28.how he's feeling, despondent, maybe angry, lots of talk about Arsene

:36:29. > :36:29.Wenger leaving Arsenal. Arsenal were beaten

:36:30. > :36:31.3-0 by Crystal Palace in the Premier League last night

:36:32. > :36:34.to severely dent their chances They were comprehensively

:36:35. > :36:37.outplayed by Palace, who had Andros Townsend to thank

:36:38. > :36:40.for their first goal. Yohan Cabaye added a superb second

:36:41. > :36:42.with Luka Milvojevic's penalty condemning Arsenal

:36:43. > :36:44.to their worst defeat It leaves them seven

:36:45. > :36:47.points off the top four, but Wenger refused to

:36:48. > :36:49.address the speculation I face that in every press

:36:50. > :36:54.conference at the moment and tonight I'm not in the mood

:36:55. > :36:58.to speak about that. REPORTER: When do you think

:36:59. > :37:01.you will be letting the fans I think at the moment I need to pay

:37:02. > :37:08.more respect to the fact that we had a disappointing result and focus

:37:09. > :37:11.on that and not find as well excuses Whenever a manager has some

:37:12. > :37:20.criticism, particularly a man who's Claudio Ranieri says he doesn't

:37:21. > :37:22.think a players revolt He lost his job in February,

:37:23. > :37:27.nine months after leading the club Speaking publicly for the first time

:37:28. > :37:31.about his dismissal, he says that somebody behind

:37:32. > :37:34.the scenes may have been plotting Maybe it could be

:37:35. > :37:39.somebody behind me. Also a little problem I had the year

:37:40. > :37:43.before when we won the title. Maybe people this year when we lose

:37:44. > :37:47.they push a little bit more Do you want to tell us

:37:48. > :37:50.who those people are, I'm a serious man, a loyal man,

:37:51. > :38:02.what I have to say I said Everton's Ross Barkley is back

:38:03. > :38:14.in training after what his lawyers have called an unprovoked attack

:38:15. > :38:17.by a stranger on Sunday night. Merseyside Police are examining CCTV

:38:18. > :38:19.footage that appears to show

:38:20. > :38:21.Barkley being punched in the face. bar after the team's 4-2 win over

:38:22. > :38:25.Leicester City. No report of an assault has

:38:26. > :38:36.been made to police. England women won their final home

:38:37. > :38:39.friendly before this summer's Euros The Lionesses beat Austria

:38:40. > :38:42.3-0 in Milton Keynes. Goals from Ellen white,

:38:43. > :38:44.Lucy Bronze and Isobel Christiansen. against Switzerland before

:38:45. > :38:52.the July tournament. Three wins from three as they

:38:53. > :38:59.prepare for the Euros, excellent staff! You watch University

:39:00. > :39:05.Challenge? I do. How many do you get right? One was a guess and one was

:39:06. > :39:10.from my philosophy degree, I knew it would happen. One Peugeot. Then

:39:11. > :39:12.you're pleased. If you get three right then you're in dreamland!

:39:13. > :39:14.From greek history, to Hungarian rivers,

:39:15. > :39:16.and from particle physics to renaissance art.

:39:17. > :39:19.They're all subjects that test the general knowledge of students

:39:20. > :39:24.And last night millions tuned in to watch Balliol College Oxford

:39:25. > :39:27.take on Wolfson College Cambridge in this year's grand final.

:39:28. > :39:30.So after 46 years, what is the secret of its success?

:39:31. > :39:33.We went to watch the final at Wolfson College, with some

:39:34. > :39:38.If you don't want to know you might want to make

:39:39. > :39:51.University Challenge... Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman.

:39:52. > :39:57.Speaker of the temple and three child spirits are among the

:39:58. > :40:06.characters in which... The Magic Flute. Correct! Anyone like to Buzz?

:40:07. > :40:12.The Congress of Vienna is correct. Eric is one of a kind, he's a

:40:13. > :40:18.dynamo, a quizzing machine, so it was interesting. We both did the

:40:19. > :40:22.same high school quiz programme in Canada but I've never seen the

:40:23. > :40:25.lights of Eric. Balliol College has the fantastic appeal of seeing

:40:26. > :40:30.unbelievably clever people who know enormous amounts and they're only in

:40:31. > :40:35.their early twenties. Great drama, fabulous teams, compelling

:40:36. > :40:44.individual characters. It's good to be intelligent and know something.

:40:45. > :40:55.Smart is sexy. Justified, correct. L. Ming. Ming is correct. You lose

:40:56. > :41:03.five points. And that is the goal. -- Gong. Balliol, many

:41:04. > :41:09.congratulations to you, you are the series champions of university --

:41:10. > :41:11.University Challenge for 2016/2017. We're joined by one of the most

:41:12. > :41:14.famous voices in television, the voice of University Challenge,

:41:15. > :41:17.Roger Tilling, and in our London newsroom is one of this year's

:41:18. > :41:19.defeated semi-finalists Bobby Seagull, who was captain

:41:20. > :41:22.of Emmanuel College Cambridge, and who got quite

:41:23. > :41:37.a following on social media. Great to have you both on. You've

:41:38. > :41:45.been involved in the show for how many years? 20 years. I can't

:41:46. > :41:50.believe it either. . It is gaining popularity every series. It seems to

:41:51. > :41:59.be. I think University Challenge is the most fiendishly difficult quiz

:42:00. > :42:04.show in Britain and it is I think. But it is amazing to see bright

:42:05. > :42:14.young students with a wide spectrum of knowledge. It makes you feel

:42:15. > :42:18.great about yourself if you can answer one question as well. I got

:42:19. > :42:27.one in the final last night, which I was very happy about. Show off! Did

:42:28. > :42:32.you always want to take part in the show? I've always had good general

:42:33. > :42:38.knowledge but until I got on the show, I would be honest, my

:42:39. > :42:42.embarrassing admission was if my dad went onto BBC Two, I would think I

:42:43. > :42:48.knew nothing and I wouldn't answer may be one or two Peugeot. The only

:42:49. > :42:52.way and I got on the show did I get gripped -- per show. I was like the

:42:53. > :42:58.rest of the population, hiding and thinking I don't know anything. What

:42:59. > :43:04.have you made of the social media interaction? You were a big star on

:43:05. > :43:09.social media. It took over the world. Whenever the programmes are

:43:10. > :43:14.on, the trending topics on social media are all about University

:43:15. > :43:18.Challenge. Absolutely. This year there's been a special relationship

:43:19. > :43:21.that has developed between the contestants and the fans and

:43:22. > :43:26.historically University Challenge always gets a big following but

:43:27. > :43:30.because of the way the contestants deal with the public on Twitter in

:43:31. > :43:36.good humour, that adds to the relationship. There is so much

:43:37. > :43:41.pressure involved, obviously for the contestants, but also for you to get

:43:42. > :43:46.the name right very quickly. Just a bit, most people think I record it

:43:47. > :43:50.but I am their lives and I only see the name when it is on the board and

:43:51. > :43:55.the longer it is, the smaller the font is going to have to be. You can

:43:56. > :44:00.do some complicated names? One or two. Do you practise them? I get

:44:01. > :44:06.about four or five minutes to see what they are and then walk around

:44:07. > :44:11.the studio doing it over and over again. That's true! Does anyone come

:44:12. > :44:17.up to you afterwards and say you mispronounced my name? Not yet.

:44:18. > :44:23.That's the professional in new. They probably wouldn't mind anyway! It is

:44:24. > :44:28.a simple idea, but the pressure to have that instant recall is intense,

:44:29. > :44:32.isn't it? Absolutely. It is one thing sitting on the comfort of your

:44:33. > :44:36.sofa and shouting out answers and maybe having half-hearted guesses

:44:37. > :44:41.but the other thing is being in the studio and you have the indomitable

:44:42. > :44:44.figure of Paxman sitting a few feet away and knowing any answer you

:44:45. > :44:49.perhaps get wrong will be magnified on Twitter and in the papers next

:44:50. > :44:53.day, it's a different experience having the buzzer in the studio.

:44:54. > :44:58.Roger, one of the great things is, I know you know this, you get more

:44:59. > :45:02.excited as the programme goes on, because it is live you get into it

:45:03. > :45:07.and your voice changes pitch towards the end. I'm not pushing it on, I'm

:45:08. > :45:13.playing the game, getting so into it. If there's ten points towards

:45:14. > :45:19.the last 15 seconds, I'm thinking... Who's going to win? What is it like

:45:20. > :45:24.working with Jeremy, I know you can obviously retake it because it isn't

:45:25. > :45:35.life, but he's under a lot of pressure as well, isn't he? 29

:45:36. > :45:39.minutes of non-stop talking he has to do, that is hard work. It is

:45:40. > :45:45.non-stop. I don't know how he does it. What is next for you? I know

:45:46. > :45:50.your good friend is back in Canada now. Have you spoken to him since

:45:51. > :45:55.the final? What do you have planned for the future? Eric and I are good

:45:56. > :46:02.friends and I was joking that he is now a strong contender for best man

:46:03. > :46:06.if I ever get married. I think one of the fabulous things, I am a big

:46:07. > :46:10.fan of numbers and I love mathematics and for university

:46:11. > :46:18.challenge has drawn attention to people and I may potentially have a

:46:19. > :46:25.chance to do some work with maths. It is definitely harsh harsh. There

:46:26. > :46:30.are only a few million people watching right now. We will

:46:31. > :46:38.definitely keep that secret. The Seagull is flying. Love it. Daniel

:46:39. > :46:41.Seagull! Thank you also for playing the game with us this morning. It

:46:42. > :46:43.was an easy question, however. Here's Carol with a look

:46:44. > :46:51.at this morning's weather. Good morning. The weather here is

:46:52. > :46:55.certainly glorious and the temperature is picking up. I am on

:46:56. > :46:59.the roof of new broadcasting house and you can see all the way down

:47:00. > :47:03.Regent Street and it is beginning to get busier. There's been a cool

:47:04. > :47:07.start to the day with some parts of England and Wales starting off with

:47:08. > :47:10.a touch of frost for most of us today the forecast is largely dry.

