20/02/2017

:00:00. > :00:08.Hello this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:00:09. > :00:13.a report finds the UK's roads are the most congested in Europe.

:00:14. > :00:18.Researchers say most drivers spend more than 32 hours each year

:00:19. > :00:20.stuck in traffic, as they warn of a significant cost

:00:21. > :00:40.Good morning, it's Monday 20th February.

:00:41. > :00:44.Almost every council in England is planning to put up taxes

:00:45. > :00:49.to help meet the cost of social care.

:00:50. > :00:51.Angelina Jolie talks exclusively to us

:00:52. > :00:54.as she talks about her new film set in Cambodia,

:00:55. > :00:56.and for the first time, about her separation

:00:57. > :01:05.I don't want to say very much about that,

:01:06. > :01:08.except to say that it was a very difficult time, and...

:01:09. > :01:12.And we are a family, and we will always be a family.

:01:13. > :01:16.and hopefully be a stronger family for it.

:01:17. > :01:19.More than half a million people with a disability are self-employed.

:01:20. > :01:21.I'll be looking at why it's such a popular option

:01:22. > :01:24.as part of the BBC's Disability Works series.

:01:25. > :01:26.Can another non-league club join Lincoln in the quarter finals

:01:27. > :01:29.Sutton United take on Arsenal later -

:01:30. > :01:33.The holders, Manchester United will face Chelsea next

:01:34. > :01:42.after coming from behind to beat Blackburn Rovers yesterday.

:01:43. > :01:52.It is blast off for plans to create the first spaceport. We are in

:01:53. > :01:54.Cornwall, where they will track the space Kraft.

:01:55. > :01:56.After 8:00 we'll be joined by TV royalty.

:01:57. > :01:59.Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders will be on the sofa

:02:00. > :02:01.as they celebrate 25 years of Ab Fab.

:02:02. > :02:13.Good morning, I will start to the day and cloudy. The cloud producing

:02:14. > :02:18.drizzle in the north-west where it is windy. In the sunshine we could

:02:19. > :02:21.hit 16 or possibly 17 Celsius. The UK has the worst traffic

:02:22. > :02:31.congestion in western Europe, with drivers spending an average

:02:32. > :02:34.of 32 hours a year stuck in tailbacks

:02:35. > :02:35.during peak periods. That's according to the travel

:02:36. > :02:37.information company Inrix. Congestion is the most severe

:02:38. > :02:40.in London, followed by Manchester The Department for Transport says

:02:41. > :02:43.it's investing record amounts to keep the country moving,

:02:44. > :02:55.as Jane-Frances Kelly reports. Drivers across the UK who face the

:02:56. > :02:59.daily history of traffic jams are using not just their patient but

:03:00. > :03:06.also time and money and surprisingly, London is the most

:03:07. > :03:11.congested city in the UK drivers spending more than three days every

:03:12. > :03:18.year stuck in traffic. Manchester is the second worst. Aberdeen is third

:03:19. > :03:26.and surprisingly beat London as the hardest city to drive in and out. In

:03:27. > :03:33.Cardiff, businesses suffer the most based on the amount of traffic

:03:34. > :03:39.during daytime. Southbound was found to be the most congested route.

:03:40. > :03:45.Other than drivers getting frustrated, why is this a problem?

:03:46. > :03:52.Experts calculated that it costs the economy ?31 billion last year, ?1000

:03:53. > :03:57.per driver on things like fuel, being late for work and childcare.

:03:58. > :04:01.There is also more traffic on the road because of growth in online

:04:02. > :04:05.shopping. The Department for transport says it is making the most

:04:06. > :04:10.extensive improvements to road since the 1970s but money may not be the

:04:11. > :04:16.only solution. Researchers are said to stop standing still any better

:04:17. > :04:18.traffic management, more flexible working hours and to consider

:04:19. > :04:21.congestion charges. We'll hear from two traffic experts

:04:22. > :04:24.at just after 8:00 this morning on what they think should be done

:04:25. > :04:28.to ease congestion on our roads. If you have any ideas, send them

:04:29. > :04:39.through. I expect you probably do. Deep cuts to services will still be

:04:40. > :04:41.needed despite plans by most local authorities in England

:04:42. > :04:44.to raise council tax according to the organisation

:04:45. > :04:46.that represents them. The Local Government

:04:47. > :04:47.Association says social care services for the elderly

:04:48. > :04:51.and disabled are at breaking point and will swallow up any

:04:52. > :04:53.extra money raised. Here's our Social Affairs

:04:54. > :05:03.Correspondent Alison Holt. This is social care in action after

:05:04. > :05:09.several false Borini is getting support to gain independence and

:05:10. > :05:17.rebuild her confidence. It will help her and husband cope in her home. I

:05:18. > :05:23.grateful for all they have done for me, I really am and... Without them,

:05:24. > :05:29.I do not know what I would have done. It is good, really good.

:05:30. > :05:36.Council fund most social care and today's surveys shows they are all

:05:37. > :05:42.struggling to meet growing costs. There are 151 local authorities in

:05:43. > :05:48.England, 147 planned to raise council tax. But that will not plug

:05:49. > :05:55.the funding gap and that could mean cuts to other services. There has

:05:56. > :06:00.been a united voice of local government to say they need more

:06:01. > :06:05.funding and social care and that the crisis in social care is immediate

:06:06. > :06:09.now. The funding for local government needs to be resolved

:06:10. > :06:13.immediately. The government says extra money is being put into social

:06:14. > :06:15.care and authorities will soon be able to put all the money they raise

:06:16. > :06:20.into it. Peers get their first

:06:21. > :06:21.chance to debate the so-called Brexit Bill later -

:06:22. > :06:25.the legislation which kicks off the formal process

:06:26. > :06:26.for Britain leaving the EU. The bill passed through

:06:27. > :06:29.the Commons unamended, but it's thought opposition peers

:06:30. > :06:31.in the House of Lords will seek guarantees

:06:32. > :06:34.about the rights of EU citizens and the role of parliament

:06:35. > :06:37.in scrutinising Brexit. Our Political Correspondent Tom

:06:38. > :06:49.Bateman is in Westminster. Good morning. How likely they will

:06:50. > :06:55.be changes made by the Lords? The first thing to say is for those that

:06:56. > :07:04.like to see records broken, here is one, 190 peas are due to speak, more

:07:05. > :07:07.than in any debate in the House of Lords and that gives you a sense of

:07:08. > :07:15.the appetite of their lordship to have some influence on this process.

:07:16. > :07:21.As you say, the two areas that will tried to make changes in is

:07:22. > :07:25.demanding parliament gets our vote before any deal is signed off by

:07:26. > :07:33.Theresa May with the other EU member states and guaranteed citizens

:07:34. > :07:37.rights. If they make changes to the bill, it could get back to the

:07:38. > :07:41.Commons and they would wipe them. I sure they will be successful in the

:07:42. > :07:48.end in making any changes to this bill and ministers are urging Lords

:07:49. > :07:55.to do their patriotic duty and respect the will of the people. In

:07:56. > :07:58.that case it would mean Theresa May could start the whole Brexit process

:07:59. > :08:01.towards the end of next month. Iraqi government forces have

:08:02. > :08:03.resumed their offensive to regain the last major stronghold

:08:04. > :08:06.of so-called Islamic State in Iraq. Thousands of troops

:08:07. > :08:08.are involved in the assault on western Mosul, which is

:08:09. > :08:11.now in its second day. Last month, the Iraqi government

:08:12. > :08:14.forces secured the eastern part Campaigners have described

:08:15. > :08:21.the current maximum jail term for animal abusers in England

:08:22. > :08:24.and Wales as "laughable". Battersea Dogs and Cats Home

:08:25. > :08:27.is calling for prison sentences to be increased from six months

:08:28. > :08:30.to five years to bring the punishment in line

:08:31. > :08:34.with crimes such as fly tipping. It is images like these,

:08:35. > :08:39.campaigners say, that show a need for animal abusers

:08:40. > :08:43.to receive tougher sentences. These rescued dogs have been

:08:44. > :08:47.underfed and badly mistreated but even the most serious acts

:08:48. > :08:50.of violence against animals can carry shorter prison terms

:08:51. > :08:52.than nonviolent crimes Today's report from

:08:53. > :08:58.Battersea Dogs Cats Home, calls the current six-month maximum

:08:59. > :09:05.sentence for animla cruelty calls the current six-month maximum

:09:06. > :09:07.sentence for animal cruelty arguing it should be increased

:09:08. > :09:12.tenfold to match Northern Ireland In Scotland, the

:09:13. > :09:15.maximum is one year. We have a situation where

:09:16. > :09:17.Northern Ireland has much stronger sentences

:09:18. > :09:22.than the rest of the UK. And what we have seen is,

:09:23. > :09:25.for example, some of the people involved in the international

:09:26. > :09:27.dogfighting industry, coming over to Britain

:09:28. > :09:29.to ply their trade here because they know

:09:30. > :09:31.we are a soft touch, they know that if

:09:32. > :09:34.they do get caught, they are likely to get away

:09:35. > :09:37.with just a smack on the wrist. Latest figures show the average

:09:38. > :09:40.prison term for someone convicted of animal cruelty is little more

:09:41. > :09:42.than three months and the majority of offenders face

:09:43. > :09:45.fines or community sentences. The government says it shares

:09:46. > :09:48.the public's high regard and kept these strict regulations

:09:49. > :09:51.under regular review, but ahead of a debate

:09:52. > :09:53.on the issue in Parliament the report argues

:09:54. > :09:56.that public opinion At shelters like this

:09:57. > :10:00.one here in Battersea, it is often the victims of animal

:10:01. > :10:04.cruelty that end up behind bars. Campaigners say it is high time

:10:05. > :10:06.the perpetrators face In a BBC World News exclusive,

:10:07. > :10:15.Angelina Jolie has spoken to Yalda Hakim

:10:16. > :10:18.about her new film, and love for the country

:10:19. > :10:20.in which it is set. She has also spoken

:10:21. > :10:22.for the first time about the difficulties her family

:10:23. > :10:26.have faced in the last year, since splitting from

:10:27. > :10:39.husband Brad Pitt. She first visited the region of the

:10:40. > :10:45.filming of Lara Croft. She later adopted a son from the area.

:10:46. > :10:52.17 years ago I came to this country and fell in love with its people and

:10:53. > :10:59.learned about its history and in doing so realised how little I

:11:00. > :11:05.actually knew in my early 20s about the world so this country for me has

:11:06. > :11:12.been... Was my awakening and my son changed my life. Do you think in

:11:13. > :11:19.many ways you have come full circle? Became a mother here, your

:11:20. > :11:29.humanitarian work started here. Yes. Yes. I will always... I will always

:11:30. > :11:35.be very grateful to this country and I hope, I hope I have given back as

:11:36. > :11:39.much as it has given me I don't think I could ever give back as

:11:40. > :11:46.much. I understand this is a very sensitive issue. We know that an

:11:47. > :11:49.incident occurred which led to your separation, we also note you have

:11:50. > :12:02.not said anything about these but would you like to say something?

:12:03. > :12:09.Only that... I do not want to say very much about that except to say

:12:10. > :12:14.it was a very difficult time and... And we are a family and we will

:12:15. > :12:17.always be a family and we will get through this time and hopefully be a

:12:18. > :12:19.stronger family for it. You can see the full interview

:12:20. > :12:39.on the BBC News website It is 6:12 a.m.. You FA Cup talking

:12:40. > :12:41.today? We are. It has been quite interesting.

:12:42. > :12:44.There's a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals on the line

:12:45. > :12:45.for non-league Sutton United tonight.

:12:46. > :12:48.They play Arsenal for the right to take on fellow giantkillers

:12:49. > :12:52.Holders Manchester United will go to Chelsea after they came

:12:53. > :12:55.from behind to beat Championship Blackburn Rovers 2-1.

:12:56. > :12:58.Spurs cruised through - they're at home to Millwall next.

:12:59. > :13:02.Harry Kane scored all three as they beat Fulham 3-0

:13:03. > :13:08.2016 Super League winners Wigan Warriors won the World Club

:13:09. > :13:11.challenge for a record fourth time yesterday.

:13:12. > :13:14.A hat-trick from Joe Burgess gave them a 22-6 win over NRL

:13:15. > :13:21.And late last night Stuart Bingham won the Welsh Open -

:13:22. > :13:25.he beat Judd Trump in the final frame to win his first tournament

:13:26. > :13:32.since the World Championship in 2015.

:13:33. > :13:44.It was 7-7 when I went to bed. Like the FA Cup job because they could be

:13:45. > :13:48.a non- league team getting through. I think it is worth explaining.

:13:49. > :13:56.Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:13:57. > :14:04.This morning, if you are stepping out, it is a very, very mild fool 's

:14:05. > :14:11.top already 15 Celsius up up in Wales. You are getting the picture.

:14:12. > :14:16.A mild start and it is going to be a mild day for most of the UK. For

:14:17. > :14:22.some part in any sunshine we could possibly hit 17 Celsius but this

:14:23. > :14:28.morning there is also a lot of cloud around, some low cloud, mist and

:14:29. > :14:33.Merck and also some rain as well. Across south-west England, we

:14:34. > :14:39.continue with the cloudy theme. Some murkiness and for Guinness. But look

:14:40. > :14:44.at the temperatures, cloudy generally across much of England and

:14:45. > :14:49.their hill fog as well. For Northern Ireland and we have a weather front

:14:50. > :14:54.coming in, introducing some rain and some of that will be rain and rather

:14:55. > :14:59.windy across Northern Ireland and Scotland, especially for the next

:15:00. > :15:04.few hours, as it will be a cross paths of northern England. Writs

:15:05. > :15:12.like the A1 may be effected via that. -- routes. In the northern

:15:13. > :15:17.England and north Wales, weakening but you will notice of the rain. The

:15:18. > :15:23.Hyndburn, some sunshine but also showers. With the crowd breaks,

:15:24. > :15:29.don't forget we could see those temperatures of 16- 17, way above

:15:30. > :15:35.average. There will be dry weather around overnight. Easy night, you

:15:36. > :15:43.can see where we have the rain, as it starts to move backwards, it will

:15:44. > :15:51.rejuvenate and again, overnight temperatures into the eight - ten.

:15:52. > :15:55.In Southern counties, more rain coming in across the north-west. A

:15:56. > :16:02.fair bit of cloud around and temperatures will be potentially in

:16:03. > :16:06.the mild category. In some parts, not absolutely everywhere fool 's

:16:07. > :16:14.top temperatures for some will be down. A range between seven and 13.

:16:15. > :16:20.As we head into Wednesday, the weather front will still be

:16:21. > :16:23.producing the clouds and rain. Temperatures by then starting to

:16:24. > :16:31.come down. We are looking at seven - ten, more like where they should be.

:16:32. > :16:36.In the south 11- 13. Towards the end of the week, it will not be as mild

:16:37. > :16:42.and it will become a bit more on settled.

:16:43. > :16:50.Shall we look at the headlines the papers? I was going to do the

:16:51. > :16:50.headlines. All right, we will do those first.

:16:51. > :16:52.You are watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:16:53. > :16:54.The main stories this morning: In a jam.

:16:55. > :16:57.The UK has the worst congestion in Europe,

:16:58. > :17:00.with drivers spending around 32 hours a year stuck in traffic.

:17:01. > :17:03.Angelina Jolie talks exclusively to the BBC about her new film,

:17:04. > :17:10.set in Cambodia, and her separation from Brad Pitt.

:17:11. > :17:22.For 32 hours, I bet if you were sitting in traffic jams, I bet it

:17:23. > :17:29.feels more like 48 hours, or five days. I am surprised it is so low.

:17:30. > :17:34.32 hours is an awfully long time, and we are the worst. I will get my

:17:35. > :17:41.stats out later, Thailand is the worst in the world. Shall we look at

:17:42. > :17:47.the papers? Writes, so excited about the papers, I wanted to do it early

:17:48. > :17:53.today. -- right. UK troops to prevent Afghan meltdown on the Daily

:17:54. > :17:57.Telegraph, the UK facing a new refugee exodus. Michael Fallon

:17:58. > :18:01.talking about this, and loads of pictures as ever of various models

:18:02. > :18:05.at London Fashion Week making quite a few of the front pages this

:18:06. > :18:09.morning. That is also the front page of the Times, they have a stunning

:18:10. > :18:15.picture from Hindmarsh, their main story being a revolt where they say

:18:16. > :18:21.Number Ten is on a collision course with small businesses. We talked

:18:22. > :18:26.about this last week, ministers enraging small businesses by

:18:27. > :18:30.claiming it was rooted in distortion and half-truth. The government had

:18:31. > :18:35.taken a pretty tough line, businesses have taken a tough line

:18:36. > :18:40.over these changes in taxes. Lots of businesses seeing a fall as well but

:18:41. > :18:45.it would be until the Budget when we find out what is actually going on.

:18:46. > :18:52.The Daily Mirror, she was here last week talking about staying young,

:18:53. > :18:56.and all that. This is a horrible story from over the weekend, former

:18:57. > :19:00.boxer Michael Watson was attacked and they are trying to get to the

:19:01. > :19:04.bottom of it in launching a campaign as well. Some horrible pictures from

:19:05. > :19:08.that over the weekend. And Danny Dyer, saying that his friends are

:19:09. > :19:13.slightly concerned about him and he needs to calm down a bit,

:19:14. > :19:18.apparently. I know you are going to the scheme later, from Sutton

:19:19. > :19:26.United, which is a big game. -- this game later. This is a list of the

:19:27. > :19:30.day jobs, we have a lumberjack and a special needs teacher. My favourite

:19:31. > :19:35.is one that says he has no nuggets in a pre-match meal, which is

:19:36. > :19:41.exactly what you need when you are about to play Arsenal. We will

:19:42. > :19:45.interview him later! He needs all night, don't take any of them. It

:19:46. > :19:49.talks about the fact that they get perspective from their day job which

:19:50. > :19:53.means that when they play football it is maybe not as big a deal as

:19:54. > :19:56.other people make it. And their dressing room is the only dressing

:19:57. > :20:04.room which is... How can I describe it? Chocolate brown. They paint them

:20:05. > :20:08.chocolate round. And the guy who was the manager also puts a lot of money

:20:09. > :20:17.in and has a building firm, and he had loads of leftover brown paint.

:20:18. > :20:26.Here use that. Now, you might be a bit surprised by this story. A US

:20:27. > :20:31.food giant scrapping the bid to buy owners of PG Tips and Marmite. So

:20:32. > :20:37.there was a huge deal on the cards, hundreds of billions of dollars

:20:38. > :20:41.worth of deals. Teabags, Marmite, Philadelphia, baked beans, all of

:20:42. > :20:44.those could have been under the same banner but late last night they

:20:45. > :20:48.pulled out of the deal saying, actually, they got scared off by

:20:49. > :20:55.people not wanting it to happen. Unilever were not happy. 7500 jobs

:20:56. > :21:04.in the UK, they will be pleased about that. You know how we talked

:21:05. > :21:12.about the fiver worth ?50 million, and one is still out there. The one

:21:13. > :21:18.with the little marker on, a little gold portrait. So keep an eye out

:21:19. > :21:22.for that. I noticed earlier you had to go out at the studio to go and

:21:23. > :21:27.get something. It was your mobile phone. You are not alone in the

:21:28. > :21:32.anxiety of being separated from your phone. I felt a little bit naked.

:21:33. > :21:36.Apparently being separated from your mobile is almost as bad as PTSD.

:21:37. > :21:39.They have done research on young people and they start to get

:21:40. > :21:43.stressed even when they are separated from their smartphone for

:21:44. > :21:47.a matter of minutes. I was just checking the pockets and didn't feel

:21:48. > :21:51.it. They start exhibiting the type of attachment behaviour is usually

:21:52. > :21:55.reserved for a member of the family if they are lost. Even a short time

:21:56. > :21:59.apart from their phone brought on heartbeat patterns associated with

:22:00. > :22:04.post-traumatic stress disorder. Do you feel better? I feel even better

:22:05. > :22:09.with this double animal story. Not only have you got a cat who can open

:22:10. > :22:16.a door, but there is a hamster who can climb a seven football down

:22:17. > :22:22.here. This hamster escaped. This lad owns a hamster, it escaped from

:22:23. > :22:26.Liam's house, climbed the seven foot hall Dominic Walcott what was found

:22:27. > :22:32.by someone else, a family member of his own and the pet shop, recognise

:22:33. > :22:34.the hamster and they got it back. Thank you, see you later.

:22:35. > :22:37.He has been in the job for just over a month,

:22:38. > :22:40.but in a few short weeks, Donald Trump has managed to both

:22:41. > :22:42.delight his supporters and appal his detractors.

:22:43. > :22:45.Today, MPs will debate the President's upcoming state visit

:22:46. > :22:48.to the UK, after two million people signed a petition against it,

:22:49. > :22:50.and more than 300,000 signed one in favour.

