after shareholders refuse to give it more money. the boss tells the bbc it's going to mean a steep rise in customers�* bills. that is the price that customers have to pay for the investment in our infrastructure that is needed and the investment that is required to cope with things like climate change and population growth. also coming up, the rush begins. uk airports brace for two million holidaymakers over the easter weekend, with millions more hitting the roads or heading for ferry ports. but will storm nelson add to the chaos? plus, 25 years injail for the former king of crypto. has the downfall of sam bankman—fried done permanent harm to the digital currency dream?

hello and welcome to our look at the business news. i'm lukwesa burak. we start here in the uk, where the country's biggest water company, thames water, may have to be nationalised after investors refused to pump in more money. thames, which provides water for around a quarter of the uk population, is struggling under a £15 billion debt pile — and a worsening environmental record. its boss has told the bbc that customers�* bills will need to rise by 40% in the coming years, to help cover the investment it needs. but he admitted it could end up being taken into government hands. our business editor simonjack reports. in the village of lambourn in west berkshire grains have

overflowed regularly, pouring raw sewage onto the streets and straight into the local will —— become a protected chalk stream. thames water says rohan wood has overjuande storm dennis, villages and local charity said is that he is of underinvestment by the company. we would like to see water cullity been put above profit. we would like to see people in towns and villages having their storage treated and it being returned to the river after being treated so that we have healthy chalk streams and we have communities not walking through sewerage on the streets. . , , , , streets. thames is the biggest water company _ streets. thames is the biggest water company in _ streets. thames is the biggest water company in the - streets. thames is the biggest water company in the uk, - water company in the uk, serving 16 million customers, it also has nearly £15 million in debts, having paid out millions to former shareholders in years gone by its current owners were due to pump in £500 million first instalment but that depended on the regulator approving a 40% increase in bills over the next five years. what said no and the cash was withdrawn. the new boss says that the investment needed

makes higher bills inevitable. i would argued that that is the price customers have to pay for the investment in our infrastructure that is needed and the investment that is required to cope with things like climate change and population growth. but public ownership — population growth. but public ownership is _ population growth. but public ownership is a _ population growth. but public ownership is a possibility, - ownership is a possibility, isn't it? it ownership is a possibility, isn't it? , ., , isn't it? it is eventually possible- _ isn't it? it is eventually possible. but - isn't it? it is eventually possible. but don't - isn't it? it is eventually. possible. but don't want isn't it? it is eventually - possible. but don't want to alarm anyone and the first thing they would say about it, evenif thing they would say about it, even if that were to happen these services will continue to be provided. there will still be provided. there will still be clean drinking water and we will still deal with all the way so that has to be dealt with. ., , ~ ., way so that has to be dealt with. . ,_, , with. thames water says it has enou:h with. thames water says it has enough money _ with. thames water says it has enough money in _ with. thames water says it has enough money in the - with. thames water says it has enough money in the bank - with. thames water says it has enough money in the bank to i enough money in the bank to lasted for a little over a year, but at some point it will have to raise fresh money to fund the vast investments that are needed and those investors will want to see a return, which could inevitably mean higher bills. in north london, these blue pipes are replacing those laid when victoria was on the throne and these streets were fields. it will take tens

of billions of pounds and thames is not alone, ultimately that money has to come from customers, many high bills, or from taxpayers. simonjack, bbc news. let's talk to the veteran investor justin urquhart stewart, who now runs the investment platform regionally. hello, always good to see you there. ,., ., hello, always good to see you there. h, ., ., hello, always good to see you there-_ as - hello, always good to see you there._ as the l hello, always good to see you l there._ as the uk there. good morning. as the uk not about there. good morning. as the uk got about this — there. good morning. as the uk got about this the _ there. good morning. as the uk got about this the wrong - there. good morning. as the uk got about this the wrong way, . there. good morning. as the uk got about this the wrong way, i | got about this the wrong way, i sure we probably one of the only water utility companies thatis only water utility companies that is privatised. was that the first mistake? it that is privatised. was that the first mistake? it wasn't so much mistaken _ the first mistake? it wasn't so much mistaken privatisation, | the first mistake? it wasn't so | much mistaken privatisation, it was the way it was gone about, this shouldn't really be news, because we realise the problem that was going to when it was privatised and then how the company operated after that, because, as was mentioned, actually what the company did was they borrowed an awful lot of money to try and make it, the technical term, as balance sheet more efficient, getting more debt into it, and paying out a lot of money to