:47:11. > :47:14.There will be cloud but equally there will be sunshine. As we go

:47:15. > :47:17.through the late morning into the early afternoon with the more cloud

:47:18. > :47:21.bubble up and we will have sunny intervals around. It is not

:47:22. > :47:24.wall-to-wall blue skies across the north and north-west of Scotland

:47:25. > :47:28.here this morning. We do have some rain and a bit more cloud ahead of

:47:29. > :47:31.the high land of the Southern at once into northern England, yes,

:47:32. > :47:35.there is some cloud around but equally it is a beautiful start. Has

:47:36. > :47:38.become further south into the Midlands and East Anglia, Essex,

:47:39. > :47:41.Kent, down towards the Isle of Wight and over towards the Isles of

:47:42. > :47:45.Scilly, again actually start with frost here and there. We are looking

:47:46. > :47:51.a bit full blue skies. By nine o'clock temperature in Plymouth will

:47:52. > :47:56.be nine Celsius. A nippy start again for Wales but a lot of sunshine,

:47:57. > :47:58.cloud in the north but it is high cloud so still very pleasant. For

:47:59. > :48:02.Northern Ireland, well, some sunshine for you this morning that

:48:03. > :48:06.you will have a rather cloudy day. Stage I, however. Because of the day

:48:07. > :48:11.the Scotland will sink a little bit further south getting into the Outer

:48:12. > :48:15.Hebrides and the finals of Greenman, Scotland is well as the Northern

:48:16. > :48:19.Isles. He assured we will pick up with exposure touch and go our

:48:20. > :48:23.fourth over the rest of the UK, a fine day with bright and sunny

:48:24. > :48:29.intervals. Temperatures up to 17 degrees in London, 14 in Aberdeen.

:48:30. > :48:33.In the rain, 11 to 13. Through this evening and overnight the rain will

:48:34. > :48:35.come south across the west of Scotland, Northern Ireland into

:48:36. > :48:41.England, possibly into north-west Wales and some of that will be

:48:42. > :48:45.happy. Behind it, showers with cloud with Sun breaks and a touch of frost

:48:46. > :48:49.again in the countryside. Where we have the brakes, first thing, is

:48:50. > :48:52.where we will see the sunshine do we start off with some heavy bursts of

:48:53. > :48:57.rain a time across north-east England and Wales. It will weaken

:48:58. > :49:01.all the time in the south and in the far south leader that will not be

:49:02. > :49:05.much more than a band of cloud and for others, looking at a bright

:49:06. > :49:10.spells, sunny spells and a few showers. For Thursday, well, we

:49:11. > :49:14.start a chilly note. Again, frost around. There will also be sunshine.

:49:15. > :49:18.Through the day it will start to cloud over from the west, heralding

:49:19. > :49:22.the arrival of the band of rain. For Good Friday, that band of rain will

:49:23. > :49:26.sink down the western side of the country and as we head on into the

:49:27. > :49:30.weekend, the Easter weekend, of course, will generally speaking it

:49:31. > :49:33.will be mostly dry and there will be some sunshine there will be some sat

:49:34. > :49:41.showers, however, particularly on Saturday in the north and east and

:49:42. > :49:47.we hang to the cooler north-westerly wind. Think how much, Carol. We will

:49:48. > :49:48.see you later. Broadband customers are losing out

:49:49. > :49:51.if they don't switch their broadband contract and provider

:49:52. > :49:54.after an initial deal ends. That's according to a report

:49:55. > :50:05.from Citizens Advice It is not a shock to hear it that

:50:06. > :50:13.switching providers can often save you money and we do hear people talk

:50:14. > :50:16.about that with broadband. This research comes from citizens advice.

:50:17. > :50:25.They have looked at the cheapest broadband deals provided by various

:50:26. > :50:29.providers. A top five suppliers providing about 90% of UK broadband

:50:30. > :50:35.market. They found that if customers stayed with their provider after a

:50:36. > :50:41.deal ended, the research showed that prices increased by 43%. That is the

:50:42. > :50:45.equivalent of about ?9 45 a month. If you factor in people often with a

:50:46. > :50:55.supplier an average of four yes, these extra cost can run into

:50:56. > :50:59.hundreds of pounds. With me now is Matt from citizens advice. People

:51:00. > :51:04.aware of this? Why do you think it happens? What our research shows is

:51:05. > :51:07.that people often pay hundreds of pounds more than they should for

:51:08. > :51:11.what can only be described as a penalty, really, on their loyalty.

:51:12. > :51:14.But the things we found through our research was about one third of

:51:15. > :51:19.people, did not even realise that this happens. A couple of reasons

:51:20. > :51:23.for that is actually a relatively new phenomenon. If you look back

:51:24. > :51:29.five or six years, the contract price only tended to go up by about

:51:30. > :51:34.one or ?2 a month whereas now you say that none of ?10. Also, anyone

:51:35. > :51:39.who is porches broadband recently can say that it is incredibly

:51:40. > :51:42.difficult to see and understand what you will pay beyond the original

:51:43. > :51:46.contract. And you have said there should be small transparency, then

:51:47. > :51:49.from from the providers was like absolutely. A few things. We all

:51:50. > :51:53.have busy lives and it should not be this difficult to understand how

:51:54. > :51:56.much you will pay for things. One thing that would help would be if

:51:57. > :52:01.you are looking at the initial price it should show you how much you pay

:52:02. > :52:04.once it does. Beyond that, I would again be very surprised if many

:52:05. > :52:08.viewers know exactly the day but the broad band contract will expire. We

:52:09. > :52:12.have little ways of dealing with it, possibly a line in your calendar but

:52:13. > :52:16.it should not be that difficult. I think we should do a lot more to

:52:17. > :52:20.warn people about when it is coming to an end. Today people are able to

:52:21. > :52:26.take action and save their money. I do that as well. I use a

:52:27. > :52:30.spreadsheet. When you talk about this, when you talk about switching,

:52:31. > :52:35.surely people know now that loyalty often does not pay in a company and

:52:36. > :52:39.it the onus is on the customer to change things to try and get the

:52:40. > :52:43.best deal. You would think that they would understand it but as our

:52:44. > :52:47.research shows, people stumble at the start. Whatever challenges is

:52:48. > :52:55.that loyalty is such a noble attribute that it is very strange

:52:56. > :52:58.that broadband and energy that loyalty is so viciously punished.

:52:59. > :53:02.The problem is that always tends to be those who can least afford it.

:53:03. > :53:05.People on low incomes are three times more likely to another

:53:06. > :53:09.contract for ten more years. Older people twice as likely. It is really

:53:10. > :53:12.the people who can least afford to obtain the most. We were discussing

:53:13. > :53:17.car insurance earlier, is another big issue. More on this story about

:53:18. > :53:20.me and is going up little bit later in the programme as well. We are

:53:21. > :53:24.hearing new beautifully, Stephanie, this morning. We have been

:53:25. > :53:28.discussing mumbling on the television. I have been accused of

:53:29. > :53:32.that. I will not accuse you. Listen to this though, listen carefully. In

:53:33. > :53:36.fact, hopefully you are hearing us loud and clear this morning but the

:53:37. > :53:40.BBC get more complaints about the sound quality on TV shows these days

:53:41. > :53:45.than bad language, inappropriate content or political imbalance. What

:53:46. > :53:49.is to blame? Would be a case of technical trouble or are more and

:53:50. > :53:50.more are beginning to mumble? Our arts correspondent has been trying

:53:51. > :53:52.to find out. Is it a problem with

:53:53. > :54:19.technology or diction? We filmed our own little drama

:54:20. > :54:24.and out to add this acted it out Three options,

:54:25. > :54:47.beautiful clear diction. And finally what happens

:54:48. > :54:53.if you change the sound effects, the level

:54:54. > :54:55.of noise around them? We then played the

:54:56. > :55:06.results at a Science The clearest diction

:55:07. > :55:18.was in the lift. There were only around

:55:19. > :55:23.three words that were not quite clear

:55:24. > :55:38.and I am 85 in May. We tried different televisions. And

:55:39. > :55:42.when it came to flatscreen versus old-style it was the elderly

:55:43. > :55:49.second-hand television that was the clear winner. That one. Definitely

:55:50. > :56:06.that one. Even with teenagers, half of them struggled. Joaquin every

:56:07. > :56:08.word. Emma, fewer. -- Joe got every word.

:56:09. > :56:10.And watching all of this was Simon Clark,

:56:11. > :56:17.His conclusion, the big issue is diction.

:56:18. > :56:19.I would say that yes there is too much mumbling.

:56:20. > :56:22.I come across it an awful lot on sets.

:56:23. > :56:24.All I can do is go up to the director

:56:25. > :56:28.and say I am not really sure what that person said and I am

:56:29. > :56:31.reading it from a script at the same time I am

:56:32. > :56:36.So, proof if needed that hearing varies

:56:37. > :56:39.dramatically and while this may seem a more realistic way of speaking...

:56:40. > :57:06.I have been watching that very closely. And we will read some of

:57:07. > :00:28.your comments. We will try and make a special effort not to mumble

:00:29. > :00:35.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

:00:36. > :00:38.Theresa May and Donald Trump discuss how to end the conflict in Syria.

:00:39. > :00:41.In a telephone call last night they agreed there's now a "window

:00:42. > :00:43.of opportunity" to persuade Russia to drop its support

:00:44. > :01:11.Also this morning: A revolutionary new treatment for stroke

:01:12. > :01:13.patients in England, that could help save thousands

:01:14. > :01:16.United Airlines apologises as footage of one of its passengers

:01:17. > :01:24.being forcibly dragged off a flight sparks outrage.

:01:25. > :01:35.Good morning. The cost of an average motor insurance policy is now ?110

:01:36. > :01:40.more expensive than it was a year ago. You'll be investigating.

:01:41. > :01:42.In Sport, the pressure mounts on Arsene Wenger as Arsenal

:01:43. > :01:47.are beaten 3-0 by Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

:01:48. > :01:56.Grammy award winner Nelly Furtado is back with her first

:01:57. > :01:59.album in five years, she'll be here to tell us why

:02:00. > :02:01.she wanted to spend some time out of the spotlight.

:02:02. > :02:12.Good morning from the roof of the Broadcasting House in London.

:02:13. > :02:16.Temperature is picking up, a dry day with Sunni or bright intervals, the

:02:17. > :02:21.exception is across the far north and north-west of Scotland, there is

:02:22. > :02:23.rain and strengthening wind. More details coming up.

:02:24. > :02:24.Good morning. First, our main story.

