19/04/2017

:00:00. > :00:10.Hello - this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:00:11. > :00:13.MPs have their say - Parliament will vote today

:00:14. > :00:15.on Theresa May's decision to hold a snap election.

:00:16. > :00:19.The Prime Minister says her plans for a vote in just seven weeks

:00:20. > :00:21.would secure the backing of the British people

:00:22. > :00:35.The only way to guarantee certainty and stability that the years to head

:00:36. > :00:37.-- years ahead is to hold the selection and seek your support for

:00:38. > :00:39.the decisions I must take. We'll be live in Westminster

:00:40. > :00:41.throughout the morning to get the latest political reaction,

:00:42. > :00:44.and we'll be hearing your views I'm in Leicester where I'll be

:00:45. > :00:48.finding out what voters make of a second election just two years

:00:49. > :00:51.after the last one and what issues I'm at a bakery in Bolton to find

:00:52. > :01:05.out what businesses think. The pound rose to its highest level

:01:06. > :01:15.in 10 weeks, but what do businesses The Duke of Cambridge reveals

:01:16. > :01:36.that the shock of his mother's death You never get over it. It's such an

:01:37. > :01:38.unbelievably big moment in your life that it never leaves you.

:01:39. > :01:39.The dream is over for Leicester City.

:01:40. > :01:42.As they're knocked out of the Champions League

:01:43. > :01:44.quarter-finals by the Spanish side Atletico Madrid.

:01:45. > :01:56.Good morning. A bit more cloud around today across the UK, the old

:01:57. > :02:01.spot of drizzle in the north-west of the dry story continues as it does

:02:02. > :02:04.tomorrow, which could be a touch warmer as well. More in 15 minutes.

:02:05. > :02:10.MPs are today expected to approve Theresa May's plan for a snap

:02:11. > :02:13.general election on 8th June in a Commons vote this afternoon.

:02:14. > :02:15.The Prime Minister says she's going to the polls,

:02:16. > :02:17.three years early, to unite Westminster ahead of Brexit,

:02:18. > :02:19.saying Britain needed stability and strong leadership.

:02:20. > :02:22.Opposition parties have accused Mrs May of a U-turn,

:02:23. > :02:24.but say they won't vote against the election.

:02:25. > :02:29.Our political correspondent Eleanor Garnier reports.

:02:30. > :02:36.It's not even 24 hours since the Prime Minister called for a general

:02:37. > :02:40.election but already, the party leaders are gearing up, positioning

:02:41. > :02:46.the parties and getting ready for the campaign ahead. It was a shock

:02:47. > :02:51.announcement and a Theresa May said she had only made in the last few

:02:52. > :02:57.days. I have only recently and reluctantly come to this conclusion.

:02:58. > :03:03.Since I became Prime Minister, I have said that there should be no

:03:04. > :03:06.election until 2020 but now I have concluded that the only way to

:03:07. > :03:12.guarantee certainty and stability for the years ahead is to hold the

:03:13. > :03:17.selection and seek your support for the decisions I must take. Later

:03:18. > :03:21.today, there will be a vote in Parliament to bring the general

:03:22. > :03:26.election forward from its original date of May 20 20. With Labour and

:03:27. > :03:32.the Lib Dems expected to back the plans, it's almost certain to go

:03:33. > :03:35.ahead on June the eighth. We are quite clear there is an election

:03:36. > :03:39.coming and we are going to be fighting that election in order to

:03:40. > :03:44.win so that we do have a fairer, more decent society, we do have an

:03:45. > :03:48.investment - led economy. The Lib Dems see a chance for the party to

:03:49. > :03:52.come back from rock bottom. Well, it's an opportunity for the people

:03:53. > :03:57.of this country to change the direction of this country, to decide

:03:58. > :04:00.they do not want a hard Brexit, they want to keep Britain in the single

:04:01. > :04:05.market and indeed, an opportunity for us to have a decent, strong

:04:06. > :04:08.opposition in this country that we desperately need. This election

:04:09. > :04:13.won't just be about what goes on here in Westminster at the whole

:04:14. > :04:17.country's Constitution. Theresa May won't promise another boat on

:04:18. > :04:22.Scottish independence but Nicola Sturgeon will. It's very clear that

:04:23. > :04:27.the Prime Minister's announcement today is all about the narrow

:04:28. > :04:30.interests of her own party, not the interests of the country overall.

:04:31. > :04:35.Remember, despite favourable polls for the Tories and a weakened

:04:36. > :04:40.opposition, the last few months and years have shown the politics of

:04:41. > :04:49.this era have become rather hard to predict. There is so much to talk

:04:50. > :04:50.about. We will keep you across everything.

:04:51. > :04:52.Our political correspondent Iain Watson joins us now

:04:53. > :04:55.from Downing Street, and the big question has to be Iain,

:04:56. > :05:09.Indeed, we weren't. It caught us on the hop. We know the Chancellor,

:05:10. > :05:14.Philip Hammond, the Brexit Secretary, David Davis, were pushing

:05:15. > :05:18.for this. The Prime Minister met them on Easter Monday. She said she

:05:19. > :05:23.was reluctant to make this decision and she wants to strengthen our hand

:05:24. > :05:27.in Brexit negotiations but it has not escaped the notice of advisers,

:05:28. > :05:30.the Conservatives 20 points ahead of Labour in the opinion polls but

:05:31. > :05:36.there is one of the consideration and we have now seen the EU's

:05:37. > :05:40.negotiating position, they've set that up. Negotiations will be

:05:41. > :05:45.difficult. If Theresa May must make compromises, some of their own MPs

:05:46. > :05:50.are not going to be too chuffed. She can take this risk, come back to

:05:51. > :05:54.Westminster and also increases her authority over not only the

:05:55. > :05:57.opposition parties but also her own MPs. We will talk you were bit

:05:58. > :05:59.later. The decision to call a general

:06:00. > :06:02.election on June 8th will be viewed differently

:06:03. > :06:04.across the UK. We'll be talking to our

:06:05. > :06:06.correspondents in Scotland and Wales later, but joining us

:06:07. > :06:09.now from Belfast is our Chris, how is it

:06:10. > :06:23.being viewed there? Well, one local satirist has

:06:24. > :06:28.suggested there should be a sign put up at airports here welcoming

:06:29. > :06:32.tourists to the election capital of Europe and that doesn't feel too far

:06:33. > :06:35.wide of the mark. The sixth time people in Northern Ireland will have

:06:36. > :06:40.gone to the polls in just under three years, the last election just

:06:41. > :06:43.last month which was a snap election to the Northern Ireland Assembly

:06:44. > :06:48.after the devolved government collapse, and that is a crisis which

:06:49. > :06:52.is yet to be sorted out. One question is what impact this new

:06:53. > :06:57.election campaign will have on the negotiations to try to restore the

:06:58. > :07:02.devolved government? People tend to adopt more hardline positions during

:07:03. > :07:06.elections. The Irish Foreign Minister has expressed concern the

:07:07. > :07:10.campaign could disrupt the peace of the current negotiations but the

:07:11. > :07:14.Northern Ireland Secretary has said the approach to the talks will

:07:15. > :07:18.change, there is a deadline of early May and if there is no deal for the

:07:19. > :07:22.Stormont parties before then, there could be yet another election to the

:07:23. > :07:26.Stormont assembly. And later on we'll be asking

:07:27. > :07:29.political analyst John Curtice about the timing of the snap

:07:30. > :07:39.election, and what happens now. Also the Shadow Chancellor, John

:07:40. > :07:45.McDonald. And the Brexit Secretary, David Davis will be here as well.

:07:46. > :07:48.And we will be talking to the SNP and hearing your views. Please feel

:07:49. > :07:53.free to get in touch with us. Prince Willian has revealed

:07:54. > :07:57.the shock of his mother's death is still with him, twenty years

:07:58. > :08:00.after Princess Diana was killed. The Duke of Cambridge made

:08:01. > :08:03.the comments in a BBC documentary which follows a group of runners

:08:04. > :08:06.with mental health problems who are training to run

:08:07. > :08:17.the London marathon: The shop is the biggest thing and I

:08:18. > :08:21.feel 20 years later, over my mother, I have shock. People think shock

:08:22. > :08:26.cannot last that long. You never get over it. It's such an unbelievably

:08:27. > :08:33.moment in your life that it never leaves you, you just learn to deal

:08:34. > :08:40.with it. We will be speaking a little bit later to one of those

:08:41. > :08:41.runners, Rhian, who will would be with us later.

:08:42. > :08:45.Police have named a man they want to speak to about a suspected acid

:08:46. > :08:49.Arthur Collins is wanted for questioning after a corrosive

:08:50. > :08:51.liquid was sprayed during an argument in the early hours

:08:52. > :08:56.Violence in prisons in England and Wales is spiralling out

:08:57. > :08:58.of control according to the European Committee

:08:59. > :09:02.Members of the committee visited Doncaster Prison

:09:03. > :09:04.and Pentonville Prison last Spring as part of their inquiry.

:09:05. > :09:07.They said that official figures were under-reporting the actual

:09:08. > :09:13.The Ministry of Justice is yet to respond to the report.

:09:14. > :09:15.More than 250 potential suspects have now been

:09:16. > :09:17.identified by police investigating child sex abuse in football.

:09:18. > :09:23.which is co-ordinating the investigation -

:09:24. > :09:28.said 560 possible victims had come forward.

:09:29. > :09:40.A hotline was set up to report abuse late last year when a number of high

:09:41. > :09:42.profile ex-footballers said they were victims of sexual

:09:43. > :09:45.The former American President, George Bush Senior, is in hospital

:09:46. > :09:50.His spokesman said he had a mild case of pneumonia

:09:51. > :09:53.but was in "good spirits" and was going to be fine.

:09:54. > :09:55.The 92-year-old was treated in hospital in January for more

:09:56. > :10:00.The American philanthropist, Bill Gates, has praised what's been

:10:01. > :10:02.described as a record-breaking achievement in fighting

:10:03. > :10:05.There's been a big worldwide push to distribute tablets,

:10:06. > :10:08.to treat ten of these diseases, since a key meeting in London

:10:09. > :10:15.Here's our health correspondent, Jane Dreaper.

:10:16. > :10:23.These illnesses which sometimes kill. Sleeping sickness proves fatal

:10:24. > :10:28.or not treated quickly and there are still some cases of leprosy, but the

:10:29. > :10:31.biggest damages in the disability and disfigurement these diseases

:10:32. > :10:36.cause, predominantly affecting those in some of the world's poorest

:10:37. > :10:41.countries. An international meeting will hear today that significant

:10:42. > :10:45.progress is being made in fighting neglected tropical diseases. Drug

:10:46. > :10:49.companies have donated 7 billion treatments since new targets were

:10:50. > :10:54.agreed five years ago. The number of people needing medicine to prevent

:10:55. > :10:59.lymphatic filariasis, which makes limbs swell, is down from 1.4

:11:00. > :11:02.billion to a billion. The Gates Foundation says these neglected

:11:03. > :11:09.illnesses are now getting the attention they need. Not all of the

:11:10. > :11:13.goals are on track and the unrest in South Sudan is making it hard to

:11:14. > :11:17.finally finish the job of eradicating guinea worm, which is

:11:18. > :11:22.caused by drinking contaminated water. But this week's meeting is a

:11:23. > :11:24.chance to focus on progress so far while pushing for further work to

:11:25. > :11:27.beat these painful illnesses. An asteroid as big as the Rock

:11:28. > :11:31.of Gibraltar will hurtle NASA say it will get 'uncomfortably

:11:32. > :11:44.close' to the earth, It's the largest asteroid to come

:11:45. > :11:51.this near the planet since 2004 but it'll still be about

:11:52. > :12:03.a million miles away. We shall be talking about that with

:12:04. > :12:10.an expert a little bit later. Someone who might know that is

:12:11. > :12:12.actually called JO 025. There are on line telescopes you can go on and

:12:13. > :12:15.have a look. A small town in Canada has become

:12:16. > :12:18.a surprise tourist spot thanks It's nearly 50 meters tall and has

:12:19. > :12:23.become stranded in shallow water just off the

:12:24. > :12:28.Newfoundland coast. The area is known as "Iceberg Alley"

:12:29. > :12:31.thanks to the large number drift down from the

:12:32. > :12:34.Arctic each spring. This is one of the first

:12:35. > :12:45.of the season and it doesn't look That is just the most incredible

:12:46. > :12:49.sight. It towers above the houses. Presumably then that one gets stuck

:12:50. > :12:55.at lots of other ones get stuck as well. Do you have to wait for it to

:12:56. > :13:00.melt? Probably. I've seen icebergs in real life, they are the most

:13:01. > :13:07.stunning beautiful blue colour. Where were you? It was in Chile. You

:13:08. > :13:15.have been everywhere, she has done the lot. I was studying. Plenty to

:13:16. > :13:20.get through this morning. Plus a big night of sport. We talk about

:13:21. > :13:27.Brexit, last night was Lexit. The dream is over but they went down

:13:28. > :13:32.with a fight. Of the three previous Champions League finals, they made

:13:33. > :13:39.two of them, Leicester. They know what they are doing. They had a real

:13:40. > :13:43.go, 22 shots. Despite scoring, they finished 1- all. They do go out of

:13:44. > :13:51.the high aggregate. It's a shame. It's been an enjoying ride.

:13:52. > :13:54.Atletico opened the scoring and whilst Leicester,

:13:55. > :13:57.the last British team left in the competition,

:13:58. > :13:59.did manage to pull a goal back in the second half,

:14:00. > :14:01.they were knocked out 2-1 on aggregate.

:14:02. > :14:04.The new Birmingham City manager Harry Redknapp says the side need

:14:05. > :14:07.just four points from their remaining games to stay

:14:08. > :14:10.70 year old Redknapp replaces Gianfranco Zola,

:14:11. > :14:15.Dylan Hartley is set to miss out on a place on the British

:14:16. > :14:22.He'll be the third successive England captain to be overlooked

:14:23. > :14:25.by the Lions, after Steve Borthwick and Chris Robshaw missed out in 2009

:14:26. > :14:32.And Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty secures his place

:14:33. > :14:34.at the World Swimming Championships with victory at the British

:14:35. > :14:50.The guys on stop a bullet after Woods, gave his medal to a young guy

:14:51. > :14:54.in the crowd, hoping to inspire the next generation. He has got enough

:14:55. > :14:57.medals anyway. He's got a huge collection. We will see throughout

:14:58. > :15:10.the morning. The most beautiful picture. A lovely

:15:11. > :15:15.shot from Suffolk. A bit of clout around. Good morning, by the way.

:15:16. > :15:22.This is where the coldest conditions are. Much of the UK once again

:15:23. > :15:27.having cloud. It is billing in northern areas in particular. Clear

:15:28. > :15:35.skies to the south-east. -- spilling. It is cold. -4 in parts of

:15:36. > :15:43.East Anglia. Temperatures rising quickly now the sun is up. A lovely

:15:44. > :15:48.and bright start for much of England and Wales. Grady

:15:49. > :15:54.-- we have a weak weather front here affecting eastern Scotland. The odd

:15:55. > :15:59.spot of light drizzle in the short-term. It will clear through.

:16:00. > :16:03.Plenty of cloud for Northern Ireland and western Scotland. The odd spot

:16:04. > :16:09.of drizzle in the air. Predominantly dry. Some rain and drizzle in

:16:10. > :16:13.north-west England and the far north-west of Wales. Most will have

:16:14. > :16:16.a dry day. Brightening up this afternoon in Scotland. Continuing

:16:17. > :16:21.with sunny spells in central, southern and eastern England.

:16:22. > :16:27.Temperatures could get up to 15 degrees. Cooler further north. More

:16:28. > :16:32.cloud tonight in northern areas. A weak weather front going south

:16:33. > :16:36.across northern England and Wales. Drizzle here and there. Very few and

:16:37. > :16:43.little in the way of significant rainfall. Frost limited to parts of

:16:44. > :16:48.Kent. Mostly without frost. Thursday, a cloudy day for England

:16:49. > :16:51.and Wales. The odd spot of rain. Mostly dry. Rights in eastern

:16:52. > :16:55.Scotland and into the afternoon in the north of England in the east of

:16:56. > :17:00.Northern Ireland. Some sunny spells on an overall cloudy day. Tomorrow.

:17:01. > :17:07.The Pennines in the north-east of Scotland could hit 15 degrees.

:17:08. > :17:12.Working down from the north. This will bring rain to the north-west of

:17:13. > :17:16.Scotland and later to Northern Ireland and the far west of England.

:17:17. > :17:22.Some sunshine. Temperatures only 10 degrees. The sunniest conditions on

:17:23. > :17:27.Friday will be in the south. 18, 19 degrees. The cold air will be back

:17:28. > :17:33.as high pressure builds to the west of us into the weekend. Temperatures

:17:34. > :17:37.dropping quite widely. Most will continue with the overall dry story

:17:38. > :17:41.into the weekend. The best of sunshine will be in the west, but

:17:42. > :17:44.feeling chilly, especially by night. That is how it is looking. Back to

:17:45. > :17:49.you both. Banks. Let's have a look at

:17:50. > :17:59.this morning's papers. Theresa May is on the front of all

:18:00. > :18:07.the newspapers. The Times. They are talking about a poll. There is some

:18:08. > :18:12.scepticism about polls. The Telegraph. They have called it the

:18:13. > :18:17.bolt from the blue for May. All of the papers, massive inside pages on

:18:18. > :18:26.what it means for so many different people and part of the country as

:18:27. > :18:31.well. The Sun. This will kill off Labour. The election bombshell from

:18:32. > :18:38.Theresa May. The Express. She is saying that. Front page of the Daily

:18:39. > :18:43.Mirror. Lots of people are reminded again in the papers of how many

:18:44. > :18:47.times she said there would be no early election. This is how The

:18:48. > :18:54.Daily Mirror have written it. They said the lady is for U-turning. This

:18:55. > :19:03.is where you get a sense of the papers having different political

:19:04. > :19:11.leanings. Really? One more. The front page of the Guardian. May,

:19:12. > :19:15.give me my mandate. We will ask the Brexit Secretary about that later

:19:16. > :19:19.run. Theresa May has said on numerous occasions that she will not

:19:20. > :19:23.give a sort of step-by-step plan of what they want to do with exit. But

:19:24. > :19:27.if their readers an election they had they may have to put that in the

:19:28. > :19:35.manifesto. And the Financial Times. They are looking at the markets and

:19:36. > :19:40.what happened over the timeline yesterday. Yesterday they were

:19:41. > :19:50.talking about Brighton's promotion to the Premier League. Some great

:19:51. > :19:56.stories. Dot Ervis painted her house blue a couple of years back. There

:19:57. > :20:00.she is celebrating. Apparently, the way the club is run, every single

:20:01. > :20:07.person who works for the club will get a bonus of 10% on their salary.

:20:08. > :20:14.So, everyone, from order to make the tea to the stewards, they have a

:20:15. > :20:20.bonus in their packet. -- whoever makes the. And a family holiday to

:20:21. > :20:30.the United States. Eyeing a new kitchen. Do you want to hear about

:20:31. > :20:35.Komodo dragons and their blood? I can choose. A museum of failures. I

:20:36. > :20:40.don't know. Komodo dragons. Apparently the blood of Komodo

:20:41. > :20:45.dragons, they are incredible dangerous, it sounds like Harry

:20:46. > :20:47.Potter, a potion from the blood of dragons can repel superbugs

:20:48. > :20:54.resistant to all other treatments. They discovered this because Komodo

:20:55. > :21:00.dragons fight a lot and they have a very dangerous bite right they can

:21:01. > :21:08.survive it. You have been watching lots of programmes. They can survive

:21:09. > :21:13.in disgusting conditions. That is why they are investigating it. Not

:21:14. > :21:18.as much serious, but how do you judge a playhouse purchased from one

:21:19. > :21:27.website to another. You do it on a bicycle. It is a little bit

:21:28. > :21:35.dangerous. They were stopped and asked exactly what they were doing.

:21:36. > :21:43.It is novel. I once sold a shed on a popular auction site and the person

:21:44. > :21:51.turned up to pick it up on a bike. What did you do? It did not turn out

:21:52. > :21:57.well. The Scottish election, the general election two years ago, the

:21:58. > :22:03.EU Referendum! How do you feel about going to the polls again? Sally will

:22:04. > :22:06.tell us what people are thinking. What is the reaction in Leicester?

