24/01/2017

:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

:00:00. > :00:08.Judgement day as the Supreme Court decides who has

:00:09. > :00:11.the power to officially begin Brexit.

:00:12. > :00:17.should be allowed to start the process without a vote.

:00:18. > :00:19.But campaigners who've brought the case say Parliament must

:00:20. > :00:35.I will be live at The Supreme Court where the levy and senior judges are

:00:36. > :00:39.prepared to pass their judgement and examines in -- examining the process

:00:40. > :00:48.of taking Britain out of the European Union.

:00:49. > :00:53.Good morning, it's Tuesday 24th January.

:00:54. > :00:57.Tougher penalties are on their way for drivers caught well

:00:58. > :01:10.Liberty Media complete their ?6.4 billion take over of Formula One

:01:11. > :01:13.and remove Bernie Ecclestone as chief executive, ending his 40

:01:14. > :01:18.A surge in cyber crime pushed the cost of fraud above ?1

:01:19. > :01:21.And it's getting worse despite attempts to tackle it.

:01:22. > :01:24.I'm looking at why and what more needs to be done.

:01:25. > :01:27.And we're going to be talking about the happiest children

:01:28. > :01:29.Studies suggest they live in the Netherlands.

:01:30. > :01:35.We'll meet two mums now living there who've been trying to find

:01:36. > :01:47.Carol is always happy and she has got the weather. Good morning.

:01:48. > :01:55.Across England and Wales, dense, patchy fog. Some spots of reasoning.

:01:56. > :01:57.Scotland and Northern Ireland, much more mild. Patches of rain but

:01:58. > :01:58.later, some sunshine. The Supreme Court will rule today

:01:59. > :02:03.on whether it's up to Parliament or Government to start the process

:02:04. > :02:07.for exiting the European Union. The government argues that ministers

:02:08. > :02:09.have the power to trigger But opponents say they need

:02:10. > :02:13.Parliament's approval The judgement is significant,

:02:14. > :02:18.as it goes to the heart of where power lies

:02:19. > :02:21.in the UK and could disrupt the Prime Minister's Brexit

:02:22. > :02:38.timetable as our political The European Union ignites strong

:02:39. > :02:43.passions. Almost seven weeks ago, protesters gathered outside The

:02:44. > :02:50.Supreme Court as the 11 most senior judges in the land gathered inside.

:02:51. > :02:55.Power after power of dense legal argument followed on the biggest

:02:56. > :03:02.question in politics. Where does power light? Is it behind the door

:03:03. > :03:07.here in Downing Street? Or inside here in Parliament? The Prime

:03:08. > :03:12.Minister says she can start the UK's divorce from the EU herself but

:03:13. > :03:17.campaigners, led by the businesswoman Jean Miller, says MPs

:03:18. > :03:22.and peers have to have a say first. This morning, we will find out who

:03:23. > :03:25.has won. If the government loses, they will also lose complete control

:03:26. > :03:30.of the timetable for starting the process of leaving the European

:03:31. > :03:33.Union. It will have to rush its planned through Parliament in the

:03:34. > :03:40.next few weeks. Today is not about whether Brexit should or will happen

:03:41. > :03:44.but who gets to press go. That is why it matters and that is why there

:03:45. > :03:53.was a lot of interest here in what the judges had to say. Chris Mason,

:03:54. > :03:55.BBC News, Westminster. We will be focusing on that through the day.

:03:56. > :03:57.Let's speak to our political correspondent, Carole Walker

:03:58. > :03:59.who is outside The Supreme Court this morning.

:04:00. > :04:02.Is there any indication yet about what the judges

:04:03. > :04:11.The expectation widely as the judgement will go against the

:04:12. > :04:15.government, that Theresa May will be told she must seek the approval of

:04:16. > :04:20.Parliament before she can trigger Article 50 which will begin the

:04:21. > :04:25.formal process of those negotiations to take Britain out of the European

:04:26. > :04:30.Union. Nobody expects MPs or peers to try to block that process but

:04:31. > :04:34.they will try to amend any legislation that she tries to get

:04:35. > :04:38.through Parliament, to try to affect her whole approach to those

:04:39. > :04:44.negotiations. That could delay the process. As you mentioned, Theresa

:04:45. > :04:48.May wants to trigger Article 50 by the end of March. If there are a

:04:49. > :04:51.series of different boats which go against her, that could delay the

:04:52. > :04:56.whole proceeding. It will throw an extra light as well onto the Labour

:04:57. > :05:00.Party amid some confusion as to exactly what their position is on

:05:01. > :05:03.this whole process. Another important issue which the judges

:05:04. > :05:09.will be deciding today is whether the government has to take account

:05:10. > :05:14.of the devolved administration of Scotland and Northern Ireland and

:05:15. > :05:18.Wales. Scotland is demanding to have position to stay -- permission to

:05:19. > :05:21.stay in the single market but pending elections in Northern

:05:22. > :05:25.Ireland so it is not clear who she will have to consult, an important

:05:26. > :05:30.judgement today which could have a big effect on that whole process of

:05:31. > :05:35.Britain's departure from the EU. Later on this morning, we will be

:05:36. > :05:38.talking to the former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to get his

:05:39. > :05:40.thoughts on The Supreme Court. It will dominate things this morning.

:05:41. > :05:43.Drivers caught driving well above the speed limit will face

:05:44. > :05:45.bigger fines after a review of the sentencing guidelines

:05:46. > :05:49.The changes will allow magistrates to impose much tougher

:05:50. > :05:52.penalties on drivers and are intended to make sure

:05:53. > :05:55.the punishment for speeding is a lot higher for the worst offenders.

:05:56. > :05:59.President Trump has announced that America will formally withdraw

:06:00. > :06:02.from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of the major pledges he made

:06:03. > :06:07.The trade deal involving a dozen countries was agreed by Barack

:06:08. > :06:11.President Trump has also cut funding for international groups that

:06:12. > :06:20.provide abortions, and has frozen the hiring of some federal workers.

:06:21. > :06:23.Flood management in England and Wales is still fragmented,

:06:24. > :06:25.inefficient and ineffective according to a group of MPs.

:06:26. > :06:27.Members of the Commons Environment Committee have accused

:06:28. > :06:30.the Government of failing to take simple steps to protect homes

:06:31. > :06:32.after they recommended an overhaul of the system.

:06:33. > :06:35.The government has rejected the criticism, saying that many

:06:36. > :06:42.Sadly not such a rare sight, waging war against the water

:06:43. > :06:46.as roads are transformed into rivers.

:06:47. > :06:51.In recent years there's been severe flooding in Cumbria,

:06:52. > :07:02.Two months ago the nvironmental food and rural affairs committee

:07:03. > :07:05.Defra called for a radical overhaul to what it called the government's

:07:06. > :07:13.Just one of the many criticisms levied at Defra,

:07:14. > :07:16.it hasn't created a national floods commissioner for England.

:07:17. > :07:19.Flooding is a much more regular occurrence affecting many more

:07:20. > :07:24.So the citizens of this country want to see the government protect

:07:25. > :07:27.We've asked some questions and made some recommendations,

:07:28. > :07:30.it's the government's responsibility to protect its citizens.

:07:31. > :07:33.Defra say it's already implementing many of the report suggestions,

:07:34. > :07:37.such as managing water courses across entire catchment areas.

:07:38. > :07:40.But say there is no need for structural changes.

:07:41. > :07:45.Over the next five years the government is investing ?2.5

:07:46. > :07:48.billion on building flood defence schemes across the country,

:07:49. > :07:58.protecting an additional 300,000 homes.

:07:59. > :08:01.But with climate change we're being told to expect more heavy

:08:02. > :08:05.And so for this Select Committee it's unlikely the government's

:08:06. > :08:06.current interventions will be enough.

:08:07. > :08:20.Two men have been arrested after an explosion at a block

:08:21. > :08:30.Four people were taken to hospital and 25 people had to be rescued

:08:31. > :08:32.from the partially-collapsed building in Hornchurch.

:08:33. > :08:35.Transport for London said debris had been scattered across nearby roads.

:08:36. > :08:37.The cause of the explosion is not yet known.

:08:38. > :08:39.The nominations for this year's Academy Awards

:08:40. > :08:43.Critics have tipped modern musical romance, La La Land

:08:44. > :08:46.It's expected to face stiff competition from brooding domestic

:08:47. > :08:49.drama Manchester By The Sea starring Casey Affleck and also

:08:50. > :08:56.from Moonlight, a coming of age drama set in drug-torn Miami.

:08:57. > :09:08.Zookeepers at San Diego Safari Park are caring for a miracle baby

:09:09. > :09:11.a bat delivered by caesarean section.

:09:12. > :09:14.The 12-day-old Rodrigues fruit bat, also known as the flying fox,

:09:15. > :09:15.is being hand-reared following surgery.

:09:16. > :09:18.Staff say he's a fiesty creature, who's quick to let them know

:09:19. > :09:30.I want to know so much more about that. What can you tell me? I have

:09:31. > :09:34.already done some research. One of the most endangered species. They

:09:35. > :09:39.grow a bit of golden hair so they are known as a golden backed. More

:09:40. > :09:44.facts view later. I will also miss -- tell you about when I was set

:09:45. > :09:50.upon by bat at Chester Zoo. It wasn't a nice moment for me my

:09:51. > :09:56.family, I am scarred by it. A big change in Formula 1? It couldn't get

:09:57. > :09:57.much bigger. Imagine held in a position a particular organisation

:09:58. > :09:59.for 40 years. After 40 years in charge

:10:00. > :10:02.of Formula One, Bernie Ecclestone has been replaced as the sport's

:10:03. > :10:11.Chief Executive by new owners This is a quote from them overnight.

:10:12. > :10:13.I have been dismissed, this is official, I know longer run the

:10:14. > :10:20.company, my position has been taken. The US giant completed its ?6.4bn

:10:21. > :10:23.takeover of F1 last night. Chairman Chase Carey takes

:10:24. > :10:26.on Ecclestone's role and former Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn is

:10:27. > :10:29.the sport's new managing director. 86-year-old Ecclestone has been

:10:30. > :10:32.given the title of chairman emeritus and will act as an

:10:33. > :10:49.adviser to the board. Good morning, then. Did he just

:10:50. > :10:53.walked in front of... That was then. He is so small, he can sneak in

:10:54. > :10:59.anywhere. Good morning. I am sorry it. He is like a little fruit bats.

:11:00. > :11:05.There's anybody know what chairman emeritus means? Apparently Bernie

:11:06. > :11:07.Ecclestone does not. They say he does not understand the title. It

:11:08. > :11:09.means honorary chairman. After making history

:11:10. > :11:11.at the Rio Olympics, Double Olympic gold-medallist boxer

:11:12. > :11:14.Nicola Adams has turned She's signed with boxing

:11:15. > :11:19.promoter Frank Warren. Hull City midfielder Ryan Mason

:11:20. > :11:21.remains in hospital, but is conscious and able

:11:22. > :11:23.to talk, following surgery Mason was injured in a clash

:11:24. > :11:29.of heads with Chelsea's Gary Cahill Rory McIlroy has pulled out

:11:30. > :11:38.of the Dubai Desert Classic The world number two missed last

:11:39. > :11:50.week's event in Abu Dhabi. Still not quite fit enough. In a

:11:51. > :11:57.considerable amount of pain. I am very sorry. It is always good to

:11:58. > :12:05.start the day that way. It's only 11 minutes past six. He has got a new

:12:06. > :12:11.haircut. That is have a look at the front pages of the papers. Very

:12:12. > :12:16.organised today. Here is the times. The main story is, US urged Britain

:12:17. > :12:21.to keep Trident blunder secret. That is on a few front pages. Free little

:12:22. > :12:26.puppies who have been rescued from that Italian hotel that was hit by

:12:27. > :12:31.the avalanche. The Telegraph. Donald Trump vowing to make the special

:12:32. > :12:41.relationship between the UK and the US even closer. Theresa May is due

:12:42. > :12:45.to meet him on Friday. I have got the mirror and the Sun to you. The

:12:46. > :12:49.front page of the Mirra says, she did know. She was briefed on the

:12:50. > :13:07.Trident missile failure before the vote. And the sun has got the story,

:13:08. > :13:11.two BAFTA have Kate? -- do we BAFTA have Kate? Apparently they do not

:13:12. > :13:18.want cakes to come. Prince William has been. But she is going to

:13:19. > :13:27.upstage the likes of Emily Blunt and Naomie Harris. The front page of the

:13:28. > :13:30.Guardian. One of the world's most recognised images. And Michael

:13:31. > :13:35.Fallon accused last night of keeping Parliament in the dark about the

:13:36. > :13:44.Trident weapons test failure. Loads of pictures of GOrdon Kay on front

:13:45. > :13:50.pages, the front page of the Daily Mail. I got a great story. How much

:13:51. > :13:57.time do you spend on your phones? Eddie Jones, the English rugby team

:13:58. > :14:00.boss, has brought in this woman, a former South African hockey player

:14:01. > :14:04.and she says your eye muscles are like any muscle in the body. You

:14:05. > :14:10.need to exercise them and get off your phone. She is encouraging all

:14:11. > :14:15.the players... Which one is she? That is. She is encouraging all the

:14:16. > :14:25.players to get off their phones and what she has set up for the England

:14:26. > :14:28.players is something called an eye gym. You exercise all the muscles in

:14:29. > :14:32.your eyes to improve your spatial awareness. She says that instinctive

:14:33. > :14:38.knowledge of what might be just out of your vision is going because of

:14:39. > :14:41.how much we are using phones. She is hugely effective. Affected in Rugby

:14:42. > :14:49.Union, cricket, football, all over the world. I can see why in rugby.

:14:50. > :14:55.She is working with the backs at the moment. Do you ever have the problem

:14:56. > :15:01.when you're shirt comes on top? A little bit. In the side area. I have

:15:02. > :15:07.the answer. He ago. Excuse the picture. Suspender - like devices

:15:08. > :15:11.which keep shouts tucked in and you are supposed to wear these, 28 quid,

:15:12. > :15:15.you wear them around your thighs and it keeps your shirt tucked in. It

:15:16. > :15:20.looks like the most painful thing in the world. Or you could just type it

:15:21. > :15:25.in. But it never stays. Apparently, the outline of the show -- shelves.

:15:26. > :15:30.Lawyers and managers and chief executives. There you go. We are

:15:31. > :15:37.missing out. Thank you for that. Are you happy?

:15:38. > :15:47.I would say when I was 27... It is actually a date. Alternatively,

:15:48. > :15:54.1977. That was one of the happiest years. But it was really sunny and

:15:55. > :16:02.warm. To be fair you are not born, either of you, 1957. None of us were

:16:03. > :16:07.born, which is amazing. It was the happiest year, few men lived beyond

:16:08. > :16:11.the age of 70, most people had an outside loo but it was the happiest

:16:12. > :16:19.year in recent Rikishi Street, looking at 230 different years --

:16:20. > :16:24.British history. Southend have sacked their groundsmen because

:16:25. > :16:29.there pitch was frozen, so the game was called off. A statement from the

:16:30. > :16:34.club said people generally lose their position as a result of not

:16:35. > :16:39.doing their job. That is like sacking Carol because its nose. It

:16:40. > :16:45.is a bit like that, it is not his fault it is so cold. He did his

:16:46. > :16:51.best. Controversial! See you both later, thank you. Cyclists who

:16:52. > :16:55.choose the right on the pavement instead of the road often face angry

:16:56. > :17:03.stares, not to mention falling foul of a fine. But some police have

:17:04. > :17:07.opted not to challenge every cyclist, instead asking them what

:17:08. > :17:11.prompted them to leave the road in the first place. After 8am we will

:17:12. > :17:16.speak to the police officer who came up with the idea. Is it ever OK to

:17:17. > :17:16.cycle on the footpath? We have been finding out.

:17:17. > :17:25.I choose to cycle on the pavement, I don't agree with people who do cycle

:17:26. > :17:30.of paper, but maybe there should be more facility for people to park in

:17:31. > :17:34.cycle lanes, and stuff like that. I am a cyclist myself, so probably I

:17:35. > :17:40.have been known to, you know, be a bit naughty like that at times. I

:17:41. > :17:43.tend to just come home, I have occasionally been stopped by a

:17:44. > :17:48.policeman. I feel much safer on a bike than in a car, as far as police

:17:49. > :17:51.are concerned. I don't think cyclist should be on the pavement,

:17:52. > :17:54.especially when they have made the cycle lanes and everything. It is

:17:55. > :17:59.more difficult when you are in places where there are no cycle

:18:00. > :18:02.lanes and if they feel trapped by the traffic, then they might but it

:18:03. > :18:07.is difficult for pedestrians. I was always told to get off my bike when

:18:08. > :18:10.I was cycling on the pavement. I can actually remember going down there

:18:11. > :18:13.and turning a corner, down the street, a policeman, and I was about

:18:14. > :18:24.14, and he said get off your bike. What do you think about that? I do

:18:25. > :18:28.not cycle on the pavements, but I think if you have got children, for

:18:29. > :18:33.example, should they be allowed on the pavement? I think possibly they

:18:34. > :18:41.should. I feel a lot of people getting incensed already. You can

:18:42. > :18:46.feel the audience getting incensed. As per usual, you can share your

:18:47. > :18:50.thoughts via e-mail, Facebook and Twitter as well. And the policeman

:18:51. > :18:57.is going to stop them and ask them why they are on the pavement to try

:18:58. > :19:00.and change things. He is also a keen cyclist himself.

:19:01. > :19:02.You are watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:19:03. > :19:05.The main stories this morning: The Supreme Court is preparing

:19:06. > :19:07.to announce its landmark Brexit ruling this morning.

:19:08. > :19:10.The Government will learn if it has to give MPs a vote.

:19:11. > :19:13.Drivers in England and Wales caught going well above the speed limit

:19:14. > :19:20.are to face bigger fines, 1.5 times their weekly income.

:19:21. > :19:24.Here is Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:19:25. > :19:31.A lot to talk about, the fog and the ice yesterday. Good morning. For

:19:32. > :19:35.some of us it is faulty again. There is a real temperature difference. If

:19:36. > :19:41.we take Kates Bridge in Northern Ireland, yesterday morning it was

:19:42. > :19:44.-7.1 Celsius, making it the coldest night this winter in Northern

:19:45. > :19:48.Ireland. This morning at the same time it is eight .3, said that as a

:19:49. > :19:52.15.4 degrees increase in temperature. It is not like that

:19:53. > :19:55.everywhere. It is still cold across England and Wales. We still have

:19:56. > :20:00.some freezing fog which could well lead to some travel disruption once

:20:01. > :20:04.again. And you can find out what is happening where you are on your BBC

:20:05. > :20:09.local radio station. So patchy fog, but dance patchy fog. Not all of us

:20:10. > :20:12.are seeing it, it is not a complete and get, it is patchy but it is

:20:13. > :20:16.freezing. I have hammered at home quite a lot now. As we push into the

:20:17. > :20:21.south-west we are looking at misty conditions but a cold start. A cold

:20:22. > :20:24.start away from the west coast of Wales, patchy bits and pieces of

:20:25. > :20:28.fog. A brighter start across parts of north-west England but the

:20:29. > :20:32.weather front not too far away and for Northern Ireland, again, much

:20:33. > :20:36.milder than it was this time yesterday, and fairly cloudy. There

:20:37. > :20:39.is a weather front across Scotland, producing rain, a weak weather

:20:40. > :20:42.fronts are not particularly heavy rain we are looking at and ahead of

:20:43. > :20:47.it across northern England we are back into some fog, especially

:20:48. > :20:51.across the Vale of York. Rather like yesterday, what is going to happen

:20:52. > :20:55.with that fog is some of it will lift, some of it will be slow to

:20:56. > :20:59.clear and lift into low cloud and some that will hang around for much

:21:00. > :21:02.of the day. Where that happens it will hold temperatures back but

:21:03. > :21:05.across a lot of England we are looking at sunny and bright spells.