:02:25. > :02:28.Donald Trump and Theresa May have discussed what they call a "window

:02:29. > :02:30.of opportunity" to persuade Russia to drop its support for

:02:31. > :02:32.Syria's President Assad in the wake of last week's chemical attack.

:02:33. > :02:35.The Prime Minister and the US President spoke on the phone last

:02:36. > :02:38.night as foreign ministers from the G7 group of

:02:39. > :02:41.countries meet in Italy, to try to coordinate their response.

:02:42. > :02:50.They call it the 'family photo' and it's a family that used

:02:51. > :02:52.to include Russia before it was expelled in 2014

:02:53. > :02:58.The Kremlin may not be represented at this summit,

:02:59. > :03:01.but its continued support for the Syrian regime

:03:02. > :03:06.These foreign ministers have been working out the precise message US

:03:07. > :03:09.Secretary of State Rex Tillerson should deliver when he heads

:03:10. > :03:19.If I think about the position of Vladimir Putin now, you know,

:03:20. > :03:22.he's toxifying the reputation of Russia, by his continual

:03:23. > :03:28.association with a guy who has flagrantly poisoned his own people.

:03:29. > :03:32.Secretary Tillerson's visit comes after Russia threatened to retaliate

:03:33. > :03:40.with force if the US repeats last week's tomahawk strikes

:03:41. > :03:44.In a phone call last night, Theresa May and Donald Trump

:03:45. > :03:50.discussed breaking up the Syrian-Russia alliance.

:03:51. > :04:03.are discussing is hitting Russia with targeted sanctions

:04:04. > :04:06.if it refuses to buckle, but President Putin is used

:04:07. > :04:08.to standing up to international pressure and the chances of him

:04:09. > :04:17.Our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins is in the Italian city

:04:18. > :04:19.of Lucca, where G7 leaders are continuing their

:04:20. > :04:30.That looks like a stunning building but there is talk of a window of

:04:31. > :04:40.opportunity. What more can you tell us? I can tell you that Doris

:04:41. > :04:44.Johnson's idea of tight, narrowly focused sanctions bringing pressure

:04:45. > :04:52.to bear on specific Russian and Syrian military figures, generals,

:04:53. > :04:55.who are accused of being indicated directly in attacks on civilians,

:04:56. > :05:00.that's not necessarily going to get an easy passage from this meeting.

:05:01. > :05:04.Some countries are holding out against the idea of any sanctions

:05:05. > :05:07.being implemented before a full investigation into last week's

:05:08. > :05:15.alleged chemical weapons attack has been completed. -- Boris Johnson.

:05:16. > :05:19.The British are not in despair, discussions are continuing and Rex

:05:20. > :05:22.Tillerson wants to go to Moscow with the best possible ammunition with

:05:23. > :05:28.which to confront President Putin's of and but the fact is he may not

:05:29. > :05:32.get quite the clear message he wanted to deliver and we'll have to

:05:33. > :05:36.wait and see how this pans out. If any sanctions agreed or otherwise

:05:37. > :05:41.have to be delayed or die looted, that clearly one send quite the sort

:05:42. > :05:44.of aggressive message that the United States and Britain in

:05:45. > :05:47.particular wanted. James Robbins, thank you.

:05:48. > :05:50.Thousands of stroke patients in England stand to benefit

:05:51. > :05:52.from a new programme to train more doctors in a complex procedure

:05:53. > :05:54.which could save lives and help reduce disability.

:05:55. > :05:57.It involves doctors catching and removing a clot which is causing

:05:58. > :06:00.the stroke, to help restore the flow of blood to the brain.

:06:01. > :06:04.Here's our health correspondent, Jane Dreaper.

:06:05. > :06:07.Back on her feet, Margaret had a stroke just three weeks

:06:08. > :06:09.ago at the age of 50, but she's benefited

:06:10. > :06:21.I was very, very lucky because I should have probably

:06:22. > :06:24.come out more severe, you know, I could have been

:06:25. > :06:26.paralysed and taken months and months of therapy

:06:27. > :06:32.Margaret's Doctors at this London hospital have led the way

:06:33. > :06:42.It has a much higher success rate than clock busting drugs.

:06:43. > :06:44.It has a much higher success rate than clot busting drugs.

:06:45. > :06:47.Patients can be completely weak down one side and not have any speech

:06:48. > :06:51.and as soon as you take out the clot they can start talking

:06:52. > :06:54.to you sometimes and moving immediately, other times it takes

:06:55. > :06:57.several hours or by the end of the evening or the next day

:06:58. > :06:59.they can have recovered a lot of function.

:07:00. > :07:08.Doctors use this incredibly delicate piece of wire to fish the clot out

:07:09. > :07:10.of the patient's brain, although sometimes use

:07:11. > :07:13.another piece of wire, like this one, to suck it out.

:07:14. > :07:16.8000 patients across England will benefit from this treatment

:07:17. > :07:21.every year once the programme is rolled out.

:07:22. > :07:23.Not all patients will have the treatment, as some strokes

:07:24. > :07:26.are caused by a bleed rather than a clot, and it will take time

:07:27. > :07:31.to train the doctors and nurses needed to expand services.

:07:32. > :07:33.But NHS England says it's making the investment because patients

:07:34. > :07:42.An eight-year-old child and his teacher have been

:07:43. > :07:45.killed after a shooting at a school in California.

:07:46. > :07:48.The gunman went into the school in San Bernardino yesterday and opened

:07:49. > :07:54.Police say he was the teacher's estranged husband.

:07:55. > :07:57.A second pupil is in a critical condition after being shot

:07:58. > :08:00.by the man, who police say had a criminal history,

:08:01. > :08:06.including domestic violence and weapons charges.

:08:07. > :08:14.I am told that they were estranged, this is preliminary information so

:08:15. > :08:18.this could change, I am told that there marriage was relatively short,

:08:19. > :08:21.they've only been married for a few months and have been separated for

:08:22. > :08:26.the last month, month and a half when this incident took place. But

:08:27. > :08:28.there's nobody in the investigation who has come forward to say they

:08:29. > :08:31.knew this coming a potentially knew this could happen.

:08:32. > :08:33.United Airlines has been heavily criticised after one

:08:34. > :08:35.of its passengers was dragged off a flight in Chicago.

:08:36. > :08:38.Shocking images, which have been shared across the world,

:08:39. > :08:41.show the man being violently dragged out of his chair and forcibly pulled

:08:42. > :08:43.down the aisle to the dismay of fellow travellers.

:08:44. > :08:46.The airline had selected the man and his companion at random

:08:47. > :08:49.when nobody volunteered to give up their seat.

:08:50. > :08:59.Our correspondent Neda Tawfik reports.

:09:00. > :09:01.These are the disturbing moments that have now

:09:02. > :09:04.Several smartphones record as three police hover over

:09:05. > :09:07.a man who is being forced to exit the aircraft.

:09:08. > :09:08.The situation quickly escalates after one officer

:09:09. > :09:27.All three officers then drag him bloodied and injured from the cabin.

:09:28. > :09:33.The incident began when United Airlines asked for volunteers

:09:34. > :09:35.to give up their seats for additional crew members.

:09:36. > :09:37.When none were found, they chose passengers at random,

:09:38. > :09:42.One passenger said he claimed to be a doctor who had

:09:43. > :09:50.Ten minutes later, in unexplained circumstances, the man,

:09:51. > :09:56.clearly shaken, runs back on the plane.

:09:57. > :10:08.United Airlines in a statement, said:

:10:09. > :10:15.The airline has been criticised for its handling of the situation

:10:16. > :10:18.that some say clearly contrasts with its claim to fly

:10:19. > :10:36.The landscape seen from the summit of Snowdon has been named

:10:37. > :10:40.This Welsh mountain vista topped a survey to find

:10:41. > :10:43.It was followed by the Three Sisters Mountains

:10:44. > :10:57.I believe Cheddar Gorge is in the top five. Thank you so much for

:10:58. > :10:58.sending in all of your views. It's so early in the morning! Christie

:10:59. > :11:20.sent us this... And this is Carol's favourite

:11:21. > :11:24.view... Carol told us earlier it was a view she could see from her

:11:25. > :11:27.childhood home. Just stunning. Thank you somewhat for all of your photos.

:11:28. > :11:33.Thank you somewhat for all of your photos.

:11:34. > :11:39.And we'd be live in this research in Thetford to discover a little bit

:11:40. > :11:40.more about the future of the environment. Looks like a beautiful

:11:41. > :11:48.day. New figures seen by BBC Breakfast

:11:49. > :11:51.show the number of care worker suicides in England,

:11:52. > :11:52.is on the rise. The rate has been steadily

:11:53. > :11:55.increasing for the last 15 years, with more adult care workers

:11:56. > :11:57.taking their own life in 2015, Breakfast's Graham Satchell spoke

:11:58. > :12:01.to Jayne, who has been a carer She says her current employer

:12:02. > :12:06.is compassionate and understanding, but she's experienced difficult

:12:07. > :12:29.times in her career. It's just rush, rush, rush, I'm on

:12:30. > :12:34.permanent antidepressants and I'm not ready to come off them. I

:12:35. > :12:35.challenge them to come on the shop floor for a to change their

:12:36. > :12:42.attitude. Let's speak to Professor Martin

:12:43. > :12:44.Green, Chief Executive of Care England, which represents

:12:45. > :12:54.independent care providers. The numbers are quite small but do

:12:55. > :12:58.they, as a surprise? What do you make of them. The numbers may be

:12:59. > :13:03.small but for every family, this is a tremendous tragedy and I think the

:13:04. > :13:06.fact these numbers have steadily increased, however small they might

:13:07. > :13:10.be something we should be concerned about uncertainly the care sector,

:13:11. > :13:15.we should start investigating ways in which we can support people. I

:13:16. > :13:20.Bhui -- I thought of that piece to camera shows the pressure how many

:13:21. > :13:23.care workers are under. You mentioned Jane in the case study,

:13:24. > :13:27.she talked about the pressure from the system and she never felt able

:13:28. > :13:32.to do the job that she wanted to do. Is that something that rings true?

