12/01/2017

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

:00:00. > :00:20.A stand-off between Donald Trump and the intelligence services of his

:00:21. > :00:24.private life. I think it was disgraceful that the intelligence

:00:25. > :00:26.agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so full of

:00:27. > :00:33.fake out. Now the head of intelligence

:00:34. > :00:36.services in America hits back, saying they weren't involved in any

:00:37. > :00:50.leaks about the President-elect. Good morning, it's

:00:51. > :00:51.Thursday, 12th January. Ben's in London on an important day

:00:52. > :01:06.for some of our biggest shops. We have a raft of retail results

:01:07. > :01:09.today and we will find out how some of the biggest names fared over

:01:10. > :01:10.Christmas. Are voters willing to pay more taxes

:01:11. > :01:14.to boost spending on the NHS? A survey suggests nearly

:01:15. > :01:16.a half of them are. Plans for a billion pound project

:01:17. > :01:23.to use the tides in Swansea Bay to generate electricity are backed

:01:24. > :01:28.by a senior government advisor. In sport: Southampton lead Liverpool

:01:29. > :01:31.in their League Cup semi-final. Nathan Redmond gave the Saints a 1-0

:01:32. > :01:47.win in the first leg. There is snow in the forecast today,

:01:48. > :01:51.wintry showers and windy conditions for the north in particular, and

:01:52. > :01:54.also parts of the west. In the south we have rain initially with hill

:01:55. > :01:56.snow but later in the day some of that will readily turn to sleet and

:01:57. > :01:58.snow even at lower levels. I'll have more details

:01:59. > :02:02.in 15 minutes. The US Director of National

:02:03. > :02:06.Intelligence has rejected suggestions made by Donald Trump

:02:07. > :02:09.that official agencies leaked claims Russia had compromising

:02:10. > :02:11.material on him. In a statement, James Clapper said

:02:12. > :02:14.he had called the President-elect to say the leak had not come

:02:15. > :02:17.from the intelligence services. Our Washington reporter

:02:18. > :02:33.Laura Bicker has the story. Donald Trump is not a huge fan of

:02:34. > :02:36.the press corps but he had a message to send to the media and US

:02:37. > :02:44.intelligence agencies. He believes the leak of substantiated

:02:45. > :02:49.allegations that the election colluded with Russia. It is all

:02:50. > :02:52.fake, it didn't happen. There are also claims Russian spies have

:02:53. > :02:56.compiled material to blackmail Mr Trump including salacious of his

:02:57. > :03:04.private life. Does anyone really believe that story? I am also very

:03:05. > :03:11.much of a germaphobe, believe me. The BBC understands the Russian

:03:12. > :03:15.memos on Mr Trump were compiled by a former member of MI6, Christopher

:03:16. > :03:17.Steele. The director of national intelligence James Clabo has called

:03:18. > :03:22.the President-elect. He said the leak did not come from within US

:03:23. > :03:27.intelligence. And they have not made any judgement that the information

:03:28. > :03:30.is reliable. As Donald Trump moved the media towards his business

:03:31. > :03:36.dealings he confirmed he was handing total control of his empire to his

:03:37. > :03:41.sons. These papers are some of the many documents I have signed turning

:03:42. > :03:45.over complete and total control to my sons. That too is proving

:03:46. > :03:51.troublesome. The ethics committee has now set his plan doesn't meet

:03:52. > :03:54.past presidential standard. This performance was a typically

:03:55. > :04:01.eccentric and bombastic piece of political theatre which his

:04:02. > :04:03.supporters will love. But it did little to counter the soil of

:04:04. > :04:07.controversies which surround this President-elect.

:04:08. > :04:10.We'll be getting the view of a Republican commentator

:04:11. > :04:12.in Washington in around 20 minutes' time.

:04:13. > :04:16.Some of the biggest names on the high street are set to reveal

:04:17. > :04:18.how they performed over the Christmas period.

:04:19. > :04:21.Ben's at the London Stock Exchange to find out what this will mean

:04:22. > :04:30.Welcome to the London stock exchange. It will be really busy

:04:31. > :04:34.morning here a seven o'clock with a raft of retail results coming in and

:04:35. > :04:37.we will find out how some of the high-street names went over the

:04:38. > :04:41.Christmas period. We will have numbers and updates from Tesco,

:04:42. > :04:49.Marks Spencer, John Lewis, Waitrose, Asos, companies telling us

:04:50. > :04:54.how Christmas was for them, and we have had an indication from some

:04:55. > :04:59.retailers, with Morrison is this week, yesterday Sainsbury's, and it

:05:00. > :05:04.is a familiar story with the findings that shop sales haven't

:05:05. > :05:09.done so well and online has done well. Food sales, this year has been

:05:10. > :05:12.a Christmas of food sales, not things like clothing with

:05:13. > :05:16.suggestions we all went and decided that this year we were going to have

:05:17. > :05:20.a good Christmas as far as food was concerned but maybe we were shopping

:05:21. > :05:24.around elsewhere when it came to things like clothing. And while I am

:05:25. > :05:34.here, we should point out yesterday the London market, the FTSE 100, the

:05:35. > :05:39.100 leading firms, that hit a record high, 7290 was the index, that is

:05:40. > :05:44.the 10th day of rises for the London market, so some suggestions it is

:05:45. > :05:46.because the pound is so weak, but nonetheless business is feeling

:05:47. > :05:50.quite confident at the moment. We will find out how the high-street

:05:51. > :05:53.names have gone from seven o'clock this morning. I will have all of the

:05:54. > :05:56.details for you then. Doctors believe they are closer

:05:57. > :05:59.to understanding why chronic stress increases the risk of heart

:06:00. > :06:01.disease and strokes. Their findings, published

:06:02. > :06:03.in The Lancet, suggest that increased activity in the part

:06:04. > :06:07.of the brain which responds to fear and anger prompts the production

:06:08. > :06:09.of extra white blood cells. This can make the formation

:06:10. > :06:12.of blockages in the arteries more Volkswagen has pleaded

:06:13. > :06:17.guilty to criminal charges in the United States

:06:18. > :06:20.for using illegal software to cheat emissions tests for

:06:21. > :06:28.its diesel vehicles. Its been ordered to pay

:06:29. > :06:31.fines of more than ?3.5 billion, the largest penalty ever

:06:32. > :06:34.levied by the US government It's been dubbed the Dieselgate,

:06:35. > :06:39.the world's second biggest carmaker reading environmental tests boardies

:06:40. > :06:41.diesel emissions and now Volkswagen will play a heavy price for what US

:06:42. > :06:44.authorities have described The final ?3.5 billion

:06:45. > :07:02.is the biggest ever levied by the US VW has already agreed a ?12.3

:07:03. > :07:07.billion civil settlement with car owners

:07:08. > :07:08.and environmental authorities and worldwide, 11 million vehicles

:07:09. > :07:12.are involved in this scandal. The US Attorney General said VW lied

:07:13. > :07:17.to cover up its actions. Hundreds of thousands of cars that

:07:18. > :07:21.Volkswagen sold in the United States were pumping illegal

:07:22. > :07:23.levels of nitrogen oxides Up to 40 times more than the amounts

:07:24. > :07:28.permitted under federal law. Now, what's more, these vehicles

:07:29. > :07:31.were equipped with software that masked the true amount

:07:32. > :07:38.of the pollutants the cars released. And it looks as though the US

:07:39. > :07:42.regulators are far from finished. Six executives have been formally

:07:43. > :07:49.charged with conspiracy. Volkswagen says it deeply regrets

:07:50. > :07:52.the behaviour that led to this scandal, but there's

:07:53. > :07:55.still a turbulent road ahead as the company faces potentially

:07:56. > :07:57.damaging lawsuits in Europe. Plans for the UK's first

:07:58. > :08:03.hydro-electric tidal lagoon will take a significant

:08:04. > :08:05.step forward today. A report from the former

:08:06. > :08:07.energy minister Charles Hendy concludes that the technology can

:08:08. > :08:10.deliver a secure supply of clean energy, with Swansea Bay the front

:08:11. > :08:31.runner for the one-point-three Will this be the UK's's latest

:08:32. > :08:38.source of low carbon energy? That hides are some of the highest in the

:08:39. > :08:43.world. Why not build a seawall to capture the outgoing tide? That is

:08:44. > :08:47.the plan from a private firm. They will use hydroelectric turbines to

:08:48. > :08:53.generate power as the water flushes through gaps in the seawall. The

:08:54. > :08:58.cost was thought too high to bear. A review says it will need subsidy. It

:08:59. > :09:04.is not as dear as it looks. If you look at the cost spread over the

:09:05. > :09:09.lifetime, 120 years, it comes out at 30p per household for the next 30

:09:10. > :09:13.years. That is less than a pint of milk. That is where we can start a

:09:14. > :09:17.new industry at an affordable cost to consumers. Supporters hope we

:09:18. > :09:25.will see lagoons dotted around the close, that will bring down the

:09:26. > :09:29.cost, they say. But anglers fear the impact on wildlife and they want to

:09:30. > :09:33.agree terms for just one of them and then wait and see.

:09:34. > :09:36.We know they can walk like you but scientists believe that

:09:37. > :09:38.monkeys might also be able to talk like you.

:09:39. > :09:41.The results of a study into the grunts baboons make has

:09:42. > :09:44.found they create five sounds similar to the vowels we use

:09:45. > :09:49.It had been thought baboons did not have the larynx needed

:09:50. > :09:53.The research suggests language might have begun to evolve earlier

:09:54. > :10:14.What we need is the noises to make judgement. I know some teenagers who

:10:15. > :10:18.grunt like that owns. And also my friend Alan, if he could talk like

:10:19. > :10:21.one, he wouldn't have to punch it when it invaded his tent -- like

:10:22. > :10:27.baboons. Remember the story? How can I forget it? Every time I hear it,

:10:28. > :10:38.it sounds less plausible. Wake up and find a baboon in your tent, just

:10:39. > :10:46.grunt. Don't mention baboons. You have mentioned the baboons again!

:10:47. > :10:53.Well, the Saints had many of punches, just the one goal to take a

:10:54. > :10:54.liveable. They do have the edge towards Wembley.

:10:55. > :10:57.Southampton have the advantage after the first leg of their EFL Cup

:10:58. > :11:01.Nathan Redmond's goal was the difference as the Saints won

:11:02. > :11:05.The sides will meet again at Anfield in a fortnight's time.

:11:06. > :11:07.England women's record goal-scorer Kelly Smith has

:11:08. > :11:14.announced her retirement from football.

:11:15. > :11:24.The 38-year-old scored 46 goals in 117 appearances for her country.

:11:25. > :11:28.Laura Robson says she felt "sluggish and flat" as she lost in straight

:11:29. > :11:31.sets in the first round of qualifying at the Australian Open.

:11:32. > :11:34.Robson was beaten by Amandine Hesse of France, and has now lost seven

:11:35. > :11:38.Sam Warburton's six-year spell as Wales rugby union captain

:11:39. > :11:54.The Ospreys lock Alun Wyn Jones is set to be named as his successor

:11:55. > :11:57.when interim coach Rob Howley announces his Six Nations squad.

:11:58. > :12:02.What have you got first? We'll have a quick look. The press conference

:12:03. > :12:08.yesterday dominating the front pages this morning. Extraordinary scenes.

:12:09. > :12:12.It might be something to get used to, the style of Donald Trump just

:12:13. > :12:18.nine days before he becomes president. Talking about these

:12:19. > :12:22.allegations. A former British spy has been named as the man who worked

:12:23. > :12:28.on this dossier which has caused all of the row over these allegations on

:12:29. > :12:33.Donald Trump. We will talk about that throughout the program. And

:12:34. > :12:39.something else that has been in the news on what is the NHS crisis and

:12:40. > :12:45.the fact that there is a rift between the head of the NHS and

:12:46. > :12:49.Theresa May, who was accused of stretching the truth over the

:12:50. > :12:54.funding. We will discuss it later. On the Sun, following the trial of

:12:55. > :13:03.Rolf Harris, which is ongoing. The Daily Mirror, talking about the

:13:04. > :13:07.Trump Chris -- press conference. Some of the quotes, you can see, you

:13:08. > :13:13.are acting like Nazis, that was one of the quotes. He was talking about

:13:14. > :13:19.his own intelligence services. We have a response at this morning from

:13:20. > :13:23.the US intelligence services to the allegation from Donald Trump that

:13:24. > :13:28.they might have leaked some of those stories. Shall we look inside at

:13:29. > :13:35.this picture? This is how a rhinoceros was moved over a lake. I

:13:36. > :13:39.was looking at this, because it looks really dangerous, but

:13:40. > :13:45.apparently it is the best way to get the rhino across. He is blindfolded,

:13:46. > :13:52.obviously, so he can't see how high he is. These were taken in South

:13:53. > :13:56.Africa's Eastern Cape. Upside down. He was taken by a guy from Devon who

:13:57. > :14:02.was on holiday. Imagine if you saw that on holiday! Not very dignified.

:14:03. > :14:08.It is supposed to be the safest way. Looks like bungee jumping. I would

:14:09. > :14:15.feel sick if it was me. To be hung upside down from your legs. If you

:14:16. > :14:18.are blindfolded, it is worse. Managers often send instructions on

:14:19. > :14:22.the pitch when things are not going well. Jurgen Klopp sent an essay on

:14:23. > :14:27.with Daniel Sturridge. There is a piece of paper with lots of writing.

:14:28. > :14:31.After he said it was a change in formation. Daniel Sturridge was

:14:32. > :14:35.handing it around, showing the players instructions. It didn't

:14:36. > :14:40.really work. Maybe he was better off grunting. We are always fascinated

:14:41. > :14:45.by that, we see that in tennis as well. In the past, before big

:14:46. > :14:50.matches, we have speculated on the formation and it ends up being a

:14:51. > :14:57.shopping list. This is from the Times, Junior Masterchef Spain. It

:14:58. > :15:05.is a Spanish version. A young British boy is involved, Oscar

:15:06. > :15:08.Jefferson, only nine years old, and the nation has fallen in love with

:15:09. > :15:14.him because he was making fish and chips. He has lived in Spain for two

:15:15. > :15:18.years. Imagine, he has only been in Spain for two years, and he is

:15:19. > :15:22.making fish and chips and the batter went wrong. And as a result he

:15:23. > :15:27.breaks down in tears on the program and he is grandfather apparently

:15:28. > :15:33.told him to make sure he paid attention to the temperature of the

:15:34. > :15:39.oil, which should be between 175 - 190 degrees. Most of us wouldn't let

:15:40. > :15:45.children anywhere near a pot of boiling oil.

:15:46. > :15:57.Basketball Ramadi for the most played sport. It gets very little

:15:58. > :16:04.funding. We cannot afford to insure them. Crazy. We will see you later.

:16:05. > :16:06.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:16:07. > :16:10.US intelligence chiefs reject suggestions made by Donald Trump

:16:11. > :16:21.that they leaked claims Russia had compromising material on him.

:16:22. > :16:25.An important day for the British high street as a number of big names

:16:26. > :16:27.reveal how well they did over Christmas.

:16:28. > :16:29.Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:16:30. > :16:37.It felt wild in Manchester last night, it has to be said. What does

:16:38. > :16:44.it look like our there? Today there is snow in the forecast. Snow

:16:45. > :16:49.showers in the north and west. Windy in the north. Later in the day,

:16:50. > :16:53.sleet and snow, especially in the hills, and maybe at lower levels in

:16:54. > :16:58.the south. Look at the isobars, it is going to be pretty windy. Further

:16:59. > :17:03.south, an area of low pressure coming our way introducing rain and

:17:04. > :17:12.also some snow. It all depends on how quickly the north-westerly is

:17:13. > :17:17.coming in. It will turn to snow. I will move my microphone because it

:17:18. > :17:22.is causing issues. Through this morning we are looking at snow

:17:23. > :17:26.showers in Scotland and also Northern Ireland. Also the risk of

:17:27. > :17:32.ice first thing. The Seine in northern England. Snow showers

:17:33. > :17:39.again. Some ice in between. Hill snow this morning in Wales. At lower

:17:40. > :17:46.levels, rain. It will push through in the day. Dry and bright in some

:17:47. > :17:51.eastern areas but it will not last. Through the day, the snow showers

:17:52. > :17:56.persist in the north of the country. Windy though it will slowly ease.

:17:57. > :18:02.The rain pushes over all of us and some will be heavy. Surface water

:18:03. > :18:07.issues. Some flooding on the roads. Then it will turn to sleet and snow,

:18:08. > :18:15.especially in the hills. The Cotswolds especially. Some sleet and

:18:16. > :18:19.snow at lower levels as well. A cold day wherever you are although

:18:20. > :18:24.temperatures will be above freezing. It will be especially cold in the

:18:25. > :18:27.north. Below freezing in the wind. Through the evening and overnight,

:18:28. > :18:35.you can see the rain continuing to go away. More snow at the rush-hour

:18:36. > :18:40.time. Pushing down to Kent. Behind that, quite quickly we will see the

:18:41. > :18:44.risk of ice on damp surfaces as temperatures drop. Through the

:18:45. > :18:49.night, further snow will go south across Scotland. Snow showers in

:18:50. > :18:52.Northern Ireland. Watch how the snow continues to aid across northern

:18:53. > :18:58.England and parts of North Wales and in towards the Midlands into

:18:59. > :19:03.tomorrow morning. Largely dry tomorrow but do not forget the risk

:19:04. > :19:06.of ice and it will be cold. We pick up the snow tomorrow morning for the

:19:07. > :19:12.rush-hour. It goes through East Anglia and London and heading down

:19:13. > :19:20.towards Kent before it goes away. Behind that, wintry. Strong winds

:19:21. > :19:29.lowing a gay eel down the east coast. Showers. Strong winds

:19:30. > :19:33.whipping up waves. There is the risk of local coastal flooding down the

:19:34. > :19:39.east coast. Something else to be aware of. Saturday, a change. Some

:19:40. > :19:48.dry weather. Even sunshine. Towards the west, the cloud thickened

:19:49. > :19:53.beacons. You will see the temperatures go up. Monday, the

:19:54. > :19:58.Windhoek west to east. Light north-westerly winds. Temperatures

:19:59. > :20:02.going up. That does not mean they will stay because next week they

:20:03. > :20:07.will go back down again. Back to you. The thing I love about you is

:20:08. > :20:13.that even though you had people screaming in your ear about your

:20:14. > :20:20.microphone you were delivering the weather beautifully without a script

:20:21. > :20:21.or anything. Thank you. Not too shabby yourself. Thank you.

:20:22. > :20:25.With just over a week to go until his inauguration as President,

:20:26. > :20:27.Donald Trump is once again surrounded by controversy.

:20:28. > :20:29.A press conference designed to clarify his business affairs

:20:30. > :20:32.and update reporters on key policies was dominated by allegations

:20:33. > :20:35.We will get the reaction of a Republican commentator

:20:36. > :20:39.in a moment but first here are some of the key parts

:20:40. > :20:58.It is all fake news. It is false staff. It did not happen. It is a

:20:59. > :21:09.disgrace. It is something Nazi Germany would have done. Look at the

:21:10. > :21:15.nonsense released by maybe the intelligence agencies. Can you give

:21:16. > :21:21.us a question? Do not be rude. Do not be rude. You are fake news. BBC

:21:22. > :21:28.News, that is another beauty. If Vladimir Putin likes Donald Trump,

:21:29. > :21:37.that is an asset. They can help us fight Isis, who are number one

:21:38. > :21:41.tricky. I do not know if I will get along with him but I hope I do. Do

:21:42. > :21:46.you think Hillary Clinton would be tougher on Vladimir Putin than me?

:21:47. > :21:51.Is anyone in this room believe that? Gives me a break. The only ones who

:21:52. > :21:59.care about my tax reports are the reporters. No, I do not think so. I

:22:00. > :22:06.won. I am president. My two sons you are right here are going to be

:22:07. > :22:09.running the company. They are going to be running it in a very

:22:10. > :22:17.professional manner. Otherwise, if they do a bad job, I will say

:22:18. > :22:23."you're fired." Joining us is a Republican commentator. Good

:22:24. > :22:29.evening. That press conference was really colourful. You watched it.

:22:30. > :22:34.What did you think of it? I think he did on the whole a pretty good job.

:22:35. > :22:41.The clips you put together pulled out the more colourful bits from the

:22:42. > :22:46.press conference which was geared towards highlighting what he is

:22:47. > :22:50.going to do and what he will be undertaking to stop potential

:22:51. > :22:59.conflicts of interest when he becomes president in a week and head

:23:00. > :23:02.of Trump Organisation. You talk about conflicts of interest. This

:23:03. > :23:08.controversy is not going away. You have seen the dossier. What about

:23:09. > :23:12.these allegations of Russia having compromise in material on him? I

:23:13. > :23:19.read the papers when they came out. They were published by BuzzFeed, a

:23:20. > :23:23.website in the US. Immediately I was struck by how unprofessional they

:23:24. > :23:28.look. It looks like anything anyone could sit down and type at their

:23:29. > :23:32.laptop. They could write down allegations, some of which were

:23:33. > :23:35.quite colourful. I will not repeat them on your programme but your

:23:36. > :23:40.listeners can look them up. That came out because of another report

:23:41. > :23:44.by CNN which referenced the existence of that dossier. That is

:23:45. > :23:48.what Donald Trump was saying to the CNN reporter in the press conference

:23:49. > :23:52.saying he will not give them a question because he considers them

:23:53. > :23:56.fake news. From what you are saying, you are saying you do not think it

:23:57. > :24:01.was that serious because it did not look like a typical dossier. Yet the

:24:02. > :24:04.intelligence agencies thought it was important enough to bring to the

:24:05. > :24:08.attention of Donald Trump and Barack Obama. Surely if they are taking it

:24:09. > :24:13.seriously everyone else should. They definitely have to investigate it

:24:14. > :24:18.and ask President-elect Donald Trump about the allegations. But they

:24:19. > :24:22.investigated what was in the dossier. That is my understanding.

