14/04/2017

:00:00. > :00:07.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:00:08. > :00:10.America drops what is known as the Mother Of All Bombs

:00:11. > :00:14.on so-called Islamic State, in Afghanistan.

:00:15. > :00:16.Seen here in tests, it is the largest non-nuclear device

:00:17. > :00:19.the US has used in conflict, and targeted a network

:00:20. > :00:30.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:00:31. > :00:33.America drops what is known as the Mother Of All Bombs

:00:34. > :00:34.on so-called Islamic State, in Afghanistan.

:00:35. > :00:37.Seen here in tests, it is the largest non-nuclear device

:00:38. > :00:40.the US has used in conflict, and targeted a network

:00:41. > :00:50.Also this morning: Unions representing 500,000 teachers claim

:00:51. > :00:53.schools in England face the worst cuts for 20 years,

:00:54. > :00:56.even though the Government says it is spending a record amount.

:00:57. > :01:02.Two bank holidays just two weeks apart means two million of us

:01:03. > :01:07.This morning, I'm taking a look at whether it is any cheaper

:01:08. > :01:26.Good morning from the Crucible in Sheffield. All the current stars

:01:27. > :01:31.will be coming into this famous theatre to have a party and look

:01:32. > :01:32.back on four decades, later on. I will be inside when they open up

:01:33. > :01:34.shortly. How Hull is becoming

:01:35. > :01:37.a city of art lovers. We will be live in the

:01:38. > :01:45.UK's City of Culture. Good morning. The extended weekend

:01:46. > :01:48.will be a little bit on the cool side, with the clouds they are, and

:01:49. > :01:53.some rain here as well. There will be a decent amount of dry and sunny

:01:54. > :01:55.weather to go with it. I will have your full Easter forecast in around

:01:56. > :01:57.about 15 minutes. First, our main story: The US

:01:58. > :02:01.military have dropped the biggest non-nuclear weapon ever used

:02:02. > :02:03.in combat, in Afghanistan. President Trump described

:02:04. > :02:05.the mission, to destroy a series of underground caves thought to have

:02:06. > :02:08.been used by so-called Islamic State, as a very

:02:09. > :02:10.successful mission. Our North America editor

:02:11. > :02:17.John Sopel has more. This is the GBU-43,

:02:18. > :02:25.also known as a MOAB, a Massive Ordnance Air Blast,

:02:26. > :02:28.or as it is more commonly known, The largest non-nuclear

:02:29. > :02:32.weapon ever deployed. The target - so-called

:02:33. > :02:34.Islamic State in Afghanistan. We targeted a system of tunnels

:02:35. > :02:38.and caves that ISIS fighters used to move around freely,

:02:39. > :02:41.making it easier for them to target US military advisers

:02:42. > :02:45.and Afghan forces in the area. It is turning out to be a busy time

:02:46. > :02:49.for the commander-in-chief. We are so proud of our military,

:02:50. > :02:55.and it was another successful event. The tunnels and caves that were used

:02:56. > :02:59.by the Taliban over 15 years ago This bomb was dropped

:03:00. > :03:03.on a complex tunnel network in Nangarhar Province,

:03:04. > :03:06.close to the Pakistan border, where a member of US special forces

:03:07. > :03:10.was killed last week. But the actions brought a furious

:03:11. > :03:12.tweet from Afghanistan's former It is not just the dropping

:03:13. > :03:24.of a massive bomb on Afghanistan. In just over a week,

:03:25. > :03:28.President Trump has ordered the missile strike on Syria,

:03:29. > :03:32.a naval battle group to head to the Korean Peninsula, and he has

:03:33. > :03:38.restated his commitment to NATO. Some of Donald Trump's

:03:39. > :03:42.supporters are asking, whatever happened

:03:43. > :03:45.to the isolationist, America-first President

:03:46. > :03:49.of the inauguration? Unions representing 500,000 teachers

:03:50. > :03:52.say schools in England are facing the worst real-term

:03:53. > :03:54.cuts for 20 years. The NUT and NASUWT will discuss

:03:55. > :03:58.what they say is a crisis in funding when they meet today

:03:59. > :04:00.at their Easter conferences. But the Government says ?40 billion

:04:01. > :04:03.is being spent on schools this year, Our education correspondent

:04:04. > :04:17.Gillian Hargreaves reports. St Martin's School in Essex

:04:18. > :04:22.is a good school, but even here, it

:04:23. > :04:24.has become increasingly difficult to recruit staff,

:04:25. > :04:26.particularly in specialist subjects. At one stage, they had a science

:04:27. > :04:29.teacher vacancy for more But there are also shortages

:04:30. > :04:34.in maths and modern languages. I look at all the people that

:04:35. > :04:41.are teaching in those areas, and the number of people that

:04:42. > :04:45.are due to retire over the next ten years, and also the number of people

:04:46. > :04:49.that are coming in that aren't actually a specialist in the subject

:04:50. > :04:54.area that they're teaching, and I think that really this

:04:55. > :04:57.is the thin end of the wedge. Teachers are gathering

:04:58. > :05:00.for their conferences at a time There have been widespread protests

:05:01. > :05:04.from parents and schools who say without more money, class sizes

:05:05. > :05:07.will go up and teaching posts The Government points out ?40

:05:08. > :05:11.billion is being spent on schools this year, the highest

:05:12. > :05:13.cash figure ever. But teachers say that hasn't taken

:05:14. > :05:15.into account rising costs, like pay,

:05:16. > :05:17.pensions, and the running The funding pressure is also

:05:18. > :05:20.beginning to hit parents, something of a concern

:05:21. > :05:22.to the unions. Half of parents are saying

:05:23. > :05:25.they're making at least one financial contribution

:05:26. > :05:34.to the school's funds, in order to "enhance resources",

:05:35. > :05:36.whatever that means, And many parents are

:05:37. > :05:40.finding that even the cost of a school uniform is something

:05:41. > :05:44.which they can no longer afford. There is also much disquiet

:05:45. > :05:46.about Government plans to introduce Teachers argue money set aside

:05:47. > :05:51.for them would be better spent However, the Government says this

:05:52. > :05:55.new wave of grammars would benefit Foreign ministers from Syria

:05:56. > :05:58.and Iran are holding talks with their Russian

:05:59. > :06:00.counterpart in Moscow today. It comes a day after the Syrian

:06:01. > :06:03.leader denied using chemical weapons President Assad said evidence had

:06:04. > :06:07.been fabricated to give the US an excuse to attack a Syrian

:06:08. > :06:13.government airfield. Nigeria says it is actively

:06:14. > :06:16.negotiating with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to free

:06:17. > :06:18.the Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped

:06:19. > :06:20.three years ago today. Demonstrators will hold events later

:06:21. > :06:22.today in the capital, Abuja, and in Lagos,

:06:23. > :06:25.to mark the anniversary. Almost 200 of the girls

:06:26. > :06:28.are still being held in captivity. Our Nigeria correspondent

:06:29. > :06:45.Martin Patience reports. They were kidnapped as schoolgirls,

:06:46. > :06:49.but will now be young women. Three years ago today, the students

:06:50. > :06:54.preparing for final exams were abducted from this school. The

:06:55. > :06:58.Islamist extremist of Boko Haram oppose western education. They

:06:59. > :07:04.loaded the girls onto trucks, and then drove them into the darkness.

:07:05. > :07:09.The mass kidnapping shone a spotlight on the brutal Boko Haram

:07:10. > :07:15.insurgency, which has killed thousands and forced millions to

:07:16. > :07:19.flee their homes in north-east Nigeria. The abductions sparked

:07:20. > :07:26.international condemnation, and led to the campaign Bring Back Power

:07:27. > :07:34.Girls. And then, late last year, joyous scenes. -- Our Girls. More

:07:35. > :07:38.than 20 of the schoolgirls were freed, following negotiations. Now,

:07:39. > :07:43.Nigeria's president says talks are ongoing with a Boko Haram, and that

:07:44. > :07:49.he will bend over backwards to secure the release of all the

:07:50. > :07:51.remaining students. As security removes, slowly children are once

:07:52. > :07:58.again getting an education, but abductions are still taking place.

:07:59. > :08:04.For every Chibok schoolgirl, many more children have been kidnapped

:08:05. > :08:05.either militants. -- by the militants.

:08:06. > :08:09.The lawyer of a man who suffered a broken nose and lost two teeth

:08:10. > :08:13.when he was dragged off a plane in Chicago says it is likely

:08:14. > :08:15.he will take legal action against United Airlines.

:08:16. > :08:17.Several passengers filmed Dr David Dao being forced off

:08:18. > :08:20.the flight, bloodied and injured, by Chicago aviation police,

:08:21. > :08:22.after he had refused to leave the overbooked flight.

:08:23. > :08:25.At a press conference, Mr Dao's daughter said it has been

:08:26. > :08:35.What happened to my Dad should never happen to any human being,

:08:36. > :08:47.We were horrified, and shocked and sickened, to learn what had

:08:48. > :08:51.happened to him, and to see what had happened to him.

:08:52. > :08:54.The Labour Party says it would give the UK's financial regulator,

:08:55. > :08:57.the Financial Conduct Authority, new powers to stop banks shutting

:08:58. > :08:59.Labour says hundreds of such closures have

:09:00. > :09:03.The Conservatives said their support for small businesses,

:09:04. > :09:16.which includes start-up loans, had helped 40,000 firms.

:09:17. > :09:18.A clean-up operation is under way in New Zealand,

:09:19. > :09:21.after a powerful storm swept across the country.

:09:22. > :09:23.Cyclone Cook was expected to be the worst storm

:09:24. > :09:26.Hawke's Bay on the east coast was worst-hit,

:09:27. > :09:29.with hundreds of families forced from their homes,

:09:30. > :09:31.road closures, and downed powerlines.

:09:32. > :09:33.The accommodation booking service Airbnb is improving the security

:09:34. > :09:36.of its app and website, after a BBC investigation found

:09:37. > :09:39.people's homes had been burgled by criminals using stolen accounts.

:09:40. > :09:40.The scammers changed some personal details,

:09:41. > :09:53.Airbnb said it had already been working on the changes.

:09:54. > :09:57.It is expected to one of the busiest days on the roads today,

:09:58. > :10:00.with around 20 million car journeys expected over the Easter weekend.

:10:01. > :10:03.Millions more will be heading abroad, as they make the most of two

:10:04. > :10:06.bank holidays in the space of two weeks.

:10:07. > :10:09.Catriona Renton is at a busy road in East London this morning,

:10:10. > :10:26.I am going to say busy, but not that busy yet. Not that easy yet, and

:10:27. > :10:30.this is the A102, it is usually one of the busiest roads in London and

:10:31. > :10:34.it joins London to the network of motorways so now is obviously a good

:10:35. > :10:38.time to get away if you want to. There is barely a car on the roads

:10:39. > :10:41.here at the moment but it will get busier throughout the day. 20

:10:42. > :10:44.million people, as you say, 20 million car journey is expected over

:10:45. > :10:50.this weekend, and to give you an idea of what that means today, that

:10:51. > :10:53.will be around 15% more cars on the road than normal. Now, the company

:10:54. > :10:57.that supplies this data say that you can expect on the major motorways,

:10:58. > :11:06.at the pinch points, that your journey could take twice as long as

:11:07. > :11:11.normal. Those pinch points between 10am and 2pm, so they suggest

:11:12. > :11:15.avoiding those if you can. Whereas at off to? 6.6 million people are

:11:16. > :11:23.going to have a night away somewhere in the UK. But not everyone is going

:11:24. > :11:27.to have a staycation. Today will be one of the busiest days of the

:11:28. > :11:30.airports, it was around 2 million people will be heading overseas.

:11:31. > :11:34.Spain is still the favourite destination. It is a different

:11:35. > :11:39.picture on the railways. Network Rail appreciate there are fewer

:11:40. > :11:42.passengers usually use the trains on bank holidays so this is an

:11:43. > :11:47.opportunity for them to get some work done. There will be 200

:11:48. > :11:52.engineering project affecting trains from London, Manchester, laugh,

:11:53. > :12:02.Manchester and Glasgow. You should check your roots before you go --

:12:03. > :12:05.Bath. Thank you very much indeed for explaining all of that. Of course

:12:06. > :12:09.the trains are quieter at the weekend, but slower.

:12:10. > :12:12.Nasa says one of Saturn's moons, known as Enceladus, may now be

:12:13. > :12:14.the best place to look for life beyond earth.

:12:15. > :12:17.Samples of the waters erupting from the moon's surface suggest it

:12:18. > :12:19.has all the conditions needed for life.

:12:20. > :12:22.The discovery was made through Nasa's Cassini probe,

:12:23. > :12:32.which has been exploring Saturn since 2004.

:12:33. > :12:39.It always gets people excited, of course, that tantalising prospect.

:12:40. > :12:45.We will be discussing later in the programme how close we are, to that.

:12:46. > :12:53.It is a possibility. We are not sure about it yet, are we? We are a

:12:54. > :12:58.little bit lonely this morning. No Mike this morning, he is at the

:12:59. > :13:04.Crucible ahead of the start of the world Snooker Championships. I am

:13:05. > :13:08.waiting my turn on the table. I think for me it would be a long

:13:09. > :13:14.time, because my opponents will dominate. This is it, the iconic

:13:15. > :13:18.arena of the Crucible. 40 years of Snooker World Championship mammaries

:13:19. > :13:22.staged here. They are still getting the table is ready for this year's

:13:23. > :13:26.Championships, which start tomorrow. What strikes me is how intimate this

:13:27. > :13:31.arena is. To celebrate four decades, they are getting a lot of the former

:13:32. > :13:34.champions and current stars to come down the green carpet with some

:13:35. > :13:38.fans, they will relive some of the best moments of the last 40 years.

:13:39. > :13:43.You can watch it on the red button on BBC iPlayer. They arrive at 5pm

:13:44. > :13:45.and the show starts at 6pm this evening.

:13:46. > :13:48.And the draw has been made for the first round of

:13:49. > :13:49.the World Snooker Championship, which starts tomorrow

:13:50. > :13:54.Defending champion Mark Selby will face qualifier Fergal O'Brien,

:13:55. > :13:56.and five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan will play another

:13:57. > :14:05.Elsewhere in sport, it was a frustrating night

:14:06. > :14:07.for Manchester United, as they dominated the first leg

:14:08. > :14:10.of their Uefa Cup quarter-final with Anderlecht, but could only draw.

:14:11. > :14:12.Jose Mourinho's side went ahead before the break,

:14:13. > :14:15.through Henrikh Mkhitaryan, but couldn't hold onto the lead.

:14:16. > :14:28.Great Britain have made it two medals in two days at the cycling

:14:29. > :14:29.Track World Championships, in Hong Kong.

:14:30. > :14:32.Chris Latham won a bronze in the men's scratch race,

:14:33. > :14:36.It is his first international medal as a senior rider.

:14:37. > :14:39.Warrington are now unbeaten in three matches, as they try to recover

:14:40. > :14:42.from their terrible start to the season in Super League.

:14:43. > :14:59.So, yes, being inside the Crucible, how big are the tables, when you are

:15:00. > :15:02.used to playing pool in the pub, or maybe snooker at home with the kids

:15:03. > :15:07.on the small tables, and also how intimate it is. I have a couple of

:15:08. > :15:12.volunteers. If I am playing a shot, they are breathing down my neck. So

:15:13. > :15:17.close to the action. It could be very offputting. All of those eyes

:15:18. > :15:21.on you. And then of course the TV audience as well. Plenty more from

:15:22. > :15:27.you through the morning including Mark Selby at 8:30am. Are those

:15:28. > :15:35.people OK, I am worried about them? They are trying to stare at me, so

:15:36. > :15:38.that I can feel like it is playing a point at the World Championship.

:15:39. > :15:46.Give me a hard stare. Very good, thank you. What you couldn't see at

:15:47. > :15:50.home was Matt with the weather this morning watching the whole thing in

:15:51. > :15:54.fascination. I could see you thinking, what on earth? I was

:15:55. > :16:00.worried for him with those two behind. The Easter weekend is up on

:16:01. > :16:05.us, it is an extended break for many. The weekend forecast is mixed.

:16:06. > :16:10.It is not horrendous by any means. It will be on the cool side with the

:16:11. > :16:13.cloud but when the sun comes out you will feel the benefit of the

:16:14. > :16:17.sunshine overhead. Some gardeners will be happy with this, a little

:16:18. > :16:24.bit of rain at times. Where is the rain? Falling in the form of showers

:16:25. > :16:28.in southern Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England and the

:16:29. > :16:31.Midlands, south of that a chilly start with sunny spells breaking

:16:32. > :16:35.through the cloud. Bright conditions in Scotland and a breeze blowing

:16:36. > :16:40.with one or two showers. That will continue into the afternoon.

:16:41. > :16:43.Probably most bright in eastern Scotland if you are heading out.

:16:44. > :16:48.Northern Ireland is bright after a wet spell early in the afternoon.

:16:49. > :16:52.The wet weather as it clears means north-west England, north and west

:16:53. > :16:57.Wales, showers turned to persistent rain in the afternoon. It won't be

:16:58. > :17:01.pleasant with the breeze as well. Away from that much of central and

:17:02. > :17:04.southern England and East Anglia, some of the most dry weather with

:17:05. > :17:09.breaks in the cloud. Temperatures may be one degree above yesterday.

:17:10. > :17:14.The wet weather for northern England and Wales were pushed southwards,

:17:15. > :17:18.giving the garden is a welcome step rather than drink overnight. That

:17:19. > :17:23.will clear through. With skies clearing, showers in the north, it

:17:24. > :17:28.will be cold for Northern Ireland, Scotland, northern England, a touch

:17:29. > :17:31.of frost and maybe even a touch of ice in Scotland on quite a windy day

:17:32. > :17:38.with sunshine and showers. Saturday is only by and large. Showers mainly

:17:39. > :17:41.for Scotland. One or two elsewhere. Most will be lucky enough to avoid

:17:42. > :17:46.them. Dry with sunny spells throughout. Tomorrow you will notice

:17:47. > :17:50.it will feel cold in the breeze and in the cloudy moments. If you are

:17:51. > :17:55.thinking of heading to the Scottish hills tomorrow, make note, it may

:17:56. > :17:58.feel like a spring in the valleys, winter on the peaks with gale force

:17:59. > :18:03.winds, so the windchill and a little snow around. Please, bear that in

:18:04. > :18:09.mind. The wind will ease into Sunday but low pressure will work in on

:18:10. > :18:14.Sunday. After a bright day on Saturday, largely cloudy on Easter

:18:15. > :18:19.day. Outbreaks of rain for Northern Ireland, the Midlands, East Anglia

:18:20. > :18:24.moving east. Fairly erratic with some dry weather around and top and

:18:25. > :18:27.tail the best of the dry, brightest and sunny weather and back to

:18:28. > :18:31.something sunny on Monday with light wind, one or two showers here or

:18:32. > :18:37.there. Hopefully you will manage to avoid them and if you do in the

:18:38. > :18:40.sunshine with light wind it will feel a touch more warm. Thank you.

:18:41. > :18:42.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:18:43. > :18:44.The main stories this morning: The US military unleashes

:18:45. > :18:47.the largest non-nuclear bomb ever to be used in conflict,

:18:48. > :18:55.targeting so-called Islamic State in Afghanistan.

:18:56. > :18:59.Schools in England are facing the worst real term cuts for 20

:19:00. > :19:01.years, according to unions representing half a million

:19:02. > :19:12.The government says it is spending a record amount on education.

