03/02/2016 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello, it's Wednesday, it's 9.15, I'm Joanna Gosling in for Victoria,

David Cameron tries to persuade his own MPs to back a deal he hopes

will keep Britain in the European Union.

One senior minister has described it as a mess.

The Prime Minister says it will deliver "substantial change",

I think strong, determined, patient negotiation has achieved

But is it a good enough outcome for voters.

We'll ask our studio audience here if they think David Cameron has

got a good deal - and we want you to take part in our discussion

The US records its first case of the Zika virus in someone

But what's it like to live with the condition

We talk to one mum whose son was born with microcephaly.

Plus, why one leading gay rights campaigner now supports

the Northern Irish bakers who refused to make a cake

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In Parliament later today, the Prime Minister will try

to persuade MPs to back the draft settlement unveiled yesterday

on Britain's relationship with the European Union.

A senior minister has described the proposals as "a mess",

but David Cameron says they deliver the changes he promised.

By the end of next year we'll be asked to vote on whether or not

the UK should stay or leave the EU - probably in the summer.

Mr Cameron says the reforms were enough for him

But many in the Conservative party - and elsewhere - disagree.

It all boils down to whether there's been progress in four key areas.

whether parliament will have the power to block EU laws

Second, accepting that the pound sits alongside

Third - a commitment to boost Europe's

competitiveness by cutting back on bureaucracy and regulations.

And finally - restricting benefits for European migrants.

Lots of reaction coming out of Europe this morning.

Within the last half hour we've heard from the Netherlands.

They currently hold the rotating presidency of the European council -

they say a proposal to help Britain to remain in the EU is likely to be

And Commission President Jean Claude-Juncker has told

the European Parliament that the proposal on reforming

Britain's relationship with the EU must be supported.

There's a debate going on right now we'll bring

We're joined by our studio audience - and our political guru

What are the key elements of this deal? Immigration was the big win

which David Cameron wanted and he thinks he has kind of got it with

the idea of the emergency brake. Like many of the reforms he has got,

it is a half win, half loss, he has an agreement, to have this four-year

ban on EU migrants, claiming in work benefits, but we do not know when

this will come into force and we do not know who will decide it and how

long it will last, and it seems that migrants will gradually be able to

claim benefits, they will be phased in. It is a messy victory the David

Cameron. The other thing he wanted was the idea the red card to stop

the EU bossing around national parliaments with the legislation

they did not want. He has a kind of red card. When you look at the

detail, you can only use it in very limited circumstances, it is not for

all new laws, just a small number, and you have to get 16 of the 28

parliaments to agree, that is a hugely high threshold. David Cameron

has got some games, regarding immigration and the red card, but he

is a long way off getting what he wanted in its entirety -- gains.

What about the economy? He wanted to protect countries like Britain being

pushed around by countries in the single currency, and he has an

agreement that if we are unhappy we can say to everyone

agreement that if we are unhappy we not acceptable, we don't like this,

so we can talk about it. He can't actually say we are not putting up

with it, but he can initiate, sage and at the European Council and is

the -- you can initiate a conversation at the European

Council, and so he can raise his concerns, but he cannot stop the

single currency from doing things to us which we don't want.

Competitiveness? This was the shortest section in the legalistic

document, and there were many fine words about stripping back

regulation and getting rid of bureaucracy, but who is going to

disagree? On that, David Cameron has got an acknowledgement that Europe

must do better in terms of trying to be more competitive and reaching out

and being more economically liberal but has anything changed? Not

really, it is just fine words. And sovereignty? He wanted an end to the

move towards ever closer union. What the paper says, ever closer union,

one of the principles of the EU, the paper says, ever closer union,

integration, we will not become the paper says, ever closer union,

United States of Europe. In time they will spell that out in a future

treaty, they have said, and so they will spell that out in a future

Cameron has an assurance, nothing to panic

Cameron has an assurance, nothing to a legal document to

Cameron has an assurance, nothing to Britain, you are out of it, we

Cameron has an assurance, nothing to have to wait and see and hopefully

we will get a treaty in time, but quite when, we don't know. OK, those

are the bones of the deal. We have a studio audience. As this led any of

you to change your perspective on the way you would vote in a

referendum? -- has. Absolutely not. LAUGHTER

David Cameron has taken the worst of both worlds, the economic policies

of the European Union, which I disagree with, they can be very

exploitative. He wants to keep some rid of the more positive stuff like

the human rights and the environmental legislation, so I feel

this is a step backwards environmental legislation, so I feel

the global perspective on the European Union. You want out?

Certainly. European Union. You want out?

pro-Europe. What do you think of the renegotiation? It is to satisfy his

backbenchers and to try to give the party together, rather than making

demands that will amount to a party together, rather than making

things that he was party together, rather than making

really apply for a four-year period and what he is focusing on, migrant

benefits, that is an issue which is sparsely overstated in the media and

in the mind of the public. -- parsley. It is more politics than

trying to get a proper agreement -- fastly. You don't think people out

there are that bothered? With fastly. You don't think people out

work benefits, migrants, it is only 5%, European migrants, claiming out

of work benefits, but the public perception is far greater than that.

of work benefits, but the public That is a headline grabber which can

be used on behalf of the leave campaign rather than based in fact.

Is that a key issue? I must agree with this, there is a general

perception that migrants, EU migrants take out more than they

contribute and that is actually not the case. There is evidence from the

UCL published in 2014 which states there is a net contribution of ?20

billion, that means that not only do they cover what they take out on

welfare, they also contribute to the budget. You came here from Poland in

2004? You are well informed on this issue and feel strongly about it.

You want the UK to stay in the EU? I do. The debate is based on emotional

arguments, rather than hard fact and hard analysis of the actual numbers.

I think this is what the debate should really concentrate on, and

move away from the emotional aspects. Peter, you would like out.

What I wanted to say, most people, most people bleed migration is a

good thing, but the problem at the moment is the uncontrolled speed at

which we have got migration -- most people believe. We have no control

with our borders. This is a good country, but the resources in

schools and in hospitals, and in businesses, the impact of the EU, I

don't think we have anything in the negotiation which will reduce the

burden of bureaucracy on businesses. Those are my reasons and I did not

see anything in this renegotiation which will change. Could there have

been anything which would have changed your perspective? Were you

waiting to see what came out? The things that were asked for not

ambitious enough, in my opinion, they were not repatriating

sovereignty or repatriating the controls on migration that I wanted.

To be honest, he did not get much because he did not ask for very

much, that is what I feel. I would add, the European Union was based on

certain principles, as Donald Tusk said, there are certain lines which

cannot be crossed because that would mean moving away from the principles

on which the EU was built. Freedom of movement was one of those

principles. That needs to be taken into account, as well as the fact

that Britain is only one of 28 members and it is not a stronger

member, it is an equal member of the European Union. The voice of the

other 27 member states needs to be taken into account. Going forward,

does it shift the balance in the relationship? The deal that was done

yesterday? Yes. Not really, it is a compromise, everything is a

compromise, you have got to compromise with 27 other countries,

you're never going to get what you want. My sense is, this document is

not going to make much difference to the way anyone votes, including in

Parliament. I was tramping around talking to people and I did not find

a single MP who said, now I'm going to do this or now I'm going to do

that, they had already made up their minds. It seems to be, this is a

document which focuses on detailed areas, but at the end of the day, I

suspect most people will go into the referendum and it will be gut

instinct what feel in their bones. Actually, I feel European or,

actually, I'm fed up with being bossed around by Europe, they cannot

get a grip with migration, I think it will be that kind of gut instinct

which will shape how people vote. What ever David Cameron did get,

that will not make a blind bit of difference. You are undecided, Mal?

