28/01/2017 Breakfast

This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Steph

The veteran actor Sir John Hurt has died aged 77.

He appeared in 200 films and television productions

and was twice nominated for an Oscar.

Good morning, it's Saturday, 28th January.

Donald Trump and Theresa May pledge their commitment

I am a people person. I think you are also, Theresa, and I can often

tell how I get along with somebody very early and I believe we will

have a fantastic relationship. After a spate of accidents,

a call for lorry drivers to be banned from using satnavs

designed for cars. In sport, a let off

for the Premier League champions. Leicester City were four minutes

from being knocked out of the FA Cup by Derby County, but Wes Morgan

earns them a replay. It's not as cold as it has been over

recent days, but we've got rain to contend with today and it is still

cold enough for some of that range of four as snow in the hills of

Scotland. A full forecast in the next half-hour.

He was 77 and had recently been battling cancer.

He starred in around 200 films, including Harry Potter

and was nominated for an Oscar for his roles in The Elephant Man

Our correspondent Nick Higham reports.

Everything came to a head today. A nice man with an unexpected

sympathetic one. The sort of complex character John Hurt played with such

ease and subtlety. His talent was spotted early

in a succession of leading stage His first big breakthrough came

in 1966 in A Man For All Seasons. A small part, but in a high profile,

Oscar-winning film. A few years later he was starring

opposite Richard Attenborough in 10 On television he was the mad Roman

Emperor in I, Claudius. Do you think I ordered

triumph for myself? And then came

The Naked Civil Servant. I wear rouge and mascara

on my eyelashes, I dye my hair Many people said, don't do it, you

will never work again. But I said it wasn't

about being homosexual, it was about the tenderness of

the individual against the cruelty He earned an Oscar nomination

for Midnight Express in which he played a heroin addict

in a Turkish prison. And there was another Oscar

nomination for his performance as the hideously

disfigured John Merrick I'm not used to being

treated so well... His lined and weathered face meant

he was perfect in the film 1984 He accepted all the film

and television parts he was offered, although that meant stage

appearances like this were rare. That's something that no

one can advise you on. He played Stephen Ward,

society schemer. I could do wonders

with you, little baby. Later in his career he made a guest

appearance in Doctor Who. Why are you pointing your

screwdrivers like that? Few actors were busy, almost 200

screen roles along. Few actors were as reliably and engagingly

watchable. Donald Trump and Theresa May have

vowed to renew the special relationship between

their two countries. The US President said "many great

days lie ahead for our two peoples." The two leaders also

stressed their commitment to Nato The US President is due to speak

to Vladimir Putin on the phone today for the first time

since he took office. Our correspondent David Willis

reports from Washington. It's going to be a fantastic

relationship, so test Donald Trump. And as if to press the point he

grasps the Prime Minister by the hand. Perhaps the crowning

achievement of Theresa May's visit, engineering and apparent U-turn in

Donald Trump's approach to Nato, an alliance he once described as

obsolete. On defence and security operation we are united in our

recognition of Nato as the ball work of our collective defence and today

we've reaffirmed our unshakeable commitment to this alliance. I think

Mr President Juncker confident you are 100% behind Nato? It is a week

since Donald Trump became president, the week that has been fraught with

controversy, following a controversial and unorthodox

campaign. If president, you said before that torture works. You

praised Russia and said he wanted to ban some Muslims from coming to

America, you suggested there should be punishment for abortion. For many

people in Britain goes sound like alarming beliefs. -- those are

sound. What do you say to viewers at home who are worried about some of

your views and worried about you becoming leader of the free world?

Your choice of question? Because that relation -- there goes that

relationship. Theresa May is the first foreign leader to sign her

name in the Donald Trump visitor book. Later today he will talk to

the French and German leaders by phone, as well as Russia's president

Vladimir Putin. There's been talk of lifting sanctions on Russia. Theresa

May's advice, proceed with caution. Their styles may be different but

their relationship appears to be off to a solid start. Theresa May might

be wondering where it will take them.

President Trump has also announced stringent controls on immigration

which he said would keep what he called "radical Islamic

terrorists" out of the United States.

Earlier we asked David Willis to give us more detail

Donald Trump loud in his inauguration address too, as he put

it, eradicate Islamic terrorism from the face of the earth. He has now

signed an executive order, banning refugees from the country

indefinitely, in the case of those from Syria, temporarily in the case

of those from other places. Mr Trump believes terrorists often pose as

refugees in order to get access to the country. He wants only people

allowed into support America and who love its people. He also announced

plans for a temporary ban on issuing of visas to citizens from seven

countries, predominately Muslim countries, that have been linked to

terrorism. Reaction has been swift. The Senate Minority Leader Chuck

Schumer described it as the Scrivener tree and unconstitutional

and he said that tears would be running down the cheeks of the

statue of liberty. America's grand tradition of welcoming immigrants,

he said, had been stomped upon by these measures.

Theresa May has travelled from Washington to Turkey for talks

The talks are expected to focus on trade and security

but she's facing pressure to discuss concerns about alleged human rights

Lorry drivers should be banned from using sat navs designed

That's what councils are calling for after a spate

of incidents caused by heavy goods vehicles using bridges where they're

The Local Government Association wants legislation

brought in to make it compulsory for all lorry drivers to use

sat navs specifically designed for their vehicle.

When a large lorry tried to cross this region over the Thames in

Buckinghamshire last year, it caused hundreds of thousands of pounds of

damage. It was ten times heavier Bamber Bridge's weight limits, but

the sat nav didn't know that. Sat navs are leading large vehicles into

unsuitable roads across the country. Causing damage and disruption. The

Local Government Association, which represents local authorities across

England and Wales, says truck drivers using sat navs and phones

meant for cars are causing mayhem. They want to lorry drivers to be

forced to use the right kind of sat navs for large vehicles. We're

singer growing problem. I get more complaints from local residents.

They see country lanes blocked by vehicles that should go down them

and local high streets where they are blocked by large vehicles and

also local economies as it when you see the glory is going over bridges

that they can't take the weight for. Most truck drivers to use the right

kind of sat navs, but they say they are no substitute for common sense.

Sat navs are OK, but you can't rely on them. We've got specialised

vehicles and even they go wrong. It is being careful. That's not to say

you don't turn around sometimes. The bridge has now reopened after two

months of repairs, but locals say they live in fear of a similar

accident closing it at any time and that's why the Local Government

Association says something needs to be done to stop drivers of larger

vehicles using the wrong kind of sat nav, that's leading them into

nothing but trouble. Employers are being offered advice

about how to reduce the gender pay gap before new regulations come

into force in April. Ministers say progress has

been made but more needs to be done. Companies with at least 250 workers

will be forced to reveal the pay International help has been arriving

in Chile to help the country fight So far 11 people have died and 1,500

homes have been destroyed. Our correspondent

Greg Dawson has more. Beneath the rising plumes of smoke

you get a sense of the scale of what is now one of the biggest

emergencies in this country's history. Forest incinerated, towns

destroyed and lives lost. The fire service is so overwhelmed that

residents are protecting their homes with whose pipes and bottles of

water. Or than 100 fires are still breaching. They are aided by high

winds and dry conditions. With services are stretched, teams of

firefighters have arrived from Colombia and Mexico has also provide

reinforcements. Earlier in the week the world's list firefighting plane

arrived on loan from the US. Now Russia is sending a similar

aircraft. The damage has left thousands without a home and many

forced into temporary shelters, like the school. Others are sleeping in

vehicles, clinging to what they have left. But on Friday came a reminder

of those who flossed much more. Funerals were held for a firefighter

and policeman, both killed as they tried to tackle the flames. At least

ten people are now known to have died, but with so few of these fires

under control it's a number that is likely to keep rising in the coming

days. A draft letter of abdication

from King George III has been The unsent letter,

which includes crossings out, redrafts, blotches and scrawls

was written during the American War of Independence, and is one

of thousands of his private papers It is fascinating seeing those

documents. The Royal Archives release has been

filmed for a BBC documentary and we will be speaking

to the historian Robert Hardman They had a chance to have a look at

some of these documents and we will talk to him a little later.

