27/01/2017 Breakfast

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Theresa May becomes the first world leader to meet Donald Trump

The Prime Minister says the two leaders can "lead the world

together" but they cannot return to "failed" military interventions.

We have the opportunity, indeed, the responsibility, to renew the special

relationship for this new age. I do not have my Commerce Secretary, they

want to talk trade. So I'll have to handle it myself.

Proposals to restrict knee and hip replacements for only those

The Royal College of Surgeons says there's no justification

The babies who die before 24 weeks and their parents who are denied

As a mother, you want to protect your children. And we could not. We

had no choice. You could be paying to get money out

of thousands more cash machines if banks and ATM operators fail

to reach an agreement over fees. In sport, it's a happy

birthday for Jose Mourinho. Manchester United reach

the League Cup final, with an aggregate victory over Hull,

so they'll face Southampton Good morning. A cold and frosty

start to the day. Once again, pockets of fog around. Cloudy.

Summer rain. The sunshine hanging around for the longest in the far

north of Scotland like yesterday. And I'll have the rest of your

weather forecast details in 15 minutes.

Theresa May will meet President Donald Trump

She'll be hoping to prepare the ground for a smooth

The two leaders will spend around an hour in The Oval Office,

where they're also expected to discuss the role of Nato

as well as relations with Russia and China.

Yesterday, the Prime Minister told senior Republicans it was time

for Britain and America to renew their special relationship.

Here's our Washington correspondent, David Willis.

She arrived on a blustery winter's evening in a city reeling from the

effects of the new occupant of the White House. Theresa May will meet

with President Donald Trump less than a week after he came to office,

a week as unpredictable as any in modern American history. And as the

Prime Minister's motorcade went through the capital, she could be

forgiven for thinking will the new relationship be more strange than

special? In Philadelphia, the city of the founding fathers, Theresa May

had a standing ovation for a speech that dwelt on the shared history of

the two nations, a relationship which defined the modern world, all

part of a charm offensive which she hopes will pave the way for a trade

deal with the US. So I am delighted that the new administration has many

trade agreement with our country, one of the earliest priority is. A

new trade deal with Britain and America. It must serve both of us.

Later, she will become the first foreign leader to meet with Donald

Trump at the White House. The streetwise New Yorker who, when it

comes to trade deals, has vowed he will always put America first. He

and Theresa May do have things in common, and it remains to be seen

whether they can find common ground, just as the UK is preparing to

negotiate its departure from the EU. David Willetts, BBC News,

Washington. Let's speak to our political

correspondent, Carole Walker, Good morning. The Prime Minister has

to walk a tightrope, doesn't see, between trying to get on with Donald

Trump, the president, and also not annoying everyone here with what she

says to him. Absolutely. This be a very important and potentially very

tricky meeting for the Prime Minister. The first world leader to

meet President Trump in Downing -- and Downing Street are happy about

that. She says she does not want to go back to the sort of foreign

interventions we saw in Iraq and Afghanistan. That will be welcome

back here. But she does want the US and the UK to continue to engage on

the international scene, for example, confronting Islamic State.

That will be welcomed back here. But there is a lot of concern, not just

among opposition MPs, but in her own party, about Donald Trump's

comments, for example, on allowing waterboarding to end terrorism. Many

people have said they are opposed to it. It has provoked concern, not

just about the future with intelligence sharing and defence

agreements, but also how the Prime Minister is talking about shared

values with someone whose views on those sorts of issues many people

here find objectionable. What the Prime Minister will want to do will

be to forge that new personal relationship. She talked last night

about how sometimes opposites attract. She did not appear to

pander to closely to the president to provoke a backlash here in the

UK. Thank you. We will speak to you shortly later on.

Shortly after 7am, we'll be asking Tony Blair's former Chief of Staff

just how significant this first meeting is likely to be.

The Labour MP and party whip, Jeff Smith, has said he'll defy

Jeremy Corbyn and vote against the Government Bill that'll

The MP said he wasn't convinced the Government had a proper

The Shadow Transport Minister, Daniel Zeichner, has also said he'll

oppose the legislation, while Tulip Siddiq has resigned

The Royal College of Surgeons has described as "alarming" plans

to restrict the number of hip and knee replacements in one

The move by three clinical commissioning groups

in Worcestershire is designed to save money, but they insist

operations will continue to be carried out elsewhere.

Hip and knee operations can be a godsend to do is to get them, but

also expensive, up to ?6,000 each. Three groups in Worcestershire want

to decrease those bills because they said they were spending far more

than other areas. It is important that they consider operations

restricted to those who were in such pain they could not sleep. In the

end they did not go that far. But it is understood that criteria is used

in many areas. A spokesman for over 50 said they should examine their

consciences. They said it was an outrage even to suggest inability to

sleep should be used in deciding eligibility for an operation. The

Royal College of Surgeons said it was worried this example of health

rationing was only the tip of the iceberg. The statement went on like

this. A health spokeswoman in Worcestershire said many patients

would benefit from physiotherapy and weight loss before considering

therapy. She also said there was a clear appeal system. Andy Moore, BBC

News. A committee of MPs is calling

for a tougher approach to taxing The Public Accounts Committee says

the amount raised each year from wealthy individuals has fallen

by a billion pounds. It's urged HM Revenue and Customs

to do more to fight tax Head teachers in England,

who have been warning of a deepening funding crisis, have been angry

to discover that hundreds of millions of funding promised

to schools last year were taken back by the Treasury, when the government

was defeated in its plan to turn Education correspondent,

Sean Coughlan, has the story. Head teachers in West Sussex and

other parts of the country have been warning that schools are running out

of cash. But only last year, the government announced an extra ?500

million, as part of their plan to turn every school into an academy.

School leaders have been asking whatever happened to that money? But

it has now emerged that most of the money was in fact taken back by the

Treasury. The education department said this was the right thing to do.

The schools are receiving record levels of funding, according to

them. Head teachers are furious that so much money could appear and

disappear when schools are struggling to make ends meet. Sean

Coughlan, BBC News. Girls are less confident

in their ability than boys A study found that by the age

of six, girls are much less likely to associate their gender with

activities that require brilliance. Gender stereotyping from the media,

teachers, and other children, means less women aspire

to professions that require subjects The current cold weather appears to

be bringing unusual migrant birds to Britain such as waxbirds. Aid

charity is holding an annual bird count in the world's largest

wildlife survey. --A. Relocating can be stressful

at the best of times, but residents in Ghent, Belgium,

have found an inventive way to help their local library

move down the road. More than 1,200 people formed

a human chain over a distance of 250 meters to move books

from the old library building You could say they had

the situation covered. Do you think they would be better to

just put them in a lorry? That is a much better idea. I guess this one

brings the community together. Exactly. It is like a big game of

pass the parcel. Do you get to look at the books? It is a nostalgic day.

The tennis. And now football, a throwback to 1976. A repeat of the

League Cup final. Manchester United versus Southampton. That famous day

when Robbie Stokes scored an upset to win.

Jose Mourinho might have a few more grey hairs,

but his Manchester United team, are in the final of the EFL Cup.

It was a close shave for Mourinho celebrating his

United lost their 17-match unbeaten run, but did they beat Hull City,

on aggregate, over the two legs, and so they'll play Southampton

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, will accept

an FA misconduct charge today.

He said he was "big enough" to say he hadn't behaved well,

when he verbally abused and pushed an official,

during his side's 2-1 win over Burnley.

Eoin Morgan led England's cricketers to victory,

in their first Twenty20 international against India in

The captain's half-century made him the first England player to reach

1,500 runs in the shortest format of the game.

And will there be a Roger and Rafa final at the Australian Open?

A throwback to those days at the Australian Open.

Federer won his semi-final in Melbourne yesterday,

Nadal plays the in-form Grigor Dimitrov in the next few hours.

All the pundits and fans are hoping we see a final between them. But,

there might be something to say about that. I was hoping it was at

eight o'clock but they started a 30. A quick look at the papers. -- 830.

