16/02/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast with Louise Minchin and Charlie

Millions of people could avoid getting colds and flu by taking

Researchers say the so-called sunshine vitamin should be added

Also on the programme: A second woman is arrested over the suspected

assassination of the brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Tens of thousands of elderly people are not receiving the help they need

to get out of bed, dress or eat, according to a leading charity.

We're still paying more than we should to banks,

energy firms and phone companies because we don't shop around.

I'm looking at how changing a few financial habits could save more

In sport, Arsenal look destined for another early exit

from the Champions League as they're thrashed 5-1 by Bayern Munich.

Hi, fair. I am a door-to-door poet. I write poems for them.

And we meet the door to door poet who'll write a few verses

Good morning. For some of us it is a cold and frosty start with fog

around and a fair bit of cloud, but the cloud will break, we will see

sunshine but expect showers or aim for Northern Ireland and Scotland

where at the moment it is also quite windy. I will have more details in

about 30 minutes. Thank you. More than three million people

could avoid getting colds and flu every year by taking Vitamin D

supplements according The study in the British Medical

Journal calls for the vitamin to be But Public Health England says

the evidence remains inconclusive. Our health correspondent

Dominic Hughes reports. This is what vitamin D deficiency

can look like. Softened bones bowing under the weight of the body. In

children it can cause rickets. Research is a vitamin D can have

other benefits. They argue that if everyone got enough vitamin D they

would be a 10% reduction in respiratory illnesses like coughs,

colds and flu. Among those with the lowest levels of vitamin D their

benefit is even greater. A 50% reduction. And across the whole UK

population that would equate to more than 3 million people avoiding a

cold or flu each year. At present people are being asked to take

supplements in order to meet their vitamin D requirement over winter

and spring but it is expensive and a lot of people won't be able to take

supplements daily, so a more effective strategy is to introduce

food fortification into the food chain. Sunlight on the skin is the

best source of vitamin D but the increased use of sunscreen and the

weather means exposure in the UK is limited. We are already advised to

take vitamin D throughout the winter and spring months to boost levels.

It can also be found in some foods like oily fish, eggs and cereals,

and the US and Finland at vitamin D as a supplement to the third. But

some scientists are not convinced there is enough evidence that

vitamin D can prevent other illnesses to justify following suit.

Police in Malaysia have arrested a second woman over the death

of the half-brother of North Korea's leader.

It's thought Kim Jong-Nam was poisoned at Kuala Lumpur airport.

A postmortem examination has been completed, but the results

Our correspondent Karishma Vaswani is live in Kuala Lumpur for us

I am standing outside the hospital where the body of a man believed to

be Kim Jong-nam has been over the last three days. A postmortem has

been conducted. Police have said that the postmortem examination has

been completed. The results of the investigation have yet to be

released. Malaysian police said they arrested a second suspect in this

case last night. A woman carrying an Indonesian passport. She was

arrested alone. She was identified from the closed-circuit camera

footage taken from the scene of the crime. This is the second arrest in

this case so far. Three days on after the death of Kim Jong-nam it

is still extremely unclear as to why he was murdered in Malaysia. The

investigation is focusing on from what we have heard from the police

are finding other suspects in this case. Information is very fluid and

the situation is also sensitive, given their diplomatic relations

between Malaysia and North Korea. Thank you very much indeed.

Social care for elderly people is on the brink of collapse in some

parts of England, according to the charity Age UK.

It says more than 50,000 people are now not receiving any help,

despite struggling with essential daily tasks such as washing,

Our health correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports.

For ten years, Elaine Yates has cared for her husband.

They managed to get some social care.

But Elaine, who runs a social group for carers,

When Michael first came into the system it was easier

because we had our own care manager that grew to know us

could help support us, in what we needed.

Today they don't get that kind of support, they don't get a care

manager. Today's report from Age UK

says that since 2010, that has been a rise of 50%

in the amount of elderly people that

do not get the help they need. The charity's particularly concerned

with the more than 50,000 people who struggle with three or more

of these activities and receive no While social care is done in

different ways across the UK, cuts have meant councils in England have

had to reduce the amount they spend on social care.

And Age UK says emergency funding is now needed to avert a complete

We are seeing the beginnings of something that has

That is because, if there is going to be any extra money

for social care, it's not coming yet.

Because every day we have an ageing population and people over 85

The Government says it recognises the pressures on the system

and is working on a sustainable solution.

There's now a growing expectation a rescue package may be included

Britain's most senior judge has criticised sections of the press

for their coverage of the Article 50 court ruling, which said Parliament

had to be consulted before the formal process for leaving

The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, also accused

politicians of not being quick enough to defend

Some of the things that were said risked undermining the judiciary and

unfairly undermining the judiciary and therefore undermining the rule

of law. Last night hundreds of people

demonstrated on the streets of Paris to show their support

for a black youth worker, who claims he was sexually assaulted

by police earlier this month. There's been growing tension in some

of the city's suburbs since the 22-year-old

was arrested a fortnight ago. One police officer has

been charged with rape, President Francois Hollande has

called for calm and for justice. The Church of England

says its bishops will reflect "carefully and prayerfully"

after its ruling general synod voted down an important report

about gay marriage. The clergy chose to ignore

the recommendations by bishops, which suggested that a union should

only be between a man and a woman. Our religious affairs correspondent

Martin Bashir reports. 93 in favour, 100 against, with two

abstentions. And with that general sign of delivered a devastating blow

to three years of deliberation on the issue of same sex marriage --

General Synod. So the motion was lost. The debate itself contained

passionate and sometimes painful disclosures on both sides of the

argument. Outside of these walls, we are being heard as lacking in love.

All sexual expression outside the lifelong and permanent union of one

man and woman is sinful. Lesbian and Gay Christians who held an all-day

vigil outside Church house broke into song as news of the result

filtered through. I think what we've seen is a breakthrough of

understanding, of love, of people coming together, really

understanding the LGBT community. The fact that the Synod has chosen

not to take note of the report means effectively that the last three

years' work is now rendered null and void, isn't it? I absolutely

disagree. What is certainly happening is that the report we have

just presented or not be considered again as a report in these five

years. The process of shared conversation will continue. The

bishops say they will reflect carefully and prayerfully on the

result. A state of emergency has been

declared in Christchurch in New Zealand after a huge wildfire

forced hundreds of people So far, several homes have been

destroyed and the military has been In the hilly suburbs on the

outskirts of Christchurch, flames light up the night sky. Hundreds of

residents have been evacuated and a state of emergency declared. At

least 11 homes have already been lost. I wouldn't say it has been out

of control because we have resources working on it but it is heavy

material. The fire broke out in two separate places in Monday in the dry

hills south of Christchurch before merging into one blaze which now

covers about 1800 hectares. As 130 firefighters on the ground try to

get the upper hand on the blaze they are being assisted by 14 helicopters

and three aircraft, while the military has also been deployed to

provide water tankers and other personnel. Authorities are warning

locals not to leave their escape plans to late while those evacuated

weight anxiously -- too late. We have been pretty much all night

since we got evacuated. My neighbour is uphill and absolutely terrified

because they are surrounded by forest and gorse and long, dry grass

so they are nervous. For now the only known human casualty, a

helicopter pilot who died in a crash while fighting the fire on Tuesday.

Valentine's Day may have come and gone but the romantic amongst us

can rejoice at the news that the cast of the hit film

Hugh Grant, seen here at the premiere of the original

movie in 2003, is one of the names reprising his role for the short

sequel to raise money for Comic Relief.

Bill Nighy, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson,

and Rowan Atkinson will also return, and Richard Curtis has written

the script, which looks at what has happened to the characters.

The 10-minute film will be shown on 24 March on BBC One as part

am ridiculously excited about that. I watched it a Christmas again for

the millionth time. It is nice to catch up with them. Not a happy

ending for Arsene Wenger and Arsenal. Really terrible result for

him. You can see the look on his face. It is interesting, he has been

in the job. Along. A huge amount of respect from the club and the fans.

If you read the papers, there is a sense of a turn and change because

things have gone so badly wrong. And that generation of players he was

famous for looking after the -- are starting to say they... No love.

That is a hi-fi. Don't leave me hanging. -- high five. Shall I show

you the goals? I would have given you a high five. Thanks.