:24:23. > :24:28.Multiple news organisations investigated and tried to verify it,

:24:29. > :24:32.very serious ones, a couple of months ago. That is why the timing

:24:33. > :24:37.of the dossier published at BuzzFeed has raised eyebrows and questions at

:24:38. > :24:41.this point. Why is it coming out now? When I was initially reading it

:24:42. > :24:47.I was concerned by what I heard was in it. But when I read it he did

:24:48. > :24:54.nothing serious. After hearing many organisations debunked... Well, were

:24:55. > :24:57.not able to verify it... It reinforced the idea it is not

:24:58. > :25:00.serious. There is clearly a breakdown of trust between Donald

:25:01. > :25:07.Trump and the intelligence services. That cannot be good. There is

:25:08. > :25:11.certainly some tension there. It is not historically unprecedented in

:25:12. > :25:20.our nation's history. I remind you of SJA Edgar Hoover, head of the

:25:21. > :25:25.intelligence agency. And FDR. There were multiple reports Britain. There

:25:26. > :25:30.was a lot of tension, famously. -- written. It is not what you want to

:25:31. > :25:33.start out on. But as Donald Trump was saying in his press conference,

:25:34. > :25:39.he was wondering where the leaks were coming from. He started

:25:40. > :25:43.scheduling some of them and telling them in his office to see if he

:25:44. > :25:47.could discover if they would be leaked and then details of the

:25:48. > :25:51.meeting would be leaked. He said publicly he thinks it would be the

:25:52. > :25:55.intelligence agencies. Do you think it will be a good president? I think

:25:56. > :26:01.so. He has many people rooting for him, including the Democratic

:26:02. > :26:06.leadership. Barack Obama and even Hillary Clinton have said they are

:26:07. > :26:10.hoping he becomes a very strong leader and he does what is that of

:26:11. > :26:11.the nation. That is what we are rooting for and will work towards

:26:12. > :26:20.making that happen. Would you pay more income tax if it

:26:21. > :26:25.meant extra money for the NHS? New research says its

:26:26. > :26:28.an increasingly popular idea, Time now to get the news,

:26:29. > :26:31.travel, and weather, The Forth Road Bridge is fully open

:26:32. > :26:44.to traffic this morning, after it was closed early yesterday,

:26:45. > :26:46.when a lorry was blown over during high winds,

:26:47. > :26:48.blocking both carriageways. The closure resulted

:26:49. > :26:50.in major traffic disruption, But the bridge was reopened

:26:51. > :26:53.around 9pm last night when repairs to the central

:26:54. > :27:02.reservation were complete. An agreement has been reached

:27:03. > :27:04.to ensure that foreign workers on freight boats serving Orkney

:27:05. > :27:06.and Shetland are paid The Transport Minister Humza Yousaf

:27:07. > :27:10.said a new charter arrangement would end the long-running dispute

:27:11. > :27:12.over seafarers' pay. The RMT union had claimed that some

:27:13. > :27:15.workers on board two freight boats The operator, Seatruck,

:27:16. > :27:19.had argued that the national minimum wage wasn't applicable to the crew,

:27:20. > :27:24.many of whom were non-UK residents. A Lanarkshire cheese-maker banned

:27:25. > :27:26.from selling its produce after a fatal E.coli outbreak wants

:27:27. > :27:29.to put two of its products Food Standards Scotland banned

:27:30. > :27:32.the sale of Errington Cheeses after finding bacteria in batches

:27:33. > :27:35.of Dunsyre Blue and Lanark Blue. The firm has disputed the evidence,

:27:36. > :27:38.and insists its cheese is safe. It is now seeking permission

:27:39. > :27:40.to put its Lanark Blue and Corra Linn products back

:27:41. > :27:51.on the market. In the village of Burghead

:27:52. > :27:53.near Elgin, they are Going by the old Gregorian calendar

:27:54. > :27:57.introduced in the late 18th century, today marks the first

:27:58. > :27:58.day of January. Last night, despite 50 mph gusts

:27:59. > :28:01.of wind and snow showers, locals carried out the traditional

:28:02. > :28:03.burning of the clavie. A flaming barrel is carried

:28:04. > :28:06.round the town and then Pieces of the clavie are said

:28:07. > :28:10.to bring good luck and are given to houses round the village

:28:11. > :28:26.and to Brochers all over the world. Severe weather warnings for wind

:28:27. > :28:29.and snow are in place for Scotland with forecasters warning

:28:30. > :28:31.of blizzard-like conditions in some areas, leading to some very

:28:32. > :28:36.tricky driving conditions. The northbound A9 is to be fully

:28:37. > :28:39.closed just south of Dunblane in the next hour to recover a lorry

:28:40. > :28:41.which jack-knifed overnight. Let's find out how bad

:28:42. > :28:54.the weather is going to get. The cold wintry continues today. The

:28:55. > :29:04.Met Office has a combined warning for wind and snow. Tricky conditions

:29:05. > :29:10.on the road, etc. Plenty of showers pulling in on that brisk north-west

:29:11. > :29:18.wind. Snow over high ground. Sleet at low levels. A risk of ice on

:29:19. > :29:24.untreated surfaces. The showers become fewer across the South and

:29:25. > :29:29.East. Good sunny spells through the course of the morning and afternoon.

:29:30. > :29:36.Struggling temperature wise. This evening, wintry showers in the South

:29:37. > :29:45.will die away. A band of rain will push across the mainland. Gale-force

:29:46. > :29:49.northerly winds. Seeing cold with an ice risk by tomorrow morning.

:29:50. > :29:51.forecast. I am back with the latest in half an hour.

:29:52. > :29:54.Now, though, it's back to Charlie and Steph.

:29:55. > :29:59.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Charlie

:30:00. > :30:08.We'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,

:30:09. > :30:27.In his first press conference since becoming president elect

:30:28. > :30:29.an angry Donald Trump has slammed his critics.

:30:30. > :30:31.We'll discuss his performance throughout the morning.

:30:32. > :30:33.Christmas maybe over but today we find out where shoppers

:30:34. > :30:35.spent their money over the festive period.

:30:36. > :30:39.We'll be at the London stock exchange to find out how the high

:30:40. > :30:40.street's biggest names have performed.

:30:41. > :30:43.He's the magician who pulled the Britain's Got Talent title out

:30:44. > :30:48.Richard Jones will be on the sofa to tell us about his new tour

:30:49. > :30:53.But now a summary of this morning's main news.

:30:54. > :30:55.The US Director of National Intelligence has rejected

:30:56. > :30:58.suggestions agencies may have leaked claims that Russia had compromising

:30:59. > :31:02.In a statement, James Clapper said he had called the President-elect

:31:03. > :31:05.to say the leak had not come from the intelligence community.

:31:06. > :31:08.He also said agencies had not made any judgement

:31:09. > :31:10.on whether the unsubstantiated allegations about Mr Trump

:31:11. > :31:26.Multiple news organisations investigated, tried to verify, they

:31:27. > :31:29.did their best to do so, very serious organisations are couple of

:31:30. > :31:33.months ago, so that is why the timing of the dossier being

:31:34. > :31:37.published has raised eyebrows and questions at this point - why is it

:31:38. > :31:42.coming out now? When I was reading it initially I was concerned by what

:31:43. > :31:47.I had heard was in it but as I was reading through it it didn't seem to

:31:48. > :31:51.be serious, so hearing multiple organisations had debunked it, well,

:31:52. > :31:52.not been able to verify it, seemed to reinforce my impression that it

:31:53. > :31:54.wasn't serious. We'll be speaking to a member

:31:55. > :31:58.of Donald Trump's transition team It's a big day for some

:31:59. > :32:03.of the largest high street names as they prepare to announce how

:32:04. > :32:05.they've performed over Christmas. Marks Spencer, John Lewis

:32:06. > :32:08.and Debenhams are amongst the companies set to

:32:09. > :32:09.release their results. Much of the attention

:32:10. > :32:12.today will be on Tesco - bosses there have been seeking

:32:13. > :32:15.to turn the business around, after losing ground to discounters

:32:16. > :32:17.like Lidl and Aldi. We'll be getting those results live

:32:18. > :32:20.from the London Stock Exchange Doctors believe they are closer

:32:21. > :32:27.to understanding why chronic stress increases the risk of heart

:32:28. > :32:30.disease and strokes. Their findings, published

:32:31. > :32:32.in The Lancet, suggest that increased activity in the part

:32:33. > :32:35.of the brain which responds to fear and anger prompts the production

:32:36. > :32:37.of extra white blood cells. This can make the formation

:32:38. > :32:41.of blockages in the arteries more More than 3,00 American

:32:42. > :32:51.troops, tanks, and armoured vehicles

:32:52. > :32:53.arrive in Poland today - the United States' biggest military

:32:54. > :32:56.presence in the region It's to support a Nato operation

:32:57. > :33:00.to deter Russian aggression, following fears from neighbouring

:33:01. > :33:02.countries since the conflict in Their arrival comes just days before

:33:03. > :33:05.the inauguration of Donald Trump, who's signalled he wants to improve

:33:06. > :33:15.relations with Moscow. Volkswagen has pleaded

:33:16. > :33:17.guilty to criminal charges in the United States

:33:18. > :33:20.for using illegal software to cheat emissions tests for

:33:21. > :33:22.its diesel vehicles. Its been ordered to pay fines

:33:23. > :33:25.of more than three and a half billion pounds - the largest penalty

:33:26. > :33:34.ever levied by the US government These vehicles were equipped with

:33:35. > :33:38.software that mast the true amount of the pollutants that cars

:33:39. > :33:45.released, forwarding the regulators doing the environmental testing --

:33:46. > :33:48.masked. Typically, VW knew these problems and the regulators

:33:49. > :33:55.expressed concern. VW denied and ultimately light.

:33:56. > :33:57.Plans for the UK's first hydro-electric tidal lagoon

:33:58. > :33:59.will take a significant step forward today.

:34:00. > :34:02.A report from the former energy minister Charles Hendy concludes

:34:03. > :34:05.that the technology can deliver a secure supply of clean energy,

:34:06. > :34:07.with Swansea Bay the front runner for the 1.3

:34:08. > :34:16.If you look at the cost spread over the entire lifetime, 120 years, it

:34:17. > :34:21.comes out at 30p per household for the next 30 years, that is less than

:34:22. > :34:25.a pint of milk and that is where I think we can start a new industry

:34:26. > :34:31.and we can do it at an affordable cost to consumers.

:34:32. > :34:34.A 17-year-old boy from Austria has built his own miniature ski resort

:34:35. > :34:37.in the backyard of his parents' house.

:34:38. > :34:39.Kevin Pobatschnig has created two chair

:34:40. > :34:42.lifts, ski slopes, skiers and a snow machine as part

:34:43. > :34:46.The teenager uses his spare time to improve the resort,

:34:47. > :34:54.clean up the buildings and invent new models.

:34:55. > :35:04.What a great thing to do. How extraordinary. It looked real. Yes.

:35:05. > :35:09.There might be some snow in certain parts of the country over the next

:35:10. > :35:14.few days. There is an idea. Get out with cardboard boxes. A little felt.

:35:15. > :35:21.You don't need snow, just some cotton wool. It is all about dreams.

:35:22. > :35:27.Southampton fans might be waking up and slapping themselves, thinking,

:35:28. > :35:31.not yet. Did that hurt? No, you have to slap me a lot harder. They have

:35:32. > :35:33.one leg, one toe, in the final. We'll start with the EFL Cup

:35:34. > :35:35.where Southampton have taken a slender advantage over Liverpool

:35:36. > :35:39.in the second semi final. Nathan Redmond's cool finish gave

:35:40. > :35:43.Saints a lead to take to Anfield for the second leg

:35:44. > :35:49.in a fortnights time. They'll play either

:35:50. > :35:51.Manchester United or Hull City Former France midfielder

:35:52. > :35:54.Claude Makelele has been appointed The 43-year-old joins

:35:55. > :35:57.Paul Clement's team, signing a deal until

:35:58. > :35:59.the end of the season. Makelele worked with Clement

:36:00. > :36:02.during his playing stint at Chelsea and as a coach with

:36:03. > :36:11.Paris St Germain. Manchester City have been charged

:36:12. > :36:14.by the Football Association for breaching anti-doping

:36:15. > :36:16.regulations regarding Clubs have to provide training

:36:17. > :36:20.details and players' overnight addresses on request,

:36:21. > :36:22.and it's understood that the club failed to update this

:36:23. > :36:25.when training schedules changed. They have to respond

:36:26. > :36:28.to the charge by next Thursday. England women's record goal-scorer

:36:29. > :36:30.Kelly Smith has retired. The 38-year-old scored 46 goals

:36:31. > :36:39.in 117 games for her country. She quit the international

:36:40. > :36:41.game two years ago. But at club level, Smith

:36:42. > :36:44.was a Champions League winner and also won the FA Cup five times

:36:45. > :36:48.in three spells with Arsenal Ladies. She became the first english

:36:49. > :36:50.professional player when she went She's been given a coaching

:36:51. > :37:01.role with Arsenal. We will speak with her just after

:37:02. > :37:10.8:30am this morning. It feels like the time is right now.

:37:11. > :37:14.I think I have had a very good career at international level and

:37:15. > :37:19.club level. Travelled the world. And at the age of 38 the body is telling

:37:20. > :37:24.me that it needs to stop. I have had some injuries along the way. It just

:37:25. > :37:26.feels that the time is right. The game is in a magnificent place. It

:37:27. > :37:29.is good to step away at this time. In the next few hours British number

:37:30. > :37:32.one Johanna Konta plays Eugenie Bouchard in the semi final

:37:33. > :37:35.of the Sydney International - a warm up ahead of

:37:36. > :37:37.the Australian Open. Laura Robson won't be

:37:38. > :37:39.there next week though - she says she felt "sluggish

:37:40. > :37:43.and flat" as she lost in qualifying BBC Sport understands that

:37:44. > :37:50.Sam Warburton's six-year spell as Wales rugby union captain

:37:51. > :37:53.is to come to an end ahead of the Six Nations tournament

:37:54. > :37:55.that starts next month. Warburton is still expected to be

:37:56. > :37:59.part of the squad which is named on Tuesday but he's ready

:38:00. > :38:02.to relinquish the role he's Alun Wyn Jones is the leading

:38:03. > :38:16.candidate to succeed Warburton. I think Alan is a good choice

:38:17. > :38:22.because of his consistency and performance, he is always up for the

:38:23. > :38:25.game. His performance level never drops. You would hope the captaincy

:38:26. > :38:29.wouldn't affect him. He is very senior international. The burden of

:38:30. > :38:32.captaincy shouldn't affect his performance. He is an excellent

:38:33. > :38:34.candidate. One other Rugby union line,

:38:35. > :38:37.Joe Marler will miss at least the first of England's Six Nations

:38:38. > :38:40.matches, against France. The Harlequins prop broke his leg

:38:41. > :38:43.in the warm-up before the weekend Earlier this week, Marler's Quins

:38:44. > :38:47.team-mate Chris Robshaw has already been ruled out for

:38:48. > :38:49.the entire tournament. Jim Furyk will captain the US

:38:50. > :38:52.Ryder Cup team at next year's event. As a player, Furyk has

:38:53. > :38:55.played in nine Ryder Cups. He's named Davis Love III as a vice

:38:56. > :38:58.captain for the 2018 competition, which will be held

:38:59. > :39:16.in France just outside Paris. It has the teamwork, competition,

:39:17. > :39:20.carmeraderie, the competition, it brings fans worldwide, and I get

:39:21. > :39:25.chills just thinking about all the evidence I have been able to

:39:26. > :39:29.participate in, and now to stand here as 2018 captain, see here as

:39:30. > :39:31.2018 captain for 2018 is such an honour.

:39:32. > :39:33.NBA basketball returns to London this evening.

:39:34. > :39:36.The Denver Nuggets are taking on the Indiana Pacers at a sell-out

:39:37. > :39:40.The NBA Global Games London is celebrating its 10th season

:39:41. > :39:54.I think for both teams they will be excited about being here. Of course

:39:55. > :39:59.they travel a lot throughout the United States and a little bit to

:40:00. > :40:01.Toronto Canada but for the most part they are all in the United States,

:40:02. > :40:09.so they will treat it as a big deal. And it is hoped it will inspire

:40:10. > :40:13.British basketball, the fourth most played sport, but it gets no UK

:40:14. > :40:21.sport funding. However, this weekend on the BBC there will be live

:40:22. > :40:25.coverage of the finals of the men's and women's BBL. I have never

:40:26. > :40:31.watched live basketball. It is fantastic. Non-stop. You are really

:40:32. > :40:40.close up as well. Absolutely. You should do it. I will do it.

:40:41. > :40:45.Absolutely. It is 6:40am. You're watching their busy -- you are

:40:46. > :40:46.watching BBC Breakfast. The NHS has been facing

:40:47. > :40:49.a long, harsh winter. Pressure on staff and services has

:40:50. > :40:51.reached unprecedented levels and raises questions

:40:52. > :40:53.about how to ensure So would you be willing to pay more

:40:54. > :40:58.tax if the money went directly A YouGov survey seen by BBC

:40:59. > :41:02.Breakfast suggests many people would, 42% to be exact,

:41:03. > :41:05.would be in favour of a rise in tax in order to increase

:41:06. > :41:07.spending on the NHS. Graham Satchell looks at how

:41:08. > :41:15.we've reached this point. Hospitals are full, patients we are

:41:16. > :41:20.told are at risk, doctors say it has been the worst week in the NHS in

:41:21. > :41:24.living memory. I think it is fair to say that currently we are in a

:41:25. > :41:28.crisis. We have been seeing the number of admissions going out

:41:29. > :41:31.yearly. We have seen the number of beds going down yearly. It is no

:41:32. > :41:35.surprise we have reached the point where the system cannot cope any

:41:36. > :41:44.more. There are simple reason is that the NHS is struggling. To

:41:45. > :41:48.start, it is winter and more are are ill and more of us are ending up in

:41:49. > :41:53.hospital. One in two of us are getting cancer. That is because

:41:54. > :41:57.people are living longer. We have to do more with what we have. Pressure

:41:58. > :42:02.is nothing new but professionals say that doing much more with what they

:42:03. > :42:06.have got, the budget, won't work. The government says it is investing

:42:07. > :42:11.record amounts in the NHS. That is true. We spend more on the health

:42:12. > :42:17.service than ever before. In England it will be ?120 billion next year.

:42:18. > :42:21.NHS England says in real terms spending per head will go down in

:42:22. > :42:25.2018. What is the solution? In a YouGov poll the public were asked

:42:26. > :42:30.this question, would you support increasing the basic rate of income

:42:31. > :42:36.tax from 20- 21% and using that money raised to increased spending

:42:37. > :42:39.in the NHS? 42% said yes. For someone on an average income it

:42:40. > :42:45.would mean giving the taxman ?118 extra per year. I wouldn't mind it.

:42:46. > :42:50.If it needs it, definitely. The NHS to me is a bottomless pit. You can

:42:51. > :42:54.Paul Money into it and it doesn't necessarily do anything. I think you

:42:55. > :43:00.can always pay a little bit extra in your tax. You moan about it but am a

:43:01. > :43:05.yes. You get on with it. People might say they would pay more tax to

:43:06. > :43:08.fund the NHS but putting up taxes is politically tricky and the

:43:09. > :43:11.government is certainly not talking about it, so what will happen if

:43:12. > :43:16.funding isn't substantially increased? People might have to say,

:43:17. > :43:22.OK, we won't spend any more, so we have to wait longer. There might be

:43:23. > :43:27.stuff that you have to get in a year's time, rather than 18 weeks.

:43:28. > :43:31.But then you have to start talking about what we will stop doing, and

:43:32. > :43:38.that is really hard. It means people are then going to have to pay for

:43:39. > :43:42.those things. Should taxes go up to fund the NHS? Is continued

:43:43. > :43:49.deterioration of service is inevitable? Many want a broader more

:43:50. > :43:49.honest debate about the future of the health service.

:43:50. > :43:53.Joe Twyman is the Head of Political and Social Research at polling

:43:54. > :43:57.company YouGov and joins us from our London studio.

:43:58. > :44:05.Thank you for your time this morning. The overall picture is

:44:06. > :44:09.there are more people who would be happier with the idea of paying more

:44:10. > :44:16.tax if they knew it was going directly to the NHS. Yes, popular

:44:17. > :44:21.but not overwhelmingly. 42% say yes they would be willing. 37%, just

:44:22. > :44:26.under four out of 10, said they would not. It is not a slam dunk.

:44:27. > :44:30.This isn't a policy which has universal approval. It is something

:44:31. > :44:35.that politicians would need to take a lot of attention to and be very

:44:36. > :44:41.careful about introducing, given that all of the parties don't find

:44:42. > :44:49.it overwhelmingly popular. Just under two years and it has changed

:44:50. > :44:57.in a short period of time. Yes. Two years ago we found that just over

:44:58. > :45:04.half were opposed to this, whereas a third, 34%, supported it. There has

:45:05. > :45:07.been a reverse. That is unsurprising given their has been a lot of

:45:08. > :45:14.attention about the difficulties the NHS has been facing over the winter.

:45:15. > :45:22.Perhaps this could be the worst time for the NHS and is not surprising

:45:23. > :45:26.people wish to fund it. It is a different move for a politician to

:45:27. > :45:27.jump on board the ship, because any politician who talks about raising

:45:28. > :45:41.taxes is in tricky territory. Absolutely. There are two things

:45:42. > :45:44.going on. Everyone believes in it and it is almost sacrosanct in this

:45:45. > :45:50.country. Very few politicians would be willing to risk annoying the

:45:51. > :45:57.public over that. Having said that, at the same time, we know there are

:45:58. > :46:03.parties that have suggested raising taxes and they do not do well at

:46:04. > :46:07.elections. We have competing forces. We know the NHS is also a political

:46:08. > :46:13.football on a number of occasions. It was important to the Labour Party

:46:14. > :46:18.last election. Who could forget the ?350 million a week we can now

:46:19. > :46:25.expect as a result of leaving the EU plastered on the side of a bus. Even

:46:26. > :46:30.the most ardent Brexit supporters have turned against that one. In

:46:31. > :46:36.terms of a specific percentage of income tax going to a specific task,

:46:37. > :46:40.I mean, that notion is quite appealing to the electorate. You

:46:41. > :46:45.know where your muggy is going and it is designated. That is an

:46:46. > :46:51.appealing prospect. The Lib Dems have used that many times. In the

:46:52. > :46:57.1990s they had a penny on income tax to pay for education and one for the

:46:58. > :47:03.NHS. The difficulty on that is that while individual policies may be

:47:04. > :47:07.popular, saying, oh, yes, a penny of income tax on this and that, when it

:47:08. > :47:10.comes down to the ballot box, people are far more hesitant to support

:47:11. > :47:16.parties historically speaking that want to raise taxes than otherwise.

:47:17. > :47:28.We will leave it there. Thank you for your time. From YouGov. We were

:47:29. > :47:33.talking about a new survey suggesting baboons are closer to

:47:34. > :47:37.speaking. Some even say that they could do it if they wanted to. They

:47:38. > :47:39.haven't done it yet, though. Very interesting.

:47:40. > :47:42.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:47:43. > :47:55.US intelligence chiefs have rejected suggestions made by Donald Trump

:47:56. > :47:58.that they leaked claims Russia had compromising material on him.

:47:59. > :48:00.It's an important day for the British high street,

:48:01. > :48:03.as a number of big names reveal how well they did over Christmas.

:48:04. > :48:13.I accidentally said how whale they did. It is me talking about baboons

:48:14. > :48:19.getting new thinking about animals. Any baboons in the weather forecast?

:48:20. > :48:25.My cat Donald can talk. I understand everything he says, like no one ever

:48:26. > :48:30.feeds me, give me some treats. That is wrong but I understand what he

:48:31. > :48:34.means. This morning, snowy. Some have yet to see it and some already

:48:35. > :48:38.have it. Still windy in the northern half of the country in particular.

:48:39. > :48:43.You can see that from the spacing of the isobars. Look at this area of

:48:44. > :48:47.pressure coming in. Initially, south-westerly winds. It will bring

:48:48. > :48:52.rain as a result. As it goes through and the wind goes north-west, that

:48:53. > :49:00.will feed into this rain. Some of it will fall as the Leif Olson though.

