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Tesco results will be out today. Its a business trying to change after some tough times over recent years. Ill be looking at whether the Turnaround Plan is working. In sport, one of the biggest nights in the history of Leicester City is ahead. Theyre in the Quarter Finals of the Champions League and carol has the weather. Good morning. We are here for the rendezvous of the tall ships. If you wa nt to rendezvous of the tall ships. If you want to see them you can see them tomorrow until Easter Sunday. A bit nippy first thing. For most of us it will be dry. But there will be a few showers in the north west. Good morning. First, our main story. Police in germany believe the three explosions that hit a bus carrying the Borussia Dortmund Football Team were directly targeting the club. The team was on its way to its Champions League match against monaco. One player has undergone surgery after the blast shattered windows on the coach. Jane Frances Kelly reports. Forensic teams have spent the night examining the blast site. Three devices in what police described as a targeted attack exploded as the players bus left their hotel shortly after 7pm. Its believed the explosives were hidden in a hedge and were detonated as the bus passed. The vehicle had reinforced glass. But two panes at the back shattered, injuring Spanish International marc bartra, whos undergone surgery. Other team members were unharmed. At a press Conference Held soon afterwards, a spokesman for the team gave an update on his condition. Translation marc bartra is being operated on right now for a broken bone in his right hand and hes got various glass shards that have been blasted into his arm. The team, through captain marcel schmelzer, just rang me. Theyre still very shocked and thinking about marc. We hope he recovers quickly. The police are still trying to establish who was behind the attack and why. An official from the State Prosecutor revealed that a letter had been found close to the scene. Translation i can say a letter was found near the blast scene. At the moment, due to the ongoing investigation, i cant give more information about the content. The authenticity is being investigated. The devices exploded about ten kilometres from germanys largest stadium. The match has been postponed until later today. The world of football has come together in wishing bartra a full recovery and condemning the attack, which has unsettled players and fans alike. Jane Frances Kelly, bbc news. The us Secretary Of State, Rex Tillerson, is meeting his counterpart in moscow this morning, less than a week after the United States bombed an air base in syria. Overnight many pictures have appeared on social media after both clu bs appeared on social media after both clubs rallied four 13. There was a real pouring of help. It has been great. That was organised really quickly after the announcement came through. There we re announcement came through. There were singing of dortmund by the monaco fans as well. Quite a lot of positivity to come out of an awful situation. Rex tillerson is meeting his counterpart in moscow this morning, less tha n counterpart in moscow this morning, less than a week after the us bond and air base in syria. He wants to persuade the kremlin to drop its support for the current Syrian Regime and its president , basharal assad. But the russian president Vladimir Putin has said that assads forces were not responsible for the chemical attack which prompted the us missile strikes. President trumps spokesman, sean spicer, has apologised for saying that adolf hitler didnt use Chemical Weapons. Mr spicer made the remark in a White House Press briefing, as he answered questions about the war in syria. Journalists reminded him that nazis used gas to kill millions of jews and others. Our washington correspondent david willis has more. Asked about the Syrian Governments use of Chemical Weapons, The President S Press Spokesman used this surprising assertion. We didnt use Chemical Weapons in world war two. You know, you had a. You know, someone as despicable as hitler who didnt even sink to the. To using Chemical Weapons. Asked to clarify those remarks, mr spicer dug himself in even deeper. He brought them into, um. To the holocaust centre, i understand that. What im saying, in the way that assad used them where he went into towns, dropped them down to innocent. Into the middle of towns, it was brought. So the use of it, i appreciate the clarification. That was not the intent. In a statement, the Anne Frank Centre on Mutual Respect accused mr spicer of engaging in what it called calls mounting for his dismissal, the spokesman went back into the cameras to offer this apology. I was obviously trying to make a point about the heinous acts that assad had made against his own people last week, using Chemical Weapons and gas. And frankly, i mistakenly used an inappropriate and insensitive reference to the holocaust for which, frankly, there is no comparison and for that, i apologise. On monday, mr spicer suggested the use of