29/01/2016 Victoria Derbyshire

Warnings that the Zika virus is spreading -

up to four million people could be infected in the next year.

The mosquito-borne virus, suspected of causing birth defects

in babies, could spread right across the Americas.

We meet the women who say that by playing football in crop tops

and hot pants they're fighting for equality.

Don't judge us till you've seen us play.

We're not models who are playing football, we can really play sport.

The NHS in England is to start funding hand transplants

for patients who suffer serious injuries or infections.

The first operations are expected to take place later this year -

Welcome to the programme, we're on BBC Two and the BBC

We'll keep you across the latest breaking and developing stories.

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renegotiation of written's EU membership terms. We will hear the

UK is close to securing a deal which would allow it to deny in work

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story, do get in touch with any questions about the threat posed by

the Zika virus. The threat posed by the Zika virus

could be classed as a global health emergency, according

to the World Health Organisation. Officials have warned that the virus

is spreading at explosive speed. Later we're expecting

the International Olympic Committee to issue advice on virus ahead

of the Rio Games this summer. Scientists say a vaccine

for the virus - which is thought to cause severe birth

defects in babies - could be ready within a year,

far earlier than previous estimates. The virus has now spread to 23

countries in the Americas after the first case

was recorded in Brazil, where there are now thought to be

around 1.5 million people affected. The World Health Organization has

set up a Zika virus emergency team, and it's warning the threat

of the virus has reached alarming The last time an international

emergency was declared was for the Ebola outbreak

in West Africa, which has killed So what is known

about the Zika virus? The illness is usually mild,

with the most common symptoms being fever, rash,

conjunctivitis and joint pain. But the biggest concern

is the impact it could have on babies in the womb -

it's thought to cause babies to be born with small brains,

a condition called microcephaly. The slums of Brazil have become

the frontline in the fight against the Zika virus,

as our correspondent David Shukman The challenge is that everywhere

you look there are little pools of water, and because in a favela

like this the supply is not But if there is just one little gap

in a tank like this, the mosquitoes can get

in and you have yet another problem. Imagine multiplying that

thousands of times. Pregnant women are being advised

to reconsider their travel plans to countries where outbreaks

have been reported. But for these women expecting babies

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

weeks of my pregnancy but back then When the link with microcephaly

was made, me, my husband, We started looking for any

information we could find. Now I am more relaxed because I am

36 weeks pregnant but I only wear trousers and long sleeves

and I hardly leave home except for my yoga

and medical exams. In theory if I have had it

I can't catch it again but all the information about this

case is very vague so I am not TRANSLATION: To me it is not

a constant concern, but the other day I went out and suddenly a bunch

of mosquitoes attacked my leg. I was so tense, so of course

it is something which gets to you. My family and friends

are really worried. TRANSLATION: I try not to keep

thinking about the Zika story and to enjoy my pregnancy,

a magical period in a woman's life. I am taking precautions,

like using mosquito repellent and covering myself

up when I go out. We really believe in giving

our babies good energy, so I try to keep the bad thoughts

away and to think only of good We can speak now to Dr Richard

Dawood, a specialist in tropical medicine, Marie-Claire Zahri,

who's being tested for the virus after she returned from her

honeymoon in Brazil, 18 months pregnant, is that right?

18 weeks pregnant! That would be ridiculous!

Victoria Bacon is here from the Association

of British Travel Agents and, finally, Dr Paul Cosford with us

Thank you all for joining us. Dr Richard Dawood, first of all, it has

gone from something most others simply had not heard to the World

Health Organisation saying it been detect did in 23 countries and has

spread explosively. Why has that happened so quickly? Many, many

viruses are capable of being transmitted by mosquitoes. When this

one first came to attention early in 2015, made 2015, it was thought that

this was another very similar virus in the kind of illness that it

caused, fever, joint pains, there are other viruses like this, notably

one which had spread quite extensively within the Americas. The

illness itself is quite mild and it didn't really appear to cause much

concern. Everyone expected it would spread. It was only much later in

the year when the rise in the number of cases of microcephaly and Anne

Cecily, these very serious abnormalities popped up, that this

became obviously a much more serious situation -- microcephaly and

encephaly. Is it certain it is primarily a problem for pregnant

women? Yes. This is an evolving situation. Our understanding is

progressing almost by the day. The problem is that it is quite hard to

test wrecked -- retrospectively. One has to piece together a jigsaw to

know what is going on. You can find the virus when someone is infected,

and that are cases where amniotic fluid has been drawn and the virus

has been detected, but it is a public health puzzle to put it

together and know absolutely that there is cause and effect. But, in

the meantime, we have to go with maximum caution and, yes, I think

this is a very alarming situation, I think the WHO has been criticised

for taking too long and is democratic we need to give it

maximum attention. Marie-Claire, you are pregnant, you were in Brazil on

honeymoon. When did you become aware of seeker and how worried were you?

I was in the north-east part of Brazil, it is the most affected. I

had seen an advertisement about mosquitoes on television, it was in

Portuguese so I was not too sure what it was about, but it did not

click, watching the advert, how serious the message was. I received

a phone call from my dad, who had been on Google and read the World

Health Organisation travel alert. He said to me, have you heard about

this Zika virus? I am not sure what you are doing their right now, but I

would recommend you get out sooner you can. So my husband and I jumped

on Google and started reading reports about the Zika virus. I then

talked to way few receptionists at the hotel we stayed in and asked

them what they thought of it. They confirmed it was very dangerous for

pregnant women to be in Brazil at that point in time, that I should be

wearing insect repellent. At that stage, had you already been bitten?

Yes, I had about seven bytes on my leg and my foot. How worried were

you? I panicked. When I wear -- read the reports about what it could do

to babies. And I knew that repellent would not protect me because I am

one of those people who gets bitten, and I had already been bitten. Do

you left within 24 hours? Within 24 hours, court plane home the next day

and came back to the UK. Now you have been tested twice? What is

going on? Just to be 100% sure, I thought I would give a blood sample

to my midwife, they sent it to be tested. And I also went to the

tropical disease Centre in London following some advice I had

received. Because the test is not routine, like it would be for

malaria, they had to send it to a special laboratory, and that is why

I wanted to provide two blood samples. Although I have had one

test results back, and it has been negative, what is worrying is that

the tropical disease consultant told me two things about the blood test.

The first is that there can be false positives because, as you pointed

out, it closely resembles some of the other diseases like dengue fever

and other things, the second thing is that a negative result is not

certain. It could be that my blood were taken to later, because there

is something about the time frame in which the blood was taken -- taken

too later. In some people the virus could last three or four days, for

others it could be two weeks. So you will be worried all through your

pregnancy? Basically, yeah. Paul, how prepared are we for this? The

first thing to say is that this is a tragic situation for all the parents

and babies affected in Brazil by the Micro carefully. It is very

important to get a couple of messages across. -- by the

microcephaly. This disease is passed on by the biting of mosquitoes, and

the type of mosquito that carries this disease is not one that

survives in the UK. So we would not expect to have outbreaks of Zika

virus in the UK. The mosquito that carries it does not survive here.

Now, of course, it is a concern for people travelling to areas where the

Zika virus is being transmitted. Although the link is not

definitively proven yet, we are giving very precautionary advice. Is

about the advice? The advice for any traveller to anywhere with

mosquitoes is to take standard precautions to avoid being bitten.

Even countries that have not been identified? Any country that has

mosquitoes and disease is borne by mosquitoes, whether it is dead

fever, malaria, Zika, whatever. We do not see outbreaks of these

diseases in the UK, if you travel to mosquito area you need to wear long

trousers, long sleeves, where Rahat Ali use a proven insect repellent

and sleep under a net. -- wear a hat and use a proven insect repellent.

