Very likely to bring the highest temperatures of the year so far. Plenty of warmth and sunshine. Things change a little tomorrow gcioss things change a little tomorrow across Northern Ireland and scotland andi across Northern Ireland and scotland and i will have all the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The United States says its prepared to launch more Military Action against syria over its use of Chemical Weapons. It follows a Missile Strike on an airbase where the Syrian Government is said to have launched a deadly gas attack last week. The us says its also preparing new economic sanctions against the country. Heres our washington correspondent, david willis. This was americas first direct involvement in the syrian crisis. Its Cruise Missile attack in contradiction of the trump doctrine of avoiding conflicts in far away lands and putting america first. And as syrias army chief inspected the impact of the attack on the air base from which us officials insist on tuesdays Chemical Weapons attack was launched, the Trump Administration insisted it was a one off and not the opening of a new front in the war against bashar al assad. Yet, although the administrations strategy in syria remains focused on defeating the so called islamic state, theres no doubt it has hardened its stance on president assad quite considerably in the last few days. The United States took a very measured step last night. We are prepared to do more. But we hope that will not be necessary. All this has put donald trump on a Collision Course with his opposite number in the kremlin, vladimir putin. Russia is syrias Chief Benefactor and following fridays Missile Strike, the russians have suspended military coordination in the skies over syria. Meanwhile, the pentagon is looking into suggestions that russia may have been complicit in the Chemical Weapons attack, possibly by seeking to cover up evidence something which could harden the battle lines over one of the worlds most intractable conflicts. Lets speak to our reporter ben james, whos in beirut this morning. Ben, we saw those 15 and Cruise Missiles targeting that syrian air base. Is some information emerging this morning about just base. Is some information emerging this morning aboutjust what happened and what is emerging . And also exactly to what extent that baseis also exactly to what extent that base is now operational. The uk based Monitoring Group the Syrian Observatory For Human Rights reports that two projects were seen taking off from the air base, not sure whether they are syrian or russian jets but according to the report, taking part in a strike on targets near palmeiro, that city that has changed hands a number of times, whether Syrian Government has been fighting the so called islamic state. Whether that shows a substantial ability to continue to operate that base or it is a symbolic gesture, a show of defiance, that the American Strike did not completely take that base out of commission, we dont noted thatis out of commission, we dont noted that is a pretty large place, the airbase, Something Like four square miles, with a couple of runways, both two miles long. The pictures weve seen from the base since the strike, including some pictures taken by strike, including some pictures ta ken by russian strike, including some pictures taken by russian state Media Journalists on the ground, showed damage to aircraft hangars, nine planes destroyed, they were reporting, but also parts of the iu nways reporting, but also parts of the runways they showed were intact but with some debris on top, not looking like they were completely destroys. For the moment, thank you. Swedish police say the man theyre questioning about yesterdays lorry attack in stockholm has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism. Four people died and 15 were injured when the stolen vehicle ploughed into a group of pedestrians and then a Department Store. Our correspondent maddy savage is in stockholm for us now. Maddy, do we have any more on these arrests . This is the Department Store right behind me that the lorry ploughed into. Security very tight here in the city centre, still, and we are hearing that police have confirmed that one man has been arrested for what they have described as Terror Crimes by murder. They have not formally released any more information about his identity but it is being widely reported here in the swedish media that he is a 39 year old family man, a father, and he is understood to have sympathies with the group known as is. Police earlier released a rather grainy photo of somebody that they we re grainy photo of somebody that they were searching for, a man with stubble on his face, wearing a dark and moody and eliza jacket and they say the person they have been holding does bear a likeness to this person, although they havent said specifically whether it is the same man to talk a second suspect has also been arrested in another suburb, north west of stockholm, about 20 minutes from where we are now, but very Little Information emerging about insofar, though some reports suggesting there are links between the two suspects. Meanwhile, a couple of other details are emerging. Six of the 15 people injured are understood to have been released from hospital and security remaining tense, with extra resources sent to police swedens orders overnight. President trump has said he believes tremendous progress has been made during meetings in florida with the chinese leader xi jinping. Theyve agreed a 100 day plan for talks designed to reduce the us Trade Deficit with china. They also talked about north Koreas Nuclear Weapons Programme. A strike by rail workers at the rmt union is set to disrupt services to the grand National Today, as members at three companies walk out in a dispute over staffing. Members at southern, northern and merseyrail will strike in an ongoing dispute around the role of conductors. Merseyrail said Industrial Action on the final day of aintree would damage liverpools reputation, but the rmt said it would explain its reasons to racegoers. Despite that rail strike, around 70,000 people are expected at aintree today. This year marks a0 years since the legendary red rum completed his unmatched treble of Grand National wins, as andy swiss reports. It remains one of sports ultimate challenges. This year marks a string of anniversaries at aintree. 