:19:13. > :19:19.Sean is here to talk about the Good Friday papers. And we will start

:19:20. > :19:24.with the front pages. Yes, the front of the Sun, this is our lead story,

:19:25. > :19:30.you can see they are calling it, this is how it is known in the US

:19:31. > :19:38.military, the mother of all bombs, the world's biggest non- nuclear

:19:39. > :19:43.bomb so far used in combat. Assessments made as to the impact as

:19:44. > :19:47.it was dropped in Afghanistan by the US military. Lots of papers leading

:19:48. > :19:52.on that story. Some of them cannot agree. The front of the Times have

:19:53. > :19:57.their own story on what they say is a secret plan to destroy cancer

:19:58. > :20:01.medicine. What I want to show you is a picture of the Prime Minister,

:20:02. > :20:04.Theresa May, who you can see yesterday performing a duty on

:20:05. > :20:08.behalf of the Queen graduating cadets at the Royal Academy in

:20:09. > :20:14.Sandhurst. Apparently they played Star Wars music and made everybody

:20:15. > :20:19.giggle. The front of the Mirror is dominated by images of the bomb,

:20:20. > :20:24.Trump drops the mother of all bombs, and the Express talking about cost

:20:25. > :20:30.of holidays. Set to fall 20% according to them. Talk about that

:20:31. > :20:34.this morning, we will look at a cost abroad, you probably have pay for

:20:35. > :20:39.your flights and accommodation. When you get there, it is cheaper than it

:20:40. > :20:48.was a year ago when you get to Spain, Portugal, Croatia. Whether or

:20:49. > :20:51.not you take the pound into account, what has happened is that these

:20:52. > :20:56.areas have been so competitive now for the tourists to go there that

:20:57. > :21:02.the cost can be a lot cheaper than they have been for a while. Really?

:21:03. > :21:06.Last it was really expensive. Once you take flights and accommodation

:21:07. > :21:12.into account, that can start to bump up the price. And if anyone has a

:21:13. > :21:16.nice picture to send us off where they are this weekend, because...

:21:17. > :21:23.Somewhere sunny. Somewhere little sunnier than in here. So if you are

:21:24. > :21:27.going somewhere, sent in a picture. You can get a lot from a picture.

:21:28. > :21:35.You can judge how much people are spending. And we talk about a fiver,

:21:36. > :21:38.what about this one, the indestructible fivers, police

:21:39. > :21:42.thought they were fake but the hologram had rubbed off. So, where

:21:43. > :21:48.it was before, they found some fivers without it. They thought,

:21:49. > :21:53.blimey, have people been forging them already? Someone has put effort

:21:54. > :21:59.into trying to get rid of the hologram. Goodness me. The front of

:22:00. > :22:02.the Daily Telegraph, oh, you have the inside page, there is an

:22:03. > :22:07.interesting photograph I think you might want to see today. Can we see

:22:08. > :22:14.this? The new lineup for The Great British Bake Off. We knew the names.

:22:15. > :22:19.That is the image, people can look at it and think, I can see that, or

:22:20. > :22:26.think what they want, on the inside of quite a view of the papers. They

:22:27. > :22:34.all have their little puns. The Sun has Bake to the future. And what do

:22:35. > :22:39.you think of the colours? I like the yellow on the right. They are

:22:40. > :22:48.holding a cake. There is a really clever, subtle thing going on, there

:22:49. > :22:53.is a strawberry motif a look at Noel Fielding's jumper. It is warm, and

:22:54. > :22:55.friendly. I like it. Thank you. See you later on.

:22:56. > :22:57.It's been almost a year since so-called legal highs

:22:58. > :23:01.were banned but recent news coverage of people openly using the synthetic

:23:02. > :23:03.drug Spice in public, means it's under the spotlight

:23:04. > :23:07.Now paramedics say the unpredictable effects of the substances on users

:23:08. > :23:10.is making their job harder and putting them at risk of assault.

:23:11. > :23:12.Dan Whitworth has more on this story.

:23:13. > :23:14.A warning, his report contains images of the effects

:23:15. > :23:30.In a park in Leeds on a sunny weekday lunchtime two friends are

:23:31. > :23:35.about to take Spice. You blackout Ann Conlon level what you have done.

:23:36. > :23:40.Spice was banned by the government nearly a year ago along with other

:23:41. > :23:45.so-called highs, but that doesn't bother Derek. Since the ban came in

:23:46. > :23:49.it is easier to get hold of and it is cheaper as well. We watch as in a

:23:50. > :23:53.couple of minutes Adam and Derek descent into what for some users has

:23:54. > :23:57.been described as a zombielike state. People who use Spice often in

:23:58. > :24:01.broad daylight sometimes in city parks just like this one have told

:24:02. > :24:06.us despite the ban is still readily available and very cheap. And one

:24:07. > :24:12.user has even told us it is more difficult to try to come off than

:24:13. > :24:15.heroin. It is a familiar problem for charities like Lighthouse. Some

:24:16. > :24:22.people here have struggled to stop using Spice. I was a heroin user 17

:24:23. > :24:26.years ago. I have been clean for 17 years. I have been smoking Spice for

:24:27. > :24:32.nine years and it is stronger. Three years ago that is in my life started

:24:33. > :24:38.with Spice. It is not good. I can't eat. I have lost a lot of weight. It

:24:39. > :24:43.has ruined my life. Other charities said last year's ban hasn't curbed

:24:44. > :24:47.use. It has gone underground if you like. We consistently provide a safe

:24:48. > :24:54.service here. Unfortunately, if you have someone who has had some Spice

:24:55. > :25:00.and they are volatile, that can mean danger for us and for the residents.

:25:01. > :25:05.Police in Manchester say they dealt with around 60 incidents involving

:25:06. > :25:09.the drug last weekend alone. While the College of paramedics which

:25:10. > :25:12.represents 11,000 emergency workers across the UK says the use of

:25:13. > :25:18.synthetic drugs is making treating people even harder. Spitting,

:25:19. > :25:22.biting, punching, kicking, those things are what paramedics have to

:25:23. > :25:26.put up with. It is important for people to realise that this

:25:27. > :25:30.substance, whatever it is you are taking, it could kill you.

:25:31. > :25:33.Unfortunately that is what we are seeing, kids are dying. The

:25:34. > :25:37.government says it will publish a drug strategy shortly and that

:25:38. > :25:41.stopping the use of synthetic drugs like Spice and it says anyone caught

:25:42. > :25:48.using these kind of drugs already face up to five years in prison.

:25:49. > :25:52.Later in the programme we will speak with a

:25:53. > :25:54.former police officer on how to deal with this problem.

:25:55. > :25:58.Still to come on Breakfast: How Hull is bringing out the hidden art lover

:25:59. > :29:25.We'll be live in the Uk's City of Culture.

:29:26. > :29:39.Hello, this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:29:40. > :29:45.We will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment.

:29:46. > :29:49.But also on Breakfast this morning: As 2 million of us prepare to head

:29:50. > :29:52.overseas this Easter weekend, we will be finding out how much it

:29:53. > :29:56.will cost you when you get there - less than you may think.

:29:57. > :29:59.How would your boss feel if you brought your pet into work?

:30:00. > :30:02.We will be hearing why more and more companies are allowing dogs

:30:03. > :30:06.And forget Martians - the search for alien life

:30:07. > :30:10.Scientists will tell us why one of the ringed planet's moons

:30:11. > :30:16.But now, a summary of this morning's main news:

:30:17. > :30:19.It is being reported 36 members of so-called Islamic state

:30:20. > :30:21.were killed after the United States dropped what was described

:30:22. > :30:23.as the 'Mother Of All Bombs', in Afghanistan.

:30:24. > :30:26.The weapon is the largest non-nuclear bomb to have ever been

:30:27. > :30:29.The target was a network of underground tunnels.

:30:30. > :30:32.The attack has been condemned by the former Afghan president Hamid

:30:33. > :30:37.Unions representing 500,000 teachers say schools in England are facing

:30:38. > :30:39.the worst real-term cuts for 20 years.

:30:40. > :30:43.The NUT and NASUWT will discuss what they say is a crisis in funding

:30:44. > :30:45.when they meet today at their Easter conferences.

:30:46. > :30:49.But the Government says ?40 billion is being spent on schools this year,

:30:50. > :30:52.Unions say schools' staff shortages are increasing,

:30:53. > :31:06.and there is a reduction in vocational subjects.

:31:07. > :31:13.I think funding is going to be the theme that dominates the

:31:14. > :31:17.conversations, because around the country class sizes are going up, we

:31:18. > :31:24.are seeing arts, dance, drama, music being cut, education being cut back.

:31:25. > :31:28.We are seeing schools that are being sent letters to parents to ask them

:31:29. > :31:30.for money, to try and make up for the gap the government is causing in

:31:31. > :31:39.school budgets. Foreign ministers from Syria

:31:40. > :31:42.and Iran are holding talks with their Russian

:31:43. > :31:44.counterpart in Moscow today. It comes a day after the Syrian

:31:45. > :31:47.leader denied using chemical weapons President Assad said evidence had

:31:48. > :31:51.been fabricated to give the US an excuse to attack a Syrian

:31:52. > :31:53.government airfield. Nigeria says it is actively

:31:54. > :31:56.negotiating with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to free

:31:57. > :31:58.the Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped

:31:59. > :32:00.three years ago today. More than 270 students were seized

:32:01. > :32:03.from their dormitories, and almost 200 of the girls

:32:04. > :32:06.are still being held in captivity. Demonstrators will hold events later

:32:07. > :32:08.today in the capital, Abuja, and in Lagos,

:32:09. > :32:10.to mark the anniversary. A future Labour government says it

:32:11. > :32:14.would bring in a law preventing More than 1,000 local

:32:15. > :32:17.branches closed in the UK Labour says lending to small

:32:18. > :32:21.businesses decreases in areas where banks close,

:32:22. > :32:23.but the Conservatives said their support for small

:32:24. > :32:25.businesses, including start-up A clean-up operation

:32:26. > :32:49.is under way in New Zealand, after a powerful storm

:32:50. > :32:51.swept across the country. Cyclone Cook was expected

:32:52. > :32:54.to be the worst storm Hawke's Bay on the east

:32:55. > :32:57.coast was worst-hit, with hundreds of families

:32:58. > :33:00.forced from their homes, road closures,

:33:01. > :33:01.and downed powerlines. It is one of the busiest travel

:33:02. > :33:04.weekends of the year, Around 20 million car journeys

:33:05. > :33:09.will be made on the UK's roads by Monday, with trips on major

:33:10. > :33:12.routes expected to take up The M25, M6 and M5 are expected

:33:13. > :33:16.to be worst affected. Up to two million are expected

:33:17. > :33:19.to fly away from the gridlock for a trip overseas, with Spain

:33:20. > :33:31.being the top destination. I wonder if it is too late just to

:33:32. > :33:35.book a flight and go? You can do that any time. Where are you going

:33:36. > :33:36.to go? Spain, obviously. It was an egg-cellent day

:33:37. > :33:40.for animals at a zoo in Florida. Not to miss out on the holiday fun,

:33:41. > :33:43.keepers organised an Easter egg Rhinos, zebras and elephants feasted

:33:44. > :33:51.on a special lunch made up of grass, The rhinos seemed a bit fooled

:33:52. > :33:55.by the decorated fruit, but after plenty of sniffing

:33:56. > :34:13.and licking, they seemed I am not surprised they are

:34:14. > :34:16.confused. Why is the watermelon blue, they are thinking?

:34:17. > :34:19.To Mike now, who is at the Crucible, in Sheffield, ahead of the start

:34:20. > :34:34.Good morning to you. Good morning. I need a name. What do you think?

:34:35. > :34:38.Pocket Rocket or shall? I am deep inside the Crucible, the dressing

:34:39. > :34:42.rooms are just there, and this is the Walker players have been doing

:34:43. > :34:46.for 40 years at this famous theatre -- Pocket Rocket Bushell. It is not

:34:47. > :34:50.as famous as the walk at Wimbledon, but the cameraman is doing well. It

:34:51. > :34:53.is a tight squeeze because it is a walking theatre. They normally walk

:34:54. > :34:57.out with their cues, the commentary box that, in the big moment where

:34:58. > :35:04.you take a deep left and walk down the red carpet to the applause of

:35:05. > :35:07.900 needy people in here. And as I say, they have in doing this for 40

:35:08. > :35:11.years and they are commemorating that because a lot of champions and

:35:12. > :35:17.former stars will do this walk together with the fans to look back

:35:18. > :35:21.on four decades. Down to the table, and the trophy itself, which dates

:35:22. > :35:23.back to 1927. So 90 years of champions on that. Of course,

:35:24. > :35:25.defending champion Mark Selby. Elsewhere in sport,

:35:26. > :35:27.it was a frustrating night for Manchester United,

:35:28. > :35:30.as they dominated the first leg of their Uefa Cup quarter-final with

:35:31. > :35:33.Anderlecht, but could only draw. Jose Mourinho's side went

:35:34. > :35:35.ahead before the break, thanks to this goal

:35:36. > :35:37.from Henrikh Mkhitaryan. But they missed some good chances

:35:38. > :35:40.to extend their lead, and five minutes from time,

:35:41. > :35:42.Leander Dendoncker grabbed The second leg is at

:35:43. > :35:58.Old Trafford next week. If you arrive into a situation where

:35:59. > :36:05.mathematically it is not possible, top four, then easy decision. Rest

:36:06. > :36:09.them, and go with them in Europa League if you are still in

:36:10. > :36:14.competition. But at this moment we are in a position where we have two

:36:15. > :36:18.matches in hand. If we win both matches we are direct into the top

:36:19. > :36:19.four. We have to fight for every game.

:36:20. > :36:21.The six-man shortlist for PFA player of the year is out,

:36:22. > :36:23.with Chelsea's N'Golo Kante the favourite.

:36:24. > :36:26.He helped Leicester lift the Premier League trophy last

:36:27. > :36:29.season, and looks on course to do the same with Chelsea this year,

:36:30. > :36:33.He scored for them in the quarter-finals.

:36:34. > :36:36.Also in contention are Eden Hazard, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Harry Kane,

:36:37. > :36:45.After Elinor Barker won silver in the women's race on Wednesday,

:36:46. > :36:49.Chris Latham won bronze in the men's scratch race at the cycling

:36:50. > :36:50.Track World Championships, in Hong Kong.

:36:51. > :36:53.It is his first international medal as a senior rider,

:36:54. > :37:03.In Super League, Warrington are now unbeaten in three matches,

:37:04. > :37:05.as they try to recover from their terrible start

:37:06. > :37:09.They ran in three tries against bottom club Widnes,

:37:10. > :37:19.the second from Jack Hughes, as they won 19-10.

:37:20. > :37:24.The draw has now been made for the first round in the last name on

:37:25. > :37:29.here, defending champion Mark Selby has been drawn against Fergal

:37:30. > :37:33.O'Brien, who was involved in the longest ever frame on Wednesday. Two

:37:34. > :37:37.hours in three minutes to make it through to the main draw. In the

:37:38. > :37:41.past on this trophy we have winners from England, Scotland, Wales,

:37:42. > :37:44.Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Canada and Australia but

:37:45. > :37:49.not as yet the Chinese name on there. They are getting close. Ding

:37:50. > :37:52.Junhui was the runner-up a year ago and it has been claimed that China

:37:53. > :37:56.will soon be the big superpower Snooker, dominating the titles.

:37:57. > :38:12.In a nation of over 1.3 billion people, one man is mobbed wherever

:38:13. > :38:16.he goes. Ding Junhui is treated like a movie or pop star. He is one of

:38:17. > :38:20.the most recognised faces across the whole of Asia, because this is the

:38:21. > :38:26.man who sparked a Chinese snooker revolution. To escape such constant

:38:27. > :38:30.attention, he moved to Sheffield, home of the World Championship,

:38:31. > :38:35.where he can lead a relatively normal life, unrecognised, well,

:38:36. > :38:40.most of the time. Good luck. Thank you. I met him this week for a frame

:38:41. > :38:43.at the city's Star Academy where his private practice room is a world

:38:44. > :38:47.away from all the attention. The 5 million followers on social media

:38:48. > :38:54.and the 210 million who watched his run to the final last year on

:38:55. > :38:59.Chinese state TV. The sound is wonderful, isn't it? You like that

:39:00. > :39:03.sound. I am proud. The little kids come and ask me how to be like you,

:39:04. > :39:12.and I am very pleased to answer the questions. So yes, I know it is how

:39:13. > :39:17.boring when you practise. It is very lonely. He is certainly not learn

:39:18. > :39:23.any more in Sheffield. Along with fellow star Marco Fu, the set the

:39:24. > :39:29.trend. Thanks to the likes of Ding and Marco Fu there is now a steady

:39:30. > :39:32.stream of players coming to dedicate themselves to training at these

:39:33. > :39:40.academies specially for Chinese players. Also good Chinese

:39:41. > :39:44.community, lots of Chinese restaurants, they love it. It has

:39:45. > :39:48.become a mecca for Chinese snooker players. They all want to come here

:39:49. > :39:53.and play. It feels like a second home here. It is easy to see what

:39:54. > :39:57.China is the new foreskin is liquor. Massive investment in facilities

:39:58. > :40:02.back home, and 70 million people now playing cue sports every week. In

:40:03. > :40:07.five years I think Chinese players will take over, as the standards are

:40:08. > :40:13.very high at the moment, but they can only improve from now on. Ding

:40:14. > :40:21.'s success is rubbing off on so many. Hit it in the middle? Yes!

:40:22. > :40:24.Great tutor. He has already won the UK championship and the Masters, but

:40:25. > :40:30.ever since he started playing pool in China, aged eight, the world

:40:31. > :40:37.title has been his burning ambition. On TV I see Steve Davis, they are

:40:38. > :40:40.all legends in snooker. I think I want to win these titles when I grow

:40:41. > :40:51.up. And it seems only a matter of time

:40:52. > :40:54.before he is world champion. He is one of those Chinese rising stars.

:40:55. > :40:57.And if you want the documentary about Ding Junhui, it is now

:40:58. > :41:01.on the BBC iPlayer, and it is called Enter the Dragon: China's Snooker

:41:02. > :41:10.Thank you very much. You look quite the part sitting there. You really

:41:11. > :41:12.do look like a Snooker pro yourself. We will talk to you later. Thank you

:41:13. > :41:13.very much. It has being described

:41:14. > :41:16.as the 'Mother Of All Bombs'. The largest non-nuclear weapon ever

:41:17. > :41:19.used in combat by the US has been dropped on a network of underground

:41:20. > :41:22.tunnels in Afghanistan. It is thought they were

:41:23. > :41:24.being used by so-called The weapon was first tested in 2003,

:41:25. > :41:28.but until yesterday, Michael Williams is the director

:41:29. > :41:36.of international relations at New York University,

:41:37. > :41:48.and joins us now. Good morning to you. I am actually

:41:49. > :41:56.going to ask you that is my first question. Why this on, and why now?

