29/01/2016

:00:00. > :00:14.Warnings that the Zika virus is spreading -

:00:15. > :00:18.up to four million people could be infected in the next year.

:00:19. > :00:21.The mosquito-borne virus, suspected of causing birth defects

:00:22. > :00:27.in babies, could spread right across the Americas.

:00:28. > :00:30.We meet the women who say that by playing football in crop tops

:00:31. > :00:31.and hot pants they're fighting for equality.

:00:32. > :00:36.Don't judge us till you've seen us play.

:00:37. > :00:40.We're not models who are playing football, we can really play sport.

:00:41. > :00:43.The NHS in England is to start funding hand transplants

:00:44. > :00:47.for patients who suffer serious injuries or infections.

:00:48. > :00:50.The first operations are expected to take place later this year -

:00:51. > :01:07.Welcome to the programme, we're on BBC Two and the BBC

:01:08. > :01:18.We'll keep you across the latest breaking and developing stories.

:01:19. > :01:24.David Cameron is in Brussels for more talks aiming to secure the

:01:25. > :01:29.renegotiation of written's EU membership terms. We will hear the

:01:30. > :01:32.UK is close to securing a deal which would allow it to deny in work

:01:33. > :01:37.benefits for people from other parts of the EU for up to four years. We

:01:38. > :01:40.will give you the latest from Westminster before 10am. We would

:01:41. > :01:42.love to hear from you, as always. Texts will be charged

:01:43. > :01:49.at the standard network rate. You might have questions on the top

:01:50. > :01:51.story, do get in touch with any questions about the threat posed by

:01:52. > :01:53.the Zika virus. The threat posed by the Zika virus

:01:54. > :01:56.could be classed as a global health emergency, according

:01:57. > :01:58.to the World Health Organisation. Officials have warned that the virus

:01:59. > :02:01.is spreading at explosive speed. Later we're expecting

:02:02. > :02:02.the International Olympic Committee to issue advice on virus ahead

:02:03. > :02:06.of the Rio Games this summer. Scientists say a vaccine

:02:07. > :02:09.for the virus - which is thought to cause severe birth

:02:10. > :02:11.defects in babies - could be ready within a year,

:02:12. > :02:16.far earlier than previous estimates. The virus has now spread to 23

:02:17. > :02:19.countries in the Americas after the first case

:02:20. > :02:21.was recorded in Brazil, where there are now thought to be

:02:22. > :02:27.around 1.5 million people affected. The World Health Organization has

:02:28. > :02:31.set up a Zika virus emergency team, and it's warning the threat

:02:32. > :02:33.of the virus has reached alarming The last time an international

:02:34. > :02:40.emergency was declared was for the Ebola outbreak

:02:41. > :02:42.in West Africa, which has killed So what is known

:02:43. > :02:48.about the Zika virus? The illness is usually mild,

:02:49. > :02:53.with the most common symptoms being fever, rash,

:02:54. > :02:57.conjunctivitis and joint pain. But the biggest concern

:02:58. > :03:00.is the impact it could have on babies in the womb -

:03:01. > :03:03.it's thought to cause babies to be born with small brains,

:03:04. > :03:06.a condition called microcephaly. The slums of Brazil have become

:03:07. > :03:12.the frontline in the fight against the Zika virus,

:03:13. > :03:14.as our correspondent David Shukman The challenge is that everywhere

:03:15. > :03:21.you look there are little pools of water, and because in a favela

:03:22. > :03:24.like this the supply is not But if there is just one little gap

:03:25. > :03:30.in a tank like this, the mosquitoes can get

:03:31. > :03:33.in and you have yet another problem. Imagine multiplying that

:03:34. > :03:39.thousands of times. Pregnant women are being advised

:03:40. > :03:42.to reconsider their travel plans to countries where outbreaks

:03:43. > :03:45.have been reported. But for these women expecting babies

:03:46. > :03:51.in Brazil, it's already too late. TRANSLATION: I got Zika in the first

:03:52. > :03:54.weeks of my pregnancy but back then When the link with microcephaly

:03:55. > :03:58.was made, me, my husband, We started looking for any

:03:59. > :04:03.information we could find. Now I am more relaxed because I am

:04:04. > :04:06.36 weeks pregnant but I only wear trousers and long sleeves

:04:07. > :04:09.and I hardly leave home except for my yoga

:04:10. > :04:11.and medical exams. In theory if I have had it

:04:12. > :04:14.I can't catch it again but all the information about this

:04:15. > :04:18.case is very vague so I am not TRANSLATION: To me it is not

:04:19. > :04:22.a constant concern, but the other day I went out and suddenly a bunch

:04:23. > :04:26.of mosquitoes attacked my leg. I was so tense, so of course

:04:27. > :04:29.it is something which gets to you. My family and friends

:04:30. > :04:35.are really worried. TRANSLATION: I try not to keep

:04:36. > :04:38.thinking about the Zika story and to enjoy my pregnancy,

:04:39. > :04:42.a magical period in a woman's life. I am taking precautions,

:04:43. > :04:44.like using mosquito repellent and covering myself

:04:45. > :04:46.up when I go out. We really believe in giving

:04:47. > :04:51.our babies good energy, so I try to keep the bad thoughts

:04:52. > :04:54.away and to think only of good We can speak now to Dr Richard

:04:55. > :05:01.Dawood, a specialist in tropical medicine, Marie-Claire Zahri,

:05:02. > :05:04.who's being tested for the virus after she returned from her

:05:05. > :05:20.honeymoon in Brazil, 18 months pregnant, is that right?

:05:21. > :05:21.18 weeks pregnant! That would be ridiculous!

:05:22. > :05:22.Victoria Bacon is here from the Association

:05:23. > :05:25.of British Travel Agents and, finally, Dr Paul Cosford with us

:05:26. > :05:32.Thank you all for joining us. Dr Richard Dawood, first of all, it has

:05:33. > :05:36.gone from something most others simply had not heard to the World

:05:37. > :05:40.Health Organisation saying it been detect did in 23 countries and has

:05:41. > :05:45.spread explosively. Why has that happened so quickly? Many, many

:05:46. > :05:54.viruses are capable of being transmitted by mosquitoes. When this

:05:55. > :06:02.one first came to attention early in 2015, made 2015, it was thought that

:06:03. > :06:06.this was another very similar virus in the kind of illness that it

:06:07. > :06:11.caused, fever, joint pains, there are other viruses like this, notably

:06:12. > :06:17.one which had spread quite extensively within the Americas. The

:06:18. > :06:21.illness itself is quite mild and it didn't really appear to cause much

:06:22. > :06:26.concern. Everyone expected it would spread. It was only much later in

:06:27. > :06:32.the year when the rise in the number of cases of microcephaly and Anne

:06:33. > :06:40.Cecily, these very serious abnormalities popped up, that this

:06:41. > :06:46.became obviously a much more serious situation -- microcephaly and

:06:47. > :06:52.encephaly. Is it certain it is primarily a problem for pregnant

:06:53. > :06:59.women? Yes. This is an evolving situation. Our understanding is

:07:00. > :07:06.progressing almost by the day. The problem is that it is quite hard to

:07:07. > :07:12.test wrecked -- retrospectively. One has to piece together a jigsaw to

:07:13. > :07:18.know what is going on. You can find the virus when someone is infected,

:07:19. > :07:22.and that are cases where amniotic fluid has been drawn and the virus

:07:23. > :07:26.has been detected, but it is a public health puzzle to put it

:07:27. > :07:33.together and know absolutely that there is cause and effect. But, in

:07:34. > :07:38.the meantime, we have to go with maximum caution and, yes, I think

:07:39. > :07:51.this is a very alarming situation, I think the WHO has been criticised

:07:52. > :07:57.for taking too long and is democratic we need to give it

:07:58. > :08:01.maximum attention. Marie-Claire, you are pregnant, you were in Brazil on

:08:02. > :08:06.honeymoon. When did you become aware of seeker and how worried were you?

:08:07. > :08:11.I was in the north-east part of Brazil, it is the most affected. I

:08:12. > :08:14.had seen an advertisement about mosquitoes on television, it was in

:08:15. > :08:19.Portuguese so I was not too sure what it was about, but it did not

:08:20. > :08:23.click, watching the advert, how serious the message was. I received

:08:24. > :08:27.a phone call from my dad, who had been on Google and read the World

:08:28. > :08:31.Health Organisation travel alert. He said to me, have you heard about

:08:32. > :08:35.this Zika virus? I am not sure what you are doing their right now, but I

:08:36. > :08:39.would recommend you get out sooner you can. So my husband and I jumped

:08:40. > :08:45.on Google and started reading reports about the Zika virus. I then

:08:46. > :08:48.talked to way few receptionists at the hotel we stayed in and asked

:08:49. > :08:53.them what they thought of it. They confirmed it was very dangerous for

:08:54. > :08:59.pregnant women to be in Brazil at that point in time, that I should be

:09:00. > :09:05.wearing insect repellent. At that stage, had you already been bitten?

:09:06. > :09:11.Yes, I had about seven bytes on my leg and my foot. How worried were

:09:12. > :09:15.you? I panicked. When I wear -- read the reports about what it could do

:09:16. > :09:19.to babies. And I knew that repellent would not protect me because I am

:09:20. > :09:26.one of those people who gets bitten, and I had already been bitten. Do

:09:27. > :09:31.you left within 24 hours? Within 24 hours, court plane home the next day

:09:32. > :09:36.and came back to the UK. Now you have been tested twice? What is

:09:37. > :09:41.going on? Just to be 100% sure, I thought I would give a blood sample

:09:42. > :09:45.to my midwife, they sent it to be tested. And I also went to the

:09:46. > :09:50.tropical disease Centre in London following some advice I had

:09:51. > :09:55.received. Because the test is not routine, like it would be for

:09:56. > :09:59.malaria, they had to send it to a special laboratory, and that is why

:10:00. > :10:06.I wanted to provide two blood samples. Although I have had one

:10:07. > :10:11.test results back, and it has been negative, what is worrying is that

:10:12. > :10:16.the tropical disease consultant told me two things about the blood test.

:10:17. > :10:20.The first is that there can be false positives because, as you pointed

:10:21. > :10:27.out, it closely resembles some of the other diseases like dengue fever

:10:28. > :10:31.and other things, the second thing is that a negative result is not

:10:32. > :10:36.certain. It could be that my blood were taken to later, because there

:10:37. > :10:42.is something about the time frame in which the blood was taken -- taken

:10:43. > :10:48.too later. In some people the virus could last three or four days, for

:10:49. > :10:53.others it could be two weeks. So you will be worried all through your

:10:54. > :10:59.pregnancy? Basically, yeah. Paul, how prepared are we for this? The

:11:00. > :11:03.first thing to say is that this is a tragic situation for all the parents

:11:04. > :11:06.and babies affected in Brazil by the Micro carefully. It is very

:11:07. > :11:11.important to get a couple of messages across. -- by the

:11:12. > :11:16.microcephaly. This disease is passed on by the biting of mosquitoes, and

:11:17. > :11:20.the type of mosquito that carries this disease is not one that

:11:21. > :11:25.survives in the UK. So we would not expect to have outbreaks of Zika

:11:26. > :11:30.virus in the UK. The mosquito that carries it does not survive here.

:11:31. > :11:35.Now, of course, it is a concern for people travelling to areas where the

:11:36. > :11:39.Zika virus is being transmitted. Although the link is not

:11:40. > :11:46.definitively proven yet, we are giving very precautionary advice. Is

:11:47. > :11:49.about the advice? The advice for any traveller to anywhere with

:11:50. > :11:54.mosquitoes is to take standard precautions to avoid being bitten.

:11:55. > :11:59.Even countries that have not been identified? Any country that has

:12:00. > :12:03.mosquitoes and disease is borne by mosquitoes, whether it is dead

:12:04. > :12:07.fever, malaria, Zika, whatever. We do not see outbreaks of these

:12:08. > :12:13.diseases in the UK, if you travel to mosquito area you need to wear long

:12:14. > :12:19.trousers, long sleeves, where Rahat Ali use a proven insect repellent

:12:20. > :12:26.and sleep under a net. -- wear a hat and use a proven insect repellent.