:22:07. > :22:12.They said come to Leicester market, it will be open from the crack of

:22:13. > :22:17.dawn. And, do you know, they are not quite ready. But they are starting

:22:18. > :22:22.to warm up the stores. Fruit and vegetables are over there. Fantastic

:22:23. > :22:26.clothes at the other end of the market, which I will have a look at

:22:27. > :22:30.later. This is one of the oldest markets in the country. It has been

:22:31. > :22:36.on this site for 700 years. The largest outdoor market in Europe.

:22:37. > :22:40.Theresa May's announcement and decision yesterday shocked the

:22:41. > :22:41.political world, of course. I can tell you it caused some surprise

:22:42. > :22:51.here as well. Lesson, I don't think it will make

:22:52. > :22:57.any difference, to be honest with you, because I don't think Jeremy

:22:58. > :23:02.Corbyn can get in. -- Listen. Why spend all that money? I am happy

:23:03. > :23:06.with the idea. The Tories have been in too long. I was not surprised, to

:23:07. > :23:11.be honest. I think she is running away. It has given the public a

:23:12. > :23:16.chance to decide what they think, what they think about what has been

:23:17. > :23:28.happening, being a democracy. It is normal. It will be very important

:23:29. > :23:32.for the people of the UK. The NHS, definitely. I think this is the

:23:33. > :23:36.chance for people who have a different view about Brexit because

:23:37. > :23:42.after the referendum, lots of people open their rise and they realised

:23:43. > :23:49.that maybe it was not a good idea. -- their eyes. The NHS, definitely.

:23:50. > :23:55.And just generally looking after English people. The NHS, income,

:23:56. > :23:59.things like that. Just the general things.

:24:00. > :24:17.Well, I can tell you it is getting a little bit more lively here now. I

:24:18. > :24:20.am joined by the director of the Leicester Comedy Festival. And Dale

:24:21. > :24:23.who owns a gallery nearby and has lived hear many years. What was your

:24:24. > :24:27.reaction? I was quite surprised like most eagle. My worry is it could

:24:28. > :24:30.have the opposite effect by alienating people from the political

:24:31. > :24:33.process. We have had many elections and referendums recently and people

:24:34. > :24:42.are not ready for another one. How do you feel about it? Very, very

:24:43. > :24:51.surprised. 60 days of intense, umm, well... Conversation. Turmoil.

:24:52. > :24:55.Turmoil? All of the parties need to work more together and not against

:24:56. > :25:02.each other, which is what elections seemed to do. Didn't you recently...

:25:03. > :25:09.You are planning to run a comedy election, is that right? We did that

:25:10. > :25:11.earlier this year as a tongue-in-cheek thing. It was an

:25:12. > :25:15.antidote to the political systems. We urge people to vote for, the.

:25:16. > :25:22.Some say there is enough already in Parliament but I will not comment on

:25:23. > :25:33.that. -- vote for comedy. Certainly no laughing matter and Jane Green is

:25:34. > :25:39.a commentator on this. This is shocking. A significant turnaround

:25:40. > :25:43.for Theresa May. It is a significant turnaround from a few weeks ago when

:25:44. > :25:47.she said there would be no early general election. Why she has done

:25:48. > :25:50.it is the reason a better time. She looks ahead and sees the

:25:51. > :25:54.negotiations and sees it is going to be difficult and she won't be able

:25:55. > :25:59.to deliver on everything. The Lib Dems, early signs they could get

:26:00. > :26:04.more support. People are seeing prices rising. Will people be asking

:26:05. > :26:09.questions about the impact of Brexit on the economy? There has not been a

:26:10. > :26:13.better time for Theresa May and I don't think there will be. That is

:26:14. > :26:17.why she called it now. Briefly, it also gives her a chance to bring

:26:18. > :26:21.backbenchers in the line. It is good to be really interesting to see if

:26:22. > :26:25.that is the case. The people we are talking about have never been known

:26:26. > :26:29.for particularly going back and being quiet. What is going to be

:26:30. > :26:33.fascinating is what kind of mandate though she claimed to have? What is

:26:34. > :26:42.she going to promise to the electorate and what is she going to

:26:43. > :26:51.do? Can see deliver? Maybe they will be quiet if she delivers. Thank you.

:26:52. > :26:56.We will be at Leicester Market all morning. If you have any questions

:26:57. > :27:01.that you want to ask our expert, let us know and I will pass them on to

:27:02. > :27:05.Jane. We are interested to know, will this be the Brexit election, or

:27:06. > :27:10.are you concerned about other issues? NHS, social care. Et cetera.

:27:11. > :27:16.Let us know. We will be in touch. Thank you. We are looking for your

:27:17. > :27:22.views today to see how you feel about this. Are you excited,

:27:23. > :27:28.exasperated? Are you like Brenda from Bristol? Turmoil and politics,

:27:29. > :30:47.I think she said. Another seven weeks of this coming your way.

:30:48. > :31:02.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:31:03. > :31:04.The latest news and sport in a moment.

:31:05. > :31:06.Coming up on Breakfast this morning.

:31:07. > :31:09.As Theresa May seeks approval to hold a snap general election,

:31:10. > :31:12.we'll be telling you what happens next, and what it means

:31:13. > :31:19.Also this morning, Rhian lost her son and her husband

:31:20. > :31:26.Now she's running the London marathon to raise awareness

:31:27. > :31:30.She'll be here to tell us how she's been helped by Prince William.

:31:31. > :31:33.And an asteroid the size of Gibraltar will get uncomfortably

:31:34. > :31:37.Don't worry, it's still a million miles away, but astrophysicist

:31:38. > :31:42.Tim O'Brien will be here to tell us why,

:31:43. > :31:50.the snappily titled 2014-JO25 is so important to astronomers.

:31:51. > :31:54.But now a summary of this morning's main news.

:31:55. > :31:58.The Prime Minister's plan for a snap general election on 8th June is set

:31:59. > :32:00.to be approved by MPs this afternoon.

:32:01. > :32:03.Theresa May says she's going to the polls 3 years early

:32:04. > :32:05.to help her make a success of Brexit.

:32:06. > :32:08.Opposition parties say they won't vote against the plan.

:32:09. > :32:12.Our political correspondent Iain Watson joins us

:32:13. > :32:25.and the big question has to be Iain, why now?

:32:26. > :32:31.It's interesting Theresa May has abandoned her commitment not to call

:32:32. > :32:38.a snap election. There are two reasons. She was on a walking

:32:39. > :32:44.holiday in Wales but she was being pressed. She says of course, this is

:32:45. > :32:49.to strengthen her hand in negotiations but the two reasons we

:32:50. > :32:52.are talking about, is firstly, her advisers would have noticed the

:32:53. > :32:57.Conservatives are as much as 20 points ahead of the Labour Party and

:32:58. > :33:02.secondly, the other development that has happened in recent weeks is that

:33:03. > :33:09.the EU has said that its negotiating position. It will be tough and she

:33:10. > :33:13.has to make compromises. Some of own MPs might not like that. If the

:33:14. > :33:17.gamble pays off and she returns with an increased authority, then her

:33:18. > :33:23.authority will be strengthened. Thank you very much.

:33:24. > :33:25.And over the course of the programme we'll be

:33:26. > :33:27.getting reaction from across the political parties,

:33:28. > :33:29.including the Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron,

:33:30. > :33:32.the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and the Brexit secretary

:33:33. > :33:40.Prince William has revealed the shock of his mother's death

:33:41. > :33:43.is still with him, twenty years after Princess Diana was killed.

:33:44. > :33:46.The Duke of Cambridge made the comments in a BBC documentary

:33:47. > :33:49.which follows a group of runners with mental health problems

:33:50. > :33:51.who are training to run the London marathon.

:33:52. > :33:58.The shock is the biggest thing. I still feel 20 years later, about my

:33:59. > :34:03.mother, I still have shock within me. 20 years later, people think

:34:04. > :34:07.shock cannot last that long but it does. You never get over it. It's

:34:08. > :34:09.such an unbelievably big moment in your life that it never leaves you,

:34:10. > :34:20.you just learn to deal with it. A little bit later, we will be

:34:21. > :34:22.speaking to one people running the marathon, Rhian, she will be

:34:23. > :34:25.speaking to us later. Police have named a man they want

:34:26. > :34:29.to speak to about a suspected acid Arthur Collins is wanted

:34:30. > :34:33.for questioning after a corrosive liquid was sprayed during

:34:34. > :34:36.an argument in the early hours More than 250 potential suspects

:34:37. > :34:44.have now been identified by police investigating child sex

:34:45. > :34:47.abuse in football. The National Police Chiefs Council -

:34:48. > :34:50.which is co-ordinating the investigation -

:34:51. > :34:52.said 560 possible victims A hotline was set up to report abuse

:34:53. > :34:57.late last year when a number of high profile ex-footballers said

:34:58. > :34:59.they were victims of sexual abuse An asteroid as big as the Rock

:35:00. > :35:06.of Gibraltar will hurtle NASA say it will get

:35:07. > :35:17.uncomfortably close to the earth, It's the largest asteroid to come

:35:18. > :35:22.this near the planet since 2004 but it'll still be about

:35:23. > :35:39.a a million miles away. Thank you to those of you humouring

:35:40. > :35:46.me this morning and sending the new names in the Astro. It should have a

:35:47. > :35:55.better name than JO 025. Astrid? Astrid the asteroid? That's a good

:35:56. > :36:01.name. Very inventive. It wasn't me! A big night in the Champions League.

:36:02. > :36:03.We will start with Leicester but Cristiano Ronaldo? We will see him

:36:04. > :36:27.in a minute. 46 hat tricks. Leicester but they have gone farther

:36:28. > :36:31.than other clubs. The Atletico Madrid manager was congratulating

:36:32. > :36:45.the other players. It was a real spirited performance from Leicester.

:36:46. > :36:48.Already leading one nil from the first leg, the Spanish side

:36:49. > :36:51.went ahead through Saul Niguez's header in the first half.

:36:52. > :36:54.But Leicester fought back, Jamie Vardy scored in the second

:36:55. > :36:56.half to level the scores on the night.

:36:57. > :36:59.And that prompted a flurry of attacks, but they couldn't get

:37:00. > :37:01.the two additional goals needed to eliminate their opponents.

:37:02. > :37:11.They are very disappointed in there but ultimately, they can be proud of

:37:12. > :37:15.what they have achieved. As a football club, we can be proud of

:37:16. > :37:19.how we have conducted ourselves and how we have gone about it but they

:37:20. > :37:22.should want more of this because ultimately, all players want to play

:37:23. > :37:26.at the highest level in the Champions League is the highest

:37:27. > :37:34.level but we have to get back to winning in the Premier league now.

:37:35. > :37:37.It's now 100 Champions League gaols for Cristiano Ronaldo -

:37:38. > :37:40.his hat-trick against Bayern Munich sending the holders Real Madrid

:37:41. > :37:43.The tie had to be settled in extra time though,

:37:44. > :37:51.as It finished 6-3 on aggregate in the Bernabeu.

:37:52. > :37:53.Harry Redknapp is back in football management.

:37:54. > :37:55.Birmingham City hoping to utilise his extensive footballing

:37:56. > :38:01.experience to avoid relegation from the Championship.

:38:02. > :38:03.The 70 year old replaces Gianfranco Zola, with the Blues just

:38:04. > :38:05.three points clear of the relegation zone.

:38:06. > :38:08.The former Tottenham and West Ham manager has been appointed

:38:09. > :38:14.The British and Irish Lions squad will be announced at noon,

:38:15. > :38:17.with Dylan Hartley set to miss out on a place on the tour

:38:18. > :38:21.He'll be the third successive England captain to be overlooked

:38:22. > :38:24.by the Lions, after Steve Borthwick and Chris Robshaw missed out in 2009

:38:25. > :38:28.The Wales forward Sam Warburton is favourite to be named captain

:38:29. > :38:36.World number two Judd Trump has work to do to reach the second

:38:37. > :38:38.round of the World Snooker Championship.

:38:39. > :38:40.He was beating fellow Englishman Rory McLeod

:38:41. > :38:43.4-0 but the world number 54 - who's the oldest player left

:38:44. > :38:46.in the competition - staged quite a comeback and won

:38:47. > :38:50.The match resumes later this morning at the Crucible.

:38:51. > :38:52.And after winning his race at the British swimming

:38:53. > :38:55.Championships, Olympic chanmpion Adam Peaty has given his British

:38:56. > :39:00.Peaty secured his place at the 2017 World Swimming

:39:01. > :39:03.Championships after the British 100 metre breaststroke title

:39:04. > :39:06.He finished in under 58 seconds ahead of Ross Murdoch

:39:07. > :39:18.And he says he gave the medal away to inspire the next generation.

:39:19. > :39:25.If it was any medal, I think I'd offered to give it away because you

:39:26. > :39:30.get so many of them but for me, I don't want to sound arrogant or

:39:31. > :39:34.anything but for me, the race is what matters, the process and going

:39:35. > :39:38.to board a pest, this is qualifying. Hopefully getting a medal along the

:39:39. > :39:42.way will inspire him to train harder for his career and even if it's a

:39:43. > :39:45.week already, you have inspired someone.

:39:46. > :39:55.He has got quite a collection of medals. Olympic medals, world

:39:56. > :39:59.titles. Let us get more in our main story.

:40:00. > :40:02.Theresa May says it was a walk in Wales with her husband that

:40:03. > :40:05.finally made up her mind to ask permission for a general election

:40:06. > :40:11.Just after lunchtime today, the Prime Minister will lead a vote

:40:12. > :40:14.in the House of Commons for permission to send voters

:40:15. > :40:18.She needs two-thirds of MPs - that's 434 of them -

:40:19. > :40:22.That means she's relying on the support of at least

:40:23. > :40:26.If she gets that, at one minute past midnight on 3rd

:40:27. > :40:29.May, parliament will be dissolved and the official campaign

:40:30. > :40:33.But just to complicate things further, a day later on the 4th May,

:40:34. > :40:36.millions of people in England, Wales and Scotland will vote

:40:37. > :40:38.in entirely different elections to appoint councillors

:40:39. > :40:43.It is very rare to have two major elections so close together,

:40:44. > :40:46.and the result of the local elections will be like a mega-poll

:40:47. > :41:07.To discuss all of this from Glasgow is political analysts Professor John

:41:08. > :41:12.Curtice. Let us talk about timing. Is this a canny decision by the

:41:13. > :41:17.Prime Minister? The straightforward reason is that the Labour Party's

:41:18. > :41:21.position in the opinion polls has been gradually weakening in recent

:41:22. > :41:26.weeks and months, the conservative leader has been widening and she

:41:27. > :41:31.certainly sees an opportunity as it appears to emerge from an election

:41:32. > :41:36.with a much larger majority than the majority of 12 that she has at the

:41:37. > :41:42.moment. Why might you want a bigger majority? In truth because A, during

:41:43. > :41:46.the course of the Brexit negotiations, she cannot necessarily

:41:47. > :41:49.assume that all of her Tory MPs are going to be happy with the progress

:41:50. > :41:56.of those negotiations and therefore, she might be vulnerable. It says

:41:57. > :41:59.there is an implicit acknowledgement by the Prime Minister that actually,

:42:00. > :42:03.there might be some divisions within her own party over the next couple

:42:04. > :42:08.of years. The second advantage to her is that the House of Lords

:42:09. > :42:14.perhaps might have caused some difficulty but if she's got a

:42:15. > :42:18.mandate for her kind of Brexit, they will feel more restrained, and it

:42:19. > :42:23.makes much greater distance between the next election which will now be

:42:24. > :42:28.in 2022 rather than 2020 on the conclusion of the Brexit

:42:29. > :42:31.negotiations. On the current timing, it was pretty clear that the 2020

:42:32. > :42:37.election could well be an election on whether or not Theresa May had or

:42:38. > :42:41.had not done a good job in the Brexit negotiations, putting more

:42:42. > :42:47.pressure on the Prime Minister, by having a greater space and perhaps

:42:48. > :42:53.it will be less of a pressure on the Prime Minister. In so far as voters

:42:54. > :42:58.might be disappointed, they have a bit more time to forget about it.

:42:59. > :43:05.Just talk about that question. Could she get a bigger majority and she is

:43:06. > :43:09.looking for and what does it mean for the Labour Party? The opinion

:43:10. > :43:14.polls at the moment, on average, they point to a 16- point lead for

:43:15. > :43:24.the Conservatives. Some polls put it higher than that. A 16- point lead,

:43:25. > :43:28.you the standard assumption that the 4.5% swing from Labour to

:43:29. > :43:33.conservative is implied since May 2015, that gets you to a majority of

:43:34. > :43:38.100. You might begin to say that is not as big as I might expect with a

:43:39. > :43:42.16- point lead and you would be right. It would be smaller than the

:43:43. > :43:46.majority that Margaret Thatcher got when she got a 16 point lead in the

:43:47. > :43:51.ballot boxes. It has become more difficult to get a big majority,

:43:52. > :43:57.partly because Scotland is out of frame because the SNP dominates

:43:58. > :44:01.representation there. Also, there are fewer marginal seats these days

:44:02. > :44:07.and with that 4.5% swing, there are only about 40 seats that the Labour

:44:08. > :44:12.Party would be likely to lose. I'm sure Theresa May would be delighted

:44:13. > :44:16.with the majority of 100 but it that poll lead starts to narrow, maybe

:44:17. > :44:21.this will not be quite such a good bet. The Labour Party enters this

:44:22. > :44:26.election in a worse state than any previous opposition party. Labour

:44:27. > :44:31.goes into the selection in a worse position than in 1983 when they

:44:32. > :44:36.entered up with just 28% of the vote and many Labour MP will be looking

:44:37. > :44:39.forward to the next seven weeks with considerable trepidation, not just

:44:40. > :44:44.with their own careers but also whether or not Jeremy Corbyn is the

:44:45. > :44:48.least able to do well enough to least perhaps close the gap a bit on

:44:49. > :44:54.the Tories and ensure there isn't any meltdown in Labour's boat. There

:44:55. > :44:57.will be an awful lot of pressure on the Labour leader, particularly in

:44:58. > :45:02.the early weeks of this election campaign. Are we going to hear from

:45:03. > :45:09.Brenda from Bristol? He is the point of view. Not another one? Oh, the

:45:10. > :45:15.God's sake, I can't honestly stand this. There is too much politics

:45:16. > :45:21.going on at the moment. Why does she need to do it? Just really briefly,

:45:22. > :45:28.on that point, on voter apathy, can affect things, you think?

:45:29. > :45:35.Not much. If there is apathy, it might be more on the Labour side

:45:36. > :45:39.because of voters who are unhappy with Jeremy Corbyn and who cannot

:45:40. > :45:45.bring themselves to vote for anyone else. That said, if it does focus on

:45:46. > :45:52.Brexit, Brexit did take voters to the polls ten months ago and it

:45:53. > :45:57.might do it again. Thank you. Fascinating stuff from a man who

:45:58. > :46:01.knows his business inside and out. More reactions through the morning.

:46:02. > :46:08.We want to know whether you agree with Brenda or not. The weather.

:46:09. > :46:14.Another picture from Bristol. An ongoing theme. Lovely. A cracking

:46:15. > :46:21.start from Bristol. High cloud. Sunshine around. More cloud in the

:46:22. > :46:27.north. The odd spot of drizzle. For most, dry. Conditions at the moment

:46:28. > :46:35.mean widespread temperatures down to one is fought in temperature. High

:46:36. > :46:42.cloud. -- -4. A lovely and bright start. Temporary frost in the west

:46:43. > :46:47.and east of Wales. More cloud. Avoiding frost. More cloud in

:46:48. > :46:50.Northumbria and Scotland and Northern Ireland. This will threaten

:46:51. > :46:57.the odd spot of light rain and drizzle. Most start the get dry with

:46:58. > :47:02.cloudy conditions and brighter weather developing through the day.

:47:03. > :47:08.-- day. Northern Ireland, cheering up a touch. Clouding over in parts

:47:09. > :47:10.of northern England, Wales, and the north-west Midlands into the

:47:11. > :47:16.afternoon. The sunniest conditions will be to the south and east of

:47:17. > :47:20.England. 15-16. Temperatures, generally, in the low to mid-teens

:47:21. > :47:25.quite widely. Tonight, more cloud around. Not quite as cold. Frost

:47:26. > :47:30.limited to the far south-east. Somewhere like Kent may see a touch

:47:31. > :47:36.of frost in the tomorrow morning. Mostly cloudy conditions. Damp.