Arsenal's Champions League hopes lie in tatters at the last-16

It was a miserable night for Arsene Wenger's team

as they were trashed 5-1 by Bayern Munich.

The German champions will take a four-goal advantage

into the second leg so Arsenal look set to miss out

on the quarter-finals for a seventh year in a row.

Manchester City Women have signed World Cup-winner and FIFA

World Player of the Year Carli Lloyd.

The United States midfielder has scored 96 international goals,

including this strike in a 13-minute hat-trick in the 2015 World Cup

Scotland will be without their captain Greig Laidlaw for the rest

He suffered an ankle injury in the first half of their defeat

The Gloucester scrum-half sustained ligament damage.

And England's new Test captain Joe Root says he'll seek the advice

of his predecessors before taking charge of the team for the first

He's only been skipper in a handful of first class games before,

but is promising to be an instinctive captain.

And he said he was changing his baby's nappy when he got the phone

call, which is just so sweet, isn't it? I feel old when I look at him

and think, are you old enough to be the England captain? He looks so

young. We are going to catch up with the weather. Good morning, this

morning, for many of us, it is a mild start, mostly dry but, as ever,

there are exceptions to the rule, it is chilly with frost in the west,

with patchy fog as well. You can see we have some clear skies. So, for

some we will wake up to some sunshine. So, this morning, we have

low pressure for the north of the country. Scotland, blustery

conditions, strong winds in the north and through the Central

Lowlands, accompanied by showery outbreaks of rain. For Northern

Ireland a front is not far away. If we start the forecast at 8am,

some patchy fog, still some fog forming before 8am but that will

lift through the ensuing two hours and then we're looking at bright

skies, variable amounts of cloud and not particularly cold. The same for

Wales and northern England, clear skies, and at this stage, dry for

Northern Ireland, the odd shower but nothing too heavy. For the north of

Scotland and the Central Lowlands, windy conditions and also we've got

some rain, heaviest in the north and north-west. Through the day, slowly

the wind will subside but it will still be blustery in Scotland and

Northern Ireland. A weather front coming in bringing the rain with it.

Further south you see whether cloud break sub and where we'll see

sunshine. In lighter winds, 11, 12, possibly higher, will feel pleasant.

Through the evening and overnight, the rain in Northern Ireland sweeps

across the Isle of Man, pushes in two parts of northern England, north

Wales and moves to the direction of East Anglia. To the south of that we

see fog patches forming, not as much as we thought earlier in the week.

We have some in the Channel Islands and behind it under clearer skies

cold enough for frost and again some patchy fog. Tomorrow some of the fog

will be slow to clear but you can see where we've got the sunshine in

parts of the north and east. Even so the cloud will break in other parts

of the UK as well. Some showers flirting with Northern Ireland for

example. Temperatures between eight and 11. Fairly quiet. As we head

into the weekend, it is going to stay mild, for some milder than it

has been. Sunny intervals with rain at times in the north. To put all of

that onto the charts. On Saturday we will have that rain in the north,

blustery erase coming in with it. Further south, variable cloud but

the cloud will break that blustery areas. Highs of ten or 11. We could

see ten, 13, maybe even 14 -- blustery areas. On Sunday a lot of

dry weather around, some sunny spells, showers in the north-east

and later we'll see Sharee outbreaks of rain in the north-west. You can

serve the Jo never say the weather is dull because there's a lot of

variety -- you can never say -- showery. Not too unsettled for most

of the UK. Especially when you're talking about it, Carol!

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

million people could avoid getting colds and flu every year by taking

Police in Malaysia have arrested a second woman over the suspected

murder of the half brother of North Korea's leader,

Ben's here for a look at the papers. Shall we look at the front pages?

The front page of the Daily Telegraph, a second woman has been

arrested with regard to what happened in Kuala Lumpar airport.

This is one of the two women suspected of assassinating the North

Korean leader's half brother. Lots of pictures of her on the front page

of the newspapers. The Church of England, we talked about this in our

news bulletin, clergy appeared to signal support for gay marriage

after they rejected the Bishops report that said only a man and

woman could marry in church. They have rejected that as discussions

will continue. The front page of the Daily Mail, madness of new business

rates. Small firms in particular, suggesting if Treasury puts a

business rates it could have a big impact. Long overdue reform of

business rates, many businesses say it is needed but some will pay more

and some big organisations, especially the Internet retailers,

stand to gain hugely from this. They pay less, so a bit of controversy.

Shall we do some more? Front page of the Times, talking about the US

delivering an ultimatum for Nato overspending. Donald Trump's the

then secretary said they cannot take their security for granted. They're

talking about Andrew Wakefield, you may remember he was the doctor who

talked about MMR, he's back in the UK doing some filming. Sally? All of

the back pages, I won't go through all of them, it's all about Arsene

Wenger and is his time up? It's what we talked about earlier. All the old

Arsenal legends, I don't mean old, former Arsenal legends... Chatting

about in the press today about whether his time is up and whether

it's the end of an era and whether the game last night Marks an

all-time low for him. You look at the club and you look at what

happened to Alex Ferguson. But the picture I have taken is this one,

football is in trouble for unethical haircuts. Some players playing in

the Middle East, in the UAE, and there the football Association has

very strict rules over haircuts. One thing you're not allowed to do is

have a mohican, like Asamoah Gyan, who you may remember played for

Sunderland some time ago, he has a little style in the side of his

head, not allowed because they're worried the kids might copy. If you

look in any primary school up and down the land, the footballer

haircut of the moment is widely copied, that's what they don't want

to happen so he's not allowed to do that. What about you? Something

entirely different, our British love of queueing, have you spotted this?

A psychologist has been through and he has looked at the psychology

about why and how we queue, what is more likely to make us leave a queue

and it comes down to the rule of six and if we have to queue for six

minutes we get increasingly angry. But if there are six more people

behind you then everything is fine, you're happy, because you feel like

you've made progress. If you've been waiting six minutes you're going to

leave it but if six or more people join behind you in the queue, you

will stay. It's annoying to join you in a queue that is quite long and

nobody else joins behind you, so nobody else... There's nothing more

annoying than thinking the or is going faster. There is the

etiquette as well, we know as Brits have to queue. Engaging in

conversation is a big no-no -- how to queue. Are you not allowed to

chat to anyone? The biggest thing is letting a person go in front of you,

it is very British but it confuses foreigners. Are you going to do the

Churchill? This is extraordinary, it's about Winston Churchill and a

paper that has been found many years later saying that he believes, he

wrote an essay about alien life and it appears he believed there was

life on Mars. The thinking was it was destined to be published as part

of a newspaper article, but never was, so he drew a conclusion at the

end of it, Winston Churchill thinks there's alien life. He says, "I for

one am not so immensely impressed by the success we are making of our

civilisation here that I'm prepared to think we're the only spot in this

immense universe that contains living, thinking creatures". It's

not clear why it never got published. It never got published

but we don't know why. Now it has been revealed. Written in 1939

apparently that letter. Extraordinary. Thank you both very

much. It's the technology that can

transport you into another world and now virtual reality

is being used to help children to relax before they

have an MRI scan. An app has been developed to give

them a realistic idea of what the procedure will actually

be like so they're more prepared 10-year-old Matthew is back in

hospital again. In September, 2014, I've suffered from extreme hydra

catalyst, which means a buildup of fluid in the brain. So I needed

emergency operation. The procedure was a success and now as part of his

recovery, Matthew has to have regular MRI scan is to check

everything's OK. Being inside a scanning machine can be quite a

scary experience for children and adults. The scan itself can take up

to an hour. You have to stay incredibly still in a small space

and once these can actually starts its incredibly loud. Is everything

OK in there, Matthew? Yeah, all fine.

Now I feel OK because I've had it a few times now. But the first time I

remember I remember thinking to myself, what is this machine?

Because no one had showed me it. But in the end it's just a bit of

beating. And that's why some children are put

to sleep for the duration of the scan to help them through it. We're

just going to bring you out now... But now doctors here at Kings

College hospital in London are hoping this app will better prepare

children and put them at ease. Do you want to put the headset on your

head? These panoramic 360 degrees videos will allow children to

experience what a scan is like before the real thing takes place.

