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

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South Korea confirms that the brother of the North Korean

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leader, Kim Jong-un, has been killed at an airport in Malaysia.

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Kim Jong-nam had fallen out with his brother,

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South Korea says agents from the North are to blame.

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Good morning, it is Wednesday 15 February.

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The Church of England faces new divisions over gay marriage,

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Brain damage in professional footballers.

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Scientists find a link between repeated blows to the head

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on the pitch and a possible cause of dementia.

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We made 55 million complaints last year about bad service from shops,

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It costs them nearly ?40 billion in lost business,

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so I will look at why it is worth complaining.

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In sport: Barcelona visited Paris on Valentine's Day,

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but didn't love their time there, thrashed 4-0 by Paris St-Germain

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More of a flop than a vision of the future, but 30 years

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since the launch of the Sinclair C5, could the world finally be ready

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for an electrically powered pedal car?

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Good morning from the Chelsea Physic Garden, the oldest botanic Gardens

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in London. The outlook is rain sweeping in from the south-west,

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some heavy and thundery. Cloud and some fog, the brightest skies in the

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Highlands. More details in 15 minutes.

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First, our main story: South Korea has confirmed that the estranged

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half-brother of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un,

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was murdered with poison, and they believe North Korean agents

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Police in Malaysia are studying CCTV footage of the attack

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on Kim Jong-nam, which took place in Kuala Lumpur airport.

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Images circulating in the media have focused on two women seen

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alongside him, who were later spotted leaving the scene in a taxi.

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A postmortem examination will be carried out later,

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Was Kim Jong-nam poisoned by assassins as he prepared to board a

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flight in the Malaysian capital on Monday? Confusion and mysteries

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surround the death of a half brother of the North Korean dictator. Now,

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South Korean officials say they believe he was murdered.

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TRANSLATION: The government is certainly judging that the murdered

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person is Kim Jong-nam. Since this case is still being investigated, we

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should wait for details until the Malaysian government makes an

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announcement. Just before he died, Kim Jong-nam is reported to have

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told medical workers he was attacked with a chemical spray. Police are

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studying security camera footage from the airport. He had been long

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estranged from his half brother, the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un,

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falling out of favour with the secretive regime and living in exile

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after he was caught sneaking in the Japan on a fake passport. South

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Korea's acting president said North Korea was responsible it would show

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the brutality and inhumane nature of the regime. TRANSLATION: The

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government is carefully watching North Korea's movements,

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acknowledging the fact that the situation is a very serious one. A

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postmortem is due to be carried in Kuala Lumpur later.

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The Church of England faces new divisions over gay marriage

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when its ruling body, the General Synod, debates

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Members will vote on a report by bishops which says marriage

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in Church should only be between a man and a woman.

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Although legal in England, Scotland and Wales since 2014,

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the UK's biggest faith group does not permit same-sex ceremonies.

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Gay rights campaigners are planning a protest outside today's meeting,

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as our religious affairs correspondent Martin Bashir reports.

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A picture before the protest, as members of General Synod prepare

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to debate the Bishop's report on same-sex marriage.

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Published last month, the report has angered members

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of the LGBT community, because it concludes that marriage

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in Church should remain a lifelong union

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We're talking here about the national Church being massively

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out of step with people.

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And this isn't just about saying that we have to follow what society

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This is about saying, actually, where people perceive love

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in relationships between one another,

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can the Church of England simply not recognise God is present

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After three years of private discussions, a process the Church

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has called shared conversations, the bishops chose not to change

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a single aspect of Church policy or practice, believing that

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any adjustments to the marriage ceremony

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would not be supported by sufficient majorities.

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Our role is to hold the Church together, and to say we can only go

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as far as the whole Church can agree.

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Campaigners are actually wanting us to go further,

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more hurriedly, than we necessarily can.

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Speaking at the opening of Synod on Monday, the Archbishop

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of Canterbury acknowledged that today's debate is likely

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After 90 minutes of discussion, members will vote to affirm

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If they choose the latter, then questions about the ongoing

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unity of the Church of England will arise once again.

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For the first time, a scientific study has found a possible link

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between head injuries and brain damage in former footballers.

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Researchers from University College London and Cardiff University

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studied the brains of six former players who had died from dementia,

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and discovered that some of them had a form of the disease linked

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Our health reporter Smitha Mundasad has more.

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Jeff Astle, former England footballer who died in 2002. He had

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degenerative brain disease linked to repeatedly heading heavy leather

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footballs. His family have been campaigning for more research, to

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find out whether lots of this can lead to long-lasting rain damage. In

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this latest study, scientists looked at the brains of six lifelong

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footballers who had developed dementia -- brain damage. When we

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examined their brains at autopsy we saw the sorts of changes that are

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seen in Xbox is. So the changes that are particular associated with

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repeated head injury, which are known as CTE, chronic traumatic

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tarmac... We are showing that head injury has occurred earlier in life,

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which presumably has some impact on them developing dementia. But the

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science is far from certain. It is a small study that can't prove a link

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in football and dementia, and the scientists are clear their work did

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not analyse the risks to children. For the average adult football, who

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plays recreationally, experts at Alzheimer's research UK say the

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risks are likely to be lower and outweighed the benefits of exercise.

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But the Football Association says one question that needs to be

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answered is whether degenerative brain diseases are more common in

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ex- footballers. And the FA says that as research it is determined to

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support. -- that is research. In the next hour, we will hear

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from the daughter of England footballer Jeff Astle,

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who is campaigning for further research into a possible link

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between head injuries The White House says Donald Trump

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knew weeks ago that his former national security advisor had misled

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officials about conversations he had Michael Flynn was forced to resign

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over allegations he discussed American sanctions with a Russian

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envoy before President Trump took office, and he was also accused

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of misleading the Vice President The child who died in an accident

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at a shopping centre in Reading yesterday has been named

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as ten-year-old Kaden Reddick. Kaden, from Reading,

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suffered serious head injuries after an incident involving a shop

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display barrier in a Topshop store. The clothing retailer said

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it is deeply saddened Ukip leader Paul Nuttall's press

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officer, who was responsible for wrongly claiming he had lost

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close personal friends in the Hillsborough disaster,

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has offered her resignation. Mr Nuttall said he hadn't

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written the article, nor seen it, prior to it

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being posted by Lynda Roughley Ukip issued a statement

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saying she was mortified, Appearing on Radio City Talk,

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in Liverpool, Mr Nuttall was forced to acknowledge his own website gave

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a misleading impression. I haven't lost anyone who was a

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close personal friend. It was people who I knew. Things like that. But I

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basically went to your website last night and search for Hillsborough,

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Paul Nuttall MEP .com, that is your website. I'm sorry for that. It is

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your own personal... I haven't put that out, and that is wrong.

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Our political correspondent Eleanor Garnier has been

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Eleanor, now someone else has taken the blame.

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That's right. Paul Nuttall's press officer, a woman called Lynda

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Roughley, she has now put her hand up and said she was entirely

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responsible for what happened, that she is mortified by it all, and has

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offered her resignation. Interestingly, we get to find out if

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that resignation has been accepted -- we are yet to find out. And this

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has of course been extremely awkward and uncomfortable for Paul Nuttall.

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He is a proud Liverpudlian, a proud football fan, and yet he has been

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forced to acknowledge that a post on his website had given an inaccurate

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account of what he said had happened at Hillsborough. He said he was

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appalled and very sorry, that he hadn't seen the post before it went

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up and he was taken aback when it was brought to his attention. And in

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a completely separate, if you like, scenario, Labour's candidate in this

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Stoke by-election has apologised for a series of post-is on social media.

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This guy called Gareth smell described women as squabbling, sour

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faced ladies, and described a woman as a polished to a -- Snell. He has

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apologised, said the posts were made some time ago,.

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The Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election takes place on 23

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Here is a list of the all the candidates standing.

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You can find more information on the BBC News website.

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Harrison Ford has reportedly been involved in a near-miss

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while flying his plane in California.

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The 74-year-old actor mistakenly landed on a taxiway

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at John Wayne Airport, in Orange County, where

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an American Airlines plane was waiting to take off.

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The aircraft had 110 passengers on board,

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and set off safely a few minutes later.

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An investigation into the incident is underway.

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He had a crash on a plane a few years ago, which he survived. Quite

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a few Hollywood actors fly, John Travolta is a Hollywood pilot. It

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would be interesting to know why... I don't know, problems with the

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plane? Why would you lend on... I wouldn't be flying anyway. Deeply

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concerning. We will try and get you more information on a bit on. Good

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morning. Have you seen Barcelona ever looking a little bit bullied, a

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bit ragged? Their heads went down last night. They are not used to

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being absolutely played off the park. That is what happened.

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Five-time European champions Barcelona suffered one

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of their worst nights in the Champions League.

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They lost 4-0 to Paris St-Germain in the first leg of their last-16

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It equals their worst result in the competition.

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England fly-half George Ford will move back to his boyhood club,

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The Tigers agreed to buy him out of his contract at Bath a year

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early, with Freddie Burns heading in the opposite direction.

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Banned cyclist Lance Armstrong has lost his bid to block a ?79 million

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They allege that he defrauded them by taking performance-enhancing

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drugs while riding for the publicly funded US Postal Service team.

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The case is now clear to go to trial.

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And if two Kennys weren't daunting enough for the world of cycling,

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a third is on the way, as Laura and Jason Kenny announce

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they are expecting their first child.

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That is a lovely way of announcing it. A little bicycle.

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Congratulations to them, and what a lovely way to announce that news.

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That is really sweet. Clever, very cute. Cute is a good way of

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describing it. Carol is looking out for the first

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signs of spring in London's biggest I have seen snowdrops. What else is

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about? There is a lot about here. A beautiful start today as well.

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Nowhere near as cold as cold as it was yesterday, but the Chelsea

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Physic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in London. It is situated

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right across the road from the River Thames, and there is a reason for

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that. It was founded in 1673 and apprentices would jump in their

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barge, go down the river, collect plants, go back in the barge, take

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them out and study them and now there are about 5000 different

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species of plants here from 160 countries around the world. And we

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will be seeing some of them and as you mentioned there are some

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stunning snowdrops to admire but the perfume here is gorgeous. More than

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can be said for the weather for many of us because today it will be

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rather cloudy. We also have some fog around and some rain coming in from

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the south-west. We start the forecast at 9am across Scotland.

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Currently in the Highlands it is cold, temperatures one or two. A

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little bit of frost but there will be some sunshine. Incidentally, the

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Isle of Skye had the highest temperature in the land, at 14

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Celsius. For the rest of Scotland it is fairly cloudy and again some

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patchy fog here and they are. Moving across northern England, we have

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some fog and quite a lot of cloud and that extends as we push down

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towards the Midlands. For East Anglia there are some spots of rain

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moving up the east, that will clear and we also have one or two breaks

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where there is some fog around as well. We continue with a lot of

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cloud through the Midlands, down towards Hampshire and we run into

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the rain across south-west England and parts of Wales. For north Wales,

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fairly cloudy and again some hill fog around, and for Northern Ireland

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what you have today is a fairly cloudy day, again with the odd spot

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or two of rain, especially so later on. So through the course of the day

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what you will find is the band of rain coming in from the south-west

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will move slowly north eastwards. Some of it will be heavy but there

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is a risk of the odd rumble of thunder coming out of it as well,

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behind it will brighten up across south-west England, part of the

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Midlands, with some sunshine. For Scotland and Northern Ireland the

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wind will start to pick up and we will see further showers. That leads

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us into the evening and overnight because what will happen then is low

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pressure comes in across the north, introducing some more rain,

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strengthening winds for Scotland and Northern Ireland in particular, and

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we lose the rain, which will clear into the North Sea from eastern

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England. Once again we will see some pockets of fog forming. As we start

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the day tomorrow, the fog will take its time to clear but it will clear,

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especially from the south-west towards Hampshire, but we could see

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some in the south-east towards the end of the night as well and

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tomorrow when the fog does lift, not a bad day for many parts of England

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and Wales. For Scotland and Northern Ireland, you will carry on with the

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showers and windy conditions. Gales with exposure in the north-west and

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at times it will be windy and showery across the far north of

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England as well. Then by Friday it looks like the more fog around,

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especially across parts of England, which could well be problematic for

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commuters, and could be slow to clear. So it is something worth

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certainly bearing in mind but when it does lift what you will find as

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we are going to have a beautiful day, pleasant day with some

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sunshine, steal out towards the west, though, with a new weather

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front not far away we are likely to see some rain coming in and some

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showers across the final. The general trend is, as we go through

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the next few days, it is going to remain mild and maybe just a little

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bit milder for some of us. You're watching

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Breakfast from BBC News. South Korea's confirmed

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the half-brother of North Korea's Church of England leaders

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will debate homosexuality and same-sex marriage later,

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after a report concluded that marriage should be

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between a man and a woman. Ben and Sally have joined us

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to look at the papers. The Daily Telegraph this morning, in

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fact lots of papers have this, the Sun said she is one of the

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favourites. And a crippling rates rise is the main story on the Daily

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Telegraph. Another story which they cover, which many papers go with,

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football is as dangerous to the brain as boxing. We will look at

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what that study has found later. The Daily Mirror also have that on

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their front page. It is clearly about professional footballers. The

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front page of the Mail, a story about plastic balls. Apparently they

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will be rejected by ministers. -- plastic bottles.

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There she is again on the Express. House prices up by ?15,000. The

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Guardian has a picture of our main story, this is Kim Jong-Nam, the

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estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong and, who we

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believe was assassinated by two women. They are looking at CCTV

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footage at the moment. New questions for Paul Nuttall regarding

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Hillsborough. That claim made on his website. They say it was about

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somebody else. Ben?

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You go first. I wasn't here yesterday!

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May be Monday? Ben was here, so he gets the chance

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to go first. This story yesterday, that jobs could be a risk that

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Vauxhall, which is currently owned by General Motors. It could sell it

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to Peugeot. The concern in the UK is what it means for the future of the

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plant at Ellesmere port, which makes the Vauxhall Astra. Big questions

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about what the sale could mean for staff in the UK and whether in the

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wake of Brexit it also raises questions for the European Union,

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and also for British government as far as support for the carmakers.

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The carmakers have been especially vocal in that debate over Brexit and

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what it could mean for them. Some big questions out. Now you can talk!

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I think it is my turn. Gareth Southgate, who is often accused of

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being too nice, he has given his first newspaper interview since

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taking over as England manager and of course he has asked about that.

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He has again had to defend his own personality and say he can make the

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big calls. I will drop players who aren't informed. I would select the

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team by reputation. He also says how he has been to see Eddie Jones to

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see how the England the team are set up. He says the significant thing

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about them is they don't expect to lose. So he wants to bring that

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culture into football. Lack of fear. It would be good, wouldn't it? It

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would be great. Not to worry about the consequence. A genetic test to

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see if you are predisposed to baldness. Would you go for that? I

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don't think there's much chance with this head. You've got a full head!

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Very impressive. And also the Nokia 3310 will be relaunched.

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Remind people what they look like. Here is the little gadget. Because

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Nokia had nearly 50% of the market and it has fallen right down. It

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didn't have into net access, but it did have Snake II, and you could

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charge it on a Saturday and you wouldn't need to touch it again

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until Thursday. That's true. And there's a whole market for that.

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A lot of people were going out on first dates yesterday because it was

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Valentine's Day. AU was intrigued by this story. A fashion designer went

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on a date. -- I was. She had a nice time. She was sent the bill for the

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drinks, the ?42 50. And he provided the bank details as well. She

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probably made the right decision, not to go on the second date. Even

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if a date went badly, you would probably move on. You won't say,

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right, that stake cost me ?17.50, I want at least half of that.

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People who've grown up in care are far more likely to die in early

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adulthood than those who haven't, according to figures revealed

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Although care leavers make up just 1% of all 19 to 21-year-olds,

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they accounted for 7% of deaths amongst that age group last year.

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It's thought poor mental health, and difficulties accessing support

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On the night's menu, laughter, friendship and the absence of

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loneliness. Members of this project all spent their childhood in care.

:23:30.:23:34.

Although the challenges of leading the care system behind. Growing up

:23:35.:23:39.

too quick and being lonely doing it. Once you reach 16 and you get up to

:23:40.:23:44.

the leaving care stages, you have to leave care. There is no holding on.

:23:45.:23:50.

I thought about taking my life on countless occasions and the only

:23:51.:23:54.

reason I didn't is because I know that I can speak to someone. It is a

:23:55.:23:57.

sense of belonging. Everybody here mixing feel like I belong to

:23:58.:24:01.

someone. We've always supported each other to everything. For me, I

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didn't have that support network, I do believe that I could have turned

:24:06.:24:10.

out differently. Very differently. The idea is simple. Get together and

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share experiences, problems and advice. The project is named in

:24:15.:24:20.

honour of a friend who took his own life having been in care as a child.

:24:21.:24:26.

What we wanted to do was turn that pain we had and turn it into a

:24:27.:24:32.

positive. It is about human connection and when they leave care

:24:33.:24:36.

there's nothing and they have to deal with that emotion. I've been

:24:37.:24:40.

abused or whatever it is coming into care, I've gone through the system

:24:41.:24:44.

right had no control and knife got to deal with that. I've got a

:24:45.:24:47.

process that. And often you are alone in that, which is when you

:24:48.:24:52.

begin to suffer. Around 10,000 people aged 16 or over leave

:24:53.:24:56.

residential or foster care every year. The challenges they face can

:24:57.:25:02.

be daunting, often overwhelming. Suicidal thoughts, attempted suicide

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and number of times. This woman left care aged 14. Now 22 Shias a job, a

:25:09.:25:12.

home and is grateful to her foster parents, at the prospects of leaving

:25:13.:25:18.

care at the time proved devastating. Some young people to have their

:25:19.:25:22.

families and when you don't it is easy to be like, nobody cares. I

:25:23.:25:27.

can't cope with all of this trauma and stress that I am currently going

:25:28.:25:31.

through. So it is easy to be like, what is the point? Care leavers

:25:32.:25:40.

represents around 1% of 19, 20 and 21 -year-olds. But freedom of

:25:41.:25:43.

information request shows they account for about 7% of deaths

:25:44.:25:47.

within that age group. The government told us it is committed

:25:48.:25:52.

to improving the lives of care leaders and giving them the support

:25:53.:25:56.

they need. It is investing ?10 million over the next four years on

:25:57.:25:59.

better mental health support for young people insecure children's

:26:00.:26:06.

homes. All care leavers have a personal adviser until they are 21

:26:07.:26:09.

and there's a new scheme to help care leaders to continue to live

:26:10.:26:13.

with their foster families after they turn 18. Back at the project

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meet up, there's food and fun. More groups and events are being set up

:26:19.:26:22.

across the UK. The idea is simple, but effective. How important is a

:26:23.:26:27.

group of friends like this? They are not friends, they are family. How

:26:28.:26:33.

important is family, you can't truly say. They are the most important

:26:34.:26:35.

thing in the world. We will be talking about that in

:26:36.:26:41.

about one hour. Still to come on

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Breakfast: Grumbling. We're good at it in Britain,

:26:44.:26:45.

making 55 million complaints about bad service from businesses

:26:46.:26:48.

in the last year alone. We'll find out why

:26:49.:26:50.

it pays to complain. We are also talking about random

:26:51.:27:01.

accident kindness. Send in your suggestions about things you have

:27:02.:27:06.

seen, random acts of kindness from people in your life.

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Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

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will most likely see sunshine over the weekend.

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

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We will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment.

:30:41.:30:44.

But also on Breakfast this morning: Remember this?

:30:45.:30:46.

The Sinclair C5 was tipped to be the future, but turned heads

:30:47.:30:49.

