11/03/2018

0:00:04 > 0:00:07Hello, this is Breakfast, with Ben Thompson and Naga

0:00:07 > 0:00:08Munchetty.

0:00:08 > 0:00:11Traces of the nerve agent used in the attack of a former Russian

0:00:11 > 0:00:14spy have been detected in a restaurant in Salisbury.

0:00:14 > 0:00:16With more than 240 witnesses identified and 200 pieces

0:00:16 > 0:00:19of evidence, the Home Secretary says police are working "at speed"

0:00:19 > 0:00:22to identify those responsible.

0:00:41 > 0:00:41Good morning.

0:00:41 > 0:00:43It's Sunday, 11th March.

0:00:43 > 0:00:46Also this morning - an investigation is launched

0:00:46 > 0:00:49into why thousands of homes in England and Wales were left

0:00:49 > 0:00:52without water in the wake of the Beast from the East.

0:00:52 > 0:00:53"The greatest deal for the world."

0:00:53 > 0:00:56Donald Trump defends his decision to hold face-to-face talks

0:00:56 > 0:01:00with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.

0:01:00 > 0:01:02A very good morning.

0:01:02 > 0:01:04In sport, Ireland are the Six Nations Champions,

0:01:04 > 0:01:07with a game to spare, and can now complete the Grand Slam

0:01:07 > 0:01:08against England next week.

0:01:08 > 0:01:13And Louise has the weather.

0:01:13 > 0:01:21Good morning. A murky start to this Sunday. There is some fog around,

0:01:21 > 0:01:25lifting to low cloud. Scattered showers in the south, drier and

0:01:25 > 0:01:30further north. More details coming up. -- and drier and brighter

0:01:30 > 0:01:31further north.

0:01:31 > 0:01:32Good morning.

0:01:32 > 0:01:33First, our main story.

0:01:33 > 0:01:36Traces of a nerve agent that was used to attack a former

0:01:36 > 0:01:39Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury have been found

0:01:39 > 0:01:41in the Italian restaurant where they had eaten.

0:01:41 > 0:01:44Sergei and Yulia Skripal were found collapsed on a bench nearby

0:01:44 > 0:01:46and remain critically ill in hospital.

0:01:46 > 0:01:49The substance was found in one part of the city's Zizzi restaurant

0:01:49 > 0:01:50during a continuing forensic examination.

0:01:50 > 0:01:54No-one who was in the restaurant at the same time is thought

0:01:54 > 0:01:55to be in danger.

0:01:55 > 0:01:57Andy Moore has the latest.

0:01:57 > 0:02:01One week after the attack with a nerve agent, the police

0:02:01 > 0:02:06investigation continues behind aid Harrier at the pizzeria where Sergei

0:02:06 > 0:02:13Skripal and Yulia Skripal eight. -- behind a barrier. Shortly after

0:02:13 > 0:02:17leaving the restaurant they were found on a park bench, fighting for

0:02:17 > 0:02:20their lives. One of the vehicles which took them to hospital was

0:02:20 > 0:02:24removed by specialist military teams for fear it might also contain

0:02:24 > 0:02:27traces of nerve agent. Sergei Skripal and Yulia are both

0:02:27 > 0:02:31critically ill. Russia has denied any involvement in their attempted

0:02:31 > 0:02:37murder. After chairing a second meeting of the Cobra emergency

0:02:37 > 0:02:39committee, the Home Secretary said the investigation was proceeding at

0:02:39 > 0:02:45speed, with 200 pieces of evidence, and more than 240 witnesses.It is a

0:02:45 > 0:02:50really painstaking, detailed investigation, as the police go

0:02:50 > 0:02:53through the 200 pieces of evidence, huge amounts of CCTV. They are

0:02:53 > 0:02:58absolutely committed to making sure that we do that in a completely

0:02:58 > 0:03:02professional way.The third victim of this attack, Detective Sergeant

0:03:02 > 0:03:07Nick Bailey, is seriously ill, though able to talk to his family.

0:03:07 > 0:03:10He released a statement saying he didn't consider himself a hero and

0:03:10 > 0:03:12was merely doing his job.

0:03:12 > 0:03:15The water regulator is to investigate why thousands

0:03:15 > 0:03:18of homes in England and Wales suffered shortages or a total loss

0:03:18 > 0:03:20of supply following the recent cold weather.

0:03:20 > 0:03:22Ofwat's review follows emergency handouts of water for people

0:03:22 > 0:03:25who were cut off.

0:03:25 > 0:03:32Simon Jones reports.

0:03:32 > 0:03:37Emergency water handouts on the streets. Tens of thousands of

0:03:37 > 0:03:40customers, particularly in south-east England and parts of

0:03:40 > 0:03:45Wales, forced to endure days of inconvenience as the taps run dry.

0:03:45 > 0:03:49They are simply meant to get the water fixed.I think this is

0:03:49 > 0:03:53absolutely appalling. It is shocking that there is such poor can

0:03:53 > 0:03:59indication, well, zero can indicate on.As pipes burst in the fall which

0:03:59 > 0:04:02followed the cold spell, the water company said they were facing an

0:04:02 > 0:04:10unprecedented situation. -- the thaw. Ofwat said today it understood

0:04:10 > 0:04:14how distressing it had been for people to be left without a vital

0:04:14 > 0:04:18public service the review will examine:

0:04:24 > 0:04:27Southern Water, for example, is giving households who were cut off

0:04:27 > 0:04:33for more than a day, £75, condemned as derisory by some of those

0:04:33 > 0:04:37affected. Ofwat wants to hear from businesses, households and local

0:04:37 > 0:04:41authorities. It wants proof that lessons will be learnt. Otherwise,

0:04:41 > 0:04:43it says, it may be forced to act.

0:04:43 > 0:04:46President Trump has told crowds at an election rally in Pennsylvania

0:04:46 > 0:04:49that his proposed meeting with the North Korean leader

0:04:49 > 0:04:51Kim Jong-un could lead to the "greatest deal

0:04:51 > 0:04:52for the world."

0:04:52 > 0:04:54During a wide-ranging speech, the American leader warned Europe

0:04:54 > 0:04:57about more possible tariffs, and also launched his slogan

0:04:57 > 0:04:59for re-election in 2020.

0:04:59 > 0:05:07And he talked up the prospects of a peace deal with North Korea.

0:05:09 > 0:05:15They are not sending missiles up, and I believe that. I really do. I

0:05:15 > 0:05:18think they want to do something, I think they want to make peace, I

0:05:18 > 0:05:22think it is time and I think we've shown great strength. I think that's

0:05:22 > 0:05:26also important, right?

0:05:26 > 0:05:29More measures to cut the use of plastics will be announced

0:05:29 > 0:05:31by the Chancellor in the coming days.

0:05:31 > 0:05:34Philip Hammond will use his spring statement on Tuesday to announce

0:05:34 > 0:05:36plans for a public consultation into taxing plastic waste.

0:05:36 > 0:05:38The government's target is to eliminate avoidable plastic

0:05:38 > 0:05:39waste, by 2042.

0:05:39 > 0:05:42A police investigation has been launched after anti-Muslim letters

0:05:42 > 0:05:45were sent to a number of people in several cities.

0:05:45 > 0:05:47The letters were delivered to addresses in Bradford,

0:05:47 > 0:05:48Leicester, London, Cardiff and Sheffield.

0:05:48 > 0:05:51They contained suggestions of a series of violent acts to be

0:05:51 > 0:05:54taken against Muslims and mosques.

0:05:54 > 0:06:02Counter-terrorism police say they're investigating a possible hate crime.

0:06:04 > 0:06:08New evidence has emerged about an attempt by the construction firm

0:06:08 > 0:06:12Karelian to get an emergency government bailouts of £10 million

0:06:12 > 0:06:19just before it collapsed. Carillion... The firm has wound up

0:06:19 > 0:06:22with debts of almost £1 billion.

0:06:22 > 0:06:23China's parliament, the National People's Congress,

0:06:23 > 0:06:26is expected to approve a ruling today which would remove

0:06:26 > 0:06:28the two-term limits for the country's presidency.

0:06:28 > 0:06:32The move will allow Xi Jinping to stay in office beyond the end

0:06:32 > 0:06:34of his second term in 2023, and possibly rule indefinitely.

0:06:34 > 0:06:42We can talk to our correspondent Stephen McDonell, who is in Beijing.

0:06:42 > 0:06:48Stephen, had to see you. How much longer does Xi Jinping want to stay

0:06:48 > 0:06:58in power?Well, in the coming hours, when the 3000 delegates here at the

0:06:58 > 0:07:02Great Hall of the People vote for Xi Jinping to effectively be able to

0:07:02 > 0:07:06stay on beyond two terms, they are giving him the green light to stay

0:07:06 > 0:07:10on for as long as he likes. And given the power that Xi Jinping

0:07:10 > 0:07:16already has in China, it is hard to imagine there will be much of a

0:07:16 > 0:07:19dissenting vote. We will know in the coming hours what the official

0:07:19 > 0:07:23numbers are, but the Congress here has never rejected any major

0:07:23 > 0:07:26proposal from the Communist Party and I don't think it is going to

0:07:26 > 0:07:29start today. It is interesting, there hasn't been anything like a

0:07:29 > 0:07:34national debate about this, or discussion in the media. It is all

0:07:34 > 0:07:37being downplayed here, despite the enormous ramifications of this

0:07:37 > 0:07:41decision. So even though, technically, as the head of the army

0:07:41 > 0:07:44and the chairman of the Congress party, Xi Jinping could have hung

0:07:44 > 0:07:49around anyway without the presidency title, it seems he wants to have a

0:07:49 > 0:07:53title as well, and the fact that he has gone to all this trouble to

0:07:53 > 0:07:57change the constitution to allow him to do it, well, it seems like you

0:07:57 > 0:08:01can be sure that Xi Jinping is going to be hanging around for many more

0:08:01 > 0:08:05years to come, beyond his second term. What time do we hear the

0:08:05 > 0:08:11announcement?It will be coming in the next couple of hours.OK. We

0:08:11 > 0:08:14will be speaking to you soon, then.

0:08:14 > 0:08:17Rare footage of a baby western lowland gorilla has been filmed

0:08:17 > 0:08:21in a National Park in Congo.

0:08:21 > 0:08:27I love this.Me too. Can you tell?

0:08:27 > 0:08:30The baby is thought to be a week old.

0:08:30 > 0:08:33It will now spend two to three years clinging to its mother.

0:08:33 > 0:08:35Western lowland gorillas are critically endangered with only

0:08:35 > 0:08:42an estimated 100,000 left in the wild.

0:08:42 > 0:08:48We do like baby stories today. It is Mothering Sunday.I like that idea,

0:08:48 > 0:08:56cleaning on for several years.Still the same in my house. -- clinging.

0:08:56 > 0:09:01Let's bring you up to date with the papers. The Mail on Sunday is taking

0:09:01 > 0:09:08a look at one charity, shame on the Bono charity believes. They are

0:09:08 > 0:09:11criticising certain behaviours by workers at this charity. Being

0:09:11 > 0:09:16subjected to a toxic culture of leading and abuse. The reason you

0:09:16 > 0:09:21have the picture of Bono there, he has been representing that charity,

0:09:21 > 0:09:26or has been a patron of that charity.The front of the Sunday

0:09:26 > 0:09:30express, more on our top story today, related to the fallout from

0:09:30 > 0:09:35that spy story in Salisbury. This story suggests that the poison which

0:09:35 > 0:09:41was used might have been a sophisticated ploy, sent by a

0:09:41 > 0:09:44delivery service, that is how they think it got into the country.

0:09:44 > 0:09:49Before arriving at the home of the people in the centre of this

0:09:49 > 0:09:56poisoning story.The Sunday Times is taking a lookout is -- taking a look

0:09:56 > 0:10:00at the spy story. Sergei Skripal, the latest Russian to be attacked on

0:10:00 > 0:10:04British soil. It is asking how we should react. The picture here is

0:10:04 > 0:10:10the Russian agent Anna Chapman, part of a 2010s -- 2010 spy swap which

0:10:10 > 0:10:16saw Sergei Skripal come into the UK. And Mothering Sunday, as we have

0:10:16 > 0:10:20been talking about, cards going gender neutral. A supermarket is

0:10:20 > 0:10:23sending gender neutral Mother's Day cards as retailers reduce the use of

0:10:23 > 0:10:28the M word, as the Sunday Times puts it. To make today's celebration more

0:10:28 > 0:10:33transgender inclusive.The front of the Sunday Telegraph, the main

0:10:33 > 0:10:36picture here. We will be discussing this in sport later. England

0:10:36 > 0:10:42crashing out of the Six Nations. The main story, corrupt Russian is

0:10:42 > 0:10:46facing a UK VISA ban. All of this is fallout from that scar -- spy

0:10:46 > 0:10:50scandal. And what that could mean for Russians living in the UK. And

0:10:50 > 0:10:53just down the bottom as well, accident and emergency chaos leads

0:10:53 > 0:11:00to ambulance meltdown, as paramedics are forced to withdraw some crews

0:11:00 > 0:11:04amid a shortage of ambulances able to get out to reach people.A quick

0:11:04 > 0:11:10look at the Observer as well. Gemma artisan on the front page. -- Gemma

0:11:10 > 0:11:17Arterton. Protesting in London against male violence towards women.

