Everywhere you got some really great business guy Thank you very much indeed Good morning. Welcome to the program 6 o'clock. And. Long will this be seen by a. Lot of breakfast across Woolverton this morning Rachel will be with us after half past on the program this morning counterterrorism officers are trying to uncover the origin of the nerve agent used in the attempted murder of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Seoul's break up more on that and just to take crystal ball this morning. Good morning Chris Lawrence to go out this morning talk out of the Champions League stand by eventis Manchester City through but they did lose at home too. And defeat for England but plenty of positives they'll never yet in table get into that feels like a cold start this morning Solomon morning good morning it's pretty chilly but they want to get a word about this morning I guess is across mid north Wales up in the northern areas of England a band of rain sleet and a bit of snow which is moving its way through could get recovering in places could have bit of disruption for your morning commute Ok will keep cross and go I will be staying with us with this morning's money news this morning Chris will a really huge reaction to our story yesterday on how the advertising regulator is cracking down on 2nd retake heating sites posing a trivial all cost when buying a ticket will they will be speaking to a 2nd to take the site with it and when Rachel joins us after 630 she's very sad about the demise of the printed version of it I mean it's going on in a few well placed well look at worries about the welfare of animals in aquariums. Is b.b.c. 5 my. Agent was used to attack a former Russian spy and his daughter in Salzburg they've not revealed what it was but say it's not sarin gas or the Vx nerve agent which has been used in previous attacks. On a police officer who helped them remain in hospital so Tony Brinson was the British ambassador to Moscow at the time of the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning in 2006 as the evidence. Humiliations over the last 2 days particularly this conclusion this was a sophisticated of age and it points more and more clearly to Russian state action they have both motivation the victim already been accused person by Putin actually being a traitor and they are one of the very few agencies in the world who deploy this sort of poison actually is a matter of routine to 17 year old boys dead and 7 people are hurt after a crash in North Yorkshire last night 2 children are among the injured following the 3 car collision on the a 61 near Thirsk the Home Office is new proposals to tackle domestic abuse they include the 1st ever statutory definition of the offense and recognised the kinds of abuse suffered including psychological physical and emotional 3 members of the same family have been seriously injured in a knife attack in Vienna it's not yet known if the instance linked to a 2nd stabbing in the city last night 2 reviews have found save the children failed to deal adequately with inappropriate behavior complaints reports in 2015 found there was significant failures in the h.r. Response to the informal complaints and Amazon's Alexa has been letting out an unprompted creepy loff it's been described as which like and can go off when the device is an in use. It's working to fix it. I was just lying in bed and it was just a lot of work. That we need to get exactly how about laws so that now the ring exactly the figure creeping out. Of legs right Spurs got to talk about Spurs a lot later on of course I have got a half time Yeah Phil I think we're going to plan yeah genuine real heartbreak for Tottenham in the Champions League knocked out by events as it was going so well until a bit of a tactical reshuffle from Massimo leg resource you they scored twice in the space of 3 minutes to talk them out of the competition Manchester City lost at home for the 1st time since December 26th again to f.c. Basel but there. Through and we will be reflecting the England lionesses England's women defeat to USA The top ranked team in the world but Phil Neville really positive they finished 2nd in the she believes Cup They've all carted off to Disneyland I think as a result I was here a little bit make a mouse defending. Me for all the thank you Chris is 4 minutes past 6 Thursday the 8th of March is Chris war but soon with you it's 5 Live breakfast hope your well we're going to start by talking about this situation in Seoul's replace of confirmed now as we were just hearing that a nerve agent was used to try to murder a former Russian spy and his daughter. They were found unconscious of course in Salzburg on Sunday afternoon they remain critically ill in hospital and we learned yesterday as a result of that police briefing that a police officer who was the 1st to attend the same is now in a serious condition in hospital as well so worrying times for that police officers family of course this was the update given by Assistant Commissioner Mott Rowley from the Metropolitan Police yesterday this is being treated as a major incident involving attentiveness. Administration of a nerve agent. As you know these 2 people remain critically ill in hospital. Sadly in addition by police officer he was one of the 1st to attend the scene to respond to the incident he's now also we've been serious condition in hospital. Bullshit police all records providing every support to the family. The police have encouraged anyone who got have seen or met the screen pals on Sunday to come forward to help with the investigation our reporter Karen Gardner has been speaking with Doug Mara who's a waitress at a restaurant in Salzburg visited by Mr Scraper al really nice chop old man always polite spoke Russian I understood a little bit of Russian so of those things that's even Russian to him and he made nice he says. He was he was a good news person who also speak very well and all the languages so he was here with another man's a similar sort of a young round I would say 4550 years old he spoke Russian That was an English speaker Yeah he was initially but he was these muscles very good. So yeah they had very nice meal and yeah he was really polite Actually I wouldn't say that he was the army and. The like gentleman and it was this meeting out more than once yeah I $73.00 times. The last time I think it was generally after Christmas and how do you feel about the news today of his son isn't the human being so now as resist this is the well if we talk or sort of Tom Barrett who's following this for us good morning Tom tell us everything we learn from that police briefing yesterday then you know what I mean that the main headline is that police believe that a nerve agent was used now I mean nerve agents are essentially chemical weapons I mean they're manufactured rather than naturally occurring people might remember that the a strange brother of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong un was killed at Malaysia