The Times. Are a lot of interest in to reason may's speech last night

speaking to Republicans in Philadelphia. Donald Trump was the

warmup act. He appeared before Theresa May. She gave her speech to

them. Then the face-to-face meeting will be taking place later today. A

story about hip operations. Patients will be denied hip or knee

operations unless there pain is so severe they cannot sleep. We will

talk about that. No more wars like Iraq. That was one of the lines they

came out of that speech in Philadelphia. People will be looking

very closely at just what message it is she is sending out. What have you

got? A glimpse of what it might look like in the future for the British

economy. What happened last year is looking big in the papers. Consumer

spending sending the country to grow. That was predicted in the last

few months of last year, growing the economy 0.6%. People were surprised

because they didn't think we would grow. We have talked about consumer

spending four years. That is what is propping up the economy. They say it

is a surprise but it seems to be the one thing that is strong in the UK.

If life is not great for you at work at the minute, you can escape the

rat race. Are you not happy at work? My application is in. Look at this.

This island, they are looking for someone to live on the island. They

have been looking for them for a while. They need them to look after

the puffins. 24 nesting species. You can have up to ?70,000,

accommodation provided for free, and two motorboats to get around. When

you say look after a penguin... Dodos are good! It is going so well.

I imagine it requires a lot of counting. He would have to climb the

cliffs to get to their nests. Have you done this before? Apparently

they have full mobile phone reception and the Internet. Nothing

is sacred. I don't know if anyone could have a better job than that.

Do they need expertise with puffins? I don't know. LAUGHING. They are

calling it timewarp Thursday. No one thought they would see the Williams

sisters in a final against each other and potentially Rafael Nadal

against Roger Federer. The semi-final in the Australian Open.

Nadal still has to get there, and three months ago there was a lovely

interview with Roger Federer, they were playing mini tennis in Spain

and they joked that they would love to meet again and they would have to

set up a charity match. Rafa Nadal was playing with one arm, and that

are playing with one leg. It is so reassuring, in a world that is

changing fast tennis is giving us a little bit of what we used to know.

5000:1 were the odds for the Williams sisters to make it to the

final and for Nadal and Federer to make it as well. Sister act part 28,

their first since 2009. I have another animal story which has

suddenly appeared. We were obviously obsessed with it. This one is a

bit... You know if you are at work and wondering how your dog might be

at home, your dog or cat, and you are thinking I hope they are

enjoying themselves? Now there is a ball you can get where you can be at

work and on your phone and you can make the ball moves and do tricks,

and it can even have your face on it. You can actually entertain your

pet while you are sat in a boring meeting. Can the ball looked at the

pet? You can, because even see what they are up to, although it is a bit

of an invasion of privacy for the dog. If they are up to something

they shouldn't be? Here is one that everyone up. Supposedly the

roundabout with the worst potholes in the UK. This is in Staffordshire.

100 in one roundabout complex. If you have been across this you must

know what it is like. A lot of people saying it is shocking. When

cyclist is have to go around it you literally have to navigate in

amongst gigantic potholes. It livens up the journey. Well done finding a

positive spin. We will see you both a little later on. Have you stopped

talking now? Thanks, Mike. You are watching

Breakfast from BBC News. The main stories this morning:

Theresa May heads to the White House for her first face-to-face meeting

with President Trump. Plans to restrict the number of hip

and knee replacements are described as alarming by the Royal

College of Surgeons. Here is Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. It certainly felt chilly for lots of

people. Look at that. That is the 13 I can see that. That is a good

number for us. It certainly is. Good morning all. Steph is quite right.

It is a chilly start to the day, some temperatures as low as -5 but

yesterday, look at this gorgeous Weather Watcher's picture, sent in

from Glen Morriston in the Highlands. As we came that bit

further south, we had seen more like this, -1 and a lot of frost around.

Today it is not going to be as cold, but it is going to still be cold.

What is happening is, if you remember yesterday, France was all

blue, indicating it was cold, and dragging in the south-easterly

winds. Today the green and yellow are reappearing. It is still cold

but not as cold so that is being dragged across our shores by the

south-easterly wind. Increasingly today we will see more of a

south-westerly wind developing around this area of low pressure, so

things are going to turn less cold through the day. We have a weather

front coming an associated with that area of low pressure which will

slowly be ringing some rain and drizzle from the west, very slowly

moving east. So first thing this morning there is a fair bit of cloud

around, it is cold, some frost and pockets of fault as well, especially

the East Midlands and Lincolnshire, where it is dense in this increasing

fog. Watch out for ice in East Anglia, on damp surfaces and a lot

of cloud across Northern Ireland, with the rain knocking on the door

across northern England and cold across Scotland. For most of us we

are getting off to a decent start, with some sunshine. Through the day,

as this weather front approaches slowly, bringing rain across

Northern Ireland, the cloud will build and we also have something

else coming up, more rain across the Channel Island in across southern

areas. The cloud building ahead of both of these systems, the far north

and east of Scotland and northern England we are going to see the best

of the weather today. Temperature-wise, down in the

Highlands we are not looking at 13, neither are we looking at minus one.

So through the course of the evening and overnight our two systems join

forces and the whole lot will be drifting slowly towards the east,

ringing some rain. Some snow in the Pennines and also above about 400m

across Scotland, and increasingly we are looking at clearer skies behind,

the risk of ice on untreated surfaces, more especially in the

west. As we go through the weekend we continue with the less cold

theme. It will be breezy at times as well, with some rain. To translate

that onto the charts, our system coming in from the west moving

slowly towards the east, taking some rain with them. Behind them it will

brighten up. Quite a lot of cloud at times, some sunshine in the west but

nonetheless some showers as well, so it will not be bone dry. Sunshine

chases away that cloud. Temperatures between about five and nine Celsius

and for Sunday we have rain coming in from the south-west and the

South, slowly moving northwards. It looks like this is where its

northern extent will be. The south-westerly is coming our way,

bringing in milder conditions but in the north we will see the best and

driest of the weather, if that is your definition of what is best,

with temperatures that little bit lower. Less cold is my favourite bit

of that weather broadcast. Thank you very much. See you in a bit.

Losing a child is perhaps the most painful experience any parent

But if a baby is born earlier than 24 weeks into a pregnancy,

and doesn't manage to survive, they won't receive a birth

That made the situation even more upsetting for Sarah Henderson

when her daughter arrived at 23 weeks, but without a heartbeat.

She has been speaking to Breakfast's Graham Satchell

about her loss, and why she is calling for a change

We had the opportunity to take photographs of her, which we will

treasure for ever. And handprints, and footprints, and we held her. She

was very small, but she was perfectly formed. To us she was

perfect. She was our daughter. Sarah gave birth to her daughter at 23

weeks and four days. She was born without a heartbeat. I don't know

how many times I told her I was sorry. As a mother, you ought to

protect your children. And we couldn't. We had no choice. Over

what happened, how it happened. Sarah was told she wouldn't get a

birth or death certificate for her daughter. Legally, the birth of a

child is registered after 24 weeks, the age of viability. Sarah started

to petition to change the law. It now has more than 300,000

signatures. It is a recognition that your child existed at all,

acknowledgement that they were here. No matter how short the time. It

really would have helped for the grieving process, the fact that she

was acknowledged, the fact that our grief was acknowledged, that we had

lost. Like millions of others, Sarah has been watching harrowing scenes

on Coronation Street. Michelle,, played by Kym Marsh, loses her son

at 23 weeks. She also asks for a birth certificate, and is refused.

What touched me so much was knowing that she had actually experienced

that in her real life. One of the reasons I felt rave enough to share

my story, and to do the petition, was if Kym was brave enough to do

that, then I could use my voice. -- brave enough. A meeting with Zoe

Clark Coates from the charity Saying Goodbye. What we all want is

grieving parent is very much that every baby gets the recognition they

deserve. Together we can make a difference. Registering all births

before 24 weeks would mean issuing certificates in abortion cases, so

charities have been working on compromises. A new national

certificate available to parents who want it. It will give parents a

certificate, formal certificate. We want to a formal, legal document

that is given to any parent who requests it, and a new register be

created. Sarah is hoping for more signatures for her petition, and

change. Not having legal recognition for her daughter has been

devastating. There is no... There is no record of her anywhere. So she is

not in our family tree, she will never appear in an birth register or

death register in any way. It is like legally she didn't exist, that

she was never a person. Of course, to us she was, and will always be.

That was Sarah Henderson, sharing her story with

If you or someone you know is affected by this,

you can find details of organisations offering support

at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free at any time

to hear recorded information on 0800 560 190.

Still to come this morning: We all know there is no such thing

as free money, but now withdrawing cash could become more costly.

