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Record waiting times at A departments in English hospitals,

according to figures seen by the BBC.

Emergency departments suffered their worst performance

last month, since the target to see patients within four hours

The ayes to the right, 494, the left, 122.

As Theresa May gets the all-clear to trigger Article 50,

the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will be here to tell us

what he wants to see from the Brexit negotiations.

How a new law to tackle rogue landlords is failing to protect

tenants from so-called "revenge evictions."

Should you be able to access your late partner's pension

A landmark ruling says "yes," paving the way to more pension freedoms.

And it could affect millions of workers.

Leicester have their first home win of the year.

Demarai Gray scores in extra time to help them beat Derby in their FA

You said you went home and you kissed your boy, you hugged your

boy. Weren't you doing that before? I've been talking fatherhood,

fake news, and the changing face of US politics, with

Denzel Washington. Good morning. A cold day you had.

The best of the sunshine in the west. Central and eastern areas,

more cloud, some showers, and quite windy for some as well. All the

details in about 30 minutes. Thank you, Carol. See you soon.

Accident and Emergency departments in England last month

had their worst waiting time performance since

That's according to provisional figures leaked to the BBC.

The data also suggests that record numbers of patients have had to wait

on trolleys for a bed to become available.

With more here's our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes.

For months, A departments across England have been struggling. We

were given access to the raw Royal Blackburn Hospital. The difficulty

was easy to see. It is a similar picture across England. Provisional

figures appeared to show that last month, 82% of patients were treated,

admitted, and discharged within four hours, the worst performance since

the target of 95% was produced in 2004. 780 patients waited more than

12 hours for a bed after being admitted to hospital, known as a

trolley wait, again the worst on record. If the figures are correct,

it shows the degree of pressure the NHS is under, despite huge efforts

from 1.4 million staff. The NHS is really struggling to cope with extra

demand, record levels of demand. These figures are the worst since

the four hour A target was introduced. It shows the pressure.

The NHS in Scotland is coping better. But similar issues affect

Wales and Northern Ireland. Symptoms of the pressure building across

health and social care. NHS sources acknowledged the system is facing

unprecedented demand. The latest figures suggest there is little sign

of respite. Dominic Hughes, BBC News.

We'll be speaking to the President of the Royal College

of Emergency Medicine about the figures just

The Government has told the House of Lords not to block Brexit

after MPs overwhelmingly backed the bill to trigger Article 50,

The Brexit Secretary, David Davis, called on peers

to "do their patriotic duty" and pass the legislation.

More than 50 Labour MPs defied the three-line whip imposed

by their leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and voted against the bill.

Here's our political correspondent, Tom Bateman.

The message was clear. MPs gave their overwhelming support for

Theresa May's plan to get on with Brexit talks. It is an historic vote

today. It got through with a large majority. It has carried out the

will of the British people. That is what Parliament has done today. Just

137 words long, the bill, very simple, telling us we have to do

what the people wanted. Some people for the bill all the way. They lost,

but they sung the European anthem in defiance. The threat of a

Conservative rebellion fell away, but 52 Labour MPs, including Clive

Lewis, a shadow cabinet minister, defined Jeremy Corbyn to vote

against the bill. -- defied. What you have done is allow a stitch up

on the 21st century equivalent of a con job. Theresa May left after the

vote clearing a first hurdle in Parliament. Now the bill goes to the

House of Lords, where it may need yet more opposition. Tom Bateman,

BBC News, Westminster. And picking up on that

House of Lords process, our political correspondent,

Carol Walker, is in Westminster this We move onto the next step. Talk us

through what will happen. There will be a huge amount of pressure on

gears to let this bill goes through and complete its passage through

Parliament swiftly. -- peers. Downing Street sources have made it

clear if the Lord's tried to disrupt this process they could face calls

to be abolished. Now, I don't think that will stop peers from putting

down amendments, the government does not have a majority, but any delays

and changes will be minor and they will be able to see that off and

stick to their timetable for triggering Article 50 by the end of

March. The biggest immediate problem is facing the Labour leader Jeremy

Corbyn. He has four positions in his shadow cabinet to feel and must

decide whether to take action against more than a dozen junior MPs

who voted against the bill and his wishes. That has laid bare the huge

divisions within the Labour Party. Carol, thank you.

Just after 8am, we'll be discussing this with Labour leader,

A new law designed to help protect people in England from so-called

"revenge evictions" by rogue landlords isn't working,

according to senior MPs and housing lawyers.

A BBC Freedom of Information request has revealed that there may be

hundreds of thousands of vulnerable tenants,

afraid to report things like damp, faulty electrics and broken boilers,

Things like damp faulty electrics and broken boilers can all badly

But here in Leeds, there's a concern many are too scared to complain

in case their landlord kicks them out.

This is rented out as private rented accommodation,

People are paying to rent here, making complaints, nothing happening

and they could be under the threat of revenge eviction.

That's the reason why they're not coming forward

And that's exactly what happened to Helen.

Her and her family were hit with a revenge eviction.

After months of complaining, we got a firm of solicitors

in who deal with properties in these states of disrepair.

They checked the property and they agreed it was damp

So they wrote to our landlord and instructed that work needed

And within a week of him receiving that, we received a Section 21

eviction notice pushed under our door.

Because of what happened to people like Helen,

a new law was introduced in October 2015 to try to stop retaliatory

But we've seen exclusive figures gathered in a freedom of information

request gathered from hundreds of councils right across England

that show more than half haven't stopped any at all.

More than a quarter don't even record figures and fewer than one

The Government says "revenge evictions" are rare,

and thanks to its new law, councils have all the powers

they need to stop them.

The Labour peer who campaigned for unaccompanied migrant children

to come to the UK, has said the Government's decision to stop

When the Dubs Scheme was introduced last year,

campaigners hoped thousands of children would benefit,

but the actual numbers have been much lower.

Vulnerable and scared. Many children remain in camps across Europe. An

estimated 90,000 all alone without family. Following intense pressure

last year, the then Prime Minister David Cameron introduced a programme

to give century to some. Campaigners had hoped 3000 unaccompanied

children with no links to the UK would benefit. Instead, 350 will be

taken in before this scheme ends next month. It was designed by Lord

Dubs, a former refugee who fled from the Nazis himself. I was in Greece.

Desperate conditions. Many unaccompanied children who are

bitterly cold and miserable We need to help them. There has been

widespread condemnation. Opposition parties have called the move a

betrayal of vulnerable children and British values, and called on the

government to revive the Dubs Ammendment. Some were taken to this

place in Devon. The Home Office says it is a matter of resources, the

balance between enabling children to enter the country, while ensuring

that local councils have the capacity to look after them.

Alexander Mackenzie, BBC News. The US Senate has approved

President Trump's choice Mr Trump criticised

efforts by Democrats Mr Sessions was denied a post

as a federal judge in the 1980s, when he was accused of racism,

though he's always denied Tributes have continued to be paid

to Tara Palmer-Tomkinson The actress and model became

an "it-girl" in the 90s and wrote about her life as an aristocrat

and her close ties to She was found dead in her London

home after revealing that she had a brain tumour in

November last year. Jane Austin's Mr Darcy from Pride

and Prejudice is one of the most admired and romantic leading men

in literary history. When Colin Firth played him

he was famously tall, dark and handsome, but that

might not have been the case This portrait by British academics

paints a very different picture of Mr Darcy, giving him a pale face,

powdered white hair, He's a far cry from the brooding

Mr Darcy created by filmmakers. Yes. Umm there you go. You can see

the contrast. LAUGHING. What did they say, a powdered... A powdered

face. What is wrong with a powdered face? And fair hair. No tan because

you are always inside. He looked a little bit like you. Why are you

doing that are you thinking Hmm? What have you got going on was

-- on? Leicester have their first home win of the year. They are one

point above the relegation zone in the Premier League.

3-1 in their FA Cup Fourth Round replay.

Demari Gray scoring the pick of the goals.

MPs will debate the Football Association's failure

It follows a motion of "no confidence" in the governing body.

Parliament will examine whether the FA can "comply fully

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Wolverhampton yesterday

for the funeral of former England women's cricket captain,

A pioneer in women's cricket, she died aged 77 last month

British snowsports are aiming to become one of the world's top

five skiing and snowboarding nations by 2030.

