Kohls was stupendously difficult for non-specialists to grasp but he turned out to have a genius for communication he gave lectures and interviews and became an unlikely celebrity even appeared in The Simpsons the prime minister will later set out measures she'll take again small scale after it failed to meet a deadline to explain why a Russian nerve agents was used in the poisoning of a former spy and so spree the Kremlin has denied involvement in the attempted murder of Sergei I knew a script and says any measures taken against it will meet with a response Alexander of a that so you have it she chill get is Russia's representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons let me assure you there has never been any kind of these military chemical program with such a name on the beach York in the Russian the duration last year we pull your gun or biggish ns but he got in the destruction of chemical weapons and we did it here did the deadline the u.s. France and Germany have all said they support the u.k. Government's Aurthur Amy Knight says previous sanctions against Russia have hit Putin they did have a troubling effect on the Russian economy and then if more sanctions are introduce against people who are close to him or even some all dark so live in London and enjoy the west that could cause some discontent within Putin's elite counterterrorism police are investigating the unexplained death of a Russian exile at his home in southwest London on Monday Nikolai clash called was an associate of a vocal critic of President Putin Police say there's no evidence to suggest a link to the attack in Seoul spree. The former u.s. Secretary of state's Rex Tillerson has warned of Russia's troubling behavior and actions in a parting statements after being fired by Donald Trump in his speech he didn't thank the president to praise his policies the CIA director Mike Pompei I will replace him Stephen Costello is an independent political analyst pump aoe can't be much worse than Tillerson he could be more dangerous we may have traded in incompetent amateur until recent or more of a partisan enabler in jail Trump has shown himself to be rather impulsive it may be that he is now going to allow himself to be more impulsive and that the people around him including his secretary of state will support that prosecutors in Florida seeking the death penalty for the teenager accused of killing 17 people at a high school last month 19 year old Nicholas Cruz has admitted carrying out the attack and is charged with premeditated murder. And a chess data analyzed by the b.b.c. Shows that 12 people a day being treated in hospitals for knife attacks the number of victims on the 16 is at a 7 year high reports and I glaze be how small Well the most recent figures from the n.h.s. Show over a year there were almost 4 and a half 1000 hospital admissions in England where the patient had been attacked with a knife now that's around 12 a day and last year the number of under 16 is going to hospital with knife wings was at its highest level for 7 years now today an emergency consultant at the northern general hospital in Sheffield says his department was treating maybe one or 2 knife wounds a month a couple of years ago now they're dealing with around 3 a we. The government has to spend $50000000.00 pounds on trying to ease racial and religious tensions the funds will be spent on initiatives designed to bring communities together as Mark Easton reports 17 years after race riots in Bradford and unofficial reports that warned of highly segregated communities the city will today be named among 5 places in England that must adopt an integration plan the others a black burn Peterborough Walsall and Waltham Forest in London all areas with a history of racial and ethnic tensions the integrated communities strategy will also announce some extra support for English language classes state provision has hard in the last few years new targeted help to improve economic opportunities for people in segregated communities particularly women and schemes to encourage school pupils to form lasting relationships with those from different backgrounds there's a warning that Bracks it could lead to increased pressure on the n.h.s. a New report says it might bring staffing challenges on delay the approval of me mad a sense that think tank u.k. In changing Europe also suggests we might need to take out private health insurance before travelling to the consonance Professor Ammons manager is its director responding a little bit speculative in the sense that we're talking about the future but given the sort of deal we can expect from the then there are problems we need to start thinking about ahead of time into the staffing into the patients rights incentives of medication and medical devices there are all sorts of potential problems in the road for the n.h.s. As a result of Rex and I think the issue over the ability of people whether the n.h.s. Will be able to attract enough staff medical and other staff and whether patients British citizens who want to go to Continental Europe are able to enjoy the same rights as they do now I think they're the 2 things that will bite the probably. Britain has sent 4000 academic books to help restock the university library at Mosul in Iraq almost all the books in its were banned by the so-called Islamic state when their fighters occupied the city and one in full parents apparently admit that they have the favorite child that's high in the older generation with nearly half of grandparents admitting to performing wanted grandchild over the others carry weighs in is the coeditor of grounds nets which carried out the say that a grandparent it tends to be the oldest perhaps because that the child has made them the Graham parent and they will always have a special place and with parents it has to be the youngest I guess is when you have 0 to one to have busy running around and then you suddenly realize they got the 1st new thing on Tuesday but also other reason to paper people gave it to the favorite was easy children pick the parents the easy ones kind of ended up being more faded and children made unlawful wait they came up pretty well with the sport and I still rocks Thank you James Marino has dismissed Manchester United Champions League exit at the hands of severe has not the end of the world they lost at the last 16 stage last night and yet are in a friendly I. Was shocked I was trying to drag me back to the floor was played in had it all talked about that was because I was a kid I had such was I never want to become a shocking coward was one good night you don't write in a chance to change me when I see one defeat at home to severe them after a goalless 1st leg substitute with some band yell at the dam which despite normal a car pulling a goal back later on United's approach to the game has been criticised for not being attacking enough but manager Joe 17 yo says he has no problem with the way they played I don't have regrets