We will find out why with Sean, before 7:00am.

I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

Now, though, it is back to Charlie and Steph.

This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Steph

The soldiers came in, took all of it, and put it on my head.

Thankfully, the atrocities of the Holocaust have been condemned

to history, but worrying research suggests more than a quarter

of survivors living in the UK still experience discrimination.

We'll hear from some of those affected.

"Men are from Mars, women from Venus."

And it seems, when it comes to confidence,

the difference between boys and girls can become worlds apart

Hollywood actor, Neil Patrick Harris, as you've never

The star of the hit comedy, How I Met Your Mother,

will be here to tell us about his new children's drama

and what it's like to play a villain.

But now a summary of this morning's main news.

Theresa May will today become the first world leader to meet

Donald Trump since he became US President.

The Prime Minister told Republicans yesterday of the importance

of the special relationship between the two countries,

but says they cannot return to "failed" military interventions.

Mrs May will be hoping to lay the ground work for a trade

Here's our Washington correspondent, David Willis.

She arrived on a blustery winter's evening in a city reeling

from the effects of the new occupant of the White House.

Theresa May will meet with President Trump less

than a week after he came to office, a week as unpredictable as any

And as the Prime Minister's motorcade wound its way

through the streets of the capital, she could be forgiven for thinking

will the new relationship be more strange than

In Philadelphia, the city of the founding fathers,

Mrs May earned a standing ovation for a speech

that dwelt on the shared history of the two nations,

a relationship which had defined the modern world,

all part of a charm offensive which she hopes will pave the way

So I am delighted that the new administration has made a trade

agreement between our countries, one of its earliest priorities.

A new trade deal with Britain and America.

It must serve both of our sides and interests.

Later, she will become the first foreign leader to meet with Donald

The streetwise New Yorker who, when it

comes to trade deals, has vowed he will always put

He and Theresa May do have things in common,

and it remains to be seen whether they can find common ground,

just as the UK is preparing to negotiate its departure

Shortly after 7am, we'll be asking Tony Blair's former Chief of Staff

just how significant this first meeting is likely to be.

Donald Trump's first week as president has been described

by the former Labour leader, as "dizzying"

Speaking on the BBC's Newsnight programme,

he also criticised Theresa May for positioning herself so closely

Her speech was a perfectly decent speech if it had been normal times.

But to align yourself so closely with his project, which is what she

did, that, I think, was a mistake. Jeremy Corbyn faces more dissent

in the Labour Party today, as the party whip, Jeff Smith,

says he'll defy the leader and vote against the Government Bill that

will trigger Article 50. The MP said he wasn't convinced

the government had a proper The Shadow Transport Minister,

Daniel Zeichner, has also said he'll oppose the legislation,

while Tulip Siddiq has resigned The Royal College of Surgeons has

described as "alarming" plans to restrict the number of hip

and knee replacements in one The move by three clinical

commissioning groups in Worcestershire is designed

to save money, but they insist operations will continue to be

carried out elsewhere. A committee of MPs is calling

for a tougher approach to taxing The Public Accounts Committee says

the amount raised each year from wealthy individuals has fallen

by a billion pounds. It's urged HM Revenue and Customs

to do more to fight tax Head teachers in England,

who have been warning of a deepening funding crisis, have been angry

to discover that hundreds of millions of funding promised

to schools last year were taken back by the Treasury, when the government

was defeated in its plan to turn The RSPB says the current cold

weather appears to be bringing unusual migrant birds

to Britain, such as waxwings. The charity is holding its annual

bird count this weekend, when more than half a million people

are expected to take part in what's claimed to be the world's

largest wildlife survey. Relocating can be stressful

at the best of times, but residents in Ghent, Belgium,

have found an inventive way to help their local library

move down the road. More than 1,200 people formed

a human chain over a distance of 250 meters to move books

from the old library building You could say they had

the situation covered. That is quite a long way. I think it

is a good idea. It gets everyone involved. And as you are passing the

books you might think, hey, this one looks good. The complete works of

Shakespeare might be quite heavy to move that way. We are about to step

into the weird and wonderful world of Jose Mourinho. The final score,

you will hear written a moment, it was Hull, two, Man U, one. Bear that

in mind. Manchester United are into the EFL

Cup final after beating Hull City United led 2-0 from the first leg

and after Hull scored a penalty, Paul Pogba struck what would

be the decisive goal. Oumar Niasse ended United's

17-match unbeaten run, but that didn't stop Jose Mourinho

reaching his first final And on his birthday,

too, although he's not accepting their winning

streak is over. He is even saying that that wasn't

the real score. We did not lose. It was 1-1. 1-1. I only saw two goals.

Pogba's one. And the guy in the far post coming... 1-1. We are still

unbeatable. Why did you not count the first goal? I did not see it.

Winning after winning is the toughest thing. That is what

Leicester has proven to be difficult this season. But they still, in cup

competitions, as we saw in the Champions League, are formidable

opponents on their day. I put on the best team. The best team. That is

because we need to go to the cup. We need to get confidence. Because we

lost so many matches in the last days.

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, will attend a personal hearing

for his misconduct charge later today.

Wenger says he'll accept the charge for verbally abusing and pushing

an official during his side's win over Burnley last weekend,

but he wants clarity on the rules for when a manager is sent

When I was sent off, I was surprised. I was in the tunnel. I

thought I had the right to be in the tunnel. In 2009 I had to go into the

stands in Old Trafford. I did not know where to go. Nobody tells you

what you have to do when you are sent off. He looked a little bit

lost when he went to the stands. Just, where do you go?

Former England captain Steven Gerrard says he's "very

excited but nervous and anxious" about his new role

Gerrard, who made more than 500 appearances for the club,

I think the key to it is Liverpool are prepared to help me. They want

to help me become a better coach and a better manager. You know, they

welcomed me with open arms. But at the same time, I have to put in all

the hard work and tried to improve as well.

England cruised to a seven-wicket victory in their first twenty20

international against India in Kanpur.

Captain Eoin Morgan led by example, top scoring in the match.

His half century made him the first England player to reach 1,500 runs

They can wrap up the series with a win in the second

I think it was a pretty complete performance. Certainly as complete

as we have performed on the strip. To win the toss and bowl, there is

always more pressure on the bowlers to perform on that kind of wicket.

Finally, to the tennis. Will there be a Roger and Rafa final

at the Australian Open? Federer won his semi-final

in Melbourne yesterday, Nadal plays the in-form Grigor

Dimitrov in the next few hours. Nadal has not reached a major final

since winning his 14th Grand Slam If he beats Dimitrov,

then all four singles finalists will be aged over 30,

as 35-year-old Serena Williams meets sister Venus, who's 36,

in the women's final. And it would be, if Rafael Nadal can

get through, be a repeat of 2008. It would be a real throwback. When is

the game? 830 our time. It will obviously go on beyond that. Thank

you. Later today, Theresa May will become

the first global leader to meet The Prime Minster has said she hopes

the two leaders can find a trade Mrs May has also said she's

not afraid of having But with Donald Trump promising

to "put America first," just how Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin has been

to Liverpool to investigate. On the quayside in Liverpool, row

after row of British made cars bound for America. They are red bit

exports for us out of the UK, as well as construction and mining

machinery. Heavy machinery. When you hear Donald Trump is getting America

building again, this sounds encouraging for you. Obviously. We

want a slice of that. We can export the goods he needs to carry on that

construction he is looking at. If. A slice of the economy is what Theresa

May wants. This is the exports out of the UK, a fifth of global

exports. We sell more than we buy, with imports totalling ?35 billion.

