20/03/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

The British company accused

of using the data of 50 million

Facebook users without their consent

- today the information watchdog

steps up the investigation.

The Information Commissioner

says it will apply

for a warrant to search computers

used by technology company

Cambridge Analytica

amid claims of a data breach.

Good morning, it's Tuesday

the 20th of March.

Also this morning -

The diplomatic row continues

after the attack on a former spy

in Salisbury - more than 20 Russian

embassy staff will leave

London today.

Ministers will decide later whether

to take any further action.

Tackling terrorism -

police urge members of the public

to act to help them thwart attacks.

Pothole problems -

Almost 25,000 miles of roads

in England and Wales have been

identified as in need of essential

maintenance in the next year.

Good morning.

Uber has suspended driverless car

tests after a fatal accident

in the US.

I'll have more in a moment.

In Sport, Paralympics GB arrive

back on British soil,

after their record-breaking

exploits in South Korea.

And Carol has the weather.

It's another chilly start to the day

with the risk of ice on untreated

surfaces but for many of us, it will

be dry and bright. There is a little

bit of rain and drizzle in the

forecast but the long-range

forecast, at least for this week,

will turn out a bit more mild. We

will have more in 15 minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

A British company, accused

of misusing personal data belonging

to 50 million Facebook users,

is being investigated

by the information watchdog.

The UK's Information Commissioner

says she will seek a warrant to look

at databases and servers hosted

by Cambridge Analytica.

The firm is accused of using

Facebook data without consent

to influence the outcome

of the last US election.

Both Cambridge Analytica

and Facebook deny any wrongdoing.

Mark Lobel reports.

Alleviation dish data mining firm is

today saving themselves. They have

been secretly filmed by Channel 4

news apparently suggesting it could

use honey traps and potential

bribery to discredit politicians. At

the company hit back, criticising

how the programme was edited,

claiming they do not take place in

honey traps or bribes. Last night,

the company's chief executive spoke

of the BBC.

I have a huge amount of

regret about the fact that we may be

undertook this meeting and spoke

without certain amount of hyperbole

about things we do.

But the

allegations don't end there.

Cambridge and may be responsible for

a major breach of ordinary people's

Dato, too. -- Cambridge Analytica.

It has been accused of mining

millions of users' data to back

Donald Trump's 2016 presidential

campaign. The potential breach of

privacy has alarmed the information

Commissioner who today, citing

Cambridge Analytica's lack of

co-operation, is seeking a warrant

to search its databases and servers.

Facebook suspended Cambridge

Analytica from its servers last week

and instructed a digital forensics

team to find out if it still has the

data in question that Cambridge

Analytica claims it had deleted at

after learning the information did

not adhere to data protection rules.

Ministers are to decide

whether to take further action

against Russia after Saturday's

expulsion of British

diplomats by Moscow.

The Russian Embassy says

its diplomats and their families,

totalling about eighty people,

will leave London today.

Both sides have ordered twenty-three

embassy staff to go,

following the nerve agent attack

in Salisbury which Britain has

blamed on Russia.

Our diplomatic correspondent,

James Robbins, reports.

For Britain, this is both expulsion

day and another decision day.

The Russian Embassy in London

will say goodbye to its 23 diplomats

ordered out by the Prime Minister

as undercover intelligence officers.

As they leave, Theresa May

and her senior ministers

on the National Security Council

will consider possible next

steps against Russia.

After Moscow's response on Saturday,

expelling the same number of British

diplomat, but also closing down both

the British Council in Moscow

and the consulate in St Petersburg,

will Britain now decide to launch

a second round of measures?

To do so risks an endless

tit-for-tat with the Kremlin.

But not to do so risks accusations

of weakness from some quarters.

More than two weeks

after the Salisbury attack,

and following Boris Johnson's visit

to Brussels yesterday,

British ministers are heartened

by the level of solidarity from Nato

and the European Union, more

supportive than some had expected.

So it looks as if the government may

reserve the right to take further

action against Russia in future.

James Robbins, BBC News.

A two-year-old girl has died

after being lifted from a car found

in a river in Wales.

Kiara Moore was recovered

from a silver Mini

in the River Teifi in Cardigan.

On Monday afternoon,

numerous Facebook posts claimed

the car been stolen.

Officers said they were continuing

to investigate the circumstances

of the incident and appealed

for witnesses who may have seen

the vehicle enter the river.

Some Conservatives MPs are expected

to range -- concerned today about

the transitional Brexit deal.

However the EU's chief

negotiator, Michel Barnier,

says some issues still need

to be settled, including

the Northern Ireland border.

Our political correspondent

Chris Mason joins us

from Westminster with more details -

Chris, what more do we know

about this deal?

It is proving controversial

particularly, as you say, on the

specific issue on fishing. The

striking thing as this deal was

published yesterday was broadly

speaking how welcomed it was on both

sides of the political divide. At

Westminster, businesses saying this

transition period gives them a bit

of certainty in the median time.

There was a sizzling row about

fishing with conservative MPs in

Scotland in particular but others

from coastal communities around the

UK feeling this transitional period

sells their community short. So many

from the fishing community wanted to

take back control of UK coastal

waters they expected that would

happen much, much more quickly than

as set out by the government. They

are going to have to wait until the

end of 2020, as things stand and

they don't like the look of that.

Michael Gove, the environment

Secretary, last night, we were told

that there was a frank exchange of

views. That is Westminster speak,

for absolutely blazing row. I spoke

to some of the MPs that were going

to that meeting and they were

furious in advance because of the

amount of heat they have taken from

their constituencies as this deal

was published. The campaign already

notching up another stat today

because they will head to see the

Prime Minister. It is not clear what

she will be able to do in the short

term but they will be arguing very,

very passionately that as soon as

the transition period is over 2020,

there is a deal that they can live

with where they can say, look, this

is what Brexit has brought to our

communities.

Chris, thank you very

much. See you a bit later on.

The taxi-hailing service,

Uber, has suspended tests

of its driverless cars,

after one of the vehicles hit

and killed a woman in Arizona.

There was a human monitor

in the car at the time -

but it was suposed

to be driving itself.

Steph is here with more details.

This will affect our really

well-known business as well.