30 years on and the electric trike is back.

:30:50.:30:55.

I'll take it for a spin later in the programme.

:30:56.:31:12.

2.6 million children in Britain have an alcoholic parent.

:31:13.:31:16.

We will hear from a man whose dad died from alcoholism

:31:17.:31:19.

when he was just nine, and find out about a new campaign

:31:20.:31:22.

calling for more support for people like him.

:31:23.:31:24.

Ever considered living your golden years on the other side

:31:25.:31:27.

She will be here to tell us about her experience trialling

:31:28.:31:32.

retirement in India, as part of a new series

:31:33.:31:35.

But now, a summary of this morning's main news:

:31:36.:31:40.

South Korea has confirmed that the estranged half-brother

:31:41.:31:42.

of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, was poisoned,

:31:43.:31:44.

and they believe North Korean agents were behind his murder.

:31:45.:31:47.

Police in Malaysia are studying CCTV footage of the attack

:31:48.:31:50.

on Kim Jong-nam, which took place in Kuala Lumpur airport.

:31:51.:31:53.

Images circulating in the media have focused on two women seen

:31:54.:31:56.

alongside him, who were later spotted leaving the scene in a taxi.

:31:57.:31:59.

Kim Jong-nam had been living in exile since 2001.

:32:00.:32:06.

The Church of England faces new divisions over gay marriage

:32:07.:32:09.

when its ruling body, the General Synod, debates

:32:10.:32:11.

Members will vote on a report by bishops which says marriage

:32:12.:32:15.

in Church should only be between a man and a woman.

:32:16.:32:18.

Although legal in England, Scotland and Wales since 2014,

:32:19.:32:20.

the UK's biggest faith group does not permit same-sex ceremonies.

:32:21.:32:23.

Gay rights campaigners are planning a protest outside today's meeting.

:32:24.:32:33.

For the first time, a scientific study has found a possible link

:32:34.:32:36.

between head injuries and brain damage in former footballers.

:32:37.:32:39.

Researchers studied the brains of six former players who had died

:32:40.:32:42.

from dementia, and discovered that some of them had a form

:32:43.:32:45.

of the disease linked to repeated blows to the head.

:32:46.:32:55.

When we examine their brains at autopsy, we saw the sorts of changes

:32:56.:33:02.

that are seen in ex- boxers, the changes as a result of repeated head

:33:03.:33:14.

injury, which are known as CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy. So

:33:15.:33:17.

for the first time we have evidence that the head injury has occurred

:33:18.:33:18.

early in their life. The White House says Donald Trump

:33:19.:33:21.

knew weeks ago that his former national security advisor had misled

:33:22.:33:25.

officials about conversations he had Michael Flynn was forced to resign

:33:26.:33:27.

over allegations he discussed American sanctions with a Russian

:33:28.:33:31.

envoy before President Trump took office, and he was also accused

:33:32.:33:34.

of misleading the Vice President Last year more than a quarter of

:33:35.:33:57.

consumers spent less with a company after poor service. We made 55

:33:58.:34:00.

million complaints last year as a result of bad service from

:34:01.:34:04.

retailers, energy supplies and phone providers. It is said to be costing

:34:05.:34:09.

companies up to ?37 billion as we turn our backs and choose other

:34:10.:34:13.

suppliers. Is that a good thing? Which bit? I think if you have got

:34:14.:34:20.

bad service, I probably would take a judgement on whether I would use the

:34:21.:34:25.

same company again. Thing is, if you are complaining about bad service,

:34:26.:34:29.

because of that, the company having to improve their service is a good

:34:30.:34:34.

thing. I have noticed they tend to take you more seriously now when you

:34:35.:34:40.

say you are not happy. I imagine you are quite a complainer. I said I was

:34:41.:34:44.

not happy the other day and they said you need to speak to

:34:45.:34:48.

complaints. I said not really, I am just not very happy. Anyway. I am

:34:49.:34:54.

very happy with you. I am really scared now. Lots and lots of

:34:55.:34:57.

complaints from Barcelona fans, I imagine, after last night. I think

:34:58.:35:01.

they want their money back. A big refund. Paris on Valentine's Day,

:35:02.:35:04.

should be nice, really. No team has ever come back from four

:35:05.:35:10.

goals down to make it through a Champions

:35:11.:35:13.

League knockout tie. Former Manchester United winger

:35:14.:35:15.

Angel Di Maria scored two goals on his birthday, as Paris St-Germain

:35:16.:35:20.

humbled the five-time European It equals Barca's worst

:35:21.:35:22.

defeat in the competition. In last night's other game,

:35:23.:35:30.

Benfica beat Borussia Dortmund The only goal of was scored

:35:31.:35:32.

by the former Fulham striker Kostas Arsenal are back in Champions

:35:33.:35:38.

League action tonight. They play the first leg

:35:39.:35:42.

of their last-16 tie away to Bayern The Gunners have been knocked out

:35:43.:35:46.

at the stage in each of the last six years, twice by Bayern,

:35:47.:35:52.

but Arsene Wenger says they can go We play against a Bayern

:35:53.:35:55.

side, and every year, When you look at their record,

:35:56.:36:08.

they are always basically So it's a massive challenge,

:36:09.:36:13.

but I think we are capable Leicester Tigers have re-signed

:36:14.:36:23.

England fly-half George Ford Freddie Burns will move

:36:24.:36:26.

in the opposite direction as part Leicester have agreed to buy Ford

:36:27.:36:30.

out of the final year He came through the Tigers' academy,

:36:31.:36:34.

before moving to Bath in 2013. His return to Welford Road means

:36:35.:36:38.

he will play alongside the England David Willey has been ruled out

:36:39.:36:42.

of England's upcoming tour The Yorkshire all-rounder will be

:36:43.:36:45.

replaced by Steven Finn. Willey has had surgery to repair

:36:46.:36:49.

a torn shoulder tendon, and will be out of

:36:50.:36:52.

action until April. England play three One-Dayers

:36:53.:36:54.

against the West Indies in March, The Windies also tour

:36:55.:36:57.

England in the summer. Banned cyclist Lance Armstrong has

:36:58.:37:01.

lost his bid to block the US Government's ?79 million

:37:02.:37:04.

lawsuit against him. It is alleged that, by taking

:37:05.:37:06.

performance-enhancing drugs while riding for the publicly funded

:37:07.:37:08.

US Postal Service team, Armstrong defrauded

:37:09.:37:11.

the US government. He was stripped of his seven

:37:12.:37:12.

Tour de France titles, The case is now clear

:37:13.:37:15.

to go to trial. Tennis, and Great Britain have been

:37:16.:37:21.

drawn away to Romania Johanna Konta and Heather Watson won

:37:22.:37:24.

the deciding doubles rubber, as Great Britain beat

:37:25.:37:28.

Croatia at the weekend. And that secured their place

:37:29.:37:31.

in April's play-offs, against a Romanian team that

:37:32.:37:33.

could include world number four If Anne Keothavong's side win

:37:34.:37:36.

the tie, they will be promoted to world group two for

:37:37.:37:40.

the first time since 1993. And finally, the golden

:37:41.:37:51.

couple of British cycling are going to have an exciting

:37:52.:37:57.

addition to their family. Laura and Jason Kenny

:37:58.:37:59.

are expecting their first child, as Laura revealed in a rather cute

:38:00.:38:02.

Instagram post yesterday. The couple are said to be

:38:03.:38:05.

thrilled and delighted, and have thanked the public

:38:06.:38:07.

for the kind messages and support So, wherever the Olympics

:38:08.:38:10.

are in 2036, what price of another And Laura pulled out of an event

:38:11.:38:21.

recently because of a hamstring strain. Is that what we are calling

:38:22.:38:26.

it? Next time someone tells me they have a hamstring strain I will have

:38:27.:38:31.

to do some further investigations. Thank you for being with us on

:38:32.:38:36.

Breakfast. The murder of Kim Jong-un's exiled

:38:37.:38:37.

half-brother has once again drawn attention to the secretive family

:38:38.:38:40.

that rules North Korea. We will hear more about what this

:38:41.:38:42.

attack could mean for the country But first, here is a reminder

:38:43.:38:46.

of the politics at play Here is Kim Jong-nam, on the left,

:38:47.:38:51.

with his younger brother, the current North Korean leader,

:38:52.:38:55.

Kim Jong-Un, on the right. Kim Jong-nam was at Kuala Lumpur

:38:56.:38:58.

international airport when the attack happened

:38:59.:39:00.

yesterday morning. Local media reports are blaming

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North Korean agents. Let's have a look how

:39:03.:39:04.

he fitted into the Kims, who have been the ruling

:39:05.:39:07.

family in the communist This is former North Korean

:39:08.:39:09.

leader Kim Jong Il. Beside him is his son Kim Jong-un,

:39:10.:39:16.

the current leader. And behind them is oldest

:39:17.:39:18.

son, Kim Jong-nam. As the older brother,

:39:19.:39:20.

he may have been expected to take But Kim Jong-nam fell out

:39:21.:39:24.

with his father in 2001, after being caught trying to enter

:39:25.:39:30.

Japan to visit Disney World He has been living

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in exile ever since. Professor Hazel Smith runs

:39:34.:39:36.

the International Institute of Korean Studies at the University

:39:37.:39:38.

of Central Lancashire. Lovely to speak to you. So we know

:39:39.:39:48.

that he was estranged from the family, and he had been living

:39:49.:39:52.

abroad. What more do we know about him? One thing we do know is he has

:39:53.:39:59.

never been political. So if this was some form of assassination, one of

:40:00.:40:02.

the things that would be surprising about it is why would this happen?

:40:03.:40:06.

He has never been considered someone who would seriously be a threat to

:40:07.:40:10.

the current leader or someone who might have a constituency around him

:40:11.:40:13.

such that he could draw support either inside or outside the

:40:14.:40:16.

country. And we also have to be really careful because no one knows

:40:17.:40:20.

yet whether this was some form of assassination, or whether Mr Kim was

:40:21.:40:25.

actually... Had a natural causes problem. You can see from the

:40:26.:40:28.

pictures that your introduction showed that this was an overweight

:40:29.:40:32.

man, he had an unhealthy life and was in his mid- 40s. We will know

:40:33.:40:37.

later on today, with a postmortem taking place today, if this was

:40:38.:40:41.

natural causes or not. But he has never been a key opposition person,

:40:42.:40:45.

politically, in the country. That is one of the main things about this.

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One of the major speculations is that he has been assassinated by the

:40:50.:40:54.

North Korean leadership, and there has been events like that in the

:40:55.:40:58.

past, his uncle was assassinated, as well. His uncle was a senior

:40:59.:41:03.

political leader in his own right. So even though he was related, he

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was somebody who could have been an opposition. He was the second most

:41:08.:41:13.

powerful person in North Korea, at the time. Well, unlike the general

:41:14.:41:17.

mythology, it is not just one person, or one family, Kim family,

:41:18.:41:22.

who are important. There are shifting alliances. Nobody quite

:41:23.:41:26.

knows who has power over what, that is one of the problems. The person

:41:27.:41:30.

who is nominally in charge doesn't have the experience of his father or

:41:31.:41:34.

his grandfather. We know that he can't manage the factions that exist

:41:35.:41:37.

in North Korea, the political factions. We don't know enough about

:41:38.:41:43.

who has power in other parts of the system, in the military, for

:41:44.:41:47.

example. This, if it was an assassination, I am hesitant to jump

:41:48.:41:51.

to any major conclusions, could be simply because they don't like Kim

:41:52.:41:55.

Jong-nam. But that would mean that we have got something that shows

:41:56.:41:59.

that the country is very unstable. That is mostly what this would

:42:00.:42:03.

indicate, if it is some form of assassination. At again, we

:42:04.:42:07.

shouldn't really be jumping to conclusions before the autopsy,

:42:08.:42:10.

which we will probably get later today. Is South Korean officials who

:42:11.:42:15.

have said this, but there is obviously a very tricky relationship

:42:16.:42:18.

at this time between North Korea and South Korea. South Korean officials

:42:19.:42:24.

have a history of saying that people have been assassinated and then they

:42:25.:42:27.

turn up in some other position. Clearly Kim Jong-nam is not going to

:42:28.:42:31.

turn up alive in another position. We know he is dead, Malaysian police

:42:32.:42:35.

have said absolutely it is him, but we still don't know the cause. So

:42:36.:42:39.

there is a major conflict between South Korea and North Korea. Between

:42:40.:42:44.

them, you can argue they are the originators of fake news. It is you

:42:45.:42:48.

have to really think about what is coming from where and why. That is

:42:49.:42:53.

exactly why I said South Korea. So there are a lot of... You would call

:42:54.:42:58.

it fake news, what would you say? You would call it fake news these

:42:59.:43:02.

days, before you would call it misinformation. That is not

:43:03.:43:05.

surprising. Both countries are still technically at war, they are in a

:43:06.:43:09.

major conflict against each other. South Korea generally has better

:43:10.:43:14.

information than it used to have against the North Koreans, because

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the North Korean border is much more porous than it used to be but there

:43:19.:43:22.

is still a lot of speculation, even in South Korea. So we have two, I'm

:43:23.:43:26.

afraid, wait and see until we get the results of the autopsy today and

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then the Malaysian police, as they have been doing, will make this

:43:31.:43:34.

public. Thank you very much, and the reason why political instability is

:43:35.:43:38.

important, of course, is that they have nuclear weapons. Question is,

:43:39.:43:45.

if there is an assassination of someone who wasn't a political

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threat, this probably indicates a high degree of political

:43:50.:43:52.

instability. If there is instability, then who is controlling

:43:53.:43:55.

the fissile material which is growing all the time in North Korea?

:43:56.:44:01.

There is no external regulation, the international authorities are not

:44:02.:44:05.

there. Thank you very much indeed. Fascinating to talk to you. Where

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are you? Good morning! Iron -- and at the

:44:13.:44:23.

Chelsea Physic Garden. The snowdrop trail, that's a rumpus. But here

:44:24.:44:30.

there are 150 different types of snowdrops. You can see the most

:44:31.:44:36.

common one behind me. That one is gorgeous! But they've got some

:44:37.:44:38.

really funny names, like grumpy, really funny names, like grumpy,

:44:39.:44:46.

hocus-pocus, green tea and wasp. Hopefully we will see if you more of

:44:47.:44:51.

those. It is a milder start to the day in London. In fact, milder

:44:52.:44:56.

across-the-board, with the exception of the Highlands, where it is

:44:57.:45:00.

called. It will be rather cloudy today and we are looking at some

:45:01.:45:05.

rain. If we start the forecast at 9am in Scotland, in the Highlands we

:45:06.:45:11.

have the clearest skies and that's where there is some. For the rest of

:45:12.:45:15.

his cloudy and there is fog, as there is in northern England, with

:45:16.:45:19.

just a couple of breaks. Into the Midlands and east Anglia again a lot

:45:20.:45:24.

of cloud, with some fog, especially where we have breaks, and spots of

:45:25.:45:29.

rain running up the east coast of east Anglia which will clear into

:45:30.:45:32.

the North Sea. Through Hampshire and the rest of the Midlands, cloudy,

:45:33.:45:36.

with a couple of weeks. Into the south-west we have a weather front,

:45:37.:45:41.

where we have rain. That rain also extending into southern parts of

:45:42.:45:45.

Wales. For the north of Wales it will be largely dry, but cloudy,

:45:46.:45:50.

with hill fog. Through the day in Northern Ireland it will remain

:45:51.:45:53.

cloudy, with spots of rain, especially later in the day. So,

:45:54.:45:59.

through the day the rain in the south-west continues to journey

:46:00.:46:03.

slowly north-eastwards. At times it will be heavy and possibly thundery.

:46:04.:46:08.

Behind it for south-west England, Wales, the Midlands, it could break

:46:09.:46:13.

up, but still some showers. For Scotland and Northern Ireland

:46:14.:46:17.

cloudy, with a strengthening win. That's because we have low pressure

:46:18.:46:21.

coming from the north-west. Through the night we have the wind

:46:22.:46:24.

continuing to strengthen and showers will become more prolific. The rain

:46:25.:46:29.

will clear the east of England, leaving behind its some clear skies.

:46:30.:46:35.

Once again some patchy fog, especially towards Hampshire. By the

:46:36.:46:40.

end of the night we could see more fog the south-east. Tomorrow that

:46:41.:46:45.

will slowly lift and then for many parts of England and Wales tomorrow

:46:46.:46:48.

it will be a pleasant day, with sunshine. Temperatures about 12

:46:49.:46:53.

Celsius. For Scotland and Northern Ireland where we have the low

:46:54.:46:56.

pressure going north you will find it will be windy. Gales possible in

:46:57.:47:02.

the north-west and a lot of showers. On Friday still showery in the

:47:03.:47:05.

north. Another weather front is introducing rain. But generally

:47:06.:47:11.

speaking it will be a fine day after we lose the fog. We will have dense

:47:12.:47:17.

fog in parts of England and that could lead to some committee issues

:47:18.:47:22.

and it will be slow to clear. But it will clear and the sun should come

:47:23.:47:27.

out. Generally through the next few days, even into the weekend, it will

:47:28.:47:33.

remain mild or even get milder than it has been.

:47:34.:47:39.

We can enjoy that! Thanks very much. It will be beautiful there later.

:47:40.:47:46.

We made 55 million complaints last year just between us!

:47:47.:47:51.

Because of poor service from shops, energy firms and phone companies.

:47:52.:47:54.

Ben is looking at why we seem so unhappy.

:47:55.:47:57.

Do you find you are either a person who complains a lot, or it isn't

:47:58.:48:02.

worth the effort. Do you complain? I might complain about bad food, or

:48:03.:48:09.

what I consider to be bad food. Very specific!

:48:10.:48:11.

Good morning. When you break that 55 million down,

:48:12.:48:15.

it's about one complaint per person. But that's up 3 million

:48:16.:48:23.

since last year. The figures from Ombudsman Service

:48:24.:48:27.

show we complained about a whole load of things - public transport,

:48:28.:48:30.

banking, shops, tradesmen, Our top three complaints

:48:31.:48:33.

were about retailers, energy suppliers and

:48:34.:48:35.

telecoms companies. Those complaints cost firms

:48:36.:48:38.

involved over ?37 billion in putting it right

:48:39.:48:41.

and lost business. So what have you been

:48:42.:48:44.

complaining about? The complaint was against a big

:48:45.:48:56.

energy company and surprisingly they actually hadn't build me for

:48:57.:48:59.

something like nine months and then six months after I left a huge bill

:49:00.:49:04.

arrived. So I then complained bitterly about it. Over the

:49:05.:49:08.

complaint against my gas supplier because they build me four times for

:49:09.:49:15.

the same period. I changed gas supplier as soon as I could and they

:49:16.:49:21.

weren't much better, to be honest. If there's a need to complain I

:49:22.:49:25.

will, because when you are paying for a service you expect to get a

:49:26.:49:28.

good service. Sometimes you can expect the service to drop at time,

:49:29.:49:33.

but when you're paying for it you wanted to be more consistent. I've

:49:34.:49:37.

complained to my telecoms supplier and in the and I got frustrated with

:49:38.:49:42.

the amount of times I had to complain and we disconnected in the

:49:43.:49:44.

end because these big companies really don't care.

:49:45.:49:45.

Lewis Shand Smith is the chief ombudsman at Ombudsman Services

:49:46.:49:51.

Some figures that are really interesting. A big rise in

:49:52.:49:59.

complaints from last year. Where are the biggest complaints coming from?

:50:00.:50:03.

From the retail sector, followed by telecommunications, followed by

:50:04.:50:07.

energy. There is a big increase in people's willingness to complain.

:50:08.:50:11.