:12:27. > :12:30.The Zika carrying mosquitoes around in the daytime, so it is very

:12:31. > :12:36.important to wear long trousers and sleeves. Not great if you are going

:12:37. > :12:40.on a hot holiday! We can only give this advice. Because we are saying

:12:41. > :12:43.there is a strong link with Micro carefully, we advise pregnant women

:12:44. > :12:47.or women thinking of becoming pregnant to talk to them and wives

:12:48. > :12:51.and doctors -- a strong link with microcephaly. Think about whether

:12:52. > :12:56.you want to delay your trouble. Should they not just not go? At the

:12:57. > :13:00.end of the day it is a personal decision based on how important it

:13:01. > :13:04.is for the individual to trouble. The woman themselves is best placed

:13:05. > :13:09.to make that decision. We can give the advice that we give about

:13:10. > :13:15.considering delaying travel to an area affected by Zika. On the travel

:13:16. > :13:18.issue, Victoria, if somebody cancels a holiday or is away and wants to

:13:19. > :13:24.come back because of the Zika virus, will they be out of pocket? It is

:13:25. > :13:28.clear to distinguish between women who are pregnant and the rest of the

:13:29. > :13:33.travelling public, if you like. Clearly, the symptoms are mild, like

:13:34. > :13:39.other viruses, but if you are pregnant the key thing to do it is

:13:40. > :13:44.to talk to your doctor, your GP and get a medical certificate, that is

:13:45. > :13:48.very, very important. Your travel insurance may not be validated,

:13:49. > :13:55.basically, without that. Talk to your travel provider. I can't speak

:13:56. > :13:59.for every airline but I can speak to ABTA members, most of our members

:14:00. > :14:06.have come out with their policies and say that you have an option to

:14:07. > :14:10.change your destination or get a refund. What if you are not going

:14:11. > :14:17.through an agent, you have booked something independently? It will be

:14:18. > :14:23.dealt with on a case-by-case basis. You should talk to your travel

:14:24. > :14:28.provider. It is very, very ported to have that conversation with your GP.

:14:29. > :14:34.And if you are not pregnant, no hope of a refund? No, because the

:14:35. > :14:40.symptoms, like any virus, there are many tropical... There are more

:14:41. > :14:44.experts than me on the impact of tropical illnesses, but there are

:14:45. > :14:47.lots of other viruses. This is one of the things that has been

:14:48. > :14:52.misconstrued a little bit. If you are an adult and you get a virus

:14:53. > :14:57.like this, if you are not pregnant, the symptoms are very mild, you are

:14:58. > :15:00.in a different position to if you are pregnant. Richard, you said at

:15:01. > :15:05.the beginning that we are feeling our way through in terms of finding

:15:06. > :15:11.out more about the virus, because it is so new. If a pregnant woman got

:15:12. > :15:15.infected by the Zika virus, is it an absolute certainty that the foetus

:15:16. > :15:20.would be damage? No. We don't know. We are still crunching the numbers

:15:21. > :15:23.and there is a lot more detective work to be done. We don't know

:15:24. > :15:33.whether or not you need Zika plus something else. Although Zika has

:15:34. > :15:36.been known previously for some time, this association is quite new. Most

:15:37. > :15:40.of the cases have occurred in Brazil, most of the cases of the

:15:41. > :15:46.abnormalities. So there is a lot more that needs to be clarified. As

:15:47. > :15:52.everyone is saying, to quote the Americans, it is out of an abundance

:15:53. > :15:57.of caution. This is something that we are trying to be cautious about

:15:58. > :16:03.simply because the problems are potentially devastating.

:16:04. > :16:14.People are asking questions. Answer them as best you can. And male

:16:15. > :16:23.travelling to Brazil, one of my risks, what are the indications? --

:16:24. > :16:27.what are my risks? Take all of those precautions by covering up, insect

:16:28. > :16:32.repellent, reaches the number of bytes, if you take mosquito

:16:33. > :16:42.precautions, you can reduce the risk by 90%. What are the applications

:16:43. > :16:46.for a man? If you get sick, there is potentially an illness, Edinburgh

:16:47. > :16:52.sent get this virus without symptoms and with the 20% to get sick, it can

:16:53. > :17:00.be from a minor thing to something more troubling. -- 80%. There is a

:17:01. > :17:04.theoretical concern about whether or not the virus can persist in bodily

:17:05. > :17:13.fluids and this potentially has the risk of being a blood borne virus.

:17:14. > :17:20.There has been concern, as with the Ebola virus, the virus was found to

:17:21. > :17:27.be protected in fluids such as within the eyes and in Seaman. That

:17:28. > :17:34.would change the picture? It does change this a bit. There is one

:17:35. > :17:39.reported case of sexual transmission which is being investigated, but it

:17:40. > :17:43.is buried low risk. We are advising men who travel to affected areas,

:17:44. > :17:49.from their own point of view, take all of the mosquito precautions and

:17:50. > :17:54.if they do get infected, it is a mild illness but the theoretical

:17:55. > :17:58.risk would be if their partner is pregnant or considering becoming

:17:59. > :18:03.pregnant so if you have been to an affected area, we advised to use

:18:04. > :18:10.condom is for 28 days afterwards, by which time the best advice is it

:18:11. > :18:14.would be unlikely for you to even have that minimal risk of

:18:15. > :18:21.transmitting to your partner. Just take that added precaution. Another

:18:22. > :18:27.question, following on, can the virus be killed by antibiotics and

:18:28. > :18:32.if not, can you be a carrier for the rest of your life? There is no

:18:33. > :18:36.specific treatment to kill this virus but the infection lasts for up

:18:37. > :18:42.to one week and it occurs about one week after being bitten by a

:18:43. > :18:46.mosquito. We are out of time, we have been through a lot that will be

:18:47. > :18:49.helpful for people watching. Good luck with the pregnancy. Thank you

:18:50. > :18:52.all. Still to come: We'll be speaking

:18:53. > :18:56.to a surgeon who's part of the specialist team

:18:57. > :18:59.which will carry out the first NHS funded hand transplants

:19:00. > :19:00.for patients. And can you fight inequality

:19:01. > :19:03.by playing football in crop tops We'll meet a group of women who say

:19:04. > :19:15.they're doing just that. As concern grows over

:19:16. > :19:19.the spread of Zika virus, the International Olympic Committee

:19:20. > :19:25.is to issue guidance for athletes and those planning to watch this

:19:26. > :19:28.year's Games in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has been the epicentre of

:19:29. > :19:30.the outbreak and the mosquito-borne disease has been linked

:19:31. > :19:33.to a surge in brain defects David Cameron is heading

:19:34. > :19:39.to Brussels for crucial talks with the European Commission

:19:40. > :19:41.President over the Britain's The UK is said to be closing

:19:42. > :19:45.in on an agreement that would allow the Government to deny in-work

:19:46. > :19:48.benefits to people from other parts The Prime Minister is hoping he can

:19:49. > :19:53.strike a deal ahead of a key summit in February before putting the issue

:19:54. > :19:59.to voters in a referendum. 7000 homes in the North

:20:00. > :20:01.of Scotland are without power after Storm Gertrude brought

:20:02. > :20:05.winds of more than 90mph. Around 100 schools have been shut,

:20:06. > :20:08.trains and ferries have been We will be live in Scotland in the

:20:09. > :20:18.next few moments. The last Land Rover Defender

:20:19. > :20:20.will roll off the production line later, ending 67 years

:20:21. > :20:23.of the popular 4x4 being made. Jaguar Land Rover has discontinued

:20:24. > :20:25.the famous off-road vehicle, which has been exported

:20:26. > :20:27.across the world. More than two million have been made

:20:28. > :20:30.since the original Land Rover Series began production

:20:31. > :20:34.in Solihull in 1948. The Royal Navy's newest billion

:20:35. > :20:37.pound warships are to have new engines fitted because

:20:38. > :20:42.they keep breaking down. In an email seen by the BBC,

:20:43. > :20:46.a serving Royal Navy officer wrote that "total electric failures

:20:47. > :20:49.are common" on its fleet of six Donald Trump loomed large over

:20:50. > :20:54.the final Republican debate before the Iowa caucuses,

:20:55. > :20:59.despite not being on stage. His absence was mocked by his rivals

:21:00. > :21:01.who attacked each other Mr Trump decided to withdraw

:21:02. > :21:09.after Fox News refused to drop debate host Megyn Kelly,

:21:10. > :21:12.whom he accused of bias. Oscars organisers have announced

:21:13. > :21:16.the line-up of presenters and performers for this year's

:21:17. > :21:19.Awards, which will include several The Oscars has been overshadowed

:21:20. > :21:23.by a row about a lack of diversity, with some stars such as Will Smith

:21:24. > :21:28.boycotting the show. Among those who will take part

:21:29. > :21:30.in next month's ceremony are Whoopi Goldberg,

:21:31. > :21:32.the comedian Kevin Hart and the Puerto Rican actor

:21:33. > :21:34.Benicio Del Toro. Let's catch up with all the sport

:21:35. > :21:37.now and join Katharine Downes. Andy Murray is trying

:21:38. > :21:40.to reach his fifth Australian Open He's in action now,

:21:41. > :21:55.how's he getting on? He got off to the worst start. He

:21:56. > :22:01.was broken in the first game by the Gideon Milos Raonic, he stayed in

:22:02. > :22:07.front for the first set. So, he has it all to do, it is on serve in the

:22:08. > :22:12.second set so he could pick up the second one and be back. Raonic is on

:22:13. > :22:18.a remarkable winning streak, he has not lost a match so far this year,

:22:19. > :22:22.nine matches in a row, he has one of the fastest serves on the tour and

:22:23. > :22:25.is proving a real challenge for Andy Murray in Melbourne. They have

:22:26. > :22:31.played each other eight different times on tour, four wins each and

:22:32. > :22:38.Raonic has the advantage in this one. Already, two British players in

:22:39. > :22:42.the finals, Jamie Murray in the Men's Doubles with his partner and

:22:43. > :22:46.also Gordon Reid is through to the finals of the wheelchair singles.

:22:47. > :22:50.But Andy Murray has a lot of work ahead of him to make it three

:22:51. > :22:54.British players in the finals. We will be back at ten o'clock but our

:22:55. > :22:59.correspondent with the latest but Andy Murray is struggling against

:23:00. > :23:03.Raonic at the minute. Let's hope the improves!

:23:04. > :23:08.Scotland and Northern Ireland are feeling the full force of the latest

:23:09. > :23:13.winter storm. Storm Gertrude has been generating wind in some areas

:23:14. > :23:17.of up to 90 miles an hour. It has closed schools, roads and cutting

:23:18. > :23:21.power to thousands of homes. Let us go live to the West Coast of

:23:22. > :23:31.Scotland and join Lorna Gordon. What is it like? Conditions here have

:23:32. > :23:35.eased in the last hour and the sun shining but this has been a very

:23:36. > :23:41.disruptive storm and partly because of the timing, it happened when

:23:42. > :23:46.people were heading to work and is debris on the roads, trees falling

:23:47. > :23:51.down, closing some of the major routes and bridges because of the

:23:52. > :23:55.wind speed and one tenth of the trains in Scotland are cancelled

:23:56. > :24:00.today and if you look out to the sea, but what is quite choppy, that

:24:01. > :24:05.means that every single ferry service has been disrupted to a

:24:06. > :24:11.greater or lesser degree. Conditions are easing off here but in the

:24:12. > :24:17.Northern Isles, it is just ramping up. As for the schools, around 100

:24:18. > :24:20.closed around the country and all schools in Orkney, Shetland and the

:24:21. > :24:25.Western Isles are closed down for the day. You might see this picture

:24:26. > :24:33.of structural damage, we often hear that term bandied about. But there

:24:34. > :24:37.is a school in Edinburgh and the side of the school has been ripped

:24:38. > :24:42.away because of the speed of the wind and that is not isolated. There

:24:43. > :24:48.is debris in Edinburgh city centre and Glasgow city centre also. One

:24:49. > :24:52.mild injured in Edinburgh because of falling debris. -- one mild. The

:24:53. > :24:57.warnings in the Northern Isles, it has been upgraded to read weather

:24:58. > :25:06.warning because the winds are expected to gust two up to 100 mph.

