11/03/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Ben Thompson and Naga

Munchetty.

Traces of the nerve agent used

in the attack of a former Russian

spy have been detected

in a restaurant in Salisbury.

With more than 240 witnesses

identified and 200 pieces

of evidence, the Home Secretary says

police are working "at speed"

to identify those responsible.

Good morning.

It's Sunday, 11th March.

Also this morning -

an investigation is launched

into why thousands of homes

in England and Wales were left

without water in the wake

of the Beast from the East.

"The greatest deal for the world."

Donald Trump defends his decision

to hold face-to-face talks

with the North Korean

leader, Kim Jong-un.

A very good morning.

In sport, Ireland are

the Six Nations Champions,

with a game to spare,

and can now complete the Grand Slam

against England next week.

And Louise has the weather.

Good morning. A murky start to this

Sunday. There is some fog around,

lifting to low cloud. Scattered

showers in the south, drier and

further north. More details coming

up. -- and drier and brighter

further north.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

Traces of a nerve agent

that was used to attack a former

Russian spy and his daughter

in Salisbury have been found

in the Italian restaurant

where they had eaten.

Sergei and Yulia Skripal were found

collapsed on a bench nearby

and remain critically

ill in hospital.

The substance was found in one part

of the city's Zizzi restaurant

during a continuing

forensic examination.

No-one who was in the restaurant

at the same time is thought

to be in danger.

Andy Moore has the latest.

One week after the attack with a

nerve agent, the police

investigation continues behind aid

Harrier at the pizzeria where Sergei

Skripal and Yulia Skripal eight. --

behind a barrier. Shortly after

leaving the restaurant they were

found on a park bench, fighting for

their lives. One of the vehicles

which took them to hospital was

removed by specialist military teams

for fear it might also contain

traces of nerve agent. Sergei

Skripal and Yulia are both

critically ill. Russia has denied

any involvement in their attempted

murder. After chairing a second

meeting of the Cobra emergency

committee, the Home Secretary said

the investigation was proceeding at

speed, with 200 pieces of evidence,

and more than 240 witnesses.

It is a

really painstaking, detailed

investigation, as the police go

through the 200 pieces of evidence,

huge amounts of CCTV. They are

absolutely committed to making sure

that we do that in a completely

professional way.

The third victim

of this attack, Detective Sergeant

Nick Bailey, is seriously ill,

though able to talk to his family.

He released a statement saying he

didn't consider himself a hero and

was merely doing his job.

The water regulator

is to investigate why thousands

of homes in England and Wales

suffered shortages or a total loss

of supply following

the recent cold weather.

Ofwat's review follows emergency

handouts of water for people

who were cut off.

Simon Jones reports.

Emergency water handouts on the

streets. Tens of thousands of

customers, particularly in

south-east England and parts of

Wales, forced to endure days of

inconvenience as the taps run dry.

They are simply meant to get the

water fixed.

I think this is

absolutely appalling. It is shocking

that there is such poor can

indication, well, zero can indicate

on.

As pipes burst in the fall which

followed the cold spell, the water

company said they were facing an

unprecedented situation. -- the

thaw. Ofwat said today it understood

how distressing it had been for

people to be left without a vital

public service the review will

examine:

Southern Water, for example, is

giving households who were cut off

for more than a day, £75, condemned

as derisory by some of those

affected. Ofwat wants to hear from

businesses, households and local

authorities. It wants proof that

lessons will be learnt. Otherwise,

it says, it may be forced to act.

President Trump has told crowds

at an election rally in Pennsylvania

that his proposed meeting

with the North Korean leader

Kim Jong-un could lead

to the "greatest deal

for the world."

During a wide-ranging speech,

the American leader warned Europe

about more possible tariffs,

and also launched his slogan

for re-election in 2020.

And he talked up the prospects

of a peace deal with North Korea.

They are not sending missiles up,

and I believe that. I really do. I

think they want to do something, I

think they want to make peace, I

think it is time and I think we've

shown great strength. I think that's

also important, right?

More measures to cut the use

of plastics will be announced

by the Chancellor

in the coming days.

Philip Hammond will use his spring

statement on Tuesday to announce

plans for a public consultation

into taxing plastic waste.

The government's target

is to eliminate avoidable plastic

waste, by 2042.

A police investigation has been

launched after anti-Muslim letters

were sent to a number

of people in several cities.

The letters were delivered

to addresses in Bradford,

Leicester, London,

Cardiff and Sheffield.

They contained suggestions

of a series of violent acts to be

taken against Muslims and mosques.

Counter-terrorism police say they're

investigating a possible hate crime.

New evidence has emerged about an

attempt by the construction firm

Karelian to get an emergency

government bailouts of £10 million

just before it collapsed.

Carillion... The firm has wound up

with debts of almost £1 billion.

China's parliament,

the National People's Congress,

is expected to approve a ruling

today which would remove

the two-term limits

for the country's presidency.

The move will allow Xi Jinping

to stay in office beyond the end

of his second term in 2023,

and possibly rule indefinitely.

We can talk to our correspondent

Stephen McDonell, who is in Beijing.

Stephen, had to see you. How much

longer does Xi Jinping want to stay

in power?

Well, in the coming hours,

when the 3000 delegates here at the

Great Hall of the People vote for Xi

Jinping to effectively be able to

stay on beyond two terms, they are

giving him the green light to stay

on for as long as he likes. And

given the power that Xi Jinping

already has in China, it is hard to

imagine there will be much of a

dissenting vote. We will know in the

coming hours what the official

numbers are, but the Congress here

has never rejected any major

proposal from the Communist Party

and I don't think it is going to

start today. It is interesting,

there hasn't been anything like a

national debate about this, or

discussion in the media. It is all

being downplayed here, despite the

enormous ramifications of this

decision. So even though,

technically, as the head of the army

and the chairman of the Congress

party, Xi Jinping could have hung

around anyway without the presidency

title, it seems he wants to have a

title as well, and the fact that he

has gone to all this trouble to

change the constitution to allow him

to do it, well, it seems like you

can be sure that Xi Jinping is going

to be hanging around for many more

years to come, beyond his second

term. What time do we hear the

announcement?