We've seen the huge increase in the number of people who say they will

:50:12.:50:15.

complain, about 35% up on last year. The list, retail up 24%, telecoms

:50:16.:50:22.

and energy, not a huge surprise. The thing that might come as a surprise

:50:23.:50:27.

is the cost of them. The cost of retail complaint is about ?10

:50:28.:50:33.

million! That's loss of business. If a complaint isn't handled well or it

:50:34.:50:37.

moored, then people will walk away and go elsewhere. -- handled well.

:50:38.:50:44.

So you lose the loyalty to the brand. There is always the same

:50:45.:50:48.

question. Are we getting better at complaining, or is it that the

:50:49.:50:52.

service is getting worse? Think we are getting better complaining, but

:50:53.:50:57.

also when people see prices go up they are more willing to complain

:50:58.:51:01.

and are less likely to put up with bad service. So they are more likely

:51:02.:51:06.

to complain and I think people are much more courageous and will

:51:07.:51:10.

actually go and say, I have paid for this and I haven't got it. Does the

:51:11.:51:13.

message always get through the business? When it starts hitting

:51:14.:51:22.

people in the pocket, there's a real onus on them to it right the first

:51:23.:51:27.

time, not just to put it right. It is important to get it right the

:51:28.:51:32.

first time. As the ombudsman, we have to work with businesses to get

:51:33.:51:36.

it right the first time. It is much better if things don't go wrong but

:51:37.:51:40.

if they do the business need to put it right, do it well and handled the

:51:41.:51:44.

complaint well. If they do that the brand loyalty increases by something

:51:45.:51:48.

like 75%, so it is really important to handle complaints well. If things

:51:49.:51:52.

do go wrong and people go elsewhere, how likely is it that the business

:51:53.:51:56.

can win you back? They have to struggle very hard because the

:51:57.:52:00.

statistics show that if your complaint has been handled badly

:52:01.:52:06.

then you really will go out and tell your friends, you will tell people

:52:07.:52:12.

just how bad that company years and it is very difficult for them to win

:52:13.:52:19.

you back. So as the last port of call, you turn to the ombudsman.

:52:20.:52:22.

Tell me through the process. If people are unhappy with a service

:52:23.:52:26.

what should they do? Should first of all complaint to the company because

:52:27.:52:30.

if you don't do that they don't know somethings gone wrong and they don't

:52:31.:52:33.

have the opportunity to put it right. So complaint to the company.

:52:34.:52:37.

If the company dense as they can't help you any longer, you have the

:52:38.:52:40.

legal right to come to the ombudsman. So you can come to the

:52:41.:52:44.

ombudsman, we will deal with your complaint. It is a simple process

:52:45.:52:48.

that we go through and we will help you, but you need to remember we are

:52:49.:52:52.

on anybody's side. We are there to adjudicate. So we will look at both

:52:53.:52:59.

sides, come to a conclusion and that decision is binding. On that the

:53:00.:53:04.

business had to -- has to deal with. Really good to talk to you. Thank

:53:05.:53:10.

you. No complaints from this end of the studio! More from the -- me

:53:11.:53:15.

later. Thank you.

:53:16.:53:17.

It was supposed to herald a revolution in personal transport

:53:18.:53:23.

but the Sinclair C5 quickly became a by-word for failure.

:53:24.:53:26.

Part tricycle and part electric car, it was the brainchild

:53:27.:53:29.

of the computer designer Sir Clive Sinclair.

:53:30.:53:31.

Now his nephew has designed his own version which he believes can

:53:32.:53:34.

Our transport correspondent Richard Westcott went along to take

:53:35.:53:39.

This is how they did glitzy launches in the mid-19 80s. After

:53:40.:53:50.

revolutionising home computers, people couldn't wait for the next

:53:51.:53:54.

invention from the Genius Sir Clive Sinclair. But the C5 never lived up

:53:55.:53:59.

to the hype. Who better to roadtest the Sinclair C5 banned former racing

:54:00.:54:07.

driver Moss? He went uphill. Along with safety fears there was another

:54:08.:54:10.

fundamental problem. It was at this point that the vehicle's that we

:54:11.:54:19.

gave out. -- battery gave out. I waited about 30 years to have a go.

:54:20.:54:25.

Ask anyone under 30, they have no idea what a C5 is, but for people of

:54:26.:54:30.

a certain age, my age, it was the defining cool invention and indeed

:54:31.:54:35.

testing this invention planted the seed. As a youngster Grant Sinclair

:54:36.:54:42.

helped his father trial the C5 and even had one at school. Three

:54:43.:54:45.

decades on he has designed his own electric triumph, the Iris. It

:54:46.:54:53.

combines pedals with an electric motor and you can drive it without a

:54:54.:54:58.

licence from 14. This one is weatherproof, streamline and made

:54:59.:55:01.

from the same material -- same material as ski safety helmets. You

:55:02.:55:05.

can see for starters that it is about three times quicker than the

:55:06.:55:11.

C5. I can't actually keep up with Grant. He is doing very well. I was

:55:12.:55:17.

going to asking some questions but can't catch him! Oh well, I will

:55:18.:55:22.

just enjoy the view. This sold 17,000 units. I was surprised when I

:55:23.:55:27.

found that out. But he didn't get the millions that were hoped for at

:55:28.:55:32.

the time. Why do you think this will work this time? It's a different

:55:33.:55:39.

concept altogether. I think it was a very clever idea, the original item.

:55:40.:55:45.

I always wanted to do a really fast bike and a much safer bike. One of

:55:46.:55:50.

the things I remember about the C5 that people complained about at the

:55:51.:55:54.

time is you are quite low down. I think is less of an issue these

:55:55.:55:58.

days. My uncle's product, when it was launched. There wasn't the

:55:59.:56:04.

infrastructure for cycles. Now you have bike lanes in most major

:56:05.:56:10.

cities. Ebikes are selling well and I think the market is ready for a

:56:11.:56:15.

ebike that is closed, so you can write it in the winter and keep dry.

:56:16.:56:22.

As a uncle seen the new design? -- not yet, but I would love to show it

:56:23.:56:27.

to him. So 30 years after it disappeared, the Sinclair name is

:56:28.:56:31.

returning to Britain's roads. The same idea, but a new design. Which

:56:32.:56:36.

is a good job, really. My battery went.

:56:37.:56:39.

That was one of the problems, the batteries. Are you going to drive on

:56:40.:56:46.

later? Apparently it is almost impossible

:56:47.:56:49.

to get a tall person into one. That's why we chose a new? I've been

:56:50.:56:51.

selected for my height... Time now to get the news,

:56:52.:56:53.

travel and weather where you are. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:56:54.:00:14.

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. South Korea confirms

:00:15.:00:20.

that the brother of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has been killed

:00:21.:00:24.

at an airport in Malaysia. Kim Jong-nam had fallen out

:00:25.:00:28.

with his brother and had South Korea says agents

:00:29.:00:31.

from the North are to blame. Good morning, it is

:00:32.:00:51.

Wednesday 15 February. Also this morning: The Church

:00:52.:00:55.

of England faces new divisions over gay marriage, as a

:00:56.:00:58.

crucial vote is held. Brain damage in

:00:59.:01:02.

professional footballers. Scientists find a link

:01:03.:01:04.

between repeated blows to the head on the pitch and a possible

:01:05.:01:08.

cause of dementia. The costs facing manufacturers

:01:09.:01:11.

for the goods they use jumped by 20% last month, the fastest rise

:01:12.:01:15.

in almost ten years. With inflation only up for the rest

:01:16.:01:29.

of us, what could it mean for the prices we pay InShops? -- in shops.

:01:30.:01:34.

In sport: Barcelona visited Paris on Valentine's Day,

:01:35.:01:36.

but didn't love their time there, thrashed 4-0 by Paris St-Germain

:01:37.:01:39.

More of a flop than a vision of the future.

:01:40.:01:43.

But, 30 years since the launch of the Sinclair C5, could the world

:01:44.:01:47.

finally be ready for an electrically powered pedal car?

:01:48.:01:49.

Good morning, from the Chelsea Physic Garden here in London, they

:01:50.:02:00.

are the oldest ones in London, and the perfume here is intoxicating. We

:02:01.:02:05.

are surrounded by Daphne, shrubby honeysuckle and snowdrops. The

:02:06.:02:08.

weather is milder than it was yesterday, but we have some rain

:02:09.:02:13.

sweeping in from the west, the brightest skies across the

:02:14.:02:17.

Highlands, more details in 15 minutes.

:02:18.:02:18.

First, our main story: South Korea has confirmed that the estranged

:02:19.:02:22.

half-brother of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un,

:02:23.:02:24.

was poisoned, and they believe North Korean agents

:02:25.:02:26.

Police in Malaysia are studying CCTV footage of the attack

:02:27.:02:30.

on Kim Jong-nam, which took place in Kuala Lumpur airport.

:02:31.:02:33.

Images circulating in the media have focused on two women seen

:02:34.:02:36.

alongside him, who were later spotted leaving the scene in a taxi.

:02:37.:02:39.

A postmortem examination will be carried out later,

:02:40.:02:41.

Was Kim Jong-nam poisoned by assassins as he prepared to board

:02:42.:02:53.

a flight in the Malaysian capital on Monday?

:02:54.:02:58.

Confusion and mystery surround the death of the half-brother

:02:59.:03:01.

Now, South Korean officials say they believe he was murdered.

:03:02.:03:10.

Just before he died, Kim Jong-nam is reported to have

:03:11.:03:12.

told medical workers he was attacked with a chemical spray.

:03:13.:03:15.

Police are studying security camera footage from the airport.

:03:16.:03:31.

He had been long estranged from his half-brother,

:03:32.:03:33.

the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, falling out of favour

:03:34.:03:36.

with the secretive regime and living in exile after he was caught

:03:37.:03:39.

sneaking into Japan on a fake passport.

:03:40.:03:41.

South Korea's acting president said, if North Korea was responsible,

:03:42.:03:43.

it would show the brutality and inhumane nature of the regime.

:03:44.:03:46.

TRANSLATION: The government is carefully watching North Korea's

:03:47.:03:49.

movements, acknowledging the fact that the situation

:03:50.:03:52.

But the attackers have not been identified.

:03:53.:03:59.

A postmortem is due to be carried in Kuala Lumpur later.

:04:00.:04:02.

The Church of England faces new divisions over gay marriage

:04:03.:04:04.

when its ruling body, the General Synod, debates

:04:05.:04:07.

Members will vote on a report by bishops, which says marriage

:04:08.:04:11.

in Church should only be between a man and a woman.

:04:12.:04:14.

Gay rights campaigners are planning a protest outside today's meeting,

:04:15.:04:17.

as our religious affairs correspondent Martin Bashir reports.

:04:18.:04:22.

A picture before the protest, as members of General Synod prepare

:04:23.:04:29.

to debate the Bishop's report on same-sex marriage.

:04:30.:04:36.

Published last month, the report has angered members

:04:37.:04:38.

of the LGBT community, because it concludes that marriage

:04:39.:04:41.

in Church should remain a lifelong union between a man and a woman.

:04:42.:04:45.

We're talking here about the national Church being massively

:04:46.:04:47.

And this isn't just about saying that we have to follow what society

:04:48.:04:54.

This is about saying, actually, where people perceive love

:04:55.:04:58.

in relationships between one another, can the Church of England

:04:59.:05:04.

simply not recognise that God is present in those things?

:05:05.:05:07.

After three years of private discussions, a process the Church

:05:08.:05:10.

has called shared conversations, the bishops chose not to change

:05:11.:05:12.

a single aspect of Church policy or practice, believing that any

:05:13.:05:15.

adjustments to the marriage ceremony would not be supported

:05:16.:05:18.

Our role is to hold the Church together, and to say we can only go

:05:19.:05:28.

as far as the whole Church can agree.

:05:29.:05:31.

Campaigners are actually wanting us to go further,

:05:32.:05:33.

more hurriedly, than we necessarily can.

:05:34.:05:39.

Speaking at the opening of Synod, on Monday, the Archbishop

:05:40.:05:41.

of Canterbury acknowledged that today's debate is likely

:05:42.:05:44.

After 90 minutes of discussion, members will vote to affirm

:05:45.:05:55.

If they choose the latter, then questions about the ongoing

:05:56.:05:59.

unity of the Church of England will arise once again.

:06:00.:06:02.

For the first time, a scientific study has found a possible link

:06:03.:06:05.

between head injuries and brain damage in former footballers.

:06:06.:06:07.

Researchers studied the brains of six former players who had died

:06:08.:06:10.

from dementia, and discovered that some of them had a form

:06:11.:06:13.

of the disease linked to repeated blows to the head.

:06:14.:06:16.

Our health reporter Smitha Mundasad has more.

:06:17.:06:24.

In the next few minutes, we will hear from the daughter

:06:25.:06:27.

of England footballer Jeff Astle, who is campaigning for further

:06:28.:06:30.

research into a possible link between head injuries

:06:31.:06:32.

We will speak to the report author as well.

:06:33.:06:40.

A Ukip press officer has offered her resignation after it

:06:41.:06:42.

emerged that the website of the party leader,

:06:43.:06:44.

Paul Nuttall, wrongly claimed he had lost close personal friends

:06:45.:06:47.

Mr Nuttall said he hadn't written or seen the article before

:06:48.:06:51.

Appearing on Liverpool's Radio City Talk, he was forced to acknowledge

:06:52.:06:55.

that his website gave a misleading impression.

:06:56.:06:57.

I haven't lost anyone who was a close personal friend.

:06:58.:07:03.

It was people who I knew, through football and things

:07:04.:07:06.

But I basically went to your website last night

:07:07.:07:09.

And it is PaulNuttallMEP.com, that is your website?

:07:10.:07:14.

I haven't put that out, and that is wrong.

:07:15.:07:21.

Our political correspondent Eleanor Garnier has been

:07:22.:07:23.

Eleanor, now someone else has taken the blame.

:07:24.:07:29.

So Paul Nuttall looking particularly uncomfortable during that interview.

:07:30.:07:35.

Who has taken the blame for this? Before we get into that let's go

:07:36.:07:39.

into a bit of background as to how we have got to this position. This

:07:40.:07:43.

all comes off the back of claims made in the Guardian newspaper which

:07:44.:07:46.

have cast doubt on whether Paul Nuttall was actually at Hillsborough

:07:47.:07:51.

on the day of the disaster. Now, he emphatically insist he was there,

:07:52.:07:54.

and that he has got friends and people who will stand up in court

:07:55.:07:59.

and back him. After those reports, we then heard about the false claims

:08:00.:08:04.

on his website, in those post-is, in which he had close friends, he said

:08:05.:08:09.

he did know people who died, but they were not his close friends. He

:08:10.:08:13.

says he didn't write the article, he didn't see it before it was

:08:14.:08:17.

published, and that he was very sorry, and indeed appalled, by what

:08:18.:08:21.

had happened. And now we get on to the press officer you mentioned,

:08:22.:08:26.

Paul Nuttall's has officer, a woman named Lynda Roughley, she has held

:08:27.:08:30.

her hands up and said it was all her own fault, that she is entirely

:08:31.:08:34.

responsible and mortified by what happened, and she has offered her

:08:35.:08:37.

resignation. Interestingly, we don't yet know if that resignation has

:08:38.:08:41.

been accepted. It has been difficult for Paul Nuttall, and also for the

:08:42.:08:46.

Labour candidate, a man called Gareth Snell, who has had to

:08:47.:08:50.

apologise for a series of Tweety posted about women. He is also a

:08:51.:08:54.

candidate in the Stoke by-election and says the remarks were made some

:08:55.:08:57.

years ago, and were clearly unacceptable. Thank you very much.

:08:58.:09:08.

The Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election takes place on 23

:09:09.:09:10.

Here is a list of the all the candidates standing.

:09:11.:09:13.

You can find more information on the BBC News website.

:09:14.:09:16.

Harrison Ford has reportedly been involved in a near-miss

:09:17.:09:18.

while flying his plane in California.

:09:19.:09:20.

The 74-year-old actor mistakenly landed on a taxiway

:09:21.:09:22.

at John Wayne Airport, in Orange County, where

:09:23.:09:24.

an American Airlines plane carrying 110 passengers was waiting

:09:25.:09:27.

An investigation into the incident is underway.

:09:28.:09:40.

Having sent his fans into a frenzy on New Year's Eve, Tom Hardy has

:09:41.:09:52.

read another story on Ceebeebies. Cloud spotting with a best friend is

:09:53.:09:56.

more enjoyable, especially if your best friend is a dog. The

:09:57.:10:04.

Valentine's Day special predictably sent social media sites into a bit

:10:05.:10:10.

of a meltdown. Do you think you save them for special days? Have you ever

:10:11.:10:15.

done specials? I have, it is my favourite thing. I was asked to wear

:10:16.:10:20.

a pair of shorts for a sporty one but they were too short, apparently,

:10:21.:10:25.

inappropriate for the kids. What did they do? I had to go and get some

:10:26.:10:28.

trousers. What a wonderful thing. People who have grown up in care are

:10:29.:10:44.

far more likely to die in adult early adult hood tarmac -- die in

:10:45.:10:52.

early adult hood. It is thought that poor mental health and difficulties

:10:53.:10:53.

accessing support could be to blame. On tonight's menu, laughter,

:10:54.:11:00.

friendship and the absence Members of this project

:11:01.:11:06.

all spent their childhood in care, although the challenges of leaving

:11:07.:11:09.

the care system behind. Growing up too quick

:11:10.:11:12.

and being lonely doing it. Once you reach 16 and you get up

:11:13.:11:14.

to the leaving care stages, I thought about taking my life

:11:15.:11:18.

on countless occasions and the only reason I didn't is because I know

:11:19.:11:24.

that I can speak to someone. Everybody here mixing,

:11:25.:11:27.

I feel like I belong to someone. We've always supported each

:11:28.:11:31.

other through everything. For me, if I didn't have

:11:32.:11:33.

that support network, I do believe that I could have

:11:34.:11:36.

turned out differently. Get together and share experiences,

:11:37.:11:39.

problems and advice. The project is named in honour

:11:40.:11:54.

of a friend who took his own life, What we wanted to do was turn that

:11:55.:11:58.

pain we had and turn it It's about human

:11:59.:12:04.

connection, human emotion. They've got all this support

:12:05.:12:14.

during the care system, and when they leave

:12:15.:12:18.

care there's nothing, and they have

:12:19.:12:20.

to deal with that emotion. I've been abused or whatever,

:12:21.:12:22.

it's coming into care, I've gone through the system right

:12:23.:12:24.

and had no control and now I've got Around 10,000 people

:12:25.:12:28.

aged 16 or over leave residential or foster

:12:29.:12:36.

care every year. The challenges they face can be

:12:37.:12:38.

daunting, often overwhelming. Suicidal thoughts, attempted suicide

:12:39.:12:41.

a number of times... Now 22, she has a job, a home,

:12:42.:12:43.

and is grateful to her foster But the prospects of leaving care

:12:44.:12:48.

at the time proved devastating. Some young people

:12:49.:12:55.

have their families, and when you don't, it's easy

:12:56.:13:05.

to be like, nobody cares. I can't cope with all of this trauma

:13:06.:13:08.

and stress that I am So it is easy to be like,

:13:09.:13:12.

what is the point? Care leavers represents

:13:13.:13:16.

around 1% of 19-, 20- But a freedom of information

:13:17.:13:18.

request shows they account for around 7% of deaths

:13:19.:13:21.

within that age group. The Government told us

:13:22.:13:23.

it is committed to improving the lives of care leavers,

:13:24.:13:27.

and giving them the support It is investing ?10 million over

:13:28.:13:30.

the next four years on better mental health support for young people

:13:31.:13:35.

in secure children's homes. All care leavers have a personal

:13:36.:13:40.

adviser until they are 21, and there is a new scheme to help

:13:41.:13:44.

care leavers to continue to live with their foster family

:13:45.:13:48.

after they turn 18. Back at the project meet up,

:13:49.:13:53.

there is food and fun. More groups and events

:13:54.:13:56.

are being set up across the UK. How important is a group

:13:57.:13:59.

of friends like this? You can't really say how

:14:00.:14:03.

important family is. It's the most important

:14:04.:14:12.

thing in the world. Enjoining us is Adam Pemberton.

