14/01/2017

:00:00. > :00:00.This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Steph

:00:07. > :00:15.The Prime Minister says doctors in England must extend their hours

:00:16. > :00:17.This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Steph

:00:18. > :00:22.The Prime Minister says doctors in England must extend their hours

:00:23. > :00:24.This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Steph

:00:25. > :00:27.The Prime Minister says doctors in England must extend their hours

:00:28. > :00:29.to ease pressure on Accident and Emergency services.

:00:30. > :00:33.Theresa May says funding to GPs will be cut unless they can prove

:00:34. > :00:36.there isn't a need for a 12-hour seven-day service.

:00:37. > :00:45.Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes but towns

:00:46. > :00:49.and villages along the East coast escape serious flooding.

:00:50. > :00:53.MPs call for the Prime Minister to publish its Brexit plan by mid

:00:54. > :01:03.It follow's a dispute over his fitness, but also comes

:01:04. > :01:12.amid reports he is being offered ?30 million a year, to play in China.

:01:13. > :01:18.It is rock and roll sport. That is how I explain it.

:01:19. > :01:20.And bringing motocross, to the great indoors.

:01:21. > :01:22.I've been meeting some of the people involved,

:01:23. > :01:25.in Arenacross to find out how it works.

:01:26. > :01:29.The Prime Minister has said GPs in England should

:01:30. > :01:32.keep their surgeries open for longer to ease pressure on accident

:01:33. > :01:36.Downing Street says too many family doctors are closing early

:01:37. > :01:39.and failing to open at weekends, forcing patients to seek

:01:40. > :01:47.Our political correspondent, Chris Mason, reports.

:01:48. > :01:56.For days, the government has faced criticism about its management of

:01:57. > :02:01.the NHS in England. Targets have been missed and major alerts

:02:02. > :02:05.declared. Senior figures in the health service are sounding doom

:02:06. > :02:08.alerts about the future. Now the Prime Minister is turning her

:02:09. > :02:10.attention to family doctors and what they can do to help. A Downing

:02:11. > :02:32.Street source said this. The doctors' union, the British

:02:33. > :02:39.Medical Association, said the remarks amounted to scapegoating, in

:02:40. > :02:43.what it called a serious crisis. The association added that a third of GP

:02:44. > :02:47.surgeries in England had unfilled vacancies because the existing

:02:48. > :02:49.workload put doctors off wanting to go into general practice. Chris

:02:50. > :02:50.Mason, BBC News. In just over an hour we'll be

:02:51. > :02:53.speaking to the chairman of the British Medical

:02:54. > :02:56.Association's GP Committee. The east of England has

:02:57. > :02:58.escaped major flooding, despite fears that storm surges

:02:59. > :03:01.could hit towns along the coast. Thousands of people were urged

:03:02. > :03:04.to leave their homes as the Environment Agency issued 17

:03:05. > :03:06.severe flood warnings But by the early hours of

:03:07. > :03:23.the morning the threat had subsided. After all the words and warning,

:03:24. > :03:28.just the sight and sound of a huge display of strength by nature.

:03:29. > :03:32.Within 5-10 minutes it was coming over the walls and just flooding

:03:33. > :03:39.straight in and running all the way down the street. It was awful. About

:03:40. > :03:43.30 homes were inundated. Businesses as well. Into the evening, people in

:03:44. > :03:48.the path of the storm surge were still protecting their properties.

:03:49. > :03:55.Some were advised to leave, but others in Great Yarmouth stayed put.

:03:56. > :03:59.We saw it happen in 2013. You have to take precautions. All we did was

:04:00. > :04:05.put up sandbags near the doorways. Others found comfort however they

:04:06. > :04:10.could. Special centres opened up. But when high tide arrived in each

:04:11. > :04:15.town, conditions appeared to ease. The Environment Agency sent in

:04:16. > :04:19.helpers. And more than five miles of temporary Darrius. Officials say

:04:20. > :04:26.that the emergency response was not over the top. The worst is over and

:04:27. > :04:30.the defence is held. The rest centres will be put away now. To be

:04:31. > :04:35.honest with you, if it had have breached, we would have been in a

:04:36. > :04:39.lot worse situation in these centres would have been needed. It is wise

:04:40. > :04:42.to say we followed everything by the book as far as the Environment

:04:43. > :04:49.Agency and emergency services were concerned that. In full those of you

:04:50. > :04:54.who want to go home, get out of here. Some want to return home. But

:04:55. > :04:56.with warnings being placed, people are being urged not to take chances.

:04:57. > :04:58.Simon Cleminson, BBC News. We're joined now by Alex Dunlop

:04:59. > :05:01.who is at Great Yarmouth, one of the towns that was thought

:05:02. > :05:04.to be at greatest risk. What's the situation

:05:05. > :05:15.this morning, Alex? I have to say that here in Great

:05:16. > :05:20.Yarmouth, people are breathing a collective sigh of relief. This is

:05:21. > :05:25.the river that flows through. Last night I was standing here at 930

:05:26. > :05:31.when the tidal surge came up the river. It came to about two feet

:05:32. > :05:38.below the concrete wall here. It has receded markedly. But none of the

:05:39. > :05:42.towns loop is defences were breached. That said, emergency

:05:43. > :05:46.services said they had to be repaired. Five out of 17 of the

:05:47. > :05:54.severe flood warnings along the East Anglian coast were in Yarmouth. 5000

:05:55. > :05:58.properties here were at immediate risk. Police and the military went

:05:59. > :06:08.and knocked on doors. But in the end, only 2-3 people opted to go to

:06:09. > :06:12.the rest centres. --2 out of three. Most decided to collect their free

:06:13. > :06:15.sandbags and stay at home. Many coastal communities here appear to

:06:16. > :06:21.have escaped the worst of the flooding. But further north,

:06:22. > :06:26.isolated homes, businesses, and some roads, where affected by localised

:06:27. > :06:33.flooding, mainly in North Yorkshire. As we stand now, 17 severe flood

:06:34. > :06:38.warnings are still in place. By the number of flood warnings has dropped

:06:39. > :06:43.from 135 down to 80. So the worst appears to be over. Thank you for

:06:44. > :06:45.that update on the situation in Great Yarmouth this morning.

:06:46. > :06:48.The government should publish its Brexit plan by mid

:06:49. > :06:50.February at the latest, according to a cross party

:06:51. > :06:54.The Exiting the EU Committee also says Parliament should be given

:06:55. > :06:59.Here's our business correspondent, Joe Lynam.

:07:00. > :07:07.Next week, Theresa May will give a major speech on Britain's beach

:07:08. > :07:12.outside the EU, which could give us more of an understanding. She is

:07:13. > :07:15.under pressure from key parties in the Commons, including Michael Gove.

:07:16. > :07:26.The Brexit committee says this. It should set out its planned by

:07:27. > :07:31.mid-February. It should press for a transitional arrangement with the EU

:07:32. > :07:34.if it cannot get a full deal in the two-year time frame. Banks in the

:07:35. > :07:39.city should have continued unfettered access to EU markets.

:07:40. > :07:43.They said they should offer MPs a vote on whatever is agreed at the

:07:44. > :07:52.end of the negotiation. We are made up of people who campaigned for

:07:53. > :07:55.Leave and Remain. We have come together because we know whatever

:07:56. > :07:57.side we took, we need the best deal for Britain. The government said

:07:58. > :08:11.this. But this report by cross-party MPs

:08:12. > :08:15.is likely to be seized upon by those hoping for a softer and certainly

:08:16. > :08:17.more transparent exit from the EU. Joe Lynam, BBC News.

:08:18. > :08:19.Jeremy Corbyn will defend his leadership of the Labour Party today

:08:20. > :08:22.after claims by a centre-left think tank it was too weak

:08:23. > :08:27.The Fabian Society warned Labour would lose out on returning to power

:08:28. > :08:32.At a speech in London, Mr Corbyn will say his party offers

:08:33. > :08:34."a complete break from a rigged system."

:08:35. > :08:36.He'll also outline Labour plans to bring care homes

:08:37. > :08:40.The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will say his party would take care

:08:41. > :08:44.homes into public ownership, rather than see them close

:08:45. > :09:00.Donald Trump has suggested he would be open to lifting

:09:01. > :09:02.the sanctions President Obama imposed on Russia,

:09:03. > :09:07.Mr Trump said he would keep sanctions intact for a period

:09:08. > :09:09.of time, but indicated he would be looking

:09:10. > :09:16.With days to go until Donald Trump becomes the 45th president,

:09:17. > :09:18.Washington is still reeling from an extraordinary week of allegations.

:09:19. > :09:22.The Senate intelligence committee will now examine close ties between

:09:23. > :09:27.Moscow and members of Donald Trump's campaign teams. And that the Kremlin

:09:28. > :09:31.ordered a cyber attack on The Democratic Party to influence the

:09:32. > :09:35.election. The American people are owed the truth. There is a lot of

:09:36. > :09:40.evidence to say that this is an issue of high interest to be

:09:41. > :09:45.American people. The strength and integrity of our own democracy. The

:09:46. > :09:51.President-elect is angry and repeatedly denounced the

:09:52. > :09:55.allegations. It is all they news. It did not happen. With an eye on

:09:56. > :10:00.future relations, Donald Trump has also said he is willing to work with

:10:01. > :10:02.Russia and China, provided they can operate. He told The Wall Street

:10:03. > :10:12.Journal this. When asked about the One China

:10:13. > :10:21.Policy, under which the US no longer acknowledges Taiwan, he said this.

:10:22. > :10:25.Everything is under negotiation. Meanwhile, back in Washington, the

:10:26. > :10:29.focus turns to Friday the 20th of January, the inauguration.

:10:30. > :10:34.Rehearsals have already started, as the nation gets ready to usher in a

:10:35. > :10:36.new political order, with the rest of the world watching what happens

:10:37. > :10:44.next. Sarah Corker, BBC News. The US House of Representatives has

:10:45. > :10:47.voted to begin the process to repeal President Obama's health insurance

:10:48. > :10:49.laws, known as Obamacare. The Senate approved

:10:50. > :10:51.the measure on Thursday. The law provides medical coverage

:10:52. > :10:54.for more than 20 million Americans, but President-Elect Donald Trump has

:10:55. > :10:57.tweeted that Obamacare Banks still need to do more

:10:58. > :11:02.to improve their day-to-day services, particularly when it comes

:11:03. > :11:05.to being clear about fees and charges, according to a customer

:11:06. > :11:07.satisfaction survey, Found several of the biggest banks,

:11:08. > :11:11.such as RBS, NatWest and HSBC, The Consumers' Association say banks

:11:12. > :11:14.are doing better with mobile banking, but could

:11:15. > :11:28.improve in other areas. Banks need to do much better when it

:11:29. > :11:32.comes to the transparency of their fees and charges. It is really

:11:33. > :11:35.important so that people know how much they are being charged for

:11:36. > :11:39.their bank account so that they know how much they could change if they

:11:40. > :11:41.move to another account. And so they do not get hit with unexpected fees

:11:42. > :11:42.and charges. Police in the United States say

:11:43. > :11:46.a girl who was stolen as a newborn from a hospital in Florida 18 years

:11:47. > :11:50.ago has been found alive in South Kamiyah Mobley, who was living under

:11:51. > :11:53.another name, was found The woman who raised her has been

:11:54. > :12:12.charged with kidnapping. In South Carolina we found in it and

:12:13. > :12:17.year old woman with the same date of birth but a different name. -- an

:12:18. > :12:19.18-year-old. This young woman may in fact be Kamiyah Mobley.

:12:20. > :12:22.Horse racing could be set for a funding boost

:12:23. > :12:24.as the Government reforms the betting levy, which the British

:12:25. > :12:27.Horse Racing Authority say could add ?30 million to the sport.

:12:28. > :12:31.For the first time, bets being taken by overseas on line firms will have

:12:32. > :12:35.to pay back 10% of the profits they make from UK customers.

:12:36. > :12:44.It's hoped it will come into force in April.

:12:45. > :12:48.When some 22-year-olds get a new set of wheels they can pose a menace

:12:49. > :12:53.But one young man is not going to be picking up any speeding tickets.

:12:54. > :12:56.Bert, an African spurred tortoise, was fitted with wheels to allow him

:12:57. > :12:58.to move unassisted after injuring his back legs.

:12:59. > :13:01.He's now trundling happily around his home at the Dinosaur

:13:02. > :13:04.And unlike other motorists, he doesn't have to shell

:13:05. > :13:16.Look at him go. He does not have to shell out for petrol. Did you think

:13:17. > :13:31.that one up as ? I can't believe I called him a

:13:32. > :13:38.man. Shall we have a look at what is on the front pages? The Guardian.

:13:39. > :13:44.The image of Lord Snowden. They announced his death yesterday at the

:13:45. > :13:49.age of 86. The main story about Brexit negotiations. The Brexit

:13:50. > :13:55.negotiator has shown the first signs of backing away from a hardline

:13:56. > :14:00.approach, saying he wants to have easy access for banks to the city. A

:14:01. > :14:06.lot of discussion about that and we will look into that later this

:14:07. > :14:11.morning. The Times. Another picture of Lord Snowden at his family home.

:14:12. > :14:15.And the lead story this morning. Theresa May ordering GPs to stay

:14:16. > :14:26.open seven days a week. She blames doctors who close earlier. Open all

:14:27. > :14:34.hours. Orders from Theresa May described in the Daily Mail. Open

:14:35. > :14:39.all week or lose your funding. The suggestion is many people are not

:14:40. > :14:45.able to see GPs when they want to. Demand is not there. Especially on

:14:46. > :14:48.Sunday afternoons. We will talk about that later on this morning.

:14:49. > :15:02.Can I give you an insight into this one. A third having an argument with

:15:03. > :15:10.a penguin. -- bird. It turns the table on the bully bird and attacks

:15:11. > :15:15.it back. It is a baby penguin? Yes. It says I will not have any of this

:15:16. > :15:24.and fights back. Interesting pictures. It is nice to see the

:15:25. > :15:26.underdog, or the underpenguin, getting its own back.

:15:27. > :15:29.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:15:30. > :15:32.GP surgeries in England have been told

:15:33. > :15:35.by Downing Street they must stay open longer and give patients

:15:36. > :15:37.appointments when they want or risk losing funding.

:15:38. > :15:40.Towns and villages along England's east coast have escaped significant

:15:41. > :15:45.flooding after a change in wind direction prevented a storm surge.

:15:46. > :15:57.She waltzed her way to win Strictly, now Joanne Clifton

:15:58. > :16:07.We caught up with the dancer as she prepares to take centre stage

:16:08. > :16:10.Here's Louise Lear with a look at this morning's weather.

:16:11. > :16:17.A lot of talk of whether over the last few days. What's going on?

:16:18. > :16:24.Good morning, everybody. A relatively quiet day, I thought I

:16:25. > :16:27.would start with a tree growing out of my head! Let's look at some

:16:28. > :16:32.Weather Watchers photos from yesterday, a bit of lying snow in

:16:33. > :16:36.parts of Lanarkshire but the seas were the real talking point through

:16:37. > :16:40.the afternoon. This is the scene in Whitley Bay. A bit of flooding in

:16:41. > :16:45.parts of the southern downs through the east coast area but the flood

:16:46. > :16:49.defences helped certainly. The winds are going to ease during the day and

:16:50. > :16:53.things are a bit quieter. A cold and frosty start for many. There's still

:16:54. > :16:58.a scattering of showers running down through the North Sea coasts. They

:16:59. > :17:02.will continue to be a bit of a nuisance and if you catch one or two

:17:03. > :17:06.of those showers, it could give a covering of snow, a light dusting,

:17:07. > :17:11.maybe a centimetre in places. Further inland, decent spells of

:17:12. > :17:14.sunshine. Out to the west, again the risk of coastal showers driven in by

:17:15. > :17:19.the north-westerly breeze but slightly milder here, seven or

:17:20. > :17:24.eight, rain rather than snow. A good bit of sunshine down the spine of

:17:25. > :17:28.the country but cold, two or three. Some showers in Northern Ireland and

:17:29. > :17:33.western Scotland but again, in the final piece of Scotland, a cold

:17:34. > :17:37.afternoon, one or two. But nevertheless, drier and quieter

:17:38. > :17:41.weather in prospect. All change through the night, an early frost in

:17:42. > :17:46.eastern areas but out to the west, the cloud and rain doubters and a

:17:47. > :17:49.pretty dismal day in prospect if you have plans outdoors. Quite a lot of

:17:50. > :17:56.rain around at times. Temperatures to the far north just sitting below

:17:57. > :18:00.freezing. They could lead to a little bit of snow on the leading

:18:01. > :18:04.edge but as the mild air floods in behind from the north and west,

:18:05. > :18:08.things will start to change. Sunday looks a pretty overcast day.

:18:09. > :18:11.Outbreaks of rain, not too heavy, but it could stay rather

:18:12. > :18:17.disappointing, especially through East Anglia, a lot of low cloud,

:18:18. > :18:21.drizzle and murk. Not much sunshine tomorrow so generally milder air

:18:22. > :18:26.piling in behind, nine or ten, but East Anglia could be the exception

:18:27. > :18:29.where it could be rather cold, grey and disappointing. What's in

:18:30. > :18:33.prospect or early next week? I've finished the bulletin with a tree

:18:34. > :18:37.coming out of my head! Chilly conditions in the far south-east but

:18:38. > :18:39.it looks as though the further north and west you go, rather cloudy but

:18:40. > :18:46.mild. Think it was a tree to begin with, I

:18:47. > :18:47.thought it was a flamboyant hairdo! Thanks very much!

:18:48. > :18:49.We'll be back with the headlines at 6:30am.

:18:50. > :18:53.Time now to take a look at some of this week's big cinema releases

:18:54. > :19:06.in the Film Review with Mark Kermode and Gavin Esler.

:19:07. > :19:10.Hello and welcome to The Film Review on BBC News.

:19:11. > :19:13.To take us through this week's cinema releases is Mark Kermode.

:19:14. > :19:24.We have La La Land, which everyone is talking about.

:19:25. > :19:27.Live By Night, the new film by Ben Affleck.

:19:28. > :19:29.And Manchester By The Sea, with the standout performance

:19:30. > :19:51.Damien Chazelle's swooning tribute to classic old Hollywood musicals.

:19:52. > :19:55.Singing in the rain and Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

:19:56. > :19:58.Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling of the star-crossed pair who meet

:19:59. > :20:05.He is a jazz player, she is an aspiring actress.

:20:06. > :20:08.They hate each other when they meet but they become friends

:20:09. > :20:13.I got a call back. What?

:20:14. > :20:17.Come on. For a TV show.

:20:18. > :20:23.The one I was telling you about. Congratulations.

:20:24. > :20:27.I feel like I said negative stuff before.

:20:28. > :20:30.Like A Rebel Without A Cause. I got the bullets.

:20:31. > :20:38.Yes. You've never seen it.

:20:39. > :20:41.I've never seen it. It's playing at the Rialto.

:20:42. > :20:42.You should go. I can take you.

:20:43. > :20:43.OK. For research.

:20:44. > :20:47.Monday night at ten o'clock. Yes.

:20:48. > :20:52.Great. For research.

:20:53. > :20:54.You're grinning all the way through it.

:20:55. > :21:01.I went into it thinking, the problem is everybody said

:21:02. > :21:05.it is so good it will be a disappointment and it isn't.

:21:06. > :21:10.Firstly, this is Damien Chazelle's second musical.

:21:11. > :21:14.He made another one before, he made Whiplash

:21:15. > :21:21.From the beginning, it said it was presented in CinemaScope

:21:22. > :21:24.and the screen opens up into this glorious Cinemascope,

:21:25. > :21:36.It is like the kids from Fame but done in LA.

:21:37. > :21:40.Then what the story does is it occupies a space between on the one

:21:41. > :21:43.hand this nostalgic clunkiness of Woody Allen films and

:21:44. > :21:51.In fact there is a scene where we are literally flying.

:21:52. > :21:53.I thought the performances were terrific.

:21:54. > :21:59.She plays somebody who has two go to an audition

:22:00. > :22:02.She plays somebody who has to go to an audition

:22:03. > :22:06.I thought the song and dance numbers were well choreographed,

:22:07. > :22:08.I loved the lyrics, I love the way in which...

:22:09. > :22:11.People have said they are no Fred and Ginger.

:22:12. > :22:18.Damien Chazelle said he wanted to make something that has

:22:19. > :22:21.the magical of musicals but also had its feet on the ground.

:22:22. > :22:29.And it is not afraid to be melancholy or poignant,

:22:30. > :22:33.it is not just everything is tied up neatly, it is...

:22:34. > :22:36.Its strengths are in its sad streaks which makes

:22:37. > :22:42.I thought the opening five minutes was worth

:22:43. > :22:49.Also, we have talked about Casablanca and being remade badly,

:22:50. > :23:04.It is a movie that is good enough to nod very explicitly

:23:05. > :23:09.to Casablanca and not go, you blew it.

:23:10. > :23:21.So, Ben Affleck stars in an adaptation of a novel.

:23:22. > :23:24.He is a small-time hood in prohibition Boston and doesn't

:23:25. > :23:29.He finds himself travelling to Florida where he becomes exactly

:23:30. > :23:39.The interesting thing about the film is it has an extraordinary pedigree.

:23:40. > :23:45.Chris Cooper, Elle Fanning, and Affleck himself.

:23:46. > :23:48.I think one of the reasons it has sniffy reviews is when you have

:23:49. > :23:50.that kind of talent, people expect something more

:23:51. > :23:56.You said invoking Casablanca, this film invokes the Godfather

:23:57. > :24:00.and Scarface and it is neither of those films.

:24:01. > :24:03.It is handsome but in a way which is artificial.

:24:04. > :24:13.But it does have a sense of its handsomeness is more

:24:14. > :24:22.There is stuff in there to like it but at no point did

:24:23. > :24:27.When you look at the pedigree involved in it, it just ought

:24:28. > :24:32.Argo which Ben Affleck also directed was one of the best films

:24:33. > :24:43.However, this brings us nicely to Manchester By The Sea.

:24:44. > :24:48.This is the third film by the playwright Kenneth Lonergan.

:24:49. > :24:54.He did Margaret, which spent five years in the editing room.

:24:55. > :24:58.Is he a genius or someone who cannot finish a film?

:24:59. > :25:01.This, as his third film, made me go, actually,

:25:02. > :25:07.I'm not going to be here much longer.

:25:08. > :25:14.You said you left his money so he could move.

:25:15. > :25:23.There are clogged up toilets anywhere.

:25:24. > :25:27.I'm on the hockey team, on the basketball team.

:25:28. > :25:33.I've got two girlfriends and I'm in a band.

:25:34. > :25:40.What the hell do you care where you live?

:25:41. > :25:45.So, he is a janitor in Quincy but he is called to his hometown

:25:46. > :25:48.of Manchester-by-the-sea where he has to revisit

:25:49. > :25:53.after his brother collapses and he finds himself having to look

:25:54. > :25:58.The film is told in two time frames, the present in when he is going back

:25:59. > :26:02.to the past and the flashbacks in which we actually see the past.

:26:03. > :26:05.So much of the story is told in the way through

:26:06. > :26:12.The scenes in Boston when he is completely withdrawn

:26:13. > :26:15.and everything about the way he hunches his shoulders,

:26:16. > :26:19.the way he slightly purses his lips, it is a start contrast

:26:20. > :26:21.to the flashback scenes when he is garrilous,

:26:22. > :26:28.We know his we will see his old life with his beloved wife

:26:29. > :26:31.Michelle Williams and his new life where he is isolated and

:26:32. > :26:34.somehow we are going to find out how the isolation happens.

:26:35. > :26:46.In one of the key sequences they use Albinoni's Agagio in G

:26:47. > :26:49.minor, that is a false move for me because it is used

:26:50. > :26:54.It was used in Flashdance, Gallipoli.

:26:55. > :26:57.It was used by Wendy Craig in Butterflies.

:26:58. > :27:00.It was weird in that a film that was everything to do

:27:01. > :27:05.with the delicate nuances, it was too obvious.

:27:06. > :27:07.That aside, Casey Affleck is really terrific.

:27:08. > :27:12.Kenneth Lonergan deonstrates he is actually a very good craftsman.

:27:13. > :27:15.And to have La La Land and Manchester By The Sea,

:27:16. > :27:25.This director has finally shown as he is worthy of the praise that

:27:26. > :27:29.Your best of the week is A Monster Calls.

:27:30. > :27:35.A Monster Calls came out just before Christmas.

:27:36. > :27:38.It is about a young boy who was traumatised by his

:27:39. > :27:40.mother's ill-health, and he starts seeing visions

:27:41. > :27:42.of a tree monster, played by Liam Neeson,

:27:43. > :27:46.which says I will tell you stories and you will tell me your truth.

:27:47. > :27:49.It uses fantasy to address real-life down to earth problems and it does

:27:50. > :27:54.so in a way which is beautiful and utterly heartbreaking.

:27:55. > :28:00.I have had so many reports from people saying I knew

:28:01. > :28:03.I was going to cry but I had no idea how much.

