14/02/2017

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

:00:00. > :00:07.Donald Trump's national security adviser resigns in a row

:00:08. > :00:22.Michael Flynn has stepped down less than a month into the job.

:00:23. > :00:25.He's been accused of lying about phone calls he made

:00:26. > :00:39.Good morning, it's Tuesday 14th February.

:00:40. > :00:42.Also this morning: Fresh warnings about the threat from online attacks

:00:43. > :00:52.as the UK opens its National Cyber Security Centre.

:00:53. > :00:55.A ten-year-old boy dies from head injuries in a branch of Topshop

:00:56. > :00:57.after an incident involving store furniture.

:00:58. > :01:00.Nearly five million of us now describe ourselves as self-employed.

:01:01. > :01:02.But is it good for work flexibility or just helping

:01:03. > :01:10.In Sport, Manchester City leap up to second in the Premier League.

:01:11. > :01:13.They beat Bournemouth 2-0, but they're still eight points

:01:14. > :01:30.We'll be hearing a love story with a twist this Valentine's Day.

:01:31. > :01:51.Good morning. We will be in the gardens when daybreak. Sadly, this

:01:52. > :01:55.stove isn't on. It is chilly and it is chilly outside without a touch of

:01:56. > :02:00.frost for eastern England with some rain in the forecast, but some of us

:02:01. > :02:01.will see sunshine through the day. I will have more details in 13

:02:02. > :02:03.minutes. Donald Trump's national security

:02:04. > :02:08.adviser, Michael Flynn, has resigned over his

:02:09. > :02:10.contacts with Russia. General Flynn discussed American

:02:11. > :02:12.sanctions with the Russian ambassador before Mr Trump took

:02:13. > :02:15.office, and is accused of misleading the Vice President

:02:16. > :02:16.about what happened. Here's our Washington

:02:17. > :02:28.correspondent, David Willis. Barely three weeks into his

:02:29. > :02:34.presidency, Donald Trump has lost one of his closest advisers. Retired

:02:35. > :02:40.army gentle Michael Flynn, a man renowned for his close ties to

:02:41. > :02:43.Russia, resigns over allegations he misled senior officials about

:02:44. > :02:46.conversations between him and the Russian Ambassador a few weeks

:02:47. > :02:50.before the Trump administration took office -- General. In his

:02:51. > :02:53.resignation letter, Mr Flynn said that as the incoming National

:02:54. > :02:57.Security Advisor he held numerous phone calls with foreign

:02:58. > :03:01.counterparts, ministers and ambassadors. Unfortunately he goes

:03:02. > :03:05.on, because of the fast pace of events I inadvertently reefed the

:03:06. > :03:07.vice president of late and others with incomplete information

:03:08. > :03:13.regarding my calls with the Russian ambassador. Missing it appears from

:03:14. > :03:17.Mr Flynn's account was a discussion of sanctions imposed by the outgoing

:03:18. > :03:22.Obama administration in response to Russia's meddling in the US

:03:23. > :03:26.election. Any offer to lift such sanctions by a member of the

:03:27. > :03:31.incoming Administration would be a breach of American law. Meanwhile it

:03:32. > :03:35.has emerged that the US justice to Sparkman warned the Trump

:03:36. > :03:37.administration that Mr Flynn's account of the conversation differed

:03:38. > :03:42.from that of intelligence officials who were listening in. The

:03:43. > :03:45.department also advise the President that Mr Flynn had potentially opened

:03:46. > :03:49.himself to blackmail by the Russians. All of this prompts a

:03:50. > :03:52.broader question, what did the President himself no about Michael

:03:53. > :03:58.Flynn's activities and when did he know it? -- know.

:03:59. > :04:03.The Queen will this morning opened a specialist centre to combat the

:04:04. > :04:10.threat posed to the UK by online attack. Ministers say the cyber

:04:11. > :04:14.security centre, which cost ?2 billion to set up, will make the UK

:04:15. > :04:14.the safest place to live and work online.

:04:15. > :04:18.Our Security correspondent Gordon Corera reports.

:04:19. > :04:24.Russian involvement in efforts to have information... The worst case

:04:25. > :04:30.is all customers' data has been accessed. China's activities in

:04:31. > :04:38.cyberspace is a significant source of concern. Hacking that could

:04:39. > :04:43.hamper vote counting. Cyber attacks are it seems everywhere. Hackers

:04:44. > :04:46.targeting governments, businesses, ordinary people. Now a new

:04:47. > :04:52.organisation is being formally launched. Its mission, to defend the

:04:53. > :04:57.UK. At its new headquarters at the head of the national cyber security

:04:58. > :05:00.centre told me a threat is real. We have had significant losses of

:05:01. > :05:06.personal data, significant intrusions by hostile state actors,

:05:07. > :05:09.significant reconnaissance against critical national infrastructure.

:05:10. > :05:14.And our job is to deal with that in the most effective way possible. So

:05:15. > :05:17.we want to create a room for the near future with devices connected

:05:18. > :05:22.to the Internet. The new centre is not just there to protect government

:05:23. > :05:28.but also people's homes. The technical director told me how

:05:29. > :05:32.Internet connected items like lambs and coffee makers could be

:05:33. > :05:36.vulnerable, even a child's toy doll. More and more of our life is moving

:05:37. > :05:42.online with the UK being one of the most digitally dependent economies

:05:43. > :05:45.in the world, a strength but also a vulnerability. And protecting it

:05:46. > :05:47.online in the future will be vital for economic as well as national

:05:48. > :05:49.security. A ten-year-old boy has died

:05:50. > :05:51.after suffering serious head The boy was taken to hospital

:05:52. > :05:56.after being hurt in a Topshop store Our reporter Keith Doyle joins us

:05:57. > :06:00.from our London newsroom. Keith, what do we know

:06:01. > :06:12.about what happened? Good morning. We only know brief

:06:13. > :06:16.details that the police have released. The police and ambulance

:06:17. > :06:21.services were called to the Oracle shopping centre in Reading town

:06:22. > :06:24.centre just after 4pm yesterday afternoon, where a 10-year-old boy

:06:25. > :06:30.received serious head injuries after an incident in Topshop. In the

:06:31. > :06:34.police statement, from Thames Valley Police, a 10-year-old boy had

:06:35. > :06:38.serious head injuries after an incident involving shop furniture.

:06:39. > :06:41.We know the boy was taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital, where he

:06:42. > :06:46.was pronounced dead. Thames Valley Police said in a statement they are

:06:47. > :06:49.continuing with enquiries and they say the death was treated as

:06:50. > :06:56.unexplained but not suspicious and the next of kin have been phone. We

:06:57. > :06:59.don't know the full details of what happened yesterday afternoon but

:07:00. > :07:03.whatever the circumstances it is clearly a tragedy where a young boy

:07:04. > :07:13.has lost his life. Absolutely. Thank you. There is an enquiry into the

:07:14. > :07:14.way millions of us work and a man in charge says businesses are using

:07:15. > :07:22.self employment laws to avoid tax. One in seven people now consider

:07:23. > :07:25.themselves self employed which can mean a lower level

:07:26. > :07:27.of employment protection. Matthew Taylor -

:07:28. > :07:30.who heads up that review - says he wants to see a fair

:07:31. > :07:37.and decent standard of work Look at any two workers with the

:07:38. > :07:42.same conditions and one of them will say that is great, that is what I

:07:43. > :07:46.choose to do, and one will say that is not what I want. So it is whether

:07:47. > :07:50.you choose to work in a flexible way. It is hard for the courts and

:07:51. > :07:54.the law to deal with two people whose situation is the same but one

:07:55. > :07:54.is satisfied and the other is dissatisfied.

:07:55. > :07:57.Around 200,000 people living close to America's tallest dam have been

:07:58. > :08:00.told it's still not safe for them to return home.

:08:01. > :08:03.The area around the Oroville Dam in Northern California was evacuated

:08:04. > :08:06.after a hole was found in one of its emergency overflow channels,

:08:07. > :08:16.After historically high levels of rain, officials got the dry

:08:17. > :08:18.weather they needed to drain the water from the dam

:08:19. > :08:26.Rock-filled bags were loaded onto helicopters and dropped

:08:27. > :08:29.onto the eroded areas to plug any gaps.

:08:30. > :08:32.With the water drained, workers were finally able to check

:08:33. > :08:58.They should have brought up a red flag, something is not right,

:08:59. > :09:01.something is wrong. They should have done that instead of waiting until

:09:02. > :09:10.the last minute and getting everybody worked up. After one night

:09:11. > :09:12.here, many were ready to back up and leave. But authorities say it is not

:09:13. > :09:14.ready. Getting those people

:09:15. > :09:17.home is important to me. I want that to happen absolutely

:09:18. > :09:19.as soon as possible. But I have to be able to sleep

:09:20. > :09:23.at night knowing that they are back As repairs continue,

:09:24. > :09:26.questions are now being asked about whether the damage had more

:09:27. > :09:29.to do with bad luck, It is still not clear how long it

:09:30. > :09:40.will take to make the dam safe. More heavy rain is expected to test

:09:41. > :09:44.it again later this week. Local authorities in England have

:09:45. > :09:47.paid out more than ?35 million in compensation and legal fees

:09:48. > :09:50.to tenants who are living A BBC investigation found that

:09:51. > :09:54.around 11,000 claims have been It's completely mouldy and the wall

:09:55. > :10:04.underneath is completely wet. And even our shoes

:10:05. > :10:07.are mouldy as well. Katrina pays Leeds City Council

:10:08. > :10:16.around ?270 a month to live in a flat which is

:10:17. > :10:21.riddled with mould. Although she hasn't taken

:10:22. > :10:23.the council to court, She says he and his brother sounds

:10:24. > :10:36.like this all the time, She claims it's because their rented

:10:37. > :10:42.house in Leeds is so damp. Social housing in Leeds has such

:10:43. > :10:45.a bad reputation that claims management companies

:10:46. > :10:46.are now targeting the city, encouraging tenants to take

:10:47. > :10:54.the council to court. These firms identify properties

:10:55. > :10:57.which are in a poor state of repair and then, for a finder's fee,

:10:58. > :11:00.pass on the tenant's details to a solicitor who

:11:01. > :11:06.takes on the case. In a statement, Leeds

:11:07. > :11:22.City Council said... At a time when services

:11:23. > :11:27.are being cut, many will question why councils are spending millions

:11:28. > :11:30.on compensation instead of fixing In response, the Local Government

:11:31. > :11:39.Association told us: "Councils desperately need access

:11:40. > :11:41.to government funding to improve existing housing stock and reinvest

:11:42. > :11:47.in building more affordable homes." Two teenage boys are among four

:11:48. > :11:51.people killed in an avalanche at the ski resort

:11:52. > :11:53.of Tignes in France. The snowboarders, who were being

:11:54. > :11:55.led by an instructor, died when a wall of snow swept

:11:56. > :11:58.through an off-piste The group were only a few dozen

:11:59. > :12:05.metres from the ski lift Look at these next pictures, by the

:12:06. > :12:16.way. Aberdeen council has apologised

:12:17. > :12:18.after trees were planted They appeared in on the turf

:12:19. > :12:24.at Logie Durno in Aberdeenshire. Unsurprisingly, the new trees

:12:25. > :12:26.sparked a huge reaction A spokeswoman said they'd been

:12:27. > :12:29.planted to boost biodiversity in the area, but admitted

:12:30. > :12:32.the council was "barking up the wrong tree with

:12:33. > :12:40.plans for this site." What are they going to do about it"

:12:41. > :12:47.do you know what the formation was? Four-tree-tree. LAUGHTER Sorry, I am

:12:48. > :12:53.just thinking about my joke. I don't know if it was double thumbs up.

:12:54. > :13:00.They would probably do better than Bournemouth's defence. That has been

:13:01. > :13:04.a problem this season, they haven't won a game so far into 2017, and the

:13:05. > :13:08.problem is their defence, I have just been reading this morning.

:13:09. > :13:13.Maybe they need to put some woodwork in the way. City are hitting form?

:13:14. > :13:18.It is funny, isn't it, just a couple of weeks ago we said they didn't

:13:19. > :13:22.stand a chance, yet here they are, a points pint Chelsea, and they clawed

:13:23. > :13:26.back United in 2012 with a points the difference and they came to win

:13:27. > :13:28.the title, so don't write Pep Guardiola off yet!

:13:29. > :13:31.Manchester City started last night's game against Bournemouth outside

:13:32. > :13:34.the top four, but they've jumped up to second in the Premier League

:13:35. > :13:36.thanks to a 2-0 win over Bournemouth.

:13:37. > :13:39.The goals coming from Raheem Sterling and a Tyrone Mings

:13:40. > :13:42.own goal, even if Sergio Aguero wanted to claim it.

:13:43. > :13:45.Joe Root says he is very proud and excited for what lies ahead

:13:46. > :13:47.being confirmed as England's new Test cricket captain.

:13:48. > :13:50.The Yorkshireman succeeds Alastair Cook, who resigned last week.

:13:51. > :13:53.Root's first Test will be against South Africa at Lord's

:13:54. > :13:57.Amir Khan could be in line to fight Manny Pacquiao if fans of the eight

:13:58. > :14:01.division world champion have their way.

:14:02. > :14:03.They voted overwhelmingly on social media

:14:04. > :14:05.for the British boxer to be Pacquiao's next opponent.

:14:06. > :14:09.Former Sale Sharks wing Tom Arscott has been found guilty of passing

:14:10. > :14:11.on confidential team information to Bristol by the Rugby Football

:14:12. > :14:14.An inquiry concluded Bristol were aware of Sale's tactics

:14:15. > :14:24.when they beat the Sharks by one point on New Year's Day.

:14:25. > :14:33.Controversy in rugby union. We will be back in a moment with the papers.

:14:34. > :14:40.I am really looking forward to speaking to Carol. I think Dan is

:14:41. > :14:44.planning things for you. What, as it is Valentine's Day, I am going to

:14:45. > :14:50.write you a little poem. Oh, I can't wait.

:14:51. > :14:57.That makes me shake in my shoes, whenever you are planning things for

:14:58. > :15:01.me I get very nervous. We will be in the gardens when day breaks, but I

:15:02. > :15:05.want to show you these windows. Today I am five foot ten with my

:15:06. > :15:09.heels. Look how high this window is, to stop any visitors coming in

:15:10. > :15:14.seeing the family that owned the house, seeing the staff below, it

:15:15. > :15:18.allowed a lot of light to come in and over here I have this beautiful

:15:19. > :15:22.cast-iron kitchen range. It dates back to 1860, although it was

:15:23. > :15:26.renovated and restored in 2004, and perhaps the kind of food that would

:15:27. > :15:30.be prepared in this kitchen are things like this. Sadly it is not

:15:31. > :15:38.real. If you try this you will break your teeth so probably not the best

:15:39. > :15:42.thing to do this morning. Frost across eastern parts of England but

:15:43. > :15:46.generally it will be a little milder than it was yesterday. So the other

:15:47. > :15:50.thing that will happen as the winds are going to change more to Asad

:15:51. > :15:53.Ali, south-westerly, so it won't feel quite as cold. Through the

:15:54. > :15:58.course of the day what we have is, to start with, a cold start with

:15:59. > :16:02.some sunshine, but a weather front which is coming in across south-west

:16:03. > :16:06.England. That is bringing in thick cloud and some patchy rain. It is

:16:07. > :16:09.also pretty windy this morning across the Pennines, Cumbria and

:16:10. > :16:13.Northern Ireland. Here we have some cloud, cloud across north-east

:16:14. > :16:16.Scotland, so the brightest skies are going to be for example across

:16:17. > :16:21.western and southern Scotland, even into the afternoon. Quite grey for

:16:22. > :16:25.the rest of Scotland. Or northern England, this afternoon quite a bit

:16:26. > :16:28.of cloud left around but as we come through Yorkshire, Lincolnshire,

:16:29. > :16:31.East Anglia and down towards Kent and the East Midlands, we will see

:16:32. > :16:35.some sunshine. Go west of that and that is where we have a weather

:16:36. > :16:38.front. Thicker cloud across the rest of the Midlands, down towards

:16:39. > :16:42.Hampshire some patchy rain and drizzle coming out of that. As we

:16:43. > :16:45.move across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, it will have brightened

:16:46. > :16:49.up and we'll see maybe the odd shower. For Wales and Northern

:16:50. > :16:53.Ireland, under the influence of the cloud, and also the showers, we have

:16:54. > :16:57.the weather front there, remember, it won't feel as pleasant.

:16:58. > :17:01.Temperatures still a bit higher for some of us than they were yesterday.

:17:02. > :17:04.As we head on through the evening and overnight, the weather front in

:17:05. > :17:07.the south-west moving northwards will continue the journey

:17:08. > :17:11.northwards, heading into northern England, the west of Scotland,

:17:12. > :17:14.through Northern Ireland as well. Later on you will find another

:17:15. > :17:19.weather front is going to come in from the south-west, ringing some

:17:20. > :17:22.rain and strengthening winds. Not a particular cold night, temperatures

:17:23. > :17:27.roughly between about seven and nine. As we head on through the

:17:28. > :17:30.course of tomorrow, after a bright start in the Highlands, north-east

:17:31. > :17:33.England, you will find that the weather front in the south-west

:17:34. > :17:37.reducing the rain, and some of that could be heavy at times, with the

:17:38. > :17:41.odd rumble of thunder, that will all move eastwards, spilling cloud ahead

:17:42. > :17:45.of it but at least behind it will start to brighten up and began the

:17:46. > :17:49.wind veering so we're looking at more of a south-westerly, which is a

:17:50. > :17:51.milder direction, and you will really notice that across parts of

:17:52. > :17:56.naughty Scotland and north-east England. And then for Thursday there

:17:57. > :18:00.will be some showery outbreaks of rain across the north and

:18:01. > :18:03.north-west, but generally drier day for most. However, there is the risk

:18:04. > :18:07.that across the English Channel we could well see some fog, which could

:18:08. > :18:11.take into the early part of the afternoon before it lifts, but we do

:18:12. > :18:16.expect it to. I then parts of the south-west, although it is not on

:18:17. > :18:20.the charts, could hit 14 Celsius. After the cold weather we have had,

:18:21. > :18:25.that is a real improvement. Thank you very much. Lovely to see you

:18:26. > :18:30.round there as well. We will be back with more for you later. I am trying

:18:31. > :18:40.to monitor what he is up to. That's all right, nothing sinister. Just a

:18:41. > :18:46.little ditty for you. I know you are writing poetry, sorry to interrupt

:18:47. > :18:50.and everything. I will start with a front page of the Daily Telegraph.

:18:51. > :18:53.Caterpillar denied to 500,000 women as their main story, and the main

:18:54. > :18:57.picture is Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, who was at

:18:58. > :19:02.the White House yesterday for talks with not only Donald Trump but also

:19:03. > :19:08.female business leaders as well. And a mixed bag for the papers, they all

:19:09. > :19:11.have different lead stories. The Times talking about commuters

:19:12. > :19:15.travelling by public transport, exposing commuters to up to eight

:19:16. > :19:19.times as much air pollution as those who drive to work, according to a

:19:20. > :19:23.new study. This is a picture of Julie and Mike Bennett, who died

:19:24. > :19:28.within days of each other of cancer. And there is a fund being set up by

:19:29. > :19:32.their children, and so many people donated, ?170,000, so that their

:19:33. > :19:36.children can carry on with their education. Front page of the

:19:37. > :19:40.Guardian also has a picture of Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime

:19:41. > :19:45.Minister, this time just a moment to look at Donald Trump's hand before

:19:46. > :19:49.he shook hands with it. We saw the handshake with Shinzo Abe, which

:19:50. > :20:00.went on for ages a few days ago, it has become an internet meme. The

:20:01. > :20:11.British expats facing backlash over May. And the Bake Off's Leithal

:20:12. > :20:16.weapon. We had Prue Leeds on the sofa, and she may be alongside Paul

:20:17. > :20:24.Hollywood. No confirmation as yet but she may be the new Mary Berry.

:20:25. > :20:28.Shall we look at her judging? A real disgrace, and I want to cry because

:20:29. > :20:35.it was so wonderful before. It is this over smoked lobster tail,

:20:36. > :20:41.almost inedible. It is so strong. Six. You really are very

:20:42. > :20:46.disappointed, aren't you? I am really quite cross because it was so

:20:47. > :20:54.beautiful. I think he lost his focus. It is a tragedy, that is

:20:55. > :21:03.what. I always feel she needs to cook a Victoria sandwich for the

:21:04. > :21:06.entire nation. And Mary Berry would never have been so brutal. She

:21:07. > :21:12.always find something nice to say. She always just looks a little put

:21:13. > :21:16.off. This is something we will talk about a lot later on. A review

:21:17. > :21:21.launched by the government into the so-called gig economy. We all use

:21:22. > :21:28.them in some form or another, whether that is things like Uber or

:21:29. > :21:32.Deliveroo, they don't have guaranteed hours or income but many

:21:33. > :21:36.say it is great, they get the flexibility to work when they want.

