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Under plans to be set out by the Education Secretary later. If youve visited a Supermarket Megastore lately you might have noticed you can get your drycleaning done, keys cut or collect your parcels while you shop ill be asking the boss of argos why he thinks Multi Tasking can save the big supermarkets. Leicester will have to fight back in their Champions League Quarter Final against Atletico Madrid. They trail 1 0 after the first leg. Before the match, severalfans were hurt in clashes with police. At least eight people were arrested. Hold on tight as we celebrate 200 years of thrills since the opening of the first rollercoaster. And carol has the weather. Good morning. A chilly start to the day. Frost around central and Eastern Areas. More cloud in the west with spots of rain and drizzle. It will still be there will still be bright spells to look forward to. More details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The largest Nursing Union is consulting with its members across the uk on whether they should take Industrial Action in protest at the governments decision to maintain a 1 cap on their pay. The Royal College of nursing claims low wages are contributing to Tens Of Thousands of unfilled posts and unsafe Staffing Levels in the nhs. But the government says the Health Service offers competitive pay. 0ur Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. Unprecedented pressure in the nhs means nurses have never worked harder and for so little, according to their union. The Royal College of nursing says because of pay freezes and they pay cap, nurses have seen the money they take home cut in real terms by 14 since 2010. It says thatis terms by 14 since 2010. It says that is why it has decided to ask staff whether they would be prepared to strike. 270,000 nhs nurses will be able to vote in the Online Survey over the next few weeks. Everybody is unhappy. Most nurses are unhappy with their income. They are working harder than ever. But there have been years of absolutely no pay increase. Some of our nurses are telling us they absolutely love being a nurse, it is a fantastic job, but they do not think they can afford to do it any more. The royal couege afford to do it any more. The Royal College of nursing says low pay is driving people away from the profession, and Tens Of Thousands of posts remain vacant. But the Department Of Health said an extra 12,000 nurses have worked on wards since 2010, and that frontline nhs services are being protected. A new generation of Grammar Schools in england should be truly open to everyone, not just the privileged few, according to the Education Secretary Justine Greening. In a speech today she will argue that ordinary Working Families are the backbone of the economy and they should not have to make do. 0ur Political Correspondent chris mason joins us from westminster. The government is continuing to move forward with its Grammar Schools plans . It is, and it recognises nothing will get through the gist of what Justine Greening has to seen a couple of hours, it recognises it has some persuading to do. Theresa may has long been a passionate advocate of Grammar Schools. She went to a Grammar School herself. But there is a huge amount of opposition from Teaching Unions and other political parties, and indeed some conservative mps, to this idea. So whatJustine Greening is going to do is try to wind together one of the big mantras of theresa may, which is helping ordinary Working Families. Bind together. Notjust the poorest, the government thinks it does a good job for them already, at those who are a little above that, though sawai just managing. It will argue today that when you look at the statistics a similar number of people from that background go to Grammar Schools as go to competence of schools. But it also shows that a disproportionate number of relatively well off children go to Grammar Schools, which gives you just some sense of the argument that is still to come on this. Chris, thank you. The families of two more babies who died under the care of shrewsbury and Telford Hospital trust are calling for their deaths to be included in the investigation ordered by the Health Secretary. The review of the trust was announced Byjeremy Hunt yesterday following the avoidable deaths of seven babies. Five died following failures to monitor their heart rate properly during labour. The trust says its Mortality Levels are in line with the national average. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent, Michael Buchanan, has this report. This is the nhs trust whose mistakes keep causing the deaths of healthy infa nts. Keep causing the deaths of healthy infants. Yesterday bbc news revealed that seven babies died unnecessarily at the shrews briand Telford Hospital trust in a little over 18 months. The scale of the problems has prompted the Health Secretary to order a review of maternity services. Jeremy hunt wants to ensure no more family suffer like this one. Tamsin cook is lost her daughter ivy last may, aged just four months. That followed mistakes at her birth. We all think Something Like this will never happen, it wont happen to me. And it has. And ican wont happen to me. And it has. And i can only take it day by day sometimes. If i am lucky, week by week. How old would you be there, roughly . Probably five hours old. 0therfamilies are roughly . Probably five hours old. Other families are still pushing for justice. Haley matthews sonjack died within hours of his birth in 2015. She says the trust never properly investigated the death. Following investigations, however, The Local Coroner is now considering holding an inquest. The local coroner is now considering holding an inquestlj The Local Coroner is now considering holding an inquest. I was expecting a healthy baby. Two years i have been fighting. It is not going to bring my boy back, but hopefully it will save other babies and parents going through what we have gone through. The trust say they have investigated or maternity deaths, and say they will contact hayley about her case. They also say they are Learning Lessons from incidents and are improving services. A 17 Year Old Girl has been charged with terrorism offences. Shes accused of communicating with a member of the so called islamic state, and booking a ticket to fly to istanbul, with the intention of travelling to syria. The offences are alleged to have taken place Betweenjanuary 2016 Last Year and march this year. President trump has said relations with russia may be at an all time low after his Secretary Of State failed to persuade russia to stop backing President Assad of syria. Mr trump said america had been right to fire missiles at a syrian airbase in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack last week. From washington, laura bicker reports. Vladimir putin said this us attack was an act of aggression. Donald trump said it was in response to a suspected war crime. The us believes the syrian president was responsible for using chemical weapons against civilians. At a Press Conference alongside the nato secretary general, mr trump condemned bashar al assad. General, mr trump condemned bashar alassad. That is a butcher. That is alassad. That is a butcher. That is a butcher. I felt alassad. That is a butcher. That is a butcher. Ifelt we had to alassad. That is a butcher. That is a butcher. I felt we had to do something about it. I have absolutely no doubt we did the right thing, and it was very, very successfully done, as you well know. Earlier, russia vetoed a Un Security Council resolution that would have compelled the syrian president to cull operate with an investigation into the attack, a response President Trump described as disappointing. It would be wonderful, as we were discussing just a little while ago, if nato and our country could get along with russia. Right now we are not getting along with russia at all. We may be atan along with russia at all. We may be at an all time low in terms of relationships with russia. This has built through a long period of time. The us has said relations with russia must improve. But how . The two countries are on opposing sides ina two countries are on opposing sides in a civil war. Lots may depend on how far russia will go to defend the syrian president and how far the us wa nts to syrian president and how far the us wants to push to get rid of him. A ruling is due today on whether the russian government should have done more to prevent the siege of a school in beslan in 2004 by the European Court of human rights. More than 330 people died when Security Forces stormed a school where Chechen Separatists had taken over 1,000 people hostage. Survivors and parents, who lost children, argue that russia failed in its obligation to protect citizens lives from a known risk. Translation as a mother, it is terrible to bury your children. It shouldnt be this way. Having felt this pain, i cant let anyone else suffer the same way. We have to do everything we can so that is nothing like this is ever repeated. If there is no investigation and no one is punished, then there will be more terrorist attacks, more children will die, terrorist attacks, more children willdie, and terrorist attacks, more children will die, and people will suffer. I cant let that happen. A bbc investigation has found that Construction Faults, similar to those which led to the closure of 17 schools in edinburgh on Safety Grounds, have been found at 71 other schools across scotland. Although most have been repaired, work has yet to be completed on six of the buildings. The Scottish Futures trust, which oversees Public Private finance projects, says it is reviewing its guidance. A missing link in the evolution of dinosaurs has been discovered at the National History museum in london. After finding a lost fossil which had been forgotten about for decades, scientists have concluded that the precursors to dinosaurs had crocodile like ankles and walked on all fours. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh went to find out more. I dont quite know what that means. It means they walked like a crocodile. This is how we imagine dinosaurs. To runa this is how we imagine dinosaurs. To run a soros rex was one of the very last of them. To run a soros rex. The first evolved 250 million years ago from crocodile like creatures which walked on two legs. This is the skull of a mighty t rex, one of the skull of a mighty t rex, one of the most fearsome creatures to walk the most fearsome creatures to walk the planet. He first dinosaurs were much smaller, about the size of a chicken. 0ne much smaller, about the size of a chicken. One of the biggest questions is how these creatures first emerged. What we are looking at now is the skull of one individual animal. The answer lies in the fossil of this animal, an animal called teleocrater. It had many dinosaur traits, such as a small head and a long, slender neck and long legs. But also some crocodile like features, such as the structure of its ankles. This is what it looked like. Although it is not a direct ancestor it gives the best indication yet of how the first dinosaurs evolved. In many ways this Animal Isa Dinosaurs evolved. In many ways this animal is a missing link between dinosaurs and crocodiles and shows how some of the features that were previously just appearing in dinosaurs actually first evolved. So, for example, dinosaurs start off as two legged animals, whereas most of their ancestors seem to be a legged. This animal shows how some of that transition between a a legged crocodile like animal and a two leg dinosaur actually happened. The discovery, published in the journal nature, fills a critical gap in the fossil record, and shows that some Dinosaur Features evolved much earlier than previously thought. Now you know. Yeah. That explained it all. Thank you. Police officers were given the run around in london yesterday by a very unusual suspect. A pig caused chaos when it escaped and trotted through lunch time traffic on the streets of redbridge. A jogger had to dodge the animal, who seemed to take a liking to his Fluorescent Clothing well, that person in the green jackets didnt do a good job. |j think that was a jogger. Right, well, eventually it was recaptured and returned to its owner. What do you do with a pig . Is it a pet . Do you do with a pig . Is it a pet . Do you have a piglike that has a pet . No, buti you have a piglike that has a pet . No, but i tell you, more people do. These micro gigs are a craze. That wasnt micro is that the actual size of a micro pigs . No, they are like a tiny dog. People buy them. At genetically you cannot guarantee that it will remain a micro pigs. So you buy a micro pig and it turns into a huge pig . How do you even know this stuff . That is incredible. I dont know. My Wildlife Knowledge is deeper than people assume. Not that pigs are wildlife. Lets talk about leicester, anyway. It is all about leicester this morning. A remarkable result. I watched the first half, then i had to go to bed. I thought i would wake up to go to bed. I thought i would wake up to bad news this morning, but actually not as bad as leicester fans feared. Leicester will have to come from behind if they are to reach the Champions League semi finals but theyre still in with a chance. Antoine griezemanns penalty gave atletico the lead but the foxes held firm and they go into the second leg just a goal behind. Monaco have a slender 3 2 lead over Borussia Dortmund after their rearranged Quarter Final first leg which was played just a day after dortmunds team bus was attacked. Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel says his side felt completely ignored by uefa with the rescheduling and werent consulted. Captain wayne rooney has been left out of the Manchester United squad for tonights europa League Quarter final first leg at anderlecht. Hes missed uniteds last two matches with ankle problems. And Great Britain had a successful start to the World Track Cycling Championships in hong kong. Elinor barker, who won gold in rio as a member of the team pursuit, picked up a silver medal this time in the womens scratch race. The World Track Cycling Championships are going on all week and there is live coverage on the bbc. Thank you very much indeed. Now for the weather. A chilly start to the day if you are justjust stepping out. A touch of frost. Patchy mist and fog. Neither of those should last. Eastern areas, bright. The west, cloudy. Eight oclock this morning, a fine start. As we go through the midlands into hampshire, devon, cornwall, wales, more cloud around. The odd spot of rain. More cloud in the east. North and east scotla nd cloud in the east. North and east scotland seemed brighter skies. Some showers again or light rain. Through the day, a nice and bright start in central and Eastern Areas being eradicated by cloud from the west. Nevertheless, still some holes in it. Hanging onto brighter skies in the far south of england for the longest. South west england will see some holes as well through the day. Temperatures, 7 1a. Roughly speaking, they are where they should be at this stage in april. Early evening sunshine in the south. Through the course of the evening, cloud coming in and patchy rain across central and northern areas. The far north of scotland is seeing Clearer Skies. That is how we start the day tomorrow. Not as cold a start as we have got. We hang on to this patchy rain as well. Cloud at times. Equally, bright skies. Behind the rain moving south, sunshine and showers across parts of scotland. Temperatures, again, across the board, 10 13. In the south east and sunshine, 17. As we go through saturday, a keen north westerly wind. A chilly direction. A lot of dry weather around on saturday. Again, some sunshine, variable amounts of cloud. Just the odd show amounts of cloud. Just the odd show a here and there. By no means is this weekend a washout. And you can see this ridge of High Pressure. A Weather Front. That Weather Front will produce rain not particularly heavy. Coming from the west in the north. Cloud building ahead of it. Equally, bright spells. Temperatures down on where they have been across scotland. 7 9. The south, 15 is possible. Again, almost where we should be at this time of year. Good to hear. Thank you. Youre watching breakfast. The main stories this morning the biggest Nursing Union is asking its members whether theyd be willing to stage Industrial Action over pay. The Education Secretary will say new Grammar Schools planned for england would help the children of ordinary Working Families. He is on the programme later, i believe. Absolutely. The papers. Some of them concentrating on the Terror Threat after what happened in the last few days. It is on the front page of the mirror and the sun. Man u terror bomb fears. Presumably, it is an existing worry for football. We were talking about that time a fake bomb was found in the toilets at old trafford after they had been going through their security routines, you know, doing the training. Somebody left the fake bomb in the toilets. 