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As a theatre show where Audience Participation is essential. And tomasz has the weekend weather. The squeaked looking a little mixed. I think some of us might have to run for cover today from a few showers the weekend. Tomorrow is looking mostly sunny. Good morning. First our main story. Tensions are rising over gilbraltars position during brexit, after the eu gave spain a potential veto on any future deal for the british territory. Last night, the government said it would stand up for gibraltars interests during negotiations. The enclave has accused spain of trying to manipulate discussions, in order to further its 300 year old sovereignty claims. Mark lobel reports. Gibraltar has been in british hands in 1713. It shares a border with spain, but rejects any spanish claim of sovereignty. The current proposals mean a deal between the uk and the eu would not apply to gibraltar without an additional agreement between the uk and spain. Gibraltars Chief Minister has fiercely rejected this as an attempt by spain to encroach on the rocks ability to control its sovereignty. It singles out gibraltar. It is unfair and unnecessary and clearly discriminatory. I am grateful spain has been foolish enough to play this card early in this process and not at five minutes to midnight with an agreement in place, bar the issue of gibraltar. The British Government has been quick to affirm its commitment to the territory. Foreign secretary borisjohnson tweeted that the uk remains implacable and rocklike in our support for gibraltar. But these are draft proposals, due to be finalised by the eu at the end of the month. Theresa may has until then to try to persuade them to drop this controversial clause. Our Political Correspondent matt cole is in our london studio. What could this mean for negotiations . This is another fly in the ointment that im sure the British Government could certainly do without. We have had this week what the formal notification from theresa may that britain is going the leave the European Union. The article 50 letter delivered on wednesday. Then yesterday, don add tusk, the president of the European Union council gave his preliminary response on behalf of the European Union as to how the eu would proceed with their negotiations donald tusk. This is not what was expected, the spanish authorities intimated this wouldnt be something they would bring into the talks, so there might be some surprise in the corridors of power here that the spanish have brought this in quite so soon. Donald tusk yesterday, the president of the eu council, said the talks could get tough and he said they might be confrontational at times. I dont think people would have thought it would have got quite so confrontational quite so quickly. But these are just draft negotiations at the moment. The ministers, the heads and state of government of the other 27 eu members will meet on 29th april to thrash out finally what their full details will be in terms of the negotiating strategy. Well have to wait and see then whether the eu thinks its ok for spain to press this point. Two Million People are set for a pay rise today, as the National Living wage goes up to £7. 50 an hour. The change has been broadly welcomed by unions. But employers have expressed concern about the strain of additional costs. Heres our Business Correspondent joe lynam. 23 year old lucy is already paid more by the National Living wage by his employer. He certainly notices the difference from his previous company. I was struggling for money, it was a big concern for me. It was very much go to work come back, spend the night in front of the telly. Now i can afford a social life and to do stuff in the local area. Yes, i enjoy myself a bit more. From today, workers over 25 must be paid at least £7. 50 an hour. If you work a full week you will get at least £281. 25. But employers are worried. Many members we re employers are worried. Many members were already paying staff more than the level of the National Living wage. For those that werent, its adding significant costs to their businesses, around about £900 a year for staff on average and a further £20 a year with the knock on consequences for National Insurance payments as well. Much of that cost will be absorbed by the businesses themselves rather than passing it on in the form of hire prices. And that is not the only change. Controversial Business Rates come into force today. Whilst most companies will be paying less, some, especially in the south east, face much higher bills. And a new system for calculating car taxes starts. Hybrid car owners will be paying more than they did. Joe lynam, bbc news. Around 4,000 households in england earning more than £100,000 a year have received taxpayers money to help them buy a home. Official figures also reveal that the help to buy Equity Loan Scheme has assisted more than 20,000 households who were not first time buyers. Labour said it showed the initiative was badly targeted but the government insisted it continued to make Home Ownership a reality for thousands of people. Patients referred to the Nhs For Fertility Treatment in scotland will be eligible for three full cycles of nf treatment. From today, the Scottish Government is increasing the number of cycles funded by the Health Service for women under a0 from two to three. Its expected to cost about £1 million a year. Helena lee reports. It is thought that around one in seven couples experience difficulty having children. In scotland, up until now, women under a0 have been offered two cycles of nf on the nhs. That is now changing to up to three. Older women between a0 and a2 will also be offered one cycle if they fit certain criteria. In other parts of the uk, the number of nf cycles on the nhs for women under a0 varies. In england, up to three full cycles are recommended. But local Commissioning Groups decide, and in half the areas in england, only one cycle is offered. In wales women under a0 are entitled to two cycles. In northern ireland, just one. The Ivf Programme in scotland is expected to cost the nhs around £1 million a year. Money which has already put aside. Money which has already been put aside. The minister says changes to Ivf Treatment in scotland make it the fairest and most generous in the uk. President donald trump left the oval Office Yesterday without signing the Executive Orders that he was there to announce. He continued walking as a reporter shouted questions about whether mr trump was trying to get immunity for his former adviser Michael Flynn who was forced to resigned over alleged links to