0:11:17 > 0:11:21Top paid men out strip women by four to one, with figures showing the

0:11:21 > 0:11:24almost four times more men than women in Britain's highest-paid

0:11:24 > 0:11:29posts. It shows the extent of the glass ceiling blocking women from

0:11:29 > 0:11:36top jobs.Today, of course, is Mothering Sunday. It is time to save

0:11:36 > 0:11:40on key to our mothers are all that they have done for us. -- time to

0:11:40 > 0:11:46say thank you.We should do that every day.Yes. Although my mother

0:11:46 > 0:11:50might not thank me for the pictures we are about to show you, pictures

0:11:50 > 0:11:57of me and my mum. This is us, we were travelling on a North Sea

0:11:57 > 0:12:01Ferry, it was freezing.Who are the others?My sister and my dad. Very

0:12:01 > 0:12:08bad hair in that one, I know. This is in Dubai, on the beach at night.

0:12:08 > 0:12:12Looking very on message, with my BBC T-shirt.Did your mother used to

0:12:12 > 0:12:19give you have gel?Are you talking about that second picture? It is a

0:12:19 > 0:12:26bit wild. Mum probably won't thank me to showing those pictures.Your

0:12:26 > 0:12:30mother looks absolutely lovely. It can be a tricky day, Mothering

0:12:30 > 0:12:33Sunday, for people who have lost their mothers. That is something we

0:12:33 > 0:12:38will be referred in on later on as well.Yes, stay tuned for that. We

0:12:38 > 0:12:41have lots of messages for mothers this Mothering Sunday. You are

0:12:41 > 0:12:46watching breakfast on BBC News. Here are the main stories this morning.

0:12:46 > 0:12:50Traces of the nerve agent used to poison a former Russian spy and his

0:12:50 > 0:12:55daughter have been found at a restaurant in Salisbury. The water

0:12:55 > 0:12:58regulator will investigate why thousands of homes in England and

0:12:58 > 0:13:05Wales were left without water during the cold weather earlier this month.

0:13:05 > 0:13:10Let's check in on what the weather has in store for us this Mothering

0:13:10 > 0:13:15Sunday. Louise has the details. It is looking at it and misty out there

0:13:15 > 0:13:19that?

0:13:19 > 0:13:22Yes, a murky start, but it will improve. A relatively mild day for

0:13:22 > 0:13:27many of us. But it is foggy in the morning, so please bear that in mind

0:13:27 > 0:13:31and be careful. The day will develop into one with brief sunny spells and

0:13:31 > 0:13:36scattered showers. Showers mostly across England and Wales today. If

0:13:36 > 0:13:42we look at the pressure chart, the UK is like the jam filling for a

0:13:42 > 0:13:45frontal sandwich. We are surrounded. This one producing rain across the

0:13:45 > 0:13:48extreme south-east coast, and this one down to the south-west which

0:13:48 > 0:13:52will arrive later on. Yesterday's rain, that is just sitting across

0:13:52 > 0:13:56Orkney and Shetland. We are not too concerned about that. Not a bad

0:13:56 > 0:13:59start for the day across Scotland and Northern Ireland and northern

0:13:59 > 0:14:03England. We will have this rain, just fringing Lincolnshire and East

0:14:03 > 0:14:07Yorkshire. A scattering of showers developing elsewhere and stop

0:14:07 > 0:14:11temperatures perhaps not as warm as yesterday, but nevertheless, not too

0:14:11 > 0:14:14bad. 9- 12 degrees. Relatively straightforward for Mothering

0:14:14 > 0:14:21Sunday. Going into Sunday night, we could see more of an organised spell

0:14:21 > 0:14:25of wet weather developing across England and Wales. Some clearer

0:14:25 > 0:14:27skies further north. A touch of light frost into Scotland.

0:14:27 > 0:14:32Temperatures close to freezing, elsewhere would that cloud and rain,

0:14:32 > 0:14:37we will see those temperatures holding up. -- elsewhere with that

0:14:37 > 0:14:41cloud. The week ahead looks unsettled. Tuesday will probably be

0:14:41 > 0:14:45the best day. There will be rain at times, but it should stay mild. A

0:14:45 > 0:14:49potential for cold weather to return by the weekend, but let's not worry

0:14:49 > 0:14:53about that yet. Monday, this area of low pressure could bring persistent

0:14:53 > 0:14:57rain across England and Wales. Scotland, Northern in London to

0:14:57 > 0:14:59Northern Ireland, again, a relatively straightforward start to

0:14:59 > 0:15:03the day. Maybe misty and murky with light winds early in the morning.

0:15:03 > 0:15:07This rain could be a nuisance through the day. We will have to

0:15:07 > 0:15:11keep an eye on that. In terms of the feel of things we are looking at

0:15:11 > 0:15:15around 9- 10 degrees in the north, higher into south, but only around

0:15:15 > 0:15:1911 degrees. A brief ridge of high pressure looks likely to build on

0:15:19 > 0:15:25Tuesday. A quiet day, potentially the best day of the week. Largely

0:15:25 > 0:15:29fine and dry. Maybe misty first thing in the morning, but that will

0:15:29 > 0:15:32lift away. Sunny spells coming through. Temperatures will sit at

0:15:32 > 0:15:37around 7- 12 degrees. Susie have outdoor plans, and you need to get

0:15:37 > 0:15:42into the garden, my ad bias is that Tuesday looks likely to be the best

0:15:42 > 0:15:48day. -- so if you have outdoor plans.Are you a gardener?A

0:15:48 > 0:15:54reluctant one. I have a garden, but I don't like it.Be proud of that.

0:15:54 > 0:15:59Not everybody has to be a gardener. My mother was the gardener, she used

0:15:59 > 0:16:04to help me a lot. But she has a bad back at the moment.So I am on my

0:16:04 > 0:16:10own. Well, we were sure that! -- we wish her that!

0:16:10 > 0:16:13We'll be back with a summary of the news at 6:30am.

0:16:13 > 0:16:16Now it's time for the Film Review.

0:16:23 > 0:16:31Hello there, welcome to The Film Review here on BBC News.

0:16:33 > 0:16:36And taking us through this week's cinema releases is,

0:16:36 > 0:16:37who else, but Mark Kermode.

0:16:37 > 0:16:40So Mark, what have you got for us this week?

0:16:40 > 0:16:40Very mixed bag.

0:16:40 > 0:16:43We have Gringo, which is a kind of caper movie

0:16:43 > 0:16:44starring David Oyelowo.

0:16:44 > 0:16:48We have You Were Never Really Here, which is the new film

0:16:48 > 0:16:49by Lynne Ramsay, whose work I love.

0:16:49 > 0:16:53And Mom And Dad, a sort of satirical horror film starring Nic Cage.

0:16:53 > 0:16:55OK, so let's kick off with Gringo.

0:16:55 > 0:17:00This is about a businessman who becomes a kind of wanted criminal?

0:17:00 > 0:17:08Yeah, so the story is, David Oyelowo is a sort of fairly

0:17:11 > 0:17:13hapless character working for a drug company.

0:17:13 > 0:17:15And he ends up faking his own kidnapping in Mexico,

0:17:15 > 0:17:18because he discovers essentially that he's going to lose his job,

0:17:18 > 0:17:22it looks like he's going to lose his wife, he hasn't got anything else

0:17:22 > 0:17:24to lose, so he fakes his own kidnapping.

0:17:24 > 0:17:27It starts off with him going on the trip to Mexico,

0:17:27 > 0:17:29with Joel Edgerton and Charlize Theron,

0:17:29 > 0:17:32both of whom are chewing the scenery as his evil superiors.

0:17:32 > 0:17:33Here's a clip.

0:17:33 > 0:17:34There it is again.

0:17:34 > 0:17:35What is that smell?

0:17:35 > 0:17:37Barbecue - I always bring it for Angel.

0:17:37 > 0:17:38Angel, buenos dias.

0:17:38 > 0:17:39There you go.

0:17:39 > 0:17:39Gracias. Hello.

0:17:39 > 0:17:47New app. Amazing.

0:17:58 > 0:18:03New app. Amazing.

0:18:03 > 0:18:06Know what else is amazing is actually learning

0:18:06 > 0:18:06a foreign language.

0:18:06 > 0:18:11Taco Bell, huh? That's sensational.

0:18:11 > 0:18:13I mean, as I said, chewing the scenery.

0:18:13 > 0:18:14Here's the thing with this film.

0:18:14 > 0:18:17In terms of the plot, it is all over the place,

0:18:17 > 0:18:21it's one where the writers have clearly decided to throw a bunch

0:18:21 > 0:18:23of ideas at the wall and see what sticks,

0:18:23 > 0:18:25and only some of them do.

0:18:25 > 0:18:27It gets by, however, largely on the fact that

0:18:27 > 0:18:28you like the cast.

0:18:28 > 0:18:31So, David Oyelowo is a very likeable antihero figure.

0:18:31 > 0:18:33They are very dislikeable villains in a real -

0:18:33 > 0:18:35she's basically playing Cruella Deville, and they're

0:18:35 > 0:18:36enjoying themselves.

0:18:36 > 0:18:37There are entire character threads...

0:18:37 > 0:18:39Sharlto Copley turns up halfway through suddenly,

0:18:39 > 0:18:41and the film takes an entire different direction.

0:18:41 > 0:18:44There are entire sections of it that don't hang together,

0:18:44 > 0:18:47and at the end you go, none of it added up.

0:18:47 > 0:18:49But whilst watching it, I enjoyed it much more

0:18:49 > 0:18:52than I thought was going to because the individual set pieces.

0:18:52 > 0:18:56There is one set piece in which a drug lord demands to know

0:18:56 > 0:18:59from the people who he's holding hostage whether or not they agree

0:18:59 > 0:19:01that Sergeant Pepper is the best Beatles album.

0:19:01 > 0:19:04And it's one of those weirdly surreal moments that works.

0:19:04 > 0:19:10Others don't.

0:19:10 > 0:19:12The film could have lost 20 or 30 minutes.

0:19:12 > 0:19:14It could have lost one entire thread.

0:19:14 > 0:19:17It's shambolic, no question, and it's a mess, no question.

0:19:17 > 0:19:19But it's an entertaining mess, largely because I like

0:19:19 > 0:19:20the central characters.

0:19:20 > 0:19:23David Oyelowo is absolutely brilliant, and he kind of holds

0:19:23 > 0:19:24the whole thing together.

0:19:24 > 0:19:26Is Sergeant Pepper the best Beatles album?

0:19:26 > 0:19:26No. No, OK.

0:19:26 > 0:19:28Glad we got a verdict there.

0:19:28 > 0:19:30Now, next, You Were Never Really Here.

0:19:30 > 0:19:32This is a kind of vigilante thriller?

0:19:32 > 0:19:34Well, it looks like that but it isn't.

0:19:34 > 0:19:37It's a Lynne Ramsay film.

0:19:37 > 0:19:40Lynne Ramsay made Rat Catcher, We Need To Talk About Kevin.

0:19:40 > 0:19:43She is someone who makes films entirely on her own terms.

0:19:43 > 0:19:45This is based on a novella by Jonathan Ames.

0:19:45 > 0:19:48And the story is that Joaquin Phoenix is an enforcer,

0:19:48 > 0:19:51somebody who is a hired gun, who specialises in retrieving lost

0:19:51 > 0:19:52kids, lost teenagers.

0:19:52 > 0:19:55He is sent at the beginning of the film to get back

0:19:55 > 0:19:56a senator's missing daughter.

0:19:56 > 0:19:58That's the mechanics of the plot.

0:19:58 > 0:20:01However, Lynne Ramsay isn't really that interested in plot mechanics.

0:20:01 > 0:20:04What she's interested in is the fact that he's a very damaged character.

0:20:04 > 0:20:08She described him as somebody who's got what is like a head full

0:20:08 > 0:20:09of broken glass.

0:20:09 > 0:20:12And what the film does is it gives you this nominal thriller narrative,

0:20:12 > 0:20:15but actually it's a very poetic portrait of somebody who's life

0:20:15 > 0:20:18is falling apart, who's haunted by the ghosts of the past,

0:20:18 > 0:20:20who's haunted by past abusive traumas.

0:20:20 > 0:20:23Plus it upends your expectation, because you know at the beginning

0:20:23 > 0:20:24that he's a kind of...

0:20:24 > 0:20:27He's a hired enforcer, his weapon of choice is a hammer,

0:20:27 > 0:20:30and yet he loves his mother, he looks after his mother.

0:20:30 > 0:20:33When they're at home, Psycho comes on the television,

0:20:33 > 0:20:34so you think, "Oh, he's Norman Bates."

0:20:34 > 0:20:36But he's not Norman Bates.

0:20:36 > 0:20:38Later on, Shawshank Redemption comes on the television,

0:20:38 > 0:20:40which is very significant if you're a Shawshank fan,

0:20:40 > 0:20:41which I am.

0:20:41 > 0:20:44The score is by Johnny Greenwood, whose work is brilliant.

0:20:44 > 0:20:47The whole film has this really overwhelming sensory experience.

0:20:47 > 0:20:49The whole film has this really overwhelming sensory experience.