:47:37. > :47:40.Northern England and Wales as well. The odd spot of drizzle. Not

:47:41. > :47:45.soaking. Most dry. Windy in the north of Scotland with a few

:47:46. > :47:52.showers. Dryness in the north of Scotland mostly. Cloudy conditions

:47:53. > :47:56.in the north. Temperatures down on today. The north-east of England and

:47:57. > :48:00.Scotland could get to 15-16 during the afternoon. A quick look at

:48:01. > :48:03.Friday. Another weather front working into Scotland and Northern

:48:04. > :48:09.Ireland. Outbreaks of rain to the end of the day. Brightening up in

:48:10. > :48:14.the afternoon. Turning colder. Further south, more sunshine once

:48:15. > :48:19.again. A touch warmer. 18-19. A short-lived warm spell. A cold front

:48:20. > :48:23.going south as we go through into the start of the weekend. The blue

:48:24. > :48:27.colours on the chart in the eastern flank of the high pressure system

:48:28. > :48:32.will keep things largely dry, but pushing cold air down to Europe as

:48:33. > :48:38.well where things have taken a turn. That is how it is looking. Back to

:48:39. > :48:39.you. Thank you. See you in the next hour for another update.

:48:40. > :48:41.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:48:42. > :48:46.The Prime Minister's decision to call a snap election took

:48:47. > :48:49.But what could it mean for businesses?

:48:50. > :48:53.Steph is live at a bakery in Bolton this morning to get their reaction.

:48:54. > :49:00.Of course, bakeries mean hairnets. Good morning. Oh yes. Like always.

:49:01. > :49:07.Good morning. You can see these are the cakes that are being made. They

:49:08. > :49:12.make something like 70,000 of these every day. A sweet variety of

:49:13. > :49:19.different products. 16,000 sausage rolls every hour. 70,000 of these

:49:20. > :49:25.are made every day. You might remember I was here when there was a

:49:26. > :49:29.referendum. Look at these two. You can see the piping going on. You

:49:30. > :49:35.might recognise that face. Scooby Doo. We were talking to them about

:49:36. > :49:41.the referendum. Their boss was clear he wanted to leave the EU. We have

:49:42. > :49:47.him back. Good morning, Dave. Here we are again. Welcome back! An

:49:48. > :49:52.election! How do you feel? All I wanted to do was have a bit of

:49:53. > :49:58.stability for industry and commerce. If it does, happy days, really. Are

:49:59. > :50:02.you happy that we are going through this process again of having to vote

:50:03. > :50:07.for something? When you talk about uncertainty what does that actually

:50:08. > :50:11.mean for you? If it gives a mandate, whoever gets in, if it gives a

:50:12. > :50:15.mandate for a solid, financial government that, going through

:50:16. > :50:19.Brexit, which I voted for, it will give stability and it will give

:50:20. > :50:25.confidence and it will give a good feeling for industry to move

:50:26. > :50:28.forward, yeah. How are you feeling simply voted to leave? Because,

:50:29. > :50:32.obviously, as you just said, you voted to leave. How have things

:50:33. > :50:35.being for you with the business? It has actually been tougher. Some of

:50:36. > :50:42.the costs of gone up, especially materials. But the overall principle

:50:43. > :50:49.of, umm, having the right to choose, is the right thing for business.

:50:50. > :50:53.Even though you have to taken a bit of a hit in the longer term, you

:50:54. > :50:58.think it will be better? Everything goes up and everything goes down no

:50:59. > :51:02.matter what. I took a bit of a hit but it will come back in the near

:51:03. > :51:05.future. Good to talk to you as ever. We will be here throughout the

:51:06. > :51:13.morning and potentially eating some of these. By all means. We have

:51:14. > :51:16.Vicky Price, an economist. This was quite surprised. Are your thoughts

:51:17. > :51:21.on this? It is interesting. No one expected it at all, certainly no

:51:22. > :51:25.economic commentators. But the market has interpreted it in an

:51:26. > :51:30.interesting way. They seem to think that the bigger mandate, that

:51:31. > :51:36.Theresa May may be getting, they think it might mean that we are

:51:37. > :51:40.moving towards a softer Brexit rather than a harder Brexit. Because

:51:41. > :51:45.she will have more control over Eurosceptics in her own party. And

:51:46. > :51:50.of course, we will have a transition period, which is what the Europeans

:51:51. > :51:55.are suggesting. She will have a lot more is in being able to push that

:51:56. > :52:01.through without people turning it down to the -- ease. There will be a

:52:02. > :52:06.longer period of people living in without restrictions. The European

:52:07. > :52:10.Court of Justice will still be there for a while. It actually pushes us,

:52:11. > :52:15.in the transition period itself from 2019, it actually means that we get

:52:16. > :52:22.to the next election, if indeed the five-year rule remains, 2022, where

:52:23. > :52:26.we complete that period, and then the real Brexit begins, if you like.

:52:27. > :52:31.It gives the room to manoeuvre. In some ways, if the market is right,

:52:32. > :52:35.it may well be better off for businesses if that is indeed

:52:36. > :52:39.achieved. And off the back of that news, the value of the pound went

:52:40. > :52:44.up. Tell us about that. It means faster growth for the economy and

:52:45. > :52:48.more trade with Europe continuing for a longer period. Because, of

:52:49. > :52:53.course, for us, it is such an important part of the overall

:52:54. > :52:57.package, if you like. The EU is important, we at 45% of our goods to

:52:58. > :53:04.it. The smooth the transition is, rather than a cliff edge, the easier

:53:05. > :53:13.it is to fill in vacancies and job shortages. -- smoother. Thank you.

:53:14. > :53:17.You will be with us for the rest of the morning. I will take you around

:53:18. > :53:21.the bakery. It is so fascinating to see where they make things. This is

:53:22. > :53:26.the sweet section. It is my favourite. And you can see the bread

:53:27. > :53:33.coming out of the oven is. It smells gorgeous. I am fascinated! I could

:53:34. > :53:41.learn a lot from their piping skills! See you a little bit later.

:53:42. > :53:44.I am fascinated. Scooby Doo! Plenty of other news around as well,

:53:45. > :53:45.besides the snap election! The Duke of Cambridge has revealed

:53:46. > :53:49.the shock of his mother's death is still with him 20 years

:53:50. > :53:52.after she was killed in a car Prince William was speaking in a BBC

:53:53. > :53:56.documentary which follows a group of people affected by mental health

:53:57. > :53:59.problems, who're training to run Our royal correspondent,

:54:00. > :54:09.Peter Hunt, reports. Exercise can help with mental health

:54:10. > :54:15.issues. Ten runners pursuing a shared goal, a marathon for their

:54:16. > :54:18.minds as much as there bodies. All of them have suffered and continue

:54:19. > :54:23.to suffer from turmoil in the inside. It can help mental health,

:54:24. > :54:27.most definitely, from a personal experience. This is one of the

:54:28. > :54:41.marathon novices. Her when he rolled fund, George, died. -- her

:54:42. > :54:45.one-year-old son. And then her husband, who blame himself, took his

:54:46. > :54:51.own life. It changed me forever. PTSD has been a huge thing I have

:54:52. > :55:00.had to carry. The runners are being supported by William, Kate, and

:55:01. > :55:05.Harry. Their Heads Together Campaign encourages people to work together

:55:06. > :55:08.to discuss men to help. Can I ask you a question, you are older than

:55:09. > :55:12.my children, but I am worried about them growing up. Will they be OK?

:55:13. > :55:18.With a mother like you, they will be fined. Don't say that. Try and

:55:19. > :55:23.understand, you have more complex emotions right now. It is critical.

:55:24. > :55:27.You are explaining to them what those emotions men and what they

:55:28. > :55:35.have to do. You have to rationalise this. If you are angry or down, you

:55:36. > :55:41.can kind of rationalise it and deal with it. The shock is the biggest

:55:42. > :55:45.thing. I still feel 20 years later with my mother that I still have

:55:46. > :55:52.shock within me 20 years later. I can't last that long, you think. But

:55:53. > :55:58.it does. It is an unbelievably big moment in your life. It never leaves

:55:59. > :56:06.you. You just learn to deal with it. How was it? It was amazing! Yeah.

:56:07. > :56:14.Did you get to ask a question? I did. He was so honest. He just said

:56:15. > :56:21.straight up they will be OK. Because they have a great mother? Yeah.

:56:22. > :56:25.First, Prince Harry, and now Prince William. Two royal brothers who

:56:26. > :56:37.provided an insight into the detrimental impact of their morning.

:56:38. > :56:43.-- mourning. I hate seeing people in emotional or mental torment. It is

:56:44. > :56:46.really sad. It takes you down a very, very different path in life.

:56:47. > :56:50.The point of the campaign, with the marathon, is we want to reduce the

:56:51. > :56:57.Fichman. People talk about mental health as if it is perfectly normal.

:56:58. > :57:02.-- reduce the stigma. The runners will face physical and mental

:57:03. > :57:05.challenges when they compete in the marathon.

:57:06. > :57:08.And in the next hour, we'll be speaking to Rhian

:57:09. > :57:19.and the presenter of the programme, Nick Knowles.

:57:20. > :00:46.Now it is back to the Breakfast team.

:00:47. > :00:48.Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:00:49. > :00:51.MPs have their say - Parliament will vote today

:00:52. > :00:53.on Theresa May's decision to hold a snap election.

:00:54. > :00:57.The Prime Minister says her plans for a vote in just seven weeks

:00:58. > :00:59.would mean she could negotiate on Brexit with the backing

:01:00. > :01:04.The only way to guarantee certainty and stability for the years ahead

:01:05. > :01:09.is to hold this selection and seek your support

:01:10. > :01:14.We'll be live in Westminster throughout the morning to get

:01:15. > :01:17.the latest political reaction, and we'll be hearing your views

:01:18. > :01:22.I'm in Leicester where I'll be finding out what voters make

:01:23. > :01:26.of a second election just two years after the last one and what issues

:01:27. > :01:38.The pound rose to its highest level in 10 weeks, but what do businesses

:01:39. > :01:54.I'm at a bakery in Bolton to find out.

:01:55. > :02:03.The Duke of Cambridge reveals that the shock of his mother's death

:02:04. > :02:11.It's such an unbelievably big moment in your life that it

:02:12. > :02:18.The dream is over for Leicester City.

:02:19. > :02:20.As they're knocked out of the Champions League

:02:21. > :02:22.quarter-finals by the Spanish side Atletico Madrid.

:02:23. > :02:37.England and Wales waking up to a frosty start. The dry weather story

:02:38. > :02:41.continues. There are a few exceptions and I will tell you where

:02:42. > :02:43.they are. The full forecast in the next 15 minutes.

:02:44. > :02:48.The Prime Minister's plan for a snap general election in just 7 weeks

:02:49. > :02:50.is expected to be approved by MPs today.

:02:51. > :02:53.Theresa May says she's going to the polls 3 years early

:02:54. > :02:56.to help her make a success of Brexit.

:02:57. > :02:58.Opposition parties have accused Mrs May of a U-turn,

:02:59. > :03:00.but say they won't vote against the election.

:03:01. > :03:02.Our political correspondent Eleanor Garnier reports.

:03:03. > :03:06.It's not even 24 hours since the Prime Minister called

:03:07. > :03:10.for a general election but already, the party leaders are gearing up,

:03:11. > :03:23.positioning the parties and getting ready for the campaign ahead.

:03:24. > :03:25.It was a shock announcement and a decision Theresa May said

:03:26. > :03:28.she had only made in the last few days.

:03:29. > :03:31.I have only recently and reluctantly come to this conclusion.

:03:32. > :03:34.Since I became Prime Minister, I have said that there should be no

:03:35. > :03:38.election until 2020 but now I have concluded that the only way

:03:39. > :03:43.to guarantee certainty and stability for the years ahead is to hold this

:03:44. > :03:48.election and seek your support for the decisions I must take.

:03:49. > :03:51.Later today, there will be a vote in Parliament to bring the general

:03:52. > :03:55.election forward from its original date of May 2020.

:03:56. > :03:58.With Labour and the Lib Dems expected to back the plans,

:03:59. > :04:03.it's almost certain to go ahead on June the 8th.

:04:04. > :04:07.We are quite clear there is an election coming

:04:08. > :04:11.and we are going to be fighting that election in order to win

:04:12. > :04:15.so that we do have a fairer, more decent society,

:04:16. > :04:19.we do have an investment-led economy.

:04:20. > :04:22.The Lib Dems see a chance for the party to come back

:04:23. > :04:26.Well, it's an opportunity for the people of this country

:04:27. > :04:29.to change the direction of this country, to decide they do not want

:04:30. > :04:33.a hard Brexit, they want to keep Britain in the single market

:04:34. > :04:35.and indeed, an opportunity for us to have a decent,

:04:36. > :04:43.strong opposition in this country that we desperately need.

:04:44. > :04:45.This election won't just be about what goes on here

:04:46. > :04:50.in Westminster but the whole country's Constitution.

:04:51. > :04:52.Theresa May won't promise another vote on Scottish independence

:04:53. > :05:00.It's very clear that the Prime Minister's announcement today

:05:01. > :05:02.one, all about the narrow interests of her own party,

:05:03. > :05:04.not the interests of the country overall.

:05:05. > :05:07.Remember, despite favourable polls for the Tories and a weakened

:05:08. > :05:10.opposition, the last few months and years have shown the politics

:05:11. > :05:21.of this era have become rather hard to predict.

:05:22. > :05:23.Our political correspondent Iain Watson joins us now

:05:24. > :05:31.from Downing Street, and the big question has to be Iain,

:05:32. > :05:53.She said she made her mind up on a Welsh walking holiday. She wants to

:05:54. > :05:58.strengthen her hand in Brexit negotiations but it would not have

:05:59. > :06:01.escaped the notice of her advisers. Opinion polls putting the

:06:02. > :06:07.Conservatives as much as 20 points a hand of the Labour Party. Other

:06:08. > :06:10.things that have changed is that the EU has set out its negotiating

:06:11. > :06:16.position. They are suggesting they might have to be an exact bill. If

:06:17. > :06:19.the Prime Minister as to make some compromises during that process,

:06:20. > :06:25.that might upset some of her own MPs and of the gamble pays off, she

:06:26. > :06:32.could return to Westminster with an increased majority. They thank you

:06:33. > :06:37.very much indeed. We will be with you grab the morning. We will also

:06:38. > :06:42.speak to the leader of the Liberal Democrats. We will also speak to

:06:43. > :06:44.David Davis as well. We will be talking to all the political

:06:45. > :06:48.parties. John McDonald as well. The decision to call a general

:06:49. > :06:51.election on June 8th will be viewed differently

:06:52. > :06:53.across the UK. We'll be talking

:06:54. > :06:55.to our correspondents in Northern Ireland and Wales

:06:56. > :06:58.in a moment, but joining us now from Holyrood is our Scotland

:06:59. > :07:12.correspondent Lorna Gordon. Good morning. I think the question

:07:13. > :07:17.here in Scotland will be one of whether its independence or the

:07:18. > :07:20.union. That issue is likely to dominate the general election

:07:21. > :07:24.campaign in Scotland and Theresa May tips hat to that issue with an

:07:25. > :07:29.article in this morning 's Scotsman newspaper where she argues that a

:07:30. > :07:33.vote for the Scottish Conservatives will send a strong message of

:07:34. > :07:37.opposition to what she calls the SNP's divisive plans for a second

:07:38. > :07:42.independence vote. Her party 's challenge is to up the number of MPs

:07:43. > :07:47.in Scotland, currently at one. The SNP have 56 and they say a strong

:07:48. > :07:51.showing of them will reinforce their cause for a second independence

:07:52. > :07:57.referendum. What about Northern Ireland? Chris pages in Belfast. One

:07:58. > :08:03.local satirist has suggested there should be assigned in airports

:08:04. > :08:08.welcoming tourists to the election capital of Europe. This will be the

:08:09. > :08:11.sixth time voters have gone to the polls in just over three years in

:08:12. > :08:18.the last election was just last month. It was a snap election to the

:08:19. > :08:22.Stormont assembly. That crisis has not been fixed yet. Negotiations

:08:23. > :08:25.will resume today after the Easter break between the parties to try to

:08:26. > :08:30.restore the power-sharing government. What will another

:08:31. > :08:35.potentially very divisive election campaign give all parties appetite

:08:36. > :08:39.to compromise? Most think not very much. The Irish government has

:08:40. > :08:43.expressed concern agreement might be less likely because of the general

:08:44. > :08:47.election campaign which is now upcoming but the Northern Ireland

:08:48. > :08:50.Secretary and the Westminster Cabinet minister says the

:08:51. > :08:57.government's approach to the talks will not change. If there isn't a

:08:58. > :09:00.deal, the government will have to take over running Northern Ireland

:09:01. > :09:05.itself from Westminster, suspend devolution or call yet another

:09:06. > :09:10.election to the assembly. That is the view from Northern Ireland. That

:09:11. > :09:16.is now hit from Daniel Davies in Cardiff. They are calling this the

:09:17. > :09:21.made in Wales election because it is while on holiday in Snowdonia that

:09:22. > :09:26.Theresa May made up her mind. What effect will Wales have on the

:09:27. > :09:30.result? There are 40 seats in Wales. The Tories did not have any of those

:09:31. > :09:37.seats but now they are into double figures and hope to go further

:09:38. > :09:41.again. The most marginal seat in the UK is in Wales, Dowler, and the

:09:42. > :09:45.local Tory MP said he was not nervous. He was looking forward to

:09:46. > :09:50.another election on June eight and that is because his party knows that

:09:51. > :09:54.there are more and more labour- held seats which could be vulnerable if

:09:55. > :09:59.they continue to slide in the polls. If the SNP do well in Scotland and

:10:00. > :10:02.the situation remains uncertain, the seats available in Wales, they

:10:03. > :10:08.become even more important as she tries to build a majority.

:10:09. > :10:11.Prince William has revealed the shock of his mother's death

:10:12. > :10:16.is still with him, twenty years after Princess Diana was killed.

:10:17. > :10:19.The Duke of Cambridge made the comments in a BBC documentary

:10:20. > :10:22.which follows a group of runners with mental health problems -

:10:23. > :10:25.they are training to run the London marathon.

:10:26. > :10:29.I still feel 20 years later, about my

:10:30. > :10:32.mother, I still have shock within me.

:10:33. > :10:35.20 years later, people think shock cannot last that long but it does.

:10:36. > :10:40.It's such an unbelievably big moment in your life that it never leaves

:10:41. > :10:51.Police have named a man they want to speak to about a suspected acid

:10:52. > :10:59.Will be speaking to one of those taking part in the programme. Nick

:11:00. > :11:05.Knowles will be here and one of those who is running the marathon,

:11:06. > :11:06.Rhian, will be here in about ten minutes' time.

:11:07. > :11:10.Police have named a man they want to speak to about a suspected acid

:11:11. > :11:14.Arthur Collins is wanted for questioning after a corrosive

:11:15. > :11:16.liquid was sprayed during an argument in the early hours

:11:17. > :11:26.The American philanthropist, Bill Gates, has praised

:11:27. > :11:28.what he called record-breaking achievements in fighting

:11:29. > :11:32.The worldwide campaign to control or eliminate 10 diseases

:11:33. > :11:35.by 2020 was launched 5 years ago, with drug companies donating seven

:11:36. > :11:37.He says these conditions are now getting

:11:38. > :11:45.A small town in Canada has become a surprise tourist spot thanks

:11:46. > :11:53.It's nearly 50 meters tall and has become stranded in shallow

:11:54. > :11:55.water just off the Newfoundland coast.

:11:56. > :12:01.The area is known as "iceberg alley" thanks to the large number that

:12:02. > :12:02.drift down from the arctic each spring.

:12:03. > :12:06.This is one of the first of the season - and it doesn't look

:12:07. > :12:21.And when you remember how much of that is below the surface. Of

:12:22. > :12:28.course. 90%? I can't remember. Never use the fact unless you know the

:12:29. > :12:31.fact. It is 12 minutes past seven. With the Scottish independence

:12:32. > :12:36.referendum in 2014 and a general election two years ago, and the EU

:12:37. > :12:41.Referendum last year, how do you feel about going to the polls again?

:12:42. > :12:45.Sally is out and about testing the waters investor market to find out

:12:46. > :12:52.what people are thinking. A rather large statue as well. Good morning.