airport last year using a nerve agent known as v.x. People probably saw the c.c.t.v. Footage of 2 women smearing us on the man's face you know they just work very quickly they said should simply cripple the bodies nervous system so they can be inhaled or ingested but the the really important point is that they're not easy to make they require substantial financial backing technical expertise and therefore experts are saying that it makes it much more likely that a state was involved in the attempted murder of said get screwed by his and his and his daughter so it's pretty unprecedented the Dame Sally Davis who's the chief Chief Medical Officer for England was reassuring people into . Pretty abnormal times in that in that small city where you can see the pictures of just so many policemen and activity she said that actually all the sites that the pair were known to have visited in the hours running up to them falling ill had been secured so decontamination work is being carried out at the home secretary on the road is basically saying now look you know the government and the police are going to respond to evidence not to room but the home secretary is expected to make a statement at the House of Commons later today so we should get more information then Ok Tom thank you Reporter Tom Barrett she's right about those extraordinary things on the streets of Soulsby which as people there will be in getting used to over the past few days if they've been into that part of town police offices yesterday photos of them examining the same wearing those protective suits and gas marks guy can see about half a dozen of them putting on gloves and such like in one of the photos and a gentleman in the background who has just got his mobile phone he's got his sort of hand to his head obviously just think of what's going on here so it's unusual scene to be seeing in a place like that John Parrott Cheney's interest in what what Tom was saying about the brother of Kim Jong un because you might remember that story and something our next guest John Barrett Cheney touches on he's the director of intelligence at the Rand Corporation well so we're talking about a military grade warfare agent that essentially shuts down a person's circulatory system and causes sort of the synopsis in the body to sort of not unction it's a very deadly poison and. 'd very severe medical consequences what was specific ages could we be talking about here what are the kind of names that we might be familiar with well the x. And Sarah are the ones that are most commonly known about Cern is the one that the Syrian government 'd used against its people in the conflict there. And Vieques is one that many people may recognize because it was recently used against Kim Jong Nam The half brother leader of North Korea he was killed assassinated in the mole Asian airport when 2 women applied 2 different chemicals that resulted in the x. And killed him shortly thereafter typically how would they be used in an incident like this what would the means of delivery to the victims be well that's the fascinating part of this current case is it's really not understood how it might have been applied to these 2 individuals in the Malaysian case the 2 women had different chemicals that in themselves were not toxic to the women who applied them but when they were put together on the face of Kenya now they reacted in a way that they were talk sick in other cases they've been injected into individuals many people may remember the omission Rick here the Japanese cult group that released Seren on the Tokyo subway that was in a liquid form so what we often think of these as gases which is what the Syrian government has used on its people it's hard to make these things gaseous and often they come in liquid form Ok so likely a liquid form but that does not mean it would be fairly easy to transport I'm just wondering how easy it would be to bring into a country like the u.k. . So that is a good question about how it might have gotten there because it's not easy to to make it really does require a fairly sophisticated laboratory environment but as you know many things can be smuggled in or smuggled every day in and out of countries where there are lots of Commerce coming in out and a small quantity would not be volatile like an explosive and it's only. Deadly when it's administered to the skin or in a old or in just a sophisticated laboratory environment that does that suggest that broadly I mean you've given examples where this wouldn't be the case but this is suggest broadly that it would be state taxes who might be behind something like this that's most likely but it is also possible that while the state may have produces that somehow . In a dark commerce dark web environment that this is been transferred to individuals criminal gangs we don't have any evidence that that's ever happened but we should always be prepared to sort of imagine the unimaginable obviously you know broad suspicion in this country is all around Russia and I just wonder whether this makes the parallel with the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko which was a very high profile case in this country in London even stronger there certainly are some disturbing parallels in the 2 cases but I think until we know more while a state actor is the most likely at this point we can't rule out might have been some other criminal gang or some gang of individuals maybe the head of relationship with the state but we're acting on their own or some group of individuals who had some sort of profound grievance but I think the most likely case given there's kind of a pattern f.s.b. Or former the former k.g.b. Agents going after people who have defected of killing those who have defected is that a pattern that is broader than the pattern that we see just in the u.k. . Well I think it's particularly acute in the u.k. Which raises I think important foreign policy issues for United Kingdom that's in part because there are lots of people who have emigrated from Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union and there's lots of finance that's moved from Russia into London in particular but to other places across the United Kingdom. We've got the sad news we found out yesterday that also a police officer has is seriously ill as a result of this incident. Are we lucky do you think given what you've just told us that there are more people in hospital this morning. Well. Just suggestion me that this Cassidy agent was 'd pretty heavy and it was not usually shred around so I suspect a police officer actually came in contact with these individuals and either on their clothes or person he contract the agent so I think it's hard to say. Whether or not there were other people in danger at this point as John Parrott Cheney who's director of intelligence of the Rand Corporation Their us think tank focusing on the fence analysis will have more reaction to this story later on in the program were back in the Champions