shareholders, a lot of whom were big institutions, overseas institutions (indistinct). . a huge amount of debt onto our businesses which had developed very effectively. but once about that amount of money it was so heavily laden with that debt and, frankly, that is the unacceptable face of u na cce pta ble face of capitalism... unacceptable face of capitalism... (indistinct). putting money, taking money out of the business purely to pay shareholders in the short term as opposed to longer term investments. indie as opposed to longer term investments.— as opposed to longer term investments. ~ . ., , investments. we have a problem on our investments. we have a problem on your line. _ investments. we have a problem on your line. if — investments. we have a problem on your line, if we _ investments. we have a problem on your line, if we can _ investments. we have a problem on your line, if we can we're - on your line, if we can we're going to try to reconnect. they want if you could bear with us. they will hand you over to our tech team and hopefully we will come back to the subject of thames water. let's turn to travel now, because a major easter holiday rush is under way here in the uk, with uk airports bracing for two million holidaymakers jetting off over the easter weekend. manchester airport expects its busiest easter ever. motoring organisations are expecting more than 1a million carjourneys over

the weekend, with half of britain's drivers on the road on sunday. bad weatherfrom storm nelson and engineering works on key rail lines are likely to add to travel chaos. but the travel industry is hoping this weekend will finally see business back to pre—pandemic levels. for more we are joined by a familiar face to bbc news channel viewers, carmen roberts, host of the bbc travel show. carmen, hello. hello. it sounds as if potentially _ carmen, hello. hello. it sounds as if potentially we _ carmen, hello. hello. it sounds as if potentially we could - carmen, hello. hello. it sounds as if potentially we could be - as if potentially we could be heading into the perfect storm. there are going to be a lot of challenges coming up this weekend, never mind, did mention, the issue with the passports, the less than ten years left on your passport. how is it shaping up?- how is it shaping up? yes, well, how is it shaping up? yes, well. you _ how is it shaping up? yes, well, you are _

how is it shaping up? yes, well, you are right, - how is it shaping up? yes, well, you are right, this i how is it shaping up? yes, well, you are right, this is| how is it shaping up? yes, | well, you are right, this is a perfect storm, because easter this year, the easter holiday period, is falling earlier than usual so it is at the end of march as opposed to april as it has been in recent years, and this is coinciding with the end of the school holidays, so we're seeing a lot of people jetting off as well is combining their easter holidays. so this is compounding the travel chaos on the roads, on the trains, at the roads, on the trains, at the ports, as well as at the airports. and what we are also seeing is weather conditions. as you can look outside in the uk right now, it is not ideal, people are oftenjetting uk right now, it is not ideal, people are often jetting off to sunny climates. but we have also seen a late dump of snow in the resorts, in high altitude resorts across the alps, so many tour operators are seeing a surge in late bookings for ski holidays stop for instance, club med, who have a lot of resorts across europe, have said they have got a 20% increase in bookings. qm.

a 20% increase in bookings. ok, so people _ a 20% increase in bookings. ok, so people are — a 20% increase in bookings. ok, so people are still _ a 20% increase in bookings. ok, so people are still booking. for those heading to airports and heading to europe, for example, does the uk, is that an indication that the uk is still too expensive for british people? still too expensive for british --eole? ., .., still too expensive for british --eole? ., , people? you could be right there. surveys _ people? you could be right there. surveys have - people? you could be right there. surveys have shown j people? you could be right- there. surveys have shown that popular family resorts like center parcs popular family resorts like center pa rcs are popular family resorts like center parcs are proving quite expensive, particularly over the holiday period, you could pay around 1000 pounds —— £1000 at centibytes, whereas cheap resorts in europe, biglia france, looking at £10 per person per day, which, even if you take into account your travel costs, this still comes out cheaper and, sadly, given the price of the trains here in the price of the trains here in the uk as well as the delays and strike action that we are experiencing, you can't say you blame holidaymakers looking for a low—cost airfare to get out

