14/02/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

Donald Trump's national security adviser resigns in a row

Michael Flynn has stepped down less than a month into the job.

He's been accused of lying about phone calls he made

Good morning, it's Tuesday 14th February.

Also this morning: Fresh warnings about the threat from online attacks

as the UK opens its National Cyber Security Centre.

A ten-year-old boy dies from head injuries in a branch of Topshop

after an incident involving store furniture.

Nearly five million of us now describe ourselves as self-employed.

But is it good for work flexibility or just helping

In Sport, Manchester City leap up to second in the Premier League.

They beat Bournemouth 2-0, but they're still eight points

We'll be hearing a love story with a twist this Valentine's Day.

Good morning. We will be in the gardens when daybreak. Sadly, this

stove isn't on. It is chilly and it is chilly outside without a touch of

frost for eastern England with some rain in the forecast, but some of us

will see sunshine through the day. I will have more details in 13

minutes. Donald Trump's national security

adviser, Michael Flynn, has resigned over his

contacts with Russia. General Flynn discussed American

sanctions with the Russian ambassador before Mr Trump took

office, and is accused of misleading the Vice President

about what happened. Here's our Washington

correspondent, David Willis. Barely three weeks into his

presidency, Donald Trump has lost one of his closest advisers. Retired

army gentle Michael Flynn, a man renowned for his close ties to

Russia, resigns over allegations he misled senior officials about

conversations between him and the Russian Ambassador a few weeks

before the Trump administration took office -- General. In his

resignation letter, Mr Flynn said that as the incoming National

Security Advisor he held numerous phone calls with foreign

counterparts, ministers and ambassadors. Unfortunately he goes

on, because of the fast pace of events I inadvertently reefed the

vice president of late and others with incomplete information

regarding my calls with the Russian ambassador. Missing it appears from

Mr Flynn's account was a discussion of sanctions imposed by the outgoing

Obama administration in response to Russia's meddling in the US

election. Any offer to lift such sanctions by a member of the

incoming Administration would be a breach of American law. Meanwhile it

has emerged that the US justice to Sparkman warned the Trump

administration that Mr Flynn's account of the conversation differed

from that of intelligence officials who were listening in. The

department also advise the President that Mr Flynn had potentially opened

himself to blackmail by the Russians. All of this prompts a

broader question, what did the President himself no about Michael

Flynn's activities and when did he know it? -- know.

The Queen will this morning opened a specialist centre to combat the

threat posed to the UK by online attack. Ministers say the cyber

security centre, which cost ?2 billion to set up, will make the UK

the safest place to live and work online.

Our Security correspondent Gordon Corera reports.

Russian involvement in efforts to have information... The worst case

is all customers' data has been accessed. China's activities in

cyberspace is a significant source of concern. Hacking that could

hamper vote counting. Cyber attacks are it seems everywhere. Hackers

targeting governments, businesses, ordinary people. Now a new

organisation is being formally launched. Its mission, to defend the

UK. At its new headquarters at the head of the national cyber security

centre told me a threat is real. We have had significant losses of

personal data, significant intrusions by hostile state actors,

significant reconnaissance against critical national infrastructure.

And our job is to deal with that in the most effective way possible. So

we want to create a room for the near future with devices connected

to the Internet. The new centre is not just there to protect government

but also people's homes. The technical director told me how

Internet connected items like lambs and coffee makers could be

vulnerable, even a child's toy doll. More and more of our life is moving

online with the UK being one of the most digitally dependent economies

in the world, a strength but also a vulnerability. And protecting it

online in the future will be vital for economic as well as national

security. A ten-year-old boy has died

after suffering serious head The boy was taken to hospital

after being hurt in a Topshop store Our reporter Keith Doyle joins us

from our London newsroom. Keith, what do we know

about what happened? Good morning. We only know brief

details that the police have released. The police and ambulance

services were called to the Oracle shopping centre in Reading town

centre just after 4pm yesterday afternoon, where a 10-year-old boy

received serious head injuries after an incident in Topshop. In the

police statement, from Thames Valley Police, a 10-year-old boy had

serious head injuries after an incident involving shop furniture.

We know the boy was taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital, where he

was pronounced dead. Thames Valley Police said in a statement they are

continuing with enquiries and they say the death was treated as

unexplained but not suspicious and the next of kin have been phone. We

don't know the full details of what happened yesterday afternoon but

whatever the circumstances it is clearly a tragedy where a young boy

has lost his life. Absolutely. Thank you. There is an enquiry into the

way millions of us work and a man in charge says businesses are using

self employment laws to avoid tax. One in seven people now consider

themselves self employed which can mean a lower level

of employment protection. Matthew Taylor -

who heads up that review - says he wants to see a fair

and decent standard of work Look at any two workers with the

same conditions and one of them will say that is great, that is what I

choose to do, and one will say that is not what I want. So it is whether

you choose to work in a flexible way. It is hard for the courts and

the law to deal with two people whose situation is the same but one

is satisfied and the other is dissatisfied.

Around 200,000 people living close to America's tallest dam have been

told it's still not safe for them to return home.

The area around the Oroville Dam in Northern California was evacuated

after a hole was found in one of its emergency overflow channels,

After historically high levels of rain, officials got the dry

weather they needed to drain the water from the dam

Rock-filled bags were loaded onto helicopters and dropped

onto the eroded areas to plug any gaps.

With the water drained, workers were finally able to check

They should have brought up a red flag, something is not right,

something is wrong. They should have done that instead of waiting until

the last minute and getting everybody worked up. After one night

here, many were ready to back up and leave. But authorities say it is not

ready. Getting those people

home is important to me. I want that to happen absolutely

as soon as possible. But I have to be able to sleep

at night knowing that they are back As repairs continue,

questions are now being asked about whether the damage had more

to do with bad luck, It is still not clear how long it

will take to make the dam safe. More heavy rain is expected to test

it again later this week. Local authorities in England have

paid out more than ?35 million in compensation and legal fees

to tenants who are living A BBC investigation found that

around 11,000 claims have been It's completely mouldy and the wall

underneath is completely wet. And even our shoes

are mouldy as well. Katrina pays Leeds City Council

around ?270 a month to live in a flat which is

riddled with mould. Although she hasn't taken

the council to court, She says he and his brother sounds

like this all the time, She claims it's because their rented

house in Leeds is so damp. Social housing in Leeds has such

a bad reputation that claims management companies

are now targeting the city, encouraging tenants to take

the council to court. These firms identify properties

which are in a poor state of repair and then, for a finder's fee,

pass on the tenant's details to a solicitor who

takes on the case. In a statement, Leeds

City Council said... At a time when services

are being cut, many will question why councils are spending millions

on compensation instead of fixing In response, the Local Government

Association told us: "Councils desperately need access

to government funding to improve existing housing stock and reinvest

in building more affordable homes." Two teenage boys are among four

people killed in an avalanche at the ski resort

of Tignes in France. The snowboarders, who were being

led by an instructor, died when a wall of snow swept

through an off-piste The group were only a few dozen

metres from the ski lift Look at these next pictures, by the

way. Aberdeen council has apologised

after trees were planted They appeared in on the turf

at Logie Durno in Aberdeenshire. Unsurprisingly, the new trees

sparked a huge reaction A spokeswoman said they'd been

planted to boost biodiversity in the area, but admitted

the council was "barking up the wrong tree with

plans for this site." What are they going to do about it"

do you know what the formation was? Four-tree-tree. LAUGHTER Sorry, I am

just thinking about my joke. I don't know if it was double thumbs up.

They would probably do better than Bournemouth's defence. That has been

a problem this season, they haven't won a game so far into 2017, and the

problem is their defence, I have just been reading this morning.

Maybe they need to put some woodwork in the way. City are hitting form?

It is funny, isn't it, just a couple of weeks ago we said they didn't

stand a chance, yet here they are, a points pint Chelsea, and they clawed

back United in 2012 with a points the difference and they came to win

the title, so don't write Pep Guardiola off yet!

Manchester City started last night's game against Bournemouth outside

the top four, but they've jumped up to second in the Premier League

thanks to a 2-0 win over Bournemouth.

The goals coming from Raheem Sterling and a Tyrone Mings

own goal, even if Sergio Aguero wanted to claim it.