:25:07. > :25:15.-- gust to up to. Still to come: We'll be speaking

:25:16. > :25:18.to a surgeon who's part of the specialist team

:25:19. > :25:20.which will carry out the first NHS funded hand transplants

:25:21. > :25:22.for patients. They describe themselves as football

:25:23. > :25:25.pioneers and say by playing in crop tops and hot pants they are

:25:26. > :25:27.fighting inequality. But some say the Lingerie Football

:25:28. > :25:32.League is just objectifying women. The 14-strong team have set

:25:33. > :25:34.themselves up in Manchester and say they just want to get

:25:35. > :25:36.on with playing football, but after being turned away

:25:37. > :25:38.from sporting venues, is the football establishment

:25:39. > :25:40.embarrassed of them? Our sports reporter Hugh Woozencroft

:25:41. > :25:48.has been investigating. 2015 was a breakthrough year

:25:49. > :25:57.for women's football. Success at the World Cup drew

:25:58. > :26:00.in massive TV audiences. According to the Football

:26:01. > :26:04.Association, last season over 147,000 players competed

:26:05. > :26:06.in affiliated league It is a figure which has grown

:26:07. > :26:15.from just over 10,000 back in 1993. But for one women's football

:26:16. > :26:17.team in Manchester this They have started playing

:26:18. > :26:22.the game wearing less, believing it could bring more

:26:23. > :26:24.attention to the inequalities So far the girls have played

:26:25. > :26:33.a number of exhibition matches including one at Ryan Giggs

:26:34. > :26:35.and Gary Neville's Hotel Football. But they have come up

:26:36. > :26:39.against a lot of opposition. They have had a number

:26:40. > :26:41.of bookings cancelled, and even when I went to meet them

:26:42. > :26:45.at a sports centre in Wigan, we were told we were

:26:46. > :26:47.not allowed to film. We asked the company for a statement

:26:48. > :26:50.and they say we were turned away because they were not convinced

:26:51. > :26:52.the suggested format showcased women's football

:26:53. > :26:54.in a positive light. So those pictures say

:26:55. > :26:57.we could not film with them, which is symptomatic of some

:26:58. > :26:59.of the controversy these So we had to come and speak

:27:00. > :27:06.to them in a local pub just The reason that in the UK men get

:27:07. > :27:10.paid so much more than women is because the lack of media

:27:11. > :27:13.coverage and the lack So I thought if I can do something

:27:14. > :27:23.to attract media coverage which in turn will attract

:27:24. > :27:25.commercial investment this will help And once people get over the knee

:27:26. > :27:29.jerk reaction and realise we are just girls who want to play

:27:30. > :27:32.sport and fight for equality, then they will understand it,

:27:33. > :27:35.they will see our cause. As, you spoke to some

:27:36. > :27:38.of the players, and they have said, don't judge us until

:27:39. > :27:40.you have seen us play. We are not models playing football,

:27:41. > :27:42.we can really play sport. I used to play football

:27:43. > :27:46.when I was younger and then I got bullied for it, I got

:27:47. > :27:49.called tomboy and lesbian, just getting called all

:27:50. > :27:52.the time so I stopped. Then I recently started again,

:27:53. > :27:58.just getting my confidence back up and then I seen that Gemma was doing

:27:59. > :28:02.this Lingerie Football League and what it was about so I thought,

:28:03. > :28:05.yeah, because that is It's gutting because we just

:28:06. > :28:13.want to play football and we are just getting turned away

:28:14. > :28:16.all the time and I don't get why. Like, we are not

:28:17. > :28:18.doing nothing wrong. But what about the outfits,

:28:19. > :28:21.are they just being too provocative? We go in the gym wearing

:28:22. > :28:26.things like this, so... It's more public and more people

:28:27. > :28:30.see you wearing this, it obviously looks bad,

:28:31. > :28:33.but if you ask the majority of women what they wear to the gym it

:28:34. > :28:36.would be exactly the same. I don't understand the negativity

:28:37. > :28:39.just because there is a bit of belly Some people would say

:28:40. > :28:45.you are deliberately trying If it attracts the right attention

:28:46. > :28:48.and the right media coverage If it is for a better cause then

:28:49. > :28:52.I don't see why not. You have come up with the idea that

:28:53. > :28:56.sex sells and you are trying to be, That is the reaction

:28:57. > :29:02.of a typical male stereotype. They hear the word

:29:03. > :29:04.lingerie and think sex. Nowhere in our vocabulary

:29:05. > :29:13.would them words ever come. It's a word, it's a word that's

:29:14. > :29:15.driving our campaign. It's sportswear and yes,

:29:16. > :29:17.it is lingerie, but we are There are some people

:29:18. > :29:20.though that might argue, Gemma, that you are making,

:29:21. > :29:23.you are putting these girls Do you not think that negates

:29:24. > :29:30.all the hard work which has happened in trying to make women's

:29:31. > :29:32.sport equal with men? And my answer to that is how long do

:29:33. > :29:36.you want us to wait? How long do you want me to wait that

:29:37. > :29:39.men get paid so much What, like, what do

:29:40. > :29:42.you want us to do? So what we are doing,

:29:43. > :29:46.is the controversy and playing in sportswear and playing in sports

:29:47. > :29:49.bra, that's driving our campaign. Once people understand and get over

:29:50. > :29:58.the knee jerk reaction and see that we start changing behaviour,

:29:59. > :30:01.that will all be forgotten about. So Lingerie Football seems to have

:30:02. > :30:04.upset a lot of people We tried to speak to a number

:30:05. > :30:09.of former players, commentators, campaign groups even,

:30:10. > :30:12.although declining to speak to us. The FA at Wembley did not

:30:13. > :30:15.want to give an interview either. And all really not wanting to get

:30:16. > :30:18.involved in something Maybe they don't want to give

:30:19. > :30:22.Lingerie Football any more exposure, But luckily we have managed to speak

:30:23. > :30:29.to someone on the topic. I guarantee you that

:30:30. > :30:33.if you ask most young girls whether they would want to play

:30:34. > :30:36.football in a skimpy little kit, We know that because we do work

:30:37. > :30:45.in schools and we know that girls want to have a comfortable,

:30:46. > :30:49.quite loose PE kit. Not all girls, of course,

:30:50. > :30:51.but many of them do because they are quite

:30:52. > :30:54.body conscious. The reality is calling this

:30:55. > :30:56.Lingerie Football is marketing the fact that this is about women

:30:57. > :31:03.in their underwear. It is not about great skills

:31:04. > :31:09.and enjoying the game. And I am sure these women are really

:31:10. > :31:12.well-intentioned and it sounds like they are doing it

:31:13. > :31:15.for good reason but I think they are misguided in the way

:31:16. > :31:20.in which are approaching it. The idea originally came

:31:21. > :31:22.the United States, where an American football version, now knows

:31:23. > :31:25.as the Legends Football League, plays to big stadia,

:31:26. > :31:27.with the players believing their skimpy outfits have

:31:28. > :31:29.given them a platform Phoebe Schecter once played in a now

:31:30. > :31:35.defunct start-up version here in the UK and has now become

:31:36. > :31:38.Great Britain's American football She has a certain sympathy

:31:39. > :31:43.with what Lingerie Football Half naked girls running around

:31:44. > :31:47.a football pitch is quite intriguing isn't it, to watch, and it

:31:48. > :31:51.will get the people in. But I don't know if I could say that

:31:52. > :31:54.many parents would want their ten-year-old, or whatever age

:31:55. > :31:58.girls at the moment who are training so hard, then tell them their only

:31:59. > :32:01.opportunity to play might Looking at the football,

:32:02. > :32:06.or the American football side, the problem is that you are telling

:32:07. > :32:10.women that this is what women You are not allowing women of other

:32:11. > :32:14.sizes to perhaps play a sport that they could easily play

:32:15. > :32:23.with all their clothes on. Some think Lingerie Football

:32:24. > :32:26.are taking the women's game back Just over a decade ago Fifa's

:32:27. > :32:31.outgoing president Sepp Blatter suggested something very similar

:32:32. > :32:36.for which he was slammed. And for the Football Association

:32:37. > :32:39.itself, the new team go against all they have

:32:40. > :32:42.achieved for the game. They were due to play an exhibition

:32:43. > :32:45.match at England's training base, St George's Park, but that was

:32:46. > :32:47.subsequently cancelled. We asked the FA for an interview

:32:48. > :32:51.on the matter but they would not is that they don't want

:32:52. > :33:19.anyone to rock the boat. They want it to stay as a male

:33:20. > :33:22.dominated sport and they want And we are saying no,

:33:23. > :33:26.we won't do that. We will do something

:33:27. > :33:28.that is going to help support Lingerie Football are hoping

:33:29. > :33:32.to start a league in the summer and are already starting several

:33:33. > :33:34.more teams across the country. However it does seem the anger

:33:35. > :33:37.which they have prompted won't go away any time soon,

:33:38. > :33:54.if they are to ever have a platform Hen on Twitter says women playing

:33:55. > :33:58.football in crop tops and hot pants is ridiculous. Men do not play in

:33:59. > :34:03.boxes or why Fritz, it is a gimmick. LJ on Twitter says you cannot be

:34:04. > :34:06.expected to be taken seriously. After the Lionesses did so well, not

:34:07. > :34:08.the type of media coverage we need. And remember, you can watch that

:34:09. > :34:14.film again and share it online from our programme page -

:34:15. > :34:24.that's at bbc.co.uk/victoria. The NHS in England is to start

:34:25. > :34:27.funding had transplants for people who have suffered serious injury or

:34:28. > :34:32.inflection. The transplants will be carried out in Leeds, with the first

:34:33. > :34:36.expected to take place this year. Foal people are hoping to have the

:34:37. > :34:40.operation. Corrine Hutton is to receive the first double hand

:34:41. > :34:41.transplant on the NHS. She said she welcomes the new funding.

:34:42. > :34:43.I had a bad cough which lead to pneumonia.

:34:44. > :34:47.During that period my hands and my feet were starved

:34:48. > :34:53.So I had to lose both legs at the shins, and my hands.

:34:54. > :34:57.I am lucky enough to have that Leeds team looking after me and I have

:34:58. > :35:01.been waiting now for a hand transplant for 17 months.

:35:02. > :35:03.It's fantastic news today that the funding is available

:35:04. > :35:09.but I have had that funding for a while, for me it's

:35:10. > :35:11.about finding the right donor, and that just hasn't

:35:12. > :35:17.We can now talk to Dan Wilks, a surgeon who assisted

:35:18. > :35:25.He also helped with Corrine Hutton, who you just saw there.

:35:26. > :35:34.Thank you very much for joining us. What difference will this NHS

:35:35. > :35:40.funding make? Well, to us now this is a really big hurdle that we have

:35:41. > :35:44.now jumped with our programme. We have been working towards this for

:35:45. > :35:50.probably five or six years now. It now means that we can start offering

:35:51. > :35:55.this service to the whole country and start looking for upper limb

:35:56. > :36:01.amputee that may be suitable to receive hand transplants, of which

:36:02. > :36:07.we think there may be quite a few. Obviously medicine and techniques

:36:08. > :36:11.leave all for overtime, -- involve overtime, how much art techniques

:36:12. > :36:17.improving and changing? This is quite a new procedure, you are

:36:18. > :36:23.right. The first one was performed back in 1998 in France. A lot of the

:36:24. > :36:29.surgery has not really changed that much. A lot of the techniques that

:36:30. > :36:33.we perform as part they had are very similar to techniques we perform on

:36:34. > :36:37.a daily basis -- that we perform as part of a hand transplants are very

:36:38. > :36:42.similar. What has changed other medications which go along with it

:36:43. > :36:47.to suppress the immune system, which means it has become much more

:36:48. > :36:56.reliable than in the past. It gives people a realistic chance of

:36:57. > :37:02.reconstruct Ding an absent hand. -- reconstructing. With the people then

:37:03. > :37:08.quickly get full use of the hand? It varies depending on the individual,

:37:09. > :37:12.their level of amputation. There will almost always be some immediate

:37:13. > :37:16.function that comes back. Our first hand transplant but we performed

:37:17. > :37:22.about three years ago had immediate movement of the fingers, but then to

:37:23. > :37:28.recover full function and full feeling takes quite some time.

