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This is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Jon Kay.

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Cuts to hospital services are planned in most

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A BBC investigation into 44 local plans reveals hospital

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The Government says it's about giving patients better care.

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Good morning. It's Tuesday, the 21st of February.

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The growing teacher supply crisis in our classrooms.

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A report by MPs says urgent action is needed to reduce the numbers

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Catastrophic engine failure is blamed after a light aircraft

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crashes into a shopping centre in the Australian city of Melbourne,

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Good morning. Profit at I'm Rico Hizon in Singapore's biggest bank

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HSBC fell by more than 60% last year, as growth slowed here and

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abroad. -- profit at Britain's biggest bank.

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In sport, Sutton United couldn't pull off what would have been one

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of the biggest FA Cup giant-killings.

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The non-league side from the fifth tier of English

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football were beaten 2-0 by Arsenal in the fifth

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It is about encouraging women from across the military but also

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civilians to give things ago and there is no ceiling.

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We meet the Ice Maidens, a team of British soldiers

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who are preparing to become the first all-female group to cross

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Hoping to be a bit warmer here? Good morning from the roof of

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broadcasting house in London, where it is down but mild. For much of

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southern England it remains damp, cloudy and wet. It will be

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rejuvenating through the day. Cold in the north but we will have rain

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and strong winds coming in from the north-west. More details in 15

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minutes. Fax. Most areas of England will see

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hospital services cut or moved under plans to save money

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and improve efficiency. Analysis by the BBC has also found

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that about a third of the proposals would see a reduction

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in the number of hospitals The government says patients

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will receive better care Our health reporter

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Sophie Hutchinson has the details. Protest outside this hospital in

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Oxfordshire just a few months ago where there are concerns about bed

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closures and cuts to stroke and critical care. It is not the only

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place. Right across England proposals for big changes are afoot

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in the NHS. The BBC has analysed 44 of the transformation and

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sustainability plans. Two thirds include either hospital closures are

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moving treatments to a new site. More than one third involve cuts to

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the number of hospitals providing nonemergency treatment is and around

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one third plan to reduce the number of hospitals offering emergency

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care. The post closures to hospital beds have been heavily criticised by

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the think tank The King's Fund. More generally it says the plans are the

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best hope of delivering essential reforms to the NHS, but it says it

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can't be done without extra funding. Ideally there ought to be an

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earmarked fund for new investment, to strengthen and improve the

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out-of-hospital services, and to shore up adult social care, which is

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really in crisis at the moment. If those additional funds are not

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forthcoming the government needs to be honest about the consequences for

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patients and what the offer to the public will be. The Department of

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Health says it is confident the NHS plans will help patients get better

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care, with improvements to Melbourne -- mental health and campus services

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and more access to GPs. The shortage of teachers in schools

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in England is getting worse, affecting key subjects

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like physics and maths, The Commons Education Committee says

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today that recruitment targets have been missed for five years in a row

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and there should be more focus on keeping teachers

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in the profession long-term. The actual sums are adding and

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taking... Maths class for these

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children with Mr Walton. But professionals like him

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are increasingly hard to come by, according to a group of MPs,

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who say school teachers shortages I think that's mainly due

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to workload, pressure, The Education Select Committee

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is calling for a long-term plan to recruit more teachers

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and a bigger emphasis to be placed on retaining them,

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warning many are leaving. Reasons include a lack

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of job satisfaction, Researchers have found

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teachers in England work nearly 20% more than they do

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in other similar countries, an average of nearly

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50 hours a week. 20 of those are spent

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here in the classroom teaching. MPs say secondary schools

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are hardest hit in subjects What we've got to get

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across is just how important teachers are to our

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society and to our economy. They need to feel

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valued, they need to The Department for Education says

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it is investing in teacher recruitment and development

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to make sure the best Five people have been killed

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after a light plane crashed into a shopping centre

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in the Australian city of Melbourne. The shops weren't open at the time

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and no-one on the ground Let's speak to our Sydney

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correspondent Hywel Griffith. The pictures are so dramatic. What

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do we understand happened here? Yes, we are still learning exactly what

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happened. What we know is that moments after takeoff this small

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plane with five people onboard, the pilot radioed through a Mayday

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message saying he had catastrophic engine failure. Within seconds

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eyewitnesses saw the plane swooped down from the sky and within sight

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of the runway hit the shopping centre, that's just at the periphery

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of the airport. Incredibly, although there were some stuff in the

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building, none of those were injured. But a fireball erupted.

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Some people driving on a freeway nearby report feeling the heat

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coming from there. Tragically all five people onboard died, including

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the pilot and we've just had confirmation from the US embassy in

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Australia that there were for American tourists on that plane.

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They were due to be going on a golfing holiday in the Tasmanian

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island of king -- King Island. You would have seen the huge area of

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devastation, crews were trying to dampen the flames. That will make

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the investigation harder, but already that key information that

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authorities say this was due to catastrophic engine failure. In Q4

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now. -- thanks for now. The world's sixth largest bank,

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HSBC, is reporting a bigger than expected fall

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in pre-tax profits. We won't expecting this. They are

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quite big numbers. Yes. They are still making billions of pounds of

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profit, but when they fall by 60% you will have to look at the

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business and wonder what is going on. They say it's a lot to do with

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the European business. They've had to write down some of the value

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because of unfavourable market conditions. But over 2016 HSBC's

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global bank saw some uncertainty. It mentioned the UK referendum on the

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European Union and on that it reminds us that it is thinking of

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moving 1000 jobs to Paris. That's slowing economic growth in the UK.

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We can actually drill down a little bit and you -- look at the UK

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business as well. Fewer customer accounts in 2016 and the year

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before. That felt like 40,000. But our savings balances with HSBC

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increased, so we saw more money coming in from the UK even though a

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few of us... They said they put more money into the call centres after

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lots of complex around the quality of its customer service.

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Interesting. What are you going to be talking about later? Food prices!

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Childcare. Anything you want. Excellent. Thanks very much.

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The Chancellor Philip Hammond has assured Conservative MPs that he's

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listening to concerns about a business rate revaluation

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in England and Wales, which will leave more than a quarter

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The rates are being updated for the first time in seven years,

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and Mr Hammond's facing pressure to do more to help those affected.

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Let's speak to our political correspondent Tom Bateman.

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Looking through the papers this morning, this seems to be an issue

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which the government is increasingly nervous about. It is potentially

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explosive, isn't it? I think so. These businesses, about a quarter of

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businesses in England and Wales are concerned about some of these rate

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rises. Some complaining that they could be quite steep. I think this

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is becoming a growing political issue for the government. Last night

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the Chancellor Philip Hammond was in a private meeting with Conservative

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MPs in Parliament. Many of those concerns were put to him. But what

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he said in response was that he was open to listening to the issues of

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the hardest hit, however, there was no commitment to make any changes by

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the way to this. There is room for manoeuvre. Bills will start going

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out to people this Friday. The government believes there is some

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scaremongering over this. That over 70% of businesses will face no

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change or even reductions in their business rates and they're saying

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they believe this is the biggest change, biggest change that had to

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be made, the business rate in a long time. Thanks for now.

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Specialist police teams are digging up the gardens of two

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One is believed to be the former home of Christopher Halliwell,

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who's serving a whole life sentence for the murders of two women,

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President Trump has named General HR McMaster as his

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He replaces General Michael Flynn, who resigned just three weeks

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into the job, after misleading the Vice-President over

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conversations with the Russian ambassador.

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Mr Trump's described his new appointment as a man

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You think going shopping doesn't seem like a scary experience, but

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have a look at this. A man in New York has had

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an extremely lucky escape while doing his weekly shop

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at a mini-mart in the Bronx. He was caught on CCTV,

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going about his business, He realises He realises he's

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forgotten something. He is unhurt, which is good news,

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obviously trying to catch his breath and clearly in shock. He and the

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driver were later taken to hospital, but thankfully neither of them had

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serious injuries. Terrifying!

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Just picking out your packet of biscuits and all of a sudden.

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Stay away from the biscuit! That's the lesson.

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Over to the sport. I think a lot of people were hoping

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there would be a lovely ending to the FA Cup story. That's what

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everyone said to me this morning. As you can see, just a little

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disappointed at not getting the big victory and the Arsenal fans were

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celebrating being into the quarter-finals.

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But that fairytale wasn't to be for Sutton United.

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Their attempt to cause one of the FA Cups biggest shocks was thwarted

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The lowest ranked team in the last 16 were beaten 2-0

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by Premier League side, who will now meet another non-league

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team in Lincoln City for a place in the semi finals.

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The Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has urged his side

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to enjoy their Champions League last 16 tie against Monaco tonight,

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but concedes the critics will "kill them" if they lose.

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Great Britain Badminton has admitted to being "staggered"

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after they were one of seven sports to lose appeals against UK

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It means they'll receive no financial support in the build up

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And Great Britain will have to play their next Davis Cup on clay

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after France decided it will be the surface for their quarter final.

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The two countries last met in 2015 when Great Britain went

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It will be interesting to see France play Great Britain again.

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We will look at the back page is in a moment. Our little ray of sunshine

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is on the roof! Good morning. It is still mild in

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the south, but if you compare the temperatures to yesterday in

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Aberdeen, this time yesterday it was 12- 13, 5-6 at the moment. So

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changes afoot. In London it is still 10-11. We've got a lot of cloud and

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some patchy and light rain. Through the day for many, away from the

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north, it will stay miles. Through the next few days that will change

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and we'll have returned to whether more like what we would expect this

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time of year. At 9am in Scotland you can see the first signs of rain

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coming in the north-west. Iniesta, somewhat brighter. The north-west

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England, a lot of cloud. The north-east of England having

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sunshine and Bennett extends into Norfolk. It all points to the west

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of that, through the Midlands, into Kent and southern counties. We have

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the cloud and patchy rain and that main content -- continues in the

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Southwest Wales. We have low-level fog and general damp is in the air.

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For Northern Ireland this morning it's a dry start. A little bit of

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brightness and some cloud, but that's going to change as we go

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through the course of the day. We've got a bit of a pincer effect going

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on. The rain in the south will rejuvenate as it starts to move

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northwards and it will be heavy over Wales and Northern Ireland. At the

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same time the rain in the north and the windy conditions will sink south

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and the two will merge. The brighter skies will be in the east. Very

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windy for a time, especially with exposure in the north-west. Heading

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into the evening and overnight the band of rain continue southwards.

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There will be a period of squally winds, especially across northern

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England, as it continues its descent southwards across the UK. Behind it

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under clearer skies we have snow showers, and snow on the mountains

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of Scotland. Still comparatively mild in the south, but colder in the

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north. For tomorrow southern areas will hang on to most of the cloud

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and some of the rain. Behind it there will be brighter skies, but

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very windy. Especially in the far north of mainland Scotland and

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southern parts of Shetland. 70- 80 locally, which could lead to some

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disruptions. If you are travelling check before you set out. As we head

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into Thursday if you are travelling on Thursday keep a close eye on the

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weather forecast because on Thursday we have low pressure moving across

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Northern Ireland, England as well. At the areas around it will be

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affected as well. We are looking at heavy rain and snow across central,

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southern Scotland and in the northern England. Not just on the

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hills, we could have some other levels. Very windy will stop up to

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70- 80 in northern England. Some atrocious travelling conditions,

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especially on higher ground. Good advice. Thanks very much.

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Let's have a look at this morning's papers.

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Tuesday morning. The Daily Mirror. The Lords have been discussing the

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Brexit bell. Here is a reproduction of that famous headline. Lords Still

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Leeching. And we will talk about life in the Lords as a documentary

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uncovers what goes on there. A picture of Prime Minister Theresa

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May in the House of Lords, unusual for the Prime Minister, as she waits

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to hear the Brexit deal being debated. And then life changing when

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you are 60. What happens that will last you a lifetime. Business rates

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are the front of the Times again. What else have you got? In terms of

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business, going to and fro with business rates. Are they benefiting

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businesses across the country? The Times and others have talked about

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fitness apps as being a step in the wrong direction for health. And one

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professor is saying that 10,000 steps that everybody... Don't tell

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me this. How many have you done today? What do you do when you get

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the "ping" when you have walked that far? Have a chocolate bar. They

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haven't named you. When you get to 10,000 steps you reward yourself,

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and maybe the net benefit is not as good. He says 10,000 steps was taken

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from a Japanese study in the 1960s as being the best number of steps to

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do in a day. Is that science? So the answer is do not treat yourself,

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great. A cricket story. Millionaires in the Indian Premier League.

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Auction for 1.4 million four Mills, who is only playing at 2020 level.

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And Ben Stokes was the highest paid foreign player, and they get to keep

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that money. Kevin Pietersen was the first... The Indian Premier League

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brings India to a standstill. All the children do not go to school and

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people come home early from work. That getting the most money from the

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foreign players. Big money, isn't it? You do not want to reward

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yourself with a chocolate bar, but maybe some cake. An interview with

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Mary and the Times. She said one thing she does not mess about Bake

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Off is the crying when their bottom goes soggy or a pie burns in the

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oven. But didn't she cry? Maybe that was only once. Maybe she doesn't cry

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when things go wrong, maybe only when things go right. She said

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another channel was not an option. A profound statement. Thank you so

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much. We will see you in a little bit. It is Tuesday morning. Another

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health story for you now. Eight years after it was criticised

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by inspectors for not having enough beds, operating theatres,

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or trained staff, Birmingham Children's Hospital has become

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the first of its kind to be The specialist hospital has

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been praised for turning Our health correspondent,

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Jane Dreaper, is there I bet a lot of people are happy

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there this morning, Jane. They certainly are. Flock to the Playing

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Room in Ward ten at Birmingham Children's Hospital. Across the

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hospital, 360 sleepy head are just waking up. They do a huge and

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special job staff if it is not just about dividing excellent care, but

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putting the young patients at ease, and looking after the whole family.

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-- providing. Play areas like this that are bright and provide toys are

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important, but it is also about how staff across the board relate to the

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children, parents, and siblings. That is just as important as saving

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lives. A mother's tender touch. Connacht is

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just seven months old, and recovering in intensive care from a

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liver transplant. -- Connor. His older brother James had to change

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school because they live so far away. It is a tough time for the

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whole family, but they still supported by the staff in

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Birmingham. We have nearly lost it so many times from being here. We

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have come close. Without them, we would not have a child playing in

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this bed. We have got him and he is here. We have faith we will get to

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take him home. That is the only ask as a parent of a sick child. This is

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the play and admission is centre, designed to distract young patients

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before their treatment. Their caring approach has been impressive for

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parents. This hospital has come a long way since it was criticised by

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inspectors eight years ago. Back then, the report found a shortage of

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beds, poor training, and can. Paying much closer attention to the views

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of parents and staff, and acting on their ideas, has helped change the

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culture in Birmingham and encourage better teamwork. Eight years ago we

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were in an organisation that certainly was not listening to our

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staff and not listening to what young people and families were

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saying, and was in a really difficult place. Through focusing on

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those areas of patient and staff engagement, we have now got an do a

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position where we are improving. Some of the children in our patients

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need increasing appointments. -- outpatients. So they need better

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care. I was talking to a doctor and it wasn't scary or anything a couple

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of weeks ago, it was relaxed. Is it scary when you come here, or do you

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feel OK? I feel OK. The emotional support given to bereave parents has

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also been praised in today's report. And they will now be able to use

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this new room when they are going through the worst of times. Rachel

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has helped raise thousands of pounds for this unit after the death of her

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older daughter, Molly from kidney cancer. When you are given news like

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that, you feel you cannot breathe sometimes. You need fresh air. You

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need to absorb new information that is being told to use. And there was

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not that opportunity within the existing building at Birmingham at

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that time, just to be ourselves as a family and be together. The staff

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here believe they can improve care even further, but today is a huge

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improvement in showing how this hospital has turned the corner. Jane

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Dreaper, BBC News, Birmingham. And a quick update on baby Connor who use

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or at the top of the film they are, he is showing some signs of

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progress, so that is good news. -- who you saw. Sharing this proud

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moment is the Chief Executive, Sarah marsh. You were here eight years ago

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during those difficult times. Tell me about what was going on then and

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what you have changed since. Thank you. Everyone here at Birmingham

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Children's Hospital is totally thrilled and delighted to be given

:24:38.:24:41.

this rating. We have worked so hard over the last eight years. There

:24:42.:24:45.

were things we did not get right, we did not have the right staff in the

:24:46.:24:49.

right place at the right time with the right equipment. Over the last

:24:50.:24:52.

eight years we have invested in staff and believed in them and

:24:53.:24:56.

empowered them every step of the way and that is what has made this

:24:57.:25:00.

improvement in the report. There are still things to do? We are not

:25:01.:25:04.

perfect. We need to do something is better. But we will keep working

:25:05.:25:09.

hard and working together and keep delivering care to our young people.

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This is the best and worst place to be, the best because you never want

:25:16.:25:20.

to have your child in this hospital, but the best because at least they

:25:21.:25:24.

are getting outstanding care. Back to you, Steph. And thank you to all

:25:25.:25:29.

the people there at Birmingham Children's Hospital. A lot of pride

:25:30.:25:34.

in that hospital. And today we're all also asking about pride. I love

:25:35.:25:44.

this land. This land I have found over the last two years. This land

:25:45.:26:04.

of silver rivers, this land of winding sheep tracks across the

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faces of escarpments and a wealth of butterflies and wild flowers.

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We'll meet the vicar who's so passionate about the place

:26:10.:26:11.

he calls home, the South Downs, that he's made a documentary about it.

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Are you passionate about where you live? We'd love to see your photos

:26:16.:26:18.

of where you call home. You can e-mail us at

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[email protected] or share your thoughts with other

:26:21.:26:21.

viewers on our Facebook page. And you can Tweet about today's

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stories using #bbcbreakfast or follow us for the latest

:26:26.:26:27.

from the programme. Right it is time to get the news,

:26:28.:26:36.

travel, and whether where you live and where you love.

:26:37.:29:55.

This is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Jon Kay.