Joe Root says he is very proud and excited for what lies ahead

being confirmed as England's new Test cricket captain.

The Yorkshireman succeeds Alastair Cook, who resigned last week.

Root's first Test will be against South Africa at Lord's

Amir Khan could be in line to fight Manny Pacquiao if fans of the eight

division world champion have their way.

They voted overwhelmingly on social media

for the British boxer to be Pacquiao's next opponent.

Former Sale Sharks wing Tom Arscott has been found guilty of passing

on confidential team information to Bristol by the Rugby Football

An inquiry concluded Bristol were aware of Sale's tactics

when they beat the Sharks by one point on New Year's Day.

Controversy in rugby union. We will be back in a moment with the papers.

I am really looking forward to speaking to Carol. I think Dan is

planning things for you. What, as it is Valentine's Day, I am going to

write you a little poem. Oh, I can't wait.

That makes me shake in my shoes, whenever you are planning things for

me I get very nervous. We will be in the gardens when day breaks, but I

want to show you these windows. Today I am five foot ten with my

heels. Look how high this window is, to stop any visitors coming in

seeing the family that owned the house, seeing the staff below, it

allowed a lot of light to come in and over here I have this beautiful

cast-iron kitchen range. It dates back to 1860, although it was

renovated and restored in 2004, and perhaps the kind of food that would

be prepared in this kitchen are things like this. Sadly it is not

real. If you try this you will break your teeth so probably not the best

thing to do this morning. Frost across eastern parts of England but

generally it will be a little milder than it was yesterday. So the other

thing that will happen as the winds are going to change more to Asad

Ali, south-westerly, so it won't feel quite as cold. Through the

course of the day what we have is, to start with, a cold start with

some sunshine, but a weather front which is coming in across south-west

England. That is bringing in thick cloud and some patchy rain. It is

also pretty windy this morning across the Pennines, Cumbria and

Northern Ireland. Here we have some cloud, cloud across north-east

Scotland, so the brightest skies are going to be for example across

western and southern Scotland, even into the afternoon. Quite grey for

the rest of Scotland. Or northern England, this afternoon quite a bit

of cloud left around but as we come through Yorkshire, Lincolnshire,

East Anglia and down towards Kent and the East Midlands, we will see

some sunshine. Go west of that and that is where we have a weather

front. Thicker cloud across the rest of the Midlands, down towards

Hampshire some patchy rain and drizzle coming out of that. As we

move across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, it will have brightened

up and we'll see maybe the odd shower. For Wales and Northern

Ireland, under the influence of the cloud, and also the showers, we have

the weather front there, remember, it won't feel as pleasant.

Temperatures still a bit higher for some of us than they were yesterday.

As we head on through the evening and overnight, the weather front in

the south-west moving northwards will continue the journey

northwards, heading into northern England, the west of Scotland,

through Northern Ireland as well. Later on you will find another

weather front is going to come in from the south-west, ringing some

rain and strengthening winds. Not a particular cold night, temperatures

roughly between about seven and nine. As we head on through the

course of tomorrow, after a bright start in the Highlands, north-east

England, you will find that the weather front in the south-west

reducing the rain, and some of that could be heavy at times, with the

odd rumble of thunder, that will all move eastwards, spilling cloud ahead

of it but at least behind it will start to brighten up and began the

wind veering so we're looking at more of a south-westerly, which is a

milder direction, and you will really notice that across parts of

naughty Scotland and north-east England. And then for Thursday there

will be some showery outbreaks of rain across the north and

north-west, but generally drier day for most. However, there is the risk

that across the English Channel we could well see some fog, which could

take into the early part of the afternoon before it lifts, but we do

expect it to. I then parts of the south-west, although it is not on

the charts, could hit 14 Celsius. After the cold weather we have had,

that is a real improvement. Thank you very much. Lovely to see you

round there as well. We will be back with more for you later. I am trying

to monitor what he is up to. That's all right, nothing sinister. Just a

little ditty for you. I know you are writing poetry, sorry to interrupt

and everything. I will start with a front page of the Daily Telegraph.

Caterpillar denied to 500,000 women as their main story, and the main

picture is Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, who was at

the White House yesterday for talks with not only Donald Trump but also

female business leaders as well. And a mixed bag for the papers, they all

have different lead stories. The Times talking about commuters

travelling by public transport, exposing commuters to up to eight

times as much air pollution as those who drive to work, according to a

new study. This is a picture of Julie and Mike Bennett, who died

within days of each other of cancer. And there is a fund being set up by

their children, and so many people donated, ?170,000, so that their

children can carry on with their education. Front page of the

Guardian also has a picture of Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime

Minister, this time just a moment to look at Donald Trump's hand before

he shook hands with it. We saw the handshake with Shinzo Abe, which

went on for ages a few days ago, it has become an internet meme. The

British expats facing backlash over May. And the Bake Off's Leithal

weapon. We had Prue Leeds on the sofa, and she may be alongside Paul

Hollywood. No confirmation as yet but she may be the new Mary Berry.

Shall we look at her judging? A real disgrace, and I want to cry because

it was so wonderful before. It is this over smoked lobster tail,

almost inedible. It is so strong. Six. You really are very

disappointed, aren't you? I am really quite cross because it was so

beautiful. I think he lost his focus. It is a tragedy, that is

what. I always feel she needs to cook a Victoria sandwich for the

entire nation. And Mary Berry would never have been so brutal. She

always find something nice to say. She always just looks a little put

off. This is something we will talk about a lot later on. A review

launched by the government into the so-called gig economy. We all use

them in some form or another, whether that is things like Uber or

Deliveroo, they don't have guaranteed hours or income but many

say it is great, they get the flexibility to work when they want.

If they own to make work more they earn more, and vice-versa. There has

been a 20% rise in the number of people without regular hours and

employment. It suggests the government and the Treasury loses

out on tax revenue, but some workers say that they are simply not paid

enough, and they are having to work harder and harder and getting less

pay. We will look at that as the government is launching a review

into job security. The sports pages full today of profiles of the next

England test captain, Joe Root. Lovely pictures of him as a child

and the Daily Mirror, steeped in cricket as he has been playing since

he was a toddler, which is brilliant. And there he is with

Michael Vaughan at his club in Sheffield, and Michael Vaughan

coming on to chat to us about what it takes to be England skipper a bit

later on. 26 years old, and the whole thing about Joe Root is how

young he looks, this baby faced cricketer. Look at all the stats

lining up for him. 11 centuries already in his cricket career, at

the age of 26. He is remarkable. What he set on social media

yesterday after the announcement of the fact that he would be the new

England Test captain, he said this. His baby was born in January, and

are really tiny baby there. Lots of responsibility for Joe Root this

year, fatherhood and the England Test captaincy. So a lot on his

plate. Do you want a picture of the Boss or buffalo? OK, Bruce

Springsteen involved in a selfie with this lady from Sydney and it

has gone around the world. One of those pictures which has gone

everywhere. The father of a soldier killed

in Iraq in 2007 has criticised proposals which could make it harder

for troops and their families to sue the Ministry of Defence if something

goes wrong in combat. The MoD is consulting on changes

that it says would reduce the need for lengthy court battles,

but the plans mean soldiers would no longer be able to sue

the Government for negligence. Our legal affairs correspondent

Clive Coleman reports. How old was he when he first started

playing the drums? He was about nine or ten. In 2000 and 2007, Colin's

Sun, a keen drummer, died when an IED exploded next to his Land Rover

in Iraq. He was one of some 37 servicemen and women killed in

so-called Snatch land Rovers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Colin for the

six-year legal battle against the Ministry of Defence, eventually

winning the right of the Supreme Court to bring an action against the

government under human rights law. Three years later that case is only

now coming to a close. The MoD's new rules cover battle and the fallout

from it. They include stopping legal claims for negligence against the

MoD in the courts. A no-fault compensation scheme for injured

service personnel and families of those killed. Assessors to value

injuries and lost based on reports they commission. And compensation to

be at the same level as if you MoD was found negligent in court. Nobody

disputes it is a really good idea for service personnel injured in the

course of combat and the families of those who have been killed to be

spared long and frustrating legal battles through the courts. But

there are real concerns about the Ministry of Defence scrapping the

duty of care that it owes to soldiers. The Fire Brigade, the

police, the ambulance service, they all have to go out with equipment

that works, and the right equipment. And that should be the same for a

soldier. If not, then what the MoD is saying is we could send our boys

and girls out with broomsticks, it wouldn't matter. There is no

fallout. And lawyers worry that bypassing the courts creates

unfairness. You have suffered injury. You think that the employer,

the organisation, the MoD, is at fault, and yet you are asked to rely

upon the MoD to assess the compensation that it should pay you

for the damage it causes you. That is not right. In a statement, the

Ministry of Defence said... His ashes are with me... The MoD's

consultation on its proposals ends in just under a week. Colin Redpath

hopes that for the injured and families of the fall in the new

system involves maximum safety and fairness.