There

are lots of companies testing

driverless cars at the moment but

this one in particular, Uber, this

incident happened in Arizona. A lady

called at Elaine Herzberg was

crossing the road in Arizona when

the car struck. She was taken to

hospital and very sadly, she later

died. Uber has said this is very sad

news, incredibly sad news will stop

it is one of a number of firms

operating these types of vehicles

and the first time, as you say, a

pedestrian has been killed by one of

these driverless cars. It's

important to point out, this was

driverless in the sense that car was

running itself but there was a

person behind the wheel so there was

someone there but they weren't

operating the car at the time and

obviously this brings into lots of

questions about whether we are,

perhaps, we are starting to use this

technology too early. If you put it

into context about road crashes

generally in the US, more than 100

people die every single day in human

controlled car crashes. Some people

are saying we are putting up the

technology too early and others are

saying hang on a minute, there are a

lot fewer accidents but obviously

their right as many driverless cars.

It it raises all sorts of questions.

This weekend's edition of the

Saturday night takeaway has been

cancelled. It is not clear who will

present the final two episodes of

the ITV series.

Police are urging members

of the public to help them prevent

terror attacks in the UK,

as part of a new drive to encourage

people to report suspicious

behaviour or activity.

Detectives have revealed that one

in five reports made

to counter-terrorism police last

year contained useful intelligence.

Here's our home affairs

correspondent, Danny Shaw.

The police need the public's help to

tackle terrorism. They want people

to become their ears and eyes, to be

on the lookout for unusual activity

or behaviour and reported. The

message is, trust your. Just as

officers trust there's

officers trust there's trust theirs.

A car going past and numerous times

-- and number of times. A person

with no purpose but the list is not

exhaustive. It is very much what is

unusual to that person.

As part of

the police campaign, there is a

short film. To show people the kind

of things they should report.

We

have long said every good police

officer should be a counterterrorism

officer. I want every citizen to be

a good counterterrorism citizen and

this is the way they can do just

that.

Counterterrorism police say

they received more than 1000 tipoff

last year after almost 31,000 calls

and messages and they want the

information to keep on coming. Danny

Shaw, BBC News.

One of the stars of the hit

television series Sex and the City,

Cynthia Nixon, has announced

she is launching a bid to become

New York governor.

In her campaign video, Ms Nixon,

who played the lawyer

Miranda Hobbs on the show,

said that she loved New York

and never wanted to live anywhere

else, but that somethings

in the city had to change.

I'm not sure what things she is

talking about. Brings a bit of

Stardust.

They have tradition of

that American politics.

Good

morning. Good morning to you as

well, cats.

well, cats. -- Kat. People are back

from the Paralympics with seven

medals around their necks. Four

medals for Manor Fitzpatrick. --

Menna. They weigh 500 g each. That

has got to hurt.

A lot of neck

muscle required.

Britain's Paralympic heroes

are back on home soil,

after the most successful winter

games in over 30 years.

They were led home by

Skier Menna Fitzpatrick

and her guide Jen Kehoe,

who won Britain's only gold

of the Games.

Paralympic GB finished

the Games with seven medals

England winger Anthony Watson has

been ruled out for the rest

of the season with

an achilles injury.

He'll miss between four

and six months of action,

including this summer's

tour of South Africa.

Maternity leave in tennis

should be reviewed -

that's the opinion of the tournament

director of the Miami Open,

James Blake.

It's after Serena Williams was given

a difficult draw at the event,

having recently returned from 13

months off to have her first child.

Finally, look at this.

Take a look at this dive

in a Chilean top flight match.

We talk about diving in the

premiership all the time that take a

look at this.

Unbelievably, after that, the

referee does give the penalty. The

acting all paid off. That actually

made us all laugh out loud. I

thought it was the first guy. There

is that lash out with the back leg.

I think the striker thinks, I saw

him go for me. I'm going to go down.

Shambolic.

Carol can tell us about the weather.

Carol can tell us about the weather.

It is chilly this morning. If you

are out and about, there is a yellow

weather warning out from the Met

Office with ice across England and

Wales. They are that in mind first

ring but today generally it won't be

as cold as it has been in the last

few days and some of us will see

some sunny spells. Having said that,

as we go through the course of

today, we will see some temperatures

rise but not as much as they are

going to as we had three to light a

part of the week. As this plume of

yellow comes across. Back to the

weekend, back to the blue. We are

looking at highs around 12 during

the week and on the weekend, back at

eight or nine. We have the weather

front drifting in from the east

towards the West producing cloud and

patchy, light rain and drizzle but

not everywhere. It really is quite

patchy. First thing this morning,

not as cold as in recent times in

England and Wales but in rural

areas, don't forget, it will be

colder, hence the risk of ice. There

is also cloud. For Scotland and

Northern Ireland, under clear skies,

colder conditions and frosty. Where

we have the cold are around Aberdeen

shire and near the borders, it could

also be producing patchy rain and

light drizzle. Through the course of

the day, the weather front drifts

west and brightens up beautifully in

East Anglia. Some sunshine as well

cross parts of northern England at

specially Cumberland and Cheshire

and Fox got land and Northern

Ireland. You can already see them

the size of the next weather front

coming our way. It will come in

through the course of the night

across western Scotland and Northern

Ireland, bringing rain to the end of

the night to both areas. In the

south under clear skies, we could

see some fog patches for example and

it will be a cold night

it will be a cold night with a

widespread frost. Temperatures will

be low. A gorgeous start across

England and Wales tomorrow and as

the weather front comes in across

the north-west, introducing rain,

ahead of it, the cloud will build.

It will be bright rather than sunny

by the end of the day. Temperature

wise, 11 in Aberdeen. We haven't

seen that for a while. We are

looking at eight and nine as we come

further south. What does this they

bring? We see the weather front

pushing down towards the south-east.

Then a more active one comes in from

the West. This one is going to

introduce as well as thicker cloud,

some heavy rain across western

Scotland and also Northern Ireland.

Ahead of it, the cloud will build

that temperatures, ten, 11 and 12.

We haven't seen those levels for

quite awhile. Into the latter part

of the week, Friday into Saturday,

things cool down and touch. Instead

of the 10th and 12th, we're looking

at eighth and ninth. Not as cold as

it has been, Dan and Lew. -- 10s and

12s.

some of the pages. Ant's back in

rehab this morning. We talked about

this young lady, and Campbell from

East Sussex who was killed last week

in our Turkish air strike in Syria

and her father has been saying that

she was led by her conscience in

almost everything, she had a highly

developed sense of justice. It is a

story we have mentioned here, this

is the fallout about Brexit --

Brexit, making progress, but there

are some Conservative MPs saying

that she has betrayed fishermen,

with a protest on the Thames.