:21:06. > :21:08.Afterwards the west there is more cloud and the weather front sinks

:21:09. > :21:12.into northern England and north-west Wales will produce some patchy rain

:21:13. > :21:16.and drizzle. As we head on through the evening and overnight you can

:21:17. > :21:20.see the wind strengthening our towards the west. Still bits and

:21:21. > :21:24.pieces of drizzle from our decaying weather front and if you take a line

:21:25. > :21:28.from the wash down towards Dorset and point south-east, this is where

:21:29. > :21:31.we are prone once again to some dents and patchy fog, and it will be

:21:32. > :21:37.freezing fog with temperatures close to freezing. No such issues further

:21:38. > :21:42.north, a healthy seven or eight. Still windy out towards the west, a

:21:43. > :21:46.fair bit of cloud, weather front not too far away. We are starting to

:21:47. > :21:50.pull in more of a breeze from the continent across the southern areas

:21:51. > :21:53.so there will be a bit more cloud but in between we have a drier and

:21:54. > :21:56.sunnier slice. Still mild out towards the west. Then as we move

:21:57. > :22:01.from Wednesday into Thursday, watch how the wind veers. It is pushing to

:22:02. > :22:05.more of a south-easterly. Normally that would be quite a mild direction

:22:06. > :22:08.for us, coming from the near continent but it has been so cold

:22:09. > :22:12.across other parts of Europe that you can see that cold filtering

:22:13. > :22:17.across the UK. On Thursday we are looking at a windy day for some, a

:22:18. > :22:21.breezy day for others, it will be sunny, but don't forget it will be

:22:22. > :22:25.cold if you are exposed to that wind. Temperature-wise what we are

:22:26. > :22:30.looking at is this kind of range, between one and seven Celsius. When

:22:31. > :22:35.you add on the wind, this is how it will actually feel against your

:22:36. > :22:40.skin, more like -2 or minus five. We have another weather front waiting

:22:41. > :22:44.to come in our direction. This will be a fairly weak affair as it pushes

:22:45. > :22:48.them from the west towards the east and on Friday there will be quite a

:22:49. > :22:51.bit of cloud around as well, still cold if you are exposed to that

:22:52. > :22:55.wind. But out towards the west, something brighter for a time, and

:22:56. > :23:00.you can see what is waiting in the winds on Friday. Thank you very much

:23:01. > :23:04.indeed. We will see you in half an hour. I like how Cal's dresses

:23:05. > :23:11.perfectly matching the blue of the rain. Trying to hide it! -- Carol's.

:23:12. > :23:13.Some of the happiest children in the world are being raised

:23:14. > :23:16.in the Netherlands, according to a UNICEF study.

:23:17. > :23:18.So what is the secret of the Dutch success story?

:23:19. > :23:22.Two mothers who now live there have written a book to find out.

:23:23. > :23:24.Our correspondent Anna Holligan has been to meet them,

:23:25. > :23:27.and to see what happens when you place children

:23:28. > :23:32.This doesn't take much, according to the Dutch.

:23:33. > :23:35.They have got the most contented babies, the happiest kids and,

:23:36. > :23:37.as adults, the best work-life balance.

:23:38. > :23:46.They place a high value on family life, and on communication

:23:47. > :23:52.And so part of eating together is about talking together.

:23:53. > :23:55.And the Dutch scored the highest on children who ate breakfast before

:23:56. > :23:59.they went to school, and that sets them up for the day.

:24:00. > :24:03.So at the end of the day it doesn't matter

:24:04. > :24:07.Chocolate sprinkles clearly contradict the healthy eating advice

:24:08. > :24:10.and yet Dutch kids have some of the lowest obesity rates,

:24:11. > :24:14.which may be linked to the fact that so many cycle to school.

:24:15. > :24:17.But, as you can see, bikes and cars have separate lanes,

:24:18. > :24:20.so parents don't have the same worries about sending kids out

:24:21. > :24:24.And, when they get to school, Dutch pupils don't face academic

:24:25. > :24:30.pressure, things like tests and homework, until much later.

:24:31. > :24:33.When there's not so much pressure, children start school by a positive

:24:34. > :24:36.way, by enjoying it, by feeling this is something nice

:24:37. > :24:43.to do, and I think that lasts your whole life.

:24:44. > :24:46.And that is backed up by the Unicef statistics,

:24:47. > :24:48.which suggests these children are more likely to go

:24:49. > :24:50.on to further education than their British counterparts.

:24:51. > :24:53.You will see lots of fathers at the school gates.

:24:54. > :24:55.The Dutch government legislates for unpaid "daddy days,"

:24:56. > :24:57.which encourage families to share the childcare.

:24:58. > :25:02.And plus, we always read in all of these books,

:25:03. > :25:09.right, that they should play outside.

:25:10. > :25:12.So I'm happy that it's part of our culture,

:25:13. > :25:20.that they're expected to be out and playing.

:25:21. > :25:23.Is it because, in the Netherlands, it is safer?

:25:24. > :25:26.We can't send kids out to parks in London or the heart

:25:27. > :25:31.In a sense, you have to trust your own society, right?

:25:32. > :25:33.Back to basics parenting is what it's all about.

:25:34. > :25:38.And the byproduct of giving kids greater independence -

:25:39. > :25:41.At least, when they're a little older.

:25:42. > :25:44.Head due west from here, and you'll reach Essex.

:25:45. > :25:51.The UK may be geographically close, but there are of course fundamental

:25:52. > :25:53.differences between our societies, and not all of the lessons

:25:54. > :25:56.from here can simply be exported over there.

:25:57. > :26:01.That was Anna Holligan, reporting with the help

:26:02. > :26:15.I think they are onto something with those chocolate sprinkles. It is

:26:16. > :26:18.like we have chocolate spread, but they have these hard chocolate

:26:19. > :26:30.sprinkles and they pour them on hot toast and they melt, and they are

:26:31. > :26:38.magical. A little bit of what you fancy.

:26:39. > :26:42.Still to come this morning: The not-so-beautiful game.

:26:43. > :26:45.An amateur football referee tells us why he is calling on his colleagues

:26:46. > :26:48.from grassroots football to strike over abuse and assault

:26:49. > :30:12.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:30:13. > :30:15.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:30:16. > :30:21.Now, though, it is back to Louise and Dan.

:30:22. > :30:23.Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:30:24. > :30:29.We'll have the latest news and sport in just a moment

:30:30. > :30:37.Following the ?6 billion pound takeover of F1,

:30:38. > :30:40.we'll look back at the 40 year reign of its former chief,

:30:41. > :30:43.Also this morning, the Police Officer who won't punish

:30:44. > :30:45.some cyclists who ride on the pavement.

:30:46. > :30:48.Instead he's investigating why they do.

:30:49. > :30:52.Safety campaigners hail the move but is it a free pass for those

:30:53. > :31:04.And after nine, will the musical La La Land continue its unstoppable

:31:05. > :31:07.quickstep towards glory at next month's Oscars?

:31:08. > :31:10.We'll make our predictions ahead of today's nominations.

:31:11. > :31:21.But now a summary of this morning's main news.

:31:22. > :31:27.Loads of your comments coming in on the cycling story. It first. -- but

:31:28. > :31:28.first. The Supreme Court will rule today

:31:29. > :31:31.on whether it's up to Parliament or the Government to start

:31:32. > :31:34.the process for exiting The government argues that ministers

:31:35. > :31:38.have the power to trigger But opponents say they need

:31:39. > :31:41.Parliament's approval The judgement is

:31:42. > :31:44.significant, as it goes to the heart of where power lies

:31:45. > :31:47.in the UK and could disrupt the Prime Minister's Brexit

:31:48. > :31:53.timetable as our political The European Union

:31:54. > :31:58.ignites strong passions. Almost seven weeks ago,

:31:59. > :32:02.protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court

:32:03. > :32:06.as the 11 most senior Hour after hour of dense legal

:32:07. > :32:13.argument followed on the biggest Is it behind the door

:32:14. > :32:23.here in Downing Street? The Prime Minister says

:32:24. > :32:28.she can start the UK's divorce from the EU

:32:29. > :32:31.herself but campaigners, led by the businesswoman

:32:32. > :32:35.Gina Miller, says MPs This morning, we will

:32:36. > :32:40.find out who has won. If the government loses,

:32:41. > :32:45.they will also lose complete control of the timetable for starting

:32:46. > :32:49.the process of leaving It will have to rush

:32:50. > :32:52.its plan through Parliament Today is not about whether Brexit

:32:53. > :32:58.should or will happen That is why it matters

:32:59. > :33:07.and that is why there was a lot of interest

:33:08. > :33:10.here in what the judges had to say. Later this morning we'll be

:33:11. > :33:17.speaking to the former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg

:33:18. > :33:21.to get his thoughts President Trump has announced that

:33:22. > :33:29.America will formally withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership,

:33:30. > :33:32.one of the major pledges he made The trade deal involving a dozen

:33:33. > :33:37.countries was agreed by Barack President Trump has also cut funding

:33:38. > :33:41.for international groups that provide abortions, and has frozen

:33:42. > :33:47.the hiring of some federal workers. Drivers caught driving well

:33:48. > :33:50.above the speed limit will face bigger fines after a review

:33:51. > :33:52.of the sentencing guidelines The changes will allow magistrates

:33:53. > :33:59.to impose much tougher penalties on drivers

:34:00. > :34:02.and are intended to make sure the punishment for speeding is a lot

:34:03. > :34:08.higher for the worst offenders. Flooding has caused billions

:34:09. > :34:18.of pounds of damage and ruined Flood management in England

:34:19. > :34:21.and Wales is still fragmented, inefficient and ineffective

:34:22. > :34:23.according to a group of MPs. Members of the Commons Environment

:34:24. > :34:25.Committee have accused the Government of failing to take

:34:26. > :34:28.simple steps to protect homes after they recommended

:34:29. > :34:30.an overhaul of the system. The government has rejected

:34:31. > :34:33.the criticism, saying that many Sadly not such a rare sight,

:34:34. > :34:38.waging war against the water as roads are transformed

:34:39. > :34:40.into rivers. In recent years there's been severe

:34:41. > :34:44.flooding in Cumbria, Two months ago the nvironmental food

:34:45. > :34:51.and rural affairs committee Efra called for a radical overhaul

:34:52. > :34:55.to what it called the government's Just one of the many

:34:56. > :35:02.criticisms levied at Defra, it hasn't created a national floods

:35:03. > :35:05.commissioner for England. Flooding is a much more regular

:35:06. > :35:07.occurrence affecting many more So the citizens of this country

:35:08. > :35:12.want to see the government protect We've asked some questions and made

:35:13. > :35:16.some recommendations, it's the government's responsibility

:35:17. > :35:18.to protect its citizens. Defra say it's already implementing

:35:19. > :35:21.many of the report suggestions, such as managing water courses

:35:22. > :35:25.across entire catchment areas. But say there is no need

:35:26. > :35:29.for structural changes. Over the next five years

:35:30. > :35:33.the government is investing ?2.5 billion on building flood defence

:35:34. > :35:39.schemes across the country, protecting an additional

:35:40. > :35:47.300,000 homes. But with climate change we're

:35:48. > :35:51.being told to expect more heavy And so for this Select Committee

:35:52. > :35:55.it's unlikely the government's current interventions

:35:56. > :35:56.will be enough. Four people were taken to hospital

:35:57. > :36:14.and 25 people had to be rescued from the partially collapsed

:36:15. > :36:16.building in Hornchurch. Transport for London said debris had

:36:17. > :36:19.been scattered across nearby roads. The cause of the explosion

:36:20. > :36:22.is not yet known. The nominations for this

:36:23. > :36:24.year's Academy Awards Critics have tipped modern

:36:25. > :36:30.musical romance, La La Land It's expected to face stiff

:36:31. > :36:35.competition from brooding domestic drama Manchester By The Sea starring

:36:36. > :36:38.Casey Affleck and also from Moonlight, a coming of age

:36:39. > :36:51.drama set in drug-torn Miami. We will be talking -- talking about

:36:52. > :36:58.them a bit later. And we are hearing at 100 flights have been cancelled

:36:59. > :37:00.at Heathrow, due to fog. DS -- the airport says there is reduced

:37:01. > :37:05.visibility and passengers should check flight status before setting

:37:06. > :37:10.off so check on your phone or your laptop to make sure your flight is

:37:11. > :37:19.going. Carol will talk us through all the weather. Wherever you are.

:37:20. > :37:22.Mostly in the UK. Good morning, Sally. You are in charge of sport.

:37:23. > :37:35.I am steering sport. Bernie Ecclestone has gone and he is not

:37:36. > :37:43.very happy about it. He says the -- that he has basically lost his job.

:37:44. > :37:45.He is in his 80s. He is obviously going to find it difficult to move

:37:46. > :37:55.away from Formula 1. The US giant Liberty Media

:37:56. > :37:58.completed its ?6.4bn takeover Chairman Chase Carey takes

:37:59. > :38:01.on Ecclestone's role and former Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn is

:38:02. > :38:09.the sport's new managing director. Double Olympic gold-medallist boxer

:38:10. > :38:11.Nicola Adams has turned At last year's Rio Games she became

:38:12. > :38:14.the first British boxer to successfully defend an Olympic

:38:15. > :38:24.title in nearly 100 years. I feel like I have achieved

:38:25. > :38:30.everything I wanted to achieve in the amateur ranks. Commonwealth

:38:31. > :38:36.Games champion, double Olympic champion, number one, it's the best

:38:37. > :38:41.way to leave the sport. There are of goals -- goals in the professional

:38:42. > :38:44.ranks to achieve. Becoming a world champion and European champion. So

:38:45. > :38:53.many goals to achieve in the professional ranks.

:38:54. > :38:59.England's women take on Sweden in a friendly. It's all part of the

:39:00. > :39:03.preparations that this year 's European Championships. We want to

:39:04. > :39:08.be a major part of it. When we come up against any team, we will be as

:39:09. > :39:10.possible -- as ready as possible. But we had to take those that

:39:11. > :39:11.doorsteps. Rory McIlroy has pulled out

:39:12. > :39:14.of the Dubai Desert Classic The world number two missed last

:39:15. > :39:34.week's event in Abu Dhabi. The Wales back row Sam Warburton

:39:35. > :39:42.says not being captain of the national side will help make him a

:39:43. > :39:45.hungrier player. Warburton led Wales for nearly six years but has handed

:39:46. > :39:48.the armband over to Alun Wyn Jones. The Cardiff Blues player's in the

:39:49. > :39:52.squad for Wales' opening game against Italy but knows he's got

:39:53. > :39:55.competition for his place in the side. That is what drives me every

:39:56. > :40:00.day, when you are training and at home, you have that goal of wanting

:40:01. > :40:07.to play for Wales. It will make me more hungry, not to have the

:40:08. > :40:10.captaincy. Ryan Mason's family have thanked well-wishers to their

:40:11. > :40:20.support upto what they described as a traumatic 24 hours. The Hull City

:40:21. > :40:28.midfielder underwent surgery, after sustaining a fractured skull at

:40:29. > :40:31.Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Mason was injured in a clash of heads with

:40:32. > :40:35.Chelsea defender Gary Cahill. He's conscious and talking. From that

:40:36. > :40:41.moment until being in surgery was less than one hour. He was hugely

:40:42. > :40:45.helped by being on a huge ground near a fantastic hospital. One hour

:40:46. > :40:50.later, he was in surgery to relieve pressure on his brain. How

:40:51. > :40:57.incredible the first aid is. Taken seriously quickly. A massive

:40:58. > :41:01.difference, not only did the relate as a football grounds of sporting

:41:02. > :41:10.stadiums but the speed at which they are able to manoeuvre. Ryan Mason's

:41:11. > :41:16.recovery is testament to that. All the best to him. Bernie Ecclestone

:41:17. > :41:21.was key to turning Formula 1 into what of the biggest sports in the

:41:22. > :41:25.world. Baht for the first time in 40 years, he will no longer be involved

:41:26. > :41:29.in the day-to-day running of Formula 1. Mark Jenkins 's professional

:41:30. > :41:37.business strategy at Cranfield University. 40 years in charge.

:41:38. > :41:40.Quite a legacy. What is most significant? I think he created a

:41:41. > :41:45.business where no business existed, which was the whole Formula 1 model.

:41:46. > :41:50.He created a series of races which were delivered year-on-year where

:41:51. > :41:53.before then it was all and hoc so he created an entirely new racing

:41:54. > :41:58.product. Many people became very rich on the back of his work. Are

:41:59. > :42:06.you surprised at the speed with which he seems to be exiting? On one

:42:07. > :42:10.level, yes. They said it would be involved but three years. Clearly,

:42:11. > :42:14.they have put a new company in place. That is a good time to make

:42:15. > :42:20.the kind of changes they feel they need to make. He is going to be a

:42:21. > :42:24.huge figure. He is going to be missed in the sport. They are

:42:25. > :42:28.replacing him with two jobs but it's likely there will more roles needed

:42:29. > :42:32.to really provide the kind of attention to detail and build the

:42:33. > :42:38.relationships that he had at his fingertips. That is interesting. So

:42:39. > :42:43.much of it is about relationships. Teams and circuits and all the rest

:42:44. > :42:48.of it. He has built all those relationships. He is at every race.

:42:49. > :42:52.He understands all the little things that need to be oiled and all the

:42:53. > :42:55.issues that need to be resolved. I do not think anyone has that

:42:56. > :43:02.detailed understanding of the whole process. Tell us, what does it mean

:43:03. > :43:06.for fans of the sport? I think in the short run, there is not going to

:43:07. > :43:11.be much change but in the longer run, we are going to see far more

:43:12. > :43:15.engagement with social media, the TV Pack Moorman -- platform is

:43:16. > :43:19.fragmenting, people are watching on their mobiles and the way in which

:43:20. > :43:27.the sport is delivered to fans will change. Does that mean fans will get

:43:28. > :43:32.up close and personal with the drivers more? In Las Vegas earlier

:43:33. > :43:35.this year, there was a virtual race where people where people were at

:43:36. > :43:39.their consoles racing each other and you can see the distinction between

:43:40. > :43:43.the real world and the virtual world is going to become more blurred.

:43:44. > :43:50.Absolutely, those scenarios are very possible. We know ticket prices can

:43:51. > :43:54.be expensive. I noticed Bernie Ecclestone made the comment that he

:43:55. > :43:58.would be able to afford to go to a Formula 1 race and you could argue

:43:59. > :44:03.he is probably one of the few people who can. Prices are very expensive

:44:04. > :44:11.but what we are going to seek is the way the sport is delivered, the way

:44:12. > :44:15.you engage with it will be less physical, but with more virtual

:44:16. > :44:21.technologies. 40 years and that job. Will he find it difficult to let go?

:44:22. > :44:29.Certainly. That has been his life. That is as well. I am sure he well.

:44:30. > :44:33.What now happens, quite a few out of work team principals, like Ron

:44:34. > :44:38.Dennis. Quite a few retired drivers. We could see another series. What an

:44:39. > :44:46.interesting point to end on. An interesting future, isn't it? Thank

:44:47. > :44:53.you to being with us. Let us remind you of the main stories. The Supreme

:44:54. > :44:57.Court is preparing to announce its landmark Brexit ruling and the

:44:58. > :45:01.government will learn if it has to give MPs the vote. Drivers caught

:45:02. > :45:03.going well above the speed limits are to face bigger fines, 1.5 times

:45:04. > :45:15.their weekly income. Telling you this morning about some

:45:16. > :45:18.flights being held up at Heathrow, about 100 flights. Fog out there in

:45:19. > :45:19.places. Here is Carol with a look

:45:20. > :45:27.at this morning's weather. You could be forgiven for saying

:45:28. > :45:31.Monday, because the weather for many of us is like it was on Monday. It

:45:32. > :45:35.is Tuesday and there is fog around, it is dense and patchy in places. It

:45:36. > :45:38.is also freezing fog and it has already caused a little bit of

:45:39. > :45:43.travel disruption and may well cause some more. You can find out what is

:45:44. > :45:47.happening where you are on your BBC local radio station. It is patchy

:45:48. > :45:52.fog so you may have it where you are, travel down the road and there

:45:53. > :45:56.will be nothing and then you will land back in it again a bit further

:45:57. > :45:59.on. For the south-west it is misty rather than faulty. A cold start

:46:00. > :46:03.with widespread frost and away from the west coast of Wales it is a cold

:46:04. > :46:06.start with some patchy fog. A brighter start across parts of

:46:07. > :46:12.north-west England although there is rain not far away and a much milder

:46:13. > :46:16.start to the morning across Northern Ireland. In Kate 's bridge is 15

:46:17. > :46:19.degrees warmer than it was this time yesterday. We have a weak weather

:46:20. > :46:23.front across Scotland, producing some light rain and drizzle, and we

:46:24. > :46:26.have some more fog as we move across the Pennines and into the Vale of

:46:27. > :46:31.York. Like yesterday, what will happen with that fog is some will

:46:32. > :46:35.clear altogether, some will be very slow to clear and lifting the low

:46:36. > :46:39.cloud, and some will hang around all day. If you are in an area where it

:46:40. > :46:43.sticks in the Butcher will struggle to break freezing but if you are in

:46:44. > :46:46.an area where it clears the temperatures will rise. You could

:46:47. > :46:50.see six or seven in some brightness and sunny spells but the highest

:46:51. > :46:53.temperatures will be out towards the west and through the day our weather

:46:54. > :46:56.front moving across Scotland will get into northern England and

:46:57. > :47:00.north-west Wales but by then it will be very weak and producing patchy,

:47:01. > :47:04.light rain and drizzle. Through the evening and overnight the wind picks

:47:05. > :47:08.up towards the west. There will be a fair bit of cloud and again some

:47:09. > :47:13.patchy, light rain and drizzle. No problems with frost here but take a

:47:14. > :47:17.line from the wash down towards Dorset and point south-east and once

:47:18. > :47:23.again we are looking at some pockets of dance, freezing fog -- points

:47:24. > :47:29.south-east. -- dance, freezing fog. This could be slow to lift in some

:47:30. > :47:32.places but move away from the fog areas, and you will have some

:47:33. > :47:37.sunshine coming through and weather front starting to show its hand

:47:38. > :47:42.across the north-west of Scotland. Breezy conditions here, but very

:47:43. > :47:46.mild. Ten or 11. As we move from Wednesday into Thursday, our weather

:47:47. > :47:50.front weakened as it approaches us. Look how the wind veers to more of a

:47:51. > :47:56.south-easterly. The impact that will have is dragging this cold,

:47:57. > :47:59.Continental air onto our shores. It is going to feel pretty chilly if

:48:00. > :48:03.you are exposed to that through the course of Thursday but there will be

:48:04. > :48:07.a lot of dry weather around on Thursday. There will be a fair bit

:48:08. > :48:10.of sunshine as well. Out towards the west, the wind particularly strong.

