10/02/2017 Breakfast

This is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Charlie

The Health Secretary admits the situation at some hospitals

Jeremy Hunt says there's no silver bullet but the Government has a plan

I am doing this job because I want NHS care to be the safest and best

in the world. And that kind of care is completely unacceptable.

Donald Trump vows to fight on as a US appeals court says

Good morning. Could we see spaceflights taking off from the

UKindustry is worth ?14 billion to the economy. I am in the space

centre to see what is possible. In the sport, change now,

or face government action. That's the warning from MP's

to the Football Association, after a vote of no confidence,

in English football's governing And we have the weather. Good

morning. Good morning. A chilly last commute of the week. Sleet and snow

this morning. Wintry flows to come through this weekend in the wind

will get even stronger. And I'll have all the weather

forecast details in 15 minutes. Thanks.

The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, says it's "completely unacceptable"

that some patients are waiting up to 13 hours in A

In an exclusive BBC interview, he paid tribute to the hard work

of staff, but said the problems of high demand were not unique

Our health editor, Hugh Pym, has more.

NHS England figures this winter show the worst performance since records

began more than a decade ago. Jeremy Hunt paid tribute to the work of

staff, but said the problems of high patient demand were not unique to

the NHS, and all leading hills systems were grappling with the same

challenge. He said there was no silver bullet. It is wrong to

suggest to people that these profound challenges such as we face

with an ageing population are ones where there is a silver bullet where

you can solve the problem overnight. We have a good plan and it has the

support of the NHS and will take time to deliver. We showed coverage

this week of patients experiencing lengthy waits and a woman who had to

spend six months in a hospital because no care home space was

available. He said there were no excuses and this was unacceptable.

It was incredibly frustrating for me, doing this job, because I want

NHS care to be the safest and best in the world. And that kind of care

is completely unacceptable. And no one would want it for members of

their own family. Problems over the sustainability of social care, he

said, were now being addressed by the government. But Sir Robert

Francis said it was inevitable that the same mistakes will be made again

if the current pressure on NHS resources continued. Hugh Pym, BBC

News. A Federal appeals court has refused

to reinstate Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven

mainly Muslim countries. The controversial immigration reform

was suspended last week. The US President responded

to the ruling saying there will be The case is now likely to go

to The Supreme Court. Donald Trump's sudden ban on

visitors from seven mainly Muslim nations caused chaos at airports and

spiked protesting around the US. And then last week, a district judge in

Seattle granted a stay, and now a San Francisco -based appeals court

has kept that going. And no one from those seven nations has carried out

an attack on the US. The decision infuriated Donald Trump. He wrote

this. That prompted the leader of one of the States leading the

challenge to reply this. And appealed to the highest court in the

land, the US Supreme Court, now seems likely. -- an appeal. But they

could put the decision in the hands of a court that is currently evenly

decided, and a Thai would leave it in place. Donald Trump maintains his

ban is necessary in order to protect the US from terrorism, but it may

yet be proven unconstitutional. And until he has his day in court,

refugees from around the world and citizens from those seven Muslim

nations can continue to come into this country. David Willis, BBC

News, in Washington. Campaigners will challenge

the government's handling of the arrival of unaccompanied

child refugees at a High Court They say ministers have not worked

with local councils to find enough The judicial review comes

after the government announced they would close a key humanitarian

route into the UK once a total Inflation increases in council tax

will hit many households in England The Local Government Information

Unit says that 94% of council leaders and senior officials

questioned said they would be forced to put up taxes and increase

charging for services. Some households will

face rises of up to 5%. Rail ticket machines cause so much

confusion that a fifth of passengers who use them buy the wrong ticket,

according to the rail regulator. While 7% of travellers

underpay and could be fined, The Office of Rail and Road wants

train companies to refund passengers who accidentally buy tickets

which are too expensive Buying a train ticket can be

difficult at the best of times. This report says that buying one from a

machine without any human help can be even more confusing. The

independent regulator, the Office of Rail and Road, carried out a study

using mystery shoppers. It found that many people bought the wrong

tickets. 13% paid more for their tickets than they needed to. 6% paid

less than they should have done, opening themselves to the risk of

being fined. And 65% could not find any information about which type of

ticket they should be buying. One person found that buying a ticket

with a real card was actually more expensive than buying one without.

The consumer group Which described it as a mess, saying it was

unacceptable that some passengers were paying over the odds. In

December, the Department of Transport launched an action plan to

improve to getting. Last week, rail operators announced a trial scheme

that would automatically offered the cheapest fares to passengers. The

rail minister, Paul Maynard, welcomed this latest report, saying

the ticketing was often to complicated and hard to navigate.

The rail operator said it was difficult to offer simple options

because of what they called decades-old rail operations from the

government. Andy Moore, BBC News. The BBC has learned

that the organisation responsible for advising English health trusts

on the security of staff That's despite a steep increase

in attacks on doctors and nurses. NHS Protect has confirmed

that its role in hospital security will continue only

until the end of March. There were chaotic scenes

in the South African parliament as President Jacob Zuma tried

to deliver his annual state Opposition MPs called the president

a "scoundrel" and "rotten to the core" because of

corruption allegations. The President ordered the deployment

of troops around the Parliament building to deal with

thousands of protestors. Hundreds of whales have died

on a beach in New Zealand The pilot whales were discovered

on Farewell Spit on the South Conservation Department staff

and volunteers are trying to save 100 of them

that are still alive. Whale strandings at Farewell Spit

are fairly common but this A fountain of bright lava that

gushed from a hole in the side of a cliff for a month before

disappearing has made It's known as the "fire hose,"

and it seemed to have vanished from Hawaii's Kilauea

Volcano last week. But it's since re-emerged,

pouring a stream of molten lava over That is incredible, the colour,

isn't it? A rare baby antelope just 19

centimetres tall has joined The calf named Thanos was left

orphaned when its mother died It's one of the world's smallest

breeds of antelope and the baby is currently so light it doesn't

register on the zoo's scales. When you see it with a person you

get an idea of just how small it is. Staff are raising it by hand

until it is big enough I bet there will be a lot of people

that want to go and meet Thanos now. It is very cute. Hello, Mike. It is

like a rabbit, isn't it? Well... Actually it's like an antelope. Why

should people cared that a group of MPs have given a vote of no

confidence into the FA? If it does not modernise it could lose

30-40,000,000 pounds of funding. And they want the FA to do more about

the England team, to make it more competitive at tournaments, to

readdress the power of the Premier League at the moment. And also the

make of the FA, the board, who makes all the decisions. The message is

changed or be changed. -- That's the message from MP's

to the FA, after their vote That vote isn't binding,

but government legislation, could follow, if English football's

governing body fails to act. As things stand, there are 122

members, that make the big decisions, on the FA council,

and more than 90 per-cent of them A spokesman for the FA says it's

reforming all the time, and thinks the Government should

be focusing on other Wales are confident,

two of their main stars, George North and Dan Biggar

will be fit to face England in the Six Nations tomorrow..they're

named in the team, but England are pleased that the roof will be

open at the Millenium Stadium. A new season of rugby league's

Super League is under way, and in a tight game St Helens

just edged Leeds 6-4. And Great Britain's women

are one step closer, After two resounding wins,

Jo Konta and company can guarantee a place in the play-offs this

weekend with victory over they must have been training with

Charlie and I last week. They have fine-tuned their serves and volleys

and backhands. So, the play-offs. They want to see if they can finally

get back into the world top groups. We will have a look at the papers in

just a minute so stay there. First, the weather. Good morning. Good

morning. Another chilly day out there. Temperature-wise, this

morning, not as low as you would imagine. It feels cold thanks to a

strengthening wind. Wind and ice this morning, especially in Scotland

and north-east England. Further wintry showers expected, especially

in the east. West will be best. The details. Further sleet and snow

flurries this morning. Further south and into East Anglia, rain, drizzle,

and sleet. Damp underfoot. With temperatures quite low, ice around.

Further west, a frosty start. We will see a lot of sunshine across

the north and west of Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland as well.

