12/03/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

The entertainer Sir Ken Dodd has

died at the age of 90.

# Happiness, happiness.

The Liverpudlian comic famous

for his epic stand-up shows

and his tickling stick died

in the home he was born in just days

after marrying his

long-term partner.

We shall have one or two

glasses of tickle tonic,

and then we should go back up north

to Merseyside and I shall see

the Diddy Men there, so I shall

send your regards to them.

We'll look back at Sir

Ken's life and work.

Good morning.

It's Monday the 12th of March.

Also this morning:

The Russian spy mystery -

Theresa May chairs a meeting

of her national security chiefs

as 500 people in Salisbury are told

to wash their clothes

as a precaution.

We have unprecedented access

to a secure mental health hospital

as we find out why admissions have

gone up by 40% in a decade.

Small- and medium-sized businesses

are losing out on billions of pounds

worth of sales because

of a skills shortage.

I'll have the details later.

In sport, the snowboarders

make their debuts at the Winter

Paralympics.

Owen Pick is among

those ready to go.

He led out the Great Britain team

at the opening ceremony.

And Matt has the weather.

Good morning. Good morning. Frost

free across the UK to start but if

you are in England, Wales or

Northern Ireland, drop your brolly.

Plenty of showers around today. --

crab.

Sir Ken Dodd, the much-loved

comedian, has died at the age of 90.

Described by his publicist as "one

of the last music hall greats"

Sir Ken was known for his marathon

stage performances and the creation

of the Diddy Men and

the tickling stick.

The performer from Liverpool had

recently been released from hospital

after six weeks of treatment

for a chest infection.

On Friday, he married his partner

of 40 years, Anne Jones.

Caroline Davies looks

back at his life.

Tickling sticks and Diddy Men.

Ken Dodd was a great performer

with a gift for the surreal...

What a brilliant day to go up

to the count and say you will never

sell a sausage

in that size.

..and the love of a

catchphrase or three.

How tickled by all of this goodwill.

What about you, Mrs?

Have you been tickled by goodwill?

Proud of his Merseyside roots,

he became a chart-topping singer,

a television star,

and a ventriloquist.

Although silly on stage,

Sir Ken Dodd was serious

about his craft.

Freud said that a laugh is a sudden

explosion of psychic energy.

The trouble with Freud was he never

played a second house Friday night.

He still lived in the home he grew

up in and guarded his private life.

In 1989, that was shattered

when he faced claims of tax evasion.

He had more than £300,000

hidden around his house.

He had 20 offshore bank accounts.

He was acquitted and

continued performing.

Last year, he was given a knighthood

in recognition of his charity

and comedy work.

We shall have one or two

glasses of tickle tonic,

and then we should go

back to Knotty Ash

up north, Knotty Ash on Merseyside,

and I shall see the Diddy Men there,

so I shall send your

regards to them.

Aged 90, he recently got a chest

infection but wanted to go

back on stage.

I look forward to getting

back to doing my job -

the only job that I have ever had,

the only job that I know.

Happiness, happiness.

After more than 60 years

of making others laugh,

it was performing to the British

public that Sir Ken Dodd said

gave him enormous happiness.

Happiness!

Some of Ken Dodd's fans and former

colleagues have been paying tribute.

Actor Claire Sweeney

said:

Actor John Challis wrote:

And comedian Gary Delaney made

reference to how long Ken Dodd's

shows went on for, saying:

I'm sure he would have appreciated

that joke. Do send in your tributes

throughout the morning as well.

The National Security Council

is to look at the latest evidence

of the suspected poisoning

of a former Russian double agent

and his daughter.

An assessment will be made

on who might have carried out

the nerve agent attack.

Sergei and Yulia Skripal remain

critically ill in hospital.

Our political correspondent

Ben Wright's in our Westminster

studio for us this morning.

Good morning, bend. There are

thoughts that perhaps Theresa May

might be saying something about this

today.

What can you tell us? Yes,

eight days on so far the government

has been incredibly weary about

saying anything explicit about who

may be behind this, even though some

Tory MPs and later MPs, actually,

last week, were urging them to point

the finger at the Russian state.

Investors have not done that so far

which may change today. We know the

Prime Minister will get the latest

intelligence assessment on her desk

when she arrives at work and then

the National security council will

meet which brings together senior

ministers who get briefings then

from top counterterrorism officials

across Whitehall. It may be that

after that, the Prime Minister might

say something publicly. There is

speculation they could be a

statement in the Commons perhaps

this afternoon at which she might

have the first time a first-time

attribute blame for this. It could

be quite a big day on that front but

meanwhile in Salisbury, people are

still having to wash their clothes

and their possessions, people who

may have been in either the pub or

the restaurant insulted last Sunday

into Monday that may have been

contaminated. So still lots of

moving parts with this.

Absolutely,

we will update everybody about what

is happening in falsely, we will

speak to a toxicologist later. Thank

you.

A bitter row has broken out

at the top of the Labour Party

with a shadow cabinet minister

being removed from her post,

apparently against her will.

Labour says Debbie Abrahams stepped

down as spokeswoman on Work

and Pensions, while an employment

issue is investigated.

But Mrs Abrahams claims that she's

the victim of a bullying culture

in the party.

At least two people have died

after a helicopter crashed

into the East River

in New York last night.

Three passengers are in critical

condition after being pulled out

of the water by rescuers.

The pilot managed to free himself.

An investigation will be held

to determine the cause of the crash.

The former commander of the UK's

maritime forces says Britain's

ability to "fight and win

on the frontline" was being affected

by budget cuts.

Rear Admiral Alex Burton said the UK

is at risk of losing its status

as a "credible military power".

He's the latest in a long line

of senior military figures to call

for more spending on defence.

The government said spending

is growing to meet ever-changing

threats.

In an interview with the BBC,

Rear Admiral Alex Burton says

spending on defence

is urgently needed.

If we do not spend more on defence

than we currently are as a

percentage of GDP, then we put at

risk the fact that we are currently

a credible military power and from

that, we put at risk our position on

the global stage.

A new survey suggests almost two

thirds of doctors in some parts

of the UK feel patient safety has

deteriorated over the past year.

The report, by the Royal College

of Physicians, found that growing

pressures on NHS staff have led

to concerns about patient care.