:48:11. > :48:14.But to show you the temperature values, this is what you will see in

:48:15. > :48:18.your thermometer. Between one and seven, but this is how it will feel

:48:19. > :48:26.against your skin with the wind chill. As low as -5 in some areas,

:48:27. > :48:30.so you should wrap up warmly. Here is our weak weather front moving

:48:31. > :48:34.from the west was the east. Quite a bit of cloud around and if you are

:48:35. > :48:39.exposed to that trees it will feel on the nippy side. Thank you very

:48:40. > :48:45.much for that. We will send you outside Ina Bauer's time. Are you

:48:46. > :48:50.prepared for some live fog news, later? Thank you very much for that.

:48:51. > :48:51.It is not too foggy at the moment, but that could change.

:48:52. > :48:54.Fraud cost the UK more than ?1 billion last year,

:48:55. > :48:56.blamed on a massive rise in cyber crime.

:48:57. > :49:08.Are sadly familiar tale, I am afraid.

:49:09. > :49:10.The figures are from the accountancy firm KPMG.

:49:11. > :49:13.They have looked at fraud cases, and that boom in online

:49:14. > :49:17.It cost Britain ?1 billion last year.

:49:18. > :49:19.That is more than double the previous year.

:49:20. > :49:23.But why, when there have been so many attempts to tackle it?

:49:24. > :49:26.Well, the number of cases has actual fallen by a third,

:49:27. > :49:29.it is just that the cost of each case has risen sharply.

:49:30. > :49:34.And that is largely due to cyber fraud.

:49:35. > :49:40.It has risen by more than 1,000%, at a cost of ?120 million.

:49:41. > :49:42.David Clarke is director of the Fraud Advisory Panel,

:49:43. > :49:53.and a former head of the City of London Police Fraud Squad.

:49:54. > :50:00.Very good morning to you. Good morning. As I said in the

:50:01. > :50:04.introduction, sadly not surprising that cyber crime is on the rise,

:50:05. > :50:09.despite all of the attempts to tackle it. Are you surprised by what

:50:10. > :50:13.these figures show? I am not surprised, in fact I am pleased to

:50:14. > :50:18.be seeing reports of the nature and extent of the problem being much

:50:19. > :50:22.clearer now. The chief inspector of Constabulary reported last week, he

:50:23. > :50:26.said fraud in the UK is epidemic. The fraud advisory panel, we would

:50:27. > :50:32.agree with that. I would say it goes further. Fraud is a global pandemic

:50:33. > :50:37.that we need to address. We have seen it coming. The cyber figures,

:50:38. > :50:42.yes, they are worrying, but a lot of these are using cyber, the criminals

:50:43. > :50:48.have used tools now that a newly available. They have found other

:50:49. > :50:53.ways to con people, but this is a global pandemic. It is an illness we

:50:54. > :50:58.need to treat urgently. So if they are using new tools, how do we stay

:50:59. > :51:06.one step ahead? It strikes me every time we deal with one element, be

:51:07. > :51:11.they phishing or anything like that, they come up with a new thing. That

:51:12. > :51:15.is the art of the clever fraudster. The police will always be some way

:51:16. > :51:19.behind. It links in with what we have said at the fraud advisory

:51:20. > :51:22.panel charity, and it is about the moral compass here. What you will

:51:23. > :51:26.see in those figures which is worrying for me is not the number of

:51:27. > :51:30.cases. We will see larger numbers going to court, and the police and

:51:31. > :51:34.law enforcement will prioritise the serious cases. What is interesting

:51:35. > :51:39.with this is that we are seeing senior management involved. This is

:51:40. > :51:43.worrying. Senior managers trying to maintain lifestyles. We're also

:51:44. > :51:47.seeing some of the poorer people trying to engage in fraud. We know

:51:48. > :51:53.these criminal offences. A story about people buying teeth whitening

:51:54. > :51:57.scams and subscriptions to satellite TV, it is the moral compass. And

:51:58. > :52:03.globally, not just in the UK, we record fraud very well here but it

:52:04. > :52:08.is a problem we need to address through education as well. And that

:52:09. > :52:12.such an important area, that education. It gives us the sense

:52:13. > :52:16.that big business is reluctant to admit it sometimes. They don't want

:52:17. > :52:21.to put their hand up and say we have been a victim and we need to deal

:52:22. > :52:27.with it. It is about coming clean, because until people come clean, we

:52:28. > :52:30.have trouble dealing with it. We have to encourage reporting. People

:52:31. > :52:34.saying the police will not do anything, but it is not about doing

:52:35. > :52:38.something, it is about knowing it. When you have a serious illness, you

:52:39. > :52:43.go to the doctor. When you have a serious crime, you report it. What

:52:44. > :52:46.is reassuring as people are coming forward. Our message is disclose,

:52:47. > :52:52.report. We have seen the awful situation with brands like

:52:53. > :52:57.Rolls-Royce embroiled in an awful situation. Many companies are trying

:52:58. > :53:02.to do their best in business. They become targets of fraud. They can go

:53:03. > :53:05.to the police or authorities and they can disclose. When they have

:53:06. > :53:11.information about people and it is insiders, properly two thirds of the

:53:12. > :53:17.time, research shows, insiders are collusive and involved in this. The

:53:18. > :53:20.business very often is the. So I find it very reassuring that

:53:21. > :53:24.companies are coming forward, and they are disclosing this, because

:53:25. > :53:28.then we can start to understand it and act on it, and get these people

:53:29. > :53:33.before the courts in these kinds of cases. It is good to talk to you,

:53:34. > :53:43.thank you for your insight. Thank you. After 7am, we talk about your

:53:44. > :53:47.favourite subject, the cost of coffee. The cost could be going up

:53:48. > :53:54.and there could be less available. So the price of my coffee is going

:53:55. > :54:02.to go up?! Yes, to be blunt. I will tell you how you might be able to

:54:03. > :54:08.avoid it. Why have you put her in a bad mood? He just doesn't drink it.

:54:09. > :54:15.It is going to take years, but one day we will convert you. I have

:54:16. > :54:18.never drank coffee, don't like the smell. He has coffee Beams,

:54:19. > :54:26.everybody. Punched, head-butted and spat at,

:54:27. > :54:30.just three examples of abuse an amateur football referee has had

:54:31. > :54:33.to deal with on the pitch. Ryan Hampson says the bad treatment

:54:34. > :54:37.he and his fellow match officials sometimes receive has

:54:38. > :54:39.led him to calling a strike Breakfast's Tim Muffett

:54:40. > :54:46.met him on the sidelines. Another football match, refereed by

:54:47. > :54:52.Ryan Hampson. This one is played in good spirits. His decisions are

:54:53. > :54:57.respect that. It is your first one. That is not always the case. I have

:54:58. > :55:01.had experiences such as being headbutted by a player, I have been

:55:02. > :55:04.spat at and I have been punched on numerous occasions. It got to the

:55:05. > :55:11.point where I had to stop refereeing for about four or five weeks. If you

:55:12. > :55:17.were on the streets, and you were assaulted, you would be arrested. On

:55:18. > :55:23.the pitch it is different. It is not, it is completely the same. Ryan

:55:24. > :55:27.says amateur referees are not getting enough support. He has

:55:28. > :55:32.called for a national strike on the first week of March. He says 400

:55:33. > :55:35.referees have been in touch, backing up his ideas. When you have been

:55:36. > :55:38.speaking to so many government bodies and asking them for help,

:55:39. > :55:42.asking them to for support, and you get the door slammed in your face on

:55:43. > :55:48.several occasions, what else can you do? Jo Fleming refereed for years,

:55:49. > :55:53.and our organisers for officials in Manchester. There has always been

:55:54. > :55:59.abused was referees, but it has got worse. Why do you think it has gone

:56:00. > :56:03.worse? It has become a blame culture. Before you think about

:56:04. > :56:08.yourself, it should never go as far as the abuse and the physical

:56:09. > :56:12.intimidation. A group referees are saying they want to make a stand,

:56:13. > :56:16.than I would say make sure that you are heard. Manchester FA, which

:56:17. > :56:20.oversees this league, has just announced it will give referees more

:56:21. > :56:27.support, visiting them within 24 hours of any incident and ensuring

:56:28. > :56:30.any assaults are reported to police. But after much deliberation, Ryan

:56:31. > :56:37.still wants referees to boycott matches. If referees' strike does go

:56:38. > :56:44.ahead, nationally, hundreds of face cancellation. A timely wake-up call,

:56:45. > :56:54.or just a huge own goal? I don't advocate a strike, I think that's

:56:55. > :56:58.going too far. He doesn't want them to go on strike. He the zero

:56:59. > :57:02.tolerance approach adopted by his club is more effective. We fully

:57:03. > :57:06.support the referees, and if a player is abusing referees on a

:57:07. > :57:11.regular basis, we get rid of them. Most of these problems are caused by

:57:12. > :57:14.a minority of people, and it is the same people. And I'm sure given

:57:15. > :57:19.another couple of years we. This. For Ryan Hampson, though, a referees

:57:20. > :57:27.because strike is the only way to tackle this problem effectively. Let

:57:28. > :57:30.us know if you have thoughts on that. We will be speaking to Ryan

:57:31. > :57:31.later. Time now to get the news,

:57:32. > :00:52.travel and weather where you are. I'm back with the latest

:00:53. > :00:55.from the BBC London newsroom Now, though, it is back

:00:56. > :01:00.to Louise and Dan. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:01:01. > :01:03.with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker. Judgement day as The Supreme

:01:04. > :01:05.Court decides who has the power to officially

:01:06. > :01:07.begin Brexit. should be allowed to start

:01:08. > :01:11.the process without a vote. But campaigners who've brought

:01:12. > :01:19.the case say Parliament must The 11 judges will reveal

:01:20. > :01:24.their decision at half past Tougher penalties are on their way

:01:25. > :01:46.for drivers caught well Liberty Media complete their ?6.4

:01:47. > :02:03.billion takeover of Formula One - and remove Bernie Ecclestone

:02:04. > :02:05.as chief executive, ending his 40 The cost of your

:02:06. > :02:10.cappuccino is on the up. Coffee drinkers face big price rises

:02:11. > :02:12.because of bad weather, I'll look at what it means

:02:13. > :02:17.for our morning caffeine fix. And we're going to be talking

:02:18. > :02:20.about the happiest children Studies suggest they live

:02:21. > :02:23.in the Netherlands. But what makes children

:02:24. > :02:25.there so happy? We'll meet two mums who've gone

:02:26. > :02:35.Dutch to try to find out. Good morning. It is a cold and

:02:36. > :02:41.frosty start across much of England. Some patchy, dense freezing fog? .

:02:42. > :02:46.London Northern Ireland, much milder. I will have more details in

:02:47. > :02:48.15 minutes. The Supreme Court will rule today

:02:49. > :02:53.on whether it's up to Parliament or the Government to start

:02:54. > :02:56.the process for exiting The government argues that ministers

:02:57. > :02:59.have the power to trigger But opponents say they need

:03:00. > :03:05.Parliament's approval The European Union

:03:06. > :03:19.ignites strong passions. Almost seven weeks ago,

:03:20. > :03:26.protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court

:03:27. > :03:28.as the 11 most senior Hour after hour of dense legal

:03:29. > :03:37.argument followed on the biggest Is it behind the door

:03:38. > :03:45.here in Downing Street? The Prime Minister says

:03:46. > :03:54.she can start the UK's divorce from the EU

:03:55. > :03:59.herself but campaigners, led by the businesswoman

:04:00. > :04:01.Gina Miller, says MPs This morning, we will

:04:02. > :04:06.find out who has won. If the government loses,

:04:07. > :04:08.they will also lose complete control of the timetable for starting

:04:09. > :04:11.the process of leaving It will have to rush

:04:12. > :04:20.its plan through Parliament Today is not about whether Brexit

:04:21. > :04:28.should or will happen That is why it matters

:04:29. > :04:32.and that is why there was a lot of interest

:04:33. > :04:36.here in what the judges had to say. Let's speak to our political

:04:37. > :04:40.correspondent, Carole Walker, who is outside the Supreme

:04:41. > :04:42.Court this morning. Is there any indication yet

:04:43. > :04:52.about what the judges It is going to be a fairly brief

:04:53. > :04:55.judgement, to the point. The expectation is that will go against

:04:56. > :05:02.the government. The Prime Minister will hope to go ahead, trickle --

:05:03. > :05:07.trigger Article 50 by the end of March. The expectation is the

:05:08. > :05:11.judgement will have to get the consent of Parliament first. We

:05:12. > :05:16.don't expect MPs or peers to try to block the process but they will try

:05:17. > :05:21.to amend, to shape the legislation, to change the Prime Minister's

:05:22. > :05:25.approach to those negotiations. That could delay the proceedings quite

:05:26. > :05:30.significantly. It could also affect exactly how she goes into those

:05:31. > :05:34.negotiations. There is also another important issue being decided here.

:05:35. > :05:40.That is, whether the government needs to consult or get the approval

:05:41. > :05:45.of the devolved nations, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Scotland

:05:46. > :05:49.is demanding the right to stay in the single market. Northern Ireland,

:05:50. > :05:52.we are still awaiting elections at the beginning of March. It's not

:05:53. > :05:56.even clear who the Prime Minister would consult at this stage. All of

:05:57. > :06:02.could complicate the process when Theresa May is determined to get on

:06:03. > :06:15.and begin those negotiations by the end of March. Carroll, thank you.

:06:16. > :06:17.And in a few minutes we'll speak to the former

:06:18. > :06:20.Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to get his thoughts

:06:21. > :06:24.President Trump has announced that America will formally withdraw

:06:25. > :06:27.from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of the major pledges he made

:06:28. > :06:31.The trade deal involving a dozen countries was agreed by Barack

:06:32. > :06:34.President Trump has also cut funding for international groups that

:06:35. > :06:37.provide abortions, and has frozen the hiring of some federal workers.

:06:38. > :06:40.Drivers caught driving well above the speed limit will face

:06:41. > :06:42.bigger fines after a review of the sentencing guidelines

:06:43. > :06:46.The changes will allow magistrates to impose much tougher

:06:47. > :06:49.penalties on drivers and are intended to make sure

:06:50. > :06:52.the punishment for speeding is a lot higher for the worst offenders.

:06:53. > :07:03.Thousands of motorists are fined for speeding on our roads every year.

:07:04. > :07:06.After hearing concerns from road safety campaigners, the sentencing

:07:07. > :07:11.council has decided that the current system isn't good enough. As a

:07:12. > :07:17.result, fines will be increased by 50% for the most serious speeding

:07:18. > :07:24.offences. The current limit for a speeding fine is 100% of the drivers

:07:25. > :07:27.weekly wage, up to ?1000 or ?2500 if they are caught on the motorway but

:07:28. > :07:31.when the new guidelines come into force on the 24th of April, drivers

:07:32. > :07:38.caught well above the speed limit can expect a fine of 1.5 times their

:07:39. > :07:43.weekly income. When the limit is 30, that means someone driving at 51

:07:44. > :07:48.miles per hour. When the limit is 70, like on a motorway, that means

:07:49. > :07:56.travelling at 101 miles per hour but the upper limits of the fines still

:07:57. > :08:02.remain the same, at ?1000 and ?2500. In 2015, more than 166,000 motorists

:08:03. > :08:08.were fined for speeding offences in England and Wales, the average fine

:08:09. > :08:13.?188. And it's not just speeding offences. Another change concerns

:08:14. > :08:18.people who don't have a TV license. Thousands are fined but major

:08:19. > :08:22.streets will now be able to impose a non-financial pentiti, a conditional

:08:23. > :08:24.discharge in cases where people have made significant efforts to pay the

:08:25. > :08:26.fee. Sian Grzeszczyk, BBC News. Bernie Ecclestone has been replaced

:08:27. > :08:29.as the Chief Executive of Formula One, after

:08:30. > :08:31.four decades in charge. The move was announced

:08:32. > :08:36.by the American company Liberty Media following its ?6

:08:37. > :08:39.billion takeover of the sport. Mr Ecclestone, who says

:08:40. > :08:41.he's been forced out, by the vice-president

:08:42. > :08:54.of 21st Century Fox, Having ruled Formula 1 with an iron

:08:55. > :08:57.grip of the last 40 years, transforming the sport into a global

:08:58. > :09:01.commercial phenomenon and becoming superrich in the process, it seemed

:09:02. > :09:06.as if Bernie Ecclestone would somehow go on forever. But what the

:09:07. > :09:11.most remarkable rains and sport has reached the end of the road. In a

:09:12. > :09:15.statement confirming its ?6 billion takeover of F1, new and American

:09:16. > :09:20.owner liberty media said chairman Chase Carey would now be Chief

:09:21. > :09:24.Executive, with Ecclestone offered the title of chairman emeritus. That

:09:25. > :09:31.diminished role is unlikely to sat -- satisfy him, who said he has been

:09:32. > :09:35.deposed. He will not be in charge of the day running of the sport. The 86

:09:36. > :09:40.enrolled billionaire's rise from second-hand car salesman to team

:09:41. > :09:44.owner and then F1's all powerful commercial rights holder is unique.

:09:45. > :09:49.Able to pick up the phone to heads of state and royals and celebrities,

:09:50. > :09:53.he was the best connected man in the sport, expert beholding his various

:09:54. > :09:58.factions together and surviving many controversies including bribery

:09:59. > :10:03.trial in 2014. But declining television audiences and concerns

:10:04. > :10:09.over the predictability of races, liberty believes F1 needs a revamp

:10:10. > :10:14.and with Chase Carey saying it has multiple untapped opportunities,

:10:15. > :10:17.Ecclestone has been driven out. Some will feel he outstayed his welcome

:10:18. > :10:21.but others in the sport are indebted to him.

:10:22. > :10:23.We're hearing that approximately 100 flights have been cancelled

:10:24. > :10:27.The airport says that there is reduced visibility again today,

:10:28. > :10:29.and that passengers should check their flight status

:10:30. > :10:37.with their airline before setting off.

:10:38. > :10:40.Flood management in England and Wales is still fragmented,

:10:41. > :10:47.inefficient and ineffective according to a group of MPs.

:10:48. > :10:53.That's according to a committee of MPs who have criticised

:10:54. > :10:55.the government for a lack of action two months

:10:56. > :11:00.The government says its plans will help protect 300,000 homes.

:11:01. > :11:03.The nominations for this year's Academy Awards will be

:11:04. > :11:06.Critics have tipped the modern musical romance La La Land

:11:07. > :11:10.It's expected to face stiff competition from the domestic drama

:11:11. > :11:12.Manchester By The Sea and also from Moonlight,

:11:13. > :11:21.a coming of age drama set in drug-torn Miami.

:11:22. > :11:24.Zookeepers at San Diego Safari Park are caring for a miracle baby

:11:25. > :11:26.a bat delivered by caesarean section.

:11:27. > :11:29.The 12-day-old Rodrigues fruit bat, also known as the flying fox,

:11:30. > :11:36.is being hand-reared following surgery.