The US is our biggest single nation export market. But we are America's

fifth most important market. It is clear who has the upper hand. A new

trade deal between Britain and America must serve both sides and

both of our interests. It is going to be only America first. America

first. America first. Does that alarm you at all? If they are more

serious about manufacturing that creates opportunities for us. If we

listen to what Donald Trump says, we could have great opportunity. You

never know. But if there are opportunities at what cost? In

Liverpool's shopping districts, look up, and you might notice a golden

eagle. It marks the spot of America's very first consulate, when

the fledgeling republic first looked the world, and it traded with

Britain first then. Today it is a French restaurant, and everything

has changed. We think we are still a big power. But the special

relationship was only important from the British point of view. The

assumption that everything would be fine with trade assumes Donald

Trump's administration will behave rationally. They may not. They could

genuinely prioritised American consumers and jobs and manufacturing

to the exclusion of other trading partners. High tariffs could be put

in place to tax imports. We don't know. Barack Obama's great, great

grandfather once sailed from here in the hope of finding a better future

in America. Has Theresa May meets his successor, she has her eye on

the same thing. -- as. More coverage through the morning as we look to

that face-to-face meeting between Donald Trump and Theresa May

happening later on today. You are watching

Breakfast from BBC News. The main stories this morning:

Theresa May is heading to the White House to become

the first foreign leader to meet Plans to restrict the number of hip

and knee replacements for all but those in the most severe

pain are described as alarming It is time to find out what is

happening with the weather. That is definitely a lovely optimistic

picture. Good morning. For some of us, we will see pictures like this

today. Skies like this. Not necessarily for the whole day. This

is a Weather Watcher picture. It was sent in yesterday to Morriston in

the highlands where we had 13 Celsius. That is a brilliant

temperature. Lovely skies. Look further south. Another cracking

picture. -1, that is as warm as it got. Both these temperatures, one is

going up and the other is going down. You can see air coming up from

the continent which is not as cold as it was yesterday. To take a look

at that, if you remember in France yesterday, my chart had blues in it,

indicating it was cold. Mild greens and yellow is now. I use the word

mild. It will still feel cold. Dragging south-easterly is across

the country. Not as cold as yesterday. But to get through the

day how we start to see air rotating around. The area of low pressure

approaching us. This is a mild air direction approaching from the

south-west. With that, a front coming our way. That will introduce

a fair bit of rain at times. Light rain and drizzle. It will very

slowly move east. First thing this morning we have got variable

fortunes. Cloud around. Also some sunshine when it gets up. A cold

start. Temperatures and parts of England will go as low as -5, -6.

Clear skies as well. Northern Ireland, a lot of cloud around and

showers. As we move into Scotland, a cold start, but a lot of sunshine.

More mild towards the west. Wales, you can see a bit of cloud coming in

from the south-west this morning. Sunny breaks. Through the day, as

the weather front goes across Northern Ireland, it will bring

rain. Eventually, it will get into western part of Scotland, England,

and Wales. At the same time, a system going up across the English

Channel bringing rain to the Channel Islands and into southern counties.

Watch out for ice first thing in Kent, Sussex, in the east of East

Anglia, where there will be rain. Through the afternoon, more cloud

will build to be hanging onto the sunshine in north and eastern

Scotland and north-east England. Temperatures down in the north end

up in the south compared with yesterday. Ben True this evening and

overnight, well, the rain is coming from both directions. Joining

forces. It moves towards the east. Behind that, the risk of ice on

untreated surfaces. Above 400 metres. We could also see snow on

the tops of the Pennines. The weekend. If anything, again, it is

going to be less cold. I am choosing my language carefully here. Breezy.

Rain at times. Saturday, first of all, do you remember this from the

west slowly towards the east? Behind that, brighter skies,. A lot of

cloud initially, but the sunshine will chase that way. A plethora of

showers towards the west. Temperatures, coming up, between

five and nine. And then on Sunday, rain, from the south-west in the

south moving slowly west, and the brighter skies will be across

Scotland and eventually into northern England.

Where are you? We are listening very intently. You set at one point the

Sun is going to chase the clouds away, and I heard what you said. It

was poetry! Yes, because normally Steph always listens, but Charlie, I

am very impressed! He is a part-time, we both know that.

Now let's have a look at this morning's papers.

The Guardian, first of all, lots of the papers covering the news today

that Theresa May will be meeting President Trump, the first foreign

leader to do so now that Donald Trump is president and lots of

people analysing what is going to happen, the opposites attract

headline being because Theresa May said to journalists on her flight to

the US that sometimes opposites do attract. And the front page of the

Daily Telegraph, it is interesting how they have framed this one. No

more wars like Iraq. They haven't quoted her directly, this is a

reference to know more interventions in foreign countries, and they have

obviously thinks that with Iraq and Afghanistan. There is a story about

hip operations on the Daily Mail this morning, and this is the news

this morning that patients could be denied hip Warnie replacements

unless they cannot sleep through the night due to pain -- or knee. We

will be speaking to the Royal College of surgeons a bit later

about that. We all know there is no such

thing as free money, but it could soon cost

you to withdraw money from tens of thousands of ATMs

which are currently free. How much would you pay to take a

tenner out of a machine? We have got used to pretty

much all cash machines Banks and ATM operators are arguing

over the fees they pay each other to cover the cost of

running the machines. If you don't go to a machine that

belongs to your bank, your bank has to pay a small fee,

either to another bank But some of the banks

want to reduce the fees. So will us customers be asked

to make up the difference? Ron Delnevo is the executive

director Europe of the ATM industry association, representing both

banks and independent You represent the industry. I do.

Why has this issue come up now? It seems we have been used to not

paying for our cash out of cash machines for quite awhile. It is

probably a relief to some of your not hearing about Brexit and Donald

Trump, this issue is more important today now than some of those other

issues. The reality is we have enjoyed fantastic free access to

cash in the UK. The system which connect all of the ATMs here is

admired around the world, and we have it and therefore we have that

easy access to cash. It is under threat now. Why now? Why all of a

sudden other banks saying they are not willing to pay as much as the

machine operators want to charge? It is not all the banks. Some banks are

saying they don't want to pay but the reality is that is because

rightly that banks are examining their cost them trying to save

money. What I would say and the UK public would say is this is not a

good way of saving money. An average of 15 million adults in the UK use

an ATM once a week so it is a vital part of our economy and that cash

keeps the economy going. Millions of people use cash to lead their daily

lives. There is a myth that cash is dying away but more than 50% of

retail transactions are still carried out using cash. It is very

important to the people of the UK and that is why it needs to be kept

on a sustainable basis for ever. Some of your members are banks, are

they picking the wrong fights and should they be looking to save money

in other ways? This is a fight between banks and independence,

because as you save many banks operate ATMs away from branches. We

shouldn't criticise banks were trying to save money. They are right

to be trying to save money. This is just the wrong place to be saving

that money. We need good public access to cash, which is what we

have at the moment. Millions only use cash to lead their daily lives

and we have to restore that access to cash, that is called financial

inclusion. So there is a big meeting today among operators to try and

sort out what will go on with these fees. If it turns out the fees have

to be reduced, how many of the current cash machines that we have

free to use across the country could turn into us seeing those charges

like we used to? Well, the working party which has been set up solves

the problem. If not, to be honest, we would expect the payment

regulator to intervene. Do you think a third of them? It could be a third

of ATMs. We estimate 8500 would come out, but there will also be bank

ATMs, because of branch ATMs will mean a lot of cash access removed.

One major bank leaving the network could mean the end of the network.

We need that to be safeguarded, and we need to have guarantees of free

access to cash, guaranteed under the Link network. It makes you think how

often you get cashed out. Are you a cash man? I have started to use my

mobile phone. And I found out this morning what ATMs stood for. Any

idea? Automatic teller machine. Very good, very good. You would think I

knew a bit about business, wouldn't you?

It is not every day that a rare tropical turtle washes up on a beach

in Wales, but that is exactly what happened in November

when an olive ridley turtle named Menai turned up in Anglesey.

The species is critically endangered, and experts say

it is the first time one has been seen on UK shores.

Our Wales correspondent Sian Lloyd has more.

An early morning start, and another step on a journey that could

eventually lead to this tropical sea turtle being released back into the

wild. She was driven all the way from Anglesey, where she was found

last November, to Hertfordshire. Six hours later, and the team at the

Royal veterinary College were preparing their unique patient. They

have never seen a olive ridley here before. Menai is the first to be

spotted in British waters since records began, almost 250 years ago.

Getting a sea turtle into the scanning machine is no easy task,

but experts need to check her lungs for damage. You can see her shell,

all around, and we can see her lungs, and we can see also that

there is some gas, which is black, and that is outside her lungs. So it

is free gas, and that is potentially responsible for her buoyancy

problem. Staff caring for her on Anglesey had noticed that Menai was

unable to keep below the water. She may be struggling to dive, but the

team are delighted by her appetite, which is helping her regain weight.