Anna

Campbell also the front page of The

this morning and they

this morning and they have the story

of Cambridge Analytica on the cover

as well.

The Daily Mail, a potential

cool for the most common cause of

blindness has been found by UK

doctors, and also the son as well.

The picture on eBay, £7, and could

sell it now for 2 million. After it

was confirmed that it was actually a

rare picture of the wild west outlaw

Jesse James, when he was 14 years

old. A man from Spalding in leaky

ship bought the photograph online,

and said he is deadly going to sell

it and will buy a house and car.

What a great investment.

What a great investment.

The

advertising standards authority are

having a bit of a crackdown on

celebrities who don't make it clear

in their tweets that they are

advertising things. They have picked

on a few of the well-known

celebrities who often sweet --

tweets to promote different

products, and under consumer law

they are supposed to state clearly

that a social media Post is an

added. If they are paid or received

freebies in return, and they are

saying they could be heavily fined

if they are caught. It is nearly

Easter, we are starting to ease to

rags, the third of an it direct's

weight is packaging. -- a stake's

weight. Easter egg makers are being

shamed over their packaging.

So they

make it feel a bit heavier? Every

morning, I have them on my dressing

table, I look at it and go, oh...

table, I look at it and go, oh... I

don't know why I bought them so

early.

You do this with Christmas

presents as well. So organised.

On

the back of the Sun, the news that

Lewis Hamilton is that to sign, they

say, a record £120 million deal, so

he will get £40 million over the

forced to years of it, with the

option of a third, he is so happy

but he doesn't... He is said to and

£770,000 a week, and he will be

Britain's most highly paid sports

star. The footballers are getting

together at St George's Park ahead

of the friendlies against Holland on

Friday, Italy next Tuesday, so there

is a picture of all the England

players getting together, four

goalkeepers in that squad as well.

And then one for cricket fans to get

their teeth into this morning, Kevin

Pietersen announced his retirement

from cricket over the weekend and he

has put forward his best 11. Some

massive names from cricket. If you

are a cricket fan, one at pick up

the Daily Telegraph and flick

through.

What have we got here?

Apparently our faces have different

changes in a different mood. If you

have read cheeks and blue on the

chin, you are signalling happiness.

Today is International Day of

happiness.

I did not know that.

Happy happy day.

Happy happy day.

One other thing

would any dimension, have you ever

sent a message to someone on your

phone to the wrong person?

(LAUGHS)

sent a message to someone on your

phone to the wrong person?

(LAUGHS).

We have all done it.

A guy called

Michael sent a message to himself

which was meant to be a reminder to

watch a film, and it was called

Girls Trip, and he got his number

wrong, and sent it to a woman called

Li Na. They started having a

conversation, they had a date, and

three months later they got married.

All from one wrong digit. How many

people will try that now? Girls

Trip?

I have not dug into that story

too deeply, I don't know whether

they watch Girls Trip on their first

day. Now they are married.

Almost 25,000 miles of roads

in England and Wales have been

identified as in need of essential

maintenance in the next year,

according to the Asphalt

Industry Alliance.

1.6 million pot-holes were filled

in last year at a cost

of £95 million.

Experts say it would take 14 years

to get local roads back

to a reasonable state

for motorists and cyclists,

as Breakfast's Jayne

McCubbin reports.

This is the problem we are talking

about.

So many potholes, they are

everywhere.

Everyday I feel like my

tyres are going to be completely

ruined.

Are everywhere.

They are

atrocious, the roads, it everywhere

now. We really need some investment.

It is a problem that irritates

motorist, but one which can be

lethal to cyclists. Simon and Tom

are part of club which cycles around

10,000 miles easier, both have been

recently injured.

There was not

really any way to go with the cars,

I hit this pothole, took one of my

hands off the bars, and I went down

quite hard, probably in excess of 25

miles an hour. I had injections,

fluid within my shoulders and my

hands, courtesan injections, it has

been quite an ongoing thing.

And the

trauma has stayed with you because

you are not out there cycling

competitively?

It really knocks your

confidence, you are just really

aware of the road surface, and

certainly being pushed out into the

traffic, with the broken roads.

Tom

has been floored four times in as

many weeks.

Every single time due to

a pothole? Pretty much yet. Potholes

or the road being poorly maintained.

And we know this, the big flaw is

likely to make a big problem even

bigger. But today a report from the

people who will look after the fix

say this. Councils in England and

Wales filled in 24% fewer potholes

last year than five years ago, and

it will take 14 years to clear the

current road repair backlog.

Local

authorities this year are telling us

that there is more than 24,000 miles

worth of road that really need to be

addressed in the next 12 months,

that is incredible, it's like

driving around the world. One in

five roads have got less than five

worth -- five years worth of life

left in them. Lastly we were saying

one in six. The scale of the problem

is escalating, our roads are getting

worse.

While novel ways are dreamt

up to highlight the problem, the

local government Association says

councils are making progress in

filling Dols properly. But they need

much more funding from central

government. Central government said

they had given close to £300 million

to help do the job. Simon was

offered £18,000 from the council in

compensation. All of this costs, but

today's report says nowhere near

enough is being spent to tackle

decades of underinvestment.

decades of underinvestment. You can

see they cause really serious

problems. Worse after the snow as

well, they are usually a little

deeper than normal.

Are you plagued by potholes

on your daily commute?

We'd like to see your pictures.

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Did you know Spring officially

starts today? It is a timely

reminder which means longer days are

on the way.

Tim Muffett is at RHS

Harlow Carr in Harrogate for us

this morning.

Good morning. It is the spring

equinox, it is an astronomical

event, some of that temperatures

have been astronomically low, the

record for this time of year it is

21.5 degrees, but was 1972 in

Cambridge, today it is a lot lower

than that. What effect is that

having on our gardens and our

wildlife? If you have a garden or an

outdoor space, what should you be

doing now? Will plant have survived,

which ones have not done well and

need help? Paul is the curator here,

what are you doing our?