The government says it's absolutely

committed to making the NHS

the safest healthcare

system in the world.

A council facing financial problems

is facing allegations it used

millions of pounds of money

ring-fenced for public health

to prop up other services.

The BBC's Inside Out East

programme has learned that

Northamptonshire County Council may

have to return as much as ten

million pounds to

Public Health England.

Did you see a problem the weekend? I

did not. Well, look at this.

The annual Crufts dog show had to be

temporarily halted after two

protesters stormed the venue.

As this year's winner,

a 2.5-year-old whippet called Tease,

made her way to the podium,

this happened - two demonstrators

from the animal rights group PETA

emerged from the audience.

They were quickly chased down

and subdued by security staff.

No animals or owners were harmed.

Lots of people are talking about the

fact that Tease was whipped up into

the arms of her own. Clearly,

slightly alarmed, to say the least.

One of those very strange live TV

moments.

A teenage photographer's shots

of The Beatles' first concerts

in the United States

are expected to sell for 250,000

pounds at auction.

Mike Mitchell, who was 18

at the time, took hundreds

of pictures of the Fab Four's gigs

at the Washington Coliseum

and the Baltimore

Civic Centre in 1964.

He also attended their first press

conference and captured the band's

arrival at Union Station.

Which brings us very nicely back to

Ken Dodd. Did you know he's single

tears was the third largest selling

song in the UK of the entire 1960s

and was only beaten by two tracks by

the Beatles. Amazing. What is the

comedian but well known to his

singing. Good morning, Kate, you are

back. I am, there is action still

going on and I am a little bit sad

not to be there. It is the turn of

the Paralympic and is now and

snowboarders. We were hoping to

bring new pictures of Owen Pick who

was waving the flag for Team GB at

the opening ceremony that there has

been a problem with the start date.

I've been watching, yes. -- gate. We

will bring you date with the curling

which has started. Great Britain is

out on the ice at the moment,

leading Sweden in their latest

round-robin match. They are in and

true. -- end two.

Tottenham and England fans will be

waiting for the results of a scan

today on Harry Kane's ankle

after he was injured during Spurs'

4-1 win over Bournemouth.

Son Heung-Min scored twice to move

Tottenham up to third in the table.

George North scored two tries

for Wales as they beat Italy

in Cardiff to move up to second

place in the Six Nations

championship.

And Tiger Woods came so close

to winning his first title

in over four years.

He needed to sink this putt

but he finished one shot behind

winner Paul Casey at

the Valspar Championship in Florida.

He says though that he is feeling

every day a little bit better and a

little bit better. Lynch news for

Paul Casey. 40 years old and he has

not won anything for a long time.

The Masters is only a few weeks away

all looking good in the golfing

world. Looking forward to - I was

going to say a Atlanta, it is not

near Atlanta, the Masters. Augusta!

Here's Matt with a look

at this morning's weather.

Good

Good morning, it is the sum but not

for all. Not a bad start of the

working week. Reasonably mild and

frost free, the driest of all in

Scotland but elsewhere a case of

take something waterproof with you

as you leave today, particularly the

England and Wales. Low pressure is

on the scene. This tell-tale swell

of cloud is going anticlockwise, the

low pressure to the south which

means the further away you are,

Scotland, Northern Ireland, dry

weather, one or two showers in the

south and east of Northern Ireland,

northern Ireland, sorry, Scotland

should be a bright start. Looking at

England and Wales today because it

is here where you will get wet at

times. Persistent rain across

northern England continuing into the

afternoon across Northumberland,

County Durham into the north-west.

Elsewhere scattered showers, maybe

some brightness now and then but

shall go through the south-east

Midlands towards the south-east of

England could become heavy and

thundery. Some afternoon showers for

Northern Ireland and one or two in

the north-east of Scotland but

primarily we see the dry weather

here. Coolest in the North Sea coast

but any brightness further south

will figure temperatures yet again

above where they should be for this

time of year. In the evening, ran at

times across England, it will

continue on and off through the

night to eastern areas. One or two

showers elsewhere but with clear

skies around tonight it will be a

cold at night and last night, a

touch of frost around for north and

west into tomorrow morning, and of

course we have seen some late

showers just a small chance they

could be a little bit ice. Into

Tuesday, low pressure to the west

coming in for Wednesday but a bump

in the ice above, a ridge of high

pressure, it tends to stop many of

the show was forming, not all of

them. Tomorrow we are likely to see

wet weather in East Anglia, the

south-east, it will clear away and

one or two isolated showers through

the day but most will have a dry day

and certainly compared to the

England and Wales, a good deal

brighter, some sunny spells around

and temperatures here and there into

double figures. So, again, a mild

enough day with light winds. It

changes on Wednesday, a cool start

towards the east, the win

strengthening through the day,

turning cloudy across many areas and

through the day the western fringes

of England, doesn't Scotland will

see a recovering come and go. Most

persistent through the afternoon,

the reigning Northern Ireland,

Southwest Wales and Cornwall, strong

the gale force winds will dominate

winds from the south, temperatures

could get into the mid- teens are

many areas on what will be a rural

am old enough week. Some dry spells,

the wet weather at times too but

from it went onward to get

increasingly windy and then there

are signs down and Louise as we go

to next weekend, we could see some

cold weather returned. -- Dan. I

will keep you updated. Not again!

Seriously!

Step has joined us as well.

Let's

have a look

Step has joined us as well.

Let's

have a look at the front page of the

papers. Theresa May set to hit back

at Russia over spy attack. None of

the papers have got the story about

the death of Ken Dodd at the age of

90, it is on the Internet site

because it broke last night.

The

front page of the Telegraph.

Officials face nerve agent backlash.

We will be speaking to toxicologists

later to find out what is known

about this agent and also, look,

this is the advice yesterday. Lots

of viewers would have seen it. 500

people, diners, people who have been

to the pub where Sergei had been

having dinner. Wash their clothes

and phones. Put it in a plastic bag

if it needs to go to the dry

cleaner.

Britain's worst abuse

scandal on the front page of the

daily now -- Daily Mail. And why are

Kate's fingers all the same length?

What a question. But they are not in

that picture.

That's the end of

that. The front page of the

Guardian. A visitor to the Science

Museum's new medical Gallery will

see the 3.5 - metre statue. It's

really rather beautiful.

