05/01/2017

:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and

:00:00. > :00:13.A new report says more needs to be done to protect children.

:00:14. > :00:16.Compulsory internet safety lessons in schools and new privacy laws

:00:17. > :00:33.are being proposed by England's Children's Commissioner.

:00:34. > :00:35.Good morning, it's Thursday the fifth of January.

:00:36. > :00:39.A new ambassador to the EU.

:00:40. > :00:42.Sir Tim Barrow's appointment has been broadly welcomed on both sides

:00:43. > :00:49.People who live near major roads may have higher rates of dementia

:00:50. > :00:56.according to research published today.

:00:57. > :01:03.What will the year ahead bring for the economy? Stronger exports and

:01:04. > :01:07.manufacturing are up thanks to a stronger pound but prizes in the

:01:08. > :01:09.shops are expected to go up and we won't get a pay rise to match. Cash

:01:10. > :01:14.prices. -- prices. In sport, Chelsea's winning run

:01:15. > :01:18.comes to an end as the League leaders are beaten

:01:19. > :01:19.at Tottenham. as they win 2-0

:01:20. > :01:28.and move up to third. I will be live from Las Vegas as the

:01:29. > :01:31.world's biggest gadget show gets under way, the big thing this year,

:01:32. > :01:32.intelligent machines, artificial intelligence baked into everything

:01:33. > :01:41.from your car to your toothbrush. A cold and frosty start to the day,

:01:42. > :01:45.temperatures in some parts have fallen two -7 but there will be a

:01:46. > :01:51.lot of crisp winter sunshine but in the West there will be a bit more

:01:52. > :01:55.clout -- fallen to. More details in a few minutes. -- bit more clout. --

:01:56. > :01:56.cloud. Our main story is a warning

:01:57. > :01:59.from the Children's Commissioner for England that young people

:02:00. > :02:02.are left to face the dangers of bullying and grooming

:02:03. > :02:04.online alone. Anne Longfield says children

:02:05. > :02:06.and often their parents have no idea what they are signing

:02:07. > :02:09.up to on social media sites and pupils as young as four should

:02:10. > :02:13.be taught about internet Our education correspondent,

:02:14. > :02:21.Gillian Hargreaves, has more. Digital technology can enrich

:02:22. > :02:25.children's minds, but there are pitfalls too. Millions of youngsters

:02:26. > :02:29.have joined social media sites to keep in touch with friends, but many

:02:30. > :02:33.of those questioned by the commission have little idea of what

:02:34. > :02:38.they're signing up to. With pages of terms and conditions, it seems few

:02:39. > :02:42.realise the risk to privacy. The children's commissioner calls for

:02:43. > :02:45.the appointment of a digital ombudsman to mediate between

:02:46. > :02:50.children and social media companies over online bullying. She also

:02:51. > :02:55.recommends there should be mandatory digital citizenship courses in

:02:56. > :02:58.schools and new privacy laws to protect children's personal

:02:59. > :03:05.information online. What no one has done yet is to look at how we design

:03:06. > :03:09.and intervene with a digital world in a way that can really give

:03:10. > :03:14.children the support they need for the place they spend an awful lot of

:03:15. > :03:20.time, but also the information and the power to be able to get what

:03:21. > :03:23.they need out of the Internet. While Instagram, Facebook and Twitter

:03:24. > :03:27.recommend that their services are most suitable for children over the

:03:28. > :03:30.age of 13, younger children can circumvent the rules and open an

:03:31. > :03:32.account. Gillian Hargreaves, BBC News.

:03:33. > :03:35.A spokesperson for the Department for Education told us there is more

:03:36. > :03:38.to be done and that they will carefully consider the report

:03:39. > :03:41.as part of their ongoing work to make the internet a safer place

:03:42. > :03:50.And at 6:40am, we'll speak to the founder of Parent Zone

:03:51. > :03:53.and schools on making children safer online.

:03:54. > :03:58.If you want to talk to us about it this morning then let us know as

:03:59. > :03:59.well. The appointment of Sir Tim Barrow

:04:00. > :04:02.as the UK's new ambassador to the European Union has

:04:03. > :04:04.been welcomed by almost He replaces Sir Ivan Rogers,

:04:05. > :04:08.who resigned on Tuesday and confusion in the approach to

:04:09. > :04:11.Brexit. Our political correspondent,

:04:12. > :04:19.Iain Watson joins us now. We want to know about this man, what

:04:20. > :04:25.can you tell us. First of all the most important thing is he is a

:04:26. > :04:29.career diplomat, something that has been in the Foreign Office for quite

:04:30. > :04:33.some time, almost 20 years -- someone. He worked with junior

:04:34. > :04:41.ministers at the Foreign Office 20 years ago. Iain, I see your

:04:42. > :04:46.suffering, we will come back to you later. We know that feeling. We've

:04:47. > :04:49.all had moments like that. We will go back to him in just a second. The

:04:50. > :04:50.rest of the news this morning: Immigrants should be expected

:04:51. > :04:53.to learn English before coming to Britain or attend language

:04:54. > :04:55.classes when they arrive, that's what a group

:04:56. > :04:58.of MPs are calling for. The All Party Parliamentary Group

:04:59. > :05:00.on social integration also wants the Government to consider

:05:01. > :05:03.giving the UK's nations and regions the power to control

:05:04. > :05:06.the number of visas issued. Here's our home affairs

:05:07. > :05:14.correspondent, Danny Shaw. Over the past decade, the scale of

:05:15. > :05:17.immigration to Britain has been unprecedented. Sparking debate about

:05:18. > :05:23.whether the numbers should be reduced and if so how. But this

:05:24. > :05:28.report from MPs and peers says there should be more focus on what happens

:05:29. > :05:31.after immigrants arrived. It says many immigrant communities and

:05:32. > :05:35.people already settled here lead parallel lives and it calls on the

:05:36. > :05:40.government to address what it says is a lack of integration. The report

:05:41. > :05:44.makes a number of recommendations. It says all immigrants should learn

:05:45. > :05:49.English before coming to the UK or in role in classes but when they're

:05:50. > :05:53.here. It calls for courses to teach immigrants about British culture and

:05:54. > :05:56.the report says the government should give immigrants guidance on

:05:57. > :06:01.the costs and benefits of UK citizenship and consider cutting the

:06:02. > :06:04.fees for naturalisation. A lack of integration for newcomers leads to

:06:05. > :06:09.them not having access to the same opportunities. It can lead to an

:06:10. > :06:15.increase in distrust in the community locally, and all the

:06:16. > :06:18.things that make living in England and Britain great Adonai people.

:06:19. > :06:23.Now, you cannot enjoy what this country has to offer if you don't

:06:24. > :06:28.speak the language. Another idea in the report is for immigration policy

:06:29. > :06:32.to be devolved to Britain's nations and regions. They'd be able to

:06:33. > :06:37.allocate visas according to local need. The report said that might

:06:38. > :06:40.instil confidence among members of the public that the immigration

:06:41. > :06:43.system works for their area. The Home Office says it's not planning

:06:44. > :06:49.to introduce local bees are arrangements but they have said they

:06:50. > :06:50.have made more funding available for English lessons. Danny Shaw, BBC

:06:51. > :06:51.News. The father of a man shot dead

:06:52. > :06:54.by West Yorkshire Police on Monday says he feels his son

:06:55. > :06:57.was killed unlawfully. He and his wife joined friends

:06:58. > :07:01.of Yassar Yaqub last night at a vigil at Ainsley top yards

:07:02. > :07:04.from where he was killed. Police say it was during

:07:05. > :07:06.a pre-planned operation. The police watchdog,

:07:07. > :07:13.the Independent Police Complaints My message is that he's been killed

:07:14. > :07:18.unlawfully. How can you kill someone like this, at a time like this,

:07:19. > :07:22.without giving them the chance to get out or anything, three bullets

:07:23. > :07:27.through the windscreen and that's it. Were not in America, we're not

:07:28. > :07:29.in a third World country. He hasn't got a bad pass because he's not been

:07:30. > :07:31.convicted of anything. President Barack Obama has

:07:32. > :07:33.urged his fellow Democrats to fight It comes as the incoming Trump

:07:34. > :07:37.administration began the process of repealing

:07:38. > :07:39.The Affordable Care Act. The Republican Vice President-elect,

:07:40. > :07:42.Mike Pence, had promised the process would begin on Donald Trump's

:07:43. > :07:44.first day in office, People who live near main roads may

:07:45. > :07:53.be at greater risk of dementia, according to a decade-long study

:07:54. > :07:56.by scientists in Canada. The medical causes of the brain

:07:57. > :07:58.disease have yet to be identified but the research suggests

:07:59. > :08:13.air pollution and noisy traffic Memory is lost, thoughts confused,

:08:14. > :08:20.personalities gradually fading. -- memories. Dementia Fx 850,000 people

:08:21. > :08:23.in the UK. Now there they claim it could be linked to traffic --

:08:24. > :08:28.affects. This study from Canada shows that people living close to

:08:29. > :08:32.busy roads had higher chances of developing dementia. Researchers in

:08:33. > :08:37.Ontario followed more than 2 million people over 11 years. The ones who

:08:38. > :08:42.live within 50 metres of heavy traffic had a 12% higher risk of

:08:43. > :08:47.dementia than those more than 200 and Zoe. So what is it that's

:08:48. > :08:52.actually affecting the brain -- 200 metres away. Very fine particles,

:08:53. > :08:58.the very smallest ones, can move along the lungs into the bloodstream

:08:59. > :09:04.and circulate in the body. How those Park Hill particles work, we can

:09:05. > :09:08.speculate, but one hypothesis is non-specific effects on inflammation

:09:09. > :09:12.and oxidisation affects on the body but it is far from proven. Experts

:09:13. > :09:17.here have cautiously welcomed the results as important and

:09:18. > :09:22.provocative. They have stressed it shows an association, not a cause.

:09:23. > :09:26.Dave pointed out dementia is also affected by age, lifestyle and

:09:27. > :09:30.genetics -- Dave pointed out. But they are promoting further research

:09:31. > :09:37.into the impact on traffic and pollution. Dan Johnson, BBC News. --

:09:38. > :09:37.Dave pointed out. -- Dave pointed out.

:09:38. > :09:40.Doubt has been cast on the NHS programme for screening those

:09:41. > :09:46.Researchers say its unlikely to have much impact according

:09:47. > :09:49.It concluded that inaccurate blood tests would give

:09:50. > :09:52.too many people an incorrect diagnosis, while lifestyle changes

:09:53. > :09:56.The director of the NHS programme said its approach was based

:09:57. > :10:01.The price of petrol and diesel rose to their highest levels for a year

:10:02. > :10:04.and a half in December according to the RAC.

:10:05. > :10:07.Both fuels went up by three pence a litre during the month.

:10:08. > :10:10.It now costs around ?62.80 to fill up a typical family

:10:11. > :10:14.The increasing cost of crude oil and further falls in the value

:10:15. > :10:17.of the pound are believed to be behind the trend.

:10:18. > :10:20.A Mediterranean diet can help older adults maintain bigger brains

:10:21. > :10:22.according to researchers at the University of Edinburgh.

:10:23. > :10:25.A study of pensioners in Scotland found that those

:10:26. > :10:28.with a diet rich in fresh fruit, vegetables and olive oil had

:10:29. > :10:30.healthier brains than those with different eating habits.

:10:31. > :10:33.They suffered less brain shrinkage than those who regularly ate meat

:10:34. > :10:43.Letters written by Princess Diana are due to be auctioned

:10:44. > :10:46.Written to a steward at Buckingham Palace,

:10:47. > :10:48.they reveal that a young Prince Harry was routinely

:10:49. > :10:52.The collection also includes a signed Christmas card

:10:53. > :10:54.from Prince Charles and Diana and their infant children sitting

:10:55. > :11:17.going back to a story that has dominated over the last few days. A

:11:18. > :11:20.new UK ambassador to the European Union has been appointed and

:11:21. > :11:24.welcomed by both people on both sides of the debate. Let's talk

:11:25. > :11:30.about Sir Tim Barry with Iain Watson, who has probably had a drink

:11:31. > :11:37.of water. -- Sir Tim Barrow. Tell me about Tim Barrow. I was before my

:11:38. > :11:42.moment struck! He's a career civil servant, he had worked with other

:11:43. > :11:45.Foreign Office ministers back in the Conservative government in the

:11:46. > :11:50.1990s, he's a former ambassador to not just Russia but the Ukraine, so

:11:51. > :11:55.he is seen as a tough negotiator and in addition to that he is welcomed

:11:56. > :12:01.by many conservative Brexiteers but Nigel Farage, the UKIP formally

:12:02. > :12:05.there has suggested he is simply another knighted career civil

:12:06. > :12:10.servant. Many civil servants will be delighted, they were worried about

:12:11. > :12:14.impartiality because of calls from people in the Leave campaign to get

:12:15. > :12:18.like a businessman or a former politician to negotiate the exit

:12:19. > :12:22.from the EU. This is someone who has worked in the Foreign Office for

:12:23. > :12:26.some time. Most recently very closely with Boris Johnson, so he

:12:27. > :12:30.has the confidence of the Foreign Secretary and he has been warmly

:12:31. > :12:34.welcomed by David Davis as political minister in charge the detailed

:12:35. > :12:38.negotiation getting under way pretty soon. He's been described by Downing

:12:39. > :12:44.Street as energetic and optimistic, those qualities will be essential

:12:45. > :12:48.during perhaps up to two years of negotiations with people

:12:49. > :12:52.representing 27 other EU countries. I'm not sure I'd ask another

:12:53. > :12:58.question but I'm going to try. Go-ahead. -- I'm not sure I'm going

:12:59. > :13:04.to ask you. What about Theresa May, what he/she is doing to put herself

:13:05. > :13:11.on the front foot again? She hasn't commentated -- what is she going to

:13:12. > :13:14.do. She is giving a major speech on Europe this month and the question

:13:15. > :13:20.is whether she is going to take on this key criticism of Ivan Drago is,

:13:21. > :13:24.that she simply doesn't have any kind of negotiating strategy or

:13:25. > :13:29.objectives in the EU. She's already given us pretty strong hints, she

:13:30. > :13:33.has suggested we want control of our borders and she has suggested also

:13:34. > :13:40.quite significantly that she doesn't want to be under the juror of the

:13:41. > :13:46.European court -- the jurisdiction. What Labour are saying is a change

:13:47. > :13:50.of personnel in Brussels, Tim Barrow won't that make up for a lack of

:13:51. > :13:53.strategic vision, so they want government ministers coming to

:13:54. > :13:58.Westminster when MPs return next week and they want a full statement

:13:59. > :14:02.on Europe. Iain, thank you very much. I don't know what to recommend

:14:03. > :14:09.because we are all struggling. May be a hot tea! Sometimes it happens,

:14:10. > :14:15.it just happens. Flies in the mouth, all sorts. Good morning. What have

:14:16. > :14:19.you got for ask Wes blew everybody apart from Chelsea fans were

:14:20. > :14:23.toasting Dele Alli -- what have you got for ask Wes blew -- what have

:14:24. > :14:30.you got for us? . King jack their incredible winning

:14:31. > :14:35.streak is over. They were beaten 2-0

:14:36. > :14:37.by Tottenham at white Hart Lane. Two goals from Dele Alli ends

:14:38. > :14:40.Chelsea's run of thirteen consecutive wins and moves

:14:41. > :14:43.Spurs up to third. Everton's Yannick Bolasie

:14:44. > :14:45.could be out until 2018, his manager Ronald Koeman

:14:46. > :14:47.confirmed last night. Bolasie injured his knee last

:14:48. > :14:50.month in the one all draw Sir Andy Murray is through

:14:51. > :14:58.to the quarter finals but was made to work for it by world

:14:59. > :15:04.number 68 Gerald Melzer. he's now unbeaten in 26 competitive

:15:05. > :15:09.matches. And Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox

:15:10. > :15:13.has defended her decision to take part in the Channel 4 programme

:15:14. > :15:17.The Jump, saying life is a ticking time bomb and having MS has

:15:18. > :15:21.changed her outlook. UK Sport have suspended her funding

:15:22. > :15:39.while she takes part in the ski Louise Hayes has advised the likes

:15:40. > :15:43.of Kadeena and others, as they are still going on in their careers.

:15:44. > :15:54.It seems to be getting more popular. Fine if your career is over.

:15:55. > :16:03.Now for a quick look at the papers. The front page of the Daily

:16:04. > :16:07.Telegraph. They are talking about what we were just talking about with

:16:08. > :16:11.Iain Watson. Theresa May ready to come out of the single market if

:16:12. > :16:19.Europe isn't given control of their borders. And parents, leaving

:16:20. > :16:22.children. According to the children's Commissioner for England,

:16:23. > :16:24.leaving children at the mercy of the internet. Let us know what you

:16:25. > :16:30.think. On the front page of The Daily Mail.

:16:31. > :16:37.Living near a busy road can cause dementia, according to a new study.

:16:38. > :16:41.This is looking at some problems with people live within 50 metres of

:16:42. > :16:44.major routes. Sometimes the papers do things

:16:45. > :16:51.almost exactly the same way, the same stories. The Times talks about

:16:52. > :16:59.Theresa May and the exit of the Ambassador. Almost the same on the

:17:00. > :17:06.Guardian, but a different slant. The Sun talks about the refugees

:17:07. > :17:12.coming from Syria. They claim they were allowed into the UK.

:17:13. > :17:18.How did you watch TV over Christmas? Did you do it on demand?

:17:19. > :17:23.Streaming services? A mix. And DVDs?

:17:24. > :17:30.Yes, I watched quite a lot. Still?

:17:31. > :17:33.Yes! Streaming services are apparently

:17:34. > :17:40.exceeding DVD revenues for the first time. Sales fell below ?1 billion

:17:41. > :17:44.for the first time and there was a big surge in the popularity of

:17:45. > :17:51.paying for content, things like Netflix and Amazon. That rose to a

:17:52. > :17:55.market of 1.3 UE and pounds. There is a suggestion in the Guardian that

:17:56. > :18:03.there is only one way for that to grow. -- ?1.3 billion. It seems more

:18:04. > :18:08.of us arguing at like that. I don't think I watched anything

:18:09. > :18:10.over the holidays, apart from Breakfast offcourse! It was all on

:18:11. > :18:22.catch up. Not live? Yes, not live.

:18:23. > :18:29.It is to do with the sleep patterns. Sleep is the biggest bane of my

:18:30. > :18:34.life. Most of us here on this sofa. Every day I work up at 4:30am during

:18:35. > :18:40.the holidays. Occasionally I went back to sleep. There is a big

:18:41. > :18:46.article in the Mail. Is it because I was born at 5am? So my natural cycle

:18:47. > :18:49.is to wake up? I should go to bed early...

:18:50. > :18:52.Do you know when you were born? Nine o'clock in the morning and I would

:18:53. > :18:58.like to sleep until nine o'clock in the morning!

:18:59. > :19:01.I don't know. The suggestion is that whenever you were born at is when

:19:02. > :19:07.you are most awake. I think I was born about 6am, so

:19:08. > :19:11.bang on, but I think this proves it doesn't work.

:19:12. > :19:17.I love this story. It is mentioned in a few of the papers. A

:19:18. > :19:21.105-year-old man who has made cycling history, cycling more than

:19:22. > :19:33.14 mild around the track in one hour. Absolutely staggering. -- 14

:19:34. > :19:39.mild. He said the 100s category and then beat it to years later. He is

:19:40. > :19:45.inspiration for many! At least if you are feeling rough

:19:46. > :19:50.you don't look like this. This is a waxwork museum in Pennsylvania and

:19:51. > :19:55.some of them genuinely I don't know who they are. You probably get the

:19:56. > :19:59.picture. This is Michelle Obama. Apparently these are life-size

:20:00. > :20:04.waxworks. Barack Obama. This is Hillary Clinton!

:20:05. > :20:10.I mean, some of the ones down here... Anyway, if you are

:20:11. > :20:17.interested they are for sale! Great! I want them all!

:20:18. > :20:25.It would be a great Christmas present. Gettysburg, in

:20:26. > :20:29.Pennsylvania. Can I do this as well? We were

:20:30. > :20:32.talking about this yesterday. The earthquake that happened near

:20:33. > :20:38.Scarborough. We did ask if anybody felt it and the resounding answer

:20:39. > :20:42.was no. The people in Scarborough have been doing this joke pictures

:20:43. > :20:50.of the effects of the earthquake. A chair overturned, had -- a bin. Love

:20:51. > :20:59.that. Thanks. I think it is time to have a

:21:00. > :21:03.quick chat with Carol. This morning, if you haven't ventured out, it is

:21:04. > :21:08.cold and frosty! But it means for most of us we are looking at some

:21:09. > :21:12.wintry sunshine. To give you an idea of what is happening, high pressure

:21:13. > :21:16.is dominating. A lot of clear skies through the night. Where we have the

:21:17. > :21:20.weather front towards the west that where we've got more cloud, the

:21:21. > :21:23.temperature is not as low. If you are stepping out these are the

:21:24. > :21:27.temperatures in towns and cities. These are the values in the

:21:28. > :21:32.countryside. Currently -7 in Oxfordshire. Through the morning you

:21:33. > :21:35.can see a bit more cloud across south-west England. It's the

:21:36. > :21:40.remnants of that weather front. Elsewhere we've got clear skies.