:11:37. > :11:39.Staff say he's a fiesty creature, who's quick to let them know

:11:40. > :11:57.Absolutely lovely. I need to clear up these back to facts before I pass

:11:58. > :11:59.them on to you. Cavill will bring you all the weather in a few

:12:00. > :12:01.minutes' time. -- Carroll. The Supreme Court will rule later

:12:02. > :12:04.whether Parliament or ministers have the power to begin

:12:05. > :12:07.the process of leaving the EU. We've been promised a red,

:12:08. > :12:09.white and blue Brexit. A clean break from European Union

:12:10. > :12:12.membership, rather than But who has the power

:12:13. > :12:16.to fire the starting gun? The Government, Theresa May

:12:17. > :12:17.and her ministers? Or Parliament - the elected MPs

:12:18. > :12:21.in the Commons and their neighbours Both sides at court agreed

:12:22. > :12:25.that the case wasn't If the Government

:12:26. > :12:29.wins its case today, it will trigger Article 50 and begin

:12:30. > :12:33.the process by the end of March. If it loses, it may

:12:34. > :12:35.still try to meet that deadline, but will have to consult

:12:36. > :12:40.Parliament and will likely ask MPs Let's speak to former

:12:41. > :12:45.Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. He campaigned for a Remain vote

:12:46. > :12:48.in the referendum and is now the Liberal Democrat's

:12:49. > :12:59.spokesman on Brexit. Good morning and thank you very much

:13:00. > :13:02.of your time on this. If the government does lose today, what

:13:03. > :13:08.will your party look to do in Parliament? If the government loses

:13:09. > :13:12.and by the way, it's extraordinary that this even ended up in court,

:13:13. > :13:16.you would have thought it was normal to give Parliament a say on

:13:17. > :13:21.something as momentous as this but if the government loses, if MPs have

:13:22. > :13:24.a say, I don't think, given that the Labour Party have in effect written

:13:25. > :13:28.a blank cheque to the government and said they would support them come

:13:29. > :13:34.what may, there was no risk that parliament. Article 50 from being

:13:35. > :13:40.triggered. The question is, in what kind -- and what kind of amendments

:13:41. > :13:42.will be tabled. There will be difficulties across parties, for

:13:43. > :13:47.instance, to make sure the government limits economic damage

:13:48. > :13:50.with what they are determined to do, which is pull the United Kingdom

:13:51. > :13:54.after the single market. Amendments to make sure MPs have a look at

:13:55. > :13:58.negotiations while they are going on, not just at the beginning and

:13:59. > :14:02.the end and as you know, the Liberal Democrats are they also believe that

:14:03. > :14:06.when a final deal emerges in years to come, that it is put to the

:14:07. > :14:10.people and the people have final say on they like or don't like the final

:14:11. > :14:14.deal that emerges from these negotiations. There might be many

:14:15. > :14:20.people watching this, thinking, just accept it. We understand you and

:14:21. > :14:25.many others did not want to leave the EU at the UK have voted to do

:14:26. > :14:31.that and that is now what is going to happen so stop arguing about it.

:14:32. > :14:39.What we are arguing about, you are right, I was disappointed by the

:14:40. > :14:43.outcome, but the complicated bit is how to pull us out of the European

:14:44. > :14:56.Union. There are lots of different choices. The Brexit campaign, Boris

:14:57. > :15:02.Johnson, Nigel Farage, Michael Gove, making promises about cuts to the

:15:03. > :15:06.NHS, VAT, they went quiet but it is reasonable to say that at the end of

:15:07. > :15:10.this process, much as it was kicked off by the British people, it should

:15:11. > :15:16.also be signed off by the British people. It should not become

:15:17. > :15:21.something to decide upon at the end of the process. Did Theresa May make

:15:22. > :15:28.the plans clear? I am here, as you can see, just talking to vote to get

:15:29. > :15:35.under the skin of some of this because it's very well to say, you

:15:36. > :15:43.wanted be a great global free trade in Britain. And then the world's

:15:44. > :15:49.most successful free trading error, the single market, the EU, created

:15:50. > :15:54.by Margaret Thatcher, there are so many contradictions. I suspect the

:15:55. > :15:59.final deal looks substantially different to what Theresa May has

:16:00. > :16:02.set up, which is the nature of negotiations. That is why we think

:16:03. > :16:06.it is important that people should have a say in the end on whether

:16:07. > :16:11.they agree or disagree on the final outcome of these talks. People have

:16:12. > :16:14.already had a say, haven't they? Brexit has been decided. Whatever

:16:15. > :16:24.changes you make, they will get through. I agree with you. MPs, at

:16:25. > :16:28.this stage, will give their consent for the government to start the

:16:29. > :16:33.Article 50 negotiations but as I say, if you look further forward,

:16:34. > :16:40.certainly two years hence, it is important to ask ourselves now how

:16:41. > :16:51.we should put the finishing touches as we like to this very complex

:16:52. > :16:55.negotiation. Also, as you know, young people, they voted

:16:56. > :16:58.overwhelming numbers for a different direction of travel and it seems

:16:59. > :17:03.right that we do not know what the final deal is and we should give

:17:04. > :17:08.people a say and not keep it in the hands of politicians.

:17:09. > :17:14.You will see the Prime Minister on many of the front pages today saying

:17:15. > :17:19.she was aware of what happened with the Trident misfire before she

:17:20. > :17:23.addressed MPs in Parliament. Do you think she has a duty to clarify what

:17:24. > :17:30.she knew and when she knew it, and to address these issues? Of course.

:17:31. > :17:35.It is a very serious matter if these missiles are now, at least some of

:17:36. > :17:39.them, misfiring. But to not have told parliament at a point when

:17:40. > :17:44.Parliament was making a major decision, a decision which I happen

:17:45. > :17:48.to disagree with, about spending billions of pounds of British

:17:49. > :17:52.taxpayers' money in the future to replace the existing system, to not

:17:53. > :17:55.have told MPs that there were some flaws, I'm not actually convinced

:17:56. > :17:59.that it would have changed the decision in Parliament that seems to

:18:00. > :18:02.me to have been a very relevant piece of information, that should

:18:03. > :18:05.have been made public. And they certainly should come clean now I

:18:06. > :18:11.think this endless ducking and weaving, they should stop digging

:18:12. > :18:17.now, the government, and come clean. Appreciate your time on track list

:18:18. > :18:22.this morning. And in an hour we will get the other side of the argument,

:18:23. > :18:22.from the Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith.

:18:23. > :18:25.And, as we have been hearing, the Supreme Court is expected

:18:26. > :18:27.to deliver its judgement around 9:30am this morning.

:18:28. > :18:30.You can follow it live on the BBC News Channel,

:18:31. > :18:33.and keep up to date with the latest developments on BBC News online.

:18:34. > :18:36.Here is Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:18:37. > :18:42.We know that flights are cancelled at Heathrow. Good morning to you. We

:18:43. > :18:46.have got some fog around this morning, some dense, patchy,

:18:47. > :18:50.freezing fog, causing some travel disruption and you can find out what

:18:51. > :18:54.is happening where you are on your BBC local radio station. It is

:18:55. > :18:58.fairly patchy so we are not all seeing it. At my house it was really

:18:59. > :19:03.dense but onto the M4 there was not much around, and we ran into more

:19:04. > :19:07.later on. Quite a lot of patchy fog around as we push over towards the

:19:08. > :19:12.south-west. Here it is misty rather than foggy and a cold and frosty

:19:13. > :19:18.start. For Wales, a cold start away from the west. Patchy had sent

:19:19. > :19:21.pieces of fog, a from close by so it is cloudy with the odd spot of

:19:22. > :19:26.drizzle but for Northern Ireland one thing you will notice is a much

:19:27. > :19:29.milder start to the day that it was yesterday. Fairly cloudy. Across

:19:30. > :19:32.Scotland a similar story. Milder start with a weak weather front

:19:33. > :19:36.producing patchy rain and drizzle and as we head back into the

:19:37. > :19:41.north-east England, around the Vale of York, for example, we do have

:19:42. > :19:44.some patchy fog. Rather like yesterday, some of this fault will

:19:45. > :19:49.lift quite badly, some of it believed only in the low cloud and

:19:50. > :19:52.some of it will not clear at all. If you are stuck in an area where the

:19:53. > :19:56.fog doesn't lift, temperatures will struggle to break freezing but out

:19:57. > :20:01.towards the west, under the cloud, temperatures on the mild side, ten

:20:02. > :20:04.or 11. As we push towards Central and eastern areas, despite the fact

:20:05. > :20:09.there will be some sunshine, we are looking at a chilly six or seven. It

:20:10. > :20:13.sinks into northern England and north Wales, producing again some

:20:14. > :20:16.patchy rain and drizzle. Through the evening and overnight the wind

:20:17. > :20:21.strengthens towards the west. There will be quite a lot of cloud around,

:20:22. > :20:26.patchy fog, some drizzly bits and pieces as well so no problems with

:20:27. > :20:32.frost. As we push towards Wales and the west once again, it will be a

:20:33. > :20:35.cold night, some pockets of frost but also some pockets of freezing

:20:36. > :20:39.fog. Down towards Dorset and all points south-east. Tomorrow morning

:20:40. > :20:43.you will find that fog does exactly what it has been doing the last few

:20:44. > :20:47.days. Some of it will clear quite readily, some of it will turn the

:20:48. > :20:51.low cloud and some of it will stick. For most it will be a dry day. We

:20:52. > :20:55.will see some sunshine towards the central swathes of the UK but

:20:56. > :20:57.another weather front towards the north-west will already be bringing

:20:58. > :21:01.in some rain by mid-afternoon. Temperatures again in the west

:21:02. > :21:05.higher than they are likely to be in the east, where it will still feel

:21:06. > :21:09.cold. As we move from Wednesday into Thursday, watch how the isobars via

:21:10. > :21:13.towards more of a south-easterly. The weather front knocking on the

:21:14. > :21:17.doors of Northern Ireland, bringing some rain. The wind direction is

:21:18. > :21:21.salient because it will start to drag on some of that cold,

:21:22. > :21:25.Continental air. So although on Thursday it will be a dry day for

:21:26. > :21:29.most of the UK, it will be a fine day when we could see some sunshine.

:21:30. > :21:33.Strongest winds towards the west. It will feel cold. This is what your

:21:34. > :21:38.thermometer will save between 1am and 7am, but this is what it will

:21:39. > :21:42.feel like if you are exposed to the wind, so -5, for example, in

:21:43. > :21:44.Newcastle, because of the wind chill. So you need to wrap up

:21:45. > :21:45.warmly. Her two children were killed

:21:46. > :21:52.in a house fire, started Claire had warned the authorities

:21:53. > :21:56.that their father posed a danger, but he was still allowed

:21:57. > :21:59.unsupervised access to them under Later today, she will deliver

:22:00. > :22:03.a petition urging the Government to change the way courts

:22:04. > :22:19.handle cases such as hers. Good morning to you. Thank you very

:22:20. > :22:24.much for coming back. I know we talk to you about it a year ago. Remind

:22:25. > :22:29.us, for viewers who don't remember, what happened to your two young

:22:30. > :22:32.boys. They were on an access visit to their father and in the two hours

:22:33. > :22:37.when he was having them he barricaded the house and set 14

:22:38. > :22:41.separate fires and trapped the boys in the Attic upstairs. Jack tried to

:22:42. > :22:50.get out and save his brother, unfortunately he fell through the

:22:51. > :22:54.hatch, and he was 56% burnt. So Paul died two hours later in my arms, and

:22:55. > :23:00.Jack died five days later in Manchester. It is a brutal and

:23:01. > :23:04.terrible story. I know we have heard it before but hearing it again, it

:23:05. > :23:07.doesn't change the facts of the case. How much have you flagged up

:23:08. > :23:12.your concerns about your ex-husband with the authorities? I have elected

:23:13. > :23:17.up with everybody, social services, the police, they all knew. The judge

:23:18. > :23:21.was aware as well. It is actually in my court case that I said I thought

:23:22. > :23:28.he would either kill or significant harm the boys. He was on the edge.

:23:29. > :23:33.He had threatened to commit suicide couple of earlier. And he just

:23:34. > :23:39.wasn't in the right place at the time to have safe contact with the

:23:40. > :23:46.two boys. In the organisation which represents children in Family Court

:23:47. > :23:50.cases, so what is it you hope to see changed? What needs to change is

:23:51. > :23:57.that children's voices need to be heard. It is all too easy in a

:23:58. > :24:03.complicated separation that the children's voices get lost somewhere

:24:04. > :24:07.down the process. But what we need to do is make sure children are at

:24:08. > :24:11.the heart of every decision made, and that they are allowed their

:24:12. > :24:16.voice. Jack never had his voice heard until he was in the fire and

:24:17. > :24:21.he said to the foam and my dad did this and he did it on purpose. The

:24:22. > :24:25.day that Jack was supposed to be having his interview was the day I

:24:26. > :24:28.held him in his arms as he died. That can't be allowed to happen.

:24:29. > :24:31.What we need to do is change the legislation and make family courts

:24:32. > :24:35.are safer process, both for the families and for the children that

:24:36. > :24:39.are currently going through separation. I'm sure all our viewers

:24:40. > :24:44.feel for you, as you describe your own story. Do you think it is right

:24:45. > :24:47.that, in principle, family courts try and make sure that both parents

:24:48. > :24:52.of easily get access to the children, that is the overriding

:24:53. > :24:56.principle, isn't it? Yet it is, and so it should be. There are lots of

:24:57. > :25:00.dads out there that are fantastic dads, and children should see both

:25:01. > :25:05.their parents. But there is a balance between people who love and

:25:06. > :25:10.care for the children, and people who just can't fit to have their

:25:11. > :25:13.children. And the children's voices must always be heard in those cases.

:25:14. > :25:20.Their wishes and feelings must be taken into account. I suppose when

:25:21. > :25:24.you go to Downing Street today, do you expect or hope for a kind of

:25:25. > :25:28.quick change, if they were to be changed? Because these things do

:25:29. > :25:34.take a while, don't they? They do. I mean, we've launched the campaign a

:25:35. > :25:38.year ago. The petition with 38 Degrees, and we got 38,000

:25:39. > :25:41.signatures, and hopefully the government will take this on board

:25:42. > :25:47.and move them through, as you say, as quickly as possible. Some changes

:25:48. > :25:52.are going through before June, the new cross questioning and practice

:25:53. > :25:56.direction should be changed quite soon, and hopefully on the back of

:25:57. > :26:05.that the Family Court system will change as they go along. Thank you.

:26:06. > :26:13.And a statement from them, which I'm sure you have heard before. Coffee

:26:14. > :26:17.-- Claire Throsell's case was tragic and we have written to her and

:26:18. > :26:20.listen to her concerns. We acknowledge the findings of the

:26:21. > :26:24.coroner and a serious case review that no agency had failed in its

:26:25. > :26:28.duty but accept that is always there are lessons to be learned from such

:26:29. > :26:30.terrible cases. Thank you again for coming in and talking to us this

:26:31. > :26:38.morning. Carol will tell you about the

:26:39. > :29:58.weather shortly, it is called for most of us.

:29:59. > :30:00.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:30:01. > :30:03.Now, though, it is back to Louise and Dan.

:30:04. > :30:11.Hello, this is Breakfast with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

:30:12. > :30:15.The Supreme Court will rule today on whether it's up to Parliament

:30:16. > :30:18.or the Government to start the process for exiting

:30:19. > :30:26.The government argues that ministers have the power to trigger

:30:27. > :30:30.But opponents say they need Parliament's approval

:30:31. > :30:32.The judgement is significant, as it goes

:30:33. > :30:36.to the heart of where power lies in the UK and could disrupt

:30:37. > :30:42.the Prime Minister's Brexit timetable.

:30:43. > :30:48.Earlier, Nick Clegg told the programme his party wants a

:30:49. > :30:55.referendum on any final Brexit deal. The Brexit campaign, Nigel Farage,

:30:56. > :31:00.Michael Gove, Boris Johnson, they make commitments like pots of money

:31:01. > :31:04.to the NHS and cuts to the VAT, things they have fallen silent on

:31:05. > :31:09.but they were articulate -- were not articulate about what it means. At

:31:10. > :31:13.the end of this process, much as it was kicked off by the British

:31:14. > :31:17.people, it should be signed off by the British people and not something

:31:18. > :31:19.for politicians to decide upon at the end of the process.

:31:20. > :31:22.And in around half an hour we'll speak to the Conservative MP

:31:23. > :31:25.We're hearing that approximately 100 flights have been cancelled

:31:26. > :31:29.The airport says that there is reduced visibility again today,

:31:30. > :31:32.and that passengers should check their flight status

:31:33. > :31:36.with their airline before setting off.

:31:37. > :31:39.Drivers caught driving well above the speed limit will face

:31:40. > :31:41.bigger fines after a review of the sentencing guidelines

:31:42. > :31:47.The changes will allow magistrates to impose much tougher

:31:48. > :31:49.penalties on drivers and are intended to make sure

:31:50. > :31:54.the punishment for speeding is a lot higher for the worst offenders.

:31:55. > :31:56.President Trump has announced that America will formally withdraw

:31:57. > :31:59.from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of the major pledges he made

:32:00. > :32:05.The trade deal involving a dozen countries was agreed by Barack

:32:06. > :32:11.President Trump has also cut funding for international groups that

:32:12. > :32:18.provide abortions, and has frozen the hiring of some federal workers.

:32:19. > :32:24.Flooding has caused billions of pounds of damage and ruined

:32:25. > :32:30.But the government still isn't doing enough to tackle the problem.

:32:31. > :32:33.That's according to a committee of MPs who have criticised

:32:34. > :32:35.the government for a lack of action two months

:32:36. > :32:43.The government says its plans will help protect 300,000 homes.

:32:44. > :32:48.The citizens of this country want to see the government to protect them

:32:49. > :32:51.against flooding. We have made recommendations and it is their

:32:52. > :32:56.responsibility to protect its citizens and as far as we are

:32:57. > :32:58.concerned, it is not adequately done that so far and explained how it is

:32:59. > :33:01.going to do it. after an explosion at a block

:33:02. > :33:06.of flats in East London Monday. Four people were taken to hospital

:33:07. > :33:09.and 25 people had to be rescued from the partially collapsed

:33:10. > :33:11.building in Hornchurch. Transport for London said debris had

:33:12. > :33:14.been scattered across nearby roads. The cause of the explosion

:33:15. > :33:17.is not yet known. The nominations for this

:33:18. > :33:19.year's Academy Awards Critics have tipped modern musical

:33:20. > :33:23.romance La La Land as a frontrunner. It's expected to face stiff

:33:24. > :33:26.competition from brooding domestic drama Manchester By The Sea starring

:33:27. > :33:29.Casey Affleck and also from Moonlight, a coming of age

:33:30. > :33:58.drama set in drug-torn Miami. Our Colin will be here on the sofa

:33:59. > :34:11.later on. Sally is here now. There is Bernie Ecclestone. He is chairman

:34:12. > :34:20.emeritus. Bernie, I've looked up the job title. Chairman emeritus means

:34:21. > :34:20.you are the honorary boss. Liberty needy

:34:21. > :34:25.Liberty Media have completed their ?6.4 billion takeover and made

:34:26. > :34:30.After 40 years running the sport, Bernie Ecclestone is no longer Chief

:34:31. > :34:34.Ross Brawn, former Mercedes team principal, has been appointed

:34:35. > :34:37.Double Olympic gold-medallist boxer Nicola Adams has turned

:34:38. > :34:42.At last year's Rio Games she became the first British boxer

:34:43. > :34:45.to successfully defend an Olympic title in nearly 100 years.

:34:46. > :34:49.I feel like I have achieved everything I wanted to achieve

:34:50. > :34:52.Commonwealth Games champion, double Olympic

:34:53. > :34:59.champion, number one, it's the best way to leave the sport.

:35:00. > :35:01.There are a lot of goals in the professional

:35:02. > :35:06.Becoming a world champion and European champion.

:35:07. > :35:10.So many goals to achieve in the professional ranks.

:35:11. > :35:13.James Haskell's hopes of playing in England's Six Nations opener

:35:14. > :35:15.against France have been dealt a blow.

:35:16. > :35:18.He's not joined the squad at their training camp in portugal,

:35:19. > :35:21.despite making his comeback in Wasps' Champions Cup win

:35:22. > :35:25.He had been out for six months with a foot injury.

:35:26. > :35:30.England play france on February fourth.

:35:31. > :35:35.The Wales back row Sam Warburton says not being national captain

:35:36. > :35:37.will help make him a hungrier player.

:35:38. > :35:43.Warburton led Wales for nearly six years but has handed the armband

:35:44. > :35:47.The Cardiff Blues player's in the squad for Wales' opening game

:35:48. > :35:50.against Italy but knows he's got competition for his place

:35:51. > :35:59.I want to have those nerves whether I do not know if I am in the

:36:00. > :36:03.starting 15 because that is what drives me every day. You are

:36:04. > :36:08.training at home, you are a professional. You want to play for

:36:09. > :36:10.Wales. That is why think it will make me more hungry and not to have

:36:11. > :36:28.the captaincy. Andy Murray's unlikely to play in

:36:29. > :36:31.Great Britain's Davis Cup tie in Canada next week - according to his

:36:32. > :36:46.captain Leon Smith. The provisional team will be announced later today.

:36:47. > :36:49.Murray was knocked out of the Australian Open by Mischa Zverev who

:36:50. > :36:53.plays Roger Federer in the last eight this morning. In the women's

:36:54. > :36:54.draw, Venus Williams is through to the semi-finals after beating

:36:55. > :36:56.Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets earlier.