of this problem. a low-cost airfare to get out of this problem.— of this problem. carmen roberts. _ of this problem. carmen roberts, thank- of this problem. carmen roberts, thank you - of this problem. carmen roberts, thank you very| of this problem. carmen - roberts, thank you very much. can't wait to see the next edition of the travel show on bbc. thank you.— we returned to our top story and discussion of thames water, some saying the scandal of thames water. they need money and shareholders are saying we are not going to pay out. justin urquhart stewart is following a story for us. we were just talking about privatisation, whether it was the right thing for a water company. a wonderfully good turn to the shareholders, nine shareholders, and some of the biggest shareholders of foreign shareholders. has that played into the problems we are seeing now? ~ ., , into the problems we are seeing now? . . , . into the problems we are seeing now? ~ . , ., ., , now? well, it has had a very big impact — now? well, it has had a very big impact indeed. - now? well, it has had a very big impact indeed. it - now? well, it has had a very big impact indeed. it is - now? well, it has had a very big impact indeed. it is not i now? well, it has had a very. big impact indeed. it is not so much the privatisation, what you actually had the way it was being regulated and controlled, what you had 20 years ago, when the privatisation took place, with big posters all over the place saying (indistinct) with

plastic pipes. the last year they were doing the same thing again. what happened to the money? the answer was they borrowed money to pay out to shareholders, effectively giving them a freebie and the customers were losing out. shareholders initially, those first shareholders, the big institutions, benefited. now they want to raise more money to go back to the shareholders, they are not all the same ones, and unsurprisingly they turn around and say this is not as attractive as it was before, because you have all this debt. of course they can't charge of course they can't charge more because the regulator quite rightly turns around and says that is not suitable. this is an old problem which really goes back to the very poor regulation which they should have realised at the time and some of us in the city, even those years ago, identified that and said this is a risk, you are going about it the wrong way and now we're suffering for it and it will very painful, i'm afraid. painful indeed, and for her it sounds like whatever happens

here potentially the burden is going to be on the public. it is. whether you are neither actually paying the water bills, sewerage and water, or whether the company goes bust, in which case who accept the tab? the answer is the taxpayer, you and i. either way around we're going to have to pay for this, you go for the issue that what the company did was lead itself up with debt to pay off shareholders. there are other example is of this in capitalism that we have seen with company flirtations, a good example of this would be something like manchester united, it is a very bad way of going about trying to raise money by putting more borrowing onto it. there is a phrase we like to use in the city "having an efficient balance sheet". you can interpret that as putting more debt into it and it has to be paid for and with rising interest rates, they may be coming down now, but still higher than they were, it is going to be very expensive and,

sadly, it is quite rightly highlighted, it is the consumer or the british public who ends up or the british public who ends up having to pay for it. this up having to pay for it. as ever, justin _ up having to pay for it. as ever, justin urquhart stewart, thank you very much. we're going to return transport. it is a big issue over the next few days. trafficjams at channel ports and the channel tunnel to france could be about to get a lot worse when new post—brexit rules come in. physical customs checks are due to be introduced on goods being imported from the european union at the end of next month. the uk's transport lobby group is warning of a repeat of scenes like this, filmed in 2022. it warns that truck operators haven't been given clarity on what the new checks will involve. logistics uk says delays to shipments could mean shortages of fresh produce on supermarket shelves. about 30% of all the food consumed in the uk comes from the eu, that's according to the british retail consortium — including almost half of the fresh vegetables and the majority of fresh fruit sold in this country.

let's talk to nichola mallon from the transport lobby group logistics uk and joining us from belfast today. hello there to you, thames. in terms of clarity, what details are missing?— terms of clarity, what details are missing? well, as you say, less than _ are missing? well, as you say, less than one _ are missing? well, as you say, less than one month _ are missing? well, as you say, less than one month away - are missing? well, as you say, | less than one month away from sweeping changes that will impact on anyone who is trading or moving fresh produce from the european union across into the european union across into the uk and there are still critical pieces of information that businesses need that the government hasn't provided, all of our households continue to be worried about food inflation and yet government will be imposing, infour and yet government will be imposing, in four weeks' time a charge on every load of fresh produce that is coming across. for many of our members they will be picking up fresh fruit,

other products all over the eu and bringing them across to uk shelves, so they could be facing multiple charges and, as yet, they still don't know what that level of charge will be, how we will impact the viability of the business, and ultimately how it will impact the consumer in terms of prices. the consumer in terms of rices. , ., the consumer in terms of rices. ,., , , prices. ok, so this is the consumer— prices. ok, so this is the consumer user _ prices. ok, so this is the consumer userjudge, i prices. ok, so this is the i consumer userjudge, then prices. ok, so this is the - consumer userjudge, then you have the border target operating model are much confusion over. essentially, this weekend, members or truck drivers must be dreading it, because you have a perfect storm, haven't you, the brexit changes coming in, the easter getaway, what advice is being given to truck drivers and two shipping companies?- shipping companies? these chan . es shipping companies? these changes come _ shipping companies? these changes come in _ shipping companies? these changes come in on - shipping companies? these changes come in on 30 - shipping companies? these i changes come in on 30 april, but the first set of changes came in 31 january, so businesses are already having to adapt, but you are absolutely right, for trade to thrive it needs a certainty, stability, simple processes,