The winter Olympics take place in PyeongChang South Korea in one

year and UK Sport says Great Britain can achieve its best ever Winter

That is quite a long time to wait for your target, 2030. Why have they

become so good at winter sports at the moment? Used to have to on a dry

ski slope. There are many more with new indoor ones. And there is snow

on the mountains by Carol. Is that the Grampians? This is a librarian

picture. I knew you were going to ask me where it was. Sorry. May be

some Malay like Yorkshire. -- somewhere like.

Calls are today and cloudy across central and eastern areas. We will

see showers, rain, sleet and snow. A blocking area of high pressure in

the continent with wind moving around that coming from a cold sauce

is sweeping across our shores so it is a cold start. In western Scotland

you will see some sunshine this morning but it is cold and frosty.

Down the east coast where we have the wintry showers, the risk of ice.

A sunny start across north-west England, but a cold one and as we

come down the east coast and inland we are looking on the coast at a

mixture of rain and sleet. Inland it is a mixture of sleet and snow.

Showers across the south, not as cold but still cold and as we drift

towards the south-west you are under clearer skies but not as cold. Four

degrees, will not feel warm if you are stepping outside. More cloud as

we push inland and for Northern Ireland a bit more cloud as well

stop temperatures at 7am right about four degrees in Belfast. Through the

course of the day the lion's share of the sunshine will be out of the

west, where it will be windy. Gales in the west, they will ease a touch

during the day but a cold wind lowing in those showers. Coming out

the cloud in central and eastern areas. Because they are showers not

all of us will see one but they will have a wintry element to them

inland. Through the evening and overnight it will be windy. We will

have some showers strolling along the south of England here and there

will be wintry across the Grampians, the Pennines and the east of the

country as well. It is a cold night, and where the skies remain clear

across north-west Scotland we are looking at a frost but frost

shouldn't be a problem for much of the UK. That leaves us into

tomorrow. Tomorrow once again we are looking at some snow showers, again

coming in from the east. On the coast, rain, sleet and snow as we

push inland. Not all of us will see them but across Orkney and Shetland

we could see as much as five or six centimetres, just over two inches.

Those are the kind of temperature values but if you are in the wind it

will feel colder than those temperatures are suggesting. As we

head on into Saturday we have a similar combination of rain and

sleet in the coast, snow showers as we push inland. The change of wind

direction to the north-easterly, still feeling cold but some of the

showers will blow over to the west so we will see some in Wales, the

south-west of England and Northern Ireland, and a quick look at Sunday.

A similar kind of story, still some snow showers around and it will feel

raw if you are out in that wind. It is going to feel raw. It is going to

feel roar! Shall we have a look at the papers? As many of the papers

are this morning, the front page dominated by the vote last night.

Worth pointing out that Jeremy Corbyn will be with us on the sofa

just after 8am, many questions of course posed about his leadership or

what he makes of what will happen in the Brexit negotiations. The Daily

Express also talking about that vote, saying that MPs last night

gave Theresa May the all clear to take Britain out of the EU, and

Prince Charles with Tara Parker Thompson, who tragically died. The

front page of the Times has some big brands and where the advertising

ends up. And if you go inside, it explains a little bit about how it

works and it is not the brands themselves who are choosing to

advertise on the extremist videos but we don't all see the same advert

only click on a video. The video player will look at what else we

have been browsing for on the internet, it will find relevant ad

and may be sure you one for a car, bank or retailer. That is how they

are ending up on these sites. Google, which owns YouTube, has

received is in place to stop it happening but some are clearly

getting through. On the front page of the Daily Express a follow on

with EU exit, time to get on with it, a theme from many of the papers

this morning. And the Guardian this morning also with a picture of Tara

Palmer-Tomkinson, and the story of anger and dismay greeting the

announcement by the government that it will end its commitment to

provide a lone child refugees in Europe. I know lots of people are

enjoying the rugby at the moment, you included, Charlie. The Mirror

have done a piece about Eddie Jones who has been compared to Brian

Clough, because the thing about Eddie Jones is he has got that air

of confidence. He exudes confidence the whole time and lows on into his

players. He is quite clever at manipulating us, journalists. He has

said his players are scared of playing Wales at home. Not all of

them are scared of playing Wales at home, but it is the clever thing to

say. He has said privately that he knows journalists want the headline

and if you don't give them something to talk about they will talk about

something else. He is deciding what they are going to talk about and

giving them a new thing to say each day which keeps all of us distract

that while he gets on with it. They are all into the idea of mind games,

they? In the game on Saturday is at the Millennium Stadium. If I am

remembering rightly I think the visiting team can request the roof

to be close. He said so far they haven't decided whether they are

going to request for the roof to be closed, they will wait and see. The

big thing about closing the roof is it could give Wales an advantage, it

makes it much noisier. It locks in the atmosphere. If you are there on

the roof is closed, the atmosphere is unbelievable. This is a story we

will cover letter in the programme, that Body Shop could be looking for

a new owner. We can think of it as a touchy-feely local retailer but it

is owned by Loreal, and it has been struggling on the high street. Sales

have fallen, down about .5%. -- L'Oreal. We will talk about that

just about eight a.m.. And this is about people who when they go home

of an evening might feel a bit lonely, and now in Japan they have

come up with a virtual grandmother who you can put on your TV who will

chat to you while you are having your tea. You can interact with the

granny. This old lady chats on the screen and creates the illusion of a

family meal while you are at home. Does she tell you off and tell you

you are doing everything wrong? She is critical of your cooking! It is a

real person? There is this lady, who is the one who is being filmed, and

it is connected to your smartphone and everything so you can interact

and basically have a bit of company. It makes you feel better, that is

all that matters, isn't it? She asked you if you slept well. Quite

sweet, really, isn't it? Across the BBC this week,

we have been looking We have met rural GPs working long

hours, seen how cuts are affecting mental health provision,

and investigated alternative ways Today, for our NHS Health Check,

we follow a day in the life of Kathryn Carruthers,

a matron at a busy emergency care It is chock-a-block. All those

patients you can see are waiting and there is probably more patients,

more patients here and more patients all down the corridor here.

Everybody is trying but sometimes trying isn't enough, and you feel

that everything is gridlocked. And that can be very frustrating. My

name is Kathryn Carruthers. I'm the matron for emergency care here at

this hospital. Where part of the emergency division. We try to see

patients that need urgent care, and get treatment without the

requirement for admission. A have already run this morning to see if

we can take some patients that have been down there for quite sometime.

We're at 100%. Staffing is a huge challenge. We don't always have the

number of staff that we would like. OK, so will go to ED. It is busy.

Lots of staff and patients and trolleys and relatives, who looks

set up. They have been waiting, you can tell. Good morning. I Cathy, I'm

the matron. I know you have been here for a very long time. For me,

currently, this is probably the worst I have seen the NHS. When it

is completely relentless, I think you do drain staff. Got a real

problem, actually. There is a woman who has just moved, and she has a

bowel instruction, and she can sit here all night in a chair. It is

absolutely full, and nowhere to examine patients. Which is not the

hospital's fault, it does its absolute best. Mayhem and bad.

Sorry, do you mind if I take this call? High:. Two orthopaedic

patients, a chap in a chair. -- hi, Colin. I had to wait, and wait and

wait. Oh well. Looks like a movie now. You are not allergic to any

medicine? It is almost the end of the day. My department ticked along

quite nicely. I don't think it is sustainable to continue this amount

of pressure. I am off training, I met an athletic club before going

home and seeing to the rest of the family. And then back to do it all

again. Back to do it all again tomorrow.