She is starting to eat really, really well now. She is demolishing

a couple of kilos of calamari a day, and she is a real personality. She

likes to see us, she seems to recognise people, she knows what is

going on. Olive ridleys can travel vast distances but it is thought

this one was carried by current thousands of miles off course. Menai

the total has been through a lot, and now it is time for some TLC. Gel

is being applied to prevent her skin from drying, and it will soon be

time for her return to Anglesey, where experts decide her future.

I have learned a lot in that piece, not least that they serve calamari

to captive totals. It has fine tastes, that turtle.

so feeling milder, but rather unsettled.

There will be some rain around on Sunday morning, too.

I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Steph

Theresa May becomes the first world leader to meet Donald Trump

The Prime Minister says the two leaders can "lead the world

together" but they cannot return to "failed" military interventions.

We have the opportunity, indeed, the responsibility,

to renew the special relationship for this new age.

I do not have my Commerce Secretary, they want to talk trade.

Proposals to restrict knee and hip replacements for only those

The Royal College of Surgeons says there's no justification

The babies who die before 24 weeks and their parents who are denied

It is a recognition that your child existed at all. Proof that they were

here. One of our biggest companies BT

is having to deal with accounting I'll be looking at why this

could affect our pensions In sport, it's a happy

birthday for Jose Mourinho. Manchester United reach

the League Cup final, with an aggregate victory over Hull,

so they'll face Southampton A cold and frosty start to the day.

Patchy fog. Some dense. Dry and bright. Cloudy rain coming in from

the west and south. Those will merge and slowly move east through the

day. For many, though, it will be dry. I will have more details in 15

minutes. Thank you. See you soon. Theresa May will meet

President Donald Trump She'll be hoping to prepare

the ground for a smooth The two leaders will spend around

an hour in The Oval Office, where they're also expected

to discuss the role of Nato as well as relations

with Russia and China. Yesterday, the Prime Minister told

senior Republicans it was time for Britain and America

to renew their special relationship. Here's our Washington

correspondent, David Willis. She arrived on a blustery winter's

evening in a city reeling from the effects of the new occupant

of the White House. Theresa May will meet

with President Trump less than a week after he came to office,

a week as unpredictable as any And as the Prime Minister's

motorcade wound its way through the streets of the capital,

she could probably be forgiven for thinking will the new

relationship be more In Philadelphia, the city

of the founding fathers, Mrs May earned a standing ovation

for a speech that dwelt on the shared history of the two

nations, a relationship which had defined the modern world,

all part of a charm offensive which she hopes will pave the way

for a trade deal with the US. So I am delighted that the new

administration has made a trade agreement between our countries,

one of its earliest priorities. A new trade deal with

Britain and America. It must serve both of our

sides and interests. Later, she will become the first

foreign leader to meet with Donald Trump at

the White House, the streetwise New Yorker who, when it

comes to trade deals, has vowed he will always

put America first. He and Theresa May do

have things in common, and it remains to be seen

whether they can find common ground, just as the UK is preparing

to negotiate its departure Let's speak to our political

correspondent, Carole Walker, Inevitably, there is fascination

with the personal side to this. Donald Trump and Theresa May, their

personal sides. They wanted top business. Interesting. It was

interesting to hear the Prime Minister last night the learning no

more foreign interventions the UK and US have been involved in in the

past with the UK and Afghanistan. -- signalling. That will chime with the

views of the new president. It will be welcome to many MPs back here at

Westminster. She also wants to make sure that both Britain and the

United States remain engaged in the world, through Nato, a joint-venture

to stand up to Islamic State terrorists, and indeed, in things

like the deal with Iran over its nuclear programme. But the important

thing for the Prime Minister's point of view is going to be to try to

forge a personal relationship. She talked last night about how

opposites attract. Some might be surprised to hear that sort of

language from Theresa May. But of course there are also issues where

they disagreed. Many MPs are not just on the opposition benches, but

in her own party, were concerned to hear Donald Trump countenancing

waterboarding as torture. It is not clear if that will go ahead. Theresa

May has already warned that could affect intelligence sharing. And of

course, the Prime Minister will be aware that many MPs here at

Westminster will be concerned about many of the things that Donald Trump

has said and done. She will want to forge that new personal relationship

to form the basis for a future trade deal without appearing to pander to

the new president so much that she prompts a backlash here at home.

Carol, for the moment, thank you for that.

In a few minutes, we'll speak to Tony Blair's former Chief

of Staff and get his views on just how significant a first meeting this

Let us have a look at the rest of the news this morning.

The Labour MP and party whip, Jeff Smith, has said he'll defy

Jeremy Corbyn and vote against the Government Bill that'll

The MP said he wasn't convinced the Government had a proper

The Shadow Transport Minister, Daniel Zeichner, has also said he'll

oppose the legislation, while Tulip Siddiq has resigned

Patients in parts of Worcestershire will have to be in more pain,

to qualify for a hip or knee operation, under new plans

Three clinical commissioning groups want to up the threshold to get

access to surgery, in a bid to save over two million.

Though they insist operations will continue, the Royal College

of Surgeons are calling the plans "alarming."

Hip and knee operations can be a godsend to do is to get them,

Hip and knee operations can be a godsend to the people who get

them, but they can also be expensive, up to ?6,000 each.

Three groups in Worcestershire want to decrease those bills

million because they said they were spending far more

It is important that they consider operations restricted to those

who were in such pain they could not sleep.

But it is understood those criteria are used in many areas.

A spokesman for SAGA, an organisation for over 50s,

said they should examine their consciences.

They said it was an outrage even to suggest inability to sleep should

be used in deciding eligibility for an operation.

The Royal College of Surgeons said it was worried this example

of health rationing was only the tip of the iceberg.

A health spokeswoman in Worcestershire said many patients

would benefit from physiotherapy and weight loss before

She also said there was a clear appeal system.

The taxman's failure to get tough with the super-rich risks

undermining confidence in the whole system,

The Public Accounts Committee says the amount raised each year

from wealthy individuals has fallen by a billion pounds,

and there needs to be a tougher approach.

HM Revenue and Customs has rejected any suggestion of special treatment

The Treasury has taken back hundreds of millions of pounds of funding

for schools in England, at a time when head teachers have

The money had been announced last year as part of a plan to turn

But the Department for Education has revealed that when the compulsory

academy plan was ditched, the Treasury took back most

Our education correspondent, Sean Coughlan, reports.

Head teachers in West Sussex and other parts of the country have

been warning that schools are running out of cash.

But only last year, the government announced an extra ?500 million,

for schools as part of their plan to turn every school

School leaders have been asking whatever happened to that money?

But it has now emerged that when the academy plan was abandoned,

most of the money, ?384 million, was in fact taken back

The Education Department said this was the right thing to do.

The schools are receiving record levels of funding,

Head teachers are furious that so much money could appear

and disappear when schools are struggling to make ends meet.

Business news on BT with figures just in. We heard about trouble they

were having. Their profits last year were down by nearly 14% because of

various issues they have had with the business increasing cost. We

heard of the big Italian accounting scandal going on. Interestingly, the

boss says the customer experience remains the top row pretty. --

priority. That is a big issue for them. If any big customers have had

an issue. He is highlighting that as something. All this is quite

important because BT is a massive company and many pensions are

massively invested in them. Anyone who is a customer of BT will have a

tough time. Will prices rise if they have to pay for accounting? You will

talk about that later on. Another story. Tesco. A merger. This was a

surprise. They have an appearance to merge with a food wholesaler.

Smaller shops... It is like a cash and carry kind of place. Tesco is

thinking of merging that part of the business. It is a far bigger

business than Booker is in the UK. Tesco would still be the dominant

force, you would have thought. Interesting to see the changes in

the retail sector, especially with food. Prices going up, they think

that could help them. OK. Both of those stories coming in the last few

minutes. We will check out some of those details and come back to you.

The RSPB says the current cold weather appears to be bringing

unusual migrant birds to Britain, such as waxwings.

The charity is holding its annual bird count this weekend,

when more than half a million people are expected to take part in what's

claimed to be the world's largest wildlife survey.

Does that mean they actually just count all of the birds? People are

asked to take pictures and they put everything together. A great idea.