Just giving

this had to trim, there are some

damage on the shoot, and just taking

the weight off it.

We will talk to

Paul Moore later, we also have an

expert on birdlife, a lot of

questions to be asked, we will have

the top tips and advice to help you

manage your outdoor space and your

garden, given the very cold

temperatures that will be learning a

little more later. Darce and

snowdrops there, you see not many of

them at this time of year. But

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Now, though, it's back

to Louise and Dan.

Bye for now.

Good morning, you are watching

breakfast with Louise and then. It

is just after 6:30, we will bring

you the latest news in a couple of

moments. Also on the programme

today, one in five to

moments. Also on the programme

today, one in five to boss made to

counterterrorism police last year

contained useful intelligence. We

will speak to the head of UK

counterterrorism policing about a

new drive encouraging people to

report suspicious behaviour or

activity.

Following Oscar success,

the producers of The Silent Child

will be here to tell us why they're

calling on the government to teach

all children sign language.

Despite being terrified of heights,

Welsh rugby star Gareth 'Alfie'

Thomas has agreed to complete

a 12,000 feet skydive for Sport

Relief.

A team of over 60's,

dubbed the 'silver Skydivers',

are also taking part.

We'll catch up with them later

to find out how they got on!

Good morning.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

A British company, accused

of misusing personal data belonging

to 50 million Facebook users,

is being investigated

by the information watchdog.

The UK's Information Commissioner

says she will seek

a warrant to look at databases

and servers hosted by Cambridge

Analytica.

The firm is accused of using

facebook data without consent

to influence the outcome

of the last US election.

Both Cambridge Analytica

and Facebook deny any wrongdoing.

Ministers are to decide whether they

will

Ministers are to decide whether they

will take further action against

Russia after the expulsion of

British formats from Russia. Their

families totalling about 80 people

will leave Russia today. Both sides

have ordered 23 diplomats to go

following the attack on the verge --

following the nerve agent attack.

A two-year-old girl has died

after being lifted from a car found

in a river in Wales.

Kiara Moore was recovered

from a silver Mini

in the River Teifi in Cardigan.

On Monday afternoon,

numerous Facebook posts claimed

the car been stolen.

Officers said they were continuing

to investigate the circumstances

of the incident and appealed

for witnesses who may have seen

the vehicle enter the river.

Some Conservative MPs are expected

to raise concerns today

about the future of

fishing after Brexit.

Under yesterday's draft

agreement, the European Union

will continue to set quotas

on which fish can be caught

during the transitional period

following the UK's departure next

March.

Number Ten said it had

secured specific safeguards

for the fishing industry.

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell

believes Britain was responsible but

Corbyn says he wants a definitive

answer about the source of the nerve

agents.

The taxi-hailing company, Uber,

has suspended testing

of its driverless cars in the US

after a fatal accident.

A 49-year-old woman was hit

as she crossed a street in Arizona.

The incident is the first time

a pedestrian has died in an accident

involving a self-driving car.

There was a driver in the vehicle,

but police said it was

in autonomous mode.

President Trump has unveiled a plan

to invest six billion dollars

tackling an epidemic

of painkiller-addiction in the US.

Mr Trump has called for tougher

punishment for drug

dealers and traffickers,

including the death penalty,

a move which is opposed

by many in Congress.

Police are urging members

of the public to help them prevent

terror attacks in the UK,

as part of a new drive to encourage

people to report suspicious

behaviour or activity.

Detectives have revealed that one

in five reports made

to counter-terrorism police last

year contained useful intelligence.

The family of bald eagles in

Washington, DC are celebrating two

new additions. Here they are. The

bald eagle almost disappeared from

the United States decades ago but

have taped -- habitat detection lead

to its recovery and the bird was

removed from the Federal endangered

species list in 2007. Apparently the

hatching process can take between

24- 48 hours. Put that in your fact

file. I will be ripping out some

bald eagle facts later in the

programme. Beautiful to see. Good

morning, Kat.

Judging by the

celebrations that the Winter

Olympians had, I was watching a

video from Amy Fuller. It looks like

a big party. The Winter Paralympians

who arrived back on British soil, I

think the party begins to them now.

Paralympics GB have returned safely

to the UK after their medal-winning

exploits in South Korea.

The team has achieved its medal

target of seven medals,

with all of them being won

in the visually-impaired skiing.

Menna Fitzpatrick and her guide

Jen Kehoe claimed gold

in their slalom event to become GB's

most successful Winter Paralympians

of all time.

They've been speaking to Andy Swiss.

It means everything to me. I have

always had a dream since I was

little to come away with a medal at

the Paralympic games and 2018 was

always the goal ever since I first

started. An immensely proud to have

done it and reached the goal that we

wanted.

So what is it actually like skiing

with a visual impairment?

We've got our hands on a piece

of video that gives us a good idea

of what it looks like...

...and here it is.

This is what skiing

with partial sight looks like -

It makes you realise just how

important having a guide

on the mountain is.

England's Anthony Watson will miss

the rest of the season

with an achilles injury.

The 24-year-old was withdrawn

during the first half

of the weekend's Six Nations defeat

at the hands of Ireland,

and it's understood he'll miss

between four and six months

of action, which would rule him

out of England's tour

of South Africa in June.

Now, you're at the top

of your sport, you go off

to have a baby

and when you return -

you get drawn against

the top players.

That's the scenario facing

Serena Williams in Miami this week

as she's been drawn

against Naomi Osaka -

who won the last tournament.

And the director of the Miami Open

believes that needs to be reviewed.

Williams, who is a 23-time

Grand Slam singles winner,

has no official ranking,

which means she cannot be seeded

for WTA events.

So who do you feel more sorry for?

Williams getting a tough draw

or the poor woman in the top ten

who has to face her

in the first round?

An interesting conundrum.

We're used to seeing

Jose Mourinho a little moody -

the Manchester United manager has

been particularly irate lately.

But he may have another reason to be

unhappy this morning:

The former England striker

Chris Sutton has called

Mourinho "outdated".

He says the United manager's

personality has changed

from the charismatic one that

came to the UK in 2004.

Mourinho has been criticised by some

fans and pundits for a style

of football perceived

to be unadventurous.

Meanwhile, Sutton expects defender

Luke Shaw to leave the club

at the end of the season.