I bet they were excited when they got the chance to see them.

It is coming up to the Eurovision Song Contest and the UK entry has

been decided. Metabolism. # The oceans cross...

Former X-Factor contestant Lucie Jones will represent

the country in Kiev, in May, with the song

It was written by a former Eurovision winner.

Lucie was chosen after winning the combined public and jury vote

at the end of a live TV show, in which six singers performed.

All of the potential acts were former X-Factor contestants.

I feel like maybe we need to hear a little bit more.

We couldn't make out much of it, but maybe we will hear more of it later.

Over to the sport in a few minutes. First, the newspapers. Let's have a

look at the front page of the Daily Mirror. They are the first of the

papers to reflect the news overnight that we will be reporting on this

morning, many tributes being paid to John Hurt, who has died at the age

of 77. The announcement made in the early hours of this morning.

And if we look at The Daily Mail, a lot of the papers are covering the

picture off course of Trump meeting Theresa May and the fact that they

held hands. Not for very long, I hasten to add. But that is the

picture that all of the papers are... Have grabbed. It was one of

the most extraordinary days in the long history of the UK- US

relations. Indeed, those images all over the

front pages. The Times, this was taken a little earlier in their

meeting. This is in the White House. Churchill, the bust is back. Donald

Trump said it should have been there all along. Slightly awkward at that

point, but by the time they got to the press conference later thing

seemed a lot smoother and that was the point at which Theresa May

revealed that Donald Trump had been invited by the queen for a state

visit later this year and Donald Trump has agreed that he will come.

There is so much analysis of the time and the body language. This was

the Daily Mirror before they changed the front cover to Sir John Hurt.

Yes, and if we go through some of the inside pages, they are having a

great deal of fun looking at how the two of them were engaging with one

another. You can see quite a lot of the smiles. A lot of mentions of the

special relationship and indeed certainly from Theresa May quite a

lot of detail and specifics of the things she had been asking. Donald

Trump a couple of times taken aback by some of the questions, especially

from the British press. We will hear more about that later this morning.

Can I show you one story? Anyone who loves their dog, which is pretty

much everyone, a leading to basically... Her beagle managed to

get into trouble and ended up in some water for up she went in

wearing one of those life rings that she found nearby and saved the

beagle. A frozen lake. She was really brave!

You would say brave, others would say stupid. I wouldn't say that but

it's instinct. You hear about the emergency services warning about

those circumstances. All is well. They are both OK.

Here's Chris with a look at this morning's weather.

Good morning. We've had a week where the deep freeze has been with us,

temperatures way below normal and we've had a lot of fog problems as

well but the thaw is setting in and today will be significantly milder

for a good chunk of the country, particularly England and Wales with

temperatures on the mild side for some this morning. Yesterday we had

a lot of cloud in the Isle of Wight, this was a Weather Watcher picture.

We will see a lot of these cloudy skies today, a band of rain working

northwards across England, Wales, Scotland and rain for Northern

Ireland but it shouldn't last too long here. Through the day the only

thing to watch out for is we could see some of the rain falling as snow

in the higher ground in Scotland, around 300 metres elevation for the

most part but we could have I0 in this part of the world first thing.

By the time we get to the afternoon the rain will ease of in eastern

England and southern Wales, the sky is brighter, a few showers coming in

but look at these temperatures. Nine in London and sixes and sevens in

the Midlands and northern England. In Northern Ireland, brightening up

nicely, a few showers here but in Scotland and the far north of

England the rain will be reluctant to ease and here it will stay cold

at around four. Overnight as the rain clears away, with clearing

skies it will be cold enough for highs to develop on untreated roads

and services. A touch of frost in the countryside. Further south the

breeze keeping the frost at bay in Wales and southern counties in

particular. Here's the picture on Sunday, the weather starting on a

bright note with sunshine in northern areas, the risk of ice

first thing. A change through the day, a band of rain working into

Northern Ireland, Wales and the south-west and we should hold onto

decent sunshine in Scotland and north-east England. Quite cold in

the sunshine, forsix, but in the south-west we'll have double figures

in Plymouth. -- forsix. The Atlantic finally waking up bringing weather

fronts in from the west. These will be slow-moving across the UK but it

could be windy later in the week as well. That's the weather. Back to

you two. Tell you what, it must be warm in

the studio with three buttons open on your! I know! Thanks very much,

see you later -- your shirt. This week Mark Kermode

and Gavin Esler take us through T2 Trainspotting,

Sing and Hacksaw Ridge. Hello, and welcome to

the Film Review on BBC News. To take us through this

week's cinema releases, as ever, Mark Kermode is with me,

and what will you be telling us Trainspotting T2, they meet

up after 20 years. Then we have Singh, an animated

feature from the people that gave us Minions.

And Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson at war.

One of those titles you can't quite get a measure of.

20 years later, the original characters are reunited.

Renton is drawn back into his past for reasons which are not

immediately explained and we find the old crew ravaged not so much

by heroin as by age and by disappointment

and by a degree of emasculation and the way in which their lives

have not worked out as they will have expected.

Begbie has been in prison and Spud, when Renton first finds him,

has basically all but lost the will to live, until hi friend

It's not getting it out of your body that's the problem,

You think I haven't heard that 100,000 times. You got 12 more steps

for me? You have got to channel it,

you have got to control it. That clip's interesting because it

was funny but it ends on that very melancholic note.

As somebody who saw the original 20 years ago, I remember being really

But people forget about how shocking it was.

What I liked about this was it felt like a film about middle age,

about the way in which the world changes, about the way

in which the characters' bodies have changed,

their characteristics have changed, and as with so many of Danny Boyle's

films, it's about friendship, the way the present loops back

to the past and has this elegiac longing for the past.

But it's also very much a modern movie.

My only reservation with this, I thought it worked really well,

because I didn't want to be let down.

I didn't want them to be revisiting this for cash,

for money, because that is an easy thing to do.

The screenwriter John Hodge created something new.

They have created something artistic.

My only question would be, I don't know what it would look

like if you were a young viewers seeing it for the first time,

not having all that history with Trainspotting,

because a lot of what it is doing is playing with the past.

But I like that about it - the interplay between the past

It's like meeting these characters again and genuinely seeing what time

And the screenplay of the original, from the Irvine Welsh

book, was funny and quite philosophical.

I think Hodge has done a brilliant job.

There are an awful lot of laughs in it.

It is definitely more melancholy than the original.

It doesn't have that vampiric bite that the original had,

not the venomous feeling of the original.

But what it does have is a sense of ennui,

That life is full of in two disappointment but giving voice to

those characters. A sense that life is full

of disappointments, but somehow finding vibrancy and giving

a voice to those characters who would otherwise have been

written off as deadbeats again, I am looking forward

to your other choice. It's about a group of animals

in a singing competition. It owes a lot more to Mickey Rooney,

Judy Garland, old school, let's put the show on here rather

than a singing competition. It starts out as a singing

competition, but moves At the beginning I thought

it was sweet-natured fun, but as it went on, it

started to have that charm, that old-fashioned throwback charm

which I loved from all You can tell it's not just something

which is just fluff. Yes, it's bright and shiny with more

pop tunes in it than you could wave a stick at, but it has

something more important. It has a bit of heart in it

and that is down to Garth Jennings. Mel Gibson reinventing

himself again? It's the film that rehabilitated Mel

Gibson. This is about someone

who volunteered as a medic in World War Two and refused

to carry a weapon into the unfolding Pacifism says to turn the other

cheek, don't it? I don't think this is a question

of religion, fellas. I think this is cowardice,

plain and simple. I'll tell you what, I'm

going to give you a free shot. The peculiar thing about this

film is before I saw it, I heard people comparing it

to Apocalypto, which I think is Mel Gibson's best

work but this is not it. This is two films

fighting for supremacy. The first half of

it is almost cheesy. Then we move to the war scenes

and they are brutal and bloody and if you have seen

the Passion of the Christ, you know that Mel Gibson absolutely

really does that well. What that means is you get two

separate movies going on. Sometimes the battle scenes

are absolutely horrific and up there with the Stephen Spielberg

stuff from Saving Private Ryan, but sometimes they teeter over

into something which approach is parody, almost Tropic Thunder,

so you get a weird mix. The movie feels like it is pulling

in a number of different ways. I came out of this slightly baffled,

because there are things in it that are very cheesy, some things that

are really sentimental and saccharine,

other things that are brutal and gory I think it has moments that

are really striking. It is a true story and I have read

a bit about him in the past. Obviously the point of that is he's

a very brave man not to fight. Just because the story is great,

doesn't mean the film I wondered if the saccharine start

at the beginning was Mel Gibson trying to prepare the American

public to find someone who was a conscientious

objector heroic. I don't know if that's what was

going on. I literally spent the first third

of the film thinking, when is this going to turn

into the great movie that everyone Once we had got into the war

sequences as I said, he can do that stuff really well,

but he can also push it too far. No, but that is an interesting

comparison, because his movies are different to an American

audience than to a British audience. What more can we say

about La La Land? I think everyone who keeps saying,

is it as good as everyone says? Yes it is.