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

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I think talking about it has certainly helped me and I think more

:30:13.:30:25.

broadly on getting the sense that it is helping quite a lot of people. He

:30:26.:30:35.

has covered a lot of stories, but the final story Steve Hewlett chose

:30:36.:30:42.

to share was when he was dying of cancer. We will talk about how it

:30:43.:30:45.

may have helped others. Do manufacturers need to come

:30:46.:30:46.

clean about formula milk? We'll meet the MP calling

:30:47.:30:48.

for companies to be banned from marketing it and

:30:49.:30:51.

the blogger who says mums shouldn't feel guilty

:30:52.:30:54.

if they don't breastfeed. He may only be human,

:30:55.:31:02.

but Rag N'Bone man's first album was the fastest-selling debut

:31:03.:31:05.

by a male artist in a decade. But now a summary of this

:31:06.:31:09.

morning's main news. Most areas of England will see

:31:10.:31:20.

hospital services cut or moved under plans to save money

:31:21.:31:23.

and improve efficiency. Analysis by the BBC has also found

:31:24.:31:26.

that about a third of the proposals would see a reduction

:31:27.:31:30.

in the number of hospitals The Government says patients

:31:31.:31:32.

will receive better care The shortage of teachers in schools

:31:33.:31:38.

in England is getting worse, affecting key subjects

:31:39.:31:45.

like physics and maths, The Commons Education Committee says

:31:46.:31:47.

recruitment targets have been missed for five years in a row

:31:48.:31:51.

and there should be more focus on keeping teachers

:31:52.:31:54.

in the profession long-term. The actual sums are

:31:55.:31:56.

adding and taking... Maths class for these

:31:57.:32:03.

children with Mr Walton. But professionals like him

:32:04.:32:05.

are increasingly hard to come by, that's according to a group of MPs,

:32:06.:32:12.

who say school teacher shortages I think that's mainly due

:32:13.:32:15.

to workload and pressure The Education Select Committee

:32:16.:32:28.

is calling for a long-term plan to recruit more teachers

:32:29.:32:32.

and a bigger emphasis to be placed on retaining them,

:32:33.:32:35.

warning many are leaving. Reasons include a lack

:32:36.:32:36.

of job satisfaction, Research has found teachers

:32:37.:32:39.

in England work nearly 20% more than they do in other similar

:32:40.:32:47.

countries, an average of nearly 50 20 of those are spent

:32:48.:32:50.

here in the classroom teaching. MPs say secondary schools

:32:51.:32:54.

are hardest hit in subjects What we've got to get across is just

:32:55.:32:57.

how important teachers are to our society

:32:58.:33:04.

and to our economy. They need to feel valued,

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they need to feel trusted. The Department for Education says

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it is investing in teacher recruitment and development

:33:11.:33:13.

to make sure the best Five people have been killed

:33:14.:33:15.

in a plane crash in Melbourne. All those on-board the small

:33:16.:33:32.

aircraft were killed when it suffered what is believed to be

:33:33.:33:34.

catastrophic engine failure and crashed a shopping centre, which was

:33:35.:33:44.

preparing to open. Four of those killed were thought to be US

:33:45.:33:47.

citizens. No one on the ground was killed.

:33:48.:33:55.

Rates are being updated for the first time in seven years and it

:33:56.:34:01.

will leave more than a quarter of companies facing higher bills.

:34:02.:34:04.

Philip Hammond is facing more pressure to do more to help those

:34:05.:34:06.

affected. HSBC has blamed slowing growth in

:34:07.:34:16.

the UK, linking it to uncertainty over Brexit, for a profit loss. It

:34:17.:34:21.

could move more than 1000 staff from London to Paris.

:34:22.:34:23.

A heterosexual couple will find out today if they can have a civil

:34:24.:34:27.

Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, from London,

:34:28.:34:30.

took their case to the Court of Appeal following a defeat

:34:31.:34:33.

They say it's unfair that only same-sex couples can have a civil

:34:34.:34:38.

Specialist police teams are digging up the gardens of two

:34:39.:34:41.

One is believed to be the former home of Christopher Halliwell,

:34:42.:34:45.

who's serving a whole life sentence for the murders of two women,

:34:46.:34:48.

Feeding your children blueberries might just put your them -- might

:34:49.:35:07.

put them in a better mood. A study carried out

:35:08.:35:11.

by the University of Reading found that, during two trials with young

:35:12.:35:13.

people, participants reported feeling better after drinking

:35:14.:35:16.

a wild blueberry-drink, which contained an entire

:35:17.:35:17.

punnet of the fruit. The researchers say they're

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impressed by the results, Are you a bit tight on your

:35:21.:35:26.

blueberries? A family of five, how many pundits

:35:27.:35:32.

will you get through? -- punnets.

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You are meant to have more than one type.

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It might put the rest of the house in a better mood but it won't make

:35:42.:35:45.

my wallet feel any better. You Scrooge!

:35:46.:35:47.

Good morning. Iron talking about whether fairytale didn't quite

:35:48.:35:59.

happen for Sutton United. On the right-hand side, in the yellow, not

:36:00.:36:04.

quite so happy. A milestone for Theo Walcott, who is in the picture as

:36:05.:36:10.

well. What it was a bit of a disappointment for Sutton United

:36:11.:36:13.

fans, as their FA Cup adventure is over.

:36:14.:36:17.

They were beaten 2-0 last night by Arsenal in the last 16

:36:18.:36:20.

The lowest ranked side left in the Cup didn't disgrace

:36:21.:36:23.

themselves against the 12 time winners, but a first half strike

:36:24.:36:26.

from Lucas Perez and Theo Walcott's 100th goal in an Arsenal

:36:27.:36:29.

shirt ensured that Arsene Wenger's side avoided an upset.

:36:30.:36:32.

But they do have more non-league opposition next in Lincoln City.

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20 years ago they weren't as fit as they were today. They didn't drop

:36:39.:36:46.

physically at all. They remained absolutely focused and organised.

:36:47.:36:52.

There was a huge desire in their game and I would say if you were not

:36:53.:36:57.

mentally prepared we would not have come through today.

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I think the players have been absolutely magnificent and so have

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the volunteers. They've given up Sunday to tell this -- to sell the

:37:05.:37:08.

tickets, everyone here is a volunteer. Remember that. We are not

:37:09.:37:13.

a League two internationally, we are traditional club. But Lincoln and

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Sutton have done our competition very, very proud and I hope... Best

:37:18.:37:24.

wishes to Danny and Nick. Go and have your day in the sun as we have

:37:25.:37:29.

done today. It is one of the best experiences you will ever have.

:37:30.:37:31.

The manager doesn't get paid, he does that job for free.

:37:32.:37:34.

Newcastle United have returned to the top of the Championship.

:37:35.:37:36.

They were also 2-0 winners last night over Aston Villa.

:37:37.:37:44.

Yoan Gouffran and this mistake from Henri Lansbury

:37:45.:37:46.

helped Newcastle leapfrog over Brighton

:37:47.:37:48.

Manchester City return to European action tonight,

:37:49.:37:51.

hosting Monaco in the last 16 of the Champions League.

:37:52.:37:54.

City reached the semi finals for the first time last season

:37:55.:37:57.

but host a Monaco side currently leading the French first division,

:37:58.:38:00.

having scored 76 league goals already.

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They are intelligent, physically strong, they arrived to the box a

:38:04.:38:12.

complete team, so it is the most successful team in Europe in terms

:38:13.:38:16.

of goalscoring. A tough draw. Looking forward to playing them.

:38:17.:38:24.

Just a compliment because they are a really good team.

:38:25.:38:25.

GB Badminton says it is staggered at the decision not to award them

:38:26.:38:29.

any funding during the next Olympic cycle.

:38:30.:38:30.

Despite meeting its target in winning a bronze medal in Rio,

:38:31.:38:34.

Badminton, along with six other sports including Fencing,

:38:35.:38:36.

Archery and Wheelchair Rugby, lost their appeals with UK Sport,

:38:37.:38:38.

the organisation which allocates the money.

:38:39.:38:46.

We just can't reach those sports that have got limited medal

:38:47.:38:55.

potential with, yes, a medal possibility, we do believe badminton

:38:56.:38:57.

and wheelchair rugby and other sports have medal potential, but

:38:58.:39:04.

it's not strong enough for it to be on the table and we've run out of

:39:05.:39:07.

resources to let it go that far. Whatever you want to call it, it

:39:08.:39:15.

should have the right to find that sport. Not cut it completely. We've

:39:16.:39:19.

got players in the top ten of the world and to say that that's not not

:39:20.:39:23.

possible chance of a medal, OK, they are the number one in the world, but

:39:24.:39:27.

I wasn't number one in the world when I got my medal, I was only an

:39:28.:39:31.

outside chance. I still believe we should do that and we lead to a

:39:32.:39:36.

sport to be able to do that. -- we owe it to a sport.

:39:37.:39:38.

Great Britain's next Davis Cup tie against France will be held on clay.

:39:39.:39:41.

The last time the two nations met in the Davis Cup,

:39:42.:39:44.

Andy Murray led Great Britain to victory on the grass at Queens.

:39:45.:39:47.

As often happens when they play away though, they'll be faced

:39:48.:39:51.

with the less familiar red dust, this time in Rouen.

:39:52.:39:53.

The decision by Muirfield to hold another vote on allowing female

:39:54.:39:56.

members has pleased the head of golf's ruling authority,

:39:57.:39:59.

Muirfield was dropped as an Open Championship venue

:40:00.:40:01.

after members voted against altering their male only membership policy.

:40:02.:40:04.

Martin Slumbers wants a positive outcome to help grow the game

:40:05.:40:07.

I do believe that if we are going to grow participation in the game,

:40:08.:40:15.

family golf is at the heart of that strategy. I still believe that

:40:16.:40:19.

getting more women as members of golf clubs, more women bringing

:40:20.:40:24.

children to play, clubs creating opportunities for young people to

:40:25.:40:29.

play, or even new facilities for children to learn to play, that's

:40:30.:40:32.

what's important for the future generations.

:40:33.:40:34.

He is now in charge of the R and they are trying to change things.

:40:35.:40:43.

Even having mentorship is a start. There's a long interview with Martin

:40:44.:40:47.

he talks about resident trump honour because he owns a golf course on the

:40:48.:40:52.

open rotation. -- President Trump. The sting to have a look on the BBC

:40:53.:40:56.

website. There are different issues facing that at the moment.

:40:57.:41:01.

Thanks very much indeed. They're billed as radical changes

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to secure the future of the NHS. The news this morning is that more

:41:03.:41:11.

than half of the 44 plans aimed at transforming healthcare in different

:41:12.:41:14.

parts of England include either closing the hospital or moving

:41:15.:41:15.

treatments to different sites. Professor Chris Ham

:41:16.:41:18.

is from the Kings Fund think-tank, which has given the plans a cautious

:41:19.:41:21.

welcome but says proper funding must Good morning. Just to explain first

:41:22.:41:33.

of all, the reason why there are 44 plans is because essentially NHS

:41:34.:41:38.

England split the country into 44 areas and asked each of them to look

:41:39.:41:43.

at what they could do to bring inefficiencies, cut costs and

:41:44.:41:47.

improve services in the area. Is that right? That's right. We heard a

:41:48.:41:52.

lot about the problems of the NHS, especially hospitals being

:41:53.:41:55.

overcrowded in recent weeks and also social care. About one year ago NHS

:41:56.:41:59.

England said 44 areas of the country should plan together. All the

:42:00.:42:05.

hospitals, community services, social care should sit round the

:42:06.:42:09.

table and say, how are we going to plan for the future and recognise

:42:10.:42:12.

that these pressures will continue to grow? We've only got a fixed

:42:13.:42:16.

budget, to develop land that set out what the priorities should be for

:42:17.:42:21.

your area. What we've done today in the report published today is read

:42:22.:42:24.

and review and analyse all 44 of those plans to read Ja the

:42:25.:42:29.

assessment of whether they have a chance of doing that. What do you

:42:30.:42:34.

think of them? We think they are the best hope for the NHS to find a way

:42:35.:42:39.

through the most difficult times I can remember facing the health and

:42:40.:42:43.

social care system. The issue is that demand is ever rising from a

:42:44.:42:48.

growing population and an ageing population. Our system is really

:42:49.:42:54.

struggling to cope and that in the headlines in your news reports ever

:42:55.:42:57.

since the Christmas break. Something has to be done. These plans are by

:42:58.:43:03.

no means perfect. We have our concerns about some of the

:43:04.:43:06.

proposals. But the fact that people have come together, they've

:43:07.:43:10.

collaborated around a county or city and said, if we work together and

:43:11.:43:15.

think about how we used all of our staff and our resources we can

:43:16.:43:21.

deliver better results. So our direction is one that we very much

:43:22.:43:27.

welcome. As they are localised to different areas, they are different

:43:28.:43:35.

in terms of things that are proposed. About one third say they

:43:36.:43:40.

will move other nonemergency services so they are provided in

:43:41.:43:44.

fewer hospitals in the area. Looking at them, a lot of them are involving

:43:45.:43:48.

taking the pressure away from hospitals and putting the services

:43:49.:43:52.

in the community. Do you think that's realistic? That the community

:43:53.:43:56.

can provide the services that are needed? The big common idea,

:43:57.:44:00.

accepting that difference between areas, is exactly to put more

:44:01.:44:04.

emphasis on preventing people becoming ill in the first place. If

:44:05.:44:07.

they do become ill providing care closer to home. The use of GPs,

:44:08.:44:12.

district nurse is, the social care staff. All working in a much more

:44:13.:44:17.

joined up way. -- better use of GPs, district nurses. This ought to be

:44:18.:44:23.

welcomed. The challenge is the one you have highlighted. Where will the

:44:24.:44:27.

resources,? There are couple of answers. One is making better use of

:44:28.:44:32.

what we've already got. There are many skilled professionals working

:44:33.:44:35.

in the community. We've invested a lot of money in those community

:44:36.:44:39.

services. Every area has to look at what it does and improve on that to

:44:40.:44:43.

reduce the overlap and duplication and some of the efficiency. We

:44:44.:44:48.

believe that can be done. Much more difficult is the second thing. There

:44:49.:44:52.

should be more funding to expand and improve the community services. We

:44:53.:44:56.

need more GPs and nurses working out there. We especially need more

:44:57.:45:01.

investment in social care, which is stretched beyond its limit.

:45:02.:45:08.

Government has provided more funding, which is welcome, but most

:45:09.:45:11.

of that is going towards cutting the deficit to hospitals which we heard

:45:12.:45:15.

about yesterday and leaves very little left over for the new Tom

:45:16.:45:19.

better services in the community. So we are calling on the government to

:45:20.:45:23.

back these plans because they do represent the best possibility of

:45:24.:45:28.

finding a way forward, but also to find some additional resource,

:45:29.:45:30.

especially for social care, because if we don't have that care closer to

:45:31.:45:35.

home will be a nice idea, not the reality. Thank you very much. You

:45:36.:45:44.

can find out by putting your postcode on the NHS England website

:45:45.:45:47.

to find out what impact it might have in your area.

:45:48.:45:51.

You can also do it on the BBC website this morning. You can find

:45:52.:45:54.

out what the plans are for the NHS in your area.

:45:55.:46:00.

Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather. She is up on the

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roof this morning. Is it dry? There is a bit of dampness in the air in

:46:12.:46:16.

London. We are looking at 10 degrees at the moment. In Aberdeen yesterday

:46:17.:46:22.

for comparison it was 13 degrees at this stage in the morning. It is now

:46:23.:46:27.

six. The temperature is going down. For most of the UK today it is still

:46:28.:46:32.

mild. Through the day, what will happen is especially in the west it

:46:33.:46:36.

will be quite wet. The forecast starts at 9am in Scotland. Rain in

:46:37.:46:42.

the north-west by nine, a lot of cloud in the west, brighter skies in

:46:43.:46:46.

the east. North of England has cloud as well this morning. North England

:46:47.:46:51.

seeing sunshine. That goes down towards the watch and East Anglia.

:46:52.:46:56.

Kent, the Midlands, southern counties, a weather front dangling

:46:57.:47:01.

across ringing patchy rain. Fairly light at the moment. South-west

:47:02.:47:05.

England and Wales as well. Murky light yesterday. Low fog and

:47:06.:47:13.

low-level fog as well. A damp feel. Northern Ireland, a dry start,

:47:14.:47:17.

cloudy with one or two breaks. That will change through the day. Through

:47:18.:47:23.

the day, we have got wet and windy weather moving in from the

:47:24.:47:26.

north-west of will and going south. -- Scotland. The weather front will

:47:27.:47:32.

rejuvenate as it goes north. Eventually the two will merge across

:47:33.:47:37.

Wales, Northern Ireland, and south across western Scotland. Here we

:47:38.:47:42.

will see the heaviest rain. It will become cloudier but brighter. The

:47:43.:47:48.

evening and overnight, the system takes the rain moving south and

:47:49.:47:54.

windy conditions as well. It will be especially windy in northern England

:47:55.:47:57.

for a time. Gusting at 60 miles an hour. The rain will continue to push

:47:58.:48:02.

down into the south of England again, weakening as it does so.

:48:03.:48:07.

Behind that, cold enough for some wintry showers at lower levels at

:48:08.:48:12.

times, and in the Scottish mountains as well. Tomorrow, we still have a

:48:13.:48:17.

weak band of rain in southern England. Quite a lot of cloud to be

:48:18.:48:21.

as it continues south it will brighten up behind it. A fairly

:48:22.:48:27.

windy day in Shetland, Orkney, the far north of England and Scotland,

:48:28.:48:30.

and possibly, as far south in Scotland as Peterborough. 80 miles

:48:31.:48:36.

an hour. That could lead to some disruption. Thursday, an area of low

:48:37.:48:40.

pressure crossing the central part of the UK will introduce some heavy

:48:41.:48:46.

rain and also some snow across central and southern Scotland and

:48:47.:48:50.

northern England. Not just with height. Some at lower levels. With

:48:51.:48:54.

the strength of the wind as well, because it will be pretty windy,

:48:55.:48:56.

some atrocious travelling conditions. If you are planning to

:48:57.:49:01.

travel on Thursday, stay tuned to the weather forecast. Back to you,

:49:02.:49:11.

Steph and John. You look so wonderfully well lit this morning.

:49:12.:49:21.

That is because of poor Cooper. The wonderful Cooper.

:49:22.:49:28.

I have some food here for everyone. Drew

:49:29.:49:40.

-- Blueberries and some alcohol. Good morning, everyone.

:49:41.:49:45.

Food and drink are big business for the UK.

:49:46.:49:47.

In total, it employs around 400,000 people

:49:48.:49:49.

This morning, we've got the latest figures on how much we're selling

:49:50.:49:53.

In total, food and drink exports grew by more than 10% last year,

:49:54.:49:59.

topping ?20 billion for the first time.

:50:00.:50:01.

There has been lots of talk recently about trading with America.

:50:02.:50:04.

It's our second largest export market after Ireland,

:50:05.:50:06.

and sales to the US also grew strongly, to more than ?2 billion.

:50:07.:50:10.

After alcohol and all that Scotch whiskey, the next bestsellers

:50:11.:50:12.

from the UK are chocolate, salmon, and cheese.

:50:13.:50:15.

Ian Wright is Director General of the Federation.

:50:16.:50:17.

That is what we have got here. These figures were put together by you.

:50:18.:50:27.

Good morning. Good morning. What has been a particular driver in 2016 for

:50:28.:50:33.

us selling these stuff around the world. The devaluation of the pound

:50:34.:50:38.

in the last several months has made us much more competitive with

:50:39.:50:43.

exports. But also UK business people going out into markets in trying to

:50:44.:50:47.

sell their products in a very organised and coherent way. It has

:50:48.:50:52.

been successful. This is the 16th year of consecutive growth in

:50:53.:50:57.

exports sales. That is a really amazing record. Who was buying this

:50:58.:51:01.

and where is this going? All around the world. The EU remains our

:51:02.:51:04.

biggest market and within that Ireland is absolutely critical.

