Iam i am talking to business is about what impact it might have. Today, we are talking to the Hospitality Sector about what changes to immigration might need to them. Mean. In sport, the changing face of cricket the ecb wants to future proof the domestic game by creating a new eight team, city based Twenty20 Tournament. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Some dense fog for the Morning Commute some of you morning. Once the sun breakthrough, wanders throughout england and scotland. And for the west, could be dry spell be numbered . For the west, could be dry spell be numbered 7 all that coming for the west, could be dry spell be numbered7 all that coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Doctors in england could be told to stop prescribing Travel Vaccines, gluten free foods, and some ointments for muscle pain, ina bid to save hundreds of millions of pounds a year. Cough medicines and popular painkillers like paracetemol could be added to the list at a later date. Our Health Editor, hugh pym, has more. The nhs is under increasing financial pressure. Service leaders are set to closely scrutinise what is available on prescription. Local Health Commissioners in england have drawn upa Health Commissioners in england have drawn up a list of items that they say are unnecessary and inappropriate for prescription on the nhs. The medicines and treatments included omega three and fish oils, some muscle rubs and ointments, gluten free food, and Travel Vaccines, still allowed on the nhs. There could be savings of £128 million a year. Nhs england has agreed to carry out a review and introduced new guidelines. Longer term, the future of cold and cough treatments, indigestion and heartburn medication, and paracetamol on discretion will be considered. Health Officials Say that hundreds of millions of pounds more could be said. Nhs england says that they are widely available over the. A spokesman said there was a need to ensure that the best value from resources. The move will form pa rt from resources. The move will form part of a major Strategy Announcement by the head of nhs englands simon stephens, later this week. Nhs england, simon stephens. The Scottish Parliament is expected to back nicola sturgeons call for a second independence referendum, in a vote this afternoon. The vote had been due to take place at holyrood last wednesday, but was postponed because of the attack at westminster. The snp leader wants a referendum by the spring of 2019, but theresa may has rejected that timetable. The Northern Ireland secretary, james brokenshire, is to make a statement to mps today, on the continuing political stalemate at stormont. The democratic unionists and sinn fein have failed to strike a deal to resume Power Sharing. Lets talk to our Northern Ireland correspondent, chris page. Is there likely to be any Change Today7 is there likely to be any change today . Good morning. Yes, while the Northern Ireland secretary ski doo set out the ideas for what he calls the next apps to parliament. The political crisis in Northern Ireland, the worse than a decade, as deepened over the last 3a hours. Yesterday was the deadline for the restoration of the devolved goverment. But it passed after talks between the democratic unionist and sinn fein class. The good news for the Irish Government is that the parties are willing to talk. They say they want to keep negotiating. Mr brogan show could have called another Snap Election yesterday. The last one was just a live this month, but he said there was no appetite amongst the parties for another poll. Brokenshire. He expanded the guidelines very few short weeks. If you talk to people around stormont, they think what it means is basically a month from now, at the end of april, they will come back recess and the government will have to consider if there is no deal, bringing in a rule from westminster. And suspending demolition. Meanwhile, the consequences for people in Northern Ireland are growing as a result of the new government. Of having no government. Emergency control of the stormont finances this be given. This is worrying many people in the public sector. Thank you very much be joining public sector. Thank you very much bejoining us. Amnesty International Says the Us Led Coalition is not doing enough to protect civilians trapped in the iraqi city of mosul, in the fight against so called Islamic State. The Human Rights Group claims to have seen evidence of airstrikes destroying houses and killing families. The pentagon say its conducting an investigation. We will have more on that throughout the morning, for you. Security is to be increased at Windsor Castle during changing the guard, which takes place several times a week. New barriers will be put in place along the route of the procession. Thames Valley Police said although there was no specific threat, last weeks attack in westminster had highlighted the need for the changes. One in six local roads in england and wales are at risk of becoming damaged beyond repair because of a growing problem of potholes. People have already been in touch about this. A survey of local councils says some roads have less than five years before they have to be replaced or closed. Heres our transport correspondent, richard westcott. Crumbling away faster than they can repair them. Our local council run roads carry a third of the traffic. But this survey says decades of underfunding, coupled with wetter winters and more cars have left them in a sorry state all over england and wales. It found one in six roads is so bad it may need to be replaced within the next five years. Councils are already filling a pothole every 19 seconds. And it would take £12 billion to bring them all up to scratch. The government says its chipped in an extra £1 billion recently to help fill the holes. But campaigners arent impressed. Every so often the government gives out a pothole fund. Its kind of reacting to a crisis. But i think we need to actually plan longer term funding and have a greater proportion of what drivers actually pay in motoring taxes ring fenced just for maintenance. Because if you ask drivers, it is their number one concern. He says around £6 million is paid out every year for cars broken by potholes. Saying theyve been hurt by the bus jolting about on poor roads. As councils feel the financial squeeze, many fear our local roads are only going to get worse. Richard westcott, bbc news. We will be talking about that later. And talking about the new scheme as well that is a pothole spotter. We will talk about that later. More must be done to address a sharp rise in the number of suicides among Women Prisoners in england, according to the prisons watchdog. Self inflicted deaths among female inmates almost doubled in the last year. The prisons and probation Ombudsman Says that reforms recommended a decade ago havent materialised, as marc ashdown reports. For many years, the number of women who took their own life in prisons in england was one or two a year. In 2015, that figure rose to seven, and last year, 12 women. This stark rise prompted the prisons and Probation Offices and to examine 19 cases over a offices and to examine 19 cases over 314 offices and to examine 19 cases over a 1k year period. Ombudsman. He has identified areas he says improvers could be made. Better assessment of management risk, improving self harm and suicide procedures, and addressing how Mental Health issues and bullying are dealt with. A second report, out today, identify similar issues. Thereat a few main reasons. Fewer staff in prison. Unmet and or mouth Mental Health needs. So women who need treatment for drug and our Coal Addiction is not getting it. Ten yea rs addiction is not getting it. Ten years ago, the prisons ombudsman published a Landmark Report with 43 recommendations aimed at improving the outcomes. They yet to be in fermented. The Ministry Ofjustice said the safety of prisoners is a priority, and a range of measures have been introduced to increase the support available. Whats being described as a monster cyclone has begun lashing north east australia. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from coastal areas as a result of cyclone debbie, which has brought warnings of dangerous tidal surges. Our australia correspondent Hywel Griffith is in queensland. Good morning. How bad our conditions, there . Are. Good morning. How bad our conditions, there . Are. Everyone i have spoken to does not really know yet. Were right in the middle of the cyclone hitting the coast. It could take several hours as those gusts hit us at up to 270 kilometres per hour, followed by Torrential Rain, almost to put of rain falling in some places. The warnings were given several days and events to 30,000 people told to find high ground. The preparation has been pretty solid. This town is in lockdown. All the shops have been sam day. One fear is that all that water will cause flooding, making some areas cut off. They could make it harder to assess the damage. Some people spoke to an emergency shelter, they might not be up to get back to their home for days. Only then will they know what is left of it and exactly what Devastation Cyclone Debbie has brought. Some pretty brutal pictures there. We will keep you across that throughout the programme. Building flood defences can be a complex and expensive task, but Scientists Say they have found an army of Expert Engineers willing to do it forfree beavers. A six year study by the University Of Exeter found that beaver dams form pools which naturally slow the flow of rivers, reducing the risk of flash flooding. Now conservationists say Beaver Colonies should be used to protect areas like the somerset levels, which are prone to flooding. That is a brilliant idea. And they are so that is a brilliant idea. And they are so cute, as well. Impressive. Its 6 12. Kat is here. Where do you want to sta rt7 domestic cricket in england and wales is set for a radical overhaul. This is very dramatic. This is the city teams7 this is very dramatic. This is the city teams . Yes. We are ready have a t20, edition going on in england and wales. And yesterday they made this announcement that they want to run a 38a Announcement that they want to run a 38 a tournament and it will run at the same time as tests, but what is going to do is spice up cricket in england and wales, bringing in a new audience and it more interesting, a nyway audience and it more interesting, anyway that india and australia do it with the Big Bash League and the premier league. And hopefully it will future proof the game. You only need to invest for hours in t20, as opposed to the longer forms of the game. Yes, good morning. Domestic cricket in england and wales is set for a radical overhaul. City franchises, instead of county sides, will take centre stage in a new twenty20 competition to challenge the Indian Premier League and australias big bash. The tournament will see eight teams, rather than the 18 county sides, competing over 38 days in the summer. It will be the first time in the history of domestic cricket that counties are not represented. Former Team Sky Doctor Richard Freeman has submitted a Written Response to mps about a mystery medical package delivered to him for the teams former rider sir Bradley Wiggins in 2011. He said thejiffy bag contained a legal decongestant but regretted not backing up his clinical records. Freeman wrote a letter to the culture, media and Sport Committee after failing to appear before them earlier this month. Englands u21s won 4 0 last night in denmark, in preparation for this summers European Championship in poland. Chelseas ruben loftus cheek scored two of the goals. And well find out later whether andy murray will play for Great Britain in next months davis cup tie against france. Murray has a tear in his elbow, captain leon smith names his squad at midday today. Pretty unlikely we will see andy murray featuring. He has a busy few weeks coming up, because he has to defend so many points to defend his number one position. That is the problem when you have a great year. You have to go back and pay for your points. Kat will be back with the papers ina points. Kat will be back with the papers in a few moments time. Points. Kat will be back with the papers in a few moments timem points. Kat will be back with the papers in a few moments time. It was so papers in a few moments time. It was so lovely last night, wasnt it . Papers in a few moments time. It was so lovely last night, wasnt it7l good night for rounders. Do you play rounders7 i had my game cancelled last night. It was a lovely evening last night. Lingering cloud in Eastern Areas making it feel chilly. Yesterday scotla nd making it feel chilly. Yesterday scotland was the warmest. 19 degrees. Today we switch to the warmest of the conditions towards the south. The forecast for today. Dense fog around in parts of central and Southern England. A lot of cloud but where it rakes through some sun and warmth. Some showers. One or two developing in South West England and the south west of wales. To start off, dry conditions. A Lot Of Cloud Binning and breaking. Grade lingering low cloud in Eastern Areas. lingering low cloud in Eastern Areas. Grey. This is where we see the warmest conditions, peaking in the warmest conditions, peaking in the high teens and may be 20 degrees. In the coast, one or two hold on to the cloud throughout. The midlands and west england having a few. But where they are, heavy and thundery. Scotland, more cloud than we are used to this week and through the weekend. The best of the sunshine towards Western Areas. Temperatures down on what they would have been. Northern ireland, rain, later spreading the south west scotland. Showers starting to break out readily in wales and towards the south west as we finish the afternoon. Some of the show is where we do see them will be heavy and thundery. Some sunshine in between. Nowhere completely wet today by any means. Showers will become a bit more abundant by tuesday. The South East Staying Driest overnight. Showers will turn a little bit lighter and patchy through the night and become more confined towards the hills. The winds are going in a more southerly direction. Plenty of cloud for wednesday. Sunshine, a bit more mist for some of you. Scotland will stay the driest with lenders of sunshine. Warmest in the south east corner. Occasional rain. Dry weather around as well. Bridge is holding up nicely even with the cloud. Cold air going further north into thursday. Stronger winds by thursday. More chances of rain in the west. Driest in Eastern Areas. Central and Eastern England will have the best of the sunshine on thursday. Temperatures again could be above 20 degrees. Rain in Western Areas. Where you do see the sunshine, especially in the east, feeling warm. May be some more chances in the east to play rounders then. Thank you very much. You need a few people, though. You do. I would say the minimum for rounders is four on each side. You need someone to fling it and someone to whack it. Go and find some friends. The headlines. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories this morning doctors in england could be told to stop prescribing Cold Remedies, gluten free foods, and some ointments, in a bid to save hundreds of millions of pounds a year. Theres a warning that one in six local roads in england and wales are in such bad condition because of potholes theyll need to be repaired or closed within five years. We will have more on that throughout the morning here on bbc breakfast. And steph is on the a50 doing her article 50 week. More on that shortly. First, the times. Police chiefjohnson opens to civilians. And jared kushner, is married to Donald Trumps daughter, named the head of the white houses new office of innovation. Redtape. Britain must remove eu regulations to free the country from brussels. This comes from the meeting today. I like this picture. It is an Art Installation commissioned by the tate britain. It is called forms in space by light in time. That is rather lovely. This is a Souvenir Edition of the daily mail to celebrate the 1950s, im guessing. Icu shaking your head. I see you. It is better not to talk about it. The nhs, £50 a year. The guardian. A different picture of theresa may going into the meeting. A meeting between theresa may. And nicola sturgeon. They are talking about the eu trade deal, not the divorce bill. A year long investigation into guardian about knife crime and its impact on young people. And lots of Highbrow Stuff about the future of cricket. Celebrating Rafael Nadals thousandth career singles match. Amazing statistics. 