affordable processes when it comes to customs and orders and, unfortunately, right now we don't have that. we are also facing a really difficult situation as we come into 0ctober, because as well as all the new processes for the importation of goods from the eu across the uk, we are also looking at the introduction of a whole new border process by the eu called the entry and exit system, which means that passengers will have to be processed at the border, so some places, when eric use of passenger traffic, that will have a significant impact on freight, it will cause disruption, it will cause delay if we don't find technical solutions.— if we don't find technical solutions. �* . ., ., solutions. all right, nichola mallon, head _ solutions. all right, nichola mallon, head of _ solutions. all right, nichola mallon, head of trade - solutions. all right, nichola mallon, head of trade at. mallon, head of trade at logistics uk. thank you for clarifying the day there. they apologise for that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

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look at the business top stories. to the us now, where as you have been hearing the former boss of the ftx cryptocurrency exchange, sam bankman—fried, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding customers and investors. thejudge also ordered bankman—fried to forfeit $11 billion that can be used to compensate victims. it marks the final downfall for a man once known as the �*king of crypto�* before his firm�*s dramatic collapse in 2022. he�*s expected to appeal the sentence, but they may not succeed in getting it reduced, as michelle fleury explains. thejudge had to decide the judge had to decide a couple of things, and taking into account the sentencing he was considering the age, the loss is involved, the impact on the victims, but also the message of deterrence, and ultimately he settled on 25 years for sam bankman—fried, sending him to prison for that amount of time. it was less

than lawyers who had been prosecuting the case had been asking for, they wanted 40—50 years, by contrast lawyers for mr bankman—fried was saying he should get less than seven years and judge lewis kaplan decided that splitting the difference, somewhere in the middle, was the way to go. as you mentioned, sam bankman—fried is only 32 years old, so if he serves the full—time he will come out sometime in his late 50s, think that was a factor the judge clearly thought that although mr bankman—fried has autism, that he, as he said in court, sometimes can be a bit socially awkward, thejudge sometimes can be a bit socially awkward, the judge clearly felt that this was a serious crime and he wanted to send that message of deterrence. he was also not convinced that mr bankman—fried has shown enough remorse. and he wasn�*t convinced that he might not try to essentially cheap people potentially again. so that is why he settled on this lengthy sentence, one that white collar

lawyers, professors have been telling me seemed to be the right amount, that it felt right amount, that it felt right to them, and one that would be hard to challenge. connor sephton is a journalist and podcaster who has been covering the crypto and tech industry. it is so lovely to see you. you have been following this story. what is the chatter since the sentencing yesterday in the crypto world?— sentencing yesterday in the crypto world? sentencing yesterday in the c toworld? , ., , , crypto world? well, 25 years is a “oke, crypto world? well, 25 years is a joke. is _ crypto world? well, 25 years is a joke, is what _ crypto world? well, 25 years is a joke, is what i've _ crypto world? well, 25 years is ajoke, is what i've heard, - a joke, is what i�*ve heard, lovable. there are many people disappointed by the sentence, as substantial as it is, because of how much money people lost. because of how much money people lost-— because of how much money people lost. because of how much money --eole lost. ~ . . ., ., , people lost. what damage has it done to the _ people lost. what damage has it done to the crypto _ people lost. what damage has it done to the crypto investment? | done to the crypto investment? has it damaged it? is it still damaged des�*s are still damaged or has it rehabilitated itself? the crypto markets have recovered, now we are seeing bitcoin at higher prices than ever before, but i would argued that the sentence among