What happened yesterday has not changed my mind. I'm relieved to

hear you say that! I'm Australian, I've lived in the UK, 12 years, and

I see the benefits of the EU, my heart says stay in because of the

commercial and travel opportunities. My head says, wait a moment, it is

to do with the elephant in the room, ever closer union. You have just

said that they say there's nothing to worry about, but I don't know

whether we trust the EU. Ireland and France and the Netherlands voted

against a treaty, but the EU carried on as if nothing had happened. It is

a trading pact, which can get close, or is it the United States of

Europe. I would be in favour of one of those but not the other. One

thing we can say, the challenge facing those that would like to pull

out of Europe, there is maybe a higher bar than those who want to

stay in, because instinctively people stick with what they know. If

you are going to give Vince people you want to get out, you have got to

make a much bigger and better I'd meant -- if you are going to

convince people. Those that want to get out have got to change the way

that people think. If you are sitting on the fence, you might hang

on to the fence, I would say. You do want to get out, Emmett? The

renegotiation, basically this is just a fudge, if you look at the

demands on David Cameron, that he has secured, the red card idea, that

is effectively just received. He says if many people vote for one way

of doing things, we will get our way -- that is effectively just

democracy. You do not need to call it a red card. And then we have got

the action on curbing benefits, and I think, it is not just about

benefits, people actually want to see action on numbers, as well.

Where he has not said anything about that, people have noticed that that

part is missing. So, I don't see that he has done much which will

change people's minds. Martin, you want to stay in, I spoke

to a panel of people the other day and the thing that was striking,

there was more of a sense among ordinary people in Europe, a sense

of pride of being part of the EU which does not seem to be prevalent

in this country. Do you feel pride? What makes you want to stay in? I do

feel pride in an identity as a Brit and also as a European. It is a key

part of your identity? I do and think it is at the heart of what

David Cameron has been doing in the last few days which is to try to

strike this line between the practical case for remaining in

Europe and keeping low barriers to trade and immigration, being a

really great thing that we have benefited from as a country for

hundreds of years, not just recently. At the same time, we do

have a slightly protectionist natural fear of people coming and

taking our jobs. It was to that fear, as expressed by Ukip during

the election, that David Cameron is speaking, and he is trying to tread

this line between appearing tough and saying we are going to get our

way whilst acknowledging, in reality, we do have a net gain, not

just in the contribution that immigration makes but in the

contribution that lower trade barriers undoubtably make to British

businesses. We have to retain that but also acknowledge that people are

nervous about what happened in other countries. We can't deny that the

world is moving to ever closer union so to pick out phrases and make them

emotive and say it is a bad thing to move to that, trade

emotive and say it is a bad thing to coming down. With China,

Asia-Pacific, it is an coming down. With China,

in the world so to make them emotive issues I think is more about

appearances in politics. issues I think is more about

face a difficulty here. I wonder if we are not prisoners of our history,

the story of our island nation gives it a different perspective to the

rest of Europe and it makes is harder for us to be reconciled to be

part of this bigger continent. It does if we forget our history. If

you look to the Middle Ages is exporting unspun will to Europe, and

making the move to say, we would like some European immigration so we

can bring skilled spinners to the UK and build a massive extra of

industry here, if you forget that, you can say, we are worried about

being an island nation. But this story of a maritime nation, it is

very emotional, but I went a small business, none of us can really sail

a boat! But we can all trade internationally and we see that when

the trade with European countries we can do so quickly and easily, to

bring their expertise here and build better businesses here than we would

bring their expertise here and build when we trade for the US, for

example, when when we trade for the US, for

hard-headed elements or is there a gut feeling about feeling European

hard-headed elements or is there a and pride within that? To a

hard-headed elements or is there a it is hard-hitting to the fact of

the matter but I think a it is hard-hitting to the fact of

to national borders is getting quite outdated. With the kind of threats

that we face, not only humanitarian but in a climate nature, I don't

think you can act unilaterally any more to deal with the things we are

facing. By having this body that is committed to looking outward and

working within its member states committed to looking outward and

well as externally, that is a very positive thing. Do you feel

passionate about this? Does it feel like the right thing for politicians

to be talking about like the right thing for politicians

probably until June when like the right thing for politicians

referendum is expected? I think so and for lots of reasons. We talk

about ever closer union, I don't think that is an emotive issue, it

is an important philosophical one and everything hangs on it for me.

We talk about sovereignty of nations, one of the things that

makes Europe very strong in my view is unity with diversity. It is the

diversity of Europe that makes it attractive for people to live and

work here, but if we do stamp on that uniformity with that unified

state, I think that would destroy one of the great strengths. We saw

that with the Euro crisis, cultural differences to attitudes in

taxation. June 23? It is looking that way, presumably mystic Cameron

will get a deal -- Mr Cameron. A lot more discussion like this to come,

thank you for joining us. We would love to get your thoughts on this

and we will talk through some of your views are little later. Coming

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Bakers who refused to make a cake with the slogan "Support gay

marriage" should not have been found guilty of discrimination -

that's according to a leading gay rights campaigner who initially

Ashers Baking Company in Belfast is appealing against a ruling

that it breached discrimination laws.

But the campaigner Peter Tatchell says he now feels bound to defend

the company despite initially criticising them.

We'll speak to him in a moment, but first let's go live to Belfast

There was a judgment against them last year but they are appealing.

Bring us up-to-date with what this case centres on. This was an order

for a cake for that is expansive day which led to a claim of

dissemination and damages of ?500 being awarded to the customer who

was refused the cake -- discrimination. The legal battle is

continuing. The customer went to a branch of Ashers Baking Company here

in Belfast and asked for a cake to be decorated with a picture of the

Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie and a slogan in support of

same-sex marriage. They refused that and the company said they did that

because it breached the religious beliefs, the deep Christian beliefs,

of the owners of the company and they said they did not feel they

could fulfil the order. Same-sex marriage is still a contentious

issue here because it has never been introduced here and he has been

blocked at Stormont by the DUP who are against the introduction of it.

We have this battle that has attracted a lot of headlines but the

family who own Ashers Baking Company decided they felt, after careful

consideration as they called it, they had to go ahead and appeal. A

short time ago, Daniel MacArthur gave his reasons for taking this

appeal. We're looking forward to having this

opportunity to have our case heard by the Lord Chief Justice

because we believe the County Court As I said, many times before,

we do not discriminate We took issue with the message

on the cake and not the customer. As a family, we believe we should

retain the right to decline business that would force us to promote

a cause with which we disagree. As Christians we can't simply switch

off our faith when we enter To be a Christian at all

is to strive to live for Christ in every corner of our lives

and we served Mr Lee The customer in this case, Gareth

Lee, took the case against Ashers with support of the equality

commission of Northern Ireland and they were also here inside the

courtroom waiting for this hearing. They say they are concerned about

some of the ways this has been presented but it has been presented

by some as a battle between religious freedom and the right to

minorities. The equality commission say they hope the judgment will be

held up because they say they are concerned what it would mean for

minorities in terms of receiving services from all sorts of companies

if it was successful. Thank you. We can't talk now to Peter Tatchell.