0:20:49 > 0:20:51It's got a brilliant sound design.

0:20:51 > 0:20:53See it in a cinema that's playing it loud.

0:20:53 > 0:20:58And I've now seen it a couple of times, and the first time I found

0:20:58 > 0:21:00it elliptical, almost hard to follow the plot,

0:21:00 > 0:21:03but you don't care because what you're following is the characters.

0:21:03 > 0:21:05Second time around I thought, this is proper cinema making.

0:21:05 > 0:21:08Lynne Ramsay is an absolute genius, nobody makes films like her.

0:21:08 > 0:21:11She makes few films, and when she does they are

0:21:11 > 0:21:12always worth it.

0:21:12 > 0:21:15As far as I'm concerned, she has a perfect strike rate,

0:21:15 > 0:21:18and this is already one of my favourite films of the year

0:21:18 > 0:21:20and we're only in March.

0:21:20 > 0:21:20Wow. Yes.

0:21:20 > 0:21:23Now, Mom And Dad, which sounds very nice, with Nicholas Cage,

0:21:23 > 0:21:26but it's actually parents turning quite nasty on their children?

0:21:26 > 0:21:27Yeah.

0:21:27 > 0:21:29So it's one of those "what if" horror movies,

0:21:29 > 0:21:32what if parents suddenly decided to turn on their kids,

0:21:32 > 0:21:35because they've been in this case, we think, infected either by a virus

0:21:35 > 0:21:38or perhaps by a signal which is coming through the television.

0:21:38 > 0:21:41It seems to be sort of sent through television distortion.

0:21:41 > 0:21:44The film is directed by the guy who is one half of Neveldine

0:21:44 > 0:21:47and Taylor, who made films like Crank, who are not

0:21:47 > 0:21:48known for understatement.

0:21:48 > 0:21:52So, at the very beginning of the film, it starts as a kind

0:21:52 > 0:21:54of standard thing, a mother and father and they're resentful

0:21:54 > 0:21:57of their children's freedoms but they're also very protective.

0:21:57 > 0:21:59And then this strange, horrific outbreak happens,

0:21:59 > 0:22:01and the parents turn on their children, but also

0:22:01 > 0:22:03at the same time remain weirdly, satirically protective.

0:22:03 > 0:22:11Here's a clip.

0:22:18 > 0:22:20It's not what you think, Mr Ryan.

0:22:20 > 0:22:22What are you doing in my house?

0:22:22 > 0:22:23Is my daughter here?

0:22:23 > 0:22:23Carly? Joshua?

0:22:23 > 0:22:25Is that dad? I want dad.

0:22:25 > 0:22:29We need to leave God damn it. I want to get my backpack.

0:22:29 > 0:22:30Why? Fine just get it.

0:22:30 > 0:22:33We need to talk. Oh, do we need to talk?

0:22:33 > 0:22:35Yeah, we do need to talk you can't be hit.

0:22:35 > 0:22:38It's not about me and Carly, it's about what's happening.

0:22:38 > 0:22:39I get exactly...what's happening.

0:22:39 > 0:22:40It's called hormones.

0:22:40 > 0:22:42Now, this is one of those films

0:22:42 > 0:22:49in which Nic Cage goes full Nic Cage.

0:22:49 > 0:22:52There is a sequence in which he attacks a pool table,

0:22:52 > 0:22:54and it ranks alongside, you know, Nic Cage's craziest moments.

0:22:54 > 0:22:56The reason it works is this.

0:22:56 > 0:23:00If you have a horror film like this, it has to have a central truth

0:23:00 > 0:23:02at the heart of it.

0:23:02 > 0:23:04And the central truth is, these parents basically resent

0:23:04 > 0:23:06the fact that they - they were once young,

0:23:06 > 0:23:09crazy, free-spirited, Nic Cage and some kind of...

0:23:09 > 0:23:11And now their lives have changed, because they've dedicated themselves

0:23:11 > 0:23:14to looking after the children.

0:23:14 > 0:23:17So, although what happens is a sort of supernatural manifestation,

0:23:17 > 0:23:20it's sort of clawing away at that idea that these resentments

0:23:20 > 0:23:21are actually real things.

0:23:21 > 0:23:24It's a really odd film, it's definitely not for everybody.

0:23:24 > 0:23:24It's very taboo-breaking.

0:23:24 > 0:23:27It's dealing with a very taboo issue, which is parents

0:23:27 > 0:23:28turning on children.

0:23:28 > 0:23:30We've seen plenty of movies with scary children,

0:23:30 > 0:23:32you know, whether it's Village Of the Dammed,

0:23:32 > 0:23:33or The Excorcist.

0:23:33 > 0:23:35This is the other way round.

0:23:35 > 0:23:37And it works, up to a point.

0:23:37 > 0:23:43It's completely bonkers.

0:23:43 > 0:23:46There are several moments in it when you think,

0:23:46 > 0:23:47this is just preposterous.

0:23:47 > 0:23:49But it works because it's got a central core idea,

0:23:49 > 0:23:52and it's not afraid, you know, to over-crank itself.

0:23:52 > 0:23:55And I enjoyed it, but I was very aware after watching it,

0:23:55 > 0:23:57I'm enjoying it as a horror fan.

0:23:57 > 0:23:59It's not for everybody.

0:23:59 > 0:24:02Well, I can imagine as a parent you might find it pretty

0:24:02 > 0:24:03uncomfortable kind of viewing.

0:24:03 > 0:24:06Yeah, and the moments that it works the best are exactly those moments,

0:24:06 > 0:24:09when it taps into the idea that this is outrageous,

0:24:09 > 0:24:12this is terrible, but it's tapping into a sort of parental resentment

0:24:12 > 0:24:15idea, which is a very, very taboo idea.

0:24:15 > 0:24:18So it's, you know, as I said, not for everybody, but if you're

0:24:18 > 0:24:22a horror fan, if you like films like Teeth, if you like films

0:24:22 > 0:24:24like American Mary, if you like offbeat,

0:24:24 > 0:24:27strange, quirky American horror movies, that dare to go into fairly

0:24:27 > 0:24:29dark places, then I think it's an interesting film.

0:24:29 > 0:24:31And it is genuinely horrifying, is it?

0:24:31 > 0:24:36It's genuinely satirically nasty, which is slightly different.

0:24:36 > 0:24:37OK.

0:24:37 > 0:24:39All right, I think we get the distinction.

0:24:39 > 0:24:41You're not going, I can tell.

0:24:41 > 0:24:43I'm not going, you're absolutely right!

0:24:43 > 0:24:45What is best out at the moment?

0:24:45 > 0:24:47Fantastic Woman, which just won to the Oscar for

0:24:47 > 0:24:49Best Foreign Language Film, is a wonderful story

0:24:49 > 0:24:53about a transgender woman who finds herself shut out of her life

0:24:53 > 0:24:55when her lover dies and the family descend.

0:24:55 > 0:24:58It has a brilliant performance by Daniela Vega, who is just

0:24:58 > 0:25:00wonderful, really mesmerising, a great screen presence and really

0:25:00 > 0:25:08carries the movie.

0:25:08 > 0:25:11Sebastian Lelio, who directed it, I think does a wonderful job

0:25:11 > 0:25:14of mixing on the one hand, you know, realist, gritty story elements

0:25:14 > 0:25:15with moments of fantasy.

0:25:15 > 0:25:18At one point it turns into a sort of musical fantasia,

0:25:18 > 0:25:19in which she levitates.

0:25:19 > 0:25:22There's another moment when she's walking down the street and the wind

0:25:22 > 0:25:25is blowing, and it's almost like a supernatural wind.

0:25:25 > 0:25:28And the film is about, you know, finding your identity,

0:25:28 > 0:25:30finding your place, asserting your name,

0:25:30 > 0:25:32you know, saying, "I am Marina, this is who I am."

0:25:32 > 0:25:36I've seen it a few times now, and every time I've seen I've seen

0:25:36 > 0:25:37more in it.

0:25:37 > 0:25:40It's really well worth watching, and it was a deserved Oscar winner.

0:25:40 > 0:25:41So, your recommendation? Absolutely.

0:25:41 > 0:25:44All right, and the best DVD? Killing Of A Sacred Deer.

0:25:44 > 0:25:47Killing Of A Sacred Deer is the new film by Yorgos Lanthimos.

0:25:47 > 0:25:50It's interesting because it was at Cannes the same time

0:25:50 > 0:25:53the Lynne Ramsay film was at Cannes, and they shared the prize

0:25:53 > 0:25:54for best screenwriting.

0:25:54 > 0:25:58This is a very, very odd story about a medic who has a secret

0:25:58 > 0:25:59in his past.

0:25:59 > 0:26:02It starts off looking like it's a kind of strange social satire,

0:26:02 > 0:26:05and then it turns into a full-blooded horror movie.

0:26:05 > 0:26:07It's more horrifying than anything that's in Mom And Dad.

0:26:07 > 0:26:09I mean, it's genuinely disturbing at the end.

0:26:09 > 0:26:13But it's a film, again, in which it's all to do with the way

0:26:13 > 0:26:16in which the story is told, rather than the story itself.

0:26:16 > 0:26:20It makes a very, very interesting double bill with the Lynne Ramsay

0:26:20 > 0:26:23movie, and I don't want to say it again but the Lynne Ramsay movie,

0:26:23 > 0:26:26everybody has to go and see.

0:26:26 > 0:26:29There is quite a lot around which blurs horror

0:26:29 > 0:26:30and social satire.

0:26:30 > 0:26:32Horror is in a fantastic period at the moment.

0:26:32 > 0:26:36Horror is in a period in which it doesn't look like a single genre.

0:26:36 > 0:26:39We are seeing horror inflecting a whole lot of other

0:26:39 > 0:26:39areas, and obviously...

0:26:39 > 0:26:42That was my I grew up on horror movies.

0:26:42 > 0:26:46Get Out is a movie I absolutely love - if you call that a horror movie.

0:26:46 > 0:26:48It is absolutely a horror movie.

0:26:48 > 0:26:51And people started saying it wasn't a horror movie when it got nominated

0:26:51 > 0:26:54for Oscars, because that's always the thing which scares people off.

0:26:54 > 0:26:58But it is a horror movie, it's in the tradition of Ira Levin,

0:26:58 > 0:27:01but it's also a social satire, it has elements of comedy in it.

0:27:01 > 0:27:03You know, horror can inflect absolutely everything.

0:27:03 > 0:27:06It is the genre to end all genres.

0:27:06 > 0:27:08Well, it's your favourite genre. It is, absolutely.

0:27:08 > 0:27:08Fair enough.

0:27:08 > 0:27:10Mark, thank you very much indeed.

0:27:10 > 0:27:10Thank you.

0:27:10 > 0:27:14Just a quick reminder before you go that you will find more film news

0:27:14 > 0:27:17and reviews from across the BBC online at bbc.co.uk/MarkKermode

0:27:17 > 0:27:20and you can find all our previous programmes on the BBC

0:27:20 > 0:27:20iPlayer as well.

0:27:20 > 0:27:22But that is it for this week.

0:27:22 > 0:27:25Thank you very much for watching, and from us, goodbye.

0:28:34 > 0:28:37Hello, this is Breakfast with Ben Thompson and Naga

0:28:37 > 0:28:39Munchetty.

0:28:39 > 0:28:39Good morning.

0:28:39 > 0:28:47Here's a summary of today's main stories from BBC News.

0:28:48 > 0:28:49Traces of a nerve agent which was

0:28:49 > 0:28:51Traces of a nerve agent which was used to attack a former Russian spy

0:28:51 > 0:28:55and his daughter in Salisbury have been found in the Italian restaurant

0:28:55 > 0:29:00where they had eaten. The substance was found in one part of the city's

0:29:00 > 0:29:05Zizzi restaurant during a forensic examination. Sergei Skripal and his

0:29:05 > 0:29:08daughter Yulia were found collapsed on a bench nearby and remained

0:29:08 > 0:29:11critically ill in hospital. Home Secretary Amber Rudd says the

0:29:11 > 0:29:14government is using enormous resources to try to identify those

0:29:14 > 0:29:18responsible. The water regulator is to identify why thousands of homes

0:29:18 > 0:29:22in England and Wales suffered shortages or a total loss of supply

0:29:22 > 0:29:25following the recent cold weather. Ofwat's review follows emergency

0:29:25 > 0:29:31handouts of water for people who work at. They will look at how well

0:29:31 > 0:29:33firms communicated with customers and if compensation levels are

0:29:33 > 0:29:34adequate.

0:29:34 > 0:29:37President Trump has told crowds at an election rally in Pennsylvania

0:29:37 > 0:29:39that his proposed meeting with the North Korean leader

0:29:39 > 0:29:41Kim Jong-un could lead to the "greatest deal

0:29:41 > 0:29:43for the world."

0:29:43 > 0:29:45During a wide-ranging speech, the American leader warned Europe

0:29:45 > 0:29:48about more possible tariffs, and also launched his slogan

0:29:48 > 0:29:50for re-election in 2020.

0:29:50 > 0:29:53More measures to cut the use of plastics will be announced

0:29:53 > 0:29:55by the Chancellor in the coming days.

0:29:55 > 0:29:56Philip Hammond

0:29:56 > 0:29:59will use his Spring statement on Tuesday to announce plans

0:29:59 > 0:30:02for a public consultation into taxing plastic waste.