I do my best the players in them best we tried. We lost and that's what all I was in the performance was about I think the invention and the way we started it was it was really good and it was really positive the 1st will always change the direction of the game sometimes I am looking for changes other times other managers are looking river changes Meanwhile merinos decision to work as a World Cup pundit for the Kremlin backs t.v. Channel r.t. Has been strongly criticised by an m.p. Following the Solsbury poisoning attack the Member for Rondo Chris Bryant claims it's blood money paid directly from the Russian state coffers the United manager has repeatedly refused to answer any questions about the role elsewhere in the Champions League Romer's one will win at home to shout down yet sees them through on away goals Chelsea are at Barcelona tonight as they treat try to reach the competition's last 8 and the neo con today says they'll need to play the perfect game to progress after the 1st leg finished one all in the Championship Cardiff City kept pace with leaders wolves but crucially now a 7 point lead over 3rd placed Aston Villa Carlos $31.00 come from behind win at Brentford means they remain 3 adrift of the leaders villas 31 defeat though at home to keep to great feeling you know I'm right proud of my lads you know a lot of teams would have gone under tonight look at the premier the start we had in the way they were playing but boy did we stick in knowing in their show the character that we've got and then the football came through with the start passing it around and I just thought it was a really good team performance elsewhere Aberdeen are through to the semifinals of the Scottish Cup beating Kilmarnock on penalties in their quarter final replay find all of last night's results on the b.b.c. Sport website and Mark Hughes is in talks with Southampton over their managerial vacancy Hughes spent 2 years at the club as a player now Great Britain how a good chance of winning another medal at the Paralympic Games shortly j.j. Charmers joins us live with the time. Yes it's a tough. This isn't a class that we're beginning to see. The visually impaired so I would start to see familiar names within manifest Patrick and Guy Jana Keogh who have already won a bronze and a silver in the are playing classes so far are looking at a good position this is a giant slalom it's made of 2 runs there in the 2nd position after 2 runs also in this camp Egypt for Paralympics g.b. Kelly Gallagher the only British woman to ever want to medal on the Snow she's sitting back in 5th almost a 2nd and a half behind you going to have to work hard to make up that deficit merely Knight who is we've also seen 2 medals from this week is sitting back in 6th but they're up against Slovakia and Henrietta Farkas over who is going for her 9th Paralympic gold absolutely world class and certainly want to wait to watch James Whitley is also an astounding classy sitting in 11th at the moment British wheelchair curlers a bounce back after a terrible day yesterday 2 losses to Slovakia in the neutral Paralympic athletes they managed to win against Germany this morning 83 thank you very much 1st j.j. Charmers live from South Korea back at home before Dehradun by jockey Barry Garrity has joined some of jump racing's greats by winning back to back stagings of the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival but the 64 on favorite only took the prestigious prize narrowly beaten Mellon by a neck here is his trainer Nicky Henderson is a young horse isn't any done everything right away even if they thought it was a penalty kick and he got a battle he did what he had to do and he did it where he had to you know you probably wasn't neck down but it was very sad Come on we got to go he did a pretty head down and you know exactly what he was doing in cricket in England are in action at the moments in there told Matt shout Seddon park in Hamilton taking on a New Zealand 11 Live now to Simon Mann is a 2 day day night game with 5 minutes or so before the dinner break in the sunshine New Zealand 112-0346 lots of test players in the top thought about. Most of them failed they were $35.00 at one stage I understand that 2 wickets would taken 2 wickets and Stuart Broad is bowling the moments taken when we get $35.00 then and then Tom blunder he's made a century for the New Zealand 11 he made a 100 on his Test debut is not in the squad for next week's 1st Test at Eden Park because b.j. What thing is fit between a pioneering problem he's held in England up just before the dinner break then you Zealand 112074 6 another binder goes across the rope Simon Mann thank you very much Caroline Wozniak is out of the Indian Wells tall amount she's lost to 20 year old Russian Daria Cass at Karina in straight sets now for a look at the weather his Louise live at the b.b.c. Weather Center good morning it's so west east divide across the country today for eastern Scotland the Midlands and eastern England a chilly start with temperatures close to freezing but with clear skies as should be some decent spells of sunshine for many and temperatures will quickly respond it'll be windy than of late but the winds are coming from the southwest so mild a source and it's possible temperatures could peak between 11 and 14 Celsius and further west it's a different story a deep area of low pressure sitting out in the Atlantic will push rain and gales into southwest England Wales Northern Ireland and western Scotland during the morning and it's going to linger for much of the day now the heaviest of the rain is likely to be across much of coal and Devon elsewhere there's a potential for it to be quite light and patchy and temperatures will climb to highs of 9 to 11 Celsius Wednesday night into Thursday we're likely to see more rain predominantly in the West but this will push across eastern England by Thursday rush hour and then slow down across southwest cotland and northern England by the afternoon following on behind an afternoon of sunny spells and scattered showers some of these may will be heavy and thundery but winds will easily through the day and temperatures a few degrees down on today's Valley now by Friday we're likely to see the beginning of an easterly flow rates. And then this may well turn a few showers along the far northeast coast of Scotland and England wintry this is the beginning of another brief cold snap pushing in from northern Europe so by the weekend be prepared for temperatures to struggle to climb above low single figures with a significant wind chill and the threat of further snow showers 5 live weather thanks Louise and just a recap of our top story this morning the news that Professor Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76 The physicist was describes by his children as an extraordinary man and legacy would live on for many years it's 550. Good morning the world's most popular scientist and the man who made science