:21:41. > :21:44.Along the east coast of England there is a bit more cloud here and

:21:45. > :21:46.there, thick enough to produce the odd shower. But as we traverse

:21:47. > :21:52.northwards into Scotland, clear skies. Northern Ireland still has a

:21:53. > :21:57.weather front across you, so you will have more cloud this morning.

:21:58. > :22:01.Through the day look at this. The blue indicates where we will see

:22:02. > :22:05.sunshine. Sunshine coming out nicely through the morning. Later in the

:22:06. > :22:10.day it may turn hazy towards the north-west. Temperature wise,

:22:11. > :22:16.nothing to write home about. It will feel cold. In light reasons it will

:22:17. > :22:20.be pleasant, crisp and sunny, except for in the west. Into the evening

:22:21. > :22:26.and overnight once again you can see the blue, frost and patchy fog.

:22:27. > :22:30.Freezing fog, especially in east Anglia and the south-east, but we

:22:31. > :22:34.could see it west as well. At the other end of the of the country the

:22:35. > :22:38.weather front is coming in, introducing rain across Scotland and

:22:39. > :22:42.Northern Ireland, in the north-west England and fringing in the

:22:43. > :22:46.north-west Wales. Tomorrow what will happen is the fog in the

:22:47. > :22:51.south-eastern quarter and elsewhere where it forms will take its time to

:22:52. > :22:56.lift. Some of it will lift into low cloud, so it will feel cold and bank

:22:57. > :23:01.in the south-east tomorrow. Meanwhile rain moves steadily

:23:02. > :23:07.southwards. Heavy burst in it. Spending time in Yorkshire and the

:23:08. > :23:11.east Midlands. Behind it, again we will have brighter weather, but

:23:12. > :23:17.there will be showers around and hill fog. Look at the temperatures,

:23:18. > :23:22.7-10. That's not that. Quite a difference from what we have as the

:23:23. > :23:26.maximum today. By the time we get to Saturday the weather front moves to

:23:27. > :23:31.the south. Behind it a lot of dry weather. Not that cloudy at times.

:23:32. > :23:36.There will be some sunshine and the odd spit and sport. Still fairly

:23:37. > :23:43.mild, especially in the south. As we have a look at Sunday a game, some

:23:44. > :23:53.sunshine. -- again. A couple of showers. The richer wise, still

:23:54. > :23:58.pretty good. -- temperature wise. I love crisp winter mornings. Thank

:23:59. > :23:59.you. Britain is short of

:24:00. > :24:01.budding young scientists. Only 15% of nine to 11-year-olds

:24:02. > :24:09.are considering the subject Today, the BBC is launching

:24:10. > :24:14.a two-year campaign to inspire a million children to get

:24:15. > :24:16.involved in science. The results will be published

:24:17. > :24:18.in academic journals as Breakfast's Jayne

:24:19. > :24:30.McCubbin reports. Behold, it's time for some science

:24:31. > :24:34.fun! This is Liz and this is a primary school in Hackney. She is

:24:35. > :24:38.here to launch the BBC's terrific scientific to help more children

:24:39. > :24:42.catch the science blog. What are we doing today? Is super exciting

:24:43. > :24:51.experiment to try to save a dinosaur from being buried in quicksand.

:24:52. > :24:55.Dinosaurs in the balls! -- bowls! We know children love science up to a

:24:56. > :24:59.certain age and then they become disengaged. This campaign is about

:25:00. > :25:09.looking to really pinpoint what the reasons might be for that and to try

:25:10. > :25:12.and change that trend. Here they are clearly into the subject. It is

:25:13. > :25:18.working! But the statistics are gloomy. Almost 40% of primary

:25:19. > :25:23.schools spend less than an hour a week on science and a 50% of nine to

:25:24. > :25:28.11 -year-olds want to be a scientist. With 40% of science and

:25:29. > :25:32.technology jobs left vacant each year, this is a real problem. Why

:25:33. > :25:39.are so many people afraid of science? I really don't know. We can

:25:40. > :25:44.see how much -- fund the children's are having. These are things lying

:25:45. > :25:50.around the house. Flower, buckets. The short answer to your question, I

:25:51. > :25:56.have no idea. But Liz has a very clear idea. She said science has an

:25:57. > :25:58.image problem. For some reason science still has a lot of

:25:59. > :26:05.stereotypes attached to it. You've got to be brainy to like science, or

:26:06. > :26:08.you've got to work in a lap, be an older gentleman with glasses and be

:26:09. > :26:15.extremely boring and you could be further from the truth. So, today

:26:16. > :26:18.she is kicking off the two year Terrific Scientific campaign, which

:26:19. > :26:21.will involve more than 1 million children and 40,000 teachers,

:26:22. > :26:26.bringing real experiments into real schools to gather real

:26:27. > :26:35.scientifically significant results and we hope it will inspire.

:26:36. > :26:38.Adventurers, creators, dreamers, innovators, climbing mountains,

:26:39. > :26:41.exploring the oceans and everything in between. For me it is clear how

:26:42. > :26:48.exciting and fun science is. And if your school wants to get

:26:49. > :26:56.involved, you can register at this website -

:26:57. > :27:01.bbc.co.uk/terrificscientific. Time now to get the news,

:27:02. > :30:23.travel and weather where you are. Plenty more on our website

:30:24. > :30:26.at the usual address. Hello, this is Breakfast

:30:27. > :30:31.with Charlie Stayt and We'll bring you all the latest news

:30:32. > :30:36.and sport in a moment, How should immigrants

:30:37. > :30:40.integrate into British life? Labour's Chuka Umunna will be

:30:41. > :30:44.here to tell us why a group of MPs think they should learn

:30:45. > :30:46.English before they arrive. Are bans on vans, boats and caravans

:30:47. > :30:57.outside owners homes snobbish? We'll look at the curious covenants

:30:58. > :31:11.imposed on residents. It reads like a criminal decathlon.

:31:12. > :31:16.That's him, that's the man I chased. You chased someone? Is their CCTV?

:31:17. > :31:18.the pathology drama Silent Witness is back.

:31:19. > :31:22.The show's stars will tell us why murky murders have seen it become

:31:23. > :31:25.the world's longest-running crime drama.

:31:26. > :31:28.But now a summary of this morning's main news:

:31:29. > :31:31.Young people are being left to face the dangers of bullying

:31:32. > :31:35.That's the warning from the Children's Commissioner for England.

:31:36. > :31:37.Anne Longfield says children, and often their parents,

:31:38. > :31:41.have no idea what they are signing up to on social media sites

:31:42. > :31:44.and pupils as young as four should be taught about internet

:31:45. > :31:49.Our education correspondent, Gillian Hargreaves, has more.

:31:50. > :31:52.Digital technology can enrich children's minds,

:31:53. > :31:58.Millions of youngsters have joined social media sites to keep in touch

:31:59. > :32:01.with friends, but many of those questioned by the commission have

:32:02. > :32:05.little idea of what they're signing up to.

:32:06. > :32:08.With pages of terms and conditions, it seems few realise

:32:09. > :32:17.The Children's Commissioner calls for the appointment of a digital

:32:18. > :32:20.ombudsman to mediate between children and social media

:32:21. > :32:26.She also recommends there should be mandatory digital citizenship

:32:27. > :32:29.courses in schools and new privacy laws to protect children's

:32:30. > :32:37.What no-one has done yet is to look at how we design and intervene

:32:38. > :32:41.with a digital world in a way that can really give children the support

:32:42. > :32:44.they need for the place they spend an awful lot of time,

:32:45. > :32:48.but also the information and the power to be able to get

:32:49. > :32:54.While Instagram, Facebook and Twitter recommend

:32:55. > :32:57.that their services are most suitable for children over the age

:32:58. > :32:59.of 13, younger children can circumvent the rules

:33:00. > :33:19.A spokesperson for the Department for Education told us there is more

:33:20. > :33:21.to be done and that they will carefully consider the report

:33:22. > :33:25.as part of their ongoing work to make the internet a safer place

:33:26. > :33:28.And in about ten minutes, we'll speak to the founder

:33:29. > :33:32.of Parent Zone who provide support to parents and schools on making

:33:33. > :33:35.Immigrants should be expected to learn English before coming

:33:36. > :33:37.to Britain or attend language classes when they arrive,

:33:38. > :33:42.The All Party Parliamentary Group on social integration also

:33:43. > :33:45.wants the Government to consider giving the UK's nations and regions

:33:46. > :33:47.the power to control the number of visas issued.

:33:48. > :33:50.The Home Office says it's made funding available for more

:33:51. > :33:57.President Barack Obama has urged his fellow Democrats to fight

:33:58. > :34:00.It comes as the incoming Trump administration began

:34:01. > :34:02.the process of repealing The Affordable Care Act.

:34:03. > :34:05.The Republican Vice President-elect, Mike Pence, had promised the process

:34:06. > :34:07.would begin on Donald Trump's first day in office,

:34:08. > :34:16.People who live near main roads may be at greater risk of dementia,

:34:17. > :34:18.according to a decade-long study by scientists in Canada.

:34:19. > :34:21.The medical causes of the brain disease have yet to be

:34:22. > :34:24.identified but the research suggests air pollution and noisy traffic

:34:25. > :34:33.The price of petrol and diesel rose to their highest levels for a year

:34:34. > :34:36.and a half in December according to the RAC.

:34:37. > :34:40.Both fuels went up by 3p a litre during the month.

:34:41. > :34:43.It now costs around ?62.80 to fill up a typical family

:34:44. > :34:47.The increasing cost of crude oil and further falls in the value

:34:48. > :34:54.of the pound are believed to be behind the trend.

:34:55. > :34:57.Letters written by Princess Diana are due to be auctioned

:34:58. > :35:00.Written to a steward at Buckingham Palace,

:35:01. > :35:03.they reveal that a young Prince Harry was routinely

:35:04. > :35:12.The collection also includes a signed Christmas card

:35:13. > :35:15.from Prince Charles and Diana and their infant children sitting

:35:16. > :35:25.I'm trying to read some of them as well. The handwriting is curious as

:35:26. > :35:32.well. Yes. Mike is here with the sport right now. Good morning.

:35:33. > :35:36.Chelsea, losing! A strange feeling for them, losing for the first time

:35:37. > :35:44.since September, that was Arsenal so they don't like North London that

:35:45. > :35:47.much! But for the rest of the league it's important someone worked out

:35:48. > :35:50.how to beat them, especially this man, Dele Alli, the England man.

:35:51. > :35:53.Chelsea's impressive winning streak is over after they were beaten

:35:54. > :35:55.by Spurs 2-0 at white Hart Lane last night.

:35:56. > :35:57.After 13 straight victories Chelsea needed just one

:35:58. > :36:02.But two goals from Spurs' Dele Alli ended any hope of that.

:36:03. > :36:06.Chelsea remain five points clear at the top, but the win for Spurs

:36:07. > :36:18.Very, very proud of them. I think that we showed character and we were

:36:19. > :36:26.competitive in a tough game like today. It is good for the team and

:36:27. > :36:27.for that it is important now to keep going and believe because football

:36:28. > :36:39.is about belief. It's a pity but it's important to

:36:40. > :36:43.know that this can happen. It's important now to start and continue

:36:44. > :36:45.to work very hard and to try to improve everyday.

:36:46. > :36:48.Everton's Yannick Bolasie could be out with injury until 2018,

:36:49. > :36:51.his manager Ronald Koeman confirmed last night.

:36:52. > :36:54.Bolasie injured his knee last month in the 1-1 draw

:36:55. > :36:58.Koeman says it could be up to 12 months before he's back playing.

:36:59. > :37:01.Sir Andy Murray has extended his career-best winning streak to 26

:37:02. > :37:05.competitive matches by making it through to the quarter finals

:37:06. > :37:08.of the Qatar Open but he was made to work for it

:37:09. > :37:10.against the world number 68 Gerald Melzer.

:37:11. > :37:13.The Austrian took Murray to a tie-break in the first set

:37:14. > :37:22.but the world number one eventually came through 7-6, 7-5.

:37:23. > :37:25.He will face Spain's Nicolas Almagro next.

:37:26. > :37:28.England and Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi has been ruled out

:37:29. > :37:34.of the 6 Nations and next summer's Lions tour with a knee injury

:37:35. > :37:37.and it's another blow for the player who has suffered

:37:38. > :37:40.a string of injuries over the last three seasons.

:37:41. > :37:42.He's appeared just 23 times for Leicester since 2013

:37:43. > :37:44.and just once for England under Eddie Jones.

:37:45. > :37:48.Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox has defended her decision to take part

:37:49. > :37:50.in the Channel 4 programme The Jump, describing life

:37:51. > :37:55.UK Sport have suspended her funding while she takes part

:37:56. > :38:00.in which participants learn to ski jump.

:38:01. > :38:06.On social media, Cox said her diagnosis of MS had

:38:07. > :38:10.changed her outlook on life, so she was going to enjoy skiing.

:38:11. > :38:15.MS Dhoni has stepped down as India's one day captain ahead of the ODI

:38:16. > :38:19.series against England, which begins later this month.

:38:20. > :38:22.And England's ODI captain Eoin Morgan will be hoping

:38:23. > :38:24.in that series to replicate his big hitting

:38:25. > :38:26.in the Big Big Bash League in Australia.

:38:27. > :38:29.His Sydney Thunder side needed a six off the final ball

:38:30. > :38:35.of the match to win against Melbourne Thunder,

:38:36. > :38:37.and under pressure, he smashed it into the stands.

:38:38. > :38:41.It was Morgan's final appearance in the Big Bash before he joins

:38:42. > :38:47.Now, we all know as we get older, keeping fit takes a bit more effort

:38:48. > :38:50.which makes the achievements of Frenchman Robert Marchand

:38:51. > :38:53.At the age of 105, he's set a new record

:38:54. > :39:02.for the furthest distance cycled in one hour for riders of his age.

:39:03. > :39:05.He managed 22 kilometres in 60 minutes, all down to six

:39:06. > :39:10.He already held the record for those aged over 100,

:39:11. > :39:15.Afterwards he said he could have done better and while his legs

:39:16. > :39:27.I just think he's brilliant. I'm not in anyway belittling what he did but

:39:28. > :39:34.he beat the record for somebody his age, how many 105 -year-olds Chris

:39:35. > :39:41.white he has still got to beat himself. Just amazing -- 105

:39:42. > :39:47.-year-olds? Just to put it into context, he was born just before the

:39:48. > :39:49.First World War. He would probably beat both of us! Fantastic, thank

:39:50. > :39:51.you. Whether it's on their tablets

:39:52. > :39:53.or smartphones, children are using social media sites

:39:54. > :39:56.more than ever before. But a new study by the

:39:57. > :39:58.Children's Commissioner for England says that they are

:39:59. > :40:01.ill-prepared to deal with problems they commonly find online,

:40:02. > :40:03.such as cyber-bulling Vicki Shotbolt is the founder

:40:04. > :40:08.of Parent Zone, an organisation that provides advice and information

:40:09. > :40:19.to families and schools. Good morning and thanks very much.

:40:20. > :40:24.It's interesting, we talk about this on Breakfast a lot but it seems

:40:25. > :40:29.worrying what she is saying about children being left on their own to

:40:30. > :40:33.cope with an adult space. It's not true to say they are just left on

:40:34. > :40:40.their own, parents are working hard to do their bit to keep kids safe

:40:41. > :40:44.online and schools are doing a lot but children are struggling and that

:40:45. > :40:49.is worrying. Where are the dangers lying? It is absolutely right she

:40:50. > :40:54.has picked up on the issue of privacy and understanding the terms

:40:55. > :40:59.and conditions. Do that one by one, prove as the first of all, what is

:41:00. > :41:04.the risk? We are all used to it, not just children, adults do the same

:41:05. > :41:08.thing, you go on social media and you don't look at the terms and

:41:09. > :41:13.conditions, 17 pages some of them, they are interminable but you do it

:41:14. > :41:18.anyway. What is the risk with young people? All that data is going

:41:19. > :41:21.somewhere, young people are telling services a great deal about

:41:22. > :41:25.themselves and I was listening to the news this morning talking about

:41:26. > :41:33.the Internet of things, we will be sharing even more. We are telling

:41:34. > :41:37.our friends where they are and what they do and where they go to school

:41:38. > :41:40.but you're building up this history for yourself... At the moment if you

:41:41. > :41:43.fill in a university application, in five years you might not need to

:41:44. > :41:47.because everything people need to know is online and very findable.

:41:48. > :41:52.That might not be a bad thing but it is something that young people

:41:53. > :41:56.should understand and be thinking about. What are the parents most

:41:57. > :42:01.concerned about, when something has gone wrong? That's when it becomes a

:42:02. > :42:05.problem. Absolutely, they are concerned when their kids have had a

:42:06. > :42:09.bad issue and any experience online that is miserable but the other

:42:10. > :42:12.thing they worry about is what kids see online and they see lots of

:42:13. > :42:19.upsetting stuff that you would never be exposed to a few years ago.

:42:20. > :42:22.Sometimes young people think... It is dangerous to stereotype but

:42:23. > :42:26.sometimes young people think they understand it and their parents

:42:27. > :42:32.don't but they are OK, it is a hard conversation to have. It is and it

:42:33. > :42:37.won't get any easier because young people will always use tech

:42:38. > :42:41.differently to parents. Parents should put aside the tech because

:42:42. > :42:45.it's not really about that, it's about social skills and being savvy,

:42:46. > :42:52.all the lessons you teach your kids about being off-line, do it online

:42:53. > :42:57.as well. One of the ideas is that of an ombudsman. Sometimes people don't

:42:58. > :43:02.have much faith in those individuals or organisations, what do you think?

:43:03. > :43:06.It's really interesting because who is looking after children's rights

:43:07. > :43:12.and interests online? It's not parents because the online world

:43:13. > :43:17.treat children as adults when they're over 13. They would be very

:43:18. > :43:22.busy, though, they would be inundated. Thanks for much, we will

:43:23. > :43:25.be talking about this later. Three to four -year-olds online are

:43:26. > :43:30.spending over eight hours a week over the last year, which is an

:43:31. > :43:33.extraordinary figure. We will be talking about that with Anne

:43:34. > :43:33.Longfield later and a victim of cyber bullying.

:43:34. > :43:37.The Department for Education told us that there is more work to do

:43:38. > :43:39.and that they will carefully consider this report's

:43:40. > :43:41.recommendations as part of their ongoing work to make

:43:42. > :43:45.the internet a safer place for children.

:43:46. > :43:49.Carol has the weather for us. Good morning.

:43:50. > :43:56.Good morning. A cold start if you haven't gone out start, these are

:43:57. > :44:04.the current temperatures, Benson in Oxfordshire is -8, the lowest

:44:05. > :44:08.temperature in England this winter. In London it is -4 but where we have

:44:09. > :44:15.more cloud in the west, temperatures not that low. A frost east, there

:44:16. > :44:20.will be a lot of winter sunshine under those clear skies and for most

:44:21. > :44:24.of us it's going to be a dry day. High pressure is firmly in charge of

:44:25. > :44:28.our weather and this is the weather front, remnants from yesterday in

:44:29. > :44:32.the west is producing thick cloud and keeping the temperatures that

:44:33. > :44:36.bit higher. Maybe the odd spot coming out of but nothing

:44:37. > :44:40.significant. Across southern counties, a lot of blue sky day when

:44:41. > :44:44.the sun gets up and the same in Midlands, the east Wales and the

:44:45. > :44:49.west coast of England. Cloud and the odd shower but hit and miss.

:44:50. > :44:52.Northern Ireland under the same weather front as south-west England,

:44:53. > :44:56.more cloud for you and into Scotland, a cold and frosty start

:44:57. > :45:01.with the temperature in Glasgow at the moment -5, -3 in Edinburgh.

:45:02. > :45:06.Through the morning the sun will come out and it will be a beautiful

:45:07. > :45:10.crisp winter's day with light breezes. The sunshine turning hazier

:45:11. > :45:14.in the north-west later ahead of a weather front and for most it will

:45:15. > :45:18.turn cold, seven degrees but it won't be too bad if you're in

:45:19. > :45:22.Belfast. Through the evening and overnight, you can see the blue on

:45:23. > :45:27.the chart, cold and frosty, cloud building ahead of the weather front.