:37:29. > :37:34.Anything up to two or three years, really, before things level out. Are

:37:35. > :37:40.their psychological issues as well, having somebody else's hands? There

:37:41. > :37:45.absolutely are, very much so. That is a very important, integral part

:37:46. > :37:52.of our programme, that we have very skilled and experienced clinical

:37:53. > :37:56.psychologists that work with the patients we see right from the

:37:57. > :38:04.beginning at the initial stages of their assessment, all the way to

:38:05. > :38:09.their surgery and beyond. As you mentioned, people have too burden to

:38:10. > :38:16.integrate their new hand into their concept of their own self. They will

:38:17. > :38:27.regularly see our psychologists for help with that. There is no tick box

:38:28. > :38:32.on the donor form for hands. How do you actually get them? You are

:38:33. > :38:40.absolutely right, there is not. There are many boxes for solid

:38:41. > :38:46.organs, such as livers and kidneys, but when we seek donations for upper

:38:47. > :38:51.limbs, it is not a common event because we don't have many patients

:38:52. > :39:00.waiting, and so the process is slightly different. It is recorded

:39:01. > :39:03.fully. But in a slightly different fashion. Dan Wilkes, thank you for

:39:04. > :39:06.joining us. David Cameron will hold talks

:39:07. > :39:09.in Brussels today following claims that officials are close to a deal

:39:10. > :39:12.on one of his key demands The proposal would allow Britain

:39:13. > :39:15.to restrict benefit payments to people who are in work

:39:16. > :39:18.and from other parts of the EU, Our political correspondent

:39:19. > :39:32.Adam Fleming is at Westminster How much can be expected,

:39:33. > :39:36.potentially, from these talks? As with everything in the EU, it is a

:39:37. > :39:40.bit of a breakthrough, yes, and a bit of a breakthrough, no. David

:39:41. > :39:45.Cameron has been pushing for for quite a while this idea that new

:39:46. > :39:52.migrants coming from the EU to the UK can't claim in work benefits for

:39:53. > :39:56.foal years after they get here. But did not go down very well with lots

:39:57. > :40:02.of other European leaders, who said it was unfair and would discriminate

:40:03. > :40:06.against citizens. It seems the European Commission, who are like

:40:07. > :40:09.the civil sick of the EU, are moving towards David Cameron 's view of how

:40:10. > :40:15.that should work and getting closer to his point of view. They are

:40:16. > :40:20.introducing the idea of an emergency brake, we think it would work like

:40:21. > :40:23.this. Written would be able to say that our public services are under

:40:24. > :40:27.great pressure from lots of migrants, we need a lot of help.

:40:28. > :40:31.David Cameron would be able to say we will stop paying benefits to

:40:32. > :40:36.migrant in some form, the European Commission would assess whether that

:40:37. > :40:38.was really the case and he could do that, then his fellow leaders at a

:40:39. > :40:45.summit would vote and decided he could do that. That could be in

:40:46. > :40:49.place for foal years. It is just a proposal at the moment, the details

:40:50. > :40:54.are very sketchy. There are loads of unanswered questions and we have

:40:55. > :40:58.already seen some of the veteran Eurosceptics saying what good is an

:40:59. > :41:02.emergency brake if you don't know whose hand is on the break you don't

:41:03. > :41:04.know who gets to pull it and you don't how quickly it would stop the

:41:05. > :41:19.vehicle. Thank you very much. Let's catch up on the latest

:41:20. > :41:23.weather, Tomasz is here on the latest on Storm Gertrude.

:41:24. > :41:27.There have been power interruptions. We have seen the peak of the storm

:41:28. > :41:31.across some parts of the country, but not necessarily everywhere. This

:41:32. > :41:36.is just an example of some of the ghost. They will get stronger in

:41:37. > :41:41.Lerwick in Shetland, but I think Edinburgh and Glasgow have seen the

:41:42. > :41:48.worst of the winds. What could they get it to? Up to 100 mph in

:41:49. > :41:53.Shetland. This is where Gertrude has been crossing the Atlantic. This is

:41:54. > :41:59.where we have seen the worst of the winds. There has been a lot of

:42:00. > :42:03.discussion in the weather centre today from other departments, they

:42:04. > :42:09.have been asking why is it that these storms tend to curve away in

:42:10. > :42:13.the direction of Scotland and we rarely, say, see it in the south. It

:42:14. > :42:16.is all to do with the curvature of the Earth and something called the

:42:17. > :42:23.Corey force. These fast spinning storms tend to curve upwards. So to

:42:24. > :42:28.get one down here you would have to have one forming way down there, but

:42:29. > :42:32.the jet stream does not live there, it is further north, that is the

:42:33. > :42:38.driving boards. You are always so informative, love it.

:42:39. > :42:44.Let's see what will happen over the next few hours or so. Still some

:42:45. > :42:51.disruption from storm Gertrude. For some, the worst is over, for others,

:42:52. > :42:55.not. A red warning from the Met Office for Shetland, 100 mph winds.

:42:56. > :43:02.In the south of the country for the next hour or so, south of that, we

:43:03. > :43:06.could get gusts of 60 or 70 mph. Relatively speaking, that is calm.

:43:07. > :43:12.It is still blowing hard on the south coast, but nothing like across

:43:13. > :43:17.the northern half of the UK. These are instantaneous wind gusts. In

:43:18. > :43:22.some areas they will be stronger, and others later. They are already

:43:23. > :43:27.down to 50 or 60 mph across the West of Scotland. In the far north here

:43:28. > :43:33.once again by the time we get to early afternoon, we could see gusts

:43:34. > :43:39.approaching 100 mph. Pretty rad, but it does happen now and again across

:43:40. > :43:45.this part of the world. -- pretty rare. Sunshine and showers. For many

:43:46. > :43:48.of you in the south of the UK do will be wondering what the fuss is

:43:49. > :43:52.about. But it is all happening further north. In the wake of

:43:53. > :43:56.Gertrude we have air coming in from the North, we will see snow across

:43:57. > :44:01.the Highlands and the lowlands. Buyers go and Edinburgh are waking

:44:02. > :44:05.up to snow. The Met Office has issued an amber warning for snow

:44:06. > :44:12.showers falling across parts of Scotland. To the south, much milder,

:44:13. > :44:17.no snow here. As far as Saturday is concerned, a bright and brisk day,

:44:18. > :44:22.but the gales will strengthen once again across Scotland. Not to the

:44:23. > :44:27.levels we are experiencing now, but they will cause blizzards and it

:44:28. > :44:34.will be a cold, raw feeling day. These arrows are a lot smaller, they

:44:35. > :44:39.are moving a lot slower. Lighter winds. Pretty overcast and grey for

:44:40. > :44:45.some. Milder, around 13 degrees in London, but still chilly in

:44:46. > :44:53.Scotland, four or 5 degrees. That is not over. We have more storms on the

:44:54. > :44:57.way. This is Monday into Tuesday. It is not a definite, it is a

:44:58. > :45:01.potential. Once again, across northern parts of the country, we

:45:02. > :45:05.could be seeing damaging and destructive winds. We will keep an

:45:06. > :45:10.eye on that particular weather situation over the next day or so.

:45:11. > :45:13.For a few more hours we have a severe winds across the northern

:45:14. > :45:17.half of the country, then through the course of this evening things

:45:18. > :45:25.will be improving. That's it, you are up

:45:26. > :45:28.Hello, it's ten o'clock, I am Joanna Gosling. Welcome to the programme if

:45:29. > :45:48.you've just joined us... Coming up before 11? There are

:45:49. > :45:50.warnings that the Zika virus is spreading 'explosively' and up to

:45:51. > :45:53.four million people could be infected in the next year. We'll be

:45:54. > :45:55.speaking to the Deputy Director General at the World Health

:45:56. > :45:57.Organisation. Dutch police say they are 'concerned' for the safety of a

:45:58. > :45:59.British tourist who's gone missing in Amsterdam. Richard Cole was

:46:00. > :46:02.visiting the city last weekend when he disappeared. James Murdoch

:46:03. > :46:04.becomes one of the most powerful figures in European television as

:46:05. > :46:07.he's announced as the chairman of Sky, four years after he resigned as

:46:08. > :46:08.chairman of what was then known as BSkyB.

:46:09. > :46:12.As concern grows over the spread of Zika virus,

:46:13. > :46:16.the International Olympic Committee is to issue guidance for athletes

:46:17. > :46:20.and those planning to watch this year's Games in Rio de Janeiro.

:46:21. > :46:23.Brazil has been the epicentre of the outbreak and the mosquito-borne

:46:24. > :46:25.disease has been linked to a surge in brain defects

:46:26. > :46:45.Winds gusting to more ninety miles an hour are causing severe

:46:46. > :46:48.disruption to travel across Scotland. Seven thousand homes are

:46:49. > :46:50.without power Some trains have been cancelled for safety reasons and

:46:51. > :46:51.many ferries have been unable to sail. More than a hundred schools

:46:52. > :46:52.have remained closed. David Cameron is heading

:46:53. > :46:54.to Brussels for crucial talks with the European Commission

:46:55. > :46:56.President over the Britain's The UK is said to be closing

:46:57. > :47:01.in on an agreement that would allow Britain to deny in-work benefits

:47:02. > :47:03.to people from other parts Mr Cameron is hoping he can strike

:47:04. > :47:08.a deal ahead of a European summit in February before putting the issue

:47:09. > :47:11.to voters in a referendum. The last Land Rover Defender

:47:12. > :47:15.will roll off the production line later, ending 67 years

:47:16. > :47:17.of the popular 4x4 being made. More than two million have been made

:47:18. > :47:21.since the original Land Rover Series began production

:47:22. > :47:29.in Solihull in 1948. Jaguar Land Rover says it is a place

:47:30. > :47:33.in the vehicle because of tighter laws on safety.

:47:34. > :47:35.James Murdoch becomes one of the most powerful figures

:47:36. > :47:38.in European television as he's announced as the chairman of Sky,

:47:39. > :47:40.four years after he resigned as chairman of what was then

:47:41. > :47:46.He previously resigned as chairman of News International over claims

:47:47. > :47:47.that journalists working for the organisation had hacked into the

:47:48. > :47:49.phones of celebrities. Donald Trump loomed large over

:47:50. > :47:51.the final Republican debate before people in the state of Iowa

:47:52. > :47:54.make their choice of candidate - His absence was mocked by his rivals

:47:55. > :47:58.who attacked each other Mr Trump decided to withdraw

:47:59. > :48:02.after Fox News refused to drop debate host Megyn Kelly,

:48:03. > :48:06.whom he accused of bias. Oscars organisers have announced

:48:07. > :48:09.the line-up of presenters and performers for this year's

:48:10. > :48:12.Awards, which will include several The Oscars has been overshadowed

:48:13. > :48:16.by a row about a lack of diversity, with some stars such as Will Smith

:48:17. > :48:23.boycotting the show. Among those who will take part

:48:24. > :48:25.in next month's ceremony are Whoopi Goldberg,

:48:26. > :48:27.the comedian Kevin Hart and the Puerto Rican

:48:28. > :48:38.actor Benicio Del Toro. Let's catch up with all the sport

:48:39. > :48:41.now and join Katharine Downes. He was stuck doing well? He has one

:48:42. > :48:49.to reach his fifth Australian Open He was stuck doing well? He has one

:48:50. > :48:53.set down against Milos Raonic, he got off to the worst possible start,

:48:54. > :48:58.he was broken to love in the first game and Milos Raonic, on a nine

:48:59. > :49:02.match winning streak stayed in front for the rest of the set, serving

:49:03. > :49:08.things out six dashboard although it came down to the review from

:49:09. > :49:13.Hawk-Eye. Here it is. It is in. And the set went the way of Milos

:49:14. > :49:20.Raonic. Live to Melbourne and Jon Donnison, who joins us. Thank you

:49:21. > :49:25.for keeping us up to date. We could be in for a long night. Andy Murray

:49:26. > :49:30.lost the first set, he was broken earlier in that Andy went down to

