10/05/2017

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

:00:07. > :00:10.Shock in Washington as President Trump sacks the head

:00:11. > :00:14.of the FBI, James Comey The security chief is told without warning

:00:15. > :00:19.that he will be removed from office immediately -

:00:20. > :00:30.Absolutely explosive news from Washington to nine. Shoppers James

:00:31. > :00:34.Comey is told he will be removed it effective immediately. He had been

:00:35. > :00:39.leading an investigation into the links between resident on's election

:00:40. > :00:42.campaign and Russia. -- shock as James Comey is told.

:00:43. > :00:45.Good morning, it's Wednesday 10th May.

:00:46. > :00:52.An investigation begins into the death of an 11-year-old

:00:53. > :00:58.girl who fell from a water ride at Drayton Manor theme park.

:00:59. > :01:00.Education takes centre stage in the election campaign -

:01:01. > :01:04.as Labour and the Liberal Democrats make funding pledges to tackle cash

:01:05. > :01:10.The boss of Barclays will be facing pressure today over his pay

:01:11. > :01:13.and also his handling of a controversy surrounding

:01:14. > :01:18.In sport, the French Open's a fortnight away

:01:19. > :01:21.and Andy Murray says he still needs to get better -

:01:22. > :01:24.but he's through to the third round in Madrid.

:01:25. > :01:27.Our build-up to this year's Eurovision song contest starts

:01:28. > :01:30.here - the BBC's Steve Rosenberg is in Kiev with all the tunes

:01:31. > :01:33.and all the facts you need to enjoy the world's

:01:34. > :01:53.Good morning. Thank you. I am in Kew Gardens next to the Japanese

:01:54. > :01:57.gateway. I will tell you more about it through the morning but if you

:01:58. > :02:01.adjust stepping out it is a chilly start although most of us will have

:02:02. > :02:03.a day of plenty of sunshine, except in the north of Scotland where we

:02:04. > :02:04.have some patchy rain. President Trump has fired the head

:02:05. > :02:12.of the FBI James Comey in a move He'd been leading an investigation

:02:13. > :02:16.into alleged links between the Trump The White House says

:02:17. > :02:21.the inquiry has nothing to do Absolutely explosive news out

:02:22. > :02:26.of Washington tonight. This is a Fox News alert -

:02:27. > :02:31.FBI director, James Comey, has been fired by the President

:02:32. > :02:35.of the United States. Americans have learned

:02:36. > :02:37.to expect almost anything from their president but this

:02:38. > :02:43.really was high drama. FBI director, James Comey,

:02:44. > :02:46.was not even in Washington, he was addressing FBI

:02:47. > :02:49.staff in Los Angeles, A short while later, a letter

:02:50. > :02:56.arrived at FBI headquarters. "You are hereby terminated

:02:57. > :02:58.and removed from office, "While I greatly appreciate

:02:59. > :03:04.you informing me on three separate occasions that I am not

:03:05. > :03:07.under investigation, I nevertheless concur

:03:08. > :03:11.with the judgement of the Department of Justice that you are not able

:03:12. > :03:14.to affectively lead the bureau." Except the Trump campaign

:03:15. > :03:23.was being investigated by the FBI James Comey was leading

:03:24. > :03:29.the investigation Are people going

:03:30. > :03:32.to suspect cover-up? If an independent special

:03:33. > :03:37.prosecutor is appointed there still can be some faith

:03:38. > :03:41.that we can get to the bottom of this, if not everyone

:03:42. > :03:44.will suspect a cover-up. Speaking on US TV, the President's

:03:45. > :03:48.adviser dismissed that notion. It has everything to do

:03:49. > :03:54.with whether the current FBI director has

:03:55. > :03:56.the President's confidence and can faithfully and capably

:03:57. > :04:00.execute his duties. Last week, giving testimony,

:04:01. > :04:12.James Comey was accused of unfairly The shockwaves are being felt much

:04:13. > :04:16.as did the FBI that across the city and beyond. For supporters, this is

:04:17. > :04:20.evidence that Donald Trump is a strong leader. But for many others,

:04:21. > :04:27.it adds to the perception that this country is now being run by a man

:04:28. > :04:32.who is intolerant of those who disapprove of him and who do not

:04:33. > :04:34.entirely do his bidding. We will have more on that throughout the

:04:35. > :04:35.morning. Drayton Manor theme park

:04:36. > :04:38.in Staffordshire says it will not open to the public today

:04:39. > :04:41.after the death of an 11-year-old The Year 6 pupil, who has not been

:04:42. > :04:46.named, was on a trip with her school, the Jameah Girls

:04:47. > :04:48.Academy in Leicester. In a statement the school said

:04:49. > :04:51.it was providing support to its pupils and staff

:04:52. > :04:54.and requested time to grieve. Senior management at the theme park

:04:55. > :05:09.said they were shocked Our reporter is therefore as this

:05:10. > :05:16.morning. Andrew, we understand that the theme park is closed today? Yes.

:05:17. > :05:20.But it closed to all visitors here today. We do not yet know the name

:05:21. > :05:25.of the girl who died here yesterday but we know she was a Year 6 pupil

:05:26. > :05:29.at a school in Leicester not too far from here. She was on the ride here

:05:30. > :05:33.yesterday with some friends, yesterday afternoon, she somehow

:05:34. > :05:37.fell into the water. It is unclear how that happened but she was pulled

:05:38. > :05:42.out by staff who gave her first aid next to the ride and she was then

:05:43. > :05:45.airlifted to hospital in Birmingham are tragically died a short time

:05:46. > :06:02.after she arrived. To give you an idea of this ride, it is described

:06:03. > :06:08.as a fast flowing wild rabbit ride. -- wild rapid ride. The Health and

:06:09. > :06:12.Safety Executive will come and investigate here. In the meantime,

:06:13. > :06:16.Drayton Manor has closed its own doors to visitors and her school is

:06:17. > :06:22.also closed. They say they will be supplying ongoing counselling to

:06:23. > :06:23.their pupils there today. We will in forget any more information about

:06:24. > :06:29.that. -- we will let you know if we get

:06:30. > :06:33.any more information. Labour and the Liberal Democrats

:06:34. > :06:36.have pledged billions of pounds in extra school funding if they win

:06:37. > :06:38.the general election, to ensure budgets in England keep

:06:39. > :06:41.up with rising costs. Both parties also say no school

:06:42. > :06:45.would lose out as a result of a new funding formula to divide

:06:46. > :06:47.money across the country. And there's a promise of extra cash

:06:48. > :06:51.towards education in other parts Here's our Education

:06:52. > :06:56.Editor Branwen Jeffreys. Parents have made their feelings

:06:57. > :07:00.clear. In marches and meetings, raising concerns about school

:07:01. > :07:03.budgets and plans to change money is shared across England. It has pushed

:07:04. > :07:08.England schools onto the election agenda. Labour is promising ?4.8

:07:09. > :07:16.billion for school budgets in England. A real terms increase over

:07:17. > :07:20.four years with ?335 million to make sure that no school losers from a

:07:21. > :07:28.new funding formula. Corporation tax would rise from 19% to 26% by 2021

:07:29. > :07:33.to pay for this and other education promises. The Liberal Democrats say

:07:34. > :07:36.they would put 5.8 billion pounds into real-time rises in school

:07:37. > :07:41.budgets including making sure no school losers from the funding

:07:42. > :07:45.formula and per pupil increases in further education. But it will not

:07:46. > :07:50.say how will pay for this until their manifesto was published. What

:07:51. > :07:54.Labour and the Liberal Democrats are saying is quite different from what

:07:55. > :08:00.our current go than in policy is. As ever, there is a big choice. You

:08:01. > :08:04.either raise taxes as Labour is talking about, raising them

:08:05. > :08:08.significantly to pay for a public servers, or you reduce spending on

:08:09. > :08:13.public servers and keep the tax burden down. Teaching unions have

:08:14. > :08:17.welcomed the promises. Schools have been facing financial pressures

:08:18. > :08:20.after 20 years of regular increases in funding, the Conservatives say

:08:21. > :08:21.that school funding has reached record levels.

:08:22. > :08:24.We'll be speaking to both the Labour and the Liberal Democrats later

:08:25. > :08:31.in the programme to find out more about the plans.

:08:32. > :08:35.The Crown Prosecution Service is expected to announce later this

:08:36. > :08:37.morning whether any Conservative politicians or officials will be

:08:38. > :08:39.charged with breaking rules on election campaign

:08:40. > :08:47.The CPS has been considering files sent by the police from

:08:48. > :08:51.Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo joins us

:08:52. > :09:05.Good morning. What are we likely to hear this morning? This relates to

:09:06. > :09:11.claims connected to the last general election about the Conservative

:09:12. > :09:13.Party. There are complex rules governing spending in local

:09:14. > :09:16.campaigns and international campaigns and the claims are that

:09:17. > :09:21.the Conservative Party failed to properly declare its spending in

:09:22. > :09:36.local areas, either failing to declare entirely all classifying it

:09:37. > :09:41.national spending as local. About 27 constituencies are affected by this

:09:42. > :09:44.investigation. About 16 police forces have been looking into this

:09:45. > :09:50.and they have passed their findings onto the Crown prosecution service.

:09:51. > :09:53.CPS are expected to give their verdict on whether any politicians

:09:54. > :09:58.or officials will be charged later this morning. They are deciding

:09:59. > :10:01.whether there is enough evidence to prosecute and whether any

:10:02. > :10:06.prosecution will be in the public interest. The Conservative Party

:10:07. > :10:09.says that any irregularities were down to administrative errors and

:10:10. > :10:14.they say that some of the spending was highlighted was properly

:10:15. > :10:20.declared. This will be a huge headache to the Conservative Party

:10:21. > :10:24.if any politicians or officials are prosecuted because tomorrow is the

:10:25. > :10:29.deadline for candidates in this general election to be registered.

:10:30. > :10:33.Of course, the campaign winner was well under way and part of that is

:10:34. > :10:38.many politicians are speaking to different television programmes. The

:10:39. > :10:41.Prime Minister was on the One Show last night. What did we learn? It

:10:42. > :10:46.was an interesting interview that made the front pages this morning

:10:47. > :10:51.but this was a personal interview. It was the Prime Minister in a very

:10:52. > :10:56.different guise. She was with her husband, Philip, this was his first

:10:57. > :10:59.cast interview and a chance for viewers to see them together as a

:11:00. > :11:02.couple. It covered personal territory, discussing when they

:11:03. > :11:11.first met, the domestic duties that Philip had to do. Theresa May spoke

:11:12. > :11:17.about her upbringing in a vicarage. It was quite wide ranging and very

:11:18. > :11:21.personal. I think Philip May came across as a supportive and loyal

:11:22. > :11:27.husband. Lots of nodding along to the things that Theresa May was

:11:28. > :11:31.saying. Of course there were a few slogans in there from Theresa May

:11:32. > :11:35.but in a relaxed setting. I think viewers will of centuries are made

:11:36. > :11:38.in a different light yesterday. It is worth adding that Jeremy Corbyn

:11:39. > :11:43.will be appearing as well and they will speak to will all of the other

:11:44. > :11:47.parts of the media so expect a more personal insight from them. Thank

:11:48. > :11:56.you very much. Who takes the bins out in your house? I take out some,

:11:57. > :12:06.but not most? How about you? I have a 100% record. They are just jobs,

:12:07. > :12:08.aren't they? Roads in England and Wales are in danger of becoming

:12:09. > :12:08.lawless That's the key finding of a major

:12:09. > :12:16.report by the charity RoadPeace. It also claims there has been

:12:17. > :12:19.a "significant shift" to training courses, which it said are less

:12:20. > :12:21.effective than prosecution. The National Police Chiefs Council

:12:22. > :12:24.says it's strengthened the way roads are policed - and is working

:12:25. > :12:27.to assess the effectiveness A new study published

:12:28. > :12:30.in the British Medical Journal points to a link between high doses

:12:31. > :12:33.of some painkillers - It builds on previous research that

:12:34. > :12:40.suggests anti-inflammatory such as ibuprofen, could be

:12:41. > :12:43.connected to some heart problems. Scientists said the findings

:12:44. > :12:46.were not clear cut and other factors not just the pills,

:12:47. > :12:48.could be involved. The Sydney Opera House

:12:49. > :12:51.is about to undergo its biggest The work will tackle issues

:12:52. > :12:55.with the sound inside the building which have been a problem

:12:56. > :12:58.for the concert hall since it opened The Sydney Symphony Orchestra says

:12:59. > :13:09.it's like "playing on a football Make your job more difficult. It

:13:10. > :13:18.would. I am just imagining that right now. I have visions of

:13:19. > :13:23.somebody on the halfway line with a piano. That is what I thought. What

:13:24. > :13:29.would it sound like playing on a football pitch? That's it. You are

:13:30. > :13:34.gone, you are off. Andy Murray, not yet at his peak at bed he says he is

:13:35. > :13:39.through? And it was not necessarily pretty. He says he has a long way to

:13:40. > :13:43.go before he is back to his best but it is good to see him win again

:13:44. > :13:43.because he has had a few unexpected slipups.

:13:44. > :13:46.Andy Murray's hunt for a second title this season remains on course.

:13:47. > :13:49.The world number one is into the third round of

:13:50. > :13:52.the Madrid Masters after a straight sets victory over Romania's Marius

:13:53. > :13:56.Murray has reached the final in Madrid for the last two years.

:13:57. > :13:58.Juventus are the first side into this season's

:13:59. > :14:02.Dani Alves scored the pick of the goals as the Italians beat

:14:03. > :14:04.Monaco 2-1 in Turin, 4-1 on aggregate.

:14:05. > :14:07.They'll play Real or Atletico Madrid in next month's final in Cardiff.

:14:08. > :14:10.Geraint Thomas moves up into second place at the Giro d'Italia -

:14:11. > :14:13.he finished third on stage four on Mount Etna.

:14:14. > :14:16.Another British rider, Adam Yates, is just behind him.

:14:17. > :14:19.Tour de France Champion Chris Froome has escaped injury after being

:14:20. > :14:25.The British cyclist says he was deliberately rammed by a car

:14:26. > :14:41.He is OK but he said the car chased onto the pavement, hit him and then

:14:42. > :14:46.drove off. What an extraordinary thing to happen. And of all the

:14:47. > :14:59.people for it to happen too. He is going for three in a row at the tour

:15:00. > :15:04.the Frantz. -- two would Frantz. -- Tour de France.

:15:05. > :15:08.Carol is at Kew Gardens with the weather this morning.

:15:09. > :15:15.Good morning. It is a beautiful morning. Look at the view behind me.

:15:16. > :15:21.The Japanese gateway is an exact replica of a Japanese gateway in

:15:22. > :15:27.Kyoto, Japan, which in 2019 is hosting the Rugby League World Cup.

:15:28. > :15:31.It was laid in 1996 and comprises a garden of harmony, activity and

:15:32. > :15:35.peace, and it is very peaceful this morning. All you can hear are the

:15:36. > :15:40.birds chirping but if you are just stepping out it is a cold start to

:15:41. > :15:43.the day. Generally today the forecast is a sunny one, and a

:15:44. > :15:48.warmer one for most of us than yesterday, with just the odd

:15:49. > :15:53.exception. If you take a look around the country, at 9am this morning,

:15:54. > :15:57.across the North of Scotland we have more cloud and some patchy rain as

:15:58. > :16:01.well. As we come south we are back into some sunny skies although today

:16:02. > :16:04.there will be a bit more cloud across southern Scotland than

:16:05. > :16:08.yesterday. In the northern England a cold start. Some pockets of frost

:16:09. > :16:12.but some sunshine and that sunshine and chilly start prevails down

:16:13. > :16:15.towards the Midlands, in the east Anglia and the south-east. At the

:16:16. > :16:19.moment there are some cloud extending from Essex towards London.

:16:20. > :16:25.That will lift on any patchy fog we have will lift by around eight a.m..

:16:26. > :16:28.As we drift towards south-west England and into Wales, the

:16:29. > :16:33.temperatures picking up quite quickly in the sunshine. For

:16:34. > :16:36.Northern Ireland, again a fine and dry start for you but today there

:16:37. > :16:40.will be a bit more cloud around than there was yesterday. It will still

:16:41. > :16:45.be a very pleasant day. Through the day, the patchy rain continues

:16:46. > :16:50.across northern Scotland. Here, it will be breezy at times. A bit more

:16:51. > :16:55.cloud in the far north of mainland Scotland. For the rest of the UK, a

:16:56. > :16:57.beautiful day. A little bit of fair weather cloud developing, not much

:16:58. > :17:01.more than that, and temperatures could get up to 20 Celsius, despite

:17:02. > :17:05.what you can see in that chart. Anywhere from north-west England,

:17:06. > :17:09.heading south and including Wales. We are looking at a range of 15 to

:17:10. > :17:12.18. Through the evening and overnight the rain across northern

:17:13. > :17:15.Scotland sinks across mainland Scotland, and by the end of the

:17:16. > :17:20.night we will be seeing some showers coming up across the inner channel,

:17:21. > :17:24.possibly as fire into the south-west of England and maybe southern

:17:25. > :17:27.counties by dawn time. A lot of clear skies. There will be some

:17:28. > :17:31.frost around but not as extensive as this morning and tomorrow we pick up

:17:32. > :17:35.those showers first thing, and then they will fade in the south.

:17:36. > :17:40.Equally, the rain in the north of Scotland will fade as well. There

:17:41. > :17:43.will be a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine but through the

:17:44. > :17:46.afternoon, showers in southern Wales and southern England will again

:17:47. > :17:50.regenerate. And some of those will be heavy and thundery, possibly with

:17:51. > :17:54.some hail. It will start to feel humid, as well. By the time we the

:17:55. > :17:58.Friday we have a band of showery rain extending northwards. Some of

:17:59. > :18:02.this will be heavy and thundery, possibly with some hail. It is the

:18:03. > :18:05.far north that will see something drier and even into the weekend

:18:06. > :18:07.we're looking at an unsettled picture, with showers and

:18:08. > :18:12.temperatures gradually coming down to where they should be at this time

:18:13. > :18:19.of year. Thank you very much for that. Be careful on that bridge. We

:18:20. > :18:29.shall be back to you later on. The question is, who wrecks that gravel?

:18:30. > :18:32.Well, who rakes the gravel in your house? -- who rakes that gravel?

:18:33. > :18:42.They are all over the place this this morning's papers.

:18:43. > :18:50.They are all over the place this morning, in a good way. The front

:18:51. > :18:57.page of the Guardian, this is then appearing on the One showed

:18:58. > :19:01.yesterday. We will speak to the Shadow Education Secretary a little

:19:02. > :19:06.bit later. The Mays also on the front page of the Daily Express, the

:19:07. > :19:11.Prime Minister and her husband. The reason we are talking about them, it

:19:12. > :19:15.was revealed at the top of the show, he was asked about life with the

:19:16. > :19:18.Prime Minister and he said I decide when I take the bins out. Lots of

:19:19. > :19:27.the papers talking about Strictly. The new judge is going to replace

:19:28. > :19:32.Len, not just as a judge but as head judge. Send us your thoughts. We

:19:33. > :19:40.have Natalie coming on later, I am sure she will have... Oh yes, she is

:19:41. > :19:47.our guest! The front page of the Daily Telegraph, a picture of the

:19:48. > :19:52.Mays. Labour facing a historic party split. They reveal it was love at

:19:53. > :19:57.first sight. And Jeremy Corbyn on the front page of the Times this

:19:58. > :20:02.morning, as they balanced it up with Theresa May pledging a new vote on

:20:03. > :20:07.foxhunting, and their main story, Judge attacking the inhumanity of

:20:08. > :20:13.care homes which falls apart frail pensioners. Having a look at the

:20:14. > :20:20.spread in the Daily Mail, I have been busy with this this morning.

:20:21. > :20:26.There are three interesting stories. Froome being knocked off his bike.

:20:27. > :20:36.Rory McIlroy signing two new deals, bringing a combined ?230 million,

:20:37. > :20:44.one with Nike and one with Taylor Made. And Michael Owen really loves

:20:45. > :20:48.his resources and has his own stables but has never ridden a horse

:20:49. > :20:53.before, and he has just got on a horse for the first time. He has had

:20:54. > :20:56.a couple of spells, but he was inspired to do it by watching

:20:57. > :21:04.Victoria Pendleton ride at Cheltenham, swapping from cycling

:21:05. > :21:13.into racing. He has fallen off a couple of times. He is loving it,

:21:14. > :21:18.apparently. I have two stories for you. One about food prices. Last

:21:19. > :21:21.week we had a couple of chief executives from the supermarket is

:21:22. > :21:27.talking about food prices and that is what the papers up picking up on

:21:28. > :21:32.today. Saying that because of poor summers and poor harvest they are

:21:33. > :21:35.saying food prices will rise considerably after the driest winter

:21:36. > :21:40.in 20 years. That is something which will put a bit of pressure on the

:21:41. > :21:44.supermarkets. When I talked to the chief executive of Sainsbury is, he

:21:45. > :21:48.says that they and Tesco will be trying hard not to put up prices but

:21:49. > :21:52.with that type of pressure it will be difficult. Another story, which

:21:53. > :21:56.is a great one. If you are at work, at your desk, you really don't want

:21:57. > :22:00.someone to come over and talk to you. But obviously in an open plan

:22:01. > :22:04.office people come over and talk to you all the time. Scientists have

:22:05. > :22:07.come up with a light which you can have on your desk which tells you

:22:08. > :22:11.whether people should approach you or not. It is based on the

:22:12. > :22:16.algorithms of your computer. If it is a green light it is OK to come

:22:17. > :22:20.and have a chat, if it is not, you have to be left alone. Can you

:22:21. > :22:26.switch it on yourself? I was going to say, permanently on the red. So

:22:27. > :22:31.you can't just pretend. Maybe I should roll-out out at home. Excuse

:22:32. > :22:37.me, the light is on! -- role that out.