West England not faring too badly. Snow showers keep coming in with

sleet in the north-east of England and further patchy rain and drizzle

and sleet in East Anglia and the south-east. A grey day. As the wind

picks up, chilly. Parts of the south-east may see some brightness

at times a day but we have to head to the west of the country to see

the best of the sunny weather. One or two showers in the south with

Devon and Cornwall. Wales, largely dry. The best of the sunshine in

Cardigan Bay. Northern Ireland, not faring too badly as far as sunshine

is concerned. Cloudy at times. The weather through the country is not

especially warm. Temperatures only around 1- five degrees at best for

the most part. Tonight, sleet and snow flurries continue and become

more abundant across eastern areas into the second half of the night as

the wind picks up. Western areas always clearest. Widespread frost.

Temperatures in north-west Scotland could drop to -10. Way you have

wintry showers, ice into Saturday morning. More showers around

generally and they will push further west. Sleet and snow to begin with.

Snow continuing in the hills of northern England and south-east

Scotland through the day. Elsewhere, snow showers turned back to rain and

sleet. It will not feel warm. Temperatures will again be not far

off today's values. Add on the wind and it will feel cold. Sunday,

Wales, showers. Slightly fewer in number compared to Saturday. A

slightly dry day. The best in the brightness as Rudy weekend is

Scotland and Northern Ireland. But the wind will be strong in England

and Wales especially. Touching gale force in one or two places. That

will feel raw and sub-zero for some of you. Just before I go, this

evening there is a lunar eclipse. It is a full moon. It is in fact, quite

aptly, a snow moon. It is going to appear full, but quite dark with a

shadow from the Earth at half ten tonight. Every full moon is given a

slightly different name through the year. Because there is dominant snow

this time of year in February it is a snow moon. Thank you.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt tells that BBC that waiting times

in some English hospitals is completely unacceptable.

President Trump has suffered a setback to his immigration policy,

after a Federal Appeal Court refused to reinstate his travel ban.

A quick look at some of the front pages. The front page of the Sun.

News of her death announced this week. The Sun talking about some of

her friends. They were saying every day they want drugs more. Talking

about the dark place she was in. A lot of the newspapers are talking

about the story we have been covering this week, about NHS

spending. Despite our ageing population, NHS funding is growing

at the lowest rates since records began in 1955. And there's a picture

from that time. We will spend a bit of time this

morning looking at some of the areas of best practice, if you like that

phrase, where they are trying to do things in a different way to make

things work little better. The Telegraph. Council tax rises for

millions. The possibility of households in many parts of the

country facing council tax rises of up to 5%, as some local authorities

try to boost funding. What have you got for us, Mike?

People were asking why I was going on about the roof at the Millennium

Stadium, whether it makes any difference if it is closed on. The

answer is it does! -- closed or not. There are some facts in the Times.

There have been ten matches since it was built and the times when the

roof has been closed whales have won four out of five of those matches

and when it was open England have won four out of five -- Wales. It is

more than superstition. The intensity, the noise, helps the

Welsh and puts off the English little bit. So on this occasion the

roof will be open. Whenever you do the papers I notice

there are scribbles everywhere. That's because they don't wear my

glasses normally, so when I look at you it is fine. When it comes to

reading small text I write a little note to make it bigger, or I could

put my glasses on... Have you picked another one?

This is heartwarming. The former football fan suffering from a rare

form of cancer. He has captured the nation. Coming out in front of the

teams of Sunderland and Everton. Jermain Defoe gave him a couple.

That picture was shared by his mother. Very moving, those stories.

The players go the extra miles. William. A change of tone. I am

always tickled by these things. When someone finds a giant thing... This

is rammed flakes and this year, can you get a close-up? This is the

actual side... Compared to my hand?

This is the actual size of an individual brand flake. This young

chap, Oscar, founded in his brand. You would need a lot of milk to go

without! -- with that!

It looks like Brazil. 14 centimetres!

I wonder if he could keep that and try and sell it. This was the week,

I heard on Radio 5 Live, a man sold a Cheeto that was the exact replica

of the gorilla Harambe. It was a tiny thing.

Imagine if you had a life-size gorilla chip!

Not even a baby gorilla! Very odd.

?100,000! Check your crisps and cereal this morning. You never know!

It looks like your hair. A little sculpted brown flakes somewhere...

Now we've gone off entirely. Thank you, see you later. More

weather later. And a full sports bulletin.

Today we're looking at ways in which the NHS can deliver better

care, despite the pressure it's under.

getting them the help they need quickly is vital.

Well, a hospital in Fife has found that technology might

Nurses at Victoria Hospital were given touch screen tablets

to help them easily identify the patients at highest risk.

Good morning and welcome. At the Victoria Hospital every day begins

like this. Each department coming together to share information.

Cardiac arrest in the last 24 hours? The purpose of the meeting summed up

in three words. Safe to start. Safe to start. Fulfilling that mantra

requires a combination of traditional and modern methods. Fife

are the only health board in Scotland using this technology.

Patient's vitals are entered into the tablet, generating a school. The

information is instantly available drop the hospital. It is very easy

for people to see patterns and have an early warning score. At a glance

you can see where the sickest patients are, so we can ensure that

patients go to the right areas. Introduced in one ward as part of a

pilot project, the technology is now used throughout the hospital. One

measure of success as it has helped reduce the number of cardiac arrest.

Good morning! Pleased with the results, the hospital are now

considering an upgrade. Wearable tech that constantly updates the

patient's readings. The information from the device is coming through to

a phone here. How would you feel about wearing this device? It feels

all right. I can move around? Yes, it is all wireless. The signal comes

through Bluetooth. Just like the current system, a high score

automatically triggers a call to the doctor. The longer it takes for

doctors and nurses to recognise a patient has deteriorated, the longer

that time is the more serious it is for the patient, so the quicker we

can respond and treat the better it will be for the patient. This trial

points towards the future, but it still needs to pass an age-old test.

Does it help staff help the patient is needed most? -- patients who need

it most? We will be talking about some of

those issues raised regarding the NHS throughout the programme.

The final frontier and one where there are fortunes to be made

in everything from satellite technology to tourism.

Over the next three years the government is planning

on investing millions in the UK's first spaceport,

so is time to start getting fitted for a spacesuit?

Sean is at the National Space Centre.

Is here in there? Unfortunately not! They wouldn't let

me in there yet. I will try to persuade them by the end of the

morning. It is a big deal, the UK space industry. We've heard dumber

had a bit of money from the UK government, but overall Williams is

contributed to the UK economy. -- we've had a bit of money. About

40,000 jobs directly, about 100,000 overall. We are familiar with the

sexy space travel stuff. This is where... Well, not exactly where,

this is the International Space Station, where Tim Peake was, is.

This is one of the modules on the end, it was put there by the

international dumber international -- international space agency. The

big part of the industry is the stuff we don't see so much. The way

we are broadcasting to you now, we've travelled... The waves have

travelled thousands of miles into space for satellite and into your

living rooms and that's driven a lot by the UK space aged. We have

someone from the National Space Centre, where we are this morning.

Tim Peake gets all the headlines, but a lot of the money in the UK

isn't from that sort of thing, is it? A lot of people don't realise

how healthy and thrive in the UK space aged ears and that's almost

entirely in satellites, in monitoring the earth and looking at

the space. The UK is good at building the detectors and cameras

that are absolutely ingrained in our everyday life. We take it for

granted, but the fact that we can jump in our part, turn on a sat nav

and it will take us home from anywhere in the world, that's due to

a GPS network of satellites above us telling us where we are and where we

need to be. The fact that we can look at the weather forecast is due

to satellites. The fact that we can watch a sporting event in a country

across the world in real time, that signal is sent by satellites. Do we

really thriving industry. But Tim Peake doesn't do any of that. Does

he take a bit of the glamour out of it for you guys? Not at all. I think

Tim Peake is that amazing ambassador for a thriving industry that perhaps

is a bit of the hidden gem, so delighted that Tim Peake is rated --

is raising the profile. One thing that seems to be missing from the UK

is space flights taking off. We will have a little delve into this, where

Tim Peake spent a lot of his time in the international space centre. We

can get into exactly what goes on in there, all of the research they do.