Thank you to Kathryn Carruthers and her staff at Northwick Ealing

Hospital. You can find out much more

about the BBC's NHS Health Check series online, including a piece

by our health correspondent Nick Triggle, who has analysed ten

charts which show why, despite rising funding,

the NHS is in trouble. You are watching

Breakfast from BBC News. Still to come this morning:

Denise Brewster was with her partner for ten years, but after he died,

she was told she couldn't receive his pension

because they weren't married. We will speak to a legal expert

about how a Supreme Court ruling in her favour could now affect

millions of unmarried couples. Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom Plenty more on our website

at the usual address. This is Breakfast with

Steph McGovern and Charlie Stayt. We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment, Jeremy Corbyn says the "real fight

starts now," after MPs overwhelming We'll be asking him what he wants

to see from the negotiations New rules on child booster

seats are on the way. But there's still confusion over

who should be sitting in what. We'll try and get to the bottom

of the new regulations Let me ask you a question. I am the

journalist now. And Hollywood superstar,

Denzel Washington, turned the tables and started interviewing

Charlie when they met to discuss his new film

"Fences" this week. But now, a summary of this

morning's main news. Accident and Emergency departments

in England last month suffered their worst waiting time

performance since targets were introduced, according

to provisional data leaked The figures also suggest that record

numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed

to become available. The Department of Health insists

the vast majority of patients We'll be speaking to the President

of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine

about the figures just after 7am. The Government has told the House

of Lords not to block Brexit, after MPs overwhelmingly backed

the bill to trigger Article 50, The Brexit Secretary,

David Davis, called on peers to "do their patriotic duty"

and pass the legislation. More than 50 Labour MPs defied

the three-line whip imposed by their leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

and voted against the bill. Our political correspondent,

Carol Walker, is in Westminster this Carol, how much pressure

will there be on the Lords not Brexit now moves on to the Lords.

Talk us through it. There is huge pressure on the House of Lords to

take heed of that. They will look at the authority the government had at

the end of the vote last night. Downing Street sources have said if

the Lord's tried to disrupt or change the process, they could call

for the abolition. I think there will be a huge amount of pressure on

peers to toe the line now. That will not stop amendments being put down

and attempts to change the ruling. But ministers are confident they

will get the bill through both chambers of Parliament in time to

begin the formal Brexit negotiations by the end of March. The biggest

immediate problem is the one facing the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. He

has four positions to fill in his shadow cabinet after the resignation

of Clive Lewis. He is deciding on the action to take on junior

ministers who voted against the bill. Although his spokesman has

dismissed rumours he may be thinking of standing down in the future, I

think it is a big problem for the Labour Party when it has divisions

laid bare on such an important issue. Carol, for the moment, thank

you. A new law designed to help protect

people in England from so-called "revenge evictions" by rogue

landlords isn't working, according to senior MPs

and housing lawyers. A BBC Freedom of Information request

has revealed that there may be hundreds of thousands

of vulnerable tenants, afraid to report things like damp,

faulty electrics and broken boilers, The Labour peer who campaigned

for unaccompanied migrant children to come to the UK, has said

the Government's decision to stop When the Dubs Scheme

was introduced last year, campaigners hoped thousands

of children would benefit, but the actual numbers

have been much lower. By the time the system closes next

month, 350 children will have been taken in. It was designed by Lord

Dubs, a former refugee who fled Nazi occupation is. I was in Greece a few

months ago. There were desperate situations, with many children cold

and miserable. We owe it to those children. The government ministers

said to me we intend to accept the letter and spirit of your amendment.

My contention is that they are not doing that.

Tributes have continued to be paid to Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

The actress and model became an "it-girl" in the 90s and wrote

about her life as an aristocrat and her close ties to

She was found dead in her London home after revealing that she had

a brain tumour in November last year.

The US Senate has approved President Trump's choice

Mr Trump criticised efforts by Democrats

Mr Sessions was denied a post as a federal judge in the 1980s,

when he was accused of racism, though he's always denied

Good news for Leicester. They needed. It has to be a consolation

prize for them. -- need it. Struggling Premier League

champions, Leicester City, are through to the fifth

round of the FA Cup following a replay

against Derby County. They came through 3-1

after extra time. Andy King put Leicester ahead before

Abdoul Camera's deflected free kick Leicester restored their lead

through substitute, Wilfred Ndidi, And Demarai Gray's superb solo

goal secured their place We want to do well in the

competition where we play. Of course we want to go forward in the FA Cup.

The Premier League is not so good, but we have to play in the Premier

League. And then there is Sunday. Tonight was about the squad and the

injured players getting back in the game We missed the opportunity in

the first game. We did not want a replay. It was a fantastic game.

Fantastic support from our fans. And I could not fault the players. I

think he was slightly cross. MPs will debate the Football

Associations "failure It follows a motion of no confidence

in the governing body. Parliament will examine

whether the FA is fit for purpose. Last July, Sports Minister,

Tracey Crouch, said the governing body would lose its ?30 million

to ?40 million of public funding Britain is aiming to become one

of the world's top five skiing In a year's time, the winter

Olympics take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and UK Sport

says Great Britain can At around 8:40, we'll be talking

to Olympic bronze medal winning snowboarder, Jenny Jones,

and TeamGB hopeful freestyle skier, A little bit more skiing coming up

in just a moment. World champion, Mark Selby,

suffered a shock first-round defeat to world number 18, Martin Gould,

at snooker's World Grand Prix Better news for

Australia's Neil Robertson. He compiled a century break

in the first frame of his match He'll face Ronnie O'Sullivan

in the next round. I mentioned skiing, didn't I? You

have to feel for this chap. No matter how much preparation

and training you can put into a sport, nothing ever

prepares you for this. Could this be the worst start

to a men's Super-G ski race? But then, Kazakhstan skier,

Taras Pimenov, tripped as he left the gate at the Skiing World

Championships at St Moritz. That is awful. Can we try and see it

again? He finished 20 seconds behind the winner. The key word is that he

finished. He got up and carried on? He got back up. He was not last!

Isn't that just a lesson? Things can go wrong and you can just carry on.

We will have that. We will see you later on. Thank you.

There's still a long way to go before Brexit,

but last night the message from MPs was clear, let the Government begin

the UK's departure from the European Union.

494 members voted in favour of the EU Withdrawal Bill,

One of those to support it was the Conservative MP

James Cleverly, who joins us now from Westminster.

Good morning. So, the bill has passed unamended in the House of

Commons. It now goes to the Lord's. Do you think it will be passed there

as well? I am pretty confident it will for two reasons. The fact it

came from the Commons unamended, what we call a clean bill, is a

strong signal to the Lord's. And the Labour Lord's, a deciding factor,

they will want to put their own, they will not want to put their own

party under any more pressure. Anytime there is a Brexit bill

inputs their party under more pressure. You don't think there will

be more amendments. But there could be, and if there are, what will

happen? There is always a chance. There is always a chance the Labour

Party will opt to a amended. The Lib Dems said they intend to make

trouble. It puts the Lords in a difficult position. People will be

understandably frustrated and probably furious if the result of a

democratic process is undermined by part of the Houses of Parliament not

up for election themselves. That will go down poorly with British

people. Sources from Downing Street suggest that if big you not pass

this bill, it could mean that the Lord's will be abolished. -- they do

not. Is that true? I have not heard that from my colleagues in Downing

Street personally, but I do think that when the British people voted

in huge numbers, the largest popular mandate in British political

history, for the Lord's to try and undermine or subvert that, that puts

them in a constitutionally very difficult place. It is a pragmatic

place. Many people understand the implications of trying to distort or

delay or even undermine this bill... Sorry to interrupt. You talk a lot,

James Cleverly, about a huge number of people voting to leave. Many

people voted to remain as well. Yeah, absolutely. But the referendum

result was conclusive. No one has questioned that referendum result.

And I think that all the people who spoke before the referendum about

the importance of honouring the result now have to do that. And I

think they will. I think they will. There will be EU nationals living

here that will be worried about their status in the country at the

moment, won't there? I am pleased the Prime Minister has made it clear

and unambiguous statement with her desire to protect their status. If

the EU matched her commitment word for word this will be resolved

overnight. But they have said that they refused to discuss this until

Article 50 is triggered. So the sooner we can get that drew the

Lords, the quicker we can give the security that the EU nationals

living in the UK absolutely desire and absolutely deserve. -- through.

What are your thoughts on Parliament getting a say on the final deal,

because there are some Conservatives that want more than the take it or

leave it vote being offered. You have to remember how Parliament

works. Parliament works on a yes-no system. Ultimately, the vote will be

the proposed bill that has been negotiated over two years in 2019.

And because we have to vote on a yes-no question, the question will

have to be, yes, we accept this agreement, or, no, we do not accept

that. You cannot have two versions of reality. That was always the

case. That is how all Parliament questions are structured. They could

be issues with the UK and EU negotiators to come up with a

sensible pragmatic deal that works with us and our friends on the

continent. And I hope that is what happens. OK, James Cleverly, thank

you very much for your time this morning.

You are watching Breakfast from BBC News.

Leaked figures show the performance of A units in England last month

The Government warns the House of Lords not to stand in the way

of Brexit, after MPs vote overwhelmingly in favour

That is what we were just talking about.