We'll get started... I have an office right next to the MRI scan

are so often I can hear children coming through and you can hear

they're scared, sometimes they starts, crying and I'm aware they

find it difficult to sit still so I'd thought I was interested in

Google Cardboard, I had a 360 camera bought for me for Christmas and I

thought I could take footage from within the scanner that allows a

child to experience a scan in VR beforehand and that prepares them

for the scan so it's not so scary when they first arrived. Doctors

hope this app will reduce the number of patients needing a general

anaesthetic. It's good for the children and good for the services

where we can hopefully avoid a few general anaesthetics, even if there

is a small number a year, for patients coming in at King's. The

best way to cope with it I think is to close your eyes. Hopefully this

app will really help and just don't worry about it. Ricky Boleto, BBC

News. Really interesting use of

technology. That's a really good idea. Matthew the little lad,

heartbreaking hearing him talk about the fear of the MRI scan itself.

We'll hear from Britain's only

door-to-door poet about his mission to take the time to rhyme.

Hi, their. You're right? I'm a door to door poet. I knock on strangers

and write poems for them. We'll see if he managed to convince

anyone to let him pen them a poem Did he convince anyone to let him

write a poem for them? He started because he said he was bored. There

you go! Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. Now, though, it's back

to Louise and Charlie. Hello, this is Breakfast

with Louise Minchin and Charlie We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment, but also on Breakfast this morning:

Born at 24 weeks with feet the size of a penny, Francesca's chances

of survival were limited. We'll speak to her mum

about improvements in care for premature babies,

which means she's now a happy Man's best friend could be

a farmer's worst nightmare. As dog attacks on cattle

and sheep are on the rise, we'll visit a farm in Lincolnshire

to find out what can be done # People say the meanest things. #

yeah, but truth be told, I don't care what they think.

Singer songwriter James Blunt will be here to tell us

about the new sound of his latest album.

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

More than three million people could avoid getting colds and flu

every year by taking vitamin D supplements according

The study in the British Medical Journal calls for the vitamin to be

But Public Health England says the evidence remains inconclusive.

The Malaysian government says it will return the body

of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.

It's thought Kim Jong-Nam was poisoned at Kuala Lumpur

Overnight a second woman was arrested over his death.

A postmortem examination has been completed, but the results

Inside North Korea, thousands gather to mark the birthday of the

country's late leader while the nation's current leader Kim Jong-un

has remained silent on the death of his estranged half brother. Three

thousand miles east in Malaysia Kim Jong-nam's body lies in a hospital

in Kuala Lumpur. South Korea's spy agency believe he was assassinated

by a suspected North Korean agents as he waited to board a flight on

Monday. CCTV images broadcast on Malaysian media appear to show one

suspect at the airport. Police have arrested two women, one carrying a

Vietnamese passport, the other an Indonesian one. On Wednesday, North

Korean officials, including the Ambassador, were seen visiting the

hospital. Despite the suspicions and spec duration it is not yet clear

who killed Mr Kim or why -- speculation. A postmortem of the

body has been completed but the results are not yet public.

Social care for elderly people is on the brink of collapse in some

parts of England, according to Age UK.

A new report from the charity says more than 50,000 people are now not

receiving any help, despite struggling with daily tasks

such as washing, eating and getting out of bed.

The Government says it recognises the pressures on the system

and is working on a long-term, sustainable solution.

We're seeing the beginnings of something that's going to get a lot

worse and that's because if there is going to be annexed money for social

care it's not coming out. -- any extra money. And that's a real

concern because every day we have an ageing population, we have more

people over 85 in particular who need care and therefore we are

having to ration it more and more. Hundreds of people demonstrated

on the streets of Paris last night to show their support

for a black youth worker who claims he was sexually assaulted

by police earlier this month. There's been growing tension in some

of the city's suburbs since the 22-year-old

was arrested a fortnight ago. One police officer has

been charged with rape, President Francois Hollande has

called for calm and for justice. The Church of England

says its bishops will take time to reflect after the ruling general

synod voted down an important report The clergy chose to ignore

recommendations which suggested that a union should only be

between a man and a woman. The bishops are now expected

to produce a new report A state of emergency has been

declared in Christchurch in New Zealand after a huge wildfire

forced thousands of people So far, several properties have been

destroyed and the military has been deployed to help firefighters,

along with 14 helicopters Four rare otter pups,

born at Newquay Zoo, The quartet of Asian short-clawed

otters are being taught They were born in October last year

and they're doing swimmingly. LAUGHTER I didn't realise I was

setting you up. I didn't realise either. Short clawed, there we go. I

hadn't heard of it before. Where am I going to go with that one?

Literally nowhere. What have you got? There is no way to say it other

than a disastrous night in the Champions League. Things look really

bad for Arsene Wenger and for Arsenal. Very disappointed. He is a

legend in the club. He has been there two decades. What on earth do

you do? Things just slowly start to go wrong. We criticise lots of clubs

for changing things quickly and Arsenal have done the opposite.

Maybe it is time for them to do something more significant.

Arsenal are facing elimination from the first knockout stage

of the Champions League for the seventh straight season.

Bayern Munich simply took them apart.

Arjen Robben opened the scoring, and, although Arsenal's Alexis

Sanchez eventually put in the rebound from his own penalty

to make it 1-1, Bayern were simply too good for Arsenal

Two goals from Thiago helped give the German champions a four-goal

The real problems we faced was after the third goal because we lost our

organisation and we looked mentally very jaded and very vulnerable from

that moment onwards. And after the last 25 minutes it was a nightmare

for us. Real Madrid came from behind

as they beat Napoli 3-1 in the first A stunning volley from Casemiro

sealed the win in the Bernabeu That is just such a great goal,

isn't it? Manchester City Women have signed

World Cup-winner and FIFA World Player of

the Year Carli Lloyd. Have a look at what City fans

can look forward to - A 13-minute hat-trick

in the 2015 World Cup final. The 34-year

old joins the WSL champions I am always looking to improve my

game, I am always looking for the next challenge, the next big thing

and to be able to come here, trained with some of the world's test

players, be at the world's best facility, play in the Champions

League, hopefully win an FA Cup and winter spring series. There are so

many goals that I want to accomplish.

Scotland will be without their captain Greig Laidlaw for the rest

He suffered an ankle injury in the first half of the defeat

Further assessment has confirmed that the Gloucester scrum-half

sustained ligament damage, and will miss the remaining four

England's new Test cricket captain Joe Root says he'll be seeking

the advice of his predecessors before taking charge of the team

He's only been skipper in a handful of first class games before

But is promising to be an instinctive captain.

Having played 50 odd games now I have quite a lot of experience in

test cricket. I might not have captained a lot of county cricket

but having vice captained in the team, becoming more experienced, I

have had to thing as if I am a captain anyway. I think I am as

ready as I can be. You have heard that you never really know until you

are given the opportunity but I am excited about all of the challenges

it holds. And we wish him lots of luck, don't we?

Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is out of snooker's Welsh Open

after losing 4-3 to Mark Davis in the second round.

Meanwhile, a 15-year-old schoolboy will have to take more time

Jackson Page had to get permission to be off school to play

John Astley, and now he's into the third round in Cardiff.

I knew I could play well and go far and obviously I went further as

well, playing well. People told me just to enjoy it and the experience,

really. In myself, I knew I could win a few games and keep on going

hopefully. He has said he isn't disappointed to be missing history.

Can we just say one thing, he looks more grown-up than 15. I am assuming

he hasn't taken his GCSEs. It is his GCSE year. The school know that it

could be his career. Very good luck to him. He is calm and collected.

Very mature. Very impressive. The use of vitamin D supplements has

been hotly debated in medical circles in recent years,

with some experts arguing Today, a study published

by the British Medical Journal found taking them reduced

common coughs and colds. Now, the authors want it

to be added to our food. But Public Health England says

the evidence is inconclusive. Professor Adrian Martineau

was the lead author of the study Good morning. Thank you for your

time. Tell us what you discovered in your study. So, our study was a

meta-analysis, putting together information from 25 clinical trials.

A total of 10,933 patients from four continents across the world in 19

countries and the trials investigated whether vitamin D

supplementation can reduce acute respiratory infections, cold, flu,

cough, bronchitis and pneumonia. What we found in the population

overall was it was a highly statistically significant but modest

effect of 10% in the population as a whole and when we drill down and

look at the people who have vitamin D deficiency we saw a big effect

with a 50% reduction and the halving of risk in respiratory infection in

that group. And you have gone on to extrapolate that could mean three

and a quarter million people would get one fewer acute respiratory

infection per year. That is right. Although it is modest, the fact it

is, means a small reduction can have major health benefits. Around seven

out of ten of us have at least one infection are year. That reduction

could stop around 3.25 million people having at least one infection

each year. So you will help with some of the reaction to the studies.