:21:37. > :21:41.If they own to make work more they earn more, and vice-versa. There has

:21:42. > :21:44.been a 20% rise in the number of people without regular hours and

:21:45. > :21:48.employment. It suggests the government and the Treasury loses

:21:49. > :21:52.out on tax revenue, but some workers say that they are simply not paid

:21:53. > :21:56.enough, and they are having to work harder and harder and getting less

:21:57. > :21:59.pay. We will look at that as the government is launching a review

:22:00. > :22:06.into job security. The sports pages full today of profiles of the next

:22:07. > :22:11.England test captain, Joe Root. Lovely pictures of him as a child

:22:12. > :22:15.and the Daily Mirror, steeped in cricket as he has been playing since

:22:16. > :22:18.he was a toddler, which is brilliant. And there he is with

:22:19. > :22:22.Michael Vaughan at his club in Sheffield, and Michael Vaughan

:22:23. > :22:26.coming on to chat to us about what it takes to be England skipper a bit

:22:27. > :22:30.later on. 26 years old, and the whole thing about Joe Root is how

:22:31. > :22:35.young he looks, this baby faced cricketer. Look at all the stats

:22:36. > :22:40.lining up for him. 11 centuries already in his cricket career, at

:22:41. > :22:43.the age of 26. He is remarkable. What he set on social media

:22:44. > :22:48.yesterday after the announcement of the fact that he would be the new

:22:49. > :22:53.England Test captain, he said this. His baby was born in January, and

:22:54. > :22:59.are really tiny baby there. Lots of responsibility for Joe Root this

:23:00. > :23:04.year, fatherhood and the England Test captaincy. So a lot on his

:23:05. > :23:14.plate. Do you want a picture of the Boss or buffalo? OK, Bruce

:23:15. > :23:18.Springsteen involved in a selfie with this lady from Sydney and it

:23:19. > :23:19.has gone around the world. One of those pictures which has gone

:23:20. > :23:22.everywhere. The father of a soldier killed

:23:23. > :23:26.in Iraq in 2007 has criticised proposals which could make it harder

:23:27. > :23:29.for troops and their families to sue the Ministry of Defence if something

:23:30. > :23:32.goes wrong in combat. The MoD is consulting on changes

:23:33. > :23:36.that it says would reduce the need for lengthy court battles,

:23:37. > :23:39.but the plans mean soldiers would no longer be able to sue

:23:40. > :23:41.the Government for negligence. Our legal affairs correspondent

:23:42. > :23:53.Clive Coleman reports. How old was he when he first started

:23:54. > :24:06.playing the drums? He was about nine or ten. In 2000 and 2007, Colin's

:24:07. > :24:12.Sun, a keen drummer, died when an IED exploded next to his Land Rover

:24:13. > :24:17.in Iraq. He was one of some 37 servicemen and women killed in

:24:18. > :24:25.so-called Snatch land Rovers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Colin for the

:24:26. > :24:27.six-year legal battle against the Ministry of Defence, eventually

:24:28. > :24:31.winning the right of the Supreme Court to bring an action against the

:24:32. > :24:37.government under human rights law. Three years later that case is only

:24:38. > :24:42.now coming to a close. The MoD's new rules cover battle and the fallout

:24:43. > :24:46.from it. They include stopping legal claims for negligence against the

:24:47. > :24:49.MoD in the courts. A no-fault compensation scheme for injured

:24:50. > :24:54.service personnel and families of those killed. Assessors to value

:24:55. > :25:00.injuries and lost based on reports they commission. And compensation to

:25:01. > :25:04.be at the same level as if you MoD was found negligent in court. Nobody

:25:05. > :25:09.disputes it is a really good idea for service personnel injured in the

:25:10. > :25:13.course of combat and the families of those who have been killed to be

:25:14. > :25:16.spared long and frustrating legal battles through the courts. But

:25:17. > :25:21.there are real concerns about the Ministry of Defence scrapping the

:25:22. > :25:26.duty of care that it owes to soldiers. The Fire Brigade, the

:25:27. > :25:30.police, the ambulance service, they all have to go out with equipment

:25:31. > :25:36.that works, and the right equipment. And that should be the same for a

:25:37. > :25:40.soldier. If not, then what the MoD is saying is we could send our boys

:25:41. > :25:45.and girls out with broomsticks, it wouldn't matter. There is no

:25:46. > :25:49.fallout. And lawyers worry that bypassing the courts creates

:25:50. > :25:55.unfairness. You have suffered injury. You think that the employer,

:25:56. > :25:59.the organisation, the MoD, is at fault, and yet you are asked to rely

:26:00. > :26:03.upon the MoD to assess the compensation that it should pay you

:26:04. > :26:05.for the damage it causes you. That is not right. In a statement, the

:26:06. > :26:34.Ministry of Defence said... His ashes are with me... The MoD's

:26:35. > :26:38.consultation on its proposals ends in just under a week. Colin Redpath

:26:39. > :26:42.hopes that for the injured and families of the fall in the new

:26:43. > :26:47.system involves maximum safety and fairness.

:26:48. > :26:50.And we will be speaking to a former soldier just a little bit later

:26:51. > :26:54.about that. I am working on my little ditty for

:26:55. > :27:08.Carol. I will save it for 7:15 a.m.. We will hear from couples

:27:09. > :30:31.who still put pen to paper as a sign Now, though, it is back

:30:32. > :30:33.to Louise and Dan. Hello, this is Breakfast

:30:34. > :30:40.with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. We'll bring you all the latest news

:30:41. > :30:44.and sport in a moment, but also

:30:45. > :30:46.on Breakfast this morning. As the Ministry of Defence consults

:30:47. > :30:50.on plans to scrap its legal duty of care to personnel injured

:30:51. > :30:52.in combat, we'll hear from a solicitor who

:30:53. > :30:54.says it'll stop troops and their families from getting

:30:55. > :30:59.the right compensation. He's led out in just four

:31:00. > :31:02.first-class matches but Joe Root Former skipper Michael Vaughan

:31:03. > :31:10.will tell us why he thinks he's England's first timetabled steam

:31:11. > :31:23.train in almost 50 years sets But now a summary of this

:31:24. > :31:39.morning's main news. Donald Trump's national security

:31:40. > :31:41.adviser, Michael Flynn, has resigned over his

:31:42. > :31:43.contacts with Russia. General Flynn discussed American

:31:44. > :31:45.sanctions with the Russian ambassador before Mr Trump took

:31:46. > :31:48.office, and is accused of misleading the vice-president

:31:49. > :31:50.about what happened. Here's our Washington

:31:51. > :31:55.correspondent David Willis. The Queen will this morning open

:31:56. > :31:58.a specialist centre to combat the threat posed to the UK

:31:59. > :32:01.by online attacks. Ministers say the National

:32:02. > :32:03.Cyber Security Centre, which cost nearly ?2 billion to set

:32:04. > :32:07.up, will make the UK the safest Our security correspondent

:32:08. > :32:16.Gordon Corera reports. Russian involvement in efforts

:32:17. > :32:18.to hack information... The worst case is that

:32:19. > :32:21.all of our customers' data China's activities in cyberspace

:32:22. > :32:25.as a significant source of concern. Hacking that could

:32:26. > :32:31.hamper vote counting. Cyber attacks are,

:32:32. > :32:35.it seems, everywhere. Hackers targeting governments,

:32:36. > :32:39.businesses, ordinary people. Now a new organisation

:32:40. > :32:41.is being formally launched. At its new headquarters,

:32:42. > :32:53.the head of the National Cyber Security Centre told me

:32:54. > :32:55.the threat is real. We've had significant

:32:56. > :32:57.losses of personal data, significant intrusions

:32:58. > :32:59.by hostile state actors, significant reconnaissance against

:33:00. > :33:01.critical national infrastructure. And our job is to make sure we deal

:33:02. > :33:05.with that in the most So what we've done here is create

:33:06. > :33:18.a room of the near future and we've got some devices that

:33:19. > :33:20.are all connected to the Internet. The new centre is not just

:33:21. > :33:23.there to protect government, Its technical director showed me how

:33:24. > :33:26.Internet-connected items, like lamps and coffee makers,

:33:27. > :33:29.could be vulnerable, More and more of our

:33:30. > :33:33.life is moving online. The UK's one of the most digitally

:33:34. > :33:36.dependent economies in the world - And protecting it online

:33:37. > :33:40.in the future will be vital for economic as well

:33:41. > :33:46.as national security. A ten-year-old boy has died

:33:47. > :33:49.after suffering serious head The boy was taken to hospital

:33:50. > :33:54.after being hurt in a Topshop store Thames Valley Police said the death

:33:55. > :33:58.is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious and officers

:33:59. > :34:05.are continuing to make inquiries. Around 200,000 people living close

:34:06. > :34:09.to America's tallest dam have been told it's still not safe

:34:10. > :34:11.for them to return home. The area around the Oroville Dam

:34:12. > :34:14.in Northern California was evacuated after a hole was found in one

:34:15. > :34:18.of its emergency overflow channels, Authorities have now managed

:34:19. > :34:21.to lower the water levels, but they still don't know how long

:34:22. > :34:25.it will be before residents Local authorities in England have

:34:26. > :34:35.paid out more than ?35 million in compensation and legal fees

:34:36. > :34:38.to tenants who are living A BBC investigation found that

:34:39. > :34:45.around 11,000 claims have been brought in the last five years

:34:46. > :34:48.for issues such as damp, leaking drains and holes

:34:49. > :34:54.in front doors or walls. Two teenage boys are among four

:34:55. > :34:57.people killed in an avalanche at the ski resort

:34:58. > :35:00.of Tignes in France. The snowboarders, who were being

:35:01. > :35:02.led by an instructor, died when a wall of snow swept

:35:03. > :35:05.through an off-piste The group were only a few dozen

:35:06. > :35:24.metres from the ski lift It is 6:35am, and Cat is here for

:35:25. > :35:31.the sport. It was impressive for Manchester City. Pep Guardiola is

:35:32. > :35:36.smiling. A happy Monday for him. And Monday tends to go well for him, he

:35:37. > :35:40.has won every Monday match he has been in charge in. They are

:35:41. > :35:42.frantically looking in their diaries for the future Monday fixture, I am

:35:43. > :35:43.sure. Manchester City have jumped

:35:44. > :35:46.from fifth up to second in the Premier League

:35:47. > :35:48.after a straight forward 2-0 England winger Raheem Sterling gave

:35:49. > :35:52.City the lead with a simple tap in. Sergio Aguero came off the bench

:35:53. > :35:56.to have a hand in City's second, although the final touch was off

:35:57. > :35:59.defender Tyrone Mings. City are now eight points

:36:00. > :36:12.behind leaders Chelsea. We needed a really good performance.

:36:13. > :36:16.In the second half, Bournemouth push a lot, but that is normal in this

:36:17. > :36:20.stadium with these players. I am so pleased how we have done and

:36:21. > :36:26.especially the last 10- 15 minutes, we did the best way to keep the

:36:27. > :36:28.result, making 1000 million passes and attacking from behind, so we did

:36:29. > :36:34.it really well. This game is all about winning and

:36:35. > :36:37.getting results. In terms of changing team selection and

:36:38. > :36:41.formations, well, we did that tonight within the game. We are

:36:42. > :36:45.always looking for ways to get results. Ultimately I don't think we

:36:46. > :36:47.are judged by tonight's game. The season will be decided on what

:36:48. > :36:49.happens for the season. Joe Root is very proud and excited

:36:50. > :36:52.for what lies ahead. He's thanked his supporters

:36:53. > :36:53.for their well-wishes after being named the

:36:54. > :36:55.England Test captain. Root succeeds Alastair Cook,

:36:56. > :36:58.who resigned last week. Root's first Test will be

:36:59. > :37:01.against South Africa Yorkshire Director of

:37:02. > :37:14.Cricket Martyn Moxon believes he's He has got a fantastic cricket

:37:15. > :37:18.brain, you know, he is experienced now in cricket, and I think he is a

:37:19. > :37:23.natural leader, to be honest. You know, he has not captained much

:37:24. > :37:27.previously, but when he has, you know, histamine around the dressing

:37:28. > :37:29.room shows to me he is a natural leader and I think he will take it

:37:30. > :37:30.all in his stride. Ronnie O'Sullivan begins his title

:37:31. > :37:33.defence at the Welsh Open this But the four-time world champion

:37:34. > :37:37.John Higgins is already out. He lost to Sam Baird

:37:38. > :37:42.in the first round. And world number two

:37:43. > :37:44.Stuart Bingham came through

:37:45. > :37:45.a challenging opening match. The Englishman, who was a shock

:37:46. > :37:48.first round loser last year, beat home favourite

:37:49. > :37:50.Matthew Stevens 4-2. Amir Khan could be in line to fight

:37:51. > :37:54.Manny Pacquiao if fans of the eight division world champion

:37:55. > :37:56.have their way after voting overwhelmingly for him to be

:37:57. > :37:58.Pacquaio's next opponent. He asked his fans on social media

:37:59. > :38:01.who he should fight next, And, out of the 45,000 votes cast,

:38:02. > :38:06.Khan was the preferred choice Pacquiao's advisors say

:38:07. > :38:09.the fight would be held Former Sale Sharks wing Tom Arscott

:38:10. > :38:14.has been found guilty of passing on confidential team information

:38:15. > :38:17.to Bristol by the Rugby Football Arscott was suspended

:38:18. > :38:19.and then sacked by Sale The RFU inquiry concluded Bristol

:38:20. > :38:23.were aware of Sale's line-out set up and their defensive pattern

:38:24. > :38:26.when the two clubs played each other on New Year's Day,

:38:27. > :38:34.and Bristol won by one point. Tennis, and Britain's Aljaz Bedene

:38:35. > :38:37.is out of the Rotterdam Open. The British number four was beaten

:38:38. > :38:40.by Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan, the man who famously beat

:38:41. > :38:43.Novak Djokovic at the Australian Istomin won the first set 6-3,

:38:44. > :38:47.and took the second on a tie-break And, finally, when the snow falls,

:38:48. > :38:57.most people won't go searching In Lavia, in Southern Finland,

:38:58. > :39:04.however, they do. And they take them down

:39:05. > :39:07.to a frozen lake and race them. The annual Leikkuri LeMans lawn

:39:08. > :39:10.mower ice grand prix lasted 12 hours, starting in daylight

:39:11. > :39:15.and finishing in darkness. The race attracted entrants

:39:16. > :39:17.from Britain, Germany and Switzerland but was won

:39:18. > :39:31.by Estonian duo Anna and Stella. Look at them. Anna Angus Taylor,

:39:32. > :39:35.they don't look like world beating athletes, but on a lawnmower they

:39:36. > :39:39.are a world beating pair. When I looked at that this morning, I

:39:40. > :39:44.didn't think it would be a 12 hour Grand Prix race, I thought it was

:39:45. > :39:46.Tom alike, when the snow falls... No, much more exciting in southern

:39:47. > :39:48.Finland. Thank you very much. He's only been in the job

:39:49. > :39:51.for a month but now President Trump's national security

:39:52. > :39:53.adviser has resigned. Michael Flynn has been accused

:39:54. > :39:56.of lying about phone calls he made to Moscow's US ambassador before

:39:57. > :39:59.Mr Trump took office, which could be a possible

:40:00. > :40:01.breach of US law. Pollster and communication advisor

:40:02. > :40:11.Frank Luntz joins us live Good morning to you, thank you for

:40:12. > :40:14.talking to us about this. Essentially he was having

:40:15. > :40:18.discussions with the Russian Ambassador about sanctions imposed

:40:19. > :40:29.by Barack Obama. Where has the trouble come in this?

:40:30. > :40:35.(INAUDIBLE). I will read you one of the latter. I

:40:36. > :40:40.am afraid we can't hear you at all. We will come back to you later on to

:40:41. > :40:45.try to get more detail on that story. That is the big news from

:40:46. > :40:49.America, that Michael Flynn has resigned as National Security

:40:50. > :40:54.Advisor. And just to explain, he was having discussions with the Russian

:40:55. > :40:58.Ambassador on the phone. This was about sanctions that Barack Obama

:40:59. > :41:04.imposed. And he had said, don't worry, when Donald Trump becomes

:41:05. > :41:08.president, we will renegotiate. That is not allowed, because he was a

:41:09. > :41:13.civilian. Donald Trump has set a lot about the security services over the

:41:14. > :41:16.last few months and made some enemies, and apparently known

:41:17. > :41:23.individuals have given evidence to try to move Michael Flynn from the

:41:24. > :41:28.post, so it is an ongoing battle. We are trying to contact him. I know

:41:29. > :41:32.that he has a lot to say about that. It was cold this morning. Will it be

:41:33. > :41:40.the same, I don't think so. Carol is out at about. As soon as day breaks

:41:41. > :41:44.we will be out in the garden. For now we are inside. This is

:41:45. > :41:48.interesting. This is the kind of food that would have been stored in

:41:49. > :41:52.here. And here is the original slate work surfaces, which are nice and

:41:53. > :41:59.cool, so cheese, butter and cream would have been made here, it would

:42:00. > :42:04.have been used to set blancmange as well. Because we are going back 300

:42:05. > :42:09.years, you would go and buy ice from a seller, or a fishmonger, and keep

:42:10. > :42:14.it here. Some of it would be used to make ice cream. Now, poor people,

:42:15. > :42:18.unfortunately, didn't have this luxury. What they would have had to

:42:19. > :42:22.have done was to dangle their fish into a cold well to keep it cool.

:42:23. > :42:28.So, and not to Valentine's Day, and something else as well that I want

:42:29. > :42:34.to read. Oh, it is a problem. There was once a young man called Dan and

:42:35. > :42:39.I must confess I am a fan. He is tall and Debonair and has gorgeous

:42:40. > :42:45.looks and blonde hair but when he asks me where the viewers' pictures

:42:46. > :42:49.are from, well, he can be a real mare. Pilots are red and roses are

:42:50. > :42:56.blue but the BBC wouldn't be the same without you -- violets. Oh,

:42:57. > :43:00.Carol, I love that you got in first. You are next, but I will have to

:43:01. > :43:08.write it. You have gone incredibly early. LAUGHTER it had to be done.

:43:09. > :43:12.Anyway, the weather. Today, as you alluded to earlier, is going to be a

:43:13. > :43:16.little milder than yesterday. We are looking at a change of wind

:43:17. > :43:20.direction as well to a milder direction, more of a south or a

:43:21. > :43:23.south-westerly, but this morning it is called with some frost around,

:43:24. > :43:28.particularly around eastern England, and we've got quite a bit of cloud

:43:29. > :43:32.for north-east Scotland and north-east England too, and it is

:43:33. > :43:36.windy across the Pennines, Cumbria and Northern Ireland, with

:43:37. > :43:38.developing cloud. We have a weather front from the south-west

:43:39. > :43:41.introducing thick cloud and patchy rain, and it is moving north

:43:42. > :43:50.eastwards through the course of the day. By the time we get to 4pm in

:43:51. > :43:53.the afternoon we will have sunshine for western and southern Scotland,

:43:54. > :43:56.quite cloudy for the rest. For northern England, bits and pieces of

:43:57. > :44:00.cloud, but as we move into East Anglia and Kent, the east Midlands,

:44:01. > :44:04.we will see some sunshine, and then drifting to the west, that is where

:44:05. > :44:07.we have the weather front, so there is thick cloud and patchy oppressor

:44:08. > :44:11.rain as well. In Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, it will brighten up

:44:12. > :44:15.in the afternoon. You could catch a shower. And then as we had gone back

:44:16. > :44:20.into Wales and also Northern Ireland, where we have the weather

:44:21. > :44:24.front, the cloud is thicker and it is producing patchy, again, light

:44:25. > :44:28.rain and drizzle. Now, as we had on through the evening and overnight,

:44:29. > :44:32.the weather front continues to push steadily northwards, so it will be a

:44:33. > :44:36.cloudy and to the afternoon and we will see that rain pushed in through

:44:37. > :44:39.the rest of Northern Ireland, all of Scotland, more or less, and also

:44:40. > :44:42.into northern England, except for the Highlands, where there is clear

:44:43. > :44:50.skies and forth through the course of the night, and by the end of the

:44:51. > :44:53.night the next weather system is coming to the south-west once again

:44:54. > :44:56.introducing rain and strong wind. So, into tomorrow, if we pick up the

:44:57. > :45:00.weather front, excuse me, as it journeys north-east through the day,

:45:01. > :45:03.it will have some heavy bursts of rain, maybe the odd rumble of

:45:04. > :45:07.thunder, and we could see rain in Kent, running up the east of East

:45:08. > :45:10.Anglia, and the whole lot is going to move northwards, so the cloud is

:45:11. > :45:14.building ahead of it, but brightening up behind it across the

:45:15. > :45:18.south-west of Wales. The wind will pick up for Northern Ireland and

:45:19. > :45:23.western Scotland. And then as we move on into Thursday, well, it is

:45:24. > :45:26.going to be a dry day for most, however, showery outbreaks of rain

:45:27. > :45:30.in the north and the west. But despite what you see on the chart,

:45:31. > :45:34.tomorrow and into the next day we could have temperatures as high as

:45:35. > :45:38.14 in parts of south-west England, so, Louise and Dan, quite a contrast

:45:39. > :45:42.to what we have seen of late. It is indeed, isn't it, watch out. You

:45:43. > :45:47.have forced me into coming up with this earlier than planned. Are you

:45:48. > :45:51.ready? There was a young lady from Moora and all of us could not be

:45:52. > :45:55.surer, when it comes to the weather she is gorgeous and clever, without

:45:56. > :46:03.her our lives would be poorer. There you go.