The Zika carrying mosquitoes around in the daytime, so it is very

important to wear long trousers and sleeves. Not great if you are going

on a hot holiday! We can only give this advice. Because we are saying

there is a strong link with Micro carefully, we advise pregnant women

or women thinking of becoming pregnant to talk to them and wives

and doctors -- a strong link with microcephaly. Think about whether

you want to delay your trouble. Should they not just not go? At the

end of the day it is a personal decision based on how important it

is for the individual to trouble. The woman themselves is best placed

to make that decision. We can give the advice that we give about

considering delaying travel to an area affected by Zika. On the travel

issue, Victoria, if somebody cancels a holiday or is away and wants to

come back because of the Zika virus, will they be out of pocket? It is

clear to distinguish between women who are pregnant and the rest of the

travelling public, if you like. Clearly, the symptoms are mild, like

other viruses, but if you are pregnant the key thing to do it is

to talk to your doctor, your GP and get a medical certificate, that is

very, very important. Your travel insurance may not be validated,

basically, without that. Talk to your travel provider. I can't speak

for every airline but I can speak to ABTA members, most of our members

have come out with their policies and say that you have an option to

change your destination or get a refund. What if you are not going

through an agent, you have booked something independently? It will be

dealt with on a case-by-case basis. You should talk to your travel

provider. It is very, very ported to have that conversation with your GP.

And if you are not pregnant, no hope of a refund? No, because the

symptoms, like any virus, there are many tropical... There are more

experts than me on the impact of tropical illnesses, but there are

lots of other viruses. This is one of the things that has been

misconstrued a little bit. If you are an adult and you get a virus

like this, if you are not pregnant, the symptoms are very mild, you are

in a different position to if you are pregnant. Richard, you said at

the beginning that we are feeling our way through in terms of finding

out more about the virus, because it is so new. If a pregnant woman got

infected by the Zika virus, is it an absolute certainty that the foetus

would be damage? No. We don't know. We are still crunching the numbers

and there is a lot more detective work to be done. We don't know

whether or not you need Zika plus something else. Although Zika has

been known previously for some time, this association is quite new. Most

of the cases have occurred in Brazil, most of the cases of the

abnormalities. So there is a lot more that needs to be clarified. As

everyone is saying, to quote the Americans, it is out of an abundance

of caution. This is something that we are trying to be cautious about

simply because the problems are potentially devastating.

People are asking questions. Answer them as best you can. And male

travelling to Brazil, one of my risks, what are the indications? --

what are my risks? Take all of those precautions by covering up, insect

repellent, reaches the number of bytes, if you take mosquito

precautions, you can reduce the risk by 90%. What are the applications

for a man? If you get sick, there is potentially an illness, Edinburgh

sent get this virus without symptoms and with the 20% to get sick, it can

be from a minor thing to something more troubling. -- 80%. There is a

theoretical concern about whether or not the virus can persist in bodily

fluids and this potentially has the risk of being a blood borne virus.

There has been concern, as with the Ebola virus, the virus was found to

be protected in fluids such as within the eyes and in Seaman. That

would change the picture? It does change this a bit. There is one

reported case of sexual transmission which is being investigated, but it

is buried low risk. We are advising men who travel to affected areas,

from their own point of view, take all of the mosquito precautions and

if they do get infected, it is a mild illness but the theoretical

risk would be if their partner is pregnant or considering becoming

pregnant so if you have been to an affected area, we advised to use

condom is for 28 days afterwards, by which time the best advice is it

would be unlikely for you to even have that minimal risk of

transmitting to your partner. Just take that added precaution. Another

question, following on, can the virus be killed by antibiotics and

if not, can you be a carrier for the rest of your life? There is no

specific treatment to kill this virus but the infection lasts for up

to one week and it occurs about one week after being bitten by a

mosquito. We are out of time, we have been through a lot that will be

helpful for people watching. Good luck with the pregnancy. Thank you

all. Still to come: We'll be speaking

to a surgeon who's part of the specialist team

which will carry out the first NHS funded hand transplants

for patients. And can you fight inequality

by playing football in crop tops We'll meet a group of women who say

they're doing just that. As concern grows over

the spread of Zika virus, the International Olympic Committee

is to issue guidance for athletes and those planning to watch this

year's Games in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has been the epicentre of

the outbreak and the mosquito-borne disease has been linked

to a surge in brain defects David Cameron is heading

to Brussels for crucial talks with the European Commission

President over the Britain's The UK is said to be closing

in on an agreement that would allow the Government to deny in-work

benefits to people from other parts The Prime Minister is hoping he can

strike a deal ahead of a key summit in February before putting the issue

to voters in a referendum. 7000 homes in the North

of Scotland are without power after Storm Gertrude brought

winds of more than 90mph. Around 100 schools have been shut,

trains and ferries have been We will be live in Scotland in the

next few moments. The last Land Rover Defender

will roll off the production line later, ending 67 years

of the popular 4x4 being made. Jaguar Land Rover has discontinued

the famous off-road vehicle, which has been exported

across the world. More than two million have been made

since the original Land Rover Series began production

in Solihull in 1948. The Royal Navy's newest billion

pound warships are to have new engines fitted because

they keep breaking down. In an email seen by the BBC,

a serving Royal Navy officer wrote that "total electric failures

are common" on its fleet of six Donald Trump loomed large over

the final Republican debate before the Iowa caucuses,

despite not being on stage. His absence was mocked by his rivals

who attacked each other Mr Trump decided to withdraw

after Fox News refused to drop debate host Megyn Kelly,

whom he accused of bias. Oscars organisers have announced

the line-up of presenters and performers for this year's

Awards, which will include several The Oscars has been overshadowed

by a row about a lack of diversity, with some stars such as Will Smith

boycotting the show. Among those who will take part

in next month's ceremony are Whoopi Goldberg,

the comedian Kevin Hart and the Puerto Rican actor

Benicio Del Toro. Let's catch up with all the sport

now and join Katharine Downes. Andy Murray is trying

to reach his fifth Australian Open He's in action now,

how's he getting on? He got off to the worst start. He

was broken in the first game by the Gideon Milos Raonic, he stayed in

front for the first set. So, he has it all to do, it is on serve in the

second set so he could pick up the second one and be back. Raonic is on

a remarkable winning streak, he has not lost a match so far this year,

nine matches in a row, he has one of the fastest serves on the tour and

is proving a real challenge for Andy Murray in Melbourne. They have

played each other eight different times on tour, four wins each and

Raonic has the advantage in this one. Already, two British players in

the finals, Jamie Murray in the Men's Doubles with his partner and

also Gordon Reid is through to the finals of the wheelchair singles.

But Andy Murray has a lot of work ahead of him to make it three

British players in the finals. We will be back at ten o'clock but our

correspondent with the latest but Andy Murray is struggling against

Raonic at the minute. Let's hope the improves!

Scotland and Northern Ireland are feeling the full force of the latest

winter storm. Storm Gertrude has been generating wind in some areas

of up to 90 miles an hour. It has closed schools, roads and cutting

power to thousands of homes. Let us go live to the West Coast of

Scotland and join Lorna Gordon. What is it like? Conditions here have

eased in the last hour and the sun shining but this has been a very

disruptive storm and partly because of the timing, it happened when

people were heading to work and is debris on the roads, trees falling

down, closing some of the major routes and bridges because of the

wind speed and one tenth of the trains in Scotland are cancelled

today and if you look out to the sea, but what is quite choppy, that

means that every single ferry service has been disrupted to a

greater or lesser degree. Conditions are easing off here but in the

Northern Isles, it is just ramping up. As for the schools, around 100

closed around the country and all schools in Orkney, Shetland and the

Western Isles are closed down for the day. You might see this picture

of structural damage, we often hear that term bandied about. But there

is a school in Edinburgh and the side of the school has been ripped

away because of the speed of the wind and that is not isolated. There

is debris in Edinburgh city centre and Glasgow city centre also. One

mild injured in Edinburgh because of falling debris. -- one mild. The

warnings in the Northern Isles, it has been upgraded to read weather

warning because the winds are expected to gust two up to 100 mph.