Public Health England said the evidence you have presented is

inconclusive on coughs and colds but at the same time it should be taken.

On the coughs and colds, which is the new element, it it is

inconclusive. Yes, I have read that but it is not clear on what basis

they have made that judgement. Certainly where we are not arguing,

it is over the overall recommendation. We agree with them

that the average vitamin D requirement should be ten micrograms

per day. What we say is that there is an added motivation for the

population to meet that requirement. Can I ask you about what people are

supposed to make of this, if you are suggesting so many people require

more vitamin D, how should they get that if they are indeed lacking?

Well vitamin D is the sunshine fight on but in the UK with the latitude,

sunshine is only of sufficient intensity to make vitamin D in the

skin for six month of the year so therefore we have to fall back on

alternative approaches. One is supplementation, which is what

Public Health England encourage, which the general population means

should consider a supplement over winter and spring, the alternative,

in the US, Sweden and Finland, is fortification, where vitamin D is

added to foodstuffs such as milk and bread, which has shown to be highly

effective in eliminating profound vitamin D deficiency in the

population at a low cost of around 11 eurocents per person per year.

Some people hear the evidence you present today might think why not if

there is a possibility of it reducing the chances of a severe

respiratory illness, why not take vitamin D? Are there any risks

attached to taking too much vitamin D? It is possible to take too much

but you have to tried quite hard, what we recommend is 400 units, so

it is a fraction of the amount. Taking the amount recommended, ten

micrograms per day, is enough to eliminate the risk of profound

deficiency and would be very safe to take. Professor, thank you very much

for your time this morning. That is very interesting to hear all of

that. Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. good morning. This morning for many

parts it is a mild start and also mostly dry. But there are some

exceptions in the south-west where we've had breaks in the cloud, cold

enough for some frost and patchy fog and all this cloud later will bring

some rain into Northern Ireland. We also have low pressure moving across

the north of Scotland, you can see from the squeeze in isobars it is

windy and wet but as you go further south, look how wide they are, so

not as windy here, in fact more of a breeze. First thing this morning we

have patchy fog in the south-west and some frost as well. Even further

east we have patchy fog but all of that should live by around 8am or

9am and you can see variable amounts of cloud, but some waking up to

sunshine. In Northern Ireland, some brighter breaks but the cloud will

continue to build, you saw it coming in on the satellite. In southern and

eastern Scotland, dry but rain in the north-west and windy blustery

conditions in the north and north-west and this morning in the

Central Lowlands. You're fine that will ease as we go through the day.

Meanwhile, the rain moves across Northern Ireland, blustery here. For

England and Wales you could catch the odd shower in the Midlands,

parts of the north-west and Cumbria, you will be unlucky if you do. For

most it will be dry with some sunny spells developing, highs of maybe 14

like yesterday. Through the evening and overnight, the reigning Northern

Ireland pours down, moving across the Isle of Man, into northern

England and north Wales, extending through the Midlands into East

Anglia but it is patchy. To the south of that there will be patchy

fog forming but not as extensive as we thought, to the north of that in

Scotland and northern England, patchy fog and cold enough for frost

under the clear skies. When the fog lifts tomorrow we will have the best

of the sunshine in the north and north-east, further west we have

some sunny breaks and some showers in Northern Ireland, parts of north

Wales and also in across western parts of Scotland. Into the weekend,

it is going to stay mild. We'll have sunny intervals but there will be

rain at times in the north and the north-west. How does that translate

on the charts? Here it is, the rain in the north and north-west, windy

with it but come further south and east and we're looking at brighter

skies and some sunshine and again the mild theme continuing. For some

the temperatures higher than on the charts, 12, 13, maybe even 14. The

same on Sunday temperature wise, rain scooting across East Anglia

into the south-east and some rain later in the day coming across the

north-west of Scotland where the breeze will pick up. But

temperatures, ten or 11. If you like your temperatures higher, into the

early part of next week we could well see that. We'll get into the

very mild category as opposed to the mild category, but that doesn't mean

it will last. We're in a very changeable season at the moment.

Carol, thank you very much. Then, some tips about how to save muggy?

Most of us are guilty when it comes to dealing with any accounts for

energy, phones, that kind of thing. -- Ben, some tips to save money.

behaviour of 220,000 people over five years

monitoring our habits on everything from bills to banking.

35 million people, are overpaying in the shops,

and for services like internet, gas and electricity.

And there's a real generational divide when it comes

With those in their 20s and 30s much worse off and less willing

to change their habits than those in their 40s and 50s.

Richard Jenkins is from Experian and helped but this report together.

This is a really extensive study, we looked at some of the highlights,

what was the biggest surprise for you? About the biggest surprise was

the number of people who weren't getting the best deal. -- I think.

There's a big difference between those who go online and look for the

deals, and that obviously narrows down the population and even of

those that do look, you've got some of them who are choosing to stick

with the ones that they've got and only again they are a minority who

actually go to change the deals they've got. It's an amazing

statistic, we're more likely to get divorced man change our bank

account, I always find that phenomenal but when it comes to that

inertia, some say it is too much hassle, filling in extra forms,

seeing your bank, finding out the best deal in a pretty complicated

market. Isn't it easier to stick with what you've got? That's right,

there are very difficult factors put in by organisations to change

things, that's a regulatory issue over time and we've seen some

improvement there and in terms of bank accounts, it's heading in that

direction. But we're also creatures of habit and it's easy to stick with

what you do already. We coined the phrase of an invisible tax on

inertia where you are in effect paying out money all the time over

the years because you can't be bothered or haven't got round to it

or it's too difficult to change. Where are we over paying more

almost? I mention things like energy bills and phone bills, that kind of

thing? It's all the things that we sign up for, particularly if we're

signed up for a number of years. Phones is the best example, have you

got the best deal, do you use the things you've got, do you need the

offers you've got, do you need a new phone every year? Also in terms of

insurance and utilities, but insurance is a classic example where

there's sometimes a difference between being a new customer and an

old customer so it's better to go back and get a better deal. Briefly,

top tip? What should people be doing? Switch, look around, shop

around? If you work out how much money you're spending on something

and compare it with the difference, ?200 here, ?200 there, you could get

quite a lot of money with a household! Word it all adds up.

Richard, thank you. Top tips, shop around, switch, move, save some

money and give me a cut if you do save any!

Add it all up together and you can go on holiday! Thanks, Ben.

It started as a hobby for Rowan McCabe,

knocking on people's doors and offering to write them

A year on he's been given an Arts Council

grant to continue his work as Britain's only door to door poet.

David Sillito met him on his rounds in Gateshead and Stockton.

So I knock on strangers' and write poems for them.

My hair could be much neater but this could be worse.

I joined him on his rounds delivering poems in Stockton.

How are you? I'm good thanks, yeah.

This is Jane, she likes horse racing.

When I got up and opened it, there he stood in his little hat

And now, a week or so on, he's back with a poem

Specifically, the Grand National legend, Red Rum.

The thundering gallops at the races justles.

Their faces as he crossed the finish line.

I'll see you later, Jean, cheers, take care.

I have to ask, how did you become a door-to-door poet?

Well, first of all it was to do with boredom, really.

You're just bored and you were knocking on people's doors saying,

I had this feeling that anyone could enjoy poetry, really.

I think I probably am a little bit. But it works.

The process always begins with a knock and then

if people are willing, a chat, to work out what their poem

Probably the state of the country as it is at the moment.

Right, OK. Immigration.

Right. I voted out.

It's a little window into inner lives.

A few doors down, Alan was worried about prejudice.

His mother was German and life wasn't easy when he was growing up.

That's my mum and her friend in Dusseldorf.

We had a lot of hostility, certainly my mum did.

People spat on her in the street, we've had swastikas painted

This is the poem that has been written for him.

It's all about his habit of speaking out in defence of others.

It starts in dark pub corners, in stomachs full of spite.

It ends in concentration camps, the rule of the far right.

To speak against their prejudice, to speak against their hate,

to speak, to speak, and make it clear, before it gets too late.

