A very good morning from inside the palace of westminster, where the queen will arrive in a short while to open a new session of parliament. But this is no routine event yes, well be able to enjoy all the usual colour and pagea ntry of the state opening, but it takes place at a time of great political and constitutional uncertainty where even the role of the crown in our National Affairs is being questioned. We were last here two years ago when theresa may was Prime Minister since when the Political Landscape has been turned upside down by the turbulent Brexit Process. Its Boris Johnsons first queens speech as Prime Minister he has no majority in the house of commons so there will inevitably be questions about his ability to deliver the pledges in the queens speech. We could indeed be back again before christmas. But lets deal with todays events first im joined by our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg. Good money, laura. Good morning, hew. It would be an understatement to say despite
More on that in a moment. Tonight they go to chelsea who are pushing for a top six place come the end of the season. Iv e ive always had respect for and the work he puts in a topsy turvy season a lot of changes and a lot of change in culture from the way he works and will deliver to good performance but they could clear to the players is a good outfit and spending a lot of money over the last few years theres some quality and without doubt. We have to make sure we deliver. Meanwhile, everton have lodged a formal appeal against their second points deduction, for breaching the Premier Leagues spending rules. The toffees had a 10 point deduction reduced to six on appeal in february. The latest Appeal Process must be concluded by the 24th of may, five days after the final Premier League game. Dundee s Scottish Premiership game against rangers will be played at stjohnstone s Mcdiarmid Park on wednesday, if it cant be held at dens park. Dundee s pitch will be assessed tomorrow morning with a
That can cause problems. Vehicles are being damaged and in some cases people are being seriously hurt in the cause of all this misery is the humble pothole. Here is martin friend. Potholes are the bugbear of every road user and it seems there are more now than ever. They are the cause of a big spike in breakdowns this time of year. You cant make it out now, but at this very spot five years ago there was a massive pothole on the road. It was a dangerous pothole, over four inches deeps of it if you keep it in the car, you could hear the flood. People were trying to avoid it because obviously they didnt wa nt to it because obviously they didnt want to damage their vehicles, but we have heavy goods vehicles coming, very dangerous. I reported it to the council and nothing happened. I reported it to the police and it was repaired within two hours. I needed to make sure i could do everything i could to make sure no one was injured. Thats what started your passion to rid the roads of potholes
More now than ever. They are the cause of a big spike in breakdowns this time of year. It seems everyone who uses them has a story to tell. But how bad is it . Ive come to northampton, ill meet someone who has made it his mission to rid our roads of potholes. You cant make it out now, but at this very spot five years ago there was a massive pothole in the road. Tell me what happened here. It was a dangerous pothole on that bend. People were trying to avoid it, because obviously they did not want to damage their vehicles, but we have very good vehicles coming along here. I reported it to the council and nothing happened. I reported it to the police and it was repaired within two hours. I needed to make sure i could do everything i could to make sure no one was injured. Thats what started your passion to rid the roads of potholes . I thought someone has to stand up. We spend an awful lot of money on our taxes and get a decreasing quality of roads, someone needed to make a stand so i star
And the breeze coming in from the south east, not a cold night or a cold start to tomorrow. The warm weather front that pushing its way across. The cold weather front that clears away a lot of the cold weather out in the atlantic, so were weather out in the atlantic, so we re pretty weather out in the atlantic, so were pretty much start with what we stuck with what we start with. Any good news . Yes, some brightness around the irish sea coast, and here 11 or 12 is possible. Time tojoin inside out time to join inside out for potholes. Hello. Im at the east Anglian Railway museum near colchester. Its kind of the Perfect Place for the programme really, because our second film is about british rail. But first, theres something nasty on our roads which can cause serious problems. Vehicles are being damaged, and in some cases people are being seriously hurt. The cause of all this misery . The humble pothole. Heres martin friend. Potholes are the bugbear of every road user. It seems there are