Many people take part in it all across the weekend. One more story

for you. Relocating can be stressful

at the best of times, but residents in Ghent, Belgium,

have found an inventive way to help their local library

move down the road. More than 1,200 people formed

a human chain over a distance of 250 meters to move books

from the old library building You could say they had

the situation covered. Quite a lot of effort. But I think

it is a great way to the books you fancy that you may not have read. We

will have the weather and all the sport coming up for you in the next

few minutes. Those are the words of Theresa May,

as she becomes the first foreign The Prime Minister is coming under

increasing pressure to oppose some of the President's controversial

views, but her team are confident the so-called "special

relationship" between Britain Let's take a look at how it has

evolved over the years. In his talks at the White House, Mr

McMillan will certainly have experienced a new spirit and

thinking from President Kennedy. It is not an exaggeration to say, nor

is it a reflection on our other friends and allies to say, that we

enjoy a special relationship with Great Britain. A new look in White

House welcoming ceremonies. More pomp and ceremony. Mrs Thatcher will

get more of both as the first president to be received by

President Reagan. In Britain you will find a ready response, an ally,

valiant, staunch, and through. On a White House visit billed as a

securing of the special relationship, John Major is already

having to talk down the lack of enthusiasm for the Clinton's plan

for airdrops on was the. George and Laura Bush there are two read their

guests. They expect to forge a friendship based on common values.

Ours will be a strong and good personal relationship. And an

alliance that will stand the test of time. Welcome to the David and

Barack Obama showed. The United States and the United Kingdom enjoy

a truly special relationship. Joining us now from Westminster

is Jonathan Powell, the former Chief of Staff to Tony Blair

during his time as Prime Minister. We were just showing the

relationship between the Prime Minister and the previous prime

ministers, and we were given a flavour of this special

relationship. What will that mean when Donald Trump and Theresa May

meet today. Unfortunately, very little. What is important as what

reason can bring to the table. We can bring our alliance, and a strong

military in the past. As we leave Europe and run down our military we

will be less relevant. The more we talk about a special relationship

ourselves, the more needy we look. What will be the special message

from the Prime Minister today? The prime Minister will come back saying

here is a man I can do business with but when we talk about shared

values, they were shed values with previous presidents but it is

difficult after last week to identify what the shared values are

with someone who supports torture, who wants to old war with Mexico,

who supports protectionism. They are not having a joint US conference, as

it would be tricky to manage it given the different directions they

are pointing in. From what you say it will be a tricky meeting. Looking

at the specifics, Theresa May spoke the Republicans last night and one

of the things which came up was foreign policy, and the Prime

Minister herself saying the days of reason and America intervening in

sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image

are over. What does this mean for foreign policy? I am not quite sure,

because she seemed to contradict herself in the next sentence when

she said written and America must lead the world by making sure our

values are upheld around the world by taking action, which sounds like

intervention to me. So I wasn't quite sure that the one thing I

would say is it is a mistake to encourage Donald Trump to be

isolationist. He has a tendency to want to isolate the United States

from the world. He talks about the common world, the 1930s movement to

separate America, the last thing he wants to do is be an isolationist.

We should encourage him to support NATO, and promised to defend the

countries of NATO if they are attacked. And she brought that up in

her speech, highlighting that it was the United States in the UK who

essentially founded NATO and the UN. How likely is she to convince

President Trump about the importance of NATO. As you said, that is a big

thing. The problem is, the point of having a close relationship are

twinned an American president and British Prime Minister from the

British point of view is you can influence the American president to

do something. Influence on Kosovo led to the fall of the loss of itch.

It is not clear that you can influence Donald Trump. --

Milosevic. Changing his mind is going to be very difficult and I

don't give Mrs Mac a lot of chances of being able to do that. It sounds

as if you are pessimistic about what will come out of this meeting -- Mrs

May. I think talking about a trade deal is a complete waste of time

because we have been negotiating a trade deal for five years and

probably longer with the United States, and goodness knows Mr Trump

will still be there. It is much better to talk about NATO. She can

get him to come out publicly and say he fully supports NATO and will

defend any country in NATO if it is attacked by Russia, I think that

will be an achievement. What I suspect she will do is say this is

someone we can do business with, and I have my doubts about that. Can I

ask you, on the trade deal, we have heard Trump talk about bilateral

deals would obviously he likes and that sales were good news for us.

There is a real danger that he likes them because it means the US can

dictate the terms of the deal, and therefore we could come out in a bad

day with a trade deal. I have experience trying to negotiate with

the Americans on trade. They are hard-nosed about trade deals and

agriculture in particular. The American agriculture industry is

huge and they want to have access to the British market. If we allow them

to have the access they will demand from bilateral trade deal, British

agriculture better watch out. Here is Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. Good morning to you. Good morning.

Hopefully more than a moment. You will notice if you are stepping

outside this morning it is a cold and frosty start to the day but it

isn't going to feel as cold through the day to day as it did yesterday.

What is happening is yesterday we had all this blew across France. We

are pulling up the air from France so it is coming from the south-east,

moving across our shores, and we have green and yellow indicating it

won't be as cold. Through the day the wind will veer to the

south-westerly, milder direction and we have a weather front coming in as

well. That will introduce some rain, not particularly heavy rain, and

some drizzle. Across southern England this morning we have bits

and pieces of cloud, some breaks, and it is a cold start. Some parts

have dropped as low as minus six. We also have some patchy and dense fog

across the East Midlands and then can share and some rain moving

across Sussex, Kent, and clipping East Anglia so we could see some

ice. Across Wales, largely dry, northern England dry and frosty.

Northern Ireland cloud with some spots of rain and a cold start

across Scotland. Also we are looking at a fair bit of sunshine,

especially in the northern half of the country. Through the day the

weather front in the west moves across Northern Ireland, ringing

some rain the western fringes of Scotland, England and Wales. We have

another weather front across the Channel Isles bringing rain in the

southern England. Ahead of both of these the cloud will build and there

will be some sunny breaks. Mostly across eastern and southern Scotland

and the far north-east of England. Temperatures down in the north and

up in the south compared with yesterday. Both of these systems

will join forces in a whole lot will drift eastwards. As that clears

there is the risk of ice on untreated surfaces in the west. Snow

on the hills and the Pennines and snow above 400m in the Scottish

Highlands as well. Tomorrow all of that rain continues to drift slowly

towards the east. Behind that there will be a lot of cloud around.

Brightest spells towards the west with some showers and temperatures

again not as low as they have been. Thank you very much, see you later

on. Losing a child is perhaps the most

painful experience any parent But if a baby is born earlier

than 24 weeks into a pregnancy, and doesn't manage to survive,

they won't receive a birth That made the situation even more

upsetting for Sarah Henderson when her daughter arrived at 23

weeks, but without a heartbeat. She has been speaking

to Breakfast's Graham Satchell about her loss, and why

she is calling for a change We had the opportunity

to take photographs of her, And handprints, and footprints,

and we held her. She was very small,

but she was perfectly formed. Sarah gave birth to Rowan,

her daughter, at 23 weeks I don't know how many times

I told her I was sorry. As a mother, you want

to protect your children. We had no choice, over

what happened, how it happened. Sarah was told she wouldn't

get a birth or death Legally, the birth of a child

is registered after 24 weeks, Sarah started to petition

to change the law. It now has more than

300,000 signatures. It's a recognition that your child

existed at all, acknowledgement that they were here,

no matter how short the time. It really would have helped

with the grieving process, the fact that she was acknowledged,

the fact that our grief Like millions of others,

Sarah has been watching harrowing Michelle Connor, played

by Kym Marsh, loses her son She also asks for a birth

certificate, and is refused. What touched me so much was knowing

that she had actually experienced One of the reasons I felt brave

enough to share my story, and to do the petition,

was if Kym was brave enough to do A meeting with Zoe Clark-Coates,

from the charity Saying Goodbye. What we all want as grieving parents

is very much that every baby gets Together, we can make

a real difference. Registering all births before 24

weeks would mean issuing certificates in abortion cases,

so charities have been working on a compromise - a new national

certificate available to parents It will give parents a certificate,

a formal certificate. We want to see a formal,

legal document that is given to any parent who requests it,

and a new register be created. Sarah is hoping for more signatures

for her petition, and change. Not having legal recognition for her

daughter has been devastating. So she's not in our family tree,

she'll never appear in an birth register or a death

register anywhere. It's like, legally, she didn't

exist, that she was never a person. But of course, to us she was,

and will always be. That was Sarah Henderson,

sharing her story with If you or someone you know

is affected by this, you can find details

of organisations offering support at bbc.co.uk/actionline,

or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information

on 08000 566 065. Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. so feeling milder,

but rather unsettled. There will be some rain around

on Sunday morning, too. I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom Plenty more on our website

at the usual address. This is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Steph Theresa May will today become

the first world leader to meet Donald Trump since he

became US President. She told Republicans

yesterday of the importance of the special relationship

between the two countries, but says they cannot return

to "failed" military interventions. It's expected a post-Brexit trade

deal will be high on the agenda at today's meeting

in The Oval Office. Donald Trump's first week

as president has been described by the former Labour leader

Ed Miliband, as "dizzying" Speaking on the BBC's

Newsnight programme, he also criticised Theresa May

for positioning herself so closely Her speech was a perfect and decent

speech, if it was normal times. But to align yourself so closely with

his project, which is what she did, that, I think, was a mistake

Jeremy Corbyn faces more dissent in the Labour Party today,

as the party whip, Jeff Smith, says he'll defy the leader and vote

against the Government Bill that will trigger Article 50.