:49:01. > :49:04.You'll snow this morning. -- sleet or snow. It will be at lower levels

:49:05. > :49:11.as well. Scotland and Northern Ireland, snowy already. Sleet and

:49:12. > :49:17.snow. There are showers. Not all of us are seeing them. Snow in Wales.

:49:18. > :49:24.You can see it is mostly rain. Ahead of that, it still is dry. If you are

:49:25. > :49:28.in the south and East Anglia it will not stay dry. Wind is blowing across

:49:29. > :49:32.Scotland and Northern Ireland. Blizzards on the hills again. Here

:49:33. > :49:36.is the rain. Pushing through Wales and the Midlands and heading towards

:49:37. > :49:41.the south-east. You can see a south-westerly wind. Behind that, a

:49:42. > :49:47.north-westerly. We will start to see things change. Snow in The

:49:48. > :49:52.Cotswolds. Also hear. Later on, we will see some of that at lower

:49:53. > :49:56.levels. Parts of north-east England and Scotland, missing this action.

:49:57. > :50:00.Mostly a dry day but it will feel colder. It will feel cold everywhere

:50:01. > :50:04.are almost. Through the evening rush-hour, look how we still have

:50:05. > :50:10.some rain but it starts to change more readily to sleet and snow. A

:50:11. > :50:14.risk of this at lower levels. Pushing down towards Kent.

:50:15. > :50:20.Eventually it will clear away. Behind that, the risk of some highs

:50:21. > :50:26.on untreated surfaces. Going to be near continent it. The next batch of

:50:27. > :50:30.snow. Some showers in Northern Ireland. Then it continues by the

:50:31. > :50:34.end of the night to push down towards the north Midlands and North

:50:35. > :50:41.Wales. Ahead of that, still dry with a risk of ice. Then snow showers We

:50:42. > :50:46.pick that up again tomorrow. Pushing down through East Anglia, the London

:50:47. > :50:52.area, Essex, Kent, then clearing off. Tomorrow, a fine day and dry

:50:53. > :50:57.day for most. A keen and cold wind. Especially on the east coast. Where

:50:58. > :51:03.we have showers they will be wintry in nature. That will create large

:51:04. > :51:09.waves which will coincide with the spring tide. There is the brisk in

:51:10. > :51:16.east England are just a risk of flooding. As we had into Saturday,

:51:17. > :51:24.quiet and dry weather around. Rain comes in parts of western Scotland.

:51:25. > :51:32.Rain will come in. Temperatures going up. Rain on Sunday going west

:51:33. > :51:35.to east. Windfall will be lighter. Look the temperatures, different

:51:36. > :51:40.compared to today. That does not mean it will stay like this into

:51:41. > :51:42.next week. Mixed news. See you in a bit.

:51:43. > :51:45.Christmas may be over but today we find out where shoppers

:51:46. > :51:47.spent their money over the festive period.

:51:48. > :51:50.It's a bumper day for figures, so we've sent Ben down

:51:51. > :51:58.We will get lots of results are from different companies this morning.

:51:59. > :52:01.There are a whole manner of different companies that will give

:52:02. > :52:06.out results. You will be busy. You are making me work hard this morning

:52:07. > :52:11.at the London Stock Exchange because normally we get involved in a couple

:52:12. > :52:19.of results. As we go and see whether they go well all bad. Today we get

:52:20. > :52:22.many. Tesco, Jon Lewis, Waitrose, a whole list of companies reporting

:52:23. > :52:27.this morning. Some of the biggest names on the high street. They will

:52:28. > :52:32.let us know how they fared over the Christmas period. Some will be good,

:52:33. > :52:36.some expected to be less good. We had two experts to talk us through

:52:37. > :52:41.those numbers. James and Brian Roberts. Good morning to you both.

:52:42. > :52:47.Tesco. We have had Morrisons this week already. And Sainsbury's. What

:52:48. > :52:53.are we expecting? Quite positive news from Tesco. Kind of in the

:52:54. > :52:57.ballpark of plus 3% like from Morrisons. They are going back to

:52:58. > :53:02.basics. Both of them have corrected their game in terms of availability,

:53:03. > :53:07.productivity and everyday low prices. That is telling us it is a

:53:08. > :53:11.successful strategy. Not just over Christmas, but over the course of

:53:12. > :53:15.the last 18 months. When we talk about the likes of Tesco and

:53:16. > :53:21.Sainsbury is and Morrisons, it is about how we have changed our

:53:22. > :53:26.shopping habits. There is a tendency to pick things up on the way home.

:53:27. > :53:31.That is the story in the city. We are doing it in a different way. It

:53:32. > :53:34.is split now. Shoppers are now value conscious. They look on line and

:53:35. > :53:40.pick up some goods from some stores and others on line and others from

:53:41. > :53:49.their traditional supermarkets. A next. Things may be different. We

:53:50. > :53:59.may actually see positive clothing sales for the first time in a year

:54:00. > :54:05.for MnS. They have been through a difficult steer period. Good has

:54:06. > :54:11.done well but they are trained to do things differently. -- food. All

:54:12. > :54:15.eyes will be on those fashion numbers today. Have they finally

:54:16. > :54:21.turned a corner, especially in womenswear. They are trying new

:54:22. > :54:28.designs. Hopefully... They will be scared last week after some gloomy

:54:29. > :54:32.figures. But maybe after 15 years MnS may be turning the corner. Maybe

:54:33. > :54:40.some genuine growth in terms of fashion. Debenham, not expected to

:54:41. > :54:47.do great. Their core market is going elsewhere. They are much more under

:54:48. > :54:50.pressure. Coming back to the point of people shopping in different

:54:51. > :54:54.places. They are suffering. Jon Lewis on the high street as well.

:54:55. > :54:59.Mixed results from them. Where are we expecting them to be on the

:55:00. > :55:09.reportgood news for Waitrose but not so much for Jon Lewis. Food has been

:55:10. > :55:13.doing well. So has the rest of the business but under pressure compared

:55:14. > :55:19.to last year. What does that tell us about the state of the economy? Some

:55:20. > :55:24.said Christmas was the last big hurrah. Inflation will change things

:55:25. > :55:30.this year. That has been the message. Next morning they may need

:55:31. > :55:35.to increase prices by up to 5% as inflation comes in. Supermarkets

:55:36. > :55:42.have said the national living wage has changed things as well. There

:55:43. > :55:45.will be an end to deflation. Fashion designers will think about how they

:55:46. > :55:50.can continue to buy from the far east in dollars. It will be quite a

:55:51. > :55:55.tricky year across the retail spectrum in 2017. We will watch that

:55:56. > :56:03.very closely. For now, thank you very much. We will get those figures

:56:04. > :56:10.in, oh, just about five minutes. Bear with me. There will be a lot to

:56:11. > :56:17.read and get through. We will see you then. Thank you. Still to come

:56:18. > :56:24.this morning. I would stand on the table and square and say you are not

:56:25. > :56:26.my mum and dad. Based on the back of that Christmas Eve I was kicked out.

:56:27. > :56:29.With the number of children in the care system

:56:30. > :56:32.in England at a 30-year high, we'll be looking at whether foster

:56:33. > :56:34.or residential homes work best for vulnerable children

:56:35. > :56:38.Time now to get the news, travel, and weather,

:56:39. > :56:55.The Forth Road Bridge is fully open to traffic this morning,

:56:56. > :56:59.after it was closed early yesterday, when a lorry was blown

:57:00. > :57:01.The closure resulted in major traffic disruption,

:57:02. > :57:04.But the bridge was reopened around 9pm last night

:57:05. > :57:21.when repairs to the central reservation were complete.

:57:22. > :57:23.An agreement has been reached to ensure that foreign workers

:57:24. > :57:25.on freight boats serving Orkney and Shetland are paid

:57:26. > :57:29.The Transport Minister Humza Yousaf said a new charter arrangement

:57:30. > :57:31.would end the long-running dispute over seafarers' pay.

:57:32. > :57:34.The RMT union had claimed that some workers on board two freight boats

:57:35. > :57:38.Campaigners opposed to plans for ship-to-ship oil transfers

:57:39. > :57:40.in the Moray Firth will stage a protest outside the

:57:41. > :57:43.The Cromarty Firth Port Authority wants permission to transfer

:57:44. > :57:46.millions of tonnes of crude at sea and insists the risk

:57:47. > :57:49.Campaigners say any accident has the potential to do

:57:50. > :57:51.environmental damage to wildlife, including the firth's bottle

:57:52. > :58:03.A Lanarkshire cheese-maker banned from selling its produce

:58:04. > :58:06.after a fatal E.coli outbreak wants to put two of its products

:58:07. > :58:09.Food Standards Scotland banned the sale of Errington Cheeses

:58:10. > :58:12.after finding bacteria in batches of Dunsyre Blue and Lanark Blue.

:58:13. > :58:15.The firm has disputed the evidence, and insists its cheese is safe.

:58:16. > :58:17.It is now seeking permission to put its Lanark Blue

:58:18. > :58:24.and Corra Linn products back on the market.

:58:25. > :58:38.Tricky driving conditions, particularly over higher ground.

:58:39. > :58:50.Wintry showers pile in, with a brisk north-westerly wind. Risk of ice

:58:51. > :58:56.first thing. The winds will ease this morning. We continue to see

:58:57. > :59:05.showers of western Scotland. Still feeling cold. This evening, a band

:59:06. > :59:19.of rain ploughs into the Northern Isles. Accompanied by gale force

:59:20. > :59:59.winds. The widespread frost. A risk of ice by tomorrow morning.

:00:00. > :00:01.Now, though, it's back to Charlie and Steph.

:00:02. > :00:24.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Charlie

:00:25. > :00:32.A stand-off between Donald Trump and US intelligence services

:00:33. > :00:40.I think it was disgraceful that the intelligence agencies

:00:41. > :00:44.allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake out.

:00:45. > :00:46.Now the head of intelligence services in America hits back,

:00:47. > :01:04.saying they weren't involved in any leaks about the President-elect.

:01:05. > :01:08.Good morning, it's Thursday, 12th January.

:01:09. > :01:11.Also this morning: Ben's in London on an important day for some

:01:12. > :01:19.We have a raft of retail results today and we will find out how some

:01:20. > :01:29.of the biggest names fared over Christmas.

:01:30. > :01:40.Plans for a billion pound project to use the tides in Swansea Bay

:01:41. > :01:43.to generate electricity are backed by a senior government advisor.

:01:44. > :01:45.In sport: Southampton lead Liverpool in their League Cup semi-final.

:01:46. > :01:52.Nathan Redmond gave the Saints a 1-0 win in the first leg.

:01:53. > :02:08.Is snow. And, Ireland and northern England. Some of us will stay dry

:02:09. > :02:12.with some sunshine. The south we have rain from the south-west moving

:02:13. > :02:15.east with hill snow. Later on some of it will fall as sleet or snow at

:02:16. > :02:16.lower levels. I'll have more details

:02:17. > :02:18.in 15 minutes. The US Director of National

:02:19. > :02:23.Intelligence has rejected suggestions made by Donald Trump

:02:24. > :02:25.that official agencies leaked claims Russia had compromising

:02:26. > :02:27.material on him. In a statement, James Clapper said

:02:28. > :02:30.he had called the President-elect to say the leak had not come

:02:31. > :02:33.from the intelligence services. Our Washington reporter

:02:34. > :02:42.Laura Bicker has the story. Donald Trump's not a huge fan

:02:43. > :02:48.of the press corps but he had a message to send to the media

:02:49. > :02:56.and US intelligence agencies. He believes they leaked

:02:57. > :03:01.unsubstantiated allegations that his election team

:03:02. > :03:10.colluded with Russia. It is all fake news,

:03:11. > :03:13.it is phoney stuff, There are also claims Russian spies

:03:14. > :03:17.have compiled material to blackmail Mr Trump, including salacious videos

:03:18. > :03:19.of his private life. Does anyone really

:03:20. > :03:22.believe that story? I'm also very much of a germaphobe,

:03:23. > :03:26.by the way, believe me. The BBC understands the Russian

:03:27. > :03:29.memos on Mr Trump were compiled by a former member of MI6,

:03:30. > :03:32.Christopher Steele. The Director of National

:03:33. > :03:34.Intelligence James Clapper has He said the leak did not come

:03:35. > :03:38.from within US intelligence. And they have not made any judgement

:03:39. > :03:43.that the information is reliable. As Donald Trump moved the media

:03:44. > :03:46.towards his business dealings he confirmed he was handing total

:03:47. > :03:54.control of his empire to his sons. These papers are just some

:03:55. > :03:57.of the many documents I have signed turning over complete

:03:58. > :03:59.and total control to my sons. The ethics committee has now

:04:00. > :04:06.said his plan doesn't meet This performance was a typically

:04:07. > :04:11.eccentric and bombastic piece of political theatre,

:04:12. > :04:18.which his supporters will love. But it did little to counter

:04:19. > :04:20.the swirl of controversies The latest figures on waiting times

:04:21. > :04:40.in the NHS will be published It comes as the chief executive

:04:41. > :04:44.of NHS England Simon Stevens has questioned government claims

:04:45. > :04:46.that the health service is getting A survey published today suggests

:04:47. > :04:50.an increasing number of people would be prepared to pay more

:04:51. > :04:53.tax to fund the NHS. 42% of people surveyed by YouGov

:04:54. > :05:02.said they would back the move up We know the NHS is a massively

:05:03. > :05:05.important issue for many people and the strong believe in it being free

:05:06. > :05:10.at the point of delivery is sacrosanct in this country and very

:05:11. > :05:14.few politicians would be willing to risk annoying the public over that.

:05:15. > :05:20.Having said that, at the same time, we know that parties that suggest

:05:21. > :05:23.raising taxes at all do not generally speaking do well at

:05:24. > :05:27.elections, and so you have both of these competing forces.

:05:28. > :05:30.Doctors believe they are closer to understanding why chronic stress

:05:31. > :05:32.increases the risk of heart disease and strokes.

:05:33. > :05:34.Their findings, published in The Lancet, suggest that

:05:35. > :05:37.increased activity in the part of the brain which responds to fear

:05:38. > :05:40.and anger prompts the production of extra white blood cells.

:05:41. > :05:43.This can make the formation of blockages in the arteries more

:05:44. > :05:47.Plans for the UK's first hydro-electric tidal lagoon

:05:48. > :05:49.will take a significant step forward today.

:05:50. > :05:52.A report from the former energy minister Charles Hendy concludes

:05:53. > :05:55.that the technology can deliver a secure supply of clean energy,

:05:56. > :05:58.with Swansea Bay the front runner for the ?1.3 billion project.

:05:59. > :06:17.Will this be the UK's latest source of low carbon energy?

:06:18. > :06:20.The tides in Swansea Bay are some of the highest in the world,

:06:21. > :06:23.so why not build a seawall to capture the outgoing tide?

:06:24. > :06:26.That is the plan from a private firm.

:06:27. > :06:28.They will use hydroelectric turbines to generate power as the water

:06:29. > :06:37.The cost was thought too high for billpayers to bear.

:06:38. > :06:41.A review says it will need subsidy but it is not as dear as it looks.

:06:42. > :06:47.If you look at the cost spread over the entire lifetime,

:06:48. > :06:50.120 years to the project, it comes out at 30p per household

:06:51. > :06:57.That is where I think we can start a new industry at an affordable

:06:58. > :07:01.Supporters hope we will see lagoons dotted around the coasts,

:07:02. > :07:05.that will bring down the cost, they say.

:07:06. > :07:14.But anglers fear the impacts of lagoons on wildlife,

:07:15. > :07:18.and the review advises government to agree terms for just one of them

:07:19. > :07:23.Temperatures across the UK are expected to fall over the next

:07:24. > :07:26.couple of days, bringing the possibility of snow

:07:27. > :07:36.Some flights have been cancelled already.

:07:37. > :07:38.Our correspondent Steven Godden is in Dunfermline this morning

:07:39. > :07:41.which has seen some snow already, what can we expect over

:07:42. > :07:57.It looks pretty cold at the moment. Absolutely. A sign of things to

:07:58. > :08:02.come. This is what people in central Scotland are waking up to it and it

:08:03. > :08:06.is making it a challenge for people to get around in the rush-hour. I am

:08:07. > :08:13.standing at around about beside Scotland's main motorway, the M90

:08:14. > :08:17.heading south towards the Fourth Road Bridge. Good news is it is

:08:18. > :08:21.moving, which wasn't the case yesterday, when a lorry went across

:08:22. > :08:26.and was blown onto its side by 70 mph winds. It took them the best

:08:27. > :08:30.part of the four hours to recover the lorry and it meant the Fourth

:08:31. > :08:34.Road Bridge, a main artery up and down these coastal Scotland, was

:08:35. > :08:38.completely closed. It is reopened. They managed it around nine o'clock.

:08:39. > :08:42.Things are moving. Across the UK there will be difficulties as the

:08:43. > :08:45.weather came in. You about cancelled flights at Heathrow. People should

:08:46. > :08:50.prepare for more scenes like this. Thank you.

:08:51. > :08:52.Volkswagen has pleaded guilty to criminal charges

:08:53. > :08:55.in the United States for using illegal software to cheat

:08:56. > :08:56.emissions tests for its diesel vehicles.

:08:57. > :08:59.Its been ordered to pay fines of more than ?3.5 billion,

:09:00. > :09:02.the largest penalty ever levied by the US government

:09:03. > :09:09.We know they can walk like you but scientists believe that

:09:10. > :09:11.monkeys might also be able to talk like you.

:09:12. > :09:14.The results of a study into the grunts baboons make has

:09:15. > :09:17.found they create five sounds similar to the vowels we use

:09:18. > :09:23.It had been thought baboons did not have the larynx needed

:09:24. > :09:35.I am not sure that the baboon sound has been very helpful. Who would

:09:36. > :09:36.have thought? It had been thought baboons did not

:09:37. > :09:38.have the larynx needed The research suggests language might

:09:39. > :09:51.have begun to evolve earlier So you think you didn't understand

:09:52. > :09:55.what they were saying? We interrupted the conversation when

:09:56. > :10:02.they were agitated. I heard something about getting us about the

:10:03. > :10:04.fries. Was it that? OK. We have all of the weather and sport coming up

:10:05. > :10:04.shortly. It was supposed to be the moment

:10:05. > :10:08.Donald Trump began his transition to president ahead of his

:10:09. > :10:11.inauguration in just over Instead, Mr Trump's first press

:10:12. > :10:13.conference as President-elect was dominated by

:10:14. > :10:15.allegations against him. We will be getting the view

:10:16. > :10:19.of a member of his transition team in a moment but first

:10:20. > :10:35.here is a reminder of some It is all fake news, it is phoney

:10:36. > :10:40.stuff, it didn't happen, I think it is an absolute disgrace. And that is

:10:41. > :10:47.something that Nazi Germany would have done and did do. They looked at

:10:48. > :10:51.that nonsense which was released by maybe the intelligence agencies, who

:10:52. > :10:57.knows? Can you give us a question? Don't be rude. Can you give us a

:10:58. > :11:02.question? I am not going to give you a question. You are fake news. BBC

:11:03. > :11:08.News, that is another beauty. If Putin likes Donald Trump, I consider

:11:09. > :11:11.that an asset, not a liability, 'cause we have a horrible

:11:12. > :11:16.relationship with Russia. Russia can help us fight ISIS which, by the

:11:17. > :11:20.way, is tricky. I do know that I am going to get along with Vladimir

:11:21. > :11:23.Putin. I hope I do. As far as hacking I think it was Russia. Do

:11:24. > :11:28.you honestly believe Hillary would be tougher on Putin than me? Does

:11:29. > :11:32.anyone in this room believe that? Give me a break. The only one who

:11:33. > :11:39.cares about my tax returns are the reporters. No, I don't think so. I

:11:40. > :11:44.won. I became president. My two sons, who are right here, are going

:11:45. > :11:48.to be running the company, they are going to be running it in a very

:11:49. > :11:52.professional manner. Otherwise, if they do a bad job, I will say,

:11:53. > :11:55."You're fired." Goodbye, everybody. Republican commentator

:11:56. > :11:57.Jan Halper-Hayes is a member of Donald Trump's transition team

:11:58. > :12:06.and joins us from our Good morning. Can you just explain

:12:07. > :12:14.this idea of the transition team. What are you transitioning to? What

:12:15. > :12:22.happens is that generally, in April or May of last year, the president,

:12:23. > :12:27.so, the incumbent, would start to prepare his transition team. Because

:12:28. > :12:30.all the policies, administrative, the programs, the initiatives, what

:12:31. > :12:35.ever they have been doing has to be passed onto the new administration.

:12:36. > :12:41.Then what happens is the ones we think that will get the nomination,

:12:42. > :12:45.so, there were a couple until Trump got it, they put the team together

:12:46. > :12:52.and talks began. They begin to learn what has been going on. The biggest

:12:53. > :12:59.thing we are dealing with right now is Trump needs to make 4000

:13:00. > :13:05.political appointments. And so Carter, Clinton, George Bush, it

:13:06. > :13:10.took a year to get all of it done and our goal is to have it done in

:13:11. > :13:14.May. And you are part of the team, the transition team? Yes. Looking at

:13:15. > :13:21.the press conference, at the moment, Mr Trump, he cannot get away from

:13:22. > :13:29.controversy, can he? No, he can't. And I think it is because... We

:13:30. > :13:34.cannot call it love hate, it is a hate-hate relationship. There are

:13:35. > :13:39.sunny people who didn't want him to be president and they are still

:13:40. > :13:43.wanting to delegitimise him. -- there are so many people. Give him a

:13:44. > :13:47.chance to prove himself. If he fails, he fails. If you look at some

:13:48. > :13:50.of the things around either controversy, it is allegations of

:13:51. > :13:54.Russia has compromising material on him, and this is something the

:13:55. > :13:58.intelligence agencies thought was serious enough to put to Mr drum and

:13:59. > :14:02.Mr Obama, so it is not, you know, there are legitimate things behind

:14:03. > :14:07.this if the intelligence agencies say, we need to talk to you about

:14:08. > :14:10.this? -- Mr Trump. Note, not at all, it was presented to them so they

:14:11. > :14:14.knew what was going on. Clapper came out yesterday and he was outraged

:14:15. > :14:20.that it had been released because they do not consider it to be valid.

:14:21. > :14:25.The fact of the matter is that this supposedly MI6 agent has gone to

:14:26. > :14:32.ground. When has there been, either controversy, I can't say it the way

:14:33. > :14:35.you do, a controversy around Trump when people haven't come out, people

:14:36. > :14:39.have come out of the woodwork because there are so many people who

:14:40. > :14:46.want to prove him wrong and taken down. -- take him down. Then it was

:14:47. > :14:51.put together as Republican opposition for a never Trumper and

:14:52. > :14:57.it was given to someone who really hates Trump. Guess what, 4Chan came

:14:58. > :15:00.out and admitted they knew some of the people that fabricated the

:15:01. > :15:08.story. Sorry to interrupt, so there is clearly issues, but fundamentally

:15:09. > :15:11.how is he going to - you know, he talked in the conference about

:15:12. > :15:15.prioritising IS, but how will he do that when in conflict with the

:15:16. > :15:19.intelligence services? The trust is not there at the moment.