:28:04. > :28:30.They are playing younger and older verges of the same

:28:31. > :28:34.central character who is estranged from her daughter.

:28:35. > :28:37.It does the thing that Pedro Almodovar does

:28:38. > :28:39.best which is a passion for human stories.

:28:40. > :28:45.This has wonderful performances, wonderful writing.

:28:46. > :28:50.It is again heartbreaking but beautifully so.

:28:51. > :28:52.Honestly, looking back at the selection of movies

:28:53. > :28:55.we have looked at, that is a good selection of films.

:28:56. > :28:59.A quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news

:29:00. > :29:03.and reviews from across the BBC online at bbc.co.uk/film -

:29:04. > :29:07.and you can watch our previous shows on the BBC iplayer.

:29:08. > :30:11.This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Steph

:30:12. > :30:19.This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Steph

:30:20. > :30:22.The Prime Minister says doctors in England must extend their hours

:30:23. > :30:24.to ease pressure on Accident and Emergency services.

:30:25. > :30:27.Theresa May says funding to GPs will be cut unless they can prove

:30:28. > :30:46.there isn't a need for a 12-hour seven-day service.

:30:47. > :30:52.The east of England has escaped major flooding despite fears that

:30:53. > :31:00.storm surges could hit towns along the coast.

:31:01. > :31:02.Thousands of people were urged to leave their homes

:31:03. > :31:05.as the Environment Agency issued 17 severe flood warnings

:31:06. > :31:09.By the early hours of the morning the threat had subsided,

:31:10. > :31:11.but the flood warnings remain in place and authorities continue

:31:12. > :31:19.A clear plan for Brexit should be published by February at the latest

:31:20. > :31:21.- that's the call from a group of MPs.

:31:22. > :31:23.The Exiting the EU Committee is also calling

:31:24. > :31:26.for the Prime Minister to allow a vote in Parliament on the plans

:31:27. > :31:28.before they're presented to Brussels.

:31:29. > :31:32.The government says it will set out its plans by the end of March.

:31:33. > :31:35.Jeremy Corbyn will defend his leadership of the Labour Party today

:31:36. > :31:38.after claims by a centre-left think tank it was too weak

:31:39. > :31:42.The Fabian Society warned Labour would lose out on returning to power

:31:43. > :31:47.At a speech in London, Mr Corbyn will say his party offers

:31:48. > :31:49."a complete break from a rigged system."

:31:50. > :31:51.He'll also outline Labour plans to bring care homes

:31:52. > :31:55.The US House of Representatives has voted to begin the process

:31:56. > :31:57.to abolish President Obama's health insurance laws,

:31:58. > :32:00.The Senate approved the measure on Thursday.

:32:01. > :32:03.The law provides medical coverage for more than 20 million Americans,

:32:04. > :32:05.but President-Elect Donald Trump has tweeted that Obamacare

:32:06. > :32:15.Police in the United States say a girl who was stolen as a newborn

:32:16. > :32:19.from a hospital in Florida 18 years ago has been found alive in South

:32:20. > :32:24.who was living under another name, has made contact with her family

:32:25. > :32:28.Authorities say she's in good health but overwhelmed.

:32:29. > :32:33.Police have charged the woman who kidnapped her.

:32:34. > :32:35.Scientists have found a deep sea treasure with the sighting

:32:36. > :32:40.Researchers filmed the brightly coloured species in Western

:32:41. > :32:43.It's the first time the 10-inch-long fish has been seen alive.

:32:44. > :32:46.It was declared a new species in 2015, making it the third known

:32:47. > :33:13.It is hard to get your eyes on it. Looks like a little dinosaur.

:33:14. > :33:18.Those are the main stories this morning.

:33:19. > :33:25.Mysteries of the deep. And we are talking about the mysteries of

:33:26. > :33:32.Chelsea. They were going so well in the Premier League. And now there is

:33:33. > :33:40.a question mark over the future of their top striker. That is Diego

:33:41. > :33:45.Costa. Is he injured? That is the rumour. But it could have to do with

:33:46. > :33:48.his mind-boggling pay. The future of Diego Costa at Chelsea

:33:49. > :33:51.is in some doubt this morning. He's been left out of

:33:52. > :33:54.the Premier League leader's squad for today's match at Leicester,

:33:55. > :33:56.after a dispute with He's the Premier League's top

:33:57. > :34:00.scorer so far this season, but is thought to have been

:34:01. > :34:03.the subject of an offer, from a Chinese club,

:34:04. > :34:06.who could be willing to pay him, Speaking on Five Live,

:34:07. > :34:09.the former England midfielder Jermaine Jenas, says this news

:34:10. > :34:12.will encourage Chelsea's rivals. There will be tributes,

:34:13. > :34:14.around grounds this weekend The first match in the Premier

:34:15. > :34:18.League, sees third place Tottenham, Spurs are hoping to build

:34:19. > :34:22.on their victory against Chelsea last week, and not repeat,

:34:23. > :34:25.the dip in form, which followed their earlier win,

:34:26. > :34:33.against Manchester City. A few months ago, if you remember,

:34:34. > :34:40.we had the performance, the fantastic victory. Now, after

:34:41. > :34:45.Chelsea, it is a great opportunity to show that we deserved it. To keep

:34:46. > :34:47.momentum will be key. Tottenham's north London rivals

:34:48. > :34:50.Arsenal, are currently outside They're playing bottom

:34:51. > :34:53.club Swansea City later. It's Swansea manager,

:34:54. > :34:54.Paul Clement's, first match in charge, and his rather

:34:55. > :34:56.longer-serving counterpart, Arsene Wenger, has been talking

:34:57. > :35:11.about the challenge facing him. In the Premier League, every game is

:35:12. > :35:15.different. You have to fight not to stay down. But it is an opportunity

:35:16. > :35:21.for him to be responsible in the Premier League. I think when you

:35:22. > :35:25.have an opportunity like that, at his age, you do not turn it down.

:35:26. > :35:33.I am really looking forward to it. It has been a big ambition of mine

:35:34. > :35:39.to manage in this lead at this level. The first home game at

:35:40. > :35:41.Swansea, going up against Arsene Wenger and Arsenal, it will be a

:35:42. > :35:44.very special moment for me. Leeds United, have moved up to third

:35:45. > :35:47.in the Championship, after a 1-0 win, over

:35:48. > :35:49.Derby at Elland Road. They're now, four points off

:35:50. > :35:51.the automatic promotion places. Chris Woods' header just before

:35:52. > :35:54.the break, was enough to seal a fifth home win in a row,

:35:55. > :35:57.for Garry Monks' side. It was an unhappy to return

:35:58. > :36:00.to his former club for Derby's Bradley Johnson,

:36:01. > :36:03.who was sent off late on. It's a potentially decisive weekend

:36:04. > :36:06.in European club Rugby Union. Irish side Leinster,

:36:07. > :36:08.are through to the quarter finals of the Champions Cup,

:36:09. > :36:10.after a big win over The French side had a man sent

:36:11. > :36:14.off in the first half, and Leinster took full advantage-

:36:15. > :36:17.Jack Conan, scored three of their eight tries

:36:18. > :36:21.in a 57-3 victory. Bath also scored eight

:36:22. > :36:23.tries in their victory, over local rivals, Bristol,

:36:24. > :36:26.in the second-tier Challenge Cup England's, Semesa Rokoduguni one

:36:27. > :36:37.of the scorers in a 57-22 win. Britain's Dan Evans will play

:36:38. > :36:39.in his first ATP Tour He's due on court against

:36:40. > :36:43.Gilles Muller at around 8.30 Yesterday he beat Andrey Kuznetsov

:36:44. > :36:47.in three sets to reach the final. The first grand slam of

:36:48. > :36:50.the calendar, the Australian Open, Traditionally, motorcross

:36:51. > :36:58.is an outdoor sport, given that it involves racing

:36:59. > :37:00.motorbikes overs hills But now it's come inside,

:37:01. > :37:04.and this weekend riders as young as ten are competing

:37:05. > :37:07.in the Arena Cross event in Glasgow, for the second leg of

:37:08. > :37:31.the UK championship. Take a lot of soil, dump it in an

:37:32. > :37:34.arena, and shape it into bumps and jumps, and you have a championship

:37:35. > :37:43.opening the great indoors to motocross. And it is attracting fans

:37:44. > :37:52.up and down the country. It is rock and roll sport. That is how I try

:37:53. > :37:58.and explain it. There will be seven legs at places like this across the

:37:59. > :38:06.country. Dozens of riders, some as young as seven or eight, up to 35,

:38:07. > :38:17.36. Having seen all those pileups, imagine being a dad watching your

:38:18. > :38:23.tenure -- ten year old sons competing against each other. They

:38:24. > :38:27.have been driving since they were four. It is a nightmare. They are

:38:28. > :38:36.competitive. Let us hope they finish in one piece. Not many children can

:38:37. > :38:39.do this. It is just incredible. On the same track as some of the

:38:40. > :38:46.world's top motocross riders, chasing the ?100,000 prize. They sit

:38:47. > :38:53.on top of each other. It is difficult. Bigger tracks. It is not

:38:54. > :39:00.as close a race. It is 18 laps, you know? Such high intensity and short

:39:01. > :39:06.laps. Battling for second-place... It hit accessible. It is exciting.

:39:07. > :39:10.When you are in an outdoor track you can be in one cord and miss all the

:39:11. > :39:17.action in another. How would a complete novice and of the action? I

:39:18. > :39:23.have some kit. The bike is a bit bigger than me. First of all I will

:39:24. > :39:28.get on. This is only a 250 CC, but it is one of the most powerful and

:39:29. > :39:32.valuable bikes there is at the moment. I am holding on for dear

:39:33. > :39:36.life. They do not want to send me up in the air supplied it shows the

:39:37. > :39:44.power and sensitivity of these machines. -- in the air. They are

:39:45. > :39:51.having to hold on to me to get me over the loops. We are up and

:39:52. > :39:58.around. It will take a lot more coaching for me to get caught up

:39:59. > :40:02.with Dickie and his team. And I would have to do some hours in the

:40:03. > :40:07.gym to keep up with it. By Sunday night, it is all gone, though.

:40:08. > :40:18.I was doing all right... Element that was a dangerous video!

:40:19. > :40:23.Incredible. Sometimes they fall off but then they just get back on.

:40:24. > :40:25.Brilliant. We will see you later on. Thank you.

:40:26. > :40:27.It's nearly a month since the professional dancer,

:40:28. > :40:30.Joanne Clifton lifted the famous glitterball when she waltzed her way

:40:31. > :40:32.to becoming joint winner in Strictly Come Dancing and now

:40:33. > :40:34.she's swapping the ballroom for the stage.

:40:35. > :40:38.Next week she takes the lead as a New York flapper in the musical

:40:39. > :40:45.Phillip Norton caught up with her in rehearsals.

:40:46. > :41:04.A few weeks ago, it was Strictly crowning glory for her and Ore. But

:41:05. > :41:10.while training is over for Ore, her mentor, Joanne, is under hard work.

:41:11. > :41:18.She has swapped the dance floor for the stage, finding her feet as

:41:19. > :41:25.Millie. Normally I do not sing or speak really. I just dance and you

:41:26. > :41:30.have technique and you perform it. Now you have to perform at 360

:41:31. > :41:36.degrees, with the actors singing and dancing. It is quite different. It

:41:37. > :41:42.is manic. But it has been a childhood dream of mine. More than

:41:43. > :41:57.13 million people watched as the celebrity pair were awarded the

:41:58. > :42:00.Glitter Ball, as she beat her brother. Everyone saw the reaction

:42:01. > :42:06.when you won. How did you feel in that moment? We did not expect it in

:42:07. > :42:16.the slightest. She read out names out quickly. We will like, what? I

:42:17. > :42:20.do not remember much after that. My brother picked me up and swung me

:42:21. > :42:25.around. Then I went towards the Glitter Ball with everyone. And I

:42:26. > :42:29.remember nearly fainting. All I thought in my head was, I didn't

:42:30. > :42:42.remember what Ore said, I just remember thinking, do not fade on

:42:43. > :42:47.live TV. Keep calm. -- feint. She is playing the main character, Millie,

:42:48. > :42:54.a character much like herself. I relate to Millie. The musical starts

:42:55. > :42:58.with me as Millie turning around and a rising off the train in New York

:42:59. > :43:04.and looking around, being excited. But nervous at the same time. I

:43:05. > :43:09.remember that time when I did the same coming off of a plane in Italy

:43:10. > :43:18.and Ian King, OK, this is great, but what now? Following your dream. --

:43:19. > :43:22.and thinking,. With that dream a firm reality she has been playing

:43:23. > :43:27.catch up with the rest of the cast of Thoroughly Modern Millie had to

:43:28. > :43:33.start rehearsals without her as she danced to the Strictly title. I was

:43:34. > :43:38.rooting for Herbert at the same time I thought I need her the rehearsal

:43:39. > :43:44.rooms. -- her but. I had huge mixed emotions. She rises to every

:43:45. > :43:53.challenge. She is fantastic to work with. It will be exciting. I get a

:43:54. > :44:03.buzz performing live, getting an audience reaction. If you say a line

:44:04. > :44:07.and they laugh or gasp, I get a buzz from that. So I think it will be

:44:08. > :44:18.amazing. Joanne hopes to defend her crown later in the year, but for

:44:19. > :44:22.now, it is Millie on her mind. Curtains up is in Wimbledon.

:44:23. > :44:28.All eyes have been on the weather this week and Louise has the big

:44:29. > :44:32.picture across the weekend. Good morning. Good morning. All change

:44:33. > :44:37.with the weather, this picture tells the story, a massive cloud is what's

:44:38. > :44:42.to come Sunday. You can see a window of broken cloud and we will see some

:44:43. > :44:47.sunshine today. Yes, it's going to be cold but the strong winds and

:44:48. > :44:50.significant risk of sleet and snow starts to ease. The winds through

:44:51. > :44:54.the day will continue to ease off across the North Sea but always

:44:55. > :44:58.running the risk of a few scattered showers coming in along the east

:44:59. > :45:03.coast. A frosty start for many, we will be crunching our way up when

:45:04. > :45:11.we're off this morning but with the clear blue skies and plenty of

:45:12. > :45:15.sunshine coming through, it will be a pleasant day for many. The

:45:16. > :45:17.north-westerly wind just driving in more cloud and showers through

:45:18. > :45:21.Northern Ireland and west facing coasts of Scotland and Wales but

:45:22. > :45:25.here it's a bit milder, seven or eight. A cold start across East

:45:26. > :45:29.Anglia, a frosty one and the risk of a few showers and if you get some

:45:30. > :45:32.snow we could see up to one centimetre, two or three. A West/

:45:33. > :45:35.east split, a milder story in Northern Ireland and western

:45:36. > :45:39.Scotland with a scattering of showers, seven degrees the expected

:45:40. > :45:44.high. Through the night, we keep the clear skies in the east, an early

:45:45. > :45:48.frost but the cloud gathers from the west and on the leading edge or a

:45:49. > :45:51.time there could be some wintryness across the higher ground, some snow,

:45:52. > :45:56.but it should turn to rain through the night as the milder air pushes

:45:57. > :46:04.in. Cold across the north-east but already four or five degrees, so

:46:05. > :46:07.staying above freezing. That mild air will continue to be the theme on

:46:08. > :46:10.Sunday. These weather fronts will drift across the country bringing

:46:11. > :46:14.cloud and unfortunately bits and pieces of rain. Not too heavy but it

:46:15. > :46:18.will be persistent light rain and drizzle on and off through the day.

:46:19. > :46:21.Unfortunately it won't be a particularly great Sunday. It will

:46:22. > :46:26.be milder, though, let's stay positive. Milder out to the west, 10

:46:27. > :46:31.degrees. In East Anglia where the cold air clings on and we keep the

:46:32. > :46:35.cloud and drizzle, quite chilly and it may stay chilly in the south-east

:46:36. > :46:43.into early next week. Some uncertainty on that, I will firm up

:46:44. > :46:47.on the details through the morning and with tomorrow as well. But the

:46:48. > :46:51.milder weather looks set to stay in the north-west but here it could be

:46:52. > :46:54.a touch on the cloudy side. Back to Steph and Charlie. Great to hear the

:46:55. > :46:55.positivity about that mild weather to come.

:46:56. > :46:56.We're back with the headlines at 7am.

:46:57. > :47:04.First, let's get all the latest technology news with Spencer Kelly

:47:05. > :47:29.Driving Stateside can be a liberating experience.

:47:30. > :47:34.Wide roads, big trucks, massive cars, but at a desert

:47:35. > :47:39.bottleneck like Las Vegas, it can be ever so slightly frustrating.

:47:40. > :47:47.Beep, beep! Come on.

:47:48. > :47:50.But today I'm driving an Audi with a little more brainpower under

:47:51. > :48:07.On my dashboard here I have information about the current speed

:48:08. > :48:10.on it, and it also is telling me

:48:11. > :48:14.there is a red light that will turn green in about 30 seconds up ahead.

:48:15. > :48:29.The car is connected to Las Vegas's Traffic Management Centre over 4G.

:48:30. > :48:31.It reports its position and the centre tells them how long

:48:32. > :48:42.informs me about the left filter light instead.

:48:43. > :48:50.One of the advantages, says Audi, is that it's a bit of a stress

:48:51. > :48:55.and tension relief as you know you have some time before the light

:48:56. > :48:57.goes green so there's no point getting all impatient.

:48:58. > :49:01.At the moment, this is only available in certain models of car,

:49:02. > :49:04.and only in Las Vegas, because this city has just one

:49:05. > :49:06.traffic management centre that handles all of the lights.

:49:07. > :49:09.Some cities have more than 100 different authorities in charge

:49:10. > :49:16.So, one obvious use for this in the future is to feed

:49:17. > :49:21.If the car knows when the lights are going to go green in front

:49:22. > :49:27.of it, then it can better driver itself.

:49:28. > :49:29.of it, then it can better drive itself.

:49:30. > :49:34.If it has some kind of backup data signal

:49:35. > :49:37.from the traffic management system then it should get it right more.

:49:38. > :49:47.It's judging that I'm not going to make these lights.

:49:48. > :49:58.Now, I do not know much about the car industry,

:49:59. > :50:02.but what I do know is getting into it when you're a new player

:50:03. > :50:04.is really tough, and complex, and expensive.

:50:05. > :50:11.Faraday Future is a company that heard all of those warnings

:50:12. > :50:18.Faraday Future, a new car company that promises to beat Tesla

:50:19. > :50:23.Last year at CES they showed us a scale model of a concept car

:50:24. > :50:25.they had no real intention of making.

:50:26. > :50:36.This year they promised something more, well, real.

:50:37. > :50:43.They're pretty proud of it, they say it can do zero to 60

:50:44. > :50:47.quicker than a Bentley or a Ferrari, and of course, a Tesla Model S.

:50:48. > :50:57.It seems like it's being a little bit lazy tonight.

:50:58. > :51:08.One of the reasons we do that is because we want to make sure

:51:09. > :51:11.all of the sensors in the car, of which there are many,

:51:12. > :51:15.can get a full view of the empty spot to verify there

:51:16. > :51:18.Look at that. Spot on.

:51:19. > :51:29.It is all well and good, but it will be some time before

:51:30. > :51:34.Each and every car park will need to be approved by Faraday Future

:51:35. > :51:39.And it will rely on data on the system and future cars

:51:40. > :51:42.so it is less chicken and egg and more chicken and $150,000 car

:51:43. > :51:47.Speaking of which, Faraday Future have promised it will be

:51:48. > :51:53.There is a lot of potential and promises but it is hard

:51:54. > :51:57.The factory they need to build this thing for example,

:51:58. > :52:01.they showed a video of it and it is just a pile of dirt

:52:02. > :52:15.To build its car, they have planned a huge plant in the Nevada Desert

:52:16. > :52:18.planning to become at least partly operational to make

:52:19. > :52:22.There are reports the factory is on hold because they are running

:52:23. > :52:26.It looks ready for construction but there is no equipment,

:52:27. > :52:29.And if they want this place ready by 2018,

:52:30. > :52:31.it doesn't look like they are making much progress.

:52:32. > :52:33.We are resource-limited at sometimes.

:52:34. > :52:40.Things like this need to take priority.

:52:41. > :52:42.Construction of the factory has stopped for some point and it

:52:43. > :52:54.Was it because of financial restrictions?

:52:55. > :52:58.It is a matter of keeping the cash flow balance between the projects

:52:59. > :53:04.But the good news is if they ever release a car it will blow

:53:05. > :53:06.All right. Heads back.

:53:07. > :53:07.Hold on. Let's go!

:53:08. > :53:08.Oh my god! That is so quick.

:53:09. > :53:12.This is now the fastest production vehicle in the world.

:53:13. > :53:25.Well it is not very useful on a school run,

:53:26. > :53:28.Hello, and welcome to the Week in Tech.

:53:29. > :53:31.It was the week Facebook announced it would start trialling ads

:53:32. > :53:34.in the middle of videos, and Norway became the first country

:53:35. > :53:37.in the world to turn off its analogue radio signals.

:53:38. > :53:41.It was also the week the US military released footage of a test

:53:42. > :53:44.in California where it launched a swarm of 103 mini drones

:53:45. > :53:54.The unmanned aerial vehicles were deployed

:53:55. > :54:00.It's thought the system could potentially be used to carry

:54:01. > :54:02.out surveillance operations in the future.

:54:03. > :54:04.Hello, I'm Charles Martinet and I'm the voice of...

:54:05. > :54:10.Woo-hoo! And Luigi too!

:54:11. > :54:14.And baby Luigi! And baby Mario!

:54:15. > :54:20.Let's go! Ya-hoo!

:54:21. > :54:23.And that was Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, Nintendo's

:54:24. > :54:34.And he's helping us to introduce Ninty's brand-new games console.

:54:35. > :54:37.It's a little bit different as you might expect and Marc has

:54:38. > :54:45.Nintendo Switch is an unusual games console because it does a couple

:54:46. > :54:55.It's got this tablet like touchscreen with a 720p

:54:56. > :54:58.resolution, it can be played out and about on the move and then

:54:59. > :55:01.when it docks in this little station here,

:55:02. > :55:04.like Mario after he has chowed down on those power-boosting mushrooms,

:55:05. > :55:08.it supercharges the machine graphics capabilities up to 1080p full HD

:55:09. > :55:12.and can be played using a normal television becoming a home console.

:55:13. > :55:16.The controllers, which Nintendo has dubbed joycons, can slide off

:55:17. > :55:19.the side of the portable unit and they can be configured

:55:20. > :55:25.The individual joycon parts can be used for multiplayer and when it's

:55:26. > :55:28.docked, the player can use a separate controller or plug them

:55:29. > :55:34.into a battery pack, turning them into this beast.

:55:35. > :55:38.Now, the joycons have got a number of different motor control features

:55:39. > :55:40.that can be demonstrated in this mini game here.

:55:41. > :55:44.It's called Quickdraw and weirdly what it does is it pulls the player

:55:45. > :55:46.away from the screen and towards one another.

:55:47. > :55:49.So to that end I have a cowboy opponent here and we're

:55:50. > :55:54.So let's load our weapons, get ready.

:55:55. > :55:57.This is where you get your best Clint Eastwood on.

:55:58. > :56:08.But what that ably shows is that the designers are thinking

:56:09. > :56:11.differently about the kind of games that can be played

:56:12. > :56:17.As far as games are concerned, in the works is a new title

:56:18. > :56:20.for the portly Italian plumber, the real-world set

:56:21. > :56:25.Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

:56:26. > :56:39.Nintendo's last console, the Wii U, had a bunch of issues from day one.

:56:40. > :56:41.A lot of gamers thought it was additional controller

:56:42. > :56:44.for their already Wii console, where in fact it was

:56:45. > :56:49.With the Switch they have the same issue again but this time they have

:56:50. > :56:52.to nail down the third-party support and getting more of the core gamer

:56:53. > :56:57.Perhaps the biggest hurdle for the Switch is its price.

:56:58. > :57:00.At ?279, the Switch might have a tough time against its rivals

:57:01. > :57:04.We'll find out when it's released on March the third.

:57:05. > :57:11.I've been out of bed for precisely the length of that report.

:57:12. > :57:13.About time I turn in for the night but oh,

:57:14. > :57:20.Fortunately I've got a smart duvet, which means that from anywhere

:57:21. > :57:24.in the world I can click the app and the thing makes itself.

:57:25. > :57:27.It's got an inflatable sheet inside and the idea is you programme

:57:28. > :57:31.it to do this at any time you want on any day you want.

:57:32. > :57:35.Yes, it is a bit noisy but the idea is you're not meant to be

:57:36. > :57:44.If you're a snorer or you sleep with a snorer then pay attention

:57:45. > :57:47.because tonight I am sleeping on Nora, which is an anti-snoring

:57:48. > :57:52.If this microphone detects the sound of snoring during the night,

:57:53. > :58:02.it will activate this silent fan which inflates Nora,

:58:03. > :58:05.moving the pillow and your head just enough to reactivate your throat

:58:06. > :58:11.muscles, open your airways and stop you from snoring.