:12:53. > :12:56.Look at that everybody. That is John Henry, the fifth Duke of Rutland,

:12:57. > :13:00.who has been up there for a couple of hundreds of years. I wonder what

:13:01. > :13:04.he would think? If the political world was shocked by the

:13:05. > :13:13.announcement, the people of Leicester were quite surprised as

:13:14. > :13:16.well. I don't think it's going to make any difference. Jeremy Corbyn

:13:17. > :13:21.is never going to get in, simple as that. Why spend all of them millions

:13:22. > :13:28.of pounds? We have had the Tories too long. In a way, I wasn't

:13:29. > :13:34.surprised, to be honest. I think she is running away. It's giving the

:13:35. > :13:39.public a chance to decide what they think of what's been happening and

:13:40. > :13:45.being a democracy, it is fair enough. This election is going to be

:13:46. > :13:55.very important for the people of the UK. The NHS, definitely. I think

:13:56. > :13:59.this is the chance for people who have a different view about the

:14:00. > :14:05.Brexit because after the referendum, lots of people open their eyes and

:14:06. > :14:13.they realised, maybe it wasn't a good idea. The NHS definitely, and

:14:14. > :14:20.looking after English people for a change. The NHS, income, things like

:14:21. > :14:29.that. Just the general things that crop up every time. I am joined in

:14:30. > :14:34.Leicester market by Dale and Jeff. We heard from the people we were

:14:35. > :14:39.listening to, everybody was surprised by Theresa May's

:14:40. > :14:46.announcement. Leicester voted to remain in Europe just by the skin of

:14:47. > :14:54.their teeth, 51%. Will this be the Brexit election? Brexit election? It

:14:55. > :15:01.could be. What are the issues that concern you? The issues that concern

:15:02. > :15:04.me are that we just seemed to be in such turmoil in the country and we

:15:05. > :15:10.really need all the politicians pulling together and working

:15:11. > :15:17.together. Playing to their strengths and guiding us through. It just

:15:18. > :15:21.seems confusing. You run a comedy Festival here. I don't know whether

:15:22. > :15:25.this is going to be a rich source of jokes for you or not because some of

:15:26. > :15:31.the issues that Sarah is facing a really serious. Yell Obama there is

:15:32. > :15:44.a lot of humour to be had. I think you are right. NHS, help, those

:15:45. > :15:54.things. I hope they can out of the next few weeks. Hold that thought.

:15:55. > :16:06.You are our expert. We were talking about the issues that matter to

:16:07. > :16:11.people like education and the NHS. Theresa May is calling this a Brexit

:16:12. > :16:16.election, but how much of a risk is she taking by going to the country

:16:17. > :16:21.now? One of the risks is we expect her to do well. What happens if she

:16:22. > :16:26.doesn't and the Conservatives cannot eat into those big Labour majorities

:16:27. > :16:32.in the strongholds? Anything that is not a landslide victory may be

:16:33. > :16:36.framed as not a success. That is a risk, she doesn't do well with

:16:37. > :16:42.seats. The other risk is she will be making a lot of promises over the

:16:43. > :16:46.next 6-7 weeks. She says she needs a mandate to get in the EU

:16:47. > :16:50.negotiations. If she gets it she will be stronger, and so on. But

:16:51. > :16:56.what happens if she doesn't get what she is promising and the EU member

:16:57. > :17:00.states turn around and make it very difficult for her supper she has

:17:01. > :17:04.gone to the country and made promises and once this mandate and

:17:05. > :17:11.if she cannot deliver, the long-term risks are bigger. Bigger than the

:17:12. > :17:18.ones she will have on 6-7 weeks' time. The newspapers are talking

:17:19. > :17:24.about a landslide. It may not be a safe decision. At this point I would

:17:25. > :17:27.be surprised if the Conservatives don't increase their majority quite

:17:28. > :17:33.handsomely. But we have a volatile electorate. We have been surveying

:17:34. > :17:38.them since 1964. Over that time people have switched support much

:17:39. > :17:44.more now from election to election. There is a lot of volatility. We

:17:45. > :17:49.will have to see what happens. Thank you. I started this broadcast with a

:17:50. > :17:55.favours name. Later on in the programme I have another one. --

:17:56. > :17:59.famous name. A sporting connection. I wonder if people can guess who

:18:00. > :18:05.that will be at Leicester Market this morning. Shall we not give it

:18:06. > :18:12.away? Alleviate! Let's not real and it is a buy to let people guess. --

:18:13. > :18:16.Leave it! I could not help myself. I will keep my mouth shut. Thank you

:18:17. > :18:19.for watching us this morning. How are you feeling

:18:20. > :18:22.about the prospect of another vote less than a year after

:18:23. > :18:24.the EU Referendum? Yesterday Jon Kay spoke

:18:25. > :18:26.to Brenda in Bristol, who is in no doubt

:18:27. > :18:39.about her opinion... Not... Another one! I can't stand

:18:40. > :18:41.this. There is too much politics going on at the moment. Why does she

:18:42. > :18:42.need to do it? We'd like to hear your thoughts too,

:18:43. > :18:53.and the issues you'll be voting on. Je Suise Brenda was trending

:18:54. > :18:58.yesterday. An exciting time to make a decision. Tell us what you think.

:18:59. > :19:02.We would love to hear your opinion today and in the next seven weeks

:19:03. > :19:11.over Breakfast. And now for the weather. IATA the exact same words

:19:12. > :19:18.every time my alarm goes off in the morning. Good morning. --I utter.

:19:19. > :19:23.This is a Weather Watchers shot from Staffordshire. Sunshine. More cloud

:19:24. > :19:27.around than yesterday. Most will be dry. Where you have had clearer

:19:28. > :19:32.skies in the night it is quite chilly. I mentioned more cloud. It

:19:33. > :19:37.is a distant part of Scotland and Northern Ireland in the far of

:19:38. > :19:46.England. The odd part of drizzle. -- it is biggest. A pleasant day with a

:19:47. > :19:49.gentle breeze. The best of the sunshine cloud in the sky is further

:19:50. > :19:58.west. Sunshine coming through nicely. Also, in the far west of

:19:59. > :20:03.Lancashire and Cumbria and Northumberland. The cloud is

:20:04. > :20:08.conditions here. Especially in the east of Scotland and the west of

:20:09. > :20:11.Northern Ireland. Most are dry. Mist and hill fog around as well.

:20:12. > :20:19.Northern Ireland is predominantly cloudy. It might brighten up with

:20:20. > :20:26.sunny spells later on. Cloudier much of Wales as well. Sliding sliding

:20:27. > :20:31.into the Midlands. The odd break. After the chilly start, the highest

:20:32. > :20:38.temperatures around 15-16. Mostly around 11- 13. Tonight. A good deal

:20:39. > :20:41.more cloud than we saw last night, especially in the south of the

:20:42. > :20:47.country. Frost in East Anglia and Essex and parts of Sussex. The cloud

:20:48. > :20:53.could thicken up Ford drizzle in the Midlands and Wales. A great start

:20:54. > :20:57.for tomorrow. Most will be dry. A cloudy day for England and Wales.

:20:58. > :21:03.Bright weather in England later. Sunny spell to the east of Scotland.

:21:04. > :21:08.A breezy day with rain in the far third less. Breaks to the eastern

:21:09. > :21:21.Some rain. Mainly in the hills and west. Eventually into northern

:21:22. > :21:24.England. Brightening up in eastern Scotland. Sunniest in central and

:21:25. > :21:29.southern England and Wales. Feeling quite warm in the sunshine. A

:21:30. > :21:34.short-lived warm spell. Working three into the weekend. High

:21:35. > :21:38.pressure nearby. Not much rain. This chart suggests some cold air on the

:21:39. > :21:45.weight to be that also affects part of Europe. Winter has returned.

:21:46. > :21:49.These are the scenes from Munich yesterday. Good snowfall. Some snow

:21:50. > :21:56.in the Alps as well. That is how it is looking. Back to you. Look at

:21:57. > :21:59.that! In case you just turned on your television, it is not it is in

:22:00. > :22:09.Munich. Thank you very much. Running a marathon is a huge

:22:10. > :22:12.physical and mental challenge, and for a group of runners it's

:22:13. > :22:16.being used as a way of helping them cope with their own

:22:17. > :22:21.emotional difficulties. Mind Over Marathon is a new BBC

:22:22. > :22:24.documentary which follows ten people affected by mental health issues, as

:22:25. > :22:30.they train for the big race in London this weekend. Mum of three,

:22:31. > :22:34.Rhian, lost her baby son George in 2012. Just five days later her

:22:35. > :22:35.husband took his own life. In the programme she got some advice from

:22:36. > :22:44.Prince William. Can ask a question? I am worried

:22:45. > :22:50.about my children. Will they be OK? You have to understand the emotions

:22:51. > :22:56.a lot more. You understand it more than those who have not had issues

:22:57. > :23:01.in their lives. You have to explain what these emotions mean to your

:23:02. > :23:06.children. You have to rationalise a little bit and you understand, I am

:23:07. > :23:12.really angry, I am kind of down. You have the

:23:13. > :23:21.Well, Rhian, who was in that clip, joins us now, as does

:23:22. > :23:25.the programme's presenter, Nick Knowles.

:23:26. > :23:32.Congratulations on your massive undertaking. It is such a shocking

:23:33. > :23:36.story to hear. You have come a long way since the events which turned

:23:37. > :23:41.your life around. In 2012 when my son George died, and you know, it

:23:42. > :23:47.was just completely devastating on my family and friends. Obviously,

:23:48. > :23:51.five days later, my husband walked out of the house and never came

:23:52. > :23:58.home. The life I knew in the world I was living in was completely

:23:59. > :24:01.shattered. -- answer. It has been a rollercoaster. Life is for living.

:24:02. > :24:08.That is what we are looking for. This programme is going to show a

:24:09. > :24:12.lot of people that. Where are you now compared to where you were then

:24:13. > :24:19.and what has helped you over the years? It has been a long journey. I

:24:20. > :24:23.have had good days and bad days. When I started it, you know, the

:24:24. > :24:28.community I lived in, Cardiff, friends and family, they supported

:24:29. > :24:33.me so much. I went to a charity which I put a lot effort into. And

:24:34. > :24:38.my two children, who needed me more than ever, got me through it. I am

:24:39. > :24:42.feeling a lot better. I have tried every type of market isn't to get

:24:43. > :24:48.back on that road to recovery. It really has helped me. The idea

:24:49. > :24:54.behind the programme, Nick, is he take ten people, including Rian, on

:24:55. > :25:02.this incredible journey, and it will end when they do the marathon on

:25:03. > :25:06.this weekend. It never ends. Yes. But we talk about how exercise can

:25:07. > :25:12.help. Why have you decided to do this? Exercise, nutrition, getting

:25:13. > :25:16.outside, it can help. It is a good thing. Running, it turns out, is a

:25:17. > :25:21.great thing to get into the countryside. Nutrition as well. You

:25:22. > :25:25.will see that in the programme. We need to worry about that as well.

:25:26. > :25:29.Some of the people involved, we have a singer, she was bullied when she

:25:30. > :25:39.was younger and ostracised as a result. We have George, a police

:25:40. > :25:43.detective. He lived a completely normal life until one day she

:25:44. > :25:50.decided she wanted to walk into the sea. A hairdresser, the lovely Mel,

:25:51. > :25:58.she suffers depression. Claudia, intrusive thoughts. She constantly

:25:59. > :26:03.hears voices. It is something she actually said to me recently that in

:26:04. > :26:07.her teenage years she just wanted to end things to stop this noise in her

:26:08. > :26:12.head. When she got to speak to someone about it, she realised there

:26:13. > :26:18.were medical reasons for it and she controlled at. I am keen for people

:26:19. > :26:21.to watch this. If you are coming home and wondering whether you

:26:22. > :26:25.should watch mental health or a comedy programme, watch this,

:26:26. > :26:29.because you might recognise yourself or somebody you know. You might

:26:30. > :26:40.recognise how to be around someone who has this. We saw you talked to

:26:41. > :26:50.The Duke of Cambridge. What was that like? It was surreal. We did not

:26:51. > :26:53.know we were going to meet them. They gave us an understanding.

:26:54. > :26:58.Having them lead this helps make a difference. He was so easy to talk

:26:59. > :27:03.to. I forgot who I was talking to. We just got chatting. I asked this

:27:04. > :27:10.question. When I look back, I wonder if I should have. But it was lovely.

:27:11. > :27:14.His response was fantastic. He knows what it is like to lose somebody

:27:15. > :27:20.suddenly that you love. It was just amazing. An amazing experience.

:27:21. > :27:25.People forget that in the maelstrom of what was happening there were two

:27:26. > :27:29.young boys. For them, that was their whole world, that was their whole

:27:30. > :27:35.story. It is extraordinary that they have kind of kept themselves Okabe

:27:36. > :27:44.right until now and then it became a dipping point. -- OK right until

:27:45. > :27:50.now. So you are going to run this Sunday? Yeah. Are you excited? I am

:27:51. > :27:55.excited. I don't know if I will sleep much. Have you done it before?

:27:56. > :27:59.I was inspired by some charities that have done some running. But

:28:00. > :28:05.nothing like this. It is a challenge. We met when we were in

:28:06. > :28:12.London. It is a nice place. I will give it my best. Just enjoy it.

:28:13. > :28:17.Yeah. I know you were quite keen not to run because you want the focus on

:28:18. > :28:27.them. Did The Duke of Cambridge tell you to run? He gave me orders. I

:28:28. > :28:32.have seen him in his running suit. Yeah. It was important for me that I

:28:33. > :28:37.didn't run because I do want the story to be about me. It is too much

:28:38. > :28:41.when presenters get involved in the story. This is a story about ten

:28:42. > :28:46.extraordinary people that other people might recognise as

:28:47. > :28:51.themselves. Talking about it is the first step. Thank you, both, very

:28:52. > :28:53.much indeed. Enjoyed it, and have a very good day. -- enjoy.

:28:54. > :28:57.Mind Over Marathon starts tomorrow on BBC One at 9pm and concludes

:28:58. > :32:21.It is well worth your time as well. Let us get

:32:22. > :32:26.So, perhaps a touch warmer as we head to Friday as more mild

:32:27. > :32:30.Cooler again and cloudy as we head into the weekend.

:32:31. > :32:33.I'm back with the latest from the BBC London Newsroom

:32:34. > :32:41.Hello - this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:32:42. > :32:46.general election on 8th June is set to be approved

:32:47. > :32:50.Theresa May says she's going to the polls 3 years early

:32:51. > :32:52.to help her make a success of Brexit.

:32:53. > :32:55.Opposition parties say they won't vote against the plan.

:32:56. > :32:57.Our political correspondent Iain Watson joins us now

:32:58. > :33:08.and the big question has to be Iain, why now?

:33:09. > :33:19.It took a lot of people by surprise, didn't it? Yes, us included. There

:33:20. > :33:25.was a broad --a jawdropping moment yesterday. Theresa May said she made

:33:26. > :33:29.at the mind only recently. It was on a walking holiday in Wales last

:33:30. > :33:33.week. When the Chancellor and also the Brexit Secretary have been

:33:34. > :33:40.pushing for that early election. She told them she was going ahead. This

:33:41. > :33:44.is to strengthen her hand for Brexit negotiations but other factors were

:33:45. > :33:47.at play. Her advisers behind the black door will have noticed that

:33:48. > :33:53.the Conservatives are something like 20 points ahead of the Labour Party.

:33:54. > :33:58.In recent weeks, the EU set out its negotiating position to clear the

:33:59. > :34:04.Brexit negotiations. They want an exit bill to be paid before they

:34:05. > :34:08.talk about trade. If the Prime Minister has to make compromises,

:34:09. > :34:12.some of the MPs are likely to be miffed. She can return here to

:34:13. > :34:13.Downing Street with an increased majority with more authority over

:34:14. > :34:18.those MPs. Thank you very much. And over the course

:34:19. > :34:21.of the programme we'll be getting reaction from across

:34:22. > :34:23.the political parties, including the Liberal Democrat

:34:24. > :34:24.leader Tim Farron, the Shadow Chancellor John

:34:25. > :34:26.McDonnell, Brexit secretary the shock of his mother's

:34:27. > :34:33.death is still with him, twenty years after

:34:34. > :34:41.Princess Diana was killed. The Duke of Cambridge made

:34:42. > :34:44.the comments in a BBC documentary which follows a group of runners

:34:45. > :34:47.with mental health problems who are training to run

:34:48. > :34:49.the London marathon. I still feel 20 years

:34:50. > :34:53.later, about my mother, I still have

:34:54. > :34:55.shock within me. 20 years later, people think shock

:34:56. > :34:58.cannot last that long but it does. It's such an unbelievably big moment

:34:59. > :35:03.in your life that it never leaves Police have named a man

:35:04. > :35:08.they want to speak to about a suspected acid attack

:35:09. > :35:11.at an East London nightclub. Arthur Collins is wanted

:35:12. > :35:13.for questioning after a corrosive liquid was sprayed during

:35:14. > :35:16.an argument in the early hours More than 250 potential

:35:17. > :35:24.suspects have now been identified which is co-ordinating

:35:25. > :35:30.the investigation - said 560 possible victims

:35:31. > :35:32.had come forward. A hotline was set up to report abuse

:35:33. > :35:36.late last year when a number of high profile ex-footballers said

:35:37. > :35:38.they were victims of sexual An asteroid as big as

:35:39. > :35:59.the Rock of Gibraltar George Bush Senior is in hospital

:36:00. > :36:02.with pneumonia. He was treated in hospital back in January to more

:36:03. > :36:07.than two weeks with the same illness. Bill Gates has praised what

:36:08. > :36:12.he called record-breaking achievements in fighting neglected

:36:13. > :36:17.tropical diseases. The worldwide campaign to control or eliminate ten

:36:18. > :36:20.diseases by 2020 was launched five years ago with drug companies

:36:21. > :36:22.donating 7 billion treatments. He says these treatments are now

:36:23. > :36:34.getting the attention they need. An extraordinary collection of rare

:36:35. > :36:36.colour photographs taken during the Second World War

:36:37. > :36:39.have been released, many of which are being published

:36:40. > :36:41.for the very first time. The images taken by

:36:42. > :36:43.official photographers, news agencies and even air crews

:36:44. > :36:46.reveal a unique insight into life The rarity of colour film and high

:36:47. > :36:50.cost of reproducing the pictures mean there are few colour images

:36:51. > :37:04.of the time in existence. When you see someone like that in

:37:05. > :37:08.colour, it is rather strange. Matt will be here with a weather shortly.

