world ahead of the commonwealth games in australia. and not one, not two, but three boaty mcboatfaces. the little yellow submarines, named by the public, set off on their first scientific expedition. and carol has the weather. thank you and good morning. they call thank you and good morning. they ca ll start thank you and good morning. they call start to the day with frost around first thing and we have a wea k around first thing and we have a weak weather front sinking south bringing cloud and patchy rain. for most of us it will be dry and right with sunshine. more details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the legislation paving the way for theresa may to begin the formal negotiations for withdrawing britain from the european union faces its final test in parliament today. ministers hope mps will reject the two changes made to the brexit bill in the house of lords. peers want to guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk and ensure parliament has a vote on any deal. our political correspondent, alex forsyth is in westminster for us — can you explain the significance of this vote? this is a big moment because this is the final beta of the brexit bill. that is the piece of legislation which will give the prime minister the power to start the formal process of leaving the european union. this part has a ready been through parliament, as you say, the house of lords have made some changes to it and today mps will get a chance to have their say. the government does not want mps to accept the changes but not all mps are happy about that. labour wants the protection for eu citizens already living in the uk and some tory mps want a government guarantee that they will have a vote on the final brexit deal in two years time, evenif final brexit deal in two years time, even if the government comes back with no deal at all. much today will depend on whether the government can reassure those conservative mps that they will get a final imac final say. if that is the case, this bill could pass by the end of the day. if not it making pong between the house of lords and house of commons for some time but once the bill does go through the prime minister will have the power to start the brexit process. rail strikes which have caused months of misery in the south of england have spread to the north today, as a row over the role of guards rumbles on. members of the rmt union at 3 train companies began their action just after midnight, but will concentrate their efforts from 7 the rmt union says thatjobs are under threat and safety will be compromised that the company says that simply will not happen. a dispute that has caused months of misery for southern rail passengers has spread to the north of england. the second busiest rail operator, northern, will only run 40% of its strengths today forcing hundreds of thousands of people onto replacement buses or packed carriages. merseyrail is cutting services down to every half—hour. both operators will focus their efforts from seven a.m. until seven will focus their efforts from seven a.m. untilseven p.m.. the third company, southern, should manage to run 90% of its trains. this argument was triggered by proposed changes to the role of the on—board train guard, changes that the union says reid risksjobs guard, changes that the union says reid risks jobs and safety but the company believes will free up staff to assist passengers. we fundamentally believe that services operating on a driver controlled servers are fundamentally less safe and every k tray in the uk should retain a second person on board. we have safety at the heart of everything we do. the independent rail regulator has indicated that this is as safe as conductor operation of the doors. this is not about who opens and closes doors, it is about giving customers what they want. a similar row was resolved in scotla nd want. a similar row was resolved in scotland but it could spread to other parts of england as more rail companies look to introduce trains where the driver has complete control. two leading health unions have told the home secretary they're "deeply concerned" about the effect of a new charge for employers who bring in staff from beyond europe. the british medical association and the royal college of nursing have written to amber rudd to say the £1,000 ‘immigration skills charge' will have a damaging impact on nhs budgets. the government said it was committed to building home—grown skills and the charge would help encourage investment in training. police are launching an unprecedented appeal at the supreme court against a ruling it failed the victims of one of the uk's most dangerous rapists. judges said scotland yard had breached the human rights of two women because officers didn't properly investigatejohn worboys who was jailed for life in 2009 after committing more than 100 rapes. the outcome of the case could have profound legal implications for policing as our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports. a trusted black cab driver but one of the country's most dangerous rapists. john worboys attacked more than 100 womenover six years, hunting them down late at night in london, with an elaborate trick. he would show off a bag of cash claiming it was a big gambling win and offered them drug—laced champagne. few of his victims could entirely remembered what happened next and police did not take their complaints seriously. one of his victims from 2007 had her recount dismissed. had the officers who looked at my case taken my allegations seriously, they would have found substantial pieces of evidence. they did not do that and as a result so many more women went on to get harmed. the botched investigation led to a landmark ruling by the high court that scotland yard breached the human rights of the women, and that means police can be sued. the force is now challenging that unprecedented ruling. this case is really important because women need to be able to hold police to account when they fail as catastrophically as they failed in thejohn worboys case. if the police had acted sooner, if they had listened to the women and if they had followed their own policies, it is likely that fewer women would have been raped. as it was, he was left on the streets. the force admits it made mistakes but argues that important legal principles are at stake. if the justices rule against the met, it could have profound implication about how police chiefs prioritise serious violence and sexual crimes. dominic casciani, bbc news. there has been tight security for a second day outside the dutch embassy in istanbul. relations between the two countries have continued to sour after the turkish president called the netherlands a "banana republic". yesterday, riot police used water cannons to break up crowds protesting in rotterdam after two turkish ministers were prevented from speaking in the city over the weekend. the government says it will investigate claims that a document outlining theresa may's schedule for a visit to the north—west of england was left on a train. the daily mirror has published a note which it says was found by a member of the public in january. it appears to identify a hotel where the prime minister was due to work that afternoon and gives a private address for where she was due to attend dinner. somebody will be in trouble over that. if you thought boaty mcboatface had sunk without a trace, after the decision was taken not to give a research vessel the name which had been chosen by the public — fear not. boaty lives on as a yellow submarine. but as she is set to leave for herfirst expedition in antarctica, scientists have announced another surprise. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle reveals all. getting ready to take a dip. this is boaty mcboatface. at the national 0ceanography centre in southampton, it is being put to the test before heading out to sea. this submersible has been kitted out with the latest underwater technology. but now, scientists have decided that one boaty mcboatface is not enough. now we have not one, not two, but three subs, a fleet of boatys ready to explore underneath the waves. it can deploy from close to the shore or close to the shoreline, so we don't need a ship to get some of the measurements it can make. we can also cover a number of different projects at the same time by having three of them. there is an awful amount of sea out there, so this is good to get a lot of new data all at once. they will work alongside this, the new polar research vessel in the uk. it was almost called "boaty mcboatface" after the vote, and now it has been named after sir david attenborough after it was deemed too silly. now its submarines have been named that instead. antarctica is the first destination. they will dive into the coldest oceans on earth to see how the climate is changing. it will not be long before the other submarines had out as well. stand by for more on the adventures of the boatys. rebecca morelle, bbc news. there are three of them. that is great. it is a special time for all of us. now, about six weeks ago we we re of us. now, about six weeks ago we were discussing the fact that cars are getting bigger and a parking spaceis are getting bigger and a parking space is getting smaller. but that's less of an issue when you've got the reflexes of a rally driver. kris meeke careered off the road in the closing stages of a world rally championship race in mexico yesterday but still managed to pick his way through the car park on the way to the finish line. the northern irishman found a gap in a hedge and got back on track to win the race for citreon, finishing about 1k seconds ahead of his nearest rival. it was the fourth win of meeke's career and takes him to sixth in the championship overall. are you sure that was not a stunt? no, it was the fourth win of his career. that is how you deal with a career. that is how you deal with a car park. i not want to try it. let's get the latest sports news now. kat is at canada gate in london where preparations are under way for the start of the queen's baton relay. good morning. it is sunrise here at buckingham palace. not sure exactly what time the queen wakes up but i imagine she is still asleep in the palace behind me as it is quite a busy day for her today. it is commonwealth day and there will be a service to celebrate the commonwealth at westminster abbey later this morning. before that, the queen has an importantjob to do, sending the commonwealth baton on its way off around the world will where it will arrive in australia next april at the start of the commonwealth games in 2018. it will travel for 388 days covering 230,000 miles through the countries and territories of the commonwealth. a p pa re ntly territories of the commonwealth. apparently will bring the commonwealth together, the ceremony, and kicks off or will be a year of in the run—up to the commonwealth games next year. i will be here all morning speaking to people involved in the ceremony and learning more about what the baton means. there will be a message in that will invite all of the athletes of the commonwealth to come together in peaceful and fradley competition next april. i will discussing that all morning. but, for now, let's look at the at the rest the sports news for the day. spurs are on their way to wembley! they'll be in today's fa cup semi—final draw after an six nil win over millwall at white hart lane. south korean son—hueng min scored a hat—trick. tottenham join manchester city, arsenal and either chelsea or manchester in the last four. united and chelsea play tonight in the last quarter—final, live across the bbc. derby county have sacked steve mcclaren for a second time, five months after he was reappointed as manager. derby are 10th in the championship — they said there had been a "significa nt, unexpected and persistent decline in results, team unity and morale". celtic were denied a 23rd league win in a row when clint hill scored a late equaliser for rangers to give them a 1—1 draw. but celtic are 25 points clear of second—placed aberdeen and they need only six more points to win the scottish premiership title again. and there are no british players left in the indian wells tennis — johanna konta was beaten by caroline garcia of france — and dan evans and kyle edmund are also out. that is all the sports news for you this morning, at least, the headlines. we will have a more in—depth look at 630 when i will speak to people involved in the ceremony launching the baton including an international popstar who will be performing. how very exciting. the fact that she is out about, steph is out and about, carol is in her little booth. quite lonely. we do have each other. and you have your massive sleeves as well. they do help but don't they? they would be terrible around the campfire but they are quite nice. it was not an insult, by the way.|j campfire but they are quite nice. it was not an insult, by the way. i was going to go headlines but... papers? we can do the papers if you like. but do them first the latest madeline mccann police case, and also warnings about paul burrell on the front page of the daily mirror, who has said he will be getting married again. the times reports on 35 oxford colleges pleading with mps to allow european union citizens the right to stay after brexit, as they claimed that an exodus of academics has already begun. that is a different take on the brexit story. the front page of the brexit story. the front page of the daily express also leads with brexit. you can see a picture of madeline mccann on the front page. the daily mail have an interview with jilly cooper, the daily mail have an interview withjilly cooper, their main story is about an investigation into peers who claimed thousands of pounds in perks and don't do any work. it was dropped amid fears of a public backlash. the front page of the guardian, again brexit on the front page, britain will be bottom of the heap of trade links without a deal on brexit. and the youngest mp for 350 yea rs on brexit. and the youngest mp for 350 years says she may not stand for a second term as $0 350 years says she may not stand for a second term as so little gets done in parliament. what shall we talk about now? i want to talk about adele onstage in australia. she was doing all these gigs in australia and most of the stages she was right in the middle of the crowd, no underground access, no subways, so this is how she got in. she enters via this massive stage, she has a little ipad inside there to keep her entertained, i imagine it has all sorts of air con in there but she said when she gets on stage quite regularly, if you knew how i got on, iamso regularly, if you knew how i got on, i am so sweaty, i can't tell you for security reasons but will let you know afterwards. nobody knows she has moved in and she acts of the box and appears on stage. that is how you come in every morning!|j and appears on stage. that is how you come in every morning! i wish i just had a tardis. and crufts, our hero dog, he got to the finals with his owners and this is the actual winner. jason from preston with miami. they also always have doublebarrelled names. a dog called alan nearly one, which would have been great. any dog called alan is a winner in my eyes. i agree. we will have carol for you in a minute but we will now be the headlines for you. you are watching breakfast. the main stories this morning: the bill paving the way for brexit faces its final test in parliament today. ministers believe mps will reject the changes made to the legislation in the house of lords. rail companies in three parts of england are on strike today. conductors on southern, arriva rail north and merseyrail are walking out in a dispute over the role of guards. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. what a way to start the week, what a picture. a beautiful picture of cumbria and many of us will have a lovely day if you like the sunshine but it is a chilly start. some frost around first thing but some of us are also starting the day with that sunshine. the reason for all of this is high pressure, which is dominating our weather at the moment and keeping things fairly quiet. we do have the tail end of the weather front which is producing a lot of cloud overnight across northern ireland in scotland, so here the temperature has gone up through the course of the night but we still have a draped across northern england and north wales. here there is more cloud around. further south, temperatures are lower but are ate a starting to climb. it will feel chilly but beautiful where we have the sunshine. here is the weather front producing the cloud. the odd spot of rain, the same per northern ireland and southern scotland. we start to see the cloud break up and we will have some sunshine. the rain pushing away from the north and isles with a few showers left behind. and here it is going to be quite easy through the day. through the day our weather front continues to move slowly southwards. it is a weakening feature. you will be unlucky if you see any rain on it at all, but the cloud will build. not so all, but the cloud will build. not so in the south—east, temperatures getting up to 16 celsius, pretty good for the time of year and behind that we will also see at brighton up with temperatures roughly between about 11 and 1a. as we head through the evening and overnight period our weather front continues to make its way down towards the south, taking its cloud with it. there will be some clearer skies behind but then the next system comes in from the north—west, introducing some more rain, turning more showery through the night at strengthening winds as well. nowhere near as colder night as the one which has just gone. the temperature in belfast, 11 celsius by night. as we head through tomorrow very windy across the northern isles, gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour, the same for the far north of mainland scotland, big waves being generated and also some showers, some of which will be wintry in nature. move away from that and we are looking at some dry conditions, some sunny spells, particularly in the shelter of the hills. we could in the south—east hit 17 or even 18 celsius, so that will feel very nice, very mild to the stage in maher. as we head into wednesday, quite a bit of cloud around as a weather front is going to come back. a lot of cloud across parts of the south, parts of the north. in between, something drier and brighter with some sunshine. nothing wrong with those temperatures, a little bit milder. we are looking at about eight in the north to about 15 as we push towards the south—east. towards the end of the south—east. towards the end of the week the outlook remains fairly u nsettled. the week the outlook remains fairly unsettled. at times there will be a bit of cloud around. the north—west prone to seeing some rain at times as well that there will be some sunshine in between and temperatures still on the healthy side for most of the uk. so high pressure firmly in charge for a large chunk of this week, meaning settled conditions for most, away from the north—west. week, meaning settled conditions for most, away from the north—westm was a gorgeous day yesterday as well, for most of us. rail strikes which have caused months of misery in the south of england have spread to the north today, as a row over the role of guards rumbles on. members of the rmt union at three train companies began their action just after midnight, but will concentrate their efforts from 7:00am this morning. let's go back to steph, who is in leeds for us, with the latest on today's rail strikes in the north and south of england. good morning to you. a crisp morning, it is fair to say, at leeds station. fairly calm at the moment because as you say those revised timetables coming in from about 7am this morning. this station is home to northern rail, one of the services which runs here, and it is northern rail, merseyrail and southern rail which have the strikes which started one minute past midnight last night and it is around 2000 staff working for those three different companies who have walked out, and it is all to do with how the trains are staffed on those different services. in terms of what the impact will be on you if you are one who uses them, northern rail are saying about 40% of their service will run. merseyrail are saying trains will run every half hour instead of every 15 minutes, and southern rail is probably the least affected, about 90% of the service will run today. there will be disruption for those who are travelling on the services. but what does it all mean? what impact will it have on people? craig is the boss ofa it have on people? craig is the boss of a recruitment company in the area. thank you forjoining us. how important is the train service to this area? we are not really worried about this kind of disruption, however, most people in the especially temporary and short—term workers have to travel further than most people in the country, so a little bit of disruption, but you know what? what do you want to do? they have got their own... it is really difficult at the moment, because leeds produced more private—sector jobs than anywhere else in the uk last year, and with that, lots of temporary, short—term, part—time workers who have to travel more, the distances further and it is expensive for them. however, they do it with a smile on their face. i am looking around here and everyone is smiling. just in terms of the infrastructure in the area, there has been a lot of criticism about the spending on infrastructure and the spending on infrastructure and the need for better transport. what are your thoughts on that? we know, for instance, london are spending multiples of ten per capita compared to leeds. imagine that. we have 500,000 people working in the city, in leeds. how does that balance out? we have just got to get there. leeds isa we have just got to get there. leeds is a really forwardthinking city, as is a really forwardthinking city, as is the whole of northern england, and we talk about the northern powerhouse, we have to connect all those people up with a smile.|j powerhouse, we have to connect all those people up with a smile. i love that you are focusing on the smiling today. in terms of things like, for example, the distance, if you are travelling leads to manchester and that kind of commute, it can be quite a long time compared to other parts of the country —— leeds. quite a long time compared to other parts of the country —— leedslj parts of the country —— leeds.” quite like train travel, however it is difficult when you are on a train and you have to stand up. most journeys around leeds and west yorkshire you have to stand up to get to work, which is only 20 or 25 minutes but the same distance between leeds and manchester, for instance, it takes from hull to liverpool the same time as it does from london to paris. i know where i would rather go, however. that is the thing we have to sort out. we have the speeded up a little bit and we have to look at the cost, because the cost realistically from leeds to manchester, £21 return, where the cost of the central line is around fourquid. so it cost of the central line is around four quid. so it doesn't match up, does it? thank you very much for your time this morning, i appreciate that, and your smile of course. i will be here throughout the morning, keeping you updated. it is pretty quiet and the services have been running a kick but it is from 7am when the revised timetable will come in and this is a key commute for travellers around the area.” in and this is a key commute for travellers around the area. i know it is early, thank you. still to come this morning: homes for the homeless. find out why a scheme in scotland could help reduce the number of people sleeping rough in england. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. it is the rmt union's 30th strike on southern today. the action will last until midnight, and is about the ongoing dispute over the role of conductors, and making the services driver—only operated. the union says it won't agree to the proposal, while southern‘s parent company says the rmt members are being put through even more pointless industrial action. if we look at how that is affecting the trains this morning, i can tell you there is no service between clapham junction to milton keynes central, or leatherhead to guildford, and there is a reduced service into london bridge. the metropolitan police is launching an unprecedented appeal at the supreme court against a ruling which said it failed victims of one of the uk's most dangerous rapists. black cab driverjohn worboys was jailed in 2009, and judges said scotland yard had breached the human rights of two women because they didn't properly investigate the crime. the case is so important to the law around police negligence that theresa may, when she was still home secretary, intervened to support scotland yard. a clinic in west london for women who have undergone female genital mutilation is being forced to close, but a row has broken out as to who is to blame for the decision. the acton african well woman centre has seen more than 1,000 women and girls since it opened a decade ago. ealing council denies it is responsible for the closure, saying it is strongly committed to supporting services for victims of fgm, but the charity is angry at having to close. this is totally unacceptable for young women who rely so much on these services. we are not talking about health and well—being. if the services are not targeted for non—pregnant women, then these girls will not be able to fit into these services. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, the circle line has no service due to a signal failure at gloucester road. and that is causing problems on the district line, too, which has no service between earl's court and south kensington, and there are severe delays elsewhere. 0n the roads, in west london, holland park roundabout is partly blocked following a collision. let's have a check on the weather now, with kate. good morning. well, after a rather grey end to the weekend, it looks like a lovely, bright start to the new week. in the sunshine around through the course of today, and it should stay dry. now, there is a gentle breeze, nothing to significance, and in the sunshine the air is still mild so it is going to feel pleasantly warm, especially by the end of the afternoon. we are looking at 15, maybe even 16 celsius in the sunshine. now, you will notice this cloud just starting to edgein notice this cloud just starting to edge in towards the end of the afternoon, so clouding overfour parts of north london and gradually that cloud sinks south through the evening and overnight. still the breeze, the minimum temperature, though, staying around nine or 10 celsius so i'll start tomorrow. there is a more cloud around but it should be in and break, leaving some sunny spells especially through the afternoon, and the temperature through tuesday and wednesday says pleasa ntly through tuesday and wednesday says pleasantly mild. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. it's monday the 13th of march. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. changing the face of the countryside. find out why nitrogen is helping ‘thuggish‘ plants like nettles flourish but also overpowering rare and endangered wild plants. 0ne boy and his dog. joel has autism and caddie the labrador keeps him calm. we'll find out the pair's special bond. are you creeped out by the bbc drama ‘the replacement‘? it's about a woman who goes on maternity leave and becomes paranoid about her cover. we'll speak to the show‘s writer to find out which character is struggling to keep a grip on reality. one of those shows that people are still talking about for obvious reasons. all that still to come. but now a summary of this morning's main news. the legislation paving the way for theresa may to begin the formal negotiations for withdrawing britain from the european union faces its final test in parliament today. the prime minister will today seek to overturn two defeats in the house of lords when the brexit bill returns to the commons. 0ur political correspondent, alex forsyth is in westminster for us — what can we expect to happen today? a big day here in westminster because the brexit bill is entering the final stages. as you say, the house of lords have already had their say. they wanted to changes, wa nt to their say. they wanted to changes, want to protect the rights of citizens already living in the uk and the second, to give parliament a say on the final terms of the uk's departure from the eu. today, mps will have a chance to have their say. the government wants them to reject the changes from the lords and to put the bills through with no strings attached. however, we know that not all mps are happy about that. labour wants the protection for eu and some tory mps wants to make sure the parliament has a say. the question will be whether ministers can reassure them on both fronts are otherwise they will be taking a rebellion. but if this bill does pass today, and that is quite possible, then that will leave the prime minister with the power to start the brexit process. rail staff from three firms across england have started 24—hour strikes in a dispute over the role of guards. the rmt‘s 30th strike day in its dispute with southern over plans to make trains driver—only—operated has spread to the north of england. guards and drivers working for merseyrail and northern are taking action over similar proposals. rail bosses argue it's about modernising services and they denyjobs will be lost. the us envoy co—ordinating the fight against the so—called islamic state says any fighters left in mosul will die in the iraqi city. brett mcgurk, the senior us official in the counter—is coalition, issued the warning after iraqi forces cut off the last road out of the city, trapping is fighters inside. there has been tight security for a second day outside the dutch embassy in istanbul. relations between the two countries have continued to sour after the turkish president called the netherlands a "banana republic". yesterday, riot police used water cannons to break up crowds protesting in rotterdam after two turkish ministers were prevented from speaking in the city over the weekend. police are launching an unprecedented appeal at the supreme court against a ruling it failed the victims of one of the uk's most dangerous rapists. judges said scotland yard had breached the human rights of two women because officers didn't properly investigatejohn worboys who was jailed for life in 2009 after committing more than 100 rapes. the outcome of the case could have profound legal implications for policing. the government says it will investigate claims that a document outlining theresa may's schedule for a visit to the north—west of england was left on a train. the daily mirror has published a note which it says was found by a member of the public in january. it appears to identify a hotel where the prime minister was due to work that afternoon and gives a private address for where she was due to attend dinner. children in australia who haven't been vaccinated could be banned from childcare centres and pre—schools under a new government plan. three states already have so—called "no jab, no play" laws but now the government now wants a blanket policy introduced. 