And

football pundit Jamie Carrigan finds

himself on the front page of the

Mirror and the sun. -- Carragher. A

spitting storm. There is a viral

video of Jamie Carragher spitting on

the motorway. He has come out and

apologised immediately.

He said,

totally out of order and I have

apologised personally to all the

family. I was goaded while being

filmed. No excuse, apologies.

He

finds himself on the front page.

A

lot of the business pages are

talking about companies that don't

pay as much tax as a lot of people

think they should. It's not evasion,

it's not illegal but multinationals

are paying significantly lower tax

rates than they did before the

financial crisis back in 2008. Quite

a few companies on a lot of page is

being discussed with the sales

they've made. The fact they are not

necessarily paying tax on that.

Another little story. Are you one of

those people who gets crumbs on your

keyboard?

It's one of the first

things.

I don't want to see what

comes out.

Apparently now, Apple are

going to create a keyboard where it

is impossible to get food in now.

We

all share desks here.

I bought a

second-hand keyboard and I thought,

I've got to prove that comes out. I

put the suction power on too much, I

removed about 20 of the keys.

You

know where they are -- where they

are, anyway.

Lots of analysis in the

papers today about the ugly scenes

at West Ham after that pitch

invasion. They lost to Burnley over

the weekend. Lots of unrest about

the board. They want Southern Golden

Brady out. Lots of analysis. Trevor

Brooking saying the fans really need

to get a grip on their behaviour

otherwise the team will end up

relegated because they cannot play

at home in that atmosphere. Lots of

talk about the fact that we need to

do more about stewarding and

policing at the grounds. A lot of

the responsibility should be on the

behaviour of the fans themselves

rather than modifying the behaviour

of -- for them. And pictures from

Italy, the Fiorentino Captain Davide

Astori, their first match back. Such

a step -- such as sad story. 31

years old and Italy still reeling

from that.

from that.

This is about garden bird

feeders. Apparently, they are

helping to spread serious diseases,

according to scientists. Causing

epidemics. Birds congregate in the

same place. We will be speaking to

somebody with this at about ten past

eight.

We are going to speak to

somebody about 8:20am with more

detail on this.

It is

detail on this.

It is responsible

for Finch trichomonosis.

And how was

Mothering Sunday everybody?

I

enjoyed it. Celebrating with all the

mothers out there. This is a picture

that appeared in the Telegraph.

A

very happy Mothering Sunday to all

our followers. This picture was the

Queen, for children and the Duke of

Edinburgh, taken in 1965 outside

Frogmore house in Windsor,

celebrating the Queen's 39th

birthday.

The number of people detained

in mental health hospitals

in England has risen

by 40% in a decade.

One of those was 20-year-old Tee

who was 18 when she was sectioned.

Breakfast has had unprecedented

access to the secure

hospital where Tee's been staying -

and in the first of two special

reports, Graham Satchell

joined her as she prepared

to have her section lifted.

Any worries? How are you feeling?

I'm a bit nervous because obviously

I've been here for quite awhile so

it becomes normal, the routine.

Tee

has been locked up for our own

safety for almost two years. No

sharp objects, not even an error.

She was detained under the Mental

Health Act after turning 18.

I

remember feeling every emotion under

the sun. I was scared. I felt upsell

-- upset that I'd let my family

down, I felt a bit lost. Initially

it was really horrible and a really

scary process and I started to

realise that that was what I needed.

They did in section me for no

reason. There was a reason why.

Tee

has been treated at St Andrews in

Northampton, one of the biggest

secure mental health hospitals in

the first time news cameras have

been allowed. The problems started

when she was 14.

I used to self sell

Palm is about cot more intense and

quite serious and things like

overdosing, which I look back on now

and am glad nothing worked. Things

like that, just spiralled out of

control and I felt like I couldn't

cope.

It's almost time to leave

hospital.

How have you done? When I

first got here, I was really anxious

thought I would be here forever.

Tee

has worked hard to get to this

point. With therapy and medication,

she has learnt to manage your

emotions but the number of people

being detained in mental health

hospitals in England has gone up 40%

in a decade.

They a section of the

Mental Health Act. Sadly there is an

inexhaustible supply of damaged

young women out there who are

replacing the ladies who are

leaving.

Why are numbers so high?

The moment of crisis the Tee came

issued from child to adult mental

health services. The Chris Jerrey is

different. Waiting times are longer.

As she turned 18, she had months of

note support and ended up taking an

overdose.

I felt like I was kind of

just left eye deteriorated, I felt

like nobody cared, I pushed the ones

I loved the most away because they

thought, they don't care so I don't

care. It was really difficult having

that period of support.

Transition

is supposed to be a gradual managed

period from children's mental health

services to adult mental health

services but the many people, it's

like falling off a cliff edge and

that's how many of them describe it.

It's a long, long way to go before

we have anything looking optimum

young people.

She wants to cry. Tee

is saying her last goodbyes.

Well

done, Tee. That things are coming.

It doesn't have to be same as

normal. And actually excited to get

on with it.

NHS England told us they

are spelling spending an extra £280

million a year in trialling new

models of care, young people moving

to adult services at 25 rather than

18. But they acknowledge too many

young people are not getting the

treatment they should expect.

You

did it.

It's good. Tee is one

success story. Graham Satchell, BBC

News.

And very good luck to Tee on a

journey. On tomorrow's programme, we

will see her as she settles into new

accommodation.

And we'll be asking if there's

enough support in the community

to stop people like her being

readmitted to hospital.

Still to come this morning.

From construction to I.T,

Steph will find out why a shortage

in these skills is costing British

firms billions of pounds,

and what can be done

to fill the gap.

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Bye for now.

Hello this is Breakfast

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

It is approaching 630 Monday

morning. It is that folds of March.

Coming up on Breakfast today:

Hundreds of people are told

to wash their possessions

following the poisoning of a former

Russian spy and his daughter.

We'll find out more about the nerve

agent and why it's taken a week

to give this advice.

Also this morning:

a huge treasure hunt

for Shakespeare's books is taking

place right across the UK.

We'll join in a bit later on.

We'll join in a bit later on.

What a beautiful day!

Hey, hey.