investors who may have been interested in crypto has changed and also the way businesses operate in a space has changed. at the time it collapsed there were wild accesses in the crypto market, ftx had a privatejets accesses in the crypto market, ftx had a private jets flying amazon orders to the bahamas from miami where they were quartered. from miami where they were quartered-— quartered. you said that sentiment _ quartered. you said that sentiment has _ quartered. you said that sentiment has changed, | quartered. you said that. sentiment has changed, the quartered. you said that - sentiment has changed, the way of doing business has changed, i suppose of that is all, in a way, to try to rebuild trust. what has changed?- way, to try to rebuild trust. what has changed? well, we're startin: what has changed? well, we're starting to _ what has changed? well, we're starting to see _ what has changed? well, we're starting to see companies - what has changed? well, we're starting to see companies be i starting to see companies be far more transparent about what happens to customer deposit. so they�*re making sure that people can see that funds are held safely and they not intermingled with any risky investments. that�*s one big change. investments. that's one big chan . e. ., investments. that's one big chance. . ., ., change. 0k, and regulation, is that still on _ change. 0k, and regulation, is that still on the _ change. 0k, and regulation, is that still on the cards? - change. 0k, and regulation, is that still on the cards? is - that still on the cards? is moving — that still on the cards? i3 moving slowly, and that's moving slowly, and that�*s partly because the industry moves so fast and regulators

are catching up. with sam bankman—fried what we saw was he was charged and convicted within the framework of existing us laws. there aren�*t any specific regulations directly for cryptocurrencies, that may or may not change, what we are seeing is us officials do have ways of convicting bad actors in the crypto space with existing laws. ., , crypto space with existing laws. . , . ., laws. ftx was the exchange we are talking _ laws. ftx was the exchange we are talking about, _ laws. ftx was the exchange we are talking about, who - laws. ftx was the exchange we are talking about, who is - are talking about, who is leading the crypto exchanges now? it leading the crypto exchanges now? , ., now? it is all influx. the ceo of finance — now? it is all influx. the ceo of finance comedy _ now? it is all influx. the ceo of finance comedy was - now? it is all influx. the ceo i of finance comedy was largest exchange pleaded guilty to money—laundering charges last year, we will be sentenced next month. there are other businesses in the space, coin bases there, we are also seeing traditional finance companies like blackrock and fidelity investments start to offer bitcoin products as well. {lilia bitcoin products as well. ok, connor sephton, _ bitcoin products as well. ok, connor sephton, has - bitcoin products as well. 0k, connor sephton, has been a pleasure. thank you very much. finally, if you are celebrating easter — and perhaps inviting family

for an easter lunch — you might be sitting down to something like this, roast shoulder of lamb with all the trimmings. but would you consider serving up a frozen ready meal? what you are seeing is actually part of a frozen easter dinner box, from the pre—prepared meal company cook, priced at £61; for six people. the firm has seen rapid growth in the past few years, it�*sjust opening its 100th uk store, but also sells through other retailers and online. so why is it doing so well? are people in the uk becoming too lazy to cook or losing the skills? ed perry is the ceo and co—founder of cook. how much have you seen your sales grow in the last year? —— you have obviously done your market research on this. what made you think this would be a success, what was it about the british public? i

success, what was it about the british public?— british public? i don't think it is so much _ british public? i don't think it is so much about - british public? i don't think it is so much about the - british public? i don't think i it is so much about the british public, it was growing up eating really good food that my mother used to cook for the freezer and so 27 years ago when we got started it was just, the desire was to just do what mum had done for us as we were growing up and having food that looks and tastes home—made, made like you would at home, just figured that would be something that would be good. so we got going, had a small kitchen, opened a small little shop and it is sort of growing very steadily from there. i growing very steadily from there. , ., ., , , there. i 'ust want to pick up on there. i just want to pick up on something _ there. i just want to pick up on something you - there. i just want to pick up on something you said. - there. i just want to pick up on something you said. i i there. i just want to pick up i on something you said. i find it very difficult to freeze potatoes, what is the secret? it's potatoes, what is the secret? it�*s all about speed. you got to freeze things quickly. it�*s all about water crystals and so we have last freezes that freeze everything super fast analogues in the flavour and makes sure the texture doesn�*t get too squidgy. you makes sure the texture doesn't get too squidgy— get too squidgy. you are now experimenting _ get too squidgy. you are now experimenting with _ get too squidgy. you are now experimenting with vending i experimenting with vending machines as well.—