-- gust to up to. Still to come: We'll be speaking

to a surgeon who's part of the specialist team

which will carry out the first NHS funded hand transplants

for patients. They describe themselves as football

pioneers and say by playing in crop tops and hot pants they are

fighting inequality. But some say the Lingerie Football

League is just objectifying women. The 14-strong team have set

themselves up in Manchester and say they just want to get

on with playing football, but after being turned away

from sporting venues, is the football establishment

embarrassed of them? Our sports reporter Hugh Woozencroft

has been investigating. 2015 was a breakthrough year

for women's football. Success at the World Cup drew

in massive TV audiences. According to the Football

Association, last season over 147,000 players competed

in affiliated league It is a figure which has grown

from just over 10,000 back in 1993. But for one women's football

team in Manchester this They have started playing

the game wearing less, believing it could bring more

attention to the inequalities So far the girls have played

a number of exhibition matches including one at Ryan Giggs

and Gary Neville's Hotel Football. But they have come up

against a lot of opposition. They have had a number

of bookings cancelled, and even when I went to meet them

at a sports centre in Wigan, we were told we were

not allowed to film. We asked the company for a statement

and they say we were turned away because they were not convinced

the suggested format showcased women's football

in a positive light. So those pictures say

we could not film with them, which is symptomatic of some

of the controversy these So we had to come and speak

to them in a local pub just The reason that in the UK men get

paid so much more than women is because the lack of media

coverage and the lack So I thought if I can do something

to attract media coverage which in turn will attract

commercial investment this will help And once people get over the knee

jerk reaction and realise we are just girls who want to play

sport and fight for equality, then they will understand it,

they will see our cause. As, you spoke to some

of the players, and they have said, don't judge us until

you have seen us play. We are not models playing football,

we can really play sport. I used to play football

when I was younger and then I got bullied for it, I got

called tomboy and lesbian, just getting called all

the time so I stopped. Then I recently started again,

just getting my confidence back up and then I seen that Gemma was doing

this Lingerie Football League and what it was about so I thought,

yeah, because that is It's gutting because we just

want to play football and we are just getting turned away

all the time and I don't get why. Like, we are not

doing nothing wrong. But what about the outfits,

are they just being too provocative? We go in the gym wearing

things like this, so... It's more public and more people

see you wearing this, it obviously looks bad,

but if you ask the majority of women what they wear to the gym it

would be exactly the same. I don't understand the negativity

just because there is a bit of belly Some people would say

you are deliberately trying If it attracts the right attention

and the right media coverage If it is for a better cause then

I don't see why not. You have come up with the idea that

sex sells and you are trying to be, That is the reaction

of a typical male stereotype. They hear the word

lingerie and think sex. Nowhere in our vocabulary

would them words ever come. It's a word, it's a word that's

driving our campaign. It's sportswear and yes,

it is lingerie, but we are There are some people

though that might argue, Gemma, that you are making,

you are putting these girls Do you not think that negates

all the hard work which has happened in trying to make women's

sport equal with men? And my answer to that is how long do

you want us to wait? How long do you want me to wait that

men get paid so much What, like, what do

you want us to do? So what we are doing,

is the controversy and playing in sportswear and playing in sports

bra, that's driving our campaign. Once people understand and get over

the knee jerk reaction and see that we start changing behaviour,

that will all be forgotten about. So Lingerie Football seems to have

upset a lot of people We tried to speak to a number

of former players, commentators, campaign groups even,

although declining to speak to us. The FA at Wembley did not

want to give an interview either. And all really not wanting to get

involved in something Maybe they don't want to give

Lingerie Football any more exposure, But luckily we have managed to speak

to someone on the topic. I guarantee you that

if you ask most young girls whether they would want to play

football in a skimpy little kit, We know that because we do work

in schools and we know that girls want to have a comfortable,

quite loose PE kit. Not all girls, of course,

but many of them do because they are quite

body conscious. The reality is calling this

Lingerie Football is marketing the fact that this is about women

in their underwear. It is not about great skills

and enjoying the game. And I am sure these women are really

well-intentioned and it sounds like they are doing it

for good reason but I think they are misguided in the way

in which are approaching it. The idea originally came

the United States, where an American football version, now knows

as the Legends Football League, plays to big stadia,

with the players believing their skimpy outfits have

given them a platform Phoebe Schecter once played in a now

defunct start-up version here in the UK and has now become

Great Britain's American football She has a certain sympathy

with what Lingerie Football Half naked girls running around

a football pitch is quite intriguing isn't it, to watch, and it

will get the people in. But I don't know if I could say that

many parents would want their ten-year-old, or whatever age

girls at the moment who are training so hard, then tell them their only

opportunity to play might Looking at the football,

or the American football side, the problem is that you are telling

women that this is what women You are not allowing women of other

sizes to perhaps play a sport that they could easily play

with all their clothes on. Some think Lingerie Football

are taking the women's game back Just over a decade ago Fifa's

outgoing president Sepp Blatter suggested something very similar

for which he was slammed. And for the Football Association

itself, the new team go against all they have

achieved for the game. They were due to play an exhibition

match at England's training base, St George's Park, but that was

subsequently cancelled. We asked the FA for an interview

on the matter but they would not is that they don't want

anyone to rock the boat. They want it to stay as a male

dominated sport and they want And we are saying no,

we won't do that. We will do something

that is going to help support Lingerie Football are hoping

to start a league in the summer and are already starting several

more teams across the country. However it does seem the anger

which they have prompted won't go away any time soon,

if they are to ever have a platform Hen on Twitter says women playing

football in crop tops and hot pants is ridiculous. Men do not play in

boxes or why Fritz, it is a gimmick. LJ on Twitter says you cannot be

expected to be taken seriously. After the Lionesses did so well, not

the type of media coverage we need. And remember, you can watch that

film again and share it online from our programme page -

that's at bbc.co.uk/victoria. The NHS in England is to start

funding had transplants for people who have suffered serious injury or

inflection. The transplants will be carried out in Leeds, with the first

expected to take place this year. Foal people are hoping to have the

operation. Corrine Hutton is to receive the first double hand

transplant on the NHS. She said she welcomes the new funding.

I had a bad cough which lead to pneumonia.

During that period my hands and my feet were starved

So I had to lose both legs at the shins, and my hands.

I am lucky enough to have that Leeds team looking after me and I have

been waiting now for a hand transplant for 17 months.

It's fantastic news today that the funding is available

but I have had that funding for a while, for me it's

about finding the right donor, and that just hasn't

We can now talk to Dan Wilks, a surgeon who assisted

He also helped with Corrine Hutton, who you just saw there.

Thank you very much for joining us. What difference will this NHS

funding make? Well, to us now this is a really big hurdle that we have

now jumped with our programme. We have been working towards this for

probably five or six years now. It now means that we can start offering

this service to the whole country and start looking for upper limb

amputee that may be suitable to receive hand transplants, of which

we think there may be quite a few. Obviously medicine and techniques

leave all for overtime, -- involve overtime, how much art techniques

improving and changing? This is quite a new procedure, you are

right. The first one was performed back in 1998 in France. A lot of the

surgery has not really changed that much. A lot of the techniques that

we perform as part they had are very similar to techniques we perform on

a daily basis -- that we perform as part of a hand transplants are very

similar. What has changed other medications which go along with it

to suppress the immune system, which means it has become much more

reliable than in the past. It gives people a realistic chance of

reconstruct Ding an absent hand. -- reconstructing. With the people then

quickly get full use of the hand? It varies depending on the individual,

their level of amputation. There will almost always be some immediate

function that comes back. Our first hand transplant but we performed

about three years ago had immediate movement of the fingers, but then to

recover full function and full feeling takes quite some time.