95% of children in the country are vaccinated but a recent survey indicated that one in three parents have concerns about jabs despite doctors insisting there are no known risks. an american cocker spaniel named "afterglow miami ink" was crowned idid not i did not realise that he had three names, instead of just i did not realise that he had three names, instead ofjust two. best in show at this year's crufts, but it was a jack russell terrier named 0lly who won the hearts of the nation. as you can see, he enthusiastically gave it his all as he dashed and leaped in the air as part of crufts rescue dog agility event. can we see the slow motion part? i wa nt to can we see the slow motion part? i want to wait for the end, there is a slow motion part at the end which we hopefully have. 0h, slow motion part at the end which we hopefully have. oh, look, she walks also! 0h, bless. so exciting. she had too much fun. you know what? i am off. goodbye. that is how my dog would approach it. i will try and find the slow motion part later because that is what you want to see. the puppy face pla nts what you want to see. the puppy face plants because she is so excited. in front of hundreds of people, and just thinks she is going to go for it! sport now with kat who's outside buckingham palace where the queen's baton relay will be launched later today. it is. the sun is coming up and it isa it is. the sun is coming up and it is a lovely day in london. a bit cold this morning but for the first time, back in 1958, the queen first put a message of hope and friendship ina put a message of hope and friendship in a baton ahead of the commonwealth games in cardiff in 1958. it travelled around the world spreading the message to 17 nations and territories of the commonwealth before returning to cardiff to be opened at the opening ceremony of those commonwealth games. that has become a tradition, really, and head of every common love games since and thatis of every common love games since and that is what the queen will be doing today. she will put the message in the baton descended off around the commonwealth before it arrives in australia ahead of the games next year which begins on april four. australia ahead of the games next year which begins on aprilfour. we arejust over one year year which begins on aprilfour. we are just over one year away ahead of the opening ceremony. what will happen later today, you can see the platform behind me on the forecourt of buckingham palace. the queen will put a message on the back on there. she will hand out onto an meares, the most decorated female cyclist in history, a two—time 0lympic the most decorated female cyclist in history, a two—time olympic champion and five—time commonwealth gold medal winner. she has the easiest leg of the relay, she will run across the forecourt. about 50 metres? an easy job across the forecourt. about 50 metres? an easyjob for her this morning. she will then pass it onto a long—time rival victoria pendleton. you will remember that anna put victoria in the london 2012 0lympics. they have both now retired and we are told the rivalry is water under the bridge. victoria will then send it down towards the mail towards westminster. the queen and dignitaries will be taking part in the service here to celebrate commonwealth day which is today. that is what i am here to talk about and they will be learning about this all morning, talking to people involved in the ceremony on the servers and in the commonwealth games themselves. i am also hit this morning to bring you the news of sport. spurs are on their way to wembley. they'll be in today's fa cup semi—final draw after a 6—0 win over millwall at white hart lane. south korean son—hueng min scored a hat—trick as theyjoined manchester city and arsenal in the last four. chelsea or manchester united will take the last place — they play tonight, and it's live across the bbc. we are pleased and happy and now we need to prepare for the premier league game next week against southampton. but we are pleased and happy. the performance was fantastic. while spurs were on fa cup duty, liverpool closed the gap on them tojust a point in the premier league. liverpool came from behind to beat burnley 2—1 — emre can scoring the winning goal. craig shakespeare will manage leicester city until the end of the season. the premier league champions sacked claudio ranieri a fortnight ago when they were 17th in the table. since then shakespeare has steered them to wins over liverpool and hull city. derby county have sacked steve mcclaren for a second time, five months after he rejoined the club. derby are 10th in the championship — they've won only once in their last nine games. a late equaliser from clint hill have rangers a 1—1 draw at celtic — but the scottish premiership champions now need only six more points to win the title again. celtic are 25 points clear of second—placed aberdeen. there are no british players left in the indian wells tennis in california. women's number one, johanna konta, was knocked out in the third round by caroline garcia of france, beaten in three sets. kyle edmund was beaten in straight sets by novak djokovic in their second—round match. and dan evans lost to the world number five kei nishikori, also in straight sets. judd trump won six frames in a row on his way to victory in the players championship. he came from 5—2 down to beat marco fu10—8 in the final in llandudno. finally, let's return to football. it seems that some of the professionals of today are retiring early. we have a new recordholder. this is a japanese player has made history by becoming the oldest professional player to score in a competitive match. he is 50 years and 1a days old. the only goal in this match in the second division japan. he defeated the record that backin japan. he defeated the record that back in 1955 by sir stanley matthews who scored at the age of 50 years and five days. that is all the sport news for you this morning. i am down here at buckingham palace. like i was saying earlier, the queen will be putting the message of hope and friendship into the commonwealth baton to invite athletes from around the commonwealth to take part in the commonwealth games which begins in april next year on the gold coast in australia. and one lucky girl from southport has been picked to give the baton to the queen. the queen will then put the message in the baton. that girl is emily dean was that she is nine years old. they have been studying the commonwealth and the commonwealth games at school and the commonwealth games at school and she has been selected to hand the baton to the queen ahead of the ceremony. let's hear from her now. i will be reading a message to the queen about the commonwealth. i found out that there were 52 countries and that the country we are learning about is in the commonwealth. i am are learning about is in the commonwealth. iam really are learning about is in the commonwealth. i am really excited and feeling proud. i'mjoined now by international pop sensation, as i promised earlier this hour, cody simpson. so lovely to meet you. thank you so much for coming along to talk to us. how are you finding the english springtime?” to talk to us. how are you finding the english springtime? i am loving it. iam the english springtime? i am loving it. i am still in a different time cycle so i was up and down all morning. iam cycle so i was up and down all morning. i am very excited. you are singing at the ceremony this morning in front of the queen. have you ever done that before? i have not. i have sungin done that before? i have not. i have sung in london beforehand but nothing is so real and prestigious as this today. it is an honour to be representing the gold coast, where i grew up and uniting people through sport and through music.” grew up and uniting people through sport and through music. i can think of anywhere, really, sport and through music. i can think ofanywhere, really, more sport and through music. i can think of anywhere, really, more ideal to host a sporting event than the gold coast in april. tell us more about what it is like that, what the athletes can expect, what people going they can expect. it is... i was very, very fortunate to have grown up was very, very fortunate to have grown up in such a beautiful lush piece of coastline and it is home to many great athletes and a lot of great athlete facilities. it is a perfect place to host on like this. the gold coast has never had an event like this so it is amazing for my hometown and will be awesome to go and what. a part of you that wishes you were competing question you were a good swimming, when you —— you were a good swimmer, won't you? there is a little part of mean that wishes that, you know, i was doing it for a different reason, you know? but i am here anyway and it is a real honour. was there ever a chance of you getting to the commonwealth if you had stuck with swimming? possibly, but music is definitely more of my passion and a lwa ys definitely more of my passion and always will be and i will always follow that path. and you have supported justin bieber. you have travelled the world, you have had huge success in your pop career. how does this compare? singing in front of thousands of people here and the queen? it is unreal. i have had an real experiences playing here in london, at the 02 and at different venues but nothing like buckingham palace and nothing like representing australia was singing an australian song. it is a very different kind of experience to other gigs that i have performed in enjoy it. thank you so much for getting up so early. we will let you carry on in this vocal warm—ups ahead of that performance in front of the queen later on. yeah, so, the commonwealth baton sets off on its journey around the world this morning. 388 days, 230,000 miles around the world before going to the gold coast in australia to kick off the commonwealth games in april next year. from here, for now, back to you. i will be here all morning. we will return to you very shortly. i wonder what our weather will be like questionable compared to the australia and gold coast? no. in half an hour. good morning, no, it doesn't compare at all. we have gorgeous weather watchers pictures in already. this one in east yorkshire, a lovely sunrise and this one is from suffolk, again a beautiful sunrise this morning. the forecast for today isa this morning. the forecast for today is a chilly one. there is some frost around first thing, you may have to scrape your ca rs, around first thing, you may have to scrape your cars, especially across parts of england and wales, but there will be some sunshine. today we have this weather front crossing northern ireland scotland, so after a cold evening, temperatures climbed through the night as more cloud crossed you. high pressure in charge of our weather at the moment, keeping things mostly fine and settled. what we have at the moment is our weather front still producing some cloud across parts of southern scotland, northern england, parts of wales, the odd spot or two of rain as well. for most it is a dry, fine and chilly start in england and wales. 8am does temperatures picking up wales. 8am does temperatures picking up quite nicely. sunshine as we move across the midlands in the east anglia and most of wales, and a lot of northern england as well, away from that weather front. we do have the cloud across north wales, northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. it will bring murky weather, some spots of rain and behind it brighter skies but still some showers across the northern isles. it is going to be breezy as we go through the day. for most it is going to be a dry day. as our weather front moved south eastwards it will be a fairly weak affair, reducing a bit more cloud. we hang on to the sunshine in the south—east, temperatures up to 16 celsius, and behind that weather front we see some brightness coming through across northern ireland and parts of scotland. we do have another one waiting in the winds, and that one is coming our way across the north—west tonight, producing some rain, increasingly turning more showery but the wind will strengthen across northern ireland and scotland. here is the weather front here. temperature—wise, as we have a lot of cloud around it will not be anywhere near as cold as it is this morning. tomorrow morning we start off on morning. tomorrow morning we start offona morning. tomorrow morning we start off on a windy note, gusts thick steele 70 mph across the far north of mainland scotland and the northern isles whipping up waves. there will be some showers, some of which will be wintry, and again variable amounts of cloud. where we see the cloud breaks, especially in the shelter of any hills, we could hit 16, 17 or possibly a 10 celsius in parts of the south—east. that is good for this time of year if you like it that bit warmer because the average is about 11 in the south—east. for wednesday our weather front across the south, it will come back but will still be a largely dry day. it will be a fairly cloudy one, are easier to the west with some showers, and temperatures between eight and 15. if you like your temperatures that bit higher, this is a week for you, at least the early pa rt this is a week for you, at least the early part is. thank you very much, for those who like their temperatures a little bit higher, a lot to look forward to. more than 4,000 people in england will have spent last night braving the elements. homelessness can have a devastating impact, and dealing with it costs the taxpayer a billion pounds a year. this morning the think tank the centre for socialjustice is calling for urgent action to find rough sleepers a place they can call home, so they can begin to get their lives back on track. breakfast‘s john maguire reports. it isa it is a normal weekday night in the centre of a normal large british city, but the lives of the people who survive on these unforgiving streets are far from normal. this young woman is cold, scared, and extremely vulnerable. it is not safe for me to be out here. so you have got accommodation now. yes, yes. for the first time in how long? in six, seven months. what has it been like on the streets in that time? awful. peoplejudge you, peoplejust... peoplejudge you, peoplejust... people throw things, and it is just disrespectful. we are with a group of volu nteers disrespectful. we are with a group of volunteers from the christian charity barnabas in the middle of manchester. they provide food and a hot drink and are trying to persuade people to come to their drop—in centre, where they are offered a meal, healthcare, and crucially, assistance to find somewhere to live. no, i am too old for all this, no. what would help you, more than anything else? a sickly support, do you know what i mean? i have had nothing. like, when my partner passed away, i got no support or nothing. the think-tank the centre for socialjustice puts the number of people sleeping rough at around 4000 a night in england alone. in 2010, the number was 1800.” 4000 a night in england alone. in 2010, the number was 1800. i think the big difference is, universal credit has caused all sorts of albums for our clients. the cuts to the welfare system, telling people they are fit to work when they have very severe mental health issues. also lack of housing stock, real, massive problems around getting people into accommodation now. so could the answer lay in scotland? the government is being urged to adopt a model called housing first. it has been running here in glasgow for the past six years or so. the idea to get people into accommodation, and then to try to deal with their problems. the priority is to get them off the streets. they talk here about the transformation from chaos to stability, they are helping around 40 people at the moment. with an appointment, whether that is a doctor, dentist, a hospital appointment, we will attend court with them. and also community groups, whether that is recovery cafes or access to help them get back into the community. and studies have shown it works. between 20000 and 46,000 extremely vulnerable people, many who have been homeless for very long periods of time, they have extremely complex and costly needs and they can be helped by the housing first model, which we know saves money in the longer term. the barnabas team heads back, hoping to see some of those they have met tonight at their help centre in the morning. and, with so many in such desperate need of that support, hope isa desperate need of that support, hope is a vital commodity. a spokesman for the department for communities and local government said, "we agree with the centre for socialjustice that no—one should have to sleep rough. we are investing £550 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. wayne craft was homeless for 30 years. hejoins us now. thank you so much for coming in this morning. tell us a bit about your situation. you have had one of these houses now for 18 months. what sort ofa houses now for 18 months. what sort of a difference has it made to you? for me, it is more psychological. self—esteem issues and dignity. and it is really helping my mental health issues, aggression and paranoia, and there is no offending now. it has just dissolved away itself, because for 30 years what they would do is threaten to send me to prison. the problem is, then, i had afar to prison. the problem is, then, i had a far superior quality of life in prison, i can say that with honesty, than i did out of prison, so it is not a deterrent. what is a deterrent, now i have got my own home i am not prepared to lose that. so for the first time, they have actually, whether by deliberate or accident, they put a deterrent for me to commit crimes. i will not lose this home, and it has really helped destabilise. the only other time when i felt stable was when i was in prison. i was a raging drug addict, out—of—control on the streets, yet funnily enough, when i was in prison ididn't want funnily enough, when i was in prison i didn't want drugs. i think it was because i had a bed, three meals a day, a structure, which i never had outside. and when you have mental health issues, being on the streets really goes out of control. it blows up. and you were funding your addiction, won't you? by doing a lot of damage, shoplifting. right. and to my shame it was an risibly than cds. i knew people around those areas, iam cds. i knew people around those areas, i am not going to say where i sold the goods, but they know who the drug addicts, so i would get a big bit of waterford crystal to get £20 for the next hit, and the damage you do when you are using four or five times a day to the local community is massive. and what sort of help were you offered in the past? this house is clearly working for you and has really change