0:30:02 > 0:30:04The government's target is to eliminate avoidable plastic

0:30:04 > 0:30:08waste, by 2042.

0:30:08 > 0:30:11A police investigation has been launched after anti-Muslim letters

0:30:11 > 0:30:13were sent to a number of people in several cities.

0:30:13 > 0:30:19The letters were delivered to addresses in Bradford,

0:30:19 > 0:30:20Leicester, London, Cardiff and Sheffield.

0:30:20 > 0:30:23They contained suggestions of a series of violent acts to be

0:30:23 > 0:30:25taken against Muslims and mosques.

0:30:25 > 0:30:27Counter-terrorism police say they're investigating a possible hate

0:30:27 > 0:30:35crime.

0:30:35 > 0:30:38China's Parliament, the national People's Congress, is expected to

0:30:38 > 0:30:42approve a ruling today which would remove the two term limits for the

0:30:42 > 0:30:46country's residency. The move will allow Xi Jinping to stay in office

0:30:46 > 0:30:50beyond the end of his second term in 2023. It could mean he could

0:30:50 > 0:30:54possibly rule indefinitely. The limit was brought in more than 30

0:30:54 > 0:30:58years ago. Internet censors have deleted critical comments on social

0:30:58 > 0:31:01media platforms.

0:31:01 > 0:31:05Time to talk about sport, and I think if you are an island fan, you

0:31:05 > 0:31:10might have a bit of a sore head this morning. -- Ireland.I think so,

0:31:10 > 0:31:17yes.It is justified.Completely justified. Winning it with a game to

0:31:17 > 0:31:22spare. They beat Scotland by 28 points, to eight. A comfortable

0:31:22 > 0:31:27victory, a bonus point victory. That meant England needed a bonus point

0:31:27 > 0:31:31victory against the French in Paris, but that didn't happen. So island

0:31:31 > 0:31:34are the well-deserved champions. -- Ireland.

0:31:34 > 0:31:38So the Six Nations Championship has been decided with a game to spare.

0:31:38 > 0:31:41But of course the match between England and Ireland next

0:31:41 > 0:31:43week still has a lot riding on it.

0:31:43 > 0:31:45Ireland will want to go unbeaten in the tournament

0:31:45 > 0:31:47to complete the Grand Slam.

0:31:47 > 0:31:49And as Joe Wilson reports, it was a monumental occasion

0:31:49 > 0:31:50in Dublin.

0:31:50 > 0:31:53The Six Nations was supposed to be settled next weekend, wasn't it?

0:31:53 > 0:31:58Well, why wait. Seize the moment on Saturday night.The Irish!In

0:31:58 > 0:32:01Dublin, confidence flowed from the moment Scotland's misfiring

0:32:01 > 0:32:05attacking gave the ball to Jacob Stockdale. He has been the finisher

0:32:05 > 0:32:09for so much of Ireland's could work in this Six Nations. Before

0:32:09 > 0:32:16half-time he had his second try. A third for Ireland soon followed.

0:32:16 > 0:32:20Here, the move was finished, blacking horn. Nice. These

0:32:20 > 0:32:24significant dive to the line came from Sean Cronin. Beautiful in its

0:32:24 > 0:32:28own way, because it meant Ireland had a bonus point to go with their

0:32:28 > 0:32:34wind. Well, everyone was keen to get an image of Sean Cronin and family.

0:32:34 > 0:32:38A great story for Ireland here in Dublin. What nobody knew at the

0:32:38 > 0:32:44final whistle here was how things would turn out in Paris. England

0:32:44 > 0:32:47needed four tries against France to keep in step with Ireland, but never

0:32:47 > 0:32:51looked near it. This high tackle and defence led to a penalty try to

0:32:51 > 0:32:55France. England conceded penalties throughout the match. Ran into the

0:32:55 > 0:32:59French defence throughout the match. When they finally found their way to

0:32:59 > 0:33:04the line, it was too late. You don't have power, you don't have momentum.

0:33:04 > 0:33:10France suddenly have both. And Ireland had it all tournament.We

0:33:10 > 0:33:16know the biggest challenge is ahead still. It is very muted upstairs,

0:33:16 > 0:33:20very strange to win the championship with a game to go and so much still

0:33:20 > 0:33:24to play for.Islands get their own chance to beat England next weekend.

0:33:24 > 0:33:27-- Ireland.

0:33:27 > 0:33:30England women's hopes of a second successive Six Nations title took

0:33:30 > 0:33:32a major blow as they lost 18-17 to France.

0:33:32 > 0:33:35Both sides were unbeaten going into the match,

0:33:35 > 0:33:37but Jessy Tremouliere's dramatic late try inflicted

0:33:37 > 0:33:37England's first defeat.

0:33:37 > 0:33:41France are now four points clear at the top of the table with one

0:33:41 > 0:33:44game to play.

0:33:44 > 0:33:47West Ham United have launched an inquiry after supporters invaded

0:33:47 > 0:33:50the pitch during yesterday's 3-0 defeat at home to Burnley.

0:33:50 > 0:33:53The game had to be stopped a number of times due to members

0:33:53 > 0:33:55of the crowd invading the pitch to protest

0:33:55 > 0:33:56against the club's owners.

0:33:56 > 0:33:59Burnley weren't distacted by the turmoil, and went on to win

0:33:59 > 0:34:03comfortably by 3 goals to nil, but the West Ham protests continued

0:34:03 > 0:34:06after the game and both the club and the FA say

0:34:06 > 0:34:14they will investigate.

0:34:17 > 0:34:22The atmosphere was horrible. Obviously we have had fans running

0:34:22 > 0:34:27on the pitch, and we know, to be honest, we know a lot of its isn't

0:34:27 > 0:34:33aimed at the players. It is for other reasons. But we have to be

0:34:33 > 0:34:37many enough to be able to play in that atmosphere. It is hard, don't

0:34:37 > 0:34:38get me wrong.

0:34:38 > 0:34:42Manchester United have opened up a 5-point lead in the race for 2nd

0:34:42 > 0:34:45place in the Premier League after they beat Liverpool 2-1

0:34:45 > 0:34:46at Old Trafford yesterday.

0:34:46 > 0:34:48Striker Marcus Rashford scored both of his sides goals

0:34:48 > 0:34:49in the first half.

0:34:49 > 0:34:52A fantastic first effort before a deflected shot put United out

0:34:52 > 0:34:54of reach.

0:34:54 > 0:34:57West Bromwich Albion are still firmly bottom of the table

0:34:57 > 0:34:59after a 4-1 defeat at home to Leicester City.

0:34:59 > 0:35:02The result means the pressue continues to pile up on manager

0:35:02 > 0:35:05Alan Pardew having lost the last five premier League games

0:35:05 > 0:35:13and the club has only one league win since August.

0:35:14 > 0:35:19We have to kind of still believe and still fight, and it was just that

0:35:19 > 0:35:23last ten or 15 minutes that were painful for us, because it kind of

0:35:23 > 0:35:28knocked us. We had played so well in that period. It is difficult for

0:35:28 > 0:35:32players, sometimes. I'm not going to make excuses for them, because we've

0:35:32 > 0:35:36got to fight to the end in every game. They got that message after

0:35:36 > 0:35:37the game.

0:35:37 > 0:35:41In the Scottish Premiership Rangers can close the gap on Celtic to just

0:35:41 > 0:35:43three points this afternoon when the two teams meet

0:35:43 > 0:35:45in the Old Firm match at Ibrox.

0:35:45 > 0:35:47Third place Aberdeen were held to a goalless draw

0:35:47 > 0:35:50at Partick Thistle after only managing this one shot on target

0:35:50 > 0:35:51in the whole match.

0:35:51 > 0:35:55Elsewhere St Johnstone, Hamilton and Kilmarnock won.

0:35:55 > 0:35:58Now whether you're a golf fan or not, you should really keep

0:35:58 > 0:36:02an eye on what's going on in Florida later today because we could witness

0:36:02 > 0:36:04one of the greatest sporting comebacks in sport.

0:36:04 > 0:36:06Before suffering back problems which required surgery,

0:36:06 > 0:36:10Tiger Woods dominated golf as world number one and winner of 14 majors.

0:36:10 > 0:36:12He's currently ranked 388th!

0:36:12 > 0:36:15But at times he's looked back to somewhere near his best

0:36:15 > 0:36:21at the Valspar Championship.

0:36:21 > 0:36:27He hasn't lost it!No. What a shot that was.

0:36:27 > 0:36:30He'll go into today's final round just a shot off the lead

0:36:30 > 0:36:33with his first title for four and a half years firmly

0:36:33 > 0:36:36in his sights.

0:36:36 > 0:36:42You know, I tell you...What they show that was.The fans are so

0:36:42 > 0:36:47behind him. He has had such to multi this time in his personal life and

0:36:47 > 0:36:52on and off the course.But they are firmly behind him now.You come back

0:36:52 > 0:36:56to a top-level sport like that without so much pressure. Lots of

0:36:56 > 0:37:00people behind him, but without that pressure and expectation that you

0:37:00 > 0:37:04are always going to win.You can see the talent is there, obviously.

0:37:04 > 0:37:06Now to the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang.

0:37:06 > 0:37:12Britain has won a couple of medals overnight and and speak

0:37:12 > 0:37:13to our reporter Kate Gray.

0:37:13 > 0:37:21Millie Knight and wrote wild -- Brett Wild claimed their second

0:37:21 > 0:37:32medals in the downhill skiing. Kate? That's right. It was a very early

0:37:32 > 0:37:39start for the alpine skiers, going in D super-G. I am now joined by

0:37:39 > 0:37:45Menna Fitzpatrick and Jen Kehoe. You'll smile say it all, but take us

0:37:45 > 0:37:49through the last four hours? The audience may not realise you fell in

0:37:49 > 0:37:52the downhill yesterday, very early. 24 hours later you have won bronze

0:37:52 > 0:37:59in the super-G.Definitely an emotional 24 hours. Lots of crying.

0:37:59 > 0:38:03Today they were good tears, thankfully. Yesterday we just had a

0:38:03 > 0:38:07little bit too much speed, unfortunately. And we came in with

0:38:07 > 0:38:1190 kilometres an hour in to be fourth gate, which isn't even the

0:38:11 > 0:38:19fastest pass, so it was just unfortunate that we fail. We then

0:38:19 > 0:38:23turned it around, definitely, for today.Did you hurt yourself at all?

0:38:23 > 0:38:28Were there any injuries which hit you today?Thankfully not!Jen

0:38:28 > 0:38:33Kehoe, what a responsibility for you. Any fears for you? Being the

0:38:33 > 0:38:38guide, you must think, was it my fault?It is hugely nerve-wracking.

0:38:38 > 0:38:42Menna Fitzpatrick and I spend a lot of time together and I could see

0:38:42 > 0:38:46when we pushed out of the gate this morning, I could see how nervous she

0:38:46 > 0:38:50was. My job then becomes encouraging her anyway that I can, get her to

0:38:50 > 0:38:58ski confidently. So the first half of today's run was just about, yeah,

0:38:58 > 0:39:03building up confidence. I about halfway down you got into it, and

0:39:03 > 0:39:08started skiing really well. -- by about halfway. Sauber please, an

0:39:08 > 0:39:13amazing recovery. It is so hard when you crashed downhill, there is often

0:39:13 > 0:39:18quite a high injury rate. But for me, seeing that, it is terrifying.

0:39:18 > 0:39:21It is a huge responsibility.A bronze medal at your first-ever

0:39:21 > 0:39:27games. Did you ever imagine this? Do you think this is the first of more

0:39:27 > 0:39:32to come?Hopefully. We still have three more races. It is a massive

0:39:32 > 0:39:38dream come true for both of us. I am just so glad we have done it

0:39:38 > 0:39:43together.Well, you can just tell you are over the moon. Iron over the

0:39:43 > 0:39:47moon for you as well. I have seen you in training and I how hard you

0:39:47 > 0:39:53worked. Well done. Just up data on what else is going on here, Great

0:39:53 > 0:39:56Britain have been competing in the curling, but they lost to

0:39:56 > 0:39:59Switzerland earlier today. They will get another chance later on against

0:39:59 > 0:40:05Finland. We will keep you updated. Kate, thank you very much indeed.

0:40:05 > 0:40:09Brilliant, isn't it? We have a couple of silver medals now and a

0:40:09 > 0:40:13bronze.Halfway to the lower target, I think that was 6- ten.And one

0:40:13 > 0:40:17week to go.We are on our way.

0:40:17 > 0:40:20It's Mothering Sunday today - a chance for many of us to say thank

0:40:20 > 0:40:23you to our mums for all that they do.

0:40:23 > 0:40:28You can hear the cast of viewers, thinking, I forgot the card. --

0:40:28 > 0:40:29gasps.

0:40:29 > 0:40:33But for those who've lost their mum, lost a child, or struggled to have

0:40:33 > 0:40:35children, it can be a difficult day.

0:40:35 > 0:40:39Over the last week BBC Radio 5 Live has been speaking to men

0:40:39 > 0:40:41who lost their mums when they were children.