And we will be speaking to a former soldier just a little bit later

about that. I am working on my little ditty for

Carol. I will save it for 7:15 a.m.. We will hear from couples

who still put pen to paper as a sign Now, though, it is back

to Louise and Dan. Hello, this is Breakfast

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment, but also

on Breakfast this morning. As the Ministry of Defence consults

on plans to scrap its legal duty of care to personnel injured

in combat, we'll hear from a solicitor who

says it'll stop troops and their families from getting

the right compensation. He's led out in just four

first-class matches but Joe Root Former skipper Michael Vaughan

will tell us why he thinks he's England's first timetabled steam

train in almost 50 years sets But now a summary of this

morning's main news. Donald Trump's national security

adviser, Michael Flynn, has resigned over his

contacts with Russia. General Flynn discussed American

sanctions with the Russian ambassador before Mr Trump took

office, and is accused of misleading the vice-president

about what happened. Here's our Washington

correspondent David Willis. The Queen will this morning open

a specialist centre to combat the threat posed to the UK

by online attacks. Ministers say the National

Cyber Security Centre, which cost nearly ?2 billion to set

up, will make the UK the safest Our security correspondent

Gordon Corera reports. Russian involvement in efforts

to hack information... The worst case is that

all of our customers' data China's activities in cyberspace

as a significant source of concern. Hacking that could

hamper vote counting. Cyber attacks are,

it seems, everywhere. Hackers targeting governments,

businesses, ordinary people. Now a new organisation

is being formally launched. At its new headquarters,

the head of the National Cyber Security Centre told me

the threat is real. We've had significant

losses of personal data, significant intrusions

by hostile state actors, significant reconnaissance against

critical national infrastructure. And our job is to make sure we deal

with that in the most So what we've done here is create

a room of the near future and we've got some devices that

are all connected to the Internet. The new centre is not just

there to protect government, Its technical director showed me how

Internet-connected items, like lamps and coffee makers,

could be vulnerable, More and more of our

life is moving online. The UK's one of the most digitally

dependent economies in the world - And protecting it online

in the future will be vital for economic as well

as national security. A ten-year-old boy has died

after suffering serious head The boy was taken to hospital

after being hurt in a Topshop store Thames Valley Police said the death

is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious and officers

are continuing to make inquiries. Around 200,000 people living close

to America's tallest dam have been told it's still not safe

for them to return home. The area around the Oroville Dam

in Northern California was evacuated after a hole was found in one

of its emergency overflow channels, Authorities have now managed

to lower the water levels, but they still don't know how long

it will be before residents Local authorities in England have

paid out more than ?35 million in compensation and legal fees

to tenants who are living A BBC investigation found that

around 11,000 claims have been brought in the last five years

for issues such as damp, leaking drains and holes

in front doors or walls. Two teenage boys are among four

people killed in an avalanche at the ski resort

of Tignes in France. The snowboarders, who were being

led by an instructor, died when a wall of snow swept

through an off-piste The group were only a few dozen

metres from the ski lift It is 6:35am, and Cat is here for

the sport. It was impressive for Manchester City. Pep Guardiola is

smiling. A happy Monday for him. And Monday tends to go well for him, he

has won every Monday match he has been in charge in. They are

frantically looking in their diaries for the future Monday fixture, I am

sure. Manchester City have jumped

from fifth up to second in the Premier League

after a straight forward 2-0 England winger Raheem Sterling gave

City the lead with a simple tap in. Sergio Aguero came off the bench

to have a hand in City's second, although the final touch was off

defender Tyrone Mings. City are now eight points

behind leaders Chelsea. We needed a really good performance.

In the second half, Bournemouth push a lot, but that is normal in this

stadium with these players. I am so pleased how we have done and

especially the last 10- 15 minutes, we did the best way to keep the

result, making 1000 million passes and attacking from behind, so we did

it really well. This game is all about winning and

getting results. In terms of changing team selection and

formations, well, we did that tonight within the game. We are

always looking for ways to get results. Ultimately I don't think we

are judged by tonight's game. The season will be decided on what

happens for the season. Joe Root is very proud and excited

for what lies ahead. He's thanked his supporters

for their well-wishes after being named the

England Test captain. Root succeeds Alastair Cook,

who resigned last week. Root's first Test will be

against South Africa Yorkshire Director of

Cricket Martyn Moxon believes he's He has got a fantastic cricket

brain, you know, he is experienced now in cricket, and I think he is a

natural leader, to be honest. You know, he has not captained much

previously, but when he has, you know, histamine around the dressing

room shows to me he is a natural leader and I think he will take it

all in his stride. Ronnie O'Sullivan begins his title

defence at the Welsh Open this But the four-time world champion

John Higgins is already out. He lost to Sam Baird

in the first round. And world number two

Stuart Bingham came through

a challenging opening match. The Englishman, who was a shock

first round loser last year, beat home favourite

Matthew Stevens 4-2. Amir Khan could be in line to fight

Manny Pacquiao if fans of the eight division world champion

have their way after voting overwhelmingly for him to be

Pacquaio's next opponent. He asked his fans on social media

who he should fight next, And, out of the 45,000 votes cast,

Khan was the preferred choice Pacquiao's advisors say

the fight would be held Former Sale Sharks wing Tom Arscott

has been found guilty of passing on confidential team information

to Bristol by the Rugby Football Arscott was suspended

and then sacked by Sale The RFU inquiry concluded Bristol

were aware of Sale's line-out set up and their defensive pattern

when the two clubs played each other on New Year's Day,

and Bristol won by one point. Tennis, and Britain's Aljaz Bedene

is out of the Rotterdam Open. The British number four was beaten

by Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan, the man who famously beat

Novak Djokovic at the Australian Istomin won the first set 6-3,

and took the second on a tie-break And, finally, when the snow falls,

most people won't go searching In Lavia, in Southern Finland,

however, they do. And they take them down

to a frozen lake and race them. The annual Leikkuri LeMans lawn

mower ice grand prix lasted 12 hours, starting in daylight

and finishing in darkness. The race attracted entrants

from Britain, Germany and Switzerland but was won

by Estonian duo Anna and Stella. Look at them. Anna Angus Taylor,

they don't look like world beating athletes, but on a lawnmower they

are a world beating pair. When I looked at that this morning, I

didn't think it would be a 12 hour Grand Prix race, I thought it was

Tom alike, when the snow falls... No, much more exciting in southern

Finland. Thank you very much. He's only been in the job

for a month but now President Trump's national security

adviser has resigned. Michael Flynn has been accused

of lying about phone calls he made to Moscow's US ambassador before

Mr Trump took office, which could be a possible

breach of US law. Pollster and communication advisor

Frank Luntz joins us live Good morning to you, thank you for

talking to us about this. Essentially he was having

discussions with the Russian Ambassador about sanctions imposed

by Barack Obama. Where has the trouble come in this?

(INAUDIBLE). I will read you one of the latter. I

am afraid we can't hear you at all. We will come back to you later on to

try to get more detail on that story. That is the big news from

America, that Michael Flynn has resigned as National Security

Advisor. And just to explain, he was having discussions with the Russian

Ambassador on the phone. This was about sanctions that Barack Obama

imposed. And he had said, don't worry, when Donald Trump becomes

president, we will renegotiate. That is not allowed, because he was a

civilian. Donald Trump has set a lot about the security services over the

last few months and made some enemies, and apparently known

individuals have given evidence to try to move Michael Flynn from the

post, so it is an ongoing battle. We are trying to contact him. I know

that he has a lot to say about that. It was cold this morning. Will it be

the same, I don't think so. Carol is out at about. As soon as day breaks

we will be out in the garden. For now we are inside. This is

interesting. This is the kind of food that would have been stored in

here. And here is the original slate work surfaces, which are nice and

cool, so cheese, butter and cream would have been made here, it would

have been used to set blancmange as well. Because we are going back 300

years, you would go and buy ice from a seller, or a fishmonger, and keep

it here. Some of it would be used to make ice cream. Now, poor people,

unfortunately, didn't have this luxury. What they would have had to

have done was to dangle their fish into a cold well to keep it cool.