:46:04. > :46:13.I think I will need to frame that one, down. It will be in my loo

:46:14. > :46:21.before the end of the date -- Dan. I was going to say... I had an image

:46:22. > :46:29.that, but it was all very wrong. It was all looking so rosy. We will

:46:30. > :46:29.have more from Carol throughout the morning.

:46:30. > :46:32.One in seven of us, that is almost five million people,

:46:33. > :46:34.now describe ourselves as self-employed.

:46:35. > :46:36.But an inquiry looking into working practices kicks off today,

:46:37. > :46:40.and will assess whether this kind of flexibility is a good thing,

:46:41. > :46:41.or whether it helps firms avoid responsibilities.

:46:42. > :46:52.No pressure, you have about four minutes to write a love form for me.

:46:53. > :46:56.Dan did it for Carol, so Lou... This is a review into modern working

:46:57. > :46:59.practices, and it includes insecure The man heading up that research

:47:00. > :47:04.says there are lots of examples where this works well,

:47:05. > :47:07.but that there is evidence firms use this to avoid paying taxes or giving

:47:08. > :47:09.workers basic rights. He is kicking off his research

:47:10. > :47:12.in London today, meeting Courier firms or takeaway apps

:47:13. > :47:16.like Deliveroo use this model to great success, as does taxi app

:47:17. > :47:20.Uber, but one former driver says it doesn't have the drivers'

:47:21. > :47:35.interests at heart. The technology side, the platform

:47:36. > :47:39.itself was absolutely good. The work for, you have got flexibility, you

:47:40. > :47:43.can come and go as you want, and it wasn't too much of a burden on the

:47:44. > :47:47.driver. It was when they increased the commission, etc, etc, that has

:47:48. > :47:52.made it worse. Drivers were doing 40 or 50 hours. Now they are doing 90

:47:53. > :47:56.or 100 hours a week to make the same money they were before. That puts

:47:57. > :48:02.driver fatigue into question, the safety of passengers into question.

:48:03. > :48:08.Would you want to drive with us, working 100 hours? And it doesn't

:48:09. > :48:09.matter whether it is Uber, XYZ, other companies, they will profit in

:48:10. > :48:16.the drivers will suffer. Uber says it does not

:48:17. > :48:19.set hours or shifts, and drivers can choose

:48:20. > :48:21.the hours they work. It also says it takes excessive work

:48:22. > :48:23.hours very seriously, and regularly discusses driving

:48:24. > :48:25.habits with drivers. Only 25% of its drivers are logged

:48:26. > :48:29.in for 40 hours or more. Andy Chamberlain is

:48:30. > :48:31.the from the Association of Independent Professionals

:48:32. > :48:39.and the Self-Employed. Good morning. Good morning. That is

:48:40. > :48:43.the challenge for these sorts of jobs, isn't it? People know what

:48:44. > :48:47.they are signing up for, they know there is no guarantee of any income

:48:48. > :48:51.or work, and if they own more they work more. Is it rich to turn around

:48:52. > :48:55.and say they want a pension, guaranteed hours and all the rights

:48:56. > :48:59.you get in a traditional job? Well, overwhelmingly self-employment is a

:49:00. > :49:03.positive choice that people make, and they enjoy the autonomy that it

:49:04. > :49:07.gives them. At the right issues that go with that, so it is more insecure

:49:08. > :49:12.in terms of pensions and rights. For most people it is a trade-off they

:49:13. > :49:16.are willing to make but there are concerns that some parts of the

:49:17. > :49:19.self-employed population includes people who are perhaps being

:49:20. > :49:24.exploited, or perhaps being on very, very low pay, which they are

:49:25. > :49:29.struggling with. And where do you draw the line between flexibility

:49:30. > :49:33.and exploitation? Well, flexibility is a very good thing for the

:49:34. > :49:36.economy, so we are very lucky to have 4.8 million self-employed

:49:37. > :49:40.people that we have in this country. It is very good for businesses,

:49:41. > :49:45.helping them to be more innovative. But on the other side of that, there

:49:46. > :49:49.is a problem with people perhaps not getting the security in their work

:49:50. > :49:56.which they would like. Now, as I say, for a lot of people it is a

:49:57. > :50:00.positive choice. They like being their own boss and they like the

:50:01. > :50:03.autonomy. But others feel perhaps they are being exploited by an

:50:04. > :50:07.unscrupulous employer who is avoiding giving them the rights they

:50:08. > :50:11.are entitled to. So what would you class as basic rights people should

:50:12. > :50:18.be pushing for here? Well, it really depends on the situation. So people

:50:19. > :50:25.have a right to not be disseminated at work. But people aren't

:50:26. > :50:28.necessarily having the right to a pension, holiday or sick pay. All

:50:29. > :50:32.that generally comes from employment. Self-employment is

:50:33. > :50:36.different. So it is not a question of what they can push for, it is the

:50:37. > :50:40.question of getting that status right. This review is hopefully

:50:41. > :50:44.going to look into this and make it a bit clearer about what that status

:50:45. > :50:48.is. I wanted to ask you about that, what would you like to see change

:50:49. > :50:51.from this review? We would like it the first of all highlight health

:50:52. > :50:56.self-employment is a very good thing for the UK economy, and it is a good

:50:57. > :51:00.thing for a lot of individuals. We mustn't lose sight of that. But we

:51:01. > :51:03.also want to look at issues around status, they have been high-profile

:51:04. > :51:07.cases where it shows it is a confusing issue, and that it could

:51:08. > :51:10.be clearer. And then we would also like to see them maybe look at

:51:11. > :51:14.issues like pensions and saving for later life. That is a problem for

:51:15. > :51:19.self-employed people which, with the auto enrolment thing which is

:51:20. > :51:24.helping employees, isn't in rollout to them. And in terms of training,

:51:25. > :51:27.and lifelong learning, we would like to see the government help them

:51:28. > :51:31.develop and help them with training, and we could see the tax rules

:51:32. > :51:35.changed with that. It is good to talk to you, Andy Chamberlain. That

:51:36. > :51:41.is all from me, more after seven a.m.. I thought you were incredibly

:51:42. > :51:46.professional, Andy, because I think your chair may have been sinking. I

:51:47. > :51:47.was worried for you. Well done for surviving, Andy.

:51:48. > :51:51.In case it has slipped your mind, it is of course Valentine's Day.

:51:52. > :51:55.If you have forgotten to buy a gift, then how about writing your

:51:56. > :51:57.Newlyweds Polly and Joe have done just that.

:51:58. > :52:01.When Polly was born with Down syndrome, her mum was told

:52:02. > :52:03.there couldn't be a happy ending to her story.

:52:04. > :52:05.But now her daughter's met her Prince Charming,

:52:06. > :52:07.and she has put her feelings into words.

:52:08. > :52:23.Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin has been to meet the loved-up couple.

:52:24. > :52:51.This is a love story about Polly and Joe, a fairytale romance which led

:52:52. > :52:58.to a wedding. OK. It was my best, my best, favourite part of it. Tell me

:52:59. > :53:08.how you met. OK. You have got your legs tangled on a chair leg. You

:53:09. > :53:16.saved my life. I tried to, yes, I tried. You have changed my life,

:53:17. > :53:21.upside down. So today, on Valentine's Day, Polly has written a

:53:22. > :53:27.love letter. Dear Joe. I am sitting here with my mum, talking about

:53:28. > :53:30.wedding stuff, like a fairytale story, and I look at the photo

:53:31. > :53:37.album, guess what, it makes me feel a bit scared. Oh my goodness, we are

:53:38. > :53:41.going to get married. Polly's birth was treated at the start of a story

:53:42. > :53:45.that couldn't possibly have a happy ending. Midwives suggested her mum

:53:46. > :53:54.might be best giving her up. Polly might be better off in care. How

:53:55. > :54:01.wrong they were. I have never felt this way before. I like the way you

:54:02. > :54:08.hold my hand, I like the way you put your Arms around me, you feel like a

:54:09. > :54:15.very strong person. And I want to spend my life being with you at all

:54:16. > :54:18.times. Went Polly was born, we never imagined that she would meet a

:54:19. > :54:22.handsome prince called Joe, and fall in love, and get married, and live

:54:23. > :54:33.happily ever after. And it has happened, and we are very proud of

:54:34. > :54:39.her. And Joe as well. I wouldn't do it again, I want to do it again, I

:54:40. > :54:44.want to do it again. They feel and nobody's lives with joy. They are so

:54:45. > :54:48.happy together and that happiness radiates onto other people. It feels

:54:49. > :55:01.like love, the best thing. In the whole wide world. So this is Polly

:55:02. > :55:05.and Joe's story. I love you. A story about love and hope and acceptance

:55:06. > :55:07.and the importance of recognising that everyone, but everyone, can

:55:08. > :55:18.have a happy ever after. It is just great to have a lovely,

:55:19. > :55:25.happy story on Breakfast. And you can hear more love letters

:55:26. > :55:28.written by couples like Polly and Joe on BBC Radio 5 Live

:55:29. > :55:37.from today until the end Feel free to get in touch with us.

:55:38. > :55:41.Many of you have written poetry for us. We will speak to a real poet, no

:55:42. > :59:02.offence, Dan, a little Now, though it is back

:59:03. > :59:05.to Louise and Dan. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:59:06. > :59:08.with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker. Donald Trump's national security

:59:09. > :59:10.adviser resigns in a row Michael Flynn has stepped down less

:59:11. > :59:15.than a month into the job. He's been accused of lying

:59:16. > :59:18.about phone calls he made Good morning, it's

:59:19. > :59:39.Tuesday 14th February. Fresh warnings about the threat

:59:40. > :59:42.from online attacks as the UK opens its National

:59:43. > :59:47.Cyber Security Centre. A 10-year-old boy dies from head

:59:48. > :59:51.injuries in a branch of Topshop. There are reports he was hit

:59:52. > :00:12.by a piece of furniture. Even the cheapest energy bills have

:00:13. > :00:18.risen by about ?100. Manchester City leap up to second but they are still

:00:19. > :00:29.eight points behind the leaders, Chelsea. It is called the roof of

:00:30. > :00:38.England. We will be live there in the next hour ahead of a moment in

:00:39. > :00:49.steam power. Good morning from Valentines Mansion. It is cold.

:00:50. > :00:56.Eastern England with some frost and rain coming in. Bob Wilson have some

:00:57. > :00:58.sunshine and I will tell you where in 15 minutes.

:00:59. > :01:01.Donald Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn,

:01:02. > :01:03.has resigned over his contacts with Russia.

:01:04. > :01:05.General Flynn discussed American sanctions

:01:06. > :01:07.with the Russian ambassador before Mr Trump took office,

:01:08. > :01:10.and is accused of misleading the Vice Presiden about what happened.

:01:11. > :01:12.Here's our Washington correspondent, David Willis.

:01:13. > :01:14.Barely three weeks into his presidency,

:01:15. > :01:18.Donald Trump has lost one of his closest advisers.

:01:19. > :01:23.a man renowned for his close ties to Russia,

:01:24. > :01:26.resigned amid allegations that he misled senior officials

:01:27. > :01:29.about conversations between him and the Russian Ambassador

:01:30. > :01:34.a few weeks before the Trump administration took office.

:01:35. > :01:37.In his resignation letter, Mr Flynn said that as the incoming

:01:38. > :01:40.National Security Advisor he held numerous phone calls

:01:41. > :01:43.with foreign counterparts, ministers and ambassadors.

:01:44. > :01:48.Unfortunately, he goes on, because of the fast pace of events

:01:49. > :01:51."I inadvertently briefed the vice president-elect and others

:01:52. > :01:53.with incomplete information regarding my calls

:01:54. > :01:58.Missing, it appears, from Mr Flynn's account

:01:59. > :02:02.imposed by the outgoing Obama administration

:02:03. > :02:07.in response to Russia's meddling in the US election.

:02:08. > :02:09.Any offer to lift such sanctions by a member of

:02:10. > :02:13.the incoming administration would be a breach of American law.

:02:14. > :02:15.Meanwhile, it has emerged that the US Justice Department

:02:16. > :02:20.warned the Trump administration severalweeks ago

:02:21. > :02:22.warned the Trump administration several weeks ago

:02:23. > :02:23.that Mr Flynn's account of the conversation

:02:24. > :02:26.differed from that of intelligence officials, who were listening in.

:02:27. > :02:28.The department also advised the President that

:02:29. > :02:30.Mr Flynn had potentially left himself opened to blackmail

:02:31. > :02:33.All of which prompts the broader question,

:02:34. > :02:35.what did the President himself know

:02:36. > :02:39.about Michael Flynn's activities and when did he know it?

:02:40. > :02:49.The Queen will this morning open a specialist centre to combat

:02:50. > :02:52.the threat posed to the UK by online attack.

:02:53. > :02:54.Ministers say the cyber security centre, which cost ?2

:02:55. > :02:58.billion to set up, will make the UK the safest place to live and work

:02:59. > :03:06.Our Security correspondent Gordon Corera reports.

:03:07. > :03:09.A Russian involvement in efforts to hack information...

:03:10. > :03:11.The worst case is that all of our customers' data

:03:12. > :03:18.China's activities in cyberspace is a significant source of concern.

:03:19. > :03:22.Hacking that could hamper vote counting.

:03:23. > :03:24.Cyber attacks are, it seems, everywhere.

:03:25. > :03:29.Hackers targeting governments, businesses, ordinary people.

:03:30. > :03:32.Now a new organisation is being formally launched.

:03:33. > :03:43.the head of the National Cyber Security Centre told me

:03:44. > :03:46.We've had significant losses of personal data,

:03:47. > :03:48.significant intrusions by hostile state actors,

:03:49. > :03:54.significant reconnaissance against critical national infrastructure.

:03:55. > :03:57.And our job is to make sure we deal with that in the most

:03:58. > :04:03.So what we've done here is create a room of the near future and we've

:04:04. > :04:06.got some devices that are all connected to the Internet.

:04:07. > :04:09.The new centre is not just there to protect government,

:04:10. > :04:12.Its technical director showed me how Internet-connected items,

:04:13. > :04:14.like lamps and coffee makers, could be vulnerable,

:04:15. > :04:20.More and more of our life is moving online.

:04:21. > :04:24.The UK's one of the most digitally dependent economies in the world.

:04:25. > :04:30.And protecting it online in the future will be vital

:04:31. > :04:37.for economic as well as national security.

:04:38. > :04:40.A 10-year-old boy has died after suffering serious head

:04:41. > :04:46.The boy was taken to hospital after being hurt in a Topshop store

:04:47. > :04:53.Our reporter Keith Doyle joins us from our London newsroom.

:04:54. > :04:59.Keith, what do we know about what happened?

:05:00. > :05:09.Police and ambulance services were called to the Oracle shopping centre

:05:10. > :05:14.in red ink for clock yesterday afternoon where a ten-year-old boy

:05:15. > :05:20.of received serious head injuries after an incident in top shop. It

:05:21. > :05:26.was found suffering serious head injuries after an incident involving

:05:27. > :05:32.shop furniture. It is reported he was hit by some piece of shop

:05:33. > :05:38.furniture. We do not have the exact details but it was taken to hospital

:05:39. > :05:42.and pronounced soon after. Police said they are continuing their

:05:43. > :05:50.enquiry and the death is treated as unexplained but not suspicious. The

:05:51. > :05:54.next of kin have been informed. That is all the information, we did not

:05:55. > :05:59.know the exact circumstances but whatever happened, this is a

:06:00. > :06:02.terrible tragedy that saw a young boy Blues his life.

:06:03. > :06:05.An enquiry into the way millions of people work kicks off today -

:06:06. > :06:08.and the man in charge says there is evidence businesses

:06:09. > :06:10.are using self-employment laws to avoid tax.

:06:11. > :06:13.1 in 7 people now consider themselves self-employed -

:06:14. > :06:14.which can mean a lower level of protection.

:06:15. > :06:16.Matthew Taylor, who heads up that review,

:06:17. > :06:20.says he wants to see a fair and decent standards of work

:06:21. > :06:23.Look at any two workers with the same conditions and one

:06:24. > :06:27.of them will say, that is great, that is what I choose to do,

:06:28. > :06:30.and one will say that is not what I want.

:06:31. > :06:33.So it is whether you choose to work in a flexible way.

:06:34. > :06:37.It is hard for the courts and the law to deal with two people

:06:38. > :06:40.whose situation is the same but one is satisfied

:06:41. > :06:44.Around 200,000 people living close to America's tallest dam have been

:06:45. > :06:47.told it's still not safe for them to return home.

:06:48. > :06:50.The area around the Oroville Dam in Northern California was evacuated

:06:51. > :06:53.after a hole was found in one of its emergency overflow channels,

:06:54. > :07:02.After historically high levels of rain,

:07:03. > :07:04.officials got the dry weather they needed

:07:05. > :07:10.to drain the water from the dam and its crumbling overflow channels.

:07:11. > :07:12.Rock-filled bags were loaded onto helicopters

:07:13. > :07:17.and dropped onto the eroded areas to plug any gaps.

:07:18. > :07:22.workers were finally able to check the scale of the damage.

:07:23. > :07:26.Emergency shelters have been set up to help some of the tens

:07:27. > :07:28.of thousands who were given just an hour's notice

:07:29. > :07:32.to leave their homes and get to safety.

:07:33. > :07:36.They should have brought up a red flag, something is not right,

:07:37. > :07:40.They should have started thinking about doing something like that

:07:41. > :07:46.instead of waiting until the last minute

:07:47. > :07:49.and getting everybody all worked up and into a frantic.

:07:50. > :07:52.many were ready to pack up and leave.

:07:53. > :07:54.But authorities say it is not safe to return.

:07:55. > :07:57.Getting those people home is important to me.

:07:58. > :08:01.I want that to happen as absolutely as soon as possible.

:08:02. > :08:05.But I have to be able to sleep at night knowing that they are back

:08:06. > :08:10.As repairs continue, questions are now being asked

:08:11. > :08:13.about whether the damage had more to do with bad luck,

:08:14. > :08:20.It is still not clear how long it will take to make the dam safe.

:08:21. > :08:27.More heavy rain is expected to test it again later this week.

:08:28. > :08:30.Local authorities in England have paid out more than ?35 million

:08:31. > :08:33.in compensation and legal fees to tenants who are living

:08:34. > :08:38.A BBC investigation found that around 11,000 claims have been

:08:39. > :08:50.It is completely mouldy and the wall underneath is completely wet.

:08:51. > :08:55.And even our shoes are mouldy as well.

:08:56. > :09:02.Katrina pays Leeds City Council around ?270 a month

:09:03. > :09:05.to live in a flat which is riddled with mould.

:09:06. > :09:08.Although she has not taken the council to court,

:09:09. > :09:17.She says he and his brother sound like this all the time,

:09:18. > :09:24.She claims it is because their rented house in Leeds is so damp.

:09:25. > :09:28.Social housing in Leeds has such a bad reputation that claims

:09:29. > :09:32.management companies are now targeting the city,

:09:33. > :09:36.encouraging tenants to take the council to court.

:09:37. > :09:40.These firms identify properties which are in a poor state of repair

:09:41. > :09:44.and then, for a finder's fee, pass on the tenant's details

:09:45. > :09:47.to a solicitor who takes on the case.