Mmmm. Chills down my spine.

I think it's probably one of the highlights of my life.

I'm very moved by it. He's a very clever bloke.

I mean, like I was saying while we were there,

it's moments like that you just think, best job in the world.

Door-to-door poet? Mmhmm.

What can be better than that, you know?

What I love about that is it clearly works. Not on all occasions but it

clearly does on some. There are worst knocks to have on your door,

plenty worse! Let us know what you think about that!

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

Hello, this is Breakfast with Louise Minchin and Charlie

Millions of people could avoid getting colds and flu by taking

Researchers say the so-called sunshine vitamin should be added

Also on the programme: A second woman is arrested over the suspected

assassination of the brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

The cost of insurance claims following attacks from dogs on

livestock has reached record levels in the past year. I will be finding

out how farmers and dog walkers can protect their rights.

They have been named and shamed, 360 employers including Debenhams and

Peacocks accused of shortchanging workers by not paying the minimum

wage. I am looking at ensuring you get what you are entitled to.

Baby Francesca was born at just 24 weeks.

We'll meet her and her mum as new research shows better

outcomes for extremely premature babies.

In sport, Arsenal look destined for another early exit

from the Champions League as they're thrashed 5-1 by Bayern Munich.

For some of us it is a cold and frosty start with fog around

and a fair bit of cloud, but the cloud will break,

we will see sunshine but expect showers or aim for Northern Ireland

and Scotland where at the moment it is also quite windy.

The mild theme continues into the weekend and beyond.

I will have more details in about 30 minutes.

More than three million people could avoid getting colds and flu

every year by taking Vitamin D supplements according

The study in the British Medical Journal calls for the vitamin to be

But Public Health England says the evidence remains inconclusive.

Our health correspondent Dominic Hughes reports.

This is what vitamin D deficiency can look like.

Softened bones bowing under the weight of the body.

Researchers say vitamin D can have other benefits.

They argue that if everyone got enough vitamin D there would be

a 10% reduction in respiratory illnesses like coughs,

Among those with the very lowest levels of vitamin D the benefit

And across the whole UK population, that would equate to more than 3

million people avoiding a cold or flu each year.

At present, people are being asked to take supplements in order

to meet their vitamin D requirement over winter and spring,

but it's expensive and a lot of people won't be able to take

or remember to take supplements daily, so a more effective strategy

is to introduce food fortification into the food chain.

Sunlight on the skin is the best source of vitamin D

but the increased use of sunscreen and our weather means exposure

We are already advised to take vitamin D throughout the winter

and spring months to boost our levels.

It can also be found in some foods, like oily fish, eggs and cereals,

and the US and Finland add vitamin D as a supplement to food.

But some scientists here are not convinced there is enough evidence

that vitamin D can prevent other illnesses to justify following suit.

Police in Malaysia have arrested a second woman over the death

of the half-brother of North Korea's leader.

It's thought Kim Jong-Nam was poisoned at Kuala Lumpur airport.

Overnight a second woman was arrested over his death.

A postmortem examination has been completed, but the results

Earlier we spoke to our correspondent Karishma Vaswani

I'm standing outside the hospital where the body of the man believed

to be Kim Jong-nam has been over the last three days or so,

where a postmortem has been conducted.

Police have said that the postmortem examination has been completed,

but the results of the investigation have yet to be released.

Malaysian police said they arrested a second suspect in this

A woman carrying an Indonesian passport on her.

Now, she was arrested alone, and she was identified

from the closed-circuit camera footage

Now, remember, this is the second arrest in this case so far.

And, frankly, three days on after the death of Kim Jong-nam

it is still extremely unclear as to why

The investigation is now focusing on, from what we've heard

from the police, finding other suspects in this case.

But information is very fluid and the situation is also quite

sensitive, given the close diplomatic relations

Social care for elderly people is on the brink of collapse in some

parts of England, according to the charity Age UK.

It says more than 50,000 people are now not receiving any help,

despite struggling with essential daily tasks such as washing,

Our health correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports.

Last night hundreds of people demonstrated on the streets of Paris

to show their support for a black youth worker

who claims he was sexually assaulted by police earlier this month.

There's been growing tension in some of the city's suburbs

since the 22-year-old was arrested a fortnight ago.

One police officer has been charged with rape,

President Francois Hollande has called for calm and for justice.

The Church of England says its bishops will reflect

"carefully and prayerfully" after its ruling general synod voted

down an important report about gay marriage.

The clergy chose to ignore the recommendations by bishops,

which suggested that a union should only be between a man and a woman.

Our religious affairs correspondent Martin Bashir reports.

93 in favour, 100 against, with two abstentions.

And with that, General Synod delivered a devastating blow

to three years of deliberation on the issue of same sex marriage.

The debate itself contained passionate and sometimes painful

disclosures on both sides of the argument.

Outside of these walls, we are being heard as lacking in love.

All sexual expression outside the lifelong and permanent union

Lesbian and Gay Christians, who held an all-day vigil outside

Church House, broke into song as news of the result filtered through.

I think what we've seen is a breakthrough of understanding,

of love, of people coming together, really understanding

The fact that the Synod has chosen not to take note of the report means

effectively that the last three years' work is now rendered null

What's certainly happening is that the report we have just

presented will not be considered again as a report

The process of shared conversation will continue.

The bishops say they will reflect carefully and prayerfully

A state of emergency has been declared in Christchurch

in New Zealand after a huge wildfire forced hundreds of people

So far, several homes have been destroyed and the military has been

In the hilly suburbs on the outskirts of Christchurch,

Hundreds of residents have been evacuated and a state of emergency

declared in the city and the neighbouring

At least 11 homes have already been lost.

About 450 homes have been evacuated so we equate that to around

The fire broke out in two separate places on Monday in the dry hills

south of Christchurch, before merging into one

blaze, which now covers about 1,800 hectares.

As 130 firefighters on the ground try to get the upper hand

on the blaze, they're being assisted by 14 helicopters and three

aircraft, while the military has also been deployed

to provide water tankers and personnel.

Authorities are warning locals not to leave their escape plans too late

while those evacuated wait anxiously.

We've been up pretty much all night since we got

My neighbours up the hill are absolutely

terrified because they're surrounded by forest

For now, the only known human casualty, a helicopter pilot

who died in a crash while fighting the blaze on Tuesday.

It's emerged Winston Churchill was open to the idea

An essay, written by the former Prime Minister in 1939,

entitled, Are we alone in the universe, has been unearthed

In it he muses about the possibility of life evolving elsewhere

As people get older they may need some extra help at home with things

like getting dressed, washing and eating.

But hundreds of thousands of elderly people are struggling with little

or no care because of cuts to council budgets in England,

It's warning that in some areas the whole system is close

to collapse, which would result in services having to be shut down.

But the government says it's investing billions of pounds

We can talk to Ray James, who is from the Association

of Directors of Adult Social Services.

Thank you for joining us. I know that you deal closely with councils

who work in this area. What stories are you hearing on social care and

getting access? Up and down the country we are hearing more councils

who are struggling to fund the care of local people need as a result of

cuts in government funding over recent years. To give some examples,

we are seeing their more people being discharged from hospital

early, given the pressure on hospitals, they are often struggling

to recruit. In rural areas, the time taken to travel between calls, if

someone needs care workers to help them, and the logistical challenges

people will face. To try to make for the old and disabled people get

support they need, when and where it is needed. Is care being withdrawn

or people on long waiting lists to get care? We have more people living

longer with more complex needs requiring care, the cost of

providing care is going up, rightly, frontline workers see increases in

the living wage, which they deserve, so councils are between a rock and a

hard place. If more people need care, the cost is going up and

government funding doesn't keep pace with that, so either fewer people

get care or with try to find ways to spend less money on average per

person but try to achieve the same quality of care. Councils have been

doing that for years and saving significant sums. We are absolutely

at the end of the road and we need real government investment. The

Department of Health statement... "We recognise

the pressures of an ageing population, which is why

we are giving local authorities access to ?7.6 billion of new money

for adult social care." They are talking about new money?

So, from that 7.6 billion pounds, half of that is from the local

counts money, and half of it is coming from parliament. We were

clear that ?1 billion extra is needed to standstill next year in

2017-18 if we don't see a further increase of in the number of care

homes which closed last year, and if we don't see more home care agencies

unable to meet the work and handing contracts back to councils. You

talked about fewer people getting care and difficult choices to be

made, so who is in charge of the choices, and how can you make them?