popular Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76 comes to mind with Sean Farrington who will be reflecting on Professor Hawking's life and the almost indescribable impact he had on science and of course people's interest in it we'd love to hear your thoughts on that as well send us a text on 85 o 5 am on the program we'll be looking at what sanctions could be imposed on Russia by the u.k. What response might Russia take in return and we'll be catching up on the rest of the chancellor spring statement from like payments to copper coins Mickey good morning what else is making the paper headlines. Played his lead on the threat of sanctions against Russia in that spy scandal but the Financial Times leads on Hammons upbeat assessment of the U.K.'s finances while the Business Insider website Britain will be still prime payment until 2064 after a fall in 76 point yes see the Footsie 100 will start the day at 7138 wake up some money on b.b.c. Radio 5 Live. A story going to talk about a lot of life today the world renowned physicist Professor Stephen Hawking does died at the age of 76 he's known for his work with black holes and relativity and a cause that those several popular science books including a brief history of time which for science book on a complicated topic selling 10000000 copies is quite something he's given just a few years to live at the age of 22 after being diagnosed with motor neuron disease something he was philosophical about certainly. I was bored with life but the prospect of an early. Life was. There so much work and so much. A real feeling of achievement. Made a modest but significant contribution to human. Condition . A modest but significant contribution as Professor Hawking put it him self John Sarkissian joins us now Operation scientist Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia which was the inspiration for the film The Day Should we've been lots of reaction from all 4 corners the globe already on social media to this John very good morning to you from here in the u.k. You want to highlight the morning how are you very well here thank you John John how can you sort of put into words the impact that Stephen Hawking had on the world of science. Well Stephen was was an exceptional theoretical physicists and cosmologists the great passion in life was to unite the quantum theory with general relativity to produce. Another arching theory of everything to combine theory that we can but that would explain the great forces of nature but I think he's great celebrity in many ways because. It was achieved in his 9098 book a brief history of time where he was able to take those really deep really complex ideas that he'd been working on and put it into layman's terms so that normal everyday people could read and understand what it is that he was doing and of course his great disability was the thing that that inspired people because 'd despite his disability he was still able to do that incredible work that writing intellectual work in it is his body may have been a way that he is mine was very very strong and that's what really inspired people around the world we look at the book Joe and you know that he is on a brief history of time selling $10000000.00 copies what was said about Stephen Hawking and his approach to meant that he would be a scientist that would sell so many copies of a book like not. Well I think again because it was his disability and his. Is ability to to put complex ideas into into into a form that the people can understand I believe. In the 1st few in the 1st chapter of the book he said loudly one question in the entire book and he started it and then from then on there were no more equations there were just words but in every day and so that people could understand his work and and and and I think that was his credit Jim He was a great popularizer of he's he's he's of his work and of the work of others and. And I think that's that's that's that was his great achievement he was a great thinker but was also a great popularizers when John went by the whether you understand so and so and all take an interest and so on as I know he was very inspirational he was as good as he creates he's deaf crazy to vacuum all the people in the silence industry now who can follow in these footsteps Oh I think I think there are in I mean he inspired a lot of people and I have colleagues and friends who when his book came out in a Reddit and I were inspired thinking that that's what I want to do that's what I want to understand now there are people who are motivated to chime in and continue the legacy of his his of his of his of his work to try and find a theory of everything that will unify all the forces of nature in that single theory and there are many brilliant physicists and cosmologists in the world today who are inspired by him. And you know one day he now I'm sure someone will come up with that theory. The theory of everything. And you know he cheated death many times Stephen and not in 85 he came very very close to dying many contract. An infection and the doctors had to perform an emergency chickie on. Me on it. It saved his life but it rendered him speechless but ironically the word the. Voice synthesizer that was developed actually gave him one of the the world's most recognizable voices. So you hear that voice and you really tell that Stephen Hawking he inspired people. Through that great disability of his. To say well if he can do that and what can I do you know who doesn't suffer from that disability I have no excuses I should get on with things John thank you very much for coming on and sharing your thoughts with us this morning. Very much appreciated . John Sarkissian there who's the operations scientist at the parks radio telescope in Australia are there are many people Mickey who will be known by so many people right around the world and I've had that and an impact on you know if you work in science the knock on effect for various technologies just the people who Stephen Hawking will have inspired it will have gone on to work in many other businesses that may not today be necessarily directly linked to the science that Stephen Hawking talking about well we rely heavily on science you know as a society and in this country we've been very lucky with the plethora of Sciences summonses have come through. But he stood out among them without question I would love to hear your thoughts on this were you one of those that maybe as you were applying to start to do science at university felt you had to read Brief History of Time in mice to get teeth into it did you buy the book back in 988 when it became set on its way to becoming a bestseller Stephen Hawking the impact on your life has touched so many people's lives in popular culture as well do let us know your thoughts you can text as an 8558 or get in touch on social media use the hash tag wake up to money as well lots of people discussing this on Twitter this morning. Right let's cross to Singapore Now Rico he's on Georgia's