:51:05.:51:09.

Within the Brexit debate we have to figure out what we are doing with

:51:10.:51:13.

the Irish border otherwise we will be in trouble. They are the most

:51:14.:51:17.

important market in food exports. Beyond that, we have seen an

:51:18.:51:24.

increase of a third in China, substantial increases in the US, and

:51:25.:51:27.

many, many markets around the world have seen big increases to put it

:51:28.:51:36.

cheese. With exports, what would the consequences be if we did not sort

:51:37.:51:42.

out these borders? The Prime Minister talks about frictionless

:51:43.:51:46.

borders, meaning they would stay as they are now. There are 200 roads to

:51:47.:51:51.

cross the border, the idea of releasing them with customs is

:51:52.:51:56.

ludicrous. What we need is a system that will allow people to pass over

:51:57.:51:59.

the border whether they have products or labour that works

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absolutely efficiently. Just on labour markets. The fishery industry

:52:06.:52:10.

will have many farmers concerned about how that plays out. Farmers

:52:11.:52:16.

are very concerned because they need seasonal workers to do the picking

:52:17.:52:19.

at harvest time. And right now that is not looking as good as it should.

:52:20.:52:24.

The manufacturing industry will be concerned about that. We have

:52:25.:52:29.

120,000 European workers here and we need to give them security and

:52:30.:52:33.

figure out how to replace them when they go home. Thank you very much.

:52:34.:52:38.

Exports in food and drink doing very well in 2016 partly to do with the

:52:39.:52:41.

weaker pound after the referendum. Thank you very much.

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A former teacher, a doctor, and a marketing manager are amongst

:52:46.:52:47.

a team of British soldiers hoping to become the first all-female group

:52:48.:52:51.

They'll have to endure temperatures of -40 and walk for up to nine hours

:52:52.:52:56.

a day carrying more than their own body weight in supplies.

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Our reporter, Phil Mackie, donned his skiis and joined them

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in Norway, where they're training for their 80-day challenge.

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The Ice Maiden team is heading out across a frozen Norwegian lake at

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the start of its final training exercise. In September, these

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soldiers will begin an historic journey, hoping they will now

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succeed and inspire a generation of women. It is not just about five

:53:28.:53:31.

women crossing the Antarctic, it is about encouraging women everywhere

:53:32.:53:36.

to get out there and realised the is no ceiling and you can achieve

:53:37.:53:40.

anything. I think we can inspire someone to get out there and be

:53:41.:53:43.

physically active. It doesn't have to be Antarctic us. Their 5k can be

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their version. Their home will be a small tent. It will be a bedroom,

:53:56.:53:59.

living room, and kitchen, for the next 80 days. High, mum dad. They

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are a doctor, a former teacher, and electrical technician on the team. I

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am just a normal person from Newcastle and I have just come

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across an incredible opportunity. If you and work for it you can just do

:54:18.:54:22.

it. They believe their families and partners behind to spend nearly

:54:23.:54:25.

three months together on the ice. There is important research being

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done as well. No one really knows what it would take to support and

:54:30.:54:35.

sustain an all-female team on a journey like this. It is about the

:54:36.:54:39.

composition of the rations, carbohydrates, protein, and trying

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to figure out how we can manipulate that, I suppose. And also for a

:54:43.:54:47.

group of women whose nutritional needs are different to men, there

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has been very little research done and certainly not published. We have

:54:52.:54:55.

little to go on. There are other more personal considerations,

:54:56.:55:01.

especially when they need to have the call of nature. We have pee

:55:02.:55:08.

funnels and that is straightforward. We can squat behind a little wall

:55:09.:55:12.

without trousers down and do our business into a bag. We have shoes

:55:13.:55:18.

to deal with. Then you can drag that rubbish for the rest of the journey.

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One of the hardest things will be maintaining morale as each hard day

:55:25.:55:29.

of marching goes by. They have just been for a two hour March. They will

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have to do so many a day carrying everything in the Antarctic they

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need along with them. It will be very, very tough, which is why they

:55:39.:55:41.

need to practise in conditions as harsh as these. There are seven Ice

:55:42.:55:49.

Maidens. Two will be reserves, as only five can cross the Antarctic,

:55:50.:55:55.

where they hope to break the ice ceiling, putting them alongside

:55:56.:56:01.

explorers like Scott and others. That looks tough, especially the

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toilet situation. This is Breakfast,

:56:06.:59:29.

with Steph McGovern and Jon Kay. Cuts to hospital services

:59:30.:00:08.

are planned in most Good morning. A report by MPs as

:00:09.:00:43.

urgent action is needed to reduce the numbers quitting teaching.

:00:44.:00:49.

Catastrophic engine failure is blamed after a light aircraft

:00:50.:00:52.

crashes into a shopping centre in Melbourne, killing all five people

:00:53.:00:55.

onboard. Good morning. Grandparents are

:00:56.:00:59.

saving British families about ?16 billion a year in child care costs,

:01:00.:01:03.

according to figures published this morning. Great for working parents,

:01:04.:01:05.

but is it just chip -- cheap labour? In sport, Sutton United couldn't

:01:06.:01:12.

pull off one of the biggest FA The non-league side

:01:13.:01:15.

from the fifth tier of English football were beaten 2-0

:01:16.:01:18.

by Arsenal in the fifth I'm just a normal person from

:01:19.:01:25.

Newcastle and I've just happened to come across this incredible

:01:26.:01:28.

opportunity. If you want it, you work for it, you can do it. But

:01:29.:01:32.

would you want it? a team of British soldiers

:01:33.:01:34.

who are preparing to become the first all-female group to cross

:01:35.:01:38.

the Antarctic unaided. Hopefully it will be a little bit

:01:39.:01:46.

warmer here. Carol can tell us. It certainly is mild in southern parts

:01:47.:01:50.

of the UK this morning. Also cloudy and damp. The rain we currently have

:01:51.:01:55.

in the south will move northwards through the day. In the north-west

:01:56.:01:58.

of Scotland we have another band of wet and windy weather coming in.

:01:59.:02:02.

They will merge and the driest conditions will be in the east. It

:02:03.:02:06.

will be windy and wind will be a feature of the weather for the next

:02:07.:02:08.

couple of days. More in 15 minutes. Most places in England will have

:02:09.:02:12.

hospital areas cut. Analysis by the BBC has also

:02:13.:02:26.

found that about a third of the proposals would see

:02:27.:02:29.

a reduction in the number of hospitals offering

:02:30.:02:31.

emergency care. The Government says patients

:02:32.:02:33.

will receive better care Our health reporter

:02:34.:02:35.

Sophie Hutchinson has the details. Protests outside Horton hospital

:02:36.:02:38.

in Oxfordshire just a few months ago where there are concerns about bed

:02:39.:02:41.

closures and cuts to stroke Right across England proposals

:02:42.:02:44.

for big changes are afoot The BBC has analysed 44

:02:45.:02:50.

of the transformation Two thirds include either hospital

:02:51.:02:54.

closures or moving treatments More than a third involve cuts

:02:55.:02:59.

to the number of hospitals providing non-emergency treatments and around

:03:00.:03:09.

one third plan to reduce the number of hospitals offering

:03:10.:03:12.

emergency care. Proposed closures to hospital beds

:03:13.:03:16.

have been heavily criticised More generally, though,

:03:17.:03:18.

it says the plans are the best hope of delivering essential

:03:19.:03:24.

reforms to the NHS, but it says it can't be done

:03:25.:03:26.

without extra funding. Ideally there ought

:03:27.:03:29.

to be an earmarked fund for new investment, to strengthen

:03:30.:03:31.

and improve the out-of-hospital services, and to shore up adult

:03:32.:03:34.

social care, which is really If those additional funds aren't

:03:35.:03:37.

forthcoming, the Government needs to be honest about the consequences

:03:38.:03:41.

for patients and what the offer The Department of Health says it's

:03:42.:03:44.

confident the NHS plans will help patients get better care,

:03:45.:03:54.

with improvements to mental health and cancer services

:03:55.:03:58.

and more access to GPs. The shortage of teachers

:03:59.:04:04.

in England's schools is getting worse, affecting key subjects

:04:05.:04:07.

like physics and maths, The Commons Education Committee says

:04:08.:04:09.

recruitment targets have been missed for five years in a row

:04:10.:04:18.

and there should be more focus on keeping teachers

:04:19.:04:21.

in the profession long-term. The Government says there are more

:04:22.:04:23.

teachers in schools than ever And we'll be speaking

:04:24.:04:26.

to a headmaster about why some teachers are still choosing

:04:27.:04:29.

to leave the profession. Five people have been killed

:04:30.:04:31.

after a light plane crashed into a shopping centre

:04:32.:04:38.

in the Australian city of Melbourne. The shops weren't open at the time

:04:39.:04:41.

and no-one on the ground is believed When the show the pictures it is

:04:42.:04:44.

hard to believe. Let's speak to our Sydney

:04:45.:04:55.

correspondent Hywel Griffith. What do we know about what happened?

:04:56.:05:04.

Well, this plane took off in the morning in Melbourne and seconds

:05:05.:05:10.

afterwards the pilot put out a mayday call, saying he had chronic

:05:11.:05:16.

and critical engine failure. It seems that just after takeoff he

:05:17.:05:22.

tried to turn around and come back into the airport but seconds later

:05:23.:05:26.

eyewitnesses saw a fireball go into the sky as the plane hit the side of

:05:27.:05:30.

the shopping centre. There was the black smoke and it took about 13

:05:31.:05:34.

fire engines to bring the fire under control. Tragically we know that all

:05:35.:05:38.

five of the people onboard died and we know one of them was the pilot, a

:05:39.:05:43.

man with 38 years flying experience and a good safety record, and defend

:05:44.:05:48.

four American tourists. That's been confirmed by the US embassy in

:05:49.:05:53.

Australia. However, because the shopping centre hadn't yet opened,

:05:54.:05:56.

incredibly no one inside, though members of the public, were injured.

:05:57.:06:02.

The investigation continues but already fingers pointing towards

:06:03.:06:04.

catastrophic engine failure. Thank you for the update.

:06:05.:06:08.

Let's talk about HSBC. They have results out this morning. Sean is

:06:09.:06:17.

here. A falling profits? And pretty important. They are our biggest dank

:06:18.:06:21.

in the UK is how they get on a fix people in the UK. -- bank. Most of

:06:22.:06:27.

the profits are made around the world and their profits are the 60%.

:06:28.:06:32.

In 2015 they made about ?15 billion. Last year about ?6 billion and they

:06:33.:06:38.

say a lot of that's about the uncertainty created the referendum

:06:39.:06:41.

on the EU. Market uncertainty, investors not sure where to put

:06:42.:06:45.

their money and that have a hit on especially the European business. It

:06:46.:06:49.

also reminded us that they might move on thousand jobs to Paris if

:06:50.:06:54.

negotiations don't play out the way they want. Even if they do, there

:06:55.:06:59.

has to be some contingency for them to do that. If you look at the UK

:07:00.:07:03.

business, they had a falling customer accounts, about 40,000 last

:07:04.:07:06.

year. But they say we are saving more with them. They also say they

:07:07.:07:12.

are putting more money into their call centres because of a lot of

:07:13.:07:15.

issues there with customer service. While you are here let's talk about

:07:16.:07:19.

business rates, because they are on the front pages also many papers

:07:20.:07:23.

this morning. What's going on? The latest move is that last night the

:07:24.:07:28.

Chancellor Philip Hammond spoke to a lot of his backbench Conservative

:07:29.:07:32.

MPs who are not happy with some of the writers that a lot of businesses

:07:33.:07:35.

in their constituencies are seeing. He says he is listening to them. We

:07:36.:07:40.

will find out in two weeks how much he is listening to the talk with

:07:41.:07:43.

Cinema papers, because that's when the budget is and that's when we

:07:44.:07:46.

might get clarity on what will happen with business rates because

:07:47.:07:50.

there is due to be a lot of changes coming in. Thank you very much.

:07:51.:07:54.

A day after declaring a famine in South Sudan,

:07:55.:07:56.

the United Nations has warned that other countries

:07:57.:07:58.

100,000 people are facing starvation as a result of the civil

:07:59.:08:03.

But the United Nations says almost 1.5 million children

:08:04.:08:09.

are at risk of dying of starvation in four countries in Africa

:08:10.:08:13.

In this Children's Hospital in the countries capital there is acute

:08:14.:08:28.

malnutrition. This boy gets one or maybe two meals a day. Her mother

:08:29.:08:38.

can't afford to feed her. In a country where the fighting goes on,

:08:39.:08:42.

even more people are affected. In Unity State, the rebel stronghold.

:08:43.:08:48.

100,000 people are now in the grip of famine, a further million in the

:08:49.:08:53.

country are on the brink. Some eight has been delivered but not enough is

:08:54.:08:57.

getting through. People are dying of starvation every day. -- some aid.

:08:58.:09:02.

Three years of civil war have taken their toll. The real tragedy is that

:09:03.:09:07.

this is largely man-made. We do have famine and food insecurity has

:09:08.:09:13.

worsened in many parts of this country. Largely because of this

:09:14.:09:17.

unfortunate conflict. And this is part of a bigger picture. The UN is

:09:18.:09:21.

warning three more countries, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen, are at

:09:22.:09:28.

risk of famine. In South Sudan, over 3 million have been forced from

:09:29.:09:32.

their homes. 1.5 million have fled to neighbouring countries, like

:09:33.:09:36.

these people arriving in Uganda, creating one of the worst refugee

:09:37.:09:40.

crises in the world. As these mothers and children wait for help,

:09:41.:09:45.

the UN warns urgent action is needed or the situation will only get

:09:46.:09:47.

worse. A heterosexual couple will find out

:09:48.:09:49.

today if they can have a civil Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan

:09:50.:09:53.

from London took their case to the Court of Appeal

:09:54.:09:58.

following a defeat at They say it's unfair that only

:09:59.:10:01.

same-sex couples can The singer and actor

:10:02.:10:04.

David Cassidy has revealed He made the announcement

:10:05.:10:12.

after he forgot his words during some shows in

:10:13.:10:16.

California at the weekend. David Cassidy, who's 66,

:10:17.:10:18.

rose to fame in the TV series The Partridge Family before

:10:19.:10:22.

becoming a teen idol and recording a string

:10:23.:10:24.

of solo hits in the 1970s. A man in New York has had

:10:25.:10:30.

an extremely lucky escape while doing his weekly shop

:10:31.:10:33.

at a mini-mart in the Bronx. Have a look at this. It was all

:10:34.:10:44.

caught on CCTV. There he is, buying a few bits and bobs. But look at the

:10:45.:10:52.

window. Out of nowhere, a car appears and then straight through

:10:53.:10:56.

the window and into him. Fortunately he was OK and managed as you can see

:10:57.:11:00.

to stumble out. I imagine he was pretty shocked at the time.

:11:01.:11:04.

He was kind of protected by that first row of groceries. It gives him

:11:05.:11:10.

a natural barrier. Both he and the driver were taken to

:11:11.:11:13.

hospital but neither had serious injuries.

:11:14.:11:16.

Dramatic pictures! Very lucky to have come out of that I'm harmed. --

:11:17.:11:20.

unharmed. An unimaginable workload is a key

:11:21.:11:24.

reason for teachers leaving That's one of the findings

:11:25.:11:27.

of a highly critical new report It says the Government urgently

:11:28.:11:31.

needs to get to grips with the problem of teacher

:11:32.:11:35.

recruitment and retention. Joining us now is Andrew

:11:36.:11:39.

Shakos, headteacher at Parrs Wood High

:11:40.:11:41.

School, in Manchester. Good morning. It is half term for

:11:42.:11:51.

you? We are making you work! The issue! There lies the issue. The

:11:52.:11:56.

media's perception that we have so many holidays and don't do anything

:11:57.:12:00.

else. Actually, I will be going into work later, even though it is half

:12:01.:12:04.

term. Do you think that people don't understand how hard teachers work?

:12:05.:12:08.

There isn't a profession where you don't work hard. You go into

:12:09.:12:13.

teaching not to make money, you go into change lives and when you

:12:14.:12:17.

invest so much of yourself into that, and it isn't just about

:12:18.:12:23.

academic studies, it is about developing people socially as well,

:12:24.:12:27.

it takes it out of you. It is a tough profession but it is very

:12:28.:12:31.

rewarding. The government say, the statement from the department for

:12:32.:12:34.

education, they say there are more teachers than ever before and they

:12:35.:12:38.

are investing ?1 billion into recruitment. What's the reality of

:12:39.:12:42.

recruiting and retention? Retention is really good. We give our

:12:43.:12:47.

colleagues and really good experience in terms of ongoing

:12:48.:12:50.

professional development. I think if we can talk about... Deraa two

:12:51.:12:56.

sides. One says there aren't enough teachers. The other says we are

:12:57.:13:03.

meeting quotas. In management there are six new house -- in my area

:13:04.:13:09.

there are six new high schools because there is an increase in

:13:10.:13:14.

school-aged children. If that is replicated throughout England there

:13:15.:13:17.

could be a teacher shortage in key subjects on because the amount of

:13:18.:13:21.

school age children is increasing. So you look at certain subjects like

:13:22.:13:25.

maths, computing and science, there is a definite shortage, but also

:13:26.:13:30.

performance thresholds have an impact. One of the performance

:13:31.:13:39.

thresholds is eBack. So already there a focus on recruiting more of

:13:40.:13:44.

those teachers from certain subjects to make sure performance measures

:13:45.:13:47.

are met. Have you noticed when you are advertising jobs in your school,

:13:48.:13:52.

like the science subjects, but you don't have as many applicants as you

:13:53.:13:56.

used to? Absolutely. What can you do about it? You obviously go for the

:13:57.:14:02.

best that's out there and you've got to make sure that the best out there

:14:03.:14:07.

are supported in the school, that there is internal training. Like I

:14:08.:14:11.

said, it is stressful and you have to make sure that there are no

:14:12.:14:15.

members of staff who are in a position of self-doubt when it gets

:14:16.:14:19.

tough. They have a team around them and you ultimately work with them to

:14:20.:14:24.

get them to a better place and make sure they get out of education what

:14:25.:14:28.

you got out of it, which, like I said before, it's a highly rewarding

:14:29.:14:35.

job. You said lots of teachers will be going into work at half term.

:14:36.:14:40.