0ld the training. Somebody left the fake bomb in the toilets. Old trafford had to be completely evacuated, did indeed . I think they go through all of these drills. Didnt it. It is pa rt of these drills. Didnt it. It is part of matched a protocol. But after the attack on this bus of Borussia Dortmund, it is a question of what will they do . Thousands of people in a confined space. It is an easy target. Security is very, very tight. Very visible. You can see it everywhere. The telegraph. Britain hit by a surge in violent crime. You may see some of these statistics in reference to gun and knife crime in particular. The daily mail. Theresa may set to announce a cap on what they call rip off energy bills. Victoria beckham and her daughter, harper, who has already had her name registered as a trademark that she is five. A couple of things for you. Verstappen, yesterday, we talked about tesco result. First up. They are doing well. The telegraph picks up on it. Do you know does parody books you can get . Yes demands for those has gone up. And also a demands for those has gone up. And alsoafair demands for those has gone up. And also a fairfew demands for those has gone up. And also a fair few shops in airports and the like have helped them to weather a sharp fall in other things that have fallen. We are not seeing Colouring Books much, but these parody ladybird books. That is interesting. We are talking about deliveries in the future. How are we going to get them in the future . Drones . Here is one. This is a robo postie it is a robotic post man who goes around on wheels. It is like a driverless delivery vehicle. Customers are notified their item is being delivered by a robot and it finds them by gps. When it gets to the customer, they will have a little scanner thing on their phone and they will be able to open the box. But how will it knock on the door . Laughter. They will get a message on their phone saying it is there, i think. Lots message on their phone saying it is there, ithink. Lots of message on their phone saying it is there, i think. Lots of coverage, unsurprisingly, of the rescheduled Borussia Dortmund match against monaco. The team bus steamed through the town and did not stop at red lights. Escorted by police all the way. And not much of a debate. All of the journalists were saying it was a game too far for the Borussia Dortmund him. Less than 24 hours after being victims of attempted murder. They did not want to play, did they . They even admitted that after the match. The manager said it was too soon. Amazing they only lost 32. Was too soon. Amazing they only lost 3 2. Given everything they went through, it was not a bad match, and the result is not bad, given they have a second leg to do so below thank you. To do. Despite publicity campaigns, improved fencing, and the fact that its illegal, the number of people trespassing on britains railways is at a ten year high. 8,000 cases were reported last year alone, and most of those venturing onto or near the lines are young people. Incidents double during school holidays, so, with easter upon us, breakfasts john maguire reports on Network Rails latest safety ca m pa ig n. It has changed a hell of a lot. It would have been just it has changed a hell of a lot. It would have beenjust a it has changed a hell of a lot. It would have been just a field, walking up to a fence. I knew what would be here. I knew what my decision would be. And that would be to come here and jump the fence and ta ke to come here and jump the fence and take a shortcut home. A Passing Train serves as a timely reminder of the danger of his fateful decision that night 27 years ago, a decision he regrets to that day so below my foot went underneath the rail, i could not get my foot out. Literally waiting for a train to come and take my legs off, as it were, really. It seemed like it was a fortnight, but it was only a few minutes. Having lost his leg, simon, always a ken sportsman, took a basketball with a wheelchair. He presented britain in the paralympics, wheelchair. He presented britain in the pa ralympics, travel the wheelchair. He presented britain in the paralympics, travel the world, and wona the paralympics, travel the world, and won a whole host of medals. But still he wishes he had never gone near the rail line. My life since then has been pretty good. But it came from a tragedy, really, yeah. But right now, yeah, absolutely, 100 . So, he is anxious to warn others. Simon realises that night he was both lucky and unlucky. Fortu nate to was both lucky and unlucky. Fortunate to get hit by the train in a way to escape with his wife. Last year there were 8000 trespassed incidents, that is an increase over the year before, and the highest numberfor a the year before, and the highest number for a decade. The year before, and the highest numberfor a decade. Trespass. So, in east manchester, in common with sports clubs and 100 schools in britain, there are schemes to remind youngsters off the danger is. How many Football Pitches does a train ta ke to many Football Pitches does a train take to stop . 20. A mile and a quarter. Electric, 35,000 volts, never turned off. We remember that. By never turned off. We remember that. By going on, it is illegal. £5,000 asa by going on, it is illegal. £5,000 as a fine. Number is double in the easter holidays and other holidays. These figures are still going up. There is only so much we can do as a community. Projects like this, if we all get involved and each have that conversation with our friends and family, we can stop this. Warnings are consistent, frequent, and for some, deeply personal. Dont mess around with trains. Yeah. Just stay away from the tracks. Because there is only one winner. 0nly away from the tracks. Because there is only one winner. Only one winner. John maguire, bbc news, milton keynes. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. Still to come this morning if youre out and about this easter weekend, what are your chances of seeing an orange tip butterfly or a Natterjack Toad . Well be speaking to naturalists Brett Westwood and stephen moss about what you should look out for. And we would love to see your wildlife pictures. E mail us at bbcbreakfast bbc. Co. Uk. Time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. Look at that little chap. Send those pics in if you have had a close to nature moment. Perhaps in your garden or on a walk. Good morning from bbc london news. Iam i am victoria hollins. This man was stabbed to death on tuesday afternoon. His death came just 90 minutes after another fatal stabbing of a 19 year old. He was the third person to be killed in two days. Arrests have been made in all three cases. Local councils across london and the south east will send a joint letter to the government today asking it to commit to building crossrail two. They say it could create 200,000 jobs and a similar number of new homes across the region, crucial to solving the housing crisis. It comesjust the region, crucial to solving the housing crisis. It comes just weeks after more than 70 businesses signing another letter to urge government to move forward with the plan. Youre looking at 15 kittens, found dumped in a suitcase in east london. Theyre believed to be between three and five weeks old, and were found by veterinary nurse on her way to work in dagenham. The Charity Cats Protection says theyll look after them until theyre old enough to be homed. Lets have a look at the Travel Situation now. So far, so good on the tube. The trains. It follows the fire on the track yesterday. As you would expect this morning, traffic has slowed. The a13 is building already. Delays approaching the station. Lets have a check on the weather now. Good morning. A pretty decent day of Spring Weather on the cards for london today. Dry right the way through. We start this morning with some sunshine. Although it is chilly out towards the suburbs. Sunny spells for a good day of the day. Sunshine right across the map to start us off. Slowly but surely, Cloud Filtering towards us from the north and west. In the best of the sunshine, temperatures at 14 15, possibly 16 degrees celsius. We start with cloud in the morning. Downhill for friday afternoon. Patchy rain moving towards us. That is with us through the afternoon into the evening. Clears by saturday morning. Through saturday, we see an area of High Pressure moving on from the south and west. Really that means we are looking at fine and decent weather through the bank Holiday Weekend, certainly for saturday, and for easter day as well. Temperatures in the mid teens and brighter spells. Some sun but some cloud as well. Monday, more subject to change. We will keep you posted on the forecast. That is it. Iam back posted on the forecast. That is it. I am back in half an hour. Plenty more on the website at the usual address. We will see you soon. Goodbye for now. Hello, this is breakfast, with sally nugent and charlie stayt. It is 6 30am. We will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning we will speak to the parents of kate sta nton davies, who had to fight for seven years to get an nhs trust to accept failings had contributed to their babys death. Now, the Health Secretary has ordered a review. Also this morning it might be the easter holidays, but the Education Secretary is setting out her vision for a School System in england. With funding in the spotlight, do her sums add up . And it is 200 years of twisting, spiralling and churning stomachs. We have sent tim to look at the highs and lows of the rollercoaster. All that still to come. But now a summary of this mornings main news the largest Nursing Union is consulting with its members across the uk on whether they should take Industrial Action in protest at the governments decision to maintain a 1 cap on their pay. The government says the Health Service offers competitive pay, but the Royal College of nursing claims low wages are contributing to Tens Of Thousands of unfilled posts, and unsafe Staffing Levels in the nhs. Everybodys unhappy. So most nurses are unhappy with their income. So they are working harder than ever, but there has been years now of absolutely no pay increase. Some of our nurses are telling us they absolutely loved being a nurse, it isa absolutely loved being a nurse, it is a fantasticjob, but they dont think they can afford to do it any more. A new generation of Grammar Schools in england should be truly open to everyone, not just the privileged few, according to the Education Secretary, Justine Greening. In a speech today, she will argue that ordinary Working Families are the backbone of the economy, and they should not have to make do. But a new analysis from the government shows a majority of Selective School places go to more affluent families. The families of two more babies who died under the care of the shrewsbury and Telford Hospital trust are calling for their deaths to be included in the investigation ordered by the Health Secretary. The review of the trust was announced Byjeremy Hunt yesterday, following the avoidable deaths of seven babies. Five died following failures to monitor their heart rate properly during labour. The trust says its Mortality Levels are in line with the national average. A 17 Year Old Girl has been charged with terrorism offences. She is accused of communicating with a member of the so called islamic state, and booking a ticket to fly to istanbul, with the intention of travelling to syria. The offences are alleged to have taken place Betweenjanuary 2016 Last Year and march this year. President trump has said relations with russia may be at an all time low, after the kremlin refused to stop backing President Assad of syria. Speaking at a News Conference in washington, mr trump said america had been right to fire missiles at a syrian airbase in response to a chemical weapons attack last week. He also described President Assad as a butcher, and said the war in syria had to be brought to an end. A bbc investigation has found that Construction Faults similar to those which led to the closure of 17 schools in edinburgh on Safety Grounds, have been found at 71 other schools across scotland. Although most have been repaired, work has yet to be completed on six of the buildings. The Scottish Futures trust, which oversees Public Private finance projects, says it is reviewing its guidance. Coastal areas in parts of new zealands north island have been evacuated, ahead of what is expected to be the most powerful storm to hit the country in 50 years. Tropical storm cook is forecast to bring more than 100 mm of rain, and winds of up to 100 mph. Some areas are already under a state of emergency. Of course, we will monitor that and keep you up to date if we get any developed on that tropical storm. And now we have the sport. Do you know what . It wasnt even a penalty. If you are a leicester fan waking up this morning i think you will feel very ha rd this morning i think you will feel very hard done by. The fact that atletico are massive favourites anyway, we were talking about it yesterday, all leicester have to do is keep the tie alive so that when atletico comeback, they have the chance of overturning it. It wasnt a penalty. It was about a yard or two outside the box. We feel your pain if you are a leicester fan. Leicester city will need to come from behind if they are to reach the Champions League semi finals, but they still have a chance, after a 1 0 defeat in spain to Atletico Madrid. The only goal came after a controversial penalty was awarded. Marc albrightons foul looked to be outside the box. Antoine griezemann dusted himself off and scored, but leicesters Defence Held Firm after that. We know its still going to be difficult return match. We have a very good home record at the king power. You know, ourfans enjoy these Champions League nights. We have to make sure that, of course, we need to be. Create more chances. Ahead of the match, at least eight leicester fans were arrested and will appear in court today, after clashes with Spanish Police in madrid. Social media videos shot in and around the plaza mayor showed injured fans, and officers in body armour wielding batons. Police said eight leicester fans were arrested for causing a mess. Eight people were arrested, and will appear in court today. On twitter, gary lineker said, just saw the footage of some leicester fans behaving despicably in madrid. The few idiots ruin it for the decent majority. Sickening. Borussia dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel says his team felt completely ignored by the authorities, who decided to reschedule their Champions League match with monaco to just a day after their team bus was attacked. Both squads arrived amid a heavy police presence, and were given a warm welcome by fans. Monaco have the upper hand ahead of the second leg, with a 3 2 lead. Defending champions real madrid have the advantage in their Quarter Final against bayern munich. They have a 2 1 lead, despite going behind in the first half. Cristiano ronaldo scored both their goals, his 99th and 100th in European Club football. Manchester united captain wayne rooney has been left out of the squad for tonights europa League Quarter final first leg at anderlecht. Despite training yesterday, he was not included in the Travelling Party that flew to belgium. Rooney has missed uniteds last two matches with ankle problems. Uniteds record signing paul pogba believes his side has the quality to win the europa league, and finish in the top four of the premier league. The best thing would be to do both, you know . And for sure, ithink the best thing would be to do both, you know . And for sure, i think we can do both. We can do both. We are doing quality, we have everything to doing quality, we have everything to do it. But it is all about us, our own enemy. But i think we can do it, we have just to be focused and work hard, like we do. It was a successful start for Great Britain, on the first day of the World Track Cycling Championships in hong kong, with Elinor Barker picking up a silver medal. The 22 year old, who won gold in rio as part of the team pursuit, looked like she might pick up the gold medal, but was pipped just before the line. The Mens Team Pursuit will race for a bronze medal later today, against italy, after they came through their first round head to head with switzerland yesterday. Fernando alonso will miss the Monaco Grand Prix next month so he can take part in another race, the indianapolis 500, which is raced on an oval track. The double World Champion has the full support of his formula 1 team, mclaren, and engine partner, honda, who have had a difficult start to the new season. Alonso will race in the indy 500 for the honda powered andretti team, and the car will be branded a mclaren. We will return to football, and to one of the fastest goals ever scored. It came in scotland over the weekend, in an amateur game. Maryhill midfielder gavin stokes scored this, straight from the kick off. It was against clydebank, and was timed atjust 3. 2 seconds. His side won 3 0. Well done to him, and well worth another look. Incredible. Just over 12. 