:13:33. > :13:37.It certainly doors and I think one of the challenges is that we have

:13:38. > :13:41.faces don't which commissions, anyway, and I say commissioning,

:13:42. > :13:44.local authorities are buying services in a way that don't help

:13:45. > :13:48.care workers to deliver outcomes come off what they tend to do

:13:49. > :13:52.particularly in domiciliary care in say by certain amounts of time

:13:53. > :13:56.rather than understanding this is a complex job and care workers need to

:13:57. > :14:01.be able to be with people or longer in order to meet their needs. It's a

:14:02. > :14:04.pretty grim statistic, one of those that came out of the survey, says

:14:05. > :14:10.Carol working is the worst occupation force female suicide. Why

:14:11. > :14:14.do you think that is? Care workers are under a great deal of pressure,

:14:15. > :14:18.I don't think people understand the complexity of the work, the

:14:19. > :14:23.emotional take on it or indeed some of the physical problems. I think we

:14:24. > :14:27.should also remember that care workers will also be, particularly

:14:28. > :14:30.female co-workers, you're probably looking after their families, doing

:14:31. > :14:36.a range of other things which will also cause them stress so it all

:14:37. > :14:40.leads to a very stressful situation and obviously these figures show

:14:41. > :14:45.some people take their own lives as a way out of that. We've spoken on

:14:46. > :14:50.this programme before about the high suicide rate of males in occupations

:14:51. > :14:54.like construction and the construction industry has done quite

:14:55. > :14:59.a bit to address that. What is the care industry doing and what you do

:15:00. > :15:02.be doing to address these issues we are talking about? These figures

:15:03. > :15:06.identify that we need to do more, I think one of the things that care

:15:07. > :15:11.providers are doing is making much more time for their staff and

:15:12. > :15:14.creating processes whereby staff can identify issues, but of course the

:15:15. > :15:19.challenge is that often when people are feeling suicidal they don't

:15:20. > :15:23.reach out for help, what we as a sector have got to do is do more to

:15:24. > :15:26.make sure that there are opportunities for people when they

:15:27. > :15:31.are feeling very depressed and anxious to be able to reach out to

:15:32. > :15:34.those who can help them. What's odd thing is practically a utopian

:15:35. > :15:38.about? There might be people watching this, who feel in that

:15:39. > :15:43.situation but they don't what to do. I think first of all people should

:15:44. > :15:47.seek support from people like the Samaritans, from a range of

:15:48. > :15:50.independent bodies, they should also talk to their line managers, they

:15:51. > :15:54.should talk to their colleagues and I think one of the challengers with

:15:55. > :15:58.a lot of particularly domiciliary services delivered in people's own

:15:59. > :16:02.homes, sometimes workers don't have as much connection with their other

:16:03. > :16:06.colleagues so they don't have a support network that people might

:16:07. > :16:09.have another professions. I think that's the same sometimes in

:16:10. > :16:14.construction so I think one of the things we need to do as a sector is

:16:15. > :16:17.make more visible things like the Samaritans and we need to incur

:16:18. > :16:21.reach people to be able to speak not only to their managers but also

:16:22. > :16:24.their colleagues and friends. There are a number of issues that have

:16:25. > :16:30.come out of these statistics, one more that I wanted to raise in the

:16:31. > :16:33.time we have. 900 adult social care workers leave the job every day in

:16:34. > :16:36.England, these figures from last year mother is a real problem in the

:16:37. > :16:42.isn't there? There is a real problem around

:16:43. > :16:46.retention and recruitment and we have to realise what the root causes

:16:47. > :16:50.of that are. This is a profession which is grossly under funded and I

:16:51. > :16:55.don't think people realise that in some areas local authorities are

:16:56. > :16:59.commissioning residential care for example at ?2.31 an hour. We have

:17:00. > :17:02.seen problems in Northumberland where they're trying to introduce

:17:03. > :17:08.restrictive contracts which need to be changed. We've got the potential

:17:09. > :17:10.of a judicial review in Essex because of the way the council

:17:11. > :17:14.behaved. Now, what the Government has done is put a significant amount

:17:15. > :17:18.of money into the care sector, but that hasn't necessarily reached the

:17:19. > :17:23.frontline and what we've got to do as well, as a society, is we've got

:17:24. > :17:29.to value and respect our care staff. They do an incredible job. It is an

:17:30. > :17:33.extremely difficult job and we don't pay them enough and we don't give

:17:34. > :17:38.them enough expect. Martin Green, thank you.

:17:39. > :17:41.The Department of Health in England says it has increased funding

:17:42. > :17:43.to support groups who are at higher risk of suicide.

:17:44. > :17:46.If you are feeling emotionally distressed and would like details

:17:47. > :17:48.of organisations which offer advice and support, go online

:17:49. > :17:50.to bbc.co.uk/actionline or you can call for free,

:17:51. > :18:09.at any time to hear recorded information on 0800 066 066.

:18:10. > :18:15.Carol was telling us about that beautiful view when she was growing

:18:16. > :18:19.up and the view behind you isn't bad.

:18:20. > :18:26.The view you're viewing is Regent's Street. If you have an allergy to

:18:27. > :18:30.tree pollen, the pollen levels are high. For much of the rest of

:18:31. > :18:33.England and Wales and Northern Ireland, they're moderate, but for

:18:34. > :18:36.Northern England and Scotland, they are low. The weather today, well, it

:18:37. > :18:41.will be mostly dry. There is some cloud around in the forecast, but

:18:42. > :18:44.for many of us, we will see some lengthy spells of sunshine

:18:45. > :18:47.particularly so this morning. So after a chilly start, temperatures

:18:48. > :18:51.picking up nicely. We've got rain this morning across the north and

:18:52. > :18:54.the north-west of Scotland, more cloud ahead of that in the

:18:55. > :18:56.Highlands, but for the rest of Scotland and into Northern England,

:18:57. > :18:59.it is a fine start with sunshine and just a little bit of fair-weather

:19:00. > :19:04.cloud. As we come south into the Midlands

:19:05. > :19:07.into East Anglia, Essex and Kent and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight,

:19:08. > :19:12.blue skies rather like we have in London. And then drifting all the

:19:13. > :19:17.way over towards Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, a beautiful

:19:18. > :19:21.start to the day with a little bit of wispy cloud, but chilly. Wales

:19:22. > :19:24.getting off to a beautiful start. Again, nippy, but there has been a

:19:25. > :19:28.touch of frost in some of the valleys this morning and more cloud

:19:29. > :19:31.in the north, but it's high cloud so not really spoiling T for Northern

:19:32. > :19:35.Ireland, well you've got some sunshine this morning, but for much

:19:36. > :19:39.of today, although it should stay dry, it will be cloudy at times. So

:19:40. > :19:45.the rain across Scotland through the day just sinks a little bit further

:19:46. > :19:50.south. The wind with exposure will possibly touch gale force this

:19:51. > :19:55.afternoon. But for of the UK, sunny spells or bright spells with highs

:19:56. > :19:58.between 14 to 17 Celsius, in the sunshine, about 11 to 13 Celsius in

:19:59. > :20:03.the cloud and the rain. Through this evening and overnight, the rain in

:20:04. > :20:07.Scotland moves across all of Scotland, Northern Ireland, into

:20:08. > :20:10.north-west England and possibly as far south as north-west Wales. Some

:20:11. > :20:13.of it will be heavy. Behind it, it will be showery. Ahead of it, it

:20:14. > :20:16.will be cloudy and where we see breaks in the cloud in the

:20:17. > :20:21.countryside, we could see a touch of frost. But, of course, where we've

:20:22. > :20:25.got the breaks is where we'll start with sunshine. Tomorrow, we have the

:20:26. > :20:27.rain across north-west England and north-west Wales. There is the

:20:28. > :20:31.potential for some heavy bursts coming out of that first thing, but

:20:32. > :20:34.as it sinks south into the south of England later in the day, it won't

:20:35. > :20:37.be much more than a band of cloud and behind it, for all of us, we're

:20:38. > :20:41.back into bright spells, sunshine and showers. That leads us into

:20:42. > :20:44.Thursday. Thursday we start off on a cold note. There will be frost

:20:45. > :20:48.around, but equally, there will be sunshine. However, it will cloud

:20:49. > :20:53.over from the west through the day, with rain showing its hand. On Good

:20:54. > :20:57.Friday the rain scoots down the West Coast, affecting Wales, north-west

:20:58. > :21:00.England, south-west England, leading us into the Easter weekend. In

:21:01. > :21:04.brief, mostly dry. There will be sunshine. Some showers, particularly

:21:05. > :21:08.in the north and the east on Saturday and still that chilly

:21:09. > :21:10.north-westerly wind. So Lou and Dan, it is goodbye to 25 Celsius for now

:21:11. > :21:24.at least! Oh, Carol. It's not her fault! No,

:21:25. > :21:25.it is never Carol's fault. I was enjoying the temperature, shorts

:21:26. > :21:37.out! The rising cost of car insurance is

:21:38. > :21:40.what many of our viewers are talking about.

:21:41. > :21:48.The cost of the average motor insurance policy is now ?110 year

:21:49. > :21:52.higher than it was last year ago - that's according to research

:21:53. > :22:00.by the comparison site, Confused.com.

:22:01. > :22:02.It is to do with expensive repairs, tax increases and changes

:22:03. > :22:08.to the rules on injury payouts are pushing up prices

:22:09. > :22:10.and means drivers are paying an average of over ?780 a year.

:22:11. > :22:14.Experts predict this could pass ?1,000 by next year.

:22:15. > :22:20.Sticking with your broadband provider after an introductory deal

:22:21. > :22:23.ends could push your annual bill up by over ?100.

:22:24. > :22:28.Research from Citizens Advice reveals that when a deal is over

:22:29. > :22:39.The charity is urging broadband providers to be more

:22:40. > :22:41.transparent about prices - we'll be speaking to them

:22:42. > :22:50.JD Sports have had some pretty impressive

:22:51. > :22:53.results out this morning - pre tax profits up over 80%.

:22:54. > :22:56.The firm made the headlines last year for working conditions

:22:57. > :22:58.in its Rochdale distribution centre - reports the boss has defended

:22:59. > :23:08.The firm is well placed for growth. Before I go one other story. One

:23:09. > :23:15.that's annoyed me. A growing number of university

:23:16. > :23:18.students in Britain are cheating in their exams by using devices

:23:19. > :23:20.like smart watches, mobile phones Research by the Guardian newspaper

:23:21. > :23:24.found that cheating using wearable technology has gone up 42%

:23:25. > :23:33.in the last four years. Cheating doesn't pay. You shouldn't

:23:34. > :23:43.do it. I'm glad you've nailed your colours clear. No cheating here

:23:44. > :23:50.unless we're playing Monopoly. No, not in Monopoly either!