0:40:41 > 0:40:43One of them, financial expert Martin Lewis,

0:40:43 > 0:40:46lost his mother in a riding accident a few days before his 13th

0:40:46 > 0:40:50birthday.

0:40:50 > 0:40:55Nobody told me how serious it was. And I always remember worrying,

0:40:55 > 0:40:59because they said my mum was in hospital, worrying that she wouldn't

0:40:59 > 0:41:03be there for my birthday in three days. And my grandmother, my

0:41:03 > 0:41:08father's mother, said that she will be here for your bar mitzvah. And I

0:41:08 > 0:41:14thought nothing of it. And the next day my dad told me that she had died

0:41:14 > 0:41:17that morning. And that was... That was the end of my childhood, that

0:41:17 > 0:41:31moment. And I cried every day until I was 15. And then I stopped crying.

0:41:31 > 0:41:35And it's... You would know this, it is probably the defining moment that

0:41:35 > 0:41:39changed my life. I'm very proud of what they achieved in my career.

0:41:39 > 0:41:43Even when I made my wife, she would go with her mother for Mother's Day,

0:41:43 > 0:41:47and I wouldn't go with her. I couldn't do it. I couldn't cope with

0:41:47 > 0:41:53Mother's Day. Only now, thank God, with the great joy of having my own

0:41:53 > 0:41:56daughter, but my wife has become mummy, can Mother's Day finally

0:41:56 > 0:42:00become something that I can actually cope with.

0:42:00 > 0:42:04A very emotional account by Martin. I am sure that will resonate with

0:42:04 > 0:42:08many people watching today. We are going to talk to somebody a bit

0:42:08 > 0:42:11later. We will be talking about Mothering Sunday all day today. What

0:42:11 > 0:42:15we will also be talking to somebody later on this morning. Claire

0:42:15 > 0:42:19Richmond, from the child breathe and charity, will be talking to us later

0:42:19 > 0:42:27about that. -- child bereavement. Louise has the weather for us today.

0:42:27 > 0:42:31Louise, it is an interesting one out there? Not very Mothering Sunday

0:42:31 > 0:42:35weather?

0:42:35 > 0:42:40No, it is horrible. Misty and foggy at the moment. That it will improve.

0:42:40 > 0:42:43So if you are heading off with daffodils to tell your mother you

0:42:43 > 0:42:46love her, hopefully the sunshine will come through. Scattered showers

0:42:46 > 0:42:50and sunny spells for some of us today. We are actually surrounded by

0:42:50 > 0:42:54frontal systems. But it isn't too bad, because this little fellow who

0:42:54 > 0:43:03is being a nuisance is actually sitting off in the North Sea. We are

0:43:03 > 0:43:09not expecting too many problems. A scattering of showers developing

0:43:09 > 0:43:12across central and southern areas once the mist and fog lifts.

0:43:12 > 0:43:15Hopefully that will lift a low cloud which will then thin and break.

0:43:15 > 0:43:19Northern England, Northern Ireland Scotland, not bad afternoon. Likely

0:43:19 > 0:43:24to see temperatures peaking at 9- 12. Think back to where we were this

0:43:24 > 0:43:27time last week when we had just finished with the beast from the

0:43:27 > 0:43:31east. We still have lots of lying snow. Overnight tonight, we will see

0:43:31 > 0:43:35an area of low pressure drifting up from the south-west which could

0:43:35 > 0:43:38cause more significant outbreaks of rain across England and Wales. The

0:43:38 > 0:43:45key is that it will be a cold end to the night, 5-7. Further north, with

0:43:45 > 0:43:49clear skies, we may have a touch of frost in the sheltered glens of

0:43:49 > 0:43:53Scotland. Looking ahead it seems as though we will see a bit of rain at

0:43:53 > 0:43:57times. Dry interludes. It will stay mild, until potentially next week.

0:43:57 > 0:44:00We could see more cold weather coming back. What we do need to

0:44:00 > 0:44:04worry about that yet. Let's get Monday out of the way. Monday, that

0:44:04 > 0:44:08area of low pressure is still a nuisance across England and Wales.

0:44:08 > 0:44:11Generally speaking, the further north you are, Scotland and northern

0:44:11 > 0:44:14England and Northern Ireland, they may be cloudy but hopefully it

0:44:14 > 0:44:17should be predominantly dry with light winds. Outbreaks of rain

0:44:17 > 0:44:22across England and Wales as that low pressure clears through. In terms of

0:44:22 > 0:44:26the feel of things we are looking at highs of around 7- 11 degrees.

0:44:26 > 0:44:31Again, pretty much just about where they should be, maybe one degree or

0:44:31 > 0:44:35so down. On Tuesday, a ridge of high pressure looks likely to build and

0:44:35 > 0:44:39quiet things down considerably. If you have plans, Tuesday certainly

0:44:39 > 0:44:43looks likely to be the best day of the week this week. Dominantly dry.

0:44:43 > 0:44:50A scattering of showers around, and temperatures again peaking at 7- 12.

0:44:50 > 0:44:54It will be predominantly dry and we should see some spells of sunshine

0:44:54 > 0:44:58coming through. Again, the potential for more rain to come into Northern

0:44:58 > 0:45:03Ireland a little bit later on. That will stay more unsettled. Generally

0:45:03 > 0:45:07speaking, as I said, not a bad week. Let's hope the mist and fog lifts

0:45:07 > 0:45:15since you can get off to see mothers and tell them you love them.

0:45:15 > 0:45:20Yesterday on Breakfast we told you about the robot that had been taken

0:45:20 > 0:45:24off duty at a California burger joint because it was too slow. It

0:45:24 > 0:45:30was flipping burgers.Flippy the robot was a flop.He couldn't keep

0:45:30 > 0:45:36up. But that minor setback apparently won't stop the rise of

0:45:36 > 0:45:42artificial technology. They want to build systems that can operate in

0:45:42 > 0:45:46the home, workplace and sports field. Here's Halep oche -- here's

0:45:46 > 0:45:53more. -- from Halep Ghosh.

0:45:53 > 0:45:57Science-fiction films have predicted in the future we would have

0:45:57 > 0:46:01intelligent robots. In the day the Earth stood still, we had the

0:46:01 > 0:46:10sinister Gort. In Forbidden Planet, there was Robbie.Good night, Doctor

0:46:10 > 0:46:13Smith. And robots in lost in space. How

0:46:13 > 0:46:20close are we to having something like them now?

0:46:20 > 0:46:24Meet the soccer playing robots of the university of the excess. They

0:46:24 > 0:46:30are not being operated by a moat control. Instead they're making fast

0:46:30 > 0:46:35moving decisions as a team on their own. That's because they've been

0:46:35 > 0:46:41programmed with artificial intelligence. They're able to learn

0:46:41 > 0:46:49from their mistakes and improve their game each time they play.

0:46:49 > 0:46:50their game each time they play. They are honing their skills for the

0:46:50 > 0:46:55robot World Cup, this one from two years ago in Leipzig. Football is

0:46:55 > 0:47:00far harder for computers than chess or other boardgames.Rather than

0:47:00 > 0:47:04turn taking, everybody's moving at the same time. If you take too long

0:47:04 > 0:47:08to think about what you're going to do when you're going to pass the

0:47:08 > 0:47:12ball the opponent can come and take the ball away from you. It's also

0:47:12 > 0:47:15continuous, there's not discreet places people can be, but always

0:47:15 > 0:47:19moving through air, space, continuous space, so there's really

0:47:19 > 0:47:24many challenges in contrast to some of the boardgames.This might look

0:47:24 > 0:47:29like a very simple robot but what it's trying to achieve is incredibly

0:47:29 > 0:47:33difficult. It's attempting to work with people in an unpredictable

0:47:33 > 0:47:37office environment. Researchers are now building robots more like the

0:47:37 > 0:47:41ones you see in science-fiction films, once you can talk to,

0:47:41 > 0:47:45interact with, even give commands to. This one is an office assistant.

0:47:45 > 0:47:50You can avoid any objects or people that get in its wake. It's one of a

0:47:50 > 0:47:58new generation of intelligent robots.What should I do?This is

0:47:58 > 0:48:02not voice recognition.Move a rattling container.The robot is

0:48:02 > 0:48:07actually learning the meaning of the words in the same way a baby

0:48:07 > 0:48:10doesn't. The essential aim is to have robots you can have a

0:48:10 > 0:48:16conversation with.The problem is robots have to be able to deal with

0:48:16 > 0:48:19the dynamics and the noise and unpredictability that people bring

0:48:19 > 0:48:23into the environment, so we have to think about perception and control

0:48:23 > 0:48:26and learning and adaptation programmes that we have to build

0:48:26 > 0:48:31that can deal with that sort of dynamic.Now, everybody stay calm,

0:48:31 > 0:48:35he's only a mechanical man, robot obligingly doing the shopping for

0:48:35 > 0:48:37the busy wife of his inventor someone in Leeds.

0:48:37 > 0:48:41These cons of robots are still in the realms of science fiction, but

0:48:41 > 0:48:46with rapid strides in artificial intelligence, it won't be long

0:48:46 > 0:48:50before they become part of our everyday lives. Pallab Ghosh, BBC

0:48:50 > 0:48:52News, Austin, Texas.

0:48:52 > 0:48:58A sign of the future.A sign of the past, but some of those robots are

0:48:58 > 0:49:00terrible!

0:49:00 > 0:49:02We'll be back with the headlines at 7am.

0:49:02 > 0:49:05Now it's time for the Travel Show.

0:49:06 > 0:49:14Mauritius, a force of nature in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

0:49:15 > 0:49:18Mauritius is marking the 50th year of independence from British

0:49:18 > 0:49:21colonial rule, but the intriguing, rich and sometimes dark story

0:49:21 > 0:49:29of this island nation goes back way before then.

0:49:36 > 0:49:39On my journey, I'm going to explore the history of Mauritius.

0:49:39 > 0:49:44See and taste how multiculturalism works here.

0:49:44 > 0:49:47Mmmm, that is nice.

0:49:50 > 0:49:53This island is so often labelled as just a luxury beach paradise,

0:49:53 > 0:49:56but the reality is so much more fascinating than that.

0:50:05 > 0:50:10Mauritius, gorgeous beaches, turquoise waters and lush

0:50:10 > 0:50:17vegetation, but the human story is just as awe-inspiring.

0:50:17 > 0:50:20Le Morne mountain on the south-west of the island faces in the direction

0:50:20 > 0:50:22of Madagascar and stands 555 metres high.

0:50:22 > 0:50:30It's also at a 45-degree incline.

0:50:32 > 0:50:33No walk in the park.

0:50:33 > 0:50:35For the likes of me,

0:50:35 > 0:50:43this is a challenging climb, I've got to say.

0:50:44 > 0:50:52In fact, I think for anybody it's challenging.

0:50:58 > 0:51:03Near the top I join a guy who's done this climb up to three times a day

0:51:03 > 0:51:05every day pretty well for 13 years.

0:51:05 > 0:51:07You can feel it's all, like, volcanic.

0:51:07 > 0:51:12This is volcanic rock?

0:51:12 > 0:51:15It's probably from the first eruption 10 million years ago.

0:51:15 > 0:51:17And actually it's very good for climbing.

0:51:17 > 0:51:18Yeah, there's lots of good grip.

0:51:18 > 0:51:21Le Morne marks a dark but symbolic chapter in the island's

0:51:21 > 0:51:24history, the days of slavery under Dutch, French and British rule.

0:51:24 > 0:51:27This is where many escaped slaves, called the Maroons, found refuge.

0:51:27 > 0:51:30They could have a look towards Madagascar and for them...

0:51:30 > 0:51:38That's home.

0:51:38 > 0:51:42That was home, that was the sight and they expected one day may be

0:51:42 > 0:51:46to build, like, a craft and go back home and just to escape

0:51:46 > 0:51:46from this prison.

0:51:46 > 0:51:54Horrible.

0:52:01 > 0:52:04It's a world away up here from the beach resorts that

0:52:04 > 0:52:07populate the rest of the island, but actually this trek is almost

0:52:07 > 0:52:10a pilgrimage to get to the very heart of Mauritian identity.

0:52:10 > 0:52:13There's a particularly poignant tale told about the Maroons

0:52:13 > 0:52:21in what should have been their moment of celebration.

0:52:30 > 0:52:32When slavery was abolished here in 1835, soldiers climbed

0:52:32 > 0:52:35the mountain to tell the Maroons they were free,

0:52:35 > 0:52:37but the escaped slaves thought they were being recaptured

0:52:37 > 0:52:39and instead chose to jump off the mountain.

0:52:39 > 0:52:42Why do you think this is so important to the identity

0:52:42 > 0:52:50of people from Mauritius?

0:52:52 > 0:52:54Because I guess it's a unique story.

0:52:54 > 0:52:57It's part of our story here in Mauritius and it's one

0:52:57 > 0:53:00of the only places we know of that somehow the slaves

0:53:00 > 0:53:03resisted their masters and for us, it's almost like a venerated

0:53:03 > 0:53:05mountain, a sacred mountain, not only for the descendants

0:53:05 > 0:53:13of slaves but for Mauritians as well.

0:53:15 > 0:53:19After slavery was abolished, the British brought in hundreds

0:53:19 > 0:53:22of thousands of so-called indentured labourers from India and China

0:53:22 > 0:53:29in what was known as the Great Experiment.