:45:28. > :45:30.That will lift some of that but we will see patchy fog forming and some

:45:31. > :45:34.will be freezing, especially in East Anglia and the south-east but you

:45:35. > :45:39.can see fog patches forming further west. Meanwhile our band of rain

:45:40. > :45:42.moving across Scotland and Northern Ireland, getting into north-west

:45:43. > :45:47.England and north-west Wales, breezy around that. Tomorrow morning our

:45:48. > :45:51.weather front continues going south. Default in the south-eastern quarter

:45:52. > :45:56.and further west will take its time to lift, some will lift into low

:45:57. > :46:01.cloud -- the fog. Low cloud and at times it will feel quite dank. This

:46:02. > :46:05.is the weather front bringing rain across much of northern England,

:46:06. > :46:11.into northern England, Wales and the Southwest. Behind it they will be

:46:12. > :46:16.hill fog around, look at the temperatures, higher than today so

:46:17. > :46:19.we have ten in Stornoway, seven towards Cardiff and ten in Plymouth

:46:20. > :46:24.but if you're under the cloud with the fog in the south-east it will

:46:25. > :46:28.feel cold. Then the weather front clears altogether on Saturday,

:46:29. > :46:31.leaving a dry and brighter day with variable cloud and sunshine. Still

:46:32. > :46:37.high-temperature is for the time of year and Sunday is very similar, but

:46:38. > :46:40.later on Sunday a new weather front from the west -- still

:46:41. > :46:45.high-temperature is. Still mild for this stage in January.

:46:46. > :46:47.The start of a new year, but what does it have

:46:48. > :46:54.Ben's looking at what we know about the year ahead.

:46:55. > :47:02.I am having a look at what's in store for this year. Good morning.

:47:03. > :47:06.Businesses and all of us hoping for a bit of optimism after a rather

:47:07. > :47:10.unpredictable end to last year. The vote to leave the EU had a big

:47:11. > :47:13.effect on business here. Donald Trump's victory in the US has raced

:47:14. > :47:18.big questions for the global economy. What happens next? The

:47:19. > :47:22.British chamber of commerce has spoken to over 7000 businesses up

:47:23. > :47:27.and down the country and the results show a mixed bag for the year ahead.

:47:28. > :47:31.Let's have a look at the details. At the end of last year it was good for

:47:32. > :47:36.manufacturing and exports, and that was thanks to a boost from the week

:47:37. > :47:41.pound. The study also showed more optimism in the all-important

:47:42. > :47:45.service set. But sadly it isn't all good news. Any firm say they will

:47:46. > :47:50.have to raise prices because of higher costs of imports, due to the

:47:51. > :47:57.slump in the sterling since the Brexit vote. And petrol prices are

:47:58. > :48:04.at an 18 month high and they will rise even further this year. One

:48:05. > :48:08.thing to warn you about, you will hear a lot about inflation over the

:48:09. > :48:11.next year or so. It will be a big issue and it will affect wages, jobs

:48:12. > :48:13.and economic growth. Let's delve into the numbers.

:48:14. > :48:15.Andrew McPhillips, Chief Economist at Yorkshire Building Society,

:48:16. > :48:23.We've listed the good and bad. I suppose my first question is, does

:48:24. > :48:33.the good outweigh the bad? The important thing to know is the

:48:34. > :48:38.manufacturing, we've seen in pact of the pound helping manufacturers, and

:48:39. > :48:43.a lot of the bad, the rising cost of living, there is quite a lot of

:48:44. > :48:48.speculation on how inflation could rise, probably about 2.5% - 3%.

:48:49. > :48:55.Probably likely to be a bit higher than wages. These are the things

:48:56. > :49:01.that are still the unknown is to a large extent, because yesterday we

:49:02. > :49:05.heard Next would have to put up their prices and others say they

:49:06. > :49:09.will have to raise prices due to the rising cost of imports and we won't

:49:10. > :49:14.get a pay increase. So the money in our pocket will get tighter. And in

:49:15. > :49:19.part that's what has kept the economy going. Consumer spending on

:49:20. > :49:25.the high street has been part of the economy. That picture if we get the

:49:26. > :49:29.rising cost of living will mean people will feel that in their

:49:30. > :49:33.pockets and that's the risk to the year ahead. That will lead to

:49:34. > :49:37.economic growth slowing. And that clearly has an effect on other

:49:38. > :49:40.stuff. To look at the good stuff, manufacturing which has been a

:49:41. > :49:45.surprising success story towards the end of last year, especially

:49:46. > :49:51.exports. It was stronger than people expected. People forecast that we

:49:52. > :49:54.would have a sharp slowdown in the UK economy and that hasn't come

:49:55. > :49:57.through and manufacturers are feeling the benefit of the falling

:49:58. > :50:02.pound. Not as good for people going on holiday. We should try to

:50:03. > :50:06.rebalance the economy back towards manufacturing rather than services.

:50:07. > :50:11.That's a good story that came out of last year. And one we will follow

:50:12. > :50:19.this year. I suppose the question is, what does this year have in

:50:20. > :50:22.store? There are so many questions. What do you think will be the

:50:23. > :50:27.underlying theme? The issue of inflation? Yes, regardless of which

:50:28. > :50:34.side of the referendum you were wrong, Brexit will have a big

:50:35. > :50:39.impact. Donald Trump, we have no idea what he will do in terms of

:50:40. > :50:42.whether he pulls through with the campaign pledges and that's likely

:50:43. > :50:46.to be a longer term picture. So I think the story of the year is

:50:47. > :50:51.whether inflation turns out to be as bad as people fear, or whether the

:50:52. > :50:56.forecasters who are inherently uncertain... It might not be as

:50:57. > :50:59.severe as some people predicted. We will watch closely, because who

:51:00. > :51:01.knows how these things turn out. Thanks very much. That's all from

:51:02. > :51:04.me. More later. The latest driverless car,

:51:05. > :51:08.headphones that can translate languages instantly and the latest

:51:09. > :51:23.smart gadgets for the home. Including bears that can stop people

:51:24. > :51:23.snoring! I don't know why you look concerned!

:51:24. > :51:27.These are just some of the things we can expect from this year's

:51:28. > :51:29.International Consumer Electronics Show.

:51:30. > :51:31.Our technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones is in Las Vegas

:51:32. > :51:35.ahead of one of the biggest events in the tech industry.

:51:36. > :51:42.Rory, what new technology is going to wow us in 2017?

:51:43. > :51:51.Yes, the big thing this year is fountains. I am not being serious,

:51:52. > :51:56.of course. Not many people will have smart fountains. At all of the

:51:57. > :52:02.gadgets this year as talking about artificial intelligence, artificial

:52:03. > :52:05.intelligence which is the radical and researched out of laboratories

:52:06. > :52:09.is coming out of the laboratories and coming to all sorts of products,

:52:10. > :52:15.making everything smarter, from your car all sorts of products around

:52:16. > :52:18.your home. Audio devices will now be smart.

:52:19. > :52:25.In a penthouse suite at a ritzy Las Vegas hotel, smart home exhibits are

:52:26. > :52:34.on show. There is a smart speaker for children, each toy is a

:52:35. > :52:43.playlist. Kung fu fighting... A voice activated door lock. And

:52:44. > :52:48.upstairs... There's even Nora, described as a smart snoring

:52:49. > :52:51.solution. It is paired with a pad under the pillow which detects the

:52:52. > :52:58.snoring and moves just enough to stop me without waking me up. The

:52:59. > :53:02.big scene this year is turning the advances in artificial intelligence

:53:03. > :53:06.into products. -- big theme. There are robots of course. This one is

:53:07. > :53:10.meant to be a shop assistant, while this one is designed as a companion

:53:11. > :53:14.for children or elderly people. AI seems to get everywhere, even into

:53:15. > :53:18.this toothbrush, which learns how you brush your teeth. Artificial

:53:19. > :53:22.intelligence is not just gathering the data, it is being able to use

:53:23. > :53:27.it. Then you learn where your weaknesses are, where your strengths

:53:28. > :53:31.are and the person -- purpose is to become better at taking care of your

:53:32. > :53:36.oral health. This walking stick is also smarter than it looks. An

:53:37. > :53:40.inbuilt mobile phone SIM card means it can help if there is an accident.

:53:41. > :53:45.It will detect the fall of the user and when it detects it it will alert

:53:46. > :53:50.the family or the neighbour, so they can come and help these people. And

:53:51. > :53:57.this clever mirror helps anyone to try out make-up. We have a new Las

:53:58. > :54:00.Vegas! Out on the Las Vegas strip, this young entrepreneur from

:54:01. > :54:06.Manchester has just flown in. Welcome to Las Vegas. His instant

:54:07. > :54:09.translation headphones aren't quite ready. They will eventually be tiny

:54:10. > :54:15.earbuds, that he is still looking forward to CES. This is important

:54:16. > :54:20.because we will be able to showcase what we've been working on to the

:54:21. > :54:24.world, to show this is something we started years ago as a small team,

:54:25. > :54:29.as a small start-up, with dedication and passion. The odds are against

:54:30. > :54:34.Danny, a 1-man bands taking on giants like Apple and Google, but he

:54:35. > :54:40.is betting that he has the product that can change the world. Now,

:54:41. > :54:44.Danny is quite a rare breed because he is one of the few British

:54:45. > :54:48.companies actually exhibiting here. He has come under his own steam, has

:54:49. > :54:52.cost a lot of money and haven't had any government health. There's been

:54:53. > :54:56.some controversy about how few British ones there are here compared

:54:57. > :55:00.to other countries. There are loads of French companies, all sorts of

:55:01. > :55:04.French government institutions supporting their companies. There

:55:05. > :55:07.are 1300 Chinese firms. But the British government says it does

:55:08. > :55:11.support people coming to this show, it gives them moral support at

:55:12. > :55:15.least, at the question is whether or money should have been spent on

:55:16. > :55:19.making the British voice heard a bit louder this week in Vegas.

:55:20. > :55:25.If you could bring on home, what would be the piece of technology?

:55:26. > :55:31.The piece of technology that I love at the moment is a robot that can be

:55:32. > :55:35.controlled by voice. The Alexis system has been put into a robot and

:55:36. > :55:41.that robot, I've seen it doing yoga lessons this morning. I want that

:55:42. > :55:47.robot to come home and take me to a few yoga exercises. I would rather

:55:48. > :55:50.it did the ironing! I would quite like to see that. You

:55:51. > :59:14.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:59:15. > :59:16.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:59:17. > :00:04.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and

:00:05. > :00:06.Left to "fend for themselves" online -

:00:07. > :00:09.a new report says more needs to be done to protect children.

:00:10. > :00:12.Compulsory internet safety lessons in schools and new privacy laws

:00:13. > :00:31.are being proposed by England's Children's Commissioner.

:00:32. > :00:32.Good morning, it's Thursday January 5.

:00:33. > :00:37.A new ambassador to the EU - Sir Tim Barrow's appointment has

:00:38. > :00:42.been broadly welcomed on both sides of the Brexit debate.

:00:43. > :00:45.People who live near major roads may have higher rates of dementia

:00:46. > :00:51.according to research published today.

:00:52. > :00:55.We bought a record number of new cars in the UK this year

:00:56. > :00:56.according to industry figures out this morning.

:00:57. > :01:00.But with ownership predicted to fall next year and the rise of Uber

:01:01. > :01:04.will owning a car outright become a thing of the past?

:01:05. > :01:07.In sport - Chelsea's winning run comes to an end as the League

:01:08. > :01:09.leaders are beaten at Tottenham.

:01:10. > :01:12.Two goals from Delle Alli do the damage at White Hart Lane

:01:13. > :01:16.as they win 2-0 and move up to third.

:01:17. > :01:18.We'll hear about plans to find the next generation

:01:19. > :01:25.We are going to do a super experiment to hear about a dinosaur

:01:26. > :01:37.varied. -- buried. According to the start in that

:01:38. > :01:44.England has had the lowest temp richer recorded. A lot of sunshine

:01:45. > :01:47.up and down the loud, -- the land. I will let more details in 15 minutes.

:01:48. > :01:50.Our main story is a warning from the Children's Commissioner

:01:51. > :01:56.for England that young people are left to face the dangers

:01:57. > :01:57.of bullying and grooming online alone.

:01:58. > :01:59.Anne Longfield says children and often their parents

:02:00. > :02:03.have no idea what they are signing up to on social media sites

:02:04. > :02:06.and pupils as young as four should be taught about internet

:02:07. > :02:09.Our Education correspondent, Gillian Hargreaves has more.

:02:10. > :02:10.Digital technology can enrich children's minds,

:02:11. > :02:18.Millions of youngsters have joined social media sites to keep in touch

:02:19. > :02:21.with friends, but many of those questioned by the commission have

:02:22. > :02:23.little idea of what they're signing up to.

:02:24. > :02:26.With pages of terms and conditions, it seems few realise

:02:27. > :02:32.The Children's Commissioner calls for the appointment of a digital

:02:33. > :02:34.ombudsman to mediate between children and social media

:02:35. > :02:38.She also recommends there should be mandatory digital citizenship

:02:39. > :02:41.courses in schools and new privacy laws to protect children's

:02:42. > :02:54.What no-one has done yet is to look at how we design and intervene

:02:55. > :02:57.with a digital world in a way that can really give children the support

:02:58. > :03:01.they need for the place they spend an awful lot of time,

:03:02. > :03:04.but also the information and the power to be able to get

:03:05. > :03:18.While Instagram, Facebook and Twitter recommend

:03:19. > :03:21.that their services are most suitable for children over the age

:03:22. > :03:24.of 13, younger children can circumvent the rules

:03:25. > :03:32.A spokesperson for the Department for Education told us there is more

:03:33. > :03:35.to be done and that they will carefully consider the report

:03:36. > :03:38.as part of their ongoing work to make the internet a safer

:03:39. > :03:43.The appointment of Sir Tim Barrow as the UK's new ambassador

:03:44. > :03:45.to the European Union has been welcomed by almost

:03:46. > :03:49.He replaces Sir Ivan Rogers, who resigned on Tuesday

:03:50. > :03:51.after complaining of muddle and confusion in the approach to

:03:52. > :03:56.Our political correspondent, Iain Watson joins us now.

:03:57. > :04:01.Iain - what is Theresa May doing to get back on the front foot?

:04:02. > :04:11.Let's go through some of the basic. What we need to know about Sir Tim

:04:12. > :04:16.Barrow? Downing Street say here that seasoned and a tough negotiator. He

:04:17. > :04:19.has experience in Brussels. He was an ambassador to Moscow relatively

:04:20. > :04:24.recently when relations with Russia were not so good. For that,

:04:25. > :04:28.ambassador to Ukraine. Also it has been welcomed from people across the

:04:29. > :04:37.political spectrum, not from Nigel Farage of UKIP. He wanted a Brexit

:04:38. > :04:41.true believer in their. -- there. He has also worked closely with Boris

:04:42. > :04:51.Johnson as a political director in the Foreign Office and Johnson spoke

:04:52. > :04:55.warmly of him. Partly, he ended himself to the Conservative Party is

:04:56. > :04:59.because during the previous state in Brussels he was in charge of

:05:00. > :05:11.security policy and arguing against an EU army during difficult times in

:05:12. > :05:15.Europe. Moving forward, Sir Arjun Rogers told about the model and

:05:16. > :05:19.confusion over Brexit. -- Sir Ivan Rogers. Theresa May hoping to change

:05:20. > :05:24.the sentiment around that. She might make a statement relating to her

:05:25. > :05:32.attitude and the steps ahead now, some papers are saying. She kept

:05:33. > :05:36.silent on Sir Ivan Rogers' key charge that she didn't have any

:05:37. > :05:40.negotiating object is just before triggering Article 50 but now she

:05:41. > :05:44.has to answer the key criticisms. She will be taking to the airwaves

:05:45. > :05:47.herself this weekend. We are expecting a major speech on Europe

:05:48. > :05:51.this month. The question really is whether she goes beyond some of the

:05:52. > :05:56.strong hints we have had from her before including at the Conservative

:05:57. > :06:00.conference last year when she said we want to control our borders and

:06:01. > :06:06.be outside the jurisdiction of the EU Court. Ishiguro to be more

:06:07. > :06:10.explicit about access to the single market? Before she makes the speech,

:06:11. > :06:19.she will be under some pressure from Labour. They will be pressing

:06:20. > :06:21.ministers, possibly David Davies rather than Theresa May, to make a

:06:22. > :06:24.statement here at Westminster. Immigrants should be expected

:06:25. > :06:26.to learn English before coming to Britain or attend language

:06:27. > :06:29.classes when they arrive. That's what a group

:06:30. > :06:31.of MPs are calling for. The All Party Parliamentary Group

:06:32. > :06:34.on social integration also wants the Government to consider

:06:35. > :06:37.giving the UK's nations and regions the power to control

:06:38. > :06:39.the number of visas issued. Here's our home affairs

:06:40. > :06:43.correspondent, Danny Shaw. Over the past decade,

:06:44. > :06:46.the scale of immigration to Britain sparking debate about

:06:47. > :06:55.whether the numbers should be But this report from MPs and peers

:06:56. > :07:00.says there should be more focus on what happens after

:07:01. > :07:02.immigrants arrives. It says many immigrant communities

:07:03. > :07:06.and people already settles here lead parallel lives and it calls

:07:07. > :07:09.on the government to address what it The report makes a number

:07:10. > :07:15.of recommendations. It says all immigrants should learn

:07:16. > :07:18.English before coming to the UK or enrol in classes

:07:19. > :07:21.when they are here. It calls for courses to teach

:07:22. > :07:24.immigrants about British culture and the report says that government

:07:25. > :07:26.should give immigrants guidance on the costs and benefits of UK

:07:27. > :07:29.citizenship and consider cutting A lack of integration for newcomers

:07:30. > :07:36.leads to them not having access to the same opportunities and can

:07:37. > :07:40.lead to an increase in distrust All the things that make living

:07:41. > :07:50.in England and Britain great You cannot enjoy what this country

:07:51. > :07:54.has to offer if you don't Another idea in the report

:07:55. > :07:58.is for immigration policy to be devolved to Britain's

:07:59. > :08:04.nations and regions. They'd be able to allocate visas

:08:05. > :08:07.according to local need. The report says that might instil

:08:08. > :08:10.confidence among members of the public that the immigration

:08:11. > :08:13.system works for their area. The Home Office says it is not

:08:14. > :08:16.planning to introduce local visa arrangements but the department says

:08:17. > :08:19.it has made funding available President Barack Obama has

:08:20. > :08:27.urged his fellow Democrats to fight It comes as the incoming Trump

:08:28. > :08:31.administration began the process of repealing the

:08:32. > :08:33.Affordable Care Act. The Republican vice-president-elect,

:08:34. > :08:35.Mike Pence, had promised the process would begin on Donald Trump's

:08:36. > :08:38.first day in office - People who live near main roads may

:08:39. > :08:47.be at greater risk of dementia, according to a decade-long study

:08:48. > :08:50.by scientists in Canada. The medical causes of the brain

:08:51. > :08:54.disease have yet to be identified but the research suggests

:08:55. > :08:56.air pollution and noisy traffic Memories lost, thoughts confused,

:08:57. > :09:07.personalities gradually fading. Dementia affects 850,000

:09:08. > :09:11.people in the UK. Now there's a claim it

:09:12. > :09:15.could be linked to traffic. This study from Canada shows that

:09:16. > :09:19.people living close to busy roads had higher chances of

:09:20. > :09:23.developing dementia. Researchers in Ontario followed more

:09:24. > :09:28.than 2 million people over 11 years. The ones who lived within 50 metres

:09:29. > :09:32.of heavy traffic had a 12% higher risk of dementia than those more

:09:33. > :09:38.than 200 metres away. So what is it that's actually

:09:39. > :09:40.affecting the brain? Ultra-fine particles,

:09:41. > :09:44.the very smallest ones, can actually move across the lungs

:09:45. > :09:48.into the bloodstream and circulate How those particles work,

:09:49. > :09:51.a bit speculative, but one hypothesis is fairly non-specific

:09:52. > :09:56.effects on inflammation So we have a potential mechanism

:09:57. > :10:03.but it's far from proven. Experts here have cautiously

:10:04. > :10:05.welcomed the results They've stressed it shows

:10:06. > :10:09.an association, not a cause. They've pointed out dementia

:10:10. > :10:13.is also affected by age, lifestyle and genetics.