Anything up to two or three years, really, before things level out. Are

their psychological issues as well, having somebody else's hands? There

absolutely are, very much so. That is a very important, integral part

of our programme, that we have very skilled and experienced clinical

psychologists that work with the patients we see right from the

beginning at the initial stages of their assessment, all the way to

their surgery and beyond. As you mentioned, people have too burden to

integrate their new hand into their concept of their own self. They will

regularly see our psychologists for help with that. There is no tick box

on the donor form for hands. How do you actually get them? You are

absolutely right, there is not. There are many boxes for solid

organs, such as livers and kidneys, but when we seek donations for upper

limbs, it is not a common event because we don't have many patients

waiting, and so the process is slightly different. It is recorded

fully. But in a slightly different fashion. Dan Wilkes, thank you for

joining us. David Cameron will hold talks

in Brussels today following claims that officials are close to a deal

on one of his key demands The proposal would allow Britain

to restrict benefit payments to people who are in work

and from other parts of the EU, Our political correspondent

Adam Fleming is at Westminster How much can be expected,

potentially, from these talks? As with everything in the EU, it is a

bit of a breakthrough, yes, and a bit of a breakthrough, no. David

Cameron has been pushing for for quite a while this idea that new

migrants coming from the EU to the UK can't claim in work benefits for

foal years after they get here. But did not go down very well with lots

of other European leaders, who said it was unfair and would discriminate

against citizens. It seems the European Commission, who are like

the civil sick of the EU, are moving towards David Cameron 's view of how

that should work and getting closer to his point of view. They are

introducing the idea of an emergency brake, we think it would work like

this. Written would be able to say that our public services are under

great pressure from lots of migrants, we need a lot of help.

David Cameron would be able to say we will stop paying benefits to

migrant in some form, the European Commission would assess whether that

was really the case and he could do that, then his fellow leaders at a

summit would vote and decided he could do that. That could be in

place for foal years. It is just a proposal at the moment, the details

are very sketchy. There are loads of unanswered questions and we have

already seen some of the veteran Eurosceptics saying what good is an

emergency brake if you don't know whose hand is on the break you don't

know who gets to pull it and you don't how quickly it would stop the

vehicle. Thank you very much. Let's catch up on the latest

weather, Tomasz is here on the latest on Storm Gertrude.

There have been power interruptions. We have seen the peak of the storm

across some parts of the country, but not necessarily everywhere. This

is just an example of some of the ghost. They will get stronger in

Lerwick in Shetland, but I think Edinburgh and Glasgow have seen the

worst of the winds. What could they get it to? Up to 100 mph in

Shetland. This is where Gertrude has been crossing the Atlantic. This is

where we have seen the worst of the winds. There has been a lot of

discussion in the weather centre today from other departments, they

have been asking why is it that these storms tend to curve away in

the direction of Scotland and we rarely, say, see it in the south. It

is all to do with the curvature of the Earth and something called the

Corey force. These fast spinning storms tend to curve upwards. So to

get one down here you would have to have one forming way down there, but

the jet stream does not live there, it is further north, that is the

driving boards. You are always so informative, love it.

Let's see what will happen over the next few hours or so. Still some

disruption from storm Gertrude. For some, the worst is over, for others,

not. A red warning from the Met Office for Shetland, 100 mph winds.

In the south of the country for the next hour or so, south of that, we

could get gusts of 60 or 70 mph. Relatively speaking, that is calm.

It is still blowing hard on the south coast, but nothing like across

the northern half of the UK. These are instantaneous wind gusts. In

some areas they will be stronger, and others later. They are already

down to 50 or 60 mph across the West of Scotland. In the far north here

once again by the time we get to early afternoon, we could see gusts

approaching 100 mph. Pretty rad, but it does happen now and again across

this part of the world. -- pretty rare. Sunshine and showers. For many

of you in the south of the UK do will be wondering what the fuss is

about. But it is all happening further north. In the wake of

Gertrude we have air coming in from the North, we will see snow across

the Highlands and the lowlands. Buyers go and Edinburgh are waking

up to snow. The Met Office has issued an amber warning for snow

showers falling across parts of Scotland. To the south, much milder,

no snow here. As far as Saturday is concerned, a bright and brisk day,

but the gales will strengthen once again across Scotland. Not to the

levels we are experiencing now, but they will cause blizzards and it

will be a cold, raw feeling day. These arrows are a lot smaller, they

are moving a lot slower. Lighter winds. Pretty overcast and grey for

some. Milder, around 13 degrees in London, but still chilly in

Scotland, four or 5 degrees. That is not over. We have more storms on the

way. This is Monday into Tuesday. It is not a definite, it is a

potential. Once again, across northern parts of the country, we

could be seeing damaging and destructive winds. We will keep an

eye on that particular weather situation over the next day or so.

For a few more hours we have a severe winds across the northern

half of the country, then through the course of this evening things

will be improving. That's it, you are up

Hello, it's ten o'clock, I am Joanna Gosling. Welcome to the programme if

you've just joined us... Coming up before 11? There are

warnings that the Zika virus is spreading 'explosively' and up to

four million people could be infected in the next year. We'll be

speaking to the Deputy Director General at the World Health

Organisation. Dutch police say they are 'concerned' for the safety of a

British tourist who's gone missing in Amsterdam. Richard Cole was

visiting the city last weekend when he disappeared. James Murdoch

becomes one of the most powerful figures in European television as

he's announced as the chairman of Sky, four years after he resigned as

chairman of what was then known as BSkyB.

As concern grows over the spread of Zika virus,

the International Olympic Committee is to issue guidance for athletes

and those planning to watch this year's Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil has been the epicentre of the outbreak and the mosquito-borne

disease has been linked to a surge in brain defects

Winds gusting to more ninety miles an hour are causing severe

disruption to travel across Scotland. Seven thousand homes are

without power Some trains have been cancelled for safety reasons and

many ferries have been unable to sail. More than a hundred schools

have remained closed. David Cameron is heading

to Brussels for crucial talks with the European Commission

President over the Britain's The UK is said to be closing

in on an agreement that would allow Britain to deny in-work benefits

to people from other parts Mr Cameron is hoping he can strike

a deal ahead of a European summit in February before putting the issue

to voters in a referendum. The last Land Rover Defender

will roll off the production line later, ending 67 years

of the popular 4x4 being made. More than two million have been made

since the original Land Rover Series began production

in Solihull in 1948. Jaguar Land Rover says it is a place

in the vehicle because of tighter laws on safety.