Here is Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

Good morning. Good morning. Earlier, I was asked where my picture was

from. It was the Lake District. It will be fairly cloudy in central and

eastern areas with wintry showers. Not all of us will see them, but

some of us will. Look at this area of high pressure. It is a blocking

high blocking this frontal system coming our way. But around that, we

are dragging in the cool air from the continent. If you have not gone

outside, it will be cold and get colder. Western Scotland, watch out

for frost. Sunshine. Wintry showers means highs on untreated surfaces in

eastern Scotland and England is possible. As we come across central

and eastern parts, this is where we have more cloud in some wintry

showers. On the coast, accommodation of rain and sleet, England, sleet

and rain. Inland towards the south-west, we are looking at some

sunny skies. Not quite as cold. But, if you are out here, it will not

feel warm. Sunshine for Wales. Cloudy in Northern Ireland. Just a

few showers. Through the day we continue with the rain and sleet

across the east coast. Inland, a culmination of sleet and snow that

could fall almost anywhere in central and eastern parts. Sunshine

out towards the west. It is going to be a windy day. Windy in the morning

towards the south-west. Gales. That will go down through the day. One or

two centimetres of snow in the Pennines, the Grampians, through the

day. Through the evening and overnight, where we have clear

skies, you will see a frost. You might have to scrape the car in the

morning. Elsewhere, no issues with that. It will be cold. A lot of

cloud around. Still snow showers. Highs may be a problem first thing

in the morning to watch out for. -- ice. More of the same. Tomorrow,

Shetland, more substantial snow. Between 5-6 1010 metres, over two

inches. Cloud in central and eastern areas. Rain, sleet and snow.

Brightest skies towards the west. Windy. Although the thermometer

might say three or four, it will feel colder than that. Saturday, the

wind goes northerly, a cold direction for us. Saturday, the snow

showers will go over towards Wales, the south-west of England, and also

Northern Ireland. Showers. Not all of us will see them. Maximum

temperatures, four or five, but feeling colder than that. The wind

will exacerbate that chilly feel. Sunday, it will feel raw. We still

have a north-easterly and easterly wind coming in off the continent.

Still quite a bit of cloud around in central and eastern parts as well.

Still that cloud is producing wintry showers. As is the drill for the

next few days, down the east coast, rain and sleet moving inland. The

combination is sleet and snow. Temperatures, five to about seven.

So, Steph and Charlie, a short you wrap up warmly. Certainly.

I love the way it, when you were talking about the cold, you did a

little body shake with it. Thank you very much, see you in a bit.

A landmark ruling at the Supreme Court yesterday

could pave the way to more pension freedoms for millions of people.

Ben is looking at what it could mean.

This is the difference between a married couple and people who are

partners, in relation to your pension. And it could come down to

ticking a box on the form when you sign it.

What rights do you have to your partner's pension

Well, if you were married, it is pretty straightforward.

But if you are not married, things aren't so clear.

You are not automatically entitled to claim their pension savings.

Denise Brewster lost her partner of more than ten years,

but they weren't married, and she wasn't allowed to access

She thought that wasn't fair, and after an eight-year legal

The initial fight was about fighting for us, and what we were to each

other. And then I realise that this wasn't only affecting me. This was

affecting so many other families out there. So at least I just had to

defend myself and take my hardships, but when you have other families,

that have a young daughter, losing their daddy of them army, and then

they have their financial burden on top of that, the inequality and

injustice of it all, I thought, was immense -- their mummy.

With me is Charmian Johnson from the legal firm Eversheds

Nice to see you. We have called it a landmark ruling. How significant is

it? I think it is a significant decision. This landmark decision, as

you call it, could affect millions of people and it really goes to the

heart of the inequality of cohabitees. And the issue is that,

whether you are living with someone, for however long, if you are not

married and you have not got that certificate, then it will not make

any difference unless you take a form on the paperwork. Can you

explain that? With public sector schemes in the UK and Northern

Ireland, many of these public sector schemes require cohabitees to fill

in a form with their partner and lodge it with the scheme so in the

event of the partner's death it would be considered, and that would

be a requirement in order to receive a survivor's pension. The rules have

changed a little bit since, and depending on where you are in the

country things will have changed, but it is a difficult area for

people to navigate. There is a lot to think about when you take out a

pension in the first place. There is clearly a lot to think about if your

partner dies. This is the last thing people need to be thinking about. It

certainly is, yes. And that is why this has been a very sensible and

understandable decision of the Supreme Court. Many of these public

sector schemes still require surviving cohabitees to show that

they were in genuine and lasting relationships, irrespective of

filling in the nomination form, and that is why the nomination form

didn't really add anything in practice. And so we had this ruling

which came out yesterday, will set a precedent? It does, the Supreme

Court is the highest in the land, if you like. The case in question

really related to the Northern Ireland local government pension

scheme, but this could affect other cohabitees in UK public sector

schemes, so we are talking about NHS staff, teachers, police, civil

servants, firefighters, this decision could be relevant to those

who are co-habiting. What does it mean if people have been through

this already and not been able to claim their partner's pension when

they have died? Can it be backdated? Can you claim after the event? I

think now that this decision means that the government is forced to

revisit past cases where cohabitees have been refused a survivor 's

pension purely because this nomination form has not been lodged.

What do people need to do? How would you even start this process if you

have been through this and weren't able to claim your partner's

pension? I imagine that the schemes and the government will be

considering communicating the wall potentially affected members but if

you are a cohabitees who has been a member of a UK public sector scheme,

I would be writing to the scheme and lodging the facts with the scheme

that you are a cohabitees, and for those who have had surviving

pensions refused on the basis that no form had been lodged, I would

ring that to the attention of the scheme. And so the onus will be on

the industry to communicate that, will it? They will be looking at how

they process some of these claims and what they do from here on.

Indeed, and it is a bit of a headache for the government. There

are millions of people in these schemes, it is a bit of an exercise

for them but it can't hurt for the people who think they may be

affected to contact their schemes and raise it with them. A really

interesting area, and a really important case. More from me after

seven a.m.. I will see you then. Denzel Washington is one

of Hollywood's biggest stars, and already has two Oscars

under his belt, so can he make it a hat-trick with his Best Actor

nomination this year, Charlie went to ask him

what he thought of his chances of winning, and his opinion

of America's new President. Lovely to see you. Thank you. Are

you well? I am jetlagged. We just got here like two hours ago. It is

not easy for me to admit that I have been standing in the same place the

18 years. Well, I have been standing with you. I have been right here

with you, Troy. I had a life too. Troy starts off as a rather lovable,

bombastic man who likes the sound of his own voice. We have all been

guilty of that sometimes, haven't we? You know what it is? Is like

there is a ritual on Friday night, and Troy is the television. It is

the same stories he always tells, and it seemed wonderful until it

ain't. Answer me when I speak to you, don't you eat everyday? Yes.

Got clothes on your back? Yes, Sir. Why do you think that is? Because

you like me? Like you? If there is a theme in the film it is people's

ability to change or not to change. Would you say that is right? It is

fair. Because it is a time in history when a lot is changing in

America, and Troy is a character who is not adapting to that change, or

maybe not seeing around him. Would that be right? He is actually

wanting to effect change. He is trying to become a driver. He is

trying to move up. Now, the small detail in the play is that he

doesn't know how to drive. He doesn't even know how to drive, or

read, but he wants that. So in some sense it is ridiculous, but it is

also admirable. On the theme of change, right now, in the world we

live in, there is a lot of change going on. Yes. Are you comfortable

about the changes that are happening, for example in the US

right now? Understand this. I have been talking about this years ago,

third wave or future shock. We went from an agricultural society to an

industrial society. The third wave is the information age. There are

millions of people that are falling in the gap because they don't fit in

to this information age. I don't care who you are, you could promise

people whole lot, but there is a whole lot of people that are going

to... That are in trouble right now, because they just don't fit in. It

is no coincidence that the places that were at the height of the

Industrial Revolution in America, Pittsburgh, the rustbelt, are

suffering the worst right now. And those other places, of course, where

Donald Trump... And they are frustrated. And I don't care which

President it is. They can't promise them anything, and those jobs aren't

coming back. I don't care who promise is you that. When people

hear you talking as passionately as you just did about the people who

don't have a voice, and who need a voice, they might think one day

Denzel Washington might like to have a bigger voice, voice in government.