:23:51. > :23:52.We're a nation that prides itself on our vast array of bird-life.

:23:53. > :23:55.But, more than a quarter of the UK's birds are struggling to survive,

:23:56. > :23:57.with nightingales, curlews and puffins joining

:23:58. > :23:59.the "at-risk" list of threatened species in recent years.

:24:00. > :24:02.Let's join our reporter, Kate Bradbrook, who is at a nature

:24:03. > :24:04.reserve which is monitoring the status of many birds

:24:05. > :24:25.It looks lovely there. Good morning. Hello. It is beautiful here. Welcome

:24:26. > :24:29.to the British Trust for Orinotholgy. We have seen geese and

:24:30. > :24:34.ducks and a swan that came to say hello a couple of minutes ago and it

:24:35. > :24:37.got shy and it went again. The reason we're here is we're talking

:24:38. > :24:42.about species that in decline. So much so, they have been placed on a

:24:43. > :24:51.red list. Meaning there is cause for concern. One of those is the cerlew

:24:52. > :24:55.and the nightingale that used to live here, but not anymore and also

:24:56. > :24:59.a bit further afield, the puffin. But just to find out a little bit

:25:00. > :25:04.more about this from somebody who knows more than I do is Sam Francs

:25:05. > :25:09.who is a researcher here. Sam, which birds are we talking about? There is

:25:10. > :25:20.a range of species that have been placed on what's called the birds of

:25:21. > :25:29.conservation concern red list including the cerlew, the

:25:30. > :25:36.nightingale and also the puffin which represents many of the

:25:37. > :25:40.seabirds. Why are numbers falling, do you think? There are a few

:25:41. > :25:52.reasons. The important ones are always going to be habitat, climate

:25:53. > :25:56.change, for curlew it is changes this agriculture land management.

:25:57. > :26:00.For the nightingale which live in woodland, it is changes to woodland

:26:01. > :26:06.management, and an increase in the number of deer in the countryside

:26:07. > :26:14.which eats down the sort of lower habitat structure which makes it

:26:15. > :26:22.poor for breeding. It is not all bad news, is it? No,

:26:23. > :26:25.some have benefited. So I think that's really heartening that there

:26:26. > :26:29.is lessons to be learned and we can do something to turn the decline of

:26:30. > :26:34.these species around. Winners and losers. It is not all bad news, of

:26:35. > :26:36.course and the situation will continue to be monitored. Back to

:26:37. > :26:40.you. STUDIO: Thank you very much indeed.

:26:41. > :26:48.It is lovely to see the sunshine out and about too. Thank you.

:26:49. > :30:16.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:30:17. > :30:21.last few minutes, Vanessa Feltz will be mumbling in the next few minutes,

:30:22. > :30:23.talking about dramas on the BBC and the issue of mumbling on them,

:30:24. > :30:30.goodbye for now. Hello, this is Breakfast

:30:31. > :30:32.with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. Theresa May and Donald Trump have

:30:33. > :30:35.agreed there's "a window of opportunity" to persuade Russia

:30:36. > :30:37.to abandon its support for The US Secretary of State,

:30:38. > :30:42.Rex Tillerson, will travel to Moscow later today to meet

:30:43. > :30:47.with his Russian counterpart. Before that, foreign ministers

:30:48. > :30:50.from the G7 group of nations will continue to meet in Italy

:30:51. > :30:53.to try to agree a co-ordinated Let's talk now to our Assistant

:30:54. > :31:00.Political Editor Norman Smith, who joins us from our Westminster

:31:01. > :31:08.newsroom. Good morning, Norman. We talk about

:31:09. > :31:13.this window of opportunity, how narrow do you think that is? The

:31:14. > :31:18.view of the Prime Minister and US President is that in the wake of the

:31:19. > :31:22.chemical attack, perhaps President Putin will now reflect on his

:31:23. > :31:26.alliance with President Assad. That it will give him cause to rethink

:31:27. > :31:31.the support he has given and the hope is that that provides a moment

:31:32. > :31:40.when the west can, as it were, break President Assad away from President

:31:41. > :31:43.Putin. But as part of that, the view of the British government is that

:31:44. > :31:45.the west has to be able to exert further pressure. The Foreign

:31:46. > :31:47.Secretary, Boris Johnson, has particularly been pressing for the

:31:48. > :31:54.threat of additional sanctions to be imposed on Russia. If it continues

:31:55. > :31:59.with its support for President Assad. What Mr Johnson seems to be

:32:00. > :32:03.suggesting some sort of targeted sanctions on named, identified

:32:04. > :32:07.figures in the Syrian and Russian military. That they would be

:32:08. > :32:13.targeted in particular, if they continued with their chemical

:32:14. > :32:16.attacks. And if Russia continued to support Syria. The difficulty is,

:32:17. > :32:21.it's not at all clear what sort of broader support there is within the

:32:22. > :32:24.west for that stance. He said the issue of the US and those potential

:32:25. > :32:28.further air strikes, which they haven't ruled out as well, I wonder

:32:29. > :32:35.what the UK's support on that might be going forward? Boris Johnson

:32:36. > :32:38.hasn't ruled that out. He said it is possible. My sense is, though, that

:32:39. > :32:42.the view in Downing Street is that they are not at all keen to go down

:32:43. > :32:47.further military action before all sort of political options have been

:32:48. > :32:50.pursued. It was noticeable when the Prime Minister's spokesman was asked

:32:51. > :32:53.about the possibility of further strikes again and again he stressed

:32:54. > :32:57.that the aim of the British cupboard was to try to forge an international

:32:58. > :33:01.consensus to pursue a political solution -- the aim of the British

:33:02. > :33:06.government. Downing Street are very wary of any further action and they

:33:07. > :33:08.want to focus entirely on the possibility of a political

:33:09. > :33:13.settlement alongside the threat of sanctions. Norman Smith, thank you

:33:14. > :33:16.very much. The G-7 meeting going on throughout the day and the BBC news

:33:17. > :33:17.channel will have or more -- have more.

:33:18. > :33:20.NHS England is to invest millions of pounds in providing a complex

:33:21. > :33:22.treatment to help save stroke patients from lifelong disability.

:33:23. > :33:24.The procedure involves the removal of a blood clot

:33:25. > :33:29.Around 8,000 people a year will eventually benefit

:33:30. > :33:34.It is currently offered to only a few hundred patients.

:33:35. > :33:37.An 8-year-old child and his teacher have been killed after a shooting

:33:38. > :33:41.The gunman went into the school in San Bernardino yesterday and opened

:33:42. > :33:48.Police say he was the teacher's estranged husband.

:33:49. > :33:51.A second pupil is in a critical condition after being shot

:33:52. > :33:53.by the man, who police say had a criminal history,

:33:54. > :34:03.including domestic violence and weapons charges.

:34:04. > :34:08.I am told that they were estranged, this is preliminary information so

:34:09. > :34:10.this could potentially change, I am told that there marriage

:34:11. > :34:13.this could potentially change, I am told that their marriage

:34:14. > :34:15.was relatively short, they've only been married for a few

:34:16. > :34:18.months and have been separated for the last month, month and a half

:34:19. > :34:21.But there's nobody in the investigation

:34:22. > :34:24.who has come forward to say they knew this coming a potentially

:34:25. > :34:27.The video of a passenger being forcibly removed

:34:28. > :34:30.from a United Airlines plane has been shared across the world and has

:34:31. > :34:36.resulted in one member of security staff being placed on leave.

:34:37. > :34:40.These are the images, from a flight in Chicago,

:34:41. > :34:43.show the man being violently dragged out of his chair and pulled down

:34:44. > :34:44.the aisle to the dismay of fellow travellers.

:34:45. > :34:52.The airline wanted to make space for some of its staff.

:34:53. > :34:58.United has apologised and said it will investigate.

:34:59. > :35:02.A family friend of Chris Pennington, the man who was killed in Stockholm

:35:03. > :35:07.has been talking to the BBC. Two Swedes and one Belgian also died

:35:08. > :35:10.in the attack on Friday. The 41-year-old's family said

:35:11. > :35:11.they were devastated by the "untimely and tragic death"

:35:12. > :35:14.of the "wonderful husband, son, father, brother

:35:15. > :35:23.and close friend to many". We are struggling to come to terms

:35:24. > :35:28.with this horrendous loss, as you can manage. To make sense of a world

:35:29. > :35:35.that no longer has our lovely, funny mate in it. He was the most amazing

:35:36. > :35:36.father, husband, brother, friend to everyone that knew him. We will

:35:37. > :35:38.obviously miss him terribly. An appeal is being made

:35:39. > :35:41.for more adults to become volunteers in the Scouts,

:35:42. > :35:43.to cope with the increasing The number of youngsters wanting

:35:44. > :35:46.to join is the highest in the history of scouting -

:35:47. > :35:49.there are 51,000 children on a waiting list to become Scouts,

:35:50. > :35:51.Beavers, Cubs or Explorers. But waiting lists can't fall

:35:52. > :35:54.unless there are more adults Ed Sheeran has reached a deal

:35:55. > :36:11.to end a ?16 million lawsuit over his hit song,

:36:12. > :36:15.Photograph, after it was likened to former X Factor winner

:36:16. > :36:24.Matt Cardle's song, Amazing. Have a listen to both.

:36:25. > :36:30.# How did you find me # Came out of nowhere like lightning

:36:31. > :36:34.# So you can keep me inside the pocket

:36:35. > :36:39.of your ripped jeans # Holding me close #

:36:40. > :36:41.The songwriters behind "Amazing" accused Ed Sheeran and his writing

:36:42. > :36:43.partner for "note-for-note" copying and taking credit for their work.

:36:44. > :36:46.The case has now been dismissed after a US judge said

:36:47. > :36:51.an agreement had been reached between the two parties.

:36:52. > :36:53.Details of the settlement have not been revealed.

:36:54. > :36:59.Last month, we told you about Sesame Street's

:37:00. > :37:04.Well yesterday she made her TV debut.