experimenting with vending machines as well. yes, so we have got _ machines as well. yes, so we have got 100 _ machines as well. yes, so we have got 100 shops _ machines as well. yes, so we have got 100 shops now, - machines as well. yes, so we have got 100 shops now, justj have got 100 shops now, just opened 1000 concessions, but vending, wejust felt, was opened 1000 concessions, but vending, we just felt, was an interesting way of trying to get our food to places where it otherwise couldn�*t get too, so we have got a couple of vending machine, more than a couple, a few in hospitals, and it feels like a really good thing for hospitals, with food, it is a challenging environment to get wholesome food, so it is good for the staff that work there, it is good for patients, is good for people who are coming to see people there. translations, we are trying them there as well. it is in them there as well. it is in the early stages and we�*re still experimenting. it is exciting. i5 still experimenting. it is exciting-— still experimenting. it is excitina. , , ., exciting. is this the new era of frozen — exciting. is this the new era of frozen food? _ exciting. is this the new era of frozen food? a _ exciting. is this the new era of frozen food? a lot - exciting. is this the new era of frozen food? a lot of - exciting. is this the new era i of frozen food? a lot of people use to turn their noses up to it, but nutritionally, where do we stand? ihla it, but nutritionally, where do we stand?— it, but nutritionally, where do we stand? ., ., ., ., we stand? no more, no more! the beau of we stand? no more, no more! the beauty of frozen _ we stand? no more, no more! the beauty of frozen food _ we stand? no more, no more! the beauty of frozen food is _ we stand? no more, no more! the beauty of frozen food is you i beauty of frozen food is you can make something that looks and tastes home—made and then you freeze analogues in all the flavour, all the nutrition, everything, so it is not

sitting on a shelf for three or four days, and sort of meals have to have more salt in order to preserve the flavours and so forth, so long as you make the food really, really well, frozen is a fantastic solution for people. i frozen is a fantastic solution for people-— for people. i did a quick calculation, _ for people. i did a quick calculation, £64 i for people. i did a quick calculation, £64 for i for people. i did a quick calculation, £64 for six | for people. i did a quick i calculation, £64 for six for an easter lunch, that is just over £10, not bad. thank you very much. thank you very much indeed. , don�*t forget that we have top stories coming up at the top of the hour. a quick look at how the hour. a quick look at how the asian markets have opened up. looking pretty healthy. the nikkei, hang seng, and brent crude trading well. another look at the business within half—an—hour, but, like i said, join me, more coming up at the top with globalnews stories.

hello there. well, with british summertime just around the corner, thursday was a stark reminder ofjust how fickle british weather can be. yes, we had some snow, some of it settling for a time in northern ireland on thursday. it was a wild day, wet and windy for many as well. and in fact in wiltshire we had over 40 millimetres of rain in a 24—hour period. now it�*s all due to low pressure that�*s anchored itself to the southwest and that low is still going to be with us during the day on friday. the showers, hopefully few and further between in comparison to thursday�*s weather. and we�*ll start off on a relatively quiet note for good friday with a few scattered showers around, but they�*ll become more widespread as we go through the day, drifting their way steadily north into the afternoon. so some of the showers could still be quite potent from time to time. the winds quite blustery, but with a little more sunshine, a little more warmth, 9—14 degrees celsius our overall high. move out of good friday into the start of the weekend and it looks likely that saturday and sunday will continue to be a little bit quieter. the low just shifts further away, the isobars open up, the winds will fall light. we�*ll need to keep an eye on this frontal system, which could bring some rain towards kent and perhaps suffolk, first thing on saturday morning and maybe a little more cloud.

but generally, it will be a quieter day with more sunshine coming through, showers more isolated. there will be some moving through scotland and maybe a longer spell of rain across the channel isles and down through south west england by the end of the afternoon. but temperatures in the sunshine, 15 degrees celsius — a pleasant day for many on saturday. easter sunday continues with that quieter story, perhaps more frequent showers out to the west on sunday. but on the whole, there will be some drier weather from time to time with some sunshine and again, some warmth with temperatures around 13—15 degrees quite widely. so as we move into monday, though, easter monday, we could see a change to something a little bit more unsettled once again, with low pressure never too far away. and we will see some spells of wetter weather, particularly across central

and southern england. so looking further ahead from monday onwards, that unsettled theme is set to continue. longer spells of rain never too far away. take care.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and ben thompson. 0ur headlines today. calls for a police investigation after secret papers reveal the post office fought sub—postmasters in court despite knowing its case was false. the growing cost of dog attacks on livestock — new figures show farmers are footing the bill for lost animals and vets�* charges. for the first time, cameras catch animals adapting to climate change — as part of sir david attenborough�*s new tv series. who needs the caribbean when you have got a caravan park that looks like this in shropshire? with more of us planning a uk break this easter, i have come to find out how important that boost could be to the uk economy at places like this. another milestone in the meteoric rise of teenage dart star luke littler — the 17—year—old wins his first premier league darts night

in belfast, and says it�*s down to him changing his throwing style.