Discussing business promises. Prince andrew faces new calls to talk to the us authorities about his friendship with sex offenderjeffrey epstein from a woman who says she was a victim of the american financier. It is a huge day for wales. Beat hungary tonight, and gareth bale and co will qualify for the european championships for only the second time. Good morning from southampton docks, you are looking at steamships yield hole. Some similarities to the titanic, all will be revealed this morning. But its a cold and frosty start, england and well in particular have dense fog, rain coming in from the west. Ill have more details in 15 minutes. Good morning and welcome to breakfast. This welcome to breakfast. Is going to be our base throughout this is going to be our base throughout tuesday morning. We are in the constituency of southampton, itchen, it was decided byjust 31 votes, it was a conservative seat then and is a key battleground now. Good morning to you all, very early start. Sean is here with me, what did you call it, the business boat . Its up there, it looks excellent. Sean will be talking to loads and loads of businesses as well. On the keyissue loads of businesses as well. On the key issue of education, we would love you to get involved on that subject. So bbcyourquestions is the hashtag. We will have the education editor of the bbc, branwenjeffreys, you can also e mail those questions to yourquestions bbc. Co. Uk. We will be hearing from journalism students, make up students and robotic students. We have a full breakfast outing today. I know you have the rest of the headlines in the studio in salford as well. Yes, thank you. In the news today borisjohnson and labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will go head to head tonight in the first of the live tv debates ahead of next months general election. There are also a string of policy announcements this morning. Lets talk to our Political Correspondent chris mason. Good morning to you. It looks bright and breezy, well, not bright but breezy. Tell us about these policy announcements coming out today. Its breezy and nippy here at westminster. The policies are coming thick and fast. Lets rattle through the details. The lib dems first, an announcement about an extra penny on income tax from them, £35 billion into the nhs to march labour and be greater than the conservatives. Lets talk about the conservatives next. They are talking about crime today and having all life tariffs for child murderers. The conservatives say it is an important plank of their criminal justice policy. The labor party are talking about Animal Welfare today, and in particular, boosting the number of rural Police Officers to deal with an ml Animal Welfare crimes like badger baiting. And the s p is calling on holyrood to set immigration policy rather than it being done at westminster snp stop and a quick word about the word of the week, manifesto. There will bea of the week, manifesto. There will be a lot of them coming our way. The green party unveiling its manifesto, a plan to make the country Carbon Neutral by 2030, spending £100 million a year to try to do that. We will talk to them shortly and about 30 minutes or so. Will talk to them shortly and about 30 minutes orso. I will talk to them shortly and about 30 minutes or so. I also know you will be particularly interested in this, the first head to head of this election campaigns tonight. This, the first head to head of this election campaigns tonightlj this, the first head to head of this election campaigns tonight. I am taking over the so far, there is no chance of any soaps or streaming services in our house tonight, it is all about the debate on itv. So there will be a debate on 8pm tonight between Boris Johnson there will be a debate on 8pm tonight between borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn. There was a battle in the courts culminating yesterday in an attempt by the snp and the lib dems to muscle into that studio, the court said no. It willjust be the labour and conservative leaders. There is an Additional Programme on itv a little later featuring the other Party Leaders. You arent going to be able to avoid politicians in evening tv schedules for the next three and a half weeks, im afraid. No, indeed. Thank you very much for that, chris. We will speak to you later. An alleged victim ofjeffrey epstein has appealed directly to Prince Andrew to come forward and give a statement to us investigators. The duke is facing renewed calls to tell the authorities about his friendship with epstein, a convicted sex offender. Heres our los angeles correspondent, sophie long. This is the lawyer in los angeles representing five of Jeffrey Epsteins alleged victims. With her, a young woman who told reporters crammed into the small room that epstein raped her when she was 15. We were not hidden. It is upsetting to me to think that anyone who was closely associated withjeffrey epstein might argue that they didnt suspect that he might have been sexually abusing children. Her attorney urged Prince Andrew to come to the United States and tell investigators everything he knows about the behaviour and activities of his former friend, jeffrey epstein. He described in his interview this weekend thatJeffrey Epsteins home was like a railway station. A lot of people coming in and out. He should have asked, why are these girls here . This is the interview ms allred was referring to. Prince andrew responded to the allegations about him with categoric denials of impropriety. You can say categorically that you dont recall meeting virginia roberts, dining with her, dancing with her at tramp, or going on to have sex with her in a bedroom in a house in belgravia. Yes, i can absolutely categorically tell you, it