:22:51. > :22:52.Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been to an American comedy night

:22:53. > :22:55.in Birmingham, where the audience shared their divided views

:22:56. > :23:04.on the new US President and his policies.

:23:05. > :23:10.And the thing is, living here as an American at the moment, I usually

:23:11. > :23:15.have to start my gigs by just saying I am sorry. We are in a cafe in

:23:16. > :23:19.Birmingham. When people find out I am an American now, the first thing

:23:20. > :23:24.they say to me as Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump... American comedian

:23:25. > :23:28.Eric McIlroy is playing to a split audience, some who admire Donald

:23:29. > :23:32.Trump and some who loathe him. I think he is racist, misogynistic, I

:23:33. > :23:38.think he is sexist. Donald Trump is decisive, Donald Trump is his own

:23:39. > :23:41.man. I think is a real threat to the values of freedom and equality. I am

:23:42. > :23:46.living in this country as a Muslim. I have no issues. I think is a

:23:47. > :23:52.climate change denier, and I think he is pro- torture. Why are people

:23:53. > :23:57.scared about him? His approaches are just archaic and shocking. You think

:23:58. > :24:04.is dangerous? Very much so. Very, very, very much so. England is the

:24:05. > :24:08.same, the establishment can't fix the broken country. If they are

:24:09. > :24:12.going to call a dangerous, than I am dangerous. That is what I want to

:24:13. > :24:17.do. And in one word, he is an absolute dig it. So you like and

:24:18. > :24:26.then? I think we should let him come to the country, he greeted by Sadiq

:24:27. > :24:29.Khan, after waiting for an hour and a half and Customs, because he would

:24:30. > :24:34.appreciate that, and they should take out for a sour chicken masala.

:24:35. > :24:37.Almost 200,000 people have signed a petition to say he should be allowed

:24:38. > :24:41.to address parliament. The rights and wrongs will be in Westmead

:24:42. > :24:46.today, but again our audience is deeply divided. I would love to see

:24:47. > :24:50.him here, I would be happy to greet him personally, I would like to see

:24:51. > :24:55.him having a drink on broad Street the same as Bill Clinton did. Not in

:24:56. > :25:00.my name. He shouldn't come? No, not at all. If Justin Trudeau, the

:25:01. > :25:03.Liberal prime Minister of Canada, is willing to reach out, I think he

:25:04. > :25:14.should as well. -- Prime Minister true though. We could be seeing a

:25:15. > :25:18.real division, not the unifying effect that state visits are

:25:19. > :25:22.supposed to have. Wu makes a much under too much but certainly we have

:25:23. > :25:25.to do the right thing, whatever that is. To be pragmatic? To be

:25:26. > :25:30.pragmatic, yes. I think so. Given the almost chew Brudov disagreement

:25:31. > :25:34.within the room, it is no small mercy that our session begins and

:25:35. > :25:37.ends with laughter. And that was the first time I met Boris Johnson...

:25:38. > :25:40.You can watch MPs debate Donald Trump's state visit to the UK

:25:41. > :25:45.on BBC Parliament from 4:30pm this afternoon.

:25:46. > :25:47.Still to come on Breakfast this morning: The UK

:25:48. > :25:50.could have its own spaceports within three years, with commercial

:25:51. > :25:52.rockets regularly blasting off into the stratosphere.

:25:53. > :25:59.Breakfast's John Maguire is in Cornwall for us this morning.

:26:00. > :26:09.Good morning. We were ready and waiting. Where were you? Good

:26:10. > :26:15.morning, welcome to this station, built back in the 1960s to track

:26:16. > :26:21.satellites. We have a model just here of the first satellite

:26:22. > :26:27.television broadcaster in the UK, way back in 1962. We are standing at

:26:28. > :26:33.the dawn of a new era in the UK's space industry. We are about to, in

:26:34. > :26:36.the next few years, if everything goes according to plan, get the

:26:37. > :26:40.first commercial space ports, and this place will monitor the

:26:41. > :26:41.spacecraft as they explore the outer atmosphere. We will tell you all

:26:42. > :30:01.about that Plenty more on our website

:30:02. > :30:03.at the usual address. Now, though, it is back

:30:04. > :30:06.to Dan and Louise. Hello this is Breakfast,

:30:07. > :30:14.with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. We'll bring you all the latest news

:30:15. > :30:18.and sport in a moment, With British drivers spending 32

:30:19. > :30:23.hours a year struck in traffic, we'll find out why the UK's roads

:30:24. > :30:27.are the most gridlocked in western Europe - and look at

:30:28. > :30:35.potential solutions. Sepsis kills more than 40,000

:30:36. > :30:38.people every year - more than bowel, breast

:30:39. > :30:40.and prostate cancer combined. We'll look at calls to raise

:30:41. > :30:52.awareness of the deadly condition. Eddy and Patsy - or should we say

:30:53. > :31:01.Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley - will join us right

:31:02. > :31:13.here on the sofa. Probably not just like that. I was

:31:14. > :31:16.thinking, to you think you will get on the sofa like that!

:31:17. > :31:19.The UK has the worst traffic congestion in Europe,

:31:20. > :31:22.with drivers spending an average of 32 hours a year stuck

:31:23. > :31:26.That's according to research from the travel information company,

:31:27. > :31:29.Inrix, which found that congestion is the most severe in London,

:31:30. > :31:31.followed by Manchester and then Aberdeen.

:31:32. > :31:33.The Department for Transport says it's investing record amounts

:31:34. > :31:44.We'll hear from two traffic experts at just after 8:00 this morning

:31:45. > :31:49.on what they think should be done to ease congestion on our roads.

:31:50. > :31:55.To send your suggestions in as well, we will read some of those later.

:31:56. > :31:58.Peers get their first chance to debate the so-called

:31:59. > :32:00."Brexit Bill" later - the legislation which kicks off

:32:01. > :32:02.the formal process for Britain leaving the EU.

:32:03. > :32:05.The bill passed through the Commons unamended, but it's thought

:32:06. > :32:08.opposition peers in the House of Lords will seek guarantees

:32:09. > :32:10.about the rights of EU citizens in Britain -

:32:11. > :32:12.and the role of parliament in scrutinising Brexit.

:32:13. > :32:15.Council tax rises are planned by most local authorities in England

:32:16. > :32:19.in the coming year to help meet the increasing cost of social care.

:32:20. > :32:22.The government says extra money is being put into social care

:32:23. > :32:25.and councils will soon be able to keep all the money they raise

:32:26. > :32:30.But the Local Government Association who represent councils say deep cuts

:32:31. > :32:34.will still have to be made to other services as the cost of care

:32:35. > :32:37.for the elderly and disabled will account for all

:32:38. > :32:45.Campaigners have called the current maximum jail term for animal cruelty

:32:46. > :32:53.Battersea Dogs Cats Home is calling for prison sentences

:32:54. > :32:56.to be increased from six months to five years to bring

:32:57. > :32:58.the punishment in line with crimes such as fly-tipping.

:32:59. > :33:01.England and Wales currently have the lowest maximum sentence

:33:02. > :33:23.Donald Trump has treated about why he made comments about an incident

:33:24. > :33:29.in Sweden which did not happen. You look at what is happening last night

:33:30. > :33:34.in Sweden, Sweden! Who would believe this, Sweden. They took in large

:33:35. > :33:44.numbers and they are having problems like they never thought possible. He

:33:45. > :33:46.said the following day that the information was from a Fox News

:33:47. > :34:04.article. 6:33am. I probably need to explain

:34:05. > :34:11.why I was excited about the FA Cup draw. We could have a nonleague side

:34:12. > :34:21.into the final which is a good part of the draw. Although I still

:34:22. > :34:23.reeling about your description of the dress!

:34:24. > :34:27.Non-league Sutton United take centre stage in the FA Cup when they take

:34:28. > :34:30.on Arsenal tonight for the last remaining place in the FA Cup

:34:31. > :34:34.They already know who they will face in the next round after

:34:35. > :34:37.Sutton or Arsenal will play the heroes of the weekend,

:34:38. > :34:40.Lincoln City for a place in the semi finals.

:34:41. > :34:42.Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United came through yesterday.

:34:43. > :34:44.United had to come from behind to beat Championship side,

:34:45. > :34:46.Blackburn Rovers, 2-1 with Zlatan Ibrahimovich

:34:47. > :34:50.United now go to manager Jose Mourinho's former club Chelsea

:34:51. > :35:05.They had brilliant attitude and if we did not have this professional

:35:06. > :35:07.attitude with everybody playing with focus and responsibility, we would

:35:08. > :35:09.be in real trouble. Tottenham will host Millwall

:35:10. > :35:12.in the next round, after Harry Kane scored a hat trick

:35:13. > :35:14.against Fulham yesterday. The England striker says the win

:35:15. > :35:17.will also help them later this week when Spurs attempt to come back

:35:18. > :35:27.from 1-nil down in the Europa League Winning games gives you confidence

:35:28. > :35:31.so we go into Thursday coming off this result and buzzing to go to

:35:32. > :35:37.Wembley. We are looking forward to it. It is never easy in the FA Cup

:35:38. > :35:40.as you see from the results. We came here to do a job and we did that.

:35:41. > :35:42.Aberdeen have strengthened their grip on second place

:35:43. > :35:44.in the Scottish Premiership after a late comeback

:35:45. > :35:46.against Kilmarnock Aberdeen were a goal behind going

:35:47. > :35:49.into the last ten minutes before substitutes Jayden Stockley

:35:50. > :35:51.and Peter Pawlett scored to seal the victory.

:35:52. > :35:54.The result cuts Celtic's lead at the top - but they're

:35:55. > :35:58.Dundee picked up their first home league win over Rangers

:35:59. > :36:01.Goals from Mark O'Hara and Kevin Holt put them 2-nil

:36:02. > :36:05.Rangers got a goal back but they were unable to find

:36:06. > :36:11.Wigan have won the World Club Challenge Series for the first

:36:12. > :36:14.The series is between the best in the Northern

:36:15. > :36:18.A hat-trick from winger Joe Burgess helped Wigan beat

:36:19. > :36:29.Australian Champions Cronulla Sharks, 22-6.

:36:30. > :36:41.Please week that. On Friday, we want to perform really well. The players

:36:42. > :36:43.have so much desire and guts and determination to get these winds.

:36:44. > :36:53.This wind is all for them. -- win. There was a surprise result in rugby

:36:54. > :36:55.union's Premiership yesterday as leaders Wasps lost

:36:56. > :36:58.to tenth place Sale Sharks. Denny Solomona scored a hat-trick

:36:59. > :37:01.for the Sharks who inflicted Wasps' They remain six points

:37:02. > :37:05.clear at the top. Elsewhere Newcastle

:37:06. > :37:06.beat Northampton. Late last night Stuart Bingham

:37:07. > :37:09.won the Welsh Open - he beat Judd Trump 9-8 in the final

:37:10. > :37:12.frame to win the tournament Bingham had led 4-0 in the early

:37:13. > :37:17.stages before Trump battled back But Bingham held his nerve to take

:37:18. > :37:21.the final two frames, sealing his first Welsh Open

:37:22. > :37:24.win with a break of 55. Hopes of a first medal for a British

:37:25. > :37:28.man at an Alpine World Championships ended in disappointment

:37:29. > :37:30.for Dave Ryding The 30-year-old was well placed

:37:31. > :37:37.sitting in fourth place but he was more than two seconds

:37:38. > :37:41.slower on his second run. By the end of the competition

:37:42. > :37:45.he was in eleventh but that was still the best performance

:37:46. > :38:01.by a Male British skier in 32 years. We have had a British woman winning

:38:02. > :38:12.in 1936. A little bit like Wimbledon. We will get there. Are

:38:13. > :38:18.you talking about the World Championships wrong Russian and them

:38:19. > :38:20.later. Yes I will. They do try and disfigured and it is a fun and

:38:21. > :38:42.video. 630 ait a.m.. -- 638. The legislation approved in

:38:43. > :38:49.the comments but many in the Lords say they want to force through

:38:50. > :38:53.changes. One of those peers joins us now. Good morning and thank you for

:38:54. > :38:59.joining us. It will be under intense scrutiny today that this bill. They

:39:00. > :39:04.are talking about some changes wanted to be forced through. What

:39:05. > :39:09.are the prior year it is from your point of view? Two areas, first of

:39:10. > :39:13.all how do we protect things that are really important to this country

:39:14. > :39:18.such as the future of the United Kingdom and indeed our borders with

:39:19. > :39:23.Ireland. There will be other issues such as what happens with EU

:39:24. > :39:27.nationals and then there will be the question of how to keep tabs on this

:39:28. > :39:32.process as it recedes, how do we know when it comes to the final

:39:33. > :39:46.decision, we are not being given Wilson 's choice -- Hobson. This was

:39:47. > :39:51.voted for by the British public. Some say the Lords should not be

:39:52. > :39:56.interfering in that boat. Look, there was a clear majority in the

:39:57. > :40:02.referendum to leave the European Union and I do not believe the laws

:40:03. > :40:08.will seek to block the bill, or indeed delay hit significantly. The

:40:09. > :40:14.key issue is the Lords has a job to do, to review and scrutinised

:40:15. > :40:21.legislation and while people voted to leave, they are a lots of issues

:40:22. > :40:25.they did not vote or express a view on, such as leaving the single

:40:26. > :40:31.market or taking actions that might put at risk the future of the United

:40:32. > :40:36.Kingdom stop it is right and proper for Parliament and the House of

:40:37. > :40:39.Lords to debate. You say the Lords are unlikely to block it all delay

:40:40. > :40:46.yet, but how would you make progress? We make progress by having

:40:47. > :40:50.a debate in the next two weeks. There will be some detailed

:40:51. > :40:57.amendments forward across the house and across the bench. From political

:40:58. > :41:02.parties as well. They then go back to the House of Commons who can

:41:03. > :41:06.either accept or reject them and I do hope that if Iraq considered

:41:07. > :41:12.amendments of that come out of a genuine debate in the Lords that the

:41:13. > :41:17.comments and indeed the government will see fit to give them the proper

:41:18. > :41:22.consideration. With regard to these amendments if you are hoping all, if

:41:23. > :41:26.the Lords are seen to be interfering - there are some people it may lead

:41:27. > :41:32.to more lessons about the future of the House of Lords? There is a

:41:33. > :41:39.proper debate to have about whether you have the current model of the

:41:40. > :41:44.House of Lords or are elected second chamber but while we exist in the

:41:45. > :41:48.current form, we have a job to do and I would be most unhappy if the

:41:49. > :41:53.House of Lords, where it felt it had proper issues to consider, in

:41:54. > :41:58.effect, curtailed this debate and its role because it was worried it

:41:59. > :42:03.might be abolished. If you get into that sort of decision everytime we

:42:04. > :42:07.are threatened, we might as well pack up and go home full of which

:42:08. > :42:11.have been hearing in our news bulletin that the Local Government

:42:12. > :42:16.Association that almost every council in England is planning to

:42:17. > :42:22.put council tax up by 5% in order to pay for social care. When it comes

:42:23. > :42:28.to the crunch, do you think that is what they will do? I think they will

:42:29. > :42:33.do and I think the whole financial deal on local government this year

:42:34. > :42:38.is based on the fact that council tax will go up. I do not think

:42:39. > :42:42.authorities ever want to put up council tax more than they need to

:42:43. > :42:47.but government funding has gone back and there is still an essential need

:42:48. > :42:53.for social care and services like libraries and maintaining the roads.

:42:54. > :42:58.If we want good local services, they are going to have to be paid for.

:42:59. > :43:05.Thank you for your time here. Let's ironed out what is happening in the

:43:06. > :43:12.weather with a rather foreboding sky behind her. A cloudy start to the

:43:13. > :43:23.day but also an exceptionally mild one. Ealing North Wales -- in north

:43:24. > :43:30.Wales up to 18 degrees. 13 degrees high than expected. Today and

:43:31. > :43:37.tomorrow, the amber colour is showing its hand. The jet stream

:43:38. > :43:45.tempered by the Atlantic Ocean but the origin is the Caribbean where it

:43:46. > :43:50.is in the midst of high 20s. What we have this morning is a lot of cloud

:43:51. > :43:56.around and some mist and hill fog and drizzle coming out of the vicar

:43:57. > :44:02.cloud and some rain. Some of us will see some sunshine. Hill fog across

:44:03. > :44:07.Wales, ploughed through the Midland and East Anglia, cloudy as you

:44:08. > :44:15.continue your journey into northern England. Some heavy rain through

:44:16. > :44:18.north-east Scotland, it will edge to Northern Ireland but even say the

:44:19. > :44:31.temperatures are still pretty high for this time of day. Across parts

:44:32. > :44:38.of its -- of East Scotland... Gusts of 50 mph in northern England so

:44:39. > :44:42.take extra care. The weather front sleeping through Northern Ireland

:44:43. > :44:48.into northern England but by then it will be light patchy rain. Where we

:44:49. > :44:57.see the sunshine, we could hit 17 degrees Celsius, more likely 16. As

:44:58. > :45:00.we head onto the evening and overnight, rain in the south

:45:01. > :45:06.rejuvenate because it starts to come back northwards. Ahead of that, in

:45:07. > :45:17.Scotland, under clear skies, we are looking at an overnight low of four.

:45:18. > :45:23.Across parts of Wales, southern England, a lot of cloud around. Some

:45:24. > :45:31.sunshine and high temperatures in that. Generally nine - 13. More rain

:45:32. > :45:37.across north-west Scotland. Rain across Wales and a northern England

:45:38. > :45:42.and then six down to East Anglia. A lot of cloud associated with these

:45:43. > :45:45.but brighter skies further north but you can see the temperatures are

:45:46. > :45:51.starting to come back down. Thank you, Carol. Always nice to see

:45:52. > :45:56.you. 16% of working disabled people

:45:57. > :45:59.identify as being their own boss, higher than in the

:46:00. > :46:01.non-disabled population. Is this difference due

:46:02. > :46:03.to the flexibility that going it alone offers disabled people,

:46:04. > :46:06.or are disabled people pushed in to it through lack

:46:07. > :46:18.of opportunity. It is quite a big difference in the

:46:19. > :46:19.jobs market, depending if you do or do not have a disability.

:46:20. > :46:22.Just under half of working-age disabled people have a job,

:46:23. > :46:25.compared to more than 80% for those without a disability.

:46:26. > :46:27.Self-employment is a particularly popular way for people living

:46:28. > :46:29.with a disability to get into the workforce.

:46:30. > :46:32.500,000 people do just that, and one is Kelly Perks-Bevington,

:46:33. > :46:34.who started her professional management business after realising

:46:35. > :46:38.the company she was working for wasn't sending her out on jobs

:46:39. > :46:53.My condition is spinal muscular atrophy type three, which is a

:46:54. > :46:57.muscle wastage disorder, and that means that I do use a wheelchair on

:46:58. > :47:01.a daily basis. I just take a little bit longer to do things than

:47:02. > :47:05.everybody else. There's quite a lot of things that you need to think

:47:06. > :47:08.about that perhaps somebody that able-bodied wouldn't need to think

:47:09. > :47:12.about. You just need that extra bit of time. I think that that is a big,

:47:13. > :47:16.key factor in being self-employed and having your own business, is

:47:17. > :47:20.that you can manage your time. You know what you can take, you sort of

:47:21. > :47:24.know your own needs, and you can actually take time out for yourself.

:47:25. > :47:27.I think that you've got that power inside you to solve those problems

:47:28. > :47:31.that able-bodied people don't necessarily have to deal with. And

:47:32. > :47:35.it does give you a strength to work out everyday business problems, and

:47:36. > :47:41.it just makes for a fantastic is this mind, in my opinion. I think

:47:42. > :47:44.maybe, in the past, my disability held me back in a business sense.