You supported the customers initially but now the bakery. What

happened? Initially I did support the legal action on two grounds. I

think they had engaged in false and misleading advertising. Their

adverts said they would be willing to bake a cake according to the

customer's own design but when Gareth Lee presented his they said

no. That was a breach of their promise. Secondly I was really

concerned that if Ashers were allowed to get away with it it would

open the door to a wider discrimination against other people

and communities. On reflection, and it has been a very hard wrestle with

my conscience, I feel that, much as I disagree with Ashers over their

political views about opposing gay marriage and opposing equal rights

for gay people, I think we have took her on the side of freedom of

conscience, expression and religion -- err. I am saddened that, as

Christians, they support a homophobic position, or a position

that many people will see as homophobic because Jesus Christ

never condemned homosexuality, there is nothing where he has spoken

against same-sex relationships and on top of that, we know that

discrimination is not a Christian value. Where does your argument take

you? In defending freedom of conscience, expression and religion,

does it take you down the path of being on the site of anyone who

discriminate against anybody else on those grounds? This case is not

about discrimination against people. The message? Yes, for example,

Christian run bed and breakfast establishments and Christian civil

registrars who have refused to serve gay people are utterly and totally

wrong, that is discrimination against people which is unlawful,

and rightly so. This case is about discrimination against an idea,

namely support for same-sex marriage. That is a very fine line.

It is a difficult one. I'm worried that if the verdict stood against

Ashers, would this mean that a Muslim printer would have to rubbish

the cartoons of Muhammad or a Jewish publisher, would they have to print

a book by a Holocaust denier? publisher, would they have to print

on the issue of ideas, it can lead you into murky areas where

businesses could be forced to publish and facilitate ideas they

fundamentally disagree with. Could similar claims not be made on the

flip side in terms of how the judgment might be seen and taken if

they were to win? That is right, if they win, there's

a fear this could open the to wider discrimination, but I think this

will be about the issue of ideas and not about discrimination against

people, that is an important distinction. I'm not saying that in

any circumstances any business should have a right to discriminate

against people, it is just about whether they should have a right to

discriminate against ideas that whether they should have a right to

object to. In making the judgment last year, the judge concluded that

facilitate any lawful message, even facilitate any lawful message, even

objection to it. Doesn't that cover the areas that you might be

concerned about, in that if the message worth inciting violence or

hatred, message worth inciting violence or

covered by the law? -- worth. There are many bigoted things which are

lawful, many people hold quite reprehensible views, but they are

not unlawful, but according to this original judgments against Ashers,

potentially people that hold lawful but bigoted opinions would be in a

position where they could demand that printers and publishers, cake

makers, should be required to help facilitate the promotion of these

bigoted ideas that they hold, and that is a worrying trend or

possibility. We have to accept that in a free society people will hold

views that we might in a free society people will hold

say that they must be compiled to facilitate ideas which they

say that they must be compiled to to -- Compal. -- compelled. You said

there was in -- to -- Compal. -- compelled. You said

your part, to -- Compal. -- compelled. You said

conclusion, after years of fighting for the rights of minorities, how

much for the rights of minorities, how

the arguments that this centres on? for the rights of minorities, how

This is a unique and complex case, it is not about discrimination

against people, which is unlawful and rightly so. It is about whether

a service provider should be able to refuse to provide a message or an

idea that they conscientiously object to and I accept that this is

a minefield area. It is not clear-cut. My passion for human

rights means that I have two balance the rights of gay people and other

minorities against freedom of expression, and my inclination is to

go on the side of freedom, even though I fundamentally disagree with

go on the side of freedom, even what Ashers stand for, they do not

believe that gay people are entitled to equal rights and they think that

distillation against gay people is a good thing and I'm shocked they

think that, but at the end of the day, they have a right to hold that

view -- they think discrimination against gay people is a good thing.

Peter, thanks Who are the winners and losers

under the Government's Health officials in the US say that

a person who contracted the Zika virus, despite not having visited

countries affected by the outbreak, probably caught it through sexual

contact with their partner. If it's confirmed, it would be

the first case in the US of someone infected by the virus without it

being transmitted by a mosquito. The news comes as Brazilian health

officials say that more than 4000 babies have been born

with abnormally small The condition, known

as microcephaly, is believed to be Microcephaly is a rare

neurological condition. What does it mean for those

babies as they grow up? Jayne Freeman's son Robin was born

18 years ago with microcephaly. When did you first realise that

there was an issue with Robin's development? When he was born he was

small and he seemed pretty normal, in development, but as he got older

he did not get the milestones we expected and all the other children

were passing him by and he stayed. He did not regress and he did not go

any further, it was as if his brain stopped and we did not understand

why. He was diagnosed with microcephaly and I then understood

that his brain had stopped growing so he could not develop further.

Microcephaly is in the news because of the link with the Zika virus, do

you know why Robin has microcephaly? No, we don't. I had difficulties in

my pregnancy and I had a couple of blood transfusions during the

Caesarean, but I have no idea why he has got it. Robin, what is the

impact on you? The main thing is academically, because of my

microcephaly I had dyslexia might as well, and I'm very clumsy, and very

forgetful. -- dyslexia as well. I get constant headaches. Everyday,

just a headache. Do you take certain medication? Anything else apart from

normal headache pills? No, there's nothing I can do to get rid of it,

it is always going to be there and I have got used to it. Do you feel

that this is something that people are aware of around you? Do you make

people aware? Or do you try to get on as normal? I just tried to get

on, it is there, it is something I have to do -- I just try. Whether

difficulties for you when he was growing up -- word their

difficulties. Yes, when he was first diagnose, I went and googled it, it

was the worse case and arias, life limiting, and we were shocked and

upset -- it was the worst case scenario. But now we have other

parents with us and we are supporting each other. We have seen

each other's children for the beautiful children they are and we

are glad in a way that microcephaly is in the headlines, but this is a

double edged sword, we are also getting this information. --

misinformation. And we also get roles. What has been going on with

trolls? People have been posting nasty pictures to our website, which

they have mopped up, comments saying that your children have got a

disease and you should put them down. -- mopped. Unfortunately,

yesterday and the day before, one of the people in our group had her

pictures stolen and they have been put on an anti-vaccine website

saying this is what happens if you do not vaccinate your babies. What

do you think of that, Robin? People are ignorant and they need to

understand that microcephaly, you are not going to catch it.

Basically, you are born with it, it will be there. You can't walk up to

someone and automatically get microcephaly. People need to know

this. Thanks for joining us. It's now emerging that telling

people to avoid travelling to regions affected by the Zika

virus may not be enough As I mentioned earlier,

US health officials believe someone in Texas may have been infected

simply by having sexual contact with a partner who had just come

back from Venezuela. Our health correspondent

James Gallagher is here. This would be the first case? The

first case in this outbreak, but there have been reported cases in

the past, but this seems to be something which is very rare. We

have only really seen the Zika infections where the mosquito is and

it has not spread outside of those regions, but this is something which

health officials are trying to get to the bottom of. How common is

this, how long after the infection can a person continued to spread the

virus? These are big questions which have not been answered. It will take

time to find out answers like this, but what is the best guidance?

Someone from Public Health England spoke about this and said at the

moment the best advice is to say 28 days with precautions. They said use

a, done for the month after you get back from an infected country, if

you did not even any symptoms at all, but six months if you developed

a fever -- use a, done for the month after you get back. This takes it

back from the parameters of a particular country. Yes, it brings

into question the possibilities of transmission, it into northern

Europe, where the mosquitoes do not exist at the moment. There is the

potential for spread into other countries, but we do not know how

easily it can spread. We know you can recover very quickly from a Zika

virus infection, but how long you remain infectious for is a big

question. In this very short period of time, that will not be a problem

for other countries, the virus will not be able to spread very quickly.