:37:09. > :37:13.But first, John is here with the sport. Disappointment for Leicester

:37:14. > :37:18.City, they are out of the Champions League. They are up against Atletico

:37:19. > :37:22.Madrid. They were trailing in the first leg but there were hopes they

:37:23. > :37:25.could have upset the odds and compost. Madrid have reached the

:37:26. > :37:30.final in two out of the three seasons. They are a strong side. A

:37:31. > :37:33.very spirited performance but not enough. Lexit means Lexit. It does

:37:34. > :37:35.indeed. The Spanish side,

:37:36. > :37:38.already leading 1-nil from the first leg, went ahead

:37:39. > :37:41.through Saul Niguez's header. That left Leicester needing

:37:42. > :37:43.three goals to progress. back in the second half

:37:44. > :37:54.through Jamie Vardy, But despite a flurry of attacks,

:37:55. > :38:01.they just couldn't find the two extra goals needed to

:38:02. > :38:04.eliminate their opponents. As their European journey

:38:05. > :38:07.came to a spirted end. They are very disappointed

:38:08. > :38:09.in there but ultimately, they can be proud of

:38:10. > :38:12.what they have achieved. As a football club, we can be proud

:38:13. > :38:15.of how we have conducted ourselves and how we have gone about it

:38:16. > :38:19.but they should want more of this because ultimately, all players

:38:20. > :38:22.want to play at the highest level in the Champions League,

:38:23. > :38:25.it is the highest level but we have to get back to winning

:38:26. > :38:28.in the Premier League now. It's now 100 champions league goals

:38:29. > :38:31.for Cristiano Ronaldo - his hat trick against Bayern Munich

:38:32. > :38:37.sending the holders This was a real thriller -

:38:38. > :38:44.the tie had to be settled in extra time - 6-3 on aggregate

:38:45. > :38:47.it finished in Spain. management as Birmingham City look

:38:48. > :38:54.to utilise his extensive footballing experience to avoid relegation

:38:55. > :38:56.from the Championship. The 70 year old replaces

:38:57. > :38:59.Gianfranco Zola, with the Blues just three points clear of

:39:00. > :39:02.the relegation zone. The former Tottenham and West Ham

:39:03. > :39:05.manager has been appointed will be announced at noon,

:39:06. > :39:11.with the England Captain Dylan Hartley set to miss out on a place

:39:12. > :39:15.on the tour to New Zealand. He'll be the third successive

:39:16. > :39:18.England skipper to be overlooked by the Lions, after Steve Borthwick

:39:19. > :39:21.and Chris Robshaw missed out in 2009 The Wales forward Sam Warburton

:39:22. > :39:28.is favourite to be named captain World number two Judd Trump has work

:39:29. > :39:33.to do to reach the second round of the World

:39:34. > :39:35.Snooker Championship. He was beating fellow

:39:36. > :39:37.Englishman Rory McLeod 4-0 but the world number 54 -

:39:38. > :39:40.who's the oldest player left in the competition -

:39:41. > :39:43.staged quite a comeback and won The match resumes later this

:39:44. > :39:50.morning at the Crucible at the British swimming

:39:51. > :39:53.Championships, Olympic champion Adam Peaty gave his medal away

:39:54. > :39:57.to a boy in the crowd. Peaty secured his place

:39:58. > :39:59.at the 2017 World Swimming Championships after the British 100

:40:00. > :40:01.metre breaststroke title in Sheffield.He finished in under 58

:40:02. > :40:04.seconds ahead of Ross Murdoch And he says he gave the medal away

:40:05. > :40:15.to inspire the next generation. If it was any medal,

:40:16. > :40:18.I think I'd offer to give it away because you get so many of them

:40:19. > :40:22.but for me, I don't want to sound arrogant or anything but for me,

:40:23. > :40:25.the race is what matters, the process and going to Budapest,

:40:26. > :40:28.this is qualifying. Hopefully getting a medal along

:40:29. > :40:31.the way will inspire him to train harder for his career

:40:32. > :40:50.and even if it's a week already, here is obviously keeping hold of

:40:51. > :40:55.his Olympic medal. What you do to sort go again? He clearly wants to

:40:56. > :41:01.establish himself with legendary status. That is as motivation.

:41:02. > :41:03.Fascinating to see. Let's go back to our

:41:04. > :41:06.main story now - MPs are expected to back

:41:07. > :41:08.Theresa May's call for a snap general election on 8th June -

:41:09. > :41:12.in a commons vote this afternoon. Opposition parties have accused

:41:13. > :41:14.Mrs May of a U-turn, but say they won't vote

:41:15. > :41:16.against the election. The Liberal Democrats have set

:41:17. > :41:19.out a simple message - The party's leader Tim Farron joins

:41:20. > :41:35.us now from Westminster. Good morning. Seven weeks away from

:41:36. > :41:40.another general election. What would you consider to be a good result of

:41:41. > :41:43.your party seven weeks down the line? It's an opportunity for the

:41:44. > :41:49.British people to change the direction of the country. This

:41:50. > :41:55.contest begins nil - nil. We have everything to play for. In a moment,

:41:56. > :41:59.the British government are taking us towards a hard Brexit. They are

:42:00. > :42:06.doing so because they do not have a decent effective opposition. To

:42:07. > :42:09.resist a hard Brexit, to stay in the single market and to have put every

:42:10. > :42:14.democrat surely believes Britain needs which is a strong and decent

:42:15. > :42:18.opposition. Theresa May only called the selection because she looked

:42:19. > :42:22.across the Despatch Box, saw Jeremy Corbyn and thought it was the

:42:23. > :42:30.political equivalent of stealing candy off a baby. There should be

:42:31. > :42:35.properly fought general election. To continue or your sporting analogy,

:42:36. > :42:40.you say nil- nil. You are starting on -224 but the main opposition,

:42:41. > :42:46.Labour, who have a vast amount of seats compared to yours. I can do

:42:47. > :42:50.nothing to affect the results of the last election but I can affect the

:42:51. > :42:55.next one. You can't call the Labour Party the main opposition as they

:42:56. > :43:01.left off together the hard Brexit cliff edge with Theresa May and put

:43:02. > :43:05.our country at risk without any guarantees and whether you voted to

:43:06. > :43:09.leave or amain, in two years' time, Theresa May is asking in the

:43:10. > :43:14.selection now to give her a mandate to deliver any old Brexit stitched

:43:15. > :43:17.up by Mandarin is in Whitehall and bureaucrats in Brussels that we have

:43:18. > :43:21.to live with for several generations. That's not democracy.

:43:22. > :43:25.If you think there is something that can be done at changing that

:43:26. > :43:29.direction, the Liberal Democrats offer you that opportunity. But he

:43:30. > :43:33.voted leave or amain last June, would be voted for, this is the

:43:34. > :43:39.moment where democracy came back to life. A 1-party state, a coronation,

:43:40. > :43:44.it will be a disaster for democracy and only the Liberal Democrats offer

:43:45. > :43:49.you the chance that not to happen. This is not another EU Referendum.

:43:50. > :43:53.This is a general election. This is about the NHS and education and

:43:54. > :44:02.social care. It's not just about Brexit. To write. But all is said

:44:03. > :44:07.and done, people are lucky to be told it's not about this, it is

:44:08. > :44:10.about these things. You will recall that Sam Goldsmith caused the

:44:11. > :44:13.by-election that he lost the Liberal Democrats claiming the electorate

:44:14. > :44:17.was about one thing in the electorate said no, it's about other

:44:18. > :44:23.matters. A whole range of issues need to be discussed. NHS and social

:44:24. > :44:27.care crisis, a new deal for the British people so we will have care

:44:28. > :44:32.from cradle to grave going forward. But given the government have

:44:33. > :44:37.admitted there were ?100 billion a year, we won't be able to afford

:44:38. > :44:42.good schools or healthcare or social care or strong army if we don't

:44:43. > :44:48.remain in the single market. We simply won't have the money. This

:44:49. > :44:53.will come back to Brexit. You keep talking about this hard Brexit and

:44:54. > :44:57.soft Brexit. If Theresa May wins the election, that gives her more

:44:58. > :45:04.wriggle room to negotiate a softer Brexit which you were in favour of.

:45:05. > :45:08.What it does it gives her a mandate to do anything she likes in the next

:45:09. > :45:13.two years and impose on the British people, however they will vote, any

:45:14. > :45:17.kind of deal that we might have at the end of it all. Membership of the

:45:18. > :45:21.single market is critical. Nigel Farage spent several years touring

:45:22. > :45:25.the United Kingdom, saying Britain should be more like Norway and

:45:26. > :45:29.Switzerland which are outside the EU and inside the single market and

:45:30. > :45:32.Theresa May is asking for a blank cheque to deliver upon Britain

:45:33. > :45:37.something more extreme than they have been asking for. Security,

:45:38. > :45:43.power in the world and prosperity here at home, it's important we stay

:45:44. > :45:46.in the single market. Giving the Prime Minister a blank cheque for

:45:47. > :45:50.any old Brexit is the opposite of democracy and that's why a stronger

:45:51. > :45:55.position is vital and Labour sitting on the end its biggest -- on this

:45:56. > :45:58.big issue means they are not a serious opposition and the fact they

:45:59. > :46:00.are not is the real reason Theresa May gate into the temptation calling

:46:01. > :46:07.this. Tony Blair said people should vote

:46:08. > :46:23.to turn down Brexit if it is in the national interest. Do you share his

:46:24. > :46:32.idea? I have shared ideas with many people. The only option is a Liberal

:46:33. > :46:36.Democrat option. The SNP can only gain one seat from the Tories. The

:46:37. > :46:41.Labour Party will not make gains. They will go backwards. That leaves

:46:42. > :46:45.you with a series of Lib Dem gains around the country from the north to

:46:46. > :46:49.the south of the UK that gives us the opportunity to make sure that

:46:50. > :46:52.Theresa May has the answer to the British people. That means MPs of

:46:53. > :46:57.all political colours getting together to fight that kind of hard

:46:58. > :47:03.Brexit that is currently on the table. Is that a yes, you agree with

:47:04. > :47:11.Tony Blair? I have no plans to share a platform with Tony Blair. A

:47:12. > :47:18.definite denial? It is my job to make sure the Lib Dems are the only

:47:19. > :47:20.part way, I think we are the only part way, through which the

:47:21. > :47:25.Conservatives could possibly lose this election. Labour cannot go any

:47:26. > :47:30.further. That means a Conservative coronation, the opposite of

:47:31. > :47:35.democracy. Unless the Lib Dems can be the stronger position we can be

:47:36. > :47:39.giving the British people a chance to avoid the hard Brexit and leaving

:47:40. > :47:43.the single market and have enough money to have the NHS and police

:47:44. > :47:49.force and the army. That is vital. There needs to be a contrast of

:47:50. > :47:54.propositions in the economy. In a position to Brexit at any cost. The

:47:55. > :47:59.Lib Dems are equally clear. But Labour is not clear and what they

:48:00. > :48:06.stand for. I am sure you sort rounder

:48:07. > :48:12.-- saw Brenda's opinion. Are you concerned about voter apathy and

:48:13. > :48:19.people who are tired of voting? Yes, people will be engaged, but what

:48:20. > :48:24.about the Brendas of Bristol? I have a lot of sympathy. My father would

:48:25. > :48:32.utterly agree with her. The reality is people are fed up of elections

:48:33. > :48:36.and referendums. It is people like me on the television all the time

:48:37. > :48:43.they get fed up with, not election. I understand. But people are not fed

:48:44. > :48:48.up with democracy. People do not want to be told for the next couple

:48:49. > :48:52.of generations you will have to deal with and live with the consequences

:48:53. > :48:56.of a hard Brexit that the government thought it had a mandate to deliver

:48:57. > :49:00.without a final say at the end of it from the public. Election campaigns

:49:01. > :49:05.can be wearisome for people. I understand that. I look forward to

:49:06. > :49:10.it, but I am strange. People can get worn out by elections. But they are

:49:11. > :49:17.an odd one out by democracy. We are proud of democracy. -- they are not

:49:18. > :49:24.worn out by democracy. We should not give Theresa May a coronation. I

:49:25. > :49:31.would not put I am strange on my manifesto, if I were you. IQ for the

:49:32. > :49:41.advice. Not often do they admit that. -- Thank you for. Time for the

:49:42. > :49:47.weather. Contrast over the country. This is the scene in western

:49:48. > :49:51.Scotland. You can see the waters. The hills are disappearing into the

:49:52. > :49:59.low cloud to be a grey and misty start. The opposite end, Essex. You

:50:00. > :50:04.can see the contrast on the satellite image. The bloodiest

:50:05. > :50:09.conditions in the north and west and sunniest in the south-east. --

:50:10. > :50:19.Cloudiest. The sun is warming things up. Winds away from Kent. High cloud

:50:20. > :50:28.across England and Wales. Sunshine breaking through. A great day on the

:50:29. > :50:31.way. Cumbria, cloud. The odd spot of rain and drizzle in eastern Scotland

:50:32. > :50:35.in the short-term. That will quickly depart. Thick cloudy Northern

:50:36. > :50:42.Ireland will continue to break. Just the chance of rain and drizzle at

:50:43. > :50:47.times. Dry weather as well. Drizzle, it's possible. Scotland will

:50:48. > :50:50.brighten up in the afternoon before drizzle arrives later on in the

:50:51. > :50:55.west. Clouding over much of England and northern Wales. The Midlands

:50:56. > :51:02.later on. The sunniest in the south and east. 16 is the high this

:51:03. > :51:08.afternoon. 11- 13 degrees. Tonight, thick cloud in northern England and

:51:09. > :51:13.the Irish Sea. Patches of rain and drizzle. Most staying dry. Frost

:51:14. > :51:18.tonight limited to the far south-east corner, especially in

:51:19. > :51:22.Kent, Essex, and parts of Sussex as well. Cloudy to start with in

:51:23. > :51:27.England and Wales tomorrow. The odd spot of drizzle cannot be ruled out.

:51:28. > :51:32.Most dry. Brightening in the north and east of England through the day.

:51:33. > :51:37.A bit of a breeze in the north tomorrow. Not as cold as recently.

:51:38. > :51:41.15-16 in Scotland and the north-east of England in the afternoon. Friday,

:51:42. > :51:46.though, the brightest conditions to the south. Cloud thickening in

:51:47. > :51:51.Scotland and Northern Ireland. Rain in the hills in the west. By the end

:51:52. > :51:57.of the day, that could be the same in northern England. In the south

:51:58. > :52:02.with warm and, highs of 18-19. -- air, that is how it is looking.

:52:03. > :52:08.Thank you. That was comprehensive weather. 7:51. Good morning to you.

:52:09. > :52:11.The Prime Minister's decision to call a snap election took

:52:12. > :52:13.the country by surprise yesterday, but what could it

:52:14. > :52:17.Steph is live at a bakery in Bolton this morning

:52:18. > :52:26.She will get some bread as well. Good morning. Good morning. Good

:52:27. > :52:33.morning, everybody. I am at a bakery where the team is working hard. They

:52:34. > :52:38.are making some kind of cheesy toast. If you are getting on a

:52:39. > :52:46.flight soon, you might eat this. This is preparing for 900 people. I

:52:47. > :52:51.keep setting off alarms. ALARMS GO OFF. There are 900 people they are

:52:52. > :52:57.making potato cakes this morning. They are making something like

:52:58. > :53:02.16,000 sausage rolls every hour of the it is a business we come to talk

:53:03. > :53:07.to during referendums and became last year. -- hour. Their boss was

:53:08. > :53:13.vocal about wanting to leave the European Union. Here we are. We have

:53:14. > :53:17.a general election. How are you feeling? Positive, really. All I

:53:18. > :53:21.want to do is have a level of confidence and stability within the

:53:22. > :53:26.economy. If you have a stable economy, a stable government, with a

:53:27. > :53:30.mandate taken forward through Brexit and into the future, then it is

:53:31. > :53:34.going to be good for industry. So, do you feel at the moment that

:53:35. > :53:39.short-term uncertainty is upsetting you, but the long-term is

:53:40. > :53:43.optimistic? What goes up comes down and vice-versa. The economy will

:53:44. > :53:47.override it all at the end of the day anyway. It will go forward

:53:48. > :53:53.literally from one day to the next. When I last spoke to you we did vote

:53:54. > :53:56.to leave the EU. How has this has been for you since then?

:53:57. > :54:01.Exceptionally good. We picked up an awful lot of clients. Costs have

:54:02. > :54:08.gone up a little bit. Raw materials, for example. But what goes up is

:54:09. > :54:19.Point to go down. Prices will drop soon. Look at petrol. You are

:54:20. > :54:28.feeling optimistic? Lovely to see you. And we have Joshua from the CBI

:54:29. > :54:33.which represents businesses. You are looking fabulous in your beard net.

:54:34. > :54:37.Tell us what you think. It was a surprise. Most of our members will

:54:38. > :54:44.be feeling there will be a bit of short-term pain. Seven weeks of

:54:45. > :54:48.campaigning is worth it, though. A stable government will be clear and

:54:49. > :54:52.consistent. There is optimism about the outcome. But surprise about

:54:53. > :54:56.that, that it is happening now. We heard David talking, the boss of

:54:57. > :55:02.this business, talking about uncertainty. How do you think is the

:55:03. > :55:07.feeling of role? We are determined to go on with the job. -- overall.

:55:08. > :55:11.It does not help business but businesses have shown since the

:55:12. > :55:15.referendum there are good at dealing with it and rolling up their sleeves

:55:16. > :55:19.and cracking on with it. The more the government can help, the of the

:55:20. > :55:34.partnership, the better the better businesses can do at providing jobs.

:55:35. > :55:37.-- the closer the partnership. What does this mean for Brexit? Theresa

:55:38. > :55:44.May has put down her principles and whoever wins the election has to

:55:45. > :55:48.stick to those. I think those that have been broadly agreed, now the

:55:49. > :55:54.challenge is to get on with it. We need the best possible deal. We saw

:55:55. > :55:59.the value of the pound rise after the election announcement. What do

:56:00. > :56:04.you think this mean for business? I think there will be some fluctuation

:56:05. > :56:11.in the market. And, again, what businesses want will be stability in

:56:12. > :56:15.the exchange rate. For some businesses, it has boosted

:56:16. > :56:25.performancethe others have had costs increase. Stability is the name of

:56:26. > :56:29.the game. Thank you. Your bike one and now look at these potato cakes.

:56:30. > :56:34.They smell gorgeous. I keep getting in the way, to be honest. And now I

:56:35. > :56:39.will leave you with that lovely view. You have to learn how to turn

:56:40. > :56:45.off the alarms as well. Look at that. A screen full of Peter cakes.

:56:46. > :56:55.-- potato cakes. Still to come. The boss of Richard Branson's

:56:56. > :56:59.financial firm tells us about the mental cost of making it

:57:00. > :00:17.to the top of a male-dominated Hello this is Breakfast,

:00:18. > :00:27.with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. MPs have their say -

:00:28. > :00:29.Parliament will vote today on Theresa May's decision to hold

:00:30. > :00:32.a snap election. The Prime Minister says her plans

:00:33. > :00:36.for a vote in just seven weeks would mean she could negotiate

:00:37. > :00:50.on Brexit with the "backing And the only way to guarantee

:00:51. > :00:53.certainty and stability for the years ahead is to hold this election

:00:54. > :00:57.and secure support for the decisions I must take.

:00:58. > :00:59.We'll be live in Westminster throughout

:01:00. > :01:01.the morning to get the latest political reaction, and we'll be

:01:02. > :01:05.Good morning, I'm in Leicester where I'll be finding out

:01:06. > :01:08.what voters make of a second election just two years

:01:09. > :01:12.after the last one and what issues they'll be voting on.

:01:13. > :01:16.I'm at a bakery in Bolton to find out.

:01:17. > :01:21.What businesses think of this news. The pound rose off the back of it, I

:01:22. > :01:34.will be looking at wire. Good morning, it's

:01:35. > :01:39.Wednesday 19th April. Also this morning, the Duke

:01:40. > :01:42.of Cambridge reveals that the shock of his mother's death

:01:43. > :01:53.is still with him, 20 years on. You never get over it, it is such an

:01:54. > :01:55.unbelievably big moment in your life that it never leaves you.

:01:56. > :01:58.In sport, Leicester City's European adventure is over as they're knocked

:01:59. > :02:01.out of the quarter-finals of the Champions League

:02:02. > :02:02.by the Spanish side, Atletico Madrid.