:22:38. > :22:39.It has been another dramatic night for American politics,

:22:40. > :22:41.as President Trump fired FBI director James Comey,

:22:42. > :22:44.the man leading investigations into the administration's alleged

:22:45. > :22:47.The shock announcement is the latest high-profile departure

:22:48. > :22:50.since the President took office in January, and questions have been

:22:51. > :22:51.raised over the timing of the decision.

:22:52. > :22:55.To tell us more, we are joined by political analyst Eric Ham

:22:56. > :23:06.Good morning to you. Thank you so much for getting up what is

:23:07. > :23:12.ridiculously early for you over there. But this announcement

:23:13. > :23:15.apparently was told to James Comey while he was addressing staff

:23:16. > :23:19.somewhere else in the United States. I wonder what the initial reaction

:23:20. > :23:24.was in Washington, and across America? This is actually a major

:23:25. > :23:29.bombshell here in the United States. And in fact I would say this is

:23:30. > :23:32.actually a constitutional and governmental crisis that we are

:23:33. > :23:36.seeing take place in the United States right now. Yesterday we saw

:23:37. > :23:41.testimony from five Acting attorney general Sally Yates where she

:23:42. > :23:46.actually confirmed that former NSA director general Mike Flynn, who was

:23:47. > :23:49.also fired, was actually compromised and susceptible to bribes from the

:23:50. > :23:55.Russians. And today we have an equally stunning bombshell, that

:23:56. > :24:02.President Trump unexpectedly, inexplicably, has fired James Comey.

:24:03. > :24:06.So I think right now policymakers in Washington are reeling, both on the

:24:07. > :24:12.right and on the left, from this news today. I suppose you could look

:24:13. > :24:16.at it, and some have said that this is a sign that President Trump is a

:24:17. > :24:19.strong leader, able to make big decisions. At the other end of

:24:20. > :24:25.things, I was listing the radio this morning and they were using the word

:24:26. > :24:28.Nixonian, this is just like Nixon who sacked the special prosecutor

:24:29. > :24:33.because he didn't want him to investigate. Absolutely, and looking

:24:34. > :24:39.at the timing of this, there are subpoenas coming down from the FBI

:24:40. > :24:44.into this investigation, looking ties between the Trump campaign and

:24:45. > :24:48.the Russians. And so we are actually seeing this investigation began to

:24:49. > :24:54.heat up with these subpoenas calling on associates of General Michael

:24:55. > :24:59.Flynn. And so many will look at this and say that this is Donald Trump's

:25:00. > :25:03.efforts to try to slow down this investigation. And I think what you

:25:04. > :25:09.are going to have now are calls for an independent investigation,

:25:10. > :25:12.someone who is out of the realm of the Trump Circle, someone who be

:25:13. > :25:17.bullied, someone who cannot be controlled by the Trump

:25:18. > :25:20.administration, by a attorney general Jeff Sessions and others.

:25:21. > :25:25.And I think those calls are going to grow louder and louder. What

:25:26. > :25:28.additionally, I think if and when Donald Trump decides to actually

:25:29. > :25:33.nominate an FBI director, you're going to see a knockdown, drag out

:25:34. > :25:37.fight in the Senate in terms of the confirmation for that person to be

:25:38. > :25:42.the next FBI director. It is certainly not going to go quiet,

:25:43. > :25:46.because people now are asking the question what was James Comey on to?

:25:47. > :25:50.I wonder what the public perception and is at the FBI? How will this go

:25:51. > :25:54.down that law enforcement in America? Shore. The FBI has had a

:25:55. > :25:58.long and troubled history, particularly going back to its first

:25:59. > :26:03.FBI director, J Edgar Hoover, and many of us know about many of his

:26:04. > :26:07.antics and many of his investigations. And at one time he

:26:08. > :26:11.was seen as the most powerful person in the United States, more powerful

:26:12. > :26:15.even than the President. And so that is something that the FBI has

:26:16. > :26:19.actually had to try and grapple with. And the dark history that they

:26:20. > :26:24.have actually had to try to shake off over the years. And so now, when

:26:25. > :26:27.you saw James Comey come out with this letter, and many believe that

:26:28. > :26:31.he played an integral role in shaping the outcome of the 2016

:26:32. > :26:35.election, and that is something that has dogged him since then, and so

:26:36. > :26:40.today, to have this firing by Donald Trump, I think it just really just

:26:41. > :26:46.through many people for a loop. And I think even Republicans are now

:26:47. > :26:51.grappling with how to address this situation. But more importantly now,

:26:52. > :26:55.many Americans are going to be waking up today just trying to

:26:56. > :26:59.figure out who is in charge, and now you see this latest blow to the

:27:00. > :27:07.nation 's premier law enforcement agency. And I think it just really

:27:08. > :27:10.puts people under... Under the issue of where do things stand and who was

:27:11. > :27:14.actually in control of our government? And that is something

:27:15. > :27:19.that the President is going to have to reassure Americans about.

:27:20. > :27:24.Fascinating as ever. Thank you very much for that. As he says, America

:27:25. > :27:27.is waking up to try and figure out what it feels about it, and

:27:28. > :27:30.overnight the big story as well. Some people are saying that there

:27:31. > :27:34.are reports that he actually found out before he got the letter, it was

:27:35. > :27:39.on the news. They were not confirmed reports. Not about way to find out,

:27:40. > :30:56.someone handing you I'm back with the latest

:30:57. > :31:01.from the BBC London newsroom Hello, this is Breakfast

:31:02. > :31:09.with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. We'll bring you all the latest news

:31:10. > :31:13.and sport in a moment, but also on the programme

:31:14. > :31:15.this morning. We'll ask whether the Prime

:31:16. > :31:22.Minister's appearance on the One Show, alongside her husband,

:31:23. > :31:25.will have any impact New hope for thousands of victims

:31:26. > :31:28.of Britain's contaminated blood scandal, as a fresh legal

:31:29. > :31:33.challenge is launched. A man who was infected with HIV

:31:34. > :31:37.and hepatitis tells us his story. And, she might be leaving Strictly

:31:38. > :31:47.after eight years but Natalie Lowe will be here to tell us why she's

:31:48. > :31:51.not hanging up her dancing But now a summary of this

:31:52. > :32:00.morning's main news. President Trump has fired the head

:32:01. > :32:05.of the FBI James Comey in a move He'd been leading an investigation

:32:06. > :32:10.into alleged links between the Trump The White House says Mr Comey "has

:32:11. > :32:15.been terminated and removed from office", but his dismissal has

:32:16. > :32:20.nothing to do with the inquiry. Drayton Manor theme park

:32:21. > :32:28.in Staffordshire says it will not open to the public today

:32:29. > :32:31.after the death of an 11-year-old The Year 6 pupil, who has not been

:32:32. > :32:38.named, was on a trip with her school, the Jameah Girls

:32:39. > :32:41.Academy in Leicester. In a statement the school said

:32:42. > :32:43.it was providing support to its pupils and staff

:32:44. > :32:46.and requested time to grieve. Senior management at the theme park

:32:47. > :32:49.said they were shocked Labour and the Liberal Democrats

:32:50. > :32:53.have pledged billions of pounds in extra school funding if they win

:32:54. > :32:56.the general election, to ensure budgets in England keep

:32:57. > :32:58.up with rising costs. Both parties also say no school

:32:59. > :33:02.would lose out as a result of a new funding formula to divide

:33:03. > :33:05.money across the country. But the Conservatives say school

:33:06. > :33:07.funding has reached record levels in their government and questioned

:33:08. > :33:10.Labour's plans to use Corporation Tax rises

:33:11. > :33:14.to pay for their plans. The Crown Prosecution Service

:33:15. > :33:17.is expected to announce later this morning whether any Conservative

:33:18. > :33:20.politicians or officials will be charged with breaking rules

:33:21. > :33:24.on election campaign The CPS has been considering files

:33:25. > :33:30.sent by the police from The party has insisted that

:33:31. > :33:37.administrative errors were to blame for any spending which was

:33:38. > :33:40.incorrectly declared. Roads in England and Wales

:33:41. > :33:42.are in danger of becoming increasingly "lawless"

:33:43. > :33:45.because of cuts to traffic policing. That's the key finding of a major

:33:46. > :33:49.report by the charity RoadPeace. It also claims there has been

:33:50. > :33:53.a "significant shift" to training courses, which it said are less

:33:54. > :33:58.effective than prosecution. The National Police Chiefs Council

:33:59. > :34:00.says it's strengthened the way roads are policed - and is working

:34:01. > :34:03.to assess the effectiveness The star of the film

:34:04. > :34:10.Captain America, Chris Evans, said he wanted to "curl up"

:34:11. > :34:12.after filming a bedtime He's recorded a few stories,

:34:13. > :34:17.including one story about showing children how to cope

:34:18. > :34:20.when they feel overwhelmed. You can see it on Cbeebies

:34:21. > :34:35.at ten to seven tonight. And it is little treat for everyone.

:34:36. > :34:42.I'm sure quite a few parents will be tuning in for that. I... I did a

:34:43. > :34:47.sports one. A few years ago. They asked me to turn up in Perak shot

:34:48. > :34:56.and I did that then they said the shorts were inappropriate. -- asked

:34:57. > :35:07.me to turn up in a pair of shorts. How lovely. A wonderful thing. I had

:35:08. > :35:11.a horrendous image in my mind of what shorts you may have been

:35:12. > :35:17.wearing. It sounds like you were wearing little as let it once. They

:35:18. > :35:26.were not athletic shorts! They were of a good length! Were so used

:35:27. > :35:30.seeing professional sportsmen bouncing back from injury, look at

:35:31. > :35:34.Roger Federer - he missed a huge chunk of last year and came back in

:35:35. > :35:41.January to win another Grand Slam. Andy Murray, however, is out there

:35:42. > :35:42.proving that battling back from injury is tougher.

:35:43. > :35:44.Andy Murray is through to the third round in Madrid.

:35:45. > :35:47.He beat Romania's Marius Copil in straight sets.

:35:48. > :35:51.Murray was far from his best early on but his serve was never in danger

:35:52. > :35:57.He's bidding to make the final for the third year in a row.

:35:58. > :36:13.The French open on players just one fortnight away. -- on clay.

:36:14. > :36:16.Toni Duggan scored an 18-minute hat-trick as Manchester City won 3-0

:36:17. > :36:19.at Bristol City in the Women's Super League Spring Series.

:36:20. > :36:22.Juventus have reached their second Champions League final in three

:36:23. > :36:24.years - they beat Monaco 4-1 on aggregate.

:36:25. > :36:27.Dani Alves scored with a cracking volley as they won

:36:28. > :36:31.They'll take on Real or Atletico Madrid in next month's

:36:32. > :36:34.Real are 3-0 up going into tonight's second leg.

:36:35. > :36:37.And Dundee United came from behind to win 2-1 at Greenock Morton

:36:38. > :36:40.in the first leg of their Scottish Premiership play-off quarter-final.

:36:41. > :36:43.Toni Duggan scored an 18-minute hat-trick as Manchester City won 3-0

:36:44. > :36:46.at Bristol City in the Women's Super League Spring Series.

:36:47. > :36:49.He was the most expensive player ever when he moved from Juventus

:36:50. > :36:52.to Manchester United last summer - but now Fifa are investigating

:36:53. > :36:57.They want to know who was involved in the ?89.3 million deal

:36:58. > :36:59.and how much money they got out of it.

:37:00. > :37:02.United say Fifa have the necessary documents from last August.

:37:03. > :37:05.Fifa has decided to replace two of the leaders of

:37:06. > :37:09.Investigator Cornel Borbely and Judge Hans-Joachim Eckert have

:37:10. > :37:12.banned numerous football officials - they say the move was politically

:37:13. > :37:22.motivated and effectively ends Fifa's efforts to reform.

:37:23. > :37:25.Tour de France Champion Chris Froome had a lucky escape yesterday,

:37:26. > :37:29.when he was knocked off his bike while training near his

:37:30. > :37:32.The British rider, who wasn't hurt, posted

:37:33. > :37:35.this picture on social media writing "Just got rammed on purpose

:37:36. > :37:38.by an impatient driver who followed me onto the pavement!"

:37:39. > :37:43.Bike totalled. Driver kept going!"

:37:44. > :37:50.Stage four of the Giro d'Italia was a good one for the British

:37:51. > :37:53.riders - but not so much for the leader at the start

:37:54. > :37:57.He rather misjudged his speed at a corner

:37:58. > :37:59.taking a number of riders the wrong way with him.

:38:00. > :38:04.Geraint Thomas moved up to second place, behind new leader

:38:05. > :38:12.Bob Jungels, with Adam Yates third, after an edgy stage.

:38:13. > :38:26.Everyone was watching each other so nobody went. I think everybody was

:38:27. > :38:33.apprehensive but I felt good and it was nice to win a sprint and gain a

:38:34. > :38:35.couple of seconds. I remember doing that the half marathon. I the other

:38:36. > :38:40.way. I was so annoyed! We've got the draw for

:38:41. > :38:43.the Rugby World Cup to look forward to this morning - and next month,

:38:44. > :38:46.Jamie Roberts will captain Wales for their Tests

:38:47. > :38:48.against Tonga and Samoa. Roberts missed out on a third

:38:49. > :38:51.tour with the Lions - but will be in New Zealand

:38:52. > :38:55.with Wales as take on Tonga in Auckland on June the 16th before

:38:56. > :38:58.travelling to Samoa a week later. Double Olympic champion Nicola Adams

:38:59. > :39:01.will face Mexico's Maryan Salazar on Saturday night, in her first

:39:02. > :39:04.fight in her home city of Leeds It's Adams' second professional

:39:05. > :39:07.contest and it'll be the first time she's fought over

:39:08. > :39:10.four, three-minute rounds, rather than the conventional

:39:11. > :39:27.two-minute rounds in women's bouts. That will be a massive night indeed.

:39:28. > :39:28.I am regretting telling that story about inappropriate shorts. I am

:39:29. > :39:30.being sent many photos... Education policy is under

:39:31. > :39:32.the spotlight this morning as the general election campaign

:39:33. > :39:34.continues, with both the Liberal Democrats and Labour

:39:35. > :39:37.pledging to boost school budgets should they form

:39:38. > :39:39.the next government. We're joined now by Lord

:39:40. > :39:41.Richard Newby, leader of the Liberal Democrats

:39:42. > :39:54.in the House of Lords, Good morning and thank you for

:39:55. > :40:01.joining us. Can we look at the money first of all? You are talking about

:40:02. > :40:08.?7 billion a year? Do you raise taxes to get that? There are a raft

:40:09. > :40:15.of things we will be doing. One of the basic things is reversing a

:40:16. > :40:19.number of Conservative tax cuts which will raise several billion

:40:20. > :40:30.pounds which will make biggest event in funding the shortfall in school

:40:31. > :40:35.budgets. Which tax cut? Corporation tax which is on a downward path, we

:40:36. > :40:39.think that is unnecessary and a large proportion of the money we are

:40:40. > :40:45.talking about raising can be found by just not doing that tax cut. We

:40:46. > :40:51.will get details of this in your manifesto, right? Tell us about

:40:52. > :40:57.where you target this funding. What are your main concerns? They are

:40:58. > :41:02.twofold. First of all, all schools are facing a cut in funding per

:41:03. > :41:07.pupil which over the period ahead looks like being something in the

:41:08. > :41:12.order of eight, nearly 10%. This means that schools are having to

:41:13. > :41:17.reduce the number of teachers they employee, and the class sizes are

:41:18. > :41:20.going up. Additionally there is the national funding formulae which is

:41:21. > :41:24.quite skewer and the government are reforming it in such a way that many

:41:25. > :41:30.schools will lose out, in addition to the general cuts. Many of those

:41:31. > :41:34.schools are in disadvantaged inner-city areas so they will really

:41:35. > :41:38.lose out and they will need to be protected as well. You speak about

:41:39. > :41:45.disadvantaged schools and protecting them. Will you be giving them more

:41:46. > :41:50.budgets, higher budgets or not? No, what we are doing is making sure

:41:51. > :41:54.that these schools as a whole do not lose out. At the moment the

:41:55. > :41:57.government is planning to have this redistribution away from the cities

:41:58. > :42:04.towards, in many cases, towards the counties. And we are saying that

:42:05. > :42:08.there are schools outside the cities that need to have their funding

:42:09. > :42:12.reduced on a fairer basis but we would like to do that while at the

:42:13. > :42:17.same time ensuring that these schools that get good levels of

:42:18. > :42:22.funding at the moment do not suffer. And, talking about class size, D you

:42:23. > :42:28.have a particular ideal size and how do you ensure that is how all the

:42:29. > :42:32.class size stays? It is not that we want to bring class sizes down, what

:42:33. > :42:38.we say at the moment is that most schools are losing a couple of

:42:39. > :42:42.teachers in the next school year, or planning to, and the inevitable

:42:43. > :42:47.consequence is that class sizes will increase. So we are talking about

:42:48. > :42:51.protecting the current levels of class sizes and making sure that

:42:52. > :42:56.pupils get the kind of education they have expected in the past. How

:42:57. > :43:01.pupils get the kind of education about university tuition? That was

:43:02. > :43:05.not mentioned. Today we concentrate on schools because there is a crisis

:43:06. > :43:10.in schools and that is why everything that we have been

:43:11. > :43:15.concentrating on today is that narrow point of how you make sure

:43:16. > :43:21.that every child is unaffected by cuts in the amount of money that is

:43:22. > :43:28.spent on them at school. Will you mention university tuition in your

:43:29. > :43:34.manifesto? We will. What are you suggesting? That they will be

:43:35. > :43:38.scrapped again? The details will be set out in the manifesto when it

:43:39. > :43:44.comes out in a few days time. A few days, can we have a date? I think we

:43:45. > :43:46.are all planning to launch manifestoes next week.

:43:47. > :43:49.And we'll be speaking to Labour shadow education secretary

:43:50. > :44:05.Everyone keeps saying wait for a manifesto. We have to realise an

:44:06. > :44:14.mason. We need the new manifestoes. Carol has the weather for us. It

:44:15. > :44:19.looks beautiful there. It is. Good morning. I am in the Oriental hub of

:44:20. > :44:22.Kew Gardens and behind me you can see the Japanese gateway, an exact

:44:23. > :44:37.replica of a gateway in Kyoto. We have rhododendrons, cherry

:44:38. > :44:41.Blossoms and an Austrian pine to name just a few. Gardner went to

:44:42. > :44:47.Japan to learn about this and how to maintain it, and to do the

:44:48. > :44:51.horticultural side of things. Here in Kew Gardens it is not just

:44:52. > :44:54.beautiful but a beautiful start to the day. It is colder in

:44:55. > :44:58.Oxfordshire, where it is minus three. Some frost around, and also

:44:59. > :45:03.some patchy fog. That will lift by around 8am this morning and for all

:45:04. > :45:07.of us today's forecast is a sunnier and warmer one than it was

:45:08. > :45:11.yesterday. So if we take a look around the country, at 9am, in

:45:12. > :45:15.Scotland, first of all, across the far north of Scotland there is more

:45:16. > :45:18.cloud around and some patchy rain. South-west Scotland will see more

:45:19. > :45:22.cloud than yesterday but for the rest of Scotland we are seeing some

:45:23. > :45:25.sunshine and a chilly start. Across northern England there are some

:45:26. > :45:31.patchy fog currently, which were left. It is cold and we have some

:45:32. > :45:35.blue skies, and those blue skies and a chilly field continue down into

:45:36. > :45:38.the Midlands, East Anglia and the south-east. At the moment there is

:45:39. > :45:42.more cloud across Essex and London, but you will find that will break up

:45:43. > :45:46.as we head towards the morning. In the south-west we are back into the

:45:47. > :45:50.sunshine and any missed or fog will have cleared. For Wales, a similar

:45:51. > :45:53.story. A nippy start but in the sunshine temperatures will pick up

:45:54. > :45:57.quite quickly. For Northern Ireland, a dry and fine start but compared

:45:58. > :46:01.with yesterday there will be more cloud around, what it will still be

:46:02. > :46:06.a beautiful day. As we go through the course of the day we hang on to

:46:07. > :46:09.the patchy rain across the far north of Scotland. Elsewhere, there will

:46:10. > :46:13.be some fair weather cloud developing. But it is going to be a

:46:14. > :46:16.sunny and pleasant day, and with lighter winds it will feel much

:46:17. > :46:21.right along the east coast. We have lost that onshore flow and locally

:46:22. > :46:25.somewhere in England and Wales we could hit 20 Celsius. Generally we

:46:26. > :46:29.are looking at a range of 15 to 18 but whole under that rain in the

:46:30. > :46:33.Northern Isles. Through the evening and overnight the rain in the North

:46:34. > :46:37.moves across the far north of mainland Scotland. A lot of clear

:46:38. > :46:41.skies, a cold night with some frost around, less than the night just

:46:42. > :46:44.gone and by the end of the night we will have some showers crossing the

:46:45. > :46:47.Channel Islands and getting an across parts of south-west England.