:41:57. > :41:59.Well, it seems to have been dictated by military necessity. President

:42:00. > :42:03.Trump said at a press conference not too long ago that it basically

:42:04. > :42:06.enables the military to do what it needs to do, is very hands off

:42:07. > :42:10.compared with President Obama and we know from Central command that this

:42:11. > :42:14.area was being targeted by Afghan forces. The Afghan National Army

:42:15. > :42:19.ground forces were unable to take this area from the Isis combat and

:42:20. > :42:23.who were in the region, so that called the US military support, and

:42:24. > :42:26.the US military doesn't have many combat and ground troops but they do

:42:27. > :42:29.have a power and this particular weapon with the blast radius and the

:42:30. > :42:33.power it brings was designed specifically to take out the shallow

:42:34. > :42:38.tunnels and shallow bunker structures. It is not a deep bunker

:42:39. > :42:42.destroying weapon, but it is the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in

:42:43. > :42:46.the arsenal. So it seems to have been dictated purely by an

:42:47. > :42:50.necessity, from what we know. And the US has not confirmed much detail

:42:51. > :42:55.of the strike, not a huge amount of detail, but a local official has

:42:56. > :42:58.confirmed to the BBC that many IS militants were killed, allegedly

:42:59. > :43:03.including the brother of a senior leader. We have also been told there

:43:04. > :43:06.were no civilian casualties. Well, it is good there were no civilian

:43:07. > :43:11.casualties. The US military generally tries to avoid that, it is

:43:12. > :43:14.under the protocol. The last administration was very intent on

:43:15. > :43:19.being quite involved in trying to avoid as much collateral damage as

:43:20. > :43:23.possible. The President now seems to be much more inclined to let the

:43:24. > :43:27.military do they need to do. If you look at... They say about three

:43:28. > :43:34.dozen combat atoms were killed in this attack, quite expensive given

:43:35. > :43:38.the weapon at hand --, since. It is not going to fix the situation on

:43:39. > :43:42.the ground, and Isis is a symptom of the problems in the wider region of

:43:43. > :43:47.the Middle East as well. So it may set back military objectives of Isis

:43:48. > :43:51.are ultimately it is only one part of a much larger puzzle. Talking

:43:52. > :43:56.about President Trump for a moment, this is in complete contrast to his

:43:57. > :43:59.predator so, isn't it? Because many military chiefs have expressed

:44:00. > :44:03.frustration at the end of President Obama's term, and as you say, at

:44:04. > :44:07.this point it seems that Trump has taken advice from military leaders

:44:08. > :44:11.and in a sense handed much more control over to them. Yes, well, the

:44:12. > :44:22.new administration has several other active or prior military combat and

:44:23. > :44:29.is, in the ranks. -- combatants. General McMaster, General Mattis, so

:44:30. > :44:34.they certainly favour that sort of advice. And he is much more hands

:44:35. > :44:41.off and definitely is much more in favour of large acts, as we know, to

:44:42. > :44:45.demonstrate US military power. And this is a departure. Maybe part of

:44:46. > :44:49.it is signalling to other parts of the world where there may be issues,

:44:50. > :44:52.but at the same time it is a relatively erratic policy, that

:44:53. > :44:56.doesn't seem to have a larger strategy behind the actions, which

:44:57. > :44:58.is to strike in Syria, or the moving of US naval assets closer to the

:44:59. > :45:01.Korean peninsula. Here's Matt with a look

:45:02. > :45:14.at this morning's weather. It is Good Friday, bank holiday

:45:15. > :45:22.weekend. How is it looking? Not bad at all. Quite mixed, it has to be

:45:23. > :45:25.said. Started on a good note. Glorious in Aberdeenshire. Sunshine

:45:26. > :45:31.top and tail at the moment. For most it will be a cloudy day. As you can

:45:32. > :45:37.see, cloud around, sunshine breaking through. South-east Wales and

:45:38. > :45:42.northern Scotland. In between, producing rain, northern England and

:45:43. > :45:47.Wales pushing east. There is dry weather in between. A damp spell for

:45:48. > :45:52.Northern Ireland into the start of the afternoon. If we look at four

:45:53. > :45:57.o'clock, sunny spells breaking through and sunny spells through the

:45:58. > :46:02.day for northern Scotland with showers pushing in on a cool breeze.

:46:03. > :46:06.Cloudy in northern England. The west of the Pennines is persistent and

:46:07. > :46:12.heavy into the afternoon, as it will in north and west Wales. The better

:46:13. > :46:16.spell for you first thing. Southeast Wales, southern England, East

:46:17. > :46:19.Anglia, it should be dry all day long with some sunny breaks. It

:46:20. > :46:24.might even feel warmer than yesterday. The rain pushed

:46:25. > :46:29.southwards and bring some of the gardens more of a sip than a drink

:46:30. > :46:34.before the weather front clears. With the clear skies, cold air

:46:35. > :46:37.pushing in, from the Midlands northwards, the chance of a touch of

:46:38. > :46:42.frost, maybe even ice around with showers in northern Scotland. Quite

:46:43. > :46:46.a cold day to come on Saturday. A cool breeze across the board. Sunny

:46:47. > :46:52.conditions across the country on Saturday. Sunny on Saturday with one

:46:53. > :46:58.or two showers. Many will have a predominantly dry day. Not

:46:59. > :47:02.especially warm in the sunshine. Temperatures 9- 14 degrees. Cold on

:47:03. > :47:06.the mountains of Scotland. Here if you are planning to go to the hills,

:47:07. > :47:09.not a great day with gale force winds, subzero temperatures, leading

:47:10. > :47:15.to a severe windchill and some snow showers around as well. The wind

:47:16. > :47:19.will ease and the cold air cut off into Sunday. Sunday we are back in

:47:20. > :47:24.cloudy weather as weather front push in. Northern Scotland and the south

:47:25. > :47:29.of England, temperatures could get into the teens. In between, lots of

:47:30. > :47:34.cloud and occasional rain but still some dry mornings around. Back to

:47:35. > :47:39.some sunny weather into Easter Monday one or two showers and with

:47:40. > :47:42.winds on Easter Monday, get yourself in the sunshine, especially in the

:47:43. > :47:46.west - it should feel a little warmer, although it is still cold on

:47:47. > :47:50.the eastern coast. There is something for everyone this weekend.

:47:51. > :47:56.Thank you. There is a holiday theme emerging, obviously, because of the

:47:57. > :48:03.day and we can. If you are watching this you are thinking about going

:48:04. > :48:10.away. You might already be a way. It is possible. Going abroad Easter

:48:11. > :48:17.weekend seems our luxury to me. Lots of people are doing it, it seems.

:48:18. > :48:21.Today is the busiest day of travel. About two million of us

:48:22. > :48:24.are choosing to head overseas. According to ABTA -

:48:25. > :48:25.that's the Association of British Travel Agents -

:48:26. > :48:28.two million British holidaymakers Spain is the UK's favourite foreign

:48:29. > :48:32.holiday destination for the weekend. You'll have already forked

:48:33. > :48:35.out for your flights but research from the Post Office

:48:36. > :48:38.out today says that once you actually get to one

:48:39. > :48:40.of the most popular spots, prices for basics,

:48:41. > :48:43.so like sunscreen, beer and meals, Louise Hodges is a travel expert

:48:44. > :48:58.with Travelzoo and joins me now. Morning, Louise. Delaying your bank

:48:59. > :49:03.holiday for us. In terms of once you get there, people will be on their

:49:04. > :49:08.way. Is there a big price difference in a resort in Spain or Greece to

:49:09. > :49:14.the pint of beer and sunscreen when you arrive? It depends where you go.

:49:15. > :49:18.If you look at Spain, you think about it in regions. I have looked

:49:19. > :49:23.at pricing. Northern Spain is cheaper than southern Spain. When

:49:24. > :49:29.people flock to the same resorts, prices go up. Less busy places will

:49:30. > :49:33.be cheaper. Even in the country. We are at Good Friday morning. Will

:49:34. > :49:38.there be people still booking their holiday for this weekend, because we

:49:39. > :49:42.have had many years people being more prepared, that is when deals

:49:43. > :49:46.are. There is a trend for the last-minute booking. When I spoke to

:49:47. > :49:50.travel companies we work with we found half of people are booking for

:49:51. > :49:55.holidays in the next ten days. That is something we haven't seen on that

:49:56. > :49:59.scale before. It means people are booking this weekend, for the week

:50:00. > :50:03.ahead and there are deals to Montenegro for ?300 per person for

:50:04. > :50:10.holidays in April. We have another bank holiday in two weeks. Why is it

:50:11. > :50:15.that we are leaving it so last-minute, so many people live at

:50:16. > :50:19.last minute, when ten years ago there were loads of last-minute

:50:20. > :50:23.deals. There was a long period of time when it was better to book in

:50:24. > :50:28.advance. There might be a mini train. Brexit has something to do

:50:29. > :50:34.with it. Post Article 50, people have taken a wait and see attitude

:50:35. > :50:39.with a currency. People have seen it isn't as rocky as feared, so they

:50:40. > :50:42.are booking in droves. If you look back to last year, people were

:50:43. > :50:46.booking 69 month in advance. This year is different. In summer I

:50:47. > :50:50.expect it will be different. And the weak pound might have an effect on

:50:51. > :50:55.taste and where people go. Arrival numbers have been going up to

:50:56. > :51:00.overseas countries. The numbers are not going down. People are picking

:51:01. > :51:06.destinations that are affordable. All-inclusive is popular as well.

:51:07. > :51:11.Thank you very much. People still booking even though it is Good

:51:12. > :51:16.Friday morning. I just can't get my head around that.

:51:17. > :51:20.Art may not be the first thing you think of when somebody mentions

:51:21. > :51:23.Although it was the home of poet Philip Larkin,

:51:24. > :51:26.it's probably fair to say that over the years its reputation has

:51:27. > :51:32.Hull is the UK City of Culture and every day throughout 2017 it

:51:33. > :51:37.People have already been flooding in to see what the city

:51:38. > :51:41.Colin Paterson is there for us this morning reflecting on the highlights

:51:42. > :51:44.so far, and to take a look at what is still to come.

:51:45. > :51:49.I recognise that, that is the poppies. They are back. This is

:51:50. > :51:52.Queen Victoria Square. Those are the ceramic poppies that were outside

:51:53. > :51:55.the Tao of London in 2014, commemorating those who died in the

:51:56. > :51:59.First World War. This is the Maritime Museum in Hull and many

:52:00. > :52:02.other fishermen were involved in the First World War and their boats were

:52:03. > :52:06.used to look for submarine. This is just one of many events happening

:52:07. > :52:12.right now for the city of culture. This week Hull went 100 days as City

:52:13. > :52:16.of Culture so we thought it was time for Breakfast to find out what has

:52:17. > :52:17.been going on. I ended up in some unusual places.

:52:18. > :52:27.The place would have spelt of carpet, overalls and a makeshift

:52:28. > :52:31.fire. Hull, City of Culture, where even taxis have been turned into

:52:32. > :52:38.theatres. And it raises up, pumping to handle. For the next three

:52:39. > :52:43.months, Wayne Jackson is presenting a show to an audience of six in the

:52:44. > :52:49.back of his father's cab. The show is only 20 minutes. I am doing at

:52:50. > :52:54.eight times a day. It is demanding and challenging. And his dad is

:52:55. > :52:59.loving it. It is absolutely excellent. It is combining my son's

:53:00. > :53:04.work and mind. We have always been proud of him. Had you ever done

:53:05. > :53:12.anything arty before? Nothing at all. Venues have been popping up all

:53:13. > :53:17.over the city. This week's opening, Flood, performed on a floating stage

:53:18. > :53:20.in the middle of a residential area. These people in their flats have

:53:21. > :53:26.been looking on us for six weeks. We have been chatting to them, we have

:53:27. > :53:30.been to local primer schools, we have a little boy called Jim who

:53:31. > :53:34.comes every date on his way from school and asked what we are doing.

:53:35. > :53:38.And who should arrived at that moment but Jim for his daily

:53:39. > :53:45.inspection, sharing the title that the crew have bestowed on him. The

:53:46. > :53:54.executive producer. Excellent, great title. It is a small example of how

:53:55. > :53:58.people of all ages have been getting involved since Hull's year in the

:53:59. > :54:01.spotlight began on January the first with a musical firework display.

:54:02. > :54:05.Other highlights so far have included the visit of enormous

:54:06. > :54:10.Scotch other Blade and the Humber Bridge being given a musical

:54:11. > :54:13.accompaniment from Opera North. It has been a magical start to the year

:54:14. > :54:18.with hundreds of residents getting involved and people from all over

:54:19. > :54:21.coming to experience Hull. Those who have lived in Hull all their lives

:54:22. > :54:27.have noticed a difference. It has brightened everything. It is lovely.

:54:28. > :54:29.It is a pleasure to the hometown. And there is still eight and a half

:54:30. > :54:39.months to go. Yes, 250 days to go. Let's find out

:54:40. > :54:49.what can be expected. Here are the men who know about it. The BBC face

:54:50. > :54:54.of Hull and Hull city culture. I was here on the first of January for

:54:55. > :55:00.fireworks. What has been going on? Well, the poppies have been and

:55:01. > :55:04.gone, the Blade has gone, there has been an amazing opening and it is

:55:05. > :55:11.getting people through. This is the Art gallery that will host the

:55:12. > :55:17.Turner prize. Yes,. Before that we have the sea of Hull painting. 3500

:55:18. > :55:22.people will turn up in the city centre naked, painted in blue.

:55:23. > :55:30.Phenomenal. Did you go for it? I didn't. We have heard a little about

:55:31. > :55:38.how people are getting involved. How have you gone about trying to make

:55:39. > :55:43.sure these isn't elitist? We have reworked the CD-ROM, spent ?45

:55:44. > :55:51.million doing it up so that it is something we can enjoy and have

:55:52. > :55:55.people here, we had 340,000 people from Hull. That is more than the

:55:56. > :55:59.population -- the city centre. It shows how many people have come to

:56:00. > :56:03.visit the city. That was a free festival people could take part in

:56:04. > :56:07.an come along and see first hand. Many events like that all year and

:56:08. > :56:13.the place is buzzing. If people want to find out what has been going on,

:56:14. > :56:20.you have a special programme. Yes, the first episode will be on at

:56:21. > :56:24.12:30pm on the News Channel, about my time in Iceland with John Grant,

:56:25. > :56:29.bringing over the north Atlantic festival at the end of April. We

:56:30. > :56:34.will catch up with a few other people. It will be great. That will

:56:35. > :56:39.be on at 12:30pm and 8pm if you want to find out what is going on. We

:56:40. > :56:41.will speak with more organisers and performance. We will talk to you

:56:42. > :56:48.soon. I think if you want a last-minute

:56:49. > :56:52.destination this Easter weekend, we have found one. Why not?

:56:53. > :00:11.So, the Easter weekend not looking too bad,

:00:12. > :00:15.yes, it is cooler than last weekend, but lots of dry weather around

:00:16. > :00:22.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:00:23. > :00:25.America drops what is known as the 'Mother Of All Bombs'

:00:26. > :00:26.on so-called Islamic State in Afghanistan.

:00:27. > :00:29.Seen here in tests, it is the largest non-nuclear device

:00:30. > :00:32.the US has used in conflict, and targeted a network

:00:33. > :00:53.We are so proud of our military, and it was another successful event.

:00:54. > :00:57.Also this morning: Unions representing 500,000 teachers claim

:00:58. > :01:00.schools in England face the worst cuts for 20 years,

:01:01. > :01:04.even though the Government says it is spending a record amount.

:01:05. > :01:08.Two bank holidays just two weeks apart means two million of us

:01:09. > :01:13.This morning, I'm taking a look at whether it is any cheaper

:01:14. > :01:25.Morning from inside the Crucible, either famous table here, home of

:01:26. > :01:29.the world Snooker championship for four decades and ahead of this

:01:30. > :01:34.year's competition, when we will decide who will lift this famous

:01:35. > :01:37.trophy, all the great and good of snooker will gather for a

:01:38. > :01:40.celebration with over 900 fans, as they look back on 40 years of drama.

:01:41. > :01:43.It might seem like a dog's life spending your day in the office.

:01:44. > :01:46.We will discuss why more companies are encouraging people

:01:47. > :01:57.Very good morning to you. Alternating days of cloudy today,

:01:58. > :02:00.sunny tomorrow. Same again on Sunday and Monday. A little bit on the

:02:01. > :02:05.cooler side this weekend but when the sun is out it should still feel

:02:06. > :02:06.quite doesn't. I will have your full Easter forecast coming in the next

:02:07. > :02:06.15 minutes. First, our main story:

:02:07. > :02:10.It is being reported 36 members of so-called Islamic State have been

:02:11. > :02:13.killed, after the United states dropped the biggest

:02:14. > :02:15.non-nuclear weapon ever used President Trump described

:02:16. > :02:19.the operation to destroy a series of underground caves

:02:20. > :02:21.as a very successful mission" Our North America editor

:02:22. > :02:30.John Sopel has more. This is the GBU-43,

:02:31. > :02:32.also known as a MOAB, a Massive Ordnance Air Blast,

:02:33. > :02:36.or as it is more commonly known, The largest non-nuclear

:02:37. > :02:46.weapon ever deployed. The target - so-called

:02:47. > :02:49.Islamic State in Afghanistan. We targeted a system of tunnels

:02:50. > :02:52.and caves that ISIS fighters used to move around freely,

:02:53. > :02:55.making it easier for them to target US military advisers

:02:56. > :02:59.and Afghan forces in the area. It is turning out to be a busy time

:03:00. > :03:02.for the commander-in-chief. We are so proud of our military,

:03:03. > :03:09.and it was another successful event. The tunnels and caves that were used

:03:10. > :03:13.by the Taliban over 15 years ago This bomb was dropped

:03:14. > :03:17.on a complex tunnel network in Nangarhar Province,

:03:18. > :03:20.close to the Pakistan border, where a member of US special forces

:03:21. > :03:23.was killed last week. But the actions brought a furious

:03:24. > :03:25.tweet from Afghanistan's former It is not just the dropping

:03:26. > :03:38.of a massive bomb on Afghanistan. In just over a week,

:03:39. > :03:40.President Trump has ordered the missile strike on Syria,

:03:41. > :03:44.a naval battle group to head to the Korean Peninsula, and he has

:03:45. > :03:48.restated his commitment to Nato. Some of Donald Trump's

:03:49. > :03:50.supporters are asking, whatever happened

:03:51. > :03:52.to the isolationist, America-first President

:03:53. > :04:03.of the inauguration? Unions representing 500,000 teachers

:04:04. > :04:06.say schools in England are facing the worst real-term

:04:07. > :04:08.cuts for 20 years. The NUT and NASUWT will discuss

:04:09. > :04:12.what they say is a crisis in funding when they meet today

:04:13. > :04:14.at their Easter conferences. But the Government says ?40 billion

:04:15. > :04:17.is being spent on schools this year, Our education correspondent

:04:18. > :04:29.Gillian Hargreaves reports. St Martin's School in Essex

:04:30. > :04:32.is a good school, but even here, it has become increasingly

:04:33. > :04:34.difficult to recruit staff, At one stage, they had a science

:04:35. > :04:41.teacher vacancy for more But there are also shortages

:04:42. > :04:46.in maths and modern languages. I look at the pool of people that

:04:47. > :04:50.are teaching in those areas, and the number of people that

:04:51. > :04:54.are due to retire over the next ten years, and also the number of people

:04:55. > :04:57.that are coming in that aren't actually a specialist in the subject

:04:58. > :05:03.area that they're teaching, and I think that this is really

:05:04. > :05:07.the thin end of the wedge. Teachers are gathering

:05:08. > :05:09.for their conferences at a time There have been widespread protests

:05:10. > :05:13.from parents and schools who say, without more money, class sizes

:05:14. > :05:17.will go up and teaching posts The Government points out ?40

:05:18. > :05:20.billion is being spent on schools this year, the highest

:05:21. > :05:22.cash figure ever. But teachers say that hasn't taken

:05:23. > :05:25.into account rising costs, like pay, pensions,

:05:26. > :05:28.and the running costs of schools. The funding pressure is also

:05:29. > :05:30.beginning to hit parents, something of a concern

:05:31. > :05:33.to the unions. Half of parents are saying they're

:05:34. > :05:37.making at least one financial contribution to the school's funds,

:05:38. > :05:40.in order to "enhance resources", whatever that means,

:05:41. > :05:43.at school level. And many parents are finding that

:05:44. > :05:47.even the cost of a school uniform is something which they

:05:48. > :05:50.can no longer afford. There is also much disquiet

:05:51. > :05:53.about Government plans to introduce Teachers argue money set aside

:05:54. > :05:59.for them would be better spent However, the Government says this

:06:00. > :06:03.new wave of grammars would benefit

:06:04. > :06:09.less-well-off families. Foreign ministers from Syria

:06:10. > :06:11.and Iran are holding talks with their Russian

:06:12. > :06:13.counterpart in Moscow today. It comes a day after the Syrian

:06:14. > :06:16.leader denied using chemical weapons President Assad said evidence had