:02:03. > :02:12.Good morning, the early frost is on its way out, sunniest to the south

:02:13. > :02:16.and the East, a bit more cloud to the north and west but the emphasis

:02:17. > :02:18.is on the dry weather, as it will be in the coming days. All of the

:02:19. > :02:21.details coming up. The Prime Minister's plan for a snap

:02:22. > :02:26.general election in just seven weeks is expected to be approved

:02:27. > :02:28.by MPs today. Theresa May says she's

:02:29. > :02:30.going to the polls three years early to help her make

:02:31. > :02:32.a success of Brexit. Opposition parties have accused

:02:33. > :02:35.Mrs May of a U-turn, but say they won't vote

:02:36. > :02:36.against the election. Our political correspondent

:02:37. > :02:46.Eleanor Garnier reports. It's not even 24 hours

:02:47. > :02:49.since the Prime Minister called for a general election but already,

:02:50. > :02:51.the party leaders are gearing up, positioning their parties

:02:52. > :02:53.and getting ready for It was a shock announcement

:02:54. > :02:57.and a decision Theresa May said she had only made

:02:58. > :03:03.in the last few days. I have only recently and reluctantly

:03:04. > :03:10.come to this conclusion. Since I became Prime Minister,

:03:11. > :03:14.I have said that there should be no election until 2020 but now I have

:03:15. > :03:16.concluded that the only way to guarantee certainty and stability

:03:17. > :03:20.for the years ahead is to hold this election and seek your support

:03:21. > :03:27.for the decisions I must take. Later today, there will be a vote

:03:28. > :03:31.in Parliament to bring the general election forward from its

:03:32. > :03:37.original date of May 2020. With Labour and the Lib Dems

:03:38. > :03:41.expected to back the plans, it's almost certain

:03:42. > :03:44.to go ahead on June 8th. We are quite clear there

:03:45. > :03:46.is an election coming and we are going to be fighting that

:03:47. > :03:49.election in order to win so that we do have a fairer,

:03:50. > :03:52.more decent society, we do have an

:03:53. > :03:56.investment-led economy. The Lib Dems see a chance

:03:57. > :03:59.for the party to come back Well, it's an opportunity

:04:00. > :04:06.for the people of this country to change the direction of this

:04:07. > :04:09.country, to decide they do not want a hard Brexit, they want to keep

:04:10. > :04:12.Britain in the single market and indeed, an opportunity

:04:13. > :04:15.for us to have a decent, strong opposition in this country

:04:16. > :04:17.that we desperately need. This election won't just be

:04:18. > :04:23.about what goes on here in Westminster but the whole

:04:24. > :04:26.country's constitution. Theresa May won't promise another

:04:27. > :04:28.vote on Scottish independence It's very clear that the Prime

:04:29. > :04:35.Minister's announcement today is, one, all about the narrow

:04:36. > :04:38.interests of her own party, not the interests of

:04:39. > :04:44.the country overall. Remember, despite favourable polls

:04:45. > :04:46.for the Tories and a weakened opposition, the last few months

:04:47. > :04:51.and years have shown the politics of this era have become

:04:52. > :04:59.rather hard to predict. Our political correspondent

:05:00. > :05:06.Iain Watson joins us now from Downing Street,

:05:07. > :05:16.and the big question has Talk to us a little about the

:05:17. > :05:22.timing. It got everyone on the hop really. It did. Because Theresa May

:05:23. > :05:25.heard said time and again she would not call a snap election but a

:05:26. > :05:30.couple of things have changed, she was under pressure to do so from her

:05:31. > :05:32.Chancellor Philip Hammond, from her Brexit secretary David Davis, who

:05:33. > :05:35.thought this would strengthen her hand in the forthcoming Brexit

:05:36. > :05:39.negotiations, but two other factors must have been playing on her mind

:05:40. > :05:42.too. Her advisers would have been aware that if you look at the recent

:05:43. > :05:47.opinion polls the Conservatives are perhaps up to 20 points ahead of the

:05:48. > :05:50.Labour Party. They may have felt this is an opportunity that Sibley

:05:51. > :05:54.could not be missed but also in recent weeks the EU set out its

:05:55. > :05:58.negotiating position. They don't even want to talk about trade deals,

:05:59. > :06:02.for example, unless Britain agrees and exit bill. Some of the reason

:06:03. > :06:06.may pose my own MPs might have been miffed to have made that kind of

:06:07. > :06:10.compromise, so if she returned to the Downing Street with an increased

:06:11. > :06:16.majority until authority over any dissidents in her ranks will be

:06:17. > :06:17.increased, as well as her authority over is -- over opposition parties

:06:18. > :06:21.too. The decision to call

:06:22. > :06:23.a General Election on June eighth will be viewed differently

:06:24. > :06:24.across the UK. Joining us now from Holyrood is our

:06:25. > :06:32.Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon. I suppose we can say right now what

:06:33. > :06:39.the big issues in Scotland are going to be. You are right. Good morning

:06:40. > :06:44.to you, as well. The big issue here in Scotland in this general election

:06:45. > :06:52.campaign will be independent, or the union. The SNP are the dominant

:06:53. > :06:55.force here. They won 56th seats, all but three of the constituencies at

:06:56. > :06:59.the last general election. Their big challenge will be to repeat that

:07:00. > :07:04.phenomenal success. You can see how they will be framing their arguments

:07:05. > :07:07.going forward. The SNP will be saying they'll all about standing up

:07:08. > :07:11.for Scotland, Alex Salmond, their former leader, says they will be

:07:12. > :07:15.opposing what he calls the hard right agenda of the Conservatives

:07:16. > :07:18.they would argue that a strong showing for them would reinforce

:07:19. > :07:21.their calls for a second independence referendum. That is not

:07:22. > :07:26.an issue Theresa May is shying away from either. She has written an

:07:27. > :07:30.article for the Scotsman newspaper this morning saying a general

:07:31. > :07:35.election would be a vote on Scottish independence, a chance to make the

:07:36. > :07:39.case for the United Kingdom. There has been some speculation that the

:07:40. > :07:42.prounion parties may step aside in certain constituencies to give a

:07:43. > :07:48.stronger prounion vote. I think though that feels very unlikely at

:07:49. > :07:49.this point, it would be some short-term gain for some possible

:07:50. > :07:55.long-term pain. It is going to be fascinating the

:07:56. > :08:04.next few weeks. We will have plenty more reaction. We have spoken to Tim

:08:05. > :08:07.Farron, the Liberal Democrat leader, we will be speaking to the Shadow

:08:08. > :08:10.Chancellor, John McDonnell and Brexit secretary David Davies and

:08:11. > :08:15.the SNP. There is of course other news. Let's

:08:16. > :08:20.talk about that. Prince William has revealed

:08:21. > :08:23.the shock of his mother's death is still with him,

:08:24. > :08:25.20 years after Princess The Duke of Cambridge made

:08:26. > :08:29.the comments in a BBC documentary which follows a group of runners

:08:30. > :08:32.with mental health problems - who are training to run

:08:33. > :08:35.the London marathon: The shock is the biggest thing, I

:08:36. > :08:38.still feel 20 years later I still have shot within me, people go

:08:39. > :08:41.shock, that can't last that long but it does commune of a get over it.

:08:42. > :08:42.Such an unbelievably big moment in your life that it never leaves you,

:08:43. > :08:46.you just learn to deal with it. Police have named a man they want

:08:47. > :08:49.to speak to about a suspected acid Arthur Collins is wanted for

:08:50. > :08:53.questioning after a corrosive liquid was sprayed during an argument

:08:54. > :08:55.in the early hours More than 250 potential suspects

:08:56. > :09:02.have now been identified by police investigating child sex

:09:03. > :09:05.abuse in football. The National Police Chiefs Council -

:09:06. > :09:07.which is co-ordinating the investigation -

:09:08. > :09:09.said 560 possible victims A hotline was set up to report abuse

:09:10. > :09:15.late last year when a number of high profile ex-footballers said

:09:16. > :09:16.they were victims of sexual The former American President,

:09:17. > :09:26.George Bush Senior, is in hospital His spokesman said he had a mild

:09:27. > :09:31.case of pneumonia but was in "good The 92-year-old was treated

:09:32. > :09:35.in hospital in January for more than two weeks for the same

:09:36. > :09:39.illness. The American philanthropist,

:09:40. > :09:41.Bill Gates, has praised what's been described as a record-breaking

:09:42. > :09:43.achievement in fighting There's been a big worldwide push

:09:44. > :09:47.to distribute tablets, to treat ten of these diseases,

:09:48. > :09:49.since a key meeting Here's our health

:09:50. > :09:57.correspondent, Jane Dreaper These are illnesses

:09:58. > :10:01.which sometimes kill. Sleeping sickness proves fatal

:10:02. > :10:04.if not treated quickly and there are still some cases

:10:05. > :10:06.of leprosy, but the biggest damage is in the disability

:10:07. > :10:09.and disfigurement these diseases cause, predominantly

:10:10. > :10:10.affecting those in some An international meeting will hear

:10:11. > :10:17.today that significant progress is being made in fighting

:10:18. > :10:25.neglected tropical diseases. Drug companies have donated

:10:26. > :10:26.7 billion treatments since new targets were agreed

:10:27. > :10:33.five years ago. The number of people

:10:34. > :10:37.needing medicine to prevent lymphatic filariasis,

:10:38. > :10:39.which makes limbs swell, is down The Gates Foundation says these

:10:40. > :10:43.neglected illnesses are now getting Not all of the goals are on track,

:10:44. > :10:50.and the unrest in South Sudan is making it hard to finally finish

:10:51. > :10:53.the job of eradicating guinea worm, which is caused by drinking

:10:54. > :11:02.contaminated water. But this week's meeting is a chance

:11:03. > :11:05.to focus on progress so far while pushing for further work

:11:06. > :11:19.to beat these painful illnesses. rare colour photographs taken during

:11:20. > :11:23.the Second World War have been released, many published for the

:11:24. > :11:28.first time. The images taken by official that a cruise, news

:11:29. > :11:32.agencies and even aircrew reveal a unique insight into life during the

:11:33. > :11:33.Second World War. We are so used to seeing pictures like this in

:11:34. > :11:41.black-and-white. The rarity of colour film and high

:11:42. > :11:44.cost of reproducing the pictures mean there are few colour images

:11:45. > :11:49.of the time in existence. A small town in Canada has become

:11:50. > :11:52.a surprise tourist spot thanks to a new visitor

:11:53. > :11:54.- an iceberg. It's nearly 50 meters tall and has

:11:55. > :11:57.become stranded in shallow water The area is known as "iceberg

:11:58. > :12:01.alley", thanks to the large number that drift down

:12:02. > :12:03.from the arctic each spring. This is one of the first

:12:04. > :12:06.of the season - and it doesn't look MPs will vote later on whether to

:12:07. > :12:11.back Theresa May's calls It's a move the Labour leader

:12:12. > :12:16.Jeremy Corbyn has welcomed - a government with him

:12:17. > :12:17.as Prime Minister, he says, would 'put the interests

:12:18. > :12:19.of the majority first'. So what kind of battle

:12:20. > :12:22.will the party have on their hands? You can see the swathes

:12:23. > :12:31.of Conservative blue across England, The North West of England

:12:32. > :12:36.and the Midlands will likely be crucial battle grounds -

:12:37. > :12:40.there are numerous marginal seats. But Labour made little headway

:12:41. > :12:45.here at the last election. Jeremy Corbyn says he will deliver

:12:46. > :12:48.a "society that cares for all, an economy that works for all,

:12:49. > :12:51.and a Brexit that works for all". Joining us from Westminster is the

:12:52. > :13:01.Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell. Good morning to you. Thank you for

:13:02. > :13:05.joining us. First question, let's Biglia, are you going to back these

:13:06. > :13:09.calls for a snap election today? Allan yes, despite a promising that

:13:10. > :13:12.there would not be a snap election now she has decided to go to the

:13:13. > :13:17.country we will support that because it will give us the opportunity of

:13:18. > :13:22.having an alternative government, a Labour government, so yes, we will

:13:23. > :13:27.today. Does that go for the majority of the party, all of the Labour

:13:28. > :13:31.Party? I think there will be a considerable majority that will

:13:32. > :13:35.support it. As I say, the Prime Minister said during not play these

:13:36. > :13:39.party political games and they would not be a snap general election, so

:13:40. > :13:42.it is a breakdown of trust but nevertheless this gives us the

:13:43. > :13:48.opportunity to debate the issues about the future of our country and

:13:49. > :13:51.we will take that opportunity. Personal ratings of the Prime

:13:52. > :13:56.Minister and Jeremy Corbyn have quite a start contrast, and of

:13:57. > :14:01.course we can look at polls with different eyes of course. Is Jeremy

:14:02. > :14:05.Corbyn the man to win the selection of you? He can. First of all, don't

:14:06. > :14:12.be deceived by the polls, they have not been accurate either in terms of

:14:13. > :14:19.the last election or the referendum or the Trump election. People have

:14:20. > :14:23.underestimated Jeremy Corbyn all along. Particularly when he was able

:14:24. > :14:26.to debate head-to-head with alternative candidates, he was able

:14:27. > :14:33.to have restricted decent, principled person that he is. I am

:14:34. > :14:36.hoping the Prime Minister changes her mind about this issue of

:14:37. > :14:39.head-to-head televised debates. She is refusing at the moment but I

:14:40. > :14:42.think that would be critically important to have in this election

:14:43. > :14:48.campaign. On that basis I think that people will see that Jeremy Corbyn

:14:49. > :14:51.is the sort of new Prime Minister we want, someone who is honest and

:14:52. > :14:56.decent and looks after the long term interest of the country rather than

:14:57. > :15:00.these short-term party politics Theresa May is engaged in now. To

:15:01. > :15:05.get the majority of one, the Labour Party would have to engineer a swing

:15:06. > :15:09.on the scale that Tony Blair did in 1997. Is that realistic? I don't

:15:10. > :15:13.believe the polls are the way they are at the moment, but as I said,

:15:14. > :15:18.people will react against this breakdown in trust by the Prime

:15:19. > :15:22.Minister in calling a snap election. She has taken the people of this

:15:23. > :15:24.country for granted, and there is an arrogance there that I think people

:15:25. > :15:29.will react against, and you will find that as we debate the real

:15:30. > :15:33.issues about what is happening to our economy, our public services,

:15:34. > :15:35.and yes, about our future relationship with Europe, I think

:15:36. > :15:39.you'll find that the polls will narrow and that there will be a real

:15:40. > :15:47.opportunity for a Labour government. And you think you can make that kind

:15:48. > :15:50.of scale that Tony Blair did in 1997? That could be the measure of

:15:51. > :15:54.it? Yes, I think so. As I say, I think the Prime Minister has

:15:55. > :15:57.misjudged this, she has taken people for granted. People don't want

:15:58. > :16:02.elections when they feel there is a need for one, but now it is

:16:03. > :16:07.happening, people will say how can you trust this Prime Minister? This

:16:08. > :16:12.is a fundamental breakdown of trust. And we know this is the campaign I

:16:13. > :16:16.think that, what we have seen so far, even on the first day, pretty

:16:17. > :16:21.nasty. You have seen the front page of the Daily Mail calling anyone who

:16:22. > :16:25.opposes Theresa May as a saboteur, and I am hoping the Prime Minister

:16:26. > :16:30.today will this about that and make sure that newspapers like the Daily

:16:31. > :16:33.Mail, who support the Conservative Party, don't track this general

:16:34. > :16:37.election campaign into the gutter as this seem to want to do.

:16:38. > :16:41.Talking about timing, you talked about her point about calling the

:16:42. > :16:46.election now but are you happy with the time and do you think you are

:16:47. > :16:51.ready? We have been working on the basis from last November, we put the

:16:52. > :16:56.party on a General Election footing so we have been working on the basis

:16:57. > :17:01.that she could call one at any time. So, yes, we are ready and we have

:17:02. > :17:04.500,000 members geared up on the streets campaigning, many of them

:17:05. > :17:08.already out there, Parliamentary Labour atmosphere meeting was

:17:09. > :17:12.tremendous last night and people want to get out and campaign for a

:17:13. > :17:17.Labour government. Once we get into the discussion of the policies, and,

:17:18. > :17:20.as I say, hopefully a head-to-head debate between Jeremy Corbyn and

:17:21. > :17:24.Theresa May you will see there will be a significant shift in public

:17:25. > :17:29.opinion over the next few weeks. What is your slogan if you are

:17:30. > :17:33.ready? That will be revealed in due course, we will announce our

:17:34. > :17:37.manifesto and announcing our overall campaigning materials and slogans.

:17:38. > :17:42.Watch this space, it will happen over the next week or so. We are out

:17:43. > :17:46.in the field already because we have the local council elections and

:17:47. > :17:48.mayoral elections taking place. In recent weeks we have announced

:17:49. > :17:54.policies which have proved to be incredibly popular. I think that

:17:55. > :17:59.might well have been a factor that Theresa May took into account, that

:18:00. > :18:03.she saw that actually Labour is becoming increasingly popular on the

:18:04. > :18:06.basis of the policies we are advocating, so another reason I

:18:07. > :18:10.think she has gone to the country. You will remember that Labour lost a

:18:11. > :18:15.by-election in Copeland in April as well. Talk briefly about unifying

:18:16. > :18:18.the party. We have MPs like Tom Blenkinsop saying he will not stand

:18:19. > :18:24.for election citing irreconcilable differences with party leadership.

:18:25. > :18:28.Can Jeremy Corbyn reunite the party? Yes, he can. Tom has never supported

:18:29. > :18:31.Jeremy from the beginning, and I wish him well for the future. But

:18:32. > :18:36.what we saw from the Parliamentary Labour Party last night at our

:18:37. > :18:40.meeting was unity right the way across the party membership and our

:18:41. > :18:43.support, wanting to get out there now and elect a Labour government

:18:44. > :18:48.because we need one with the NHS in crisis, school budgets being cut,

:18:49. > :18:53.and elderly people, 1 million need care and not getting that care, we

:18:54. > :18:56.need a Labour government very fast. I am sure you saw Brenda from

:18:57. > :19:00.Bristol unhappy there is another election. Do you have sympathy with

:19:01. > :19:03.her in some ways? I completely understand that because she trusted

:19:04. > :19:07.the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister said there would be no snap

:19:08. > :19:12.general elections and she has broken that trust and I can understand

:19:13. > :19:17.Brenda's frustration. My response to Brenda is the way to get back is to

:19:18. > :19:21.vote for a Labour government. John MacDonald, Shadow Chancellor, thank

:19:22. > :19:26.you for your time. Good to hear from John MacDonald, he mentioned Theresa

:19:27. > :19:28.May, who has spoken to the BBC in the last few minutes, to bring you a

:19:29. > :19:33.snapshot of what she has said, similar to what she said yesterday

:19:34. > :19:37.on the steps outside No 10, "I get on with my job which is put in front

:19:38. > :19:41.of me, when I became PM I thought the most important thing was

:19:42. > :19:44.stability for the UK. When it came to triggering article 58 became

:19:45. > :19:48.clear the opposition parties were intent on the process. We are going

:19:49. > :19:54.to strengthen our position in terms of negotiating with the EU's." "It

:19:55. > :19:57.is important to get through the process and ensure we get the best

:19:58. > :20:02.possible deal for the whole of the UK and put it into practice." When

:20:03. > :20:05.asked to reiterate when she made the decision about the General Election

:20:06. > :20:09.she said she thought about it before Easter. Every election has a risk,

:20:10. > :20:13.says the Prime Minister, I've taken a decision that I believe is in the

:20:14. > :20:17.interests of the UK. Talking a lot about stability as she did

:20:18. > :20:21.yesterday. We will put those points to be Brexit Secretary David Davis

:20:22. > :20:23.later on the programme for you. Let's find out what is happening

:20:24. > :20:29.with the weather this Wednesday morning.

:20:30. > :20:31.Frosty start for some, particularly across the South and east,

:20:32. > :20:35.Cambridgeshire, this was the scene a short while ago, the frost has

:20:36. > :20:40.melted, lovely blue skies overhead, contrasting with the sky colour in

:20:41. > :20:45.parts of western Scotland, much more great picture, low cloud over the

:20:46. > :20:47.hills, misty start, and it is a north-west, south-east split this

:20:48. > :20:52.money, clearest conditions in the south and east, lots of sunshine and

:20:53. > :20:56.blue skies at present -- this morning. Light winds so once we got

:20:57. > :21:00.rid of the initial chill it should feel nice by the afternoon. There is

:21:01. > :21:03.more cloud in western parts of Wales but it will thicken through this

:21:04. > :21:08.morning, may be producing the odd spot of drizzle for the likes of

:21:09. > :21:11.Anglesey. Also the Isle of Man, Cumbria. This morning across some

:21:12. > :21:16.parts of eastern Scotland but short lived, moving eastwards, mostly dry,

:21:17. > :21:19.but misty over the hills and a grey start. Was of cloud across Northern

:21:20. > :21:23.Ireland which could threaten the odd spot of rain on and off through the

:21:24. > :21:27.day but most will stay dry through the day, the emphasis for the vast

:21:28. > :21:30.majority is yet another dry day and it brightens up this afternoon

:21:31. > :21:34.across much of Scotland whereas northern England, North west

:21:35. > :21:37.midlands and Wales will turn a little cloudier. Temperatures and

:21:38. > :21:41.best of the sunshine in the south-east, 15 or 16, chilly in

:21:42. > :21:47.parts of Essex and Kent, 12 or 13 across eastern Scotland. The clear

:21:48. > :21:51.skies he will start to turn cloudy again tonight, patchy rain in the

:21:52. > :21:54.west, extensive hill fog, turning down for one or two in northern

:21:55. > :21:57.England, Wales and the Midlands tomorrow morning but the cloud keeps

:21:58. > :22:00.temperatures up compared with the past few nights and if we are going

:22:01. > :22:06.to see a frost it will be in Kent, Sussex and Essex in the morning but

:22:07. > :22:09.also a bit of the morning sunshine. England and Wales will be cloudy

:22:10. > :22:15.tomorrow, maybe the odd spot of rain and drizzle but most will stay dry,

:22:16. > :22:20.brightening up across Scotland, and temperatures could hit 15 or 16

:22:21. > :22:22.degrees in the afternoon. Breezy over north-west Scotland and some

:22:23. > :22:26.outbreaks of rain with that. They will be there on Friday morning,

:22:27. > :22:29.this weather front pushing southwards, that rain on the hills

:22:30. > :22:32.and in the west, in Northern Ireland by the afternoon and northern parts

:22:33. > :22:39.of England. Finishing the day with some sunshine, but a cold day in

:22:40. > :22:43.Scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures in the south 14-17d but

:22:44. > :22:47.the cold front shifts as we go into the weekend, high pressure still

:22:48. > :22:51.close by, lots of dry weather in the weekend but with us on the wrong

:22:52. > :22:54.side of it during the air from the north, the blue colours mean pretty

:22:55. > :22:58.cold air once again on the way but not as cold as you might get across

:22:59. > :23:01.parts of Europe which is seeing a huge amount of snowfall of late.