russia. Amid journalists confusion, Vice President mike pence picked up the orders from the table, and they were signed in another room. The artist, Gilbert Baker who created the rainbow flag that became an International Symbol for gay rights has died. He was 65. Baker was asked to come up with a flag design for the Lgbt Community in 1978 by harvey milk who was californias first openly gay elected official. Deborah james was just 35 when she found out she had bowel cancer. The disease is more commonly associated with men and women who are over 50 but theres been a a5 percent increase in younger people being diagnosed since 200a. Now deborah wants to raise awareness of the condition in the hope that the rates of Early Detection and treatment will increase. Shejoins us now alongside Deborah Alsina from Bowel Cancer Uk. Good morning. Deborah, thanks so much for coming in. How did you first realise that something was wrong . Just before christmas, i went to have a colonoscopy and id been having symptoms for nearly a year, to be honest with you. I started bleeding about six months before. Id been to my gp a few times and, as is the kind of Standard Practice many the uk, was sent off for some blood tests and they came back normal, including a Screening Test to see whether or not there was blood in my poo. Essentially, right up blood in my poo. Essentially, right up untila blood in my poo. Essentially, right up until a month before my diagnosis, all my tests were coming back normal and then it got to the point where i was referred to have a colonoscopy where they put a camera to see inside. It was that point just before christmas that everybody in the room fell silent and found a six centimetre due more inside my rectum. My consultant was great and knew straightaway that unfortunately it was cancerous. Things snowballed after that. You dont mind talking about these things, which is why you are asking. This week has been a very difficult week for you . Yes, if im being honest, when first diagnosed, they thought it was early stage because of the way it was presenting, despite the fact that it was a large tumour. But in people my age its detected quite late. As i went through the process, i was hoping it would be stage one. When i was operated on, i was given the devastating news that it had gone to my lymph nodes which meant i was officially class three, which meant i was starting to undergo a six month regime of chemo. U Nfortu Nately six month regime of chemo. Unfortunately ive had some really sad news that they think its unfortunately ive had some really sad news that they think its spread to my lungs which officially classifies me as stage four which u Nfortu Nately classifies me as stage four which unfortunately it doesnt mean i cant be cured, im still very hopeful for that but it means my journeys taken a very different turn and im sure there are statistics that deborah will talk to you about and that will tell you the reality of the uphill struggle that im about to face. Deborah, the story is terrible to hear first hand isnt it. But we are hearing it more and more often in younger people . That is right. We are. Sadly, in this at least, deborah is not unique. 2,500 of the a1,000 people diagnosed with bowel cancer every year in the uk are under 50 and 60 of under 50s are diagnosed at the later stages of the disease, stages three and four. 3a as an Emergency Admission when outcomes are often poorer. This is really significant because most people diagnosed in the early stage of the disease will survive bowel cancer. But it gets tougher and tougher as the disease develops and spreads. Now, the statistics are very shocking but of course they relate to all ages, including older patients, so younger patients like deborah have a much better chance of surviving this because shes, apart from cancer, healthy, she has a really good chance of being able to cope with a very aggressive treatment that she now faces. But the reality she shouldnt have to be facing them, we need to enable eve ryo ne facing them, we need to enable everyone to have that chance of an early diagnosis. Deborah, you are very much on a mission now arent you to tell people what they should be doing and what to look for . Absolutely. Ive got two Young Children and i hope that by the time they get to my age, they wont have to undergo what im doing. I hope that actually nobody will have to undergo what im doing at the moment and that prognosis that actually i may not see my children grow up and i hope that actually by Raising Awareness of the fact that i was 35, oriam awareness of the fact that i was 35, or i am 35, awareness of the fact that i was 35, oriam 35, i awareness of the fact that i was 35, or i am 35, i run marathons, i work out five times a week, im vegetarian, ive been vegetarian for 25 years, so when somebody says, you know, are you the typical person that might tick all the boxes for bowel cancer, 35 year old vegetarian no, unfortunately not. Ithink its debunking that myth that actually a you are never too young andi actually a you are never too young and i know thats a big Driving Factor of Bowel Cancer Uk in terms of, you are never too young to have bowel cancer and its Raising Awareness that actually you dont have to look 69 and kind of be a bloke as well because people associate it very much with older men. What slowed down or delayed your diagnosis . Looking back, why did it take so long . So i think that u Nfortu Nately, even did it take so long . So i think that unfortunately, even me, a Deputy Head Ina unfortunately, even me, a deputy head in a school and really im on top of my own medical symptoms, even ididnt top of my own medical symptoms, even i didnt think it could happen to me. Thats the sad reality that myself and my friends are only becoming aware of it through knowing that ive Got Bowel Cancer and i think its raising that awareness of whoever you are, you can have it. I think that in itself has delayed diagnosis because unfortunately i think you therefore, if you have bleeding, for example, which was one of my main symptoms, you therefore, at my age, begin to say, well, its just haemorrhoids or whatever else it might be and statistically its likely to be something thats quite benign and its very likely to be not bowel cancer. I think its just raising that awareness that actually it can happen. Im thinking deborah for you as a Campaign Group someone like deborah, in the worst of situations, thats a message, you know, the way shes telling the story, the kind of person she is, its a message that will resonate with people . I think so, which is why we are so incredibly