:47:45. > :47:48.I've actually I think that was just the way I view that personally, and

:47:49. > :47:53.it has been a journey to get to where I am now. But now I don't let

:47:54. > :47:55.it stop me doing anything that I want to do. I always find a way to

:47:56. > :47:57.do it, and just get around it. She is an ambassador manager

:47:58. > :48:08.for Leonard Cheshire Disability. Good morning. Good morning. We heard

:48:09. > :48:12.from Kelly, her story about what pushed her to go into business. Do

:48:13. > :48:15.you phone from people living with a disability, is it more a choice,

:48:16. > :48:19.because they want to be in the workforce, being self-employed, or

:48:20. > :48:23.is it need and because companies are not making it as comfortable for

:48:24. > :48:28.people as they ought to? I think people are people, so we have to say

:48:29. > :48:30.that disabled people are part of a working community, but it is

:48:31. > :48:33.certainly true that there are barriers. So if you are an

:48:34. > :48:38.entrepreneur you kind of change those barriers by making your life

:48:39. > :48:42.flexible, having your own income, and also following your dream. And

:48:43. > :48:45.that figure I mentioned earlier, where the employment rate for people

:48:46. > :48:52.living with a disability is less than 50%. It is stark, yes. Is there

:48:53. > :48:56.a fundamental issue with British business that means those figures

:48:57. > :49:00.excess? I think there is a deep level of misunderstanding about how

:49:01. > :49:05.disabled people can happily go to work, work hard, be talented, and

:49:06. > :49:09.also I think there is a lack understanding that disabled people

:49:10. > :49:14.are like everybody else. They need help sometimes, or support, I think

:49:15. > :49:17.the word adaptation is a good word, adapting to things. Are there

:49:18. > :49:22.certain things that businesses can do quite easily to make those

:49:23. > :49:26.figures better? Well, I think the first thing to do is sit down to

:49:27. > :49:31.talk to people. Disability is such a personal experience. You can't put a

:49:32. > :50:00.big rush of it and say this is what you do for disabled people. You need

:50:01. > :50:03.to be able to say this person needs a larger screen, or flexible working

:50:04. > :50:06.hours, so there are things that you can do. Have you experienced

:50:07. > :50:10.difficulties with your disability, or even major positives that certain

:50:11. > :50:12.businesses who know how to deal with the situation? I have, actually. I

:50:13. > :50:15.have had workplaces who don't understand you needing a medical

:50:16. > :50:19.appointment, and places that don't understand the screen, or it took

:50:20. > :50:23.three weeks to get a screen, and I can't read it without a special one.

:50:24. > :50:27.I have also had places where they have said, what can we do for you?

:50:28. > :50:30.How can we make it the best person for this job? It really is about

:50:31. > :50:34.sitting down, talking to people, making sure you have thought about

:50:35. > :50:37.things. Often it is nothing to do with money. It is to do with inking

:50:38. > :50:41.about structures. And just finally, if anybody is self-employed, you

:50:42. > :50:45.have to remember, don't you, that your workers ' writes are not as

:50:46. > :50:48.strong as if you are staff at a company somewhere. Is that something

:50:49. > :50:50.that people should bear in mind? Again, it is not about being

:50:51. > :50:54.disabled or not disabled. That implies that disabled people are

:50:55. > :50:57.separate, they are not. They have the same rights as everyone else.

:50:58. > :51:00.Sharing your disability gives you more rights. You are protected by a

:51:01. > :51:05.quality acts, so if you tell your employer you need this, or if you go

:51:06. > :51:08.to your bank and say you need help, they are responsible, legally, for

:51:09. > :51:11.helping you. We will be talking more about this through the morning.

:51:12. > :51:12.Hashtag is disability works if you want to follow that series

:51:13. > :51:13.throughout the week. Could the UK soon boldly

:51:14. > :51:16.be going where it has Detailed plans to create

:51:17. > :51:19.the country's first spaceports They could see commercial satellites

:51:20. > :51:23.being launched within three years, and even lead to the start

:51:24. > :51:25.of space tourism. Ministers want to grab a share

:51:26. > :51:33.of an industry that is potentially From Glasgow Prestwick airport,

:51:34. > :51:37.destinations include us alone, also and Rome. But soon there will be

:51:38. > :51:40.another one. Space -- Malta. The number one target is to see the

:51:41. > :51:43.first launch from the UK by 2020. For a burgeoning and already very

:51:44. > :51:49.successful space industry worth ?250 million, this is a crucial piece in

:51:50. > :51:55.the jigsaw, and could be in place soon. To start with, it will

:51:56. > :51:58.actually be rockets flying under an aircraft, for the first few years,

:51:59. > :52:02.so it won't be that different from watching an ordinary aircraft take

:52:03. > :52:06.off. But obviously, in the fullness of time, we would expect that to be

:52:07. > :52:12.a proper rocket taking off, and with wings that can be deployed and able

:52:13. > :52:15.to land again. To be classified as a spaceport, sites will need to be

:52:16. > :52:20.licensed. They won't need to undergo major works, but will have to be

:52:21. > :52:24.able to refuel rockets. The vast majority of takeoffs will be

:52:25. > :52:28.horizontal rather than vertical. The carrier aircraft will climb to

:52:29. > :52:34.around 40,000 feet, so above the weather, above traditional air

:52:35. > :52:39.traffic... Inside the rocket will be small satellites. For the businesses

:52:40. > :52:42.involved, this is the chance of a lifetime. We find ourselves with

:52:43. > :52:46.this fantastic opportunity. Nobody in the US is doing this, nobody in

:52:47. > :52:49.Europe is doing it, nobody around the world is doing it, and the UK

:52:50. > :52:54.can capture this enormous economic potential and get way ahead of the

:52:55. > :52:59.market. And lift off of the Falcon Nine to the space station. White

:53:00. > :53:02.back once the exclusive playground of the superpowers, space is more

:53:03. > :53:06.accessible than ever and the government wants the UK to take a

:53:07. > :53:10.bigger slice of the pie. Now, the economic benefits of hosting a

:53:11. > :53:13.spaceport are very enticing. At the aerospace Park over there they

:53:14. > :53:19.already employ about 3000 people, and it is believed that they could

:53:20. > :53:24.take on another 2000 in this area if a spaceport comes to Prestwick. The

:53:25. > :53:29.and of its UK wide of housing this next generation of air travel, well,

:53:30. > :53:33.they are even more significant -- aerospace travel. And here at

:53:34. > :53:37.Oxfordshire they are developing the next generation of Aerospace

:53:38. > :53:43.engines, capable of flying at five times the speed of sound in the

:53:44. > :53:49.atmosphere and of spaceflight, the air breathing Sabre will rocket

:53:50. > :53:58.engines would revolutionise travel, London to the stars in hours. It

:53:59. > :54:02.could really transform Aerospace. There has been a significant gaps in

:54:03. > :54:07.the last big development in this one, but this is potentially the

:54:08. > :54:13.closest we are going to get to the jet engine moment in our lifetime.

:54:14. > :54:17.But first, the commercial spaceport will launch satellites and could

:54:18. > :54:23.bring the zero gravity flights to the UK. Then, ultimately, even space

:54:24. > :54:29.tourism. The opportunities are huge, and not even the sky is the limit.

:54:30. > :54:32.And John is in Cornwall for us now, at a site that is hoping

:54:33. > :54:39.It looks as though that little satellite is trying to find out what

:54:40. > :54:44.your thoughts at this morning as well. Good luck with that. You know

:54:45. > :54:48.what they say about empty vessels. We are in Cornwall, as you say, the

:54:49. > :54:52.earth is The British Heart Foundation here. 25 of these

:54:53. > :54:57.antennas monitoring what is going on up in space. And it is hoped that

:54:58. > :55:02.this would become mission control if and when these spaceport arrive. I

:55:03. > :55:05.am joined by Ian Jones from Goonhilly and Professor Tim Harris

:55:06. > :55:11.from the University of Exeter. Exciting stuff. What will you be

:55:12. > :55:15.doing it, you hope? So when the rocket parts take off from the

:55:16. > :55:19.aeroplane it has to start going very fast very quickly, and disappear out

:55:20. > :55:23.of the range of normal tracking. So what we are going to be doing here

:55:24. > :55:27.at acrid to his tracking the rocket parts up into space, up into orbit.

:55:28. > :55:32.So yes, that is what we are hoping to do. And as with all rocket

:55:33. > :55:35.scientist, you make it sound easy. Is it the sort of technology now

:55:36. > :55:40.that is very much within our grasp, is it relatively easy? Well, of

:55:41. > :55:44.course we have been tracking rocket since the early 1960s. This is

:55:45. > :55:47.something we are perhaps going to be to look at in terms of the

:55:48. > :55:52.technology, perhaps tracking via another satellite already in space.

:55:53. > :55:55.Tim Harris, from the University of Exeter, I want to talk to you about

:55:56. > :55:58.the science. We have talked about the business opportunities of the

:55:59. > :56:03.burgeoning space industry. What would it mean the signs such as

:56:04. > :56:07.yourself? Of course, satellites are very important for UK science. We

:56:08. > :56:10.have people starting ocean acidification remotely, looking at

:56:11. > :56:16.climate and weather in contact with the Met Office, and also in my

:56:17. > :56:20.field, in astrophysics, we like to get above the atmosphere, which

:56:21. > :56:24.causes the stars to twinkle, which makes it difficult to observe them

:56:25. > :56:29.in detail from the earth's surfers, but above the atmosphere that goes

:56:30. > :56:33.away. And some wavelengths don't get through the atmosphere but we can

:56:34. > :56:38.study them from space. This is an exciting opportunity for UK science.

:56:39. > :56:42.More from you two later on. Exciting opportunities. It is enabling

:56:43. > :56:46.scientists to do things that they just haven't been able to do before,

:56:47. > :56:50.obtain data, monitor things they haven't been able to before, much

:56:51. > :56:57.more cheaply now if and when the spaceport is arrive in the UK in

:56:58. > :57:05.just the next couple of years. I quite fancy being a space tourist,

:57:06. > :00:28.do you? No. Really? I am quite happy here, thanks. I

:00:29. > :00:31.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:00:32. > :00:33.Now, though, it is back to Dan and Louise.

:00:34. > :00:37.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:00:38. > :00:41.are the most congested in Western Europe.

:00:42. > :00:44.Researchers say most drivers spend more than 32 hours each year stuck

:00:45. > :00:46.in traffic as they warn of a significant cost

:00:47. > :01:02.Good morning, it's Monday the 20th February.

:01:03. > :01:07.Almost every council in England is planning

:01:08. > :01:13.to put up taxes to help meet the cost of social care.

:01:14. > :01:16.Angelina Jolie talks exclusively to us about her new film set

:01:17. > :01:18.in Cambodia and for the first time about her separation

:01:19. > :01:37.And we are a family, and we will always be a family.

:01:38. > :01:41.and hopefully be a stronger family for it.

:01:42. > :01:44.More than half a million people with a disability are self employed.

:01:45. > :01:48.I'll be looking at why it's such a popular option as part

:01:49. > :01:49.of the BBC's Disability Works series.

:01:50. > :01:53.Can another non-league club make it to the quarter finals of the FA Cup?

:01:54. > :01:56.Sutton United take on Arsenal later, the winner will play Lincoln.

:01:57. > :01:59.The holders Manchester United will face Chelsea next after coming

:02:00. > :02:06.from behind to beat Blackburn Rovers yesterday.

:02:07. > :02:15.It is blast off for plans to create a new generation of commercial space

:02:16. > :02:19.ports in the UK. With live at mission control in Cornwall, where

:02:20. > :02:20.they'll be hoping to track the spacecraft of the future -- we're

:02:21. > :02:22.live. After 8am we'll be joined

:02:23. > :02:24.by TV royalty. Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders

:02:25. > :02:27.will be on the sofa as they celebrate 25

:02:28. > :02:41.years of Ab Fab. A mild start to the day but not

:02:42. > :02:45.sunny all the way through. Quite a lot of cloud around producing

:02:46. > :02:50.drizzle, murky conditions, wet and windy in the north but sunshine

:02:51. > :02:56.today and where we see that in parts of the south we could hit 16 or 17.

:02:57. > :02:58.More on all of that in 15 minutes. Thank you, Carol, see you shortly.

:02:59. > :03:02.Let's set you up for the day by talking about traffic!

:03:03. > :03:04.The UK has the worst congestion in Western Europe,

:03:05. > :03:07.with drivers spending an average of 32 hours a year stuck

:03:08. > :03:11.This is according to the travel information company Inrix.

:03:12. > :03:13.Congestion is the most severe in London, followed by Manchester

:03:14. > :03:17.The Department for Transport says it's investing record amounts

:03:18. > :03:21.to keep the country moving, as Jane-Frances Kelly reports.

:03:22. > :03:25.Drivers across the UK who face the daily misery of traffic jams

:03:26. > :03:29.are losing not just their patience but also time and money.

:03:30. > :03:32.Unsurprisingly, London is the most congested city in the UK,

:03:33. > :03:35.with drivers spending more than three days every year stuck

:03:36. > :03:41.Manchester is the second worst, with motorists wasting 39 hours

:03:42. > :03:47.Aberdeen is third and perhaps surprisingly beats London

:03:48. > :03:56.as the hardest city to drive in and out of during rush hour.

:03:57. > :03:58.Research suggests businesses in Cardiff, suffer the most

:03:59. > :04:05.from congestion, based on the amount of tailback during the daytime.

:04:06. > :04:08.Outside of London, part of the A1 southbound in Belfast

:04:09. > :04:11.was found to be the most congested route in the UK.

:04:12. > :04:13.Other than drivers getting frustrated behind the wheel,

:04:14. > :04:24.costs the economy ?31 billion last year, that's an average of nearly

:04:25. > :04:26.?1,000 per driver on things like fuel, being late

:04:27. > :04:30.There's also more traffic on the roads because of growth

:04:31. > :04:36.The Department for Transport said it's making the most extensive

:04:37. > :04:39.improvements to roads since the 1970s, investing a record

:04:40. > :04:43.But money may not be the only solution.

:04:44. > :04:46.Researchers say to stop us standing still, we need better traffic

:04:47. > :04:49.management, more flexible working and to consider the wider use

:04:50. > :04:57.We'll hear from two traffic experts at just after 8am this morning

:04:58. > :05:02.on what they think should be done to ease congestion on our roads.

:05:03. > :05:07.Thank you for all your suggestions you've been sending in already,

:05:08. > :05:08.we'll get through some of those later in the programme.

:05:09. > :05:11.Council tax rises are planned by nearly all of England's local

:05:12. > :05:14.authorities in the coming year, but the organisation that represents

:05:15. > :05:17.them is warning that deep cuts to services will still be needed.

:05:18. > :05:19.The Local Government Association says social care

:05:20. > :05:22.services for the elderly and disabled are at breaking point

:05:23. > :05:24.and will swallow up any extra money raised.

:05:25. > :05:27.Here's our social affairs correspondent Allison Holt.

:05:28. > :05:34.After several falls, Maureen Edwards is getting support

:05:35. > :05:36.to regain some independence and rebuild her confidence.

:05:37. > :05:39.She needs help each day, which allows her and her husband

:05:40. > :05:55.I'm grateful for all that they have done for me, I really am and...

:05:56. > :05:58.Without them, I don't know what I would have done.

:05:59. > :06:04.Councils fund most social care and today's surveys shows

:06:05. > :06:07.the majority of them struggling to meet growing costs.

:06:08. > :06:10.There are 151 local authorities in England, 147 plan to raise

:06:11. > :06:14.council tax specifically to help pay for social care.

:06:15. > :06:20.But councils warn that will not plug the funding gap and that could mean

:06:21. > :06:26.There has been a united voice of local government to say

:06:27. > :06:33.that they need more funding into social care and that the crisis

:06:34. > :06:37.The funding for local government needs to be resolved immediately.

:06:38. > :06:42.The government says extra money is being put into social care that

:06:43. > :06:46.and authorities will soon be able to keep all the money they raise

:06:47. > :06:57.The House of Lords will get its first chance to debate

:06:58. > :06:59.the so-called Brexit Bill later, the legislation which kicks off

:07:00. > :07:01.the formal process for Britain leaving the EU.

:07:02. > :07:03.The bill passed through the Commons unamended,

:07:04. > :07:06.but it's thought opposition peers will seek guarantees

:07:07. > :07:08.about the rights of EU citizens in Britain

:07:09. > :07:17.and the role of Parliament in scrutinising Brexit.

:07:18. > :07:20.Our political correspondent Tom Bateman is in Westminster.

:07:21. > :07:27.What will the tone of the debate be those yellow for anyone interested

:07:28. > :07:33.in the spectator sport of watching House of Lords debate, there will be

:07:34. > :07:38.a treat because 180 will speak, a record number. It gives you a sense

:07:39. > :07:42.of the appetite of lords to influence and discuss and scrutinise

:07:43. > :07:46.this process. Some of the Lord's will try to amend the Brexit bill,

:07:47. > :07:51.that's something MPs were unsuccessful in doing because they

:07:52. > :07:56.backed this bill overwhelmingly. For others it's merely a chance to have

:07:57. > :07:59.a say on it all. In terms of that process, we've been hearing on

:08:00. > :08:02.Breakfast from the crossbench peer Lord Kerslake.

:08:03. > :08:09.The key issue is the Lord's has a job to do, it's there to review and

:08:10. > :08:13.scrutinise legislation and while people voted to leave, there are a

:08:14. > :08:17.lot of issues on which people didn't really vote or express a view, such

:08:18. > :08:22.as leaving the single market, or indeed taking actions that might put

:08:23. > :08:26.at risk the future of the United Kingdom. These are important issues

:08:27. > :08:34.and it's right and proper for Parliament, and indeed the House of

:08:35. > :08:38.Lords, to debate. You mention the rights of EU citizens and getting a

:08:39. > :08:43.parliamentary vote on any deal before signed by Theresa May, it

:08:44. > :08:47.could bounce back to the House of Commons and they could wipe off

:08:48. > :08:50.those amendments. In the end ministers want no changes to the

:08:51. > :08:54.bill and Theresa May confident she will get to trigger the Article 50

:08:55. > :09:08.process during the course of next month. Tom, thank you very much.

:09:09. > :09:11.The NHS is at breaking point as the number of overnight hospital

:09:12. > :09:13.beds continue to decline, that's the warning from

:09:14. > :09:16.Its research, based on official statistics,

:09:17. > :09:19.said the number of beds in England fell by a fifth

:09:20. > :09:23.But Department of Health officials have disputed some of the report's

:09:24. > :09:26.key findings, insisting changes in the way data is recorded means

:09:27. > :09:30.historic and current figures cannot be compared.

:09:31. > :09:33.Campaigners have called the current maximum jail term for animal cruelty

:09:34. > :09:37.Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is calling for prison

:09:38. > :09:40.sentences to be increased from six months to five years to bring

:09:41. > :09:43.the punishment in line with crimes such as fly tipping.

:09:44. > :09:45.England and Wales currently have the lowest maximum sentence

:09:46. > :09:49.Donald Trump has explained on Twitter why he made comments

:09:50. > :09:51.about a security incident in Sweden on Friday,

:09:52. > :09:55.At a rally on Saturday, Mr Trump referenced Sweden,

:09:56. > :10:09.along with other European cities which have been hit by attacks.

:10:10. > :10:18.You look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden! Who would

:10:19. > :10:20.believe this, Sweden! They took in large numbers, they're having

:10:21. > :10:30.problems like they never thought possible.

:10:31. > :10:32.He tweeted the following day, saying the information

:10:33. > :10:36.The Swedish Embassy responded, saying they look forward

:10:37. > :10:37.to advising Mr Trump's administration about Swedish

:10:38. > :10:39.immigration and integration policies.

:10:40. > :10:41.Angelina Jolie has spoken for the first time about her

:10:42. > :10:46.The Hollywood actor and director has been speaking exclusively to the BBC

:10:47. > :10:49.about her new film, set in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.

:10:50. > :10:51.Angelina Jolie, a UN refugee agency special envoy,

:10:52. > :10:55.She later adopted Maddox, her oldest son, from Cambodia.

:10:56. > :11:08.She spoke to our reporter, Yalda Hakim.

:11:09. > :11:13.I'm here because 17 years ago I came to this country and fell in love

:11:14. > :11:18.with its people and learned about its history, and in doing so

:11:19. > :11:23.realised how little I actually knew in my early 20s about the world. So

:11:24. > :11:31.this country for me has been... Was my awakening and my son changed my

:11:32. > :11:35.life. The you think in many ways you've come full circle? Your

:11:36. > :11:39.humanitarian work started here, you became a mother here, perhaps this

:11:40. > :11:47.is some kind of crossroads for you that you've come back here? Yeah,

:11:48. > :11:54.yeah. I'll always... I'll always be very grateful to this country and I

:11:55. > :11:58.hope... I hope I've given back as much as it's given me. I don't think

:11:59. > :12:02.I could ever give back as much as this country's given me. I

:12:03. > :12:06.understand this is a very sensitive issue. We know that an incident

:12:07. > :12:10.occurred which led to your separation. We also know you haven't

:12:11. > :12:17.said anything about this. But would you like to say something?

:12:18. > :12:27.Uh... Only that...

:12:28. > :12:30.I don't want to say very much about that, except to say

:12:31. > :12:32.that it was a very difficult time, and...

:12:33. > :12:35.And we are a family, and we will always be a family.

:12:36. > :12:38.And we will get through this time, and hopefully be a stronger

:12:39. > :12:49.That was Angelina Jolie. You can see the full interview with her on the

:12:50. > :12:52.BBC News website. We promised you we would return to cruelty to animals.

:12:53. > :12:55.In 2015, just 9% of those convicted of animal cruelty were sent

:12:56. > :12:57.to prison, serving an average of three months in jail.