things. what sorts of schemes have you been on? oh please, honestly... i think it was numbercrunching for the government because people meant well. i was sleeping rough and i was offered the chance to go to college. i was offered an apprenticeship. i was offered all of these things, but if you are sleeping on damp cardboard, i don't believe you could get up and do breakfast in the morning. ijust don't believe you could do it. and none of the help i was being offered was realistic. it wasn't just me was being offered was realistic. it wasn'tjust me being stubborn. you know, i already had a lot of mental health issues, with paranoia and lack of trust, the only other help i could have got with accommodation was fine, but if you jump through these hoops. you go to rehab, it works first time, otherwise you are beached. on how did you end up in that situation in the first place, being homeless and starting to sleep rough? i never really sure, i have lost track. it is when i came out of the army, what i am angry about, i was only told by a prison doctor six yea rs was only told by a prison doctor six years ago that i had post— traumatic stress disorder. to my shame, i have beenin stress disorder. to my shame, i have been in and out of prison to my shame in excess of 50 times. i'm very ashamed of that, i don't boast about that, but a lot of that time i was totally out of control. and nobody was going to catch me, but i was angry when they told me i had post— traumatic stress disorder. because they haven't told you before. well, yes, because i knew! had depression. the weird thing about mental health issues is you can see it in other people, i have never recognised within myself. do you feel... it is clear that this is something you feel really passionate about, and it is working for you as well. do you feel this is something that could really work others as well? i do, especially, i am not trying to pick who should get it and who shouldn't, but long—term people in the street. there are many people in your house and they will fail, and you don't give up on them. for some people with mental health issues, at my age i have serious health issues as well, and i do. when i go in and out of prison, i deliberately committed crimes. it is like going home. prison... it is sad, really. prison staff were like afamily to sad, really. prison staff were like a family to me. they were the only people who were not alcoholics or drug addicts who showed me any compassion. they look forward to going back. and prisons are full of people like me. so you need to break the cycle. i know you are coming back a bit later. thank you very much. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. it is the rmt union's 30th strike on southern today. the action will last until midnight, and is about the ongoing dispute over the role of conductors, and making the services driver—only operated. the union says it won't agree to the proposal, while southern's parent company says the action is pointless. if we look at how that is affecting southern trains this morning, there is no service between clapham junction to milton keynes, or leatherhead to guildford, and there is a reduced service in to london bridge. the metropolitan police is launching an unprecedented appeal at the supreme court, against a ruling which said it failed victims of one of the uk's most dangerous rapists. london black cab driver john worboys was jailed in 2009, and judges said scotland yard had breached the human rights of two women because they didn't properly investigate the crime. the case is so important around police negligence that theresa may, when she was still home secretary, intervened to support scotland yard. a clinic in west london for women who have undergone female genital mutilation is being forced to close, but a row has broken out as to who is to blame for the decision. the acton african well woman centre has seen more than 1,000 women and girls since it opened a decade ago. ealing council denies it is responsible for the closure, saying it is strongly committed to supporting services for victims of fgm, but the charity is angry at having to close. this is totally unacceptable for young women who rely so much on these services. we are not talking about health and well—being. if the services are not targeted for non—pregnant women, then these girls will not be able to fit into those services. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, a signal failure at gloucester road is causing major problems on the circle line. that has severe delays, as does the district line, for the same reason. the london 0verground has minor delays between liverpool street and enfield town, due to a faulty train. 0n the roads, in west london, holland park roundabout is partly blocked following a collision. let's have a check on the weather now, with kate. good morning. well, after a rather grey end to the weekend, it looks like a lovely, bright start to the new week, plenty of sunshine around through the course of today, and it should stay dry. now, there is a gentle breeze, nothing too significant, and in the sunshine the air is still mild, so it is going to feel pleasantly warm, especially by the end of the afternoon. we are looking at 15, maybe even 16 celsius in the sunshine. now, you will notice this cloud just starting to edge in towards the end of the afternoon, so clouding over for parts of north london, and then gradually that cloud sinks south through the evening and overnight. still, the breeze, the minimum temperature, though, staying around nine or ten celsius so a mild start tomorrow. there is a more cloud around, but it should thin and break, leaving some sunny spells, especially through the afternoon, and the temperature through tuesday and through wednesday says pleasantly mild. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello. this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin decision day for brexit, as the bill for triggering article 50 faces its final test in parliament. a big day in westminster. will mps put upa a big day in westminster. will mps put up a fight, or give the government the power to start brexit? good morning. it's monday, the 13th of march. also this morning: rail workers go on strike in three parts of england. steph is at leeds station. good morning. 2000 staff from three different companies are staging a walkout. it is in a dispute of how trains are staffed. i will look out how trains will be affected. as two—thirds of parents say they're unsure how to put their baby down for a safe night's sleep, we'll discover the basic steps for lowering the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. iam i am live at buckingham palace today we re i am live at buckingham palace today were later on the queen will send the commonwealth baton off ahead of the commonwealth baton off ahead of the commonwealth baton off ahead of the commonwealth games next year in australia. and not one, not two, but three boaty mcboatfaces. the little yellow submarines, named by the public, set off on their first expedition. and carol has the weather. good morning. a chilly start with some frost around. for many of us, a dry day with some sunshine. when we lose the cloud, there might be some sunshine. i will have more in a few minutes. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. the legislation paving the way for theresa may to begin the formal negotiations for withdrawing britain from the european union faces its final test in parliament today. the prime minister will today seek to overturn two defeats in the house of lords when the brexit bill returns to the commons. 0ur political correspondent, alex forsyth, is in westminster for us. what can we expect to happen today? good morning once again. take us through what happened. the brexit bill is in its final stage. the house of lords has already had stage stomachs today. it has had two promises, it wants to protect those already in the uk. and a guarantee that the parliament will get a final say in the brexit deal whatever it will be. the government does not wa nt will be. the government does not want those changes. it wants this bill put through with no strings attached subpoena it down to mps. the question will be will the parliament be cut out of the process ? parliament be cut out of the process? if that is the bill could be done by the end of the day. 0therwise be done by the end of the day. otherwise it could ping—pong between the house of commons and lords for some time. 0nes the house of commons and lords for some time. ones that bill is clear, the prime minister will have the power in her hands to start the brexit resists. —— once. power in her hands to start the brexit resists. -- once. thank you, alex forsyth. see you later in the programme. rail strikes which have caused months of misery in the south of england have spread to the north today, as a row over the role of guards rumbles on. members of the rmt union at three train companies began their action just after midnight. up to two thousand workers in the rmt union. these three rail operators have gone on strike in disputes over the way staff will work in the future. so, how did we get to this point? plans for ‘driver 0nly trains' where there isn't a guard in charge of shutting the doors have been at the heart of this ongoing row. it's a dispute that's caused months of chaos for southern rail commuters. todays' action will be the rmt‘s 30th strike day in the dispute, which has now spread to the north of england. so what can passengers expect service—wise today? let's find out from steph, who's at leeds train station for us this morning. it is beginning to get a little busier, steph, but nothing like a normal time on a monday morning. good morning. it is starting to get busy. lots of people starting their week at work and wondering whether they are going to face train delays this morning. this is one of the stations that northern rail operates. people wonder whether they will be able to get on the train and get decent service. northern rail have said only 14% of the trains will be running on that service. very reduced. they would try to make trains between seven o'clock this morning and 9am, the ones that are the busiest, they said they would try to get the most staff on them. 0thers try to get the most staff on them. others will have replacement buses. also, the roads are expected to be busier because of how many people not getting trains. look at merseyrail. they said they would run trains every half an hour instead of every 15 minutes this morning. a reduction there. and southern rail, we have talked a lot about them over the past few months, and they said 90% will be in disrupted. that is not that bad. —— not disrupted. the company is try to put on extra staff this morning to keep those services this morning to keep those services this morning. i will talk to the company and the union later on in the programme to find out what this is all about. ok, steph, thank you very much. we will talk to you later this morning. the us envoy co—ordinating the fight against the so—called islamic state says any fighters left in mosul will die in the iraqi city. brett mcgurk, the senior us official in the counter—is coalition, issued the warning after iraqi forces cut off the last road out of the city, trapping is fighters inside. police are launching an unprecedented appeal at the supreme court against a ruling it failed the victims of one of the uk's most dangerous rapists. judges said scotland yard had breached the human rights of two women because officers didn't properly investigatejohn worboys who was jailed for life in 2009 after committing more than 100 rapes. the outcome of the case could have profound legal implications for policing as our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, reports. a trusted black cab driver, but one of the country's most dangerous rapists. john worboys attacked more than 100 womenover six years, hunting them down late at night in london with an elaborate trick. he'd show off a bag of cash claiming it was a big gambling win and offer them drug—laced champagne. few of his victims could entirely remembered what happened next and police did not take their complaints seriously. one of his victims from 2007 had her recount dismissed. one of his victims from 2007 had her account dismissed. had the officers who looked at my case taken my allegations seriously, they would have found substantial pieces of evidence. they didn't do that, and as a result, so many more women went on to get harmed. the botched investigation led to a landmark ruling by the high court that scotland yard breached the human rights of the women, and that means police can be sued. the force is now challenging that unprecedented ruling. this case is really important because women need to be able to hold police to account when they fail as catastrophically as they failed in thejohn worboys case. if the police had acted sooner, if they had listened to the women, and if they had followed their own policies, it is likely that fewer women would have been raped. as it was, he was left on the streets. the force admits it made mistakes but argues that important legal principles are at stake. if the justices rule against the met, it could have profound implications about how police chiefs prioritise serious violence and sexual crimes. dominic casciani, bbc news. there has been tight security for a second day outside the dutch embassy in istanbul. relations between the two countries have continued to sour after the turkish president called the netherlands a "banana republic." yesterday, riot police used water canons to break up crowds protesting in rotterdam after two turkish ministers were prevented from speaking in the city over the weekend. the government says it will investigate claims that a document outlining theresa may's schedule for a visit to the north—west of england was left on a train. the daily mirror has published a note which it says was found by a member of the public in january. it appears to identify a hotel where the prime minister was due to work that afternoon and gives a private address for where she was due to attend dinner. if you thought boaty mcboatface had sunk without a trace, after the decision was taken not to give a research vessel the name which had been chosen by the public, fear not. boaty lives on as a yellow submarine, and as she sets off on herfirst expedition to antarctica, there's another twist in the tale. here's our science correspondent, rebecca morelle. getting ready to take a dip. this is boaty mcboatface. at the national 0ceanography centre in southampton, the robotic submarine's being put to the test before heading out to sea. this submersible has been kitted out with the latest underwater technology. but now, scientists have decided that one boaty mcboatface is not enough. so, instead, we've got not one, not two, but three subs, a fleet of boatys ready to explore beneath the waves. this new vehicle can stay out for weeks or months at a time. it can deploy from close to the shore or close to the shoreline, so we don't need a ship to get some of the measurements it can make. we can also cover a number of different projects at the same time by having three of them. there's an awful amount of sea out there, so this is good to get a lot of new data all at once. they will work alongside this, the new polar research vessel in the uk. it was almost called "boaty mcboatface" after the vote, and now it has been named after sir david attenborough after it was deemed too silly. now its submarines have been named that instead. they will dive into the coldest oceans on earth to see how the climate is changing. stand by for more on the adventures of the boatys. rebecca morelle, bbc news. it is good to hear that, isn't it? that is brilliant. would you like to see some of the niftiest car parking ever? yes. have a look at this. we often hear that cars are getting bigger and parking spaces are getting smaller but that's less of an issue when you've got the reflexes of a rally driver. northern ireland's kris meeke careered off the road in the closing stages of a world rally championship race in mexico yesterday but still managed to pick his way through the car park on the way to the finish line. he found a gap in a hedge and got back on track to win the race for citreon, finishing about 14 seconds ahead of his nearest rival. it was the fourth win of meeke's career and takes him to sixth in the championship overall. that is very stylish, isn't it? you would get a bit of a fright if you saw that car doing those doughnuts. let's go back to steph, who is in leeds for us with the latest on today's rail strikes in the north and south of england. they will probably cause problems for so many people, won't they? good morning. good morning. it is not that bad this morning. you can see quite a lot of northern rail services are running on time as you can see by the signage. 