:36:57. > :37:02.England women are in action later today. They take on Sweden in a

:37:03. > :37:04.friendly in Spain. It's all part of the preparations for this summer's

:37:05. > :37:08.European Championship. Will not be as ready as we can be right now. I

:37:09. > :37:09.feel very sorry to Jordan right there.

:37:10. > :37:15.She was obviously standing under a shadow. Maybe they like the view

:37:16. > :37:26.because it is such a beautiful place to beat. What she is saying makes

:37:27. > :37:30.perfect sense. World number two Rory McIlroy has pulled out of the Dubai

:37:31. > :37:31.Desert Classic as he recovers from a rib injury. He

:37:32. > :37:37.missed the Aberdovey championship last weekend. Ryan Mason have

:37:38. > :37:42.thanked well-wishers for their support after what they described as

:37:43. > :37:45.a dramatic row was. The whole city midfielder underwent surgery after

:37:46. > :37:48.sustaining a fractured skull at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. He was

:37:49. > :37:53.injured in a clash of heads with Chelsea defender Gary Kay Hill. He

:37:54. > :37:58.was carried off after eight or nine minutes. He is conscious and talking

:37:59. > :38:05.and has had visitors as well. Gary Kay Hel has been in to see him. The

:38:06. > :38:09.really good news is, he was in theatre just one hour after it

:38:10. > :38:14.happened. Those pictures we saw of him being carried off one-hour

:38:15. > :38:19.afterwards. It is the best possible care. Great to see it. Good news.

:38:20. > :38:31.Fingers crossed. Are your kids happy? I think so. My favourite

:38:32. > :38:38.phrase at home is, I am doing my best! I am just doing my best. The

:38:39. > :38:42.reason they ask you that is because... I might move to the

:38:43. > :38:46.Netherlands. Some of the happy as children are apparently raised in

:38:47. > :38:52.the Netherlands according to UNICEF study. What we want to know is what

:38:53. > :39:02.is the secret of the Dutch success story. To mothers who live there

:39:03. > :39:05.have written a book to find out. Our correspondent, Anna Holligan has

:39:06. > :39:07.been to meet them and to see what happens when you place children at

:39:08. > :39:11.the centre of society. This doesn't take much,

:39:12. > :39:13.according to the Dutch. They have got the most contented

:39:14. > :39:16.babies, the happiest kids and, as adults, the best

:39:17. > :39:18.work-life balance. They place a high value on family

:39:19. > :39:22.life, and on communication And so part of eating together

:39:23. > :39:27.is about talking together. And the Dutch scored the highest

:39:28. > :39:30.on children who ate breakfast before they went to school,

:39:31. > :39:33.and that sets them up for the day. So at the end of the day it doesn't

:39:34. > :39:37.matter if it's chocolate. Chocolate sprinkles clearly

:39:38. > :39:38.contradict the healthy eating advice, and yet Dutch kids have some

:39:39. > :39:42.of the lowest obesity rates, which may be linked to the fact that

:39:43. > :39:45.so many cycle to school. But, as you can see,

:39:46. > :39:48.bikes and cars have separate lanes, so parents don't have the same

:39:49. > :39:51.worries about sending kids out And, when they get to school,

:39:52. > :39:55.Dutch pupils don't face academic pressure, things like tests

:39:56. > :39:58.and homework, until much later. When there's not so much pressure,

:39:59. > :40:01.children start school by a positive way, by enjoying it,

:40:02. > :40:04.by feeling this is something nice to do, and I think that

:40:05. > :40:07.lasts your whole life. And that is backed up

:40:08. > :40:11.by the Unicef statistics, which suggests these children

:40:12. > :40:14.are more likely to go on to further education than their

:40:15. > :40:16.British counterparts. You will see lots of fathers

:40:17. > :40:19.at the school gates. The Dutch government legislates

:40:20. > :40:27.for unpaid "daddy days," which encourage families

:40:28. > :40:29.to share the childcare. And plus, we always read

:40:30. > :40:40.in all of these books, right, that they

:40:41. > :40:42.should play outside. So I'm happy that it's

:40:43. > :40:44.part of our culture, that they're expected

:40:45. > :40:47.to be out and playing. Is it because, in the

:40:48. > :40:49.Netherlands, it is safer? We can't send kids out to parks

:40:50. > :40:52.in London or the heart In a sense, you have

:40:53. > :40:57.to trust your own society, right? Back-to-basics parenting

:40:58. > :40:59.is what it's all about. And the byproduct of giving kids

:41:00. > :41:04.greater independence - At least, when they're

:41:05. > :41:10.a little older. Head due west from here,

:41:11. > :41:13.and you'll reach Essex. The UK may be geographically close,

:41:14. > :41:16.but there are of course fundamental differences between our societies,

:41:17. > :41:19.and not all of the lessons from here can simply be

:41:20. > :41:36.exported over there. That was Anna Holligan reporting

:41:37. > :41:46.with the help of her six month old baby Zena. So how practical would it

:41:47. > :41:54.be for children to be raised the Dutch way? Thank you very much feel

:41:55. > :41:57.time. Wendy, the Dutch system, parents would be thinking, that

:41:58. > :42:03.would be lovely but in this country, we are far down another road, too

:42:04. > :42:08.far to reverse? I don't think so. It is all about the priorities be set.

:42:09. > :42:13.It think it is really simple. It is what makes a good life so in

:42:14. > :42:17.Holland, success is all about self-worth and confidence and

:42:18. > :42:21.independence and following your own interests and academic achievements

:42:22. > :42:25.are part of it but it's not the be all and end all. In the UK, we have

:42:26. > :42:31.made success all about academic achievement and it's actually only a

:42:32. > :42:34.small part of the equation. I personally think we can shift

:42:35. > :42:40.priorities and achieve something over here. I actually calling for

:42:41. > :42:45.the child to be at the centre of everything. It is possible to bring

:42:46. > :42:57.change. It may not be the -- it may not be easy. Your husband works full

:42:58. > :43:02.time, you work part-time. Is it practical? A lot of the ideas which

:43:03. > :43:08.are prevalent in the Netherlands, we had in the 70s. We all used to play

:43:09. > :43:16.out a lot. I'm not sure how we lost that. As a parent, we don't really

:43:17. > :43:22.let our children do an awful lot. We keep them in. I think in the

:43:23. > :43:29.Netherlands, they basically cycle everywhere, they have a lot more

:43:30. > :43:39.free time, they are not watched over all the time. We are scared to let

:43:40. > :43:43.them play out by themselves. I was in the Netherlands last year and you

:43:44. > :44:08.are right, everybody cycles everywhere. She had one strapped to

:44:09. > :44:21.her back. Are we overprotective we are so risk averse in this country.

:44:22. > :44:25.My mum could walk two miles. Your parents could go to the shops and

:44:26. > :44:28.within those kind of three generations, we are now in a

:44:29. > :44:32.situation where children are not even allowed out of their own back

:44:33. > :44:40.gate and we have to question why that is. Actually the most dangerous

:44:41. > :44:50.place is in their own homes. Especially in a row and bedrooms.

:44:51. > :44:58.Why have we created these restrictions? What about letting

:44:59. > :45:02.your children roam free? I have a nine-year-old, and she should be

:45:03. > :45:06.getting to the point where she should be able to walk to the shops.

:45:07. > :45:11.She hasn't yet. I have also got fired and sexy rolled and I think

:45:12. > :45:15.social services would be called if you let them play by themselves. We

:45:16. > :45:20.live near a busy road. I really would not like them out by

:45:21. > :45:24.themselves. We live in a gated development and when we moved there,

:45:25. > :45:32.I thought they could play on bikes and things. Is that you stopping

:45:33. > :45:41.them? No, it's me. I don't know why. It is just the way we are.

:45:42. > :45:47.And the focus on academics, it is quite difficult if you don't agree

:45:48. > :45:51.with that to get out of the system. Do you think that is the case? They

:45:52. > :45:55.call it in the book rat race childhood. I think this rush to get

:45:56. > :45:59.children into learning, I mean, there is actually no evidence to

:46:00. > :46:03.show that getting children learning earlier has better results later on.

:46:04. > :46:09.That is the weird thing. Rushing children into formal learning early

:46:10. > :46:13.can actually be detrimental. Most other countries, 90% of countries in

:46:14. > :46:18.the world, start their children in formal learning at school at six or

:46:19. > :46:21.seven, and they give them structured play in the interim. Actually they

:46:22. > :46:26.achieve more later on. We have kind of got it the wrong way around and

:46:27. > :46:29.we are putting huge pressure on parents and children which isn't

:46:30. > :46:35.justified and doesn't make them happy, healthy people. So many

:46:36. > :46:41.people getting in touch, thank you very much for your time. Lots of

:46:42. > :46:48.feedback, Jones says you are supposed to be a parent, stop

:46:49. > :46:51.pandering to them. Matt says maybe if parents took interest in their

:46:52. > :46:56.children they would be happier. Max says children should be having good,

:46:57. > :46:59.old-fashioned fun. Just turning the television off at the weekend,

:47:00. > :47:07.playing a board game or card game can help relax a busy family after a

:47:08. > :47:11.week. And Jones says cut the working week for parents, like in Australia.

:47:12. > :47:14.The first "very high" pollution alert has been issued for London

:47:15. > :47:17.by the city's Mayor, under a new system that warns people

:47:18. > :47:30.And the sky looks magnificent. Very different to what we were looking at

:47:31. > :47:34.yesterday with all that fog. That's right, a beautiful start to the day

:47:35. > :47:39.out here but we were talking air pollution. I need to talk to the

:47:40. > :47:44.expert, Andrew grieve. What are the air pollution levels like today?

:47:45. > :47:47.Yesterday we had very high pollution levels in the south-east but also

:47:48. > :47:51.very high levels across England as well. They have dropped a little

:47:52. > :47:56.overnight at as rush-hour starts we are starting to see those levels

:47:57. > :48:01.climb back up again. What is causing this? We have had this high-pressure

:48:02. > :48:06.system for over a week, very cold, calm, still conditions, which has

:48:07. > :48:11.allowed the pollution levels to build-up. Are their health risks

:48:12. > :48:17.attached to this? Yes, there was a big study done into

:48:18. > :48:21.the 2014 episode, when we were last here, which found there was a

:48:22. > :48:24.doubling in the rise of hospital admissions for respiratory and

:48:25. > :48:30.cardiovascular events, and these episodes always perfect the very

:48:31. > :48:34.young and the very elderly. So in France, in Paris, they are doing

:48:35. > :48:39.something with cars about this, giving one car access and one can't

:48:40. > :48:44.not, is that right? Yes, and in Madrid as well. They start to

:48:45. > :48:48.restrict traffic, who can come in, starting to make public transport

:48:49. > :48:53.free as well. That is something we can consider in the UK as well. I

:48:54. > :48:59.will let you go and grab a cup of tea but here in London, as then

:49:00. > :49:03.said, there is dense fog around this morning so if you are travelling, do

:49:04. > :49:08.bear that in mind. It is patchy, dense fog but a lot of it is

:49:09. > :49:13.freezing as well, and especially across parts of England and also

:49:14. > :49:18.Wales. If we start the forecast at 9am, you can see that we do have a

:49:19. > :49:23.fair bit of fog around. It may lead to some travel disruption. It has

:49:24. > :49:27.already, a lot of planes cancelled, a lot of flights out of Heathrow.

:49:28. > :49:31.Through the morning we will see an improvement in the fog, but still at

:49:32. > :49:34.the moment we have got that. As we travel further north into northern

:49:35. > :49:39.England, there is some fog across the Vale of York, for example, but

:49:40. > :49:42.as we sweep over towards Wales and Northern Ireland there is a fair bit

:49:43. > :49:46.of cloud around and for Northern Ireland and Scotland a much milder

:49:47. > :49:49.start to the day. In Scotland a weak weather front is producing some

:49:50. > :49:54.patchy, light rain and drizzle, some of that getting of the north-west of

:49:55. > :49:58.England. Through the day we see an improvement in the fog. Like

:49:59. > :50:02.yesterday, some of it will clear altogether, some of it will only

:50:03. > :50:06.lift into low cloud, and some of it will hang around. If you are in an

:50:07. > :50:09.area where the fog hangs around it will feel cold. Some of us will see

:50:10. > :50:13.some sunshine, with temperatures highest in the west and lowest in

:50:14. > :50:17.the east. Through the afternoon we will see some more light, patchy

:50:18. > :50:21.rain and drizzle getting down in the north-west England and north Wales.

:50:22. > :50:25.Through the evening and overnight in the north and west there will be

:50:26. > :50:30.more cloud. We're looking at breezy conditions so no problem with frost

:50:31. > :50:34.here, but particularly if you take a loan from the wash down towards

:50:35. > :50:39.Dorset and points south-east, it will be cold. Once again we will see

:50:40. > :50:46.some fog forming, patchy, freezing fog. Tomorrow, rather like today, it

:50:47. > :50:49.will be slow to lift. That will depress the temperature but moving

:50:50. > :50:53.away from that we will have some drier and brighter conditions. Windy

:50:54. > :50:56.out towards the west and we will see the arrival of a weather front

:50:57. > :51:02.coming in across north-west Scotland. So again, Norwich only

:51:03. > :51:07.four but ten or 11 as we push on the western areas. By the time we get to

:51:08. > :51:11.Thursday, any fog which has formed will tend to lift. By Thursday will

:51:12. > :51:16.be pulling in some cold continental air. Despite the fact that you can

:51:17. > :51:20.see the temperatures between one and seven on the charts it will feel

:51:21. > :51:24.much colder than that when you add on the strength of the winds. For

:51:25. > :51:28.example, in Newcastle, despite the temperatures you can see that, it

:51:29. > :51:32.will feel more like -5. Out towards the west weather front waiting in

:51:33. > :51:35.the winds will be coming our way as a weakening feature during the

:51:36. > :51:40.course of Friday. It looks very much now like by the end of the week we

:51:41. > :51:47.should lose our problems with fog and it will turn that bit milder.

:51:48. > :51:54.Thank you very much, it does look rather lovely this morning. A

:51:55. > :51:59.beautiful sunrise. And you will leave it to me, as there is the

:52:00. > :52:04.wonderful smell of coffee in the studio. And it could cost more,

:52:05. > :52:06.which is not making us particular happy.

:52:07. > :52:08.Your morning coffee could soon cost you more.

:52:09. > :52:11.It is because of a poor harvest and the weak pound.

:52:12. > :52:13.It has prompted Nestle, that makes Nescafe,

:52:14. > :52:15.to raise its prices, and others could soon follow.

:52:16. > :52:19.It could mean rises of up to 30% for some coffee.

:52:20. > :52:21.Simon Bower is managing director of Sheffield-based wholesalers

:52:22. > :52:44.Nice to see you, good morning. Good morning. Let's talk about what is

:52:45. > :52:50.driving this. It is the weaker pound, but also poor harvest. It is

:52:51. > :52:58.a bit of a perfect storm, isn't it? The real story is this is the post

:52:59. > :53:02.Brexit drop in the exchange rate. Coffee is traded and shipped in

:53:03. > :53:06.dollars and we have to buy it in pounds, about 17% more and if you

:53:07. > :53:11.look at what the industry is doing, Nestle had a 14% price rise, and

:53:12. > :53:17.that is all explainable by the exchange. There is a little bit of

:53:18. > :53:22.fundamental news, not an awful lot. There have been a few weaker

:53:23. > :53:28.harvests in East Africa. But fundamentally this is about

:53:29. > :53:33.exchange. When it comes to demand and supply we have seen demands in

:53:34. > :53:37.many countries which traditionally were not coffee drinkers, so that

:53:38. > :53:43.means demand goes up as well. China, one of the legacy elements of the

:53:44. > :53:47.Beijing Games is that China is a huge consumer of coffee whereas

:53:48. > :53:54.before it was on. India is now a net consumer. Brazil consumes all the

:53:55. > :53:58.lower grade coffee that it can grow. The coffee consumption patterns are

:53:59. > :54:02.changing and with that there is a bit of supply chains as well.

:54:03. > :54:07.Climate change having an effect on countries like Honduras, which are

:54:08. > :54:10.planting millions of hectares of coffee and producing some really

:54:11. > :54:15.good coffee, it is becoming a serious part of their economy. We

:54:16. > :54:21.have had parts of East Africa, Brazil, they are sort of balancing

:54:22. > :54:28.out. It reminds us how global trade is, especially when it comes to

:54:29. > :54:34.coffee, and it is affected by conditions all over the world. We

:54:35. > :54:43.are bang in the middle, coffee trading at $1.55. In the last four

:54:44. > :54:50.years it has between $1.20 and $2.05. We are bang in the middle.

:54:51. > :54:55.Last time I was here when all of the concerns with the stock markets were

:54:56. > :55:02.around, investors were piling out of stocks and shares and into coffee.

:55:03. > :55:10.That is not happening so much this year. And like gold, like oil, like

:55:11. > :55:17.everything else, you buy coffee. And they don't take delivery of it. So

:55:18. > :55:22.people going down to their local coffee shop, how much more will it

:55:23. > :55:27.cost? Taking a morning coffee or cappuccino, if the price of coffee

:55:28. > :55:31.doubled and was passed on all the way down the line, you are looking

:55:32. > :55:36.at between 3p and 7p increase in your cup. Many people will still say

:55:37. > :55:40.it is worth it for that morning caffeine fix. Nice to see you, thank

:55:41. > :55:46.you very much for that. I will keep the smell over this end of the

:55:47. > :55:56.studio. I note damned hate the smell of coffee, -- I know Dan hates the

:55:57. > :56:00.smell of coffee. Something else, as well as coffee and bringing up of

:56:01. > :56:03.children, something else very much exercising of this morning is

:56:04. > :56:09.cycling and whether you should or shouldn't do it on the pavement. One

:56:10. > :56:12.police force will be, if they see cyclists on the pavement, instead of

:56:13. > :56:17.giving them find they will ask them why, so maybe they can change. Clare

:56:18. > :56:21.says as a dog walker and pedestrian, bikes on pavements are a huge

:56:22. > :56:28.problem. The worst thing is meant on bikes with safety gear and helmets

:56:29. > :56:33.hammering on without a bell. And pedestrians don't like us on the

:56:34. > :56:36.footpath is, we can't really win. We were looking at the Netherlands

:56:37. > :00:07.where they seem to have separate cycleways, possibly why lots of

:00:08. > :00:09.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

:00:10. > :00:12.Judgment day as the Supreme Court decides who has the power

:00:13. > :00:15.Downing Street says the Government should be allowed to start

:00:16. > :00:18.But campaigners who've brought the case

:00:19. > :00:33.I will be live at the Supreme Court were 11 senior judges will deliver

:00:34. > :00:40.their verdict at 9:30, a judgment which will shake the whole process

:00:41. > :00:49.of Britain's departure from the European Union.

:00:50. > :00:53.Good morning, it's Tuesday 24th January.

:00:54. > :00:56.Also this morning, tougher penalties are on their way for drivers

:00:57. > :01:04.Liberty Media complete their ?6.4 billion takeover of Formula One

:01:05. > :01:08.and remove Bernie Ecclestone as chief executive,

:01:09. > :01:12.ending his 40-year reign in charge of the sport.

:01:13. > :01:15.The cost of your cappuccino is on the up.

:01:16. > :01:17.Coffee drinkers face big price rises

:01:18. > :01:20.because of bad weather, poor harvests and a weak pound.

:01:21. > :01:24.I'll look at what it means for our morning caffeine fix.

:01:25. > :01:31.and this murmaration of starlings is one of the stars of the show.

:01:32. > :01:33.Before nine, we'll join Michaela Strachan and Chris Packham

:01:34. > :01:39.And is it ever acceptable to cycle on the pavement?

:01:40. > :01:42.We'll speak to a police officer who's pedalling

:01:43. > :01:47.a new approach to the problem, and we'll find out what you think.

:01:48. > :01:57.Good morning from the roof of Broadcasting House in London, a cold

:01:58. > :02:02.start of the day across England and Wales, some pockets of frost, some

:02:03. > :02:06.dense freezing fog, most will it, some of us will see sunshine. For

:02:07. > :02:10.Scotland and Northern Ireland, much milder, a lot of clout, patchy rain,

:02:11. > :02:13.but we will see sunshine in places through the day. More details in 15

:02:14. > :02:17.minutes. A lovely sunrise as well!

:02:18. > :02:19.Good morning. First, our main story.

:02:20. > :02:23.The Supreme Court will rule today on whether it's up to Parliament

:02:24. > :02:25.or the Government to start the process for exiting

:02:26. > :02:28.The Government argues that ministers have the power to trigger

:02:29. > :02:31.But opponents say they need Parliament's approval

:02:32. > :02:37.as our political correspondent Chris Mason reports.

:02:38. > :02:42.The European Union ignites strong passions.