1a grand slams. The youngest ever get a career grand slam. 81 clay courts matches. Clay court season around the corner as well. And a fine bit of filler in the mail. How tall are you, lou7 five foot eight. You are kevin keegan. And you are peter crouch. Jermain defoe, many were saying he was small, five foot seven. A small man to be a striker. But he came back and played well in the World Cup Qualifier on the weekend. Is such a small man can produce such a performance, and there are many taller than him and shorter. There is not much point to the article, but it is fun to compare yourself to footballers. Two little bears in the daily telegraph. Do you know that story about bear mothers kicking out their cubs to defend themselves . Well, these siblings, brother and sister, were separated in the wild and came back together. A bit of a cling to say are you all right . Lets go off and fend for ourselves. A proper bear hug. That has cheered me up. Sometimes i get not enough sleep. That is all it is. You are watching breakfast. The government will trigger article 50 tomorrow, the start of Divorce Proceedings from the European Union. Were travelling along the a50 trunk road in the midlands to look at what it all means. And this morning, steph, is at a hotel in derbyshire. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. This is my latest stop on my a50 tour ahead of article 50 being triggered tomorrow. We are just near east midlands airport. We idea because immigration is a big topic of this sector. The Hospitality Sectors as 700,000 people are employed in it from the European Union. Sector says. That is a lot of work lost. Some are saying they are worried about what the changes will mean for them and i will talk to them later on. It is confusing. What does leaving the eu actually mean for everyone . Notjust adults, but children, are asking these questions. So we went to a school to find out. Stoke on trent high school. The prospect of brexit is triggering emotions. Angry. Nervously optimistic. Worried. Under18 emotions. Angry. Nervously optimistic. Worried. Under 18 is good not vote in the referendum, yet the consequences of leaving the eu, good or bad, will affect this sector of society the longest. 18s. Good or bad, will affect this sector of society the longest. 185. |j know we are, like, young, and people think we are not capable of making decisions, but i think some of us are and some of us to have voices that want to be heard. We have been in the eu for like 40 years or something and no one really knows what will happen when we leave it. Maybe things would the nhs will improve because we are not contributing to the eu. It is a scary thing for a lot of young people because it is our future being decided by other people. For some teachers, brexit has posed a unique challenge. They want answers. And because we have not got answers, none of us have, it gives them worry. They dont like the instability and the insecurity. And young people need stability. Instability and the insecurity. And young people need Stabilitym Instability and the insecurity. And young people need stability. In a recent uk wide survey, 43 of 11 16 your roles said that brexit made them feel anxious, angry, or upset. Year olds. 22 said that leaving the eu made them feel hopeful or delighted, and around one in five did not really care. Why do you think we should be staying the offices of first news, the newspaper and that 17 14 year olds. Offices of first news, the newspaper and that 17 14 yearolds. They are talking brexit. Think that it has been difficult for adults and children. Each side of the argument has been so overplayed and so cynical that it is really difficult for anyone to really understand whether it is a good thing or a bad thing. I think younger people are actually better than adults at listening, debating, taking on issues, understanding others point of view. I think it is a good idea for the people of britain to get there ideas out there and to get there ideas out there and to get there ideas out there and to get there ideas of freedom and choice out there. We want to be free of this organisation. I am pretty apprehensive. I know that many people have decided not to do this andi people have decided not to do this and i respect that. I voted for brexit because i am a believer. I think we can take advantage of this. Overall i feel completely confused. The opinions of under 18s did not count in the referendum, but in schools across the uk, brexit is proving to be an emotive subject. Tim muffett, bbc news. Interesting thoughts from the children. Questions to be answered, especially for this sector today, what are the changes to immigration going to mean for them . If you look at the statistics, 165,000 more are coming into the eu from other countries than out of it. I will talk to the boss of this restaurant, this hotel chain, and other business leaders, about what any changes will mean for them. I will be followed by this sign over here as well. It is like one of these weird creepy things that every time i look around there is the a50 behind me. Things that every time i look around there is the a50 behind mem things that every time i look around there is the a50 behind me. It shows you exactly where you are. She is in leicestershire, just over the border. A derby postcode, though. And wherever you are from, we have the news, travel, and weather, wherever you are. We should be back with you in a few minutes time. Good morning. Im asad ahmad. A continued strong relationship with europe will be pushed for in brussels this morning when londons mayor gives a Keynote Speech in the next hour to eu leaders. Hell underline the importance of having strong economic ties for both london and europe, as well as Effective Security and business links. The meeting comes a day before theresa may triggers article 50, and begins the formal process of leaving the eu. This is what the mayor has to say. We have to make sure those relationships are strengthened and carry on after we leave the eu. It is in no ones interest for us to have worse links with the eu after this happens. One week on from the murder of 19 year old, abdifatah sheikhey, detectives continue to appeal for witnesses. Abdifatah, who was known as abdi, was shot and fatally wounded in ilford on tuesday, 21st march. Abdi, who was from poplar, was sitting in the Passenger Seat of a Black Mercedes Saloon when a white bmw x4 pulled up beside his vehicle. A fire at a property in north london last night is being treated as suspicious as investigations into what caused it begin. Firefighters were called to an address on prince of wales road in chalk farm at around 7. 30 in the evening, with the blaze not getting under control until for several hours. There are no reported injuries. Lets have a look at the Travel Situation now. Good service apart from the Victoria Line. Mild delays due to a faulty train. On the planes, if youre heading to the airport this morning, be aware that delays are possible because of the fog. Visibility is only 50 meters at luton and a 100 meters at stansted. Well keep an eye on the situation for you, but do be aware there could be problems. On the roads, because of the fog, theres no Woolwich Ferry and theres also disruption to the Thames Clippers service on the thames from woolwich. Thatll put added pressure on the blackwall tunnel. And once again, Trafalgar Square is closed southbound from st martins place to the strand for Emergency Repairs to a gas leak outside south africa house. Lets have a check on the weather now with kate. Good morning. Another rather misty and murky start to the day. One or two fairly dense patches of fog around this morning. They will lift gradually and we will see sunny spells developing. For the last few days, a chilly easterly wind. Today it switches direction, coming from the south west. One or two showers asa the south west. One or two showers as a result near london. Mostly dry and still warm. A maximum of 17 degrees. Further showers are possible overnight tonight. We hang onto a bit of a breeze well. We also hang on to the milder air, not as chilly as last night. Temperature staying in double figures. 11 12 degrees healthiest. Wednesday, cloud around. A mostly dry day. Some holes developing as well in the afternoon. Temperature is still feeling warm at 17 degrees. It could get warm. 1819. A 17 degrees. It could get warm. 18 19. A court fine finally a cold front finally moves through. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Hello this is breakfast with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Its 6 30 exactly. Well bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning how difficult is it for children to talk about their Mental Health conditions . Well hear 14 year old joshs story. He kept his ocd secret for a year, and now wants to help other youngsters to be open about how theyre feeling. If it seems like youre always trying to avoid potholes, then you wont be surprised to hear that many roads in england and wales are in dire need of repair. Are bin lorries about to become the secret weapon in the battle to keep our highways up to scratch . And astronomers want you to get involved in trying to locate a ninth planet, believed to be circling our solar system. If you spot it, you can have a say in what its called, and well be getting some tips on what to look for. You could just call it planet nine7 that is all that unimaginative. We did have district nine a few years ago. But now a summary of this mornings main news. First, our main story. Doctors in england could be told to stop prescribing Travel Vaccines, gluten free foods and some ointments for muscle pain in a bid to save hundreds of millions of pounds a year. Cough medicines and popular painkillers like paracetemol could be added to the list at a later date. Our Health Editor, hugh pym has more. The nhs is under increasing financial pressure. Now, Service Leaders are set to closely scrutinise whats available on prescription. Local Health Commissioners in england have drawn up a list of items which they say are unnecessary and inappropriate for prescription on the nhs. The medicines and treatments listed includ omega 3 and fish oils, some muscle rubs and ointments, gluten free food, and Travel Vaccines, still allowed on the nhs. There could be savings of £128 million a year. Nhs england has agreed to carry out a review and introduced new guidelines. Longer term, the future of cold and cough treatments, indigestion and heartburn medication, and paracetamol on prescription will be considered. Health Officials Say hundreds of millions of pounds more could be saved. Nhs england argues they are widely available over the counter at pharmacies. A spokesman said there was a need to ensure that the best value from resources. The move will form part of a major Strategy Announcement by the head of nhs england, simon stephens, later this week. Hugh pym, bbc news. The Scottish Parliament is expected to back nicola sturgeons call for a second independence referendum, in a vote this afternoon. The vote had been due to take place at holyrood last wednesday, but was postponed because of the attack at westminster. The snp leader wants a referendum by the spring of 2019, but theresa may has rejected that timetable. Northern irelands Political Parties have been given more time to form a new administration, after three weeks of talks failed to result in a deal. The two biggest parties, the dup and sinn fein, have blamed eachother for the stalemate. The Northern Ireland secretary, james brokenshire, will make a statement to mps later today. Amnesty International Says the Us Led Coalition is not doing enough to protect civilians trapped in the iraqi city of mosul, in the fight against so called Islamic State. The Human Rights Group claims to have seen evidence of airstrikes destroying houses and killing families. The pentagon say its conducting an investigation. Security is to be stepped up at Windsor Castle during changing the guard, which takes place several times a week. New barriers will be put in place along the route of the procession. Thames Valley Police said although there was no specific threat, last weeks attack in westminster had highlighted the need for the changes. More must be done to address a sharp rise in the number of suicides among Women Prisoners in england, according to the prisons watchdog. Self inflicted deaths among female inmates almost doubled last year. The prisons ombudsman said that reforms recommended a decade ago havent materialised. The government says it has invested more in staff training. You love a marathon, dont you . Yes. Well, i like a competition. A heartwarming scene, reminiscent of the brownlee brothers, has been caught on camera at the philadelphia marathon. Now, this woman was within a few hundred yards of the finish line when her legs gave way and she could go no further. We all know it can happen. But her fellow runners werent willing to leaver her behind and forgot their own races to get her over the line. She cant be carried, because. Because then she would never run it. Yes, she needs to go over the liners. She would not have run it. But there you can see, once her legs go. And the brownlees make the point that you need to get across the finish line, because that is where the paramedics are. And kat, they are trying to revamp cricket at the moment . Yes. The interesting part is that you know how in county cricket, you will have now instead city cricket. Bristol against manchester, for example. There was talk of taunton as well. Will that make it more interesting . Do think you would go to much . Will that make it more interesting . Do think you would go to much7|j think so. Id still think you needed on terrestrial television. They want to have a deal and have a good chunk of it on terrestrial tv to make sure people are watching. Yes, good morning. A new competition to challenge the Indian Premier League and australias big bash could be a step closer. Under new proposals, a Twenty20 Tournament featuring eight city franchises, instead of county sides, will take centre stage during School Summer holidays from 2020. It wont be the end of county cricket, according to the england and Wales Cricket board, but its hoped it will open up the sport to a wider audience. Evidence that we have suggest that cricket exists in a bubble, and we need to get outside this bubble to be relevant to the Broader Consumer and actually say that cricket fans, we have the ability to make that, you know, that proportion of cricket as they care about our sport much bigger than it is now. Anything that raises interest in the game from a different audiences perspective should be good. I think to engage more younger, more of the younger generation, that will be good. Just getting people in general more interested in cricket. You know, it is for the good of the game. Former Team Sky Doctor Richard Freeman has submitted a Written Response to mps about a mystery medical package delivered to him for the teams former rider sir Bradley Wiggins in 2011. He said thejiffy bag contained a decongestant that riders were allowed to take, but regretted not backing up his clinical records. Freeman wrote a letter to the culture, media and Sport Committee after failing to appear before them earlier this month. Theres no Suggestion Wiggins or team sky broke any rules. Englands u21s won 4 0 last night in denmark in their International Friendly match. Chelseas ruben loftus cheek scored twice in a convincing performance by aidy boothroyds side. Its part of their preparations for this summers under 21 European Championship in poland. The Republic Of Ireland play iceland in a friendly this evening, but the injury to their captain Seamus Coleman has overshadowed their preparations. The everton defender broke his leg in two places in World Cup Qualifier against wales last week. Great players have broken their legs and comeback. And chambers should ta ke and comeback. And chambers should take care. I mean obviously, it is very early for him to start considering all those things, but he is positive. Seamus. As a mansion at the start, naturally, he is down, as you would be. As i imagined. The realisation that is going to be out of action for a considerable amount of time. Those type of things do notjust amount of time. Those type of things do not just excitements amount of time. Those type of things do Notjust Excitements to get over. Do not just do Notjust Excitements to get over. Do notjust take minutes. World number one andy murray is likely to miss Great Britains davis cup tie with an elbow injury. His brotherjamie revealed that andys suffered a muscle tear. Great britain face france next month. Captain leon smith announces will announce the squad at midday. Meanwhile, Johanna Konta is into the quarter finals of the miami open for a second successive year. The british number one beat spains Lara Arruabarrena in straight sets overnight to set up a last eight meeting with simona halep. And Roger Federer continued his brilliant form in 2017 last night, by cruising into the fourth round of the miami open with a 6 3 6 4 win over Argentinas Juan Martin del potro. A single break in each set was enough for the swiss, who claimed an 18th Grand Slam injanuary and won in indian wells earlier this month. I dont know what Roger Federer is eating, but whatever it is, it is working. Because he has done brilliantly. 