14% of the services will be running. three companies have staff striking today. merseyrail will be running reduced services. southern rail as well. we will find out more. we have a guest that operates the northern rail service. what will people face today? today we will run 980 train services approximately and 300 rail replacement bus services. they will operate from 7am until 7pm. that is 14% of the normal service. we expect to carry over a lot through the day. it is an incredibly busy day. we have brought in many additional people to support us and deliver this service and are working with agency partners to make sure we are doing well. the unions are critical of the services running today, saying the timetable is a high risk. what would you say to that? we have spent a lot of time making customers aware of the strike action. we know how important we are to keep people moving and employed. we have prioritised services based on heavy passenger flows to get people to work. we have asked those people who do not have to travel when it is not essential to help us. do not have to travel when it is not essentialto help us. in do not have to travel when it is not essential to help us. in terms of the dispute you are in with the union, explain what it is about the pillow where the start of a massive modernisation journey. pillow where the start of a massive modernisationjourney. —— pillow where the start of a massive modernisation journey. —— about. that means new trains, new services, investment in stations. as part of that, we want to make the book more available and visible and we want to reveal more of the guard. the union said you are putting profits before passengers. the changes with guards on trains will have deep—seated safety concerns, as they said. the independent rail regulator said this is safe. that is a method used all over the uk. it is safe. that is a method used all overthe uk. it is is safe. that is a method used all over the uk. it is safe. we are putting people were customers want them. on the train and on the station and making them available and visible. argued talking with unions? they said they wanted to talk. —— are you. unions? they said they wanted to talk. -- are you. we had a number of discussions last monday. we want to continue the dialogue and we ask them to come back to the table. this action is premature and we wanted to come here and help us to shape trains for the future. if they say they want to talk and you want them to come back to the table, why aren't you talking? they are adamant they have one position and want us to move to that. we want to talk about how to modernise. the route is incredibly diverse. it is not one size fits all in northern. we want to decide in conjunction with people to decide in conjunction with people to deliver the best service for customers. will passengers face more delays? this is a 24—hour strike. will discontinue in the form of southern, where there was a lot of disruption. we hope not. that is why we asking the rmt to with us. let us work together to deliver great trains. thank you. we will talk to the union later on. now for more impact on what is going on. this is a disruption. tell us about what impact this will have on commuters? i think there has been good warning it was coming up but of course people didn't know which trains would be running so i think we will see more people driving into work or working from home to avoid the situation. how important is the train network to the area? it is absolutely vital. leedsis the area? it is absolutely vital. leeds is growing at 6% per year. the city centre is going to double in the next ten years so we need to have good connectivity to all places leeds. they have talked about the need for modernisation of the train service. is that something you agree with, that there needs to be modernisation? absolutely, we are pushing harderfor northern powerhouse rail, if we called north it might get more attention but we have to have it so that people can move here and live you without having to change jobs, move here and live you without having to changejobs, simply because we will have a good connected rail and roads system. we will be talking to the rmt union a little bit later, in about one hour's time and talking to some of the commuters as they try to work out how they are going to get to work today. that's it from me for now. you are watching breakfast. the main stories this morning: the bill paving the way for brexit faces its final test in parliament today. ministers believe mps will reject the changes made to the legislation in the house of lords. rail companies in three parts of england are on strike today. conductors on southern, northern and merseyrail are walking out in a dispute over the role of guards. it was crufts over the weekend. let me show you a picture of the winner. an american cocker spaniel with a three barrelled name, afterglow miami inc. ajack russell named 0llie also won the hearts of the nation. let's have a look at 0llie. he was giving this all, but as you can see, probably got a little bit ove rco m e by can see, probably got a little bit overcome by the nose. a bit rogue. you are clearly meant to go through all of those, not just you are clearly meant to go through all of those, notjust round and through a couple, and mist out the end ones. he wasn't hurt at all, i should say. you very much enjoyed himself and everyone in the auditorium was certainly enjoying it. a little bit overcome by nerves and excitement. that is a way to attack life. we will be talking to somebody who was in the finals, a sort of hero dog who will be here a little bit later, who looks after this companion, joel. and joel is autistic, and caddie made such a difference to this life. the dog had made a massive impact on this life. and caddie will be here with this mum a little bit later as well. it is lovely and sunny, apparently. this is outside of our studios in salford quays. and carol has a gorgeous picture from, if i remember correctly, is that cumbria? yes, top of the class, dan. apologies if i pronounce this incorrectly, but is stunning. the weather for some of us will be as well. we're looking at some sunshine, temperature is above average for the time of year after a chilly start. there is also some frost around first thing, especially across england and wales. high—pressure dominating our weather. this weather front has moved from the west to the east through the course of the night, after an early frost for northern ireland scotland temperatures up overnight as more cloud arrived and that weather front is still with us, still producing a fair bit of cloud across scotland and northern england, parts of wales as well, with the odd spot of rain. 0n either side of it we are looking at a fine start to the day, albeit chilly for some. if we start off in the south—west you can see a lot of sunshine, and across southern counties generally. the same through the midlands, east anglia, most of wales and most of northern england, away from where we have our weather front. some hill fog with that as well. southern scotland and northern ireland seeing a bit of cloud. it will brighten up for you later but behind the weather front we are looking at clear skies with a few showers still across the northern isles. here also it is going to be a breezy day but later on the wind will pick up and tomorrow you will know all about it. today we have got our weather front slowly weakening and drifting south eastwards. so it will be a cloudy afternoon across northern england, the midlands, wales, south—west england and is the south—east and east anglia that hang the sunshine for the longest, with highs of about 16. we're looking at brightening up across northern ireland and parts of scotland, and the very far north of england as well. through the evening and overnight the weather front brings the cloud into the south—east. kind at some clearance but we have a weather front coming in at some clearance but we have a weatherfront coming in introducing rain, increasingly turning showery, and strengthening winds for scotland and strengthening winds for scotland and northern ireland. as a result of this it will not be as colder night as the one that has just gone. so we start tomorrow with the remnants of the cloud clearing away from the south—east. some brighter skies coming in behind it. very windy in the far north of men and scotland and the northern isles. here it will be whipping up some big waves and there will be some showers, some of which will be wintry. temperatures generally 12 to about 15 but in the sunshine and the shelter of the hills in the south—east we could hit 17 or 18. the average in the south—east at this time in march is about 11. for wednesday our weather front with surround and takes another swipe at us, coming north again. it will still be fairly mild and on wednesday there will be some bright skies but also some cloud at times, with another system waiting in the west to introduce yet more rain. into the north—west, the rest of us should stay dry at this stage. thank you very much. we have some flowers here. and some nasty nettles as well. we shall explain what all. until now, we have been told that air pollution is damaging to people, but now we are being warned it is harmful to plants, too. nettles, brambles and thistles are thriving at the expense of wildflowers, because of rising levels of nitrogen in our atmosphere. so what threat does this pose to the countryside? trevor dines is a botanical specialist from the conservation charity plantlife. hejoins us now. he has brought some bits and bobs with him. talk us through exactly what have we got here. most people recognise, particularly these nasty brits over here. but the ones at the front are really nice. that is purple sassafras, are really rare, arctic alpine plant from our upper mountain areas. more familiar to people, a lovely cowslip flower. the problem is these are the ones, the nettles a nd problem is these are the ones, the nettles and brambles are suffocating them. we are well aware of this problem with air pollution, and it is nitrogen compounds in the atmosphere. it is notjust a problem in the city. that nitrogen is being blown around all over our countryside and deposited onto the countryside, so in the past 50 years or so we have seen a real explosion in these plants that really love nitrogen, and this one is top of the scale, it really loves nitrogen. nettles well. big, thuggish plans that thrive on the sort of stuff at the expense of these much smaller, more delicate species, especially things like this little cowslip. they really don't like it. it is almost like a schoolyard bully sort of situation. they literally... these plants literally grow, get bigger, shove aside the smaller things, and the smaller things are disappearing. so a third of the species that don't like nitrogen are now disappearing from the countryside. so the hedgerows are noticeably looking different, are they? if you say to people wander down your local hedgerow, and what down your local hedgerow, and what do you remember seeing their 34 yea rs do you remember seeing their 34 years ago, you will have seen lots of flowers flowering there. these days it is often just a thicket of vessels. and this is down to, like i say, nitrogen, but also to ammonia as well. so what we are asking for is for... there are government targets to set for reduction of these things, which we are asking obviously pre— brexit for these targets to remain in place. but it is also about farmers, and the farming community. because a lot of this nitrogen is coming from livestock farming. and there are some really simple measures that farmers can do, so putting a cap on top of the slurry tank, for example, or injecting the slurry into the ground can reduce these emissions by about 90%. chicken farms are another big source of ammonia getting out into the countryside. plant shelter belt around those and that can prevent nitrogen getting into the countryside. it is about notjust thinking what is happening in the towns, it is about what is happening in the countryside as well. and what can, for example, if people have land or whatever, some hedgerows near them which are full of the nettles a nd near them which are full of the nettles and the docks, is there anything they can do about it? well, management is the best thing we can do. it is a really big problem. we have seen massive changes in the countryside over the last 50 years with this thing, but removing that plant material, that's probably the best thing that we as conservationists can do. so proper roadside management, proper road verge management, cutting them at the right time of year, once these flowers have had a chance to... which is financially, isn't it —— financially expensive, isn't it? which is why what we are calling for is sustained advice for farmers to be able to... they are doing a lot of stuff already, but that is mostly nitrogen going into water. we are saying look at the ararat un focus on. if it carries on, is there a chance that these routes, the thugs, can complete the takeover? yes, and there is a really beautiful flower behind us called bellflower, and for the first time last year in england that was categorised as being near threatened. so these things are actually disappearing from the countryside. it is an issue that people just don't know about. we talk about it as being the elephant in the room of conservation, so we are sort of dragging the elephant out, painting at purple and getting people to talk about it. is there any point people planting these kinds of flowers? it is great to grow them in your garden, and that isa grow them in your garden, and that is a nice thing to do, up in snowdonia, that would bejust is a nice thing to do, up in snowdonia, that would be just coming into flower now, even miles away from anywhere, you have nitrogen falling on that site, and those little places where that is becoming covered in grass now and literally shoving it aside. are they good way to deal with the nettle sting? . how do you deal with the nettle sting?” think a placebo effect comes in. the best thing is actually soap, because the nettle sting is very acidic. its formic acid gets into your skin, and you want an alcohol to neutralise it. soap is the best thing. you are not normally in —— alkaline to neutralise it. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. it is the rmt union's 30th strike on southern rail today. the action will last until midnight, and is about the ongoing dispute over the role of conductors, and making the services driver—only operated. the union says it won't agree to the proposal, while southern's parent company says the action is pointless. if we look at how that is affecting southern trains this morning, there is no service between clapham junction to milton keynes, or leatherhead to guildford, and there is a reduced service into london bridge. the metropolitan police is launching an unprecedented appeal at the supreme court against a ruling which said it failed victims of one of the uk's most dangerous rapists. london black cab driver john worboys was jailed in 2009, and judges said scotland yard had breached the human rights of two women because they didn't properly investigate the crime. the case is so important around police negligence that theresa may, when she was still home secretary, intervened to support scotland yard. a clinic in west london for women who have undergone female genital mutilation is being forced to close, but a row has broken out as to who is to blame for the decision. the acton african well woman centre has seen more than 1,000 women and girls since it opened a decade ago. ealing council denies it is responsible for the closure, saying it is strongly committed to supporting services for victims of fgm, but the charity is angry at having to close. this is totally unacceptable for young women who rely so much on these services. we are not talking about health and well—being. if the services are not targeted for non—pregnant women, then these girls will not be able to fit into those services. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, a signal failure at gloucester road is causing problems on the circle line. that has minor delays, as does the district line, for the same reason. the london 0verground has minor delays between liverpool street and enfield town, due to a faulty train. 