50 years since outsider Foinavon Romped The Unlikeliest of wins. Its a tremendous reception. Youve never heard one like it at liverpool. A0 years since red rum roared to a third victory. Well, the challenge of the national is still like nothing else. These huge fences make it one of sports most unpredictable events and, as history has proved, anything can happen. So, who will 2017 belong to . Well, many are tipping this horse, definitely read, trained in yorkshire, aiming for glory. The pressures always there anyway, whether youre running the national or any other race, but no, its great. Ive got one of the favourites. All we want to do is get him there and, in the race itself, have a bit of luck. Yesterday was ladies day at aintree, the now traditional festival of finery. But could todays headlines belong to a female jockey . Katie walsh is aiming to become the first woman to win the race on wonderful charm, just 48 hours after a fall so merely ruled it out. Nearly ruled her out. We thought she had a broken arm, it was reported she had a broken arm. As it has turned out, its only bruising. You imagine she was in pain but it will take more than that to stop her riding in the worlds greatest horse race. Yesterdays race over the National Fences produced a typically unlikely winner 50 1 outsider ultra gold and its 18 year old jockey harry cobden. Another dose of drama today is about the only guarantee. And more sunshine, according to ben. Yesterday, you may have seen our reporter fiona lamdin joining a world record attempt to cross from england to france in a flotilla of Hot Air Balloons. The record of 49 was set in 2011, and yesterday, fiona set off with 82 Hot Air Balloons from dover in the beautiful spring sunshine. She sent us this report last night. They gathered at first light in a field in kent and, as the sun rose, with almost military position at exactly seven oclock, the mass ascent began. 82 pilots from across europe, here to set a new record. The pack drifted over dovers castle and cliffs. England was soon behind them as they headed 26 miles across them as they headed 26 miles across the channel to mainland europe. Them as they headed 26 miles across the channelto mainland europe. Its just fantastic being up with so many other balloons. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity. After about 26 miles across the sea, were only about half a mile from the shore and what a welcome sight the shore and what a welcome sight the green hills of france. And after three hours drifting above the sea, they arrived in france, south of calais, to the warmest of welcomes. After three hours 21 minutes and 20 seconds, it was down to earth with the gentlest of bumps. Bend your knees. The pilots are confident theyve broken the previous record of 49 balloons but are waiting for confirmation. They hold the new title. Beautiful images from yesterday. We will have the sport with mike a little later on and a full look at the weather across the weekend. When ben cowburn died in a psychiatric unit in cornwall, his sisters set up a charity which aims to improve Mental Health care for young people. Sophia and amber are now being honoured at the Rotary Young Citizen Awards for their work. Well speak to them in a moment. First, Noel Phillips has this report. Our brother was a party animal, life was all about a party, he was a fashion student. He was very popular. He wasjust, like, the greatest person. In 2010, ben was just 18 when he took his own life in an Adult Psychiatric Unit in cornwall. It was within a few hours of losing them, we were in disbelief, it shouldnt have happened. Ben shouldnt have been able to take his own life in a Mental Health hospital. His Sisters Sofia and amber wanted to keep bens legacy alive so they setup their own charity, the invictus trust, as a way to support other teenagers with Mental Health problems. After ben passed away, not very long after, my mum sat down with us, my sisters and my dad, and said that she felt really strongly that we had to change the services. We didnt really wa nt change the services. We didnt really want to be a family that became quite bitter because we felt ben had been let down and we needed to change what was available for teenagers in cornwall and what support and services could be enhanced and better provided. And sophia and amberjoin us now. Weve just been chatting while the report was on and im going to start by talking about the incredible news that you can tell everybody your campaign has been awarded a huge amount of money. Tell us about that. The nhs have just amount of money. Tell us about that. The nhs havejust decided to commission a unit which weve been campaigning for for nearly six years and we found out that for under 18s in cornwall there were no beds at all so if you needed adolescent Mental Health care, you had to travel out of the county and we had young people being placed as far as manchester from cornwall, kent, young people being placed as far as manchesterfrom cornwall, kent, all across the country, and families travelling to visit them and it was just horrendous so we were campaigning that a unit would be built in cornwall and we got the news last week that it would go ahead. Which is wonderful news. Your campaigning started from the worst of all possible places, the loss of your brother. Take us back to those times, to the immediate aftermath, and what you found was that there was so and what you found was that there was so little for people and, also, you were thinking about what happened to him and how little there was for him at a moment in time when he most needed help. Me and then turned 18 injuly and quickly realised something wasnt quite right but not the usual signs. This is why we wanted to break the stigma and Mental Health young people because it was much more that ben was a party animal, he was going out a lot, but it wasjust continual. There was no letup. He started to get really low and just go out at night to party with his friends, so we started to notice something wasnt quite right and try to talk to him about it and he wanted help. He got sectioned in october and by december20, he he got sectioned in october and by december 20, he had he got sectioned in october and by december20, he had passed he got sectioned in october and by december 20, he had passed away. But because he wasjust18, he had only just turned into an adult and he wouldnt mind saying, he certainly wasnt a man, a grown up. He was quite a young 18 year old. He had gone into adult care because that was all that was available. For invictus, we are campaigning for an innovative project for 13 to 25 year olds that breaches that gap because you dont go to bed at 17 and turn into an adult overnight, do you . About two weeks after ben passed away, my mum said, as a family, we cant let this happen again because it is terrible. We didnt know anything about it, about the Mental Health illnesses he was suffering from. Im his twin sister and certainly amongst our friends, i had no idea what those words meant that were being thrown at us and at him. We said, this has to change, so we set up Invictus Injanuary 2011. And