Before that, the news, travel I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom This is Breakfast,

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

and sport in a moment. Assaults on doctors and nurses

in England may have reached record levels, but the service helping

to protect staff is being withdrawn. This is Breakfast,

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

and sport in a moment. Assaults on doctors and nurses

in England may have reached record levels, but the service helping

to protect staff is being withdrawn. We'll hear what's it like to be

on the front-line just after seven. Also this morning,

they are the gymnasts of the seas. Why thousands of dolphins

are appearing off the west This guy said you like just look

like a fat Jack Whitehall. And find out how comedian,

Jack Whitehall, dealt with being taken down a peg,

or two, just before 9am. But now, a summary of this

morning's main news. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

says it's "completely unacceptable" that some patients are waiting

up to 13 hours in A In an exclusive BBC interview,

he paid tribute to the hard work of staff, but said the problems

of high demand were not unique It is, you know, incredibly

frustrating for me doing this job because I want NHS care to be the

safest and best in the world. And that kind of care is completely

unacceptable. No one would want it for members of their own family.

Overall, there are positive things as well as negative things. And

there is huge commitment in the NHS to sort out those negative things.

A Federal appeals court has refused to reinstate Donald Trump's ban

on travellers from seven mainly Muslim countries.

The controversial immigration reform was suspended last week.

The US President responded to the ruling saying there will be

The case is now likely to go to The Supreme Court.

Campaigners will challenge the way the Government deals

with unaccompanied child refugees at a High Court hearing today.

They say ministers have not worked with local councils to find enough

The judicial review comes after the government announced

they would close a key humanitarian route into the UK once a total

Council tax rises will hit many households in England and Wales

The Local Government Information Unit says that 94% of council

leaders and senior officials questioned said they would be forced

to put up taxes and increase charging for services.

Some households will face rises of up to 5%, well above inflation.

Rail ticket machines cause so much confusion that a fifth of passengers

who use them buy the wrong ticket, according to the rail regulator.

While 7% of travellers underpay and could be fined,

The Office of Rail and Road wants train companies to refund passengers

who accidentally buy tickets which are too expensive

There were chaotic scenes in the South African parliament

as President Jacob Zuma tried to deliver his annual state

Opposition MPs called the president a "scoundrel" and "rotten

to the core'" because of corruption allegations.

The President ordered the deployment of troops around the Parliament

building to deal with thousands of protestors.

Some distressing pictures from New Zealand where hundreds

of whales have died on a beach after they became stranded.

The pilot whales were discovered on Farewell Spit, on the South

Conservation Department staff and volunteers are trying

to save 100 of them that are still alive.

Whale strandings at Farewell Spit are fairly common but this

And it's been announced that George Clooney and his wife Amal

The news was broken by their showbiz friend pal, Matt Damon,

who said he almost started crying when he found out.

He added that they will make awesome parents.

The A-list couple tied the knot at a lavish wedding

Those are the main stories. Now for the sport. There have been calls for

the FA, the Football Association, to reform for decades. But it is

apparently like getting turkeys to vote for Christmas. Now the MPs got

involved. There were not that many in the House of Commons yesterday

but they have given a vote of no-confidence which they will make

the FA change from within finally. It's all about helping the England

national team and making the Football Association more

reflective, of the millions who play As things stand, there are 122

members that make the big decisions on the FA council, and more than 90%

of them are men aged over 60. There have been calls

for change for decades. And now, after a vote of no

confidence in the FA by MP's, the Government will legislate

if English football's governing However, one of the FA members,

Keith Compton, responded, saying the FA is changing and added,

"it is pity that the MPs have got The Scottish FA are appealing

against the fine they received for wearing poppies on their shirts

against England last November. Both teams wore the symbol

to commemorate Remembrance Day during the England versus

Scotland World Cup Qualifier The SFA say they have received

the written reasons from Fifa and have told world football's

governing body they intend to appeal It wasn't the highest scoring start

to the new Super League season, but St Helens fans won't care,

as they beat their old rivals Leeds. The game was won by a moment

of class, as St Helens, slid across the field,

before unpicking the door and finding a gap with

Frenchman Theo Farge, squeezing across the

line to make it 6-4. There's another big weekend ahead in

the Six Nations. Scotland are in France on Sunday,

Ireland travel to Rome to face Italy tomorrow while the roof will be open

for the match between Wales and England in Cardiff,

and that is what England wanted. Coach, Eddie Jones, had suggested

he wasn't bothered and thinks Wales may have some other

tricks up their sleeve. We are prepared to win. We are

prepared for any shenanigans that may go on. And we are looking

forward to it. It is a great opportunity to play in one of the

great stadiums in the world. What are the shenanigans that you are

preparing for? I don't know, but they are coming out of the walls,

aren't they? They have daffodils, roses, everything. Who knows? Who

knows? Wales are very proud

of the ceremonial goat that leads them out, and are just

as proud of George North, who has recovered from the leg

injury he picked up scoring against italy, and is named

in the side along with another We have trained as best as we can.

We are looking forward to playing one of the best sides, if not the

best side, in this game in the world at the moment. It says everything

about England. You admire their strength and depth.

British Sprinter James Ellington, says he's determined to race

at the highest level again, despite being involved in a serious

He'll undergo surgery later today and faces three months,

Yesteray he spoke publicly about the crash for the first time

When I was on the floor and I looked at my leg and there was blood

everywhere and my leg was in pieces, I lost six pints of blood, and I was

laying there thinking, what the hell is going on? It was like a

nightmare. Ronnie O'Sullivan, is out

of snooker's World Grand Prix in Preston, after losing in

the second round to Australia's Neil O'Sullivan could only sit and watch,

as the world number seven knocked in a break 83 to take the match

by four frames to one. Great Britain's women,

can move a big step closer to the promised land

and the world elite groups, if they can win their third FED

cup round robin match World number one, Johanna Konta,

and her teamates are on a roll, thrashing Latvia

and Portugal so far. Another win and they'll play in this

weekend's play offs and it would give new Team Captain Anne

Keothavong, a clean sweep We know the opposition pretty well.

They are not to be taken lightly. But, you know, I believe in my

players and hope in them and I think they can do well.

What's the secret to team GB's success in the Fed Cup?

Perhaps it's down to what they're doing off the court.

Heather Watson and her team-mate were caught taking advantage

of the chilly temperatures of -11C in Estonia and having a rather,

They are powdery. You want them to make an impact! Anyway, enough of

the snowball analysis. Now watch this!

And finally, an Austrian man has broken his own downhill speed record

It appears he's borrowed his outfit from Britney Spears and the helmet

from the Nightmare movie, but it seemed to do the trick.

Launching himself down a gravelly hill in the Atacama Desert,

and without even pedalling, Stokl reached a jaw-dropping speed

Shall we try to follow him down on Saturday for a feature? That is

extraordinary. There is the proof. He beat his own record. Incredible.

He did not even have to pedal. Quite the outset. You doubted my story

about Cheetoh's being crisps. But it is a maize-based snack. This man

found one that resembled Harambe the gorilla. Who has since passed. Well,

I have proof. It was sold on auction for $100,000. What would you do with

that? Put it in a case on your wall? You could make it into a brooch.

That is a good idea. People may be tempted to nibble it when they greet

you. That does look like the gorilla. There is no doubt. I think

that would perish over time. You might need a case or a vacuum sealed

pack. There we go. You were right. There is a market out there. I

accept it. See you later on. When it comes to exams,

children with special educational needs such as dyslexia can be given

extra time to finish their papers. But research by the Today programme

has found as many as one in five students from independent schools

were given extensions to complete their GCSE

and A-Level exams last year. That's almost double the number

of pupils from state schools Catherine Wright from the charity

Dyslexia Action is here with us now. A very good morning to you. Good

morning. That is a big difference between state and private schools.

Can you give us any insight into what is going on? Umm, when it comes

down to it, there is... Dyslexia Action, we support both independent

and state schools. I think what is happening is that, in an independent

school, you have smaller class sizes, there is more awareness

within that. And probably more funds within that sector to actually

support learners. Whereas within state schools they are still very

aware, but there are probably less funds, and of course, larger class

sizes. So you will find there are some learners who are falling

through the net probably. So, they are the same methods used to

diagnose it but it is just a case of having more facilities to detect it

in private schools. Recognition is probably higher and parents are

probably a little bit more aware within that sector as well. And yes,

you don't actually have to diagnose it. There is very certain criteria.

And it has to be done by a Level seven specialist. That is where we

come in. That feels really unfair. That difference between private and

state. Umm, I do not know whether it is unfair. Probably the private

sector actually have the right statistics. 20% is about correct.