The MP said he wasn't convinced the government had a proper

The Shadow Transport Minister, Daniel Zeichner, has also said he'll

oppose the legislation, while Tulip Siddiq has resigned

Patients in parts of Worcestershire will have to be in more pain,

to qualify for a hip or knee operation, under new plans

Three clinical commissioning groups are outlining

plans to up the threshold in a bid to save around ?2 million.

Though, they insist surgery would continue to be carried out

elsewhere, the Royal College of Surgeons are calling

Britain's biggest supermarket, Tesco, has agreed to buy food

is claimed to create the country's largest food company.

Tesco boss Dave Lewis has this morning told the BBC it's not

about cutting costs at the business, arguing the merger will bring

The taxman's failure to get tough with the super-rich risks

undermining confidence in the whole system,

The Public Accounts Committee says the amount raised each year

from wealthy individuals has fallen by a billion pounds,

and there needs to be a tougher approach.

HM Revenue and Customs has rejected any suggestion of special treatment

Hundreds of millions of funding promised to schools in England last

year has been taken back by the Treasury.

The money had been announced to fund a plan to turn

The Department for Education says that it was appropriate to return

The RSPB says the current cold weather appears to be bringing

unusual migrant birds to Britain, such as waxwings.

The charity is holding its annual bird count this weekend,

when more than half a million people are expected to take part in what's

claimed to be the world's largest wildlife survey.

I love the idea of bird counting. Are they literally counting them? I

gathered that they are. I saw three problems in the same few seconds

visiting my bird table. It is unusual that they are coming here

now that it is colder. Maybe some puffins coming. First, happy

birthday to Jose Mourinho yesterday. He celebrated with his Manchester

United side reaching the EFL Cup. Interestingly, he thought that the

score was 1-1. I will explain now. Manchester United are into the EFL

Cup final after beating Hull City United led 2-0 from the first leg

and after Hull scored a penalty, Paul Pogba struck what would

be the decisive goal. Oumar Niasse ended United's

17-match unbeaten run, but that didn't stop Jose Mourinho

reaching his first final And on his birthday,

too, although he's not accepting their winning

streak is over. And the guy in the far

post coming... Why did you not count

the first goal? Interesting. We could say we did not

lose this morning. Fake news. Alternative fact. Complicated.

Anyway. Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger,

will attend a personal hearing for his misconduct

charge later today. Wenger says he'll accept the charge

for verbally abusing and pushing an official during his side's win

over Burnley last weekend, but he wants clarity on the rules

for when a manager is sent When I was sent off,

I was surprised. I thought I had the right

to be in the tunnel. In 2009 I had to go

into the stands in Old Trafford. Nobody tells you what you have to do

when you are sent off. Arsene Wenger needs to know where to

go. Could there be another Clough

in charge of Nottingham Forest? They've made an approach

to Burton Albion, to speak with Nigel Clough about their

vacant manager's job. His father Brian Clough was Forest's

most famous manager, leading them to numerous victories,

including two European Cups Nigel has already followed

in his father's footsteps once, Anthony Joshua's world

heavyweight title bout against Wladimir Klitshcko

will be fought in front Over 80,000 tickets have already

been sold for the Wembley bout on April the 29th, and the Mayor

of London, Sadiq Khan, has granted permission,

for another 10,000 to go on sale, after talking to rail companies,

to make sure fans could England cruised to a seven-wicket

victory in their first twenty20 international against

India in Kanpur. Captain Eoin Morgan led by example,

top scoring in the match. His half century made him the first

England player to reach 1,500 runs They can wrap up the series

with a win in the second I think it was a pretty

complete performance. Certainly, as complete as we have

performed on this trip. To win the toss and bowl,

there is always more pressure on the bowlers to produce

what is needed on that Especially with a guy

like Virat up first. So, will there be a Roger and Rafa

final at the Australian Open? Federer won his semi-final

in Melbourne yesterday, Nadal plays the in-form Grigor

Dimitrov in the next few hours. Nadal has not reached

a major final since, winning his 14th Grand Slam

at the French Open three years ago. If he beats Dimitrov,

then all four singles finalists will be aged over 30,

as 35-year-old Serena Williams meets sister Venus, who's 36,

in the women's final. I love a bit of retro tennis.

Throwback. I remember sitting with you. Tennis experts... Welcome back,

by the way. LAUGHTER. They were saying the old order had changed.

They thought that themselves. There is an interview with Roger Federer

in the papers. Three months ago he was only able to play mini-tennis

with Rafael Nadal at a charity do. Rafael Nadal had a wrist injury so

he was playing one-armed. Roger Federer had an injured leg. They

said they could only dream about playing each other properly again.

They thought they might have to have a charity match. Now, Dimitrov

willing, they are facing each other for the first time since 2011. Now

for the front pages. Many of the papers are using these images.

Theresa May arrived in Philadelphia. She spoke at a Republican meeting.

There were some moments when the people got up off their feet. She

was described as barnstorming. Now she is having a face-to-face meeting

with Donald Trump. She said she will handle the UK and she will do it by

herself. He talks fondly of the UK. All you have heard from Donald Trump

is America first when it comes to trade deals. We are going there

talking about expanding the special relationship. How can we do it

better than America in the coming years, I am not too sure we're not

supposed to negotiate with anyone until we leave the EU. Donald Trump

things he can do what he wants when it comes to trade talks, probably.

Shall be look at other papers? One being in all the papers, the economy

grew by 0.6% in the last few months of last year. That was better than

expected. It was boosted by consumer spending. So it is ours going to

bars and shops and restaurants. People forget how much the economy

is boosted by going to shops. And we are talking about manufacturing, but

lots of it comes down to that. Did anyone mention puffins? He is

excited. Explain the story, please. Escape the rat race, says the Daily

Mail. Look after puffins on this island instead. This is near fine

islands near Northumberland. -- Farnham Islands. You could do many

things. You could count puffins or cute seal pups. Is that an actual

job? You get ?70,000, free accommodation, and two motorboats to

get around. Really? Do you have to climb up a cliff and look at their

nests? That will be your first question at the interview. They are

saying that being good at PowerPoint. Is not necessary. I do

not think you would need PowerPoint. . How do you know so much about

puffins? They are very fascinating. They love to talk when they are in

their nests, but when they fly, they are completely quiet. I will

struggle to bring us back to the front pages now. The front page of

the Times. Looking at the speech with Theresa May. Let us stand

together. Looking at the words. Everyone is fascinated. Together was

one of them. Special relationship was also used over and over again as

she talked to Republicans. Many people will analyse the language.

They will look at the speech between Donald Trump and Theresa May to see

if it feels as good as it sounds. The front page of the Telegraph. No

more wars like Iraq. That was not actually a quote. She talked about

no more intervention, failed intervention. But people have read

that to me in Iraq and Afghanistan. Before we go, can I... Where am I

going? LAUGHTER. I am off with the puffins. Look at this. How great is

this picture? A bear in the air. He they say that? Look at that. All

right, lads. Is that a puffin in a bear costume? You have got one. No,

I have a moose costume. It is a nice bear. But I think we should finish

talking about it. Thank you very much. We will see it in a few

minutes because he will bring us up-to-date with more stories. BT and

Tesco. You are watching Breakfast from BBC News. The main stories this

morning. to the White House to become

the first foreign leader to meet Plans to restrict the number of hip

and knee replacements for all but those in the most severe

pain are described as alarming I think we should find out what is

happening with the weather. What do you think about going to an island

to look at puffins? It sounds idyllic. I have never seen a real

one. That would be a double bonus. The weather. Today, a cold start.