:12:58. > :13:00.That's something one animal rescue charity wants to change.

:13:01. > :13:03.Battersea Dog and Cats Home is calling for the maximum sentence

:13:04. > :13:06.in England and Wales to be increased from six months

:13:07. > :13:09.We're joined now by its CEO, Claire Horton, who's brought

:13:10. > :13:12.along her dog, Wilma, and by Elaine Chin, who's

:13:13. > :13:14.a volunteer with Freshfields Animal Rescue in Liverpool.

:13:15. > :13:26.Good morning to all of you! I was going to say both of you but Wilma

:13:27. > :13:31.is here as well. Very well controlled. No hands, she's very

:13:32. > :13:38.good! Why do you want to raise the maximum sentence? Well, frankly the

:13:39. > :13:42.situation with sentencing in this country, particularly in England and

:13:43. > :13:45.Wales, particularly for serious offences of animal cruelty is

:13:46. > :13:50.shocking. We are the lowest in Europe at just six months, and other

:13:51. > :13:55.countries, including Ireland and Northern Ireland, are up at five

:13:56. > :14:01.years, which much more reflects the sort of punishment is expected for

:14:02. > :14:05.very serious and very horrific crimes against animals. Tell us

:14:06. > :14:10.about Wilma, she is a rescue dog, isn't she? Wilma is from Battersea

:14:11. > :14:15.dogs and Cats home, I've had her for about six years and when she came in

:14:16. > :14:19.I saw her from the day she came in, very poor state, very thin. She's 14

:14:20. > :14:24.now but she was nine when she came in, just had puppies, they were

:14:25. > :14:30.nowhere to be found, very bad skin and ears and plenty of operations to

:14:31. > :14:34.get her right. Completely neglected, horrendous state. She's very

:14:35. > :14:39.interested in your jacket! What have you been seeing? When we talk about

:14:40. > :14:45.the abuse and cruelty towards animals? Endless cases. It gets

:14:46. > :14:50.worse and worse and worse. We've had animals that have been brought in, a

:14:51. > :14:54.dog brought in who obviously had been owned by adults who were

:14:55. > :15:00.addicts and they used to put alcohol in his drinking bowl and forced him

:15:01. > :15:05.to inhale cannabis. When he came in he had had some corrosive substance

:15:06. > :15:10.thrown over him, acid or whatever, and he had dreadful scarring on him.

:15:11. > :15:17.We've got a dog at the moment in foster care who thankfully his hair

:15:18. > :15:22.owner has gone to prison -- her own. The nature of the abuse is too

:15:23. > :15:27.graphic to describe, even the police were horrified. Dreadful abuse. This

:15:28. > :15:31.is an elderly dog, 11 years old, now needs a home, and that's all she's

:15:32. > :15:36.ever known in her life. What happens to the animals when they come in?

:15:37. > :15:43.They need a lot of care and let's to help them? This is the thing, I'm

:15:44. > :15:48.from Freshfields animal rescue, a local charity in Liverpool, I say at

:15:49. > :15:52.the door they must see the vet. As Claire has described with Wilma,

:15:53. > :15:59.sometimes we embarked on a long and intensive and expensive course of

:16:00. > :16:03.treatment to get the dog or the cat or whatever the animal is right.

:16:04. > :16:09.There's also an emotional journey to go on to restore the animal's faith

:16:10. > :16:13.and get trust again and help it to feel safe. I'm sure the vast

:16:14. > :16:17.majority of people watching will say it's disgusting and how deep could

:16:18. > :16:21.do that to an animal but I'm sure some people will be doing this this

:16:22. > :16:25.week and even today. How would a longer prison sentence deter those

:16:26. > :16:30.kinds of people from hurting animals in a certain kind of way?

:16:31. > :16:37.There is something about, the punishment needs to reflect the

:16:38. > :16:42.crime, and we don't see that at the moment. Birmingham did prison

:16:43. > :16:45.research, showing that increased prison sentences to deter the

:16:46. > :16:50.perpetrators of the most serious crimes. Some of these animals are so

:16:51. > :16:54.badly hurt that they will either die at the hands of their owners or

:16:55. > :16:57.their abuses, or they will have to be euthanasia now found. And that

:16:58. > :17:12.happens way too often for that to be right. -- euthanased. We take on

:17:13. > :17:16.lots of very nice animals from homes who can't take care of them, but

:17:17. > :17:20.some from homes where they have been starved or abused, we will take a

:17:21. > :17:24.lot of stray animals. A good third of the dog that came in, and cats

:17:25. > :17:28.that came in last year were strays, and many of them were extremely

:17:29. > :17:35.poorly looked after and had had very difficult start in life. You can see

:17:36. > :17:39.that. RSPCA in 2015 prosecuted and successfully prosecuted over 930

:17:40. > :17:45.offenders who were punished, but none of those people, some even for

:17:46. > :17:48.the most serious crimes, received anything more than six months. And

:17:49. > :17:55.she is a beautifully behaved dog. She has been with you, six years or

:17:56. > :18:01.so? Six years. How did you choose her? It was my second day at a busy

:18:02. > :18:03.and I wanted to follow an animal through its journey, and she has

:18:04. > :18:12.been with me in mind. You are watching

:18:13. > :18:14.Breakfast from BBC News. The main stories this

:18:15. > :18:16.morning: In a jam. The UK has the worst

:18:17. > :18:18.congestion in Europe, with drivers spending around 32

:18:19. > :18:21.hours a year stuck in traffic. In an exclusive interview

:18:22. > :18:24.with the BBC, Angelina Jolie has spoken for the first time

:18:25. > :18:36.about her separation from Brad Pitt. Thank you for your texts, tweets and

:18:37. > :18:38.messages about that story. We will read some of those later in the

:18:39. > :18:38.programme. Here is Carol with a look

:18:39. > :18:48.at this morning's weather. It is exceptionally mild.

:18:49. > :18:51.Unfortunately that doesn't mean we have wall-to-wall blue skies. There

:18:52. > :18:54.is a lot of cloud around but to give you an idea of the current

:18:55. > :18:59.temperatures, in Aberdeen at the moment is 13 Celsius. At this time

:19:00. > :19:03.of day, at this time of year, it should be freezing. That is a big

:19:04. > :19:08.hike up. Belfast, Manchester and Norwich 11, Cardiff and London ten.

:19:09. > :19:12.These temperatures would be good as maximum temperatures at this time of

:19:13. > :19:15.year. It is not just today, even in some tomorrow, look at the Amber

:19:16. > :19:21.colours coming from the Atlantic Ocean. The source of this is the

:19:22. > :19:25.Caribbean, it is tangled up in the jet stream, so it is not dry. We

:19:26. > :19:29.have a lot of moisture, hence all the cloud that we currently have,

:19:30. > :19:33.the mist and murk and also the hill fog. For some of us we also have a

:19:34. > :19:36.weather front coming in across the north-west, producing thick cloud

:19:37. > :19:40.and some heavy rain. In the south-west it is a murky start.

:19:41. > :19:44.There is a lot of cloud around, there is hill fog. It is damp as

:19:45. > :19:48.well, drizzle coming out of the thickest cloud, but these

:19:49. > :19:53.temperatures, 11 and ten, not bad at all. For Wales you have hill fog,

:19:54. > :19:56.northern England you have hill fog, Northern Ireland and Scotland, the

:19:57. > :20:00.rain coming in the northern Scotland will fringe in the Northern Ireland

:20:01. > :20:04.as we go through the course of the day and it is windy in Scotland and

:20:05. > :20:07.Northern Ireland and will remain so throughout the day. It will be

:20:08. > :20:12.particularly windy through the North of England. If you are on the A1,

:20:13. > :20:16.bear that in mind, especially in a high sided vehicles. The rain will

:20:17. > :20:19.turn more patchy in nature as it moved south, bright and breezy

:20:20. > :20:25.behind it. Still some showers piling on, and further south although there

:20:26. > :20:28.will be a lot of cloud around, parts of east and north-east Wales, the

:20:29. > :20:33.South of England, where that sunshine breaks, the temperature

:20:34. > :20:37.could hit 17 Celsius. 17 Celsius in February happens once every five to

:20:38. > :20:41.seven years. Now, as we move through the evening and overnight there is

:20:42. > :20:45.no weather front down in the south. It is going to rejuvenate and pivot

:20:46. > :20:49.back northwards. Ahead of its clearer skies, cool in some of the

:20:50. > :20:53.mountains and Scotland will see some snow. Tomorrow that band of rain

:20:54. > :20:56.moves a little bit further north, not terribly far north. A lot of

:20:57. > :21:01.cloud associated with it. Some breaks in the cloud as we push

:21:02. > :21:04.further north but more rain piling in across the north-west, quite

:21:05. > :21:08.windy. Like today, where we see some breaks, the temperature will be way

:21:09. > :21:12.above average for the time of year. But it will be down by a good four

:21:13. > :21:17.degrees in parts of Scotland compared to what we are looking at

:21:18. > :21:21.today. So then moving from Tuesday into Wednesday we've got a weather

:21:22. > :21:24.front lines across central parts of England and Wales, producing some

:21:25. > :21:28.rain. Quite a lot of cloud around. Behind it, although it is brighter,

:21:29. > :21:32.you can see how the temperature is slowly dropping back down to where

:21:33. > :21:38.it should be at this stage in February. Quite mild, it has been

:21:39. > :21:41.very nice. It has been a lovely weekend, thanks, Carol.

:21:42. > :21:49.Baked beans, whiskey, that is what morning's business stories.

:21:50. > :21:51.Baked beans, whiskey, that is what we have got. Breakfast of kings.

:21:52. > :21:55.It wasn't on for very long, but now the deal is off.

:21:56. > :21:59.On Friday, the American food company Kraft Heinz said it wanted to buy

:22:00. > :22:01.the British-Dutch company Unilever, but last night it walked away

:22:02. > :22:06.The takeover would have been worth ?115 billion,

:22:07. > :22:09.one of the biggest in corporate history, combining dozens

:22:10. > :22:11.of household names, from Unilever's Ben Jerry's

:22:12. > :22:14.and Marmite, to Kraft Heinz's baked beans and Philadelphia cheese.

:22:15. > :22:18.Online retail giant Amazon has said it will create 5,000 new full-time

:22:19. > :22:26.The firm said it was looking for a range of staff,

:22:27. > :22:29.including software developers and warehouse staff.

:22:30. > :22:31.There will be jobs at Amazon's head office in London,

:22:32. > :22:34.as well as in the Edinburgh customer service centre,

:22:35. > :22:38.The recruitment will take Amazon's workforce in the UK

:22:39. > :22:41.Single-malt scotch whisky topped ?1 billion worth of exports

:22:42. > :22:44.for the first time last year, reflecting a return to growth

:22:45. > :22:48.for exports of scotch more widely, with nearly ?4 billion of overseas

:22:49. > :22:54.That follows a dip for two years because of falling demand

:22:55. > :22:56.from China, Venezuela and Brazil with serious economic difficulties.

:22:57. > :22:59.The return to growth for scotch whisky has been driven

:23:00. > :23:01.by the success of single-malts, appealing to luxury

:23:02. > :23:11.There you go, it is very popular, isn't it? It is, especially at this

:23:12. > :23:13.time of the morning. All right, some! What is in your Breakfast cup?

:23:14. > :23:20.We only have tea over here. He has been in the job

:23:21. > :23:24.for just over a month, but in a few short weeks,

:23:25. > :23:27.Donald Trump has managed to both delight his supporters

:23:28. > :23:29.and appal his detractors. Today, MPs will debate

:23:30. > :23:31.the President's upcoming state visit to the UK, after two million people

:23:32. > :23:34.signed a petition against it, and more than 300,000

:23:35. > :23:37.signed one in favour. Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been

:23:38. > :23:39.to an American comedy night in Birmingham, where the audience

:23:40. > :23:42.shared their divided views on the new US President

:23:43. > :23:44.and his policies. And the thing is, living

:23:45. > :23:47.here as an American at the moment, I usually have to start my gigs

:23:48. > :23:50.by just saying I'm sorry. When people find out

:23:51. > :23:54.I'm an American now, the first thing they

:23:55. > :24:03.say to me is Trump. Trump, Trump, Trump,

:24:04. > :24:05.Trump, Trump, Trump... American comedian Eric McIlroy

:24:06. > :24:08.is playing to a split audience. Some who admire Donald Trump,

:24:09. > :24:12.and some who loathe him. I think he's a racist, misogynistic,

:24:13. > :24:15.I think he's a sexist. I think he's a real

:24:16. > :24:21.threat to the values I'm living in this

:24:22. > :24:24.country as a Muslim. I think he's a climate

:24:25. > :24:29.change denier, and I think he's

:24:30. > :24:29.pro-torture. His approaches are just

:24:30. > :24:34.archaic and shocking. Breaking the establishment

:24:35. > :24:50.and fixing the broken country. If they are going to call that

:24:51. > :24:53.dangerous, then I'm dangerous. And, in one word, he

:24:54. > :24:57.is an absolute bigot. I think we should let him

:24:58. > :25:05.come to the country, I think he should be

:25:06. > :25:07.greeted by Sadiq Khan, after waiting for an hour

:25:08. > :25:14.and a half in Customs, because he would appreciate that,

:25:15. > :25:17.and he be taken out Almost 200,000 people have signed

:25:18. > :25:22.a petition to say he should be The rights and wrongs

:25:23. > :25:25.will be discussed today, but again our audience

:25:26. > :25:27.is deeply divided. I'd be happy to greet him

:25:28. > :25:31.personally, I'd like to see him having a drink on Broad Street,

:25:32. > :25:35.the same as Bill Clinton did. If Prime Minister Trudeau,

:25:36. > :25:46.liberal Prime Minister of Canada, is prepared to reach

:25:47. > :25:48.out with an open hand, We could be seeing a real division,

:25:49. > :25:53.not the unifying effect that state Whether we roll the red

:25:54. > :26:10.carpet out in all senses, some people might

:26:11. > :26:13.find that a bit much. But certainly we have

:26:14. > :26:15.to do the right thing, Given the almost vituperative

:26:16. > :26:21.disagreement within the room, it is no small mercy

:26:22. > :26:23.that our session begins And that was the first time

:26:24. > :26:27.I met Boris Johnson... You can watch MPs debate

:26:28. > :26:30.Donald Trump's state visit to the UK on BBC Parliament from

:26:31. > :29:48.4:30pm this afternoon. Plenty more on our website

:29:49. > :29:51.at the usual address. Now, though, it is back

:29:52. > :29:53.to Dan and Louise. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:29:54. > :30:01.with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. The UK has the worst traffic

:30:02. > :30:04.congestion in Europe, with some drivers spending a total

:30:05. > :30:07.of three days a year stuck That's according to

:30:08. > :30:10.research from the travel information company, Inrix,

:30:11. > :30:16.which found that congestion followed by Manchester and then

:30:17. > :30:20.Aberdeen. The Department for Transport says

:30:21. > :30:22.it's investing record amounts We'll hear from two traffic experts

:30:23. > :30:32.at just after 8am this morning on what they think should be done

:30:33. > :30:43.to ease congestion on our roads. Thanks for all your suggestions,

:30:44. > :30:43.we'll get to those a little later as well.

:30:44. > :30:46.Council tax rises are planned by most local authorities in England

:30:47. > :30:50.in the coming year to help meet the increasing cost of social care.

:30:51. > :30:53.The government says extra money is being put into social care

:30:54. > :30:56.and councils will soon be able to keep all the money they raise

:30:57. > :31:01.But the Local Government Association who represent councils say deep cuts

:31:02. > :31:05.will still have to be made to other services as the cost of care

:31:06. > :31:07.for the elderly and disabled will account for all

:31:08. > :31:20.Nearly all local authorities have taken the opportunity to raise the

:31:21. > :31:25.adult social care precept and raise council tax. It does not surprise

:31:26. > :31:29.me, there's been a united voice of local government to say they need to

:31:30. > :31:31.have more funding into social care and that the crisis in social care

:31:32. > :31:33.is immediate now. The funding for local government

:31:34. > :31:36.needs to be resolved immediately. The House of Lords will get

:31:37. > :31:39.its first chance to debate the so-called Brexit Bill later,

:31:40. > :31:42.the legislation which kicks off the formal process for

:31:43. > :31:44.Britain leaving the EU. The bill passed through

:31:45. > :31:46.the Commons unamended, but it's thought opposition peers

:31:47. > :31:48.will seek guarantees about the rights of EU

:31:49. > :31:50.citizens in Britain and the role of parliament

:31:51. > :32:00.in scrutinising Brexit. The NHS is at breaking point

:32:01. > :32:03.as the number of overnight hospital beds continue to decline,

:32:04. > :32:05.that's the warning from Its research, based

:32:06. > :32:08.on official statistics, said the number of beds

:32:09. > :32:11.in England fell by a fifth But Department of Health officials

:32:12. > :32:15.have disputed some of the report's key findings, insisting changes

:32:16. > :32:18.in the way data is recorded means historic and current

:32:19. > :32:26.figures cannot be compared. Iraqi government forces have

:32:27. > :32:28.resumed their offensive to regain the last major stronghold

:32:29. > :32:31.of so-called Islamic State in Iraq. Thousands of troops

:32:32. > :32:33.are involved in the assault on western Mosul, which is

:32:34. > :32:36.now in its second day. Last month, the Iraqi government

:32:37. > :32:39.forces secured the eastern part Some important bee news

:32:40. > :32:46.for you this morning. Researchers have discovered

:32:47. > :32:49.that the insects make a ridiculously cute noise when they

:32:50. > :33:11.bump into each other. Excuse me, excuse me, coming

:33:12. > :33:13.through! It sounds a bit like ducks quacking. It is a high-pitched

:33:14. > :33:19.little crack. -- quack. identified by scientists

:33:20. > :33:24.at Nottingham Trent University, is made when bees accidentally

:33:25. > :33:27.collide with other bees in the hive. It's made when they vibrate

:33:28. > :33:30.their wing muscles and it can't be heard by human ears,

:33:31. > :33:36.only with a special microphone. That's why we can hear it now. It's

:33:37. > :33:40.interesting, I want to know the noise a wasp makes when he stings

:33:41. > :33:48.you. We know the sound we make! Have some of that! Ouch! Coming up on the

:33:49. > :33:54.programme, Carol will be here later. I don't think wasps speak when they

:33:55. > :33:59.do it! You've been watching too many cartoons! I think I probably have!

:34:00. > :34:04.I'll be talking about the FA Cup. I'm not sure that was the right word

:34:05. > :34:09.for the bee noise. It was apologetic, wasn't it? They will be

:34:10. > :34:11.cheering hopefully, Lincoln city, they know who they have in the next

:34:12. > :34:13.round of the FA Cup. Non-league Sutton United take centre

:34:14. > :34:16.stage in the FA Cup when they take on Arsenal tonight for the last

:34:17. > :34:20.remaining place in the FA Cup It will be on an artificial pitch. I

:34:21. > :34:25.know you're going to that game, Dan! And whoever wins tonight will play

:34:26. > :34:28.the big winners from this weekend, Lincoln City for a place

:34:29. > :34:32.in the semi-finals. While Tottenham Hotspur

:34:33. > :34:39.and Manchester United United had to come from behind

:34:40. > :34:46.to beat Championship side Blackburn Rovers 2-1

:34:47. > :34:48.with Zlatan Ibrahimovic United now go to manager

:34:49. > :34:51.Jose Mourinho's former club Chelsea and if we didn't have this

:34:52. > :35:00.professional attitude with everybody playing with focus

:35:01. > :35:01.and responsibility, He does say Focus there in case

:35:02. > :35:14.you're wondering! Harry Kane scored a hat-trick

:35:15. > :35:16.against Fulham yesterday. The England striker says the win

:35:17. > :35:20.will also help them later this week when Spurs attempt to come back

:35:21. > :35:23.from 1-0 down in the Europa League Winning games, it

:35:24. > :35:26.gives you confidence so we go into Thursday now,

:35:27. > :35:29.coming off this result, and we'll buzzing

:35:30. > :35:31.to go out at Wembley. You know, it is never easy in the FA

:35:32. > :35:36.Cup as you see yesterday, We had to make sure we come

:35:37. > :35:41.here and done our job Aberdeen have strengthened

:35:42. > :35:44.their grip on second place in the Scottish Premiership

:35:45. > :35:46.after a late comeback Aberdeen were a goal behind

:35:47. > :35:50.going into the last ten minutes before substitutes Jayden Stockley

:35:51. > :35:52.and Peter Pawlett scored The result cuts Celtic's

:35:53. > :35:55.lead at the top Dundee picked up their first

:35:56. > :35:59.home league win over Goals from Mark O'Hara

:36:00. > :36:03.and Kevin Holt put them 2-0 Rangers got a goal back

:36:04. > :36:07.but they were unable to find Wigan have won the World

:36:08. > :36:10.Club Challenge Series The series is between

:36:11. > :36:14.the best in the Northern A hat-trick from winger

:36:15. > :36:20.Joe Burgess helped Wigan beat Australian champions

:36:21. > :36:28.Cronulla Sharks 22-6. and I wanted us

:36:29. > :36:39.to perform really well. It's not the stuff, it's not

:36:40. > :36:44.the coaching stuff - and shown such guts

:36:45. > :36:48.and determination to get these wins. There was a surprise result in rugby

:36:49. > :36:52.union's Premiership yesterday as leaders Wasps lost

:36:53. > :36:55.to tenth place Sale Sharks. Denny Solomona scored

:36:56. > :36:57.a hat-trick for the Sharks who inflicted Wasps' third league

:36:58. > :36:59.defeat of the season. Wasps remain six points

:37:00. > :37:02.clear at the top. Elsewhere, Newcastle

:37:03. > :37:03.beat Northampton. Late last night Stuart Bingham

:37:04. > :37:05.won the Welsh Open. He beat Judd Trump 9-8 in the final

:37:06. > :37:09.frame to win the tournament Bingham had led 4-0 in the early

:37:10. > :37:13.stages before Trump battled back to lead 8-7

:37:14. > :37:15.in the evening session. But Bingham held his nerve to take

:37:16. > :37:18.the final two frames, sealing his first Welsh Open

:37:19. > :37:26.win with a break of 55. At those World Biathlon Championship

:37:27. > :37:36.they had one of those anthem issues. This time it was for

:37:37. > :37:48.the Russian National anthem. They all look a little bit confused.