0n the roads, the m25 is slow clockwise at the qeii bridge, after a car broke down earlier. let's have a check on the weather now, with kate. good morning. well, after a rather grey end to the weekend, it looks like a lovely, bright start to the new week. plenty of sunshine around through the course of today, and it should stay dry. now, there is a gentle breeze, nothing too significant, and in the sunshine the air is still mild, so it is going to feel pleasantly warm, especially by the end of the afternoon. we are looking at 15, maybe even 16 celsius in the sunshine. now, you will notice this cloud just starting to edge in towards the end of the afternoon, so clouding over for parts of north london, and then gradually that cloud sinks south through the evening and overnight. still, the breeze, the minimum temperature, though, staying around nine or ten celsius so a mild start tomorrow. there is a more cloud around, but it should thin and break, leaving some sunny spells, especially through the afternoon, and the temperature through tuesday and through wednesday stays pleasantly mild. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello. good morning. this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. mps are due to debate changes to the brexit bill in the commons later today. it comes after the house of lords voted in favour of amendments which would guarantee the rights of eu citizens living in the uk, and would give parliament a "meaningful" say on the final deal. if mps and peers do pass the bill today, theresa may could start the process of the uk leaving the european union this week. rail staff from three firms across england have started 24—hour strikes in a dispute over the role of guards. the rmt‘s 30th strike day in its dispute with southern over plans to make trains driver—only—operated has spread to the north of england. guards and drivers working for merseyrail and northern are taking action over similar proposals. rail bosses argue it's about modernising services and they denyjobs will be lost. the us envoy co—ordinating the fight against the so—called islamic state says any fighters left in mosul will die in the iraqi city. brett mcgurk, the senior us official in the counter—is coalition, issued the warning after iraqi forces cut off the last road out of the city, trapping is fighters inside. two leading health unions have told the home secretary they're "deeply concerned" about the effect of a new charge for employers who bring in staff from beyond europe. the british medical association and the royal college of nursing say the £1,000 "immigration skills charge" will damage nhs budgets. the government said it is committed to building home—grown skills and the charge will encourage investment in training. there has been tight security for a second day outside the dutch embassy in istanbul. relations between the two countries have continued to sour after the turkish president called the netherlands a "banana republic." yesterday, riot police used water canons to break up crowds protesting in rotterdam after two turkish ministers were prevented from speaking in the city over the weekend. the government says it will investigate claims that a document outlining theresa may's schedule for a visit to the north—west of england was left on a train. the daily mirror has published a note which it says was found by a member of the public in january. it appears to identify a hotel where the prime minister was due to work that afternoon and gives a private address for where she was due to attend dinner. do you remember when boaty mcboatface won the public vote? if you thought boaty mcboatface had sunk without a trace, after the decision was taken not to give a research vessel the name which had been chosen by the public, fear not. boaty lives on as a yellow submarine, and as she sets off on herfirst expedition to antarctica, there's another twist in the tale. the public were denied, but now they have three. we will have the weather in ten minutes. let's get the sports news. kat's at buckingham palace for the launch of the queen's baton relay later today. what a lovely morning. absolutely glorious. good morning. happy commonwealth day. i don't know how you are celebrating, but the queen has a busy day as the head of the commonwealth. she will come to buckingham palace onto the behind me to put a message of hope and friendship into the commonwealth baton, inviting friends from all over the commonwealth to invite them to australia in a year's time to compete in the commonwealth games, which start on the fourth of april on the gold coast next year. after that she will hand the commonwealth baton to alan mears, the most decorated female cyclist there has ever been, a huge profile australian athletes, victoria henderson's long—time rival. the queen has an easyjob is to be she just has to go from the platform to be sent to get, about 20 metres. —— mears. she will pass that to victoria. day competed at the top of female cycling for ages. —— they. victoria will run around the victoria memorial outside buckingham palace and pass it on to someone to take it to westminster abbey for a morning service. a busy day for the queen ashy kickstarts the buildup for the commonwealth games in australia later on. —— as she. and now for the sport. spurs are on their way to wembley. they'll be in today's fa cup semi—final draw after a six nil win over millwall at white hart lane. south korean, son—hueng min, scored a hat—trick as theyjoined manchester city and arsenal in the last four. chelsea or manchester united will take the last place. they play tonight, and it's live across the bbc. we are pleased and happy. we want to prepare next week the premier league match. i am prepare next week the premier league match. iam happy prepare next week the premier league match. i am happy and the performance was fantastic. while spurs were on fa cup duty, liverpool closed the gap on them tojust a point in the premier league. liverpool came from behind to beat burnley 2—1. emre can scoring the winning goal. derby county have sacked steve mcclaren for a second time, five months after he rejoined the club. derby are 10th in the championship, they've won only once in their last nine games. a late equaliser from clint hill gave rangers a 1—1 draw at celtic, but the scottish premiership champions now need only six more points to win the title again. celtic are 25 points clear of second—placed aberdeen. there are no british players left in the indian wells tennis in california. women's number one, johanna konta, was knocked out in the third round by caroline garcia of france, in three sets. dan evans and kyle edmund were also beaten. great britain's elise christie has become a triple world champion at the short track speed skating championships in rotterdam. she added the overall and 1,000—metres titles to the 1,500—metres gold she won on saturday. 0n social media, christie said "0verall champion, no words." judd trump won six frames in a row on his way to victory in the players‘ championship in llandudno. he came from 5—2 down to beat marco fu 10—8 in the final to take his second ranking event of the season. let's return to football because it seems some of today's professionals are retiring way too early. kazuyoshi miura ofjapan has made history by becoming the oldest professional player to score in a competitive match. at 50 years and 14 days old, he scored the only goal in yokohama's1—0 victory over thespa kusatsu in japan's second division. that beat the record set back in 1965 by sir stanley matthews, who scored at the age of 50 years and five days. and they have started to test the sound system behind mejust on cue, as the queen gets ready to send the baton around the commonwealth. before 8am i will talk to one of the organisers and a paralympic athletes who wants to take part in some events. he will be here to tell us what it will mean for him to compete ina games. what it will mean for him to compete in a games. we will have more from the gorgeous buckingham palace later on. and one of our viewers has pointed out you both have the same scarf on. we will have the weather from carol soon, but returning to one of our stories now. all parents will tell you how important it is that their newborn baby gets plenty of sleep, but what many may not know, is the best way to put the child safely in its cot. a new survey has revealed that around two thirds of mums and dads are unsure how they can reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, also known as cot death. the charity, the lullaby trust now wants to raise awareness on the best way to put baby to bed. let's take a look. i love baby james. i love babyjames. gorgeous. clear messages, but we will go through them again. joining us now are abir ali, whose son, charlie, died from sudden infant death syndrome, and christina rolles from the lullaby trust. good morning. thank you forjoining us. it is every parent's worst nightmare. it happens to you. take us nightmare. it happens to you. take us through what happened to charlie. he was born in february, 2004. he was a lovely boy. after 20 days, on march three, he sadly passed away. we did not know that was going to happen. you found him, didn't you? yes. i knew he was gone. yes. which is just devastating. tell us about it. did you know, how for example he should be put to bed? at the time we did not know we had to lie him on his back. we had a few toys and things like that. we just did not know. many parents are in the same situation. i suppose there is a level of ignorance. that is why this campaign is trying to make it clear exactly what pa rents campaign is trying to make it clear exactly what parents should do with their children. yes. we recently did a survey which showed that 55% of pa rents were unsure a survey which showed that 55% of parents were unsure of the basics of safe sleep. that is why with our campaign we are trying to get back to the basics, the abcs of safety sleep, always put your baby on its backin sleep, always put your baby on its back ina sleep, always put your baby on its back in a clear sleeping spot. that is very simple advice. if parents stick to that, how much difference could make? we know it makes a lot of difference. it has been 20 years since the start of the campaign since the start of the campaign since 1991, the rate of sudden infa nt since 1991, the rate of sudden infant death syndrome has fallen by 85%. so we know that the advice works. the rates still could be lower if every parent new safer sleep advice. rates could go down even more. do we sleep advice. rates could go down even more. do we know sleep advice. rates could go down even more. do we know what happens with sudden infant death syndrome? 0r cot death as we used to call it. we don't know, but research shows there are things that can be done to reduce the risk and steps terence can take. you feel very strongly about this. —— parents. what is your advice to parents with small babies? if you have any doubt, if you need advice, please contact the charity. they have a fashion us. —— professionals. they can give the right kind of advice. a fantastic organisation. it helped me a lot. in the aftermath as well? one thing i did not do was that bad did not contact them straightaway. i left it a few years. when i did, they were very helpful. was that on the advice of someone else? did you feel you needed help? i felt i needed help. i did not know what to do. i was quite isolated in that experience. so was charlie's mother. but we got there in the end. thank you so much for coming in to speak to us. the other thing is co—sleeping. what are the m essa g es thing is co—sleeping. what are the messages about that? having the baby in the bed. some parents choose to co—sleep. it is about doing that safely and making sure that if you have had a drink or your smoke, don't take baby into bed that night. make sure there is no loose bedding or pillows. if the baby is of premature or low birth weight, don't cosleep. remind us of the basics again. we need the viewers to know this. always keep your children on their back in a clear cot space. thank you for that. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. it isa it is a gorgeous morning and places out there. it certainly is. thank you. good morning. temperature—wise it is mixed fortunes depending on where you are. for belfast, glasgow and weak it is not particular cold, whereas if we come further south across england and wales it is cold, and for some of us there is a touch of frost around this morning as well. for many, a dry day. some sunshine, but we also have a weather front crossing us at the moment, reducing some cloud and also some spots of rain. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather currently. that is wada so settled. this weather front crossed northern ireland and scotland through the night so after a cold start to the night so after a cold start to the night you have ended up with a mild start to the day as temperatures actually rose. it is still producing quite a bit of cloud across southern scotland, northern england and also pots of wales. to the north of that, there will be some brighter breaks. still some showers, and breezy across the northern isles and to the south of that we are looking at some sunshine. you can see how through that our weather front encroachers that our weather front encroachers that bit further south, introducing some cloud. nonetheless across east anglia and much of southern england we will hang the sunshine. light winds and highs of 16. a pleasant afternoon in the channel islands, with some sunshine. as we drift from dorset towards the south—west there isa dorset towards the south—west there is a bit more cloud around. a little bit of luck around the coast. for wales into the midlands, a bit more cloud around as a weather front comes south. it will be a pleasant enough day. northern ireland seeing the other side of the weather front through the afternoon, as will much of scotland. we do have a weather front coming in across the north—west, that will introduce some rain later. for northern england, back under that weather front and cloud, it is the same for the midlands. through the evening and overnight, eventually the weather front gets down into the south—east. quite a lot cloud behind it. wet weather coming in behind it, at the rain turning more showery. as a result of all of this it will not be as colder night as the one which has just gone. we start tomorrow on a fairly cloudy note. again, we will have the windy conditions, gusts of maybe 60 or 70 miles an hour across the far north of mainland scotland, whipping up some big waves and also some showers, some of which will be wintry. for the rest of us it is variable amounts of cloud, some sunny skies, temperatures 12 to 15 celsius but somewhere in the south—east we could see 17 or 18 tomorrow. the average in the south—east is around 11 at this stage in march. for wednesday, again quite a bit of cloud around at times. the odd shower here and there, most of us will mist them. we will also see some brighter breaks. temperature is around eight to 15 but we do have some rain coming in across the north—west and during the course of thursday you can see how thatis course of thursday you can see how that is very slowly going to be pushing south eastwards. again, as it comes across england and wales, it comes across england and wales, it will be a weakening feature so the driest and brightest conditions will be in the south—east, with highs of 13 or 14. in short, if you like your temperatures that little bit higher than they should be, you are infora bit higher than they should be, you are in for a treat for much of this week. a little bit chilly for shorts, isn't it? no, it's not! or write. —— or write. shorts, isn't it? no, it's not! or write. —— orwrite. 