grateful to deborah and to many, many other patients and families who are supporting our never too Young Campaign because we have stop this. This is a disease that is preventible, this is a disease that is preve ntible, treatable and this is a disease that is preventible, treatable and curable. Early diagnosis is key. We need to find a way of ensuring that younger patients such as deborah are able to have the very best chances of long term survival so she can enjoy the beautiful children that she has and the life that she should be having. And she will. Den rather, you are starting a fairly gruelling regime . Yes, im hoping to have another operation in a couple of weeks on my lungses, ive had part of my bowel removed already and i thought that was going to be it and now u Nfortu Nately thought that was going to be it and now unfortunately i have to have another operation in a couple of weeks which is a good sign and then i will start a new course of chemotherapy which will be a second line course in the hope that im still going for a cure. I have a Fantastic Oncololgist and team who says theyll do everything humanly possible to keep me alive which is great for any cancer patient, you wa nt to great for any cancer patient, you want to have that trust in the team that support you. Ill continue to remain positive. Thank you so much for coming in. I hope you dont mind me saying, a few deep breaths before we started werent there, but thank you so much for sharing that, deborah, thank you. Thank you both. Now to tomas for the weekend weather. Its mixed this weekend. Heavy showers on the way. Sunshine now but you wont necessarily keep it through the day. Already this morning wales and north west parts of england have had some rain anyway. What will be happening oaf the next few hours then . Western parts of the uk will start to see the showers really grow and inland areas are in for a few downpours. Theyll be very hit and miss. Some of us will miss them all together. Where you catch them could be some hail, thunder as well. You can see on the forecast map here, blobs of blue. Some showers will be heavy and some will be lighter. Some will pass overhead without any rainfall at all. Then the sun will be back. A changeable day on the way today. Later in the afternoon, heavier showers may break out in the eastern areas and here too perhaps hail and thunder. This evening, once the sunsets, the showers die away because the sun gives the energy that drives the showers. We are in for a clear night but it might take a while for all of the showers to clear. Chilly tonight but not desperately cold. Cold enough for grass frost in northern parts. Then sunday promises to be a nice sunny day. We have this pleasant air of High Pressure building in. Sunshine almost for everybody. I dont think it will be absolutely clear everywhere, maybe just a few fluffy clouds but on balance, a beautiful sunny sunday on the way with respectable temperatures typically in the low teens maybe even 17 in london. A tale of two halves this weekend. Sunshine and you will need your brolly too. The better day of the two is going to be tomorrow. Back to you. Now its time for us to look at the newspapers. Justin urquhhart stewart is here with us. Is all of this news real news, or is some of it fake news . Is some of it april fool news . I tried to pick out the april fools, its difficult, i hope some of these are true. Where are you starting . With the times. Women bosses are best still worry about it. What hes saying is that as a result of these reviews, hes been saying they are better at the Employment Skills than men and making employ, feel valued. Also they outperform men in setting goals, getting things done and following things through step by step. But, but, actually its under pressure that then they find sometimes the women find it difficult. Not sure how you put that against Margaret Thatcher and bodasea. There is also the other but, why is the world then still run largely by men which is a very good question. Particularly in the city . There are very few there, yes, and the answer is because people take brea ks the answer is because people take breaks for families, then come the answer is because people take breaks forfamilies, then come back and they are not at the same level. That is beginning to change. There are some bright women there whore wasted because they then go off and feel, i cant come back because im going to go in at a lower level. Its difficult for them to come back without the support in terms of childcare. Do you think, i mean you have been in the city for a while, do you think the cultures changing orare do you think the cultures changing or are people still paying lip service . Its changed but very, very slowly. Go back to pre 1986 when we had big bang and the city was sexist, racist, divided by religion and classist as well, in certain areas. Its changed radically from that but still has a long way to go. Where next . Now to, oh dear, im afraid yes its maybe april fool, this is about the costs of costs going up. Everything is getting more expensive. Everything. Everything. This is the daily mail going through your Household Council tax, water bills and the energy bills going up, Health Care Bills and the energy bills going up, health ca re costs, bills and the energy bills going up, health care costs, 1st class stamps. When is it looking back to, where is the comparison . This is on a year. 0ne the comparison . This is on a year. One year the comparison . This is on a year. 0ne yearon, 0k. The comparison . This is on a year. One year on, ok. So one year on. 65p for a stamp. £88 a year for households, that doesnt seem a lot, but inflation is rising. We have had almost 0 inflation. The Bank Of England is looking at its target, youing up to 3or looking at its target, youing up to 3 or maybe even beyond 3 . What does that mean for us . It means if you are actually feeling worse off because of your pay levels may not because of your pay levels may not be going up at the same level. Some things draw the eye more than others, Petrol Prices is the classic which people look at Petrol Prices and then think everything has risen. Some things are more subtle . The Household Things you tend to see, but the airport duty you dont notice until suddenly you are booking a holiday thinking, this is expensive. Buy a ticket these days and its a third of the cost in just tax which is expensive. Your next story . Also a depressing one. Debt looms as savings hit record low. We have never been very good at saving in this country but we need to teach People Finance right at school and learning