Because when you start to think about one in ten dyslexic people,

and then dyspraxia and autism and other aspects, 20%, you are pretty

much spot on. So, yes, state schools, they probably just need to

increase their awareness. Yes. It is unfair really to blame individual

teachers. They have a very heavy workload in the state system and

bigger classes. Put on the face of it, it doesn't sound like they have

to do any more work. They must know the class in front of them and what

speeds people are learning out and maybe those indicators... It doesn't

seem like an awful lot to ask for them to just say, do you know what,

let us just check those one or two pupils who may be in the class. Is a

much more to expect from them to be able to do that? I don't think that

is absolutely fine. And I think a lot of teachers will recognise that.

The problem is recently over the last two years the necessities to

granted have increased. Is to be Level Five and now it is Level

Seven. So they may have to bring in people. -- it used to be. Or they

may need to train people up to do it. That takes at least a year. But

you have many young people slipping through the net. They should be

getting more time. They should be getting more time. And it is so

valuable, that time. They need to be taught how to use the time

effectively. And they need other arrangements. It makes such a big

difference to dyslexic people and people with other specific learning

difficulties. Catherine at thank you very much. From Dyslexia Action.

Let's find out what's happening with the weather.

It was an especially cold night last night. Temperatures as low as minus

two degrees in a couple of spots, but there is a chilly the air and it

will be the -- morning where some of you wake up to some frost and maybe

snow, the eastern Scotland and the north-east England. Wintry showers

in eastern areas throughout the day, and a strengthening wind, which will

add to the chill. West is best for the brightness throughout the day. A

couple of showers in Northern Ireland, but most of the showers are

in the east of the country. Rain and drizzle across the south-east and

east Anglia. Further north, sleet. To the north and west of Scotland is

a bit of frost, hear a lovely day in store. Wind is not desperately

strong and there should be plenty of sunshine. A couple of centimetres of

snow. The west of the Pennines, especially around Cumbria, it should

be fine, with sunshine. Further south, especially grey and misty. We

will have further rain and drizzle coming to us throughout the day. The

breeze picking up through the country. Limited to about 1-6

Celsius by and large. Most of south-west England and much of

Western England and Wales and Northern Ireland will be dry and

there will be a little bit of sunshine at times. Where we have the

clearest skies you can see the lunar eclipse tonight. The full moon in

the west of the country for some of you. The clearest conditions in the

north and west of Scotland. Further west, lots of cloud. Some wintry.

That will lead to a frost, and ice risk, with temperatures close to

freezing in most parts of the UK. If you are out and about on Saturday

make sure you lay your app to cause the wind will be cold. Showers much

more frequent across the country. Initially sleet and snow. A good

covering over the hills of northern England and eastern Scotland.

Turning back to rain and sleet through the day. It is the north and

west where we continue to see the best of the sunshine. Temperatures

like today, struggling in single figures. Even colder given the

strength of the wind. It picks up in the Sunday, especially for England

and Wales. Touching gale force in places. Great conditions for England

and Wales. Things will be much brighter for Scotland and Northern

Ireland, where we have the lightest winds. With the strength of wind it

will feel much colder than the temperatures suggest. Some will feel

like it is subzero all day. Wrap up well! How cold argue at the moment?

Actually not too bad. I look cold, but I am all right.

You need a scarf for your neck! I am all right, I am sheltering in

between. Glad to hear it! See you later.

Over the next few years the government says it will fund the

first spaceport in the UK. Britain is a rising star in the

commercial space race. Sean is at the national space centre in

Leicester. What are we looking at? You've got to leave some puns for

me. These are couple of rockets, which haven't been used before, as

you might guess. The one on the right is British built. The one gap

in the UK space in this we is the fact that we don't have anywhere.

The takeoff and that's what we've heard a bit about this week.

Overall, ?14 billion is put into the UK. Manufacturing stuff like that

rockets, 40,000 jobs. What more can be done. Martin is from the

University of Leicester. You have a focus on the space industry. How

crucial is it to skills and development in the UK. It's a

high-tech industry, so the jobs are really important for us, because we

need to grow our skills. At a time when we are looking for real

economic impact, the space industry is a fantastic way to get that. In

terms of economic impact, the one thing you notice when you look at

the space industry is it is really productive, more productive than a

lot of the other parts of the UK economy. Why is that? Partly because

of the skills involved, also the potential for growth is enormous.

You've been talking about building rockets and that's really important,

but actually there's also a lot of downstream growth, the use of

products from developing space hardware and also taking data from

the satellites we have in orbit. Looking down at the Earth,

developing products from that date. Andy, you run a business in space

technology. If average heard from the government and industry this

week, plans to get a spaceport in the UK, and if we could take off

from here, how would that affect your business? I think it is the key

that would unlock the door to space, because it enables lower cost access

to space, which means we can launch lower cost satellites, which creates

more data and ultimately that date will allow the big growth in the

UK's space industry. There's a reason we haven't launched anything

really huge from the UK in the past. You often see it in America, but not

here. Why is that? There are logistic goblins, you -- problems,

you can't launch from the UK easily. It is difficult unless you launch

from the east. So how will would a spaceport look in the UK? Where

would it be? It would need to be somewhere on the coast and certainly

you can get the image of the big takeoff. We believe we will have to

launch over the poles. There are also concepts of launching from an

aeroplane. So an aeroplane would fly out over the Atlantic Ocean and then

drop the rocket which will then fly off into space from underneath the

aeroplane. Some areas are looking at the horizontal takeoff market. I

think that's probably a good area for reducing the cost of access to

space. So it is conceivable that within 5- ten years we could have

some kind of launch from Scotland? That big television spectacular that

we see in other countries? I don't see why not. It's not just the money

that the UK space industry... Agency has announced today, it is also the

change in the environment, so it enables that access to happen. Why

not? There you go. We will be talking more throughout the morning

about the potential for tourists travel into space as well. It might

even get me into a space suit at some point!

Thanks for a much. Seeing dolphins in the wild

is an experience many people And last year record

numbers were spotted off The waters around the Hebrides

are home to nearly 70% of Europe's dolphin,

whale and porpoise species, but despite this we still

know remarkably little about their habitats

or the threats facing them. Good morning. First of all it sounds

like your job is amazing, to be able to see and experience all of this.

Tell us a bit about what you might see at the moment in terms of

dolphins? At the moment if you went out on the water or look for land

you might see some porpoises. We see them year round off the coast of

Scotland. Also occasionally bottlenose dolphins and in the

summer we have migrated this, so Ningi -- whales and the odd

humpback. A lot of people don't realise we have these animals off

the UK. What can we see here at the moment? This is our research vessel

and these are common dolphins. They are spectacular species. They have

this yellow strip down the side, they are very active at the surface,

they love to barrel riding, so that's what they're doing now. They

ride on the pressure wave. They really enjoyed being there and

swimming alongside the boat. I know you've been monitoring the numbers

as best you can. What are the figures showing? What's changing?

For common dolphins, once we've just seen, we're singing a general

increasing trend of larger groups and more sightings. Are they living

there year-round? Is that the home? What's happening? Common dolphins

generally we would see in the summer, from about May to October,

but I had to quickly look through our sightings before I left and

we've actually seen them throughout the winter this year. Although most

numbers we will see during the summer, there seemed to be a feud

here and there throughout the winter as well. Why do you think that is?

What's changing? We aren't entirely sure. There could be lots of

reasons, more food, or a shift in their distribution. These animals

travel long distances and it might just be that they are shifting

further north. In the Hebrides we know that seasurface temperatures

are increasing by about half a degree every decade and common

dolphins in particular generally are a warmer water species, as we would

normally expect to see them around topics and warm temperate waters. So

this might be forcing them further north and in the coastal waters.

Beautiful images. Most people don't have access to a yacht or underwater

filming. Can you see them from the shore, or from the beach in certain

places? In certain places. Maybe not common dolphins, there are harbour

porpoises. I seen them within 50 metres off the beach when I've been

walking along. So anybody in the whole of the UK has an opportunity

to see them. Are there hotspots apart from the Hebrides? I used to

see them in Norfolk. They are down off the south coast of Wales,

Ireland, all around the UK there is fantastic marine life out there,

whether it be seals, whales, dolphins. Just get out and see.