How easily could it spread? These questions that need answering, but

we don't have them. That is intimate contact, but what about lesser

contact Weston not are the questions over whether it could be an airborne

virus? -- what about lesser contact? There has been nothing about this.

Nothing like measles, no suggestion of that, with Zika, and in the

overwhelming majority of cases it needs a mosquito to bite one of us

and then by the other to spread the virus itself, sexual transmission

seems to be very rare, there has been no suggestion of breathing and

sneezing, an airborne type of transmission. Thanks for joining us.

Many people getting in touch regarding the EU proposals. Not many

of you seem to be convinced by the proposals. Rob says, David Cameron

has delivered what he proposals. Rob says, David Cameron

achieve, totally unconvincing, and who decided what he would and

written up -- who decided what he would demand? Graham says David

Cameron has achieved nothing, the reality is that Europe has not

agreed to a single one of his dumb arms on the basis of this agreement,

-- has not agreed to a single one of his demands, and on the basis of the

agreement the only logical conclusion is to leave. Keep your

thoughts coming in. Madonna goes to court today

in an attempt for force ex-husband Guy Ritchie to return

their son, Rocco, to the US. I was looking at the cloud

formations yesterday after our chat. I did not spot the beautiful ones

that you were showing us. It has been very interesting, we

that you were showing us. It has such a variety of weather, and the

reason is, we have a weather front, coming south, and this weather front

has produced rain, sleet and coming south, and this weather front

it is continuing to weaken, and behind it we are dragging in colder

air and clearer skies. I thought you might like to see pictures that

people have sent. We might like to see pictures that

Scotland. The weather front has cleared Scotland, this is in the

Outer Hebrides, a lovely clear sky, but a very cold start. This picture

was taken in Northern Ireland. The weather front had gone. The

beautiful sunrise is gorgeous. As the weather front went south, this

is a picture from Derbyshire, we had snow here. Quite high levels,

admittedly. Staffordshire, a similar story, the weather front slowly

moving south, and quite misty conditions. We had every kind of

whether going. Ahead of it all, in Wales, it was a cold start and

frosty, and we are starting to see some snow, and further south in

frosty, and we are starting to see Surrey, it was a beautiful start to

the day, but now we have cloud spilling down. As the weather front

bumps into the milder air, temperatures are now rising and it

will just be rain or patchy rain. The colder air behind it. Do you

like it when it is cold at this time of year? I do, as long as it is nice

and bright. I agree. Keep the seasons as they are. It is cold

today, but through the rest of the week, we have the milder air once

again. I won't complain about that. We are back in blue once again. The

weather is all over the place. It keeps us on our toes. Thank you.

Today the band of rain will move to the south, taking the cloud with it,

still gusting winds, it has to be said. They will ease through the

rest of the day. There is a mixture of sunny spells and showers behind

it, the showers will be scattered. Some will be in Northern Ireland,

but equally some sunshine, and Some will be in Northern Ireland,

across the North, northern Scotland, in the hills there will be a wintry

mixture, but at lower levels we are mixture, but at lower levels we are

looking at sunny skies and nowhere near as windy as it has been. It

will not feel as cold as a result, and the

will not feel as cold as a result, Northern England, heading to the

Midlands. Northern England, heading to the

over parts of East Anglia, Essex and Northern England, heading to the

Kent, there might be some showers in they will be few and far between.

The same for South West England and Wales. Most of us will miss the

showers, and there will also be sunshine. Overnight, showers ahead

of the weather front, it brings in the rain, bumping into the cold air,

there will be hills snow from that. Behind that, things begin to improve

in terms of the temperatures. Cold in the north-east. Milder conditions

come in, but right behind the front, temperatures in the south-west, way

up on what we have seen this morning, very different feel to the

day. The rain moves into the North Sea, replaced by another band coming

from the West. There will be cloud around Samarra, the heaviest rain

will be in the north, it will be patchy as we move around England and

Wales -- around tomorrow. Temperatures in double figures,

apart from North East Scotland. On Friday, bright skies to start in the

ease, but there will be cloud as we are pumping up south-westerly winds.

That is the milder air and the temperatures would get into double

figures. There will be some murky weather at the coast, but the other

thing we have is an Atlantic front and that will produce rain. It is

not moving quickly, the rain will be heavy and persistent, and behind

that the temperatures will start to dip. As we head into the weekend, it

takes some time before the front clears away from the south is,

probably Saturday morning, and then we have more pressure and more

France coming in for the weekend. It will be wet and windy at times this

weekend. -- fronts. Hello it's Wednesday,

it's ten o'clock, I'm Joanna Gosling in for Victoria, welcome

to the programme if you've Will the rest of Europe get behind

David Cameron's package of reforms We'll be hearing from politicians

being asked to back the deal and we've been hearing

what voters here think. We see that when we trade with

European countries we are able to do so quickly and easily to bring their

local expertise here to London to build better businesses. The problem

we have at the moment is the uncontrolled speed at which we have

migration and we have no control on our borders.

This hit-and-run driver was caught on camera accelerating

The video clearly shows the car number plate -

so why can't the culprit be prosecuted?

Madonna is in court to try and force her son to come home

to New York but with 15-year-old Rocco wanting to stay put in London

with Guy Ritchie, will she get her way?

David Cameron will answer questions in the Commons on the deal he's

negotiated on Britain's EU membership.

Details of the draft offer are also being debated

The President of the European Commission says

the proposal is a fair settlement for Britain.

The settlement that has been proposed is fair for the UK and fair

for the other 27 member states. It is also fair for the European

Parliament. Health officials are trying

to confirm if an American with the Zika virus contracted it

through sexual contact. It is thought a patient in the state

of Texas became infected through sexual contact with a partner who

had been to Venezuela. The discovery of a man's body

on a cliff edge in Anglesey is being linked to a triple murder

investigation near Leeds. The bodies of a woman and two

children were found at a house The internet company, Yahoo,

is to cut its global workforce by 15 percent - about 1700

people - after reporting a quarterly loss

of almost ?3 billion. The company is losing online

advertising to the likes of Google These pictures from China show

a backlog of 50,000 rail passengers stranded in the south

of the country. The authorities have been laying

on extra trains to try It's been caused by bad weather

that's hampering the country's busiest travel period -

the Chinese New Year getaway. Let's catch up with

all the sport now. Let's join John who can tell us

about a rather special It was and we can show it to you it

is turning into a remarkable story, Leicester City's season is becoming

the stuff of Hollywood and Jamie Vardy is threatening to achieve what

nobody thought possible at the start of this campaign. His two goals last

night, one of which was a stunning volley in aid to Noh victory over

Liverpool, sees Leicester maintained their lead at the top of the league

-- 2-0 victory. This was his first goal, worthy of a look. A stunning

volley from 30 yards out. A great goal. He is now the top scorer in

the league on 18 goals and it is efforts like that that have taken

Leicester to the top of the table. He was signed for just ?1 million

from non-league Fleetwood He was signed for just ?1 million

and he is now in line for a place He was signed for just ?1 million

Roy Hodgson's England squad at the European Championship. You can see

how pleased he was. This is what he and his manager thought about it. It

was unbelievable how Riyad Mahrez crowned with the long ball Vardy and

Vardy at the time to look at the keeper out of the goal and score a

fantastic goal. I was looking all game and he was quite far off his

line so when he's played it through and it's bounced quite high, I've

took my chance and luckily it's gone over the top of him. It was not the

only Premier League game last night. We will have reaction on all of

those matches on the BBC sport website. After the test victory

against South Africa England will focus on the shorter format of the

game, letting in the T20 World Cup in India next month. Their one-day

series gets underway today in Bloemfontein. They will see if Jason

Roy is fit enough to open the batting before naming their team.