:10:14. > :10:16.But they are encouraging further research into the impact

:10:17. > :10:18.of traffic and pollution. Doubt has been cast on the NHS

:10:19. > :10:30.programme for screening those Researchers at Oxford University say

:10:31. > :10:35.its unlikely to have much impact. It concluded that inaccurate

:10:36. > :10:37.blood tests would give too many people an incorrect

:10:38. > :10:40.diagnosis, while lifestyle changes The director of the NHS programme

:10:41. > :10:44.said its approach was based The price of petrol and diesel rose

:10:45. > :10:55.to their highest levels for 1.5 years in December

:10:56. > :10:57.according to the RAC. Both fuels went up by three pence

:10:58. > :11:00.a litre during the month. It now costs around ?62.80

:11:01. > :11:03.to fill up a typical family The increasing cost of crude oil

:11:04. > :11:07.and further falls in the value of the pound are believed

:11:08. > :11:16.to be behind the trend. A figure of a soldier

:11:17. > :11:19.from the First World War has been It's nearly six metres tall and took

:11:20. > :11:24.a blacksmith three months to make Martin Galbavy used items

:11:25. > :11:31.including spanners, brake discs and horse shoes

:11:32. > :11:49.to create the impressive work. It's a stunning, isn't it? When it

:11:50. > :11:50.you see it next to the building, you get a sense of the scale.

:11:51. > :11:54.Being able to speak English is 'key' to integrating into British life.

:11:55. > :11:57.That's according to MPs who want immigrants to learn the language

:11:58. > :12:00.They also want the Government to consider giving regions

:12:01. > :12:04.Labour's Chuka Umunna chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group

:12:05. > :12:15.He joins us from our London newsroom.

:12:16. > :12:23.Good morning. You are saying immigrants should be fitted to learn

:12:24. > :12:28.English before coming to Britain. How would prove that that's what

:12:29. > :12:31.they have done? To set this report in context, we have spent time in

:12:32. > :12:35.this country talking about the numbers of people committed the UK

:12:36. > :12:40.and of course that is important but widow and spent time talking about

:12:41. > :12:44.what happens when they get here. -- we don't spend time. An important

:12:45. > :12:47.part of being integrated into UK society when you come and work and

:12:48. > :12:52.settle here is being able to speak English. We believe that because of

:12:53. > :12:56.that, either you should be required to have a certain level of English

:12:57. > :12:59.before you come here or certainly if you do come here and you don't have

:13:00. > :13:03.sufficient proficiency in English, you should be in rolled on

:13:04. > :13:13.compulsory English language classes so you can be part of our community

:13:14. > :13:19.-- enrolled. It denies you opportunities, health outcomes are

:13:20. > :13:25.worse, you do -- don't get a chance to be part of the community. Really

:13:26. > :13:30.importantly, integration is a 2-way street. Of course, there is a role

:13:31. > :13:34.in certain obligations and people who come here to integrate and that

:13:35. > :13:37.is why we say learning English be an expectation that also, there's an

:13:38. > :13:41.obligation on the host community as well. We need to properly fund

:13:42. > :13:48.English language learning classes and employers need to give people

:13:49. > :13:52.sufficient space. Can you answer the first question I asked you. You made

:13:53. > :13:56.your point. How can you prove they have that level of English? In

:13:57. > :14:05.Australia, they carry out certain tests. This is an interim report. In

:14:06. > :14:10.terms of the exact detail, we are going to produce more detail on how

:14:11. > :14:15.exactly that might work in the final report of this enquiry. The other

:14:16. > :14:18.suggestion is that a regional authorities could allocate visas.

:14:19. > :14:23.This is something I know you are looking at. Would be able to

:14:24. > :14:28.allocate visas in accordance to local need. How would that work? How

:14:29. > :14:31.could you ensure that somebody goes to a particular region? We know

:14:32. > :14:35.people care about numbers but actually they care about the numbers

:14:36. > :14:40.of people coming here far less than they do about control. One way of

:14:41. > :14:47.instilling more confidence in the system and maintaining the consensus

:14:48. > :14:52.in our country from an -- for managed migration is to set need to

:14:53. > :14:58.the niche in -- regions of the UK much as they do in Canada. Different

:14:59. > :15:04.provinces in Canada set out their needs according to their sectors and

:15:05. > :15:08.different labour markets. For example, on our committee, people

:15:09. > :15:13.from Scotland and SNP members, they want to see immigrants go up but in

:15:14. > :15:17.other parts of the UK and parts of England, people would like to see

:15:18. > :15:23.that reduced. What we are saying is let's give the power to set need to

:15:24. > :15:28.local areas and regions. That way I think we can detoxify this debate

:15:29. > :15:32.because then it won't be seen as Westminster imposing immigration on

:15:33. > :15:39.you and saying look, and except all these people for... Does that mean

:15:40. > :15:41.for example a region can say, right, we don't want any immigrants, is

:15:42. > :15:55.that what you are saying? You could feasibly do that. In

:15:56. > :16:00.Canada they have all the different provinces there and they want more

:16:01. > :16:04.migrants. Generally in our countries you look at the attitudes of people

:16:05. > :16:08.towards EU citizens currently living in the UK there is no desire to

:16:09. > :16:16.reject those citizens. I went to box in which recorded the largest leave

:16:17. > :16:21.vote. Very few people there want to get rid of their Eastern Europeans.

:16:22. > :16:26.And that was a question of having more control. Different areas will

:16:27. > :16:31.want more less but the question, the issue here is to give them the power

:16:32. > :16:35.to set that. Local businesses, for example, and the need of the economy

:16:36. > :16:39.dictate that most parts of the UK will need more immigrants but let

:16:40. > :16:43.them be the determinants of that. That way I think we do get to

:16:44. > :16:48.detoxify what has become a very toxic and polarised debate between

:16:49. > :16:52.those who want to shut the Borders and others who say they want open

:16:53. > :16:57.borders. In the end, the British people are in the middle. They want

:16:58. > :17:01.more control and I think that is how we can maintain the consensus we

:17:02. > :17:06.have always had in this country for managed migration. Thank you for

:17:07. > :17:11.your time. And looking at the statement from the Home Office it is

:17:12. > :17:15.not planning to introduce local visa arrangements at a holiday has made

:17:16. > :17:20.funding available for more English lessons. If you have not been out

:17:21. > :17:23.and about this morning I will give you a heads up. It is cold. Carol

:17:24. > :17:31.has the details. Good morning to you both. Louise is

:17:32. > :17:40.correct. The lowest temperature of this winter so far in England. It

:17:41. > :17:48.was -8 Celsius in Oxfordshire. Manchester -5, Glasgow -5, Cardiff

:17:49. > :17:53.minus two. We have the remnants of yesterday 's weather front. That

:17:54. > :17:58.will help maintain the temperature level. It is a cold and frosty start

:17:59. > :18:03.the day but there will be a lot of winter sunshine at and down the land

:18:04. > :18:08.with light and a few exceptions. One of them is this where the frontier.

:18:09. > :18:11.This is what is maintaining the temperature level across parts of

:18:12. > :18:15.Wales and south-west England and Northern Ireland with more cloud.

:18:16. > :18:19.You can see a splash of rain coming out but nothing too significant.

:18:20. > :18:24.Across the southern counties there will be blue skies from the word go.

:18:25. > :18:27.That extends all the way up into Scotland. On the east coast of

:18:28. > :18:32.England you may just find clouds again for a couple of showers here

:18:33. > :18:36.and there and we have thick cloud across most of Northern Ireland as

:18:37. > :18:39.the temperatures are above freezing. There is always an exception and

:18:40. > :18:43.there is one place well below freezing. Through the course of the

:18:44. > :18:48.morning and hang on to blue skies and eventually we lose the showers

:18:49. > :18:52.from the east of England but most of us will mist them anyway. Art was

:18:53. > :18:55.the worst you will find a bit more cloud building ahead of a weather

:18:56. > :19:02.front so the sunshine will turn hazy. The maximum temperature is 2-5

:19:03. > :19:07.inland. Seven and eight out west. John Wardrop rabidly and you can see

:19:08. > :19:10.the blue so an early frost for some and others will hang on to it. As

:19:11. > :19:16.weather front brings its rain and the front will build. We will also

:19:17. > :19:20.see some patchy fog forming across East Anglia and the south-east. A

:19:21. > :19:23.possibility we could see a drift further west. Meanwhile rain comes

:19:24. > :19:28.in across Scotland and Northern Ireland, getting into south-west

:19:29. > :19:33.England and north-west bust before the end of the night. We start

:19:34. > :19:36.tomorrow with the exact scenario. Rain continuing its Lotus and moving

:19:37. > :19:42.south eastwards. In the south-east and Wales we have fog and we find it

:19:43. > :19:46.will slowly lift. Some of it into low cloud. If you are in the

:19:47. > :19:52.south-east under that cloud it will be cold and dank. Heavy at times and

:19:53. > :19:56.it will be prolonged across parts of Yorkshire in east Midlands. Behind

:19:57. > :20:01.it, brighter skies, hills fog and showers. Check out those

:20:02. > :20:06.temperatures. They are an EU we are except in the south-east. Saturday,

:20:07. > :20:14.there goes the rain and foremost it will be dry. A few showers here and

:20:15. > :20:19.there. Again we are in the mild category to the stage in January. As

:20:20. > :20:23.we head into Sunday a little more of the same. Most of the UK will be

:20:24. > :20:30.dry. A couple of showers but temperatures of between eight and

:20:31. > :20:39.ten. That is not bad at all for the seventh of January. Thank you very

:20:40. > :20:40.much, Carol. She did not say one of her favourite phrases "Not quite

:20:41. > :20:48.shabby." So, Ben, you will look at that. You are

:20:49. > :20:53.talking about how we spend and how much we owe. Yes. And it is all to

:20:54. > :20:57.do with the debt hangover from Christmas because the credit card

:20:58. > :21:02.bills will start lending on doormats and people realise how much they

:21:03. > :21:05.have spent. Figures say they have been record amounts. New figures

:21:06. > :21:11.show that we racked up more debt in the run-up to Christmas and we

:21:12. > :21:17.racked it up the rate since 2005. Altogether we borrowed ?1.9 billion.

:21:18. > :21:23.That is up 10.8% on the same time as last year. Economists warn that that

:21:24. > :21:28.rise reflects a similar boom before the 2008 financial crisis. They also

:21:29. > :21:34.say our total debts on credit cards and in loans is now a staggering 100

:21:35. > :21:39.and 92 billion pounds. Elsewhere it seems the discount retailers did

:21:40. > :21:48.well this Christmas with the latest figures. BN Dems say revenues were

:21:49. > :21:53.up to ?741 million. The number of shoppers in its stores were up by

:21:54. > :21:57.20% on last year and they snapped up 6 million Christmas crackers amongst

:21:58. > :22:04.other things. And streaming services for watching television and films

:22:05. > :22:10.has overtaken DVDs for the first time. The market is now worth ?1.93

:22:11. > :22:15.billion, up nearly a quarter on the same time as last year. It comes as

:22:16. > :22:21.out of physical disks fell below ?1 billion for the first time. CD

:22:22. > :22:25.southward down as well by 13%. That has been blamed on a rise in other

:22:26. > :22:32.music streaming services. It reflects a big change in the market,

:22:33. > :22:37.buying fewer DVDs and CDs. I watch television on a mixture of

:22:38. > :22:41.everything. But then don't you find it is difficult to keep track

:22:42. > :22:47.because you have a DVD in one place that can only be seen upstairs...

:22:48. > :22:53.Vinyl sales are going up, of course. They are still rather niche. They

:22:54. > :22:58.are going up. They are going up from a low level so it seems like a lot.

:22:59. > :23:03.Bring back the B he just hate! I still have my Star Wars ones! Had to

:23:04. > :23:10.keep a television, a special television so I can play them. Today

:23:11. > :23:13.we are talking about online, children online. A new report from

:23:14. > :23:19.the children's Commissioner saying that children are being left out on

:23:20. > :23:23.their own in an adult environment. Many of you are getting in touch.

:23:24. > :23:27.Ian has an easy answer, do not give the kids are smart phone until they

:23:28. > :23:30.can pay for it themselves. Clare says that when her son started

:23:31. > :23:34.making YouTube videos she set up the account with her details so that she

:23:35. > :23:38.gets all of the notifications and message alerts. She can watch and

:23:39. > :23:41.delete what she needs to. She can also see the videos he is watching.

:23:42. > :23:48.People have quite informative answers. Peter has been in touch as

:23:49. > :23:52.well. He wants to know why any child under ten has unsupervised access to

:23:53. > :23:58.a mobile phone or any part of the Internet. His suggests that you just

:23:59. > :24:00.use the word no. Using peer pressure as an excuse abdicates

:24:01. > :24:05.responsibility. Some people believe that that the worry is that if you

:24:06. > :24:08.say no, the children will just find a way at their their friends house

:24:09. > :24:14.or whatever. Rachel is talking about her 12-year-old. Says she knows all

:24:15. > :24:17.of his password and get notified when he logs into a different

:24:18. > :24:27.computer. There is absolutely no social media allowed and he -- she

:24:28. > :24:28.can check up on his friends. Britain is short of budding young

:24:29. > :24:30.scientists. Only 15% of nine to eleven-year-olds

:24:31. > :24:33.are considering the subject as part Today, the BBC is launching

:24:34. > :24:36.a two-year campaign to inspire a million children to get

:24:37. > :24:38.involved in science. The results will be published

:24:39. > :24:41.in academic journals. Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin

:24:42. > :24:43.is at a primary school in Liverpool Behold, it's the science bus

:24:44. > :24:52.and it's time for some science fun! This is Liz Bonnin and this

:24:53. > :24:56.is a primary school in Hackney. She's here to launch the BBC's

:24:57. > :25:00.Terrific Scientific program to help A super exciting experiment

:25:01. > :25:09.to try to save a dinosaur We know children love science up

:25:10. > :25:18.to a certain age and then This campaign is about looking

:25:19. > :25:26.to really pinpoint what the reasons might be for that and to try

:25:27. > :25:32.and change that trend. Here they are clearly

:25:33. > :25:36.into the subject. Almost 40% of primary schools spend

:25:37. > :25:49.less than an hour a week on science only 15% of nine to 11-year-olds

:25:50. > :25:58.want to be a scientist. With 40,000 science and technology

:25:59. > :26:00.jobs left vacant each year, Why are so many people

:26:01. > :26:04.afraid of science? We can see how much fun

:26:05. > :26:08.the children are having. These are things lying

:26:09. > :26:10.around the house. The short answer to your

:26:11. > :26:13.question, I have no idea. She says science has

:26:14. > :26:19.an image problem. For some reason science still has

:26:20. > :26:23.a lot of stereotypes attached to it. You've got to be brainy

:26:24. > :26:29.to like science, or you've got to work in a lab, be an older

:26:30. > :26:32.gentleman with glasses and be extremely boring and you couldn't be

:26:33. > :26:35.further from the truth. So, today she's kicking off the two

:26:36. > :26:39.year Terrific Scientific campaign, which will involve more than 1

:26:40. > :26:44.million children and 40,000 teachers, bringing real experiments

:26:45. > :26:48.into real schools to gather real scientifically significant results,

:26:49. > :26:51.and we hope it will inspire. Adventurers, creators,

:26:52. > :27:00.dreamers, innovators, climbing mountains,

:27:01. > :27:03.exploring the oceans For me it is clear how

:27:04. > :27:15.exciting and fun science is. That was Breakfast's

:27:16. > :27:19.Jayne McCubbin reporting. And if your school wants to get

:27:20. > :27:22.involved you can register at this website -

:27:23. > :27:31.bbc.co.uk/terrificscientific. We will be back with the headlines

:27:32. > :30:58.in a couple of minutes. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:30:59. > :31:06.with Charlie Stayt and Louise Young people are being left to face

:31:07. > :31:13.the dangers of bullying That's the warning from the

:31:14. > :31:17.Children's Commissioner for England. Anne Longfield says children

:31:18. > :31:19.and often their parents have no idea what they are signing

:31:20. > :31:22.up to on social media sites and pupils as young as four should

:31:23. > :31:25.be taught about internet A spokesperson for the Department

:31:26. > :31:36.for Education told us there is more to be done and that they will

:31:37. > :31:39.carefully consider the report as part of their ongoing work

:31:40. > :31:42.to make the internet a safer The appointment of Sir Tim Barrow

:31:43. > :31:49.as the UK's new ambassador to the European Union has

:31:50. > :31:52.been welcomed by almost He replaces Sir Ivan Rogers,

:31:53. > :31:55.who resigned on Tuesday after complaining

:31:56. > :31:57.of muddle and confusion The government says the UK's

:31:58. > :32:01.new ambassador in Brussels Immigrants should be expected

:32:02. > :32:07.to learn English before coming to Britain or attend language

:32:08. > :32:09.classes when they arrive, The All Party Parliamentary Group

:32:10. > :32:14.on social integration also wants the Government to consider

:32:15. > :32:17.giving the UK's nations and regions the power to control

:32:18. > :32:19.the number of visas issued. The Home Office says it's made

:32:20. > :32:41.funding available for more Integration is a 2-way street. There

:32:42. > :32:48.is an obligation on the host country as well. We need to properly fund

:32:49. > :32:52.English language learning classes and also employers need to give

:32:53. > :32:55.people sufficient space and time off to go and learn English as well.

:32:56. > :32:57.President Barack Obama has urged his fellow Democrats to fight

:32:58. > :33:01.It comes as the incoming Trump administration began the process

:33:02. > :33:03.of repealing the Affordable Care Act.

:33:04. > :33:05.The Republican vice-president-elect, Mike Pence, had promised the process

:33:06. > :33:08.would begin on Donald Trump's first day in office -

:33:09. > :33:15.People who live near main roads may be at greater risk of dementia,

:33:16. > :33:18.according to a decade-long study by scientists in Canada.

:33:19. > :33:21.The medical causes of the brain disease have yet to be identified

:33:22. > :33:23.but the research suggests air pollution and noisy traffic

:33:24. > :33:33.A figure of a soldier from the First World War has been

:33:34. > :33:36.The price of petrol and diesel rose to their highest levels for a year

:33:37. > :33:39.and a half in December according to the RAC.

:33:40. > :33:42.Both fuels went up by three pence a litre during the month.

:33:43. > :33:45.It now costs around ?62.80 to fill up a typical family

:33:46. > :33:49.The increasing cost of crude oil and further falls in the value

:33:50. > :33:57.of the pound are believed to be behind the trend.

:33:58. > :34:00.Letters written by Princess Diana are due to be auctioned

:34:01. > :34:04.The collection will have approximately 40 lots with estimates

:34:05. > :34:07.Written to a steward at Buckingham Palace,

:34:08. > :34:09.they reveal that a young Prince Harry was routinely

:34:10. > :34:24.Coming up on the programme, Carol has the weather.

:34:25. > :34:34.She is warning of cold, icy temperatures at head. -- ahead.

:34:35. > :34:38.Cases of bird flu have been rising in Europe for several weeks,

:34:39. > :34:41.and there have been outbreaks in the UK since the beginning of

:34:42. > :34:43.The latest was announced in Camarthenshire, just yesterday.

:34:44. > :34:46.The Chief Veterinary Officer has now declared that a prevention

:34:47. > :34:50.zone will be extended until the end of next month in order to protect

:34:51. > :34:52.poultry and captive birds from avian flu.

:34:53. > :34:54.Professor Christianne Glossop who is the Chief Veterinary Officer

:34:55. > :35:07.Bank for your time this morning. -- thank you. Can you explain what the

:35:08. > :35:12.zone is? Delly prevention zone covers the whole of Great Britain.

:35:13. > :35:17.It is aimed at at reducing or limiting the contact between wild

:35:18. > :35:21.birds that we believe are carrying this infection and domestic poultry.

:35:22. > :35:25.We are requiring people to keep their birds indoors and keep them

:35:26. > :35:32.separate from wild birds as far as possible. What is the scale of the

:35:33. > :35:35.problem at the moment? If you look mainland Europe, they have had big

:35:36. > :35:39.problems over the past year or so but within Great Britain, there was

:35:40. > :35:45.the case in Lincolnshire in turkeys before Christmas and more recently

:35:46. > :35:57.just this week, I have confirmed 8518 infection in a small backyard

:35:58. > :36:04.flock. -- H518. We have also found that in wild birds in different

:36:05. > :36:13.parts of Great Britain. H518 is the strain. People hearing you talk

:36:14. > :36:17.about it may be worried about the implications on human health. Are a

:36:18. > :36:21.different strains on flu virus and it is constipated and difficult to

:36:22. > :36:27.understand that this particular strain H518 has never been reported

:36:28. > :36:33.in a human being. There are no human cases. Although this is worrying for

:36:34. > :36:39.our poultry industry, it should not be of concern to the general public.

:36:40. > :36:49.Said there are no issues eight production or any of these issues.

:36:50. > :36:53.-- egg. We have movement restrictions in place for poultry

:36:54. > :36:59.and poultry products, particularly focusing on areas of high risks that

:37:00. > :37:05.would be for Wales, around and an outbreak in Caernarfonshire. Hence

:37:06. > :37:08.the zoning we have in place. It is to ensure the industry can keep

:37:09. > :37:14.running while we fight the disease. You mentioned the most recent

:37:15. > :37:26.outbreak in Caernarfonshire, where did that come from? That is the

:37:27. > :37:32.first question we ask. This is within ten miles or so within the

:37:33. > :37:38.finding of a wild bird, I wild duck, with infection just before

:37:39. > :37:43.Christmas. The working hypothesis is that these were probably infected by

:37:44. > :37:44.a wild bird that we are still investigating, it's early days.