0:53:29 > 0:53:32Today Port Louis is the country's capital with its colonial legacy

0:53:32 > 0:53:40and contemporary diversity everywhere to be seen.

0:53:49 > 0:53:52I'm about to get a personalised unique tour of what this city

0:53:52 > 0:53:55and Mauritius offers in terms of its diverse food and other

0:53:55 > 0:53:56wares as well.

0:53:56 > 0:54:00Hi, how do you do, nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.

0:54:00 > 0:54:07So this is a food place here? Yes.

0:54:07 > 0:54:11But you'd never know to look at it, it's pretty low-key.

0:54:11 > 0:54:13Yes, but it's pretty famous as well.

0:54:13 > 0:54:14He's making some deep-fried cakes,

0:54:14 > 0:54:21Mauritians are fond of deep-fried cakes,

0:54:21 > 0:54:22you can deep-fry almost everything.

0:54:22 > 0:54:25He has this batter that he made, it's with chickpea flour,

0:54:25 > 0:54:33some herbs and salt.

0:54:38 > 0:54:40Mauritius may seem isolated in the middle of the Indian Ocean,

0:54:40 > 0:54:44but it was actually nicely placed on the spice route which linked

0:54:44 > 0:54:49Asia, Africa and Europe.

0:54:49 > 0:54:52Now he's adding all the herbs you need for the chilly bites.

0:54:52 > 0:54:53Chillis. Are they strong chillis?

0:54:53 > 0:54:59Spring onions.

0:54:59 > 0:55:02There's a clear inference from Gujarati traders whose

0:55:02 > 0:55:04forefathers came over from India in the 19th century,

0:55:04 > 0:55:07but there's a distinctive Mauritian accent to the food too.

0:55:07 > 0:55:15It just hit me!

0:55:29 > 0:55:30Now, this is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-lingual,

0:55:30 > 0:55:33multi-religion country, so Hinduism is the majority religion

0:55:33 > 0:55:35but you've also got Christianity, Islam, Chinese religions,

0:55:35 > 0:55:36Buddhism, it's all here.

0:55:36 > 0:55:44Where are we?

0:55:46 > 0:55:50We're in a small market that is made up of street vendors.

0:55:50 > 0:55:53All these people used to be selling everything from clothes,

0:55:53 > 0:55:55to food to electronic gadgets on the street,

0:55:55 > 0:56:03but that was illegal so the state gave them some spaces.

0:56:07 > 0:56:08Ca va?

0:56:08 > 0:56:12So this is Arthur, he used to be on a street corner in Chinatown

0:56:12 > 0:56:13selling dumplings with his father.

0:56:13 > 0:56:14So now he's here.

0:56:14 > 0:56:22Chinese-Mauritian? Yeah.

0:56:23 > 0:56:25This is the long fish?

0:56:25 > 0:56:31Yes, the long fish. That is nice, that is really good.

0:56:31 > 0:56:33How many will years have you working?

0:56:33 > 0:56:35For myself, after schooling, nearly 50 years.

0:56:35 > 0:56:4250 years!

0:56:43 > 0:56:46The sheer diversity of food is one benefit of the cultural

0:56:46 > 0:56:48hotpot in Mauritius.

0:56:48 > 0:56:49Another is language, French, English and Creole

0:56:49 > 0:56:50is all spoken here.

0:56:50 > 0:56:58And then there's music.

0:57:01 > 0:57:06Sega is a rhythm and genre indigenous to this island.

0:57:06 > 0:57:13And this lady is known as the voice of the Indian Ocean.

0:57:46 > 0:57:48The distinctive drum is called the ravanne,

0:57:48 > 0:57:55a home-grown instrument.

0:58:52 > 0:58:54And in this 50th anniversary year of independence,

0:58:54 > 0:59:00it seems the people of this island have plenty to celebrate.

0:59:00 > 0:59:02During my time here, I've seen a strong sense

0:59:02 > 0:59:05of nationhood amongst Mauritians, and also realisation that precious

0:59:05 > 0:59:14wildlife must be protected.

1:00:14 > 1:00:16Hello, this is Breakfast, with Ben Thompson and Naga

1:00:16 > 1:00:17Munchetty.

1:00:17 > 1:00:20Traces of the nerve agent used in the attack of a former Russian

1:00:20 > 1:00:23spy have been detected in a restaurant in Salisbury.

1:00:23 > 1:00:26With more than 240 witnesses identified and 200 pieces

1:00:26 > 1:00:29of evidence, the Home Secretary says police are working "at speed"

1:00:29 > 1:00:36to identify those responsible.

1:00:49 > 1:00:57Good morning. Also on the programme, an investigation is launched into

1:00:57 > 1:01:00why thousands of homes in England and Wales were left without water in

1:01:00 > 1:01:05the wake of the beast from the east. The greatest deal for the world.

1:01:05 > 1:01:09Donald Trump defends his decision to hold face-to-face talks with North

1:01:09 > 1:01:17Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Good morning. In sport, temp two Ireland

1:01:17 > 1:01:21our Six Nations champions, with a game to spare, and can now complete

1:01:21 > 1:01:25the grand slam against England next week. Good morning. A murky start to

1:01:25 > 1:01:29Mothering Sunday. There is some fog around which will lift a low cloud.

1:01:29 > 1:01:33Scattered showers in the south. Dry and bright and further north. More

1:01:33 > 1:01:35details coming up.

1:01:35 > 1:01:41Louise, thank you. It is seven o'clock. First, our main story.

1:01:41 > 1:01:45Traces of a nerve agent which was used to attack a former Russian spy

1:01:45 > 1:01:48and is thought in Salisbury have been found in the Italian restaurant

1:01:48 > 1:01:52where they had the meeting. Sir Guy and Yulia Skripal were found

1:01:52 > 1:01:57collapsed on aid engineer by and were left critically ill in

1:01:57 > 1:02:03hospital. -- Sergei. Nobody who was in the Zizzi restaurant at the time

1:02:03 > 1:02:06is thought to be in danger, after traces of nerve agent were found

1:02:06 > 1:02:07there.

1:02:07 > 1:02:10One week after the attack with a nerve agent, the police

1:02:10 > 1:02:12investigation continues behind a barrier at the pizzeria

1:02:12 > 1:02:14where Sergei Skripal and Yulia Skripal ate.

1:02:14 > 1:02:16CCTV saw them leaving the restaurant.

1:02:16 > 1:02:19Shortly after, they were found on a park bench, fighting

1:02:19 > 1:02:20for their lives.

1:02:20 > 1:02:23One of the vehicles which took them to hospital was removed

1:02:23 > 1:02:25by specialist military teams for fear it might also contain

1:02:25 > 1:02:28traces of nerve agent.

1:02:28 > 1:02:31Sergei Skripal and Yulia are both critically ill.

1:02:31 > 1:02:33Russia has denied any involvement in their attempted murder.

1:02:33 > 1:02:36After chairing a second meeting of the Cobra emergency committee,

1:02:36 > 1:02:38the Home Secretary said the investigation was proceeding

1:02:38 > 1:02:40at speed, with 200 pieces of evidence, and more

1:02:40 > 1:02:47than 240 witnesses.

1:02:47 > 1:02:50It is a really painstaking, detailed investigation,

1:02:50 > 1:02:53as the police go through the 200 pieces of evidence, huge

1:02:53 > 1:02:54amounts of CCTV.

1:02:54 > 1:02:57They are absolutely committed to making sure that we do that

1:02:57 > 1:03:02in a completely professional way.

1:03:02 > 1:03:05The third victim of this attack, Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey,

1:03:05 > 1:03:08is seriously ill, though able to talk to his family.

1:03:08 > 1:03:11He released a statement saying he didn't consider himself a hero

1:03:11 > 1:03:19and was merely doing his job.

1:03:20 > 1:03:22The water regulator is to investigate why thousands

1:03:22 > 1:03:25of homes in England and Wales suffered shortages or a total loss

1:03:25 > 1:03:27of supply following the recent cold weather.

1:03:27 > 1:03:29Ofwat's review follows emergency handouts of water for people

1:03:29 > 1:03:36who were cut off.

1:03:36 > 1:03:37Simon Jones reports.

1:03:37 > 1:03:38Emergency water handouts on the streets.

1:03:38 > 1:03:42Tens of thousands of customers, particularly in south-east England

1:03:42 > 1:03:44and parts of Wales, forced to endure days of inconvenience

1:03:44 > 1:03:46as the taps run dry.

1:03:46 > 1:03:49They are simply meant to get the water fixed.

1:03:49 > 1:03:51I think this is absolutely appalling.

1:03:51 > 1:03:54It is shocking that there is such poor communication -

1:03:54 > 1:04:00well, zero communication.

1:04:00 > 1:04:03As pipes burst in the thaw which followed the cold spell,

1:04:03 > 1:04:06the water company said they were facing an unprecedented situation.

1:04:06 > 1:04:09Ofwat said today it understood how distressing it had been for people

1:04:09 > 1:04:16to be left without a vital public service.

1:04:16 > 1:04:19The review will examine: Southern Water, for example,

1:04:29 > 1:04:30Southern Water, for example,

1:04:30 > 1:04:34is giving households who were cut off for more than a day £75 -

1:04:34 > 1:04:37condemned as "derisory" by some of those affected.

1:04:37 > 1:04:40Ofwat wants to hear from businesses, households and local authorities.

1:04:40 > 1:04:42It wants proof that lessons will be learnt.

1:04:42 > 1:04:50Otherwise, it says, it may be forced to act.

1:04:50 > 1:04:53President Trump has told crowds at an election rally in Pennsylvania

1:04:53 > 1:04:55that his proposed meeting with the North Korean leader

1:04:55 > 1:04:57Kim Jong-un could lead to the "greatest deal

1:04:57 > 1:04:59for the world."

1:04:59 > 1:05:01During a wide-ranging speech, the American leader warned Europe

1:05:01 > 1:05:04about more possible tariffs, and also launched his slogan

1:05:04 > 1:05:05for re-election in 2020.

1:05:05 > 1:05:13And he talked up the prospects of a peace deal with North Korea.

1:05:16 > 1:05:19They are not sending missiles up, and I believe that.

1:05:19 > 1:05:20I really do.

1:05:20 > 1:05:25I think they want to do something, I think they want to make peace,

1:05:25 > 1:05:28I think it's time and I think we've shown great strength.

1:05:28 > 1:05:32I think that's also important, right?

1:05:32 > 1:05:35More measures to cut the use of plastics will be announced

1:05:35 > 1:05:37by the Chancellor in the coming days.

1:05:37 > 1:05:40Philip Hammond will use his spring statement on Tuesday to announce

1:05:40 > 1:05:43plans for a public consultation into taxing plastic waste.

1:05:43 > 1:05:46Let's get more from our political correspondent Jonathan Blake.

1:05:46 > 1:05:53Good morning. What details on these taxes can we expect?Very few

1:05:53 > 1:05:57details at the moment, but it could EA tax on your takeaway box or a

1:05:57 > 1:06:03bigot ill for bottled water. -- cooed be a tax. When the Chancellor

1:06:03 > 1:06:08gives his speech on Tuesday he will ask for a call for evidence from the

1:06:08 > 1:06:12public, from businesses, from green groups, on how to cut the amount of

1:06:12 > 1:06:15public waste. He says it is a scourge to the environment and he

1:06:15 > 1:06:19wants the UK to lead the world on this, creating an environment which

1:06:19 > 1:06:22is fit for future generations. The government is using the tax system

1:06:22 > 1:06:26to help it achieve its aim of eliminating all single use plastic

1:06:26 > 1:06:32waste by the year 2042. That is obviously a long way off. You might

1:06:32 > 1:06:37have read in recent days about the so-called latte levy, a suggested

1:06:37 > 1:06:4235p charge on throw away coffee cups, which MPs on the environment

1:06:42 > 1:06:46committee have been looking at. It didn't get a very positive response

1:06:46 > 1:06:49from the government, they suggested it might be better for coffee shops

1:06:49 > 1:06:53to present an incentive to customers to use reusable cups. That is

1:06:53 > 1:06:59perhaps an example of why a lot of us are keen on reducing the amount

1:06:59 > 1:07:03of plastic we use, but when it comes to paying higher taxes to help

1:07:03 > 1:07:07achieve that, it could be a difficult sell.Jonathan, thank you.

1:07:07 > 1:07:09A police investigation has been launched after anti-Muslim letters

1:07:09 > 1:07:12were sent to a number of people in several cities.

1:07:12 > 1:07:14The letters were delivered to addresses in Bradford,

1:07:14 > 1:07:16Leicester, London, Cardiff and Sheffield.

1:07:16 > 1:07:19They contained suggestions of a series of violent acts to be

1:07:19 > 1:07:20taken against Muslims and mosques.

1:07:20 > 1:07:22Counter-terrorism police say they're investigating a possible hate crime.

1:07:22 > 1:07:30New evidence has emerged about an attempt by the construction

1:07:30 > 1:07:35firm Carillion to get an emergency government bailout of £10 million

1:07:35 > 1:07:37days before it collapsed.

1:07:37 > 1:07:41MPs say Carillion paid out £6.4 million to professional advisers

1:07:41 > 1:07:43on the same day it sought financial aid.