the more questions you asked, i assume the more gaps you were seeing . We felt there was a real lack of services, from acute services which we felt the care failed our brother and we found out that he had been under 18, he wouldnt have even stayed in the cou nty wouldnt have even stayed in the county for treatment so it was bad either way. But just awareness levels, where to go for help, even just websites you could access, nobody was telling people this and when we were going into schools and giving tours, young people were responding so much because it was the first time they had heard somebody speak. And teachers were desperate to talk about it butjust didnt have the resources. It is interesting that you have chosen that window of ages, 13 to 25, because we talk about it a lot in this programme, the Mental Health struggles that people in that age group. It is like there was an explosion in them at the moment and nobody quite knows what to do. |j think nobody quite knows what to do. think were talking about it so much more, which is what we want and advocate for. We say, get talking, refer yourself to your friends, family, teachers, whether more people who know about it, hopefully support can be sought for whoever needs it and we constantly tell everyone we meet and speak in schools that everyone has Mental Health and it is a spectrum and doesnt matter Where You Are today, next week, in a year. If you need support, youve got to know where you can get it. As your campaigning helped as part of your grieving process . Helped as part of your grieving process . It is such a huge thing to happen to your family. Do you think this has helped in some way . happen to your family. Do you think this has helped in some way . I think asa this has helped in some way . I think as a family, as sofia said, our mum decided it and very much gave it to us decided it and very much gave it to us in terms of making it an organisation ben would have identified with and be proud of, so we called at the invictus trust, which was named after one of his tattoos because he had some lines of a poem invictus, we made the logo in anger because that was his tattooed. We wa nted anger because that was his tattooed. We wanted to make it something young people would identify with, rather thanit people would identify with, rather than it being a Mental Health charity because it is changing but there is a Stigma Amount that and we wa nted there is a Stigma Amount that and we wanted young people to fund raise and go to events and have fun and realise it doesnt have to be so somba all the time. But as a family it did help us to have something to pour our energies into and sometimes it is really challenging because you get a lot of stories coming forward, people getting in touch and we support families travelling out of the county currently to visit young people you are in units across the country and it is going to be really tough, and particularly for our pa rents, tough, and particularly for our parents, they are Hearing Stories and they know this is a struggle that cuts quite deep. But i think for us, it has been amazing. It is such a big part of our lives. Really appreciate you coming in to talk to us. Appreciate you coming in to talk to us. Congratulations. You are going straight off to a bit of a do . We are. Thank you very much. You can watch the Rotary Young Citizen Awards on the Bbc News Channel from half past ten this morning. We have heard some humbling stories this morning. I dont know if youve opened your curtains this morning but in lots of parts of the country, it is sunny. That is our view here. That is not barcelona, it is good old salford quays. Somebody has created that Ripple Effect in the water so it looks nice for a sexpot ben, how is that replicated across the rest of the country . It looks nice for us. Not far away in preston, that is what people are waking up to. That sets us up for many for a weekend of strong sunshine, high uv levels, so bear that in strong sunshine, high uv levels, so bearthat in mind strong sunshine, high uv levels, so bear that in mind if you carry out to enjoy it, and increasingly warm weather. High pressure in charge of the scene, drifting to the east of the scene, drifting to the east of the british isles. What that means is we will have a southerly wind wafting up across the country bringing increasingly warm air, particularly the further south you are. Parts of Northern Ireland and scotland, not such a sunny start so this was the view a short time ago in helensburgh. More clarity but things should improve through the day and there are one or two mist patches around, a bit patchy fog but that should clear quickly. For the vast majority, it turns into a blue sky day with plenty of sunshine. One exception is the far northern scotland, through shetland, orkney, the Western Isles into caithness and sutherland. More clout it up it will be breezy and there will be spots of. Edinburgh could get to 17 or 18. A lovely afternoon for Northern Ireland. Across the howard weblog. It could get a 21 or 22. A bit cooler closer to the coast as we develop a sea breeze. It will be safe to take a flutter on one thing at the Grand National and that is the weather because it will be dry, there will be sunshine, temperatures close to 20 and a fine evening for a barbecue. Overnight, at this time of year with clear skies, we can still get a bit chilly and that is going to happen tonight, a fairly chilly night with the Odd Fog Patch. Temperatures in the towns and cities around six or seven. Out in the countryside, two or three, cold enough for ground frost. Tomorrow, we develop something a bit more split and divided so across england and wales, lots of sunshine, Clouding Over a bit for western coastal areas later but you will have noticed that for Northern Ireland and North Western parts of scotland, increasing amounts of Clare Adamson outbreaks of rented dog across central and eastern areas, particularly the south east, temperatures tomorrow could get up to 25, the warmest weather of the year so far. With all that warmth and sunshine, high uv levels and, for england and wales especially, high pollen levels so not great news for Hay Fever Sufferers and if you like the warmth, make the most of it because things will turn cooler into next week. Youre watching breakfast. The Chief Constable of durham police, mike barton, is here to tell us whats caught his eye. A couple of stories dominating. The aftermath of the attack of the Missile Launch by the us on syria. This is all about some of the response to that. The mirror, the same story, saying trump is one step away from war and many of the papers have the same thing. This is the one name that there could be the possibility that that could be repeated. And