The 22-year-old has barely featured

for United under Mourinho,

with the manager publicly

criticising the full-back

during his time at Old Trafford...

I do think it is part and parcel of

professional sport. Players take

responsibility but there seems to be

something in this Jose Mourinho

thing. We are not party to what goes

on in there. It seems that Barinia

has an agenda against Luke Shaw. If

you have an agenda, play. -- Jose

Mourinho.

Well, the controversial VAR

technology was available

in Manchester United's FA Cup win

against Brighton over the weekend

but it wasn't required.

No such luxuries available

in the Chiliean top flight...

Have a look at this...

With just five minutes remaining

and the score finally poised

at 1-1, penalty...

Can't believe the rectory at Ward

had a penalty for that. Maybe they

do need the AE are in Chile. -- AR.

The way he throws his head back!

TV Presenter, Ant McPartlin says

he will seek further treatment

after he was arrested

on suspicion of drink driving.

His publicist said

the presenter, who spent time

in rehab last year, was taking time

off "for the foreseeable future".

We can speak now to Dr Yasir Abbasi,

Clinical Director of

Addiction Services at Mersey Care

NHS Foundation Trust.

Thank you for joining us. Tell us a

little bit about the general

situation. When somebody has had

issues, at what stage would they

need to go back into rehab?

Naturally, it is quite dispiriting

news coming out about Ant. Relapse

is a common outcome of recovery.

When someone is going on a recovery

journey, there are so many factors

at play that can affect the journey

towards recovery and towards

complete abstinence, that having a

relapse into one or the other kind

of epic did substances shouldn't

completely throw you off board. You

should learn from the mistakes. You

should see what triggered it and

learn from it and make sure that

doesn't happen again.

It's very

individual, isn't it? We speak to

lots of people who have been in

rehab and it can be difficult to be

thrust back into the public eye. It

is not something everybody goes

through but living your life in the

spotlight in that way can make

things more troubling.

It can. This

reiterates the fact that addiction

is quite a serious illness and there

is no one silver bullet which treats

it. It is a bio cycle social

approach you need to take. You need

to make sure physical well-being is

looked after, psychological

well-being. There is a social

network that they connect to which

needs to be addiction free to help

them recover. And naturally, when

you are in the limelight and there

is so much focus on new, it can put

more stress on you. That is how it

is if you are working within the

media. I guess what we need to make

sure of now is to give ant some

time, give him the space to recover

without everyone having a very

strong opinion of what is happening.

And giving him his personal space so

when he is ready and more robust, he

can come back.

Routinely, what kind

of support people are given when you

have been through rehab. Obviously,

you have had intense support and

help. When you leave, what support

is there?

There is a lot of emphasis

on what we call building up your

social network. It is essential that

during your rehab placement, you

have a recovery agenda where you

look at what you would need to do

were you to go through a difficult

patch. That includes dealing with

your stresses and that includes

dealing with your cravings and

triggers. Over here, your close

ones, your friends and family, to

play an important role and you need

to have people who you trust who you

can discuss the difficulties you

face. If you are having a stressful

moment, you should know how to

destress yourself in a positive way.

If you are having your cravings and

your triggers then you should know

how to distract yourself in a

positive way. This needs to build up

while you are going through the

rehab process.

Interesting to get an

insight. Thank you. A little bit

later on, we will be talking about

how this asset -- how this

how this asset -- how this effects

ITV. This Saturday is not going to

go ahead. Carol is here to look at

the weather.

the weather.

Cloud across Norfolk.

It

the weather.

Cloud across Norfolk.

It is similar across many parts of

England, Wales and Scotland.

Generally speaking, it is going to

be less cold as we go through today

compare to what we have been used to

and as the cloud thins and brakes,

we will see sunny spells develop.

blues return and it will be mild

into the middle of the week and not

as cold as it was either. Currently

we have a

as cold as it was either. Currently

we have a weak weather front that is

pushing a cloud over to the West and

that is what will give us some

patchy light rain and drizzle here

and there. In the towns and cities

of England and Wales the amount of

cloud cover that we have, we will

push further north, around

Aberdeenshire we will have clad in

Scotland and the rest of Scotland

and Northern Ireland it is a cold

start with a widespread frost.

Through the course of the day here

is the band of cloud, the weather

front that drifts steadily

westwards, the sun will come out

behind it, across East Anglia and

south-east England, parts of

southern England is generally and

across northern England,

particularly Cumbria, Lancashire,

Cheshire into Northern Ireland

Scotland will see the sun. Already

you can see something else is coming

in from the Atlantic, and other

weather front, and that is

continuing to progress in from the

west. Eventually bringing in some

rain across western Scotland and the

West of Northern Ireland. Across

England and Wales we will have clear

skies, it is going to be a cold

night but again the chance of a

widespread frost, these are the

temperatures in towns and cities, it

will be lower in rural areas and we

could see some patchy freezing fog

in parts of the south. We start

Wednesday on that note, beautiful

start when we lose any patchy fog

across England and Wales, and the

weather front comes in from the

north-west, taking the rain with it

across Scotland and Northern Ireland

into north-west England, then you

notice all this cloud building ahead

of the two. The further east you are

the longer you will hang on to the

brighter skies. By Thursday that has

scooted down to the south-east,

again a lot of dry weather at a more

active front coming in from the West

introducing some heavy rain and

Italy across western Scotland and

Northern Ireland, and that we will

see some breaks but look at those

temperatures. 10- 12 it has been a

while since we have seen those.

Fathers who want to take time away

from work to care for their children

are not getting enough support

from the government.

Steph's been looking at this.

It is based on some research that is

out today.

The Women and Equalities Committee

spent over a year looking

at whether dads are supported

in the workplace when it comes

to caring for their children -

and they think that the current

policies aren't working.

Especially for less well-off dads.

Richard wanted a more flexible job

so he could do the school run,

but he struggled to find an employer

who would let him do that.

I have got two children and when my

eldest was about to go to school we

realise that we needed to get some

flexibility in our working lives to

accommodate our family, which was

very important to me and my wife. So

through a discussion we realise that

would be me,

through a discussion we realise that

would be me, I would make that

shift, and unfortunately in that

process employers were asking

questions about why my wife was in

collecting the children, why would

it Younie. As a family we determined

it would be me that would be ever

the children and employers need to

realise that their own sake, and to

get the person for the job that is

best not just present, they need to

be flexible about their offer.