So, councils are in between a rock and a hard place. Enshrined in the

Care Act, there are rights for people that when needs reach a

certain level, they are entitled to care and support. We also have to

recognise the remarkable support from friends, family, carers and

other people making to try to help older people remain safe and well in

their communities. Those choices are made daily from social healthcare

professionals working together. They want to do the best they can for the

elderly. In the short and long-term, government needs to provide funding,

and work with us and others to build a sustainable long-term solution

they talk about. Thank you for your time. The Department of Health said

it has gone further than any before it, bringing budgets together

through the Better Care Fund and given the NHS ?10 billion per year

by 2020-21. It is just gone 7:14am. You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. The main stories this morning:

New research claims more than three million people could avoid getting

colds and flu every year by taking The Malaysian government says

it is considering whether to return the body of the half-brother

of North Korean leader, Time for a look at the weather with

Carol. Good morning. If you're just stepping out, for

much of the UK this morning it's a mild start, mostly dry with one or

two showers moving up across south-west England and into Wales,

they will fade and later we'll see this cloud piling in across Northern

Ireland, bringing some rain. We have low pressure in the north of the

country, you can see the squeeze on the isobars, windy in north and west

Scotland and the Central Lowlands and here we have some rain. The

isobars are much looser as we come further south, only looking at light

breezes. First thing this morning there's a touch of frost in the

south-west, here we have some showers that will fade and we have

some patchy fog. We've seen some forming in the south-east too but

some will live by the time we get to mid-morning. Behind it in the west

of England and all of Wales, a mixture of sunny spells and variable

amounts of cloud. In Northern Ireland you have that combination

first thing but it will cloud over and then we have this rain in

northern and western Scotland and the windy conditions. Through the

day the wind will ease a touch. The rain will turn a bit more showery as

it moves to the south and east but many will miss it and in Northern

Ireland the rain is coming your way. In England and Wales, mostly dry,

some sunny spells and the risk of a shower in the Midlands, north Wales

and Cumbria. Many will miss them altogether. Temperatures today, up

to 11 or 12 or maybe even 13. Through the evening and overnight,

the rain in Northern Ireland continues for a time but then it

drifts across the Isle of Man and into the north of England and north

Wales. More showery as it goes to the Midlands and East Anglia. Behind

it under clear skies, the touch of frost and patchy fog and we will see

some patchy fog in the south of England and the Channel Islands but

not as much as we thought earlier in the week. Tomorrow that will lift

readily through the morning and then we're left with a mostly dry date,

variable amounts of cloud, the best of the sunshine in the north and

east. In the west, a weak weather front will produce some outbreaks of

rain. Temperatures not too dissimilar to today, 9-11 but maybe

for some up to 14. Through the weekend the mild weather continues

and we'll see Sunny intervals but it will be wet and windy at times,

especially in the north and west. To put all of that on charts, on

Saturday we have the combination of wet and windy in the north-west but

south of that, a drier picture with few showers in the west, south-west

England, Northern Ireland and temperatures around 11, 12, 13, 14.

Temperature wise we're in a similar bracket on Sunday, a lot of dry

weather on Sunday, early rain in East Anglia and late rain in the

north and west of Scotland. The breeze here also picking up. As for

early next week, the trend is it will stay in the mild or very mild

category for the first part and at the moment, and it's still a long

way off back, it looks like it will change again. Soay real variety of

weather for the next week or so, Charlie and Louise. I thought this

morning it was a very biting wind, I no, it's not a technical term. You

might use it! Thanks, I will just plagiarise that word! She'll never

use it! She might! Thousands of workers have been

underpaid according to a Government crackdown and Ben has more and all

this morning's business headlines. 350 firms have been named and shamed

for failing to pay the minimum wage. Over 15,000 workers

were underpaid a total of almost ?1 million across a real

range of businesses and one big name you'll

recognise, Debenhams. I'll have more on that

in half an hour. Waitrose, Iceland and Marks

Spencer have topped the charts. Consumer group Which?

asked 7000 shoppers to rate stores value for money and shopper

experience in the last six months. Official figures out show

unemployment has remained at the lowest level

for over a decade with less than 5% of the working age

population without a job. And the same figures confirmed that

average wages were up 2.8%, There are rumours abound Nokia

could bring back old school handset the 3310 as people

ditch their smartphones It was all over the news

yesterday, but Nokia has not We do like them because you can

charge the battery and it lasted a whole week, not an hour like many of

the modern ones! And you could actually make phone calls! And you

have to take wires and chargers and cables with you everywhere these

days! Useless! Dog owners are being warned

to keep their pets under control It's because the number of attacks

on cattle and sheep is on the rise and the cost of insurance claims has

reached a record level. The insurer NFU Mutual says

livestock attacks rose by nearly 50% Holly Hamilton is at a sheep farm

in Lincolnshire for us this morning. There's a dog there which is very

much under control. That's right, good morning. Island and I are

enjoying a brisk early morning walk in Malton Brown this morning. I am

keeping her on a very tight lead, though, because we have some company

-- Melton Mowbray. It is the cattle and sheep attacks that have seen

insurance claims rocketing, in the Midlands it has doubled and it has

tripled in Scotland. The impact it can have on farmers can be hugely

damaging both financially and emotionally, as I've been finding

out. The great British countryside,

enjoyed by tens of thousands of ramblers and dog walkers throughout

the year but for farmers these fields are their livelihoods and

home to thousands of pounds worth of livestock. Wild dog attacks on

cattle and sheep are rare, the number of incidents is on the rise

-- while. And often the results can be devastating. I heard dogs barking

and came round here in the shed and found two dogs in amongst the sheep

and the sheep were in the corner, blood everywhere and the dogs are in

a frenzy really. We may well lose more lambs, a couple have been

treated with antibiotics now and the scars are still there and we don't

know how many more we'll lose. New figures from one major infrared

shows the cost of dog attacks on livestock rose by nearly 50% across

the country last year with insurance claims amounting to more than

?200,000. It's thought the actual cost to the industry could be a lot

more. It's a problem that's been with us for many years, dogs have

been attacking sheep for as long as I can remember. It's not just a case

of losing a few sheep with a dog attack, it's the follow-up problems

you get, the vet bills. It's actually an offence to allow your

dog to worry sheep. While many dog walkers argue it's their choice

whether or not to keep their dog on a lead, the NSU is urging owners to

be responsible to ensure their pets are responsible.

Clearly some shocking images and shocking incidents of horrific

attacks on sheep and cattle but that's not always the case,

sometimes it's the family dog who might be trying to play. Charles is

the owner of the farm this morning. How serious an issue is this bore

you? It's becoming more serious. As the report highlights, we are seeing

more incidents like this across the country and farmers are having their

livelihoods put at risk. This is the issue, it can be the family dog, it

isn't dangerous or large dogs roaming free all the time. Any dog

is capable in the right circumstances to cause damage. It's

their natural instinct to trace animals that would run away from

them, they think they're playing but then play deteriorate and damage

occurs. This term sheep worrying sounds quite tame but it can do a

lot of damage. Absolutely, some of the attacks are devastating, some

farmers have lost over 100 animals in one overnight attack and it

threatens their livelihood. It's the emotional stress they go through, it

is our livelihoods, we care for and nurture these animals daily and to

see the devastation like that puts you in a poor place. Is there

anything farmers can do, perhaps putting up more signage? The NFU

have been part of an initiative putting up signs. We encourage

people to use the countryside, stick to the rights of way but do it

responsibly, put your dog on a lead and make sure they're under control

and incidents like this when they occur don't happen any more. If

people respect the countryside, we know it's a working environments of

we need to enjoy this, we are fortunate enough to work here and we

need to make sure everyone enjoys it. Ajla isn't my dog, we can speak

to her owner, though. I'll let you looked after her now. Is this a

resolution to this, you enjoy the countryside, she is used to the

animals here, is there a way round this? We need to educate dog owners,

it isn't the fault of the dogs, they like to chase so we have to educate

the owners, that they are putting the sheep and livestock at risk.