League football with Chris in just a few moments after we've done this. 5 life special report. All this month on 5 Live we've been asking various celebrities from different walks of the celebrity spectrum to shine a light on an issue they really care about someone is important to them now j.b. Gill who was a member of J.L.'s now a farmer presents the c. Beebies program down on the farm is the latest of our special report and he wanted to investigate where the agriculture should be a key part of the school curriculum I'm j.b. Gill I'm a pop star turned farmer and I'm here today I had no college to find out about how and why young people should learn more about food and agriculture so we're just in the lambing shed how many lambs if you go in at the moment Oh I think as I've seen hundreds of learned a lot this week on say that 7 in a ride is a little bit manic but I'm honest Oh I'm a mess I'm a lecturer in agriculture it would be nice if we could swing that actually and. Culture in some form was a coal part of curriculums both of primary and secondary level so that people actually understood what the agricultural industry was about and where the food came from do you think there is a stick among with farmers and I meant you have these vegans coming out a song a sign. Things and people like him brainwashed about what's actually going on whereas if they're down on a farm firsthand and seen what we're actually doing ussing it would she I've never to say what's going on but so much for dickless question you've ever been asked well I was told in a chicken and a child came over to me from London and said Is it a rabbit and I said no it's. I mean it might seem a bit inconceivable to be fair that he'd have a farm going to a classroom but who popped cow there we got have got cows to my left and on the right here we have a classroom where the students are learning about Manning Hello everyone I say and I missed I mean and what we learning today we're learning about the learning process they're doing it month by month Lashley happens 2nd anyone put their hands up if they know when lambs are typically born isn't it the end of us yeah so it's as you come into spring isn't it thank you very much guys thanks Mr Vane. Rabbi I I mean it's incredible I literally come out of the costume across the yard and I'm standing next to a cough and one of the students and I'm Charlie when I 1st came here I want to say spore I'm coming down is now got me into a farm and the print shipped out for Country pictures and I'm a not for their jeep I'm from a foreign background noise that was in the night very broad. So many spoke and what is it about the find so appealing I guess on emotion or sits well with humans. And this guy and I would speak to Donna Ashley. Who is the teacher here Donna why is it so important to learn about agriculture surely math and English are more important. Yes well I understand why people would think that but it's not just about agriculture it's about all the skills that are associated with it we believe we're the only secondary school in the u.k. That does this type of work that she learned about where their food comes from it's been great meeting some of the students on the agricultural courses at the college just today and it's made me feel even more strongly that farming should be an education for everybody to access. Those sent to Santa Fe So I had it on after they were pretty well you can hear more from j.b. Go on 5 live off the want to call this off the day where he'll be guest presenting off that in addition with the how you can also read j b s blog and the blogs from all our other special reporters as well and you can do so by going to the 5 live Web site. 5 Live 5 life special reports. Right let's talk about the. Real heartbreak for them last night when Billy Crystal was looking so promising after the 1st time cruise control it wasn't a big you said it was a result of a tactical mast across the I think it was from me on our Alegria the eventis boss that So there's 6 times Syriac champions back to back to back to back and then you know how many times they've won it they are the most successful team in all of its late they know how to win but for 4550 perhaps 55 minutes it didn't look like they were going to 22 from the 1st leg Tottenham one after a virtuous So 1st half performance from Saunders young men he scored their goal will hear that clip in the bullet in about 1012 minutes time. But then Alegrijes decided on the hour he was going to mix things up so he made 2 substitutions one on the 60th minute and one on the 61st now that's tactical masterclass one breaking up the play do a quick substitutions rather than 2 at the same time the 2nd one he changes his shape of his team goes for. Back 3 to a back 4 and look Stan one of the substitutes comes on at right back so with the personnel change and the shape change Tottenham just completely How did that show how did it showed terms of the way the top of the play Tottenham couldn't get on the ball and when they did eventis were much more compact had men behind them all and then when they came forward as a unit from the fullback positions Tottenham just could not cope and you they scored 2 goals in the space of 3 minutes just after those substances and then once they were heads forget about it is good not as it is an Italian say they love the offending Basie pop the jumper there's another thing again you know you can get through but you can see talking before about there was one particular moment there was in the 1st off I'd say he was a wimp Buffon and a Yes lyrics had been made and it was like they had scored a goal it was like they've won the Champions League that's how that's the premium the Italian team specifically eventis and killing him before have played for the Italian national team for so long that is the premium that they put on defending it's a wonderful photo some of the headlines you've blown it gone in 169 seconds a cruel blow for Tottenham and their boss merits postured Ciena Yes we feel disappointed but no let me do the changing room and the blue because I think that this woman was was fantastic only if we. Can cut loose 3 need to listen to minutes I think. It was a little bit unfair because these 2 stuff is tough so we were just praising. Leni because of his defending ability but he asked in a couple of fairly main quotes after the game he said of Tottenham's collapse it is the history of Tottenham they always create many and says they score so much but in the end they always miss something which is a little bit on charitable. Well a fair point and actually there was a caller on the 5 Live social last night who said if Tottenham don't win the f.a. Cup this year the merits part should see now how. We do Chris Sutton ultimately dismissed. 