them the habit of saving, whether its into a bank or investments or a piggy bank. People are dipping into their savings to pay for their day to day living and u Nfortu Nately pay for their day to day living and unfortunately credit cards are all too easy, people have access to credit and if you dont know how to use a credit card properly, you will run up use a credit card properly, you will run up an use a credit card properly, you will run up an expensive debt and then it ta kes a run up an expensive debt and then it takes a long time to try to pay it back. Take us away from the world of money . absolutely. Did back. Take us away from the world of money . absolutely. Did you back. Take us away from the world of money . absolutely. Did you see the daily mail story. This is an incredible story. Yes, theres been a huge build up for at least an hour. You might have to help me here, charlie, look at this world exclusive. Harrys secret wedding. In las vegas . Yes, they didnt want a fuss. There is the happy couple and wed never really even noticed it and america didnt either, so full colour spread double page spread on harry windsors wedding. Just so that we dont add to any confusion, what are we looking at . Its april 1st and we are looking at people either very good photo shops or excellent doubles here doing a very good impersonation. or excellent doubles here doing a very good impersonation. I canjust say, looking at the harry double, hes very, very good. Do you think theyve got their meghan yet . There isa theyve got their meghan yet . There is a clever photo where shes holding her arm across herface. Is a clever photo where shes holding her arm across her face. We havent found it have we. No, someone has a Career Opportunity there. Time for the polar bear . Yes. Could this be true . Stranded polar bear floats on to scottish island. Then you look and there is a wonderful map showing a00 miles it drifted down. Not sure how many ice packs reached here. Its a lovely story. Cant blame him, its a lovely place to get to. If its true you will be a back in an hour, see you then. Thank you very much. So, as we have been hearing, if you are fed up with the rat race and are seeking a better quality of life, 0rkney, we are told is the best place to be. Its won in this poll. Notjust for polar bears. They have topped a bank of scotland survey, the first time of rural locations which praise the islands for their stunning scenery, low crime rates and most importantly, great range of pubs. Yes we can talk to ken amer in 0rkney. Very good morning to you in kirk wall. Disappointed we havent got a shot of the beautiful surroundings behind you but you have come top of the poll. What is so special . Well, obviously the scenery is lovely but you cant live off that really, its the people of 0rkney that are so friendly. You know whatevers happening, if somebody falls in the street, you know their dad, granny and kids before you pick them up so its a fantastic place. Ken, thats really important isnt it because, as you are talking we are looking at some pictures there. The point you are making really is scenery is one thing but the way people are and what they are like is possibly more important than that . Yes. Very much so. That is what makes 0rkney so special. I think the Old Fashioned valued makes 0rkney so special. I think the Old Fashioned valued are makes 0rkney so special. I think the Old Fashioned valued are being lost on the mainland and here in 0rkney Andindeed on the mainland and here in 0rkney and indeed the Western Isles and shetland, because of course we are surrounded by sea we know each other, we leave our houses open and p0p other, we leave our houses open and pop in and have a cup of tea and visit anybody we want. You are a photographer, ken, and we have one or two of the images you have taken. Can you explain one thing. As i understand it, 0rkney came in, i think its a7th last time around and its now shot up to number one on this list, can you account for that in anyway . Probably we are getting more sunshine i think. No we are not actually the weather is a defining factor here, but i still really passionately believe that its the Old Fashioned values. Passionately believe that its the Old Fashioned values. We passionately believe that its the Old Fashioned values. We have had a lot of publicity recently on the bbc especially and i think people are becoming more aware thatjust what its like to live in scotland communities as opposed to big cities where you are in manchester. Presumably there are people up there, people move away from remote areas, scotland has a problem with people moving away mostly for work, which is an issue isnt it . Yes, it is. It doesnt matter what you do in 0rkney, work wise, whether you are a self employed person like myself or whether you are an em moyesee, its a very low ceiling. There is only 20,000 souls here in 0rkney and you find that it doesnt matter what trade you are in, its replicated about ten times. The downside is that its very difficult to make a living if you are self employed because theres so many people doing the samejob. Because theres so many people doing the same job. To etch a living because theres so many people doing the samejob. To etch a living is quite a skill in small communities. Ken, lovely to talk to you today. Go and have a cup of tea with your neighbours which sounds absolutely delightful. Thank you for talking to us delightful. Thank you for talking to us today. Thank you very much. 0rkney, this you go. Number one. The best place to live. Beautiful. Stay with us, headlines coming up. Hello this is breakfast. Coming up, the weather and a look ahead to the sport across the weekend. First, at 8. 8. 29, the main news tensions are rising over gibraltars position with brexit after the eu gave spain a potential veto on any particular Dealfor The A potential veto on any particular deal for the territory. Spain a potential veto on any particular dealfor the territory. Spain have been accused of trying to manipulate it. The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says the government would be implacable and rock like in its support for gibraltar. Two Million People are set for a pay rise as the National Living wage rises to £7. 