Sarah Jackson, Chief Executive

of the charity Working Families

joins us now from London.

How common is Richard's story?

It is

increasingly common. We have been

tracking a father would penalty for

a number of years. Every year we

produce something for the modern

family 's index which is the biggest

survey of working families in the

UK. And we can see last year that a

number of fathers were beginning to

make choices or say they were making

choices about downshift in in the

way Richard did, and it was that

report that prompted the Select

Committee to launch this enquiry. An

easy we asked fathers what they were

doing about it, and we have seen at

around 18%, almost one in five of

fathers have put a brake on their

career because they want to spend

more time with their family. And

there is no difference between what

men and women are doing. So we are

beginning to see a real panelled --

Perrin to a penalty and merging, Web

becoming apparent is a bad career

move.

-- parenthood family. So what

can be done about it?

Be committee

is calling for a new extended period

of paternity leave, at the moment a

father only gets two weeks and they

have two be working for an employer

to 41 weeks before they can get that

two weeks. Every new father should

have time off to be with their new

child, they are saying there should

be an additional paid 12 weeks at

90% of salary for all new fathers,

so similar to maternity leave, just

not so long. And they are also

saying that flexible working should

become a Day one right as the Prime

Minister herself has called for,

because at the moment fathers can

find it much harder to negotiate

taxable working on Mother's Day.

It

is interesting when you look at the

take-up of shared parental leave,

and it is incredibly low isn't it?

Do you think that is fathers

worrying as well about the potential

stigma, how they will be treated by

their employer?

There are three

things going on. One is that shared

parental leave is £141 a week, so it

is difficult for parents to take

that option. Not a lot of fathers

know about it, and yes they are

worried, men aren't stupid, they can

see what happens to women's careers.

What we do see is that within

employers who are paying shared

parental leave properly and who are

promoting it and encouraging fathers

to take it, it is actually a really

high take-up, some of those big

organisations are reporting 50%

take-up among eligible fathers.

Anything we can do to give fathers

greater confidence so they will

start doing what they actually want

to do in terms of their family

lives, could be a real change, a

real wake-up call in the UK as we

see men and women both being able to

take care of their kids the way they

would like to.

Thank you for your

time this morning. And I'm sure

anyone out there who was a dad who

wants to tell us their opinion, get

in touch with us because it would be

great to hear your thoughts.

It may still be frosty this morning

but today is the spring equinox -

the official start of a new season.

You wouldn't think so after many

parts of the UK were bombarded

by snowstorms over the weekend

and temperatures struggled

to rise above freezing.

Breakfast's Tim Muffett is at RHS

Harlow Carr in Harrogate for us

to find out what impact the weather

has had on our gardens

and wildlife.

Good morning to you, the official

start of spring, the spring equinox,

from today days are longer than

before, but the two bridges that

this time of year have been

extraordinarily cold. Enjoy the view

here, 58 acres of beautiful

landscaped gardens, just the of

Harrowgate, the Royal horticultural

Society gardens at Harlow Carr. You

can also see behind me some work

being done, because this has posed

some interesting challenges for

gardeners can offer those who tend

to large gardens like this, and

smaller gardens as well. What should

we be doing if you have a garden or

outdoor space to help manage what

has happened, given the very low

temperatures. What have you been

doing here, Paul, what talent --

what challenges have these

temperatures pose?

We have had mild

spells early on, but a nice cold

winter has held everything back, but

first day of spring, kind to get

into the garden, -- time to get into

the garden, get up those dead

leaves, really it is time to cut

plants back before the new shoots

come through and prepare this

spring.

A lot of people have been

worried about their daffodils

because that snow may have damaged

them, as a damage them permanently,

Jackie, what do we make about

daffodils, what have you seen here

so far?

At this time of year the

daffodils should be upright, they

should be nice and perky, it is one

of the signs of spring we love. A

lot of them have fallen over, and if

you look at this one they all have

little bands in the stalks and that

is because it has been so cold that

the SAP inside the daffodils has

frozen, and when it falls out the

cells can burst and can go horribly

wrong like this one. What I would

recommend doing is, if they look OK,

you can pick them, defrost them

slowly and enjoy them in a vase in

the house,

slowly and enjoy them in a vase in

the house,.

Jamie is a bird expert.

Apart from feeding birds what can

you do to encourage wildlife?

Keeping the scruffy edges of the

garden is a good thing, keeping them

said, -- said.

What impact has the

weather had on migration?

Lots of

birds turning up in gardens, where

they are forced to look further food

because of the bad weather.

Seen

anything interesting this morning?

There is one up in the hole there, I

have in looking at that.

We tried

this imminent but maybe that is too

much of a challenge. -- tried to

zoom in on the bird there.

The

surveys have not been done yet, it

is a busy time of year for birds, a

tossup between Andy and expenditure,

cold air is not good in spring.

Thank you. It is a beautiful site

this morning, the sun is out,

temperatures are low, the first day

of spring officially, some people

hard at work. It is an inspiration.

They look beautiful there, the

gardens. There is a fruitcake that

they do their at Harlow Carr. We

would like to know how your garden

has been faring in the cold weather,

if your plants flowers have been

damaged by the ice and snow... You

have to whack the snow off the

precious ones. Send your pictures in

to us. We also have WhatsApp. If you

get a digit wrong you might get

married in three months! That is a

reference to a story you found about

a wrong number, someone sent a

message. Someone sent a message to

himself, put the wrong did it in,

send it to a woman instead who said

what is this about, and three months

later they

what is this about, and three months

That is it from me I am back in half

an hour.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

The British company accused

of using the data of 50 million

Facebook users without their consent

to influence the US election.

The Information Commissioner

is applying for a warrant to search

computers used by technology company

Cambridge Analytica.

Both they and facebook

deny any wrongdoing.

Good morning, it's Tuesday

the 20th of March.

Also this morning -

The Russian diplomats expelled from

the UK over this

The Russian diplomats expelled from

the UK over this by poisoning will

leave today. Ministers will decide

later whether they will take further

action.

Why potholes are still causing

problems - nearly 25,000 miles

of roads in England and Wales need

essential maintenance

in the next year.

Good morning.

Uber has suspended testing

of its driverless cars after a fatal

accident in the US.