It will be coming in

the next couple of hours.

OK. We

will be speaking to you soon, then.

Rare footage of a baby western

lowland gorilla has been filmed

in a National Park in Congo.

I love this.

Me too. Can you tell?

The baby is thought

to be a week old.

It will now spend two to three years

clinging to its mother.

Western lowland gorillas

are critically endangered with only

an estimated 100,000

left in the wild.

We do like baby stories today. It is

Mothering Sunday.

I like that idea,

cleaning on for several years.

Still

the same in my house. -- clinging.

Let's bring you up to date with the

papers. The Mail on Sunday is taking

a look at one charity, shame on the

Bono charity believes. They are

criticising certain behaviours by

workers at this charity. Being

subjected to a toxic culture of

leading and abuse. The reason you

have the picture of Bono there, he

has been representing that charity,

or has been a patron of that

charity.

The front of the Sunday

express, more on our top story

today, related to the fallout from

that spy story in Salisbury. This

story suggests that the poison which

was used might have been a

sophisticated ploy, sent by a

delivery service, that is how they

think it got into the country.

Before arriving at the home of the

people in the centre of this

poisoning story.

The Sunday Times is

taking a lookout is -- taking a look

at the spy story. Sergei Skripal,

the latest Russian to be attacked on

British soil. It is asking how we

should react. The picture here is

the Russian agent Anna Chapman, part

of a 2010s -- 2010 spy swap which

saw Sergei Skripal come into the UK.

And Mothering Sunday, as we have

been talking about, cards going

gender neutral. A supermarket is

sending gender neutral Mother's Day

cards as retailers reduce the use of

the M word, as the Sunday Times puts

it. To make today's celebration more

transgender inclusive.

The front of

the Sunday Telegraph, the main

picture here. We will be discussing

this in sport later. England

crashing out of the Six Nations. The

main story, corrupt Russian is

facing a UK VISA ban. All of this is

fallout from that scar -- spy

scandal. And what that could mean

for Russians living in the UK. And

just down the bottom as well,

accident and emergency chaos leads

to ambulance meltdown, as paramedics

are forced to withdraw some crews

amid a shortage of ambulances able

to get out to reach people.

A quick

look at the Observer as well. Gemma

artisan on the front page. -- Gemma

Arterton. Protesting in London

against male violence towards women.

Top paid men out strip women by four

to one, with figures showing the

almost four times more men than

women in Britain's highest-paid

posts. It shows the extent of the

glass ceiling blocking women from

top jobs.

Today, of course, is

Mothering Sunday. It is time to save

on key to our mothers are all that

they have done for us. -- time to

say thank you.

We should do that

every day.

Yes. Although my mother

might not thank me for the pictures

we are about to show you, pictures

of me and my mum. This is us, we

were travelling on a North Sea

Ferry, it was freezing.

Who are the

others?

My sister and my dad. Very

bad hair in that one, I know. This

is in Dubai, on the beach at night.

Looking very on message, with my BBC

T-shirt.

Did your mother used to

give you have gel?

Are you talking

about that second picture? It is a

bit wild. Mum probably won't thank

me to showing those pictures.

Your

mother looks absolutely lovely. It

can be a tricky day, Mothering

Sunday, for people who have lost

their mothers. That is something we

will be referred in on later on as

well.

Yes, stay tuned for that. We

have lots of messages for mothers

this Mothering Sunday. You are

watching breakfast on BBC News. Here

are the main stories this morning.

Traces of the nerve agent used to

poison a former Russian spy and his

daughter have been found at a

restaurant in Salisbury. The water

regulator will investigate why

thousands of homes in England and

Wales were left without water during

the cold weather earlier this month.

Let's check in on what the weather

has in store for us this Mothering

Sunday. Louise has the details. It

is looking at it and misty out there

that?

Yes, a murky start, but it will

improve. A relatively mild day for

many of us. But it is foggy in the

morning, so please bear that in mind

and be careful. The day will develop

into one with brief sunny spells and

scattered showers. Showers mostly

across England and Wales today. If

we look at the pressure chart, the

UK is like the jam filling for a

frontal sandwich. We are surrounded.

This one producing rain across the

extreme south-east coast, and this

one down to the south-west which

will arrive later on. Yesterday's

rain, that is just sitting across

Orkney and Shetland. We are not too

concerned about that. Not a bad

start for the day across Scotland

and Northern Ireland and northern

England. We will have this rain,

just fringing Lincolnshire and East

Yorkshire. A scattering of showers

developing elsewhere and stop

temperatures perhaps not as warm as

yesterday, but nevertheless, not too

bad. 9- 12 degrees. Relatively

straightforward for Mothering

Sunday. Going into Sunday night, we

could see more of an organised spell

of wet weather developing across

England and Wales. Some clearer

skies further north. A touch of

light frost into Scotland.

Temperatures close to freezing,

elsewhere would that cloud and rain,

we will see those temperatures

holding up. -- elsewhere with that

cloud. The week ahead looks

unsettled. Tuesday will probably be

the best day. There will be rain at

times, but it should stay mild. A

potential for cold weather to return

by the weekend, but let's not worry

about that yet. Monday, this area of

low pressure could bring persistent

rain across England and Wales.

Scotland, Northern in London to

Northern Ireland, again, a

relatively straightforward start to

the day. Maybe misty and murky with

light winds early in the morning.

This rain could be a nuisance

through the day. We will have to

keep an eye on that. In terms of the

feel of things we are looking at

around 9- 10 degrees in the north,

higher into south, but only around

11 degrees. A brief ridge of high

pressure looks likely to build on

Tuesday. A quiet day, potentially

the best day of the week. Largely

fine and dry. Maybe misty first

thing in the morning, but that will

lift away. Sunny spells coming

through. Temperatures will sit at

around 7- 12 degrees. Susie have

outdoor plans, and you need to get

into the garden, my ad bias is that

Tuesday looks likely to be the best

day. -- so if you have outdoor

plans.

Are you a gardener?

A

reluctant one. I have a garden, but

I don't like it.

Be proud of that.

Not everybody has to be a gardener.

My mother was the gardener, she used

to help me a lot. But she has a bad

back at the moment.