1:07:43 > 1:07:49The firm was wound up with debts of almost £1 billion.

1:07:49 > 1:07:50China's parliament, the National People's Congress,

1:07:50 > 1:07:53is expected to approve a ruling today which would remove

1:07:53 > 1:07:55the two-term limits for the country's presidency.

1:07:55 > 1:07:58The move will allow Xi Jinping to stay in office beyond the end

1:07:58 > 1:08:01of his second term in 2023, and possibly rule indefinitely.

1:08:01 > 1:08:09Let's talk to our correspondent Stephen McDonell, who's in Beijing.

1:08:10 > 1:08:16Good morning, Stephen. Essentially, this would create a president for

1:08:16 > 1:08:24life, wouldn't it?Absolutely. Here at the Great Hall of the People in

1:08:24 > 1:08:28Beijing, this is an absolutely historic day, 3000 delegates will

1:08:28 > 1:08:32decide whether or not to allow Xi Jinping to stay on as President

1:08:32 > 1:08:36beyond a second term, and effectively to rule for as long as

1:08:36 > 1:08:40he likes. Now, he could have hung around in charge here as the head of

1:08:40 > 1:08:43the central military commission, and as the chairman of the Communist

1:08:43 > 1:08:46Party. But he has obviously decided he wants the title of resident as

1:08:46 > 1:08:54well. -- president. Given his enormous power here, one and a half

1:08:54 > 1:08:58million party members have been punished in his anticorruption

1:08:58 > 1:09:01crackdown, you cannot imagine many delegates having the courage to

1:09:01 > 1:09:06stand up and vote know here today. So it is widely anticipated that he

1:09:06 > 1:09:12will very comfortably win this vote is, and that's he could stay on for

1:09:12 > 1:09:16as long as he likes. I should add, there has been no national debate

1:09:16 > 1:09:21here about this. It is barely covered in the press. It is just

1:09:21 > 1:09:25kind of discussed along the lines of, oh, certain changes to the

1:09:25 > 1:09:30constitution are happening. I do not think it has sunk into many people

1:09:30 > 1:09:34in China that this could be their leader for decades to come. In the

1:09:34 > 1:09:391980s they brought in this 2-term limit to try to stop another

1:09:39 > 1:09:44Chairman Mao coming along here. Well, despite those moves, it looks

1:09:44 > 1:09:49like this vote in the next few hours is going to put that to one side and

1:09:49 > 1:09:54Xi Jinping can hang around for, well, the rest of his life if he so

1:09:54 > 1:09:56chooses.

1:09:56 > 1:10:01Stephen, thank you. You will come back to you later to discuss that

1:10:01 > 1:10:04more. We know that the censors in China have removed any sort of

1:10:04 > 1:10:08criticism of that ten shall president for life idea which is

1:10:08 > 1:10:15being proposed. -- criticism of that potential president for life idea.

1:10:15 > 1:10:18With more than 240 witnesses and 200 pieces of evidence,

1:10:18 > 1:10:21the investigation into the attempted murder of a former Russian spy

1:10:21 > 1:10:24and his daughter in Salisbury is said to be moving quickly.

1:10:24 > 1:10:25Five sites, including an Italian restuarant,

1:10:25 > 1:10:29have been sealed off as specialist teams search for traces of the nerve

1:10:29 > 1:10:30agent used in the attack.

1:10:30 > 1:10:33Let's talk now to Lee Doddridge, a former adviser to the UK's

1:10:33 > 1:10:37National Counter-Terrorism Security Office.

1:10:37 > 1:10:43Thank you for joining us this morning. The scale of this

1:10:43 > 1:10:46investigation, it is increasing and increasing, lots of resources have

1:10:46 > 1:10:51been put into this?Yes, and quite rightly, because of the nature of

1:10:51 > 1:10:54the enquiry at the moment. I wouldn't be surprised to see the

1:10:54 > 1:10:57numbers involved increase even further. It is key for people to

1:10:57 > 1:11:02understand, the counterterrorism command are being used because of

1:11:02 > 1:11:05the complexities of the case. It is not actually a terrorism

1:11:05 > 1:11:09investigation. It will be an attempted murder enquiry. They are

1:11:09 > 1:11:12using the skills and resources of the counterterrorism command to

1:11:12 > 1:11:17facilitate the investigation.What people will be concerned about, as

1:11:17 > 1:11:20more information comes through, we have seen soldiers on the streets

1:11:20 > 1:11:23and roads, helping with this investigation in Salisbury, but also

1:11:23 > 1:11:27that this has been in a public area? You know, if you look back to

1:11:27 > 1:11:32Alexander Litvinenko, when he was poisoned, it was in a hotel room.

1:11:32 > 1:11:36This time around it is much more public, and this, I suppose, is why

1:11:36 > 1:11:40there is concern among so many members of the public.You are

1:11:40 > 1:11:44absolutely right. Again, that adds to the complexities of the enquiry.

1:11:44 > 1:11:48You do that parallel with Alexander Litvinenko. That was a relatively

1:11:48 > 1:11:51small crime scene for them to examine, it again it was quite

1:11:51 > 1:11:55complex. At the moment, as was mentioned earlier, we have at least

1:11:55 > 1:11:58five areas at the moment that are being investigated, but we still

1:11:58 > 1:12:02don't know the source of the nerve agent or where it was first

1:12:02 > 1:12:06administered. So there will be quite a wide area for them to cover. But

1:12:06 > 1:12:10what is important for members of the public to understand is that this

1:12:10 > 1:12:15was a week ago now. If there were any immediate threats, any concerns

1:12:15 > 1:12:18over health, we would have seen that materialising among members of the

1:12:18 > 1:12:22public.How worrying do you think it is at the moment that the public has

1:12:22 > 1:12:27not been told what kind of nerve agent was used?Well, I think at the

1:12:27 > 1:12:30moment, there is a balance between keeping that information

1:12:30 > 1:12:34confidential as part of the enquiry, just so that they can start

1:12:34 > 1:12:38investigating where it was sourced from or whether it was made here in

1:12:38 > 1:12:42the UK, and obviously identifying whoever administered it. Obviously

1:12:42 > 1:12:45from an enquiry perspective, you can assume by now that they obviously

1:12:45 > 1:12:49know what the agent is, because they've been treating the victims in

1:12:49 > 1:12:53hospital. But I think at some point soon they will have to release the

1:12:53 > 1:12:56information, as long as it doesn't impede the enquiry, just to satisfy

1:12:56 > 1:13:03members of the public and put their minds at rest.And of course there

1:13:03 > 1:13:09has been lots of conversations about the spy swap and whether or not this

1:13:09 > 1:13:14man should have been left alone, Sergei Skripal, and whether or not

1:13:14 > 1:13:19MI6 has a duty of care to former agents, whether it can look after

1:13:19 > 1:13:27its agents.Those are all valid concerns. But I think one of the

1:13:27 > 1:13:31questions we have to ask is, in this day and age, for these sorts of

1:13:31 > 1:13:35incidents to keep happening, you know, Alexander Litvinenko was very

1:13:35 > 1:13:40similar, and we have now seen another attack. Back in the days of

1:13:40 > 1:13:43the Cold War these things probably didn't get so much publicity. But

1:13:43 > 1:13:46these things really shouldn't be allowed to happen on any soil, let

1:13:46 > 1:13:55alone UK soil. MI6 do have a duty of care, whether we are talking about

1:13:55 > 1:14:00agents or former agents. Really, again, in today's political climate,

1:14:00 > 1:14:05these things should not be happening.Thank you very much for

1:14:05 > 1:14:09your analysis of the situation. A former adviser to the National

1:14:09 > 1:14:14Counter Terrorism Security Office. Thank you.

1:14:14 > 1:14:18After being diagnosed with chronic migraines which left her bedbound,

1:14:18 > 1:14:22Air France has decided a holistic approach to tackle her pain was

1:14:22 > 1:14:26best. She lives in Anglesey, and soon embarked on a challenge with

1:14:26 > 1:14:30her partner to swim off the north Wales coast for 100 days over

1:14:30 > 1:14:34winter. We will find out if it has helped her, but first, let's take a

1:14:34 > 1:14:37look at the video diary she was keeping.

1:14:37 > 1:14:41I was diagnosed with a chronic illness back in August and since

1:14:41 > 1:14:46then I've pretty much stage in the house, in my bed, most days, in

1:14:46 > 1:14:50chronic pain.

1:14:50 > 1:14:56Like, in my head. I am doing a Ph.D. In Marine biology

1:14:56 > 1:15:01and my partner, Andy, is an ecologist and filmmaker. We get so

1:15:01 > 1:15:07much of our energy being out in major.Look regal.We are starting a

1:15:07 > 1:15:14challenge to go rounds see over 100 days over the winter in North Wales.

1:15:14 > 1:15:20I feel so much happier, I feel so much more in control of my life and

1:15:20 > 1:15:24my illness and that is amazing. I can't wait to see how it's going to

1:15:24 > 1:15:37feel after 100 days. It's incredible.

1:15:37 > 1:15:40That's the video diary kept by Beth and Andy.

1:15:40 > 1:15:42Beth and Andy are here now.

1:15:42 > 1:15:47Good morning, nice to see you.Good morning.Beth, what is it like when

1:15:47 > 1:15:51you get a migraine? Lots of people will watch and say it's just a bad

1:15:51 > 1:15:54headache but what is it actually like?They're a really misunderstood

1:15:54 > 1:16:00condition. The only thing I can really describe it as is hell. They

1:16:00 > 1:16:07are horrible. I wouldn't wish them on anybody. When I get them, I get

1:16:07 > 1:16:12migraines with aura, I know I will get one, I get blind spots in my

1:16:12 > 1:16:16vision and ringing in my ears and things like that. I know that one is

1:16:16 > 1:16:20coming. But when it hits, it never gets easier to deal with them so

1:16:20 > 1:16:25I'll get pain on one side of my head and sometimes I will go numb down

1:16:25 > 1:16:29one side of my body and I will be really disorientated and sensitive

1:16:29 > 1:16:34to things like light, sound and smell, quite dizzy and it's actually

1:16:34 > 1:16:40quite scary.How long have you been having them?I got diagnosed when I

1:16:40 > 1:16:46was nine.How old are you now?26. How long do they tend to last?The

1:16:46 > 1:16:50short ones last five or six hours and the worst ones can last anything

1:16:50 > 1:16:55up to two days.Do you know, you're smiling, and it is a fabulous smile,

1:16:55 > 1:16:59you look happy, but I don't know how you are smiling when you been

1:16:59 > 1:17:07suffering for 17 years. There is seemingly no cure.No. There isn't a

1:17:07 > 1:17:11cure for migraines. There are treatments, which have varying

1:17:11 > 1:17:17levels of success, and I have tried quite a few over the last year. But,

1:17:17 > 1:17:22yeah, it's one of those things where you to just have to smile because

1:17:22 > 1:17:29otherwise it would be quite difficult to live with.And eat, how

1:17:29 > 1:17:33have you approached this, when you are around best it can be very

1:17:33 > 1:17:39distressing?-- Andy. It's horrible. I hate migraines now.

1:17:39 > 1:17:46I was like many people before I met Beth, I had no idea what they were,

1:17:46 > 1:17:52I assumed migraines were a bad headache, but having seen so many, I

1:17:52 > 1:17:56understand them more now. The worst thing as a bystander is to seize

1:17:56 > 1:18:02some person you love in intense agony and pollution at times and

1:18:02 > 1:18:07knowing you are powerless. That really sucks.Tell us about the

1:18:07 > 1:18:11swimming in cold water and what difference that makes?IFAB

1:18:11 > 1:18:15migraines since I was nine but in May last year they started getting

1:18:15 > 1:18:20really bad. Used to get a couple a year. They were quite easy to live

1:18:20 > 1:18:25with and they didn't feel part of my identity back then -- are used to.

1:18:25 > 1:18:29In May I started getting them more frequently, up to one a day

1:18:29 > 1:18:35throughout the summer -- I used to. I had to take time off my Ph.D., I'm

1:18:35 > 1:18:39doing my Ph.D. In Ocean sciences at Bangor university, I took three

1:18:39 > 1:18:43months off and I wasn't getting better. I tried medical treatments

1:18:43 > 1:18:48and it got to the point where I had to go back so I needed to think of

1:18:48 > 1:18:54something we could do to make it liveable with.You swim together?

1:18:54 > 1:18:58Yes, every day.There's got to be a time when you're, like, just not

1:18:58 > 1:19:03today! Who is the one who says, right, we're going.It varies

1:19:03 > 1:19:09actually. One of us will be feeling it more than the other some days.Is

1:19:09 > 1:19:15having an effect?Yes.We need to say cold water swimming is not for

1:19:15 > 1:19:18everyone.Not at all.And there are safety things you need to think

1:19:18 > 1:19:24about as well.Absolutely.Do you wear wetsuits?We started wearing

1:19:24 > 1:19:29them in October when we started and we frolic around in the waves for a

1:19:29 > 1:19:34good hour or so, but as it got cold, the idea of pushing on a wet suit

1:19:34 > 1:19:39from the previous day became less appealing and the hassle of taking

1:19:39 > 1:19:45it off every day became more difficult. At the start of the year

1:19:45 > 1:19:49we swapped to swimwear, we charge in, throw ourselves into the water,

1:19:49 > 1:19:54get the blast of adrenaline from the cold water and get out again and get

1:19:54 > 1:19:58dry as quickly as possible.I'm glad it's having an impact. Thank you so

1:19:58 > 1:20:02much and thank you for being so chirpy first thing on a Sunday

1:20:02 > 1:20:05morning. For anyone thinking about this, take advice if you are

1:20:05 > 1:20:09swimming in cold water, it can affect your muscles, if you feel

1:20:09 > 1:20:13weak it is a sign your body isn't able to heat itself so be mindful

1:20:13 > 1:20:20when you're swimming in cold water. Thanks very much.Nice to see you.