5 years ago, chechen militants took more than 1,000 people hostage in a school in beslan, north 0ssetia. The siege lasted three days, and ended in a bloodbath, after Special Forces stormed the building. More than 300 people were killed. Today, the European Court of human rights is due to rule today on whether the russian government should have done more to prevent the tragedy. Jessica gavron is one of the lawyers who argued the case, and shejoins us now from our london studio. Thank you very much for your time this morning. Such a harrowing sequence this morning. Such a harrowing sequence of events. Many people will remember it very well. Could you just explain to us what is the court will be ruling on today . Today the court will be ruling on basically the handling of the siege. It was of course while governments are not responsible for acts of terror, they are responsible for how they conduct themselves in responding to it, and as you have heard, this was an extreme example of a terror attack, with over 1000 people taken hostage. Most of those were young children, on the first day of term at their school. And they were held in appalling conditions, and then during the storming there was a use of, you remember, flamethrowers and ta nks of, you remember, flamethrowers and tanks by the government. And we are alleging on behalf of the applicants that the government failed in its responsibility to protect life, on various levels. So in terms of preventing the attack, given that it had a certain amount of information in advance of the attack, in terms of the conduct during the siege, not having a rescue plan in place, having a rescue plan in place, having a rescue plan in place, having a coherent strategy, using appropriate force, we would say they failed in that. And also in terms of investigating the incident afterwards. To hold relevant people to account, or to learn lessons from it. And we would say, again, that they didnt undertake an effective investigation. Yes, so important for those families, and that phrase we often hear in these kinds of cases, that someone is held to account. Just explain what the effect could be of this ruling. How important is it in relation to russia, and what might happen next . Well, for the relatives of the victims, the people we represented were hostages and relatives of people who died or were injured. And for them this is an extremely important decision, judgement. Because they have taken hundreds of cases in russia. They have tried to have just as bad. They have tried to have just as bad. They have argued that they were failed, that senior officials should have been held to account, that investigative steps were not taken. Tried to have justice. They want to know the truth about what happened and for a measure of accountability. So the case is extremely significant for them, and they feel really that the European Court of human rights is the only place that they can getjustice. Yes, so hugely important from an emotional point of view. In practical terms, what would it mean for russia, for the russian authorities . Well, the russian authorities . Well, the russian authorities we hope will be found in violation of aspects of the right to life. They would, depending on the outcome of the judgement, which we will find out later today, they may have to pay compensation, and they are obliged under the convention to rectify a ny are obliged under the convention to rectify any violations, which may mean reopening aspects of the investigation. 0bviously Aspects of that will be difficult, given the time. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you very much for your time this morning. In that case is being heard at the European Court of human rights. A written statement, and we understand it to be around about 9am this morning. You are watching breakfast. The main stories this morning the biggest Nursing Union is asking its members whether they would be willing to stage Industrial Action over pay. The Education Secretary will say new Grammar Schools planned for england would help the children of ordinary Working Families. All Important Bank Holiday Weekend coming up. What does that mean for the weather . Carol can tell us. Good morning. It is not going to be a wash out, that is for sure, but it is equally not going to be as warm as it was last weekend. This morning were off to a chilly start, A Touch Of Frost in rural areas and some patchy mist and fog. All of that will clear. Mostly in some Eastern Areas is where we the Clearer Skies. Push west and there is a bit more cloud around. So this morning across parts of lincolnshire and yorkshire, the east midlands, east anglia, down towards kent, a lovely start to the day albeit nupe. As we drift west from hampshire towards cornwall, into wales, north west england, there is a bit more cloud around and you may just see there is a bit more cloud around and you mayjust see the odd spot of drizzle coming out of that. Eastern scotland, a fine start to the day but a chilly one. Western scotland, more cloud and some showers and Northern Ireland have a few showers this morning but equally, although there is cloud around, you seen one or two dry spells. The wind still coming from a chilly direction and through the course of the day you will notice that some of that cloud is going to move over toward the east. Even so, here and there they will still be some holes in it. But the sunshine hanging on for the longest across southern counties. Temperatures today, 11 to about 16, so temperatures today, 11 to about 16, so still just above temperatures today, 11 to about 16, so stilljust above average temperatures today, 11 to about 16, so still just above average for the time of year. Now, through this evening and overnight we hang on to afair bit evening and overnight we hang on to a fair bit of cloud. We have two Weather Front thinking southwards, taking their rain with them as they do so. Clearer skies coming across the north, and where we have the Clearer Skies it will be a cold night, but again, temperatures this coming night very similar to the one that has just gone. Tomorrow we start off with our Weather Fronts continuing to sink southwards, a fairly wea k continuing to sink southwards, a fairly weak affair. The cloud will build had of them, still one or two brighter breaks ahead of them as well and behind them for scotland and Northern Ireland we will start to see some sunshine coming through. There will be Cloud At Times and that Cloud Thickener for some showers. Showers on the highest peaksin showers. Showers on the highest pea ks in scotland showers. Showers on the highest peaks in scotland could also be wintry. By the time we get the saturday those fronts scoot off into the near continent, a keen north westerly wind, a front dangling around an area of low pressure in the north will bring a few showers across north east scotland. 0ne few showers across north east scotland. One or two across parts of Eastern England but with showers we will not all see them. So for most of us on saturday it will be a dry and bright day with some sunny spells. Then as we head on into Easter Sunday, High Pressure clinging on by the skin of its teeth in the south, but we have two Weather Fronts coming our way once again on Easter Sunday. So what is going to happen is, here goes the first one, there goes the second one, pushing steadily southwards, but they are fairly weak. Now, it is going to be a cool day across scotland, but for Northern Ireland, england and wales, especially where we have got the sunshine, it will feel quite pleasant. Temperatures roughly nine to 15. So what happened on Christmas Day, just for comparison, our temperatures on easter they are where they should be, london a couple of degrees above average but look what we had on Christmas Day. Christmas day, it has to be said, was exceptional. So Christmas Day was warmer than Easter Sunday is going to be. But you know what . It is not out of the realms of possibility to see some snow at easter. More likely, actually, that is on christmas. I didnt know that. Carol, you know everything more likely to cease no you are. Do you wa nt to likely to cease no you are. Do you want to know why . I will have Somebody Screaming in my ear in a minute. It is because christmas happens at the beginning of winter, so happens at the beginning of winter, so the air hasnt sufficiently cooled down for it necessarily to snow. Whereas at easter, easter is almost at the start of spring. So we have got all this cold air still with us, just starting to come out of it, so it is still cold enough for it to snow. Actually, a good comparison is summer as well. Summer sta rts comparison is summer as well. Summer starts injune, so you wouldnt expect the highest temperatures in june, we see it in august or september. Because it takes longer for the september. Because it takes longer forthe airto warm september. Because it takes longer for the air to warm up and cool. Charlie is being cheeky, looking at this watch. Stop it can you beat that, steph . Have you got any facts for us . Did you know that carol knows everything and i clearly dont . She does know everything time to talk about sainsburys and their numbers. I will talk to someone who knows what is going on. Goodness me sainsburys bought argos in september last year for £1. 4 billion, and since then has been quickly opening Argos Concessions in their big stores. Today the 50th one opens. We thought it would be a good chance to do this. Argos chief Exec Isjohn Rogers and hejoins me now from our london studios. Good morning. Good morning. The 50th store, we are hearing a lot at the moment about how Shopping Habits have changed and we are not doing one big weekly shop now, we do a few little ones. How do we think that fits with megastores . What customers wa nt fits with megastores . What customers want is choice. They want to do a big shop during the week, but they also want to top up shop at convenience stores. They are shopping more frequently, but customers want choice. In fact, what we have seen one customers want choice. In fact, what we have seen one we customers want choice. In fact, what we have seen one we put the argos Stores Within sainsburys ones if they do well. The ones open for more than a year they do well. The ones open for more thana yearare they do well. The ones open for more than a year are delivering 25 growth year on year. What is interesting is that they are not just buying from the argos stall, but food at the same time. Good sales are going up at the same time. Food. We think it is a good use of the space. What does it mean for stores still on the high street . Some will have a lease open in the next two years. Will you move slowly into concessions in sainsburys . Next two years. Will you move slowly into concessions in sainsburys . We will maintaina into concessions in sainsburys . We will maintain a significant high street presence. We have over 840 Stores Across the uk. Some are on the high street, some 0riente retail parks. Increasingly, they are opening up across sainsburys. Are in. 50 have opened so far since we bought the business seven months ago. And we will open 200 of those argos Stores Within them. Customers like choice. They love to shop on the high street and pick a product there at the same time is going to supermarkets. If you give customers that choice, they reward you with trade. There is also only stores. What will that mean for jobs . Trade. There is also only stores. What will that mean forjobs . You will need fewer people in them. Not at all. What it will mean in practice is that over the next two yea rs we practice is that over the next two years we plan to offer over 1000 new additional retailjobs. Actually, what it means in converting stores to digital formats is what it means in converting stores to digitalformats is it what it means in converting stores to digital formats is it allows better relationships with customers and allowing them to have opportunities to get smoother and slicker customer experiences, but better Customer Interaction as well. 0ne better Customer Interaction as well. One of the important things about the argos business, which is increasingly digital, most sales originate on line, but actually, you get that humid touch with argos, the ability to come into a store and pick up your items, which is convenient. Human. That is better than the on Line Competition we face. What about the crisis with the economy at the moment and the fall in the value of the pound . There is a real pressure on prices. Is that something you worry about . You may have to put prices on line with your products . Ourjob as retailers is to protect customers from inflationary pressures. Protect customers from inflationary pressures. 0ne protect customers from inflationary pressures. One of the things we can do is bring sainsburys together with argos and by scale. We have negotiated better deals with suppliers. Buy scale. Negotiated better deals with suppliers. Buy scale. So prices will not go up . Well, we are making savings and we are passing them on to the consumer. We are ahead of the market and are winning market share. 0ne market and are winning market share. One other question. You were recently in the news for not paying workers the National Living wage. Is that all sorted out . Absolutely. One of the things we discovered when we bought the business is that due to some oversight, we were not paying the National Living wage, and we fixed that immediately and compensated workers. Thank you for your time this morning. Chief executive of argos. That is it for me for now. Thank you. See you soon, steph. For years, rollercoasters have been making countless stomachs churn and millions of heads spin. This is actually doing that to me right now. I will not look. As the famous Theme Park Ride turns 200, we sent tim muffett to meet some of its greatest fans. For members of the European Coaster Club, there is one big question. For members of the European Coaster Club, there is one Big Questionm is just the club, there is one Big Questionm isjust the adrenaline. Itjust releases all of your endorphins. Why do you always sit at the back quicker because you get good airtime and you get a good drop. For club med is, 2017 is theirfavourite yea rs. Med is, 2017 is theirfavourite years. Their favourite med is, 2017 is theirfavourite years. Theirfavourite ride is 200 yea rs years. Theirfavourite ride is 200 years old. Club members. I am joining them on blackpools big dipper built so long ago. It began in paris in 1817. They build this track for rollercoaster carriages. The design has not changed that much really. In the 1930s, rollercoasters doomed in popularity. Boomed. But many theme parks closed during the great depression. After the war, Rollercoasters Recaptured The Imagination of the people, becoming quicker and bigger. If imagination of the people, becoming quickerand bigger. If We Imagination of the people, becoming quicker and bigger. If we are thinking about subjecting the body to different physical sensations, umm, the extremes, if you like, the 34 gs umm, the extremes, if you like, the 3 4 gs on rollercoasters, nowhere else can you get that but rollercoasters. An accident at alton towers in 2015 which left four seriously injured was a reminder that riding a rollercoasters not risk free, although generally, the Safety Record is very good. In many theme parks, Virtual Reality is the latest big thing. This is jaron browns ghost train at gordon park. Derren brown. What you see is not what you get. What gets Blood Pumping . One of the drawbacks with this is you have this. When this attraction opened last year, there we re attraction opened last year, there were complaints it was not thrilling or scary enough. It had to be redesigned and relaunched. Generation after generation were seeking novelty. What was scary for pa rents seeking novelty. What was scary for parents is not scary for this generation. Back at lack pool pleasure beach, and the european coaster clu b pleasure beach, and the European Coaster Club are doing what they think best. Going for physical rides. The feeling in your hair, the geforce is, the positive and negative that you cannot replace it is quite 200 years of twisting, turning, spinning, spiralling, the appeal of the rollercoaster shows no sign of falling away. Bbc news, blackpool. That one is upside down. Do you not like that . You have been on that one before, havent you . Many years ago. It has been a long time. Oh, the rollercoaster . Gotcha. Time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. Good morning. Detectives investigating a murder have named the victim. 