:06:17. > :06:20.been fabricated to give the US an excuse to attack a Syrian

:06:21. > :06:31.government airfield. A future Labour government says it

:06:32. > :06:35.would bring in a law preventing More than 1,000 local

:06:36. > :06:38.branches closed in the UK Labour says lending to small

:06:39. > :06:42.businesses decreases in areas where banks close,

:06:43. > :06:44.but the Conservatives said their support for small

:06:45. > :06:46.businesses, including start-up A clean-up operation

:06:47. > :06:53.is under way in New Zealand, after a powerful storm

:06:54. > :06:55.swept across the country. Cyclone Cook was expected

:06:56. > :06:58.to be the worst storm Hawke's Bay on the east

:06:59. > :07:01.coast was worst-hit, with hundreds of families

:07:02. > :07:03.forced from their homes, road closures,

:07:04. > :07:11.and downed powerlines. The accommodation booking service

:07:12. > :07:13.Airbnb is improving the security of its app and website,

:07:14. > :07:16.after a BBC investigation found people's homes had been burgled

:07:17. > :07:18.by criminals using stolen accounts. The scammers changed some personal

:07:19. > :07:21.details and used them Our technology reporter

:07:22. > :07:35.Chris Foxx has more. Like millions of people, Christian

:07:36. > :07:39.had let out his home on Airbnb while he was out of town as a convenient

:07:40. > :07:43.way to make some extra money. He had done so for years without a problem,

:07:44. > :07:47.but on his birthday his home was burgled. I got that horrible text

:07:48. > :07:51.message saying someone is in the account and it is not me, because my

:07:52. > :07:56.account had been compromises. Christian thought he had let out his

:07:57. > :07:59.home to a verified profile, somebody who had verified government and

:08:00. > :08:02.navigation and had positive reviews from previous bookings. But the

:08:03. > :08:07.account had been stolen. The had changed that name, photograph and

:08:08. > :08:11.contact details on the profile but kept Airbnb's verified badge. And

:08:12. > :08:14.Christian is not alone. The BBC has spoken to two are the people who

:08:15. > :08:18.were robbed this way, and three others who had their accounts

:08:19. > :08:21.stolen, and Airbnb's Facebook page has dozens of comments from people

:08:22. > :08:25.who had their accounts compromises. There are many ways attackers could

:08:26. > :08:29.have been hijacking Airbnb accounts. They might be a trick people into

:08:30. > :08:33.handing over their passwords. But there are ways Airbnb could have

:08:34. > :08:46.defended against this. We put our security concerns to Airbnb. The

:08:47. > :08:51.company said... Those changes include two step verification when

:08:52. > :08:55.somebody logs in from a new device, and text message alerts if somebody

:08:56. > :08:59.changes your profile information. At four Christian, the changes come too

:09:00. > :09:02.late. He says the whole experience has left him with a bad feeling, and

:09:03. > :09:04.he may not use Airbnb again. It is expected to one of the busiest

:09:05. > :09:07.days on the roads today, with around 20 million car journeys

:09:08. > :09:10.expected over the Easter weekend. Millions more will be heading

:09:11. > :09:14.abroad, as they make the most of two bank holidays in the

:09:15. > :09:16.space of two weeks. Catrina Renton is in East London

:09:17. > :09:31.this morning, with the latest. A lot of people going to be on the

:09:32. > :09:35.roads and travelling, how do you think it is going to look? Well,

:09:36. > :09:40.Charlie, I am on the A102 at the moment and it is a good time to get

:09:41. > :09:43.away right now it is quite quiet, but that is going to change. Over

:09:44. > :09:46.the weekend around 20 million journeys on the road is expected to

:09:47. > :09:50.be taking, and the company which compiles data are saying you can

:09:51. > :09:54.expect delays of double the time of your normal journey on the major

:09:55. > :09:58.motorways, that would be the pinch points between 10am and 2pm, the

:09:59. > :10:02.time they say to try and avoid travelling. It is not just the roads

:10:03. > :10:06.that are busy. The airports, as we have been hearing on the programme,

:10:07. > :10:10.2 million people going away overseas on Easter break. The airports expect

:10:11. > :10:15.this to be their busiest day of the weekend. The top destination being

:10:16. > :10:21.Spain as the favourite. On the railways and different picture.

:10:22. > :10:24.Network Rail see fewer passengers on holiday weekend as an opportunity to

:10:25. > :10:31.get some work done. 200 engineering projects will affect journeys.

:10:32. > :10:37.Trains to London, Manchester, Bath, Glasgow and Edinburgh are affected

:10:38. > :10:40.and you should check to see what is affected before you head out. If you

:10:41. > :10:44.are looking for a break from the busy travel on Easter Sunday, we can

:10:45. > :10:49.expect a drop in the number of cars on the road before people had phoned

:10:50. > :10:52.again on Monday. And if you want to know the local situation where you

:10:53. > :10:56.are, watch the TV bulletins on your stations here, of course, on the

:10:57. > :11:00.BBC, and check out the local BBC radio stations. They will keep you

:11:01. > :11:05.right up to date. But it looks to me like a good time to get away now if

:11:06. > :11:08.you can. We will catch up with you a little later on, thank you very

:11:09. > :11:11.much. Basically leave now is the advice, or an hour ago.

:11:12. > :11:14.Nasa says one of Saturn's moons, known as Enceladus, may now be

:11:15. > :11:17.the best place to look for life beyond earth.

:11:18. > :11:20.Samples of the waters erupting from the moon's surface suggest it

:11:21. > :11:22.has all the conditions needed for life.

:11:23. > :11:24.The discovery was made through Nasa's Cassini probe,

:11:25. > :11:33.which has been exploring Saturn since 2004.

:11:34. > :11:40.And if that is something that excites you, and let's face it, it

:11:41. > :11:44.is a tantalising prospect, we will be discussing it after 8am this

:11:45. > :11:51.morning. What sort of life? Who knows?

:11:52. > :11:54.It has been almost a year since so-called legal highs

:11:55. > :11:57.were banned, but recent news coverage of people openly

:11:58. > :12:00.using the synthetic drug Spice, in public, means it is under

:12:01. > :12:03.Now, paramedics say the unpredictable effects

:12:04. > :12:05.of the substances on users is making their job harder,

:12:06. > :12:09.Dan Whitworth has more on this story.

:12:10. > :12:15.A warning - his report contains images of drug taking.

:12:16. > :12:21.Spice was banned by the Government nearly a year ago, along with other

:12:22. > :12:26.so-called highs, but that doesn't worry Adam and Derek.

:12:27. > :12:30.Since the ban came in, it's easier to get ahold

:12:31. > :12:31.of, and it is

:12:32. > :12:42.Police in Manchester say they dealt with around 60 incidents involving

:12:43. > :12:46.While the College of Paramedics, which represents 11,000 emergency

:12:47. > :12:48.workers across the UK, says the use of synthetic drugs

:12:49. > :12:50.is making treating people even harder.

:12:51. > :12:56.Spitting, biting, punching, kicking, those things are what paramedics

:12:57. > :13:00.So it's important for people to realise that this substance,

:13:01. > :13:03.whatever it is you are taking, it could kill you.

:13:04. > :13:06.Unfortunately that is what we are seeing, kids are dying.

:13:07. > :13:16.It is a familiar problem for people at charities like Lighthouse. I have

:13:17. > :13:22.been smoking spice for nine years. And it is a luxury. Three years ago

:13:23. > :13:26.that is when my life started with spice. It has just ruin my life,

:13:27. > :13:30.basically. The government says it will publish

:13:31. > :13:34.a drug strategy shortly, aimed at stopping the use

:13:35. > :13:36.of synthetic drugs like Spice, and it says anyone caught

:13:37. > :13:39.using these kinds of drugs already Joining us now is Neil Woods,

:13:40. > :13:44.a former undercover drugs police officer who is now the chairman

:13:45. > :14:08.of Leap UK, which campaigns This has happened with similar

:14:09. > :14:13.legislation in Ireland and Poland. People are taking it because it is

:14:14. > :14:17.cheap. Pictures shown on the clip here of homeless people. These

:14:18. > :14:25.people are not zombies. They are struggling to cope with life on the

:14:26. > :14:30.streets. Having worked amongst homeless people and manipulating

:14:31. > :14:34.them myself as an undercover police officer, I am sure that if I had to

:14:35. > :14:38.live on the streets, I would not cope without getting high as cheaply

:14:39. > :14:41.as possible and it would be the case with most people. We saw some of

:14:42. > :14:47.those glimpses and people maybe saw that with their own eyes in high

:14:48. > :14:51.streets, people taking Spice, other substances, and the unpredictable

:14:52. > :14:56.effects they have. What can you tell us about that, especially to do with

:14:57. > :15:00.Spice? When you surrender a commodity to the black market, it

:15:01. > :15:04.becomes adulterated. There is no control at all what is in it. So the

:15:05. > :15:09.strongest possible chemicals are in it. It is financially worthwhile to

:15:10. > :15:13.gangsters to sell the strongest product because it is the most

:15:14. > :15:17.cost-effective. The economy of the black market makes drugs more

:15:18. > :15:22.dangerous. That is why you are seeing more into acting effect,

:15:23. > :15:27.unpredictable drugs. It is the same with wider drugs legislation, since

:15:28. > :15:32.banning them they have become stronger, cheaper and more varied.

:15:33. > :15:37.Is it and after effect of the tightening of legislation

:15:38. > :15:41.surrounding marijuana? Well, cannabis is an interesting one.

:15:42. > :15:45.People call this synthetic cannabis. It is not. People take it for a

:15:46. > :15:50.headache and it is in the same chemical family as heroin but it is

:15:51. > :15:53.not the same thing. It is far more dangerous than cannabis. It is safe

:15:54. > :16:00.to say if it was regulated 15 years ago, synthetic cannabinoids, Spice,

:16:01. > :16:05.would be around because it is a product of the prohibition. People

:16:06. > :16:10.watching this, and I know you take a different view, one of the jobs of

:16:11. > :16:16.administrations, of government, of lawmakers, is that you set laws up

:16:17. > :16:21.to stop people doing things you don't want them to do. And you don't

:16:22. > :16:24.want people taking Spice, so that is why the legislation is there. You

:16:25. > :16:30.want to send out a statement of things you don't want people doing.

:16:31. > :16:34.You know people say that. That is the argument. How do you deal with

:16:35. > :16:37.that thing, that if you make it legally available you are sending

:16:38. > :16:42.the message it is something that is acceptable? Messages don't save

:16:43. > :16:46.lives or reduce harm. The legislation as it has been, drug

:16:47. > :16:50.laws and approaching drugs, is not working. Every time you ban

:16:51. > :16:54.something it empowers the black market and makes the black market

:16:55. > :16:59.more violent and more dangerous. Drugs can be dangerous. We need to

:17:00. > :17:04.get them under control. That is why we at Leap UK, ex- military, ex-

:17:05. > :17:09.operatives, have worked on the frontline with drugs. We are telling

:17:10. > :17:12.you that we need to get this problem under control and you can only do

:17:13. > :17:16.that by regulating. We have no control over it at the moment

:17:17. > :17:21.because gangsters supply it. How many people, you know, distressing

:17:22. > :17:25.images on public streets, shopping centres, bus stops. People in this

:17:26. > :17:28.zombielike state - how many people should have been helped, could have

:17:29. > :17:33.been helped with early intervention from mental health services?

:17:34. > :17:39.Exactly. Clearly, these people need help. The way that we treat homeless

:17:40. > :17:43.people is just horrific. Walking along the streets of Manchester

:17:44. > :17:47.here, the numbers of people has increased so much. Even if you don't

:17:48. > :17:53.care about these vulnerable people, think about the financial situation.

:17:54. > :17:56.It is actually - policing drugs is the single is biggest thing in

:17:57. > :18:02.policing. It is extremely expensive. It is cheaper to look after people.

:18:03. > :18:06.If you invest in the mental health services, if you invest in

:18:07. > :18:10.accommodation for these people, ask the police officers going to the

:18:11. > :18:13.calls, time after time, like last weekend, what would they rather

:18:14. > :18:19.spend time doing, I think they would rather be doing something which is

:18:20. > :18:26.positive. OK, thank you for your time this morning. Undercover drugs

:18:27. > :18:27.detective and now director of Leap UK.

:18:28. > :18:29.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:18:30. > :18:32.The main stories this morning: The Afghan military says 36 members

:18:33. > :18:35.of so-called Islamic estate were killed after the US dropped

:18:36. > :18:38.what it called the mother of all bombs on a network of caves.

:18:39. > :18:41.Schools in England are facing the worst cuts for 20 years

:18:42. > :18:44.according to unions representing half a million teachers.

:18:45. > :18:46.But the government says it's spending a record amount

:18:47. > :18:55.Here's Matt with a look at this morning's weather.

:18:56. > :19:05.Good morning. A stunning shot this morning from a Weather Watcher in

:19:06. > :19:11.Aberdeenshire, it sums up the Easter weekend. Sunshine, quite a bit of

:19:12. > :19:18.cloud and what you is a little cool weather as well. Let's look at the

:19:19. > :19:22.details today. It will be a cloudy day with plenty across the centre of

:19:23. > :19:28.the UK, although some sunshine as you saw in northern Scotland, and

:19:29. > :19:34.for southern England and the. Cloud in between for north Wales -- Wales.

:19:35. > :19:36.Doubt whether to start the afternoon in Northern Ireland, sliding into

:19:37. > :19:42.north-west England and Wales later. Northern Ireland will finish the day

:19:43. > :19:46.dry and sunny with light wind. And where we have sunny spells in the

:19:47. > :19:53.north of Scotland, Iraq showers to spoil it now and again, some of the

:19:54. > :19:57.most dry weather in the north-east. For the north-east, for the

:19:58. > :20:00.Pennines, across the western side, the afternoon his looking wetter

:20:01. > :20:03.than this morning and the same for Wales. It won't feel great out

:20:04. > :20:08.there. Southern England, the Midlands and East Anglia, we see the

:20:09. > :20:12.dry weather. And with sunny spells maybe even a touch warmer than

:20:13. > :20:15.yesterday. Here into tonight you will see some rain pushed through.

:20:16. > :20:20.It won't affect everyone. Some of the gardens will only get a sip

:20:21. > :20:24.rather than a drink of rain. As it clears, the skies clear and air

:20:25. > :20:30.pushes in. The cold air means a touch of frost, across the

:20:31. > :20:34.countryside, the Midlands northwards, and showers overnight,

:20:35. > :20:38.continuing into Saturday. Strong and gusty winds. Quite a breeze across

:20:39. > :20:44.the UK that will make it feel cool in cloudy moment. If anything,

:20:45. > :20:47.Saturday will be sunny for the weekend with one or two showers here

:20:48. > :20:53.and there. Temperatures around nine to 14, where they should be, but it

:20:54. > :20:58.will feel cold if you are heading to the Scottish mountains on Saturday.

:20:59. > :21:03.Conditions are far from ideal, gales with subzero temperatures, leading

:21:04. > :21:08.to a city windchill and, yes, snow on the mountains. We cut off the

:21:09. > :21:12.feat of cold air into Sunday but weather fronts mean it is back to

:21:13. > :21:15.cloudy weather on Sunday -- feed. The best sunshine, like today,

:21:16. > :21:19.southern England, northern Scotland, in between cloud, at Kasyanov rain

:21:20. > :21:25.and dry weather with temperatures lifting compare to Saturday. -- and

:21:26. > :21:29.cloud and rain. There is bright weather also on Monday, sunny spells

:21:30. > :21:33.for just about all, one or two showers here and there but most of

:21:34. > :21:36.you will avoid them and still a cool breeze along the eastern coast of

:21:37. > :21:40.northern England and eastern Scotland. Elsewhere, little in the

:21:41. > :21:44.way of wind on Easter Monday, when the sun shines it will feel

:21:45. > :21:48.pleasantly warm. Back to you both. A question for you, are you a pet

:21:49. > :21:53.owner and, if you are, have you taken your pet to work? I am not. I

:21:54. > :21:56.don't fancy taking it to work, would you? You haven't got one anyway. I

:21:57. > :22:05.have brought my daughter to work. It is along the same line, not quite

:22:06. > :22:11.the same. It didn't work very well. She is probably better trained than

:22:12. > :22:18.most pets. We are dog owners. A .5 million. Would it be a good thing

:22:19. > :22:23.for people to bring them to work? What do you think I am going to say?

:22:24. > :22:27.We have sat here on the sofa with my dog. It was a disaster, it put me

:22:28. > :22:31.right off my work. She was excellent and that is not true. She was

:22:32. > :22:31.frightened of the dog trainer at the time.

:22:32. > :22:38.Susannah Streeter has been finding out.

:22:39. > :22:45.Brooke, Reggie, Max and Peggy are office at ease at Nestle in Gatwick.

:22:46. > :22:49.The pets at work scheme proved so popular that by the end of the year

:22:50. > :22:54.around 100 dogs past and assessment to gain their own staff pass. I

:22:55. > :22:58.think some people did wonder how many dogs would actually come into

:22:59. > :23:01.the office and whether we would have large numbers or packs of dogs

:23:02. > :23:07.roaming the office. The reality is on any given day we probably have

:23:08. > :23:12.between 20- 25 dogs in an office of 1000 people. And in fact it is very

:23:13. > :23:16.rare to even hear a dog park in the office. They are here if you want to

:23:17. > :23:22.find one. The dog don't just relieve stress, they also help build office

:23:23. > :23:25.camaraderie. It has made me make friends. People come and talk to me.

:23:26. > :23:31.They know my dog. And it opens doors. What about the time when she

:23:32. > :23:36.needs to go to the loo? She starts to get up and pays around and look

:23:37. > :23:43.at me. We have had the odd accident. Doctor a care is ?30- ?40 per day.

:23:44. > :23:47.-- dog daycare. I have three of them. For me it is a big saving.

:23:48. > :23:51.Have there been fallouts with other dogs? Not that I have seen. They

:23:52. > :23:56.love chasing each other around the park. You hear the odd Barca, that

:23:57. > :24:01.is it. So, just how easy it is it taking your pet into the workplace?

:24:02. > :24:07.-- bark. I have borrowed Monet to find out. This is the BBC. Come on.

:24:08. > :24:13.-- Marna. This is the business unit. I am going for an editorial meeting.

:24:14. > :24:18.Dow Jones on last night from the slide. Here we go. Here we are.

:24:19. > :24:24.Claire, if you hear designer is as it is because we have a dog in this

:24:25. > :24:29.morning's meeting. OK. Different. I am going to the studio now, down to

:24:30. > :24:34.make up. I am going to give you a little bit too. I might need to

:24:35. > :24:37.brush off a feudal pairs. Marna remained calmly inquisitive until

:24:38. > :24:43.she saw the cleaning trolley. We have a little guest in today.

:24:44. > :24:47.Marna's following me around. She is scared. Next, the BBC will studio,

:24:48. > :24:53.we meet Debra Conolly, a dog specialist. You are gorgeous indeed.

:24:54. > :24:57.Every office is different. Some are quiet, somehow the public in and

:24:58. > :25:00.out. You need to be sure your dog has the right temperament and

:25:01. > :25:04.recognise the signs your dog might be struggling. And make sure the

:25:05. > :25:08.other people in the office have checked out to be sure they are not

:25:09. > :25:11.afraid or allergic and take a bag of goodies for your dog to be

:25:12. > :25:17.entertained. Interview over, it is lunchtime, and Marna can spend it

:25:18. > :25:20.with me. And after her performance in the editorial meeting, I think

:25:21. > :25:23.she deserves a treat, don't you, Marna? Come on.

:25:24. > :25:30.Well, I don't know about you, but I think we have been replaced. Oscar

:25:31. > :25:36.has been watching the programme, he is absolutely glued to that report.

:25:37. > :25:43.Is he going to give me his paw? Oh, thank you, Oscar. He likes to hold

:25:44. > :25:49.hands. Yes. If you are wondering who Oscar is, Oscar has been brought in

:25:50. > :25:53.by his owner, Phil, who will talk to later, just about the story, is it a

:25:54. > :25:58.good thing to bring your to work? It is worth saying that if you don't

:25:59. > :26:05.like dogs, and, you know, a workmate brings in a dog, it won't work, will

:26:06. > :26:09.it? Is Oscar going? No, he is fine. If you have pictures to share,

:26:10. > :26:14.stories of the benefits of having a dog in the workplace, or another

:26:15. > :26:21.pet. It is pets generally. Oh, the sofa is short. He is one of the best

:26:22. > :26:22.behaved guests we have ever had. I love him.