Thanks for an much for your time this morning.

Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

This is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Charlie

The Health Secretary admits the situation at some hospitals

Jeremy Hunt says there's no silver bullet but the Government has a plan

And that kind of care is completely unacceptable.

No one would wanted for members of their own family. -- would want it.

Donald Trump vows to fight on as a US appeals court says

Could we see spaceflights taking off from the UK?

The industry is worth ?14 billion to the economy.

I am in the National Space Centre to see what is possible.

In the sport, change now, or face government action.

That's the warning from MP's to the Football Association,

after a vote of no confidence, in English football's governing

And we have the weather. Good morning. Good morning. A little bit

of frost and ice around this morning. One or two of you waking up

to snow. Showers to take us the weekend. A wind that will make you

feel colder. I will have all the weather forecast details and 15

minutes. Thank you. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

says it's "completely unacceptable" that some patients are waiting

up to 13 hours in A In an exclusive BBC interview,

he paid tribute to the hard work of staff, but said the problems

of high demand were not unique Our health editor,

Hugh Pym, has more. NHS England figures this winter show

the worst performance since records Jeremy Hunt paid tribute

to the work of staff, but said the problems of high

patient demand were not unique to the NHS, and all leading health

systems were grappling I think it's wrong to suggest

to people that these profound challenges such as we face

with an ageing population are ones where there is a silver

bullet that you can solve We have a very good plan,

it has the support of the NHS, We showed coverage this week

of patients experiencing lengthy waits in A and a woman who had

to spend six months in a hospital because no

care home space was available. He said he didn't want to make

excuses and this was unacceptable. It was incredibly

frustrating for me. I'm doing this job, because I want

NHS care to be the safest and best And that kind of care

is completely unacceptable. And no one would want it for members

of their own family. He added that problems over

the sustainability of social care, he said, were now being

addressed by the government. But Sir Robert Francis

who carried out the inquiry into the Midstaffordshire scandal

said it was inevitable that the same mistakes will be made again

if the current pressure A Federal appeals court has refused

to reinstate Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven

mainly Muslim countries. The controversial immigration reform

was suspended last week. The US President responded

to the ruling saying there will be The case is now likely to go

to The Supreme Court. Donald Trump's sudden ban

on visitors from seven mainly Muslim nations caused chaos at airports

and sparked protesting Then, last week, a district judge

in Seattle granted a stay, and now, a San Francisco-based

appeals court has backed that stay, citing, among other things,

that no one from those seven nations The decision infuriated

Donald Trump. Prompted the leader of one

of the states leading the challenge An appeal to the highest court

in the land, the US Supreme Court, But that could put the decision

in the hands of a court currently evenly decided,

and a tie would leave it in place. Donald Trump maintains his ban

is necessary in order to protect the US from terrorism, but it may

yet be proven unconstitutional. And until he has his day in court,

refugees from around the world and citizens of those seven Muslim

nations can continue to come David Willis, BBC

News, in Washington. Campaigners will challenge

the government's handling of the arrival of unaccompanied

child refugees at a High Court They say ministers have not worked

with local councils to find enough The judicial review comes

after the government announced they would close a key humanitarian

route into the UK once a total Inflation increases in council tax

will hit many households in England The Local Government Information

Unit says that 94% of council leaders and senior officials

questioned said they would be forced to put up taxes and increase

charging for services. Some households will

face rises of up to 5%. Rail ticket machines cause so much

confusion that a fifth of passengers who use them buy the wrong ticket,

according to the rail regulator. While 7% of travellers

underpay and could be fined, The Office of Rail and Road wants

train companies to refund passengers who accidentally buy tickets

which are too expensive Buying a train ticket can be

difficult at the best of times. This report says that buying one

from a machine without any human The independent regulator,

the Office of Rail and Road, carried out a study

using mystery shoppers. It found that many people

bought the wrong tickets. 13% paid more for their tickets

than they needed to. 6% paid less than they should have

done, opening themselves to the risk And 65% couldn't find any

information about which type One person found that buying

a ticket with a real card was actually more expensive

than buying one without. The consumer group Which described

the situation as a mess, saying it was unacceptable that some

passengers were paying In December, the Department

of Transport launched an action plan Last week, rail operators

announced a trial scheme that would automatically offer

the cheapest fares to passengers. The Rail Minister, Paul Maynard,

welcomed this latest report, saying the ticketing was often

to complicated and hard to navigate. The rail operator said

it was difficult to offer simple options because of what they called

decades-old rail operations options because of what they called

decades-old rail regulations There were chaotic scenes

in the South African parliament as President Jacob Zuma tried

to deliver his annual state Opposition MPs called the president

a "scoundrel" and "rotten to the core" because of

corruption allegations. The President ordered the deployment

of troops around the Parliament building to deal with

thousands of protestors. Some distressing images from New

Zealand. Hundreds of whales have died

on a beach in New Zealand The pilot whales were discovered

on Farewell Spit on the South Conservation Department staff

and volunteers are trying to save 100 of them

that are still alive. Whale strandings at Farewell Spit

are fairly common but this This is the third largest mass

drowning we have recorded in our history. It is a massive one.

Logistically it is a massive undertaking. We started at ten

o'clock last night. We were notified of that. This morning when we went

out to check on them most of the animals were already dead.

A fountain of bright lava that gushed from a hole in the side

of a cliff for a month before disappearing has made

It's known as the "fire hose," and it seemed to have vanished

from Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano last week.

But it's since re-emerged, pouring a stream of molten lava over

That is incredible, the colour, isn't it?

A rare baby antelope just 19 centimetres tall has joined

The calf named Thanos was left orphaned when its mother died

It's one of the world's smallest breeds of antelope and the baby

is currently so light it doesn't register on the zoo's scales.

When you see it with a person you get an idea of just how

Staff are raising it by hand until it is big enough

We've been hearing about the incredible pressure on the NHS.

But as waiting times increase, have tempers begun to get shorter?

There were 70,000 attacks on staff in 2015.

Despite this, the body set up to advise hospitals in England

on safety is stopping its work at the end of next month.

The Department of Health says that a new approach is needed.

Janet Davies is the Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing

Good morning. Thank you for joining us. We have talked a lot this week

about the high pressure environment that NHS staff are working under.

How big is this problem of violence? A huge problem. 70,000 is the tip of

the iceberg. Many people do not reported because they think nothing

will happen about it. Obviously, when you are working in an

environment like we have been seeing all week where people are having to

wait a long time and they are in crowded situations and they are

stressed, it is inevitable that that sometimes spills over into either

verbal aggression or physical assaults. And what we feel is that

the first thing we should do is try to prevent that from happening. And

obviously, the conditions people are working in is very difficult. You

need enough staff, time to talk to people and reassure people and that

busy environment at the moment makes that very difficult. And as you say,

a lot of this is coming from the frustration of patients who are

waiting a long time. As you say, there is so much pressure on

everybody in hospitals at the moment. Do you think staff deal

unsafe? They can. They are the people trying to provide that care.

At the same time they are trying to de-escalate a serious situation. The

other thing is we need better sanctions. Too often there is no

sanction against people that assault our NHS staff. What we believe is we

should make it an offence. That if people wilfully assault a member of

an staff, that they should be prosecuted. And one of the things

that NHS Protect have done is they support the staff when police have

not taken it any further and have actually got in some convictions the

read. They have been very supportive on people in the frontline. --

through it. How have they done that? Working individually with people who

have been assaulted like nurses and other health professionals. They

also provide the training and the support to NHS Trusts. And we have

not been consulted about this change, and we have not been

officially told this service is going. We have been very concerned.

At this particular time we need the support more than ever. Agencies

like this takes the pressure off the trust. They are so busy providing

the care that we really believe we need the special support and

security that each NHS Trust can not afford to provide themselves. Are

you worried now that that NHS support will go? Get. We do not know

what will be in its place. We are left unsure because no one has had a

talk with us about this. We need more sanctions and more protection

for staff. And we need to make sure it is seen as unacceptable to

assault a member of NHS staff. Just hearing you talking about assaults

becoming more common, what actually happens in a department if someone

assaults someone else? What happens in the process? The process,

obviously, if it is an actual assaults, we will consult the police

and they will come and we would hope that person would be arrested. We

would hope that that person would be a sick following that. That is the

process we would expect. -- arrested. It is stressful for staff

and their families to be assaulted. They are trying to do their best. We

would expect this to be taken further and sanctions put against

someone wilfully assaulted. There are some cases because of medical

conditions, they may be confused, they may have mental health

problems, where they get violent. We're talking about that. We are

talking about wilful assault on staff. Before I let you go,

obviously, Jeremy Hunt has done an interview last night. He has talked

about the current situation in the NHS being unacceptable is. It is

unacceptable. We need some big changes in how our health system.