20 year old sayed was stabbed to death on tuesday afternoon. His death came 90 minutes afternoon. His death came 90 minutes after another fatal stabbing of a 19 rolled. He was the 13th to be killed injust two rolled. He was the 13th to be killed in just two days. Arrests have been made in all three cases. Local councils across london and the south east will send a joint letter to the government today asking it to commit to building crossrail2. They say it could create 200,000 jobs and a similaramount of say it could create 200,000 jobs and a similar amount of homes across the region, solving the housing crisis. It comesjust a region, solving the housing crisis. It comes just a few weeks after seven businesses gave a similar letter to government urging the opposite. Smaller businesses in london is a confidence among many firms has increased over the past year despite the decision to leave the eu and the weakening of the pound. The federation of Small Businesses says nearly half of all firms expect profits to increase in the next quarter, though there is a call to reduce taxes on them. That ta kes call to reduce taxes on them. That takes us to a check on the Travel Situation. Still good news if you are using beat you this morning. Currently all lines are running a good service. Tubes. Lets have a check on the weather now. Good morning to you. Weve got a pretty decent day of Spring Weather on the cards for london today. It will be dry right the way through. We start this morning with some sunshine. Although it is chilly out towards the suburbs. We keep sunny spells for a good deal of the day. Sunshine right across the map to start us off. Slowly but surely, just a bit more in the way of Cloud Filtering towards us from the north and west. But in the best of the sunshine, temperatures at 14 15, possibly 16 degrees celsius. Well start with more in the way cloud in the morning. Downhill for friday afternoon. Patchy rain moving towards us. That is with us through the afternoon into the evening. Clears by saturday morning, though. And then what happens through saturday, we see an area of High Pressure moving on from the south and west. I think, really, that means we are looking at fine and decent weather through the bank Holiday Weekend, certainly for saturday, and for easter day as well. Temperatures in the mid teens and brighter spells. Some sun but some cloud as well. Monday, a little bit more subject to change. We will keep you posted on the forecast. That is it. I am back in half an hour. Plenty more on the website at the usual address. We will see you soon. Goodbye for now. Hello, this is breakfast, with sally nugent and charlie stayt. Nurses across the uk vote on whether to strike over pay. More than 250,000 members of the Royal College of nursing are being asked their opinion on Industrial Action, for the first time in the unions history. Good morning, it is thursday 13 april. Also this morning the deaths of several babies at a single Hospital Trust are investigated. We hear calls for further cases to be examined. Its not going to bring my boy back, but hopefully itll save other babies and parents going through what weve gone through. Children from poorer families will be given priority access to new Grammar Schools in england, under plans to be set out by the Education Secretary later. The supply of houses coming up for sale has hit a record low, according to a survey of Estate Agents out today. I will have more on what that means for prices, later. In sport leicester will have to fight back, in their Champions League Quarter Final against Atletico Madrid. They trail 1 0 after the first leg. Before the match, severalfans were hurt in clashes with police. At least eight people were arrested. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Under clear skies good morning. Under clearskies in central and eastern parts of the uk, It Isa Central and eastern parts of the uk, it is a chilly start with A Touch Of Frost. In the west there is more cloud, with patchy light rain and drizzle and through the day that will drift eastwards. Nonetheless some of us can still hang on to some sunny intervals. I will have more details later on. Good morning. First, our main story the largest Nursing Union is consulting with its members across the uk on whether they should take Industrial Action in protest at the governments decision to maintain a 1 cap on their pay. The Royal College of nursing claims low wages are contributing to Tens Of Thousands of unfilled posts, and unsafe Staffing Levels in the nhs, but the government says the Health Service offers competitive pay. 0ur Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. Unprecedented pressure in the nhs means nurses have never worked harder, and for so little, according to their union. The Royal College of nursing says due to pay freezes, and then a pay cap, nurses have seen the money they take home cut in real terms by 14 since 2010. It says that is why it has decided to ask staff whether they would be prepared to strike. 270,000 nhs nurses will be able to vote in the Online Survey over the next few weeks. Everybodys unhappy. So most nurses are unhappy with their income. So theyre working harder than ever, but theres been years now of absolutely no pay increase. Some of our nurses are telling us they absolutely love being a nurse, its a fantasticjob, but they just dont think they can afford to do it anymore. The Royal College of nursing says low pay is driving people away from the profession, and that Tens Of Thousands of posts remain vacant. But the Department Of Health said an extra 12,000 nurses have worked on wards since 2010, and that frontline nhs services are being protected. A new generation of Grammar Schools in england should be truly open to everyone, not just the privileged few, according to the Education Secretary, Justine Greening. In a speech today, she will argue that ordinary Working Families are the backbone of the economy, and they should not have to make do. 0ur Political Correspondent chris mason joins us from westminster. The government is continuing to move forward with its Grammar Schools plans. This is the big pitch coming from the Education Secretary this morning. Tying into the prime ministers big mantra that she has referred to again and again since she took office last summer of helping hard working she took office last summer of helping ha rd Working Families, she took office last summer of helping hard Working Families, those who are just about managing. The Education Secretary will say that when you look at the statistics, there are a similar number of children in proportionate terms from that kind of background going to Grammar Schools as go to comprehensive schools. Strikingly, when you look at the same government document, it shows that more than half of Grammar School pupils are from families of above average incomes and critics of the Grammar School system say that they are socially divisive. So this is the latest stage in what i suspect will be quite a Long Campaign from the government trying to persuade people of the merits of its policy. Thank you. And we will be asking the Education Secretary about her plans just after 7 30am. The families of two more babies who died under the care of shrewsbury and Telford Hospital trust are calling for their deaths to be included in the investigation ordered by the Health Secretary. The review of the trust was announced Byjeremy Hunt yesterday, following the avoidable deaths of seven babies. Five died following failures to monitor their heart rate properly during labour. The trust says its Mortality Levels are in line with the national average. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan has this report. This is the nhs trust whose mistakes keep causing the deaths of healthy infants. Yesterday, bbc news revealed that seven babies died unnecessarily at the shrewsbury and Telford Hospital trust, in a little over 18 months. The scale of the problems has prompted the Health Secretary to order a review of maternity services. Jeremy hunt wants to ensure no more families suffer like this one. Tamsin morris lost her daughter ivy last may, aged just four months, following mistakes at her birth. We all think that Something Like this wont ever happen, it wont happen to me. And it has. And i can only take it day by day, sometimes. If im lucky, week by week. How old would he be there, roughly . Probably five hours old. Other families are still pushing forjustice. Hayley matthewss son jack died within hours of his birth, in 2015. She says the trust never properly investigated the death. Following their investigations, however, The Local Coroner is now considering holding an inquest. I was expecting a healthy baby. Two years, ive been fighting. Its not going to bring my boy back, but hopefully itll save other babies and parents going through what weve gone through, and other people. The trust say they have investigated all maternity deaths, and say they will contact hayley about her case. They also say they are Learning Lessons from incidents, and are improving services. A 17 Year Old Girl has been charged with terrorism offences. She is accused of communicating with a member of the so called islamic state, and booking a ticket to fly to istanbul, with the intention of travelling to syria. The offences are alleged to have taken place betweenjanuary 2016 and march this year. President trump has said relations with russia may be at an all time low, after his Secretary Of State failed to persuade russia to stop backing President Assad of syria. Mr trump said america had been right to fire missiles at a syrian airbase in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack last week. From washington, laura bicker reports. Vladimir putin said this us attack was an act of aggression. But donald trump said it was in response to a suspected war crime. The us believes the syrian president was responsible for using chemical weapons against civilians. At a Press Conference alongside the nato secretary general, mr trump condemned bashar al assad. Thats a butcher, thats a butcher. So i felt we had to do something about it. I have absolutely no doubt we did the right thing, and it was very, very successfully done, as you well know. Earlier, russia vetoed a Un Security Council resolution that would have compelled the syrian president to co operate with an investigation into the attack, a response President Trump described as disappointing. It would be wonderful, as we were discussing just a little while ago, if nato and our country could get along with russia. Right now, were not getting along with russia at all. We may be at an all time low in terms of our relationship with russia. This has built through a long period of time. But were going to see what happens. The us has said relations with russia must improve. But how . The two countries are on opposing sides in a civil war. A lot may depend on how far russia will go to defend the syrian president , and how far the us wants to push to get rid of him. A ruling is due today on whether the russian government should have done more to prevent the siege of a school in beslan, in 2004. More than 330 people died when Security Forces stormed a school where Chechen Separatists had taken over 1,000 people hostage. Survivors and parents who lost children argued at the European Court of human rights that russia failed in its obligation to protect its citizens lives. A bbc investigation has found that Construction Faults similar to those which led to the closure of 17 schools in edinburgh on Safety Grounds have been found at 71 other schools across scotland. Although most have been repaired, work has yet to be completed on six of the buildings. The Scottish Futures trust, which oversees Public Private finance projects, says it is reviewing its guidance. Police officers were given the run around in london yesterday by a very unusual suspect. A pig caused chaos when it escaped and trotted through lunch time traffic on the streets of redbridge. A jogger had to dodge the animal, who seemed to take a liking to his Fluorescent Clothing. A Police Spokesman said the pig was eventually recaptured and returned to its owner. I put that men carried on running quite a long way. The weather and the sport coming up in a few minutes time. They are the lifeblood of the nhs, but for the first time in its history, the Union Representing nurses across the uk has asked its members if they want to take Industrial Action over wages. The Royal College of nursing says low pay is driving people away from the profession. But the Department Of Health believes the nhs already offers Flexible Working and competitive salaries. Joining us from london is janet davies, Chief Executive of the Royal College of nurses. Good morning to you. Good morning. Im sure lots of people watching this morning will have a huge amount of sympathy with people who are working in our hospitals, casualty departments, nurses working long shifts and night workers, and perhaps thinking, yes, they do need to be paid in a better way. What are you asking for . Well, we are asking for. Really, scrap the cap we are calling it. For many years we have had no pay rise or this 1 cap every year. And that is for the foreseeable future, until 2020. And we are saying it is not sustainable. We know that nurses, who love their jobs, are struggling to pay their bills. All the bills are going up. Many of them are parents, childcare, their rent, and they are struggling to actually maintain an income which will allow them to live and support their children. Which means they are thinking about an alternative to nursing. How much of a will is there, do you sense, from your members for strike as mac well, we dont know, and that is why we are asking them. We have had a lot of angen asking them. We have had a lot of anger, we are hearing that they often stay at the end of their shifts for no extra money to make sure the care is complete, the notes are written up, that they have handed over to the next shift. Too many people are working 12 hour shifts, and handing over to another 12 hours, which doesnt give much time for that, so they stay later in their own right. There is very little flexibility, many people are choosing to work the agencies, many are working extra hours for agencies just to pay their bills. So they are finding life very, very difficult and they are saying this is unsustainable for them. If they are going to look after their families and geta going to look after their families and get a decent wage, they are reconsidering whether they can stay in nursing. You are saying there is a lot of anger, but you are not actually balloting for a strike. Why not . As you can imagine our members are very not . As you can imagine our members are very angry, very not . As you can imagine our members are very angry, very cross not . As you can imagine our members are very angry, very cross and getting onto social media and explaining the terrible situation, really, on which bills they should pgy really, on which bills they should pay. Many are struggling and getting in debt, and we are helping them out with that. But what we need to see is, what is the feeling of all our nurses, what is their situation . Finding out what they feel, but also what they would be prepared to do about it. Ijust want what they would be prepared to do about it. I just want to put to you the words ofjeremy hunt. He says we are offering of rhyno1 pay rise, but nearly 60 of nhs staff get an automatic pay rise of an average of 396 automatic pay rise of an average of 3 offering everyone a 1 pay rise. But not every one gets increments, and that is quite significant. Almost 60 . Those are people who have progressed to grade two, the salary. So when it was first agreed, the salary point was set at a level, and it is understood that people are gaining skills to get to that level. And every year people have an appraisal. And if their appraisals are satisfactory and they are progressing, they will then get an increment on their performance to get them to the salary which is the level for that job. But isnt it a little bit disingenuous to suggest that some nurses are getting a better pay rise than you are suggesting, because some are getting more than 1 , and actually Public Sector workers across the border are not getting these increments. Lots of them are, and actually the correct grade and the correct pay our nurses is the top of that incremental scale, and it has been recognised, and that was a gift that we gave some time ago, that people will take some time to develop those skills and get the experience, that is way we have the incremental scale. Those most experienced nurses who have worked with the nhs for some time have not had a pay rise for a long time. The others are getting recognition of their skills advancements, and not eve ryo ne their skills advancements, and not everyone gets them. It is not automatic. It is subject to an appraisal of performance. Do you admit that by capping pay rises, what the government is trying to do is actually save nursing jobs . There is actually save nursing jobs . There is an estimate that for the last two yea rs, if is an estimate that for the last two years, if the pay rises had actually gone ahead, you would have lost 14,000 nurses because ofjob cuts. |j think it is very, very unfair to actually put the problems of the nhs, the financial problems of the nhs, the financial problems of the nhs, on the nurses. They are the people that keep the nhs going. They are the people that provide care. And we dont think it is fair that they are the ones that prop up the nhs, with very poor pay. There are lots of other ways we can save money without taking it from nurses pay packets. Finally, from me, if without taking it from nurses pay packets. Finally, from me, if i take a relative into hospital on a date when nurses are striking, what would that hospital look like . We have a clause that we will not affect patient care, we will keep patients safe and will not do anything, whatever the nurses wish to do, we will make sure that patients are safe and comfortable. That is not the point of this. There are lots of other Industrial Actions that people might take, but some people are saying we are willing to go on strike. But we will all this there have responsibility to maintain the safety of our population, and our patience. Thank you very much indeed. Unprecedented for them to ask that. Clearly they want what is fair. That is across many other areas of the workplace as well. I often get m essa g es workplace as well. I often get messages from people saying i am facing a pay freeze on any increase imight facing a pay freeze on any increase i might get. This 1 . The reason it is relevant is when you look at how much the cost of living is going up. Comparative that. When i talk about inflation, telling us how much the cost has gone up by, that is up 2 396. Cost has gone up by, that is up 2 3 . Compare it to that. If you compare that to 1 , that means in real terms people are getting a pay cut. They will essentially have less money to be able to spend on the things they need to because things are costing more in the shops and generally. That is across many different sectors. If you look at the average weekly earnings, it has gone up by about 2. 