:37:45. > :38:01.Thank you for your this morning. My kitty to talk about Chelsea. The

:38:02. > :38:03.winning streak! -- Mike is here. Chelsea still have a 5-point lead.

:38:04. > :38:06.Chelsea's impressive winning streak, is over, after they were beaten

:38:07. > :38:09.by Spurs 2-0 at White Hart Lane last night.

:38:10. > :38:11.After 13 straight victories, Chelsea needed just one more

:38:12. > :38:17.But two goals from Spurs' Dele Alli ended any hope of that.

:38:18. > :38:21.Chelsea remain five points clear at the top, but the win for Spurs,

:38:22. > :38:34.All the boys, there is no need to talk before the game. We knew this

:38:35. > :38:37.was not just for the players but the fans as well. You could see that

:38:38. > :38:42.from the first whistle. The fans wanted you to win as well. It is

:38:43. > :38:43.with nice to score but it is more important to get the win today.

:38:44. > :38:53.It is important to know that this can happen. It is important now for

:38:54. > :38:56.the start to continue to work very hard, to try to improve everyday.

:38:57. > :38:59.The January transfer window's open of course so expect some comings

:39:00. > :39:03.And West Ham are expected to increase their offer

:39:04. > :39:06.for Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe after having an initial offer of six

:39:07. > :39:10.Defoe began his career at the Hammers as a 16-year-old

:39:11. > :39:14.He's scored more than half of all Sunderland's goals

:39:15. > :39:17.in the Premier League this season and appears crucial to their chances

:39:18. > :39:29.Sir, Andy Murray, has extended his career-best winning

:39:30. > :39:32.streak, to 26 competitive matches, by making it through to the quarter

:39:33. > :39:35.finals, of the Qatar Open, but he was,

:39:36. > :39:38.made to work for it against, the world number 68 Gerald Melzer.

:39:39. > :39:41.The Austrian took Murray to a tie-break, in the first set,

:39:42. > :39:44.but the world number one eventually came through 7-6, 7-5.

:39:45. > :39:48.He'll face Spain's Nicolas Almagro next.

:39:49. > :39:50.The England and Leicester centre Manu Tu-langi,

:39:51. > :39:53.has been ruled out of the Six Nations and next summer's

:39:54. > :39:58.It's another blow for the player, who has suffered

:39:59. > :40:00.a string of injuries, over the last three seasons.

:40:01. > :40:03.He's appeared just 23 times for Leicester since 2013 -

:40:04. > :40:07.and just once for England, under Eddie Jones.

:40:08. > :40:09.Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox, has defended her decision,

:40:10. > :40:12.to take part in the Channel 4 programme, The Jump,

:40:13. > :40:15.describing life as a 'ticking time bomb'.

:40:16. > :40:20.UK Sport have suspended her funding while she takes part

:40:21. > :40:22.in the programme - in which participants learn

:40:23. > :40:25.On social media, Cox said her diagnosis, of MS,

:40:26. > :40:32.had changed her outlook on life, so she was going to enjoy ski-ing.

:40:33. > :40:35.MS Dhoni has stepped down, as India's one day captain,

:40:36. > :40:37.ahead of the, ODI series against England, which begins

:40:38. > :40:40.And, England's One Day captain Eoin Morgan,

:40:41. > :40:43.will be hoping in that series, to replicate his big hits,

:40:44. > :40:46.that he's been managing, in the Big Big Bash League in

:40:47. > :40:56.His Sydney Thunder side, needed a six off the final ball

:40:57. > :40:58.of the match to win against Melbourne Thunder,

:40:59. > :41:00.and under pressure, he smashed it into the stands.

:41:01. > :41:03.It was Morgan's final appearance in the Big Bash,

:41:04. > :41:10.Now we all know, as we get older, keeping fit takes a bit more effort

:41:11. > :41:12.- which makes the achievements of Frenchman, Robert Marchand

:41:13. > :41:16.At the age of 105, he's set a new record

:41:17. > :41:20.for the furthest distance cycled, in one hour, for riders of his age.

:41:21. > :41:23.He managed 22 kilometres in 60 minutes - all down to six

:41:24. > :41:26.He already held the record for those aged over 100,

:41:27. > :41:31.Afterwards he said he could have done better, and while his legs

:41:32. > :41:52.He is my hero of the day. Amazing to beat his own record. 105, still

:41:53. > :41:54.going strong. He was a firefighter in the 1940s in Paris and then he

:41:55. > :42:01.went to be a lumberjack in Canada. Could living near busy roads

:42:02. > :42:04.be a factor in higher Canadian scientists followed 2

:42:05. > :42:07.million people over 11 years and their results suggest

:42:08. > :42:09.there may be a link. British experts have

:42:10. > :42:11.described the findings Dr David Reynolds is the chief

:42:12. > :42:15.scientific officer at Alzheimer's Research

:42:16. > :42:29.UK and joins us now. I am sure you have looked at the

:42:30. > :42:33.study. What do you make of it? It is interesting in that it suggests

:42:34. > :42:38.there is a link between living near busy roads such as a motorway or

:42:39. > :42:47.major a road and the having a small but increased risk of developing

:42:48. > :42:51.dementia later in life. It is difficult to tell with these studies

:42:52. > :42:58.because they can show an association but they can't show a cause. There

:42:59. > :43:05.is an effect Widodo the cause. -- we don't know. We need to look at it

:43:06. > :43:08.more closely. What factors about living near a busy road important

:43:09. > :43:12.for increasing your risk of dementia? Is that the noise caused

:43:13. > :43:17.by the traffic that might affect your sleep? Is it breathing in air

:43:18. > :43:24.pollution, the gases, the small particles, what? What suggests we

:43:25. > :43:28.need to look at it more closely to look at the important factors and

:43:29. > :43:34.then sit there something we can do about it. What they are saying is

:43:35. > :43:38.there is a decline in deaths of further people lived people -- away

:43:39. > :43:42.from traffic. What you are saying is exercise caution or what would your

:43:43. > :43:46.message be? With these kinds of studies, it is always important to

:43:47. > :43:53.make sure there are repeated and you see the same findings. You can see

:43:54. > :43:57.some effect, you can't understand the cause and if you look at them

:43:58. > :44:02.again in England or elsewhere in Europe, for example, you might not

:44:03. > :44:05.find the same association. For the moment, I might not necessarily do

:44:06. > :44:10.anything associated with where you live near a major road. There are a

:44:11. > :44:13.number of things you can do to beat Chris your risk of developing

:44:14. > :44:18.dementia, living a healthy lifestyle -- decrease your risk, not smoking,

:44:19. > :44:22.a healthy diet, drinking in moderation, these are well-known to

:44:23. > :44:26.three the risk of developing dementia. What we need to know more

:44:27. > :44:30.about for this study is what is it about living near a major road that

:44:31. > :44:40.could increase your risk and then in the future, we can perhaps give out

:44:41. > :44:44.advice on what to do. And looking the future because this is the

:44:45. > :44:47.frustrating thing, we know quite a lot more about dementia and

:44:48. > :44:50.Alzheimer's but still, give her, trying to find the cause. How far

:44:51. > :44:53.away are we from finding what it might be? Because of a disease like

:44:54. > :44:56.Alzheimer's or other types of dementia is likely to be quite

:44:57. > :45:00.collocated and different from person-to-person -- the cause. We

:45:01. > :45:04.note lifestyle factors and genetics all play a role. There is a lot of

:45:05. > :45:09.research at the moment trying to understand exactly what causes these

:45:10. > :45:13.different types of dementia. In fact, just before Christmas it was

:45:14. > :45:16.announced that a new dementia research Institute will be

:45:17. > :45:22.established in the UK which will really bring a lot of resources in

:45:23. > :45:26.types -- terms of different types of research in the laboratory or doing

:45:27. > :45:28.studies in the clinic, to really understand the cause. Doctor David

:45:29. > :45:32.Reynolds, thank you for your time. Here's Carol with a look

:45:33. > :45:43.at this morning's weather. Carol will tell us it has gotten a

:45:44. > :45:47.little cold in some places but, Carol, when we were all children

:45:48. > :45:56.wasn't a cold? It certainly seemed like the. We had snow in the winter

:45:57. > :46:00.and the summer was longer. It is certainly a lot colder than it has

:46:01. > :46:06.been. We have just had the lowest temperature this winter so far. I

:46:07. > :46:16.thought it would show you some of the towns and cities. It is quite

:46:17. > :46:21.quickly. -7s, -6s and minus fives. But which is a bit higher out west

:46:22. > :46:26.because we have a weather front. That is producing cloud and the odd

:46:27. > :46:31.spot of rain here and there. Although it is cold and frosty to

:46:32. > :46:35.start we're looking at a lot of crisp winter sunshine, again with a

:46:36. > :46:40.light breeze. In the east and there will be more cloud and an odd shower

:46:41. > :46:46.while. Towards the west where we have our weather front the cloud is

:46:47. > :46:49.thicker. As a result, in the afternoon in the north-west the

:46:50. > :47:00.sunshine will turn hazy. That will come our way later on. Over here we

:47:01. > :47:07.get a mixture of some sunny spells most of England has good to richer

:47:08. > :47:11.and the extreme west has a bit of cloud. The same for Cornwall and

:47:12. > :47:17.Devon. Nothing significant apart from an odd splash of rain. You can

:47:18. > :47:22.see from the blue in the chart that it will be an early frost. The frost

:47:23. > :47:25.will lift for some but a continual crust East Anglia and the

:47:26. > :47:31.south-east. Here as well we are looking at some fog around which

:47:32. > :47:34.could take time to lift. Meanwhile a weather front tomorrow things south

:47:35. > :47:40.across all of Scotland and Northern Ireland into north-west England and

:47:41. > :47:44.also parts of Wales. The fog that lifts may just lift into low cloud

:47:45. > :47:48.and it will be much later on that we will see it being pushed down into

:47:49. > :47:54.the south-east where it will still feel cold. Behind the rain, Hill fog

:47:55. > :47:58.and a few showers. As we head into Saturday the rain will clear all

:47:59. > :48:04.together and behind it are lot of dry weather with sunshine. Variable

:48:05. > :48:08.cloud and a few showers the rain there. Into Sunday it is a similar

:48:09. > :48:14.story in that it will be a cloudy day with bright breaks and mild with

:48:15. > :48:20.a couple of showers. All in all this weekend is not too shabby, Charlie.

:48:21. > :48:26.Mild conditions with cloudy conditions at times. I would just

:48:27. > :48:30.like to show you these temperatures. If you step out, these are the

:48:31. > :48:40.values that will greet you right now. I love Carol. You listen to

:48:41. > :48:44.Charlie very carefully. Did you hear that? Not too shabby. I put it in

:48:45. > :48:45.just for you, Charlie. We bought a record number of cars

:48:46. > :48:49.in the UK last year - More of us splashed out

:48:50. > :48:57.on a new car last year it seems, With nearly 2.7 million new cars

:48:58. > :49:05.taking to the roads. A lot of that is because

:49:06. > :49:07.the way we're buying In 2015 nearly three quarters

:49:08. > :49:12.of cars were bought using something called a Personal Contract

:49:13. > :49:15.Purchase - or PCP. That's when you pay a deposit,

:49:16. > :49:21.make monthly payments for three or four years, and at the end

:49:22. > :49:25.of that you have a choice to buy the car outright or give the car

:49:26. > :49:29.back to the dealer and upgrade. But could we have reached

:49:30. > :49:35.the peak of new car sales? The stats out this morning predict

:49:36. > :49:52.a 5% fall in new car I am speaking with Amanda Stratton.

:49:53. > :49:55.A former race driver and now a motoring industry expert. Let us

:49:56. > :50:01.talk, first of all, about pig ownership. It is the way that we buy

:50:02. > :50:05.cars and used cars is changing. It is no longer about having something

:50:06. > :50:10.sitting on the driveway, it is essentially renting. The number you

:50:11. > :50:16.mentioned was correct. What we are seeing is that something like over

:50:17. > :50:20.90% of cars are actually being purchased on a finance option. The

:50:21. > :50:24.way we are purchasing our cars is different. It is no longer something

:50:25. > :50:29.that you save up for and own a physical car. It is now more like

:50:30. > :50:34.mobile phones where you look at paying monthly instalment for

:50:35. > :50:40.servicing and such things like that. You are paying slightly more for it

:50:41. > :50:43.but it is something you roll over as soon as the newest latest and

:50:44. > :50:49.greatest model comes out you can roll your dear over. What does that

:50:50. > :50:54.mean for car manufacturers? More new cars coming off the production line

:50:55. > :50:57.and more being sold. Are we able to upgrade more quickly? Is that why

:50:58. > :51:03.this is happening? That is absolutely correct. Where the motor

:51:04. > :51:06.industry is going. Looking at some of the stories you have handled this

:51:07. > :51:11.morning already, we know that the car industry and the way we use our

:51:12. > :51:15.cars and roads and pollution, space, all of these things are emerging so

:51:16. > :51:21.I think the industry will change dramatically over the next few

:51:22. > :51:25.years. This year they predict a 5% fall in car sales. Some element of

:51:26. > :51:30.nervousness over the state of the economy but it is also about things

:51:31. > :51:36.like Uber and being able to car share and possibly even driverless

:51:37. > :51:40.cars further down the line? Yes. There are very low interest rates

:51:41. > :51:45.which give as chief financial deals and exchange rates have had a big

:51:46. > :51:48.part to play up until now. But as you said there is a lot of

:51:49. > :51:53.uncertainty. And that next year and, you are right. Things like car

:51:54. > :51:58.share. These things will have a big impact on the way we purchased our

:51:59. > :52:01.cars and the way we use our cars and people coming into the car market.

:52:02. > :52:06.Many people are not looking at owning cars themselves but getting

:52:07. > :52:10.into a car scheme. It is quite interesting how it is changing.

:52:11. > :52:19.Thank you very much for your time, Amanda. I would like to hear more

:52:20. > :52:22.about that as well. Thank you very much. Ben must have known we will

:52:23. > :52:23.talk about driverless cars. The latest driverless car,

:52:24. > :52:26.headphones that can translate languages instantly and the latest

:52:27. > :52:29.smart gadgets for the home. These are just some of the things

:52:30. > :52:32.we can expect from this year's International Consumer

:52:33. > :52:33.Electronics Show. Our Technology correspondent

:52:34. > :52:36.Rory Cellan-Jones is in Las Vegas ahead of one of the biggest events

:52:37. > :52:39.in the tech industry. Rory, what new technology

:52:40. > :52:56.is going to wow us in 2017? Good morning. These fountains,

:52:57. > :53:01.behind the way, only come on when you come to me and I paid a lot of

:53:02. > :53:05.money to get them queued up and on display at this precise moment. I

:53:06. > :53:10.hope you appreciate it. The big scene here this year is

:53:11. > :53:16.intelligence. Intelligent machines with artificial intelligence built

:53:17. > :53:19.in. Everything from more and more driverless cars, something of a

:53:20. > :53:24.motor show here today. I was in one where I was allowed to take my hands

:53:25. > :53:28.off the wheel and look around. A little scary for those riding with

:53:29. > :53:31.me. All sorts of household devices as well becoming more and more

:53:32. > :53:36.intelligent. Absorbing data and doing clever things. This year it

:53:37. > :53:38.seems to be the year when you are devices, all of them, will be smart

:53:39. > :53:38.devices. In a penthouse suite

:53:39. > :53:41.at a ritzy Las Vegas hotel, There is a smart speaker

:53:42. > :53:46.for children, each toy A voice

:53:47. > :53:54.activated door lock. ..there's even Nora, described

:53:55. > :54:01.as a smart snoring solution. It's paired with a pad under

:54:02. > :54:06.the pillow which detects the snoring and moves just enough to stop me,

:54:07. > :54:13.without waking me up. The big theme this year is turning

:54:14. > :54:15.the advances in artificial This one is meant to be a shop

:54:16. > :54:22.assistant, while this one is designed as a companion

:54:23. > :54:27.for children or elderly people. AI seems to get everywhere,

:54:28. > :54:30.even into this toothbrush, which learns how

:54:31. > :54:33.you brush your teeth. Artificial intelligence is not

:54:34. > :54:35.just gathering the data, Then you learn where your weaknesses

:54:36. > :54:41.are, where your strengths are and the purpose is to become

:54:42. > :54:44.better at taking care This walking stick is also

:54:45. > :54:49.smarter than it looks. An inbuilt mobile phone SIM

:54:50. > :54:52.card means it can help It will detect the fall of the user

:54:53. > :54:59.and when it detects it it will alert the family or the neighbour,

:55:00. > :55:03.so they can come and help these And this clever mirror helps

:55:04. > :55:14.anyone to try out make-up. Out on the Las Vegas strip,

:55:15. > :55:18.this young entrepreneur His instant translation

:55:19. > :55:23.headphones aren't quite ready. They will eventually be tiny

:55:24. > :55:26.earbuds, that he is still looking This is important because we will be

:55:27. > :55:31.able to showcase what we've been working on to the world,

:55:32. > :55:34.to show this is something we started years ago as a small team,

:55:35. > :55:39.as a small start-up, The odds are against Danny,

:55:40. > :55:45.a one-man band taking on giants like Apple and Google,

:55:46. > :55:48.but he's betting that he has the product that can

:55:49. > :56:06.change the world. And Danny is a rarity in that he is

:56:07. > :56:12.one of the few Rhodesian exhibitors who made it over here. Only 50 or 60

:56:13. > :56:19.of them. Many more French exhibitors and over 1000 from China. 1000 out

:56:20. > :56:23.of just under 4000. Britain is not exactly punching above its weight

:56:24. > :56:27.but people like Danny with big dreams of making innovations that

:56:28. > :56:36.will really wow Las Vegas and let them on the path to future riches.

:56:37. > :56:41.Are you controlling the fountains? A few fountains. It is done by a

:56:42. > :56:46.little app that I have in my back pocket but I cannot tell you more

:56:47. > :56:53.than that. Well, there you go. I don't know. I think it probably is

:56:54. > :56:55.controlled by him. Technology is clever but big sweaty water things

:56:56. > :00:16.are also impressive. Hello this is Breakfast, with

:00:17. > :00:20.Charlie Stayt and Louise Minchin. Left to "fend for themselves" online

:00:21. > :00:24.- a new report says more needs to be England's Children's Commissioner

:00:25. > :00:29.joins us to tell us why she wants compulsory internet safety lessons

:00:30. > :00:50.in schools and new privacy laws. Good morning, it's Thursday

:00:51. > :00:52.the 5th of January. A new ambassador to the EU -

:00:53. > :00:56.Sir Tim Barrow's appointment has been broadly welcomed on both sides

:00:57. > :01:02.of the Brexit debate. People who live near major roads

:01:03. > :01:04.may have higher rates of dementia, according

:01:05. > :01:13.to research published today. Car sales hit a record in the UK

:01:14. > :01:18.this year but with the rise of cab sharing and driverless cars,

:01:19. > :01:20.will owning a car soon become In sport - Chelsea's winning run

:01:21. > :01:27.comes to an end as the League Two goals from Delle Alli do

:01:28. > :01:31.the damage at White Hart Lane as they win 2-0 and move

:01:32. > :01:41.up to third. This reads like a criminal

:01:42. > :01:43.decathlon. That is the man that I chased? You chased somebody? Is

:01:44. > :01:48.there CCTV? 20 years of murder and intrigue -

:01:49. > :01:51.the show's stars will be telling us how Silent Witness has become

:01:52. > :01:58.the world's longest And Carol has the weather... It is a

:01:59. > :02:01.cold and frosty start to the day, England has had its coldest winter

:02:02. > :02:07.nights so far this winter but for most of the UK, it will be sunny,

:02:08. > :02:11.cold with light breezes, cloud in the West and some showers in the

:02:12. > :02:14.east. More details in 15 minutes... Thank you.

:02:15. > :02:18.Our main story is a warning from the Children's Commissioner

:02:19. > :02:21.for England that young people are left to face the dangers of

:02:22. > :02:24.Anne Longfield says children - and often their parents -

:02:25. > :02:28.have no idea what they are signing up to on social media sites

:02:29. > :02:30.and pupils as young as four should be taught about internet

:02:31. > :02:35.Our Education Correspondent Gillian Hargreaves has more.

:02:36. > :02:36.Digital technology can enrich children's minds,

:02:37. > :02:42.Millions of youngsters have joined social media sites to keep

:02:43. > :02:44.in touch with friends, but many of those questioned

:02:45. > :02:49.by the commission have little idea of what they're signing up to.