:37:05. > :37:16.Hi, guys. Who is this? This is our friend, Julia. Hi, Julia. I am Big

:37:17. > :37:20.Bird, nice to meet you. That was a clip from yesterday's

:37:21. > :37:23.episode dedicated to autism that Julia has been a recurring

:37:24. > :37:26.character in Muppet books She was created with the help

:37:27. > :37:29.of autism organisations And coming up here

:37:30. > :37:40.on Breakfast this morning... # I'm like a bird

:37:41. > :37:45.# I want to fly away # The pop star Nelly Furtado will be

:37:46. > :37:49.here to tell us about taking a career break with a difference -

:37:50. > :37:51.from Grammy-award winning musician to working in her

:37:52. > :37:53.daughter's school library. Are mumbling actors really making it

:37:54. > :38:00.harder to hear some TV dramas? We've conducted our own experiment

:38:01. > :38:05.to try to find out, we'll have the results

:38:06. > :38:08.for you before nine. Inspired by the death

:38:09. > :38:10.of a young black man - Angie Thomas will be here to tell us

:38:11. > :38:13.how the death of Oscar Grant at the hands of police led

:38:14. > :38:18.to her writing a best-selling novel. She will be here to talk about

:38:19. > :38:20.racism and police brutality in the United States after 9am.

:38:21. > :38:27.A dismal night for Arsenal but Crystal Palace were brilliant,

:38:28. > :38:30.weren't they? They were, they beat the leaders Chelsea a couple of

:38:31. > :38:34.weekends ago and now they have beaten Arsenal, what a run. Who

:38:35. > :38:37.knows what comes next for Crystal Palace but they have lifted

:38:38. > :38:42.themselves about six points clear of the relegation zone. All good for

:38:43. > :38:46.them but not so good for us. 20 years in charge at Arsenal, Arsene

:38:47. > :38:47.Wenger, never missed a season in the Champions League, could this be the

:38:48. > :38:49.first? Arsenal were beaten

:38:50. > :38:50.3-0 by Crystal Palace in the Premier League last night

:38:51. > :38:53.to severely dent their chances qualifying for

:38:54. > :38:55.the Champions league. They were comprehensively

:38:56. > :38:57.outplayed by Palace, who had Andros Townsend to thank

:38:58. > :39:01.for their first goal. Yohan Cabaye added a superb second

:39:02. > :39:04.with Luka Milvojevic's. Yohan Cabaye added a superb second

:39:05. > :39:06.with Luka Milvojevic's penalty condemning

:39:07. > :39:07.Arsenal to their worst It leaves them seven

:39:08. > :39:11.points off the top four - but Wenger refused to address

:39:12. > :39:21.the speculation I faced that in every press

:39:22. > :39:25.conference at the and tonight I'm not in the mood to speak about that.

:39:26. > :39:30.When do you think you will be letting the fans, anybody know? I

:39:31. > :39:37.think at the moment, pay more respect to the fact that we had a

:39:38. > :39:38.disappointing result, focus on that. Not find excuses that are not

:39:39. > :39:41.excuses. Claudio Ranieri says he doesn't

:39:42. > :39:43.think a player revolt He lost his job in February,

:39:44. > :39:47.nine months after leading the club Speaking publicly for the first time

:39:48. > :39:51.about his dismissal, he says that somebody behind

:39:52. > :40:04.the scenes may have been Maybe it could be somebody behind

:40:05. > :40:11.me. But also, this problem, little problem I had also the year before,

:40:12. > :40:15.and we won the title. Maybe these people, this year, when we lose,

:40:16. > :40:24.they push a little more. But that's it. Do you want to tell us who those

:40:25. > :40:29.people are, Claudio no, I don't what to tell. I am a serious, loyal man.

:40:30. > :40:32.What I had to say, I said face-to-face.

:40:33. > :40:34.Everton's Ross Barkley is back in training after what his lawyers

:40:35. > :40:37.have called an unprovoked attack by a stranger on Sunday night.

:40:38. > :40:39.Merseyside Police are examining CCTV footage that appears to show

:40:40. > :40:44.The incident happened in a Liverpool bar after the team's 4-2 win

:40:45. > :40:50.No report of an assault has been made to police.

:40:51. > :40:52.England's women won their final home friendly before this summer's

:40:53. > :40:56.The Lionesses beat Austria 3-0 in Milton Keynes.

:40:57. > :40:58.Goals from Ellen White, Lucy Bronze and Isobel Christiansen.

:40:59. > :41:00.They have another friendly in June against Switzerland

:41:01. > :41:14.What a game it is to open that tournament, England- Scotland at the

:41:15. > :41:19.Euros. Just a month after England's qualified with the men. Two stonking

:41:20. > :41:22.games. Someone planned it! What a great summer it will be. Thank you

:41:23. > :41:24.very much. You are watching Breakfast.

:41:25. > :41:26.After selling over 40 million records, Nelly Furtado decided

:41:27. > :41:30.it was time to take a break from music, so amongst many other

:41:31. > :41:32.things she worked in her daughter's school library and took

:41:33. > :41:39.Her new album is called The Ride, let's have a listen to one

:41:40. > :41:59.# Don't sell me know pipe dreams # I'm living in a kaleidoscope

:42:00. > :42:08.# Don't sell me know pipe dreams # Want to be the one to spin the

:42:09. > :42:14.wheel # I know that we can only give when

:42:15. > :42:22.we have hope # But I want to live without any

:42:23. > :42:28.ghost # Can't protect me from nothing

:42:29. > :42:39.# Can't save me from the truth # You can't even save me from you #

:42:40. > :42:46.# So don't sell me know pipe dreams #

:42:47. > :42:48.Nelly Furtado, welcome to Breakfast.

:42:49. > :42:57.How lovely to see you. New as well, thanks. Let's talk about that song,

:42:58. > :43:07.first of all. I understand this was inspired by a trip to Kenya? I work

:43:08. > :43:09.with a charity We, they do the day at Wembley every year, Richard

:43:10. > :43:15.Branson is a supporter of them. You travelled with them? I travelled

:43:16. > :43:19.with them to Kenya and do charity work in high schools and I share

:43:20. > :43:22.music. I was no water work with the local mothers and they were showing

:43:23. > :43:26.me the original water source before they had a borehole and a wealth of

:43:27. > :43:29.the community. The girls were not going to school because they were so

:43:30. > :43:33.busy travelling back and forth from the river and sanitising the water,

:43:34. > :43:36.boiling it, there was no time for school. More girls are going to

:43:37. > :43:45.school because there is a bore hole but as I was holding a canister of

:43:46. > :43:48.water I started to write this song. It is called pipe dreams. I write

:43:49. > :43:51.songs, they come to me in this way, spontaneously. In terms of the

:43:52. > :43:54.break, you were doing things, what was it that inspired you to think I

:43:55. > :43:59.want to leave this business behind for a while and do other things like

:44:00. > :44:03.working in your daughter's library? And my friend's vinyl shop, school

:44:04. > :44:08.library, whatever it was to keep myself busy and reinvigorate myself

:44:09. > :44:11.creatively. I started off writing songs as a chambermaid cleaning

:44:12. > :44:16.hotel rooms. I started cleaning my own apartment again. I wanted to get

:44:17. > :44:20.back to the simplicity. Clearly, when you travel and you tour, life

:44:21. > :44:25.gets busy. The getaway from why you started in the first place. What do

:44:26. > :44:29.people make of it when they turn up to buy a record and you are selling

:44:30. > :44:37.it to them? This is your record! There is a shop here called Cosmos

:44:38. > :44:42.and I worked on it in Toronto. It was my friend's shop. What better

:44:43. > :44:46.than sitting around listening to albums. Did people recognise you?

:44:47. > :44:50.This bride and groom came in to take their wedding photos in the wedding

:44:51. > :44:53.shop and she was really confused when she saw me at the till and I

:44:54. > :44:58.was checking out people's records. It was really funny but it brought

:44:59. > :45:02.me so much joy and happiness. As it changed your perspective on maybe

:45:03. > :45:03.the sort of music you are now writing? Can you notice that

:45:04. > :45:16.yourself? Definitely. I took a playwriting course at

:45:17. > :45:21.university. I met so many friends. I used a different name, I said my

:45:22. > :45:26.name was Kim. Nobody recognised me, they were so concerned about their

:45:27. > :45:32.own play. Nobody recognised me, and it was wonderful, they just judged

:45:33. > :45:36.the work. You work with words anyway, so playwriting is not

:45:37. > :45:42.completely alien. I started writing this album as I was taking because,

:45:43. > :45:47.so it enhanced the lyrics, it made be more poignant. They are really

:45:48. > :45:58.raw and honest songs. They are sad, but the music is happy! I have a

:45:59. > :46:02.song that I call my sad clown song, should not have to dance if you love

:46:03. > :46:05.me. It is about being an entertainer. I sank at the other

:46:06. > :46:12.night and I thought, this is really matter! Singer goes on about being

:46:13. > :46:17.an entertainer! But I love it, it is what I do, I have to sink by truth.

:46:18. > :46:24.In terms of the playwriting, will that take you somewhere? Thanks for

:46:25. > :46:31.asking! I started a play about my favourite Brazilian musician. It was

:46:32. > :46:35.rewarding, there is some libretto in it, I have not started the music

:46:36. > :46:44.yet, but some things take time, and that is OK. You have plenty of time.

:46:45. > :46:47.I guess so! You have to make time. Shall we have a listen to one of my

:46:48. > :46:53.favourites? # Your faith in me

:46:54. > :47:30.brings me to tears You read lots of these songs in

:47:31. > :47:33.Ripley. Yes, I started it in Ripley. There are these lovely guys that

:47:34. > :47:42.work there, Mark Taylor and all very, who co-wrote with James Bay,

:47:43. > :47:51.and I work with Mark Taylor in the past. I am in a bed-and-breakfast on

:47:52. > :47:58.the high Street in Ripley, and I am finding places to eat. I am there

:47:59. > :48:06.totally alone, I was managing myself, so there was a rogue

:48:07. > :48:11.pilgrimage to Ripley. They have a beautiful writing compound. Have you

:48:12. > :48:18.written a song about bed-and-breakfast? I should! It was

:48:19. > :48:25.good! I imagined you have an interesting take on celebrity and

:48:26. > :48:30.fame? How do you see that now? You have to pay sure self, I have been

:48:31. > :48:37.doing it for 20 years. It is almost half my life now in the spotlight.