You have got to stay in your LAN. I am not running for... For what? I

don't want any of that -- stay in your LAN. Would you ever? I would

never, ever ever ever. That is a very definitive never,

ever ever ever. You can tell he is very passionate, he feels very

passionately, and all his thoughts about America at the moment are

built on a genuine knowledge about the way the system works. And it is

interesting, the film, Fences, is about a man who likes the sound of

his own voice. Denzel Washington has an amazing voice. When you sit in

the room with him, he has the ability to fill the room with sound,

and of course his father, himself, was a preacher. There is a bit of

that in him. When you ask him a question about what it is like in

America right now, he has a theory and wants to get it out there. It is

a very moving film, Fences, and we will hear more about it later in the

programme. Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. It will start to get a bit less cold

as we head into the start This is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Steph Record waiting times at A

departments in English hospitals, according to figures

seen by the BBC. Emergency departments

suffered their worst performance last month, since the target to see

patients within four hours As Theresa May gets the all-clear

to trigger Article 50, the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

will be here to tell us what he wants to see

from the Brexit negotiations. As experts warn that new booster

seat rules risk leaving parents confused, we'll explain

what the changes mean for you. It's been a high street

favourite since the 1970s, but the owner of Body Shop could be

looking to sell it off. So, what next for the

struggling retailer? Leicester have their first

home win of the year. Demarai Gray scores in extra time

to help them beat Derby in their FA I've been talking fatherhood,

fake news, and the changing face of US politics, with

Denzel Washington. Would you never? Never, ever, ever,

ever. What was he referring to, becoming president of America.

Good morning. A cold start. It will be cold for the next few days. The

best of the sunshine in the west. Wintry showers coming in from the

east on a keen wind. More details in 15 minutes. Thanks, Carol. See you

in a bit. Accident and Emergency departments

in England last month had their worst waiting

time performance since That's according to provisional

figures leaked to the BBC. The data also suggests that record

numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed

to become available. With more here's our health

correspondent, Dominic Hughes. For months now, Accident

and Emergency departments Last week, the BBC was

given exclusive access to the Royal Blackburn Hospital

where the pressure on it was New data leaked from the NHS

says it is a similar Provisional figures appeared

to show that last month, 82% of patients were treated,

admitted, and discharged within four hours, the worst performance

since the target of 95% 780 patients waited for more than 12

hours for a bed after being admitted to hospital by a doctor,

known as a trolley wait. And more than 60,000 waited more

between four and 12 hours, If the figures are correct,

it shows the degree of pressure That's despite huge efforts

from 1.4 million staff. The NHS is really struggling

to cope with extra demand, These figures are the worst

since the four-hour A It shows the pressure

the NHS is under. The NHS in Scotland is coping

better, but similar issues affect Wales and Northern Ireland,

symptoms of the pressure building NHS sources acknowledge the system

is facing unprecedented demand. And these latest figures suggest

there is little sign of respite. The Government has told the House

of Lords not to block Brexit after MPs overwhelmingly backed

the bill to trigger Article 50, The Brexit Secretary,

David Davis, called on peers to "do their patriotic duty"

and pass the legislation. More than 50 Labour MPs defied

the three-line whip imposed by their leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

and voted against the bill. Here's our political

correspondent, Tom Bateman. MPs gave their overwhelming support

for Theresa May's plan to get And it got through with a large

majority every turn. It has carried out the will

of the British people. That is what Parliament

has done today. And it has put through a bill

is very simple, just 137 words long, authorising us to do

what the people wanted. The Scottish National Party fought

the bill all the way. They lost, but they sung

the European anthem in defiance. The threat of a Conservative

rebellion fell away, but 52 Labour MPs, including

shadow Cabinet member, defied Jeremy Corbyn

to vote against the bill. Lib Dems called for

a referendum on the exit deal. What you have done is allow

a stitch-up, the 21st century 80% of people will be dissatisfied

with what is imposed upon them. Theresa May left after the vote

clearing a first hurdle in Now the bill goes to the House

of Lords, where it may need And picking up on that

House of Lords process, our political correspondent,

Carol Walker, is in Westminster this So, this passes onto the House of

Lords. Questions on what happens there. But questions to Jeremy

Corbyn about what this means for him. Ministers hoped that thumping

majority they got in the House of Commons last night will send a

strong signal to the House of Lords. Downing Street sources suggested

that if the Lords were too tried to stop the process, they could be

abolished. Amendments to the bill will probably be put down. There

will not be too many problems. The government will be able to trigger

Article 50 and begin those formal negotiations by the end of March. As

you mentioned, I think the bigger problem immediately is the one

facing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. He has four positions in the shadow

cabinet to fill and has to decide what action to take if any against

more than a dozen junior shadow ministers who defied his

instructions and voted against the bill. The bigger problem for the

Labour Party are the divisions laid bare on perhaps the biggest issue

facing the country at the moment. Carol, thank you very much.

Just after 8am, we'll be discussing this with Labour leader,

We will ask about the resignations and what he is aiming to achieve in

the coming months and years after the Brexit negotiations.

A new law designed to help protect people in England from so-called

"revenge evictions" by rogue landlords isn't working,

according to senior MPs and housing lawyers.

A BBC Freedom of Information request has revealed that there may be

hundreds of thousands of vulnerable tenants,

afraid to report things like damp, faulty electrics and broken boilers,

The Labour peer who campaigned for unaccompanied migrant children

to come to the UK, has said the Government's decision to stop

When the Dubs Scheme was introduced last year,

campaigners hoped thousands of children would benefit,

but the actual numbers have been much lower.

Many children remain in camps across Europe.

An estimated 90,000 are alone with no family.

Following intense pressure last year, the then

Following intense pressure last year, the then Prime Minister,

David Cameron, introduced a programme to give

Campaigners had hoped 3000 unaccompanied children with no links

Instead, 350 will be taken in before this scheme ends next month.

It was designed by Lord Dubs, a former refugee who fled

Many unaccompanied children who are bitterly cold and miserable

There has been widespread condemnation.

Opposition parties have called the move a betrayal of vulnerable

children and British values, and called on the Government

Some youngsters were taken to this location in Devon.

The Home Office says it is a matter of resources,

a balance between enabling children to enter the country,

while ensuring that local councils have the capacity

Tributes have continued to be paid to Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

The actress and model became an "it-girl" in the 90s and wrote

about her life as an aristocrat and her close ties to

She was found dead in her London home after revealing that she had

a brain tumour in November last year.

The US Senate has approved President Trump's choice

Mr Trump criticised efforts by Democrats

Mr Sessions was denied a post as a federal judge in the 1980s,

when he was accused of racism, though he's always denied

Jane Austin's Mr Darcy from Pride and Prejudice is one of the most

admired and romantic leading men in literary history.

When Colin Firth played him he was famously tall,

dark and handsome, but that might not have been the case

This portrait by British academics paints a very different picture

of Mr Darcy, giving him a pale face, powdered white hair,

He's a far cry from the brooding Mr Darcy created by filmmakers.

Quite different from Colin Firth, but the both look good to me. And

he's made up anyway so you can think what you like! Doesn't matter.

As a way of keeping tabs on A waiting times,

a target was brought in 13 years ago which said 95% of patients should be

But figures leaked to the BBC suggest that last month saw

emergency departments at hospitals in England suffered their worst ever

performance since the target was introduced.

The Department of Health insists the vast majority of patients

Let's talk to Dr Taj Hassan, the President of the Royal College

Let's talk to Dr Taj Hassan, the President of the Royal College

Good morning to you, Dr Taj Hassan. What do you make of the leaked

figures, 82% for example not being seen within the four hours, leaving

some people who are not. Is that in tune with what you are hearing and

seeing? They certainly do. The figures showed the remarkable state

of the NHS and emergency care systems. Unfortunately that is how

they are in the moment in this country. They are keeping with the

downward incline, the decline, of performance in our systems over the

past two years. We predicted this would happen back and set number. So

it comes as unfortunately no surprise to us. -- back in

September. This is depressing and the BBC has been describing in

graphic detail some of the pressures staff and emergency staff are having

in trying to deliver safe care. That is something that is not

sustainable, unfortunately. So, do you think this four hour target is

unrealistic? Not at all. The four hour standard is a reflection of the

whole system. It is not just what is happening in the emergency

department, but unfortunately, the consequences play out very

graphically in the emergency department with crowded departments,

resulting in care not being delivered in a timely fashion. Pain

relief is not given in a timely fashion. Assessment is not given in

a timely fashion. So, what we need to do is look at the causes, and the

causes are threefold. We unfortunately do not have enough

money to fund social care, so patients who are fit for medical

discharge in hospital beds are stuck rather than being in the community

were them and their families want them to be. We do not have enough

beds. And increased demand is having a tremendous effect on nurses and

doctors and the department who are just trying to deliver good care. We

need more staff for those departments and other aspects of the

rest of the hospital to be able to cope. You mentioned the problem and

the cause is being threefold, and to solve those would need money. If you

look at the money spent on the NHS, it is increasing. Last year it was

?140 billion, ten times more than 60 years ago. Is this just about money?