:46:48. > :46:51.So that is how we start the day tomorrow. The showers in the south

:46:52. > :46:55.will tend to fade in the morning but they will come back in the

:46:56. > :46:58.afternoon, and some of those will be heavy and thundery, with some hail.

:46:59. > :47:02.They will be hit and miss. Not all of us will necessarily see one.

:47:03. > :47:06.There will be some sunshine in between. Further north a lot of

:47:07. > :47:10.sunshine and like today some places will get up to 20 Celsius. And it

:47:11. > :47:13.will be drier across northern Scotland. By the time we get to

:47:14. > :47:17.Friday we have more showery outbreaks of heavy rain coming up

:47:18. > :47:21.from the south. Some of that will be thundery, some of it will have some

:47:22. > :47:24.hail in it and you might find some issues with surface water flooding.

:47:25. > :47:28.North of that, especially the further north that you go, we are

:47:29. > :47:33.looking at something drier. But into the weekend it remains unsettled at

:47:34. > :47:36.times. Some sunshine and showers and temperatures will gradually come

:47:37. > :47:44.down to where they should be. You are asking about the raking of the

:47:45. > :47:49.gravel, it gets done every single day. I guessed that to have that

:47:50. > :47:56.quality gravel they would have to have that, and maybe we will see the

:47:57. > :48:02.gravel raker later. And if you would like to see gravel being raked, we

:48:03. > :48:05.will have that later. Talking about the weather, a few storms around

:48:06. > :48:12.Barclays, at their AGM. Yes, Barclays is one

:48:13. > :48:14.of our biggest banks, but it is the boss that has been

:48:15. > :48:17.under scrutiny lately. Last month, it was revealed

:48:18. > :48:21.that he had attempted to find out the identity of a whistleblower

:48:22. > :48:23.in the company. He apologised and referred

:48:24. > :48:25.himself to the regulator. Today will be the first time that

:48:26. > :48:28.Mr Staley has publicly faced shareholders since then,

:48:29. > :48:30.and there is increasing pressure on shareholders not

:48:31. > :48:33.to re-elect him as the boss. Joining us is Andrew Silvester

:48:34. > :48:46.from the Institute of Directors. Good morning to you. Can you remind

:48:47. > :48:52.us what the controversy is here, around this whistleblower? Yes,

:48:53. > :48:56.essentially a letter was sent to senior colleagues at Barclays about

:48:57. > :49:02.the conduct of a long-time colleague, and Jes Staley attempted

:49:03. > :49:06.to find out who had sent a letter. And as he was warned off from doing

:49:07. > :49:10.that another letter was sent to the board informing them that Jes Staley

:49:11. > :49:14.had been looking to find the whistleblower, and the board gave

:49:15. > :49:19.him quite a censure. So far so bad, and intense scrutiny has come upon

:49:20. > :49:22.Barclays as a result of this. If you look at the measures they had in

:49:23. > :49:28.place during the whistleblowing scandal, actually their checks and

:49:29. > :49:30.balances worked quite well. So clearly he will be facing

:49:31. > :49:35.shareholders today. There is another question around his pay as well.

:49:36. > :49:40.Tell us about that. The board have taken a lot out of his pay packet.

:49:41. > :49:44.He won't be receiving much of the bonus he was expecting. He has

:49:45. > :49:48.apologised publicly and shareholders have had their say. Some advisory

:49:49. > :49:52.services have suggested he not be reappointed to the board and while

:49:53. > :49:56.his role as boss is not up for discussion today, that will be seen

:49:57. > :49:59.as a proxy way of saying to the chairman that they want him out.

:50:00. > :50:04.We're not necessarily expecting that, but we are expecting a day of

:50:05. > :50:10.robust discussion. It would be good for Jes Staley if he gets a good

:50:11. > :50:14.night's kip, it might be a rough day. They have been strong in their

:50:15. > :50:17.views in terms of bad behaviour by executives and in terms of things

:50:18. > :50:21.like remuneration with bank bosses. What are your thoughts on all of

:50:22. > :50:24.this? Well, there is no question this whistleblowing is incredible is

:50:25. > :50:27.serious. Whistleblowing is an incredibly important part of our

:50:28. > :50:30.financial markets work so that conduct regulators in particular

:50:31. > :50:36.know what is going on inside banks. I think what we have seen here, Jes

:50:37. > :50:39.Staley has said it was an honest mistake and he didn't know the

:50:40. > :50:43.rules, so on and so forth, we have shown that no matter how thin you

:50:44. > :50:47.you are in a bank, how experienced you are, it is important to remind

:50:48. > :50:50.yourself of your roles and responsibilities, and that needs to

:50:51. > :50:54.be led by the board as much as by CEOs. And on the issue of pay,

:50:55. > :50:57.whenever I talk about results from companies and we talk about bonuses

:50:58. > :51:01.that the bosses are getting, often a lot more than other people in the

:51:02. > :51:06.company, higher multiples in terms of what they get compared to other

:51:07. > :51:10.stuff, do they deserve the millions they get? There is no question that

:51:11. > :51:13.running these gigantic organisations is difficult, and companies and

:51:14. > :51:18.shareholders will say they always need to pay to get the best. There

:51:19. > :51:22.has been a trend for shareholders to ask tougher questions at these AGMs.

:51:23. > :51:26.In the bad old days these kinds of things were nodded through. It has

:51:27. > :51:30.been the case that particularly the larger pension funds are taking more

:51:31. > :51:34.of an interest in what CEOs are paid. It is not just the reputation

:51:35. > :51:39.of the company but the business as a whole. There is a lot of public

:51:40. > :51:42.anger. And a lot of people might have pensions with money invested

:51:43. > :51:46.with companies like Barclays, and they want to make sure they get

:51:47. > :51:51.returns on investment. Absolutely, it remains important and we

:51:52. > :51:55.sometimes forget the effect on the wider economy. Thank you very much,

:51:56. > :51:57.more from me a bit later on. This weekend, more than 200

:51:58. > :52:00.million people will tune Still going strong after 62 years,

:52:01. > :52:04.the latest contest got underway last night, with the first

:52:05. > :52:06.semi-final in Kiev. Let's take a look at some

:52:07. > :52:28.of the highlights over the years. # Rise like a Phoenix... It is

:52:29. > :52:34.consistently one of the world's most watched TV events of the year. In

:52:35. > :52:39.2016, some 204 million viewers tuned in to at least one of the three

:52:40. > :52:47.televised shows. Nearly 1500 songs have been entered the contest began

:52:48. > :52:53.in 1956. 12 points to Ireland, which is the most successful country to

:52:54. > :52:59.take part, winning seven times. Like a puppet on a string... The UK is

:53:00. > :53:04.not far behind, though, with five victories. Our last success came

:53:05. > :53:09.some 20 years ago, though, when Katrina and the waves one Europe

:53:10. > :53:15.over with Love Shine a Light. The impact of the Song contest, in 1981

:53:16. > :53:23.Velcro sold out across the UK within 48 hours of the famous Making your

:53:24. > :53:27.mind up costume change. This year, 43 countries were due to take part

:53:28. > :53:31.in Kiev, which would have equalled the record for the contest. But

:53:32. > :53:32.Russia withdrew after their representative was banned from

:53:33. > :53:33.entering Ukraine. Now, if you are looking

:53:34. > :53:36.for a Eurovision expert, you need look no further

:53:37. > :53:38.than the BBC's Moscow correspondent I wonder if that is why he got the

:53:39. > :53:50.job. He is a super-fan, and he reckons

:53:51. > :53:53.he can play every winning song All you need to do

:53:54. > :53:57.is tell him the year. He is live in Kiev, so we can

:53:58. > :54:04.put this to the test. We should say there is quite a long

:54:05. > :54:07.delay on the line, which will make this musical item even more

:54:08. > :54:11.entertaining. Good morning to you. Before we get you tinkling the

:54:12. > :54:20.ivories, where and why and how did these Eurovision obsession began? I

:54:21. > :54:24.don't think it is an accession. It is a medical condition, really. Some

:54:25. > :54:29.people collect stamps, some people build model aircraft, and I play

:54:30. > :54:33.Eurovision songs. I have loved the Eurovision Song Contest since I was

:54:34. > :54:36.a kid. I think it was the thought that hundreds of millions of people

:54:37. > :54:40.across Europe were watching the same programme that I was that I found

:54:41. > :54:43.quite exciting. People knock the Eurovision Song Contest for the

:54:44. > :54:47.quality of the songs, but I think if you look back at the 62 years of

:54:48. > :54:52.this contest, and you listen back, there are some great melodies,

:54:53. > :54:56.really, which have come out of the Eurovision Song Contest. I feel

:54:57. > :55:01.nervous, given what I am about to do. I have a sheet here with all the

:55:02. > :55:04.winners from all the years. You have claimed that you can play any of

:55:05. > :55:16.them. I'm going to put my finger down on the sheet and stop and ask

:55:17. > :55:29.you. 1979. Israel, Gali Atari and Milk and Honey with hallelujah.

:55:30. > :55:38.Hallelujah, yes. # Gali Atari and Milk and Honey - Hallelujah. I have

:55:39. > :55:56.no idea whether that is right or wrong, but it sounds lovely, Steve,

:55:57. > :56:12.nonetheless. 1974, though. # ABBA - Waterloo. An easy one. Surely give

:56:13. > :56:17.him something more difficult? Are you ready? You're doing absolutely

:56:18. > :56:24.brilliantly, so far, as we can tell. Let's go for 2001, Estonia, Tanel

:56:25. > :56:37.Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL with Everybody. OK, so that was... Let's

:56:38. > :56:41.see. # Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL - Everybody. I think you are

:56:42. > :56:46.brilliant. We will check, I am sure they are right. I will never be able

:56:47. > :56:49.to ask Steve a question about Vladimir Putin's foreign policy

:56:50. > :56:54.again, without thinking of Eurovision! The Russians don't know

:56:55. > :56:59.what they are missing this year, they just don't know. Our

:57:00. > :57:01.correspondence have hidden talents. I look forward to seeing Chris Mason

:57:02. > :57:03.playing his oboe at some stage. You can watch the second semi-final

:57:04. > :57:06.and Eurovision Song Contest final And Steve will be there covering it

:57:07. > :00:29.for I'm back with the latest

:00:30. > :00:33.from the BBC London newsroom Plenty more on our website

:00:34. > :00:37.at the usual address. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:00:38. > :01:11.with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin President Trump sacks the head

:01:12. > :01:22.of the FBI without warning. Explosive news out of Washington

:01:23. > :01:25.tonight. Shock in the United States

:01:26. > :01:28.as James Comey is told he will be removed with immediate effect -

:01:29. > :01:31.he had been leading the investigation into links

:01:32. > :01:33.between Mr Trump's election Good morning, it's

:01:34. > :01:50.Wednesday 10th May. An investigation begins

:01:51. > :01:54.into the death of an 11-year-old girl who fell from a water ride

:01:55. > :02:00.at Drayton Manor theme park. Education takes centre stage

:02:01. > :02:03.in the election campaign - as Labour and the Liberal Democrats

:02:04. > :02:18.promise more funds for schools in The TV architect George Clark is a

:02:19. > :02:22.plan to transform the construction industry in the way that houses are

:02:23. > :02:25.built. I will talk to him about that and how we make sure young people

:02:26. > :02:27.have the skills for the work. In sport, the French

:02:28. > :02:29.Open's a fortnight away and Andy Murray says

:02:30. > :02:32.he still needs to get better - but he's through to

:02:33. > :02:34.the third round in Madrid. From taking out the beans to read

:02:35. > :02:42.books in the bedroom. -- bins. We'll be assessing the appearance

:02:43. > :02:44.of Teresa and Philip May And our build up to this year's

:02:45. > :02:49.Eurovision song begins. Our own Steve Rosenberg is in Kiev

:02:50. > :02:53.with all the tunes and all the facts you need to enjoy the world's

:02:54. > :02:59.biggest singing competition. He can play any Eurovision winner

:03:00. > :03:05.from any year. We shall test him a little later on. Hidden skills...

:03:06. > :03:12.Carol, the weather. Can you follow that? Not a chance. I am at Kew

:03:13. > :03:20.Gardens and it is stunning. The sun is up to but it is surely. That will

:03:21. > :03:24.give way to sunshine. For most it will be a pleasant, warm and sunny

:03:25. > :03:26.day except for northern Scotland where there is patchy rain. More

:03:27. > :03:31.details in 15 minutes. President Trump has fired the head

:03:32. > :03:36.of the FBI James Comey in a move He'd been leading an investigation

:03:37. > :03:40.into alleged links between the Trump The White House says Mr Comey "has

:03:41. > :03:44.been terminated and removed Absolutely explosive news out

:03:45. > :03:48.of Washington tonight. This is a Fox News alert -

:03:49. > :03:53.FBI director, James Comey, has been fired by the President

:03:54. > :03:57.of the United States. Americans have learned

:03:58. > :03:59.to expect almost anything from their president but this

:04:00. > :04:02.really was high drama. FBI director, James Comey,

:04:03. > :04:09.was not even in Washington, he was addressing FBI

:04:10. > :04:12.staff in Los Angeles, A short while later, a letter

:04:13. > :04:18.arrived at FBI headquarters. "You are hereby terminated

:04:19. > :04:21.and removed from office, "While I greatly appreciate

:04:22. > :04:27.you informing me on three separate occasions that I am not

:04:28. > :04:29.under investigation, I nevertheless concur

:04:30. > :04:31.with the judgement of the Department of Justice that you are not able

:04:32. > :04:34.to affectively lead the bureau." Except the Trump campaign

:04:35. > :04:46.was being investigated by the FBI James Comey was leading

:04:47. > :04:51.the investigation Are people going

:04:52. > :04:54.to suspect cover-up? If an independent special

:04:55. > :04:58.prosecutor is appointed there still can be some faith

:04:59. > :05:01.that we can get to the bottom of this, if not everyone

:05:02. > :05:08.will suspect a cover-up. Speaking on US TV, the President's

:05:09. > :05:11.adviser dismissed that notion. It has everything to do

:05:12. > :05:15.with whether the current FBI director has

:05:16. > :05:17.the President's confidence and can faithfully and capably

:05:18. > :05:24.execute his duties. The shockwaves from this decision

:05:25. > :05:27.are not just being felt here at the FBI, but across

:05:28. > :05:30.this city and beyond. For his supporters, this is evidence

:05:31. > :05:34.that Donald Trump is a strong leader but for many others,

:05:35. > :05:36.this just adds to the perception that this country is

:05:37. > :05:39.now being run by a man who is intolerant of those

:05:40. > :05:42.who disagree with him and who do not entirely

:05:43. > :05:45.do his bidding. Aleem Maqbool, BBC

:05:46. > :05:47.News, in Washington. Drayton Manor theme park

:05:48. > :05:51.in Staffordshire says it won't open to the public today after the death

:05:52. > :05:54.of an 11-year-old girl on one The Year 6 pupil, who has not been

:05:55. > :06:01.named, was on a trip with her school, the Jameah Girls

:06:02. > :06:04.Academy in Leicester. Our reporter Andrew Plant

:06:05. > :06:19.is at Drayton Manor We understand there has been an

:06:20. > :06:24.updated statement from the school? That is correct. They said they are

:06:25. > :06:28.deeply shocked and saddened by what happened yesterday and have asked

:06:29. > :06:33.for time to grieve at this morning. Drayton Manor remains closed today

:06:34. > :06:36.as a mark of respect to the girl's family and also to allow

:06:37. > :06:42.investigations to continue. We do not know her name but we know she

:06:43. > :06:46.was a Year 6 student who was here on a school trip with staff and other

:06:47. > :06:52.pupils at yesterday when she was on the ride. You can go on this ride

:06:53. > :06:57.with six other students. She fell into the water and was taken out by

:06:58. > :07:01.Drayton Manor staff, given first aid and then airlifted to hospital where

:07:02. > :07:07.she tragically died, in Birmingham a short while later. You probably know

:07:08. > :07:12.the type of ride she was on, everybody on a circular bow with a

:07:13. > :07:20.ring around the outside. Ex- people at a time, 20 boats at a time. --

:07:21. > :07:24.six people at a time. The girl's School remains closed and they say

:07:25. > :07:25.they will offer counselling to their students there today.

:07:26. > :07:28.Labour and the Liberal Democrats have pledged billions of pounds

:07:29. > :07:30.in extra school funding if they win the general election,

:07:31. > :07:33.to ensure budgets in England keep up with rising costs.

:07:34. > :07:36.Both parties also say no school would lose out as a result

:07:37. > :07:39.of a new funding formula to divide money across the country.

:07:40. > :07:42.And there's a promise of extra cash towards education in other parts

:07:43. > :07:48.Here's our Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys.

:07:49. > :07:50.Parents have made their feelings clear.

:07:51. > :07:56.In marches and meetings, raising concerns about school

:07:57. > :07:58.budgets and plans to change monies shared across England.

:07:59. > :08:01.It has pushed England schools onto the election

:08:02. > :08:08.Labour is promising ?4.8 billion for school budgets in England.

:08:09. > :08:12.A real terms increase over four years, with ?335 million to make

:08:13. > :08:16.sure that no school loses from a new funding formula.

:08:17. > :08:22.Corporation tax would rise from 19% to 26% by 2021

:08:23. > :08:25.to pay for this and other education promises.

:08:26. > :08:29.The Liberal Democrats say they would put ?5.8 billion

:08:30. > :08:33.into real-time rises in school budgets, including making sure no

:08:34. > :08:36.school loses from the funding formula and per pupil increases

:08:37. > :08:46.But it will not say how they will pay for this

:08:47. > :08:49.What Labour and the Liberal Democrats are

:08:50. > :08:51.saying is quite different from what our current

:08:52. > :08:57.You either raise taxes as Labour is talking about,

:08:58. > :08:59.raising them significantly to pay for a public

:09:00. > :09:02.service, or you reduce spending on public service and keep the tax

:09:03. > :09:08.Teaching unions have welcomed the promises.

:09:09. > :09:10.Schools have been facing financial pressures.

:09:11. > :09:16.After 20 years of regular increases in funding,

:09:17. > :09:18.the Conservatives say that school funding has reached

:09:19. > :09:33.We have already spoken to the Liberal Democrats and we will speak

:09:34. > :09:36.to the Labour Shadow education secretary in a few moment's time.

:09:37. > :09:39.The Crown Prosecution Service is expected to announce later this

:09:40. > :09:42.morning whether any Conservative politicians or officials will be

:09:43. > :09:43.charged with breaking rules on election campaign

:09:44. > :09:47.The CPS has been considering files sent by the police from

:09:48. > :09:50.Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo joins us

:09:51. > :10:03.Can we talk about these files and background to all of this? This

:10:04. > :10:08.investigation relates to the 2015 general election when it is claimed

:10:09. > :10:13.that the Conservative Party misreported its spending on the

:10:14. > :10:18.campaign. There are complex rules and strict limits on what can be

:10:19. > :10:22.spent locally and what can be spent nationally. The allegations are that

:10:23. > :10:26.the Conservative Party declared as national spending, it was actually

:10:27. > :10:30.local. The Conservative Party says there was no intent to deceive.

:10:31. > :10:36.There was an administrative error when it came to things like Hotel

:10:37. > :10:39.bills and battle buses. They say that their spending has been

:10:40. > :10:45.properly reported in most areas. But we have 16 police forces

:10:46. > :10:51.investigating 27 constituencies around the country. Key marginal

:10:52. > :10:56.constituencies so the claim is that more money was pumped into them to

:10:57. > :11:02.make sure the result went the way of the Conservative Party. The CPS

:11:03. > :11:05.needs to decide if there is enough evidence to prosecute any election

:11:06. > :11:10.agents all politicians and whether that prosecution would be in the

:11:11. > :11:13.public interest. The Conservative Party have already been fined but as

:11:14. > :11:20.yet there has been no action by the CPS. If they do choose to prosecute

:11:21. > :11:25.any politicians, this could be a huge problem because tomorrow is the

:11:26. > :11:28.deadline for the selection of candidatess in this election. So

:11:29. > :11:35.many candidates are being prosecuted and there could be a scramble to

:11:36. > :11:40.replace them. Politicians out and about, talking to the public and in

:11:41. > :11:44.various TV studios such as the Prime Minister yesterday with her husband.