:15:20. > :15:26.It isn't. I said yesterday one of the reasons it might have been

:15:27. > :15:29.released by a supposedly intelligent service was that they were not happy

:15:30. > :15:35.that he had been criticising them the past couple of weeks. First of

:15:36. > :15:39.Klapper and Brennan are going to be gone, the other political appointees

:15:40. > :15:45.within the intelligence service will be gone with in a period of time. --

:15:46. > :15:50.Clapper. He is going to consider reorganising it so they focus on

:15:51. > :15:54.things but they've also lost their credibility by partisan. Obama came

:15:55. > :15:59.out and said he realised he couldn't trust the intelligence services

:16:00. > :16:02.because when he called Isis JV, he blamed the intelligence services

:16:03. > :16:07.board telling him it wasn't a serious issue and he didn't need to

:16:08. > :16:13.worry about it. It's gone on, it's become too political because it's

:16:14. > :16:16.even come out, on both sides of the political spectrum, Democrat and

:16:17. > :16:20.Republican, that they have tailored the information and given it to

:16:21. > :16:25.Obama to make him happy rather than giving him the hard truth. Thanks

:16:26. > :16:26.very much, Republican commentator and part of Donald Trump's

:16:27. > :16:29.transition team. Ben is at the London Stock Exchange

:16:30. > :16:37.with the details. Lots of big numbers coming out about

:16:38. > :16:42.some of the biggest players in terms of stores, Tesco included. What have

:16:43. > :16:46.you got? Let me run you through some of them, a really busy morning at

:16:47. > :16:50.the stock exchange because all of the retailers have let the stock

:16:51. > :16:52.market and all bus know how they have fared over the crucial

:16:53. > :16:59.Christmas period. Forgive me, there's a lot of numbers to get

:17:00. > :17:04.through. Let's start with Marks Spencer. Sales up by 1.3% on a

:17:05. > :17:08.like-for-like basis, comparing this year with last. That is a good

:17:09. > :17:13.result for Marks Spencer because you will know they have had a tough

:17:14. > :17:16.time of late. What I want to do is break those figures down because

:17:17. > :17:21.this is where it gets interesting. Closing sales were up by 2.3%.

:17:22. > :17:25.Familiar tale over the last few years has been clothing sales have

:17:26. > :17:28.fallen at Marks Spencer and it has been food sales that have been

:17:29. > :17:37.propping everything up but in this update they tell us clothing sales

:17:38. > :17:39.are up by 2.3%. Just a rise of 0.6% for food, not doing quite as well on

:17:40. > :17:43.food, but overall sales up at Marks food, but overall sales up at Marks

:17:44. > :17:48.Spencer by 1.3%. At Tesco, slightly different, we already heard

:17:49. > :17:53.this week from Sainsbury's at hand Morrisons, today it is the turn of

:17:54. > :17:58.Tesco telling us that sales rose by 0.7% over Christmas -- at Morrisons.

:17:59. > :18:02.Good for them. Looking at the quarter as a whole, the last three

:18:03. > :18:08.months, not just Christmas, they were up 2%. Some others, Debenhams

:18:09. > :18:13.telling us sales were up by 1%, a good result for them because many in

:18:14. > :18:18.the city were expecting sales at Debenhams to fall but they are up by

:18:19. > :18:25.1%. Crucially they say online sales did particularly well for them, up

:18:26. > :18:29.by 14%. Mothercare says sales were up by 1% during the quarter and

:18:30. > :18:37.again it saw online sales rising sharply, up by 5.5%. Online, macro

:18:38. > :18:42.Asos said sales were up 13% and it has done well around the world.

:18:43. > :18:47.Looking at the fall of the pound, it said sales were up 50% around the

:18:48. > :18:51.world. A lot to get through, a lot of results, all turning out positive

:18:52. > :18:56.and a good Christmas for our retailers. We are still waiting to

:18:57. > :19:01.hear from John Lewis and Waitrose, I will get those figures to you as

:19:02. > :19:05.soon as I have got them. We will leave you crunching the numbers.

:19:06. > :19:06.Interesting about Marks Spencer is, first rising clothing sales for

:19:07. > :19:07.quite a while! Here's Carol with a look

:19:08. > :19:15.at this morning's weather. We saw Stephen in Dunfermline

:19:16. > :19:17.earlier, very snowy and cold, you have a very snowy picture behind

:19:18. > :19:25.you, is that what we can expect? Of last but not all of us. At the

:19:26. > :19:31.moment we have snow in the north of the country, rain in the south. --

:19:32. > :19:36.some of us but not all of us. Windy in the north, look at the isobars,

:19:37. > :19:40.or blizzards in the Scottish mountains. This area of low pressure

:19:41. > :19:45.moving from west to east in the south of the UK. We have

:19:46. > :19:50.south-westerly winds here that are mild but as it pushes east the wind

:19:51. > :19:54.the years to a north-westerly which is cold, as it cuts into this rain

:19:55. > :20:00.it will more readily turn to sleet and snow. -- veers. Snow showers in

:20:01. > :20:04.Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, showers, so not

:20:05. > :20:07.everyone will catch them, watch out for highs on untreated surfaces and

:20:08. > :20:15.in between them we will have sunshine today. Hill snow in some

:20:16. > :20:23.parts of the country. -- highs on untreated surfaces. -- ice. Through

:20:24. > :20:27.the day in the north, the winds will ease but it will still be windy, we

:20:28. > :20:31.continue with snow showers and in the southern third of the country,

:20:32. > :20:36.you can see the rain moving across, hill snow with it, in between, dry

:20:37. > :20:40.weather and sunshine but as the wind veers too that north-westerly

:20:41. > :20:44.direction we see it falling as sleet and snow, also to lower levels.

:20:45. > :20:48.Wherever you are it will feel cold but add on the strength of the wind

:20:49. > :20:56.and for some it will feel bitter, even raw. Through the rush-hour,

:20:57. > :21:01.again we have the risk of sleet and snow, a lot of it on the hills, some

:21:02. > :21:03.of it down to lower levels pushing through the south-east to East

:21:04. > :21:07.Anglia and clearing Kent. Behind this quickly it will turn icy on

:21:08. > :21:10.untreated surfaces, so if you're travelling then take extra care.

:21:11. > :21:14.Through the evening and overnight, rain in the Northern Isles but snow

:21:15. > :21:17.inland in Scotland, pushing south to northern England. Snow showers

:21:18. > :21:22.coming in on the wind in Northern Ireland and by the end of the night

:21:23. > :21:26.we will have that snow resting in parts of northern England, the north

:21:27. > :21:31.Midlands and north Wales. Drier but cold and icy ahead of it. Them

:21:32. > :21:34.through tomorrow morning, you can see how the snow continues across

:21:35. > :21:38.East Anglia, heading through the London area we think at the moment,

:21:39. > :21:45.down through Kent and then it clears. Leaving tomorrow dry and

:21:46. > :21:49.brighter but cold if you're exposed to the wind again. Windy down the

:21:50. > :21:53.North Sea coastline where we could have gales, any showers we have here

:21:54. > :21:56.could be wintry in nature and with the big waves being whipped up by

:21:57. > :22:00.the wind and also the spring tide, the two of them merging, there's the

:22:01. > :22:04.risk down the east coast of England potentially for some coastal

:22:05. > :22:08.flooding. Into Saturday, a lot of dry weather, the winds that bit

:22:09. > :22:12.lighter, cloud in over in the west. Snow coming into western Scotland

:22:13. > :22:17.and north-east England ahead of this band of rain. Look at the rain on

:22:18. > :22:22.Western Sunday, moving from the west to the east. One thing you will

:22:23. > :22:26.notice on the weekend is the temperature, it is going back up but

:22:27. > :22:29.it went necessarily stay up next week.

:22:30. > :22:31.Keep your thermals on standby. -- won't.

:22:32. > :22:35.The welfare of some of England's most vulnerable children in care

:22:36. > :22:37.is being put secondary to budgets, according to a former

:22:38. > :22:41.Lord Laming, a former chief inspector

:22:42. > :22:43.of social care services, says some children with complex

:22:44. > :22:46.needs are being put into foster families rather than given

:22:47. > :22:47.specialist support in residential homes.

:22:48. > :22:51.The number of children in care in England is at its highest

:22:52. > :23:12.Liam Hill and Lem said they suffered at the hands of a care system that

:23:13. > :23:15.didn't care enough. How many times where you fostered? 42 times. 42

:23:16. > :23:24.foster placements! Liam's mum was unable to look after

:23:25. > :23:29.him. At the edge of five he went into care but went on to have 42

:23:30. > :23:34.foster placements, 24 care home visits. Lem had just one long-term

:23:35. > :23:38.foster family and shortly after this picture was taken, they gave him up.

:23:39. > :23:43.It was not care, it's called care but care was the last thing that I

:23:44. > :23:47.received. I remember standing up on the table and swearing to them that

:23:48. > :23:59.you're not my mum and damp, I know who my mum is and I want to go back

:24:00. > :24:03.to my mum and based on that on Christmas Eve I was kicked out. Liam

:24:04. > :24:06.tells us he was denied any specialist help and bounced around

:24:07. > :24:09.the care system for the next 13 years. Foster carers aren't trained

:24:10. > :24:13.for therapeutic help. One of the issues they put me into foster care

:24:14. > :24:16.and not a residential place because of money. A child in a foster family

:24:17. > :24:21.isn't necessarily the right place for it to be, a children's home if

:24:22. > :24:24.you get the right treatment can be an incredible place to be. Do you

:24:25. > :24:27.really believe that? I don't believe it, I know it. Successive

:24:28. > :24:29.governments have agreed for most children fostering is a better

:24:30. > :24:38.option, that's why the proportion of looked after children in homes has

:24:39. > :24:41.fallen from a high of 40% in the 70s to 11% today. House excessively we

:24:42. > :24:45.look after these children matters. Look in prisons and you'll see

:24:46. > :24:48.between a quarter and a third of inmates have been in care. The

:24:49. > :24:51.Howard league for penal reform said some blame lies with care homes

:24:52. > :24:55.specifically. We've identified children living in residential homes

:24:56. > :25:00.and are in care are more likely to be criminalised. And we're worried

:25:01. > :25:04.that might be because the children's homes themselves are using the

:25:05. > :25:07.police as respite care, or to control children when they haven't

:25:08. > :25:12.got the resources. Children's homeowners tell me they are under

:25:13. > :25:16.attack and at times like this they have specially trained staff able to

:25:17. > :25:20.deal with the rising tide of children who need specialist help.

:25:21. > :25:25.We're always frowned upon, we're always the last in the queue. My

:25:26. > :25:28.job's more difficult now than it's ever been. Some of the traumas that

:25:29. > :25:35.young people go through has got predominantly worse over the last

:25:36. > :25:39.couple of years. The truth is there just aren't enough places out there

:25:40. > :25:43.for all of the looked after children. But the fear is too many

:25:44. > :25:48.of those children are in the wrong kind of place and getting the wrong

:25:49. > :25:52.kind of support. Former government adviser Lord Laming, the man who

:25:53. > :25:57.chaired the Victoria Climbie eight enquiry shares those concerns. He

:25:58. > :26:00.told me he fears children with complex needs are being fostered not

:26:01. > :26:02.because it's the best option but because it's the cheapest option.

:26:03. > :26:12.There's no escaping it, Liam and Lemn, harrowing hearing there

:26:13. > :26:18.experiences but it's important to point out this isn't pitching foster

:26:19. > :26:23.care against residential care. It's not a criticism of foster care. Lord

:26:24. > :26:26.Laming's concern is that it's not right for everybody and he's

:26:27. > :26:33.concerned local authorities have lost 40% of budgets since 2010,

:26:34. > :26:39.residential care costs ?3000 a week, foster care costs ?600 a week.

:26:40. > :26:43.Harvey Gallagher from the nationwide association of fostering providers

:26:44. > :26:48.says there's no doubt residential care offers more specialist care but

:26:49. > :26:52.foster carers are professionals and they get inspected in the same way

:26:53. > :26:57.as homes by OFSTED. We will be talking later to Lord Laming. What

:26:58. > :27:01.is the government response? They say we look after all people who look

:27:02. > :27:05.after children. Right now they are doing a stock take to look at the

:27:06. > :27:09.skills they have access to to see if people need more and they will

:27:10. > :27:14.report back on that early this year. Scotland and Wales? Interesting,

:27:15. > :27:23.Scotland want the best residential child care in the world by 2018.

:27:24. > :27:25.They won all home staff to have degree level qualifications in

:27:26. > :27:29.childcare. In Wales they have concerns, like the Howard league,

:27:30. > :27:32.that children in homes slip into the criminal system and they are getting

:27:33. > :27:35.onto that this year. In England the government with the youth Justice

:27:36. > :27:39.board is also looking at that but they don't believe the blame for

:27:40. > :27:42.children being proved that macro lie lies is with the homes, they believe

:27:43. > :27:48.the fault is with the difficult history these children have.

:27:49. > :27:50.Interesting topic. Thanks, and we will be speaking to Lord Laming a

:27:51. > :27:51.little later in the programme. Time now to get the news,

:27:52. > :27:59.travel and weather where you are. The Forth Road Bridge is fully open

:28:00. > :28:03.to traffic this morning, after it was closed early yesterday,

:28:04. > :28:06.when a lorry was blown over during high winds,

:28:07. > :28:08.blocking both carriageways. The closure resulted

:28:09. > :28:10.in major traffic disruption, But the bridge was reopened

:28:11. > :28:13.around 9pm last night when repairs to the central

:28:14. > :28:22.reservation were complete. An agreement has been reached

:28:23. > :28:24.to ensure that foreign workers on freight boats serving Orkney

:28:25. > :28:27.and Shetland are paid The Transport Minister Humza Yousaf

:28:28. > :28:30.said a new charter arrangement would end the long-running dispute

:28:31. > :28:32.over seafarers' pay. The RMT union had claimed that some

:28:33. > :28:35.workers on board two freight boats The operator, Seatruck,

:28:36. > :28:39.had argued that the national minimum wage wasn't applicable to the crew,

:28:40. > :28:50.many of whom were non-UK residents. Campaigners opposed to plans

:28:51. > :28:52.for ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth will stage

:28:53. > :28:54.a protest outside the The Cromarty Firth Port Authority

:28:55. > :28:58.wants permission to transfer millions of tonnes of crude at sea

:28:59. > :29:00.and insists the risk Opponents say any accident

:29:01. > :29:04.has the potential to do environmental damage to wildlife,

:29:05. > :29:06.including the firth's bottle A Lanarkshire cheese-maker banned

:29:07. > :29:14.from selling its produce after a fatal E.coli outbreak wants

:29:15. > :29:17.to put two of its products Food Standards Scotland banned

:29:18. > :29:20.the sale of Errington Cheeses after finding bacteria in batches

:29:21. > :29:23.of Dunsyre Blue and Lanark Blue. The firm has disputed the evidence,

:29:24. > :29:26.and insists its cheese is safe. It is now seeking permission

:29:27. > :29:28.to put its Lanark Blue and Corra Linn products back

:29:29. > :29:39.on the market. The Met Office has

:29:40. > :29:44.a combined warning The showers become fewer

:29:45. > :30:07.across the South and Good sunny spells through the course

:30:08. > :30:12.of the morning and afternoon. This evening, wintry

:30:13. > :30:18.showers in the South A band of rain will push

:30:19. > :30:23.across the mainland. Seeing cold with an ice risk

:30:24. > :31:12.by tomorrow morning. I am back in half an hour.

:31:13. > :31:14.Goodbye. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:31:15. > :31:19.with Steph McGovern and Charlie The US Director of National

:31:20. > :31:25.Intelligence has rejected suggestions agencies may have leaked

:31:26. > :31:28.claims that Russia had compromising In a statement, James Clapper said

:31:29. > :31:32.he had called the President-elect to say the leak had not come

:31:33. > :31:35.from the intelligence community. He also said agencies had

:31:36. > :31:38.not made any judgement on whether the unsubstantiated

:31:39. > :31:59.allegations about Mr Trump Some of the biggest high-street

:32:00. > :32:08.names have released Christmas results. Tesco and Demens reported

:32:09. > :32:25.growth and John Lewis will report in the next hour. -- Debenhams.

:32:26. > :32:27.Plans for the UK's first hydro-electric tidal lagoon

:32:28. > :32:29.will take a significant step forward today.

:32:30. > :32:31.A report from the former energy minister Charles Hendry concludes

:32:32. > :32:34.that the technology can deliver a secure supply of clean energy,

:32:35. > :32:37.with Swansea Bay the front runner for the one-point-three

:32:38. > :32:40.Doctors believe they are closer to understanding why chronic stress

:32:41. > :32:43.increases the risk of heart disease and strokes.

:32:44. > :32:45.Their findings, published in The Lancet, suggest that

:32:46. > :32:48.increased activity in the part of the brain which responds to fear

:32:49. > :32:51.and anger prompts the production of extra white blood cells.

:32:52. > :32:54.This can make the formation of blockages in the arteries more

:32:55. > :32:56.More than 3,000 American troops, tanks,

:32:57. > :32:58.and armoured vehicles arrive in Poland today -

:32:59. > :33:00.the United States' biggest military presence in the region

:33:01. > :33:04.It's to support a Nato operation to deter Russian aggression,

:33:05. > :33:06.following fears from neighbouring countries since the conflict in

:33:07. > :33:10.Their arrival comes just days before the inauguration of Donald Trump,

:33:11. > :33:12.who's signalled he wants to improve relations with Moscow.

:33:13. > :33:14.Volkswagen has pleaded guilty to criminal charges

:33:15. > :33:18.in the United States for using illegal software to cheat

:33:19. > :33:24.emissions tests for its diesel vehicles.

:33:25. > :33:27.Its been ordered to pay fines of more than ?3.5 billion -

:33:28. > :33:30.the largest penalty ever levied by the US government

:33:31. > :33:38.Should robots be given legal status as "electronic persons"?

:33:39. > :33:41.That's what MEPs are due to debate as they vote for the first time

:33:42. > :33:44.on rules for how humans will interact with artificial

:33:45. > :33:46.They'll also decide whether designers need to build

:33:47. > :33:49.in a kill-switch which will allow robots to be shut down

:33:50. > :33:52.A report submitted to the European Parliament suggests

:33:53. > :33:55.failure to prepare for advances in robot technology could pose

:33:56. > :34:05.a challenge to humanity to "control its own creation".

:34:06. > :34:15.That is hard going, isn't it? They are big questions, those. Very

:34:16. > :34:21.sinister. Maybe I need an off switch at times. It is quite scary, isn't

:34:22. > :34:26.it? Legal status for robots. They have a robot World Cup in Japan.

:34:27. > :34:34.There is no danger of it taking over the ocean of football. We hope not.

:34:35. > :34:38.Southampton are starting to dream a little bit about Wembley. They have

:34:39. > :34:41.to go to Liverpool in a couple of weeks.

:34:42. > :34:45.Nathan Redmond's cool finish gave Saints a lead to take to Anfield

:34:46. > :34:48.for the second leg in a fortnight's time.

:34:49. > :34:50.They'll play either Manchester United or Hull City

:34:51. > :34:55.Former France midfielder Claude Makelele has been appointed

:34:56. > :34:58.The 43-year-old joins Paul Clement's team,

:34:59. > :35:01.signing a deal until the end of the season.

:35:02. > :35:03.Makelele worked with Clement during his playing stint at Chelsea

:35:04. > :35:05.and as a coach with Paris St Germain.

:35:06. > :35:08.Manchester City have been charged by the Football Association

:35:09. > :35:09.for breaching anti-doping regulations regarding

:35:10. > :35:12.Clubs have to provide training details and players' overnight

:35:13. > :35:14.addresses on request, and it's understood that the club

:35:15. > :35:16.failed to update this when training schedules changed.

:35:17. > :35:26.They have to respond to the charge by next Thursday.

:35:27. > :35:28.England women's record goal-scorer Kelly Smith has retired.

:35:29. > :35:31.The 38-year-old scored 46 goals in 117 games for her country.

:35:32. > :35:34.She quit the international game two years ago.

:35:35. > :35:36.But at club level, Smith was a Champions League winner

:35:37. > :35:40.and also won the FA Cup five times in three spells with Arsenal Ladies.

:35:41. > :35:43.She became the first english professional player when she went

:35:44. > :35:51.She's been given a coaching role with Arsenal.

:35:52. > :35:57.We will speak with her just after 8:30am this morning.

:35:58. > :36:00.In the next few hours British number one Johanna Konta plays

:36:01. > :36:03.Eugenie Bouchard in the semi final of the Sydney International -

:36:04. > :36:05.a warm up ahead of the Australian Open.

:36:06. > :36:08.Laura Robson won't be there next week though -

:36:09. > :36:11.she says she felt "sluggish and flat" as she lost in qualifying

:36:12. > :36:15.BBC Sport understands that Sam Warburton's six-year spell

:36:16. > :36:18.as Wales rugby union captain is to come to an end ahead

:36:19. > :36:21.of the Six Nations tournament that starts next month.

:36:22. > :36:24.Warburton is still expected to be part of the squad which is named

:36:25. > :36:27.on Tuesday but he's ready to relinquish the role he's

:36:28. > :36:35.Alun Wyn Jones is the leading candidate to succeed Warburton.

:36:36. > :36:38.I think Alan is a good choice because of his consistency

:36:39. > :36:41.and performance, he is always up for the game.

:36:42. > :36:45.You would hope the captaincy wouldn't affect him.

:36:46. > :36:48.The burden of captaincy shouldn't affect his

:36:49. > :37:02.He is an excellent and obvious candidate.

:37:03. > :37:05.One other Rugby union line, Joe Marler will miss at least

:37:06. > :37:07.the first of England's Six Nations matches, against France.

:37:08. > :37:10.The Harlequins prop broke his leg in the warm-up before the weekend

:37:11. > :37:14.Earlier this week, Marler's Quins team-mate Chris Robshaw has already

:37:15. > :37:16.been ruled out for the entire tournament.

:37:17. > :37:19.Jim Furyk will captain the US Ryder Cup team at next year's event.

:37:20. > :37:22.As a player, Furyk has played in nine Ryder Cups.

:37:23. > :37:25.He's named Davis Love III as a vice captain for the 2018

:37:26. > :37:28.competition, which will be held in France just outside Paris.

:37:29. > :37:30.It has the teamwork, competition, camaraderie,

:37:31. > :37:32.the competition, it brings fans worldwide, and I get

:37:33. > :37:35.chills just thinking about all the events I have been

:37:36. > :37:37.able to participate in, and now to stand

:37:38. > :37:40.here as 2018 captain, see here as 2018 captain for 2018

:37:41. > :37:56.NBA basketball returns to London this evening.