:58:12. > :58:18.You can track how many times it's been activated during the night

:58:19. > :58:22.on the app if you want, or you can just have a good night's

:58:23. > :58:25.sleep, safe in the knowledge that whoever else is in the room

:58:26. > :58:27.with you is also getting a good night's sleep.

:58:28. > :59:56.This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Steph

:59:57. > :59:59.The Prime Minister says GPS in England must extend their hours

:00:00. > :00:01.to ease pressure on Accident and Emergency services.

:00:02. > :00:05.Theresa May says funding to doctors will be cut if they don't provide

:00:06. > :00:25.a 12 hour, seven day service, or prove that it isn't needed.

:00:26. > :00:32.Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes but towns

:00:33. > :00:36.and villages along the East coast escape serious flooding.

:00:37. > :00:40.MPs call for the Prime Minister to publish its Brexit plan by mid

:00:41. > :00:47.It follow's a dispute over his fitness, but also comes

:00:48. > :00:54.amid reports he is being offered ?30 million a year, to play in China.

:00:55. > :00:56.The aspiring photographer whose pictures went undiscovered

:00:57. > :00:59.for decades, but have now become the cover art for a new album

:01:00. > :01:17.Good morning. A cold and frosty start to the day. A slightly quieter

:01:18. > :01:22.story in comparison to of late. Coastal showers around. Further

:01:23. > :01:25.inland, there will also be some sun. Thank you.

:01:26. > :01:29.The Prime Minister has said GPs in England should

:01:30. > :01:32.keep their surgeries open for longer to ease pressure on accident

:01:33. > :01:36.Downing Street says too many family doctors are closing early

:01:37. > :01:39.and failing to open at weekends, forcing patients to seek

:01:40. > :01:48.Our political correspondent, Chris Mason, reports.

:01:49. > :01:51.For days, the Government has faced a blizzard of criticism

:01:52. > :01:53.about its management of the NHS in England.

:01:54. > :01:55.Targets have been missed and major alerts declared.

:01:56. > :01:58.Senior figures in the health service are sounding doom alerts

:01:59. > :02:01.Now the Prime Minister is turning her attention to family

:02:02. > :02:04.doctors and what they can do to help.

:02:05. > :02:26.The doctors' union, the British Medical Association,

:02:27. > :02:29.said the remarks amounted to scapegoating during what it

:02:30. > :02:38.The association added that a third of GP surgeries in England had

:02:39. > :02:40.unfilled vacancies because the existing workload put doctors

:02:41. > :02:42.off wanting to go into general practice.

:02:43. > :02:49.Let's talk now to our political correspondent, Tom Barton,

:02:50. > :02:53.Tom, this follows a turbulent week for the NHS.

:02:54. > :03:08.Good morning. Good morning. You are right. It has been a tough week.

:03:09. > :03:13.Earlier this week, we heard too many patients are waiting more than four

:03:14. > :03:17.hours at accident and emergency. And in the first week of this year, four

:03:18. > :03:21.out of every ten hospitals in England declared a major incident

:03:22. > :03:26.for at least one day. This announcement is really an attempt by

:03:27. > :03:30.Downing Street to show that they are dealing with the issue. Officials

:03:31. > :03:36.say that about a third of patients who show up at accident and

:03:37. > :03:40.emergency would be better treated elsewhere in the NHS. Ministers see

:03:41. > :03:47.GPs as key to reducing demand on hospitals. And so they are asking

:03:48. > :03:50.GPs to open for longer and are saying that they could lose some

:03:51. > :03:54.funding if they do not. And the language coming out of Downing

:03:55. > :03:59.Street is pretty strong. A suggestion patients are suffering

:04:00. > :04:05.because surgeries are not providing the access they need. And also the

:04:06. > :04:10.accusation that even when weekends GP appointments are available, GPs

:04:11. > :04:15.are not telling patients about them. Doctors are furious, seeing this as

:04:16. > :04:21.an attack. As you heard on the report, the BMA is accusing

:04:22. > :04:25.ministers of scapegoating. The Conservative MP MGP Sara Woollaston

:04:26. > :04:29.is calling this an attack on overstretched and tired GPs.

:04:30. > :04:32.In a few mintes we'll be speaking to the chairman

:04:33. > :04:38.of the British Medical Association's GP Committee.

:04:39. > :04:41.The government should publish its Brexit plan by mid

:04:42. > :04:43.February at the latest, according to a cross party

:04:44. > :04:47.The Exiting the EU Committee also says Parliament should be given

:04:48. > :04:50.Here's our business correspondent, Joe Lynam.

:04:51. > :05:02.Next week, Theresa May will give a major speech on Britain's life

:05:03. > :05:06.outside the EU, which could give us more detail on what kind of Brexit

:05:07. > :05:10.She is under pressure from key parties in the Commons,

:05:11. > :05:11.including Leavers such as Michael Gove.

:05:12. > :05:24.It should set out its planned by mid-February.

:05:25. > :05:27.It should press for a transitional arrangement with the EU if it cannot

:05:28. > :05:30.get a full deal in the two-year time frame.

:05:31. > :05:32.Banks in the city should have continued unfettered access

:05:33. > :05:36.Crucially they said the Government should offer MPs a vote on whatever

:05:37. > :05:38.is agreed at the end of the negotiation.

:05:39. > :05:42.We are made up of people who campaigned for Leave and Remain.

:05:43. > :05:44.We have come together because we know whatever side

:05:45. > :05:48.we took in that debate, we need the best deal for Britain.

:05:49. > :06:00.But this report by cross-party MPs is likely to be seized upon by those

:06:01. > :06:03.hoping for a softer and certainly more transparent exit from the EU.

:06:04. > :06:09.Jeremy Corbyn will defend his leadership of the Labour Party today

:06:10. > :06:12.after claims by a centre-left think tank it was too weak

:06:13. > :06:16.The Fabian Society warned Labour would lose out on returning to power

:06:17. > :06:21.At a speech in London, Mr Corbyn will say his party offers

:06:22. > :06:23."a complete break from a rigged system."

:06:24. > :06:26.He'll also outline Labour plans to bring care homes

:06:27. > :06:30.The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will say his party would take care

:06:31. > :06:32.homes into public ownership, rather than see them close

:06:33. > :06:39.The east of England has escaped major flooding,

:06:40. > :06:42.despite fears that storm surges could hit towns along the coast.

:06:43. > :06:45.Thousands of people were urged to leave their homes

:06:46. > :06:47.as the Environment Agency issued 17 severe flood warnings

:06:48. > :06:51.But by the early hours of the morning the threat had subsided.

:06:52. > :06:57.After all the words of warning, just the sight and sound of a huge

:06:58. > :07:03.Within 5-10 minutes it was coming over the walls and just flooding

:07:04. > :07:06.straight in and running all the way down the street.

:07:07. > :07:16.About 30 homes were inundated here in Hornsy.

:07:17. > :07:20.Into the evening, people in the path of the storm surge

:07:21. > :07:21.were still protecting their properties.

:07:22. > :07:24.Some were advised to leave, but others in Great Yarmouth stayed

:07:25. > :07:33.You have to take precautions at the end of the day.

:07:34. > :07:40.All we did was put up sandbags near the doorways.

:07:41. > :07:41.Others found comfort however they could.

:07:42. > :07:46.But when high tide arrived in each town, conditions appeared to ease.

:07:47. > :07:47.The Environment Agency sent in helpers.

:07:48. > :07:50.The Environment Agency sent in pumps and more than five miles

:07:51. > :07:54.Officials say that the emergency response was not over the top.

:07:55. > :07:57.The worst is over and the defence is held.

:07:58. > :07:59.The rest centres will be put away now.

:08:00. > :08:01.To be honest with you, if it had have breached,

:08:02. > :08:05.we would have been in a lot worse situation in these centres

:08:06. > :08:09.It is wise to say we followed everything by the book as far

:08:10. > :08:11.as the Environment Agency and emergency services

:08:12. > :08:27.Some are now beginning to return home.

:08:28. > :08:30.But with storm warnings being placed, people are being urged

:08:31. > :08:40.We will speak to Alex Dunlop who is at Great Yarmouth, a place where

:08:41. > :08:46.people were worried. What happened overnight? They were extremely

:08:47. > :08:49.worried. Look at the River Yar behind me which flows through the

:08:50. > :08:56.seaside resort. Mild at the moment. But at 9:30pm last night, when high

:08:57. > :08:59.tide was, it was swirling, coming up to two feet of this concrete

:09:00. > :09:05.rampart. But it has now dropped significantly. 5000 homes were at

:09:06. > :09:12.immediate risk. Emergency services were taking no chances, knocking on

:09:13. > :09:16.the doors. RAF teams knocked on the doors, advising people to leave.

:09:17. > :09:21.Some left, but two out of three decided to stay put, collect free

:09:22. > :09:25.sandbags, and stay at home. I was at one rescue centre, there was

:09:26. > :09:29.contingency for 400 people at that particular place and only five

:09:30. > :09:34.turned up. They closed up shop not long after midnight. That being

:09:35. > :09:39.said, further along the coast, many communities escaped the worst of it.

:09:40. > :09:41.To the north, some isolated flooding, with businesses, some

:09:42. > :09:47.properties in roads, flooded. Nothing too serious. 17 severe flood

:09:48. > :09:52.warnings remain in place this morning but the number has dropped

:09:53. > :10:02.from 135 down to 80. Donald Trump has suggested

:10:03. > :10:05.he would be open to lifting the sanctions President Obama

:10:06. > :10:07.imposed on Russia, Mr Trump said he would keep

:10:08. > :10:11.sanctions intact for a period of time, but indicated

:10:12. > :10:13.he would be looking The US House of Representatives has

:10:14. > :10:24.voted to begin the process to repeal President Obama's health insurance

:10:25. > :10:26.laws, known as Obamacare. The Senate approved

:10:27. > :10:28.the measure on Thursday. The law provides medical coverage

:10:29. > :10:31.for more than 20 million Americans, but President-Elect Donald Trump has

:10:32. > :10:33.tweeted that Obamacare Banks still need to do more

:10:34. > :10:39.to improve their day-to-day services, particularly when it comes

:10:40. > :10:42.to being clear about fees and charges, according to a customer

:10:43. > :10:44.satisfaction survey, Found several of the biggest banks,

:10:45. > :10:48.such as RBS, NatWest and HSBC, The Consumers' Association say banks

:10:49. > :10:51.are doing better with mobile banking, but could

:10:52. > :11:02.improve in other areas. Banks need to do much better when it

:11:03. > :11:05.comes to the transparency It's really important so that

:11:06. > :11:11.people know how much they're being charged

:11:12. > :11:13.for their bank account, so that they know how much

:11:14. > :11:18.they could change if they move to another account,

:11:19. > :11:20.and so they don't get hit Police in the United States say

:11:21. > :11:26.a girl who was stolen as a newborn from a hospital in Florida 18 years

:11:27. > :11:29.ago has been found alive in South Kamiyah Mobley, who was living under

:11:30. > :11:32.another name, was found The woman who raised her has been

:11:33. > :11:52.charged with kidnapping. Bert, an African spurred tortoise,

:11:53. > :11:55.was fitted with wheels to allow him to move unassisted after

:11:56. > :11:57.injuring his back legs. He's now trundling happily

:11:58. > :12:00.around his home at the Dinosaur And unlike other motorists,

:12:01. > :12:03.he doesn't have to shell He has got the moves. Sped up a lot.

:12:04. > :12:25.Weather coming up soon. With nearly half of hospitals

:12:26. > :12:27.in England facing unprecedented demand in the last week,

:12:28. > :12:31.much of the debate has been around the need for better social care

:12:32. > :12:34.to enable patients to be But now the Prime Minister has said

:12:35. > :12:38.that GPs who close early Theresa May says patients who can't

:12:39. > :12:43.see their family doctor will go to A instead, adding

:12:44. > :12:45.to the pressure. Dr Chaand Nagpaul is Chairman

:12:46. > :12:59.of the British Medical Association's Good morning. Thank you for joining

:13:00. > :13:04.us. Do you think that GP surgeries should be open seven days a week. I

:13:05. > :13:09.think the most serious issue is we have a crisis affecting the NHS

:13:10. > :13:17.starting at GP surgeries where we have severe shortages. Over eight of

:13:18. > :13:25.ten GPs say they cannot provide safe quality care. One in three have

:13:26. > :13:30.Anfield vacancies. We have fewer doctors compared to the rest of

:13:31. > :13:38.Europe. We spend less on hills and have cuts on social care. This is

:13:39. > :13:42.what we need to address this. Fundamentally, the government needs

:13:43. > :13:46.to get a grip and resource the NHS properly. That is the overriding

:13:47. > :13:51.message coming from all authorities, including the NHS England Chief

:13:52. > :13:56.Executive. You do not think they should stay open seven days a week.

:13:57. > :14:06.Is there anything more GP surgeries could do to relief hospitals? Many

:14:07. > :14:10.surgeries close during the day. There was a report by the National

:14:11. > :14:16.Audit Office than half of GP surgeries close during the day. Why

:14:17. > :14:21.is that? Why can't they do more? First of all, they do not actually

:14:22. > :14:26.close. If a front door is closed or about an hour in the handover

:14:27. > :14:30.between the morning and afternoon, that will continue to provide GP

:14:31. > :14:36.services for patients who need them. Let us not forget, as we are

:14:37. > :14:42.speaking now, thousands of GP is out there are visiting patients at home.

:14:43. > :14:50.We provide a good 47 every day service. -- 24/7. It is an insult to

:14:51. > :14:55.GPs propping up the service on a daily basis. What needs to be

:14:56. > :15:00.recognised is the alert for general practice. One in three GP services

:15:01. > :15:08.have unfilled vacancies. They have a skeleton staff. When the doors of

:15:09. > :15:12.the surgery close you do not think that is a problem? How do people

:15:13. > :15:15.know if surgeries are open or not? If they are closing for just an

:15:16. > :15:23.hour? That information is available in GPs

:15:24. > :15:29.surgeries, patients know how to access that, they are contractual

:15:30. > :15:35.obligations but we are deflecting from the main issue, a serious

:15:36. > :15:39.crisis in the NHS affecting GP services, community services,

:15:40. > :15:43.hospital and social care. As I said earlier, we have the fewest number

:15:44. > :15:48.of doctors per head of population in Europe, the lowest funding levels.

:15:49. > :15:52.We've got cuts to social care, eight in ten GPs saying they can't provide

:15:53. > :15:57.safe quality care because of work pressures and lack of GPs, that's

:15:58. > :16:04.what we need to discuss and that requires the Prime Minister and

:16:05. > :16:08.government to address... You couldn't create a crisis better, we

:16:09. > :16:12.just don't have the resources to do our jobs properly. That is what we

:16:13. > :16:15.should be discussing, we need to be resorting the NHS bike any other

:16:16. > :16:19.civilised nation that wants to fund its state-run service. -- like.

:16:20. > :16:23.There's clearly a lot of pressure on GPs, we don't do as well as Europe

:16:24. > :16:27.on that, but looking at this story today that Theresa May is saying

:16:28. > :16:33.funding could be cut if you don't work longer hours, just explain a

:16:34. > :16:36.bit about this funding and what it means, for example, to your surgery.

:16:37. > :16:40.Do you get separate funding, how much is it and will it make a

:16:41. > :16:45.difference if you don't get it any more? The best way to deepen the

:16:46. > :16:52.crisis in the NHS is to cut funding to GP services. 340 million patients

:16:53. > :16:59.rely on their GP service yearly, that's compared to 23 million who

:17:00. > :17:03.attend A If you cut GP services, just a 6% cut would double the

:17:04. > :17:08.number of patients attending hospital. I appreciate that, sorry

:17:09. > :17:11.to interrupt... It's a complete distraction, we need to resource

:17:12. > :17:16.general practice properly if you want to address the crisis in the

:17:17. > :17:20.NHS. Can you answer the question of this funding? Today we have heard

:17:21. > :17:24.the Prime Minister will order GP surgeries to open seven days a week

:17:25. > :17:29.and if they don't you will lose this funding. Explain how important this

:17:30. > :17:35.funding actually is question about it is critical in the sense we don't

:17:36. > :17:38.have enough funding at the moment. Rather than talking about cutting

:17:39. > :17:42.funding for general practice, which would deepen the crisis, what the

:17:43. > :17:45.National Audit Office, the report you mentioned earlier, has

:17:46. > :17:49.recommended that the government put more resources and support general

:17:50. > :17:54.practice. That is their report recommendation. The Public Accounts

:17:55. > :17:57.Committee said this week the government is trying to shoehorn

:17:58. > :18:02.seven-day GP opening when we don't have the resources and the service

:18:03. > :18:05.is under great pressure already. We need to be providing general

:18:06. > :18:09.practice with the resources and support to have more doctors working

:18:10. > :18:15.in the community to support patients on a daily basis. If you cut funding

:18:16. > :18:19.your just going to exacerbate the problem and deepen the crisis.

:18:20. > :18:23.You're not going to solve the crisis by creating a deeper crisis in

:18:24. > :18:27.general practice. Doctor, would you be opening your surgery in north

:18:28. > :18:32.London for seven days a week? My surgery is open at the moment and as

:18:33. > :18:36.I said earlier, there are thousands of GPs out there seeing patients

:18:37. > :18:40.urgently and also visiting them at home and they've done so in the

:18:41. > :18:47.night just gone. Yes, general practice continues to provide the

:18:48. > :18:51.bedrock of the NHS and what you shouldn't be doing is cutting funds

:18:52. > :18:54.to this valued and essential part of the system. Thank you very much for

:18:55. > :18:55.your time, chairman of the British Medical Association GP committee.

:18:56. > :18:57.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:18:58. > :19:00.GP surgeries in England have been told

:19:01. > :19:03.by Downing Street they must stay open longer and give patients

:19:04. > :19:05.appointments when they want or risk losing funding.

:19:06. > :19:10.Towns and villages along England's east coast have escaped significant

:19:11. > :19:22.flooding after a change in wind direction prevented a storm surge.

:19:23. > :19:28.The problems last night not as bad as feared in terms of those flooding

:19:29. > :19:31.mornings. The wheeze has the big weather picture. Good morning. --

:19:32. > :19:38.Louise. The weather picture quiet down

:19:39. > :19:43.today, so some good news. Behind me the satellite tells a story, a big

:19:44. > :19:47.mass of cloud on its way for tomorrow, we will have some sunshine

:19:48. > :19:52.as the cloud is broken, though, today. We have this area of high

:19:53. > :19:55.pressure out to the west and toppling across our weather fronts

:19:56. > :19:59.for tomorrow, this system down through the North Sea could trigger

:20:00. > :20:03.a few showers running in from North Sea coasts and it's a cold and

:20:04. > :20:07.frosty start for many again. But, as we've seen with the cloud well

:20:08. > :20:12.broken, there will be some sunshine around. If we get showers running in

:20:13. > :20:15.off the North Sea coast today they will be sleet and snow but milder

:20:16. > :20:20.air to the west with north-westerly winds driving a scattering of

:20:21. > :20:23.showers in here, mostly of rain and they might organise themselves into

:20:24. > :20:27.bands across the south-west and Wales due to the wind direction.

:20:28. > :20:32.Some showers, seven or eight degrees. A cold afternoon with

:20:33. > :20:35.sunshine and a few wintry showers bow that used of that, temperatures

:20:36. > :20:45.two or three. The west east divide continues. -- further east of that.

:20:46. > :20:49.This is just an indication of the types of conditions we will see for

:20:50. > :20:53.the premiership matches today. Into the evening matches, it will be

:20:54. > :20:58.pretty cold at Leicester City with the temperatures falling away again.

:20:59. > :21:01.In fact, we could see an early frost in central and eastern areas. The

:21:02. > :21:06.cloud will gather out to the west but as you see, as the rain moves in

:21:07. > :21:10.on the leading edge for a time, we could see snow on higher ground so

:21:11. > :21:15.worth bearing in mind if you're up early on Sunday morning. Staying

:21:16. > :21:19.cold and milder air tucking in behind but it will take its time to

:21:20. > :21:24.move him. Slowly pushing in from the west so potentially staying cold

:21:25. > :21:28.into the east. On Sunday, it is a cloudy, dull, damp day. The rain not

:21:29. > :21:33.too heavy but quite persistent through the day and we could see a

:21:34. > :21:37.little bit of wet snow for a time in East Anglia. But the mild air will

:21:38. > :21:41.flood in. We could potentially see double-figure is out to the west,

:21:42. > :21:45.always staying a bit colder and with two degrees, cloud and drizzle into

:21:46. > :21:48.East Anglia again, not looking like a particularly pleasant day. Back to

:21:49. > :21:51.you two. Thanks very much, we will see you

:21:52. > :21:53.later on. The scandal of Russian involvement

:21:54. > :21:56.in the US elections has dominated the headlines both during

:21:57. > :21:58.and after the campaign. But the allegations that surfaced

:21:59. > :22:00.this week almost seemed There have been repeated clashes

:22:01. > :22:05.between Donald Trump and American intelligence chiefs

:22:06. > :22:07.since allegations came to light that Russia may have tried to hack

:22:08. > :22:11.into and leak documents to sway The incoming President

:22:12. > :22:16.repeatedly questioned the credibility of the information,

:22:17. > :22:19.branding it a political witchhunt, although he's now conceded

:22:20. > :22:21.Russia may have had access Earlier this week, news came

:22:22. > :22:25.that more memos had been circling Washington,

:22:26. > :22:27.this time suggesting that Russia had compromising information

:22:28. > :22:29.on Donald Trump's private This is the man said

:22:30. > :22:36.to be behind the claims, Christopher Steele,

:22:37. > :22:39.a British, ex MI6 agent. Joining us now from Brussels

:22:40. > :22:51.is former MI5 intelligence officer, Very good morning to you and thank

:22:52. > :22:55.you for your time this morning, Annie. There's a lot of material

:22:56. > :22:59.there, some of it, as we said earlier, you couldn't really make

:23:00. > :23:03.up. Let's deal with the most recent part of the equation, this dossier

:23:04. > :23:07.from Christopher Steele, unsubstantiated many people say.

:23:08. > :23:12.What do you make of that part of the story? I would say it is certainly

:23:13. > :23:16.very unsubstantiated at this point. It seems to be more gossip and

:23:17. > :23:20.tittle tattle. This man Christopher Steele through his company has been

:23:21. > :23:24.putting together it all and it doesn't seem like a thought that has

:23:25. > :23:28.been finished, it is like a first draft which is dangerous because he

:23:29. > :23:33.hasn't had secured his sources, which is very dangerous and they are

:23:34. > :23:37.easily identifiable. There are factual errors as well so it is a

:23:38. > :23:45.pretty derivative or attempt to smear Donald Trump. What we do know

:23:46. > :23:50.happened was the CIA resented this to President Obama and Donald Trump

:23:51. > :23:54.as well as others so it came out and became a public document because of

:23:55. > :23:58.that presentation, which has presented Donald Trump with a

:23:59. > :24:02.problem in relation to his ongoing issues with his own security

:24:03. > :24:05.services. What do you make of that relationship a week before he

:24:06. > :24:12.becomes president? I think it's a very dangerous thing at the moment,

:24:13. > :24:16.I don't see how the relationship can recover. The CIA has been trying

:24:17. > :24:19.every which way they can to delegitimise Donald Trump's

:24:20. > :24:23.selection by claiming the Russians interfered with it. They've put

:24:24. > :24:27.reports out but none of the reports have claimed any evidence so they

:24:28. > :24:35.are still unsubstantiated -- election. Donald Trump has taken

:24:36. > :24:40.this personally. When he is inaugurated, he will then take on

:24:41. > :24:44.the CIA. He will put in a new chief and he's talked about slimming down

:24:45. > :24:49.the organisation, getting rid of old agents. They are effectively running

:24:50. > :24:54.out of control at the moment. It's an interesting area, I want to say

:24:55. > :24:58.the reasons why Donald Trump is so popular is because he is

:24:59. > :25:03.antiestablishment but then when you become President, the thought of a

:25:04. > :25:08.president in that position, being at odds with his own security advisers,

:25:09. > :25:15.his teams, the CIA, FBI, whoever it might be, that can't carry on, can

:25:16. > :25:21.it? It can't, no, but the CIA has become much more autonomous. They

:25:22. > :25:24.have to remember they are there to serve the president and the

:25:25. > :25:28.interests of the American people. They are the servants of the

:25:29. > :25:32.country. They need to be put back in their box and this is what Donald

:25:33. > :25:36.Trump will try and do. He's one of the few people who is tough enough

:25:37. > :25:40.to be able to take them on and potentially win. But it is a

:25:41. > :25:44.difficult game and I don't think the CEI would have taken him on in this

:25:45. > :25:52.way if they hadn't been confident of winning and being able to control

:25:53. > :25:55.him, they assume they will. Trump is of course very unpredictable so it

:25:56. > :25:58.remains to be seen whether that's possible. Annie, thank you for your

:25:59. > :26:00.time this morning, a former MI5 intelligence officer speaking to us

:26:01. > :26:02.via Skype this morning. In 1979 a teenage photographer

:26:03. > :26:07.and music fan took his camera along to a gig by Paul Weller

:26:08. > :26:10.and his band, The Jam. He captured the group

:26:11. > :26:12.at the height of their musical powers, yet he lacked the confidence

:26:13. > :26:16.to do anything with the pictures. Now, they're gracing the cover

:26:17. > :26:19.of a live album by the group. John Danks has been finding out how

:26:20. > :26:38.they finally got public exposure. The Jam on Top of the Pops in

:26:39. > :26:41.November, 1979. When Mike Searle went to see them play live in

:26:42. > :26:47.Aylesbury later that month, he took along his Russian-made Zenit camera.