So I am on my

own. Well, we were sure that! -- we

wish her that!

We'll be back with a summary

of the news at 6:30am.

Now it's time for the Film Review.

Hello there, welcome

to The Film Review here on BBC News.

And taking us through this

week's cinema releases is,

who else, but Mark Kermode.

So Mark, what have you

got for us this week?

Very mixed bag.

We have Gringo, which is

a kind of caper movie

starring David Oyelowo.

We have You Were Never Really Here,

which is the new film

by Lynne Ramsay, whose work I love.

And Mom And Dad, a sort of satirical

horror film starring Nic Cage.

OK, so let's kick off with Gringo.

This is about a businessman who

becomes a kind of wanted criminal?

Yeah, so the story is,

David Oyelowo is a sort of fairly

hapless character working

for a drug company.

And he ends up faking his own

kidnapping in Mexico,

because he discovers essentially

that he's going to lose his job,

it looks like he's going to lose his

wife, he hasn't got anything else

to lose, so he fakes

his own kidnapping.

It starts off with him

going on the trip to Mexico,

with Joel Edgerton

and Charlize Theron,

both of whom are chewing the scenery

as his evil superiors.

Here's a clip.

There it is again.

What is that smell?

Barbecue - I always

bring it for Angel.

Angel, buenos dias.

There you go.

Gracias.

Hello.

New app.

Amazing.

New app.

Amazing.

Know what else is amazing

is actually learning

a foreign language.

Taco Bell, huh?

That's sensational.

I mean, as I said,

chewing the scenery.

Here's the thing with this film.

In terms of the plot,

it is all over the place,

it's one where the writers have

clearly decided to throw a bunch

of ideas at the wall

and see what sticks,

and only some of them do.

It gets by, however,

largely on the fact that

you like the cast.

So, David Oyelowo is a very

likeable antihero figure.

They are very dislikeable

villains in a real -

she's basically playing

Cruella Deville, and they're

enjoying themselves.

There are entire

character threads...

Sharlto Copley turns up

halfway through suddenly,

and the film takes an entire

different direction.

There are entire sections of it that

don't hang together,

and at the end you go,

none of it added up.

But whilst watching it,

I enjoyed it much more

than I thought was going to

because the individual set pieces.

There is one set piece

in which a drug lord demands to know

from the people who he's holding

hostage whether or not they agree

that Sergeant Pepper

is the best Beatles album.

And it's one of those weirdly

surreal moments that works.

Others don't.

The film could have

lost 20 or 30 minutes.

It could have lost

one entire thread.

It's shambolic, no question,

and it's a mess, no question.

But it's an entertaining mess,

largely because I like

the central characters.

David Oyelowo is absolutely

brilliant, and he kind of holds

the whole thing together.

Is Sergeant Pepper

the best Beatles album?

No.

No, OK.

Glad we got a verdict there.

Now, next, You Were

Never Really Here.

This is a kind of

vigilante thriller?

Well, it looks like

that but it isn't.

It's a Lynne Ramsay film.

Lynne Ramsay made Rat Catcher,

We Need To Talk About Kevin.

She is someone who makes films

entirely on her own terms.

This is based on a novella

by Jonathan Ames.

And the story is that

Joaquin Phoenix is an enforcer,

somebody who is a hired gun,

who specialises in retrieving lost

kids, lost teenagers.

He is sent at the beginning

of the film to get back

a senator's missing daughter.

That's the mechanics of the plot.

However, Lynne Ramsay isn't really

that interested in plot mechanics.

What she's interested in is the fact

that he's a very damaged character.

She described him as somebody who's

got what is like a head full

of broken glass.

And what the film does is it gives

you this nominal thriller narrative,

but actually it's a very poetic

portrait of somebody who's life

is falling apart, who's haunted

by the ghosts of the past,

who's haunted by past

abusive traumas.

Plus it upends your expectation,

because you know at the beginning

that he's a kind of...

He's a hired enforcer,

his weapon of choice is a hammer,

and yet he loves his mother,

he looks after his mother.

When they're at home,

Psycho comes on the television,

so you think, "Oh,

he's Norman Bates."

But he's not Norman Bates.

Later on, Shawshank Redemption

comes on the television,

which is very significant

if you're a Shawshank fan,

which I am.

The score is by Johnny Greenwood,

whose work is brilliant.

The whole film has this really

overwhelming sensory experience.

The whole film has this really

overwhelming sensory experience.

It's got a brilliant sound design.

See it in a cinema

that's playing it loud.

And I've now seen it a couple

of times, and the first time I found

it elliptical, almost

hard to follow the plot,

but you don't care because what

you're following is the characters.

Second time around I thought,

this is proper cinema making.

Lynne Ramsay is an absolute genius,

nobody makes films like her.

She makes few films,

and when she does they are

always worth it.

As far as I'm concerned,

she has a perfect strike rate,

and this is already one

of my favourite films of the year

and we're only in March.

Wow.

Yes.

Now, Mom And Dad, which sounds very

nice, with Nicholas Cage,

but it's actually parents turning

quite nasty on their children?

Yeah.

So it's one of those

"what if" horror movies,

what if parents suddenly decided

to turn on their kids,

because they've been in this case,

we think, infected either by a virus

or perhaps by a signal which is

coming through the television.

It seems to be sort of sent

through television distortion.

The film is directed by the guy

who is one half of Neveldine

and Taylor, who made films

like Crank, who are not

known for understatement.

So, at the very beginning

of the film, it starts as a kind

of standard thing, a mother

and father and they're resentful

of their children's freedoms

but they're also very protective.

And then this strange,

horrific outbreak happens,

and the parents turn

on their children, but also

at the same time remain weirdly,

satirically protective.

Here's a clip.

It's not what you think, Mr Ryan.

What are you doing in my house?

Is my daughter here?

Carly?

Joshua?

Is that dad?

I want dad.

We need to leave God damn it.

I want to get my backpack.

Why?

Fine just get it.

We need to talk.

Oh, do we need to talk?

Yeah, we do need to

talk you can't be hit.

It's not about me and Carly,

it's about what's happening.

I get exactly...what's happening.

It's called hormones.