Others will say teachers have a nice and easy life and you get predicted

:14:41.:14:47.

breaks. Has it got tougher over the past 10- 20 years? I think if you

:14:48.:14:51.

are doing your job, they won't argue that teaching is a tough profession

:14:52.:14:55.

or more tough than other professions, but there is a big

:14:56.:14:58.

emotional investment in teaching. It has got tougher in the sense that we

:14:59.:15:04.

are working with families, people, a higher proportion of people with

:15:05.:15:08.

socio-economic challenges and health and well-being challenges and

:15:09.:15:11.

generally the solutions from the government are that schools can sort

:15:12.:15:15.

it out. You know what? We probably are the best to sort it out. There's

:15:16.:15:20.

quite a lot of comments coming in from people, some people who are

:15:21.:15:25.

teachers. Vicki says there's too much paperwork instead of

:15:26.:15:29.

concentrating on. Also some pupils can't be taught. Is that fair that

:15:30.:15:33.

there's more paperwork? Comparator when I went to school in

:15:34.:15:49.

the 80s. -- compare it to. There probably is more paperwork. But the

:15:50.:15:54.

system is more advanced. If paperwork means better lessons and

:15:55.:15:57.

reflective feedback where children can look at what they can do and

:15:58.:16:03.

getting support for what they cannot do, there is more administration to

:16:04.:16:09.

it. But I think administration is possibly in the best place it has

:16:10.:16:12.

been since I have known it. Interesting. And so many people are

:16:13.:16:19.

writing into art. One from Nick. He says he discourages his girls from

:16:20.:16:24.

becoming teachers as there is a lack of time and encouragement and change

:16:25.:16:29.

within education. Keep them coming. We will get to them later. Before we

:16:30.:16:36.

get the weather, some pictures. We were talking about being proud of

:16:37.:16:39.

where you are from earlier and we ask you to send in pictures of where

:16:40.:16:44.

you are and what you love. That is because of a vicar from the South

:16:45.:16:51.

Downs making a documentary about his home that he loves. Here are some

:16:52.:16:55.

pictures. That is from Andrea who lives in Scotland by the sea. What a

:16:56.:17:06.

view to wake up to. Beautiful. This is from Richard in Dorset from 12

:17:07.:17:12.

years ago. A teacher from the hills of... I cannot pronounce it. Imagine

:17:13.:17:18.

waking up to this every morning! Well, when the weather is good

:17:19.:17:25.

enough. That is over Retondon in Essex over the fields. And this is

:17:26.:17:30.

my home town. It was sent in by Paul who loves living in Middlesbrough,

:17:31.:17:35.

the famous bridge! Are you sure it was not straight off your phone this

:17:36.:17:42.

morning? One last one from Barry from Northumberland. Early in the

:17:43.:17:47.

morning in the morning mist. Thank you for those. We will show more

:17:48.:17:51.

later. We are talking about where you are proud of. We need to get you

:17:52.:18:03.

a Bristol picture in, don't we? And Carol has a beautiful picture this

:18:04.:18:08.

morning. It is not bad. Central London near Regent Street. Like mild

:18:09.:18:13.

outside. Not everywhere. Colder conditions coming in the far north

:18:14.:18:18.

of Scotland. That will be the trend through this week. Colder than it

:18:19.:18:23.

was. That is not difficult. Yesterday, the top temperature to

:18:24.:18:28.

the west of London was 18 degrees. Wind will be a feature for the next

:18:29.:18:34.

few days. Today, for many of us, staying mild. Temperatures higher

:18:35.:18:38.

than we would expect at this stage in February. Starting the weather

:18:39.:18:42.

forecast in Scotland at nine o'clock. The first signs of rain

:18:43.:18:46.

coming in from the north-west. Much of Scotland has a cloudy start but

:18:47.:18:50.

it is brighter in the east with sunshine. North-west England, a

:18:51.:18:54.

similar story. A cloudy start. North-east England, brighter skies.

:18:55.:18:58.

Does brighter skies continue down the east coast towards The Wash and

:18:59.:19:05.

Norfolk. South of that, a cloudy start. London, damp as well. The

:19:06.:19:11.

south-west, cloudy and damp. A weather front. That extends into

:19:12.:19:15.

Wales. Hill fog, murky conditions generally. At lower levels, patchy

:19:16.:19:19.

fog to watch out for as well. Northern Ireland, a dry start. Still

:19:20.:19:24.

fairly cloudy. Some bright spells as well. Through the course of the day,

:19:25.:19:30.

the across Scotland will have windy conditions will go steadily south.

:19:31.:19:36.

The rain in the south of England will rejuvenate as it goes north and

:19:37.:19:40.

they will meet in Wales, Northern Ireland, and western Scotland, where

:19:41.:19:43.

the heaviest rain will be for a time. It will be windy, especially

:19:44.:19:48.

behind the rain coming out of Scotland. For a time this evening, a

:19:49.:19:52.

limited amount of time where you will have especially windy

:19:53.:19:57.

conditions. The overnight period, rain coming down towards southern

:19:58.:20:01.

England. That is where it will be tomorrow morning. Brightening up

:20:02.:20:05.

behind that with some sunshine and showers in the north. It will be

:20:06.:20:09.

windy tomorrow in the Northern Isles. Southern part of Shetland and

:20:10.:20:14.

Orkney and mainland Scotland. That could be pretty windy. Especially in

:20:15.:20:21.

Peterborough, that kind of area. 70 miles an hour and locally 80 miles

:20:22.:20:25.

an hour. That could lead to some disruption. If you are planning to

:20:26.:20:32.

travel, Jack before you set out. As we go into Thursday, again, some

:20:33.:20:36.

disruption. An area of low pressure coming into Northern Ireland and

:20:37.:20:40.

northern England moving east. That will bring with it heavy rain and

:20:41.:20:44.

snow across central and southern Scotland and also northern England.

:20:45.:20:47.

Not just in the hills. Some will be at lower levels. Strong winds, some

:20:48.:20:55.

will be very atrocious. Watch out for that on Thursday. Back to you.

:20:56.:21:01.

Thank you. The air-conditioning behind you is making it look very

:21:02.:21:09.

windy. And the pigeon and the cranes. Beautiful.

:21:10.:21:12.

Eight years after it was criticised by inspectors for not having enough

:21:13.:21:16.

beds, operating theatres, or trained staff, Birmingham

:21:17.:21:18.

Children's Hospital has become the first of its kind to be

:21:19.:21:20.

The specialist hospital has been praised for turning

:21:21.:21:24.

Our health correspondent, Jane Dreaper, is there

:21:25.:21:26.

Good morning. Good morning. The young patients are just beginning to

:21:27.:21:45.

wake up here in the tenth ward, and arrests surgical ward, where some

:21:46.:21:51.

children will have serious disorders like brain disorders. --A

:21:52.:21:58.

neurosurgical ward. Parents need a lot of support in wards like this.

:21:59.:22:03.

You learn that that is an important part of the work they do here along

:22:04.:22:05.

with saving lives. Connor's just seven months old,

:22:06.:22:06.

and recovering in intensive care Home is 50 miles away,

:22:07.:22:12.

so Connor's older brother, It is a tough time for the whole

:22:13.:22:26.

family, but they are still supported We have nearly lost him so many

:22:27.:22:35.

times from being here. Without them, we would not

:22:36.:22:39.

have a child playing in this bed. We have got him and he is here,

:22:40.:22:45.

though quite poorly. We have faith we will

:22:46.:22:48.

get to take him home. That is the only ask

:22:49.:22:50.

as a parent of a sick child. This is the Play and Admissions

:22:51.:22:54.

Centre, designed to distract young Their caring approach has been

:22:55.:22:57.

impressive for parents. This hospital has come a long way

:22:58.:23:03.

since it was criticised Back then, the report

:23:04.:23:06.

found a shortage of beds, Paying much closer attention

:23:07.:23:10.

to the views of parents and staff, and acting on their ideas,

:23:11.:23:17.

has helped change the culture in Birmingham and encouraged

:23:18.:23:20.

better teamwork. Eight years ago we were in

:23:21.:23:24.

an organisation that certainly was not listening to our staff,

:23:25.:23:31.

that not listening to what young people and families were saying,

:23:32.:23:34.

and it was in a really difficult Through focusing on those areas

:23:35.:23:38.

of patient engagement, we have now gotten to a position

:23:39.:23:44.

where we are "outstanding." Some of the children in outpatients

:23:45.:23:54.

need repeating appointments. I was talking to a doctor a couple

:23:55.:23:58.

of weeks ago and it wasn't scary Is it scary when you come

:23:59.:24:04.

here, or do you feel OK? The emotional support given

:24:05.:24:12.

to bereaved parents has also been And they will now be able

:24:13.:24:16.

to use this new room when they are going

:24:17.:24:21.

through the worst of times. Rachel has helped raise thousands

:24:22.:24:25.

of pounds for this unit after the death of her older

:24:26.:24:30.

daughter, Molly, from kidney cancer. When you're given news like that,

:24:31.:24:32.

you feel you cannot breathe You need to absorb new information

:24:33.:24:36.

that is being told to you. And there wasn't that opportunity

:24:37.:24:43.

within the existing building at Birmingham at that time,

:24:44.:24:46.

just to be ourselves as a family The staff here believe they can

:24:47.:24:49.

improve care even further, but today is a huge moment

:24:50.:24:58.

in showing how this hospital has A quick update on baby Connor from

:24:59.:25:13.

the start of the film, he is showing some signs of progress. Some great

:25:14.:25:16.

news to add to the news from Birmingham Children's Hospital. And

:25:17.:25:22.

here is one of the parents who spent a night on a camp bed on the floor

:25:23.:25:26.

beside his son. Good morning. Good morning. Your son Olly is four years

:25:27.:25:35.

old. He has had a brain tumour and 14 operations in two years. How is

:25:36.:25:41.

he doing? Not too badly, thank you. Some signs of improvement, which is

:25:42.:25:46.

very encouraging a bite and he had his fourth birthday just last week.

:25:47.:25:51.

There are some cards appear. What did the staff do to make that

:25:52.:25:55.

special for you? It was wonderful. We had a small collection. Be

:25:56.:26:01.

brought in some presence and a nice card and Dae-sung happy birthday to

:26:02.:26:07.

him. And you want to get him home safe and well? That is my hope.

:26:08.:26:12.

Hopefully sooner rather than later. Well, hospitals like this just means

:26:13.:26:16.

so much to the parents whose children are in daycare. One mother

:26:17.:26:21.

said to me it is the best of bases in the worst of places because you

:26:22.:26:25.

do not want to have your child here, but they know that they are getting

:26:26.:26:28.

outstanding care. -- places. Back to you. Yes, and happy birthday

:26:29.:26:41.

to him. Best of wishes to everyone there.

:26:42.:26:42.

We are asking the questions that you need to have answered. How do you

:26:43.:26:57.

answer the call of nature when you're on a three-month expedition

:26:58.:27:00.

to the South Pole? Here is the answer. Do your business into the

:27:01.:27:04.

bag and used tissues and it goes on to your book and you dragged out for

:27:05.:27:08.

the rest of the expedition. Carrying it for three months? -- drag that.

:27:09.:27:19.

That is your answer! We'll meet the women preparing to become the first

:27:20.:27:21.

all-female group to walk across Antarctica.

:27:22.:30:40.

This is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Jon Kay.

:30:41.:30:54.

Most areas of England will see hospital services cut or moved under

:30:55.:30:59.

plans to save money and improve efficiency.

:31:00.:31:02.

Analysis by the BBC has also found that about a third of the proposals

:31:03.:31:05.

would see a reduction in the number of hospitals

:31:06.:31:08.

The Government says patients will receive better care

:31:09.:31:12.

The King's Fund gave the plans are cautious welcome but said proper

:31:13.:31:25.

funding has to be in place. Something has to be done. These

:31:26.:31:30.

plans are by no means perfect. We have our concerns about some of the

:31:31.:31:33.

proposals. But the fact that people have come together, they've

:31:34.:31:39.

collaborated around the country and city and said if we work together

:31:40.:31:43.

and think about how we use all of our staff and resources we can

:31:44.:31:44.

deliver better results. The shortage of teachers

:31:45.:31:46.

in England's schools is getting worse, affecting key subjects

:31:47.:31:48.

like physics and maths, The Commons Education Committee says

:31:49.:31:51.

recruitment targets have been missed for five years in a row

:31:52.:31:56.

and there should be more focus on keeping teachers

:31:57.:31:59.

in the profession long-term. The Government says there are more

:32:00.:32:04.

teachers in schools than ever Five people have died

:32:05.:32:06.

in a plane crash in Melbourne. All of those on board the small

:32:07.:32:14.

aircraft were killed when it suffered engine failure and crashed

:32:15.:32:17.

into a shopping centre, which was preparing

:32:18.:32:19.

to open for the day. Four of those killed

:32:20.:32:22.

were US citizens. No one on the ground is thought

:32:23.:32:24.

to have been injured. Here, the Chancellor Philip Hammond

:32:25.:32:29.

has assured Conservative MPs that he's listening to concerns

:32:30.:32:32.

about a business rate revaluation The rates are being updated

:32:33.:32:34.

for the first time in seven years, and will leave more than a quarter

:32:35.:32:39.

of companies facing higher bills. Mr Hammond's facing pressure to do

:32:40.:32:42.

more to help those affected. A heterosexual couple will find out

:32:43.:32:47.

today if they can have a civil Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles

:32:48.:32:50.

Keidan, from London, took their case to the Court

:32:51.:32:54.

of Appeal following a defeat They say it's unfair that only

:32:55.:32:57.

same-sex couples can have a The singer and actor

:32:58.:33:01.

David Cassidy has revealed He made the announcement

:33:02.:33:10.

after he was seen on social media forgotting his words

:33:11.:33:18.

during shows in California David Cassidy, who's 66,

:33:19.:33:20.

rose to fame in the TV series The Partridge Family before

:33:21.:33:24.

becoming a teen idol and recording a string

:33:25.:33:26.

of solo hits in the 1970s. Feeding your children

:33:27.:33:31.

blueberries might just put them A study carried out

:33:32.:33:33.

by the University of Reading found that, during two trials with young

:33:34.:33:37.

people, participants reported feeling better after drinking

:33:38.:33:40.

a wild blueberry-drink, which contained an entire

:33:41.:33:42.

punnet of the fruit. The researchers say they're

:33:43.:33:50.

impressed by the results, but further studies, and many more

:33:51.:33:57.

blueberries, are needed. You wonder if they could have felt

:33:58.:34:06.

better anyway. Can you imagine getting children to

:34:07.:34:10.

drink a glass full of Drew Brees? The parents will be exhausted! --

:34:11.:34:15.

blueberries. You don't have to squeeze them

:34:16.:34:17.

yourself... Carol will have your

:34:18.:34:17.

full weather forecast. We have this crazy miles weather.

:34:18.:34:28.

Will that continue? Does it help the blueberries grow?

:34:29.:34:32.

Good morning. In the FA Cup we had Sutton United

:34:33.:34:41.

plane. You can see the pitch they played on. There was a bit of hope

:34:42.:34:48.

for those looking for an upset, that Arsenal would take some time to get

:34:49.:34:53.

used to it, but the results were almost inevitable when they did get

:34:54.:34:55.

used to it. Sutton United's FA Cup

:34:56.:34:55.

adventure is over. They were beaten 2-0 last night

:34:56.:34:57.

by Arsenal in the last 16 The lowest ranked side left

:34:58.:35:01.

in the Cup did not disgrace themselves against the 12-time

:35:02.:35:06.

winners, but a first half strike from Lucas Perez and Theo Walcott's

:35:07.:35:10.

100th goal in an Arsenal shirt ensured Arsene Wenger's

:35:11.:35:12.

side avoided an upset. But they do have more non-league

:35:13.:35:15.

opposition next in Lincoln City. Let's hear first from the Sutton

:35:16.:35:18.

manager, speaking to our own Dan I think the players

:35:19.:35:21.

have been magnificent. They've given up Sundays

:35:22.:35:23.

to sell the tickets, everyone here is a volunteer,

:35:24.:35:30.

remember that. We're not a League Two club,

:35:31.:35:32.

international league, But Lincoln and Sutton have

:35:33.:35:35.

done our competition You know, go and have your day

:35:36.:35:39.

in the sun, as we've had today. It's one of the best

:35:40.:35:50.

experiences you will ever have. 20 years ago they weren't

:35:51.:35:53.

as fit as they were today. You could expect that they would

:35:54.:35:56.

drop much more physically. They remained absolutely

:35:57.:36:00.

focused, organised, I would say if we were not mentally

:36:01.:36:02.

prepared we would not have Newcastle United have returned

:36:03.:36:07.

to the top of the Championship. They were also 2-0 winners last

:36:08.:36:17.

night over Aston Villa. Yoan Gouffran and this mistake

:36:18.:36:20.

from Henri Lansbury helped Newcastle

:36:21.:36:22.

leapfrog over Brighton Manchester City return

:36:23.:36:23.

to European action tonight, hosting Monaco in the last 16

:36:24.:36:30.

of the Champions League. City reached the semi finals

:36:31.:36:35.

for the first time last season but host a Monaco side currently

:36:36.:36:39.

leading the French first division, They are intelligent,

:36:40.:36:45.

physically strong, they arrived to the box a complete team,

:36:46.:36:47.

so it's the most successful team Looking forward to playing

:36:48.:36:50.

against them, with our level. So just compliment,

:36:51.:37:04.

because they are a really good team. Great Britain Badminton says

:37:05.:37:08.

it is "staggered" at the decision not to award them any funding

:37:09.:37:11.

during the next Olympic cycle. Despite meeting its target

:37:12.:37:14.

in winning a bronze medal in Rio, Badminton, along with six other

:37:15.:37:17.

sports including fencing, archery and wheelchair rugby,

:37:18.:37:19.

lost their appeals against a cut in funding from UK Sport,

:37:20.:37:22.

the organisation which allocates We just can't reach those sports

:37:23.:37:24.

that have got limited medal potential with, yes,

:37:25.:37:31.

a medal possibility. We do believe badminton

:37:32.:37:33.

and wheelchair rugby and other sports have got medal potential,

:37:34.:37:37.

but it's not strong enough for it to be high on the table

:37:38.:37:41.

and we've run out of resources to be able

:37:42.:37:44.

to reach that far. Possible, probably, whatever word

:37:45.:37:50.

you would like to call it, then I think you should have th

:37:51.:37:53.

right toat fund that sport. We've got players in the top ten

:37:54.:37:56.

of the world and to say that that's OK, they aren't number one

:37:57.:38:01.

in the world, but I wasn't number one in the world when I won my

:38:02.:38:06.

medal, I was only an outside chance. We owe it to a sport

:38:07.:38:10.

to be able to do that. The decision by Muirfield to hold

:38:11.:38:16.

another vote on allowing female members has pleased the head

:38:17.:38:19.

of golf's ruling authority, Muirfield was dropped

:38:20.:38:21.

as an Open Championship venue after members voted against altering

:38:22.:38:25.

their male only membership policy. Martin Slumbers wants a positive

:38:26.:38:29.

outcome to help grow the game I do believe that if we are going

:38:30.:38:32.

to grow participation in the game, family golf is at the heart

:38:33.:38:39.

of that strategy. I still believe that getting more

:38:40.:38:42.

women as members of golf clubs, more women bringing children

:38:43.:38:45.

to play, clubs creating opportunities for young people

:38:46.:38:47.

to play, or even new facilities for children to learn to play,

:38:48.:38:50.

that's what's important Great Britain's next Davis Cup tie

:38:51.:38:53.

against France will be held on clay. That's not their best surface,

:38:54.:39:15.

although they did win the Davis Cup in 2015 on that surface.