2 at the moment. It is just underneath the Inflation Rate of 2. 3 . The prediction on the back of the Bank Of England says it will reach 2. 8 next year. Many people across the country will feel worse off because they will not have as much money and will be paying more for things and for the things they need to buy. Unemployment is really low. But even if you have the job you are feeling poorer than ever. That is the argument being made. The other side of this is that we are in a good situation with jobs. Many people are injobs. During the financial crisis there was a lot of worry about employment, but we are at record Employment Levels and record unemployment blows. But we have had to take a pay hit for that. But it has been a long time since the financial crisis. We are talking about 2008. We are not really where we were then in terms of wage increases. Many people feel they are not better off yet, and in some cases worse off, they are not better off yet, and in some cases worse off, though they have been. Thank you very much, steph. And now for the weather. Good morning. Good morning. A chilly start to the day today. Temperatures in single figures. A bright start. The Clearer Skies Men lowers temperatures. That is mainly central and eastern parts of the uk. That is how we will start, not end the day. The cloud in the west will go east through the day. Not a old start in plymouth. 10 degrees at eight oclock. Cloud around. You can expect some drizzle here as well. North east england seeing sunshine. The same for Eastern Scotland. Sunshine, but a chilly start. The West Of Scotland and Northern Ireland, some cloud around. Patchy light rain and showers. Through the day, that cloud pushes over to the east. It will take rain with it but not everyone will see it. Some will see sunny not everyone will see it. Some will see sunny spells, even into the afternoon. Especially in southern counties. Temperatures, 11 14. In the breeze in the north, cooler is exposed to it. This evening and overnight, fronts coming and producing Patchy Rain For Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some getting to Northern England and wales. Showers the south west. Clearer skies following behind in the highlands. A chilly night. Generally speaking, temperatures coming out will be similar to the nightjust gone. We start tomorrow with the Weather Front in the central swathe of the country producing patchy rain. That will go south through the course of the day with the Cloud Building. Nevertheless, there will still be some bright spells. Behind those fronts, scotland and Northern Ireland, sunshine and showers. In the sunshine, it will feel quite pleasant. Saturday. Low pressure dominating weather in the north. A Weather Fronts dangling around it. That will produce rain. The isobars tell a different story. A breezy day from the north west. For many, when we lose this rain from the north east of scotland, one or two showers in the east of england, it will be largely dry for the bulk of the uk. If you are out of the wind again, it will feel quite pleasant. Sunday, some fronts coming our way. Producing rain. Again, nothing especially heavy. The first one goes through, the second one comes in for the north west in south, it does not make much progress, and again, breezy. Sunshine for the south, well, it will feel quite pleasant, with fines of up to 15 degrees which is still a little bit above average for this april, at this stage. Thank you. See you later on. Despite being illegal and highly dangerous, more people than ever are risking their lives trespassing on railway lines. New figures from network rail and the British Transport Police show that one person every hour trespasses on the railways. Last year, there were 8,000 such incidents in britain. Thats an increase of 11 on the year before, making it the highest number for ten years. Simon munn lost his leg crossing the tracks while taking a shortcut home. My my foot went underneath the rail. I could not get my foot out. I was literally waiting for a dream to come and take my leg off, as it were, really. Train. It seemed like a fortnight, but it was only a few minutes. Dont mess with trains, there is only one winner. 0nly few minutes. Dont mess with trains, there is only one winner. Only one winner. Werejoined by tom crosby. He suffered life changing injuries when he received a 25,000 Volt Electric Shock after he climbed onto some railway lines. Good morning. Thank you very much indeed for coming in to talk to us about this. Umm, what happens to you . I was 14 at the time. I was meeting some friends near the railway. There was nothing to do at that age for us. This was a tuesday afternoon, about half past three. And i can remember getting into the railway. Ijust and i can remember getting into the railway. I just remember waking and i can remember getting into the railway. Ijust remember waking up on friday morning in hospital not knowing how i got there, why i was there. I asked knowing how i got there, why i was there. Iasked my knowing how i got there, why i was there. I asked my mum, knowing how i got there, why i was there. Iasked my mum, what knowing how i got there, why i was there. I asked my mum, what is going on. She said you had been electrocuted on the railway. And it was from then a very long road trying to rehabilitate myself. Do you know now . Have you got an account of what happened . Did your mother tell you . Flashback moments. Iremember being mother tell you . Flashback moments. I remember being in the ambulance on the way to the hospital asking the nurse in the ambulance if i can go to sleep. She said, no, stay awake. I term of a much after that. I remember being in the ward and my family coming in to see me. The incident in itself. Were you with friends at the time . Did they see what happened . Friends at the time . Did they see what happened . They saw everything. What did they tell you . We didnt speak after that. We went our separate ways. I was so far into being rehabilitated and learning to walk again. We sort of drifted apart. Tell us your injuries. Third degree burns on the entire right side of my body. Burned head to toe. My head was the size of a football. They had to take so many layers of skin off my face, it was really bad. I had to learn to walk again because i wasjust in bed for two months straight. Why did you go to the rails . I dont know. I did not know it was dangerous. I did not really know the dangers of the railway. It wasnt until i started being involved with network rail that i knew that the electricity was always on. I thought it Wasjust Cargo trains coming through that there was no electricity there. So we just thought, lets go over there. Was like a dare thing . What was going on in your head . We just we nt was going on in your head . We just went over there to be kids and have a game. I slipped while i was on top of the train. That was my instinct. Like it was the overhead wire. The electricity blew me off the Chain Andl Electricity blew me off the chain and i landed on my head and had a big hole in it. You must be dismayed to see the least over the growing number of incidents that are happening now. It wasnt until i was contacted by network rail that i learned all these things. It is not nice to hear about all these people having all these accidents and passing away on the railway. You said when you are younger you did not even think about it or even know the risks. Clearly, that message is still not getting through the blue note, exactly. That is why i am trying to do my part. Through. I wa nt trying to do my part. Through. I want people to know it can happen if you miss use the railway for even a second. How do you tell your story . Do you have to frighten them . No, we dont frighten them. We make them realise it can happen. I do work with network rail, going into schools. They do danger talks. I come along and it is like, this is all good, but if you misuse all of that, this is what will happen. I admit, i survived it, i that, this is what will happen. I admit, i survived it, lam here to tell the story. What reaction do you get . You can hear a pin drop when you tell them. You can hear a pin drop when you tell them i was thrown off by the overhead wire. And they have amazing questions. The interaction is great and makes me feel like they are actually listening and learning. If you watch a film, it is a good film, but a true story film is much more appreciated. That is what we try to do. Thank you for sharing your story with us this morning. Thank you. Time now to get the news, travel, and weather, wherever you are this morning. Good morning from bbc london news. I am victoria hollins. Detectives investigating a murder in mile end have named the victim. 20 year old Syed Jamanoor islam was stabbed to death on tuesday afternoon. His death came just 90 minutes after another fatal stabbing of a 19 year old in northolt. He was the third person to be killed in just two days. Arrests have now been made in all three cases. Local councils across london and the south east will send a joint letter to the government today asking it to commit to building crossrail 2. The councils say the project could create 200,000 jobs and a similar number of new homes across the region and is crucial to solving the housing crisis. It comes just weeks after more than seventy businesses signed another letter urging the government to move forward with the plan. 15 kittens have been found dumped in a suitcase in east london. The babies, believed to be just three to five weeks old and were found by veterinary nurse on her way to work in dagenham. The Charity Cats Protection says theyll look after them until theyre old enough to be homed. Lets have a look at the Travel Situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning. It means there are delays back towards ash hill. Lets have a check on the weather now. Good morning to you. Weve got a pretty decent day of Spring Weather on the cards for london today. It will be dry right the way through. We start this morning with some sunshine. Although it is chilly out towards the suburbs. We keep sunny spells for a good deal of the day. Sunshine right across the map to start us off. Slowly but surely, just a bit more in the way of Cloud Filtering towards us from the north and west. But in the best of the sunshine, temperatures at 14 15, possibly 16 celsius. Well start with more in the way cloud in the morning. Downhill for friday afternoon. Patchy rain moving towards us. That is with us through the afternoon into the evening. Clears by saturday morning, though. And then what happens through saturday, we see an area of High Pressure moving in from the south and west. I think, really, that means we are looking at fine and decent weather through the bank Holiday Weekend, certainly for saturday, and for easter day as well. Temperatures in the mid teens and the best of any brighter spells. Some sun but some cloud as well. Monday, a little bit more subject to change. We will keep you posted on the forecast. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast, with sally nugent and charlie stayt. The largest Nursing Union is consulting with its members across the uk on whether they should take Industrial Action in protest at the governments decision to maintain a 1 cap on their pay. The government says the Health Service offers competitive pay, but the Royal College of nursing claims low wages are contributing to Tens Of Thousands of unfilled posts, and unsafe Staffing Levels in the nhs. As you can imagine our members are very angry, very cross and getting onto social media and explaining the terrible situation, really, on which bills they should pay. Many are struggling and getting in debt, and we are helping them out with that. But what we need to see is, what is the feeling of all our nurses, what is their situation . Finding out what they feel, but also what they would be prepared to do about it. A new generation of Grammar Schools in england should be truly open to everyone, not just the privileged few, according to the Education Secretary, Justine Greening. In a speech today, she will argue that ordinary Working Families are the backbone of the economy, and they should not have to make do. But a new analysis from the government shows a majority of Selective School places go to more affluent families. And we will be speaking toJustine Greening injust a and we will be speaking toJustine Greening in just a few minutes time. If you have any thoughts on School Funding or Grammar Schools particularly, let us know in the next few minutes. The families of two more babies who died under the care of the shrewsbury and Telford Hospital trust are calling for their deaths to be included in the investigation ordered by the Health Secretary. The review of the trust was announced Byjeremy Hunt yesterday, following the avoidable deaths of seven babies. Five died following failures to monitor their heart rate properly during labour. The trust says its Mortality Levels are in line with the national average. President trump has said relations with russia may be at an all time low, after the kremlin refused to stop backing President Assad of syria. Speaking at a News Conference in washington, mr trump said america had been right to fire missiles at a syrian airbase in response to a chemical weapons attack last week. He also described President Assad as a butcher, and said the war in syria had to be brought to an end. A bbc investigation has found that Construction Faults similar to those which led to the closure of 17 schools in edinburgh on Safety Grounds have been found at 71 other schools across scotland. Although most have been repaired, work has yet to be completed on six of the buildings. The Scottish Futures trust, which oversees Public Private finance projects, says it is reviewing its guidance. Coastal areas in parts of new zealands north island have been evacuated, ahead of what is expected to be the most powerful storm to hit the country in 50 years. Tropical storm cook is forecast to bring more than 100 mm of rain and winds of up to 100 mph. Some areas are already under a state of emergency. Coming up on the programme, carol has got the weather. Hopefully not as bad as that. And in sport, it wasnt even a penalty. Craig shakespeare, lesters manager, said the decision to award a penalty was just a said the decision to award a penalty wasjust a guess, but it said the decision to award a penalty was just a guess, but it was a wrong guess. The referee guessed wrong and if you are a leicester fan you will be happy it was only 1 0 against Atletico Madrid. It could have been a lot worse but it could have been a lot better. They could have gone to the King Power Stadium on level terms if that decision had not he made. Ian made. Leicester city will need to come from behind if they are to reach the Champions League semi finals, but they still have a chance, after a 1 0 defeat in spain to Atletico Madrid. The only goal came after a controversial penalty was awarded. Marc albrightons foul looked to be outside the box. Antoine griezemann dusted himself off and scored, but leicesters Defence Held Firm after that. We know its still going to be difficult return match. We have a very good home record at the king power. You know, our fans enjoy these Champions League nights. We have to make sure that, of course, we need to be create more chances. Ahead of the match, at least eight leicester fans were arrested and will appear in court today, after clashes with Spanish Police in madrid. Social media videos shot