I've seen it happened, they are petrified, I saw a dog that was

loose and the stress it causes the sheep, it is devastating. We need to

educate dog walkers and owners. Some people argue they have a right to

let their dog roam free, it's the countryside, what do you say to

them? They haven't got a right because it is private land where

sheep are grazing and cattle, so they haven't got a right at all. The

farmer... The farmer has every right to tell those people that your dog

can be shot legally if they are chasing the sheep. Nobody wants to

do that, the farmer cares about animals, that is why this is what we

are trying to do, educate people walking the dogs. They should be,

the dog owners, they should love all animals, so why put the livestock at

risk and frighten them and stressed them and kill them, it's not fair.

Thank you to you both. -- stress. The advice to dog walkers, if you

are near animals then keep your dog on a lead and for farmers to protect

their hedges and barriers so everyone can enjoy the countryside.

Thank you very much and lovely to see you out there and the dog, very

well-behaved, thank you very much. She was able to look through the

gates, she's on the lead, but she was very relaxed. Letter know about

your experiences, good or bad, when you taken your dog to the country

that let us know. You can contact us on Twitter, on Facebook or you can

e-mail us. -- let us know. MRI scans can be

frightening for children. We'll take a look at the new virtual

reality technology helping children to experience what the treatment

is like before the real thing. Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. Now, though, it's back

to Louise and Charlie. This is Breakfast with

Louise Minchin and Charlie Stayt. More than three million people

could avoid getting colds and flu every year by taking vitamin D

supplements according The study in the British Medical

Journal calls for the vitamin to be But Public Health England says

the evidence remains inconclusive. The Malaysian government says it

will return the body of the half-brother of North Korean

leader Kim Jong-Un. It's thought Kim Jong-Nam

was poisoned at Kuala Lumpur Overnight a second woman

was arrested over his death. A postmortem examination has been

completed, but the results Social care for elderly people

is on the brink of collapse in some parts of England,

according to Age UK. A new report from the charity says

more than 50,000 people are now not receiving any help,

despite struggling with daily tasks such as washing, eating

and getting out of bed. The Government says it recognises

the pressures on the system and is working on a long-term,

sustainable solution. We're seeing the beginnings

of something that's going to get a lot worse, and that's

because if there is going to be any extra money for social care,

it's not coming out. And that's a real concern,

because every day we have an ageing population, we have more people over

85 in particular who need care and therefore unless the money

is keeping pace we are having Hundreds of people demonstrated

on the streets of Paris last night to show their support

for a black youth worker who claims he was sexually assaulted

by police earlier this month. There's been growing tension in some

of the city's suburbs since the 22-year-old

was arrested a fortnight ago. One police officer has

been charged with rape, President Francois Hollande has

called for calm and for justice. The Church of England

says its bishops will take time to reflect after the ruling general

synod voted down an important report The clergy chose to ignore

recommendations which suggested that a union should only be

between a man and a woman. The bishops are now expected

to produce a new report A state of emergency has been

declared in Christchurch in New Zealand after a huge wildfire

forced thousands of people So far, several properties have been

destroyed and the military has been deployed to help firefighters,

along with 14 helicopters It's emerged Winston Churchill

was open to the idea An essay, written by the former

Prime Minister in 1939, entitled, Are we alone

in the universe, has been unearthed In it he muses about the possibility

of life evolving elsewhere never got published, which is

fascinating. Talking about history, Arsene Wenger has plenty of history.

What is that picture? It looks like a man in panic. Like

he cannot believe what he is saying. For the first hour you would almost

say that Arsenal, you could see their plan, and which one of the

clubs will come back. Which one would come back to take the match,

it definitely was Arsenal, who fell apart. Huge questions all over the

newspapers about Arsene Wenger's future as the club face elimination

from the knockout stage of the Champions League for the seventh

straight season. Arsenal are facing elimination

from the first knockout stage of the Champions League

for the seventh straight season. Bayern Munich simply

took them apart. Arjen Robben opened the scoring,

and, although Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez eventually put

in the rebound from his own penalty to make it 1-1, Bayern were simply

too good for Arsenal Two goals from Thiago helped give

the German champions a four-goal The real problems we faced

was after the third goal because we we lost our organisation

and we looked mentally very jaded and very vulnerable

from that moment onwards. And after the last 25

minutes it was a nightmare Real Madrid came from behind

as they beat Napoli 3-1 in the first A stunning volley from Casemiro

sealed the win in the Bernabeu That is just such

a great goal, isn't it? Manchester City Women have signed

World Cup-winner and FIFA World Player of

the Year Carli Lloyd. Have a look at what City fans

can look forward to - A 13-minute hat-trick

in the 2015 World Cup final. The 34-year

old joins the WSL champions I am always looking to improve my

game, I am always looking for the next challenge,

the next big thing and to be able to come here,

trained with some of the world's test players, be at the world's best

facility, play in the Champions League, hopefully win an FA Cup

and winter spring series. There are so many

goals that I want to Scotland will be without their

captain Greig Laidlaw for the rest He suffered an ankle injury

in the first half of the defeat Further assessment has confirmed

that the Gloucester scrum-half sustained ligament damage,

and will miss the remaining four England's new Test cricket captain

Joe Root says he'll be seeking the advice of his predecessors

before taking charge of the team He's only been skipper in a handful

of first class games before But is promising to be

an instinctive captain. Having played 50 odd games now

I have quite a lot of experience I might not have captained

a lot of county cricket but having vice captained

in the team, becoming more experienced, I have had to thing

as if I am a captain anyway. You have heard that you never really

know until you are given the opportunity but I am excited

about all of the challenges Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan

is out of snooker's Welsh Open after losing 4-3 to Mark Davis

in the second round. Meanwhile, a 15-year-old schoolboy

will have to take more time Jackson Page had to get permission

to be off school to play John Astley, and now he's

into the third round in Cardiff. I knew I could play well and go far

and obviously I went further People told me just to enjoy

it and the experience, In myself, I knew I could win a few

games and keep on going hopefully. I have to say, he looks very

grown-up. So composed. And he is studying for his GCSEs. They realise

this could be his career. He has already won ?3000. Good luck to him.

Thank you very much. Virtual Reality is the technology

that can transport you into another world and now it is being used

to help children to relax before An app has been developed to give

them a realistic idea of what the procedure will actually

be like so they're more prepared 10-year-old Matthew

is back in hospital again. In September, 2014, I suffered

from extreme hydrocephalus, which means a buildup

of fluid in the brain. The procedure was a success and now

as part of his recovery, Matthew has to have regular MRI

scans to check everything's OK. Being inside a scan machine can be

quite a scary experience The scan itself can

take up to an hour. You have to stay incredibly

still in a small space and once the scan actually starts,

it's incredibly loud. Now I feel OK because I've

had it a few times now. But the first time I remember

I remember thinking to myself, But in the end it's

just a bit of beeping. And that's why some children are put

to sleep for the duration We're just going to

bring you out now... But now doctors here

at King's College Hospital in London are hoping this app will better

prepare children and put Do you want to put

the headset on your head? These panoramic 360 degrees videos

will allow children to experience what a scan is like before

the real thing takes place. I have an office right next

to the MRI scanner so often I can hear children coming

through and you can hear they're really scared, sometimes they start

crying before they go into the scan and I'm aware of the fact they find

it really difficult to sit still. So I thought I was interested

in Google Cardboard and virtual reality, I had a 360 camera bought

for me for Christmas and I thought I could take footage

from within the scanner that allows a child to experience a scan

in virtual reality beforehand and that just prepares them

for the scan so it's not so scary Doctors hope this app will reduce

the number of patients needing It's good for the children and good

for the services where we can hopefully avoid a few

general anaesthetics, even if there is a small number

a year, for patients coming The best way to cope with it I think

is to close your eyes. Hopefully this app will really help

and just don't worry about it. And it is clearly helping.

Absolutely. You are watching Breakfast on BBC News.

New research claims that 3 million could avoid getting the cold and flu

every year by taking vitamin D supplements. The Malaysian

government is returning to body of the half brother of the North Korean

leader Kim Jong-un to the North Korean embassy. And let's have a

look at the weather. A beautiful picture. Good morning. We were

talking about how it is a mild start, so I thought they would show

you that temperatures, the exceptions in south England, in

Exeter, two degrees, Belfast, six, Manchester six, seven in London at

eight in Cardiff and Edinburgh. Relatively mild for the time of

year. What is happening is we have a lot of cloud at the moment, and more

to come for Northern Ireland, which will introduce rain, and low

pressure to the north of Scotland, that is wrapping showers, some are

merging, a rounded, and it is rather windy not just in the north but also

for the Central Lowlands. -- around it. The rain will turn showery as it

pushes to the east. And then as we pushed to Northern Ireland, more

rain coming in here. For the rest of England and Wales, after a cloudy

start, some of us will see the cloud break up and sunshine come through.