Are there more things that could be done as well? I think the NHS is

different to where it was 60 years ago. But no doubt all independent

observers have shown proportionately we are spending less than most of

our European partners. In fact, we are probably on the bottom in most

OECD countries. We have to change. Clinical staff across the country

are looking at ways to reconfigure the NHS to make it fit for purpose.

But the bottom line is we have cut and cut and cut far too much and

we're back the basic skeleton and staff are stretched to their limits

and that is unacceptable. It is also, I would say, a leadership

moment, not just for staff and departments trying to deliver good

care, but also executive boards and trusts and national bodies making

submissions to the Prime Minister, making it clear as to the scale of

the challenge and why we need to invest.

Do you think leadership in hospitals is bad at the moment? No, not at

all, in most trusts and hospitals, leadership is showing...

CROSSTALK You say it needs improving? No, what

I said is I think there is a need for focus around emergency care at

the moment, because, as your figures show, the system is unfortunately

acutely stressed. OK, thank you very much for your time this morning.

Thank you. The time is 7:15am. That is our main story this morning.

Leaked figures show the performance of A units in England last month

The Government warns the House of Lords not to stand in the way

of Brexit after MPs vote overwhelmingly in favour

We will have a look at some of the front pages for you. On the front of

the Sun, marking the death of Tara Palmer Tomkinson, police say she was

discovered dead in her flat yesterday. The announcement made

yesterday afternoon. Tributes coming in, including from members of the

royal family. And the Guardian has a picture of her, and it picks up on a

story we mentioned, which was to do with the Prime Minister being a

accused of closing the door on child refugees, refusing to resettle 3000

children, which was halted just after 350 were allowed into the

country. And Jeremy Corbyn will join us here later this morning, just

after 8am and of course we will talk to him about Brexit and the vote

last night in the house of Common. It gets the go-ahead from MPs and

now moves to the House of Lords. Many questions for Jeremy Colburn

with another resignation from his shadow cabinet, and he will be here

just after 8am -- -- Corbyn. OK, now, where is that picture from,

that is gorgeous? I think it is from Glencoe, because it looks like it,

and it is beautiful, you are quite right. Sorry, I didn't mean to catch

you out. I know, it is another library shot, but it shows what is

going on, there is Hilson at around and -- hill snow and a set of cloud,

even at low levels, and we have this high-pressure area in Scandinavia,

it is it coming across our shores, blocking the weather front from

affecting us, and look at the isobars. It will be windy in the

north-west. We have jails in north-west Scotland, they will ease

through the day. Dry weather, cold and frosty to start, but these coast

of Scotland and England we have more cloud -- We have gales. At least end

into eastern areas, so, right on the coastline and for the next couple of

days we have an extra of rain and sleet. You don't have to travel to

fight in LAN and we have sleet and snow. Because they are showers not

all of us will see them -- you don't have to travel far inland. In

south-west Wales it is a cold and frosty start, then we run into cloud

for the rest of Wales. Northern Ireland has cloud around with

showers, and they will tend to ease. So, through the day, western areas

hang onto the sunshine. For central and eastern parts, we have more

cloud and wintry showers. Don't be disappointed. Not all of us will see

snow. A lot of us want to see it. We could see one or two centimetres,

less than an inch, for the north York Moors and the Grampians.

Overnight, showers move across southern counties, we hang on to the

cloud and showers for central and eastern areas, and it is a cold

easterly wind to the west. Under clear skies, frost, particularly

north-west Scotland and west Wales, despite the low temperatures and the

frost elsewhere, there is too much cloud and breeze to need to scrape

your car in the morning. Then we start the same for central and

eastern parts, and tomorrow too that accommodation continues, with more

significant snowfall for Orkney Shetland, five or six centimetres.

Despite the fact there will be sunshine in the west, wherever you

are it will be cold. In fact, if affected by the wind, if standing in

the wind, it will be much colder than temperatures suggest. Then on

Saturday we continue with rain, sleet and snow but on Saturday more

comes to the west, some getting into Northern Ireland, Wales and the

south-west. The best sunshine for the north-west. It is feeling cold

in the wind, and it will feel raw, Charlie and Steph, by Sunday. Jilly

for now, but getting warmer, thank you. -- chilly.

Ben has more on that and the other main business stories.

Yes, I am going to start with Body Shop.

Body Shop could be looking for a new owner.

The firm, owned by L'Oreal, has 3,000 stores in 66 countries

but sales are down sharply and losses last year grew

The company has blamed a slowdown overseas

and L'oreal is now looking into a potential sale.

We will talk about that in half an hour.

Democrats have condemned President Donald Trump's tweet

attacking a clothing retailer after it dropped a fashion line

Mr Trump tweeted that "Ivanka has been treated so unfairly"

A Democratic senator called the post "inappropriate" and an ex-White

House ethics tsar dubbed it "outrageous".

Earlier this month Nordstrom became the fifth retailer to drop

the Ivanka Trump clothing line, citing lack of sales.

Travel firm Thomas Cook has reported losses of ?67 million,

it did that in the last 20 minutes, and warned that it remains cautious

about the rest of the year, given the uncertain political

The firm says bookings to Greece are up by over 40%,

and destinations like Cyprus, Bulgaria, Portugal and Croatia have

That's helping make up for a fall in sales to Turkey and Egypt

as tourists are deterred by recent terror attacks.

We will talk more about the Body Shop story in about half an hour.

Thank you. The rules on child booster seats

in cars are due to change next month, but many parents say

the new regulations have So, to try and clear things

up, let's take a look at what the present

guidelines are, and how Currently, parents in the UK can use

backless booster seats for children Under the new rules,

in order use a backless booster seat, children must weigh over 22

kilograms, three-stone-seven, and be over 125 centimetres tall,

which is four-foot-one. That means children between 15kg

and 22kg will now have to be put But there is an exception

to the new rules. Parents and guardians who already

have a backless booster seat can For more on these changes,

let's speak to Nick Lloyd, road safety manager

at the Royal Society Good morning. Before we start

getting into the practicality, do you welcome the changes, is it a

step forward in safety? It is potentially a step forward. It is

confusing currently because what will happen is with the new UN

regulations that we will have two types of booster cushions, which is

this one here, which will be available for parents to buy. Our

advice is to go for one of these seats, which is a high backed

booster seat. Let's go back this is the booster cushion. Yes. You say

that there will be two versions? That is right. As you said in your

introduction, this one is suitable for children that weigh 15 kg, up to

36 kg, and the new regulations will mean that manufacturers will be

making seats that are from 22 kg up to 36 kg and, crucially as well,

children must be of a height of 125 centimetres. It makes it confusing.