:11:45. > :11:51.Did we learn anything? A different setting to see Theresa May there on

:11:52. > :11:55.the sofar when her husband made his first broadcast interview last

:11:56. > :11:59.night. This was an attempt to make politicians relatable, a more relate

:12:00. > :12:04.able to the public rather than just seeing them on the stump or going

:12:05. > :12:07.around the country campaigning. It was a personal interview that

:12:08. > :12:12.Theresa May and her husband gave, they were talking about when they

:12:13. > :12:15.first met, their wedding pictures, their domestic duties. We learnt

:12:16. > :12:22.that Theresa May takes out the bins. He was praising her for her cooking.

:12:23. > :12:25.He was a supportive and loyal husband, and nodding along and

:12:26. > :12:29.talking about being the husband of the Prime Minister and what a

:12:30. > :12:36.privilege it was. There were still plenty of slogans from Theresa May,

:12:37. > :12:41.albeit in a relaxed setting although I think viewers will have seen the

:12:42. > :12:45.Prime Minister in a different light. Jeremy Corbyn will also be on the

:12:46. > :12:48.One Show. We will talk about that when that happens.

:12:49. > :12:51.Roads in England and Wales are in danger of becoming

:12:52. > :12:53.increasingly "lawless" because of cuts to traffic policing.

:12:54. > :12:57.That's the key finding of a major report by the charity RoadPeace.

:12:58. > :13:00.It also claims there has been a "significant shift" to training

:13:01. > :13:02.courses, which it said are less effective than prosecution.

:13:03. > :13:05.The National Police Chiefs Council says it's strengthened the way roads

:13:06. > :13:08.are policed - and is working to assess the effectiveness

:13:09. > :13:11.A new study published in the British Medical Journal

:13:12. > :13:14.points to a link between high doses of some painkillers -

:13:15. > :13:18.It builds on previous research that suggests anti-inflammatory

:13:19. > :13:20.painkillers like ibuprofen, could be connected to some heart problems.

:13:21. > :13:23.Scientists said the findings were not clear cut and other

:13:24. > :13:31.not just the pills, could be involved.

:13:32. > :13:34.The main issue in the election campaign today is education funding.

:13:35. > :13:36.Labour and the Liberal Democrats are promising a major cash

:13:37. > :13:48.We're joined now by Labour's Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner.

:13:49. > :13:57.Good morning and welcome to the red sofa. Loads... I'm sure thousands of

:13:58. > :14:05.parents will be watching this show this morning. If Labour were elected

:14:06. > :14:09.in one month's time, what would the education system, what would a

:14:10. > :14:13.school look like under a Labour government? It would be fully

:14:14. > :14:17.funded, first of all. I want to reassure parents that that is what

:14:18. > :14:24.we will do. Our plan, an exciting one, is the national education

:14:25. > :14:27.service, mirrored off the NHS because I believe it will be

:14:28. > :14:32.transformative like the health service. It means that schools will

:14:33. > :14:36.have the money they need and adult education as well will be free at

:14:37. > :14:39.the point of use so people can return to education. Many children

:14:40. > :14:46.and many adults like me who did not have those Apogee Nitties when we

:14:47. > :14:50.were young, would like to be able to go back and be retrained. -- did not

:14:51. > :14:54.have those opportunities when we were young. You said it would be

:14:55. > :15:00.fully funded let's discuss the funding. This will be funded,

:15:01. > :15:13.apparently, by savings from the corporation tax. You know how many

:15:14. > :15:17.the Conservatives say -- policies the Conservatives say you say will

:15:18. > :15:25.be funded by the Conservative tax, things like British steel, public

:15:26. > :15:28.pay restraint, introducing maintenance, scrapping tuition fee,

:15:29. > :15:33.reversing changes to universal credit, the triple or pension,

:15:34. > :15:38.social care of the NHS, the school budget and charisma and payment.

:15:39. > :15:45.Corporation tax is currently at 19%. You say you will raise it to 26% by

:15:46. > :15:49.2021. Not one study says that in order to pay for these policies that

:15:50. > :15:52.you believe will be paid for by Corporation sex, corporation tax

:15:53. > :16:06.would need to rise to 28% now. Let's be clear, we haven't said

:16:07. > :16:10.that. We will release the full list in our manifesto, but we have been

:16:11. > :16:15.absolutely clear, and I make no apologies, the Conservatives have

:16:16. > :16:18.cut corporation tax to the lowest in the G20. We will raise corporation

:16:19. > :16:22.tax and make sure that small businesses are protected and that

:16:23. > :16:25.businesses will get the skills they require from British workers when

:16:26. > :16:29.they are trained properly. And we will still be the lowest in the G7

:16:30. > :16:34.when we have raised the corporation tax as well. It is a responsible way

:16:35. > :16:37.of paying the public services and making sure that fishworkers and

:16:38. > :16:41.British children get the education and the opportunities to work in

:16:42. > :16:46.skilled manufacturing industries, et cetera, of the future. And that will

:16:47. > :16:51.help British businesses. Louise mentioned this to the democrat

:16:52. > :16:56.earlier as well. Why isn't it included -- Liberal Democrats

:16:57. > :17:00.earlier as well. Why hasn't it included? Well, I wanted to give

:17:01. > :17:04.reassurances to parents, like you said, who are concerned up and down

:17:05. > :17:08.the country that they are facing redundancies of their teaching

:17:09. > :17:11.assistants in classrooms. Giving them reassurances first of all that

:17:12. > :17:15.our priority is that our education services will be fully funded. Then

:17:16. > :17:18.I wanted to announce about adult education. There are a lot of

:17:19. > :17:21.announcements are made today and during the manifesto process,

:17:22. > :17:25.throughout the couple of weeks that we have now, Labour will make sure

:17:26. > :17:28.that the promises we give to the public are fully costed, and our

:17:29. > :17:32.promises will be delivered if Labour get into power on June the eighth.

:17:33. > :17:35.The Tories have failed to deliver on their promises and they have broken

:17:36. > :17:38.their contract with the British people when they promised not to

:17:39. > :17:43.reintroduce grammar schools and promised funding to our schools, and

:17:44. > :17:46.broke that promise. I know this isn't the Brexit election, but

:17:47. > :17:50.according to recent polls, if you believe the polls, 40% of voters say

:17:51. > :17:54.they will make a decision based on that relationship with the EU. Can I

:17:55. > :17:58.ask you to clear up the Labour position? For a few weeks you have

:17:59. > :18:02.been saying that the coming out of the EU is a done deal and Jeremy

:18:03. > :18:05.Corbyn seemed a little unclear that yesterday, refusing to answer

:18:06. > :18:09.specific questions. Can you clear up our viewers, what is the position?

:18:10. > :18:14.Is it done and sorted, or other steel arguments to be had with

:18:15. > :18:18.regard to Labour policy on that? Well, I am clear. The Prime Minister

:18:19. > :18:23.said she needed this election... What are Labour saying? I will tell

:18:24. > :18:26.you that. We are clear on Article 50 being triggered. We are coming out

:18:27. > :18:30.of Europe. Everyone in Parliament accepts that we are coming out of

:18:31. > :18:36.Europe. Why would an Jeremy Corbyn answer that question, when he was

:18:37. > :18:39.directly asked its? Well, I didn't see that interview. We have been

:18:40. > :18:43.clear and in all my conversations with Jeremy and the Shadow Cabinet,

:18:44. > :18:48.it has been clear we are coming out of Europe, and it is about what kind

:18:49. > :18:51.of deal we get coming out of Europe. I want to protect jobs in the

:18:52. > :18:54.north-west, the north-east, the Midlands, that feel left behind. We

:18:55. > :18:58.want a Brexit that works for everybody in the UK. The working

:18:59. > :19:01.class of the UK feel left behind. I want to invest in young people and

:19:02. > :19:06.children and make sure that Brexit works for them. And Jeremy Corbyn is

:19:07. > :19:11.going to be on the One show. Did you see it last night? I have seen all

:19:12. > :19:16.the papers this morning, and she was talking about her husband taking out

:19:17. > :19:24.the bins. Who takes out the bins in your house? It is whoever is there

:19:25. > :19:30.at the time. Half the time it is -- likely it is colour-coded, and we

:19:31. > :19:35.know which to take out Wenn. And we will be talking about the appearance

:19:36. > :19:36.on the One Show with the Prime Minister.

:19:37. > :19:40.Carol is at Kew Gardens with the weather this morning.

:19:41. > :19:48.It is looking lovely there this morning. It certainly is. I am on

:19:49. > :19:51.the south side of Kew Gardens at the Oriental hub, and you can see behind

:19:52. > :19:56.me the beautiful Japanese gateway. That is an exact replica of a

:19:57. > :20:03.Japanese gateway in Kyoto, Japan, the Rugby World Cup will be held on

:20:04. > :20:07.2019. It is a cold start in the lowest temperature overnight was

:20:08. > :20:12.just below minus three. Here, the temperature is rising. It is now

:20:13. > :20:15.6.7, but it feels chilly and in parts of rural Oxfordshire it is

:20:16. > :20:20.just a roundabout 0.1 Celsius. You need to wrap up warmly, and it will

:20:21. > :20:24.be a warm day. You will be shedding it later on in the day. Talking of

:20:25. > :20:28.such things, it will be sunnier and a warm day that it was yesterday

:20:29. > :20:33.from any of us, with one or two exceptions. With other forecast at

:20:34. > :20:37.9am, across Scotland. The North of Scotland will have a lot of cloud

:20:38. > :20:41.and rain on and off throughout the course of the day, and it will feel

:20:42. > :20:44.cold. A bit more cloud across south-west Scotland as well, but for

:20:45. > :20:48.the rest of Scotland we are looking at some sunshine. In the northern

:20:49. > :20:52.England, you have a cold start as well. A little bit patchy fog, which

:20:53. > :21:00.will now be starting to clear, and then we will see some sunshine and

:21:01. > :21:04.is becoming the Midlands, East Anglia and the south-east generally,

:21:05. > :21:07.again it is a a dry and cold start. A little bit more cloud extending

:21:08. > :21:11.from Essex towards London, that will and break and break and we will have

:21:12. > :21:13.some warm skies. Across southern counties, the South Midlands and

:21:14. > :21:17.into the south-west, a similar story. Again it is a chilly start.

:21:18. > :21:20.Patchy fog, it won't last much longer and we are in the clear

:21:21. > :21:27.skies. Wales seeing some sunshine from the word go, but nifty if you

:21:28. > :21:30.are just stepping out. For Northern Ireland it is a beautiful day ahead

:21:31. > :21:34.that they will be more cloud around that you have been used to this

:21:35. > :21:38.week. Through the course of the date you will find the rain will remain

:21:39. > :21:42.on and off throughout northern Scotland, and for the rest of us it

:21:43. > :21:46.will be a beautiful, dry sunny day, if that is what you like. And we are

:21:47. > :21:49.losing all that low cloud we had crossed the North Sea coastline,

:21:50. > :21:52.because we don't have that onshore flow. Anywhere across England and

:21:53. > :21:56.Wales we could hit between 18 and 20, generally we are looking at a

:21:57. > :21:59.range between 15 and 18 apart from the Northern Isles, where it will be

:22:00. > :22:02.cold. Talking of such things, through the evening and overnight

:22:03. > :22:06.period the rain in northern Scotland will drift a bit further south into

:22:07. > :22:10.the north of mainland Scotland. Many of clear skies. It will be some

:22:11. > :22:13.frost. Not as cold as last night, so there will be some frost but some

:22:14. > :22:16.showers crossing the English Channel, getting in the south-west

:22:17. > :22:20.England by dawn. Tomorrow we will see a few more of those showers

:22:21. > :22:23.before they fade, and then they will rejuvenate once again through the

:22:24. > :22:26.course of the afternoon, and some of those will be heavy and thundery

:22:27. > :22:31.with hail, with sunshine in between. They will be fairly hit and miss but

:22:32. > :22:34.the rest of the UK it will be a sunny, dry and warm day, again with

:22:35. > :22:38.temperatures locally up to 20 Celsius. Dry out across the North of

:22:39. > :22:41.Scotland. By Friday we will get a band of showery rain moving up

:22:42. > :22:44.across the English Channel, heading across southern parts of England and

:22:45. > :22:48.Wales on its journey northwards. Some of that again will be heavy and

:22:49. > :22:51.thundery, with some hail. Could lead to some local surface water issues

:22:52. > :22:55.on some of the roads, for example, something to bear in mind. As we

:22:56. > :22:58.head into the weekend that remains sunshine and showers with

:22:59. > :23:02.temperatures gradually coming back to where we would expect them to be

:23:03. > :23:06.at this stage in May. Thank you very much. It really does look gorgeous

:23:07. > :23:11.there. We will be back at Kew Gardens later in the day, speaking

:23:12. > :23:17.to Shane Williams, for whom raking is very important, and Jonny

:23:18. > :23:21.Wilkinson, about the draw for the Rugby World Cup a little later in

:23:22. > :23:24.the programme. They will not be talking about that, though. They

:23:25. > :23:30.will be talking about rugby, not about raking.

:23:31. > :23:40.Last night saw another dramatic twist for American politics as

:23:41. > :23:45.Donald Trump fired FBI James Comey, the man leading investigations into

:23:46. > :23:49.Trump links with Russia. Questions have been raised over the timing of

:23:50. > :23:56.the decision. Earlier in the programme a political analyst spoke

:23:57. > :24:00.to us from our Washington studio. This announcement was told to James

:24:01. > :24:04.Comey while he was addressing staff elsewhere in the US. I wonder what

:24:05. > :24:08.the initial reaction was in Washington and across America? This

:24:09. > :24:12.is actually a major bombshell here in the United States, and I would

:24:13. > :24:15.say this is actually a constitutional and governmental

:24:16. > :24:19.crisis we are then take place in the United States right now. Yesterday

:24:20. > :24:23.we saw testimony from fired acting Attorney General Sallie Yates where

:24:24. > :24:28.she actually confirmed that former NSA direct general Michael Flynn,

:24:29. > :24:33.who was also fired, was actually conquer most and susceptible to

:24:34. > :24:38.bribes from the Russians -- Sally Yates. And today we have an equally

:24:39. > :24:45.stunning bombshell that President Trump unexpectedly and inexplicably

:24:46. > :24:49.has fired James Comey. So I think right now policymakers in Washington

:24:50. > :24:53.are reeling, both on the right on the left, from this news today. I

:24:54. > :24:58.suppose you can look at it, and some I have already seen have said that

:24:59. > :25:01.this is a sign that as an Trump is a strong leader able to take big

:25:02. > :25:09.decisions, and at the other end of things in a radio discussion they

:25:10. > :25:12.were using the word Nixonian, just like Nixon, who sacked the special

:25:13. > :25:19.prosecutor because he didn't want him to investigate.

:25:20. > :25:21.Absolutely, and looking at the timing of this,

:25:22. > :25:23.there are subpoenas coming down from the FBI

:25:24. > :25:26.into this investigation, looking ties between the Trump

:25:27. > :25:30.And so we are actually seeing this investigation began to heat up

:25:31. > :25:33.with these subpoenas calling on associates of General Michael

:25:34. > :25:37.And so many will look at this and say that this is Donald Trump's

:25:38. > :25:41.efforts to try to slow down this investigation.

:25:42. > :25:48.And I think what you are going to have now are calls

:25:49. > :25:55.for an independent investigation, someone who is out of the realm

:25:56. > :25:57.of the Trump circle, someone who cannot be bullied,

:25:58. > :25:59.someone who cannot be controlled by the Trump

:26:00. > :26:02.administration, by attorney general Jeff Sessions and others.

:26:03. > :26:05.And I think those calls are going to grow louder and louder.

:26:06. > :26:07.But additionally, I think if and when

:26:08. > :26:10.Donald Trump decides to actually nominate an FBI director,

:26:11. > :26:12.you're going to see a knockdown, drag-out

:26:13. > :26:15.fight in the Senate, in terms of the confirmation

:26:16. > :26:20.for that person to be the next FBI director.

:26:21. > :26:23.It is certainly not going to go quietly, is it?

:26:24. > :26:28.Because people now are asking the question what was

:26:29. > :26:33.I wonder what the public perception and is at the FBI?

:26:34. > :26:36.How will this go down that law enforcement in America?

:26:37. > :26:39.Sure, the FBI has had a long and troubled history,

:26:40. > :26:41.particularly going back to its first FBI director,

:26:42. > :26:44.J Edgar Hoover, and many of us know about many of his antics

:26:45. > :26:54.And at one time J Edgar Hoover was seen as the most powerful person

:26:55. > :26:56.in the United States, more powerful even than presidents.

:26:57. > :27:01.And so that is something that the FBI has

:27:02. > :27:04.actually had to try and grapple with, and a dark history

:27:05. > :27:07.that they have actually had to try to shake

:27:08. > :27:11.And so now, when you saw James Comey come out with this letter,

:27:12. > :27:14.and many believe that he played an integral role in shaping

:27:15. > :27:17.the outcome of the 2016 election, and that's something that has

:27:18. > :27:24.And so today, to have this firing by Donald

:27:25. > :27:28.Trump, I think it just really just threw many people for a loop,

:27:29. > :27:31.and I think even Republicans are now grappling with how

:27:32. > :27:36.But more importantly, now, many Americans are going to be

:27:37. > :27:39.waking up today just trying to figure out who's in charge,

:27:40. > :27:42.and now you see this latest blow to the

:27:43. > :27:44.nation's premier law enforcement agency.

:27:45. > :27:47.And I think it just really puts people under -

:27:48. > :27:50.under the issue of where do things stand and who was actually

:27:51. > :27:57.And that's something that the President is going to have

:27:58. > :31:32.remains 18, maybe 19 Celsius, and night-time temperatures remain

:31:33. > :31:35.I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

:31:36. > :31:43.Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:31:44. > :31:49.President Trump has fired the head of the FBI James Comey in a move

:31:50. > :31:54.He'd been leading an investigation into alleged links between the Trump

:31:55. > :32:00.The White House says Mr Comey "has been terminated and removed

:32:01. > :32:06.from office", but his dismissal has nothing to do with the inquiry.

:32:07. > :32:08.Drayton Manor theme park in Staffordshire says it will not

:32:09. > :32:11.open to the public today after the death of an 11-year-old

:32:12. > :32:17.The Year 6 pupil, who has not been named, was on a trip

:32:18. > :32:19.with her school, the Jameah Girls Academy in Leicester.

:32:20. > :32:22.In a statement the school said it was providing support

:32:23. > :32:25.to its pupils and staff and requested time to grieve.

:32:26. > :32:31.Senior management at the theme park said they were shocked

:32:32. > :32:35.Labour and the Liberal Democrats have pledged billions of pounds

:32:36. > :32:37.in extra school funding if they win the general election,

:32:38. > :32:40.to ensure budgets in England keep up with rising costs.

:32:41. > :32:44.Both parties also say no school would lose out as a result

:32:45. > :32:48.of a new funding formula to divide money across the country.

:32:49. > :32:54.But the Conservatives say school funding has reached record levels

:32:55. > :32:56.in their government and questioned Labour's plans to use

:32:57. > :33:02.Corporation Tax rises to pay for their plans.

:33:03. > :33:04.The Crown Prosecution Service is expected to announce later this

:33:05. > :33:07.morning whether any Conservative politicians or officials will be

:33:08. > :33:10.charged with breaking rules on election campaign

:33:11. > :33:15.The CPS has been considering files sent by the police from

:33:16. > :33:20.The party has insisted that administrative errors were to blame

:33:21. > :33:22.for any spending which was incorrectly declared.

:33:23. > :33:29.Roads in England and Wales are in danger of becoming

:33:30. > :33:31.increasingly "lawless" because of cuts to traffic policing.

:33:32. > :33:34.That's the key finding of a major report by the charity RoadPeace.

:33:35. > :33:37.It also claims there has been a "significant shift" to training

:33:38. > :33:39.courses, which it said are less effective than prosecution.

:33:40. > :33:42.The National Police Chiefs Council says it's strengthened the way roads

:33:43. > :33:45.are policed - and is working to assess the effectiveness

:33:46. > :33:52.The star of the film Captain America, Chris Evans,

:33:53. > :33:55.said he wanted to "curl up" after filming a bedtime

:33:56. > :34:06.A busy day helping people and saving the world. Good work, Teddy.

:34:07. > :34:09.He's recorded a few stories, including one story about showing

:34:10. > :34:11.children how to cope when they feel overwhelmed.

:34:12. > :34:21.You can see it on Cbeebies at ten to 7 tonight.