karaoke Very Good Morning America Yeah thank you to Stephen Hawking I mean he's a great scientist indeed he will be missed in this universe he will be. This morning we're going to be talking about President Trump sucking his secretary of state Rex Tillerson this is impacting Asian markets Sean it's actually already having an effect on stock markets that's right basically 3 factors Mike Pompei Oh who is the new secretary of state who's replacing Rex Tillerson he's impacting the markets rising u.s. Protectionism and more tariffs against China so these are the 3 factors that are having on the horn effect on the Asian stocks because a lot of analysts are showing saying that there might Pompei o is a global trade in the foreign policy hawk who will put the u.s. On course for trade showdown with Beijing and also tough and hard line negotiations with North Korea and of course there is also an announcement from some sources that the President Trump will be imposing hefty carrots of up to $60000000000.00 of Chinese imports targeted at information technology consumer electronics and telecommunications by next week so this is the pressing the likes of Japan China Hong Kong Singapore and the Indian markets never usually a winner when it comes to tried was a lot about the markets Rico the London there and you know see the Dow down 266 points in this morning by signing saying and the Nikkei down around one percent so it's been a knock on effects perhaps now. We can get him back on the program. Absolutely we'll have a next right after me interviewed him when he was. That's right and you know mobile and he was fired by a tweet believe a bull I mean that even the courtesy of. Thank you so much for your service through what to eat I mean. It's the main reason reason make you not go going on Twitter I think. Mickey stay away from social media. Wise advice. How are the markets then just finally doing what the latest figures he said well they're all down japanned one percent you have the hunk saying index down by point 6 percent together with the cost be index but there seems to be some traders who are buying in the short term recently battered defense equipment stocks because there's also speculation that the appointment of Pompei o could race and geopolitical tensions particularly in the Korean peninsula China and Japan so there are some bargain hunters out there looking for. Stocks that have been sold down significantly over the past few days well Rick of I'll see your geopolitical tensions in those areas and I'll raise you a raise your Russia because it's making a lot of the headlines here in the u.k. This morning thank you very much thanks so much gentlemen then to your listeners by so. All these threats and bravado that we've talked and heard about between Russia the u.k. Russia refusing to cooperate with the u.k. Inquiry into hair and expiry and his daughter were poisoned until it has been given a sample of the substance used that's what the Russian foreign minister said a while to reason why as promised punitive punitive action Russia's retaliated by saying any measures will be met with a response so. A sanctions war Mickey rather than a trade war yeah and I'm equally as powerful What is bit Chilean is that they've turned around and says you know you shouldn't push your fellow nuclear power around I mean bringing in the word nuclear does suggest that they're ready to escalate it which is unfortunate certainly the muscle flexing going on there it's a balancing act for the government because of how much Russian business takes place here in the city of London as b.b.c. Business editor Simon Jack explains it's tricky to her Russia without also hurting the u.k. And the reason is going to match her tough rhetoric with a crackdown on u.k. Russian business types will find herself pushing through a pretty thick pretty complex and lucrative web of interests that touch things like u.k. Football clubs members of the House of Lords and some of the most valuable assets that u.k. Companies own perhaps the most striking example is b.p. Which owns 20 percent of state controlled Russian oil and gas giant step probably worth repeating a foot c. $100.00 company owns a 5th of Russia's most valuable company so far the stock market hasn't moved to apply discount to B.P.'s holding and sources close to the company said they hope that any sanctions would target individuals rather than important for an asset supreme and on is where the senior multi assets strategist that picked a Asset Management supreme morning when I mean well you very well thank you when you hear what Simon Jack saying there about the impact on the city. Is that being talked about already do you think not so much actually and for a couple of reasons sanctions can only be effective if they're applied multilaterally so they need cooperation from the e.u. And the us however they may have other priorities you cooperation could be held back by that pendens on Russian gas supplies Russia comes for about 30 percent of gas flowing into the e.u. And there's little appetite to turn off the gas taps in Europe in households and of course the u.s. As you discussed earlier is a bit distracted by the by the firing of Tellus and the transition. After that to pump a 0 and also sanctions can only be effective if they could access to markets or access for instance to the us with system for payments internationally and this is highly unlikely that we think that would be a last nuclear option for the authorities for the global system so we're only likely to get more symbolic measure as diplomatic sanctions perhaps curbs on particular individuals rather than more wide ranging measures and so they will largely be ineffective without a massive impact on markets are seeing a seem to remember Supriya the difficulties that b.p. Got with its involvement in Russia just just what 10 years ago what is it about the u.k. What attracts Russian businesses and business people to London well it is the you know the legal system the infrastructure in place for the markets for you know sort of there. For contracts all of these you know infrastructural issues which are very much lacking in Russia so and it also provides a little bit of a safe haven for the Russians who might be under attack from their own authorities so these factors will continue to attract Russian money but of course we'll have to see how sanctions develop it's important to note that. The earliest set of sanctions on Russia a still in place of course following the Ukraine and the Crimean incidents and they are you know there was a roadmap in place for them to be lifted they may not be so perhaps what we have to look at is could the Russian economy be further under pressure from a new lot of sanctions we don't think they will be as serious as the last lot but perhaps the lifting of the last lot of sanctions might be might be imperilled separate Thanks Robert stick with us we'll be talking more about Russia sanctions later in the program