:48:38. > :48:44.You get your sea legs. Even now, I am doing my promo again, it is like

:48:45. > :48:49.a whirlwind. You have to find private time, you have to create

:48:50. > :48:56.this operation. I am about to do the opposite and ask about your

:48:57. > :48:59.daughter! That is OK! Would you recommend that young people went

:49:00. > :49:05.into your industry? Try to write songs, so you know who you are. Even

:49:06. > :49:08.if you don't use them, know what you want to say to the world, try to

:49:09. > :49:18.stay positive, and don't listen to too much -- too many people, just

:49:19. > :49:24.the trusted people. You have really cheered me up, thank you!

:49:25. > :49:27.Nelly Furtado's album is called The Ride.

:49:28. > :49:36.Did you ever catch up with University Challenge? Note. Stay

:49:37. > :49:40.with us, you will understand in a minute. We have try to have a bit of

:49:41. > :49:50.fun with it this morning. We have had our St Andrews mention,

:49:51. > :49:54.and Sheffield, Walker. We will have the weather from...

:49:55. > :50:07.Weather, Kirkwood. That has brightened my day! It is

:50:08. > :50:11.lovely in London, we are and the roof of New Broadcasting House. The

:50:12. > :50:16.temperature is picking up nicely, a cracking view of Regent Street. For

:50:17. > :50:22.many of us, after the cold start, we will have a fine and dry day, with a

:50:23. > :50:25.bit of cloud, and sunshine. But not everywhere, the exception is across

:50:26. > :50:31.the North and north-west of Scotland, where we have rain. Just

:50:32. > :50:35.ahead of that, a bit more cloud across the Highlands, but for the

:50:36. > :50:39.rest of Scotland, into northern England, a fine start with sunshine,

:50:40. > :50:44.and bits and pieces of cloud. Coming south into the Midlands, East

:50:45. > :50:50.Anglia, Essex, Kent, it is a fine start after the nippy one. As we

:50:51. > :50:59.drift west towards Devon and Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, we

:51:00. > :51:03.are looking at sunshine. For Wales, a beautiful start, a bit more cloud

:51:04. > :51:07.in the north, but it is high cloud, so the sunshine is a bit more hazy.

:51:08. > :51:12.For Northern Ireland, sunshine here and there, but essentially it is

:51:13. > :51:16.going to be fairly cloudy, but it should stay mostly dry. Through the

:51:17. > :51:21.day, the rain across the far north of Scotland will sink further south

:51:22. > :51:25.into the Outer Hebridies, part of the North Mainland, and the wind

:51:26. > :51:31.will strengthen, especially with the exposure in the far north. For the

:51:32. > :51:42.UK as a whole, we are looking at a dry day with Sunni or bright spells.

:51:43. > :51:46.This evening and overnight, the rain in Scotland moves south, getting

:51:47. > :51:50.into Northern Ireland, northern England, the Northwest, possibly as

:51:51. > :51:57.far south as North West Wales, and we could see some heavy bursts. We

:51:58. > :52:01.pick up the rain tomorrow across north-west England and north-west

:52:02. > :52:04.Wales. First thing in the morning we could see some heavy bursts, but as

:52:05. > :52:13.it sinks south, it will weaken all the time. For most of the UK

:52:14. > :52:19.tomorrow, we are backing to bright spells on a sunny spells and

:52:20. > :52:24.showers. The Thursday, we start on a cold note, there will be frost

:52:25. > :52:29.around, and sunshine, but the cloud built in the West, and that heralds

:52:30. > :52:33.the arrival of rain. The rain will scoot across western areas, leaving

:52:34. > :52:40.us into the Easter weekend. That will be mostly dry, some showers,

:52:41. > :52:43.especially in the north and east on Saturday, but there will be some

:52:44. > :52:50.sunshine. We are hanging onto the full north-westerly wind. The dizzy

:52:51. > :52:58.heights of 25 Celsius will not be with us for a wee while yet.

:52:59. > :53:07.Nelly made me laugh, she is so enthusiastic, wonderful.

:53:08. > :53:09.We have been trying to do a bit of University Challenge, because it was

:53:10. > :53:15.the final last night we need a starter for ten.

:53:16. > :53:21.The grand final of series 46 of which long-running pushover was

:53:22. > :53:28.shown on BBC Two last night? St Andrews, Minchin. The answer is,

:53:29. > :53:32.guess what, University Challenge! The reason we are doing this is

:53:33. > :53:36.because last night a new champion was crowned, and we went to watch

:53:37. > :53:37.the final at Wolfson College, Cambridge with some of those closest

:53:38. > :53:40.to the action. Let's meet the Wolfson

:53:41. > :53:57.team for the last time. My name is Justin Yang,

:53:58. > :53:59.I am from Vancouver, Canada... I and Ben Choudhury,

:54:00. > :54:02.I am from Cockermouth, Cumbria, Speaker of the Temple and three

:54:03. > :54:06.child spirits are among Eric is one of a kind,

:54:07. > :54:22.he is a dynamo, a quizzing machine. We both did the same high-school

:54:23. > :54:27.quiz programme in Canada, but I have never seen

:54:28. > :54:31.anything like Eric. It has fantastic appeal,

:54:32. > :54:35.seeing unbelievably clever people who know enormous amounts,

:54:36. > :54:37.and they are only This year, there has been great

:54:38. > :54:50.drama, fabulous teams, It is good that intelligence

:54:51. > :54:58.is something that is applauded, Balliol, many congratulations,

:54:59. > :55:21.you are the series champions of University Challenge

:55:22. > :55:33.for 2016/17, well done. They're among the most-coveted

:55:34. > :55:37.awards for stars Yes, the Bafta TV nominations have

:55:38. > :55:47.been announced in the last hour. Our entertainment correspondent

:55:48. > :55:52.Colin Paterson is here to talk us through who made the list

:55:53. > :55:54.and who didn't. Who's a big winner

:55:55. > :56:02.this morning, Colin? The bond that is dominating is the

:56:03. > :56:09.programme that was being called the most expensive TV programme of all

:56:10. > :56:12.time, The Crown. It arrived in November, you could only see it on

:56:13. > :56:17.streaming services come at the history of the rain of Queen

:56:18. > :56:24.Elizabeth II, and the budget was estimated at $100 million. Ten

:56:25. > :56:28.million and episode. The care and detail that went into it, Claire Foy

:56:29. > :56:33.nominated for Best actress, they recreated her wedding dress at a

:56:34. > :56:39.cost of ?35,000. They rebuilt Downing Street almost brick by

:56:40. > :56:42.brick, with one difference, John Lithgow, who played Winston

:56:43. > :56:46.Churchill, one foot taller than Winston Churchill, so the front door

:56:47. > :56:51.was bigger than stop but it is that detail that they have gone for, five

:56:52. > :56:56.nominations. I am still catching up on it, it is marvellous. You get an

:56:57. > :57:00.11th walking through the scene, you think, they are just doing that to

:57:01. > :57:06.show how much money they have got. All of a sudden, lots of use of TV

:57:07. > :57:10.cameras that you would not normally see, because they are so expensive,

:57:11. > :57:21.all of the tricks thrown in. Who has missed out? One that has surprised

:57:22. > :57:24.people, The Night Manager only has one nomination, for best supporting

:57:25. > :57:34.actor. It swept the board at the Golden Globes, but only one. At the

:57:35. > :57:39.BAFTAs, different committees take each separate award, so across the

:57:40. > :57:50.board they have not gone for the The Night Manager. Planet Earth two has

:57:51. > :57:57.done well. David Attenborough up against himself. It was dominated

:57:58. > :58:05.and his one-off for BBC Two as well. When you do the split screen, you

:58:06. > :58:09.will see two of him. What a show Planet Earth was, it was getting 13

:58:10. > :58:16.million viewers every week, more than the X Factor. This is pure

:58:17. > :58:19.magic. Is this for TV of the year? Yes, the category that the audience

:58:20. > :58:24.gets to vote for, the raises stakes against the iguanas, with the most

:58:25. > :58:30.surprising result outside of Leicester City winning the Premier

:58:31. > :58:36.League. He is off! Still shouting at the TV! That series did so well,

:58:37. > :58:39.because ten years since the original Planet Earth. It is the way that

:58:40. > :58:48.they have managed to use the advancements in technology and

:58:49. > :58:52.cameras and have these cameras sit waiting in jungles, waiting for the

:58:53. > :58:59.animals to come along. And the use of drawings. Moment of the year,

:59:00. > :59:08.that the audience can vote for? Yes, one of the more random categories.

:59:09. > :59:15.Must see TV moment, you have the end of Line Of Duty, and Ed Balls doing

:59:16. > :59:29.Gangman Style. Just in case you needed it. Wait for

:59:30. > :59:36.the wobbly ankles! Doesn't it... Here we go! He's off! He's up

:59:37. > :59:42.against Danny Dyer, stiff competition. Which was brilliant.

:59:43. > :59:45.What about the hosts? It is the day after Eurovision so Graham Norton

:59:46. > :59:51.can't post it because he is doing your revision. Graham Norton is

:59:52. > :59:53.nominated for a 15th BAFTA for Best entertainment performance but Sue

:59:54. > :00:00.Perkins will be stepping in. She is not busy with Bake Off these days,

:00:01. > :00:04.she has time. Northwest tonight nominated? For the Hillsborough

:00:05. > :00:07.coverage in the news category. I say that because they share our sofa.

:00:08. > :00:12.This is their normal home, if you are watching in the north-west, this

:00:13. > :00:20.is where they normally are of an evening. Best news coverage. Great

:00:21. > :00:27.result. Fleabag Has been nominated for three, BBC Three comedy. Went

:00:28. > :00:32.over BBC Two over Christmas. Sarah Lancashire is nominated for Best

:00:33. > :00:38.actress. De Manolas, that has three nominations as well. -- Damilola.

:00:39. > :00:40.Thank you. Hopefully, you're hearing us loud

:00:41. > :00:47.and clear this morning, Another bugbear for many people when

:00:48. > :00:49.they talk about TV drama particularly,

:00:50. > :00:51.but bad sound is the most regularly complained-about issue

:00:52. > :00:54.So what's to blame? Technical trouble?

:00:55. > :00:58.Or flatscreen TV speakers that just don't have enough oomph?