:37:57. > :37:59.The Denver Nuggets are taking on the Indiana Pacers at a sell-out

:38:00. > :38:03.The NBA Global Games London is celebrating its 10th season

:38:04. > :38:12.I think for both teams they will be excited about being here.

:38:13. > :38:14.Of course they travel a lot throughout the United States

:38:15. > :38:18.and a little bit to Toronto, Canada, but for the most part

:38:19. > :38:30.they are all in the United States, so they will treat it as a big deal.

:38:31. > :38:38.A big weekend of basketball as well with the men and women's cup finals

:38:39. > :38:42.on Sunday. Who knew it was the fourth most played sport? 336,000

:38:43. > :38:43.per month in the UK. Thanks very much.

:38:44. > :38:47.We all know stress isn't good for us but for the first time research has

:38:48. > :38:50.suggested that reducing it benefits both our physical and mental health.

:38:51. > :38:53.A study published in the Lancet has looked

:38:54. > :38:56.at the function of an area of the brain called the amygdala.

:38:57. > :38:58.It's responsible for emotions, survival instincts,

:38:59. > :39:02.and memory and is more active when we are stressed.

:39:03. > :39:05.Authors believe the response it produces could also cause heart

:39:06. > :39:09.Joining us from our London newsroom is Dr Mike Knapton,

:39:10. > :39:10.Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation,

:39:11. > :39:13.and Neil Shah, founder of The Stress Management

:39:14. > :39:30.Very good morning. Welcome. If I can first ask you, tell us more about

:39:31. > :39:36.the amygdala. It is a new word for me. This research - have I said it

:39:37. > :39:42.correctly? Tell me about it? I call it the amygdala. It is a small area

:39:43. > :39:47.of the brain, quite deep in the brain, the part of the brain

:39:48. > :39:51.responsible for stress, a motion, memory, though is deeper, less

:39:52. > :39:57.conscious functions that the brain is responsible for. And what this

:39:58. > :40:00.study has shown is that it is a novel mechanism linking our

:40:01. > :40:06.emotional lives with very physical manifestations such as heart attack

:40:07. > :40:11.and stroke. And while it was a small study, it does provide us with

:40:12. > :40:14.another mechanism to study within the research laboratory, which might

:40:15. > :40:19.in time have implications for patients that I would see as a GP,

:40:20. > :40:23.in terms of managing their cardiovascular risk. It is not a

:40:24. > :40:29.shock, though, is it, because we know, don't we, that stress causes

:40:30. > :40:34.physical manifestations, don't we? We certainly do, so the common one

:40:35. > :40:38.would be a racing heart, perhaps sweating a little bit, obviously the

:40:39. > :40:43.emotional side of it, feeling anxious or perhaps depressed. The

:40:44. > :40:47.important thing about this research is trying to understand how those

:40:48. > :40:52.emotional affect, which are often caused by external life events,

:40:53. > :40:58.stressful work environments, marital problems, money problems, how that

:40:59. > :41:01.sort of stuff then leads to very physical manifestations in the body

:41:02. > :41:05.such as heart attack and stroke. Because if we can understand those

:41:06. > :41:13.mechanisms, we might be able to intervene to improve people's

:41:14. > :41:19.outcomes. So, Neil Shah, that is the medical evidence in the Lancet

:41:20. > :41:22.today, I suppose a lot is about how to try to help yourself, because

:41:23. > :41:26.stress is something people have to deal with one way or another. We

:41:27. > :41:30.can't avoid stress, and we should aim to avoid it, it is being able to

:41:31. > :41:35.recognise it and understand steps to take to do something about it. The

:41:36. > :41:40.first step is people don't understand what stress is. It is not

:41:41. > :41:44.an emotion, it is a physical response is hidden by nature as a

:41:45. > :41:49.survival mechanism. Your body has an inbuilt mechanism to put you into a

:41:50. > :41:53.flight or fight a state, instigating physiological changes triggered by

:41:54. > :41:59.releases of hormones, such as adrenaline, which equip you to fight

:42:00. > :42:03.hard or run fast. Perfectly appropriate response as a short-term

:42:04. > :42:08.intervention. We were not designed to live in stress. Most people in

:42:09. > :42:13.modern society living in a state which was designed to put you into a

:42:14. > :42:16.state long enough to survive an attack from a sabretooth tiger. It

:42:17. > :42:21.sounds like there is good and bad stress. That would suggest there is

:42:22. > :42:29.different types. There is only one response. I call it stress used

:42:30. > :42:34.appropriately or inappropriate. In an emergency, stress is good. If you

:42:35. > :42:41.are at your desk, overwhelmed by deadlines, watching BBC Breakfast

:42:42. > :42:46.and getting nervous, I would say it is about using it appropriately or

:42:47. > :42:50.inappropriately will stop being in a state of stress can have a damaging

:42:51. > :42:56.effect to your physiology. Let me ask you a question on this, what do

:42:57. > :43:03.you advise patients who are stressed? Yes, so, as we have heard,

:43:04. > :43:07.the first thing is to recognise that there is stress happening. I would

:43:08. > :43:13.say as our GP that all my patients will have psychological and physical

:43:14. > :43:18.issues, and the important thing is to recognise that it is happening.

:43:19. > :43:22.In terms of managing it, there are a number of interventions. Quite a lot

:43:23. > :43:25.of them, people can manage it if they understand what is happening.

:43:26. > :43:30.That understanding in itself is quite therapeutic. But for other

:43:31. > :43:35.people who are affected by more severe levels of stress, which is

:43:36. > :43:39.affecting their physiology, but also their life, it is preventing them

:43:40. > :43:47.from living a full and productive life, there are more interventions,

:43:48. > :43:50.such as psychological therapy, CBT, cognitive behavioural therapy, and

:43:51. > :43:54.the like, so there are a range of interventions to choose from. The

:43:55. > :43:58.main thing is to recognise it in the first place. If you don't do that,

:43:59. > :44:05.you won't be able to address it effectively. Thank you. And Neil, my

:44:06. > :44:09.attention is drawn to your lively show. And people might have noticed

:44:10. > :44:15.your shoes. I don't mean to be flippant. Is it part of dealing with

:44:16. > :44:21.stress? Can things you do, things you wear, have a bearing on how you

:44:22. > :44:25.feel? Absolutely. As I said, being able to express yourself. Expression

:44:26. > :44:28.is really important. Something to highlight is that mental health

:44:29. > :44:33.issues are at epidemic proportions. The number one reason for death

:44:34. > :44:38.under 45 in Britain is suicide sadly because a lot of them don't find it

:44:39. > :44:42.comfortable expressing themselves emotionally, and expression is so

:44:43. > :44:45.important. What you have to bear in mind is the quickest way to change

:44:46. > :44:51.your psychology is to change your physiology. The best way to do that

:44:52. > :44:54.is to move, to be active, laughing changes your physiology, you know,

:44:55. > :45:00.even sitting and having a laugh at my shoes will change the way your

:45:01. > :45:02.body is functioning. So, you know, expression, physical activity,

:45:03. > :45:10., , enjoyment will impact your stress.

:45:11. > :45:15.I wasn't laughing at your shoes. Thank you for your time this morning

:45:16. > :45:20.as well. I will see you tomorrow, won't I, in a flamboyant outfit?

:45:21. > :45:21.Just for the hell of it. There we go.

:45:22. > :45:25.Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:45:26. > :45:31.You might be crying after this forecast, not laughing. Good

:45:32. > :45:35.morning. We have some snow on the card is today, not everywhere, some

:45:36. > :45:39.of us already have it and still windy in the northern half of the

:45:40. > :45:44.country, you can see it by looking at the isobars so blizzards on the

:45:45. > :45:48.mountain is. This area of low pressure has south-westerly winds

:45:49. > :45:53.around it, a mild direction, taking rain from the west to the east but

:45:54. > :46:01.later in the day as the wind goes to a north-westerly the cold air feeds

:46:02. > :46:04.turn the rain more readily to snow. We have snow showers this morning

:46:05. > :46:08.already in Scotland and Northern Ireland, showers so not everyone

:46:09. > :46:11.seeing them and the same in northern England and Northern Wales, some

:46:12. > :46:15.snow showers but the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. For Wales we are

:46:16. > :46:18.likely to seize snow this morning but for most coming from the

:46:19. > :46:24.south-west and Wales this morning my rain, ahead of it we have some dry

:46:25. > :46:27.weather and sunshine. Through the rest of the morning we continue with

:46:28. > :46:32.the snow showers in the northern half of the country, the blizzards

:46:33. > :46:36.in the mountains and slowly the wind will ease and meanwhile the rain

:46:37. > :46:41.continues to drift to East Anglia, Essex and Kent. Some of this will be

:46:42. > :46:45.heavy and could lead to some localised surface water flooding but

:46:46. > :46:50.not the wind, still south-westerly in the south-east. Here we have the

:46:51. > :46:55.rain. But as it cuts in as a north-westerly we start to see the

:46:56. > :46:59.snow. Snow in The Cotswolds, the Mendips, the Chilterns as well and

:47:00. > :47:06.as we go through the day here, exposed to that it will feel cold

:47:07. > :47:09.but especially when you add on the windchill in the north feeling below

:47:10. > :47:13.freezing. Let's pick up this rain again, there it goes moving to the

:47:14. > :47:16.near continent, falling as snow in parts of the Home Counties, towards

:47:17. > :47:22.London, East Anglia and Kent before it clears. Sleet and snow as I

:47:23. > :47:26.mentioned. Behind it, the risk of ice on untreated surfaces and a

:47:27. > :47:30.widespread risk as well. Through the evening and overnight, here comes

:47:31. > :47:34.more snow pushing across Scotland and into Northern Ireland and

:47:35. > :47:37.Northern England and pushing by the end of the night through north Wales

:47:38. > :47:42.and also the north Midlands. As we go through the course of tomorrow

:47:43. > :47:46.picking up that band of snow, this is the rush hour remember, there it

:47:47. > :47:50.goes pushing down towards the south of the Midlands, the Home Counties,

:47:51. > :47:55.East Anglia and clearing away from Kent. As it does it will brighten

:47:56. > :48:00.up, behind its some sunshine, wintry showers in the north and west and

:48:01. > :48:04.strong winds, gales down the east coast and North Sea coastline. Any

:48:05. > :48:08.showers here will be wintry but hit and miss. The other thing is the

:48:09. > :48:13.winds will bring large waves, which will coincide with the spring tide.

:48:14. > :48:16.Across parts of the east coast of England there's the risk we could

:48:17. > :48:25.see some coastal flooding. Something certainly worth bearing in mind. Is

:48:26. > :48:30.another cold day. As we head on to Saturday, dry weather around, a new

:48:31. > :48:33.weather front will bring rain preceded by snow in western Scotland

:48:34. > :48:38.and western England as it goes steadily east. This is the picture

:48:39. > :48:43.on Sunday, the rain in many areas clearing to the east, showers coming

:48:44. > :48:45.in the behind but one notable feature will be the temperatures,

:48:46. > :48:53.going up but not staying there. Kind of a mixed picture, it's going

:48:54. > :48:57.to get warmer but then cold again, it builds your hopes up and then

:48:58. > :49:02.takes everything away! That's the weather for you!

:49:03. > :49:08.Some business news today, lots of big figures bringing out their

:49:09. > :49:11.results today including Tesco and Mothercare.

:49:12. > :49:13.Ben's at the London Stock Exchange for us this morning

:49:14. > :49:22.We have nipped outside today, Carol isn't lying when she says it is

:49:23. > :49:25.turning cold, but we have gone outside the stock exchange in the

:49:26. > :49:32.shadow of Saint Pauls in the heart of the City. Plenty of people going

:49:33. > :49:37.to work around me, getting busier. This is the London Stock Exchange.

:49:38. > :49:40.The reason we are here is it is a really busy important day as far as

:49:41. > :49:44.retail results are concerned. We've been talking about those because

:49:45. > :49:49.there's a raft of retailers reporting this morning. We've had

:49:50. > :49:53.figures from Marks Spencer this morning, they have said sales are up

:49:54. > :49:59.by 1.3% and it's a really interesting story, their clothing

:50:00. > :50:04.sales have risen, up by 2.3%. We have been so used to them struggling

:50:05. > :50:11.to sell clothes but they have done really well. We've also heard from

:50:12. > :50:16.Tesco this morning, up by 1.7%, Debenhams up 1%, Mothercare up by 1%

:50:17. > :50:20.and a host of other retailers. It seems like it's been a good

:50:21. > :50:25.Christmas both on the high street and online. Let's delve into some of

:50:26. > :50:30.those numbers. Good morning, Brian. Overall we have heard a good time

:50:31. > :50:35.for retailers? Pretty much, some robust figures across the board,

:50:36. > :50:41.store based and online, the only negative stories so far this year

:50:42. > :50:47.has been a dismal report from NXT and a bad result from Asda yesterday

:50:48. > :50:53.so overall a robust performance from everyone. MNS, good clothing sales,

:50:54. > :50:57.a real surprise, many of us have talked about how they have struggled

:50:58. > :51:03.to sell clothes, but this time it looks like they might have got

:51:04. > :51:07.something right? -- MNS. Up 2.2% like unlike, that was something to

:51:08. > :51:14.do with the way Christmas bell on the calendar, but likely to fall

:51:15. > :51:19.back into the next quarter. -- Christmas fell. The chief executive

:51:20. > :51:23.of MNS said they held their nerve this time and they didn't discount

:51:24. > :51:29.things too quickly -- Marks Spencer is. Especially things like

:51:30. > :51:36.Black Friday. -- Marks Spencer. It might mean they made profit. It

:51:37. > :51:41.means higher margins. Black Friday 2017 is likely to be limited to

:51:42. > :51:46.Electronics and entertainment, it hasn't worked for supermarkets or

:51:47. > :51:50.clothing retailers. Tesco, another good set of figures, not as good

:51:51. > :51:53.from the likes of Morrison's this week but they actually beat

:51:54. > :51:57.Sainsbury's. Very respectable from Tesco, they did well on the premium

:51:58. > :52:02.end and fresh produce, lots of innovation in food and getting back

:52:03. > :52:07.to basics, availability, service and pricing coming through. Good numbers

:52:08. > :52:12.from the Co-op and Tesco and Morrisons, the only weak link being

:52:13. > :52:19.Asda. Let's talk online, that familiar tale, the online retailer

:52:20. > :52:22.is doing well and the online bits of the high-street doing well. The

:52:23. > :52:29.likes of Asos, the clothing firm, doing very well. Yes, Asos, Boohoo

:52:30. > :52:35.doing well, mine specialists thriving and for the big ones like

:52:36. > :52:39.John Lewis, which we will hear from soon, their big struggle is making

:52:40. > :52:43.the stores work with online and hanging onto the economics of people

:52:44. > :52:46.returning goods and click and collect but overall it is knitting

:52:47. > :52:52.together well for these retailers. Thanks, Brian. A lot to get through

:52:53. > :52:55.but as Brian was saying it looks like it has been a good time for

:52:56. > :52:57.those retailers. We will have the figures from John Lewis in about

:52:58. > :53:02.eight minutes. See you then. Back in 1970, Bron Burrell

:53:03. > :53:06.was the youngest driver in the World Cup Rally from London

:53:07. > :53:10.to Mexico and now half a century later

:53:11. > :53:12.she's been reunited with her car At the age of 72 she's planning

:53:13. > :53:16.to re-stage the first leg Breakfast's John Maguire caught up

:53:17. > :53:27.with her in training. There were so many people, I was

:53:28. > :53:31.staggered there were so many people interested in the rally, we didn't

:53:32. > :53:37.expect... I think there were 10,000 there or something. Wembley, 1970,

:53:38. > :53:41.and the handover of the World Cup hosting duties from England to

:53:42. > :53:47.Mexico is marked by a car rally between the two countries. Sir Alf

:53:48. > :53:51.Ramsey waves them off and in car 20, three women about to start one of

:53:52. > :53:55.the toughest rallies ever staged. We were going to be away for six weeks,

:53:56. > :54:02.which seemed like a lifetime, but it wasn't a lifetime, it was a flash.

:54:03. > :54:08.There's us in our lovely green sea addresses and red puffer jackets and

:54:09. > :54:13.there we are, starting our huge adventure. Of course we were young,

:54:14. > :54:18.weren't we? I think I was the youngest. I had very long hair, it

:54:19. > :54:23.was so unmanageable really, it was a stupid thing not to have short hair

:54:24. > :54:27.for that. The team was well prepared mechanically and personally. We

:54:28. > :54:32.decided the best thing here was to have paper knickers, we had

:54:33. > :54:36.colour-coded paper knickers, mine was white, the others were pink,

:54:37. > :54:41.green and blue so we didn't have to worry about washing knickers. They

:54:42. > :54:46.were forewarned of the dangers along the 16,000 mile route but decided

:54:47. > :54:50.against being forearmed. Teams had told us that if we wanted to we

:54:51. > :54:57.could take guns for protection. They asked us and I said to Tish, is that

:54:58. > :55:04.a good idea? So we decided against it but there were cars who carry

:55:05. > :55:09.guns. She has now bought their original car. Path that magic Wagon

:55:10. > :55:15.they called it is once again race ready. What a shame that Tish is no

:55:16. > :55:19.longer with us, she would have loved this. She would have loved doing it

:55:20. > :55:24.like we are doing. She is going to miss it. The joy is she would be

:55:25. > :55:28.jacking up the tire, you would be loosening the nut, I would be

:55:29. > :55:33.getting the wheel off. I would be back on the roof or in the car. One

:55:34. > :55:37.minute and 50 seconds? That was right. Something like that. Tell you

:55:38. > :55:42.what, shall we take it out on the track and give it a turn and see it

:55:43. > :55:47.we can still do it? Bron hasn't driven competitively since the early

:55:48. > :55:51.70s but you would never guess. You can see Bron comes from a rallying

:55:52. > :55:55.background, certainly not lacking in confidence in the car today but you

:55:56. > :56:02.can see she was making quite a lot of little mistakes and that's why

:56:03. > :56:05.she's coming back with us in the future to have those amended. In

:56:06. > :56:09.April they will drive to Portugal once again, this time in a classic

:56:10. > :56:13.or Ali. It's a bit more control because of health and safety, you

:56:14. > :56:17.can't do what you use to do, you used to have one night's sleep in

:56:18. > :56:20.five days but not any more -- classic car rally. Things have

:56:21. > :56:22.changed, especially the driver, but she is still as Fast and the Furious

:56:23. > :56:29.as ever. Bron, she isn't hanging around.

:56:30. > :56:33.She's the type of person you want taking you to the workplace in the

:56:34. > :56:36.morning! who won Britain's got

:56:37. > :56:41.Talent. Richard Jones will be on the sofa

:56:42. > :56:44.to talk about his new tour, the relationship between magic

:56:45. > :56:47.and the military and of course he'll be performing a couple

:56:48. > :56:49.of tricks as well. Time now to get the news,

:56:50. > :56:57.travel and weather where you are. The Forth Road Bridge is fully open

:56:58. > :57:01.to traffic this morning, after it was closed early yesterday,

:57:02. > :57:03.when a lorry was blown over during high winds,

:57:04. > :57:05.blocking both carriageways. The closure resulted

:57:06. > :57:07.in major traffic disruption, But the bridge was reopened

:57:08. > :57:10.around 9pm last night when repairs to the central

:57:11. > :57:20.reservation were complete. An agreement has been reached

:57:21. > :57:22.to ensure that foreign workers on freight boats serving Orkney

:57:23. > :57:24.and Shetland are paid The Transport Minister Humza Yousaf

:57:25. > :57:28.said a new charter arrangement would end the long-running dispute

:57:29. > :57:30.over seafarers' pay. The RMT union had claimed that some

:57:31. > :57:33.workers on board two freight boats Campaigners opposed to plans

:57:34. > :57:45.for ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth will stage

:57:46. > :57:47.a protest outside the The Cromarty Firth Port Authority

:57:48. > :57:50.wants permission to transfer millions of tonnes of crude at sea

:57:51. > :57:53.and insists the risk Opponents say any accident

:57:54. > :57:58.has the potential to do environmental damage to wildlife,

:57:59. > :58:00.including the firth's bottle A Lanarkshire cheese-maker banned

:58:01. > :58:08.from selling its produce after a fatal E.coli outbreak wants

:58:09. > :58:11.to put two of its products Food Standards Scotland banned

:58:12. > :58:17.the sale of Errington Cheeses after finding bacteria in batches

:58:18. > :58:20.of Dunsyre Blue and Lanark Blue. The firm has disputed the evidence,

:58:21. > :58:23.and insists its cheese is safe. It is now seeking permission

:58:24. > :58:25.to put its Lanark Blue and Corra Linn products back

:58:26. > :58:32.on the market. Tricky driving conditions,

:58:33. > :58:43.particularly over higher ground. Wintry showers pile in,

:58:44. > :58:51.with a brisk north-westerly wind. This evening, a band of rain

:58:52. > :59:20.ploughs into the Northern And of course you can stay up

:59:21. > :00:16.to date if we do have wintry weather Hello, this is Breakfast, with

:00:17. > :00:19.Steph McGovern and Charlie Stayt. A stand-off between Donald Trump

:00:20. > :00:31.and America's intelligence services I think it was disgraceful.

:00:32. > :00:36.Disgraceful that the intelligence agencies allowed any information

:00:37. > :00:40.that turned out to be so false and fake, out.

:00:41. > :00:42.Now the head of intelligence services in America hits back,

:00:43. > :00:58.saying they weren't involved in any leaks about the President-elect.

:00:59. > :01:01.Good morning, it's Thursday 12th January.

:01:02. > :01:03.Also this morning, Ben's in London on an important day for some

:01:04. > :01:16.We've had a whole raft of retail results this morning, and it's good

:01:17. > :01:20.news for Marks and Spencer. It's reported a rise in sales, and

:01:21. > :01:24.crucially, for the first time in a long time, a big rise in clothing.

:01:25. > :01:27.Are voters willing to pay more taxes to boost spending on the NHS?

:01:28. > :01:30.A survey suggests nearly a half of them are,

:01:31. > :01:33.In sport, Southampton take a step towards Wembley.

:01:34. > :01:35.They lead Liverpool by 1-0, after the first leg

:01:36. > :01:41.of their League Cup semifinal, thanks to Nathan Redmond's goal.

:01:42. > :01:44.There are warnings of snow for many parts of the country,

:01:45. > :01:48.this is what it looks like in Dunfermline this morning.

:01:49. > :01:59.Good morning. We have snow showers across Scotland, northern England,

:02:00. > :02:04.Northern Ireland and North Wales. Not all of us are seeing them.

:02:05. > :02:10.Lizards in the mountains of Scotland. Further south, rain coming

:02:11. > :02:14.in across the west of Wales, further south west. As the wind changes to a

:02:15. > :02:16.north-westerly later on will see some sleet and snow at lower levels.