also a little bit about what the chancellor was saying yesterday more on late payments he was talking about like payments to small businesses and also copper coins to pay one point going all they needed any more there might be some talk about those disappearing consultation starting on that as well how did the markets end up yesterday was a pattern in place now pound up shares down shares up band down yes see the pound going ground ball the Footsie lost ground and the pound is both good economic figures in the spring statement the Footsie 100 however dropped back of the Chancellor's promise that real wide growth would turn positive in the 1st quarter of 201819 which are ignited fears of a Bank of England right rise Meanwhile in the u.s. Wall Street shares chime bolder Manson worries about that trade war as President Donald Trump replaced the secretary of state and was reportedly planning the tariffs against China the s. And p. Closed almost 18 lower 2765. Home digital online smartphones and tablets this is b.b.c. 5 Live it's 32 minutes past 5 here with the news Joe home it's been announced that Professor Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76 his family have called him an extraordinary man and legacy will live on for many years the government is expected to set measures. Plans to take Gates' Russia after the nerve agent attack later Moscow fail to respond to Britain's midnight deadline continues to deny involvement the sacked u.s. Secretary of state's Rex Tillerson has warned of Russia's troublemaking behavior and actions in his parting statement he was dismissed by President Trump via Twitter following a series of public disagreements and the creators of the hit Netflix series the Crown have admitted Clare for you stance as the queen was paid less than Matt Smith the play's a young. They say it was because of his work on talk to him B.B.C.'s for its own 5 Live Let's go live to Hamilton where England's cricket has a taking are New Zealand 11 in their day night's all match Simon Mann has the latest where we've reached the dinner break it's been a tough afternoon for England's bowlers the home side 213 for 6 there were 35 in 103 for 6 with early wickets for Anderson and word brought Since then the home side of dominated 270 wicket keeper Tom blunder early straight to Test matches for New Zealand 105 not at his place bend it late and youngster Carl Jamieson is $52.00 not out they put on $110.00 for the 7th wicket so we've got 2 hours of cricket under the lights to come and you know this bowlers need to get through some work and get some work into those legs before the 1st tests out in Park next held up so far in this afternoon session score then at the dinner break is 213 for 6 the rest the support comes from Nick Paton it was a nightmare night for Manchester United as they were knocked out in the last 16 of the Champions League they were beaten 21 at home by severe after a goal this 1st leg brace from substitute was simple and yet I did the damage last despite Romelu Lukaku pulling a goal back late on Romans one a win at home to shut down the now set scenes them through to the quarter finals of the Champions League on away goals in the Championship Cardiff City is 31 win at Brentford see. Them keep pace with leaders will there remain 3 points adrift in 2nd the walls with 3 in the winners at home to reading crucially their 7 clear of 3rd place Nast and Villa who lost 31 at home to Queens Park Rangers in the Scottish Cup quarter final replay Aberdeen beat Kilmarnock on penalties you can find all of last night's results on the b.b.c. Sport website trainer Nicky Henderson says but over there did exactly what he needed to do after winning the Champion Hurdle for a 2nd year in a row at the Charlton festival but written by Barry Garrity Mellon by a neck and the New Zealand wicketkeeper b j what Ling has returned to the squad to face England in 8 to test series starts next week in all Clint whiling miss their series against the West Indies with a hip injury while spinner Mitchell Sumner has been ruled out of the series with a knee problem please ily podcast available now you me and the big c 3 friends some bloggers with one thing in common we all have cancer the train pulls into the station this little thought this guy is so negative a scary thought is like yeah I was out and I'm like Hey there thought I see my consultant came in with I how you know so I just want to go home and have must be safe from red wine talking about what it's really like to deal with the dreaded big c This is rubbish we paid on the peonage on with our day Welcome to you me and the bitch say it's 5 lies in your podcast and. A very good morning to you it's just after 25 to 6 It's Wednesday the 14th of March and this is wake up to money with Nikki Clark and made sure I'm far into the government's sale of the Green Investment Bank has been branded deeply regrettable by a group of influential M.P.'s That's the Public Accounts Committee who said the 2300000000 pound deal had sacrificed the U.K.'s green objectives in favor of driving down debt University strikers have turned down an agreement reached by university union leaders and employers to end their pensions dispute university staff rejected the deal as failing to address their concerns over threats to their pensions it means the strike will continue. With threats to disrupt final exams and assessments in the summer and the Treasury could be paving the way for the end of 1 pm to pay coins as it seeks views on the future of cash let us know your thoughts on that thanks to Steve the cabbie's been in touch this morning about the passing of Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking showed that there are no boundaries of what you can achieve did so much in his lifetime and an inspiration to everyone in the states get in touch with us on Twitter you can text us as well on 85858 we'd love to your thoughts on everything we're talking about this morning but they stop story today this news we've had overnight that the world's best known scientist Professor Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76 Here's our correspondent Nick Haim looking back on his life were over the years we. 