:09:48. > :10:09.In a statement, Leeds City Council said...

:10:10. > :10:12.At a time when services are being cut, many will question

:10:13. > :10:16.why councils are spending millions on compensation

:10:17. > :10:26.instead of fixing the problems in the first place.

:10:27. > :10:29.In response, the Local Government Association told us:

:10:30. > :10:31."Councils desperately need access to government funding to improve

:10:32. > :10:34.existing housing stock and reinvest in building more affordable homes."

:10:35. > :10:37.Two teenage boys are among four people killed in an avalanche

:10:38. > :10:41.at the ski resort of Tignes in France.

:10:42. > :10:44.The snowboarders, who were being led by an instructor,

:10:45. > :10:47.died when a wall of snow swept through an off-piste

:10:48. > :10:57.The group were only a few dozen metres from the ski lift

:10:58. > :11:00.In the last few minutes one of our best known engineering

:11:01. > :11:07.businesses Rolls Royce has reported a huge fall in profits -

:11:08. > :11:24.They have slumped to a huge loss of 4.6 billion pounds. That is the

:11:25. > :11:31.headline figure, down significantly. We are talking about the engines,

:11:32. > :11:36.not the cars. There is an investigation into bribery and

:11:37. > :11:42.corruption around the world, it is a huge, huge enquiry. It spent back to

:11:43. > :11:52.1989, over 25 years and many countries. 25. They have paid huge

:11:53. > :11:58.fines. This all involves dealings with companies they have been

:11:59. > :12:05.bribing and the investigation said they had paid out ?100 million in

:12:06. > :12:12.bribes for your cars, inducements, to buy engines and they profited to

:12:13. > :12:15.the tune of ?250 billion. The underlying business is doing very

:12:16. > :12:22.well. The new chief executive was praised by the judge for being so

:12:23. > :12:27.corporative and transparent. This is dealing what happened in the past,

:12:28. > :12:34.over 25 years, huge bribery allegations and they have been fined

:12:35. > :12:46.?700 million with a loss of billions of pounds. Aberdeenshire Council has

:12:47. > :12:53.apologised after these trees were planted. They have sparked a huge

:12:54. > :12:58.reaction. A spokeswoman said they had been planted to boost

:12:59. > :13:04.biodiversity in the area but admitted that the council were

:13:05. > :13:11.barking up the wrong tree with this site. A new meaning to grassroots

:13:12. > :13:18.football. I have seen some right place play for my team but this

:13:19. > :13:24.takes it to another level. It is a new defensive formation of forest.

:13:25. > :13:28.You know who it is going to investigate all that? Who? Special

:13:29. > :13:35.Branch. More of that later notabout. Britain's security has been

:13:36. > :13:38.threatened by 188 high-level cyber attacks in the last three

:13:39. > :13:40.months alone, according So today's opening of

:13:41. > :13:44.a new centre to protect the UK against such attacks couldn't have

:13:45. > :13:48.come at a better time. Joining us now is Paul Vlissidis

:13:49. > :14:05.a cyber security specialist. Good morning. That sounds like a lot

:14:06. > :14:11.of attacks and a lot of variety? Some are sophisticated and aimed at

:14:12. > :14:15.the infrastructure but some are fairly low-tech but aimed at

:14:16. > :14:21.businesses and the business community. Those are the ones that

:14:22. > :14:28.possibly we are coming across in our daily lives. What kind of impact do

:14:29. > :14:33.they have on businesses? Those that succeed can have a dramatic impact.

:14:34. > :14:40.If someone gets hit where all your fines get encrypted and you have to

:14:41. > :14:46.pay a ransom, for small businesses that could be significant indeed. We

:14:47. > :14:51.are going to see the opening of this new cybersecurity Centre, how much

:14:52. > :14:56.difference will it make? It is making a big difference a ready. It

:14:57. > :15:01.is providing an great focus for the activity around it. Advice and

:15:02. > :15:08.guidance, it can focus on the skills we need going forward. So

:15:09. > :15:15.altogether... And of course it can help co-ordinate service provider

:15:16. > :15:20.and Internet and act in the capacity of making sure they are all pulling

:15:21. > :15:26.their weight. Most people are suggesting it is doing a good job by

:15:27. > :15:31.then have we not had one before? It is one of these things that when we

:15:32. > :15:39.see something working we look back and said why have we not done this

:15:40. > :15:44.before. Hindsight is 2020 vision but the fact is, it is here now and it

:15:45. > :15:49.seems to be doing a great job. You talk about the impact it can have on

:15:50. > :15:56.small businesses, how much of this is state-sponsored? Attribution is a

:15:57. > :16:02.difficult business in cyber. There is state-sponsored activity in the

:16:03. > :16:11.UK and against the UK and against other governments also. A proportion

:16:12. > :16:12.of it is but most businesses will be impacted by good old-fashioned

:16:13. > :16:21.criminals. The Chancellor is expected to say

:16:22. > :16:26.there are dozens of attacks every month. That sounds like a dramatic

:16:27. > :16:30.figure when you say it like that. It is. We don't necessarily hear about

:16:31. > :16:33.the ones that don't come through, and it is clear there are a

:16:34. > :16:38.significant number of attacks against our infrastructure, and the

:16:39. > :16:41.vast majority of these are being thwarted. There is no doubt some

:16:42. > :16:45.will get through. We are kidding ourselves if we think we can get

:16:46. > :16:49.away with none of these things being successful so we need to be prepared

:16:50. > :16:54.for that to happen and make sure we have good resilience. It is quite a

:16:55. > :16:57.claim, saying we want to be one of the safest places to live and do

:16:58. > :17:02.things online. Do we have a bright sparks to do that? At the moment

:17:03. > :17:05.there is a big skills gap. Cyber security has traditionally been done

:17:06. > :17:09.by a lot of geeks over the years. At it is really good to see the

:17:10. > :17:12.investment going now in the skills, so we are starting to see schools

:17:13. > :17:17.being involved in cyber security, trying to get his kids used to the

:17:18. > :17:22.idea that it can be a real career. Obviously that is a long game. That

:17:23. > :17:26.is a five to eight to ten year strategy. We need to be doing that,

:17:27. > :17:29.and that the same time bringing skills in to cover this as best we

:17:30. > :17:35.can. And individuals watching us this morning, the normal rules apply

:17:36. > :17:39.in terms of protecting yourselves, best practice? I think what is

:17:40. > :17:42.important is to realise we can't rely on other people to protect us.

:17:43. > :17:46.A lot of the protection is about behaviour, so just being sensible

:17:47. > :17:49.online, not clicking on links from e-mails and those kinds of things,

:17:50. > :17:55.especially small businesses where this can have a dramatic impact on

:17:56. > :18:03.you wear ten minutes after you click on the link you realise your files

:18:04. > :18:07.have been encrypted. Those fishing e-mail is still a serious problem.

:18:08. > :18:11.What is the first thing you do when you see that? Well, it has never

:18:12. > :18:16.happened to me yet. I am paranoid about these sorts of things. Do you

:18:17. > :18:20.turn off your computer, phone the police? The first thing to do is

:18:21. > :18:23.make sure you have backups in place, because you need to think about

:18:24. > :18:25.reloading from backups, but things like antivirus software are all

:18:26. > :18:27.absolutely essential. After all this cold,

:18:28. > :18:30.it is due to get a bit warmer, so we have sent Carol out to see

:18:31. > :18:35.if she can see any hints of spring. Where better to look for those

:18:36. > :18:42.on Valentine's Day than Valentine's Good morning to you once again. Good

:18:43. > :18:45.morning, and it is a chilly start. A look at the sunrise that I have got

:18:46. > :18:49.for you this morning. Gorgeous colours, but it is close to

:18:50. > :18:52.freezing, and if you are just hitting out you will need to wrap up

:18:53. > :18:57.warmly. But it is spectacular, we were inside the mansion is in

:18:58. > :19:00.Milford earlier on, and now we are out in these gardens and they are

:19:01. > :19:05.actually called the walled kitchen garden for a reason, because a lot

:19:06. > :19:09.of herbs would have been picked from these gardens, taken to the kitchen

:19:10. > :19:14.and added to many recipes. This grapevine has been here since the

:19:15. > :19:19.18th century, and in 1769 part of this was cut and taken to Hampton

:19:20. > :19:23.Court Palace, where it is still thriving to this day. It feels

:19:24. > :19:28.really fresh outside this morning, and if you are heading out, later on

:19:29. > :19:32.it will be a little bit milder than it was yesterday. No heatwave, mind

:19:33. > :19:35.you, but temperatures into double figures and it is going to get

:19:36. > :19:40.progressively that little bit milder over the next couple of days. This

:19:41. > :19:44.morning, across southern England, we do have a weather front coming in

:19:45. > :19:48.from the south-west. That is going to introduce thicker cloud and some

:19:49. > :19:52.patchy rain and drizzle, and slowly through the day it will move north

:19:53. > :19:57.eastwards, getting across south-west England, Wales, into Northern

:19:58. > :20:00.Ireland, down towards parts of the south-east. Ahead of it there is

:20:01. > :20:04.quite a bit of cloud across north-east Scotland in particular,

:20:05. > :20:08.and also north-east England. For you it will remain a grey day. Don't

:20:09. > :20:12.forget that frost the east of England. Also rather windy across

:20:13. > :20:17.the Pennines, Cumbria and into Northern Ireland. So by 4pm this

:20:18. > :20:21.afternoon it is the western half of Scotland hang on to some sunshine.

:20:22. > :20:24.For the rest of Scotland it will be fairly cloudy. Still that cloud

:20:25. > :20:27.across parts of northern England but you don't have to move too far south

:20:28. > :20:30.into parts of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, East Anglia, Kent, the

:20:31. > :20:34.East Midlands and you will see the sunshine again. We run into all that

:20:35. > :20:37.cloud where we have the weather front across Hampshire, the

:20:38. > :20:40.Midlands, over towards Gloucester, and again fairly damp. But the

:20:41. > :20:44.south-west England it will be brightening up with one or two

:20:45. > :20:47.showers but the weather front will still be affecting Wales or Northern

:20:48. > :20:51.Ireland, and here we will hang on to the cloud and some patchy bits and

:20:52. > :20:54.pieces of rain and drizzle. As we head on through the course of the

:20:55. > :20:57.evening and overnight that weather front continues to move north

:20:58. > :21:00.eastwards, getting an across the west of Scotland, and also

:21:01. > :21:03.north-east England, with the exception of the North Highlands

:21:04. > :21:07.where clear skies means there will be some frost. By the end of the

:21:08. > :21:11.night, another weather front will be coming in across south-west England,

:21:12. > :21:14.bringing in thicker cloud, strengthening winds and also some

:21:15. > :21:18.rain. We start tomorrow like that and there is also the risk we could

:21:19. > :21:22.see some rain getting into Kent. If that happens through the course of

:21:23. > :21:25.the morning it will scoot up the east coast of East Anglia. Meanwhile

:21:26. > :21:28.our weather front and the south-west continues to progress north

:21:29. > :21:32.eastwards through the course of the day. After a bright start in the

:21:33. > :21:35.north and east will see more cloud developed and later on some rain.

:21:36. > :21:43.Behind that weather front you'll see a return to some brighter skies and

:21:44. > :21:46.temperatures tomorrow in the south-west could hit 13 or 14

:21:47. > :21:50.Celsius. And then, as we move on into Thursday, well, to start with

:21:51. > :21:54.there could well be some sea fog across the English Channel, which

:21:55. > :21:58.will be slow to clear. It could take into the afternoon but we do expect

:21:59. > :22:02.it to lift and the most of us dry day, but there will be some showery

:22:03. > :22:04.outbreaks of rain across the north the north-west of UK, and

:22:05. > :22:09.temperatures most of us, again, seeing double figures or not too far

:22:10. > :22:13.away from it. But I can tell you, it is cool this morning if you are

:22:14. > :22:16.standing for a bus or waiting for a train or hanging around kitchen

:22:17. > :22:21.garden. I was wondering what you are going to say, thank you very much,

:22:22. > :22:27.see you later. One story has caught our eye in the papers. We haven't

:22:28. > :22:34.had a confirmation from Channel 4 but the Sun, apparently Prue Leeds

:22:35. > :22:40.could be the new Mary Berry on Bake Off. They have done the comparison.

:22:41. > :22:46.She is five years younger than Mary Berry, and she has been a judge

:22:47. > :22:51.before. This is her judging on the great edition on you. I am in a real

:22:52. > :22:55.disgrace and I want to cry because it was so wonderful before. It is

:22:56. > :23:03.this over smoked lobster tail, almost inedible it is so strong.

:23:04. > :23:09.Six. You really are very disappointed. I am. I am actually

:23:10. > :23:14.quite cross, because it was so beautiful. I think he probably lost

:23:15. > :23:20.his focus. It is a little tragedy, that is what. We will try and speak

:23:21. > :23:25.to her later. It is tough shoes to step into. She clearly knows her

:23:26. > :23:29.stuff. But the nation is in love with Mary Berry, and it is like the

:23:30. > :23:33.old Manchester United team, following Sir Alex Ferguson. You

:23:34. > :23:37.don't want to be the person to do that job afterwards, you want to be

:23:38. > :23:37.the person after that person has done the job.

:23:38. > :23:41.The father of a soldier killed in Iraq in 2007 has criticised

:23:42. > :23:44.proposals which could make it harder for troops and their families to sue

:23:45. > :23:47.the Ministry of Defence if something goes wrong in combat.

:23:48. > :23:50.The MoD, which is consulting on the changes, says it could reduce

:23:51. > :23:59.Our legal affairs correspondent Clive Coleman reports.

:24:00. > :24:02.How old was he when he first started playing the drums?

:24:03. > :24:19.In 2007, Colin Redpath's son, Lance Corporal Kirk Redpath,

:24:20. > :24:23.a keen drummer in the Irish Guards, died when an IED exploded next

:24:24. > :24:28.Kirk was one of some 37 servicemen and women killed in so-called

:24:29. > :24:30.Snatch Land Rovers in Afghanistan and Iraq.

:24:31. > :24:33.Colin fought a six-year legal battle against the Ministry of Defence,

:24:34. > :24:35.eventually winning the right at the Supreme Court to bring

:24:36. > :24:42.an action against the Government under human rights law.

:24:43. > :24:51.Three years later, that case is only now coming to a close.

:24:52. > :24:54.The MoD's new proposals cover battle and the preparations for it.

:24:55. > :24:57.They include stopping legal claims for negligence against the MoD

:24:58. > :24:59.in the courts, a no-fault compensation scheme for injured

:25:00. > :25:02.service personnel and families of those killed, assessors to value

:25:03. > :25:05.injuries and loss based on reports they commission,

:25:06. > :25:09.and compensation to be at the same level as if the MoD was found

:25:10. > :25:18.Nobody disputes it is a really good idea for service personnel injured

:25:19. > :25:21.in the course of combat and the families of those who have

:25:22. > :25:24.been killed to be spared long and frustrating legal battles

:25:25. > :25:30.But there are real concerns about the Ministry of Defence

:25:31. > :25:33.scrapping the duty of care that it owes to soldiers.

:25:34. > :25:40.The fire brigade, the police, the ambulance service,

:25:41. > :25:43.they all have to go out with equipment that works,

:25:44. > :25:45.and the right equipment, and that should be the same

:25:46. > :25:51.I mean, if not, then what the MoD is saying is we could send our boys

:25:52. > :25:53.and girls out with broomsticks, it wouldn't matter.

:25:54. > :25:57.And lawyers worry that bypassing the courts creates unfairness.

:25:58. > :26:05.You think that the employer, the organisation, the MoD,

:26:06. > :26:13.is at fault, and yet you're asked to rely upon the MoD to assess

:26:14. > :26:16.the compensation that it should pay you for the damage that it

:26:17. > :26:37.In a statement, the Ministry of Defence said...

:26:38. > :26:42.The MoD's consultation on its proposals ends in just

:26:43. > :26:46.Colin Redpath hopes that, for the injured and families

:26:47. > :26:48.of the fallen, the new system involves maximum safety

:26:49. > :27:06.We will be talking about that a little bit later, at 8:10 a.m..

:27:07. > :27:09.Still to come on the programme: England's first timetabled stream

:27:10. > :27:12.train in nearly half a century will make its debut today.

:27:13. > :27:14.Breakfast's Holly Hamilton is on the platform.

:27:15. > :27:22.What will we see? Good morning. You will see a lot of very cold

:27:23. > :27:27.passengers, they can tell you that much. It is very exciting down here.

:27:28. > :27:33.We expect a very busy 8:25am service this morning, easier than usual, I

:27:34. > :27:37.would say, and all to see this very special engine, the first of its

:27:38. > :27:41.kind in nearly 50 years. It will not set you back as much as a trip on

:27:42. > :27:45.one of these normally would, so you can see why the tickets have already

:27:46. > :27:49.been snapped up. The train will be leaving within the hour, so come

:27:50. > :31:11.back and we will be speaking to some of those lucky passengers on board.

:31:12. > :31:13.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:31:14. > :31:18.Now, though, it is back to Louise and Dan.

:31:19. > :31:25.Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:31:26. > :31:27.Donald Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn,

:31:28. > :31:30.has resigned over his contacts with Russia.

:31:31. > :31:32.General Flynn discussed American sanctions with the Russian

:31:33. > :31:35.ambassador before Mr Trump took office, and is accused of misleading

:31:36. > :31:40.the vice-president about what happened.

:31:41. > :31:43.The Queen will this morning open a specialist centre to combat

:31:44. > :31:45.the threat posed to the UK by online attacks.

:31:46. > :31:47.Ministers say the National Cyber Security Centre,

:31:48. > :31:51.which cost nearly ?2 billion to set up, will make the UK the safest

:31:52. > :32:09.It has provided a great focus or all the activity around it so business

:32:10. > :32:14.can know where to go for advice and guidance, it can help with the

:32:15. > :32:19.skills that will be needed and it can help to co-ordinate with all

:32:20. > :32:22.things about providers and telephone companies.

:32:23. > :32:24.A ten-year-old boy has died after suffering serious head

:32:25. > :32:28.The boy was taken to hospital after reportedly being hit

:32:29. > :32:30.by a piece of furniture in a Topshop store.

:32:31. > :32:34.Thames Valley Police say the death is being treated as unexplained

:32:35. > :32:36.but not suspicious and officers are continuing to make inquiries.

:32:37. > :32:40.Rolls Royce has reported a record loss of 4.6 billion pounds

:32:41. > :32:45.in the last year - the worst in the history

:32:46. > :32:50.The firm was forced to pay around 700 million pounds in fines

:32:51. > :32:53.after being found guilty of bribery and corruption in 12 countries,

:32:54. > :32:56.in offences dating back more than 25 years.

:32:57. > :33:00.But the business has also suffered due to the weakening of the pound.

:33:01. > :33:03.Around 200,000 people living close to America's tallest dam have been

:33:04. > :33:07.told it's still not safe for them to return home.

:33:08. > :33:10.The area around the Oroville Dam in Northern California was evacuated

:33:11. > :33:14.after a hole was found in one of its emergency overflow channels,

:33:15. > :33:19.Authorities have now managed to lower the water levels,

:33:20. > :33:23.but they still don't know how long it will be before residents

:33:24. > :33:44.Coming up, Carole with the special Valentines weather. Looking forward

:33:45. > :33:48.to that. A lovely cuddle going on there with Pep Guardiola.