barrel bombs by the Syrian Regime could merit renewed Military Action on the part of the United States, only for the white house to deny its policy had changed. Now the Trump Administration is facing further unflattering headlines amid suggestions that this mans days at the lectern could now be numbered. David willis, bbc news, washington. Any future referendum in the uk should avoid the mistakes of last years vote on britains membership of the eu, according to a group of mps. The cross party Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Says there must be adequate planning for any outcome. It also recommends the Prime Minister of the day stay in office to implement the result. If the government of the day is going to call a referendum on a big constitutional issue they should be prepared for either eventuality in the result. To rule out civil serva nts the result. To rule out Civil Servants doing any preparation on the result they dont want, a mean, clearly that is irresponsible and weve suffered a six month hiatus. More than 50,000 disabled people have had specially adapted cars and other vehicles taken away after the introduction of a new disability benefit, according to the motability charity. Campaigners are demanding changes to the programme so claimants will have a chance to appeal before their vehicles are removed. Ministers say there are more people on the scheme now than in 2010. Our Disability Correspondent nikki fox reports. Since their introduction back in 2013, personal independence payments have been controversial. They replaced Disability Living Allowance and were designed to reduce the growing welfare budget. The benefit helps cover the extra cost of having a disability, driving a car is one of them. The changes to the way people are assessed for pip meant many have lost their specially adapted cars. According to the charity which runs the scheme, 51,000 people have been told they are no longer eligible for a vehicle. Thats nearly half of those who have been reassessed. Latest figures also show that nearly two thirds of deals are found in a claim on thes favour, leading mps and charities to call for changes. When people have their specially adapted vehicle removed, this can have a real negative impact on the quality of life and independence as well. So we wa nt of life and independence as well. So we want to make sure that the dwp change their policy on this area. We dont think the vehicles should be taken away from people and till theyve had a chance to appeal against a particular decision. The department for work and pensions says there are 70,000 more people on the Boat Ability Scheme that they we re the Boat Ability Scheme that they were in 2010. And those who lose their cars are eligible for £2000 worth of support. The head of United Airlines has apologised for the Truly Horrific incident in which a passenger was forcibly dragged, screaming, from a flight. Footage of David Dao Being removed from the overbooked plane was posted on social media and sparked a backlash against the company. The Chief Executive, oscar munoz, said originally he had maintained staff had followed established procedures. Im not sure weve heard the end of that one we will be talking about it with a pr expert later. From rock pools to rock bands, a shrimp which makes some of the loudest sounds in the ocean has been named after pink floyd. Lets have a listen. To the shrimp. Uh, i normally play pink floyd louder than that. It might not sound like it, but the pistol shrimp, synalpheus pinkfloydi, can use its claw to create a sound louder than a gunshot and is powerful enough to stun small fish. The team who discovered the new species wanted to honour the Legendary Group by using their name and have mocked up some of the bands album covers to feature it. Thats the sort of thing that happens to me we have been talking a lot today about Borussia Dortmund facing monaco. That now been rescheduled for the night. Yes, we are looking ahead to the fixtures for this evening and Borussia Dortmund versus monaco has been rescheduled for the night. Tickets are still valid for all of the people who travelled to germany for that. There will be extra security, understandably, at the venue and all of the other Champions League venues around europe this evening. Its one of the biggest days in the history of Leicester City football club. Last years premier League Champions are the only english club left in the Champions League and tonight theyre in spain for their first Champions League Quarter Final against atletico madrid. Barcelona are on the brink. They lost the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal 3 0 to the italian champions juventus in turin. Sam warburton, the favourite to be named the British And Irish Lions captain next wednesday, is out for six weeks with a knee injury, but he should be fit again by the end of may. The lions tour to new zealand starts in june. And former fa Chief Executive Brian Barwick will lead liverpools bid to host the Commonwealth Games. They were initallyjust bidding to host the 2026 games, but