50 an hour. The change has been broadly welcomed by unions. There have been calls from campaigners to make the figure higher as there are concerns about the strain. Around a,000 households in england earning more than £100,000 a year have received taxpayers money to help them buy a home. Official figures also reveal that the help to buy Equity Loan Scheme has assisted more than 20,000 households who were not first time buyers. Labour said it showed the initiative was badly targeted but the government insisted it continued to make Home Ownership a reality for thousands of people. Patients referred to the Nhs For Fertility Treatment in scotland will be eligible for three full cycles of Ivf Treatment. From today, the Scottish Government is increasing the number of cycles funded by the Health Service for women under a0 from two to three. The change is expected to cost about £1 million a year. Protesters in paraguay have stormed the congress and set fire to the building as anger grows over moves to allow president ca rtes to building as anger grows over moves to allow president cartes to stand for a second term. The demonstrations were triggered by a senate vote Behind Closed Doors to change the constitution, ending the one term limit. Campaigners say pa raguays democracy is under threat. President donald trump left the oval 0ffice President Donald Trump left the oval office on friday without signing the Executive Orders that he was there to announce. He continued walking as a reporter shouted questions about whether mr trump was trying to get immunity for his former adviser Michael Flynn, who was forced to resign over alleged links to russia. Amid journalists confusion, Vice President mike pence picked up the orders from the table, and they we re the orders from the table, and they were signed in another room. Bob dylan will finally accept his nobel prize for literature in stockholm today. The american singer won the award in october but failed to travel to pick it up, or deliver the lecture that is required to receive the prize fund of around £700,000. If he doesnt fulfil the conditions byjune, he will have to forfeit his winnings. Spoiler alert. Its april fools day and its 60 years since Television Viewers first saw this. The past winter, one of the mildest in living memory, has had its effect in other ways as well, it has resulted in an especially heavy spaghetti harvest. This is panoramas famous spaghetti tree report. The three minute broadcast was watched by eight Million People. Unfortunately some viewers failed to see the funny side, but others were so intrigued, they contacted the bbc to ask where they could purchase their very own tree. Thing is, istill wish thing is, i still wish it were true laughter the papers have done a view, formula 1 have done one. I dont know whether i should say that. Left handed tracks tracks you can only drive around one way, they will change direction. Is part of the problem that it is so easy to check things now. So you just checked it is not true, fine. Pa rt just checked it is not true, fine. Part of the problem is that lots of The Real News is so strange that people cannot tell have you got some real things to tell us . It raises a smile, anyway, and Something Else that raises a smile, the progress of your anaconda. The progress of your anaconda. The progress ofjohanna konta. Konta the first british woman to reach the final. Shes had a great year already winning her second title at the Sydney International before reaching the quarter finals of the australian open. She recognises that winning a third title later is going to be difficult against a tough opponent. Roger federer in the final again as well. Most important thing is to look to enjoy the occasion a little bit more. It is a great tournament to be m, more. It is a great tournament to be in, a part of to the very end. Not easy to get opportunities like this, i play against enquiry be tough opponents, someone who has been around the top of the game for so long. 0verall, good enjoyment for the challenges, and it will come. Good luck to her. Its perhaps no great surprise after his ongoing injury problems. Tiger woods has pulled out of golfs first major of the year, the masters which starts next week. He said hes just not tournament ready due to his troublesome back, and that theres no timetable for his return. He was sidelined for 15 months after two surgeries to try and fix it. The 1a time major winner won his first major at the masters 20 years ago. Better news for britains charley hull. Shes three shots off the lead at the halfway stage of the first womens major of the year in california. She finished off her first round with this birdie at the 18th. No hanging around though, she immediately started her second round following delays in the schedule because of bad weather. Norways Suzann Pettersen leads on 7 under. Second placed aberdeen prevented celtic from being crowned Scottish Premiership champions last night after beating dundee 7 0. Had they lost, then the title would have been celtics, it was partly down to this guy Andrew Considine who scored a hat trick. Not often you see a defender score a hat trick. A win for celtic against hearts on sunday will clinch the title. What a game to get this weekends premier League Action underway later. Its the Merseyside Derby this lunchtime. Liverpool welcoming everton to anfield. Lets hearfrom both managers, firstlyjurgen klopp, whos been impressed with the way everton have been playing under Ronald Koeman. They have had a really good run, they have not lost a lot of games in they have not lost a lot of games in the last few weeks and months. The result, obviously confident. What we are liverpool, we play at anfield, and no one should underestimate the power of anfield. Whenever we play at anfield we all have to create a special atmosphere. It is a new season, it is a new game, a new manager. At everton. And i dont know why. I manager. At everton. And i dont know why. I heard a little bit about the last two seasons of everton, that maybe they were too afraid to play against liverpool. Why do you need to be afraid to play against liverpool . I dont understand that. League leaders chelsea are 10 points clear at the top, but can extend that when they play crystal palace. Second placed spurs face burnley. And theres another derby at teatime, the south coast derby, or the El Classi Coast as its being dubbed. I approve of that one southampton taking on bournemouth are neck and neck in the league in 10th and 11th. We just heard from manager Ronald Koeman there who witnessed his defender Seamus Coleman suffer a really nasty injury whilst playing for his country the Republic Of Ireland against wales on international duty. And now hes at the centre of a row after accusing the centre of a row after accusing the National Coach martin 0neill of not protecting his player whilst he was away from his club side on international duty. But 0neills responded calling the everton manager a master