never happened. But there are further signs of the damage to Prince Andrews reputation. The accountants kpmg have announced they are withdrawing their sponsorship of one of his initiatives, a mentoring scheme for entrepreneurs. Sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. Hong kongs chief executive, carrie lam, has called on at least 100 pro democracy protesters who are still occupying the Polytechnic University to co operate and leave the building. There have been violent clashes at the site for three days. Our correspondent andrew wood is in hong kong for us, whats the latest . We saw extraordinary pictures of people trying to get out of Polytechnic University and escape. At the moment there are about 100 people still holed up there. Its about 2am in the afternoon soo beom in the afternoon, its been a busy morning at the Polytechnic University. Young people came out after the chief executive, carrie lam promised that if they are under 18 and they came out and surrendered, they wouldnt be prosecuted, although their names would be taken. Now, they politician went into the building where the seeds was taking place and said conditions were getting worse seige, protesters were beginning to run out of water and food and that some people had been injured. But i think is going to be interesting now as the next few days. We have elections, local Council Elections here on the weekend. In the past, carrie lam has that if violence continues, they could be cancelled. She has repeated the claim in the last 2a hours or so. So the next few days are going to be a bit tense. Andrew from hong kong, thank you. Andrew from hong kong, thank you. And we will keep you updated on that ongoing story. Sir David Attenborough has said the world is starting to tackle the threat of Plastic Waste because people have become much more aware of the dangers it poses to marine life. He was speaking as the bbcs Natural History unit won an International Prize for highlighting the issue. Sir david points to supermarkets promising to reduce plastic packaging, and says that children write to him explaining what theyre doing about the problem. Prince charles and his wife camilla have been given a greeted by a traditional maori haka on the first day of their visit to new zealand. They were welcomed to aucklands Government House by maori elders. Charles then inspected the national guard, before going on to hold private audiences with new zealands political leaders. You are right up to date with all the latest news. Now sally is here to catch everyone up with the sport. Ryan briggs, it really well known phase, everyone will recognise him asa phase, everyone will recognise him as a great footballer from manchester. He never went to a major tournament, but he has a chance now, as managerfor wales, tournament, but he has a chance now, as manager for wales, they tournament, but he has a chance now, as managerfor wales, they are going to try and qualify for next summers euros. It sounds Pretty Simple all they have to do is beat hungary in cardiff, but wales dont have a great track record in qualification. Theyve only been to one major championship in the last 60 years. Ireland missed out on automatic qualification. They needed to beat denmark to go through, but could only manage a 1 1 draw in dublin. Denmark qualify. Ireland are in the play offs. The england head coach, eddiejones, says hes worried about how the saracens scandal will affect his squad ahead of next years six nations. Sarries say they wont contest their record fine and points deduction for breaking premiership rugbys salary cap rules. And somerset have been docked 2a points after being found guilty of preparing a poor pitch for last Seasons County championship decider against essex. Theyll start next season on 12 points with another 12 suspended for the next two years. Thats quite a heavy sanction. Absolutely. Thank you very much. Lets take a look at todays papers. The daily mail reports that a number of businesses are deserting Prince Andrew over his ties to jeffrey epstein. It also reports that the duke has been accused of using a racial slur, but a Buckingham Palace spokesperson strenuously denied that the words were ever used. Theres also a picture of the latest woman to come forward and claim she was one of epsteins victims. We heard from her on breakfast in the last couple of minutes. The guardian splashes on warnings from nhs leaders that staffing shortages are jeopardising hospital safety. It claims hospital performance figures are causing anxiety in the tory party. Theres also a picture of hong kong protests. The i newspaper has this striking image, looking ahead to tonights pre Election Debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn. And trending on twitter is the moment im a celebrity co ntesta nt Adele Roberts selected concealer and a framed photo of the presenter Jane Mcdonald as her luxury items. I havent gotten to the problem of why that is a luxury item, not the concealer, the photo. ButJane Mcdonald is delighted by that. Shall i show you some of the back pages . This is one of the classic headlines. Hans off our sun beds. Southgates coach scouting out hotels for when they play in the world cup next, sometimes ago. And ryan giggs saying fergie is still his phone a friend. So this will be the biggest game of his managerial career, but he always talks to Alex Ferguson and had an inspirational talk with him. West ham keeping an eye on him should their situation change. Exciting stuff. Some people say if you are ill, eat, drink chicken soup. I think that is true. It is, according to this study. It really ca n it is, according to this study. It really can be used to help according to this study. It was talking about traditional broth that may