People are concerned that it is not as good as we have been saying,

like it is overhyped, but I haven't stopped singing it

That little phrase he plays on the piano. By the way it is clearly

ripped off Mad World. Best film and Best Director

for the Baftas and the Oscars? Yes, I think it will

absolutely sweep the board. Which is a shame because I loved

Moonlight. Finally, Under The Shadow,

which I haven't seen yet. You must, because you will

absolutely love it. It is a British production set

in Tehran, shot in Jordan. It is about a mother

and her daughter in an apartment building being shelled

in the Iraq/Iran war, but they are being terrorised

by a gin spirit. It owes a debt to things

like Rosemary's Baby. It is smart, it is intelligent,

suprising, influenced by the Babadook and I promise

you you will love it. Right, that is my homework

for the weekend. You will find more film news

and reviews across the BBC including all our previous

shows on the website. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Steph McGovern and Charlie Coming up before 7am:

We'll have an update But first, a summary of this

morning's main news. He starred in around 200 films,

including Harry Potter, and was nominated for an Oscar

for his roles in The Elephant Man Sir John continued working

despite despite being diagnosed Tributes have been

pouring in online. Actor Elijah Wood tweeted,

saying: Very sad to hear

of John Hurt's passing. It was such an honor

to have watched you work, No one could have played

The Elephant Man more memorably. Actor David Schneider

in a tweet has said: I was in a film with him

and he was so mesmerising I kept Theresa May and Donald Trump have

stressed their commitment to NATO The Prime Minister and

the President both reiterated the importance of the special

relationship in the first visit of a foreign leader to Washington

since Donald Trump's inauguration. Theresa May urged the United States

not to lift sanctions against The US President is due to speak

to Vladimir Putin today. I will be representing the American

people very, very strongly and forcefully and if we have a great

relationship with Russia and other countries and if we go after Isis

together, which has to be stopped, I will consider that a good thing, not

a bad thing. Theresa May has travelled

from Washington to Turkey for talks The talks are expected to focus

on trade and security but she's facing pressure to discuss

concerns about alleged human rights Lorry drivers should be banned form

using sat navs designed for cars. That's what councils

are calling for after a spate of incidents caused by heavy goods

vehicles using bridges where they're The Local Government Association

wants legislation brought in to make it compulsory for all lorry drivers

to use sat-navs specifically A draft letter of abdication

from King George III has been The unsent letter,

which includes crossings out, redrafts, blotches and scrawls,

was written during the American War of Independence, and is one

of thousands of his private papers We will be looking in more detail at

that. Those are the main

stories this morning. Over to the sport.

Let's hope the FA Cup fourth round continues in the way it started. One

of those moments where we don't know whether to laugh... When you watch

it again, it is an own goal, but in the end it didn't matter for derby.

Derby went so close to upsetting their neighbours

and the Premier League champions Leicester City.

Derby of the championship made it hard for themselves

as Darren Bent showed why he's a striker.

He loves to find the ne, but usually not his own.

But after this slice of luck for his opponents

Bent made amends, popping up again at the right end, to make

Derby then went ahead before half time, and they held

on until with 4 minutes to go Leicester equalised

through Wes Morgan, to force a replay.

What a great atmosphere. Out of them to perform like that. A good game.

Another game against them, I look forward to it. It is a great tie for

us. Five Premier League sides are facing

lower league opposition Including Liverpool at home

to Wolves in the 12:30 kick off. Liverpool's only win in any

competition in 2017 so far came when they beat Plymouth Argyle

in a third round replay. But Wolves have already knocked out

premier league Stoke City. I don't like the results but I see

that we are still fighting for each point, for each little victory, for

each success. That's what we are doing and that's the job we have to

do. I am absolutely more than OK and look forward to the next opportunity

tomorrow. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger

won't be in the dug-out for their FA Cup

match at Southampton. He's been banned from

the touchline for four matches and fined ?25,000 after verbally

abusing and pushing an official during last weekend's

game against Burnley. Niall McGinn scored two

goals and set up another, as Aberdeen beat Dundee 3-0

in the Scottish Premiership. McGinn's volley on the

stroke of half time The win moved Abderdeen

above Rangers into second place in the table, but they're still 21

points behind Celtic. There's a distinctly retro feel

to the Australian Open tennis. You have to go back to 2008

to find these four players This morning, Serena Williams

takes on her sister Venus and tomorrow's men's decider will be

between Roger Federer That's after Nadal spent almost five

hours on court yesterday against Grigor Dimitrov,

before eventually winning Nadal hasn't won a major

title for three years, We never thought that we have the

chance to again be in a final and especially in the first of... I

think we both worked very hard to be where we are, so it is great and it

is great that again we are in a moment like this and we hope we have

a chance to enjoy a moment like this.

Saracens have gone top of their pool in Rugby Union's

Anglo Welsh Cup, thanks to a 32-17 away to Scarlets.

Elsewhere, Sale beat Cardiff 41-3, and Gloucester fought back

in the last few minutes to earn a 17-17 draw at Bath.

Ben Vellacott's late try and James Hook's conversion rounded

More than 5000 runners from 42 countries are bracing themselves for

the pain and fear that they will experience in a final ever Tough Guy

challenge this weekend. It started 30 years ago and has led to many

other extreme obstacle event is being held around the world. There

is now even a movie out to tell the story. I've been onto the course

this week ahead of final weekend. It is the end of an era, on a farm

in the West Midlands, where for decades people from around the world

have come together. Why? To share the ultimate pain and fear. Pushing

their bodies over eight miles. But after this weekend there will be no

more Tough Guy. It has definitely changed my life. It will be a huge

part of my life that will cease to be. Hundreds of thousands of people

have attempted this Tough Guy challenge over the past 30 years.

Oh! But for those doing at this Sunday, it will be the last ever.

Behind it all the man known as Mr Mouse. A former soldier who 30 years

ago wanted to add more of a challenge to fun runs, and so we

invented the obstacles. This is mild compared to the electric shocks

before. I decided to put people through something that they'd never

seen before. Fear, pain, claustrophobic, all of the terrible

things that you fear and leave them here! They come through and they

say, thank you! I am so happy. You get this medal put around your neck.

There's nothing else like it. I'm terrified, what can I say? As Mr

Mouse now brings the curtain down on this world-famous event, he is the

subject of a movie that looks at why people of today willingly pay to

experience such pain and suffering. If you can come back with a Flight

Club-esque scar and a story about what you did, it sounds awesome. Mr

Mouse's cultural impact is massive. All of these things have exploded

because of Tough Guy. Not many people know about it and I thought

it was a compelling story. To mark the final Tough Guy, competitors

will be joined by the star of the War Horse film. He wants them to

remember the suffering that was real in the trenches 100 years ago.

Thanks to what started here, obstacle racing is now one of the

fastest growing sports in the world. There are other events that will

test people to the extreme, no more Tough Guy after this weekend.

IU OK? A bit cold! We all sat around the

fire. Thank you. He was 77 and had recently

been ill with cancer. Steven Gaydos is a screenwriter

and executive editor of Variety Thank you very much for joining us.