0ur we have been showing you pictures from crufts, which took place at the weekend, and one of the categories that gets attention is friends for life, which showcases the very special bond between owners and their dogs. among the finalists was 13—year—old joel and his autism assistance dog caddie. the pair do everything together, from cinema trips and swimming to brushing their teeth. let's take a look at how special their relationship is. he is just looking at you, just with a blank but adorable expression.” found it hard to basically live. it was hard without caddie by my side. before we even hear thatjoel is not coping, caddie is up the stairs, nudging him, trying to distract him. keeps me focus on what i'm doing, makes me feel safe, calm and happy. keeps me healthy. things are easier. eating at the table is easier. walking down the road is easier. when joel is walking down the road is easier. whenjoel is stressed, caddie is that to calm him, laying on him or leaning on them. everyday is different now. here's more than friends. a guardian angel for me. guardian angel. guardian angel indeed. and we will be joined byjoel and caddie in about an hour from now. the queen's baton relay has marked the countdown to the commonwealth games since 1958. later today, the baton will begin its round—the—world trip from buckingham palace, where kat is this morning. good morning. it has finally warmed up good morning. it has finally warmed up and my feet are just thawing out. it has been freezing since before sunrise but now the sun is out, the job is out in force. it is a sporty feel around buckingham palace, and that fits with the theme because the queen launches the queen's baton relay later this morning. she will come out of buckingham palace onto the platform and she will insert a message of and friendship to the commonwealth into the baton, which will be carried around the world through the 70 nations and territories of the commonwealth before arriving on the gold coast of australia next april for the start of the commonwealth games. so this is officially really the start of the countdown to those games. a big day, and a big day for a nine—year—old schoolgirl from southport, who has been selected to deliver the message to her majesty which the queen will then put into the baton. a big day for emily dean, she is a keen runner and she goes to some philip school in southport. what she has to say. i am going to be reading a message to the queen about the commonwealth. there are 52 commonwealth countries, and the country that we are learning about is in the commonwealth. i am really excited. and i am feeling proud. so yes, the commonwealth games arrive in australia, and i am joined by two very prominent australians, kurt fearnley, who is a para— athlete and has won many medals both at the paralympics and at the commonwealth games and david griffin burke from the commonwealth games federation. i will come to you first, because i just want to ask how important is the commonwealth games to an athlete such as yourself? there is a lot of different variables with these commonwealth games, it is the only games where you seek para— athlete and their colleagues in the same events. for me to have it at home, especially for my last games, i couldn't imagine anything better for the gold coast. you mentioned that the gold coast. you mentioned that the power athletes compete alongside the power athletes compete alongside the able—bodied athletes. it the only event where that happens —— para— athletes. only event where that happens —— pa ra— athletes. how only event where that happens —— para— athletes. how important is that to boost the profile of the sport? not only the status, but the way we feel about it within ourselves. to be side with able—bodied peers, to feel the self—confidence attached to that self—worth, and the next athlete coming through, the 12—year—old, 13—year—old wheelchair racer from the uk or australia will look today and see that there is an australian paralympian, an australian para— athlete introducing the baton to her majesty and the palace. you can't buy that sort of confidence for the next generation, so for that reason alone i think it isjust a really rare and beautiful occasion. are you looking forward to today? what is your role? 0ne looking forward to today? what is your role? one i am taking the baton into the palace and i am the grandson of other boy from england, who passed away —— of a boy from england, who passed away a crowding lishman. is the gold coast ready? before delhi 2010 we were worried about the accommodation, facilities, the stadiums. how is the gold coast looking ahead of next year? with 388 days to go gold coast is on course and doing a fantasticjob. to be here launching that countdown on commonwealth day, and the theme of a peace building commonwealth, couldn't be more appropriate and more excited. and how important is the baton relay? it is unlike any relay of its kind. her majesty's secret message that goes into the baton, read during the opening ceremony, really galvanises people. and that message of hope and peace and prosperity is something that for really generations of athlete and fa ns really generations of athlete and fans has really galvanised our modern commonwealth, which represents one in every three people. so 2.4 billion people around the world are commonwealth citizens, and the baton reaches out to all of them and is very accessible. you can touchit them and is very accessible. you can touch it and feel the energy. and let's have a quick chat with you about what you are hoping to do. you have had such a glittering career so far, so many medals, what are you hoping to competing in the commonwealth? i think about 65 mayor of london, 43 of them i have been able to cross first, the potentially finish time in the australian uniform and the gold coast, to finish in front, that would just be a dream. 18 years, i couldn't ask for anything more and the games will be beautiful. they will be run so well, and it will be so uniquely australian. i don't know about you guys. australian. i don't know about you guys, but thank you so much. that has definitely sold at from me. they run from the fourth to the 15th of april and kurt has definitely sold me on the ticket. i am hoping to be on the plane, fingers crossed.” quite like a beach, rio, copacabana... get some weddings and hens parties in the background, perfect! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. it is the rmt union's 30th strike on southern rail today. the action will last until midnight, and is about the ongoing dispute over the role of conductors, and making the services driver—only operated. the union says it won't agree to the proposal, while southern's parent company says the action is pointless. if we look at how that is affecting southern trains this morning, there is no service between clapham junction to milton keynes, or leatherhead to guildford, and there is a reduced service in to london bridge. the metropolitan police is launching an unprecedented appeal at the supreme court against a ruling which said it failed victims of one of the uk's most dangerous rapists. black cab driverjohn worboys, from rotherhithe, was jailed in 2009, and judges said scotland yard had breached the human rights of two women because they didn't properly investigate the crime. the case is so important around police negligence that theresa may, when she was still home secretary, intervened to support scotland yard. the mother of an 11—year—old girl has produced a billboard to celebrate natural black hair, because she says does not want her daughter to think she has to use extensions, wigs or chemical straighteners. lekia lee, who has no background in advertising, said, "nowadays you see a lot of prominent black women with weaves, straight weaves and wigs, and i didn't what her to think that there is anything wrong with her hair." the double—sided billboard on the a4 west cromwell road in west london was donated free of charge by uk billboards, after lekia failed to raise enough money through crowd —funding. nowadays, you go out and you see a lot of black women, prominent black women, with weeds, straight weeds, and, you know, wigs. and i didn't wa nt and, you know, wigs. and i didn't want her to think tom ever, that there is anything wrong with her hair. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, a signal failure at gloucester road is causing problems on the circle line. that has minor delays. the district line has severe delays for the same reason. the london 0verground has minor delays between liverpool street and enfield town, due to a faulty train. 0n the roads, the m25 is slow clockwise at the qeii bridge, after a car broke down earlier. let's have a check on the weather now, with kate. good morning. well, after a rather grey end to the weekend, it looks like a lovely, bright start to the new week. plenty of sunshine around through the course of today, and it should stay dry. now, there is a gentle breeze, nothing too significant, and in the sunshine the air is still mild, so it is going to feel pleasantly warm, especially by the end of the afternoon. we are looking at 15, maybe even 16 celsius in the sunshine. now, you will notice this cloud just starting to edge in towards the end of the afternoon, so clouding over for parts of north london, and then gradually that cloud sinks south through the evening and overnight. still, the breeze, the minimum temperature, though, staying mild, nine or ten celsius, so a mild start tomorrow. there is a more cloud around, but it should thin and break, leaving some sunny spells, especially through the afternoon, and the temperature through tuesday and through wednesday stays pleasantly mild. there is more on that billboard promoting black natural her on va nessa promoting black natural her on vanessa feltz. hello this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. decision day for brexit, as the bill for triggering article 50 faces its final test in parliament. will mps have put up a fight or will they give the government the power to start brexit? good morning it's monday, the 13th of march. also this morning: rail workers go on strike in three parts of england. steph is at leeds station. good morning. 2000 workers from three companies are expected to be on strike today from merseyrail, northern and southern. i am at leeds station this morning to find out what impact it is having on travellers today. we'll hear how caddie, the autism assistance dog, has transformed the life of his ownerjoel. they'll bejoining us on the sofa, fresh from reaching a final at crufts. good morning, iam good morning, i am at buckingham palace to say whether queen will send the commonwealth button on its journey around the world before the commonwealth games in australia next year. and carol has the weather. if you like a beautiful sunrise, it isa if you like a beautiful sunrise, it is a lovely morning. but it is chilly with frost. we have a weak weather front moving southwards and the odd spot of rain will continue as it continues itsjourney the odd spot of rain will continue as it continues its journey towards the south. we will have a full report with carol at 8:15am. good morning. first, our main story. the legislation paving the way for theresa may to begin the formal brexit negotiations, faces its final test in parliament today. ministers will seek to overturn two defeats from the house of lords, when the brexit bill returns to the commons. 0ur political correspondent, alex forsyth is in westminster for us. what can we expect to happen today? good morning. can you run us through what will happen through the course of today. it could be the final day? it is entering its final stages in parliament. the house of lords has already had its say and wanted to make two changes. the first was to protect the rights of eu citizens already living in the uk and the second was to make sure parliament gets a say on the final terms of the brexit deal after the terms and negotiations have been discussed. it wa nts negotiations have been discussed. it wants this bill to go through with no strings attached. mps will debate and vote on that and the question is whether the government can reassure mps they won't be cut out of the process and parliament will get a vote on the final terms of the brexit deal. it is looking likely the government will do that and if thatis the government will do that and if that is the case, this bill could clear to the house of commons and finished its passage through parliament by the end of the day. that would mean theresa may, had in her hands, the power to start brexit. alex, thank you. it is due in the house of commons at 6pm and the house of lords at ten p.m.. we will keep you up—to—date. rail strikes which have caused months of misery in the south of england have spread to the north today, as a row over the role of guards rumbles on. members of the rmt union at three train companies began their action just after midnight. up to 2,000 workers in the rmt union at these three rail operators have gone on strike in disputes over the way staff will work in the future. so, how did we get to this point? plans for ‘driver only trains‘ where there isn't a guard in charge of shutting the doors, have been at the heart of this ongoing row. it‘s a dispute that‘s caused months of chaos for southern rail commuters. today‘s action will be the rmt‘s 30th strike day in the dispute, which has now spread to the north of england. so what can passengers expect service—wise today? let‘s find out from steph, who‘s at leeds train station for us this morning. morning. morning everybody. it has been coming in waves this morning. chill in the air and lots of commuters wondering what this disruption will mean to them. one of the men handing out the paper this morning, march madness as a million hit by train strikes. so there will be disruption today. northern rail, this is one of the stations they use. they are saying only 40% of the services will be running. they do have rail replacement is running as well. so far, not any massive delays. things running smoothly. i think they have put on extra staff to make sure the peak time is kept running smoothly. if you look at the other lines, merseyrail, they say they are running trains every half—hour instead of every 15 minutes. bit of disruption there. on southern rail, which is the one we have talked loads about over the last few months, they are saying around 90% of the services running. so there are disruption mostly on northern and merseyrail. around 2000 staff who have walked out. it is a dispute over how the trains are staffed, to do with the driver only operated trains. i will be talking to the union the rmt. i will be talking to them in about ten minutes to find out why they are doing it and what might bring a resolution to this. because for the passengers using the services today, it is disrupting for them, especially as they are trying to get to work. just an update from merseyrail who promised to run trains every half an hour, but they said they are having to run fewer services than planned because many drivers are refusing to cross the picket lines. the us envoy co—ordinating the fight against the so—called islamic state says any fighters left in mosul will die in the iraqi city. brett mcgurk, the senior us official in the counter—is coalition, issued the warning after iraqi forces cut off the last road out of the city, trapping is fighters inside. a british man has been sentenced to six years in prison for murdering a police officer on bali. david taylor was found guilty at a hearing this morning. let‘s get more from jonathan head. thank you for your time. what more can you tell us on this case? he wasn't convicted of murder, the prosecutors had asked for him to be indicted and convicted on charges of assault leading to death. david taylor has always argued in the fight he got into with this balinese police officer last august on the beach, he was defending himself. he approached the officer and accused him of stealing his girlfriend‘s bag. he got into a fight. he said he was fighting for his life. but the officer who was found after mr taylor and his girlfriend had left him, was found with multiple injuries. he was beaten over the head by a beer bottle, radio and a pair of binoculars. so the assault was quite severe. thejudges binoculars. so the assault was quite severe. the judges have binoculars. so the assault was quite severe. thejudges have decided he is responsible for his death. he was convicted of assault, but not murder. the sentencing for his girlfriend, sarah connor, that is ongoing at the moment. but given what we know about the assault on the police officer and what mr taylor has admitted, i don‘t think he will be too upset by the sentence he‘s got. it is possible the indonesian prosecution might appeal and ask for something more severe, but at this stage the court is delivering very much what we expected, given the indictments be handed down. jonathan, thank you. police are launching an unprecedented appeal at the supreme court against a ruling it failed the victims of one of the uk‘s most dangerous rapists. judges said scotland yard had breached the human rights of two women because officers didn‘t properly investigatejohn worboys who was jailed for life in 2009 after committing more than 100 rapes. the outcome of the case could have profound legal implications for policing as our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports. the government says it will investigate claims that a document outlining theresa may‘s schedule for a visit to the north—west of england was left on a train. the daily mirror has published a note which it says was found by a member of the public in january. it appears to identify a hotel where the prime minister was due to work that afternoon and gives a private address for where she was due to attend dinner. if