:02:50. > :02:51.With pages of terms and conditions, it seems few realise

:02:52. > :02:58.The Children's Commissioner calls for the appointment of a digital

:02:59. > :03:00.ombudsman to mediate between children and social media

:03:01. > :03:06.She also recommends there should be mandatory digital citizenship

:03:07. > :03:09.courses in schools and new privacy laws to protect children's

:03:10. > :03:17.What no-one has done yet is to look at how we design and intervene

:03:18. > :03:20.with a digital world in a way that can really give children the support

:03:21. > :03:25.they need for the place they spend an awful lot of time,

:03:26. > :03:31.but also the information and the power to be able to get

:03:32. > :03:38.While Instagram, Facebook and Twitter recommend

:03:39. > :03:41.that their services are most suitable for children over the age

:03:42. > :03:43.of 13, younger children can circumvent the rules

:03:44. > :03:56.Thank you for getting in touch about that...

:03:57. > :03:58.A spokesperson for the Department for Education told us

:03:59. > :04:01.there is more to be done and that they will carefully

:04:02. > :04:03.consider the report as part of their ongoing work to make

:04:04. > :04:05.the internet a safer place for children.

:04:06. > :04:07.We'll be speaking to the Children's Commissioner

:04:08. > :04:11.and a victim of cyber-bullying in about ten minutes.

:04:12. > :04:14.The appointment of Sir Tim Barrow as the UK's new ambassador

:04:15. > :04:17.to the European Union has been welcomed by almost all

:04:18. > :04:21.He replaces Sir Ivan Rogers, who resigned on Tuesday

:04:22. > :04:23.after complaining of muddle and confusion in the

:04:24. > :04:34.Our Political Correspondent Iain Watson joins us now.

:04:35. > :04:41.Sir Tim Barrow is going to be an important player in the coming

:04:42. > :04:45.months, tell us more about him? He will, and certainly Downing Street

:04:46. > :04:50.said that he will be a tough negotiator, he is seasoned and

:04:51. > :04:53.someone with experience in Brussels as an ambassador, she has been an

:04:54. > :05:05.ambassador in Moscow when relations in Russia were not at their best and

:05:06. > :05:10.an ambassador to the Ukraine. He is staunchly opposed to the

:05:11. > :05:13.creation of an EU army and he has served junior ministers at the

:05:14. > :05:17.Foreign Office 20 years ago when John Major was in power and there

:05:18. > :05:21.were divisions in Europe. He knows the territory well and he says

:05:22. > :05:23.himself he wants to get the best possible outcome for British

:05:24. > :05:29.negotiations, you would not expect him to say anything else but Nigel

:05:30. > :05:32.Farage from Ukip says that he is just another career diplomat

:05:33. > :05:36.committee wants to see things shaken up and a true believer in Brexit,

:05:37. > :05:41.perhaps someone from outside of the political establishment. And so

:05:42. > :05:48.drive and Rogers is leaving that cloud, the model and confusion

:05:49. > :05:55.surrounding Brexit, Theresa May, has she been stung into action by that

:05:56. > :05:58.sentiment? -- Sir Ivan Rogers. Actually, I think that is

:05:59. > :06:02.overstating it slightly, she responded yesterday and we are told

:06:03. > :06:05.that she will take to the airwaves at the weekend, she was always

:06:06. > :06:09.planning a speech on Europe and we expect that to take place this

:06:10. > :06:14.month, under pressure to take on this argument that she does not have

:06:15. > :06:18.this negotiation strategy in place and objectives set a few months

:06:19. > :06:26.before triggering the process of leaving the EU, she has given strong

:06:27. > :06:32.hints of why she wants to go before, including the Conservative Party

:06:33. > :06:38.speech, she does not want the European to interrupt, but she wants

:06:39. > :06:41.to clarify this point and make explicit what has been implicit but

:06:42. > :06:44.they do not want to wait for her speech, they want ministers to come

:06:45. > :06:46.to the House of Commons and tell them what the strategy in Europe

:06:47. > :06:52.really years. Thank you. -- really is.

:06:53. > :06:54.Immigrants should be expected to learn English before coming

:06:55. > :06:57.to Britain or attend language classes when they arrive.

:06:58. > :06:59.That's what a group of MPs are calling for.

:07:00. > :07:01.The All Party Parliamentary Group on social integration also wants

:07:02. > :07:04.the Government to consider giving the UK's nations and regions

:07:05. > :07:06.the power to control the number of visas issued.

:07:07. > :07:09.Here's our home affairs correspondent, Danny Shaw.

:07:10. > :07:12.Over the past decade, the scale of immigration to Britain

:07:13. > :07:16.has been unprecedented, sparking debate about

:07:17. > :07:19.whether the numbers should be reduced and if so, how?

:07:20. > :07:22.But this report from MPs and peers says there should be more

:07:23. > :07:29.focus on what happens after immigrants arrive.

:07:30. > :07:31.It says many immigrant communities and people already settled here lead

:07:32. > :07:34.parallel lives and it calls on the government to address what it

:07:35. > :07:39.The report makes a number of recommendations.

:07:40. > :07:41.It says all immigrants should learn English before coming

:07:42. > :07:46.to the UK or enrol in classes when they're here.

:07:47. > :07:49.It calls for courses to teach immigrants about British culture

:07:50. > :07:51.and the report says that government should give immigrants guidance

:07:52. > :07:54.on the costs and benefits of UK citizenship and consider cutting

:07:55. > :08:03.A lack of integration for newcomers leads to them not having access

:08:04. > :08:05.to the same opportunities, it can lead to an increase in

:08:06. > :08:15.All the things that make living in England and Britain

:08:16. > :08:18.You cannot enjoy what this country has to offer

:08:19. > :08:22.Another idea in the report is for immigration policy to be

:08:23. > :08:24.devolved to Britain's nations and regions.

:08:25. > :08:30.They'd be able to allocate visas according to local need.

:08:31. > :08:33.The report says that might instil confidence among members

:08:34. > :08:39.of the public that the immigration system works for their area.

:08:40. > :08:42.The Home Office says it is not planning to introduce local visa

:08:43. > :08:45.arrangements but the department says it has made funding available

:08:46. > :08:50.President Barack Obama has urged his fellow Democrats to fight

:08:51. > :08:58.It comes as the incoming Trump administration began the process

:08:59. > :09:03.of repealing The Affordable Care Act.

:09:04. > :09:05.The Republican vice-president-elect, Mike Pence, had promised the process

:09:06. > :09:08.would begin on Donald Trump's first day in office -

:09:09. > :09:16.People who live near main roads may be at greater risk of dementia -

:09:17. > :09:18.according to a decade-long study by scientists in Canada.

:09:19. > :09:21.The medical causes of the brain disease have yet to be identified

:09:22. > :09:24.but the research suggests air pollution and noisy traffic could be

:09:25. > :09:35.Memories lost, thoughts confused, personalities gradually fading.

:09:36. > :09:39.Dementia affects 850,000 people in the UK.

:09:40. > :09:45.Now there's a claim it could be linked to traffic.

:09:46. > :09:47.This study from Canada shows that people living close to busy

:09:48. > :09:52.roads had higher chances of developing dementia.

:09:53. > :09:54.Researchers in Ontario followed more than two million

:09:55. > :10:01.The ones who lived within 50 metres of heavy traffic had a 12% higher

:10:02. > :10:10.risk of dementia than those more than 200 metres away.

:10:11. > :10:12.So what is it that's actually affecting the brain?

:10:13. > :10:13.Ultra-fine particles, the very smallest ones,

:10:14. > :10:16.can actually move across the lungs into the bloodstream

:10:17. > :10:20.How those particles work, a bit speculative, but one

:10:21. > :10:21.hypothesis is fairly nonspecific effects on inflammation

:10:22. > :10:32.So we have a potential mechanism but it's far from proven.

:10:33. > :10:33.Experts here have cautiously welcomed the results

:10:34. > :10:40.They've stressed it shows an association, not a cause.

:10:41. > :10:42.They've pointed out dementia is also affected by age,

:10:43. > :10:48.But they are encouraging further research into the impact

:10:49. > :11:01.Doubt has been cast on the NHS programme for screening those

:11:02. > :11:05.Researchers at Oxford University say its unlikely to have much impact.

:11:06. > :11:08.It concluded that inaccurate blood tests would give too many people

:11:09. > :11:09.an incorrect diagnosis, while lifestyle changes

:11:10. > :11:16.The director of the NHS programme said its approach was based

:11:17. > :11:29.The price of petrol and diesel rose to their highest levels for a year

:11:30. > :11:31.and a half in December according to the RAC.

:11:32. > :11:34.Both fuels went up by three pence a litre during the month.

:11:35. > :11:37.It now costs around ?62 to ?80 to fill up a typical family car.

:11:38. > :11:40.The increasing cost of crude oil and further falls in the value

:11:41. > :11:43.of the pound are believed to be behind the trend.

:11:44. > :11:46.A figure of a soldier from the First World War has been

:11:47. > :11:52.It's nearly six metres tall and took a blacksmith three months to make

:11:53. > :12:01.As you can see, it is pretty impressive.

:12:02. > :12:10.spanners, brake discs and horse shoes to create the impressive work.

:12:11. > :12:18.When you see it against those buildings you really get a sense of

:12:19. > :12:20.the incredible scale of it as well. All of the sport and the weather

:12:21. > :12:23.coming up for you a little later... Whether it's on their tablets

:12:24. > :12:25.or smartphones, children are using social media sites more

:12:26. > :12:27.than ever before. But a new study by the Children's

:12:28. > :12:30.Commissioner for England says that they are ill-prepared to deal

:12:31. > :12:32.with problems they commonly find online, such as cyber-bulling

:12:33. > :12:36.and issues surrounding privacy. Joining us from the London

:12:37. > :12:38.newsroom is the author And in the studio we have Ella,

:12:39. > :12:53.who has been a victim Good morning to both of you, let's

:12:54. > :12:58.talk to you first of all, Ella, what kind of problems did you have at

:12:59. > :13:02.what age? I have had three occasions where I have encountered this. At my

:13:03. > :13:11.youngest I was 13 years old. I had recently only just joined social

:13:12. > :13:14.media. And, I did suffer from cyber bullying and problems within my

:13:15. > :13:21.school, and then it went online as well. Then, I faced other issues

:13:22. > :13:27.around 16 and recently in the last couple of weeks. And that really was

:13:28. > :13:31.quite difficult, emotionally, to deal with. I have got quite a good

:13:32. > :13:37.support system at home, I could talk to my parents. However, when I tried

:13:38. > :13:42.to report these things online, I did not really have a lot of support

:13:43. > :13:46.there, and I felt like I was talking to a brick wall, there was not

:13:47. > :13:51.really that much contact. When it started, what was your attitude to

:13:52. > :13:56.the messages you were getting? Did you think that was just part of what

:13:57. > :14:02.happens on social media? Or, did you feel like it should not be

:14:03. > :14:05.happening, what was your instinct? I did feel that something was

:14:06. > :14:10.definitely wrong. I did not feel like this was what they were created

:14:11. > :14:14.for. I thought that something ought to have been changed, and it was not

:14:15. > :14:20.really right for people to be targeting others online. And I did

:14:21. > :14:24.suffer from it within the school environment, and outside of school.

:14:25. > :14:28.Then for it to come online, it felt like there was no escape from it.

:14:29. > :14:34.I really wanted it to stop but at that age I did not know how, nothing

:14:35. > :14:37.was told in school on how to reported or anything like that. In

:14:38. > :14:44.some ways, things will change because sometimes children get

:14:45. > :14:48.lessons in school. So many issues highlighted. When someone comes up

:14:49. > :14:53.with a problem, with a parent trying to support a child, or a child, is

:14:54. > :14:58.communication between them and the company running these kinds of

:14:59. > :14:59.websites, is it getting better? Can people take down photographs more

:15:00. > :15:10.often than before? That is not what I'm told by young

:15:11. > :15:13.people, there are incremental increases and I hear the stories all

:15:14. > :15:16.the time with young people saying they have little faith in the

:15:17. > :15:20.company is taking them seriously, and if they try to get something

:15:21. > :15:28.taken down about half of them say they are dissatisfied. Win over half

:15:29. > :15:31.of children's leisure time among teenagers is spent online services a

:15:32. > :15:33.new area of their life and it's important they get the lessons in

:15:34. > :15:37.school that can help build their resilience, that they get honestly

:15:38. > :15:41.informed through the terms and conditions, but then they have

:15:42. > :15:46.recourse to some independent means to help them deal with difficulties

:15:47. > :15:50.when they arise. So that's why I'm recommending that we introduce a new

:15:51. > :15:54.digital Commissioner, a new digital ombudsman for young people that will

:15:55. > :16:00.be on their side and be able to mediate. That's interesting, I don't

:16:01. > :16:04.know what you think about that, the idea of an ombudsman. Sometimes

:16:05. > :16:07.people feel those figures seem too distant, too far away from what is

:16:08. > :16:10.happening on your device. What do you make of it? I would definitely

:16:11. > :16:15.agree somebody should be there that you can contact because when I have

:16:16. > :16:20.personally tried to report things I haven't had any reaction to things

:16:21. > :16:25.that have been taken down. To have that human contact with someone who

:16:26. > :16:28.is fighting your battles with you because I felt very alone and I was

:16:29. > :16:32.talking to these big companies and no one was listening. Anne

:16:33. > :16:37.Longfield, I'm thinking if you think about right now, how many people

:16:38. > :16:40.will be suffering because of some kind of cyber bullying, every day

:16:41. > :16:45.with so many incidents, how can one person start to make an impact? This

:16:46. > :16:48.is about changing the relationship between the companies and children

:16:49. > :16:51.themselves. The Internet was not designed for children but they are

:16:52. > :16:55.one of the biggest users actually. Would need to change that

:16:56. > :17:00.relationship and help children to become more informed us customers

:17:01. > :17:03.and demand more, if you like, from the companies themselves. I also

:17:04. > :17:08.want government to extend my powers so I can find out from the companies

:17:09. > :17:11.themselves what complaints children are put into them, the nature of

:17:12. > :17:16.those complaints, what happens to them and big scale command again, to

:17:17. > :17:19.start to get grips to this issue. It is something which is very

:17:20. > :17:23.practical, something that has been in Australia and something which

:17:24. > :17:27.could be permitted quickly. But certainly this is something that

:17:28. > :17:36.young people report to me all the time and they want the companies to

:17:37. > :17:41.rip -- respond. You have looked at privacy laws, do you want to get the

:17:42. > :17:45.laws extended that far? What do you want to change? New laws around

:17:46. > :17:49.privacy are being brought in in 2018 and in America new laws have been

:17:50. > :17:53.introduced which protect children's privacy online so I suggest they

:17:54. > :17:57.should be brought forward and they should be protected as we enter the

:17:58. > :18:01.Brexit period. This is all about ensuring that children's data online

:18:02. > :18:14.is protected as much as it can be. What we know is with pages and pages

:18:15. > :18:15.of terms and conditions that children can't possibly stand a

:18:16. > :18:17.chance of understanding. They are signing away without realising

:18:18. > :18:20.important privacy and data that could be shared and even sold. One

:18:21. > :18:22.last thought, at the beginning you mentioned recently you have still

:18:23. > :18:27.been a victim. Have you changed what you do online and social media? My

:18:28. > :18:32.privacy settings are very high but some of my friends' maybe aren't as

:18:33. > :18:38.much, so someone took a photo of me and my friends and posted it on a

:18:39. > :18:42.group that we didn't even know about until someone came across it. They

:18:43. > :18:46.effectively stole your image? Yes, and then we got quite a lot of

:18:47. > :18:50.negative comments and it was quite offensive. I then tried to report

:18:51. > :18:54.the post and take it down and nothing happened, it is still there.

:18:55. > :18:59.It's very interesting. Thank you for talking to us today. And Anne

:19:00. > :19:03.Longfield, Children's Commissioner, thank you.

:19:04. > :19:07.Thank you for getting in touch, all of you, we will look at your

:19:08. > :19:18.comments later. It is cold again this morning. It certainly is, there

:19:19. > :19:24.is a widespread frost but it means we will have cold winter sunshine.

:19:25. > :19:29.In Benson it is minus 8.1 Celsius, the coldest night so far this winter

:19:30. > :19:34.in England. In Edinburgh, -4, Kew Gardens -4, Cardiff -2, but Belfast

:19:35. > :19:39.and Plymouth have temperatures a little higher and the reason is we

:19:40. > :19:43.have a weather front to the west, the remnants of yesterday's weather

:19:44. > :19:47.front still producing a fair bit of cloud and the odd spot of rain.

:19:48. > :19:52.Elsewhere, might breezes and a lot of sunshine. So you can see sunshine

:19:53. > :19:57.from the top to the bottom of the land, towards the east of in the in

:19:58. > :20:00.particular there are bits and pieces of cloud floating around. This

:20:01. > :20:04.morning could produce a few showers that will tend to fade after a

:20:05. > :20:06.Pembrokeshire, into south-west England, Northern Ireland and

:20:07. > :20:11.north-west Scotland there is more cloud, so the sunshine will turn has

:20:12. > :20:15.hazier through the west of Scotland in the afternoon, with a weather

:20:16. > :20:19.front in the wings. In Northern Ireland, some bright skies and quite

:20:20. > :20:23.a bit of cloud. In the extreme west, the south-west also. For the rest of

:20:24. > :20:28.England, a fine afternoon, cold, light breezes and lots of sunshine,

:20:29. > :20:32.and as we head down to west Devon and Cornwall, we still have the

:20:33. > :20:37.influence of weather fronts, more cloud and spots of rain. You can see

:20:38. > :20:40.the blue hue on the charts this evening and overnight indicating it

:20:41. > :20:45.is cold enough for some frost. As the cloud comes south some of it

:20:46. > :20:50.will lift but not in the south-east, and here we are looking at fog in

:20:51. > :20:53.East Anglia down to Kent, maybe a little further west and that could

:20:54. > :20:57.prove to be freezing fog. Meanwhile, the weather front will bring rain

:20:58. > :21:00.across Scotland, Northern Ireland, north-west England and also

:21:01. > :21:04.north-west Wales. We picked that up tomorrow as it continues its descent

:21:05. > :21:09.south-eastwards. The fog we have will be slow to lift and some will

:21:10. > :21:14.just lift into low cloud. In the south-east corner it will be quite a

:21:15. > :21:18.cold day ahead, and quite great, and at times it will be dank. Meanwhile

:21:19. > :21:22.the rain is heading southwards, some of it heavy and persistent across

:21:23. > :21:26.parts of Yorkshire and the East Midlands. Behind it some brighter

:21:27. > :21:29.skies, hill fog and a few showers that look at the temperatures come

:21:30. > :21:33.away from the south-east the temperature start to pick up. On

:21:34. > :21:38.Saturday, the rain goes away, behind it dry weather and one or two

:21:39. > :21:42.showers here and there but most of us will miss them all together and

:21:43. > :21:46.we will see some sunshine. The overriding thing is how mild it will

:21:47. > :21:50.feel for this stage in January, and it's a similar story on Sunday in

:21:51. > :21:54.terms of mildness. Lots of dry weather, the little bits of

:21:55. > :21:58.brightness, but look at the temperatures, 9-11, you don't hear

:21:59. > :22:01.that often at this stage in January. So cold and then much warmer, thank

:22:02. > :22:06.you, Carol. We were all paying attention, even

:22:07. > :22:12.Ben on the other side of the room. We absolutely were. What have you

:22:13. > :22:18.got a credit card debt? Yes, I will be talking about debt.

:22:19. > :22:21.We racked up more debt in the run up to Christmas

:22:22. > :22:25.We borrowed ?1.9 billion in November, that's up 10.8%

:22:26. > :22:28.Economists warn the rise reflects a similar boom before

:22:29. > :22:34.Our total debts on credit cards and in loans is now

:22:35. > :22:45.2.7 million new cars hit the roads last year, a record number.

:22:46. > :22:50.A lot of that is because the way we're buying cars is changing.

:22:51. > :22:53.Three quarters of cars were bought using something called

:22:54. > :23:02.a Personal Contract Purchase - or PCP, when you pay a deposit,

:23:03. > :23:05.make monthly payments and at the end of the contract you can either buy

:23:06. > :23:10.But with the rise of car sharing and the likes of Uber,

:23:11. > :23:13.experts are forecasting a 5% fall in car sales this year.

:23:14. > :23:16.And streaming services to watch TV and films has overtaken

:23:17. > :23:23.The market for services like Netflix and Amazon Video

:23:24. > :23:26.is now worth ?1.3 billion - up 23% on last year.

:23:27. > :23:29.It comes as sales of physical discs fell below ?1 billion

:23:30. > :23:35.CD sales were down too - by 13%, blamed on the rise in music

:23:36. > :23:46.Those streaming services are convenient but you don't get the

:23:47. > :23:49.satisfaction of holding the DVD or the video in your hand, VHS,

:23:50. > :24:02.remember that? I do, I still remember them. Do you still have

:24:03. > :24:05.them? I don't still have them. So satisfying to rewind them!

:24:06. > :24:08.Do you eat plenty of fruit, vegetables and beans?