:26:48. > :26:50.It was an amazing day, they were an amazing band to see live. Paul

:26:51. > :26:54.Weller used to leap around his guitar so what irony wanted to do

:26:55. > :26:58.was catch him jumping with his guitar, because that was his

:26:59. > :27:06.signature move. I managed to get that.

:27:07. > :27:10.Lacking confidence, Mike didn't do anything with them. The pictures

:27:11. > :27:14.didn't see the light of day again until a few years ago. Wanting to

:27:15. > :27:19.set up as a freelance photographer, Mike dug them out, put them online

:27:20. > :27:23.and then he got a call. Someone from universal music called me up and

:27:24. > :27:27.said, we'd like your photos and we'd like to use them on a live album

:27:28. > :27:32.we're releasing from the same year, are you interested? And I was, like,

:27:33. > :27:36.yes I am. A deal was done and six months later the finished album was

:27:37. > :27:42.posted to him. I got the package and open it up and it was shiny, heavy,

:27:43. > :27:48.a beautiful piece of art. I would have done it for love to be honest.

:27:49. > :27:52.So teenage dreams that finally came true 38 years later. I really wanted

:27:53. > :28:00.to thank 17-year-old Mike for earning a little bit of money. The

:28:01. > :28:03.message to other people that age, if you got the time, follow your

:28:04. > :28:05.passion and really follow it through and good things can happen. John

:28:06. > :28:11.Danks, BBC News, Newquay. I love that, he's talking about that

:28:12. > :28:15.moment he got the call saying, do you mind if we use the pictures for

:28:16. > :28:20.the front cover of the next album... The feelings he must have had. The

:28:21. > :28:24.moral of the story is don't get rid of any pictures ever because you

:28:25. > :28:28.never know. Tricky these days given how many we take. Harder or easier?

:28:29. > :28:36.I think it would be harder because you'd never know what you've got, we

:28:37. > :28:38.take thousands. The quality of the film is in keeping with the album,

:28:39. > :28:39.rather grainy. She waltzed her way to win

:28:40. > :28:44.Strictly, now Joanne Clifton We caught up with the dancer

:28:45. > :28:48.as she prepares to take centre stage Hello, this is Breakfast,

:28:49. > :30:13.with Charlie Stayt and Steph Coming up before

:30:14. > :30:15.eight Louise will be But first, a summary of this

:30:16. > :30:22.morning's main news. The Prime Minister has said

:30:23. > :30:24.GPs in England should keep their surgeries open for longer

:30:25. > :30:27.to ease pressure on accident Downing Street says too many

:30:28. > :30:30.family doctors are closing early and failing to open

:30:31. > :30:33.at weekends, forcing patients Those practices could face losing

:30:34. > :30:37.the extra funding they currently receive for offering

:30:38. > :30:57.a seven-day service. Let us not forget, as we are

:30:58. > :31:04.speaking now, there are thousands of GPs out there visiting patients at

:31:05. > :31:10.home. We provide a 24/7 365 day a year service. It is an insult to GPs

:31:11. > :31:14.that propping up the NHS on a daily basis. The major alert not being

:31:15. > :31:16.talked about is the alert for general practice.

:31:17. > :31:18.The east of England has escaped major flooding,

:31:19. > :31:21.despite fears that storm surges could hit towns along the coast.

:31:22. > :31:24.Thousands of people were urged to leave their homes

:31:25. > :31:26.as the Environment Agency issued 17 severe flood warnings

:31:27. > :31:30.By the early hours of the morning the threat had subsided,

:31:31. > :31:33.but the flood warnings remain in place and authorities continue

:31:34. > :31:41.A clear plan for Brexit should be published by February at the latest.

:31:42. > :31:45.The Exiting the EU Committee is also calling

:31:46. > :31:49.for the Prime Minister to allow a vote in Parliament on the plans

:31:50. > :31:50.before they're presented to Brussels.

:31:51. > :31:55.The government says it will set out its plans by the end of March.

:31:56. > :31:58.Jeremy Corbyn will defend his leadership of the Labour Party today

:31:59. > :32:01.after claims by a centre-left think tank it was too weak

:32:02. > :32:06.The Fabian Society warned Labour would lose out on returning

:32:07. > :32:10.to power unless it could secure a coalition.

:32:11. > :32:14.At a speech in London, Mr Corbyn will say his party offers

:32:15. > :32:16."a complete break from a rigged system."

:32:17. > :32:18.He'll also outline Labour plans to bring care homes

:32:19. > :32:24.President-Elect, Donald Trump, has said he's willing to work

:32:25. > :32:26.with Russia and China, providing they co-operate.

:32:27. > :32:27.Mr Trump said the recently-imposed sanctions

:32:28. > :32:30.on Russia would remain in place for the coming months,

:32:31. > :32:33.but could be lifted if Moscow helped Washington in the war

:32:34. > :32:37.He said the One China Policy, under which the US no longer

:32:38. > :32:44.acknowledges Taiwan, was up for negotiation.

:32:45. > :32:47.The US House of Representatives has voted to begin the process

:32:48. > :32:49.to abolish President Obama's health insurance laws,

:32:50. > :32:51.The Senate approved the measure on Thursday.

:32:52. > :32:54.The law provides medical coverage for more than 20 million Americans,

:32:55. > :32:57.but President-Elect Donald Trump has tweeted that Obamacare

:32:58. > :33:07.Police in the United States say a girl who was stolen as a newborn

:33:08. > :33:11.from a hospital in Florida 18 years ago has been found alive in South

:33:12. > :33:20.(TX OOV) This is Kamiyah Mobley (PRON: Kam-eye-ah Mow-blee)

:33:21. > :33:24.Until Friday she was living under another name.

:33:25. > :33:26.Authorities say she's in good health but overwhelmed.

:33:27. > :33:30.Her kidnapper, who posed as a nurse at the hospital where she was born

:33:31. > :33:34.Scientists have found a deep sea treasure with the first sighting

:33:35. > :33:38.Researchers filmed the brightly coloured creatures

:33:39. > :33:42.It's the first time the 10-inch-long fish has been seen alive.

:33:43. > :33:46.It was declared a new species in 2015, making it the third known

:33:47. > :34:06.It looks like a seahorse, doesn't it? It is rather graceful, isn't it?

:34:07. > :34:23.The colours are beautiful. You can see them now. Not as much before. I

:34:24. > :34:28.would rather be called the rube seadragon than a weedy seadragon,

:34:29. > :34:39.its sister species. But they use it to blend in. How did you know that?

:34:40. > :34:47.I am a novice diver. Mysteries of the deep to mysteries of Chelsea.

:34:48. > :34:57.Some say Diego Costa is out with injury, but others say a is paying

:34:58. > :35:01.him ?30 million a year to play for them. -- China.

:35:02. > :35:05.The future of Diego Costa at Chelsea is in some doubt this morning.

:35:06. > :35:07.He's been left out of the Premier League leader's squad

:35:08. > :35:10.for today's match at Leicester, after a dispute with

:35:11. > :35:14.He's the Premier League's top scorer so far this season,

:35:15. > :35:17.but is thought to have been the subject of an offer,

:35:18. > :35:20.from a Chinese club, who could be willing to pay him,

:35:21. > :35:23.Speaking on Five Live, the former England midfielder

:35:24. > :35:25.Jermaine Jenas, says this news will encourage Chelsea's rivals.

:35:26. > :35:27.There will be tributes, around grounds this weekend

:35:28. > :35:32.The first match in the Premier League, sees third place Tottenham,

:35:33. > :35:36.Spurs are hoping to build on their victory against Chelsea

:35:37. > :35:38.last week, and not repeat, the dip in form, which followed

:35:39. > :35:40.their earlier win, against Manchester City.

:35:41. > :35:43.A few months ago, if you remember, we had the performance,

:35:44. > :35:47.Now, after Chelsea, it is a great opportunity to show

:35:48. > :36:02.Tottenham's north London rivals Arsenal, are currently outside

:36:03. > :36:05.They're playing bottom club Swansea City later.

:36:06. > :36:07.It's Swansea manager, Paul Clement's, first match

:36:08. > :36:09.in charge, and his rather longer-serving counterpart,

:36:10. > :36:17.Arsene Wenger, has been talking about the challenge facing him.

:36:18. > :36:22.It has been a big ambition of mine to manage in this lead

:36:23. > :36:26.The first home game at Swansea, going up against Arsene Wenger

:36:27. > :36:29.and Arsenal, it will be a very special moment for me.

:36:30. > :36:32.Leeds United, have moved up to third in the Championship,

:36:33. > :36:34.after a 1-0 win, over Derby at Elland Road.

:36:35. > :36:37.They're now, four points off the automatic promotion places.

:36:38. > :36:40.Chris Woods' header just before the break, was enough to seal

:36:41. > :36:43.a fifth home win in a row, for Garry Monks' side.

:36:44. > :36:46.It was an unhappy to return to his former club for

:36:47. > :36:48.Derby's Bradley Johnson, who was sent off late on.

:36:49. > :36:51.It's a potentially decisive weekend in European club Rugby Union.

:36:52. > :36:53.Irish side Leinster, are through to the quarter finals

:36:54. > :36:56.of the Champions Cup, after a big win over

:36:57. > :37:00.The French side had a man sent off in the first half,

:37:01. > :37:02.and Leinster took full advantage- Jack Conan, scored three

:37:03. > :37:09.of their eight tries in a 57-3 victory.

:37:10. > :37:11.Bath also scored eight tries in their victory,

:37:12. > :37:14.over local rivals, Bristol, in the second-tier Challenge Cup

:37:15. > :37:26.England's, Semesa Rokoduguni one of the scorers in a 57-22 win.

:37:27. > :37:28.Britain's Dan Evans will play in his first ATP Tour

:37:29. > :37:32.He's due on court against Gilles Muller at around 8.30

:37:33. > :37:36.Yesterday he beat Andrey Kuznetsov in three sets to reach the final.

:37:37. > :37:39.The first grand slam of the calendar, the Australian Open,

:37:40. > :38:11.Dan into the final. And yesterday at this time and Johanna Konta is

:38:12. > :38:21.almost undoubtedly going to win. First hour is rising. -- her star.

:38:22. > :38:23.An unprecedented humanitarian crisis or simply a busy winter

:38:24. > :38:34.The National Health Service in England has come under huge

:38:35. > :38:37.scrutiny in the past few days as the war of words between doctors

:38:38. > :38:39.and the government becomes increasingly bitter.

:38:40. > :38:42.We'll talk more about that in a moment but first let's get

:38:43. > :38:49.an idea of how hospitals in the rest of the UK are coping.

:38:50. > :38:56.The NHS in Scotland does look a little better than it does in

:38:57. > :39:01.England, but that does not mean to say it is not without significant

:39:02. > :39:05.challenges. It has been described as struggling to cope. In terms of

:39:06. > :39:09.accident and emergency waiting time figures, the figures look better in

:39:10. > :39:13.Scotland. Nevertheless, the targets have not been met since September

:39:14. > :39:19.last year by the government. We have people urging others not to turn up

:39:20. > :39:27.unless it is a genuine emergency because of the pressure of bad. In

:39:28. > :39:31.terms of bed blocking, we have a lot of trouble with that. Scotland is in

:39:32. > :39:35.the process of integrating health and social care. The hope is down

:39:36. > :39:37.the line that will take some pressure off acute services in

:39:38. > :39:44.hospitals and will allow people to be cared for in the community.

:39:45. > :39:47.Christmas was a busy time for emergency departments right across

:39:48. > :39:50.Northern Ireland. According to figures, it was a percent more

:39:51. > :39:55.people attending emergency departments compared to the same

:39:56. > :40:04.time last year. -- eight. When we compare that to foot fault, it means

:40:05. > :40:10.for those people seen within four hours, it should be 95%. The number

:40:11. > :40:15.of people who had to wait more than 12 hours, that includes around 646

:40:16. > :40:20.people who had to wait longer than 12 hours to be either seen, treated,

:40:21. > :40:24.discharge, or moved on to another hospital. One major incident was

:40:25. > :40:29.declared over the Christmas holiday period in Londonderry, a real

:40:30. > :40:34.indication of the pressure at that particular hospital when it closed

:40:35. > :40:40.its doors for a number of hours. Pressure both on staff and on

:40:41. > :40:48.patients. Service here is under pressure. But they insist it is not

:40:49. > :40:52.a crisis. NHS Wales has been defended, even though some had to

:40:53. > :40:57.wait 15 hours you see a doctor at accident and emergency areas in

:40:58. > :41:02.Cardiff. There has also been a warning that accident and emergency

:41:03. > :41:06.levels are at crisis level, worse perhaps than in England. But the

:41:07. > :41:12.service overall is coping well overall. Tough choices will have to

:41:13. > :41:19.be taken this year about the future of some Welsh hospitals

:41:20. > :41:21.John Appleby is Chief Economist from the independent healthcare

:41:22. > :41:24.research charity the Nuffield Trust, and he joins us now.

:41:25. > :41:29.good morning. Good morning. We were hearing the situation across

:41:30. > :41:34.different parts of the UK. Put this in context for us. How bad is it in

:41:35. > :41:40.the NHS at the moment? There has been a lot of debate this week about

:41:41. > :41:46.numbers. Lots of language and the humanitarian crisis being one of

:41:47. > :41:50.that. What is it like? In terms of language, it is hard to pick the

:41:51. > :41:56.words crisis, humanitarian crisis, whatever. But we know it is very,

:41:57. > :42:00.very difficult. It is not just this winter. It has been like this or 1.5

:42:01. > :42:11.years, at least in England. The big context is the money for the NHS. We

:42:12. > :42:16.spend ?120 billion in the NHS. Since 2010, money has been rising faster

:42:17. > :42:22.than inflation, but only just. Certainly nothing like historically

:42:23. > :42:27.the prices we have seen for the NHS. This is the 60 year of an austerity

:42:28. > :42:33.programme for the NHS public sector. For more years. The NHS has done

:42:34. > :42:38.really well for the first few years. Waiting times were kept reasonably

:42:39. > :42:45.low. Infections in hospitals were low as well. What we have seen, it

:42:46. > :42:51.is only the last 18 months to two years were performance has started

:42:52. > :42:55.to slide. They have started to bridge the gap between the money it

:42:56. > :43:01.would have liked and the need and demand of its services through being

:43:02. > :43:05.more if with staff. In the short-term that works but in the

:43:06. > :43:11.longer term it gets more difficult. Later on this winter we will be in a

:43:12. > :43:17.difficult position. Worse than last winter. That is the key and the

:43:18. > :43:20.difficulty, that in a sense we are starting from a much more difficult

:43:21. > :43:24.position in terms of the number of people waiting to get into accident

:43:25. > :43:28.and emergency and so on. Clearly the pressure is increasing. Are we

:43:29. > :43:35.coming to a crunch point, do you think? Well, the other thing to say

:43:36. > :43:40.is that millions of people will get good care throughout the NHS and the

:43:41. > :43:48.UK of course. I suppose when you look at the targets that governments

:43:49. > :43:52.set themselves for the NHS, the NHS in England is failing on a whole

:43:53. > :43:57.range of these targets now. We have more people stuck between accident

:43:58. > :44:01.and emergency and the main hospitals, something like 3000 on

:44:02. > :44:09.trolleys in November. 50% or more of an increase compared to November of

:44:10. > :44:15.2015. Virtually no major emergency departments. We are failing on

:44:16. > :44:20.cancer waits as well. From the point of view it does look very, very

:44:21. > :44:23.difficult. It is a cliff edge. It gets gradually more and more

:44:24. > :44:28.difficult and the service fails on more and more performance targets.

:44:29. > :44:32.What do you think the NHS could do to save money? We are obviously

:44:33. > :44:38.hearing that staff are working at an absolute maximum in many areas. Are

:44:39. > :44:43.there any areas we could be more efficient? Yes, of course. Like any

:44:44. > :44:50.public service, the NHS can make use of taxpayers' money as efficiently

:44:51. > :44:55.as possible. I use the NHS and want them to use the money we give to the

:44:56. > :45:00.NHS as efficiently as possible. The issue is how quickly can a big

:45:01. > :45:04.organisation... Medicine is a complicated business. Where our

:45:05. > :45:08.productivity gains to be made? Historically, we know that advances

:45:09. > :45:12.in medicine have met people do not have to stay in hospital that long.

:45:13. > :45:18.It means we do not need as many beds and can use the more efficiently and

:45:19. > :45:22.so on. Those productivity gains take time and happen over decades. It is

:45:23. > :45:25.not something you can conjure up in the next month. That is the issue

:45:26. > :45:30.right now. There is a short-term crisis in terms of money and in

:45:31. > :45:36.terms of performance. That is not able to be solved by longer term

:45:37. > :45:40.historic productivity gains the NHS is used to. Thank you very much.

:45:41. > :45:45.Here's Louise with a look at this morning's weather.

:45:46. > :45:52.Well, if you've not enjoy this cold snap, something a little milder when

:45:53. > :45:56.this cloud arrives tomorrow but here and now the cloud is broken and

:45:57. > :45:59.sunny spells coming through after a cold start and still the risk of

:46:00. > :46:05.showers running through down the North Sea. A frontal system here

:46:06. > :46:09.could pep up some of those showers and they will fall as no in the east

:46:10. > :46:13.goes but elsewhere the cloud well broken, a few showers drifting to

:46:14. > :46:18.the west but these should be largely rain. A cold start, though, you

:46:19. > :46:21.could be scraping the frost from the windscreens if you're up early

:46:22. > :46:25.enough this morning. The frost will live with the sunshine coming

:46:26. > :46:30.through, the winds that have been a nuisance will ease. Still the risk

:46:31. > :46:35.of a few showers and these could be of sleet and snow. A bit more

:46:36. > :46:39.sunshine than we have been used to in recent days, the north-westerly

:46:40. > :46:44.breeze driving in some showers but look, eight, seven, milder, so that

:46:45. > :46:48.will be rain. Lots of sunshine in the east, a cold afternoon, two or

:46:49. > :46:53.three and still on exposed coasts, quite windy. A scattering of showers

:46:54. > :46:58.in Northern Ireland and western Scotland, a mix of rain and further

:46:59. > :47:02.east it will be dry and largely sunny. If you're off to the

:47:03. > :47:05.football, this is an indication of some of the matches taking place

:47:06. > :47:09.from lunchtime to the evening where the temperatures will fall away

:47:10. > :47:13.under clear skies. In actual fact central and eastern areas could see

:47:14. > :47:17.an early frost but the cloud and rain will gather from the west and

:47:18. > :47:21.as it bumped into the clear air we could have a spell of snow, and low

:47:22. > :47:26.levels to start with but primarily it will turn to rain. Hopefully not

:47:27. > :47:30.too much of an issue with that. Code in the east and milder conditions to

:47:31. > :47:35.the west and that's the story through Sunday -- called. It will

:47:36. > :47:38.take its time for the milder air to arrive but unfortunately it will

:47:39. > :47:43.bring rain with it as well. A slight change as we move into Sunday.

:47:44. > :47:45.Cloudy with outbreaks of rain, which could be wintry in East Anglia for a

:47:46. > :47:47.time. Here it stays cold. We're back with the

:47:48. > :47:56.headlines at 8pm. Hello and welcome to Newswatch

:47:57. > :47:59.with me, Samira Ahmed. The tables have turned

:48:00. > :48:02.as Donald Trump accuses the media It's all fake news, it's phoney

:48:03. > :48:10.stuff, it didn't happen. If that's the case, why is BBC News

:48:11. > :48:13.devoting so much airtime to the allegations about

:48:14. > :48:19.the President-elect? Anything Donald Trump says,

:48:20. > :48:25.does or tweets has been intensely scrutinised in the buildup

:48:26. > :48:30.to his inauguration next week so on Wednesday all eyes

:48:31. > :48:33.were on his first news conference since November's election

:48:34. > :48:35.and in terms of spectacle, Take the moment when a reporter

:48:36. > :48:40.from CNN tried to ask a question. REPORTER: Since you're attacking us

:48:41. > :48:43.can you give us a question? Mr President-elect, since you're

:48:44. > :48:47.attacking our news organisation can Not you, your

:48:48. > :48:49.organisation's terrible. You're attacking our news

:48:50. > :48:52.organisation, give us a chance Mr President-elect, can

:48:53. > :48:56.you state categorically... She's asking a question,

:48:57. > :48:58.don't be rude. you're attacking us,

:48:59. > :49:02.can you give us a question, I'm not going to give

:49:03. > :49:07.you a question, you are fake news. Mr President, can you state

:49:08. > :49:09.categorically that nobody... Mr President-elect,

:49:10. > :49:13.that is not appropriate. After that attack on CNN

:49:14. > :49:19.as being a purveyor of fake news, would other correspondence be brave

:49:20. > :49:22.enough to raise their hands? Go ahead, go ahead,

:49:23. > :49:28.you've been waiting. As far as we understand

:49:29. > :49:31.the intelligence community... If there was more than a hint

:49:32. > :49:42.of sarcasm in that description the President-elect may not have

:49:43. > :49:45.thought the BBC's subsequent coverage of allegations passed

:49:46. > :49:48.on to US intelligence agencies last The dossier they were investigating

:49:49. > :49:55.was an open secret. Journalists too had been

:49:56. > :49:58.working on it for months. It's a tale of sordid sexual

:49:59. > :50:03.escapade, Russian espionage dollar cash payments allegedly

:50:04. > :50:10.funnelled to the Trump campaign. The question for Washington insiders

:50:11. > :50:13.is whether it is fact, It's not currently known

:50:14. > :50:17.whether those rumours are fact or fiction, but we do know the BBC

:50:18. > :50:20.heard last year from multiple sources of the existence

:50:21. > :50:23.of a blackmail tape. So why didn't it

:50:24. > :50:26.broadcast that news then? That was a question bothering

:50:27. > :50:44.Roger Urquhurt: Others

:50:45. > :50:49.were concerned about the extend the BBC were reporting

:50:50. > :50:51.the allegations now. John Brooks also

:50:52. > :51:13.wondered: It was the website BuzzFeed

:51:14. > :51:27.which published the 35-page dossier While understanding

:51:28. > :51:31.that it was impossible for the BBC to ignore, some viewers felt

:51:32. > :51:34.the corporation wrongly allowed it Well, the editor of the BBC's

:51:35. > :52:06.News at 6 and News at 10 It's been a big revelation

:52:07. > :52:11.that the BBC was aware of allegations a blackmail tape

:52:12. > :52:14.might exist some months ago. How did the BBC find out about it

:52:15. > :52:19.and why did the BBC decide not The BBC, like other news

:52:20. > :52:23.organisations, became aware of the existence of this dossier

:52:24. > :52:29.and these potential allegations. Obviously we have robust editorial

:52:30. > :52:33.processes we go through in terms of verification and trying

:52:34. > :52:39.to substantiate the allegations. We couldn't, they're unproven,

:52:40. > :52:44.and so we weren't publishing them. In the end, as we saw this week,

:52:45. > :52:47.BuzzFeed News decided they were going to publish

:52:48. > :52:52.the 35-page dossier and allegations and they had their own editorial

:52:53. > :52:59.rationale and case law that. Given that these allegations

:53:00. > :53:01.are still not verified now, some viewers will be saying, well,

:53:02. > :53:04.should the BBC be reporting Clearly what happened overnight

:53:05. > :53:10.on Tuesday became a story and we were very careful

:53:11. > :53:15.on Wednesday to cover the story that was playing out,

:53:16. > :53:20.but at the same time be quite general and unspecific

:53:21. > :53:22.about the unproven allegations and we were really careful

:53:23. > :53:26.about that, so clearly once some US networks started reporting

:53:27. > :53:28.the story, Donald Trump Tweeted about that overnight,

:53:29. > :53:32.there was a story on Wednesday morning that we had to cover

:53:33. > :53:36.and that was obviously the main part of his news conference

:53:37. > :53:41.that afternoon. But at the same time we were very

:53:42. > :53:45.careful and actually in one of our broadcasts on the 1pm news,

:53:46. > :53:49.one of the correspondence said in fairness to Donald Trump,

:53:50. > :53:52.we're not going into detail If they do turn out to be

:53:53. > :53:56.false, will the BBC be I don't think the BBC will be

:53:57. > :54:01.in a difficult position because of the care we took

:54:02. > :54:04.on Wednesday and thereafter to make sure we weren't affectively

:54:05. > :54:06.recirculating lots of details about something that

:54:07. > :54:08.at this stage is unproven. So I'm happy that we think

:54:09. > :54:14.we will be in a good place. There are numerous serious

:54:15. > :54:17.allegations being discussed about Donald Trump's links

:54:18. > :54:20.to Russia, what is the BBC policy We are going to stick

:54:21. > :54:29.to our editorial approaches and guidelines in terms of trying

:54:30. > :54:33.to test what is true, what is fact, what can be

:54:34. > :54:36.substantiated, what is worthy of further investigation

:54:37. > :54:41.or analysis and explanation. And so we have a very tried

:54:42. > :54:45.and tested process for that built up Is that partly certain kinds