What do we need to provide? Much more money. We need to look at the

percentage of GDP. The difficulty is because we pay it through taxation

it becomes a difficult issue. We need to have a talk through all

parties about how much we are willing to pay for a fantastic

health and social care service. Thank you very much for your time.

The Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing.

A little bit nippy today? Just a little bit. Good morning. It gets

even more nippy through the weekend. This morning, temperatures aren't

especially low, but the increasing wind is adding to the chill. A bit

of frost and ice in eastern areas and wintry showers across the

eastern half of the country. Waking up to a covering of snow this

morning in eastern parts of Scotland and north-east England. Further

south, across southern parts of eastern England, this is where it is

mainly rain and drizzle. West is best for the weather. Northwest

Scotland, lots of lovely sunshine and temperatures picking up a little

bit. Eastern Scotland, north-east England, wintry flurries continue.

Parts of Cumbria shouldn't fare too badly. A generally grey picture

further south throughout the day. There could be some brightness into

east Anglia and the south-east later, but further patchy rain and

drizzle at times. Still misty over the hills. Across the country

temperatures are struggling. There could be the odd shower in the Devon

and Cornwall, but much of the south-west will be dry. In Northern

Ireland, one or a two rain and sleet showers. They will continue into the

afternoon. Many will be dry, with sunshine at times. West is best for

the sunshine and for the clear skies as we go into the night, but still

plenty of cloud in eastern areas. The showers become more abundant

into the morning as well. A mixture of sleet and snow. A good covering

in the Pennines and eastern Scotland through the weekend. A cold start to

the weekend. There could be ice around. Frost in the west, -10 in

Northwest Scotland to begin with. Lots of cloud elsewhere. Stronger

wind tomorrow. Make note of that if you are spending any outdoors. And

more showers. They will start as sleet and snow. For most it will

turn back to rain as we go through the day. Temperatures are little app

on the day and the winds making it feel colder. In the Sunday the wind

gets stronger, gale force around the coast of England and Wales. The best

of the sunshine in Scotland and Northern Ireland. A few showers

around. Potentially a little bit of sleet over higher ground, but the

wind will make it feel even colder than you would imagine. Before I go,

I should tell you that tonight with clear skies in the north and west

you may get to see not only the full moon, known at this time of year as

a snow moon, but also a lunar eclipse. While the moon won't

disappear completely it will just turn a little bit darker in shade.

That happens between about 10:30pm tonight and 3am.

What's it called? Penumbral. I just want to impress someone later

in the day! OK.

I hope someone corrects me. Thank you.

Everyday is school day with Matt! Space - the final frontier and one

where there are fortunes to be made in everything from satellite

technology to tourism. How exciting would it be to have the

prospect of launching space missions from the UK?

Over the next three years, the government is planning

on investing millions in the UK's first spaceport.

Sean is at the National Space Centre.

You are enjoying yourself with a future where is?

This is not a Tory! Good morning. -- with a view to ease?

I found the astronaut training section. Apparently this helps you

get used to spacewalking. I'm not really sure how I am doing at the

moment, but Tim Peake started somewhere. Tim Peake was in

International Space Station last year for six months and a lot of

that was funded by UK cash. The UK space industry... It is worth about

?14 billion to the economy and overall it supports about 40,000

jobs. I am trying to get over to our guest, what I am struggling at the

moment. Come here and give me a hand! It isn't just about... Have to

get out of this chair. It is just about learning how to walk in space,

one of the things you realise is the UK space industry is more about

getting Tim Peake there? Absolutely. There are lots of hidden things. I

think Tim Peake has highlighted what is already a thriving industry that

has existed since the beginning of the space race, the 1960s. When

people use their sat navs to get to work in the morning or the weather

forecast... That space ingrained in everyday life and people take it for

granted. It is the beach it -- GPS satellites that tell us where we

are, the weather satellite systems, the climate monitoring, the disaster

monitoring. So the fact that we can look at a country and see whether

flooding is happening, whether wildfires are happening. That is all

coming from space. We will talk about this later but the potential

of a spaceport and take off from the UK, how does that tie in?

ALARM BLARES We will have a little bit more later on that spaceport and

whether spaceflight could happen for the UK.

Thank you. That was brilliant to see you in that machine! Hardly moving!

He was still trying to make it work. We will keep him on business.

Dog owners who don't clean up after their pet's done its business.

We've all seen the results and it drives people mad.

Well, following a successful pilot in one London borough,

the Isle of Man could be the latest authority about to introduce

Irresponsible owners could then be traced and fined.

They may be manned's best friend but the mess some leave behind is

unpleasant and even dangerous. But soon it could also be evidence and

the dog's Ohno brought to justice. But after a pilot scheme in the

London borough introduced voluntary DNA testing at the start of last

year, after just three months they saw a 50% drop in dog fouling will

stop now they hope to make it compulsory and others are taking

their lead. The Isle of Man is launching a public consultation in a

plan to launch a bear. You can track back from the DNA profile dog poo on

the pavement to the dog that has left the mess behind. With all been

there. And it seems to present nerve among the main public. It's a cost

of about ?30 per dog and it isn't cheap. With UK local authorities

already under huge financial constraint, there are questions over

who would pay to trace dog owners that have fallen foul of the law.

Joining us now is Allison Ogden-Newton, from the charity

Good morning. Thanks for joining us. What do you think of this idea? DNA

testing dog poo? I think anything that will encourage people to clean

after their dogs has got to be a good idea. On that level we think

it's good, but I don't think we will be recommending it on a national

basis because we think that there might be some financial constraints.

It might be an expensive thing? It sounds like quite a technology... A

lot of technology involved, presumably? Presumably. That could

be quite restrictive and obviously local authorities are experiencing

economic constraints. There are other initiatives that get the kind

of results that are purported to have been achieved. Some people are

suggesting that people who have their dogs chipped and are

registered are probably the ones who are most likely to be responsible

owners. So the linkup probably isn't there? That's true. We are

struggling to get all dogs chipped, but the people who are getting their

dogs chipped are the ones who are most likely to be responsible, and I

think this survey, this initiative, relies upon people registering their

dog's DNA, so again that will be quite expensive and I think we're

probably not there yet. Is it still a big problem? You don't see it

around as often as you used to. Is it still a big problem? We are

making progress. We are running an initiative which gets about a 50%

reduction and it has been really well-received. In places like

Harrogate, they've seen a production of 90%. How does it work? Luminous

frightening eyes remind people that if they are being watched they

behave differently. They are just signs that say "we're watching you"

at glow-in-the-dark, because people mostly leave dog mess behind in the

dark. Is fear of being caught the best incentive? I think so. My local

authority, Richmond, has fines of up to ?1000 which is definitely working

on people's view of getting caught. It mostly relies on people doing the

right thing because they are thinking about what other people

would ring. In that sense they are asking people to be responsible. --

people would think. It isn't necessarily that they are getting

caught, it is that a responsible dog owner doesn't leave a mess behind.

You mentioned the fines. Do we know how many are issued? And are fines

issued? Different local authorities take different measures, but

definitely dog fouling is something that is becoming commonplace, as is

the reduction of dog mess, so we think it is making an impact. We've

had quite a few e-mails about this. One says perhaps bringing back the

dog licence would help. Too many owners don't pick up and that gives

responsible owners are bad name as well. Helen, only a good idea if DNA

results can be used to prove ownership if the dog is lost or

stolen. Thank you very much for coming in.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

Still to come this morning: Record numbers of dolphins have been

spotted off the west coast of Scotland.

But nobody really knows for sure why they're there.

We'll try to get the bottom of it just before 9am.

Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

Getting less cold and sunnier next week.

I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

This is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Charlie

We'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment.