'd were. Going so well. Stephen Hawking's voice was instantly recognizable and like much about him quite remarkable if it wasn't his own overcoming the loss of his vocal chords with the aid of a computerized synthesizer was just one of many challenges this vision resigned to cemented as he transformed view of the universe from his motorized wheelchair he developed motor neuron disease as a student gradually his body shut down by the end he could only speak by twitching his cheek to move an infra red to beam across the screen if in some ways he said he was actually happier after his illness I certainly had hearing. Or I got older and or. I left for a little light but the prospect of an early death made me realise life was really we're living there so much work and so we went and. But significant contribution. Despite. His disability didn't hold him back his fame sprang from his book a brief history of time it sold 10000000 copies but though many bought it rather fewer actually read it his theories about time space and black holes were stupendously difficult for non-specialists to grasp but he turned out to have a genius for communication and became an unlikely celebrity his life was dramatized on the big screen in the theory of everything with Eddie Redmayne playing Hawking and he also appeared in The Simpsons and in an episode of Star Trek where he played poker with Isaac Newton his predecessor as Lucchese and professor of mathematics at Cambridge the day that apple fell on my head was the most momentous day in the history of science. Story again Stephen Hawking's private life was complicated with his 1st wife Jane he had 3 children and she looked after him for 26 years until in 1990 he left for his nurse Elaine They eventually married only for claims to emerge that Hawking had been physically abused police investigated but the case was dropped for lack of evidence the couple later divorced and Cambridge there's a statue of him a rare honor for one still living but few have done more to transform our understanding of the universe and to overcome personal difficulty as a correspondent Nick high and they're on the life of Stephen Hawking who has passed away at the age of 76 him much more about that and reflecting on his life in 5 Live breakfast from 6 o'clock this morning. Now we had that spring statement yesterday glued to it Mick a bit different it was it was short as Philip Hammond said it would be I must confess Sean I was on the golf course just last week I was by the place to be perfectly honest you got the memo from Philip Hammond to still. Like me out there was still thought I'm going to my collar Robert from the house but there weren't many rabbits out there he said he was positively take a like about the good news on the economy there you know labor they're making the point well it's not been so great for everybody that's a few years the numbers one is only news though he also announce consultations into lots of issues of these consultations building up to what he expects to be the big event of the year for him the budget later in the year in November so these issues included tech taxes red diesel a potential little Levy we talked about on the program yesterday morning but he sees value to tackle the issue of late payments that hits a nerve with the business community so let's have a chance and cast managing director of the form of private business which represents a lot of small businesses in good morning good morning I guess great to hear from your perspective an issue that you have Philip Hammond somehow dealing with it. Is it any different to what we've had in the past no I don't think so and they've looked at this before they looked at what Tony Blair's government was. The Enterprise bill is passed and we've now got a small business commissioner whose job it is to sort like pavement and he can write stern letters to people if they are not paying on time but I really don't understand why they can't get a handle on this rather than just giving room guard lines as to payment terms wonders not just make $30.00 days a legal requirement to pay in that time of year and I have to do it for pay the credit cards if we're over ruled you know we've got pain laws for it why why can't they do that with business is interested in what happens and money came on every 90941 of the 1st stories it did was lightpipe months and here we are in 2018 and we're still talking about it and nothing really has changed no nothing's changed over the nothing the pressures on small businesses have increased. You know margins attorney and when margins it's hard to things like like payment. Really can squeeze you cash flow and it's causing a lot of problems for small businesses. It really does need dealing with we're seeing big business you know it's not there's the sharp edge of business isn't there I mean a lot of business will look at right by him says I that's what you do you've got to conserve your own cash don't pay any bills and so you really have to do that well and that's it it's obviously a strategy that a lot of big businesses have decided to take on that you know and it's not it's 30 days 60 days it's knowing 2 days we're hearing 120 days in some cases I mean that was that was kind of standard with Karelian which is just ridiculous just before we got it I mean why do you think it is that hasn't been implemented you say why don't they just make a law you guys must have a good failing about why they haven't done it. Well there are over 6 good to do it for some reason maybe it's the too close to some of the big businesses that are going to those I don't know but it just seems logical to me that they should be taking for the doing at the moment I don't know the council tell you should I think you know who they're going to consult with that they have to rule rather you know Mickey said himself it's been going on for a long it's all in let's get something done about this that's what the forum members are really after thank you very much thanks for coming on this morning and cast their managing director of the form of private business right some look at the markets fears a mouse in a 30000000000 pound of 2 energy companies could mean higher bills for consumers well with us to look at the markets I Supriya mental senior multi asset stress just Asset Management and. The German group owners to bar rival in the g 8 and that includes the u.k. Subsidiary and they're between them they supply around $10000000.00 customers in the u.k. Is we seeing the consolidation in the utilities market because of the threat of increased taxation from the government from increased competition are these companies now getting together and thinking well this is how we fought back yes no no doubt that that plays a part of course we know the government's also considering legislation to cap energy bills the toughening up regulation as you said of taxation structure it's no surprise then that faced with curbs on profitability as a result that they have to toughen up and they have to you know you will see further consolidation in the sector that is an inevitable but of course for the government what they have to look at is whether this reduction in competition reduction the number of players from 6 to 4 major players actually means that you get high and edgy billets and putting further pressures on households when in fact they squeezed in the 1st place because their their wages aren't rising and lockstep with with inflation all ahead of inflation and you think it's going to mean on. It was at some stage it could it could I mean normally when you look at consolidation in any sector you do have at least the threat of higher prices higher bills you do have a sort of greater consolidation of power but the watchdog will be