:14:13.:14:23.

Everybody has their own individual story, but what is it about these

:14:24.:14:27.

young people that means that just more of them are dying? Care leavers

:14:28.:14:34.

are some of the most vulnerable in our society. They don't have the

:14:35.:14:38.

same support networks that children in families have, to the stress of

:14:39.:14:42.

the transition to adult life is all the greater. It might be around

:14:43.:14:45.

anxiety or loneliness, but they often suffer trauma or neglect which

:14:46.:14:50.

led them going into care in the first place, so when they try to

:14:51.:14:55.

move to adult life it is all the more challenging and we need support

:14:56.:14:58.

to make that journey. Being a teenager is hard, taking that change

:14:59.:15:05.

is difficult. What sorts of things can local authorities do to help

:15:06.:15:08.

that transition? Some local authorities do a good job. Others

:15:09.:15:13.

offer that their minimum. Personal advisers are very helpful and they

:15:14.:15:17.

start working with care leavers as they come up to the age of 18, but

:15:18.:15:23.

some leave earlier than that. It is about gradually leaving care.

:15:24.:15:26.

Perhaps some supportive accommodation, or living with young

:15:27.:15:31.

people. We believe there's a chance to offer better support, especially

:15:32.:15:36.

around health. It is important to remember that care leavers upto the

:15:37.:15:41.

age of 18 jet help from adolescent mental health services, then they

:15:42.:15:45.

moved to adult services just when they need to support more and often

:15:46.:15:49.

they lose that support or it is patchy. The government could use

:15:50.:15:54.

some of the ?1.4 billion they've promised for child mental health

:15:55.:15:57.

services to support this particularly vulnerable group,

:15:58.:15:59.

especially through the support networks you've seen in the film, or

:16:00.:16:04.

by offering a community psychiatric nurse based in leaving care teams to

:16:05.:16:09.

address these issues, be they things about anxiety or much more clinical.

:16:10.:16:13.

I am wondering is well about the continuity of care, because it

:16:14.:16:16.

becomes a personal relationship when somebody is helping with those

:16:17.:16:21.

issues. Where did you set the limit? What age? Well, the government has

:16:22.:16:28.

made changes to personal advisers. They are open to some care leavers

:16:29.:16:34.

upto the age of 25. But you are right, the personal relationship is

:16:35.:16:37.

very important. Barnardos has 22 services across the UK, working with

:16:38.:16:43.

about 2000 care leavers in England. That is about listening to the young

:16:44.:16:46.

person and designing something around them. It is important to

:16:47.:16:52.

listen to them and help them to look after themselves. You spoke about

:16:53.:16:57.

that ?1.4 billion that has been earmarked for child mental health.

:16:58.:17:01.

When Billy know whether you will get some of that money and if it will go

:17:02.:17:05.

into the specific measures are talking about? -- when will you

:17:06.:17:08.

know. We are still to Kieran Powell that money will be spent. -- still

:17:09.:17:15.

to hear how that money. They need to legislate to make sure children get

:17:16.:17:19.

a mental health assessment and some of this money, not a huge amount of

:17:20.:17:23.

it, even 1%, would allow us to deliver better health to this very

:17:24.:17:28.

vulnerable group. Thank you very much.

:17:29.:17:34.

We are looking for the first signs of spring this morning.

:17:35.:17:36.

Carol is at a botanic garden this morning in London.

:17:37.:17:39.

What can you see? Lots of beautiful flowers. We are in

:17:40.:17:46.

the Chelsea for the garden and we are surrounded by different types of

:17:47.:17:51.

snowdrops. -- Physic Garden. We've also got some shrubbery, honeysuckle

:17:52.:17:57.

and of course we have got some usual full winter flowers. The Botanic

:17:58.:18:04.

Gardens are right across the road from the River Thames. It was

:18:05.:18:10.

founded back in 1673 and it is here for a reason. You go down the River

:18:11.:18:15.

Thames, collect lots of different plants, come back here and study

:18:16.:18:19.

them for their medicinal properties. Very worthwhile. It is a lovely

:18:20.:18:25.

start to the day. The birds are chirping and it is dry, but it won't

:18:26.:18:30.

be dry everywhere. Today it will be cloudy and we also have some rain.

:18:31.:18:35.

But a much milder start more or less across the board than yesterday. The

:18:36.:18:39.

exception to that is across the Highlands, where it is cold and

:18:40.:18:42.

there's frost. But you will have sunshine for much of the day. For

:18:43.:18:46.

the rest of Scotland it is fairly cloudy and there is patchy fog. In

:18:47.:18:53.

northern England, similar story. The patchy fog extends towards the

:18:54.:18:57.

Midlands and east Anglia. We also have some rain running up the east

:18:58.:19:00.

coast of east Anglia, which were clear into the North Sea. And we

:19:01.:19:04.

have breaks in the south-east and east Anglia, that's where we have

:19:05.:19:09.

patchy fog. Towards Hampshire a lot of cloud again, with few breaks, at

:19:10.:19:14.

the south-west has the biggest cloud, it is extending across South

:19:15.:19:18.

Wales as well. The north Wales it is cloudy, with hill fog. The Northern

:19:19.:19:22.

Ireland it will be cloudy with spots of rain. You can see more through

:19:23.:19:26.

the afternoon and the wind will strengthen. Through the course of

:19:27.:19:30.

the day the weather front in the south-west continues to edge slowly

:19:31.:19:35.

north-eastwards. The rain at times will be heavy, and possibly

:19:36.:19:40.

thundery, but behind it parts of the Midlands will brighten up, with a

:19:41.:19:44.

few showers. Meanwhile, for Northern Ireland and Scotland, more showers

:19:45.:19:49.

and the wind strengthening because low pressure starts to show its

:19:50.:19:54.

hand. It is even in as the low pressure pushes Northwest again

:19:55.:19:59.

showers will increase. The rain will make it into eastern England and

:20:00.:20:03.

clear off into the North Sea. Behind it there will be clear spells and we

:20:04.:20:07.

have fog forming, especially from south-west England towards

:20:08.:20:12.

Hampshire. By the end of the night we could have some in the east. By

:20:13.:20:17.

the time it clears for many parts of England and Wales it will be a

:20:18.:20:20.

lovely day. Pleasant, double-figure temperatures and sunshine. For

:20:21.:20:25.

Scotland and Northern Ireland the low pressure will be crossing you

:20:26.:20:28.

see we have showers rotating around it and it will be windy. With

:20:29.:20:32.

exposure in the Northwest we could have gales. By the time we get to

:20:33.:20:36.

Friday while there will be quite a bit of fog around, especially across

:20:37.:20:41.

England, it could lead to committee issues. It will be slow to clear,

:20:42.:20:47.

but when it does we have a lot of sunshine around. -- commuter issues.

:20:48.:20:50.

For Scotland and Northern Ireland, rain coming from the west and mild.

:20:51.:20:55.

The overriding factor over the next few days and into the weekend is

:20:56.:21:00.

that it is going to remain mild. For some of us milder than it has been.

:21:01.:21:02.

Thank you very much! The question of whether head

:21:03.:21:07.

injuries sustained in contact sports like rugby and football could cause

:21:08.:21:09.

long-term brain damage Now, for the first time,

:21:10.:21:12.

a study has found a possible link. We're now joined by one

:21:13.:21:20.

of the scientists who carried out the research, Professor John Hardy

:21:21.:21:23.

and by Dawn Astle, daughter of former England striker

:21:24.:21:26.

Jeff Astle, who died from a degenerative brain disease

:21:27.:21:28.

in 2002, which an inquest found was associated with heading

:21:29.:21:31.

the old-style, heavy leather Good morning and thanks we much for

:21:32.:21:40.

joining us. I know you've been talking about this for many years.

:21:41.:21:44.

We will get some information on the research, but what do you make of

:21:45.:21:48.

it? Are you pleased to hear that this type of research is being done?

:21:49.:21:53.

Yes, of course we are pleased. My overriding reaction is that I'm

:21:54.:21:58.

really not surprised by the findings. As you say, this disease

:21:59.:22:03.

was found in dad's rain two years ago and we knew that at the time he

:22:04.:22:11.

was the first reduce football to have died of the disease but we knew

:22:12.:22:15.

he wouldn't be the first or the last. -- first British football.

:22:16.:22:20.

There are a lot of headlines in the papers this morning. People will

:22:21.:22:24.

wake up to headlines like, heading a football can lead to dementia. Evil

:22:25.:22:27.

are linking that the children paying football as well. We need to get to

:22:28.:22:32.

the bottom of what the research has found. -- people are linking. A

:22:33.:22:40.

psychiatrist from Swansea followed 14 national football is who got

:22:41.:22:45.

dementia and he obtained autopsy permission for six of them. Of those

:22:46.:22:51.

six who all had dementia, four of them had evidence of what we -- of

:22:52.:23:00.

the syndrome that boxers get. So four of the six had evidence of a

:23:01.:23:05.

syndrome that is caused by repeated injury. And you don't know at this

:23:06.:23:10.

stage exactly what was causing the injury, because it could have been

:23:11.:23:13.

heading the ball or collisions? Do we know? That's right. It could have

:23:14.:23:19.

been heading the ball, it could have been head to head collisions and so

:23:20.:23:23.

on. You are absolutely right. We don't know exactly. We've only got

:23:24.:23:28.

their playing career history. That's all. I think only one of them had

:23:29.:23:38.

evidence that at one time he had a concussion, so we have very little

:23:39.:23:43.

medical information about the events during their careers. In your dad's

:23:44.:23:49.

on case, the coroner described the illness as an industrial disease.

:23:50.:23:53.

Obviously long years of heading a rather heavy leather foot wall, --

:23:54.:23:59.

football, spending time with your dad over the years, did he ever

:24:00.:24:03.

consider what he was doing was causing damage? I don't think so.

:24:04.:24:11.

For more the families I've spoken to, I don't think people do. But I

:24:12.:24:16.

know dad used to say, especially when the ball was wet, he used to

:24:17.:24:21.

say it was like heading a bag of bricks. When I speak to a lot of

:24:22.:24:25.

experts now they say the modern-day ball... Best know evidence of it

:24:26.:24:30.

being any safer. If we could just pick up that point. The numbers,

:24:31.:24:36.

what they've looked at, is it easy at this point the extrapolates on

:24:37.:24:40.

this? Have only looked at six people. It would be great to have

:24:41.:24:45.

more systematic data, on more professional footballers for sure.

:24:46.:24:51.

It would be great to have more data and I know the professional

:24:52.:24:55.

footballers associations and the FA are now looking at following

:24:56.:25:01.

systematically ex- foot wall -- ex- footballers to see what happens to

:25:02.:25:07.

them. You are right, six is rather few, so we really need to get more

:25:08.:25:13.

data, that's for sure. If there is conclusive proof that this is a

:25:14.:25:19.

problem, and we are some way short of this now, to do what they've done

:25:20.:25:23.

in America where kids under the age of ten allowed to head a foot --

:25:24.:25:32.

football, how far should things go? One of my fondest memories as a kid

:25:33.:25:36.

is scoring a goal, heading a goal, when I was 13 on a playing field.

:25:37.:25:45.

You know, of course I was a terrible player and they only played

:25:46.:25:48.

occasionally and I think that sort of thing is great for kids. We don't

:25:49.:25:53.

want to bring up a nation of couch potatoes. I do think that we should

:25:54.:25:59.

not encourage repetitive practising of heading, for example, but I think

:26:00.:26:08.

we have to measure the benefits of sport against the possible downsides

:26:09.:26:13.

and systematic data is important. I should be clear that our data is on

:26:14.:26:18.

players who have paid for 25 years and probably played every day for

:26:19.:26:25.

several hours. So it is very different from looking at children

:26:26.:26:32.

who played the occasional game at school. There has been a lot of work

:26:33.:26:37.

done in football and other sports around concussion. Are there things

:26:38.:26:42.

you would like to see changed? Well, if I can just go back to kids

:26:43.:26:46.

playing football, we all know the benefits of sport participation. We

:26:47.:26:51.

all know that. But it should never be seen as an acceptable

:26:52.:26:55.

consequence, rain damage. It should be never seen as that. -- brain

:26:56.:26:59.

damage. There needs to be more research. The thing that frustrates

:27:00.:27:05.

me and makes me upset and angry is 15 years on since my dad died the

:27:06.:27:12.

coroner's ruling was clear, it was a landmark ruling at the time, when

:27:13.:27:17.

the coroner ruled that paying football is what killed him. We've

:27:18.:27:25.

been asking for a long time as to whether we have a problem with our

:27:26.:27:29.

former players and dementia and it is really sad and not forgiveable

:27:30.:27:33.

that 15 years on we are no further forward. Really appreciate your

:27:34.:27:40.

insight and honesty this morning. If you've got something you would like

:27:41.:27:44.

to say about that, please get in contact.

:27:45.:27:46.

It is fascinating. You can talk about it on Facebook and you can

:27:47.:27:48.

tweet us as well. But Sunday is the day you are most

:27:49.:31:08.

likely to see sunshine Hello, this is Breakfast,

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with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. South Korea says it has confirmed

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that the estranged half-brother of the North Korean leader,

:31:23.:31:25.

Kim Jong-un, was poisoned, and they believe North Korean agents

:31:26.:31:27.

were behind his murder. Police in Malaysia are studying CCTV

:31:28.:31:30.

footage of the attack on Kim Jong-nam, which took place

:31:31.:31:33.

in Kuala Lumpur airport. Images circulating in the media have

:31:34.:31:36.

focused on two women seen alongside him, who were later

:31:37.:31:39.

spotted leaving the scene in a taxi. Kim Jong-nam had been living

:31:40.:31:42.

in exile since 2001. The Church of England faces

:31:43.:31:55.

new divisions over gay marriage, when its ruling body,

:31:56.:31:58.

the General Synod, debates Members will vote on a report

:31:59.:32:00.

by bishops, which says marriage in Church should only be

:32:01.:32:14.

between a man and a woman. Although legal in England,

:32:15.:32:17.

Scotland and Wales since 2014, the UK's biggest faith group does

:32:18.:32:19.

not permit same-sex ceremonies. Gay rights campaigners are planning

:32:20.:32:22.

a protest outside today's meeting. Several people remain unaccounted

:32:23.:32:26.

for after an explosion in a block At least three people were injured

:32:27.:32:29.

when the blast ripped Some 40 firefighters fought

:32:30.:32:34.

the blaze in the south-west The building has now collapsed,

:32:35.:32:38.

and the cause of the fire A Ukip press officer has

:32:39.:32:42.

offered her resignation after it emerged that the website

:32:43.:32:49.

of the party leader, Paul Nuttall, wrongly claimed he had

:32:50.:32:51.

lost close personal friends Mr Nuttall said he hadn't written

:32:52.:32:53.

or seen the article before Appearing on Liverpool's Radio City

:32:54.:32:57.

Talk, he was forced to acknowledge that his website gave

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a misleading impression. A kayaker in the Firth of Forth got

:33:02.:33:10.

more than he bargained for yesterday, when a passing seal

:33:11.:33:13.

decided to hitch a ride. The cheeky mammal had followed

:33:14.:33:16.

the paddling group for a mile before The kayakers said it was

:33:17.:33:19.

an amazing experience. Have you seen... It reminds me of

:33:20.:33:40.

Finding Dory, when the steel jumps up and they say off, off, off -- the

:33:41.:33:49.

seal. What a wonderful thing to happen.

:33:50.:33:51.

Coming up on the programme: Carol is looking out for the first signs

:33:52.:33:55.

of spring, in London's biggest botanic garden.

:33:56.:33:57.

That is not Carol, that is Sally. The first sign of spring is

:33:58.:34:05.

happening right over my shoulder, never mind your snowdrops. Barcelona

:34:06.:34:09.

have left themselves a lot of work to do.

:34:10.:34:10.

No team has ever come back from four goals down to make it

:34:11.:34:14.

through a Champions League knockout tie.

:34:15.:34:15.

Former Manchester United winger Angel Di Maria scored two goals

:34:16.:34:20.

on his birthday, as Paris St-Germain humbled the five-time European

:34:21.:34:23.

It equals Barca's worst defeat in the competition.

:34:24.:34:27.

In last night's other game, Benfica beat Borussia Dortmund

:34:28.:34:30.

The only goal of was scored by the former Fulham striker Kostas

:34:31.:34:34.

Arsenal are back in Champions League action tonight.

:34:35.:34:39.

They play the first leg of their last-16 tie away to Bayern

:34:40.:34:43.

The Gunners have been knocked out at the stage in each of the last six

:34:44.:34:48.

years, twice by Bayern, but Arsene Wenger says they can go

:34:49.:34:51.

We play against a Bayern side, and every year, the same target.

:34:52.:35:00.

When you look at their record, they are always basically

:35:01.:35:03.

So it's a massive challenge, but I think we are capable

:35:04.:35:10.

Leicester Tigers have re-signed England fly-half George Ford

:35:11.:35:19.

Freddie Burns will move in the opposite direction as part

:35:20.:35:23.

Leicester have agreed to buy Ford out of the final year

:35:24.:35:28.

He came through the Tigers' academy, before moving to Bath in 2013.

:35:29.:35:32.

His return to Welford Road means he will play alongside the England

:35:33.:35:35.

Banned cyclist Lance Armstrong has lost his bid to block the US

:35:36.:35:44.

Government's ?79 million lawsuit against him.

:35:45.:35:45.

It is alleged that, by taking performance-enhancing drugs

:35:46.:35:48.

while riding for the publicly funded US Postal Service team,

:35:49.:35:50.

Armstrong defrauded the US government.

:35:51.:35:52.

He was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles,

:35:53.:35:55.

The case is now clear to go to trial.

:35:56.:36:08.

Shall we end with some happy news? On. -- go on.

:36:09.:36:15.

And finally, the golden couple of British cycling

:36:16.:36:17.

are going to have an exciting addition to their family.

:36:18.:36:20.

Laura and Jason Kenny are expecting their first child,

:36:21.:36:23.

as Laura revealed in a rather cute Instagram post yesterday.

:36:24.:36:25.

The couple are said to be thrilled and delighted,

:36:26.:36:28.

and have thanked the public for the kind messages and support

:36:29.:36:31.

I wonder if some people have a little bit of an inkling that

:36:32.:36:37.

perhaps this news was about to be announced, because Laura had been

:36:38.:36:40.

struggling with a hamstring strain for a while. That is the new way of

:36:41.:36:44.

describing it. It is really great news. Congratulations to them both.

:36:45.:36:47.

It has been a divisive issue within the Church of England

:36:48.:36:50.

for decades, and Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury,

:36:51.:36:52.

has predicted a painful discussion when same-sex marriage is debated

:36:53.:36:55.

Bishops have proposed the Church maintains its ban on the ceremony.

:36:56.:37:00.

A vote against that today would signal a deep division

:37:01.:37:02.

Joining us in the studio is Paul Middleton, an expert

:37:03.:37:06.

in sexuality and the Church, and Reverend Bertrand Oliver,

:37:07.:37:08.

an openly gay vicar, is in our London newsroom.

:37:09.:37:17.