Singer

and guitarist Mark Chadwick

from The Levellers will join us

to talk about everything

from politics to recording at Abbey

Road.

Good morning.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

The comedian Ken Dodd has died at

the age of 90.

Happiness, happiness,

the greatest gift that I possess.

He

was known to his marathon stage

performances and the Diddy men and

the famous tickling stick. He had

been treated in hospital recently

for a chest infection.

Some of Ken Dodd's fans and former

colleagues have been paying tribute.

And comedian Gary Delaney made

reference to how long Ken Dodd's

shows went on for,

saying:

Actor John Challis wrote:

Actor Claire Sweeney

said:

Many tributes coming into us this

morning also say thank you for

sending those in. It's 630. Let's

bring you some other news. The

National Security agency today to

discuss the attack in Salisbury on

the former Russian intelligence

officer and his daughter. The group

made up by senior ministers and

ministers from the military service

security services is chaired by the

Prime Minister, given the latest

evidence and intelligence on the

attack before deciding what action

should be taken. Yesterday hundreds

of people in the same pub and

restaurant has the victims were

warned to wash their clothes and

other belongings that they had on

them at the time.

A bitter row has broken out

at the top of the Labour Party

with a shadow cabinet minister

being removed from her post,

apparently against her will.

Labour says Debbie Abrahams stepped

down as spokeswoman on Work

and Pensions while an employment

issue is investigated.

But Mrs Abrahams claims that she's

the victim of a bullying culture

in the party.

At least two people have died

after a helicopter crashed

into the East River

in New York last night.

Three passengers are in critical

condition after being pulled out

of the water by rescuers.

The pilot managed to free himself.

An investigation will be held

to determine the cause of the crash.

While for the divers to get these

people out, they worked very quickly

as fast as they could, it is 50 feet

of water there, there was a four

mile in our current, the temperature

is below 40 is a rubber and worked

very hard, it is a great tragedy

that we had occurred here on a

quiet, otherwise quiet Sunday

evening.

The former commander of the UK's

maritime forces says Britain's

ability to "fight and win

on the frontline" was being affected

by budget cuts.

Rear Admiral Alex Burton said the UK

is at risk of losing its status

as a "credible military power".

He's the latest in a long line

of senior military figures to call

for more spending on defence.

The government said spending

is growing to meet ever-changing

threats.

A council facing financial problems

is facing allegations it used

millions of pounds of money

ring-fenced for public health

to prop up other services.

The BBC's Inside Out East

programme has learned that

Northamptonshire County Council may

have to return as much as ten

million pounds to

Public Health England.

That money wasn't misappropriated

Tom it may have been spent in adult

social care looking after people in

some way or another that somebody

might judge that wasn't really

public health money but at the end

of the day, it is still being spent

on the people in Northamptonshire.

This is a question that will spark

debate amongst our Breakfast is more

for the first view with this

morning. When it comes to scone- how

would you pronounce it?

would you pronounce it? Are you jam

first or cream first? Shall we start

from the bottom? A crew to, cream,

J. No, no, no. Are you saying that

to annoy me? It has to be jam first

and then you build it. You use the

jam as your base and to build upon

that with cream. That is what I

said. No, I said from the bottom

scone, jam, cream. I do with the

other way around. What did I say?

Can't even remember. Ken Dodd,

cream, jam. No, cream first. The

reason we are discussing this is

that, you cannot change your ways

halfway through.

A National Trust property

in Cornwall has apologised

for advertising its cream teas

with the jam on top of the cream

because it's a Devon tradition.

I am a little bit upset because I

obviously don't do with the Cornish

Way. Do you want to see the advert?

It is the wrong way around. It is

the right way around. It is the

wrong way around. The photo caused

outrage!

And as you can clearly see,

the cream is on the scone first,

with the jam on top.

But the photo caused outrage amongst

the Cornish residents

who say placing jam on first

was all about identity

as you can see here.

They said their staff would all be

fired. No, they didn't!

The National Trust property

said its staff would now wear these

badges Hashtag Jam First

and reassured customers

that their mothers were

safe in its tearoom.

Just for clarity in Cornwall, it is

jam and cream, Cornish brothers and

sisters, and in Devon, it is all

about cream and then jam. Does that

mean I will now have to go on

holiday in Devon? And eat. I mean, I

would love to go on holiday in

Devon. It means unique to have a

long, hard at yourself. I am with

her on this one because I feel that

the cream... It is like butter! It

displaces the jam. The journal is

quite clearly a bit more, a bit

bulkier than the cream so you can't

spread... Maybe it is the wrong type

of cream! Cream is about a

replacement. Cream, jam, Devon. All

the way. But, jam and then cream.

The big triple, they call it. I

don't care, as long as there is

loads on its! Talking about the

Winter Paralympics right now. Moving

away from scones.

We've been looking forward

to snowboarding making its debut

at the Games but it's

not gone quite to plan.

There has been a problem with the

starting gates.

Let's get the latest from our

reporter in Pyeongchang Kate Grey.

Kate, what's going on?

While busy any snowboarding?