4 years in no trophy for poached you know yes they play wonderful football yes the game better year on year but does there need to be an end product so Manchester City in the other game last night they actually lost at home 1st time defeat since 2016 December against Chelsea they were beaten by f.c. Basel 21 but already through to the Champions League really after winning the 1st leg 4 nil so through to the quarter finals the draw is next Friday and Phil Foden age 17 he's the youngest English player ever in the Champions League knockout phase at the Stockport Messi. With anything over something Messi Let's talk briefly about Actually if you're supposed to run as well how are you feeling this morning over Phil Neville his 1st tournament as England boss kind of went Ok then they lost a good so you know it's a states in the in the wee hours yeah I think it went very r.k. Actually don't be in the 1st 2 games this is against the best 4 teams in the world serving in the ranks and the other the other of the top 4 Germany and France England drew with Germany they beat France but last night came unstuck against the USA One Nil defeat it was an own goal which you can watch on the b.b.c. Sport website amazingly 3 English deflections from the cross coming in from the left before the ball ended up in the back of the net I've already made a joke about the face in Orlando slightly Mickey Mouse defending But Phil Neville actually really positive they finished 2nd in his 1st tournament in charge I was so but it was probably the most enjoyable game I've got in that in the tournament so far because Because what we came up against you came away as a really good c. And we said before the game was going to go all told to toe and I just felt early on maybe we did showing up belief but as the game like the last 30 minutes I thought we dominated a bit later on and just a quick word on Team Sky all of the allegations and such like we've been hearing for the past couple of days Chris in a bit more pressure being applied this morning yeah and some self congratulation to the b.b.c. Sport team they've got another brilliant cycling interview which you'll hear in the program. Is the head of the sport globally the head of the u.c.i. . And he has called on them to open a fresh anti doping investigation into Team Sky following that d.c.m.s. Report earlier this week he says he's told b.b.c. Sport if you're using substances to increase your performances I think this is exactly what he's cheating Team Sky responded they say they are happy to cooperate with any investigation but did add they are concerned that that report released earlier this week included what they claim is unsubstantiated allegations Ok I know you're looking ahead to the Gold Cup So you know you as well tell them festival to I'm 5 blocks will do now from 7 o'clock this evening as well a lot to look ahead to preview in the 6 Nations we can this evening and the Formula One season as well as the children 1st of all thank you for now Chris 25 minutes past 6 a Danish inventor goes on trial for murdering a journalist this morning you might well remember this case pizza Madsen is accused of killing the Swedish journalist Kim Wagner who boarded his submarine whilst researching a story last August I reports about the savages outside the courts in Copenhagen for us good morning mad a Remind us what happened in this case. Just to set the scene a little bit case gathering so much attention there were crowds of reporters outside the cooler. And snowy day but the background to this case goes back to. Some evening long Thea dockyard about a 15 minute drive away from where I am. Something of a celebrity had his $33.00 ton submarine and him went on board in order to interview him as part of poor as he did not come back alive there is part of that body was found on the beach and imperfect bags weighed down with the bottom. Of the water and pagan that Peter Martin changed his story a number of times about water and he initially said he thought that he was safely. In charge of parents didn't want to spend on her head in the latest the way ahead at the trial and that she died from. Carbon monoxide poisoning on the plates. Coughing up her body in the weekend Ok Many believe it they're not the greatest of lines you can was feel the snow through the microphone there you from Copenhagen that's our reporter Matty Savage let's look at the business news we got guy with the Cisco. Us new look talk about there more bad news from the high street yeah we've heard a few high street horror stories only the last couple of weeks toys r us Maplin just to the high street names that going into administration will new look you know the fashion chain is not going to ministration but it is going through sort of debt restructuring it's announced it's going to close 60 stores about 1000 stuff will be made redundant bases got masses of debt and is trying to restructure that part of the wider picture you know high street retailers struggling we had on the government side is going to look into the high street and you know conduct a review we had on a guy welcome to Money Mark Williams who had approved similar view 5 years ago by the government and looking into what's going on at the High Street he was talking about how I should have to regenerate but he also mentioned business rates describing as a toxic tax so that's something that I think when you look for ever be one of the 1st kind of women's clothes shop I remember kind of being dragged around if I'm put it like Who are you know early girlfriends or. Yeah and then that sort of the stores changed over time but there is a big new look we had a new look pass and arrived at our house yesterday I think it was 1st got the My daughter had ordered she'd set up the account on her and she had asked my permission this is something you have yours and mine and this is increasingly happening like you're just buying things that it will I did I opened it and I took it and I said War No that you're not sorry I didn't have our goal is to look forward yeah Caruthers your response so you are telling her she couldn't I said well have to see what your father thinks. Well everything Yeah exactly it's hard to make decisions about things like. The rest of business. World is the problem Rachel I think the weather because I sort of thank you guys so I was always looking so so this morning actually we've got a bit of snow which is falling across parts of mid to North Wales up in swards the pen area of northern England so there's quite a bit of snow actually falling the moment so that could be some disruption to morning commutes especially of those. Trends pen areas be aware of the fact we could see as much as about $5.00 to $10.00 centimeters of snow falling here equally across the north of Wales have as much as 10 centimeters here as well now there is a chance that some of the snow could come down to fairly low levels so I think it's just something to be aware of of the next couple of hours across parts of Mid North Wales happens northern areas of England just be aware of the fact that there could be some winds from this but a snide on flood levels could cause a bit of disruption is so gradually moving its way north and east with so eventually it's a clear away and for much of England and Wales going into the off the noon it's going to be drawing for the price actually some good spells of sunshine Max and temperatures getting up to about 7 to 10 degrees over Scotland of North moderns it's a rather chilly start but they we got some frost here this morning a few wintry showers affecting northern and western Scotland into the north of north moderns but those showers mostly clear y.p. a Fair amount of cloud for Scotland but some good spells of sunshine and North might end up temperatures of about $68.00 Celsius tonights 6 with less balls the risk of some ice with a frost developing quite a wide batch across many parts into Friday morning through front of the again larger dry and fronts with some sunshine because into the weekend but this isn't right moving its way north but that will introduce some mild conditions but a short spell of snow in the north for time so. Some say farewell to a colleague. 