:33:49. > :33:51.Manchester City have jumped from fifth up to second

:33:52. > :33:53.in the Premier League after a straight forward 2-0

:33:54. > :34:08.According to Pep Guardiola they made a thousand million passes and that

:34:09. > :34:10.is how they did it. Either that is a guess all there was a lot of

:34:11. > :34:11.mathematics involved. England winger Raheem Sterling gave

:34:12. > :34:15.City the lead with a simple tap in. Sergio Aguero came off the bench

:34:16. > :34:19.to have a hand in City's second, although the final touch was off

:34:20. > :34:23.defender Tyrone Mings. City are now eight points

:34:24. > :34:28.behind leaders Chelsea. In the second half,

:34:29. > :34:33.Bournemouth push a lot, but that is normal in this

:34:34. > :34:37.stadium with these players. I am so pleased how we have done

:34:38. > :34:41.and especially the last 10-15 minutes, we did the best

:34:42. > :34:45.way to keep the result, making 1000 million passes

:34:46. > :34:49.and attacking from behind, This game is all about winning

:34:50. > :34:55.and getting results. In terms of changing team

:34:56. > :34:57.selection and formations, well, we did that

:34:58. > :35:00.tonight within the game. We are always looking

:35:01. > :35:04.for ways to get results. Ultimately I don't think

:35:05. > :35:06.we are judged by tonight's game. The season will be judge

:35:07. > :35:12.on what happens after this. Amir Khan could be in line to fight

:35:13. > :35:16.Manny Pacquiao if fans of the eight division world champion

:35:17. > :35:18.have their way after voting overwhelmingly for him to be

:35:19. > :35:20.Pacquaio's next opponent. He asked his fans on social media

:35:21. > :35:23.who he should fight next, And, out of the 45,000 votes cast,

:35:24. > :35:28.Khan was the preferred choice Pacquiao's advisors say the fight

:35:29. > :35:31.would be held Tennis, and Britain's Aljaz Bedene

:35:32. > :35:38.is out of the Rotterdam Open. The British number four was beaten

:35:39. > :35:41.by Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan, the man who famously beat

:35:42. > :35:43.Novak Djokovic Istomin won the first set 6-3,

:35:44. > :35:48.and took the second on a tie-break And, finally, when the snow falls,

:35:49. > :35:55.most people won't go searching In Lavia, in Southern Finland,

:35:56. > :35:59.however, they do. And they take them down

:36:00. > :36:03.to a frozen lake and race them. The annual Leikkuri LeMans lawn

:36:04. > :36:06.mower ice grand prix lasted 12 hours, starting in daylight

:36:07. > :36:08.and finishing in darkness. The race attracted entrants

:36:09. > :36:10.from Britain, Germany and Switzerland but was won

:36:11. > :36:36.by Estonian duo Anna and Stella. Superstars. Is that then? That is

:36:37. > :36:43.them. It looks like fun. I was also watching ice golf but that does not

:36:44. > :36:52.go well on the Internet. The guy falls in. Yes, brilliant. Talking

:36:53. > :36:57.stats, and Pep Guardiola.. No batsman has scored more runs

:36:58. > :37:01.than Joe Root since he made his Test The 26-year-old Yorkshireman now

:37:02. > :37:04.faces a new challenge after being named as

:37:05. > :37:06.England's new Test Captain. He takes over from Alastair Cook,

:37:07. > :37:09.who resigned last week after more Some of those pictures are

:37:10. > :38:00.absolutely classic. Someone who knows all

:38:01. > :38:03.about the pressures of cricket's top job is former England

:38:04. > :38:13.skipper, Michael Vaughan. Is the right man for the job? He

:38:14. > :38:22.looks about 15 and people might say he is too young but he has played

:38:23. > :38:28.lots of matches. In terms of cricket experience, you are never ready

:38:29. > :38:35.because you do not have captaincy experience when you get into the

:38:36. > :38:41.test side but his mentality, he is absolutely ready. Driven, the way he

:38:42. > :38:47.has improved his game, he was tries to get better and better every day.

:38:48. > :38:52.The team I would say should get ready for a lot of hard training

:38:53. > :38:57.sessions. He will want to make sure they improve every single day. Do

:38:58. > :39:02.you think they looked at anybody else for the role? It seems

:39:03. > :39:10.everybody has been saying it has to be Joe Root. I would say they went

:39:11. > :39:17.through their processes but there was only one man, Joe Root. He is

:39:18. > :39:22.England's best player, he has been vice captain for a while. It might

:39:23. > :39:28.affect his batting but if you look at Virat Kohli and Steve Smith,

:39:29. > :39:36.similar to Joe Root and their game has gone to a different level once

:39:37. > :39:40.becoming captain. The only? Is maybe the captaincy may focus his mind and

:39:41. > :39:46.he needs to make sure that he gets more hundreds on the regular basis

:39:47. > :39:50.but he is ready for the job. Joe has said this is a dream come true and

:39:51. > :39:56.he has been working towards this when he first started playing. Is it

:39:57. > :40:03.any fun being the captain of England? Years he going to enjoy

:40:04. > :40:11.yet? Watching Alistair Cook and EU, even, you go through your ups and

:40:12. > :40:15.downs. Is it an enjoyable position? It always makes me laugh. Alistair

:40:16. > :40:22.Cook said he enjoyed every single minute of the job at, no, he didn't.

:40:23. > :40:27.There will be dark days and tough weeks but it is a fantastic

:40:28. > :40:32.position. You're tossing a coin for England and making decisions stop I

:40:33. > :40:38.would say to any captain, don't take it too seriously, it is about

:40:39. > :40:41.winning but it is about playing the right way. I think Joe will bring an

:40:42. > :40:48.aggressive and expensive style of cricket. He has to win games and

:40:49. > :40:53.school runs and he will know the rasher will be on but the last few

:40:54. > :41:03.years -- the pressure will be on but the last few years... He has been

:41:04. > :41:09.obsessed with cricket. His dad said he did not arrive in this world with

:41:10. > :41:15.a back at left the hospital with one! Australia is coming back in the

:41:16. > :41:22.form and that will not be easy but I think he will be fine. Do you think

:41:23. > :41:30.he will have to change his personality? He is a bit cheeky. I

:41:31. > :41:38.would advise him not to. I think the smiling kind of youngster you see on

:41:39. > :41:43.the screen, his 26 but very mature, I think the public will see a

:41:44. > :41:47.different Joe Root because to get to the level he has got that and the

:41:48. > :41:52.style of play, you have to have that drive and in a spirit and you will

:41:53. > :41:58.see in the next few years he is not the smiley chap we all think he is,

:41:59. > :42:07.I think it will be quite ruthless. What would be your top it off advice

:42:08. > :42:14.to him? Be lucky. Score runs. And just try to enjoy the role is much

:42:15. > :42:19.as you can. There are long days in the field and your job as captain is

:42:20. > :42:25.to outthink the opposition. He is a thinker of the game. The only one

:42:26. > :42:32.problem is that he supports Sheffield United. That is his only

:42:33. > :42:38.fault. As a Sheffield Wednesday fell I know you find that hard. Even if

:42:39. > :42:47.he is a Powell of mind, I have to give him some advice --a friend of

:42:48. > :42:52.mine. It is not exactly cricketing weather but let's find out what it

:42:53. > :43:02.is happening out there at Valentines Mansion. Good morning. It is the

:43:03. > :43:10.most gorgeous start to the day. We have the most fabulous sunrise. Look

:43:11. > :43:15.at that big ball of Orange rising in the sky but it is not summer and it

:43:16. > :43:24.is freezing cold if you are outside. In Guildford as in some parts of

:43:25. > :43:29.eastern England, there is some frost. I in the Rose Garden. In the

:43:30. > :43:33.summer, you can imagine the kaleidoscope of colour with old

:43:34. > :43:43.fashioned roses and a beautiful person. This was originally painted

:43:44. > :43:49.in 1870 but of course many more roses have been added. It is there

:43:50. > :43:55.to be a little milder than yesterday at what we are looking at is some

:43:56. > :44:00.rain coming in from the south-west courtesy of a weather front. The

:44:01. > :44:06.cloud will continue to grow and we will sit patchy rain and drizzle.

:44:07. > :44:13.A windy start across the Pennines and Northern Ireland and the

:44:14. > :44:19.Pennines. North-eastern Scotland and north-east England, it will remain

:44:20. > :44:22.great for much of the day. In terms of sunshine, this afternoon across

:44:23. > :44:26.western and southern Scotland, we will see some of that before the

:44:27. > :44:31.rest of Scotland it will remain fairly cloudy. Across northern

:44:32. > :44:37.England, we will hang on to some of the cloud but as we move to East

:44:38. > :44:41.Anglia, down towards Kent and the East Midlands, we will hang on to

:44:42. > :44:47.the sunshine. Further west, increasing amounts of clouds as the

:44:48. > :44:53.weather front continues to travel north-east towards. In the

:44:54. > :44:56.south-west, one to showers but it will brighten up. The Wales and

:44:57. > :45:02.Northern Ireland this afternoon, fairly cloudy and once again looking

:45:03. > :45:06.at patchy light rain stopped temperatures up a touch on

:45:07. > :45:12.yesterday. The wind has changed direction so it is not as cold as it

:45:13. > :45:15.was yesterday either. Heading through the evening and overnight

:45:16. > :45:21.pivot, the overnight front continues to move into all of eastern England

:45:22. > :45:26.and much of Scotland except the north Islands. Under clear skies,

:45:27. > :45:32.there will be some frost around. A new weather front shows its hand

:45:33. > :45:37.introducing some cloud and some rain. Tomorrow, that rain will move

:45:38. > :45:40.north eastwards and some will be heavy and thundery. We could also

:45:41. > :45:46.see some rain coming in across Kent and that post of East Anglia. The

:45:47. > :45:53.couple built so after a bright start it will cloud over but behind it it

:45:54. > :46:00.will brighten up a get with temperatures hitting 14 Celsius

:46:01. > :46:08.tomorrow in the south-west. Our coastal fog likely. Maybe not till

:46:09. > :46:13.the afternoon but it will lift. In the north and the north-west we are

:46:14. > :46:16.looking at some splashes of rain that temperatures for most in the

:46:17. > :46:32.double figures. You are of course in Essex? Some

:46:33. > :46:40.people say Essex but some people say it is still one of the London area.

:46:41. > :46:43.Our energy bills are set to rise this year.

:46:44. > :46:46.Ben is here with some exclusive research on the changing costs

:46:47. > :46:52.Yes, the cost of keeping the heating on at home.

:46:53. > :46:54.Later this morning we will get the latest official

:46:55. > :46:58.That is the changing cost of all of life's essentials,

:46:59. > :47:01.and it doesn't get much more essential on a chilly February

:47:02. > :47:03.morning than the price of keeping the heating on.

:47:04. > :47:07.So we asked comparison site uSwitch to take a look at the costs at some

:47:08. > :47:11.About ten days ago one of the biggest providers,

:47:12. > :47:14.Npower, put their prices up by almost 10%, or ?109.

:47:15. > :47:17.Likewise, Scottish Power announced a rise with a typical dual fuel bill

:47:18. > :47:20.by an average of 7.8%, or ?86 per year.

:47:21. > :47:24.But, even if you look at the top ten cheapest deals on the market over

:47:25. > :47:27.the last six months, they have gone up by over ?100

:47:28. > :47:44.Joining me now is Claire Osborne, energy expert from uSwitch,

:47:45. > :47:57.Thank you for going through the numbers. The first question is why

:47:58. > :48:00.prices are going up. They have been falling, held a little bit and

:48:01. > :48:04.suddenly we are seeing big announcements. All three have now

:48:05. > :48:08.put their prices up, talking about the increase in wholesale prices.

:48:09. > :48:16.They have gone up a third since April, a combination of the falling

:48:17. > :48:21.pound against the euro from Brexit, and reduced supply from the

:48:22. > :48:28.continent. I'm not sure of gem would agree with them that they are right

:48:29. > :48:32.to put their prices up -- OfGem. Maybe it is not quite as good as we

:48:33. > :48:35.think? I think customers should look closely at the announcement. They

:48:36. > :48:39.have frozen their standard variable tariff, and those are the most

:48:40. > :48:43.expensive type of tariff in the market. Two thirds of customers are

:48:44. > :48:50.sitting on these tariffs, but people can be saving between ?250 and ?300

:48:51. > :48:55.by switching today, and so they are really just freezing a price that is

:48:56. > :48:59.very expensive. So when we get to switching, there are two points to

:49:00. > :49:03.make. The Big six still hold such a big proportion of the accounts, we

:49:04. > :49:07.are so reluctant to leave the apparent safety of the Big six even

:49:08. > :49:11.though it would be cheaper to go elsewhere. Why the reluctance? There

:49:12. > :49:15.is a common misconception that it is difficult to switch by the energy

:49:16. > :49:21.industry has moved on a lot but what we are seeing with the mobile apps,

:49:22. > :49:25.like uSwitch has, means you can do a comparison automatically, all the

:49:26. > :49:29.way through to contact centres in the UK where you can phone up and

:49:30. > :49:33.have someone talk you through it and have it all done for you. It is not

:49:34. > :49:37.as hard as it once was. When it comes to switching there is an

:49:38. > :49:40.assumption that you move from one to another and just as you move the

:49:41. > :49:44.price goes up. Other guarantees that it is worth the effort of switching,

:49:45. > :49:48.and you are not just going to leave the one where the price goes up

:49:49. > :49:52.anyway? It is for this reason that I would recommend, with prices going

:49:53. > :49:55.up, that people fix so you can protect yourselves against future

:49:56. > :49:59.price rises as well as saving 350 quid today. So it is worth people

:50:00. > :50:03.switching, and I have just done that I do practice what I preach

:50:04. > :50:05.sometimes. Thank you for talking to us. I will be back after 8am with

:50:06. > :50:07.more on Rolls-Royce. England's first timetabled steam

:50:08. > :50:10.train service in nearly half It is known as Tornado,

:50:11. > :50:33.and it is due to depart from Appleby That's right, it is already getting

:50:34. > :50:36.very busy, and it has been quite some time since the 8:25am service

:50:37. > :50:41.from Appleby to Skipton has been this busy. You can see why. It is

:50:42. > :50:44.really very exciting for real enthusiasts here. It is the first

:50:45. > :50:49.time in nearly 50 years that a regular passenger steam train has

:50:50. > :50:52.come through the UK, so that in itself is quite exciting. What has

:50:53. > :50:56.got people talking is the share price of it. Normally to take a ride

:50:57. > :51:01.on something like this it would set you back a fair bob or two. This

:51:02. > :51:06.morning it is all for the price of a normal train fare and it is for

:51:07. > :51:08.three days only. Why are people so excited about this? Our reporter has

:51:09. > :51:16.been taking a look. The normal service on the Carlisle route in

:51:17. > :51:22.North Yorkshire, but for the next few days this is going to be

:51:23. > :51:27.replaced with this. For the first time in nearly half a century, a

:51:28. > :51:32.timetabled steam service is to run in England. And that is a bargain,

:51:33. > :51:38.because a trip on one of these normally costs a lot. The

:51:39. > :51:42.specialness in these trains is not that they are special trains, it is

:51:43. > :51:47.that they are ordinary trains that just happen to be pulled by a steam

:51:48. > :51:50.locomotive. You can buy a normal, National network northern ticket for

:51:51. > :51:56.travel over the second part of our line, and instead of having a

:51:57. > :52:00.diesel, you will have a steam locomotive. What it means is if you

:52:01. > :52:04.buy a ticket from Skipton to Appleby over the next few days, you pay what

:52:05. > :52:10.it would cost you on this, the day to day, normal diesel service. But

:52:11. > :52:18.what you get is a ride on a steam train. It is going to be a massive

:52:19. > :52:22.boost. It will be fantastic to see loads of people back on the train,

:52:23. > :52:26.loads of people back in the towns along the rail line. Some services

:52:27. > :52:30.have already sold out. For those involved, it will be a busy week. We

:52:31. > :52:33.know that people are really interested in steam trains. We get a

:52:34. > :52:37.lot of calls into our office all year round with people asking about

:52:38. > :52:41.steam excursions, so it is no surprise that this has been hugely

:52:42. > :52:44.popular. There is something irresistible about the magic of

:52:45. > :52:53.steam, and there is no point fighting it. It is what people want

:52:54. > :52:59.to do, isn't it? So why is it happening now? It came from Germany,

:53:00. > :53:02.actually, where for decades they have been doing planned steam on

:53:03. > :53:06.scheduled services, not all the time, but the odd few days here and

:53:07. > :53:12.there. So it is borrowed from there. It has never been tried in the UK.

:53:13. > :53:14.The star of the show was called Tornado. Experience shows this

:53:15. > :53:20.handsome locomotive makes people stop and stare. A lot of people

:53:21. > :53:24.stand there and watch, other people are up from the eye pads and their

:53:25. > :53:29.phones in their newspapers and they are like, wow, what is that? And it

:53:30. > :53:33.is like a time machine, but a Time Machine we can take two people, and

:53:34. > :53:38.that is what makes the most enjoyment, seeing the look on their

:53:39. > :53:41.faces as you go past the station. And look at these camera flashes,

:53:42. > :53:45.this is what happens when steam trains run. Operator northern trains

:53:46. > :53:51.says it is about giving this route of boost after it was closed by a

:53:52. > :53:54.landslide. This is a project that has really captured the imagination

:53:55. > :53:58.of the public, and our customers. We are really pushing the boundaries,

:53:59. > :54:02.but we are determined to make this a real success for the people on the

:54:03. > :54:07.second Carlisle route. At the services are only running for a few

:54:08. > :54:10.days before they disappear into the mists of time.

:54:11. > :54:19.That's right, as Danny said, are tornado does attract the crowds.

:54:20. > :54:25.That is already happening, and people are armed with their cameras.

:54:26. > :54:29.Let's speak to Nigel from Rail Magazine. Crowds are already

:54:30. > :54:33.gathering. Danny described it as a Time Machine. Do you think that is

:54:34. > :54:38.right? Absolutely, the steam locomotive is the nearest thing to a

:54:39. > :54:42.living machine that we have ever invented. It is the only machine we

:54:43. > :54:46.would turn up on a cold morning to wave at. You put that together and

:54:47. > :54:50.you get a special occasion. Why do people get so excited about this

:54:51. > :54:54.sort of thing? The railway is our greatest gift to the world, and in

:54:55. > :54:59.the South it is stressed the with the strikes and the rest of it, but

:55:00. > :55:03.this part of the world nearly lost its railway in 1985, when it nearly

:55:04. > :55:06.closed, so anything that was on the map and give them exposure, and

:55:07. > :55:10.anything which introduces people to railways who have travelled for a

:55:11. > :55:14.while, is a good thing. And these trains sold out really quick. It is

:55:15. > :55:19.going to be an exciting time today. How did this all start? This was

:55:20. > :55:23.originally your idea? Partly, it is one of those great things where

:55:24. > :55:27.anyone can sit around in the pub and say wouldn't it be great if? But we

:55:28. > :55:31.did the German style operation and the railway went for it. I expected

:55:32. > :55:37.them to be busy doing other things, but they recognise that there is a

:55:38. > :55:41.reason to do this while reopening the railway, and it would get people

:55:42. > :55:46.like us chatting up on TV and on railway, and put the railway back on

:55:47. > :55:50.the map. And railway management get hard press sometimes, but the train

:55:51. > :55:54.operator at Network Rail have done a great job here and really working

:55:55. > :55:58.together and showing what can be done, and the people turning out to

:55:59. > :56:03.see it. There will be big crowds later. I had to ask you, have you

:56:04. > :56:07.got your ticket? Well, you get to the front of your cue and have your

:56:08. > :56:12.wallet ready, and hopefully you get it, and I did. I haven't got my

:56:13. > :56:16.ticket yet, but there is still time. It will be here in the next half

:56:17. > :56:17.hour so we will take a closer look and speak to those passengers on

:56:18. > :59:59.board, Hello, this is Breakfast,

:00:00. > :00:03.with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker. Donald Trump's national-security

:00:04. > :00:05.adviser resigns in a row Michael Flynn has stepped down less

:00:06. > :00:10.than a month into the job. He's been accused of lying

:00:11. > :00:13.about phone calls he made Good morning, it's

:00:14. > :00:34.Tuesday 14th February. Fresh warnings about the threat

:00:35. > :00:39.from online attacks as the UK opens its National Cyber Security

:00:40. > :00:43.Centre. A ten-year-old boy dies from head

:00:44. > :00:47.injuries in a branch of Topshop. There are reports he was hit

:00:48. > :00:52.by a piece of furniture. British engineering giant

:00:53. > :00:55.Rolls Royce has reported a record loss of ?4.6 billion after paying

:00:56. > :01:00.out millions in fines In sport, Manchester City leap up

:01:01. > :01:07.to second in the Premier League. They beat Bournemouth 2-0,

:01:08. > :01:10.but they're still eight points It's called the Roof

:01:11. > :01:15.of England, the famous We'll be back there very shortly

:01:16. > :01:24.for a moment of steam-power history. Could this be the new face

:01:25. > :01:34.of The Great British Bake Off? There are reports she will be Mary

:01:35. > :01:41.Berry's replacement, but will she rise to the challenge?