:26:23. > :26:27.Still to come this morning: How Hull is bringing out the hidden art lover

:26:28. > :26:35.We'll be live in the Uk's City of Culture.

:26:36. > :26:41.It is looking beautiful today. They are in fact Lego daffodils. They are

:26:42. > :26:44.not quite real. They are clever. Very clever.

:26:45. > :30:02.Let's get the news, travel and weather where

:30:03. > :30:05.Now, though, it's back to Sally and Charlie.

:30:06. > :30:17.Hello, this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:30:18. > :30:20.It is being reported 36 members of so-called Islamic state

:30:21. > :30:22.were killed after the United States dropped what was described

:30:23. > :30:25.as the 'Mother Of All Bombs' in Afghanistan.

:30:26. > :30:27.The weapon is the largest non-nuclear bomb to have ever been

:30:28. > :30:36.The target was a network of underground tunnels.

:30:37. > :30:39.The attack has been condemned by the former Afghan president Hamid

:30:40. > :30:44.Unions representing 500,000 teachers say schools in England are facing

:30:45. > :30:46.the worst real-term cuts for 20 years.

:30:47. > :30:50.The NUT and NASUWT will discuss what they say is a crisis in funding

:30:51. > :30:52.when they meet today at their Easter conferences.

:30:53. > :30:56.But the Government says ?40 billion is being spent on schools this year,

:30:57. > :30:59.Unions say schools staff shortages are increasing,

:31:00. > :31:04.and there is a reduction in vocational subjects.

:31:05. > :31:07.I think funding is going to be the theme that dominates

:31:08. > :31:09.the conversations, because around the country, class sizes

:31:10. > :31:13.are going up, we are seeing arts, dance, drama, music being cut,

:31:14. > :31:17.We are seeing schools that are having letters sent to parents

:31:18. > :31:20.to ask them for money, to try and make up for the gap

:31:21. > :31:28.the Government is causing in school budgets.

:31:29. > :31:31.Foreign ministers from Syria and Iran are holding talks

:31:32. > :31:33.with their Russian counterpart in Moscow today.

:31:34. > :31:36.It comes a day after the Syrian leader denied using chemical weapons

:31:37. > :31:40.President Assad said evidence had been fabricated to give the US

:31:41. > :31:46.an excuse to attack a Syrian government airfield.

:31:47. > :31:49.Nigeria says it is actively negotiating with the Islamist

:31:50. > :31:51.militant group Boko Haram to free the Chibok schoolgirls

:31:52. > :31:53.who were kidnapped three years ago today.

:31:54. > :31:56.More than 270 students were seized from their dormitories,

:31:57. > :31:59.and almost 200 of the girls are still being held in captivity.

:32:00. > :32:01.Demonstrators will hold events later today in the capital,

:32:02. > :32:11.Abuja, and in Lagos, to mark the anniversary.

:32:12. > :32:14.A future Labour government says it would bring in a law preventing

:32:15. > :32:18.More than 1,000 local branches closed in the UK

:32:19. > :32:21.Labour says lending to small businesses decreases in areas

:32:22. > :32:23.where banks close, but the Conservatives

:32:24. > :32:25.said their support for small businesses, including start-up

:32:26. > :32:34.A clean-up operation is under way in New Zealand,

:32:35. > :32:36.after a powerful storm swept across the country.

:32:37. > :32:39.Cyclone Cook was expected to be the worst storm

:32:40. > :32:43.Hawke's Bay on the east coast was worst-hit,

:32:44. > :32:45.with hundreds of families forced from their homes,

:32:46. > :32:51.road closures, and downed powerlines.

:32:52. > :32:54.It is one of the busiest travel weekends of the year,

:32:55. > :32:59.Around 20 million car journeys will be made on the UK's roads

:33:00. > :33:02.by Monday, with trips on major routes expected to take up

:33:03. > :33:10.The M25, M6 and M5 are expected to be worst affected.

:33:11. > :33:13.Up to two million are expected to fly away from the gridlock

:33:14. > :33:15.for a trip overseas, with Spain being the top destination.

:33:16. > :33:44.Nasa says one of Saturn's moons, known as Enceladus, may now be

:33:45. > :33:47.the best place to look for life beyond earth.

:33:48. > :33:50.Samples of the waters erupting from the moon's surface suggest it

:33:51. > :33:52.has all the conditions needed for life.

:33:53. > :33:54.The discovery was made through Nasa's Cassini probe,

:33:55. > :33:58.which has been exploring Saturn since 2004.

:33:59. > :34:02.We will be discussing that a bit later because people get excited

:34:03. > :34:06.about the prospect of life elsewhere. And all of the

:34:07. > :34:17.all-important bank holiday weather as well. Looking over my shoulder,

:34:18. > :34:21.you can see Mike Bushell in a waistcoat for the start of the world

:34:22. > :34:26.Snooker championship. Yes, good morning. Hush hush. The head of

:34:27. > :34:31.World Snooker has dominated the table so far. He goes for an easy

:34:32. > :34:37.read, lining himself up. I haven't had a look and so far. I am not

:34:38. > :34:43.surprised, really, you are the chair of World Snooker after all. This is

:34:44. > :34:49.the practice room at the Crucible, where players come ten or 15 minutes

:34:50. > :34:53.before a session or a match. You missed the blue, so I will give ago

:34:54. > :34:59.now. This is where they come before a session. If it is going badly,

:35:00. > :35:02.like for Barry, they might come here during the mid-session interval to

:35:03. > :35:07.try and get their eye back in. At this table is far too big for me, so

:35:08. > :35:11.I was literally going for pot luck there. And Barry, take it away

:35:12. > :35:13.again. While Barry clears the table, I will tell you about the rest of

:35:14. > :35:16.the sport. Elsewhere in sport,

:35:17. > :35:18.it was a frustrating night for Manchester United,

:35:19. > :35:21.as they dominated the first leg of their Uefa Cup quarter-final with

:35:22. > :35:23.Anderlecht, but could only draw. Jose Mourinho's side went

:35:24. > :35:26.ahead before the break, thanks to this goal

:35:27. > :35:28.from Henrikh Mkhitaryan. But they missed some good chances

:35:29. > :35:30.to extend their lead, and five minutes from time,

:35:31. > :35:33.Leander Dendoncker grabbed The second leg is at

:35:34. > :35:40.Old Trafford next week. If you arrive into a situation

:35:41. > :35:43.where mathematically it is not possible, top four,

:35:44. > :35:44.then easy decision. Rest them, and go with them

:35:45. > :35:47.in the Europa League, But at this moment,

:35:48. > :35:52.we are in a position where we have If we win both matches

:35:53. > :35:56.we are direct into the top four. After Elinor Barker won silver

:35:57. > :36:11.in the women's race on Wednesday, Chris Latham won bronze in the men's

:36:12. > :36:14.scratch race at the cycling Track World Championships,

:36:15. > :36:16.in Hong Kong. It is his first international

:36:17. > :36:19.medal as a senior rider, In Super League, Warrington are now

:36:20. > :36:29.unbeaten in three matches, as they try to recover

:36:30. > :36:31.from their terrible start They ran in three tries

:36:32. > :36:34.against bottom club Widnes, the second from Jack Hughes,

:36:35. > :36:46.as they won 19-10. Back at the Crucible, this is the

:36:47. > :36:52.World Championship trophy, it is 90 years old. On the winners' list,

:36:53. > :36:57.winners from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of

:36:58. > :37:02.Ireland, Canada, Australia, not as yet a Chinese name but that could

:37:03. > :37:10.change. There is a feeling that they are the rising superpower of

:37:11. > :37:11.Snooker. I have been to meet Ding to find out more.

:37:12. > :37:15.In a nation of over 1.3 billion people, one man is mobbed

:37:16. > :37:18.Ding Junhui is treated like a movie or pop star.

:37:19. > :37:22.He is one of the most recognised faces across the whole of Asia,

:37:23. > :37:25.because this is the man who sparked a Chinese snooker revolution.

:37:26. > :37:27.To escape such constant attention, he moved to Sheffield,

:37:28. > :37:30.home of the World Championship, where he can lead a relatively

:37:31. > :37:43.I met him this week for a frame at the city's Star Academy,

:37:44. > :37:46.where his private practice room is a world away

:37:47. > :37:48.from all the attention, the 5 million followers on social

:37:49. > :37:52.media, and the 210 million who watched his run to the final

:37:53. > :38:04.The little kids come and ask me how to be like you,

:38:05. > :38:06.and I am very pleased to answer the questions.

:38:07. > :38:09.So yes, I know it is - how boring when you practise.

:38:10. > :38:17.He is certainly not alone anymore in Sheffield.

:38:18. > :38:20.Along with fellow star Marco Fu, they set the trend.

:38:21. > :38:23.Thanks to the likes of Ding and Marco Fu, there is now a steady

:38:24. > :38:26.stream of players coming to dedicate themselves to training,

:38:27. > :38:35.at these academies specially for Chinese players.

:38:36. > :38:39.Also a good Chinese community, lots of Chinese restaurants.

:38:40. > :38:46.It has become a mecca for Chinese snooker players.

:38:47. > :38:55.It is easy to see why China is the new force in snooker.

:38:56. > :38:58.Massive investment in facilities back home, and 70 million people now

:38:59. > :39:07.In five years, I think Chinese players will take over,

:39:08. > :39:11.as the standards are very high at the moment, but they can only

:39:12. > :39:14.Ding's success is rubbing off on so many.

:39:15. > :39:24.He has already won the UK championship and the Masters,

:39:25. > :39:27.but ever since he started playing pool in China,

:39:28. > :39:29.aged eight, the world title has been his burning ambition.

:39:30. > :39:33.On TV I see Steve Davis, they are all legends in snooker.

:39:34. > :39:52.I think, I want to win these titles when I grow up.

:39:53. > :39:55.And if you want the documentary about Ding Junhui, it is now

:39:56. > :39:58.on the BBC iPlayer, and it is called Enter the Dragon: China's Snooker

:39:59. > :40:09.Well worth a watch as well and Jamie Broughton will have a BBC News

:40:10. > :40:18.special tomorrow at lunchtime. You can see how bad Jamie and -- Barry

:40:19. > :40:23.and IR, because look how few balls we have cleared. First of all, 40

:40:24. > :40:27.years. The Snooker World Championships have been here for 40

:40:28. > :40:31.years. Why did it settle at the Crucible? Why did it become the

:40:32. > :40:37.home? A historic story, because the promoters of the championship, Mike

:40:38. > :40:42.Waterson's wife came to the Crucible, went home and told her

:40:43. > :40:47.husband I have found you the perfect venue for the Snooker, and from such

:40:48. > :40:50.openings big things grow. I think the year before it had been in

:40:51. > :40:56.Manchester in a not particularly pleasant arena. Everyone, at the

:40:57. > :41:01.moment they walk through the doors here, they feel this is special. And

:41:02. > :41:05.it has stayed special ever since. It almost is a part of British

:41:06. > :41:10.eccentricity that we are still in a 900 seat venue when we could sell

:41:11. > :41:14.10,000 tickets a day. But it has developed this feeling for the

:41:15. > :41:18.players, and as I say, I have been here for 40 consecutive years, and

:41:19. > :41:22.still yesterday, when I arrived, the hairs on the back of my neck went up

:41:23. > :41:25.when I walked inside. Obviously this is the practice room, but the

:41:26. > :41:31.audience, the fans are so close to you, breathing down your neck. With

:41:32. > :41:35.two tables in play, when we start on Saturday, I think you get more room

:41:36. > :41:39.in your local billiard hall to play on than you would on the greatest

:41:40. > :41:45.stage on earth. So it is very special, it is a unique tournament,

:41:46. > :41:49.and as you said, with Ding, in places like China, a global sport

:41:50. > :41:54.like never before. Do you think they will dominate in years to come? I

:41:55. > :41:57.was in China last week, it is just hundreds of thousands of players. It

:41:58. > :42:01.is part of the school curriculum, you see these 15 or 16-year-old

:42:02. > :42:06.kids. We have one of the greatest first round matches, the 17-year-old

:42:07. > :42:11.player. His first year on tour and he is playing at the Crucible. Give

:42:12. > :42:15.them five years, these European players are really going to have to

:42:16. > :42:20.get their head down. And a special celebration today on 40 years since

:42:21. > :42:25.you came here, so former stars coming down the green carpet for a

:42:26. > :42:30.bit of a party. It is party time, a celebration. Everybody is here.

:42:31. > :42:35.There will be a few memories of Alex Higgins, and people who played such

:42:36. > :42:40.an enormous part in making this such a special occasion. But for me, and

:42:41. > :42:45.Steve Davis, our life has changed here. When he won the world title

:42:46. > :42:50.changed his entire life, and it came back to the Crucible. You can watch

:42:51. > :42:57.it live on iPlayer, the BBC News website. I will try and get a ball

:42:58. > :43:00.down. Let me run around here. I don't think you will have much

:43:01. > :43:05.success with that. You have completely... Well, not snookered me

:43:06. > :43:17.but I have to get around that blue somehow. I think that is why it is

:43:18. > :43:21.the practice room, don't you think? And you can keep those shoes on,

:43:22. > :43:31.have you copped those shoes? Let's see Mike's choose! Show us your

:43:32. > :43:36.shoes. Look at that. How am I supposed to concentrate with shoes

:43:37. > :43:40.like that? Joe Johnson at the Crucible, when he won the world

:43:41. > :43:45.title, wore shoes of a similar ilk. They are not making much difference

:43:46. > :43:53.to my game. Your game is rubbish, the same as mine. In Q4 both --

:43:54. > :43:56.thank you both very much indeed. You are watching

:43:57. > :43:57.Breakfast from BBC News. The main stories this morning:

:43:58. > :44:00.The Afghan military says 36 members of so-called Islamic estate

:44:01. > :44:03.were killed after the US dropped what it called the 'Mother

:44:04. > :44:07.Of All Bombs' on a network of caves. Unions representing 500,000 teachers

:44:08. > :44:09.claim schools in England face the worst cuts for 20 years,

:44:10. > :44:29.even though the Government says In those snooker halls, they won't

:44:30. > :44:29.care about the weather, but a lot of other people will.

:44:30. > :44:32.Here's Matt with a look at this morning's weather.

:44:33. > :44:37.The first big holiday weekend of the year. It will be one that produces

:44:38. > :44:48.quite a bit of weather variety. This morning, lots of cloud from a

:44:49. > :44:53.Weather Watcher shot showing you, there are breaks in Cambridgeshire

:44:54. > :44:58.and southern parts. The same for northern Scotland. In between, thick

:44:59. > :45:01.cloud, northern England and Wales threatening the odd spot of rain

:45:02. > :45:05.this morning and the odd heavy burst. It will turn damp around

:45:06. > :45:09.lunchtime in Northern Ireland. The wet weather spreads into north-west

:45:10. > :45:13.England and west Wales. North of it we will see sunshine at times in

:45:14. > :45:17.central and northern Scotland. It is punctuated by the odd shower,

:45:18. > :45:20.pushing through on the breeze, and Northern Ireland will brighten up in

:45:21. > :45:23.the evening so that you finish with some sunshine here. Northern England

:45:24. > :45:27.will be cloudy throughout. West of the Pennines most likely to see the

:45:28. > :45:31.bulk of the rain, especially this afternoon, the same for northern and

:45:32. > :45:36.western Wales, the wrangle term persistent. Southeast Wales, largely

:45:37. > :45:40.dry. Much of southern England, Midland and East Anglia will see

:45:41. > :45:43.some breaks in the cloud, so some sunny spells and a touch warmer than

:45:44. > :45:47.yesterday. A breeze adding to the chill, taking the weather front

:45:48. > :45:51.southwards, so a lot of gardeners parched in southern England, and it

:45:52. > :45:57.is more an sip than a drink tonight, some avoiding the showers. And as a

:45:58. > :46:00.weather front pushes through, temperatures drop, so a Kauto Star

:46:01. > :46:03.to Saturday morning with frost around, maybe ice in Scotland with

:46:04. > :46:08.showers to start the day. If anything Saturday is more sunny than

:46:09. > :46:13.today. The odd shower here and there. Chiefly for Scotland. One or

:46:14. > :46:16.two Ellsworth. Most of you will avoid them and be dry throughout.

:46:17. > :46:21.The breeze will be a cold one -- elsewhere. 9- 14 degrees where we

:46:22. > :46:25.should be for the time of year. And this is the sunshine, it will be

:46:26. > :46:28.pleasant enough, although don't be fooled if you are heading to the

:46:29. > :46:33.Scottish mountains. While it might be nice on the valleys, horrible

:46:34. > :46:38.really come back to winter, gale force winds, so the Winchell and

:46:39. > :46:42.even snow at times. The cold wind will ease into Sunday -- wind chill.

:46:43. > :46:46.We are back to the weather front from the Atlantic, so cloudy weather

:46:47. > :46:49.on Easter Sunday. Some sunshine in northern parts of Scotland and a

:46:50. > :46:53.little sunshine at times in southern England. In between, like today,

:46:54. > :47:00.cloud, AK shall rain and temperatures up on what we saw on

:47:01. > :47:04.Saturday. -- some rain. And then, showers around across eastern areas,

:47:05. > :47:11.dry weather on Easter Monday, and a further west you are with wind

:47:12. > :47:14.light, once in the sunshine it should feel nice enough. So,

:47:15. > :47:21.something for everyone, even the gardeners. Back to you both. Thank

:47:22. > :47:28.you. It is a bit mixed over the weekend. Maybe you are thinking of

:47:29. > :47:32.going away. Sean is explaining why we have bank holiday weekend close

:47:33. > :47:37.together. Lots of people going away and it won't be as expensive if you

:47:38. > :47:42.go abroad. Once you get there. Overall cost, with the weaker pound,

:47:43. > :47:45.has made things more expensive automatically to go abroad, but it

:47:46. > :47:50.has helped the domestic market as well. People this weekend travelling

:47:51. > :47:50.around the UK and not leaving. Good morning.

:47:51. > :47:54.An impressive 6.6 million of us are set to have a trip away over

:47:55. > :48:00.I'll be off to the seaside after the show.

:48:01. > :48:03.But it's a pretty big rise, according to tourism body Visit

:48:04. > :48:06.Over half a million more overnight stays than last year.

:48:07. > :48:10.And bookings for tourists coming to the UK from now until the summer

:48:11. > :48:18.Anthony Pickles is from Visit Britain and joins me now.

:48:19. > :48:27.Morning. Is it fundamentally a weaker pound being great for the UK

:48:28. > :48:31.tourism market? What we are seeing at the moment is a window of

:48:32. > :48:35.opportunity with great tourism products across the UK which is

:48:36. > :48:41.improving all of the time alongside the weaker currency and better value

:48:42. > :48:46.abroad. What we have to do is make sure people overseas understand that

:48:47. > :48:51.we have got - that we are better value, the best value in 11 years or

:48:52. > :48:54.more, so if I say to you, what is the exchange rate with Canada, you

:48:55. > :48:58.may have a vague idea as the business correspondent, maybe not.

:48:59. > :49:02.Likewise, people overseas don't know that, so we have a job working

:49:03. > :49:06.overseas to get their message across that we are great value for money.