combat malaria. More than 60 broths were found to enter up the life cycle of the most deadly malaria parasites. To conserve his magic. The most deadly malaria parasites. To conserve his magiclj the most deadly malaria parasites. To conserve his magic. I was going to say, do you think you need to make it . Chicken soup is magic. This parasite causes 99 of deaths from malaria and transfers to infectious mosquitoes. This is a tiny, tiny little book. Its about that big stop it was written by charlotte bronte, and the Bronte Society has bought it back at auction in paris. They spent. Go on £512,000. And i think she wrote it for her brothers toy soldiers. It was absolutely tiny and about 4000 words but its a rather lovely, beautiful manuscript, actually. And she said the return of the manuscript was the highlight of my 30 years working at the museum. Manuscript was the highlight of my 30 years working at the museumm going back home . It is. Isnt that lovely. Im sure everyone doing their a levels are all interested in what is happening. Sally and i are here in salford. While dans at the university of solent, carols at southampton docks with the steamship shieldhall with a look at this mornings weather. We can tell by how you address that it is really cold. You can say that ain it is really cold. You can say that again i have a t shirt, two jumpers, a warm jacket and a code. Lets ta ke jumpers, a warm jacket and a code. Lets take a look at the ship. She is magnificent. Some resemblances to the titanic which will which i will tell you about this morning. She is the largest working passenger steamship in britain and a member of the historic fleet. She is docked here at the moment, and if you take a look around the harbour have an aerial shot to show you and you can make out in the distance queen mary two. You can see the smoke coming out of the final. She is docked on the same dock as the titanic was when it set off for new york in april 1912. It is also a pretty frosty start of the day. Temperatures fell to 9. 1 celsius last night. At the same time, the temperature in cornwall was 9. 3. An 18 degrees difference in temperature north to south this morning. The forecast for our soul is a foggy and frosty start, but also, some of us will see some sunshine. More cloud around than yesterday and rain in the forecast as well. You can see why on the pressure front. Rain across Northern Ireland and parts of wales and the south west. First thing across Northern Ireland and parts of wales and the south west. First this morning if you are travelling, patchy fog. It will lift into low cloud. Bright skies today in the north and east, but it will be a bit of cloud, so the sunshine will be hazy. Temperatures are warmer, you can say that, in the west compared to the east where we are still in single figures. Through the course of this evening and overnight, we still have a weather front in the west making its way into western scotla nd west making its way into western scotland and parts of wales, South West England. Ahead of it, some clear skies and showers around. Some of those will be winter in scotland. Temperatures not as low as last night, although in Northern England and the North Eastern part of scotla nd england and the North Eastern part of scotland we could see temperatures fall to freezing four 1. Temperatures fall to freezing four 1. Tomorrow, that is how we start. Still a weather front in the west, affecting Northern Ireland and devon and cornwall. At times are good whip in across pembrokeshire. For the rest of us, mostly dry with some cloud and sunshine. Temperatures picking up a little bit. Thursday, with the south easterly breeze, it will be not as cold but still the front out towards the west, still cloud here and also some rain. One 01 cloud here and also some rain. One or two showers getting into the east but generally the north and east will be drier and temperatures again slowly starting to pick up, as they will do as we head on in towards the weekend. But even through the course of the weekend, the forecast looks like it will have some rain in it at times. Of the weekend, the forecast looks like it will have some rain in it at times. A chilly start here on the docks in southampton. Back to you. Thank you very much. Welcome to Solent University in southampton. We are here as part of the election broadcast. 3. 5 weeks to go to the big day. Lets meet some of the students. I introduce you to chris first. He has a nice and easyjob. He has three and a quarter hours on this bike. These are sport science students. Took us through this briefly. We have his heartbreak heart rate, oxygen 01 have his heartbreak heart rate, oxygen or somehow other figures going . He is looking good at the minute. We will have a chat with you later on. We have somejournalism stu d e nts later on. We have somejournalism students in the background as well. Good morning to you. And here we have the make up department. Let me introduce you to the green phase of nicole. What is the theme . We are doing an oil slick mermaid. There you go. The dream. Gilles, all those live on breakfast television. This is obviously what you dream of. Yes by is obviously what you dream of. Yes by the end of this morning, nicole will have a fully green phase she will have a fully green phase she will be a mer person. This baxter andi will be a mer person. This baxter and i can interact. Hopefully this will work. Lets try and shake hands. Do not leave me hanging. It ta kes a hands. Do not leave me hanging. It takes a moment. There were this bear with us. Wait for a. Area comes. And he will hopefully shake hands as well. There it is. Magnificent. It works. I am so glad that work we will talk you later about your key thoughts building after the election in 3. 5