18 grand slams, and after not winning one for so long. Coming back in doing so well. About cricket, as well, tennis is on terrestrial television, but does not have the same. It is still in a very repetitive market, but it does not have the same issues that cricket has. No, and they worry about golf, as well, golf going to pay per view television. It is a sporting crisis, it needs more people to play. It is this the way forward , people to play. It is this the way forward, to take it away from address to a television . The fact that cricket is coming back to show that cricket is coming back to show that it that cricket is coming back to show thatitis that cricket is coming back to show that it is an important factor in popularity. Thank you so much for that kat. Coastal areas in North Eastern australia are being battered by high winds and heavy rain, as cyclone debbie hits the state of queensland. More than 30,000 people have been told to leave their homes. Lets talk to Amelia Butterly who is in airlie beach. Thank you very much were talking to us. Can you tell us exactly what conditions are like there . Yes, it has been getting steadily more and more intense over the last 24 or so hours. And i would reckon sa and talking to you now it is probably the most intensive as being so far. Iam in the most intensive as being so far. Iamina the most intensive as being so far. I am in a hotel, the most intensive as being so far. Iam in a hotel, i the most intensive as being so far. I am in a hotel, i am looking out the window, and it is a sea view window, but i cannot cdc with the amount of rain and wind anyway. What ican amount of rain and wind anyway. What i can see are a lot of fallen trees. There is a lot of Debris Gusting about. And the rain has stopped falling as rain, it is a grey ball of water, almost. It is sort of enveloping all the eye can see. Isnt the sort of conditions, as you describe it, where people are genuinely concerned for their safety7 have you been told to come back from the windows in the hotel . Yes. So i think people have got to be at bit sensible. That is the message that we have been getting. Dont soundbite by the windows, keeping curtains closed. Dont stand right. Make sure you have water and food. Seeing all about, a did see about an hour ago a couple of boys in the local supermarket car park playing on skateboards. So it is not that everybody is paying attention to the advice. There are people making exceptions. But Emergency Services have said that if you go out, you are taking a risk, and that there might not be aware to help you. Do you have any idea of when things to return to normal . Is this 24 or 48 hours . We have been without power for about 18 hours, now. And most of the areas are without power. Our flights now. And most of the areas are without power. Ourflights have been cancelled. We wait to see what happens without. The general idea i am getting luke power is that we are going to have another night without it. And hopefully tomorrow, something spies working. But we will say that most of the Mobile Phone Networks are down. Mine seems to be the only one functioning. It is hard to get information because you cannot get in touch with anybody. They do very much forjoining us, amelia. She is there in airlie beach, where cyclone debbie is causing trouble. We will get more information on cyclone debbie from that, as well. Its 6 43 and youre watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories this morning doctors in england could be told to stop prescribing Travel Vaccines, gluten free foods and some ointments for muscle pain in a bid to save hundreds of millions of pounds a year. Cough medicines and popular painkillers like paracetemol could be added to the list at a later date. One in six local roads in england and wales are at risk of becoming damaged beyond repair because of a growing problem of potholes. Good morning matt. There will be signs of improvement this morning. Generally overall, we have had quite a nice spell of weather over the past few days. Many have been tried. Many have been sunny as well. At su btle many have been sunny as well. At subtle changes throughout the rest of the day. Derived. Grey Eastern Areas, things will be getting warmer, as well. But we go to the forecast. We have dense fog around parts of central and Southern England in particular. That will slow the commute. We will see some sunny spells before showers. A little bit of rain starts to develop across Western Areas through the morning and afternoon. Mostly dry for the Morning Commute. Freddie grey a cross for the Morning Commute. Freddie grey across many central and Eastern Areas in particular. Some will struggle to lose the grey throughout the day. Sunny spells will break through. But showers in south west of england will spread into wales and midlands, and eventually North West England and Northern Ireland. As we head to the afternoon and evening, Eastern Areas will be dry, staying dry. Temperatures around 20 degrees this afternoon. Warmer than recent days. You will feel that as well once the sun is out. Isolated chance of a thunderstorm across the midlands. The chance of showers is limited. Most will stay dry. The greatest jazz will be the way through the afternoon. Scotland has certainly more cloud. It is sunshine will be in Western Areas. But Northern Ireland, a bit of rain in the afternoon, easing to sunny spells leading. Wales could see one or two showers onwards. Some around in the afternoon, but most will mist them. And we continue with a view showers across the south west of england. A better sunshine, warm for some errors. A bit more cloud around and we will see temperatures not drop as much throughout the night. Some rain possible here and there, mainly throughout western hills, with some ease an area staying dry through the night. And temperatures, as they said, will hold off freezing for most. Because conditions will be in the north east scotland. Should be dry tomorrow with Sunshine Breaking through the cloud. Sunshine breaking through the cloud. Sunshine breaking through the cloud in the south west of england and east anglia on wednesday, but most areas will have a generally cloudy day, and across the hills and the west, there will be rain on an off throughout the day. Rain heavy on the wales hills and potentially in south west scotland. The temperatures will hold up. That is because winter coming from the south or South Westerly direction. On thursday, it should be windy across the board. More rain across Western Areas. It might turn wetter and we will see that the next couple of days. Driest and brightest on thursday towards parts of the midlands and Eastern England, and it will be a sunny day on wednesday and potentially an even warmer one. Temperatures to delay could be up to 20 or 21 degrees. A bit of rain in the west, but it will still build recently warm. 205 this morning were talking about potholes. Do you find yourself constantly trying to avoid them . A report out this morning says theyre such a big problem in england and wales, the repair bill would top £12 billion. We want to hear your stories, and see your pictures. Heres just a few weve had so far. Thank you. Walking to my car. I had to leave the main road. This council road has had it. On monday afternoon i had an accident on my bike where i hit a pothole and full forward off my bike. Fell. So many problems. She makes that point that when you are on your bicycle it is really alarming. There could be a solution. It is quite clever. They are thinking of putting cameras on bin lorries which take the same route all the time and they wa nt to ta ke the same route all the time and they want to take photographs to see a Pothole Developing and fix it earlier. Could it be the answer . It is cost saving as well because they are doing to makejobs at is cost saving as well because they are doing to make jobs at once. Clever. Do get in touch with us. The details are on the screen, i think. Do get in touch with your stories and pictures. Is it on the screen . You can e mail us at bbcbrea kfast bbc. Co. Uk, find us on facebook or send us a tweet. You know how to get in touch because you do it often. Just do what you normally do and i am sure it comes through. Immigration was one of the biggest issues during the Eu Referendum campaign, and a day before theresa may starts the process of brexit, stephs taking a look at what changes we should expect. Shes on the a50, talking about article 50, at a hotel in the east midlands. Good morning good morning. Good morning, everyone. We have stopped for a bit of breakfast here at the best Western Hotel at east midlands airport. This restaurant is worried about what will article 50 mean for immigration7 it is Something Like 700,000 people employed in Restau Ra Nts a nd bars 700,000 people employed in restaurants and bars and hotels come from the European Union, about 15 of the workforce. Many questions being asked about what this means by businesses. We will talk to gel and, a lawyer. Joanne. Businesses. We will talk to gel and, a lawyer. Joanne. Many businesses are asking what will it mean . We have many different clients coming to us concerned about what will the impact be on existing european staff in the uk and what will be the impact on their future plans . Like the ability to bring in workers. You are not allowed to tell them because there is not much certainty. We dont know what we will have after brexit. We have a specific system at the moment for non european nationals to come in and they can come into work for licensed employers and can only work for it specific employer and it has to be skilled or highly skilled work and generally they have to show they tried to feel it already. With european nationals, that is quite a big change. It is really likely that the impact will be on skilled work. We dont really have an ability for low skilled people to come in to the uk at the moment anyway. And the member of the cbi. There is uncertainty at the moment. Does the hospitality and similar businesses have to be worried . Not much will change. No matter how big the business is, it needs to fish in the biggest reservoir it can for talent. The trouble with the system in the eu is that if a country wants to keep its immigration down it can only stop people coming in from outside the eu. You have a situation where many people you dont want are coming in from the eu. That does not mean you want many people coming in. The only way you can stop that is to enable businesses to fish in a pond thatis enable businesses to fish in a pond that is the whole world, rather than just the eu. That has to be a good thing. Business does not like the alarmism in politicians and the media saying that the world will end in the morning and all of that. The world will not change copy what will happen is the uk government will control all of this and not brussels. That is what we voted to come out for. We want to control that. I dont think you can stop immigration and unskilled people as you rightly say coming in. A few miles east of here you have the agricultural sector. Were not try to stop people, we are trying to have our elected government looking after the decision as to who and what comes in. Businesses like this one are worried. The British Hospitality Association says it would take them a decade to fill their spots because they dont have the Jobs Available are you confident there will be enough people . I am. Iwant are you confident there will be enough people . I am. I want to see a big extension of the apprenticeship programme. What happened in the budget is excellent but not enough. Small businesses need to take on more british born, noticed that word, iam more british born, noticed that word, i am not talking about white or other coloured skins or different religions, i am saying if someone is here they should be positively encouraged, and maybe a degree of sanction, to get those jobs, encouraged, and maybe a degree of sanction, to get thosejobs, as encouraged, and maybe a degree of sanction, to get those jobs, as you rightly said. But i dont think anyone growing up in the European Union is any different in terms of having a talent. This country will give them a good job and they will pay tax to help us Build Hospitals and schools. We need to stop alarmism. Thank you for your time this morning, both of you. More from me later on. We will talk to the Chief Executive of the best Western Hotel for his thoughts on it all. And i am still being followed by that a50. Just to hammer home the point about article 50, i am on the a50. I like the idea of you guys doing that interview on those tables. Every parent worries about their child, but nothing had prepared peter for what his sonjosh was about to tell him one day before school. Josh was 12 when he told his dad he was obsessed with washing his hands and switching his bedroom light on and off over and over again. Heresjosh describing how his ocd took over his life. When i was 11 i started to worry about bad things happening, and the only thing that made me feel better was washing my hands. I found only thing that made me feel better was washing my hands. Ifound myself needing to write every three lines. And certain numbers really freaked me out. People at school noticed and asked me what i was doing. I could not explained to them because i could not understand what was happening to me. Light being flicked on and off. I was obsessed about objects being in the right place in my bedroom. Even pieces of rubbish. I would check my room over and over again to make sure nothing moved. It was taking me longer and longer to do my routine. It spread through the house, and i had to be specific things in different rooms. Even my body was affected. I suddenly developed a fear of looking at my feet. I wore my trainers until they fell apart. And then i started telling you that ijust kept going. Because it did make me feel so much better and you want to get as much off your chest as possible and it is just a weight off your shoulders. All right. Josh and his dad, peter, both spoke to newsround for their Inside My Head special on child Mental Health. Well be joined by both of them later this morning. About 8 40 is when we will do that for you. And we will talk about what made him feel better and how he coped with those feelings. That is coming up later. Right now, the news, travel, and weather, wherever you happen to be watching us. We will have the headlines at 7am. Good morning. Im asad ahmad. A continued strong relationship with europe will be pushed for in brussels this morning when londons mayor gives a Keynote Speech in the next hour to eu leaders. Hell underline the importance of having strong economic ties for both london and europe, as well as Effective Security and business links. The meeting comes a day before theresa may triggers article 50, and begins the formal process of leaving the eu. This is what the mayor has to say. We have got to make sure those relationships are strengthened and carry on post us leaving the eu. It is in no ones interest for us to have less good links with the eu after brexit, with security in particular. Exactly a week after a teenager was shot dead as he sat in a car in ilford, Police Continue to appeal for witnesses and information to find his killer. 