:39:16.:39:21.

Interesting. Hopefully it will bring them the same luck.

:39:22.:39:25.

For many parents, formula milk is a convenient or necessary

:39:26.:39:28.

But one MP is calling for a change to the way these

:39:29.:39:33.

And here on the sofa is blogger and mum-of-two Becky Sappor,

:39:34.:39:45.

Alison, what are you think is the issue with the way formula milk is

:39:46.:39:59.

marketed? At the moment it is marketed very aggressively on

:40:00.:40:05.

television, magazines, through apps and websites and that's not giving

:40:06.:40:10.

impartial advice that parents need. You think that... Why is it a

:40:11.:40:17.

problem? When you say it isn't giving them the information it

:40:18.:40:20.

needs, what are they missing? At the moment there is no impartial advice

:40:21.:40:24.

that is given to parents, that parents can rely upon. Increasingly

:40:25.:40:32.

they are relying on marketing and information from the formula

:40:33.:40:37.

companies themselves. Health professionals are then advising

:40:38.:40:40.

parents. I think there's a role for a body that oversees those things

:40:41.:40:47.

and will regularly look at the information and make sure it is

:40:48.:40:50.

correct. So this isn't about rest feeding versus bottle feeding?

:40:51.:40:54.

Absolutely not. I appreciate parents will sometimes choose formula milk

:40:55.:40:59.

for a variety of reasons, we just want to make sure the information

:41:00.:41:04.

they get is right. Good morning to you two. Tell us about your

:41:05.:41:10.

experience and whether you had enough information and impartial

:41:11.:41:16.

advice available. I think when I made the decision to formula feed my

:41:17.:41:21.

first son there is very limited resource out there and I think when

:41:22.:41:26.

there is a small amount of readily available information for parents

:41:27.:41:33.

you can be led by advertising. You think you were led? I don't

:41:34.:41:37.

personally think I was, I did as much research as I could, but I do

:41:38.:41:43.

agree that that information isn't necessarily readily available and if

:41:44.:41:49.

that information is misleading in any way it needs to be fixed.

:41:50.:41:54.

My only concern is that we have to be so careful in the way we go about

:41:55.:42:01.

fixing that, so as not to create a stigma with formula-fed babies and

:42:02.:42:07.

so on. Obviously one of the precious as well, there are so many things

:42:08.:42:12.

when you are mum to think about and there's a certain stigma about if

:42:13.:42:18.

you're not breast-feeding. When I wrote my article about bottle

:42:19.:42:23.

feeding my first child, the response as you can imagine was completely

:42:24.:42:27.

buried. There were women who completely understood where I was

:42:28.:42:32.

coming from and there were women who thought I was a complete failure for

:42:33.:42:36.

not trying, so there is already a stigma attached to those parents who

:42:37.:42:40.

do for defeat, whether that's through choice or circumstance, and

:42:41.:42:44.

we have to be so careful in the way we go about this whole thing, so as

:42:45.:42:48.

not to encourage that stigma and not to alienate these parents that make

:42:49.:42:53.

that choice. Going back to Alison. On that subject of stigmatising, one

:42:54.:42:57.

of the things you are talking about is plain packaging, to remove the

:42:58.:43:01.

marketing and advertising from the packaging of baby formula milk.

:43:02.:43:06.

Doesn't that stigmatise? Is about treating it like cigarettes or

:43:07.:43:10.

almost like a crime, something to be embarrassed about? Absolutely not.

:43:11.:43:15.

That's not my intention that. At the moment if you look on a supermarket

:43:16.:43:19.

shelf you will see the formula on the shelf and there is a

:43:20.:43:24.

progression, they will be numbered from one to four. The intention is

:43:25.:43:29.

to instil in the minds of parents that when you finish with one you

:43:30.:43:33.

move onto the next, but the reality is you only really need that formula

:43:34.:43:37.

which is suitable for babies up to one year. Things like toddler milk,

:43:38.:43:42.

they aren't really necessary and they are being used as a way to get

:43:43.:43:50.

around regulations because the first milks can be advertised, whereas the

:43:51.:43:55.

others can't. We look similar, they look like Konica products. If you

:43:56.:43:59.

start removing information from packaging, don't you then take away

:44:00.:44:03.

the information which is exactly what you say you want parents to

:44:04.:44:06.

have? You want them to have that information? I am not saying you

:44:07.:44:11.

remove the information, absolutely not, I would like to see more

:44:12.:44:15.

information on the packaging. The things I am trying to tackle are the

:44:16.:44:26.

images on the packets as well. Images of crowns and shields and

:44:27.:44:31.

teddy bears, idealised images that make the packages look attractive.

:44:32.:44:34.

Because if you are standing there looking at a shelf a lot of

:44:35.:44:40.

parents... I spoke to over 300 people and many felt they were being

:44:41.:44:46.

led by the marketing and that's not good enough. And overseas industry

:44:47.:44:52.

says the law is already very strict and formula is amongst the strict

:44:53.:44:55.

the regulated of all foods and they are fairly critical of the

:44:56.:45:00.

proposals. It is true that there is a lot of regulation around formula

:45:01.:45:04.

and at the moment a lot of this is self-regulation by the industry

:45:05.:45:08.

complying with these rules. There is no independent verification and

:45:09.:45:13.

testing of the contents of formula. So it's a very cutthroat is this,

:45:14.:45:19.

and they want to attract parents to choose their brands. So you will see

:45:20.:45:26.

them say it has a certain amount of iron, or antibiotics. But there's no

:45:27.:45:31.

real reason why those need to be there. They haven't been verified

:45:32.:45:38.

and tested. If we tested those claims we would see if those things

:45:39.:45:42.

were necessary. Or are they just a marketing gimmick for parents?

:45:43.:45:48.

The official government advice is rest feed for the first six months

:45:49.:45:59.

if that is possible. -- breastfeed. Has that been made clear? Very

:46:00.:46:04.

clear. From advertising that is the message I have taken away for. It

:46:05.:46:09.

has been made plainly obvious that the breast is nutritionally best. I

:46:10.:46:17.

agree this misinformation needs to not be there. If we were to

:46:18.:46:21.

physically remove that choice for parents, it is only going to sort of

:46:22.:46:27.

embrace that stigma and allow it to continue. We have to be careful

:46:28.:46:31.

about the way we go about doing this and getting the right information to

:46:32.:46:40.

parents, that s my only fear. Thank all of you for that. Do we get a

:46:41.:46:54.

smile from him? No, only withering looks. And now for the weather. Good

:46:55.:47:01.

morning, Carol. This morning it is still mild. Yesterday to the north

:47:02.:47:08.

of London the temperature reached 8.3 Celsius. That is not a February

:47:09.:47:14.

record, but pretty good for February. Over the next few days,

:47:15.:47:18.

temperatures will continue to go down. For some of us, that will

:47:19.:47:22.

happen today, and it will be windy. It is still mild, but not everywhere

:47:23.:47:26.

today. The forecast starting at nine o'clock in Scotland. Rain in

:47:27.:47:34.

north-west Scotland with winds. And it will be cloudy with the brightest

:47:35.:47:38.

skies in the east. North-west England, a cloudy start. North-east

:47:39.:47:43.

England, sunshine. That goes down towards The Wash and parts of

:47:44.:47:46.

Norfolk. The rest of East Anglia and Kent and the Midlands and southern

:47:47.:47:51.

counties, eight weak weather front. --A. That is creating cloud, murky

:47:52.:47:57.

conditions, damp conditions with patchy rain, and it extends into

:47:58.:48:02.

Wales as well. Hill fog and patchy low-level fog as well. Northern

:48:03.:48:07.

Ireland. A dry start. A lot of cloud. Brighter breaks. It will not

:48:08.:48:13.

last. Take your umbrella. You will need it later. The rainy north-west

:48:14.:48:17.

Scotland and the gusty winds go south through the day. Meanwhile,

:48:18.:48:22.

the rain in southern England rejuvenates and will turn around and

:48:23.:48:28.

go north. The rain will be heaviest in Wales, Northern Ireland, and

:48:29.:48:31.

western Scotland. Some eastern areas will stay dry, but it will cloud

:48:32.:48:37.

over before the rain arrives later. Overnight, as the rain clears

:48:38.:48:40.

Northern Ireland and Scotland, windy around it, especially for a short

:48:41.:48:44.

time in the north of England. Then the rain continues its journey

:48:45.:48:49.

southwards. Behind that, under Keira skies, cold, cold enough for snow on

:48:50.:48:54.

the Scottish hills and mountains. -- clearer. Still mild further south.

:48:55.:49:00.

We start for the south with a lot of cloud and also that patchy rain.

:49:01.:49:03.

Increasingly through the day, brightening up. Brightening up into

:49:04.:49:06.

northern England. Extending south through the day. But for north-east

:49:07.:49:12.

Scotland, the Northern Isles, the far north of mainland Scotland, and

:49:13.:49:16.

perhaps Aberdeen show, gusty winds, 70 miles an hour. Locally, 80 miles

:49:17.:49:24.

an hour. -- Aberdeenshire. Thursday, an area of low pressure coming in.

:49:25.:49:28.

Northern Ireland and northern England, the North Sea, it will have

:49:29.:49:34.

heavy rain, snow in central and southern Scotland and northern

:49:35.:49:39.

England. Not just in the hills. It will be accompanied by very strong

:49:40.:49:45.

winds. Atrocious cover conditions. Stay in touch with the network to

:49:46.:49:54.

get more information on that. -- driving conditions. And you do not

:49:55.:49:59.

use the word atrocious lightly. Thank you so much for that.

:50:00.:50:01.

It's half-term in lots of places around the UK this week,

:50:02.:50:04.

and lots of nanas and granddads will be stepping up to take

:50:05.:50:07.

But new figures out this morning suggest grandparents are saving

:50:08.:50:11.

families around ?16 billion a year in childcare costs.

:50:12.:50:13.

That is not a surprise, isn't it? Good morning. Many families are

:50:14.:50:22.

grateful their grandparents around this week. Good morning.

:50:23.:50:25.

Grandparents have always played a big role in the upbringing of their

:50:26.:50:29.

grandchildren. But the rising cost of childcare

:50:30.:50:31.

means that role is becoming crucial According to the insurance company,

:50:32.:50:34.

Ageas, grandparents are spending about eight hours a week looking

:50:35.:50:38.

after their grandchildren. And that's saving families

:50:39.:50:41.

on average around ?2,000 a year We spoke to a few families to see

:50:42.:50:43.

how much they relied In the big school holidays, my mum

:50:44.:50:57.

comes to help. That saves money. But sometimes we just need to take time

:50:58.:51:05.

off. But I know people who need grandparents to do that. Happy days

:51:06.:51:10.

when you get time off for school. Happy times. But many families are

:51:11.:51:15.

dependent on grandparents to help out with childcare. Yeah. I am very

:51:16.:51:22.

lucky because I have grandparents to help and take care of her. But in

:51:23.:51:27.

circumstances they cannot, it leaves me stuck with work, and I absolutely

:51:28.:51:31.

cannot afford to pay for childcare at the moment.

:51:32.:51:32.

Megan Jarvie is Head of Policy at the Family and Childcare Trust.

:51:33.:51:35.

Good morning. Is it all about childcare and cost saving? That is

:51:36.:51:42.

part of the picture. Many families struggle to pay for childcare. Many

:51:43.:51:47.

cannot find it in their local area. That is why grandparents step in. It

:51:48.:51:52.

will be a positive choice for many families. Many parents will only

:51:53.:51:55.

want their own parents looking after their children. What we are worried

:51:56.:52:01.

about is when it is the only choice and there are no options. And some

:52:02.:52:04.

families do not have grandparents living nearby or who are working and

:52:05.:52:08.

cannot help out. Where will the whole be filled and where will the

:52:09.:52:15.

help come from and the money? -- hole be filled. The government is

:52:16.:52:19.

helping to boost outcomes for children and unable parents to go to

:52:20.:52:26.

work. We need that to be a strategy that makes sure every parent is

:52:27.:52:31.

better off working so they can pay for childcare and it is of high

:52:32.:52:35.

enough quality to boost children's learning. Grandparents helping out

:52:36.:52:42.

with grandchildren, that goes back, you know, to the beginning of time.

:52:43.:52:47.

Should we be worrying about this? For some families, it will be

:52:48.:52:51.

exactly what they want to do. Exactly what they choose. But we

:52:52.:52:55.

need to make sure they have the choice, whether they choose to go to

:52:56.:52:59.

grandparents, or have a childminder or a nursery. In most settings, they

:53:00.:53:05.

are professionals who are helping children to learn and boost

:53:06.:53:08.

learning. That can be a positive choice. It can be a good change for

:53:09.:53:12.

working grandparents coming in in the next year or so. You might be

:53:13.:53:20.

able to get grandparental leave, where it will be shared among

:53:21.:53:25.

parents and grandparents. The great thing about grandparental leave is

:53:26.:53:30.

that it allows grandmothers and grandfathers to share that and it

:53:31.:53:37.

rakes that idea of it being a female thing. -- breaks. We need to free up

:53:38.:53:46.

men to have the joy of helping to raise a child. Thank you. We should

:53:47.:53:51.

have more information on that soon. Now there is working and there is

:53:52.:53:54.

"working." A former teacher, a doctor,

:53:55.:53:57.

and a marketing manager are amongst a team of British soldiers hoping

:53:58.:54:00.

to become the first all-female group They'll have to endure temperatures

:54:01.:54:04.

of -40 and walk for up to nine hours a day carrying more than their own

:54:05.:54:09.

body weight in supplies. Our reporter, Phil Mackie,

:54:10.:54:12.

donned his skiis and joined them in Norway, where they're training

:54:13.:54:14.

for their 80-day challenge. The Ice Maiden team is heading out

:54:15.:54:17.

across a frozen Norwegian lake at the start of its final

:54:18.:54:23.

training exercise. In September, these soldiers

:54:24.:54:25.

will begin an historic journey, hoping they will now succeed

:54:26.:54:27.

and inspire a generation of women. It's not just about five women

:54:28.:54:38.

crossing the Antarctic, it's about encouraging women

:54:39.:54:47.

everywhere from across the military but also in civilian life to get out

:54:48.:54:50.

there and realise there is no ceiling and you can

:54:51.:54:54.

achieve anything. I think we can inspire

:54:55.:54:55.

someone to get out there Their home will be

:54:56.:54:58.

a small tent. It will be a bedroom,

:54:59.:55:07.

living room, and kitchen, There are doctors, a former teacher,

:55:08.:55:10.

and an electrical technician I'm just a normal person

:55:11.:55:18.

from Newcastle and I have just come And if you want it and work

:55:19.:55:22.

for it you can just do it. They will leave their families

:55:23.:55:32.

and partners behind to spend nearly There's important research

:55:33.:55:35.

being done as well. No-one really knows what it

:55:36.:55:39.

would take to support and sustain an all-female team

:55:40.:55:42.

on a journey like this. It is about the composition

:55:43.:55:46.

of the rations, carbohydrates, protein, and trying to figure out

:55:47.:55:49.

how we can manipulate that, And also for a group of women whose

:55:50.:55:52.

nutritional needs are different to men, there has been very

:55:53.:55:56.

little research done So, I haven't got

:55:57.:55:58.

an awful lot to go on. There are other more

:55:59.:56:12.

personal considerations, especially when they need

:56:13.:56:14.

to answer the call of nature. We have individual pee funnels,

:56:15.:56:17.

and that is straightforward. We can squat behind a little wall

:56:18.:56:19.

without trousers down Then you can drag that rubbish

:56:20.:56:22.

for the rest of the journey. One of the hardest things will be

:56:23.:56:34.

maintaining morale as each hard day They have just been

:56:35.:56:37.

for a two-hour march. They are going to have to do nine

:56:38.:56:45.

hours a day in the Antarctic, carrying everything

:56:46.:56:48.

they need along with them. It is going to be very, very tough,

:56:49.:56:50.

which is why they need to practise Two will be reserves,

:56:51.:56:54.

as only five can cross the Antarctic, where they hope

:56:55.:57:00.

to break the ice ceiling, putting them alongside explorers

:57:01.:57:02.

like Scott and others. God, that is incredible, what they

:57:03.:57:19.

have to do. The winter here has been put into perspective. Now for the

:57:20.:00:44.

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Jon Kay.

:00:45.:00:47.

Cuts to hospital services are planned in most areas of England.

:00:48.:00:50.

A BBC investigation into 44 local plans reveals hospital

:00:51.:00:53.

The Government says it wants to give patients better

:00:54.:00:58.

Good morning, it's Tuesday, the 21st of February.

:00:59.:01:17.

The growing teacher supply crisis in our classrooms -

:01:18.:01:22.

a report by MPs says urgent action is needed to reduce the numbers

:01:23.:01:25.

We have every faith that we will get to take him home, that is the only

:01:26.:01:40.

ask as a parent of a sick child. The specialist children's hospital

:01:41.:01:43.

that's one of a kind. The care is outstanding -

:01:44.:01:45.

and we'll be live there later. Profits at Britain's biggest bank,

:01:46.:01:48.

HSBC, fell by more than 60% last year as growth slowed both

:01:49.:01:51.

here and abroad. I'll have all the details

:01:52.:01:55.

in a couple of minutes. In sport, Sutton United couldn't

:01:56.:01:58.

pull off one of the biggest Theo Walcott scored his 100th goal

:01:59.:02:12.

for Arsenal as they beat the non-league side 2-0.

:02:13.:02:19.

# I'm only human, after all. He may only be human,

:02:20.:02:22.

but Rag'n'Bone Man has a record breaking debut album and he's

:02:23.:02:24.

already picked up a Brit Award. And our award-winning weather

:02:25.:02:36.

presenter Carol has more. Good morning, a fairly cloudy start

:02:37.:02:41.

to date, murky in the West with Hill fog. For southern areas, there is a

:02:42.:02:47.

weak weather fronts which will move northwards, producing heavy rain and

:02:48.:02:52.

joint force with -- forces with another weather fronts coming from

:02:53.:02:53.

Scotland southwards. Most areas of England will see

:02:54.:02:55.

hospital services cut or moved under plans to save money

:02:56.:03:00.

and improve efficiency. Analysis by the BBC has also found

:03:01.:03:02.

that about a third of the proposals would see a reduction in the number

:03:03.:03:05.

of hospitals offering The Government says patients

:03:06.:03:08.

will receive better Our health reporter

:03:09.:03:12.