I'll have more in a moment.

In Sport, Paralympics GB arrive

back on British soil,

after their record-breaking

exploits in South Korea.

It is officially the first day of

spring. Look at that. Sun is out.

Will we have the weather to match

elsewhere?

The sun is out. We have a

lot of clear skies across Scotland

and Northern Ireland. A lot of

sunshine but a cool start. The

England and Wales, we have sunshine

as we have seen. Also abandoned

cloud moving west which will thicken

up in the odd spot with patchy light

rain. More details in 15 minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

A British company, accused

of misusing personal data belonging

to 50 million Facebook users

to influence the US election,

is being investigated

by the information watchdog.

The UK's Information Commissioner

says she will seek a warrant to look

at databases and servers hosted

by Cambridge Analytica.

Both Cambridge Analytica

and Facebook deny any wrongdoing.

Mark Lobel reports.

A leading British data mining

firm is today battling

to save its reputation.

Yet, this is complex to do...

Executives from Cambridge Analytica

have been secretly filmed

by Channel 4 News apparently

suggesting it could use honey traps

and potential bribery

to discredit politicians.

But the company hit back,

criticising how the programme

was edited, claiming they do not

engage in honey traps or bribes.

Last night, the company's chief

executive spoke to the BBC.

I have a huge amount of regrets

about the fact that we maybe

undertook this meeting and spoke

without certain amount of hyperbole

about some of the things that we do.

But the allegations don't end there.

Cambridge Analytica may be

responsible for a major breach

of ordinary people's data, too.

It has been accused of using

the personal data from 50 million

Facebook users to encourage voters

to back Donald Trump during the 2016

US presidential election.

A whistleblower from the company

claims a personality quiz

on Facebook was used

to amass the data.

That potential breach of privacy has

alarmed the Information Commissioner

who today, citing Cambridge

Analytica's lack of co-operation,

is seeking a warrant

to search its databases and servers.

Facebook suspended Cambridge

Analytica from its services last

week and instructed a digital

forensic team to find out if it

still has the data in question,

but Cambridge Analytica claimed it

has deleted all the data it obtained

from a third party application

in 2014 after learning

the information did not adhere

to data protection rules.

Mark Lobel, BBC News.

Ministers are to decide

whether to take further action

against Russia after Saturday's

expulsion of British

diplomats by Moscow.

The Russian Embassy says

its diplomats and their families,

totalling about eighty people,

will leave London today.

Both sides have ordered twenty-three

embassy staff to go,

following the nerve agent attack

in Salisbury which Britain has

blamed on Russia.

Our diplomatic correspondent,

James Robbins, reports.

For Britain, this is both expulsion

day and another decision day.

The Russian Embassy in London

will say goodbye to its 23 diplomats

ordered out by the Prime Minister

as undercover intelligence officers.

As they leave, Theresa May

and her senior ministers

on the National Security Council

will consider possible next

steps against Russia.

After Moscow's response on Saturday,

expelling the same number of British

diplomat, but also closing down both

the British Council in Moscow

and the consulate in St Petersburg,

will Britain now decide to launch

a second round of measures?

To do so risks an endless

tit-for-tat with the Kremlin.

But not to do so risks accusations

of weakness from some quarters.

More than two weeks

after the Salisbury attack,

and following Boris Johnson's visit

to Brussels yesterday,

British ministers are heartened

by the level of solidarity from Nato

and the European Union, more

supportive than some had expected.

So it looks as if the government may

reserve the right to take further

action against Russia in future.

James Robbins, BBC News.

Jeremy Corbyn has said the UK must

still deal with Vladimir Putin -

despite evidence pointing

to his country's involvement

in the Salisbury spy attack.

The Labour leader said he would "do

business" with Russia

but assertively and on the basis

of the UK's values.

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell

says he believes Mr Putin

was responsible.

But Mr Corbyn said he wanted

"an absolutely definitive answer"

about the source of the nerve agent.

A two-year-old girl has died

after being lifted from a car found

in a river in Wales.

Kiara Moore was recovered

from a silver Mini

in the River Tye-vee in Cardigan.

On Monday afternoon,

numerous Facebook posts claimed

the car been stolen.

Officers say they are continuing

to investigate the circumstances

of the incident and appealed

for witnesses who may have seen

the vehicle enter the river.

Some Conservative MPs are expected

to raise concerns today

about the transitional

deal after Brexit.

Under yesterday's draft

agreement, the European Union

will continue to set fishing quotas.

Our political correspondent

Chris Mason joins us

from Westminster with more details -

Chris, how controversial

is the deal?

We are calling it frank discussion?

It is always a tell-tale sign at

Westminster. A frank exchange of

views which is Westminster code

given that these things tend to be

gently talked down, for humdinger of

a row. This matters to so many MPs,

talking about fishing. Is very small

part of the British economy but

symbolically hugely important in the

context of wrecks it because it

being the very essence of how you do

and do not co-operate with our

nearest neighbours.

nearest neighbours. -- context of

Brexit. According to the fishermen,

it has been a disaster for their

industry. They were excited about

escaping from the clutches of the

EU. They've believe this period of

transition, at one year and nine

months, that will follow our expert,

simply doesn't deliver that quickly

enough. They thought they would be a

little bit of a period of transition

where things would stay the same.

They now realise it would take a

year longer than they realised.

year longer than they realised. Some

of these MPs had had meeting. They

have a meeting with the Prime

Minister today. It shows how this

argument is ratcheting up very

quickly. Less than 24 hours on from

the big moment in Brussels

yesterday. All of these matters,

regardless of whether you have an

interest in our fishing communities,

because conservatives don't have a

majority in Parliament. Their

Scottish contingent are particularly

angry about this and are making

noises along the lines of saying

they would be able to back a Brexit

deal that wouldn't do far more for

fishermen. Tricky row, this, for the

Prime Minister to try and resolve.

Next time we hear a frank exchange

of news, we know what they mean.

The taxi-hailing service,

Uber, has suspended tests

of its driverless cars,

after one of the vehicles hit

and killed a woman in Arizona.

Self driving cars have been involved

with several crashes but this is the

first time it has been involved in a

fatal pedestrian collision.

Steph is here with more details.