If you look at it, Sir John Hurt was in over 200 films. An incredible

acting career and a real loss to the acting world, isn't he? Incalculable

loss because he was one of a kind. He was the bona fides great actor,

but he was also a character. He had a style and a persona that was

clearly unique. You met him. Tell us a bit about what he was like. Well,

if you were blessed to have an evening with a great artist I

admired so much, he was a quiet man and very self-effacing. You know,

what I would call from my American perspective they find Englishman. He

had the qualities of intellect and grace and humour. You know, he was

quite open and talked about the fact that he was kind of the young fellow

in the game of British actors that came up in the 60s who almost all of

them were gone. Names like Peter O'Toole, Burton, so many more.

Richard Attenborough, a senior member of the game, and many more.

So he took his place in that arena. If you look early in his career, it

is worth noting that very early on he was working for directors like

John Houston, so the world clearly was noting that there was a new face

in a circle that was important. Many people paying their tributes to Sir

John Hurt today. A lot of people reflecting on the variety of the

work that he was involved in. We are just going to play a clip and share

with everyone. This is an interview with did with Sigourney Weaver

sometime ago, two years ago, and she was reminiscing about that

extraordinary scene in the film Alien that many people would

remember, and what it was like when a shot that scene.

It was in the script and when we got down to the set everyone was wearing

ponchos, which made us think... Something is going to happen that is

not usual. But I don't think anything could have prepared us

first of all for John's performance. I mean, such brilliant acting. I

didn't realise he was acting. You thought something had gone wrong? I

didn't even think. All I thought was, John is dying! And then the

next take on a and this is with a couple of guys under the table. No

CGI, though anything, no green screen, with a couple of little

tubes and bulbs and they made this little... Honestly, they did a quick

change, then this thing came out of John Hurt's fake chest, sat on the

table, looked around and went SQUEAKS. And then ran off the table,

all in one shot. And there is a master where all of us are like...

And we're not acting, because we just went... What just happened? It

happened so seamlessly that it was... It seemed so real.

That scene has been voted by many people as one of their favourite

scenes of all time in the film. Oh, you know, that movie - I still

vividly remember the first screening in my hometown and the audience

just... You could hear a pin drop. Horror... There are films that moved

the whole genre forward that changed the world. Psycho was one of them in

the 50s, and Ridley Scott's Alien was another. He was working until

recently, because he was actually in the film Jackie, that's out at the

moment. Yes, and he has a Joey Wright film coming out, where he

plays Neville Chamberlain to Gary Oldman's Winston Churchill. Of

course he was really terrific on the couple of years ago in Only Lovers

Left Alive. So if you haven't heard of some of these movies in John

Hurt's film graffiti then you are lucky person because you get to see

for the first time all of the different facets of John Hurt. --

filmography. Just looking at some of the tributes paid by a monk stub as

Mel Brooks, he was held in great esteem in Hollywood. -- among

others. When you look at people like Stephen Spielberg, and many others,

the directors choose at that level who is in their films and so many

great filmmakers said, get me John Hurt. That's another testament to

his quality. Thank you for your time this morning.

Steven Gaydos is a screenwriter and executive editor of Variety

Here's Chris with a look at this morning's weather.

Good morning. We're looking at a change in our weather, compared to

last week when we were in the deep freeze, nasty fog around. Things

turning milder, the macro thaw setting in and with the milder

weather comes the rain and that is getting going in England, Wales and

Northern Ireland and pushing into Scotland. In Scotland, still quite

cold so some of that rain falling as snow in the higher hills mostly

above 300 metres. The risk of icy stretches on untreated roads first

thing this morning here. Through the afternoon the rain will be reluctant

to clear from the north but further south the skies will brighten. A

mixture of sunshine and showers moving into southern Wales and

southern counties of England with a brisk south-westerly wind bringing

milder air, temperatures in London reaching a high of nine. The rain

reluctant to clear from northern England but Northern Ireland

brightening up quickly, a few blustery showers in the afternoon

from the west. In Scotland we have the rain with us into the afternoon,

staying quite cold, around four degrees. As the rain clears through

overnight the skies complete increasingly clear, a touch of frost

for northern part, the risk of icy stretches on an treating services.

In the south the wind keeping the frost out they -- on untreated

surfaces. -- at bay. This area of rain bringing wet weather through

the morning reaching Northern Ireland eventually and south-west

England before going further north and east. The best of the sunshine

into the afternoon for Scotland and north-east England but in the

sunshine still quite chilly, forsix. Milder in the south-west with the

cloud and rain, up to ten in Plymouth. For the week ahead, and

unsettled week, bands of rain will become quite slow moving across the

UK and later in the week some bigger areas of low pressure will spread

windy weather our weight. Next week is looking unsettled, a change in

the weather compared to recent weeks -- Alleway. Very windy later in the

week but it will also be mild -- our way. Not too much frost. That's the

latest weather. To you two. Unsettled but getting warmer. --

back to you two. cooking We're back with

the headlines at 8am. First, let's get all the latest

technology news with Spencer Kelly We've long fantasised

about the possibility But it was only in 1995

that we actually found the first Of course they are,

they're relatively tiny. And so far they've mainly been

detected indirectly, either by the incredibly slight

dimming of a star's light as the planet moves in front of it,

or by the wobble of the star In the last 20 years we've detected

about 2000 exoplanets, but we haven't actually seen

many at all. Well, the planets are very,

very faint compared to a star The kind planets where we might find

life, an earthlike planet orbiting a star, would be 10 billion times

fainter than a star. But if you can see the planets,

you can start to look for evidence What you need is something to block

out the light of a star. Due to go into space

in the middle of the next decade, it is a crazy-sounding thing that

can be flown in between a space telescope and the star to precisely

block out the star's light It'll be a few tens of metres

in diameter, and in order to block out just the light from that distant

star, it'll need to be about 40,000 kilometres

away from the telescope. And this is not even

the maddest part of the scheme. The star shade won't

fit in a rocket. And that's why a big part

of the work being done here at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

in Pasadena, and the beautiful solution they've come up with,

is all about fitting the thing into a tight space and then

unfurling it once in space. And the inspiration

comes from origami. At the end you can see how large

an area you can fill with such But this is only the half of it

because you have petals Yes, exactly.