James Murdoch becomes one of the most powerful figures

in European television as he's announced as the chairman of Sky,

four years after he resigned as chairman of what was then

He previously resigned as chairman of News International over claims

that journalists working for the organisation had hacked into the

phones of celebrities. Donald Trump loomed large over

the final Republican debate before people in the state of Iowa

make their choice of candidate - His absence was mocked by his rivals

who attacked each other Mr Trump decided to withdraw

after Fox News refused to drop debate host Megyn Kelly,

whom he accused of bias. Oscars organisers have announced

the line-up of presenters and performers for this year's

Awards, which will include several The Oscars has been overshadowed

by a row about a lack of diversity, with some stars such as Will Smith

boycotting the show. Among those who will take part

in next month's ceremony are Whoopi Goldberg,

the comedian Kevin Hart and the Puerto Rican

actor Benicio Del Toro. Let's catch up with all the sport

now and join Katharine Downes. He was stuck doing well? He has one

to reach his fifth Australian Open He was stuck doing well? He has one

set down against Milos Raonic, he got off to the worst possible start,

he was broken to love in the first game and Milos Raonic, on a nine

match winning streak stayed in front for the rest of the set, serving

things out six dashboard although it came down to the review from

Hawk-Eye. Here it is. It is in. And the set went the way of Milos

Raonic. Live to Melbourne and Jon Donnison, who joins us. Thank you

for keeping us up to date. We could be in for a long night. Andy Murray

lost the first set, he was broken earlier in that Andy went down to

lose that six - four, going with serve in the second set and it could

be a pretty tight match. Milos Raonic is powerful, one of the

fastest servers at around 155 mph and when that goes in, he is very

difficult to get that back. Andy Murray could be in trouble, they

have played eight times before, and it is four each. What about the

crowd? What is the support like for Andy Murray? He has been in the

final four times, and was the runner-up each time. Have they got

behind him? This is a third time I have covered the Australian Open and

he has been involved on every occasion and each time I have seen

some of the same files. We have some very elderly ladies who always

arrive wearing kilts and tartan hats and I have met people who come from

Scotland for this and that is a 12,000 mile flight for some Games of

tennis. Pretty dedicated support and this week they have had more than

Andy Murray because it has also been a great week for Jo Konta. And Jamie

Murray and Gordon Reid as well. Plenty of Scottish support. If Andy

Murray does when and he does go through, another huge challenge,

another final against Novak Djokovic? Yes, Andy Murray has a

fantastic record at the Australian Open, bidding for the fifth time in

the final but the man he is going to be up against has the best record,

winning this five times before, and anybody who saw the match last night

against Roger Federer, he wasn't devastating form, beating Roger in

three sets. -- 3-1. So he will have his work cut out. If he reaches the

final. John, thank you so much. Andy Murray is one set down in his

semifinal against Milos Raonic and you can follow that match live on

BBC Five Live and on the website. You will also keep you up-to-date

year. Definitely, we will check in with you.

Thank you for joining us this morning.

Welcome to the programme if you've just joined us,

we're on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel until 11am this morning.

Earlier we brought you the story of the female football team playing in

crop tops and hot pants. They say they are fighting inequality. But

some say the Lingerie Football League is just objectifying women.

You can watch and share that film on our programme page at

bbc.co.uk/victoria. But this has got quite a response from you. John on

email - "Female runners wear similar skimpy gear and no-one comments".

Jemima on Twitter - "Why on earth do women make themselves into objects

to be viewed for looks rather than skills?" Val on email - "What do

women wear in athletics, what does Paula Radcliffe wear? Oh yes skimpy

tops and small pants!" We would love to hear thoughts on this. Texts will

be charged at the standard network rate.

The threat posed by the Zika virus could be classed

as a global health emergency, according to the World Health

Officials have warned that the virus is spreading at explosive speed.

Later we're expecting the International Olympic Committee

to issue advice on virus ahead of the Rio Games this summer.

Scientists say a vaccine for the virus - which is thought

to cause severe birth defects in babies -

could be ready within a year, far earlier than previous estimates.

The virus has now spread to 23 countries in the Americas

after the first case was recorded in Brazil,

where there are now thought to be around 1.5 million people affected.

The World Health Organization has set up a Zika virus emergency team.

And it's warning the threat of the virus has reached alarming

Lets speak to Dr Bruce Aylward, Deputy Director General

Why did it take so long to set up that emergency team? Actually, there

has been an emergency team setup since May when the virus was first

detected in Brazil, we set up a management team at the regional

office for America and we have been steadily building that capacity as

the virus has moved and especially over the last couple of months, as

we have seen delays but this onset of birth defects, which may be

related, but is still being investigated, as you know. In terms

of general public to be negation, it has gone very quickly from something

most people had not heard of to hearing from the World Health

Organisation that it is in 23 countries in the Americas and

spreading explosively. It feels like there has been some delay in getting

that message out there? Be member, the virus was first found in the

Americas in Brazil, and in October, finding a second country, in late

November, December, it has been detected in a wider area. It was

only in November that the increase in microcephaly was seen in areas

that had been hit and we started looking at an association. Through

this period the message has been going out to public health

authorities across the region about the spread of the virus and the

possible association so there has been a lot of work to get the

message out and in Brazil there has been a state of emergency for some

months to get the population involved in trying to control the

vector that are spreading the virus, if it is indeed what is causing

those problems so there has been a lot happening. What has changed is

some countries have started advising about travel to these countries and

that has suddenly blown the issue up in terms of visibility. Is that

correct? That advice? Should pregnant women not travel to

countries affected? Well, this is the key reason we are convening this

Emergency Committee. We have a disparity of views and advice coming

out internationally and what we want the Emergency Committee to look at

is how good is the evidence about the association between Zika and

microcephaly, this cluster of cases in Brazil, how good is that

association. Based on that, what are the appropriate accommodations in

terms of travel and trade and around research and control measures. --

recommendations. How long does a process to? In the mean team there

are women heading to Brazil who are pregnant who knew nothing about this

until they got there and panicked and then went back to their home

country. We have spoken to several British people who have been in that

boat. His early caution not the most sensible message? -- is? Absolutely,

in the face of uncertainty you want to make sure you act with an

abundance of caution and get the information charge to people that

there might be possible association and that is being investigated and

in the meantime do everything possible to reduce the vector party

population level of the mosquito and at an individual level, do

everything possible to prevent getting bitten by these mosquitoes

and that is good advice anyway. This is not the only virus in these

countries that can cause serious problems, dengue fever, that is good

advice for all travellers and especially pregnant women so it is

reinforcing those messages, and actually getting action on those

messages. The focus has been on foetuses potentially developing and

cover letters and a syndrome which has not been widely reported. What

are the risks on that? And tell us what Gehlan Barr is? It is an acute

onset of paralysis in healthy individuals, it usually passes

relatively quickly in a period of weeks and months if you can manage

the owners so there has been some increase in this observed in areas

hit by the area of Brazil hit by this virus so what we are doing in

research is looking at these smaller head in babies, is a truly caused by

the Zika virus or just an association of time and place? In

the meantime, everything possible to do -- to reduce the risk of getting

bitten and to increase the tools to tackle this virus. I pronounce that

completely wrongly! Do let us know if you have any concerns on that.

Please stay in touch. In America, the Republicans

held their Presidential debate live But one major figure

was missing from the stage - The billionaire hopeful refused

to appear in the discussions because he believes one

of the debate hosts Megyn Kelly The broadcaster stood their ground

and rejected his demand My father gave me a small

loan of $1 million. I came into Manhattan and I had

to pay him back and I had to pay him I gave up the word incompetent

because it is not good enough. They are bringing drugs,

they are bringing crime, Donald J Trump is calling

for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering

the United States until our countries representatives can figure

out what the hell is going on. We have places in London and other

places that are so radicalised that the police are afraid

for their own lives. Your Twitter account has several

disparaging comments You once told a contestant

on Celebrity Apprentice it would be a pretty picture to

see her on her knees. Does that sound to you like

the temperament of a man we should And how will you answer the charge

from Hillary Clinton, who is likely to be the Democratic

nominee, that you are part I think the big problem this country

has is being politically correct. She starts asking me all sorts

of ridiculous questions and you know you could see there was blood

coming out of her eyes, You know what we are going to do,

we are going to raise a lot of money for the vets, that is

what we are going to do. Instead of appearing at the debates,

Donald Trump decided to hold a nearby rally to raise money

for injured war veterans. But that didn't stop his opponents

from making a mockery. Here are some of last

night's highlights. Is it for me, personally,

a good thing? Nobody knows, who the hell knows,

but it is for our Vets and you are going to like it

because we raised over $5 million Let's address the elephant not

in the room tonight. Donald Trump has chosen not

to attend this evening's I am a maniac and everyone

on this stage is stupid, Now that we have got

the Donald Trump portion out I kind of miss Donald Trump,

he was a little teddy bear to me. We always had such a loving

relationship during these debates and in between in the tweets,

I kind of miss him, I wish Let's bring in Lana Zak,

who works with our American She's at the event in Iowa

where Donald Trump was speaking thank you for joining us. He was the

butt of the jokes. What is the assessment of the four top all of

this? Well, we are really going to see that on Monday when Iowans

decide to turn out into the polls, and weather or not he has the ground

troops here to let him win the Iowa caucuses. Unlike another type of

voting system, this is not a poll, these are community members getting

together, discussing who they want to represent them as their nominee.