:37:49. > :37:50.One of the TV commentators comes rushing in and says to stop and

:37:51. > :38:05.tells them to start singing. SING there were huge apologies. Is one of

:38:06. > :38:08.those when you get handed a microphone and are made to sing in

:38:09. > :38:14.front of the public. Not fun! Terrible that they got the wrong

:38:15. > :38:16.anthem. It's happened a few times around the world at various

:38:17. > :38:23.different events. You should take your own CD I think! Not a bad idea

:38:24. > :38:26.just in case. And learn the words to the national anthem, it's that

:38:27. > :38:30.second verse! Very awkward. Thank you very much.

:38:31. > :38:33.Sepsis kills around 44,000 people in the UK every year,

:38:34. > :38:35.more than bowel, breast and prostate cancer combined.

:38:36. > :38:37.Today, the UK Sepsis Trust will present a report

:38:38. > :38:40.to the director of NHS England calling for more to be done

:38:41. > :38:49.We're joined now by doctor Ron Daniel from the charity,

:38:50. > :38:52.and by Stephanie Jennings who first developed the condition

:38:53. > :38:59.Lovely you see U-boats, thank you for coming on. Whenever talk about

:39:00. > :39:06.sepsis, it's important we reiterate what it is -- you both. People are

:39:07. > :39:11.still a bit confused. So Doctor, what is it? Alouettes the way the

:39:12. > :39:14.body responds to infection, it is infection, it is triggered by an

:39:15. > :39:18.infection. It could be a cut or a bike but the immune system going

:39:19. > :39:24.into overdrive damages the body's organs -- cut or a bike. It can be

:39:25. > :39:29.life-threatening. Stephanie. You had pneumonia and then you started

:39:30. > :39:34.feeling increasingly ill? -- bite. I contracted pneumonia in January,

:39:35. > :39:46.2015. It felt like a normal cold but then I got the feeling something was

:39:47. > :39:51.seriously wrong. It got to the point where I felt I was dying and this

:39:52. > :39:55.was it, then I got it again in the middle of February because the

:39:56. > :40:00.pneumonia didn't clear completely. Four months later, because of all

:40:01. > :40:06.the antibodies I had to clear the sepsis, it ravaged my bowl, they

:40:07. > :40:12.took the: Away in May, 2015 which left me with a colostomy bag. -- the

:40:13. > :40:17.colon. You really went through it! When did they say it was sepsis?

:40:18. > :40:21.They didn't tell me for a long time in hospital, they were almost

:40:22. > :40:26.frightened to because of how ill I was. You can see the pictures, you

:40:27. > :40:30.were extremely ill. Absolutely. It was touch and go and I was told if I

:40:31. > :40:35.hadn't gone to the hospital the night I did I wouldn't be here. Is

:40:36. > :40:38.that a problem many doctors find, it is hard to know the symptoms because

:40:39. > :40:43.it manifests itself in different ways, sepsis? It does, and we need

:40:44. > :40:49.to firstly heighten public awareness, which we're doing today,

:40:50. > :40:53.but we need health officials to be thinking sepsis, it's a complicated

:40:54. > :40:57.condition to diagnose and health officials need to be on the lookout

:40:58. > :41:01.to get this right. What should people and health officials be

:41:02. > :41:05.looking for? You said you felt like you were going to die, that's one of

:41:06. > :41:10.the things, when you feel that ill, that's on the list. Absolutely, it

:41:11. > :41:14.is one of the six key symptoms. The context is, you've got an infection,

:41:15. > :41:19.you know what that feels like and you feel worse. You start to think

:41:20. > :41:24.sepsis, slurred speech, confusion, pain in the muscles and joints, not

:41:25. > :41:32.passing any hearing, a sense you're going to die and your skin changing

:41:33. > :41:38.colour and you're going to die. -- urinal. You talk about diagnosis and

:41:39. > :41:42.treatment, how do they tell? Is it a simple blood test, how do they

:41:43. > :41:45.you've got it? It's a clinical diagnosis and that means we need a

:41:46. > :41:50.clinical expert assessing the patient, looking at a multitude of

:41:51. > :41:55.things, some will be blood tests and ordering a picture. If they get

:41:56. > :42:01.early treatment like you did it can make a difference to recovery?

:42:02. > :42:05.Absolutely. We know there is a burden of survival if we get this

:42:06. > :42:08.wrong, people have psychological and physical problems, something

:42:09. > :42:12.relatively difficult to measure, like fatigue problems and that kind

:42:13. > :42:16.of thing. And this is included in the report, there's a huge economic

:42:17. > :42:20.cost as well as the human cost of sepsis because people can't go back

:42:21. > :42:25.to work quickly if we get it wrong. How long were you off work for? I

:42:26. > :42:33.didn't go back to work for ten months, I retrained to do something

:42:34. > :42:36.else because I wasn't well enough physically and mentally, I couldn't

:42:37. > :42:39.get out of bed and the shock of being in intensive care was very

:42:40. > :42:43.harrowing. That cost, it's worth mentioning the figures, how much is

:42:44. > :42:49.it going to potentially cost the NHS? Potentially to our economy it

:42:50. > :42:54.could be ?16 billion a year and these estimates are conservative, it

:42:55. > :43:01.is at least ?1 billion to ?2 billion just for the NHS due to bed days in

:43:02. > :43:06.hospital. How are you now? I'm really well. Thank you very much for

:43:07. > :43:08.coming in. Carol has been talking about how my old things are, good

:43:09. > :43:17.morning. It is mild, these are the current

:43:18. > :43:20.temperatures. Rhyl, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham, London,

:43:21. > :43:24.Cardiff. These temperatures would be pretty good at maximum temperature

:43:25. > :43:29.time at this time of year, but for minimum, Aberdeen at the moment is

:43:30. > :43:34.13. The average at this time in February is freezing at this time of

:43:35. > :43:38.day. Through the course of the day, the average temperatures again

:43:39. > :43:43.between round about nine and 12 Celsius. But today we're looking at

:43:44. > :43:49.widely between 12 and 14, and locally we could see 16 or 17.

:43:50. > :43:52.Tomorrow for some it will still be mild as you can see with the amber

:43:53. > :43:56.colours coming up. We're importing our air at the moment, it's moist

:43:57. > :43:59.but not necessarily sunny from the Caribbean which is why we're seeing

:44:00. > :44:04.the higher temperatures, tempered by the Atlantic. A lot of cloud across

:44:05. > :44:08.our shores this morning and we have thicker cloud in the north-west,

:44:09. > :44:12.producing heavy rain in north-west Scotland and that will go into

:44:13. > :44:14.Northern Ireland and as it continues its descent south-east across

:44:15. > :44:19.northern England and eventually north Wales, it will weaken. A windy

:44:20. > :44:22.start in the northern half of the country and for a time this morning

:44:23. > :44:27.particularly in the Pennines and generally northern England. As we

:44:28. > :44:31.come south, although it's a cloudy, murky start to the day, it will

:44:32. > :44:35.remain fairly cloudy but some will see some breaks, more notably in

:44:36. > :44:39.parts of the south-east and where the sun comes out for any length of

:44:40. > :44:44.time, we could in parts of the south-east hit 16 or 17, as we could

:44:45. > :44:48.in parts of east or north-east Wales away from the band of rain. Rain

:44:49. > :44:52.clears Northern Ireland and Scotland leaving clearer skies, some sunshine

:44:53. > :44:59.and showers but still a blustery day. Across northern England we

:45:00. > :45:02.still have the rain sinking steadily south, as it will do through the

:45:03. > :45:05.night, getting in through much of Wales and in through parts of the

:45:06. > :45:09.south-east but the heaviest rain will always be in the west. That's a

:45:10. > :45:12.weather front that will flip round and move north through the night.

:45:13. > :45:16.Still mild in southern areas, cold in the north and we'll see snow

:45:17. > :45:20.above around 500 metres in the Scottish mountains. Tomorrow we

:45:21. > :45:23.start off with all this rain in Wales, the Midlands and the

:45:24. > :45:27.south-eastern corner. A lot of cloud around it as well, some hill fog but

:45:28. > :45:36.there will be some brighter breaks and then more rain in the north and

:45:37. > :45:39.west and gets into Northern Ireland. Here it will be breezy. Tomorrow in

:45:40. > :45:43.Scotland, some temperatures will come down around four degrees

:45:44. > :45:46.compared to today but we still hang on to milder conditions in the

:45:47. > :45:50.south. Then it does turn colder, or more like it should be for all of us

:45:51. > :45:53.as we head towards the middle and the end of this week. I rather

:45:54. > :45:55.enjoyed the mildness, though. 16% of working disabled people

:45:56. > :45:58.identify as being their own boss. That is slightly higher

:45:59. > :46:01.than in the non-disabled population. Is this difference due

:46:02. > :46:04.to the flexibility that going it alone offers disabled people,

:46:05. > :46:06.or are disabled people pushed in to it through lack

:46:07. > :46:21.of opportunity? It is all part of the disability

:46:22. > :46:24.works week across BBC News. Look at the hashtag online or go to our to

:46:25. > :46:26.see more. Just under half of working-age

:46:27. > :46:29.disabled people have a job, compared to more than 80% for those

:46:30. > :46:32.without a disability. Self-employment is a particularly

:46:33. > :46:34.popular way for people living with a disability to get

:46:35. > :46:38.into the workforce. There are seven million people

:46:39. > :46:41.of working age in the UK who have a disability

:46:42. > :46:43.or a health condition, Is that a personal choice,

:46:44. > :46:48.or because too many businesses aren't supportive of those

:46:49. > :46:52.living with a disability? Graeme Whippy is an accessibility

:46:53. > :46:55.manager at Open Inclusion, and Selina Mills is from

:46:56. > :47:04.Leonard Cheshire Disability. You work with employers to try and

:47:05. > :47:09.improve access to the workplace. Think of us as the barrier removal

:47:10. > :47:15.people. We try to provide better customer service for disabled

:47:16. > :47:18.customers. We have seen quite a decent growth in that area of

:47:19. > :47:23.self-employment for people living with a disability. What do you think

:47:24. > :47:26.has been driving it? I think in the general population more people are

:47:27. > :47:30.starting their own companies anyway, so there is a general thing. But

:47:31. > :47:34.what is interesting is it is not that disabled people want to be

:47:35. > :47:38.entrepreneurs, it is that disability itself, and the barriers in the

:47:39. > :47:42.working world, have forced people to look at their own abilities. So

:47:43. > :47:46.problem-solving, resilience, flexibility, are great things if you

:47:47. > :47:50.are an entrepreneur. The two work well together so for some people,

:47:51. > :47:54.and it does depend on your character, it is a really good place

:47:55. > :47:59.to go and work for yourself. That sort of makes you think that

:48:00. > :48:02.businesses are missing out if... With so much talent there, that

:48:03. > :48:06.people are thinking it might be better to go their own way

:48:07. > :48:10.sometimes. Absolutely, why on earth would you want to turn away as part

:48:11. > :48:16.of 20% of the working population when you are looking for someone to

:48:17. > :48:20.work for and you would need to spend thousands of pounds replacing that

:48:21. > :48:24.person, for people who become disabled. If you are a very small

:48:25. > :48:29.business and you hear the argument of how much cost it takes to make a

:48:30. > :48:34.place more suitable, it must be something you hear quite a bit.

:48:35. > :48:38.Absolutely, but the truth is that employing a disabled person can

:48:39. > :48:42.often have no additional cost, or it can be very low cost. Things like

:48:43. > :48:46.additional flexibility for working hours, it is not ramps and power

:48:47. > :48:51.doors and expensive stuff. Often just very low adaptations to the

:48:52. > :48:55.workplace, and flexibility. Is flexibility the strongest reason for

:48:56. > :49:00.people with disabilities to go down the self-employment route? No,

:49:01. > :49:04.absolutely not. If you have a great passion and idea you want to go

:49:05. > :49:08.after that idea whether you are disabled or not. People are people.

:49:09. > :49:12.But the thing that is really interesting is it gives you a sense

:49:13. > :49:17.of ownership. So you can really own your own project, and if you are

:49:18. > :49:21.lucky and it works and takes off, and some businesses don't, it is

:49:22. > :49:24.definitely a risk, you really have this chance to fulfil something you

:49:25. > :49:29.are passionate about and have financial independence. I wouldn't

:49:30. > :49:35.say it is just flexibility. And it is not a general panacea.

:49:36. > :49:40.Absolutely. If you have an intellectual disability, your

:49:41. > :49:45.chances of being employed are reduced to one in seven. We need to

:49:46. > :49:49.reduce the barriers that are stopping those people from getting

:49:50. > :49:54.full-time employment. What is the biggest barrier? If you are a

:49:55. > :49:58.business out there and listening to this, and I am going to come out of

:49:59. > :50:02.it with one thing. Firstly, I am missing a trick. Doesn't matter if

:50:03. > :50:05.you are a small business owner or a big company, there is value in

:50:06. > :50:09.employing disabled people because they bring different kinds of ideas,

:50:10. > :50:14.just like people from any other different perspective. And if people

:50:15. > :50:21.can not have low expectations, not make assumptions, see the person,

:50:22. > :50:23.not the disability. And you can follow it all week on the hashtag

:50:24. > :50:24.disability works. Could the UK soon boldly

:50:25. > :50:27.be going where it has Detailed plans to create

:50:28. > :50:30.the country's first spaceports, which are like airports,

:50:31. > :50:32.but for rockets, are They could see commercial satellites

:50:33. > :50:35.being launched within three years, and even lead to the start

:50:36. > :50:38.of space tourism. Ministers want to grab a share

:50:39. > :50:41.of an industry that is potentially worth billions of pounds,

:50:42. > :50:44.and John Maguire is in Cornwall for us, at a site they are hoping

:50:45. > :50:51.will become mission control. From Glasgow Prestwick airport,

:50:52. > :50:53.destinations include Barcelona, But soon there will be

:50:54. > :50:59.another one - space. The number one target

:51:00. > :51:01.is to see the first launch For a burgeoning and already very

:51:02. > :51:08.successful space industry, worth ?250 million, this

:51:09. > :51:12.is a crucial piece in the jigsaw, To start with, it will actually be

:51:13. > :51:22.rockets flying under an aircraft, for the first few years,

:51:23. > :51:24.so it won't be that different from watching an ordinary

:51:25. > :51:29.aircraft take off. But obviously, in the fullness

:51:30. > :51:32.of time, we would expect that to be a proper rocket taking off,

:51:33. > :51:35.and with wings that can be deployed To be classified as a spaceport,

:51:36. > :51:43.sites will need to be licensed. They won't need to undergo major

:51:44. > :51:46.works, but will have to be able The vast majority of takeoffs

:51:47. > :51:52.will be horizontal, The carrier aircraft will climb

:51:53. > :51:55.to around 40,000 feet, so above the weather,

:51:56. > :51:58.above traditional air traffic... Inside the rocket will

:51:59. > :52:01.be small satellites. For the businesses involved,

:52:02. > :52:08.this is the chance of a lifetime. We find ourselves with this

:52:09. > :52:09.fantastic opportunity. Nobody in the US is doing this,

:52:10. > :52:13.nobody in Europe is doing it, nobody around the world is doing it,

:52:14. > :52:17.and the UK can capture this enormous economic potential, and get way

:52:18. > :52:19.ahead of the market. And lift-off of the Falcon 9

:52:20. > :52:25.to the Space Station. Once the exclusive playground

:52:26. > :52:28.of the superpowers, space is more accessible than ever,

:52:29. > :52:30.and the Government wants the UK Now, the economic benefits

:52:31. > :52:34.of hosting a spaceport At the aerospace park over there,

:52:35. > :52:39.they already employ about 3,000 people, and it is believed

:52:40. > :52:41.that they could take on another 2,000 in this area if a spaceport

:52:42. > :52:44.comes to Prestwick. The benefits UK-wide of housing this

:52:45. > :52:47.next generation of aerospace travel, well, they are even

:52:48. > :52:55.more significant. And, here at Oxfordshire,

:52:56. > :52:57.they are developing the next generation of aerospace engines,

:52:58. > :53:00.capable of flying at five times the speed of sound in

:53:01. > :53:03.the atmosphere, and of spaceflight. The air-breathing Sabre rocket

:53:04. > :53:05.engines would revolutionise travel. There has been a significant gap

:53:06. > :53:22.since the last big development But this is potentially the closest

:53:23. > :53:31.we are going to get to the Whittle But first, the commercial spaceport

:53:32. > :53:40.will launch satellites, and could bring zero-gravity

:53:41. > :53:42.flights to the UK. Then, ultimately,

:53:43. > :53:44.even space tourism. The opportunities are huge,

:53:45. > :54:03.and not even the sky is the limit. John is in Cornwall for us now at a

:54:04. > :54:08.site which hopes to be mission control. So many questions. When are

:54:09. > :54:12.you going into space? When am I going into space? Good question. It

:54:13. > :54:17.could be much safer down here, no one can hear you scream, is the good

:54:18. > :54:21.thing about space. These antennas will hopefully become mission

:54:22. > :54:25.control, as you say, and they will be able to track the spacecraft. We

:54:26. > :54:29.have talked about business and we will talk about the science. We have

:54:30. > :54:33.Natasha Stevens and Tim Parry. What is the big benefit of us launching

:54:34. > :54:38.satellites from the UK rather than what we do now, which is go to other

:54:39. > :54:41.missions around the world? It is important to remember that those big

:54:42. > :54:47.international missions will still exist as collaborations because

:54:48. > :54:50.we're not about rockets and orbital missions from a vertical launch. It

:54:51. > :54:54.is the small-scale satellite which will be going up. It will be at a

:54:55. > :54:57.faster pace, which is important for the British industry. We will see

:54:58. > :55:00.technological and engineering developments being able to be tested

:55:01. > :55:05.a lot quicker because they will not have to piggyback on those big

:55:06. > :55:09.missions, a launch window of the ring much larger. It is quite an

:55:10. > :55:13.important thing to keep going forward with the developments --

:55:14. > :55:17.something much larger. And what excites you about the potential? The

:55:18. > :55:23.idea of using these microsatellites as test technology for missions in

:55:24. > :55:26.my field, in astrophysics, to get above the atmosphere, the

:55:27. > :55:29.wavelengths we can't see from the ground and get rid of the turbulent

:55:30. > :55:33.atmosphere which spoils our observations from the ground and do

:55:34. > :55:38.them in space, it will be an opportunity for UK science. To talk

:55:39. > :55:46.to both of you, and a lot of the time we talk about these things, and

:55:47. > :55:49.they seem like far-flung dreams. In terms of the amount of time

:55:50. > :55:56.involved, this will become a reality if all goes according to plan and

:55:57. > :55:58.just a few years' time. Are you going to go? I am ready to broaden

:55:59. > :56:01.my horizons. Time now to get the news,

:56:02. > :59:20.travel and weather where you are. This is Breakfast, with Dan Walker

:59:21. > :59:57.and Louise Minchin. A report finds the UK's roads

:59:58. > :00:01.are the most congested Researchers say some drivers

:00:02. > :00:05.are spending more than three days a year stuck in traffic,

:00:06. > :00:08.as they warn of a significant Almost every council in England

:00:09. > :00:33.is planning to put up taxes to help Angelina Jolie talks exclusively

:00:34. > :00:41.to us about her new film set in Cambodia, and for the first time,

:00:42. > :00:45.about her separation from Brad Pitt. And we are a family,

:00:46. > :00:56.and we will always be a family. And we will get through this time,

:00:57. > :00:58.and hopefully be a stronger Online retailer Amazon has said it

:00:59. > :01:05.will create 5,000 new full-time jobs I'll have more on that

:01:06. > :01:11.in 15 minutes. Can another non-league club make it

:01:12. > :01:14.to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup? The holders Manchester United

:01:15. > :01:18.will face Chelsea next, after coming from behind to beat

:01:19. > :01:35.Blackburn Rovers yesterday. plans for the first UK commercial

:01:36. > :01:39.spaceport are progressing, the Government wants flights by 2020.