:02:43. > :02:44.Almost seven weeks ago, protesters gathered outside

:02:45. > :02:48.the Supreme Court as the 11 most senior judges

:02:49. > :02:58.Hour after hour of dense legal argument followed

:02:59. > :03:04.Is it behind the door here in Downing Street?

:03:05. > :03:15.The Prime Minister says she can start the UK's divorce from the EU

:03:16. > :03:17.herself, but campaigners, led by the businesswoman

:03:18. > :03:22.Gina Miller, says MPs and peers have to have a say first.

:03:23. > :03:26.This morning, we will find out who has won.

:03:27. > :03:28.If the Government loses, they will also lose complete control

:03:29. > :03:31.of the timetable for starting the process of leaving

:03:32. > :03:35.It will have to rush its plan through Parliament

:03:36. > :03:41.Today is not about whether Brexit should or will happen

:03:42. > :03:50.That is why it matters, and that is why there was a lot

:03:51. > :03:59.of interest here in what the judges had to say.

:04:00. > :04:04.Let's speak to our political correspondent Carole Walker,

:04:05. > :04:06.who is outside the Supreme Court this morning.

:04:07. > :04:12.Chris was talking about both sides of the adamant, any indication as to

:04:13. > :04:17.what might be announced this morning? Well, we won't know for

:04:18. > :04:22.certain until we get that judgment at 9:30, key figures including the

:04:23. > :04:27.Attorney General have arrived here in the last few minutes, but the

:04:28. > :04:31.expectation in government circles, and amongst legal analysts, is that

:04:32. > :04:34.the judgment will go against the Government, will essentially say

:04:35. > :04:40.that the Prime Minister has to get the consent of Parliament before she

:04:41. > :04:44.can trigger Article 50 to start that formal negotiation over the process

:04:45. > :04:48.of Brexit. And Theresa May has made it clear she wants to do that by the

:04:49. > :04:52.end of March. We don't think that I'd peers or MPs will try to block

:04:53. > :04:58.Brexit, but what is clear is that the opposition parties will try to

:04:59. > :05:03.amend any bill that goes through Parliament. And we heard earlier,

:05:04. > :05:09.here on Breakfast, from former Lib Dem leader Nikolay, who made it

:05:10. > :05:13.clear what they would try to do. -- Nick Clegg. The Brexit campaign,

:05:14. > :05:18.Michael Gove, Boris Johnson, they made commitments about pots of money

:05:19. > :05:22.for the NHS every week, cuts for VAT, things they have now fallen

:05:23. > :05:27.silent on. But they went articulate about what the deal actually means,

:05:28. > :05:30.so I think it is reasonable to say, much as it was kicked off by the

:05:31. > :05:34.British people, it should also be signed off by the British people,

:05:35. > :05:43.not just a thing for politicians to decide at the end of the process. We

:05:44. > :05:45.know the Labour Party will also try to amend any legislation as it goes

:05:46. > :05:50.through. I should say that one other important issue in the judgment is

:05:51. > :05:54.how much the Government needs to consult the devolved nations.

:05:55. > :05:58.Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland - Scotland wants to remain in the

:05:59. > :06:03.single market, in Northern Ireland we are still awaiting elections for

:06:04. > :06:07.a new government, so that could complicate the whole process. Thank

:06:08. > :06:12.you, Carol, some interesting art behind you as well!

:06:13. > :06:14.And in ten minutes, we'll speak to the Conservative

:06:15. > :06:15.MP Iain Duncan Smith. That's at 8:10am.

:06:16. > :06:18.President Trump has announced that America will formally withdraw

:06:19. > :06:22.one of the major pledges he made during the election campaign.

:06:23. > :06:25.The trade deal involving a dozen countries

:06:26. > :06:30.for international groups that provide abortions,

:06:31. > :06:37.and has frozen the hiring of some federal workers.

:06:38. > :06:39.Drivers caught driving well above the speed limit

:06:40. > :06:41.will face bigger fines after a review

:06:42. > :06:43.of the sentencing guidelines for courts in England and Wales.

:06:44. > :06:45.The changes will allow magistrates to impose much tougher penalties

:06:46. > :06:52.on drivers and are intended to make sure the punishment

:06:53. > :06:55.for speeding is a lot higher for the worst offenders.

:06:56. > :07:00.Thousands of motorists are fined for speeding

:07:01. > :07:04.After hearing concerns from road-safety campaigners,

:07:05. > :07:09.that the current system isn't good enough.

:07:10. > :07:11.As a result, fines will be increased by 50%

:07:12. > :07:17.for the most serious speeding offences.

:07:18. > :07:22.The current limit for a speeding fine is 100% of the driver's

:07:23. > :07:29.weekly wage, up to ?1000 or ?2500 if they are caught on the motorway,

:07:30. > :07:31.but when the new guidelines come into force on the 24th of April,

:07:32. > :07:35.drivers caught well above the speed limit can expect a fine

:07:36. > :07:38.of one and a half times their weekly income.

:07:39. > :07:44.that means someone driving at 51 miles per hour.

:07:45. > :07:47.When the limit is 70, like on a motorway,

:07:48. > :07:50.that means travelling at 101 miles per hour,

:07:51. > :07:53.but the upper limits of the fines still remain the same,

:07:54. > :08:02.were fined for speeding offences in England and Wales.

:08:03. > :08:21.Another change concerns people who don't have a TV licence.

:08:22. > :08:23.Thousands are fined, but magistrates will now be able to impose

:08:24. > :08:25.a non-financial penalty, a conditional discharge in cases

:08:26. > :08:31.where people have made significant efforts to pay the fee.

:08:32. > :08:36.We are hearing this morning that approximately 100 flights have been

:08:37. > :08:41.cancelled at Heathrow due to the fog, the airport says there is

:08:42. > :08:44.reduced visibility again today, and if you are travelling, passengers

:08:45. > :08:49.should check their flight status with their airline before they set

:08:50. > :08:53.off. The unmistakable smell of coffee is

:08:54. > :08:59.wafting in, Ben has been throwing his beans all around the place.

:09:00. > :09:05.There are worse things to smell of! We are talking about the price.

:09:06. > :09:13.The price of coffee beans has risen, partly due to the weak pound, it is

:09:14. > :09:17.normally priced in dollars, so a fall in the value of the pound means

:09:18. > :09:21.it is more expensive. And it also means that transport and fuel costs,

:09:22. > :09:27.everything that gets it from the field to the coffee shop, that is

:09:28. > :09:31.going up by about 30%. It is also because of weak harvest in countries

:09:32. > :09:37.where it is grown, particularly Kenya, but also Brazil, so demand is

:09:38. > :09:41.rising, supply has been falling. But it is interesting, I have been

:09:42. > :09:45.speaking to guests this morning, two other things at play, global demand

:09:46. > :09:49.has gone up, China has become a copy thinking nation for the first time,

:09:50. > :09:54.a legacy from the Olympic Games, they suddenly have a taste for it

:09:55. > :09:58.now. Other countries are producing more, so this is very much a

:09:59. > :10:02.cyclical thing. The thing that matters to me and Louise, and not

:10:03. > :10:06.you! I can appreciate your needs!

:10:07. > :10:13.It is about how much it will cost us, it could be about 10p, between

:10:14. > :10:17.5-10p on a couple of coffee. If you add up three and a every

:10:18. > :10:24.single day, it is a big difference. I would like to see you without your

:10:25. > :10:28.morning coffee! No, you would not like to see it!

:10:29. > :10:32.Ben, thank you. The nominations for this year's

:10:33. > :10:34.Academy Awards Critics have tipped

:10:35. > :10:36.the modern musical romance, It's expected to face stiff

:10:37. > :10:41.competition from the domestic drama Manchester By The Sea

:10:42. > :10:44.and also from Moonlight, a coming of age drama set

:10:45. > :10:53.in drug-torn Miami. The Supreme Court will rule later

:10:54. > :10:56.whether Parliament or Ministers have the power to begin the process

:10:57. > :11:02.of leaving the EU. We've been promised a red,

:11:03. > :11:04.white and blue Brexit. A clean break from

:11:05. > :11:05.European Union membership, But who has the power

:11:06. > :11:12.to fire the starting gun? The Government -

:11:13. > :11:13.Theresa May and her ministers? Or Parliament - the elected MPs

:11:14. > :11:16.in the Commons and their neighbours Both sides at court agreed

:11:17. > :11:20.that the case wasn't If the Government wins its case

:11:21. > :11:24.today, it will trigger Article 50 and begin the process

:11:25. > :11:27.by the end of March. If it loses, it may still try

:11:28. > :11:29.to meet that deadline, but will have to consult Parliament

:11:30. > :11:33.and will likely ask MPs and Lords Let's speak now

:11:34. > :11:40.to Iain Duncan Smith, who campaigned for

:11:41. > :11:42.Britain to leave the EU. He joins us now from our

:11:43. > :11:50.Westminster studio. Good morning to you, thanks for

:11:51. > :11:54.joining us. Which way do you think it will go today? Nobody knows. I

:11:55. > :12:00.was in government for six years as a Secretary of State, and innumerable

:12:01. > :12:04.cases ended up in the Supreme Court, and we were never able to tell which

:12:05. > :12:07.way they would go. Quite often we were surprised, and on a number of

:12:08. > :12:13.occasions we were told we have lost the case definitely, then we have

:12:14. > :12:16.found we had won. It really is a matter of utter secrecy, and they

:12:17. > :12:20.are not telling anybody, they haven't told the Government, so

:12:21. > :12:25.today will be a surprise to everybody, I suspect. Let's talk

:12:26. > :12:29.either that or he, if it did go against the Government, I am sure

:12:30. > :12:33.you are preparing for that, what is the immediate impact? Well,

:12:34. > :12:38.actually, there two levels of impact. The first is to do with

:12:39. > :12:42.triggering Article 50, and the second is, I think, that goes

:12:43. > :12:46.missing in these discussions, the wider constitutional implications of

:12:47. > :12:50.a clash between what essentially is the powers of Parliament and the

:12:51. > :12:54.powers of the Supreme Court, who is supreme in this matter. If we deal

:12:55. > :12:58.with the Europe is you, I don't think it will have a massive affect

:12:59. > :13:03.in terms of timings, because even if we had to put a bill through both

:13:04. > :13:08.houses, I am pretty certain it would be very simple, at most two clauses,

:13:09. > :13:12.and time would be allotted to get it through both houses. I suspect,

:13:13. > :13:18.without too much doubt, the Prime Minister will reach a deadline of

:13:19. > :13:20.triggering Article 50 by the end of March, and the opposition, and the

:13:21. > :13:26.majority of parliamentarians, have said they are not going to block it

:13:27. > :13:30.outright. The other is a bigger issue, which is this is a moment

:13:31. > :13:35.where even someone like Lord judge, who is no longer with us, but who

:13:36. > :13:39.was the Lord Chief Justice, has criticised in the past the Supreme

:13:40. > :13:44.Court, for straying into what he believed to be Parliament's

:13:45. > :13:48.position. It has generally been accepted that it is not the right of

:13:49. > :13:52.judges to tell Parliament how to go about its business, Parliament will

:13:53. > :13:56.decide that, whether they have acts of parliament, whether they call the

:13:57. > :13:59.Government to account. This is right on the edge of the Supreme Court

:14:00. > :14:03.telling parliament not just that they should, but how to do their

:14:04. > :14:06.business. The question will be, do they just support the High Court in

:14:07. > :14:12.saying Parliament should have a vote, or do they go further and say

:14:13. > :14:16.that Parliament has to enact legislation? That would be an

:14:17. > :14:21.enormous step into the territory marked the supremacy of Parliament.

:14:22. > :14:25.Are you saying that it might trigger a constitutional crisis in some

:14:26. > :14:29.ways? Well, I think it is already in that territory right now, in the

:14:30. > :14:33.sense that this is really the marginal debate about who is

:14:34. > :14:38.supreme. In our constitution, it has always been the case that the

:14:39. > :14:41.elected body is supreme, and the courts essentially assess what

:14:42. > :14:44.Parliament has decided and decide whether it is workable, whether

:14:45. > :14:49.changes need to be made, and they will tell Parliament if that is the

:14:50. > :14:54.case. Here is is where the debate exists, and if it wasn't about the

:14:55. > :14:58.European Union, I think it would be the more interesting debate, which

:14:59. > :15:03.is what is going to happen - you know, this is not just, have a vote,

:15:04. > :15:08.we did that before Christmas, and over 370 members of the House of

:15:09. > :15:11.Commons voted to trigger Article 50 in the timescale, so this is

:15:12. > :15:14.actually come and do they stray further than that and say, this is

:15:15. > :15:16.not good enough, in which case they are telling Parliament what to do,

:15:17. > :15:24.and it is a big issue. The Prime Minister is due to go to

:15:25. > :15:29.America later this week. We've heard President Trump say buy America,

:15:30. > :15:33.hire American, where does this leave the UK in trade negotiations?

:15:34. > :15:37.Actually I think that if you very carefully sift through what he,

:15:38. > :15:40.that's President Trump and his advisors are saying, I think you

:15:41. > :15:45.start to get a clearer picture about what he means. I think where the

:15:46. > :15:48.president is, concerned about what has happened, he thinks with various

:15:49. > :15:52.trade agreements where American companies have off shored a lot of

:15:53. > :15:56.production and that's left areas, swathes of the United States, I

:15:57. > :16:01.don't know if you go there much, but I have been to the Rust Belt

:16:02. > :16:04.territories where there is real problems, poverty, difficulty, high

:16:05. > :16:09.levels of unemployment. What's interesting at the moment, everyone

:16:10. > :16:13.goes on and on about how American unemployment has fallen to below 5%,

:16:14. > :16:18.that's true, but there is a bigger problem in the United States which

:16:19. > :16:24.we don't have, the proportion of those of working age who are working

:16:25. > :16:30.has not been lower since the Second World War. It is 68% or 69%, here in

:16:31. > :16:34.the UK we are at record high levels. There is a huge gap between the

:16:35. > :16:39.numbers who are of working age, in work and those who could be in work

:16:40. > :16:42.and that's the bit, I think, where the Trump admission is saying this

:16:43. > :16:47.isn't good enough. They have a point. So they will be looking at

:16:48. > :16:51.competition in terms of what they call the low wage economy. That's

:16:52. > :16:55.not really about the UK. The UK will be a natural fit for them in terms

:16:56. > :17:00.of trade and high-level financial services, a lot of high technology

:17:01. > :17:03.stuff. We compete at pretty much the same level. Iain Duncan Smith thank

:17:04. > :17:06.you very much for your time on Breakfast. As we have been talking

:17:07. > :17:11.about it all morning, the Supreme Court is expected to deliver its

:17:12. > :17:15.judgement. Nobody knows what it is at 9.30am. You can follow it live on

:17:16. > :17:20.the BBC News Channel and keep up-to-date with the latest

:17:21. > :17:25.developments on the BBC News Online. There will be repercussions either

:17:26. > :17:41.way. The first high pollution alert has

:17:42. > :17:48.been issued by London's mayor. Carol has the weather.

:17:49. > :17:52.It is rather cold. Some of us are starting off on a cold note

:17:53. > :17:55.particularly across England and Wales. In Scotland and Northern

:17:56. > :18:00.Ireland, you're milder. Yesterday morning the lowest temperature in

:18:01. > :18:04.Katesbridge was minus 7.1 Celsius. This morning, it was plus eight, so

:18:05. > :18:07.you'll notice a real difference. As well as the sunshine, some of us

:18:08. > :18:13.have got dense fog around this morning. Now, it is fairly patchy.

:18:14. > :18:16.Not all of us are seeing it, but if you run into it, you will know all

:18:17. > :18:19.about it. Like yesterday, it will take its time to lift. So it's

:18:20. > :18:22.already caution some travel disruption as we have heard at

:18:23. > :18:26.Heathrow Airport. It may cause further disruption perhaps on the

:18:27. > :18:31.roads and you can find out more about what's happening where you are

:18:32. > :18:36.on your BBC local radio station. At 9am you can see where we have got

:18:37. > :18:40.dense fog. It is patchy. Not all of us catching it and some of it is

:18:41. > :18:44.freezing fog. As we move further north, yes, there is patchy fog

:18:45. > :18:48.around the Vale of York, north-west England, we've got more cloud at

:18:49. > :18:52.times. For Northern Ireland, it is cloudy and mild. As we move into

:18:53. > :18:57.Scotland, here too, we've got some rain. Draped across some western

:18:58. > :19:00.areas around the Central Lowlands as well. As we go through the course of

:19:01. > :19:04.the day, the weather front producing the rain will slip further southment

:19:05. > :19:07.again patchy rain and drizzle getting in across the rest of

:19:08. > :19:11.north-west England and north-west Wales. The fog in the south will

:19:12. > :19:15.lift for some of us. For others, it will only lift into low cloud and if

:19:16. > :19:19.you're stuck under it and it doesn't shift, then it is going to feel cold

:19:20. > :19:23.with temperatures struggling to break freezing. But generally

:19:24. > :19:26.speaking, it's milder in the west. It's still cold as we drit over

:19:27. > :19:31.towards the central and eastern parts of the country. Now, through

:19:32. > :19:36.this evening, and overnight, well, we'll quite quickly see the winds

:19:37. > :19:41.strengthen and we've got rain, showing its hand across parts of the

:19:42. > :19:46.north-west. Whereas in the South East, you take a like from the Wash

:19:47. > :19:50.down towards Dorset, we're once again going to have patchy fog and

:19:51. > :19:54.some of that will be freezing. So take it easy if you're travelling

:19:55. > :19:57.first thing in the morning. Tomorrow rather like today with the fog, some

:19:58. > :20:02.of it will lift readily. Some of it will clear slowly. Some of it will

:20:03. > :20:06.lift into low cloud and some of it will stick. Tomorrow you've got a

:20:07. > :20:10.better chance of it clearing because we've got more of a south easterly

:20:11. > :20:14.breeze. Out towards the west, we've got the rain coming in as well and

:20:15. > :20:18.windy. By the time we get into Thursday, well, we really will have

:20:19. > :20:22.a noticeable wind out in the west. Some rain not too far away and once

:20:23. > :20:26.again, with the wind coming in from the near Continent which is cold,

:20:27. > :20:29.it's going to feel cold. Despite the fact that you can see temperatures

:20:30. > :20:32.around about one to seven Celsius, it will feel more like minus

:20:33. > :20:38.something depending on where you are and if we pick on Newcastle, it is

:20:39. > :20:40.one in Newcastle, but it will feel more like minus five Celsius with

:20:41. > :20:50.the wind-chill, Dan and Lou. Thank you. I'm mesmerised by the

:20:51. > :20:55.sunshine behind you. It looks like it's cold out there.

:20:56. > :20:57.Cyclists choosing to ride on the pavement instead of the road

:20:58. > :21:00.often face angry stares from pedestrians, not to mention

:21:01. > :21:03.But the Metropolitan Police in Camden have decided not to punish

:21:04. > :21:06.every bike rider who swaps the tarmac for tiles.

:21:07. > :21:08.Instead, they are asking what led them to leave the road

:21:09. > :21:13.So is it ever OK to cycle on the footpath?

:21:14. > :21:17.We asked people in Manchester what they thought.

:21:18. > :21:19.I choose not to cycle on the pavement.

:21:20. > :21:22.I don't agree with people that do cycle on pavement,

:21:23. > :21:27.but maybe there should be more facility for people to

:21:28. > :21:31.park in cycle lanes, and stuff like that.

:21:32. > :21:33.I'm a cyclist myself, so probably I have been known to,

:21:34. > :21:36.you know, be a bit naughty like that at times.

:21:37. > :21:41.I have occasionally been stopped by a policeman though.

:21:42. > :21:45.I feel much safer on a bike than in a car as far

:21:46. > :21:48.I don't think cyclists should be on the pavement particularly

:21:49. > :21:50.whenever they have made all of the cycle

:21:51. > :21:53.It's more difficult whenever you're in places

:21:54. > :21:56.where there aren't cycle lanes and I think if they feel trapped by

:21:57. > :21:59.traffic then sometimes they might, but it's difficult then for

:22:00. > :22:06.I was always told to get off my bike when I was cycling on the pavement.

:22:07. > :22:12.I can actually remember going down there,

:22:13. > :22:14.and I turned that corner and there

:22:15. > :22:18.and I was about 14 and he said, "Get off your bike."

:22:19. > :22:21.We're joined now by Sergeant Nick Clarke

:22:22. > :22:25.from the Metropolitan Police, who's in Camden this morning,

:22:26. > :22:30.and Tompion Platt from the campaign group Living Streets.