if i show you the front page of the telegraph, maybe you would like to pick about this because this is about the most recent attack on stock on and you see this extraordinary image, the truck that was used in the incident, the moment where it crashed into the Department Store. We know that four people were killed. A dreadful story. People will feel that this is all too now. I think what we are finding here is that people are using low tech, what we would describe as low tech option is. We are looking at mostly vehicles, a lorry, as in westminster, where was a car. From our professional point of view, our focus a car. From our professional point of view, ourfocus has been on preventing this sort of atrocity. Weve made sure that weve focused on guns and things like that but we havent been blind to this and the way that we can prevent this is by making sure that areas where the public go are protected from this sort of attack. Changing the landscape of our cities . Well, certainly, but the way weve been doing it for quite some time has been so that it is not visually impacted so weve just built a new headquarters and a lot of that work was how we design using the ground to protect buildings. So i think weve got to make sure it is sympathetic. We cant only spaces into fortresses. But without making this to local, durham is the city that you are in charge of and this is. Obviously, durham is a big tourist attraction, many people. Is there that combination of wanting to give people access, thats the point, the cathedral amongst other things, and security . How do you resolve those two things . Where the public can play their part is, people talk about lone wolves but generally what we are finding is that the people who do this are not lone wolves, they have family and they have people that they speak to and what we are encouraging people to do is, if they have concerns about anyone, then alert us early. Were not passive and were not waiting for these things to happen. We are trying to make sure that they dont. You were talking about the met commissioner, who has her work cut out at the moment. Cressidas first tour of duty, poignantly, will be going to the funeral of Pc Keith Palmer at Southwark Cathedral on monday. But nobody who knows cressida will be in any doubt that she will make a decent fist of this andi she will make a decent fist of this and i wish her all the best of luck. Take us away from Police Related issues. A story from the times. This issues. A story from the times. This is maps. I was a boy scout and i think it is a blokey thing to like maps. Everybody is used to google. Older generations always talked about maps as Ordnance Survey and now Everybody Talks about google maps. Ordnance survey have done a very low tech way of mapping the uk and theyve done it with two Microlight Aircraft and they have created a beautiful 3d image of the whole of the uk. They can identify every five metres so when we are walking the hills we can have these sd walking the hills we can have these 3d maps. They are better than mountain rescue. I was going to say, why is it important that they do that . Making themselves far more releva nt that . Making themselves far more relevant and there is a chat with a pipe in his mouth. You can always age these things. If you went walking in the old days, you have to have a pipe. And a rucksack and a woollyjumper daily mirror is next one. This is about women getting pregnant and how to help the pregnancy along. New Research Suggesting that having a dog could help. Why on earth . This is relevant to me because my Daughter In Law is now a week late and they havent got a dog so it is far too late to buy a dog probably not the right time, given what is going on in the household. But seriously, this is about boosting a childs Immune System and these things are counterintuitive but having a dog around that has germs helps the way that a child can actually grow their Immune System. It is interesting because we have become very obsessed with keeping everything clean and sterile. When you have a new baby, you have to take that to a whole new level, boiling everything and im sure thats very important, but have we gone too far the other way . You are absolutely right to talk i remember going through this rigmarole of making sure everything was disinfected but i think there is a happy medium. If i dont wash my hands when i pick up the newborn, i will be told off there is the difference between. Particularly with a baby, everything has to be sterilised but im a Firm Believer that it may be otherwise. A few germs in the place, but not, like underneath your desk. It is the tip underneath your desk. It is the tip under their my desk . We hot desk this is a shared work space but as your breakfast from three years ago this is about eyesight. This is releva nt for this is about eyesight. This is relevant for me because i am now wearing specs because i am old and my lenses are not as elastic as they were, but this is a good news story for me. You need good eyesight to see this the idea is that you actually get the app and you train your mind to read and you train your brain so you dont actually need specs because your eyes are connected to your brain. It is like a work out for your eyes . Connected to your brain. It is like a workout for your eyes . It says here it is similar to go to the gym, s0 here it is similar to go to the gym, soi here it is similar to go to the gym, so i speculated whether you buy your Gym Membership and dont go. The England Rugby team use Something Like this, a peripheral vision coach, to see more in a rounded way. And they were told not to use their Mobile Phones in the six nations. This was all about coordination. Maybe you can train your eyesight it makes sense. You are going to come back in an hourfor more. Coming up in the next half hour. A0 years ago, red rum won his final Grand National. Well remember the unlikely hero, and look ahead to todays runners and riders. Headlines coming up. Hello. This is breakfast. Coming up before 9am, all the weather for you with ben. First, lets get a summary of this mornings main news. The United States says its prepared to launch more Military Action against syria over its use of Chemical Weapons. It follows a Missile Strike on an air base where the Syrian Government is said to have laurchled a deadly gas attack last week. The us is also preparing new economic sanctions against the country. Swedish police say a man theyre questioning about yesterdays lorry attack in stockholm has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism. Swedish media are reporting explosives were found in the truck. Four people died and 15 were injured when the vehicle ploughed into a group of pedestrians and then a Department