5 Live I'm open to the b.b.c. Radio story where it's half past 6 on Thursday the 8th of March listen to good morning Asta nor Thompson and Karen Patterson Good morning our top story more than 130 Westminster M.P.'s and peers have signed a letter calling for women in Northern Ireland to have access to abortions here rather than travelling to England also with the latest developments in the investigation into the attempted murder of a former Russian spy and his daughter and after 66 years the music magazine and Emmy has its final print run this week will be looking back at its role in the music industry and Mary is at the news desk thanks Bill good morning a teacher's union says it could be prepared to name and she and schools in Northern Ireland that don't pay supply teachers there properly it's the n.a.s.u. Deputy says that are and it's voluntary grammar schools are not paying what they should just in a company from the union says schools are having budget difficulties but this should not mean they save money at the expense of staff. To the industrial tribunal for While teacher has been cut by $54.00 points per day but we believe that is a disgrace that this is happening the teacher pay regulation state quite clearly what the rate of pay should be we are fighting hard for this teacher and we will fight hard for any teacher who has not paid the correct grit kinder terrorism officers are trying to identify the source of a nerve agent used to poison a former Russian spy and his daughter insoles break Sergei and Julius cripple have been critically ill in hospital since being fined unconscious on a bench in the time a police officer who went to help is also in intensive care certainly Brenton is a former British ambassador to Moscow as the evidence has accumulated over the last 2 days particularly this conclusion this was a sophisticated of age and it points more and more clearly to Russian state action they have both motivation the victim was already accused person by person actually being a traitor. And they are one of the very few agencies in the world who deploy this sort of poison actually is a matter of routine that he should live around care is to meet the European Council president Donald to escape this afternoon they're expected to discuss Abraxane negotiations and guidelines for the future relationship between the k. And the. The White House has softened its line on President Trump's plan tariffs on steel and imports suggesting an exemption could be made for Canada and Mexico a formal announcement by the New Jersey is expected as early as today with the measures coming into effect within 2 weeks and that's all from me until Thursday and that means it's time for a look at the weather and here's Jeff good morning to you Well it is a chilly start with temperatures in a few spots down as low as minus 5 this morning so a widespread frost across inland areas of Northern Ireland especially for eastern candies and the yellow warning of ice remains in place until 11 o'clock further west there is a little bit more in the way of plaid and some showers working in from the northwest the showers through being driven by an area of low pressure sensed on the Western Isles are going to continue to be a feature throughout the day could turn heavy and wintry at times between the showers though we will see some some these bills developing so brighter than yesterday with light winds and highs of 9 degrees it should feel pleasant enough if you're out and about this afternoon thank you but I called Nippy start for motorists to take care and account and when they're setting off yes indeed Karen it is a as Jeff was saying a frosty icy start this morning so take extra care driving Meanwhile on the Outer Ring Road in East Belfast there's a burst water main on the a 55 between Rosetta and the Crego road also there's water running down the rocky road there at Castle Ray and I both locations have been salted but given the subzero temperatures drivers should take extreme care in these areas meanwhile and resurfacing continues on the road with a one way to closure between kagi road and leaders park the traffic heading towards by Claire is being diverted to. Along the trench ill road and Easton road while dope on traffic is using the khaki Road Bridge Road Station route and the sun will rise at 656 will set the 13 minutes past 6 on the high tide and both fast 1457 All right let's take a look then shall we at the stories making the front pages this morning beginning with the Belfast Telegraph and I quote dominates there she was enjoying it I would have freaked out had I known she was upset at this the quote from the star Paddy Jackson who. Made the comments during at the ongoing trial and he denies of course forcing a student to have sex with him claiming that the alleged victim had been flirting with him during a party at his home I got the impression she liked me he said the Belfast man also said if he had known the woman was upset he would have completely freaked out he told the court she got the impression that she liked me it was nice and I liked her back. The newsletter The Daily Mirror in the sun all share that headline Jackson tells Cordy didn't force himself on women there is Jackson I didn't force myself on of the newsletter the marriage claimed girl was enjoying it the sun Jackson drinking for 2 days after a rape claim 40 other big story on the front pages today beginning with The Daily Telegraph police man poisoned by Russian spy a nerve agent and the paper reporting that the unnamed officer was one of the 1st on the scene on Sunday when surrogates people under Daughter unit where attacked why would be assassins at a shopping arcade in the city center the policeman was initially traces the hospital as a precaution and then discharged its condition deteriorated and he was readmitted on Tuesday and taken into intensive care that story accompanied by a dramatic image of a police officer and protective equipment in Salzburg