Into the afternoon, beautiful force out west England and the south

Midlands into East Anglia and Kent, there is the risk of 102 showers

here and there but most of us will miss them. You might get them in the

Midlands, north Wales and Cumbria, for example, at a will be reining in

the afternoon -- one or two showers. As it pushes to the east, most of us

won't see any of it at all. -- but it will be reining in the afternoon.

It moves across the Isle of Man in to Northern Ireland, north Wales,

extending in a patchy nature of cross the Midlands into the

south-east. To the north of that under clear skies it will be cold

with some patchy fog and patchy fog in the south but perhaps not as much

as we thought earlier in the week. Now, the fog will lift readily

through the course of tomorrow. The best of the sunshine in the north

and north-east. We will see cloud breaks across England and Wales. In

Northern Ireland and western Scotland, a weather front comes in,

it is a weak affair, and it will introduce outbreaks of rain. On the

weekend it will continue to be mild with sunny intervals but at times

there will be some rain in the north and the north-west. On Saturday and

Sunday we are looking at a fair bit of cloud around, some showers, the

rain coming in across the north and west, here it will be breezy but

around here on Saturday and Sunday it will be cloudy with cloud

breaking up, so we will see some sunshine coming through. It is

breezy with temperatures up to about ten, 11, maybe 12 or 13, and as we

head into the working week it looks like it will get into the very mild

category of temperatures, 13 and 14, quite widely, possibly more, but it

won't last. OK, Carol. Thank you. A greater number of extremely

premature babies are surviving without developing disabilities like

cerebral palsy and epilepsy because of improvements to prenatal care. I

am laughing because I know that you can see the next guest. Research

published looked at more than 4000 babies born between 22 and 24 weeks

compared to children born one decade earlier. Joining us is Victoria

Bradley and her daughter, Francesca, who was born at 24 weeks and is now

ten months old, and from the London newsroom, Doctor Chris Gayle from

the Royal College of paediatrics and child health, and Francesco's father

is here as well. Francesca, first of all, so, she was really tiny. Tell

us a little about her? She was 11.5 centimetres in length, one pound

six, poorly condition, she didn't have a heartbeat on her, so they

have to work on her for 11 minutes, and obviously she did have a number

of complications during her stay in the neonatal as well.

She is so cute! I'm in charge of the smiling over here! Tell us,

straightaway, this report is all about the long-term problems that

sometimes premature babies face. How is she? She's fine, she's absolutely

perfect. As I say, the only thing she has is chronic lung disease

because of the ventilator but other than that, that will repair itself

by the time she's two. How many weeks while she born at? 24 plus

two. Paul, it must have been very traumatic for you? It was terrible,

it was unexpected, when we went in we didn't know what was going on.

When she was born it was three hours before she even found out what it

was, they worked on her, nine to 12 people working on her at anyone

time. We are so grateful for how much of an expert they were to get

her to survive. We were just shocked, weren't we? Having an older

daughter, nearly 17, Rebecca, and her birth was fantastic, nothing

wrong. I thought I'd experienced everything but I hadn't. Let's speak

to Doctor Chris Gale. It seems babies are surviving without

neurological implications, which is really good news, isn't it?

Absolutely. This is a wonderful story, a wonderful piece of

research. I think absolutely these are overwhelmingly positive results

for these very premature babies. What's made the difference? I think

this paper that you referred to, and a lot of other research, suggests

we're getting better at providing care before these babies are born,

during birth and in particular after their born. We're getting better at

providing care for these most premature babies. Because we're

getting better at providing it, that's why so many more babies are

surviving and more importantly surviving without long-term

developmental problems, as this paper so nicely points out.

Victoria, it's worth mentioning that the timing is so crucial. Explain to

people, there a two-day margin in your situation with Francesca.

Explain that and the significance of when she was born. They said because

I was just over the 24 week Mshe is classed as a viable pregnancy and

viable birth, but if she was born two days before that they wouldn't

have done anything. Obviously she's not then classed as a baby, it would

have been classed as a miscarriage, even though I would have still had

to give birth to her. Reflecting on what the doctor said a moment ago,

Paul, you were saying about the levels of care you got immediately

afterwards. That was something that kicked in straightaway. Liverpool

women's hospital were fantastic from the moment I went into the moment we

left, they were brilliant in everything that they done for us and

for Francesca. It wasn't just her care, it was the emotional support

for us every time we went on. I just caught sight of the picture of your

hand and Francesca, it really gives you a sense of how tiny she was.

Doctor Gale, this research comes from America but this is echoed with

what's happening with babies here? Yes. This study was carried out in

the United States. It was a study from 11 of their most specialised

teaching hospitals. It's difficult to know how much it would apply to

other babies in the United States or two babies in the United Kingdom.

That said it's a very positive finding, it's very good news and it

does echo results we've had over the last five to ten years from

population-based studies in the UK indicating that for these most

premature babies, more are surviving and more are surviving without

developmental problems and those problems with vision, hearing,

movement and the way babies think. When somebody is in this position

where it's a really scary position to know you're going to have a baby

that's really early, what would your message be to them now? Absolutely.

Victoria and Paul would be able to talk with more experience about just

how difficult it is to be in that situation and how terribly hard it

is to have a very premature baby and the emotional rollercoaster that

comes with having these babies, and a long time they need to spend on

neonatal units. But despite all of these advances, many babies born at

these latter dates don't survive and a proportion of survivors will have

long-term problems. Paul, a last thought, the doctor was saying about

how parents know how difficult those times can be. Yours is a wonderful

story, Francesca has been clapping and smiling all the way through,

it's a wonderful story that might in other circumstances not have worked.

For me personally the strategy to me as a human being, it's not about the

Mum, it's about the dad, they were concerned about me as well as

obviously Victoria. Their support got the three of us through it. Our

journey at the moment has been fantastic. It started off the worst

it possibly could have been and look at her now, she is absolutely

superb! She is indeed. Thank you for coming in and she has been so

well-behaved and so smiley! And Doctor Chris Gale, thank you for

your time as well! Over 15,000 people have been ripped

off by their bosses, who've not been paying

them the minimum wage. Yes, the tax man has named

and shamed 350 businesses who haven't been paying

the minimum wage They found over 15,000

workers were underpaid a total of almost ?1 million

across a real range of businesses, To one big name you'll

recognise, Debenhams. They underpaid 12,000 of their staff

but by about ?11 each. Here's the boss speaking on last

night's The One Show. People would be surprised one of the

country's leading retailers is underpaying so many of its staff,

failing to meet a basic legal requirement. It's like sticking a

Blue Cross discount sticker on your hardest workers. We were underpaying

on our hourly rate for some of our staff, not all of them. We fixed

that era as soon as it came out of the audit, so no one today is out of

pocket to do that and we fixed the systems that led to that problem.

Was the Chief Executive affected by this era, was the chairman, were

you? I wasn't at the company nor was the existing chief executive. It was

only people on an hourly calculation from ?1 to a maximum of ?350 over

three years, we did make a mistake. You weren't aware until Her

Majesty's Revenue and Customs brought it to your attention, how

many people you have on payroll at Debenhams. You broke the law. It's a

shame that technical error happened but it wasn't intentional.

Joining me now is Allison Loveday, she's a managing partner at the law

Good morning. Les get back to basics. What is it that they have

been accused of? That let's. Underpaying ?350 million, 350 firms,

what has been alleged -- let's. It's a failure to pay the living wage.

That's calculated on the basis of the hours people work. It can be

quite complicated in some industries, particularly for example

the care sector because there's lots of shift allowances, may be sleeping

time, waiting are all so for those jobs it can be a complicated

calculation but for a normal job it is straightforward -- waitings. It

is whether the firms were doing it maliciously and with full knowledge

all-weather in some cases it was an administrative error. Yes, and you

heard from Debenhams, they're taking the line this was a technical error

but most people will question a business of that resource, could