The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, says it's "completely unacceptable"

that some patients are waiting up to 13 hours in A

In an exclusive BBC interview, he paid tribute to the hard work

of staff, but said the problems of high demand were not unique

I think it is wrong to suggest to people that these profound

challenges, such as we face with an ageing population, has a

silver-bullet where we can solve the problem overnight. There is a good

plan that has the support of the NHS and it will take a while to deliver.

A Federal appeals court has refused to reinstate Donald Trump's ban

on travellers from seven mainly Muslim countries.

The controversial immigration reform was suspended last week.

The US President responded to the ruling saying there will be

The case is now likely to go to The Supreme Court.

Campaigners will challenge the way the Government deals

with unaccompanied child refugees at a High Court hearing today.

They say ministers have not worked with local councils to find enough

The judicial review comes after the government announced

they would close a key humanitarian route into the UK once a total

Council tax rises will hit many households in England and Wales

The Local Government Information Unit says that 94% of council

leaders and senior officials questioned said they would be forced

to put up taxes and increase charging for services.

Some households will face rises of up to 5%, well above inflation.

Rail ticket machines cause so much confusion that a fifth of passengers

who use them buy the wrong ticket, according to the rail regulator.

While 7% of travellers underpay and could be fined,

The Office of Rail and Road wants train companies to refund passengers

who accidentally buy tickets which are too expensive

The BBC has learned that the organisation responsible

for advising English health trusts on the security of staff

There were chaotic scenes in the South African parliament

as President Jacob Zuma tried to deliver his annual state

Opposition MPs called the president a "scoundrel" and "rotten

to the core'" because of corruption allegations.

The President ordered the deployment of troops around the Parliament

building to deal with thousands of protestors.

And it's been announced that George Clooney and his wife Amal

The news was broken by their showbiz friend pal, Matt Damon,

who said he almost started crying when he found out.

He added that they will make awesome parents.

The A-list couple tied the knot at a lavish wedding

We will have the weather soon, but first, the sport. A bit of a hit on

the knuckles for the FA from MPs. It is about what happens next. They

could lose 30 to ?40 million of money and funding if they do not

reform from within. They could take legislation to make them reform if

they don't. It has been years in the making, the need for change.

It's all about helping the England national team and making

the Football Association more reflective, of the millions who play

As things stand, there are 122 members that make the big decisions

on the FA council, and more than 90% of them are men aged over 60.

There have been calls for change for decades.

And now, after a vote of no confidence in the FA by MP's,

the Government will legislate if English football's governing

However, one of the FA members, Keith Compton, responded,

saying the FA is changing and added, "it is pity that the MPs have got

It wasn't the highest scoring start to the new Super League season,

but St Helens fans won't care, as they beat their old rivals Leeds.

The game was won by a moment of class, as St Helens,

slid across the field, before unpicking the door

and finding a gap with Frenchman Theo Farge,

squeezing across the line to make it 6-4.

There's another big weekend ahead in the Six Nations.

Scotland are in France on Sunday, while the roof will be open

for the match between Wales and England in Cardiff tomorrow,

Before that, Ireland will be looking to bounce back

Donnacha Ryan and Cian Healy, have been drafted into the pack

for their game against Italy, in Rome.

Paddy Jackson remains at fly half, with Jonnie Sexton still injured.

It would be easy to feel sorry for ourselves and be quite angry at each

other. There is a bit of that. That is naturally there. But we shook

ourselves down early in the week and we have to respond positively this

weekend and do as best as we can in Italy. The start against Scotland

was especially disappointing and what we did in the second half and

towards the end of the first half shows what we can do as a team.

There's another big weekend ahead in the Six Nations.

Scotland are in France on Sunday, Ireland travel to Rome to face Italy

tomorrow while the roof will be open for the match between Wales

and England in Cardiff, and that is what England wanted.

Ronnie O'Sullivan, is out of snooker's World Grand Prix

in Preston, after losing in the second round to Australia's Neil

O'Sullivan could only sit and watch, as the world number seven knocked

in a break 83 to take the match by four frames to one.

He went on to lose to Barry Hawkins 4-2 in the quarter finals.

Both of them had played two matches in one day.

Great Britain's women, can move a big step closer

to the promised land and the world elite groups,

if they can win their third FED cup round robin match

World number one, Johanna Konta, and her teamates are on a roll,

thrashing Latvia and Portugal so far.

Another win and they'll play in this weekend's play offs and it

would give new Team Captain Anne Keothavong, a clean sweep

They are tough competitors that notoriously step up to the plate

But, you know, I believe in my players and hope in them

British Sprinter James Ellington, says he's determined to race

at the highest level again, despite being involved in a serious

He'll undergo surgery later today and faces three months

Yesteray he spoke publicly about the crash for the first time.

The crazy thing is I did not get knocked out either.

When I was on the floor and I looked at my leg and there was blood

everywhere and my leg was in pieces, I lost six pints of blood,

and I was laying there thinking, what the hell is going on?

Wow. We wish him well in his surgery today.

And finally, an Austrian man has broken his own downhill speed

It appears he's borrowed his outfit from Britney Spears and the helmet

from the Nightmare movie, but it seemed to do the trick.

Launching himself down a gravelly hill in the Atacama Desert,

Exhausted at the end. A chap has gone even faster, 138 miles per

hour, going on a ski slope. I might try that one day. May be without the

outset. Hopefully it makes a difference. -- outfit.

If you want to add that kind of adrenaline rush

to your history lessons, head to the old slate mines

of North Wales which have been given a new lease on life

I honestly don't really like heights, but I joined a school

There are over 300 of them on this site underground.

And you then zip wire through them at great speed,

getting a history lesson of what it was like for the real

They didn't have these. And look at this guy. He fell. I was hoping his

dad. They have no fear. He was all right. Did you do it? You will find

out tomorrow. There were some monkey bars to get up to the stairway to

heaven. Which you will see. Long delays in Accident

and Emergency, high bed-rate This winter the pressures

on hospitals have been mounting. So what does the man in charge

make of the challenges The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt sat

down with our Health Editor Hugh We have seen pictures from the Royal

Blackburn of mothers and babies waiting for ours. -- hours. It is

incredibly frustrating for me. Doing this job, I want to see the NHS

having the best care in the world. That kind of care is completely

unacceptable and no one wants it for their own family. What can you do

about it? I think you have to recognise that overall, there are

positive things as well as negative things. And there is huge commitment

in the NHS to sort out those negative things. In the particular

pressure point we have is Accident and Emergency. And what we need to

do is find ways of treating people, especially with complex conditions,

older people with dementia, treating them at home or in the community.

That is the big direction of change we have embarked on. That is longer

term. What we are seeing right now in hospitals, the things we have

seen on the BBC this week, real stress and real strain. Performance

targets, the worst since 2004. What can you do about it? Shouldn't you

be doing more? I think it is wrong to suggest to people that these

profound challenges such as we face with an ageing population are ones

where there is a silver-bullet and you can solve the problem overnight

We have a very good plan. It has the support of the NHS. It will take

time to deliver. But in terms of immediate support, we are doing what

we can with extra financial support to the NHS these year. More doctors

and more nurses. But we also have to think about the people in the NHS to

a working very hard to sort out these problems. And we need the help

of the public. We know that a number of people seen in Accident and

Emergency could have their needs dealt with another part of the NHS.

We need to make sure that as far as we can we free up people in Accident

and Emergency departments, especially with older patients with

particular needs. Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, speaking to our

health editor, Hugh Pym. As we heard, long waits in the Accident

and Emergency department are unacceptable according to Jeremy

Hunt. Almost a year ago, Greater Manchester became the first local

authority in England to take control of its health and social care

budget, allowing them to try out new ways of joining up the two services.

So has it been successful in providing better

Jon Rouse, Chief officer of the Greater Manchester Health

and Social Care Partnership joins us.

What are the ground rules? Some people may not understand the bigger

picture with the money. You now get a lump sum of money that you decide

how you are going to spend. Yes. The government and the NHS national

bodies in Greater Manchester have been able to make their own

decisions, some ?6 billion of resources are spent on the NHS and

social care every year... How much money did you get? In total across

Greater Manchester, ?6 billion a year. ?6 billion. How long have you

been running? We started on the first of April, the first year. It

is early days. But we have been able to innovate already. In what way I

doing things differently? I would say that what it boils down to is

that we are investing far further upstream to try to prevent the sort

of problems you have heard about this morning in terms of the

interview with Jeremy Hunt from being the reality on the ground.