:02:17. > :02:20.More details in 15 minutes. In the last few hours, the US

:02:21. > :02:26.Director of National Intelligence has rejected suggestions made

:02:27. > :02:28.by Donald Trump that official agencies leaked claims Russia had

:02:29. > :02:30.compromising material on him. In a statement, James Clapper said

:02:31. > :02:32.he had called the President-elect to say the information had not come

:02:33. > :02:35.from the security services. Our Washington reporter

:02:36. > :02:41.Laura Bicker has the story. Donald Trump's not a huge fan

:02:42. > :02:45.of the press corps, but he had a message to send to the media

:02:46. > :02:51.and to US intelligence agencies. He believes they leaked

:02:52. > :02:53.unsubstantiated allegations that his election team

:02:54. > :02:56.colluded with Russia. It is all fake news, it is phoney

:02:57. > :03:01.stuff, it didn't happen. There are also claims Russian spies

:03:02. > :03:03.have compiled material to blackmail Mr Trump,

:03:04. > :03:05.including salacious videos Does anyone really

:03:06. > :03:14.believe that story? I'm also very much of a germaphobe,

:03:15. > :03:18.by the way, believe me. The BBC understands the Russian

:03:19. > :03:21.memos on Mr Trump were compiled by a former member of MI6,

:03:22. > :03:26.Christopher Steele. The Director of National

:03:27. > :03:29.Intelligence James Clapper has He said the leak did not come

:03:30. > :03:34.from within US intelligence. And they have not made any judgement

:03:35. > :03:41.that the information is reliable. As Donald Trump moved the media

:03:42. > :03:44.towards his business dealings he confirmed he was handing total

:03:45. > :03:46.control of his empire These papers are just some

:03:47. > :03:53.of the many documents I have signed turning over complete and total

:03:54. > :03:55.control to my sons. The ethics committee has now

:03:56. > :04:02.said his plan doesn't meet past This performance was a typically

:04:03. > :04:08.eccentric and bombastic piece of political theatre,

:04:09. > :04:12.which his supporters will love. But it did little to counter

:04:13. > :04:14.the swirl of controversies We will be speaking to a former

:04:15. > :04:30.Russian prime ministerial aide about the Donald Trump allegations

:04:31. > :04:35.at about 8:30am. Some of the biggest names on the

:04:36. > :04:38.high street have been releasing their Christmas sales figures this

:04:39. > :04:45.morning. They are coming in thick and fast. Good news from Marks

:04:46. > :04:46.Spencer but you've also got John Lewis results.

:04:47. > :04:52.It's a really busy morning. We are right at the heart of the City of

:04:53. > :04:55.London. You'll know all the companies have to report to the

:04:56. > :04:59.stock exchange to tell them how they did over the Christmas period. The

:05:00. > :05:03.standout winner so far this morning has been Marks and Spencer. It's a

:05:04. > :05:09.really interesting tale. They say their sales are up by 1.3%. If you

:05:10. > :05:16.start to break down where they have seen growth, it's in clothing. First

:05:17. > :05:21.time in a long time their clothing sales have done much better. They

:05:22. > :05:25.are up by 2.3%. We've heard from the boss of Marks Spencer. He said

:05:26. > :05:31.that's down to two things. He says we've got things a bit better but

:05:32. > :05:35.it's also that they held off from discounting. You might not have seen

:05:36. > :05:38.many sales in store before Christmas at Marks Spencer. That means they

:05:39. > :05:43.are able to sell things at full price. They didn't put them on

:05:44. > :05:49.discount just to get people through the doors. So a good period for

:05:50. > :05:54.Marks and Spencer. Tesco similarly upbeat. Sales rose by 0.7%. We've

:05:55. > :06:01.already heard from Sainsbury's, we've had figures from Morrisons as

:06:02. > :06:05.well. Good news from them too. Debenhams sales are up by 1% as

:06:06. > :06:14.well. Some figures we've just got through from John Lewis, reporting

:06:15. > :06:18.sales are up by 4.9%. Another good Christmas for John Lewis. Overall it

:06:19. > :06:23.seems to be a story of online doing very well for the bricks and mortar

:06:24. > :06:28.high-street retailers. Also some surprisingly good figures. John

:06:29. > :06:31.Lewis up by 5% but Marks and Spencer the standout winner with its

:06:32. > :06:33.clothing sales rising for the first time in a long time. STUDIO: Thank

:06:34. > :06:38.you. Doctors believe they are closer

:06:39. > :06:40.to understanding why chronic stress increases the risk of heart

:06:41. > :06:42.disease and strokes. Their findings, published

:06:43. > :06:44.in The Lancet, suggest that increased activity in the part

:06:45. > :06:47.of the brain which responds to fear and anger prompts the production

:06:48. > :06:49.of extra white blood cells. This can make the formation

:06:50. > :06:52.of blockages in the Plans for the UK's first

:06:53. > :06:57.hydroelectric tidal lagoon will take A report from the former

:06:58. > :07:04.Energy Minister Charles Hendry concludes that the technology can

:07:05. > :07:07.deliver a secure supply of clean energy, with Swansea Bay the front

:07:08. > :07:10.runner for the ?1.3 billion project. Will this be the UK's latest source

:07:11. > :07:16.of low-carbon energy? The tides in Swansea Bay are some

:07:17. > :07:20.of the highest in the world, so why not build a seawall

:07:21. > :07:27.to capture the outgoing tide? That is the plan

:07:28. > :07:30.from a private firm. They will use hydroelectric turbines

:07:31. > :07:32.to generate power as the water The cost was thought too high

:07:33. > :07:43.for bill payers to bear. A review says it will need subsidy,

:07:44. > :07:47.but it is not as dear as it looks. If you look at the cost spread over

:07:48. > :07:49.the entire lifetime, 120 years to the project,

:07:50. > :07:52.it comes out at 30p per household That is where I think we can

:07:53. > :08:00.start a new industry Supporters hope we will see lagoons

:08:01. > :08:05.dotted around the coasts, that will bring down

:08:06. > :08:08.the cost, they say. But anglers fear the impacts

:08:09. > :08:13.of lagoons on wildlife, and the review advises government

:08:14. > :08:16.to agree terms for just one of them Temperatures across the UK

:08:17. > :08:35.are expected to fall over the next couple of days,

:08:36. > :08:37.bringing the possibility Some flights from Heathrow Airport

:08:38. > :08:41.have already been cancelled this morning, in anticipation

:08:42. > :08:42.of the wintery weather. The Met Office has issued

:08:43. > :08:44.yellow "be aware" warnings Our correspondent Steven Godden

:08:45. > :08:52.is in Dunfermline this morning, As we can see from the images around

:08:53. > :08:56.you the snow has already kicked in there. It has. This was what people

:08:57. > :09:00.have been waking up to in parts of Scotland this morning. We've got the

:09:01. > :09:04.snow on the ground, and freezing temperatures which is making it that

:09:05. > :09:09.bit more challenging for the people who are trying to get around this

:09:10. > :09:13.morning. I'm standing beside a roundabout, one of Scotland's

:09:14. > :09:22.busiest motorways. If you had that way you get onto the Forth Road

:09:23. > :09:24.ridge. Things are moving, that's a different picture to yesterday when

:09:25. > :09:29.there was huge disruption caused by a lorry being blown over. It caused

:09:30. > :09:37.a huge amount of damage to the ridge. It took them the best part of

:09:38. > :09:42.24 hours to recover that vehicle and to repair it. The high winds that

:09:43. > :09:48.calls that, more of them are forecast today and into tomorrow.

:09:49. > :09:54.Parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and also in England as well. At

:09:55. > :09:56.Heathrow we've seen more than 70 flights cancelled later this

:09:57. > :10:02.afternoon, most of those because of the weather. That's the situation in

:10:03. > :10:06.Dunfermline this morning. A full weather forecast coming up shortly.

:10:07. > :10:09.We know they can walk like you but scientists believe that

:10:10. > :10:19.monkeys might also be able to talk like you.

:10:20. > :10:28.To be fair, that could sound like me occasionally!

:10:29. > :10:31.The results of a study into the noises baboons make has

:10:32. > :10:33.found they create five sounds similar to the vowels

:10:34. > :10:37.It had been thought baboons did not have the larynx needed

:10:38. > :10:40.The research suggests language might have begun to evolve earlier

:10:41. > :10:56.As Steph mentioned, that example of bad Moon language may not be the

:10:57. > :11:05.best exam in! We didn't understand a word of it! -- baboon language.

:11:06. > :11:07.The NHS has been facing a long, harsh winter.

:11:08. > :11:09.Pressure on staff and services has reached unprecedented levels

:11:10. > :11:11.and raises questions about how to ensure a sustainable

:11:12. > :11:15.So would you be willing to pay more tax if the money went

:11:16. > :11:19.A YouGov survey seen by BBC Breakfast suggests many people

:11:20. > :11:22.would, nearly half of voters, 42% to be exact, would be

:11:23. > :11:25.in favour of a tax rise, in order to increase spending

:11:26. > :11:39.Graham Satchell has been looking at how we've reached this point.

:11:40. > :11:41.Hospitals are full, patients we are told are at risk,

:11:42. > :11:44.doctors say it has been the worst week in the NHS in living memory.

:11:45. > :11:48.I think it is fair to say that currently we are in a crisis.

:11:49. > :11:52.We have been seeing the number of admissions going out yearly.

:11:53. > :11:55.We have seen the number of beds going down yearly.

:11:56. > :11:58.It is no surprise we have reached the point where the system

:11:59. > :12:01.There are simple reasons that the NHS is struggling.

:12:02. > :12:04.To start, it is winter and more are ill and more of us

:12:05. > :12:21.That is because people are living longer.

:12:22. > :12:24.We have to do more with what we have.

:12:25. > :12:26.Pressure is nothing new but professionals say that doing

:12:27. > :12:28.much more with what they have got, the budget, won't work.

:12:29. > :12:31.The Government says it is investing record amounts in the NHS.

:12:32. > :12:34.We spend more on the health service than ever before.

:12:35. > :12:42.In England, it will be ?120 billion next year.

:12:43. > :12:44.NHS England says in real terms, spending per head

:12:45. > :12:49.In a YouGov poll, the public were asked this question -

:12:50. > :12:52.would you support increasing the basic rate of income tax

:12:53. > :12:54.from 20-21% and using that money raised to increased spending

:12:55. > :13:02.For someone on an average income, it would mean giving the taxman

:13:03. > :13:18.You can pour money into it, and it doesn't necessarily do anything.

:13:19. > :13:21.I think you can always pay a little bit extra in your tax.

:13:22. > :13:24.You moan about it but, yes, you get on with it.

:13:25. > :13:27.People might say they would pay more tax to fund the NHS but putting up

:13:28. > :13:29.taxes is politically tricky, and the Government is certainly

:13:30. > :13:32.not talking about it, so what will happen if funding

:13:33. > :13:39.People might have to say, OK, we won't spend any more,

:13:40. > :13:45.There might be stuff that you have to get in a year's time,

:13:46. > :13:52.But then you have to start talking about what we will stop doing,

:13:53. > :14:00.It means people are then going to have to pay for those things.

:14:01. > :14:09.Is continued deterioration of services inevitable?

:14:10. > :14:12.Many want a broader more honest debate about the future

:14:13. > :14:18.We can talk now to Alastair McLellan, editor

:14:19. > :14:20.of the Health Service Journal, and a longstanding

:14:21. > :14:25.observer of what's been happening within the NHS.

:14:26. > :14:32.Good morning. Thank you for joining us. There's a lot of debate about at

:14:33. > :14:35.the moment, between the Prime Minister and the chief executive of

:14:36. > :14:42.NHS England, about funding and whether there's enough of it. What

:14:43. > :14:46.are your thoughts? The row between Simon Stephens who is the chief

:14:47. > :14:50.executive of NHS England, a lot of people won't have heard of him, but

:14:51. > :14:55.he is the man responsible for spending one in ten of every pound

:14:56. > :14:58.the country produces. He's a very significant figure. He is quite

:14:59. > :15:07.upset the government keeps suggesting that the NHS is being

:15:08. > :15:10.given more funding than it asked for. But for the point he was at

:15:11. > :15:16.pains to make when he appeared in front of the committee yesterday.

:15:17. > :15:23.It was very categorical, what he said, is that what marks it out from

:15:24. > :15:28.previous rows overfunding? Yes indeed, back in 2014, the NHS made

:15:29. > :15:32.and ask of government, it said, we know money is tight, but we reckon

:15:33. > :15:39.we can improve services if you give us around ?8 billion worth of

:15:40. > :15:46.funding. Now, the Government has been saying, we have given you more

:15:47. > :15:50.than ?8 billion, and those who are running the NHS, I think, they think

:15:51. > :15:53.that is very dangerous, because they think the NHS is under a lot of

:15:54. > :15:57.pressure, and if the impression is created that the NHS is somehow

:15:58. > :16:00.getting more money than it needs, then it gives an excuse for

:16:01. > :16:05.government not to take action to deal with some of the really intense

:16:06. > :16:08.pressures in the service at the moment. We have been asking people

:16:09. > :16:14.for their opinions, and for questions, and one from Abbey on

:16:15. > :16:20.Facebook, could we ever put enough money into the NHS, or is it a black

:16:21. > :16:25.hole? Well, if you compare our spending to countries that are

:16:26. > :16:32.comparable, France, Germany - we are spending significantly less money on

:16:33. > :16:39.health care in this country than comparable countries in Europe. In

:16:40. > :16:44.an organisation, a system as large as the NHS, ?100 billion plus, there

:16:45. > :16:47.is always going to be waste, inefficiency. There are very

:16:48. > :16:51.significant rise to try and reduce that inefficiency now, and as I say,

:16:52. > :16:56.the international comparisons suggest we're not spending enough

:16:57. > :17:02.money on health. What are your thoughts on the 1% extra on tax

:17:03. > :17:07.advocated to the NHS? What is it, 42% of people saying they would be

:17:08. > :17:12.in favour of that? It is an idea that has been around for a very long

:17:13. > :17:16.time, it is reproduced every couple of years or so. I'm just mindful

:17:17. > :17:23.that the last time we saw tax raised for the NHS back in 2002, that was

:17:24. > :17:26.by Labour government on the back of ten years of economic growth. Even

:17:27. > :17:31.then, they did it through national insurance, rather than through

:17:32. > :17:35.income tax, and that is when waiting times were sometimes failing to hit

:17:36. > :17:39.18 months, as opposed to 18 weeks, which is the target now. So I

:17:40. > :17:45.understand the logic behind it, but I think it is very unlikely. What do

:17:46. > :17:48.you think is going to happen if nothing is done, if we don't see any

:17:49. > :17:54.increase in funding and things continue this way? Well, it is very

:17:55. > :18:01.likely that we will have corps million people on the NHS operations

:18:02. > :18:04.waiting list this year. -- four. What will happen first of all is

:18:05. > :18:10.that access times will increase, it will take longer for people to

:18:11. > :18:16.receive treatment, both elective treatment, seeing GPs, emergency

:18:17. > :18:21.care, and then they will turn to the NHS offer and whether it can be

:18:22. > :18:25.restricted. We have already seen a number of clinical commissioning

:18:26. > :18:29.groups begin to remove things like IVF treatment cycles from their

:18:30. > :18:35.offer to patients. Interesting. Thank you very much boil time this

:18:36. > :18:49.morning. -- for your time this morning. We are talking snow and

:18:50. > :18:53.ice, what is the picture? Much of the country will see it

:18:54. > :18:57.today, and it is still windy, as you can see from the spacing of the

:18:58. > :19:01.isobars. For a time, there will be blizzards on the mountains. We have

:19:02. > :19:05.an area of low pressure bringing rain from the West and moving

:19:06. > :19:10.eastwards. The wind around it is coming from the south-west, a milder

:19:11. > :19:14.direction, but as it continues to drift towards East Anglia, notice

:19:15. > :19:17.how it changes to more of a northwesterly. That is salient

:19:18. > :19:22.because it is cold and it will turn the rain into sleet and snow falls.

:19:23. > :19:25.This morning the northern half of the country continues with wintry

:19:26. > :19:33.showers, and we will not also them, but there are issues on the A74,

:19:34. > :19:37.closed between junctions eight and nine at the moment. Some of the rain

:19:38. > :19:42.will be heavy and could lead to issues with local surface water

:19:43. > :19:46.flooding. Into the afternoon, we hang on to the showers across

:19:47. > :19:51.Scotland and Northern Ireland, parts of eastern Scotland having a dry,

:19:52. > :19:54.cold day with sunshine. The same for Northern Ireland, some areas will

:19:55. > :19:58.miss the showers, and the same for Northern England, much of it staying

:19:59. > :20:03.dry with sunny spells. By mid-afternoon, Phil snow in Wales,

:20:04. > :20:17.the rain continuing across southern areas. -- he'll Dominic temperatures

:20:18. > :20:22.will be cold, but most of us above freezing, and it will field below

:20:23. > :20:25.freezing for many areas in the wind, especially in the north. Picking up

:20:26. > :20:30.this band of heavy rain and snow, you can see more of it pushing down

:20:31. > :20:36.to the London area into Kent, into East Anglia before eventually

:20:37. > :20:40.clearing away. Behind it a risk of ice on untreated surfaces, so bear

:20:41. > :20:45.that in mind if you are travelling. We will have rain across Orkney and

:20:46. > :20:49.Shetland, snow moving across Scotland, showers across Northern

:20:50. > :20:51.Ireland on the northwesterly, and the snow pushing across northern

:20:52. > :20:56.Ireland on the northwesterly, and England in 20 Wales and the North

:20:57. > :21:01.Midlands by the end of the night. Ice wrist behind that too. If we

:21:02. > :21:06.pick up that snow for the brush our tomorrow, it goes through the rest

:21:07. > :21:16.of the Midlands, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, the London area, before

:21:17. > :21:24.clearing to Digne continent. Down the Isco is, we will be looking at

:21:25. > :21:35.gales. That is important because we will see spring tides combined with

:21:36. > :21:41.that. Dashed down the east coast. As we head into Saturday, quite a

:21:42. > :21:44.different day, dry weather, some sunshine, not nearly as cold, some

:21:45. > :21:51.snow a head of the next weather front coming in, bringing some rain,

:21:52. > :21:55.pushing from the west to the east, behind it some showers, but nine and

:21:56. > :21:57.ten on the chart once again. But they are not here to stay into the

:21:58. > :22:02.next working week. Those temperatures look promising,

:22:03. > :22:07.but I know they will go back again! The allegations that the Kremlin

:22:08. > :22:09.holds compromising material about Donald Trump have been

:22:10. > :22:11.dismissed as fake news by the President-elect and pulp

:22:12. > :22:13.fiction by Russian authorities. It has emerged several media

:22:14. > :22:15.organisations knew of the story for months but didn't feel

:22:16. > :22:17.comfortable reporting it, so how much confidence can

:22:18. > :22:23.we have in the claims? Former Russian prime ministerial

:22:24. > :22:36.aide Natalya Pelvina Thank you very much for your time

:22:37. > :22:43.this morning. The President-elect says that these allegations are fake

:22:44. > :22:46.news, they are false. Why should we give them any credibility? They have

:22:47. > :22:55.had a lot of publicity, but why should they have any credibility?

:22:56. > :23:03.Well, they describe very much the methods of the Russian Secret

:23:04. > :23:06.Service. Natalya, my apologies, we're just going to stop for a

:23:07. > :23:11.second, because there is a problem with the line, we are not hearing

:23:12. > :23:15.you very clearly. If you bear with us a moment, we will maybe come back

:23:16. > :23:19.to that. We will check the line and come back to it, my apologies,

:23:20. > :23:22.Natalya. We were just going to talk about some of the allegations about

:23:23. > :23:26.Donald Trump and whether there should be any credibility to the

:23:27. > :23:29.suggestion that the Russians hold any compromising information about

:23:30. > :23:32.him, we will try to come back to that.

:23:33. > :23:38.I was just reaching over, because lots of questions coming in about

:23:39. > :23:41.NHS funding as well. Carolyn was asking on Facebook and social care

:23:42. > :23:46.for the elderly worked perfectly, what difference would it make in

:23:47. > :23:49.terms of alleviating the current pressure on the NHS? Cat Smith on

:23:50. > :23:58.Facebook is talking about what you can do to try to stop people going

:23:59. > :24:12.to A if they don't need to. The time I is 8:20 three. Back in

:24:13. > :24:15.1970, the youngest live in the World Cup rallied to Mexico has been

:24:16. > :24:19.reunited with her car and is competing too. She is planning to

:24:20. > :24:21.restage the first leg of the rally this April. John Maguire has been to

:24:22. > :24:32.catch up with her. There were so many people,

:24:33. > :24:35.I was staggered there were so many people interested in the rally,

:24:36. > :24:37.we didn't expect... I think there were 10,000

:24:38. > :24:39.there or something. Wembley, 1970, and the handover

:24:40. > :24:42.of the World Cup hosting duties from England to Mexico

:24:43. > :24:44.is marked by a car rally Sir Alf Ramsey waves

:24:45. > :24:48.them off, and in car 20 three women about to start one

:24:49. > :24:54.of the toughest rallies ever staged. We were going to be away for six

:24:55. > :24:57.weeks, which seemed like a lifetime, but it wasn't a lifetime,

:24:58. > :25:02.it was a flash. There's us in our lovely green C

:25:03. > :25:05.dresses and red puffer jackets, and there we are, down the ramp,

:25:06. > :25:11.starting our huge adventure. Gosh, we were young, weren't we?!

:25:12. > :25:14.I think I was the youngest. I had very long hair,

:25:15. > :25:16.it was so unmanageable really, it was a stupid thing not to have

:25:17. > :25:19.short hair for that. The team was well prepared

:25:20. > :25:21.mechanically and personally. We decided the best thing

:25:22. > :25:25.here was to have paper knickers, so we had colour-coded

:25:26. > :25:30.paper knickers. I think mine were probably white,

:25:31. > :25:34.Tish was pink and Tina was blue. So we could discard them,

:25:35. > :25:36.we didn't have to worry They were forewarned of the dangers

:25:37. > :25:40.along the 16,000 mile route Teams were told that

:25:41. > :25:53.if we wanted to, They asked us and I said to Tish,

:25:54. > :25:58."Is that a good idea?" So we decided against it but there

:25:59. > :26:01.were cars who did carry guns. Bron has now bought

:26:02. > :26:08.their original car. Puff the Magic Wagon,

:26:09. > :26:11.as they called it, What a shame that Tish

:26:12. > :26:16.is no longer with us. I know.

:26:17. > :26:17.She would love this. She would love to be doing it

:26:18. > :26:20.like we are going to be doing. We are going to miss her

:26:21. > :26:23.when we need to change She would be jacking up the tyre,

:26:24. > :26:27.you'd be loosening the nuts, Give me the wheel, back

:26:28. > :26:32.on the roof or in the car. One minute and 50 seconds?

:26:33. > :26:34.Something like that? Tell you what, shall we take it out

:26:35. > :26:39.on the track and give it a turn Bron hasn't driven competitively

:26:40. > :26:43.since the early '70s, You can see Bron comes

:26:44. > :26:47.from a rallying background, she's certainly not lacking

:26:48. > :26:52.in confidence in the car today. But you can see she was making quite

:26:53. > :26:55.a lot of little mistakes, and that's why she's coming back with us

:26:56. > :26:58.in the future to have those amended. In April, they'll drive

:26:59. > :27:00.to Portugal once again, It's a bit more controlled

:27:01. > :27:07.because of health and safety, You used to do rallies and have one

:27:08. > :27:14.night's sleep in five days Things may have changed,

:27:15. > :27:17.but the car and especially the driver are as fast

:27:18. > :27:30.and the furious as ever. She is going to do well, I think!