So, and not to Valentine's Day, and something else as well that I want

to read. Oh, it is a problem. There was once a young man called Dan and

I must confess I am a fan. He is tall and Debonair and has gorgeous

looks and blonde hair but when he asks me where the viewers' pictures

are from, well, he can be a real mare. Pilots are red and roses are

blue but the BBC wouldn't be the same without you -- violets. Oh,

Carol, I love that you got in first. You are next, but I will have to

write it. You have gone incredibly early. LAUGHTER it had to be done.

Anyway, the weather. Today, as you alluded to earlier, is going to be a

little milder than yesterday. We are looking at a change of wind

direction as well to a milder direction, more of a south or a

south-westerly, but this morning it is called with some frost around,

particularly around eastern England, and we've got quite a bit of cloud

for north-east Scotland and north-east England too, and it is

windy across the Pennines, Cumbria and Northern Ireland, with

developing cloud. We have a weather front from the south-west

introducing thick cloud and patchy rain, and it is moving north

eastwards through the course of the day. By the time we get to 4pm in

the afternoon we will have sunshine for western and southern Scotland,

quite cloudy for the rest. For northern England, bits and pieces of

cloud, but as we move into East Anglia and Kent, the east Midlands,

we will see some sunshine, and then drifting to the west, that is where

we have the weather front, so there is thick cloud and patchy oppressor

rain as well. In Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, it will brighten up

in the afternoon. You could catch a shower. And then as we had gone back

into Wales and also Northern Ireland, where we have the weather

front, the cloud is thicker and it is producing patchy, again, light

rain and drizzle. Now, as we had on through the evening and overnight,

the weather front continues to push steadily northwards, so it will be a

cloudy and to the afternoon and we will see that rain pushed in through

the rest of Northern Ireland, all of Scotland, more or less, and also

into northern England, except for the Highlands, where there is clear

skies and forth through the course of the night, and by the end of the

night the next weather system is coming to the south-west once again

introducing rain and strong wind. So, into tomorrow, if we pick up the

weather front, excuse me, as it journeys north-east through the day,

it will have some heavy bursts of rain, maybe the odd rumble of

thunder, and we could see rain in Kent, running up the east of East

Anglia, and the whole lot is going to move northwards, so the cloud is

building ahead of it, but brightening up behind it across the

south-west of Wales. The wind will pick up for Northern Ireland and

western Scotland. And then as we move on into Thursday, well, it is

going to be a dry day for most, however, showery outbreaks of rain

in the north and the west. But despite what you see on the chart,

tomorrow and into the next day we could have temperatures as high as

14 in parts of south-west England, so, Louise and Dan, quite a contrast

to what we have seen of late. It is indeed, isn't it, watch out. You

have forced me into coming up with this earlier than planned. Are you

ready? There was a young lady from Moora and all of us could not be

surer, when it comes to the weather she is gorgeous and clever, without

her our lives would be poorer. There you go.

I think I will need to frame that one, down. It will be in my loo

before the end of the date -- Dan. I was going to say... I had an image

that, but it was all very wrong. It was all looking so rosy. We will

have more from Carol throughout the morning.

One in seven of us, that is almost five million people,

now describe ourselves as self-employed.

But an inquiry looking into working practices kicks off today,

and will assess whether this kind of flexibility is a good thing,

or whether it helps firms avoid responsibilities.

No pressure, you have about four minutes to write a love form for me.

Dan did it for Carol, so Lou... This is a review into modern working

practices, and it includes insecure The man heading up that research

says there are lots of examples where this works well,

but that there is evidence firms use this to avoid paying taxes or giving

workers basic rights. He is kicking off his research

in London today, meeting Courier firms or takeaway apps

like Deliveroo use this model to great success, as does taxi app

Uber, but one former driver says it doesn't have the drivers'

interests at heart. The technology side, the platform

itself was absolutely good. The work for, you have got flexibility, you

can come and go as you want, and it wasn't too much of a burden on the

driver. It was when they increased the commission, etc, etc, that has

made it worse. Drivers were doing 40 or 50 hours. Now they are doing 90

or 100 hours a week to make the same money they were before. That puts

driver fatigue into question, the safety of passengers into question.

Would you want to drive with us, working 100 hours? And it doesn't

matter whether it is Uber, XYZ, other companies, they will profit in

the drivers will suffer. Uber says it does not

set hours or shifts, and drivers can choose

the hours they work. It also says it takes excessive work

hours very seriously, and regularly discusses driving

habits with drivers. Only 25% of its drivers are logged

in for 40 hours or more. Andy Chamberlain is

the from the Association of Independent Professionals

and the Self-Employed. Good morning. Good morning. That is

the challenge for these sorts of jobs, isn't it? People know what

they are signing up for, they know there is no guarantee of any income

or work, and if they own more they work more. Is it rich to turn around

and say they want a pension, guaranteed hours and all the rights

you get in a traditional job? Well, overwhelmingly self-employment is a

positive choice that people make, and they enjoy the autonomy that it

gives them. At the right issues that go with that, so it is more insecure

in terms of pensions and rights. For most people it is a trade-off they

are willing to make but there are concerns that some parts of the

self-employed population includes people who are perhaps being

exploited, or perhaps being on very, very low pay, which they are

struggling with. And where do you draw the line between flexibility

and exploitation? Well, flexibility is a very good thing for the

economy, so we are very lucky to have 4.8 million self-employed

people that we have in this country. It is very good for businesses,

helping them to be more innovative. But on the other side of that, there

is a problem with people perhaps not getting the security in their work

which they would like. Now, as I say, for a lot of people it is a

positive choice. They like being their own boss and they like the

autonomy. But others feel perhaps they are being exploited by an

unscrupulous employer who is avoiding giving them the rights they

are entitled to. So what would you class as basic rights people should

be pushing for here? Well, it really depends on the situation. So people

have a right to not be disseminated at work. But people aren't

necessarily having the right to a pension, holiday or sick pay. All

that generally comes from employment. Self-employment is

different. So it is not a question of what they can push for, it is the

question of getting that status right. This review is hopefully

going to look into this and make it a bit clearer about what that status

is. I wanted to ask you about that, what would you like to see change

from this review? We would like it the first of all highlight health

self-employment is a very good thing for the UK economy, and it is a good

thing for a lot of individuals. We mustn't lose sight of that. But we

also want to look at issues around status, they have been high-profile

cases where it shows it is a confusing issue, and that it could

be clearer. And then we would also like to see them maybe look at

issues like pensions and saving for later life. That is a problem for

self-employed people which, with the auto enrolment thing which is

helping employees, isn't in rollout to them. And in terms of training,

and lifelong learning, we would like to see the government help them

develop and help them with training, and we could see the tax rules

changed with that. It is good to talk to you, Andy Chamberlain. That

is all from me, more after seven a.m.. I thought you were incredibly

professional, Andy, because I think your chair may have been sinking. I

was worried for you. Well done for surviving, Andy.

In case it has slipped your mind, it is of course Valentine's Day.

If you have forgotten to buy a gift, then how about writing your

Newlyweds Polly and Joe have done just that.

When Polly was born with Down syndrome, her mum was told

there couldn't be a happy ending to her story.

But now her daughter's met her Prince Charming,

and she has put her feelings into words.

Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin has been to meet the loved-up couple.