Eoin Morgan is keen to stress how far the team have progressed since

the World Cup last year when they failed to get out of their group. I

think it is a bit scary to think, where we are at the moment, we have

come up against three very different sides, two World Cup finalists and

Pakistan away and two of the three series we have won. South Africa

will pose a very difficult challenge in their own backyard but our

objective is for the tour are to learn as much as we can and continue

to do so as we have in the past eight months. It was a great week at

the Australian open for British tennis, Jamie Murray took the

doubles title, Gordon Reid the wheelchair title. Britain die in the

Fed cup competition this year and Katie Swann will become the youngest

player in the petition at the age of just 16. She replaces Johanna Konta

who has withdrawn through illness. They begin their group games in the

competition tomorrow. And we love a sporting match up, pushing ourselves

to the limit of enjoyment and a true test of power and strength and we

might have stumbled across the perfect challenge of man against

machine. This is Bath Rugby who packed down to take on a Formula 1

car at their training base. It does not sound like a fair contest.

Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull car can reach 200 mph but it looks like they

are holding their own which is quite impressive but I think they might

need some new tires on the car! As we mentioned, Gordon Reid, we will

be speaking to him at about 10:30am on the programme.

Thank you for joining us this morning, welcome to the programme

if you've just joined us, we're on BBC 2 and the BBC

News Channel until 11am this morning.

So, David Cameron will brief Parliament today on proposals

to alter the terms of Britian's membership of the European Union -

but are his proposals enough for you?

The majority of you are not convinced. Doug has said that he is

pro-Europe but will be voting to leave the EU on the single issue of

immigration. I believe in some immigration of people with skills

and knowledge that will benefit the country but I don't believe in mass

immigration of Russ has said, Cameron appears to have a stay of

execution but we are still not in control of our borders. Richard says

that Texts will be charged

at the standard network rate. Wherever you are you can

watch our programme online, via the bbc news app

or our website bbc.co.uk/victoria. for an in-out referendum,

probably in the summer. about the draft deal

later and members of the European Parliament

are also debating the plans. European Commission President

Jean-Claude Juncker says the package of measures is fair for Britain

and the other 27 members of the EU. I've always said I wanted

the UK to remain a member of the European Union

on the basis of a fair deal. The settlement that has been

proposed is fair for the UK fair and fair for the other

27 member states. It is also fair for

the European Parliament. The European Parliament has

a key say in the process, I would add to this

that the European Union was based there are certain lines that can't

be crossed because that would mean And freedom of movement was one

of those principles. And it needs to be

taken into account. I am an Australian who lived

in Denmark for ten years and the UK I see all of the benefits of the EU

and my heart says stay in. Because there are travel

opportunities and commercial opportunities and technology

collaboration to solve big problems. And it's all to do with the elephant

in the room which is still that But what do politicians from other

countries in the European Union think of the draft

deal on the table? About the agreement I could say

confused from a legal base I welcome it and I am

ready to accept it. I hope we are going to use this

opportunity to make Europe stronger, more united and more able to meet

the challenges of today rather We support demands of Great Britain

sovereignty but we are very confused and very critical about cutting

of social benefits. I am very optimistic

about the ongoing negotiations, I would like to see the UK remaining

a member the EU. Well, this letter is not surprising

and is not going in the right direction but after all

the United Kingdom has to vote on whether or not its citizens think

that they are better MEPs will air their views

on migration and the UK's upcoming in-or-out EU referendum

in a three hour debate ahead of the European Council summit

on 18th and 19th February. Joining us from Strasbourg

is Ska Keller, an MEP What do you think about the

renegotiation? I think what has been the outcome of the deal and not

surprising, as was mentioned earlier, Cameron has his victory, we

are not necessarily happy about all the things proposed but this is not

what the referendum is about. The UK will decide whether to stay in the

European Union or not and that is on many more issues. It is the whole

question of whether we can face the challenges of our times and future

times when we are all together or the UK all on its own and from my

perspective, being on the side of those who might be left alone, I

would be very excited if the UK left. You said there were elements

you were unhappy about, what in particular? One might have to look

at whether this is actually a benefit for the citizens of the

European union which includes the citizens of the UK as well. One of

the main promises was also more subsidiarity, bringing power to

people, as it should be but still the European Parliament, for

example, where all citizens are represented including the UK, does

not have hardly any say about the proposals put on the table. At the

referendum is not about the letter between Cameron and Donald Tusk, it

is not about the fundamental question about whether UK citizens

want to engage in changing the EU in a better way and whether they think

they are better off within the EU and of course it is up to UK

citizens to decide that but from our point of view, it would be or I

would be grateful if the UK decided to stay with us and help us change

the European Union together because there is so much the UK has brought

to the EU and all of us together, culturally and politically dumb even

the language. It would be very sad if they left.

He said you would prefer the UK to stay and to help change the European

Union together -- you said. Do you think there are areas which need to

be reformed? The reforms that we need in the European Union is to

make it more democratic and to have people and what they want moderately

reflected at the European level, we have European citizens initiative --

and what they want more reflected. We also need to get national

parliaments more on-board and to encourage citizens involvement and

we need to make sure that the European Union is of benefit to its

citizens, and that social issues are a crucial part, and also

environmental standards, consumer protection, these things which make

the single market possible in the first place. They need to be

strengthened and we need to make sure that we are fit to face the

challenges we are having, for example, the refugee crisis which we

have at the moment, we can only handle that at the European Union

level. Single member states have trouble facing this challenge, but

it would be much easier if we were all in this together. What is your

view on the renegotiation? You are an MEP. For us in Estonia it is

important that the United Kingdom stays in the European Union, because

if you look at the moment, all the critical situation in the European

Union, it is important that the UK stays in the EU. What concerns the

negotiations, of course all member states should be ready to assist the

UK to find a new balance so the majority of UK citizens will feel

also good in the future as members of the European Union. Do you think

what has been agreed in the renegotiation will change much? I'm

quite convinced that the outcome of talks will also change some issues

in the European Union. It is only the beginning of talks and the

European Union plays its role here. But the concerns, what the UK has,

it is also a concern for other member states, so I'm quite sure

that the outcome of the talks will make changes for the European Union.

What are the areas that other countries are concerned about? One

of the issues is the role of member states, including parliaments of

member states, it is one of the issues where I feel there is need

for some changes. But of course, also issues which at the moment is

very actual in the UK, the social reforms and social reforms are also

what concern immigrant workers. It looks like it is not only the issue

for the United Kingdom, but also for some other countries. MEP for

Estonia, thanks for joining us. Keep on getting in touch, let us know

what you think about the deal. We'll be finding out why this hit

and run driver who was caught accelerating into a cyclist

can't be prosecuted. One of the government's

main welfare reforms - the introduction

of Universal Credit - will, on average, leave

working families worse off, according to the Institute

for Fiscal Studies. But their analysis suggests that it

will encourage some people to find Universal Credit is being introduced

to simplify the benefits system - by merging things like tax credits,

housing benefits and job-seekers The IFS research suggests

the changes will see Around 2.1 million working

households will lose out But on the flip side 1.8 million

working households will gain Of those out of work,

1.1 million will lose out, But some unemployed people

will gain from the changes, with 500,000 households gaining

an average of ?1,000 a year. Those relatively likely to gain

include low-earning households in rented accommodation and

one-earner couples with children. Lone parents with a job,

those with assets or unearned income, and two-earner couples

are more likely to lose. Well, here to explain

is Andrew Hood from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, along

with Kathleen Kerridge, a mum whose husband works full-time

- they receive a combination of tax Janette Davey, who

receives some benefits. She's a single mum who works

part-time as a secondary school teacher and runs two

start-up businesses. And Mark Garnier, the Conservative

MP who sits on the House of Commons' What are the changes first of all?