Oh, my goodness. This cardboard model is the latest

test to make sure the shade can unfurl perfectly

when it's all alone. The flower shape blocks out

the light better than a circle, and those outer petals need to be

made to an accuracy This sounds like we want

to spot some planets, We're going to put a shade in space

and we're going to fire Yeah, but what's really cool

about that if there is this insane concept of how you're

going to fly this massive shade so far away, 40,000

kilometres away from the telescope, but once you start breaking it down

into little problems, you start testing and build a petal,

you build the truss, you build the shield,

you realise piece by piece what engineering needs to go

in to that problem to solve it. So we just break it down into little

problems that we can solve Yeah, and isn't that

a great motto for life? Take an impossible problem and break

it down into more possible chunks. I love the fact that at JPL you can

just wander into a random room and it is called something like

the Extreme Terrain Mobility lab. They're making robots to cope

with extreme terrain. This is Axel, which is a robot

with a pair of wheels that can be These are the prototype

is for the Mars rovers Of course the point about robots

is they can do things that humans might want to do but in places that

humans can't go. All of these have fairly familiar

designs, wheels here, But Kate Russell has found one

that looks like nothing In 2012 the world watched

with baited breath as Nasa deployed a rover on the surface of Mars

using a sky crane. This kind of science

is incredibly expensive. The rover weighed 900 kilograms,

as much of a full grown giraffe. But the equipment required to land

it gently had to be able to take It would have been much cheaper

if Curiosity was lightweight, came flat-packed and was sturdy

enough just to be dropped Meet Super Ball, a tensgrity robot

in development to Nasa Ames. This lightweight sphere-like matrix

can be packed down flat, taking up minimal space in a rocket

and vastly reducing launch costs. Because of the unique structure

of this robot and the fact that it can deform and reform itself

and take massive impacts, eventually Nasa will be able

to literally throw it at the surface of a planet and its scientific

payload in the middle Once deployed, Super Ball can handle

much rougher terrains then a rover, rolling right over obstacles

and up and down hills. Tendon wires connecting the struts

spool in and out to create momentum, in much the same way

as flexing your muscles If it bumps into anything solid,

it'll just bounce back. It should even be able to survive

falling off a cliff. The next step for Super Ball

is to redesign the robot such that it can actually survive

at least a one-storey drop. You can expect to see a system

like this on an actual Nasa mission Over at JPL, they are

working on limbed robots. It's research spawned from the DARPA

Robotics Challenge where teams competed to create highly mobile

and dextrous robots that can move, explore and build things

without human intervention. The plan for King Louis is to be

sent into space to build stuff with visual codes a bit

like QR codes to guide it. We know what we are putting

together so we put signposts onto all the bits and pieces

of the structure we are putting together, that tell

the robot a few things. Most importantly, it tells

the robot where those things it is manipulating are in space,

literally and figuratively, The codes will also include

construction information like which bits go together and how

much torque to apply to a bolt. This will allow robots to work

autonomously in teams, building space stations or planetary

habitats faster and more economically than

previously possible. But Nasa hasn't completely given up

on our four-wheeled space helpers. Here we've tried to develop

new kinds of robots This robot, for example,

is called K-Rex. It's one of our main research robots

that we develop and test here This is a large play area

for robots, a proving ground that we use to really try to develop

things like navigation So, the biggest question

perhaps of the day for me, Let's have you do that.

Yes! Now lots of you think we Click

reporters have the best jobs in the world, but after spending

a day at the roverscape testing ground, I think there is another

contender for that title. Hello and welcome

to the Week in Tech. I've had some really engaging

virtual reality experiences. One of them simply set in an office,

but it seems if you are entering at VR world, you might as well go

somewhere really That's where Home: A VR

Spacewalk takes you. Inspired by Nasa's training

programme, it aims to bring After getting used to your

new surroundings, you undertake Whilst enjoying views of Earth

from afar, a friendly hand from a fellow astronaut helps to get

you on your way. I feel a strange sense of safety

there is another astronaut here. The BBC commissioned

the experience last year, as its first steps into the world

of virtual reality content. We've taken all the storytelling

power of the BBC and applied that behind it, so there's a great

script, a great narrative and then we've looked at all the cutting edge

explorations people are doing around VR, in terms of bio-monitoring,

haptic feedback etc etc and trying to bring that into it as a massive

piece of learning really. My preview here on the HTC Vive saw

it set up with a chair providing haptic feedback and a heart rate

monitor which resulted in my being sent back to base

if readings went too high. But apparently I'm

very calm in space. In March it will be released

for Vive on Steam as well as Oculus. Oh, goodness!

I feel most disorientated! Wow, the depth of it

I think was the thing You really got a sense

of being up high, seeing things It took a while to get grips

with what I was meant to be doing, but just the fact that I was moving

around within space Whilst it wasn't possible to create

a sense of weightlessness, the pictures were amazing,

but obviously, I can't vouch for how This is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Steph The veteran actor Sir John

Hurt has died aged 77. He appeared in 200 films

and television productions and was twice nominated

for an Oscar. Good morning, it's

Saturday, 28th January. Donald Trump and Theresa May

pledge their commitment I think you are also, Theresa,

and I can often tell how I get along with somebody very early

and I believe we'll After a spate of accidents,

a call for lorry drivers to be banned from using satnavs

designed for cars. In sport, a let off

for the Premier League champions. Leicester City were four minutes

from being knocked out of the FA Cup by Derby County, but Wes Morgan

earns them a replay. It's not as cold as it has

been over recent days, but we've got rain to contend

with today and it is still cold enough for some of that

range of four as snow A full forecast in

the next half-hour. He was 77 and had recently

been battling cancer. He starred in around 200 films,

including Harry Potter, and was nominated for an Oscar

for his roles in The Elephant Man Our correspondent

Nick Higham reports. Everything seemed to

come to a head today. John Hurt as political

diarist Alan Clark. Both my black teeth have

disintegrated into blackened Not a nice man, but surprisingly

sympathetic - a complex character John Hurt played with

such ease and subtlety. His talent was spotted early

in a succession of leading stage His first big breakthrough came

in 1966 in A Man For All Seasons. A small part, but in a high profile,

Oscar-winning film. A few years later he was starring

opposite Richard Attenborough in 10 He played the illiterate

Timothy Evans, wrongly hanged. On television he was the mad

Roman Emperor in I, Claudius. And then came

The Naked Civil Servant. I wear rouge and mascara

on my eyelashes, I dye my hair Many people said, don't do that,

you will never work again. But I said it wasn't

about being homosexual, it was about the tenderness

of the individual as opposed to the cruelty

of the crowd. He earned an Oscar nomination

for Midnight Express in which he played a heroin addict

in a Turkish prison. And there was another Oscar

nomination for his performance as the hideously

disfigured John Merrick His lined and weathered face meant

he was perfect in the film 1984 as George Orwell's reluctant

rebel, Winston Smith. He accepted all the film

and television parts he was offered, though that meant stage appearances

like this were rare. That's something no

one can advise you on. He played Stephen Ward,

society schemer and later victim I could do wonders

with you, little baby. Late in his career he made a guest

appearance in Doctor Who. Why are you pointing your

screwdrivers like that? Few actors were busier,

almost 200 screen roles along. Few actors were as

reliably and engagingly Donald Trump and Theresa May have

vowed to renew the special relationship between

their two countries. The two leaders also

stressed their commitment to Nato Theresa May urged the US not to lift

sanctions against Russia. The US president is due to speak to

Vladimir Putin today. I will be representing the American people

very strongly and forcefully and if we have a great relationship with

Russia and other countries and if we go after Isis together, which has to

be stopped, that an evil that has to be stopped, I will consider that a

good thing, not a bad thing. President Trump has announced

stringent controls on immigration which would keep what he called

radical Islamic terrorists out of the US. Earlier we asked David

Willis to give us more details. Donald Trump vowed in his

inauguration address to, as he put it, eradicate Islamic

terrorism from the face He has now signed an executive

order, banning refugees from the country indefinitely,

in the case of those from Syria, temporarily in the case

of those from other places. Mr Trump believes that terrorists

often pose as refugees in order He wants only people allowed

in who support America He also announced plans

for a temporary ban on issuing visas to citizens from seven

predominately Muslim countries that The Senate Minority Leader Chuck

Schumer described it as discriminatory and

unconstitutional and he said that tears would be running down

the cheeks of the Statue of Liberty. America's grand tradition

of welcoming immigrants, he said, had been stomped

upon by these measures. Theresa May has travelled

from Washington to Turkey for talks The talks are expected

to focus on trade and security but she's facing pressure to discuss

concerns about alleged human rights A growing number of Labour MPs have

said they will defy Jeremy Corbyn and vote against triggering

the formal process to leave the EU. Yesterday, a member of his

shadow cabinet resigned Our political correspondent

Ellie Price is in our It is worth reminding people, if you

are a party leader that means MPs have to do what you say? Unless!

Unless, and that's where it all gets messy for Jeremy Corbyn. Yesterday

Joe Stevens, the Shadow Secretary, decided to quit the front bench. She

says she thinks wrecks it's a terrible mistake. Also,

intriguingly, we found out that two of the party's Witts said they would

vote in defiance of triggering Article 50. -- whips. Interesting is

that the whip's job is to enforce party discipline. Jeremy Corbyn

struck a conciliatory tone when speaking to Joe Stevens, saying he

understood the majority of Labour MPs from pro-Remain constituencies

would be understandably torn, but he is a difficult position as he needs

strike an obvious role for Labour in what its position should be on

Brexit. He himself we understand is not that bothered about staying in

EU himself. And clearly the party also have to Mac by-elections in the

coming weeks. -- two. Both of those constituencies are very pro-Leave

areas. Is a difficult decisions on Jeremy Corbyn about how hard she

could come down on those MPs who may justify him.

And we will be getting reaction from Labour's shadow international

trade secretary Barry Gardiner in about 15 minutes time.

International help has been arriving in Chile to help the country fight

So far, 11 people have died and 1,500 homes have been destroyed.

Our correspondent Greg Dawson has more.