tactician of the blame game. You wonder whether or not that is an argument that is going to run and run. Dan walker is here, Football Focus coming up later. That is not the only disagreement, saido berahino, moving stoke city from west brom, bit of a falling out. Interesting character, we have a fascinatingly honest interview with him, he has hardly played for west brom at all, he failed a drugs test last season, he was banned for a number of games as well, moved to stoke, there to say he has fallen out of love with west brom, he arrived as a young man, from molenbeek, he came to birmingham with his mother, came to west brom and moved up through the youth ranks, he talks in his interview about how he fell out of love with a club that has done so much for him. Lets have a look. |j was depressed, every time i went to the training ground, did not want to be there, that was the hardest thing. From going from loving something to hating the place that made you, it is hard to take. Even ifi made you, it is hard to take. Even if i wasjust playing. There is ways of doing things. There is times i was training with the youth team. Not the sort of interview thatis team. Not the sort of interview that is going to please west brom fans, he holds up his hands and says there were things that he did which we re there were things that he did which were wrong, attitude was wrong, but he also says he did not feel that the club did not deal with him properly. When you mention stoke city, his new club, a smile comes upon his face. Fascinating interview. The Merseyside Derby, Mark Lawrenson in the red corner, kevin in the blue corner. Talking about celtic as well, could have been the weekend they won the title. Coventry taking a2,000 fans to wembley for the efl trophy, club in real turmoil but they had to have a really good wembley weekend. Claude puel, southampton boss, he is on, talking about what you are talking about, el classicoast, and we have premier League Predictions as well coming from the comedian, 0mid djalili. Couldnt read my notes there. Mango fingers congratulations on the net where there are. Full knitwear congratulations on the knitwear. I got distracted by mango fingers, we are back to one hour, and we curling is one of team gbs most successful winter 0lypmic sports. But thats all thanks to scotland. In the future, though, they could be getting help from south of the border. Mikes been to a farm in kent where theyve built englands first dedicated curling rink. Voiceover v0|ceover where once they milked cows, they are forming a new breed, intend, the garden of england, they are milking something very rare outside of scotland, Curling Talent for the future. It is because there was nothing in england, icame it is because there was nothing in england, i came down from scotland, where curling was something that all the family did. It was really a community thing. I would say, the cows, they made a mess, you did not get any money, brought in the curlers, brought in the curlers, and they make a mess and they still did not make any money but he has stirred a passion for the sport in southern england, helping to nurture future stars that could one day help the scots to strengthen the british team. At the moment this is the only dedicated purpose built curling rink outside of scotland but another will openin outside of scotland but another will open in lancashire, in preston, later this year. Such a simple game, push a rock up the ice, at any level you can enjoy it. It is straight, could be short. A lot of sweeping to do there. Straighter than i thought it was going to be. Next year s Winter Olympics will be the first to feature a mixed doubles competition, not sure i will be getting the nod from annabel or any of the young curlers. I like sliding, you have to have a very specific technique to get it right, ta kes specific technique to get it right, takes time to perfect. It comes down to tactics, comes down to knowing what the opposition is thinking and where you can put it to win the game. They do say this game is like chess, i am going to give him a couple of tactical signals. The great thing about this board, you dont need to be on ice skates, one of the few i sport where you dont need any Skating Ability to ta ke dont need any Skating Ability to take part, my job dont need any Skating Ability to take part, myjob is to sweep as soon as they say sweet, here we go. To try to get it the extra few feet and centimetres. Get it into the circle. Come on, come on. That is our own stone you dont need to bea is our own stone you dont need to be a typical athlete to get along with curling, there is lots of different types of curlers, and it isa different types of curlers, and it is a great sport because there is individual skill involved, but you need to play as a team. In this board, it is never quite over until the last stone. Thieves are stealing £2a from Bank Customers thieves are stealing £2a from bank custo m e rs every thieves are stealing £2a from Bank Customers every second and the banks themselves admit that they stop u nless themselves admit that they stop unless fraud than they did a year ago, Financial Fraud Action Uk also says criminals are Getting Better at fooling us into helping them take our money. Paul lewis from radio as money Box Programme is in our london studio. According to the latest industry report. How much is being stolen . Well, a total of £769 million every year, was stolen, that is £2a every second. In a year. By is £2a every second. In a year. By the time we have finished this item, that will be another £5,000 disappearfrom item, that will be another £5,000 disappear from accounts, absolutely extraordinary, and worse then, as you mentioned, is that prevention is falling. So, whereas in the past they prevented about 70p in every pound being stolen, now it is down to 6ap. They are letting through more than one third. How thieves getting cleverer . The technological tags are a0 by the banks, they know how to stop them coming in and taking money out, what thieves do now is concentrate on the weak point, iam now is concentrate on the weak point, i am sorry to say, that is asked, customers, you and me, they are very clever, they ring up, they pretend to be from a trusted source, like microsoft, a supermarket, bt, they say there is a problem with something or another and they want to sort something out otherwise the bank account may be at risk, very persuasive, they persuade you to give them access to your account by giving them access to the computer, they persuade you to give them a pass code from your bank, and then they use that to rob you. I