It is about simple occasion. The structure of universal credit is

quite simple, each family has the amount they can earn before the

benefit will start to be withdrawn, that varies by family type, and

beyond that the benefit is withdrawn at 65p for every additional pound of

earnings. This is also about saving money. When it is fully in place it

will reduce benefit spending by ?2.7 billion a year and that is on top of

the other cuts, like the four-year freeze to most benefit rates. We

have spoken about the winners and losers, can you tell us more about

who will be hit the most? One of the groups hit hardest by universal

credit in its current form, working lone parents, on average those

receiving benefits, that will be replaced by universal credit, they

will be ?1000 a year worse off, and that is because the government has

repeatedly cut how much you can earn if you are a lone parent before

universal credit will start to be withdrawn and that is why they lose.

On the other hand, if you look at one earner couples with

On the other hand, if you look at year. Under the current system they

On the other hand, if you look at people losing, working lone

On the other hand, if you look at and two earner couples, how

On the other hand, if you look at that fit together? Universal credit

does not do much in terms of the incentive to work at the moment, but

it reduces the number of people who have very weak incentives. There are

600,000 people who if they earn an extra pounds they lose more than 90p

of that in tax and withdrawn benefit. Under universal credit that

is not possible, everyone will keep 23p of every pound they earn.

Kathleen, you are part of a couple, your husband earns an URA stay at

home mother. I'm a writer. -- and you are a stay at home mother. How

are you likely to be affected? It looks like we will be one of the

families that gain on paper, but in reality, with this government so

far, everything they have said we have learned to take with a pinch of

salt, the instability and fee is always hanging over you, what is

going to come next? -- fear. You should be ?500 a year better off. I

should be. If it turns out like that, that makes a big difference to

you? Yes, it will. Every penny makes a big difference to me and thousands

of families like mine. Where you work hard and you are scrimping and

saving and paying high rents and taxes and everything else, so every

penny you gain helps. Janette, URA single working man, you

should the ?1000 worse off according to predictions -- you should be.

That is not encouraging, considering how hard many single parents work,

in fact all parents work very hard, and so to hear that we will be worse

off is not exactly an incentive. To hear that you are probably better

off not to work, although obviously what the report does not mention is

that there will be conditions, so you have to work a minimum amount of

hours anyway. You have not got an option really of not working,

because then you will be sanctioned. You are in a lose lose situation, I

feel, unless you are earning a huge amount of money. Mark Carney A, Tory

MP, why should a single working mother like be worse off? It is

important to take the universal credit in the context of the wider

things that the government is doing. Taxes are actually coming down,

despite what Kathleen said, for single mothers and single parents,

we are introducing free childcare, a number of things we are trying to do

for people who are self-employed, as well. We are trying to help them set

up their businesses and we are also bringing in a national minimum

living wage which will increase the rate at which people work over and

above the inflationary rises in the living wage. There are a raft of

things we are doing which need to be taken into context with what is

being done with universal credit and it will be interesting to hear

whether Andrew has done this on the universal credit in isolation or

whether they are taking into account the wider effects of the other help

that the government is trying to give. Bear in mind, we have created

far more jobs in the economy but 2.7 million new jobs, and on top of

that, we are finding that the problem we have the economy, we have

too few skills for the jobs which are available. We are trying to help

people to get into those skilled jobs by having 3000 more

apprenticeships. Andrew, what is your answer? Mark is right, for the

report the focus was looking at the impact of universal credit itself,

but previous work on the ISS has said things like the living wage

will not compensate low income families for the impact of other

benefit cuts -- previous work from the ISS. The OBR thinks that the

national living wage might increase earnings by about ?4 billion, but

the government is as it is planning a ?12 billion cut to benefits so low

income families will be worse off. It is not clear-cut say that someone

like Janette will be worse off, though? She will get help with

childcare. On average, working lone parents will be ?1000 worse off in a

world with universal credit than without, but other changes might

boost or reduce incomes of people like Janette, and the other thing to

say, we are not taking into account other benefit cuts. We have a

statement from the Department for Work and Pensions. It says:

Mark, that is the point you were making an Andrew has responded to

that. -- am. If there are working people out there who feel they are

being left worse off as a result of changes that are being made to the

tax credits or anything else, that potentially sends a message to them

that when they hear the government say they are all about supporting

people who are doing the right thing, they might feel that is a

sham? That is a reasonable comment to make, but having said that, it is

worth going back to the beginning of the process, of the in work tax

credits and the various benefits, and erase as an extent you have got

to go back to when William Beveridge wrote his report -- actually to an

extent. Way back when. Part of that, as a society we feel we need to help

those people who are struggling for one reason or another and everyone

would agree with that. When Beveridge introduced the proposals

for the welfare state he made it clear that the welfare state was not

about providing a alternative to hard work. What has happened, over

60 years since then, the benefits that have been paid out have

increased in real terms by about 50%, and we have got to this

situation where it becomes very difficult to move from being out of

work into work, and you actually, as the IFS report says, and they are a

very intelligent group, but this report highlights the fact that for

each extra pound you earn you only see 10p of that, and so we have got

ourselves fundamentally into a very peculiar place. People are relying

increasingly on benefits. I do accept that with all of these

changes, inevitably it will be a very unfortunate situation where

some people will be slightly worse off than others and others will

benefit, but we are trying to move to a very fundamental change from a

system which fundamentally is broken and fundamentally is costing a huge

amount of money, and fundamentally is this incentivising many people to

work into a system where it will work better for everybody out there.

Ultimately people are better when they are in work, they are healthier

and happier and they feel they are contributing to society, but people

who are unemployed and who can't find work and who are struggling

they tend to have mental health issues, tend to be depressed, ten to

feel they are not part of society around them, and this is part of a

much bigger picture we are trying to achieve as this government, to make

people feel worthwhile and take control of their lives, rather than

being clients of the state. And a final question on Europe. You

did warn last year before the EU referendum that the prospect of it

was hitting investment. Art you glad we are almost there? -- are you. I

am, the sooner we get to the other side of this the better. I was

looking at some numbers this morning to do with household vulnerability

and households are still very vulnerable as a result of the credit

bubble before the 2008 financial crisis. Households are going to be

the losers if we get this experiment with politics wrong. I think leaving

the EU is an experiment in politics. It potentially increases the risk to

household far too much. Businesses need surety, they need to know what

the relationship will be between Britain and Europe. If we vote to

come out and we have a two-year protracted process of extricating

ourselves from Europe, businesses will be reluctant to invest, that

will hit households. I'm keen that we vote to stay in. Do you think the

renegotiation was a success? I think so in general it is always going to

be difficult and we have to get this through the EU meeting at the back

end of the month. There are 28 nations which have to agree on this.

It was interesting hearing the piece before this about whether or not

European MEPs are happy or not about it. The more that are happy about

it, the more I'm slightly suspicious, but there seem to be few

who think it is going too far and that is kind of what I want to hear.