Beneath the rising plumes of smoke you get a sense of the scale

of what is now one of the biggest emergencies in this country's

Forests incinerated, towns destroyed and lives lost.

The fire service is so overwhelmed that residents elect protecting

their homes with hose pipes and bottles of water.

More than 100 fires are still raging, aided by high winds

With services overstretched, teams of firefighters have arrived

from Colombia and Mexico has also provide reinforcements.

Earlier in the week the world's largest firefighting plane

Now Russia is sending a similar aircraft.

The damage has left thousands without a home and many

forced into temporary shelters, like the school.

Others are sleeping in vehicles, clinging to what they have

But on Friday came a reminder of those who've lost much more.

Funerals were held for a firefighter and policeman, both killed

At least ten people are now known to have died,

but with so few of these fires under control it's a number

that is likely to keep rising in the coming days.

Just one other story. The UK's 2017 Eurovision entry has been decided.

Former X-Factor contestant Lucie Jones will represent

the country in Kiev, in May, with the song

It was written by a former Eurovision winner.

Lucie was chosen after winning the combined public and jury vote

at the end of a live TV show, in which six singers performed.

All of the potential acts were former X-Factor contestants.

We will see how she gets on. Good luck to her.

Tradition has not been good for our contestants, but we wish her well

regardless. It is just coming up to 7:11am.

Theresa May's visit was seen as something of a diplomatic coup. But

with the press conference out of the way, will not attend be pleased with

the outcome of the trip? Here is a recap of some of the key moments.

Attention! This is the original, folks. The original in many ways. It

is a great honour to have Winston Churchill back. Today the United

States reviews our deep wand with Britain, military, financial,

cultural, and political. -- deep bond. We pledge our lasting support

to this most special relationship. On defence and security operation we

are united in our recognition of Nato as the bullwork of our

collective defence and today we reaffirmed our unshakeable

commitment to this alliance. I think Brexit will be a wonderful thing for

your country. I have been listening to the president and he has been

listening to me. That's the point of having a conversation and dialogue

will stop I can often tell how I will get on with someone early and I

believe we will have a fantastic relation ship. -- relationship.

The Labour Peer and former foreign policy advisor to Gordon Brown,

Lord Wood, is in our London newsroom for us.

Overall, how do you think the meeting went? Do you think Number 10

will be happy? I think they will be pretty happy. It was difficult for

Theresa May the course she had to walk a fine line. She had to show

Britain was a close friend of the US, but she didn't necessarily want

to show that she was going to be the best friend of Donald Trump because

he is a controversial figure, coming out with decisions that don't go

down well in her party, let alone the rest of the country. I thought

the balance was struck pretty well, except the last picture of them

holding hands and walking down the steps. I think that was pretty -- a

little more on the Chinese side and something they might regret down the

line. -- chummy. Do you think that might ruffle feathers? I think the

next time Donald Trump says something controversial, he has

announcements today on banning refugees from Muslim countries

coming in, that will cause controversy here. I think that

picture will get relayed a little too often for Theresa May's team's

liking. I think apart from that of security and trade issues, the press

conference went pretty well. I think her speech went down reasonably

well, although some people disagree with the content of it. Until that

last picture writing she was walking that line reasonably well. Looking

at some of the specifics, especially one of the big wines was about Nato

and Theresa May saying that Trump had confirmed he was 100% behind

Nato. How important are you think that was? It was important not just

for Theresa May to get Donald Trump to commit to Nato, and she quoted

him in the press conference something he said in a meeting, I

think it was important to be the leader to be the one who got Donald

Trump to come back from the more maverick position he was sharing

before. She showed she could bring the US back into line and suddenly

behind Nato, citing they will be pleased about -- with that. On trade

she pushed far that there will be a trade deal for the US and that's

important with Brexit. So those core issues I think she got what she

wanted. You yourself were working with Gordon Brown when he met

president will shut President Obama. How much preparation goes into these

meetings? How much goes on behind the scenes? The huge amount. There

have been a couple of weeks of negotiation and discussion. The

United States administration has dozens of people, the British

government has fewer people. The British ambassador will be important

in working things out, but the choreography is important, where you

stand for that picture. The picture of Theresa May and Donald Trump,

with the Churchill bust, that will be the key big debate wanted. There

are many negotiations about the press conference as they have, who

will ask the questions and these things require a huge amount of

effort and patience. But also you have to lobby hard on the British

side to get what you want. When you are actually there, is there ever a

moment where they get to be by themselves? There is. You walk into

the West Wing and everybody stands up, you get show into a room and

then the Prime Minister and president, with three or for AIDS

have a meeting and then they have some time on the road. This being

their first meeting would have been important. -- three or four aides.

Then there was a lunch, with President Obama in our case, in the

east Wing. That's a much more private occasion where everybody

else is shut out. There is time between the two of them and I think

the chemistry thing is over rated. I don't think the chemistry between

the two is much less important than the solid relationship between the

governments and teams. But in crises and chemistry can make a difference,

so it is important to get a relationship established.

Interesting. Thank you. Here's Chris with a look

at this morning's weather. hello to both of you and to you at

home. It was a week that saw some really nasty frost around, some

dense fog causing problems at the airport but the thaw is really

setting in today. Not ask for most parts but we have some wet weather

on our hands today. A band of rain pushing in and we are seeing snow in

the cold air in the high ground of Scotland. There is the scope for

some icy stretches first thing. Through the rest of the day the rain

will be reluctant to clear from the north and east but in southern Wales

and southern counties we should see an improvement with the weather, as

we'll see some bright skies and a scattering of showers this

afternoon. Quite breezy, nine in London this afternoon. Relatively

mild compared to the week just gone. In Northern Ireland, brightening up

quite nicely in the afternoon, a few showers in western counties. Rain

reluctant to clear away in Scotland and it will remain quite cold,

around four. Overnight there's the risk of icy stretches in parts of

the north of the UK as temperatures fall awake. Pockets of frost

developing in the countryside but towards the south-west we should see

temperatures lifting to the end of the night as a weather system

approaches and that will bring cloud and rain the rest of the night. A

damp start for Wales and south-west England, a sunny start for many

northern and eastern areas of England, Northern Ireland and

Scotland but we will see this area of rain go north and east. Turning

wet in Northern Ireland, the rain getting into northern England,

across the Midlands to East Anglia and the south-east towards the of

the date. The best of the sunshine in Scotland where it will be still

quite chilly, and looking at the week ahead the Atlantic finally

wakes up and we will see a number of weather systems coming our way next

week. On the weather menu things will turn unsettled with spells of

rain for many of the days. It will be quite windy, especially later in

the week with severe gales but also it is expected to be mild with

temperatures into the double figures especially in the south-west. That's

the weather. Back to you two. Thanks, Chris. We will see you in a

bit. It's seven months since the UK voted

to leave the European Union but the Labour Party appears

to still be conflicted over how Jeremy Corbyn is trying to force

MPs to back the bill triggering the formal

process to leave the EU. But a growing number have said

they intend to rebel. Yesterday a member of his

shadow cabinet resigned Labour's shadow international trade

secretary Barry Gardiner joins us Thank you very much for your time

this morning. This is turning into a real headache for Jeremy Corbyn?

Brexit I think is a headache. Half the country wants to remain, half

the country wants to leave. I myself voted to remain, my constituency

voted to remain and yet I think as politicians in a democracy you have

to accept that the democratic will of the people was that we will

leave. I think that is what we in the shadow cabinet have tried to put

forward this week to the party and say, look, we have to respect that,

that means we have to vote on the second reading of this bill to

trigger Article 50. But your MPs to respect what Mr Corbyn has said

because they're not following their orders. This is an instruction,

isn't it? Let's be clear about this, in the way politics works, it's

worth being clear about this, you're not asking or questing, Jeremy

Corbyn is telling his MPs how they should vote -- requesting. What a

number are saying is no, we don't respect you, we respect the views of

our constituents more. No, look, it's not about respecting Jeremy

Corbyn. It was the shadow cabinet that arrived at the decision about

how we would vote on Article 50. But let's be clear, there are two very

tough competing principles here. One is the respect for democracy, the

fact that the whole of the country decided in that referendum that we

should actually leave the European Union. And the other is that in each

constituency a Member of Parliament feels a deep loyalty to their

constituents to represent their constituents. This is not easy

stuff. This is not about," Do I want to do what the leader's telling me?"