What does upstream in? It means investing in people is health and

well-being. We know that, for example, a large number of

admissions for the frail and elderly going to hospital are due to the

fact that either they have had a fall, or they are dehydrated, or

suffering from some kind of malnutrition. If we can get some

programmes for them into their homes and care homes to make sure they do

not fall over and are receiving the right food and drink, then they are

far less likely to end up in hospital and Accident and Emergency.

That sounds like a lot. That is either a medium or long-term goal.

In the short time you have been operating the system, are using less

people turning up in Accident and Emergency? Because I think Jeremy

Hunt described it as that being the pressure point. Are there fewer

people turning up in Accident and Emergency? We are not seeing a

significant increase in attendance in Accident and Emergency. Where we

are studying is enabling people to move out of hospital, especially the

frail and elderly. And that is due to the pressures on the social care

system. Our view is that if there is one point on the system that needs

fixing more urgently than any other it is investment in social care to

enable people to go home with the right package or go suitable care.

Are you putting more money in for that? We are using some of the NHS's

resources to invest in social care. But that is not a complete fix We

also need additional national investment if we are going to

achieve our goals. Because of the way this has been broken down, so,

you look after a specific area, do you know, you talk about the 6

billion pounds figure, which is what you got last time around, if you

were the person writing the cheque with which you, as the man who is

running this very important area, with a lot of health problems, if

you were writing that check in order to make it possible to do what you

think you need to do, how much would that figure rise by? -- cheque. If

we had that cheque authorised for social care, if all the priorities

we have, that is what is most pressing, the gap for social care

next year in Greater Manchester is ?76 million. The government, through

allowing increases in the Council Tax, has allowed us to raise about

?9 million extra next year. So we have still got a very significant

gap of ?60 million that we have got to find a way to close. Said the

most pressing, without any question in terms of the sustainability of

the system, is to Schalke. How do you close that gap? If the recesses

were available, what you would do is invest in capacity within the

committee. -- resources. In Glasgow, they have reduced the delays in

transfer out of hospital with intermediate care investment. That

is the rehabilitation you need one to come out of hospital if you are

frail and old. Enabling you to make a cup of tea again, a six support to

allow people to live confidently. Just noting down some of the

numbers, that 76 million which you say is the difference between

offering what you want and the situation, relative to the 6 billion

that is allocated it doesn't sound like that much in numbers. Remember,

that 6 billion is also paying for all of the central NHS services, all

of the cancer services, all other forms of diagnosis, all conditions.

We are trying to use it creatively and innovatively. We are read our

thing more money into community services, but they're still a

significant gap. -- we are redirecting. Thanks for a much for

coming in this morning. -- thanks very much.

Let's have a look at the weather forecast. No surprises, it is cold!

A rather grey and misty start this morning. Patchy rain and drizzle and

a cold wind which will get stronger throughout the day. That's the story

for many today. Some of us waking up to a bit of ice and a slight

covering of snow in eastern Scotland and north-east England in

particular. The wintry showers continue in eastern areas. Sleet and

snow for north-east England, maybe a little bit of sleet further south

and east. To the west, cloud will break up. The best of the sunshine

in the north-west of Scotland. Here, sunshine continues into the

afternoon. Across eastern Scotland and north-east England, another

temporary covering of snow. To the west of the Pennines, not faring

badly as far as sunshine is concerned. Through much of England

and Wales it is grey and misty. Further patchy rain and drizzle and

no temperature is, 1- five Celsius for many. There may be some breaks

in the cloud to the south-east. A better chance further west. Even

Devon and Cornwall could have the odd shower pushing through. Wales

should stay dry. Cardigan bay the best for the sunshine. In Northern

Ireland we have some wintry flurries around, maybe some into the

afternoon, but the vast majority will be dry, with occasional quinces

of sunshine. Overnight west is best for the breaks. Many central and

eastern areas stay cloudy and showers become more abundant to the

east overnight, as the wind continues to pick SAP. Temperatures

for many around freezing. There is the risk of ice. In clear spots lows

of minus ten. A cold start to the weekend for all. The wind does pick

up on that day, making it feel even colder -- on Saturday. Sleet and

snow to begin with. Turning back to rain through the afternoon and there

could be a good covering of snow in the Pennines and the hills of

south-east Scotland. Temperatures not far off today, but the wind will

make it feel colder. On Saturday and Sunday the best of the weather will

be in the north-west of Scotland. The hats more in the way of brighter

breaks in England and Wales on Sunday, but more showers to come.

Mainly rain, drizzle and sleet. Touching gale force in places. It is

going to feel colder than you think if you were to look at your

thermometers. Freezing all day long. Keep yourself wrapped up warm

through the weekend! Next week the winds turned to a more southerly

direction and perhaps something a little bit less chilly.

We don't need to look at a thermometer, we can just look at

you! I got my telling off from you

earlier, so I thought I'd better put my scarf on. I took my jacket off so

I did feel the benefit when I left. Lovely! Thank you.

He took his jacket off in order to feel the benefit when he put it back

on? That the one!

Thank you. The race is on to save around 100

whales stranded on a beach The pilot whales were discovered

on Farewell Spit, on the South Distressing pictures show hundreds

more that have already died. Andrew Lamason of the Department

of Conservation joins us We've seen some of the pictures.

What the situation the moment? The tide is coming back in. We are

trying to get the last of the people off the beach and we will leave the

remaining whales on the beach overnight and get here first thing

in the morning. Are you able to save some of them? That's the ultimate

goal, that's what we are trying for. It is quite unusual, the way the

port has behaved. A number of them are already dead when we first

arrived this morning, indicating there is something going on with

these guys and they probably aren't that healthy. The ones that are

alive haven't behaved that well and the ones on the beach, they didn't

really want to leave. How do you actually get them off and what

happens next? So during the low tide we have the whales on the beach and

we do what we can to keep them as calm and comfortable as possible. We

put sheets over them and we wait for the tide to come in. This part of

New Zealand, we have really big tides. So when that tide comes in

that's an opportunity to try and refloat these whales and get them

back out into the sea. You mentioned this being unusual, but what you

think has happened? Why are there so many? It isn't unusual to get

strandings. What is unusual is that this number, or the number who have

died so quickly... On other occasions we have had big strandings

but have managed to get most of them off again. These ones died quickly,

so that's more of a challenge for us. Yes, so we have to work our way

through. We are doing what we can. 100 11 as still on the beach. --

111. There are some swimming out in the day, but they aren't looking

great either. It is too dangerous to have people around the whales at

night in the water, as you can appreciate, so we will wait for

light and we will go for it again. Good luck to your teams out there.

That was Andrew from the New Zealand Department of conservation.

Imagine how exciting it would be to launch a rocket into space from the

UK? Sean is with us. Right now I am in a

replica of the Mercury Capshaw. That was the US capsule used for the

first US astronaut to go into orbit. This morning we are talking about

the UK industry, money put into things like this, a replica of the

module from International Space Station that Tim Peake spent a lot

of time in last year. Shall we get on-board? This is pretty important.

?14 billion is put into the UK economy by the space industry it

supports tens of thousands of jobs, and if we get on-board... This is

pretty important. You are from the National Space Centre, where we are.

What kind of links with the UK have with a capsule like this? This is

the: this module, the European Space Agency module. -- Columbus module.

When Tim Peake was up for six months last year, he would have worked in

here. It is a research laboratory. He would have spent a lot of time in

something just like this. Martin, that word, European Space Agency, a

lot of questions around the current relationship the UK might have with

that after leaving the EU. Will that change anything? Hopefully not. It

is important to make sure we get that right, because the European

Space Agency is essentially the way we do almost all about space

research at the moment. Especially our Earth observation science will

stop if we don't keep access to that, we will have some problems

when we leave Europe. But actually it isn't the European Union, which

is comfortable. And our relationship will continue. But separately we do

a lot of trade with Europe, 50% of our exports goes to Europe. Are

there concerns that this might change? Everyone is worried about

the uncertainties, but I don't think it will change much because space is

a global business, these relationships will have to continue.

While we can't live without them, they can't live without as, I think

we will be able to keep that going. Space is a global business. Andy,