Good morning to you both. Thank you very much for your time. If we can

:37:18.:37:25.

come to you first of all, Paul. What is going to happen today, and why is

:37:26.:37:30.

it such a significant meeting? Well, the Church of England in common with

:37:31.:37:34.

lots of churches in the country and the world, have been juggling with

:37:35.:37:39.

issues of sexuality and the place of gay, lesbian and transgender people

:37:40.:37:42.

in the church. The Church of England have been engaged in what they have

:37:43.:37:46.

been calling chat conversations where they brought together people

:37:47.:37:49.

with different views and also LGBT people themselves -- shared

:37:50.:37:59.

conversations. What is going to happen today is a report to take

:38:00.:38:03.

this forward. A lot of people are a bit upset because effectively the

:38:04.:38:06.

bishops have signalled effectively no change, and some people might say

:38:07.:38:14.

moving slightly backwards. So today the Synod is going to decide whether

:38:15.:38:18.

to take note of the report. This isn't approving or dismissing the

:38:19.:38:22.

report, it is simply taking note of it so not to take note of it is

:38:23.:38:26.

quite an interesting step, and would signal that the Synod thinks that

:38:27.:38:30.

the bishops need to go back and do some more work. So there could be

:38:31.:38:33.

trouble ahead, that is probably a simple way of putting it. And you

:38:34.:38:39.

are an openly gay member of the clergy, in a same-sex relationship.

:38:40.:38:43.

How does this make you feel? It has been a long journey. We have made

:38:44.:38:46.

ourselves very vulnerable for the past two in groups that particular

:38:47.:38:52.

didn't want to talk to us. We wanted to work with the bishops to find a

:38:53.:38:56.

way forward and get the church moving into the 21st century. After

:38:57.:39:01.

all, same-sex marriage is legal in this country and the Church of

:39:02.:39:04.

England as a national church should be able to provide something to

:39:05.:39:08.

couples that come to us but we realised on reading the report that

:39:09.:39:12.

we seem to have been erased, all our views expressed have been erased,

:39:13.:39:15.

and we now are talking about the different language of same-sex

:39:16.:39:19.

attraction as if we are an animal experiment, although we have been

:39:20.:39:25.

present in the room, we don't feel our views have been expressed. So we

:39:26.:39:29.

are hoping for something more, and although we are conscious that the

:39:30.:39:32.

bishops are trying to move things on, it is quite hard for us to go

:39:33.:39:36.

along and certainly we wouldn't want to be taking note of this report

:39:37.:39:40.

because we think it is not representing at all what has been

:39:41.:39:43.

going on, and not representing the divergences of views, theologically,

:39:44.:39:48.

in the Church of England today. I wanted to know how you feel, is a

:39:49.:39:52.

disappointment, is a frustration? Initially I think I was quite angry,

:39:53.:39:56.

because, you know, you put your life on the line in groups that are not

:39:57.:40:01.

sympathetic. You try to be open, in order to explain what it means to be

:40:02.:40:05.

a gay priests. After all, God has called me to be a priest. I didn't

:40:06.:40:09.

choose to come into this for the glory of it. It is a hard journey

:40:10.:40:14.

for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people every day of

:40:15.:40:17.

their life, when they have to come out, and the church should be a safe

:40:18.:40:22.

space, we want to provide a safe space to all people. We want the

:40:23.:40:25.

church to be an inclusive space and this report does not help that at

:40:26.:40:30.

all. Notwithstanding the fact that the bishops are telling us it is a

:40:31.:40:37.

provisional report, it has been received by the congregation is the

:40:38.:40:40.

last words of the Church of England on same-sex marriage. How big a step

:40:41.:40:45.

would it be for the Synod to go against what the bishops are

:40:46.:40:48.

recommending on this? Well, I think it would be unusual but they are

:40:49.:40:53.

only being asked to take note of the report so the bishops have been

:40:54.:40:56.

blocking all day yesterday to say that taking note of the report is

:40:57.:41:00.

not to approve it in anyway -- blogging. It is not in tightly clear

:41:01.:41:05.

what would happen if the Synod decided not to take note of it --

:41:06.:41:11.

entirely. I suspect it is not as big a deal as is being made out. The

:41:12.:41:15.

bishops would have to go back and write a report which may be tax

:41:16.:41:19.

account of the anger that is felt on one side. This is problematic

:41:20.:41:23.

because on one side you have people who want to advocate full inclusion

:41:24.:41:27.

for lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual people, and on the other

:41:28.:41:31.

hand there are those who think that any movement in this direction is a

:41:32.:41:34.

betrayal of Christian principles and the authority of the Bible. So the

:41:35.:41:38.

bishops are between a rock and a hard place, it is very difficult for

:41:39.:41:43.

them. How damaging are these kinds of discussions for the church? I

:41:44.:41:46.

suppose most people in society wonder why the church has got caught

:41:47.:41:49.

up in this, and it does seem strange. It has to be said, the

:41:50.:41:53.

Church of England has not changed its position, it is not moving but

:41:54.:41:57.

society has moved so quickly in the last couple of decades that simply

:41:58.:42:00.

by spending still the Church of England is seen to be a reactionary

:42:01.:42:04.

and, some people think bigoted and homophobic organisation. It is

:42:05.:42:08.

important to say they have a vaccine moved but by spending still this is

:42:09.:42:13.

a problem. And I just want to ask you, would you like to get married

:42:14.:42:18.

in church? I know this is some way off, even if today went in your

:42:19.:42:21.

favour. Would you like to do that? I would like to be married in church.

:42:22.:42:26.

I entered the civil partnership two Mackie it a go. If I asked around,

:42:27.:42:30.

no one enters a civil partnership except clergy in the Church of

:42:31.:42:35.

England, which is quite a state of affairs, frankly. And we are an

:42:36.:42:38.

organisation that professes to share the love of God to the world, and

:42:39.:42:42.

people are looking and wondering what is going on. Thank you very

:42:43.:42:51.

much for talking with us today. Your grandmother might have said that a

:42:52.:42:55.

good deed on its own is its own reward, and just leave it at that.

:42:56.:42:59.

Now there is a trend for so-called random act of kindness, which have

:43:00.:43:03.

become a global phenomenon fuelled by reports of a psychological bars

:43:04.:43:10.

called the help of's high. -- helper's high. A true random act of

:43:11.:43:25.

kindness. The note was found on a vending machine telling them to help

:43:26.:43:29.

themselves to snacks which had been paid for. Literally the bottom of

:43:30.:43:32.

the machine was full of lots of chocolate and crisps and cereal

:43:33.:43:37.

bars, and they were just loads. It just really made our day, that

:43:38.:43:41.

someone would do something so lovely out of the goodness of their own

:43:42.:43:46.

heart. Not wanting to take any sort of thanks or anything for it. I was

:43:47.:43:51.

totally elated, I was buzzing. Who doesn't want chocolate on Sunday? We

:43:52.:43:56.

are nurses. And it made me feel so happy, honestly I was beaming the

:43:57.:44:03.

whole day. This week is RACK, or random acts of kindness week, which

:44:04.:44:08.

was created by an organisation in the US. It's as good deeds do help

:44:09.:44:14.

your serotonin levels. One of the studies have looked at says that if

:44:15.:44:18.

you do an act of kindness for somebody and someone happens to

:44:19.:44:25.

witness it, all three of you get the benefits, not just the giver and

:44:26.:44:31.

recipient, but a bystander will be more likely to pass it onto someone

:44:32.:44:36.

else. So this random of kindness seems quite appropriate here at the

:44:37.:44:40.

Christie Hospital, which wouldn't be what it is today if it wasn't for a

:44:41.:44:45.

donation of ?20,000 100 years ago. I have been challenged to see if I can

:44:46.:44:53.

be a RAKtivist, and give someone that warm glow. Free Metro ticket,

:44:54.:44:58.

no strings attached. Would you like one? What do you think about me

:44:59.:45:03.

giving you the ticket for free? I think it is very kind of you. That

:45:04.:45:08.

is a really good thing to do for people. Would you like a free

:45:09.:45:13.

ticket? Yes, what would you like to do? You don't have to do anything,

:45:14.:45:17.

it is a random act of kindness. Thank you. How does it make you

:45:18.:45:22.

feel? Yes, really want. Does it make you want to do something for

:45:23.:45:26.

somebody else, now that we have done this for you? Yes, carry on. Can pay

:45:27.:45:31.

interest anyone in a free biscuit? Would anyone like a free biscuit?

:45:32.:45:37.

I'm sensing it is a no. So maybe not everyone is ready for random Acts of

:45:38.:45:45.

kindness just yet. Anybody? Anybody for a free biscuit? No...

:45:46.:45:56.

It really doesn't seem to work for her, but it has worked for other

:45:57.:46:02.

people. Charlotte says she was running for the tram yesterday and a

:46:03.:46:05.

lady kept the door open for her, even though she wasn't getting on

:46:06.:46:16.

it. Get in touch with us on Twitter. Carol has spotted the first signs of

:46:17.:46:19.

spring! Good morning from the Chelsea Physic Garden. It is

:46:20.:46:26.

sandwiched between the main road and River Thames. Here, there are 150

:46:27.:46:35.

different types of snowdrops. Around the world there are about 2000

:46:36.:46:39.

different types. It was founded back in 1763 when a predator is would

:46:40.:46:45.

pick plants and look at them for their medicinal properties. -- when

:46:46.:46:50.

apprentices. One of them has come through in modern medicine, which is

:46:51.:46:56.

the foxglove. In its fine form it is used in medicine. Today it's a mild

:46:57.:47:01.

start but it is miles across most of the UK, except the Highlands, where

:47:02.:47:06.

it is cold with a touch of frost. A cloudy day for most of us and

:47:07.:47:10.

there's rain the cards. We stop the forecast at 9am in Scotland. We hang

:47:11.:47:16.

on to the sunshine. Or the rest of Scotland it will remain fairly

:47:17.:47:21.

cloudy, with patchy fog. For more than England again a lot of cloud

:47:22.:47:26.

around. Low cloud, hill fog. That extends towards the Midlands and

:47:27.:47:31.

into east Anglia. We also have spots of rain running up the east of east

:47:32.:47:35.

Anglia. That will clear. Some breaks and patchy fog. Patchy fog in the

:47:36.:47:40.

south-east. Essentially the Midlands towards Hampshire, back into the

:47:41.:47:46.

cloud and again some patchy fog. In the south-west we have thick cloud

:47:47.:47:51.

and rain. As we head into Wales, South Wales has the rain by 9am.

:47:52.:47:55.

North Wales is still dry, but cloudy. For Northern Ireland you

:47:56.:47:59.

have a cloudy start. Some spots of rain. The rain will turn heavier

:48:00.:48:04.

later in the day and the wind will strengthen. Through the day the

:48:05.:48:09.

weather front in the south-west will extend slowly north-eastwards. Some

:48:10.:48:13.

of the rain will be heavy and possibly thundery. Behind it it will

:48:14.:48:17.

brighten up in south-west England, parts of Wales and the west

:48:18.:48:22.

Midlands, but still a few showers. For Northern Ireland and Scotland we

:48:23.:48:25.

have more shower was arrived as low pressure and the wind will

:48:26.:48:29.

strengthen. That process will continue through the evening and

:48:30.:48:34.

overnight. Meanwhile, the weather front pushes into eastern England

:48:35.:48:38.

and then clear into the North Sea. Behind it there will be clear skies

:48:39.:48:42.

and fog will form. Especially from south-west England, towards

:48:43.:48:46.

Hampshire, but by the end of the night we could have patchy fog in

:48:47.:48:49.

the south-east. Tomorrow that will be slow to clear, but when it does

:48:50.:48:54.

for most of England and way deals we will have a fine day, with light

:48:55.:49:00.

winds. Feeling quite springlike. For Scotland and Northern Ireland the

:49:01.:49:03.

low pressure continues to drift northwards. We will have showers

:49:04.:49:08.

rotating around it and strong winds. Strong winds especially with

:49:09.:49:10.

exposure in the north-west. It could have gale force. In the Friday there

:49:11.:49:16.

will be quite a lot of fog around, especially in England. This could

:49:17.:49:20.

prove to be problematic for commuters and will take time to

:49:21.:49:23.

lift, but we do expect it to lift. And then for most of England and

:49:24.:49:27.

Wales we have sunshine. Another weather front comes in from the

:49:28.:49:31.

west. That will introduce rain later in the day in the western areas.

:49:32.:49:35.

Still some showers in the north. Temperatures in double figures. As

:49:36.:49:40.

we go through the next few days and into the weekend that is what we are

:49:41.:49:44.

looking at. Milder conditions for some, or as mild as we have at the

:49:45.:49:47.

moment. Probably good conditions for

:49:48.:49:49.

snowdrops, but I know nothing! It was supposed to herald

:49:50.:49:52.

a revolution in personal transport but the Sinclair C5 quickly became

:49:53.:49:55.

a by-word for failure. Part tricycle and part electric car,

:49:56.:49:58.

it was the brainchild of the computer designer

:49:59.:50:01.

Sir Clive Sinclair. Now his nephew has designed his own

:50:02.:50:03.

version which he believes Our transport correspondent

:50:04.:50:06.

Richard Westcott went along This is how they did glitzy

:50:07.:50:09.

launches in the mid-1980s. After revolutionising home

:50:10.:50:19.

computers, people couldn't wait for the next invention

:50:20.:50:21.

from the genius Sir Clive Sinclair. But the C5 never

:50:22.:50:25.

lived up to the hype. Who better to roadtest

:50:26.:50:31.

the Sinclair Trike than former Along with safety fears there

:50:32.:50:33.

was another fundamental problem. It was at this point

:50:34.:50:40.

that the vehicle's battery gave out. I've waited about 30 years

:50:41.:50:50.

to have a go in one of these. Ask anyone under 30,

:50:51.:50:54.

they have no idea what a C5 is, but to people of a certain age,

:50:55.:50:57.

so my age, it was the defining cool invention and clearly testing this

:50:58.:51:02.

vehicle planted the seed. As a youngster, Grant Sinclair

:51:03.:51:08.

helped his father trial the C5 Three decades on he has

:51:09.:51:13.

designed his own electric Like the original,

:51:14.:51:17.

it combines pedals with an electric motor and you can drive it

:51:18.:51:29.

without a licence from 14-years-old. This one is weatherproof,

:51:30.:51:32.

streamline and made from the same But he didn't get the millions that

:51:33.:51:35.

were hoped for at the time. Why do you think this

:51:36.:51:40.

will work this time? My product is a different

:51:41.:51:43.

concept altogether. I think it was a very clever

:51:44.:51:45.

idea, the original item. I always wanted to do a very fast

:51:46.:51:52.

ebike, I always liked that idea, So 30 years after it disappeared,

:51:53.:51:56.

the Sinclair name is returning The same idea, but

:51:57.:52:00.

a brand new design. There is one for you to try. I can't

:52:01.:52:25.

do it right now the logistical reasons. But in one-hour, we will

:52:26.:52:32.

see if somebody who is 6'6 can get in there.

:52:33.:52:34.

That I would like to see! Join us in one-hour. We could have a

:52:35.:52:42.

race in it. Remember, the thing is underneath you and you have to do it

:52:43.:52:44.

like that. We got a update yesterday on how

:52:45.:52:45.

quickly prices are rising But it's manufacturers that now face

:52:46.:52:48.

the biggest increases. Good morning. I will take you up on

:52:49.:52:55.

that challenge! Yes, good morning.

:52:56.:52:59.

Those extra costs will probably be passed on to us through higher

:53:00.:53:02.

Let me run you through what we heard yesterday.

:53:03.:53:06.

Consumer price inflation grew to 1.8% last month,

:53:07.:53:08.

just below the Bank Of England's target of 2%.

:53:09.:53:17.

But each month that figure is rising, and it's mainly down

:53:18.:53:20.

to the pound's weakness against the dollar which is pushing

:53:21.:53:23.

the cost of petrol and fuel up quickly, which is linked

:53:24.:53:26.

to the supply of so much of what we buy.

:53:27.:53:29.

But one of the big figures yesterday was the rise

:53:30.:53:31.

They are the raw materials people need to make things.

:53:32.:53:36.

They rose at an annual rate of 20.5% in January,

:53:37.:53:38.

the fastest pace since September 2008.

:53:39.:53:42.

At the same time the price of goods leaving the factory only went up by

:53:43.:53:51.

3.5%. The big question. Our business is not trying to pass on any price

:53:52.:53:54.

rises to us? Joy Parkinson is the MD of Faith

:53:55.:53:56.

in Nature, a business making natural beauty products, but previously

:53:57.:53:59.

worked for a huge UK food Good morning. Explain this concept

:54:00.:54:07.

for us. You've been doing this in big is this is and now your own

:54:08.:54:12.

small business. As raw material prices go up, you face a number of

:54:13.:54:17.

different choices, don't you? We are seeing some import cost increases

:54:18.:54:21.

coming through now and simply your choices are to pass that on to your

:54:22.:54:25.

customers, who will then pass that on to consumers, or you try to

:54:26.:54:30.

absorb them. Certainly in my business it is really critical that

:54:31.:54:35.

we try to absorb those and not pass cost increases on, so I have no plan

:54:36.:54:39.

to pass any price increase through the year ahead. So if you are

:54:40.:54:44.

absorbing that cost it means either your profits fall or you have to

:54:45.:54:47.

look for savings elsewhere. Talk me through that thaw process. I imagine

:54:48.:54:51.

it is trying to cut costs, the efficient and absorb as much of that

:54:52.:54:56.

as you can? Yes. There are two things happening in my business. We

:54:57.:55:01.

are having a great year, so our sales are up 30% and we are gaining

:55:02.:55:05.

great tradition. And therefore with growth means I am doing a longer

:55:06.:55:09.

production run, which is more efficient in a factory, which helps

:55:10.:55:14.

me to offset some of the export increases. Another interesting

:55:15.:55:18.

dynamic is export sales. Export is about 25% of our overall business,

:55:19.:55:23.

growing significantly year-on-year, and therefore a number of customers

:55:24.:55:28.

are paying me in both euros and dollars and actually the currency

:55:29.:55:31.

fluctuation is therefore benefiting my business, so I'm getting more

:55:32.:55:35.

pounds back for the euros and dollars in, which is helping me

:55:36.:55:39.

offset increases. So I've kind of got a natural hedge situation going

:55:40.:55:44.

on. It really does illustrate how different it can be for different

:55:45.:55:48.

organisations. Before this business you are working at Mars and a number

:55:49.:55:55.

of other big businesses. Talk me through their processes, because

:55:56.:55:58.

they are operating on a much bigger scale, signing Chris could have big

:55:59.:56:02.

repercussions. It is a totally different scale. I employ 45 people.

:56:03.:56:07.

-- so an increase could have big. Within other companies we had that

:56:08.:56:12.

number of people particularly looking at costs. In these big

:56:13.:56:16.

organisations they have a team of people who can look at how little

:56:17.:56:21.

they can take out of the cost of the product, even a small biscuit or a

:56:22.:56:25.

small cake, which allows you to offset any cost increases. But,

:56:26.:56:31.

equally, those large organisations I'm sure may be looking at putting

:56:32.:56:36.

some kind of cost through this year. That's where we could see things

:56:37.:56:41.

getting smaller. I am fascinated that it is called cost base release.

:56:42.:56:45.

You know it's a big business when they have a department called that!

:56:46.:56:50.