:27:31. > :27:58.Time to get the news, travel and weather where you

:27:59. > :28:05.The Forth Road Bridge is fully open to traffic this morning,

:28:06. > :28:08.after it was closed early yesterday, when a lorry was blown

:28:09. > :28:10.over during high winds, blocking both carriageways.

:28:11. > :28:11.The closure resulted in major traffic disruption,

:28:12. > :28:15.But the bridge was reopened around 9pm last night

:28:16. > :28:17.when repairs to the central reservation were complete.

:28:18. > :28:19.An agreement has been reached to ensure that foreign workers

:28:20. > :28:21.on freight boats serving Orkney and Shetland are paid

:28:22. > :28:25.The Transport Minister Humza Yousaf said a new charter arrangement

:28:26. > :28:27.would end the long-running dispute over seafarers' pay.

:28:28. > :28:30.The RMT union had claimed that some workers on board two freight boats

:28:31. > :28:33.Campaigners opposed to plans for ship-to-ship oil transfers

:28:34. > :28:36.in the Moray Firth will stage a protest outside the

:28:37. > :28:39.The Cromarty Firth Port Authority wants permission to transfer

:28:40. > :28:42.millions of tonnes of crude at sea and insists the risk

:28:43. > :28:45.Opponents say any accident has the potential to do

:28:46. > :28:47.environmental damage to wildlife, including the firth's bottle

:28:48. > :28:55.A Lanarkshire cheese-maker banned from selling its produce

:28:56. > :28:57.after a fatal E.coli outbreak wants to put two of its products

:28:58. > :29:00.Food Standards Scotland banned the sale of Errington Cheeses

:29:01. > :29:06.after finding bacteria in batches of Dunsyre Blue and Lanark Blue.

:29:07. > :29:15.The firm has disputed the evidence, and insists its cheese is safe.

:29:16. > :29:19.The Met Office has a combined warning

:29:20. > :29:41.Plenty of showers pulling in on that brisk north-west

:29:42. > :29:49.The showers become fewer across the South and

:29:50. > :29:52.Good sunny spells through the course of the morning and afternoon.

:29:53. > :29:58.This evening, wintry showers in the South

:29:59. > :30:02.A band of rain will push across the mainland.

:30:03. > :30:17.Seeing cold with an ice risk by tomorrow morning.

:30:18. > :30:20.Now it is over to Louise White to find out what's happening

:30:21. > :30:43.This warning, RE Intel rent towards heavier people -- RE intolerant?

:30:44. > :30:45.Let's have your views on finger-pointing at the overweight.

:30:46. > :30:49.As a society, or be disrespectful to Now, though, it's back

:30:50. > :30:51.to Charlie and Steph. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:30:52. > :30:58.with Steph McGovern The US Director of National

:30:59. > :31:05.Intelligence has rejected suggestions agencies may have leaked

:31:06. > :31:07.claims that Russia had compromising In a statement, James Clapper said

:31:08. > :31:11.he had called the President-elect to say the leak had not come

:31:12. > :31:15.from the intelligence community. He also said agencies had

:31:16. > :31:20.not made any judgment on whether the unsubstantiated

:31:21. > :31:37.allegations about Mr Former Russian Prime Minister D:Ream

:31:38. > :31:42.aid joins us from Moscow now -- a former Russian prime ministerial

:31:43. > :31:48.aide. Why should we give these allegations, these claims, any

:31:49. > :31:54.credence? Because the methods described are very much the methods

:31:55. > :31:58.of the FSB. It has been commonly used even during KGB days, and the

:31:59. > :32:03.most recent history collecting compromising materials that can be

:32:04. > :32:08.used both for blackmail as well as part of a smear campaign have been

:32:09. > :32:13.used against the Russian opposition, namely in 2016 I myself fell victim

:32:14. > :32:21.to that, just months before the Parliamentary elections in which I

:32:22. > :32:26.was going to run as well as for prime minister, very Private video

:32:27. > :32:31.of this shot inside a private apartment by the FSB, no doubt about

:32:32. > :32:34.it, was aired on Russian television. This was obviously part of a smear

:32:35. > :32:40.campaign to minimise our chances in the Parliamentary elections which

:32:41. > :32:46.would have happened in September 2000 and 16. We did not do well in

:32:47. > :32:50.those elections, largely because of what I just described. I will not go

:32:51. > :32:54.into too much detail about that particular episode but as somebody

:32:55. > :33:00.who has become a victim to those methods, I can say that I would not

:33:01. > :33:04.rule out there is something against Donald Trump that Russian FSB has,

:33:05. > :33:08.because also keep in mind they collect those materials not just

:33:09. > :33:11.against enemies but against so-called friends just in case it

:33:12. > :33:18.will come in handy one day. Donald Trump himself has said he has called

:33:19. > :33:23.this fake news. James Clapper, the US intelligence chief, has said they

:33:24. > :33:30.have not made any judgment about whether the information is reliable.

:33:31. > :33:37.Well, we don't know too many details, that is true, but just as

:33:38. > :33:41.something that, as an idea, I as a Russian and as somebody within the

:33:42. > :33:47.Russian opposition who has become victim to this kind of very same

:33:48. > :33:54.methodology of the Russian secret service, I can say that I do believe

:33:55. > :33:56.that this is completely possible and it is understandable why Donald

:33:57. > :34:02.Trump would be denying something like this right now. It is

:34:03. > :34:06.completely understandable, but we shall see in the upcoming future

:34:07. > :34:11.whether anything will ever be released. I think this is our hope

:34:12. > :34:19.that they might have put on him which I think is now a big worry for

:34:20. > :34:25.many Americans -- a hook they have put on him, if the FSB and Russian

:34:26. > :34:28.service has compromising material against what is now the American

:34:29. > :34:34.president, it is unprecedented and a huge deal but I do not out rule this

:34:35. > :34:38.very crazy idea but I do think it is very much a possible thing. Just one

:34:39. > :34:42.vote from you, the other significant thing to come out yesterday in

:34:43. > :34:45.relation to Moscow from that press conference was, for the first time,

:34:46. > :34:50.Donald Trump said that he did believe Russia was behind the

:34:51. > :34:54.hacking story commonly said that openly for the first time in this

:34:55. > :34:59.press conference, significant moment, do you think? Of course,

:35:00. > :35:04.yes, as President-elect he cannot keep denying what US intelligence is

:35:05. > :35:08.telling him. Every agency, pretty much every agency has said the

:35:09. > :35:13.Russians are behind it, and he had to finally admit that it was likely

:35:14. > :35:18.Russians who did the hacking. Then of course he tried to still be nice

:35:19. > :35:23.to Putin by saying, but other countries as well, so he is trying

:35:24. > :35:28.to balance that out but we shall see what is to come, especially if this

:35:29. > :35:31.information about the possible compromising information about

:35:32. > :35:35.Donald Trump turns out to be true, it will make things very

:35:36. > :35:38.interesting. Thank you very much for your time this morning, Natalya

:35:39. > :35:41.Pelevina speaking to us from Moscow this morning.

:35:42. > :35:43.Temperatures across the UK are expected to fall over

:35:44. > :35:45.the next couple of days, bringing the possibility

:35:46. > :35:49.The Met Office has issued yellow Be Aware warnings

:35:50. > :35:51.for much of the country - Scotland has already seen snow

:35:52. > :35:53.overnight and some flights from Heathrow Airport have already

:35:54. > :35:55.been cancelled this morning, in anticipation

:35:56. > :36:13.Within the last half-hour, John Lewis Partnership has

:36:14. > :36:14.reported a 2.7% rise in like-for-like sales over

:36:15. > :36:18.It's just one of the biggest high street names to release

:36:19. > :36:19.their Christmas sales figures this morning.

:36:20. > :36:21.Marks Spencer reported strong clothing sales,

:36:22. > :36:27.Tesco and Debenhams also reported growth.

:36:28. > :36:29.Volkswagen has pleaded guilty to criminal charges

:36:30. > :36:31.in the United States for using illegal software

:36:32. > :36:33.to cheat emissions tests for its diesel vehicles.

:36:34. > :36:36.Its been ordered to pay fines of more than ?3.5 billion -

:36:37. > :36:38.the largest penalty ever levied by the US government

:36:39. > :36:41.Plans for the UK's first hydro-electric tidal lagoon

:36:42. > :36:45.will take a significant step forward today.

:36:46. > :36:47.A report from the former Energy Minister Charles Hendry

:36:48. > :36:50.concludes that the technology can deliver a secure supply of clean

:36:51. > :36:52.energy, with Swansea Bay the frontrunner for the ?1.3 billion

:36:53. > :37:01.Victoria Derbyshire is on at 9am this morning on BBC 2.

:37:02. > :37:05.Let's see what's coming up on the programme.

:37:06. > :37:11.Good morning. More than one in ten car accidents are hit and runs, but

:37:12. > :37:16.why do so many drivers leave the scene of the crash? According to

:37:17. > :37:20.research, panic is one factor but alarmingly some people don't realise

:37:21. > :37:26.it is a crime to drive. We hear from a mum of two who hit a cyclist head

:37:27. > :37:31.on when driving drunk. She pleaded guilty to that and leaving the scene

:37:32. > :37:32.of the accident. That is after BBC Breakfast on BBC Two, the BBC News

:37:33. > :37:34.Channel, and online. And coming up here

:37:35. > :37:36.on Breakfast this morning... He's the soldier and magician

:37:37. > :37:39.who won Britain's Got Talent. Richard Jones will be

:37:40. > :37:42.here to talk about his new tour, the relationship between magic

:37:43. > :37:58.and the military, and he'll also be Here is one of the tricks involving

:37:59. > :38:01.a note, he has made it all go different ways around! And I bet he

:38:02. > :38:05.turns it back the way it was. Very impressive.

:38:06. > :38:08.After a glittering career that's seen her win five FA Cups and become

:38:09. > :38:10.England's record goalscorer, Kelly Smith is hanging up her boots.

:38:11. > :38:12.We'll be talking to Britain's first female professional footballer

:38:13. > :38:25.Standing upon the table and swearing, saying, you are not my mum

:38:26. > :38:29.and dad, I know who my mum is, I want to go back to my mum, and based

:38:30. > :38:32.on that I was kicked out on Christmas Eve.

:38:33. > :38:35.With the number of children in the care system at a 30 year high, we

:38:36. > :38:38.will look at whether foster care or residential homes work best for

:38:39. > :38:42.vulnerable children with complex needs.

:38:43. > :38:50.Mike is here with the sport. Looking forward to speaking to Kelly Smith

:38:51. > :38:54.in a moment, but first men's football, Southampton with a toe on

:38:55. > :38:57.the road to Wembley, and narrow win over Liverpool. They could have got

:38:58. > :39:01.more last night, they will be kicking themselves.

:39:02. > :39:09.But they have taken a slender advantage over Liverpool

:39:10. > :39:15.Nathan Redmond's cool finish gave Saints, just the 1-0 lead,

:39:16. > :39:18.to take to Anfield for the second leg in a fortnights time.

:39:19. > :39:19.The winner will play either Manchester United

:39:20. > :39:23.Former France midfielder Claude Makelele has been appointed

:39:24. > :39:25.assistant coach to Paul Clement at Swansea City.

:39:26. > :39:26.Makelele has previously worked with Clement at Chelsea

:39:27. > :39:40.Manchester City have been charged by the Football Association

:39:41. > :39:41.for breaching anti-doping regulations regarding

:39:42. > :39:45.Clubs have to provide training details and players' overnight

:39:46. > :39:47.addresses on request, and it's understood that the club

:39:48. > :39:49.failed to update this when training schedules changed.

:39:50. > :39:52.They have to respond to the charge by next Thursday.

:39:53. > :39:57.BBC Sport understands that Sam Warburton's six-year spell

:39:58. > :39:59.as Wales rugby union captain is to come to an end ahead

:40:00. > :40:04.of the Six Nations tournament that starts next month.

:40:05. > :40:08.Warburton is still expected to be part of the squad, which is named

:40:09. > :40:10.on Tuesday, but he's ready to relinquish the role

:40:11. > :40:25.Alun Wyn Jones is the leading candidate to succeed Warburton.

:40:26. > :40:28.I think Alan is a superb choice because of his consistency

:40:29. > :40:30.and performance, he is always up for the game.

:40:31. > :40:34.You would hope the captaincy wouldn't affect him.

:40:35. > :40:36.He is a very senior international now.

:40:37. > :40:37.The burden of captaincy shouldn't affect his performance.

:40:38. > :40:39.He is an excellent and obvious candidate.

:40:40. > :40:42.One other rugby union line - Joe Marler will miss at least

:40:43. > :40:46.the first of England's Six Nations matches, that's against France.

:40:47. > :40:49.The Harlequins prop broke his leg in the warm-up before

:40:50. > :41:02.Tennis, and Laura Robson says she felt "sluggish and flat"

:41:03. > :41:05.as she lost in qualifying for the Australian Open last night.

:41:06. > :41:08.She went out in straight sets to Amandine Hesse of France.

:41:09. > :41:10.Two other Britons are in warm up action today.

:41:11. > :41:12.British number one Johanna Konta plays Eugenie Bouchard in the semi

:41:13. > :41:15.final of the Sydney International, that's after Dan Evan's

:41:16. > :41:17.He's on court playing the tournament's top

:41:18. > :41:29.Evans is ranked 67 in the world and the gulf in class has shown,

:41:30. > :41:32.with the Austrian taking the first set 6-3 in just over half an hour.

:41:33. > :41:35.But the Briton is fighting back, he is up in the second set.

:41:36. > :41:38.Jim Furyk will captain the US Ryder Cup team at next year's event.

:41:39. > :41:40.As a player, Furyk has played in nine Ryder Cups.

:41:41. > :41:44.He's named Davis Love III as a vice captain for the 2018 competition,

:41:45. > :41:54.which will be held in France, just outside Paris.

:41:55. > :42:01.It has the teamwork, competition, camaraderie, the competition,

:42:02. > :42:03.it brings fans worldwide, and I get chills just thinking

:42:04. > :42:12.about all the events I have been able to participate in,

:42:13. > :42:18.and how fortunate I've been, now to stand here as 2018 captain,

:42:19. > :42:22.to sit here as 2018 captain for 2018 is such an honour.

:42:23. > :42:27.Kelly Smith has decided to hang up her boots.

:42:28. > :42:28.She was Britain's first female professional footballer

:42:29. > :42:32.and with Arsenal won the FA Cup five times as well as what is now

:42:33. > :42:42.In 1999 she made history, becoming the first professional player when

:42:43. > :42:45.she went over to play in the USA. She has been given a coaching role

:42:46. > :42:51.with Arsenal and we hope to be speaking to her a little later.

:42:52. > :42:53.I will go and put some money in the meter, try to salvage the

:42:54. > :42:59.connection. Get some yoghurt pots or something!

:43:00. > :43:01.The welfare of some of England's most vulnerable children in care

:43:02. > :43:03.is being put secondary to budgets, according to a former

:43:04. > :43:12.Lord Laming, a former chief inspector of social care services,

:43:13. > :43:14.says some children with complex needs are being put

:43:15. > :43:16.into foster families rather than given specialist support

:43:17. > :43:19.The number of children in care in England is

:43:20. > :43:31.Liam Hill and Lemn Sissay both say they suffered at the hands of a care

:43:32. > :43:45.Liam's mum was unable to look after him.

:43:46. > :43:49.At the age of five he went into care, but went on to have

:43:50. > :43:50.42 foster placements, 24 care home visits.

:43:51. > :43:53.Lemn had just one long-term foster family but shortly

:43:54. > :43:58.after this picture was taken, they gave him up.

:43:59. > :44:01.It was not care, it's called care but care was the last

:44:02. > :44:12.I remember standing up on the table and swearing to them that

:44:13. > :44:15."You're not my mum and dad, I know who my mum is and I want to

:44:16. > :44:20.Based on that, on Christmas Eve I was kicked out.

:44:21. > :44:22.Liam tells us he was denied any specialist help and bounced

:44:23. > :44:27.around the care system for the next 13 years.

:44:28. > :44:30.I want to point out foster carers aren't trained for therapeutic help.

:44:31. > :44:33.One of the issues was they put me into foster care and not

:44:34. > :44:34.a residential place because of money.

:44:35. > :44:37.A child in a foster family isn't necessarily the right

:44:38. > :44:40.A children's home, if you get the right treatment, can be

:44:41. > :44:50.I know that - I don't believe it, I know it.

:44:51. > :44:52.Successive governments have agreed for most children

:44:53. > :44:54.fostering is a better option, that's why the proportion

:44:55. > :44:57.of looked-after children in homes has fallen from a high of 40%

:44:58. > :45:01.How successfully we look after these children matters.

:45:02. > :45:03.Look in prisons and you'll see between a quarter and a third

:45:04. > :45:07.The Howard League for Penal Reform believe some blame lies

:45:08. > :45:18.We've identified that children living in residential homes,

:45:19. > :45:21.are in care in residential homes, are more likely to be criminalised.

:45:22. > :45:23.And we're worried that might be because the children's homes

:45:24. > :45:26.themselves are using the police as respite care, or to control

:45:27. > :45:28.children when they haven't got the resources.

:45:29. > :45:33.Children's home owners tell me they are under attack.

:45:34. > :45:36.That at homes like this they have specially-trained staff able to deal

:45:37. > :45:46.with the rising tide of children who need specialist help.

:45:47. > :45:49.We've always been frowned upon, we've always been last in the queue.

:45:50. > :45:51.My job's more difficult now than it's ever been.

:45:52. > :45:54.Some of the traumas that young people go through has got

:45:55. > :45:56.predominantly worse over the last couple of years.

:45:57. > :45:59.The truth is there just aren't enough places out there for all

:46:00. > :46:04.But the fear is too many of those children are in the wrong kind

:46:05. > :46:07.of place and getting the wrong kind of support.

:46:08. > :46:10.Former Government adviser Lord Laming, the man who chaired

:46:11. > :46:13.the Victoria Climbie inquiry, shares those concerns.

:46:14. > :46:18.He told me he fears children with complex needs are being

:46:19. > :46:20.fostered not because it's the best option, but because it's

:46:21. > :46:29.Joining us now is Lord Laming, a former chief inspector

:46:30. > :46:41.Good morning to you. We heard a bit there in the piece on your thoughts

:46:42. > :46:45.on this. Talk us through this, do you think there are too many

:46:46. > :46:50.children in foster care? Well, there are 70,000 children in care as your

:46:51. > :46:53.piece indicated and, in my view, when this state takes over the

:46:54. > :46:58.parenting of someone else's child, they have both a legal and a moral

:46:59. > :47:07.responsibility to be a good parent to that child. Children do not come

:47:08. > :47:13.into care for trivial reasons. Generally they have had a bad start

:47:14. > :47:20.and they have problems. What we need is a wider range of facilities for

:47:21. > :47:23.them. That includes wonderful foster carers, but also tremendous

:47:24. > :47:28.residential cares. So what we ought to be doing is ensuring that we have

:47:29. > :47:35.the right kind of placement for each child. Some start off in residential

:47:36. > :47:38.care, find stability, find safety, find reassurance, develop a sense of

:47:39. > :47:43.confidence, then they can move into foster care. But what is important

:47:44. > :47:48.is that we don't just put rooves over children's heads. What we do is

:47:49. > :47:53.to design the facilities around their needs. I'm afraid at the

:47:54. > :47:57.present time, there is a danger that the range of facilities and

:47:58. > :48:01.opportunities for these children is narrowing when really what we ought

:48:02. > :48:06.to be doing is being good parents to these children. So it's about

:48:07. > :48:09.looking more at the individual then. You talk about the wider range of

:48:10. > :48:14.facilities there should be. What do you mean by that? Well, what I mean

:48:15. > :48:18.is that because there is such a range of need within these children,

:48:19. > :48:23.some of them have had very little education, some of them have got

:48:24. > :48:27.health problems, some have got quite serious social problems because

:48:28. > :48:31.they've not been helped in their childhood, in their normal

:48:32. > :48:36.development. And so what we need are facilities that are geared to meet

:48:37. > :48:41.different needs at different stages in the child's development. So some

:48:42. > :48:44.may just need, if you like, the security of being in a home knowing

:48:45. > :48:50.that they are safe and they are going to be properly cared for.

:48:51. > :48:55.Others may need therapeutic help and support to help them move from what

:48:56. > :48:57.the awful things they have experienced into developing

:48:58. > :49:03.confidence that there is some hope in the future. What we don't want is

:49:04. > :49:09.just to treat them as if we have to find a bed for them somewhere. That

:49:10. > :49:18.is the real challenge at the current time. Foster makers do a fantastic

:49:19. > :49:21.job, make no mistake about that. For foster parents, it's vital that we

:49:22. > :49:25.have them, it's a thankless task in some respects. What support is out

:49:26. > :49:29.there for them? I have huge regard for them. I have to say, they give

:49:30. > :49:34.their help and support, they welcome into their home a child that's not

:49:35. > :49:41.theirs, that may have had some awful experiences. What they need is great

:49:42. > :49:46.support because these children without a doubt will present some

:49:47. > :49:51.challenging behaviour. But it's not just for one service. These children

:49:52. > :49:55.need to be educated and some of them have had a very poor start. What we

:49:56. > :50:01.must do is make sure we bring into play all of the key services and

:50:02. > :50:04.make sure that they operate in a child-centred way, rather than an

:50:05. > :50:13.administrative way. Thank you very much for your time. Jane, it's an

:50:14. > :50:17.interesting point that Lord Laming's made. He's setting out praise for

:50:18. > :50:21.the foster services and those that do that who make it work against

:50:22. > :50:24.when it's appropriate for a child to be there as opposed to somewhere

:50:25. > :50:27.else? There's absolutely no criticism in any of this report or

:50:28. > :50:32.anything he's saying about foster carers, but what he's saying is that

:50:33. > :50:35.there are some children for whom family setting if they've come from

:50:36. > :50:42.a dysfunctional family, they don't want to go back to a family setting.