:54:46. > :54:49.of sources regarded as trust worthy, The BBC has two sources on stories

:54:50. > :54:54.and there's been discussions around Really sticking to our editorial

:54:55. > :54:57.guidelines and processes in what is really quite a unique

:54:58. > :55:01.period in terms of covering news. We heard viewers saying

:55:02. > :55:08.there were all these different issues raised in that news

:55:09. > :55:13.conference, and yet the only one that really got any attention

:55:14. > :55:17.was the issue about the blackmail That was the main thing

:55:18. > :55:24.in the news conference, but I would totally accept

:55:25. > :55:29.there were other things covered In the 6pm news for example,

:55:30. > :55:37.the main coverage was around the dossier and the allegations

:55:38. > :55:39.but Jon Sopel did also talk about the questions around

:55:40. > :55:42.Donald Trump's business interests And obviously across BBC News,

:55:43. > :55:46.on the news channel, on the website, on the radio,

:55:47. > :55:49.other parts of the story and the business side

:55:50. > :55:52.of Donald Trump was covered Because it felt watching that news

:55:53. > :55:57.conference that this was a very different kind of

:55:58. > :55:59.experience for reporters. It felt like journalists were trying

:56:00. > :56:02.to conduct business as usual asking questions, and the way he spoke

:56:03. > :56:05.to them, it feels like the BBC's going to have to rethink in a much

:56:06. > :56:09.bigger way how it deals I think Donald Trump for example

:56:10. > :56:20.in one tweet appeared to change US policy towards China

:56:21. > :56:22.or towards nuclear weapons and there's no detail,

:56:23. > :56:25.it's not done in a conventional way in terms of a news conference

:56:26. > :56:30.or a policy document, But at the same time,

:56:31. > :56:38.he is President-elect of the United States and in a week's

:56:39. > :56:42.time will be President. So we have to treat this stuff

:56:43. > :56:45.seriously, examine it properly and then decide whether we develop

:56:46. > :56:48.the coverage or not. But to quote Donald Trump,

:56:49. > :56:50.I think for journalists at the moment this issue

:56:51. > :56:54.is number one tricky. Please do send us your thoughts

:56:55. > :57:04.on the coverage of Donald Trump or on any aspect of BBC News,

:57:05. > :57:08.details of how to contact us Just time now for a couple more

:57:09. > :57:13.of your comments this week, which kicked off something

:57:14. > :57:16.of an annual debate over the extent winter weather is newsworthy

:57:17. > :57:18.and the deployment of reporters Friday morning saw two

:57:19. > :57:27.correspondents braving the elements, Simon Jones in Canterbury and first

:57:28. > :57:31.Kate Sweeting by the Humber bridge. The snow has died down and it's been

:57:32. > :57:34.a relatively calm morning and that's good news because it means the high

:57:35. > :57:38.winds that were predicted haven't materialised and that means

:57:39. > :57:40.that the high tide here has We had around three hours of snow

:57:41. > :57:48.last night between 6pm and 9pm and it came down very heavily,

:57:49. > :57:52.and some of it has stuck. You can see down there some

:57:53. > :57:55.of it has turned to ice, someone has actually written

:57:56. > :57:58.help in the snow there, perhaps a sign of how

:57:59. > :58:00.treacherous conditions It's not just the snow itself

:58:01. > :58:04.but it's the ice down here on the pavement,

:58:05. > :58:07.it can be very slippy and also difficult conditions

:58:08. > :58:11.on the roads here. Some viewers bought a mountain

:58:12. > :58:35.was being made out of an icy molehill with John Avery rewriting:

:58:36. > :59:04.While Eleanor London had another theory:

:59:05. > :59:06.Thank you for all your comments this week.

:59:07. > :59:09.If you want to share your opinions on BBC News and current affairs

:59:10. > :59:14.or even appear on the programme, you can call us on:

:59:15. > :59:17.Or e-mail Newswatch at:

:59:18. > :59:21.You can find us on Twitter at:

:59:22. > :59:22.And do have on our website.

:59:23. > :59:28.That's all from us. We will be back to hear your

:59:29. > :59:30.thoughts on BBC News coverage again next week.

:59:31. > :00:28.Hello, this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Steph McGovern.

:00:29. > :00:31.The Prime Minister says GPs in England must extend their hours

:00:32. > :00:34.to ease pressure on Accident and Emergency services.

:00:35. > :00:40.Theresa May says funding to doctors will be cut

:00:41. > :00:42.if they don't provide a 12 hour, seven-day service, or prove

:00:43. > :01:06.Good morning. It's Saturday, 14th January.

:01:07. > :01:10.Also ahead, thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes,

:01:11. > :01:12.but towns and villages along the East coast escape

:01:13. > :01:16.MPs call for the Government to publish its Brexit plan by mid

:01:17. > :01:19.In sport, Chelsea, drop their top scorer Costa.

:01:20. > :01:32.He not fit or is it the great call of China?

:01:33. > :01:34.The aspiring photographer whose pictures went undiscovered

:01:35. > :01:37.for decades, but have now become the cover art for a new

:01:38. > :01:48.Good morning. It is a cold and frosty start to the day, but it is a

:01:49. > :01:52.quieter story in comparison to of late. There will be some coastal

:01:53. > :01:56.showers around, but further inland there will be some sun.

:01:57. > :02:01.The Prime Minister has said GPs in England should

:02:02. > :02:04.keep their surgeries open for longer to ease pressure on accident

:02:05. > :02:08.Downing Street says too many family doctors are closing early

:02:09. > :02:10.and failing to open at weekends, forcing patients to seek

:02:11. > :02:17.Our political correspondent Chris Mason reports.

:02:18. > :02:20.For days, the Government has faced a blizzard of criticism

:02:21. > :02:22.about its management of the NHS in England.

:02:23. > :02:27.Targets missed, major alerts declared.

:02:28. > :02:29.Senior figures in the Health Service are sounding

:02:30. > :02:34.Now the Prime Minister is turning her attention to family

:02:35. > :02:37.doctors and what they can do to help.

:02:38. > :02:44.A Downing Street source said, "Most GPs do a fantastic job.

:02:45. > :02:46.However, it's increasingly clear that a large number of surgeries

:02:47. > :02:49.are not providing the access that patients needs and that patients

:02:50. > :02:52.are suffering as a result because they are then forced to go

:02:53. > :02:59.The doctors' union, the British Medical Association,

:03:00. > :03:01.said the remarks amounted to scapegoating during what it

:03:02. > :03:11.The association added that a third of GP surgeries in England

:03:12. > :03:18.There are thousands of GPs out there visiting people in their homes. We

:03:19. > :03:21.provide a 365 day service and it is almost an insult to the hard-working

:03:22. > :03:24.GPs that are propping up the NHS on a daily basis.

:03:25. > :03:27.The association added that a third of GP surgeries in England

:03:28. > :03:28.had unfilled vacancies because the existing workload put

:03:29. > :03:34.doctors off wanting to go into general practice.

:03:35. > :03:37.Let's talk now to our Political Correspondent Tom Barton,

:03:38. > :03:48.We have had all week the stories about the NHS. Now the spotlight

:03:49. > :03:53.from First Lady on GPs? Right, Charlie. Earlier in the week we

:03:54. > :03:58.heard that too many patients in November waited more than four hours

:03:59. > :04:04.at A Then on Friday, we heard that in the first week of this year,

:04:05. > :04:08.four out of ten hospitals in England declared a major incident on at

:04:09. > :04:12.least one day. Now, today's announcement is really an attempt by

:04:13. > :04:16.Downing Street to show that they are dealing with this issue. Officials

:04:17. > :04:20.say that as many as a third of patients who show up at A would be

:04:21. > :04:27.better off dealt with elsewhere in the NHS. Ministers see GPs as key to

:04:28. > :04:33.reducing demand on hospitals and so, they're planning to ask GPs to stay

:04:34. > :04:38.open for longer. There is a threat that if they don't, they could see

:04:39. > :04:42.some of their funding reduced. The language that we've heard overnight

:04:43. > :04:45.from Number Ten is pretty strong. They say patients are suffering

:04:46. > :04:50.because surgeries aren't providing the access that they need and there

:04:51. > :04:55.is also an accusation that even where there are weekend and evening

:04:56. > :04:58.appointments available, GPs aren't telling their patients about them.

:04:59. > :05:04.Now, doctors are furious about this. The British Medical Association, as

:05:05. > :05:10.you heard in Chris' report, accusing the Government of scaremongering.

:05:11. > :05:17.While the Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston who is a GP herself, said

:05:18. > :05:22.this is an attack on overstretched and demoralised doctors.

:05:23. > :05:24.The east of England has escaped major flooding,

:05:25. > :05:27.despite fears that storm surges could hit towns along the coast.

:05:28. > :05:29.Thousands of people were urged to leave their homes

:05:30. > :05:31.as the Environment Agency issued 17 severe flood warnings

:05:32. > :05:35.But by the early hours of the morning the threat had subsided.

:05:36. > :05:40.After all the words of warning, just the sight and sound of a huge

:05:41. > :05:48.Within five or ten minutes it was coming over the walls

:05:49. > :05:51.It just started running all the way down the street.

:05:52. > :05:58.About 30 homes were inundated here in Hornsey.

:05:59. > :06:04.Into the evening, people in the path of the storm surge were still trying

:06:05. > :06:11.Many had been advised to leave, but some in Great Yarmouth

:06:12. > :06:16.You have to take precautions at the end of the day.

:06:17. > :06:19.All we are doing is putting sandbags near the doorways.

:06:20. > :06:21.Others found comfort however they could as special

:06:22. > :06:29.But when high tide arrived in each town, conditions appeared to ease.

:06:30. > :06:32.The Environment Agency had sent in pumps and more than five miles

:06:33. > :06:38.Officials insist the emergency response was not over the top.

:06:39. > :06:49.The rest centres will be laid off now.

:06:50. > :06:52.To be honest with you, if that had of breached,

:06:53. > :06:55.we would have been in a lot worse situation in these centres

:06:56. > :06:59.It's wise to say that we followed everything by the book as far

:07:00. > :07:01.as the Environment Agency and emergency services

:07:02. > :07:07.Some are now beginning to return home.

:07:08. > :07:08.But with storm warnings still in place, people

:07:09. > :07:18.The Government should publish its Brexit plan by mid

:07:19. > :07:20.February at the latest, according to a cross

:07:21. > :07:24.The Exiting the EU Committee also says Parliament should be given

:07:25. > :07:30.Here's our Business Correspondent, Joe Lynam.

:07:31. > :07:35.Next week, Theresa May will give a major speech on Britain's

:07:36. > :07:38.future outside the EU, which could give us more

:07:39. > :07:40.detail on what kind of Brexit she'll be seeking.

:07:41. > :07:43.She is under pressure from key parties in the Commons,

:07:44. > :07:48.including Leavers such as Michael Gove.

:07:49. > :07:58.It should set out its planned by mid-February.

:07:59. > :08:01.It should press for a transitional arrangement with the EU

:08:02. > :08:04.if it cannot get a full deal in the two-year time frame.

:08:05. > :08:06.Banks in the City should have continued unfettered

:08:07. > :08:10.Crucially they said the Government should offer MPs a vote on whatever

:08:11. > :08:14.is agreed at the end of the negotiation.

:08:15. > :08:22.We are made up of people who campaigned for Leave and Remain.

:08:23. > :08:25.The commitee have come together because we know whatever side

:08:26. > :08:29.we took in that debate, we need the best deal for Britain.

:08:30. > :08:39.But this report by cross-party MPs is likely to be seized upon by those

:08:40. > :08:49.hoping for a softer and certainly more transparent exit from the EU.

:08:50. > :08:53.In a few minutes, we'll speak to Hilary Benn,

:08:54. > :08:55.the chair of the committee that is calling for Mrs May

:08:56. > :09:06.Jeremy Corbyn will defend his leadership of the Labour Party today

:09:07. > :09:09.after claims by a centre-left think-tank it was too

:09:10. > :09:13.The Fabian Society warned Labour would lose out on returning to power

:09:14. > :09:17.At a speech in London, Mr Corbyn will say his party

:09:18. > :09:19.offers "a complete break from a rigged system".

:09:20. > :09:20.He'll also outline Labour plans to bring care homes

:09:21. > :09:27.President-elect, Donald Trump, has said he's willing to work

:09:28. > :09:35.with Russia and China, providing they co-operate.

:09:36. > :09:37.Mr Trump said the recently imposed sanctions on Russia would remain

:09:38. > :09:41.in place for the coming months, but could be lifted if Moscow helped

:09:42. > :09:42.Washington in the war against Islamic extremism.

:09:43. > :09:45.He said the One China policy, under which the US no longer

:09:46. > :09:46.acknowledges Taiwan, was up for negotiation.

:09:47. > :09:51.The US House of Representatives has voted to begin the process

:09:52. > :09:53.to abolish President Obama's health insurance laws known as Obamacare.

:09:54. > :09:55.The Senate approved the measure on Thursday.

:09:56. > :10:00.The law provides medical coverage for more than 20 million Americans,

:10:01. > :10:02.but President-elect Donald Trump has tweeted that Obamacare

:10:03. > :10:09.Banks still need to do more to improve their day-to-day

:10:10. > :10:12.services, particularly when it comes to being clear about fees

:10:13. > :10:18.and charges, according to a customer satisfaction survey.

:10:19. > :10:20.Which? found several of the biggest banks

:10:21. > :10:22.such as RBS, NatWest and HSBC came out bottom.

:10:23. > :10:24.The Consumers' Association say banks are doing better

:10:25. > :10:30.with mobile banking, but could improve in other areas.

:10:31. > :10:36.Well, banks need to do much better when it comes to the transparency of

:10:37. > :10:40.their fees and charges. It is really important so that people know how

:10:41. > :10:45.much they're being charged for their bank account. So they know how much

:10:46. > :10:48.they could save if they move to another account and so they don't

:10:49. > :10:51.get hit with unexpected fees and charges.

:10:52. > :10:55.Police in the United States say a girl who was stolen as a newborn

:10:56. > :10:58.from a hospital in Florida 18 years ago has been found alive

:10:59. > :11:04.Until Friday, she was living under another name.

:11:05. > :11:05.Authorities say she's in good health but overwhelmed.

:11:06. > :11:08.Her kidnapper, who posed as a nurse at the hospital

:11:09. > :11:14.A 22-year-old tortoise who has arthritis has been fitted with a set

:11:15. > :11:25.Bert, the African spurred tortoise, uses the wheels instead of his back

:11:26. > :11:37.He's trundling happily around his home at the Dinosaur

:11:38. > :11:45.Do you know how he ended up getting arthritis? He was sent off to a

:11:46. > :11:48.breeding centre and got a bit too amorous and ended up causing a bit

:11:49. > :11:53.of damage to himself and that's how he ended up in this position in the

:11:54. > :11:58.first place! Do you want to stop explaining that

:11:59. > :12:02.now? I don't think I need to go into any more detail. The viewers'

:12:03. > :12:07.imaginations can dot rest! Since Theresa May declared "Brexit

:12:08. > :12:09.means Brexit" last summer there's been little official clarification

:12:10. > :12:12.on what that really means. Now, a group of MPs say

:12:13. > :12:15.the Prime Minister needs to publish a clear plan for the terms of how

:12:16. > :12:18.Britain will leave The Exiting the EU Committee also

:12:19. > :12:25.wants MPs to have the chance to debate and vote on the proposals

:12:26. > :12:27.before they're Hilary Benn chairs

:12:28. > :12:32.the committee and joins us now. Good morning to you. Good morning.

:12:33. > :12:37.So just tell us why do you want the details to be published in

:12:38. > :12:41.mid-February? What's the help to it us to know that then? We are about

:12:42. > :12:45.to embark on the most significant negotiation this country faced in

:12:46. > :12:49.decades. The outcome will affect every single one of us wherever we

:12:50. > :12:54.live in the country. We're not asking the Government to reveal its

:12:55. > :12:58.negotiating tactics and its red lines and fall Back positions. Are

:12:59. > :13:01.regoing to stay in the customs union or not, what's going to happen with

:13:02. > :13:05.the single market, what will happen to EU citizens here and Brits

:13:06. > :13:08.abroad, how will we continue to operate on defence, foreign policy,

:13:09. > :13:12.the fight against terrorism? How can we make sure we don't return to

:13:13. > :13:16.tariffs in trade between Britain and the other countries because that

:13:17. > :13:19.would not be good for business. We say as a committee today, either for

:13:20. > :13:22.businesses in Britain or the European Union and we think it is

:13:23. > :13:27.important that the Government should set that out before it tells the 27,

:13:28. > :13:31.the other member states and just to be clear the vote that we're asking

:13:32. > :13:34.for is at the very end of the process when a deal has been

:13:35. > :13:39.negotiated, that's the vote we're calling for. When this has been

:13:40. > :13:43.concluded, in 2019, the European Parliament is going to have a vote

:13:44. > :13:46.on the deal. The other member states will decide and we think the British

:13:47. > :13:49.Parliament should have the chance to look at the deal that's been

:13:50. > :13:55.negotiated and decide what it thinks of it. What that effectively means,

:13:56. > :14:00.on the vote issue specifically, is that you want the right to be able

:14:01. > :14:04.to say that we won't go ahead with Brexit as planned? Because it can't

:14:05. > :14:08.be both. If you reject the deal on the basis of it, if it is a vote of

:14:09. > :14:13.Parliament and you reject the deal then the Brexit is halted at that

:14:14. > :14:18.point? No, that's not the case because once Article 50 is

:14:19. > :14:21.triggered, you're on a two year timetable and unless all the

:14:22. > :14:25.countries, Britain and the other 27, agree to extend the negotiating

:14:26. > :14:31.period, after two years you're out with whatever you've got or not got.

:14:32. > :14:34.So, Parliament, if it were to vote down the deal, then we might leave

:14:35. > :14:38.with no deal. Now that's something that Parliament would have to think

:14:39. > :14:41.carefully about at the time. In that case, the explanation you give

:14:42. > :14:46.there, makes it sound if at that point in time, with a deal presented

:14:47. > :14:52.to you by Theresa May, agreed in Brussels, if MPs at that stage voted

:14:53. > :14:57.to veto that deal, you're sending us, I think by your own admission,

:14:58. > :15:02.into some kind of trading oblivion? Well, it depends when the vote is...

:15:03. > :15:08.You said at the end of the process. Yes. But it depends how near to the

:15:09. > :15:12.end. Well, you tell us. What are you asking for? Well what, the committee

:15:13. > :15:16.is asking for is clarity about what our future trading relationships are

:15:17. > :15:21.going to be. You said at the end of the process... This is a matter of

:15:22. > :15:23.principle. The European Parliament will have a votement now,

:15:24. > :15:26.theoretically, the European Parliament could say we don't like

:15:27. > :15:32.the deal we would be out with no deal at allment it is a matter of

:15:33. > :15:35.principle that if this there, is the most significant change, that

:15:36. > :15:38.Parliament should have a right to say what it thinks of the deal. Of

:15:39. > :15:42.course, Parliament will have to weigh up, is there any chance of

:15:43. > :15:45.getting anything better from the 27 member states or is this the only

:15:46. > :15:51.thing we're going to get, but it is a matter of principle that we should

:15:52. > :15:54.have the right to say yes, we're agreeing, it is not about this

:15:55. > :16:00.preventing us from leaving the European Union. When the clocks runs

:16:01. > :16:03.out, we're out. You decided what you'd like from the Government. Have

:16:04. > :16:08.you got any power to get them to do it? You can suggest this, but it

:16:09. > :16:14.could be ignored, couldn't it? Well, we hope the Government will respond

:16:15. > :16:19.con cluctively. We are made up of leavers and remainers during the

:16:20. > :16:22.campaign, but we've come together because the decision has been made

:16:23. > :16:26.and our job, the nation's job is to get the best deal for Britain and

:16:27. > :16:30.the report has particular force precisely because it has been agreed

:16:31. > :16:33.by people who were leavers as well as remainers. I hope the Government

:16:34. > :16:38.will look very seriously at the recommendations that we have made

:16:39. > :16:41.because our task is to take evidence, to scrutinise what's going

:16:42. > :16:44.on. At this stage what the Government's objectives will be nor

:16:45. > :16:48.the negotiations. Why didn't you wait until after Theresa May's

:16:49. > :16:51.statement next week, I believe it is Tuesday, she is going to make a

:16:52. > :16:55.statement on this. Why not wait and then determine whether or not you're

:16:56. > :16:59.satisfied at that point? Well, we started a process of drawing up a

:17:00. > :17:04.draft report. It is only recently we discovered the speech she said she

:17:05. > :17:09.will make will be next Tuesday. It is just the way the timetable worked

:17:10. > :17:13.out. Yesterday we heard Tristram Hunt saying he's resigning as Labour

:17:14. > :17:16.MP in Stoke causing a by-election. There has been some, lots of people

:17:17. > :17:21.talking about what this actually means for the Labour Party. The mood

:17:22. > :17:25.in the party at the moment. Some are saying it is because he wasn't

:17:26. > :17:29.confident about Jeremy Corbyn being able to win an election. What is

:17:30. > :17:33.your thoughts on it? As Tristram said yesterday, for him, this is a

:17:34. > :17:38.dream job. What's the mood like in the Labour Party? He is a

:17:39. > :17:43.distinguished academic and historian and he said he couldn't pass up the

:17:44. > :17:49.opportunity to become the Director of Royal Albert museum. We wish him

:17:50. > :17:52.every success in his new job and we have a by-election to win. Do you

:17:53. > :17:57.think Jeremy Corbyn will be Prime Minister? Well, the British people

:17:58. > :17:59.will make that... No, but what do you think? I want Labour Government.

:18:00. > :18:03.I'm desperate for a Labour Government in this country, but you

:18:04. > :18:07.only win in politics if you can win the public's trust and confidence

:18:08. > :18:11.and we've got a big challenge on our hands and in the end, it is about

:18:12. > :18:14.putting forward policies that will address the challenges and the

:18:15. > :18:19.problems that people can see at a time of great turmoil in British

:18:20. > :18:22.politics, right across Europe, and across the Atlantic in the United

:18:23. > :18:26.States of America. One answer you could have given to the question, do

:18:27. > :18:30.you think Jeremy Corbyn will be Prime Minister is yes. The British

:18:31. > :18:34.people decide that. I mean, it's not for anyone to say yes, I know what

:18:35. > :18:38.the outcome of the next election is going to be. It's our responsibility

:18:39. > :18:41.to support Jeremy in trying to make sure that Labour wins that election,

:18:42. > :18:43.but you know what the British people decide. Thank you very much for your

:18:44. > :19:00.time this morning. Now the weather. Just look at

:19:01. > :19:05.Suffolk. It is a beautiful morning and it is cold out there.

:19:06. > :19:08.Temperatures are struggling. This little fella running down through

:19:09. > :19:14.the North Sea could bring in sleet and snow showers.

:19:15. > :19:25.So it is a cold and frosty start for many of us. The frost will lift, we

:19:26. > :19:29.will see lovely spells of sunshine coming through and the strong winds

:19:30. > :19:32.will ease a little, but the risk of a few showers particularly across

:19:33. > :19:37.East Anglia where if we get a few together, we could see a centimetre.

:19:38. > :19:41.Further west, the wind will drive in some showers, but these will be of

:19:42. > :19:45.rain as we see temperatures sitting around seven and eight Celsius. Some

:19:46. > :19:49.sunshine. Further east, a cold afternoon. Two or three Celsius at

:19:50. > :19:53.the best. Northern Ireland, you're in the milder air, but showery. Six

:19:54. > :19:57.or seven Celsius here. But for the bulk of Scotland, it is a quieter

:19:58. > :20:01.day. The winds easing down and some sunshine coming through. The east is

:20:02. > :20:05.the favoured spots for the clear skies. For cloud for Swansea and

:20:06. > :20:10.maybe the risk of showers here as well. As we go through the overnight

:20:11. > :20:14.period, it is the clear skies that will continue for a time and a frost

:20:15. > :20:17.is likely here yet again, but milder air pushing in from the west on a

:20:18. > :20:21.weather front. On the leading edge for a time, we could see some snow.