It is not like any other type of system at all, and we are really

going to see that on Monday. What other predictions in Iowa? -- what

are the predictions? other predictions in Iowa? -- what

Donald Trump is well ahead of any of his peers, but in Iowa he is running

neck and neck with Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz had pulled ahead in recent

weeks, but Donald Trump has recently been doing attacks, reinforcing the

idea that Ted Cruz is a Canadian, ineligible to run for President of

the United States, but that seemed to hurt him. Debbie one says he has

a better ground operation, so weather Ted Cruz or Donald Trump

comes out on top is anyone's guess. You said he was well ahead

nationwide, every time he something controversial, does that just help

him? Is it the old thing of all publicity is good publicity? I think

you are exactly right. Let's be clear, what we are talking about is

the most polarising figure in American politics today. Even though

he is ahead in the polls, he is ahead among registered Republican

voters who are likely to turn out in one of these elections. So in the

entire population of the United States, just a few million people

that are supporting Donald Trump. But because he has taken up all of

the oxygen in the room, he is really leading in that small group of

people. When you look at the other polls, he is more disliked than any

other candidate currently running. More liked and more disliked! How

key will Iowa be? Ighalo sets the tone. It is the very first time

anybody in the United States votes, before this we have only had polls,

only had people telling pollsters what their opinions are, this will

be the first time that people cast their votes and it sets the tone for

the rest of the primary season. Thank you very much for joining us,

good to talk to you. We have had a big response from you

this morning on this story, the women footballers describing

themselves as football pioneers by playing in crop tops and hot pants.

They say they are fighting inequality but some say The Driven

All he is objectifying women. The 14 strong team has set up in

Manchester. Having been turned away from sporting venues, is the

sporting world embarrassed? Hugh Woozencroft has been investigating.

When I met them, we were told we were not allowed to film. We were

turned away because they said they were not convinced that the

suggested format showcased women's football in a positive light. Those

pictures said we could not film with them. That is symptomatic of some of

the controversy faced by these women. We had to speak to them in a

local pub around the corner. The reason that man paid so much more

than women is because of the lack of media coverage and commercial

investment in the UK. So I thought, if I can do something to attract

media coverage which, in turn, will attract commercial investment, this

will help to promote women's football. Once people get over the

knee jerk reaction and realise we are just girls who want to face

aborted fight for equality, they will understand it and see our

cause. You have spoken to some of the players, they say, don't judge

is until you see us play, we are not models who play football, you can --

we can really play. James Murdoch is to return to Sky as

chairman. Actually, we will speak about that in a moment but first we

will talk about the female footballers playing in crop tops and

very short shorts. Lots of you getting in touch. One anonymous text

said it is unfortunate to hear the upper -- the opposition from the

footballing establishment. Women wear similar attire for athletics, I

have no doubt it will become mainstream. Helen on text said that,

apart from suspenders, they are dressed like track athletes. Mark

said that lingerie football not acceptable? Can I just say beach

volleyball. Christine, these empty headed female do the female is no

good at all. Perhaps they would be better staying at home in front of

the mirror. They go back to a time when women were judged only on

appearance. Lingerie Leaguers nonsense, but why not? PC brigade is

dangerous to our freedoms. An anonymous text said that many women

do not want to lay football because it is not deemed feminine. The

individual does not have to where written but may feel less alienating

did others do. Another person said they seem less

skimpy than athletics outfits, but no controversy about female

athletics clothing. If you want to share the film it is

on the website and you can watch it again and share it as you like.

James Murdoch will return to Sky as chairman. He resigned in 2012 in the

wake of the News International phone hacking scandal, he was chief

executive there. This promotion is likely to prompt speculation that US

film company Fox could launch another attempt to take up the

broadcaster. Steve Hewlett, the media commentator, has more. What do

you make of this? It is almost back to status quo. If you look at the

Murdoch empire, it is almost back to where it was before the phone

hacking scandal. Family succession is back in place, James Murdoch is

running 21st-century Fox, the entertainment business, Lachlan

Murdoch is running News Corp, Rebekah Brooks is back running News

Uk, what was News International. And now James is going to be chairman of

sky. It looks like back to business as usual, I think a lot of

commentators will say it is an outrage, etc, etc, what it means is

quite interesting. The 21st-century Fox, the current position with Sky,

that they own 30% of it, is not a position that News Corporation or

21st-century Fox regards as sustainable. The Murdoch mantra has

been to own and control completely or dispose. This is an unusual

situation to have such a company where they only own 39%. I think the

next thing will either be selling 21st-century Fox or trying again to

buy the 61% that they do not currently own.

Thank you, Steve. Dutch police say they're

increasingly concerned for the welfare of British tourist

Richard Cole who went missing We will be speaking to his family at

the local police shortly. We'll be live in Tadcaster

where work has begun on a new footbridge

after a 300-year-old historic bridge collapsed

during the December floods. As concern grows over

the spread of Zika virus, the International Olympic Committee

is to issue guidance for athletes and those planning to watch this

year's Games in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has been the epicentre of

the outbreak and the mosquito-borne disease has been linked

to a surge in brain defects Winds gusting to more

90mph are causing severe disruption to travel

across Scotland. for safety reasons and many ferries

have been unable to sail. Ben Te'o and Forth Road Bridge as

have been closed. Many ferries have been unable to sail -- -- The Tay

and Forth bridges. More than 100 schools

have remained closed. David Cameron is heading

to Brussels for crucial talks with the European

Commission President. The Prime Minister is said to be

closing in on a deal which would allow Britain to deny

in-work benefits to people from other parts of the EU

for up to four years. Mr Cameron is hoping he can strike

a deal ahead of a European summit next month before putting

the question of Britain's EU membership to voters

in a referendum. The last Land Rover Defender has

rolled off the production line More than two million of the iconic

vehicles have been made and exported worldwide since production

started in 1948. Jaguar Land Rover says it's

replacing the model because of tighter laws

on emissions and safety. Despite not being on stage,

Donald Trump loomed large over the final Republican debate,

before people in the state of Iowa His absence was mocked by his rivals

who attacked each other Mr Trump decided to withdraw

after Fox News refused to drop debate host Megyn Kelly,

whom he accused of bias. James Murdoch becomes one

of the most powerful figures in European television as he's

announced as the chairman of Sky - four years after he resigned

as chairman of what was then He also previously resigned

as chairman of News International after claims that journalists

working for the organisation had hacked into the phones

of celebrities. Oscars organisers have announced

the line-up of presenters and performers for this year's

Awards, which will include several The Oscars has been overshadowed

by a row about a lack of diversity, with some stars such as Will Smith

boycotting the show. Among those who will take part

in next month's ceremony are the comedian Kevin Hart

and veteran actress Whoopi Goldberg. Let's catch up with all the sport

now and join Katharine Downes. On Andy Murray, particularly, how is

he doing? It is looking up, there is sublime

tennis court in Melbourne at the moment, Andy Murray is taking on

Milos Raonic for a place in the Australian open final. Brilliant

stuff from both players, amazing tennis. How they reach these angles

and chase these bald stem, it is just a result of lots and lots of

hard work. He took the second set, so it is one set all at the moment.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said reports he offered to

resign at the weekend are lawful and horrible. His side a Derby County

tonight in the forefront of the FA Cup. Van Gaal said the press will

have him sacked yet again if United do not win.

FHM and Greg Dyke has confirmed he will leave the post and not seek

real action when his current post ends in the summer -- FA chairman

Greg date -- Greg Dyke. He says a more conciliatory figure is needed.

Lord Coe denied having knowledge of bribes being offered or received in

relation to the awarding of the athletics Championships to London. A

newspaper report claimed it had two witness accounts of Lord Coe warning

officials of a possible bribery plot about the vote held in 2011.

A heterosexual couple who don't want to marry,

but do want to enter into a civil partnership have failed to persuade

a High Court judge that they are being discriminated against.

Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, who live in Hammersmith

in west London, argued that the Government's position

on civil partnerships is "incompatible with equality law".

Clive Coleman joins us from the court in Central London.

Tell us why they have lost this case. Because the judge disagreed.

The judge came to the conclusion that they were not being unlawfully

discriminated against. Let me explain, Charles Keidan and Rebecca

Steinfeld have no issue explain, Charles Keidan and Rebecca

marriage, they just felt that it has a lot of patriarchal associations

and their relationship was more accurately reflected in a civil

partnership but the civil partnership act says that must be

two people of the same sex. Whenever a gay marriage became legal in 2013,

that meant that gay couples have the option, either have it civil

partnership or they could Murray, whereas heterosexual couples could

only become married. A civil or religious marriage. That was the

ruling today, Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld join me, they are

not so happy this morning. You must be disappointed? Naturally, we are

very disappointed in the ruling today. We think it undermines

equality in the UK and we know that disappointment will be shared in the

Court of public opinion because we have 36,000 people who signed a

petition supporting opening up civil partnerships for everyone. The judge

was quick to say that she found against you but has given you

permission to appeal. And that is quite unusual for the trial judge,

she thought the issues were so important as to merit consideration

through a higher court so our intention is to appeal. At the heart

of this, the judge said, you have the option of a civil marriage, you

can have a civil marriage and straighter cells as equal partners

so you really are not being discriminated against. The judge

also said that she recognised many people would find that I'm fair,

some partnerships are only available to same-sex couples and we can

Murray but along with many other couples, there are 3 million

long-term cohabiting couples in the country and many of them would want

it civil partnership and were disappointed but the fight goes on.

There is a wider campaign, political efforts and a ten minute rule Bill

backed by a large number of MPs and we think there is potential for this

to be righted in time. Rebecca, in some countries, like the

Netherlands, it is an option for heterosexual couples to enter into a

civil partnership. Not huge numbers but a significant number but this?

That is right and any Netherlands the vast majority of opposite sex

couples continue to choose marriage, about 89% so a sizeable minority

still wants a civil partnership so there is no threat to marriage so it

is a reason not to open them up to everybody here. Finally, explain why

it is so important to you not to have a civil marriage but a civil

partnership? We see each other as partners in life and we want to have

the status of that in the log and we want to celebrate our revision ship

and cement our commitment and formalise our relationship with the

social situation that we feel reflects our values and equality.

Thank you both very much. There you have it, no change in the law, it

remains that heterosexual couples cannot enter into a civil

partnership but the legal fight continues. Thank you, Clive. Is it

sexist when men as, to smile? A television personality had an

encounter with an attendant at a garage who asked her to smile. I

smile whenever I wanted, but when I commanded to when I am bribed and

manipulative. Stop telling me to smile.

As I walked up to the counter with headache medicine, he rang it up and

put some chewing gum on the counter and then he picked it up and headed

to his chest and said, you have got to smile if you want this and I told

him, no, thanks. He then got upset and he said, you cannot act like

that. Could you imagine this man asking

another grown man to smile for him in exchange for chewing gum?

Telling a woman to smile is what I would consider a micro-aggression, a

sexist micro-aggression and it is seemingly not harmful because it

seems like it is not a big deal but it is and when you take something

like that and it happens multiple times every day, like dust are so

many women, you can see the effects of that. We have an expectation of

women that were supposed to be outwardly pleasing all the time. --

that we are. Within the same conversation, it is not something

you leave out, that we only talk about rape or domestic violence or

these really violent crimes against women. The also have to talk about

his everyday moments that happen because they work together. I do go

back and I see the same man, I believe I will say something to him.

Let us know what you think about that, all the usual ways of getting

in touch. There's been a sharp rise in the number of admissions to A

units in England - according to latest figures from the NHS. Our

Health Correspondent, Jane Dreaper, is here.

These figures show that winter is beginning to bite, some 338,000

patience turned up to A in England in the past week, a rise of 8%

compared with the same period last year so hospitals are under pressure

and there is a big rise in the numbers of calls over the weekend to

111, people ringing that phone line which has come in for criticism this

week to get advice in the hope that that might help them stay away from

A The figures shows something interesting, the numbers of A

diverts, and the department gets so busy it has to turn ambulances away,

and that happened at 45 hospitals in England in the past fortnight so

people are being seen, the system is coping but there is a lot of

pressure. The headline is the nationwide figure for England, do

you have examples of any areas in particular whether it is a

particular problem? There is quite a bit of pressure in the south-west of

England, hospitals on Black alert, the internal code for showing that

they might have to change some services provided to patience. That

has come up in Bristol, at the Royal Cornwall Hospital and in parts of

Gloucestershire and Somerset. Also very busy in the East Midlands.

Modern ham with record numbers of patience coming through the door,

which does reflect that topline figure and the Leicester Royal

Infirmary, which is always busy, they have had to consider putting up

tents outside to help some patience. That has not happened yet but it

shows just how busy things are. And what are the issues? There is some

flu circulating and people are getting sick as the weather drops,

the temperature has dropped and that has prompted some people to turn up

and also some suggestions when you look at the analysis that some

people turn up at A rather than trying to get an appointment with

their GP, they use it as an alternative and they think -- if

they think they can be seen within four hours, they have that incentive

to do that. Thank you. Keeping you up-to-date on Storm

Gertrude and Scotland and Northern Ireland are feeling the full force

of the latest big winter storm. It's been generating winds in some areas

of more than 90mph, closing schools, roads and cutting power to thousands

of homes. Let's got to Chris Buckler who's at Groomsport in Northern

Ireland. How is it? Yes, it still remains blustery but nothing

compared to last night. You will get an idea of just the strength of some

of these winds and of you look at to see and just run the coast from

here, the strongest gusts reached somewhere around 85 macro our last

night and there was heavy rain as well. But the wind has been causing

the majority of problems and a majority of the damage. Around

13,000 homes here have had electricity restored but there are

still about 4500 without and the crews are working in dangerous

conditions because they are having to climb up electricity poles and

some of them are dying. As it was making my way down to groom 's board

in County Down, I saw a tractor with a trailer and just had a huge amount

of branches and trees on the back of it and they had all come down

overnight and that is just one example of the problems that have

been caused because the roads that remain closed in some places, and in

most counties in Northern Ireland, that noise was somebody being blown

over! That gives you some idea of the strength of wind but the Met

Office says that while heavy rain and wind warnings will remain in

place throughout Friday, the worst is that over as far as Northern

Ireland is concerned but nonetheless they say some roads are closed and

beyond that, you get some idea that people are being told to be careful.

In one case today, this morning, a mild escaped with minor injuries

after his car had a tree falling onto it. He suffered minor injuries

and people are being advised to take care and that applies to the crews

trying to restore electricity. I was quite nervous watching you so close

to the edge of the water! And as you say, things are happening all around

you. I guess everybody should just hunker down? Including new? Yes,

hunker down. As I said, we're being very safe, there are some distance

away, although I am at the edge, people are being told to be careful.

Ultimately, these strong winds, they are causing problems for people but

nonetheless, the worst is over and at one stage in the early hours of

this morning, I have to say, it was a different South because the heavy

rain combined with that wind caused real problems for people. It is

still causing problems! We will let you get out of the wind! Thank you.

And while Storm Gertrude was its worst, some committees are still

clearing up after flooding over Christmas. Tadcaster in North

Yorkshire, which was divided when the bridge collapsed, will be

reunited with the new footbridge. The metal structure will be pushed

across today and it will take another week to complete. The bridge

is expected to take a further 12 months to repair. Any one month

later, how have the residents and businesses been affected by the

collapsed bridge and divided time? David runs a shop in typecast. He is

on the west side. -- in that caster. -- Tadcaster. How have you been

affected? Business has been difficult. But I must say, the

community have been very supportive. Footfall is well down. For example,

this morning, I have only seen two people, the weather is not good and

it is a trek to get from the East to the West and most of my customer

base tends to be on the East side rather than the western side. But as

I say, the people have been extremely supportive and West

footfall has been done, we have been able to switch a little bit of what

we do and that has helped keep the sales going and things ticking over.