:01:40. > :01:40.We are in Goonhilly in Cornwall where they will monitor the

:01:41. > :01:43.spacecraft. Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders

:01:44. > :01:47.will be on the sofa as they celebrate 25 years of Ab

:01:48. > :02:00.Fab. Good morning, the weather this week

:02:01. > :02:06.is topsy-turvy, a very mild day-to-day, cloudy with hill fog and

:02:07. > :02:08.some wet and windy conditions in the north.

:02:09. > :02:13.Tomorrow is similar, then by the end of the week we will see some snow,

:02:14. > :02:16.then it is milder by the weekend. More details in 15 minutes.

:02:17. > :02:20.Let's set you up for the day by talking about traffic!

:02:21. > :02:22.The UK has the worst congestion in western Europe,

:02:23. > :02:25.with some drivers spending an average of three days

:02:26. > :02:29.a year stuck in tailbacks during peak periods.

:02:30. > :02:31.This is according to the travel information company Inrix.

:02:32. > :02:34.Congestion is the most severe in London, followed by Manchester,

:02:35. > :02:38.The Department For Transport says it's investing record amounts

:02:39. > :02:44.to keep the country moving, as Jane-Frances Kelly reports.

:02:45. > :02:47.Drivers across the UK who face the daily misery of traffic jams

:02:48. > :02:53.are losing not just their patience but also time and money.

:02:54. > :02:55.Unsurprisingly, London is the most congested city in the UK,

:02:56. > :02:59.with drivers spending more than three days every year stuck

:03:00. > :03:04.Manchester is the second worst, with motorists wasting 39 hours

:03:05. > :03:15.Aberdeen is third, and perhaps surprisingly beats London

:03:16. > :03:17.as the hardest city to drive in and out of during rush-hour.

:03:18. > :03:21.Research suggests businesses in Cardiff suffer the most

:03:22. > :03:24.from congestion, based on the amount of tailbacks during the daytime.

:03:25. > :03:27.Outside of London, part of the A1 southbound in Belfast was found

:03:28. > :03:29.to be the most congested route in the UK.

:03:30. > :03:31.Other than drivers getting frustrated behind the wheel,

:03:32. > :03:42.Experts calculated that hold-ups cost the economy

:03:43. > :03:44.?31 billion last year, that's an average of nearly ?1,000

:03:45. > :03:51.per driver on things like fuel, being late for work and childcare.

:03:52. > :03:54.There's also more traffic on the roads because of a growth

:03:55. > :03:58.The Department For Transport said it's making the most extensive

:03:59. > :03:59.improvements to roads since the 1970s, investing

:04:00. > :04:03.But money may not be the only solution.

:04:04. > :04:05.Researchers say, to stop us standing still, we need

:04:06. > :04:07.better traffic management, more flexible working

:04:08. > :04:09.and to consider the wider use of congestion charges.

:04:10. > :04:20.We'll hear from two traffic experts later this morning

:04:21. > :04:27.on what they think should be done to ease congestion on our roads.

:04:28. > :04:29.Council tax rises are planned by nearly all of England's local

:04:30. > :04:36.But the organisation that represents them is warning that deep cuts

:04:37. > :04:39.The Local Government Association says social care services

:04:40. > :04:42.for the elderly and disabled are at breaking point,

:04:43. > :04:44.and will swallow up any extra money raised.

:04:45. > :04:48.Here's our social affairs correspondent Alison Holt.

:04:49. > :04:53.After several falls, Maureen Edwards is getting support

:04:54. > :04:59.to regain some independence and rebuild her confidence.

:05:00. > :05:02.She needs help each day, which allows her and her husband,

:05:03. > :05:08.I'm very grateful for all that they've done for me,

:05:09. > :05:12.Without them, I don't know what I would have done.

:05:13. > :05:27.Councils fund most social care, and today's survey shows

:05:28. > :05:31.the majority of them struggling to meet growing costs.

:05:32. > :05:33.There are 151 local authorities in England.

:05:34. > :05:35.147 plan to raise council tax specifically to help pay

:05:36. > :05:41.But councils warn that won't plug the funding gap, and that could mean

:05:42. > :05:51.There has been a united voice of local government to say

:05:52. > :05:53.that they need to have more funding into social care,

:05:54. > :05:56.and that the crisis in social care is immediate now.

:05:57. > :05:58.The funding for local government needs to be resolved immediately.

:05:59. > :06:02.The Government says extra money is being put into social care

:06:03. > :06:05.and authorities will soon be able to keep all the money they raise

:06:06. > :06:17.And you can see how much social care costs where you live by visiting

:06:18. > :06:22.You can type in your postcode and discover how much it costs

:06:23. > :06:26.The House Of Lords gets its first chance to debate the so-called

:06:27. > :06:28.Brexit Bill later, the legislation which kicks off the formal process

:06:29. > :06:32.The bill passed through the Commons unamended, but it's thought

:06:33. > :06:34.opposition peers will seek guarantees about the rights of EU

:06:35. > :06:36.citizens in Britain, and the role of parliament

:06:37. > :06:46.Our political correspondent Tom Bateman is in Westminster.

:06:47. > :06:54.Good morning, it's likely to get quite a lot of scrutiny.

:06:55. > :07:02.It will be a busy time in the House Of Lords. More than 190 is due to

:07:03. > :07:06.speak, a record number for any debate in

:07:07. > :07:11.that gives you a sense of the desired they have to scrutinise and

:07:12. > :07:16.talk about the Brexit process and the bill that passed to them from

:07:17. > :07:21.the House Of Commons. They will not try to stop it but me tried to

:07:22. > :07:31.change the bill, add amendments about EU citizens's rights, now,

:07:32. > :07:35.what about the Government? They have urged them not to meddle with the

:07:36. > :07:40.bill, to get it through Parliament as quickly as possible. When Mr

:07:41. > :07:50.having said Beasley peers should do that picture at its duty and respect

:07:51. > :07:52.the will of the people. -- the Prime Minister having said that peers

:07:53. > :07:59.should do its parliamentary duty. The NHS is at breaking point,

:08:00. > :08:02.as the number of overnight hospital That's the warning from

:08:03. > :08:05.the British Medical Association. Its research, based on official

:08:06. > :08:07.statistics, said the number of beds in England fell by a fifth

:08:08. > :08:10.between 2006 and 2016. But Department Of Health officials

:08:11. > :08:13.have disputed some of the report's key findings, insisting changes

:08:14. > :08:15.in the way data is recorded means historic and current

:08:16. > :08:20.figures cannot be compared Two senior Ukip officials

:08:21. > :08:22.have resigned in protest at their leader's handling

:08:23. > :08:25.of the Hillsborough controversy. Paul Nuttall has been embroiled

:08:26. > :08:28.in a row after his website incorrectly claimed he'd lost close

:08:29. > :08:33.friends in the tragedy. In a statement, the chair

:08:34. > :08:35.of Ukip's Merseyside branch condemned Mr Nuttall's

:08:36. > :08:36."unprofessional approach and crass insensitivity",

:08:37. > :08:38.and suggested there could be more Donald Trump has been

:08:39. > :08:49.back on Twitter. This time to clear up comments

:08:50. > :08:52.he made at a rally over the weekend. Speaking to supporters

:08:53. > :08:54.in Florida about immigration, he appeared to suggest there had

:08:55. > :08:57.been some sort of terror attack in Sweden on Friday,

:08:58. > :08:59.but left many people confused You look at what's happening last

:09:00. > :09:09.night in Sweden - Sweden! They took in large numbers

:09:10. > :09:15.and they are having problems He tweeted the following day,

:09:16. > :09:23.saying, it was "in reference to a story that was broadcast

:09:24. > :09:25.on Fox News concerning The Swedish Embassy responded saying

:09:26. > :09:31.they look forward to advising Mr Trump's administration

:09:32. > :09:32.about Swedish immigration Angelina Jolie has spoken

:09:33. > :09:38.for the first time about her separation from Brad Pitt,

:09:39. > :09:39.in an exclusive The actor and director has been

:09:40. > :09:43.filming in Cambodia, the country where she adopted her son

:09:44. > :09:45.Maddox in 2002. She's been speaking to our

:09:46. > :09:52.reporter Yalda Hakim. I'm here because 17 years ago I came

:09:53. > :09:57.to this country and fell in love with its people and learned

:09:58. > :10:02.about its history and in doing so realised how little I actually

:10:03. > :10:07.knew in my early 20s about the world Was my awakening and my

:10:08. > :10:18.son changed my life. Do you think that in many ways

:10:19. > :10:21.you have come full circle? You know, your humanitarian work

:10:22. > :10:23.started here, you became a mother here, that perhaps this is some sort

:10:24. > :10:26.of crossroads for you and it's I will always be very grateful

:10:27. > :10:40.to this country and I hope... I hope I have given back

:10:41. > :10:43.as much as it has given me. I don't think I ever could give back

:10:44. > :10:46.as much as this country I understand this is

:10:47. > :10:51.a very sensitive issue. We know that an incident occurred

:10:52. > :10:57.which led to your separation, we also know you have not

:10:58. > :11:00.said anything about this I don't want to say very much

:11:01. > :11:14.about that except to say And we are a family and we will

:11:15. > :11:21.always be a family and we will get through this time and hopefully be

:11:22. > :11:32.a stronger family for it. You can see the full

:11:33. > :11:35.interview with Angelina Jolie Thank you for being with us on this

:11:36. > :11:43.Monday morning. Traffic jams are the source

:11:44. > :11:46.of misery for millions of motorists. And, as more of us take

:11:47. > :11:49.to the roads, there's an increased As we've been hearing,

:11:50. > :11:53.the UK is the worst country But we're also at the forefront

:11:54. > :11:57.of trialling solutions like Smart Motorways which use

:11:58. > :12:03.the hard shoulder as an extra lane. Let's have a look at the kind

:12:04. > :12:08.of congestion we're talking about. This is the M4 near

:12:09. > :12:10.Brentford right now. Just look at that

:12:11. > :12:15.slow-moving traffic. We're joined now by motoring

:12:16. > :12:17.campaigner Quentin Willson, and Colin Bamford, Professor

:12:18. > :12:28.of Transport and Logistics Good morning. Lots of people who are

:12:29. > :12:35.going out today will not be surprised by these figures. Colin,

:12:36. > :12:42.why is it we have such bad traffic? The bottom line is we have basically

:12:43. > :12:48.too many cars and too many people using their cars, often

:12:49. > :12:52.unnecessarily. That is in order to make short trips when, in fact, they

:12:53. > :12:58.could either walk, cycle or use other modes of transport. It is

:12:59. > :13:02.interesting this week with it being the school half-time the degree of

:13:03. > :13:05.congestion in many places will be considerably less than it would

:13:06. > :13:12.otherwise be during school term time.

:13:13. > :13:15.Let us talk about solutions, what should be done?

:13:16. > :13:22.The reason we have this congestion in Europe, we are 27th in the road

:13:23. > :13:25.network league of the world which is shocking, is because we have

:13:26. > :13:29.historically under invested in roads. A report is published on

:13:30. > :13:35.Wednesday in front of the all-party parliamentary group saying ?55

:13:36. > :13:40.billion on a railway that goes nowhere when we should be spending

:13:41. > :13:44.this on roads is an act of folly. If you want to know the reasons for

:13:45. > :13:49.congestion, we have not spent enough on roads over a long period.

:13:50. > :13:54.Government would argue there is money being spent on roads, and

:13:55. > :13:59.Smart Motorways make a difference. They do, but the money apportioned

:14:00. > :14:02.in the Autumn Statement is too small.

:14:03. > :14:08.If we carry on, we will be looking at a cost to UK Society of ?307

:14:09. > :14:14.billion in terms of congestion in the next 15 years, reducing

:14:15. > :14:18.productivity, competitiveness, add quality, the cost to the NHS from

:14:19. > :14:26.pollution will be seismic. We need a joined up strategy. You

:14:27. > :14:32.cannot say, give up cars. 83% of all journeys on our roads are by cars.

:14:33. > :14:34.What is the alternative? If we went on public transport tomorrow

:14:35. > :14:39.morning, it would be broken by the afternoon.

:14:40. > :14:43.A Department for Transport spokesman said, we are making extensive

:14:44. > :14:48.improvement is to roads since the 1970s, ?23 billion.

:14:49. > :14:56.The crux seems to be how to keep the traffic flowing.

:14:57. > :15:00.The 20 years we have had an anti-car rhetoric, roads being narrowed, more

:15:01. > :15:06.traffic lights. It is not difficult to understand how to make roads slow

:15:07. > :15:09.and takeaway pinch points. Spending ?55 billion minimum on a row away

:15:10. > :15:16.when you should be opening up the roads so we don't get congestion is,

:15:17. > :15:23.to me, the way ahead -- on a railway.

:15:24. > :15:28.I am an economist and in my view, what is required is a radical

:15:29. > :15:33.overhaul of the way in which we charge motorists and other road

:15:34. > :15:39.users are using the network. Congestion charges?

:15:40. > :15:46.How would you make them pay? Various ways. The most extensive

:15:47. > :15:50.scheme is one in Singapore whereby it is pay-as-you-go. In London, the

:15:51. > :15:51.congestion charge is seen as a way of reducing the volume of

:15:52. > :16:02.congestion. Singapore there was a lot of support

:16:03. > :16:05.for that cause. I think in Manchester they threw the

:16:06. > :16:11.opportunity of the congestion charge and 85% of the people said no

:16:12. > :16:16.thanks. We're in a situation where we need a radical re-think about the

:16:17. > :16:21.way in which we tackle the congestion problems. The report that

:16:22. > :16:24.you referred to in the news bulletin also talked about homeworking and

:16:25. > :16:29.there maybe a way in which employers... You need connectivity

:16:30. > :16:36.of broadband across the country and we don't have that either. We don't

:16:37. > :16:41.pay vehicle ex-excise duty and consumers will not buy road charging

:16:42. > :16:46.unless it is like the Continental model where we invest it in roads.

:16:47. > :16:51.If you look at the Netherlands they're very close to introducing

:16:52. > :16:57.the national system of road users charging. The problem with the way

:16:58. > :17:05.in which we pay to use roads is that the prices are all to pot. Where

:17:06. > :17:10.someone is using the road in a peak period in effect they're not paying

:17:11. > :17:16.what is seen as adequate to use that road. On trains you pay more for

:17:17. > :17:23.travelling at a peak period. That's right. Lots of you making the point.

:17:24. > :17:28.Lorraine says, "Public transport woeful and expensive unless you live

:17:29. > :17:34.in London." Stewart says there is nothing to public information. Allow

:17:35. > :17:39.drivers to turn left on red traffic lights and Mike says maybe more

:17:40. > :17:46.flexible working times, car sharing and road works could be done more

:17:47. > :17:48.efficiently. The only thing I want to say is good luck on your journeys

:17:49. > :17:52.today. Here's Carol with a look

:17:53. > :18:09.at this morning's weather. This picture was taken in Cheshire.

:18:10. > :18:12.Durham 13 Celsius, Belfast 12 Celsius, London 11 Celsius and

:18:13. > :18:17.Cardiff ten Celsius. Is this mild weather going to last? Well, it will

:18:18. > :18:20.last today and tomorrow, but look how the day changes. As we go

:18:21. > :18:24.through the middle of the week and towards the end of the week the

:18:25. > :18:28.blues replace the milder yellows, but it is only temporarily, but when

:18:29. > :18:35.we see the blues some of us will see snow. By the time we get into the

:18:36. > :18:40.weekend, mild air starts to come across our shores. There is some

:18:41. > :18:44.rain across Scotland which is heavy. If you're travelling there will be

:18:45. > :18:48.excess spray around. It will continue into Northern England and

:18:49. > :18:51.Northern Ireland. It is windy. Windy across Northern Ireland and Scotland

:18:52. > :18:59.and for a time this morning across the north of England. We could have

:19:00. > :19:03.gusts of 50mph. Further south, we're starting off on quite a grey note. A

:19:04. > :19:07.lot of cloud around. Hill fog, misty and murky conditions. Into the

:19:08. > :19:10.afternoon, we hang on to a lot of cloud, but here and there, we will

:19:11. > :19:14.see brighter breaks and somewhere in the south-east this afternoon, could

:19:15. > :19:18.hit 16 Celsius, possibly 17 Celsius. Here is our weather front across

:19:19. > :19:21.Wales and Northern England, moving out of Northern Ireland. So some

:19:22. > :19:24.cooler conditions following, but good temperatures for the time of

:19:25. > :19:29.year. Sunshine and the same for Scotland. Brighter skies, a wee bit

:19:30. > :19:33.cooler and windy and still showers. Through the evening and overnight,

:19:34. > :19:36.our band of rain sinks further south into the Midlands, also through

:19:37. > :19:40.Wales, towards the south-west, weakening as it does so. So we won't

:19:41. > :19:44.see a lot initially in the South East, but it pivots and it starts to

:19:45. > :19:50.reverse and go north again and that will mean it will be rejuvenate.

:19:51. > :19:54.Behind it, colder. Cold enough for wintry showers above 500 meters, we

:19:55. > :19:58.will see snow in the Scottish mountains. Tomorrow, here is our

:19:59. > :20:01.band of rain across England and Wales. A lot of cloud around,

:20:02. > :20:06.breezy, some breaks in the cloud. Still mild. Further north, we have

:20:07. > :20:12.got hill fog, but there will be breaks as well. Then we've got rain

:20:13. > :20:16.coming into the north-west. A merger taking place here, but not quite. As

:20:17. > :20:19.we head on into Wednesday, we still have our rain ensconced across parts

:20:20. > :20:22.of England and Wales. Another band coming in from the north, but note

:20:23. > :20:27.the difference in temperatures, Dan and Lou.

:20:28. > :20:32.We normally talk about mergers in the business news, but there you go,

:20:33. > :20:37.Carol! Tonight, Arsenal take on non-league

:20:38. > :20:39.side Sutton United in the 5th round of the FA Cup,

:20:40. > :20:42.which means the Gunners will be up against the lowest-ranked team

:20:43. > :20:44.left in the competition. Sutton are 17th in

:20:45. > :20:50.the National League. Arsenal sit fourth

:20:51. > :20:52.in the Premier League. That means there's 105

:20:53. > :20:58.places between them. Arsenal are no strangers

:20:59. > :21:00.to FA Cup glory. They've won

:21:01. > :21:01.the trophy 12 times. Sutton have never won

:21:02. > :21:03.the tournament, but this is the furthest they've ever got

:21:04. > :21:05.in the competition. The game is on Sutton's plastic

:21:06. > :21:09.pitch at Gander Green Lane, their ground which can

:21:10. > :21:16.fit 5,000 people. That's compared to Arsenal's 60,000

:21:17. > :21:18.capacity Emirates Stadium. Sutton will have to watch out

:21:19. > :21:21.for Alexis Sanchez if he's picked He's their highest scorer

:21:22. > :21:24.with 20 goals this season. Sutton's highest goal scorer is team

:21:25. > :21:26.captain Jamie Collins, We're joined by Sutton's

:21:27. > :21:41.chairman Bruce Elliot Good morning to you gentlemen. We

:21:42. > :21:46.can see the plastic pitch behind you there. It is lovely to have you on

:21:47. > :21:49.the programme. Bruce, I know you've spent weeks being interviewed

:21:50. > :21:53.talking about this wonderful run that the team have been on. How are

:21:54. > :22:00.you feeling about tonight? This is Arsenal who in their last game

:22:01. > :22:04.played Bayern Munich and here they come to Beganeder Green Lane to take

:22:05. > :22:09.on Sutton United? Good morning, Dan. It is surreal. We have had three

:22:10. > :22:13.weeks of build-up and personally I'm relieved that the day has now come!