:01:42. > :01:51.Carol does it every morning! Some gorgeous snowdrops here in

:01:52. > :01:53.Ilford. It is a cold start. Some of us will season sunshine, but we have

:01:54. > :01:56.some rain coming in from the south-west. More details in about 15

:01:57. > :02:00.minutes. Donald Trump's national-security

:02:01. > :02:04.adviser Michael Flynn has resigned General Flynn discussed American

:02:05. > :02:07.sanctions with the Russian ambassador before Mr Trump took

:02:08. > :02:10.office, and is accused of misleading the Vice President

:02:11. > :02:16.about what happened. Barely three weeks into his

:02:17. > :02:20.presidency, Donald Trump has lost Retired army general Michael Flynn,

:02:21. > :02:26.a man renowned for his close ties to Russia, resigned amid allegations

:02:27. > :02:31.that he misled senior officials about conversations between him

:02:32. > :02:35.and the Russian ambassador a few weeks before the Trump

:02:36. > :02:38.administration took office. In his resignation letter,

:02:39. > :02:42.Mr Flynn said that as the incoming National Security Advisor he held

:02:43. > :02:45.numerous phone calls with foreign counterparts,

:02:46. > :02:51.ministers and ambassadors. "Unfortunately," he goes on,

:02:52. > :02:56."because of the fast pace of events I inadvertently briefed

:02:57. > :02:58.the Vice President-elect and others with incomplete information

:02:59. > :03:00.regarding my calls with Missing, it appears,

:03:01. > :03:03.from Mr Flynn's account was a discussion of sanctions

:03:04. > :03:06.imposed by the outgoing Obama administration in response

:03:07. > :03:09.to Russia's meddling Any offer to lift such sanctions

:03:10. > :03:14.by a member of the incoming administration would be a breach

:03:15. > :03:18.of American law. Meanwhile, it has emerged

:03:19. > :03:21.that the US Justice Department warned the Trump administration

:03:22. > :03:24.several weeks ago that Mr Flynn's account of the conversation differed

:03:25. > :03:28.from that of intelligence officials, The department also advised

:03:29. > :03:33.the President that Mr Flynn had potentially left himself opened

:03:34. > :03:38.to blackmail by the Russians. All of which prompts

:03:39. > :03:39.the broader question, what did the President himself know

:03:40. > :03:42.about Michael Flynn's activities The Queen will this morning open

:03:43. > :03:51.a specialist centre to combat the threat posed to the UK

:03:52. > :03:54.by online attacks. Ministers say the National

:03:55. > :03:56.Cyber Security Centre, which cost nearly ?2 billion to set

:03:57. > :04:00.up, will make the UK the safest Russian involvement in efforts

:04:01. > :04:12.to hack information... The worst case is that

:04:13. > :04:14.all of our customers' China's activities in cyberspace

:04:15. > :04:23.is a significant source of concern. Hacking that could

:04:24. > :04:27.hamper vote counting. Cyber attacks are,

:04:28. > :04:30.it seems, everywhere. Hackers targeting governments,

:04:31. > :04:34.businesses, ordinary people. Now, a new organisation

:04:35. > :04:37.is being formally launched. At its new headquarters,

:04:38. > :04:42.the head of the National Cyber Security Centre told me

:04:43. > :04:47.the threat is real. We've had significant

:04:48. > :04:49.losses of personal data, significant intrusions by hostile

:04:50. > :04:53.state actors, significant reconnaissance against critical

:04:54. > :04:56.national infrastructure. And our job is to make sure we deal

:04:57. > :05:00.with that in the most So what we've done here is create

:05:01. > :05:06.a room of the near future and we've got some devices that

:05:07. > :05:09.are all connected to the internet. The new centre is not just

:05:10. > :05:12.there to protect Government, Its technical director showed me how

:05:13. > :05:15.internet-connected items, like lamps and coffee makers,

:05:16. > :05:21.could be vulnerable, More and more of our

:05:22. > :05:29.life is moving online. The UK's one of the most

:05:30. > :05:31.digitally-dependent A strength, but also

:05:32. > :05:34.a vulnerability. And protecting it online

:05:35. > :05:36.in the future will be vital for economic as well as national

:05:37. > :05:42.security. A ten-year-old boy has died

:05:43. > :05:44.after suffering serious head The boy was taken to hospital

:05:45. > :05:49.after being hurt in a Topshop store Our reporter Keith Doyle joins us

:05:50. > :05:56.from our London newsroom. Keith, what do we know

:05:57. > :06:04.about what happened? The details that we have are that

:06:05. > :06:09.the police and Ambulance Services were called to the shopping centre

:06:10. > :06:15.in Reading town centre shortly after 4pm yesterday, where a boy was in

:06:16. > :06:20.the Topshop store and was reported to have a serious head injury. The

:06:21. > :06:25.police said that he was found suffering serious head injuries

:06:26. > :06:30.after an incident involving shop furniture. It has been reported he

:06:31. > :06:33.was hit by a piece of shop furniture. He was taken to the Royal

:06:34. > :06:40.Box Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The police are in

:06:41. > :06:45.-- did he enquiries. They are treating the death as unexplained

:06:46. > :06:50.but not suspicious. The next of kin have been informed. Whatever the

:06:51. > :06:53.circumstances, we don't know what happened exactly, but this is a

:06:54. > :06:56.tragedy involving the death of a young child.

:06:57. > :06:58.A huge fall in profits has been announced by

:06:59. > :07:03.And this is a tale of two halves, a business doing well

:07:04. > :07:09.but that's been at the centre of a huge fraud scandal?

:07:10. > :07:15.The business is doing all right, revenues up by 9%, the Chief

:07:16. > :07:19.Executive has taken over, but if you look at what they have been found

:07:20. > :07:26.guilty of, massive cases of bribery and corruption. What we have today

:07:27. > :07:32.is the profit figure. It is a loss, a huge loss, ?4.6 billion. They make

:07:33. > :07:36.things like engines for aircraft, they are reporting a huge loss.

:07:37. > :07:41.Largely down to fines for bribery and corruption. The corruption goes

:07:42. > :07:46.back 25 years. They were found guilty last week of paying out

:07:47. > :07:51.hundreds of millions of pounds in bribes to get people to buy their

:07:52. > :07:56.engines in 12 countries around the world. That has been a huge impact

:07:57. > :07:59.on their figures, but also the currency moves. They gambled on what

:08:00. > :08:04.they thought the currency would do, and it went the other way, and the

:08:05. > :08:05.pound slumped in value after the Brexit vote. That has had a huge

:08:06. > :08:10.impact. Around 200,000 people living close

:08:11. > :08:13.to America's tallest dam have been told it's still not safe for them

:08:14. > :08:15.to return home. The area around the Oroville Dam

:08:16. > :08:20.in northern California was evacuated after a hole was found in one

:08:21. > :08:23.of its emergency overflow channels, After historically-high levels

:08:24. > :08:35.of rain, officials got the dry weather they needed to drain

:08:36. > :08:37.the water from the dam Rock-filled bags were loaded

:08:38. > :08:44.onto helicopters and dropped onto the eroded areas

:08:45. > :08:48.to plug any gaps. With the water drained,

:08:49. > :08:51.workers were finally able to check Emergency shelters have been set up

:08:52. > :08:57.to help some of the tens of thousands who were given just

:08:58. > :09:00.an hour's notice to leave They should have brought up a red

:09:01. > :09:07.flag, something is not right, They should have started thinking

:09:08. > :09:12.about doing something like that instead of waiting until the last

:09:13. > :09:15.minute and getting everybody After one night here, many

:09:16. > :09:22.were ready to pack up and leave. But authorities say

:09:23. > :09:25.it is not safe to return. Getting those people

:09:26. > :09:32.home is important to me. I want that to happen as absolutely

:09:33. > :09:34.as soon as possible. But I have to be able

:09:35. > :09:36.to sleep at night knowing As repairs continue,

:09:37. > :09:42.questions are now being asked about whether the damage had more

:09:43. > :09:45.to do with bad luck, It is still not clear how long it

:09:46. > :09:51.will take to make the dam safe. More heavy rain is expected to test

:09:52. > :09:57.it again later this week. Aberdeenshire Council has apologised

:09:58. > :10:02.after trees were planted Unsurprisingly, the new

:10:03. > :10:09.trees sparked a huge A spokeswoman said they'd

:10:10. > :10:14.been planted to boost biodiversity in the area,

:10:15. > :10:18.but admitted the council was "barking up the wrong tree

:10:19. > :10:31.with plans for this site". Thank you for the thousands of jokes

:10:32. > :10:39.you have sent in. Martin said, come body -- somebody call the copse!

:10:40. > :10:42.The council branching out! Every possible joke has been sent in!

:10:43. > :10:46.We appreciate it! In 2013 the families of three

:10:47. > :10:49.soldiers killed while serving in Iraq won a landmark case allowing

:10:50. > :10:52.them to sue the Ministry of Defence for failing

:10:53. > :10:54.to provide adequate equipment. But under new changes

:10:55. > :10:56.being proposed, that ruling The MoD wants to scrap the legal

:10:57. > :11:00.duty of care it owes to soldiers in combat,

:11:01. > :11:02.meaning the Government could no Joining us now is Colonel

:11:03. > :11:07.Bob Stewart, who sits on the Commons Defence Committee,

:11:08. > :11:21.and solicitor Geraldine McCool. What will this mean for people who

:11:22. > :11:29.are injured in the line of duty? Will they still get compensation?

:11:30. > :11:36.This is a consultation paper. What it is suggesting is that they will

:11:37. > :11:40.have fast-track compensation, they will not need to go to court. The

:11:41. > :11:46.MOD well except that it is negligent, although it is not

:11:47. > :11:52.necessarily negligent, and compensation will be agreed quickly

:11:53. > :11:59.by an independent adjudicator linked to what civilians might get. As the

:12:00. > :12:06.colonel says, it is a consultation, what issues do you see being grazed?

:12:07. > :12:09.Combat immunity has been enjoyed by the MOD for over a hundred years,

:12:10. > :12:13.you cannot sue for the heat of battle. I am concerned that the

:12:14. > :12:20.paper seeks to expand the definition. It talks about the scope

:12:21. > :12:25.applying in the UK. Combat in the UK is an odd concept. If I am arguing

:12:26. > :12:32.with Government lawyers, I do non-battlefield cases, ordinary road

:12:33. > :12:36.traffic incident in Afghanistan that could happen in Salisbury Plain, a

:12:37. > :12:41.judge decides at the moment whether it is combat immunity. Here, the MOD

:12:42. > :12:46.decides. There is no proper right of appeal. Cutting through everything,

:12:47. > :12:52.I will lodge the response to this today, there is a simple solution.

:12:53. > :12:58.Bring in the scheme that gives soldiers the choice. If it is true

:12:59. > :13:01.combat, I will tell them, go into the scheme. If they need a lawyer to

:13:02. > :13:05.fight something, they should be able to do that. There is a no-fault

:13:06. > :13:11.scheme at the moment, but soldiers have the choice, don't take away

:13:12. > :13:16.their right to sue. What about accountability? What might it do for

:13:17. > :13:21.accountability, for example a car accident? I have seen a number of

:13:22. > :13:25.cases where immunity is troubling in terms of health and safety culture,

:13:26. > :13:33.because there is no doubt that lawsuits can change that, and there

:13:34. > :13:37.is a body of opinion on that. There will be cases where soldiers will

:13:38. > :13:45.need lawyers. They are very rare, but why deprive them of that? Given

:13:46. > :13:50.the choice. We know you have experience of making decisions in

:13:51. > :13:52.the heat of battle. With these proposals in mind, what pressures

:13:53. > :13:59.are there, and how might they affect the decisions? The way I have read

:14:00. > :14:03.it, it is only for combat that this scheme will be available, and they

:14:04. > :14:08.will define combat, and the consultation will ask people what

:14:09. > :14:14.they think of the consultation and the suggestions, so we are nowhere

:14:15. > :14:17.near getting a scheme up. They are calling it the enhanced compensation

:14:18. > :14:23.scheme. The people I have talked to, who have spent time examining it,

:14:24. > :14:27.think it is a great move, it will shorten the time that families will

:14:28. > :14:31.have to wait for compensation, it will avoid some of the traumas of

:14:32. > :14:37.going to court, and the adjudication will be done by someone independent.

:14:38. > :14:42.Speaking as an ex-soldier, it seems a good idea. It is only a

:14:43. > :14:47.consultation, and lots of lawyers will no doubt be putting in their

:14:48. > :14:53.bid to say, this is wrong, because after all, one of the people who may

:14:54. > :15:01.well not get a good deal out of the scheme are lawyers. This quote from

:15:02. > :15:06.Robert, the president of the Law Society of England and Wales, he

:15:07. > :15:10.said, you have suffered an injury, you think the employer is at fault,

:15:11. > :15:16.but you are asked to rely on them to assess the compensation.

:15:17. > :15:20.No, the consultation says an independent adjudicator. Look, I

:15:21. > :15:24.spent many years in Northern Ireland and one of the things that used to

:15:25. > :15:27.irritate me was the fact when a soldier was killed in Northern

:15:28. > :15:31.Ireland it was the Ministry of Defence that kind of decided on

:15:32. > :15:36.compensation, but if a terrorist was blown up while making a bomb to

:15:37. > :15:41.throw at a soldier he or she got compensation much more because they

:15:42. > :15:45.were done on civilian rates. I love the idea that soldier's compensation

:15:46. > :15:50.will be done against the civilian yardstick. Would you like to pick up

:15:51. > :15:52.on those points and particularly about the fact that lawyers like

:15:53. > :15:57.yourself are merely protecting yourself? Sometimes you do need

:15:58. > :16:04.lawyers and a string of cases on equipment have shown that. We do a

:16:05. > :16:08.lot of this work at inquests when there is a lot of work. I love the

:16:09. > :16:14.idea of the scheme too, but the fact is we haven't seen it in practise.

:16:15. > :16:18.Give it some years. See how it goes. See if they don't need lawyers.

:16:19. > :16:22.These are seven figure sums. How are soldiers going to know what is

:16:23. > :16:26.reasonable compensation? They need some guidance on this. After the

:16:27. > :16:30.scheme is up and working brilliantly and doing what I do, put me out of a

:16:31. > :16:36.job, but for now, give them the choice. That's the key for you,

:16:37. > :16:41.isn't it? If they know they won't be sued how will the concentration on

:16:42. > :16:46.excellence, on making sure that they have the right equipment, how will

:16:47. > :16:52.there be that real intense scrutiny? Well, fact of the matter is in all

:16:53. > :16:58.cases when someone is hurt or killed in combat, the Ministry of Defence

:16:59. > :17:03.will accept responsibility as though they were negligent and that means

:17:04. > :17:07.like Land Rovers etcetera. In combat, I think it is a good move.

:17:08. > :17:12.It is a consultation and by the way lawyers will still be present at

:17:13. > :17:16.inquests, of course, they will, that specifically said so in the

:17:17. > :17:21.document. So I think it's very well worth investigating. It will save a

:17:22. > :17:26.lot of trauma for families. It will save a lot of expense and will save

:17:27. > :17:34.a lot of time. Colonel Bob Stewart thank you, and Geraldine, thank you.

:17:35. > :17:37.It's 8.17am and you're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:17:38. > :17:40.President Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn,

:17:41. > :17:42.has resigned after less than a month in the job.

:17:43. > :17:44.A ten-year-old boy has died after reportedly being hit

:17:45. > :17:56.by a piece of furniture at a branch of Topshop in Reading.

:17:57. > :18:05.It is Valentine's Day and Susan sent in a poem for Carol and for you and

:18:06. > :18:12.me. Dan is on the sofa sitting with Louise. Carol is in the garden, she

:18:13. > :18:17.is about to freeze. Dan, be a gentleman, swap your place with

:18:18. > :18:23.Carol before her sneezes start! The weather is quite nice there,

:18:24. > :18:29.stop complaining. That's brilliant. I love it! Dan, get yourself down

:18:30. > :18:36.here. It is nice and sunny, but it's cold. I'm in Ilford at Valentine's

:18:37. > :18:41.Mansion and Gardens. The mansion dates back around 300 years. The

:18:42. > :18:46.last private resident left in 1906 and it has been used as a home for

:18:47. > :18:53.wartime refugees, there is a hospital and as a public health

:18:54. > :18:55.service and played host to Celebrity Bake Off and for Comic Relief, but

:18:56. > :19:06.the gardens are gorgeous. Today it will be a little milder.

:19:07. > :19:10.Temperatures for some getting into double figures. So this morning

:19:11. > :19:15.across south-west England we've got a weather front coming in and that

:19:16. > :19:18.is producing a lot of cloud, and patchy rain and also some drizzle.

:19:19. > :19:22.Now, across Eastern England, it's a cold start. Here we've got beautiful

:19:23. > :19:26.blue skies, but it is frosty as well. Across north-east England and

:19:27. > :19:30.also north-east Scotland in particular, you're going to have a

:19:31. > :19:33.grey day with a bit of cloud around. Northern Ireland, we've got more

:19:34. > :19:38.cloud developing and it is windy here as it is across parts of the

:19:39. > :19:41.Pennines and Cumbria. Into the afternoon, western and Southern

:19:42. > :19:43.Scotland seeing the sunshine. The rest of Scotland hanging on to the

:19:44. > :19:48.cloud. Parts of Northern England hanging on to the cloud too. But as

:19:49. > :19:51.we move through Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and into East Anglia,

:19:52. > :19:55.Essex, Kent and the East Midlands, we'll hang on to the sunshine. But

:19:56. > :19:58.further west, for the rest of the Midlands, down towards Hampshire and

:19:59. > :20:02.over towards Gloucestershire and into Somerset, the cloud is thicker

:20:03. > :20:06.and it's producing that patchy light rain. For south-west England, by

:20:07. > :20:12.4pm, it will be brightening up nicely. Even so, we're not immune to

:20:13. > :20:17.the odd shower. For Wales, well, you've got a cloudy afternoon with

:20:18. > :20:21.patchy rain and drizzle as have you in Northern Ireland. This is where

:20:22. > :20:25.we've got our weather front. That weather front continues to push

:20:26. > :20:29.north-east wards and then we've got another one coming in hot on its

:20:30. > :20:33.heels into south-west England. That's going to introduce thicker

:20:34. > :20:37.cloud, rain and strengthening winds. Frost tonight under clear skies

:20:38. > :20:40.across the Highlands, but tomorrow first thing, that means there will

:20:41. > :20:44.be sunshine here. The other thing tomorrow to watch out for, first

:20:45. > :20:47.thing, and into the early part of the afternoon possibly is some

:20:48. > :20:53.coastal fog across the English Channel. So tomorrow our band in the

:20:54. > :20:56.rain south-west continues to migrate north-east wards throughout the day.

:20:57. > :21:02.Some of the rain could be heavy and thundery. We could see some coming

:21:03. > :21:05.in across Kent. Then later on in the day, what you'll find it will

:21:06. > :21:09.brighten up in the south-west. Temperatures could hit 14 Celsius,

:21:10. > :21:11.but the wind will strengthen across Northern Ireland and Western

:21:12. > :21:17.Scotland. That leads us into Thursday. On Thursday, we hang on to

:21:18. > :21:21.the wet weather across the north and the north-west, but for most of the

:21:22. > :21:26.UK, it will be dry and bright and temperatures once again getting into

:21:27. > :21:37.double figures widely. Dan and Lou I've got a wee last roses are red

:21:38. > :21:39.for you. Roses are red, violets are blue, Lou you're gorgeous, but Dan,

:21:40. > :21:55.what happened to you? Look at her cackling away!

:21:56. > :22:03.I thought there was something bad coming! To Appleby now.

:22:04. > :22:05.England's first timetabled steam train service in nearly half

:22:06. > :22:10.It's known as Tornado and it's due to depart from Appleby in Cumbria

:22:11. > :22:20.And there is Tornado behind you? Good morning, Dan. Yes, it arrived

:22:21. > :22:25.in the last few moments and you should have seen the crowds react.

:22:26. > :22:29.The cameras were flashing. There are children getting their photographs

:22:30. > :22:33.taken next to it. This is real history here in Britain and for real

:22:34. > :22:38.enthusiasts this is something extremely special. The first of its

:22:39. > :22:42.kind in nearly 50 years. To tell us more about this, Paul Barnfield from

:22:43. > :22:50.Northern Rail. How exciting is this? Oh, it is a fantastic event. The

:22:51. > :22:54.line has been closed to trains for the last 12 months. We are putting

:22:55. > :22:58.on a fantastic event to say thank you to our communities and get the

:22:59. > :23:02.line back on the map. Has it surprised you people's reaction?

:23:03. > :23:06.This is history. Tickets sold out in minutes. We pulled this together in

:23:07. > :23:11.the last four to five weeks. It has been a bids yu few weeks. The

:23:12. > :23:15.response has been amazing. We're catering for 5,000 people over the

:23:16. > :23:20.next three days. It will be amazing. I think it's a great event for

:23:21. > :23:25.everyone out there. Specifically for this route, it has faced some

:23:26. > :23:30.difficulties in the last few months, even closure. How will this help

:23:31. > :23:34.that? The line was closed 12 months ago as a result of a major

:23:35. > :23:41.landslide. We're trying to get people interested in the line. Show

:23:42. > :23:47.that it is back up and running. The line will be open to through traffic

:23:48. > :23:53.again on 31st March. Come and see what's going on. It really is quite

:23:54. > :23:58.a vision. It is very noisy as well. Only for three days. Why not longer?