This is actually members of Parliament grappling with a very

complex issue which the country itself is divided on. Sorry to

interrupt, help us with your personal decision then. Just to be

clear to people, your an MP but the area you represent voted 60/40 in

favour of Remain, I think that's correct? 58/42 actually. You have

chosen to ignore what they want and follow the party line? Know I

haven't. It's not about ignoring anybody. What it's about saying is,

look, it's very easy if you're on the fringes of British politics, if

you're a LibDem saying," Oh, well, we're just going to focus on the 48%

of the country who want to remain in the European Union and therefore

come what may that's what we're going to do". Or if you're on the

other side, you get all the government's position, we're going

to focus on immigration as the issue and side with the 52% and let your

immigration policy drive your economic policy. It's very easy to

adopt those very winged as Asians. The Labour Party actually has many

people in it who are in seats where people actually voted to leave the

European Union when they themselves were campaigning to remain. --

positions. There are others in the opposite situation. We are a much

more differentiated party and in that sense we actually represent the

views of the British people much more because actually we contain

both the Remainers and the levers in almost equal numbers. That's why

we're trying to bring all of the country together and say, look, we

accept that the Democratic position from the referendum voted to leave

and therefore we will respect that. Can I just ask you... We will then

try and shake that through the amendments we're tabling so that we

ensure the eventual decision about what the shape of leaving looks like

after those negotiations, that we have a meaningful vote about that in

parliament. -- shape that. Can I just be clear on one thing, sorry,

in relation to the vote and those that choose to go against the wishes

of Jeremy Corbyn and the shadow cabinet, should they face any kind

of sanction? It is such an odd word to use but they are free to do it?

Will there be a consequence for anyone that goes against the wishes

of the shadow cabinet? The discipline within the party is a

matter for the Chief Whip. What do you think?

My own view is actually people like Joe, people like Tulip has made

incredibly difficult decisions, principled decisions, and we must

respect the fact that they've done that. They have imposed the sanction

on themselves by resigning their positions from the front bench and

from the shadow cabinet. That's something that no end he would do

lightly. I think we have to respect the fact that members of Parliament

in all different constituencies have to struggle with their conscience on

this issue and that is about a competing principle of democracy and

the principle of representing your constituents. Different MPs will

have to make their own minds up about that. That's why it said tough

job and that's why I have absolute respect both for Tube it and indeed

for Joe in the way they've handled this. They haven't been moaning,

they have simply said I understand the position of the shadow cabinet

and I understand why the Labour Party has said we will respect the

wish of the British people to leave the European Union even though we

were against it in principle and campaigned against it. But we will

not be able to reconcile that with our own conscience and therefore

we're stepping down. I respect them making that tough decision. We

apologise for interruptions, tied for time, thank you for your time

this morning, Barry Gardiner, the Shadow Secretary of state for trade.

Talking about those voting against in the shadow cabinet.

Waxwings, redwings and fieldfares are just some of the more unusual

birds that might be taking up residence in our gardens thanks

to a harsh winter in Russia and Scandinavia.

They are among the species the RSPB will be hoping people spot

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to get

out their binoculars and fill up their feeders this weekend

to take part in one of the world's largest wildlife surveys

Over half a million people took part in 2016 with more than 8 million

birds counted. The house sparrow was the most common bird in 2016 with

61% of the UK's Gardens containing them. Since the first ever Big

Garden Birdwatch there have been some changes with an 80% drop of

starlings per garden since 1979 and an increase of blue tips by 15%. The

wood pigeon has seen the biggest jump, being seen in ten times as

many gardens last year compared to 1979. These are the birds we're

being told to look out for this year. A harsh winter in Russia and

Scandinavia is expected to cause more unusual birds to come to the UK

to enjoy our berry crop. Richard Bashford from

the RSPB joins us now Good morning. First up, massive

respect for the shirt because it has parrots on it. Down to my daughter

Molly. I don't think you would see them in our gardens. No. Tell them

about how this bird watch works in our gardens? It's a very simple

event, it's been going on for 38 years, it's simple because it only

takes an hour, if you got a busy weekend, sit down with a cup of tea,

count the birds in your garden and send the results to the RSPB and

that's it. It is something people can get involved in and it makes a

big difference to you? Because it's quite straightforward, we're talking

about familiar birds, blackbirds, house sparrows, starlings and

Robbins, these are the birds people know and if enough people take part,

we get the results and that tells us over 30 years how birds like how

starlings and sparrows have been doing. So far, you've been doing it

for many years, have you got patterns of which birds are doing

best? Those we are seeing less of? There's been quite a lot of changes.

Most concern to the RSPB are things like starlings, which we think of...

You take them for granted but starlings have declined by three

quarters in that time period and house sparrows by more than half.

There are some areas, some of our big urban areas don't have house

sparrows, or very few. On the plus side there's birds like the

goldfinch moving in and we're putting out some wonderful food in

our gardens and things like goldfinches are coming into enjoy

that. Tell us more about those unusual birds like the waxwings,

what do they look like? Well, yeah. There's certain birds, the waxwings

in particular... You can see one there as you're speaking. Dramatic,

exotic looking thing, these actually come from the East. We are talking

Scandinavia, Russia. If there is no berries in the winter, this is what

they feed on predominantly in the winter, they'll come to our lovely

winter climate, which is a lot warmer than were therefrom and

that's what's happened this year. They come to Gardens. We plant a lot

of very plants and that's a real bonus for people coming to count

them. If you have any pictures of the birds in your garden then let us

know. Thanks, Richard. The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch

starts today and finishes on Monday. This is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Steph Coming up before 8am,

we'll have an update But first, a summary of this

morning's main news. He starred in around 200 films

including Harry Potter and was nominated for an Oscar

for his roles in The Elephant Man Sir John continued working

despite being diagnosed Tributes have been

pouring in online. Actor Elijah Wood tweeted,

saying, "Very sad to hear It was such an honour

to have watched you work, US director Mel Brooks said,

"No one could have played Actor David Schneider

in a tweet has said, "I was in a film with him

and he was so mesmerising And Stephen Fry posted this tribute:

"What terrible news. As great on the stage,

small screen and big. Theresa May and Donald Trump have

stressed their commitment to Nato The Prime Minister and

the President both reiterated the importance of the special

relationship in the first visit of a foreign leader to Washington

since Donald Trump's inauguration. Theresa May urged the United States

not to lift sanctions against The US President is due to speak

to Vladimir Putin today. I will be representing

the American people very, very strongly and forcefully

and if we have a great relationship with Russia and other

countries and if we go after Isis that's an evil that has to be

stopped, I will consider that a good Following the trip to Washington,

Theresa May is now on her way to Turkey for talks

with President Erdogan. The talks are expected to focus

on trade and security but she's facing pressure to discuss concerns

about alleged human rights Lorry drivers should be

banned from using sat navs That's what councils

are calling for after a spate of incidents caused by heavy goods

vehicles using bridges where they're The Local Government Association

wants legislation brought in to make it compulsory for all lorry drivers

to use sat-navs specifically A draft letter of abdication

from King George III has been The unsent letter,

which includes crossings out, redrafts, blotches and scrawls,

was written during the American War of Independence, and is one

of thousands of his private papers We will be having a more detailed

look at some of those documents are little later in the programme.

Some brilliant stuff. Those are the main stories. Mike's here. There's

so much to talk about. The tennis, of course. And the football.

Cracking last night. Derby against Leicester. A reminder, for anyone

playing this weekend, be careful what you do on the goal line!

Derby went so close to upsetting their neighbours

and the Premier League champions Leicester City.

as Darren Bent showed why he's a striker.

He loves to find the net, but usually not his own.

But after this slice of luck for his opponents

Bent made amends, popping up again at the right end to make

Derby then went ahead before half time, and they held

on until with four minutes to go as Leicester equalised

through Wes Morgan to force a replay.

As I said, proud of the players, to come against champions,

Another game against them, I look forward to it.