durbans withdrawal from hosting the event four years earlier has opened up a vacancy for the 2022 event. In fact, liverpool are bidding at manchester put their name in the ring. Glasgow have said they can do it again as well. Yes, we could see the gains back in britain in 2022, which would be great. Well, i loved it you worry firm supporter. You are a firm supporter. Lets catch up with carol. Good morning, carol good morning, carol good morning. If we take an overview of this whole view, you can see the magnificence of these ships. I am actually standing on the wild swan. This ship was built back in 1920 and it was originally else to carry fresh fish. Then it was used during the war as a torpedo ship and now it will make its way across the atla ntic will make its way across the atlantic ocean, to portugalfirst, then bermuda, austen and finally to quebec, canada, as part of this magnificent event. If you want to come and see these ships, and it is well worth looking at them, you can do so from tomorrow, right up until Easter Sunday. There are lots of people working on these ships as they crossed the atlantic. All different ages and different walks of life. We will be talking to some of life. We will be talking to some of the skippers of the ships through the morning. The weather in london isa the morning. The weather in london is a bit nippy first thing. The chilly start for many parts of the uk. A touch of frost here and fair, but there will be some sunshine around. If we stop forecast at 9am, showers in the north of scotland. Equally bright spells. As we come into the Southern Uplands and Northern England theres more cloud and rain. Especially in parts of lancashire and cumbria. Yorkshire and lincolnshire, a little bit drier. Into the midlands and east anglia, essex and kent, down to the isle of wight, very low amounts of cloud. Equally, there will be some sunshine from the word go. That carries on as we drift over towards the south west of england. Again, bright skies and sunshine. A chilly start if you are standing outside waiting for the bus. Into wales, south wales singer sunshine. More cloud in the north wales. Into Northern Ireland, by 9am, the north of Northern Ireland is brightening up. Through the day the weather front is producing that rain and it will continue its descent, Moving Southwards across england and wales. Thats a Weakening Feature so by the time it gets in the south it would be much more than a band of cloud, with perhaps the odd shower. Behind it variable amounts of cloud, some spells and more showers in the north. A breezy day. Into the evening and overnight there will be clear skies, especially in the east. A touch of frost again. More cloud to the west. We have temperatures again in the mid to high single figures. So we start off tomorrow in east with a lot of brightness, some sunshine. Increasingly through the day in the west of the cloud will build and we will start to see showers. Those could be heavy. But you know the drill with showers, not all of us will catch them. Temperatures about where they should be this time of year. On good friday weather front is sinking south. Some light rain on it. A bright start ahead of it, with the Cloud Building through the day. Behind it there will be bright spells again, but also showers. Temperatures still roughly where they should be at this stage in april. That leads us into the easter weekend. In the south it will be largely dry. In the north it will be largely dry. In the north it will be largely dry. In the north it will be more changeable, with showers and splashes of rain. We will still have a cool north westerly, but there will be sunshine around as well. In the sunshine around as well. In the sunshine it will feel pleasant. They do look stunning, those ships. Or tell us about them later. Very impressive. A look at the papers in a moment. The main stories this Morning Police in germany say a bus carrying the Borussia Dortmund Football Team, which was damaged in a series of explosions, was targeted deliberately. The us Secretary Of State, Rex Tillerson, is in moscow to urge russia to stop supporting the Syrian Government after last weeks Chemical Weapons attack. Steph and kat have joined steph and Kat Havejoined us steph and kat have joined us on the big red sofa to have a look at the papers. Would you like to start . The guardian, our main story, talking about Vladimir Putin, they said Vladimir Putin deepened his support for the Syrian Regime yesterday. Rex tillerson is on his way to russia, but thats how they have written it up but thats how they have written it up this morning, lots of different ta kes up this morning, lots of different takes on that from the papers. Front page of the Daily Telegraph this morning, russia the main story, boris out in the cold over russia they say, in reference to Boris Johnson and a lovely picture from Whipsnade Zoo. This is wonderful. I wonder if the elephant followed royal protocol, you cant extend any pa rt royal protocol, you cant extend any part of your body towards the queen. Donna, the asian elephant, may have