one of the scenes of investigation of what was an attack by a nerve agent double agent just. The Times but inside a lifelong friend turned stalkers to. Terrorizing us say the Firths police and it lead us to getting a journalist accused of stalking the wife of Colin Firth and threatening to reformat the Daily Mail Russia could cripple u.k. Is the headline and the paper reporting that Russia has developed the capacity to cripple Britain with cyber attacks that's according to a military intelligence chief Sir Chris Devereux said Kremlin agents could shut down power supplies hijack air traffic control and even disable air conditioning inside the Guardian we have the music's over and then he goes online as time runs out for the print version and some iconic covers from the 66 years of the magazine blur no way says the Sex Pistols Amy White House David Bowie and Stone Roses The list is endless and not just running out of course for and then yesterday we reported on the resignation of Gary Cohen Donald Trump's top economic adviser and. Big falls on the stock market Matt and his usual my sense of humor on the front page of the day is how the graph today has an image of to a White House officials walking up the steps into the White House and underneath the quote it was Andy Warhol he said in the future everyone will work at the White House for 15. Nigel's got news for the Champions League Oh a little and also in a sort of. Spurs of course was lied to Todd in job Rob spurs from Pitts in the early Telegraph seconds I taught them cruising into last year 169 seconds later in the event it's double and so there James I have this I this image in my head in all of you like any other football supporters certain for your television last night your spurs top all of that choir practice. No idea where to go with. Let's move on. Gavin Castro Yeah exactly maybe he would one day be one of one of. Our of a dirty the by Piers of the sun but they're really disappointing said time for POTUS you know to go. Oh don't be that Dick there were fans like that I don't really know sort of saying you know he's not you know this top of the club desk that's not the with anything during his golden era with how he can in the top of the cup. Well for minor traffic on the strong side though when they were asked why they feel sort of I don't want to believe you do want to make this about me and I think if you believe that you believe a Spurs supporters just use the arson vendor excuss be afaik help. But so I guess the big question that Spurs fans will be asking as well is you know it's not Harry Cain's last Champions League him and the Spurs Yeah sure does well but I didn't so he was disappointing after doing so well in the 1st leg going going to know early on to come back in the game and and then to have it all go wrong in the home league last night and to go out at that stage last 16 of the competition was a hugely disappointing for Forsberg and David indeed that mean on Marconi He's expected to be asked about recruiting players born in Northern Ireland after yesterday's For Yeah this is the period show all the Belfast Telegraph interview with Billy how most of the Michael has taken a big step the halting f.a. Ice raids this is according to course World Cup hero. Northern and monitored Michael Neil's comments this week about the F.B.I.'s policy on recruiting northern born players to turn out for the Republicans believe said the 2 O'Neals more than Michael Michael saying he would like a gentleman's agreement with with Martin over the issue. At the Scotians have actually gone on and Morton today will be expected to be asked about it as he attends a squad in the incident in Dublin you know if you're Martin would you agree to a gentleman's agreement would you not well that's likely what he's going to be asked by today and what they're what I think Michael is seeking to use to you to force this or you know try and get this gentleman's agreement is that the f.a. I would not pursue players between the ages of $17.21 who have already represented Northern Ireland which at the moment of course. You know the Republic can pursue those players in camp try and persuade them to to to play for the Republic and even if they have represented Northern Ireland it on various level. So Michael obviously would like to try and see that change he can't make it a lot coming at a real it would have to be gone with with the consent and we'll see with Martin has to say about the issue at later on today as they say when he attends that squad session in Dublin unscrews success making the headlines yes also the back page of the of the Belfast very happy group of girls from really any who hosted the hockey east Belfast Telegraph Schools Cup And yesterday after a dramatic penalty shoot out when over a bomb bridge a cow to me and in rugby were course going south of the big day of coming up. Monday Monday week of course the they some Patrick's Day finals which will be on subjects they will be on the Monday this year of course with some Patrick's Day being on Saturday and it was school or my yesterday ending our b r A's r.b.i. Israel as champions in rugby Schools Cup as school Arma winning the semifinal yesterday and thrilling style as well so they'll move on line to the final So the time of the year again we're all geared up for a big day of school smooth and in the not too distant future and I get like you very much lots more coming up to the program but right now let's turn attention to farming with Martin Kathy the Irish Farmers Association has issued a stark warning on Bragg's it claiming the u.k. Government is planning a cheap food policy that would undermine the market with imported beef producers with hormonal growth promoters and chlorinated chicken the president of the i.f.a. Joel Healy claims trees I'm a Steadman so run standards and fair competition have been vague and misleading and he says could seriously devalue the British market for Irish beef and dairy exports be afraid of and I had the honor of speaking to which conference about 2 months ago I was already a national average union conference in Birmingham 2 weeks before last and. No talking to farmers you know privately in groups that's what they're afraid of as well and a cheap food policy and doing trade deals with countries where the standards and the costs of production our current theory are to flush the u.k. Farmer is doing and producing and are inferior to watch we Europeans are doing it at the cost of production to produce that top quality food is rather high and I think a cheap food policy would decimation a lot of the farmers in the u.k. So the worry that I think we have it and the u.k. Have it in a similar way we're worried about they told us will be left in the Common Agricultural Policy and the budget there be a net loss of about 3 and a half 1000000000 and I think u.k. Farmers are quite worried about what will replace at the direct payments as they know them in the future because there's no rate certainty