:24:09. > :24:09.If you don't, you might want to start.

:24:10. > :24:11.New research shows that following the Mediterranean diet

:24:12. > :24:15.It found that those who followed the diet had greater brain

:24:16. > :24:17.volume after three years than those who didn't.

:24:18. > :24:19.The study, was carried out by scientists at

:24:20. > :24:21.Let's speak now to the lead researcher, Michelle Luciano.

:24:22. > :24:27.Thank you for joining us. You were specifically looking at an older

:24:28. > :24:31.generation. Tell us what you found. What we did was we measured people's

:24:32. > :24:37.diet when they were 70 years of age and that 73 and at 76 they came into

:24:38. > :24:46.the laboratory to get their brains scanned. And what we then showed was

:24:47. > :24:52.that the Mediterranean diet was protective of brain loss over that

:24:53. > :25:01.three-year interval. Those who adhere to Motou a Mediterranean diet

:25:02. > :25:05.showed less brain loss -- endeared to. You talk about a Mediterranean

:25:06. > :25:10.diet and we have our own point of view of what that means. What sort

:25:11. > :25:14.of things were they eating? A Mediterranean diet is characterised

:25:15. > :25:23.by a high consumption of fruit, vegetables, legumes, cereals, a

:25:24. > :25:28.moderate intake of fish, low to moderate intake of dairy, a high

:25:29. > :25:33.ratio of monounsaturated to saturated fats, mostly obtained

:25:34. > :25:39.through olive oil consumption, and a moderate alcohol intake as well.

:25:40. > :25:44.Could you tell us a little bit about it? You found a difference in brain

:25:45. > :25:50.size, would that have a big impact possibly on people's life chances

:25:51. > :25:53.and how they are able to live? So, the association we found was

:25:54. > :25:58.specifically with brain loss over time, so over that three-year

:25:59. > :26:04.period. And studies have shown, so other studies have shown, that brain

:26:05. > :26:07.loss can be a signal of dementia, for instance, and there is also

:26:08. > :26:14.associations with brain loss and cognitive functions like memory and

:26:15. > :26:17.processing speed. So this could be some kind of link between the

:26:18. > :26:24.protective effects that have already been shown between Mediterranean

:26:25. > :26:30.diet and the onset of dementia, Alzheimer's, disease. As we said,

:26:31. > :26:34.you were looking specifically at older adults. Could it make a

:26:35. > :26:38.difference to young people as well? This is what further research needs

:26:39. > :26:44.to show. So, we focused only on people in their 70s. And we also had

:26:45. > :26:48.one limitation in the study, we don't know how long people had been

:26:49. > :26:52.adhering to the Mediterranean diet, so something for future research

:26:53. > :26:58.would be to monitor whether people have been following this diet all

:26:59. > :27:02.their life, or whether a short-term kind of change to a Mediterranean

:27:03. > :27:10.diet might actually show any protective effects against cognitive

:27:11. > :27:15.function and loss, for instance, during the ageing process. .

:27:16. > :27:22.Michelle Luciano, thank you very much.

:27:23. > :27:24.I say beetroot. Actually, I love beetroot.

:27:25. > :30:45.It is not proven by the way, scientifically! Time to get

:30:46. > :31:15.Young people are being left to face the dangers of bullying

:31:16. > :31:17.That's the warning from the Children's Commissioner for England.

:31:18. > :31:27.Anne Longfield says children - and often their parents -

:31:28. > :31:32.I hear that young people, if they try to get something taken down,

:31:33. > :31:38.half of them say they are satisfied. We know that half of their leisure

:31:39. > :31:43.time in stages is spent online services and new area of their life,

:31:44. > :31:46.it's important to get lessons in school that can help build their

:31:47. > :31:50.resilience, but they get honestly informed through the terms and

:31:51. > :31:52.conditions but then they can have recourse, some independent means to

:31:53. > :31:58.help them A spokesperson for the Department

:31:59. > :32:00.for Education told us there is more to be done

:32:01. > :32:03.and that they will carefully consider the report as part

:32:04. > :32:05.of their ongoing work to make the internet a safer

:32:06. > :32:11.place for children. The appointment of Sir Tim Barrow

:32:12. > :32:13.as the UK's new ambassador to the European Union has been

:32:14. > :32:16.welcomed by almost all He replaces Sir Ivan Rogers,

:32:17. > :32:19.who resigned on Tuesday after complaining of muddle

:32:20. > :32:22.and confusion in the The government says the UK's

:32:23. > :32:26.new ambassador in Brussels is a "seasoned and

:32:27. > :32:30.tough negotiator. Immigrants should be expected

:32:31. > :32:32.to learn English before coming to Britain or attend language

:32:33. > :32:34.classes when they arrive, funding available for more

:32:35. > :32:41.English lessons. But The All Party Parliamentary

:32:42. > :32:43.Group on social integration also wants the Government to consider

:32:44. > :32:45.giving the UK's nations and regions the power to control

:32:46. > :33:00.the number of visas issued. integration is a two-way street,

:33:01. > :33:04.there is a role for people who come here, which is where we say learning

:33:05. > :33:08.English at the end expectation but also there is a lubrication on dust

:33:09. > :33:13.could be nitty, we need to properly fund English language learning

:33:14. > :33:15.classes and employers need to give people the time of the go and learn

:33:16. > :33:17.English. President Barack Obama has

:33:18. > :33:20.urged his fellow Democrats to fight It comes as the incoming Trump

:33:21. > :33:24.administration began the process of repealing

:33:25. > :33:26.The Affordable Care Act. The Republican vice-president-elect,

:33:27. > :33:29.Mike Pence, had promised the process would begin on Donald Trump's first

:33:30. > :33:36.day in office - the 20th of January. People who live near main roads may

:33:37. > :33:38.be at greater risk of dementia, according to a decade-long study

:33:39. > :33:41.by scientists in Canada. The medical causes of the brain

:33:42. > :33:44.disease have yet to be identified but the research suggests air

:33:45. > :33:46.pollution and noisy traffic could be Dr David Reynolds from

:33:47. > :34:03.Alxheimer's Research UK says that What factors about living near a

:34:04. > :34:07.busy road are important for increasing your risk of dementia? Is

:34:08. > :34:13.of the noise caused by the traffic that might affect your sleep, is

:34:14. > :34:16.breathing in air pollution, the gases, the small particulates, we

:34:17. > :34:20.don't know at the moment but what this suggests is we should look at

:34:21. > :34:23.this more closely, to understand what the important factors are and

:34:24. > :34:27.then see if there is something we can do about it.

:34:28. > :34:30.Doubt has been cast on the NHS programme for screening those

:34:31. > :34:35.Researchers at Oxford University say it's unlikely to have much impact.

:34:36. > :34:38.It concluded that inaccurate blood tests would give too many people

:34:39. > :34:39.an incorrect diagnosis, while lifestyle changes

:34:40. > :34:43.The director of the NHS programme said its approach was based

:34:44. > :34:50.The price of petrol and diesel rose to their highest levels for a year

:34:51. > :34:52.and a half in December according to the RAC.

:34:53. > :34:55.Both fuels went up by three pence a litre during the month.

:34:56. > :34:59.It now costs around ?62 to ?80 to fill up a typical family car.

:35:00. > :35:02.The increasing cost of crude oil and further falls in the value

:35:03. > :35:08.of the pound are believed to be behind the trend.

:35:09. > :35:14.A Mediterranean diet can help older adults maintain bigger brains

:35:15. > :35:16.according to researchers at the University of Edinburgh.

:35:17. > :35:18.A study of pensioners in Scotland found that those with a diet

:35:19. > :35:22.rich in fresh fruit, vegetables and olive oil had

:35:23. > :35:23.healthier brains than those with different eating habits.

:35:24. > :35:25.They suffered less brain shrinkage than those who regularly ate

:35:26. > :35:33.Letters written by Princess Diana are due to be auctioned

:35:34. > :35:39.The collection will have approximately 40 lots with estimates

:35:40. > :35:44.Written to a steward at Buckingham Palace,

:35:45. > :35:47.they reveal that a young Prince Harry was routinely

:35:48. > :35:56.A figure of a soldier from the First World War has been

:35:57. > :36:02.It's nearly six metres tall and took a blacksmith three months to make

:36:03. > :36:08.Martin Galbavy (pron: GAL-BAVIE) used items including spanners,

:36:09. > :36:19.brake discs and horse shoes to create the impressive work.

:36:20. > :36:28.When you get a shot from further away, it's really remarkable.

:36:29. > :36:31.Victoria Derbyshire is on at 9 o'clock this morning on BBC2.

:36:32. > :36:36.Let's find out what's coming up today.

:36:37. > :36:40.We have an exclusive report on the men who murdered members of their

:36:41. > :36:45.own families, but what causes them to carry out acts of such

:36:46. > :36:51.unspeakable brutality? Will hear from some of those left behind.

:36:52. > :36:57.Those are the things that I have to live with now. Even though it's been

:36:58. > :36:59.14 years. You still have the bedrooms and the things you have

:37:00. > :37:06.experienced. Join us later. Coming up here on Breakfast

:37:07. > :37:13.this morning... That's the man I chased! You chased

:37:14. > :37:23.someone? Is their CCTV? The pathology drama

:37:24. > :37:24.Silent Witness is back. The show's stars will tell us why

:37:25. > :37:27.murky murders have seen it become the world's

:37:28. > :37:29.longest-running crime drama. Are bans on vans, boats

:37:30. > :37:31.and caravans outside We'll look at the curious covenants

:37:32. > :37:37.imposed on residents. We're live at a school

:37:38. > :37:41.in Liverpool looking at the campaign to inspire the next

:37:42. > :37:57.generation of scientists. Time for the sport. The last time

:37:58. > :38:02.Chelsea fail to win in the Premier League was back on September 24! A

:38:03. > :38:06.strange feeling for the fans and players as they trudged off to a

:38:07. > :38:11.league defeat, again in north London. Tottenham found a way to

:38:12. > :38:15.outfox them. So Chelsea's impressive

:38:16. > :38:17.winning streak, is over, after they were beaten by Spurs 2-0

:38:18. > :38:21.at White Hart Lane last night. After 13 straight victories, Chelsea

:38:22. > :38:23.needed just one more, But two goals from Spurs' Dele Alli

:38:24. > :38:29.ended any hope of that. Chelsea remain five points clear

:38:30. > :38:45.at the top, but the win for Spurs, There was no need to talk before the

:38:46. > :38:47.game, everybody knew how big the game was, not just for the players

:38:48. > :38:51.but other bands as well, you could see that from first whistle, it's

:38:52. > :38:55.always nice to score but more important we got the win today.

:38:56. > :39:03.It's a pity but it's important to know that this can happen, it's

:39:04. > :39:05.important now to restart, it continue to work very hard, to

:39:06. > :39:09.improve everyday. The January transfer window's open

:39:10. > :39:11.of course so expect some comings And West Ham are expected

:39:12. > :39:16.to increase their offer for Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe

:39:17. > :39:21.after having an initial offer Defoe began his career

:39:22. > :39:26.at the Hammers as a 16 year He's scored more than half

:39:27. > :39:31.of all Sunderland's goals in the Premier League this season

:39:32. > :39:34.and appears crucial to their chances Sir Andy Murray has extended his

:39:35. > :39:45.career-best winning streak, to 26 competitive matches,

:39:46. > :39:47.by making it through to the quarter finals,

:39:48. > :39:49.of the Qatar Open, but he was made to work for it against

:39:50. > :39:52.the world number 68 Gerald Melzer. The Austrian took Murray to a tie

:39:53. > :39:55.break in the first set, but the world number one eventually

:39:56. > :39:58.came through 7-6, 7-5. He'll face Spain's

:39:59. > :40:00.Nicolas Almagro next. Meanwhile Johanna Konta,

:40:01. > :40:03.Britain's number one female tennis player,

:40:04. > :40:05.is now just one win away She beat Kristyna Pliskova

:40:06. > :40:08.in the quarter finals of the Shenzhen Open,

:40:09. > :40:13.going through in three sets. Konta is seeded third

:40:14. > :40:23.for the tournament. The England and Leicester centre

:40:24. > :40:25.Manu Tuilagi, has been ruled out of the Six Nations and next summer's

:40:26. > :40:28.Lions tour with a knee injury. It's another blow for the player,

:40:29. > :40:31.who has suffered a string of injuries over the

:40:32. > :40:33.last three seasons. He's appeared just 23 times

:40:34. > :40:35.for Leicester since 2013 - and just once for England,

:40:36. > :40:39.under Eddie Jones. MS Dhoni has stepped down

:40:40. > :40:41.as India's one day captain, ahead of the, O.D.I series

:40:42. > :40:43.against England, which And England's One Day

:40:44. > :40:49.captain Eoin Morgan, will be hoping in that series,

:40:50. > :40:52.to replicate his big hits that he's been managing

:40:53. > :40:54.in the Big Big Bash League in His Sydney Thunder side

:40:55. > :40:58.needed a six off the final ball of the match to win

:40:59. > :41:01.against Melbourne Thunder, and under pressure,

:41:02. > :41:05.he smashed it into the stands. It was Morgan's final

:41:06. > :41:08.appearance in the Big Bash, Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox has

:41:09. > :41:17.defended her decision to take part in the Channel 4

:41:18. > :41:20.programme, The Jump, describing life UK Sport have suspended her

:41:21. > :41:24.funding while she takes part in the programme -

:41:25. > :41:26.in which participants On social media, Cox

:41:27. > :41:31.said her diagnosis, of MS, had changed her outlook on life,

:41:32. > :41:38.so she was going to enjoy skiing. Now we all know, as we get

:41:39. > :41:42.older, keeping fit takes a bit more effort -

:41:43. > :41:44.which makes the achievements of Frenchman, Robert Marchand

:41:45. > :41:48.even more impressive. At the age of 105,

:41:49. > :41:49.he's set a new record for the furthest distance cycled,

:41:50. > :41:53.in one hour, for riders of his age. He managed 22 kilometres

:41:54. > :41:56.in 60 minutes - all down He already held the record

:41:57. > :42:02.for those aged over 100, Afterwards he said he could have

:42:03. > :42:21.done better, and while his legs I just think he is fabulous! Unique.

:42:22. > :42:26.Apparently unlike the firefighting in Paris in the 40s, he is also a

:42:27. > :42:35.lumberjack, for many years, I guess that must be fit! I heard he stopped

:42:36. > :42:39.eating meat and recently? Because he suddenly became upset by the way

:42:40. > :42:44.animals are treated. That's right, for the last two or three years. Do

:42:45. > :42:50.you member last he repeated a 95-year-old sprinter who was sitting

:42:51. > :42:54.all sorts of records? He put it down to building muscle mass, so stopping

:42:55. > :42:58.long distance running, it's all about resistance training. Taken

:42:59. > :43:04.that on board? Maybe when I am 75! You've paid your deposit, sorted

:43:05. > :43:08.out your mortgage and moved in. It's now your home and you can do

:43:09. > :43:13.what you want with it, or can you? Buried in the small print

:43:14. > :43:15.of the title deeds or lease could be a list of things you're not

:43:16. > :43:18.allowed to do. It could include anything

:43:19. > :43:20.from building another property on your land to hanging out

:43:21. > :43:23.the washing or even parking your van These clauses are known

:43:24. > :43:38.as "restrictive covenants." This estate in Colchester, it hasn't

:43:39. > :43:45.even been finished yet but has already made headlines over a van

:43:46. > :43:49.ban. A van driver said he was all set to find his dream home here,

:43:50. > :43:55.until he realised he wouldn't be able to park his work than outside

:43:56. > :43:59.his house because of a restrictive covenant that bars commercial

:44:00. > :44:03.vehicles. Not far from the estate, builders were working on an

:44:04. > :44:07.extension, when a plumbing and heating engineer said he thought the

:44:08. > :44:12.van ban was unfair. I think it's absolutely ridiculous. And

:44:13. > :44:15.discriminating against someone who goes to work and works hard just

:44:16. > :44:23.because they use a band, I think it's outrageous. Not just a's MP is

:44:24. > :44:26.up, property lawyer, he wants an end to restrictive covenants that bar

:44:27. > :44:32.commercial vehicles. There are lots of hard-working people who ride on

:44:33. > :44:35.vans and Houston, often it's the only mode of transport, to say they

:44:36. > :44:37.can build a house but they're not able to buy delivered one because

:44:38. > :44:40.they can't park of another drive, I think is a disgrace and snobbery. In

:44:41. > :44:54.a statement: back at the estate, most residents

:44:55. > :44:59.said they were happy with the van ban but not all. They have purchased

:45:00. > :45:03.a house at these prices, should be allowed to have whatever vehicle

:45:04. > :45:04.they own parked in the driveway. But the only white band we spotted was

:45:05. > :45:21.leaving. He has the money, he has brought the

:45:22. > :45:29.house but can't park is van? It's not entirely unusual.

:45:30. > :45:35.They been going on for years, particularly in post-war housing and

:45:36. > :45:41.development. The key point in the story is, at what point do you get

:45:42. > :45:46.the information? What point do you know how a reason and covenants are?

:45:47. > :45:51.And then you make a judgment as to whether or not you should buy the

:45:52. > :45:56.house. This is a private estate, but that is the reason they are able to

:45:57. > :46:01.put on those restrictions. Exactly. It tends to be classically a

:46:02. > :46:04.new-build development. And that can be different sort of covenants, for

:46:05. > :46:10.example one saying that no livestock could be kept on your property, for

:46:11. > :46:13.obvious reasons. Or saying that you could not convert your garage for a

:46:14. > :46:19.couple of years without the permission of the builders, that you

:46:20. > :46:23.could not run a business with multiple vehicles. That could be

:46:24. > :46:26.various considerations in these covenants, and it is for the greater

:46:27. > :46:33.good. The argument would be that it is for the protection of the broader

:46:34. > :46:36.offering. It provides challenges that people have to deal with. We

:46:37. > :46:41.mentioned hanging the washing out in the lead-in. Is that really a

:46:42. > :46:47.covenant? It is not common, in my experience. There are not many that

:46:48. > :46:51.I know of but these leaseholds or covenants, they can be quite

:46:52. > :46:56.extensive, so the advice would always be to speak to your solicitor

:46:57. > :46:59.and make sure they explain to you in plain English. There is also an

:47:00. > :47:02.argument that point when you put on your reservation, even before the

:47:03. > :47:07.legal process starts, it might be reasonable to say, are there any

:47:08. > :47:11.covenants on this? So that you then do not incur the cost of mortgage

:47:12. > :47:16.application fees, except. What happens if somebody breaks the

:47:17. > :47:20.covenant? Enforceability. Essentially, somebody has the

:47:21. > :47:23.benefit of the covenant, when you enforce it, so typically it would be

:47:24. > :47:26.the developer or a management company. So you hang out your

:47:27. > :47:32.washing, what happens? What would normally happen would be that a

:47:33. > :47:35.neighbour who was affronted by this outrageous hang-out of the washing

:47:36. > :47:40.would then probably contact the management company or the builder

:47:41. > :47:43.and say, we are seeing a clear breach. Then it would be for the

:47:44. > :47:47.people who have the benefit of the covenant to take that issue up. It

:47:48. > :47:55.would normally start off with a letter or a discussion. It can end

:47:56. > :47:57.up in a fine. Thankfully, it really gets to that point. The crucial

:47:58. > :48:02.point is that people understand the advantage of buying a house, and you

:48:03. > :48:06.need to know what you're dealing with. Hopefully that will restrict

:48:07. > :48:10.the amount of problems. You can only assure them that the house-builders,

:48:11. > :48:14.the recently put the covenants in, is mostly because most people want

:48:15. > :48:18.them. If people did not want them, they would not be there. That's my

:48:19. > :48:22.view. There is a market force. If the covenants are unreasonable and

:48:23. > :48:26.people do not want them, and the houses do not sell, that would make

:48:27. > :48:29.the builders change their policy. Ultimately, if the covenants are

:48:30. > :48:34.there, and people are buying them with those covenants, the market is

:48:35. > :48:37.proving it. There are practical considerations. On modern

:48:38. > :48:41.developments where the tends to be more houses on small pieces of land,

:48:42. > :48:45.compared to 20 years ago, some of these developments have reduced

:48:46. > :48:51.payments, or no payments at all. If you have big commercial vehicles,

:48:52. > :48:55.and reduced size pavements, what about a wheelchair getting by, what

:48:56. > :48:58.about Abraham? So there is probably a business aspect but there is

:48:59. > :49:04.probably a practical aspect as well. And what about all the homes? --

:49:05. > :49:11.older homes. These covenants can apply to any property. Typically,

:49:12. > :49:15.they are more commonly found among new developments, and more commonly

:49:16. > :49:21.enforced. Particularly those built in the last five or ten years. If I

:49:22. > :49:27.am selling my house, can I put a covenant on its? The answer is that

:49:28. > :49:31.you can but you would have to make sure when you were selling it that a

:49:32. > :49:35.mortgage company, if the buyer had a mortgage, they would want to review

:49:36. > :49:41.it and see if it was reasonable. It might well be seen as reasonable.