This is a love story about Polly and Joe, a fairytale romance which led

to a wedding. OK. It was my best, my best, favourite part of it. Tell me

how you met. OK. You have got your legs tangled on a chair leg. You

saved my life. I tried to, yes, I tried. You have changed my life,

upside down. So today, on Valentine's Day, Polly has written a

love letter. Dear Joe. I am sitting here with my mum, talking about

wedding stuff, like a fairytale story, and I look at the photo

album, guess what, it makes me feel a bit scared. Oh my goodness, we are

going to get married. Polly's birth was treated at the start of a story

that couldn't possibly have a happy ending. Midwives suggested her mum

might be best giving her up. Polly might be better off in care. How

wrong they were. I have never felt this way before. I like the way you

hold my hand, I like the way you put your Arms around me, you feel like a

very strong person. And I want to spend my life being with you at all

times. Went Polly was born, we never imagined that she would meet a

handsome prince called Joe, and fall in love, and get married, and live

happily ever after. And it has happened, and we are very proud of

her. And Joe as well. I wouldn't do it again, I want to do it again, I

want to do it again. They feel and nobody's lives with joy. They are so

happy together and that happiness radiates onto other people. It feels

like love, the best thing. In the whole wide world. So this is Polly

and Joe's story. I love you. A story about love and hope and acceptance

and the importance of recognising that everyone, but everyone, can

have a happy ever after. It is just great to have a lovely,

happy story on Breakfast. And you can hear more love letters

written by couples like Polly and Joe on BBC Radio 5 Live

from today until the end Feel free to get in touch with us.

Many of you have written poetry for us. We will speak to a real poet, no

offence, Dan, a little Now, though it is back

to Louise and Dan. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker. Donald Trump's national security

adviser resigns in a row Michael Flynn has stepped down less

than a month into the job. He's been accused of lying

about phone calls he made Good morning, it's

Tuesday 14th February. Fresh warnings about the threat

from online attacks as the UK opens its National

Cyber Security Centre. A 10-year-old boy dies from head

injuries in a branch of Topshop. There are reports he was hit

by a piece of furniture. Even the cheapest energy bills have

risen by about ?100. Manchester City leap up to second but they are still

eight points behind the leaders, Chelsea. It is called the roof of

England. We will be live there in the next hour ahead of a moment in

steam power. Good morning from Valentines Mansion. It is cold.

Eastern England with some frost and rain coming in. Bob Wilson have some

sunshine and I will tell you where in 15 minutes.

Donald Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn,

has resigned over his contacts with Russia.

General Flynn discussed American sanctions

with the Russian ambassador before Mr Trump took office,

and is accused of misleading the Vice Presiden about what happened.

Here's our Washington correspondent, David Willis.

Barely three weeks into his presidency,

Donald Trump has lost one of his closest advisers.

a man renowned for his close ties to Russia,

resigned amid allegations that he misled senior officials

about conversations between him and the Russian Ambassador

a few weeks before the Trump administration took office.

In his resignation letter, Mr Flynn said that as the incoming

National Security Advisor he held numerous phone calls

with foreign counterparts, ministers and ambassadors.

Unfortunately, he goes on, because of the fast pace of events

"I inadvertently briefed the vice president-elect and others

with incomplete information regarding my calls

Missing, it appears, from Mr Flynn's account

imposed by the outgoing Obama administration

in response to Russia's meddling in the US election.

Any offer to lift such sanctions by a member of

the incoming administration would be a breach of American law.

Meanwhile, it has emerged that the US Justice Department

warned the Trump administration severalweeks ago

warned the Trump administration several weeks ago

that Mr Flynn's account of the conversation

differed from that of intelligence officials, who were listening in.

The department also advised the President that

Mr Flynn had potentially left himself opened to blackmail

All of which prompts the broader question,

what did the President himself know

about Michael Flynn's activities and when did he know it?

The Queen will this morning open a specialist centre to combat

the threat posed to the UK by online attack.

Ministers say the cyber security centre, which cost ?2

billion to set up, will make the UK the safest place to live and work

Our Security correspondent Gordon Corera reports.

A Russian involvement in efforts to hack information...

The worst case is that all of our customers' data

China's activities in cyberspace is a significant source of concern.

Hacking that could hamper vote counting.

Cyber attacks are, it seems, everywhere.

Hackers targeting governments, businesses, ordinary people.

Now a new organisation is being formally launched.

the head of the National Cyber Security Centre told me

We've had significant losses of personal data,

significant intrusions by hostile state actors,

significant reconnaissance against critical national infrastructure.

And our job is to make sure we deal with that in the most

So what we've done here is create a room of the near future and we've

got some devices that are all connected to the Internet.

The new centre is not just there to protect government,

Its technical director showed me how Internet-connected items,

like lamps and coffee makers, could be vulnerable,

More and more of our life is moving online.

The UK's one of the most digitally dependent economies in the world.

And protecting it online in the future will be vital

for economic as well as national security.

A 10-year-old boy has died after suffering serious head

The boy was taken to hospital after being hurt in a Topshop store

Our reporter Keith Doyle joins us from our London newsroom.

Keith, what do we know about what happened?

Police and ambulance services were called to the Oracle shopping centre

in red ink for clock yesterday afternoon where a ten-year-old boy

of received serious head injuries after an incident in top shop. It

was found suffering serious head injuries after an incident involving

shop furniture. It is reported he was hit by some piece of shop

furniture. We do not have the exact details but it was taken to hospital

and pronounced soon after. Police said they are continuing their

enquiry and the death is treated as unexplained but not suspicious. The

next of kin have been informed. That is all the information, we did not

know the exact circumstances but whatever happened, this is a

terrible tragedy that saw a young boy Blues his life.

An enquiry into the way millions of people work kicks off today -

and the man in charge says there is evidence businesses

are using self-employment laws to avoid tax.

1 in 7 people now consider themselves self-employed -

which can mean a lower level of protection.

Matthew Taylor, who heads up that review,

says he wants to see a fair and decent standards of work

Look at any two workers with the same conditions and one

of them will say, that is great, that is what I choose to do,

and one will say that is not what I want.

So it is whether you choose to work in a flexible way.

It is hard for the courts and the law to deal with two people

whose situation is the same but one is satisfied

Around 200,000 people living close to America's tallest dam have been

told it's still not safe for them to return home.

The area around the Oroville Dam in Northern California was evacuated

after a hole was found in one of its emergency overflow channels,

After historically high levels of rain,

officials got the dry weather they needed

to drain the water from the dam and its crumbling overflow channels.

Rock-filled bags were loaded onto helicopters

and dropped onto the eroded areas to plug any gaps.

workers were finally able to check the scale of the damage.

Emergency shelters have been set up to help some of the tens

of thousands who were given just an hour's notice

to leave their homes and get to safety.

They should have brought up a red flag, something is not right,

They should have started thinking about doing something like that

instead of waiting until the last minute

and getting everybody all worked up and into a frantic.

many were ready to pack up and leave.

But authorities say it is not safe to return.

Getting those people home is important to me.

I want that to happen as absolutely as soon as possible.

But I have to be able to sleep at night knowing that they are back

As repairs continue, questions are now being asked

about whether the damage had more to do with bad luck,

It is still not clear how long it will take to make the dam safe.

More heavy rain is expected to test it again later this week.

Local authorities in England have paid out more than ?35 million

in compensation and legal fees to tenants who are living

A BBC investigation found that around 11,000 claims have been

It is completely mouldy and the wall underneath is completely wet.

And even our shoes are mouldy as well.

Katrina pays Leeds City Council around ?270 a month

to live in a flat which is riddled with mould.

Although she has not taken the council to court,

She says he and his brother sound like this all the time,

She claims it is because their rented house in Leeds is so damp.

Social housing in Leeds has such a bad reputation that claims

management companies are now targeting the city,

encouraging tenants to take the council to court.

These firms identify properties which are in a poor state of repair

and then, for a finder's fee, pass on the tenant's details

to a solicitor who takes on the case.

In a statement, Leeds City Council said...

At a time when services are being cut, many will question

why councils are spending millions on compensation

instead of fixing the problems in the first place.

In response, the Local Government Association told us:

"Councils desperately need access to government funding to improve

existing housing stock and reinvest in building more affordable homes."

Two teenage boys are among four people killed in an avalanche

at the ski resort of Tignes in France.