Sophie Hutchinson has the details. Protests outside Horton Hospital

:03:13.:03:19.

in Oxfordshire just a few months ago where there are concerns about bed

:03:20.:03:22.

closures and cuts to Right across England

:03:23.:03:24.

proposals for big changes The BBC has analysed 44

:03:25.:03:31.

of the transformation Two thirds include either hospital

:03:32.:03:36.

closures or moving treatments More than a third involve cuts

:03:37.:03:42.

to the number of hospitals providing non-emergency treatments and around

:03:43.:03:48.

one third plan to reduce the number of hospitals

:03:49.:03:51.

offering emergency care. Proposed closures to hospital beds

:03:52.:03:57.

have been heavily criticised More generally, though,

:03:58.:04:00.

it says the plans are the best hope of delivering essential reforms

:04:01.:04:05.

to the NHS, but it says it can't be The Government has provided more

:04:06.:04:20.

funding for the NHS, that is very much to be welcomed. But most of

:04:21.:04:24.

that is going into cutting the deficit in hospitals that we heard

:04:25.:04:29.

about yesterday. It leaves very little left over for the new, better

:04:30.:04:31.

services in the community. The Department of Health says it's

:04:32.:04:35.

confident the NHS plans will help patients get better care,

:04:36.:04:38.

with improvements to mental health and cancer services

:04:39.:04:39.

and more access to GPs. The shortage of teachers in schools

:04:40.:04:43.

in England is getting worse - affecting key subjects like physics

:04:44.:04:46.

and maths - according The Commons Education Committee says

:04:47.:04:48.

recruitment targets have been missed for five years in a row,

:04:49.:04:54.

and there should be more focus on keeping teachers

:04:55.:04:56.

in the profession long-term. The actual sums are

:04:57.:04:58.

adding and taking... Maths class for these

:04:59.:05:05.

children with Mr Walton. But professionals like him

:05:06.:05:09.

are increasingly hard to come by, that's according to a group of MPs,

:05:10.:05:13.

who say school teacher shortages I'm into my fourth

:05:14.:05:15.

year of teaching now. I think that's mainly due

:05:16.:05:22.

to workload and pressure The Education Select Committee

:05:23.:05:26.

is calling for a long-term plan to recruit more teachers

:05:27.:05:31.

and a bigger emphasis to be placed on retaining them,

:05:32.:05:33.

warning many are leaving. Reasons include a lack

:05:34.:05:39.

of job satisfaction, Research has found teachers

:05:40.:05:40.

in England work nearly 20% more than they do in other similar

:05:41.:05:47.

countries, an average 20 of those are spent

:05:48.:05:50.

here in the classroom teaching. MPs say secondary schools

:05:51.:05:58.

are hardest hit in subjects What we've got to get

:05:59.:06:01.

across is just how important teachers are to our society

:06:02.:06:07.

and to our economy. They need to feel valued,

:06:08.:06:11.

they need to feel trusted. The Department for Education says

:06:12.:06:14.

it is investing in teacher recruitment and development to make

:06:15.:06:16.

sure the best in the We've been getting a lot

:06:17.:06:18.

of your comments on this Lots of teachers getting into touch.

:06:19.:06:36.

One says teaching is an incredibly hard job, but very rewarding. She

:06:37.:06:41.

says she regularly works over 70 hour weeks and drink the holidays as

:06:42.:06:45.

well, that is one of the myths the told us, that teachers get loads of

:06:46.:06:49.

holidays, when lots of them work in that time.

:06:50.:06:52.

The head teacher we spoke to earlier said he to retain staff and keep

:06:53.:06:58.

people teaching, one teacher got in touch saying it is all very well

:06:59.:07:01.

talking to head teachers, there are rewards but you need to talk about

:07:02.:07:05.

the picture of workload, pressure and pay. I appreciate you don't want

:07:06.:07:09.

to scare off potential new recruits but we need to be honest if the

:07:10.:07:12.

teaching situation will ever improve.

:07:13.:07:15.

One of the big pressures as the paperwork, Gill says lead teachers

:07:16.:07:19.

be teachers, stop giving them more and more data to crunch and start

:07:20.:07:32.

bringing back respect in schools. If the upper echelons don't respect the

:07:33.:07:34.

teachers, why will the students? Lots of sarcastic people say that I

:07:35.:07:37.

hope those teachers complaining are enjoying their half term break. Join

:07:38.:07:39.

in on that debate on our Facebook page.

:07:40.:07:41.

Five people have been killed after a light plane crashed

:07:42.:07:43.

into a shopping centre in the Australian city of Melbourne.

:07:44.:07:45.

All of those on board were killed when it suffered engine failure and

:07:46.:07:52.

crashed into a shopping centre. Four of those killed were US citizens. No

:07:53.:07:58.

one in the ground is thought to have been injured.

:07:59.:08:00.

Which is unbelievable, looking at those pictures.

:08:01.:08:03.

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has assured Conservative MPs that he's

:08:04.:08:05.

listening to concerns about a business rate revaluation

:08:06.:08:07.

in England and Wales, which will leave more than a quarter

:08:08.:08:10.

The rates are being updated for the first time in seven years,

:08:11.:08:14.

and Mr Hammond's facing pressure to do more to help those affected.

:08:15.:08:19.

Let's speak to our political correspondent Tom Bateman.

:08:20.:08:23.

He is life in Westminster. He has been looking into this for us. It

:08:24.:08:30.

seems that the political pressure over business rates increases every

:08:31.:08:33.

day at the moment ahead of the Budget? I think it is. Some of those

:08:34.:08:39.

accounts of businesses, shop owners and others, small businesses in

:08:40.:08:44.

particular, worried about rate increases, I think that is fuelling

:08:45.:08:48.

some of the pressure on the Government at the moment, because

:08:49.:08:52.

Conservative MPs had a private meeting with Chancellor Philip

:08:53.:08:56.

Hammond in Parliament last night. I think there was quite a change of

:08:57.:08:59.

tone from the Government because just yesterday we heard about her

:09:00.:09:03.

ministers had written to MPs, talking about all of this as being a

:09:04.:09:06.

campaign of distortions and half-truths. Last night Philip

:09:07.:09:12.

Hammond, with quite a different tone from some colleagues, said he was in

:09:13.:09:16.

listening mode, prepared to hear about some of the issues, some of

:09:17.:09:22.

the most hard-pressed were facing. Crucially no word on any

:09:23.:09:25.

concessions. The Government for its part says this is the biggest cut in

:09:26.:09:29.

business rates it has ever put forward. And more businesses will

:09:30.:09:34.

face reductions than increases. Thank you, Tom.

:09:35.:09:38.

A heterosexual couple will find out today if they can have a civil

:09:39.:09:41.

Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan from London took their case

:09:42.:09:45.

to the Court of Appeal following a defeat at

:09:46.:09:47.

They say it's unfair that only same-sex couples can

:09:48.:09:51.

A man in New York has had an extremely lucky escape

:09:52.:10:04.

while doing his weekly shop at a mini-mart in the Bronx.

:10:05.:10:06.

We have some astonishing pictures. Look at what happened.

:10:07.:10:10.

Caught on CCTV, he is about to pay for his groceries when he realises

:10:11.:10:14.

Look in the window behind. That is unbelievable. As you can see from

:10:15.:10:27.

another angle, he is protected by the two shelves. But first one was

:10:28.:10:30.

like a barrier. He manages to get out unharmed. Both that man and the

:10:31.:10:37.

driver went to hospital but we understand that neither had a

:10:38.:10:40.

serious injury, which is unbelievable. You are going in for a

:10:41.:10:44.

couple of bits and bobs that happens.

:10:45.:10:46.

You are part of the story all over the world.

:10:47.:10:47.

Good point. "The more we talk about cancer,

:10:48.:10:51.

the better it is for all concerned". The words of Steve Hewlett,

:10:52.:10:54.

the broadcaster and journalist, Diagnosed with cancer

:10:55.:10:56.

of the oesophagus last March, Steve shared his story in a series

:10:57.:11:03.

of frank and moving In a moment we'll speak

:11:04.:11:06.

to a clinical psychologist who helps But first let's hear some of Steve's

:11:07.:11:15.

thoughts as told to both Radio 4 and to this programme

:11:16.:11:21.

during our Shine a Light I've got cancer, can of the

:11:22.:11:38.

oesophagus. It was discovered back in the very beginning of March.

:11:39.:11:45.

My body has become a battle ground. I am the unfortunate host of it. I

:11:46.:11:50.

don't even feel that the cancer is my enemy, I haven't given it a name

:11:51.:11:54.

or anything and not -- and I don't think of it like that, I don't see

:11:55.:11:59.

it in my dreams as an evil presence. It didn't feel like a big decision

:12:00.:12:03.

to me to talk about it, it felt obvious, in a way. Go people are

:12:04.:12:09.

surprised, they expect men to be" talk about it and I suspect both

:12:10.:12:13.

fathers would have done exactly that, I my dad would have.

:12:14.:12:19.

Those are very, very, very emotional moment that occur

:12:20.:12:22.

when you're trying to tell the children, when you're

:12:23.:12:24.

trying to tell the family, when you're trying to tell other

:12:25.:12:26.

Telling them is really hard, because you feel as if you're

:12:27.:12:30.

burdening them with this dreadful news that they don't need.

:12:31.:12:32.

Actually, of course, the truth is they do need it.

:12:33.:12:36.

You know what they mean to you, what you don't know

:12:37.:12:38.

So I think talking about it has helped.

:12:39.:12:42.

And I think, more broadly, I think I'm beginning to get

:12:43.:12:46.

the sense that it's helping quite a lot of people.

:12:47.:12:56.

Steven Hewitt. With this now is Robin Muir, a clinical psychologist

:12:57.:13:06.

at the Maggie's Respite Centre in Manchester. You met Steve when we

:13:07.:13:11.

broadcast from Maggie's. It is one thing talking about cancer to your

:13:12.:13:14.

friends and family but a whole other thing to talk about it to the

:13:15.:13:18.

nation, it is so personal that so important to do something like that?

:13:19.:13:24.

I think what Steve did was fantastic, giving people almost a

:13:25.:13:27.

role model to how people can talk about is that -- cancer, it is not

:13:28.:13:33.

something we had to be afraid of, we can open up conversations and

:13:34.:13:36.

dialogues about cancer and how people feel about it and the effect

:13:37.:13:41.

it has on them. He was a journalist, a storyteller throughout his career,

:13:42.:13:44.

but he did not talk like a journalist when telling this story,

:13:45.:13:49.

it was him as a man. An individual story. He spoke like a human and

:13:50.:13:54.

told his story. I think Steve shows is the value of talking and telling

:13:55.:13:58.

our stories around cancer, but also the value of being listened to,

:13:59.:14:03.

having an audience to listen to your story, whether that is Radio 4 or

:14:04.:14:07.

your partner and friends, there is an incredible value to being herds

:14:08.:14:13.

in that way. Why do you think people find it so hard to talk about it? It

:14:14.:14:18.

is a lot more, now, every day we hear about people who have it, it

:14:19.:14:23.

has touched most people's lives? It is something that can affect us all,

:14:24.:14:27.

it is something that we are perhaps on some level afraid of. So when we

:14:28.:14:33.

hear that somebody we know have cancer it reminds us of our own

:14:34.:14:37.

vulnerability, perhaps when somebody like Steve, who has a very

:14:38.:14:43.

successful career, a partner to somebody, a father, when he is

:14:44.:14:46.

diagnosed with cancer, perhaps it is the vulnerability that we see in

:14:47.:14:50.

somebody when they are diagnosed and treated that scares us as well, it

:14:51.:14:55.

can make it difficult for us to talk about what's cancer is and how it

:14:56.:14:58.

can affect us. The fact he was a bloke as well, men

:14:59.:15:03.

are notoriously... We know from statistics, not good at going to the

:15:04.:15:08.

doctor, talking about cancer or any other health problems? Definitely,

:15:09.:15:16.

some of our role models as men, how we aspire to be powerful, strong and

:15:17.:15:19.

other ideas, it can sometimes hold us back and make is more vulnerable

:15:20.:15:21.

than we are diagnosed with an illness, we find it difficult to

:15:22.:15:26.

seek support and open up difficult conversations, it makes it harder

:15:27.:15:29.

for others to hear the stories that men have when men become vulnerable.

:15:30.:15:34.

When you're talking to people and how to deal with it. What advice do

:15:35.:15:40.

you give to people who are struggling to talk to their family

:15:41.:15:44.

and friends about it? Try and be as open and honest as possible. Often

:15:45.:15:48.

people who are listening to somebody who is affected by cancer worry

:15:49.:15:51.

about what they need to say to make things better for that person, but

:15:52.:15:54.

often in my experience, it's perhaps not what you say, but it is how you

:15:55.:15:58.

listen which is most important. That it's the value of using your ears,

:15:59.:16:02.

and simply giving somebody that space to talk about it. So not

:16:03.:16:07.

necessarily come back with advice and things, it is more taking it on

:16:08.:16:11.

board? Sometimes we hear advice, people say all you need to do is to

:16:12.:16:15.

be positive. That's a hard thing to do all the time and often that's

:16:16.:16:18.

received badly by people with cancer. So often to try and give

:16:19.:16:26.

that space and in a non-judgemental way is the best thing to do. Where I

:16:27.:16:30.

work, it's something we try to offer. A place that people can come

:16:31.:16:33.

and tell their story. Robin, thank you very much indeed.

:16:34.:16:41.

It's 8.17am. Let's find out what's happening with the weather. It has

:16:42.:16:46.

been unusually mild. Yes, yesterday we had a temperature

:16:47.:16:56.

of 18 Celsius, it is not a February record, but it is a high temperature

:16:57.:17:01.

for February. This morning, it is mild across many parts of the

:17:02.:17:04.

country. We are looking at temperatures ten or 11 Celsius.

:17:05.:17:07.

That's not everywhere either because across parts of north-east Scotland

:17:08.:17:10.

and noEntion gland the temperature is one to six Celsius at the moment.

:17:11.:17:15.

By 9am, we'll have rain coming in across north-west Scotland. It will

:17:16.:17:19.

be cloudy except for in the east across north-west England you've got

:17:20.:17:22.

a cloudy start, but north-east England, you've got something

:17:23.:17:25.

brighter and colder. As we drift down the East Coast towards the Wash

:17:26.:17:30.

and north for folk, we're in sunshine. But for the rest of East

:17:31.:17:35.

Anglia and Kent and Midlands and heading across southern counties

:17:36.:17:37.

into Wales we have a weather front and that weather front is producing

:17:38.:17:42.

a lot of cloud and splashes of rain, and also murky conditions

:17:43.:17:45.

particularly in the south-west and Wales where we've got some hill fog

:17:46.:17:49.

and some patchy low level fog as wellment but for Northern Ireland,

:17:50.:17:53.

you've got a dry start. Quite a bit of cloud, but there are going to be

:17:54.:17:56.

brighter breaks. If you're setting out, take your brolly as you'll need

:17:57.:18:00.

it later on. What is happening the rain and the stronger winds across

:18:01.:18:03.

north-west Scotland will come south across all of Scotland and into

:18:04.:18:05.

Northern Ireland and Northern England. Meanwhile, the patchy rain

:18:06.:18:11.

in the south of England, it is a weather front, will pivot and come

:18:12.:18:15.

back northwards. There will be heavy rain across Wales and Northern

:18:16.:18:18.

Ireland and Western Scotland in particular. But you can see where

:18:19.:18:22.

else, we're looking at rain. Through this evening, what you'll find is

:18:23.:18:26.

the rain will continue to push steadily southwards getting down

:18:27.:18:29.

towards Southern England with a lot of cloud behind it. It will be windy

:18:30.:18:33.

across Northern England this evening for a time. In the colder

:18:34.:18:36.

conditions, overnight across Scotland, it will be cold enough for

:18:37.:18:40.

snow in some of the mountains. So we start tomorrow with that scenario.

:18:41.:18:43.

In the south, we've got the cloud and the rain. That continues to push

:18:44.:18:47.

southwards so brightening up all the time behind it across Northern

:18:48.:18:50.

England, North Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, but in Scotland,

:18:51.:18:54.

we will have some showers and it will be very windy across southern

:18:55.:18:58.

parts of Shetland, Orkney, the far north of mainland Scotland and

:18:59.:19:02.

towards Frazer brew and Peterhead and we're looking at gusts 70mph and

:19:03.:19:07.

80mph. If you're travelling bear that in mind. On Thursday an area of

:19:08.:19:11.

low pressure coming across Northern Ireland and Northern England heading

:19:12.:19:14.

towards the North Sea will bring with had yefy rain and some snow,

:19:15.:19:18.

particularly so across the Central Lowlands and the southern uplands

:19:19.:19:22.

and not just to higher levels, couple that with the strong winds

:19:23.:19:25.

and there will be nasty travelling conditions. So something else just

:19:26.:19:31.

to be aware of Steph and Jon. Carol, thank you very much.

:19:32.:19:44.

Profits at Britain's biggest bank, HSBC, fell by more than 60%.

:19:45.:19:55.

The bank has blamed slowing growth in the UK which it has linked

:19:56.:19:58.

It's also repeated a warning that it could move 1,000 staff

:19:59.:20:02.

The hotel giant, Intercontinental Group, the owner of Holiday Inn,

:20:03.:20:12.

reported a near 10% increase in profits for 2016.

:20:13.:20:14.

The group, one of the world's biggest hotel chains,

:20:15.:20:17.

said growth in China, new hotel deals and record

:20:18.:20:19.

room occupancy rates helped to boost results.

:20:20.:20:38.

Chocolate one of the British foods that helped drink

:20:39.:20:40.

exports grew by more than 10pc last year topping ?20 billion

:20:41.:20:43.

The industry is big business for the UK, employing

:20:44.:20:46.

around 400,000 people across nearly 7,000 businesses.

:20:47.:20:47.

Top of the table for sales abroad was Scotch whisky. That's all the

:20:48.:20:54.

business news for this morning. Thank you very much indeed.

:20:55.:21:01.

Chocolate factory, you don't know how relevant that is. We're talking

:21:02.:21:05.

Roald Dahl right now! You think I didn't know that.

:21:06.:21:12.

Roald Dahl's words have been adored by generations

:21:13.:21:14.

of children and parents alike, but it's Quentin Blake's

:21:15.:21:16.

illustrations that have helped bring many of his characters to life.

:21:17.:21:23.

There's just one Dahl story that he hasn't drawn until now.

:21:24.:21:27.

For the first time in nearly 20 years, he's put ink to paper

:21:28.:21:31.

and illustrated another classic written by his famous friend.

:21:32.:21:36.

We'll exclusively reveal the first illustration from that book -

:21:37.:21:42.

Billy and the Minpins in a moment - but first let's look back at some

:21:43.:21:46.

favourite Roald Dahl moments, with some young fans.

:21:47.:21:55.

I love Roald Dahl books because they're very unique and different to

:21:56.:22:01.

lots of other authors. He just makes a lot of them and the way he writes

:22:02.:22:07.

them. He makes them really good. Say like the BFG he uses his unmade up

:22:08.:22:12.

words as well. My favourite Roald Dahl book is the BFG because I love

:22:13.:22:20.

all the characters in it. They're just amazing. They're just

:22:21.:22:25.

really good. I love his style and he's just a really, really good

:22:26.:22:30.

author. Sometimes it's hard to picture things what the writer

:22:31.:22:34.

actually means. So looking at the pictures gives you a bit more help

:22:35.:22:40.

of thinking what it looks like. James And The Giant Peach because

:22:41.:22:45.

the characters are unique and it's special because they're very

:22:46.:22:45.

unusual. What's your favourite? Manchts till

:22:46.:22:58.

la. I'm a BFG man myself. What's your favourite? Danny The

:22:59.:23:19.