The footbridge is going in, what difference will that make? Once that

is in, that will certainly ease the problems that our community is

facing. People on East can get across to the main retail part of

Tadcaster. And vice versa, people on the west can get across to where the

doctors surgery is and the main supermarket and other businesses. So

it will be a big relief once those two parts of patients I rejoined. --

of Tadcaster. Obviously it is an enormous

inconvenience, but coming on top of everything you have been through

with the flooding, which has affected so many, we have seen

pictures of the impact of the flooding for you. How has it

affected your business? It looks like you back and running, that it

has taken time? It has. We got back up and running, I opened the shop on

the first Monday of January. Just a week after the devastating floods.

We put a lot of time and, working 18 hours a day during the Chris is weak

and over New Year to get to a position where we could switch the

open sign on -- over the Christmas week. I wanted to do that, really,

to make a state and for some normality for the town. Lots of the

independent traders have done similar things. We have tried to

push to get places open so that the people of Tadcaster could have a

little bit of normality in what has been a very, very difficult

situation. Are you all being very supportive of each other? Oh, yes,

we are. There is a lot of community spirit. That is one of the great

things about Tadcaster. It has a tremendous community spirit and

people will support each other. We have support networks in place from

volunteers to help people, people who have lost a lot of their goods,

residents who have been floated out and people who have not had

insurance. And they have not had the support networks in place. We have

had fund-raising going on. Even though we were hit by floods, we

have been fundraising as well. I wrote a little book about my

experience, that is being sold and the profits are going into the flood

relief. We are also selling images from Ty Custer, from the floods --

from Tadcaster. We are raising money for the flood relief through those

as well. Good to hear. Thank you very much for joining us, David.

HSBC's online banking service appears to have failed again today

at a crucial time for tax payments. The bank's customer help servers

onto it has been bombarded by complaints from frustrated

customers. HSBC has posted a message on its logging page saying we would

like to apologise to all our customers anchoring being

unavailable. It failed for two dates running in

April, causing serious disruption for businesses and personal

customers. Taxpayers have to settle up with HMRC by this Sunday night.

Dutch police say they are concerned for the safety of a British tourist

Richard Cole was visiting the city last weekend.

His partner spoke to him via his phone in the early hours

of Monday morning, when he appeared to be fine.

Police are now appealing for information.

We can talk to Richard's mum Debbie, and his girlfriend, and we're also

joined by a representative from the Dutch police. Thank you for joining

us. Debbie, Richard's mum, tell us about Richard and how you first

became aware that he was missing? His girlfriend message me in the

early hours, or later on on Monday, saying that she was very concerned

that she hadn't heard from Richard. I tried immediately to ring him,

text him, but there was nothing. His phone was either turn up the turned

off or had run out of battery. I just couldn't make contact with him,

which is always a usual because Richard always has his phone on or

always is at the end of a line somewhere. Alicia, tell us what your

last contact with Richard was? I spoke with him, I was walking into

work. It was the early hours of Monday morning. In Amsterdam, it was

about 3:30am when I spoke with him. He was outside. He had been out with

some people that he just met, which is common for Richard, he's really

friendly. I just said, it's late, be careful, please go home, get a cab.

We got off the phone and I texted a picture of his address to show the

cab, but it never went through. Like Debbie said, I imagined that he had

turned off his phone or his phone died. And throughout the night when

I was at work, I tried to face time him and text him and nothing went

through. So I just assumed that he got home and was probably just

sleeping. But once I got home from work, it had been eight or nine

hours. I knew something was wrong. He wouldn't go that long, even if he

was sleeping, he wouldn't go that long without contacting anybody. He

would have charged his phone and called someone immediately. We just

never heard from him. Was there anything when you were talking to

him in that last conversation that gave rise to concern for you? I knew

that he had been out drinking. I wasn't too concerned until later.

Only because it was so late and he did not seem too worried about

getting a cab home, and they didn't know exact league who he was with.

-- and I didn't know exactly who he was with. If he was these people --

if he was with these people, they were mere acquaintances, not

friends, necessarily, who cared if he got home safe or cared about

anything that he was doing. We will go over to the Dutch police. What is

happening with the investigation, you piece together of his last

whereabouts? Of course, the information just given by the

girlfriend helped us a lot. It helped us to determine where his

last whereabouts were, it is in the city centre of Amsterdam. So he went

out there. At around three o'clock in the night, that is the last thing

we heard from him. Of course, we investigate the neighbourhood there,

see if anyone has seen or heard anything from him. We check if there

are surveillance cameras all public cameras that might have captured

him, to see what happened. Of course, we now do an appeal to the

public that may be someone has heard or seen him after Sunday night.

Everything can help us in finding him back again. Have you found any

CCTV footage yet? We are still investigating that. We are not sure

exactly where he was, so it takes time to find the cameras and the

exact location that might have captured him. We have not seen

anything yet, but it does not mean it is not on, it is just work that

is still ongoing. How much have you been able to trace of his movements,

wherever he had been before disappearing, and have you worked

out who he was with? Not yet. Of course, we would really like to

speak to them. It is not certain in which club or bar he was, exact

route. Of course, we go to every club to ask if it had seen him. So

far, it has not led to success, so we are working very hard to find

him. Alicia, obviously the police are listening here and doing

everything that they can. Is there anything else think of in the last

conversation that maybe a potential clue to pointing to where he was and

who he was with? Unfortunately not. I merely had the address of where he

was during our last conversation. I didn't know and I didn't ask where

he was, and I knew that the people he was with, he had just met them

that evening. Around midnight, probably. It's... Nothing of

importance that would really help, that I know of, at this point. It

must be a terribly worrying time for all of you. Debbie, what would you

say to anybody watching who may be able to help? Actually, I think we

may have just lost our link to Debbie. Can you hear me? I can hear

you. What would you say? I just want him home, I just want him found. We

miss him, we love him. If anybody at all can help in locating him, or

even in giving a last location, please just come forward and help

us. We really wish you all the best. Do stay in turgid. Richard Cole,

missing in Amsterdam since the early hours of Monday morning. -- do stay

in touch. We have had huge response on one

particular story, those women describing themselves as football

pioneers. They say that by playing in crop tops and hot pants they

fight inequality, but some say the Lingerie Football League is

objectifying women. They have set themselves up in Manchester, but

having turned that Rabin turned away from sporting venues, is the food

all-league embarrassed of them? Hugh Woozencroft reports. The girls

have played a number of exhibition matches that they have come up

against a lot of opposition. They have had a number of bookings

cancelled, and even when I meant -- went to meet them at a sports centre

in Wigan, we were told we were not allowed to film. The company said

they were turned away because they were not convinced that the

suggested format showcased women's football in a positive light.

That is relisten to Matt Dickinson of the controversy these women have

faced. We had to come to speak to them in a local pub -- that is

really symptomatic of the controversy. In the UK, and get paid

so much more than women because of the lack of media coverage and

commercial investment. -- men get paid. So I thought if I could

attract media coverage, in turn attracting commercial investment,

this would help support women's football. Once people get over the

knee jerk reaction and realise we are just girls playing sport and

fighting for equality, they will see our cause. Some of the players have

said, don't judge us until you see us play. We are not models playing

football, we can really play sport. You can watch that fulfilment and

share it online at the website. -- you can watch that fulfilment.

Alex says if you are judging a person on what they are wearing you

are objectifying them. Amelia -- the media does not help because we are

as to judge based on images. Yasmin says Miss guided women claiming they

are championing the cause of female empowerment by stripping. When will

men stop succumbing to outdated male desire to see us take our clothes

off to the Democrat? Another person said that athletics is not a contact

sport, like football. Thank you for your company today,

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