in and around the plaza mayor showed injured fans, and officers in body armour wielding batons. Police said eight leicester fans were arrested for causing a mess. Eight people were arrested, and will appear in court today. On twitter, gary lineker said, just saw the footage of some leicester fans behaving despicably in madrid. The few idiots ruin it for the decent majority. Sickening. Borussia dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel says his team felt completely ignored by the authorities, who decided to reschedule their Champions League match with monaco to just a day after their team bus was attacked. Both squads arrived amid a heavy police presence, and were given a warm welcome by fans. Monaco have the upper hand ahead of the second leg, with a 3 2 lead. Defending champions real madrid have the advantage in their Quarter Final against bayern munich. They have a 2 1 lead, despite going behind in the first half. Cristiano ronaldo scored both their goals, his 99th and 100th in European Club football. Manchester united captain wayne rooney has been left out of the squad for tonights europa League Quarter final first leg at anderlecht. Despite training yesterday, he was not included in the Travelling Party that flew to belgium. Rooney has missed uniteds last two matches with ankle problems. Uniteds record signing paul pogba believes his side has the quality to win the europa league, and finish in the top four of the premier league. The best thing would be to do both, you know . And for sure, i think we can do both. We can do both. We are doing quality, we have everything to do it. But it is all about us, our own enemy. But i think we can do it. We have just to be focused and work hard, like we do. It was a successful start for Great Britain, on the first day of the World Track Cycling Championships in hong kong, with Elinor Barker picking up a silver medal. The 22 year old, who won gold in rio as part of the team pursuit, looked like she might pick up the gold medal, but was pipped just before the line. The Mens Team Pursuit will race for a bronze medal later today, against italy, after they came through their first round head to head with switzerland yesterday. Fernando alonso will miss the Monaco Grand Prix next month so he can take part in another race, the indianapolis 500. The double World Champion wants to win the so called triple crown of motor racing, the Monaco Grand Prix, the indy 500, and le mans. He has already won monaco twice, and says he will take on le mans once he is finished in f1. Mclaren have given him their support as he takes on the indy 500 next month. We will return to football, and to one of the fastest goals ever scored. It came in scotland over the weekend, in an amateur game. Maryhill midfielder gavin stokes scored this, straight from the kick off. It was against clydebank, and was timed atjust 3. 2 seconds. His side won 3 0. Well done to him, and well worth another look. You have to feel for the keeper. He probably just arrived in you have to feel for the keeper. He probablyjust arrived in his net, was feeling his way around the surroundings, and all of a sudden, over his head and into the back of the net. I wonder if he meant to do it. I wonder if he thought i will get it in from here, or if it was i will kick it down the field and hopefully someone will run along to it . As we have been hearing this morning, the government is pressing ahead with its plans to open more Grammar Schools in england. It says it wants to ensure that children from ordinary Working Families get into the schools. But new analysis from the government shows a majority of Selective School places currently go to more affluent families. The Education Secretary, Justine Greening, joins us now. Very good morning to you. Thank you very much for your time. Can you just do a fact file for us. How many Grammar Schools do you think there should be altogether . We are making a choice for local communities, that is the whole point. At the moment there is a ban on Grammar Schools, totally. We know they are very popular with parents where they already are, they are massively oversubscribed and we know that for disadvantaged children who get into Grammar Schools, they do an amazing job of closing the attainment gap in getting their children off to a good start. So we want to address that, but we also want to make sure this isa but we also want to make sure this is a new model of grammars for the zist is a new model of grammars for the 21st century, and that they really are grammars which will be open to all, and we will set out our plans ina all, and we will set out our plans in a white paper in the coming weeks. Today i am also setting out that we want to make sure that this isa that we want to make sure that this is a School System which really does work for everyone. We have our focus on supporting and lifting the educational outcomes of disadvantage children, that is quite right, disadvantaged children. And that will continue. But beyond that, we also need to get a better idea and a better evidence based around how the children from families that perhaps dont have children who would qualify for free school meals, dont qualify for free school meals, dont qualify for free school meals, dont qualify for the pupil premium, but are still below the median income, how they are doing. And that is the analysis that we published yesterday. We want to give everyone, really, a better idea of how these children are doing. We have also put ordinary Working Families at the heart of our policy. Can you put some numbers on these . So this new category, the ordinary Working Families who you want to be given priority at this to Grammar Schools, how much. What is the salary cap on that . Well, it depends how you look at it, and we have done some provisional analysis. What we are saying is that if you work it back it is probably a family around the Household Income at the moment of around 33,000, but actually these are numbers which are statistically pulled together by our chief statistician, and we have used quite a novel methodology that looks at children and their Family Income, and then ties that back to Educational Attainment through our system. We want to make sure that we reflect the fact that families on an income, say, with one child, a stretch to a lesser extent than families on the same income with three orfour children as families on the same income with three or four children as part of that unit. Sojust three or four children as part of that unit. So just to three or four children as part of that unit. Sojust to be three or four children as part of that unit. So just to be clear, these new Grammar Schools, a third of their intake would be from families with an income less than £33,000. Is that the plan . Well, we havent set out our plans yet, and i am not going to set them out today. What the Analysis Shows is that Grammar Schools are there already for ordinary Working Families, and they actually do a good job of being schools which can really give children from ordinary Working Families a great start. What we are saying is that we want to see them doing a much strongerjob for disadvantaged children. Many Grammar Schools are already changing and have changed their admissions code is to prioritise children from disadvantaged families, and look after children. I want to see all grammar doormat grammars doing that, but we will set out all those details in the coming weeks in a white paper and today i will talk more broadly about how we want to make sure that children from ordinary Working Families are absolutely on this governments radar, to make sure that we drive much stronger educational outcomes for them. And more broadly, over the whole School System in recent years we have seen whole School System in recent years we have seen some whole School System in recent years we have seen some real in improvements, 1. 8 million more children in schools rated good or outstanding. That is fantastic news, but we want more school places, especially in parts of the country where there arent enough for children. And we want to keep on driving up standards. Your figures ona driving up standards. Your figures on a third intake, that includes existing schools, does it . The data we publishes for all children in the system. It is provisional analysis, i should stress that. So this is a piece of statistics which has been pulled together to start to give us a sense about what is the evidence around how children from ordinary Working Families fear in our Education System. But what you are talking about is a cut of that analysis that looked at the differences between Grammar Schools and areas that dont have Grammar Schools. At broadly, what it shows is that, you respect of where they are growing up, ordinary Working Families are around about one third of the pupil cohorts, and they do as well getting into grammar is, as it turns out, as they do into comprehends it is. And intercom pensive schools. You have worked ordinary working familiies into almost every answer. The fact is that most people from ordinary working familiies, whatever they may be, we can presume that is pretty much anyone who works and has kids, most of their kids do not go to Grammar Schools and will not go to Grammar Schools and will not go to Grammar Schools. The vast majority do not. You seem to be spending an awful lot of time on this Grammar School thing. Are you really convinced in it, number one, and number two, while you are talking about Grammar Schools, most head teachers say they are struggling to make ends meet. Parents have got letters from the schools saying can we have a fiver, can we have 20 quid to help us get higher . You seem to be stuck in a dogma about Grammar Schools when the rest of the Education System is flailing around trying to make ends meet. Education system is flailing around trying to make ends meetlj Education System is flailing around trying to make ends meet. I dont think so, we already have grammars in our Education System. What we are saying is we want to see how they can play a stronger role in a modern, 21st century Education System. And we also need to respond to the fact that they are very popular with parents. But you are still talking about Grammar Schools, i apologise for interrupting, but i tried to give you a fair say. Youre still talking about Grammar Schools. Most peoples kids dont. I want you to talk about most peoples children, and where they go to school. And it is not schools. Why are you not putting more money into are you not putting more money into a system that is failing . You are absolutely right. We have several thousand secondary schools, of those, 163 are Grammar Schools. In terms of the remainder, the rest of the School System, you are quite right that that is the School System that most of our children go into. We are putting record funding into it, we have really focused on improving support disadvantaged children, so beyond that protected co re children, so beyond that protected core schools budget, which will rise over the coming years, we have introduced the pupil premium, we have seen school standards, thanks to not only government reforms but the hard work of thousands of teachers all over the country, get better. That is why now nine out of ten schools, pretty much, in our country, are rated good or outstanding. I really dont want to enter up to much, but lets lay this record investment in schools think the rest completely, because you know full well the ifa is, who have looked into this the ifs, has said that spending per pupil is likely to fall 8 in real terms between 2015 and 2020. Whatever you say about the amount of cash going on, the reality for the schools, and surely that is the only thing, you are the Education System to make secretary, the reality of what the system is like inside, it is getting worse. Do you not know it is getting worse . Are you not hearing the message from teachers and head teachers who say they havent got enough money . And you are to sit there and talk about an overall sum which is bigger, when the reality is they say they havent got enough money . And what we have seen is that the schools budget has risen. I dont minimise at all the cost base pressures that schools are facing. That is why we brought forward what we call the schools vying strategy, to help them do a strongerjob of being able to buy some of the Core Essentials that all schools need at a lower cost. We are going to keep working really hard with schools to help them get the most out of every single penny that we are investing in our School System. We actually spend more than the 0ecd average on our pupils and on our schools, which is really good news. 0ver our pupils and on our schools, which is really good news. Over the past 20 years, as the ifs has also pointed out, we have seen a 50 real terms rise in investment per pupil in our schools. I dont minimise at all the pressures that schools face right now. We have protected the schools budget, in spite of the need across other parts of government to make very difficult choices, to be able to get a grip on this countrys deficit that we were handed over. So i dont minimise the challenges that schools face. We are putting in record amounts, but we are absolutely committed to working with all schools to make sure that we can get the very most out of that money. What we are setting out also today is that we want to bring forward even more good school places, particularly for those parts of the country where we still dont feel pa rents country where we still dont feel parents have country where we still dont feel pa rents have really country where we still dont feel parents have really got the choice ofa parents have really got the choice of a good school place on their doorstep, and that is what they deserve. What is the weather like for the easter weekend . Apparently what is the weather like for the easter weekend . Apparently it what is the weather like for the easter weekend . Apparently it could mean snowy you have daffodils behind you a lovely picture. You are more likely to have snow at easter than christmas. Snow will be possible, but only in the peaks of scotland. Some have had some frost. Patchy mist and fog. Most has gone. The east of the uk getting off to a bright and sunny start. Patchy rain in the north west. Drizzle in the north west of england. The korea is going through east through the gate. The core is. Dampness not coming out of the cloud. Some sunshine in the east. The midlands, east anglia, more cloud around. The same in the channel islands. Bright spells. Some sunny spells. The same in south west england. Bright and sunny. Areas of cloud moving through. Sunshine. A bright afternoon in wales. 