The snowboarders, who were being led by an instructor,

died when a wall of snow swept through an off-piste

The group were only a few dozen metres from the ski lift

In the last few minutes one of our best known engineering

businesses Rolls Royce has reported a huge fall in profits -

They have slumped to a huge loss of 4.6 billion pounds. That is the

headline figure, down significantly. We are talking about the engines,

not the cars. There is an investigation into bribery and

corruption around the world, it is a huge, huge enquiry. It spent back to

1989, over 25 years and many countries. 25. They have paid huge

fines. This all involves dealings with companies they have been

bribing and the investigation said they had paid out ?100 million in

bribes for your cars, inducements, to buy engines and they profited to

the tune of ?250 billion. The underlying business is doing very

well. The new chief executive was praised by the judge for being so

corporative and transparent. This is dealing what happened in the past,

over 25 years, huge bribery allegations and they have been fined

?700 million with a loss of billions of pounds. Aberdeenshire Council has

apologised after these trees were planted. They have sparked a huge

reaction. A spokeswoman said they had been planted to boost

biodiversity in the area but admitted that the council were

barking up the wrong tree with this site. A new meaning to grassroots

football. I have seen some right place play for my team but this

takes it to another level. It is a new defensive formation of forest.

You know who it is going to investigate all that? Who? Special

Branch. More of that later notabout. Britain's security has been

threatened by 188 high-level cyber attacks in the last three

months alone, according So today's opening of

a new centre to protect the UK against such attacks couldn't have

come at a better time. Joining us now is Paul Vlissidis

a cyber security specialist. Good morning. That sounds like a lot

of attacks and a lot of variety? Some are sophisticated and aimed at

the infrastructure but some are fairly low-tech but aimed at

businesses and the business community. Those are the ones that

possibly we are coming across in our daily lives. What kind of impact do

they have on businesses? Those that succeed can have a dramatic impact.

If someone gets hit where all your fines get encrypted and you have to

pay a ransom, for small businesses that could be significant indeed. We

are going to see the opening of this new cybersecurity Centre, how much

difference will it make? It is making a big difference a ready. It

is providing an great focus for the activity around it. Advice and

guidance, it can focus on the skills we need going forward. So

altogether... And of course it can help co-ordinate service provider

and Internet and act in the capacity of making sure they are all pulling

their weight. Most people are suggesting it is doing a good job by

then have we not had one before? It is one of these things that when we

see something working we look back and said why have we not done this

before. Hindsight is 2020 vision but the fact is, it is here now and it

seems to be doing a great job. You talk about the impact it can have on

small businesses, how much of this is state-sponsored? Attribution is a

difficult business in cyber. There is state-sponsored activity in the

UK and against the UK and against other governments also. A proportion

of it is but most businesses will be impacted by good old-fashioned

criminals. The Chancellor is expected to say

there are dozens of attacks every month. That sounds like a dramatic

figure when you say it like that. It is. We don't necessarily hear about

the ones that don't come through, and it is clear there are a

significant number of attacks against our infrastructure, and the

vast majority of these are being thwarted. There is no doubt some

will get through. We are kidding ourselves if we think we can get

away with none of these things being successful so we need to be prepared

for that to happen and make sure we have good resilience. It is quite a

claim, saying we want to be one of the safest places to live and do

things online. Do we have a bright sparks to do that? At the moment

there is a big skills gap. Cyber security has traditionally been done

by a lot of geeks over the years. At it is really good to see the

investment going now in the skills, so we are starting to see schools

being involved in cyber security, trying to get his kids used to the

idea that it can be a real career. Obviously that is a long game. That

is a five to eight to ten year strategy. We need to be doing that,

and that the same time bringing skills in to cover this as best we

can. And individuals watching us this morning, the normal rules apply

in terms of protecting yourselves, best practice? I think what is

important is to realise we can't rely on other people to protect us.

A lot of the protection is about behaviour, so just being sensible

online, not clicking on links from e-mails and those kinds of things,

especially small businesses where this can have a dramatic impact on

you wear ten minutes after you click on the link you realise your files

have been encrypted. Those fishing e-mail is still a serious problem.

What is the first thing you do when you see that? Well, it has never

happened to me yet. I am paranoid about these sorts of things. Do you

turn off your computer, phone the police? The first thing to do is

make sure you have backups in place, because you need to think about

reloading from backups, but things like antivirus software are all

absolutely essential. After all this cold,

it is due to get a bit warmer, so we have sent Carol out to see

if she can see any hints of spring. Where better to look for those

on Valentine's Day than Valentine's Good morning to you once again. Good

morning, and it is a chilly start. A look at the sunrise that I have got

for you this morning. Gorgeous colours, but it is close to

freezing, and if you are just hitting out you will need to wrap up

warmly. But it is spectacular, we were inside the mansion is in

Milford earlier on, and now we are out in these gardens and they are

actually called the walled kitchen garden for a reason, because a lot

of herbs would have been picked from these gardens, taken to the kitchen

and added to many recipes. This grapevine has been here since the

18th century, and in 1769 part of this was cut and taken to Hampton

Court Palace, where it is still thriving to this day. It feels

really fresh outside this morning, and if you are heading out, later on

it will be a little bit milder than it was yesterday. No heatwave, mind

you, but temperatures into double figures and it is going to get

progressively that little bit milder over the next couple of days. This

morning, across southern England, we do have a weather front coming in

from the south-west. That is going to introduce thicker cloud and some

patchy rain and drizzle, and slowly through the day it will move north

eastwards, getting across south-west England, Wales, into Northern

Ireland, down towards parts of the south-east. Ahead of it there is

quite a bit of cloud across north-east Scotland in particular,

and also north-east England. For you it will remain a grey day. Don't

forget that frost the east of England. Also rather windy across

the Pennines, Cumbria and into Northern Ireland. So by 4pm this

afternoon it is the western half of Scotland hang on to some sunshine.

For the rest of Scotland it will be fairly cloudy. Still that cloud

across parts of northern England but you don't have to move too far south

into parts of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, East Anglia, Kent, the

East Midlands and you will see the sunshine again. We run into all that

cloud where we have the weather front across Hampshire, the

Midlands, over towards Gloucester, and again fairly damp. But the

south-west England it will be brightening up with one or two

showers but the weather front will still be affecting Wales or Northern

Ireland, and here we will hang on to the cloud and some patchy bits and

pieces of rain and drizzle. As we head on through the course of the

evening and overnight that weather front continues to move north

eastwards, getting an across the west of Scotland, and also

north-east England, with the exception of the North Highlands

where clear skies means there will be some frost. By the end of the

night, another weather front will be coming in across south-west England,

bringing in thicker cloud, strengthening winds and also some

rain. We start tomorrow like that and there is also the risk we could

see some rain getting into Kent. If that happens through the course of

the morning it will scoot up the east coast of East Anglia. Meanwhile

our weather front and the south-west continues to progress north

eastwards through the course of the day. After a bright start in the

north and east will see more cloud developed and later on some rain.

Behind that weather front you'll see a return to some brighter skies and

temperatures tomorrow in the south-west could hit 13 or 14

Celsius. And then, as we move on into Thursday, well, to start with

there could well be some sea fog across the English Channel, which

will be slow to clear. It could take into the afternoon but we do expect

it to lift and the most of us dry day, but there will be some showery

outbreaks of rain across the north the north-west of UK, and

temperatures most of us, again, seeing double figures or not too far

away from it. But I can tell you, it is cool this morning if you are

standing for a bus or waiting for a train or hanging around kitchen

garden. I was wondering what you are going to say, thank you very much,

see you later. One story has caught our eye in the papers. We haven't

had a confirmation from Channel 4 but the Sun, apparently Prue Leeds

could be the new Mary Berry on Bake Off. They have done the comparison.

She is five years younger than Mary Berry, and she has been a judge

before. This is her judging on the great edition on you. I am in a real

disgrace and I want to cry because it was so wonderful before. It is

this over smoked lobster tail, almost inedible it is so strong.

Six. You really are very disappointed. I am. I am actually

quite cross, because it was so beautiful. I think he probably lost

his focus. It is a little tragedy, that is what. We will try and speak

to her later. It is tough shoes to step into. She clearly knows her

stuff. But the nation is in love with Mary Berry, and it is like the

old Manchester United team, following Sir Alex Ferguson. You

don't want to be the person to do that job afterwards, you want to be

the person after that person has done the job.

The father of a soldier killed in Iraq in 2007 has criticised

proposals which could make it harder for troops and their families to sue

the Ministry of Defence if something goes wrong in combat.

The MoD, which is consulting on the changes, says it could reduce

Our legal affairs correspondent Clive Coleman reports.

How old was he when he first started playing the drums?