:49:31. > :49:36.lose that six - four, going with serve in the second set and it could

:49:37. > :49:43.be a pretty tight match. Milos Raonic is powerful, one of the

:49:44. > :49:47.fastest servers at around 155 mph and when that goes in, he is very

:49:48. > :49:52.difficult to get that back. Andy Murray could be in trouble, they

:49:53. > :49:59.have played eight times before, and it is four each. What about the

:50:00. > :50:04.crowd? What is the support like for Andy Murray? He has been in the

:50:05. > :50:10.final four times, and was the runner-up each time. Have they got

:50:11. > :50:14.behind him? This is a third time I have covered the Australian Open and

:50:15. > :50:17.he has been involved on every occasion and each time I have seen

:50:18. > :50:23.some of the same files. We have some very elderly ladies who always

:50:24. > :50:28.arrive wearing kilts and tartan hats and I have met people who come from

:50:29. > :50:34.Scotland for this and that is a 12,000 mile flight for some Games of

:50:35. > :50:37.tennis. Pretty dedicated support and this week they have had more than

:50:38. > :50:44.Andy Murray because it has also been a great week for Jo Konta. And Jamie

:50:45. > :50:52.Murray and Gordon Reid as well. Plenty of Scottish support. If Andy

:50:53. > :50:55.Murray does when and he does go through, another huge challenge,

:50:56. > :51:05.another final against Novak Djokovic? Yes, Andy Murray has a

:51:06. > :51:08.fantastic record at the Australian Open, bidding for the fifth time in

:51:09. > :51:13.the final but the man he is going to be up against has the best record,

:51:14. > :51:17.winning this five times before, and anybody who saw the match last night

:51:18. > :51:26.against Roger Federer, he wasn't devastating form, beating Roger in

:51:27. > :51:32.three sets. -- 3-1. So he will have his work cut out. If he reaches the

:51:33. > :51:38.final. John, thank you so much. Andy Murray is one set down in his

:51:39. > :51:43.semifinal against Milos Raonic and you can follow that match live on

:51:44. > :51:47.BBC Five Live and on the website. You will also keep you up-to-date

:51:48. > :51:54.year. Definitely, we will check in with you.

:51:55. > :51:56.Thank you for joining us this morning.

:51:57. > :51:58.Welcome to the programme if you've just joined us,

:51:59. > :52:02.we're on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel until 11am this morning.

:52:03. > :52:06.Earlier we brought you the story of the female football team playing in

:52:07. > :52:08.crop tops and hot pants. They say they are fighting inequality. But

:52:09. > :52:10.some say the Lingerie Football League is just objectifying women.

:52:11. > :52:15.You can watch and share that film on our programme page at

:52:16. > :52:17.bbc.co.uk/victoria. But this has got quite a response from you. John on

:52:18. > :52:25.email - "Female runners wear similar skimpy gear and no-one comments".

:52:26. > :52:27.Jemima on Twitter - "Why on earth do women make themselves into objects

:52:28. > :52:33.to be viewed for looks rather than skills?" Val on email - "What do

:52:34. > :52:36.women wear in athletics, what does Paula Radcliffe wear? Oh yes skimpy

:52:37. > :52:39.tops and small pants!" We would love to hear thoughts on this. Texts will

:52:40. > :52:42.be charged at the standard network rate.

:52:43. > :52:44.The threat posed by the Zika virus could be classed

:52:45. > :52:47.as a global health emergency, according to the World Health

:52:48. > :52:50.Officials have warned that the virus is spreading at explosive speed.

:52:51. > :52:52.Later we're expecting the International Olympic Committee

:52:53. > :52:55.to issue advice on virus ahead of the Rio Games this summer.

:52:56. > :52:59.Scientists say a vaccine for the virus - which is thought

:53:00. > :53:02.to cause severe birth defects in babies -

:53:03. > :53:08.could be ready within a year, far earlier than previous estimates.

:53:09. > :53:10.The virus has now spread to 23 countries in the Americas

:53:11. > :53:12.after the first case was recorded in Brazil,

:53:13. > :53:15.where there are now thought to be around 1.5 million people affected.

:53:16. > :53:21.The World Health Organization has set up a Zika virus emergency team.

:53:22. > :53:24.And it's warning the threat of the virus has reached alarming

:53:25. > :53:28.Lets speak to Dr Bruce Aylward, Deputy Director General

:53:29. > :53:43.Why did it take so long to set up that emergency team? Actually, there

:53:44. > :53:47.has been an emergency team setup since May when the virus was first

:53:48. > :53:51.detected in Brazil, we set up a management team at the regional

:53:52. > :53:55.office for America and we have been steadily building that capacity as

:53:56. > :54:01.the virus has moved and especially over the last couple of months, as

:54:02. > :54:07.we have seen delays but this onset of birth defects, which may be

:54:08. > :54:13.related, but is still being investigated, as you know. In terms

:54:14. > :54:16.of general public to be negation, it has gone very quickly from something

:54:17. > :54:23.most people had not heard of to hearing from the World Health

:54:24. > :54:27.Organisation that it is in 23 countries in the Americas and

:54:28. > :54:32.spreading explosively. It feels like there has been some delay in getting

:54:33. > :54:38.that message out there? Be member, the virus was first found in the

:54:39. > :54:44.Americas in Brazil, and in October, finding a second country, in late

:54:45. > :54:48.November, December, it has been detected in a wider area. It was

:54:49. > :54:53.only in November that the increase in microcephaly was seen in areas

:54:54. > :54:57.that had been hit and we started looking at an association. Through

:54:58. > :55:01.this period the message has been going out to public health

:55:02. > :55:05.authorities across the region about the spread of the virus and the

:55:06. > :55:09.possible association so there has been a lot of work to get the

:55:10. > :55:12.message out and in Brazil there has been a state of emergency for some

:55:13. > :55:17.months to get the population involved in trying to control the

:55:18. > :55:20.vector that are spreading the virus, if it is indeed what is causing

:55:21. > :55:25.those problems so there has been a lot happening. What has changed is

:55:26. > :55:29.some countries have started advising about travel to these countries and

:55:30. > :55:36.that has suddenly blown the issue up in terms of visibility. Is that

:55:37. > :55:42.correct? That advice? Should pregnant women not travel to

:55:43. > :55:47.countries affected? Well, this is the key reason we are convening this

:55:48. > :55:51.Emergency Committee. We have a disparity of views and advice coming

:55:52. > :55:56.out internationally and what we want the Emergency Committee to look at

:55:57. > :56:01.is how good is the evidence about the association between Zika and

:56:02. > :56:08.microcephaly, this cluster of cases in Brazil, how good is that

:56:09. > :56:13.association. Based on that, what are the appropriate accommodations in

:56:14. > :56:19.terms of travel and trade and around research and control measures. --

:56:20. > :56:27.recommendations. How long does a process to? In the mean team there

:56:28. > :56:29.are women heading to Brazil who are pregnant who knew nothing about this

:56:30. > :56:34.until they got there and panicked and then went back to their home

:56:35. > :56:39.country. We have spoken to several British people who have been in that

:56:40. > :56:48.boat. His early caution not the most sensible message? -- is? Absolutely,

:56:49. > :56:51.in the face of uncertainty you want to make sure you act with an

:56:52. > :56:55.abundance of caution and get the information charge to people that

:56:56. > :56:58.there might be possible association and that is being investigated and

:56:59. > :57:03.in the meantime do everything possible to reduce the vector party

:57:04. > :57:07.population level of the mosquito and at an individual level, do

:57:08. > :57:11.everything possible to prevent getting bitten by these mosquitoes

:57:12. > :57:16.and that is good advice anyway. This is not the only virus in these

:57:17. > :57:19.countries that can cause serious problems, dengue fever, that is good

:57:20. > :57:24.advice for all travellers and especially pregnant women so it is

:57:25. > :57:30.reinforcing those messages, and actually getting action on those

:57:31. > :57:37.messages. The focus has been on foetuses potentially developing and

:57:38. > :57:49.cover letters and a syndrome which has not been widely reported. What

:57:50. > :57:59.are the risks on that? And tell us what Gehlan Barr is? It is an acute

:58:00. > :58:03.onset of paralysis in healthy individuals, it usually passes

:58:04. > :58:07.relatively quickly in a period of weeks and months if you can manage

:58:08. > :58:11.the owners so there has been some increase in this observed in areas

:58:12. > :58:17.hit by the area of Brazil hit by this virus so what we are doing in

:58:18. > :58:22.research is looking at these smaller head in babies, is a truly caused by

:58:23. > :58:27.the Zika virus or just an association of time and place? In

:58:28. > :58:33.the meantime, everything possible to do -- to reduce the risk of getting

:58:34. > :58:40.bitten and to increase the tools to tackle this virus. I pronounce that

:58:41. > :58:43.completely wrongly! Do let us know if you have any concerns on that.

:58:44. > :58:45.Please stay in touch. In America, the Republicans

:58:46. > :58:49.held their Presidential debate live But one major figure

:58:50. > :58:52.was missing from the stage - The billionaire hopeful refused

:58:53. > :58:57.to appear in the discussions because he believes one

:58:58. > :58:59.of the debate hosts Megyn Kelly The broadcaster stood their ground

:59:00. > :59:03.and rejected his demand My father gave me a small

:59:04. > :59:38.loan of $1 million. I came into Manhattan and I had

:59:39. > :59:42.to pay him back and I had to pay him I gave up the word incompetent

:59:43. > :00:41.because it is not good enough. They are bringing drugs,

:00:42. > :00:47.they are bringing crime, Donald J Trump is calling

:00:48. > :00:53.for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering

:00:54. > :00:55.the United States until our countries representatives can figure

:00:56. > :01:07.out what the hell is going on. We have places in London and other

:01:08. > :01:10.places that are so radicalised that the police are afraid

:01:11. > :01:25.for their own lives. Your Twitter account has several

:01:26. > :01:26.disparaging comments You once told a contestant

:01:27. > :01:32.on Celebrity Apprentice it would be a pretty picture to

:01:33. > :01:36.see her on her knees. Does that sound to you like

:01:37. > :01:39.the temperament of a man we should And how will you answer the charge

:01:40. > :01:42.from Hillary Clinton, who is likely to be the Democratic

:01:43. > :01:45.nominee, that you are part I think the big problem this country

:01:46. > :01:56.has is being politically correct. She starts asking me all sorts

:01:57. > :01:59.of ridiculous questions and you know you could see there was blood

:02:00. > :02:02.coming out of her eyes, You know what we are going to do,

:02:03. > :02:14.we are going to raise a lot of money for the vets, that is

:02:15. > :02:17.what we are going to do. Instead of appearing at the debates,

:02:18. > :02:29.Donald Trump decided to hold a nearby rally to raise money

:02:30. > :02:32.for injured war veterans. But that didn't stop his opponents

:02:33. > :02:34.from making a mockery. Here are some of last

:02:35. > :02:37.night's highlights. Is it for me, personally,

:02:38. > :02:39.a good thing? Nobody knows, who the hell knows,

:02:40. > :02:45.but it is for our Vets and you are going to like it

:02:46. > :02:48.because we raised over $5 million Let's address the elephant not

:02:49. > :02:56.in the room tonight. Donald Trump has chosen not

:02:57. > :02:58.to attend this evening's I am a maniac and everyone

:02:59. > :03:05.on this stage is stupid, Now that we have got

:03:06. > :03:12.the Donald Trump portion out I kind of miss Donald Trump,

:03:13. > :03:21.he was a little teddy bear to me. We always had such a loving

:03:22. > :03:24.relationship during these debates and in between in the tweets,

:03:25. > :03:27.I kind of miss him, I wish Let's bring in Lana Zak,

:03:28. > :03:31.who works with our American She's at the event in Iowa

:03:32. > :03:45.where Donald Trump was speaking thank you for joining us. He was the

:03:46. > :03:51.butt of the jokes. What is the assessment of the four top all of

:03:52. > :03:54.this? Well, we are really going to see that on Monday when Iowans

:03:55. > :04:00.decide to turn out into the polls, and weather or not he has the ground

:04:01. > :04:06.troops here to let him win the Iowa caucuses. Unlike another type of

:04:07. > :04:08.voting system, this is not a poll, these are community members getting

:04:09. > :04:15.together, discussing who they want to represent them as their nominee.