:23:59. > :24:02.Could we do it for longer? We'll try it out for three days and see how it

:24:03. > :24:07.goes. It has taken a lot of work to get to where we are now. Will we do

:24:08. > :24:13.it again? Never say never! How it functions is interesting. These are

:24:14. > :24:21.just normal carriages being pulled away by Tornado. The collaboration

:24:22. > :24:28.to put this on has been fantastic. DB Cargo and the coaches and the

:24:29. > :24:31.train crew and colleagues in Network Rail, real collaborative, industry

:24:32. > :24:36.approach to make this happen and a real will to deliver for the

:24:37. > :24:40.communities on the route. Is the train going to run on time this

:24:41. > :24:45.morning? Well, I have been challenging the team to make sure we

:24:46. > :24:48.get out of here on time. We turn it around in Skipton on the way back. I

:24:49. > :24:52.have got a lot of confidence. We have got a lot of people who want to

:24:53. > :24:55.take pictures and enjoy the experience, but it's important we

:24:56. > :25:00.get the train moving. It is going to be a wonderful day. I'm really

:25:01. > :25:05.looking forward to it. It's time to head off. I'm not sure of the

:25:06. > :25:09.functionality or how it drives. We're not allowed to get into the

:25:10. > :25:11.actual carriage itself. But this is a hugely exciting moment. Let's

:25:12. > :25:15.speak to some of the people here who are hopefully going to be watching

:25:16. > :25:20.this go. Excuse me, sir. If you don't mind me asking, how exciting

:25:21. > :25:24.is this to see this here? It is fantastic to see it. It is the last

:25:25. > :25:25.of its line and really pleased. Why have you come down here this morning

:25:26. > :25:42.to see this? I've come down because I might never

:25:43. > :25:50.ever see it again. It is a great opportunity to see this train.

:25:51. > :25:58.What else can you say? It's brilliant. You can see how excited

:25:59. > :26:28.you are by it. It is time for us to wave goodbye.

:26:29. > :26:36.There you go. We've waved goodbye. A bit of

:26:37. > :26:40.history here in Britain. I love a train journey, but that

:26:41. > :26:44.would be fantastic to go on that journey and beautiful scenery there

:26:45. > :26:50.as well. And on Valentine's Day as well. Thank you very much, Holly.

:26:51. > :26:53.It runs to Skipton on time as well. Exactly on time and then it comes

:26:54. > :26:55.back and it will run for three days only, but there is real enthusiasm

:26:56. > :30:27.for it to be a Hello, this is Breakfast

:30:28. > :30:32.with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker. Donald Trump's national security

:30:33. > :30:36.adviser, Michael Flynn, has resigned General Flynn discussed American

:30:37. > :30:41.sanctions with the Russian ambassador before Mr Trump took

:30:42. > :30:44.office, and is accused of misleading the Vice President

:30:45. > :30:50.about what happened. Theresa May has formally rejected

:30:51. > :30:56.a petition signed by 1.8 million people calling for a state visit

:30:57. > :31:03.by Donald Trump to be abandoned Our political correspondent

:31:04. > :31:17.Tom Bateman joins us now. Good morning. A lot of talk about

:31:18. > :31:22.this over the past weeks. Is this the definitive end of it, the visit

:31:23. > :31:26.will go ahead, says the Prime Minister? It is the formal response

:31:27. > :31:30.to the petition from the government. It put it on the website this

:31:31. > :31:37.morning and it says it believes Donald Trump should be offered the

:31:38. > :31:41.full courtesy of the state visit and said they look forward to welcoming

:31:42. > :31:46.him when dates and arrangements finalised. The petition had 1.8

:31:47. > :31:50.alien signatures and a reiteration of the position we do the government

:31:51. > :31:55.had on this, which is it believes in the interest of Britain's ties with

:31:56. > :31:59.the strong ally in the form of the US, the visit should go ahead and

:32:00. > :32:09.should be a state visit. On this response to the petition, if they

:32:10. > :32:14.get over 10,000 signatures, they say they recognise the strong views of

:32:15. > :32:18.the signatories of the petition but do not support it. There was a

:32:19. > :32:22.counter petition saying that Donald Trump should have a state visit

:32:23. > :32:24.which has had more than 300,000 signatures.

:32:25. > :32:27.The Queen will this morning open a specialist centre to combat

:32:28. > :32:29.the threat posed to the UK by online attacks.

:32:30. > :32:33.Ministers say the National Cyber Security Centre,

:32:34. > :32:36.which cost nearly ?2 billion to set up, will make the UK the safest

:32:37. > :32:49.We will speak to the CEO of the centre in the next ten minutes.

:32:50. > :32:51.A 10-year-old boy has died after suffering serious head

:32:52. > :32:53.injuries at a shopping centre in Reading.

:32:54. > :32:55.He was taken to hospital after reportedly being hit

:32:56. > :32:59.by a piece of furniture in a Topshop store.

:33:00. > :33:01.Police say the death is being treated as unexplained

:33:02. > :33:07.but not suspicious and officers are continuing to make inquiries.

:33:08. > :33:11.Rolls-Royce has reported a record loss of ?4.6

:33:12. > :33:13.billion in the last year - the worst in the history

:33:14. > :33:21.The firm was forced to pay around ?700 million in fines

:33:22. > :33:25.after being found guilty of bribery and corruption in 12 countries,

:33:26. > :33:28.in offences dating back more than 25 years.

:33:29. > :33:32.But the business has also suffered due to the weakening of the pound.

:33:33. > :33:35.Around 200,000 people living close to America's tallest dam have been

:33:36. > :33:39.told it's still not safe for them to return home.

:33:40. > :33:43.The area around the Oroville Dam in northern California was evacuated

:33:44. > :33:46.after a hole was found in one of its emergency overflow channels,

:33:47. > :34:03.After historically high levels of rain, officials got the dry weather

:34:04. > :34:08.needed to drain the water from the dam and its crumbling overflow

:34:09. > :34:14.channels. Rock filled barracks were loaded onto helicopters and dropped

:34:15. > :34:16.onto areas to plug any gaps. With the water drained, workers were

:34:17. > :34:21.finally able to of the damage. Emergency shelters have been set up

:34:22. > :34:23.to help some of the tens of thousands who were given just

:34:24. > :34:26.an hour's notice to leave They should have brought up a red

:34:27. > :34:33.flag, something is not right, They should have started thinking

:34:34. > :34:36.about doing something like that instead of waiting until the last

:34:37. > :34:39.minute and getting everybody After one night here, many

:34:40. > :34:46.were ready to pack up and leave. But authorities say

:34:47. > :34:48.it is not safe to return. Getting those people

:34:49. > :34:52.home is important to me. I want that to happen as absolutely

:34:53. > :34:55.as soon as possible. But I have to be able

:34:56. > :34:59.to sleep at night knowing As repairs continue,

:35:00. > :35:06.questions are now being asked about whether the damage had more

:35:07. > :35:10.to do with bad luck or bad planning. It is still not clear how long it

:35:11. > :35:14.will take to make the dam safe. More heavy rain is expected to test

:35:15. > :35:21.it again later this week. Aberdeenshire Council has apologised

:35:22. > :35:23.after trees were planted A spokeswoman said they'd

:35:24. > :35:45.been planted to boost biodiversity, but

:35:46. > :35:46.admitted the council was "barking up the wrong tree

:35:47. > :35:57.with plans for this site". They are clearly seeing the humorous

:35:58. > :36:05.side. This has given our wonderful viewers the opportunity to send him

:36:06. > :36:12.reams and reams of puns. The best one is the new formation. Four tree

:36:13. > :36:13.tree. And another, Special Branch are

:36:14. > :36:16.investigating. And coming up here

:36:17. > :36:18.on Breakfast this morning... Shall I compare thee

:36:19. > :36:20.to a summer's day? Well it is February and a bit grey,

:36:21. > :36:23.but our own ray of sunshine Carol is at Valentines Mansion

:36:24. > :36:25.with the weather A confectionary company is

:36:26. > :36:32.advertising for a chocolate taster. 4,000 people have already applied -

:36:33. > :36:34.we'll find how they'll Heartbreak caused her

:36:35. > :36:48.to lose her voice - We'll speak to folk singer

:36:49. > :36:53.Shirley Collins about being back on tour for the first

:36:54. > :37:12.time in 30 years. Good morning. Maybe the Premier

:37:13. > :37:17.League will not be a race. As we approach the end of the season,

:37:18. > :37:21.April, May time. It seems to go on forever! People saying Chelsea are

:37:22. > :37:26.running away with but Manchester City on their tail. Still eight

:37:27. > :37:31.point clears but Manchester United were in 2012 with six games left and

:37:32. > :37:32.Manchester City came back and won the title and maybe they can do it

:37:33. > :37:33.again. Manchester City have jumped

:37:34. > :37:35.from fifth up to second in the Premier League

:37:36. > :37:37.after a straight forward England winger Raheem Sterling gave

:37:38. > :37:43.City the lead with a simple tap-in. Sergio Aguero came off the bench

:37:44. > :37:47.to have a hand in City's second - although the final touch was off

:37:48. > :37:50.defender Tyrone Mings. City are now eight points

:37:51. > :37:54.behind leaders Chelsea. In the second half,

:37:55. > :38:02.Bournemouth pushed a lot, but that is normal in this stadium

:38:03. > :38:06.with these players. I am so pleased how we have done

:38:07. > :38:12.and especially the last 10-15 minutes, we did the best way to keep

:38:13. > :38:15.the result, making 1000 million passes and attacking from behind,

:38:16. > :38:18.so we did it really well. This game is all about winning

:38:19. > :38:22.and getting results. In terms of changing team selection

:38:23. > :38:25.and formations, well, We are always looking

:38:26. > :38:32.for new ways to get results. Ultimately I don't think

:38:33. > :38:35.we are judged by tonight's game. The season will be judged

:38:36. > :38:37.on what happens after this. Joe Root is very proud and excited

:38:38. > :38:41.for what lies ahead - he's thanked his supporters

:38:42. > :38:44.for their well wishes after being Root succeeds Alastair Cook,

:38:45. > :38:47.who resigned last week. Root's first Test will be

:38:48. > :38:50.against South Africa Former England captain

:38:51. > :38:55.Michael Vaughan, and fellow Yorkshireman, told Breakfast earlier

:38:56. > :38:57.that Root was the right choice. I think in terms of

:38:58. > :38:59.personality and mentality, Driven, you look at the way he's

:39:00. > :39:05.improved his game over the last few He's always trying to get better

:39:06. > :39:11.and better every day. I would think that is what he's

:39:12. > :39:14.going to demand from his team. So the team, I would say,

:39:15. > :39:17.better be ready for long, I think he will prod them quite

:39:18. > :39:21.regularly in terms of making sure Tennis and Britain's Aljaz Bedene

:39:22. > :39:25.is out of the Rotterdam Open. The British No 4 was beaten

:39:26. > :39:28.by Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan - the man who famously beat

:39:29. > :39:30.Novak Djokovic at Istomin won the first set 6-3,

:39:31. > :40:04.and took the second on a tie break - What do you do with your old lawn

:40:05. > :40:05.mower? Do you race it for 12 hours on a frozen lake? That is what they

:40:06. > :40:10.do. The race attracted entrants

:40:11. > :40:12.from Britain, Germany and Switzerland but was won

:40:13. > :40:21.by Estonian duo Anna and Stella. We do not know which is which that

:40:22. > :40:29.they are celebrating victory. That looks really good fun.

:40:30. > :40:32.We will be reporting on that for the rest of the winter, perhaps.

:40:33. > :40:39.A stellar victory. Could you sit and eat chocolate

:40:40. > :40:41.for seven hours a day? Well, that's what's on offer for one

:40:42. > :40:44.lucky candidate applying to be the next taster

:40:45. > :40:46.at a confectionary company. It won't be easy though,

:40:47. > :40:48.as more than 4,000 people have Our reporter Ben Moore has been

:40:49. > :40:53.to find out whether his taste # Come with me, and you'll be

:40:54. > :41:04.In a world of pure imagination...#. One of the world's biggest chocolate

:41:05. > :41:11.makers really does want a new taster There's no real requirements that

:41:12. > :41:19.you can have for the job. Basically, it's what is in your

:41:20. > :41:23.mouth, it's the taste buds Mondelez owns brands

:41:24. > :41:28.like Cadbury and Oreo, But getting this sweet job

:41:29. > :41:34.won't be a piece of cake. It was advertised on social media,

:41:35. > :41:36.so there have been more We're not looking to see

:41:37. > :41:44.whether they like the sample or not. We are actually looking

:41:45. > :41:46.for them to taste it and to basically say what they see,

:41:47. > :41:49.or say what they taste, So, that entails a fair

:41:50. > :41:52.bit of training. You would not think so, that

:41:53. > :41:55.you need training to eat chocolate. Through the tasting hatch,

:41:56. > :41:59.there's a change of mood. We use a red light so

:42:00. > :42:04.as when the candidate is assessing the samples,

:42:05. > :42:06.it masks all of the colour This is where the lucky applicant

:42:07. > :42:12.will be confined with chocolate So I am ready to taste my

:42:13. > :42:19.first chocolate sample. I try this first and then I've got

:42:20. > :42:31.to decide which of these two it tastes most like and all the while,

:42:32. > :42:34.writing down what I think about all Once I've done that,

:42:35. > :42:40.I eat a cracker, I rinse and repeat. This will be the test

:42:41. > :42:48.facing the shortlisted In the end, there

:42:49. > :42:54.will be just one left. Yes, you showed you can

:42:55. > :43:06.discriminate but sadly, you've not quite made the grade

:43:07. > :43:10.to go onto one of our panels today. There was no sweet

:43:11. > :43:13.talking my way round it. But I suppose for times like these,

:43:14. > :43:36.there's always chocolate. What is your record? When I tell you

:43:37. > :43:41.these beings... You don't have to say it! Was its nine bars or

:43:42. > :43:46.something? I've got a bingo chocolate. You could have done that.

:43:47. > :43:49.But for me, it is about volume, I don't care what it tastes like. Good

:43:50. > :44:00.morning, Carol. Always plenty of room for chocolate,

:44:01. > :44:07.I agree with Dan. Good morning from Ilford, I'm at Valentines Mansion,

:44:08. > :44:09.and gardens, and I'm in a kitchen garden, it's a beautiful morning, we

:44:10. > :44:13.have watched the sun rise and it will be a bit milder today than

:44:14. > :44:17.yesterday but having said that, it is cool at the moment. If you are

:44:18. > :44:21.stepping outdoors, bear it in mind, some frost around particularly

:44:22. > :44:25.across eastern England. As we start the forecast today in south-west

:44:26. > :44:28.England, here we do have thicker cloud and some patchy rain moving

:44:29. > :44:34.in. Through the course of the day, you will find that will be migrating

:44:35. > :44:37.north-eastwards. Ahead of it, across parts of northern England,

:44:38. > :44:42.north-east Scotland and Northern Ireland, quite cloudy start and

:44:43. > :44:47.rather across Cumbria, the Pennines and Northern Ireland at the moment.

:44:48. > :44:51.In between that, there is some sunshine around. And of course, some

:44:52. > :44:56.eastern areas, the sunshine will stick around for much of the day as

:44:57. > :44:59.it will across western and southern Scotland in parts. Away from the

:45:00. > :45:03.west of the South, quite a cloudy day in Scotland, particularly so in

:45:04. > :45:07.the north-east, quite grave. For northern England, hanging onto some

:45:08. > :45:11.cloud but as we push into Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, into East Anglia,

:45:12. > :45:15.Essex, Kent and the East Midlands, this is where you will have the

:45:16. > :45:26.lion's share of the sunshine. Drift west to the rest of the Midlands,

:45:27. > :45:28.into Hampshire and Gloucestershire and Somerset, thicker cloud and the

:45:29. > :45:31.weather front producing some patchy rain. In the south-west, by 4pm,

:45:32. > :45:33.brightening up quite nicely with sunshine and a few showers. For

:45:34. > :45:35.Wales and Northern Ireland, the other end of the weather front

:45:36. > :45:38.affecting you with thicker cloud and some patchy light rain and some

:45:39. > :45:42.drizzle. As we head through the evening and overnight, you will find

:45:43. > :45:45.all of that cloud and rain across Northern Ireland, Wales and the

:45:46. > :45:50.Midlands will push north-eastwards. It is not going to get as far as the

:45:51. > :45:53.Highlands so tonight, under clear skies, it will be cold. By the end

:45:54. > :45:57.of the night, the next weather front will show its hand across south-west

:45:58. > :46:03.England in the shape of more cloud and rain and also strengthening

:46:04. > :46:07.wind. Tomorrow, we could also see a little runner scooting through Kent

:46:08. > :46:10.and East Anglia, producing some rain. But the front in the South

:46:11. > :46:14.West will continue to move north-eastwards through the day.

:46:15. > :46:18.Although in the north and east it will be a brighter start to the day,

:46:19. > :46:20.through the day, the cloud will build and eventually we will see

:46:21. > :46:25.some rain and some of it could be heavy. In the south-west and parts

:46:26. > :46:28.of Wales, it will brighten up and the Northern Ireland and western

:46:29. > :46:32.Scotland, the wind will strengthen. Tomorrow in the south-west, we could

:46:33. > :46:36.hit 14 Celsius. By the time we get to Thursday, we will start with some

:46:37. > :46:40.coastal fog across English Channel coast lines which will take quite a

:46:41. > :46:45.while to lift, probably not until the afternoon. For most of us, a dry

:46:46. > :46:50.day. However, you can see already, in parts of the North and

:46:51. > :46:56.north-west, some showreel outbreaks of rain. We have had a fabulous time

:46:57. > :47:00.here this morning in Ilford. Thanks to everyone for the hospitality. I

:47:01. > :47:04.bet you wish you were here now because it is not as cold as it was

:47:05. > :47:06.at 6am! It looks beautiful. Have a lovely

:47:07. > :47:11.Valentine's Day and see you tomorrow.

:47:12. > :47:14.65% of large businesses have reported a cyber breach or attack

:47:15. > :47:15.in the past 12 months, Chancellor Philip Hammond

:47:16. > :47:19.So today's opening of a centre to protect the UK against such

:47:20. > :47:21.attacks couldn't have come at a better time.

:47:22. > :47:24.Joining us live from our London newsroom is Ciaran Martin,

:47:25. > :47:29.who heads up the new National Cyber Security Centre.

:47:30. > :47:37.Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Good morning. Give us a sense of

:47:38. > :47:43.what kind of attacks we are under. Where are they coming from and how

:47:44. > :47:46.many are there? We deal with roughly 60 significant incidents month from

:47:47. > :47:51.all sorts of places, affecting all sorts of different people but

:47:52. > :47:55.broadly speaking, we worry two categories, attacks from big states,

:47:56. > :48:01.who are after state secrets, seeking to exert power and influence over us

:48:02. > :48:06.and also, and just as importantly, an attack on our everyday lives, the

:48:07. > :48:09.theft of small amounts of money and personal data. Whilst individually,

:48:10. > :48:13.those incidents may not be nationally significant, if you add

:48:14. > :48:17.them up, and people start to worry about how safe they are online, then

:48:18. > :48:20.we have a significant national economic risk. What is really

:48:21. > :48:24.exciting about what we are doing at the new centre is we have a whole

:48:25. > :48:30.plan of work to protect against both risks. There's a lot we can do to up

:48:31. > :48:33.the national game in cyber defence. I want to talk about both of the

:48:34. > :48:39.risks. Let's talk about hostile states. Is this a concerted effort

:48:40. > :48:42.you are seeing and is it from particular states? There are a range

:48:43. > :48:46.of states with a range of different motives. We have spoken about the

:48:47. > :48:49.step change in Russian aggression in cyberspace against the West over the

:48:50. > :48:54.last ten years but there are plenty of other countries involved in cyber

:48:55. > :49:00.espionage and commercial attacks to try to steal commercially

:49:01. > :49:04.advantageous data and so forth. The story of this goes well beyond

:49:05. > :49:11.Russia. It goes into transnational and very serious organised crime. It

:49:12. > :49:15.goes into more routine crime. What we are trying to do is essentially

:49:16. > :49:19.three things, so regardless of where the threat is coming from, we are

:49:20. > :49:23.going to build up the critical defences for our most important

:49:24. > :49:27.services, in health care, finance, energy and so on. We are going to

:49:28. > :49:32.manage the attacks that get through so that we minimise the harm they do

:49:33. > :49:35.and then, this is really important, wherever attacks are coming from,

:49:36. > :49:39.there is so much we can do through technology and better education to

:49:40. > :49:43.make sure everyone is automatically safer online. Let's talk about that

:49:44. > :49:47.because we have seen in the peace we have been running about the Internet

:49:48. > :49:52.of things and so many things in your house being connected to the web.