Store. Swedish television has reported that explosives were found inside the vehicle but the police have not confirmed this as yet. President trump has said he believes tremendous progress has been made from meetings in florida with the chinese leader. Theyve agreed to 100 day plan for talks to reduce the us Trade Deficit with china. Theyve talked about north Koreas Nuclear Weapons Programme ment a strike by rail workers at the rmt union is set to disrupt services to the grand National Today as members at three companies walk out in a dispute over staffing. Members at southern, northern and merseyrail will strike in an ongoing dispute over the role of conductors. Those are the main stories. Now mike is here with the sport. Good morning. Some extra trains will be put on for the Grand National at peak times. The best thing to do, if youre going, check the website. Theres not no trains. No, not according to the website. There will be some around peak times. Yes, looking ahead to the Grand National shortly, a0 years on from red rum, not surprisingly a horse called definitely red is among the favourites. Now the golf, a bit of a shock. Its a brutal course. Looks beautiful but its mean. It is, even if youre the defending champion. Danny willett wont be going home, even though hes missed the cut. Because he has to hand over the green jacket. He wont be involved in the play in the final weekend of the masters, after missing the cut. He dropped four shots on the first hole and was one of several who struggled in the second round. There is still a bit of british interest. There is no Sporting Stage quite like augusta, a mixture of beauty and cruelty, where nothing is guaranteed. Ask lee westwood whose opening day charge wandered off course. Even those who appeared to be coping well, could be lured off shore. In there went Ricky Fowlers ball and with it a shot. He retroved that on the next hole. Resilience here is key. Not something you can a lwa ys here is key. Not something you can always say about sergio garcia, a talent, never before a major winner. Now with a share of the lead is he closer . At a Gusty Augusta experience matters. Fred couples has plenty of experience. He won here in 1992. He knows how to stay out of trouble. That was the goal of many, justin rose went neither forward nor backin justin rose went neither forward nor back in his second round, but by standing his ground he stayed in touch. As did rory mcilroy. He knows the wind is due to drop and playing will get easier. A perfect setting for masters i enjoy when courses play tough. I enjoy when the masters plays difficult, because it means that the high quality shots are going to be rewarded. You have to hit the ball the right way. Usually, if im in good form i can do that. You know danny well, dont you . Yeah, a sheffield boy. I was hoping for a moment when Danny Willett handed the green jacket to matt fitzpatrick, also from sheffield. But the quadruple bogey on the first yesterday for danny. Hes a great champion and no one with take that away from him. He will be there to hand the jacket out tomorrow. Could be another englishman or european. So hard to predict and football this weekend. Thats what were here to talk about. I could happily witter on about golf. We are Football Focus on about golf. We are Football Focus on at mid di. Things can be decided at both ends of the table. A number of teams are at a spot of bother. Hull today, interview with harry maguire, highly rated this season for hull. Doing a really good job. Under their new manager, theyve picked up so many points at home, only a few teams have picked up more points at home this season, since marco silva came into hull and then hull themselves. At home in three yea rs, hull themselves. At home in three years, in the clubs hes managed, he hasnt been beaten. He has an incredible home record. Harry maguire has been talking about that and being part of this hull defence this season. Have a look. Scored a goal, my First Premier League goal. That was a bonus. I was captain for the night as well. Overall a great night and one that ill never forget. Marco silva has come in and a lot of ex pros saying, marco who . Were you saying the same thing . We was really, to be honest. Give credit to the chairman bringing him in. If you look at his record, its magnificent. He hasnt lost a home game in over three years. Hes turned it around and brought in great players in january. Turned it around and brought in great players injanuary. The squad looks really good. Were confident that we have enough to stay in this league. Also Jordan Pickford from sunderland as well. Tom davis at everton has signed a five year deal this week. Weve been to see him as well. We will talk about the future of arsene wenger, what the latest on that is. Episode seven. I know episode a8 at the moment. Martin keown is on. Martin warburton has left rangers and Mark Warburton at forest. Were live at various grounds and amy mcdonald with Premier League predictions. Her fiance was sent off for fighting last week, wasnt he all that, Jermain Genus and well and on bbc one at midday and i promise not to mention the golf. Or the horse racing. It all merges into one. think youre in charge, you can mention what you like. Can i . All right half an hour on golf. Looking forward to it. The former England Rugby star brian moore is recovering in hospital in london, after suffering a heart attack. Moore, whos played over 60 times for his country as hooker, in the scrum, is in intensive care. These days hes a regular commentator with the bbc. Hes now 55, and has been on twitter thanking the Health Professionals who saved his life. We wish you a speedy recovery. Great britain face an uphill struggle to stay in the davis cup. Without world number one andy murray, they trail france 2 0, after a disappointing first day of their quarterfinal in rouen. Kyle edmund lost in straight sets to lucas pouille. Dan evans then followed suit, beaten three sets to love byjeremy chardie. Ifjamie murray and Dominic Inglot lose their doubles rubber to Nicolas Mahut and Julien Benneteau today, the tie will be over. Yeah, a lot of times, you know, guys are thrown together to play. Those quys are thrown together to play. Those guys have played hundreds of matches together, won a bunch of tournaments over a period of time. Nico has been number one the last maybe six, seven months perhaps. So hes been playing really well with herbert. Its going to bea really well with herbert. Its going to be a tough match. Its estimated a quarter of the uk Adult Population will bet on the grand National Today. Most will have a small each way bet on the horse they fancy, for no other reason than they like the name. But this years a special year, because its the A0th Anniversary