Clearly David Cameron has triggered the agreement of all 28 member

states but it's probably as good as he can get. The other important

point, people don't necessarily understand our relationship with

Europe. Listening to members of your audience, we do have secured borders

because we are not in the Schengen zone, we are going to be able to

control immigration, we don't have mass immigration and it is worth

bearing in mind that immigration benefits our economy. Net migration

is obviously a long way above what the government said they would do.

We are out of time for now but no doubt we can talk more about those

issues another This footage clearly shows a hit

and run driver speeding We'll be asking why the culprit

can't be prosecuted. And Madonna goes to court today

in an attempt for force ex-husband Guy Ritchie to return

their son, Rocco, to the US. David Cameron is to try to persuade

MPs to back a deal he hopes will keep Britain in

the European Union. The deal is being debated now

in the European parliament. The President of the European

Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, says the proposals

are good for all sides. The settlement that has been

proposed is fair for the UK and fair It is also fair for

the European Parliament. Health officials in the US

are investigating a case of a Zika virus infection contracted

from another person, It's thought a patient in the state

of Texas became infected The discovery of a man's body

on a cliff edge in Anglesey is being linked to a triple murder

investigation near Leeds. The bodies of a woman and two

children were found at a house And if you thought your commute

was bad then take a look at these pictures from China,

showing a backlog of 50,000 rail passengers stranded

in the south of the country. The authorities have been laying

on extra trains to try It's been caused by bad weather

that's hampering the country's busiest travel period -

the Chinese New Year getaway. Let's catch up with

all the sport now. And a grand slam winner with you? I

have esteemed company with me, old and read, who won the men's

wheelchair title in the Australian Open last week in a great week for

British tennis -- Gordon Reid. You got your hands on the title to win

the men's singles wheelchair title. What a crazy few days it has been

for you, you must be delighted? I'm really happy with the results out

there, it was a great tournament for me and the aftermath has been pretty

crazy. And your name alongside the likes of Jamie Murray, Andy Murray

made it to the final, you are putting your sport on the map with

your achievements. The fact that so many people are mentioning my name

and wheelchair tennis in the same breath and alongside Jamie and Andy

and able-bodied tennis that is a real honour for me and it is

fantastic for the exposure of the sport. And there was a massive push

after London 2012 with the Paralympics, with yourself and jaw

Dan White leave doing a great deal for the sport, it is pushing it into

the amazing -- Joe Dunne I can definitely see how the media

and public have changed the perception of the sport and there is

a lot more interest and more people are wanting to watch us and support

us. It is definitely going in the right direction and with Rio this

year there will be more and more interest and hopefully it keeps

going. Let's talk about Rio because you have a busy summer with the

Paralympics and at Wimbledon as well, for the first time they will

be holding men's singles wheelchair tennis for the first time so I

exceptionally busy period for you? It will be a very busy summer but

really exciting times for the sport and for myself and the other

athletes who will be competing at Wimbledon for the first time in

singles which is huge for the sport. It will be nice to play in front of

the home crowds. And part of the Aral Olympics GB team --

Paralympics. How tough will it be playing singles on the grass? You

have so much more ground to cover than with doubles? Obviously you

have a part in helping you in doubles so singles is a bit tougher

on the body and adding to that, playing on grass is tougher on the

upper body and the arms so it takes a bit more energy to get around the

court. It will be a different challenge but it is fun to play on

grass, I have enjoyed playing doubles there for the last few years

and it will be a nice challenge and a good opportunity. And having been

out in Melbourne, that's not at the top of your mind about a lot going

on in Rio at the moment with the Zika virus and delays in venue, has

that even crossed your mind? Is it something you are thinking about?

Not really, I haven't really been thinking about it with all the stuff

going on. It has been mentioned and I am sure we will get advice before

we go there, but as long as we take the right precautions, everything

will be fine and we can focus on our performances. And still revelling in

your success at the moment? Yes, just enjoy it while it lasts. Thank

you for coming in this morning. Thing is crossed, plenty to look

forward to from Gordon with Wimbledon and rear.

Now, we want to show you some shocking video of the moment

a cyclist was left for dead after being hit by a car

The car you can see follows the cyclist from a distance around

a roundabout before suddenly accelerating

Police say there's not enough evidence to prosecute anyone

because they can't prove who was driving.

I'm joined by our correspondent Frankie McCamley.

Extraordinary that a collision is caught on camera, worn by the

cyclist. Talk us through what it shows and the issue. It is quite a

shocking video and it has had nearly 40,000 views online having been

posted by the cyclist, Reginald Scott. You can see that the cyclist

is coming off this roundabout in Nottingham, he is followed by a

silver Volvo coming up behind him. It is quite a distance and it

suddenly accelerate and shunts the bicycle and you can see the cyclist

falling to the ground and you can hear the cyclist groaning, in a lot

of pain. Reginald Scott, the cyclist, said it took him four

months to recover from this. He had severe back injuries and internal

haemorrhaging. You can clearly see the registration plate of the

vehicle so police could track it down. They said it belonged to a

higher company pulls that they said it was sub leased to a number of

companies -- a hire company. They tracked down a man and his wife,

they spoke to them but neither admits to driving the vehicle at the

time. They say they can not prosecute those people because it

would be a miscarriage of justice and there is not enough evidence on

this video alone to prove who was in the vehicle so they can't say it was

one or the other. The man who was the lead driver, they have been able

to fine him ?150 and put six points on his licence for not reporting the

incident occurs he was in charge of the vehicle, and for not providing

private giggles -- because he was in charge of the vehicle and for not

providing driver details. This was a statement from Nottinghamshire

Police. They say that without any more

evidence, there is nothing more they can do. The cyclist felt the need to

post this video online because he feels he has been let down by the

authorities. Thank you. If you thought peak hour

at Waterloo or Euston was bad - spare a thought for these rail

passengers in China. A staggering 50,000 of them

have been left stranded Bad weather is hampering

the country's busiest travel period Extra trains are being put

on to try to clear the backlog. Our Correspondent John Sudworth

is at Guangzhou Station As you say, the miseries

of the travelling public anywhere else probably pale into

insignificance compared to this. This is the time of year that

hundreds of millions of Chinese passengers take to the network,

heading home for Chinese New Year. Many of them facing journeys

of 18 hours, 24 hours. Pretty miserable at the best

of times but their woes have been compounded this year by that bad

weather which has caused a snarl up At the peak 100,000 passengers

were stranded here, packed shoulder to shoulder

on the concourse behind me. Many of them migrant workers heading

home for their only They won't have seen friends,

families, children even, since this time last year,

so pretty frustrating. The authorities

are doing two things. They have drafted in 1000 extra

police officers to add to the 3,000 already on duty at the station

to deal with any public order They are also bringing in about 20

extra trains over the last 24 hours. The queues are starting to move

and people are starting to clear. That backlog is disappearing,

albeit slowly. With a bit of luck most of these

people should be back home for Chinese New Year,

New Year's Eve, on Sunday evening. Many of them reconnecting for that

well earned break with families and friends, enjoying

the Chinese Christmas dumplings, we hope, in the safety

of their own homes. Madonna goes to court today

in an attempt for force ex-husband Guy Ritchie to return

their son, Rocco, to the US despite him saying he wants to stay

with his dad in England. A US judge has already ruled Rocco

must return to live with his mum - but for the time being he's

refusing to leave his dad. Today a final decision should be

made on where Rocco can live. Let's talk now to showbiz

journalist Louisa Gannon, and Marilyn Stowe,

Senior Partner at Stowe Family Law. Louise, it is painful to be going to

a custody battle, it is being played out so publicly. That will make it

even harder for them. How has it come to this? They got divorced

years ago. Yes, they did. It has come to this at the moment, it

happened around Christmas, he came over to spend time with his dad, and

she wanted him back home for Christmas. He did not come and she

got a Manhattan judge to issue an order saying he had to come back,

but he didn't. Then the situation went into an impact when he was not

coming home, school is starting. -- went into an impasse. I've

interviewed Madonna and she's very bothered about their education, but

he was not coming, she flew to London the beginning of this week to

try and sort it out but it has not been sorted out and now she is gone

back to court again. We see her as a global icon, but this is about her

as a mother. Yes, she is totally domestic. She has been putting

things out on social media. Giving an insight into how she's feeling.