1:20:20 > 1:20:23Today is Mothering Sunday, a time for us to say thanks

1:20:23 > 1:20:25to our mums for all they do for us.

1:20:25 > 1:20:30In case you've forgotten to send a card there is still some time to do

1:20:30 > 1:20:37it.I forgot to send my card.You can make up for it now, though.

1:20:37 > 1:20:40And here's me with my mum.

1:20:40 > 1:20:49Naked on television! How old were you here?That is graduation, 21.

1:20:49 > 1:20:54You were winding me up about the use of hair products.Oh my god, that is

1:20:54 > 1:20:59bad hair! You have to laugh at the outfits. Can we laugh at Louise

1:20:59 > 1:21:05first? You can't laugh at that, Louise looks great, trust Louise to

1:21:05 > 1:21:06be so stylish.

1:21:06 > 1:21:08And here's a picture of Louise with her

1:21:08 > 1:21:09mum and dad.

1:21:09 > 1:21:13We'd love you to get in touch to let us know what makes your mum special.

1:21:13 > 1:21:19You can get in touch with us by Twitter, e-mail or Facebook.

1:21:19 > 1:21:24You Saul Niguez, she has the weather for us this morning. A bit misty and

1:21:24 > 1:21:29murky for Mother's Day?-- you Saul Niguez. Your mum and dad looked

1:21:29 > 1:21:33lovely.That was their diamond wedding anniversary.How many years

1:21:33 > 1:21:38is that?60 years, 81 and 83 and they look much better than me in

1:21:38 > 1:21:44that photo. Happy Mother's Day, she has a back operation tomorrow so

1:21:44 > 1:21:48good luck for tomorrow. She watches them all, Naga, you are her

1:21:48 > 1:21:49favourite!

1:21:51 > 1:21:55Misty and foggy around at the moment but it is going to lift and lifting

1:21:55 > 1:21:59for most of us to a reasonably quiet day, a few showers around, just a

1:21:59 > 1:22:03bit of a nuisance so you might have to dodge them if you're thinking of

1:22:03 > 1:22:09going out for a mothering Sunday stroll later. We are surrounded by

1:22:09 > 1:22:13weather fronts so the forecast is looking too bad considering. This

1:22:13 > 1:22:17will be a nuisance later today and this front here down across East

1:22:17 > 1:22:21Anglia and in Kent, not causing too much of an issue, just brushing with

1:22:21 > 1:22:25the east coast as we speak but we're not too concerned about that,

1:22:25 > 1:22:28hopefully it will drift into the North Sea. A scattering of showers

1:22:28 > 1:22:32developing into the south Midlands and generally in the south, any fog

1:22:32 > 1:22:36lifted into low cloud but the best of the weather is likely to be

1:22:36 > 1:22:40Scotland, northern England, Northern Ireland, some sunny spells as we go

1:22:40 > 1:22:46through the day. In terms of the feel of things for Scotland,

1:22:46 > 1:22:49noticeably better, certainly in comparison to the last few days, top

1:22:49 > 1:22:52temperatures of around ten. Through the overnight it looks like cloud

1:22:52 > 1:22:56and rain will start to drift from the south, that will sit across

1:22:56 > 1:22:59parts of Wales, the Midlands and southern England. Here temperatures

1:22:59 > 1:23:04will hold up above freezing. It just leads us into the week ahead, which

1:23:04 > 1:23:10will still bring some rain at times, some drier interludes, but mild for

1:23:10 > 1:23:14most of us. The colder weather expected to return, though, into the

1:23:14 > 1:23:18weekend. I'll try and put some detail on that for you. An area of

1:23:18 > 1:23:22low pressure will continue to drift from the south-west and that will

1:23:22 > 1:23:25sit across England and Wales for Monday, unfortunately there could be

1:23:25 > 1:23:28some rain around for the start of the new week. But Scotland, northern

1:23:28 > 1:23:32England and Northern Ireland, a much better day. The crowd should break

1:23:32 > 1:23:37up for a bit of brightness here and there and we're likely to see

1:23:37 > 1:23:41temperatures peaking at 7-9. In the south, we could see a maximum of 12

1:23:41 > 1:23:45but there could be outbreaks to dodge. The best of the day looks

1:23:45 > 1:23:49likely to be choose day, a ridge of high pressure building from the

1:23:49 > 1:23:53west, quietening things down nicely and winds will remain light,

1:23:53 > 1:23:57brightness, so if you have any outdoor plans next week, head for

1:23:57 > 1:24:02Tuesday, that looks like the best of the week and it looks like we will

1:24:02 > 1:24:04see temperatures again peaking between seven and 12 degrees. More

1:24:04 > 1:24:08from the later.

1:24:08 > 1:24:12Louise, thanks very much, we will speak to you later.

1:24:12 > 1:24:15Andrew Marr is on BBC One at 9am this morning.

1:24:15 > 1:24:20What have you got lined up, Andrew?

1:24:20 > 1:24:25A very rare thing happened in today's papers, there was a cheerful

1:24:25 > 1:24:29optimistic article by Philip Hammond, the economy on the turn,

1:24:29 > 1:24:32productivity up, unemployment down, like at the end of the tunnel, he

1:24:32 > 1:24:36says. But what does that mean for people watching? Affected by welfare

1:24:36 > 1:24:42cuts and cuts elsewhere. I have the Chancellor in the studio and I will

1:24:42 > 1:24:46be talking to his Labour opposite number John McDonnell on the big

1:24:46 > 1:24:51story about the Russian poisoning. I will speak to the widow of Alexander

1:24:51 > 1:24:55Litvinenko, who was killed almost certainly by the Russians there. She

1:24:55 > 1:25:00has a special message for Theresa May on the show. A busy, Sirius,

1:25:00 > 1:25:05invigorating hour as ever at 9am.We will see you at 9am on BBC One. --

1:25:05 > 1:25:08serious.

1:25:08 > 1:25:10You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

1:25:10 > 1:25:12Time now for a look at the newspapers.

1:25:12 > 1:25:13Journalist and broadcaster Angela Epstein

1:25:13 > 1:25:16is here to tell us what's caught her eye.

1:25:16 > 1:25:19Good morning.Good morning.We were showing pictures of mothers,

1:25:19 > 1:25:25Louise's parents, my mum, your mum passed away?About four years ago.

1:25:25 > 1:25:28We are talking a lot about Mothering Sunday today, you have seen Martin

1:25:28 > 1:25:33Lewis talk about the impact of his mother dying just before his 13th

1:25:33 > 1:25:37birthday and how he avoided Mothering Sunday, but now he's a

1:25:37 > 1:25:42father it is changing. The impact on you?The Martin Lewis story in

1:25:42 > 1:25:50particular when he was 12, he barely had lessons, the most terribly

1:25:50 > 1:25:53traumatic way meant one minute his mum was there and the next she

1:25:53 > 1:25:57wasn't. My mum was in her early 80s, she was ill for about six months,

1:25:57 > 1:26:02but before then she was a sprightly, lively, lovely, lovely, wonderful

1:26:02 > 1:26:06lady and the thing is, you think mums like that are like Duracell

1:26:06 > 1:26:10Bunnies, they will keep going for ever. But I don't mind. One of the

1:26:10 > 1:26:15stories we will talk about is the introduction of transgender

1:26:15 > 1:26:19inclusive Mother's Day cards by Waitrose. The idea being that nobody

1:26:19 > 1:26:23should miss out on Mother's Day. I appreciate there are those who will

1:26:23 > 1:26:27find Mother's Day a bit difficult because they've lost their mum or

1:26:27 > 1:26:30because maybe they've got a difficult relationship, for whatever

1:26:30 > 1:26:34reason, but this idea of mass inclusivity for the sake of not

1:26:34 > 1:26:40offending anybody is so ridiculously politically correct. I lost my mum,

1:26:40 > 1:26:45I can remember her every day, used to find Mother's Day a bit of a bind

1:26:45 > 1:26:49because I used to hate the idea I'm us, defying the relationship and I

1:26:49 > 1:26:53had to write something down. It's always worth because my sister is a

1:26:53 > 1:26:58great poet and I had to write something rubbish on my card.I have

1:26:58 > 1:27:03a grump about Valentine's Day. You find this funny, I know. It's being

1:27:03 > 1:27:07forced to say you love someone. If you're going to be kind to someone,

1:27:07 > 1:27:11do it everyday.On Valentine's Day my husband sent me flowers, he said

1:27:11 > 1:27:18Guess who, these didn't come from a garage.Isn't the point of this

1:27:18 > 1:27:22story, this is brilliant commercialism. There are card

1:27:22 > 1:27:25combinations for everybody now, third cousin twice removed happy

1:27:25 > 1:27:32birthday cards, it is a way of selling cards?It is, it's made the

1:27:32 > 1:27:37front page of a national newspaper, a national supermarket has a PR

1:27:37 > 1:27:42boost. As well as being commercially savvy, it is tapping into the

1:27:42 > 1:27:46cultural notion that we mustn't offend anybody. There's lots of

1:27:46 > 1:27:50things to be offended over, racism, sexism, but Mother's Day cards, we

1:27:50 > 1:27:56have better things to be offended over.Did you see the thing about

1:27:56 > 1:27:59the school is having a festival on their websites as a special person's

1:27:59 > 1:28:05date?It taps into what you said a moment ago about Valentine's Day,

1:28:05 > 1:28:09why do we have to literally commodify and categorise how we feel

1:28:09 > 1:28:14about individuals? Love yourselves! A story, not sure

1:28:14 > 1:28:19the paper it is from, bricklayers and plasterers earning more than

1:28:19 > 1:28:22architects. This is something we have talked about a lot in the

1:28:22 > 1:28:26business section of the programme, the fact skilled labourers, skilled

1:28:26 > 1:28:29work men, are in really short really short supply right now.

1:28:29 > 1:28:35This story suggests that bricklayers are paid 10% more than architects.

1:28:35 > 1:28:40Architects are a member of the educated classes, they are a

1:28:40 > 1:28:44professional organisation, you spend seven years at a university for it,

1:28:44 > 1:28:48a particularly long course and the idea which is we want this team and

1:28:48 > 1:28:54clarity with the white-collar professions and the more hands-on

1:28:54 > 1:28:57professions cash esteem. Because there's a university for all policy

1:28:57 > 1:29:02now and everyone is to go to university, golf studies at the

1:29:02 > 1:29:07university of nowhere, it's better to tell our young people, being

1:29:07 > 1:29:11academic is not the one size fits all approach. Take an

1:29:11 > 1:29:14apprenticeship, use your hands, I will pay anything if I need a

1:29:14 > 1:29:17plumber in the middle of the night, it's unlikely I will need an

1:29:17 > 1:29:20architect in the middle of the night.There are warnings that

1:29:20 > 1:29:25changes to immigration rules after Brexit could make it worse?It could

1:29:25 > 1:29:28exacerbate it by a skills demographic that disappears but a

1:29:28 > 1:29:32parent shouldn't feel they are shortchanging their kids by not

1:29:32 > 1:29:37encouraging them to go to university.You mentioned Brexit, a

1:29:37 > 1:29:41legal bid sparking a second referendum?Let me try and stay

1:29:41 > 1:29:46awake for this one.You picked it! Not for the story but for the notion

1:29:46 > 1:29:53of trying to tinker with what Best for Britain are saying is an

1:29:53 > 1:30:00unconstitutional referendum, I'm Brexiteer, I don't have a beef with

1:30:00 > 1:30:04it because of that, this is

1:30:04 > 1:30:07Brexiteer, I don't have a beef with it because of that, this is, they

1:30:07 > 1:30:12say, it's like the motorcar, have any colour as long as it is black.

1:30:12 > 1:30:17It troubles me in a democratic system that because we haven't got

1:30:17 > 1:30:23the result we want, how many times will we do it I'm astonished this is

1:30:23 > 1:30:30all happening again.A quick word on T-shirts?If you have a grim old

1:30:30 > 1:30:36rocker's T-shirt in your wardrobe... Ayedou.You do? Naga, you have

1:30:36 > 1:30:41shattered all my allusions, so glossy and professional. -- Ayedou.

1:30:41 > 1:30:47If you have an old Led Zepplin T-shirt there's a real for them.

1:30:47 > 1:30:53Visa tour T-shirts. There's a T-shirt that mimicked the Beatles

1:30:53 > 1:30:59album only available in America -- these are tour T-shirts. It's

1:30:59 > 1:31:05available on eBay for £2000. I hate rock T-shirts. Doesn't really do it

1:31:05 > 1:31:08for me.Each to their own.