Champion Of The World. Danny is a great story about fathers and sons.

:23:20.:23:24.

I'm a father now. This is really exciting, isn't it? It is. Tell us

:23:25.:23:29.

why, Billy and the Minpins, it's not one that is as famous as some of the

:23:30.:23:35.

others that we've mentioned? It was Roald Dahl last children's books and

:23:36.:23:38.

at the time they went with a different illustrator and that seems

:23:39.:23:41.

odd because we see that powerful connection, but Roald Dahl worked

:23:42.:23:45.

with a range of illustrators. In the museum we've got records of 57

:23:46.:23:50.

different illustrators around the world. Quentin Blake we see as first

:23:51.:23:54.

amongst these, but he's not the only one. So last year was Roald Dahl's

:23:55.:24:01.

100th birthday. There was the Amazing BFG and the appetite is

:24:02.:24:05.

there for Quentin to complete the set and complete the story. This is

:24:06.:24:14.

the first time he has illustrated a Roald Dahl hero in 20 years. It is

:24:15.:24:18.

not a new book, but it is a new version of a classic book? It is a

:24:19.:24:23.

new interpretation. The original illustrations were by Patrick Benton

:24:24.:24:29.

and Patrick has spoken of the quality of the illustrations, but he

:24:30.:24:40.

has spoken the Minpins and doing one last piece of the collaboration with

:24:41.:24:44.

Roald Dahl. You've got the drafts of the Minpins books. That's right.

:24:45.:24:48.

This is fascinating. The reason we have the museum is to preserve Roald

:24:49.:24:55.

Dahl's archives. We can see how the stories went from the first idea, so

:24:56.:24:58.

we have that here. It is the first idea for the Minpins. You can see

:24:59.:25:03.

here the tiny humans in the hollow tree. So these are his initial ideas

:25:04.:25:08.

of what's going to be in it? When he had an idea he'd get it on paper and

:25:09.:25:12.

come back to it. Over years, we think he wrote this down in the

:25:13.:25:17.

1950s. Number three, the tiny humans in the hollow tree and that was the

:25:18.:25:20.

inspiration, that was what the book became about? That's right. That's

:25:21.:25:23.

right. That's Roald Dahl's handwriting. Didn't he use to write

:25:24.:25:27.

in a cabin or something when he was at home? We've got the preserved

:25:28.:25:31.

interior of his writing hut in the museum. His battered old armchair

:25:32.:25:37.

and all the things he kept around himself for inspiration and that's

:25:38.:25:39.

where he would have written these words. What's next? So this is the

:25:40.:25:45.

first full manuscript... Of Billy and the Minpins? Yes, he would have

:25:46.:25:49.

scratched around with all sorts of things, but when he settled down to

:25:50.:25:54.

it, this is the first full manuscript. What you can see is

:25:55.:25:59.

little Billy and the Minpins were his title. We have Billy and the

:26:00.:26:03.

Minpins to bring Billy the hero into the same light as we've got behind

:26:04.:26:13.

us, Charlie, Billy, Mctill da. Matilda. He has gone through

:26:14.:26:17.

generations. Children love him as much as we did when we were kids?

:26:18.:26:20.

That's right. That's right. OK we have seen the words. We have seen

:26:21.:26:24.

the handwriting. Let's see the pictures. For the first time

:26:25.:26:29.

anywhere, the big reveal, Quentin Blake's illustrations to go with

:26:30.:26:32.

Billy and the Minpins, what are we seeing there, Steve? So what we're

:26:33.:26:36.

seeing is the first one that Quentin has revealed. He doesn't normally do

:26:37.:26:41.

this, but he said just how excited he is. You can see little Billy in

:26:42.:26:45.

the tree in the forest where he has escaped from the villain of the

:26:46.:26:49.

peace. That tiny mark on the tree trunk is a window into a Minpins

:26:50.:26:54.

house in the hollow tree and what we will see when the book is published

:26:55.:26:59.

in September in time for Roald Dahl's birthday is Quentin Blake

:27:00.:27:04.

taking us through that tiny window into the Minpins world. It just

:27:05.:27:08.

feels right, doesn't it, to have those pictures with this story?

:27:09.:27:12.

There will be 50 illustrations in the boorks all in black and white.

:27:13.:27:14.

We look forward to seeing them. Billy and the Minpins

:27:15.:27:18.

with Quentin Blake's illustrations Time now to hand you back to Steph

:27:19.:27:20.

and John and I'll see Hello this is Breakfast,

:27:21.:30:41.

with Steph McGovern and Jon Kay. Most areas of England will see

:30:42.:30:53.

hospital services cut or moved under plans to save money

:30:54.:31:00.

and improve efficiency. Analysis by the BBC has also

:31:01.:31:02.

found that about a third of the proposals would see

:31:03.:31:04.

a reduction in the number of The government says patients

:31:05.:31:07.

will receive better The health care think tank,

:31:08.:31:12.

The King's Fund, gave the plans a cautious welcome but said proper

:31:13.:31:18.

funding must be in place. Something has to be done, these

:31:19.:31:27.

plans are by no means perfect, we have our concerns about some of the

:31:28.:31:29.

proposals, but the fact that people have come together, collaborated

:31:30.:31:34.

around the county or city and have said, if we work together and think

:31:35.:31:37.

about how we use all of our staff and resources, we can deliver better

:31:38.:31:40.

results. The shortage of teachers in

:31:41.:31:45.

England's schools is getting worse - affecting key subjects like physics

:31:46.:31:48.

and maths - according The Commons Education Committee

:31:49.:31:50.

says recruitment targets have been missed for five years

:31:51.:31:53.

in a row - and there should be more focus on keeping teachers

:31:54.:31:57.

in the profession long-term. The government says

:31:58.:31:59.

there are more teachers Five people have died

:32:00.:32:01.

in a plane crash in Melbourne. All those on board the small

:32:02.:32:09.

aircraft were killed when it suffered engine failure

:32:10.:32:11.

and crashed into a shopping centre, which was preparing

:32:12.:32:14.

to open for the day. Four of those killed

:32:15.:32:17.

were US citizens. No one on the ground is thought

:32:18.:32:21.

to have been injured. The Chancellor Philip Hammond has

:32:22.:32:26.

assured Conservative MPs that he's listening to concerns

:32:27.:32:28.

about a business rate revaluation The rates are being updated

:32:29.:32:30.

for the first time in seven years, and will leave more than a quarter

:32:31.:32:37.

of companies facing higher bills. Mr Hammond's facing pressure to do

:32:38.:32:39.

more to help those affected. Specialist police teams are digging

:32:40.:32:46.

up the gardens of two One is believed to be

:32:47.:32:48.

the former home of Christopher Halliwell,

:32:49.:32:57.

who's serving a whole life sentence for the murders of two women,

:32:58.:32:59.

Sian O'Callaghan and Becky Godden. The singer and actor,

:33:00.:33:02.

David Cassidy, has revealed He made the announcement

:33:03.:33:06.

after he forgot his words during shows in California

:33:07.:33:12.

at the weekend. David Cassidy, who's 66,

:33:13.:33:14.

rose to fame in the TV series The Partridge Family before

:33:15.:33:17.

becoming a teen idol, and recording a string

:33:18.:33:19.

of solo hits in the 1970s. Feeding your children

:33:20.:33:21.

blueberries might just put A study carried out

:33:22.:33:23.

by the University of Reading found that,

:33:24.:33:32.

during two trials with young people, participants reported feeling better

:33:33.:33:34.

after drinking a wild blueberry-drink, which contained

:33:35.:33:41.

an entire punnet of the fruit. We are not just talking about a

:33:42.:33:47.

couple of berries. The researchers say they're

:33:48.:33:52.

impressed by the results, And now we can have a look at what

:33:53.:34:05.

is on Victoria Derbyshire this morning. We will report on claims

:34:06.:34:12.

that plays in the House of Lords are clocking in to get their ?300 daily

:34:13.:34:16.

allowance and then clearing off without doing any work -- claims

:34:17.:34:20.

peers what can we do about it? Join us

:34:21.:34:26.

later. And coming up here

:34:27.:34:34.

on Breakfast this morning. He may only be human,

:34:35.:34:45.

but Rag N'Bone man's first album has scored him the fastest-selling male

:34:46.:34:48.

debut of the decade. We'll meet the priest

:34:49.:34:50.

who's so passionate about the South Downs that he's made

:34:51.:35:01.

a documentary about it. We are really just Parliamentary

:35:02.:35:06.

worms. There are more than 800 peers

:35:07.:35:10.

in the House of Lords, We'll be behind-the-scenes

:35:11.:35:13.

with a new programme looking at the weird and wonderful world

:35:14.:35:18.

of Westminster's second chamber. First, though, here's

:35:19.:35:20.

Karthi with the sport. The FA Cup dream is over for Sutton

:35:21.:35:35.

United. Yes, last night was a picture of brilliant fans, the

:35:36.:35:39.

atmosphere was fantastic. The night will go down in the club's history,

:35:40.:35:47.

forever remembered. But the fairy tale run for Sutton United is over.

:35:48.:35:54.

They were beaten 2-0 last night by Arsenal in the last

:35:55.:35:57.

The lowest ranked side left in the Cup did not disgrace

:35:58.:36:00.

themselves against the 12 time winners, but a first half strike

:36:01.:36:06.

from Lucas Perez and Theo Walcott's 100th goal in an Arsenal

:36:07.:36:09.

shirt ensured Arsene Wenger's side avoided an upset.

:36:10.:36:11.

But they do have more non-league opposition next in Lincoln City.

:36:12.:36:14.

Let's hear first from the Sutton manager, speaking

:36:15.:36:16.

I think the players have been magnificent.

:36:17.:36:18.

They've given up Sundays to sell the tickets, everyone

:36:19.:36:25.

We're not a League Two club, in the National League,

:36:26.:36:38.

But Lincoln and Sutton have done our competition very,

:36:39.:36:41.

You know, go and have your day in the sun, as we've had today.

:36:42.:36:47.

It's one of the best experiences you will ever have.

:36:48.:36:50.

Newcastle United have returned to the top of the Championship.

:36:51.:36:52.

They were 2-0 winners over Aston Villa.

:36:53.:36:54.

Yohan Gouffran and this mistake from Villa's Henry Lansbury

:36:55.:36:58.

helped Newcastle leapfrog over Brighton to return to

:36:59.:37:00.

Great Britain Badminton says it is "staggered" at the decision

:37:01.:37:03.

not to award them any funding during the next Olympic cycle.

:37:04.:37:07.

Despite meeting its target in winning a bronze medal

:37:08.:37:10.

in Rio, Badminton - along with six other

:37:11.:37:16.

sports including fencing, archery and wheelchair rugby -

:37:17.:37:18.

lost their appeals against a cut in funding from UK Sport -

:37:19.:37:21.

the organisation which allocates money to sports.

:37:22.:37:25.

The decision by Muirfield to hold another vote on allowing female

:37:26.:37:27.

members has pleased the head of the R which is one of golf's

:37:28.:37:30.

Muirfield was dropped as an Open Championship

:37:31.:37:33.

venue after members voted against altering their male

:37:34.:37:35.

Martin Slumbers wants a positive outcome this time to help grow

:37:36.:37:39.

That is an interview. They also talk about they are thinking about

:37:40.:37:55.

changing the prize money $2 because of the fall in the value of sterling

:37:56.:37:59.

and they need to stay in competition with the other competitions around

:38:00.:38:04.

the world -- the prize-money to dollars. That would be a big change

:38:05.:38:13.

in this country. That is what the pressure of the financial markets

:38:14.:38:17.

can do to things. Athletics are thinking about various things, as

:38:18.:38:21.

well, so this does have an impact on sport. Chocolate coins? I would play

:38:22.:38:24.

them. LAUGHTER He's packed a lot into a few short

:38:25.:38:33.

months, having just broken the record for the best-selling male

:38:34.:38:37.

debut album this decade, and been named the BRIT's

:38:38.:38:43.

Critics Choice for 2017. But it's been a long journey

:38:44.:38:47.

to success for the artist who goes Rory Graham, as he's

:38:48.:38:54.

known to his friends, has worked in the music industry

:38:55.:38:58.

for more than 15 years. We'll chat to him in

:38:59.:39:00.

a moment, but first, let's take a look at the song that's

:39:01.:39:03.

catapulted him into the limelight. # Oh, some people got

:39:04.:39:06.

the real problems Welcome along. Do we call you Rag n

:39:07.:40:33.

Bone Man? Rory? That is one of the interesting things. How the name

:40:34.:40:38.

came about. How did it end up Vladimir -- being Rag n Bone Man? I

:40:39.:40:53.

used to watch reruns of Steptoe and son at home and I always found it

:40:54.:40:57.

funny, and the name kind of sounded like a blues name, so it kind of

:40:58.:41:03.

stuck. Deliberately chosen for the music career? You were not known as

:41:04.:41:10.

that at school? No, it wasn't a nickname. You have got your ward. I

:41:11.:41:16.

take it everywhere with me now. Even to the post office. -- aboard. How

:41:17.:41:24.

did you feel winning it? Pretty surprised, I was certain I would not

:41:25.:41:29.

win it, actually, so when I did, I was outside my house, shouting.

:41:30.:41:34.

Scare the neighbours. The whole neighbourhood heard it. It is

:41:35.:41:40.

brilliant to get it, as we mentioned, you are not new to the

:41:41.:41:45.

industry. We might be seeing you for the first time, but... I've been

:41:46.:41:51.

around for a bit. How have you ended up here? I was interested in music

:41:52.:41:58.

as a kid and I was more into jungle and hip-hop, and I just started to

:41:59.:42:06.

play guitar and sing in pubs. I went to jam nights. I gradually got more

:42:07.:42:13.

interested in writing songs and had a few support slots and built my own

:42:14.:42:21.

fan base. And before I decided to sign to a major label. It worked out

:42:22.:42:28.

for me all right. There was a video which you sent which changed a lot

:42:29.:42:34.

for you? My girlfriend sent a song which I recorded in the toilet. Good

:42:35.:42:39.

acoustics. That was exactly the reason. That is why I recorded it in

:42:40.:42:45.

the toilet. It was a song my girlfriend sent in for a support

:42:46.:42:53.

slot I was going for and I got it. Supporting Joan Armatrading. Yes, in

:42:54.:43:01.

Brighton, that was really good. You have got this award? Yes, there are

:43:02.:43:08.

some marks on that from where my cat has been chewing it, she would leave

:43:09.:43:15.

it alone. How has life changed in the last couple of months? I don't

:43:16.:43:23.

get to go home any more. Not really. It makes you cherish the time that

:43:24.:43:26.

you have with your family and friends even more, which is quite

:43:27.:43:30.

nice. You go home for a couple of days and you get to see people. It's

:43:31.:43:35.

just really busy. It's like being on a train which doesn't stop. I love

:43:36.:43:42.

it. But yeah, it's nice to have a rest now and again. Given that you

:43:43.:43:48.

have worked for along time in the music industry, what are your

:43:49.:43:51.

thoughts on reality TV and people who make it that way? That is a

:43:52.:43:58.

valid way? Or you have earned your stripes doing it a different way? If

:43:59.:44:03.

you want to do the X factor, that is you. That is not my thing. I don't

:44:04.:44:10.

understand that world. It doesn't register with me, do you know what I

:44:11.:44:15.

mean. If that is you, that's fine, but it's not me. If your girlfriend

:44:16.:44:23.

had sent audio to the X factor, would you have followed it up? No.

:44:24.:44:29.

Simply no. Even if you have the call from Simon Cowell? I did get a call

:44:30.:44:34.

about going on the X factor, and I won't tell you what I said. Probably

:44:35.:44:38.

a good moment for a clip, I reckon. You have sold 117,000 albums so far,

:44:39.:45:34.

you must be well chuffed. I have been on the street selling them. The

:45:35.:45:41.

suitcase! What is next? My favourite bit is going out on tour. Towards

:45:42.:45:52.

the end of March we stopped going on tour. My life stuff does not stop

:45:53.:45:58.

until September, so I am doing constant festivals and tour dates,

:45:59.:46:03.

and that is what I love the most. You will have a lot more people

:46:04.:46:09.

going to see you. A few more! Before that, you are at the Brit awards

:46:10.:46:12.

tomorrow night, up for another award. Best British breakthrough. I

:46:13.:46:20.

am kind of nervous. If you win that, your cat can have her own! She can

:46:21.:46:22.

chew on it all she wants. Rag'n'Bone Man's album

:46:23.:46:31.

is called Human. Later in the programme

:46:32.:46:33.

we'll be talking to Reverend Peter Owen Jones,

:46:34.:46:35.

who loves his home in the South Downs so much,

:46:36.:46:37.

he's made a documentary about it. But before we do, all morning we've

:46:38.:46:40.

been asking you to send in pictures of the places you live,

:46:41.:46:43.

and tell us why you Kathy loves living in Somerset

:46:44.:46:45.

so much she started Somerset Day. Kev has sent in a picture

:46:46.:47:02.

of Cleethorpes beach Here is the view from

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Rachel's back garden Looking across the Chilterns

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to Bledlow Ridge. Lee loves living in Milton Keynes,

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and took this photo to show it's not This is the Millenium

:47:33.:47:35.

Wheel at Willem Lake. This is Port Talbot

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in South Wales, taken by Wayne. He says it's an industrial

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town with beauty. All of these different places, they

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all have beautiful elements, and it is lovely to show them off on the

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TV. Another person who always provides brilliant pictures is Carol

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and the weather watchers. This morning, my backdrop is of

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Regent Street, it is fairly cloudy, but it is mild across many parts of

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the UK. The temperature is around ten or 11, but for some it is

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between one and six. Today it stays mild, before the next few days,

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things are changing, and it will turn more likely would expect at

:48:25.:48:32.

this stage. At 9am, rain for north-west Scotland, accompanied by

:48:33.:48:36.

stronger wind. It is cloudy away from the East. North-west England,

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you have a cloudy start. For the north-east, it is brighter, and that

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continues towards the wash and Norfolk. For the rest of East

:48:47.:48:54.