In 2007, Colin Redpath's son, Lance Corporal Kirk Redpath,

a keen drummer in the Irish Guards, died when an IED exploded next

Kirk was one of some 37 servicemen and women killed in so-called

Snatch Land Rovers in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Colin fought a six-year legal battle against the Ministry of Defence,

eventually winning the right at the Supreme Court to bring

an action against the Government under human rights law.

Three years later, that case is only now coming to a close.

The MoD's new proposals cover battle and the preparations for it.

They include stopping legal claims for negligence against the MoD

in the courts, a no-fault compensation scheme for injured

service personnel and families of those killed, assessors to value

injuries and loss based on reports they commission,

and compensation to be at the same level as if the MoD was found

Nobody disputes it is a really good idea for service personnel injured

in the course of combat and the families of those who have

been killed to be spared long and frustrating legal battles

But there are real concerns about the Ministry of Defence

scrapping the duty of care that it owes to soldiers.

The fire brigade, the police, the ambulance service,

they all have to go out with equipment that works,

and the right equipment, and that should be the same

I mean, if not, then what the MoD is saying is we could send our boys

and girls out with broomsticks, it wouldn't matter.

And lawyers worry that bypassing the courts creates unfairness.

You think that the employer, the organisation, the MoD,

is at fault, and yet you're asked to rely upon the MoD to assess

the compensation that it should pay you for the damage that it

In a statement, the Ministry of Defence said...

The MoD's consultation on its proposals ends in just

Colin Redpath hopes that, for the injured and families

of the fallen, the new system involves maximum safety

We will be talking about that a little bit later, at 8:10 a.m..

Still to come on the programme: England's first timetabled stream

train in nearly half a century will make its debut today.

Breakfast's Holly Hamilton is on the platform.

What will we see? Good morning. You will see a lot of very cold

passengers, they can tell you that much. It is very exciting down here.

We expect a very busy 8:25am service this morning, easier than usual, I

would say, and all to see this very special engine, the first of its

kind in nearly 50 years. It will not set you back as much as a trip on

one of these normally would, so you can see why the tickets have already

been snapped up. The train will be leaving within the hour, so come

back and we will be speaking to some of those lucky passengers on board.

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

Now, though, it is back to Louise and Dan.

Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

Donald Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn,

has resigned over his contacts with Russia.

General Flynn discussed American sanctions with the Russian

ambassador before Mr Trump took office, and is accused of misleading

the vice-president about what happened.

The Queen will this morning open a specialist centre to combat

the threat posed to the UK by online attacks.

Ministers say the National Cyber Security Centre,

which cost nearly ?2 billion to set up, will make the UK the safest

It has provided a great focus or all the activity around it so business

can know where to go for advice and guidance, it can help with the

skills that will be needed and it can help to co-ordinate with all

things about providers and telephone companies.

A ten-year-old boy has died after suffering serious head

The boy was taken to hospital after reportedly being hit

by a piece of furniture in a Topshop store.

Thames Valley Police say the death is being treated as unexplained

but not suspicious and officers are continuing to make inquiries.

Rolls Royce has reported a record loss of 4.6 billion pounds

in the last year - the worst in the history

The firm was forced to pay around 700 million pounds in fines

after being found guilty of bribery and corruption in 12 countries,

in offences dating back more than 25 years.

But the business has also suffered due to the weakening of the pound.

Around 200,000 people living close to America's tallest dam have been

told it's still not safe for them to return home.

The area around the Oroville Dam in Northern California was evacuated

after a hole was found in one of its emergency overflow channels,

Authorities have now managed to lower the water levels,

but they still don't know how long it will be before residents

Coming up, Carole with the special Valentines weather. Looking forward

to that. A lovely cuddle going on there with Pep Guardiola.

Manchester City have jumped from fifth up to second

in the Premier League after a straight forward 2-0

According to Pep Guardiola they made a thousand million passes and that

is how they did it. Either that is a guess all there was a lot of

mathematics involved. England winger Raheem Sterling gave

City the lead with a simple tap in. Sergio Aguero came off the bench

to have a hand in City's second, although the final touch was off

defender Tyrone Mings. City are now eight points

behind leaders Chelsea. In the second half,

Bournemouth push a lot, but that is normal in this

stadium with these players. I am so pleased how we have done

and especially the last 10-15 minutes, we did the best

way to keep the result, making 1000 million passes

and attacking from behind, This game is all about winning

and getting results. In terms of changing team

selection and formations, well, we did that

tonight within the game. We are always looking

for ways to get results. Ultimately I don't think

we are judged by tonight's game. The season will be judge

on what happens after this. Amir Khan could be in line to fight

Manny Pacquiao if fans of the eight division world champion

have their way after voting overwhelmingly for him to be

Pacquaio's next opponent. He asked his fans on social media

who he should fight next, And, out of the 45,000 votes cast,

Khan was the preferred choice Pacquiao's advisors say the fight

would be held Tennis, and Britain's Aljaz Bedene

is out of the Rotterdam Open. The British number four was beaten

by Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan, the man who famously beat

Novak Djokovic Istomin won the first set 6-3,

and took the second on a tie-break And, finally, when the snow falls,

most people won't go searching In Lavia, in Southern Finland,

however, they do. And they take them down

to a frozen lake and race them. The annual Leikkuri LeMans lawn

mower ice grand prix lasted 12 hours, starting in daylight

and finishing in darkness. The race attracted entrants

from Britain, Germany and Switzerland but was won

by Estonian duo Anna and Stella. Superstars. Is that then? That is

them. It looks like fun. I was also watching ice golf but that does not

go well on the Internet. The guy falls in. Yes, brilliant. Talking

stats, and Pep Guardiola.. No batsman has scored more runs

than Joe Root since he made his Test The 26-year-old Yorkshireman now

faces a new challenge after being named as

England's new Test Captain. He takes over from Alastair Cook,

who resigned last week after more Some of those pictures are

absolutely classic. Someone who knows all

about the pressures of cricket's top job is former England

skipper, Michael Vaughan. Is the right man for the job? He

looks about 15 and people might say he is too young but he has played

lots of matches. In terms of cricket experience, you are never ready

because you do not have captaincy experience when you get into the

test side but his mentality, he is absolutely ready. Driven, the way he

has improved his game, he was tries to get better and better every day.

The team I would say should get ready for a lot of hard training

sessions. He will want to make sure they improve every single day. Do

you think they looked at anybody else for the role? It seems

everybody has been saying it has to be Joe Root. I would say they went

through their processes but there was only one man, Joe Root. He is

England's best player, he has been vice captain for a while. It might

affect his batting but if you look at Virat Kohli and Steve Smith,

similar to Joe Root and their game has gone to a different level once

becoming captain. The only? Is maybe the captaincy may focus his mind and

he needs to make sure that he gets more hundreds on the regular basis

but he is ready for the job. Joe has said this is a dream come true and

he has been working towards this when he first started playing. Is it

any fun being the captain of England? Years he going to enjoy

yet? Watching Alistair Cook and EU, even, you go through your ups and

downs. Is it an enjoyable position? It always makes me laugh. Alistair

Cook said he enjoyed every single minute of the job at, no, he didn't.

There will be dark days and tough weeks but it is a fantastic

position. You're tossing a coin for England and making decisions stop I

would say to any captain, don't take it too seriously, it is about

winning but it is about playing the right way. I think Joe will bring an

aggressive and expensive style of cricket. He has to win games and

school runs and he will know the rasher will be on but the last few

years -- the pressure will be on but the last few years... He has been

obsessed with cricket. His dad said he did not arrive in this world with

a back at left the hospital with one! Australia is coming back in the

form and that will not be easy but I think he will be fine. Do you think

he will have to change his personality? He is a bit cheeky. I

would advise him not to. I think the smiling kind of youngster you see on

the screen, his 26 but very mature, I think the public will see a

different Joe Root because to get to the level he has got that and the

style of play, you have to have that drive and in a spirit and you will

see in the next few years he is not the smiley chap we all think he is,

I think it will be quite ruthless. What would be your top it off advice

to him? Be lucky. Score runs. And just try to enjoy the role is much

as you can. There are long days in the field and your job as captain is

to outthink the opposition. He is a thinker of the game. The only one

problem is that he supports Sheffield United. That is his only

fault. As a Sheffield Wednesday fell I know you find that hard. Even if

he is a Powell of mind, I have to give him some advice --a friend of

mine. It is not exactly cricketing weather but let's find out what it

is happening out there at Valentines Mansion. Good morning. It is the

most gorgeous start to the day. We have the most fabulous sunrise. Look

at that big ball of Orange rising in the sky but it is not summer and it

is freezing cold if you are outside. In Guildford as in some parts of

eastern England, there is some frost. I in the Rose Garden. In the

summer, you can imagine the kaleidoscope of colour with old

fashioned roses and a beautiful person. This was originally painted

in 1870 but of course many more roses have been added. It is there

to be a little milder than yesterday at what we are looking at is some

rain coming in from the south-west courtesy of a weather front. The

cloud will continue to grow and we will sit patchy rain and drizzle.