looking very closely at this and that will play a major major role in whether they decide to give a go ahead for the much. 11 thing that always fascinates me about this job is you always learn something and we talk about inflation which bison is a basket of goods people can buy in the shops and they change those goods every so often Yes and apparently we means leggins and mashed potatoes coming in pink toys and love to Saudi not clubs something I sure wouldn't do very often so it's his on the way out what added I get these things I mean we would mean people in leggings in the summer how many people bought points of beer in a nightclub. I would say that personally speaking our staple of my weekend wardrobe and I have them in in all colors and patterns possible but so I would support this change but actually that to be on a more serious note you do have very sort of rapid changes in consumption patterns notably the big transition from consuming more goods to consuming more services and that will mean that you know you will see these you know do you see more changes in the inflation basket not just in the u.k. But in other places as well. But that will be a lagging indicator of course you have consumption patterns changing more rapidly than Then you can change these basket so so you have sort of mis estimation of inflation in a way Ok Many thanks for that Supriya supreme and on there from picked. The news. 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One person who does love $1.00 pay and $2.00 p. Coins is Phil impressed Ritchie says they should be retained if we go. To a minimum $5.00 pay denomination this will surely fuel inflation I think Think too about all the seaside to p.r. K. Games all redundant don't know how much of a priority they're going to be given in the consultation Maccie. Interest it's a pretty think inflation when you do something like that would that affect inflation I would just think what was 999 before what might just become 95 yes I don't think it I don't think it really impacts inflation inflation shock when you think prices go down when they do this I don't think so and I think where I think she'll be in a bit naive. And there are moving to a cashless economy in any case right I mean what she wants to go no where in June there. Says the u.s. There are 4 Why don't we get I says get rid of the toupee tempi I'm 50 we'll be talking more about coins later in the program but Russia threatened any punitive measures by the u.k. Of the unfolding spy poisoning scandal will be met with a response the prime minister now expected to announce a range of sanctions against Russia this is of course after. The u.k. Inquiry into heroin expires door to a poisoned and Russia saying he wants to be given a sample of the substance use as talk to Chris we for who's a senior partner at macro advisory based in their Moscow office he's worked in the past as an economic advisor to Russian banks Chris good morning good morning how quickly Russian banks and big business in Russia brought in to sort of the sanctions regimes that might be put in place by other countries. Well we have sanctions in place of course 2014 which have affected the state banks their ability to borrow money and pay some of the other big Russian stake of police in the energy sector so they've all been under a sanctions regime since 2014 and. BUSY that certainly has affected READY. Somewhat a little Italy as happened what has been highlighted Ok with those sanctions it means that Russian State Bank is restricted in the type of of funding to they can get from from Europe and from the us of the case of Europe they're restricted to a maximum of 30 days credit so they can't get any long term credit or the long term financing the on 30 days in Europe and in the u.s. Which is tighter sanctions than the u.k. Were that's the limit of 14 days so 'd it has. Been a sea of the economy to attracting capital of therefore to question investors in that that has had some impact of course of economic growth over the last several years so are we Russian companies rise money in future if they can't rise in London numbing we've got pretty Russian business in Iran John themselves billionaires. Yes well it's inside the dissensions regime has been a place for the last 4 years. Banks have been able to get funding domestically there is a lot of money in the Russian economy it's a very big economy so the housing of the source money the best way and that's been enough if you like to keep the system running for the 'd last 4 years but the big problem with regard to sanctions is not so much the impact on the economy today because the economy has pulled out of recession Cooper one half cent last year like provided by 2 percent this year within the sanctions regime the problem is that as the economy forward as the governor is because of. The sanctions or the court damage in 9 Chris all 3 will do is to is look at this and say we have had existing sanctions in 2014 the European sanctions are less severe than the u.s. Sanctions and mentioned. Russian banks and because they companies as treated early days in Europe but actually 14 days in the u.s. So that I would expect to hear from some prime minister a day is the year you played probably it was a more Iran or if it is a rest sanctions the very worst type of of the existing sanctions lately adding more individuals reducing this kind of scope for instance other work today sanctions are expecting more of the same following with the us from over the last 6 to 9 months rather than said moving into a kind of a volcano kind of phase which will people damaging much more damaging for the Russian economy of almost a. Super you still with us Superman on his senior multi strategist pick the asset manager it's very we were talking earlier you mentioned you know most of the the strengths of the city of London as to why lots of Russian business might be based and they did in London we had one text that cow came in his own seat. Point there making no present tax is what attracts Russia on the back of all the all the other not so positive strengths of London that exist that also attract business from Russia clearly the depths of the markets you know that that's more conventional I know I think it is the more conventional attractive features if the the City of London that the depth the market the strength of regulation the enforcement of contracts of course when you talk about real estate there is some speculation at least they have benefited from shell companies being able to buy buy property in London and you know something as a safe haven for sort of more unsanitary type of. Assets but but so there is sort of more conventional attractiveness and there's sort of. You know less legal aspects of the attractiveness of the city of London it's a combination of the 2 and they certainly have. As a big source of investment of course we're running a current account deficit so we do need to finance that from external sources but I as I