:23:02. > :23:06.That is how it is looking, another update in half an hour.

:23:07. > :23:09.Thank you, we will see you in half an hour. There was snow in Munich.

:23:10. > :23:15.It is a 23 AM. clinic Prince William says he still

:23:16. > :23:18.isn't over the shock of his mother's death -

:23:19. > :23:20.20 years after she Prince William was speaking in a BBC

:23:21. > :23:24.documentary which follows a group of people affected by mental health

:23:25. > :23:26.problems, who're training to run Our royal correspondent,

:23:27. > :23:29.Peter Hunt reports. Exercise can help with

:23:30. > :23:31.mental health issues. Ten runners pursuing a shared goal,

:23:32. > :23:34.a marathon for their minds as much All have suffered and continue

:23:35. > :23:41.to suffer from turmoil It can help mental health,

:23:42. > :23:46.most definitely, from Her one-year-old son, George,

:23:47. > :23:58.died five years ago. And then her husband,

:23:59. > :23:59.who blamed himself, my life as I knew it was over. Me as

:24:00. > :24:11.a person changed for ever. PTSD has been a huge thing

:24:12. > :24:14.I have had to carry. The runners are being

:24:15. > :24:15.supported by William, Their Heads Together Campaign

:24:16. > :24:28.encourages people to work together You are older than my children,

:24:29. > :24:33.but I am worried about With a mother like you,

:24:34. > :24:40.they will be fine. Try and understand, you can

:24:41. > :24:42.understand emotions more than someone who hasn't had these

:24:43. > :24:45.issues in their lives. You can explain to them

:24:46. > :24:49.what those emotions mean If you are angry or down,

:24:50. > :24:58.you can kind of rationalise it I still feel 20 years later

:24:59. > :25:10.about my mother that I still have You think, no, shock

:25:11. > :25:15.can't last that long. It is an unbelievably big

:25:16. > :25:18.moment in your life. He just said straight

:25:19. > :25:36.up they will be fine. If they are brought up in a loving

:25:37. > :25:40.and caring environment. First, Prince Harry,

:25:41. > :25:47.and now Prince William. Two royal brothers who provided

:25:48. > :25:57.an insight into the detrimental Diana's death was one of the reasons

:25:58. > :26:01.William is passionate about this cause. From my point of view it is

:26:02. > :26:04.the emotional side. I hate seeing people

:26:05. > :26:08.in emotional or mental torment. It takes you down a very,

:26:09. > :26:12.very different path in life. The point of the campaign,

:26:13. > :26:14.with the marathon, is we want We want people talk about mental

:26:15. > :26:19.health as if it is perfectly normal. The runners will face physical

:26:20. > :26:29.and mental challenges Peter Hunt, BBC News.

:26:30. > :26:30.Good luck to them and everyone who is taking part in the London

:26:31. > :26:31.Marathon. Mind Over Marathon starts

:26:32. > :26:34.tomorrow on BBC One at 9pm. Lovely to speak to Rhiannon this

:26:35. > :26:42.morning. Steph is at a bakery in Bolton

:26:43. > :26:45.for us this morning, finding out how businesses

:26:46. > :26:53.are reacting to the prospect Pizza bases just coming out of the

:26:54. > :26:59.oven here this morning, Sheldon cracker on, ciabattas coming out.

:27:00. > :27:04.I'm talking about how businesses feel about the General Election and

:27:05. > :27:07.what is their reaction to all of this. They employ about 900 people

:27:08. > :30:35.here so certainly a business interested in what is going on.

:30:36. > :30:42.Hello this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:30:43. > :30:44.We will bring you another general election interview. We can bring you

:30:45. > :30:46.context. Theresa May says it was a walk

:30:47. > :30:49.in Wales with her husband that finally made up her mind to call ask

:30:50. > :30:52.permission for a general Just after lunchtime today,

:30:53. > :31:03.Theresa May will head to a vote in the House of Commons

:31:04. > :31:05.for permission to send She needs two-thirds of MPs -

:31:06. > :31:09.that's 434 of them - That means she's relying

:31:10. > :31:12.on the support of at If she gets that, at one minute past

:31:13. > :31:18.midnight on 3rd May, parliament will be dissolved

:31:19. > :31:20.and the official campaign But just to complicate

:31:21. > :31:26.things further, a day later on the 4th May,

:31:27. > :31:28.millions of people in England, Wales and Scotland will vote

:31:29. > :31:30.in entirely different elections to appoint councillors

:31:31. > :31:33.and new metro mayors. It is very rare to have two major

:31:34. > :31:39.elections so close together, and the result of the local

:31:40. > :31:42.elections will be like a mega-poll Joining us from Westminster

:31:43. > :31:58.is the Brexit Minister David Davis. Thank you for your time. Plenty to

:31:59. > :32:03.ask you about. When you first heard Theresa May would call a general

:32:04. > :32:07.election, a vote to call an election, how much of you thought

:32:08. > :32:12.yes this is the right decision and how much thought, this is an

:32:13. > :32:16.enormous risk? Elections are always risks but my thought was it was the

:32:17. > :32:21.right decision. The reason principally is my own job, I have

:32:22. > :32:27.got to support the Prime Minister in negotiating the best outcome in the

:32:28. > :32:32.Brexit negotiations. Before the election was called, we would have

:32:33. > :32:35.been doing the negotiation in the last year before the general

:32:36. > :32:40.election and it would be quite possible for the people on the other

:32:41. > :32:43.side of the table to see that as a pressure point and put pressure on

:32:44. > :32:51.us to accept deals we might otherwise not have. This way, we

:32:52. > :32:54.have a couple of years of space and also we have the possibility of

:32:55. > :32:58.getting a strong mandate from the British people in terms of the way

:32:59. > :33:03.we carry out negotiation. That is what this is about and from my point

:33:04. > :33:12.of view it is good. You are asking British people to back you after you

:33:13. > :33:17.turn. An election seven weeks away. The Prime Minister thought about

:33:18. > :33:25.this at length on her walking holiday in Wales. The decision she

:33:26. > :33:29.had to make was a national interest decision, what is the way we can get

:33:30. > :33:37.the best outcome for the people. In the last months we have taken the

:33:38. > :33:40.Article 50 legislation through Parliament and it has become

:33:41. > :33:45.apparent political parties on the other side have taken stances

:33:46. > :33:52.designed either to thwart the people or trip is up, tie our hands. The

:33:53. > :33:57.Scottish National Party tries to turn it into something about

:33:58. > :34:04.independence. They will oppose us, even at the first round. That is the

:34:05. > :34:07.nature of politics. That is what happens in democracy, you are

:34:08. > :34:14.proposed by people not in agreement with you. It looks like a political

:34:15. > :34:19.opportunism? We are saying... What opponents say, of course, we support

:34:20. > :34:24.the people'sdecision to leave the EU, just not in that way, leaving

:34:25. > :34:28.the single market. They are interpreting it in their own way and

:34:29. > :34:32.we will say let's go back to the people and say this is what we will

:34:33. > :34:38.do, a White Paper telling us what we will do, do you support it, and if

:34:39. > :34:42.so, return us with a working majority to deliver it. In every

:34:43. > :34:48.speech Theresa May has made, she has talked about stability, and the

:34:49. > :34:52.reason for turning down a second referendum on Scottish independence

:34:53. > :34:57.was the fact it would be unstable. Yet, here we are, throwing that

:34:58. > :35:05.stability away with a general election. The Scottish independence

:35:06. > :35:10.referendum, we only had one a couple of years ago and the argument here

:35:11. > :35:15.is different. In the immediate aftermath and run-up to the

:35:16. > :35:18.referendum itself, people said all sorts of experts and most of

:35:19. > :35:22.Westminster were saying if the people vote to leave there will be a

:35:23. > :35:28.downturn in the economy and job losses and a loss of growth and we

:35:29. > :35:34.will have to put taxes up. None of that has proven to be the case. In

:35:35. > :35:39.fact, we have higher growth rates expected by the IMF, the highest

:35:40. > :35:44.employment levels ever in history, lowest unemployment in over a

:35:45. > :35:48.decade. We have delivered on economic and political stability.

:35:49. > :35:52.The question now is what is best for the country? What puts us in the

:35:53. > :35:57.best position to get the outcome best for the people? That is access

:35:58. > :36:03.to trade with Europe and the rest of the world, control the borders and

:36:04. > :36:07.laws, control of money. All of those things we want to achieve for

:36:08. > :36:12.Britain but we need to be in a good negotiating position to do it. The

:36:13. > :36:16.Scottish referendum, you said you did not have another one because

:36:17. > :36:21.there was one so close away but we had a general election in 2015.

:36:22. > :36:26.Nobody expected in the general election for the referendum to go

:36:27. > :36:31.the way it did. Look at the manifesto, it is built on the

:36:32. > :36:34.premise we are inside the EU. Most of it not applicable if we are not

:36:35. > :36:41.inside it. There are changes that are relevant or stop Theresa May has

:36:42. > :36:47.been clear, she sees this as an election to deliver on her vision of

:36:48. > :36:52.Britain. She wants a country that delivers for all, she wants more

:36:53. > :36:58.equal opportunity, social mobility, she wants an industrial strategy to

:36:59. > :37:02.build industry. All those things are what she wants a mandate for. I

:37:03. > :37:09.think the British people like it too. One reason she is popular, the

:37:10. > :37:15.British people are like this and want a chance to express that. Why

:37:16. > :37:21.won't she take part in a TV debate? That is above my pay grade. She

:37:22. > :37:28.takes part in TV debates every week with Jeremy Corbyn and the result is

:37:29. > :37:33.pretty much 10-0, so far. What is your message to those thinking, hold

:37:34. > :37:38.on, what about allegations about election fraud from the last

:37:39. > :37:42.election? There could be charges relating to that that come into play

:37:43. > :37:48.before this election. What voters to think of that now this election has

:37:49. > :37:52.been called? I do not know the details of that, it preceded my time

:37:53. > :37:55.but my understanding is proper declarations were made but that

:37:56. > :38:00.process will go ahead and the police will do what they have to do and the

:38:01. > :38:07.judicial authorities. That won't make a difference. Listening to

:38:08. > :38:11.Theresa May this morning on radio, almost exclusively talking about

:38:12. > :38:16.Brexit. Lots of people contacting us to say hold on, this is not an

:38:17. > :38:22.election where I want to vote about Brexit, I want to vote about NHS,

:38:23. > :38:28.education and the shortfall in funding, a vote about social care,

:38:29. > :38:32.stop feeding meat Brexit, it is a general election. Of course it is a

:38:33. > :38:37.general election and the Prime Minister would agree. On these

:38:38. > :38:41.matters we will debate the issue. We are spending more on the NHS now

:38:42. > :38:45.than the Labour Party predicted or promised in their manifesto last

:38:46. > :38:51.time. There are plenty of things where we have arguments to make and

:38:52. > :38:58.we are confident of those, a good social, education policy. They

:38:59. > :39:04.matter to me and the government. We are happy to argue our case and rest

:39:05. > :39:10.our case on our performance in those areas. What about Brenda, I'm sure

:39:11. > :39:16.you heard of her yesterday, from Bristol, apathy, people who cannot

:39:17. > :39:22.bear to vote again? I am afraid it comes back to Brexit. We will make

:39:23. > :39:26.the biggest... Complete the most important negotiation, in some ways

:39:27. > :39:30.the most difficult negotiation, in our lifetimes. It is incredibly

:39:31. > :39:37.important people are behind that and agreed the way it is approach. We

:39:38. > :39:42.need them to give us their mandate so we can carry it out for them. It

:39:43. > :39:46.is incredibly important. People might not like taking part in

:39:47. > :39:47.elections, I think they will see this is an important decision they

:39:48. > :39:54.this is an important decision they ought to have a say you.

:39:55. > :39:57.In today's Scotsman, Theresa May said a vote for the Scottish

:39:58. > :39:59.Conservatives would send a clear message of opposition

:40:00. > :40:01.to the SNP's plans for a second independence vote.

:40:02. > :40:05.Stewart Hosie, Deputy Leader of the SNP, joins us

:40:06. > :40:17.What do you make of what Theresa May has said today? I am not sure what

:40:18. > :40:21.Theresa May's game plan is but listening to David Davis in one of

:40:22. > :40:25.the most confused interviews I have heard, if those are the best lines

:40:26. > :40:28.the Tories can come up with, they are in bigger trouble than I

:40:29. > :40:33.thought. It was full of contradictions. Last weekend Theresa

:40:34. > :40:38.May said there was unity around plans for the future and by Tuesday

:40:39. > :40:44.she needed a new mandate to prove there was unity. This is massive

:40:45. > :40:48.political opportunism by the Tories who want to crush what is left of

:40:49. > :40:57.Labour in England to have a free rein to deliver a hard Brexit and

:40:58. > :41:02.more posterity. I think the public, when they wake up to what is going

:41:03. > :41:07.on, they will realise what a political miscalculation Theresa May

:41:08. > :41:12.has made. What will your slogan be as the SNP? I'm sorry, there is a

:41:13. > :41:18.helicopter going over. What will your slogan be as SNP going into

:41:19. > :41:25.this election? The slogan will take care of itself but in terms of the

:41:26. > :41:29.pitch, we are Scotland's voice, a strong SNP contingent is the only

:41:30. > :41:33.thing that will stand between the Scottish people and worst excesses

:41:34. > :41:39.of the Tory government, and we will oppose austerity, cuts driving down

:41:40. > :41:45.growth. The same manifesto we contested in 2015 where we won 56

:41:46. > :41:51.out of 59 seats. You mention the 56 out of 59. The figures speak for

:41:52. > :42:00.themselves. What happens if you use one of those seats, to your image?

:42:01. > :42:04.We set out in 2015 to win the UK election in Scotland and we did and

:42:05. > :42:08.we will set out to win the UK election in Scotland on the 8th of

:42:09. > :42:16.June and I am sure we will and if you look at the polls the last nine

:42:17. > :42:20.months, we are sitting at 47%, a very good starting point. When the

:42:21. > :42:26.horror of a hard Tory Brexit becomes clear, I am confident we will do as

:42:27. > :42:31.well on the 8th of June. What about the independence referendum Nicola

:42:32. > :42:35.Sturgeon calls for? Where do you stand? Do you feel people in

:42:36. > :42:41.Scotland will be voting on your attitude to having a second

:42:42. > :42:46.referendum? No, because the Scottish Government have a mandate for a

:42:47. > :42:51.second referendum. We intend to have it. The criticism was now was not

:42:52. > :42:56.the time, but as was pointed out to David Davis when he said there was a

:42:57. > :43:02.referendum in 2014, there was a general election in 2015. They

:43:03. > :43:08.cannot have it both ways. If this is the time to hold another UK

:43:09. > :43:11.election, it is time to hold a second Scottish independence

:43:12. > :43:16.referendum. Let's talk about Brenda from Bristol. We heard David Davis

:43:17. > :43:20.talking about her, about voter apathy. You say yes to a general

:43:21. > :43:30.election and to add independence referendum. People turn out when

:43:31. > :43:32.there is something at stake. If there is any thing that drives down

:43:33. > :43:37.turnout in this election particularly in England is people

:43:38. > :43:41.looking at the rather arrogant Tories, people who have broken a

:43:42. > :43:45.promise about not having an election, looking at the horror of a

:43:46. > :43:51.hard Tory Brexit and saying they do not want to be part of that. Do you

:43:52. > :43:58.think by Theresa May calling this early puts you in a bind, because of

:43:59. > :44:00.this contradiction, a general election and independence

:44:01. > :44:05.referendum, perhaps people will vote in the election on how they feel

:44:06. > :44:12.about a referendum? They may or may not. The SNP have stood the Scottish

:44:13. > :44:16.independence over 80 years. Every election unionist opponents try to

:44:17. > :44:20.portray it as an election on independence. We have a mandate to

:44:21. > :44:23.hold a referendum and will stick to it and I am confident going into

:44:24. > :44:29.this election with the polls where they are, that we can do as well or

:44:30. > :44:41.better when we get to the 8th of June. It has been a busy morning.

:44:42. > :44:46.It will be a busy few weeks. We try to pack as much as possible into the

:44:47. > :44:50.programme. Now the sport. We are talking Leicester City and you

:44:51. > :44:55.wonder what is next for them. They got us believing the impossible was

:44:56. > :45:00.possible with winning the Premier League. They were knocked out in the

:45:01. > :45:07.Champions League at the quarterfinal stage. Domestically it has not gone

:45:08. > :45:09.well this season, down in 12. You wonder if things will level out.

:45:10. > :45:16.Where will they be next season? The Spanish side, already leading

:45:17. > :45:23.1-0 from the first leg, went ahead That left Leicester needing

:45:24. > :45:28.three goals to progress. They pulled one back in the second

:45:29. > :45:32.half through Jamie Vardy, But despite a flurry of attacks,

:45:33. > :45:40.they just couldn't find the two extra goals needed

:45:41. > :45:42.to eliminate their opponents. As their European journey

:45:43. > :45:48.came to a spirted end. They are very disappointed in there

:45:49. > :45:54.but, ultimately, they can be As a football club, we can be proud

:45:55. > :45:58.of how we've conducted ourselves and how we have gone about it

:45:59. > :46:01.but they should want more of this because ultimately,

:46:02. > :46:08.all players want to play at the highest level

:46:09. > :46:10.and the Champions League But we have to get back to winning

:46:11. > :46:15.in the Premier League now. Expect a few surprises

:46:16. > :46:17.as the British and Irish Lions squad The England captain Dylan Hartley

:46:18. > :46:21.is set to miss out on a place He'll be the third successive

:46:22. > :46:25.England skipper to be overlooked by the Lions,

:46:26. > :46:27.after Steve Borthwick and Chris Robshaw missed out in 2009

:46:28. > :46:29.and 2013 respectively. The Wales forward Sam Warburton

:46:30. > :46:32.is favourite to be named captain World number two Judd Trump has work

:46:33. > :46:41.to do to reach the second round of the World

:46:42. > :46:44.Snooker Championship. He was beating fellow

:46:45. > :46:45.Englishman Rory McLeod 4-0 but the world number 54 -

:46:46. > :46:48.who's the oldest player left in the competition -

:46:49. > :46:51.staged quite a comeback and won The match resumes later this

:46:52. > :46:58.morning at the Crucible. And after winning his race at

:46:59. > :47:01.the British Swimming Championships, Olympic champion Adam Peaty

:47:02. > :47:03.gave his medal away Peaty secured his place at the 2017

:47:04. > :47:10.World Swimming Championships after the British 100 metre

:47:11. > :47:16.breaststroke title in Sheffield. He finished in under 58

:47:17. > :47:18.seconds ahead of Ross And he says he gave the medal away

:47:19. > :47:28.to inspire the next generation. If it was any medal apart

:47:29. > :47:34.from my Olympic one, I think I'd offer to give it

:47:35. > :47:37.away because you get so many of them but for me,

:47:38. > :47:40.I don't want to sound arrogant or anything but for me,

:47:41. > :47:42.the race is what matters, the process and going to Budapest,

:47:43. > :47:45.this is qualifying. Hopefully getting a medal along

:47:46. > :47:47.the way will inspire him to train harder for his career

:47:48. > :47:57.and even if it's a week already, It would be interesting if you could

:47:58. > :48:07.call a snap Olympics. Liverpool yes, he would be ready for it. -- yes, he

:48:08. > :48:13.would be ready for it. We could have a World Cup at the same time, as

:48:14. > :48:15.well. Talking about Leicester, we are going to Leicester now, but for

:48:16. > :48:19.a different reason. With the Scottish Independence

:48:20. > :48:22.Referendum in 2014, a general election two years ago,

:48:23. > :48:25.and the EU Referendum last year - how do people feel about

:48:26. > :48:28.going to the polls again? Sally is at Leicester market to find

:48:29. > :48:40.out what people there are thinking. A rather famous names there. Yes, we

:48:41. > :48:45.all know who this is. This used to belong to Gary Lineker's family. It

:48:46. > :48:50.doesn't any more, but they have decided to keep the sign there. It

:48:51. > :48:58.is starting to get very busy here this morning. Famous for fruit and

:48:59. > :49:02.French and also for antiques. James, antique salesmen, we have been

:49:03. > :49:07.talking about the announcement of a general election, what is sure

:49:08. > :49:11.reaction? It is the right decision and I feel she was getting pressure

:49:12. > :49:14.from within her own party and the Labour Party and the Liberal

:49:15. > :49:20.Democrats and I think that now the pressure is on her regarding Brexit,

:49:21. > :49:24.I feel that she has left with no choice but to give it to the people,

:49:25. > :49:30.so we can now move on with the Brexit vote which was voted for

:49:31. > :49:37.earlier last year. Are you looking forward to the election campaign?