10 degrees. Northern ireland. A lot of cloud to be producing showers. Showers continuing in scotland, drifting from the west to the east. Eastern areas seeing brightness. North east england, again, quite a bit of cloud around, with just one or two showers here and there. Through the evening and overnight, more fronts coming. This is the first and the second. Producing rain. Nothing substantial. Cloud ahead of them. Clearer skies behind them. In the highlands, a cool night. The rest of the uk, temperatures similar to the previous night. Tomorrow, hanging on to the Weather Fronts. Especially heavy to start with. Some will link up as they go south. Southern areas seeing brightness with showers later on. Northern areas behind those fronts, sunshine and showers. Temperatures tomorrow up to seven celsius. Not bad. Saturday. Low pressure in the north. A Weather Front. Bad. Saturday. Low pressure in the north. A weatherfront. Look bad. Saturday. Low pressure in the north. A Weather Front. Look at the isobars to be quite a breezy day on saturday. Coming from a chilly direction, mainly the north west. Showers in north east scotland, showers in north east england. Most of us will mist them. For many of us, saturday looks like a dry day. A couple of Weather Fronts coming our way in. They will produce rain. Not all of us will see them. The easter Holiday Weekend looks like it is not a washout. Crossing the north and west at times. Further south, east, dry and bright conditions. Back to you. Thank you very much indeed. The number of houses being put up for sale has hit a record low. Stephs here. Houses being put up for sale are at a record low at the moment. This is a survey of Estate Agents done every month by rics, the Royal Institution of chartered surveyors. They found that the number of new houses coming up for sale is at a record low and thats pushing up prices in some areas. Central london is still seeing a slowdown in house price growth, but in places like the north west of england the prices are rising fast. People are more secure in theirjobs and there is optimism and people have confidence that things are settling down in the future is looking more comfortable and confident for themselves. As a result, the climate is betterfor people to buy a property to live in. I have a property expert with me. What is happening . Why is there a record low of houses being put to market . There was a record low of robert is on the market. That is because people are not putting them on. because people are not putting them on. Properties. They are finding brexit worrisome and they dont no what to expect. The cost of moving is extraordinary high. Mortgage rates are at record lows. People are referring to remortgage. Injanuary and february, a ten year high. People are preferring to remortgage and stay put. Interesting. What does this mean for prices . Well, prices are still very high. That is because of the lack of stock. We dont have properties on the market. It is keeping prices very high. However, what will we see through the year . We will see stagflation prices will not change much. A cool off of house price growth. Houses are up 271,000. London is still pulling off high prices. The high end of the market, properties over a million, really, really hit by stamp duty changes earlier in the year. Is the north west doing so well . earlier in the year. Is the northwest doing so well . I think businesses are moving from london, just like the bbc did. We are seeing a change. That is really helping the prices of the Property Market really move on. I think other areas of the country are suffering because they did see earlier really increased growth a few years ago. Now the north west is catching up. Businesses are moving. People are moving. People want to move and buy houses and they are. Who is this good for in terms of buyers and sellers . Well, you will see people coming on the market and offering way below the asking price. People are taking 20 off the asking price. So it is a great market for buyers. They come in and negotiate on those prices. The problem is a lot of people just dont know what is point to happen. They dont know about Interest Rates in the future and jobs. Is going. Buying enquiries are atan jobs. Is going. Buying enquiries are at an all time low. People are not thinking, do you know what, i can come on the market and buy a pretty for a low price. I would advise people to go and buy a property now. In terms of the stamp duty changes last year, how have they changed things . They were meant to benefit the lower end. They made it cheaper to buy on the low end. Above a million, we really saw a big change. Especially in london. It is now more closely to buy a house. Especially in london. Stamp duty is expensive. People dont want to move. They dont want to buy anything else because it is so much more expensive. We are seeing stamp duty change with 3 for second homes. That is a huge cost. That has meant that people are actually not selling. Again, that is lowering the stock on the market. Thank you very much coming in to talk us about that. That is it for me for now. Thank you. We will see you later in the programme. Earlier we asked for wildlife pictures. This kingfisher picture is from Ian Humphries in bangor. Look at this pink grasshopper. It was snapped in karen gallaghers back garden. And this brimstone butterfly picture was taken by dave bamber in abergavenny. Well be speaking to naturalists, Brett Westwood and stephen moss, just after 8 30, about what you should look out for. And we would love to see even more of your wildlife pictures. E mail us at bbcbreakfast bbc. Co. Uk. They did a book which says what you will see at every day of the year. Do we know what we are looking for today . I cant remember. I know tomorrow is a type of toad. Today is butterflies, i think. Tomorrow is a type of toad. Today is butterflies, ithink. Keep tomorrow is a type of toad. Today is butterflies, i think. Keep those pictures coming in. We will look at them later on. Theyve ta ken vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Well meet the franciscan friars on a mission to help the people of bradford. Time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. Detectives investigating a murder in mile end have named the victim. 20 year old Syed Jamanoor islam was stabbed to death on tuesday afternoon. His death came just 90 minutes after another fatal stabbing of a 19 year old in northolt. He was the third person to be killed in just two days. Arrests have now been made in all three cases. Local councils across london and the south east will send a joint letter to the government today asking it to commit to building crossrail 2. The councils say the project could create 200,000 jobs and a similar number of new homes across the region and is crucial to solving the housing crisis. It comes just weeks after more than 70 businesses signed another letter urging the government to move forward with the plan. The group that represents the Small Businesses of london says the cost to maintaina businesses of london says the cost to maintain a firm has increased despite the weakening of the pound and leaving the eu. They say half will see profits increase in the next quarter, but there is also a call to reduce taxes on them. Lets have a look at the Travel Situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning. Hyde park underground station is closed with picadilly Overground Services due to electricity problems. Lets have a check on the weather now. Good morning to you. Weve got a pretty decent day of Spring Weather on the cards for london today. It will be dry right the way through. We start this morning with some sunshine. Although it is chilly out towards the suburbs. We keep sunny spells for a good deal of the day. Sunshine right across the map to start us off. Slowly but surely, just a bit more in the way of Cloud Filtering towards us from the north and west. But in the best of the sunshine, temperatures at 14 15, possibly 16 celsius. Well start with more in the way cloud in the morning. Downhill for friday afternoon. Patchy rain moving towards us. That is with us through the afternoon into the evening. Clears by saturday morning, though. And then what happens through saturday, we see an area of High Pressure moving in from the south and west. I think, really, that means we are looking at fine and decent weather through the bank Holiday Weekend, certainly for saturday, and for easter day on sunday as well. Temperatures in the mid teens and the best of any brighter spells. Some sun but some cloud as well. Monday, a little bit more subject to change. We will keep you posted on the forecast. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Now, though, its back the breakfast sofa. Bye for now. Hello. This is breakfast with sally nugent and charlie stayt. Nurses across the uk vote on whether to strike over pay. More than 250,000 members of the Royal College of nursing are being asked their opinion on Industrial Action for the first time in the unions history. Good morning. Its thursday the 13th of april. Also this morning the deaths of several babies at a single Hospital Trust are investigated we hear calls for further cases to be examined. Children from poorer families will be given priority access to new Grammar Schools in england under plans to be set out by the Education Secretary. We wa nt we want to make sure that children from ordinary Working Families are absolutely on this governments radar. Good morning. The number of houses being put up for sale has hit a record low, thats according to a survey of Estate Agents out today. Ill have more on what that means for prices later. Good morning, everyone. In sport, leicester will have to fight back in their Champions League quarterfinal against Atletico Madrid they trail 1 0 after the first leg. Before the match several fans were hurt in clashes with police at least eight people were arrested. Hold on tight as we celebrate 200 years of thrills since the opening of the first roller coaster. And carol has the weather. Good morning, a chilly start to the day, especially in the east, but it is here that there is sunshine. A little more cloud in the south, but nonetheless some of us will still hang on some sunny intervals. More details in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. The largest Nursing Union is consulting with its members across the uk on whether they should take Industrial Action in protest at the governments decision to maintain a 1 cap on their pay. The Royal College of nursing claims low wages are contributing to Tens Of Thousands of unfilled posts and unsafe Staffing Levels in the nhs. But the government says the Health Service offers competitive pay. 0ur Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. Unprecedented pressure in the nhs means nurses have never worked harder, and for so little, according to their union. The Royal College of nursing says due to pay freezes, and then a pay cap, nurses have seen the money they take home cut in real terms by 14 since 2010. It says thats why it has decided to ask staff whether they would be prepared to strike. 270,000 nhs nurses will be able to vote in the Online Survey over the next few weeks. Everybodys unhappy. So most nurses are unhappy with their income. So theyre working harder than ever, but theres been years now of absolutely no pay increase. Some of our nurses are telling us they absolutely love being a nurse, its a fantasticjob, but they just dont think they can afford to do it anymore. The Royal College of nursing says low pay is driving people away from the profession, and that Tens Of Thousands of posts remain vacant. But the Department Of Health said an extra 12,000 nurses have worked on wards since 2010, and that front line nhs services are being protected. In the past half hour, the Education Secretary has been defending her plans for more Grammar Schools. The Education Secretaryjustine plans for more Grammar Schools. The Education Secretary Justine Greening told bbc breakfast that although Selective Schools make up any part of the Education System, they had a strong track record of improving performance of disadvantaged children which should pick standard. 0ur Political Correspondent chris masonjoins us from 0ur Political Correspondent chris mason joins us from westminster. Education secretary went to a Grammar School herself, and she will set out in a speech this morning the governments case for expanding Grammar Schools and pitching it directly, theresa mays idea that she wants to focus on hard ordinary Working Families. So the question from charlie on breakfast here in the last 20 minutes toJustine Greening isjust how the last 20 minutes toJustine Greening is just how do you define one of those families. We have done some provisional analysis, and what we are saying is if you work it back, it is probably a family around a Household Income at the moment of around 33,000, but these are numbers that statistically pulled together by our chief statistician, they are out to consultation because we have used a quite novel methodology that looks at children and their Family Income and event ties that back to education attainment through our system. We want to make sure that we reflect the fact that families on an income with one child are stretched toa income with one child are stretched to a lesser extent than families on the same income with three or four children. So the government says that should be the focus is Grammar Schools are allowed to expand, but we know they have a huge arm twisting exercise to begin here, not least because when you look at those same statistics published by the government, they show a very small number of people from the poorest backgrounds go to Grammar Schools, and that more than half of the children at Grammar Schools are from households with above average earnings. They know that labour are opposed to Grammar Schools, that many teachers are opposed to Grammar Schools, and a good number of conservative mps, so a lot of persuading to do. But they do make the point that they argue that plenty of those who go to Grammar Schools love the experience that they get, and the argument is they are oversubscribed. The debate is just beginning. Chris, thank you very much indeed. A 17 Year Old Girl has been charged with terrorism offences. Shes accused of communicating with a member of the so called islamic state, and booking a ticket to fly to istanbul with the intention of travelling to syria. The offences are alleged to have taken place Betweenjanuary 2016 Last Year and march this year. President trump has said relations with russia may be at an all time low after his Secretary Of State failed to persuade russia to stop backing President Assad of syria. Mr trump said america had been right to fire missiles at a syrian airbase in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack last week. From washington, laura bicker reports. Vladimir putin said this us attack was an act of aggression. But donald trump said it was in response to a suspected war crime. The us believes the syrian president was responsible for using chemical weapons against civilians. At a Press Conference alongside the nato secretary general, mr trump condemned bashar al assad. Thats a butcher, thats a butcher. So i felt we had to do something about it. I have absolutely no doubt we did the right thing, and it was very, very successfully done, as you well know. Earlier, russia vetoed a Un Security Council resolution that would have compelled the syrian president to co operate with an investigation into the attack, a response President Trump described as disappointing. It would be wonderful, as we were discussing just a little while ago, if nato and our country could get along with russia. Right now, were not getting along with russia at all. We may be at an all time low in terms of relationship with russia. This has built through a long period of time. But were going to see what happens. The us has said relations with russia must improve, but how . The two countries are on opposing sides in a civil war. A lot may depend on how far russia will go to defend the syrian president , and how far the us wants to push to get rid of him. A ruling is due today on whether the russian government should have done more to prevent the siege of a school in beslan in 2004. More than 330 people died when Security Forces stormed a school where Chechen Separatists had taken over 1,000 people hostage. Survivors and parents who lost children argued at the European Court of human rights that russia failed in its obligation to protect its citizens lives. Joining us now is our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford. Good morning. Many people remember those harrowing images, and this is clearly a n those harrowing images, and this is clearly an important moment for those families involved. It is, there are more than 400 of them who have gone to the court in strasbourg, and they told me that thatis strasbourg, and they told me that that is because they tried and failed to get answers here in russia itself. They accept that this was a terrorist act that took place in beslan when all of those hostages we re beslan when all of those hostages were crammed into that School Sports hall and held there under explosives strong from basketball hoops. But they say there was intelligence, and they say there was intelligence, and they know that there was intelligence that a similar kind of hostage scenario was planned at that time in russia. They say that that intelligence wasnt acted upon, so they say steps could have been taken to prevent this happening. They are also concerned about how the whole siege was handled, whether negotiations were handled properly and particularly about how the siege ended when so many people lost their lives as Security Forces stormed the school. They have looked for answers in russia and never got them, so they have turned to strasbourg, and many relatives of those who died hoped that this can help them to move on from this enormous tragedy that took place there nearly 13 yea rs that took place there nearly 13 years ago. Sarah, thank you. A bbc investigation has found that Construction Faults, similar to those which led to the closure of 17 schools in edinburgh on Safety Grounds, have been found at 71 other schools across scotland. Although most have been repaired, work has yet to be completed on six of the buildings. The Scottish Futures trust, which oversees Public Private finance projects, says it is reviewing its guidance. Coastal areas in parts of new zealands north island have been evacuated ahead of whats expected to be the most powerful storm to hit the country in 50 years. Tropical storm cook is forecast to bring more than 100 millimetres of rain and winds of up to 100 miles an hour. Some areas are already under a state of emergency. It is nine minutes past eight. You are watching breakfast from bbc news. The parents of baby Kate Stanton Davies fought for seven years to get the shrewsbury and Telford Hospital trust to accept its failures had contributed to their daughters death. They thought lessons had been learned but when they realised seven more babies died under the care of the same trust over a two year period, they wrote to the Health Secretary asking him to investigate. Jeremy hunt has now ordered a review. Kates parents rhiannon and richard join us from amsterdam. Good morning to you both. First of all, tell us what happened to kate. She died and avoidable death in 2009 at the hands of this trust. We battled as