19 year old, abdi fatah sheikhey, was murdered last tuesday evening near ilford lane. A white bmw car pulled up beside him, moments before he was shot. The car was found abandoned the next day. A fire at a property in north london last night is being treated as suspicious as investigations into what caused it begin. Firefighters were called to an address on prince of wales road in chalk farm at around 7. 30 in the evening, with the blaze not getting under control until for several hours. There are no reported injuries. The travel. We will start with the tube. Minor problems on the Victoria Line have now cleared up. On the planes, if youre heading to the airport this morning, be aware that delays are possible because of the fog. Visibility is only 50 meters at luton and a 100 meters at stansted. Well keep an eye on the situation for you, but do be aware there could be problems. On the roads, because of the fog, theres no Woolwich Ferry and theres also disruption to the Thames Clippers service on the thames from woolwich. Thatll put added pressure on the blackwall tunnel. Lets have a check on the weather now with kate. Good morning. Well, its another rather misty and murky start to the day. One or two fairly dense patches of fog around this morning. They will lift gradually and we will see sunny spells developing. Now, for the last couple of days, we have had a chilly easterly wind. Today it switches direction, coming from the south west. One or two showers as a result near london. Mostly dry and still warm. We are looking at a maximum of 17 degrees. Further showers are possible overnight tonight. We hang onto a bit of a breeze well. But we also hang on to the milder air, not as chilly as last night. Temperature staying in double figures. Around 11 or 12 degrees celcius. Wednesday, there is a lot of cloud around. A mostly dry day. We should see some holes developing as well in the afternoon. Temperatures still feeling warm at 17 degrees. It could get warm. 18 19 celcius. A cold front finally moves through on friday introducing some colder air for the weekend. Va nessa Vanessa Feltz is about to go live with her breakfast show. That is it for me for now. Hello. Good morning. This is breakfast, with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Tighter controls on Over The Counter Treatments on the nhs. Gps in england could be stopped from prescribing routine pain killers, Indigestion Tablets and Cold Remedies under proposals to save millions of pounds. Good morning its tuesday 28th march. Thank you for being with us as morning. Thank you for being with us this morning. Also this morning, a warning that one in six local roads in england and wales are in such bad condition theyll have to be repaired or closed within five years. Its being called a monster cyclone and its hit the coast of queensland australia, bringing 160 mile an hour winds and forcing Tens Of Thousands to flee their homes. Good morning. Ahead of the triggering of article 50, im continuing my trip along the a50. This morning im in Derbyshire Finding Out what changing to immigration could mean for businesses like this hotel. In sport, the changing face of cricket the ecb wants to future proof the domestic game by creating a new eight team, city based Twenty20 Tournament. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Fog delays this morning. The sunshine will eventually break through the gloom, but unfortunately, one or two of you are infor but unfortunately, one or two of you are in for some rain. I will tell you where that is in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Doctors in england could be told to stop prescribing Travel Vaccines, gluten free foods and some ointments for muscle pain in a bid to save hundreds of millions of pounds a year. Cough medicines and popular painkillers like paracetemol could be added to the list at a later date. Our Health Editor, hugh pym, has more. The nhs is under increasing financial pressure. Now, Service Leaders are set to closely scrutinise whats available on prescription. Local Health Commissioners in england have drawn up a list of items which they say are unnecessary and inappropriate for prescription on the nhs. The medicines and treatments listed includ omega 3 and fish oils, some muscle rubs and ointments, gluten free food, and Travel Vaccines, still allowed on the nhs. There could be savings of £128 million a year. Nhs england has agreed to carry out a review and introduced new guidelines. Longer term, the future of cold and cough treatments, indigestion and heartburn medication, and paracetamol on prescription will be considered. Health Officials Say hundreds of millions of pounds more could be saved. Nhs england argues they are widely available over the counter at pharmacies. A spokesman said there was a need to ensure that the best value from resources. The move will form part of a major Strategy Announcement by the head of nhs england, simon stephens, later this week. Hugh pym, bbc news. After 8am this morning, well be talking about this with the chair of the Royal College of gps, here on breakfast. James broke and higher is expected to make a Statement Today about the situation storm on. The democratic unionist and sinn fein have failed to make a deal on Power Sharing. Chris, what is the option available now . It is basically the deepest political crisis Northern Ireland has seen a decade. Almost three months, they have had no budget, no government, no devolved assembly. Has been the longest break since it began ten years ago. Jez brokenshire has essentially exert the guideline between the two largest parties to strike a deal to go back into government with each other. Their Power Sharing arrangement failed to go ahead after a deal could not be arranged. Jez brokenshire said there isa arranged. Jez brokenshire said there is a short while some weeks before they can reach an agreement. James. There is no deadline, but when you speak to people around stormont, april is thought to be the crunch time. If there is no deal, the government will then have to think seriously about putting into place what is called direct rule, or the running of Northern Ireland from westminster. Senior Civil Servants will tomorrow take over control of the storm on finances. It will fall to top officials of the Department Of Finance to Keep Services going. That is how serious it is. A little bit later, and in fact in a few minutes, we be speaking to a former Northern Ireland secretary and five minutes. The Scottish Parliament is expected to back nicola sturgeons call for a second independence referendum in a vote this afternoon. But theresa may has said she will not discuss a referendum before the brexit negotiations have concluded. Amnesty International Says the Us Led Coalition is not doing enough to protect civilians trapped in the iraqi city of mosul, in the fight against so called Islamic State. The Human Rights Group claims to have seen evidence of airstrikes destroying houses and killing families. The pentagon say its conducting an investigation. Security is to be increased at Windsor Castle during changing the guard, which takes place several times a week. New barriers will be put in place along the route of the procession. Thames Valley Police said although there was no specific threat, last weeks attack in westminster had highlighted the need for the changes. More must be done to address a sharp rise in the number of suicides among Women Prisoners in england, according to the prisons watchdog. Self inflicted deaths among female inmates almost doubled last year. The prisons ombudsman said that reforms recommended a decade ago havent materialised. The government says it has invested more in staff training. We have had so many messages this morning already about potholes. One in six local roads in england and wales are at risk of becoming damaged beyond repair because of a growing problem of potholes. A survey of local councils says some roads have less than five years before they have to be replaced or closed. Heres our transport correspondent, richard westcott. Crumbling away faster than they can repair them. Our local council run roads carry a third of the traffic, but this survey says decades of underfunding, coupled with wetter winters and more cars, have left them in a sorry state, all over england and wales. It found that one in six roads is so bad it may need to be replaced within the next five years. Councils are already filling a pothole every 19 seconds. And it would take £12 billion to bring them all up to scratch. The government says its chipped in an extra £1 billion recently to help fill the holes. But campaigners arent impressed. Every so often, the government gives out a pothole fund. Its kind of reacting to a crisis. But i think we need to actually plan longer term funding and have a greater proportion of what drivers actually pay in motoring taxes ring fenced just for maintenance. Because if you ask drivers, it is their number one concern. He says around £6 million is paid out every year for cars broken by potholes. Whilst more bus passengers are also making claims, saying theyve been hurt by the bus jolting about on poor roads. As councils feel the financial squeeze, many fear our local roads are only going to get worse. Richard westcott, bbc news. We will be talking about that, the latest, what is it . A bin lorry that will have cameras to film the rose. And that might be able to help. Eights 7 09. Whats being described as a monster cyclone has begun lashing north east australia. Its 7 09. Its 7 09. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from coastal areas as a result of cyclone debbie, which has brought warnings of dangerous tidal surges. Our australia correspondent Hywel Griffith is in queensland. How bad is this . Well, until these conditions past, is hard to tell. Cyclone debbie might have landed, that she is not done yet. The main area it Hitjust South of ram, in bowen, and they are without electricity. Roads are close. It is impossible to get there orfurther close. It is impossible to get there or further down, close. It is impossible to get there orfurther down, to close. It is impossible to get there or further down, to airlie close. It is impossible to get there orfurther down, to airlie beach. There is all so been Torrential Rainfall. Some places and have expected as much as two feet of rain to fall on monday. That is cause extra risk of running. Emergency services are not going there until the winsley has dropped. Only then can they go out and assess what the damage is. Only then can we really know what disruption as them. So far, just one report of an injury, ofa man far, just one report of an injury, of a man in an area called prosepine, where the wind moved in and is now study to dissipate. But people are being warned that this is not over yet. They will remain in their homes and shops will remain closed, i would their homes and shops will remain closed, iwould imagine, their homes and shops will remain closed, i would imagine, for some days. Electricity, about 50,000 people are without it in the area. They are in for a long week even after cyclone debbie has done worse. Thank you very much. A Bit Disconcerting to see him there. It is lovely to get an update. Because im not sure, as was said that, we we re very im not sure, as was said that, we were very much concerned overnight that it could be very terrible, but so far, only one person has been injured. So in terms of the damage to human lives, it is not as bad as many good it could have been. And i love this story. Building flood defences can be a complex and expensive task but Scientists Say they have found an army of Expert Engineers willing to do it for free. They are, in fact, beavers. A 6 year study by the University Of Exeter found that beaver dams form pools which naturally slow the flow of rivers, reducing the risk of flash flooding. Now conservationists say Beaver Colonies should be used to protect areas like the somerset levels, which are prone to flooding. And you can see what incredible dams they do build, as well. They are cute, too, arent they . You have to pay them a daily rate for such a valuable job. Its 7 11 and youre watching breakfast from bbc news. The democratic unionists and sinn fein have failed to strike a deal to resume Power Sharing. The choices now are another election, direct rule from westminster, or hope for a compromise. Lets talk to the former Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers whos in our london newsroom. How optimistic are you that they can reach an agreement . How optimistic are you that they can reach an agreement7|j how optimistic are you that they can reach an agreement . I believe they can. It is a difficult process. You have parties ran to Work Together that have very different political agendas. Very different ideas on the sort of constitutional future status of Northern Ireland. And bridging those divisions is really difficult, but Northern Irelands leaders have got themselves through more difficult situations than this one. Soido difficult situations than this one. So i do hope that they will manage that again and come up with something which restores Power Sharing. Something which restores powersharing. And we have heard the Northern Ireland secretary talk about a fusion of weeks. Is that enough . I certainly hope so. A a few short weeks. There is disappointed that yesterdays deadline was missed. But trying to sort this out in the space of three weeks was always going to be very tough. I chaired to talks, one of 11 weeks and the other ten. And then i had the help that non wanted to work on through christmas will be able to listen to each others concerns. Divisions, because it is in nobodys interest for direct rule from westminster to continue. No ones. Westminster to continue. Noones. Lets talk about james brokenshire. It is role injeopardy . I think he is doing an excellentjob trying to bring the parties together. One of the tricky things, as any Northern Ireland secretary in the modern era cases is that a number of key concerns between the parties fall squarely and fairly within the party says. So the parties wanted to go for the thought of their own initiative. There is a strong role for the Secretary Of State in co ordinating these talks, and also, of course, in relation to how we deal with it legacy of Northern Irelands troubled past. And we know that the dup and sinn fein are blaming each otherfor the breakdown. From the outside, it looks like neither side are willing to budge. But do you think things will. Do somebody had to move first . Or is it to sites . I think the move, one would hope, would be from both sides. Reasonable, they are looking at very sensitive issues around culture and identity, and these, over the years, a gain and again, and caused political crises in Northern Ireland. But from my understanding, they have been some constructive talks. And although there was a degree of acrimony yesterday when they did not meet the deadline, there have been many insta nces deadline, there have been many instances where talks are broken up with much greater level of bitterness between the parties, i thought there were sending signals coming yesterday, that they were still dread to make this work. This is very much not the end of the rafa process. It has been three months, this situation, hazarded . What about the impact is mac because it has a real impact on the budget and the question of government moving along . The budget is the big worry. Now we are moving into Emergency Measures with Civil Servants taking over the budget and unless there is a compromise and an agreement against the devolved executive of an running again, ultimately, that will have a Significant Impact on the amount of money available for public services. For the moment, these measures will keep things ticking over, but actually, there are worrying indications that certain kinds of projects and groups may see their funding jeopardised, and that may lead them to have two lay people off. These situations are having an impact on the ground in Northern Ireland. Thank you for your time here on breakfast. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories this morning doctors in england could be told to stop prescribing Cold Remedies, gluten free foods, and some ointments, in a bid to save hundreds of millions of pounds a year. Theres a warning that one in six local roads in england and wales are in such bad condition because of potholes theyll need to be repaired or closed within five years. Iam sure i am sure we will be reading some of your comments on potholes later on. Now for the weather with matt who is up now for the weather with matt who is up on the roof in london. Good morning. Grey skies behind me. Les gray than they were early on. Less grey. Be warned, dense fog around. A few issues at luton and sta nsted around. A few issues at luton and stansted airports. Around. A few issues at luton and sta nsted airports. Show around. A few issues at luton and stansted airports. Show was limited to the south west of england. They will work up the western side. Grey and misty cloud should break up. It will linger in North East England and north east scotland. To the east, looking pleasant. Sunny spells. The air getting warmer than in recent days. Highs of 20 degrees for one or two. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the midlands. A few in North West England by the end of this afternoon. Across many parts of Eastern England and into scotland, it will stay dry. Southern and Eastern Areas are not as warm as they have been. The best Sunshine Warmth in the west. There will be some rain. That will push through the Northern Ireland the afternoon. Brighter skies in the evening. Wales, a few showers on and off but most wales, a few showers on and off but m ost pla ces wales, a few showers on and off but most places will avoid them and stay dry. Cloudy, but sunny spells. Still warm for many. Some cloud to this afternoon and into the night. Not as cool as it has been. The cloud will rain here and there, especially in the west. Many in the east will stay dry. Staying clear of a frost. The exception could be the north east of scotland. Tomorrow, north east scotland, one of the driest spots with sunny spells the east anglia and the south east most likely to stay dry as with a bit of Sunshine Breaking through the cloud. Generally, a lot of cloud around on wednesday. The rain will mainly be on the hills. For most of you, by and large dry. Even with the cloud, the web will go South Westerly, and temperatures will hold up nicely. Wind. More rain around. A greater chance of getting wet in Western Areas. The east, drier. Sunnierthan in recent days, especially in central and Eastern England. Temperatures could get to 20 21 degrees with the sun out. That this 70 in fahrenheit. Is. Cooler by the weekend. In the next few days, if you see the sunshine, it should be quite pleasant. 70 oh thank you. The government will trigger article 50 tomorrow, the start of Divorce Proceedings from the European Union. Were travelling along the a50 trunk road in the midlands to look at what it all means. And this morning, steph is at a hotel in derbyshire. Think they have been m brea kfast. I think they have been making breakfast. Good morning. A man with a knife, but a professional. People are laughing in the background about that one. Good morning. We are talking about the triggering of article 50. We will look at what impact it could have on businesses. We are taking it to down the a50. We are ata we are taking it to down the a50. We are at a best Western Hotel. We are in the east midlands. There is a lot of trepidation about what is leaving the eu means for people and businesses. Children are wondering as well what is going on. Tim muffett has been to a school in stoke to see what is going on. Blythe Bridge High School in stoke on trent. And the prospect of brexit is triggering emotions. Angry. Nervously optimistic. Worried. Under 18s couldnt vote in the referendum, yet the consequences of leaving the eu, good or bad, will affect this sector of society the longest. I know were, like, were young, and people think we are incapable of making decisions, but i think some of us are and some of us to have voices that want to be heard. We have been in the eu for like 40 years or something and no one really knows what will happen when we leave it. Maybe things with the nhs will improve because were not contributing to the eu. Its a scary thing for a lot of young people because its our future being decided by other people. For some teachers, brexit has posed a unique challenge. They want answers. And so that, because we have not got answers yet, none of us have, it gives them anxiety and worry. They dont like the instability and the insecurity. And young people need stability. In a recent uk wide survey, 43 of 11 16 year olds said that brexit made them feel anxious, angry, or upset. 22 said that leaving the eu made them feel hopeful or delighted, and around one in five did not really care. Why do you think we should be staying the offices of first news, the newspaper aimed at 17 14 year olds. They are talking brexit. I think that it has been difficult for adults and children. Each side of the argument has been so overplayed and so cynical that i think its really difficult for anyone to really understand whether it is a good thing or a bad thing. I think younger people are actually better than adults at listening, debating, taking on issues, understanding each others point of view. Definitely. , im really for brexit. I think it is a good idea for the people of britain to get there ideas out there and to get there ideas of freedom and choice out there. We want to be free of this organisation. I am pretty apprehensive. I know that britains public have decided to do this and i respect that. But that doesnt change how i feel. I voted for brexit because i am a believer. I think we can take advantage of this. Overall i feel completely confused. The opinions of under 18s didnt count in the referendum, but in schools across the uk, brexits proving to be an emotive subject. Tim muffett, bbc news. Some interesting thoughts from those young people. The key message is uncertainty. We still dont know what is going to happen and what it will mean. Especially in the Hospitality Sector. What will it mean in terms of getting enough workers to fill thejobs. Mean in terms of getting enough workers to fill the jobs. We are talking to the General Manager of this hotel. Tell us your thoughts. You employ a lot of people from the eu. Currently 25 of you employ a lot of people from the eu. Currently 2596 of our workforce are eu nationals in this Industry Struggles with recruitment anyway. To lose 25 of your workload would have a detrimental effect on the business. Some industries could have to close their doors. Why do you think it is such a problem to get these people to fill these jobs . The Hospitality Industry as a whole is not taken too seriously. We need to work with schools and colleges and universities to get people into the hotel industry. It is notjust about waiting on tables, it could be finance, painting and decorating. There is always a vacancy within the industry as a whole. When you put a job out, what kind of reception do you get . I put one out recently for a Maintenance Man and in two months i had three applicants. That is a real struggle for us. You might get a few more being on bbc. And happy birthday. It is your birthday today. Thank you. Bank you for coming to brea kfast. Thank you. Bank you for coming to breakfast. More for me a little bit later on when we talk to a lawyer. Thank you very much. Still coming up for you on breakfast this morning, Hundreds Of Thousands flee the control of Islamic State fighters in the iraqi city of mosul and we hear from unicef, the Childrens Charity, which is warning of a desperate shortage of food and water. It is time to get the news, travel, and weather, wherever you happen to be watching us. We will have the headlines at 7 30. Good morning. Im asad ahmad. A continued strong relationship with europe will be pushed for in brussels this morning when londons mayor gives a Keynote Speech in the next hour to eu leaders. Hell underline the importance of having strong economic ties for both london and europe, as well as Effective Security and business links. The meeting comes a day before theresa may triggers article 50, and begins the formal process of leaving the eu. This is what the mayor has to say. Iam going i am going to show that london is and will always remain the best place in the well to do business. To show that london is and will always be entrepreneurial, international, inclusive, and full of creativity and positivity. And to show that london is, and will always remain, open to the best and the brightest talent from europe and around the world. So i come here with a message of optimism and hope during gloomy times, because i am optimistic about londons future, and ourfuture, working together. And everyone here should be as well. Sadiq khan speaking in the last few minutes in brussels. One week on from the murder of 19 year old, abdifatah sheikhey, detectives continue to appeal for witnesses. Abdifatah, who was known as abdi, was shot and fatally wounded in ilford on tuesday, 21st march. Lets have a look at the Travel Situation now. Good service. On the planes, if youre heading to the airport this morning, be aware that delays are possible because of the fog. Visibility is only 50 meters at luton and a 100 meters at stansted. Well keep an eye on the situation for you, but do be aware there could be problems. On the roads, because of the fog, theres no Woolwich Ferry and theres also disruption to the Thames Clippers service on the thames from woolwich. Thatll put added pressure on the blackwall tunnel. Lets have a check on the weather now with kate. Good morning. Well, its another rather misty and murky start to the day. One or two fairly dense patches of fog around this morning. They will lift gradually and we will see sunny spells developing. Now, for the last couple of days, we have had a chilly easterly wind. Today it switches direction, coming from the south west. One or two showers as a result near london. Mostly dry and still warm. We are looking at a maximum of 17 degrees. Further showers are possible overnight tonight. We hang onto a bit of a breeze well. But we also hang on to the milder air, not as chilly as last night. Temperature staying in double figures. Around 11 or 12 degrees celcius. Wednesday, there is a lot of cloud around. A mostly dry day, however. We should see some holes developing as well in the afternoon. Temperatures still feeling warm at 17 degrees. It could get quite warm. 18 19 celcius. A cold front finally moves through on friday introducing some colder air for the weekend. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Va nessa Vanessa Feltz is and bbc radio london. On. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and Louise Minchin. Health bosses are to look at plans to save hundreds of millions of pounds a year by stopping prescriptions for things like gluten free food, muscle rubs and omega 3 fish oils. The changes are part of a proposal to cut down on what nhs england called unnecessary or inappropriate treatments, that can be bought cheaply over the counter in most supermarkets. The review begins next month. The Scottish Parliament is expected to back nicola sturgeons call for a second independence referendum, in a vote this afternoon. The vote had been due to take place at holyrood last wednesday, but was postponed because of the attack at westminster. The snp leader wants a referendum by the spring of 2019, but theresa may has rejected that timetable. Northern irelands Political Parties have been given more time to form a new administration, after three weeks of talks failed to result in a deal. The two biggest parties, the dup and sinn fein, have blamed each other for the stalemate. The Northern Ireland secretary, james brokenshire, will make a statement to mps later today. U nless unless there is a kumble minus agreement that gets the devolved Parliament Running again, that will have a Significant Impact on the amount of money available for public services. For the moment, these measures will keep things ticking over. But actually, there are worrying indications that certain kinds of projects and groups might see theirfunding kinds of projects and groups might see their funding jeopardised. Tesco is face a £129 million fine from the Serious Fraud office over false accounting. It stems from a statement by the supermarket in september 2014, that its profits had been overstated by £263 million. Auditors found that the inflated figure was the result of including payments from suppliers, before the money was due. Amnesty International Says the Us Led Coalition is not doing enough to protect civilians trapped in the iraqi city of mosul, in the fight against so called Islamic State. The Human Rights Group claims to have seen evidence of airstrikes destroying houses and killing families. The pentagon say its conducting an investigation. Security is to be increased at Windsor Castle during changing the guard, which takes place several times a week. New barriers will be put in place along the route of the procession. Thames Valley Police said although there was no specific threat, last weeks attack in westminster had highlighted the need for the changes. More must be done to address a sharp rise in the number of suicides among Women Prisoners in england, according to the prisons watchdog. Self inflicted deaths among female inmates almost doubled last year. The prisons ombudsman said that reforms recommended a decade ago havent materialised. The government says it has invested more in staff training. Whats being described as a monster cyclone has begun lashing north east australia. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from coastal areas as a result of cyclone debbie, which is also bringing warnings of dangerous tidal surges. The new 12 sided £1 coin comes into circulation today. Modelled on the old thrupenny bit, its designed to be harder to forge. But some vending and Ticket Machines may not accept it straight away. The old coin remains legal tender until october. My my kids are desperate to get their hands on a new one. I cant have you how many people will pass me and said where is that pound . How many people will pass me and said where is that pound7m how many people will pass me and said where is that pound . It was done there. We got it back and it is gone back to the royal mint. Done there. We got it back and it is gone back to the royal mintm done there. We got it back and it is gone back to the royal mint. It has been group, it returned to the royal mint, your majesty. Whoever gets one first, if you get one this morning, said asa first, if you get one this morning, said as a teacher. Because it would be nice to have that first moment when you get to give it a go. Im sure there will be people running down to the banks to get one. You will be running to the shops to say that you have a new pound, and there would be no one around to tell. Lets get them sent into us. I am talking about a new overhaul of cricket. They have been talking about it for a long time. This is introducing a new t20 tournament to make it more exciting get families involved, a bit like the Indian Premier League and the Big Bash League in australia. One of have one in england and wales . That is exactly what they are proposing. Why not have one. A new competition to challenge the Indian Premier League and australias big bash could be a step closer. Under new proposals, a Twenty20 Tournament featuring eight city franchises, instead of county sides, will take centre stage during School Summer holidays from 2020. It wont be the end of county cricket, according to the england and Wales Cricket board, but its hoped it will open up the sport to a wider audience. By by doing things differently, we can be relevant to a whole new audience and bring this diverse Multicultural Britain into our stadium in a way that we have not been successful at doing to date. Former Team Sky Doctor Richard Freeman has submitted a Written Response to mps about a mystery medical package delivered to him for the teams former rider sir Bradley Wiggins in 2011. He said thejiffy bag contained a decongestant that riders were allowed to take, but regretted not backing up his clinical records. Freeman wrote a letter to the culture, media and Sport Committee after failing to appear before them earlier this month. Theres no Suggestion Wiggins or team sky broke any rules. Onto last nights action, and englands u21s won 4 0 last night in denmark in their International Friendly match. Chelseas ruben loftus cheek scored twice in a convincing performance by aidy boothroyds side. Its part of their preparations for this summers under 21 European Championship in poland. And the Republic Of Ireland play iceland in a friendly this evening, but the injury to their captain Seamus Coleman has overshadowed their preparations. The everton defender broke his leg in two places in World Cup Qualifier against wales last week. Great players have broken their legs, and come back. And seamus should take i mean, obviously, it is very early for him to start considering all of those things, but he is positive. Naturally, as i mentioned earlier, at the start, he is down as he would be, as the realisation that he is go to be out of action for quite sometime has dawned on him. So those types of things take dont just take five minutes to get over. And some tennis to finish. World number one andy murray is likely to miss Great Britains davis cup tie with an elbow injury. His brotherjamie revealed that andys suffered a muscle tear. Great britain face france next month. Captain leon smith announces will announce the squad at midday. Meanwhile, Johanna Konta is into the quarter finals of the miami open for a second successive year. The british number one beat spains Lara Arruabarrena in straight sets overnight to set up a last eight meeting with simona halep. And Roger Federer continued his brilliant form in 2017 last night, by cruising into the fourth round of the miami open with a 6 3 6 4 win over Argentinas Juan Martin del potro. A single break in each set was enough for the swiss, who claimed an 18th Grand Slam injanuary and won in indian wells earlier this month. If he could just turn back time. Have you ever been in a Cryogenic Chamber . No, but lived in manchester. I may as well live in a Cryogenic Chamber. It is not as cold as you imagine. What . Is on at Something Like 40 degrees . As you imagine. What . Is on at Something Like 40 degrees7m as you imagine. What . Is on at Something Like 40 degrees . It is weird. It is a sort of warm cold. Good morning to you. Youre watching bbc breakfast. With Coalition Forces intensifying their assault against so called Islamic State in mosul, the us is being accused of not doing enough to protect civilians. Amnesty International Says its alarmed by the scale of recent deaths from air strikes. Well talk more about that in a moment, but first our Middle East Editorjeremy Bowen has been talking to some of those trapped by the fighting. This family said some of their favourite things. Now that the jihadist have been forced out of the area. Is banned television and made them stay through the worst of the fighting as human shields. This man showed how bear flat, fighting as human shields. This man showed how bearflat, still fighting as human shields. This man showed how bear flat, still near the front line, was virtually destroyed with them in it. He said the men from is stopped his daughters from going to safety, threatening to hang him from the front door. The people of mosul have been left with impossible choices. Risk death by staying in their own homes or risk death taking their children across a front line. The iraqi authorities advised them to stay put. Renad mansour is a middle east analyst from the International Affairs think tank, chatham house. Hes in our london studio. Good morning. Thank you for talking to us. Can you give us the idea of the situation in mosul at the moment . The offensive is carrying on. All the different iraqi forces at play. The morale is high. They are looking to defeat the Islamic State in the coming weeks, is months. At this stage, it is the ha rd est months. At this stage, it is the hardest battle. Youre getting into densely populated areas, narrow streets, with isis fighters tried to blend into local populations. And because of that, sadly, we must expect and anticipate more Civilian Casualties and problems involving civilians caught in the crossfire, during this urban style warfare. Civilians caught in the crossfire, during this urban style warfarem it impossible, in your eyes, then, to defeat Islamic State and protect civilians . I think in any kind of all you have a civilian population staying put, it is impossible to protect all civilians. We have seen in other battles against isis in other parts of iraq as well, when civilians on stage, it has been problematic. Be that because of a strike, artillery, it isjust problematic. Be that because of a strike, artillery, it is just a problematic. Be that because of a strike, artillery, it isjust a cost of war. And as tragic as that sounds, most iraqis would still say that it sounds, most iraqis would still say thatitis sounds, most iraqis would still say that it is a necessary sort of battle and that most iraqis want isis to be removed from their second largest city, mosul, as well as the other cities. The pentagon said they are investigating potentially significant as strikes that occurred on the 17th of march. It was reported by some to kill 200 civilians. How significant could that be . Certainly, it has changed the narrative. It is a major setback for the offensive. The morale was high. Tribuddharat was higher. Everybody was on the same page. Everybody was on the same page. Everybody was on the same page. Everybody was fighting against the common enemy. With this new omid latest breaking news, the narrative as started to change. People are starting to question the costs of the war. So does have an impact. But thatis the war. So does have an impact. But that is not to say, as i have been saying, this is warfare. These battles. You will have these. The as strikes are some extent necessary in the fight against isis, targeting snipers, from the air. And when the a bstra ct snipers, from the air. And when the abstract is not there, like we saw in ramadi, previously, you have more difficulties for the ground forces, as well as more need for artillery to basically shalvey city. Either way, there will be costs of war. Sheu way, there will be costs of war. Shell the city. From your perspective, what is the perspective of the people of mosul . Are we looking at years or months . Well, in the short term military victory, were talking months. Certainly by at least the summer, there will be some sudden declaration, one would imagine. However, that would be a short term, not a secure kind of victory. Stabilisation, reconstruction, these things, even getting to a political settlement, which nobody is talking about yet, that will take years, and think. So it will be a very short term, and a very stable victory that it will be a very short term, and a very st but victory that it will be a very short term, and a very st but as tory that it will be a very short term, and a very st but as we i that it will be a very short term, and a very st but as we have seen be declared. But as we have seen another parts, they are liable to still continue with insurgencies with different kinds of suicide attacks. And we poke holes into the victories that are made by iraqi forces. Thank you for talking to us this morning. Lets talk to Peter Hawkins from the Childrens Charity unicef. He was in mosul last week, and is now 50 miles away in erbil. Thank you so much forjoining us. Just described to us what you saw when you were in mosul. The situation in these mosul and west mosul is very different. Liberation of east mosul has been taken successful place over the last two months. Normal life is resuming. In contrast, as your report is just indicated, in west mosul, which is across the river, the situation is horrific. That is the only way we can describe it. There are probably 200,000 children left in the centre of mosul. They are unable to leave, probably held as human shields, against the bombardment, and for many of us who have been in the war of this nature, in hearing those bombs go off, being killed by those bonds are as members of family, this is causing calls for all sides to restrict the mac respect humanitarian law. For all sides to respect humanitarian law. You have described the situation there, but what is it like for children at . Are their place of them to go to . Every day, we are increasing the number of places. Over 200,000 people have left mosul itself. 180000 and west mosul. As the people come out, it camps are being made and built. We have been building camps and built. We have been building ca m ps every and built. We have been building camps every day. Unicef have put in new latrines every day, so that people every day can have access to water and sanitation. Those camps are. It is difficult. It is raining at the moment. The area where the people are entering has only been recently retaken itself. But we are working throughout the day to try and ensure that those cancer fall as people come out. The problem is going to be if people suddenly come out. If 100,000 or 150,000, as indeed was the case in falluja, in the south, this time last year, if they suddenly come out, then we will be challenged by ensuring that they do have shelter, they do have water, they do have sanitation. Peter hawkins from unicef, thank you for bringers that account. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories this morning doctors in england could be told to stop prescribing Cold Remedies, gluten free foods, and some ointments, in a bid to save hundreds of millions of pounds a year. Theres a warning that one in six local roads in england and wales are in such bad condition because of potholes theyll need to be repaired or closed within five years. Heres matt with a look at this mornings weather. He is talking about hot temperatures. 20 degrees even 21 this is what it looks like in edinburgh this morning. A similar sky to london. That looks rather nice. This is what it is like outside our studio. A very still get. Not a ripple on the water. You almost want to dive in. Day. Get. Not a ripple on the water. You almost want to dive in. Daylj would have a little dabble. You can do it safely with people watching. Always safety first. The rest of the weather for all of us. London. Lovely day. The cloud is now starting to break and the sun is coming out and we could hit 20 degrees in parts of the south east. Scotla nd degrees in parts of the south east. Scotland has been the warmest in the past few days. Not that warm everywhere as i will show you. The forecast is not a bad spring day. Morning gloom will break. Sunny spells coming out. Unlike recent days, one or two showers. Some could crop up this morning in South West England and wales. More mist bannon hit. A little bit grey. Than. A big difference. With sunshine coming out, we could hit 20 degrees. Feeling warmer than in recent days, especially as the wind eases down. Afternoon showers, especially in the midlands, with the odd rumble of thunder. Most of the showers are few and far between. Most will stay dry. The sunshine may be limited to Western Areas. The evening rush hour, rain pushing across Northern Ireland. A wet spell for the second half of their day. A little bit of sunshine either side. Wales, a good scattering of showers. Did gaps between them. Some will stay dry. Big. Cooler cross eastern coasts. Not as cold as it has been through the night as there is more cloud to come. Outbreaks of rain at times merely across Western Areas and in the hills. The coldest will be western scotland. A touch of frost. Wednesday, dry weather with a bit of sunshine. The east and south east, the most likely to stay dry. More cloud today. Sunshine coming through. Elsewhere, generally cloudy. Some rain around. Wales, North West England, the hills, that is where you will see it, and the south west of scotland. A bit of strong wind by thursday. Wet as well in Western Areas. Not as good a chance of staying dry on thursday. Central and Eastern England and maybe south east scotland, more sunshine compared to wednesday. More warm. Even with the breeze, central and Eastern England could reach 20 21 degrees. In the west, still in the teens. That is how it is looking. Back to you both. Beautiful. Thank you. From this distance i cannot spot any potholes. What about you, matt, can you see any . No. They have been filling them in as they knew you were coming. This morning were talking about potholes. Do you find yourself constantly trying to avoid them . A report out this morning says theyre such a big problem in england and wales, the repair bill would top £12 billion. We want to hear your stories, and see your pictures. Heres just a few weve had so far. Walking to my car. I had to leave the main road. This council road has had it. On monday afternoon i had an accident on my bike where i hit a pothole and fell forward off my bike. We have so many e mails. Where do we start . Paul says they have to backfill the tarmac and seal the repair. Thank you for your knowledge. Highway agents dump some tarmac in the hole and rely on other factors to fixed. So he thinks that they need a new way to fix it. To fix it. North somerset is apparently all four. Tarmac surfaces have a life of 15 25 years depending on traffic density and construction. It sounds like richard knows what he talks about. Apparently every 19 seconds one is billed. You know how many there are. A lot of work still out there. Filled. Many there are. A lot of work still out there. Filled. We are looking at getting a camera on the bin lorries to fill them forming overtime. Immigration was one of the biggest issues during the Eu Referendum campaign, and a day before theresa may starts the process of brexit, stephs taking a look at what changes we should expect. Shes on the a50, talking about article 50, at a hotel in the east midlands. People seem to be checking in. Checking out, maybe. Yes. Some checking out this morning after having their breakfast. Like us. We are talking about triggering article 50 which will be happening tomorrow and what it will mean and these two yea rs of and what it will mean and these two years of negotiations we have a head. What will it mean for businesses . We are looking at the hospital industry Hospitality Industry to see what it means for them as they used 700,000 employees from the eu. You are the Chief Executive of best western. Is this on your radar . It is definitely on our radar. We Business People and we have 4. 