Anglia, Essex camp --, Kent, the Midlands, a week weather front

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producing patchy, light rain and murky conditions in the South West

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and Wales, with hill fog, general dampness and low-level fog. For

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Northern Ireland, you have a dry start, a fair bit of cloud, but if

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you are just stepping out, take your umbrella. The rain in southern

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England will turn heavier. The weather front will pivot and head

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north. We are looking at heavy rain across Wales, Northern Ireland and

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western Scotland. As the weather front moves north, the front across

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Scotland comes south, and they will merge, hence the heavy rain. In the

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east, drier conditions, but the cloud will build. This evening, as

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the rain head out of Scotland and Northern Ireland and into England

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and way is, it will be gusting around it, especially across

:49:47.:49:52.

northern England. The rain continues south overnight. Behind it, it will

:49:53.:49:57.

be cold, cold enough for snow on the hills and mountains. We start in the

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south tomorrow with a lot of cloud and some rain. Through the day, as

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it moves south, it will brighten up not just in northern England but

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part of the Midlands and North Wales. For Northern Ireland, a fine

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day, but showers across Scotland and windy across the south Shetland,

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Orkney, the North Mainland of Scotland and around Fraser Brett and

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Peter Fred we will have costs of 70 mph, or 80, leading to disruption.

:50:26.:50:31.

On Thursday, low pressure across Northern Ireland and northern

:50:32.:50:35.

England, heading off into the North Sea, will produce heavy rain, snow

:50:36.:50:38.

across the central lowlands, Southern uplands and northern

:50:39.:50:45.

England. Even some of that at low levels, plus strong wind, so it will

:50:46.:50:49.

be blowing. Atrocious travel conditions. If you are planning on

:50:50.:50:54.

travelling in those areas, keep in touch with the weather forecast.

:50:55.:51:05.

Everybody can see her on the Victoria Derbyshire show.

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They will be talking about something else on the show as well.

:51:09.:51:12.

Many a Government has tried to reform it, but how many of us

:51:13.:51:15.

know exactly what goes on inside the House of Lords?

:51:16.:51:17.

That's something a new BBC documentary hopes to shed light on.

:51:18.:51:21.

Meet The Lords follows a number of the UK's 800 peers in an attempt

:51:22.:51:26.

to explain some of the quirks and eccentricities of

:51:27.:51:30.

In a moment we'll speak to Baroness Kath Pinnock

:51:31.:51:37.

and Javier Olivia, a constitutional expert from the University

:51:38.:51:40.

of Manchester, but first, let's take a look at the programme.

:51:41.:51:47.

We take all of the nonsense, the rubbish, legislation,

:51:48.:51:51.

and some of it is rubbish, that comes down from the other end

:51:52.:51:55.

And it disappears inside the House of Lords for six months

:51:56.:51:59.

I look at what the Lords does and what the Commons does

:52:00.:52:07.

and the comparative legislative chaos that is being sent

:52:08.:52:12.

from the Commons to the Lords, and I genuinely think,

:52:13.:52:14.

thank God the Lords are there to do the serious work

:52:15.:52:18.

without being inundated with the political point scoring.

:52:19.:52:22.

We're a bit like a composting machine.

:52:23.:52:24.

Whatever comes out the other end is always more fragrant and more

:52:25.:52:28.

So, you see, in the House of Lords, we're really just

:52:29.:52:33.

Tell us a bit about what it is like. We saw a clip of the documentary

:52:34.:52:57.

there, but what is it like day-to-day? It varies enormously,

:52:58.:53:04.

depending on who you are and what your role is within the House of

:53:05.:53:13.

Lords. Speaking for myself, every week I am involved in some

:53:14.:53:16.

legislation of some sort, I am currently involved in the

:53:17.:53:20.

neighbourhood planning Bill, which has a very big impact on local

:53:21.:53:27.

Government, which is my background, and so I am very interested in

:53:28.:53:30.

making sure that what comes out of that is fit for purpose for local

:53:31.:53:41.

councils across the country. You are fairly new to it, what was it like

:53:42.:53:44.

when you first went there, what was the first day like? Scary! I never

:53:45.:53:55.

imagined in my wildest dreams or nightmares that I would end up being

:53:56.:53:58.

asked to serve in the House of Lords. It is, of course, a huge

:53:59.:54:05.

honour and privilege. But I regard it as another opportunity to stand

:54:06.:54:08.

up for the people of Yorkshire and the North of England and to say from

:54:09.:54:17.

my basic Liberal Democrat principles that -- how I think the country

:54:18.:54:22.

should benefit from change. We are looking at the road 's and heraldry

:54:23.:54:30.

and stuff. When most of us see this, it is so alien... It is like Steph's

:54:31.:54:40.

life! But it is unlike daily life for most people, how relevant is it

:54:41.:54:44.

today? It is an extremely important chamber, because it is the revising

:54:45.:54:53.

chamber. It has to be understood in the way of the parliamentary context

:54:54.:54:56.

and the relationship at the House of Commons. It is the weakest house,

:54:57.:55:00.

the House of Lords. It plays an important role, it an men's and

:55:01.:55:06.

revises legislation, so it's input is vital. But it has to be

:55:07.:55:11.

understood that the primacy, the body which is in charge of the

:55:12.:55:16.

process, is in the House of Commons, so the fact that the House of Lords

:55:17.:55:21.

comes across as a bit idiosyncratic, unique, outdated, in the eyes of

:55:22.:55:32.

some people, it matters, but the role is smaller in comparison with

:55:33.:55:37.

the elected house. Yesterday, Theresa May and to the House of

:55:38.:55:41.

Lords to watch the Brexit debate, there was talk of them putting the

:55:42.:55:48.

Government... The House of Commons putting pressure on the House of

:55:49.:55:50.

Lords. Do we need the House of Lords? It another interesting

:55:51.:55:57.

question. Could we do better with only one house? At the end of the

:55:58.:56:04.

day, it should be borne in mind that the Government has such an important

:56:05.:56:07.

influence on the House of Commons, that the House of Lords is an

:56:08.:56:12.

important buttress, a safeguard mechanism, it will make sure that

:56:13.:56:18.

the proposals put forward by the Government are sufficiently

:56:19.:56:23.

scrutinised and revised, therefore... As a Continental Europe

:56:24.:56:26.

Ian, in the first instance I found the whole chamber surprising, even

:56:27.:56:32.

the world rain, but the more stay here, I realise that to Chambers are

:56:33.:56:37.

important. The role fulfilled by the House of Lords is crucial. I would

:56:38.:56:42.

not want to see it go. You talk about the scrutiny they put on

:56:43.:56:45.

things, but they face scrutiny themselves.

:56:46.:56:47.

In the documentary former Lords Speaker Baroness D'Souza

:56:48.:56:49.

described how a peer left a taxi waiting outside Parliament

:56:50.:56:51.

while he went inside to register for his daily allowance.

:56:52.:56:57.

There is a core of players who worked incredibly hard, who do that

:56:58.:57:06.

work, and there are, sad to say, many, many, many peers who

:57:07.:57:10.

contribute absolutely nothing but who claim the full allowance. I can

:57:11.:57:15.

remember one occasion when I was leaving the house quite late and

:57:16.:57:18.

there was a peer who shall be utterly nameless who jumped out of a

:57:19.:57:24.

taxi just outside the entrance and left the engine running. He ran in,

:57:25.:57:29.

presumably to show that he had attended, and then ran out again

:57:30.:57:30.

while the taxi was still running. What do you think when you hear

:57:31.:57:40.

things like that? It seems there are some peers who used the system for

:57:41.:57:44.

allowances and face a certain amount of criticism. It is not defensible

:57:45.:57:49.

in anyway. Unfortunately, in the House of Lords, because of the way

:57:50.:57:54.

it has developed over centuries, there is a sense among 80 people of

:57:55.:58:01.

entitlement -- among a fewer people. They have been given a title and

:58:02.:58:06.

feel that somebody owes them a living. That is not acceptable. What

:58:07.:58:13.

we need is to reform the House of Lords from top to bottom. We still

:58:14.:58:17.

need a second chamber, as the previous exhibit has said. Because

:58:18.:58:27.

the work of revising legislation and having a second look at things is

:58:28.:58:33.

really important. But we need to reform it, and as Liberal Democrats

:58:34.:58:37.

we have been committed to root and branch reform of the House of Lords

:58:38.:58:42.

for over a hundred years. But we have failed so far, but we will keep

:58:43.:58:46.

trying, because it is important to have a second chamber of our

:58:47.:58:53.

Parliament which is accountable to the people who pay for it, the

:58:54.:58:58.

general public. Rather like a parliamentary debate, I will have to

:58:59.:59:02.

step in and hold you. But thank you for talking to us. That programme,

:59:03.:59:10.

so we can get more of a sense of the House of Lords, is on BBC Two next

:59:11.:59:13.

Monday night. Meet The Lords.

:59:14.:59:16.

Eight years after it was criticised by inspectors for not having enough

:59:17.:59:19.

beds, operating theatres or trained staff, Birmingham Children's

:59:20.:59:21.

Hospital has become the first of its kind to be

:59:22.:59:23.

The specialist hospital has been praised for turning

:59:24.:59:31.

Our Health Correspondent Jane Dreaper is there

:59:32.:59:36.

I bet it is busy. Yes, it has started getting really busy. The day

:59:37.:59:51.

shift for nurses has started and they have been busy checking on the

:59:52.:59:54.

children and some of the parents have been helping to give them

:59:55.:59:58.

breakfast. This is a neurosurgical ward, a high level of specialism,

:59:59.:00:01.

and the young patients can come here from many different parts of the UK,

:00:02.:00:07.

but things like epilepsy surgery. I spent a day looking at the work that

:00:08.:00:11.

the hospital does and one thing that strikes you is how much supporting

:00:12.:00:15.

the families and making them part of things is just as important as

:00:16.:00:17.

saving lives. Connor's just seven months old,

:00:18.:00:30.

and recovering in intensive care Home is 50 miles away,

:00:31.:00:34.

so Connor's older brother, It is a tough time for the whole

:00:35.:00:37.

family, but they are still supported We have nearly lost

:00:38.:00:44.

him so many times. Without them, we would not have

:00:45.:00:52.

a child who is laying in this bed. We have got him and he is here,

:00:53.:00:56.

though quite poorly. We have faith we will

:00:57.:00:59.

get to take him home. That is the only ask

:01:00.:01:04.

as a parent of a sick child. This is the Play and Admissions

:01:05.:01:07.

Centre, designed to distract and relax young patients

:01:08.:01:10.

before their treatment. Inspectors have been impressed by

:01:11.:01:14.

the caring approach. This hospital has come a long way

:01:15.:01:22.

since it was criticised Back then, a report found a shortage

:01:23.:01:24.

of beds, and poor training and care. Paying much closer attention

:01:25.:01:31.

to the views of patients and staff, and acting on their ideas,

:01:32.:01:34.

has helped change the culture in Birmingham

:01:35.:01:37.

and encouraged better teamwork. Eight years ago we were in

:01:38.:01:40.

an organisation that certainly was not listening to our staff,

:01:41.:01:44.

that not listening to what young people and families were saying,

:01:45.:01:48.

and was in a really difficult place. Through focusing on those areas

:01:49.:01:52.

of patient engagement, staff engagement, we have now gotten

:01:53.:01:57.

to a position where Some of the children in outpatients

:01:58.:02:00.

need repeated appointments. I was talking to a doctor

:02:01.:02:09.

a couple of weeks ago and it wasn't scary or anything,

:02:10.:02:18.

it was relaxed. Is it scary when you come here,

:02:19.:02:19.

or do you feel OK about it? The emotional support given

:02:20.:02:27.

to bereaved parents has also been And they will now be able to use

:02:28.:02:30.

this new room when they are going Rachel has helped raise thousands

:02:31.:02:36.

of pounds for this unit after the death of her older

:02:37.:02:43.

daughter, Molly, from kidney cancer. When you're given news

:02:44.:02:46.

like that, you feel that You need to absorb new information

:02:47.:02:48.

that is being told to you. And there wasn't that opportunity

:02:49.:03:01.

within the existing building at Birmingham at that time,

:03:02.:03:04.

just to be ourselves The staff here believe they can

:03:05.:03:06.

improve care even further, but today is a huge moment

:03:07.:03:12.

in showing how this hospital Yes, they are all very excited and

:03:13.:03:26.

proud. I'm here with one of the young patients. All the term for

:03:27.:03:36.

last week and his dad is here -- Ollie turned four last week. He has

:03:37.:03:41.

had a brain shimmer, how is he doing? Not too badly, he is getting

:03:42.:03:51.

better slightly every day, something as simple as picking up able, he is

:03:52.:03:59.

progressing, doing OK. -- he has had a brain tumour. You have got to give

:04:00.:04:10.

him the attention that he needs, but there are other children here that

:04:11.:04:14.

need reassurances, as well. Great support from the staff? Yes, they

:04:15.:04:20.

are always up for a laugh and a joke and I'm always up for that. They

:04:21.:04:25.

made his fourth birthday last week very special. I was told. Sarah runs

:04:26.:04:31.

the hospital and she was in charge of things and she took over just

:04:32.:04:34.

eight years ago when things were proving difficult. Sarah Jane, what

:04:35.:04:39.

makes you so proud to get this outstanding rating? Everybody at the

:04:40.:04:45.

hospital is so thoroughly proud and alighted at this rating, it is for

:04:46.:04:49.

the staff who work here and the patients and families that use the

:04:50.:04:56.

services -- delighted. It is just the icing on the cake for us and we

:04:57.:05:01.

could not be more proud. A few areas where you want to improve?

:05:02.:05:06.

Absolutely, we never give up at this hospital and we know there is always

:05:07.:05:10.

more to do and we strive continually everyday to provide world leading

:05:11.:05:13.

care and we will continue in all the areas where we know we need to

:05:14.:05:18.

improve. Thanks for joining us. Thanks to all of the staff 11 made

:05:19.:05:21.

us feel very welcome as they start their morning shifts and go about

:05:22.:05:29.

another busy day -- thanks to all of the staff who have made us feel very

:05:30.:05:30.

welcome. Thanks. In a moment: we'll be chatting about

:05:31.:05:44.

the beautiful South Downs, Welcome back, it is now time to get

:05:45.:07:28.

some fresh air. They were famously

:07:29.:07:32.

described by William Blake as England's Mountains Green,

:07:33.:07:35.

and officially made It's also home to the film maker

:07:36.:07:36.

and vicar Peter Owen Jones. He's spent the last 12 months

:07:37.:07:42.

on a journey like no other, reacquainting himself with one

:07:43.:07:44.

of the UK's most diverse landscapes We'll speak to Peter

:07:45.:07:48.

in just a moment. But first let's

:07:49.:07:57.

hear why the South Downs The South Downs is

:07:58.:08:05.

seared into our psyche. The land that I've found

:08:06.:08:08.

over the last year, this This land that has

:08:09.:08:12.

a wealth of butterflies, But most of all what I've learned

:08:13.:08:25.

is that this land has been formed And you can see their

:08:26.:08:35.

influence through history, through the landscape,

:08:36.:08:44.

which they clearly love, in every single aspect,

:08:45.:08:47.

of this extraordinary national park. Thanks for coming in. It must have

:08:48.:09:01.

been a wrench to get you to leave the South Downs. Always, always.

:09:02.:09:07.

Although Manchester is a fabulous town. Where are we talking about in

:09:08.:09:15.

terms of the South Downs? Stretch of land going from East to West,

:09:16.:09:22.

Eastbourne to Winchester, 100 miles, you can walk either way and it is

:09:23.:09:27.

pretty much bang on 100 miles. You have travelled all over the world.

:09:28.:09:32.

Wide EU love the South Downs so much? -- why do you love. We all

:09:33.:09:39.

have a different sense of what is home. Some of us are fortunate

:09:40.:09:45.

enough to find it. When I got out of the car I knew that this was where I

:09:46.:09:50.

was going to be the sometime. That sense of home, you can be where

:09:51.:09:56.

ever, but it is personal and intimate to each of us. I love it

:09:57.:10:04.

because of the light and the people. It's got everything. Sea, hills,

:10:05.:10:14.

wildlife, farmland. It's got towns. Lovely pictures from the

:10:15.:10:18.

documentary. You grew up not far from the South Downs but you have

:10:19.:10:22.

only got to know this as intimately as you have more recently. What is

:10:23.:10:28.

your connection? I'm a parish priest and I looked after three small

:10:29.:10:35.

parishes underneath the Downs and I've been looking after these

:10:36.:10:38.

parishes and they have been looking after me in the last ten and a half

:10:39.:10:42.

years. I've been pretty much embedded there in that time. You are

:10:43.:10:48.

in a great position, you have been able to make a documentary about it.

:10:49.:10:54.

What are the highlights? I'm not sure I can name them. Too many. I

:10:55.:11:02.

don't want to say, look out for this bit, just kind of take it in and see

:11:03.:11:07.

which bits you like. It is quite a responsibility. Parishioners will be

:11:08.:11:11.

given new feedback, that you didn't mention this or that. -- giving you

:11:12.:11:19.

feedback. Yes, lots of stick, but that is fair. If I go into the pub,

:11:20.:11:28.

of course I'm going to get ripped. You are a parish priest, but this is

:11:29.:11:33.

a step away, documentary making. How did that come about? Communication.

:11:34.:11:40.

Fair play. Did you just pitch the idea? I was lambing at the time and

:11:41.:11:49.

turned up. We got talking and we both had wanted to make a film about

:11:50.:11:55.

the South Downs. So we just did it. No one had commissioned it. We did

:11:56.:12:00.

it because we wanted to. It was an act of complete foolishness. The BBC

:12:01.:12:05.

Ben came along and liked it. And they have put it on -- the BBC then

:12:06.:12:15.

came along. You sort of let yourself go, describing your love for this

:12:16.:12:20.

area. It is obvious in every word of the script. Our relationship with

:12:21.:12:28.

the land at best is intimate. Home is somewhere that we feel intimately

:12:29.:12:32.

about. That we can actually fall in love with the landscape. Can you

:12:33.:12:37.

feel that about anywhere? No, only about particular places, depending

:12:38.:12:43.

on who we are and what excites us. But it is a love affair. If you

:12:44.:12:48.

listen to poets come what ever they might be writing about, they are

:12:49.:12:54.

eulogising, expressing that what we feel, but can't quite get out of our

:12:55.:13:04.

mouths and hearts. We saw this does morning, and we were asking people

:13:05.:13:08.

to send their pictures of the places they love. Good. What is

:13:09.:13:13.

interesting, people are from areas which might be taken the Mick out

:13:14.:13:19.

of, like my hometown, people from Middlesbrough will say it is not

:13:20.:13:22.

very nice, but every place has a beautiful element. Absolutely. You

:13:23.:13:29.

have got the lakes in the North, Northumberland, we are so blessed in

:13:30.:13:35.

this country. Thanks for joining us. Good luck with the documentary.

:13:36.:13:38.

South Downs: England's Mountains Green is on BBC 4 tonight 9pm.

:13:39.:13:41.

Dan and Louise will be back with Breakfast tomorrow from 6am.

:13:42.:13:48.

Now it's time for Britain's Home Truths.

:13:49.:13:50.

We'll leave you with Alison Steadman, who's taking

:13:51.:13:51.

a look at how suburbia has changed throughout history.

:13:52.:13:55.

We Brits have a passion for property and, of course,

:13:56.:13:59.

our national obsession is house prices.

:14:00.:14:03.

You're looking at about 1.7 million for an apartment like this.

:14:04.:14:08.

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