You may be glad of this if you are a puffin. Frost on the leaves. That is

how we will wake up. That will turn slowly less cold through the day.

Not warm. It will not feel as cold as yesterday. What what is

happening, we are importing less cold air. Yesterday, if you

remember, across France, blue, that means temperatures were sub-0. Now,

mild greens and yellows. Mild is not the right word. It will still feel

cold. South-easterly winds. Later, south-westerly, a milder direction.

Coming from the Atlantic accompanied by the weather front, that will

bring rain. That is knocking on the door of Northern Ireland at the

moment. Starting off this morning with some frost around. Temperatures

and parts of England, -6, Scotland, -5. Dense pockets of fog in east

Midlands and Lincolnshire in particular. Through the day, as the

weather front approaches, rainy Northern Ireland and also across

western parts of Scotland as well. -- rain in. East and western part of

Scotland will hang on to the sunshine in the afternoon and also

north England. South of that, the cloud will build through the day.

That is because we have a weather front not too far away. Even so,

some sunny breaks here and there. Kent will see some. A weather front

in the Channel Islands bringing rain. That will come in through

southern counties of England. At the same time, a weather front from the

west. That will bring rain through Cornwall and west Wales. A lot of

dry weather and there cloud with the odd sunny break. Western Ireland, a

weather front across the Irish Sea. It will brighten up with some

sunshine. Some showers. Through the evening and overnight, the weather

front goes north and the other weather front coming from the west

moves east. They will meet in slowly continue their journey, going

towards the east. They will deposit snow in the Pennines and also go up

to 400 metres in Scotland. Behind that, cold and damp enough on the

surface for the risk of ice. Through the weekend, we continue with a less

cold, not mild, theme. Breezy with some rain. On Saturday, that

translates into the rain continuing to edge towards the east of the

country. Breezy around yet. In the west, sunshine developing behind the

cloud. There will be showers towards the west. Some of us will see quite

a few with the odd heavy one. Temperatures, 5-9. A quick look at

Sunday. Rain coming from the south-west. It is moving north. The

north of the country, especially Scotland, seeing the driest and

brightest of the weather. The positioning, the final resting

place, will change. It will turn mild in the south by Sunday. Back to

you. Charlie and Steph, not Lou! That is shocking. Never mind.

We didn't notice when you nearly dropped to the floor in shock!

In the last hour one of our biggest businesses,

BT, has announced a steep fall in profits towards the end

Earlier this week, shares in telecoms giant lost ?8 billion

in value due to a scandal in their Italian business.

They have had a lot of problems within the business.

This morning the business has confirmed pre-tax profits at the end

of last year fell more than a third, and earlier this week the company's

share price dropped 20%, losing ?8 billion in a day,

when they revealed details about an accounting

It is worth remembering the firm once known as British Telecom

is a huge global player, offering phone and internet services

And, because it was privatised here, it still has an estimated one

million small shareholders as a result, so those share

If you have a private or company pension, it is almost certain

that your pension fund will hold its shares, too.

Dave Millett is the boss of the telecoms consultancy Equinox,

and he worked for BT for more than decade.

How much of a different business is it now than the BT you used to work

for? Well, it was still part of the civil service when I joined and

privatisation has led to the million shareholders but it means it has a

lot more competition, it didn't in the TV when I worked there. It has

become a more complex business. And we have seen profits down whichever

way you look at them. When you talk about the 1 million shareholders, BT

is quite an important company for our own incomes, especially in

retirement. Absolutely, because it is on the FTSE 100, people will see

their share holdings fall. White that it has been a rough week. Is BT

struggling or not? Well, you have to bear in mind they are making ?100 of

profit every second. But the problem is their debts are mounting. They

are about nine billion pounds as a result of recent purchases, the

pension review fund will be another ?9 billion and they lost ?500

million this week so they have to find a lot of money. Is one of the

ways they might find that money to push prices up more than they have?

Yes, because they have announced they will raise dividends, with

people possibly asking who they are building up the most. There are

price rises due in April which give consumers and small businesses the

option to leave. You have a right to live within 30 days of being told

the price. Is that because they need more money to cover these costs, or

do they want more money to reinvest in the business for things like

football rights? Well, football rights have been expensive but the

number of new TV connections has dropped, growing at half the rate it

was last year. That is potentially a problem. Certainly the investment,

if you look at the various reports, UK infrastructure is lagging most in

Europe, which is why businesses can't get fibre broadband and a lot

of money is needed there. They have to cut it from somewhere or raise

prices. And open Reach has been a big issue for BT as well. How will

changes in the way that is run affect the business going forward?

Will they have less money? Well, the money will still come from BT. In

theory, open Reach will decide more where it is invested. Historically

it has favoured residential areas, which is where BT makes most of its

money. And finally, with all of these costs, do you think BT will be

a stronger company over the coming year or will it have turbulent

times? I think the leadership has a very heavy in tray but I think it is

still profitable. So tough week for BT but they are doing all right

overall. It was horror on a scale never seen

before, the mass-murder of six Decades on, worrying research

suggests a quarter of genocide survivors now living in the UK

still face discrimination because of their

religion or ethnicity. To mark Holocaust Memorial Day,

our reporter Holly Hamilton has been to meet one survivor

and hear his story. The door opened. Three German

soldiers came in. Took out his revolver and put it to my head.

People asked me what does it feel like when you have a gun to your

head? What did you do? This wasn't the first time Gabor came face to

face with death, and it wouldn't be the last. That's the certificate the

Germans gave me on arrival to the concentration camp. Just 12 years

old when the Germans invaded, he describes himself as one of the

lucky ones. Death was all around us, all the time. Nothing was new,

nothing was surprising. We were prepared for everything. And as you

see, it is made from bits and pieces of material, because... His first

yellow star, warned to identify him as a Jew, was made by his mother, a

piece of history he has kept to this day. I will never forget it. The

first day I was wearing it, I had a medical appointment on the top of

the road. A lady whose only trying to hide it with a newspaper under my

arm, said little boy, don't cover it. There is nothing to be ashamed

of. But they discovered it -- but I covered it. Like many survivors,

Gabor waited for more than 20 years before talking about his

experiences, motivated by a desire to help people understand what

happened. I don't think young people appreciate how lucky they are. They

buy their mobile telephones and game consoles. They do zero problems are,

they do know what it is. Bombs fall from the sky and you don't know if

you survive it, and an occupying army can take you away. You don't

know what happens tomorrow. And you learn to live with it. That is my

parents. My mother was -- with a young granddaughter. He moved to

England, where he has lived for over 60 years. Well, in those days people

looked at refugees with different eyes, and they tried to make us

welcome. I started a new life, and I got on with it, with friends who

went through the same. Whatever is the conversation, after a while it

always turns to the past. We all have memories. We've got to live

with them. Holly Hamilton there,

speaking to Gabor Lacko. And thank you to Gabor for taking

part. Really interesting to hear his reflections about younger people,

and the lives they lead, as compared with the life he and others had to

leave. After 8:30pm, we will be joined

on the sofa by a woman whose extended family was

destroyed by the Holocaust. She is now working to help

young people better Still to come this morning:

It is the old adage, men are from Mars, women from Venus,

and it seems when it comes to confidence, the difference

between boys and girls can become worlds apart from

just six years old. Were you are confident kid? Do you

know, I can't remember. I wasn't worried, and if you are anxious

about things that can make a difference. Let us know if you have

been affected by that over the years.

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

Hello this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Steph McGovern.

Theresa May will become the first world leader to meet Donald Trump

The Prime Minister says they can "lead the world

together" but can't return to "failed" military interventions.

We have the opportunity, indeed, the responsibility,

to renew the special relationship for this new age.

I don't have my Commerce Secretary, and they want to talk trade, so I

Good morning, it's Friday the 27th of January.

Proposals to restrict knee and hip replacements for only those

in the most severe pain - but the Royal College

of Surgeons says there's no justification for the decision.

The babies who die before 24 weeks, and their parents who are denied