A director! A specific person. Good to talk to you. Thank you. More from

:56:51.:56:54.

me after 8am. You know we are talking random acts

:56:55.:57:07.

of kindness? I want to be dubious. A couple got married yesterday in the

:57:08.:57:11.

local florist went above and beyond to make sure we had 24 beautiful

:57:12.:57:17.

roses in time for the wedding. Somebody from the hospice went down

:57:18.:57:24.

to collect them from the florist. We said we were there for a wedding

:57:25.:57:28.

from the hospice. At that point somebody paid for them. We don't

:57:29.:57:36.

know who he is, but we want him to know how grateful we are and how big

:57:37.:57:41.

a difference those flowers made. A beautiful and simple act of

:57:42.:57:44.

kindness. That's lovely. We are talking about

:57:45.:57:50.

random acts of kindess. I don't know if

:57:51.:01:09.

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

:01:10.:01:20.

Murdered with poison - South Korea says it's

:01:21.:01:22.

confirmed that the brother of the North Korean leader,

:01:23.:01:25.

Kim Jong-un, has been killed at an airport in Malaysia.

:01:26.:01:27.

Kim Jong-nam had fallen out with his brother and had

:01:28.:01:30.

South Korea says agents from the North are to blame.

:01:31.:01:45.

Good morning. It's Wednesday 15th February.

:01:46.:01:51.

Good morning. It's Wednesday, 15th February.

:01:52.:01:52.

The Church of England faces new divisions over

:01:53.:01:57.

gay marriage as a crucial vote is held.

:01:58.:02:01.

Brain damage in professional footballers.

:02:02.:02:04.

Scientists find a link between repeated blows to the head

:02:05.:02:07.

on the pitch and a possible cause of dementia.

:02:08.:02:10.

We made 55 million complaints last year about bad service from shops,

:02:11.:02:13.

It costs them nearly ?40 billion in lost business.

:02:14.:02:17.

So I'll look at why it's worth complaining.

:02:18.:02:24.

In sport, Barcelona are stunned on a trip

:02:25.:02:28.

They were thrashed 4-0 in the Champions League to leave

:02:29.:02:32.

More of a flop than a vision of the future.

:02:33.:02:36.

But 30 years since the launch of the Sinclair C5, could the world

:02:37.:02:40.

finally be ready for an electrically powered pedal car?

:02:41.:02:45.

He became an American hero after finding one

:02:46.:02:47.

Jeffrey Pugiliese will be on the sofa to tell us how his story

:02:48.:02:53.

Good morning from Chelsea, London's oldest botanic garden. The sky is

:02:54.:03:11.

blue. The birds are chirping and it is a milder start to the day than it

:03:12.:03:14.

was yesterday more or less across the UK. The exception with the

:03:15.:03:18.

Highlands where it is cold with frost, but sunshine, but for most of

:03:19.:03:22.

us today, it will be cloudy with rain sweeping in from the

:03:23.:03:24.

south-west. I'll have more details in 15 minutes.

:03:25.:03:25.

Thank you. See you then. Good morning.

:03:26.:03:31.

First, our main story. South Korea says it's confirmed

:03:32.:03:34.

that the half-brother of the North Korean leader

:03:35.:03:36.

Kim Jong-un was poisoned and they believe North Korean agents

:03:37.:03:38.

were behind his murder. We'll get the latest

:03:39.:03:41.

from Malaysia in a moment, but first let's take

:03:42.:03:44.

a look at the secretive family that This is Kim Jong-Nam on the left,

:03:45.:03:46.

with his younger brother, the current North Korean leader,

:03:47.:03:55.

Kim Jong-Un, on the right. The attack happened yesterday

:03:56.:03:57.

morning when Kim Jong-Nam was at Local media reports are blaming

:03:58.:04:00.

North Korean agents. Let's have a look how he fitted

:04:01.:04:03.

into the ruling family. This is former North Korean

:04:04.:04:05.

leader Kim Jong-Il. Beside him is his son Kim Jong-Un,

:04:06.:04:07.

the current leader. And behind them is oldest

:04:08.:04:10.

son Kim Jong-Nam. As the older brother he may have

:04:11.:04:14.

been expected to take over But Kim Jong-Nam fell out

:04:15.:04:17.

with his father in 2001 after being caught trying to enter

:04:18.:04:24.

Japan to visit Disney World He has been living

:04:25.:04:27.

in exile ever since. Karishma Vaswani is in the Malaysian

:04:28.:04:33.

capital Kuala Lumpur with the latest This is a story which is changing

:04:34.:04:44.

all the time. Reports coming out of South Korea saying what they think

:04:45.:04:47.

happened. What do we know this morning? Well, you're right. The

:04:48.:04:54.

facts are extremely murky in this case, but here is what we know.

:04:55.:04:58.

Malaysian police said to us that the attack is thought to have taken

:04:59.:05:01.

place in this airport, that I'm standing in right now. Around 9am,

:05:02.:05:07.

to 10am on Monday. It is thought the man to be believed Kim Jong-nam was

:05:08.:05:12.

accosted by at least one woman and it is thought she placed a cloth

:05:13.:05:16.

with some sort of burning chemical on his face. He then stumbled over

:05:17.:05:21.

to that information counter over there is what we understand and

:05:22.:05:25.

asked for help. After that, he was taken to a medical clinic just one

:05:26.:05:32.

floor below this hall, but Malaysian police said the man who subsequently

:05:33.:05:37.

died en route to the hospital was carrying a passport on him that had

:05:38.:05:41.

the name Kim. They are not identifying him as Kim Jong-nam,

:05:42.:05:46.

just yet until the autopsy that they are conducting on him as we speak,

:05:47.:05:50.

the results of those are expected later today or tomorrow. Thank you

:05:51.:05:55.

very much. It is a fascinating story. It is really unclear as to

:05:56.:06:02.

what exactly has happened and that autopsy will be crucial to determine

:06:03.:06:06.

who it was and how he died. And there will be more on BBC News on

:06:07.:06:08.

that throughout the day. The Church of England faces

:06:09.:06:12.

new divisions over gay marriage when its ruling body,

:06:13.:06:15.

the General Synod, debates Members will vote on a report

:06:16.:06:16.

by Bishops which says marriage in church should only be

:06:17.:06:22.

between a man and a woman. Although legal in England,

:06:23.:06:25.

Scotland and Wales since 2014, the UK's biggest faith group does

:06:26.:06:27.

not permit same-sex ceremonies. Gay rights campaigners are planning

:06:28.:06:33.

a protest outside today's meeting. For the first time, a scientific

:06:34.:06:39.

study has found a possible link between head injuries and brain

:06:40.:06:42.

damage in former footballers. Researchers studied the brains

:06:43.:06:45.

of six former players who had died from dementia and then discovered

:06:46.:06:50.

that some of them had a form of the disease linked

:06:51.:06:53.

to repeated blows to the head. Our health reporter

:06:54.:06:55.

Smitha Mundasad has more. Jeff Astle, former England

:06:56.:07:00.

footballer who died in 2002. He had degenerative brain disease,

:07:01.:07:06.

linked to repeatedly heading His family have been

:07:07.:07:08.

campaigning for more research to find out whether lots of this can

:07:09.:07:17.

lead to long-lasting brain damage. In this latest study,

:07:18.:07:20.

scientists looked at the brains of six lifelong footballers

:07:21.:07:26.

who had developed dementia. we saw the sorts of changes that

:07:27.:07:30.

are seen in ex-boxers, so the changes that are particularly

:07:31.:07:33.

associated with repeated head injury, which are known as CTE,

:07:34.:07:36.

chronic traumatic encephalopathy. We have shown that head injury has

:07:37.:07:49.

occurred earlier in life, which presumably has some impact

:07:50.:07:52.

on them developing dementia. It's a small study,

:07:53.:07:54.

that can't prove a link between football and dementia

:07:55.:08:00.

and the scientists are clear their work did not analyse

:08:01.:08:03.

the risks to children. For the average adult footballer,

:08:04.:08:06.

who plays recreationally, experts at Alzheimer's Research UK

:08:07.:08:11.

say the risks are likely to be lower and outweighed,

:08:12.:08:14.

by the benefits of exercise. But the Football Association says

:08:15.:08:16.

one question that needs to be answered is whether degenerative

:08:17.:08:21.

brain diseases are more common in ex-footballers,

:08:22.:08:25.

and the FA says that is research Several people remain unaccounted

:08:26.:08:28.

for after an explosion At least three people were injured

:08:29.:08:37.

when the blast ripped Some 40 firefighters fought

:08:38.:08:41.

the blaze in the south west The building has now

:08:42.:08:44.

collapsed and the cause A Ukip press officer has

:08:45.:08:47.

offered her resignation after it emerged that the website

:08:48.:08:57.

of the party leader, Paul Nuttall, wrongly claimed he'd lost

:08:58.:09:00.

"close personal friends" Mr Nuttall said he hadn't

:09:01.:09:02.

written or seen the article Appearing on Liverpool's Radio City

:09:03.:09:06.

Talk he was forced to acknowledge that his website gave

:09:07.:09:10.

a misleading impression. I haven't lost anyone

:09:11.:09:15.

who was a close personal friend. There was people who I knew through

:09:16.:09:17.

football and things like that. I basically went to your website

:09:18.:09:20.

last night and searched for Hillsborough and it's

:09:21.:09:22.

Paul Nuttall MEP.com. Yes.

:09:23.:09:24.

I'm sorry about that. But I haven't put that

:09:25.:09:30.

out and that is wrong. Our Political Correspondent,

:09:31.:09:39.

Eleanor Garnier, has Eleanor, just explain a bit

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of the background to this. Well, all this comes on the back of

:09:41.:09:52.

some reports in the Guardian which cast doubt on whether Paul Nuttall

:09:53.:09:56.

was actually at Hillsborough on the day of the disaster. He emphatically

:09:57.:10:00.

insist he was there. He has got friends who would back him up and

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stand up in court and support him and then we had the reports that

:10:06.:10:09.

there were these false claims on his website that he had close friends

:10:10.:10:13.

who had died at Hillsborough as we heard just then, he says he did know

:10:14.:10:17.

people who died, but they weren't close friends. He hadn't written the

:10:18.:10:21.

article and he hadn't seen it before it was posted and that he was very

:10:22.:10:29.

sorry that this had all happened. Linda Ruffley is the press officer

:10:30.:10:34.

who has resigned or at least handed in her resignation. She says she is

:10:35.:10:37.

entirely responsible for what happened and is mortified. We don't

:10:38.:10:42.

know if her resignation has been accepted, but this clearly has been

:10:43.:10:46.

very uncomfortable for Paul Nuttall and very difficult for him too. It

:10:47.:10:50.

has been a bit of a tricky time for the Labour candidate in the Stoke

:10:51.:10:54.

by-election, a man called Gareth Snel. He had to apologise for a

:10:55.:10:58.

series of posts on social media he made about women. He described the

:10:59.:11:04.

panellists on ITV Loose Women as squabbling, sour faced ladies. He

:11:05.:11:07.

said the posts were made some years, but clearly they were unacceptable.

:11:08.:11:10.

Eleanor, thank you. The Stoke on Trent Central

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by-election takes place Here's a list of the all

:11:15.:11:16.

the candidates standing. You can find more information

:11:17.:11:19.

on the BBC News website. A kayaker in the Firth of Forth got

:11:20.:11:24.

more than he bargained for yesterday when a passing seal

:11:25.:11:29.

decided to hitch a ride! The cheeky mammal had

:11:30.:11:34.

followed the paddling group for a mile before deciding

:11:35.:11:37.

to hop aboard. The kayakers said it was

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an "amazing experience". He's going to have a lie down in a

:11:49.:11:59.

minute. He is taking ages to get on to the kayak he'll need a rest!

:12:00.:12:06.

Having already sent his fans into a frenzy on New Year's Eve,

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Having an alcoholic parent can have a hugely

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And it's a problem that's more widespread than you'd think.

:12:14.:12:17.

Earlier this week the NSPCC revealed they receive a call every hour

:12:18.:12:20.

from an adult concerned about drug or alcohol use around children.

:12:21.:12:22.

Today, MP Liam Byrne, whose father was an alcoholic,

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will launch a cross-party initiative to provide more support for children

:12:26.:12:27.

living with alcoholism Research for the new campaign estimates

:12:28.:12:31.

there are 2.6 million children of hard-drinking parents in the UK,

:12:32.:12:35.

Many children of alcoholics suffer in silence.

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But evidence heard by Parliament suggests they are twice as likely

:12:43.:12:45.

Three times more likely to consider suicide and four times more likely

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Joining us now is Liam Byrne MP who heads a new parliamentary group

:12:52.:12:57.

on the children of alcoholics and Josh Connolly who was nine

:12:58.:12:59.

Gentlemen, thank you very much for your time this morning. I suppose

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the real hope Liam is that this manifesto actually makes a

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difference to people who are in the same situation as you and Josh? Yes.

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We launched this campaign this time last year on this sofa and since

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then we have heard the extraordinary stories from children of alcoholics

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and from charities and pressure groups and what a cross party group

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has done is put the ideas together in a manifesto and we had a debate

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in Parliament about some of the ideas a couple of weeks ago which

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was just incredible. A minister broke down in tears at the dispatch

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box and I think Government is in listening mode now. Yeah, it is a

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big day for us. I think change is coming. Josh tell us about the

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impact on you with living with your dad who was an alcoholic and then

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died from it. So the impact really for me as a child of an alcoholic

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have been life long despite my dad dying when I was nine. With

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alcoholism it is about the way that it makes you feel within the family.

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And the way that it kind of leaves you feeling very, very lonely and

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like there is nowhere to turn. I found it difficult to turn to my mum

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because I felt like she had burden enough with the alcoholism and

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because of the way society looks at alcoholism, I felt like there was

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nobody that I could speak to. And I want to ask you both this. Did you

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feel you had to keep it a secret? Yeah. Absolutely. I think, like in

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schools, we were taught that people who drink too much and do drugs are

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bad people. Right. So I kind of, I grew to have a perception that the

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world saw me as a bad person because my dad was an alcoholic and I almost

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felt guilty in loving him sometimes because of the way people saw

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alcoholism. And that can be incredibly limiting, can't it, Liam?

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It makes you feel even if you have hopes and dreams of what you might

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achieve that you can't get there. Did you feel that yourself? Yeah.

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Here is a parent, someone you love, very, very deepy who is doing this

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terrible thing and you can't stop them and so you kind of feel as a

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child that it's your fault, but you go through that hell in silence

:15:05.:15:10.

because as Josh said there is this big dirty secret and you've got to

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keep the family secret safe and you can't possibly talk to anybody about

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it and that's what leads to the emotional damage that drives so many

:15:18.:15:23.

children to develop eating problems, or try and take their own life or

:15:24.:15:27.

become alcoholics themselves so you get this terrible cycle repeating

:15:28.:15:30.

itself because we failed as a country to break the silence.

:15:31.:15:35.

Talking about breaking the silence, who should be doing it because it is

:15:36.:15:43.

difficult for the child, isn't it? We have started! That is what it is

:15:44.:15:47.

all about! Our goal is to break the silence we can break the cycle of

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this terrible disease cascading down the generations. What if you know

:15:52.:15:55.

someone you are concerned about? The main thing is making sure the child

:15:56.:15:59.

knows they are not alone, it is not their fault and there is very little

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they can do to do anything to affect their parent's drinking. We both

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work with the voluntary service and Josh is a volunteer, this amazing

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helpline has helped hundreds of thousands of people but there are

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other charities, and places like Childline. The manifesto we are

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launching today says that the government needs to take

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responsibility for fixing the problem. No one else is going to do

:16:26.:16:29.

it. People who work with children need to know what to look out for.

:16:30.:16:33.

And how to put kids within reach and we need to step up treatment budgets

:16:34.:16:38.

as well so when parents do look for help, the treatment is there. Josh,

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what is your relationship like with alcohol now? I am teetotal now, I

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don't drink. Growing up through my teenage years and that, I had quite

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a destructive relationship with alcohol myself. That may seem kind

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of strange really with what I went through as a child, but it kind of

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offered me an escape, you know? It offered me something I could not

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find anywhere else. Something that the charity are taught me that

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children of alcoholics do want to speak but I don't think there has

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ever been an environment where we felt safe to speak. I think that is

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what Liam Byrne's campaign is really trying to do. It is trying to give a

:17:20.:17:23.

platform to the children of alcoholics so there is an

:17:24.:17:26.

environment where we can seek healthy escape from the way we feel.

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Thank you for joining us. I'm sure lots of people have been listening.

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Carol is looking out for the first signs of spring in London's biggest

:17:37.:17:39.

She has found snowdrops are lots of other things. I knew she would sort

:17:40.:17:45.

it out for us! Good morning both and EU, I'm in the

:17:46.:17:50.

Chelsea visit gardens this morning, the oldest botanic Gardens in

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London. Here, there are 150 different varieties of snowdrops and

:17:55.:17:59.

you can see the common one, here. Look at this. It moves with the wind

:18:00.:18:02.

and if you are wondering why it like that from the flower pot, it you

:18:03.:18:07.

having down to have a look at it. I will be talking to Nick Bailey, the

:18:08.:18:12.

head gardener here and the garden world presenter, more about

:18:13.:18:14.

snowdrops and some of the other plants in the gardens in half an

:18:15.:18:18.

hour. The sun is shining in London and the temperature is about eight

:18:19.:18:22.

Celsius, nowhere near as cold as it was this time yesterday, not just in

:18:23.:18:25.

London but more or less across the board. But today is a rather cloudy

:18:26.:18:30.

day for most of us with some rain. The exception to that is across the

:18:31.:18:38.

far north of Scotland where we have clearer skies, a touch of frost this

:18:39.:18:41.

morning and it is cold but you will hang onto the sunshine for the

:18:42.:18:44.

lion's share of the day. For the rest of Scotland into northern

:18:45.:18:46.

England, lots of loud around and some hill fog. The same is true as

:18:47.:18:50.

we push down towards the Midlands and East Anglia. Some rain across

:18:51.:18:54.

the east of East Anglia and Kent. That will drift northwards and clear

:18:55.:18:58.

into the North Sea. While we have breaks in East Anglia and the

:18:59.:19:01.

south-east, there will be patchy fog. Towards Hampshire and into the

:19:02.:19:10.

south-west, some rain. Sorry, Carol, we can't here you properly!

:19:11.:19:17.

I need Carol in my life! But she will be back in half an hour and she

:19:18.:19:20.

will talk about snowdrops, as she said.

:19:21.:19:26.

Bizarrely, the weather is getting rid of our camera ability.

:19:27.:19:33.

Thank you for your suggestions on mad Max of Guiness, quite a few

:19:34.:19:38.

people saying the point of an act of kindness is you don't tell other

:19:39.:19:41.

people about it. You are not asking for banks. There's no expectation of

:19:42.:19:44.

someone patting you on the back and saying well done. But well done!

:19:45.:19:49.

Beautiful messages of things people have done notes they have given,

:19:50.:19:52.

Elaine said she and her three sisters were having a meal last year

:19:53.:19:55.

and a stranger paid the entire thing. Someone did that for you in

:19:56.:20:01.

the past you were younger. Yes. Elaine says it left them gobsmacked,

:20:02.:20:05.

when the waiter says they have paid for it. We never had any idea who

:20:06.:20:10.

did it either. Lots of people with the examples. Richards at his car

:20:11.:20:14.

was stuck on a beach in Spain and two random strangers appeared, a bit

:20:15.:20:17.

of a language barrier but they helped me with it before the tide

:20:18.:20:20.

came in. Erica said she collected money off coupons out of a paper and

:20:21.:20:24.

handing them to people at the supermarket when she could not use

:20:25.:20:28.

them. And I can't remember who this was but they were saying that even

:20:29.:20:31.

though this person who helped them was not catching the tram they were

:20:32.:20:34.

waiting for, they saw them running for it, stepped in and help the

:20:35.:20:39.

doors so they could get on. Send us in more examples of random Acts of

:20:40.:20:42.

kindness. We will talk more about it later and Carol will be back as

:20:43.:20:44.

well. Promise! More than 55 million

:20:45.:20:49.

complaints were made last year because of poor service from shops,

:20:50.:20:51.

energy firms and phone companies. Ben is here to talk about why

:20:52.:20:54.

we seem so unhappy. Is it worth complaining?