of red rums third and final Grand National win. Joining us from our newsroom in liverpool is chris cook, a Horse Racing Tipster with the guardian newspaper. Good morning chris. All the memories of red rum, one reason that definitely red is attracting interest. He would be an attractive horse any way, the way he won at doncaster, he hacked up last time. Theres going to be liverpool fans and man united fans that we expect to ta ke and man united fans that we expect to take an immediate interest in the name and yes, of course, memories of red rum as well. A0 years since he became the only horse to win the National Three times. What do you think red rums legacy has been . I know theres a museum at aintree, celebrating all that he achieved under ginger mccane. It was a huge thing. He was trained on the sands at southport. Enormously popular in the area. Just wider than that as well. There was a story this week that a punter got paid out on a bet on him from winning the 197a Grand National, they just on him from winning the 197a Grand National, theyjust discovered the slip. It was a bet placed by his father in law. He found this slip in his affairs when he was tidying things up and went down the betting shop and are you going to pay on this. Not only did they pay on it, they updated it for inflation. That was william hill, decades after. Back to the present day then, a lot of people talking about vieux On Rouge And Romantics might go for wonderful charm. We like a fairytale story. It was second at cheltenham wasnt it . Wonderful charm, the purists will tell you have no chance because they have been dropped 11 pounds in the weights. Hes a strong stayer. He will run on at the finish. Katies the rightjockey for this kind of race. Its got more of a chance than the betting would let you believe. Its sally here. This year, are there any themes that youre seeing emerge . Sometimes, its ridiculous, people pick their grand National Horse in ridiculous ways by the name or the colour. But sometimes, like we have The Red Horses this year, perhaps liverpool fans, have you spotted anything in particular, chris, this year, any particular, chris, this year, any particular trends about who is putting their money where . To be honest, i try not to get wrapped up too much in the superstitious reasons that some people like to have for picking their horses, i tend to think most people who bet on this race are trying to apply themselves a bit more than we give themselves a bit more than we give them credit for in the media. The horses at the top of the betting are mostly the right ones. This being said, its the Grand National. You can makea said, its the Grand National. You can make a case for almost all of the a0 horses. Can make a case for almost all of the 40 horses. Talking of hats and fascinators as well as the horses. Seeing wonderful pictures of some of the best fascinators that were on display yesterday. Part of the scene. Again, you know, as a committed racing journalist i try not to be distracted by that kind of thing, youll understand, i have my head in the form book the whole time. Everyones having fun, except the guys in the press room. Can i ask you one really specific question, if somebody wants to be a bit clever about their bet today, what are the main things to look for, in particular things like weight, i dont know, condition, form, history, that sort of thing, what are the rules . Yeah, the number one, for me, is stamina. Youre looking for a horse that is very likely to last over a four mile trip, which is pretty rare even for these Staying Chasers we are seeing today. I end up going for a 50 1 shot called lord windermere. He had a gold cup from years gone by. A few purists would laugh at you, if you mention his name. But i see encouraging signs from him this season. Since they modified the fences a few years ago, the jumping test isnt as much a key as it was. You get more horses lasting longer into the race than ever you used to. The result is it becomes more of a snap that test, the field goes a stronger pace further than they used to. Whatever wins today has really got to have copper bottomed stamina forfour and got to have copper bottomed stamina forfourand a got to have copper bottomed stamina for four and a quarter got to have copper bottomed stamina forfour and a quarter miles. Got to have copper bottomed stamina for four and a Quarter Milesm got to have copper bottomed stamina for four and a quarter miles. It is going to be warm as well. Thanks very much chris. Top tip there lord windermere. Great stuff. That could bea windermere. Great stuff. That could be a factor. What was yours . You know what, last week i was filming at the british ski championship, there will be a full piece on dave riding, the new sensation. I was sat next to the backer of the british ski tim, he owns wonderful charm. Could that be a sign i wonder . Could it . Were you sending me a weird message then with your eyes . Its going all mistic. Mistic mike. Mystic mike. Its all pointing to wonderful charm. Ive got that one. Thats what mike says. Sorry horse. 8. A3 is the time. Well have a full look at weather, looking nice for the weekend of course in a few minutes. From this week, newly widowed parents will get a lot less in state benefits. Allowances for them and their children will disappear to be replaced by a new bereavement support payment. The government admits that many will be paid less than under the old system, but insists that the new payments are simpler and more in line with modern needs. Paul lewis from radio as money Box Programme has been looking into this and joins us from our london newsroom. Morning to you, paul. Why is this happening . If you listen to the government, as you say, they say its a more modern system, in line with peoples needs, but it will, in the long run, save £100 million. So pa rt the long run, save £100 million. So part of it, part of the motivation is to make cuts. And who is it going to affect . Well, it will affect any widow, man or woman, to affect . Well, it will affect any widow, man orwoman, who to affect . Well, it will affect any widow, man or woman, who loses their partner from thursday last week. So from 6th april. They will get the new payments. It doesnt affect anyone who is currently getting benefits as a widow or widower, they will stay the same. Instead of getting, say you get a couple of thousand pounds and then a weekly payment about £6,000 a year, in the past that lasted as long as your child was in education. So it could go on for 18 years or. So in future, youll get a slightly bigger initial payment, but the regular payments, which are paid each month, will only last for 18 months. So after a year and a half, everything will stop. However young your