Now, this is one of those films

in which Nic Cage goes full Nic

Cage.

There is a sequence

in which he attacks a pool table,

and it ranks alongside, you know,

Nic Cage's craziest moments.

The reason it works is this.

If you have a horror film like this,

it has to have a central truth

at the heart of it.

And the central truth is,

these parents basically resent

the fact that they -

they were once young,

crazy, free-spirited,

Nic Cage and some kind of...

And now their lives have changed,

because they've dedicated themselves

to looking after the children.

So, although what happens is a sort

of supernatural manifestation,

it's sort of clawing away at that

idea that these resentments

are actually real things.

It's a really odd film,

it's definitely not for everybody.

It's very taboo-breaking.

It's dealing with a very taboo

issue, which is parents

turning on children.

We've seen plenty of movies

with scary children,

you know, whether it's

Village Of the Dammed,

or The Excorcist.

This is the other way round.

And it works, up to a point.

It's completely bonkers.

There are several moments

in it when you think,

this is just preposterous.

But it works because it's got

a central core idea,

and it's not afraid, you know,

to over-crank itself.

And I enjoyed it, but I was very

aware after watching it,

I'm enjoying it as a horror fan.

It's not for everybody.

Well, I can imagine as a parent

you might find it pretty

uncomfortable kind of viewing.

Yeah, and the moments that it works

the best are exactly those moments,

when it taps into the idea

that this is outrageous,

this is terrible, but it's tapping

into a sort of parental resentment

idea, which is a very,

very taboo idea.

So it's, you know, as I said,

not for everybody, but if you're

a horror fan, if you like films

like Teeth, if you like films

like American Mary,

if you like offbeat,

strange, quirky American horror

movies, that dare to go into fairly

dark places, then I think it's

an interesting film.

And it is genuinely

horrifying, is it?

It's genuinely satirically nasty,

which is slightly different.

OK.

All right, I think we

get the distinction.

You're not going, I can tell.

I'm not going, you're

absolutely right!

What is best out at the moment?

Fantastic Woman, which just

won to the Oscar for

Best Foreign Language Film,

is a wonderful story

about a transgender woman who finds

herself shut out of her life

when her lover dies

and the family descend.

It has a brilliant performance

by Daniela Vega, who is just

wonderful, really mesmerising,

a great screen presence and really

carries the movie.

Sebastian Lelio, who directed it,

I think does a wonderful job

of mixing on the one hand, you know,

realist, gritty story elements

with moments of fantasy.

At one point it turns into a sort

of musical fantasia,

in which she levitates.

There's another moment when she's

walking down the street and the wind

is blowing, and it's almost

like a supernatural wind.

And the film is about, you know,

finding your identity,

finding your place,

asserting your name,

you know, saying, "I am

Marina, this is who I am."

I've seen it a few times now,

and every time I've seen I've seen

more in it.

It's really well worth watching,

and it was a deserved Oscar winner.

So, your recommendation?

Absolutely.

All right, and the best DVD?

Killing Of A Sacred Deer.

Killing Of A Sacred Deer

is the new film by Yorgos Lanthimos.

It's interesting because it was at

Cannes the same time

the Lynne Ramsay film was at Cannes,

and they shared the prize

for best screenwriting.

This is a very, very odd story

about a medic who has a secret

in his past.

It starts off looking like it's

a kind of strange social satire,

and then it turns into

a full-blooded horror movie.

It's more horrifying than anything

that's in Mom And Dad.

I mean, it's genuinely

disturbing at the end.

But it's a film, again,

in which it's all to do with the way

in which the story is told,

rather than the story itself.

It makes a very, very interesting

double bill with the Lynne Ramsay

movie, and I don't want to say it

again but the Lynne Ramsay movie,

everybody has to go and see.

There is quite a lot

around which blurs horror

and social satire.

Horror is in a fantastic

period at the moment.

Horror is in a period in which it

doesn't look like a single genre.

We are seeing horror inflecting

a whole lot of other

areas, and obviously...

That was my I grew

up on horror movies.

Get Out is a movie I absolutely love

- if you call that a horror movie.

It is absolutely a horror movie.

And people started saying it wasn't

a horror movie when it got nominated

for Oscars, because that's always

the thing which scares people off.

But it is a horror movie,

it's in the tradition of Ira Levin,

but it's also a social satire,

it has elements of comedy in it.

You know, horror can inflect

absolutely everything.

It is the genre to end all genres.

Well, it's your favourite genre.

It is, absolutely.

Fair enough.

Mark, thank you very much indeed.

Thank you.

Just a quick reminder before you go

that you will find more film news

and reviews from across the BBC

online at bbc.co.uk/MarkKermode

and you can find all our previous

programmes on the BBC

iPlayer as well.

But that is it for this week.

Thank you very much for watching,

and from us, goodbye.

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Ben Thompson and Naga

Munchetty.

Good morning.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

Traces of a nerve agent which was

Traces of a nerve agent which was

used to attack a former Russian spy

and his daughter in Salisbury have

been found in the Italian restaurant

where they had eaten. The substance

was found in one part of the city's

Zizzi restaurant during a forensic

examination. Sergei Skripal and his

daughter Yulia were found collapsed

on a bench nearby and remained

critically ill in hospital. Home

Secretary Amber Rudd says the

government is using enormous

resources to try to identify those

responsible. The water regulator is

to identify why thousands of homes

in England and Wales suffered

shortages or a total loss of supply

following the recent cold weather.

Ofwat's review follows emergency

handouts of water for people who

work at. They will look at how well

firms communicated with customers

and if compensation levels are

adequate.

President Trump has told crowds

at an election rally in Pennsylvania

that his proposed meeting

with the North Korean leader

Kim Jong-un could lead

to the "greatest deal

for the world."

During a wide-ranging speech,

the American leader warned Europe

about more possible tariffs,

and also launched his slogan

for re-election in 2020.

More measures to cut the use

of plastics will be announced

by the Chancellor

in the coming days.

Philip Hammond

will use his Spring statement

on Tuesday to announce plans

for a public consultation

into taxing plastic waste.

The government's target

is to eliminate avoidable plastic

waste, by 2042.

A police investigation has been

launched after anti-Muslim letters

were sent to a number

of people in several cities.