you rightly said for a number of years to get them to even accept the findings of the inquest. They finally last year accepted everything and apologised and said they would learn lessons as these Hospital Trusts always do. Shortly after that, a lady who has now become a very good friend of mine, k leigh griffiths, contacted me and told me her baby daughter pepper had just died and avoidable death, and the trust were attempting to stop herfrom the trust were attempting to stop her from having an the trust were attempting to stop herfrom having an inquest or any form of input to the investigation, an exact mirror of what happened with my husband and i. We began investigating and have uncovered many more deaths than you have even reported on so far. We wrote to the Health Secretary with our husbands, and asked him for a public inquiry. He has not said he wont have a public inquiry, but the first step is to investigate these deaths and see where the failings are stemming from this Hospital Trust. Can you tell me at what moment when you were in hospital, you are about to have the baby, at what moment did you realise things were going wrong . didnt realise anything had gone wrong until. Kate wasnt born as you would expect, she wasnt crying or pink, she was pale, floppy, cold, but she was my first baby, i had no experience of a newborn baby. The midwife sent me for a bath and left the baby in a side room, where she subsequently collapsed and was found unresponsive by a nursing auxiliary. At that point the midwife said she thought kate was unwell and needed to tra nsfer thought kate was unwell and needed to transfer her and me to another hospital. It was at that moment i think i knew that she was dying. And richard, i assume you were there at the same time. What are your memories of that period of time in the hospital . I had to struggle because none of the staff at the midwife led unit knew where she had been airlifted to, so we had to ring around hospitals and get ourselves to birmingham Heartlands Hospital where kate died in my armsjust six hours after she was born. What has compounded the whole of this is the way that rhiannon and i have been treated by this trust over the past seven years, of denial, lies, cover up. The Health Service ombudsman said that this trust was guilty of maladministration in what happened to kate, and that continues even to yesterday. I find it offensive and troubling that the medical director at this trust yesterday was saying that their death rate is in line with the national average. Death rate is in line with the nationalaverage. Instead death rate is in line with the national average. Instead of concentrating on reducing that figure and aspiring to having a zero rate of avoidable deaths, which is what kates death was, and many other babies that have tragically lost their lives, avoidable deaths, they should be issuing a full and frank apology and retracting the statement yesterday that their death rate is in line with the national average, because that is not acceptable, and it walks over the graves of these beautiful babies that have been avoidable loss. We do have the statement from the trust, and that is exactly what they are saying, when we look at the perinatal mortality rate at the trust competitively rest of the nhs, we are at an equivalent level to the rest of the country. In the case of fatal heart monitoring, we have identified cases where learning has not been implicated. In the case of fetal heart monitoring, we have identified cases. I hear that, but there is more thanjust fetal heart monitoring. When kate was born, no midwife unit had an operational policy, and that is a legacy that the former head of midwifery has left this trust with, not a single policy that questions the safety of every ml you in the county of shropshire. They didnt follow national policy, they didnt follow trust policy. This is all in the Public Domain will, and it is all in the nhs reports and investigations that were undertaken by nhs england la st that were undertaken by nhs england last year. This trust is dancing around the issue and deflecting from the truth, which is that they are responsible for the avoidable deaths of many babies, there could be as many as 15, or even 20. And there are also the deaths of two mothers involved. 0thers are also the deaths of two mothers involved. Others will come forward, and we urge them to come forward so that their stories on the deaths of their babies are also investigated correctly. Rhiannon, im sorry to interrupt, but we are short of time. I know you have been campaigning for many years. Is there any type of closure, if that is the right word, does the campaign bring you any further on or make you feel like you might have achieved something . We feel grateful to the families who have come forward and added their voices to our own and spoken to Michael Buchanan. It feels strange co nsta ntly Michael Buchanan. It feels strange constantly campaigning on this issue. We have been aware for a long time of the constant failings of this trust which they are still in denial about. The former head of midwifery has been promoted and is still under investigation. How can you promote someone when they are under investigation for gross misconduct . Get is the problem at this trust, the culture from the top down. Richard stanton and rhiannon davis, thank you both very much for your time. Listening to that interview, Senior Expert in midwifery at the university of sa lfo rd , midwifery at the university of salford, sarah davies, what are your thoughts hearing that . It is an appalling story. It is absolutely horrific to hear what those parents have endured. A double loss, really. Hoping something would be learned, but as he had repeated, it must be a terrible blow for them and i applaud their campaigning terrible blow for them and i applaud theircampaigning and terrible blow for them and i applaud their campaigning and trying to get to the truth of it. With your expertise, and you heard what richard said a moment ago, one of theissues richard said a moment ago, one of the issues amongst many was the issue with midwives with out of date training. How can they know for sure, people, if they are going into hospital today, that that is not still the case . Well, i think the issue of training is absolutely crucial. Training for staff is valuing women, if you are Training Staff to the right level. It is not just training undergraduate students, but the midwives need ongoing training about the issues. It is also to do with staffing, because if you have enough staff, you can spare people to do the training, and it should be multidisciplinary with the doctors as well so there is a good holistic culture that is from the top down. Cani culture that is from the top down. Can i ask a basic practical question . A lot of what we are speaking about is the tool heartrate monitoring during labour, and anyone who has been an labour will know they put a monitor on you and monitor the babys heartbeat, and sometimes that can pick up your heartbeat in error, and it can stop and the alarm can go off and i know from personal experience that can go off, but it is fine, it has moved or whatever. But there is an element of human judgment when it comes to that. If that where mistakes are being made . It sounds as if there we re being made . It sounds as if there were several different issues, and training again about those machines must include the fact that the machines are fallible and the midwives should always check the mothers pulse, check the stethoscope and listen to the babys heartbeat that way as well. You are right, there is room for error. Of these cases seem to be a mixture of things which suggest the midwives we re things which suggest the midwives were not up to date with their training and were not up to date with their training and i think an investigation is a very important thing, investment in training. I am concerned thatjeremy hunt, the department for education last year, it was actually cut by a half from £200 million to £100 million the training for Ongoing Professional Development of nurses and midwives. Soi development of nurses and midwives. So i think investigations are important, and certainly transparency. There is a law about duty of that, and immediately, apologise. Thank you. Sarah davies, a lecturer in senior midwifery. We should see this didnt, we have invested millions of pounds in training and our commitments have been clear since 2010. Stillbirths are down by 10 . It has just 2010. Stillbirths are down by 10 . It hasjust come 2010. Stillbirths are down by 10 . It has just come 20 minutes past eight. Heres carol with a look at this mornings weather. This is wales, fairly cloudy, reminiscent of what is happening in the west, is whereas east yorkshire here, lovely blue skies but a chilly start to the day. Eastern areas with the sunshine first thing and in the west there is more cloud, showers and patchy rain, drifting eastward through the day. Southern areas will hang onto some sunshine but many other parts will as well, however if you are in Northern Ireland into the afternoon it will still be fairly cloudy with just a few showers dotted around. Highs in belfast of 11. For scotland, starting with showers in the west some moving eastward through the course of the day, but nonetheless there will still be brighter breaks in that cloud in the east. For north west england, a few bits and pieces of showers and drizzle at the moment, some crossing the pennines in the north east england, again not all of us north east england, again not all of us seeing them. Moving south, cloud thickening here and there, with the odd spot but not much more. Across southern counties we will see the code breaker times and see some sunnier skies popping through. For wales, afair sunnier skies popping through. For wales, a fair bit of cloud through the day, largely dry and, again, here and there we will see some sunny spells. Through this evening and overnight, we have two fronts coming away. This is the first, and this is the second, both bringing rain. Nothing particularly heavy. As they sink south, the cloud will build and behind that it will break so build and behind that it will break so it will be cold in the north of scotla nd so it will be cold in the north of scotland but for the rest of the uk temperatures very similar to how we started this morning. Tomorrow we have both fronts sinking south, and they may pep up for time but most of us they may pep up for time but most of us will not see heavy rain from them and they will continue moving southwards, Cloud Building ahead but still breaks with highs of up to 17. Across scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland, behind the front it will brighten up and we will see sunshine and showers. Saturday, low pressure close by with the Weather Front, saturday, low pressure close by with the weatherfront, bringing saturday, low pressure close by with the Weather Front, bringing spots of rain. And the wind is coming from the north west and will be quite breezy. That will blow any showers around quite quickly and out of the way and foremost it will actually be a dry day, a brightly with sunnier skies. By Easter Sunday in itself, High Pressure building in from the south, various fronts coming in from the atlantic meaning we will see some rain, but again nothing particularly heavy. 0n Easter Sunday, some dry and bright weather around, our fronts coming sunday, some dry and bright weather around, ourfronts coming in from the west and we are looking at some rain at times. But this easter weekend, if you are off, it will not bea weekend, if you are off, it will not be a write off any more than a wash out. Easter monday, thejury is still out. We may see some rain from the west once again. Interestingly, the west once again. Interestingly, the temperatures on easter day for many parts of the uk are lower than they were on Christmas Day, but Christmas Day was quite exceptional this year. Now, a roller coaster question for you. I would have said on the face of it, if you had asked me to guess, that carol hates a roller coaster. Am i wrong . Me to guess, that carol hates a rollercoaster. Am i wrong . No, i love the speed and excitement and danger of it all. Oh, carol much more daring than you think i cant bear them. Really . There was a time it used to like them. We have one behind us. That is the bit that is so behind us. That is the bit that is so awful up and over. When i was younger i think i used to go on them but now. Too scared . For years roller coasters have been making countless stomachs churn and millions of heads spin. As the famous Theme Park Ride turns 200, we sent tim muffett to meet some of its greatest fans. For members of the European Coaster Club, there is one big question. Why do you love roller coasters so much . It isjust the adrenaline . Itjust releases all of your endorphins. Why do you always sit at the back . Because you get good airtime and you get a good drop. For club members, 2017 is their favourite year. Their favourite pastime is 200 years old. I am joining them on blackpools big dipper, built so long ago. But it has its roots in paris in 1817. They built this track for roller coasters carriages. The design has not changed that much really. In the 1920s and 30s, roller coasters boomed in popularity. But many theme parks closed during the great depression. After the war, Rollercoasters Recaptured The Imagination of the people, becoming quicker and bigger. If we are thinking about subjecting the body to different physical sensations the extremes, if you like the 3 4 gs on rollercoasters, nowhere else can you get that but rollercoasters. An accident at alton towers in 2015 which left four seriously injured was a reminder that riding a roller coaster is not risk free, although generally the Safety Record is very good. In many theme parks, Virtual Reality is the latest big thing. This is Derren Browns ghost train at thornton park. Train at thorpe park. What you see is not what you get. Brendon walker advises on what gets the Blood Pumping . One of the drawbacks with this is you have this. When this attraction opened last year, there were complaints it was not thrilling or scary enough. It had to be redesigned and relaunched. Generation after generation are seeking novelty. What was scary for grandparents is a walk in the park for this generation. Back at blackpool pleasure beach, and the European Coaster Club are doing what they love best. It isa it is a thrill seeking feeling. The feeling in your hair, the g forces, the positive and negative that you cannot replace. 200 years of twisting, turning, spinning, spiralling the appeal of the roller coaster shows no sign of falling away. Tim muffett, bbc news, blackpool. Just watching that makes me realise it is not for me coming up in a moment on the bbc news channel is business live. Good morning. It wont be as warm as last weekend, but the upcoming easter weekend doesnt look too bad in terms of the weather. There will be some spells of sunshine, and a little rain around at times. For the rest of us today, a lot of dry weather in the forecast, a bright start in Eastern Areas but things will cloud over from the west. The best of the sunshine this afternoon across southern england, whereas the cloud could be thick enough in the north for the odd spot of rain. At four oclock across the south, some spells of sunshine, the best of that lifting temperatures to 15 celsius, but gradually clouding over for east anglia, the midlands, maybe odd spot of drizzle and Northern England as well. We could see some patchy rain up well. We could see some patchy rain up over high ground in Northern Ireland and scotland. But eastern scotla nd ireland and scotland. But Eastern Scotland should hold onto some brightness. 0ver scotland should hold onto some brightness. Over the night, scotland should hold onto some brightness. 0verthe night, cloudy conditions coming eastwards across the country, and some sporadic outbreaks of patchy rain here and there, it wont be particularly cold with minimum temperatures of 6 8 degrees. Good friday looks like a largely cloudy day once again, and the cloud will produce some outbreaks of rain. It wont rain all day long, just on and off, brighter skies towards the south east, and a fairly cool feel in scotland. For saturday, all of us getting to this cool north westerly wind, some showers across the north of scotland, highs of 9 15 c, and an easter day, some outbreaks of rain pushing across the country, hard to tell exactly where the wet weather will be at this stage, and many of us will have try whether as well. This is business live from bbc news with Aaron Heslehurst and ben bland. Day of reckoning on wall street. Can americas banking giants back their sky high share prices with sky high profits . Live from london, thats our top story on thursday the 13th of april. Jpmorgan, wells fargo and citi kick off the Earnings Seasons where well get to learn the strength of any trump bump. Also in the programme theyre not currency manipulators the us president makes a big u turn on his view of chinas monetary policy