:20:55.:21:01.

You get to do the nice stuff about random acts of kindness and I have

:21:02.:21:02.

to do complaints! When you break it down,

:21:03.:21:05.

it's about one complaint per person. But that's up 3 million

:21:06.:21:08.

since last year. The figures from Ombudsman Services

:21:09.:21:10.

show we complained about a whole load of things,

:21:11.:21:13.

public transport, banking, shops, Our top three complaints

:21:14.:21:16.

were about retailers, energy Those complaints cost firms

:21:17.:21:21.

involved over ?37 billion they actually hadn't billed me

:21:22.:21:49.

for something like nine months and then six months after I left,

:21:50.:21:53.

a huge bill arrived. So I then complained

:21:54.:21:58.

bitterly about it. I wrote a complaint against my gas

:21:59.:22:07.

supplier, because they billed me I changed gas supplier as soon

:22:08.:22:10.

as I could and they weren't much If there's a need to complain,

:22:11.:22:18.

I will, because when you're paying for a service you expect to get

:22:19.:22:31.

a good service. Sometimes you can expect the service

:22:32.:22:34.

to drop out at times, but when you're paying for it

:22:35.:22:37.

you want it to be more I've complained to my telecoms

:22:38.:22:41.

supplier and in the end I got frustrated with the amount of times

:22:42.:22:47.

I had to complain and we disconnected in the end

:22:48.:22:50.

because these big companies She is an author and blogger

:22:51.:22:52.

and a self-titled Complaining Cow. We saw some of the examples there of

:22:53.:23:11.

the things that get people really annoyed. Which businesses are still

:23:12.:23:15.

getting it wrong? Without doubt, telecoms, for me. I got rid of my

:23:16.:23:19.

mobile provider couple of months ago purely on service and it is what I'm

:23:20.:23:24.

hearing. It is across the board but certainly telecoms are really bad.

:23:25.:23:28.

It is about hitting businesses where it hurts to make them get it right.

:23:29.:23:32.

We talked about the huge cost to business, not only to put it right

:23:33.:23:39.

but if we decide we go elsewhere like you did with your phone

:23:40.:23:42.

provider. That is when they pay attention, one would hope. I think

:23:43.:23:44.

so, it is about getting people to know their rights and complain more.

:23:45.:23:47.

The customer service Institute last month brought out some research to

:23:48.:23:50.

show that more people were complaining but it was taking more

:23:51.:23:54.

effort, it took more times to complain. Certainly, businesses are

:23:55.:23:58.

not getting it right. Is the issue that businesses are annoying us

:23:59.:24:02.

more, getting it wrong more often? Or are we just getting better at

:24:03.:24:06.

complaining? I think it is a bit of both. The rail repayment system that

:24:07.:24:11.

we saw last month showed it was only 35% of us complaining about it.

:24:12.:24:17.

There is still a long way to go but businesses are not training staff

:24:18.:24:20.

properly so they don't know how to deal with complaints when they come

:24:21.:24:23.

in as well. Is it in businesses interests to make it easier to

:24:24.:24:28.

complain? You talk about things like Delay on railways which you can do

:24:29.:24:31.

online now and get it paid directly to your bank account so you are not

:24:32.:24:34.

being stuck with vouchers which makes it much simpler. But our other

:24:35.:24:40.

businesses doing the same kind of thing? Know, from my experience what

:24:41.:24:45.

people tell me, it is still going through the process, escalating,

:24:46.:24:48.

going to CEO, finding the e-mail address on the website, you can get

:24:49.:24:54.

the contacts so it is easy to get it escalated but still there are

:24:55.:24:58.

problems. Lots of people getting in touch this morning, saying, yes,

:24:59.:25:01.

sometimes the errors are so obvious the firm has to put them right but

:25:02.:25:05.

they take the risk that the cost of putting it right in the big scheme

:25:06.:25:08.

of things will not be that big a problem for them and they can suffer

:25:09.:25:13.

a few grievances from customers. I certainly see that. There's a

:25:14.:25:16.

different ethos across companies where they believe that 100% of the

:25:17.:25:21.

time, the customer is right and they will deal with things quickly and

:25:22.:25:25.

smoothly and others will still for people off, particularly if people

:25:26.:25:27.

don't know their legal rights. It's much easier if you do to say, "Under

:25:28.:25:32.

this law, I'm entitled to this redress and this is what will happen

:25:33.:25:37.

if you don't give it to me". Let's taught legal rights, I know it

:25:38.:25:40.

varies according to the industry and complaint but in general terms, what

:25:41.:25:44.

should people do to make sure their complaint is taken seriously? Reds

:25:45.:25:47.

the main law people need to know about is the consumer rights act

:25:48.:25:51.

2015, you are entitled to services carried out with reasonable skill of

:25:52.:25:55.

care and the items that you buy free from defects and matched the

:25:56.:25:58.

description and you are entitled to a full refund if the is faulty,

:25:59.:26:04.

within 30 days. After that, you are still entitled to a replacement or

:26:05.:26:08.

repair. That kind of product specific thing, if you go into a

:26:09.:26:11.

restaurant and you are not happy or you didn't like the food, can you

:26:12.:26:16.

complain or is it just reference? Absolutely, under the act, you are

:26:17.:26:20.

entitled to services to be carried out with reasonable skill and care

:26:21.:26:23.

so if your food is not cooked properly, you are entitled to

:26:24.:26:27.

complain as long as you don't eat it all first! You need to just take a

:26:28.:26:31.

couple of mouthfuls and then say it is wrong and then it is up to you

:26:32.:26:34.

whether it you -- whether you replace it. Thank you for joining

:26:35.:26:35.

us. We are talking about the think C

:26:36.:26:45.

five today, launched in 1985, varies one. -- about the Sinclair C5. Lance

:26:46.:26:52.

is a big enthusiasts and I will have a go later. I hope you will be going

:26:53.:26:57.

that fast! Dan will be out in the next half an hour. A relative of Sir

:26:58.:27:01.

Clive Sinclair has launched a new one. Can it catch on?

:27:02.:27:04.

Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:27:05.:30:22.

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

:30:23.:30:40.

We can remind you of some of the main news stories.

:30:41.:30:43.

South Korea says it's confirmed that the estranged half-brother

:30:44.:30:46.

of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was poisoned,

:30:47.:30:51.

and they believe North Korean agents are behind his murder.

:30:52.:30:53.

Police in Malaysia are studying CCTV footage of the attack

:30:54.:30:56.

on Kim Jong-nam, which took place in Kuala Lumpur airport.

:30:57.:31:01.

Images circulating in the media have focused on two women seen

:31:02.:31:05.

alongside him, who were later spotted leaving the scene in a taxi.

:31:06.:31:09.

Kim Jong-nam had been living in exile since 2001.

:31:10.:31:13.

The Church of England faces new divisions over gay marriage

:31:14.:31:15.

when its ruling body - the General Synod -

:31:16.:31:17.

Members will vote on a report by bishops, which says marriage

:31:18.:31:23.

in church should only be between a man and a woman.

:31:24.:31:26.

Although legal in England, Scotland and Wales since 2014,

:31:27.:31:31.

the UK's biggest faith group does not permit same-sex ceremonies.

:31:32.:31:36.

Gay rights campaigners are planning a protest outside today's meeting.

:31:37.:31:40.

For the first time, a scientific study has found a possible link

:31:41.:31:42.

between head injuries and brain damage in former footballers.

:31:43.:31:46.

Researchers studied the brains of six former players

:31:47.:31:50.

who had died from dementia, and discovered that some of them had

:31:51.:31:53.

a form of the disease linked to repeated blows to the head.

:31:54.:31:57.

Several people are unaccounted for after an explosion

:31:58.:31:59.

At least 3 people were injured when the blast ripped

:32:00.:32:04.

Some 40 firefighters fought the blaze in the south west

:32:05.:32:10.

The building has now collapsed - and the cause of the fire

:32:11.:32:15.

A Ukip press officer has offered her resignation after it

:32:16.:32:21.

emerged that the website of the party leader, Paul Nuttall,

:32:22.:32:24.

wrongly claimed he'd lost "close personal friends"

:32:25.:32:26.

Mr Nuttall said he hadn't written or seen the article

:32:27.:32:32.

Appearing on Liverpool's Radio City Talk, he was forced

:32:33.:32:38.

to acknowledge that his website gave a misleading impression.

:32:39.:32:43.

Paul Nuttall is representing UKIP in the Stoke on Trent Central

:32:44.:32:46.

by-election which takes place on the 23rd of Febuary.

:32:47.:32:50.

Here's a list of the all the candidates standing.

:32:51.:32:56.

You can find more information on the BBC News website.

:32:57.:33:01.

Harrison Ford has reportedly been involved in a near-miss while flying

:33:02.:33:04.

The 74-year-old actor mistakenly landed on a taxiway

:33:05.:33:09.

at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, where

:33:10.:33:13.

an American Airlines plane - carrying 110 passengers -

:33:14.:33:15.

An investigation into the incident is under way.

:33:16.:33:24.

He has had a few incidents. He had a crash a few years ago.

:33:25.:33:40.

I do not know what to say. This is my favourite picture.

:33:41.:33:43.

A kayaker in the Firth of Forth got more than he bargained for yesterday

:33:44.:33:46.

when a passing seal decided to hitch a ride.

:33:47.:33:48.

They are great pictures. You would be tempted to give him a

:33:49.:33:54.

hand up. He is doing well.

:33:55.:33:57.

The cheeky mammal had followed the paddling group for a mile before

:33:58.:34:00.

The kayakers said it was an "amazing experience".

:34:01.:34:05.

He had a little wobble. And then a lie down. I am not sure how long it

:34:06.:34:11.

stayed there. And coming up here

:34:12.:34:17.

on Breakfast this morning. Three people died in the 2013

:34:18.:34:19.

Boston Marathon bombings. Now the story's been made

:34:20.:34:21.

into a Hollywood film. We'll meet the real life police

:34:22.:34:24.

officer who captured one The Sinclair C5 was tipped to be

:34:25.:34:26.

the future but turned heads 30 years on and the electric

:34:27.:34:36.

trike is back, we'll take Ever considered living

:34:37.:34:42.

out your golden years Miriam Stoppard has,

:34:43.:34:44.

she'll be here to tell us about her experience trialling

:34:45.:34:51.

retirement in India as part of a new series

:34:52.:34:53.

of the Real Marigold Hotel. That is still to come. And we will

:34:54.:35:04.

be back with Carol. We had some issues earlier on. Sally is here

:35:05.:35:10.

with a final look at the sport. Barcelona have technical issues last

:35:11.:35:16.

night. Not something we say very often. They were played off the

:35:17.:35:19.

park. 4-0 down after the match. No team has ever come back from four

:35:20.:35:22.

goals down to make it through It equals Barca's worst defeat

:35:23.:35:25.

in the competition. Arsenal are back in Champions

:35:26.:35:44.

League action tonight. They play the first leg

:35:45.:35:49.

of their last 16 tie The Gunners have been knocked out

:35:50.:35:51.

at the stage in each of the last six years -

:35:52.:35:55.

twice by Bayern - but Arsene Wenger says they CAN

:35:56.:35:58.

go further this time. We play against a Bayern side,

:35:59.:36:00.

and every year, the same target. When you look at their record,

:36:01.:36:11.

they are always basically So it's a massive challenge,

:36:12.:36:16.

but I think we are capable Leicester Tigers have re-signed

:36:17.:36:19.

England fly-half George Ford Freddie Burns will move

:36:20.:36:25.

in the opposite direction Leicester have agreed to buy Ford

:36:26.:36:28.

out of the final year He came through the Tigers' academy

:36:29.:36:32.

before moving to Bath in 2013. His return to Welford Road means

:36:33.:36:40.

he'll play alongside the England And finally the golden

:36:41.:36:43.

couple of British cycling are going to have an exciting

:36:44.:36:48.

addition to their family. It is not just a new bike, it is

:36:49.:36:51.

middle person it might be for. Laura and Jason Kenny

:36:52.:36:58.

are expecting their first child The couple are said to be thrilled

:36:59.:37:02.

and delighted and have thanked the public for the kind messages

:37:03.:37:05.

and support they've Is there any thing cuter than a pair

:37:06.:37:07.

of tiny trainers? In April 2013, as runners

:37:08.:37:18.

were crossing the finishing line of the Boston marathon,

:37:19.:37:20.

two pressure cooker bombs went off, killing three people,

:37:21.:37:23.

and injuring more than 260 others. The efforts of hundreds of police

:37:24.:37:27.

officers involved feature We can speak now to

:37:28.:37:30.

Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese, who was off-duty on the day

:37:31.:37:35.

of the bombings, but played a key role in the manhunt

:37:36.:37:38.

to capture the attackers. Thanks for joining us. Reading the

:37:39.:37:48.

background, you're rolling this is incredible. You were not on duty on

:37:49.:37:56.

the day itself, how did you come to be involved in finding the two men?

:37:57.:38:01.

The date of the bombing, I was at a training seminar in Massachusetts. A

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police officer has to go to 40 hours of in-service training to get

:38:10.:38:13.

recertified. The day of the bombing I was getting out of class and I

:38:14.:38:19.

heard on the radio about the first explosion and then the second

:38:20.:38:21.

explosion and I continue to go to class the rest of the week. Four

:38:22.:38:33.

days of class. We ended up being involved with the bombers, that day

:38:34.:38:38.

I went to work my regular shift, uniform, I am a patrol supervisor,

:38:39.:38:43.

and during the course of the evening we heard a broadcast about the MIT

:38:44.:38:47.

police officer who had been murdered in his police car. I was inside the

:38:48.:38:53.

police station doing a report and the end of the shift, I sent the

:38:54.:38:58.

report to the lieutenant for approval. He said he read report it

:38:59.:39:04.

was fine, but he thought he deleted it. He asked if I could find it in

:39:05.:39:09.

the computer system and I gave it a quick look. Spending an hour to

:39:10.:39:14.

retrieve the report. I said we will let the computer guys figure it out

:39:15.:39:18.

tomorrow and with that I went to my vehicle and was sitting listening to

:39:19.:39:23.

the police radio, having a cigar, because I am a two Minute Drive from

:39:24.:39:28.

work. I thought I would smoke a cigar before driving home. A bit of

:39:29.:39:33.

relaxation before going home and you heard something on the radio.

:39:34.:39:36.

Officers were dispatched to Dexter Avenue. They said there was a

:39:37.:39:44.

hijacked vehicle being tracked with a GPS system and they said the

:39:45.:39:48.

carjackers may be armed. I knew there were only four patrolmen

:39:49.:39:55.

working. I thought I would head up that way in case there is a car

:39:56.:39:59.

chase and they get out and end up having to chase them on foot. I

:40:00.:40:04.

thought I would give them a hand looking and started driving and an

:40:05.:40:06.

officer said he had the vehicle insight and he was following it. He

:40:07.:40:15.

followed it and as he went into another side street, it turned out

:40:16.:40:19.

to be the marathon bombers but at the time we thought it was

:40:20.:40:24.

carjackers. They exited the vehicle and the older brother started

:40:25.:40:27.

advancing on the officer, shooting at him. A terrifying situation. Yes,

:40:28.:40:38.

they were shooting at us. He put his car reversed to create distance. J

:40:39.:40:45.

Reynolds, did a great job. One of the supervisors came around the

:40:46.:40:47.

corner and took one through the windshield. He got out of his

:40:48.:40:56.

vehicle. They started saying they were throwing bombs. I got there in

:40:57.:41:00.

less than a minute. It was incredibly dramatic. We can look at

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the trailer for the film which started at the marathon. It is

:41:08.:41:17.

marathon day, be prepared to augment should they require assistance.

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There he is. General in a neon vest. They say half a million people

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watched the marathon. Are you behaving yourself?

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We have got multiple explosions, we need help!

:41:43.:41:48.

A devastating moment for the city. We can imagine the atmosphere in the

:41:49.:41:53.

city. You are suddenly involved in a shoot out. What did you do? I

:41:54.:41:59.

responded, I was in my personal vehicle. I parked around the corner

:42:00.:42:05.

and put my bullet proof vest back on and am walking onto the side street

:42:06.:42:10.

and a pipe bomb went off. You do not expect it. Police work. On a

:42:11.:42:15.

battlefield you expect explosions. As I came around the corner I saw

:42:16.:42:19.

the Sergeant behind a tree and another officer taking cover behind

:42:20.:42:27.

a vehicle in somebody's front yard. I assessed the situation, looked at

:42:28.:42:33.

it and thought, nobody is advancing, nobody is retreating, it is like

:42:34.:42:38.

stalemate. I decided to flag them and cut through backyards. I came up

:42:39.:42:43.

between houses and as I approached the street the pressure cooker bomb

:42:44.:42:47.

went off. It was like a mushroom cloud. A bright flash. It made me

:42:48.:42:53.

step back. It took a moment to regain my senses. I continued to the

:42:54.:42:58.

street and look to my right and about 20 yards away were the two

:42:59.:43:04.

brothers, they were in front of the stolen vehicle. They were exchanging

:43:05.:43:09.

gunfire with the other three officers. They did not know I had

:43:10.:43:13.

come up beside them like that on their flank. I took careful aim.

:43:14.:43:20.

Firing four, five rounds. I knew I was hitting them, but he was not

:43:21.:43:23.

reacting as you think somebody would getting shot. I figured to try some

:43:24.:43:33.

other tactic. I could see their feet illuminated because of the

:43:34.:43:38.

headlights. I took a couple of skip shots, where you bounce the bullet

:43:39.:43:42.

off the pavement and it comes back up. That is when the older brother

:43:43.:43:46.

realised I was there because I was hitting him in the ankles. He came

:43:47.:43:51.

running up the street, shooting at me, I was exchanging gunfire. He

:43:52.:43:56.

came up the driveway and there was a chain link fence between us and we

:43:57.:44:01.

exchange gunfire, six feet apart. I reloaded my pistol while he was

:44:02.:44:08.

shooting at me. His pistol ran out, I do not know if it jammed, but we

:44:09.:44:13.

found out it ran out of ammunition. He looked down at the pistol, looked

:44:14.:44:17.

at me, looked at the pistol again and in frustration he threw it and

:44:18.:44:23.

hit me in the arm. He ran and took a left running towards the other

:44:24.:44:27.

offices. I chased him and tackled him. The first two offices on the

:44:28.:44:35.

scene came to assist me. I shot him nine times. He was still actively

:44:36.:44:40.

resisting being handcuffed. Officer Reynolds looks up. He could see down

:44:41.:44:46.

where the stolen vehicle was and the younger brother and he said, let's

:44:47.:44:52.

get out of here. He is coming at us. I could see the vehicle bearing down

:44:53.:44:59.

on us. His brother runs the other brother over. He tried to run is

:45:00.:45:06.

over. I am interested, the actor JK Simmons place you in the film and I

:45:07.:45:10.

know you have seen the film many times and it had a massive impact on

:45:11.:45:15.

the whole of Boston, what is it like seeing an action movie like this?

:45:16.:45:24.

It is surreal to see it recreated and to see yourself betrayed. I

:45:25.:45:29.

would never have thought it would happen to me. I am just an average

:45:30.:45:35.

guy in an extraordinary situation. Everything turned out well. What

:45:36.:45:40.

about getting the medal and a commendation from the people of

:45:41.:45:45.