reported earlier in the year, on a lady who had lost £180,000 because the thieves managed to persuade her that they were just changing the pay, in fa ct, they were just changing the pay, in fact, they were taking money from her. What can we do to protect ourselves better . Be completely suspicious, if Anybody Contact you to say, might be a problem on your bank account, dont believe them do not believe them. Put down the phone, use another phone, ring your bank ona phone, use another phone, ring your bank on a number that you trust, if you want to check, make sure everything is ok, which it always will be. Strangers will not renew and say there is a problem on your bank account or your broadband or computer, they just wont bank account or your broadband or computer, theyjust wont do it for any legitimate reason. We have to say, no. The sad thing is, the banks dont seem able to stop it, it is down to us. That is a warning. Thank you very much. Dont trust anybody, be suspicious of everything. And you can hear more about this on money box on bbc radio a at midday. Main stories britain has said it will protect gibraltar from any sovereignty claims made by spain during brexit negotiations. A pay rise for 2 Million People, as the National Living wage rises to £7 50, an hour. £7. 50, an hour. Weather this weekend is going to be a little bit all over the place, and friendly fair weather clouds may be for a moment this morning, but then, those clouds will go into something a little more ugly. This is rain, the sun is beginning to poke through the clouds in one or two places. Those clouds are also going to be growing through the morning into the afternoon. Plenty of showers on the way, hit and miss, some of us get them, some do not, 50 50 chance of catching rain, certainly a chance across south western england, through wales, Western Parts of the uk, this is where they will be at their heaviest and fall earlier in the day. Eastern parts of the country will tend to get the showers later on. If you live in lincolnshire, the east midlands, the south east, those showers will brew later on, and also a chance of hail and thunder. 0nce the sun sets, the energy is lost from the sun, the showers can sustain themselves, they fall apart, and we are left with clear skies overnight. Try one tonight, pretty chilly, just A Touch Of Frost across northern areas, tomorrow, beautiful sunny note for most of us. Banks to this area of low pressure. That will settle things down for many of us. Fine day on the way, two very different days, from a showery saturday to a much sunny sunday. How about the temperatures . Tomorrow will feel warmer than today, tomorrow will have more sun around, temperatures up to 17, a bit closer around the coast, and more typically, 13, four leeds and sheffield. Summary this weekend, april showers today. For beat united. For leeds. You might remember the crystal maze, the quiz show in the 1990s. And if you ever wished you could have a go, now could be your chance. The format has been revived as part of an immersive theatrical production, which sees people take part, influence the show, and even become characters themselves. Brea kfasts tim muffett has been to have a go. All right, team the audience as participants, not just watching participants, notjust watching the show but being in it. The Crystal Maze Experience opens today in manchester, based on the early 90s television programme. A really british tv show, a sense of irreverence, it was funny, tongue in cheek, silly. That isjust irreverence, it was funny, tongue in cheek, silly. That is just the irreverence, it was funny, tongue in cheek, silly. That isjust the way the Wookie Grumbles this New Manchester production will see Audience Members compete for crystals, to buy time in the crystal dome. Will you start the fans please we have broken the disconnect now between people wanting to be active and passive, wanting to be active and passive, wanting to be active and passive, wanting to play and follow a journey rather than just be sat in a dark auditorium. This immersive production might be inspired by a Television Game show, but many Theatre Producers have sought out new audiences by making them part of the story. Montagues and capulets, a very different version of romeo juliet, the latest production by these immersive specialists, colab theatre. There is dodge ball, a 90s rave, audience choose which subplot to follow. Very immersive, not quite what i was expecting. The fact it involves everybody, that is the thing, you are not sitting severally. The arts council has seen a big rise in the number of Funding Applications from Experimental Theatre group, up a2 since 201a. Many immersive shows like this one based on Alice In Wonderland have proved popular, but some feel that the novelty is wearing them. What has changed in immersive theatre, it has changed in immersive theatre, it has gone from an art form that was new and exciting to being something that people are ending up going for the experience of it. If you havent got something you want to say and achieve, by bringing the audience into the show, you may as well not do it immersive leak, you may as well not do it at all. Confusing at times, Audience Participation is a must, the growth of immersive theatre suggest that watching a show is for some no longer enough. We will have a full review of the newspapers coming up in the next hour. When journalist peter taylor stepped nervously onto a plane in 1967, bound for the middle east, he had no idea it would be the start of a career spanning 50 years. At the time terrorism was barely in our vocabulary, but as he covered the troubles in northern ireland, alqaeda and the rise of so called Islamic State, hes seen how extremist ideology has evolved. He joins us now but first, lets take a look at some of his reporting. Good morning. We will have a look back now. Talk us through some of these images afterwards. These young gorillas here are outside of the borders of south africa. We cannot identify the location and we cannot show the they are for reasons of security. Guerillas. All we can say is that many of these young people left is a way to five years ago in the aftermath of the rights ofjune, 1976. Left soweto. You say that he will fight the soldiers . I want to fight for my country. If i were to interview some children about the same age as you we re children about the same age as you were when i interviewed you, 40 years ago, and if one of those children said to me now, that he wanted to fight and die for ireland, what would you say . I would tell him to forget it. All the people who died. They thought