children and however long it is that theyll be in education. This will mean Tens Of Thousands of pounds less all together for newly wado women and men from this week. Whats the government said about this . Well, as you said in the introduction, they say its a more modern system, its simpler. Which is true, it is simpler. Which is true, it is simpler. And its more in line with peoples needs. If people need further support after the 18 months then they can rely on means tested benefits. You know, iwas then they can rely on means tested benefits. You know, i was talking to one man, who is terminally ill. Hes in his a0s and he was saying look, im never going to live to claim my pension, ive paid my national insurance, this was my insurance for my wife if i died young. Of course, shes not going to get that or not going to get as much. They have two Young Children of five and seven. So people are pretty angry about it. Understandably. Paul lewis thanks very much. You can hear more on money box from midday on bbc radio a. Hows the weather Where You Are this morning . Shall we look out of the window . Lets look out of the square window. A lovely day this morning. Little nip in the air, maybe, but quite mild and the sun is shining beautifully. I heard a rumour, its going to warm up later. Ben can confirm that. Ben, what do you think . Youre right. The rumour is correct. Because yes, there is a chill in the air this morning. But as weve seen, quite a lot of sunshine out there and that will do wonders for the temperatures. This is how the day started in clacton in essex, with plenty of sunshine, Beautiful Sun Rise there. Makes you wa nt to Beautiful Sun Rise there. Makes you want to head to the beach. We may have temperatures to match later on. This was a short time ago on the whirl. Blue skies a bit of mistiness to burn off. That mist will clear quickly and then a weekend of strong sunshine for many and some pretty high temperatures as well. High pressure in charge, drifting off to the east at the moment. Weather fronts youll notice to the north west, that will spoil the party a little across scotland and Northern Ireland tomorrow. But the further south you are, the more of this you will feel, warm air, which is going to be wafting its way in through the rest of the weekend. I mentioned a bit of mistiness, even the Odd Fog Patch Ploorl across the south east at the moment. That wont last long. Then we see sunshine across england and wales. A cloudy start for parts of Northern Ireland, particularly the north west of scotland. Things perk up nicely this afternoon. The exception and there is generally one, isnt there, shetland, orkney, cage necessary and one, isnt there, shetland, orkney, cage necessary and caithness and sutherland. Southern scotland 18 degrees, similar in Northern Ireland and across the Heart Of England and wales, particularly well inland, up to 21 or 22 degrees, a little cooler close to the coast. 1a in bournemouth this afternoon. We start to develop a bit of a sea breeze i suspect. For the Grand National, one thing you can put a flutter on is the weather. Itll be dry, therell be sunshine, temperatures close to 20 degreesment those temperatures will drop away through this evening. Bear that in will drop away through this evening. Bearthat in mind will drop away through this evening. Bear that in mind if youre heading out saturday night. It stays dry. Clear spells. The Odd Fog Patch forms overnight. It will be a chilly night. Towns and cities around six, seven degrees. In the countryside, maybe two or three degrees. There could be a touch of frost, maybe early fog tomorrow morning. By the time most of us are up and about, itll be dry. Therell be sunshine around, all that fog will be gone. Across england and wales, well keep hold of that particularly for central and eastern areas. But in the north west, Northern Ireland, scotland, Clouding Over, rain here, Turning Cooler from the west. But further east, we could get temperatures up to 2a, maybe 25 degrees and that be the highest temperature weve seen this year so far. Lovely. If you like it sunny. Most people do like it sunny, dont dont they . Trivia for you, People Living ina tiny they . Trivia for you, People Living in a tiny Bavarian Hamlet have been told once britain leaves the european union, it will become the centre of the european union. The unions midpoint will shift to a Farmers Field some a3 miles to the south east of where it is now. Our correspondentjenny hill reports. Most people drive straight through it. This town is about to take on a new geographical significance. Nobody really knows how brexit will affect the uk or the eu but what we can say is what it means for the geography of the union. Thats because french experts have calculated that this will be the new geographical heart of the eu. Right here in the middle of a farmers feels. Not quite the harvest shed expected. In fact, at first, karen thought it was an april fool. Translation its really funny. Were such a small place, often overlooked and suddenly, were the centre of the eu. Thats crazy its great but if you know whats happening, you have to think its a shame. Europess geographical heart is rarely constant. 70 kilometres to the north west, the Current Centre of the union. Yes, we have more than 5000 visitors from. The midpoint of the eu has changed many times, from belgium to france to germany, though usually it is because a countrys joined the union. It hits my heart, thinking of the Brexit Solution and, yeah, its a great pity and im convinced that one day, Great Britain will come back to the european union. At four gadheim, what matters now is a securing the future of the eu. Translation its irrelevant whether midpoint is. Where the midpoint is. The real centre is everywhere. Its all about the european idea, at every place, at every point it will all be about the european project. In a corner of this foreign fields, britain has sown confusion. How, they ask, to mark this new departure, and how long before the heart of europe shifts again . Now you know. Yeah we know where to 90, now you know. Yeah we know where to go, to be in the middle of europe. I didnt even know there was a place you could find in the middle of europe to start with. 50 years ago, the beatles released sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club band, and all this week weve been looking at some of the albums themes. Breakfasts Jayne Mccubbin has been to meet the class of 67, who still believe they were lucky to get by with a little help from their friends. Lets go back to 1967. What would you think if i sang out of tune . Ringo was on vocals here. Gordon, jim, ray, Billand Billy were huge beatles fans back in liverpool. How many times did you see them . Possibly 75, 100 over