:22:14. > :22:18.We're looking forward to hopefully what will be a very special evening

:22:19. > :22:23.for Sutton United football club tonight. Paul, how have the town

:22:24. > :22:27.been preparing? We were there for Football Focus before the Leeds game

:22:28. > :22:31.and the Wimbledon match as well and I mean, you often say well, there is

:22:32. > :22:37.anticipation, but Sutton have been there on numerous occasions already

:22:38. > :22:40.this season? Oh, absolutely. There is a real big atmosphere. The

:22:41. > :22:47.council have got the Sutton flag flying. The town has got the posters

:22:48. > :22:51.and flags. There is a buzz for the big match atmosphere. In terms of

:22:52. > :22:56.your dreams this season, Bruce, when you were planning out the season,

:22:57. > :23:02.what did you estimate for the FA Cup?

:23:03. > :23:07.Well, our ambition each year is to reach the first round proper of the

:23:08. > :23:11.FA Cup. That's the target. So the fact that we've managed to get as

:23:12. > :23:14.far as the fifth round is something very special and obviously it is the

:23:15. > :23:19.first time for this football club that we got that far and we're

:23:20. > :23:23.delighted that Lincoln got through against Burnley and two non-league

:23:24. > :23:28.clubs at this stage of the FA Cup and if by any chance we could get

:23:29. > :23:31.through tonight, and those two non-league sides will be playing

:23:32. > :23:36.each other for a place in the semifinals. That's the state I'm in,

:23:37. > :23:40.you see, three weeks of complete mayhem, I don't know what round it

:23:41. > :23:45.will be if we got through. So I think we'll worry about that after

:23:46. > :23:49.tonight! I was going to ask you about the draw. I know you have got

:23:50. > :23:54.to get past Arsenal. Were you happy with the draw which means if you're

:23:55. > :23:58.there, there will be a non-league side in the semis, or would you have

:23:59. > :24:04.preferred a side like Manchester United or Chelsea? If I'm being

:24:05. > :24:07.honest, it don't like the draw being before you know whether you got

:24:08. > :24:16.through. I prefer to know whether you're going to be playing in the

:24:17. > :24:20.next round, but yeah, I mean, look, I think linkoning, they are probably

:24:21. > :24:23.hoping that Arsenal win so they can go to the Emirates. My preference

:24:24. > :24:30.would have been Chelsea or Manchester United away, but I think

:24:31. > :24:33.we've got a lot to worry about tonight before we dreaming anymore.

:24:34. > :24:37.Paul, you have been a fan for a long time. Those who know their history

:24:38. > :24:42.will remember Sutton's name being involved in this competition for

:24:43. > :24:46.many years, the win over Coventry City in the 80s, but if it goes your

:24:47. > :24:50.way, that would eclipse even that moment, wouldn't it? Oh, it

:24:51. > :24:55.certainly would. I wasn't at the ground, I was on the train outside

:24:56. > :24:59.the ground listening to the cheers as Matt Hanlon scored his goal and

:25:00. > :25:05.the final whistle went in 1989. This is the biggest day in the club's

:25:06. > :25:09.history and it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of guys. They do so much

:25:10. > :25:12.for the community and Bruce and so many of the others are volunteers,

:25:13. > :25:15.but they really work with the kids and with wider community groups and

:25:16. > :25:19.that's why all of those people are behind the club here today. Well, it

:25:20. > :25:23.is great to talk to you, have a fantastic evening and I will see you

:25:24. > :25:30.later. I have got my tickets. We look forward to seeing you later.

:25:31. > :25:34.We've got the giraffe ready for you! For those of you who don't know what

:25:35. > :25:40.that's about, the giraffe is a mascot. They have got a full sized

:25:41. > :25:42.giraffe, not an actual giraffe! It's a stuffed giraffe. That's the mascot

:25:43. > :25:51.of Sutton United. It wasn't on for very long,

:25:52. > :25:57.but now the deal is off. The American food company

:25:58. > :25:59.Kraft Heinz wanted to buy the British-Dutch company Unilever,

:26:00. > :26:02.but not anymore. The take-over would have been worth

:26:03. > :26:05.?115 billion combining familiar brands from Unilever's Ben

:26:06. > :26:08.and Jerry's and Marmite, to Kraft Heinz's baked beans

:26:09. > :26:13.and Philadelphia Cheese. Online retail giant Amazon has said

:26:14. > :26:16.it will create 5,000 new full-time It said it was looking for a range

:26:17. > :26:20.of staff from software developers The recruitment will take

:26:21. > :26:28.Amazon's workforce in the UK Single malt Scotch whisky has topped

:26:29. > :26:37.?1 billion worth of exports for the first time last year,

:26:38. > :26:40.reflecting a return to growth for exports of Scotch more

:26:41. > :26:46.widely including blends. It's time to get the news,

:26:47. > :30:17.travel and weather where you are. Hello this is Breakfast,

:30:18. > :30:34.with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. I am just jotting down some notes,

:30:35. > :30:35.for the interview! Shall I read while you do that?

:30:36. > :30:37.The UK has the worst traffic congestion in Europe,

:30:38. > :30:40.with some drivers spending a total of three days

:30:41. > :30:41.a year stuck in tailbacks during peak periods.

:30:42. > :30:43.That's according to research from the travel

:30:44. > :30:45.information company, Inrix, which found that congestion

:30:46. > :30:48.is the most severe in London, followed by Manchester and then

:30:49. > :30:51.The Department for Transport says it's investing record amounts

:30:52. > :30:58.Thank you for your comments on that this morning.

:30:59. > :31:01.Council tax rises are planned by most local authorities in England

:31:02. > :31:04.in the coming year to help meet the increasing cost of social care.

:31:05. > :31:07.The government says extra money is being put into social care

:31:08. > :31:10.and councils will soon be able to keep all the money they raise

:31:11. > :31:13.But the Local Government Association, who represent

:31:14. > :31:16.councils, say deep cuts will still have to be made to other

:31:17. > :31:18.services as the cost of care for the elderly

:31:19. > :31:25.and disabled will account for all of the extra money raised.

:31:26. > :31:27.The House of Lords will get its first chance to debate

:31:28. > :31:30.the so-called "Brexit Bill" later - the legislation which kicks

:31:31. > :31:32.off the formal process for Britain leaving the EU.

:31:33. > :31:34.The bill passed through the Commons unamended, but it's thought

:31:35. > :31:37.opposition peers will seek guarantees about the rights of EU

:31:38. > :31:39.citizens in Britain and the role of Parliament in scrutinising

:31:40. > :31:48.The NHS is at "breaking point" as the number of overnight hospital

:31:49. > :31:50.beds continue to decline - that's the warning from

:31:51. > :31:56.Its research, based on official statistics, said the number of beds

:31:57. > :31:59.in England fell by a fifth between 2006 and 2016.

:32:00. > :32:01.But Department of Health officials have disputed some

:32:02. > :32:03.of the report's key findings, insisting changes in the way

:32:04. > :32:05.data is recorded mean historic and current figures

:32:06. > :32:17.Two senior Ukip officials have resigned in protest

:32:18. > :32:20.at their leader's handling of the Hillsborough controversy.

:32:21. > :32:24.Paul Nuttall has been embroiled in a row after his website

:32:25. > :32:27.incorrectly claimed he'd lost close friends in the tragedy.

:32:28. > :32:29.In a statement, the chair of Ukip's Merseyside branch

:32:30. > :32:32.condemned Mr Nuttall's "unprofessional approach

:32:33. > :32:34.and crass insensitivity", and suggested there could be more

:32:35. > :32:40.Donald Trump has been back on Twitter.

:32:41. > :32:45.This time to clear up comments he made at a rally over the weekend.

:32:46. > :32:47.Speaking to supporters in Florida about immigration,

:32:48. > :32:50.he appeared to suggest there had been some sort of terror attack

:32:51. > :32:52.in Sweden on Friday, but left many people confused

:32:53. > :33:00.You look at what's happening last night in Sweden - Sweden!

:33:01. > :33:07.They took in large numbers and they are having problems

:33:08. > :33:12.He tweeted the following day, saying it was "in reference

:33:13. > :33:15.to a story that was broadcast on Fox News concerning

:33:16. > :33:18.The Swedish Embassy responded, saying they look forward to advising

:33:19. > :33:20.Mr Trump's administration about Swedish immigration

:33:21. > :33:32.Researchers have discovered that the insects make a ridiculously

:33:33. > :33:45.cute noise when they bump into each other.

:33:46. > :33:51.This sound, identified by scientists at Nottingham Trent University,

:33:52. > :33:55.is made when bees accidentally collide with other bees in the hive.

:33:56. > :33:58.It's made when they vibrate their wing muscles and it can't be

:33:59. > :34:04.heard by human ears, only with a special microphone.

:34:05. > :34:12.It's quite sweet, it sounds like they're saying sorry. It's quite an

:34:13. > :34:16.apologetic little noise. Coming up here on Breakfast

:34:17. > :34:24.this morning... Wake-up, come on, darling! What time

:34:25. > :34:29.is it? Eddy and Patsy - or should

:34:30. > :34:34.we say Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley -

:34:35. > :34:41.will be right here on the sofa. Pele described him as the world's

:34:42. > :34:46.best football player, but George Best lost his

:34:47. > :34:48.life to alcohol. We'll meet the director behind

:34:49. > :34:50.a new, no-holds-barred film about his life,

:34:51. > :34:58.both on and off the pitch. One of these groups is going to be

:34:59. > :35:01.in this show. The winner of the BBC's

:35:02. > :35:03.top talent show, Let It Shine, will be

:35:04. > :35:05.crowned this weekend. We'll be joined by three

:35:06. > :35:08.of the finalists hoping to star But first, here's

:35:09. > :35:22.Karthi with the sport. We were talking to the guys from

:35:23. > :35:28.Sutton United who are taking on the mighty Arsenal. It should be an easy

:35:29. > :35:32.victory but it could be another great pick-up shock. The pitch has

:35:33. > :35:35.the potential to make a slight difference, the artificial pitch

:35:36. > :35:40.with the Premier League players are not used to. But whoever wins will

:35:41. > :35:45.end up playing Lincoln City, another non-league side. Maybe some of us

:35:46. > :35:47.are hoping there is a shock tonight because you know you would get a

:35:48. > :35:50.non-league side in the quarter finals which would be fantastic.

:35:51. > :35:53.One hundred and five places separate non-league Sutton United who face

:35:54. > :35:55.the Premier League's Arsenal in the fifth round of

:35:56. > :35:59.They already know who they will face in the quarterfinals

:36:00. > :36:02.The winners later will play the heroes of the weekend,

:36:03. > :36:04.Lincoln City, for a place in the semifinals.

:36:05. > :36:06.While Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United

:36:07. > :36:10.United had to come from behind to beat Championship side

:36:11. > :36:11.Blackburn Rovers 2-1, with Zlatan Ibrahimovich

:36:12. > :36:15.United now go to manager Jose Mourinho's former club, Chelsea,

:36:16. > :36:24.They had brilliant attitude and if we did not have this

:36:25. > :36:25.professional attitude with everybody playing with focus

:36:26. > :36:31.and responsibility, we would be in real trouble.

:36:32. > :36:33.Tottenham will host Millwall in the next

:36:34. > :36:35.round after Harry Kane scored a hat-trick against

:36:36. > :36:40.The England striker says the win will also help them later this week

:36:41. > :36:43.when Spurs attempt to come back from 1-0 down in the Europa League

:36:44. > :36:48.Aberdeen have strengthened their grip on second place

:36:49. > :36:50.in the Scottish Premiership after a late comeback

:36:51. > :36:54.Aberdeen were a goal behind going into the last ten minutes

:36:55. > :36:56.before substitutes Jayden Stockley and Peter Pawlett scored

:36:57. > :36:59.The result cuts Celtic's lead at the top, but they're

:37:00. > :37:03.Dundee picked up their first home league win over

:37:04. > :37:06.Goals from Mark O'Hara and Kevin Holt put them

:37:07. > :37:10.Rangers got a goal back but they were unable

:37:11. > :37:21.The England all rounder, Ben Stokes, has just become the most

:37:22. > :37:26.expensive foreign player in Indian Premier League history.

:37:27. > :37:29.The team that have bought him are called Rising Pune Supergiants

:37:30. > :37:32.and they have paid ?1.7 million for Stokes for the 2017 season.

:37:33. > :37:36.He overtakes the previous record, held by former England

:37:37. > :37:48.He was the first foreign ?1 million player three years ago.

:37:49. > :37:52.Big-money. And Ben Stokes can do the lot. Thank you.

:37:53. > :37:55.It's 25 years since they first staggered onto our screens as Eddy

:37:56. > :37:57.and Patsy, but it's not just British fans who think Jennifer Saunders

:37:58. > :38:00.and Joanna Lumley are "Absolutely Fabulous".

:38:01. > :38:02.The sitcom is one of the BBC's biggest hits,

:38:03. > :38:06.and has been sold to more than 240 countries across the world so far.

:38:07. > :38:09.Its two stars are here right now, but first let's take a look

:38:10. > :38:20.What we need is a princess with a press following

:38:21. > :38:24.Not someone who looks like she runs up her own.

:38:25. > :38:30.Well, her people were a bit cagey about which designer she favoured.

:38:31. > :38:32.The only label she wears is drip dry.

:38:33. > :38:40.Darling, finish the Beaujolais and walk away from it.

:38:41. > :38:47.Yes, French, Italian, whatever you like, sweetie.

:38:48. > :38:49.Oh, darling, no one's eating that sort of food any more.

:38:50. > :38:51.But there's a fabulous new Japanese in Mayfair.

:38:52. > :38:56.All right, darling, whatever, whatever.

:38:57. > :39:00.They need some decisions about this month's cover.

:39:01. > :39:02.Oh really, whatever can they need to know?

:39:03. > :39:08.A model in make-up with a vacant look on her face.

:39:09. > :39:14.Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley join us on the sofa now.

:39:15. > :39:23.Wonderful to see you, thank you so much. Look out young we were! It's

:39:24. > :39:29.shocking! We are still alive, let's face it, that's a triumph. Welcome

:39:30. > :39:34.along, it is lovely to see you, what are you doing here? We are

:39:35. > :39:41.celebrating. What are we doing here? It's far too early for that! Is 25

:39:42. > :39:44.years, slightly longer, but the international success because it is

:39:45. > :39:53.the BBC worldwide showcase in Liverpool at the moment where they

:39:54. > :39:59.sell everything BBC worldwide. And we are in celebration of our

:40:00. > :40:03.longevity. It's like, lifetime achievement, that means you're

:40:04. > :40:07.nearly dead! Did you think, a quarter of a century ago when you

:40:08. > :40:11.came up with the idea, but it would be watched in 240 countries and

:40:12. > :40:17.celebrated around the world? Did you? We did the pilot and hoped we

:40:18. > :40:21.would get one series. Then we hoped we would be offered other work and

:40:22. > :40:27.nothing happened. We had to keep going. But it's extraordinary.

:40:28. > :40:32.Jennifer writes in fits and starts, in America they like you to do 50

:40:33. > :40:36.episodes a year and Jennifer does six if she feels like it and not if

:40:37. > :40:40.she doesn't and we had a five-year gap in the middle. I wrote other

:40:41. > :40:46.stuff. Eventually she wrote some of us and we did some more work. You do

:40:47. > :40:54.nag her to write more? She nags me to do the film. That was exhausting!

:40:55. > :40:59.I was so tired, I'm still tired. And you eventually give up and just do

:41:00. > :41:04.it. Just to get her off my back! It was good, wasn't it? But you don't

:41:05. > :41:10.argue. You have never had an argument with Dawn French in all the

:41:11. > :41:16.years you worked together. What is your relationship like? A bit of

:41:17. > :41:21.scratching but no real arguments. There is no point, is there? And I

:41:22. > :41:24.don't think he would have this relationship if you did have

:41:25. > :41:29.arguments. I think we would have packed it in. And what is it about

:41:30. > :41:34.their relationship and the curious family environment that has

:41:35. > :41:39.worldwide resonance? I think it must do, and it is the family

:41:40. > :41:44.relationships that make the show appeal to other countries and the

:41:45. > :41:49.rest of it. It is a weird one but obviously it resonates. These two

:41:50. > :41:53.completely normal women being terrorised by a boring

:41:54. > :41:57.fundamentalist daughter! I suppose that resonates. Talking about the

:41:58. > :42:03.fact that it has been watched all over the world, it has been

:42:04. > :42:15.translated into many languages. Have a look. Wake up. What time is it?

:42:16. > :43:10.Six in the morning. Judging by your reaction, that could

:43:11. > :43:15.be a thing, we should rewrite it in Spanish! That was explored. And the

:43:16. > :43:22.people who dug us have taken such care to get the pitch right and

:43:23. > :43:26.follow the way we sound -- dub us. It was really good, I even

:43:27. > :43:32.understood what was going on! Well, you wrote it. That doesn't mean

:43:33. > :43:41.anything! You thought you were speaking them. We obviously were!

:43:42. > :43:44.Obviously everything is a product of its time but if you were to do it

:43:45. > :43:51.now, how would you make the characters different? We would

:43:52. > :43:57.probably have scooters and walkers! Of anything, Patti admired Ivana

:43:58. > :44:07.Trump and now look what has happened. She would have to have it

:44:08. > :44:13.like this. Trump would be such a rich area. They would have to go and

:44:14. > :44:20.meet him. A tour of America? Mar-a-Lago, here we come. I don't

:44:21. > :44:25.know how much you're still interested in the world of PR, has

:44:26. > :44:29.that had to change? It has completely changed I think. It is

:44:30. > :44:37.quite a new thing when we started out, this idea of PR, big parties,

:44:38. > :44:45.it was very phenomenon. I think now, everybody is over PR, everybody has

:44:46. > :44:50.Facebook and Twitter. There are some huge things now was there weren't

:44:51. > :44:54.there, a big party or an event, it was one in a million and now there

:44:55. > :44:58.are 20 week. And they are very grand and beautiful so people are not as

:44:59. > :45:06.impressed or amazed by it. Look at you, darling! You are watching this,

:45:07. > :45:11.it is quite entertaining. This is quite as common sight now with the

:45:12. > :45:12.gutter press. And in some ways you were the adventures of alternative

:45:13. > :45:22.facts! LAUGHTER

:45:23. > :45:27.Probably, yes. That is the strangest phrase to have crept in. We would

:45:28. > :45:33.have loved it. Do you fancy writing something? Don't even go there.

:45:34. > :45:39.Would it be easier now to get it commissioned? Starting from scratch,

:45:40. > :45:43.it would not be that easy, I don't think anything is that easy to get

:45:44. > :45:47.commissioned any more. I wonder if they would get it, I wonder if it

:45:48. > :45:52.would be too sensitive, because there are many things which they

:45:53. > :45:54.might say, this is too damaging in today's world because this is pretty

:45:55. > :46:02.hard-hitting and a very dysfunctional family. The mother is

:46:03. > :46:09.attached to a drip, there. LAUGHTER The mother is a kleptomaniac. To

:46:10. > :46:16.explain it now to a TV executive would be quite hard. Yes, it would

:46:17. > :46:19.be an interesting pitch. We did not really had to pitch it, we were just

:46:20. > :46:26.about to get away with it. -- half to pitch it. The movie was a big

:46:27. > :46:36.success, are you going to do another one? No, I read that in the paper.

:46:37. > :46:43.Yes, I got in first. LAUGHTER Nothing more? No, nothing. It is

:46:44. > :46:49.nice to leave it buzzing and alive, while we are still here. Our

:46:50. > :46:56.director is a big fan and he would love it if you could throw to camera

:46:57. > :47:03.as we are about to do the weather. Sweetie, darling. The weather. That

:47:04. > :47:12.is the best intro I have ever had in my life. We have had some gorgeous

:47:13. > :47:17.photos sent in, lovely blue skies. It is not blue skies everywhere.

:47:18. > :47:23.North Queensferry, plenty of cloud and dampness in the air. In London

:47:24. > :47:29.it is a cloudy start to the day, but everywhere it is mild. London is 11

:47:30. > :47:36.Celsius, but in other places it is 15, 13, 12, ten. We are in pretty

:47:37. > :47:39.good shape in terms of the temperatures, they are way above

:47:40. > :47:45.where they should be at this time of day. Is it going to last? Till the

:47:46. > :47:51.end of tomorrow, but then things will change from the North. The blue

:47:52. > :47:56.moves across our shores, indicating it will be colder by the end of the

:47:57. > :48:00.week. We will have some hill snow, and by the weekend the milder air

:48:01. > :48:05.will start to make a return. This morning we have rain around. Rain in

:48:06. > :48:09.the North West of Scotland and that will continue to push south through

:48:10. > :48:13.the course of the day, weakening as it does so. For the rest of the

:48:14. > :48:18.south of England it will be a cloudy start, and maybe by the time it we

:48:19. > :48:23.get to the evening, fairly cloudy, with rain at rejuvenating, and

:48:24. > :48:27.behind it clear skies and snow in the hills of Scotland. Above 500

:48:28. > :48:34.metres. But still miles further south. Sorry about the graphics.