Five Premier League teams are facing lower league sides

today, including Liverpool at home to Wolves in the 12:30 kick off.

Liverpool's only win in any competition in 2017 so far

came when they beat Plymouth Argyle in a third round replay.

But Wolves have already knocked out premier league Stoke City.

I don't like the results but I see that we are still fighting for each

point, for each little victory, for each success.

That's what we are doing and that's the job we have to do.

I'm absolutely more than OK and look forward

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger won't be in the dug-out

for their FA Cup match at Southampton.

He's been banned from the touchline for four matches

and fined ?25,000 after verbally abusing and pushing

an official during last weekend's game against Burnley.

Niall McGinn scored two and set up another,

as Aberdeen beat Dundee 3-0 in the Scottish Premiership.

McGinn's volley on the stroke of half time

The win moved Abderdeen above Rangers into second place

in the table, but they're still 21 points behind Celtic.

There's a real throwback feel to the Australian Open tennis.

You have to go back to 2008 to find these four players

This morning, Serena Williams takes on her sister Venus

and tomorrow's men's decider will be between Roger Federer

That's after Nadal spent almost five hours on court yesterday

seeing off Grigor Dimitrov, before eventually winning

But Nadal hasn't won a major title for three years,

We never thought that we have the chance to be again in a final

So I think we both worked very hard to be

where we are, so it's great and he's great at the game.

Great that we are in a moment like this and we have

the chance to enjoy a moment like this.

And one more line from Melbourne - Britain's Andy Lapthorne lost

to Australia's Paralympic champion Dylan Alcott in the quad

The Welsh boxer Lee Selby was almost in tears

after his IBF featherweight world title defence

against Jonathan Victor Barros was called off just a little over

24 hours before it was due to take place.

The decision was announced on stage just before the weigh-in,

American media have reported that Barros had tested

Tiger Woods told reporters he was "rusty" after missing

the cut in his first competitive tournament for 18 months.

He managed a par round, but he was always in peril

He said he needed to get more rounds under his belt

He's a shot clear of the field on eight-under-par.

Whichever Williams sister wins later this morning,

they'll have to go a long way to better the celebrations

of the pair that won the women's doubles.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova,

or Team Bucie as they call themselves.

I can't see the Murray brothers doing that.

Eight miles of fire, freezing water, huge obstacles,

It's why thousands are flocking to the West Midlands this weekend,

and after 30 years it's the final ever Tough Guy race this weekend.

It's led to hundreds of other extreme races being established.

There's now even a movie out to explore why so many

I've been on the course near Wolverhampton ahead of this

It's the end of an era, on a farm in the West Midlands,

where for decades people from around the world

Pushing their bodies over eight miles to the extreme.

But after this weekend there will be no more Tough Guy.

It's been a huge part of my life.

It'll be a huge part of my life that will cease to be.

Hundreds of thousands of people have attempted this Tough Guy

But for those doing it this Sunday, it will be the last ever.

Behind it all, the man known as Mr Mouse.

A former soldier who 30 years ago wanted to add more of a challenge

to fun runs, and so reinvented the obstacles.

This is mild compared to the electric shocks before.

I decided to put people through something that they'd never

Fear, pain, claustrophobia - all of the terrible things that

They come through and they say, thank you!

And you get this medal put around your neck and there's nothing

As Mr Mouse now brings the curtain down on this world-famous event,

he is the subject of a movie that looks at why people of today

willingly pay to experience such pain and suffering.

If you can come back with a Flight Club-esque scar

on Monday morning and a story that goes with it about

running through fire, sounds awesome.

Mr Mouse's cultural impact is massive.

All of these things have exploded because of Tough Guy.

Not many people know about it and I just thought

To mark the final Tough Guy, competitors will be joined

on the course by the star of the War Horse film.

Mr Mouse wants entrants to remember the suffering that was real

And thanks to what started here, obstacle racing is now one

of the fastest growing sports in the world.

It was one degree when we jumped into the water, but nothing compared

to what the actual competitors go through tomorrow. The legacy of Mr

Mouse. The film explores why people do this. It seems people living,

certainly in the first world, obstacles have been removed.

Would you do it again? I think it is addictive. By the end,

the feeling of euphoria and achievement is second to none.

Well done. Thank you. Ghanian-born artist John Akomfrah

has spent his career exploring centuries of struggle

and persecution experienced by migrants

and refugees. He's now won the Artes Mundi,

one of the Uk's most prestigious art prizes, for his film

which was inspired while he was teaching

in Barbados in 2009. This is an art prize that maybe a

lot of people haven't heard of, but it looks at not only your current

work but your work over a period of time, six or seven years. Yes, what

happens with most prices is that I think it is about a specific work.

They take a long view of your work and say, OK, what have you done the

last five years? You have been looking at migration. Something that

caught your attention. Not exclusively, but yes, I've done

quite a bit on migration. I'm from one of those families anyway, so

it's a subject that's close my heart. Tell us a bit about the film.

I did a number of courses across the world and this particular one was in

Barbados, where I saw this cemetery which has basically European Jews.

It started me thinking about how many people lived and died in

different places because they've had to basically run for their lives. So

what you've got in Auto Da Fe are six stories across 400 years of

different communities who have two escape persecution. What we saw,

maybe we can see more of the images, we saw a split screen. So when

people actually go and see your work, there are two separate screens

with concurrent things happening at the same time. Is that right? Yes,

but sometimes you would just get the same scene but played from different

angles. So you see the back of a person, you see where they are and

what they are thinking. Almost like a 360 degrees... Exactly, you've got

it. It has to be said that current events are very much drawing

attention to the storylines that you are illustrating. President Trump

has closed the borders of the United States to refugees, to a number of

countries, for a period of time, a matter of months. It couldn't be

more timely in some respects in relation to what you why doing. It

is tragic, but I have to say I saw this coming, which is one of the

reasons why I worked on this. The story of refugees... People see it

as either something from the past or recent, but it is constant and

continuing. When you say that, how did you know it was coming? Just the

way in which people were talking about refugees coming to this

country. Thinking about the same in 2009, you could hear in the

language. They are cockroaches, this and that. It felt as if something

was different. The difference in how we talked about strangers. Where

were you hearing that? When you are out and about? I would be in

different countries and you would hear it, whether in Germany or

Scandinavia, wherever. Here it to some extent. You could just feel

this difference in attitude towards outsiders coming in. I just thought

it would be a good thing to do to counteract that in some ways. John,

thank you very much. And congratulations for winning. John

Akomfrah has won at the exhibition in Wales it will run until the 26th

of Eddery. Hello to both of you, good morning.

We're looking at things getting milder over the course of this

weekend. It been a cold week with the nasty fog but different this

weekend, a weather front bringing outbreaks of rain widely across the

country and with the cold air in Scotland we are seeing some snow in

the higher ground, about 300 metres. That means stretches of the 89 and a

85 at the moment are seeing heavy snow, the risk of icy stretches

across some higher areas. -- the A89 and the A85. Further south the

early-morning rain will clear out of the way and a breezy afternoon for

southern England, south Wales and the south Midlands. Some sunshine

with a few passing showers and mild, nine in London. The rain reluctant

to move out of northern England so cool and wet here. Northern Ireland

brightening up quickly with sunshine this afternoon, a few showers in the

west and cloudy and cold in Scotland today, only around four degrees for

many. Overnight as the rain eases away we'll see a few showers falling

as snow in the tops of the Pennines, still some snow in the hills in

Scotland as well. A cold night with a touch of frost developing in the

countryside in northern areas hence the risk of icy stretches on

untreated roads and services. On Sunday, another weather system will

move in of the Atlantic and will bring rain into Northern Ireland,

Wales and south-west England during the morning and that wet weather

will push north and east through the afternoon. With Scotland we should

see sunshine into the afternoon and temperatures in the sunshine still

quite cold, 4-6, the milder air is where the cloud and rain is. Next

week it looks like a complete change in the weather patterns as low

pressure dominates, the Atlantic wakes up and we see weather systems

moving across the UK. That means that next week it will be unsettled

with spells of rain, it will become windy perhaps with severe gales

around particularly later in the week but the winds will often come