:34:22. > :34:30.What a wonderful tradition it is. Can you remember any of the books

:34:31. > :34:40.you did? There was one about fish, I cannot remember the title. I had one

:34:41. > :34:44.about sitting on the naughty step. It is likely Michael McIntyre

:34:45. > :34:50.sketch, you find just off talking to a parrot. An inanimate object. It is

:34:51. > :34:57.such good fun. It is wonderful. Carol will have the weather shortly

:34:58. > :35:05.but first let's talk Andy Murray. Yes. One fortnight or so until the

:35:06. > :35:09.French open. He is back from one months out after his elbow

:35:10. > :35:13.operation. He says he is a long way to go and he needs to get better. It

:35:14. > :35:17.was not brilliant but he is through and things are wrong course after a

:35:18. > :35:20.couple of slipups in recent tournaments. -- things are on

:35:21. > :35:22.course. Andy Murray is through to

:35:23. > :35:24.the third round in Madrid. He beat Romania's Marius

:35:25. > :35:27.Copil in straight sets. Murray was far from his best early

:35:28. > :35:31.on but his serve was never in danger He's bidding to make the final

:35:32. > :35:35.for the third year in a row. Juventus have reached their second

:35:36. > :35:38.Champions League final in three years - they beat Monaco

:35:39. > :35:40.4-1 on aggregate. Dani Alves scored with a cracking

:35:41. > :35:43.volley as they won 2-1 They'll take on Real

:35:44. > :35:47.or Atletico Madrid in next month's Real are 3-0 up going

:35:48. > :35:53.into tonight's second leg. Dundee United came from behind

:35:54. > :35:58.to win 2-1 at Greenock Morton in the first leg of their Scottish

:35:59. > :36:01.Premiership play-off quarter-final. And England striker Toni Duggan

:36:02. > :36:04.scored a hat-trick in 18 minutes as Manchester City won

:36:05. > :36:06.3-0 at Bristol City in the Women's Super

:36:07. > :36:12.League Spring Series. He was the most expensive player

:36:13. > :36:15.ever when he moved from Juventus to Manchester United last summer -

:36:16. > :36:18.but now Fifa are investigating They want to know who was involved

:36:19. > :36:25.in the 89.3 million pound deal - and how much money

:36:26. > :36:27.they got out of it. United say Fifa have the necessary

:36:28. > :36:35.documents from last August. FIFA has decided to replace two

:36:36. > :36:39.of the investigators it brought Cornel Borbely and judge

:36:40. > :36:43.Hans-Joachim Eckert have banned numerous football officials -

:36:44. > :36:46.including former Fifa president Sepp They say the decision to replace

:36:47. > :36:50.them means FIFA's efforts to reform are effectively over,

:36:51. > :37:05.which will jeopardise They will hold a press conference

:37:06. > :37:08.this morning so I am sure we will hear more later on.

:37:09. > :37:12.Tour de France Champion Chris Froome had a lucky escape yesterday,

:37:13. > :37:15.when he was knocked off his bike while training near his

:37:16. > :37:19.The British rider, who wasn't hurt, posted this picture on social media

:37:20. > :37:36.He will be going for three back-to-back wins this summer.

:37:37. > :37:39.Stage four of the Giro d'Italia was a good one for the British

:37:40. > :37:43.riders - but not so much for the leader at the start

:37:44. > :37:46.He rather misjudged his speed at a corner,

:37:47. > :37:49.taking a number of riders the wrong way with him.

:37:50. > :37:52.Geraint Thomas moved up to second place, behind new leader

:37:53. > :37:55.Bob Jungels, with Adam Yates third, after an edgy stage.

:37:56. > :38:07.Everyone was watching each other so nobody really went and there was a

:38:08. > :38:12.headwind in the last couple of K so everybody was apprehensive but I

:38:13. > :38:12.felt good and it was nice to win the Sprint.

:38:13. > :38:16.We've got the draw for the Rugby World Cup to look forward

:38:17. > :38:19.to this morning - and next month, Jamie Roberts will captain Wales

:38:20. > :38:23.for their Tests against Tonga and Samoa.

:38:24. > :38:26.Roberts missed out on a third tour with the Lions -

:38:27. > :38:29.but will be in New Zealand with Wales as take on Tonga

:38:30. > :38:35.in Auckland on June the 16th before travelling to Samoa a week later.

:38:36. > :38:47.We will be talking to them later. I think they are in the Japanese

:38:48. > :38:51.garden with Carol. I think that garden is a beautiful calming thing

:38:52. > :38:57.and I know some people may not believe that gravel to be charming

:38:58. > :39:03.but I think it will be lovely. I am more interested in talking to the

:39:04. > :39:09.rugby players. We will find out who England and Wales will be playing in

:39:10. > :39:16.2019 in Japan at about nine o'clock this morning. I am sure if you want

:39:17. > :39:25.to ask about the gravel, they will add further anything. -- anther. --

:39:26. > :39:27.answer. The party leaders are in full

:39:28. > :39:29.campaign mode, as the general election approaches, but last night

:39:30. > :39:32.it was the Prime Minister's husband Theresa and Philip May appeared

:39:33. > :39:36.together on last night's One Show, for an interview which gave

:39:37. > :39:39.us a little insight We found out who puts the bins out,

:39:40. > :39:49.and whether it was love Let's get down to the nitty-gritty

:39:50. > :39:53.then, Philip. How hard is it to win a negotiation with your wife? There

:39:54. > :39:59.is give-and-take in every marriage. I get to decide when I take the bins

:40:00. > :40:05.out, not if. There are boy jobs and girl jobs, you see. What is your

:40:06. > :40:09.earliest memory of wanting to become Prime Minister. Many people say that

:40:10. > :40:16.it just happened, you did not want to. What is the truth on that? There

:40:17. > :40:22.are a couple of stories going around which I do not recognise. One of the

:40:23. > :40:26.other things I was taught by my parents is whatever job you are

:40:27. > :40:30.doing, just get on and do your best. That is how I have approached

:40:31. > :40:39.everything in my career. So that is what I was doing. I knew you were

:40:40. > :40:43.interested in politics but I never heard her say she wanted to be Prime

:40:44. > :40:49.Minister and tissue was quite established in the shadow Cabinet.

:40:50. > :40:55.Do you try to leave work at Number 10? Philip, what do you see your

:40:56. > :41:00.role as being here? To give my wife as much support as I possibly can.

:41:01. > :41:05.It is a difficult job with difficult decisions and many things you need

:41:06. > :41:14.to work harder. I think I am there to give her as much support as I

:41:15. > :41:18.can. It is a 2-way street. If you did not watch the show last night,

:41:19. > :41:20.is this the way forward for political campaigning?

:41:21. > :41:23.Do people need to know the personalities

:41:24. > :41:26.Joining us now is Steven Fielding, a Professor of Political History,

:41:27. > :41:29.and from our London studio is freelance political journalist

:41:30. > :41:39.Good morning to you both. Thank you for talking to us. Wasn't it into

:41:40. > :41:43.resting? We're used to seeing Theresa May talk about policy and

:41:44. > :41:50.she has said words that we know she uses a lot. But talking personally,

:41:51. > :41:55.you can see she seems uncomfortable. She did not get into politics to

:41:56. > :41:59.discuss her marriage but at that level when you are Prime Minister it

:42:00. > :42:05.is something that people want to know. They want to know about you.

:42:06. > :42:11.Do the electorate care? Do they do it is a good way for politicians to

:42:12. > :42:20.communicate with their electorate. One of the best ways to win over an

:42:21. > :42:25.audience is to convince them that your character is the same as

:42:26. > :42:30.theirs. So by going on television she shows that she is a normal order

:42:31. > :42:37.nary person with a long-term marriage and an emotional life. She

:42:38. > :42:42.got married, we saw pictures of her as a young wife and it establishes a

:42:43. > :42:47.rapport that she would otherwise not have, just by standing on a Laxton.

:42:48. > :42:53.They do have an audience of several millions. How do you think they came

:42:54. > :43:00.across? Is it important that people see her husband as well, do you

:43:01. > :43:04.think? I agree that that is what the electorate expect at this point. But

:43:05. > :43:10.I do not think she shows her at her best. She is not a relaxed chitchat

:43:11. > :43:25.person. What we saw was a nervous awkward appearance and she kept

:43:26. > :43:29.trying to awkwardly shoehorn her policies into the discussion. She

:43:30. > :43:34.was shown a wedding picture and asked what it reminded her of an she

:43:35. > :43:39.said it reminded her of a stable childhood, strong and stable being

:43:40. > :43:48.her current slogan. I think she came across as an easy. What is working

:43:49. > :43:55.at the moment on the doorsteps is her... The way she presents herself

:43:56. > :44:03.formally. Her brand is very strong, very... Sort of straightforward.

:44:04. > :44:08.Whereas when the curtain is pulled away she does not show a lot of

:44:09. > :44:15.charisma I don't think this will play well. What is interesting is

:44:16. > :44:21.that the Conservatives now that the key policy is to put Theresa May

:44:22. > :44:26.front and centre. Conservatives is in small letters on the posters,

:44:27. > :44:33.they are Theresa May's team. Putting her in that position is playing well

:44:34. > :44:36.for them at the moment. It is. She has established that she is strong,

:44:37. > :44:44.promises strong leadership. Last night was quite useful to cause it

:44:45. > :44:48.broadens out and softens the image a little bit. Even Margaret Thatcher,

:44:49. > :44:51.the original iron Lady allowed herself to be photographed as a

:44:52. > :44:56.housewife in the early day because they want to show that they will

:44:57. > :45:04.provide leadership but they are also an ordinary person. The strength is

:45:05. > :45:08.the most important thing but to be, to have a relationship with that

:45:09. > :45:14.person at the top is important. Rich people who may be having doubts

:45:15. > :45:20.about it being too harsh, they may move to her direction. In America,

:45:21. > :45:25.of course, there is an important role, the first Lady. It is unusual

:45:26. > :45:32.here, isn't it, to get that sort of insight into the husband and wife of

:45:33. > :45:37.the Prime Minister. I think Philip came across well and definitely an

:45:38. > :45:44.asset. The one moment where he was in which we showed you in the clip

:45:45. > :45:51.was when he revealed that she had her eyes on the top job for at least

:45:52. > :45:56.seven years. That is not... That was slightly off message. But he does

:45:57. > :46:03.humanise her because, you know, here's a little more and jokey. And,

:46:04. > :46:06.yeah, I think he definitely came across well. Thank you both.

:46:07. > :46:09.Jeremy Corbyn will also be interviewed on The One Show before

:46:10. > :46:14.the general election and we'll discuss that here when it happens.

:46:15. > :46:25.Carol is at Kew Gardens with the weather this morning.

:46:26. > :46:32.Good morning. Good morning all. It certainly is glorious. The sun is

:46:33. > :46:36.coming out and it is beautiful. We are in the southern side of Kew

:46:37. > :46:40.Gardens, a lot of construction taking place at the moment. The

:46:41. > :46:44.pagoda is being worked on, and the temperate building, there is a big

:46:45. > :46:48.glasshouse which will be unveiled next year. You can see behind me the

:46:49. > :46:53.beautiful Japanese gateway. That is a replica of an actual Japanese

:46:54. > :47:00.gateway, from Kyoto, Japan. Which of course is where the Rugby World Cup

:47:01. > :47:05.is being held in 2019. The sun is coming out now. It is nice and warm,

:47:06. > :47:09.but if you are out of the sun and it is chilly. Many of us are cold start

:47:10. > :47:13.to the day. Some frost around, a bit of patchy fog which is starting to

:47:14. > :47:17.lift and for most it will be a dry day with a lot of sunshine, and

:47:18. > :47:21.feeling rather nice. Across the north of Scotland at 9am we have a

:47:22. > :47:31.lot of cloud, and also some patchy rain which will be on and off

:47:32. > :47:34.through the course of the day. A bit more cloud across south-west

:47:35. > :47:37.Scotland yesterday. The rest of Scotland sunny. Northern England has

:47:38. > :47:40.a chilly start, patchy fog starting to lift, and then we have the

:47:41. > :47:44.sunshine. Down through the Midlands, into East Anglia, Essex and Kent, a

:47:45. > :47:46.lot of sunshine. From Hampshire down towards the Isle of Wight points

:47:47. > :47:50.west, towards Cornwall. Some sunshine after a chilly start and

:47:51. > :47:53.Wales a similar story. Any fog patches now lifting quite nicely.

:47:54. > :47:57.Northern Ireland will find there is a little more cloud around and we

:47:58. > :48:00.have had in recent days, but it will still be dry and pleasant if you

:48:01. > :48:04.like that scenario. Through the course of the day the rain will be

:48:05. > :48:09.on and off across northern Scotland. For the rest of us it is going to be

:48:10. > :48:12.dry and it is going to be sunny, quite a different date along the

:48:13. > :48:16.east coast compared to of late, because we have lost that onshore

:48:17. > :48:19.flow. It will be sunny, and it will feel warmer as a result.

:48:20. > :48:23.Temperatures across England and Wales could locally hit 20 Celsius,

:48:24. > :48:27.but across the UK generally we are looking at 15 to 18 except in the

:48:28. > :48:30.Northern Isles where we have that rain. Here it will feel cold.

:48:31. > :48:34.Through the evening and overnight the rain across the north of

:48:35. > :48:38.Scotland will slowly sink across the far north of mainland Scotland.

:48:39. > :48:42.There will be a lot of clear skies around as well, some frost as well

:48:43. > :48:45.and by the end of the night we will be seeing some showers coming across

:48:46. > :48:49.the Channel Islands, and possibly in the south-west England. Tomorrow we

:48:50. > :48:53.start with the showers in southern counties, but they will fade. There

:48:54. > :48:56.will be some sunshine but they will rejuvenate through the afternoon,

:48:57. > :49:00.and some of those could be heavy and thundery, with some hail. North of

:49:01. > :49:04.that you are looking at another belter of a day. Dry, sunny and

:49:05. > :49:08.pleasantly warm with high is up to 20 Celsius. But if it is rain you

:49:09. > :49:11.are after, it is coming our way. On Friday and other system coming from

:49:12. > :49:29.the south will introduce rain initially across southern and Wales.

:49:30. > :49:32.Some of that will be heavy and thundery, with some hail. You might

:49:33. > :49:35.also find it could lead to some local surface water flooding. But as

:49:36. > :49:39.we move north of that, the conditions are a bit drier but the

:49:40. > :49:43.showers will develop as we go through the course of the afternoon.

:49:44. > :49:46.And as we head into the weekend, again we are looking at a mixture of

:49:47. > :49:49.sunshine and also some showers around, and temperatures gradually

:49:50. > :49:58.coming back to where they should be. We have been talking about the rake

:49:59. > :50:04.all morning, well, I have been sent to a training area where I can learn

:50:05. > :50:09.how to rake. I attach rice crispies to my car wheels to make it sound

:50:10. > :50:11.like I am doing it. I don't know whether we will talk about the

:50:12. > :50:12.gravel later, but anyway. The construction industry

:50:13. > :50:14.is struggling to find enough workers TV architect George Clarke has

:50:15. > :50:19.a big plan to fix that, and he is talking to

:50:20. > :50:27.Steph this morning. Good morning to you both. I am quite

:50:28. > :50:29.shocked about your rice crispy revelation, but we will gloss over

:50:30. > :50:30.that for now. On the one hand, the construction

:50:31. > :50:34.industry in the UK is doing well because it is growing,

:50:35. > :50:37.but the problem is that the industry is struggling to attract enough

:50:38. > :50:39.people with the right skills The construction industry body says

:50:40. > :50:43.nearly 250,000 new workers are needed over

:50:44. > :50:45.the next three years. So how are we going to get more

:50:46. > :50:48.people interested in it? Architect and TV presenter

:50:49. > :51:04.George Clarke is with me. Good morning, George. Good morning.

:51:05. > :51:10.How will we get people interested in construction? Well, this has been

:51:11. > :51:18.years in the making. Today we have launched MOBI, the office of

:51:19. > :51:23.building and innovation. I think if we build better it would inspire

:51:24. > :51:27.young kids to want to engage with a UK home-building industry. We would

:51:28. > :51:30.do a better product and get more inspired kid involved in the

:51:31. > :51:35.industry and that systematic decline which has been happening for years

:51:36. > :51:39.has been really bad, a reflection on the quality of homes they are

:51:40. > :51:44.building. So how can we be more innovative? Well, we are launching

:51:45. > :51:52.some more courses, we have a masters course at Teesside University, as

:51:53. > :51:56.well as some more hands-on courses, and straightaway you think advance

:51:57. > :51:58.the construction sounds exciting compared to building and

:51:59. > :52:03.construction courses, doing plastering, concrete works and

:52:04. > :52:06.bricklaying. Not to diminish how important that is, because our

:52:07. > :52:10.existing houses always need work doing to them. To me it is about

:52:11. > :52:15.having a plan about the future of home welding in Britain. As I say,

:52:16. > :52:20.the standard of what we are building is a little bit stuck in the Dark

:52:21. > :52:25.Ages. So what will be different to what people are studying normally.

:52:26. > :52:29.Prefabrication techniques, off-site manufacturing, what they call

:52:30. > :52:32.accelerating construction, it isn't getting people involved in more

:52:33. > :52:36.controlled environments, like factories. We live in a very wet

:52:37. > :52:40.country, with respect to the weather, and building homes outside,

:52:41. > :52:45.and using traits like plastering, means it is a very slow and quite

:52:46. > :52:48.antiquated process. You look at the automotive industry, they wouldn't

:52:49. > :52:52.build a car outside. You wouldn't plaster or render the outside, and

:52:53. > :52:55.you wouldn't put any concrete in it. We now have advancements in building

:52:56. > :53:00.components which I think we can bring together to build homes on a

:53:01. > :53:06.new way. Do you think the jobs in the industry are going to change,

:53:07. > :53:10.then? I am hoping there will be a disruption of the market. I have set

:53:11. > :53:14.MOBI up to disrupt the market. The big housebuilders can build 13,000

:53:15. > :53:18.houses per year and we are looking to build 1000 1500 houses a year

:53:19. > :53:24.which we hope can inspire young people, to say that this is a really

:53:25. > :53:28.exciting place for us to live. So MOBI is about new ways of making to

:53:29. > :53:32.create new ways of living. How will the houses look different? I think

:53:33. > :53:37.when people hear about factory built homes they think prefab, that is

:53:38. > :53:42.really bad. And I get that because the way we have built prefabricated

:53:43. > :53:46.structures in the 1970s and 1980s was normally a Portakabin in the

:53:47. > :53:50.school playground, freezing in the winter and boiling in the summer.

:53:51. > :53:54.But technology has moved on so well that I think we can design homes of

:53:55. > :53:58.a much better standard and look, that don't just have to be future

:53:59. > :54:01.looking. I'm not talking about building sci-fi housing across

:54:02. > :54:04.Britain, because of the body will think that is awful. The

:54:05. > :54:09.prefabricated houses we are doing now a timber frame, and we are using

:54:10. > :54:13.traditional materials in a new and advanced way. The fact they are

:54:14. > :54:17.built on a factory means they are built quicker, the better standards,

:54:18. > :54:22.and one of the problems with the industry is the snag list, where you

:54:23. > :54:26.do a list of the defect. When you move them, listing the defects cost

:54:27. > :54:30.the industry millions to put right every year. Hopefully we can get

:54:31. > :54:33.that right in the factory beforehand. And these pioneering

:54:34. > :54:38.courses are hoping to change the industry. How do you think it will

:54:39. > :54:40.change the image? Why would this excite young people? Essentially

:54:41. > :54:44.engineering on the whole still struggles to attract people. Why

:54:45. > :54:49.will this be any different? Well, there is a massive demand for

:54:50. > :54:53.home-building. We know that. A lot of people say that innovation cost

:54:54. > :54:57.money, so that will push up house prices. For me I call it the Betamax

:54:58. > :55:02.video theory. When my father what the Betamax video, it was about 300

:55:03. > :55:08.quid. It was very expensive. Now you can get a Blu-ray DVD player for 25

:55:09. > :55:11.quid, so for me if we advance and innovate we can get house prices

:55:12. > :55:16.down at the same time. And you are right. The image of the industry is

:55:17. > :55:19.very slow, people think it is a bit painful. The image of a

:55:20. > :55:24.home-building industry is not great today. It is fantastic for 1-off,

:55:25. > :55:29.self built houses, grand design, Restoration Man, and you think why

:55:30. > :55:33.is that innovation not happening in the housebuilding industry at the

:55:34. > :55:38.same time. So you will be doing some lecturing on it as well. I am, we

:55:39. > :55:41.are hoping to all the courses out, starting at Teesside University and

:55:42. > :55:45.making some big announcements today about that. And the masters course

:55:46. > :55:49.and Tech courses are exciting. We're also going to create a new industry

:55:50. > :55:57.at Teesside for home-building. Great news for my home town. What about

:55:58. > :56:07.your TV like? I will be doing Amazing Pygott spaces, Shed of the

:56:08. > :56:14.Year. What does a good shed look like? Yesterday I was filming the

:56:15. > :56:21.unexpected shed. You don't know what you are going to get with that one.

:56:22. > :56:28.How unexpected can shed be? If you saw what I saw yesterday, I was

:56:29. > :56:33.shocked! The Unexpected Shed. It takes a lot to shock you, so that

:56:34. > :56:39.something to look forward to. What it must be, to have a pipe which

:56:40. > :56:45.says Shed of the Year. It is like the Oscars of sheds. -- plaque.

:56:46. > :56:47.It is the 62nd Eurovision song contest this weekend,

:56:48. > :56:51.Our Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg is, believe it

:56:52. > :56:53.or not, one of the biggest Eurovision fans around,

:56:54. > :56:57.and he can play every single one of the previous 61 winning songs

:56:58. > :57:14.Good morning. Actually, Breakfast viewers, I have a challenge for you.