The letters were delivered

to addresses in Bradford,

Leicester, London,

Cardiff and Sheffield.

They contained suggestions

of a series of violent acts to be

taken against Muslims and mosques.

Counter-terrorism police say they're

investigating a possible hate

crime.

China's Parliament, the national

People's Congress, is expected to

approve a ruling today which would

remove the two term limits for the

country's residency. The move will

allow Xi Jinping to stay in office

beyond the end of his second term in

2023. It could mean he could

possibly rule indefinitely. The

limit was brought in more than 30

years ago. Internet censors have

deleted critical comments on social

media platforms.

Time to talk about sport, and I

think if you are an island fan, you

might have a bit of a sore head this

morning. -- Ireland.

I think so,

yes.

It is justified.

Completely

justified. Winning it with a game to

spare. They beat Scotland by 28

points, to eight. A comfortable

victory, a bonus point victory. That

meant England needed a bonus point

victory against the French in Paris,

but that didn't happen. So island

are the well-deserved champions. --

Ireland.

So the Six Nations Championship has

been decided with a game to spare.

But of course the match

between England and Ireland next

week still has a lot riding on it.

Ireland will want to go

unbeaten in the tournament

to complete the Grand Slam.

And as Joe Wilson reports,

it was a monumental occasion

in Dublin.

The Six Nations was supposed to be

settled next weekend, wasn't it?

Well, why wait. Seize the moment on

Saturday night.

The Irish!

In

Dublin, confidence flowed from the

moment Scotland's misfiring

attacking gave the ball to Jacob

Stockdale. He has been the finisher

for so much of Ireland's could work

in this Six Nations. Before

half-time he had his second try. A

third for Ireland soon followed.

Here, the move was finished,

blacking horn. Nice. These

significant dive to the line came

from Sean Cronin. Beautiful in its

own way, because it meant Ireland

had a bonus point to go with their

wind. Well, everyone was keen to get

an image of Sean Cronin and family.

A great story for Ireland here in

Dublin. What nobody knew at the

final whistle here was how things

would turn out in Paris. England

needed four tries against France to

keep in step with Ireland, but never

looked near it. This high tackle and

defence led to a penalty try to

France. England conceded penalties

throughout the match. Ran into the

French defence throughout the match.

When they finally found their way to

the line, it was too late. You don't

have power, you don't have momentum.

France suddenly have both. And

Ireland had it all tournament.

We

know the biggest challenge is ahead

still. It is very muted upstairs,

very strange to win the championship

with a game to go and so much still

to play for.

Islands get their own

chance to beat England next weekend.

-- Ireland.

England women's hopes of a second

successive Six Nations title took

a major blow as they

lost 18-17 to France.

Both sides were unbeaten

going into the match,

but Jessy Tremouliere's

dramatic late try inflicted

England's first defeat.

France are now four points clear

at the top of the table with one

game to play.

West Ham United have launched

an inquiry after supporters invaded

the pitch during yesterday's 3-0

defeat at home to Burnley.

The game had to be stopped a number

of times due to members

of the crowd invading

the pitch to protest

against the club's owners.

Burnley weren't distacted

by the turmoil, and went on to win

comfortably by 3 goals to nil,

but the West Ham protests continued

after the game and both

the club and the FA say

they will investigate.

The atmosphere was horrible.

Obviously we have had fans running

on the pitch, and we know, to be

honest, we know a lot of its isn't

aimed at the players. It is for

other reasons. But we have to be

many enough to be able to play in

that atmosphere. It is hard, don't

get me wrong.

Manchester United have opened up

a 5-point lead in the race for 2nd

place in the Premier League

after they beat Liverpool 2-1

at Old Trafford yesterday.

Striker Marcus Rashford scored

both of his sides goals

in the first half.

A fantastic first effort before

a deflected shot put United out

of reach.

West Bromwich Albion

are still firmly bottom of the table

after a 4-1 defeat at

home to Leicester City.

The result means the pressue

continues to pile up on manager

Alan Pardew having lost the last

five premier League games

and the club has only one

league win since August.

We have to kind of still believe and

still fight, and it was just that

last ten or 15 minutes that were

painful for us, because it kind of

knocked us. We had played so well in

that period. It is difficult for

players, sometimes. I'm not going to

make excuses for them, because we've

got to fight to the end in every

game. They got that message after

the game.

In the Scottish Premiership Rangers

can close the gap on Celtic to just

three points this afternoon

when the two teams meet

in the Old Firm match at Ibrox.

Third place Aberdeen

were held to a goalless draw

at Partick Thistle after only

managing this one shot on target

in the whole match.

Elsewhere St Johnstone,

Hamilton and Kilmarnock won.

Now whether you're a golf fan

or not, you should really keep

an eye on what's going on in Florida

later today because we could witness

one of the greatest sporting

comebacks in sport.

Before suffering back problems

which required surgery,

Tiger Woods dominated golf as world

number one and winner of 14 majors.

He's currently ranked 388th!

But at times he's looked back

to somewhere near his best

at the Valspar Championship.

He hasn't lost it!

No. What a shot

that was.

He'll go into today's final

round just a shot off the lead

with his first title for four

and a half years firmly

in his sights.

You know, I tell you...

What they

show that was.

The fans are so

behind him. He has had such to multi

this time in his personal life and

on and off the course.

But they are

firmly behind him now.

You come back

to a top-level sport like that

without so much pressure. Lots of

people behind him, but without that

pressure and expectation that you

are always going to win.

You can see

the talent is there, obviously.

Now to the Winter Paralympics

in Pyeongchang.

Britain has won a couple of medals

overnight and and speak

to our reporter Kate Gray.

Millie Knight and wrote wild --

Brett Wild claimed their second

medals in the downhill skiing. Kate?

That's right. It was a very early

start for the alpine skiers, going

in D super-G. I am now joined by

Menna Fitzpatrick and Jen Kehoe.

You'll smile say it all, but take us

through the last four hours? The

audience may not realise you fell in

the downhill yesterday, very early.

24 hours later you have won bronze

in the super-G.

Definitely an

emotional 24 hours. Lots of crying.