:22:31. > :22:36.Nick Clarke, so if you could explain to us. You're going to stop people

:22:37. > :22:41.and you're going to have a chat. What's the idea? So fundamentally,

:22:42. > :22:47.the key issues we received a complaint about people cycling on

:22:48. > :22:51.the pavement following some of our looking at close passing of cyclists

:22:52. > :22:55.with another operation. Rather than going over there and putting a

:22:56. > :22:58.plaster over it and sticking out some tickets for cycling on the

:22:59. > :23:00.pavement, we wanted to look at why the people were cycling on the

:23:01. > :23:04.pavement to get them off the pavement and become on to the roads.

:23:05. > :23:09.So that the pedestrians were safer, but if you just take an

:23:10. > :23:15.enforcement-only approach, you're not going to solve it because you're

:23:16. > :23:19.just going to be doing a short window. Whereas if you look at the

:23:20. > :23:25.reason behind it and tackle those, you can then deal with that problem

:23:26. > :23:30.and hopefully it goes away. That's the aim. Loads of people have been

:23:31. > :23:33.getting in contact with us today. Again, it is quite balanced on both

:23:34. > :23:37.sides of the argument saying I can't cycle on the road because it's not

:23:38. > :23:41.safe and car drivers saying cyclists don't really care and they are a law

:23:42. > :23:45.on to themselves. What have people been telling you, similar things? I

:23:46. > :23:48.want to be really clear. We want more people cycling and we want to

:23:49. > :23:52.have streets that are safe for cycling. However, it's when you mix

:23:53. > :23:56.people walking and cycling together that that can cause conflict,

:23:57. > :23:59.anxiety and fear and sometimes even serious injury and we do have a lot

:24:00. > :24:03.of our older supporters in particular who get in touch and say

:24:04. > :24:07.it is a problem in their area. In a nutshell, we want safer streets for

:24:08. > :24:14.cycling, but don't want to have that at the expense of people walking.

:24:15. > :24:19.Nick mentioned close passing. And that's when things get problematic?

:24:20. > :24:23.That's about making it safer to cycle on the road, but the bigger

:24:24. > :24:29.issue here is tackling the sources of road danger for cyclists. So

:24:30. > :24:34.things like introducing 20mph speed limits and segregated cycle lanes so

:24:35. > :24:39.they don't feel like they need to cycle on the footway. No one would

:24:40. > :24:44.expect a young kid cycling to school to be told to cycle on a busy road.

:24:45. > :24:49.But what's also important, I think, is local authorities aren't let off

:24:50. > :24:55.the hook in some way with tackling the source of road danger and

:24:56. > :25:01.slowing down traffic by saying you put cyclists on to the footway. As

:25:02. > :25:04.someone cycles past behind you on the pavement! You should have

:25:05. > :25:08.stopped him and handed out a fine, Nick!

:25:09. > :25:16.I can't see behind me. Very good. Enforcement of the law,

:25:17. > :25:21.because lots of people getting in contact saying that cyclists ignore

:25:22. > :25:23.in many ways and just go about their business wherever they want to go,

:25:24. > :25:28.whether that's on the road or the pavement. What would you say to

:25:29. > :25:31.that? OK, first of all, we're not saying for a second that cycling on

:25:32. > :25:36.the pavement isn't illegal. It still is. It is just about using our

:25:37. > :25:45.discretion. The guidance since 1999 has been that we should apply it

:25:46. > :25:50.appropriately. To say a swathe of people obey the law is ridiculous.

:25:51. > :25:55.There was one cyclist behind me was cycling on the pavement, but how

:25:56. > :26:00.many more were cycling legitimately. You can't tar them with the same

:26:01. > :26:05.brush? If someone is cycling on the pavement and they are doing it in an

:26:06. > :26:09.inconsiderate fashion, that's a different ball game. We are talking

:26:10. > :26:17.about the casual cyclist who is feeling intimidated by the volume of

:26:18. > :26:21.traffic and the close passing of HGVs, we're trying to find out why

:26:22. > :26:24.they're doing that and we can feedback through the Connell and

:26:25. > :26:28.through Transport for London where the infrastructure needs improving.

:26:29. > :26:33.Do you think there maybe just certain places that cyclists feel

:26:34. > :26:41.worried about for example? Well, yes, I think it is really clear.

:26:42. > :26:45.When we started doing our close pass stuff, Twitter came alive with

:26:46. > :26:51.people saying, "Try this road. Try that road because that's where I get

:26:52. > :26:55.the worst problems." The statistics for killed and seriously injured

:26:56. > :27:02.people reflect that. We know you're busy. We'll let you get on with your

:27:03. > :30:22.job. Let's get the

:30:23. > :30:24.Now though it's back to Louise and Dan.

:30:25. > :30:35.Hello, this is Breakfast with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

:30:36. > :30:42.I was just tidying up. The headlines:

:30:43. > :30:45.The Supreme Court will rule today on whether it's up to Parliament

:30:46. > :30:47.or Government to start the process for exiting the European Union.

:30:48. > :30:50.The government argues that ministers have the power to trigger the EU's

:30:51. > :30:53.But opponents say they need Parliament's approval

:30:54. > :30:56.The judgement is significant, as it goes to the heart

:30:57. > :30:59.of where power lies in the UK and could disrupt the Prime

:31:00. > :31:10.Iain Duncan Smith earlier told this programme that he doesn't think the

:31:11. > :31:15.Brexit timetable will be delayed if the government loses the appeal. I

:31:16. > :31:21.don't think it will have a massive effect in terms of timings, because

:31:22. > :31:25.even if we had to put a bill through both houses, I'm pretty certain it

:31:26. > :31:32.would be very simple. One, at most two clauses, and time would be at a

:31:33. > :31:35.loss to get it through both houses. Without too much doubt the Prime

:31:36. > :31:40.Minister will reach her deadline of triggering article 50 by the end of

:31:41. > :31:43.March. And the opposition and most of the majority of parliamentarians

:31:44. > :31:44.have said they won't block it out right.

:31:45. > :31:45.Let's speak to our Legal Correspondent Clive Coleman.

:31:46. > :31:48.Clive, why has this case got to the Supreme Court,

:31:49. > :31:56.It seems to be that nobody is entirely sure, but it looks like

:31:57. > :32:01.other suggestions are, the government might lose this.

:32:02. > :32:07.That is what a lot of the paper seem to be hinting at. Just to say, this

:32:08. > :32:11.is, without doubt, the most important case about where power

:32:12. > :32:16.lies in our Constitution. As between ministers and as between Parliament

:32:17. > :32:19.in decades. The government and ministers argue they can trigger

:32:20. > :32:25.article 50. That's the mechanism by which the UK leads the EU, using

:32:26. > :32:28.something called prerogative powers. They are ancient powers derived from

:32:29. > :32:32.times when all powerful monarchs could do pretty much whatever they

:32:33. > :32:37.wanted and those that remain are exercised by ministers. The reason

:32:38. > :32:43.they controversial is because exercising their bypasses that place

:32:44. > :32:47.over there, Parliament. Dean Miller that simply cannot happen. It is

:32:48. > :32:52.Parliament that has created laws, laws that derive from EU treaties,

:32:53. > :32:57.and enshrined in our domestic law under the 1972 European communities

:32:58. > :33:01.act. Parliament created that. Only Parliament can change those rights,

:33:02. > :33:06.rights enjoyed by you and I. It's in the cannot be done at the stroke of

:33:07. > :33:09.Minister's pen. A lot of speculation the government have lost. We won't

:33:10. > :33:12.know that until judgment is delivered. I am with Robert Bourne,

:33:13. > :33:18.soon-to-be president of the Law Society, he represents solicitors in

:33:19. > :33:22.England and Wales. If you were a gambling man, what do you anticipate

:33:23. > :33:26.the Supreme Court justices are going to find this morning? The question

:33:27. > :33:31.is whether or not is the procedure of article 50. It says we have to

:33:32. > :33:33.follow a procedure in accordance with our constitutional

:33:34. > :33:39.requirements. That is the question the court hearing will determine. It

:33:40. > :33:44.will follow the lead set by the High Court, or it'll disagree with the

:33:45. > :33:49.High Court. A lawyer's answer. I'm not putting my money on it. After

:33:50. > :33:52.the High Court ruling there were described in one paper as enemies of

:33:53. > :33:56.the people. A lot of people are upset by the way the judiciary were

:33:57. > :33:59.treated. Will they be in for a rough ride as they go against the

:34:00. > :34:05.government? I very much hope they won't be. It's fantastic. We should

:34:06. > :34:08.be proud of a system that allows people who are concerned about the

:34:09. > :34:13.interpretation of a particular legal point to come to the High Court or

:34:14. > :34:16.Supreme Court for a determination. They don't have to go to the

:34:17. > :34:22.streets. The Court are independent. That's been illustrated absolutely

:34:23. > :34:26.emphatically in this situation. It's incredibly important we don't

:34:27. > :34:32.undermine that independence. Thanks very much. Things are building up

:34:33. > :34:35.here. As we say, we don't know what the judgment will be, but whatever

:34:36. > :34:39.it is it'll be a very big story today.

:34:40. > :34:45.We can follow it throughout the day on the BBC News Channel. It is

:34:46. > :34:47.expected to be starting from around 9:30am, but we will find out by the

:34:48. > :34:49.end of the day. President Trump has announced that

:34:50. > :34:51.America will formally withdraw from the Trans Pacific Partnership,

:34:52. > :34:54.one of the major pledges he made The trade deal involving

:34:55. > :34:56.a dozen countries President Trump has also cut funding

:34:57. > :35:00.for international groups that provide abortions,

:35:01. > :35:15.and has frozen the hiring Approximately 100 flights have been

:35:16. > :35:18.cancelled at Heathrow because of fog. There was reduced visibility.

:35:19. > :35:24.These are pictures from about an hour ago. Passengers should check

:35:25. > :35:25.their flight status with their airline before setting off this

:35:26. > :35:26.morning. Motorists caught driving well

:35:27. > :35:29.above the speed limit will face bigger fines after a review

:35:30. > :35:31.of the sentencing guidelines The changes will allow magistrates

:35:32. > :35:34.to impose much tougher penalties on drivers and are intended to make

:35:35. > :35:37.sure the punishment for speeding is a lot higher

:35:38. > :35:42.for the worst offenders. The nominations for this year's

:35:43. > :35:45.Academy Awards will be Critics have tipped

:35:46. > :35:47.the modern musical romance, It's expected to face stiff

:35:48. > :35:54.competition from the domestic drama, Manchester By The Sea and also from,

:35:55. > :36:06.Moonlight, a coming of age drama Colin Paterson has been to 14

:36:07. > :36:11.ceremonies already. He must know everything.

:36:12. > :36:15.He knows a lot. There is nothing he doesn't know.

:36:16. > :36:16.Good. We will have the weather in ten minutes' time.

:36:17. > :36:21.Also coming up: This is Spike, also known

:36:22. > :36:23.as 'Radio Boy', he's been described as a new Adrian Mole

:36:24. > :36:26.for the internet generation. We'll speak to his creator, the DJ,

:36:27. > :36:28.Christian O'Connell about his novel and getting approval as an author

:36:29. > :36:30.from his fiercest From starling sightings

:36:31. > :36:34.to sandpipers on the shore, Winterwatch's Chris Packham

:36:35. > :36:36.and Michaela Strachan join us from Dorset to look ahead

:36:37. > :36:39.to what the wildlife has But first let's get

:36:40. > :36:58.the sport with Sally. A man who has been onstage for 40

:36:59. > :37:08.years. Bennett Ecclestone we are talking

:37:09. > :37:11.about. He has had a huge amount of power with Formula 1 for years. --

:37:12. > :37:14.Bernie Ecclestone. Bernie Ecclestone has been

:37:15. > :37:16.at the helm of Formula His canniness and ability

:37:17. > :37:19.to pin down million-pound deals made the sport

:37:20. > :37:21.commercially very successful. But now F1 is moving

:37:22. > :37:23.in a new direction following Let's speak now to the Formula One

:37:24. > :37:31.commentator Murray Walker, Good morning. Bernie has been a

:37:32. > :37:35.controversial character over the years. But we have to start by

:37:36. > :37:40.saying you have, for a long time, been a big fan of his. I have

:37:41. > :37:50.admiration and respect for Bernie Ecclestone. He took what was really

:37:51. > :37:54.a basic sport for amateurs and turned it into the global enterprise

:37:55. > :37:58.it is now, watched by millions and millions of people all around the

:37:59. > :38:02.world, admittedly he has done it with a great deal of dissension, but

:38:03. > :38:10.he has had a lot of help from a lot of people. But he is 86. He has to

:38:11. > :38:16.go sometime. Although he has told me he hadn't got any intention of

:38:17. > :38:19.leaving. Liberty are taking over and seem to be making all of the right

:38:20. > :38:25.noises about expanding the sport in America. Better distribution of

:38:26. > :38:30.money between the teams and better promotion. Maybe it is a good thing

:38:31. > :38:36.after all. One of the things, you have just touched on it, there is

:38:37. > :38:39.this huge issue of an untapped market in America. They want to

:38:40. > :38:43.modernise things, use social media, something Bernie was reluctant to

:38:44. > :39:01.do. What might Formula 1 look like in five years' time? Who knows?

:39:02. > :39:04.Liberty or a sports oriented organisation. They are in it to make

:39:05. > :39:09.money, yes, but they want to make money by making the sport more

:39:10. > :39:17.popular. There is a desperate need for Formula 1 to be bigger in

:39:18. > :39:19.America, because if you are going to call it a World Championship sport

:39:20. > :39:24.events to have more than one event in the US I dearly. Difficult to say

:39:25. > :39:36.what it'll look like in ten years' time, but it'll be heavily promoted.

:39:37. > :39:41.-- in the US I -- ideally. Hopefully this move will make it more popular

:39:42. > :39:48.than ever. Every time I hear this voice all I hear is "It's Nigel

:39:49. > :39:54.Mansell! " do you? Is amazing. Well, the American

:39:55. > :39:56.market will be huge for them. In other sports News:

:39:57. > :39:58.Double Olympic gold medallist boxer Nicola Adams has

:39:59. > :40:02.At last year's Rio Games she became the first British boxer

:40:03. > :40:04.to successfully defend an Olympic title in nearly 100 years.

:40:05. > :40:07.I feel like I have achieved everything I wanted to achieve

:40:08. > :40:20.World Champion, European Champion, Commonwealth Games champion,

:40:21. > :40:24.number one, it's the best way to leave the sport.

:40:25. > :40:26.There are a lot of goals in the professional ranks to achieve.

:40:27. > :40:28.Becoming a world champion and European champion.

:40:29. > :40:30.So many goals to achieve in the professional ranks.

:40:31. > :40:33.Andy Murray's unlikely to play in Great Britain's Davis Cup tie

:40:34. > :40:35.in Canada next week, according to his captain Leon Smith.

:40:36. > :40:37.The provisional team will be announced later today.

:40:38. > :40:39.Murray was knocked out of the Australian Open

:40:40. > :40:42.by Mischa Zverev, who plays Roger Federer in the last

:40:43. > :40:49.James Haskell's hopes of playing in England's Six Nations opener

:40:50. > :40:55.against France have been dealt a blow.

:40:56. > :40:58.He's not joined their squad at their training camp in Portugal,

:40:59. > :41:00.despite making his comeback in Wasps' Champions Cup

:41:01. > :41:04.He had been out for six months with a foot injury.

:41:05. > :41:17.Ryan Mason's family have thanked well-wishers for their support

:41:18. > :41:19.after what they described as a "traumatic 24 hours".

:41:20. > :41:22.The Hull City midfielder underwent surgery after sustaining a fractured

:41:23. > :41:26.Mason was injured in a clash of heads with Chelsea

:41:27. > :41:42.Within an hour of these pictures he was, in fact, in surgery. That is

:41:43. > :41:44.one of the reasons he is recovering so well. They dealt with it

:41:45. > :41:47.brilliantly, very, very quickly indeed. All of the news from the

:41:48. > :41:52.hospital is good. Long may it continue.

:41:53. > :41:56.Stay with us. Let's talk about the next story.

:41:57. > :42:03.Not you! It happens to me every day with

:42:04. > :42:04.these two. Just three examples of abuse

:42:05. > :42:07.an amateur football referee has had Ryan Hampson says the bad treatment

:42:08. > :42:13.he and his fellow match officials sometimes receive has led him

:42:14. > :42:15.to calling for grassroots Breakfast's Tim Muffett has been

:42:16. > :42:19.to meet him on the side lines. Another football match,

:42:20. > :42:24.refereed by Ryan Hampson. I have had experiences such

:42:25. > :42:37.as being headbutted by a player, I have been spat at,

:42:38. > :42:46.and I have been punched If it happens on the street, that

:42:47. > :42:48.person would be arrested, but apparently on the pitch it is

:42:49. > :42:56.different. But it isn't, it's just the same.

:42:57. > :42:58.Ryan says amateur referees are not getting enough support.

:42:59. > :43:01.He has called for a national strike in the first week of March.

:43:02. > :43:04.He says 400 referees have been in touch, backing up his idea.

:43:05. > :43:08.There has always been abuse of referees, but it has got worse.

:43:09. > :43:19.Manchester FA, which oversees this league, has just announced it

:43:20. > :43:21.will give referees more support, visiting them within 24

:43:22. > :43:23.hours of any incident, and ensuring any assaults

:43:24. > :43:26.If a referees' strike does go ahead, nationally hundreds

:43:27. > :43:38.A timely wake-up call, or just a huge own-goal?

:43:39. > :43:41.We fully support the referees, and if a player is abusing

:43:42. > :43:43.referees on a regular basis, we get rid of them.

:43:44. > :43:46.Most of these problems are caused by a minority of people,

:43:47. > :43:50.And I'm sure, given another couple of years, we will stop this.

:43:51. > :43:52.For Ryan Hampson, though, a referees' strike is the only way

:43:53. > :44:01.Joining us now are Ryan Hampson and Dr Jimmy O'Gorman,

:44:02. > :44:02.who has conducted research into the abuse amateur

:44:03. > :44:15.Good morning, thank you for coming on the sofa. Was it last week, Sally

:44:16. > :44:18.picked up the story we saw in the newspaper. And here you are now

:44:19. > :44:23.talking about this. It really has grown. Why on earth, having gone

:44:24. > :44:31.through what you have gone through, do you want to be a referee? Because

:44:32. > :44:35.a lot of referees watching this will understand... You know, there are

:44:36. > :44:40.good teams. I will start by saying that. The bad teams are a minority.

:44:41. > :44:46.When you referee a game and you come off that pitch and it went well,

:44:47. > :44:50.there is no better feeling. Especially when they say the

:44:51. > :44:53.refereeing was fantastic. But there is the other side of the abuse and

:44:54. > :45:00.the insults, and it isn't great. You said it is teams. I expected it to

:45:01. > :45:05.be individuals. Do you see what I mean? Individuals coming year,

:45:06. > :45:09.individuals, but there are also teams... When I say teens I mean in

:45:10. > :45:14.terms of managers and the officials at a club, not actually taking the

:45:15. > :45:18.players aside and saying, you need to respect the referee. It comes

:45:19. > :45:24.from the team. It might be a few players on the pitch, but it

:45:25. > :45:30.ultimately comes down to the team as a whole, do you know what I mean?

:45:31. > :45:34.Jimmy, I have a personal tale of this, when I go and watch my boy

:45:35. > :45:39.play football on a Saturday, very recently just a couple of weeks ago

:45:40. > :45:42.I saw a referee abused by parents. A 15-year-old referee abused by

:45:43. > :45:46.parents. Is this more common than it ever was before? Are we recording it

:45:47. > :45:59.better? What referees said to us, over 2000

:46:00. > :46:02.responded, they felt that these incidents are getting worse, and

:46:03. > :46:09.becoming more common over time. We were looking at the impact of the

:46:10. > :46:17.campaign from 2008 until 2015, and more recently those incidents have

:46:18. > :46:23.become more common, especially with respect to parents and players. This

:46:24. > :46:30.football worse than, say, rugby and cricket? We do not have the data,

:46:31. > :46:36.but it does occur in other sports as well. Football is sometimes more

:46:37. > :46:43.high-profile in terms of the incidents that occur, more people

:46:44. > :46:50.participate, so that gives people the impression it has a worse

:46:51. > :46:55.problem. It is one thing to say this is bad, tell your friends and family

:46:56. > :46:58.I was insulted or punched, it is another thing to get referees

:46:59. > :47:03.together and say, we need to go on strike. What has the reaction from

:47:04. > :47:09.other referees and the FA to you been? It has been massive. Starting

:47:10. > :47:15.with the positive, the support I have got from referees all over the

:47:16. > :47:20.country, and a referee from Australia, New Zealand, Gibraltar,

:47:21. > :47:22.contacting me, Scotland, a high-profile referee from Scotland

:47:23. > :47:29.contacted me, stating his support. That is massive. I never thought

:47:30. > :47:34.that this would reach out to that many people. I thought Manchester,

:47:35. > :47:41.maybe Cheshire, but not the whole of this country and other countries.