:49:53. > :49:55.Does that make us more vulnerable at home? With every new technology

:49:56. > :49:59.comes new vulnerabilities because it means bad people can think of new

:50:00. > :50:04.ways of doing bad things but there is also tremendous opportunity. In

:50:05. > :50:07.more traditional forms of cyber attacks, we are already doing really

:50:08. > :50:13.clever things that reduce the level of harm and a number of attacks. For

:50:14. > :50:16.example, lots of us will have got spoofed e-mails from people

:50:17. > :50:20.pretending to be the taxman or offering us a refund so they can

:50:21. > :50:23.steal our data. We have written a simple piece of code that blocks

:50:24. > :50:28.that and Revenue and Customs last year managed to stop 300 million

:50:29. > :50:32.attempts to send spoofed e-mails on their behalf and the great thing

:50:33. > :50:35.was, the e-mail is never reached the recipients so you did not have to

:50:36. > :50:40.make a judgment about whether or not you open them. There are all sorts

:50:41. > :50:44.of clever things like that. We are researching the Internet of Things,

:50:45. > :50:47.looking at how systems can be made safer at source and how we can get

:50:48. > :50:50.people to make informed judgments about the kind of protections that

:50:51. > :50:54.are appropriate to the level of risk they carry. You spoke about making

:50:55. > :50:59.the UK the safest place to live and do business online. That is quite a

:51:00. > :51:02.statement, isn't it? Have you got the young people, not necessarily

:51:03. > :51:10.young but the bright sparks who can make this happen, spot this and stop

:51:11. > :51:13.this is one of the most exciting part of the agenda. Of course it is

:51:14. > :51:15.ambitious but we should be because we are already one of the most

:51:16. > :51:18.digitally advanced economies in the wild so it follows we should have

:51:19. > :51:21.the best protection. In terms of skills and young people, when the

:51:22. > :51:25.Queen opens the centre later this morning, she will meet teenagers,

:51:26. > :51:29.students, apprentices, girls still at school who have experimented in

:51:30. > :51:32.coding which has impressed one of our best experts. There's a pipeline

:51:33. > :51:37.of talent coming through but it is on top of some of the best people in

:51:38. > :51:40.the world at technology in GCHQ and our partners and the rest of the

:51:41. > :51:44.intelligence and defence communities and industry and so forth. Of course

:51:45. > :51:48.we need more skill. This is one of the biggest challenges in cyber

:51:49. > :51:52.security. But there are some really exciting opportunities out there. Do

:51:53. > :51:56.you speak to people who might be good at this like former hackers? Do

:51:57. > :52:00.you want to tap into those kind of people as well? We want to tap into

:52:01. > :52:07.expertise wherever it comes from. Some people are coming through with

:52:08. > :52:09.good, traditional academic qualifications and some have

:52:10. > :52:12.specialist qualifications. What we are finding is that people with

:52:13. > :52:14.attitude can be quite easy to train to an extraordinarily high standard.

:52:15. > :52:22.We ran a summer school in Scarborough for the past two summers

:52:23. > :52:25.which is attitude only. Your academic qualifications are not

:52:26. > :52:28.taken into account, it is proving you can innovate, not even

:52:29. > :52:32.electronically. It could be in any thing. We have taken people with a

:52:33. > :52:35.willingness to learn and we are turning them into some of the best

:52:36. > :52:40.defenders that the country can be really proud. Quickly, if someone is

:52:41. > :52:43.at home and they realise someone has got into their computer and

:52:44. > :52:49.something is wrong, what is the first thing they do? Call Action

:52:50. > :52:53.Fraud, the police force for online for -- crime and when it is serious

:52:54. > :52:58.enough, it will get escalated to the right authority but take action and

:52:59. > :52:59.read the guidance on our website. Ciaran Martin, thank you for your

:53:00. > :53:00.time. Our energy bills are

:53:01. > :53:03.set to rise this year. Ben's here with some exclusive

:53:04. > :53:05.research on the changing costs Later this morning, we'll

:53:06. > :53:11.get the latest official That's an indication of how quickly

:53:12. > :53:16.the cost of living is going up. And a big part of that is

:53:17. > :53:19.the cost of staying warm. So we asked comparison

:53:20. > :53:21.site Uswitch to take a look at the costs at some

:53:22. > :53:23.of the big energy providers. About ten days ago, one

:53:24. > :53:26.of the biggest providers, NPower, put their prices up

:53:27. > :53:32.by almost 10%, or ?109. Likewise, Scottish Power announced

:53:33. > :53:36.a rise on a typical dual fuel bill by an average of 7.8%,

:53:37. > :53:45.or ?86 per year. But even if you look

:53:46. > :53:48.at the top ten cheapest deals on the market over the last six

:53:49. > :53:51.months, they've gone up Joining me now is Claire Osborne,

:53:52. > :54:05.Energy expert from uSwitch Thank you for joining us. Let's talk

:54:06. > :54:08.about why prices are going up. They have been pretty steady for quite a

:54:09. > :54:15.while and now we have seen a number of them announcing big hikes. The

:54:16. > :54:18.three of the big six energy supplies that have announced increases to the

:54:19. > :54:21.standard variable tariff, the most expensive one that most customers

:54:22. > :54:24.are on, they have all blamed the increase in wholesale prices which

:54:25. > :54:27.have gone up about a third since April. There's also been something

:54:28. > :54:31.is happening on the continent which have restricted UK supply, and the

:54:32. > :54:35.UK imports most of its energy. That is putting pressure on the wholesale

:54:36. > :54:40.price margins. I know Ofgem won't agree that suppliers are right to

:54:41. > :54:46.put their prices up. We were watching British Gas very closely

:54:47. > :54:49.and they said they are going to extend their price freeze instead,

:54:50. > :54:52.for a bit longer but we have been talking and it is not quite as good

:54:53. > :54:54.as the headline would have us believe. It is worth the customer is

:54:55. > :54:57.looking closely at the message. They have 6 million customers on the

:54:58. > :55:01.standard variable tariff and these are the tariffs that are some of the

:55:02. > :55:03.most extensive in the market. Someone switching from the British

:55:04. > :55:10.Gas standard tariff to the cheapest could save an average ?210 per year

:55:11. > :55:14.at the moment. It could be as high as ?600, depending on how much you

:55:15. > :55:19.consume. All they are doing is freezing an already expensive price.

:55:20. > :55:24.The point is, we are still so loyal to the big energy firms, we don't

:55:25. > :55:27.want to move. Why are we so reluctant to do so? I think there is

:55:28. > :55:31.an understandable misconception about how hard it is to switch your

:55:32. > :55:37.energy. The energy industry has moved on a lot in recent years and

:55:38. > :55:41.the different ways you can do it. We have a app so you can scan your bill

:55:42. > :55:45.to take the data and do an automatic comparison. Of course, you can call

:55:46. > :55:48.a UK-based contact centre to get someone to help you and talk you

:55:49. > :55:53.through it or you can go through the traditional route, the website. I

:55:54. > :55:56.did it and it was much simpler than I thought. But the point is, you

:55:57. > :56:00.think that by the time you have gone through the paperwork and signed it,

:56:01. > :56:04.the firm you moved to just put their prices up so you are not going to

:56:05. > :56:08.gain anything. And this is a really important question to ask, when a

:56:09. > :56:15.third of UK customers are struggling to pay their energy bills. It is so

:56:16. > :56:17.important people switch and fix now while the deals are available to

:56:18. > :56:22.protect themselves from future price rises as well as get the saving

:56:23. > :56:25.right now. It is about fixing and we talk about it for things like

:56:26. > :56:31.mortgages, locking in the rate you are going to pay. If you are fixed

:56:32. > :56:35.now, would you be fixing for two, three or four years? How does it

:56:36. > :56:42.work? Fixes are available for anywhere between one and four years,

:56:43. > :56:45.and I would advise fixing for one or two years because we don't know what

:56:46. > :56:47.will happen with energy prices, particularly with Brexit on the

:56:48. > :56:49.horizon. I would fix for a year and make sure you protect yourself

:56:50. > :56:53.prices, even longer than the British Gas price freeze is available for.

:56:54. > :56:56.Good advice. Thank you for joining us. . That is all from me. See you

:56:57. > :56:57.tomorrow. In case it's slipped your mind,

:56:58. > :57:10.it is of course Valentine's Day. Have you had a gift? I have!

:57:11. > :57:13.Already. Faure, it was there. That makes me feel a bit guilty about my

:57:14. > :57:15.lack of gifting! If you've forgotten to buy a gift,

:57:16. > :57:18.then how about writing Newlyweds Polly and Joe

:57:19. > :57:21.have done just that. When Polly was born

:57:22. > :57:22.with Down's Syndrome, her mum was told there couldn't be

:57:23. > :57:26.a happy ending to her story. But now her daughter's

:57:27. > :57:28.met her Prince Charming, and she's Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin has been

:57:29. > :57:39.to meet the loved-up couple. This is a love story

:57:40. > :57:41.about Polly and Joe, a fairytale romance which led

:57:42. > :57:51.to a wedding. It was my best, my best,

:57:52. > :58:10.favourite part of it. You got your legs

:58:11. > :58:22.tangled on a chair leg. You have changed my

:58:23. > :58:32.life upside down. So today, on Valentine's Day,

:58:33. > :58:40.Polly has written a love letter. I am sitting here with my mum,

:58:41. > :58:44.talking about wedding stuff, And I look at the photo

:58:45. > :58:47.album, and guess what? Oh, my goodness, we are

:58:48. > :58:51.going to get married! Polly's birth was treated

:58:52. > :58:54.as the start of a story that couldn't possibly

:58:55. > :58:56.have a happy ending. Midwives suggested her mum might

:58:57. > :58:59.be best giving her up. I like the way you put

:59:00. > :59:19.your arms around me. And I want to spend my life

:59:20. > :59:29.being with you at all times. When Polly was born, we never

:59:30. > :59:32.imagined that she would meet a handsome prince called Joe,

:59:33. > :59:35.and fall in love, and get married, And it has happened,

:59:36. > :59:39.and we are very proud I want to do it again,

:59:40. > :59:51.I want to do it again, They fill everybody's

:59:52. > :59:54.lives with joy. They are so happy together,

:59:55. > :59:57.and that happiness radiates It feels like love's dream, the best

:59:58. > :00:08.thing in the whole wide world. A story about love and hope

:00:09. > :00:22.and acceptance, and the importance of recognising that everyone,

:00:23. > :00:24.but everyone, can have... What a lovely story on Valentine's

:00:25. > :00:39.Day. So how do you write

:00:40. > :00:42.the perfect love letter? Well who better to ask

:00:43. > :00:53.than the poet Tony Walsh? If people are thinking, maybe

:00:54. > :00:59.viewers have written poems this morning, what are the key messages

:01:00. > :01:04.to get in? Take your time, planet, think about what you want to say

:01:05. > :01:09.beforehand. My instinct would need to write a poem, as a poet, do not

:01:10. > :01:19.think you have to rhyme. It can stop you saying things you want to save.

:01:20. > :01:23.Make it personal. I would not use fancy thee and thou language. Would

:01:24. > :01:29.you write down ideas? I would, otherwise you would write yourself

:01:30. > :01:36.into a corner. Be prepared to write several drafts and put time into it.

:01:37. > :01:42.One viewer, inspired by Polly and Joe, they say I've been watching the

:01:43. > :01:46.programme at least 30 years, reflecting our triumphs, hopes and

:01:47. > :01:50.fears, but seeing that joyful young couple today restores hope to a

:01:51. > :01:55.world that has lost its way. Very well done. You have the seal of

:01:56. > :02:01.approval. Is it a lost art? I still write

:02:02. > :02:05.letters but we aren't getting out of the habit of writing letters and

:02:06. > :02:10.poems. I have been with my wife 33 years and when she was studying

:02:11. > :02:15.abroad, I wrote to her all the time, before the internet I would write a

:02:16. > :02:23.love letter, come back from the post box and start again. The active hand

:02:24. > :02:26.writing a letter is lessening, but in terms of poetry, it is in rude

:02:27. > :02:34.health. It is the knowledge somebody took time to do it. Anybody can send

:02:35. > :02:39.a text. Taking it to the post office, putting the stamp on it, all

:02:40. > :02:46.of that. Choosing the paper, getting out your best hand. Sealing the

:02:47. > :02:51.envelope, sealed with a loving kiss. They used to be rude ones as well on

:02:52. > :02:56.the back of the envelope. It is Valentine's Day and I have written a

:02:57. > :03:06.love poem inspired by what goes on here. It is called My Love Is Like A

:03:07. > :03:11.Red, Red Sofa. I love you like Carol Kirkwood loves a sunny morning, I

:03:12. > :03:15.love you like Louise likes to giggle. Like Steff likes a high viz

:03:16. > :03:22.jacket. I love you like Sally Nugent loves those balls and rackets. I

:03:23. > :03:28.love the way the interns love to mess the drinks up and down Walker

:03:29. > :03:34.messes his links up. And treating her co-host strictly, and Charlie

:03:35. > :03:42.likes to comb his hair so thickly. I love you like how you love me. I

:03:43. > :03:48.love you like... For ever. That is lovely. You clearly watch a

:03:49. > :03:54.lot of the programme. It is really nice. On Valentine's Day, should we

:03:55. > :03:59.get back to taking more ownership and sitting down and writing the

:04:00. > :04:03.words you want to write. Why not? You can buy a card from the

:04:04. > :04:08.supermarket and let the supermarket say it to you but why not spend time

:04:09. > :04:16.to write something personal? Did you keep the letters to your wife? They

:04:17. > :04:21.are in the loft and hers to me. 33 years and never a crossword and if

:04:22. > :04:25.you believe that, you will believe anything. Have you written a poem

:04:26. > :04:27.for her this Valentine's Day? I haven't. Just change the words to

:04:28. > :04:30.that one. Lovely to see you.

:04:31. > :04:33.And you can hear more love letters written by couples like Polly

:04:34. > :04:35.and Joe on BBC Radio 5Live from today until the

:04:36. > :04:44.Seeing as I mess up my links, you had better do this bit.

:04:45. > :04:47.In a few minutes, we'll speak to folk singer Shirley Collins.

:04:48. > :06:35.Now a last look at the headlines where you are this morning.

:06:36. > :06:40.Thanks for your lovely messages that you have been sending about

:06:41. > :06:48.Valentine's Day. Mostly about this. Another story you

:06:49. > :06:52.got in touch with was about trees. Aberdeenshire Council apologised

:06:53. > :06:56.after trees planted right in the middle of a football pitch. It

:06:57. > :07:01.sparked a huge reaction on social media from you as well and a

:07:02. > :07:05.spokeswoman said they were planted to boost biodiversity but admitted

:07:06. > :07:10.the council was barking up the wrong tree with plans for the site.

:07:11. > :07:15.Indeed. So many coming through. Richard said it gives new meaning to

:07:16. > :07:21.grassroots football. Another said they need to get rid of the dead

:07:22. > :07:27.wood in the club. Andrew said, when debate wake the trees were in the

:07:28. > :07:33.wrong place? Another said it is criminal, they should call the

:07:34. > :07:38.copse. And your favourite was the Special Branch investigation. A root

:07:39. > :07:42.and branch review. It is endless. We will follow up and see what happens

:07:43. > :07:43.to the trees and see if they are moved.

:07:44. > :07:47.They could always move the pitch! Heartbreak robbed her of her voice

:07:48. > :07:50.and she hardly sang for 30 years, but now one of folk music's most

:07:51. > :07:53.celebrated artists is back on tour. Shirley Collins rose

:07:54. > :07:56.to fame in the 1960s, and is credited as one

:07:57. > :07:58.of the musicians behind But in 1982, following the breakdown

:07:59. > :08:04.of her marriage, she disappeared Now in her 80s, Shirley has

:08:05. > :08:17.found her voice again, Lovely to see you.

:08:18. > :08:23.It is great to be here. We had better start back a bit. A fantastic

:08:24. > :08:30.singer, everything is going well, and then you effectively lost your

:08:31. > :08:34.voice. It is a pity to talk about this on Valentine's Day, working at

:08:35. > :08:41.the national theatre in a production of Lark rise in a band my husband

:08:42. > :08:47.and I formed, the Albion Band. One day we were walking hand-in-hand

:08:48. > :08:50.down our lane to a cottage after celebrating our wedding anniversary

:08:51. > :08:57.and two days later he said he was consumed with love for someone else

:08:58. > :09:03.and left. Heartbreaking. Not only heartbreaking, it was shocking and I

:09:04. > :09:10.think it was the shot, it seized up my throat. I was still singing at

:09:11. > :09:13.the national theatre, and the woman he fell in love with occasionally

:09:14. > :09:19.turned up dressed in his sweaters, in front of me, as I tried to sing

:09:20. > :09:24.and it proved impossible. The humiliation was awful. It was in

:09:25. > :09:32.front of band members who knew us, in front of an audience, the cast of

:09:33. > :09:35.the play. It took a long time. I kept trying to sing but it got

:09:36. > :09:43.worse. It seemed to take your voice away? Opening my mouth to sing,

:09:44. > :09:50.nothing happened. On other occasions I could semi-croaked my way through

:09:51. > :09:56.a song. Thank goodness Martin McCarthy, a great traditional

:09:57. > :10:00.musician, help me through. I had to withdraw. I tried singing for a

:10:01. > :10:06.couple of years after that, not with the band, and it got worse. Finally,

:10:07. > :10:10.I had children to bring up and hat to find other ways to make a living.

:10:11. > :10:19.And then had a wonderful variety of jobs. What brought you back? How did

:10:20. > :10:23.you rediscover your voice? Later in the 38 years, I did not do music, I

:10:24. > :10:30.was writing and had written a book about a trip to America in 1959,

:10:31. > :10:34.collecting folk songs in the mountains in Mississippi and did

:10:35. > :10:38.shows about things like that, talks about Gypsy music and English

:10:39. > :10:45.traditional music and I was used to speaking in public still. The music

:10:46. > :10:52.I loved to listen to most was field recordings of old musicians. My

:10:53. > :10:56.sister and I grew up in Hastings during the war and slept at night in

:10:57. > :11:02.the air raid shelter and grandad would sing to us to keep us

:11:03. > :11:08.comforted. And the sound is the old voice singing the old songs was a

:11:09. > :11:12.comforting thing, as well. It lasted through to listening to be thousands

:11:13. > :11:16.of field recordings made. A great many by the BBC. We can listen to

:11:17. > :11:21.your voice now and what is going on. # I'll give you all

:11:22. > :11:34.my wealth in store # If you'll let me

:11:35. > :11:53.live a few years more 38 years since your last album, how

:11:54. > :12:00.do you feel about being able to sing now? It is liberating. I feel like I

:12:01. > :12:05.am Shirley Collins again. People have been so generous. My voice has

:12:06. > :12:13.changed, it has got lower, but it just feels wonderful. Can I ask you

:12:14. > :12:22.about the skulls in the background. That was filmed at an osiary in

:12:23. > :12:28.Kent. You walk into the chamber in the church and where the skulls and

:12:29. > :12:35.bones are. There is a great mountain of bones. Piled up. They have not

:12:36. > :12:39.dealt with those yet. It is beautiful. You go in there and it

:12:40. > :12:47.feels cold and calm. Of course it would! Not very lively! What is it

:12:48. > :12:51.like touring again? That has been wonderful and my singing has

:12:52. > :12:57.improved. We have done a couple of concerts. One Celtic Connections in

:12:58. > :13:02.Glasgow and another in Bristol and I have enjoyed it so much, it is great

:13:03. > :13:07.to be in front of an audience, you respond to them as well and I have a

:13:08. > :13:11.great band around me and we have two lots of Morris dancers. People

:13:12. > :13:16.scoffed when you mention Morris dancing but I love it. When it is

:13:17. > :13:22.done properly it is athletic and vibrant and it is ours, it belongs

:13:23. > :13:24.to England. Thanks for talking to us it is great to see you.

:13:25. > :13:27.Shirley Collin's album "Lodestar" is out now and she's

:13:28. > :13:28.on tour at the moment, playing London's

:13:29. > :13:44.But it can also be the most spectacular season