Short of a taping measure, why can't they go by age? Child car seats, as

technology advances, have become so complicated. We have a website,

child car seats .org.uk, which has 2 million hits per year because

parents are confused about the seats that they can purchase. Our if Isis

to look at the website, do your research, -- our advice is to look

at the website, do your research, look at the maximum age it is

appropriate for, look at the weight and plan from birth on what sort of

seat that you are going to go for and work through. Our advice is

simple. Don't worry much about booster cushions and the new

regulations. Actually don't use one of these. We don't think they are

dangerous, parents can use the old style seat, they don't have to throw

it away, there is nothing wrong with them. These are safer seats. This

seat, a high-backed boots deceit, one with a back on, this goes up, it

is suitable from about six years up to 12, so it has a huge ages span

and these are safer because, as you can see, viewers will be able to

see, they offer considerably more protection than a cushion. You will

be aware that people think this is more convenient, you can take it out

quickly, it is less cumbersome, but you say not as safe? Not as safe,

research proves these are safer and that is why it we advise to go for

one of these seats rather than the booster cushion. What we are not

saying is that they are dangerous and shouldn't be used. As you say,

they serve a very useful purpose. They are extremely light, easy to

fit, they are great to transport from one car to another, so parents,

grandparents and whatever - they serve a useful purpose, but to

stress, they are not as safe as these because they don't give as

much protection in the event of a collision. OK, thank you very much

for your time this morning. He regulations in relation to the

booster seats. And if you want to see how they suit you, you might

want to see that information on Facebook and Twitter, so have a look

online. You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. Let me ask you a question, I am a

journalist now. Go ahead. Is there some Troy in new? He is a rather

bombastic father figure in this very moving film. He has a lot to say

about many things, talking of little about politics, a little about fake

news as well. Yeah, good interview. Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. This is Breakfast with

Steph McGovern and Charlie Stayt. Accident and Emergency departments

in England last month suffered their worst waiting time

performance since targets were introduced, according

to provisional data leaked The Department of Health insists

the vast majority of patients The figures also suggest that record

numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed

to become available. We unfortunately do not have enough

money to fund social care. So patients who are fit for discharge

from the beds us dark rather than being in the community where they

and their family want them to be. -- are stuck. It is having a tremendous

negative effect on the nurses and dog is in the department. --

doctors. The Government has told the House

of Lords not to block Brexit, after MPs overwhelmingly backed

the bill to trigger Article 50, The Brexit Secretary,

David Davis, called on peers to "do their patriotic duty"

and pass the legislation. More than 50 Labour MPs defied

the three-line whip imposed by their leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

and voted against the bill. New laws introduced last year

to protect tenants from so called That's according to MPs

and housing lawyers. A BBC Freedom of Information

request has found that there may be hundreds

of thousands of tenants afraid to report things like damp,

faulty electrics, and broken boilers,

for fear of being evicted. Tributes continue to be paid

to Tara Palmer-Tomkinson The actress and model became

an "it-girl" in the 90s. She was born into aristocracy

and had close ties to She was found dead

in her London home. In November last year,

she revealed that she had The US Senate has approved

President Trump's choice Mr Trump criticised

efforts by Democrats Mr Sessions was denied a post

as a federal judge in the 1980s, when he was accused of racism,

though he's always denied If you lived in Russia and had

a constant supply of snow, Well, one man from

the village of Sosnovka decided to build the chilliest

church in the world. He spent every day for two

months constructing it, even when the temperatures

plunged below -30. He did it so the villagers had

a place to pray as there isn't He said building the alter

and getting the cross on the roof were the most difficult

parts of the build. Waking at -30 sounds the hardest. I

was trying to think of a link to the sport. It has got a roof... What,

like the Millennium Stadium? I know that you saw the name of the village

approaching on the cuer and thought I will stop here and she would have

to say it! Now we know. Next time we have to see it we will be lasting.

So will Leicester fans. -- LAUGHING. Struggling Premier League

champions, Leicester City, are through to the fifth

round of the FA Cup following a replay

against Derby County. They came through 3-1

after extra time. Andy King put Leicester ahead before

Abdoul Camera's deflected free kick Leicester restored their lead

through substitute, Wilfred Ndidi, And Demarai Gray's superb solo

goal secured their place We want to do well in

the competition where we play. Of course we want to go

forward in the FA Cup. The Premier League is not so good,

but we have to play in the Premier Tonight was about the squad

and the injured players getting back We missed the opportunity

in the first game. I think he was a little bit more

cross than he was showing there. MPs will debate the Football

Associations "failure It follows a motion of no confidence

in the governing body. Parliament will examine

whether the FA is fit for purpose. Last July, Sports Minister,

Tracey Crouch, said the governing body would lose its ?30 million

to ?40 million of public funding We have heard from Tiger Woods

overnight. He said strong things in the interview. He said he will never

feel great again. He pulled out because of back spasms. He admitted

there were times when he simply did not ever think he would return to

golf. Hundreds gathered for the funeral

of former England women's cricket captain, Rachael Heyhoe

Flint, yesterday. She was a vice president

of Wolverhampton Wanderers and people lined the streets

and applauded as the limousines Baroness Heyhoe Flint,

who captained England between 1966 and 1978, was seen as a pioneer

in women's cricket. She died aged 77

after a short illness. World champion, Mark Selby,

suffered a shock first-round defeat to world number 18, Martin Gould,

at snooker's World Grand Prix Better news for

Australia's Neil Robertson. He compiled a century break

in the first frame of his match He'll face Ronnie O'Sullivan

in the next round. Britain is aiming to become one

of the world's top five skiing In a year's time, the winter

Olympics take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and UK Sport

says Great Britain can At around 8:40, we'll be talking

to Olympic bronze medal winning snowboarder, Jenny Jones,

and TeamGB hopeful freestyle skier, A little bit more skiing coming

up in just a moment. All about how things have changed

and why it is becoming more popular and different types of snowboarding

and other things are very popular now. Thank you very much.

When Aston Hall Psychiatric Hospital in Derbyshire closed in the 1990s,

dozens of former patients began to come forward saying they had been

The hospital has been accused of using a discredited "truth serum"

In a moment, we'll speak to a woman who was a patient at Aston Hall

in the 1970s, but first here's a brief history of what's alleged

A country house, the 18th-century Aston Hall near Darby was a 1970

psychiatric hospital. Dozens of the child patients from the 1960s and

70s now claimed that the hospital's head doctor, the late Dr Kenneth

Milner, carried out experiments on of them. They claim to have been

injected with a powerful drug. It was used to sedate shell shocked

troops in World War Two. It was later used as the so-called "truth

drug". There are also reports it can be used to create false memories. Dr

Milner died in 1976 on the hospital was closed in the 1990s. It was only

when derelict pictures of it came online that the stories came to

light. Both the police and the Department of Health are both

investigating the allegations. We're joined now by Barbara O'Hare,

a former patient at Aston Hall, who has written a book

about her experiences. Thank you for coming on to talk us.

You are welcome. Having read the book, I have to say what you have

gone through in your life in every element, not just the hospital, but

every element of your life, it feels like you have been let down

massively, not just by the hospital, but the care system generally. I

mean, how have you managed to cope? I think that each experience makes

you stronger. I think that is exactly what it does. So, for you,

you just feel like every experience you have bad, you just got stronger.

It hardens you up a bit. It is a bit like grieving. You have to get over

it. You get stronger as time goes by and I just grew up that way. That is

the way it is. Take us back early on in the story. One of the issues...

Some of these are very harrowing and we cannot go into some details about

what happened in the hospital itself. But take us back in the

story a little bit to why it was you ended up in that situation and why

you were in such a vulnerable situation early on. Because many

people will think that there might have been a point at which somebody

could have got involved in your life. Yes. Originally, my father was

left on his own. My mother left. She was not seen. My father was left by

himself to raise a little girl. -- sane. How old were you? 11, 12,

there is no specific time when that happened. My poor dad was left to

bring up a little girl on his own. So, you know, you have to understand

what he went through as well. And then you moved from various family

member... My father looked for foster carers. And then this private

foster carer not greedy. She approached social services and got

money off of them as well as my father. And she was very, very, very

abusive, as I have stated in the book. Many people who have read the

story will think at this point how is that no one wanted to get

involved in what was happening in your life? If you want to know the

truth, and I will say it, even if it is on television, the social

services, according to my reports, were well aware that I was getting

abused but let it happen. I was running away and doing everything I

could not to go home, doing everything I could to get attention.

I was basically crying out for help rather than going home. When her

husband came in I would be rejected and sometimes he would not come in

until late. That is why I would wait. -- protected. The signs were

there. I was too frightened to talk about the beatings and tell them

that. I kept hoping they would take me away and then I would tell them.