A lady called a Elaine Herzberg with

causing the road in Arizona and was

struck by one of these driverless

cars. She was then taken to hospital

and very sadly died. At that time,

there was a person behind the wheel

of the car but the car was self

automated so the person wasn't

actually in control of it. This is

the first time, as you say, Dan,

that a pedestrian has been killed by

a driverless car. This is a car that

was being tested by Uber and they

are one of many firms testing cars

like this at the moment. To put it

into context. This is the first time

a pedestrian has been killed. There

are a something like 100th et al it

is because of cars in the US every

single date. -- 100 deaths. People

are questioning whether this would

happen at all. -- should happen.

Other people have said it was so

close that nothing would have been

able to stop it. That is the debate

around whether this is technology

that we really need to make sure is

spot on it gets deployed.

It goes

right to the heart of the issue, are

they safe or not?

they safe or not?

By 2021, the

government sets before they want to

look into using driverless cars. And

have them on the roads by 2021.

And back in rehab. And off TV and

back in rehab. This is about ant

McPharlin. -- Ant. It was from

drink-driving. This weekend's

episode of Saturday night has been

cancelled. The firm set up a Harvey

Weinstein and his brother 13 years

ago have filed for bankruptcy. The

future had been in doubt since

dozens of women publicly accused the

producer of sexual harassment,

assault and rape. Harvey Weinstein

denies all allegation of

nonconsensual sex. The studio says

it will cancel nondisclosure

agreements which had been used to

stop women making accusations

against Harvey Weinstein. One of the

stars of sex and the city Cynthia

Nixon has announced she is launching

a bid to become New York governor.

In her campaign, Cynthia Nixon who

played Miranda Hobbs, said she loved

New York and never wanted to live

anywhere else but some things in the

city, according to her, have to

change. You are watching breakfast.

Tip-offs from the public

to counter-terrorism police can

provide vital information to help

foil future terror plots -

but what should people

be looking out for?

Last year one in five reports

from the public contained

useful intelligence which led

to a number of convictions.

Police have released this video

to show what sort of things

they want us to look out for.

Scotland Yard's newly appointed

counter-terrorism chief,

Neil Basu joins us now

from our studio in Central London.

Good morning. Thank you for joining

us. I really want to talk to you

about your priorities right now.

You

obviously have just got this job. It

is an incredibly important one. What

are your top priorities?

It is

getting communities to help. A

takeover at a moving time. It is

almost a year to the day when that

some are like no other. My thoughts

will be with victims, families and

survivors from that awful time. I

know the public has a sense of

anxiety about terrorism but I want

them to have a sense of control as

well. It has long been a mantra of

hours that communities defeat

terrorism, not just security

confessionals. -- professionals. We

want them to report it to us if they

see anything. I think I have been

criticised in the past because we

weren't clear about what it was that

was suspicious that they should

report. This film is an attempt to

say, hey, these are some common,

everyday things that might be a

vital part of the jigsaw that helps

us solve the crime.

We have seen a

bit of the film. What sort of things

would you say to people to look out

for?

Some of the things are obvious,

if people are looking at weapons or

browsing extremist material. There

might be people who are hiring cars

or vans for what apparently is no

good reason and acting suspiciously

while they do so. Filming security

people or filming security sites and

CCTV when you would expect them to

do something more like a tourist

photographs or acting suspicious in

public. What I have said in the past

is the public has an amazing

instincts. You know in your

community, you know in your family,

you know where you live and where

you work, what doesn't feel right.

What we are saying is what something

doesn't feel right, no matter how

small or insignificant you think it

is, you should pick up the phone or

go to the website which is

www.gov.uk/act. No forward click or

phone call will be ignored.

Have you got the resources if you

have got dozens, thousands of phone

calls, e-mails, suspicious activity,

do you have the resources to deal

with it?

We are dealing with almost

600 investigations, the tempo is

very high but we have network of

thousands of police officers and

staff who are doing amazing work up

and down the country and in every

region of the UK. Yes we have the

resources. We know the public want

to report to us and we want to

encourage them to do that.

Absolutely every call is taken

seriously, every call is treated

confidentially, every call is triage

by trained professionals who will

know whether or not this is

something we should act upon or not.

Can I also talk to you about

counterterrorism being involved into

this spy poisoning, what is the

latest, what can you tell us?

I have

said before that this is going to be

a painstaking and long

investigation. Our offices are

dealing incredible work and I wanted

pay tribute to their bravery and

they are working around the clock to

try and get answers. We have taken

400 state rents, we have more

statements to come, there is 4000

hours of closed-circuit television

footage and we are trying to get

through it, but this will take a

long time. But I want to pay tribute

to the amazing people of Salsbury

who have been amazing throughout, --

Salisbury. The people have come

forward in response to the appeal

and they have talked with them if

communities defeat terrorism, I

would like every citizen to consider

themselves counterterrorism citizen.

In the same way that we want every

police officer to be a

counterterrorism officer. And

Salisbury is proving that.

It is 18

minutes past seven.

Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather.

Good morning, I am well, hope you

are

Good morning, I am well, hope you

are too. Today's weather, the spring

equinox, we have been hearing Tim

talk about it, the weather is more

springlike. This is a gorgeous

picture taken this morning, thank

you for sending them in. Some still

snow out there, but the sun is out,

not everywhere this morning, but the

chances are high that if you haven't

got it yet you will see it. It is

not going to be as it was over the

weekend. If we look at the trend of

the temperature this week you can

see Wednesday are still quite

chilly, but then these mild yellow

colours come across the shores. With

the change in the wind direction to

more of a southerly. They push ahead

as we move into Friday and sat away.

That will turn bitterly cold once

again but the temper at will dip a

touch. Today we have this weak

weather front drifting from the east

towards the West, it will tend to

fizzle but it is producing some

cloud and some very patchy light

rain and drizzle here and there. I

no means are we all seeing it but it

means that it is not as cold start

today across England and Wales as it

was yesterday. You can see as well

that around the borders in eastern

Scotland, for the rest of Scotland

and Northern Ireland -- all of

Northern Ireland it is a cool start.

There is also some frost around as

well. We have a band of cloud

continuing to drift from the east

towards the West, fizzling, but it

will be the chance for some spots of

light rain coming over just here and

there, I no means Will we see it

all, and it will brighten up over

East Anglia and Southern counties.

The same for most of northern