:04:16. > :04:21.It is not like any other type of system at all, and we are really

:04:22. > :04:26.going to see that on Monday. What other predictions in Iowa? -- what

:04:27. > :04:31.are the predictions? other predictions in Iowa? -- what

:04:32. > :04:40.Donald Trump is well ahead of any of his peers, but in Iowa he is running

:04:41. > :04:45.neck and neck with Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz had pulled ahead in recent

:04:46. > :04:51.weeks, but Donald Trump has recently been doing attacks, reinforcing the

:04:52. > :04:54.idea that Ted Cruz is a Canadian, ineligible to run for President of

:04:55. > :04:59.the United States, but that seemed to hurt him. Debbie one says he has

:05:00. > :05:04.a better ground operation, so weather Ted Cruz or Donald Trump

:05:05. > :05:09.comes out on top is anyone's guess. You said he was well ahead

:05:10. > :05:15.nationwide, every time he something controversial, does that just help

:05:16. > :05:20.him? Is it the old thing of all publicity is good publicity? I think

:05:21. > :05:23.you are exactly right. Let's be clear, what we are talking about is

:05:24. > :05:29.the most polarising figure in American politics today. Even though

:05:30. > :05:34.he is ahead in the polls, he is ahead among registered Republican

:05:35. > :05:37.voters who are likely to turn out in one of these elections. So in the

:05:38. > :05:43.entire population of the United States, just a few million people

:05:44. > :05:50.that are supporting Donald Trump. But because he has taken up all of

:05:51. > :05:54.the oxygen in the room, he is really leading in that small group of

:05:55. > :06:02.people. When you look at the other polls, he is more disliked than any

:06:03. > :06:11.other candidate currently running. More liked and more disliked! How

:06:12. > :06:17.key will Iowa be? Ighalo sets the tone. It is the very first time

:06:18. > :06:21.anybody in the United States votes, before this we have only had polls,

:06:22. > :06:25.only had people telling pollsters what their opinions are, this will

:06:26. > :06:30.be the first time that people cast their votes and it sets the tone for

:06:31. > :06:36.the rest of the primary season. Thank you very much for joining us,

:06:37. > :06:41.good to talk to you. We have had a big response from you

:06:42. > :06:44.this morning on this story, the women footballers describing

:06:45. > :06:48.themselves as football pioneers by playing in crop tops and hot pants.

:06:49. > :06:56.They say they are fighting inequality but some say The Driven

:06:57. > :07:00.All he is objectifying women. The 14 strong team has set up in

:07:01. > :07:06.Manchester. Having been turned away from sporting venues, is the

:07:07. > :07:24.sporting world embarrassed? Hugh Woozencroft has been investigating.

:07:25. > :07:29.When I met them, we were told we were not allowed to film. We were

:07:30. > :07:33.turned away because they said they were not convinced that the

:07:34. > :07:37.suggested format showcased women's football in a positive light. Those

:07:38. > :07:41.pictures said we could not film with them. That is symptomatic of some of

:07:42. > :07:46.the controversy faced by these women. We had to speak to them in a

:07:47. > :07:51.local pub around the corner. The reason that man paid so much more

:07:52. > :07:55.than women is because of the lack of media coverage and commercial

:07:56. > :07:59.investment in the UK. So I thought, if I can do something to attract

:08:00. > :08:04.media coverage which, in turn, will attract commercial investment, this

:08:05. > :08:07.will help to promote women's football. Once people get over the

:08:08. > :08:11.knee jerk reaction and realise we are just girls who want to face

:08:12. > :08:15.aborted fight for equality, they will understand it and see our

:08:16. > :08:19.cause. You have spoken to some of the players, they say, don't judge

:08:20. > :08:25.is until you see us play, we are not models who play football, you can --

:08:26. > :08:30.we can really play. James Murdoch is to return to Sky as

:08:31. > :08:34.chairman. Actually, we will speak about that in a moment but first we

:08:35. > :08:39.will talk about the female footballers playing in crop tops and

:08:40. > :08:42.very short shorts. Lots of you getting in touch. One anonymous text

:08:43. > :08:48.said it is unfortunate to hear the upper -- the opposition from the

:08:49. > :08:52.footballing establishment. Women wear similar attire for athletics, I

:08:53. > :08:56.have no doubt it will become mainstream. Helen on text said that,

:08:57. > :09:02.apart from suspenders, they are dressed like track athletes. Mark

:09:03. > :09:06.said that lingerie football not acceptable? Can I just say beach

:09:07. > :09:10.volleyball. Christine, these empty headed female do the female is no

:09:11. > :09:14.good at all. Perhaps they would be better staying at home in front of

:09:15. > :09:20.the mirror. They go back to a time when women were judged only on

:09:21. > :09:24.appearance. Lingerie Leaguers nonsense, but why not? PC brigade is

:09:25. > :09:29.dangerous to our freedoms. An anonymous text said that many women

:09:30. > :09:33.do not want to lay football because it is not deemed feminine. The

:09:34. > :09:36.individual does not have to where written but may feel less alienating

:09:37. > :09:42.did others do. Another person said they seem less

:09:43. > :09:44.skimpy than athletics outfits, but no controversy about female

:09:45. > :09:48.athletics clothing. If you want to share the film it is

:09:49. > :09:54.on the website and you can watch it again and share it as you like.

:09:55. > :09:58.James Murdoch will return to Sky as chairman. He resigned in 2012 in the

:09:59. > :10:03.wake of the News International phone hacking scandal, he was chief

:10:04. > :10:06.executive there. This promotion is likely to prompt speculation that US

:10:07. > :10:11.film company Fox could launch another attempt to take up the

:10:12. > :10:17.broadcaster. Steve Hewlett, the media commentator, has more. What do

:10:18. > :10:21.you make of this? It is almost back to status quo. If you look at the

:10:22. > :10:25.Murdoch empire, it is almost back to where it was before the phone

:10:26. > :10:31.hacking scandal. Family succession is back in place, James Murdoch is

:10:32. > :10:36.running 21st-century Fox, the entertainment business, Lachlan

:10:37. > :10:43.Murdoch is running News Corp, Rebekah Brooks is back running News

:10:44. > :10:49.Uk, what was News International. And now James is going to be chairman of

:10:50. > :10:53.sky. It looks like back to business as usual, I think a lot of

:10:54. > :11:00.commentators will say it is an outrage, etc, etc, what it means is

:11:01. > :11:07.quite interesting. The 21st-century Fox, the current position with Sky,

:11:08. > :11:10.that they own 30% of it, is not a position that News Corporation or

:11:11. > :11:15.21st-century Fox regards as sustainable. The Murdoch mantra has

:11:16. > :11:25.been to own and control completely or dispose. This is an unusual

:11:26. > :11:31.situation to have such a company where they only own 39%. I think the

:11:32. > :11:38.next thing will either be selling 21st-century Fox or trying again to

:11:39. > :11:39.buy the 61% that they do not currently own.

:11:40. > :11:42.Thank you, Steve. Dutch police say they're

:11:43. > :11:46.increasingly concerned for the welfare of British tourist

:11:47. > :11:49.Richard Cole who went missing We will be speaking to his family at

:11:50. > :11:55.the local police shortly. We'll be live in Tadcaster

:11:56. > :11:57.where work has begun on a new footbridge

:11:58. > :11:59.after a 300-year-old historic bridge collapsed

:12:00. > :12:11.during the December floods. As concern grows over

:12:12. > :12:14.the spread of Zika virus, the International Olympic Committee

:12:15. > :12:16.is to issue guidance for athletes and those planning to watch this

:12:17. > :12:21.year's Games in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has been the epicentre of

:12:22. > :12:24.the outbreak and the mosquito-borne disease has been linked

:12:25. > :12:26.to a surge in brain defects Winds gusting to more

:12:27. > :12:32.90mph are causing severe disruption to travel

:12:33. > :12:37.across Scotland. for safety reasons and many ferries

:12:38. > :12:44.have been unable to sail. Ben Te'o and Forth Road Bridge as

:12:45. > :12:53.have been closed. Many ferries have been unable to sail -- -- The Tay

:12:54. > :12:55.and Forth bridges. More than 100 schools

:12:56. > :12:56.have remained closed. David Cameron is heading

:12:57. > :12:58.to Brussels for crucial talks with the European

:12:59. > :13:00.Commission President. The Prime Minister is said to be

:13:01. > :13:02.closing in on a deal which would allow Britain to deny

:13:03. > :13:05.in-work benefits to people from other parts of the EU

:13:06. > :13:07.for up to four years. Mr Cameron is hoping he can strike

:13:08. > :13:11.a deal ahead of a European summit next month before putting

:13:12. > :13:13.the question of Britain's EU membership to voters

:13:14. > :13:14.in a referendum. The last Land Rover Defender has

:13:15. > :13:17.rolled off the production line More than two million of the iconic

:13:18. > :13:22.vehicles have been made and exported worldwide since production

:13:23. > :13:23.started in 1948. Jaguar Land Rover says it's

:13:24. > :13:25.replacing the model because of tighter laws

:13:26. > :13:27.on emissions and safety. Despite not being on stage,

:13:28. > :13:30.Donald Trump loomed large over the final Republican debate,

:13:31. > :13:32.before people in the state of Iowa His absence was mocked by his rivals

:13:33. > :13:40.who attacked each other Mr Trump decided to withdraw

:13:41. > :13:46.after Fox News refused to drop debate host Megyn Kelly,

:13:47. > :13:53.whom he accused of bias. James Murdoch becomes one

:13:54. > :13:56.of the most powerful figures in European television as he's

:13:57. > :13:58.announced as the chairman of Sky - four years after he resigned

:13:59. > :14:01.as chairman of what was then He also previously resigned

:14:02. > :14:05.as chairman of News International after claims that journalists

:14:06. > :14:07.working for the organisation had hacked into the phones

:14:08. > :14:14.of celebrities. Oscars organisers have announced

:14:15. > :14:16.the line-up of presenters and performers for this year's

:14:17. > :14:18.Awards, which will include several The Oscars has been overshadowed

:14:19. > :14:25.by a row about a lack of diversity, with some stars such as Will Smith

:14:26. > :14:28.boycotting the show. Among those who will take part

:14:29. > :14:31.in next month's ceremony are the comedian Kevin Hart

:14:32. > :14:34.and veteran actress Whoopi Goldberg. Let's catch up with all the sport

:14:35. > :14:44.now and join Katharine Downes. On Andy Murray, particularly, how is

:14:45. > :14:49.he doing? It is looking up, there is sublime

:14:50. > :14:52.tennis court in Melbourne at the moment, Andy Murray is taking on

:14:53. > :14:57.Milos Raonic for a place in the Australian open final. Brilliant

:14:58. > :15:01.stuff from both players, amazing tennis. How they reach these angles

:15:02. > :15:06.and chase these bald stem, it is just a result of lots and lots of

:15:07. > :15:10.hard work. He took the second set, so it is one set all at the moment.

:15:11. > :15:13.Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said reports he offered to

:15:14. > :15:18.resign at the weekend are lawful and horrible. His side a Derby County

:15:19. > :15:24.tonight in the forefront of the FA Cup. Van Gaal said the press will

:15:25. > :15:27.have him sacked yet again if United do not win.

:15:28. > :15:31.FHM and Greg Dyke has confirmed he will leave the post and not seek

:15:32. > :15:38.real action when his current post ends in the summer -- FA chairman

:15:39. > :15:41.Greg date -- Greg Dyke. He says a more conciliatory figure is needed.

:15:42. > :15:47.Lord Coe denied having knowledge of bribes being offered or received in

:15:48. > :15:51.relation to the awarding of the athletics Championships to London. A

:15:52. > :15:56.newspaper report claimed it had two witness accounts of Lord Coe warning

:15:57. > :16:00.officials of a possible bribery plot about the vote held in 2011.

:16:01. > :16:03.A heterosexual couple who don't want to marry,

:16:04. > :16:07.but do want to enter into a civil partnership have failed to persuade

:16:08. > :16:09.a High Court judge that they are being discriminated against.