:49:07. > :49:12.Would you say this is a great opportunity but we are not really

:49:13. > :49:14.cashing in on it? We have to do more because, who knows, currencies

:49:15. > :49:19.fluctuate hugely right across the world and, as I said, we have a

:49:20. > :49:25.great window, so we have to cash in. Two bank holiday is close to each

:49:26. > :49:30.other, is it good for the B, hotels, tourist places in the UK, or

:49:31. > :49:35.does it mean people go away for one of them? You said 6 million of us

:49:36. > :49:40.are getting away overnight this weekend and I am sure people will be

:49:41. > :49:44.taking the opportunity to go away this Easter and take time off, so

:49:45. > :49:48.close to the May holiday, so we have heard more people are going away,

:49:49. > :49:52.something like one third waiting to see what the weather is like, so

:49:53. > :49:56.let's hope the weather forecast and the sunshine pushes people to take a

:49:57. > :50:03.trip away. We have been talking a lot about Hull this morning, so what

:50:04. > :50:07.can we learn about the idea of focusing on one particular area as a

:50:08. > :50:13.place for culture and to go and spend time? So, Hull is the City of

:50:14. > :50:18.Culture and what is happening is, with a full year of activity,

:50:19. > :50:22.whether it is cultural, art, people have heard more about Hull and they

:50:23. > :50:25.are going there. And from the organisers themselves, more and more

:50:26. > :50:29.people are going to see what is going on. And having the City of

:50:30. > :50:34.Culture is an opportunity to get people to places they might not

:50:35. > :50:39.visit. Not every city can have that. That is true. It works for Hull at

:50:40. > :50:41.obviously it is not straightforward for every single market across the

:50:42. > :50:49.UK. Thank you very much indeed. If you are looking for somewhere

:50:50. > :50:54.that you haven't gone too, there is plenty happening this weekend in

:50:55. > :50:54.Hull. Yes, indeed, here is a live camera now.

:50:55. > :50:57.Our Arts correspondent Colin Paterson is there for us this

:50:58. > :51:10.daffodils that you can see if you're going to Hull. A brand-new addition

:51:11. > :51:15.to the City of Culture, just in time for Easter, with a giant Lego

:51:16. > :51:21.watering can as well. 1700 Lego daffodils. It is all part of the

:51:22. > :51:26.idea of getting the exhibits to the City of Culture into the centre of

:51:27. > :51:32.Hull. This is King Edward Square. The reason we have come to Hull is

:51:33. > :51:36.this week they went 100 days as City of Culture, so we thought it was

:51:37. > :51:38.time for Breakfast to catch up with what was going on in the city, and I

:51:39. > :51:40.ended up in some unusual places. The place would have

:51:41. > :51:43.spelt of carpet, overalls Hull, City of Culture,

:51:44. > :51:47.where even taxis have been And it raises up,

:51:48. > :51:55.by pumping a handle. For the next three months,

:51:56. > :52:00.Wayne Jackson is presenting a show to an audience

:52:01. > :52:02.of six in the back It is combining my

:52:03. > :52:21.son's work and mine. Had you ever done

:52:22. > :52:25.anything arty before? Venues have been popping

:52:26. > :52:37.up all over the city. This week's opening, Flood: A State

:52:38. > :52:39.of the Nation Parable, performed on a floating stage

:52:40. > :52:42.in the middle of a residential area. These people in their flats have

:52:43. > :52:46.been looking on us for six weeks. We have been chatting to them,

:52:47. > :52:50.we have been to local primary schools, to sing a song in the play,

:52:51. > :52:54.we have a little boy called Jim who comes every date on his way

:52:55. > :52:57.from school and asked And who should arrive at that moment

:52:58. > :53:02.but Jim for his daily inspection, proudly sharing the title the crew

:53:03. > :53:04.have bestowed on him. It's a small example of how people

:53:05. > :53:15.of all ages have been getting involved since Hull's year

:53:16. > :53:18.in the spotlight began on January the first, with a musical

:53:19. > :53:21.firework display. Other highlights so far have

:53:22. > :53:26.included the visit of enormous sculpture the Blade

:53:27. > :53:31.and the Humber Bridge being given a musical accompaniment

:53:32. > :53:32.by Opera North. It has been a magical start

:53:33. > :53:35.to the year with hundreds of thousands of residents getting

:53:36. > :53:38.involved and people from all over coming

:53:39. > :53:39.to experience Hull. Those who have lived in Hull

:53:40. > :53:42.all their lives have And there is still eight

:53:43. > :54:00.and a half months to go. We are hearing about how their has

:54:01. > :54:04.been an attempt to get people who live in Hull to get involved and

:54:05. > :54:08.here is Trevor and Maggie. What made you want to get involved in the City

:54:09. > :54:16.of Culture Wasilla it is an historic event for Hull and I am so proud of

:54:17. > :54:20.the city. Maggie, what else have they got you doing, apart from

:54:21. > :54:23.wearing light blue? Talking to people, encouraging people to look

:54:24. > :54:27.and see what we have got here as well as enjoying all of the extra

:54:28. > :54:30.bits outcome as well, and the daffodils. What kind of things when

:54:31. > :54:36.people come to ask questions, what are they wanting to know about?

:54:37. > :54:40.Things like where does this come from, what does this mean, what do

:54:41. > :54:47.you think it is, is it really art, like when we had the Bla, it opened

:54:48. > :54:51.a lot of discussion with people -- Blade. We were talking with the

:54:52. > :54:56.people who work coming to see what's going on, and they were sharing

:54:57. > :55:04.their views with us. Just briefly, tell me about this huge mural, what

:55:05. > :55:07.is it? 1 million pieces of glass reflecting Hull's maritime history

:55:08. > :55:16.from someone called Alan Boyce. Thank you. Phil Batty from Hull

:55:17. > :55:20.2017. Who is paying for this? We have 80 partners who have brought it

:55:21. > :55:24.together and what is great is it is the people behind the city that has

:55:25. > :55:29.made it possible, that energy that has brought it together. Just

:55:30. > :55:35.briefly, more than 250 days to go, what are the highlights? I am

:55:36. > :55:40.looking forward to the opening of Skin and the house of King and

:55:41. > :55:44.Queens as part of LGBT 50. If you are looking for somewhere to go,

:55:45. > :55:48.Hull is an option and there is just time for me to go and attend to the

:55:49. > :55:51.daffodils. Oh, me as an eight-year-old would have loved it.

:55:52. > :55:56.I think the grown-up Colin quite likes it as well! Like something

:55:57. > :56:00.from a storybook. It is a Lego watering can and daffodils or.

:56:01. > :56:05.Someone has spent a lot of time doing that. Much more

:56:06. > :56:08.If you'd like to know more about Hull, you can watch Britain's

:56:09. > :56:11.UK City of Culture on the BBC News Channel today at

:56:12. > :56:21.coming up, we are talking about bringing your pets to work and some

:56:22. > :56:27.of you have sent your pictures. Here is Midge the greyhound, oh, look, in

:56:28. > :56:34.Sheffield. Thank you for sending these in, this is Jack who goes to

:56:35. > :56:39.the British army offers. This is in Germany. And as you can see, he has

:56:40. > :56:43.designed chair, a special chair. Archie goes to school in Blackpool

:56:44. > :56:51.every day and he has helped to bring down the stress levels according to

:56:52. > :56:55.make. -- Meg. Look at his face. And Lottie demands lots of cuddles as

:56:56. > :57:01.part of the team. That was a picture sent in by Joe. So, it works for a

:57:02. > :57:04.lot of people. There is something about a wonky ear that is so cute.

:57:05. > :57:09.More on the programme, indeed we will have a dog on the sofa to see

:57:10. > :57:09.if it brings a good vibe. I think that

:57:10. > :00:29.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:00:30. > :00:39.This is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:00:40. > :00:41.America drops what's known as the mother of all bombs

:00:42. > :00:43.on so-called Islamic State in Afghanistan, reportedly

:00:44. > :00:47.Seen here in tests, it's the largest non-nuclear device the US has used

:00:48. > :00:52.in conflict and targeted a network of caves and tunnels.

:00:53. > :01:09.We are so proud of our military. And it was another successful event.

:01:10. > :01:13.Good morning, it's Friday 14th April.

:01:14. > :01:18.Also this morning: Unions representing half a million teachers

:01:19. > :01:21.claim schools in England face the worst cuts for 20 years

:01:22. > :01:27.even though the Government says it's spending a record amount.

:01:28. > :01:30.Never mind the search for life on Mars, NASA says one of Saturn's

:01:31. > :01:37.moons may now be the single best place to look for life beyond earth.

:01:38. > :01:46.Good morning from inside the Crucible they'll be holding a

:01:47. > :01:49.celebration to celebrate four decades later with players past and

:01:50. > :01:53.present ahead of the main competition which starts tomorrow. I

:01:54. > :01:57.will be speaking to the world champion Mark Selby.

:01:58. > :02:00.It might seem like a dog's life spending your day in the office.

:02:01. > :02:02.We'll discuss why more companies are encouraging people

:02:03. > :02:10.Good morning. Hopefully the sunshine will arrive on cue when you need it

:02:11. > :02:18.this morning. It's a weekend full of weather variety, some cloudier and

:02:19. > :02:20.cool moments. Today one of those cloudy days and rain. I will have a

:02:21. > :02:33.forecast in 15 minutes. It's being reported 36 members of

:02:34. > :02:37.so-called Islamic State have been killed after the United States

:02:38. > :02:44.dropped the biggest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat in

:02:45. > :02:48.Afghanistan. The operation to destroy a series of

:02:49. > :02:50.underground caves in a remote region of eastern Afghanistan has been

:02:51. > :03:00.described as a very successful mission.

:03:01. > :03:03.a Massive Ordnance Air Blast, or as it is more commonly known,

:03:04. > :03:05.The largest non-nuclear weapon ever deployed.

:03:06. > :03:07.The target - so-called Islamic State in Afghanistan.

:03:08. > :03:10.We targeted a system of tunnels and caves that ISIS fighters used

:03:11. > :03:13.to move around freely, making it easier for them to target

:03:14. > :03:16.US military advisers and Afghan forces in the area.

:03:17. > :03:20.It is turning out to be a busy time for the commander-in-chief.

:03:21. > :03:24.We are so proud of our military, and it was another successful event.

:03:25. > :03:28.The tunnels and caves that were used by the Taliban over 15 years ago

:03:29. > :03:34.This bomb was dropped on a complex tunnel network

:03:35. > :03:38.in Nangarhar Province, close to the Pakistan border,

:03:39. > :03:41.where a member of US special forces was killed last week.

:03:42. > :03:45.But the actions brought a furious tweet from Afghanistan's former

:03:46. > :03:58.It is not just the dropping of a massive bomb on Afghanistan.

:03:59. > :04:01.In just over a week, President Trump has ordered

:04:02. > :04:04.the missile strike on Syria, a naval battle group to head

:04:05. > :04:07.to the Korean Peninsula, and he has restated his commitment to Nato.

:04:08. > :04:09.Some of Donald Trump's supporters are asking, whatever happened

:04:10. > :04:10.to the isolationist, America-first President

:04:11. > :04:25.Unions representing half a million teachers say schools in England

:04:26. > :04:30.are facing the worst real term cuts for 20 years.

:04:31. > :04:33.The NUT and NASUWT will discuss what they say is a crisis in funding

:04:34. > :04:35.when they meet today at their Easter conferences.

:04:36. > :04:38.But the Government says ?40 billion is being spent on schools this year,

:04:39. > :04:43.Our education correspondent Gillian Hargreaves reports.

:04:44. > :04:49.St Martin's School in Essex is a good school.

:04:50. > :04:54.But even here, it has become increasingly difficult to recruit

:04:55. > :04:55.staff, particularly in specialist subjects.

:04:56. > :04:58.At one stage, they had a science teacher vacancy for more

:04:59. > :05:01.But there are also shortages in maths and modern languages.

:05:02. > :05:07.I look at the pool of people that are teaching in those areas,

:05:08. > :05:10.and the number of people that are due to retire over the next ten

:05:11. > :05:13.years, and also the number of people that are coming in that aren't

:05:14. > :05:15.actually a specialist in the subject area that they're teaching,

:05:16. > :05:19.and I think that this is really the thin end of the wedge.

:05:20. > :05:21.Teachers are gathering for their conferences at a time

:05:22. > :05:27.There have been widespread protests from parents and schools who say,

:05:28. > :05:30.without more money, class sizes will go up and teaching posts

:05:31. > :05:34.The Government points out ?40 billion is being spent on schools

:05:35. > :05:38.this year, the highest cash figure ever.

:05:39. > :05:41.But teachers say that hasn't taken into account rising costs,

:05:42. > :05:43.like pay, pensions, and the running costs of schools.

:05:44. > :05:46.The funding pressure is also beginning to hit parents,

:05:47. > :05:51.something of a concern to the unions.

:05:52. > :05:55.Half of parents are saying they're making at least one financial

:05:56. > :05:57.contribution to the school's funds, in order to "enhance resources",

:05:58. > :06:01.whatever that means, at school level.

:06:02. > :06:04.And many parents are finding that even the cost of school uniform

:06:05. > :06:06.is something which they can no longer afford.

:06:07. > :06:10.There is also much disquiet about Government plans to introduce

:06:11. > :06:16.Teachers argue money set aside for them would be better spent

:06:17. > :06:19.However, the Government says this new wave of grammars

:06:20. > :06:25.would benefit less-well-off families.

:06:26. > :06:28.Foreign ministers from Syria and Iran are holding talks

:06:29. > :06:29.with their Russian counterpart in Moscow today.

:06:30. > :06:34.It comes a day after the Syrian leader denied using chemical weapons

:06:35. > :06:43.President Assad said evidence had been fabricated to give

:06:44. > :06:45.the US an excuse to attack a Syrian Government airfield.

:06:46. > :06:48.The lawyer of a man who suffered a broken nose and lost two teeth

:06:49. > :06:51.when he was dragged off a plane in Chicago says it's likely

:06:52. > :06:53.he will take legal action against United Airlines.

:06:54. > :06:55.Several passengers filmed Dr David Dao being forced off

:06:56. > :06:58.the flight, bloodied and injured by Chicago aviation police

:06:59. > :07:07.after he'd refused to leave the overbooked flight.

:07:08. > :07:09.At a press conference Mr Dao's daughter said it's been a difficult

:07:10. > :07:15.What happened to my Dad should have never happened to any human being,

:07:16. > :07:26.We were horrified, and shocked and sickened, to learn what had

:07:27. > :07:31.happened to him, and to see what had happened to him.

:07:32. > :07:34.A future Labour Government says it would bring in a law preventing

:07:35. > :07:39.More than 1,000 local branches closed in the UK

:07:40. > :07:44.Labour says lending to small businesses decreases

:07:45. > :07:47.in areas where banks close, but the Conservatives said

:07:48. > :07:50.their support for small businesses, including start-up loans,

:07:51. > :07:59.A clean-up operation is under way in New Zealand after a powerful

:08:00. > :08:02.Cyclone Cook was expected to be the worst storm

:08:03. > :08:09.Hawke's Bay on the east coast was worst hit with hundreds

:08:10. > :08:12.of families forced from their homes, road closures and

:08:13. > :08:15.The accommodation booking service Airbnb is improving the security

:08:16. > :08:18.of its app and website after a BBC investigation found people's homes

:08:19. > :08:25.had been burgled by criminals using stolen accounts.

:08:26. > :08:26.The scammers changed some personal details and used

:08:27. > :08:36.Airbnb said it had already been working on the changes.

:08:37. > :08:39.It's expected to be one of the busiest days on the roads

:08:40. > :08:41.today with around 20 million car journeys expected over

:08:42. > :08:50.Millions more will be heading abroad as they make the most of two bank

:08:51. > :08:55.Catrina Renton is in east London this morning with the latest.

:08:56. > :09:02.It looks really nice and quiet where you are at the moment but it's not

:09:03. > :09:09.expected to stay that bay, is it? That's it, at the moment it's a good

:09:10. > :09:13.time to get away. As you said, over 20 million car journeys expected

:09:14. > :09:21.over this weekend and while it's a good time to go now, the company

:09:22. > :09:26.that's been compiling the data for us say that between 10 and two is

:09:27. > :09:29.when the pinch points are going to be, they're advising to get away or

:09:30. > :09:38.wait until after They're saying the journeys could

:09:39. > :09:42.double in time on major motorways. Many of these people are also going

:09:43. > :09:47.to be going to airports, airports are expected to be very busy this

:09:48. > :09:52.weekend. Today the busiest day over the weekend with over two million

:09:53. > :09:56.people going overseas and the favourite destination there being

:09:57. > :10:00.Spain. Other things, the Network Rail, are taking the opportunity

:10:01. > :10:04.because over bank holiday weekends they tend to be quieter than normal,

:10:05. > :10:10.to get work done, so engineering projects on around 200 routes,

:10:11. > :10:13.trains to London, to Manchester, to Bath, Edinburgh and Glasgow, they'll

:10:14. > :10:17.be amongst those affected and you should check with the operator

:10:18. > :10:21.before you start your journey. If you are looking for a wee break and

:10:22. > :10:25.relaxing drive, Sunday is the day for that because traffic will be

:10:26. > :10:30.down on Easter Sunday. If you want to find out more about the local

:10:31. > :10:31.situation where you are watch our bulletins where you are and listen

:10:32. > :10:35.to BBC local radio. Thank you very much. We are going

:10:36. > :10:43.further afield next. It's 750 million miles from earth,

:10:44. > :10:46.but the American space agency NASA says one of Saturn's moons,

:10:47. > :10:49.known as Enceladus may now be the best place to look

:10:50. > :10:53.for life beyond earth. Samples of water erupting

:10:54. > :10:56.from the ice-covered moon's surface suggest it has all the conditions

:10:57. > :10:58.needed for life. The discovery was made by NASA's

:10:59. > :11:00.Cassini spacecraft which is coming to the end of a 13-year

:11:01. > :11:06.mission to Saturn. Our science editor David

:11:07. > :11:15.Shukman can explain. For over a decade Cassini has

:11:16. > :11:22.shared... A NASA video promoting a mission

:11:23. > :11:24.that keeps making astonishing A spacecraft called

:11:25. > :11:26.Cassini has focussed on one of Saturn's moons,

:11:27. > :11:30.Enceladus. Beneath its icy surface is a deep

:11:31. > :11:35.ocean and great jets of water blasting out of it contain

:11:36. > :11:37.ingredients needed for life. In fact, NASA scientists now say

:11:38. > :11:40.that on the floor of the ocean there may be hydrothermal vents

:11:41. > :11:44.like these on earth making hydrogen So conceivably this becomes one

:11:45. > :11:54.of the likeliest places on the solar We're joined now by astrophysicist

:11:55. > :12:06.Chris Copperwheat. Now, Chris, you can go to this

:12:07. > :12:09.planet and maybe live there as long as you can swim? Yes, it would be

:12:10. > :12:16.very wet, yeah. When we talk about life on planets in the solar system

:12:17. > :12:20.we always think of Mars and all of that, but these moons these icy

:12:21. > :12:23.moons in many ways are better candidates to live on, they have

:12:24. > :12:28.oceans, conditions underneath the ice is probably very much like at

:12:29. > :12:33.the bottom of our deepest oceans, on the ocean floor here. So, given the

:12:34. > :12:36.evidence we have just heard and what they've said, why wouldn't there be

:12:37. > :12:41.life there? Well, this is a good question. Everything seems to be in

:12:42. > :12:45.place. We have always known, it's been talked about in science fiction

:12:46. > :12:48.for decades these are possible sources for life, and now we are

:12:49. > :12:56.finally putting pieces in the puzzle. We have seen the evidence of

:12:57. > :13:00.the water and the complicating molecules and the key find something

:13:01. > :13:07.the hydrogen, which is the food source. We see a complicated

:13:08. > :13:11.structure of life, a huge diversity that feeds on the energy from this

:13:12. > :13:18.hydrogen reaction so everything is in place. The next step is going out

:13:19. > :13:22.there with the right equipment to look for the bio markers. What

:13:23. > :13:27.exactly does that mean, what exactly are they looking for? Well,

:13:28. > :13:31.ultimately, so, what we are talking about here is chemical reactions.