they were fighting for their country. But it didnt work out that way. To show just how close we are to the Islamic State line, if you look over there, you can see the black flag of the Islamic State, and it is only about 200 metres away. 200 metres from the black flag of Islamic State. Yes, but we didnt get any closer to the black flag. But that was one of those cases. I am nota but that was one of those cases. I am not a war reporter but occasionally i have to go to war zones, and that was one of those operations, where we came pretty close. You have had the knack over your career of being in the right place at moments crucial to world history. Is that by design . Is it because you are more brave than anybody else . More tenacious . would not say i am any braver, partly by design, because you can see the way that certain situations are going to evolve, but also, there are going to evolve, but also, there are moments when you have to take certain risks, like that piece of me in the middle of nowhere, in angola, with the anc gorillas, who fled south africa five years earlier, it took me months to arrange the facility to go to angola and do the filming. Anc guerillas. It had never been done before. The morning of my departure, i got a phone call from the anc headquarters saying, you cannot come, too dangerous, risky for us, dont do it. You sit there, you have the tickets, and you think, what do i do, do i be a good boy and state, or take the risk . I arrived in rand and angola, at the headquarters, to see the big commissar, and he said, didnt you get the message, what are you doing here . And i said, message, what message. here . And i said, message, what message. Rwanda. Here . And i said, message, what message. Rwanda. Laughter anyway, we managed to do it. Playing dumb can help. Playing innocent, i dont tell lies, occasionally a white lie is necessary to get a result, that was the only time that the Young Students who fled south africa five years ago after the massacre in is a waiter had ever been filmed. Part of being a reporter, you deal with what is in front of you at that time and place, but maybe now, you reflect on what you have seen over the years, the notion that terrorism has changed, that terrorists used to target high profile people, specific people, and how it has changed now, what do you see that as james . M has changed at magically since i first met the ira, back in londonderry, 1972, after bloody sunday, when the ira as we know it, as we knew it, which is beginning to emerge. 0ver50 years, as we knew it, which is beginning to emerge. Over 50 years, i as we knew it, which is beginning to emerge. 0ver50 years, i have watched counterterrorism developed from the ira, who had a specific aim, and a specific Modus Operandi, the ira killed many civilians, lets not underestimate that, but by and large, the ira tactic was not to deliberately kill civilians, although many civilians were killed by the ira. Contrast that with alqaeda and so called Islamic State, there are Modus Operandi is to target, massacre, as many innocent civilians as possible with no warning. Dealing with the ira, or eta or farc is very different from trying to deal with islamist organisations like alqaeda and Islamic State. The ira had an agenda, which was moving towards a united ireland, the british could negotiate on that, and we did, in the end we reached the good friday agreement. Go shading and talking to the so called Islamic State, what do you talk about. . The so called Islamic State, what do you talk about. . Negotiating. Bias is the most ruthless, dangerous, formidable Terrorist Organisation that we have ever come across. organisation that we have ever come across. Is. We have to deal with them on two fronts. 0ne, persuading them on two fronts. 0ne, persuading the Muslim Community here to reject the Muslim Community here to reject the ideology that is stands for and also hitting them hard in their bases at home in iraq and syria stop what we are looking at your extensive work, where is this . This is in Northern Iraq with the peshmerga forces, who were going to try and take out an outpost of is, a few hundred yards from where we were. What we are looking at your extensive work, where is this . The day before we went there, where iwas, the day before we went there, where i was, the the day before we went there, where iwas, the person the day before we went there, where i was, the person was killed by a sniper, and so. You nevertake it for granted that it is safe. It is risky, it is never that dangerous because you have a bbc mind, but we all have hostile environment training before we go. You are not prepared for the expected. That moment, in a report we saw, you met a young man, back in the day, 1970. A young man, back in the day, 1970. 197a. 12yearold a young man, back in the day, 1970. 1974. 12yearold boy, he was intent upon joining. 1970. 1974. 12yearold boy, he was intent upon joining. Wanted to fight and die for ireland. You meet him again. I tracked him down, a couple of years ago, and that is one of the things i remember, aged 12, wanting to fight and die for ireland, when wanting to fight and die for ireland, when i tracked him down, which was not easy, in west belfast, i was shocked at what i saw, when i knocked on the door. He said, you havent changed a bit, well i have, but if anybody had change, it was him, sa, he looked 80,90 but if anybody had change, it was him, sa, he looked 80, 90 years old, going on for 100. He is a victim as well, wee sean, he became an alcoholic, his life was destroyed, his life was destroyed basically because he joined the ira and went to jail, i met him in the maze prison when i did documentaries. His life was destroyed. Very moving. His life was destroyed. Very moving. His remarks on the answer to my question, if i met you again at that stage, would you still want tojoin the ira . He said, no. So sad. Thank you so much forjoining us. Peter taylors documentary, fifty years behind the headlines reflections on terror, is on Bbc Radio Four tonight at 8pm and then later on the iplayer. Hello this is breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and sally nugent. Anger over gibraltars role in the coming brexit negotiations. Spain says it wants a separate deal on its future. Foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, says the uk will be rock like in its support of the territory. Good morning its saturday 1st april. Also ahead, minimum pay for workers aged 25 and over goes up from today; the government says around 2 Million People will benefit. Scotland increases the number of ivf cycles available to couples