around that I have faith president jewel he has been helping coordinate efforts to address an acute father shortage in many countries across the republic the former situation in some northern and farms has also turned critical the heavy snowfall in icy conditions last week pushing turn idea by an alert to do 3 weeks William Irvine of the us he's dairy committee says Sally John Hay supplies are tight on many farms. Stored from the growing conditions were very well at. Least when Great them up but then the snow was we don't know how many. Granger's extremely wet with them I don't screw you know integration so. It's going to doesn't look like an early spring and when are concerns about fiber supplies and some farms at least. Some farms. And much more a place. To problems but what I am here. To play fair. They don't need them to come stand around and the place isn't as bad as was being predicted she prices not from the large talk I'm a commission of rather violent huggers range from 402515 pence for the average of 463 pence a kilo a ballerina hog a train 452527 the average there 466 pence a mother in a skill in Harvest range from 452-2496 pence for our marked report we had to market Hill where auctioneer Hampton Hewitt can give us a roundup of trade urged Arsenal to treat our Asian for a kept half or all are sold at $76078.00 on the $730.00 on the carriage carriage 142-164-2870 Q Shariat $1438.00 out of there $163.00 for 760 give is a travesty say rash regime 117 to walk 33 percent and give thanks 45 a 2nd quality from 90 to one Ok when the cursed age from 70 to 80 k. On the test the cobs good quality bulging to 40 to 3 trying day aspiration to yawned 3 o 5 a bit hard edged for 72 for 22 came as a 140 I got a base 464422 point 4104 and a bottle 432-4050 Patrick you know they are good short some on the on the purge each market Hill a not for farming this morning Martin cast me there and Jeff's got the long distance weather for us it's a very cold start to the day with current temperatures dance lows minus 5 across Northern Ireland but the general sense that has an area of low pressure sitting at over the Western Isles at the moment and that is driving some showers into the northwest is showing up as snow on the right are over the don't legal hills at the moment and we will see the chance of those wintry showers pushing in little further east as we go through the day this morning though it's the issue is is of a widespread frost to across the inland Eastern can't know with some light minimum temperatures last night sent the icy windscreens is my month taken in the extra. Shifting in my mind is a bit of a bit of a job this morning we have a nice warning in place that's bad through until 9 o'clock this morning so as we go through the day that we will see some decent sunny spells developing it's going to be brighter than it was yesterday topped out bridges between 6 and 9 degrees and with only light winds that should be really rather pleasant but the clearing skies mean that overnight tonight Frost will be more widespread and we will again see those temperatures plunging down to minus 5 to minus 2 degrees with a low cost Northern Ireland tonight tomorrow where in that set up of cold nights and brighter days with a chance of some wintry showers that's certainly going to be the theme as we go through Friday but actually I think I was going to be quite a decent then again the winds easing back so should feel pretty pleasant out and about enjoy it because by the time we get to Saturday we've got an area of low pressure sitting to the south as it's gradually moving north bringing rain across northern Ireland so dull and wet but it is introducing some slightly more mild as the temperatures darting for cover will be up into double figures by the time we get to Saturday Sunday will be cloudy but dryer and turning chilly again on Sunday night brightening up with the chance of showers for one day All right Jeff thank you 647 the news headlines the teachers union says it could be prepared to name and shame schools in Northern Ireland that don't pay supply teachers their proper rate counter-terrorism officers are trying to identify the source of a nerve agent used to poison a former Russian spy and his daughter and souls break and the teacher goes to meet the European Council president Donald Tusk this afternoon close got to business 1st war in June prices well as prices in Northern Ireland rose in February but the market is becoming more cautious That's according to the latest survey out today from their Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and also a bank and said that the number of people looking to buy a new home eased back slightly last month and that expectations for sales activity in the next 3 months. Dipped to its lowest level in the past 5 years but because there are very few new highs is coming onto the market that means there's still a lot of upward pressure on prices I've been speaking to our I.C.'s spokesman Samuel decking he says that surveyors here are more cautious because of political uncertainty so bears are being slightly more cautious and the sentiment there in the survey are just all the noise or r. And Rex or. The luck of the storm or executive hearts all order all that sort of stuff so I think that there's an optimism still there with the price of have risen and fabric they are set to rise more this year but they still bear excessive shortage of supplies so permeating through the main factor I believe we had a particularly grim months of weather last month so you can really things to pick up in March April May June anyway resale market probably come to the market a lot more about I would hear boulders are putting you into the system we're just kind of caught in a we haven't got a great supply of you know I'm going to market the supply refill them suspend sluggish the driving factor out we're not seeing a lot of sale and we've had some more bad news from the High Street that Newark plans to clue 60 stores across the u.k. As part of a rescue day to help avoid going into administration one of the stage none of those affected are based in Northern Ireland but about 980 staff across the u.k. Face we've done say the chairman Osterman George said that the cuts were tough but necessary and that it hopes to redeploy employees within the business where possible Deloitte is handling the firm's company voluntary agreement and said it's an extremely challenging market because of things like weaker consumer confidence the implications of Bragg's it and competition from online channels but this fancy plan still needs to be approved by its creditors so we'll find out whether or not it's been approved on the 21st of March. But this is really the latest in a series of retailers having a tough time last week we heard toys r us fell into administration along with Mark Glenn Mark Williams was term mine of the last government task force set up to a time Center 6 years ago and he told b.b.c. 5 Live that