:20:22. > :20:25.It is expected to turn back to rain as we go through the night, but as

:20:26. > :20:30.it bumps into the cold air, it could be tricky for an hour or so and then

:20:31. > :20:34.it will drift steadily eastwards. So milder air, this tucking itself in

:20:35. > :20:38.behind the weather fronts, but it stays chilly across East Anglia and

:20:39. > :20:42.the South East corner. So a little bit of wet snow is not out of the

:20:43. > :20:46.question and a miserable day. It will feel grim, but the rain is not

:20:47. > :20:52.too heavy, it will be persistent. A lot of low cloud and drizzle.

:20:53. > :20:55.So a difference in the feel. Nines to 11 Celsius generally out to the

:20:56. > :20:58.west, but across the east, cooled. Two Celsius in East Anglia with the

:20:59. > :21:01.cloud and the drizzle. Not very good. Back to you two.

:21:02. > :21:11.Louise, thank you very much. There were concerns last night

:21:12. > :21:14.could bring misery to thousands of residents along

:21:15. > :21:16.the east coast of England. We're joined now by Alex Dunlop, who

:21:17. > :21:22.is in Great Yarmouth this morning. There were concerns about problems

:21:23. > :21:28.where you are and other places as well. What emerged overnight?

:21:29. > :21:34.Well, this is where the danger spot was. This is the river where a lot

:21:35. > :21:39.of properties were at risk. At 9.30pm last night, there was a swirl

:21:40. > :21:44.of mass of water about two finance feet. But that's as high as it got

:21:45. > :21:47.and it started to recede. The authorities say that no river

:21:48. > :21:52.defences were breached which is a good sign. Just take a look at our

:21:53. > :21:58.high shot. You can the river on your left. If we pan across to the right.

:21:59. > :22:03.You can see houses a few feet away from the river. Those lights are

:22:04. > :22:07.coming on there, but at last night, at 9.30pm, a lot of the lights were

:22:08. > :22:11.on which showed that a lot of people had decided to stay at home and

:22:12. > :22:14.that's despite the best efforts of the police and the RAF teams who

:22:15. > :22:19.knocked on their doors saying, "Please get over to the evacuation

:22:20. > :22:24.rest centres." You can see where a lot of those local people came. This

:22:25. > :22:28.is a sandbagging area. A lot of sand was piled up here last night. A lot

:22:29. > :22:32.of frenetic activity as people took sand back to their homes and

:22:33. > :22:38.barricaded their doors. Along the East Coast, we appear to have seen

:22:39. > :22:42.the worst of the flooding evaporate really. Many communities escaped the

:22:43. > :22:48.worst of it. However, in the north of England, there was some ice

:22:49. > :22:53.related flooding. Some businesses and properties and local roads were

:22:54. > :22:57.affected, but nothing too dramatic. Certainly some incidentses in

:22:58. > :23:00.Yorkshire. I spoke to one local councillor who said look, we were

:23:01. > :23:05.right to do what we did. We didn't overreact. We had to prepare for the

:23:06. > :23:10.worst. At the latest news we've got is there were 17 severe flood

:23:11. > :23:15.warnings, that's been dropped to no severe flood warnings. There are now

:23:16. > :23:20.80 flood warnings in place, but that's down from 135, to 80, so the

:23:21. > :23:25.worst does appear to be over. Alex, thank you very much.

:23:26. > :23:36.It's 8.23am. Let's look at the newspapers.

:23:37. > :23:39.Helen Pidd the Guardian's North of England Editor, is here to tell

:23:40. > :23:51.The front page of the Times, the main story there, indeed our lead

:23:52. > :23:57.story, Theresa May ordering GPs to stay open for seven days a week,

:23:58. > :24:02.saying it is one of the reasons why A units are facing so many

:24:03. > :24:10.stresses and problems. The Guardian. There is a picture of

:24:11. > :24:14.the former husband of Princess Margaret, Lord Snowden who died

:24:15. > :24:22.yesterday. The EU's chief Brexit negotiator is showing the first

:24:23. > :24:26.signs of backing away from his hard-line approach after admitting

:24:27. > :24:29.he wants a deal. The Daily Mirror. An extraordinary story from the

:24:30. > :24:35.United States of a baby girl snatched 18 years ago from hospital,

:24:36. > :24:42.now found by police living 200 miles away in Florida. Waiting to find out

:24:43. > :24:46.whether she will be reunited with her parents, but missing for 18

:24:47. > :24:50.years. Kidnapped by someone who took her as a newborn baby from hospital.

:24:51. > :24:55.The Daily Telegraph leads with a story we have been talking about

:24:56. > :25:00.which is about GP surgeries. They must open seven days a week and give

:25:01. > :25:04.patients aids pointments when they want or face funding cuts. Theresa

:25:05. > :25:09.May attempts to relieve the pressure, as she sees it, on

:25:10. > :25:14.crisis-hit accident and emergency unit. The Mail is focussing on the

:25:15. > :25:19.GP story and that suggestion from Theresa May, indeed, an order from

:25:20. > :25:22.Theresa May, that they should be offering appointments seven days a

:25:23. > :25:26.week. Helen, hello. Thank you for joining us. Shall we have a look at

:25:27. > :25:30.what you picked out for us? I might get Charlie to help me with this

:25:31. > :25:33.one. Yes, this is a simple, but startling investigation by The Daily

:25:34. > :25:40.Mail today. They've decided to test how easy it is to hire a private

:25:41. > :25:44.plane and fly from Calais where the so-called jungle was until it was

:25:45. > :25:50.cleared and land at a small British airfield. They decided to do this

:25:51. > :25:56.because a pilot was jailed for people smuggling after setting up

:25:57. > :26:00.this route. Sue Reid chartered a plane for ?1222 along with a

:26:01. > :26:03.photographer and had to fill in article and form and didn't have to

:26:04. > :26:08.provide photo ID, she put on the wrong passport number to see if it

:26:09. > :26:12.would flag, if any alarm bells would be raised. She went over to Calais

:26:13. > :26:15.and got on the plane and flew to Kent and got off the plane and

:26:16. > :26:20.nobody checked her desk and she said, "Can you get me a taxi to

:26:21. > :26:23.London and off she went." There was no passport control? No, there was

:26:24. > :26:33.no passport controlment this airport, what was it called? Lid

:26:34. > :26:39.airport. The Daily Mail is right, it raises serious questions. Although

:26:40. > :26:43.?1220 is a lot of money, it is not a lot when you think of people paying

:26:44. > :26:46.?10,000 to hide in the back of a lorry to come in that route. So it

:26:47. > :26:52.is quite embarrassing for the Government and no doubt, as a result

:26:53. > :26:58.of this article, you would expect... Things will change because of it.

:26:59. > :27:03.The story is linked to the Brexit issue, what will happen? You heard

:27:04. > :27:05.Hilary Benn talking about asking more questions about what this will

:27:06. > :27:09.mean for people who live here and also who live in other parts of

:27:10. > :27:14.Europe? The truth is we don't know. This is a story about a Dutchwoman,

:27:15. > :27:19.from Devon, she has been in the UK for 30 years and has got three

:27:20. > :27:22.children and a British husband and applied for citizenship and told by

:27:23. > :27:28.the Immigration Minister in a letter that there was no guarantee that she

:27:29. > :27:32.could stay. At the nub of this is an argument over health insurance. So

:27:33. > :27:35.officially in order to get citizenship now, EU citizens are

:27:36. > :27:38.supposed to have comprehensive sickness insurance, but people like

:27:39. > :27:41.this woman say, well, I have been paying into the British tax system

:27:42. > :27:48.for 30 years and that's how we fund the healthcare in the UK. The NHS is

:27:49. > :27:53.funded by taxpayers money. So is it fair that she should have had

:27:54. > :27:59.private healthcare instead? People like her are being used as

:28:00. > :28:04.negotiating capital. That's the word that Robert Goodwood uses. We know,

:28:05. > :28:07.the Prime Minister, will be making a speech and some people are hoping

:28:08. > :28:12.some of those issues might be addressed. The next story. This is

:28:13. > :28:17.about an arts centre in Manchester. It is putting the spotlight on

:28:18. > :28:25.global arts. This is called The Factory.

:28:26. > :28:29.I think this is fantastic. For too long arts funding has been focussed

:28:30. > :28:34.on London at the expense of the north and other regions. So it's

:28:35. > :28:42.?110 million it will cost. It has been designed by the architect Rem

:28:43. > :28:45.Coolhouse. The Government put ?78 million into that which is a serious

:28:46. > :28:51.amount of money and Manchester's council leader said it will make

:28:52. > :28:58.Manchester a genuine culture counterbalance to London. It has got

:28:59. > :29:01.to be helpful. Some people would argue in terms of actual cultural

:29:02. > :29:06.contributions, Manchester amongst many other places in the UK, does

:29:07. > :29:10.that anyway? Yes. You don't need a building to do it, but that might be

:29:11. > :29:14.lovely. You could say that, but at the same time there is no reason why

:29:15. > :29:19.London should always be getting the fancy new extensions or the garden

:29:20. > :29:26.bridges and many tens of millions that's going to be spent. Why

:29:27. > :29:31.shouldn't it be spent up here? We're out of time. You're going to come

:29:32. > :29:34.back later and talk about air fares against train fares? Yes. I think

:29:35. > :29:40.amongst other things. We will see you in a bit. Thank you.

:29:41. > :30:23.Stay with us, the headlines are coming up shortly.

:30:24. > :30:28.Hello this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Steph McGovern.

:30:29. > :30:30.Coming up before nine, Louise will have the weather.

:30:31. > :30:34.But first, a summary of this morning's main news.

:30:35. > :30:36.The Prime Minister has said GPs in England should

:30:37. > :30:39.keep their surgeries open for longer to ease pressure on accident

:30:40. > :30:46.Downing Street says too many family doctors are closing early

:30:47. > :30:48.and failing to open at weekends, forcing patients to seek

:30:49. > :30:52.Those practices could face losing the extra funding they currently

:30:53. > :30:57.receive for offering a seven-day service but the British Medical

:30:58. > :31:03.Association says GPs are already over-stretched.

:31:04. > :31:13.Lets not forget, as we are speaking, there are thousands of GPs out there

:31:14. > :31:18.visiting patients at home. We provide a 24/ seven, day service. It

:31:19. > :31:24.is those GPs who are propping up the NHS on a daily basis. The main alert

:31:25. > :31:26.that needs to be recognised is the alert for general practice.

:31:27. > :31:28.The east of England has escaped major flooding,

:31:29. > :31:31.despite fears that storm surges could hit towns along the coast.

:31:32. > :31:33.Thousands of people were urged to leave their homes

:31:34. > :31:35.as the Environment Agency issued 17 severe flood warnings

:31:36. > :31:40.By the early hours of the morning the threat had subsided,

:31:41. > :31:42.but the flood warnings remain in place and authorities continue

:31:43. > :31:50.A clear plan for Brexit should be published

:31:51. > :31:54.by February at the latest - that's the call from a group of MPs.

:31:55. > :32:01.The Exiting the EU Committee is also calling for the Prime Minister

:32:02. > :32:04.to allow a vote in Parliament on the plans before they're

:32:05. > :32:08.The Government says it will set out its plans by the end of March.

:32:09. > :32:17.It's a matter of principle that Parliament should have a right to

:32:18. > :32:20.decide what it thinks of the deal. Parliament will have to weigh up if

:32:21. > :32:26.there is any chance of getting anything better from the 27 member

:32:27. > :32:28.States, or is this the best we're going to get?

:32:29. > :32:31.The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will say his party would take care

:32:32. > :32:33.homes into public ownership, rather than see them close

:32:34. > :32:37.At a speech in London, he'll say the social care system

:32:38. > :32:39.is at "serious risk of breakdown" unless the government

:32:40. > :32:43.He's due to speak at an event for the Fabian Society.

:32:44. > :32:46.The left of centre think tank that recently said the Labour party

:32:47. > :32:53.was too weak to win elections under Mr Corbyn.

:32:54. > :32:55.President-elect Donald Trump has said he's willing to work

:32:56. > :32:56.with Russia and China, providing they co-operate.

:32:57. > :32:59.Mr Trump said the recently-imposed sanctions on Russia would remain

:33:00. > :33:02.in place for the coming months, but could be lifted if Moscow helped

:33:03. > :33:04.Washington in the war against Islamic extremism.

:33:05. > :33:07.He said the One China policy, under which the US no longer

:33:08. > :33:12.acknowledges Taiwan, was up for negotiation.

:33:13. > :33:15.The US House of Representatives has voted to begin the process

:33:16. > :33:18.to abolish President Obama's health insurance laws, known as Obamacare.

:33:19. > :33:22.The Senate approved the measure on Thursday.

:33:23. > :33:25.The law provides medical coverage for more than 20 million Americans,

:33:26. > :33:27.but President-elect Donald Trump has tweeted that Obamacare

:33:28. > :33:35.Police in the United States say a girl who was stolen as a newborn

:33:36. > :33:38.from a hospital in Florida 18 years ago has been found alive

:33:39. > :33:48.Until Friday she was living under another name.

:33:49. > :33:50.Authorities say she's in good health but overwhelmed.

:33:51. > :33:56.Her kidnapper, who posed as a nurse at the hospital

:33:57. > :33:59.where she was born, has been charged.

:34:00. > :34:01.Horse racing could be set for a funding boost

:34:02. > :34:04.as the Government reforms the betting levy, which the British

:34:05. > :34:07.Horse Racing Authority say could add ?30 million to the sport.

:34:08. > :34:10.For the first time, bets being taken by overseas online firms will have

:34:11. > :34:13.to pay back 10 per cent of the profits they make

:34:14. > :34:21.It's hoped it will come into force in April.

:34:22. > :34:24.Scientists have found a deep sea treasure with the first sighting

:34:25. > :34:27.Researchers filmed the brightly coloured creatures

:34:28. > :34:35.It's the first time the 10-inch-long fish has been seen alive.

:34:36. > :34:38.It was declared a new species in 2015, making it only the third

:34:39. > :34:56.It must be related to a sea horse, surely.

:34:57. > :35:03.It is rather calming! I love the creatures you find at the

:35:04. > :35:09.bottom of the oceans. The pig squid has always fascinated me. It looks

:35:10. > :35:16.like a cross between a pig and a squid, really! That is why it was

:35:17. > :35:26.named that. We'll find a picture for next time.

:35:27. > :35:33.Chelsea, just when it seemed they were heading for the title, there

:35:34. > :35:37.top scorer, Diego Costa, has been left at home because of a dispute

:35:38. > :35:43.over, officially, his fitness, but then there is all the talk about the

:35:44. > :35:46.great call of China, and the Chinese money.

:35:47. > :35:51.It follows a disagreement with a coach over his fitness.

:35:52. > :35:55.But the news comes amid reports that he's been the subject of an offer

:35:56. > :35:58.from a Chinese club, who could be willing to pay him

:35:59. > :36:19.There will be tributes, around grounds this weekend

:36:20. > :36:23.The first match in the Premier League, sees third place Tottenham,

:36:24. > :36:26.Spurs are hoping to build on their victory against Chelsea

:36:27. > :36:29.last week, and not repeat, the dip in form, which

:36:30. > :36:35.followed their earlier win, against Manchester City.

:36:36. > :36:46.It was a fantastic victory. After Chelsea, it is a great opportunity

:36:47. > :36:48.to show that we can keep the momentum. That will be key.

:36:49. > :36:50.Tottenham's north London rivals Arsenal are currently

:36:51. > :36:54.They're playing bottom club Swansea City later.

:36:55. > :36:56.It's Swansea manager Paul Clement's first match in charge,

:36:57. > :37:03.has been talking about the challenge facing him.

:37:04. > :37:08.I am looking forward to it. It has been a big ambition of mine to

:37:09. > :37:13.manage in this league at this level. The first home game with Swansea,

:37:14. > :37:16.going up against Arsenal is going to be a special moment for me.

:37:17. > :37:25.Ahead of Football Focus, Dan Walker is here with us.

:37:26. > :37:32.Now, look, if it's true that the Premier League's top scorer

:37:33. > :37:35.has had his head turned by the great call of China

:37:36. > :37:38.and ?30 million a year - 600,000 a week -

:37:39. > :37:52.We have been saying for years that China will be able to attract the

:37:53. > :37:55.biggest names. In China, it is state sponsored football fandom. They are

:37:56. > :37:59.trying to produce a brilliant standard of football, and they've

:38:00. > :38:02.got money. I think this is going to continue to happen. If someone came

:38:03. > :38:07.to you and offered you an awful lot of money to do the same job

:38:08. > :38:10.somewhere else... You wouldn't go because you love the BBC, but it is

:38:11. > :38:17.something that will turn a lot of people's heads. I don't want to rule

:38:18. > :38:28.things out entirely, that's all I'm saying! Charlie leaves the door

:38:29. > :38:33.open. You also have this situation where

:38:34. > :38:41.West Ham's best player is not playing. There is loads to talk

:38:42. > :38:44.about today. We have Matt Phillips, who has been brilliant at West

:38:45. > :38:52.Bromwich Albion, and Paul Pogba, talking about Jose Mourinho, life at

:38:53. > :38:58.Manchester United. Also lots of nonsensical stuff as well. Look at

:38:59. > :39:11.this. Where are you on the list in the dressing room in terms of

:39:12. > :39:19.putting the music on? I am working my way up. Who is the best answer?

:39:20. > :39:26.The other ones, you don't want to ask them. They will say Paul Pogba?

:39:27. > :39:36.Probably. Looking very relaxed. If you follow him on Instagram, you

:39:37. > :39:44.will know he has some special moves. He also has his own emoji. Yuna W --

:39:45. > :39:49.you know that you have arrived when you have your own emoji. We will be

:39:50. > :39:59.reflecting on the life of Graham Taylor. We will look back on his

:40:00. > :40:04.life and his career. I know that you knew him as well. He was so kind, so

:40:05. > :40:10.generous. He always asked about family, told you about his family.

:40:11. > :40:14.In football, where so many people are obsessed with results and

:40:15. > :40:18.success, he was a real nice man who made a difference to everyone he

:40:19. > :40:26.met. Completely without ego. That is a wonderful way to describe him. We

:40:27. > :40:30.are always short on time, but the amazing thing about Graham was, he

:40:31. > :40:34.had this huge disappointment with England, where he so wanted to take

:40:35. > :40:38.the country he loved to a World Cup, but he was never bitter about that,

:40:39. > :40:43.even though people wrote some horrible things about him. He was

:40:44. > :40:48.just disappointed that as a football lover, he could not do more. Thanks,

:40:49. > :40:50.Dan. Leeds United have moved up to third

:40:51. > :40:53.in the Championship, after a 1-0 win over

:40:54. > :40:55.Derby at Elland Road. They're now four points off

:40:56. > :40:57.the automatic promotion places. Chris Woods' header just before

:40:58. > :41:00.the break was enough to seal a fifth home win in a row

:41:01. > :41:03.for Garry Monks' side. It was an unhappy to return

:41:04. > :41:05.to his former club for Derby's Bradley Johnson,

:41:06. > :41:09.who was sent off late on. It's a potentially decisive weekend

:41:10. > :41:13.in European club rugby union. Irish side Leinster

:41:14. > :41:15.are through to the quarter finals of the Champions Cup

:41:16. > :41:17.after a big win over The French side had a man sent

:41:18. > :41:23.off in the first half, and Leinster took full advantage -

:41:24. > :41:25.Jack Conan scored Bath also scored eight tries

:41:26. > :41:33.in their victory over local rivals Bristol,

:41:34. > :41:34.in the second-tier England's Semesa Roko-Duguni one

:41:35. > :41:49.of the scorers in a 57-22 win. Britain's Dan Evans will play in his

:41:50. > :41:52.first ATP Tour final this morning. He's due on court against

:41:53. > :41:54.Gilles Muller at around 8.30 The first grand slam

:41:55. > :42:00.of the calendar, the Australian Traditionally, motorcross

:42:01. > :42:09.is an outdoor sport, given that it involves racing

:42:10. > :42:11.motorbikes overs hills But now it's come inside,

:42:12. > :42:17.and this weekend riders as young as ten are competing

:42:18. > :42:19.in the Arena Cross event in Glasgow, for the second leg

:42:20. > :42:36.of the UK championship. Take a load of soil, dump it in an

:42:37. > :42:39.arena, and shape it into bumps and jumps and you have the championship

:42:40. > :42:46.that's opening up the great indoors to the world's motocross riders. It

:42:47. > :42:52.is attracting sell-out crowds up and down the country. We have 3000

:42:53. > :43:00.tonnes of dirt on the floor, so it is rock 'n' roll sport. That is how

:43:01. > :43:08.I try and explain it. There will be seven legs in places like this

:43:09. > :43:15.throughout the winter. From young riders are to the age of, what, 35,

:43:16. > :43:19.30 six. Having seen those pile-ups, and imagine being a dad watching

:43:20. > :43:24.your son is competing against each other. That is the case for Richard

:43:25. > :43:29.Jones this season, and his two lads, who have been riding since they were

:43:30. > :43:34.poor. Everything is dangerous, to an extent. It is a nightmare, they are

:43:35. > :43:40.competitive, so let's hope they both finish in one piece. Not many kids

:43:41. > :43:44.will be able to do this in front of so many people. It's just

:43:45. > :43:51.incredible. On the same track as some of the world's top motocross

:43:52. > :43:55.riders, chasing the ?100,000 prize, racing almost on top of each other,

:43:56. > :44:00.it's more intense than the outdoor version of the sport. Outdoors, it

:44:01. > :44:10.is a bigger track, so the racing is not as close. It is 18 laps, such

:44:11. > :44:15.high-intensity, short laps. Everyone is on top of it. It is accessible

:44:16. > :44:19.and exciting. On an outdoor track, you could be on one call corner and

:44:20. > :44:24.miss all the action on another. How would a novice handle the action?

:44:25. > :44:31.The bike is a bit bigger than me. Let's see if I can get on, first. I

:44:32. > :44:37.know it is only a 250 cc, but it is one of the most powerful and

:44:38. > :44:52.valuable bikes. They are holding on for dear life, they do not want it

:44:53. > :44:56.to end up in the last row! It is so powerful, this machine, that he is

:44:57. > :45:01.leading me like a horse ornately brain. It'll take a lot more

:45:02. > :45:06.coaching before I get the call-up for the team, and I would have to do

:45:07. > :45:11.a few more hours in the gym to deal with the bone crunching thrills and

:45:12. > :45:25.spills of this sport. By Sunday night, it's all gone again.

:45:26. > :45:34.I have been on the hunt for a pig squid. They do exist. We cannot show

:45:35. > :45:41.the picture because we would be infringing their privacy rights. It

:45:42. > :45:50.does look like a pig's face combined with a squid's body. We will work

:45:51. > :45:55.around the rights issue and see if we can come up with a picture later.

:45:56. > :45:57.For a budding young rock photographer, the late 1970s

:45:58. > :45:59.was an exciting time to try to launch a career.

:46:00. > :46:02.Mike Searle was just 17 when he took a cheap camera

:46:03. > :46:06.The snaps he took didn't make it into the press,

:46:07. > :46:10.But decades later, his dream came true and they've ended

:46:11. > :46:23.The Jam on Top of the Pops in November, 1979.

:46:24. > :46:25.When Mike Searle went to see them play live

:46:26. > :46:28.in Aylesbury later that month, he took along his

:46:29. > :46:46.It was an amazing gig, they were an amazing band to see live.

:46:47. > :46:49.Paul Weller used to leap around his with guitar so what I

:46:50. > :46:52.wanted to do was catch him jumping with his guitar, because that

:46:53. > :46:56.Lacking confidence, Mike didn't do anything with them.

:46:57. > :46:59.The pictures didn't see the light of day again until a few years ago.

:47:00. > :47:02.Wanting to set up as a freelance photographer, Mike dug them out,

:47:03. > :47:04.put them online and then he got a call.

:47:05. > :47:08.Someone from universal music called me up and said,

:47:09. > :47:11.we'd like your photos and we'd like to use them on a live album

:47:12. > :47:13.we're releasing from the same year, are you interested?

:47:14. > :47:19.A deal was done and six months later the finished

:47:20. > :47:25.I got the package and open it up and it was shiny, heavy,

:47:26. > :47:31.I would have done it for love to be honest.

:47:32. > :47:35.So teenage dreams that finally came true 38 years later.

:47:36. > :47:41.I really wanted to thank 17-year-old Mike for earning

:47:42. > :47:59.The message to other people that age, if you got the time,

:48:00. > :48:02.The message to other people that age, if you got a talent

:48:03. > :48:04.follow your passion and really follow it through and good

:48:05. > :48:08.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:48:09. > :48:15.GP surgeries in England have been told by Downing Street they must

:48:16. > :48:19.stay open longer or risk losing funding.

:48:20. > :48:24.Towns and villages along England's east coast have a skate flooding

:48:25. > :48:30.after a change in wind direction prevented a storm surge.

:48:31. > :48:33.We mentioned the weather, let's find out exactly what is happening from

:48:34. > :48:40.Louise. That's a lovely picture. Good morning.