:13:32. > :13:37.The chemical processes that we know on earth supports life. The next

:13:38. > :13:40.step would be to search for the actual components, basic building

:13:41. > :13:43.blocks of life, the amino acids and that sort of stuff we know are

:13:44. > :13:51.required, so different equipment for that. There is an upcoming mission

:13:52. > :13:56.to, not the moon here, but one that is perhaps more famous, the moon of

:13:57. > :14:01.Jupiter, Europa. It's going to have a different set of equipment and a

:14:02. > :14:05.radar that can look under the ice and equipment that can analyse this

:14:06. > :14:11.water in more detail as it flies through. At that point do you get a

:14:12. > :14:16.definitive answer and we have found this chemical reaction and this

:14:17. > :14:19.means life? At some point it becomes incontrovertible. It feels like we

:14:20. > :14:25.are getting closer all the time. This is an exciting time. When this

:14:26. > :14:29.mission launched n the late 90s, when I was at school, and now we are

:14:30. > :14:33.at the end of its life and this is the Crowning achievement of the

:14:34. > :14:38.Cassini mission and when it was launched no one would have expected

:14:39. > :14:48.this sort of result, it was there to look at Sturn. -- at Saturn. My

:14:49. > :14:52.non-expert question of the day! Why do we always assume that life can

:14:53. > :14:56.only be formed according to the principles that have happened on

:14:57. > :14:59.earth? You are saying, we look for all the factors that happened on

:15:00. > :15:02.earth, it could be completely different, couldn't it? Why do we

:15:03. > :15:09.assume it has to be like it was here? You are right, yeah. This is

:15:10. > :15:13.it. It's like the old Star Trek thing, it's life, Jim, but not as we

:15:14. > :15:17.know it. It's easier to look for life as we know it, because we know

:15:18. > :15:23.we have one example, one data point where all the conditions, we know

:15:24. > :15:27.those conditions produce life. So, we have an entire universe to study.

:15:28. > :15:31.We are overwhelmed with data. A good place to start is to look at the

:15:32. > :15:35.place where we know the conditions can support life. But you are quite

:15:36. > :15:40.right, life as we don't know it could exist in any number of

:15:41. > :15:41.different environments. There is a new catch dz phrase, life as we

:15:42. > :15:58.don't know it! It is hard to know the things we

:15:59. > :16:03.don't know. What are your predictions for the weather?

:16:04. > :16:10.Fairly mixed to say the least, something for everyone. Some parts

:16:11. > :16:14.of the country are starting drier and bright, the sun was just picking

:16:15. > :16:20.through the cloud and Twickenham a short while ago, but grey skies for

:16:21. > :16:24.some this morning. For Good Friday, southern Scotland, Northern Ireland,

:16:25. > :16:28.North Wales and the North Midlands particularly cloudy. It turns dump

:16:29. > :16:32.around lunchtime across Northern Ireland and into the afternoon,

:16:33. > :16:37.north-west England and North and West Wales. Most staying dry south

:16:38. > :16:42.of that, cloud thin enough to allow sunshine now and then. Sunny spells

:16:43. > :16:46.in Scotland and Northern Ireland through the afternoon. Some showers

:16:47. > :16:48.here and there, particularly across the Highlands and Islands.

:16:49. > :16:54.Temperatures still down in single figures. North-west England, North

:16:55. > :16:58.and West Wales will be getting heavier and more persistent rain

:16:59. > :17:02.this afternoon, the hills in particular. Away from that, the odd

:17:03. > :17:06.spot of rain, much of south Wales, southern England, the Midlands and

:17:07. > :17:10.East Anglia staying dry through the day with some sunshine, it might

:17:11. > :17:13.feel a touch warmer than yesterday even in the breeze.

:17:14. > :17:17.The rain from northern England north and West Wales will push eastwards,

:17:18. > :17:22.giving some gardens are welcome sip rather than a drink of water. Not

:17:23. > :17:26.everyone can see that before the cloud and the showers gradually

:17:27. > :17:32.depart. Quite a chilly night, a touch of frost and some gardens in

:17:33. > :17:35.northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some ice and

:17:36. > :17:43.showers in Scotland. Saturday will have sunny skies, a few showers but

:17:44. > :17:47.very isolated. You will be lucky to see them, unless you are in the

:17:48. > :17:51.north and west of Scotland, weather showers will be less frequent.

:17:52. > :17:55.Temperatures between nine and 14 degrees tomorrow but feeling cool in

:17:56. > :17:59.the breeze, nice enough in the sunshine. If you are in the Scottish

:18:00. > :18:04.valleys tomorrow, do not be fooled, it will feel more like winter in the

:18:05. > :18:09.mountain tops. Severe wind-chill and a little bit of snow. Into Sunday,

:18:10. > :18:15.back to the cloudy weather. Weather fronts pitching from the Atlantic.

:18:16. > :18:18.Northern Ireland, northern England and Wales and the Midlands and East

:18:19. > :18:22.Anglia and the south-east will have this weather front, which could

:18:23. > :18:26.produce rain. Sunshine in the south-western for the northern half

:18:27. > :18:29.of the country, feeling pleasant, as it will wake you have the sunshine

:18:30. > :18:34.and eight. There will be some showers through the east of the

:18:35. > :18:38.country, but dry and sunny moments to enjoy. With winds lighter,

:18:39. > :18:42.particularly in the West, feeling warmer. The best place to be this

:18:43. > :18:49.weekend, probably Spain and Portugal.

:18:50. > :18:52.Nice and sunny and warm. Oh, great! We have been talking about going

:18:53. > :19:07.abroad... But we are not going there! But maybe to cheer us up we

:19:08. > :19:10.could bring in a pet. There are around 8.5 million dogs in the UK

:19:11. > :19:14.and you might see them as part of the family. If you miss them when

:19:15. > :19:25.you are at work, why not take them in? Around one in ten businesses say

:19:26. > :19:27.they have the dog friendly policy. Susannah Streeter has been finding

:19:28. > :19:29.out if more should do the same. Brooke, Reggie, Max

:19:30. > :19:31.and Peggy are office buddies The Pets at Work scheme proved

:19:32. > :19:35.so popular that by the end of the year around 100 dogs passed

:19:36. > :19:37.an assessment to gain I think some people did wonder how

:19:38. > :19:41.many dogs would actually come into the office

:19:42. > :19:43.and whether we would have large numbers or packs

:19:44. > :19:45.of dogs roaming the office. The reality is on any given day

:19:46. > :19:48.we probably have between 20-25 dogs And in fact it is very rare to even

:19:49. > :19:55.hear a dog bark in the office. They are here if you want

:19:56. > :19:57.to find one to pet. Dog don't just relieve stress,

:19:58. > :19:59.they also help build What about the time

:20:00. > :20:13.when she needs to go to the loo? She starts to get up and paces

:20:14. > :20:16.around and looks at me. Have there been fallouts

:20:17. > :20:31.with other dogs? They love chasing each

:20:32. > :20:34.other around the park. So, just how easy it is it

:20:35. > :20:42.taking your pet into the workplace? Dow Jones on last

:20:43. > :20:55.night from the slide. Claire, if you hear some noises

:20:56. > :21:03.it is because we have a dog I am going to the studio

:21:04. > :21:10.now, down to make up. I am going to give

:21:11. > :21:12.you a little bit too. I might need to brush

:21:13. > :21:16.off a few hairs. Marna remained calmly inquisitive

:21:17. > :21:19.until she saw the cleaning trolley. Next, the BBC Studio, we meet

:21:20. > :21:30.Debra Conolly, a dog specialist. Some are quiet, some

:21:31. > :21:36.have the public in and out. You need to be sure your dog has

:21:37. > :21:39.the right temperament and recognise the signs your dog

:21:40. > :21:44.might be struggling. And make sure the other people

:21:45. > :21:47.in the office have checked out to be sure they are not afraid or allergic

:21:48. > :21:50.and take a bag of goodies Interview over, it is lunchtime,

:21:51. > :21:56.and Marna can spend it with me. And after her performance

:21:57. > :21:58.in the editorial meeting, I think she deserves a treat,

:21:59. > :22:01.don't you, Marna? Here with us now is Phil Campbell,

:22:02. > :22:20.a dog behaviourist and trainer, You are a dog trainer, so your dog

:22:21. > :22:25.Oscar has been accurately behaved. He has been to see us once before

:22:26. > :22:30.this morning. ... Has been immaculately behaved. But not all

:22:31. > :22:35.dogs would be as common as environment? No. You had to pick and

:22:36. > :22:39.choose your animal, your dog. Oscar is a prime example of the type of

:22:40. > :22:43.dog you can take to work, he is relaxed and pretty good in almost

:22:44. > :22:48.any environment. If you have a young dog you have to T Eaves them in, if

:22:49. > :22:54.you get a rescue dog, obviously let the dog settle in a little bit

:22:55. > :22:59.first, take the dog into work for short periods, see if it takes to

:23:00. > :23:04.the environments, being approached by people. Noises, some dogs do not

:23:05. > :23:09.cope well with noises. Oscar does not cope very well with gruff men's

:23:10. > :23:16.voices, shouting. If I am watching sport on TV, I accept the room. The

:23:17. > :23:20.commentary? No, me shouting at the television! I might raise my voice

:23:21. > :23:28.and he will slowly toddle off into the kitchen. Oh, thanks, Oscar. It

:23:29. > :23:31.is lovely being at work and everything but I am completely

:23:32. > :23:37.distracted. I had loads of clever questions for you but now all I can

:23:38. > :23:41.think about is how cute Oscar is. That is a potential obstacle with

:23:42. > :23:48.the dog in the workplace. And not everyone is fond of dogs. There are

:23:49. > :23:54.people who plainly just don't like dogs. People are allergic, some

:23:55. > :23:58.people are frightened. It does not suit everybody. It is a cultural

:23:59. > :24:03.thing, some people don't like dogs around, it is not for everybody. You

:24:04. > :24:08.have to way that up, put a question out there, as the boss. And you need

:24:09. > :24:12.the type of job where at a certain time of day you can say I need to

:24:13. > :24:24.walk the dog around the block, not everybody can do that. The gob if

:24:25. > :24:26.you have a dog in the office and you decide you had to get paperwork from

:24:27. > :24:29.the office next door and the dog starts creating and howling, maybe

:24:30. > :24:32.that environment is not for the dog. Taking your dog to work should not

:24:33. > :24:35.be a fix for separation anxiety. Is there anything you can suggest

:24:36. > :24:42.intensive training, what do you need to be able to get them to do?

:24:43. > :24:47.Socialisation is truly important for any dog, whether it is a young dog

:24:48. > :24:54.or a rescue dog. Socialisation in many different environments, people,

:24:55. > :25:01.noises, if there is a telephone ringing in an office, I had a case

:25:02. > :25:07.where the dog starts howling and barking when the telephone goes.

:25:08. > :25:12.That would be bad if you worked in a call centre! Stay with us for a

:25:13. > :25:17.second. Does Oscar watch television? From a distance, he is not big on

:25:18. > :25:24.it. TV programmes with animals. Late-season dog pictures. Morris is

:25:25. > :25:31.a big favourite. David sent in this picture. Gizmo goes to the office

:25:32. > :25:41.and even has his own security pass. Very cool. Dawn's dog keeps everyone

:25:42. > :25:46.entertained at work. And Caroline's puppy has lifted the office mood,

:25:47. > :25:51.they love taking it in turns to go for walking breaks. When I brought

:25:52. > :25:54.my own pet into work, there was a little bit of a tussle in the office

:25:55. > :26:01.at about who would take her for work. Quite a bit of competition.

:26:02. > :26:06.If you have a very big dog it is necessarily an issue. Most of those

:26:07. > :26:13.dogs are small. If you have a great Dane... It is an issue? It is

:26:14. > :26:17.doable. You had to be in a situation where the office is big enough and

:26:18. > :26:22.that the dog has a place where it can go to blacks. Is it fair to the

:26:23. > :26:30.dog? If you're going to take your dog to the office, take it for a dam

:26:31. > :26:34.good work... Walk in the morning. You can fill it full of high-protein

:26:35. > :26:39.foods, met it out in the garden for five minutes and then expected will

:26:40. > :26:44.chill out all day. -- you cannot fill it full of high-protein food.

:26:45. > :26:48.Oscar was very well-behaved, you knew that would happen. He is

:26:49. > :26:55.gorgeous and very calm. Is it important that the dog is of that

:26:56. > :27:00.sort of nature? We took on Oscar as one-year-old, we worked certain

:27:01. > :27:04.obedience exercises. The stay exercises teach the dog 's

:27:05. > :27:08.self-control. It is all well and good getting him to do the things in

:27:09. > :27:14.the kitchen for a bowl of food, can you do it in the park when you are

:27:15. > :27:19.20 metres away and another dog comes. My job is to get Sally back

:27:20. > :27:27.in the room. Speaking of distractions. Sally: are we at

:27:28. > :27:29.work?! Lovely to meet you and thank you, Oscar.

:27:30. > :30:56.Time for the news, travel and weather where you are.

:30:57. > :31:01.Here's Matt with a look at this morning's weather.

:31:02. > :31:03.Hello this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:31:04. > :31:07.It is thought that 35 Islamic state fighters were killed when a US bomb

:31:08. > :31:15.was dropped on a tunnel complex in Eastern Afghanistan yesterday.

:31:16. > :31:24.It was the biggest non-nuclear bomb to be used in conflict. The former

:31:25. > :31:29.Afghan President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai condemned the action as

:31:30. > :31:36.inhuman. We can speak now to our reporter Harun Najafizada. Thank you

:31:37. > :31:42.for your time this morning. What is the latest information you have

:31:43. > :31:52.about the strike? Well, we know that the huge bomb was

:31:53. > :32:00.dropped between two Mountains in a valley in eastern Kandahar province

:32:01. > :32:04.close to the Pakistan border were IS fighters had carved their hideouts.

:32:05. > :32:10.We know from the Afghan army that between 40 and 70 four militants

:32:11. > :32:17.were in the area when the strike took place. The Afghan government

:32:18. > :32:24.confirmed 36 militants have been killed and because the area was were

:32:25. > :32:29.civilians left there is no collateral damage or casualties on

:32:30. > :32:33.the civilian side. There has been criticism from some

:32:34. > :32:36.quarters about the use of the bomb. It is important in terms of its

:32:37. > :32:45.effect but politically it is a statement of sorts. Politically it

:32:46. > :32:47.has divided Afghan society, especially that includes being

:32:48. > :32:55.tested for the first time in Afghanistan. The former President

:32:56. > :33:01.Hamid Karzai has called it inhuman and an unnecessary use of a heavy

:33:02. > :33:07.weapon against Afghan territory without mentioning actually IS

:33:08. > :33:13.militants' activity in that area. But the Afghan government in general

:33:14. > :33:18.including the presidential palace have said it was a full coordination

:33:19. > :33:26.with Afghan forces and that was done to protect the Afghan army and

:33:27. > :33:30.special forces that are involved in a week-long operation against IS in

:33:31. > :33:36.that area. They also say that because that area was, in a way,

:33:37. > :33:43.full of IED and roadside bombs, that they could not get into fight Isis

:33:44. > :33:49.face to face. They asked for US air support, and as a result of that

:33:50. > :33:55.this happened. Thank you very much, Harun Najafizada, thank you. One or

:33:56. > :33:55.two problems on the line so apologies for that.

:33:56. > :33:57.In other news. Unions representing 500,000 teachers

:33:58. > :34:02.say schools in England are facing the worst

:34:03. > :34:04.real-term cuts for 20 years. The NUT and NASUWT will discuss

:34:05. > :34:08.what they say is a crisis in funding when they meet today at their Easter

:34:09. > :34:10.Conferences. But the Government says

:34:11. > :34:12.?40 billion is being spent on schools this year -

:34:13. > :34:14.the highest cash figure ever. Unions say schools staff

:34:15. > :34:16.shortages are increasing and there is a reduction

:34:17. > :34:21.in vocational subjects. Foreign ministers from Syria

:34:22. > :34:23.and Iran are holding talks with their Russian counterpart

:34:24. > :34:26.in Moscow today. It comes a day after the Syrian

:34:27. > :34:29.leader denied using chemical weapons President Assad said evidence had

:34:30. > :34:35.been fabricated to give the US an excuse to attack

:34:36. > :34:38.a Syrian government airfield. Nigeria says it's actively

:34:39. > :34:42.negotiating with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to free

:34:43. > :34:44.the Chibok schoolgirls who were More than 270 students were seized

:34:45. > :34:52.from their dormitories and almost 200 of the girls are still

:34:53. > :34:57.being held in captivity. Demonstrators will hold events later

:34:58. > :34:59.today in the capital, Abuja, and in Lagos

:35:00. > :35:01.to mark the anniversary. A future Labour government says it

:35:02. > :35:04.would bring in a law preventing More than 1000 local

:35:05. > :35:10.branches closed in the UK Labour says lending to small

:35:11. > :35:14.businesses decreases in areas where banks close,

:35:15. > :35:17.but the Conservatives said their support for small businesses,

:35:18. > :35:20.including start-up loans had It's one of the busiest travel

:35:21. > :35:26.weekends of the year, Around 20 million car

:35:27. > :35:31.journeys will be made on the UK's roads by Monday,

:35:32. > :35:34.with trips on major routes expected The M25, M6 and M5 are expected

:35:35. > :35:42.to be worst affected. Up to 2 million are expected to fly

:35:43. > :35:45.away from the gridlock for a trip overseas,

:35:46. > :35:47.with Spain being A clean up operation is underway

:35:48. > :36:06.in New Zealand after a powerful Nasa says one of Saturn's moons -

:36:07. > :36:09.known as Enceladus - may now be the best place to look

:36:10. > :36:12.for life beyond Earth. Samples of the waters erupting

:36:13. > :36:17.from the moon's surface suggest it has all the conditions

:36:18. > :36:19.needed for life. The discovery was made

:36:20. > :36:21.through Nasa's Cassini probe which has been exploring

:36:22. > :36:25.Saturn since 2004. Life in water is what we were saying

:36:26. > :36:36.earlier when we had our expert in. Possibly, we will see.

:36:37. > :36:43.Who knows? 8:36am. Hopefully Mike will get on better than he did

:36:44. > :36:45.earlier. He is at the Crucible in Sheffield ahead of the World Snooker

:36:46. > :36:49.Championship. Do you really think I will play

:36:50. > :36:54.against this man, the world number one, Mark Selby. We played Barry

:36:55. > :36:59.Hearn earlier and we parted two balls between us, it was a

:37:00. > :37:06.qualifying match in a way. We lost Mike's picture for a moment.

:37:07. > :37:09.Can we go back? We lost you for a moment. It looked lovely and green

:37:10. > :37:13.and then it went black. At least it went green like the

:37:14. > :37:18.snooker table. Did you hear anything at all? I will start again. What I

:37:19. > :37:22.said is they would not let me near a ball now which I wouldn't want to do

:37:23. > :37:27.because I'm with the world champion, world number one, Mark Selby. Good

:37:28. > :37:32.morning. I played Barry Hearn and hardly potted a ball earlier. We are

:37:33. > :37:37.in the arena here where you won your second world title and there is the

:37:38. > :37:40.trophy, wanting to get your hands on it again?

:37:41. > :37:44.Yes, this year will be the hardest to be world champion. There is a lot

:37:45. > :37:46.of players playing at the top of their game, Judd Trump, Ronnie

:37:47. > :37:52.O'Sullivan, it will be tough but I will be in there fighting. We will

:37:53. > :37:56.talk to you later. Let me tell you about the table, it is like the

:37:57. > :38:00.grass at Wimbledon, it must be at the right temperature so there is a

:38:01. > :38:06.little thing to warm the slate to be at all optimum temperature when they

:38:07. > :38:08.come to play. Fascinating information about the table.

:38:09. > :38:10.Elsewhere in sport, it was a frustrating night

:38:11. > :38:13.for Manchester United as they dominated the first leg

:38:14. > :38:16.of their Uefa Cup quarter-final with Anderlecht but could only draw.

:38:17. > :38:21.You would still think they would be favourites to go through.