Today they were good tears,

thankfully. Yesterday we just had a

little bit too much speed,

unfortunately. And we came in with

90 kilometres an hour in to be

fourth gate, which isn't even the

fastest pass, so it was just

unfortunate that we fail. We then

turned it around, definitely, for

today.

Did you hurt yourself at all?

Were there any injuries which hit

you today?

Thankfully not!

Jen

Kehoe, what a responsibility for

you. Any fears for you? Being the

guide, you must think, was it my

fault?

It is hugely nerve-wracking.

Menna Fitzpatrick and I spend a lot

of time together and I could see

when we pushed out of the gate this

morning, I could see how nervous she

was. My job then becomes encouraging

her anyway that I can, get her to

ski confidently. So the first half

of today's run was just about, yeah,

building up confidence. I about

halfway down you got into it, and

started skiing really well. -- by

about halfway. Sauber please, an

amazing recovery. It is so hard when

you crashed downhill, there is often

quite a high injury rate. But for

me, seeing that, it is terrifying.

It is a huge responsibility.

A

bronze medal at your first-ever

games. Did you ever imagine this? Do

you think this is the first of more

to come?

Hopefully. We still have

three more races. It is a massive

dream come true for both of us. I am

just so glad we have done it

together.

Well, you can just tell

you are over the moon. Iron over the

moon for you as well. I have seen

you in training and I how hard you

worked. Well done. Just up data on

what else is going on here, Great

Britain have been competing in the

curling, but they lost to

Switzerland earlier today. They will

get another chance later on against

Finland. We will keep you updated.

Kate, thank you very much indeed.

Brilliant, isn't it? We have a

couple of silver medals now and a

bronze.

Halfway to the lower target,

I think that was 6- ten.

And one

week to go.

We are on our way.

It's Mothering Sunday today -

a chance for many of us to say thank

you to our mums

for all that they do.

You can hear the cast of viewers,

thinking, I forgot the card. --

gasps.

But for those who've lost their mum,

lost a child, or struggled to have

children, it can be a difficult day.

Over the last week BBC Radio 5 Live

has been speaking to men

who lost their mums

when they were children.

One of them, financial

expert Martin Lewis,

lost his mother in a riding accident

a few days before his 13th

birthday.

Nobody told me how serious it was.

And I always remember worrying,

because they said my mum was in

hospital, worrying that she wouldn't

be there for my birthday in three

days. And my grandmother, my

father's mother, said that she will

be here for your bar mitzvah. And I

thought nothing of it. And the next

day my dad told me that she had died

that morning. And that was... That

was the end of my childhood, that

moment. And I cried every day until

I was 15. And then I stopped crying.

And it's... You would know this, it

is probably the defining moment that

changed my life. I'm very proud of

what they achieved in my career.

Even when I made my wife, she would

go with her mother for Mother's Day,

and I wouldn't go with her. I

couldn't do it. I couldn't cope with

Mother's Day. Only now, thank God,

with the great joy of having my own

daughter, but my wife has become

mummy, can Mother's Day finally

become something that I can actually

cope with.

A very emotional account by Martin.

I am sure that will resonate with

many people watching today. We are

going to talk to somebody a bit

later. We will be talking about

Mothering Sunday all day today. What

we will also be talking to somebody

later on this morning. Claire

Richmond, from the child breathe and

charity, will be talking to us later

about that. -- child bereavement.

Louise has the weather for us today.

Louise, it is an interesting one out

there? Not very Mothering Sunday

weather?

No, it is horrible. Misty and foggy

at the moment. That it will improve.

So if you are heading off with

daffodils to tell your mother you

love her, hopefully the sunshine

will come through. Scattered showers

and sunny spells for some of us

today. We are actually surrounded by

frontal systems. But it isn't too

bad, because this little fellow who

is being a nuisance is actually

sitting off in the North Sea. We are

not expecting too many problems. A

scattering of showers developing

across central and southern areas

once the mist and fog lifts.

Hopefully that will lift a low cloud

which will then thin and break.

Northern England, Northern Ireland

Scotland, not bad afternoon. Likely

to see temperatures peaking at 9-

12. Think back to where we were this

time last week when we had just

finished with the beast from the

east. We still have lots of lying

snow. Overnight tonight, we will see

an area of low pressure drifting up

from the south-west which could

cause more significant outbreaks of

rain across England and Wales. The

key is that it will be a cold end to

the night, 5-7. Further north, with

clear skies, we may have a touch of

frost in the sheltered glens of

Scotland. Looking ahead it seems as

though we will see a bit of rain at

times. Dry interludes. It will stay

mild, until potentially next week.

We could see more cold weather

coming back. What we do need to

worry about that yet. Let's get

Monday out of the way. Monday, that

area of low pressure is still a

nuisance across England and Wales.

Generally speaking, the further

north you are, Scotland and northern

England and Northern Ireland, they

may be cloudy but hopefully it

should be predominantly dry with

light winds. Outbreaks of rain

across England and Wales as that low

pressure clears through. In terms of

the feel of things we are looking at

highs of around 7- 11 degrees.

Again, pretty much just about where

they should be, maybe one degree or

so down. On Tuesday, a ridge of high

pressure looks likely to build and

quiet things down considerably. If

you have plans, Tuesday certainly

looks likely to be the best day of

the week this week. Dominantly dry.

A scattering of showers around, and

temperatures again peaking at 7- 12.

It will be predominantly dry and we

should see some spells of sunshine

coming through. Again, the potential

for more rain to come into Northern

Ireland a little bit later on. That

will stay more unsettled. Generally

speaking, as I said, not a bad week.

Let's hope the mist and fog lifts

since you can get off to see mothers

and tell them you love them.

Yesterday on Breakfast we told you

about the robot that had been taken

off duty at a California burger

joint because it was too slow. It

was flipping burgers.

Flippy the

robot was a flop.

He couldn't keep

up. But that minor setback

apparently won't stop the rise of

artificial technology. They want to

build systems that can operate in

the home, workplace and sports

field. Here's Halep oche -- here's

more. -- from Halep Ghosh.

Science-fiction films have predicted

in the future we would have

intelligent robots. In the day the

Earth stood still, we had the

sinister Gort. In Forbidden Planet,

there was Robbie.