There

has been since nobody but it has not

gone smoothly for the first day of

the event. The weather has, well,

better Rojer has increased

significantly here, about 16- 20

degrees which Catherine you will

know was very different for Howard

was at the Olympics is about as post

an issue already because the event

had to be moved forward because of

the conditions changing as it went

into the afternoon, they had to make

sure that the athletes on the snow

as soon as possible but due to an

issue to the starting gates,

athletes were trying to push out a

big gate, it should drop, as they

push out however the gate has not

been dropping and athletes have

literally been falling over the gate

which is obviously not ideal in the

way it works in border cross, you

would have seen in the Olympics, 4-6

athletes go at the same time and

here they have two or in

head-to-head, one is released on the

other hasn't so they have to restart

the events are obviously not a great

situation to the start of the

snowboarding and it has really

snowed a slow things up with what we

know is snowboarding has been taking

place, we have three British

athletes in action who said it is

the first time Great Britain have

been competing in this sport at the

Paralympic games are quite a

historic moment for them and there

has been mixed success, Enmore and

Owen Pick already are knocked out in

the elimination rounds but we found

out now, we have just seen the James

Barnes-Miller has also just been

knocked out. -- Ben Moore. Not great

news for Team GB in the

snowboarding, who knows if it has

anything to do with the fact it has

been delayed and there have been a

number of issues that as it stands

we over Great Britain will not

qualify through to the final stages

the border cross but there will be

another chance to go in the bank

slalom later on. Not an ideal start

and under the organisers here will

be having a little bit of a moment

wondering how they can move forward

because actually that the richer is

set to increase, we could be moving

up into the 20s as we move later on

into the week. Now there has been

the British success, or the British

athletes are to win very well done

by the coast because there is

curling in action, the British team

have had a mixed set of results,

they won their opening match on the

first day, they then lost to

Switzerland yesterday but redeemed

themselves and one against Finland

later on in the evening. And now

they are back in action today

against Sweden and how comfortable

the winning 4-0 with four ends to go

so hopefully they will continue to

form and bring a bit of British

success here but as it stands, it is

a little bit unpredictable but

hopefully we will be able to update

you on the curling of the moving

from its forward.

Kate, thank you.

Doesn't it look army in Pyeongchang.

I was there in and coats and all

sorts of things and Kate is wearing

short sleeves that looks like!

Lovely stuff!

Tottenham and England fans will be

waiting for the results of a scan

today on Harry Kane's ankle

after he was injured during Spurs'

4-1 win over Bournemouth.

Son Heung-Min scored twice to move

Tottenham up to third in the table.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger

says his team need to get the fans

back on their side

after their recent poor form.

And the players did their bit

yesterday, beating Watford 3-0.

There were still plenty of empty

seats at The Emirates,

though.

There was a cracking Old Firm derby

in the Scottish Premiership -

Josh Windass put Rangers ahead

at Ibrox after just three minutes.

It was 2-2 at half-time before

Celtic snatched victory,

thanks to Odsonne Edouard.

Elsewhere in football,

there were emotional scenes

in Florence, where Fiorentina

played their first match

since the death of their

captain Davide Astori.

He passed away at the age

of 31 last weekend.

When Vitor Hugo scored the only goal

of the game against Benevento,

When Vitor Hugo scored the only goal

of the game against Benevento,

he held up a T-shirt

bearing Astori's face.

That was one of many

tributes during the game.

Wales moved up to second place

in the Six Nations table after 38-14

victory over Italy in Cardiff.

George North scored two

of their five tries,

securing the bonus win -

a great result for a much-changed

Wales side.

In the women's Six Nations,

Wales failed to get their challenge

back on track after a surprise 22-15

home defeat home to bottom side

Italy.

The Welsh went in 12-8

down at the break,

but managed to claw their way back

to within two points of Italy

but were undone by Michela Sillari's

late bonus point wining try.

It was the Italians' first victory

in nine Six Nations matches.

Scotland beat Ireland for the first

time in Women's Six Nations history.

Chloe Rollee ran practically

the entire length of the pitch

to score the second of the Scots two

tries, as they earned a 15-12

victory.

It was a case of so near,

yet so far for Tiger Woods

at the Valspar

Championship in Florida.

The 42-year-old former world number

one, who's slipped to 388th

in the rankings, was chasing

his first title in four

and a half years.

He needed to sink this putt

on the final hole to force a play

off with Paul Casey,

but just came up short.

The Englishman claimed

the victory by just one shot.

And finally, John Motson

delivered his final live BBC

commentary during yesterday's

Premier League match

between Arsenal and Watford.

The 72-year-old announced

in September he'd call time

on his BBC career at

the end of the season.

He'll continue to appear on Match

of the Day until May.

His first radio commentary

was Everton vs Derby

in December 1969.

When the end came,

he didn't even say goodbye.

Hie at the Emirates a

straightforward win for Arsenal.

Three points for Arsenal. Add a

little bit of an advancement as well

in Arsene Veng's planning for those

that against Mallarme. Arsenal

three, Watford zero.

You can see people watching Saint

what is the going to... Oh, never

mind. It was never about him.

Doctors in some parts of the UK say

they're concerned pressure

on the NHS is leading to

a deterioration in patient safety.

A report from the Royal College

of Physicians says

doctors feel the situation had

become worse in nearly

all areas of care.

We can speak now to Jane Dacre,

President of the Royal College

of Physicians, who joins us

from our London newsroom.

Good morning, Jane. This is quite an

extensive report. Tell us what your

main concerns are.

A main concerns

after the patients that we serve

because more than two thirds of

physicians feel that the patient

safety has deteriorated over the

last year. More than 80% of doctors

working in a situation where there

are workshops for workforce

shortages and has an impact not only

on their patients but on their own

role. More than 80% of doctors feel

that morale is coming down too. This

is a situation that happens every

winter. This winter has been a

particularly severe winter because

of flu and Nora virus and we are

beginning to feel that we are

running out of steam as. It is. We

would really welcome support from

the government to try and alleviate

it before next year.

Look at over in

a moment. Do your findings indicate

that doctors are concerned that live

are essentially in danger.

Doctors

go into medicine to support people

and help people. Occasionally, you

cannot do as much as you would like

to do. Doctors work really hard to

ensure that lives are not in danger

but sometimes things get outside

their control.

You talked about

working with the government, the

government says the Department of

Health and social care saying we are

committing to making the NHS the

safest health-care system in the

world. More staff would now

recommend their care to family and

friends than ever before and they go

on about the budget saying we know

the NHS is busy which is why we

supported at this winter with an

additional £437 million of funding

and gave a top priority in the

recent public for budget. Are you

saying it is an enough money?

Yes.

The NHS is under more pressure than

ever have seen before and we are not

keeping up with that. The government

is correct, it has given more money

and given money for winter pressure

but the money hasn't kept up with

demand and that is the problem. One

of the further difficulties is that

although there are now suggestions

that more A&E and nurses will be

trained, it takes a long time to

these people to be ready to work

autonomously in the service and so

we have a gap between now and when

the crisis has arisen and several

years time when the new doctors and

nurses and other healthcare

professionals will be coming in to

take up the roles.

What, in your

view, could be done to help in the

meantime?

We would hope that the

immigration rules for medical

practitioners might be relaxed. We

hear stories about these is running

out and people eating ready to come

in the UK and cannot because the

visa quota has been breached. The UK

has a fantastic reputation for

training and healthcare at it has a

fantastic reputation via the NHS. It

would like to do is offer training

opportunities for healthcare

professionals from other countries.