But she was beating me and saying things about my mother who why did

not know. I decided I will find my own way. And then eventually,

through being in various homes, you ended up being in the hospital in

Aston Hall, didn't you? I ended up in a home in Derby. There is a lot

of talk about it. I know many who went to Aston Hall, as was mentioned

in the Inside Out programme a couple of days ago with Simon. In each

chapter, bits of your life get worse if you read the book. It feels like

at each stage another terrible thing happens. Now, as you look back and

think about other people slides, and maybe people who are in care now,

who maybe need to tell someone and alert someone, do you have any more

faith in the system now? -- people's lives. None whatsoever in the social

care system. I would like to say I do not want anyone in care. Social

services is one thing. I think that if children were in care it is

important they have a body, the body stays with them throughout the care

system, a friend, maybe, you know, someone who will take them to the

cinema, someone who will text them, who has to be not the foster parent

but a social worker. That was my problem. Obviously, now, having gone

through everything you have been through, you decided to write about

it. Has that helped you in any way? Oh my god. It is unbelievable. First

of all, I just started writing and did not mean to do a book. But

another survivor, I will not mention her name, a lovely girl, she went

through a similar experience in a place in Kent in a place called

Kendall House. That inspired me. If she can do it, I will do what she

did. And obviously that led to the book. Many people have come forward.

What happened was I was getting flashbacks and panic attacks. There

was nothing on my medical records so the doctors could not help me at you

knowanyway, after a long time, I found someone on the Internet with a

similar story to tell. Then there were three of us. Eventually it

grew. It was hard to get the media on board. And now they are coming

forward every day. Can I ask you, how important is it to you, the

doctors involved in what happens to you died many years ago, how

important is it to you that there is an investigation and this is

pursued? -- happened. It is very important, not just to

me, but to the survivors, you know. We need to know who authorised this,

you know. There is a million questions we need answering to get

closure. One thing does worry me, you have to remember, for people

listening to this, this is a one in a million doctor. Don't think all

doctors are like this. They appreciate you coming to tell your

story. It is a very harrowing read. Thank you for your time. Thank you

for having me. God bless you. And good luck with everything as well.

Barbara O'Hare's book is called The Hospital.

Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

Good morning. It will be cold today, for the next couple of days, and

some will have wintry showers, so a mix of rain and sleet on the coast,

inland sleet and snow. High pressure is currently dominating the weather,

the air is coming from the cold continent and effectively blocking

the weather fronts from the Atlantic. If you look at the

isobars, you can tell it will be windy, especially in the west. We

have gales across north-west Scotland, they will ease through the

day. It is frosty to start. Watch out for eyes. The best of the

sunshine in the west because central and eastern parts. We are looking at

a lot of cloud first thing also wintry showers. Through the

afternoon, it will be cloudy in Scotland with wintry showers along

the coast, the same for the east coast of England, and you will find

it will be rain or sleet, but inland showers will be sleet and snow. That

continues through the afternoon. A cold stay in prospect. You might see

some rain showers with sleet. To the south-west, we come back under the

clear skies with showers possible at times in Cornwall. In western parts

of Wales, you hang on to the sunshine, elsewhere it will be

cloudy in Wales and feeling cold. And for Northern Ireland, once

again, variable amounts of cloud and no heatwave. Through the evening and

overnight we hang onto this keen easterly wind. Where we have clear

skies for the north-west Scotland and Wales you are likely to see

frost, so you may well the scraping your car windscreen. For the rest of

the country, there will be cloud around, a breeze and temperatures

around freezing, but less likely to be scraping your car as a result in

the morning. Tomorrow we start with clear skies to the west, which means

the sunshine. For the rest of us, cloudy, wintry showers, on the

coast, sleet and rain, inland, sleet and snow, but for Orkney Shetland

five to six centimetres, and despite the fact your thermometer might read

the temperatures as three or four, it will feel colder than that with

the wind. As we head into Saturday, well, once again, the combination of

rain, sleet and snow, more organised, as you can see, drifting

further west, bringing some of that into Wales, south-west England and

Northern Ireland. The wind has changed direction to an

north-easterly, so it is exacerbating the cold feel. And then

when we get to Sunday it will feel raw. A fair bit of cloud around and

that mix of wintry showers. Thank you.

High street favourite The Body Shop could be up for sale

when it's owner L'Oreal reports annual results later today.

Good morning. It has been on many high street since the 1970s. The

chances are you might have a product in your bathroom. The Body Shop hit

the high street in the 1970s with an ethical stance on animal welfare and

it was a huge success, expanding across the world by the 1990s. After

a stock market flotation it was joked that their shares defied

gravity. Its founder Anita Roddick used her business to campaign animal

testing, the environment and body image. She sold it off in 2006 to

international cosmetics giant L'Oreal for over ?600 million.

With me now is Professor Cathy Parker, a specialist

Morning to use. Morning. There is a tendency to think of the Body Shop

as a small retailer. It is owned by one of the biggest cosmetic firms in

the world, L'Oreal, why do they want to get rid of it? They have a

massive portfolio and they buy a brand that will return a good

investment to them. And Body Shop isn't doing as well, so they want to

buy another brand and get the money that way. What has gone wrong, if it

isn't returning the money, where did it lose its way? On many high

streets, many have these products at home, so what has changed? When

L'Oreal bought the Body Shop, it was at a time when people started to get

concerned about ethical issue. At the time there wasn't a ban across

the EU on animals being tested on beauty products, so it was a good

opportunity for L'Oreal to buy into the market which was profitable at

that point, but with the EU legislation all products that we buy

here in the UK are not tested on animals, so it is difficult for the

Body Shop to stand out and say, why is it different. It has lost its

unique selling point, and those ethical issues that it once traded

on no longer are relevant? I think they probably are relevant but

people take them for granted because they will get it from most of its

products. It has done well. People were cynical when L'Oreal took over

that it would become another high-street beauty retailer but they

have done a lot in biodiversity and ethical procurement, but I don't

think they have made enough noise about it and I don't think consumers

know that it was all behind the brand. And now Anita Roddick, when

they sold it, obviously, you know, she is no longer with us, associated

with that brand, it is difficult for people to know what the Body Shop

is. Who would want to buy them? No shortage of private equity companies

because it is a massive international chain. They have 3000

stores in 56 countries, so you are buying into a big global market

worth about 50 billion x 2020, so it is an Nundah for forming brand, they

want to take it over and get a good return. We were talking on favourite

products, what is yours? -- it is an underperforming brand. 1980s,

coconut shampoo. LAUGHTER Everyone has one. A lot of people said

Duberry. Satsuma, I loved rubbing it on, or whatever you use to do with

it. LAUGHTER What was it? All kinds of things, it was a spray, body

scrub, moisturiser. Have you ever actually tried it? No, I was making

it up. I thought that was obvious! LAUGHTER.

Denzel Washington is one of Hollywood's biggest stars

and already has two Oscars under his belt.

So can he make it a hat trick with his Best Actor nomination this

Charlie went to ask him what he thought of his chances

of winning, and his opinion of America's new president.

It is not easy for me to admit that I have been standing in the same

I have been right here with you, Troy.

Troy starts off as a rather lovable, bombastic man who likes the sound

We have all been guilty of that sometimes, haven't we?

It's like there is a ritual on Friday night, and Troy

It is the same stories he always tells, and it seemed wonderful,

As long as you're in my house you put a "Sir" on the end of it

If there is a theme in the film, it is people's ability to change,

It is fair, because it is a time in history when a lot

And Troy is a character who is not adapting to that change,

or maybe not seeing change around him.

He is actually wanting to effect change.

Now, the small detail in the play is that he doesn't know

He doesn't even know how to drive, or read, but he wants that.

So in some sense it is ridiculous, but it is also admirable.

On the theme of change, right now, in the world we live in,

Are you comfortable about the changes that

are happening, for example in the US right now?

I have been talking about this years ago, the third wave or future shock.

We went from an agricultural society to an industrial society.

The third wave is the information age.

There are millions of people that are falling in the gap,

because they don't fit in to this information age.

I don't care who you are, you could promise people whole lot,

but there is a whole lot of people that are going to...

That are in trouble right now, because they just don't fit in.

It is no coincidence that the places that were at the height

of the Industrial Revolution in America, Pittsburgh,

the rustbelt, are suffering the worst right now.

And those are the places, of course, where Donald Trump...

And I don't care which President it is, they can't promise them

anything, and those jobs ain't coming back.

When people hear you talking as passionately as you just did

about the people who don't have a voice, and who need a voice,

they might think, one day Denzel Washington might

like to have a bigger voice, voice in government.

Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

Now, though, it is back to Charlie and Steph.

Hello, this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Steph McGovern.

Record waiting times at A units in English hospitals,

according to figures seen by the BBC.

Emergency departments suffered their worst

performance in 13 years, since the target to see patients

Good morning, it's Thursday 9th February.

As many as are of the opinion, say, "aye". To the contrary,