Good night, Doctor

Smith.

And robots in lost in space. How

close are we to having something

like them now?

Meet the soccer playing robots of

the university of the excess. They

are not being operated by a moat

control. Instead they're making fast

moving decisions as a team on their

own. That's because they've been

programmed with artificial

intelligence. They're able to learn

from their mistakes and improve

their game each time they play.

their game each time they play. They

are honing their skills for the

robot World Cup, this one from two

years ago in Leipzig. Football is

far harder for computers than chess

or other boardgames.

Rather than

turn taking, everybody's moving at

the same time. If you take too long

to think about what you're going to

do when you're going to pass the

ball the opponent can come and take

the ball away from you. It's also

continuous, there's not discreet

places people can be, but always

moving through air, space,

continuous space, so there's really

many challenges in contrast to some

of the boardgames.

This might look

like a very simple robot but what

it's trying to achieve is incredibly

difficult. It's attempting to work

with people in an unpredictable

office environment. Researchers are

now building robots more like the

ones you see in science-fiction

films, once you can talk to,

interact with, even give commands

to. This one is an office assistant.

You can avoid any objects or people

that get in its wake. It's one of a

new generation of intelligent

robots.

What should I do?

This is

not voice recognition.

Move a

rattling container.

The robot is

actually learning the meaning of the

words in the same way a baby

doesn't. The essential aim is to

have robots you can have a

conversation with.

The problem is

robots have to be able to deal with

the dynamics and the noise and

unpredictability that people bring

into the environment, so we have to

think about perception and control

and learning and adaptation

programmes that we have to build

that can deal with that sort of

dynamic.

Now, everybody stay calm,

he's only a mechanical man, robot

obligingly doing the shopping for

the busy wife of his inventor

someone in Leeds.

These cons of robots are still in

the realms of science fiction, but

with rapid strides in artificial

intelligence, it won't be long

before they become part of our

everyday lives. Pallab Ghosh, BBC

News, Austin, Texas.

A sign of the future.

A sign of the

past, but some of those robots are

terrible!

We'll be back with

the headlines at 7am.

Now it's time for the Travel Show.

Mauritius, a force of nature

in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

Mauritius is marking the 50th year

of independence from British

colonial rule, but the intriguing,

rich and sometimes dark story

of this island nation goes

back way before then.

On my journey, I'm going to explore

the history of Mauritius.

See and taste how

multiculturalism works here.

Mmmm, that is nice.

This island is so often labelled

as just a luxury beach paradise,

but the reality is so much more

fascinating than that.

Mauritius, gorgeous beaches,

turquoise waters and lush

vegetation, but the human story

is just as awe-inspiring.

Le Morne mountain on the south-west

of the island faces in the direction

of Madagascar and stands

555 metres high.

It's also at a 45-degree incline.

No walk in the park.

For the likes of me,

this is a challenging

climb, I've got to say.

In fact, I think for

anybody it's challenging.

Near the top I join a guy who's done

this climb up to three times a day

every day pretty well for 13 years.

You can feel it's

all, like, volcanic.

This is volcanic rock?

It's probably from the first

eruption 10 million years ago.

And actually it's very

good for climbing.

Yeah, there's lots of good grip.

Le Morne marks a dark but symbolic

chapter in the island's

history, the days of slavery under

Dutch, French and British rule.

This is where many escaped slaves,

called the Maroons, found refuge.

They could have a look

towards Madagascar and for them...

That's home.

That was home, that was the sight

and they expected one day may be

to build, like, a craft and go back

home and just to escape

from this prison.

Horrible.

It's a world away up

here from the beach resorts that

populate the rest of the island,

but actually this trek is almost

a pilgrimage to get to the very

heart of Mauritian identity.

There's a particularly poignant tale

told about the Maroons

in what should have been

their moment of celebration.

When slavery was abolished

here in 1835, soldiers climbed

the mountain to tell

the Maroons they were free,

but the escaped slaves thought

they were being recaptured

and instead chose to

jump off the mountain.

Why do you think this

is so important to the identity

of people from Mauritius?

Because I guess it's a unique story.

It's part of our story

here in Mauritius and it's one

of the only places we know

of that somehow the slaves

resisted their masters and for us,

it's almost like a venerated

mountain, a sacred mountain,

not only for the descendants

of slaves but for

Mauritians as well.

After slavery was abolished,

the British brought in hundreds

of thousands of so-called indentured

labourers from India and China

in what was known as

the Great Experiment.

Today Port Louis is the country's

capital with its colonial legacy

and contemporary diversity

everywhere to be seen.

I'm about to get a personalised

unique tour of what this city

and Mauritius offers in terms

of its diverse food and other

wares as well.

Hi, how do you do, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

So this is a food place here?

Yes.

But you'd never know to look at it,

it's pretty low-key.

Yes, but it's pretty famous as well.

He's making some deep-fried cakes,

Mauritians are fond

of deep-fried cakes,

you can deep-fry almost

everything.

He has this batter that he made,

it's with chickpea flour,

some herbs and salt.

Mauritius may seem isolated

in the middle of the Indian Ocean,

but it was actually nicely placed

on the spice route which linked

Asia, Africa and Europe.

Now he's adding all the herbs

you need for the chilly bites.

Chillis.

Are they strong chillis?

Spring onions.

There's a clear inference

from Gujarati traders whose

forefathers came over from India

in the 19th century,

but there's a distinctive Mauritian

accent to the food too.

It just hit me!

Now, this is a multi-ethnic,

multi-cultural, multi-lingual,

multi-religion country,

so Hinduism is the majority religion

but you've also got Christianity,

Islam, Chinese religions,

Buddhism, it's all here.

Where are we?

We're in a small market that is made

up of street vendors.

All these people used to be selling

everything from clothes,

to food to electronic

gadgets on the street,

but that was illegal so the state

gave them some spaces.

Ca va?

So this is Arthur, he used to be

on a street corner in Chinatown

selling dumplings with his father.

So now he's here.

Chinese-Mauritian?

Yeah.

This is the long fish?

Yes, the long fish.

That is nice, that is really good.

How many will years

have you working?