:00:59. > :01:07.is that a technical word? It's a good word. Older style TVs are

:01:08. > :01:09.better. Now you need a sandbox to get better sound. Conspiracy? --

:01:10. > :01:11.sound box. Our Arts Correspondent David Sillito

:01:12. > :01:14.has been trying to find out. What you are looking at is a little

:01:15. > :01:43.experiment to try to work out why Was it a problem with technology

:01:44. > :02:00.or was it more about diction? We filmed our own drama

:02:01. > :02:05.and our actors Mabel and Jamie acted Beautiful, clear diction,

:02:06. > :02:30.this is more mumbly, And also, what happens

:02:31. > :02:33.if you change the sound effects? We then played the results at

:02:34. > :02:49.Bradford's Science and Media Museum. The clearest diction

:02:50. > :02:58.in there was the lift! It is either too quickly spoken

:02:59. > :03:04.or they do not speak clearly enough. But it was not

:03:05. > :03:07.the same for everyone. I could hear it, there

:03:08. > :03:10.were only three words that weren't clear,

:03:11. > :03:14.and I am 85 in May. We tried different televisions,

:03:15. > :03:24.and when it came to flatscreen versus old style, it was the elderly

:03:25. > :03:27.?15 second-hand TV that Even with teenagers,

:03:28. > :03:41.half of them struggled. The music bed is a lot higher

:03:42. > :03:58.than I would like it. Watching all this was Simon Clark,

:03:59. > :04:06.a professional sound recordist. His conclusion: the big

:04:07. > :04:10.issue is diction. I would say there is

:04:11. > :04:12.too much mumbling. On set, all I can do is go up

:04:13. > :04:24.to my director and say, "Look, governor, I am not really

:04:25. > :04:31.sure what that person and I am reading it

:04:32. > :04:34.from a script at the same time Naturalism is a wonderful thing,

:04:35. > :04:37.but if you want reality, So, proof, if needed,

:04:38. > :04:42.that hearing varies dramatically, and that while this may seem

:04:43. > :04:46.a more-realistic way of speaking... It's this that will stop millions

:04:47. > :05:12.hitting the off button. You think it's down to the telly is?

:05:13. > :05:15.-- tellys? There is a big sound market out there, they are not as

:05:16. > :05:17.good as they used to be. Not to people getting involved.

:05:18. > :05:20.David has written in to say: "I think they're all suffering

:05:21. > :05:23.Even with the sound turned up it's difficult to tell what's

:05:24. > :05:28.John also got in touch: "I am hard of hearing but you can only put

:05:29. > :05:33."I've taken to putting the subtitles on especially when watching some

:05:34. > :05:41.Jackie said she finds the background music too loud, which is something

:05:42. > :05:45.David referenced, so you can't hear the actors talking, not just BBC

:05:46. > :05:51.that other channels as well. "If They turned it down, it would

:05:52. > :05:53.improve things quite a bit". We have been trying to speak very clearly

:05:54. > :05:55.today. We'll be talking to the author

:05:56. > :05:58.Angie Thomas in a moment, but first a last, brief look

:05:59. > :06:03.at the headlines where She has a new book. It is about

:06:04. > :07:41.America and police and racism. Here with us shortly.

:07:42. > :07:50.Until then, have a very good morning.

:07:51. > :07:54.Angie Thomas grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, surrounded by drugs

:07:55. > :07:56.and gun crime and dreaming of being an author.

:07:57. > :07:59.Then when a young, unarmed black man was shot by police,

:08:00. > :08:02.she wrote a story about a black girl drawn to activism after her friend

:08:03. > :08:13.Thank Planet Earth II you for a best-selling novel,

:08:14. > :08:17.Thank Planet Earth II you for joining us. Planet Earth II This

:08:18. > :08:26.Planet Earth II is your first trip outside of America, welcome. It is

:08:27. > :08:34.lovely. Tell us about the novel. In some ways it has echoes of your

:08:35. > :08:37.life. A young lady called Star. Star Is the sole witness when her

:08:38. > :08:41.childhood best friend is murdered by a cop. For that moment, has Star

:08:42. > :08:45.been struggling to beat two different people in two different

:08:46. > :08:49.worlds. The Paul Black neighbourhood she lives. In America we would

:08:50. > :08:53.describe it as the hood and the mostly white upper-class private

:08:54. > :08:56.school she attends. The trouble being two different people in two

:08:57. > :09:00.different worlds becomes even harder after she witnesses this tragic

:09:01. > :09:06.event. That is the crux of the book, The Hate U Give, she is trying to

:09:07. > :09:09.exist in these two contrasting worlds which is the wider struggle

:09:10. > :09:13.faced by many in society. Definitely. It is something I

:09:14. > :09:18.definitely identify in with myself. Like Star, I lived in a mostly black

:09:19. > :09:22.poor neighbourhood in Jackson Mississippi that was notorious for

:09:23. > :09:25.all the wrong reasons. But for what you call university I attended a

:09:26. > :09:31.mostly white upper-class private school in conservative Mississippi.

:09:32. > :09:37.You can probably get a good idea of some of my experiences. There is a

:09:38. > :09:41.turning point for her. And for you as well. In your writing journey

:09:42. > :09:48.there was a turning point when young man was shot. Yes. I was in college,

:09:49. > :09:55.unique, when Oscar Grant, young man in Oakland, California, lost his

:09:56. > :09:58.life. -- college, uni. He was an armed at the time of his death and

:09:59. > :10:01.it was caught on camera. Being in two different worlds, like my

:10:02. > :10:08.character, I had two different conduct conversations. We knew ask

:10:09. > :10:10.every single day. They may have had records, been ex convicts but they

:10:11. > :10:15.were trying to turn around their lives. At school, my mostly white

:10:16. > :10:17.conservative upper-class school in Mississippi, there were

:10:18. > :10:21.conversations that, well, maybe he deserved it, maybe they were

:10:22. > :10:26.justified in doing that. This young man was dehumanised because he had a

:10:27. > :10:30.record. Instead of burning every rubbish bin on campus, I decided to

:10:31. > :10:35.write a short story. To not only showed the humanity in someone like

:10:36. > :10:39.the Oscars I saw every they bid to show the beauty in a community like

:10:40. > :10:44.mine. That's despite the abandoned buildings, despite the crime in all

:10:45. > :10:48.of this, are still -- there is still love and beauty there. There is a

:10:49. > :10:54.similar theme going on in Star your book as well, there is a difficult

:10:55. > :10:59.conversations to have. You are trying to change people's minds,

:11:00. > :11:04.does it? It has. I have seen this already. I often say that empathy is

:11:05. > :11:09.more powerful than sympathy. The goal of this book is to prove that.

:11:10. > :11:15.I want to help people understand why we say Black Lives Matter. It's

:11:16. > :11:19.working so far. I had an older white lady from the south who wrote to me

:11:20. > :11:22.and said she was raised by a white supremacist and those beliefs were

:11:23. > :11:26.passed down to her and she weaselly decided she wanted to change and she

:11:27. > :11:31.picked up my book and she said it opened her eyes and her heart in

:11:32. > :11:33.ways she didn't know -- she recently decided. That's amazing. People

:11:34. > :11:37.reading your book and changing their opinions. In the same way, was at

:11:38. > :11:41.your mother who took you to a library and, as a way of dealing

:11:42. > :11:45.with what you were seeing around you, how did that change you? I was

:11:46. > :11:48.six years old. I was at the neighbourhood park and two drug

:11:49. > :11:52.dealers decided they wanted to recreate the wild wild west and have

:11:53. > :11:55.a shoot out and I was almost caught in the crossfire. I was one of the

:11:56. > :12:00.lucky ones because a lot of times things like that turn out very

:12:01. > :12:03.tragically. But my mother, when she finally found me afterwards, she

:12:04. > :12:06.almost immediately put me in the car and she took me to the library. Like

:12:07. > :12:11.she wanted me to see that there was more to the world than what I saw

:12:12. > :12:15.that day. Books did that. They gave me hope. They gave me views into

:12:16. > :12:20.things that distract me from what was going on around me. I was

:12:21. > :12:25.recently referencing Harry Potter. I know exactly why big fan! Yes,

:12:26. > :12:28.because I remember being, like, ten years old and the things that

:12:29. > :12:32.distract me from hearing gunshots at night was getting caught up in

:12:33. > :12:37.Harry's adventures. That changed my life. It sparked my imagination. It

:12:38. > :12:41.has helped me survive what I was going through. Wow. There is still

:12:42. > :12:47.the real escapism to be had in books. Absolutely. Books provide

:12:48. > :12:50.mirrors and windows. For so many kids, they can either show them

:12:51. > :12:56.themselves or other worlds. Sometimes we need those other

:12:57. > :12:59.worlds. How do you feel now. This book started as a short story and

:13:00. > :13:03.developed into this much longer piece of work. It's now going to be

:13:04. > :13:06.a New York Times bestseller. People are buying it and you had letters

:13:07. > :13:10.from people saying I'm reading this and it is changing my opinion. As

:13:11. > :13:15.the author, as the woman who wrote that, how does that make you feel?

:13:16. > :13:24.Amazing, surreal. I can't believe I am here right now. It goes to show

:13:25. > :13:28.dreams really can come true. You shouldn't write off those kids in

:13:29. > :13:31.those bad neighbourhoods. Or the kids in the bad circumstances

:13:32. > :13:35.because they could be the ones next on the New York Times bestseller

:13:36. > :13:42.list. Absolutely. Will it be made into a film? Yes. It would make a

:13:43. > :13:46.great... Good! Wonderful. When is that happening? Fox 2000 purchased

:13:47. > :13:52.the film rights. George Tillman junior is the director. He did

:13:53. > :13:56.Barbershop, Soul food, Luke Cage. He is the director. His vision is

:13:57. > :14:00.incredible. I wish he co-wrote the book with me! It is a wonderful book

:14:01. > :14:03.and it will be a wonderful film. You will have to come back to the UK

:14:04. > :14:06.when the film comes out. Thank you very much.

:14:07. > :14:08.Angie's book is called The Hate U Give.

:14:09. > :14:12.We'll be back tomorrow from 6am, when we'll be joined

:14:13. > :14:13.by the Doctor Who writer Stephen Moffat.

:14:14. > :14:24.If contracted, entire herds of cattle can be destroyed.

:14:25. > :14:26.Now, it may surprise you to know that animals in

:14:27. > :14:31.a safari park are just as much at risk as farm animals.