:49:42. > :49:45.But if it is unreasonable... If I had a beautiful tree that I had

:49:46. > :49:48.loved in the garden, could I put a covenant on it saying that whoever

:49:49. > :49:55.buys the house, they could not cut it down? It would need to be

:49:56. > :49:59.carefully drafted but there are tree preservation orders, for example, so

:50:00. > :50:02.very often the local authority will put a covenant on saying that

:50:03. > :50:06.essentially you cannot remove the tree without speaking to us. These

:50:07. > :50:12.things exist. You can see all sorts of covenants that they try to put

:50:13. > :50:15.in. Whether or not they end up being enforced is a different issue but

:50:16. > :50:19.always check and see what they are. Anything can happen and it is

:50:20. > :50:24.important that you know what you were buying. Very interesting.

:50:25. > :50:28.Robert, thank you very much. Do you have a favourite treat?

:50:29. > :50:36.I love all trees. I can't bear it when people chop down trees.

:50:37. > :50:39.I am not sure quite how to describe that behind you, Carol? Good

:50:40. > :50:45.morning. It is frosted Middlesbrough.

:50:46. > :50:50.-- frost in Middlesbrough. A frosty start but a lot of sunshine. And we

:50:51. > :50:55.have another beautiful sunrise in Powys. Still frosty. The forecast

:50:56. > :51:00.for most of the UK today is a frosty start, with cold, winter sunshine

:51:01. > :51:03.and light breezes. As always, there are nuances in the forecast and

:51:04. > :51:09.there is one in the shape of a weather front towards the West. The

:51:10. > :51:13.remnants of yesterday's. Today, a bit more cloud and the odd splash of

:51:14. > :51:17.rain. At times, we will see a little bit more cloud to the east on. And

:51:18. > :51:21.it will be thick enough for the odd shower. Most of us will not see it,

:51:22. > :51:26.we will miss the showers and it will remain dry. Through the day, in the

:51:27. > :51:30.Northwest the cloud will thicken, so sunshine will turn a little bit hazy

:51:31. > :51:35.in nature. Away from that, the rest of Scotland will be cold and sunny.

:51:36. > :51:38.For Northern Ireland, you are under the influence of a weather front at

:51:39. > :51:45.the moment. If you have a little bit of cloud and sunshine, but for the

:51:46. > :51:50.Bank of England, it will be cold, with breezes, and sunny. The

:51:51. > :51:58.exception being Pembrokeshire, West Devon and Cornwall. Through the

:51:59. > :52:03.evening and overnight, blue indicates it is going to be cold and

:52:04. > :52:06.frosty. The cloud will move south, lifting some of that, but it will

:52:07. > :52:09.remain in the south with temperatures in London down two

:52:10. > :52:13.minus one. There will also be freezing fog patches forming in East

:52:14. > :52:17.Anglia and the south-east, possibly further west. Meanwhile, a weather

:52:18. > :52:19.front coming across Scotland and Northern Ireland will take

:52:20. > :52:22.strengthening wind and rain further south by the end of the night into

:52:23. > :52:27.north-west England and also north-west Wales. Tomorrow, that

:52:28. > :52:32.will continue its descent southwards. Starting off with a fog

:52:33. > :52:37.in the south. That will slowly lift tomorrow. A lot of low cloud. In the

:52:38. > :52:43.south-east it is going to be quite a cold day and cloudy. Dank at times.

:52:44. > :52:47.Meanwhile, here comes the rain. Some of that heavy, some of it

:52:48. > :52:50.persistent, especially across parts of Yorkshire and the East Midlands.

:52:51. > :52:56.Behind it, some brighter skies and hill fog. The overriding thing away

:52:57. > :53:00.from the south-east is how mild it is going to feel, especially in

:53:01. > :53:05.comparison to today. Some of us will have a 7 degrees hike in temperature

:53:06. > :53:09.tomorrow. Lots of dry weather around then we will lose the rain early on.

:53:10. > :53:14.Some showers but they will be the exception rather than the rule.

:53:15. > :53:19.Still mild on Sunday, and for most of the UK it is going to be a dry

:53:20. > :53:23.day. Cloudy with spots of rain. Later in the day, we will see some

:53:24. > :53:26.more rain coming in and across the North West. After this call

:53:27. > :53:31.day-to-day, things warming up a touch. It does not mean that it will

:53:32. > :53:36.be sparkling blue skies. What a shame. I like sparkling blue

:53:37. > :53:40.skies! We have got them today but after today, no.

:53:41. > :53:42.The latest driverless car, headphones that can translate

:53:43. > :53:45.languages instantly and the latest smart gadgets for the home.

:53:46. > :53:48.These are just some of the things we can expect from this year's

:53:49. > :53:51.International Consumer Electronics Show.

:53:52. > :53:57.One of my favourites is a pillow that can stop you snoring. Or can

:53:58. > :54:02.it? Who knows? Are you volunteering to try it out?

:54:03. > :54:08.Are you saying that highs no? I don't know, do I?! -- are you saying

:54:09. > :54:10.that I snore. Earlier we spoke

:54:11. > :54:11.to our Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones who is in Las Vegas

:54:12. > :54:17.ahead of one of the biggest events All the gadgets we are seeing this

:54:18. > :54:23.year, they are talking about artificial intelligence, which was

:54:24. > :54:26.the radical, researched in the laboratories, is coming out of

:54:27. > :54:29.laboratories and into products, making everything smarter, from your

:54:30. > :54:33.car to all sorts of products around the home. That is the message from

:54:34. > :54:40.here this year. All of your devices from now on will be smart. In a

:54:41. > :54:43.penthouse suite at a ritzy Las Vegas hotel, Smart home exhibits are on

:54:44. > :54:52.show. There is a smart speaker for children where each toy is a

:54:53. > :55:03.playlist. A voice activated door lock. And upstairs, there is even a

:55:04. > :55:07.smart snoring solution. This little device is paired with a pad under

:55:08. > :55:13.the pillow, which detects if I'm snoring and moves just enough to

:55:14. > :55:16.stop me without waking me up. The big theme this year is turning the

:55:17. > :55:22.advances in artificial intelligence into products. There are robots, of

:55:23. > :55:25.course. This one is meant to be a shop assistant. This one is designed

:55:26. > :55:30.as a companion for children or elderly people. AI seems to get

:55:31. > :55:36.everywhere, even into this toothbrush. Artificial intelligence

:55:37. > :55:42.is not just gathering data, it is being able to use the data. So then

:55:43. > :55:46.you learn where your strengths and weaknesses are and the purpose is to

:55:47. > :55:51.become better at taking care of oral health. This walking stick is also

:55:52. > :55:55.smarter than it looks. An in-built mobile phones that means it can help

:55:56. > :55:59.if there is an accident. It will detect the fall of its user and then

:56:00. > :56:06.when it detects it, it will alert the family or neighbours. So they

:56:07. > :56:14.can come and help people. And this clever mirror helps anyone to try

:56:15. > :56:19.and make up. Out on the Las Vegas strip, Danny, young entrepreneur

:56:20. > :56:23.from Manchester, has just flown in. Welcome to Las Vegas. His instant

:56:24. > :56:29.translation headphones are not quite ready. They will eventually be tiny

:56:30. > :56:32.earbuds but he is looking forward to the event. It is important to

:56:33. > :56:36.showcase what we have been working on. To the whole public, to the

:56:37. > :56:40.whole world, to let you know that this is something that we started

:56:41. > :56:47.years ago, as a small start-up, and with dedication and passion, we can

:56:48. > :56:50.make something. The odds are against Danny, a one-man bands taking on the

:56:51. > :56:54.giants like Apple and Google. But like plenty of people here this

:56:55. > :56:58.week, is betting that he has the product to change the world. Dan is

:56:59. > :57:02.a rare breed because he is one of the few British companies exhibiting

:57:03. > :57:05.here. He has come under his own steam and it has cost them a lot of

:57:06. > :57:10.money. He has not had any government help. There's been some controversy

:57:11. > :57:22.about how few British firms are here, compared to other countries.

:57:23. > :57:25.There are a lot of French companies, all sorts of French government

:57:26. > :57:27.institutions supporting their companies. There are 1300 Chinese

:57:28. > :57:29.firms. But the British government says it does support people coming

:57:30. > :57:32.to this show. It gives them moral support, at least. But the question

:57:33. > :57:36.is, should more money had been spent making the British voice heard

:57:37. > :57:39.louder? Rory mentioning the fact that surprisingly few British

:57:40. > :57:45.companies are involved in gadgets and signs.

:57:46. > :57:46.That might explain our next order. -- our next story.

:57:47. > :57:48.Britain is short of budding young scientists.

:57:49. > :57:51.Only 15 per cent of 9 to eleven year olds are considering the subject

:57:52. > :57:55.Today, the BBC is launching a two-year campaign to inspire

:57:56. > :57:57.a million children to get involved in science.

:57:58. > :57:59.The results will be published in academic journals.

:58:00. > :58:01.Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin has been getting some expert help

:58:02. > :58:15.This is Liz Bonnin and this is a primary school in Hackney.

:58:16. > :58:17.She's here to launch the BBC's Terrific

:58:18. > :58:18.Scientific programme to help

:58:19. > :58:27.A super exciting experiment to try to save a dinosaur

:58:28. > :58:37.We know that children love science up to a certain age and then

:58:38. > :58:42.This campaign is about looking to really pinpoint what the reasons

:58:43. > :58:51.might be for that and to try and change that trend.

:58:52. > :58:53.Here, they are clearly into the subject.

:58:54. > :59:04.Almost 40% of primary schools spend less than an hour a week on science

:59:05. > :59:07.and only 15% of nine to 11-year-olds want to be a scientist.

:59:08. > :59:09.With 40,000 science and technology jobs left vacant each year,

:59:10. > :59:17.Why are so many people afraid of science?

:59:18. > :59:22.We can see how much fun the children are having.

:59:23. > :59:27.We can see how easy it is. These are resources that are lying around the

:59:28. > :59:31.house. Cornflour, buckets. The short answer to your

:59:32. > :59:33.question, I have no idea. She says science has

:59:34. > :59:41.an image problem. For some strange reason,

:59:42. > :59:44.science still has a lot You've got to be brainy

:59:45. > :59:47.to like science, or you've got to work in a lab,

:59:48. > :59:50.be an older gentleman with glasses And that couldn't be

:59:51. > :59:55.further from the truth. So, today she's kicking off the two

:59:56. > :59:58.year Terrific Scientific campaign, which will involve more

:59:59. > :00:02.than 1 million children and 40,000 teachers,

:00:03. > :00:06.bringing real experiments into real schools to gather real

:00:07. > :00:10.scientifically significant results, Adventurers, creators, dreamers,

:00:11. > :00:22.innovators, climbing mountains, exploring the depths of our oceans

:00:23. > :00:24.and everything in between. For me it is clear how

:00:25. > :00:49.exciting and fun science is. Good morning, children! Hands up who

:00:50. > :00:56.lost science! Lets see science in action. Tommy what's happening. The

:00:57. > :01:04.Ballouchy blow up with this baking soda. It makes the gas go into it so

:01:05. > :01:10.it makes the balloon rise up. You can tell us the importance of this

:01:11. > :01:19.experiment. It demonstrates... Chemical change! What do you want to

:01:20. > :01:28.be when you grow up? Policeman. Go in the Army. A footballer. This is a

:01:29. > :01:33.common one in Liverpool! The vast majority of children don't have any

:01:34. > :01:42.interest in a career in science. Not so these two, what do you want to

:01:43. > :01:46.be? Without the make potions. I believe there was an incident once

:01:47. > :01:53.in the classroom. She was not that happy about it. No one was injured!

:01:54. > :01:59.That's all you need to know. The point of this is to engage kids have

:02:00. > :02:04.signed so that you think about having a career as you did, in

:02:05. > :02:08.science, before you came to teaching. I was an engineering

:02:09. > :02:15.geologist, I not signed as a child and that I would like to instil in

:02:16. > :02:22.these children. So they enjoy science. Less than 10% of teachers

:02:23. > :02:25.have any scientific -based qualifications. How much time do you

:02:26. > :02:29.spend on science and would you like to spend more? At least an hour, we

:02:30. > :02:32.would like to spend more time but there are constraints with other

:02:33. > :02:38.subjects in the curriculum, maths and English, they are the priority.

:02:39. > :02:46.That's how you will be measured. Thanks for your time. Come over

:02:47. > :02:49.here, let me get across to the head teacher, Miss Gough. You know what

:02:50. > :02:58.she wanted to be when she was growing up? Mermaid! Your parents

:02:59. > :03:05.and children here. When I say science, what do you think?

:03:06. > :03:09.Intelligent people, not for me. It's a bit intimidating. It shouldn't be

:03:10. > :03:14.the case. This campaign is about instilling enthusiasm for science in

:03:15. > :03:19.parents and teachers as well as children. You understand this? I

:03:20. > :03:22.have five children, I have a science background but they think it's

:03:23. > :03:26.boring. One of my sons came home and said we did a really cool thing in

:03:27. > :03:36.school today, I said, that was science! They don't get that the fun

:03:37. > :03:38.stuff is science. Terrific Scientific is about showing that

:03:39. > :03:43.science is important, it's about real experiments which will be

:03:44. > :03:48.published, it's all very exciting. More details coming up.

:03:49. > :03:50.That was Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin reporting.

:03:51. > :03:52.And if your school wants to get involved you can

:03:53. > :04:02.register at this website - bbc.co.uk/terrificscientific.

:04:03. > :04:05.In a moment we'll be speaking to the stars of 'Silent Witness'

:04:06. > :04:11.First a last, brief look at the headlines where

:04:12. > :06:23.Silent witness has become the world largest crime drama on TV. We will

:06:24. > :06:30.speak now to our guests from the programme. It's just lovely to have

:06:31. > :06:37.it back, it's one of my favourites. You are aggressively new character.

:06:38. > :06:42.It's been five years now, and four for Richard! Are there any

:06:43. > :06:52.characters that have sustained all the way through, there aren't, they?

:06:53. > :06:56.There are one or two behind the scenes, Amanda Burton, but one of

:06:57. > :07:05.the programme is macro strengths is its continuity. Continuity, and

:07:06. > :07:10.production as well? So important to get that right. People treat away

:07:11. > :07:13.and say you haven't got this right, that right, but there is a lot of

:07:14. > :07:18.attention to detail, forensics attention to detail, we get a lot of

:07:19. > :07:22.advice, it's not a documentary but we pride ourselves on making sure

:07:23. > :07:28.it's accurate. I am aware that you are both playing roles. So you're

:07:29. > :07:34.not in fact pathologists! But knowing what you know now, as it

:07:35. > :07:40.made you more... Do you look at things differently but Mac more

:07:41. > :07:45.frantically aware. -- forensically aware. The storylines take incidents

:07:46. > :07:50.that could have happened in real life, a murder, discovery of a body,

:07:51. > :07:55.it's amazing how much forensic technology has changed, even in the

:07:56. > :08:00.five years I've been doing the show. And it's our 20th anniversary this

:08:01. > :08:04.year, it's amazing to have lasted so long. That's because it has

:08:05. > :08:08.responded well each year to the frantic changes that have happened

:08:09. > :08:16.in science. But have a quick look at the next episode. I found a cycling

:08:17. > :08:19.app on the laptop, it uploaded automatically and tells me she

:08:20. > :08:27.cycled 3.75 miles only she vanished. When was it activated? 9.10. She

:08:28. > :08:33.triggered the programme as she left her house? The traffic cam will

:08:34. > :08:37.check for the moment she went missing. No sightings? Five

:08:38. > :09:00.surrounding lanes and at the road. We have got something. 3.75 miles

:09:01. > :09:05.from her house. They've always got something, haven't they? Tell us a

:09:06. > :09:10.little bit about Clarissa, she has a fantastically dry sense of humour.

:09:11. > :09:13.She has it's a joy to play. I remember reading the script and the

:09:14. > :09:17.audition and it was just like, I know how to do this! That's because

:09:18. > :09:23.I am deeply dark and sarcastic myself! There is no mystery there.

:09:24. > :09:28.But to bring that kind of humour into such a dark series, and a

:09:29. > :09:33.serious topic, it's really important. We do have a darkness and

:09:34. > :09:37.we have to have lightness and Clarissa helps to bring that up.

:09:38. > :09:41.Andrew taunts the other characters, I think that's good, that's what we

:09:42. > :09:47.like as real people and what we're trying portray. You were talking but

:09:48. > :09:51.the technology, the site is always fascinating, but the programme works

:09:52. > :09:57.because of the dynamics between the characters -- the science is always

:09:58. > :10:00.fascinating. It's an amazing job, we work every year from April through

:10:01. > :10:06.to November, filming. The stuff you have just seen now, I hadn't

:10:07. > :10:10.actually seen the scenes before. It's a thrilling time of year for

:10:11. > :10:16.us, you see about stuff you have read on the page comes alive on the

:10:17. > :10:21.screen, particularly the racial chips between the central

:10:22. > :10:26.characters, and the visiting people, you always have an understanding

:10:27. > :10:29.about something and how it's good to look that you have no idea how it

:10:30. > :10:35.relates really look to you see it on screen. He mentioned the script,

:10:36. > :10:38.when you have technical stuff, which you do, it is hard to grasp

:10:39. > :10:45.sometimes, the science and technology? Yes, very. We have a

:10:46. > :10:49.forensics pathologist, Liz has a lot of technical stuff, I have

:10:50. > :10:51.postmortem stuff to do, and we pester them continually because I

:10:52. > :10:59.refuse to say anything on screen that I don't understand. As I think

:11:00. > :11:08.you can tell. Do you have the same principle as Mac on no, no. He is a

:11:09. > :11:15.professional and I try to win it. Thank goodness for Google! As well

:11:16. > :11:19.as forensic experts. The other thing I love about it, I followed avidly

:11:20. > :11:23.for so many years, it is the love interests, and I understand that for

:11:24. > :11:32.your character there might be one this time? Yes, we finally get to

:11:33. > :11:37.meet my husband, played by Daniel Wayman, we will emerge for 12 years,

:11:38. > :11:43.as Max and Clarissa, you get to see a different side of her from seeing

:11:44. > :11:46.her in a relationship, we felt 20 years, we've seen everybody else in

:11:47. > :11:51.a relationship, let's see Clarissa, who she's behind the scenes. A lot

:11:52. > :11:55.of people think she just lives in that centre and never comes out but

:11:56. > :12:01.she has got a private life. Is that important for you as well to play

:12:02. > :12:05.that? Absolutely, I love different six and crime stuff but it was great

:12:06. > :12:09.to see more. We all want that from our characters. It's important,

:12:10. > :12:13.growing up I never saw the kind of thing that we're going to be showing

:12:14. > :12:20.in the episodes on the 23rd and 24th of January, I never saw a disabled

:12:21. > :12:24.character in a stable relationship, how exciting to be playing something

:12:25. > :12:28.I never saw. I am an actor first but be changing things as well and

:12:29. > :12:34.pushing the envelope, I guess, that's really important to me. When

:12:35. > :12:38.I think of a TV pathologist I go right back to Quincy. Was he a

:12:39. > :12:43.coroner or a pathologist? He was a coroner. But essentially he was

:12:44. > :12:48.doing the same welcome every week he would get quite angry and find the

:12:49. > :12:54.crucial bit of evidence. They always seem to be characters. The people

:12:55. > :13:01.that are very exposed to some of life's more gruesome and darker side

:13:02. > :13:06.so I suppose that's a tradition. You are inspiring as an actor but also,

:13:07. > :13:09.people are inspired by this programme, we have been talking

:13:10. > :13:15.today about not taking up science, can you see that in the reaction it

:13:16. > :13:20.gets? Absolutely. I have just started on Twitter and people are

:13:21. > :13:22.going, chronological mats sociologically or forensics, people

:13:23. > :13:28.are really interested in it and that's great. We need to get more

:13:29. > :13:34.people into science. Were either of you any good at it at school? I

:13:35. > :13:44.failed my physics on level, there is no way I could be a forensics

:13:45. > :13:49.pathologist! Alongside the science, talking about her character

:13:50. > :13:53.developing, the great gift for an act of being in a long-running

:13:54. > :13:58.series, that comes back, is that you have time over that period to

:13:59. > :14:04.explore, our characters have related in a different way. A lot of people

:14:05. > :14:09.are very pleased to see it back. The new episode is on Monday night at

:14:10. > :14:11.nine p.m.. A couple have been out already and you can watch them on

:14:12. > :14:15.the iPlayer. That's it from us. We asked you who has left you

:14:16. > :14:19.feeling ripped off and you came back with a catalogue

:14:20. > :14:23.of travel disasters.