5 Million People employed our industry, 700,000 of which are eu nationals. It is a big worry for many workers to be some have actually decided to go home already because of that uncertainty. We do not have a roadmap with the government and understanding the timescales involved with brexit. What are you doing about it . You are saying you are seeing people leaving. Are you able to fill the jobs they are leaving . We have had vacancies in the industry for some time, across all of our hotels in best western. With 700,000 additional holes in our employment, it isa additional holes in our employment, it is a problem, and brexit is exacerbating the issue. The underlying issue is people have a perception of working in our industry. I love it. Ijoined a few yea rs industry. I love it. Ijoined a few years ago and it is a great industry to work in. 42 of parents discourage children from working in the industry. We need to look at that and look at making hospitality a first choice career for young people. You want to fill the job with british people . Overnight . We would struggle. 95 of one hotels workforce is eu nationals. They would have to shut. Good morning. We are hearing concerns from industry but you dont think we have to worry, do you . No, because businesses do not like uncertainty in anything. The quicker we sort this out the better. Many will be watching this, from parents to local authorities in a community. The leisure industry employs enormously. It isa leisure industry employs enormously. It is a great entry level employer. Many people can get a start in the world of work in this industry. We need more of a assistance in apprenticeships and more local authority linking in and building capacity. But the big message to get out here tomorrow, and a big a massive thing is going to happen tomorrow, is that i dont think much is going to change be honest. There is going to change be honest. There isa is going to change be honest. There is a lot of alarmism. If i may say, the media fans it and alarmists do that as well because they want to fan it. We need people to understand that we arent telling people to go, we are telling people that we want to choose who comes in. Why would you say it is about europe . We want to ta ke you say it is about europe . We want to take from everywhere. If you are from europe, you will be as welcome as always. But if you come from india or canada or new zealand, you are equally standing in the governments appraisal, so we can fish ina governments appraisal, so we can fish in a world of talent, as opposed to just the eus talent. That is what we want to do. We have to get rid of the idea that tomorrow will be armageddon. We just have to fish in the whole reservoir of talent. I will say to someone in the eu today, you are as worthy today as you were at yesterday. Thank you very much. I will be here throughout the morning talking to people about their thoughts on it. That is it for me. An. Right. We are a bit late. News, travel, and weather, wherever are. We will see you in a few minutes time. Good morning im asad ahmad. A continued strong relationship with europe will be pushed for in brussels this morning when londons mayor gives a Keynote Speech in the next hour to eu leaders. Hell underline the importance of having strong economic ties for both london and europe, as well as Effective Security and business links. The meeting comes a day before theresa may triggers article 50, and begins the formal process of leaving the eu. This is what the mayor has to say. I am going to show that london is and will always remain the best place in the world to do businessm, to show that london is, and will always be, entrepreneurial, international, inclusive, and full of creativity and positivity, and to show that london is, and will always remain, open to the best and the brightest talent from europe and around the world. So i come here with a message of optimism and hope during gloomy times, because i am optimistic about londons future, and ourfuture, working together, and everyone here should be, too. A dog which was left starving in the irish countryside a few years ago, is now enjoying life in london, helping patients in hospital recovering from injuries. Katie, enjoys almost celebrity status according to the team at barnet, enfield and haringey Mental Health trust, as she gets to work with those needing physiotherapy or patients with early stages of dementia or multiple sclerosis. What a hero. The travel. We will start with the tube. Expect massive delays in and around that area as a result of that closure. Lets have a check on the weather now with kate. Good morning. Well, its another rather misty and murky start to the day. One or two fairly dense patches of fog around this morning. They will lift gradually and we will see sunny spells developing. Now, for the last couple of days, we have had a chilly easterly wind. Today it switches direction, coming from the south west. One or two showers as a result near london. Mostly dry and still warm. We are looking at a maximum of 17 degrees. Further showers are possible overnight tonight. We hang onto a bit of a breeze well. But we also hang on to the milder air, not as chilly as last night. Temperature staying in double figures. Around 11 or 12 degrees celcius. Wednesday, there is a lot of cloud around. A mostly dry day, however. We should see some holes developing as well in the afternoon. Temperatures still feeling warm at 17 degrees. It could get quite warm. 18 19 celcius. A cold front finally moves through on friday introducing some colder air for the weekend. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Join me on bbc one in half an hour. Goodbye. And hello this is breakfast, with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Tighter controls on Over The Counter Treatments on the nhs. Gps in england could be stopped from prescribing routine pain killers, Indigestion Tablets and Cold Remedies under proposals to save millions of pounds. Good morning, its the 28th of march. Also on the Programme Today a warning that1 in 6 local roads in england and today wales are in such bad condition theyll have to be repaired or closed within 5 years. Its being called a monster cyclone and its hit the coast of queensland australia bringing 160 mile an hour winds and forcing Tens Of Thousands to flee their homes. In sport the changing face of cricket. The ecb wants to future proof the domestic game by creating a new eight team, city based Twenty20 Tournament. Also this morning why amateur stargazers are being enlisted to help scientists find a hidden planet thought to circle the edge of our solar system. Matt has the weather. After a misty and foggy start the sunshine will break through to bring sunny spells, but also some changes on the way, a few of you might have some rain, ive got the forecast details coming up in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Doctors in england could be told to stop prescribing Travel Vaccines, gluten free foods and some ointments for muscle pain in a bid to save hundreds of millions of pounds a year. Cough medicines and popular painkillers like paracetemol could be added to the list at a later date. Our Health Editor hugh pym has more. The nhs is under increasing financial pressure. Now, Service Leaders are set to closely scrutinise whats available on prescription. Local Health Commissioners in england have drawn up a list of items which they say are unnecessary and inappropriate for prescription on the nhs. The medicines and treatments listed include omega 3 and fish oils, some muscle rubs and ointments, gluten free food, and Travel Vaccines, still allowed on the nhs. There could be savings of £128 million a year. Nhs england has agreed to carry out a review and introduce new guidelines. Longer term, the future of cold and cough treatments, indigestion and heartburn medication, and paracetamol on prescription will be considered. Health Officials Say hundreds of millions of pounds more could be saved. Nhs england argues they are widely available over the counter at pharmacies. A spokesman said there was a need to ensure the best value from resources. The move will form part of a major Strategy Announcement by the head of nhs england, simon stephens, later this week. Hugh pym, bbc news. Northern irelands Political Parties have been given more time to form a new administration, after three weeks of talks failed to result in a deal. The two biggest parties, the dup and sinn fein, have blamed each other for the stalemate. The Northern Ireland secretary, james brokenshire, will make a statement to mps later today. The Scottish Parliament is expected to back nicola sturgeons call for a second independence referendum in a vote this afternoon. But theresa may has said she will not discuss a referendum before the brexit negotiations have concluded. Lets talk to our correspondent steve godden whos in edinburgh. They met yesterday and different lines coming out of that meeting, what are the priorities are today . Lines coming out of that meeting, what are the priorities are today7|j what are the priorities are today . dont think they are any closer together after that meeting, but an important day here at the Scottish Parliament. Nicola sturgeon would like msp is to give her their backing to go to the uk government and negotiate the terms of that second independence referendum, that she would like to hold. Msps will pick up where they left off last wednesday, the debate suspended following the terror attack at westminster. Already the arguments have been fairly well rehearsed, the Scottish Government says scots have been shut out of the Brexit Process and it was something they did not vote four and they should have the right to choose a different path. Nicola sturgeon would like hollywood to determine the details of the referendum including the time tale would like holyrood. But the government says that the scottish people do not want another referendum by calling on the Scottish Government to focus on the dayjob. The Scottish Government to focus on the day job. The snp Scottish Government to focus on the dayjob. The snp will have the support of the greens and that means they will get the votes they need to get this through, but with theresa may continuing to say that now is not the time for talks about another independence referendum, what happens after that is still a big question. Thanks. Tesco is facing a £129 million fine from the Serious Fraud office over false accounting. It stems from a statement by the supermarket in september 2014, that its profits had been overstated by £263 million. Auditors found that the inflated figure was the result of including payments from suppliers, before the money was due. Amnesty International Says the Us Led Coalition is not doing enough to protect civilians trapped in the iraqi city of mosul, in the fight against so called Islamic State. The Human Rights Group claims to have seen evidence of airstrikes destroying houses and killing families. The pentagon say its conducting an investigation. The wife of the westminster attacker has said she is saddened and shocked by what he did. Khalid masood killed three people on westminster bridge, and then stabbed to death a policeman, before he was shot dead by an armed officer. His wife, rohey hydara, says she totally condemns his actions. Yesterday, his mother spoke of her shock and sadness, saying she cried for his victims. More must be done to address a sharp rise in the number of suicides among Women Prisoners in england, according to the prisons watchdog. Self inflicted deaths among female inmates almost doubled in the last year. The prisons and probation Ombudsman Says that reforms recommended a decade ago havent materialised, as marc ashdown reports. For many years, the number of women who took their own life in prisons in england was one or two a year. In 2015, that figure rose to seven, and last year, 12 women. This stark rise prompted the prisons and probation ombudsman, nigel newcomen, to examine 19 cases of suicide over a 4 year period. He has identified crucial areas of practice where he says that the service could be improved better assessment and management of risk, improving suicide and self harm procedures, and addressing how Mental Health issues and bullying are dealt with. A second report out today identifies similar issues. Well, the huge rise in deaths, it is complicated, but there are two main reasons. First, there are fewer staff in prisons, fewer people to learn and listen, and the other thing is unmet Mental Health needs. So women who are vulnerable and who need Mental Healthcare, need treatment for drug or alcohol addictions are not getting it. Ten years ago, the prisons ombudsman published a Landmark Report, making a series of 43 recommendations aimed at improving the care of women in custody. The current ombudsman said it was disheartening that the sweeping reforms had yet to be implemented, and blamed a lack of concerted and sustained action. The Ministry Ofjustice said the safety of prisoners is a priority, and a range of measures has been introduced to increase the support available. Mark ashdown, bbc news. Whats being described as a monster cyclone has begun lashing north east australia. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from coastal areas as a result of cyclone debbie, which has brought warnings of dangerous tidal surges. Our australia correspondent Hywel Griffith is in queensland. What are conditions like . Just when you think the worst might have passed, we have a new shower. Although the wind speeds are slowing down, they are expecting Torrential Rain and that is the next phase of this dynamic weather system. The cyclone has gone inland, but a heap of water is coming after it and they estimate Something Like 600 millimetres in some areas to fall in one day and that is about two feet of rain in one place. Some towns have been cut off because rivers are impassable and it is feared their levels will be very high and a new high tide will come again this evening. Debbie might have landed but shes not done with us yet and they will be feeling the impact physically and financially for some time. Speaking to a hotelier some way away from the danger, it she said they werent expecting any destruction but already they have lost thousands of dollars in bookings and so debbie will not be a very popular name here for some time. Thanks forjoining us. Building flood defences can be a complex and expensive task, but Scientists Say they have found an army of Expert Engineers willing to do it for free. Beavers. A 6 year study by the University Of Exeter found that beaver dams form pools which naturally slow the flow of rivers, reducing the risk of flash flooding. Now conservationists say Beaver Colonies should be used to protect areas like the somerset levels, which are prone to flooding. They are so exacting in the engineering, it is very effective. And cheap. I dont know if you are about to drive to work or take the kids to school. Do you feel like you spend most of your time on the road trying to avoid potholes . This morning its claimed theyve become such a big problem that1 in 6 local roads could be beyond repair injust a few years time. A survey of councils in england and wales says £12 billion is needed to the fix the problem. Lets talk to peter fleming, deputy chair of the local government association, whos in our westminster studio, and David Greenfield whos leading research in tackling the pothole problem. Peter, first of all, what is being done at the moment to fix our roads . Every 19 seconds in a local council somewhere a pothole is being filled in. Absolutely. We are not able to get totally on top of the problem, and we reckon there is a £12 billion backlog just to bring our local roads which are 97 of the roads in this country, up to scratch. Successive governments have underfunded the road network hugely. The roads they are in charge of, the motorways, they get funding of over a mile, but local road network, £27,000, and it is that gap that is really causing the problem. They get funding of over a mile. We are paying more council tax, but the roads are in a worse condition. So why is that . Why is money not being directed to fixing an incredibly heavily used system of roads . We ee, heavily used system of roads . We agree, but councils and pressure iran Adult Social Care and other issues which are costing councils more and more money issues which are costing councils more and more money pressure around Adult Social Care. This is not seen as a priority by government. We need this extra money, the £12 billion, just to bring the local Roads Network up to scratch so we are starting from that level playing field. We believe it can be funded through tax that is already being paid, so when you fill up already being paid, so when you fill up yourcar, already being paid, so when you fill up your car, that fuel duty that you pay, if 2p of that could be redirected to our local road network we believe that we could really start to make a positive impact on the state of our roads. There is another way of looking at this, we talked about potholes a lot on brea kfast. Talked about potholes a lot on breakfast. David is a research director, to do with bin lorries and potholes, what is this . We are being funded by the department for transport to look at how we can prevent potholes from forming in the first place and we have fitted cameras to a bin lorry and we will be taking images of the road as the bin lorry passers by on its daily work. Those bin lorries go on the same route every week . Absolutely. So they will have a very exact view . Very much. We are using High Definition imagery so we can build upa High Definition imagery so we can build up a portfolio of pictures over time to look at how the pothole progresses in terms of forming, and what we are trying to do is have that data so we can look backwards and see how it starts and whether we can prevent that in the future. Will it be the case, the information will come back and it will feed through and it will say, and so and so road, there is a pothole forming, can you address that and get that done before it forms into a pothole which can damage cars . That is what we are hoping. We will get more information as we progress to the trial but it is ready there to help the council understands the problems that are emerging and the problems that are currently there. A lot of our viewers getting this touch saying the potholes are a problem, but it is the way that theyre treated is another issue as well. Yeah, i mean, it is an interesting trial thats taking place. Finding potholes for us isnt the problem at the moment and any research that can help better understand how a pothole forms i think would be welcome. The problem weve got at the moment is the chronic under funding historically which means were lefting with that £12 billion billjust to bring our roads up to scratch at the moment and any repaired roads so if you just patch a road is weaker than the road was before, just by its nature and we have many roads and your viewers will know them which are just patched and patched and patched and thats because you know, there isnt that core funding to fundamentally solve the years of underfunding fundamentally solve the years of under funding by government of our local road network. He makes a good point, doesnt he, david . Locating potholes isnt a problem. So many of our viewers got in contact today to talk about the pothole thats on their road or on their way to work or school and they are huge and they are causing damage to cars sth or school and they are huge and they are causing damage to cars stim or school and they are huge and they are causing damage to cars sth it is not something that were going out there tojust find not something that were going out there to just find potholes. Not something that were going out there tojust find potholes. The trial is to identify whats out there and to look at how we can use there and to look at how we can use the imagery to improve other parts of the road service, kerbs and drains and other defects that would be useful to the council and helping them make decisions on what they do with their road network and it is key to say that the trial areas that were looking at in thurrock and york and in wiltshire and being sponsored by the department for transport is really innovative in the way that they are looking at this and using data and new Technology Rather than the traditional ways of understanding how potholes can be measured. Were getting imagery that will be on a wee kly getting imagery that will be on a weekly basis compared to annual. Thank you very much, peter and david. Thank you both very much indeed. Lee from somerset, north smet is awful. I live in weston super mare. The roads are so bad even a bus got stuck last year because the hole was so big. The council run round and do a fill and then a few days later the hole is even bigger. Thank you for your pothole rants. Thank you for those. I hope you feel better its 8. 18am and youre watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories doctors in england could be told to stop prescribing Cold Remedies, gluten free foods and some ointments in a bid to save hundreds of millions of pounds a year. Theres a warning that one in six local roads in england and wales are in such bad condition because of potholes, theyll need to be replaced or closed within five years. Heres matt with a look at this mornings weather. Is that regents street or Oxford Street . It is regents street and it is looking pothole free weather and travel here together on the bbc more cloud around the uk today. Sunny spells will break through for most of us, but there will be rain in the form of showers across Western Areas later. Some of the showers cropping up this morning. South west england and towards the south west of wales. More miss than hit. Sunshine will win through for many, but the skies will remain grey across parts of east and North East England and towards the east of scotla nd england and towards the east of scotland and where that does happen, temperatures will struggle at nine or ten celsius at the very best. But for most, once the sun is out, it will be another pleasant day. Warmest this time, instead of scotland, it will be the south east of england. We could see somewhere hit 20 celsius. If that happens, it will be the warmest day of the year so far in england, but we could see a few showers pop up at the same time. Where we see the showers they could be heavy and thundery. Scotla nd could be heavy and thundery. Scotland seeing much more cloud today especially and in central and eastern parts. Not as warm. Temperatures could hit the mid teens across Western Areas, but dumfries and galloway and the borders sees rain into the afternoon and Northern Ireland through the afternoon will see a spell of wet weather. It wont last too long. Sunshine will come out for the evening with one or two showers continuing into the night. For wales, we will see isolated showers through the afternoon. A lot more cloud than recent days, but here, a bit of sunshine and pleasant enough when the sun is out. Overnight, we will see more rain develop across Western Areas at times. Many will stay dry overnight particularly further south and east you are and not as cold as recent nights with much more cloud around. A breeze starting to pick up from the south. Coldest conditions will be in the north east of scotland as we start tomorrow morning, but here a dry day with sunny spells. Some sunshine will break through the cloud in east anglia and the south east, but a lot of cloud around on wednesday and we will see more rain especially on the hills of wales, North West England and across parts of south west scotland. The odd spot of south west scotland. The odd spot of rain elsewhere in the west. Temperatures not faring too badly. But the breeze does pick up and a windier day to come on thursday. We will see more in the way of rain. A greater chance of getting wet across the western fringes particularly ireland. The further east, you are, the more likely you are to stay dry. We could staomp tures on thursday across parts of east anglia and south east peak at 20 or 21 celsius. Things though turn cooler for the weekend. So enjoy the warmth while youve got it. Back to you both. Matt, thank you very much. See you in halfan matt, thank you very much. See you in half an hour. You sound like you were meeting up each year the nhs spends £6. 5 million on ointments and £22 million on gluten free foods. It is likely to lead to changes in advice for gps. Lets talk to gp, dr brian hope. For example gluten free food. How many people are prescribed it as it were . We get a lot of people who have been prescribed it. If they have been prescribed it. If they have had a proper diagnosis of coeliac disease. Weve restricted what people could get. We had patients with a very large Shopping List of different products that you can buy, but weve restricted that to things like a few loaves of gluten free and pasta and what have you, what any reasonable person would think should be available to somebody on a monthly prescription, not things like biscuits and cakes and things like that which people can now buy freely from supermarkets. Thats the key point, isnt it . Lots of the things that would be prescribed at a high cost for the nhs are freely, well not freely available, available from the supermarkets you buy your normal weekly shopping in . On my computer it tells me the price of every product and i look at it and think, well, actually, why dont you go to the chemist and buy that . Something like paracetamol, if you have got a long term medical contrast like osteoarthritis, you will need 200 a month, it is not practical and not desirable for me to say buy those from the chemist because you can only buy a certain number on a certain day, cant you . Are you concerned as a gp taking away products, you know, fewer and fewer things youre able to give away for free. People pay for prescriptions, but are you concerned by things being added to the list . No, i think what we need to do, medicine always moves on. Society moves on. The nhs cannot be a basket that covers every eventuality in your life and the things that they mentioned are of low clinical value and we have to say to people, look, if you want this, we used to prescribe, but actually evidence is that actually some of this is probably a little bit of a placebo effect. If you want it, you can buy it or well prescribe it for you privately. If it is one of the products you cant get over the counter, but you desire it. If you try and look at it positively, it could be seen as nhs administration k56ing catching up with the way we do things . We have to review what is clinically effective and what we should be prescribing and we have to make choices in the nhs and this isjust another choice. Another example is Travel Vaccines and so, there is the change to that and in some ways youd think that was a good idea or not . Well, i think years ago people didnt travel as much. Now people are travelling all the time and for us just are travelling all the time and for usjust to, for the nhs are travelling all the time and for us just to, for the nhs to say well fund the whole of that is another change in society. Really, i mean, my personal view is that if you can afford to go on holiday, you can afford to go on holiday, you can afford the vaccines. What would you say to somebody who might be watching thinking, hold on a minute, i need that medicine, it makes a difference to me. We have that discussion all the time about lots of products. What you perceive as being beneficial. I mean things like ointments and rubs, often the benefit is just rubbing the thing on, it gives you some been fit. When you actually do a controlled trial there is no benefit between the active ingredient and just something thats in it. We have to have those discussions that this product isnt actually really worth having on the nhs. 0k. Actually really worth having on the nhs. Ok. Very interesting, thank you very much. Im sure we will behaving lots more discussions. Lots of people getting in touch too, thank you. Coming up will be the weather as you said. I wont be with matt. Steph is out and about because article 50 gets triggered tomorrow and steph is out and about on the a50 all this week. I think she is in the east midlands. We had shaun out and about yesterday in the potteries and about yesterday in the potteries and we will be there throughout this week following things through the week following things through the week to see how the changes that article 50 will affect us. Thank you for your messages. Were calling them messages about potholes. Macclesfield is horrendous says emma. My poor car is feeling the effects. Yet again i need new parts. Amy, reading is bad, especially the main bus routes. The roads are awful. We had news yesterday of one car issue that cost £10,000 to fix and thats a cost to the council. It s time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Things are changing on the weather front, the High Pressure is drifting away to the low concert and, and the north atlantic High Pressure is taking over low continent. So far we have had some misty and foggy weather, but that will slowly break. We are also expecting to see showers developing from the south and west and they will be pushing north and east. Very few will get to the south eastern corner and this will largely be dry. Scotland, much more cloud, and cooler than it has been. 78 cloud, and cooler than it has been. 7 8 in aberdeen. The rain moves through Northern Ireland and following behind some potentially heavy showers. Potentially thundery showers across the heart of england and wales, but mostly dry with sunny spells, 18 19, warm afternoon. Persistent rain in the far south west and that will spread north and east in the evening and overnight. Some rain in the south eastern corner, and persistent rain in the west. Largely dry for east anglia and the south eastern corner on wednesday. Thursday, the weather front is significant, it is a warm front is significant, it is a warm front and they will be some warm air, east anglia and the south east will have the benefits. A pleasant day, not very windy, temperatures reaching possibly 20 or 21. Further west, more cloud and outbreaks of rain. The rain will shift its way further east into friday and after eight largely dry week in east anglia, friday has thickening cloud a largely dry week. This is business live from bbc news with Sally Bundock and ben thompson. As britain gets set to pull the trigger on brexit what different has the referendum result really made to the economy . Live from london, thats our top story on tuesday 28th march. Greater prosperity inside the european Single Market was one of the dominant arguments of remainers were they right . Or will the brexiteers sums add up for theresa may . Also in the programme making its china ambitions plain. American airlines teams up with China Southern to gain a foothold in one of the worlds most competitve markets