:57:15. > :57:18.I will play Eurovision winning song. Can you name the song, the singer

:57:19. > :57:22.and a year at one. You have about an hour before I reveal the answer.

:57:23. > :57:26.Firstly the news, travel and weather where you are. Here is a bit of the

:57:27. > :01:00.song. Hello, this is Breakfast

:01:01. > :01:03.with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. President Trump sacks the head

:01:04. > :01:09.of the FBI without warning. Shock in the United States

:01:10. > :01:14.as James Comey is told he will be removed with immediate effect -

:01:15. > :01:22.he had been leading the investigation into links

:01:23. > :01:23.between Mr Trump's election Good morning.

:01:24. > :01:40.It's Wednesday, 10th May. An investigation

:01:41. > :01:46.begins into the death of an 11-year-old girl who fell

:01:47. > :01:49.from a water ride at Education takes centre stage

:01:50. > :01:54.in the election campaign as Labour and the Liberal Democrats

:01:55. > :01:57.promise more funds In sport, the French Open

:01:58. > :02:05.is a fortnight away and Andy Murray says he still needs to get

:02:06. > :02:07.better, but he's through to And, Natalie Lowe is

:02:08. > :02:16.leaving Strictly after eight years, but she's

:02:17. > :02:18.not hanging up her dancing shoes. She'll be here with the details

:02:19. > :02:38.and some thoughts on the show's We promised you some raking. It is a

:02:39. > :02:41.nice tRangle thing to do. The weather is warming up nicely. That's

:02:42. > :02:44.the case across most of the UK. There will be plenty of sunshine

:02:45. > :02:48.today except for across Northern Scotland where there will be patchy

:02:49. > :02:52.rain and as a result, it will feel cooler, but you'll have more details

:02:53. > :02:57.in 15 minutes. We've heard of fake news, that's

:02:58. > :02:59.rake news! Thank you so much. More on that, I'm looking forward to it

:03:00. > :03:04.later. President Trump has fired the head

:03:05. > :03:09.of the FBI James Comey in a move He'd been leading an investigation

:03:10. > :03:13.into alleged links between the Trump The White House says Mr Comey "has

:03:14. > :03:17.been terminated and removed Absolutely explosive news out

:03:18. > :03:26.of Washington tonight. This is a Fox News alert -

:03:27. > :03:28.FBI director, James Comey, has been fired by the President

:03:29. > :03:32.of the United States. Americans have learned to expect

:03:33. > :03:34.almost anything from their president FBI director, James Comey,

:03:35. > :03:40.was not even in Washington, he was addressing FBI staff

:03:41. > :03:43.in Los Angeles, when he learnt A short while later, a letter

:03:44. > :03:52.arrived at FBI headquarters. "You are hereby terminated

:03:53. > :03:54.and removed from office, While I greatly appreciate

:03:55. > :04:02.you informing me on three separate occasions that I am not under

:04:03. > :04:04.investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgement of the Department

:04:05. > :04:08.of Justice that you are not able Except the Trump campaign

:04:09. > :04:22.was being investigated by the FBI James Comey was leading

:04:23. > :04:26.the investigation and now he's gone. Are people going

:04:27. > :04:28.to suspect cover-up? If an independent special prosecutor

:04:29. > :04:34.is appointed there still an be some faith that we can get to the bottom

:04:35. > :04:39.of this, if not everyone Speaking on US TV, the President's

:04:40. > :04:44.adviser dismissed that notion. It has everything to do

:04:45. > :04:50.with whether the current FBI director has the President's

:04:51. > :05:02.confidence and can faithfully The shockwaves are not just being

:05:03. > :05:06.felt at the FBI, but across this city and beyond. For his supporters,

:05:07. > :05:11.this is evidence that Donald Trump is a strong leader, but for many

:05:12. > :05:16.others, this just adds to the perception that this country is

:05:17. > :05:19.being run by a man who is intolerant of those who don't agree with them

:05:20. > :05:27.and who don't entirely do his bidding.

:05:28. > :05:29.Drayton Manor theme park in Staffordshire says it won't open

:05:30. > :05:32.to the public today after the death of an 11-year-old girl

:05:33. > :05:35.The Year 6 pupil, who has not been named,

:05:36. > :05:38.was on a trip with her school, the Jameah Academy in Leicester.

:05:39. > :05:42.Our reporter Andrew Plant is at Drayton Manor.

:05:43. > :05:48.We know that it won't open today and the investigation will continue.

:05:49. > :05:52.Good morning. Good morning to you both. Yes, the park and the school

:05:53. > :05:56.actually both closed today as a mark of respect and so the investigation

:05:57. > :05:59.can continue here at Drayton manor. Now we don't know the name of the

:06:00. > :06:06.girl who passed away yesterday, but she was a Year 6 pupil at a school

:06:07. > :06:10.not far from here over in Leicestershire, she was here on a

:06:11. > :06:13.school trip and was on the rapid ride yesterday when she fell into

:06:14. > :06:15.the water, somehow, we don't know how yet, that will be part of the

:06:16. > :06:21.investigation, of course, but we understand she was pulled out by

:06:22. > :06:24.staff and given First Aid beside the ride before being airlifted to

:06:25. > :06:27.hospital in Birmingham where she sadly passed away a short while

:06:28. > :06:32.later. To give you an idea of the ride. You have probably seen this

:06:33. > :06:36.thing before. It is where people sit-in a circular boat surrounded by

:06:37. > :06:40.the inflatable tyre. You can have six people at once and 20 boats

:06:41. > :06:42.following the suit route of the water as it goes round. The Health

:06:43. > :06:46.and Safety Executive will be here today so the park will be closed and

:06:47. > :06:50.also the school telling us they were be offering counselling and support

:06:51. > :06:55.to their pupils today. Thank you very much.

:06:56. > :06:57.Labour and the Liberal Democrats have pledged billions of pounds

:06:58. > :06:59.in extra school funding if they win the general election,

:07:00. > :07:02.to ensure budgets in England keep up with rising costs.

:07:03. > :07:05.Both parties also say no school would lose out as a result

:07:06. > :07:08.of a new funding formula to divide money across the country and there's

:07:09. > :07:10.a promise of extra cash towards education in other parts

:07:11. > :07:19.Here's our Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys.

:07:20. > :07:22.The Crown Prosecution Service is expected to announce later this

:07:23. > :07:24.morning whether any Conservative politicians or officials will be

:07:25. > :07:27.charged with breaking rules on election campaign

:07:28. > :07:31.The CPS has been considering files sent by the police from

:07:32. > :07:33.Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo joins us

:07:34. > :07:44.Good morning. What can we expect to hear later on? Well, we weren't

:07:45. > :07:47.expecting to hear from the CPS until the end of the month, but we

:07:48. > :07:51.understand that they will announce later this morning whether or not

:07:52. > :07:57.there is enough evidence and whether it is in the public interest to

:07:58. > :08:01.prosecute any of these politicians or Conservative election officials

:08:02. > :08:05.that have been under investigation. These relate, these claims, relate

:08:06. > :08:09.to the 2015 general election and it's about spending. So there are

:08:10. > :08:13.very strict limits on what can be spent in local and national

:08:14. > :08:18.campaigns and the claims relate to the Conservatives spending in local

:08:19. > :08:21.constituencies and whether that was misreported as actually being in the

:08:22. > :08:25.national campaign. So there are things like hotel bills and things

:08:26. > :08:32.like bills for battle buses that were transporting activists around

:08:33. > :08:35.the country. Now, the Conservatives claim that any irregularities were

:08:36. > :08:38.administrative errors, they have been fined by the electrician

:08:39. > :08:42.commission ?70,000, but there has been no proof of intentional

:08:43. > :08:45.deception or trying to sort of manipulate the rules and the

:08:46. > :08:50.Conservatives also say that they have reported most of their election

:08:51. > :08:54.expenses correctly, but if any politicians, any candidates are

:08:55. > :08:56.prosecuted today, then that will be very problematic for the

:08:57. > :09:01.Conservative Party because tomorrow is the deadline when new candidates

:09:02. > :09:05.for this general election need to be registered. I wanted to ask you

:09:06. > :09:11.about the One Show. We look forward to seeing Jeremy Corbyn on there in

:09:12. > :09:18.days to come. Most of the papers have got an appearance of the Mays'

:09:19. > :09:22.appearance on the show. How do you think it will play out? It is very

:09:23. > :09:27.interesting that Theresa May appeared on The One Show with her

:09:28. > :09:32.husband, Philip. She has face accusations that she repeated

:09:33. > :09:35.slogans and was robotic and this was a chance to present herself in a

:09:36. > :09:38.relaxed and personal setting. And it was a very relaxed interview, I

:09:39. > :09:41.think. We got an insight into her relationship with her husband. It

:09:42. > :09:45.was a very personal interview and they talked about when they first

:09:46. > :09:49.met and talked about domestic duties like Philip saying he was taking out

:09:50. > :09:53.the bins and referenced fake news that they had been, had been

:09:54. > :09:56.reported about them when Theresa May was standing as a candidate, there

:09:57. > :10:01.was a local paper that had reported that she had a new baby when she

:10:02. > :10:06.hadn't. So I think, you know, it was quite a wide ranging interview. We

:10:07. > :10:10.got a sense that Philip May was a loyal and supportive husband. We

:10:11. > :10:15.heard a few slogans from Theresa May, but in a bit more of a relaxed

:10:16. > :10:19.style, but I think this sort of interview on the sofa, rather than

:10:20. > :10:23.on the campaign trail sort of pumping up activists is a chance for

:10:24. > :10:26.the public to see Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn when he appears and

:10:27. > :10:30.the other party leaders I'm sure will be covered by The One Show, but

:10:31. > :10:32.a chance for the public to really see the politicians in a very

:10:33. > :10:41.different light. Thank you very much.

:10:42. > :10:42.It was an interesting appearance. We will discuss it when Jeremy Corbyn

:10:43. > :10:52.is on the programme as well. The so-called tainted blood scandal

:10:53. > :10:55.of the 1970s and 80s led to around 7,000 people with haemophilia

:10:56. > :10:58.contracted HIV and hepatitis through contaminated blood products

:10:59. > :11:00.brought in from abroad. More than 25 years on,

:11:01. > :11:02.BBC's Panorama has been speaking to some of those affected,

:11:03. > :11:04.including our next Before we speak to Adrian,

:11:05. > :11:11.let's take a look at the devastating effect that the contaminated

:11:12. > :11:20.treatment had on his life. We were asked to go as a group of

:11:21. > :11:26.five. They went round the room one by one and they went, "You have, you

:11:27. > :11:31.haven't. You have. You haven't." Slowly and calmly who had HIV and

:11:32. > :11:42.who didn't. Three out of the five boy ins that room that day were

:11:43. > :11:47.HIV-positive. And I was one of them. I looked out the windows. The

:11:48. > :11:54.sunshine was coming in. And there was a moment, that's the last sun.

:11:55. > :12:04.That's my last sun. We've had it. We're dead. We're all dead.

:12:05. > :12:07.We'll be speaking to Adrian shortly, but first, our health

:12:08. > :12:10.editor Hugh Pym joins us from our London newsroom.

:12:11. > :12:14.Hugh, you covered this story from the beginning. Tell us about the

:12:15. > :12:18.background and it had serious implications, hasn't it? Yes,

:12:19. > :12:22.Louise, it has been described by some medical experts as the worst

:12:23. > :12:26.disaster in the history of the NHS because these were patients being

:12:27. > :12:31.treated by the NHS. Many of them haemophiliacs where there is no

:12:32. > :12:35.blood clotting if there is serious bleeding. A very difficult condition

:12:36. > :12:39.to manage. Others were having blood transfusions so they went in in good

:12:40. > :12:44.faith to be treated and they were infected without their knowledge

:12:45. > :12:47.with HIV and hepatitis C. More than 2,000 have since died. Many more

:12:48. > :12:53.have had their lives blighted by this. And they feel that the battle

:12:54. > :12:57.to get a full, if you like, setting out of the facts and what really

:12:58. > :13:03.happened back in the 1980s really hasn't happened. There has been an

:13:04. > :13:10.inquiry in Scotland. The Pennrose inquiry by reported last year. There

:13:11. > :13:15.has been a privately funded investigation led by Lord Archer,

:13:16. > :13:18.but there has never been a UK-wide public inquiry, and Andy Burnham,

:13:19. > :13:21.Secretary of State under the last Labour Government campaigned on this

:13:22. > :13:23.and said he wants to draw this to the attention of whoever forms the

:13:24. > :13:28.next Government and if nothing is done, he's going to refer what he

:13:29. > :13:33.knows to the police. Now, doctors at the time said they acted in good

:13:34. > :13:35.faith and that they made available this clotting agent to

:13:36. > :13:39.haemophiliacs, some of which was brought in from the US, but they

:13:40. > :13:44.didn't know that it was infected because of some of the donors in the

:13:45. > :13:51.US with HIV and hepatitis C. So they acted in good faith and also they

:13:52. > :13:54.argue that there was no other treatment for haemophilia at the

:13:55. > :13:57.time, but there is a suspicion amongst the victims that there has

:13:58. > :14:02.been a cover-up in Whitehall, the depth at the time didn't pass on

:14:03. > :14:05.what was known and doctors continue administering this treatment with

:14:06. > :14:16.such devastating consequences. OK, Hugh, thank you.

:14:17. > :14:21.Adrian joins us. How did you come to have contaminated blood yourself?

:14:22. > :14:25.What was the process? Well, I was infected by NHS treatment, the

:14:26. > :14:29.Department of Health funded treatment in 1976, firstly with

:14:30. > :14:34.hepatitis B and I was seven years old and went yellow and blistered.

:14:35. > :14:37.It was very difficult. My family were quite worried. Very worried

:14:38. > :14:42.actually about what was in the bottles. Even a the time? Even at

:14:43. > :14:46.the time, yeah. In fact, my dad decided to try and stop it, but

:14:47. > :14:50.couldn't. Had a word with the doctor and said, "What are you doing to my

:14:51. > :14:56.son?" They were infecting me from the first injection, that was my

:14:57. > :15:01.first injection. So that was the first thing. When did you know it

:15:02. > :15:11.wasn't just hepatitis C you had? Oh, we knew from some newspapers on

:15:12. > :15:17.coffee tables at first in about 1983, 1984, we were seeing stories

:15:18. > :15:22.coming from America. You realised it was an alert for you? Absolutely. We

:15:23. > :15:27.knew because we knew about nine or ten guys in America had died of AIDS

:15:28. > :15:30.and... It must have been such a shock to your family. As you say,

:15:31. > :15:33.your parents were flagging it up at the time and to read that, to see

:15:34. > :15:38.that, and you think, it's not just me, this is going to affect, what

:15:39. > :15:44.could we be going through, how bad could it be?

:15:45. > :15:51.In fact both my brothers are no longer here, one died of hepatitis

:15:52. > :15:57.C, the other of AIDS. There are no words for that really. I also went

:15:58. > :16:03.to a special school, where 72 of my friends were haemophiliacs are now

:16:04. > :16:06.all dead. 72. It is just staggering to hear you talk about these

:16:07. > :16:11.numbers. We know that now some people are calling about more

:16:12. > :16:17.investigation, a public enquiry. What would help you at this stage?

:16:18. > :16:21.The truth, because putting the facts into some sort of logical order,

:16:22. > :16:26.really we have enough documentation at home, on our hard drives, on

:16:27. > :16:38.PDFs, to know that there was a cover-up. They can -- continually

:16:39. > :16:43.try to sweep it under the carpet. After the stuff was banned in the US

:16:44. > :16:47.in 1982, we carried on in porting it for three or four more years after

:16:48. > :16:53.that. Why did they do that? Why did we just love it down? I think

:16:54. > :16:56.because we were infected, treat the haemophilia, but they could have

:16:57. > :17:05.done so much more just to slow the flow. We should say there was never

:17:06. > :17:08.any cover-up, there was a full investigation, and there was no

:17:09. > :17:14.cover-up, they always said they acted in good faith. When you look

:17:15. > :17:18.back now, you told us that story from the 1970s, and then you realise

:17:19. > :17:22.something was wrong from the 1980s, both your brothers died and many

:17:23. > :17:27.others affected by that. Do you still feel angry by that? Is it

:17:28. > :17:33.disappointment, a permanent state of frustration? How can you sum up how

:17:34. > :17:38.you feel? I have a PMA attitude, every single day, it is the faces of

:17:39. > :17:43.the dead that are gone, every day. That is what I want a conversation

:17:44. > :17:48.with the government about. We can't just allow them to dissipate into

:17:49. > :17:56.nothing. Thank you so much for making your points. Few come at you

:17:57. > :18:01.mentioned earlier the heavily bearded investigations into what

:18:02. > :18:05.happened. Yes, there was one in Scotland that resulted in the

:18:06. > :18:12.Scottish Government agreeing new compensation, one funded by donors,

:18:13. > :18:15.privately funded, but it is this official public enquiry spanning the

:18:16. > :18:20.whole of the UK that is being called for. And some sort of recognition of

:18:21. > :18:27.the financial plight. There have been various compensation of years

:18:28. > :18:30.but nothing the victims argue matches the paper they have felt.

:18:31. > :18:35.The Department of Health have always said there has been no cover-up, no

:18:36. > :18:40.documents destroyed, there is no need for a public enquiry. They say

:18:41. > :18:49.they offer whatever support victims need, and there is a consideration

:18:50. > :18:55.of further financial compensation which may well emerge under the next

:18:56. > :19:00.government, but it remains a source of frustration that the truth of

:19:01. > :19:01.what happened has never been properly examined. Thank you so much

:19:02. > :19:06.for sharing your story. You can see more of that story

:19:07. > :19:08.on tonight's Panorama You're watching

:19:09. > :19:21.Breakfast from BBC News. Carol is out and about at Kew

:19:22. > :19:26.Gardens which is looking lovely. Good morning. I am in the south side

:19:27. > :19:31.of two Gardens, in the Oriental hub. You can see behind me the lovely

:19:32. > :19:34.Japanese gateway. Lots of plants and flowers here, a real kaleidoscope of

:19:35. > :19:39.colour, and the temperature is picking up quite nicely here, it is

:19:40. > :19:42.now seven Celsius. Generally across the board we are looking at seven to

:19:43. > :19:46.nine, and the mist and fog has lifted. That leaves us with a

:19:47. > :19:51.sunnier and warmer day for most of us had yesterday. If we start the

:19:52. > :19:54.forecast at nine o'clock this morning, there is some patchy rain

:19:55. > :19:56.across the far north of Scotland but for the rest of Scotland, Northern

:19:57. > :20:03.Ireland and northern England, after that chilly start, temperatures

:20:04. > :20:07.responding nicely, starting to zoom up, and plenty of sunshine. As we

:20:08. > :20:10.drift further south into the Midlands, East Anglia, Essex and

:20:11. > :20:13.Kent, once again we are looking at the sunshine, which prevails across

:20:14. > :20:18.the Midlands, in through Wales and down in the southern counties of

:20:19. > :20:21.England as well as Northern Ireland. You may well find the Northern

:20:22. > :20:24.Ireland and south-west Scotland, there will be a bit more cloud

:20:25. > :20:28.around compared to what had yesterday but it was doubly

:20:29. > :20:33.pleasant. The Sunshine will develop -- it will still be pleasant to stop

:20:34. > :20:38.if you have some cloud at the moment, chances are it will just

:20:39. > :20:43.dissolve and highs locally to 20, but generally between 15 and 18. If

:20:44. > :20:47.you are in the Northern Isles it will feel colder in the rain.

:20:48. > :20:51.Tomorrow change comes into the South in the shape of heavy showers, and

:20:52. > :21:00.more so the Friday but I will have details on that later in the

:21:01. > :21:06.programme. Thank you. She will be speaking to some rugby stars in that

:21:07. > :21:10.very same garden soon. It is about the World Cup draw. At 8:40am.

:21:11. > :21:12.Playing in an orchestra takes an amazing amount

:21:13. > :21:15.of skill and determination, so imagine if you had to do it

:21:16. > :21:17.That's exactly what the South West Open Youth Orchestra do.

:21:18. > :21:25.They are the UK's first disabled led youth Orchestra, and performed with

:21:26. > :21:29.bespoke instruments designed around the needs of each musician, and last

:21:30. > :21:31.night the won a prestigious Royal Philharmonic music award.

:21:32. > :21:34.Barry Farrimore shortly, but first let's see some

:21:35. > :23:06.Congratulations. I can see the smile on your face was not how proud are

:23:07. > :23:12.you this morning, knowing about that award? This has been fixed on my

:23:13. > :23:18.face for the last eight hours, I think! We are absolutely overjoyed.

:23:19. > :23:22.It is wonderful. Wonderful. How did the idea come about in the first

:23:23. > :23:28.place? Was it exclusively your idea, did you see a need and try to meet

:23:29. > :23:33.that need? That's right, yeah. It was very much about meeting a need.