the years. It was great times. Yourcabin card. Happy days. And around this table, they believe they were better days. It was a smaller world, then. We had a small group of people who grew up at the same time and had the same experiences. Shared experiences. Whether it was bands or music or what, there were not any outside pressures to do other things in those days. Life, they reckon, was simpler when the world was smaller, less complicated, more real. That is the problem nowadays. Communication is so easy. We had a can with a piece of string. Nowadays, people have 8000 friends on facebook. How can you have 8,000 friends . You are not buying it. I am not at all. The friendships that we had, we are very lucky to still have them. I dont think it will be like this. Its all going to be so computerised. If you can count your true friends are more than one hand, you are kidding yourself. Simple as that. 0h, 0h,| oh, i get by with a little help from my friends. So friendships 50 years in the making. Are modern friendships really less meaningful . How many friends do you reckon you guys have . Facebook friends. Between us. Thousands. People always tend to think that everything was better when they were young and that includes friendship. Meaningfulfriends . If we are thinking about instagram followers, probably 800. In fact, we are not the first generation to think this. Earlier in the 20th century when the telephone was invented, everybody said it would be the end of the art of friendship. There were articles in newspapers and magazines. True friendship is dead. Its all doomed. Everybody wants to pick up this newfangled telephone and they will not bother to meet up with their friends or go out and do things in the real world, just be stuck on the telephone. That is the end of friendship. How wrong they were. So even for these three, its not the 8,000 followers that count. Real friends . If i needed Someone Straightaway to be there, these too. Maybe you guys were wrong about this. We probably were. Friendship never really changes. Not true friendship. I like that. Were joined by mikejones, who is a lecturer in music at the university of liverpool. Morning to you, mike. Were seeing lots of great images in that piece there, filmed all around places that will be familiar to people from the beatles era, familiar to the beatles themselves and still popular to go to. The beatles have had a huge cultural and economic impact, havent they, on that city . They had a huge impact on us as a whole, as a country. I think in the late 60s into the 70s, the only people who would have been recognisable outside of dictators, popes, queens and kings in the 20th Searchingery would have been Charlie Chaplin and the beatles. They were known everywhere. The fact that 50 years later we talk meaningful about the beatles and their presence in liverpool is because of their impact. It is extraordinary when you put it in that context. You think about that now, who are those people now, they dont exist in that same way. It was a moment in time. Yes but they created a version of the Music Industry, which is only now passing. Digitalisation has changed the status of music companies. More than elvis, because he could never leave the usa. The beatles could go where they needed to go. They became a global presence. Was their presence more powerful because there were so few stars then compared to now . Yeah, yeah. Also, if you look at the sleeve of sergeant peppers, with a little help with my friends is a tremendous song it connect with the sleeve because of all those people standing behind the beatles. A lot of it is fun, nonetheless, the beatles are influenced by hollywood movies, by radio, so on and so forth. They bring all of those ideas through their songs. Do you think some people say they always love the beatles when maybe at the time they didnt . Because it would be inevitable, at the time, possibly some people would have been sniffy about, it possibly older people. That was one of the principles, older people didnt like it. Its not so much the music. Its amazing how everyone could sing along, it was the status. Popular culture was not meant to have that status at that time. Pop musicians were meant to know their place. And the beatles didnt know their place. You know, where would they be, talking about status, they werent meant to be as popular as they ended up being . One of the water sheds, a favourite Classical Musicologist and he wrote a piece in the times about music logical analysis of the beatles, which legitimised them. Was it because their music was special as well. Was that music different, a lot of people talk about abba, and the classical links and other genres of music. Is that why it was so successful . They wrote their own material and what you had in a four piece band with three fantastic writers, it took George Harasson a Little Barb Harrison to surface. Its the impact of Indian Classical Music on george which transforms him and the beatles. When you look at the Sgt Pepper Sleeve there are indian spiritual guides for george. Its a wide palate. They poured that into original songs. There was a great band in the 80s, wasnt there, what was the name . Latin quarter . The one you were in. A bit of trivia. People might remember, you we re trivia. People might remember, you were briefly in the charts with a band called . Were briefly in the charts with a band called . Latin quarter. Remind us band called . Latin quarter. Remind us of the song. Radio africa. You we re us of the song. Radio africa. You were on top of the pops. We did. Youve done the pop experience. Yeah, yeah, not the impact of beatles. But we went up and came down very, very quickly. But went into a world that they created which is why i teach Music Industry to this day. What i understood from that experience is the world that the beatles created. that experience is the world that the beatles created. I cant wait to get on the internet and look at the pictures. Lovely to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. Youre watching breakfast. Still to come the smell of old books, 17th century potpourri, and vinyl, we ta ke century potpourri, and vinyl, we take a whiff at the smells scientists want to record before they sphere forever. Headline disappear forever. They sphere forever. Headline disappearforever. Headlines they sphere forever. Headline disappear forever. Headlines next. Hello. This is breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and sally nugent. The United States warns it could take further action against syria. Us Officials Say they will also impose additional sanctions as a war of words with russia intensifies. Good morning. Its saturday the 8th of april. Also ahead. Reports from sweden say exposes has been found in