It is to say that we want to

increase immigration. We understand

that is not on the agenda. But we

feel that if people came over for

education and training in this

country and then returned, a skilled

to was they came from, we could

really help the service and help

them.

-- upskilled. Thank you,

Professor Jane. Let's find out what

is happening with the weather today.

Matt is with us.

Its gallery one of those weeks were

we see different conditions.

Its gallery one of those weeks were

we see different conditions. -- it's

going to be. The driest of all in

Scotland but elsewhere, it is a case

of grab something waterproof.

Scotland but elsewhere, it is a case

of grab something waterproof. At all

due to an area of low pressure. The

cloud is swirling around in an

anticlockwise manner. The most

persistent of the rain is in

northern England. Scotland, largely

dry. Brightest in the West. It's

England and Wales. If you look at

the finer detail of what's

happening, you can see the more

persistent rain remains across parts

of northern England. A scattering of

showers elsewhere. To the south-east

Midlands, south-east England, this

is where they could become heavy and

thundery. Windiest towards Wales and

the south-west. By the end of the

day, a few showers into Northern

Ireland but Scotland fired a large,

the driest of the weather. The

coolest of the conditions. Enter

tonight, showers continuing for

England and Wales in particular. We

will see one or two crop up into the

will West. Temperatures could drop

low enough for a touch of frost.

Particularly west and northern parts

of the UK. The chart into Tuesday

shows a big area of low pressure.

Before it arrives, we are in between

two low pressure systems. That means

the many, it will be a dry and

bright day. A few showers. 12 very

isolated ones drifting eastwards and

only a gentle breeze on Tuesday.

Most places spend the bulk of the

day dry and a bit more sunshine

around England and Wales today.

Temperatures above what it should be

that this time of the year. Into

Wednesday, a change. An area of low

pressure pushing towards us after a

dry start. Brightest of all in

eastern parts. The cloud thickens in

the West. Persistent in Northern

Ireland, West Wales. Strong to gale

force winds. Temperatures 10- 14

degrees. The middle part of the

week. There are signs, Dan and

Louise, before you get too

complacent about temperatures, we

could see colder weather. It's a

while off yet. We will keep you

updated.

I just can't believe it, Matt. A

genuine disappointment. Steph is

talking about skills to pay the

Bills.

I've been working on that released

two minutes.

British businesses are losing out

on billions of pounds in sales

because of the ongoing

skills shortage.

This is a joint report out this

morning from the Centre

for Economics and Business Research

and the parent company

of Clydesdale bank.

They say small and medium sized

businesses are missing out on £7

billion of sales because they can't

find the right people

to fill their job vacancies.

Lower

They say around a quarter

of a million more people would be

in work if they had

the right skills

Simon Swan is founder and chief

executive of the recruitment agency

marketplace Hiring Hub,

also an ambassador for

the National Apprenticeship Scheme.

what are recruiters telling you

about what it's like out there?

It's

incredibly challenging. I think

employment is at record highs. The

candidates are in short supply. With

things that are happening on a macro

level like Brexit and net migration

down, they are really struggling.

What type of skills we struggling?

It's broad. Digital in IT,

engineering, construction,

healthcare, social care. Even

funeral directors lorry drivers.

It's very broad.

The skills gap is

something we have been talking about

the years. Is anybody doing anything

about it?

Yes, the government is

trying to do things about it but

again, like I said with what's

happening, with things like Brexit,

they need to accelerate some of the

policies and work on what's happened

with visas and immigration in

general because this is not going to

get better soon.

If you are in

charge, what needs to be done?

I

would take NHS out of those visas.

Have a separate one for private

companies. I would encourage

employers if I was the government, I

would give incentives for employers

to develop training schemes.

Do you

think this is a problem which will

get worse?

Absolutely 100% it will.

Are there any companies you think

I'm mailing it when it comes to

getting the right skill set?

This

report looks specifically at small

and medium enterprises and small

businesses are struggling because

they are small. We are seeing large

companies, even the co-op I mention

of funeral directors, they did

running apprenticeship schemes to

bring through new directors and

there are some great case studies of

companies doing things brilliantly

but the SME types in particularly

are struggling because of a lack of

resources.

Should there be more

collaboration in the supply chain?

You have big companies which use a

supply chain should be more

collaboration?

Absolutely. It's

difficult. It's difficult to align

big companies, small companies,

governments, the education sector.

It's challenging. That is where we

need leadership.

If you're a kid at

school, what would you do to make

sure you're not going to miss on

this. It sounds like it is a great

market to be in.

I think there is a

real issue, careers advice hasn't

been fantastic. Really, if they can

align themselves closer to the

business community and get business

leaders into schools.

That's easier

than done. The curriculum doesn't

really have space for careers

advice. Schools don't get judged on

the employability.

It comes back to

government. I have been invited to

schools to talk. Which sectors are

hot. I really think it needs to be

looked at as well as the skills

issue. It goes right back to

education.

I've talk to businesses

which say, we want to get into

schools. A lot of young people now,

why can't businesses be in the space

of young people. Logging in, using

different video sites. Why is it

just about sending people into

schools? They try. Again,

businesses, it is exceptionally

broad. You have some companies that

embrace digital and others that

perhaps don't

perhaps don't know what vlogging is.

It's easy to get people to talk to

the kids in schools. Thank you very

much for your time.

Now this isn't something we usually

do on Breakfast because you're

probably eating right now,

but we're going to talk

about dog mess.

A campaign against dog poo has

started in a village

in Cambridgshire.

The idea is if you spot muck

on the floor, you upload

the location of it on to a map -

and it's hoped this will encourage

people to pick it up.

We've been asking if

the idea will catch on.

It's a good idea but I think it's

aimed at the wrong people, people

that don't pick their dog faeces up.

It's not difficult, is it? It's not

difficult to pick up your dogs mess.

I just don't understand why people

still don't and obviously don't buy

the amount I've seen left here

today.

A lot of

today.

A lot of places, it's not

really that North.

We just want

people picking it up. Look after

their dogs and be responsible dog

owners.

Being stuck doing it in

picking up and putting it in the

bin.