For myself, after schooling,

nearly 50 years.

50 years!

The sheer diversity of food is one

benefit of the cultural

hotpot in Mauritius.

Another is language,

French, English and Creole

is all spoken here.

And then there's music.

Sega is a rhythm and genre

indigenous to this island.

And this lady is known as the voice

of the Indian Ocean.

The distinctive drum

is called the ravanne,

a home-grown instrument.

And in this 50th anniversary

year of independence,

it seems the people of this island

have plenty to celebrate.

During my time here,

I've seen a strong sense

of nationhood amongst Mauritians,

and also realisation that precious

wildlife must be protected.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Ben Thompson and Naga

Munchetty.

Traces of the nerve agent used

in the attack of a former Russian

spy have been detected

in a restaurant in Salisbury.

With more than 240 witnesses

identified and 200 pieces

of evidence, the Home Secretary says

police are working "at speed"

to identify those responsible.

Good morning. Also on the programme,

an investigation is launched into

why thousands of homes in England

and Wales were left without water in

the wake of the beast from the east.

The greatest deal for the world.

Donald Trump defends his decision to

hold face-to-face talks with North

Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Good

morning. In sport, temp two Ireland

our Six Nations champions, with a

game to spare, and can now complete

the grand slam against England next

week. Good morning. A murky start to

Mothering Sunday. There is some fog

around which will lift a low cloud.

Scattered showers in the south. Dry

and bright and further north. More

details coming up.

Louise, thank you. It is seven

o'clock. First, our main story.

Traces of a nerve agent which was

used to attack a former Russian spy

and is thought in Salisbury have

been found in the Italian restaurant

where they had the meeting. Sir Guy

and Yulia Skripal were found

collapsed on aid engineer by and

were left critically ill in

hospital. -- Sergei. Nobody who was

in the Zizzi restaurant at the time

is thought to be in danger, after

traces of nerve agent were found

there.

One week after the attack

with a nerve agent, the police

investigation continues behind

a barrier at the pizzeria

where Sergei Skripal

and Yulia Skripal ate.

CCTV saw them leaving

the restaurant.

Shortly after, they were found

on a park bench, fighting

for their lives.

One of the vehicles which took them

to hospital was removed

by specialist military teams

for fear it might also contain

traces of nerve agent.

Sergei Skripal and Yulia

are both critically ill.

Russia has denied any involvement

in their attempted murder.

After chairing a second meeting

of the Cobra emergency committee,

the Home Secretary said

the investigation was proceeding

at speed, with 200 pieces

of evidence, and more

than 240 witnesses.

It is a really painstaking,

detailed investigation,

as the police go through the 200

pieces of evidence, huge

amounts of CCTV.

They are absolutely committed

to making sure that we do that

in a completely professional way.

The third victim of this attack,

Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey,

is seriously ill, though able

to talk to his family.

He released a statement saying

he didn't consider himself a hero

and was merely doing his job.

The water regulator

is to investigate why thousands

of homes in England and Wales

suffered shortages or a total loss

of supply following

the recent cold weather.

Ofwat's review follows emergency

handouts of water for people

who were cut off.

Simon Jones reports.

Emergency water handouts

on the streets.

Tens of thousands of customers,

particularly in south-east England

and parts of Wales, forced to endure

days of inconvenience

as the taps run dry.

They are simply meant

to get the water fixed.

I think this is

absolutely appalling.

It is shocking that there is such

poor communication -

well, zero communication.

As pipes burst in the thaw

which followed the cold spell,

the water company said they were

facing an unprecedented situation.

Ofwat said today it understood how

distressing it had been for people

to be left without a

vital public service.

The review will examine:

Southern Water, for example,

Southern Water, for example,

is giving households who were cut

off for more than a day £75 -

condemned as "derisory"

by some of those affected.

Ofwat wants to hear from businesses,

households and local authorities.

It wants proof that

lessons will be learnt.

Otherwise, it says, it

may be forced to act.

President Trump has told crowds

at an election rally in Pennsylvania

that his proposed meeting

with the North Korean leader

Kim Jong-un could lead

to the "greatest deal

for the world."

During a wide-ranging speech,

the American leader warned Europe

about more possible tariffs,

and also launched his slogan

for re-election in 2020.

And he talked up the prospects

of a peace deal with North Korea.

They are not sending missiles up,

and I believe that.

I really do.

I think they want to do something,

I think they want to make peace,

I think it's time and I think we've

shown great strength.

I think that's also

important, right?

More measures to cut the use

of plastics will be announced

by the Chancellor

in the coming days.

Philip Hammond will use his spring

statement on Tuesday to announce

plans for a public consultation

into taxing plastic waste.

Let's get more from our political

correspondent Jonathan Blake.

Good morning. What details on these

taxes can we expect?

Very few

details at the moment, but it could

EA tax on your takeaway box or a

bigot ill for bottled water. --

cooed be a tax. When the Chancellor

gives his speech on Tuesday he will

ask for a call for evidence from the

public, from businesses, from green

groups, on how to cut the amount of

public waste. He says it is a

scourge to the environment and he

wants the UK to lead the world on

this, creating an environment which

is fit for future generations. The

government is using the tax system

to help it achieve its aim of

eliminating all single use plastic

waste by the year 2042. That is

obviously a long way off. You might

have read in recent days about the

so-called latte levy, a suggested

35p charge on throw away coffee

cups, which MPs on the environment

committee have been looking at. It

didn't get a very positive response

from the government, they suggested

it might be better for coffee shops

to present an incentive to customers

to use reusable cups. That is

perhaps an example of why a lot of

us are keen on reducing the amount

of plastic we use, but when it comes

to paying higher taxes to help

achieve that, it could be a

difficult sell.

Jonathan, thank you.

A police investigation has been

launched after anti-Muslim letters

were sent to a number

of people in several cities.

The letters were delivered

to addresses in Bradford,

Leicester, London,

Cardiff and Sheffield.

They contained suggestions

of a series of violent acts to be

taken against Muslims and mosques.

Counter-terrorism police say they're

investigating a possible hate crime.

New evidence has emerged

about an attempt by the construction

firm Carillion to get an emergency

government bailout of £10 million