:50:43. > :50:48.Complex needs means they need more help. The National Federation of

:50:49. > :50:56.Fostering providers agrees with this saying there is no doubt residential

:50:57. > :51:00.homes can offer more but they are not right for everybody, foster

:51:01. > :51:05.carers are professionals and inspected by Ofsted. Lord Laming, we

:51:06. > :51:10.have heard what he says but what does the Government say? It's almost

:51:11. > :51:14.an acknowledgement that foster carers need more help and they are

:51:15. > :51:18.doing a fostering stocktake right now. They are looking at what they

:51:19. > :51:20.receive, if they need more and they are going to report back on it later

:51:21. > :51:24.this year. Thank you very much. We'll get the weather from Carol

:51:25. > :51:27.in a moment but first let's have a look at the scene

:51:28. > :51:41.in Dunfermline this morning where A coach just in the way of the

:51:42. > :51:44.Perfect Shot! Let's find out whether this is

:51:45. > :51:48.something we should expect across the country and Carol stood in front

:51:49. > :51:53.of another very snowy scene. Good morning. It's winter of course

:51:54. > :51:59.and we should expect this but this is a beautiful picture isn't in from

:52:00. > :52:05.Glasgow. We have snow showers in the northern half of the country. If you

:52:06. > :52:11.look at the spacing of the isobars, it's also windy, so in the Scottish

:52:12. > :52:17.mountains we have some blizzards. That rain will be heavy in places

:52:18. > :52:23.and as it moves across we have south-westerly winds which is a mild

:52:24. > :52:26.direction. Behind it, the wind veers to a north-westerly. Increasingly in

:52:27. > :52:30.the afternoon we'll see some of the rain turn to sleet and snow. The

:52:31. > :52:35.very fact that across northern England, Northern Ireland and also

:52:36. > :52:39.Scotland and North Wales, we have got snow showers, that tells you not

:52:40. > :52:42.everyone is going to get one. Some parts will stay dry, some will have

:52:43. > :52:46.lovely sunshine but it will feel cold if you are exposed to the wind.

:52:47. > :52:50.Low pressure pushes across the south, introducing the heavy rain.

:52:51. > :52:55.There could be some issues with localised surface water flooding. As

:52:56. > :52:59.the cold northwesterly cuts in, we'll see that fall as snow. Into

:53:00. > :53:06.the afternoon, we carry on with the snow showers. The wind easing for a

:53:07. > :53:10.time but it will pick up again later on. A lot of dry weather too across

:53:11. > :53:14.northern England into parts of Wales. It's as we push towards the

:53:15. > :53:17.south and we have that low pressure moving across. We have the rain and

:53:18. > :53:22.the first signs of the sleet and snow, some of which will be getting

:53:23. > :53:26.to lower levels. Temperature-wise, they are going to

:53:27. > :53:31.be high in the south, low in the north. When you add on the wind

:53:32. > :53:34.childth chill, they'll feel below freezing in northern areas and lower

:53:35. > :53:39.than the temperatures suggest in the south. Through the evening and into

:53:40. > :53:43.the night period, rain sleet and snow pushes through the Home

:53:44. > :53:48.Counties. London into Essex, East Anglia and Kent before clearing.

:53:49. > :53:53.There is still an element of will we get it, will we not? We think we'll

:53:54. > :53:57.see some at lower levels. This evening and overnight, quickly we

:53:58. > :54:01.see the risk of ice develop on untreated surfaces and more snow

:54:02. > :54:05.coming out of Scotland into northern England, Northern Ireland, North

:54:06. > :54:10.Wales and the north Midlands. Tomorrow morning, the rush hour

:54:11. > :54:13.again, it moves through the rest of the Midlands again, possibly through

:54:14. > :54:18.London and down into Kent before clearing.

:54:19. > :54:21.There'll be a lot of dry weather, sunshine, a peppering of wintry

:54:22. > :54:26.showers, so not all of us will catch them in the north and west. The wind

:54:27. > :54:30.will be down the East Coast. Here too we are looking at wintry

:54:31. > :54:34.showers. With the wind being strong it will Pep up some large waves

:54:35. > :54:39.coinciding with the high spring tide so there is the risk of coastal

:54:40. > :54:43.flooding along the East Coast of England, obviously not everywhere.

:54:44. > :54:47.Into Saturday, quite a different day with a lot of dry weather, a fair

:54:48. > :54:55.bit of sunshine. The cloud thickens up in the west. Before the rain, it

:54:56. > :54:58.could be preceded by snow in western Scotland and north-west Scotland. On

:54:59. > :55:03.Saturday and Sunday, a real change in the feel of the weather. It will

:55:04. > :55:12.feel much milder than it will today and tomorrow.

:55:13. > :55:19.Mike is back now because we are talking about Kelly Smith.

:55:20. > :55:24.Celebrating her 18-year career, yes. She won 117 caps and scored a record

:55:25. > :55:28.46 goals for England. She was England's first female professional

:55:29. > :55:31.footballer and with Arsenal won the FA Cup five times as well as what is

:55:32. > :55:34.now the Champions League. So she's going to hang up her boots and

:55:35. > :55:39.retire and go into coaching. We'll speak to her in a moment. Let us

:55:40. > :55:56.first reflect on her winning moments.

:55:57. > :56:06.Keeper couldn't hold it. Kelly Smith is in and she's fired it home!

:56:07. > :56:12.Playing the ball through to Smith. One chance! That's all Kelly Smith

:56:13. > :56:18.needs! It had to be Kelly Smith, the golden girl of English women's

:56:19. > :56:24.football. Kelly Smith! Back to Williams. Trying to play it to

:56:25. > :56:31.Smith. That's the record-breaking goal. 41 strikes for England. Nobody

:56:32. > :56:35.has scored more goals for their country than Kelly Smith.

:56:36. > :56:43.And Kelly joins us now from her home in North London.

:56:44. > :56:49.Good morning, Kelly. Good morning, how are you? Great thanks, great to

:56:50. > :56:52.see your highlights. What is your stand out moment, if you could pick

:56:53. > :56:56.one? I think for Arsenal it would

:56:57. > :57:00.certainly have to be the UEFA Cup final, now the Champions League. To

:57:01. > :57:04.win that, we were the underdogs, it was an amazing feeling, we were

:57:05. > :57:08.crowned the best team obviously in Europe and this past season's FA Cup

:57:09. > :57:12.playing at Wembley was such an honour. We were underdogs on the

:57:13. > :57:16.day, Chelsea were the favourites and we weren't playing particularly well

:57:17. > :57:21.going into that final so it was really pleasing to pick up that

:57:22. > :57:27.trophy, walk up the famous steps and pick up the trophy for Arsenal. What

:57:28. > :57:34.was your first memory and what got you hooked when it wasn't easy for

:57:35. > :57:39.girls to get into the game? Unfortunately, back 18-20 years ago

:57:40. > :57:43.when I was a young kid, I played on two boys' teams and was the best

:57:44. > :57:50.player on the teams and I got kicked off for being a girl so I faced

:57:51. > :57:54.quite a bit of adversity in my career early on and I'm proud that I

:57:55. > :57:57.didn't quit. I continued and proved that girls can play football and you

:57:58. > :58:02.can see how the state of the game is now, how popular it is for girls,

:58:03. > :58:06.it's the most played female sport so the game is really thriving right

:58:07. > :58:10.now. Kelly, on the theme of what you are

:58:11. > :58:14.talking about there, what it used to be like, did people used to say,

:58:15. > :58:19.it's not a thing for girls to play, there's not money in it, you can't

:58:20. > :58:25.have a job playing football, did people say those things to you? Yes.

:58:26. > :58:30.I faced a lot of sexism early on in my career. People said I shouldn't

:58:31. > :58:36.play football, it's a man's sport. I think still some people have that

:58:37. > :58:41.mindset but I think we are winning a lot of people over over the years

:58:42. > :58:44.and the game's evolved over the past 15-20 years. It's at a fantastic

:58:45. > :58:48.stage right now that the England women's team are top five in the

:58:49. > :58:52.world, they've got the European Championships this year in July, in

:58:53. > :58:57.Holland. The game for me, it seems the right time to step out of the

:58:58. > :59:02.game. It's in such a fantastic place and I've done my time, I'm really

:59:03. > :59:05.proud of my career and what I've accomplished and my next career path

:59:06. > :59:10.is to stay in the game in a coaching capacity.

:59:11. > :59:13.Such a loss to lose you from the sport, Kelly, so is the plan now you

:59:14. > :59:15.are going to coach and still work with all the fabulous young

:59:16. > :59:25.footballers coming through? Yes, I think it would be a waste for

:59:26. > :59:30.me to walk away. I've had a fantastic career, I've learned a lot

:59:31. > :59:34.the way, build my knowledge in the game, it is all appear, so I hope to

:59:35. > :59:37.relate that information to the young kids and share my experiences and

:59:38. > :59:44.try to help them reach the levels that they want to reach, maybe play

:59:45. > :59:48.for England, for an FA W S club. I'm here to try to inspire the next

:59:49. > :59:52.generation. You have got one little match to play, all the best players

:59:53. > :59:56.in the world, some of them, coming together at Arsenal to pay tribute

:59:57. > :00:04.to you in a fantastic sendoff game, so no pressure to score in this one!

:00:05. > :00:07.Yes, 15th of February at Boreham Wood football club where Arsenal

:00:08. > :00:11.played their home games, TPM, there will be former and current players I

:00:12. > :00:16.have played with over the years playing against the Arsenal 2017

:00:17. > :00:21.squad, so it will be a great day out for family to come out and support

:00:22. > :00:24.women's football. It will be like a little sendoff for me, just to say

:00:25. > :00:30.thank you to the fans for supporting me over my career. Showing how much

:00:31. > :00:33.it has all changed. Thanks a great deal to you, Kelly. All the best for

:00:34. > :00:35.the future, we look forward to seeing you performing at some point

:00:36. > :00:42.in your coaching role. Thanks, Kelly. Thank you. Thanks, Mike.

:00:43. > :00:45.Brilliant woman. It's been good news for many

:00:46. > :00:48.of the big high street names over the Christmas period with major

:00:49. > :00:50.retailers including the John Lewis Partnership

:00:51. > :00:52.reporting a growth in sales. Ben's at the London Stock Exchange

:00:53. > :01:01.for us this morning What is the picture this morning?

:01:02. > :01:05.Welcome to the heart of the city of London. A really busy morning as far

:01:06. > :01:09.as we tell figures are concerned, update on how some of our biggest

:01:10. > :01:13.high-street firms fared over the Christmas period, and on the whole

:01:14. > :01:19.they are pretty good. John Lewis figures came in at 4.9% overall,

:01:20. > :01:24.growth of sales. If you break them down, John Lewis owns Waitrose, so

:01:25. > :01:26.Waitrose doing well, up by 2.8%, John Lewis department store reported

:01:27. > :01:49.sales up by 2.7%. One set of figures we are excited about,

:01:50. > :01:52.certainly the city paying close attention, is Marks Spencer, they

:01:53. > :01:54.said sales were up by 1.3% over that crucial Christmas period but what is

:01:55. > :01:57.really important and interesting is that their clothing sales rose for

:01:58. > :01:59.the first time in a long time, up by 2.3%. A big turnaround as far as

:02:00. > :02:02.clothing sales are concerned for M Also Tesco's sales were up by

:02:03. > :02:05.0.7%. Natalie Berg is a retail analyst, we will talk through some

:02:06. > :02:08.of these numbers because there is a lot to get through, but let's start

:02:09. > :02:11.with Marks Spencer because that is the interesting one. We have been

:02:12. > :02:14.used to talking about falling clothing sales but they seem to have

:02:15. > :02:18.done something differently and they are backed up? A strong set of

:02:19. > :02:28.results from M this morning but I don't think

:02:29. > :02:32.they are out of the woods yet. If we dig deeper into the numbers, you

:02:33. > :02:35.will see last Christmas sales were down on a like-for-like basis by 6%,

:02:36. > :02:37.a disastrous time the previous Christmas, so very soft comparatives

:02:38. > :02:40.and a change in the reporting period as well which would have altered the

:02:41. > :02:43.numbers slightly but they are making a proof -- improvements in clothing,

:02:44. > :02:47.they have addressed the need of their core target customer, shoppers

:02:48. > :02:51.over 55, and recognised a need to become more relevant and making

:02:52. > :02:55.adjustments in terms of style, availability and price as well,

:02:56. > :02:59.which is crucial. We normally talk about food being the big winner for

:03:00. > :03:02.Marks Spencer, less so this time but similar elsewhere because food

:03:03. > :03:06.for some of the retail is doing very well but not throwing things and

:03:07. > :03:08.clothing, but Marks Spencer turned that on its head? Yes, I was

:03:09. > :03:22.disappointed with the M food figures, they were

:03:23. > :03:24.softer than we expected, especially compared to Waitrose, another

:03:25. > :03:26.premium grocer whose like-for-like sales were up 3%. I think that

:03:27. > :03:29.reflects a couple of things, first of all broader recovery of the

:03:30. > :03:31.middle market, you only have to look at Tesco's results, Sainsbury's and

:03:32. > :03:35.Morrison's earlier in the week recording strong growth, finally

:03:36. > :03:38.recovery there, and maybe to a lesser extent shoppers might have

:03:39. > :03:41.been tempted by the discounters this year to buy some more premium

:03:42. > :03:45.products as they look to treat themselves over the Christmas

:03:46. > :03:50.period. That is interesting, those luxury Rangers, all of the

:03:51. > :04:00.supermarkets have got those finest ranges, those best Rangers, maybe

:04:01. > :04:03.more of us tempted to do that, but the big question is whether we will

:04:04. > :04:06.carry that on into the New Year? Unlikely, I think, we tend to treat

:04:07. > :04:09.ourselves around Christmas but we have two keep in mind that prices

:04:10. > :04:11.will inevitably go up, after years of deflation in the grocery sector

:04:12. > :04:15.we are seeing in the region in the last six weeks, lots of big

:04:16. > :04:18.retailers acknowledging that -- we are seeing inflation. We have heard

:04:19. > :04:30.from next, clothing sales could go up by 5%, we have heard from The

:04:31. > :04:35.Entertainer And Even Lego have said that prices will go up. Those online

:04:36. > :04:46.only retailers, you mentioned AO and we have also had ASOS performing

:04:47. > :04:48.well. Yes, I think that marks the improvement and reliability of

:04:49. > :04:51.delivery, consumers were confident they could order as late as a few

:04:52. > :04:54.days before Christmas and still receive gifts on time so overall

:04:55. > :04:59.very strong growth from the online sector. Good to talk to you, thank

:05:00. > :05:03.you for making sense of that. A busy day year for the stock market

:05:04. > :05:06.as investors try to get used all of those things and get their head

:05:07. > :05:12.around those numbers. Just one quick word about the market, Marks and

:05:13. > :05:19.Spencers' shares up by 1.5% but we also told you earlier yesterday the

:05:20. > :05:23.FTSE 100 hit a record high, tenth successive session it had risen,

:05:24. > :05:30.just showing you the numbers now, trade now well under way, slightly

:05:31. > :05:35.off the high that we saw yesterday, trading at 7268, yesterday the high

:05:36. > :05:39.with 7290. Despite good figures for the retailers, the market is not

:05:40. > :05:41.loving it quite so much this morning.

:05:42. > :05:45.Always mesmerising watching that scene behind you of the red and the

:05:46. > :05:50.green whenever you are there. Yes, it is amazing!

:05:51. > :05:54.Thank you very much, we will see you soon.

:05:55. > :05:57.If you are a fan of magic, you are in the right place because we have

:05:58. > :06:00.the magician Richard Jones coming into the studio to do some tricks.

:06:01. > :06:08.Before that, the headlines where you are this

:06:09. > :06:13.The Forth Road Bridge is fully open to traffic this morning,

:06:14. > :06:15.after it was closed early yesterday, when a lorry was blown

:06:16. > :06:21.over during high winds, blocking both carriageways.

:06:22. > :06:24.The closure resulted in major traffic disruption,

:06:25. > :06:27.But the bridge was reopened around 9pm last night

:06:28. > :06:30.when repairs to the central reservation were complete.

:06:31. > :06:32.An agreement has been reached to ensure that foreign workers

:06:33. > :06:34.on freight boats serving Orkney and Shetland are paid

:06:35. > :06:37.The Transport Minister Humza Yousaf said a new charter arrangement

:06:38. > :06:41.would end the long-running dispute over seafarers' pay.

:06:42. > :06:43.The RMT union had claimed that some workers on board two freight boats

:06:44. > :06:50.A Lanarkshire cheese-maker banned from selling its produce

:06:51. > :06:53.after a fatal E.coli outbreak wants to put two of its products

:06:54. > :06:56.Food Standards Scotland banned the sale of Errington Cheeses

:06:57. > :06:58.after finding bacteria in batches of Dunsyre Blue and Lanark Blue.

:06:59. > :07:02.The firm has disputed the evidence, and insists its cheese is safe.

:07:03. > :07:04.It is now seeking permission to put its Lanark Blue

:07:05. > :07:07.and Corra Linn products back on the market.

:07:08. > :07:11.Another cold morning, with a risk of ice on untreated surfaces.

:07:12. > :07:13.The cold, showery and windy weather will continue,

:07:14. > :07:15.with further frequent wintry showers to come, especially across northern

:07:16. > :07:22.There will be fewer in the east, with the best of the sunshine here.

:07:23. > :07:29.Temperatures will struggle, reaching 2 or 3 Celsius at best.

:07:30. > :07:30.We are back at 1:30pm. Enjoy your morning.

:07:31. > :07:47.He's the first magician to win Britain's Got Talent after wowing

:07:48. > :07:51.judges with his impressive sleight-of-hand in May last year.

:07:52. > :07:54.And since then, Corporal Richard Jones has gone on to perform magic

:07:55. > :07:57.tricks for the likes of Prince Charles, receive

:07:58. > :08:00.the highest accolade possible from the Magic Circle and is now set

:08:01. > :08:10.The soldier-turned-showman joins us on the sofa now.

:08:11. > :08:17.I love the fact that you have your own black mat with you! What has

:08:18. > :08:21.life been like for you? It has been amazing, I have loved every single

:08:22. > :08:25.minute, I headlined a show in the West End called Impossible for eight

:08:26. > :08:29.weeks, I have just finished a show in Swansea, about to go on tour. The

:08:30. > :08:33.Royal variety performance was incredible, I managed to get my

:08:34. > :08:37.brother on, it was a really emotional moment for me getting him

:08:38. > :08:42.on stage as well, and his team. I am just about to go on tour, so I am

:08:43. > :08:48.excited about that, lots of exciting things planned. Explain your back

:08:49. > :08:53.story? You are currently in the military? How do you balance that

:08:54. > :08:57.career with going on tour. It is a good question, the Army are

:08:58. > :09:01.supportive of anyone doing well in any particular field. Until now it

:09:02. > :09:05.has been mainly sports stars that were similar thing, a number of

:09:06. > :09:10.Olympians are in the army and train and represent Great Britain as well

:09:11. > :09:13.as in the Army big events. I am the first magician in this situation but

:09:14. > :09:17.they are happy for me to have time off to go and do shows. Was there a

:09:18. > :09:23.conversation when you had to see your officer and say, can I have a

:09:24. > :09:27.bit of time off to do some magic?! Something like that! Luckily most of

:09:28. > :09:31.the people in charge watch Britain's Got Talent and appreciated the fact

:09:32. > :09:35.I involved the military, it is good publicity for the Army because it

:09:36. > :09:39.shows how supportive they are, it is not a big scary organisation where

:09:40. > :09:42.everyone shouts. It was a lot of storytelling you did, it was a

:09:43. > :09:46.tribute, some of the stuff you did was very much a tribute to service

:09:47. > :09:51.personnel? Absolutely, I think magic is at its most powerful when there

:09:52. > :09:57.is an emotional story within it that can connect with the audience, and

:09:58. > :10:02.my story is being in the army, so I thought, I need to combine the two,

:10:03. > :10:07.and that is what makes it the most powerful. Can we have a trick?

:10:08. > :10:12.Absolutely, I will show you what I have got here, if anybody at home

:10:13. > :10:16.puts on Twitter right now, I did a video before I came through the door

:10:17. > :10:19.of what I am going to do now, just because some people might think I

:10:20. > :10:22.switch things at the end, so I have done a video so people know that I

:10:23. > :10:27.have not done any speed the business. Could you just name one of

:10:28. > :10:32.these cards? Out loud? The king of hearts. I should have shown the

:10:33. > :10:39.camera that they are different, can we see that? The king of hearts, I

:10:40. > :10:44.will leave that there for now. Charlie, could you name one of these

:10:45. > :10:50.as well? The five of diamonds. Happy with that one? I will put that down

:10:51. > :10:55.next to yours, Stefan. I made a prediction before I came on, if you

:10:56. > :11:02.go on Twitter you will see it now, a prediction of what I thought you

:11:03. > :11:06.would go for. All of these cards are blue. Earlier on I took two card out

:11:07. > :11:09.of a different pack and wrote something on them, the cards I

:11:10. > :11:12.thought you would choose. The odds of you choosing those are quite

:11:13. > :11:18.slim, you could have chosen anyone, happy with those? Yes.

:11:19. > :11:25.Interestingly, the card I thought you would choose, Steph... That is

:11:26. > :11:31.so clever! Not only that, but the five of diamonds, Charlie, has your

:11:32. > :11:35.name on it. That messes with my mind, that, because whenever you do

:11:36. > :11:38.a trick with the magician I try to think, right, they want me to pick a

:11:39. > :11:42.certain one, I'm going to go for another one, but you just get it,

:11:43. > :11:47.don't you? When did you realise you had a

:11:48. > :11:53.talent for sleight of hand? I joined the Army in 2010, originally posted

:11:54. > :11:56.with the regiment and did a lot of travelling, always on an aeroplane

:11:57. > :12:00.or coach journey going miles away, so I had a lot of time on my hands

:12:01. > :12:03.to practice sleight of hand and the good thing in the Army is you are

:12:04. > :12:07.always with a group of people who want to be entertained, so I have

:12:08. > :12:10.always had a good audience, and the thing is they are not forgiving, if

:12:11. > :12:14.you make a mistake they will tell you about it! I fast tracked quickly

:12:15. > :12:18.because I knew I had to be on the top of my game before shoving them

:12:19. > :12:23.anything, so I like to think I fast tracked for that reason. I always

:12:24. > :12:27.think the best and worst audience for the magician is children,

:12:28. > :12:32.because they really definitely want to know! They will inspect you,

:12:33. > :12:36.won't they? It is definitely a tricky age for magic because they

:12:37. > :12:40.are learning all these new things, they are at the stage where they

:12:41. > :12:46.want to find out how things work in normal life, so magic... But if you

:12:47. > :12:52.can fool a child, you can fool anyone. Do you have any more tricks

:12:53. > :12:54.for us? I will try something with Charlie, I asked you earlier to

:12:55. > :12:59.think of a friend from school and I asked you to put it -- to write it

:13:00. > :13:04.down and put it in your pocket. I wrote something down and kept the

:13:05. > :13:11.pad. Don't get it out yet, nobody has seen it? The cameraman was my

:13:12. > :13:15.witness. But you did not show the camera for people at ten? I will try

:13:16. > :13:22.to experiment, people at home will be able to see how I do this now. I

:13:23. > :13:25.will not directed, sometimes I don't, depends how well I can read

:13:26. > :13:29.you, but people at home will be able to see this in your body language. I

:13:30. > :13:33.will ask you to count how many letters there are in the name, but

:13:34. > :13:37.only in your head, not out loud, trying not to nod or give any

:13:38. > :13:42.indication away when you start, where you finish, what number you

:13:43. > :13:43.aren't. So, in your mind, start counting the letters now.

:13:44. > :13:45.Interesting poker face.