:16:10. > :16:11.Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, who live in Hammersmith

:16:12. > :16:15.in west London, argued that the Government's position

:16:16. > :16:17.on civil partnerships is "incompatible with equality law".

:16:18. > :16:25.Clive Coleman joins us from the court in Central London.

:16:26. > :16:35.Tell us why they have lost this case. Because the judge disagreed.

:16:36. > :16:40.The judge came to the conclusion that they were not being unlawfully

:16:41. > :16:42.discriminated against. Let me explain, Charles Keidan and Rebecca

:16:43. > :16:46.Steinfeld have no issue explain, Charles Keidan and Rebecca

:16:47. > :16:49.marriage, they just felt that it has a lot of patriarchal associations

:16:50. > :16:55.and their relationship was more accurately reflected in a civil

:16:56. > :17:00.partnership but the civil partnership act says that must be

:17:01. > :17:06.two people of the same sex. Whenever a gay marriage became legal in 2013,

:17:07. > :17:09.that meant that gay couples have the option, either have it civil

:17:10. > :17:15.partnership or they could Murray, whereas heterosexual couples could

:17:16. > :17:20.only become married. A civil or religious marriage. That was the

:17:21. > :17:24.ruling today, Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld join me, they are

:17:25. > :17:30.not so happy this morning. You must be disappointed? Naturally, we are

:17:31. > :17:35.very disappointed in the ruling today. We think it undermines

:17:36. > :17:40.equality in the UK and we know that disappointment will be shared in the

:17:41. > :17:44.Court of public opinion because we have 36,000 people who signed a

:17:45. > :17:48.petition supporting opening up civil partnerships for everyone. The judge

:17:49. > :17:52.was quick to say that she found against you but has given you

:17:53. > :17:56.permission to appeal. And that is quite unusual for the trial judge,

:17:57. > :18:01.she thought the issues were so important as to merit consideration

:18:02. > :18:05.through a higher court so our intention is to appeal. At the heart

:18:06. > :18:11.of this, the judge said, you have the option of a civil marriage, you

:18:12. > :18:14.can have a civil marriage and straighter cells as equal partners

:18:15. > :18:20.so you really are not being discriminated against. The judge

:18:21. > :18:24.also said that she recognised many people would find that I'm fair,

:18:25. > :18:28.some partnerships are only available to same-sex couples and we can

:18:29. > :18:32.Murray but along with many other couples, there are 3 million

:18:33. > :18:37.long-term cohabiting couples in the country and many of them would want

:18:38. > :18:42.it civil partnership and were disappointed but the fight goes on.

:18:43. > :18:47.There is a wider campaign, political efforts and a ten minute rule Bill

:18:48. > :18:53.backed by a large number of MPs and we think there is potential for this

:18:54. > :18:57.to be righted in time. Rebecca, in some countries, like the

:18:58. > :19:01.Netherlands, it is an option for heterosexual couples to enter into a

:19:02. > :19:07.civil partnership. Not huge numbers but a significant number but this?

:19:08. > :19:11.That is right and any Netherlands the vast majority of opposite sex

:19:12. > :19:16.couples continue to choose marriage, about 89% so a sizeable minority

:19:17. > :19:21.still wants a civil partnership so there is no threat to marriage so it

:19:22. > :19:26.is a reason not to open them up to everybody here. Finally, explain why

:19:27. > :19:30.it is so important to you not to have a civil marriage but a civil

:19:31. > :19:35.partnership? We see each other as partners in life and we want to have

:19:36. > :19:38.the status of that in the log and we want to celebrate our revision ship

:19:39. > :19:42.and cement our commitment and formalise our relationship with the

:19:43. > :19:50.social situation that we feel reflects our values and equality.

:19:51. > :19:53.Thank you both very much. There you have it, no change in the law, it

:19:54. > :19:56.remains that heterosexual couples cannot enter into a civil

:19:57. > :20:08.partnership but the legal fight continues. Thank you, Clive. Is it

:20:09. > :20:17.sexist when men as, to smile? A television personality had an

:20:18. > :20:24.encounter with an attendant at a garage who asked her to smile. I

:20:25. > :20:30.smile whenever I wanted, but when I commanded to when I am bribed and

:20:31. > :20:42.manipulative. Stop telling me to smile.

:20:43. > :20:49.As I walked up to the counter with headache medicine, he rang it up and

:20:50. > :20:53.put some chewing gum on the counter and then he picked it up and headed

:20:54. > :20:58.to his chest and said, you have got to smile if you want this and I told

:20:59. > :21:04.him, no, thanks. He then got upset and he said, you cannot act like

:21:05. > :21:34.that. Could you imagine this man asking

:21:35. > :21:53.another grown man to smile for him in exchange for chewing gum?

:21:54. > :22:01.Telling a woman to smile is what I would consider a micro-aggression, a

:22:02. > :22:06.sexist micro-aggression and it is seemingly not harmful because it

:22:07. > :22:11.seems like it is not a big deal but it is and when you take something

:22:12. > :22:15.like that and it happens multiple times every day, like dust are so

:22:16. > :22:20.many women, you can see the effects of that. We have an expectation of

:22:21. > :22:28.women that were supposed to be outwardly pleasing all the time. --

:22:29. > :22:32.that we are. Within the same conversation, it is not something

:22:33. > :22:35.you leave out, that we only talk about rape or domestic violence or

:22:36. > :22:40.these really violent crimes against women. The also have to talk about

:22:41. > :22:48.his everyday moments that happen because they work together. I do go

:22:49. > :22:56.back and I see the same man, I believe I will say something to him.

:22:57. > :22:59.Let us know what you think about that, all the usual ways of getting

:23:00. > :23:02.in touch. There's been a sharp rise in the number of admissions to A

:23:03. > :23:04.units in England - according to latest figures from the NHS. Our

:23:05. > :23:15.Health Correspondent, Jane Dreaper, is here.

:23:16. > :23:23.These figures show that winter is beginning to bite, some 338,000

:23:24. > :23:28.patience turned up to A in England in the past week, a rise of 8%

:23:29. > :23:32.compared with the same period last year so hospitals are under pressure

:23:33. > :23:39.and there is a big rise in the numbers of calls over the weekend to

:23:40. > :23:44.111, people ringing that phone line which has come in for criticism this

:23:45. > :23:48.week to get advice in the hope that that might help them stay away from

:23:49. > :23:54.A The figures shows something interesting, the numbers of A

:23:55. > :23:58.diverts, and the department gets so busy it has to turn ambulances away,

:23:59. > :24:05.and that happened at 45 hospitals in England in the past fortnight so

:24:06. > :24:11.people are being seen, the system is coping but there is a lot of

:24:12. > :24:18.pressure. The headline is the nationwide figure for England, do

:24:19. > :24:22.you have examples of any areas in particular whether it is a

:24:23. > :24:25.particular problem? There is quite a bit of pressure in the south-west of

:24:26. > :24:30.England, hospitals on Black alert, the internal code for showing that

:24:31. > :24:36.they might have to change some services provided to patience. That

:24:37. > :24:40.has come up in Bristol, at the Royal Cornwall Hospital and in parts of

:24:41. > :24:45.Gloucestershire and Somerset. Also very busy in the East Midlands.

:24:46. > :24:48.Modern ham with record numbers of patience coming through the door,

:24:49. > :24:52.which does reflect that topline figure and the Leicester Royal

:24:53. > :24:58.Infirmary, which is always busy, they have had to consider putting up

:24:59. > :25:02.tents outside to help some patience. That has not happened yet but it

:25:03. > :25:10.shows just how busy things are. And what are the issues? There is some

:25:11. > :25:15.flu circulating and people are getting sick as the weather drops,

:25:16. > :25:18.the temperature has dropped and that has prompted some people to turn up

:25:19. > :25:23.and also some suggestions when you look at the analysis that some

:25:24. > :25:26.people turn up at A rather than trying to get an appointment with

:25:27. > :25:30.their GP, they use it as an alternative and they think -- if

:25:31. > :25:32.they think they can be seen within four hours, they have that incentive

:25:33. > :25:45.to do that. Thank you. Keeping you up-to-date on Storm

:25:46. > :25:48.Gertrude and Scotland and Northern Ireland are feeling the full force

:25:49. > :25:50.of the latest big winter storm. It's been generating winds in some areas

:25:51. > :25:53.of more than 90mph, closing schools, roads and cutting power to thousands

:25:54. > :25:59.of homes. Let's got to Chris Buckler who's at Groomsport in Northern

:26:00. > :26:04.Ireland. How is it? Yes, it still remains blustery but nothing

:26:05. > :26:08.compared to last night. You will get an idea of just the strength of some

:26:09. > :26:12.of these winds and of you look at to see and just run the coast from

:26:13. > :26:17.here, the strongest gusts reached somewhere around 85 macro our last

:26:18. > :26:22.night and there was heavy rain as well. But the wind has been causing

:26:23. > :26:27.the majority of problems and a majority of the damage. Around

:26:28. > :26:34.13,000 homes here have had electricity restored but there are

:26:35. > :26:37.still about 4500 without and the crews are working in dangerous

:26:38. > :26:42.conditions because they are having to climb up electricity poles and

:26:43. > :26:46.some of them are dying. As it was making my way down to groom 's board

:26:47. > :26:52.in County Down, I saw a tractor with a trailer and just had a huge amount

:26:53. > :26:56.of branches and trees on the back of it and they had all come down

:26:57. > :26:59.overnight and that is just one example of the problems that have

:27:00. > :27:03.been caused because the roads that remain closed in some places, and in

:27:04. > :27:08.most counties in Northern Ireland, that noise was somebody being blown

:27:09. > :27:14.over! That gives you some idea of the strength of wind but the Met

:27:15. > :27:17.Office says that while heavy rain and wind warnings will remain in

:27:18. > :27:21.place throughout Friday, the worst is that over as far as Northern

:27:22. > :27:26.Ireland is concerned but nonetheless they say some roads are closed and

:27:27. > :27:31.beyond that, you get some idea that people are being told to be careful.

:27:32. > :27:37.In one case today, this morning, a mild escaped with minor injuries

:27:38. > :27:41.after his car had a tree falling onto it. He suffered minor injuries

:27:42. > :27:49.and people are being advised to take care and that applies to the crews

:27:50. > :27:54.trying to restore electricity. I was quite nervous watching you so close

:27:55. > :27:58.to the edge of the water! And as you say, things are happening all around

:27:59. > :28:04.you. I guess everybody should just hunker down? Including new? Yes,

:28:05. > :28:10.hunker down. As I said, we're being very safe, there are some distance

:28:11. > :28:15.away, although I am at the edge, people are being told to be careful.

:28:16. > :28:21.Ultimately, these strong winds, they are causing problems for people but

:28:22. > :28:24.nonetheless, the worst is over and at one stage in the early hours of

:28:25. > :28:30.this morning, I have to say, it was a different South because the heavy

:28:31. > :28:37.rain combined with that wind caused real problems for people. It is

:28:38. > :28:42.still causing problems! We will let you get out of the wind! Thank you.

:28:43. > :28:45.And while Storm Gertrude was its worst, some committees are still

:28:46. > :28:50.clearing up after flooding over Christmas. Tadcaster in North

:28:51. > :28:54.Yorkshire, which was divided when the bridge collapsed, will be

:28:55. > :28:58.reunited with the new footbridge. The metal structure will be pushed

:28:59. > :29:01.across today and it will take another week to complete. The bridge

:29:02. > :29:07.is expected to take a further 12 months to repair. Any one month

:29:08. > :29:09.later, how have the residents and businesses been affected by the

:29:10. > :29:22.collapsed bridge and divided time? David runs a shop in typecast. He is

:29:23. > :29:28.on the west side. -- in that caster. -- Tadcaster. How have you been

:29:29. > :29:35.affected? Business has been difficult. But I must say, the

:29:36. > :29:41.community have been very supportive. Footfall is well down. For example,

:29:42. > :29:47.this morning, I have only seen two people, the weather is not good and

:29:48. > :29:51.it is a trek to get from the East to the West and most of my customer

:29:52. > :29:58.base tends to be on the East side rather than the western side. But as

:29:59. > :30:02.I say, the people have been extremely supportive and West

:30:03. > :30:08.footfall has been done, we have been able to switch a little bit of what

:30:09. > :30:12.we do and that has helped keep the sales going and things ticking over.