The dog things. That's what we

do.

I just find it is really

frustrating. We always carry a bag

review but we noticed just across

there, there is a bin.

there, there is a bin.

Lots of you

will want to talk about that this

morning. Send us your ideas. Is it a

good idea or not? You can email us.

Or share your thoughts with other

viewers on our Facebook page. You

can tweet about that or any of

today's stories. You can find us on

Twitter and Facebook. I know this is

a slightly separate issue but I had

a heated debate about the use of the

food tree. You know when people

leave bags in a tree. That is

another issue. That is a separate

one for a different day. We have

scholars and dog

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Bye for now.

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

The entertainer Sir Ken Dodd has

died at the age of 90.

# Happiness, happiness.

and his tickling stick died

in the home he was born in just days

-- The Liverpudlian comic famous

for his epic stand-up shows

and his tickling stick died

in the home he was born in just days

after marrying his

long-term partner.

We shall have one or two

glasses of tickle tonic,

and then we should go back

to Knotty Ash, up north,

Knotty Ash on Merseyside,

and I shall see the Diddy Men there,

so I'll give your regards to them.

Tributes have been

pouring in for the star.

We'll look back at Sir

Ken's life and work.

Good morning.

It's Monday the 12th of March.

Also this morning:

The Russian spy mystery -

Theresa May chairs a meeting

of her national security chiefs

as 500 people in Salisbury are told

to wash their clothes

as a precaution.

Five people have died after a

helicopter crashed into the East

River in New York last night. A

tough time to retailers with

consumer spending at its lowest

level for three years, according to

new research. I will find out why.

In sport, a faulty start gate means

the snowboard cross is suspended

at the Winter Paralympics.

Britain's contenders did

manage to make their runs,

but all three have been knocked out.

And Matt has the weather.

Good morning. Good morning. Frost

free start to the but if you are out

for dry weather, Scotland is the

place to be. One or two showers for

England and Wales. Your full

forecast is in 15 minutes. See you

then. Will do, thank you. Just on

seven o'clock.

Sir Ken Dodd, the much-loved

comedian, has died at the age of 90.

Described by his publicist as "one

of the last music hall greats"

Sir Ken was known for his marathon

stage performances and the creation

of the Diddy Men and

the tickling stick.

The performer from Liverpool had

recently spent six weeks in hospital

with a chest infection.

On Friday, he married his partner

of 40 years, Anne Jones.

Caroline Davies looks

back at his life.

Tickling sticks and Diddy Men,

Ken Dodd was a variety performer

with a gift for the surreal...

What a brilliant day for going up

to Count Von Zeppelin and saying

"You'll never sell

a sausage that size!"

..and the love of a

catchphrase or three.

How tickled I am!

How tickled I am

by all this goodwill.

What about you, Mrs?

Have you been tickled by goodwill?

Knick-knocky, knick-knock,

knick-knocky knick-knack!

Knick-knocky, knick-knock,

knicky-knacky-noo!

Proud of his Merseyside roots,

the coal merchant's son fro

Knotty Ash became a chart-topping

singer, a television star,

and a ventriloquist.

Doddy!

Hi-ya, Doddy!

Although silly on stage,

Dodd was serious about his craft.

Freud said that a laugh is a sudden

explosion of psychic energy.

Of course, the trouble with Freud

was he never played second house

Friday night at Glasglow Empire.

He still lived in the home he grew

up in and guarded his

private life carefully.

In 1989, that was shattered

when he faced charges

of massive tax evasion.

He had 20 offshore bank accounts

and more than £300,000 hidden

around his house.

He was acquitted and

continued performing.

Last year, he was given a knighthood

in recognition of his charity

and comedy work.

We shall have one or two glasses

of tickle tonic and then we shall go

back to Knotty Ash up north,

Knotty Ash on Merseyside,

and I shall see the Diddy Men there,

so I'll give your regards to them.

Aged 90, Dodd was recently

hospitalised with a chest infection

but he still wanted

to go back on stage.

I look forward to getting

back to doing my job -

the only job that I have ever had,

the only job that I know.

# Happiness, happiness.

After more than 60 years

of making others laugh,

it was performing to the British

public that Dodd said

gave him enormous happiness.

Happiness!

Some of Ken Dodd's fans and former

colleagues have been paying tribute.

Plenty of his classics are on social

media this morning.

The National Security Council

is to look at the latest evidence

of the suspected poisoning

of a former Russian double agent

and his daughter.

An assessment will be made

on who might have carried out

the nerve agent attack.

Sergei and Yulia Skripal remain

critically ill in hospital.

Our political correspondent

Leila Nathoo is in Salisbury

for us this morning.

for us this morning.

Good morning to you. I know you have

been there for quite some time, many

days, what is the latest?

There is

some progress being made here with

the investigation. We know now that

traces of that nerve agent, the

deadly substance that the Skripals

were exposed to was found in the

Zizzi restaurant they dined and the

mill pub went for a drink last

Sunday afternoon. Police are

investigating how and where the two

were exposed to the substance. There

is an operation examining Sergei

Skripal's car, over the weekend at

Deakin -- decontamination exercise

was done along with the military who

insisted, police cars have been

removed from a number of locations,

and we know that the table at the

Zizzi restaurant where the too had

their lunch we believe were so

contaminated it has now been

destroyed. -- too. People who are

dining at the Zizzi restaurant or

had a drink at the pub up until

Monday evening with those two

locations were sealed off, they are

being told to wash their clothes as

a precaution. There is something to

hear that the advice is only just

been issued, one week later,

although officials stressed there is

a limited risk, a low risk, and

there is no need to be alarmed.

Theresa May will chair a meeting of

the National Security Council this

morning to discuss the pop is -- and

clear the possibility of the

Russians. Amber Rudd has already

been here to visit the scene, she

has chaired a meeting of the COBRA

committee but clearly, although she

is urging caution not to jump to

conclusions, there is clearly the

consideration of the implications of

what happened here for UK - Russia

relations at the highest level of

government.

Thank you, good to talk

to you.

A bitter row has broken out

at the top of the Labour Party

with a shadow cabinet minister

being removed from her post,

apparently against her will.

Debbie Abrahams was the spokeswoman

on Work and Pensions.

We speak now to our political

correspondent Ben Wright.