:49:38. > :49:40.Yes. You are quite unusual. I am looking forward to it, because I

:49:41. > :49:45.think we can move forward, Theresa May can move forward, with the

:49:46. > :49:50.country into Brexit, and she was under pressure from her own people

:49:51. > :49:55.and from the House of Lords and others, and from other parties, and

:49:56. > :50:00.I think this is the right decision. Thank you very much indeed. You have

:50:01. > :50:04.sent your questions all morning about what might happen in the next

:50:05. > :50:09.few weeks and why Theresa May has to cider to announce the general

:50:10. > :50:24.election. -- has decided to announce. After one general

:50:25. > :50:27.election, Brexit, a new Prime Minister, I'm completely jaded and

:50:28. > :50:32.for the first time in 40 years I might not vote. Interesting

:50:33. > :50:37.question, after so many elections, are people going to turn out? What

:50:38. > :50:44.is interesting, when elections look like they are inevitable, we think

:50:45. > :50:52.that depresses turnout. And we are going to have a local election in

:50:53. > :50:56.May, as well, so election for the locals and mayoral elections, and it

:50:57. > :51:00.would be surprising if turnout does not go down on the 8th of June

:51:01. > :51:05.compared to the last election and compared to the referendum which was

:51:06. > :51:08.higher than the general election. This is another question, how can we

:51:09. > :51:15.vote for a mandate when we don't know what the mandate is? We are

:51:16. > :51:19.waiting to see what is the manifesto, what are the pledges and

:51:20. > :51:22.the promises that Theresa May makes and the other parties, and what is

:51:23. > :51:27.Jeremy Corbyn going to be saying and how is he going to get his party

:51:28. > :51:33.behind him to write that manifesto and give people clarity on what the

:51:34. > :51:37.party stands for. The question after that, it is all very well making

:51:38. > :51:40.promises, if they are based on the gauche Asians which have to be

:51:41. > :51:48.supported by all of the other member states -- if they are based on

:51:49. > :51:52.negotiations which have to be supported by all of the other member

:51:53. > :51:56.states of the EU. Can she deliver on these promises? It will be

:51:57. > :52:02.interesting to see what direction she goes in. Anthony says he is

:52:03. > :52:08.still voting on immigration, so what are the party policies. This is a

:52:09. > :52:15.big issue. Immigration has become more and more important, hugely

:52:16. > :52:21.important for voters who wanted to leave the EU and I don't think that

:52:22. > :52:24.will go away. We expect the parties to move towards more control of

:52:25. > :52:30.immigration, but can they deliver? That is the big question. Can they

:52:31. > :52:37.deliver on the promises that many people in the country are counting

:52:38. > :52:46.on? Thanks for joining us. Joan, can you give us a wave, she is very

:52:47. > :52:50.important. -- June. She has been coming here for the last 50 years

:52:51. > :52:53.getting about four o'clock in the morning to work on the market and

:52:54. > :53:00.this morning she saved me with a pair of gloves. How about that?

:53:01. > :53:08.That's a proper friend, Sally. Isn't that incredible? People here are so

:53:09. > :53:17.kind. Thank you very much indeed. 50p for an iceberg lettuce, as well.

:53:18. > :53:21.We will be out getting your opinions ahead of what is likely to be the

:53:22. > :53:26.general election. Some things ain't the same, the weather forecast. --

:53:27. > :53:28.some things remain the same. Here's Matt with a look

:53:29. > :53:37.at this morning's weather. Out there this morning, there is a

:53:38. > :53:41.different contrasting start to Wednesday, it is rather grey for

:53:42. > :53:44.some, this is in Scotland, and a similar picture in Northern Ireland

:53:45. > :53:54.and the far north-west of Scotland. These are the skies in Surrey. You

:53:55. > :53:58.can see the contrast quite nicely, the cloud in the north, south and

:53:59. > :54:02.east have sunshine, but it has been a frosty start for some. The

:54:03. > :54:09.temperatures continue to rise. Remaining sunny. Further north and

:54:10. > :54:15.west, sunshine into Scotland for a time through the afternoon, but the

:54:16. > :54:18.cloud pushes further south and east. Into the end of the afternoon, it

:54:19. > :54:27.will be quite chilly in some parts of Kent. East Anglia and the South

:54:28. > :54:32.could reach around 15-16 degrees. It will be turning grey across Wales.

:54:33. > :54:38.Some rain and drizzle cannot be ruled out. Scotland brightens up for

:54:39. > :54:43.time, before we have more rain and drizzle in the West, and Northern

:54:44. > :54:53.Ireland predominately cloudy. Most will stay dry. Into tonight, the

:54:54. > :54:57.thickest cloud drifts South. We could see a few spots of rain even

:54:58. > :55:02.hit parts of Wales and the Midlands by the time we reached on. It keeps

:55:03. > :55:10.the temperatures up. -- we reach dawn. We start with sunshine in East

:55:11. > :55:19.Anglia and the South, but clouding over. Most will stay dry. The cloud

:55:20. > :55:24.will break up at times. In the brighter areas, Eastern Northern

:55:25. > :55:31.Ireland and eastern England and Scotland, 15 in the afternoon.

:55:32. > :55:38.Friday, the cloud thickens up in Scotland once again. Further south,

:55:39. > :55:43.sunny spells once more, and slightly warmer air so we could hit

:55:44. > :55:48.potentially 17-18 maybe even 19 degrees. But by the weekend with

:55:49. > :55:54.high pressure to the West, keeping things largely dry, notice the blue

:55:55. > :56:00.colours, we are dragging the air from the north and it will be a cold

:56:01. > :56:03.weekend. Especially cold once again in much of central and eastern

:56:04. > :56:08.Europe where after a very warm start to spring, winter has made a return

:56:09. > :56:16.and these were the scenes in Munich yesterday. There is more of this to

:56:17. > :56:20.come as we head to the weekend. That is the second time I've done a

:56:21. > :56:23.double take, just checking that was Munich.

:56:24. > :56:27.She's one of the most powerful women in banking and made it to the top

:56:28. > :56:30.But after Jayne-Anne Gadhia gave birth to her daughter,

:56:31. > :56:36.she was diagnosed with post-natal depression.

:56:37. > :56:39.Now, the CEO of Virgin Money is urging businesses to have a more

:56:40. > :56:41.open attitude towards mental health, and says speaking out

:56:42. > :56:43.about her struggles has made her stronger.

:56:44. > :56:45.The Virgin Banker is the name of her new book.

:56:46. > :56:52.Good morning. We have been talking about this as a theme all week,

:56:53. > :57:04.about mental illness and all sorts of things. With work, how did it

:57:05. > :57:08.affect you? I'll loved my daughter -- I love my daughter and I wanted

:57:09. > :57:12.to be with her, but I had to work and the tension created a problem

:57:13. > :57:17.for me. I thought I wanted to give up work, but I couldn't, and that is

:57:18. > :57:21.a problem that women all over the place have and I was diagnosed with

:57:22. > :57:28.postnatal depression and I wanted to work out how to deal with it. I had

:57:29. > :57:35.a boss at the time, RBS don't always get great coverage, but he was

:57:36. > :57:40.fantastic. He was prepared to sort -- support me through this. I had

:57:41. > :57:44.worked all hours for a long time and was expected to keep doing this, but

:57:45. > :57:48.the way was to work more sensible hours and be home at weekends and

:57:49. > :57:52.not be away too much. My boss was very supportive and at the end of

:57:53. > :57:59.the, he said you have had the best of the year -- the end of the year.

:58:00. > :58:02.He said that is because you have something in your life which is more

:58:03. > :58:07.important than work in your judgment is better and you have had the best

:58:08. > :58:10.year you have ever had. It was so self fulfilling and it really helped

:58:11. > :58:17.me to take a lead forward, to get things in balance. That is important

:58:18. > :58:22.for everyone. You work in a male dominated industry, have you seen a

:58:23. > :58:27.Colts will change? -- have you seen a cultural change. There is plenty

:58:28. > :58:35.of work to be done, although things have improved. When I first began in

:58:36. > :58:40.the late 80s, early 90s, I was the first female on the board and I went

:58:41. > :58:42.into the boardroom and there were no ladies toilets anywhere to be seen

:58:43. > :58:47.in this building where the boardroom was, for example. The chairman

:58:48. > :58:52.thought I was there to take notes, and that has happened a few times in

:58:53. > :58:58.my career, but it happens less now. It still happens? Yes, and the more

:58:59. > :59:03.statistical way of thinking about it, when we are looking at financial

:59:04. > :59:10.services, how women are progressing through the ranks, only 14% of

:59:11. > :59:15.people at a senior management level are female and that can't be right.

:59:16. > :59:19.There is a lot more to do to get gender equality really sorted out

:59:20. > :59:24.and on the agenda. No simple answer to this, but what are the themes,

:59:25. > :59:31.why is it like that? The government has asked me to answer that question

:59:32. > :59:35.and we did a big survey of men and women, why is it like that, nothing

:59:36. > :59:40.to do with having babies, actually, which was interesting. It was all to

:59:41. > :59:45.do with culture. Women say they don't want have to fight to prove

:59:46. > :59:49.that they are good in an out for my world, they want to live flexibly

:59:50. > :59:55.and be appreciated for what they do. -- in an alpha male world. Then they

:59:56. > :00:02.can give their all when they are there. I think really getting that

:00:03. > :00:07.sort of approach to life and work on the agenda of a CEO said that is

:00:08. > :00:08.discussed at the table, and then he or she is building a healthy

:00:09. > :00:20.workplace, we have to focus on it. The women in Finance initiative is a

:00:21. > :00:26.voluntary programme, is that a problem that businesses can choose

:00:27. > :00:29.to be part of it? More than 50% of companies in the UK have decided to

:00:30. > :00:35.be part of it which shows they ground swell of support and they

:00:36. > :00:41.employ over half a million. It means 50% of organisations have chosen not

:00:42. > :00:45.to be part. I think that if you are someone who works in one of the

:00:46. > :00:48.companies that has chosen not to sign up to it you should think about

:00:49. > :00:52.the culture and decide whether you want to work there and I think the

:00:53. > :00:57.organisations you have not signed up need to think hard about making a

:00:58. > :01:05.commitment to do so. It is not just about justice, it is about doing

:01:06. > :01:10.better business. You said some women have said there are jobs in finance

:01:11. > :01:17.women cannot do, like IT. I remember being at a report that the women in

:01:18. > :01:21.finance initiative and a senior woman I admire said you have to

:01:22. > :01:31.accept as you just said, there are some jobs. Another woman in the

:01:32. > :01:37.audience said what can it possibly be women cannot do? The answer was

:01:38. > :01:42.IT. There was a gasp around the room and somebody said this is a day when

:01:43. > :01:46.women can fight in the infantry, how can they not do IT? We have to break

:01:47. > :01:53.down old ways of thinking and understand men and women equally, I

:01:54. > :01:59.am not making it a feminist agenda, it is an agenda of equality, we need

:02:00. > :02:03.to encourage great people to do great things and we will have great

:02:04. > :02:05.businesses. Encourage great people to do great things, sounds good.

:02:06. > :02:07.Jayne-Anne Gadhia's book is called The Virgin Banker,

:02:08. > :02:17.More on the decision to call a snap election. Seven weeks of this, by

:02:18. > :02:20.the way. Let's enjoy it.

:02:21. > :02:26.Steph is at a bakery in Bolton to get their reaction.

:02:27. > :02:37.Good morning. These roles will head off to theme parks around the UK so

:02:38. > :02:46.if you are heading to a theme park and having a hot dog, you might be

:02:47. > :02:50.eating one of these. This bakery in Bolton, we came here last year to

:02:51. > :02:57.talk about the referendum. We have the boss with us today. Here we are

:02:58. > :03:04.again. General election, this time. How do you feel about it? Very

:03:05. > :03:09.positive. Once the next government gets in, hopefully it will bring

:03:10. > :03:14.solidarity, solidity to the economy and process, to business and let's

:03:15. > :03:19.have consistency, so we know what we are going forward with with Brexit.

:03:20. > :03:25.It has been a crazy couple of years. How has it been from your point of

:03:26. > :03:32.view? We are faring well. As a business we are growing. I am not

:03:33. > :03:37.complaining much. However, costs are going up a little because of Brexit,

:03:38. > :03:43.raw materials, but they are starting to come down again, such as petrol.

:03:44. > :03:49.It is pretty rosy. You voted to leave. I did. And I would do the

:03:50. > :03:54.same, given the same choice, because I believe in the freedom of choice,

:03:55. > :04:00.not from somebody back in Europe. We might be back again soon, who knows

:04:01. > :04:04.what we could be talking about. Look at the machine, it is fascinating to

:04:05. > :04:12.watch these in action. Along the production line. And at the other

:04:13. > :04:19.end I have Vicky Pryce and Josh from the CBI. What are your thoughts? A

:04:20. > :04:24.surprise election, what does it mean for the economy? Nobody expected it.

:04:25. > :04:29.We will have weeks of uncertainty because we do not know the outcome,

:04:30. > :04:34.even though the opinion polls tell you Theresa May will get a big

:04:35. > :04:39.majority. The interesting thing is what happens next and this majority

:04:40. > :04:43.might allow her to ignore Eurosceptics in the party and the

:04:44. > :04:47.markets they may be a soft Brexit in future, in other words more trade

:04:48. > :04:52.with Europe and more compromises, which might be good for business. We

:04:53. > :04:58.need to wait and see what the manifesto says and whether we hear

:04:59. > :05:03.more about her stance. We may be getting it wrong right now in terms

:05:04. > :05:08.of her intentions. There are many issues. People will look at the

:05:09. > :05:13.stance towards the NHS, education, where extra money will come from.

:05:14. > :05:19.The cost to business has gone up not just because of the sterling but the

:05:20. > :05:25.apprenticeship levy and other things. These things need to be

:05:26. > :05:30.looked at for businesses to feel comfortable their interests are

:05:31. > :05:35.being addressed. Josh from the CBI, we heard from Dave talking about it

:05:36. > :05:39.from his perspective and he is optimistic. Vicky Pryce giving an

:05:40. > :05:44.economic overview. What are your members telling you? Businesses will

:05:45. > :05:48.be concerned about seven weeks of campaigning when they want to get on

:05:49. > :05:53.and build for the future but they hope with the short-term pain there

:05:54. > :05:58.will be long-term gain and a new government, that has a long-term

:05:59. > :06:02.plan and consistent decision-making will help businesses to invest and

:06:03. > :06:08.grow. What businesses will expect from all parties, whether it is

:06:09. > :06:12.Brexit, skills, innovation, to think about partnering with business so we

:06:13. > :06:17.can deliver great jobs and prosperity to people in all regions

:06:18. > :06:23.of the UK. Thanks. It is fair to say we are rocking the hairnets look,

:06:24. > :06:36.but none more so than Josh, whose kids have been rocking him about it.

:06:37. > :06:45.It is just on the beard, not the moustache. It has been worrying us.

:06:46. > :06:54.LAUGHTER. You have owned that, Josh.

:06:55. > :06:57.Thanks. Blue steel in a blue hairnets from Josh. Why have one

:06:58. > :07:00.when you can have two? Let's get a last look

:07:01. > :08:49.at the headlines where you are. An asteroid the size of the rock

:08:50. > :08:54.of Gibraltar will hurtle past earth this afternoon -

:08:55. > :08:55."uncomfortably" close, But don't worry, the space agency

:08:56. > :09:02.says there's no possibility that the lump of rock will crash

:09:03. > :09:04.into us - it's about But it is getting

:09:05. > :09:09.astronomers very excited. To tell us all we need to know

:09:10. > :09:12.about it is Tim O'Brien, Professor of Astrophysics

:09:13. > :09:25.at Manchester University. Good morning. An asteroid like this.

:09:26. > :09:30.We have pictures from last night that shows it looks peanut shaped.

:09:31. > :09:37.One kilometre across, bigger than we thought. Even bigger than the rock

:09:38. > :09:42.of Gibraltar. What can you tell us, 1 million miles away? About four and

:09:43. > :09:49.a half times the distance from the earth and Moon, close in space terms

:09:50. > :09:57.but a safe distance. Posing no risk to us. Can we see it? You can if you

:09:58. > :10:01.have a telescope. You need a small telescope. Keen amateur astronomers

:10:02. > :10:04.will look out for it tonight. And that is the equipment they would

:10:05. > :10:10.have. You would see it like a point of light, like a star, moving across

:10:11. > :10:14.the sky, just below the constellation of the plough. How

:10:15. > :10:21.close would close B? One that comes into the atmosphere. Moving so fast

:10:22. > :10:26.that unless they are on a direct collision course they do not get

:10:27. > :10:30.pulled in by gravity. They have to be on a direct collision course and

:10:31. > :10:34.every week there are small asteroids that come closer that this is the

:10:35. > :10:40.biggest that has come this close since 2004. It is key to watch out

:10:41. > :10:45.for them and know what they are up to? Absolutely, an important

:10:46. > :10:50.reminder we are vulnerable. Things like this have hit Earth in the past

:10:51. > :10:56.and will in the future. When is the future? Something this size and

:10:57. > :11:04.bigger, they are quite rare, perhaps once every 100,000 years. They would

:11:05. > :11:08.have devastating effects. You talk about the extinction of dinosaurs,

:11:09. > :11:14.killed off by something like this hitting the earth. A distinction

:11:15. > :11:19.between us and dinosaurs is we have technology and can send spacecraft

:11:20. > :11:25.out to deflect them. Rather than hit the Earth, they will then fly safely

:11:26. > :11:29.pass. As they try to in the movies. We do not send Bruce Willis, we are

:11:30. > :11:42.more advanced. The name of the asteroid. It is not catchy. It is

:11:43. > :11:49.2014 JO 25. It tells us when that was

:11:50. > :11:54.discovered. That is what the letters and numbers are. There are so many,

:11:55. > :11:59.it would be hard to name them all so they tend to have catalogue numbers.

:12:00. > :12:05.You would love to get hold of this asteroid and find out what it is

:12:06. > :12:09.made of? They are interesting, leftovers from the formation of the

:12:10. > :12:14.solar system, 5 billion years ago, when the planets and son were

:12:15. > :12:19.formed, they are leftover bits still orbiting and when we see them, they

:12:20. > :12:23.come so close, we can take pictures and study them from the ground and

:12:24. > :12:28.learn about the raw materials that made the planet. If somebody is

:12:29. > :12:34.watching this thinking I am worried about this, to reiterate that point.

:12:35. > :12:37.If it were to come close enough, they can fire rockets into it and

:12:38. > :12:42.knock it away from the earth? You do not blow it up. If you did, the bits

:12:43. > :12:49.would hit Earth and that would be as bad. You perhaps set off an

:12:50. > :12:54.explosion close to it and the blast would push it a little bit. You

:12:55. > :12:59.might attach a piece of material that acts like a sail and the solar

:13:00. > :13:06.wind and radiation from the sun would gradually drifted off to one

:13:07. > :13:11.side. It is all going to be OK. It will pass through and where is it

:13:12. > :13:16.going to? It orbits the Sun and by the time it comes back the Earth is

:13:17. > :13:20.in a different place. It only came this new to the Earth 400 years ago

:13:21. > :13:25.and will not come as close for another 500 years. By which time

:13:26. > :13:26.they will have worked at the technology. Sooner than that.

:13:27. > :13:32.Charlie and Sally will be here from six tomorrow.

:13:33. > :13:35.There'll be continuing coverage of the Commons vote on the general

:13:36. > :13:38.election throughout the day on the BBC News channel.