:30:13. > :30:18.The footbridge is going in, what difference will that make? Once that

:30:19. > :30:24.is in, that will certainly ease the problems that our community is

:30:25. > :30:30.facing. People on East can get across to the main retail part of

:30:31. > :30:35.Tadcaster. And vice versa, people on the west can get across to where the

:30:36. > :30:44.doctors surgery is and the main supermarket and other businesses. So

:30:45. > :30:48.it will be a big relief once those two parts of patients I rejoined. --

:30:49. > :30:56.of Tadcaster. Obviously it is an enormous

:30:57. > :31:00.inconvenience, but coming on top of everything you have been through

:31:01. > :31:03.with the flooding, which has affected so many, we have seen

:31:04. > :31:07.pictures of the impact of the flooding for you. How has it

:31:08. > :31:15.affected your business? It looks like you back and running, that it

:31:16. > :31:24.has taken time? It has. We got back up and running, I opened the shop on

:31:25. > :31:30.the first Monday of January. Just a week after the devastating floods.

:31:31. > :31:37.We put a lot of time and, working 18 hours a day during the Chris is weak

:31:38. > :31:41.and over New Year to get to a position where we could switch the

:31:42. > :31:48.open sign on -- over the Christmas week. I wanted to do that, really,

:31:49. > :31:53.to make a state and for some normality for the town. Lots of the

:31:54. > :31:58.independent traders have done similar things. We have tried to

:31:59. > :32:05.push to get places open so that the people of Tadcaster could have a

:32:06. > :32:10.little bit of normality in what has been a very, very difficult

:32:11. > :32:17.situation. Are you all being very supportive of each other? Oh, yes,

:32:18. > :32:24.we are. There is a lot of community spirit. That is one of the great

:32:25. > :32:27.things about Tadcaster. It has a tremendous community spirit and

:32:28. > :32:37.people will support each other. We have support networks in place from

:32:38. > :32:44.volunteers to help people, people who have lost a lot of their goods,

:32:45. > :32:52.residents who have been floated out and people who have not had

:32:53. > :32:56.insurance. And they have not had the support networks in place. We have

:32:57. > :33:02.had fund-raising going on. Even though we were hit by floods, we

:33:03. > :33:06.have been fundraising as well. I wrote a little book about my

:33:07. > :33:12.experience, that is being sold and the profits are going into the flood

:33:13. > :33:21.relief. We are also selling images from Ty Custer, from the floods --

:33:22. > :33:25.from Tadcaster. We are raising money for the flood relief through those

:33:26. > :33:32.as well. Good to hear. Thank you very much for joining us, David.

:33:33. > :33:37.HSBC's online banking service appears to have failed again today

:33:38. > :33:40.at a crucial time for tax payments. The bank's customer help servers

:33:41. > :33:44.onto it has been bombarded by complaints from frustrated

:33:45. > :33:49.customers. HSBC has posted a message on its logging page saying we would

:33:50. > :33:51.like to apologise to all our customers anchoring being

:33:52. > :33:55.unavailable. It failed for two dates running in

:33:56. > :34:00.April, causing serious disruption for businesses and personal

:34:01. > :34:03.customers. Taxpayers have to settle up with HMRC by this Sunday night.

:34:04. > :34:06.Dutch police say they are concerned for the safety of a British tourist

:34:07. > :34:10.Richard Cole was visiting the city last weekend.

:34:11. > :34:12.His partner spoke to him via his phone in the early hours

:34:13. > :34:15.of Monday morning, when he appeared to be fine.

:34:16. > :34:23.Police are now appealing for information.

:34:24. > :34:30.We can talk to Richard's mum Debbie, and his girlfriend, and we're also

:34:31. > :34:37.joined by a representative from the Dutch police. Thank you for joining

:34:38. > :34:44.us. Debbie, Richard's mum, tell us about Richard and how you first

:34:45. > :34:49.became aware that he was missing? His girlfriend message me in the

:34:50. > :34:54.early hours, or later on on Monday, saying that she was very concerned

:34:55. > :34:59.that she hadn't heard from Richard. I tried immediately to ring him,

:35:00. > :35:07.text him, but there was nothing. His phone was either turn up the turned

:35:08. > :35:11.off or had run out of battery. I just couldn't make contact with him,

:35:12. > :35:15.which is always a usual because Richard always has his phone on or

:35:16. > :35:24.always is at the end of a line somewhere. Alicia, tell us what your

:35:25. > :35:30.last contact with Richard was? I spoke with him, I was walking into

:35:31. > :35:39.work. It was the early hours of Monday morning. In Amsterdam, it was

:35:40. > :35:47.about 3:30am when I spoke with him. He was outside. He had been out with

:35:48. > :35:54.some people that he just met, which is common for Richard, he's really

:35:55. > :36:02.friendly. I just said, it's late, be careful, please go home, get a cab.

:36:03. > :36:12.We got off the phone and I texted a picture of his address to show the

:36:13. > :36:15.cab, but it never went through. Like Debbie said, I imagined that he had

:36:16. > :36:23.turned off his phone or his phone died. And throughout the night when

:36:24. > :36:29.I was at work, I tried to face time him and text him and nothing went

:36:30. > :36:33.through. So I just assumed that he got home and was probably just

:36:34. > :36:39.sleeping. But once I got home from work, it had been eight or nine

:36:40. > :36:45.hours. I knew something was wrong. He wouldn't go that long, even if he

:36:46. > :36:48.was sleeping, he wouldn't go that long without contacting anybody. He

:36:49. > :36:54.would have charged his phone and called someone immediately. We just

:36:55. > :36:58.never heard from him. Was there anything when you were talking to

:36:59. > :37:07.him in that last conversation that gave rise to concern for you? I knew

:37:08. > :37:18.that he had been out drinking. I wasn't too concerned until later.

:37:19. > :37:22.Only because it was so late and he did not seem too worried about

:37:23. > :37:29.getting a cab home, and they didn't know exact league who he was with.

:37:30. > :37:35.-- and I didn't know exactly who he was with. If he was these people --

:37:36. > :37:38.if he was with these people, they were mere acquaintances, not

:37:39. > :37:46.friends, necessarily, who cared if he got home safe or cared about

:37:47. > :37:50.anything that he was doing. We will go over to the Dutch police. What is

:37:51. > :37:55.happening with the investigation, you piece together of his last

:37:56. > :37:59.whereabouts? Of course, the information just given by the

:38:00. > :38:05.girlfriend helped us a lot. It helped us to determine where his

:38:06. > :38:11.last whereabouts were, it is in the city centre of Amsterdam. So he went

:38:12. > :38:19.out there. At around three o'clock in the night, that is the last thing

:38:20. > :38:23.we heard from him. Of course, we investigate the neighbourhood there,

:38:24. > :38:30.see if anyone has seen or heard anything from him. We check if there

:38:31. > :38:37.are surveillance cameras all public cameras that might have captured

:38:38. > :38:42.him, to see what happened. Of course, we now do an appeal to the

:38:43. > :38:48.public that may be someone has heard or seen him after Sunday night.

:38:49. > :38:55.Everything can help us in finding him back again. Have you found any

:38:56. > :39:00.CCTV footage yet? We are still investigating that. We are not sure

:39:01. > :39:03.exactly where he was, so it takes time to find the cameras and the

:39:04. > :39:08.exact location that might have captured him. We have not seen

:39:09. > :39:15.anything yet, but it does not mean it is not on, it is just work that

:39:16. > :39:20.is still ongoing. How much have you been able to trace of his movements,

:39:21. > :39:25.wherever he had been before disappearing, and have you worked

:39:26. > :39:30.out who he was with? Not yet. Of course, we would really like to

:39:31. > :39:35.speak to them. It is not certain in which club or bar he was, exact

:39:36. > :39:41.route. Of course, we go to every club to ask if it had seen him. So

:39:42. > :39:47.far, it has not led to success, so we are working very hard to find

:39:48. > :39:49.him. Alicia, obviously the police are listening here and doing

:39:50. > :39:55.everything that they can. Is there anything else think of in the last

:39:56. > :40:02.conversation that maybe a potential clue to pointing to where he was and

:40:03. > :40:12.who he was with? Unfortunately not. I merely had the address of where he

:40:13. > :40:19.was during our last conversation. I didn't know and I didn't ask where

:40:20. > :40:23.he was, and I knew that the people he was with, he had just met them

:40:24. > :40:33.that evening. Around midnight, probably. It's... Nothing of

:40:34. > :40:38.importance that would really help, that I know of, at this point. It

:40:39. > :40:44.must be a terribly worrying time for all of you. Debbie, what would you

:40:45. > :40:47.say to anybody watching who may be able to help? Actually, I think we

:40:48. > :40:54.may have just lost our link to Debbie. Can you hear me? I can hear

:40:55. > :41:00.you. What would you say? I just want him home, I just want him found. We

:41:01. > :41:05.miss him, we love him. If anybody at all can help in locating him, or

:41:06. > :41:13.even in giving a last location, please just come forward and help

:41:14. > :41:17.us. We really wish you all the best. Do stay in turgid. Richard Cole,

:41:18. > :41:22.missing in Amsterdam since the early hours of Monday morning. -- do stay

:41:23. > :41:27.in touch. We have had huge response on one

:41:28. > :41:31.particular story, those women describing themselves as football

:41:32. > :41:37.pioneers. They say that by playing in crop tops and hot pants they

:41:38. > :41:42.fight inequality, but some say the Lingerie Football League is

:41:43. > :41:47.objectifying women. They have set themselves up in Manchester, but

:41:48. > :41:55.having turned that Rabin turned away from sporting venues, is the food

:41:56. > :42:00.all-league embarrassed of them? Hugh Woozencroft reports. The girls

:42:01. > :42:03.have played a number of exhibition matches that they have come up

:42:04. > :42:06.against a lot of opposition. They have had a number of bookings

:42:07. > :42:11.cancelled, and even when I meant -- went to meet them at a sports centre

:42:12. > :42:15.in Wigan, we were told we were not allowed to film. The company said

:42:16. > :42:18.they were turned away because they were not convinced that the

:42:19. > :42:23.suggested format showcased women's football in a positive light.

:42:24. > :42:27.That is relisten to Matt Dickinson of the controversy these women have

:42:28. > :42:32.faced. We had to come to speak to them in a local pub -- that is

:42:33. > :42:37.really symptomatic of the controversy. In the UK, and get paid

:42:38. > :42:41.so much more than women because of the lack of media coverage and

:42:42. > :42:46.commercial investment. -- men get paid. So I thought if I could

:42:47. > :42:50.attract media coverage, in turn attracting commercial investment,

:42:51. > :42:54.this would help support women's football. Once people get over the

:42:55. > :42:57.knee jerk reaction and realise we are just girls playing sport and

:42:58. > :43:03.fighting for equality, they will see our cause. Some of the players have

:43:04. > :43:08.said, don't judge us until you see us play. We are not models playing

:43:09. > :43:13.football, we can really play sport. You can watch that fulfilment and

:43:14. > :43:17.share it online at the website. -- you can watch that fulfilment.

:43:18. > :43:23.Alex says if you are judging a person on what they are wearing you

:43:24. > :43:28.are objectifying them. Amelia -- the media does not help because we are

:43:29. > :43:33.as to judge based on images. Yasmin says Miss guided women claiming they

:43:34. > :43:38.are championing the cause of female empowerment by stripping. When will

:43:39. > :43:48.men stop succumbing to outdated male desire to see us take our clothes

:43:49. > :43:50.off to the Democrat? Another person said that athletics is not a contact

:43:51. > :43:52.sport, like football. Thank you for your company today,

:43:53. > :43:55.and for all your messages, which really do help to

:43:56. > :43:57.inform our conversations. You can contact me at any time

:43:58. > :44:00.via email or social media - This is the FA Cup,

:44:01. > :44:05.and anything can happen. The FA Cup fourth round.

:44:06. > :44:16.It's a stunner! starts with Derby County

:44:17. > :44:20.versus Manchester United.