:23:34. > :23:38.There is endemic low representation of disabled people within

:23:39. > :23:42.orchestras. There were no regional youth orchestras that couldn't

:23:43. > :23:44.accommodate the young people we were working with, and we couldn't find

:23:45. > :23:52.any school orchestras within special schools either. We set about in

:23:53. > :23:55.2014, myself and my fabulous musical director, co-founder of the

:23:56. > :23:58.organisation and we set up orchestras in special schools, but

:23:59. > :24:01.of course whether those young musicians go to next? There is a

:24:02. > :24:10.cliff face of opportunity for them. So we set up the UK's only disabled

:24:11. > :24:15.led youth Orchestra, the South West Open Youth Orchestra. It is wanting

:24:16. > :24:17.to up a Orchestra, but as we saw in the pictures, it is finding

:24:18. > :24:25.instruments that work and can be adapted. How bake a plan is that the

:24:26. > :24:30.finest instruments that it will come and play? The instrument we have

:24:31. > :24:32.created, the Clarion, we got a loss of support from the National

:24:33. > :24:39.foundation for youth music to do that. It is built on -- a lot of

:24:40. > :24:42.support. We have been working with young musicians, teachers, schools

:24:43. > :24:46.and professional musicians to develop this musical instrument and

:24:47. > :24:51.get it to the point where it can start making a huge difference. You

:24:52. > :24:54.have said the smile has been permanently fixed in your face. I

:24:55. > :25:00.wonder what this has meant some of those in the Orchestra themselves?

:25:01. > :25:06.They are overjoyed, of course. What it does is it makes a statement

:25:07. > :25:11.about what these young people are able to achieve, if they are given

:25:12. > :25:16.the opportunity. It is about raising people's expectations. Last night we

:25:17. > :25:20.had a very big announcement, actually, which was that, as the

:25:21. > :25:23.name suggests, the South West Open Youth Orchestra, we work with young

:25:24. > :25:30.musicians down in the south-west, but last night we announced the

:25:31. > :25:35.intention to launch a national youth orchestra across the whole country.

:25:36. > :25:38.That was going to be my next question, I was good to say this

:25:39. > :25:42.sounds localised, but a scheme that could certainly be successful not

:25:43. > :25:46.just across the UK but further afield, as well. That's right, there

:25:47. > :25:49.is so much potential out there. We recognised it through all of the

:25:50. > :25:52.work we have been doing the south-west, and we know there are

:25:53. > :25:55.exceptional young musicians out there who are just not being given

:25:56. > :26:01.the opportunity to show the world what they have got. So the demand is

:26:02. > :26:04.there, as well? It's definitely is, and we need to make sure we are

:26:05. > :26:10.there to enable these young musicians to progress. We speak to

:26:11. > :26:14.musicians, and they often say it has made a difference to all aspects of

:26:15. > :26:19.their lives. Have you seen that? Music does make a difference in

:26:20. > :26:23.every part of someone's education. It can really enrich someone's life.

:26:24. > :26:31.Music has value across the board. And we really do need to start

:26:32. > :26:35.valuing it more within society. Great to talk to you, once again the

:26:36. > :26:41.graduation is the year. Thank you so, so much. And great news that it

:26:42. > :26:47.will be rolled out across the UK. Congratulations to the South West

:26:48. > :26:51.youth open orchestra. If you like your music, Strictly Come Dancing,

:26:52. > :26:55.she has been their series. Natalie this is. No longer. We are talking

:26:56. > :26:59.about the new judge as well. That is coming up shortly.

:27:00. > :30:19.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:30:20. > :30:28.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:30:29. > :30:37.Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:30:38. > :30:44.We will have Natalie Lowe later on but first the main stories.

:30:45. > :30:48.President Trump has fired the head of the FBI James Comey in a move

:30:49. > :30:51.He'd been leading an investigation into alleged links between the Trump

:30:52. > :30:55.The White House says Mr Comey "has been terminated

:30:56. > :30:57.and removed from office", but his dismissal has nothing

:30:58. > :31:04.Drayton Manor theme park in Staffordshire will remain closed

:31:05. > :31:08.today after the death of an 11-year-old girl.

:31:09. > :31:10.The year six pupil, from Jameah Girls Academy

:31:11. > :31:13.in Leicester, fell from a water-ride whilst on a school trip.

:31:14. > :31:17.The death is the first at a UK theme park since 2004, and comes two years

:31:18. > :31:19.after a roller-coaster crash at Alton Towers left

:31:20. > :31:24.a number of passengers with life changing injuries.

:31:25. > :31:25.Joining just now from Birmingham is Chris Green,

:31:26. > :31:27.a health and safety lawyer, who advises companies

:31:28. > :31:37.Morning to you. Thank you, we know obviously an investigation will, has

:31:38. > :31:42.be bun into this tragic incident. What kind of things will they need

:31:43. > :31:46.to get to the bottom of? In the first instance, how and the

:31:47. > :31:50.circumstances in which the young lady lost her life, and how it was

:31:51. > :31:54.that she came to come out of the boat. That won't necessarily be

:31:55. > :31:58.entirely clear, I am sure that is the focus of the investigation

:31:59. > :32:01.starting this morning. I understand that you are familiar with this

:32:02. > :32:08.ride. It is a water ride isn't it. I am. I don't live too far away from

:32:09. > :32:11.the site it is is a place I take the family to frequently. They like

:32:12. > :32:17.going on the ride. I know it pretty well. Tent us about how the

:32:18. > :32:23.investigation will proceed, and what sort of safety measures they have at

:32:24. > :32:27.these theme parks? They are stringent, statistically it is a

:32:28. > :32:33.very safe activity indeed. The industry has very few accident, not

:32:34. > :32:37.withstanding obviously a Smiler incident you mentioned at Alton

:32:38. > :32:41.Towers. What normally happens, where ever there has been an accident,

:32:42. > :32:47.everybody redoubles their efforts to ensure that will never happen again,

:32:48. > :32:50.so I know that happened in the theme park industry, and there was a

:32:51. > :32:54.suggestion that there was a similar type of incident, although it may be

:32:55. > :32:59.unrelated in Australia last year, on a river rapids ride, so again that

:33:00. > :33:02.will have been, I am sure at the forefront of everybody's mind and

:33:03. > :33:07.they will have tightened up procedures. It is quite a safe day

:33:08. > :33:10.out not withstanding yesterday. We know the park is closed, that is for

:33:11. > :33:15.one it is a mark of respect as well, after what has happened, will they

:33:16. > :33:19.have to look at things before they even start to re-open again? The

:33:20. > :33:24.Health and Safety Executive have powers, if they are not happy with

:33:25. > :33:27.something or they think safety could be improved to make sure that is

:33:28. > :33:31.done within a period of time or indeed to keep the park closed but I

:33:32. > :33:34.stress that is simply a power, there is no suggestion they would be

:33:35. > :33:43.looking into that and it is too early to say. Thank you.

:33:44. > :33:51.We have received a statement from Staffordshire Police, they have

:33:52. > :34:01.named the schoolgirl. We know she was from a school in Birmingham, and

:34:02. > :34:06.she is 11-year-old A have a Janath. The police have named her as the

:34:07. > :34:13.young girl who died at Drayton Manor. -- Ava. They expect xxxxness

:34:14. > :34:14.-- expect everyone to respect the family's right to grieve during this

:34:15. > :34:17.time. Labour and the Liberal Democrats

:34:18. > :34:19.have pledged billions of pounds in extra school funding if they win

:34:20. > :34:22.the general election, to ensure budgets in England keep up

:34:23. > :34:24.with rising costs. Both parties also say no school

:34:25. > :34:27.would lose out as a result of a new funding formula to divide

:34:28. > :34:30.money across the country. But the Conservatives say school

:34:31. > :34:32.funding has reached record levels in their government and questioned

:34:33. > :34:34.Labour's plans to use Corporation Tax rises

:34:35. > :34:47.to pay for their plans. You will see the fully costed

:34:48. > :34:51.information in our manifesto, some was capital gains tax, some was a

:34:52. > :34:55.levy on private school, we have been clear, and I make no apology, the

:34:56. > :35:01.Conservatives have cut corporation tax so the lowest in the G20, what

:35:02. > :35:06.we are saying we will raise corporation tax, it will make sure

:35:07. > :35:09.small businesses are protected but businesses will get skills they

:35:10. > :35:19.require from British worker when they are trained properly.

:35:20. > :35:27.We are concentrating on schools today, because there is a big crisis

:35:28. > :35:31.in schools, and so, that is why everything we have been

:35:32. > :35:36.concentrating on today, is that narrow point of how you make sure

:35:37. > :35:39.that every child is unaffected by cuts in the amount of money that is

:35:40. > :35:42.spent on them while they are at school.

:35:43. > :35:44.The Crown Prosecution Service is expected to announce later this

:35:45. > :35:47.morning whether any Conservative politicians or officials will be

:35:48. > :35:49.charged with breaking rules on election campaign spending

:35:50. > :35:52.The CPS has been considering files sent by the police from

:35:53. > :35:55.The party has insisted that administrative errors

:35:56. > :36:02.were to blame for any spending which was incorrectly declared.

:36:03. > :36:04.Roads in England and Wales are in danger of becoming

:36:05. > :36:06.increasingly "lawless" because of cuts to traffic policing.

:36:07. > :36:09.That's the key finding of a major report by the charity RoadPeace.

:36:10. > :36:11.It also claims there has been a "significant shift"

:36:12. > :36:13.to training courses, which it said are less

:36:14. > :36:16.The National Police Chiefs Council says it's strengthened

:36:17. > :36:18.the way roads are policed - and is working to assess

:36:19. > :36:31.the effectiveness of driver training courses.

:36:32. > :36:34.If you thought it was tough to change a light bulb

:36:35. > :36:36.at the top of a step ladder have a look at this.

:36:37. > :36:39.Here's an astronaut's eye view of a bit of DIY

:36:40. > :36:41.on the International Space Station, currently in orbit about 250

:36:42. > :36:44.During a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk French

:36:45. > :36:46.astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Nasa's Shane Kimbrough made

:36:47. > :36:58.changes to a space dock, upgraded a computer and inspected a radiator.

:36:59. > :37:06.Well done to them! You need a head for heights to do that.

:37:07. > :37:11.In space no-one can hear your pipe drip. It probably wound drip in

:37:12. > :37:13.space! Should have thought that threw! Glad you did on air.

:37:14. > :37:22.Still to come as well. She might be leaving Strictly

:37:23. > :37:24.after eight years, but Natalie Lowe will be here to tell us why she's

:37:25. > :37:27.not hanging up her Hundreds of millions will watch

:37:28. > :37:32.Eurovision this weekend. We've got everything you need

:37:33. > :37:35.to know about the contest - Our Moscow correspondent

:37:36. > :37:41.is a massive Eurovision anorak. Actor Johnny Harris is here to talk

:37:42. > :37:45.about the journey from teenage amateur boxing champion

:37:46. > :38:04.and alcoholic to his We promised you rugby guest, they

:38:05. > :38:10.will be here later on. They will be talking about the draw

:38:11. > :38:14.for the Rugby Union World Cup taking place in Japan. Which could have

:38:15. > :38:18.England and Wales in the same group again.

:38:19. > :38:24.2019, did I say 2009? Apologies guys. Wind the clock back. We are

:38:25. > :38:31.Andy Murray is through to the third round in Madrid.

:38:32. > :38:33.He beat Romania's Marius Copil in straight sets.

:38:34. > :38:36.Murray was far from his best early on but his serve was never

:38:37. > :38:39.in danger of being broken - that's been his main

:38:40. > :38:46.He's bidding to make the final for the third year in a row.

:38:47. > :38:48.Juventus have reached their second Champions League

:38:49. > :38:50.final in three years - they beat Monaco 4-1 on aggregate.

:38:51. > :38:53.Dani Alves scored with a cracking volley as they won 2-1

:38:54. > :38:56.They'll take on Real or Atletico Madrid in next

:38:57. > :39:10.Real are 3-0 up going into tonight's second leg.

:39:11. > :39:13.He was the most expensive player ever when he moved from Juventus

:39:14. > :39:16.to Manchester United last summer - but now Fifa are investigating

:39:17. > :39:20.They want to know who was involved in the ?89.3 million deal

:39:21. > :39:22.and how much money they got out of it.

:39:23. > :39:36.United say Fifa have the necessary documents from last August.

:39:37. > :39:39.Fifa has decided to replace two of the investigators it brought

:39:40. > :39:42.Cornel Borbely and judge Hans-Joachim Eckert have banned

:39:43. > :39:44.numerous football officials - including former Fifa

:39:45. > :39:48.They say the decision to replace them means Fifa's efforts to reform

:39:49. > :39:49.are effectively over, which will jeopardise

:39:50. > :39:53.Tour de France Champion Chris Froome had a lucky escape yesterday,

:39:54. > :39:55.when he was knocked off his bike while training near

:39:56. > :40:00.The British rider, who wasn't hurt, posted this picture on social media

:40:01. > :40:19.Stage four of the Giro d'Italia was a good one

:40:20. > :40:22.for the British riders - but not so much for the leader

:40:23. > :40:24.at the start of the day, Fernando Gaviria.

:40:25. > :40:25.He rather misjudged his speed at a corner.

:40:26. > :40:28.Taking a number of riders the wrong way with him.

:40:29. > :40:32.Geraint Thomas moved up to second place, behind

:40:33. > :40:34.new leader Bob Jungels, with Adam Yates third,

:40:35. > :40:41.The draw for the next Rugby World Cup in Japan

:40:42. > :40:46.is being made in Kyoto later this morning.

:40:47. > :40:48.Here in the UK, World Cup winners and international stars

:40:49. > :40:50.from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales are marking

:40:51. > :40:53.the occasion at The Japanese Gateway at Kew Gardens in London.

:40:54. > :40:55.Joining us now are former Wales winger Shane Williams and world

:40:56. > :41:08.cup-winning England fly half Jonny Wilkinson.

:41:09. > :41:13.Chap, thank you so much for talking to us this morning. Shane, I will

:41:14. > :41:16.come to you first. There is a reason you are in the Japanese garden,

:41:17. > :41:21.because the World Cup is being held in Japan. Have you played a lot of

:41:22. > :41:26.your rugby in Japan, what is it going to be like? Will we see big

:41:27. > :41:31.crowds, will there be a great atmosphere. There will be a great

:41:32. > :41:35.atmosphere. Rugby has grown in Japan over the last couple of years and

:41:36. > :41:38.what the Japanese can do is make a festival of events so it will be a

:41:39. > :41:44.great World Cup. It is a bit different. But we are excited, we

:41:45. > :41:48.are ready to go. And obviously it was a fairly disastrous World Cup

:41:49. > :41:53.for England, on home soil as well. Do you think we can avoid the group

:41:54. > :42:00.of death as it was called at the last World Cup? England ending up in

:42:01. > :42:04.a group with Trail, Wales and Fiji. England and Wales could end up in

:42:05. > :42:08.the same group again, would you like to see that? Not sure I would like

:42:09. > :42:13.to see that. Shane and I were talking earlier and it is very much

:42:14. > :42:17.possible that there could be some of those groups drawn today, those type

:42:18. > :42:21.of very fierce competitive groups but we were saying in order to win a

:42:22. > :42:26.World Cup you have to beat everyone teleis. Whether you do it in the

:42:27. > :42:29.pool stages or later on, it has to happen so it does make it

:42:30. > :42:33.interesting and exciting but it didn't play out so well for us in

:42:34. > :42:38.2015. We will wait and see, but, I think we have to go there really to

:42:39. > :42:41.take on anyone. Are there any particular match up

:42:42. > :42:45.you would like to see? Anyone you would like to see Wales take on at

:42:46. > :42:52.the World Cup? Well, England of course. You would want to see it!

:42:53. > :42:56.It! I think everyone would like to see it. If you are Wales, England

:42:57. > :43:01.you want to avoid each other but it would be a great match up for both

:43:02. > :43:05.team, it would be difficult. It went the way of Wales last time. I think

:43:06. > :43:09.it may be different this time if it happens. Whoever you play it will be

:43:10. > :43:15.very difficult and to be the best you have to beat the best as well.

:43:16. > :43:19.Jonny, it is Dan here in the studio. How important do you think is that

:43:20. > :43:23.rugby sort of goes to new territories and the World Cup is

:43:24. > :43:28.held in places like Asia for the first time? Yes, I think it is

:43:29. > :43:33.enormously important for the sport to continue to grow, and to find its

:43:34. > :43:38.way into, into the unknown a bit, where people can experience it for

:43:39. > :43:42.what it is s Japan gives that sort of opportunity for people to come

:43:43. > :43:47.into contact with the game, and experience really what is amazing

:43:48. > :43:51.about it as a sport, not just as a competition to see who is the best

:43:52. > :43:57.in the world, but as an opportunity for young kids to get involves, to

:43:58. > :44:00.learn about playing as a team, winning, lose, accepting each other

:44:01. > :44:03.and coming together as one, as well adds getting better and improving,

:44:04. > :44:07.so there is so much opportunity there, it is not just about, you

:44:08. > :44:12.know, who is the best in the world, it is about taking an amazing sport

:44:13. > :44:17.to places where, like Shane said, it is already a big sport but somewhere

:44:18. > :44:24.it can grow and maybe become available to a wider audience. Can I

:44:25. > :44:29.ask you both. The Lions go to nz, you played there, lost 3-0, why is

:44:30. > :44:35.New Zealand a tough place to play, do you think?

:44:36. > :44:44.To begin with, New Zealand are pretty good at Rugby! They are

:44:45. > :44:49.double world champions. They have a fantastic pool of talent to choose

:44:50. > :44:53.from, and rugby is the main sport, and a massive part of New Zealand

:44:54. > :44:57.culture. Whenever you play New Zealand, it is difficult. To play

:44:58. > :45:01.them in their back garden, as we found out in 2005, it is pretty

:45:02. > :45:05.tough. It is not going to be any different this time. But I do

:45:06. > :45:10.believe the British and Irish Lions have a good chance. They have a good

:45:11. > :45:13.squad and they have to be positive. Picking up that theme, does it

:45:14. > :45:22.really make a difference to players where you are playing? It is a good

:45:23. > :45:27.question. It shouldn't. But it does. It is still one field, 15 against

:45:28. > :45:33.15, you get the same amount of time to prepare as the other team, same

:45:34. > :45:37.rules apply. But New Zealand is one of the toughest places, possibly the

:45:38. > :45:41.toughest place to go and play rugby. At the same time, what is special

:45:42. > :45:47.about The Lions is that it is a really magical recipe of guys coming

:45:48. > :45:50.from different areas, bringing different experiences and throwing

:45:51. > :45:54.it into an amazing pot for a short amount of time. It has the potential

:45:55. > :45:59.to really inspire something that can't be achieved any other way. At

:46:00. > :46:02.the same time, it goes against the rules of preparation in general, in

:46:03. > :46:06.that most people like to build toward something, you like to get to

:46:07. > :46:10.know people, have more and more time to work things out. It is that

:46:11. > :46:13.classic balance. In 2005, we were in a situation where we ended up on the

:46:14. > :46:20.wrong side of that balance. The build-up to this one is starting to

:46:21. > :46:26.make the point towards the explosion of creativity and inspiration,

:46:27. > :46:34.possibly a huge performance as well. Fingers crossed for a big summer.