What's going on?

What do you know about what is going

on. Good morning.

This erupted late

last night and it seems that Debbie

Abrahams met a couple of people from

Jeremy Corbyn's offers to discuss

what the party describes as an

employment issue. Sometime on

Friday. The Labour Party itself are

not elaborating on what the

employment issue is that we

understand the concerns an

allegation of bullying which she

firmly categorically denies. As they

met on Friday, and then last night,

the Labour Party issued a statement

saying that Debbie Abrahams had

stood aside while the Labour Party

investigates this employment issue

and almost immediately off the back

of that Debbie Abrahams herself

released and excoriating statement,

saying she had no detail about the

complaint against her, process or

the timescales, she said the

treatment she received by certain

individuals in the leader's offers

over the last 10 months has been

aggressive, intimidating and wholly

unprofessional, showing a bullying

culture of the worst kind and she

has now taken her formal complaint

to the Labour Party and

parliamentary authority so

extraordinary row that has erupted

at the top of the Labour Party,

shattering a piece that has existed

many months, actually.

Thank you

indeed.

Five people have died

after a helicopter crashed

into the East River

in New York last night.

The pilot managed to free himself.

He was pulled out

of the water by rescuers.

An investigation will be held

to determine the cause of the crash.

That news has been updated in the

last 40 minutes or so.

The former commander of the UK's

maritime forces says Britain's

ability to "fight and win

on the frontline" was being affected

by budget cuts.

Rear Admiral Alex Burton said the UK

is at risk of losing its status

as a "credible military power".

He's the latest in a long line

of senior military figures to call

for more spending on defence.

The government said spending

is growing to meet ever-changing

threats.

A new survey suggests almost two

thirds of doctors in some parts

of the UK feel patient safety has

deteriorated over the past year.

The report, by the Royal College

of Physicians, found that growing

pressures on NHS staff have led

to concerns about patient care.

The government says it's absolutely

committed to making the NHS

the safest healthcare

system in the world.

Former Liverpool footballer Jamie

Carragher has apologised after a

video of him spitting at a girl in a

car from his own vehicle was

released. It happened while he drove

back from the Liverpool Manchester

United match on Saturday. On Twitter

he said he had been goaded three or

four times while being filmed and

said there was no excuse for what he

did, he did also say he has

contacted the family and apologised.

A teenage photographer's shots

of The Beatles' first concerts

in the United States

are expected to sell for 250,000

pounds at auction.

Mike Mitchell, who was 18

at the time, took hundreds

of pictures of the Fab Four's gigs

at the Washington Coliseum

and the Baltimore

Civic Centre in 1964.

He also attended their first press

conference and captured the band's

arrival at Union Station.

If you want a little Ken Dodd fact,

to songs by the Beatles in the

1960s, they were the only two songs

that outsold Ken Dodd's songs.

Incredible.

The annual Crufts dog show had to be

temporarily halted after two

protesters stormed the venue.

As this year's winner,

a 2.5-year-old whippet called Tease,

made her way to the podium,

this happened - two demonstrators

from the animal rights group PETA

emerged from the audience.

They were quickly chased down

and subdued by security staff.

You can see Tease obviously being

held by her owner who was quite

concerned.

No animals or owners were harmed.

Which is good news. It is 711 in the

morning.

Hundreds of people who were in

the same pub and restaurant

as the former Russian

spy and his daughter

when they were poisoned

with a nerve agent in Salisbury,

have been told to wash

their clothes, watches,

phones and anything else they had

on them at the time.

low

and the action has been

recommended as a precaution.

-- Public Health England

says the risk is very

low

and the action has been

recommended as a precaution.

Professor Alistair Hay is an expert

in Toxicology from the University

of Leeds and joins us now.

Good morning, thank you. First of

all, we don't know or you don't know

as yet, do you, exactly what the

substance is?

All we know is it is a

nerve agent of one kind, there are a

variety of different kinds but the

reasons unknown the government

hasn't said exactly what it is.

Do

we know why it has taken one week

for this advice to come out? Is it

because it has taken a long time to

assess it and analyse what the

substance is?

Absolutely. They will

have to be doing in Salisbury is

just trying to assess what

contamination may be in different

places and this takes time. The

collection of the samples is one

aspect of it but the processing time

in the laboratory is considerable.

You have to do extensive cleanup of

samples before you can process them

through equipment.

Maybe they

haven't told us because of security

reasons but once they know what it

is, ones that tell them where it

would have come from originally?

It

is possible. They will do exactly

what the agent is and the dock is

treating the father and daughter

would've been told and that would

guide their treatment. -- doctors.

From an environmental Sample, if

they can tell that the cursor

chemicals that may have been used to

make the nerve agent, they may be

present, also unwanted reaction

products in any chemical reaction to

make something of a combination of

those things helps to give you a

sort of fingerprint that might

suggest which laboratory came from.

If you are watching this in

Salisbury, what sort of risk factor

are we talking about. Should you be

concerned or is this precautionary?

It is absolutely a precautionary

measure. If people had been exposed

they would have had symptoms by now.

With the government is doing or

public health England is

recommending, is coming to avoid

repeated contact and we know that

with repeated contact you can get a

buildup, an accumulation if you

like, in the body, which may take

you to a threshold where there could

be a problem. The evidence suggests

the exposures would have been very

low, the concentration in the

environment is low this is a

precautionary measure. It may be a

bit inconvenient for people but the

government is playing safe. I think

it is in a difficult position. If

one did become ill at some point and

it was known that the government

knew about this, it would have got a

lot of stick so here it is saying

follow this advice and this will

guarantee your safety.

Talk to us if

you would a little bit about the

difference between a nerve agent and

polonium, for example, which we know

has been used before.

Nerve agents are chemical. Polonium

is also chemical but it's

radioactive. Radioactive agents

usually poison over a longer time.

Radiation gradually destroys cells.

It takes some time to become

manifest. With a nerve agent,

depending on the route of the

Administration, you are looking at

something that could have an effect

in minutes or even hours or days

later.

Is this something you could

make yourself? Is it freely

available? Is it dark Web type

material?

It was freely available,

we would be in real difficulty.

These are highly restricted

chemicals. Of course, competent

chemists can make these things. Look

at the structure and find out how