said before I don't think that the sanctions will be anywhere near as serious as what we already have and so they will lack teeth and I don't think that the flow of money will be in great danger from this particular from this particular source interest into prayer thank you very much Chris wafer thanks very much as well see a part of their micro advisory based in the Moscow office definitely want to see in the coming days what if any further sanctions will be imposed on Russia by the way right one thing that was very a bit more hidden away in the Chancellor's short spring statement yesterday was the signal that the end of the copper coins could be inside a consultation has been launched on the future of cash and digital payments in it is research that shows that 6 in $101.00 pay and $2.00 p. Coins are only used once 8 out of every $100.00 gets. Thrown away chucking away money no I mean listen it's the work of the family the consultation questions whether this is a cost effective cash cycle we've got Sarah Coles with us personal finance unlist Hargreaves Lansdown Sara good morning good morning is this something that realistically will happen the one paying 2 precautions will be disappearing Well it was something that Marconi talked about back in 2016 and remember he oversaw the dropping of the penny in Canada so we do have there is there's a precedent for these sorts of changes happening and it comes a point really with every coin where it costs more to produce and distribute it than than it does that it's worth itself and this this consultation paper is sort of looking at the fact that we're getting quite close to that point with particularly with the $1.00 pay because inflation is a raiding the cost of the value of these coins and at the same time the demand for each of these coins is dropping and the the paper points out that back in $2067200000000.00 transactions of there were $500.00 pound whereas by 2026 that's expected to fall to 1300000000 so it's a real dramatic drop in a month of these coins being used and the problem is then that the fixed costs of making and distributing coins is roughly the same and it's roughly the same for each coin whether it's a pound or a penny and you're spreading out that fixed cost over for a few coins now which means that each going to cost more to produce and therefore it's not you know gets the point where it's not economically viable to actually be running these companies and tepees Yeah it seems interesting I mean for from from an economic point of view it's becoming more expensive but from a consumer's point of view of course the old pennies. Pre-decimal were a lot bigger than the current penny so you think felt as though you had more money in your pocket but it is not just at the lower end of the scale as it is that the operate in the 50 pound note for instance there's talk about that go into circulation but was it ever in circulation because a lot of banks won't tell you shops and that's one of the questions that the. Papers looking at really it's pointing out that the 50 panic tends to be used as a store of value rather than as a so transaction may I think the Treasury is also concerned that it might be used. For nefarious purposes so whether it's used by people who are avoiding tax or whether it's used by people in the gray economy so there is again lots of precedent for a company countries and losing the highest a nomination notes and in order to cut down on these and these sort of criminal uses of them I think what's different here is that the 50 pound note is actually not a massive denomination it's not going to take an enormous amount of difference you know if you people are sort of passing 20 planets between them whereas in some other countries where it's at where it's happened it's been very very large denominations that have gone so it's one of those questions that the government's raising that is not is not necessarily going to be on the cards just now Peter has been in touch on Twitter using the hashtag wake up when he said Australia drop the one and 2 cent piece in $99.00 to $1.00 no one missed it and the implied price increases never event you rated Alan says he makes the key point what about the ninety's. But I'm not I'm not you know I'm pretty sure I can't remember the last time that show your card number the last time I paid now and I don't pay for account so when you look at potential is there a potential economic impact of all of a sudden all of the one painting coins that are out there not being in not being allowed to be used. Well if you look back to 99 when the harpy was withdrawn and inflation actually wrote in 1905 point 5 percent and in all the contrary around why inflation and happened to the half he wasn't mentioned. At the time the markets pledged to actually round prices down as a sort of competitive advantage so I think you while there will be a certain amount of rounding up when eventually but they these coins do go I think it's not necessarily going to be the dramatic impact people are expecting I mean when when there was lots of talk about dropping the half pay it went over years because people worried about rounding up and then obviously when it happened and there wasn't such a such an impact so I think it's it's definitely a concern because nobody wants to see prices go up but it is positive to look back into the 180 s. And say that it might not be something that we necessarily have to worry about. I was weak of money gosh I really missed out half the pay stenchy to be used that wedge down the bottom of your wallet of us or something you could never get it out and then when you could get out you really would spend it all so. I shall not promote a loss of one and 2 p.p.c. Is ready to be honest but maybe you will will we'll talk about that likely as an information for some cynics on f.m. Online and on the a.b.c. Digital radio this is Sussex. So wake up the money is back at 515 tomorrow on b.b.c. Sussex at 6 o'clock through til 9 this morning it's the British of course with menial Pringle Wednesday the 40 the March it is at 6 o'clock let's round up our news with Joe records Good morning Britain's most famous scientist Professor Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76 in a statement his children called him an extraordinary man and said his legacy will live on Hawking's fame came largely from his bestselling book a Brief History of Time which outlined his theories about the universe he had a brilliant career despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease in 1960. For and being told he had just a few years to live here is explaining his theory of everything which suggested the universe evolves according to well defined laws this complete set of laws could give us the answers to questions like. Where. Will it hasn't. Questions. Schools in Brighton and Hove a cracking down on parents who endanger lives by inconsiderate and illegal parking more than half of had teachers in the city of off the council.