:48:41. > :48:51.The cloud is gathering a little today in Cornwall. It is milder

:48:52. > :48:55.here, around five or six Celsius. Lots of clear skies, but it is cold,

:48:56. > :48:59.temperatures around freezing in Suffolk. A few sharp showers as

:49:00. > :49:04.well. There could be icy stretches where the showers are falling. The

:49:05. > :49:07.showers are just gathering on that north-westerly breeze, moving

:49:08. > :49:13.through the Isle of Man and north-west England. They should

:49:14. > :49:23.start to ease away as we go through the day, but there will always be a

:49:24. > :49:30.bit of a West- East divide. The East will be clear, with sunshine, but

:49:31. > :49:34.cold. In the West, there will be rain. The winds will continue to

:49:35. > :49:44.drive in a few showers, some of them in organised bands of rain. 7-

:49:45. > :49:57.eights LCS -- eight Celsius in the West. As soon as we get to darkness,

:49:58. > :50:03.clear skies, a touch of early frost before rain and on the leading edge

:50:04. > :50:08.of it, perhaps a spell of snow as it bumps into that cold air. A real

:50:09. > :50:12.change starting to show its hand as we move into Sunday. Mild to the

:50:13. > :50:18.West, cold into the North. It is this milder air that will gradually

:50:19. > :50:25.sink south and east through the day tomorrow. It will take its time, so

:50:26. > :50:29.there could be a spell of wet snow across Lincolnshire, East Anglia and

:50:30. > :50:33.the south-east for a time. We are not to concern because it will turn

:50:34. > :50:38.readily back to rain. It will be a damp and drizzly kind of day. Mild

:50:39. > :50:45.out to the West, maybe 10-11dC for some. To Celsius in East Anglia. Get

:50:46. > :50:53.out and enjoy the sunshine you got at the moment.

:50:54. > :50:55.Nearly three million couples are missing out on more than ?200

:50:56. > :50:59.Married couples and civil partners can claim the Marriage Allowance

:51:00. > :51:02.if one pays no tax and the other is not on a high income.

:51:03. > :51:05.18 months since it was introduced, two out of three eligible couples

:51:06. > :51:09.Paul Lewis from Radio 4's Moneybox programme has been looking

:51:10. > :51:20.Is it easy to claim? Is the problem from our London newsroom.

:51:21. > :51:27.Is it easy to claim? Is the problem that people find it too difficult to

:51:28. > :51:30.claim? You claim on the Government website, do a search for marriage

:51:31. > :51:35.allowance, and there is the claim form. It was difficult at the start,

:51:36. > :51:39.which put people off, but now it is very simple. They need your National

:51:40. > :51:44.Insurance number, date of birth and some kind of identification. It is

:51:45. > :51:48.easy to claim, and the problem, I think, is that people simply don't

:51:49. > :51:54.know about it. It does sound straightforward. In terms of getting

:51:55. > :51:58.people to do this now, it is simply a case of needing a few details. How

:51:59. > :52:03.quickly will they get the money? They will get it quickly. The

:52:04. > :52:10.important thing is, if you are in a married couple or a civil

:52:11. > :52:15.partnership, one of you pays no tax and the other one doesn't pay higher

:52:16. > :52:18.rate tax, so an income below ?43,000, you can get this marriage

:52:19. > :52:26.allowance. That is the thing to think. It is worth ?220 off your tax

:52:27. > :52:32.bill. If you claim now, it will happen almost at once. It will come

:52:33. > :52:38.off your next pay your pension payment. You will get the whole lot

:52:39. > :52:42.of that first brought the whole of the last tax year in the current

:52:43. > :52:49.one. That will be around ?300 off your tax in one month. Then it will

:52:50. > :52:55.be ?18 or so a month going into the future. Well worth doing, very

:52:56. > :53:04.simple. Free money from the Government. That's not a bad thing.

:53:05. > :53:08.What does HMRC say on this? They say that 1.3 million people have

:53:09. > :53:12.claimed. That means nearly 3 million people haven't. They told me

:53:13. > :53:16.yesterday that the claim is simple and it encourages people to claim,

:53:17. > :53:22.and people are successfully claiming every day. Anyone who thinks they

:53:23. > :53:26.may be eligible - couples with moderate incomes, one of whom

:53:27. > :53:37.doesn't pay tax - they should be doing. Once Breakfast has finished,

:53:38. > :53:40.of course, go and claim online. There are so many different

:53:41. > :53:44.allowances and things out there, it can be confusing for people to know

:53:45. > :53:52.what is relevant to them and what isn't. Absolutely. If you are over

:53:53. > :53:55.82, you will find there is a different married couples allowance

:53:56. > :54:00.that you can get. It is worth a lot more, and you can't get them both.

:54:01. > :54:01.So that is a complexity. There are complexities everywhere in tax

:54:02. > :54:18.system. That is one reason people don't

:54:19. > :54:23.claim. They think, oh, it will be too difficult. This really isn't.

:54:24. > :54:28.This will be on your programme today at midday. Moneybox, today at noon

:54:29. > :54:40.on Radio 4. See you later, Paul. It's nearly a month since

:54:41. > :54:42.the professional dancer, Joanne Clifton, lifted the famous

:54:43. > :54:45.glitterball when she waltzed her way to becoming joint winner

:54:46. > :54:48.in Strictly Come Dancing, and now she's swapping

:54:49. > :54:50.the ballroom for the stage. Next week she takes the lead

:54:51. > :54:54.as a New York flapper in the musical Phillip Norton caught up

:54:55. > :55:11.with her in rehearsals. A few weeks ago, it was Strictly

:55:12. > :55:22.crowning glory for Joanne Clifton. But while Ore's gruelling training

:55:23. > :55:26.may be over for now, his mental is hard at work. She has swapped

:55:27. > :55:39.Blackpool and dance floors for the stage, finding her feet as Millie. I

:55:40. > :55:45.don't sing or speak. Dancing wise, you are there and you perform it.

:55:46. > :55:48.This time, you have to perform it 360 degrees, with the acting,

:55:49. > :55:58.singing and dancing. It is quite different, quite manic, but it has

:55:59. > :56:02.been a childhood dream of mine. More than 13 million people watched as

:56:03. > :56:07.the celebrity pair were awarded the glitter ball before Christmas. JoAnn

:56:08. > :56:16.beating her big brother Kevin in his fourth final. Everyone saw your

:56:17. > :56:21.reaction when your name was announced with Ore as the winner.

:56:22. > :56:25.How did you feel? Well, we didn't expect it in the slightest. She

:56:26. > :56:31.seems to read our names are pretty quick, and I was just like, what? I

:56:32. > :56:35.can't remember anything after that, apart from I think my brother picked

:56:36. > :56:43.me up, spun me around, then I went towards the glitter ball, and I

:56:44. > :56:49.remember nearly fainting. I didn't hear what Ore said. I was thinking,

:56:50. > :56:56.I am going to faint on live TV - keep calm, breed! JoAnn was cast in

:56:57. > :57:02.the musical last summer. It is the story of a girl who travels to New

:57:03. > :57:05.York to follow her dreams, similar to how JoAnn left Grimsby at 16 and

:57:06. > :57:11.moved to Italy for a career in dance. I can relate to it because

:57:12. > :57:15.the musical starts with me turning round, arriving off the train in New

:57:16. > :57:19.York, looking around and being excited and nervous at the same

:57:20. > :57:25.time. I remember that moment, getting off the aeroplane in Bologna

:57:26. > :57:33.in Italy, on my own, going, OK, this is great, but what now? Following

:57:34. > :57:37.your dream, the dancing dream. Yeah. With that dream now a firm reality,

:57:38. > :57:46.she has been playing catch up with the rest of the cast of Thoroughly

:57:47. > :57:53.Modern Millie, who had to dance without her. I was rooting for her,

:57:54. > :58:00.but at the same time, I was thinking, I need to have in the

:58:01. > :58:08.rehearsal room. She rises to every challenge. She has been fantastic to

:58:09. > :58:11.work with. It is exciting. I get a real buzz, performing live on

:58:12. > :58:19.getting an audience reaction. If you say a line and they laugh, or they

:58:20. > :58:24.gasp, you get a buzz from that. I think it's going to be amazing.

:58:25. > :58:29.JoAnn hopes to defend her Strictly crown later in the year, but for

:58:30. > :58:30.now, it is nearly on her mind. Curtain up is in Wimbledon on

:58:31. > :58:40.Tuesday. It just makes you want to dance when

:58:41. > :58:48.you see things like that, doesn't it? Not you, clearly! We will take a

:58:49. > :00:06.detailed look through the inside of the day's papers, coming up.

:00:07. > :00:12.Hello, this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Steph McGovern.

:00:13. > :00:15.The Prime Minister says GPs in England must extend their hours

:00:16. > :00:17.to ease pressure on Accident and Emergency services.

:00:18. > :00:21.Theresa May says funding to doctors will be cut

:00:22. > :00:24.if they don't provide a 12 hour, seven day service or prove

:00:25. > :00:42.Good morning. It's Saturday, 14th January.

:00:43. > :00:45.Also ahead, thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes,

:00:46. > :00:47.but towns and villages along the East coast escape

:00:48. > :00:58.MPs call for the Government to publish its Brexit plan by

:00:59. > :01:02.In sport, questions are asked as Chelsea drop Costa.

:01:03. > :01:05.So is he just not fit, or is it the great haul of China.

:01:06. > :01:10.And bringing motocross, to the great indoors,

:01:11. > :01:13.I've been meeting some of the people involved in Arenacross

:01:14. > :01:23.Good morning. It's a cold and frosty start to the day. But it is a

:01:24. > :01:27.slightly quieter story in comparison to of late. There will be coastal

:01:28. > :01:28.showers around, but further inland there will be some sunshine. Thanks,

:01:29. > :01:32.Louise, see you in a bit. The Prime Minister has said

:01:33. > :01:36.GPs in England should keep their surgeries open for longer

:01:37. > :01:38.to ease pressure on accident Downing Street says too many family

:01:39. > :01:42.doctors are closing early and failing to open at weekends,

:01:43. > :01:45.forcing patients to seek Our political correspondent

:01:46. > :01:54.Chris Mason reports. For days, the Government has faced

:01:55. > :01:56.a blizzard of criticism about its management

:01:57. > :01:59.of the NHS in England. Targets missed, major

:02:00. > :02:05.alerts declared. Senior figures in the

:02:06. > :02:06.Health Service sounding Now the Prime Minister

:02:07. > :02:10.is turning her attention to family doctors and what they can

:02:11. > :02:12.do to help. A Downing Street source said,

:02:13. > :02:15."Most GPs do a fantastic job. However, it's increasingly clear

:02:16. > :02:17.that a large number of surgeries are not providing the access that

:02:18. > :02:20.patients needs and that patients are suffering as a result

:02:21. > :02:23.because they are then forced to go The doctors' union,

:02:24. > :02:33.the British Medical Association, said the remarks amounted

:02:34. > :02:36.to scapegoating during what it There are thousands of GPs out

:02:37. > :02:46.there visiting patients at home. We provide a 24/7, 365

:02:47. > :02:48.days a year service, and it's almost an insult

:02:49. > :02:51.to all of those hard-working GPs that are propping up

:02:52. > :02:54.the NHS on a daily basis. The association added that a third

:02:55. > :02:57.of GP surgeries in England had unfilled vacancies

:02:58. > :02:59.because the existing workload put doctors off wanting to go

:03:00. > :03:08.into general practice. Let's talk to our Political

:03:09. > :03:19.Correspondent, Tom Barton, So Tom, we're hearing GPs reacting

:03:20. > :03:25.angrily to Theresa May's suggestion that it comes off the back of a week

:03:26. > :03:29.in which the NHS has very much been in the spotlight? Yes, Charlie. It

:03:30. > :03:35.has been a very tough week in the NHS. Earlier in the week we heard

:03:36. > :03:41.that during November more patients than should have waited longer than

:03:42. > :03:45.four hours to be seen at A The target was quite badly missed and

:03:46. > :03:51.then on Friday, we heard that during the first week of this year, four

:03:52. > :03:56.out of ten hospitals declared a major incident at some point. So

:03:57. > :03:59.today's announcement is an attempt by Downing Street to show that they

:04:00. > :04:06.are dealing with this issue. Officials say as many as a third of

:04:07. > :04:10.patients who show up at A would be dealt with better elsewhere in the

:04:11. > :04:17.NHS and ministers see GPs as being key to reducing demand on hospitals

:04:18. > :04:22.and so, they're planning on asking GPs to stay open for longer. There

:04:23. > :04:26.is a threat built that that. If they don't do, they could see some of

:04:27. > :04:29.their funding reduced. The language we've heard from Number Ten

:04:30. > :04:31.overnight is strong. They say that patients are suffering because

:04:32. > :04:37.surgeries are not providing the access that they need and there is

:04:38. > :04:41.an accusation that some GPs who already offer extended opening hours

:04:42. > :04:46.aren't telling their patients about it. Doctors are furious. You heard

:04:47. > :04:52.from the BMA during Chris' report. We've heard from the Conservative

:04:53. > :04:56.MP, Sarah Wollaston who accused Number Ten of attacking

:04:57. > :04:58.overstretched and demoralised GPs. Tom, we'll leave it there for now,

:04:59. > :05:01.thank you. The east of England has

:05:02. > :05:03.escaped major flooding, despite fears that storm surges

:05:04. > :05:05.could hit towns along the coast. Thousands of people were urged

:05:06. > :05:07.to leave their homes as the Environment Agency issued 17

:05:08. > :05:10.severe flood warnings But by the early hours of

:05:11. > :05:14.the morning the threat had subsided. After all the words of warning,

:05:15. > :05:20.just the sight and sound of a huge Within five or ten minutes

:05:21. > :05:25.it was coming over the walls and it It just started running

:05:26. > :05:30.all the way down the street. About 30 homes were

:05:31. > :05:34.inundated here in Hornsey. Into the evening, people in the path

:05:35. > :05:41.of the storm surge were still trying Many had been advised to leave,

:05:42. > :05:46.but some in Great Yarmouth But you have to take precautions

:05:47. > :05:54.at the end of the day. All we are doing is putting

:05:55. > :05:58.sandbags near the doorways. Others found comfort however

:05:59. > :06:00.they could as special But when high tide arrived in each

:06:01. > :06:06.town, conditions appeared to ease. The Environment Agency had sent

:06:07. > :06:09.in pumps and more than five miles Officials insist the emergency

:06:10. > :06:14.response was not over the top. The rest centres

:06:15. > :06:24.will be laid off now. To be honest with you,

:06:25. > :06:26.if that had of breached, we would have been in a lot worse

:06:27. > :06:33.situation in these centres It's wise to say that we followed

:06:34. > :06:37.everything by the book as far as the Environment Agency

:06:38. > :06:38.and emergency services For those of you who want to go

:06:39. > :06:50.home, get out of here! Some are now beginning

:06:51. > :06:52.to return home. But with storm warnings

:06:53. > :06:53.still in place, people In the next hour, we'll be hearing

:06:54. > :06:58.from the Environment Agency's director of operations

:06:59. > :06:59.about the planning The Government should

:07:00. > :07:03.publish its Brexit plan by mid February at the latest,

:07:04. > :07:05.according to a cross The Exiting the EU Committee also

:07:06. > :07:10.says Parliament should be given Here's our Business

:07:11. > :07:17.Correspondent, Joe Lynam. Next week, Theresa May will give

:07:18. > :07:22.a major speech on Britain's future outside the EU

:07:23. > :07:24.which could give us more detail on what kind

:07:25. > :07:28.of Brexit she'll be seeking. But she is under pressure from key

:07:29. > :07:31.parties in the Commons, including Leavers such as Michael

:07:32. > :07:41.Gove. It should set

:07:42. > :07:45.out its planned by mid-February. It should press for a transitional

:07:46. > :07:47.arrangement with the EU if it cannot get a full deal

:07:48. > :07:50.in the two-year time frame. And banks in the City should have

:07:51. > :07:52.continued unfettered Crucially they said the Government

:07:53. > :07:58.should offer MPs a vote on whatever is agreed at the end

:07:59. > :08:07.of the negotiation. It is a matter of principle. This is

:08:08. > :08:10.the most significant change. That Parliament should have a right to

:08:11. > :08:12.say what it thinks of the daesmt of course Parliament will have to weigh

:08:13. > :08:16.up at that point, is there any chance of getting anything better

:08:17. > :08:25.from the 27 member states or is this the only thing we're going to get?

:08:26. > :08:30.But this report by cross-party MPs is likely to be

:08:31. > :08:33.seized upon by those hoping for a softer and certainly more

:08:34. > :08:44.Jeremy Corbyn will defend his leadership of the Labour Party today

:08:45. > :08:46.after claims by a centre-left think-tank it was too

:08:47. > :08:51.The Fabian Society warned Labour would lose out on returning to power

:08:52. > :08:57.At a speech in London, Mr Corbyn will say his party

:08:58. > :08:58.offers "a complete break from a rigged system".

:08:59. > :09:01.He'll also outline Labour plans to bring care homes

:09:02. > :09:05.President-elect, Donald Trump, has said he's willing to work

:09:06. > :09:07.with Russia and China, providing they co-operate.

:09:08. > :09:10.Mr Trump said the recently imposed sanctions on Russia would remain

:09:11. > :09:14.in place for the coming months, but could be lifted if Moscow helped

:09:15. > :09:19.Washington in the war against Islamic extremism.

:09:20. > :09:22.He said the One China policy, under which the US no longer

:09:23. > :09:26.acknowledges Taiwan, was up for negotiation.

:09:27. > :09:31.The US House of Representatives has voted to begin the process

:09:32. > :09:33.to abolish President Obama's health insurance laws known as Obamacare.

:09:34. > :09:35.The Senate approved the measure on Thursday.

:09:36. > :09:38.The law provides medical coverage for more than 20 million Americans,

:09:39. > :09:40.but President-elect Donald Trump has tweeted that Obamacare

:09:41. > :09:49.Banks still need to do more to improve their day-to-day

:09:50. > :09:51.services, particularly when it comes to being clear about fees

:09:52. > :09:54.and charges, according to a customer satisfaction survey.

:09:55. > :09:55.Which? found several of the biggest banks

:09:56. > :09:58.such as RBS, NatWest and HSBC came out bottom.

:09:59. > :10:01.The Consumers' Association say banks are doing better

:10:02. > :10:24.with mobile banking, but could improve in other areas.

:10:25. > :10:28.Well, banks need to do much better when it comes

:10:29. > :10:31.It is really important so that people know how

:10:32. > :10:33.much they're being charged for their bank account.

:10:34. > :10:36.So they know how much they could save if they move to

:10:37. > :10:39.another account and so they don't get hit with unexpected fees and

:10:40. > :10:43.Police in the United States say a girl who was stolen as a newborn

:10:44. > :10:46.from a hospital in Florida 18 years ago has been found alive

:10:47. > :10:50.Until Friday, she was living under another name.

:10:51. > :10:52.Authorities say she's in good health but overwhelmed.

:10:53. > :10:55.Her kidnapper, who posed as a nurse at the hospital

:10:56. > :11:04.An unprecedented humanitarian crisis or simply a busy

:11:05. > :11:08.The National Health Service in England has come under huge

:11:09. > :11:11.scrutiny in the past few days as the war of words between doctors

:11:12. > :11:13.and the Government becomes increasingly bitter.

:11:14. > :11:16.And that tension will not be eased by Theresa May saying GPs who fail

:11:17. > :11:19.to operate a full seven-day service are partly to blame for the pressure

:11:20. > :11:23.The BBC's Peter Marshall went to visit one of those busy casualty

:11:24. > :11:46.Daily life is non-stop. More and more patients are coming through the

:11:47. > :11:53.doors. Any temperatures or fevers? Its con stul tant's Paul Grout's job

:11:54. > :11:59.is to treat them. Every got every single cubical bar one full of

:12:00. > :12:02.patients. You have got ambulance staff here. They are waiting to get

:12:03. > :12:06.their patients transferred so they can get back out on the road again?

:12:07. > :12:11.The problem we have at the moment, we haven't got anywhere for the

:12:12. > :12:14.ambulance patients to be put, ambulances are backing up here

:12:15. > :12:19.waiting to be able to hand over their patients. You have a

:12:20. > :12:23.paediatric cubical as well? We have had to put an elderly patient in

:12:24. > :12:28.because we ran out of suitable cubicals for them. Just an

:12:29. > :12:30.indication of how busy things are? Just an indication of how busy it is

:12:31. > :12:35.and it is only 11.15am. That was from Inside Out,

:12:36. > :12:38.which is on BBC One on Monday evening at 7.30pm and wherever

:12:39. > :12:40.you are in England, Inside Out will reflect

:12:41. > :12:46.the situation for the NHS there. John Appleby is Chief Economist

:12:47. > :12:50.from the independent healthcare research charity the Nuffield Trust,

:12:51. > :12:52.and Dr Taj Hassan is President of the Royal College

:12:53. > :12:59.of Emergency Medicine. Thank you very much for joining us,

:13:00. > :13:03.doctor. Can you just paint the picture at the moment of what life

:13:04. > :13:06.is like in a hospital? We saw a bit of it there in that hospital, but

:13:07. > :13:10.what is it like? What are the pressures doctors are under at the

:13:11. > :13:15.moment? The pressures that are affecting doctors, nurses and other

:13:16. > :13:19.staff in our hospitals and in our emergency departments are

:13:20. > :13:23.incredible. We have the worst situation in over 15 years. All

:13:24. > :13:29.independent numbers suggest that crowding is significant. We've had

:13:30. > :13:36.four in ten hospitals declare black alerts in the last week or two. And

:13:37. > :13:40.that affects staff. It affects our patients. There are delays to pain

:13:41. > :13:44.relief and delays to giving antibiotics. There is a significant

:13:45. > :13:48.compromise in the quality and the dignity of care that we are able to

:13:49. > :13:54.provide for our patients. We have been saying this unfortunately for a

:13:55. > :13:59.number of years. It's a slow moving train crash almost and every now and

:14:00. > :14:03.then we have these acute episodes such as the present situation which

:14:04. > :14:07.quite rightly attract media attention. And I think there is some

:14:08. > :14:14.good things that are coming out of this. I think in the last week we

:14:15. > :14:18.have picked up anecdotal reports that hospital trusts and executive

:14:19. > :14:23.boards are doing great things in terms of cancelling waiting lists

:14:24. > :14:29.and being able to redeploy staff to support emergency departments which

:14:30. > :14:32.is really important. We've had very good recognition from the Prime

:14:33. > :14:37.Minister and also the Secretary of State around the importance of

:14:38. > :14:41.measuring performance and the four hours, how important that is. And I

:14:42. > :14:45.think the other good thing that I've recently in the last week had good

:14:46. > :14:52.discussions with Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of the NHS, and Jim

:14:53. > :14:57.MacKay about some medium-term solutions so we're not wasting money

:14:58. > :15:04.on locum fixes which are short-term and not really helping us and

:15:05. > :15:08.burning scarce resources. Simon Stevens, who you mentioned a moment

:15:09. > :15:12.ago, Theresa May's response is interesting, isn't it? On the one

:15:13. > :15:16.hand she reminded everyone that more money is going to the NHS than ever

:15:17. > :15:21.before and then today, we have this call to GPs, well, it is not a call,

:15:22. > :15:24.is it, it is an order to GPs that they should be open seven days and

:15:25. > :15:29.week and linking that with the crisis within A What do you make

:15:30. > :15:33.of this reaction? I think that's, I think we've got to diagnose the

:15:34. > :15:36.problem properly here. I mean, there is an increase in the numbers of

:15:37. > :15:42.people coming in the front door it A It's more or less in line with

:15:43. > :15:45.the increase in the population generally over the last couple of

:15:46. > :15:49.years. That's not really where the big problem is. The problem is the

:15:50. > :15:53.flow of patients from A through into the hospital. So patients who

:15:54. > :15:57.need to be admitted into the hospital, into a bed, that's where

:15:58. > :16:01.we're seeing the blockage. So what we have is a problem of people not

:16:02. > :16:11.being able to get out of hospital at the other end. So there is acute

:16:12. > :16:16.pressure on beds. We have talked about lekive surgery being

:16:17. > :16:19.cancelled. Why are we having to cancel work to accommodate other

:16:20. > :16:24.types of work? Perhaps it shouldn't be like that. One of the issues is

:16:25. > :16:29.not really people going to A because they can't go to see their

:16:30. > :16:33.GP. It is people not being able to get out of hospital. It is things to

:16:34. > :16:36.do with packages of care and care and so on. The news today, as we

:16:37. > :16:40.have been talking about increasing the work that GPs do, what do you

:16:41. > :16:45.think would better support hospital staff? Would it be something like

:16:46. > :16:49.that? What else could we do? Well, I think earlier in the week I

:16:50. > :16:54.identified both in the media as well in discussions with Simon Stevens

:16:55. > :16:58.that there were three things we need to do acutely to stabilise our

:16:59. > :17:02.systems. We need urgent funding to support community beds so that

:17:03. > :17:05.patients who are fit to be discharged from hospital can get

:17:06. > :17:10.out. Exactly as John says to create flow back into the system. It's a

:17:11. > :17:14.bad indictment of a system that we're having to cancel patients who

:17:15. > :17:18.have been waiting for weeks, months, years, for hip operations, and a

:17:19. > :17:23.range of other cancer operations, so we need to create stability in our

:17:24. > :17:28.systems and create flow. Sorry, can I pick up on that word community.