:38:22. > :38:24.Jose Mourinho's side went ahead before the break thanks to this goal

:38:25. > :38:26.from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, but they missed some good chances

:38:27. > :38:29.to extend their lead and five minutes from time Leander Dendoncker

:38:30. > :38:32.The second leg is at Old Trafford next week.

:38:33. > :38:35.If you arrive into a situation where mathematically it is not

:38:36. > :38:39.possible, top four, then easy decision.

:38:40. > :38:42.Rest them, and go with them in the Europa League,

:38:43. > :38:47.But at this moment, we are in a position where we have

:38:48. > :38:53.If we win both matches we are direct into the top four.

:38:54. > :38:59.After Elinor Barker won silver in the women's race on Wednesday,

:39:00. > :39:02.Chris Latham won bronze in the men's scratch race at the cycling Track

:39:03. > :39:09.It's his first international medal as a senior rider

:39:10. > :39:11.and he could win another - he rides in the omnium tomorrow.

:39:12. > :39:15.In Superleague, Warrington are now unbeaten in three matches

:39:16. > :39:18.as they try to recover from their terrible

:39:19. > :39:23.They ran in three tries against bottom club Widnes -

:39:24. > :39:26.the second from Jack Hughes - as they won 19-10.

:39:27. > :39:32.Back in the Crucible talking about the snooker this is the World

:39:33. > :39:37.Championship Trophy first handed out in 1927, so it is 90 years old.

:39:38. > :39:40.There are winners from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales,

:39:41. > :39:45.Republic of Ireland, Canada, Australia but not yet a Chinese

:39:46. > :39:48.name. That could soon change, Ding Junhui played Mark Selby in the

:39:49. > :39:50.final last year and lost but they say China could be the next

:39:51. > :39:57.superpower of World Snooker. In a nation of over 1.3

:39:58. > :40:00.billion people, one man Ding Junhui is treated

:40:01. > :40:08.like a movie or pop star. He is one of the most recognised

:40:09. > :40:13.faces across the whole of Asia, because this is the man who sparked

:40:14. > :40:16.a Chinese snooker revolution. To escape such constant attention,

:40:17. > :40:18.he moved to Sheffield, home of the World Championship,

:40:19. > :40:21.where he can lead a relatively I met him this week for a frame

:40:22. > :40:29.at the city's Star Academy, where his private practice room

:40:30. > :40:32.is a world away from all the attention, the five million

:40:33. > :40:35.followers on social media, and the 210 million who watched his

:40:36. > :40:38.run to the final last year The little kids come

:40:39. > :40:54.and ask me how to be like you, and I am very pleased

:40:55. > :40:56.to answer the questions. So yes, I know it is -

:40:57. > :40:59.how boring when you practise. He is certainly not alone

:41:00. > :41:06.anymore in Sheffield. Along with fellow star Marco Fu,

:41:07. > :41:10.they set the trend. Thanks to the likes of Ding

:41:11. > :41:13.and Marco Fu, there is now a steady stream of players coming to dedicate

:41:14. > :41:15.themselves to training, at these academies specially

:41:16. > :41:21.for Chinese players. Also a good Chinese community,

:41:22. > :41:35.lots of Chinese restaurants. It has become a mecca

:41:36. > :41:39.for Chinese snooker players. It is easy to see why China

:41:40. > :41:45.is the new force in snooker. Massive investment in facilities

:41:46. > :41:48.back home, and 70 million people now In five years, I think Chinese

:41:49. > :41:55.players will take over, as the standards are very high

:41:56. > :41:58.at the moment, but they can only Ding's success is

:41:59. > :42:05.rubbing off on so many. He has already won the UK

:42:06. > :42:19.Championship and the Masters, but ever since he started playing

:42:20. > :42:22.pool in China, aged eight, the world On TV I see Steve Davis,

:42:23. > :42:30.they are all legends in snooker. I think, I want to win these

:42:31. > :42:39.titles when I grow up. And if you want the documentary

:42:40. > :42:42.about Ding Junhui, it's now on the BBC iPlayer,

:42:43. > :42:44.and it's called: Enter the Dragon:

:42:45. > :42:53.China's Snooker Star. Back here with Mark Selby, could you

:42:54. > :42:57.see a time when the Chinese really dominate? Obviously you will try and

:42:58. > :43:01.stop them but it is a real factor. I think so. In a few years' time they

:43:02. > :43:06.will be four or five Chinese players in the top 16. I think Ding Junhui

:43:07. > :43:09.will win the championship at some point, in my opinion I thought he

:43:10. > :43:13.would have won it before now but there is lots of expectation from

:43:14. > :43:18.China on him, such a big country and a lot of weight on his soldiers,

:43:19. > :43:22.they have been talking about him winning for many years. It is great

:43:23. > :43:29.for the sport. Of course, I played him for the first time in China when

:43:30. > :43:34.14 and he was a wild card and he was some player and he has turned out to

:43:35. > :43:38.be. Watching on telly, what strikes me is how close you are to the fans.

:43:39. > :43:42.How does it feel when they are breathing down your neck so close,

:43:43. > :43:46.it is such an intimate arena. The more you come here you get used to

:43:47. > :43:50.it but the first time I came I was sat in my seat playing John Higgins

:43:51. > :43:53.looking around and for the first three or four frames I was looking

:43:54. > :44:01.around admiring the building and how close the crowd are. If you hit a

:44:02. > :44:08.bad shot you can hear somebody grumbling behind you. The qualifier

:44:09. > :44:11.who got through to play you in the first round tomorrow Fergal O'Brien

:44:12. > :44:17.was involved in the longest ever frame, two hours and three minutes.

:44:18. > :44:20.Yes, unreal. Fergal is a great player, great competitor, similar to

:44:21. > :44:24.myself, you have to scrape him off the table, he's never beaten until

:44:25. > :44:28.the final ball is potted so it will be a tough match. You can see how

:44:29. > :44:38.Mark got on on social media on our Twitter paid, -- Twitter page. And

:44:39. > :44:42.how I got on. It is on the red button, BBC sport website, with Mark

:44:43. > :44:47.and former champions walking down the green carpet at 5pm and

:44:48. > :44:54.celebrations start at 6pm for an hour and a half life on the red but.

:44:55. > :45:00.Your reports have been brilliant, thank you, Mike. The snooker has

:45:01. > :45:02.been awful. We are so mean! It is true. Just coming up to

:45:03. > :45:04.8:45am. Over to Matt for the bank holiday

:45:05. > :45:15.weather. Let's start with the weather

:45:16. > :45:21.Watchers, this is the kind of bank holiday you want to see. Glorious

:45:22. > :45:27.view here. But this is in a minority this morning. Much more waking up to

:45:28. > :45:30.seems like this one up the road in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. One of

:45:31. > :45:34.the cloudy days of the weekend but there are outbreaks in the cloud in

:45:35. > :45:40.the south, not bad on the south coast. Some sunshine in Scotland but

:45:41. > :45:43.in between reigning Northern England, Northern Ireland, North

:45:44. > :45:46.Wales. Wetter around lunchtime for Northern Ireland and north-west

:45:47. > :45:49.England and the north and west Wales. Northern Ireland brightens up

:45:50. > :45:54.in the second half of the afternoon, could be in for evening sunshine.

:45:55. > :45:59.And some sunshine and showers across central and northern Scotland, some

:46:00. > :46:03.of the driest conditions in the north-east, around Aberdeenshire.

:46:04. > :46:06.North-west England it gets down through the afternoon in the north

:46:07. > :46:12.and west of Wales. Some outbreaks of rain most persistent on the hills.

:46:13. > :46:15.Quite breezy. To the south and east of Wales, largely dry. South of

:46:16. > :46:21.England, the Midlands and East Anglia will see breaks in the cloud.

:46:22. > :46:24.It will a touch warmer than yesterday. Breeze pushing the rain

:46:25. > :46:28.south, fragmented, not all the gardens will get a welcome drop of

:46:29. > :46:33.rain across the South. That rain will clear most into the morning.

:46:34. > :46:37.Clearing skies and the Midlands North, chilly start to the Saturday,

:46:38. > :46:41.ever to frost in rural areas. Showers continue through the night

:46:42. > :46:46.in Scotland. On Saturday, more will see sunshine and have a dry day. The

:46:47. > :46:52.bulk of the country will have a dry day, only one or two showers dotted

:46:53. > :46:55.around. Most likely north and west of Scotland, particularly over

:46:56. > :47:00.higher ground. Cool breeze tomorrow, you will notice in the cloudy

:47:01. > :47:03.moments. Nice in the sun tribe at a distinct chill in the air. Even with

:47:04. > :47:09.the sunshine in the valleys making it feel like spring, get yourself

:47:10. > :47:12.the mountains and there are force winds with subzero temperatures, it

:47:13. > :47:18.will lead to a severe wind chill. On Scottish mountains tomorrow, there

:47:19. > :47:23.could be snow. After sunshine on Saturday, cloudy weather on Sunday.

:47:24. > :47:27.Sunshine towards the south west and northern England and Scotland but in

:47:28. > :47:31.between, the cloud and outbreaks of rain. Northern Ireland, southern

:47:32. > :47:33.parts of England, Wales and eventually towards East Anglia and

:47:34. > :47:38.the south-east. Temperatures up on the face of it compared with

:47:39. > :47:42.Saturday. Cloudy, sunny, cloudy and back to sunny on Monday. Some

:47:43. > :47:44.showers in the east but the west, light winds and the best of the

:47:45. > :47:50.sunshine it should feel pleasant enough with the strengthening

:47:51. > :47:51.sunshine overhead. A bit of weather for everyone. Whatever your plans

:47:52. > :47:58.are, enjoy. Weather can't make its mind up. It

:47:59. > :48:02.can but it's Easter. A bit of weather for everyone, particularly

:48:03. > :48:07.if you like snow! Maybe you are staying in the UK over the next few

:48:08. > :48:09.days. How about going to Hull? You should, this is what we are

:48:10. > :48:11.recommending this morning. Hull is taking centre stage this

:48:12. > :48:14.year as it hosts a series of arts Just four months in to 2017,

:48:15. > :48:18.and people have already been flooding in to see what the city

:48:19. > :48:21.has to offer. Our Arts Correspondent Colin

:48:22. > :48:28.Paterson is there for us this I recognise those poppies, we've

:48:29. > :48:32.seen them somewhere before. Absolutely, the Tower of London in

:48:33. > :48:38.2014, they have now come to visit Hull as part of the city of culture

:48:39. > :48:42.celebrations. 100 days Hull has been city of culture, we thought it was

:48:43. > :48:44.time for BBC Breakfast to find out what has been going on and I ended

:48:45. > :48:47.up in some unusual places. The place would have

:48:48. > :48:49.smelt of carpet, overalls Hull, City of Culture,

:48:50. > :48:53.were even taxis are being And he'd raise us up by pumping

:48:54. > :48:57.a handle up and down. For the next three months,

:48:58. > :48:59.Wayne Jackson is performing his show, Now Then, about people's

:49:00. > :49:02.memories of Hull to an audience of And the show is only 20 minutes,

:49:03. > :49:09.so I'm doing it, kind It's combining my

:49:10. > :49:20.son's work and mine. Had you ever done

:49:21. > :49:26.anything arty before? And venues have been popping

:49:27. > :49:32.up all over the city. This week's big opening, Flood,

:49:33. > :49:34.a state-of-the-nation parable, is performed on a floating

:49:35. > :49:37.stage right in the middle These people in their flats

:49:38. > :49:45.have been looking down We've been chatting to them,

:49:46. > :49:48.we've been to local primary schools, to say hello, to teach them

:49:49. > :49:51.a song that in the play. We have a little boy called Jim,

:49:52. > :49:55.who comes by every day on his way back from school and says,

:49:56. > :49:57."what are you doing?" And at that very moment,

:49:58. > :49:59.who should arrive but Jim Proudly sharing the title the crew

:50:00. > :50:07.have bestowed upon him. It's a small example of how people

:50:08. > :50:17.of all ages have been getting involved since Hull's year

:50:18. > :50:19.in the spotlight began on January Other highlights so far

:50:20. > :50:25.have included the visit of enormous sculpture,

:50:26. > :50:28.The Blade and the Humber Bridge being given a musical

:50:29. > :50:34.accompaniment by Opera North. It's just been a magical

:50:35. > :50:36.start to the year. We've seen hundreds of thousands

:50:37. > :50:38.of residents getting involved, but also, people coming

:50:39. > :50:40.from all over to experience Hull And those who have lived in Hull

:50:41. > :50:44.all their lives have It's just framed everything up,

:50:45. > :50:48.everything up, it's lovely. It's a pleasure, actually,

:50:49. > :50:50.to walk around town. And there's still eight

:50:51. > :51:03.and a half months to go. And one of the big theatrical

:51:04. > :51:09.productions which will be opening on the 4th of May is Richard third at

:51:10. > :51:13.the Hull trunk Theatre starring Matt Frazer, probably best known for

:51:14. > :51:17.American hurry Storer and directed by Barry Rutter. Playing the most

:51:18. > :51:24.famous disabled villain in possibly the whole of drama, how important

:51:25. > :51:28.for you? Hugely important for me on many levels. Mostly, what an honour

:51:29. > :51:33.to play one of the great roles in drama. Let alone be what I think,

:51:34. > :51:37.apart from Catherine hunter who played previously, the first

:51:38. > :51:42.disabled actor in Britain to play the most disabled villain in drama.

:51:43. > :51:47.It's beyond my imagination. Such an honour. I'm so thrilled and proud to

:51:48. > :51:52.be cast in the role and I hope to do the evil genius proud. Why do you

:51:53. > :51:56.think it's been done so seldom by a disabled actor? I honestly don't

:51:57. > :52:00.know. I'm flummoxed, I thought about it a lot, obviously and I have no

:52:01. > :52:03.idea. All I will concentrate on is trying to honour the fact that I'm

:52:04. > :52:07.going to be the first person to do it and do it to the best of my

:52:08. > :52:12.ability. The man who cost do is Barry Rutter. I saw Richard III last

:52:13. > :52:17.year, Ray Fiennes went for the limp and the hunchback, why did you go

:52:18. > :52:21.for a disabled actor? I didn't. I didn't go for anyone with a

:52:22. > :52:26.disability, Matt was simply a list of actors that I saw. I liked what

:52:27. > :52:31.he did with the text, I cast him to speak the play first. And he brings

:52:32. > :52:36.his own deformity with it and we both said it would be an insult to

:52:37. > :52:42.the actor and the man, particularly, to put any other appendages of

:52:43. > :52:46.disability on him. So he is what he is. And he brings that to the role.

:52:47. > :52:51.Briefly, you set up Northern broadsides 25 years ago in the city

:52:52. > :52:57.of Hull where you were born and grew up, try and sum up the change you

:52:58. > :53:01.have seen this year. It's wonderful. The sense of people in bracing

:53:02. > :53:07.what's happening in the festivities of the whole year has been a

:53:08. > :53:12.revelation to me. They are embracing it with great, great heart and

:53:13. > :53:17.creativity. Thank you. Before we go, quick word with Kofi smiles, the BBC

:53:18. > :53:22.face of Hull 2017, you have a special programme four people who

:53:23. > :53:26.want to catch up with what has gone on. You can hear from John Grant,

:53:27. > :53:30.the American singer songwriter who is bringing his North Atlantic flux

:53:31. > :53:34.at the end of April. You can hear from the Pioneer Baba trench, born

:53:35. > :53:39.in Hull at the world's first women's boxing champion. A nice preview

:53:40. > :53:43.about how Opera North managed to turn the Humber Bridge into a

:53:44. > :53:48.musical instrument. It is a thing of beauty. I had a sneak peek of the

:53:49. > :53:52.show and it will be great. It will be on BBC news at 12:30pm and

:53:53. > :53:55.8:30pm. We will have to go for a party but breakfast so I can fill

:53:56. > :53:59.you in on the information after this. I will take you after that.

:54:00. > :54:04.12:30pm on the news channel to find out about what has been going on

:54:05. > :54:09.Hull. It keeps going right until the end of the year. Thank you. Much

:54:10. > :54:12.more from Colin over the next several months from Hull.

:54:13. > :54:16.Interesting hearing that. Musical theme.

:54:17. > :54:18.Music, with words written by Henry VIII's sixth wife,

:54:19. > :54:21.Katherine Parr, is to be performed for the first time in more than 470

:54:22. > :54:24.years after the piece was discovered completely by accident.

:54:25. > :54:26.The music and lyrics were found behind plasterwork

:54:27. > :54:27.during renovations of Oxford's Corpus Christi

:54:28. > :54:34.Today's performance is part of a concert by the Alamire choir.

:54:35. > :54:37.In a moment, we'll speak to a man who's spent months resurrecting

:54:38. > :54:47.the fragmented music, but first let's take a listen.

:54:48. > :55:38.The chap you just saw conducting is with us.

:55:39. > :55:40.Joining us now is David Skinner, the Conductor and Founder

:55:41. > :55:47.That music, there is something about that music, you can feel it in your

:55:48. > :55:54.feet, can't you? It resonates through the floor. It's music that

:55:55. > :55:59.really inspired the composers of the early early 20th century, Britain

:56:00. > :56:03.Fon Williams. It is no accident we call music of the 16th century the

:56:04. > :56:08.golden age of the church music. They are right at the centre. Do you

:56:09. > :56:13.really know for sure that Katherine Parr wrote those words? Absolutely,

:56:14. > :56:18.beyond any doubt whatsoever. I've spent the best part of two years

:56:19. > :56:21.researching the piece, reconstructing it, writing a full

:56:22. > :56:24.academic article, which was published by Oxford press, had a

:56:25. > :56:30.complete conference and got the thing together yesterday for the

:56:31. > :56:33.very first time. That performance you here was 15 minutes of

:56:34. > :56:40.rehearsal. Take us back, how the story worked out. A text, some

:56:41. > :56:44.paperwork discovered, talk us through the original discovery.

:56:45. > :56:48.Essentially, in 1978 Corpus Christi were undergoing some renovation work

:56:49. > :56:52.in one of their rooms. They uncovered these fragments of 16th

:56:53. > :56:56.century music. That is the bit we can see. That's it. It looks

:56:57. > :56:59.enormous but the original size is about the size of your hand, it's

:57:00. > :57:06.very small. They start inspecting this. The music was identified

:57:07. > :57:13.immediately as being from Thomas Tallis. His grandest peas, six apart

:57:14. > :57:17.piece which was a great tribute to the Virgin Mary. Originally Latin

:57:18. > :57:21.words, probably composed in the early 1540s. It was this piece that

:57:22. > :57:25.when Tallis left Canterbury and joined the Chapel Royal at around

:57:26. > :57:35.1543, the same time that Katherine Parr married Henry III. They were

:57:36. > :57:41.working together in Henry's was against Scotland and France.

:57:42. > :57:45.Katherine Is a warlike text, the night 's arm against enemies. Some

:57:46. > :57:47.of the fragments you here, the text was stand-up overlord and punish

:57:48. > :57:57.these naughty people. She was the lyricist. -- stand-up, over, Lord.

:57:58. > :58:03.It was a fairy li reasoned early work, they replace them with

:58:04. > :58:06.Katherine 's. Was she supposed to be a nursemaid, didn't she just look

:58:07. > :58:10.after him? That is what the history books tell you. She is known as

:58:11. > :58:15.being quite a fine scholar. She published her own books. In 1544,

:58:16. > :58:20.she published her first Psalms, prayers. It was meant as a companion

:58:21. > :58:25.piece to Archbishop Cranmer's exhortation under branding litany.

:58:26. > :58:29.Henry VIII always tended to call these processional litanies so that

:58:30. > :58:32.he could stir the people in prayer. Traditionally, these were always in

:58:33. > :58:40.Latin, so this is the first time they tried doing this project in

:58:41. > :58:43.English. Parr it is very central to it with Tallis. Thank you for

:58:44. > :58:48.explaining it to us. Interesting. An incredible find.

:58:49. > :58:52.I'll be back tomorrow with Christian tomorrow from 6am.