She has been giving an insight into how she's feeling, but I think the

greatest insight she has been giving into how she is feeding is the way

she is behaving. This is Madonna, she is a control freak, always on

time for everything -- she is feeling. She has been turning up

late for concerts, she has said things during the show which is not

like her, swearing and talking about the situation. I feel very sorry for

her, because you can see she is going through a complete red down

over this. -- break down. I've spoken to her about her children and

how she feels about being a mother so many times, and I know we think

of her as Madonna, the superstar, but she is really concerned to be a

good mother. How hands-on is she? The parents are living in different

countries. She does The parents are living in different

them to the office with her, and I was have a different opinion --

joke. What she is concerned about, and this is a woman who lost her own

mother at the age of five, she is concerned about bringing them up as

good human beings. concerned about bringing them up as

about discipline and school and education and good manners, and she

has told me things by, she is bad cop and she admits it. -- told me

things like. When she was married to Guy, anything on the floor would go

into a bin bag and it would be dumped or they would have to do good

deeds to get their clothes back. That is a

deeds to get their clothes back. She said Guy is the one who would

come up with sweets, but she had banned sweets. She is as hands-on as

she can be doing the job she does, but she would like her kids with

her. In terms of where they have been growing up, here or there? When

she was with Guy, over here, but since then they have been in America

with her, with free rein to come. Rocco has been at school in the

states? Yes. Marilyn can give us the legal perspective on this, is the

Lord Carey cut on this? Rocco is 15. -- is the law clear-cut on this? The

law will look at jurisdiction, where should the case be heard? New York,

where the judge made the order for the return or should be made in this

country? If she is trying to enforce that under the Hague Convention, I

think it will boil down to an issue of habitual residence, where does

this boy think he is residing? I think he will apply for his own

lawyers to represent him, and I think he will put his point of view.

I would be very interested in hearing about how the focus is on

Madonna. In England the focus is on the child, the welfare of the child.

That is paramount. The check list that the court will apply is all

about what are the needs of the child and the needs of the parents

to meet those needs. There are many things the court will take into

account, the emotional issues and education, and so forth. The court

can say, actually, on balance, he should go back to the United States.

But how on earth do you send a 15-year-old child back to the United

States kicking and screaming when he doesn't want to go? My own view,

this is a case for stepping back, parenting, allowing him space,

recognising his age and actually he would like to be with his dad for a

bit, letting him do it. Taking somebody to court at the age of 15,

having it all over the American press and the British press, in my

view that is not the way to go and parent a 15-year-old child. Custody

across two countries must be problematic because the child will

have ties in one country more than another. In the end, how do judges

decide what is in the best interest of that child when they are of the

age where they have strong views? Under the Hague Convention, it

finishes when the child is 16, which will be in August. The convention

will not apply anyway at that point. Custody does not apply in this

country, we long since abolished the custody concept and what we have now

is a child arrangement's programme. Where should the child live and how

long with each parent and what sort of contact should he have with each?

My view is, in a case like this, it is easily solvable. This child has a

aeroplane is at his disposal he is the best possible education, he has

great assets -- it is not about what a parent wants -- this child has a

aeroplane is at his disposal. It is about what a 50 new old boy once. --

it is about what a 15-year-old boy wants. You say it is easily

solvable, but what about the parents? They have got to start

thinking about the needs of the child, rather than their own needs,

but of course it is upsetting and distressing. Transnational cases are

sometimes the hardest that any judge has to decide, because children and

parents are thousands of miles away from each other. But it has got to

be done, and parents have got to pull together and get a grip and

realise that this is an older child with his own views and his own

requirements and his own needs, and I gave you, step back. She's not

going to lose in -- and take a view. The way to losing is to try and

force her views onto that child. In English law we look at the welfare

of the child, the holistic overall view, what is best for the child?

Louise, what is the situation with other kids? This is the only child

they have got together, and I completely agree, in one way,

Madonna has got to lose the battle to win the war, because ultimately

she does not want to lose her child, she does not want this to be the

pattern of their relationship. It has been paying for what he has put

on social media. -- painful. She feels mother knows best and she does

not want her child to be turning into some showbiz brat, she has been

very careful to keep them tightly on a leash when she is with them and

she fears that will happen if they are away from her. We will see how

it unfolds. Louise and Marilyn, thanks for joining us.

Actress Halle Berry has described the current storm over racial

diversity in Hollywood as "heartbreaking".

She remains the only black woman to receive an Oscar

for Best Actress, for her role in Monster's Ball back in 2002.

The row was sparked because not a single black, Asian or Hispanic

performer has been put forward for a Best Actor,

Actress, Supporting Actor or Supporting Actress Academy Award

Ms Berry told a conference in Los Angeles she never imagined

the door would remain shut to others following her.

That win almost 15 years ago was iconic.

It was important to me but I had the knowing in the moment

When I said the door tonight has been opened,

I believed that with every bone in my body, that this

was going to incite change because this door, this barrier

And to sit here almost 15 years later, knowing that another woman

of colour has not walked through that door is heartbreaking.

Because I thought that moment was bigger than me and it's

heartbreaking to start to think that maybe it wasn't bigger than me.

I only have my take and my take is that it's really

And as film-makers and actors we have a responsibility

The films I think that are coming out of Hollywood are not truthful

and the reason they are not truthful these days is because they are not

really depicting the importance and the involvement

and the participation of people of colour in our American culture.

Our cities are filled with black and brown people and many times,

unfortunately, we see films that are set in Chicago,

New York, Atlanta, big metropolitan cities,

and they are void of people of colour, really.

Or they are the people passing in the background that

I feel like when we really live up to our responsibility in Hollywood

and challenge ourselves to be truthful and tell the truth

with our storytelling, then people of colour will be

there in a real competitive way and it won't be about inclusion

or diversity because if we are telling the truth,

that inclusion and diversity will be a by-product of the truth

Next - an extraordinary video showing pedestrians

in south-west London running across a level crossing,

Apparently local people are fed up with waiting to cross,

because the barriers often stay down until several trains have passed.

One man told our colleagues at BBC Radio London that his wife

had waited 45 minutes before they lifted.

You won't be surprised to hear that Network Rail has described

the situation as "extremely dangerous".

They told us there are currently delays of up to 15 minutes

at the crossing in Barnes due to engineering works further

The Rio 2016 Olympics organising committee says it has seen no

evidence of people cancelling travel to the Olympics in August

However, the Brazilian government is recommending pregnant

Here's a look at how the disease has spread so far.

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We're back tomorrow from 915 on BBC Two,

In the meantime, have a lovely afternoon.