you thought boaty mcboatface had sunk without a trace after the decision was taken not to call a research vessel the name chosen by a public, fear not. boaty mcboatface lives on in not one, not two, but three yellow submarines. one of the boaty‘s has just set off to dive into the coldest waters on earth, to learn about how they affect the world‘s climate. getting ready to take a dip. this is boaty mcboatface. at the national 0ceanography centre in southampton, the robotic submarine‘s being put to the test before heading out to sea. this submersible has been kitted out with the latest underwater technology. but now, scientists have decided that one boaty mcboatface isn‘t quite enough. so, instead, we‘ve got not one, not two, but three subs, a fleet of boatys ready to explore beneath the waves. this new vehicle can stay out for weeks or months at a time. it can deploy from close to the shore or close to the shoreline, so we don‘t need a ship to get some of the measurements it can make. and by having three of them, we can also cover a number of different projects at the same time. there‘s an awful amount of sea out there, so this is good to get a lot of new data all at once. they will work alongside this, the uk‘s new polar research vessel. it was almost called "boaty mcboatface" after a public vote, but that was deemed too silly, and now it has been named after sir david attenborough. now its submarines have been named that instead. they will dive into the coldest oceans on earth to see how the climate is changing. it won‘t be long now until the other submarines head out too. stand by for more on the adventures of the boatys. rebecca morelle, bbc news. the government‘s brexit bill returns to the commons later today, where it will face another round of parliamentary ping—pong. the brexit bill was passed without amendments by the commons, at which point it went to the house of lords. but two votes in the lords led to defeat for the government, with peers calling for greater rights for european union nationals in the uk and a "meaningful" vote on the final deal. the bill returns to the commons today with a debate led by brexit secretary david davis at three—thirty ahead of a vote expected at around 6pm. the final action will see it go back to the lords again, with another vote at around 10pm. if mps and peers pass the bill today, theresa may could start the process of the uk leaving the european union this week. let‘s speak with the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer who is in westminsterfor us. good morning. what is labour going to do today? these are amendments so we‘re going to support them. we will be calling on the government to think again, even at this late moment. these are amendments about eu nationals in this country and amendments about parliament having a proper vote. the question for the government is, in principle, you support eu nationals having security, in principle you support having a vote, why not leave these amendments on the bill so they are there in law? it is likely, even if you are supporting those amendments, it will go through the commons today? the focus is on the tory mps. we will vote in favour of these amendments, but the oppositions cannot outgun the government and less tory mps vote with us. it will bea less tory mps vote with us. it will be a tense afternoon leading to a vote at about six o‘clock. be a tense afternoon leading to a vote at about six o'clock. if it does go through, it goes straight through to the lords, what do you expect them to do? they will have to look at what was said on the floor of the house, did the government give any ground is any change in concession. is the majority any different to when it was last before the commons. these amendments will look that by the commons when the bill was on its way up. they will then take a decision whether to send it back to the commons, possibly tomorrow. we need to be realistic, the vote that matters is the vote this afternoon in the commons. it is the last chance on these amendments. i don‘t think through ping—pong, as it is called, the chances of success go up, it is called, the chances of success go up, they go down. the focus for the government is, why not accept these amendments first time round this afternoon. last chance to do the right thing for eu nationals, last chance to put into law, the meaningful vote for parliament. david davis says parliament will get lots of votes on the journey. well, that may well be right. but the one that may well be right. but the one that really matters is when the government comes back with its deal and parliament has to say whether it is good enough or not and you will see have over the weekend the real concern about the prospect of the government failing and coming back with no deal which would be very destructive as the foreign affairs select committee put it over the weekend or it should be 0ption z as the cbi are putting it. whatever david davis says the one that matters is that one. he agrees in principle there should be that vote, so the question is why not allow it to remain on the face of the bill? he said and he was talking yesterday saying it is not remotely likely that negotiations will break down?” hope he‘s right because the national interest is at stake here. the place of the uk in the world is at stake andi of the uk in the world is at stake and i hope there is the deal that has the confidence of the house, but if it does break down, they need to start planning and recognise just how bad it would be to return in two yea rs how bad it would be to return in two years with no deal. i‘m concerned about the casualness that a number of those in government have about this very real prospect. they have said they are working on contingency plans. they are. i know we're talking way into the future and nothing is certain. if there was no deal, what would labour do? what are your thoughts on that? we have been clear, no deal is the worst of all possible outcomes. we will have to see what happens in two years, but i can‘t see any basis on which we could possibly support that destructive outcome for our country. of course, that‘s one of the reasons we want... inaudible i‘m sorry keir starmer, i can‘t hear you anymore. let‘s talk about the rights of eu migrants. why does that need to be enshrined in law. inaudible keir starmer, i‘m sorry, i can‘t hear you. thank you very much indeed. sorry about the technical difficulties. we will see if we can hear carol this morning. the weather is rather nice. this picture of saltburn by the sea. we have got a weak weather front which is slowly slipping south and as it does so, it is taking its cloud and it is increasingly patchy rain with it. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather at moment so things are settled. this weather front here is the one that‘s slipping south. 0vernight, across northern ireland and scotland and with an increase in cloud the temperatures went up. so it‘s cold across england and wales under clearer skies with a touch of frost this morning. so if we look at that in chart form, a lot of sunshine to start the day across england and wales. here is our weatherfront slipping south. the odd spot of rain in it, but weakening and behind it for northern ireland and scotland, brightening up, but as this weather front advances southwards, it will ta ke front advances southwards, it will take its cloud with it. so it is the south east and east anglia that hang on to the sunshine for the longest period and that extends over towards the isle of wight and dorset. for the isle of wight and dorset. for the channel islands here too, a lovely afternoon. light breezes and for south—west england, there will be more cloud around because the weather front will be across you. some murky conditions around the coasts as well. and it is the same for wales. a bit more cloud around under the influence of that weather front. temperatures in wales about 9 celsius. in northern ireland, the isle of man, you‘re on the other side of the weather front. brightening up with sunshine. there is another front waiting in the wings. as he come south into northern england, again this is where the weather front will be draped so there will be more cloud for you and that will extend into the midlands through the afternoon too. through the evening and overnight, the front gets down to the south taking its cloud with it. there will be some breaks in the cloud, but we‘ve got that other front i showed you coming in across northern ireland and scotland introducing fairly patchy rain. turning more showery as we go through the night, but the wind is going to strengthen in the north. not as cold a night as the one we‘ve gone. gusts of wind 60mph, to 70mph. for the rest of the uk, well, if you‘re in the shelter of the hill you‘re in the shelter of the hill you can expect to see sunshine, but there will be cloud around as well. temperatures 12 to 15 celsius, but somewhere in the south east could hit 17 celsius or 18 celsius. the average at this stage in march is 11 celsius. as we move into wednesday, again there will be the odd shower here and there. quit a bit of cloud at times. some brighter breaks, but for most of the country, it is going to bea for most of the country, it is going to be a dry day. we have got low pressure in the atlantic which at times could produce some showery outbreaks of rain across the highlands and the islands and temperatures 11 to 15 celsius. and as we head into thursday, we have got rain coming in from the north—west, slowly slipping south—east southwards. ahead of it drier and brighter and still temperatures above average for this stage in march, between 11 and 14 celsius. lovely, carol, thank you. let‘s go back to steph who is in leeds for us with the latest on today‘s rail strikes in the north and south of england. good morning. good morning everyone. it is dead chilly here this morning, but i can see the sun starting to shine which is lovely to see, but let me explain what‘s going on here because, of course, leeds station is one of the stations that northern has a rail service that runs through. lots of people here this morning wondering what‘s happening with the service. i was chatting to the commuters earlier, who told me they been disrupted. they have been waiting longer than they normally would for trains and some had to get railway replacement buses and when i spoke to northern rail they told me around 40% of the services will be running today. big disruptions on that line which is an important one for lots of commuters getting around this part of the country in the north—east today. if you look at what‘s going on in the north—west as well, with merseyrail, they say they have trains running every half an hour, instead of every 15 minutes, but having spoken to them, they say fewer people managed to cross the picket line so they are not running as frequently as they hoped. more disruptions expected at merseyrail and southern rail they say 90% of their services are running as normal. so some of them affected. it is clearly up in the north and the north—west and the north—east where things are hardest hit today. this is all to do with the strike by the rmt. you can see the guys on the picket line. we can talk to sean who is from the rmt. tell us sean, what‘s this about? what‘s the dispute about? this is about cutting costs within the industry. cutting costs within the industry. cutting costs at the expense of trying to re move costs at the expense of trying to remove train guards plus maximising the profits. so why are you upset with them doing that? we're upset because we want a safe travelling service, not only for our members who actually work on board and in stations, but the travelling public as well and their plans don't allow for that. why is it unsafe? it's unsafe because if you take any incident, it is normally the driver who is first incapacitated. if you're ona who is first incapacitated. if you're on a driver—only operation who is going to move the travelling public to safety? we only have to look at an incident two weeks ago where there was an incident and one of our guards led 125 members to safetiment our guards know they have 35 different aspects of their training. they know if there is any live rail and 27,000 volts running above their heads and they know the safety communications are. they have had a maximum six hours training. 0ur guards have two weeks training minimum. the independent rail regulator looked into this and said the trains are safe. so why, they‘re independent, why is it you‘re disagreeing? is this you guys worried about jobs? it depends what their understanding of independent is. you can have a difference of what the independent view is and we understand that. there is an issue with the mic. i spoke to the arriva, they said they want to talk to you, but you don‘t want to talk to them? we want to talk to them, but we want meaningful talks. we had a meeting which lasted a matter of minutes. they invited us in for talks and we gladly went and they said our position has not changed. what about yours? we said our position has not changed either. thanks. that's how long the meeting lasted. we're prepared to reach a compromise where the driver and the guard safely operate the train between them. so you‘re willing to compromise, but you‘re willing to compromise, but you‘re saying they won‘t compromise with you? they won't compromise. they are the first train operating company to say hands up, nothing to do with us gov, go and speak to the department for transport who told us we cannot negotiate with you to the extend of keeping a second safety person on board the services. in the meantime, there are lots of passengers getting frustrated. passengers who might start looking at other ways of travelling if you‘ve got less passengers, that‘s going to bring down the money that comes in. that‘s not good? going to bring down the money that comes in. that's not good? it is really good in the respect that we're taking this action because the travelling public, yes, there are' frustrated, but their frustration is aimed at a, our government for allowing foreign states to own our rail networks and then to reap maximum profits. they are supportive of our action today as you will see. we‘re going to have to leave it there. you‘ve got another interview to do as well. talking to rail north they would disagree with what has been said. so certainly a dispute that‘s going to continue. still to come on breakfast in a few moments, we‘ll have a summary of the morning‘s news. kat is at buckingham palace for us this morning ahead of the launch good morning. if you are a fan of dry weather, i think you will like what we have got over the next few days. the week ahead does look largely dry and pretty mild. it is thanks to high pressure building in from the south. that will block most of the atlantic weather systems, forcing it up the north—west. but where the weather systems get close to northern ireland and scotland, there will be a bit of rain here at times. after a chilly start, we will keep hold of a lot of sunshine towards the south and east. more cloud rolling into northern england and the south—west. but it is a bright story with sunny spells, temperatures up to 13 degrees. rain into the far north—west of scotland where it will turn windy. in england and wales, quite a lot of cloud into the midlands. still 13 or 14 degrees. where we keep sunshine across the south—east, we could get to 16. grey and murky spreading in but essentially it will be dry. this area of cloud will continue south and east. not a lot of rain with it. skies start to clear again for other areas of england and wales. band patchy rain sings into northern ireland and scotland and to the north of that, hefty showers which will be blown in on an increasingly strong wind. tomorrow will be a windy day across the far north and the mainland of scotland with wind gusts up to 70 malls are now. a lot of showers, wintry over high ground. a lot of cloud and murky conditions out west. best of the brightness to eastern part of england. temperatures could get to 17 degrees. wednesday and thursday, still largely dryjust some patchy rain at times in the northwest. this is business live from bbc news with some new chap called ben thompson and sally bundock. the dutch prepare to make their choice in a critical general election, with the economy up and crime down why are voters so discontented? live from london, that‘s our top story on monday the 13th march. could the far—right dutch candidate, geert wilders, provide another setback to the european project and what could it mean for the euro. also in the programme, all change at hsbc! a new boss for the global banking giant. we‘ll head live to asia fopr the latest. asia for the latest.