A windy start across the Pennines and Northern Ireland and the

Pennines. North-eastern Scotland and north-east England, it will remain

great for much of the day. In terms of sunshine, this afternoon across

western and southern Scotland, we will see some of that before the

rest of Scotland it will remain fairly cloudy. Across northern

England, we will hang on to some of the cloud but as we move to East

Anglia, down towards Kent and the East Midlands, we will hang on to

the sunshine. Further west, increasing amounts of clouds as the

weather front continues to travel north-east towards. In the

south-west, one to showers but it will brighten up. The Wales and

Northern Ireland this afternoon, fairly cloudy and once again looking

at patchy light rain stopped temperatures up a touch on

yesterday. The wind has changed direction so it is not as cold as it

was yesterday either. Heading through the evening and overnight

pivot, the overnight front continues to move into all of eastern England

and much of Scotland except the north Islands. Under clear skies,

there will be some frost around. A new weather front shows its hand

introducing some cloud and some rain. Tomorrow, that rain will move

north eastwards and some will be heavy and thundery. We could also

see some rain coming in across Kent and that post of East Anglia. The

couple built so after a bright start it will cloud over but behind it it

will brighten up a get with temperatures hitting 14 Celsius

tomorrow in the south-west. Our coastal fog likely. Maybe not till

the afternoon but it will lift. In the north and the north-west we are

looking at some splashes of rain that temperatures for most in the

double figures. You are of course in Essex? Some

people say Essex but some people say it is still one of the London area.

Our energy bills are set to rise this year.

Ben is here with some exclusive research on the changing costs

Yes, the cost of keeping the heating on at home.

Later this morning we will get the latest official

That is the changing cost of all of life's essentials,

and it doesn't get much more essential on a chilly February

morning than the price of keeping the heating on.

So we asked comparison site uSwitch to take a look at the costs at some

About ten days ago one of the biggest providers,

Npower, put their prices up by almost 10%, or ?109.

Likewise, Scottish Power announced a rise with a typical dual fuel bill

by an average of 7.8%, or ?86 per year.

But, even if you look at the top ten cheapest deals on the market over

the last six months, they have gone up by over ?100

Joining me now is Claire Osborne, energy expert from uSwitch,

Thank you for going through the numbers. The first question is why

prices are going up. They have been falling, held a little bit and

suddenly we are seeing big announcements. All three have now

put their prices up, talking about the increase in wholesale prices.

They have gone up a third since April, a combination of the falling

pound against the euro from Brexit, and reduced supply from the

continent. I'm not sure of gem would agree with them that they are right

to put their prices up -- OfGem. Maybe it is not quite as good as we

think? I think customers should look closely at the announcement. They

have frozen their standard variable tariff, and those are the most

expensive type of tariff in the market. Two thirds of customers are

sitting on these tariffs, but people can be saving between ?250 and ?300

by switching today, and so they are really just freezing a price that is

very expensive. So when we get to switching, there are two points to

make. The Big six still hold such a big proportion of the accounts, we

are so reluctant to leave the apparent safety of the Big six even

though it would be cheaper to go elsewhere. Why the reluctance? There

is a common misconception that it is difficult to switch by the energy

industry has moved on a lot but what we are seeing with the mobile apps,

like uSwitch has, means you can do a comparison automatically, all the

way through to contact centres in the UK where you can phone up and

have someone talk you through it and have it all done for you. It is not

as hard as it once was. When it comes to switching there is an

assumption that you move from one to another and just as you move the

price goes up. Other guarantees that it is worth the effort of switching,

and you are not just going to leave the one where the price goes up

anyway? It is for this reason that I would recommend, with prices going

up, that people fix so you can protect yourselves against future

price rises as well as saving 350 quid today. So it is worth people

switching, and I have just done that I do practice what I preach

sometimes. Thank you for talking to us. I will be back after 8am with

more on Rolls-Royce. England's first timetabled steam

train service in nearly half It is known as Tornado,

and it is due to depart from Appleby That's right, it is already getting

very busy, and it has been quite some time since the 8:25am service

from Appleby to Skipton has been this busy. You can see why. It is

really very exciting for real enthusiasts here. It is the first

time in nearly 50 years that a regular passenger steam train has

come through the UK, so that in itself is quite exciting. What has

got people talking is the share price of it. Normally to take a ride

on something like this it would set you back a fair bob or two. This

morning it is all for the price of a normal train fare and it is for

three days only. Why are people so excited about this? Our reporter has

been taking a look. The normal service on the Carlisle route in

North Yorkshire, but for the next few days this is going to be

replaced with this. For the first time in nearly half a century, a

timetabled steam service is to run in England. And that is a bargain,

because a trip on one of these normally costs a lot. The

specialness in these trains is not that they are special trains, it is

that they are ordinary trains that just happen to be pulled by a steam

locomotive. You can buy a normal, National network northern ticket for

travel over the second part of our line, and instead of having a

diesel, you will have a steam locomotive. What it means is if you

buy a ticket from Skipton to Appleby over the next few days, you pay what

it would cost you on this, the day to day, normal diesel service. But

what you get is a ride on a steam train. It is going to be a massive

boost. It will be fantastic to see loads of people back on the train,

loads of people back in the towns along the rail line. Some services

have already sold out. For those involved, it will be a busy week. We

know that people are really interested in steam trains. We get a

lot of calls into our office all year round with people asking about

steam excursions, so it is no surprise that this has been hugely

popular. There is something irresistible about the magic of

steam, and there is no point fighting it. It is what people want

to do, isn't it? So why is it happening now? It came from Germany,

actually, where for decades they have been doing planned steam on

scheduled services, not all the time, but the odd few days here and

there. So it is borrowed from there. It has never been tried in the UK.

The star of the show was called Tornado. Experience shows this

handsome locomotive makes people stop and stare. A lot of people

stand there and watch, other people are up from the eye pads and their

phones in their newspapers and they are like, wow, what is that? And it

is like a time machine, but a Time Machine we can take two people, and

that is what makes the most enjoyment, seeing the look on their

faces as you go past the station. And look at these camera flashes,

this is what happens when steam trains run. Operator northern trains

says it is about giving this route of boost after it was closed by a

landslide. This is a project that has really captured the imagination

of the public, and our customers. We are really pushing the boundaries,

but we are determined to make this a real success for the people on the

second Carlisle route. At the services are only running for a few

days before they disappear into the mists of time.

That's right, as Danny said, are tornado does attract the crowds.

That is already happening, and people are armed with their cameras.

Let's speak to Nigel from Rail Magazine. Crowds are already

gathering. Danny described it as a Time Machine. Do you think that is

right? Absolutely, the steam locomotive is the nearest thing to a

living machine that we have ever invented. It is the only machine we

would turn up on a cold morning to wave at. You put that together and

you get a special occasion. Why do people get so excited about this

sort of thing? The railway is our greatest gift to the world, and in

the South it is stressed the with the strikes and the rest of it, but

this part of the world nearly lost its railway in 1985, when it nearly

closed, so anything that was on the map and give them exposure, and

anything which introduces people to railways who have travelled for a

while, is a good thing. And these trains sold out really quick. It is

going to be an exciting time today. How did this all start? This was

originally your idea? Partly, it is one of those great things where

anyone can sit around in the pub and say wouldn't it be great if? But we

did the German style operation and the railway went for it. I expected

them to be busy doing other things, but they recognise that there is a

reason to do this while reopening the railway, and it would get people

like us chatting up on TV and on railway, and put the railway back on