:48:35. > :48:40.Tomorrow morning, we start off with cloud and rain, and hill fog. Quite

:48:41. > :48:47.breezy. Another band of rain from North West Scotland. We are looking

:48:48. > :48:52.at a breezy day. We almost have the two bans merging, but not quite.

:48:53. > :48:57.Tomorrow, still mild in the south, and we might even have higher than

:48:58. > :49:03.14 Celsius. Wednesday, we still have rain in parts of England and Wales,

:49:04. > :49:12.and cloud. Further north, brighter breaks, but note the temperatures

:49:13. > :49:18.are starting to come down. But still 11-13 in the South. Thursday is when

:49:19. > :49:24.we start to see the colder air, and we are looking at hill snow. At the

:49:25. > :49:27.moment we think that will be in parts of the Southern uplands and

:49:28. > :49:32.into northern England but that is a long way off and that could change.

:49:33. > :49:37.As we head into the weekend, something milder starts to return,

:49:38. > :49:43.but it will remain fairly unsubtle. In case you are interested, it is

:49:44. > :49:48.mild because we are importing our air, tropical maritime air, from the

:49:49. > :49:51.Caribbean, tempered by the Atlantic and the jet stream, so we're not

:49:52. > :49:55.having sunny skies, but that is the reason for it.

:49:56. > :50:01.Thanks for joining us. See you soon. We can import the weather on a

:50:02. > :50:04.regular basis. Could the UK soon boldly be

:50:05. > :50:07.going where it's never been before? Detailed plans to create

:50:08. > :50:09.the country's first "spaceports" - which are like airports

:50:10. > :50:11.but for rockets - They could see commercial satellites

:50:12. > :50:19.being launched within three years, and even lead to the start

:50:20. > :50:21.of space tourism. Ministers want to grab

:50:22. > :50:23.a share of an industry that's potentially worth

:50:24. > :50:27.billions of pounds. And John Maguire is in Cornwall

:50:28. > :50:39.for us at a site they're hoping Good morning. No Caribbean air in

:50:40. > :50:45.Cornwall this morning, it is cold, but these are the antenna I they

:50:46. > :50:51.have here, 25 across the site here at Goonhilly. That they have here.

:50:52. > :50:55.They will be tracking the spacecraft as they take off. It is not the

:50:56. > :50:59.atmospherics they will be concerned about down here, it is what is going

:51:00. > :51:03.on at way above our heads. These are exciting times.

:51:04. > :51:05.From Glasgow Prestwick Airport, destinations include Barcelona,

:51:06. > :51:13.But soon there will be another one - space.

:51:14. > :51:15.The number one target is to see the first launch

:51:16. > :51:25.For a burgeoning and already very successful space industry,

:51:26. > :51:27.worth ?250 million, this is a crucial piece in the jigsaw,

:51:28. > :51:36.To start with, it will actually be rockets flying under an aircraft,

:51:37. > :51:39.for the first few years, so it won't be that different

:51:40. > :51:42.from watching an ordinary aircraft take off.

:51:43. > :51:45.But obviously, in the fullness of time, we would expect that to be

:51:46. > :51:48.a proper rocket taking off, and with wings that can be deployed

:51:49. > :51:54.To be classified as a spaceport, sites will need to be licensed.

:51:55. > :51:57.They won't need to undergo major works, but will have to be able

:51:58. > :52:00.The vast majority of takeoffs will be horizontal,

:52:01. > :52:07.The carrier aircraft will climb to around 40,000 feet,

:52:08. > :52:09.so above the weather, above traditional air traffic...

:52:10. > :52:12.Inside the rocket will be small satellites.

:52:13. > :52:16.For the businesses involved, this is the chance of a lifetime.

:52:17. > :52:20.We find ourselves with this fantastic opportunity.

:52:21. > :52:24.Nobody in the US is doing this, nobody in Europe is doing it,

:52:25. > :52:27.nobody around the world is doing it, and the UK can capture this enormous

:52:28. > :52:30.economic potential, and get way ahead of the market.

:52:31. > :52:34.And lift-off of the Falcon 9 to the Space Station.

:52:35. > :52:37.Once the exclusive playground of the superpowers, space is more

:52:38. > :52:39.accessible than ever, and the Government wants the UK

:52:40. > :52:45.Now, the economic benefits of hosting a spaceport

:52:46. > :52:52.At the aerospace park over there, they already employ about 3,000

:52:53. > :52:55.people, and it is believed that they could take on another

:52:56. > :53:09.2,000 in this area if a spaceport comes to Prestwick.

:53:10. > :53:12.The benefits for the UK, wide of housing, this next

:53:13. > :53:14.generation of aerospace travel, well, they are even

:53:15. > :53:17.And here at Oxfordshire they are developing the next

:53:18. > :53:19.generation of aerospace engines, capable of flying at five times

:53:20. > :53:22.the speed of sound in the atmosphere, and of spaceflight.

:53:23. > :53:28.The air-breathing Sabre rocket engines would revolutionise travel.

:53:29. > :53:40.There has been a significant gap since the last big development

:53:41. > :53:45.But this is potentially the closest we are going to get to the Whittle

:53:46. > :53:56.But first, the commercial spaceport would launch satellites,

:53:57. > :53:58.and could also bring zero-gravity flights to the UK.

:53:59. > :54:01.Then, ultimately, even space tourism.

:54:02. > :54:08.The opportunities are huge, and not even the sky is the limit.

:54:09. > :54:17.Lots of incredible potential. We have a from the University of

:54:18. > :54:25.Plymouth, and also Ian Jones from Goonhilly. What do you expect your

:54:26. > :54:29.staff to be doing in the future? We hope to be working with the

:54:30. > :54:34.spaceport when it happens, and be tracking the spacecraft as they

:54:35. > :54:38.launch from the aeroplane. There are potential spaceports around the UK,

:54:39. > :54:44.the closest one to hear would-be Newquay. They are in coastal areas

:54:45. > :54:50.and promote areas. That is important for safety. You need a long runway,

:54:51. > :54:57.especially for the spacecraft returning to Earth, but for launches

:54:58. > :55:05.into orbit, potentially you need not such a long runway, but you need the

:55:06. > :55:09.coastal spaceport, indeed. Doctor, at the moment we will send our

:55:10. > :55:13.satellites overseas to be blasted off into space, what is the

:55:14. > :55:18.advantage of having those take-offs in the UK? It is a big difference

:55:19. > :55:22.between the scale of the mission, the smaller satellite being able to

:55:23. > :55:26.launch in the UK means progress will happen faster and allow for faster

:55:27. > :55:32.development because we won't be waiting on launch windows from large

:55:33. > :55:40.emissions. In the past, we have waited to tag onto a much larger

:55:41. > :55:44.launch -- from large missions. And then if the window gets shifted, so

:55:45. > :55:49.does the piggyback of the satellite you are trying to launch, and so we

:55:50. > :55:52.will have two not rely on this any more, so hopefully this will allow

:55:53. > :55:58.for much faster progress. What does it mean the scientists? It is a very

:55:59. > :56:01.exciting time to be involved in pantry science and the international

:56:02. > :56:07.collaborations will continue, like the Rosetta mission -- involved in

:56:08. > :56:13.App Planet treat science. Those things will continue, but in terms

:56:14. > :56:17.of British science, it allows us to aim for a more widespread Friday of

:56:18. > :56:22.different things. We will be able to increase at sensing, the satellite

:56:23. > :56:28.observation of the Earth -- we will be able to increase certain things.

:56:29. > :56:34.Using weather satellite, that is a big thing in the UK, having the Met

:56:35. > :56:37.office just up the road in Exeter, it is a very important thing for us

:56:38. > :56:47.to develop and to support, the British economy, as well. Thanks for

:56:48. > :56:49.joining us. T minus three years until potentially be first

:56:50. > :56:58.spaceports in the UK, the first flights by around 2020. Exciting.

:56:59. > :57:03.John, thanks. Three years away, potentially. You can buy yourself a

:57:04. > :57:07.ticket. You don't fancy space travel? No.

:57:08. > :57:09.His prowess on the pitch and good looks made him one

:57:10. > :57:13.But despite being described by Pele as "the greatest

:57:14. > :57:16.footballer in the world", George Best's life was

:57:17. > :57:22.Now, more than a decade after his death, a new documentary

:57:23. > :57:26.We'll speak to its director in a moment, but first,

:57:27. > :57:35.When I actually made my debut I'd been playing in the A team,

:57:36. > :57:42.I'd no thoughts in my head that I was going to play.

:57:43. > :57:43.But Sir Matt said, "You're playing today, son".

:57:44. > :58:04.I just couldn't wait to get out there.

:58:05. > :58:06.I was born with something and I didn't have to

:58:07. > :58:13.If I was playing against a player in particular who was giving me

:58:14. > :58:16.a hard time, getting stuck in, I would stand on the ball and tell

:58:17. > :58:25.The film's director, Daniel Gordon, is here with us now.

:58:26. > :58:34.Why did you choose to do this documentary now? The opportunity to

:58:35. > :58:40.tell his story in depth, and in a cinematic way. It is a cinema

:58:41. > :58:43.release. I felt that we utilise about George Best and his life and

:58:44. > :58:48.what a great footballer he is, but we have not dealt with the dark

:58:49. > :58:51.side. When you think about the George Best Ory, people think, they

:58:52. > :58:56.know everything there is to know about this guy -- George Best story.

:58:57. > :59:00.But you have found a different story. The opportunity to get to the

:59:01. > :59:09.archive was something we wanted and we found footage of him playing,

:59:10. > :59:14.which was shot on film in the 60s, and never seen since. That was the

:59:15. > :59:19.thing, and to learn how he had peaked when he was 22, never

:59:20. > :59:25.achieved that high again, those things which we thought we knew, but

:59:26. > :59:30.we just didn't. We introduced him as the first superstar of football.

:59:31. > :59:35.Yes, and being the first, no one had done that before. To see the

:59:36. > :59:39.paparazzi that followed him and the protection that wasn't there for

:59:40. > :59:43.him. The fact that Manchester United as a club, and people, did not know

:59:44. > :59:49.how to deal with that. With the pressure that brought on him and his

:59:50. > :59:56.family. And about his life, thrust into this

:59:57. > :59:59.position, and clearly the issue with alcohol, it may be that stupid

:00:00. > :00:04.question because it would never happen but how would he have been

:00:05. > :00:07.dealt with by the modern culture? And if a manager would have looked

:00:08. > :00:12.after him in a different way, he would have had people around him,

:00:13. > :00:17.don't do that, George, because he was allowed to spiral out of

:00:18. > :00:22.control. There is an amazing scene from 1922 -- 1972, he goes off and

:00:23. > :00:30.he decide he is going to quit at only 25 and he makes a public plea

:00:31. > :00:34.to says I'm mental and physical wreck. The press report on this

:00:35. > :00:39.alcohol and almost glorify it but it is a cry for help and nobody knew

:00:40. > :00:41.it. I think today the intervention would be a lot sooner. We have got

:00:42. > :00:47.the clip. I feel now that I can't play

:00:48. > :00:50.like I could before. So I don't want to play a lower

:00:51. > :00:54.standard than I'm used to myself. And I don't think I can

:00:55. > :00:56.play to a high standard, Why can't you play at

:00:57. > :01:01.a high standard any more? Because I'm not physically fit

:01:02. > :01:05.and I don't think I'm mentally Over this last few years

:01:06. > :01:17.they've got worse and maybe I built the image in the first place

:01:18. > :01:23.and it backfired on me. At the moment, how would

:01:24. > :01:28.you describe your mental state? At the moment I think

:01:29. > :01:41.I'm a complete wreck. It's searingly honest. And that is

:01:42. > :01:46.just four years after that amazing game in Europe. Imagine one of the

:01:47. > :01:51.biggest stars in the game today. But nobody understands what he's talking

:01:52. > :01:54.about there. And I wanted George to have a present and a character in

:01:55. > :02:00.the bill and some of those quotes are from interviews he gave over the

:02:01. > :02:06.years -- in the film. It is like he is talking from the grave, telling

:02:07. > :02:10.his story honestly. But imagine Lionel Messi or another coming out

:02:11. > :02:16.and saying that, people would know what to do but then they had no

:02:17. > :02:22.idea. And such striking looks, he looked like a rock star. And the

:02:23. > :02:26.saddest thing is, at the end he looks anything but. And you go back

:02:27. > :02:30.to the glorious images that you know of George Best. That was part of his

:02:31. > :02:34.downfall, he was able to make mistakes and let people down and not

:02:35. > :02:38.do nice things to people but he would look with these amazing eyes

:02:39. > :02:42.and that great smile and everyone would forgive him and he would get

:02:43. > :02:45.away with it because his looks were also his downfall. I remember

:02:46. > :02:50.interviewing him a few months before he died and he said, I want people

:02:51. > :02:53.to remember the great football I was but also this, because I've got my

:02:54. > :03:00.issues and I've done this to myself awake. It is a story of addiction

:03:01. > :03:05.addicted to various things -- in a way. He was addicted to football at

:03:06. > :03:11.beginning, Hugh McIlvanney said he was addicted to football and you

:03:12. > :03:16.think that is a great thing to be addicted to but actually he was

:03:17. > :03:20.constantly looking for that high. He had these 60,000 people adoring him

:03:21. > :03:23.every week and then 100,000 people in the European cup final and he was

:03:24. > :03:28.constantly looking for that and he could never replace it. He moves on

:03:29. > :03:33.to women and alcohol. And you're right, it is a story of addiction.

:03:34. > :03:37.What did his family think of it? They were involved at the beginning,

:03:38. > :03:43.his two ex-wives are both in the film. I believe Callum is doing

:03:44. > :03:46.another project and he was not able to be involved. I would like to

:03:47. > :03:51.think they see it as an honest portrayal as the full story. It

:03:52. > :03:52.looks fascinating. Thank you very much.

:03:53. > :03:58.George Best: All By Himself is out in cinemas on Friday.

:03:59. > :04:00.We'll be joined by three of the finalists taking part

:04:01. > :04:03.in the BBC's latest talent show, "Let It Shine".

:04:04. > :04:07.First, though, here's a last, brief look at the headlines

:04:08. > :05:47.I'll be back at 1.30pm for the lunchtime news.

:05:48. > :05:52.It's a prize many talented singers could only dream of.

:05:53. > :05:58.The chance to star in a musical penned by Take That's Gary Barlow.

:05:59. > :06:01.That's what the contestants on BBC One's new talent show Let It Shine

:06:02. > :06:04.have been battling it out for, and now, after seven weeks,

:06:05. > :06:10.the competition has been whittled down to just three groups.

:06:11. > :06:13.I think it would be fair to describe some of it is brutal.

:06:14. > :06:16.This weekend will see them go head-to-head to be

:06:17. > :06:19.We'll speak to three of the finalists in a moment,

:06:20. > :06:21.but first, let's take a look at their performances

:06:22. > :07:33.Three of the finalists from Let It Shine, Yazdan Qafouri,

:07:34. > :07:36.Jonnie Halliwell and Bradley Johnson join us now.

:07:37. > :07:45.You were saying you have seen that about 20 times already! It is so

:07:46. > :07:51.surreal, it happened, what day is it? The day before yesterday. It's

:07:52. > :07:57.amazing. Are you critical watching yourself back? Yes, I think everyone

:07:58. > :08:01.is, we know what our performances should be like and even though the

:08:02. > :08:05.audience might not pick up on it, every tiny think we do wrong, we

:08:06. > :08:10.analyse but it's all about the next time. What has the process been

:08:11. > :08:14.like? It is amazing to be here, a few days away from the final. When

:08:15. > :08:19.you first got into it, did you think it would be like this? Has it been

:08:20. > :08:26.weird? I think when you go into it, you don't know what to expect. I

:08:27. > :08:30.went into it with open arms and it has been an amazing experience,

:08:31. > :08:34.every round is a new challenge and meeting so many different people. It

:08:35. > :08:40.has just been amazing and you don't know what's around the corner. There

:08:41. > :08:46.I am, giving it a pink suit! You carry it off well! What has it been

:08:47. > :08:50.like? You are thrown together with people and you have to make it work.

:08:51. > :08:54.It feels like we've been together for years. The process as being so

:08:55. > :08:58.long, we went from an eight piece band a five piece and you are

:08:59. > :09:02.bonding, performing with 4-mac of your best mates. It is horrible to

:09:03. > :09:06.be in the situation where you could get split up. I'm grateful that we

:09:07. > :09:17.haven't been. That has been tough. That thing off -- sing off is

:09:18. > :09:22.intense. But the judges pick is a bit of soap that obviously a belief

:09:23. > :09:27.in us to carry on. I am sure you have seen these sorts of programmes

:09:28. > :09:31.before. Do you think the mechanics of Lepik shine are working? The

:09:32. > :09:40.different judges, the guest judge -- Let It Shine. It's a great format,

:09:41. > :09:45.there's nothing like it. I think the things we're doing, the and singing.

:09:46. > :09:53.How was it performing with Take That? Madness! When they walked in

:09:54. > :09:58.and doing the rehearsals and stuff you look and think, wow. They are

:09:59. > :10:04.unbelievable performers, and to walk out on stage. On a Saturday night,

:10:05. > :10:13.performing with Take That. At one point Mark looked at us and I

:10:14. > :10:17.totally forgot what I was doing! It all comes together this weekend with

:10:18. > :10:25.Robbie Williams as the final guest judge. And he's one of my heroes. No

:10:26. > :10:32.pressure! He's going to tell us what he thinks of us and it's one of your

:10:33. > :10:36.heroes. It's also a great opportunity. It could be you three,

:10:37. > :10:43.others as well, going into this role in Gary's new stage play, I don't

:10:44. > :10:47.want to talk about the negative side but it doesn't happen, are you

:10:48. > :10:51.confident you could do other things in the industry? It would be nice to

:10:52. > :10:54.do it a great opportunity for us to show we can do them every Saturday

:10:55. > :10:59.night and obviously to be in the show would be a dream. It is eight

:11:00. > :11:02.shows a week and it runs for a year so it's a big challenge and you have

:11:03. > :11:06.got to be committed and ready for that. But hopefully, yeah, it will

:11:07. > :11:12.bring good opportunities to everybody in the final. We know you

:11:13. > :11:17.have interim judges but also Gary Barlow. Let's have a look at him.

:11:18. > :11:21.Some of the harmonies were a little bit off but I have to say I think

:11:22. > :11:24.we're probably not going to see a better dance break tonight.

:11:25. > :11:31.All the boys were dancing so well, getting into character.

:11:32. > :11:38.When you were in the centre, Mark, unbelievable.

:11:39. > :11:40.If you have more time together, the unison and the harmonies,

:11:41. > :11:45.work on them, work on them, work on them.

:11:46. > :11:54.You had four days to get it ready? We got put together as a group so

:11:55. > :11:57.four days to get it together from Monday morning, not knowing what we

:11:58. > :12:03.were doing and then Saturday night, we were proud of it because we were

:12:04. > :12:06.so slick and we looked like a group! And how much do you know about what

:12:07. > :12:12.the others will be doing this weekend? Are you in the zone? It had

:12:13. > :12:19.all been done this weekend is the final and it's surreal. But it's

:12:20. > :12:24.amazing to be in the scenario where there are 15 talented lads yet and I

:12:25. > :12:28.don't know how the public will call it but I'm grateful I've got as far

:12:29. > :12:36.as I have. What has been the most challenging? I think the hours,

:12:37. > :12:39.working long days and you're thinking about it all the time and

:12:40. > :12:47.you can't get to sleep at night. It's intense and hard work and

:12:48. > :12:51.sweaty and it's just so difficult. But it's all worth it. And the

:12:52. > :12:55.nerves on Saturday night had to be quite something? It's strange

:12:56. > :12:59.because you're nervous but when it comes to it, you've only got those

:13:00. > :13:03.three or four minutes to do what you have to do all stop you don't even

:13:04. > :13:09.think about it. You forget that it's live. I've got four minutes, this is

:13:10. > :13:14.it. People ask if you're nervous but you get a countdown and you're in

:13:15. > :13:17.the zone and you just think, go for it, as long as you try your best,

:13:18. > :13:22.hopefully it's enough to get through. I think you forget, behind

:13:23. > :13:28.the red light there are millions of people! It is always best to do

:13:29. > :13:32.that! I didn't see it as performing to the audience in the theatre. Very

:13:33. > :13:34.good luck, all three of you. Have a great weekend.

:13:35. > :13:38.Jon and Steph will be back with Breakfast tomorrow from six.

:13:39. > :13:40.They'll be joined by the singer, Rag n' Bone Man.

:13:41. > :13:42.Now it's time for Britain's Home Truths.

:13:43. > :13:45.We'll leave you with Gregg Wallace, who's looking at changes to inner

:13:46. > :13:53.Us Brits have a passion for property, and, of course,

:13:54. > :13:57.our national obsession is house prices.