Boston? That must mean an awful lot. I received the Congressional medal

:45:46.:45:52.

of valour. We are seeing pictures of it here. It was quite humbling. You

:45:53.:46:00.

did not expect to ever receive that. You are a very brave man, thank you.

:46:01.:46:04.

Telling the story so calmly! Patriots Day is in cinemas

:46:05.:46:07.

from 23rd February. Much milder than it has been, and it

:46:08.:46:22.

is mild across much of the UK, except for the Highlands. A cloudy

:46:23.:46:26.

day for most of us, and there is rain on the cards. If we start at

:46:27.:46:34.

9am in Scotland, we hang on to the sunshine in the Highlands, but for

:46:35.:46:37.

the rest of Scotland it will remain fairly cloudy, with patchy fog. For

:46:38.:46:42.

Northern England, and a lot of clout, low cloud, health log, and

:46:43.:46:50.

that extends south. We also have spots of rain running up the east of

:46:51.:46:56.

East Anglia. That Will Claye. Patchy fog in parts of the south-east,

:46:57.:47:00.

where we have had some breaks, but the Midlands towards Hampshire, we

:47:01.:47:05.

back into the cloud, and patchy fog. In the south-west, we are into the

:47:06.:47:09.

thick cloud and some rain. Into Wales, South Wales have the rain by

:47:10.:47:17.

9am, North Wales is still dry, but cloudy. Northern Ireland has a

:47:18.:47:21.

cloudy start, with spots of rain. The rain will turn heavier later,

:47:22.:47:26.

and the wind will strengthen. The weather front in the south-west will

:47:27.:47:30.

extend slowly north-east. The rain will be heavy and also possibly

:47:31.:47:35.

thundery, but behind it, it will brighten up. Still a few showers.

:47:36.:47:41.

For Northern Ireland and Scotland, more showers arrived as an area of

:47:42.:47:49.

low pressure moves in. The wind will start to strengthen. That process

:47:50.:47:51.

will continue for the evening and overnight. The weather front

:47:52.:47:55.

continues to push into eastern England and clear off into the North

:47:56.:48:01.

Sea. Behind it, clear skies, some folk will form, especially from

:48:02.:48:04.

south-west England towards Hampshire, but by the end of the

:48:05.:48:07.

night we could see patchy fog across the south-east. Tomorrow it will be

:48:08.:48:12.

slow to clear, but when it does, for most of England and where, a fine

:48:13.:48:17.

day, light wind. It feels like spring. For Scotland and Northern

:48:18.:48:22.

Ireland, the low pressure continues to drift north, showers rotating

:48:23.:48:27.

around it, and strong wind. Strong wind especially with exposure, we

:48:28.:48:36.

could be looking at gale force. For Friday, fog around, especially for

:48:37.:48:40.

England. This could be problematic for commuters and will take a time

:48:41.:48:43.

to lift, but we do expect it to lift. For most of England and is,

:48:44.:48:49.

sunshine. Another weather front from the West. It will introduce rain

:48:50.:48:53.

later. Still a few showers in the North. As we go through the next few

:48:54.:49:00.

days and into the weekend, that is what we are looking at, milder

:49:01.:49:05.

conditions for some, or as mild as we have at the moment.

:49:06.:49:09.

It was supposed to herald a revolution in personal transport

:49:10.:49:12.

but the Sinclair C5 quickly became a byword for failure.

:49:13.:49:14.

Part tricycle and part electric car, it was the brainchild

:49:15.:49:16.

of the computer designer Sir Clive Sinclair.

:49:17.:49:18.

Now, his nephew has designed his own version,

:49:19.:49:20.

which he believes will flourish where the C5 flopped.

:49:21.:49:23.

Our Transport Correspondent Richard Westcott went along to take a look.

:49:24.:49:29.

This is how they did glitzy launches in the mid-1980s.

:49:30.:49:33.

After revolutionising home computers, people couldn't wait

:49:34.:49:36.

for the next invention from the genius Sir Clive Sinclair.

:49:37.:49:40.

But the C5 never lived up to the hype.

:49:41.:49:44.

Who better to road-test the Sinclair C5 than former racing

:49:45.:49:46.

Along with safety fears, there was another fundamental problem.

:49:47.:49:57.

It was at this point that the vehicle's battery gave out.

:49:58.:50:03.

I've waited about 30 years to have a go.

:50:04.:50:06.

Ask anyone under 30, they have no idea what a C5 is,

:50:07.:50:09.

but for people of a certain age, so my age, it was the defining cool

:50:10.:50:13.

invention and, indeed, testing this invention

:50:14.:50:17.

As a youngster, Grant Sinclair helped his father trial the C5,

:50:18.:50:30.

Three decades on, he has designed his own electric triumph, the Iris.

:50:31.:50:37.

Like the original, it combines pedals with an electric motor,

:50:38.:50:39.

and you can drive it without a licence from 14 years old.

:50:40.:50:42.

This one is weatherproof, streamline and made from the same

:50:43.:50:45.

You can see for starters that it is about three times

:50:46.:50:51.

I was going to ask him some questions, but can't catch him!

:50:52.:51:03.

I think it was a very clever idea, the original item.

:51:04.:51:29.

I always wanted to do a really fast bike and a much safer bike.

:51:30.:51:32.

One of the things I remember about the C5 that people

:51:33.:51:35.

complained about at the time is you are quite low down.

:51:36.:51:38.

I think it's less of an issue these days from when my uncle's

:51:39.:51:41.

Then there wasn't the infrastructure for cyclists.

:51:42.:51:43.

Now you have bike lanes in most major cities.

:51:44.:51:46.

Ebikes are selling well, and I think the market is ready

:51:47.:51:49.

for an ebike that's closed, so you can ride it in

:51:50.:51:54.

Not yet, but I would love to show it to him.

:51:55.:52:03.

So, 30 years after it disappeared, the Sinclair name is returning

:52:04.:52:07.

Here we are outside in Salford, Louise is still inside, although she

:52:08.:52:33.

would love to have a go. We have an original C5. Lance owns a couple of

:52:34.:52:43.

these. It was said that it was impossible for a large human to get

:52:44.:52:47.

inside. You have to operate? I have three. Why I do still keeping them

:52:48.:52:57.

going, but it never really clicked? No, but it was developed at the

:52:58.:53:00.

wrong period of time, in the wrong era. It was designed to take over

:53:01.:53:07.

from a vehicle, rather than as a leisure vehicle. Do you still take

:53:08.:53:13.

these out? Most summers, I go around Heaton Park, I continually get asked

:53:14.:53:20.

all about it, I take it on the road, people slow down more because I am

:53:21.:53:26.

on one of these than a bicycle. They wanted to photographs, ask

:53:27.:53:33.

questions. How excited are you? By the prospect of Clive Sinclair's

:53:34.:53:40.

nephew bringing out a new version? Faster, safer and better than the

:53:41.:53:46.

original. The original will always be around. Enthusiasts always like

:53:47.:53:54.

the original. I have only seen a small amount of the new product, it

:53:55.:53:57.

will be interesting to see how it compares. In 1985 they were ?399 to

:53:58.:54:04.

buy, how much do they go for these days? They range, depending on how

:54:05.:54:12.

good polity they are. Something in this condition, with all of the

:54:13.:54:17.

extras, indicators, mirrors and so forth, between 650 to ?1000. Over

:54:18.:54:23.

speaking to somebody this morning who had one themselves, but they had

:54:24.:54:28.

to give it up because they could not get them serviced anymore. Unless

:54:29.:54:34.

you are an engineer, you are stuck? There is the normal Internet auction

:54:35.:54:37.

sites that you can go onto. The various forums for C5s. Plenty of

:54:38.:54:50.

avenues to get parts from. We will drive these around in a moment, but

:54:51.:54:57.

these were built in Merthyr Tydfil originally, 50 miles an hour top

:54:58.:55:00.

speed, but the battery only lasts for 20 miles, and that has been an

:55:01.:55:06.

issue. This is quite an accolade, it was voted the biggest budget

:55:07.:55:11.

disaster of all time. -- gadget disaster. It was way before its

:55:12.:55:20.

time. It try to take over from the motor vehicle instead of more of a

:55:21.:55:25.

leisure vehicle. Maybe like an electric scooter is nowadays, it

:55:26.:55:30.

would be more used like that, as a fashion accessory, more than

:55:31.:55:34.

anything. I need to release the safety. For those of you who

:55:35.:55:39.

remember, you have to pedal to get it going, hit the motor button...

:55:40.:55:47.

About one? Yes. For a man of long legs, this is tough. You can come as

:55:48.:55:52.

well! When do I hit the motor button? Now! I don't want to hit

:55:53.:56:01.

anybody! Hopefully I will manage to avoid... Morning, everyone. Having a

:56:02.:56:07.

total around the piazza. Anyone stepping off the tram will think

:56:08.:56:12.

that they have stepped into the 1980s. It has a bit of poke

:56:13.:56:20.

honoured. They can do. How do you slow down? Those are the breaks.

:56:21.:56:28.

This is magnificent. You have won me over. Do you go on enthusiast

:56:29.:56:37.

weekends? I don't, because I have children! But the kids are ready,

:56:38.:56:44.

when they are a bit older, one is for each of them. Back to the 1980s.

:56:45.:56:51.

We will go off there. I might pop back later.

:56:52.:56:58.

Is it easy to steer? Very easy. You press this and you

:56:59.:57:08.

are off. Note shop turns! Goodbye! Drive carefully! There he goes, into

:57:09.:57:09.

the sunrise. Your granny might have said that

:57:10.:57:14.

a good deed is its own reward But now the trend for so-called

:57:15.:57:17.

random acts of kindness has become a global phenomenon,

:57:18.:57:21.

fuelled by reports of a psychological buzz dubbed

:57:22.:57:23.

the "helper's high". Alison Freeman has hopped

:57:24.:57:24.

on board the big-hearted bandwagon to investigate

:57:25.:57:26.

the growth of goodwill. Staff at the Christie Hospital

:57:27.:57:28.

in Manchester found an anonymous note on the vending machine

:57:29.:57:34.

on Sunday, telling them to help themselves to snacks that had

:57:35.:57:38.

already been paid for. Literally, the bottom

:57:39.:57:42.

of the machine was full of lots of chocolate,

:57:43.:57:44.

crisps, cereal bars, It just really perked up

:57:45.:57:49.

everyone's day, that someone would do something

:57:50.:57:52.

like this, so lovely. Just out of the goodness

:57:53.:57:55.

of their own heart. You know, not wanting to take any

:57:56.:57:57.

sort of thanks or anything. This week is Random Acts

:57:58.:58:02.

of Kindness Week, created It says good deeds really

:58:03.:58:16.

do make you feel good, One of my favourite scientific

:58:17.:58:20.

studies I ever looked at is that when you do an act of kindness

:58:21.:58:28.

for somebody and somebody happens to witness it,

:58:29.:58:30.

all three of you get the same health So it's not just the doer,

:58:31.:58:34.

the receiver, but anybody who happens to be a bystander,

:58:35.:58:39.

who is involved in it, is going to get that same feel-good

:58:40.:58:42.

and be more likely to pass it So this random act of kindness

:58:43.:58:46.

seems appropriate here at the Christie Hospital,

:58:47.:58:54.

which wouldn't be what it is today if it wasn't for a donation

:58:55.:58:57.

of ?20,000 100 years ago. I've been challenged to see if I can

:58:58.:59:02.

be a Rak-tivist and give Free Metro ticket,

:59:03.:59:05.

no strings attached. What do you think about me giving

:59:06.:59:07.

you the ticket for free? That's a really good thing to do

:59:08.:59:18.

for people, so, yeah. It would make me want to do that

:59:19.:59:22.

to someone else, as well. You don't actually

:59:23.:59:25.

have to do anything. Does it make you want to do

:59:26.:59:30.

something for somebody else Can I interest anybody

:59:31.:59:40.

in a free biscuit? Can I interest anyone

:59:41.:59:46.

in a free biscuit? So maybe not everyone

:59:47.:59:51.

is ready for random acts They did not want the biscuit.

:59:52.:59:55.

Welcome back. Primrose Panglea set up the 5

:59:56.:00:11.

Acts A Day campaign here in the UK, which encourages people to perform

:00:12.:00:15.

five acts of kindness every day. She's here with Havana,

:00:16.:00:18.

who tries to hit And Dr Sandi Mann is

:00:19.:00:20.

a psychologist and director Primrose, why did you set this up?

:00:21.:00:37.

What kindnesses do you do? I set it up because it was Havana's first

:00:38.:00:42.

birthday. You have millions of toys around and open them and suddenly

:00:43.:00:48.

they are back in the bin. Instead of people spending ?30 on a toy she

:00:49.:00:52.

will play with five minutes and get bored with, why not use the money to

:00:53.:00:56.

do something nice for someone else? That way I am paying it forward. And

:00:57.:01:02.

by the time she is 18, the world will be a nicer place. That was the

:01:03.:01:07.

idea and we still do. And Havana comes along. Do you enjoy doing

:01:08.:01:13.

these kindnesses? What have you been doing? We give flowers to people. I

:01:14.:01:22.

love that bit. And how do people react? They say thank you. Are they

:01:23.:01:27.

surprised when you give them flowers?

:01:28.:01:32.

What do you say when you give the flowers? Do you say, we would like

:01:33.:01:37.

to give you these flowers as a gift? How do you explain it? When you give

:01:38.:01:43.

them flowers, what do you say? We say, here are your flowers. No

:01:44.:01:52.

wonder they say thank you. What is people'sreaction? Most of

:01:53.:01:56.

the time you pick your victim! You go to them and say, here are

:01:57.:02:03.

flowers, I want you to have a nice day. People are shocked and don't

:02:04.:02:08.

have anything to say and at that point I'd make my getaway. It is not

:02:09.:02:12.

about making conversation, it is something nice for you, that's it.

:02:13.:02:20.

You are not asking for thanks? That is the thing. A lot of people

:02:21.:02:28.

say that kindness needs no reward. It is true because we get the help

:02:29.:02:37.

of's high. I did my experiment, how I paid it forward, and I was looking

:02:38.:02:43.

for that elusive helper's high, would it be rewarded to be kind?

:02:44.:02:49.

Like you I experienced a lot of resistance. People are suspicious of

:02:50.:02:54.

kind behaviour. Unsolicited kind behaviour. In this country we are

:02:55.:02:59.

suspicious and that is what the campaign is about, to change

:03:00.:03:02.

people'sattitude so that if somebody is kind, we can accept it.

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Little acts of kindness can make a difference. It is the little things.

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You do not need to do major volunteering. I have a clinic where

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I treat people with depression and other conditions. One thing I

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prescribe is doing something kind every day. They will say, I cannot

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be a volunteer. Just something kind, let somebody in front of you in the

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queue when shopping. When you are driving. Give somebody a coughing.

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It can give you a boost. You think, I am a nice person I am a kind

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person -- coffee. On the issue of motivation does it take away from

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the act of kindness if you do it to make yourself feel better? Do

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understand people might be confused about the motivation behind it.

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Because they do not spend time explaining, there is no interaction,

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and that takes away the suspicion, what is this about? It is something

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nice for you, that is it. We do a campaign where we write nice notes

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like have a nice day, I think you are beautiful, the world is a better

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place because you are here. We go all over the place and stick nice

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notes everywhere and that takes away the suspicion. You are crossing the

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street and there is a nice message for you and that is it. People take

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pictures and tweaked them. A lot of people say, you changed my day with

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something simple. This idea when people say is there

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such a thing as true altruism if we benefit from it? It is true, we

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benefit, but I always say if somebody gets the helper's high,

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feeling good by helping people, they must be great people because many

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people get their kicks from being nasty. Especially nowadays on the

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internet. If you have people like Havana and her mother getting their

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kicks from being nice to people, I think they are great people.

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How do you feel? Good. Keep handing out the flowers.

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Lovely to see you this morning. But until then, have

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a lovely morning. When it comes to retirement,

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most people dream of the quiet life and finally being free

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from the rat race. That can't be said

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for the pensioners at Miriam Stoppard is one of 8

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celebrities who travelled across the globe to experience

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a taste of what life, in their golden years,

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could be like amongst the colour In tonight's new series, the guests

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arrive at their retirement home, Built in the 16th century

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by Portuguese merchants, this house will become

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a unique retirement home. Where these eight strangers

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will need to learn to live together. Greeting the group

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is the housekeeper. How many times have you been sitting

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around at a dinner party and at some point somebody said,

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we could buy somewhere? We could all live together

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and we could all eat together. It's got the edge on

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Eastbourne, quite frankly. It has Amanda Barrie, Lionel Blair,

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Rustie Lee, Bill Oddie and Sheila Ferguson amongst others.

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We know you love India and when someone says, would you like to

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spend a month there, do you sign up straightaway? I jumped at it. I was

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scared the fact I had been before I could not go this time, I would be

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struck off the list but it was no impediment. The programme makers

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were keen for need to go, because I knew India a little bit, but I was

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prepared to have my eyes opened. This trip was like no other trip, it

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was life changing. As a tourist, you skim. There is a lot about India I

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love but on this trip we got really close to Indian culture, families

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and traditions. I saw India in a different way.

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I watched the other one as well and the film. I love the way it says it

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is not based on the film! It is beautifully done and you are with a

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group of people, you knew one before. Only one and I admit, going

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away for month with seven strangers was not high on my list. I tend to

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be a loner. The group was just amazing. The astonishing thing was,

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we got on so well, honestly. I am not kidding. There were loads of

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laughs. We laughed the whole time. Dennis Taylor with his Irish jokes,

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Lionel Blair with his anecdotes of when he was on the stage. He wanted

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to go home early on. He was not too keen early on. It is understandable.

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If you live in a cosy house and you are thrust into Indian life with the

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colour and noise and music, it is a culture shock. Lionel Blair went, he

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took a breath in. What is going on? But, bless him, he threw himself

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into it and by day three he was beginning to like it and by day five

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he really liked it and by day seven, he did not want to go home. The idea

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is you go and look at this culture and place to live and see whether

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you might make that move. Tell us about it from your point of view,

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might you do that? There are lots of things to consider. India is

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attractive in many ways. The cost of living is cheap, accommodation is

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cheap, health care for the elderly is good. Cutting-edge medicine, if

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that is what you want. We were taken to see various apartments and

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houses. Right at the very end, in the last week, I found my little bit

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of paradise, on a beach. An hour from Koch E, where we were staying.

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It fulfilled all my dreams -- Kochi. I have a levelling grandchildren. I

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cannot leave them. But this place, tranquil, and very beautiful and

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quiet, I thought, I could come here four months of the year. I would

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love to do that. Having been to India before, there is a very

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different emphasis on how they look after the older generation in the

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family. Do you think we could learn from the way they treat their

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elders? Some of us were lucky to be invited into families and eat with

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them and we saw it at close quarters. Old people are cherished,

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respected, and, in a way, cosseted. The family so to speak puts their

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arm around old people. It is quite different from here. There is no

:12:28.:12:33.

loneliness. An old person automatically is welcomed into the

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family group. They are taken care of. They are valued. They are

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needed. All of these things you need. These affirmations of who you

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are. That is prevalent in India. It is a contrast to hear. The older

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people live to a ripe old age in India and they are very happy. What

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about the idea of a gang of people living together? With that appeal to

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you? Would you go to paradise on your own? No, an essential part of

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my paradise is being on my own. That is not to say... We had so much fun.

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I hope it shows on the screen. We were just laughing the whole time.

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Our eyes were open, seeing these new things, these new experiences. In

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itself it was rejuvenating. The Real Marigold Hotel

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is on BBC One tonight at 9pm. Charlie and Steph will be back

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tomorrow with singer

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