:17:29. > :17:32.Did you say community beds? Community beds. What does that mean?

:17:33. > :17:37.Patients who have been treated for their acute hospital episode, but

:17:38. > :17:40.need some further care. So they need some care packages back in the

:17:41. > :17:47.community either in their home or they need a community bed in

:17:48. > :17:52.intermediate care bed. So not a hospital bed as such? Somewhere

:17:53. > :17:59.between, either in their own home? It is a step down. Either a care

:18:00. > :18:04.package in their home or a care bed. The other important feature is we

:18:05. > :18:15.have probably amongst the lowest bed base in the OECD countries. Bed base

:18:16. > :18:20.meaning the number of beds. It is recognised we need to find more beds

:18:21. > :18:22.and the third feature which I would say, but which is important, we need

:18:23. > :18:27.more staff in our emergency departments to cope with the

:18:28. > :18:31.increased demand. John is right, there has been an incremental change

:18:32. > :18:34.around minor illness and primary care, but that's not our main

:18:35. > :18:39.problem. Our main problem is being able to care for the patients who

:18:40. > :18:45.are really ill. And those are the features I identified to Simon

:18:46. > :18:48.Stevens and oh but more importantly, the medium-term solutions that we

:18:49. > :18:52.need to find in order to stop wasting the money that we are at the

:18:53. > :18:55.moment. You talk about funding. John, just, you know, put this in

:18:56. > :18:59.context the funding situation at the moment because the Government say

:19:00. > :19:02.they have invested, there has been this big argument with the Chief

:19:03. > :19:05.Executive of information England over whether they have enough, what

:19:06. > :19:09.are your thoughts on it? Well, over a year ago, when the Government

:19:10. > :19:14.announced it's spending plans for the next five years, back in

:19:15. > :19:19.November 2015, my organisation and others pointed out then that the

:19:20. > :19:24.money was not as much as was being advertised by the Government. It

:19:25. > :19:28.certainly wasn't ten billion, it wasn't eight billion, possibly ?4.5

:19:29. > :19:31.billion, anyway these are big numbers, anyway, but it wasn't the

:19:32. > :19:36.huge amounts advertising. I mean what we know now is what the NHS

:19:37. > :19:39.will get this year and the next few years is more or less what it was

:19:40. > :19:44.being given over the last five years. So, just over a smidgen over

:19:45. > :19:49.inflation. So just covering price and pay rises and so on. But not

:19:50. > :19:53.much more than that. To put that in connection, that's way less than the

:19:54. > :19:58.NHS is used to historically. So money is very tight and you know,

:19:59. > :20:03.there is no denying that. And I think that's actually the root cause

:20:04. > :20:09.of these issues here, whether it is numbers of bed, staff and so on, the

:20:10. > :20:10.money is the issue. John Appleby, chief economist, and doctor, thank

:20:11. > :20:15.you. Here's Louise with a look

:20:16. > :20:23.at this morning's weather. Good morning.

:20:24. > :20:26.A quieter day. It will still feel cold, but look at this, across the

:20:27. > :20:31.south-west, we have got beautiful blue sky and sunshine now. This is

:20:32. > :20:33.Torquay. It is glory and temperatures around four or five

:20:34. > :20:38.Celsius. It is a colder story across East

:20:39. > :20:41.Anglia with temperatures around freezing, but you've got blue sky

:20:42. > :20:44.and sunshine as well. A north-westerly wind bringing

:20:45. > :20:48.nuisance showers through the North Sea, stretching down through the

:20:49. > :20:52.Irish Sea, so stretching down into the Isle of Man, across the

:20:53. > :20:54.north-west of England and affecting Manchester and Liverpool and they

:20:55. > :20:58.will drift towards the West Midlands and further south through the day.

:20:59. > :21:02.So a scattering of showers, but generally speaking to the east of

:21:03. > :21:07.that line, through the Midlands, we'll keep some sunshine. A bit more

:21:08. > :21:15.of a breeze across the Norfolk coast. But if we keep this milder

:21:16. > :21:20.air, seven or eight Celsius, dry, sunny and cold across south-eastern

:21:21. > :21:25.areas. A few showers, but milder for Northern Ireland and perhaps the

:21:26. > :21:28.Western Isles, but for the bulk of Scotland, it stays pretty cold

:21:29. > :21:32.particularly where you've got some lying snow. Not as windy, but the

:21:33. > :21:35.temperatures will struggle. Now, as we go through the early evening,

:21:36. > :21:39.under the clear skies, we will see a frost, but a change to come as a

:21:40. > :21:42.weather front comes in. On the leading edge as it bumps into the

:21:43. > :21:45.colder air, there will be sleet and snow for a time, but it will turn

:21:46. > :21:54.back to rain as we go through the second half of the night. Six, or

:21:55. > :22:01.five Celsius, but to the east of the clearer skies we will staomp tures

:22:02. > :22:05.close to freezing. So it is going to be a pretty cold day across

:22:06. > :22:08.Lincolnshire and East Anglia and the South East of England and there

:22:09. > :22:13.could be wet snow as the front makes its way eastwards. It will be a

:22:14. > :22:17.cloudy, grey day. The rain not too heavy, but fairly persistent through

:22:18. > :22:21.the day with outbreaks of drizzle. Mild into the west if you haven't

:22:22. > :22:25.already cottoned on to that one! But across the east and East Anglia

:22:26. > :22:27.where the low cloud and drizzle, only two Celsius. That will be

:22:28. > :22:31.disappointing. Charlie and Steph. Time now for a look

:22:32. > :22:45.at the newspapers. Helen Pidd the Guardian's North

:22:46. > :22:54.of England Editor is here. We are starting on a new word, flex

:22:55. > :23:00.tarian? I am a flex tarian which means I'm trying to eat a lot less

:23:01. > :23:06.meat and trying to save it for the weekend and it was going well until

:23:07. > :23:12.I had a little cheeky cheese burg on cheeseburger on Tuesday afternoon.

:23:13. > :23:15.This category of consumer, the flex tarian has grown by 2.2 million

:23:16. > :23:19.people in Britain over the past two years. At the same time, the number

:23:20. > :23:25.of households eating a large amount of meat, which is nine or more

:23:26. > :23:31.portions a week, that includes a ham sandwich at lunch, it is not having

:23:32. > :23:34.a big Chungy steak, that category makes up 14% of the population.

:23:35. > :23:38.What's the point? Well, it is better for your health and better for the

:23:39. > :23:42.environment, extensive rearing of cattle and the methane they produce

:23:43. > :23:46.and greenhouse gases. That's why I decided to do it. You don't have to

:23:47. > :23:52.share with us your personal reasons. What was the driver for you? Partly,

:23:53. > :23:55.it was health. The evidence that I have read about particularly

:23:56. > :24:01.intensive farming did really make sense to me. I just thought, I could

:24:02. > :24:06.be more inventive with my diet. My other New Year's resolution is to

:24:07. > :24:12.try two new recipes a week. Two weeks in, apart from the cheeky

:24:13. > :24:16.cheeseburger, how has it gone? Not too bad. But I've gone for it at the

:24:17. > :24:21.weekend. We had lamb shanks last weekend. One the fascinating stories

:24:22. > :24:24.about the cost of travel. It is a comparison effectively because of a

:24:25. > :24:27.moment in time with a group of friends between planes and trains? I

:24:28. > :24:31.chose this partly because the headline made me laugh, the plane to

:24:32. > :24:34.Spain is cheaper than our trains. Two pals from Newcastle and

:24:35. > :24:39.Birmingham who are going to have a meet up and they were aghast at the

:24:40. > :24:44.cost of getting the train. It was going to cost ?105. They went on the

:24:45. > :24:49.internet and they found they could fly to Malaga in Spain cheaper.

:24:50. > :24:54.Itnded up costing them ?80 between them to go 1500 miles instead of

:24:55. > :24:59.just the 206 miles between Birmingham and Newcastle. They got a

:25:00. > :25:04.hostel for ?10 a night and had a magic time. That exposes the lunacy

:25:05. > :25:10.of the train prices in Britain. I live in Manchester and if I want to

:25:11. > :25:16.get to London before 11.30am it costs ?170, walk up, single. I can

:25:17. > :25:20.almost fly cheaper. A lot of people sympathise with what you say. The

:25:21. > :25:24.train operators will say if you book early and don't want to travel in

:25:25. > :25:28.peak times then there are good deals available? Yeah, they'll say that,

:25:29. > :25:34.but many people can't book a month in advance and sometimes if you do

:25:35. > :25:37.look weeks or a month in advance, the cheap tickets are gone and

:25:38. > :25:43.everybody agrees we should drive less and use public transport more.

:25:44. > :25:49.So surely we should be encouraging that, rather discurbleging people.

:25:50. > :25:56.The prices are the prices, but the real cost, how do you get from the

:25:57. > :26:01.airport to the city centre and how do you get to the airport. There is

:26:02. > :26:05.a cost attached to travelling by plane? If you want to check-in a

:26:06. > :26:10.bag, that's got enough things in for a long weekend, you might have to

:26:11. > :26:15.end up paying. You have got to master the art of carrying it all on

:26:16. > :26:20.your body! I wore a cycle helmet through the detectors. Were you

:26:21. > :26:26.allowed? You are not allowed to carry, but you can wear it!

:26:27. > :26:30.Big news from the Labour Party with Tristram Hunt saying he was leaving

:26:31. > :26:36.his seat in Stoke to go and be the boss of the Victoria and Albert

:26:37. > :26:40.Museum. Ukip see it as their big chance? Yes, they fancy their

:26:41. > :26:45.chances. They are 5,000 votes behind in the 2015 general election. Some

:26:46. > :26:50.people view Ukip as a busted flush. They say the purpose of Ukip was to

:26:51. > :26:53.get a referendum on leaving Europe and therefore, what are they about

:26:54. > :26:58.anymore? I found up in cope land where there will be a by-election

:26:59. > :27:01.after the Labour MP Jamie Reid resigned, Ukip has a lot of support

:27:02. > :27:04.and Labour need to take this seriously, indeed. What I thought

:27:05. > :27:11.was interesting about The Telegraph's story. They can disclose

:27:12. > :27:16.that moderate Labour MPs are plotting to undermine Mr Corbyn by

:27:17. > :27:21.staging resignations over the coming monthsment they're suggesting that

:27:22. > :27:24.Tristram Hunt and Jamie Reid won't be the only Labour MPs who give up

:27:25. > :27:27.their seats. That will be a tough test for Jeremy Corbyn. We

:27:28. > :27:31.understand today he is making a speech. Some people say addressing

:27:32. > :27:35.some of those issues, some of the claims about him. So we will see.

:27:36. > :27:40.Yes. Very good to see you here. Good luck with your travels and your

:27:41. > :27:42.bicycle helmet. And with your flex tarian lifestyle.

:27:43. > :27:52.We are on BBC One until 10am. We're on BBC One until 10am

:27:53. > :28:03.when Michel Roux junior takes over Our guest is Davina McCall. Tell me

:28:04. > :28:08.your idea of food heaven? Food heaven is rabbit which is unusual.

:28:09. > :28:16.Yes. It is. We use a lot of rabbit. And food hell? Mussels, chewy.

:28:17. > :28:21.Mussels and coriander. Coriander, the smell of coriander. Two

:28:22. > :28:27.brilliant chefs with me today. They both hold two Michelin stars. Emma

:28:28. > :28:35.Benson is here. What are you cooking? I'm going to make a version

:28:36. > :28:43.of Swedish dumplings. I love that. They are good. Making a welcome

:28:44. > :28:47.return to the show. I will be cooking perfect spice roast chicken.

:28:48. > :28:53.He knows his place! I will see you at 10am.

:28:54. > :28:59.Thank you very much. It sounds lovely, as always.

:29:00. > :29:03.We just sit here staring at the screen saying I would love that.

:29:04. > :29:06.Also coming up in the programme, it's described as rock'n'roll sport,

:29:07. > :29:09.so we sent Mike to get to grips with the thrills and spills

:29:10. > :29:11.of motorcross to see why the bumps and jumps are attracting

:29:12. > :30:02.This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Steph McGovern.

:30:03. > :30:04.Coming up before ten: We'll be hearing from

:30:05. > :30:07.the Environment Agency's director of operations about the planning

:30:08. > :30:17.Not so many problems as feared overnight. We'll bring you

:30:18. > :30:23.up-to-date with that. First, a summary of the morning's

:30:24. > :30:30.main news: The Prime Minister has said

:30:31. > :30:32.GPs in England should keep their surgeries open for longer

:30:33. > :30:34.to ease pressure on accident Downing Street says too many family

:30:35. > :30:38.doctors are closing early and failing to open at weekends,

:30:39. > :30:40.forcing patients to seek Those practices could face losing

:30:41. > :30:44.the extra funding they currently receive for offering a seven-day

:30:45. > :30:46.service but the British Medical Association says GPs

:30:47. > :30:47.are already over-stretched. Let's not forget,

:30:48. > :30:49.as we are speaking, there are thousands of GPs out

:30:50. > :30:51.there It is those GPs who

:30:52. > :31:05.are propping up the The main alert that needs

:31:06. > :31:09.to be recognised is the The east of England has

:31:10. > :31:16.escaped major flooding, despite fears that storm surges

:31:17. > :31:19.could hit towns along the coast. Thousands of people were urged

:31:20. > :31:21.to leave their homes as the Environment Agency issued 17

:31:22. > :31:23.severe flood warnings By the early hours of the morning

:31:24. > :31:28.the threat had subsided, but the flood warnings remain

:31:29. > :31:30.in place and authorities continue A clear plan for Brexit

:31:31. > :31:37.should be published by February at the latest -

:31:38. > :31:41.that's the call from a group of MPs. The Exiting the EU Committee is also

:31:42. > :31:44.calling for the Prime Minister to allow a vote in Parliament

:31:45. > :31:47.on the plans before they're The Government says it will set

:31:48. > :31:56.out its plans by the end of March. It's a matter of principle that

:31:57. > :31:59.Parliament should have a right to Parliament will have to weigh up

:32:00. > :32:07.if there is any chance of getting anything better from the 27 member

:32:08. > :32:10.States, or is this the best we're The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

:32:11. > :32:14.will say his party would take care homes into public ownership,

:32:15. > :32:16.rather than see them close At a speech in London,

:32:17. > :32:22.he'll say the social care system is at "serious risk of breakdown"

:32:23. > :32:24.unless the government He's due to speak at an event

:32:25. > :32:28.for the Fabian Society. The left of centre think tank that

:32:29. > :32:32.recently said the Labour party was too weak to win elections under

:32:33. > :32:38.Mr Corbyn. President-elect Donald Trump has

:32:39. > :32:40.said he's willing to work with Russia and China,

:32:41. > :32:42.providing they co-operate. Mr Trump said the recently-imposed

:32:43. > :32:44.sanctions on Russia would remain in place for the coming months,

:32:45. > :32:47.but could be lifted if Moscow helped Washington in the war

:32:48. > :32:49.against Islamic extremism. He said the One China policy,

:32:50. > :32:52.under which the US no longer acknowledges Taiwan,

:32:53. > :32:59.was up for negotiation. The US House of Representatives has

:33:00. > :33:02.voted to begin the process to abolish President Obama's health

:33:03. > :33:04.insurance laws, known as Obamacare. The Senate approved

:33:05. > :33:07.the measure on Thursday. The law provides medical coverage

:33:08. > :33:11.for more than 20 million Americans, but President-elect Donald Trump has

:33:12. > :33:13.tweeted that Obamacare Banks still need to do more

:33:14. > :33:26.to improve their day-to-day services, particularly when it comes

:33:27. > :33:29.to being clear about fees and charges, according to a customer

:33:30. > :33:31.satisfaction survey. Found several of the biggest banks -

:33:32. > :33:34.such as RBS, NatWest The Consumers' Association say

:33:35. > :33:40.banks are doing better with mobile banking,

:33:41. > :33:43.but could improve in other areas. Police in the United States say

:33:44. > :33:47.a girl who was stolen as a newborn from a hospital in Florida 18 years

:33:48. > :33:49.ago has been found alive Until Friday she was living

:33:50. > :33:56.under another name. Authorities say she's in good

:33:57. > :34:00.health but overwhelmed. Her kidnapper, who posed

:34:01. > :34:03.as a nurse at the hospital where she was born,

:34:04. > :34:15.has been charged. Scientists have found a deep sea

:34:16. > :34:17.treasure with the first sighting Researchers filmed the brightly

:34:18. > :34:21.coloured creatures It's the first time the 10-inch-long

:34:22. > :34:24.fish has been seen alive. It was declared a new species

:34:25. > :34:27.in 2015, making it only the third Everyone, when they watch this, just

:34:28. > :34:58.starts to drift. It's mesmerising. Just ten inches -- ten inches? That

:34:59. > :35:04.is quite big for a fish. People have been sending in pictures of pig

:35:05. > :35:06.squid. There are plenty of pictures out there. We are not allowed to

:35:07. > :35:16.show them. Chelsea, just when it seemed

:35:17. > :35:19.they were heading for the title, there top scorer, Diego Costa,

:35:20. > :35:21.has been left at home because of a dispute

:35:22. > :35:23.over, officially, his fitness, but then there is all the talk

:35:24. > :35:26.about the great call of China, Those are the main

:35:27. > :35:29.stories this morning. He may be top scorer, but Diego

:35:30. > :35:32.Costa hasn't trained for three days and hasn't travelled

:35:33. > :35:34.with the Chelsea squad for today's match at Leicester, after a dispute

:35:35. > :35:37.with the club's coaching staff. It follows a disagreement

:35:38. > :35:39.with a coach over his fitness. But the news comes amid reports that

:35:40. > :35:43.he's been the subject of an offer from a Chinese club,

:35:44. > :35:45.who could be willing to pay him There will be tributes around

:35:46. > :35:52.grounds this weekend The first match in the Premier

:35:53. > :35:55.League, sees third place Tottenham, Spurs are hoping to build

:35:56. > :36:05.on their victory against Chelsea last week and not repeat

:36:06. > :36:07.the dip in form which followed their earlier win,

:36:08. > :36:14.against Manchester City. A few months ago, we dropped our

:36:15. > :36:25.performance after a fantastic victory. Now, after Chelsea, it is a

:36:26. > :36:28.great opportunity to show we can keep momentum. That will be key.

:36:29. > :36:30.Tottenham's north London rivals Arsenal are currently

:36:31. > :36:37.They're playing bottom club Swansea City later.

:36:38. > :36:46.It's Swansea manager Paul Clement's first match in charge,

:36:47. > :36:55.I am really looking forward to it. It has been an ambition to manage at

:36:56. > :36:57.this level. Going up against arson Wenger and Arsenal will be a special

:36:58. > :37:01.moment for me. Leeds United have moved up to third

:37:02. > :37:04.in the Championship, after a 1-0 win over

:37:05. > :37:06.Derby at Elland Road. They're now four points off

:37:07. > :37:08.the automatic promotion places. Chris Woods' header just before

:37:09. > :37:11.the break was enough to seal a fifth home win in a row

:37:12. > :37:18.for Garry Monks' side. It was an unhappy to return

:37:19. > :37:20.to his former club for Derby's Bradley Johnson,

:37:21. > :37:28.who was sent off late on. Britain's Dan Evans is on court

:37:29. > :37:42.playing in his first ATP Tour final. It has been a very close first set,

:37:43. > :37:46.with Evans saving two set points. It has gone to a tie-break, but I am

:37:47. > :37:51.just hearing that Miller has one that tie-break. -- has won that

:37:52. > :38:01.tie-break. It's a potentially decisive weekend

:38:02. > :38:03.in European club rugby union. Irish side Leinster

:38:04. > :38:05.are through to the quarter finals of the Champions Cup

:38:06. > :38:07.after a big win over The French side had a man sent

:38:08. > :38:11.off in the first half, and Leinster took full advantage -

:38:12. > :38:13.Jack Conan scored Bath also scored eight tries

:38:14. > :38:18.in their victory over local rivals Bristol,

:38:19. > :38:19.in the second-tier England's Semesa Roko-Duguni one

:38:20. > :38:23.of the scorers in a 57-22 win. There will be a new rugby

:38:24. > :38:25.league club in Bradford for the start of the season

:38:26. > :38:28.after the Rugby Football League The old Bradford Bulls club

:38:29. > :38:32.was liquidated earlier this month after its latest

:38:33. > :38:35.spell in administration. It followed years of

:38:36. > :38:37.financial problems. The winning consortium

:38:38. > :38:39.was one of four bids Traditionally, motorcross

:38:40. > :38:48.is an outdoor sport, given that it involves racing

:38:49. > :38:50.motorbikes overs hills But now it's come inside,

:38:51. > :38:54.and this weekend riders as young as ten are competing

:38:55. > :38:57.in the Arena Cross event in Glasgow, for the second leg

:38:58. > :38:59.of the UK championship. Take a load of soil,

:39:00. > :39:12.dump it in an arena, and shape it into bumps

:39:13. > :39:16.jumps and you have the championship that's opening up the great indoors

:39:17. > :39:20.It is attracting sell-out crowds up and

:39:21. > :39:28.We have 3000 tonnes of dirt on the floor, so it

:39:29. > :39:38.There will be seven legs in places like this

:39:39. > :39:51.From young riders up to the age of, what, 35,

:39:52. > :39:54.Having seen those pile-ups, and imagine being a dad watching

:39:55. > :39:59.your son is competing against each other.

:40:00. > :40:02.That is the case for Richard Jones this season, and his two lads,

:40:03. > :40:05.who have been riding since they were poor.

:40:06. > :40:07.who have been riding since they were four.

:40:08. > :40:08.Everything is dangerous, to an extent.

:40:09. > :40:10.It is a nightmare, they are competitive,

:40:11. > :40:12.so let's hope they both finish in one piece.

:40:13. > :40:15.Not many kids will be able to do this in front of

:40:16. > :40:22.On the same track as some of the world's top motocross

:40:23. > :40:27.riders, chasing the ?100,000 prize, racing almost on top of each other,

:40:28. > :40:31.it's more intense than the outdoor version of the sport.

:40:32. > :40:33.Outdoors, it is a bigger track, so the racing is

:40:34. > :40:43.It is 18 laps, such high-intensity, short laps.

:40:44. > :40:57.On an outdoor track, you could be on one cool corner and

:40:58. > :41:00.How would a novice handle the action?

:41:01. > :41:07.I know it is only a 250 cc, but it is

:41:08. > :41:13.one of the most powerful and valuable bikes.

:41:14. > :41:16.They are holding on for dear life, they do not want it

:41:17. > :41:35.It is so powerful, this machine, that he is

:41:36. > :41:37.leading me like a horse on a lead rein.

:41:38. > :41:39.It'll take a lot more coaching before I get the call-up

:41:40. > :41:44.for the team, and I would have to do a few more hours in the gym to deal

:41:45. > :41:46.with the bone crunching thrills and spills of this sport.

:41:47. > :41:53.By Sunday night, it's all gone again.

:41:54. > :42:01.Last weekend, when we filmed, it was in Manchester. This weekend,

:42:02. > :42:05.Glasgow, next weekend, Birmingham. It is like a cartoon. You forget

:42:06. > :42:17.they are real people, taking those real hit. Next, horse racing.

:42:18. > :42:20.British horse racing is set to get a funding boost with overseas

:42:21. > :42:23.betting firms that take bets from British customers having to pay

:42:24. > :42:25.back 10 per cent of their profits to help support the sport.

:42:26. > :42:28.UK based book makers will also pay a levy,

:42:29. > :42:29.that the Government hopes to introduce in April.

:42:30. > :42:32.This could add around ?30 million to the sport's funds.

:42:33. > :42:35.Nick Rust is the Chief Executive of the British Horse Racing

:42:36. > :42:54.Give us a guide to what these changes will mean. About 55 years

:42:55. > :43:04.ago, when betting was allowed away from racecourses, a levy was set up

:43:05. > :43:08.a British horse racing to compensate for the fact that people would make

:43:09. > :43:16.their bets away from the racecourse and there would be a loss of income.

:43:17. > :43:20.And that would be bookmakers. Yes. So for around 50 years, betting

:43:21. > :43:28.shops are paid around 10% of their profits on British racing to help

:43:29. > :43:33.fund the sport. Ten years ago, and this is a success story for betting

:43:34. > :43:40.and British racing, the internet really took off on the betting site,

:43:41. > :43:45.and now more than 50% of bets on British races are taken via the

:43:46. > :43:50.internet, 99% of those happening offshore, with companies who are

:43:51. > :43:53.targeting British customers. So those companies, because they are