:47:42. > :47:44.What about the FA? Manchester FA have been really supportive, they

:47:45. > :47:52.have made changes to the laws, but the national FA, I am saddened by

:47:53. > :47:55.this, this campaign has been going since the back-end of December, I

:47:56. > :48:00.have not had one e-mail or phone call or text message from anybody at

:48:01. > :48:08.the national FA. I thought I would get something back, it is really

:48:09. > :48:15.disappointing. That says it all, what support is being given. From

:48:16. > :48:19.the we see some managers being penalised...

:48:20. > :48:24.Arsene Wenger pushed the fourth official at the weekend.

:48:25. > :48:29.How much of that is a link? That is one of the most common themes from

:48:30. > :48:37.the research. The referees were keen to point at those who operate at the

:48:38. > :48:42.grassroots level, the operate -- the players and managers at elite level,

:48:43. > :48:48.they felt it was being implicitly condoned, because they were not

:48:49. > :48:52.dealing with it. They were not getting sent off. At the grassroots

:48:53. > :48:58.level, they were expected to do that. You can often see the

:48:59. > :49:01.difference, they are on their own, isolated in terms of Ryan's

:49:02. > :49:09.experience, a lack of consistency as well, across the street and elite

:49:10. > :49:14.levels. It is really interesting. He said the FA have not contacted

:49:15. > :49:20.you directly, but they have said they have contacted Ryan through the

:49:21. > :49:28.Manchester FA, they said 4000 registered -- referees are

:49:29. > :49:30.registered with the FA and they are relaunching their Respect campaign

:49:31. > :49:33.next month, it will be interesting to see if that makes a difference.

:49:34. > :49:36.The first "very high" pollution alert has been issued for London

:49:37. > :49:39.by the city's mayor under a new system that warns people

:49:40. > :49:56.It is a cold start, but I have an expert who can tell is about the air

:49:57. > :50:02.pollution. What are the levels across the UK today? Yesterday we

:50:03. > :50:05.had high and very high pollution rivals across the UK, especially in

:50:06. > :50:10.the south-east. The levels have dropped overnight, that they started

:50:11. > :50:19.to rise again. What is causing this pollution? We have had high pressure

:50:20. > :50:24.for over a week, very cold, calm, still conditions, so pollution has

:50:25. > :50:29.built up day after day. Yesterday and Sunday we are reaching high and

:50:30. > :50:33.very high levels. We need the weather to be more mobile? We are

:50:34. > :50:39.looking for a breakdown in the high-pressure. If we get low

:50:40. > :50:45.pressure of the Atlantic, it will clear this pollution. What are the

:50:46. > :50:49.main contributors? The majority is from traffic, but we saw a peak on

:50:50. > :50:57.Sunday evening, a big tradition from wood-burning. About 25% of Sunday's

:50:58. > :51:01.big boss from wood-burning in the evening, which is unusual, because

:51:02. > :51:07.normally we see it go up and down with Rush hour through the morning

:51:08. > :51:11.and evening. He has implications? The young and elderly are more

:51:12. > :51:17.susceptible to pollution. There was a study in 24 team that looked at

:51:18. > :51:20.that and found that there was a doubling of GP admissions and

:51:21. > :51:24.hospital admissions during that episode, so there will be a similar

:51:25. > :51:30.scenario again this time. It has been interesting talking to you. If

:51:31. > :51:34.you are thinking of going out jogging today, perhaps it is not the

:51:35. > :51:39.best day, because of the high evils of air pollution.

:51:40. > :51:46.A cold start for England and is, we have dense fog around. If you are

:51:47. > :51:57.out and about today, there that in mind. It is patchy dense fog, so not

:51:58. > :52:07.all of us see it. It could lead to other travel disruption. Across

:52:08. > :52:13.southern counties, we have this fog and mist. It is cold and frosty, so

:52:14. > :52:17.it is freezing fog. As we travel north, a bit more clout, some

:52:18. > :52:20.brighter breaks, and patchy fog across the Vale of York. Very mild

:52:21. > :52:26.for Northern Ireland compared to yesterday. In Scotland, a week by

:52:27. > :52:31.the front is producing some patchy light rain and drizzle. Across

:52:32. > :52:37.western areas and the central lowlands. As we go through today,

:52:38. > :52:41.some of the fog will clear altogether, some will slowly clear

:52:42. > :52:46.and lift into low cloud and some will hang around all day. If you are

:52:47. > :52:53.stuck with it all day, it will feel cold, meanwhile, we see some shine

:52:54. > :52:56.come through away from the fog. We also have the weather front pushing

:52:57. > :53:00.south, getting in across north-west England and north-west Wales. That

:53:01. > :53:06.will produce patchy light rain and drizzle. It is called in the East,

:53:07. > :53:11.milder in the West. Through this evening and overnight, quite a lot

:53:12. > :53:19.of clout in northern and western areas, spots of rain, and it will be

:53:20. > :53:23.cold, especially in the south-east. We will have the lowest temperatures

:53:24. > :53:28.here, and we will see some freezing fog patches. It will be windy as

:53:29. > :53:36.well as cross the North and West. As we step into tomorrow, the fog in

:53:37. > :53:40.the south-east again, like today and yesterday, will be slow to shift.

:53:41. > :53:46.But there is a better chance of it lifting tomorrow. There will be some

:53:47. > :53:49.sunshine around. Towards the west, it is windy, with another weather

:53:50. > :53:54.front introducing grain across north-west Scotland and Northern

:53:55. > :54:00.Ireland. As we get to Thursday, the wind will have veered round into a

:54:01. > :54:06.south-easterly, so it is dragging in cold continental F. Some sunshine,

:54:07. > :54:09.some rain waiting in the wings, but although you can see the template

:54:10. > :54:10.values above freezing, it will feel much colder than that against your

:54:11. > :54:21.skin. Sorry for sending queue outside, but

:54:22. > :54:24.the pictures look beautiful! She is used to it, probably!

:54:25. > :54:27.Our next guest is an award-winning DJ who is using his experience

:54:28. > :54:29.of the airwaves in his new role as an author.

:54:30. > :54:31.Christian O'Connell's first children's book Radio Boy

:54:32. > :54:33.tells the story of Spike, an ordinary child with

:54:34. > :54:44.an extraordinary secret show that broadcasts from his shed.

:54:45. > :54:51.Kristian is here, but you are also on the radio, your show is going out

:54:52. > :54:56.with you not quite there but he. I have left it to come here, I am

:54:57. > :55:03.downstairs, and my sidekick is on air now, struggling. I have stuck on

:55:04. > :55:07.stairway to Heaven, and I will have to go! My kids do not understand how

:55:08. > :55:13.you can leave a radio show to pop on TV, they said, are you going to

:55:14. > :55:18.break radio? I have torn a wormhole. They might not be a show to go back

:55:19. > :55:26.to! Drag this out for an hour, please! Tell others about Spike.

:55:27. > :55:32.Eight years ago I had an idea of kids having their own radio show,

:55:33. > :55:36.but the kids that -- the shows that kids listen to are made by adults.

:55:37. > :55:42.They would get into trouble, because they would want to take the Mickey.

:55:43. > :55:46.It would be chaos. It is about a young lad called Spike who has no

:55:47. > :55:52.confidence, very similar to what I was like as a kid, but he has one

:55:53. > :55:56.secret superpower. He is good on the radio, so he does his own secret

:55:57. > :56:02.show. He does not think anybody will tune in, he does it with his best

:56:03. > :56:06.mates, and what happens is, as with a lot of DJs, the show does very

:56:07. > :56:11.well and it goes to his head, and he goes a bit too far. That is the

:56:12. > :56:19.story of the book. There are parallels with yourself, not you

:56:20. > :56:23.going to go head! Thank you! He is sacked from hospital radio, and that

:56:24. > :56:33.happened to you. Are you the only person to be sacked from hospital

:56:34. > :56:38.radio? I think so. In radio it is the lowest of the low, you are a

:56:39. > :56:43.volunteer, they do not pay you, but I was sacked at 16 for making what

:56:44. > :56:50.they thought was too rude a joke. That was probably devastating. I

:56:51. > :56:56.thought, it is over. I did a request show at midnight until 2am, that is

:56:57. > :57:02.when... It is prime-time! It would be in a hospital! Nobody called in!

:57:03. > :57:09.I had to make up names that were not listening. I was doing a radio show

:57:10. > :57:15.to myself. I started low, but somehow I managed to get back into

:57:16. > :57:19.it. There is a top bus but the positive message, you said your

:57:20. > :57:22.parents never held you back, and this is your dream. You were

:57:23. > :57:28.encouraged. This is the positive message. It is hard, because as a

:57:29. > :57:31.parent now, my daughter says she wants to be the next Taylor Swift,

:57:32. > :57:35.and there is a part of bigger things, good luck, but the other

:57:36. > :57:41.part of me says, of course, how can we encourage that? I wanted to be

:57:42. > :57:45.the world BMX champion, then it was the boxing champion, then it was the

:57:46. > :57:51.DJ. They were like, OK, with every single one. I think that is what we

:57:52. > :57:56.need to do as parents. But the other thing is, when we were kids, we did

:57:57. > :58:00.not have access to the Internet. Kids can start a blog or a YouTube

:58:01. > :58:05.channel, you can start your own Internet radio show with next to

:58:06. > :58:11.nothing, and we could not, so the kids use Instagram a lot. Conscious

:58:12. > :58:16.reasons, but there is other stuff you can do that we never had. They

:58:17. > :58:24.do not need to ask permission. If I was a kid now, I would have been

:58:25. > :58:30.doing a radio show now with my mate. Did your daughters read the copy?

:58:31. > :58:35.They tore it apart. I would print chapters off and hand it to them,

:58:36. > :58:40.and they do not care about my ego, they would rip it to pieces. At the

:58:41. > :58:44.end of the third chapter, my daughter said, the female character

:58:45. > :58:48.is not doing enough. They were a massive part of it, which was really

:58:49. > :58:53.nice, so if it does not do well, they have let me down. If it does, I

:58:54. > :58:58.get the money, they get nothing. You now have to go back to your radio

:58:59. > :59:11.show, so can Louise have a request? I would like some other. We don't

:59:12. > :59:15.play Abba, I am sorry! AC/DC? AC/DC. They may have covered a Abba song! I

:59:16. > :59:18.would love you to play Abba! We'll be speaking to the Winterwatch

:59:19. > :59:29.team in a moment, but first, a last brief look at the headlines

:59:30. > :01:23.where you are this morning. Winterwatch returned to our screens

:01:24. > :01:26.last night and viewers were treated to spectacular scenes including

:01:27. > :01:28.a starling flock in flight and otters playing off the west

:01:29. > :01:35.coast of Scotland Two of the shows -- and otters playing off

:01:36. > :01:43.the west coast of Scotland. Two of the show's presenters,

:01:44. > :01:45.Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan, Before we speak to them let's

:01:46. > :01:53.look at what our winter When we were here in October the

:01:54. > :01:58.deer were rotting and the leaves were turning.

:01:59. > :02:12.Now, the rot is over, the leaves have been replaced by a crown of

:02:13. > :02:20.Frost. -- the deer were rutting. On the mud flaps, 25,000 new arrivals.

:02:21. > :02:25.The marshes and heat are hugely important for winter raptors.

:02:26. > :02:32.All are here because this area is like no other part of the country.

:02:33. > :02:35.A mosaic of habitats create a unique microclimate full of species, all

:02:36. > :02:38.seeking refuge during the cold winter months.

:02:39. > :02:40.Delighted to go there right now. Michaela Strachan and Chris

:02:41. > :02:50.Packham join us now. It is clearly cold. Really cold.

:02:51. > :02:56.What are you most looking forward to? We have a whole host of things

:02:57. > :03:00.down here this week. They are out there in the fog somewhere. We are

:03:01. > :03:09.hoping if it left we will see them. In the woods we have some carcass

:03:10. > :03:13.cams. At this time of year things are tough, so that we can all get

:03:14. > :03:23.weeded out. It is part of the natural process. -- the old and weak

:03:24. > :03:28.get weeded out. We have small birds coming to feed off carcasses.

:03:29. > :03:32.Throughout the rest of the week we will be watching those. We will be

:03:33. > :03:38.looking at all of the waders. And we're hoping to see a lot if the fog

:03:39. > :03:41.lifts. Those who watched last night would have seen this amazing

:03:42. > :03:53.starving man narration. Tell us more about that. -- starling. That was

:03:54. > :03:59.amazing. I think there are about 15,000 of them making displays in

:04:00. > :04:03.the sky before they roost. But what made it amazing was the sky, it

:04:04. > :04:06.wasn't foggy, it was a beautiful sunset, so you had gorgeous oranges

:04:07. > :04:10.and purples and it couldn't have been better. But this is going on

:04:11. > :04:15.every night in the winter. Anyone around this area, which is just 20

:04:16. > :04:20.minutes away from where we are standing right now, can go and see

:04:21. > :04:24.it. I think it is fantastic. It is a natural wonder that people can go

:04:25. > :04:30.and watch for free. They don't need to watch it now, because you have

:04:31. > :04:31.been doing a display with your hands.

:04:32. > :04:37.CHUCKLES It is an amazing feat of flying that

:04:38. > :04:41.they managed to complete, as well. It really is. When you watch them,

:04:42. > :04:47.you can see a single bird and you wonder how on earth does it not bump

:04:48. > :04:52.into another bird. I used to be a dancer, I love the choreography, its

:04:53. > :04:55.natural choreography. We can be starlings together. Every night is

:04:56. > :05:00.different because it is never the same patterns. I am mesmerised.

:05:01. > :05:04.Brilliant impression from both of you. As ever, you have loads of

:05:05. > :05:10.hidden cameras, what sort of things will we see that the animals do not

:05:11. > :05:16.know we are looking at? Lots of hidden cameras in the environment.

:05:17. > :05:21.We are also interested in looking at animals people can see in their back

:05:22. > :05:25.gardens. We will be having a feeding experiment with some feeders, which

:05:26. > :05:30.are behind us. We will find out if birds have a preference of the

:05:31. > :05:33.colour of the feeder, the colour of the actual dispensing device. And

:05:34. > :05:37.then we will also cover the food to see if the birds make a choice,

:05:38. > :05:44.whether they would rather have read or blue food. I'm pinning my hopes

:05:45. > :05:54.they will both the red. -- red or blue. Very often the pigments that

:05:55. > :05:59.form blue in nature are heavily toxic. -- I'm pinning my hopes that

:06:00. > :06:02.they will go for the red. I like this experiment because it is

:06:03. > :06:07.something that our viewers can replicate in their garden. They can

:06:08. > :06:11.spray paint the feeders and see if that has an impact on the birds in

:06:12. > :06:16.their garden. Our programmes are very much about the animals we share

:06:17. > :06:20.our community with. British wildlife. And a lot of that is about

:06:21. > :06:25.the underdog. We are not so much about the exotic animals. We have

:06:26. > :06:31.films coming up about insects that live in basements of houses. House

:06:32. > :06:36.mice, as well. Everyday animals. We like to champion these and hopefully

:06:37. > :06:42.we can tell people exciting things about them. What about the studio

:06:43. > :06:49.owl. It's been a bit of a let down, to be honest. No... What we have to

:06:50. > :06:55.understand is that we come with a plan of the plan doesn't always get

:06:56. > :07:01.executed, so, what? Nobody paid the studio owl. No one gave him a

:07:02. > :07:06.script. Nobody gave him a mouse. It would have just cost a mouse. Nobody

:07:07. > :07:10.came up with one. But fingers crossed, we have cameras on a box

:07:11. > :07:15.where the owl was. Hopefully the barn owl will return and we will be

:07:16. > :07:19.able to show you that. That's true. At this time of year, things are

:07:20. > :07:23.tough, the fields have been frozen, it is difficult to forage, and it is

:07:24. > :07:27.likely that bird has gone away to find something else, try and find

:07:28. > :07:39.some food, fingers crossed. Sorry about asking that.

:07:40. > :07:42.Can we finish off with another murmurate display. We will never be

:07:43. > :07:47.able to do it properly. It will never work. Absolutely brilliant,

:07:48. > :07:54.guys. I hope that has warned you up. Take care. Thank you.

:07:55. > :07:57.You can see Winterwatch every night until this Thursday 26th of

:07:58. > :08:00.This year's Oscar nominations are announced later today,

:08:01. > :08:03.with La La Land expected to emerge as the clear frontrunner.

:08:04. > :08:05.The modern musical romance has swept film fans off their feet,

:08:06. > :08:08.and its stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling who are likely

:08:09. > :08:12.Let's get an idea of why, in this scene where Mia,

:08:13. > :08:13.a struggling actress tells Sebastian, a musician

:08:14. > :08:32.What? Come on, for what? For a TV show. The one I was telling you

:08:33. > :08:41.about. Dangerous Minds? That is incredible. I feel like I did not

:08:42. > :08:50.talk nicely about it last time. I got The Blitz. You've never seen it.

:08:51. > :09:00.I haven't. It's playing. I will take you. OK. For research. The research,

:09:01. > :09:07.OK. Monday night, ten o'clock. Great, for research. Who is likely

:09:08. > :09:13.to pick up one of the sought-after golden statuettes? This will be your

:09:14. > :09:19.15th ceremony. More than Jack Nicholson. La La Land isn't a

:09:20. > :09:23.difficult one to pick. They got the most ever Golden Globe wins. It has

:09:24. > :09:27.got the most nominations at the BAFTA awards. Lots of experts think

:09:28. > :09:34.it has a chance of equalling the most Oscar nominations ever this

:09:35. > :09:39.afternoon. That would be 14, equal with Titanic and All About Eve. It

:09:40. > :09:45.got nominated in the music category twice. They need to get all of those

:09:46. > :09:50.to get all 14, if they do they would tie the records. Who is likely to be

:09:51. > :09:53.in the Best actor and actress category? Up against Ryan Gosling

:09:54. > :09:59.and Emma Stone? When it comes to best actor, one of the films that

:10:00. > :10:10.has been talked a lot about is Manchester By The Sea. It stars

:10:11. > :10:15.Casey Affleck. It is a film which deals with. He plays a handyman who

:10:16. > :10:20.has to go back to where he grew up because his brother has died and he

:10:21. > :10:23.has to bring up his son. He revisits lots of old problems. It is a

:10:24. > :10:27.fantastic performance from him. He is one of the favourites for that.

:10:28. > :10:32.You mentioned best actress, as well, Emma Stone is the favourite. But she

:10:33. > :10:35.will be going up against an interesting one. The Oscars likes

:10:36. > :10:40.somebody playing a real person. Helen Mirren winning for the Queen.

:10:41. > :10:45.We had Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher. Well, Natalie Portman has

:10:46. > :10:51.played Jackie Kennedy in Jackie. And it is uncanny. I would say it is

:10:52. > :10:56.more than an impression. She inhabits her. She captures all of

:10:57. > :11:01.the mannerisms. It is about grief, a portrait of grief, dealing with the

:11:02. > :11:06.death of her husband. If anybody is going to stop Emma Stone it might be

:11:07. > :11:10.Natalie Portman. Going back to La La Land, the fact you said they could

:11:11. > :11:13.have 40 nominations, do you think when they set out with that film

:11:14. > :11:18.they were thinking about that? When they trying to go for that? This is

:11:19. > :11:24.the film that the director wanted to make at the start of his career. But

:11:25. > :11:29.you don't get to do a musical at the start of your career. The studio

:11:30. > :11:36.said not a chance. So he went off and made a film called Whiplash as

:11:37. > :11:41.his calling card. He made it so that the studio would trust him with

:11:42. > :11:45.music. And he loves Hollywood musicals. There is so much hype.

:11:46. > :11:51.People are going expecting Singing In The Rain. Nothing will be the

:11:52. > :12:01.same as that, so you lower your expectations if that is what you are

:12:02. > :12:09.thinking. -- so lower. There was a lot of controversy last time about

:12:10. > :12:19.there not being a lot of nominations for minorities. They have tried to

:12:20. > :12:23.change things this year. The Academy is 75% male, 92% white, which might

:12:24. > :12:30.explain a lot of things. But there is a film called Moonlight. It will

:12:31. > :12:39.do well. It is a great film, not for any other reason it will do well. It

:12:40. > :12:46.as a nomination for best supporting actor. It is all about a young man

:12:47. > :12:54.coming to terms with his sexuality. The mother, played by British

:12:55. > :13:03.actress, is a crack addict who plays his mother. Difficult to follow

:13:04. > :13:13.Chris Rock last year he was hilarious. But it will be Jimmy

:13:14. > :13:14.Kimmel. He is hilarious. It will start at 1:18am to the second.

:13:15. > :13:17.Thanks very much. Until then, have a good day

:13:18. > :13:29.and thanks for watching. The careful on your bike. Look after

:13:30. > :13:32.your kids. -- be careful. Have coffee.