there are just too many shops in the u.k. The structural change in retail means that we have too much retail space in the u.k. It doesn't mean to say that the high street is to go it just needs to shrink and we suggested that towns needed to adapt to that and make themselves much better places where people could work live eat as well as shop and we made a series of recommendations relating to local authority intervention through to change the rating system business rates isn't is a toxic tax it is that the we made a very clear recommendation that it needs a wholesale review and if we take a look at the markets the Vit c. Closed up 11 points yesterday so that means it will open this morning at 7150 it a point is worth $1.39 and $1.00 euro 12 and that makes euro worth $89.00 pence. Wouldn't the coffee cup clicks to the chest as one of the iconic signs of civilization exit is everyone here rushing around rather how do before that happened there in the u.k. Ticker coffees so because the M.P.'s recently called for a special tax on this was work up steroid use of course huge amount of waste they generate but in Italy things are different there to walk around with coffee is seen as a grave sin they know hide their correspondent James Reynolds reports. Also order that their 2 Italians coffee is overwhelmingly simple you enter a coffee bar you order a drink you leave you don't carry it with you in a large takeaway cup in the u.k. And. It's become almost biologically impossible to wander around a large city without a takeaway coffee in your hands but Italians wouldn't dream of doing the same. An Italian food blogger says that you have to give the coffee your full attention. Coffee is something that is. Very strong have. Several times during the day and you know why because we love to take a break and that's why we are and we are friends. And. Tally and done drink takeaway coffee. Thing we want to see the coffee prepared in front of. A press. Pop into the local coffee hot a dozen times a day they can do this because the entire process often takes less than a minute I decided to time myself. From ordering the espresso to drinking it took exactly 40 seconds Italians deliberately serve their coffee temperatures allowing you to finish it in one go there's no ostentatious sipping waiting for the drink to cool so with Italians ever switch to take away. Now I don't know never. Explains in more detail. They know that. Is the general. Like in u.s. And u.k. And you travel a lot. You have these possibilities to stop drinking believe you but I think that to let him eat. Pick you wake up Caminiti will be a long story we need time to take. I think we will have to wait a long time before to see Thailand's working with a cup of coffee and tea and coffee for our culture and. Quite right too absolutely we were there quite recently a real phenomenon to just walk into these little bars and say oh it all works but the secret is James mentioned is that coffee is sold that little bit cooler so you can literally have your suppressor in and out straight away you know the mortal sin in the government and drinking cup which you know after midday or yeah. They like a strong black. It's $655.00 a man's appear in court in Denmark accused of murdering journalist Kimora was interviewing the inventor Peter Madsen on board his homemade submarine off the Danish coast when she went missing last August police later found her body instruments and denies intentionally killing that reporter he's appearing in court in Copenhagen from there the B.B.C.'s Madison average American who is something of a minus the Liberty here in Scandinavia at the courthouse in just a couple of hours but the background to this story dates back to a warm night in August last year a lot about a 15 minute drive away from Haiti where pizza mountain kept his submarine came follow respected Swedish journalist to interview him but he didn't come back alive . Changed his story about what happened a number of the times he initially said they took her off safely He then said she died in a tragic accident when Hans fell on her head and then he said that she died from carbon monoxide poisoning at me to. So there have already been there is going to trial here is expected state 12 days spread over 7 weeks if it's American is convicted of murder he thought and to face a sentence a life sentence which would mean 15 to 17 years in prison here in Denmark without parole we could all say it is sent to a secure mental health money Savidge reporting as have our thought for the day this morning with Wilson Burgess a recent report that young people are becoming dependent on social media for their sense of worth may be a cause for concern the report find that they worry and measure their status on how he would look on him much public approval they get online decided by the number of likes they receive that might be fair to say that it is not only young people who worry about hard that look on her well they are liked the only time I had the word like directed at me as a young person was when I took the door of the elderly lady for the umpteenth time to ask her to return my ball from her garden under She hunted me back the ball for the team's time she hissed I couldn't like you if I reared you was my 1st introduction to the word like that worried me so much that never again did I put my ball in her garden. Jesus set site 7 different arguments and defenses against wary condensed his argument is that worry as needless useless and even actively injurious the past is past it is not that a mom or woman should dissociate themselves from the past but maybe we should use her past as a spur not something to brood of but until we have her selves worried into a state of paralysis. Us over Khayyam would have it the moving finger writes and having written moves on Jesus said that where he can be beaten when we learn the art of living one day at a time if each day as lived as it comes if each piece of work as done as it appears then the total number of days as buying to be good and we can stop worrying about they are unknown future and things which may never happen. We listen to this advice it is only likely that we will ever have to depend on how many likes we receive online or offline. And that was Wilson Burgess there with today's thought for the day and I've been meaning to ask you because it's been reported today that you've got an Alexa reason people who was back. You got an Alexa to have you seen these reports that the giggling sister is mine hasn't no laughs not. Delivered. But very boring Alexa. If you're Alexa has been laughing at your parents got this quite sinister laugh that sort of spontaneously starts whenever you're least expecting up and Amazon today at telling us that they're doing the very very best to fix up but apparently with limited success if you like technological fail already Other expect to deliver is a real expense liveries did I was through the tax number on and we can all laugh about it.