:46:35. > :46:36.Thank you so much, you have made us both very excited about the tour and

:46:37. > :46:39.the World Cup coming up. You can follow the Rugby World Cup

:46:40. > :46:48.draw live on the BBC Find out who England, Scotland and

:46:49. > :46:57.Wales could be facing. Scotland and Wales are in the second pool? Well,

:46:58. > :47:03.different groups, that depends what pool they are going into. Normally

:47:04. > :47:05.takes about 19 hours to sort out! I am expecting you to go and do it in

:47:06. > :47:08.19 seconds! From cha-cha-chas to foxtrots,

:47:09. > :47:11.Natalie Lowe has danced them all, alongside celebrity hopefuls

:47:12. > :47:12.on Strictly Come Dancing. But it's all change

:47:13. > :47:15.on the popular show this year. Natalie has already said she won't

:47:16. > :47:17.be returning for another series, and yesterday Shirley Ballas

:47:18. > :47:20.was announced as the new head judge, Natalie knows Shirley and can tell

:47:21. > :47:28.us about that in a minute. But what's it like being part

:47:29. > :47:30.of the Strictly family? We'll speak to Natalie

:47:31. > :47:33.in a moment, but first, here are a few of her standout

:47:34. > :47:35.performances from over the years. MUSIC: "I'm With You"

:47:36. > :48:09.by Avril Lavigne. MUSIC: "New York,

:48:10. > :48:16.New York" by Frank Sinatra. MUSIC: "Don't Touch My Tomatoes"

:48:17. > :48:36.by Josephine Baker. MUSIC: "Born To Hand Jive"

:48:37. > :48:58.by Sha Na Na. Natalie is here now. We are going to

:48:59. > :49:03.try not to cry! Shall we get some tissues? It has been a big part of

:49:04. > :49:05.your life, eight series, months of the year every year. You get to

:49:06. > :49:12.spend so much time with one person and the rest of the team? I did

:49:13. > :49:16.Dancing With The Stars in Australia before coming here. I knew what I

:49:17. > :49:21.was getting into. It has been 14 years of the most amazing life. I

:49:22. > :49:27.can't believe, myself, that I have actually said that I won't be going

:49:28. > :49:30.back. It hasn't quite sunk in yet. I think I am the silliest person in

:49:31. > :49:34.the world to be saying it, sometimes. I pinch myself, I wish I

:49:35. > :49:41.could put my clock on hold, but it is not that way. This sounds

:49:42. > :49:46.terrible, did you have a favourite partner, favourite dance? Actually,

:49:47. > :49:49.I really enjoyed closing the show with Michael Vaughan, we got a

:49:50. > :49:53.standing ovation at Wembley and that was pretty amazing. I had a great

:49:54. > :49:56.time with all of my partners. They have all really inspired me and

:49:57. > :50:03.brought something special into my life. I am really going to miss

:50:04. > :50:07.that, terribly. Talk to us about... I mean, you're leaving was a big

:50:08. > :50:14.story, and the new head judge coming in, do you know much about Shirley

:50:15. > :50:17.Ballas? She goes straight into the top chair, doesn't she? She

:50:18. > :50:21.absolutely does come I don't think there is anybody else as fitting to

:50:22. > :50:25.go into that role. Strictly fans that don't know much about her, they

:50:26. > :50:33.don't need to be worried? I know that Len was the king of old room,

:50:34. > :50:37.and I am going to miss him, but she is the queen of Latin, world

:50:38. > :50:42.champion, she is the woman. When I heard her name was in the line-up, I

:50:43. > :50:47.thought that is it. The judges, they are part of the whole Strictly

:50:48. > :50:58.family, in some ways? It is a family. Production, everybody works

:50:59. > :51:02.on the show 24-7, from August to the end of December. It takes over your

:51:03. > :51:06.life. It is your life. Even when you are not on the show, it is your

:51:07. > :51:13.life. It is such a beautiful life to be part of. You made a monumental 's

:51:14. > :51:20.decision, we have the music, can we play the music? When you are hear

:51:21. > :51:27.this and you are not part of it, can you explain how that will feel, sat

:51:28. > :51:31.on the sofa? I'm not sure about that bit yet. Now you have mentioned it,

:51:32. > :51:36.I will be there with my tissues. On a serious note, it has been the most

:51:37. > :51:39.amazing time of my life. I have been dancing for 34 years. I really want

:51:40. > :51:44.to start to challenge myself in other areas, choreography, I would

:51:45. > :51:50.like to start producing shows and doing other things. For me, I need

:51:51. > :51:55.to challenge myself, personally. Although Strictly can be a lot of

:51:56. > :52:00.challenge, in the most wonderful way, I know it, I have been there,

:52:01. > :52:05.it has been my life for 14 years. I am just so excited about trying new

:52:06. > :52:10.things, many new opportunities that have arisen since I have announced

:52:11. > :52:17.my retirement. You are heading out on tour, it is called Rip it up? It

:52:18. > :52:21.is an amazing 1950s show. Once I mentioned I would not be on

:52:22. > :52:25.Strictly, literally within a month, I was approached about this show. I

:52:26. > :52:31.thought, I really didn't want to get straight into anything,

:52:32. > :52:35.straightaway. When I heard about it, I thought, this is so me, I am meant

:52:36. > :52:47.to be in this show. It is called Rip It Up. Louis Smith is in it, Jay is

:52:48. > :52:50.in it, it is my era, the best music, fashion, everything. I wish I had

:52:51. > :52:54.lived through it. My mum and dad brought me up around that. It is

:52:55. > :53:00.going to be wonderful. Leo Green from BBC Radio 2 is doing the music.

:53:01. > :53:08.Elvis, Buddy Holly, it will be at the London Palladium in October.

:53:09. > :53:12.Ticking all the boxes. That's the thing, I think I did with this show,

:53:13. > :53:16.the style, everything, it really feels like me. You did very well to

:53:17. > :53:22.hold yourself together. This might send you over the edge. We are going

:53:23. > :53:26.to be able to see you watching this. We asked some of your former

:53:27. > :53:29.partners to give you a message, they flocked in. Here are some that

:53:30. > :53:39.wanted to say something to you. Good luck in whatever you decide to

:53:40. > :53:43.do. Have a great time of it and thanks for getting the old hips

:53:44. > :53:48.going. I don't dance any more, but you brought me a little bit. I am

:53:49. > :53:51.wishing you the best of luck in your adventures. I know you had some

:53:52. > :53:55.great times on Strictly Come Dancing. Hopefully the year that you

:53:56. > :53:58.were with me, even though we didn't win it, I hope we can agree that we

:53:59. > :54:02.ripped up the dance floor. Hi, Nat, I can't actually

:54:03. > :54:04.believe that you're not It was certainly one

:54:05. > :54:08.of my greatest honours to be An absolutely fabulous

:54:09. > :54:10.time in my life. I certainly hope we're going to see

:54:11. > :54:15.a lot more of you, whatever And who could forget...

:54:16. > :54:30.# Come and get my fruity tomatoes! Strictly matter will never be the

:54:31. > :54:34.same without you. You are one of the greatest two grace the Recep Tayyip

:54:35. > :54:37.Erdogan dance floor. Not only that, you are an incredible teacher. I

:54:38. > :54:41.tell everybody who asks, without you I would never have made it as far as

:54:42. > :54:50.I did. Incredibly patient, a wonderful teacher. -- to grace the

:54:51. > :54:54.Strictly dance floor. The support has been unbelievable, the social

:54:55. > :55:00.media. I just want to thank everybody at home that welcomed me

:55:01. > :55:11.with open arms. I am doing good, aren't I? Normally, I am a

:55:12. > :55:16.blubbering mess. They didn't need much persuasion. Thank you for the

:55:17. > :55:25.lovely messages from my partners. I will miss the pros, my friends,

:55:26. > :55:30.everything. He said to apologise, he had been doing a full day of long

:55:31. > :55:37.jump training in America, so he looked tired, but he wanted to do

:55:38. > :55:45.the video. Thank you so much. Rip It Up, the tour begins on the 4th of

:55:46. > :55:48.September. We have another Strictly green to go to now.

:55:49. > :55:52.Carol is at Kew Gardens with the weather this morning.

:55:53. > :56:00.Good luck, she is absolutely brilliant. The weather here is also

:56:01. > :56:06.brilliant. We are in the Oriental hub. You can see the Japanese

:56:07. > :56:12.gateway, an exact replica of the one in Kyoto, Japan. We have a platter

:56:13. > :56:18.of flowers and a kaleidoscope of colours. Rhododendron, behind me,

:56:19. > :56:24.the Japanese Acer that will change colour, Austrian pine. The

:56:25. > :56:28.temperatures are picking up quite nicely in the sunshine. The forecast

:56:29. > :56:34.today is sunnier and warmer than yesterday. One exception, the North

:56:35. > :56:38.of Scotland, where we have patchy rain. That patchy rain will be on

:56:39. > :56:42.and off as we go through the day. If we start the forecast at nine

:56:43. > :56:44.o'clock in Scotland, there will be a little more cloud across the

:56:45. > :56:47.south-west than yesterday. There will also be a lot of sunshine.

:56:48. > :56:52.Across northern England, a lot of sunshine from the word go. Down the

:56:53. > :56:56.east Coast, much brighter than it has been. We don't have the onshore

:56:57. > :57:00.flow any more, so we don't have that cloud coming in. From the Midlands

:57:01. > :57:05.coming to East Anglia, towards Kent, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, we are

:57:06. > :57:15.still under the blue skies with some lovely puffy cloud, drifting towards

:57:16. > :57:17.the south-west, a similar story, dry, Sony, chilly start, the

:57:18. > :57:20.temperature picking up nicely. For Wales, you're going to have a dry

:57:21. > :57:24.and sunny day, and Northern Ireland will have a bit more clout than

:57:25. > :57:28.yesterday. It will still be dry and it will still be a pleasant day.

:57:29. > :57:32.Through the day, the rain across the North of Scotland will be on and

:57:33. > :57:38.off. Here it will feel quite cool. Away from that, fair weather cloud,

:57:39. > :57:43.but not much more. Easy to the English Channel. Today, we could see

:57:44. > :57:46.highs of up to 20 Celsius across parts of England and Wales,

:57:47. > :57:50.generally we are looking at 15 or 18, apart from in the Northern

:57:51. > :57:53.Isles, where it will be colder. Through the evening and overnight,

:57:54. > :57:57.the rain across the Northern Isles will sync across the far north of

:57:58. > :58:00.mainland Scotland. Under clear skies, the temperatures will follow

:58:01. > :58:05.quite quickly and there will be some frost. Perhaps not as extensive as

:58:06. > :58:08.we had yesterday. By the end of the night, we will find the showers

:58:09. > :58:13.crossing the English Channel, the Channel Islands, getting possibly

:58:14. > :58:17.into the south-west of England. We will have showers first thing, but

:58:18. > :58:20.they will fade and then we will have sunshine. For the afternoon, further

:58:21. > :58:23.showers across southern England and South Wales, looking to be heavy and

:58:24. > :58:30.thundery with some hail mixed in. In between, sunshine. Away from the

:58:31. > :58:35.showers, dry, sunny conditions with highs up to 20, dry across the North

:58:36. > :58:38.of Scotland. By Friday, we have further rain coming in from the

:58:39. > :58:44.south. It will be heavy and thundery, with Sam Hale. Some issues

:58:45. > :58:47.with surface water flooding, but further north it is drier, showers

:58:48. > :58:50.migrating northwards through the day. Temperature wise, as we had

:58:51. > :58:54.through the weekend, temperatures will gradually get down to where

:58:55. > :59:00.they should be at this stage. Still some showers around.

:59:01. > :59:08.Lovely to see you this morning. You had your rugby friends with you, and

:59:09. > :59:11.we have seen all of the lovely rake news.

:59:12. > :59:13.This weekend more than 200 million people will tune

:59:14. > :59:18.in to the Eurovision final - and the build up has started.

:59:19. > :59:21.We're getting all the info and a few tunes from our

:59:22. > :59:24.correspondent Steve Rosenberg in Kiev this morning.

:59:25. > :59:27.He'll be revealing the answer to the quiz he set in a couple

:59:28. > :59:29.of minutes but first, here's his guide to

:59:30. > :59:50.It is consistently one of the world's most watched TV events of

:59:51. > :59:52.the year. In 2016, 204 million viewers tuned in to at least one of

:59:53. > :00:04.the three televised shows. Nearly 1500 songs had been entered

:00:05. > :00:10.since the contest began. Two points to Ireland, the most successful

:00:11. > :00:18.country to take part, winning seven times. The UK is not far behind,

:00:19. > :00:23.with five victories. Our last success came 20 years ago, when

:00:24. > :00:30.Katrina and the waves won Europe over with Love Shine A Light. The

:00:31. > :00:40.impact? In 1981, velcro sold out across the UK, within 48 hours of

:00:41. > :00:43.Bucks Fizz famous costume changes. This year, 43 countries were due to

:00:44. > :00:48.take part in Kiev, which would have equalled the record for the contest.

:00:49. > :00:48.But Russia withdrew after their representative was banned from

:00:49. > :00:53.entering Ukraine. Now if you're looking

:00:54. > :00:55.for a Eurovision expert, you need look no further

:00:56. > :00:57.than the BBC's Moscow He is a superfan and he reckons

:00:58. > :01:01.he can play every winning All you need to do

:01:02. > :01:04.is tell him the year. He's live in Kiev, so we can

:01:05. > :01:09.put this to the test. Can you play that again and reveal

:01:10. > :01:27.the answer. Well done to the hundreds ho think they know what the

:01:28. > :01:43.answer is. OK, so I played this... And the answer is Joni Logan singing

:01:44. > :01:48.for Ireland in 1987, Hold Me Now. Steve not only knows that tune but

:01:49. > :01:51.any winning song from any of the 61 years we have had Eurovision. I am

:01:52. > :02:05.going to throw a year and you want to play and tell us a bit about the

:02:06. > :02:13.song. 1981. Oh, 1981 was a year when the UK won. Bucks phase, making your

:02:14. > :02:24.mind up -- Bucks Fizz, Making Your Mind Up.

:02:25. > :02:36.Steve, honestly, I mean, every single song, from 61 years, why did

:02:37. > :02:48.you feel you needed... Just why? Why? That reminds me of another

:02:49. > :02:55.Eurovision song Why Me, Ireland. I get a strange feeling, a tingling in

:02:56. > :02:59.the fingers like when Clarke Kent becomes Superman, or Bruce Wayne

:03:00. > :03:04.becoming Batman and this time of year I become Eurovision man, but I

:03:05. > :03:09.love the songs, people love to knock Eurovision but if you look back over

:03:10. > :03:13.62 years, there are some great song, great melodies, and I love playing

:03:14. > :03:17.them. In terms of the actual competition, I know the semifinals

:03:18. > :03:24.have started, but what sort of front runners should we be looking at and

:03:25. > :03:30.the question, have we got a chance? OK, well I think the favourite this

:03:31. > :03:35.year must be Italy. A really fun song. I think Eurovision needs

:03:36. > :03:40.perhaps a fun winner this year. Of course the key thing is, he appears

:03:41. > :03:48.on stage with a gorilla. Of course he does, it is the EU row vision

:03:49. > :03:51.song contest, Azerbaijan have a man with a horses head on a lander. As

:03:52. > :03:55.for the United Kingdom, we have one of the strongest songs we have had

:03:56. > :04:01.for a long time. Lucie Jones is singing it. Never Give Up on You it

:04:02. > :04:06.could do, possibly a top ten finish. Hopefully the UK can you know enjoy

:04:07. > :04:13.some success this year. That quite a prediction. We will hold you to

:04:14. > :04:20.that. Play me out with one of my favourite, it is 1976. Oh, save Save

:04:21. > :04:35.Your Kisses For Me. That is one of the most popular winners.

:04:36. > :04:45.Oh, save Save Your Kisses For Me. I love that, thank you. I wonder if

:04:46. > :04:50.Vladimir Putin likes the EU row vision song contest. That is Steve's

:04:51. > :04:54.prediction, horse head, tick, ladder, tick. Azerbaijan. Could be

:04:55. > :05:02.the ones to watch this weekend. Steve, thank you. That is a proper

:05:03. > :05:06.talent. Next time we have a political correspondent on we will

:05:07. > :05:10.The Eurovision second semifinal is on BBC four at 8pm tomorrow

:05:11. > :06:48.Now a last, brief look at the headlines where

:06:49. > :06:51.Until then enjoy the rest of your morning.

:06:52. > :07:01.Boxing has always been a part of actor Johnny Harris's life.

:07:02. > :07:03.At the age of 16, he won a junior title becoming

:07:04. > :07:07.But he gave up his budding career after he fell in love,

:07:08. > :07:10.and turned to alcohol for the buzz he once got in the ring.

:07:11. > :07:12.Now he's used those experiences for his latest movie,

:07:13. > :07:16.Before we talk to him, let's see him in action.

:07:17. > :07:33.I could really do with someone out there with me.

:07:34. > :07:41.This gym doesn't run itself, you know.

:07:42. > :07:43.These kids just don't turn up and everything's magically

:07:44. > :07:47.It takes graft, it takes somebody coming in day in, day out.

:07:48. > :07:53.No, no, not "hold on a minute", because I don't have a minute

:07:54. > :07:57.If you want to go up there and fight unlicensed,

:07:58. > :08:00.That's your choice, to go up there and get

:08:01. > :08:03.yourself smashed to bits, if you want to.

:08:04. > :08:06.But I promised Bill, I gave him my word I was going

:08:07. > :08:09.to get you ready for this fight, and I'm going to honour that.

:08:10. > :08:11.But I am not going up there with you.

:08:12. > :08:19.Eurovision song contest. That is Steve's prediction, horse head,

:08:20. > :08:21.tick, ladder, tick. Azerbaijan. Could be the ones to watch this

:08:22. > :08:24.weekend. Steve, thank you. That is a proper talent. Next time we have a

:08:25. > :08:27.political correspondent on we will get them to bring a tuba. Looks

:08:28. > :08:29.gritty. How is the process come about? How did this end up being

:08:30. > :08:33.about boxing? Was it meant to be about boxing from the start? Kind

:08:34. > :08:36.of. I just, we started with an image, I was inspired by great

:08:37. > :08:43.writers like Pinter, and asking questions of that image, so I had an

:08:44. > :08:46.image of a man walking in the rain lingts it started employ --

:08:47. > :08:49.exploring that, I decided it was a boxing gym, and, that is where it

:08:50. > :08:54.started to cross over with real life. I used to box so I was able to

:08:55. > :08:57.kind of write in great detail, you know, sometimes you will get a

:08:58. > :09:02.script and they will say about the boxing gym, there is is a couple of

:09:03. > :09:07.punch bags and men with broking noses. I could see, smell, hear the

:09:08. > :09:11.gym, the sound when he walks in there is like a Wall of Sound. This

:09:12. > :09:18.place is home to this man, the smell of a gym. I still get that when I go

:09:19. > :09:22.into my old club. You can tell from the film it is somebody who knows

:09:23. > :09:27.about boxing as well. From the start. Tell us a bit about your

:09:28. > :09:31.character, Jimmy, he has a few issue, would that be a fair

:09:32. > :09:35.assessment? The main issue is himself. I wanted to write a film

:09:36. > :09:41.with a lot of boxing films, you have a victim in the middle of a sinister

:09:42. > :09:45.world, that is out to get them and about team that overcoming that.

:09:46. > :09:51.Jimmy's worst problem is himself. He is the problem. In fact, he is

:09:52. > :09:55.actually, as opposed to being in the middle of a sinister world he is

:09:56. > :10:00.surrounded by benevolent people. Who are trying to help. Good people. I

:10:01. > :10:05.wanted to write a film about that. It is I guess these are working

:10:06. > :10:09.class subjects. I wanted to write a film with poetry. I didn't want a

:10:10. > :10:14.film where people are running round with gun, I wanted to show good

:10:15. > :10:17.people, people who are turning up in life, changing lives by turning up,

:10:18. > :10:27.day in, day out, being there for them. I was surrounded by people

:10:28. > :10:31.like that, people like Mick Carney, who the film is dedicated. We are

:10:32. > :10:34.normally too busy promoting celebrities, and the latest hot shot

:10:35. > :10:38.or footballers or whatever, but people, you know, but there is

:10:39. > :10:42.people out there who are quietly going about changing people's lives

:10:43. > :10:48.and I wanted to make a film about those, real heroes. ? You mentioned,

:10:49. > :10:53.addiction, I wonder how much of your experience formed the character. How

:10:54. > :10:58.much did you draw on it? Only as much as any story, teller, I guess,

:10:59. > :11:03.you know, once I decided that, it is a film about that, you know, it is a

:11:04. > :11:07.film about a spiritual awakening, about a character learning that

:11:08. > :11:15.sometimes, you know, this is a man who is kind of, not born to fight,

:11:16. > :11:19.but to, as, has become a fighter and has achieved success by fighting. It

:11:20. > :11:23.it is about him learning that sometimes you have to give in to

:11:24. > :11:29.win. Sometimes it is difficult to learn when. Let us look at you

:11:30. > :11:35.playing Jimmy in the film. No if I find any booze in here. Are

:11:36. > :11:37.you talking to me? If you have anything to say that might interest

:11:38. > :11:53.me please go ahead. All right. Right. Shut up and listen

:11:54. > :12:01.to me. You listening? If I find one bottle

:12:02. > :12:08.of booze in here, just one, you're out. I smell booze on your breath

:12:09. > :12:12.just once, in my gym, you're out, do you understand? Wonderful Ray

:12:13. > :12:17.Winstone, if he told me that I would do anything he said. You trained

:12:18. > :12:22.with Barry McGuigan for some of the scenes. Yes and his son Shane who is

:12:23. > :12:28.one of the greatest trainers in the world, he trained Carl Frampton,

:12:29. > :12:33.George Groves, all of those. So, yes, I met them two years ago, all

:12:34. > :12:37.we had was a script, we didn't have any budget, Paul Weller had come --

:12:38. > :12:42.Paul Weller had come onboard. How did that come about? The same in the

:12:43. > :12:47.way in a sense that Barry came about. My producer Mike Elliott and

:12:48. > :12:54.I drew up a hit-list of people we wanted to work with, and Barry, I

:12:55. > :12:59.just knew Barry understood film, he trained Daniel Day-Lewis for The

:13:00. > :13:03.Boxer my period was when he won the word title. I wanted to be Barry as

:13:04. > :13:08.a kid, as a boxer, I knew who I wanted to work with. I knew he was a

:13:09. > :13:13.very intelligent man, an honest man and a moral man, I had an idea he

:13:14. > :13:21.would be great to work with. Paul Weller was a different story. He was

:13:22. > :13:26.at a concert where Paul said he never scored a film and he would

:13:27. > :13:31.like to. And Mark had read him my script. Two weeks later we were

:13:32. > :13:36.having a coffee, we had a two hour conversation, and he shook hand with

:13:37. > :13:41.me and the first demos started coming in. I would love to hear more

:13:42. > :13:44.about it but we have run out of time, Jawbone is in cinemas from

:13:45. > :13:48.Friday. That is it from us. Charlie and

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